Linde said
Wow, didn't even know that! That's funny to know.

Now I'm quite curious as to how Tom Jones would've recorded it.

Linde,

Just click on the YouTube I posted in my comment above.  Though it was performed live at a club, it's a good indication of how Tom Jones would have recorded it: rather like a schmaltzy lounge lizard.  (Tom Jones has done some good soul/funk songs, but when it comes to other genres, he's not so good.)

Now I'm quite curious as to how Tom Jones would've recorded it.

parlance

According to this site:

Paul McCartney offered this song to Tom Jones in 1968 on the condition it be his next single. However, Tom Jones already had "Without Love (There is Nothing)" set for release so he turned down the offer, something he would later regret.

Speaking with Media Wales in 2012, Jones explained: "I saw him (McCartney) in a club called Scotts Of St James on Jermyn Street in London. I said to him When are you going to write me a song then Paul? He said, aye ...]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:33:05 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-long-and-winding-road/page-4/#p60828 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-long-and-winding-road/page-4/#p60828 I can't stand the song. I turn it off whenever it comes on the radio. The song in general makes me sad listening to it. Just reminds me of the end as The Beatles as a whole.

Sorry, if that sounds corny.

I like the orchestra, it suits it and gives it more emotion, but I really dislike the choir. That's a bit too much imo.

Ben Ramon said
If there's a problem I have with The Long And Winding Road it's that it just seems to meander aimlessly; there's no real hook or chorus. Maybe Paul intended it that way to fit the title and theme but it doesn't work too well, there's not as much succinct but inherently catchy melody as work as in, say, Yesterday.

I feel like I couldn't have put it better. I mean it's a gorgeous song and I know that I could never produce something that lovely, but I agree that it doesn't have the structure that other songs ...]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:05:56 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-long-and-winding-road/page-4/#p60248 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-long-and-winding-road/page-4/#p60248 I've never really liked tLaWR- I always thought it was a sub-Let It Be, and the imagery was boring and cliched.

However, I was listening to the Naked version yesterday and I suddenly thought, "Hey, this is really good!". Paul's vocal is great especially the way his voice goes all low and a bit cracked on "Crying for the day" and both "A long long time ago,"s.

Lyrically, I love, "The wild and windy night/ That the rain washed away/ Has left a pool of tears/ Crying for the day," I think its powerful (You could argue it was a predecessor to the mountains and deserts and tears in ...]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:16:58 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-long-and-winding-road/page-4/#p55441 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-long-and-winding-road/page-4/#p55441 If there's a problem I have with The Long And Winding Road it's that it just seems to meander aimlessly; there's no real hook or chorus. Maybe Paul intended it that way to fit the title and theme but it doesn't work too well, there's not as much succinct but inherently catchy melody as work as in, say, Yesterday.