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6.40pm
4 April 2010
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paulsbass said:
MrBig said:
There's only a few people in the world who know the answer to this question. And two of them are dead.
And if Paul would say he did the "aahs" you wouldn't even believe him…
I would if I could hear him say it.
3.48am
14 November 2010
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That's what's so beautiful about The Beatles. They all sing, and their voices blend together into something unstoppable.
I never would've guessed that Paul was singing that, but now that you mention it, it could be either.
If you completely disagree, just listen to the album Band on the Run by Wings, and Paul's voice changes almost unrecognizably from Jet to Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five to Helen Wheels. He's amazingly versatile, and was probably trying to embody the surreality of that part of the song with his voice, if he was singing that part
4.05am
4 November 2010
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I've always thought it was John. If you think about it, Paul sings '"Woke up, got out of bed" as the first line of his part of the song, implying that the previous Lennon part was all a dream. And then, when Paul sings his final lines, "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream", he is re-entering the dreamworld. John's story took place entirely within that dream world, and John singing the "aahs" would serve to show that Paul was falling back into this dream. Just my piece.
4.08am
14 November 2010
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Good call. makes sense.
4.12am
10 November 2009
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JET! said:
Good call. makes sense.
That's what i say, John is in Paul's dream singing ahhh's…
4.17am
14 November 2010
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Cranberry Sauce, that is the best name ever. makes me want to listen to SFF.
4.21am
10 November 2009
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JET! said:
Cranberry Sauce, that is the best name ever. makes me want to listen to SFF.
I'm going to listen it, and do a stereo remix, but it's very hard to do it, isolation it's very hard and balancing and…anyway, i'll try.
4.26am
14 November 2010
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TheOneBeatleManiac said:
JET! said:
Cranberry Sauce, that is the best name ever. makes me want to listen to SFF.
I'm going to listen it, and do a stereo remix, but it's very hard to do it, isolation it's very hard and balancing and…anyway, i'll try.
for Strawberry Fields or A Day in the Life?
4.28am
10 November 2009
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JET! said:
TheOneBeatleManiac said:
JET! said:
Cranberry Sauce, that is the best name ever. makes me want to listen to SFF.
I'm going to listen it, and do a stereo remix, but it's very hard to do it, isolation it's very hard and balancing and…anyway, i'll try.
for Strawberry Fields or A Day in the Life?
For Strawberry Fields.
The A Day In The Life Stereo Remix i've done it already with Rockband Multitracks.
3.13pm
11 November 2010
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I always just assumed it was John. I mean, on the studio recording, it doesn't sound like Paul… at all. Neither does it on the Anthology. Nor the LOVE version. Maybe it's just me. I haven't heard the vocals-only track.
4.53pm
13 November 2009
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You can find those a few pages back.
9.33pm
4 December 2010
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TheOneBeatleManiac said:
JET! said:
Good call. makes sense.
That's what i say, John is in Paul's dream singing ahhh's…
I've always thought that John IS Paul's dream, a mad genius singing about how he read the news today, on a dark, rainy, London night.
2.12am
4 January 2011
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paulsbass said:
Joe said:
You seem very keen to cherrypick your evidence. Examples that back up your point of view are held up as truthful, whereas ones that disagree with your initial hypothesis are questioned or dismissed (the Everett one actually seems to be saying Paul did the bridge and John did the transition).
Would any evidence whatsoever convince you otherwise? If Paul, George M, Ringo, or anyone else said it was John, would you dismiss them for having lousy memories? I think it's important to be open minded in these matters.
Yes, the Winn book seems accurate, though I haven't read it in detail. The Everett book is perhaps more detailed in its examinations, and was used by Winn as a source.
Anyway, I'm bored of this discussion now.
Sorry, I knew I would make that impression of "cherrypicking".It's just that it is obviously – at least for me!! – Paul singing, so anyone saying differently is wrong, imvho. Mistakes are possible, as I pointed out, even by the Beatles themselves. So even if Paul would say it was John I would disagree with him (I doubt he would say that). I explained many times why I think that. Compare the parts of the songs I mentioned.
So there is no room for convincing me, I KNOW it's Paul.
If somebody told you, "It's John singing With a little help" and even gave you a quote from an interview, and even if Ringo would deny that he ever did that number, would you believe it? Of course not, because you can HEAR it's Ringo.
The "aaahs" are just a little more difficult to identify, but it's not impossible.
So I admit it wasn't really an open "discussion" for me. I'm just surprised that there seem to be almost only those here who believe to hear John.
And I assure you, I WAS open-minded BEFORE listening to that vocal track. I said many times that after "Love" I wasn't sure it it wasn't John after all. But the vocal track was the prove I needed, now I don't need to open minded anymore. Of course anyone who is now convinced that it's John would think the same way, so we just had to go our ways in peace with a different opinion.
I knew there had to be SOME evidence for my position, and you provided it, thank you for that.
I disagree with your interpretation of Everett, though. "Lennon and McCartney do backing vocals for bridge and transition." Where do you see a hint about who sang what? They both DID vocals on the transition, as I pointed out, and that's what Everett is saying. Btw, what is the bridge excactly?? The middle part? Or is it the same as the transition??
