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Giles Martin has shared that he wanted to “rip off his dad”, the late George Martin, for The Beatles‘ ‘Now And Then‘.
Martin was approached by surviving Beatles member, Sir Paul McCartney, with a demo for what would be deemed as the “final” Beatles song ‘Now And Then’. The track stems from a demo tape recorded by late bandmate John Lennon and was completed with the help of AI – which lifted the songwriter’s vocals off the initial recording and allowed the surviving members to work with them.
Speaking about the process of working on ‘Now And Then’ in an interview with The Sun, Martin said: “Paul played me what he’d started working on from the ’94 demo plus the extras he’d already done — new bass, piano, the guitar solo. Then we discussed whether to do more things with it.”
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John Lennon had hits over and over and over again. But he didn't think always hitting the top 10 was a good long-term goal.
John Lennon had hits over and over and over again. But he didn’t think always hitting the top 10 was a good long-term goal. He said part of the reason he felt this way was because he was “34 going on 60.”
John was one of the most popular singers who ever lived. He also made a lot of music that just wasn’t commercial, from the avant-garde soundscape of Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins to the screaming sadness of “Mother.” John felt that always being accessible would hurt his work.
During a 1975 interview with Rolling Stone, John discussed a personal revelation. “I’ve come to learn something big this past year,” he said. “I cannot let the top 10 dominate my art. If my worth is only to be judged by whether I’m in the top 10 or not, then I’d better give up,” he said. “Because if I let the top 10 dominate my art, then the art will die. And then whether I’m in the top 10 is a moot point.”
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The mild 2023 version of Beatlemania hardly compares to the wild 1964 version, but it has brought new musical products.
“Now and Then,” the “last” song from the band, was released Nov. 2 to promote the Nov. 10 release of expanded versions of two collections, “The Beatles 1962-1966” and “The Beatles 1967-1970.”
Fewer people noticed the Oct. 24 release of George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle, Philip Norman’s new 510-page deep-dive bio of the so-called “quiet” Beatle.
Norman, the author of four previous Beatles books, including biographies of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, helps readers understand Harrison’s musicianship, songwriting, Hindu spirituality and essential role in forming the Beatles from the ashes of the Quarrymen.
Norman paints a portrait of an “endlessly self-contradictory” artist who: “railed against ‘the material world,’ yet wrote the first pop song complaining about income tax; who spent years lovingly restoring Friar Park, his 30-room Gothic mansion, yet mortgaged it in a heartbeat to finance his friends the Monty Python team’s Life of Brian film; who, paradoxically, became details
Billboard takes a look back at the iconic moments of one of rock n' roll's greatest success stories.
After John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison met each other in the late 1950s, coming together for the latter’s skiffle band The Quarrymen, the world would never be the same. The band faced two notable lineup changes: first, with former bassist Stuart Sutcliffe departing for art school, and then with manager Brian Epstein booting drummer Pete Best in favor of Ringo Starr — and The Beatles as the world knows them were born.
After two years of diligently working and releasing singles, The Beatles made their debut in America, appearing on the The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, to an estimated audience of 73 million, and performed five songs — “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You,” “She Loves You,” “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand”; the performance would change the trajectory of their career. Just two months after The Beatles’ appearance on the show, the group dominated the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first act ever to occupy the top five spots on the chart, and giving birth to Beatlemania in th details
The Beatles' last ever track sent fans into a frenzy when it hit the airwaves last week.
And now Giles Martin, the son of the band's unofficial fifth member George Martin, has shared insight into the making of the track, which was completed with the help of modern day technology over five decades after it was first recorded.
Speaking to The Sun, Giles, whose father George was a producer on many of the band's albums, shared that Paul McCartney contacted him about finishing the demo after John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono handed it to the band in 1994.
He said: 'I know Paul and he has an amazing memory. I'm sure it bothered him that they never finished it.'
Giles added that there was 'no marketing plan' behind releasing the track, and Yoko simply handed over the song to the band as it was 'a beautiful tune' John had written.
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When John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment building in New York City in 1980, the remaining three members of The Beatles were understandably devastated. It was a horrible time for all of them, and one of them turned to one of the only constants in his life as a means to grieve and move on: songwriting.
