The Beatles - Bad to me (completed version)

[mrjamesgrimes]

I don't mind the drums but they sound like shitty drums

[Beatles4ever9]

i wish they would have kept it instead of giving it to Kramer

[XenoType008]

you are a complete amateur, you mixed all your bullshit playing parts up, and obscured the only part anybody gives a shit about, LENNON and McCartney playing guitars and singing... mainly Lennon is heard on this. A decent mix would be balanced and you obviously know nothing and no fucking clue as to how to mix music.

[sportsmediaamerica]

the BJ Kramer version has a slight musical re-write in the phrase, "you won't be bad to me," which improves the song, makes it richer musically; wonder if the Beatles did that or if the arranger in the BJK session did....

[130166wsjr]

I don't find the bass pedal fills very Beatlesque. It's like Joey Jordison from Slipknot did the drums.

[themasterofmovies]

this is fake, the drums sound synthed and the recording quality for both 2nd guitar and drums are too good for the era...nice try though ;)

[jimidee33]

@themasterofmovies Not fake. It is the real deal but not fleshed out. Great early Mersey beat tune and has that early feel good quality the lads did so well.

[themasterofmovies]

@jimidee33 i dont believe that, they sound like electronic drums. I am a musician, i work really well with analog and digital audio. I can tell the difference

Also, your rhythm is off.

[jimidee33]

@themasterofmovies I am not a musician so appreciate your point of view.

[Composer28]

@themasterofmovies This is the original analog vocal and acoustic guitar demo mixed with today's digital drums. That's why the title says completed version. No one is trying to fake anyone out. I think you missed the point here.

[LanceHall]

The original demo is John Lennon alone on acoustic but he also overdubbed a second vocal and a little extra guitar.

[PaulGreen11]

"The leaves on the trees would be softly signin', if they heard from the breeze that you left me crying."

Isnt that a great little line.

[TheRole68]

thanks for the answer spacecowboy7580, but that drums and spacially cimbals sound are not from those years, thank you.

[fuugon]

I LOVE drumming !!!!!!!!! Hell yeah !

[expatbritingermany]

As far as I can make out from the comments on Stevie's videos, the great majority of people absolutely love what he does, whilst a few poor souls don't. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, of course, but how weird that these few people have to be so obnoxious and insulting - that says it all, really, doesn't it??

[nil3059]

muito bonita esta musica na voz de jhonn bons tempos de criança que não volta mais,

[xXOneHotLennonXx]

Bits and pieces are not the boys...it's just their demo with some newly done drums/bits of guitar etc on -.- Just leave the boys' stuff as it is!!

[wpDM34]

I can tell, the bass is a later one

[TheRole68]

the drums are not the original

[spacecowboy7580]

@TheRole68

Tip for you..READ INFO BEFORE MAKING MORONIC COMMENTS!!

[hwanj]

What a beautiful, thank you.

[hakanergul]

later added to the sound of drums.not real

[geocs58]

Yeah, Man..!.Not bad at all! Simplify & remix the drums, and it'd be perfect!

[beatlestoneful]

Peter& Gordon?

[bwworld]

Nice...I have a bootleg of the original unadorned version, with lots of pops and hisses :-)

[laddcaldwell1]

Wow ... how gifted are you that you give this one away right in the beginning ??

[Pietsmit100]

So beautiful - can't stop listening to it!

[5inthehole]

Think about this; John thought this song wasn't good enough for the band to release. 99.99% of the band wish they could create a song like this. What a master of his art he was! It also helps to have as a motivator like Paul McCartney next to you!

[taypar11]

The Beatles are the greatest band of all time. Period. Fuck the world if you don't believe that. Listen to this song and all of their songs. If it wasn't about lost love, longing for love or a message to make the world a better place, well then no one ever did it better. If fucking Mozart had put lyrics to his music, it would be the Beatels of his century. THAT is how great these guys were.

[Pietsmit100]

Beautiful early Beatle sound!

[carlosan5300]

i love this song

[AmyGrace1234]

Why haven't I heard this song before? I'm such a big Beatles fan and I only just discovered this song. Anyone know if Carnival of Light is on here?

[5inthehole]

@AmyGrace1234 The reason you have never seen this song on a Beatles Lp is because John didn't think the song was strong enough of a tune to be released by The Beatles. Not ever going to record it for consumer consuption, The Beatles gave it to Chad & Jerremy to record.

