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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bum notes |
| Date | Fri, 20 May 2005 10:05:55 -0400 |
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AT Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:12:56 Miguel 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?...
Funny you should mention this. I just got my hands on a freshly remastered
version of "Sgt. Pepper" (don't ask, I'm not copying it for anyone....if you
want to discuss it and offer me bribes off-list I'm all ears :-) and noticed
that there's a snare drum flub in "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite". Have
heard the album a million times and NEVER noticed this before.
My favourite is always the lead-in vocal to "I Saw Her Again Last Night" by
the Mamas & Papas where the "ladies" jump in half-a-bar too early (I think
it's the second or third chorus).
Also, Anne Wilson's vocal on Heart's "All I Wanna Do" where producer Ron
Nevison left all the popping "P's" in her emotive pleas to "Please! Please!
Please!" in the final pre-chorus passage. [how's that for alliteration?]
And an oddball one more familiar to Canadians...though, I'm sure this song
made its rounds in the US too was Crowbar's "Oh! What A Feeling" where one
of the band members is hearding yelling "f*ck!" right after flubbing a line
in the guitar solo -- both the flub and the exclamation were left in because
it was the final take of the session and the label had run out of money to
do anymore overdubs. The song was due at radio immediately. With some clever
mixing to try and bury the line, Daffodil Records were still able to get the
song aired on radio as is....it's this version of the song still getting
airplay today. Pretty risque for 1971.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
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