Sorry, not much to do with an actual timeline but simply something which puzzles me about Oh Darling. The story goes (I think Macca himself told it) that he chainsmoked for a week to achieve the gruff quality needed to sing the song in character, or something like that. But what real difference would a week's solid smoking make to your voice beyond making it worse (and not worse in the way intended, if you see what I mean)? Also, going on what I know and on photos and film around the time, all of the members of The Beatles used to smoke their lungs away. So I'm not sure that if McCartney wouldn't have managed Oh Darling just as successfully if he had actually given up for a week before the recordings. Basically, what I'm postulating is that the smoking aspect of the vocals of this song have been overstated, not least by the singer himself.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostI'm sure there are. I'd be interested in your nominations.
Some tracks were used on previous Beatles covers mixes, so I didn't want to repeat them. Lady Madonna has previously featured in superior versions by Fats Domino (twice), Booker T. & The MGs, and Cal Tjader. Hey Jude has featured in superior versions by Wilson Pickett and by The Temptations.
I challenge you to find a better version of The Inner Light than Jimmy McGriff and Junior Parker's.
I must confess to disliking Bowies version of Across The Universe, and I've yet to hear a version I like.
I cannot conceive of the possibility of any good version of Yellow Submarine, so having a funk band do it is as good as it gets. And Journey covering a fairly obscure Beatles song has novelty value.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cROZo-AxDg8
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Originally posted by Sits View PostI've often wondered whether Macca's anecdotes are heavily embroidered. Unless they involve Ringo it's not as if anyone's going to refute them.
I don't think he consciously lies though. He genuinely believes he wrote the whole of Eleanor Rigby without any help even though all the witnesses disagree.
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The rooftop concert was 50 years ago today! Around lunchtime!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Be...ooftop_concert
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And appropriately enough, this news regarding a new film based on the Let it Be footage has been announced: https://www.thebeatles.com/news/new-...laimed-academy
I'm not sure how appealing watching extra footage of the Beatles bickering would be though.
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1) Belatedly, I found this news on David Hepworth's blog (31 Jan):
Mark Lewisohn...told me that hes currently listening to all 97 hours of the original tape which was running as the Beatles recorded what would be the Let It Be film and album. Furthermore he was making sure he did it on the day and at the time that they did it fifty years earlier. Thats a similar kind of dedication.
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Not strictly Beatles but solo Macca; while listening to Maybe I'm Amazed (great song) the other day I was struck by these lines (which I'd never really taken in before):
Maybe I'm amazed at the the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line
Bit weird, no? Hung me on a line has one thinking of hanging someone out to dry...which isn't very romantic, to say the least.
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Today it's 50 years since Abbey Road was released. Their finest album, I think; certainly that Side 2 with that medley of tracks that might have been classics were they proper songs.
Starting with A Hard Day's Night, I've made track-by-track mixes of covers of the songs on each album, to coincide with their respective 50th anniversaries. I thought that with Side 2's truncated songs that would be a difficult job; turns out that it's probably the best of the mixes. Even leaving aside the Abbey Road version by Booker T & the MG's, quite a few soul and jazz singers covered tracks from Abbey Road. The covers mix is here.
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Yes, on the radio:
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/12d735d9...bbfb7f6edbe020
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9QGhkMONvI
Todd Rungren wrote songs for a stage version:
https://www.amazon.com/Up-Against-To.../dp/B000005JYOLast edited by Satchmo Distel; 26-09-2019, 15:31.
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Originally posted by Sporting View PostNot strictly Beatles but solo Macca; while listening to Maybe I'm Amazed (great song) the other day I was struck by these lines (which I'd never really taken in before):
Maybe I'm amazed at the the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line
Bit weird, no? Hung me on a line has one thinking of hanging someone out to dry...which isn't very romantic, to say the least.
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We missed to note the 50th anniversary of Paul announcing that the Beatles had split, on April 10. But today is the 50th anniversary of Let It Be, the LP, coming out.
And if anyone is interested in the album by covers...
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