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[Bobber]

[Ovi]

So close.

[KelMar]

So close.

 

[BeatleFan]

An amazing song, and I think one which demonstrates their musical evolution up to that point.

[KEROUAC]

I think Tomorrow Never Knows is a real masterpiece and it's incredible when you think what a massive leap The Beatles made when they recorded it as the first track they worked on for Revolver. I'm surprised some aren't keen on it as I could listen to it on a loop. I'm pretty sure the "seagull" sounds aren't real seagulls. I know Geoff Emerick mentioned Paul added some altered sounds of wine glasses ringing but not sure which these are.

[tkitna]

Its never been one of my favorites either.  I always though it was kind of monotonous and boring.

[KelMar]

Its never been one of my favorites either.  I always though it was kind of monotonous and boring.

I can understand that but for some reason I like it. I guess it's more that the song, for me, is a very tangible marker of the the way they had changed during that period. It actually makes me laugh because Revolver was notably absent from my sister's collection of Beatles albums. I can picture her listening to it at some friend's house and the look on her face when she heard this! I think she sort of passed the Beatles torch on to my brother at this time.

[Klang]

I found it thrilling when it was first out. Listened over and over. Had the album on the rarest format I know of, reel-to-reel tape. An official Capitol release, with the proper cover art on the box. I'll bet it would be quite the collector's item now. I think I had 'Sgt. Pepper's...' on reel-to-reel too. A little fuzzy on that - need to clean the old tape heads.

 

[KelMar]

We had a reel to reel machine. I don't remember listening to music on it but somewhere out there (probably in a landfill) is a tape of me reciting nursery rhymes.

[Klang]

It was one of those strange periods when I didn't have a record player (visiting my dad in SoCal - a great place to be when "Sgt. Pepper's...' was released), but I did have a reel-to-reel, and I got those two albums.

I just took a look and The Beatles albums were put out in that format straight through to 'Abbey Road' - odd but true. Maybe this was a popular format outside the U.S. Dunno.

Anyway, prices on Ebay range from $50 on up to a few hundred. Interesting.

 

[Hello Goodbye]

Its never been one of my favorites either.  I always though it was kind of monotonous and boring.

Yeah.  It's been touted as a song without chord changes but it alternates between C major and B flat major.  Ringo's drumming pattern is spectacular though.  And I'm pretty sure those are seagulls.

Now here's a song using predominantly the D minor chord with a few B flats and G minors and seagulls which made it big a year before...


http://youtu.be/l97xELhvYBQ





 

[KelMar]

Maybe this was a popular format outside the U.S. Dunno.

My ex-brother-in-law had a bunch of reel-to-reels and a player that he had with him during the war in Vietnam. They did make it back when he came home but who knows if he still has them now.

[KelMar]

Now here's a song using predominantly the D minor chord with a few B flats and G minors and seagulls which made it big a year before...

I didn't know you liked The Shagri-Las, Barry.

[Hello Goodbye]

I didn't know you liked The Shangri-Las, Barry. 

Evidently, so did The Beatles...


http://youtu.be/l97xELhvYBQ
1:24




http://youtu.be/ODIvONHPqpk
1:41   3:03





 

[KelMar]

Evidently, so did The Beatles...

And that, Barry, is the difference between a trained ear and mine. 

[Hello Goodbye]

And that, Barry, is the difference between a trained ear and mine. 

Nah, Kelley.  That's what happens when you have a crush on Betty Weiss.  This is common knowledge on The Ali MacGraw Ward.   

I added the earlier bridge at 1:41

[Hello Goodbye]

Anyway, Kelley, The Shangri-Las appeared with the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Dusty Springfield on one of their visits to England.  They must have had an impact on The Beatles.



     




 

[KelMar]

Oh good grief Barry! I was listening so intently to the music that I didn't even realize it's a lyric thing! But I've been having a rough night, from a genealogy standpoint and when I listened to it earlier my mind was all twisted up. But now I get it. And I did come across a clipping a while ago about The Shangra-Las going to England and Mary Weiss developing a medical issue that I think necessitated their early return. I didn't realize the Beatles' connection though. I should have known that!

[BeatleFan]

I think Tomorrow Never Knows is a real masterpiece and it's incredible when you think what a massive leap The Beatles made when they recorded it as the first track they worked on for Revolver.

Indeed. Tomorrow Never Knows was a statement - especially with it ending the album. It was showing where they were as a band, and what was to come. To me it's a perfect storm of lyrics and atmosphere.

[Hello Goodbye]

Oh good grief Barry! I was listening so intently to the music that I didn't even realize it's a lyric thing!

Lyrical and musical, Kelley.  the bridges to both songs are nearly identical.  And I still think that The Beatles got the seagulls idea from The Shangri-Las.