Was never a crazy Beatles fan but the Fab Faux changed that. They are marvelous in concert. Don't miss them if they are in your town. Looking for another weekend at the Arizona Biltmore on Labor Day Weekend (2 yrs in a row now) . I'm hoping this is an annual event.
OUTSTANDING! Like other posters, I was skeptical when I saw this listed. I thought, 'oh here comes another lame attempt at a complicated song'. But they nailed it!
Fantastic, Read all the posts, If you ever hear interviews from Will or JImmy, They play it note for note, INCLUDING the mistakes that are on the Beatles albums, Its the Music,,Not impersonaters, If want to hear impersonantors, Look up Rich Little, Or Kevin Pollock, They Do impersonations..These guys are doind the ultimate tribute, Playing Music,Id rather listen to this than some guy from Pittsburgh Imitating a british accent and giving a web sit add , And they are on Dave, Time limit on length
Wow. This is great! I didn't expect much out of this. In fact, I cringed at the name, "The Fab Faux". Sounded a bit disrespectful. But no, this is fantastic!
Certainly isn't a cover it's worse. He can't come close to hitting the high notes like Lennon and he has a lisp. Of course todays kids think this crap is great. Thats why the name should be changed to NoobTube. YT please create a YT for adults.
@crookhunter There are so many ridiculous thing about that comment (aside from the fact that it's the most childish thing posted here), I don't even know where to begin. But I'd remind any haters that The Beatles didn't really even do this song live, so you really can't compare it to their produced studio version. Also, I'd love if you could provide everybody with proof that you can sing and simultaneously play the drums on this song better than he did.
@crookhunter There are so many ridiculous thing about that comment (aside from the fact that it's the most childish thing posted here), I don't even know where to begin. But I'd remind any haters that The Beatles didn't really even do this song live, so you really can't compare it to their produced studio version. Also, I'd love if you could provide everybody with proof that you can sing and simultaneously play the drums on this song better than he did.
The FF specialize in playing songs the Beatles never performed live. Saw them at Berklee few years ago. They did the entire Sgt Pepper album as well as many other tunes, what a great night. Loved every moment of it.
...I wonder how much these guys would charge for a party...hopefully less than what has been offered in the past to the real Beatles.
Although there are a handful of Beatle inspired bands here on YT, I have to say, that these guys gotta be ranking in the top 2 or 3 on YT and quite possibly the world. They are excellent !
@StarVoyager9 Pretty sure they wouldn't play parties. The members are either Big name producers, Will is the Bassist for David Letterman and Jimmy (Who is hidden here i guess due to competitive reasons) is the guitarist and leader of Conan O'Brian's band.
I've seen them twice so far and they blow away other Beatles cover bands. I'd say they are #1 and the Amazing Simulators are #2 (They have Marshall Crenshaw from the original Beatle Mania)
Great rendition of a classic Beatles tune. I bet you that if John not been murdered, he would of done this live. By the way, the drummer looks like Topol the actor/singer who played the father in the movie Fiddler on the Roof.
Honestly, if you don't like Rich Pagano, Jimmy Vivino and Will doing the Magical Mystery Tour( I am The Walrus)--guys who love The Beatles and do so much justice to the incredible catalog--you probably either 1. don't like The Beatles in general 2. don't like music all that much 3. are very angry at the world or 4. kinda suck. You decide. Yellow mellow custard...
@tutlax ...Exactly well said! These guys tackle what is seemingly the entire Beatles catalogue , and recreate the songs in such a way that I never thought I'd hear again...and it's LIVE! If I were a Beatle, I'd be proud of these fellows and the fine way they have kept the songs alive and vibrant. ...I wonder if they do home parties?
They are coming to do a show here in a few weeks and I can't wait. I've seen "1964 - The Tribute" twice and I love that too because they visually recreate the show as well as the music but they only do songs up to the point where The Beatles stopped touring so I always want to hear the later stuff as well. Absolutely can't wait to see this band.
@retroclipps - Well said friend; this song is absolutely trascendental; it's like youu can feel and see those magical and mysterious years from where this song originates changing. Uncanny, special. I remember reading in the 80's when ask about where he got his inspiration for his unique sounding music, a certain new age artist said that he was just a tool for god and his mind and hands where the instruments for this higher power! Makes me wonder about the Beatles...
OMG..............I am sitting here at my desk listening to The Beatles album, Magical Mystery Tour which features 'I Am The Walrus'. Having had no past reference to what The Beatles would have done while recording this song in a recording studio, now any possible controverted memory of The Beatles is simply replaced with The Fab Faux...............as the Beatles song progresses on, all I can see in my mind is the Fab Faux from this video.................it is simply incredible!
they need a better john lennon voice .... i mean they are on Letterman and they sound fucking kick ass , but if i am going to nitpick about anything it is about the john lennon voice ... this guy is a good singer and his drumming / drum sound is totally Ringo-esque ...but the Lennon voice ... eh , the weak spot in my opinion ....still , this is pretty kick ass .