In the latest episode of his podcast Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, the former Beatle talked at length about a song he penned following the tragedy, "Here Today." The singer-songwriter shared that the track is "basically a memory song" and "a love song to John."
He went on to comment that the inspiration for the track wasn't anything grand. It isn't about the most important conversation they had or the most impressive moments from their time with The Beatles. Instead, the tune sees him "remembering things about our relationship and things about the million things we'd done together. From just being in each other's front parlors or bedrooms, or walking on the street together, or hitchhiking."
McCartney referred to the experience of writing the somber "Here Today" as both "very moving" and "very emotional." "I was just sitting there in this bare room thinking of John and realizing I'd lost details
Paul McCartney has put new perspective on the effect John Lennon had on him as a musician, songwriter and friend, stamping their chemistry as a miracle.
In the latest episode of the “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics” podcast, the Beatles bassist and songwriter said the duo’s efforts transcended any McCartney could have ever made alone.
“Now I’m conscious that I don’t have him, very much,” McCartney said. “And you know, often we’ll sort of refer to, ‘What would John say to this? Is this too soppy? He would’ve said da da da,’ so I’ll change it. But my songs have to reflect me, and you don’t have this opposing element so much. I have to do that myself these days.”
McCartney was matter-of-fact when describing, as a practical matter, what it was like to work with Lennon.
“It was easier, much easier, because there were two minds at work,” McCartney said. “And that interplay was nothing short of miraculous.”
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Paul McCartney is reminiscing about his past with The Beatles on his podcast "A Life in Lyrics."
In a new episode, McCartney describes his first impression of his late bandmate John Lennon.
"I just remember thinking, 'Well, he's a cool guy. No idea who he is,'" the rocker said.
Paul McCartney recently opened up about his first impression of John Lennon — a meeting that would yield the most celebrated songwriting partnership in history.
The 81-year-old rocker launched a podcast last month titled "Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics," in which he reflects on his career as a musician and songwriter.
In a new episode that airs Wednesday, he discussed the song "Here Today," which is structured as an imagined dialogue between McCartney and Lennon. It was featured on McCartney's 1982 solo album "Tug of War," the first he released since his former bandmate's murder in 1980.
"The first time I ever saw John Lennon, he got on the bus," McCartney recalled in the episode, per Rolling Stone. "He was like this slightly older guy with this sort of rocker hairdo — lots of grease — black jacket, sideburns, sideboards as we call them."
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If you’ve already splurged on the handsome two-volume boxed set of Paul McCartney’s “The Lyrics,” you might logically wonder: Why buy the $30 paperback?
There are fewer photos and no glossy pages in the no-frills soft-cover edition on sale now, which squeezes all the insights of the bestselling 960-page original into a slimmer (624 pp.) single volume. McCartney’s song-by-song narrative, drawn from 50 hours of recorded conversation with poet Paul Muldoon, is intact, as are standardized lyric sheets for 161 catalog picks dating back to 1956.
But the biggest draw for fans is the addition of seven songs, three of them Beatles classics (“Day Tripper,” “Hello, Goodbye” and “Magical Mystery Tour”), three from McCartney's solo and Wings years (“Bluebird,” “English Tea” and “Every Night”) and one (surprise!) written for Cilla Black (“Step Inside Love”).
1973's “Bluebird,” an album cut from Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Band on the Run,” is notable for crediting Linda McCartney as a co-writer. During messy court battles involving The Beatles' publishing rights, “I’d
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The Beatles are widely credited with helping to usher in the dominance of the album as the dominant form of consuming media, cranking out several of the most influential records in popular music - from 1965's Rubber Soul to the final album they recorded together, 1969's Abbey Road.
But while they may still be looked at as the paragons of the album era, The Beatles still hold a monumental place in the centre of music, and as such their back catalogue has easily moved through the times; from the album era, to the time of downloads and to the present day, where streaming is king.
(It does need to be stated, however, that The Beatles' legacy estate, Apple Corps, resisted change for a long time; the band's catalogue didn't join iTunes until 2010 and their full discography was only added to streaming platforms on Christmas Day 2016).
