The Beatles’ 'Now And Then' In The Style Of 6 Composers

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0:00 Introduction (minus Loki)
1:01 Joni Mitchell’s 80th Birthday
2:02 The release of ’Now and Then’
2:54 The original version
3:54 A short description of ’Now and Then’
4:19 The part of the song that was edited out.
5:11 The final version.
6:43 The Beatles phenomenon
7:49 Album after album
8:28 Brief comparison with Hitchcock and Beethoven
8:50 Moments when creative energy collides with the zeitgeist
9:05 The fragmentation of the Beatles
9:33 An essay in nostalgia
10:12 Paul McCartney: the driving force
10:44 A very touching document.
11:04 Now and Then
11:39 The brief return of Loki
12:00 A word about Skillshare
13:34 John Lennon’s Spanish style
14:18 The Phrygian drop
14:46 Conversational style in Lennon’s songwriting
15:38 Improvising in the style…
15:54 Improvising in the style of Beethoven
18:37 J.S.Bach
19:34 Mozart
21:24 Chopin
21:53 Liszt
22:32 Ravel
23:08 An absurd exercise and a question
23:58 Ian’s button and RU-vid membership
This video is about the Beatles’ ‘final’ song, Now and Then, which was released on 2 November 2023. The video considers the origins of the song, John Lennon’s original home recording from 1977, the Beatles final version, the song's place in the band’s output, and its role as a cultural document. Matthew King reflects on the Beatles’ achievement and considers how the song fits into the story of a band who were once at the cutting edge of innovation and cultural change, and are now icons of a lost world.
In the second half of the video Matthew improvises on the first phrase of the song in the styles of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel.
Piano improvisations by Matthew King
The Beatles: Now and Then (released 2 November 2023): • The Beatles - Now And ...
John Lennon’s original 1977 recording of Now and Then: • Video
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Edited by Ian Coulter ( www.iancoultermusic.com )
Produced and directed by Ian Coulter & Matthew King

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@remorrey 7 месяцев назад

Professor, I am so amazed and grateful for your in-depth knowledge of the back story. Thank you for your research. And a good evening to you from here in Utah.

@remorrey 7 месяцев назад

Kudos to Ian (sp) for his very good editing. He must spend a lot of time to make a flowing and entertaining final product. He's one of the best.

@themusicprofessor 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! (From Ian)

@johnboyd9854 7 месяцев назад

Just wanted to say thank you for your wonderful uploads that so generously offer your insight and appreciation for all kinds/eras of music. I've learned a lot from watching them. I'm also impressed by the level of detail you pack into your videos, like the blinking visage of Beethoven watching over your improvisation on 'Now and Then'. They're very fun as well as being very informative!

@myouatt5987 7 месяцев назад

Gosh, I creased up when you went 'into the style of ...'! Reminiscences of Reizenstein and 'The Lambeth Walk' - congrats, thoroughly enjoyed this video. Credit to you! Nice one! :)

@ericleiter6179 7 месяцев назад

The original demo definitely has a vibe...could have fit on Plastic Ono Band almost. But I think the Twotles and Giles Martin made the right call ultimately with their edit and production...not to mention Peter Jackson! Thanks for your video on it. I enjoyed it (as I did the new release of Now and Then)! Loved the improv!

@stevemarshall5249 7 месяцев назад

These are great fun. I'd love to hear some of them filled out to more complete versions. And some others: since it's melancholy, what about John Dowland? Schubert? Stravinsky? Wagner? Puccini? The mind boggles!

@saibhandari 7 месяцев назад

This is such a great video - and huge congrats on the sponsorship!

@Jantango 7 месяцев назад

This video took me back to my teenage years when The Beatles made their US television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. I was a big fan while studying piano. Your improvisations are fabulous!

@susanfleming3128 7 месяцев назад

This is fun!

@situdan89active-self82 6 месяцев назад

Fascinating! I really like how you make "then" resonate with more depth and originating well beyond the sixties...

@flemmingaaberg4457 7 месяцев назад

Wow - what a great way to showcase the classics' styles. FWIW I think the Moonlight Sonata style captures the mood of John's composition best. And I'm in awe of people (include yourself) that can master music and instruments to convey emotion so well.

@matthewking1873 7 месяцев назад

And ‘Because’ (from Abbey Road) was inspired by the opening of the Moonlight sonata

@wyattstevens8574 6 месяцев назад

@@matthewking1873And so was the second half of "I Want You/She's So Heavy," I think: "She's so-"

@peteragnew2224 6 месяцев назад

You, Sir, exude great joy with your love of music! I could listen to your music and your analysis all day, everyday! Thank you for sharing!

