SOLVED: Did Paul McCartney Compose This Lost Gem?

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2023 Director's Cut with new pics and new footage.
In 2003, The Beatles released a now-out-of-print bonus disc of rehearsals from the Get Back sessions. It featured an excerpt of an abandoned song titled "Paul's Piano Piece". But historians have long regarded this piano piece as a cover version of Samuel Barber's iconic "Adagio For Strings". Tell us what you think.
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@almostbeatlessongs 7 месяцев назад

@almostbeatlessongs 2 months ago ABS Deluxe Vinyl with EXTRA SONGS is out! Available now at: www.almostbeatlessongs.com

@NBHunterFisher 4 месяца назад

I’d love to buy this, but I am in Canada. How can I get purchase it?

@almostbeatlessongs 4 месяца назад

@@NBHunterFisher sorry, weve only licensed these songs for U.S. release. But you can find it on most streaming platforms (without the extra songs).

@almostbeatlessongs 4 месяца назад

@@NBHunterFisher We've only licensed the vinyl for USA release. But you can find on major streaming platforms (sans the extra songs). Cheers.

@raindrops21_9 Год назад

Being a classical music fan, this makes me love Paul even more. And I really didn't think that was possible. The thing about Paul was that he had the most uncanny ear for music growing up. Listening to and _absorbing_ everything, then taking what he'd soaked up and creating his miraculous oeuvre.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Nicely put. Thanks for watching.

@juneru2 Год назад

That's precisely what the best artists do! Take what they love, combine it, and make something new out of it.

@stevekirby1090 Год назад

I was brought up on classical music from the age of 8,1960. At 10, i began to self teach guitar. I tried to learn a piece of Bach played by Andre's Segovia " ,Segovia plays Bach". In a interview by Michael Parkingson, he explained how he came up with "Blackbird ". It was the same piece that I'd learned in the early 60s.

@canalesworks1247 Год назад

He was on to something very beautiful with this piece. It sound s"somewhat" like the Adadio, but that bit of coutnerpoint to me reflects bach or handel more than Barber. Too bad he didn't develop it a bit more.

@cjmacq-vg8um Год назад

what do i think? i love the beatles but i don't think every beatle or mccartney fart is a work of genius worthy of intense scrutiny and absurd study. that's what i think.

@evanbuliung Год назад

So moving.. well done…especially the short clip of John George and Ringo simply listening. How lucky we are to live on this side of the Beatles story

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks. That’s some creative editing based on something Ringo once said to the effect of ‘I could watch Paul play for hours’.

@THE-HammerMan Год назад

My thoughts exactly. Well said!

@alejo7365 Год назад

the images are not from the moment that paul plays that, but yeah, we were lucky all of them were genius

@peterjlake2531 Год назад

Wow! So moving. You guys have excelled yourselves this time. You've have done Paul proud and fully realised this beautiful piece.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks, Peter.

@Mojo16011973 Год назад

The Beatles were great. Paul was a genius.

@radomirratkovic9014 Год назад

Still is ..❤ blessed by God and loved by people

@konradmeier9754 Год назад

The Beatles are great and Paul is a genius

@Paul-McCartney Год назад

Yes.

@ericmartin7633 Год назад

PAUL IS A GENIUS 😉

@jennywren9068 Год назад

Still is!

@michellemabelle5 Год назад

OMG, I'm literally crying right now... Thank you so so much, this is just absolutely beautiful... I hope Paul sees this... Wow, just wow. (I love you Paul you're a genius😭)

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks @Michelle~

@rabukan5842 Год назад

Paul is a musical genius, and John was a lyrical genius, even though they crossed over at times and inspired each other. During this piano session, Paul also plays Golden Slumbers, and it really demonstrates the great gifts Paul has as a musician and songwriter. George is also brilliant, but he worked hard at it while it just came more naturally to Paul and John. Ringo is often totally underrated as a drummer. They all came together at the perfect time and gave us some of the greatest music of the 20th century; I feel lucky to have been alive at that time.

