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.
VIDEO AT LINK.......................
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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!
They caused many to fall away. I have zero respect for them. May God have mercy on their souls.
Fixed it.
No, thanks.
I hope I like it because once you’ve heard it you can’t unhear it.
THey were certainly before my time, but just look up their banned butcher album cover and tell me they aren’t satanic.
I wonder how many have heard this one...
It’s Ok To Leave Your Dog In A Hot Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwCL3HahgS8
The maker of the video flashed Yoko up there too.
Ick.
I just listened to the John Lennon demo link at the site. I've already successfully unheard it. Dreary.
Did they already sell the rights?
Here’s one of the fan versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbE-hXZ6EQ0
Looking forward to hearing what the real thing sounds like.
The Beaver is Paul.
The Walrus is John.....................
I could be the walrus, I’d still have to bum rides off of people.
I am the Egg-Man.............
We will see what Paul and Ringo added to this Lennon solo era song written in the late 1970s long after the Beatles broke up.
The demo is a sad melancholy mess.
I think Larry Mondello is The Walrus.
Aleister Crowley making the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band album could be another indicator.
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