Topic: Question About Blackbird, Anthology III (Read 1130 times)

The Fox Drummer · « **on:** April 25, 2007, 03:25:28 PM »

I was listening to Blackbird from the third Anthology album last night, and I noticed a tapping sound in the background keeping the beat that I haven't really picked up on before. I'm not sure what take it was, but as far as I know it was just Paul singing and playing guitar in that song without anyone else. Does anyone know what that sound is? It's not a drum, I can tell that by the sound...is Paul tapping his foot or something?

Kevin · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2007, 03:27:42 PM »

From songfacts.com:
Only 3 things were recorded: Paul's voice, his acoustic guitar, and a tapping. According to the video The Complete Beatles, the tap was not a foot or metronome - the Master was intentionally scratched. If you listen closely you will notice that is sounds like a scratch on a record. Birds were dubbed in later.

raxo · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2007, 03:38:11 PM »

There's a video of Paul doing a demo of Helter Skelter and singing Blackbird at the studio (Sir George can be seen too) and you can hear the same sound made by his feet ...

I can't find it :-/ ... only the Helter Skelter demo:

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=QuNV5O1qEPI" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtube.com/watch?v=QuNV5O1qEPI</a>

Andy Smith · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2007, 08:52:55 PM »

I firmly believe it was Paul tapping his feet (i always have)

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