Fab Four Friday

Okay, this is one of my favorite things.

And I get a little excited .. so prepare yourself.

There are videos on YouTube that take different recordings from The Beatles

and will isolate each part to a song

(lead guitar, bass, vocals, background vocals, piano, etc. etc.)

so you are able to hear the track clearly on it's own
rather than all together within the finished recording.

I love this because it gives you a perspective of a song

that you never had seen/heard before.

Oh Darling is one of, if not my all time favorite Beatles song because of this.

I never really noticed the arpeggios in the lead guitar (George Harrison) during the chorus, and how AMAZING they are.

Also, the background able to be heard clearer without the music,
because it's a little more that a simple 'ooh,' and 'aahh' and it's awesome to hear on it's own.

But the drum track is probably my favorite on this song,
but the piano is also just awesome to listen to, too.

If you can't tell, I was, and still am really impressed with this song.

When I listen to this song now, I can clearly hear each separate track
even though I'm listening to the song in it's entirety.

Here's the deconstructed song for you to listen to.
It's long, but clearly labeled so you can jump around,
which I thought I'd do, but ended up listening to the whole thing I became so interested :

FUN FACTS:

- Paul was very meticulous with the way he wanted to sound on this recording.
Looking for that raw, strained, but powerful sound for the song, Paul came into the studio every day to record the song until he wore his voice enough to create the sound he was looking for - it took around a week for him to achieve this.

- John later stated that he didn't think Paul sung the song very well, and had wished he sang the lead, as he thought his voice was more suited for the song

- It took almost four months from the first time the song was attempted in the studio to when it completed.

There are a ton of videos on YouTube, if you just search 'Deconstructing The Beatles'
I know this, because I have spent way too much time listening to them...

I know some of you aren't the biggest Beatles fans,
but regarding music in general, this is a really cool and different way to look at the way music is made.

They also have a lot of videos like this for other bands,

I've found videos isolating Led Zeppelin tracks, Rolling Stones, etc.

I'm pretty sure you won't find anything like a Nicki Minaj or Justin Bieber track isolated,

but then again I'm going to assume you aren't looking for that...