If you want to see the absolute worst cover version of this song in the history of music, watch Jim Carrey destroying the vocals. Some people should stick to doing what they do best and he certainly does not know how to sing at all. It was a disgrace to the Beatles good name and he also made comedians look bad in the process. Thank God for the Beatles and thank two gods for The Fab Faux.
Per a previous comment, I think the vocals are pretty damn good, can't fault the guy too much for not being John Lennon. He gets some of the nuances of Lennons singing though, very impressive.
The music is NEARLY spot on but the thing that bugs me about this band is the vocals. They make such great efforts to reproduce the music and essence of the songs but the singers sound nothing like the boys. Still great stuff though.
@TheJLBlove Technicly, a Liverpool Accent sounded much like an American when singing some songs. On others it is as diffrent from an American accent as a Chinese accent (no offence if any is implied)
Saw them live in LA 2009 and SF this year. Truly a transcendent experience and frankly I was never a big Beatles fan before hearing the Fab Faux live (I was only 4 during Beatlemania). I already bought my airline and show tix for the October 2010 show in LA! BTW we met Rich Pagano (the drummer) in the hotel in LA and he gave me a copy of his "Sugarcane Buttercups" CD....GREAT MUSIC. Check it out.
Well, they don't put in EVERY single sound. In the original, if you listen closely at the end, you can hear someone talking. I've heard that it's lines from King Lear, but I'm not sure.
what's one more minute ? the genius of the song (well one of many) is the ride out. the the bass / cekko pattern descends yet the high strings ascend and while neither section is playing the same notes, they somehow crest at the same accent point.
I'm an American who recognizes a fairly accurate (yet stylized) John Lennon imitation when he hears it. I've heard Gallagher's vocals over the years and your assessment is off the mark. "Ruins"? Please! I can hear aspects of Lennon's tone and intonation in Gallagher's voice. I don't get that from the FF singers.
it a decent cover better than most. But you just can't beat John's performance on this song. He made it in a way that only he can sing it perfectly. Bono does great on Across the Universe but they turned all the songs into something else.
Beatles songs are hard to cover altogether the instrumental music is too much of a challenge but all the songs fit the beatles vocals better than anyone elses. Hopefully people might usderstand this
These guys are good but Basalisk172 hits the nail on the head. No one quite like The Beatles. Lennon's voice is outstanding on the recorded vesion of this.
FWIW, YouTube does not do these guys justice. It's cool for sure, but you get an even better feel for just how good these guys are when you are there. I've seen them about 20 times now. They used to play the Bowery Ballroom all the time and you could get in for $20. Those were the days. Now, they outprice a lot of major acts (bummer). They have played Radio City and the Beacon.
I recently saw them do Sgt Peppers (it was the 1st set) at the Wellmont Theater. It was tremendous.
"There was a downside, though: as a product of the recording studio, most of the Beatles music after 1967 couldnt actually be played live." That's a quote from today's NY Times, cellist, composer, and MIT Media Lab professor Tod Machover, who designed the "hypercello" that Yo-yo Ma plays, when performing Machover's compositions. RE: earlier discussions here about the degree-of-difficulty of what Fab Faux have accomplished.
MikeyRB77 The Fab Faux are not a cover band. They treat The Beatles canon as an orchestra treats Mozart. They simply recreate the written music as well as they can. The London Philharmonic doesn't look much like Beethoven but they get by,,,
Fab Faux, as LPO, have all the original sounds but one. I have a lot of respect for them. The most important thing about The Beatles were the voices. Individual & unique the voices are a big part of why we react to Beatles records. This guy has a great voice but it's nothing like Lennon. On a great cover like Joe Cocker WALHFMF you can bring your own style but if, as you suggest, Fab Faux are trying to recreate the music faithfully then it all falls down on the voice. As a cover it's great.
@ellem52 Well said. Beatles "tribute" bands are descended from Elvis imitators and would never have let the drummer sing "Walrus" (nor ever attempted it for that matter).
Hey Guitar73,, That's the world renown Will Lee and he's forgotten more about music than you'll ever know. Oooops was that the break whistle? You'd better get back on your forklift. The Fab Faux Rocks
WOWOWOWOW!! That was better than 90% of the musical guests Dave has on his show these days! I don't believe the Beatles ever played this live, so it's the best live version I've ever heard!
Amazing. Simply amazing. Spot on. There is nothing like real strings playing real music. Thank you for the string arrangements, Sir George Martin! And thank you for the songs, music and the memories my wonderful, fab Beatles! And thank you Fab Faux for keeping the dream alive. Sorry, John, the dream is not over...yet! Your music will live forever!
Look how they did it with minimal sampling I wonder why the Beatles never did, or why no one proposed they did. They certainly could have did slightly stripped downed versions of many of their songs.
...at the time they were doing things that hadn't been done in a recording studio...when they first started recording, the songs were what we called stripped down....but only because the technology was so primative...as technology got better, The Beatles started experimenting more.....multi-tracking etc...