@justintroyka8855 7 месяцев назад

I LOVED your remarks about the cultural context of the song, and how the song fits into the Beatles' story. I absolutely agree that this song is another great example of John Lennon's style of melody writing. As you said, it's "conversational". It also has what I see as the essential John Lennon hallmark: staying near a certain note and emphasizing it in the melody, just hitting it over and over again in a plaintive, almost tedious way. The verse of "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a perfect example of this, with the entire first two measures having just one note repeated, the B in A major (the C in B-flat major?). "Come Together" is another great example, really emphasizing the F. What we hear in "Now and Then" fits into that pattern beautifully, with John emphasizing the E as it alternates with a few lower notes. That's the verse, and then the chorus has G emphasized.

@izzyk9601 7 месяцев назад

And Congrats on getting a sponsorship! 🎉

@kuglepen64 7 месяцев назад

Joni’s Pirates of Penanze is a very clever song. Perhaps even her best song.

@revelry1969 7 месяцев назад

You are a maestro. Bravo

@revelry1969 7 месяцев назад

15:47 Improvisation start

@petersantoro5323 6 месяцев назад

Simply brilliant

@musicisspecial1 7 месяцев назад

Great! Yes to a Joni feature please!

@eupraxis1 7 месяцев назад

Love it!!!!!!

@pierocampilii5182 2 дня назад

Loved this one. You should stay with The Beatles.

@Davy.de.la.chakra 7 месяцев назад

The song was written about Paul. Listening to the lyrics, it adds a whole new dimension.

@matthewking1873 7 месяцев назад

Yes - that is very moving actually

@jayakamakshianandamayi7461 6 месяцев назад

clearly proven by the lyrics e.g. "Oh no, no, sweet darling" - sweet darling, of course, being Paul.

@dev0nSA1nt 6 месяцев назад

I disaggre because when they were working on the song they cut out a precourus looking at the lyrics of the precourus in my opinion it is for his mother or maybe Yoko

@davidchristophersalomon8693 6 месяцев назад

Love it!🎶

@tomlabooks3263 7 месяцев назад

Delightful. I especially enjoyed the Liszt version.

@izzyk9601 7 месяцев назад

A Joni Mitchell Video sounds so interesting! Love Amelia 🎶

@EddieReischl 6 месяцев назад

The Ravel interpretation sounded the best to me. That makes sense to me, because Lennon's music often seems to have Debussy elements in it, he often writes pentatonic melodies, adds unusual chords, and has a lot of pauses. McCartney's Beatles' songs seem more rooted in Bach, his perfectionist tendencies and use of counterpoint. These tendencies make it surprising to me that "In My Life" was written by John and "Eleanor Rigby" was written by Paul. I suspect they helped each other out on those two, or by that time had been influenced enough by the other.

@jamestharp7880 6 месяцев назад

You nailed it! Can you do more Chopin?

@susanfleming3128 7 месяцев назад

It would be interesting to consider if the personalities or characters of the individual Beatles correspond to certain composers!

@themusicprofessor 7 месяцев назад

Yes - so it would be possible to make a Viennese comparison: Macca is Mozart, John is Lennon, Harrison is Schubert. (it's a bit absurd but there are some correspondences)

@tomhenninger4153 9 дней назад

Thanks for the video! Wow, when you go thru the various composers, it's brilliant. So cool. I don't like taking things that are works in progress, and using them like this. John may not have liked it enough to release it! Maybe he would've only used the F# part as the main theme after rethinking it. All we know is that he didn't think enough of it to record it. I guess I'm saying it's hard for me to listen to it because it's got the shimmer and veneer of an artist I LOVE, but it's a fake. Like when Ian Anderson laughs about getting one over on someone and them not knowing "til the copper fades away" on Up To Me. Anyway, thanks for doing these videos, I enjoy your analysis'.

@kandelz 5 месяцев назад

That bach sounded great!

@87linceed 7 месяцев назад

i lovee that you covered the beatles! you should do an analysis, on junk, or everyday by mccartney, he has a lot of songs that need analysis, also gratia! by mccartney!.

@themusicprofessor 7 месяцев назад

Junk is good, yes.

@PaulGTerry 7 месяцев назад

Your Chopin version was my favourite - seemed to be the most natural.

@opussy 7 месяцев назад

At 02.49 I was shocked though I should not have been that your students were ignorant of the event but it surely cannot now be too long before at the word Beatles students respond with a blank look. I walked into my local HMV to see - merely out of curiosity - if they were stocking the 7" single, and they were. Ringo is unmentioned by you as a songwriter but I think Octopusses Garden my favourite Beatle song .

@themusicprofessor 7 месяцев назад

Ringo was a key person in the band, but his songwriting skills were somewhat less impressive than the other 3.

@ausdudetriboy 13 дней назад

Yes please to your reflections on Joni Mitchell.

@themusicprofessor 13 дней назад

Yes. I will do it...

@galeem713 7 месяцев назад

Never was a fan of the beetles but a fan of John and George

@zetmoon 7 месяцев назад

“beetles”?…… Clearly not a fan! A fan would always write The Beatles!

@vikingbeard 7 месяцев назад

I love your approach to music. Even the most boring and depressing tune can be turned into something exciting by the right person. It was a joy listening to your beautiful and playful melodies.