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Johnny
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
becomes
I Wanna Wrap You in Saran Wrap from Head to Toe and Cut Two Holes For You so that You Can Breathe and We can Have Sex
Now contribute more because the Beatles are (finally) no longer sacred.
I might as well opine on the above linked-to album entitled, "Love", and created by George Martin and his son Giles. I love it... but...
I would have liked to hear them go waaay farther with the mashups and remixing efforts, but I realize that they had to both satisfy long-time, die-hard fans, of which I am not, and create something that sounds new and fresh. Maybe one day they will do something truly original with these original master tapes, but that day has not yet come (unless you count the Grey Album).
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Yes, after listening to "Love" a couple of time I must agree on both points.
Of course it is great...it's the Beatles. But they really could have gone further. In fact, there aren't really very many "mashups" on there. Mr. Kite/I Want You sounds quite good, and more mixing like that would be nice. Tomorrow Never Knows/Within you/Without you...may not grab the ear of most pop fans, but is an interesting experiment nonetheless. The Blackbird/Yesterday transition is nice...but nothing too shocking.
And some songs have been barely touched. They sound good, but aren't as interesting as the mashups. I'd say that I'd like to have a go at mashing up some Beatles tunes myself...but not only do I have no experience doing such a thing, I'm also lazy.
And after looking at the tracklist there on Amazon...I see that my torrent included some extra tracks. Presumably the original versions...explaining why they sound so much the same...
I revoke my previous comment about "extra tracks". I didn't notice the "See all 26 tracks on this disc" link.
But yeah, some of the songs hardly sound different. A Day in the Life, Hey Jude, Revolution, and others.
And forgot to mention that While My Guitar Gently Weeps is pretty fucking stellar.
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