http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/ popular music theory, analysis, and criticism Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/#comment-1257 trevordeclercq Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:22:30 +0000 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/organicism-in-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-1257 Juanma: according to the liner notes for the song, the backing vocals are by Madeleine Bell, Sunny Weetman, and Rosetta Hightower. Obviously, at least two of those singers are female and there aren't two guys in that bunch. Hope that helps. Juanma: according to the liner notes for the song, the backing vocals are by Madeleine Bell, Sunny Weetman, and Rosetta Hightower. Obviously, at least two of those singers are female and there aren’t two guys in that bunch. Hope that helps.

]]> http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/#comment-1249 juanma Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:50:20 +0000 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/organicism-in-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-1249 HEY THERE, I´M ON THIS BET WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, HE SAYS IN COCKER´S VERSION THE CHORUS IS PREFORMED BY TWO DUDES, I OBVIOUSLY THINK THEY RECORDED FEMALE SINGERS FOR THIS, IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP ME OUT, WITH THE REAL INFO ABOUT THIS MATTER, AND HEY! NICE ANALYSIS OF THE MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS,TOO. PLEASE REPLY TO MY EMAIL HEY THERE, I´M ON THIS BET WITH A FRIEND OF MINE,
HE SAYS IN COCKER´S VERSION THE CHORUS IS PREFORMED BY TWO DUDES, I OBVIOUSLY THINK THEY RECORDED FEMALE SINGERS FOR THIS, IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP ME OUT, WITH THE REAL INFO ABOUT THIS MATTER, AND HEY! NICE ANALYSIS OF THE MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS,TOO. PLEASE REPLY TO MY EMAIL

]]> http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/#comment-320 The Science of Songwriting » Blog Archive » Organicism in “Long Time Gone” Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:54:23 +0000 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/organicism-in-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-320 [...] talked about organicism in a recent post about the Beatles, but I thought I’d return to the subject again. In the Beatles tune (”With a Little [...] [...] talked about organicism in a recent post about the Beatles, but I thought I’d return to the subject again. In the Beatles tune (”With a Little [...]

]]> http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/#comment-319 trevordeclercq Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:05:18 +0000 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/organicism-in-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-319 No, <b>Chip</b>, you are correct. Cocker's version does discard the ii-V-I progression at the end of the phrase in the verse and puts in a longer V-I. It is worth noting because often when people, especially jazzers (not that Cocker is a jazzer), cover a song, they will substitute a ii-V for a V. Here it's the opposite. Cocker has simplified the progression down to its essentials. It's kind of the same as what happens in the bridge in that respect. I think we're seeing a trend. No, Chip, you are correct. Cocker’s version does discard the ii-V-I progression at the end of the phrase in the verse and puts in a longer V-I. It is worth noting because often when people, especially jazzers (not that Cocker is a jazzer), cover a song, they will substitute a ii-V for a V. Here it’s the opposite. Cocker has simplified the progression down to its essentials. It’s kind of the same as what happens in the bridge in that respect. I think we’re seeing a trend.

]]> http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/#comment-314 chip Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:14:30 +0000 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/organicism-in-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-314 I also noticed that Joe changes the rhythm of the chord progression of the verse - the second line starts on V instead of the Beatles' ii. I wonder if you don't subtly hear that conflict between what you "know" from the original vs. what you're hearing in the cover as another point of tension to pull back to the tonic? Or maybe the organ's playing the ii chord, my ear training skills are too rusty to tell without having a keyboard nearby... I also noticed that Joe changes the rhythm of the chord progression of the verse - the second line starts on V instead of the Beatles’ ii. I wonder if you don’t subtly hear that conflict between what you “know” from the original vs. what you’re hearing in the cover as another point of tension to pull back to the tonic? Or maybe the organ’s playing the ii chord, my ear training skills are too rusty to tell without having a keyboard nearby…

]]> http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/beatles_friends/#comment-248 The Science of Songwriting » Blog Archive » Common Tones in the Beatles’s “Help” Sun, 27 May 2007 16:35:33 +0000 http://www.midside.com/2007/05/24/organicism-in-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-248 [...] « Organicism in “With A Little Help From My Friends” [...] [...] « Organicism in “With A Little Help From My Friends” [...]

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