@rabukan5842 Год назад

@@dean4482 I grew up with Lennon and know all his music. I perform his music more than all the others. I didn’t say he didn’t write beautiful music, but he could not sit down at a piano and play like Paul could, and Paul was much more prolific musically, was interested in Bach, etc. John was more creative with words, and even he said his musical ability was limited. But he had a unique way of phrasing his compositions that makes him unique, and Martin enjoyed working on Lennon’s songs most because there was a lot more for him to play with. Paul’s songs we’re almost always already fully conceived and close to finished.

@rabukan5842 Год назад

@@dean4482 this is true. Moonlight Sonata. But Beethoven wrote that, and John took Beethoven’s piece and ran with it. I never said John wasn’t brilliant or a great songwriter. John constantly took ideas from others, like Mr. Kite coming from a carnival poster, or Come Together directly from Chuck Berry’s song You Can’t Catch Me. Of course, it was Paul who told John to slow it down and change the bass line so they wouldn’t get sued. None of that detracts from John’s brilliance, or from what I wrote.

@vernpascal1531 8 месяцев назад

You have to be in awe of Sir Paul. I love the Stones about as much as The Beatles but if you take the individual aa around talents of Keith, or Mick, it doesn't come within a country mile of McCartney. It's no knock on them they are great, but it's a fact.

@rabukan5842 8 месяцев назад

@@vernpascal1531 Yes, I too think Paul is really a major song writing talent with no real competition. But I also think his greatest work was with The Beatles because of the influences of his band mates and George Martin, who also had their own unique and special gifts that happened to come in full force at the exact right time.

@desoxido Год назад

This has to be realeased as the final Paul McCartney's single. Sad and wonderful.

@jennywren9068 Год назад

Nah. I’ll take “Now and Then” finished.

@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv Год назад

@@jennywren9068 same.

@knockedoutloaded279 Год назад

@@jennywren9068 Now and then could come out 2023/2024...Paul said he wanted to finish it 18 months ago, he must have done something by now.....

@jennywren9068 Год назад

@@knockedoutloaded279 I don’t know. I really think it should be saved for the very last thing because it’s the two of them. The way the Abbey Road record ended with the suite and it’s perfect line- I would like Paul’s last project to be absolutely perfect. I like this - but I don’t agree it should be released as the last single. A classical piece wouldn’t be fitting as his last.

@jennywren9068 Год назад

Confirmed. One of John’s demos ( they didn’t say but most assume “Now and Then” - I certainly hope so! -) to be released as the last Beatles song this year. It is finished.

@Mojo16011973 Год назад

Would love to see Paul get his hands on this again with a full piece.

@aBeatleFan4ever Год назад

Wow... this one made the hairs on my arm stand up. When the singer comes in.... takes it to another level. it's hauntingly beautiful. Best video you've done. Thanks for sharing.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks so much. We’re excited about Vol 2 and the next batch of videos.

@slaphead8835 11 месяцев назад

I love hearing this piece completely produced. It’s gorgeous. Paul McCartney IS on a whole different level.

@almostbeatlessongs 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for listening. Appreciated!

@cowboys4life956 Год назад

Gorgeous, i hope Paul gets to listen to this soon.

@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 Год назад

I always loved that intro piece on the let it be film. I heard ages ago that it was a cover of a classical piece but now I’m thinking that this was a McCartney original. Paul is Pure genius.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Same here!

@pasion4piano Год назад

A gem in musical writing is when you can identify the complete song in the very first 3 to 6 notes that were composed in an original and precise sequence My pleasure of playing the piano by ear for the past 55 years made me understand the genius simplicity of Paul music. The following examples is how I can make my point hoping this makes sense to the reader ,,, Ex: Fool on the Hill Day___afterday 1____2 3 4 Ex: Yesterday Yes___ terday 1____ 2 3 What Paul was playing in this video was more of mumbling exercise of notes to eventually come out whit something valuable. But this is just my say…

@andylaw3 Год назад

Spectacular work. Amazing job finishing and realizing this piece.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks @andylaw3

@ricknbacker5626 Год назад

It sounds as though it would've fit nicely on The Family Way. A lovely interpretation by all involved. Thank you Brett for another fascinating video. Ttake care my friend, RNB

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks RnB!

@ralphbarnes3690 Год назад

McCartney’s work is, at its core, more interesting. A wonderful piece of music. I see no relationship to Barber’s overeaten cake.

