“Keep that One! Mark It ‘Fab’!”
With those words, Paul McCartney has weighed in on the “last Beatles song!”
Fans were excited to hear that the band has released their final song – all thanks to the hard work of Paul, Ringo, and Director Peter Jackson!
The Beatles “Now And Then!”
Here’s the story of how they came to be, as reported by Vulture.com:
“The last time we were treated to what we believed to be the final recordings of the Beatles, Yoko Ono had given the remaining members a copy of late ’70s demos John Lennon recorded at the Dakota in Manhattan. In 1995, 25 years after breaking up, the band released the multimedia Beatles Anthology project, whose CD component was set to feature three songs fleshed out from the tape: “Free As a Bird,” “Real Love,” and “Now and Then.”
“But “Now and Then” languished in an unfinished state, its vocal and piano melodies enshrouded in too dense a thicket of abrasively scratchy hiss to massage into the high-quality recordings the Beatles were known for…until Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary Get Back. The film is the north star for this campaign. The tech the director developed to isolate voices in old recordings in stunning clarity buffed the muddy Lennon vocal, accomplishing in seconds what stumped a few of the greatest musical minds of the 20th century a few decades prior. The finished “Now and Then” feels like something plucked from an alternate timeline.”
Here is “Now And Then”:
Of course, we’ll never know how it may have sounded if recorded all those years ago, but it’s a beautiful ballad from John, with Paul on vocal harmonies and bass and the steady drumbeat of Ringo as always. George is also featured, his work on the song in the 90’s kept and mixed in here as well.
“Keep that One! Mark It ‘Fab’!”
That’s what you hear Paul say early on in the new behind-the-scenes short that reveals how it all came together, with new interviews with Paul and Ringo.
Here’s the 12 minute documentary:
I love that John’s song was saved, and turned into this beautiful song…it’s not the first time that Peter Jackson has taken a Beatles song and brought it back to life:
The Director worked with Paul to create a duet with John live! Click here for the story and video of Paul and John performing “I’ve Got A Feeling” during Paul’s recent concert tour!
Of course, I devoured Jackson’s massive new documentary last year, that took all of the original “Get Back” session footage and completely re-imagined the 1970 “Let It Be” documentary film.
Jackson took all of that material and created an absolutely riveting 6+ hour documentary that takes you deep inside the creative process of the band!
Click here for the trailer and much much more!
Before the pandemic, fans at Paul’s live concert at LA’s Dodger stadium got to see this live reunion:
Paul and Ringo plays a few songs together and you can see it by clicking on my story here:
And remember this legendary duet between John Lennon and Elton John?
This live duet happened because of a bet between the two!
Click here for the story and the live clip!
Of course, The Beatles were a brilliant band – and they had so many great songs that they gave some of them away!
Click here to see the songs they gave to other Artists!
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johnrieber 
Hi John, modern technology is amazing. Thanks for this interesting share.
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Love, LOVE this!!!
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We watched the video of the making of this song last night on Catchup TV. Poignant.
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I agree…a very nicely done video…thanks for commenting as always!
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wow, so surreal and magical, what an unexpected treat
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Thanks for sharing, John. Magical!!! This was the highlight of my day. I’m going to listen to this song many more times.
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This is simply wonderful – thank you, John.
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How wonderful!! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for this, I apppreciate hearing Beatles stories. The release of music performed by them is gold to my ears
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Thank for the comment – it’s amazing how technology was able to be used to save his last and thought “lost” vocals…
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This new song has made a lot of fans happy, and it is appropriate that George Martin’s son was involved too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, I appreciate that you shared the story – I know they never clicked with you but for fans this is indeed a nice farewell…
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I can appreciate how important this moment is to fans, John. Whether I liked The Beatles songs or not, I think they are an historical phenomenon in popular music.
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Thanks Pete – we share so much other music in common that we can part ways on a few!
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