Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

[Greg]

Here is the making of video for The Last Beatles Song. The video for the song is supposed to be released on Friday.

[Greg]

Here's the song.

[Drunk Monk]

Sounds more like late Wings…

Man, new Beatles & new Stones… how far are we supposed to set our clocks back tonight?

[Drunk Monk]

This works much better with the actual video

[Greg]

This works much better with the actual video

You are correct, sir. Much better in the video form. Bittersweet, set to eleven.

[thatguy]

I liked the concept of editing in George and John footage, but all of the John clips seem like him just being "whacky" which seems out of place for the song. 

The end was very definitive...good night everybody...

--tg

[King Bob]

Reminded of this from DM's Argylle post. I recently read a piece (forgot to post at the time and can't remember where I read it) that said when George was still alive, Paul tried to get him to work on the song, and after hearing George said, "This is crap."

[Greg]

I'm just going to put this here.

You know how you can tell if you're a Beatle?

You have a birthday party and Taylor Swift is the DJ at the party.

[thatguy]

The BeAItles?

https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-beatles-...04467.html

The Beatles are nominated for two Grammys thanks to AI

'Now and Then' pulls from John Lennon's 1970s demo.
sarah fielding
Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 7:00 AM PST

The Beatles

While reading through the list of Grammy nominees earlier I came across quite a surprise. There, competing for record of the year alongside the likes of Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Emand Chappell Roan's Good Luck Babe, was Now and Then by The Beatles. No, to my dismay, this isn't a time travel situation, but the result of AI.

So, here's the story of how The Beatles got nominated for two Grammys — they also snagged a best rock performance nod — 50 years after formally breaking up. It starts with a demo John Lennon recorded in the 1970s that was given to Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison for inclusion on the The Beatles Anthology, released in 1995. While other tracks like Free as a Bird and Real Love made it on, technology wasn't advanced enough to separate Lennon's vocals and piano without reducing the recording's quality.

But, last year McCartney and Starr used modern machine learning technology to pull Lennon's vocals for a new track. Now and Then, released in November 2023, includes McCartney on bass, Starr on the drums, Lennon's vocals and a guitar in Harrison's style (a 1995 recording of him makes up some of the background rhythm guitar. You can watch a documentary about making the track here.

Unsurprisingly, the song is said to be the last from the Beatles. We'll have to wait until the awards show in February to see whether or not AI will help them win another Grammy.

--tg