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McCartney: Final Ever "New" Beatles Song To Be Released Using A.I.
It doesn't seem possible that there could be anything left from the Beatles that you haven't already heard, but Paul McCartney confirms he's using Artificial Intelligence to fill in some blanks on an old unreleased John Lennon song and it could be out as early as this year.
The tune isn't being named but there's speculation it's called "Now & Then," a song Lennon wrote and made a demo for in 1978. McCartney will add his vocals for the tune, and the former Fab Four member insists this will be the last record from the group ever released. (They did this once before with "Real Love" and "Free As A Bird," but this is the first time A.I. is involved trying to restore and bring out Lennon's voice.)
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“So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles record, it was a demo that John had. We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI. Then we can mix the record, as you would normally do. So it gives you some sort of leeway.”
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Oh for God's sake. Just let it be.
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McCartney has a new book coming out called "1964: Eye of the Storm," and it features photos he took from the days when the Beatles first landed in New York, at the height of Beatlemania. The Atlantic has a brief excerpt, along with some of those snaps and Paul's personal remembrances of those crazy days.
Among those memories: a strange one about their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
"In the U.K., we had been used to wearing a pancake makeup called Leichner—but for The Ed Sullivan Show, the makeup artists were suddenly packing on this orange stuff, layer after layer. And we were going, “Are you sure about this?” They said, “Yeah, we know. We know the show.” The show was broadcast in black and white, so they knew the makeup had to be thick. And they were right! We came out the color of orange juice, but on the show you can’t really tell we are wearing makeup."
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Is this the song? Normally, I'd dismiss this, but the first is from a YouTube channel that appears to be from Yoko Ono, while the latter version is definitely from the Beatles official account. If it is the piece in question, it doesn't sound like a great tune, although we'll have to wait to see what the producers do with it. But I would hope this is not the final song the Beatles go out on.
Maybe it's time to play that other completed Fab Four tune, "The End."
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