With the Beatles' 'last' song Now And Then heading to a record-breaking jump to Number 1 in the UK, we thought it was high time that, for the first time ever, the Official Charts Company can reveal the official most-streamed songs of all time by The Beatles in the UK.
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On November 2, 2023, The Beatles released the single, “Now and Then,” their first new music since “Real Love” appeared on their Anthology 2 compilation in 1996. The core of the song—three distinct verses and a chorus written and sung by John Lennon on a 1977 demo—is not new at all. However, much of the released version of the song does contain entirely new recorded material. Paul McCartney added piano, bass, vocals, and a George Harrison-esque slide guitar solo, Ringo Starr provided the song with a drum part, and McCartney and co-producer Giles Martin (son of Beatles producer George Martin) created a string arrangement.
In 1995, the remaining Beatles began work on a finished version of the song that was intended to join “Real Love” and “Free as a Bird” (from the same demo cassette that “Now and Then” was on) on their Anthology project. At that stage, Harrison added electric and acoustic guitar parts, which are included in the final 2023 version. Even though McCartney and Starr were the lone surviving Beatles when much of the song was put together, “Now and Then” has the feel of a true collaborative effort with a coherent sound.
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Since it launched last month, the podcast Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics has captured the artist reflecting on the stories behind songs he recorded with the Beatles and Wings and as a solo artist. In addition to picking apart the lyrics, he has also discussed some of the interesting arcana that has surrounded his life. On upcoming episodes — which premiere on Wednesdays via iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries and can be accessed here — McCartney delves deep into Beatles lore to find some interesting trivia.
In the episode dedicated to his solo track “Here Today,” which airs Wednesday, McCartney recalls his first meeting with John Lennon. The song, which featured on his 1982 album Tug of War — his first release since Lennon’s death — imagines a dialogue between the two of them. While discussing it with the podcast’s host, Paul Muldoon — who collaborated with McCartney on the book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present — McCartney recalled how Lennon immediately seemed like his counterpart when they first met.
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Making the “last” ever Beatles song brought a bit of joy to Paul McCartney – and a spiritual reunion with his old friend, the late John Lennon.
The Beatles released “Now and Then” on Thursday, November 2, a song marketed as the “last” single from The Beatles – McCartney, 81, Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Lennon recorded a demo of the song in the late 1970s, and AI was able to extract his vocals for this now-complete track. For McCartney, it was a way to once again work with his friend, who was murdered in 1980.
“When we were in the studio, we had John’s voice in our ears,” McCartney told BBC Radio 1, per Billboard. “So you could imagine he was just in the next room in a vocal booth or something and we were just working with him again, so it was joyful. It was really lovely, you know, because we hadn’t experienced that for a long time, obviously, and then suddenly here we were working with ol’ Johnny.”
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Last week, Now and Then – which was called the final Beatles song – was released and is expected to hit UK No 1 in the singles chart.
Peter Jackson, who directed The Beatles: Get Back, used modern technology to resurrect John Lennon’s vocals and George Harrison’s guitar strumming for the long-lost track.
He then combined the late duo's work with Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr’s voices and instrumentation today to create a complete new Beatles song, the first in decades.
The Lord of the Rings director also helmed the Now and Then music video which ended with a bow from the Fab Four on The Ed Sullivan Show before they faded away.
Yet despite this goodbye, it may not be the end. After all, there’s much from over 60 houses of footage and 150 hours of audio of the Let It Be sessions that remain unused.
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The Beatles remain perhaps the most successful and beloved musical act of all time. It makes sense, then, that if anyone were to learn that the group was working on new material, it would immediately become headline news and ruin a surprise that was yet to be formally announced. Now that the band has released its new single, Paul McCartney has also detailed how they managed to keep the track a secret for what turned out to be a long time.
The two remaining Beatles—McCartney and Ringo Starr—released what’s being labeled the band’s last song, "Now and Then," on November 2. The tune had been a major topic of interest in the entertainment world for months since its announcement in mid-2023, and only after the single debuted was one of its architects able to share the tricks he had to pull to keep word from getting out.
The session musicians who lent their talents to "Now and Then" played for the recording without realizing it was for The Beatles. The string section for the song was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles in May of 2022, yet the musicians were kept in the dark regarding the true nature of the project.
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