I’ve only listened to it once, but I had a mostly positive first listen. I’m a huge Beatle fan, but wasn’t alive for original releases, so it’s cool to be able to say I was here for a new Beatle release.
(If you think this is a redundant thread because there are already Beatle threads, I can take it down; I just thought this deserved its own discussion)
You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll kiss three bucks goodbye!
I like it, but not much more than that. I did enjoy the story of how it came about much more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJAQoSCwuA - a 12 minute official Beatle video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxhh9Oh3rg - the official music video for Now And Then
But I do prefer Free As A Bird, of the later manufactured singles.
Real Love is okay, but like Now And Then, it can fell like the production is doing most of the heavy lifting, if that makes sense?
More Beatles tunes in the world is no bad thing.
“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas
It is pretty good. Not amazing, but much better than I expected.
It’s not too shabby, but the final Beatles song will always be I Me Mine. 😛
But on a side note, what’s with the metallic sound to Lennon’s voice that can be heard on almost every posthumous anthology release? Free as a Bird and Real Love have the same anomaly.
When’s something gonna happen?
It’s not too shabby, but the final Beatles song will always be I Me Mine. 😛
But on a side note, what’s with the metallic sound to Lennon’s voice that can be heard on almost every posthumous anthology release? Free as a Bird and Real Love have the same anomaly.
Lennon was always trying out different vocal effects because he didn’t like the sound of his own voice. Using effects on his recordings may be a way of honoring that after death.
But also, these are all vocals taken from demos done at home on cassette tapes, not in the studio with professional-grade microphones & other equipment. I suspect that’s the real reason for the tinny sound; cassette tapes aren’t great.