The Beatles - Now and Then (Official Complete Version)

Sounds like a leftover song or outtake from Lennon's Double Fantasy. The song is easy on the ears, but lacking that killer ‘hook’ or ‘punch’. The tune just kind of lies flat for me.
 
Does nowt for me. Sounds like a robot Lennon - which I guess is what it is. As a song - just a filler album track at best.
 
Ho Hum. I don't want to be too harsh but something is amiss. It just doesn't have it. No depth. What does Paul say about it? Is it AI's fault? I'm sorry but it sounds more like a funeral march to me...and whining. But I'm happy you posted it @kburra because I was wanting to listen to it. Thank you.
 
Whoa. That video was heartwarming kburra and I have a new respect now for their "last song" as Paul eluded to. That was sad to hear. I do love the Beatles. Always have. I thought AI had something to do with this last song.

I thought about editing my previous post#7 because I was very blunt with my criticism and now I've softened. But I decided to leave it as is because it was my honest first reaction. Loved the video kburra.
 
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AI can do absolutely amazing things with music. From a cassette practice song to reuniting the Beatles to "finish" the tune. It was very well engineered. Not my favorite style, but one of those average Beatles songs. There were very few poor ones for me, and many I adore.

I had a practice tape of "Cashmere" with Sheryl Crow singing on it. I recorded it in a basement when we were practicing our songs. I looked for the cassette tape after Sheryl had hit the big time. I saw $$$$ in my eyes! :) I found it! Put it in the player and heard ME practicing stuff by myself. I played over the whole side on that tape. :eek:
 
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Whoa. That video was heartwarming kburra and I have a new respect now for their "last song" as Paul eluded to. That was sad to hear. I do love the Beatles. Always have. I thought AI had something to do with this last song.

I thought about editing my previous post#7 because I was very blunt with my criticism and now I've softened. But I decided to leave it as is because it was my honest first reaction. Loved the video kburra.
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I think it deserves a 2nd listen from people initially disappointed. Listening to it and knowing it's not a Beatles song but rather a song put together by the former members as a last tribute to the band, you can take it for what it is and not for what you expected it to be.

For guys in their 90s, who haven't been Beatles in years, it sounds pretty good.
 
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Didn't like them back in their day and don't like them today, but I thought Lennon was an incredible songwriter for that era. I liked George as a solo singer. Ringo had very little talent and Paul was no Dion DiMucci. Back then, I was a Greaser.

I went to see Dion about 2 months ago and unfortunately, he is also on the decline, but the man is 84, so I give him praise for still wanting to come out and sing some of his old stuff. I like Cliff Richard is a very good singer and performer.
 
Although I was born after the Beatles broke up, my parents were both die hard Beatles fans and I grew up listening to and loving The Beatles and I strongly remember hearing John Lennon had been killed on the news as I got ready for school....

I watched the video earlier and I thought the song was bittersweet, it's Paul and Ringo's last gig with the band so to speak. Sobering on many levels, moreso for Paul and Ringo I suppose.

With all that being said, although John and Paul had great solo careers, I never thought their solo songs matched up to the greatness of the Beatles; they were definitely the sum of their parts. (And I'm sorry, the opening lines of Band on the Run are the most inane I've ever heard. Catchy song, crap lyrics)


Stuck inside these four walls
Sent inside forever
Never seeing no one nice again
Like you

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Happy birthday to George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)
He was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called the quiet Beatle. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include: "Taxman, Within You Without You, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes The Sun & Something." Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; subsequent influences were Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry.
 

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