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“Only A Northern Song” animation

Fabio — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:48 +0000

A home-made animation of “Only A Northern Song” a psychadelic song written by George Harrison and published on Yellow Submarine soundtrack

“Only A Northern Song” was recorded on 13 February, 1967, with overdubs added on 14 February and 20 April, during the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sessions. It was recorded using two 4-track tape machines, allowing eight tracks for the complex arrangement of the song, a method not common at the time in recording at Abbey Road. However, problems arose to getting both 4-track machines to begin playback at the exact same time, causing difficulties mixing in stereo.

Therefore only a “fake stereo”, or Duophonic mix was created from the mono mix to appear on the original stereo release of Yellow Submarine, and the song was one of only seven mono tracks released in the 2009 remastered Stereo Box Set (the only mono track released on the 2009 release of Yellow Submarine), instead of the unfavoured “fake stereo” mix. This complex arrangement involves an unconventional musical form and unusual instrumentation, including distorted trumpet played by Paul McCartney, Harrison’s reverbed organ, and a glockenspiel played by John Lennon.

Harrison himself described the song as “a joke relating to Liverpool, Holy City in the North of England. In addition the song was copyrighted to Northern Songs Ltd. which I didn’t own”.

[Source: Wikipedia]

“Hey Bulldog” by Rangzen

Fabio — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:33:15 +0000

On march 3th 2010 italian band Rangzen performed a “British Invasion Night” at Naima Club Forlì (Italy). They played many Beatles’ rarities like “Hey Bulldog” from “Yellow Submarine”.
Official site: www.rangzen.it

“Norwegian Wood” by Strings Attached

Fabio — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:28:19 +0000

A nice version cover of ”Norwegian Wood” from “Acoustic Rubber Soul” a great CD by Strings Attached. Get a free download here: http://StringsAttached.org

“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” parody…

Fabio — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:15:39 +0000

This is Top Comedy Impressionist Stevie Riks imitating Paul and his classic “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” from Abbey Road…
www.stevieriks.com

“In My Life” acoustic jazz Andrew Stein

Fabio — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:26:15 +0000

Here’s a jazzy version of The Beatles classic tune “In My Life” by Andrew Stein and his guitar. Enjoy!

“The Word” by Strings Attached

Fabio — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:28:10 +0000

A great cover of ”The Word” from “Acoustic Rubber Soul” by Strings Attached.
Get a free download here: http://StringsAttached.org

Yellow for The RaBeats

Fabio — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:41:04 +0000

This is a flash video clip maked by request of the great french Beatle’s covers band “The Rabeats”, (don´t worry, McCartney doesn’t turn right-handed)
It is a customized work to use in the Rabeats Show with his figures emulating the Beatles outfit. The song is original from the band. It was very nice and funny to make. Enjoy it!

“Here Comes The Sun” animation

Fabio — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:41:13 +0000

A funny animation for the classic George’s “Here Comes The Sun” from “Abbey Road”. Created by Nopsche: “I need to laugh, and when the sun is out I’ve got something I can laugh about…”

“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” by Kristin Hersh

Fabio — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:49:38 +0000

Kristin Hersh singing a nice cover of “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” from the “White Album”

Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also has performed as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and currently leads the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave.

Source: Wikipedia

How to play “I Want You (She’s so heavy)” on electric guitar

Fabio — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:02:36 +0000

For all John’s lovers, here’s a video-lesson by Jimmy Powers V that teaches you how to play many parts of “I Want You (She’s so heavy)” on electric guitar.