Beatleg song of the day. [Archive] - BeatleLinks Fab Forum

Legs

Sep 07, 2003, 03:03 AM

Hey why not, we have The Beatles song of the day, one for each solo member, and I am not sure wheter the normal fan would discuss rare recordings. So this is for us not normal fans to get those rare songs out, one each day if it works out, to discuss them. Lets see how it goes.

First off a fiting title "Gone tommorow, Here Today". A little improvised piece by Paul, during the recording of the White Album. However short this piece is it shows Paul talent for writing a good melody on the spot.With some time invested in it, it could have turned into a full song, even the improvised lyrics are not bad,and could have turned into something really good.

Jerry

Sep 07, 2003, 08:58 PM

Honestly, I can't remember this actual track, but I really dig the CD that this recording is from. Just hearing Paul on acoustic rambling through Blackbird and Mother Nature's Son for like half an hour is priceless.

onosideboards

Sep 08, 2003, 09:43 AM

This morning I listened to DbD vol. 5, disc A and my song for the day so far is "You Wear Your Women Out." It's just a jam, but I love it when Paul rocks out, and I think that phrase is interesting. Wish I had thought of it first.

Oooo, I too love Paul's acoustic ramblings from the White Album, especially during the "I Will" sessions.

Paolo Meccano

Sep 10, 2003, 03:33 AM

Can I nominate the Cavern rehearsal of 'Seventeen (I Saw Her Standing There)' as today's Beatleg? For me, this is the moment when they become 'The Beatles' and it sends a shiver down my spine every time I hear it...

Legs

Sep 10, 2003, 11:51 PM

Well I was kind of looking for songs that weren't officially released in one way or another. With the Beatles song of the day you can for example discuss the song "I Saw Her Standing There" and then say I like this early rehearsal version of it. But I take what's been offered.

Ono, I have volume 5 of Day By Day, so I have to put it on to hear what you mean.

Paolo, I can't really listen to it cause of the kind of bad sound quality, could be just my version, still an intersting version to have.

Jerry, yes "Gone Tomorow, Here Today" is a great bootleg if you're a fan of "Blackbird".

FPSHOT

Sep 11, 2003, 04:50 AM

Sorry guys, I'd love to join in the discussion, but I haven't got these (yet).

Doctor Kite

Sep 12, 2003, 09:57 AM

How about "So Like Candy". I listen to that song ALL the time, and am getting the McCartney McManus collaboartion bootleg on the strength of it alone.

Legs

Sep 12, 2003, 10:56 AM

Well I think it's a good song, beatiful ballad but more for the "Song Of The Day" thread on the "Not only a Northern Song" forum, as a Elvis Costello song.

Legs

Sep 12, 2003, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted By Jerry:
Man, you're narrowing this baby down aren't you?Not really, I think of "So Like Candy" as a Costello song co-written with McCartney but still an Elvis song, same goes with "The Girl is Mine" with Jackson, clearly not songs that you expected to see here.

Bad To Me, the beatles version hasn't been officially released, One and one is two, Goodbey lots of song to discuss.

Legs

Sep 12, 2003, 01:19 PM

Solo songs to. John's demo's from the dakota, late 70's, Paul's unreleased stuff, "Cold Cuts". Lots of songs.

joelcrowservo

Sep 12, 2003, 09:42 PM

Well, lets go back to "Gone Tomorrow Here Today". I wish the engineer had captured the recording better, since I think the acoustic arangement of "Helter Skelter" is quite novel. But this is just like Paul, to toss off a song with good possibilities, and never come back to it. Its even made me wonder whether Paul actually wrote it, but it was likely something he'd come up with the night before, messing with the chords to Helter Skelter. You wonder how often he still does that, tossing out good songs and keeping iffy ones, that usually wind up on the CDs!

Doctor Kite

Sep 12, 2003, 11:21 PM

Sorry misunderstood your original post!

Jerry

Sep 12, 2003, 11:51 PM

Man, you're narrowing this baby down aren't you? What about demos of songs they gave away? They were released, but does that count? Explain explain....

