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| From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bum notes |
| Date | Fri, 20 May 2005 08:18:46 -0500 |
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OK--All of the backing vocals on "Sexy Sadie" by the Beatles are woefully
flat.
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"--The Four Tops
In the chorus on the line "I can't help myself...", the chord is D minor,
but James Jamerson's bass figure is D major. This drives me nuts.
--Ken
On 5/20/05 8:12 AM, "Miguel Motta" <motta_m@firn.edu> wrote:
> This could end up being the silliest of all threads I've proposed... but here
> goes anyway... This is especially for musicians and music lovers with "golden
> ears"...
>
> ...Ever picked up on a bum note (or slip in the performance) on a recording
> and everytime you hear that record you wait for the moment that the mistake
> happens?...
>
> ...Case in point for me... At the very end of The Monkees' "Daydream Believer"
> Chip Douglass (bass player on that record) hits one bum note... It occurs when
> Davy sings the phrase "Cheer up sleepy Jean...." but he recovers nicely... I
> guess one bum note didn't merit re-recording the phrase for later edit... I
> remember driving my friends crazy as I pulled the record player needle back
> time and time again to that part and ask them..."Did you hear that?... There
> it is! The bum note!"... They'd stare at me as if I were crazy...
>
> Another related one is the guitar solo in BTO's "Taking Care of Business" ...
> to my ears, to the day of the recording, Bachman should've taken the time to
> tune his guitar better as the solo sounds a bit out-of-tune... small qualm...
> but can't avoid hearing that to this day... LOL... I remember a musician once
> was quoted as saying... "I like to leave my mistakes on the recordings 'cuz
> they're like scars on fine leather"...
>
> Finally one interesting one is Peter Noone's vocal flub on "Leaning on a
> Lampost"... Listen closely and you'll hear him improvise some gibberish at a
> certain point of the song... I'm amazed he didn't burst out into laughter and
> cause an outtake...
>
> Like I said... silly but perhaps interesting to some...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Miguel
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