PS As entertaining as this back-and-forth is about live musicianship on complex material, I think the Beatles are the greatest music creators and performers of the 20th century. They covered more artistic ground than any of their generational peers, showed unbelievable artistic growth and adaptability, and were the most productive in sheer volume of great works of songwriting and signature performances. In the big picture, they have no peers.
Imagine the luck--Sir Paul himself on Letterman last night, another Beatles anniversary, performed "Get Back" and a new tune. Both three-chord rock. At last I understand, he could have done anything he wanted. Never really needed all that studio wizardry from Revolver on, cause being a Beatle means you always have the truest putt, the straightest, longest drive--any of the mechanical or cognitive tasks involved in playing music, you're unbeatable. Like Harry Potter.
Last try. Steely Dan Home At Last The Making Of: on youtube. About 2:30, Walter Becker (half of Steely Dan) made the exact same point—about himself! A sobering experience on Aja album, seeing how he and Fagen were outclassed for musicianship by studio & jazz players they hired. Beatles nor anyone else ever live-performed Walrus, as-recorded, when the Beatles were alive. Its as illogical as saying, Robert Trent Jones will always beat everyone at golf, because he designed the golf course.
Last try? No, I understand perfectly that you consider Will Lee a better bass player than Paul McCartney and this session drummer a better drummer than Ringo and a better singer than John Lennon. And you made it clear that in your opinion " John, Paul, George and Ringo couldn't have put this performance couldn't have put this performance together on a million dollar bet". So, I'd say at this point I've deduced, you must be a proud studio musician. And I would now have to agree with seilerbird.
Why would any rational person (let alone a "pro musician" ) think the Beatles incapable of performing there own composition live with the same backing of strings, horns and samples as Will Lee and his group of studio musicians? Utilizing computers, sequencers, strings, horns and the latest effects and wizardry - The Fab Faux came very, very close to a recording made in September of 1967 on a four track analog recorder. The Fab Faux are very talented - but they're not superior to The Beatles.
We'll never know. Beatles never performed live after 1966. If it was easy to get a perfect take one-time-through, why do you suppose brilliant producers like George Martin take weeks or months, recording tiny bits at a time? Look at video of their live performances--miscues, mistakes, false endings, etc. All the long, orchestral, highly-arranged George Martin-style tunes came later, performed with endless retakes, overdubs, layering--often not in the studio together at the same time.
"This is what the Beatles would have sounded like with modern recording equipment?" Yikes! With all due respect, John, Paul, George and Ringo couldn't have put this performance together on a million dollar bet. This is some of the most demanding virtuoso playing you'll ever see--no overdubs, isolation booths, second takes--it had to work real-time first-time, with all 20+ players performing incredibly intricate and demanding parts. I'm a pro musician, and I'm in awe. Respect it!
This is the balls, to re-create live with dubbing, horns, strings, loops, & vox right on target...this is shit...musicians, real musicains...know how painful it would be to put this together & play it live on national tv...if you knock it...give me a f-en break
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Sounds NOTHING AT ALL to the Beatles!!! With a tribute band called "Fab Faux", I expect them to not only look like them, but to be an exact replica of sound.
~~sitting on a corn flake~~you've been a naughty girl, you let your nickers down!!~~What poetry; and poetry set to music is a song! And, this is one of the best versions of this song I ever heard. It is also very hard to play ANY instrument and sing lead to that song at the same time. That's why recording a tune is a one-at -a-time thing. First they do all the vocals, then backup vocals, then the drums,guitars,piano/organ and bass--not exactly in that order.
I think this sounds alot like what the original would have sounded like if they had modern recording tools. Of course his voice is way different from John's... but that's just the way it has to be.
Big deal - most bands could do the same. Fab Faux don't look anything like the Beatles, nor do they sound like them - they're just a covers band, not a tribute band - big difference.
Wow. I won't say it's an improvement on the original but it's very good. Thanx for putting this up.
wmlfan9 2 days ago
Was never a crazy Beatles fan but the Fab Faux changed that. They are marvelous in concert. Don't miss them if they are in your town. Looking for another weekend at the Arizona Biltmore on Labor Day Weekend (2 yrs in a row now) . I'm hoping this is an annual event.
dbacksmark 1 month ago
Great!
RAMLIA1 1 month ago
goo goo g'joob- big LIKE - they're playing the Paramount in Peekskill in May - yay!
sing10567 1 month ago
I want to model my Pink Floyd tribute band after these guys)
SuperFabreezio 1 month ago
For sure, I'm no chicken... but I do love The Eggman, The Walrus... and life's magical mystery....
Janice11353 2 months ago
If you EVER have a chance to see these guys... do it.
I saw them in Hollywood ayt the H.O.B. and they played the whole White Album including #9.... It was a hell of an evening.