If that's cool, then John's demo of "I'm In Love" is pretty sweet.

Legs

Sep 16, 2003, 12:33 PM

"I'm In Love" is a nice piano demo. Lyric wise not complete, John is strugling to find some words but music wise intersting.

onosideboards

Sep 17, 2003, 03:33 PM

Not sure how I missed this until now, but I'm listening to Lennon's version of "Dream Lover" (1980) from "A Heart Play." There's one line that he plays with in a sick, yet hilarious way images/icons/smile.gif .

It's on the LLT but I don't recall hearing it...whatever.

Legs

Sep 18, 2003, 08:54 AM

It's on LLT, but I can't remember which volume, I have put it on my self made version of the "A Heart Play" bootleg, FPSHOT and Taxgirl you both have this to!

It has a catchy riff and I believe these are the lyrics, at least some of it.

I am all alone
without you....

Cause I want a girl to call my own.
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream eh
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream eh
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to sleep eh

Dream lover
Until then
I fall asleep and dream again
Because eh
dream lover where are you
up my ass and in the ...
because I want a girl to call my own.

Well dream, dream lover
so I don't I don't have to dream alone
dream alone.
So I don't have to, have to dream alone
Dream lover where are you, yeah yeah

Dream lover
Until then
I fall asleep and dream again
Dream lover where are you
Up my ass and in the...

Cause I want a girl to call my own.
I want a dream lover
so I don't have to dream
yes a dream lover, so I don't have to dream eh
Dream lover, so I don't have to dream alone.

Well eh
Dream lover until then
I fall asleep and dream again
Dream lover where are you
Up my ass and in

Because I want a girl to call my own,
dream lover so I don't have to dream, yeah yeah
Dream lover, I don't wanna dream alone.

Beacause I want a girl to call my own
Dream lover....

Then John goes into "Stay a little bit longer" while the riff remains the same.
Fun listening to, I just wish the sound quality was better.

onosideboards

Sep 18, 2003, 10:17 AM

I think at one point he says, "up my ass and in my stew." Which of course makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but isn't that why we collect bootlegs? images/icons/smile.gif

Legs

Sep 18, 2003, 10:21 AM

Bloody putters.

[ Sep 18, 2003, 11:22 AM: Message Edited By: Legs ]

Legs

Sep 18, 2003, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted By onosideboards:
I think at one point he says, "up my ass and in my stew." Which of course makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but isn't that why we collect bootlegs? images/icons/smile.gif Thanks I couldn't understand the part after, "Up my ass".
Yes this kind of things are great listening to. Thanks to the bootlegers who are releasing these kind of things.

onosideboards

Sep 26, 2003, 07:01 AM

"There You Are Eddie" from the Get Back sessions.

Legs

Sep 26, 2003, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted By onosideboards:
"There You Are Eddie" from the Get Back sessions.Any chance that this is also around under a different title? Doesn't ring a bell.

joelcrowservo

Sep 27, 2003, 02:42 AM

This is the one song Sulpys book gets wrong. He deosnt know where this one, played twice I believe during the Get back sessions, came from. BUT anyone who has read Hunter Davies book knows. Paul seems to have written it about Davies himself, after discovering his middle name. He apparently wrote it at Davies home in 1968.
NOW...Ive never actually heard it. It was apparently played in conjunction with a track called "Pillow For Your Head". Not known if they go together or not.
I know this deosnt exactly answer Legs question, or maybe it does, I dunno...!

onosideboards

Sep 27, 2003, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted By Legs:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By onosideboards:
"There You Are Eddie" from the Get Back sessions.Any chance that this is also around under a different title? Doesn't ring a bell.<hr /></blockquote>Yes--"There You Go, Eddie."

I'd heard it some time ago off Napster or something like that. It's a GB session Paul diddy. Besides the song calling Eddie a dog, it apparently is about a dog...maybe Sulpy (hisssss) says that. I've never heard that stuff about Davies.

