So I wrote some Beatles songs...
That's right. I wrote some Beatles songs. I've written a number of them over many a year, actually. And I've never gotten 'round to recording them because, even though I am the 128th Beatle, my actual ability at playing a guitar is... well, maladroit would be kind. I know a crapload of chords, and I can play them enough to say, "yes, that chord is that chord. Yes."
Inspired by the Rutles, the Utopia album Deface the Music, the first album by the Spongetones, the Back Pack's The Grey Album and the long-since litigated away Beaten Path, I've been writing a bunch of Beatle pastiches for years now, with the conceit that I write two tunes per British album (or the American Magical Mystery Tour album) that would essentially be as quintessentially "those albums" as I possibly could make them. Because of my, er, "skill" on the guitar, this project has always just existed in my head. Collectively I call it the Applesauce Project.
And then with my new iMac came Garageband 4, the stripped-down commercial version of Apple's Logic Pro, their professional level recording software.
So.
Here's what I have and what I have planned so far:
"C'mon Little Girl" (a.k.a. "I Saw Her Pleasing Me")
"Love Loving Lover" (a.k.a. "I'll Get To Thank You, Girl")
"By My Side" (a.k.a. "All of This Boy's Loving")
"It's Too Late" (a.k.a. "Don't Bother The Devil In My Heart")
"I'll Get Her Back" (a.k.a. "Anytime I Should Have Known Better At All")
"Now That I Have You" (a.k.a. "I'll Fall Back To Things Said Today")
"Loved By You" (a.k.a. "Eight Little Things A Week")
"When You're Around" (a.k.a. "I'm A Loser Who Spoils The Party")
"Oh! That Girl" (a.k.a. "A Ticket To Help Me The Night Before")
"Time For This" (a.k.a. "It's Only A Love You've Got To Hide Away")
"Same Old Lonely Song" (a.k.a. "You're Looking Through Me, I Won't See You")
"Justin's Lament" (a.k.a. "Nowheregian Woodman")
"Feeling Good Looking" (a.k.a. "Taxrain")
"Now And Then" (a.k.a. "For Here, There, And No One")
"The Ballad of Albert Murray" (a.k.a. "It Gets Better With A Little Help From My Friends")
"Orange And Purple Sunsets" (a.k.a. "A Day in the Sky with Strawberry Diamonds Forever")
"It's All About Love" (a.k.a. "All Magical Mystery The Walrus You Need")
"Peach Blossom Hole" (a.k.a. "Hello Penny, Goodbye Lane")
"What Is The Song The Sirens Sing" (a.k.a. "Happiness Is A Warm Prudence")
"Torture Chamber of My Heart" (a.k.a. "Martha My Ob-la-Dear")
"Frances The Aardvark" (a.k.a. "Don't Pass Me Altogether Now")
"Put Me Down Dog" (a.k.a. "Sexy Revolution No. Sadie")
"Time Goes By" (a.k.a. "Let It Be Long And Winding")
"Oh Well" (a.k.a. "I Dig A Pony Feeling")
Medley:
"The Joy Pt. 1" (a.k.a. "Because She's So Heavy")
"Miss Daisy Hawkins" (a.k.a. "Mean Maxwell Mustard")
"Every Man" (a.k.a. "Polythene Together")
"Welcome To Suzy's Parlour" (a.k.a. "Carry The Weight Through The Bathroom Window")
"The Joy Pt. 2"
"The Sun Shines For Me" (a.k.a. "Here Comes Something")
rupertofhentzau is, after listening to any of these, thinking, "If he'd had this technology back in '84, think of the horror..."
Inspired by the Rutles, the Utopia album Deface the Music, the first album by the Spongetones, the Back Pack's The Grey Album and the long-since litigated away Beaten Path, I've been writing a bunch of Beatle pastiches for years now, with the conceit that I write two tunes per British album (or the American Magical Mystery Tour album) that would essentially be as quintessentially "those albums" as I possibly could make them. Because of my, er, "skill" on the guitar, this project has always just existed in my head. Collectively I call it the Applesauce Project.
And then with my new iMac came Garageband 4, the stripped-down commercial version of Apple's Logic Pro, their professional level recording software.
So.
Here's what I have and what I have planned so far:
"C'mon Little Girl" (a.k.a. "I Saw Her Pleasing Me")
"Love Loving Lover" (a.k.a. "I'll Get To Thank You, Girl")
"By My Side" (a.k.a. "All of This Boy's Loving")
"It's Too Late" (a.k.a. "Don't Bother The Devil In My Heart")
"I'll Get Her Back" (a.k.a. "Anytime I Should Have Known Better At All")
"Now That I Have You" (a.k.a. "I'll Fall Back To Things Said Today")
"Loved By You" (a.k.a. "Eight Little Things A Week")
"When You're Around" (a.k.a. "I'm A Loser Who Spoils The Party")
"Oh! That Girl" (a.k.a. "A Ticket To Help Me The Night Before")
"Time For This" (a.k.a. "It's Only A Love You've Got To Hide Away")
"Same Old Lonely Song" (a.k.a. "You're Looking Through Me, I Won't See You")
"Justin's Lament" (a.k.a. "Nowheregian Woodman")
"Feeling Good Looking" (a.k.a. "Taxrain")
"Now And Then" (a.k.a. "For Here, There, And No One")
"The Ballad of Albert Murray" (a.k.a. "It Gets Better With A Little Help From My Friends")
"Orange And Purple Sunsets" (a.k.a. "A Day in the Sky with Strawberry Diamonds Forever")
"It's All About Love" (a.k.a. "All Magical Mystery The Walrus You Need")
"Peach Blossom Hole" (a.k.a. "Hello Penny, Goodbye Lane")
"What Is The Song The Sirens Sing" (a.k.a. "Happiness Is A Warm Prudence")
"Torture Chamber of My Heart" (a.k.a. "Martha My Ob-la-Dear")
"Frances The Aardvark" (a.k.a. "Don't Pass Me Altogether Now")
"Put Me Down Dog" (a.k.a. "Sexy Revolution No. Sadie")
"Time Goes By" (a.k.a. "Let It Be Long And Winding")
"Oh Well" (a.k.a. "I Dig A Pony Feeling")
Medley:
"The Joy Pt. 1" (a.k.a. "Because She's So Heavy")
"Miss Daisy Hawkins" (a.k.a. "Mean Maxwell Mustard")
"Every Man" (a.k.a. "Polythene Together")
"Welcome To Suzy's Parlour" (a.k.a. "Carry The Weight Through The Bathroom Window")
"The Joy Pt. 2"
"The Sun Shines For Me" (a.k.a. "Here Comes Something")
rupertofhentzau is, after listening to any of these, thinking, "If he'd had this technology back in '84, think of the horror..."