FireLineStudios 2 months ago
Fantastic
avamp1 3 months ago
OUTSTANDING! Like other posters, I was skeptical when I saw this listed. I thought, 'oh here comes another lame attempt at a complicated song'. But they nailed it!
kirbygene 4 months ago
Fantastic, Read all the posts, If you ever hear interviews from Will or JImmy, They play it note for note, INCLUDING the mistakes that are on the Beatles albums, Its the Music,,Not impersonaters, If want to hear impersonantors, Look up Rich Little, Or Kevin Pollock, They Do impersonations..These guys are doind the ultimate tribute, Playing Music,Id rather listen to this than some guy from Pittsburgh Imitating a british accent and giving a web sit add , And they are on Dave, Time limit on length
1234captron 4 months ago
Goddamn I love Jimmy vivino
MusicJew158 5 months ago
Wow. This is great! I didn't expect much out of this. In fact, I cringed at the name, "The Fab Faux". Sounded a bit disrespectful. But no, this is fantastic!
WalrusMuffins10797 5 months ago
this is actually a really good cover i'm surprised
559AIDAN 6 months ago
How can you not like this?
cwodragon 6 months ago
Certainly isn't a cover it's worse. He can't come close to hitting the high notes like Lennon and he has a lisp. Of course todays kids think this crap is great. Thats why the name should be changed to NoobTube. YT please create a YT for adults.
crookhunter 6 months ago
@crookhunter a comment like this can only come from someone who hasn't seen them live.
google "The Fab Faux Fan Reviews - Ticketmaster" if you want to read reviews from people who have.
superloadedcat 6 months ago
@crookhunter There are so many ridiculous thing about that comment (aside from the fact that it's the most childish thing posted here), I don't even know where to begin. But I'd remind any haters that The Beatles didn't really even do this song live, so you really can't compare it to their produced studio version. Also, I'd love if you could provide everybody with proof that you can sing and simultaneously play the drums on this song better than he did.
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@crookhunter There are so many ridiculous thing about that comment (aside from the fact that it's the most childish thing posted here), I don't even know where to begin. But I'd remind any haters that The Beatles didn't really even do this song live, so you really can't compare it to their produced studio version. Also, I'd love if you could provide everybody with proof that you can sing and simultaneously play the drums on this song better than he did.
SureOkayYeah 5 months ago
@crookhunter
you're a real IDIOT!!
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MorbidManMusic 6 months ago
I'm surprised Paul hasn't got together with them to do a tour!
waynedanberry 7 months ago
The FF specialize in playing songs the Beatles never performed live. Saw them at Berklee few years ago. They did the entire Sgt Pepper album as well as many other tunes, what a great night. Loved every moment of it.
jivetalkin03 7 months ago
Amazing!
sussexcounty 7 months ago
oh, man --SUCH a band --words ain't enough ---
buddylarsen 7 months ago
i saw these guys in in consert, they are really good
something1963 7 months ago
That's your rock n roll!
socrates1818 8 months ago
...I wonder how much these guys would charge for a party...hopefully less than what has been offered in the past to the real Beatles.
Although there are a handful of Beatle inspired bands here on YT, I have to say, that these guys gotta be ranking in the top 2 or 3 on YT and quite possibly the world. They are excellent !
StarVoyager9 8 months ago
@StarVoyager9 Pretty sure they wouldn't play parties. The members are either Big name producers, Will is the Bassist for David Letterman and Jimmy (Who is hidden here i guess due to competitive reasons) is the guitarist and leader of Conan O'Brian's band.
I've seen them twice so far and they blow away other Beatles cover bands. I'd say they are #1 and the Amazing Simulators are #2 (They have Marshall Crenshaw from the original Beatle Mania)
Rbastid 6 months ago
2:55 HAHAHA yes, anyway this is awesome. i dont think ive ever heard a better rendition
infamousnick13 9 months ago
Great rendition of a classic Beatles tune. I bet you that if John not been murdered, he would of done this live. By the way, the drummer looks like Topol the actor/singer who played the father in the movie Fiddler on the Roof.
TheJpgr1958 9 months ago
beautifully done, I especially love the orchestra strings sounds
tiana1017 11 months ago 3
even the beatles never played this song live.. Nice Job Fab Faux!!
loveisallloveisyou1 11 months ago 2
Excellent! Go Will! Nice Outfit!
bentpolski 11 months ago
This is great!
cwodragon 1 year ago
Honestly, if you don't like Rich Pagano, Jimmy Vivino and Will doing the Magical Mystery Tour( I am The Walrus)--guys who love The Beatles and do so much justice to the incredible catalog--you probably either 1. don't like The Beatles in general 2. don't like music all that much 3. are very angry at the world or 4. kinda suck. You decide. Yellow mellow custard...
tutlax 1 year ago 9
@tutlax ...Exactly well said! These guys tackle what is seemingly the entire Beatles catalogue , and recreate the songs in such a way that I never thought I'd hear again...and it's LIVE! If I were a Beatle, I'd be proud of these fellows and the fine way they have kept the songs alive and vibrant. ...I wonder if they do home parties?
StarVoyager9 9 months ago
@tutlax WELL PUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dwilson343 2 months ago
ellem52.