Anyway, it's just Paul on acoustic guitar singing the title with verses like, "...you'll be in with the in crowd...but you can't stand the noise." And then John blurts out other names like Fifi and Nigel (tho Sulpy thinks he says Mimi and I disagree) and they chuckle.

joelcrowservo

Sep 27, 2003, 10:12 PM

Yes, in, I believe the 1986 'update' chapter in Davies book, he discussed Paul writing it, and it seems like Hunter assumed it was about him, with his middle name of Edward, and it being his house. But I also remember reading that John commented on the song "hes written another song about a dog!". So its probably both.
Dammit I wanna be right for once!! images/icons/grin.gif

onosideboards

Sep 28, 2003, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted By joelcrowservo:
Yes, in, I believe the 1986 'update' chapter in Davies book, he discussed Paul writing it, and it seems like Hunter assumed it was about him, with his middle name of Edward, and it being his house. But I also remember reading that John commented on the song "hes written another song about a dog!". So its probably both.
Dammit I wanna be right for once!! images/icons/grin.gif You're usually right dear, it's just that you're so slow images/icons/smile.gif .

joelcrowservo

Sep 28, 2003, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted By onosideboards:
You're usually right dear, it's just that you're so slow images/icons/smile.gif .OMG! graemlins/afraid6.gif I am wounded. How rude...er...yeah, youre right. images/icons/wink.gif

Legs

Sep 30, 2003, 12:28 PM

How about Paul's Waterspout for today's Beatleg song.An unreleased beauty from the London Town sessions, and one of my favourite songs. The style doesn't really fit that of "London Town", maybe that's the reason it was left of, but it is better then some songs that were included on the album.

onosideboards

Sep 30, 2003, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted By Legs:
How about Paul's Waterspout for today's Beatleg song.An unreleased beauty from the London Town sessions, and one of my favourite songs. The style doesn't really fit that of "London Town", maybe that's the reason it was left of, but it is better then some songs that were included on the album.I guess I have this on Complete Cold Cuts disc 3, but I've never listened to it. Perhaps tonight I shall.

onosideboards

Sep 30, 2003, 04:52 PM

Ok, listening to "Waterspout" now. There's three versions on Complete Cold Cuts. It's catchy (but what Macca song isn't at least that), but that's about all I can say about it. Synths always make songs sound sooo dated. I prefer rockin' or acoustic Macca. images/icons/smile.gif

FPSHOT

Oct 01, 2003, 08:25 AM

I don't know which version I have but it sounds very cheerful.

No I don't believe it fits the London Town album, a B side of a single would have been a good place for it.

I don't find the badge "only love ..." very fitting, it changes the song so much.

onosideboards

Oct 01, 2003, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:

No I don't believe it fits the London Town album, a B side of a single would have been a good place for it.

It's from the unreleased Cold Cuts album, or whatever that unreleased album was actually going to be called.

Legs

Oct 01, 2003, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted By onosideboards:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By FPSHOT:

No I don't believe it fits the London Town album, a B side of a single would have been a good place for it.

It's from the unreleased Cold Cuts album, or whatever that unreleased album was actually going to be called.<hr /></blockquote>If it was released "Waterspout" would probably have been included, since it was on the last line up of "Cold Cuts". Later there were plans to include the song on "All The Best" but them it was decided to include only hits. The song however was recorded during the "London Town" sessions.

onosideboards

Oct 02, 2003, 08:50 AM

On the Macca note (ha), how about everyone's favorite Sinatra-style ditty, "Suicide"? (thanks to Legs, I finally have a non-mp3 copy of it!)

Legs

Oct 02, 2003, 02:06 PM

Your welcome, remember you got two versions now.
I never cared for it much.Tho the lyrics aren't really bad, it could have worked if the music was more serious and it was not brought in the leigh weight style as it is now. The lyrics and music don't go together, makes it almost alright to oppress a woman.

