Song of the week - A Day in the Life

[Hello Goodbye]

This video was just released yesterday...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmn1ts6TKcU#

It was Paul

[nimrod]

This video was just released yesterday...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmn1ts6TKcU#

It was Paul

Isnt that just an extract from the Hulu thing McCartney 321 ?

[Hello Goodbye]

Isnt that just an extract from the Hulu thing McCartney 321 ?

Yes it is.  Maybe Paul will finally admit it in his next video.

But until then, let's listen to their isolated vocals...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Wf8-rVbJI&t=717s#
11:46

Paul draws a breath after saying "Found my way upstairs and had a smoke and somebody spoke and I went into a dream" and starts singing the ahhhs

And so it was Paul.

Quod erat demonstrandum

[nimrod]

I'm still undecided.......a fence sitter.

I spent 40 years thinking it was John. It's not easy to change horses at this stage of proceedings. 

[Hello Goodbye]

And ever since 1967, I've been sure it was Paul. 

Docere non potes veterem canem novas sycophantias

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.   

[Hello Goodbye]

Paul recorded his ahhhs in the Abbey Road Studio Two echo chamber...







For about $50 USD, you can buy the Waves Abbey Road Chambers Reverb Plugin...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ3wCiV8tvA&t=46s#

...and sing your very own ahhhs and hear how you sound.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHoJkklM490#

[nimrod]

Didnt Geoff and Giles say it was John ?

[blmeanie]

I've always been in the "it's John" camp but after watching Get Back and how flexible they were with their voices, I believe they both had elements in it.  Got to remember, in Pepper time, they were overdubbing everything, not playing "live" so much so easy to layer both in, even up against other vocal parts that would have left them out of breath heading into such a large ahhhh part if recorded live

[tkitna]

Always thought it was John.  Dont care if its even proven that Paul did them, it'll always be John to me.

[Hello Goodbye]

Didnt Geoff and Giles say it was John ?

Giles wasn't there.  He wasn't even born yet.

Geoff went out for a smoke when Paul sang the ahhhs.  When he came back, he asked "Who sang that?"  Paul raised his hand and answered "I did!"





And there you have it. 



And besides that, Paul's ahhhs in Lovely Rita sound the same...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDwR5SIR1Q#





Meta Davis

[nimrod]

To me they sound different on Rita.

Its was John. Geoff E was pro Paul so he would've said IF Paul had done them.

Giles is young ears and has access to the master tapes played back on 'top of the line' equipment. I trust what he hears, and his opinion.