My exact thoughts!
debussy2002 1 year ago
Jimmy Vivino!
hoklik2 1 year ago
NICEEEEE
sangah07 1 year ago
They are coming to do a show here in a few weeks and I can't wait. I've seen "1964 - The Tribute" twice and I love that too because they visually recreate the show as well as the music but they only do songs up to the point where The Beatles stopped touring so I always want to hear the later stuff as well. Absolutely can't wait to see this band.
kernalkorn 1 year ago
This is my favourite Beatles song..
I think it's just one of the coolest songs ever recorded.
There's something about it.. I can't really explain it.
There's never been another song like it - before or since..
Just amazing. It still gives me goosebumps every time I hear that incredible opening.
These guys really nailed it.. perfect.
retroclipps 1 year ago
@retroclipps - Well said friend; this song is absolutely trascendental; it's like youu can feel and see those magical and mysterious years from where this song originates changing. Uncanny, special. I remember reading in the 80's when ask about where he got his inspiration for his unique sounding music, a certain new age artist said that he was just a tool for god and his mind and hands where the instruments for this higher power! Makes me wonder about the Beatles...
player85f 1 year ago
incredible, absolutely incredible
FrequencyDriveMusic 1 year ago
18 dislikes? Really?
porterfieldgchord 1 year ago
OMG..............I am sitting here at my desk listening to The Beatles album, Magical Mystery Tour which features 'I Am The Walrus'. Having had no past reference to what The Beatles would have done while recording this song in a recording studio, now any possible controverted memory of The Beatles is simply replaced with The Fab Faux...............as the Beatles song progresses on, all I can see in my mind is the Fab Faux from this video.................it is simply incredible!
beaconmike 1 year ago
Can't wait to see them this Thursday in NYC
drdotislovinlife 1 year ago
holy crap.. Paul at the begging sounds like the tf2 soldier
flipper778 1 year ago
You should see them play in person. Unbelievable!
rmtmiller 1 year ago
He really nails it
gangstamoocrew 1 year ago
maybe this is the psycodhelic's song... or revolution 9
alwayswithmyfaith 1 year ago
that looks like michael brecker on tenor???
darcynash 1 year ago
I've seen them do this in person at least four times. It ALWAYS brings welcome chills!
Bravo, bravo!
SharpByCoop 1 year ago
GO WILL
Themin1 1 year ago
GREAT JON ALL AROUND. NICE BEARD RICH!
jimringomartin 1 year ago
If you werent impressed by that , there is something wrong with you....or you are just plain jealous.
acidpudding 1 year ago
he just needs the slapback delay effect on his voice... one of the reasons why original sounds better
nuggie9511 1 year ago
i don't care if he's not lennon this is still f*cking brilliant!
SR120 1 year ago
I wish that singer sounded more like Lennon. Maybe he needs to smoke more and do a lot more weed to get that raspy quality. Also, too many horns.
paktype 1 year ago
@paktype your out of your mind. hes not John Lennon. the band are doing it their why. and they sound good. wake up! mindless
imthefrogman 1 year ago
they need a better john lennon voice .... i mean they are on Letterman and they sound fucking kick ass , but if i am going to nitpick about anything it is about the john lennon voice ... this guy is a good singer and his drumming / drum sound is totally Ringo-esque ...but the Lennon voice ... eh , the weak spot in my opinion ....still , this is pretty kick ass .
sweetfly66 1 year ago
Absolutely bloody brilliant!!!!
doubleotwentyone 1 year ago
If you want to see the absolute worst cover version of this song in the history of music, watch Jim Carrey destroying the vocals. Some people should stick to doing what they do best and he certainly does not know how to sing at all. It was a disgrace to the Beatles good name and he also made comedians look bad in the process. Thank God for the Beatles and thank two gods for The Fab Faux.
Paneeks/Boston
Paneeks1960 1 year ago
Awesome version - really has drive and momentum.
WilburyVision 1 year ago
The best Beatles tribute band in existence... Why? because they can play ALL of their songs well.
getup2nite 1 year ago
The Fab Faux are amazing!
Tubatoofpaste 1 year ago
Per a previous comment, I think the vocals are pretty damn good, can't fault the guy too much for not being John Lennon. He gets some of the nuances of Lennons singing though, very impressive.
Calerbpicker777 1 year ago
Wow... simply awesome!!!! Continue to carry that torch... Carry that Weight man, Carry that Weight!!! :)
Michaelfla 1 year ago
The music is NEARLY spot on but the thing that bugs me about this band is the vocals. They make such great efforts to reproduce the music and essence of the songs but the singers sound nothing like the boys. Still great stuff though.
gigisdad 1 year ago
@TheJLBlove Technicly, a Liverpool Accent sounded much like an American when singing some songs. On others it is as diffrent from an American accent as a Chinese accent (no offence if any is implied)
almati03 1 year ago
excelent¡ so great cover :D
BoysZzZ1 1 year ago
absolutely incredible. What a gift they are!!
moon1962 1 year ago
Listen - Romantic Bothers "FLOWERS"! Great dance:)!