And also thank you btw.

darkhorse

Oct 02, 2003, 06:39 PM

Waterspout was also a rumoured title for that so-long-ago-promised boxed set of Macca rarities... and even for what later on became Wingspan, I remember reading that title in some webistes. It's a great song, one of my favorites that he's never released. "Suicide", also a funny little song, with a very clever piano part. Love those two, hope they end up in an official boxed set along with "Lindiana", "Did We Meet Somewhere Before", "Cage" and so many others... images/icons/smile.gif

onosideboards

Oct 02, 2003, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted By Legs:
Your welcome, remember you got two versions now.
I never cared for it much.Tho the lyrics aren't really bad, it could have worked if the music was more serious and it was not brought in the leigh weight style as it is now. The lyrics and music don't go together, makes it almost alright to oppress a woman.

And also thank you btw.But the mismatched lyrics and music is what makes it funny. It's not unlike those old standards Frank Sintra would do. They were about oppressing women, but it's a sign of the times. Paul was just writing a satire in that style. I think it's funny. Anyway, it can't be that great cuz he calls suicide! images/icons/wink.gif

joelcrowservo

Oct 12, 2003, 12:18 AM

OK, since this has been a little forgotten, one more "Get Back" track to use as song o' the day here...
"Maybe Baby", as mainly sung by John during the "LIB" sessions. Though he forgets the words here and there, this is one of my favorite tracks from the one hundred million hours worth of sessions. They are obviously having a great time here, and follow it up with some more Buddy Holly tracks, "Crying Waiting Hoping" being good too. Their immense respect for Buddy is obvious, even though at one point they seem to sing "Crying, smokin', chokin'"!

onosideboards

Oct 13, 2003, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted By joelcrowservo:
OK, since this has been a little forgotten, one more "Get Back" track to use as song o' the day here...
"Maybe Baby", as mainly sung by John during the "LIB" sessions. Though he forgets the words here and there, this is one of my favorite tracks from the one hundred million hours worth of sessions. They are obviously having a great time here, and follow it up with some more Buddy Holly tracks, "Crying Waiting Hoping" being good too. Their immense respect for Buddy is obvious, even though at one point they seem to sing "Crying, smokin', chokin'"!Yeah, that's a good one. It is interesting to note though that George doesn't take the lead on Crying... as he had in the early days.

onosideboards

Oct 25, 2003, 06:21 PM

How about Paul's Mr. H Atom? I've got it on the Artifacts III set. It's an outtake from McCartney II and I love the BZ editorial on it... "one must wonder what Paul was smoking during the recording sessions." images/icons/smile.gif I love it!

joelcrowservo

Oct 25, 2003, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted By onosideboards:
How about Paul's Mr. H Atom? I've got it on the Artifacts III set. It's an outtake from McCartney II and I love the BZ editorial on it... "one must wonder what Paul was smoking during the recording sessions." images/icons/smile.gif I love it!Do they really have to wonder what Paul was smoking? images/icons/wink.gif
I'd like to hear that whole "Lost McCartney Album". Its supposed to have a longer version of "Coming Up".

Legs

Oct 28, 2003, 12:07 PM

I have this one somewhere. I actually like it, even tho it is just the one line that Linda sings. It cracks me up. I've downloaded lots of songs from the McCartney II outakes from a Paul site, but the links don't work anymore.

Paolo Meccano

Oct 28, 2003, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted By Legs:
I've downloaded lots of songs from the McCartney II outakes from a Paul site, but the links don't work anymore.Would that be the dead 'Deadman' site, Legs? It'd be really generous of you if you could put some of that stuff up on your site (which I very much appreciate) in the future...

Legs

Oct 31, 2003, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted By Paolo Meccano:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Legs:
I've downloaded lots of songs from the McCartney II outakes from a Paul site, but the links don't work anymore.Would that be the dead 'Deadman' site, Legs? It'd be really generous of you if you could put some of that stuff up on your site (which I very much appreciate) in the future...<hr /></blockquote>Yeah, the dead "Deadman" site got most of the McCartney II tracks. After the Ringo rarities I try to upload some, but I am still limited in what I can upload at one time.