@ricknorris1466 Год назад

The shots of the other 3 Beatles sitting and listening in “awe”, especially Lennon are hilarious. Although Ringo was actually sitting next to Paul when he was playing (and partially improvising) it. He looks pretty impressed. Has Paul heard your arrangement of this? I think he would like it.

@davidsanz9332 Год назад

The poem "Old Friend", beautifully written by literary artist David Sanz and confirmed to have been written in the same poetic style as John Lennon and inspired by his last words to Paul McCartney, is both mysterious and heartwarming. As explained by the author, "The poem pays homage to the unbreakable bond between two teenagers from the small port city of Liverpool who, along with their mates, impacted the lives of millions and changed the world with their songs... forever." "Think about me every now and then, old friend." - John Lennon ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gwLbAlbsbCA.html

@GabrieleCannata Год назад

Barber copied McCartney

@Abe_D-2024 Год назад

Quite similar to Paul’s work in the middle of your mother should know…..

@ian_does_things6586 Год назад

Could we get a proper version of Commonwealth, the Beatles Protest Song?

@juneru2 Год назад

"YES!"

@timmckeown1313 Год назад

Or Madman. That’s a good one too.

@larryfloyd5111 Год назад

"Bach was the Beatles' composer." - Paul McCartney

@InPerformanceImages Год назад

It's not a million miles away from Winter Rose from Back to The Egg.

@sarahfullerton6894 Год назад

I hope Paul's sees this soon, as agrees to play it with all of you, with your beautiful arrangements! They do justice to this piano piece he camebup with!

@bronzesnake7004 Год назад

We're discovering there was more Paul to the Beatles from Rubber Soul onward than John George or Ringo. Awesome...haunting! Jack ~'()'~

@Heene1028 Год назад

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard, was by Paul McCartney: The Palace of the King of the Birds", also known as "The Castle of the King of the Birds"

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Check out 36 minute in: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nYggkxsbMJ4.html

@daveowens271 Год назад

Actually it has a bit of a baroque feel to it.

@danielhickmott5800 Год назад

Paul’s piece and Barber’s Adagio are both contemplative in a minor key but not the same. You’ve done a nice arrangement. Sadly, I hear this as a requiem. Perhaps for the Beatles or for Sir Paul. 😯

@ge_mail Год назад

Everyday the Beatles continue to contribute and amaze ... Thanks to demos and dedicated content creators.

@keith1222 Год назад

Wow! What an unexpectedly brilliant video that was!

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks, Keith.

@michaelfleming40 Год назад

Paul ought to record an album of piano pieces. 😊❤

@pietjansen4832 8 месяцев назад

Yes❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 why not😊😊😊😊😊😊

@altamiranoalcantara2874 Год назад

I think that the relationship between Lennon and McCartney reached an almost magical level of symbiosis, and the commercial demands to which they were tied was what suffocated them... in the Get Back videos, they looked exhausted, wanting to recover that magical relationship, but it was too late, they both created together with Harrison a very great work. It's hard for me to decide who was better than the other. On the one hand Lennon was innovative and quite raw in his lines while McCartney was more melodic and refined. Harrison was not given the time or the space until he was a soloist to prove it, but he managed to give true jewels to the quartet's catalogue. That is my point of view.✌️🌼🌻✨

@BlackPrimeMinister Год назад

You're doing a fantastic job, you really are.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks!

@paulallenMacca 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing,I’d love to see your piano score of this song.

@theStacyJames Год назад

Remember, Paul wrote a symphony

@deepredson Год назад

Superb rendition and arrangement. Stunning. Thank you so much. Barty

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks, Barty!

@edjo487 Год назад

Totally not the same song. Subconsciously influenced maybe, but isn’t all art that way?

@brianbiechele1958 Год назад

You obviously put a lot of work into this. Paul seems like approachable person. Why not reach out?

@eugenioitem4969 10 месяцев назад

Paul's expressed emotional lament from the break up & future of the Beates!🎉

@GaryChambers-p5m 10 месяцев назад

I always thought Paul was playing a piece from Beethoven?

@vandenro Год назад

Macca could've probably been a concert pianist if he had been born in a different enviroment.