Germtrancsuperman 1 year ago
i've seen them in new york they're really good, closest thing to seeing the beatles
Theburn77 1 year ago
Saw them live in LA 2009 and SF this year. Truly a transcendent experience and frankly I was never a big Beatles fan before hearing the Fab Faux live (I was only 4 during Beatlemania). I already bought my airline and show tix for the October 2010 show in LA! BTW we met Rich Pagano (the drummer) in the hotel in LA and he gave me a copy of his "Sugarcane Buttercups" CD....GREAT MUSIC. Check it out.
gr8mtn 1 year ago
OOPS...I mean "Sugarcane Cups". I was eating peanut butter when I posted "Buttercups" :-p
gr8mtn 1 year ago
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gr8mtn 1 year ago
Pshaw... Where's the costumes? xD
EmpoleonMasterSword9 1 year ago
seeing these guys tomorrow
so pumped
FATMANXL 1 year ago
millerj888-
Well, they don't put in EVERY single sound. In the original, if you listen closely at the end, you can hear someone talking. I've heard that it's lines from King Lear, but I'm not sure.
soaper4 1 year ago
thanks! really starts the morning off.
jrsteinmetz1 1 year ago
Put a slapback effect on his voice and it will be Lennon
butchsoy 1 year ago
ALL versions of I am the Walrus are great, hands down.
oskarschindler68 1 year ago
I'm sorry. YOU are certainly NOT the walrus.
nobodady1 1 year ago
@nobodady1 LMAO
peevymo 1 year ago
Jim carrey's version is better...
wilsonbiggs 2 years ago
GOOD LORD !!!
why did they stop ?
what's one more minute ? the genius of the song (well one of many) is the ride out. the the bass / cekko pattern descends yet the high strings ascend and while neither section is playing the same notes, they somehow crest at the same accent point.
pure genius.
drstrangefunk 2 years ago
the beatles original is by far the best.
but oasis' version is by far the best of all the covers
LorcanDMeath 2 years ago
I agree. It would have been great to hear Liam Gallagher do the vocal here.
Or, of course, Julian Lennon.
KUTVgroucho 2 years ago
@KUTVgroucho
Why? Liam Gallagher sucks and he ruins any Beatles tune he tries to do. You brits need to get over those overrated lameasses.
NomadRepublic 2 years ago 3
I'm an American who recognizes a fairly accurate (yet stylized) John Lennon imitation when he hears it. I've heard Gallagher's vocals over the years and your assessment is off the mark. "Ruins"? Please! I can hear aspects of Lennon's tone and intonation in Gallagher's voice. I don't get that from the FF singers.
KUTVgroucho 2 years ago
@KUTVgroucho
Julian Lennon, maybe. Liam Gallagher? Not a chance. He's a nasally wannabe.
NomadRepublic 2 years ago
so true Lame Gallagher is a beatle want-a-bee..
coopercity1 1 year ago
not bad at all
Theburn77 2 years ago
When Paul Mcartney was asked in a interview, who his favorite bass player is, he answered, without hesitation, Wil Lee.
infraredruby 2 years ago
it a decent cover better than most. But you just can't beat John's performance on this song. He made it in a way that only he can sing it perfectly. Bono does great on Across the Universe but they turned all the songs into something else.
Beatles songs are hard to cover altogether the instrumental music is too much of a challenge but all the songs fit the beatles vocals better than anyone elses. Hopefully people might usderstand this
Basalisk172 2 years ago
These guys are good but Basalisk172 hits the nail on the head. No one quite like The Beatles. Lennon's voice is outstanding on the recorded vesion of this.
atticusallstars 2 years ago
yeah i had a few typos though :P
Basalisk172 2 years ago
FWIW, YouTube does not do these guys justice. It's cool for sure, but you get an even better feel for just how good these guys are when you are there. I've seen them about 20 times now. They used to play the Bowery Ballroom all the time and you could get in for $20. Those were the days. Now, they outprice a lot of major acts (bummer). They have played Radio City and the Beacon.
I recently saw them do Sgt Peppers (it was the 1st set) at the Wellmont Theater. It was tremendous.
Meddle1969 2 years ago
"There was a downside, though: as a product of the recording studio, most of the Beatles music after 1967 couldnt actually be played live." That's a quote from today's NY Times, cellist, composer, and MIT Media Lab professor Tod Machover, who designed the "hypercello" that Yo-yo Ma plays, when performing Machover's compositions. RE: earlier discussions here about the degree-of-difficulty of what Fab Faux have accomplished.
manabozho 2 years ago
MikeyRB77 The Fab Faux are not a cover band. They treat The Beatles canon as an orchestra treats Mozart. They simply recreate the written music as well as they can. The London Philharmonic doesn't look much like Beethoven but they get by,,,
ellem52 2 years ago 61
More perfectly put, I cannot do.
Well said, ellem52 !!
Margebird 2 years ago 9
@Margebird I agree, totally! They are FAB!