[StereoLightz]

tHis is my fucking favorite beatles song! but fuck? why is this not on their album and why does this dont have a studio version.

[bwerx]

It's a pretty nice reproduction, but I just had to let this out of my system. Considering the Beatles' music style during 1963-64 I don't think Ringo would make drum rolls for this one especially on the ending. Also the lack of the lead guitar improvs by George should have been considered, but for a production of this scale. I suppose you did a pretty fine job.

[45sub]

I myself -the Beatles fan forewer and ever.But this particular song

like (not like but Do love) -only in Billy J.Kramer and Dacotas performance.

It is so difficult to explain why.

Thank you,anyway for this version

Igor

[antonykean]

really good man but the drums are too good =P

[fliederrix]

@antonykean

Hi, yes I know, the drums could be made better. Too late... :-)

[redlanternpdx]

@fliederrix

You should remake this and mix the drums in mono... It would sound much more authentic. The toms all panned out like that does not fit the feeling of the original recording. Just throw 1 dynamic mic up as an overhead and compress it a lil/ eq it to bring out the low end that overheads usually lack. Would be killer!

[Holms]

@fliederrix i don't know drums is fine in here, i'd like better bass because now it's sounds like emulated with some pre-processor playig with a simple guitar =)

[urwholefamilydied]

@fliederrix I say just take the drums down a little bit... not so much the kick and snare... but the cymbals and the toms definitely.

[dfarmbrough]

@antonykean Hahaha - Ringo was a good drummer - the Beatles has their pick of the Liverpool bands when they chose Pete's replacementt and Ringo was the one they chose.

[pitsburg11]

good job, i think John would be happy too see his music live on through others.

[jimidee33]

Good job! Well done in "beefing" up the sound. The Beatles had such a feel for melody. "Bad To Me" is a wonderful tune and you've made it 'whole" here.

[kevin39632]

Thanks for posting this song, allways loved the beatles, never got a chance to see them in concert.

[lhd65bug]

Great job !! You're obviously a true beatles fan (and talented too !).

[TheMaccamaniac]

what a great video, tell me where you got the photos: B please!

[fliederrix]

@TheMaccamaniac

Hi! I found the photos in the net. Found an article about an photographer, who made early photos of the Beatles which were never published before. Would find this article no more, it´s too long ago. Sorry, that I can´t give more informations.

[TheCournic]

Les Missiles l'avaient reprise en français et elle etait bien chantée.

[GibsonDJ22]

great!!!

[capitolemiproducer]

This is obviously been tampered not the real Mccoy

[visor109]

@capitolemiproducer Agreed! But still, it's not bad!

[TJCATLOVER]

Smooth.

[mr9plus]

Killer... Great version! 

[Alfonsomarisol]

similar than "not a second time"....

[Virpatrick]

So... you are the famous 5th. Beatle!...

Hey kiddin'..Great job♪

Peace

[DoncasterLad1982]

this has been finished off with some stupid electronic drum kit !!

[BabyFace1946]

i understand why you wanted to fix it but i think the original sounds alot better

[RogerBarrettLives]

There'll never be another Beatles,, never!

[DontMeanWell]

This is awesome. Good Job. They should have thrown this song in the anthology instead of "free as a bird"

[Babillonia]

Oh the memories.

[makeshiftbattlefield]

good work man i enjoyed this

[residentevlidead]

You're a genius! You're like the Dr. Frankenstein of music!

[doctorcastille]

Very well done !!!

[japkile]

dude this is so nice, really keep on doing your thing!

[MrAndrewjs]

I wish they'd kept this!!! it would be great on 'With the Beatles'...

[rhinoclark123]

Thats what I call early Beatles:)

[Gnomitolindo]

drum fills are the worst thing you could have ever put on it.

[msherer260]

The Dekotas were (are) a very tight band and they played excellent behind the voice of Billy J Kramer (not powerful but very much his own) and this song worked very well for them.

[renewd]

I've got my list of all the Beatles songs on Wikipedia and thanks to Youtube, I'm filling in the blanks of my listened to catalog. Thanks for post and sounds good!

