Are you sure George played the bass? It sounds Mccarney-ish, plus sounds like a hollowbody bass guitar not a solidbody (not aware of them having a right-handed hollowbody bass at that time)
@@P0LGARIS George is playing on a distorted Fender IV Bass (a six string bass). you can hear it in the other tracks, you can slightly hear the bass, the piano and the guitar in the drums track, which shows that everything was recorded "live"
Also, harmony aahs and ooos are three part. McCartney during both bridges, double tracked. I doubt Lennon played anything on this. Just one of three harmonies.
I am one of those guys,,,,yet his drumming is incredible here,,,,, I really think he is no good now cause he doesnt practice and always has another drummer when playing live
@@robertstone1409 it was pertaining to having to use a click track in the 90's when recording Free As A Bird. They had to use a click in order to get John Lennon's demo tape in perfect time; so they could overdub. Ringo seemed to resent this.
All these deconstructed im amazed at the timing issues, the mistakes, they just churned shit out as soon as they had something half ready, and your right, Ringo hauled the timing back in every time. Respect
My God what an incredible voice Paul McCartney had back then! Simply amazing. In baseball, they have what is called a "Five Tool Player". They are extremely rare. Willie Mays was one. So was Mickey Mantle. A five tool player is a player that can hit for average, hit with power, field the ball, has a strong throwing arm, and is a fast, smart baserunner. Paul McCartney is a five-tool rock star. He can sing ballads beautifully, he can scream rock & roll like Elvis, he is a multi-instrumentalist, Is the greatest songwriter ever, and had the rock star good looks. The man was born to be an entertainer. Pure & simple! He is a once in a lifetime musical gift, and I'm so glad that I got to see & hear his incredible talents in my era. We should all be happy about that because look at the direction music has taken. I don't know about all of you, but in my opinion, music basically sucks these days! There will never be a talent like Paul McCartney again. There will never be another John Lennon, George Harrison or Ringo Starr. Thank God they all lived in the same seaport city of Liverpool, England. Thank God they all found each other and decided to become brothers to one another. Thank God they knew exactly how to blend each others amazing musical gifts. And finally, thank you God for giving us the Beatles!
I don’t disagree, a lot (ok most) modern bands stink. But that might be a function of a much higher standard of living we have now compared with post war England when the Beatles grew up. They didn’t have much. But they did have time. Time to listen on the radio, time to learn their instruments, time to compose & time to develop into a proper ensemble and performers (Germany gave them that). If modern bands devoted as much time to their craft as the Beatles and many other groups of the 1950s/60s did, the music today would be noticeably better.
Paul Sullivan- your comment above is one the best descriptions of Paul McCartney's overall talent as a once in a lifetime gift to the world I have ever read. The five-tool analogy is perfect! Thanks for that.
Yes, you are so right, but I think there were more fortunate circumstances, e.g. one must not forget George Martin who was able to implement their ideas, the good studio engineers who were willing to experiment, moreover the special "spirit" of the 60s plus London with its culture, their acquaintances with people who inspired and encouraged them. It was all so perfect and all at the right time and it will not happen again.
Wow, George and John are great, but this musical miracle is all about Paul and Ringo! Ringo has the most beautiful FEEL for the music and his sticks of any drummer ever.
@@aleksandregogolashvili6497 I always thought The Beatles had exceptional vocals. In the early days it's what set them apart from all the other bands. I also thought The Beach Boys had exceptional vocals and were even better than The Beatles with the backgroud "Oohs" and "Aahs." Since I've been listening to some of the isolated vocal tracks of both bands, I have to say The Beatles were right up there with The Beach Boys.
with all of those fills? Paul may could play drums, but he's no drummer and has no technical abilities of a drummer which Ringo have. Just compare this with Back In The USSR and Dear Prudence. His rhythms on the hi- hat are steady but sloppy. But not in this one. In this one, the rhythms are steady, solid, and consistent. And the fill has the playing style of Ringo.
But Paul's piano here! It's heavy, dripping with angst and *feeling* It makes you experience something that is totally visceral and almost *too* much to bear. Superb. Not to mention the immaculate vocals that are violently ripped from Paul's soul. This is what music is supposed to be about - a perfect expression of what it is to be human and experience all the raw emotions that must accompany that phenomena. ETA: Ringo is a f^cking machine gun on this track and this vid deserves way more views and likes!
Paul's greatest vocal performance of all time. (And that is saying something...because this one had lots of brilliant vocals to compete against). Definitely one of his highlights.
Agree at it being #1. But he had some others right there next to it. He could do it all, from soft sweet melodic singing (Hey Jude, And I Love Her, Yesterday, I Will), to screaming ("Oh Darling", "Monkberry Moon Delight") to that soaring high falsetto ("Twist And Shout" and "Hey Jude"). He is unquestionably the best vocalist in rock music-- ever.
@@celosemnexo There are two moments where it's only a fraction off tempo and it's only noticeable when isolated. Other than that, it's a great bit of bass that.
It's easy to hear the mistakes on piano, bass and drums in this vacuum, but remember, it's the sum of the whole that made the Beatles great. A few botched notes never made a great song bad.