@v1e1r1g1e1 9 месяцев назад

Beautiful... but not ''Beatles-ish''. Perhaps something for a solo album. Sadly, never committed to a full-blown piece. Without argument, testament to Paul's genius.

@almostbeatlessongs 9 месяцев назад

Yes. Thanks for watching.

@PC4USE1 4 месяца назад

Not a classical fan but this is a beautiful piece. John was said to have written "Because" from having Yoko play "Moonlight Sonata" (correct me if I have the wrong song) backwards and 'riffing" on it. How many great melodies have been inspired by the classics? I can totally believe Paul was inspired by the classical piece.

@almostbeatlessongs 4 месяца назад

Agreed! Thanks for watching!

@vii9284 Год назад

McCartney is so talented it actually annoys me.

@Rickywwx Год назад

WOW. Well done! Gorgeous. You've done a fantastic job with this. There's also a part of me that wishes that you could get Paul to pen some lyrics for this piece (I get it, it's a classical piece, but so much of Paul's stuff could be classical if you removed the lyrics and adapted it for orchestra or piano). Still, BRAVO!!!! 👏

@luvmyrecords Год назад

It doesn't matter what I think, or what anyone thinks. What does Paul think and have to say about this?

@Geritopia Год назад

So, the demo of this is where Paul kind of noodles a bit more and stops and starts, right?

@jamesbrice6619 Год назад

The Beatles throwaway and give away music is as good or better than many bands hit songs😅

@almostbeatlessongs 9 месяцев назад

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@sulufest Год назад

Keep in mind that Paul’s dad was a piano player, so he heavily influenced Paul’s musical interests and explorations.

@GavinMorris1 Год назад

The Bach comparison was honestly closest for me. Also it sounds a lot like McCartney being chord led rather than based on turning a melody into harmonies like Barber.

@justfelix6171 Год назад

I imagine it was a piece Paul worked out at home as a way to make something that was completely classical. The inspiration is there but Paul has one of the greatest ears, he could find whatever sound with whatever chords he wanted.

@pablodiaz8946 Год назад

Paul still Genius.Yesterday was his 81th birthday.

@Mitya_Sizikov Год назад

Brilliant performance! Nice job

@stamatiskon3049 Год назад

You're doing such a great job with these "almost songs" but it's bittersweet these tunes were abandoned, probably in favor of other more commercial or rocky songs. Thanks again for the supurb work...

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@grandthefttheater95 Год назад

Anyone else hear for a second 'from the chandeler!!! I wanna swing, from the chandeler!!!

@margretrosenberg420 Год назад

Has anyone ASKED Paul about it? He's still alive, you know.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks, Jesper.

@Paisly17 Год назад

Only have to ask him…. He’s still alive lol😊

@Gideon01 Год назад

Paul is still alive, bless him. Why not ask him?

@BeatlesTranscriber Год назад

Awesome but I would have left @ 3:52 as a solo piano run. Adding the violins to this section was distracting.

@NNnn-zc2bm Год назад

Agree.

@Bogzter9 Год назад

Yes,that's what i thought aswell.great voicing.

@busterfriendly7115 Год назад

Wasn't this song already discussed as part of this series?

@dachille1 Год назад

I checked that piece out and I didn’t see any real similarities.

@Alchemedia Год назад

Wonderful!

@Fam2015. Год назад

Please also post videos on the sources of Madman/All i want is you & Paul’s Piano Piece.

@controloz3310 Год назад

No. Paul didn’t compose this. You did. It’s lovely but stop looking for hidden meanings in a man who was just noodling in between takes.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Can’t stop, won’t stop. And sorry, not sorry. Thanks for watching.

@controloz3310 Год назад

@@almostbeatlessongs I will continue watching actually. Love your intentions mate.

@erniericardo8140 Год назад

Bravo!!! Masterfully done👏👏👏👏

@THE-HammerMan Год назад

Fine work and an excellent short documentary! Thank you.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@andrewjacobs3731 Год назад

Great video and performances! One thing that’s perplexing me… at 4: 20 why is the lady singing into a mic with no lead connected? 😅

@srroboto Год назад

Beautiful! This is Classical Music!

@gordonmorris6359 9 месяцев назад

THANKS! I always wondered about this, since 1969!

