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10.29pm
1 January 2011
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Whenever I listen to it, it sounds like John, but I don't pay attention to who's singing a lot of the time.
10.53pm
9 June 2010
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*gasps*
Pterodactyl awoke the Thread of Doom! 
mr. Sun king coming together said And yes, YouTube comments are stupid. But hilariously so.
11.18pm
27 February 2010
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Believe me…
it's John…
2.26am
1 May 2010
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We should organize a session with a psychic and John, and then ask him. 
But if John from the afterlife ever talks to me, I'd have a heart attack after peeing myself. 
8.22am
30 July 2010
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I now think the ah's are definitley John. One reason is that in Emerick's book, he says John is singing the 'ah's and he didn't even like Lennon that much. Another is Rockband, which Paul and Ringo went through for accuracy and in Rockband, it is John singing the Ah's part, it plainly shows John singing and McCartney at the piano with his mouth closed while John is doing it. if Paul had sung them, then he would have spoken up about it, which he didn't. I also read somewhere else that someone had heard a bootleg of the vocal track alone but without all the reverb and echo they later put on it and he says it is clearly John singing.
Here is a youtube video that has Emerick said on it
If Paul had sung it, that would mean Paul himself had forgotten while looking at Rockband and it would mean Emerick himself has forgotten who sung it, even though he was the one behind the console, so that looks very unlikely.
10.10am
31 March 2008
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I'm glad you provided links to explain what accuracy means. I never would have known.
1.09pm
13 November 2009
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I'm sincerely thankful for this. 
2.26pm
12 March 2010
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ochdeus said:
If Paul had sung it, that would mean Paul himself had forgotten while looking at Rockband and it would mean Emerick himself has forgotten who sung it, even though he was the one behind the console, so that looks very unlikely.
Well, it's really obvious that Rockband is not accurate in EVERY aspect (just a very obvious one: George playing the solo in WMGGW).
If Paul DID authorize that certain part, obviously he really DID forget he sang it himself, which is still quite obvious.
Not only does the lead "aah" sound more like Paul (and very much so) but the backing vocals reveal even more obviously John.
Emerick is one of my Beatles heroes, but the passage about recording that part is rubbish – since it's Paul on the record, no matter what anyone says or writes about it.
6.33pm
25 November 2010
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mithveaen said:
We should organize a session with a psychic and John, and then ask him.
But if John from the afterlife ever talks to me, I'd have a heart attack after peeing myself.
He supposedly came over a friend's Ouija Board when we were in high school hanging out and he was quite angry with us.
9.16pm
9 June 2010
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paulsbass said:
Well, it's really obvious that Rockband is not accurate in EVERY aspect (just a very obvious one: George playing the solo in WMGGW).
There's a difference, though. I mean, it also shows Ringo playing on "Back in the USSR" and George playing on "Ticket to Ride," as well as other songs where Paul plays lead guitar. It's kind of obvious why Rock Band George plays on "While My Guitar…" and Rock Band Ringo plays on "USSR." I'm not sure about the Paul guitar songs, (maybe because non-hardcore Beatles fans would be confused?) but other than those cases, Rock Band was accurate about who played, and especially who sang. I mean, they ran it past Paul and Ringo.
Seriously, can't we just let this thread die? I get nervous when I see it on the "unread posts" list.
mr. Sun king coming together said And yes, YouTube comments are stupid. But hilariously so.
9.33pm
5 July 2010
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MeanMrs.Mustard said:
paulsbass said:
Well, it's really obvious that Rockband is not accurate in EVERY aspect (just a very obvious one: George playing the solo in WMGGW).
There's a difference, though. I mean, it also shows Ringo playing on "Back in the USSR" and George playing on "Ticket to Ride," as well as other songs where Paul plays lead guitar. It's kind of obvious why Rock Band George plays on "While My Guitar…" and Rock Band Ringo plays on "USSR." I'm not sure about the Paul guitar songs, (maybe because non-hardcore Beatles fans would be confused?) but other than those cases, Rock Band was accurate about who played, and especially who sang. I mean, they ran it past Paul and Ringo.