Sorry to bore you, I never thought I'd have to "fight" over this so intensely – and so alone!
2.22am
4 January 2011
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Many of us are convinced that it is John singing the aahhs, myself included. But wouldn't it be like John and Paul to have Paul singing first with his voice sped-up or raised a half step so that it matches John's more nasally cadence in the second portion just to get beatle fans arguing amongst themselves. Although it does make sense for Paul to complete his dream sequence, I still think its John. There has to be some sort of equiptment out there to compare and verify whose voice it actually is.
3.32am
13 November 2009
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First, welcome to the forum. 
Second, I had my doubts too until I realized that Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono approved of a Beatles Rock Rand that shows John singing the ahs. Their lawyers were all over it. ADitL is not a minor song. It wouldn't have gone unnoticed.
5.34am
20 December 2010
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Why is it that everyone thinks Sgt. Pepper's is Paul's album? As far as I am concerned, this is a group effort. There is no way the aahhs in 'A Day In The Life' are Mccartney's. John's voice makes that whole song. I have a George Martin interview where he say's when he hears John's vocals on that song, it send chills up his spine.
For those of you who have not read my comments I posted on the album site for Sgt. Pepper, here you go:
I just finished reading all the posts regarding this album and cannot believe how many posts there are claiming this is McCartney's album. They were all very talented in their own way. Without all four of them participating during the Sgt. Pepper recording sessions, this album would not sounded as good as it turned out.
I am so tired of hearing Paul this and Paul that. They are all great songwriters and musicians. The Beatles are the Beatles and that is why their solo efforts will never measure up to the group efforts.
3.28pm
14 April 2010
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All my life I just assumed the ahs belonged to John and I am not ready to give in and say they are all Paul. But for months now this discussion really made me listen closer to them. While I still can't tell (and therefore have no reason to think they are not all John) I would not be at all surprised if the following is true. Bear with me.
When you listen with headphones, you will notice that Paul's "woke up, got outta bed" part ends in one ear and the ahs begin in that same ear. All of a sudden they start to go from one ear to the other. That is the ear in which we hear John's voice pick up again with "I read the news today oh boy". Wouldn't it be cool if the ahs belonged to both, starting with Paul and ending with John?
At the very least it would provide a compromise that would end this discussion once and for all.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.
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3.38pm
1 May 2010
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Speaking of ADITL, I listened to it when I was doing my morning walk, and I believe it's John.
About Paul's album… maybe because he got the main concept and John and George and Ringo were later like "mhew" about it? 
4.42pm
14 December 2009
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Zig said:
All my life I just assumed the ahs belonged to John and I am not ready to give in and say they are all Paul. But for months now this discussion really made me listen closer to them. While I still can't tell (and therefore have no reason to think they are not all John) I would not be at all surprised if the following is true. Bear with me.
When you listen with headphones, you will notice that Paul's "woke up, got outta bed" part ends in one ear and the ahs begin in that same ear. All of a sudden they start to go from one ear to the other. That is the ear in which we hear John's voice pick up again with "I read the news today oh boy". Wouldn't it be cool if the ahs belonged to both, starting with Paul and ending with John?
At the very least it would provide a compromise that would end this discussion once and for all.
Haven't compared the "Woke up…" and "I read…" bits and their respective places in the stereo spectrum, but otherwise Zig's impressions are OTM with my own: I was sure it was John, gave many close listenings, and now am like 70% sure the "aahhhs" are shared, with the precise identities blurred via the stereo panning.
"Nice" to see this thread pop up again – it's been a coupla months!
Also, welcome George Demake! I recognize your name from some of the article comments. (I might even have argued with you once or twice, haha! Can't recall for sure.)
7.04pm
1 May 2010
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Zig said:
All my life I just assumed the ahs belonged to John and I am not ready to give in and say they are all Paul. But for months now this discussion really made me listen closer to them. While I still can't tell (and therefore have no reason to think they are not all John) I would not be at all surprised if the following is true. Bear with me.
When you listen with headphones, you will notice that Paul's "woke up, got outta bed" part ends in one ear and the ahs begin in that same ear. All of a sudden they start to go from one ear to the other. That is the ear in which we hear John's voice pick up again with "I read the news today oh boy". Wouldn't it be cool if the ahs belonged to both, starting with Paul and ending with John?
At the very least it would provide a compromise that would end this discussion once and for all.
I did this holding my hands on my speakers, and you're right those "aaahs" come from the same speaker I get the "woke up". But the first "aahh" sounds so John…. the second ones.. not that much. So, if the "aahs" were done by both, I'd say the first ones by John and the second ones by Paul.
Now, I have no idea about engineering but that's what I like about being a Beatle fan, that you can learn. If you listen from one speaker the voice, does that mean that it's both mics were recorded in the same track, or they edited both tracks so you could listen them in the same speaker, or Paul and John were sharing the same mic? 
And the captchas tell me I might be right. 9!!
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