Katchka1 1 year ago
Fab Faux, as LPO, have all the original sounds but one. I have a lot of respect for them. The most important thing about The Beatles were the voices. Individual & unique the voices are a big part of why we react to Beatles records. This guy has a great voice but it's nothing like Lennon. On a great cover like Joe Cocker WALHFMF you can bring your own style but if, as you suggest, Fab Faux are trying to recreate the music faithfully then it all falls down on the voice. As a cover it's great.
atticusallstars 2 years ago
@ellem52 An orchestra is a cover band too....
Nothing wrong with it.
Or a cover band.....
xlerosx 1 year ago
@ellem52 Well said. Beatles "tribute" bands are descended from Elvis imitators and would never have let the drummer sing "Walrus" (nor ever attempted it for that matter).
notthebannerboys 1 year ago
@ellem52 - very well put, Mikey.
JMichael65 11 months ago
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They don't even try to look like The Beatles. I don't get it.
MikeyRB77 2 years ago
they're not suppose to
wwe2dragon 2 years ago
Hey Guitar73,, That's the world renown Will Lee and he's forgotten more about music than you'll ever know. Oooops was that the break whistle? You'd better get back on your forklift. The Fab Faux Rocks
strat4jazz 2 years ago 4
their bass player bothers me though
iplaytheguitar73 2 years ago
their know as the best beatles tribute cover band in the world
guitarmike55 2 years ago
not bad but not good either.
lordpenut1 2 years ago
Freddy Kreuger on keyboard!
Caterpillarjon 2 years ago
HHAHAHA omg! man! u just Cracked me up!! it Does look like Freddy Kreuger with this sweather XD
eladbari 2 years ago
Sounds fricken great!
Byrds1967 2 years ago
great singer...great band!
jeansbass 2 years ago
indeed, nice cover... way better than the Oasis-version I just watched
trigg015 2 years ago
WOWOWOWOW!! That was better than 90% of the musical guests Dave has on his show these days! I don't believe the Beatles ever played this live, so it's the best live version I've ever heard!
billp1955 2 years ago
Well one of the guys is one of Dave's band members...another guy's from Conan's show, lol.
iSOBigD 2 years ago
Wow! This is by far the absolute best cover of I Am the Walrus that I've ever heard. Spot on, just perfect in every way!
tvDeliciousOfficial 2 years ago
Totally cool!
dulcimerz2drumstix 2 years ago
they didnt get all the lyrics right
johnf9090 2 years ago
The Classical Mystery Tour are so much better.
345zeppelin 2 years ago
i am cryin
davethecaveman 2 years ago
going to their show tonight in boston
princesskelsful 2 years ago
they played at my school!!!!!!
harrisongsrule 2 years ago
they definitely nailed it...awesome job!!!!
apple6ga 2 years ago
Good, but check out "The Eggmen" doing Walrus. Much better version-more to the record.
smackie001 2 years ago
Amazing. Simply amazing. Spot on. There is nothing like real strings playing real music. Thank you for the string arrangements, Sir George Martin! And thank you for the songs, music and the memories my wonderful, fab Beatles! And thank you Fab Faux for keeping the dream alive. Sorry, John, the dream is not over...yet! Your music will live forever!
Desmond4956 2 years ago
this was pretty much prefect.
explodingmoons 2 years ago
the music was absolutely spot on and brilliant. those strings are ace.
blackpoolrok 2 years ago 2
I can't wait to see these guys in February.
MrGamingsean 2 years ago
very awesome cover.
this would be a great band to see
rayray2207 2 years ago
i saw these guys at the stone pony in asbury park the best cover bealte band iv seen or heard
TheSuperwest36 2 years ago
dunskie, the keyboard player is Jack Petruzelli.
moon1962 2 years ago
Is that Mark Hudson on keyboards with Paul?
dunskie 2 years ago
Oh Lennon
cwegers1 2 years ago
These guys are good, especially that drummer's voice. Spectacular.
LordSkinnyKingLuva 2 years ago
lots of drugs
SpencerMA89 2 years ago
This is a great version! Thanks for posting it. Please check out our live version on my channel. It packed the dance floor every time we played it.
daveswwworld 2 years ago
Check out Brad Delp ( from Boston) and Beatlejuice. Brad's vocals were amazing...and he was so understated..
Joann2100 2 years ago
Nice
guitarzrcool 2 years ago
Look how they did it with minimal sampling I wonder why the Beatles never did, or why no one proposed they did. They certainly could have did slightly stripped downed versions of many of their songs.