[Presentyouth]

Just saw Nowhere Boy - AWESOME Movie. Even my wife liked it. Not a rock-n-roll movie. A real story. Just awesome.

[BillaBong410]

WHY DIDNT THEY RELEASE THIS! OMG IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HIT!

[HolyScarab6]

Happy birthday John Lennon

[ArniepII]

Billy J & The Dakotas does the song better since he has a deeper voice, but hey, I could be wrong!

[coolhilts]

This is a fantastic job of finishing Lennon's demo. It sounds just I imagined Lennon would have finished it. Perhaps you could try finishing some other Beatle demos that you can find here on YouTube: One and One Is Two (Macca), I'm In Love (Lennon), and You Know What To Do (George). This was such a pleasure to listen, I hope you'll do some more. I hate the thought of Beatle songs going unfinished. How about "That Means A Lot" and "Leave My Kitten Alone"? Hope to see new uploads. Hilts

[fliederrix]

@coolhilts

Thank you very much for your friendly words. Would really be a nice idea to complete "I´m in love". A few weeks ago I tried to complete "Real life" (not by the Beatles but by John Lennon). It can be found on my channel or searching with "John Lennon real life (completed)".

[BEARARMZ]

@fliederrix nice. just how i would imagine it. props

[ryanbaker123]

You'll Find people will always have something to moan about, nice of you to sharing

[VideoByPatrick]

JL wrote this for his pals who Eppy ended up managing.

[Chazticus09]

isn't this on Anthology somewhere?..great version....

[flyinstew]

Thank you! Thank you!!!! Just LOVE this song!!!

[n916]

This dosen't sound good, however this- The Beatles - Bad To Me (2:09) RARE ORIGINAL SONG - Does! Sorry but this is the beatles, you should have got it right before putting it up on here.

[fliederrix]

@n916 I tried to finished it as an amateur-surely not perfect. But there´s no version finished by the Beatles - unfortunately...

[n916]

@fliederrix I understand, it just looses the feel of the song by putting other instruments on top in this way, I think if you listen to this version in brackets (The Beatles - Bad To Me (2;09) RARE ORIGINAL SONG) -, copy and paste it in to the search bar on youtube, comes up as top video. Thats got drums on etc and has a good feel and sound. Only thing I can't hear on the original is bass so obviously everyone here hasnt heard this Beatles version as it is more than just guitar and vocal...

[AlbertJocks]

@n916 Are you serious? This version is way better. Anyway, I prefer the raw demo.

[garymichael1950]

@n916 Was that supposed to be a sentence?

[StevenThePhilosopher]

@n916 give the guy a break, imo. Sure this version doesn't sound particularly great because of the drums, bass, and guitars; but it doesn't sound horrible. The only problem I have with it is that the voice doesn't sound as clear and leveled with the rest of the song. The drum and bass seem to drown out the voice a bit. The bass is also a bit too loud and sloppy, while the drums don't have that particular Beatle sound that Ringo created, which was a large part of their success as a band.

[StevenThePhilosopher]

@n916 also: The Beatles - Bad To Me (2:09) RARE ORIGINAL SONG is a very good version of this song, as it has a drum pattern that sounds more similar to Ringo's style, with a bass that doesn't sound sloppy and just get in the way. Although, I have problems with that version too. It's too quiet. The voice is very low and sounds choppy at times. It's almost so low that you can hardly hear the actual lyrics and barely make out the notes in his voice. So they both have problems.

[Dante181278]

Saludos desde Mexico !!! al ver este video ( y escuchar el audio ) me doy cuenta con mucho orgullo q este , es tomado de un programa de radio aqui en queretarooo !!! , y q es el del señor Ricardo Chapa q lleva por nombre " Antologias de los Beatles " =D ... este programa lleva años y se ha especializado en dar a conocer material inedito y tomas alternas etc inclusive mucho antes de q las antologias aparecieran ... para muestra en el minuto 0:55 se escucha una voz de mujer q dice " ANTOLOGIAS"

[Pete1961a]

Is this Paul and Ringo from today who filled the demo? I know it's John's 1963 demo but the rest of the music is today. I'm just wondering if it's Paul and Ringo from the 2000's who finished off the song?

[flyinstew]

Thank you! Thank you!....just wonderful. I miss John- and George. sigh.....again thanks for this great song.

