Ringo Starr has opened up about the “emotional” experience of creating The Beatles‘ upcoming “final” song ‘Now And Then’.The legendary drummer teamed up with his former bandmate Paul McCartney to make the last-ever track to feature all four members of the band, with the help of AI technology.
It’ll be released globally at 2pm GMT this Thursday (November 2).John Lennon first wrote and recorded a demo of ‘Now And Then’ with just his piano and vocals in the late ’70s.
In 1994, his widow Yoko Ono gave the recording to McCartney, George Harrison and Starr.The surviving members – along with producer Jeff Lynne – recorded new parts and completed a rough mix for ‘Now And Then’, but “technological limitations” meant that Lennon’s vocals and piano were not able to be separated for a clear enough mix.However, McCartney and Starr were recently able to use the same technology to isolate and improve Lennon’s vocal that was employed to enhance the audio in Peter Jackson’s acclaimed documentary Get Back (2021), and later on the 2022 remixed edition of ‘Revolver’.Starr has now recalled the process of finally completing the imminent new Beatles single with McCartney.https://t.co/WD7FPPbm1P pic.twitter.com/xEXToI76E2— The Beatles (@thebeatles) October 25, 2023“He called me up and said he’d like to work on ‘Now And Then’,” he remembered (via Music News). “‘What do you think?’,” he quoted Macca as saying. “‘I think it’s great’.”Starr continued: “So he put the bass on, he sent the files to me.
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