@almostbeatlessongs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and subscribing! Happy Holidays!

@gordonmorris6359 9 месяцев назад

@@almostbeatlessongs It's the season for you to post The Beatles' annual Christmas messages to their Fan Club and their song Christmas Time is Here Again, and George singing Good King Wencelas!

@mohamedfarook7140 Год назад

Paul should write the lyrics to this. And sing it

@tubergetrude333 Год назад

thank you that was enlightening,

@horowizard Год назад

No cable on the microphone at 4:18?

@OtherBrotherDaryl Год назад

Thank you for this beautiful meditation.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@foxdenham Год назад

What a wonderful arrangement and sensitive performance by all. I bet Paul was well chuffed. Thank you.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Many thanks!

@mslaerik66 Год назад

very good job

@tedhart7708 Год назад

So very nice!

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@eugenioitem4969 Год назад

Brilliant.....Best play & analysis of Sir Paul's hidden gem..... while those with biased comments below have no peace at all!

@stevestonesongwriter Год назад

This is awesome

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks!

@suzettebavier4412 Год назад

Paul McCartney is not dead...he is still alive

@ginohernandez3770 5 месяцев назад

Sheet music please

@candidoj Год назад

McCartney is supernatural.

@kjh789az Год назад

Thanks for sharing this exploration. There are many examples of McCartney writing passages which he acknowledges are attempts to emulate a classical style or specific composer. Penny Lane"s high trumpet solo and obligato is a well-known one (JS Bach) and the keyboard breaks on several Help! and Rubber Soul tracks also. Having classically trained producer George Martin around to advise was also influential.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Interesting!

@chriscomerford4253 Год назад

The palace of the king of birds

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Easter egg. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nYggkxsbMJ4.html

@ebberman1583 Год назад

Adagio For Strings - the most popular orchestral piece of the 20th century? Bollocks. Has the narrator never heard The Planets Suite?

@loosilu Год назад

Another beautiful interpretation.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thanks for listening

@joshwallman229 Год назад

He played entirely by ear and composed the same way. George Martin had to transcribe everything the Beatles wrote. I like Paul for his music and the ease with which he composed his songs, quite a talent, but comparing him to Barber, an actual classically trained composer, is insulting to Barber. Richard Carpenter, Keith Emerson, Nick Hopkins, Ray Manzarek etc were also classically trained composers who wrote pop songs. They would be far better able to compose a sonata or etude or something similar to Adagio for Strings.

@Bagabonda Год назад

Similar mood--sure--many piece have a similar melancholy mood; it's common in classical music--one of the reasons I love it. However, the actual notes of the piece bear no resemblance to Adagio for Strings. When I first heard this idea put forward, all I could think was that people don't listen very well. The melodies and harmonies of the two pieces are entirely different.

@zenpuppy6025 Год назад

Well done…..that was really interesting 😊

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Thank you!

@benjaminsvelander5907 Год назад

Is it possible to have a tutorial of the song or some chords? Love this piece!

@BILLYMORGAN1971 Год назад

I thought according yo "youtube" Paul was replaced? (scratches head)🤪

@SparkyBobcat-el8hf Год назад

Blessed to have grown up during his early solo career.

@maleake56 Год назад

Nicely done. I don't really hear this McCartney piece as a copy of Barber's "Adagio for Strings." Yes, there is a transition from one chord to another that's the same and is therefore somewhat reminiscent for a measure or so, and as pointed out the mood is similar. But for me that's where the similarity ends. If copying a musical piece is defined as moving from one chord degree to another particular chord degree--and that transition also happens to have been made in some other piece--then all songs are copies of some other song because all those movements have been made before--countless times. Instead, this is an original piece that sounds at times like it could have been written by a number of different classical composers.

@jesperjnielsen Год назад

This is beautiful

@kcuhc84 Год назад

Paul has used a couple of classical pieces as inspiration over the years.

@yell50 Год назад

one word ....Wonderful

@gerardstephens58 Год назад

Beautiful sound & video editing; captured the art & melancholy of Paul’s piano piece. Made my first experience of the piece that much more enjoyable. Subbed.

@almostbeatlessongs Год назад

Many thanks!