Mike your work is invaluable. You are a musical archaeologist digging up treasures from the Beatles’ song recordings, in pursuit of a broader understanding of their genius. We can’t thank you enough.
Yet another amazing back story & rendition of a classic Beatles tune Mike! That sound alike was incredible! Thank you for keeping their music alive & well! 👍👍
@@MPfrance I think what George would have done is something like what he did on the fade out of isn't pity. I personally think the song needs it. I know this is a well loved classic but it is one that I listen to rarely.
Wonderful class today! A few months after the Beatles' release, Greg Allman recorded an incendiary guitar solo for WIlson PIckett's cover of Hey Jude, perhaps indicating what George could have done if Paul had only been a little more generous.
Absolutely love this song: Paul's lead vocal, the backing vocals, John and Paul's short harmony part, the uplifting lyrics.... Paul played it for John. He said he'd fix the movement you need is on your shoulders. John said, No you won't, it's the best line in the song. After John passed and he was performing it live, he'd admit to getting emotional when getting to that part of the song.....❤
I always really liked John's harmony on the final verse. He seems to weave around Paul's vocal in a way that's a bit different than usual. It's also amusing that the powers confused this to be a recording of the band. It's a testament to how accurate you are in your playing.
I've been waiting for a lesson on this song for awhile now so this is definitely great, absolutely loved it and your piano playing was beautiful as well
@@MPfrance Haha....indeed it is. I always loved the little bits that The Beatles left in, accidentally or otherwise. Something that is polished out in modern mixing.
Hey Mike, Another great tutorial for all of us wanna be players!! Just sent along a donation on your web site. Please keep up the good work. You're a real musical treasure!
@stephen - Thanks! I worked on Ringo's part quite a lot. And if you look closely at the video you'll see me reading the chart I wrote (on that black music stand to the left of the mounted tom tom) to get the fills properly placed and played!
The band may have seen some drop in popularity in the States around this time, but I don’t think their reputation or popularity diminished in the UK. It certainly wasn’t the case for myself, nor the wide range of people I knew at the time even though, as you say, Jimi, Cream, the Kinks, Stones, Who and many others were surging in popularity. The Beatles were still seen by them and most others as the band to aspire too. Nevertheless, great analysis, Mike. Another excellent video. 👍
@paul - That's very kind of you to say. Thanks! But the real talent is in composing the song. Copying it isn't that big of a deal. You just gotta take your time doing it.
@@MPfrance Sure, the real talent is in the composition, but for us mere mortals a great copy IS a big deal - your versions, the Analogues' versions, these have revealed to me just how original and musical the originals are.
Great job as usual. I always thought they could have kind of compromised and let George play fills and licks say over the last verse and the endless coda! Duane Allman proved how that could work when he played on Wilson Picketts version.
Again i learned a lot. so wonderfull! I have a question: could you make a lesson on the Beatles track Hey Bulldog. I have some difficulties inderstanding the song and i think your words could enlight me. So can you please, please help me? thank you so much
I've watched you for years Mike and think you are at least three times the Musician I will ever be. I am saying this completely from a loving space mate, I promise. I like the vocals, especially the harmonies but it seems to me, only my humble opinion, when you are doing the lead vocals most times, it seems you are trying to sound like, "the lads". I am betting 100% your natural vocals would sound excellent. FWIW.
Well - 1 - they are sound-alikes and 2 - I actually learned HOW to sing by listening to the Beatles in the early 60's. So when I sing a Beatles song my "natural vocals" have a bit of Beatles DNA.
Oh wow, I never thought about the capo. I always thought it was just played normally because of the music video. Today I learned! Also, what string do you use on your J160 Mike?
@Snipin - I have no particular favorite type of strings. I usually use D'addario's 'cuz they're not very expensive. I don't hear much difference in string types. Most tone comes from a player's hands...
@codec - Well, sorry - but you have that mixed up. The Musicians' Union's ban (after 1966) was actually on miming the music being played on television. So the Beatles could have played the music live instead of lip/finger syncing to a prerecorded track. But the band circumvented the ban by having Paul sing live and fooling the union into believing they were playing live.
Mike, you said in the hey Jude promotional film they had recorded instruments and saying the song live on Wikipedia it said the same thing about the revolution video. The instruments were taped and the vocals were saying live, but you said they dubbed the singing in the revolution video and another thing Wikipedia did was bring to my attention. I never caught it John is ending the singing well the singing is still going on in the background. I can’t believe the filmmaker. I can’t remember his name. Let that get put out that way. I can’t believe the Beatles let that get put out that way what a mistake if your people are paying attention it’s really easy to see. They made such a big mistake video and audio not in sync
