Uh, you may want to revisit this.]

I did, in a subsequent post above.

I've not come across a text that analyzes the songs from a harmony point of view.

This guy here does a great job on a number of Beatle songs, including I Don't Want TSTP, but he doesn't tell you who sings what.

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[Funny Paper said, "This may be blasphemy for me to say, but I don't see harmony group singing as a particular forte of the Beatles."

Uh, you may want to revisit this.]

RunForYourLife said
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party is interesting. John sings the high and Paul sings low during the verses, but they switch and assume their normal roles during the chorus.

I've always heard it as George singing with John in the verses.

fabfouremily said
I don't know - off the top of my head I can think of a few songs in which there are harmonies that very few other artists would atempt to do, and succeed. ''This Boy'' and ''Beacuse'' being obvious examples.

I probably have not been listening close enough.  I just re-listened to "Drive My Car" for another topic on this forum, and I was amazed at the harmonies executed by Paul/John then Paul/John/George.  I'd never noticed that before, after all these years.

Luckily, the Beatles have a lot of other qualities going for them!

One Beatles song that sounds like it's using multi-part harmony to good effect is the one my signature quotes:  "Sun King".

"Paul sings the lower line on that Words of Love cover because it's the natural melody; it wouldn't make any sense to sing the harmony line alone. In the Beatles' version, he sings the higher line and John takes the lower. Listen to Buddy Holly's original, and you'll see the lower line is far more prominent."

I thought Paul sang the lower line in that Youtube video because that was his part on the Beatle recording (notice the sly look on his face ...]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:41:28 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/unusual-harmonies-or-are-they/#p59736 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/unusual-harmonies-or-are-they/#p59736

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
In "Words of Love" Paul sings the lower notes as seen here when he sings it by himself. (I'm used to Paul reaching for the sky on those impossible harmonies a la "Baby's in Black" or "Nowhere Man")

Then these two Italians show how in "If I Fell" Paul sings the melody that we all recognize while John sings something completely different. (Start at 1:00 or 1:30)

I'm not really sure what question you're asking, but I'll throw in some ...]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:45:46 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/unusual-harmonies-or-are-they/#p59733 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/unusual-harmonies-or-are-they/#p59733 Not really sure if this is on topic, but thought I'd like to share this video breaking down the harmonies in "Because". The full song is also in his channel, acapella and with instruments, and he's also got a few other covers uploaded

Then these two Italians show how in "If I Fell" Paul sings the melody that we all recognize while John sings something completely different. (Start at 1:00 or 1:30)

Paul has commonly interwoven different melodies (Dear Boy, Wanderlust, Silly Love Songs,...), but how often do the Beatles use less ...]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:08:28 +0000