Pure genius the whole bloody track! Off the charts. After hearing this song and The Beatles body of work countless times over the years I'm still unpacking the the greatness of these 4 lads!
George was a phenomenal bass player. I always thought it was Paul on this one, and perhaps he did instruct George - but the performance is so tasty & groovy.
@@chrisledrew5091check the super deluxe of abbey road, alternate take of oh darling has Paul on piano, yet the bass is going, means George was on it because these are rhythm tracks
I love how they put a ton of echo on Ringo's drums when it's called for, on Come Together the drums are so dry, they always knew how to create the correct sound for the song.
Paul McCartney is the finest musician of the 21st century. It's almost like there's nothing he can't do. Give him an instrument and he will play it like no other. Give him a sheet of paper and he will write incredible lyrics. Give him a microphone and he'll belt out some of the most explosive vocals you've ever heard. The guy is a phenom.
Ringo fits to a T in the Beatles, all of them have their uncanny abilities that blended very well to the fabulous four's revolution of music here on earth. How fortunate we are to have them. 💜💛💚🧡
you are all wrong. it is lennon on drums. billy preston on lead guitar actually. ringo is singing it in his mccartney imitation voice. harrison on piano. mccartney was not at the session.
Lester Paul Well I haven’t read that, but it is well known that he went in early every morning for a week before he was happy. It’s said that he complained that he used to be able to knock it out the park straight away, but that’s when they were touring all the time and his voice was naturally ‘warmed up.’
If you record the voice as soon as you wake up, you'll have this result. I remember that I did this during the recording of the cover on a David Bowie's song... Voice sounds rougher.
I've always loved those rolls Ringo does @1:03 and 2:09 and also how he subtly opens the hi-hat on the 1. George is noticeably behind the beat especially at 4:52 as if he's unsure where the note is. He's out of tune, too and plays the wrong note at 6:02. That said, The Beatles will forever be The Greatest F%#@ Band In The Whole World. Always. And there will NEVER be another like them.
Definitely out of tune bass on one of the strings. Also not on time in places. Maybe Paul didn't want to argue with him about it specially when these mistakes are not obvious in the mix.
Good lord Pretty clear This is a Paul song, he counts it in, and then wails both vocally and on the piano Since he can’t play bass at the same time he has George play a bass part which, of course, sounds like a guitarist playing a bass instead of Paul playing bass Meanwhile, John plays his usual awesomely perfect rhythm track with a few simple arpeggios thrown in And of course Ringo holds it all together with his uniquely perfect rolling downbeat action Any other lineup is just people wanting it to be the usual
THANK YOU! Plus usually John never would play piano on a song that Paul had specifically written on piano himself. John would never play piano on Let It Be or Lady Madonna, so it makes no sense people think he would play it on this song.
Interesting how many notes George actually missed on the bass. Cool sound though with a bit of distortion/overdrive. Macca's vocal on this iconic song is unsurpassed in rock and roll, IMO.
Yeah, I wonder how many takes they gave him for this one to be the best. I would have wanted to do it again. At least fix the mistakes. But, I never heard the errors in the final mix down. I guess they knew no one would.
George's mistakes never stood out in the track, I always thought it sounded pretty good! As for Macca.... the man suffered for our benefit as he surely can't sing like this anymore, lol. RIP Paul's vocal cords, you served the world well for over 50 years
I can’t think of another band where the members played so many different instruments and even played another’s primary instrument in recordings (e.g., George playing bass).
Of course, it's easier to follow where you are in the song when you here Paul's piano part. Pianos are great: They can cover a lot of a song..........he's basically playing all of the song, except the vocals, on piano. P.S. This LP, Abbey Road, was the first time Geoff Emerick could use an eight-track machine, and he used the extra tracks to record ALL OF RINGO's work fully for the first time. So Ringo really comes thru on this LP for us and we HEAR HIM FULLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Just listening to these amazing harmonies. If you go back to the early Beatles and any harmonizing was crazy good. Their voices were meant to be together.
Such a brilliant lead vocal. Jesus, whatta powerhouse vocalist Paul was. WOW. Never realized the bridge was double tracked. Makes sense but still just the coolest.
@@alastairbishop2450I thought perhaps ADT was used, as it would have been easier, but I noticed the “whoooo” was single tracked, which shows there were two vocal tracks, plus you can hear Paul almost flub a lyric - he says “bell down” because he almost said “broke down” but it’s correct on the toppernost vocal.
There is so many dodgy instrumental takes on this recording that it's amazing it turned out as well as it did. Bass is not tight, one of the piano tracks is not tight and in need of tuning. The electric guitar is terrific. The backing vocals perfect. Drums are solid and tight. When you look at it piece by piece, it shouldn't work but when you put it all together it sounds great. This is a case of the whole not being equal to the sum of its parts. So I put the missing ingredients down to, Beatles soul and magic. It's a great recording from a great album. Ironically this was to be their last sessions as a band. Yet they sounded like they were better than they ever were.
I think you hit the nail on the head when you said it was the soul and magic of the Beatles that tied it all together. I think the beauty in music from this era was that there was no program to run all the beats and sounds through in order to quantize them and make it sound perfectly symmetrical and on pitch. No autotune, no perfect 120bpm needed. The Beatles were imperfectly perfect!