Latemurr27 2 years ago
...at the time they were doing things that hadn't been done in a recording studio...when they first started recording, the songs were what we called stripped down....but only because the technology was so primative...as technology got better, The Beatles started experimenting more.....multi-tracking etc...
e8412561 2 years ago 2
All i know is these guys rocked!
davidis0k 2 years ago
PS As entertaining as this back-and-forth is about live musicianship on complex material, I think the Beatles are the greatest music creators and performers of the 20th century. They covered more artistic ground than any of their generational peers, showed unbelievable artistic growth and adaptability, and were the most productive in sheer volume of great works of songwriting and signature performances. In the big picture, they have no peers.
manabozho 2 years ago 2
Absolutely correct!
bigdunk9 2 years ago
Imagine the luck--Sir Paul himself on Letterman last night, another Beatles anniversary, performed "Get Back" and a new tune. Both three-chord rock. At last I understand, he could have done anything he wanted. Never really needed all that studio wizardry from Revolver on, cause being a Beatle means you always have the truest putt, the straightest, longest drive--any of the mechanical or cognitive tasks involved in playing music, you're unbeatable. Like Harry Potter.
manabozho 2 years ago
LOL! So much meaning, with a punchline at the end. That's fantastic.
LordSkinnyKingLuva 2 years ago
Last try. Steely Dan Home At Last The Making Of: on youtube. About 2:30, Walter Becker (half of Steely Dan) made the exact same point—about himself! A sobering experience on Aja album, seeing how he and Fagen were outclassed for musicianship by studio & jazz players they hired. Beatles nor anyone else ever live-performed Walrus, as-recorded, when the Beatles were alive. Its as illogical as saying, Robert Trent Jones will always beat everyone at golf, because he designed the golf course.
manabozho 2 years ago
Last try? No, I understand perfectly that you consider Will Lee a better bass player than Paul McCartney and this session drummer a better drummer than Ringo and a better singer than John Lennon. And you made it clear that in your opinion " John, Paul, George and Ringo couldn't have put this performance couldn't have put this performance together on a million dollar bet". So, I'd say at this point I've deduced, you must be a proud studio musician. And I would now have to agree with seilerbird.
beeceesp 2 years ago
Why would any rational person (let alone a "pro musician" ) think the Beatles incapable of performing there own composition live with the same backing of strings, horns and samples as Will Lee and his group of studio musicians? Utilizing computers, sequencers, strings, horns and the latest effects and wizardry - The Fab Faux came very, very close to a recording made in September of 1967 on a four track analog recorder. The Fab Faux are very talented - but they're not superior to The Beatles.
beeceesp 2 years ago
We'll never know. Beatles never performed live after 1966. If it was easy to get a perfect take one-time-through, why do you suppose brilliant producers like George Martin take weeks or months, recording tiny bits at a time? Look at video of their live performances--miscues, mistakes, false endings, etc. All the long, orchestral, highly-arranged George Martin-style tunes came later, performed with endless retakes, overdubs, layering--often not in the studio together at the same time.
manabozho 2 years ago
Actually they did perform live after 1966... Look up "Let It Be" and watch film of the performance
beeceesp 2 years ago
"This is what the Beatles would have sounded like with modern recording equipment?" Yikes! With all due respect, John, Paul, George and Ringo couldn't have put this performance together on a million dollar bet. This is some of the most demanding virtuoso playing you'll ever see--no overdubs, isolation booths, second takes--it had to work real-time first-time, with all 20+ players performing incredibly intricate and demanding parts. I'm a pro musician, and I'm in awe. Respect it!
manabozho 2 years ago
damn they did a great job
def671 2 years ago
This is the balls, to re-create live with dubbing, horns, strings, loops, & vox right on target...this is shit...musicians, real musicains...know how painful it would be to put this together & play it live on national tv...if you knock it...give me a f-en break
JFLD02186 2 years ago 3
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Sounds NOTHING AT ALL to the Beatles!!! With a tribute band called "Fab Faux", I expect them to not only look like them, but to be an exact replica of sound.
FAIL!
cheatshot26 2 years ago
~~sitting on a corn flake~~you've been a naughty girl, you let your nickers down!!~~What poetry; and poetry set to music is a song! And, this is one of the best versions of this song I ever heard. It is also very hard to play ANY instrument and sing lead to that song at the same time. That's why recording a tune is a one-at -a-time thing. First they do all the vocals, then backup vocals, then the drums,guitars,piano/organ and bass--not exactly in that order.
musicdream822 2 years ago
I have heard most of the versions of I am the Walrus and my two favorites are this one and Jim Carrey's with George Martin producing.
oskarschindler68 2 years ago
good!
oasis version sucks!
brucejk07 2 years ago
wau lo sacan igualito..vivan the beatles!!!
6cuerdas123 2 years ago
i think this was pretty good actaully
Free411 2 years ago
I think this sounds alot like what the original would have sounded like if they had modern recording tools. Of course his voice is way different from John's... but that's just the way it has to be.
chibisven 2 years ago
GOO GOO GA JOOB
AfroZapper09 2 years ago
lol usually the singer is a guitarist, a drummer...that must be hard
WOWihealyougood 2 years ago 2
google grant hart and husker du
woodoven 2 years ago
Love the Fab Faux.
dougrhon 2 years ago
will lee is such a great bassist
cysublime 2 years ago
danm drumming and singing
PedrosProductions 2 years ago
Big deal - most bands could do the same. Fab Faux don't look anything like the Beatles, nor do they sound like them - they're just a covers band, not a tribute band - big difference.
canadianclassic08 2 years ago