Posted on 10/27/2023 5:41:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Beatles are ready to drop their so-called final single. It drops Thursday morning 9am Eastern, 6am Western.
“Now and Then” is a reworking of a 1978 John Lennon song, just as “Real Love” was 30 years ago.
The Beatles’ social media pages have added a mysterious picture of a cassette about to end on its A side. This is a Bat signal that the record, which Paul McCartney first mentioned months ago, is on its way.
This is NOT artificial intelligence. It’s just Paul and Ringo adding their contributions to Lennon’s original recording. They’ve got a George Harrison bit on it that George added years ago, obviously before he died. “Now and Then,” which you can hear below in the demo recording, is a haunting, melancholy Lennon melody. I can’t wait to hear what Paul and Ringo made of it.
Will there be more than just the single? Stay tuned. If ever we needed a distraction like this, its now.
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Beatles Update: “Now and Then” Single, Source Says “You Will Tear Up When You Hear It…This is a Gift”
by Roger Friedman - October 25, 2023 5:12 pm
EXCLUSIVE The Beatles’ final single, “Now and Then,” will drop at 9am Eastern Thursday morning.
I’m told there will be other announcements, including newly remixed and remastered versions of the Beatles ‘red’ and ‘blue’ greatest hits albums. But it’s not “Rubber Soul Remixed.”
Tomorrow is all about “Now and Then.” Someone who’s heard it reports to me “You will tear up when you hear it, it’s that amazing.”
The record includes instrumental Easter eggs, I’m told. They won’t be obvious but we’ll hear little familiar bits that have been woven through, an appropriate capping off of a magnificent career.
Paul McCartney produced it with Giles Martin. Ringo Starr added exquisite drums. George Harrison laid down a part for it years ago, but Paul also has a guitar solo on it. And he sings, of course.
Peter Jackson cleaned up John Lennon’s 1978 vocal, but it’s not “invented.” This is NOT artificial intelligence.
“So much love and care has been put into this, says a source. “It’s a gift.”
Over 50 years later. we are still excited about a Beatles release!
He’s a real nowhere man...
His mom is Bruce Wayne’s Aunt Harriet. Let that sink in.
Here’s a link straight to the YouTube source:
https://youtu.be/l_o9KJFm1yw?si=AGkKd3FkNTwClN1r
I liked the Beatles but this thing stinks.
There are some music artists that surprised me with the overall quantity and quality of their studio outtakes, live recordings and remnants of uncompleted songs. Bob Dylan and Fleetwood Mac come to mind. But The Beatles are not one of those bands. Beyond their proper studio albums, they did not leave very much worth listening to. Their few live recordings (when they were a younger band) had so much screaming and such inferior recording technology that they are unlistenable.
Miss Landers had it going on.
They should have at least gotten a group that sounded like the Beatles.
Some of the dreariness comes from that sad sounding piano.
My Uncle who owned and serviced several jukeboxes in town gave me an Atco record back in the 1960’s. I held on to it and gave it to a friend about 2 months ago.
John Lennon sang “Ain’t She Sweet” on one side and Tony Sheridan sang “Nobody’s Child” on the other.
https://youtu.be/mbbZCp2Bj2M?si=_bPv9w_kD6p_XIjR
When I get to quaffing a few ales, there’s nothing quite like the fast version of “Revolution”. Take that, Paulie!
Coo Coo Ca Choo…
I’ll check the video this evening. Thanks.
I think I heard Lennon’s Ain’t She Sweet, it would have been on the radio in the 70s or 80s.
Well, here it is, the official Beatles version of Now and Then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxhh9Oh3rg
Looks like they’ve taken down the fan versions of the song for copyright reasons. Fans had been making their own recordings of Now And Then by adding backing tracks to the existing Lennon vocal track. These had been circulating for years including on Youtube and some were quite good. Interestingly the fan recordings included a verse which was on Lennon’s cassette track but which the Beatles edited out of their version. The verse had lines like “If I ever used you, ever abused you...” which didn’t fit the vibe of the song. IMO they made a good decision to leave it out of the finished version.
Ringo Starr on New Beatles Song: It’s ‘a Nice Way to Finally Close That Door’
https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/celebrities/info-2023/ringo-starr-interview.html
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