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8 November 2012
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note: meanmistermustard merged two threads (thread one comprising of posts 1 -> 7, 19 & 20; thread two posts 8 -> 18) and amended the thread title on the 18th August 2014.
Posted by one of the writers for The Examiner – links to two Beatle songs deconstructed.
Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper
Deconstructing Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The person who deconstructed LSD has others at their channel.
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1 November 2012
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Offline Basically its broken down so you can hear the elements that went into making the song. This will be derived from the Rock Band multitracks (and a few other places – Anthology, making of Pepper, Love etc). It may even be taken from the Pepper isolations done by Helter Skelter and released on his blog. It is a very cool listen and well worth spending the time on.
You now can work your way a whole number of tracks piece by piece going from the basic rhythm track (or even just Ringo’s drums), via alternate mixes, until reaching the final released product as signed off by Martin and the four back in the 60’s.
An example could be Come Together as shown below.
Come Together (Take 1)
Come Together (Take 4 Ending + Take 5 Announcement) (Mono Mix)
Come Together (‘Abbey Road ‘ Studio Outtake #1)
Come Together (‘Abbey Road ‘ Studio Outtake #1) (Mono Mix)
Come Together (‘Abbey Road ‘ Studio Outtake #2) (Mono Mix)
Come Together (Take 6 Track 1: Bass Guitar)
Come Together (Take 6 Track 2: Electric Guitar)
Come Together (Take 6 Track 3: Drums)
Come Together (Take 6 Track 4: Partial Vocals)
Come Together (Take 6 – Rhythm Track with Guide Vocal)
Come Together (SI onto Take 9 Track 4: Lead Vocal)
Come Together (SI onto Take 9 Track 8: Backing Vocals)
Come Together (SI onto Take 9 Tracks 5 & 7: Electric Piano & Guitar Overdub)
Come Together (SI onto Take 9 Track 6: Lead Guitar & Maracas)
Come Together (SI onto Take 9 Tracks 4 & 8: ‘Clean’ Lead Vocal & Backing Vocals)
Come Together (Take 9 – Faders 1 – 7: ‘Single Tracked Vocal'
Come Together (BRX – Stereo Vocal Mix)
Come Together (2009 Stereo Remix)
Come Together (1969 Abbey Road )
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14 February 2013
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Cool!
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7.46pm
1 November 2012
Offline It’s weird, but I have no interest in listening to such deconstructions. I’ve listened to a couple of isolated tracks, and they are interesting, but I wouldn’t make that a habit. I am so satisfied with the finished product, it’s almost like tinkering with magic. Like seeing how the magician does his tricks. Some people like to do that, others just want the magic.
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Offline Whilst I find it interesting what made up the song (some of the pepper isolations are incredible, and hearing Ringo’s drums isolated
) but it can get repetitious. Its certainly not casual listening, I tend to pick bits out from here and there, though I have heard most of Pepper deconstructed. There are also same dreadfully created ‘isolations’ out there, worse than some of the worst bootleggers efforts from the 70’s and 80’s. Would put you off for life.
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11.28pm
8 November 2012
Offline I find it helps me appreciate the artistry and complexity of the music. Also, sometimes I have a hard time picking out specific instruments, so the deconstructions help. On a certain level, it’s just entertaining.
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31 March 2008
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There’s a thread on how to isolate recording tracks here, but I couldn’t find a single place where people have shared interesting examples. It can be merged if I’ve overlooked a thread somewhere.
Here are the isolated vocals from I Am The Walrus . I found the most interesting/entertaining bit not to be Lennon’s, which are easy enough to make out on the record, but the “Oompah oompah” sounds at the end. Give it a listen.
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Offline “Oompah oompah stick it up your joompa” mixed with “everybody’s got _____ ” what? One? Some?
Very cool.
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20 August 2013
Offline Here’s a conversation about the end of I Am The Walrus if anyone is interested
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31 March 2008
Offline Zig said
“Oompah oompah stick it up your joompa” mixed with “everybody’s got _____ ” what? One? Some?Very cool.
From the Playboy interview, 1980 (All We Are Saying by David Sheff):
PLAYBOY: “What about the chant at the end of the song: Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot’?”
LENNON: “No, no, no. I had this whole choir saying, ‘Everybody’s got one, everybody’s got one.’ But when you get 30 people, male and female, on top of 30 cellos and on top of the Beatles’ rock ‘n roll rhythm section, you can’t hear what they’re saying.”
PLAYBOY: “What does ‘everybody got’?”
LENNON: “Anything. You name it. One penis, one vagina, one a*****e– you name it.”
Perhaps that’s where he got the One World, One People title from (it was going to be his 1981 world tour)
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14 April 2010
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Perhaps that’s where he got the One World, One People title from (it was going to be his 1981 world tour)
A much better name for a tour than One penis, One vagina, One a*****e. Unless, of course, the group is a power trio.
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1 May 2011
Offline And something Queen borrowed the idea from to write a hit song.
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31 March 2008
Offline Oh! Darling vocals. Paul totally nails it.
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31 March 2008
Offline And we can’t really have something from Abbey Road and ignore the medley, can we? Here are the isolated vocals:
There are loads of isolated vids out there, presumably mostly taken from the Rock Band stem files. It’s not worth trying to post everything, but feel free to add interesting stuff you’ve come across.
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20 August 2013
Offline This is just a thought. In some threads about songs, people have added posts with the isolated tracks for that song to illustrate a point or enhance the conversation. If someone finds a thread about the song for which they wish to post an isolated track, they might consider adding it there (also) for context.
For example, the Abbey Road medley isolated vocal track could be added to:
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1 May 2011
Offline Of the isolations I’ve always been fascinated by Ringo’s drums and love listening to them. One of the most obvious would be from A Day In The Life but Revolution i adore as its so damn solid. God the man could drum.
Was also listening to the isolated Something tracks and had always thought the drums were pretty ordinary and easy but they are not.
I could listen to Ringo playing drums for hours and sit there all goggle-eyed with a big grin over my face.
Forgot about when Oh! Darling goes into the middle eight (or whatever its called – the “when i told you bit”) Ringo goes nuts.
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28 May 2014
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Of the isolations I’ve always been fascinated by Ringo’s drums and love listening to them. One of the most obvious would be from A Day In The Life but Revolution i adore as its so damn solid. God the man could drum.Was also listening to the isolated Something tracks and had always thought the drums were pretty ordinary and easy but they are not.
I could listen to Ringo playing drums for hours and sit there all goggle-eyed with a big grin over my face.
Forgot about when Oh! Darling goes into the middle eight (or whatever its called – the “when i told you bit”) Ringo goes nuts.
I’m with you there. Nobody realizes how steady he is. He’s a very good drummer. That was one of the reasons that Phil Collins was influenced by Ringo.
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12.53am
28 July 2014
Offline I‘m listening to hours and hours these deconstructions of songs by The Beatles. So far, my favorite is to Don’t let me down. Because in it, everything is perfect! The drums, guitars, vocals and bass … I’ve loved this song, after I saw this deconstruction started to like her even more!
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15 May 2014
Offline For those of you that don’t know, they are very easy to find on You Tube. Cheers,
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