[cclayporter]

It usually irritates the heck out of me when people monkey around with old songs - I enjoyed this one. Thumbs up.

[aldeadelobispo]

The only thing here missing is Paul's harmonies. They only happen at the very end.

[DianeMarie5930]

Love this! John sounds beautiful!

[WiltatKansas]

If The Beatles would have produced this song it would be like Help! Faster, not like this smooth but admirable version.

[LennonForever38]

Very enjoyable, thanks :-[)

[holden190]

great job, dude!

[SuiChoy]

Good job, I enjoyed listening to this.

[lyrandar01]

Great, finally the song gets the treatment it deserved rather than having to listen to Billy J Kramer. Could I ask what guitar you recorded the lead with?

[fliederrix]

@lyrandar01

I added one acoustic guitar (Ibanez) and one E-guitar (Gibson Studio).

[SuiChoy]

Good job!

[LousFool]

Fantastic. Thank you John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

[wilsondylanmccartney]

The person to most admire in The Beatles to me is Paul. Great guy, very good to people, VERY good to his children, VERY good to Linda for all those years. Wonderful, beautiful, melodic songs. He's good to the annoying press. Talks to them in a respectable way. He's just lovely, all the way around. He's my favorite artist ever :)

[WiltatKansas]

@wilsondylanmccartney Mine is John, it's just a matter of opinion.

[MsJune54]

love this!! wish the Beatles had put this out on an album. you did an amazing job!!

[fliegeroh]

You need to loop it to get another chorus and a Rickenbacker guitar lead. I like your version best of the ones I have heard so far. The rhythm guitar is very good.

[fliederrix]

I think you´re right, I didn´t do the drums well ....

[dmfitchett]

dude it was a joke! lol they sounded alright man!

[maeveloffzthebeatles]

@fliederrix agree 100% i like the original better...[:

[ivorytowermetal]

=) Great, actually I'll use this song as one totally made by the beatles xD. Cause bass and drums are going very nicely here, very well done dude!

[hogdude720]

Not bad, just not a big fan of the drum track on this.

[gooshala]

You can hear George singing and playing on the originasl demo so all this needs is for Paul and Ringo to add electric bass and drums. They could still do it if they wanted to! Hope you've inspired them to do so,

[gottaownit2]

Love what you did with this song! It's such a great early one. My favorite part has always been,

"The leaves on the trees would be softly sighing if they heard from the the breeze that you left me crying. They'd be sad. Don't be bad, to me."

That's just so John Lennon!

[daryaibiafiwuxe]

I keep hearing about that mp4ify site. where can i find it? rips audio and video from any youtube clip to mp3 or mp4 files?

[irobikolovic]

I discovered the new audio quality functions on mp4ify. The best site 2 extract mp3s or mp4s from youtube.

[lyrandar01]

amazing, good work

[Pifiya86]

Great. Thank you for posting. But who made the remastering?

[fliederrix]

I made it at home. Surely not perfect, but I liked doing it. Best greetings from a great Beatles-fan!

[JohnLennon100]

There's a song called "this diamond ring" that is so similar to this one ....

[pepap7]

Nice drum addition its not ringo of course but whoever revised the song , good job i would have done the same ..cheers

[ee1961960]

That can't be Ringo on drums.maybe it's Paul just backing John's vocal.Either way it's a perfect pop song.

[nightcrawler511]

is this on an album of some sort ? or a single?

[fliederrix]

It´s originally only a demo-version (guitar and voice by John Lennon). It never appeared on a Beatles-Album. The additions (drums, bass..) are not original.

[nightcrawler511]

nvr became a single either right?

[fliederrix]

Billy J. Kramer recorded a single of this song. The Beatles never, there´s only the Demo-recording by voice and guitar of John Lennon.

[huskernation9]

Thank god this didn't pass john and paul's "bullshit detectors"

[Ribzypunk]

cool idea to finish this, great job, except I agree w/Douglas. The crash sounds out of place, never heard Pete or Ringo use it like that.

[gazuaman]

nicework...but you should made a better work on thre drum style. it coulb be more ringo's style, i think. anyway, 5 stars.

[douglasj53]

Great job. You really captured the feel of the time. Personally, I would have left out the crash cymbal at the beginning of the verse that follows the bridge but that's extreme nit-picking. Really cool McCartneyesque bass line - how it follows the melody. Please do more!

