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Bobber
January 17, 2006, 10:54am Report to Moderator

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Quoted from The_End

There is a particularly interesting scene in their hotel room, where John is playing what looks like a small flute with a tiny keyboard attached. The amazing thing is the tune he's playing...
it sounds very much like the opening chords of Strawberry Fields!! Have a listen and tell me what you think! I swear I'm not hearing things!


Where in the footage is this?
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I have watched this dvd recently and i really enjoyed it. But i can not remember John playing something you described.
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OK, this has taken me 15 hours to sort out!!!!! First I had to work out how to extract data from a protected DVD using a Mac - well to cut a VERY long story short, it is now 2:45am and I have only JUST managed to work it out!!

Anyway - here is a link to the clip - don't get TOO excited, you have to use your imagination a bit, but it definitely sounds like John is trying out the chords to Strawberry Fields Forever.

See what you think....

http://www.geocities.com/the_end_gb/dmforum/sff1964.html


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the page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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Sod it!!!!

I'll try and fix it tonight.


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After how many minutes in the movie is this part? I'll have a look myself then.
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It's from the 18th minute I think - it's only about 30 seconds long.


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The instrument is called 'melodica'. My father's got one. And yes, what John is playing here does sound like the very first notes of Strawberry Fields, which he wrote 2,5 years later!
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At last!!! Here's the link!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/the_end_gb/dmforum/sff1964.html

I'm going to post this on a new thread as well - I think I've earned it!!!


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Does anybody remember why George looks so weird in these pics?  
And his name?  
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Yeah, George had a sore throat and Neil Aspinall stepped in his shoes for the rehearsals of the Ed Sullivan Show.


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Great!!!   ... sorry but not price available    
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It's amazing to be able to hear which is the exactly moment when a song is born and the improvements ... his demos developing this song two years later are a good example ... from the same year, (S)he Said (S)he Said ones are another good one too ... I like the last ones specially ... 'cos I love that tune too ...  
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