marcus <marcus60s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>I feel the same way about the "Love" soundtrack as I do about the then
>three surviving Beatles fini****ng John's "Free As A Bird" and "Real
>Love". It's nice, pleasing to the ear, and fun...but, once is enough.
I was terrified about FaaB and RL before that first broadcast of
Anthology,
but in the event, I was deeply moved by them, to my surprise. It really
felt
as if John had come back to life and the Beatles were performing /Beatles/
songs again, even though I could hear things like the difference in
fidelity
between John's voice and the others'. Personally, I'd be /delighted/ if
it
were possible to have more like that!
>I enjoy listening to "Love" because I understand why it was done,
>specifically for that performance. It doesn't hurt or tarnish the
>original songs.
Yeah, that's fine, but the interviews on the web site made it sound as if
both
the surviving Beatles and the Martins thought the mixed-up versions were
more
than a soundtrack for what was really a dance performance rather than a
musical one; they were billed as giving profound new insights into the
Beatles' music. I thought that was way over the top. If you want to say
"once is enough," for me the "once" was Harry Nilsson's "You Can't Do
That."
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