[abogadopenalista]

para que nos hacemos pendejos, si lennon era el alma del grupo, era los beatles. busquenle por donde les de su chingada gana, McCartney no era solo él, y él por si mismo, no ha sacado una sola canciòn como las rolas que compuso con Lennon hace mas de cuarenta años.

[abogadopenalista]

Otra cancion mas de los inicios de Lennon donde queda fehacientemente demostrado su talento y capacidad creativa para componer bonitas melodias.

[alisstupid]

Aww man. I wish I could put this in my Ipod. It rocks! Do you know where I can download this song?

[JafSinatra]

Does anybody knows where i can find a lesson?

[fliederrix]

Hi JafSinatra,

what sort of lesson do you mean?

[songpoemguy]

hey how about you add guitars drums ect to paul mccartneys on the wings of a nighing gal and make that commplete that wood be awesome!!!

[supervegeta12]

Great so great

[coolhilts]

This is a fantastic job of finishing Lennon's demo. It sounds just I imagined Lennon would have finished it. Perhaps you could try finishing some other Beatle demos that you can find here on YouTube: One and One Is Two (Macca), I'm In Love (Lennon), and You Know What To Do (George). This was such a pleasure to listen, I hope you'll do some more. I hate the thought of Beatle songs going unfinished. How about "That Means A Lot" and "Leave My Kitten Alone"? Hope to see new uploads. Hilts

[fliederrix]

Thank you very much for your friendly comment. I tried to get a sound like the early Beatles. Although the result is surely not perfect, it was fun doing it. It would be also fun to do some more, unfortunately it costs a lot of time.

[songpoemguy]

cool i like what you did to this demo its sounds like a beatles backing but the druming does not sound like real drums to me its fine any way put real duum on this and make it rock!! i down loaded this and put it on cd the beatles rule!! i like stuff like this one day maybe this will come out with paul and ringo adding music to it that wood be grate

[fuckoffucunt]

Its good. I have a slightly different version of this ie someone elses overdubs, though the same demo.

[cesarr956]

This is a home recording, the original demo (which you can find here on youtube) is just John and a guitar. Everything else on this version was added by someone else...but it's still a great version.

Cheers, cesarr

[fliederrix]

Yes, you´re completely right. I commented the making of this version on this side, right above.

[dorondoron]

good good job!

[Melchersson]

They should have kept most of the song´s for them self, except for Love of the Loved, I didn´t like that one!

[anniexanonymous]

aww. i love this. and everything else by these guys.<3

john's voice is Heaven.

[happylittleEStar]

This song is so nice!!!! It's the first time I here it !!! I love it

when they made it?

[fliederrix]

The demo was recorded on May 31, 1963. Unfortunately the didn´t finished it.

[happylittleEStar]

Thankyou!!! =)

Yes I think too, that it's so sad that they don't finished it, becouse is really nice!!! =)

[bibbler227]

Outstanding Jobs Sir. It's a shame we can't raise the quality of Lennon's voice a bit on the demo. Since it's obvious his demo was double tracked, I always wondered if it was a quick home recording or actually done at Abbey Road (In which case a better copy must exist somewhere)

[BlueDiscProductions]

I doubt it's a home recording - fame had barely hit them at this point. Home recording stuff would've cost a lot then so... I'm pretty sure it's a studio recording

[Korn1holio]

nah, the quality is too bad for studio recording (even for 60s studio recording). Perhaps, of course, they were just doing it for fun, without proper set-up. But I think those reel-to-reel tape decks were already widespread those days, so home recording was definitely possible. For example, there's a version of "If I fell" recorded by John at home, just a year ahead.

[LZTSK12]

Hes right, you did do an excellent job

[soniclady89]

Lovely!

One of my fave songs - I am an avid Beatles fan - and was bought up on 60s beat music - though (dare I say it?)

I prefer the Kramer version. I think because it's slightly faster and in a different (higher) key.

If you did all the finishing touches to the song, BRAVO! Very easy on the ears :) very professional.

5*

[camerooniepooniepoo]

is the beatles singing?

[fliederrix]

It´s the original demo tape (voice of John Lennon and guitar), added by bass, guitar and drums (not original).