Comments on: VIDEO: Now and Then http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/ Your one-stop shop for daily Beatles related news. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:08:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: daniel http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-32180 daniel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:16:45 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-32180 Whoever remixed this song should come out into the light. It is amazing, and better than I imagined "Now and Then" could sound as a completed Beatles song. I would love to hear more remixes from this artist using some other songs: "Grow Old with Me," "India," "Mirror Mirror (On the Wall)," "Gone from This Place," "Across the River," "She's a Friend of Dorothy," "You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love)," "Help Me to Help Myself," etc. Keep up the great work, whoever you are. Whoever remixed this song should come out into the light. It is amazing, and better than I imagined “Now and Then” could sound as a completed Beatles song. I would love to hear more remixes from this artist using some other songs: “Grow Old with Me,” “India,” “Mirror Mirror (On the Wall),” “Gone from This Place,” “Across the River,” “She’s a Friend of Dorothy,” “You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love),” “Help Me to Help Myself,” etc. Keep up the great work, whoever you are.

]]> By: thomas archer http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-31283 thomas archer Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:29:58 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-31283 i think if it was " the beatles" then apple would not allow it to be on the internet. not even as a test or teaser of a future beatle new song. it is clever and good but really not the beatles. if you want the beatles just listen to the old records and enjoy the music they made back then.. i do wish and hope it is a new track but what is the point. john and george are dead, and paul and ringo are not the beatles without them. i recorded it onto old fashioned audio tape and made a pretend album.. sad or what... of songs from the anthologies. if they were intended for albums the songs would be better and unfinished songs are, well, ...unfiished, and not for public listening. let the beatles r.i.p....let it be. i think if it was ” the beatles” then apple would not allow it to be on the internet. not even as a test or teaser of a future beatle new song. it is clever and good but really not the beatles. if you want the beatles just listen to the old records and enjoy the music they made back then.. i do wish and hope it is a new track but what is the point. john and george are dead, and paul and ringo are not the beatles without them. i recorded it onto old fashioned audio tape and made a pretend album.. sad or what… of songs from the anthologies. if they were intended for albums the songs would be better and unfinished songs are, well, …unfiished, and not for public listening. let the beatles r.i.p….let it be.

]]> By: Greg http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-31141 Greg Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:03 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-31141 Allright then. Have you seen this? http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/release-the-beatles-now-and-then-song If you like the song, please sign. Allright then. Have you seen this?
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/release-the-beatles-now-and-then-song

If you like the song, please sign.

]]> By: Si Co http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-31054 Si Co Sun, 11 May 2008 22:19:58 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-31054 What a fantastic track. I have been a fan since the 60s and loved the Threetles stuff "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" what a joy to be alive. There is no true fan who would be disapointed at this beautiful gem. It really must be Paul and George singing backing vocals and Ritchie on drums. Whoever mixed it is a genius. The video is so professional I believe that Paul must have had something to do with this. This is such a wonderful gift. We have been waiting for years to hear it. Bring on "All For Love". Let's face it life's too short to hold on to it. Love it. What a fantastic track. I have been a fan since the 60s and loved the Threetles stuff “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” what a joy to be alive. There is no true fan who would be disapointed at this beautiful gem. It really must be Paul and George singing backing vocals and Ritchie on drums. Whoever mixed it is a genius. The video is so professional I believe that Paul must have had something to do with this. This is such a wonderful gift. We have been waiting for years to hear it. Bring on “All For Love”. Let’s face it life’s too short to hold on to it. Love it.

]]> By: Davy Davis http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-30420 Davy Davis Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:11:27 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-30420 Oh Johnny-we hardly knew ye! Oh Johnny-we hardly knew ye!

]]> By: allyngibson http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-24647 allyngibson Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:54:03 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-24647 To be honest, I've never really liked John's demo of "Now and Then." I found it tuneless, and the incomplete lyrics, with John just making up sounds as he went, didn't really endear it to me. And the obvious audio defects in the demo were off-putting. The fan mash-up, however, has forced me to see the song in an entirely different light. I've stripped an mp3 audio track out of the video, and listened to, on its own, it's an eerie, mesmerizing, <i>haunting</i> piece of work. I'm not sure where all the sound samples came from. (The only one I can identify positively is the lyric of "Sun King" becomes a backing vocal in "Now and Then." Many of the samples may not necessary be Beatles-derived.) It doesn't <i>matter</I> where they came from; somehow, this thing that shouldn't work absolutely <i>does</i> work together, as a piece. I'm amazed by it. It's remarkable. If Paul does finish the song, no doubt I'll find myself comparing it to <i>this</i> version. A version which I already prefer to John's demo. :) To be honest, I’ve never really liked John’s demo of “Now and Then.” I found it tuneless, and the incomplete lyrics, with John just making up sounds as he went, didn’t really endear it to me. And the obvious audio defects in the demo were off-putting.

The fan mash-up, however, has forced me to see the song in an entirely different light.

I’ve stripped an mp3 audio track out of the video, and listened to, on its own, it’s an eerie, mesmerizing, haunting piece of work.

I’m not sure where all the sound samples came from. (The only one I can identify positively is the lyric of “Sun King” becomes a backing vocal in “Now and Then.” Many of the samples may not necessary be Beatles-derived.) It doesn’t matter where they came from; somehow, this thing that shouldn’t work absolutely does work together, as a piece.

I’m amazed by it. It’s remarkable.

If Paul does finish the song, no doubt I’ll find myself comparing it to this version. A version which I already prefer to John’s demo. :)

]]> By: Martha D http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-24107 Martha D Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:30:42 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-24107 It is Just nice to hear John...so pure...Sometimes I miss you John! It is Just nice to hear John…so pure…Sometimes I miss you John!

]]> By: Jeremy http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-24024 Jeremy Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:52:45 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-24024 I always wished Yoko Ono had given the threatles the demo of "India, India" which would have fit in nicely as an introduction to the White Album demos on Anthology 3, and it's a far more realized song than "Now and Then" was. I always wished Yoko Ono had given the threatles the demo of “India, India” which would have fit in nicely as an introduction to the White Album demos on Anthology 3, and it’s a far more realized song than “Now and Then” was.

]]> By: mar123 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-23973 mar123 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:12:59 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-23973 I agree...it sound to much like the real deal I agree…it sound to much like the real deal

]]> By: Paul http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-23971 Paul Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:08:56 +0000 http://beatle.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/video-now-and-then/#comment-23971 i am pretty sure that this is the original 1995 unfinished version i am pretty sure that this is the original 1995 unfinished version

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