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Blasphemy! Revising or "Correcting" Beatles songs in my mind...
27 November 2013
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I may try to record some examples of what I’m talking about, because I think it would be too subtle and complicated to describe in typed out words (and I can’t write music well enough to communicate it that way, either).

For now, just one example I will allude to:  I Need You .  When I was listening to this song many times this past spring, I began to develop ways of singing along to it that added to it.  Also, at other times when the song wasn’t playing but just remembering it in my mind, I would continue to flesh out these “additions”.

I’ll take a stab at describing a couple of things I do with that song, I’ll add my vocal additions in bold (with caps denoting accented sounds): 

“You don’t realize how much I need you–buh-buh-buh buh BUH buh…”

These “buh-buhs” at other times in similar spots can be changed to:

“dit-dit-dit-dit”

After these are done a few times at the appropriate places, when I do them the last time I increase the number and placement of them so that the rhythm of them starts to sound like I am trying to change the time from 4/4 to something else (5/4 or 7/4) in tension with the ongoing 4/4.

In addition to these vocalisms, I also want to hear some kind of percussive addition — either snare drums or fast rhythm guitar doing a fast strumming patter of 8th beats, at about the same place as my “buh-buhs” above — either replacing them once or twice, or sounding at the same time.

 

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27 November 2013
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I just remembered another thing I do with “I Need You “.  I actually add some melodic curlicues, like after “I need you” is sung, there’s this thing I sing that bridges the “you” with that reverb guitar — but I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until I record myself humming over the song in the near future, which I will post.

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28 November 2013
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This song has never been a favourite of mine, so I applaud your efforts so spice it up a little. I’m not sure if I’m understanding your description properly, but weirdly enough I’m imagining a touch of Brazilian samba accents, or maybe it’s bossa nova (I’m not sure what the difference is.)

GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty. 

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28 November 2013
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vonbontee,

Well, if you already dare to say a Beatles song is flawed, then you won’t mind my blasphemy!  I actually like this song a lot, but for some reason I just “hear” certain things and I find myself having to do them when I sing along.  I never thought of Brazilian samba, but that might be an apt comparison.  In fact, it might be a good way to cover the song — do it up as a Tom Jobim song…

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9 December 2013
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Misery ” sounds much better played at half-speed.

31 December 2013
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Can an addition to a song be included in this thread?

I keep wanting to add “Caressing my face with her eyes” to Here, There, and Everywhere.

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