Seriously, can't we just let this thread die? I get nervous when I see it on the "unread posts" list.
Also Rock Band is more accurate than you might think. Sure George plays the solo on WMGGW and Ringo plays on Back in the USSR, but these inaccuracies were kept in for a particular reason, to keep the band as a whole without extras. When it comes to other details like who sang on a song or who's playing bass (in the studio at least) Rock band is accurate. If you look at the dreamscapes for Helter Skelter, Birthday and Golden Slumbers it is John or George playing bass like how they recorded.
ps sorry for keeping this thread going
12.06am
12 April 2012
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I also think rock band is quite right, it shows george even switching from bass to guitar during maxwell because he played both (john plays rythm guitar on rock band although John didn't play on maxwell and I don't know if maxwell even has a rythm guitar during the chorus). Anyway I think that aah part was sung by paul, it always sounded like paul for me and my whole family says it sounds like paul, but who cares, all thing that matters is that the song is nice (although I'm not the biggest fan of a day in the life)
1.26am
9 May 2012
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To me it sounds like John, there, since everyone on this board have their post in this topic xD. I don't really see how this can be Paul.
12.03pm
24 November 2011
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MeanMrsMustard said
Pterodactyl awoke the Thread of Doom!
Thread of Doom: Round 3! 
*gasp* itwasjohn *gasp* xD
3.21pm
16 February 2011
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Long John Silver said
To me it sounds like John, there, since everyone on this board have their post in this topic xD. I don't really see how this can be Paul.
Perhaps I can give my opinion as well 
I din't even know a thread like this existed, it's crazy
I didn't have a preconceived opinion upon hearing A Day in the Life for the first time-I just knew the middle part was Paul's and rest of the verses John's. It would be quite natural to think that Paul would continue singing from "somebody spoke and I went into a dream…", right? But I immediately thought, "ahh, it's John now. I guess he has implied that the sleepy morning person has entered a dream or another universe now"
And when I listened to the isolated track version, I thought that in the beginning it does sound like Paul, perhaps because of the "chest" thing that Paulsbass has mentioned so often in this thread, but after that, John's voice took over. Now, I don't have much theoretical knowledge about recording songs, but could it be possible that John and Paul shared the shame mic for that part, Paul coming stronger in the beginning and then John taking the lead? Even if Paul was meant to be the lead, it doesn't matter if in the end John was the one whose voice was more prominent
However, in the multitrack isolated version it sounds like John all the way through, with Paul singing in the background. How do I know it? His backing vocals sound like forced falsetto, the kind of sound you would expect from a man who normally has a deep voice. 
I do know that Paul is supposed to be a tenor, but I think he we all agree that Paul's is the deepest tenor voice there can be! So, when John does falsetto parts it comes very naturally from him, it's hard to notice when he switches his register, but for Paul the change is always very audible. For example, in Helter Skelter, his shrill "Look out! Helter Skelter!" is distinctively different from rest of the shouting. Another example is Hey Jude, when he sings the higher notes( ("NanaNAAna"), it sounds extremely forced. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm just making an observation about his singing style. I also think his backing vocals on A Day in the life sounds very similar to the way he sings in My Love.
3.30pm
19 September 2010
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I haven't the slightest idea, and anyone who knows for certain one way or another is wrong. Seeing as how none of Paul/Ringo/George/John/George M have answered this question, I say it's still up for (respectful) debate. Sometimes I hear John, sometimes I hear Paul. But don't let me spoil the fun.
5.32pm
9 May 2012
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I just can't hear Paul, maybe as the one who uploaded states that "John main with Paul on background" but that's it.
5.49pm
5 November 2011
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I really don't know who it is. I always thought it was Paul, but sometimes I do hear John.
7.59pm
31 March 2008
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Every time I see this thread resurrected my heart sinks a little. If I ever meet/interview Paul this will absolutely be top of my list of questions.
10.31pm
1 May 2011
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The next time Paul does one of those live internet things where he answers peoples questions someone should go on and ask him who does the ahhh's on ADITL stating that its causing wars on fan forums.
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