The Beatles - No Reply (waltz)

[STUDIOCHINCHAN]

Very special. I prefer the original 4/4 time version but once again you've done a great job.

Eric

[RichieT1967]

Of course by far prefer i the 4/4 time version nevertheless is it very interesting listening to it in 3/4 !

[luky673]

fuck you

[RingoStarrPEACE]

OMFG what have you done with this great song?!?!?! D:

[NobleJoyous]

How about if you hack it and edit it until you have 19/8 time? Kind of a Mahavishnu-meets-the-Beatles hybrid vibe.

[66peacelove]

FAKE! But quite well done. Some of the other commenters should develop a sense of humour. BTW 'I'll Be Back" from a Hard Days Night was recorded in 3/4 time before John found it, 'too difficult to sing' and changed to 4/4.

[AnotherWhisperer]

I actually really like this. I think it sounds pretty good in 3/4.

[paulfuckinmccartney]

stuuuuuuupid!!!

[mcjayc100]

It was a suggestion from George Martin to outdo Tennessee in it's waltz.

The Beatles tried that approach with 'No Reply' & decided it was awful!

You can hear on some of the sessions where John is berating George

Martin, "With a producer like you, who needs Dick Rowe??? Go waltz on

your own time & get stuffed!!!!"

[XtrmMcjohnson]

Could you people calm the fuck down? All of these videos are meant to be funny.

[kettlezone]

Embarassingly fake and shit - why do people do this kind of thing?

[GloopyBlob]

@kettlezone Maybe this genuine outtake sounds fake, but that is accounted for in the video description: "John Lennon argued this made the phrasing awkward and the result sound similar to bad editing".

[Mrdianalynn]

@kettlezone This is an attempt to change the time signature of the piece from 4 to 3.4/.

[kettlezone]

@Mrdianalynn I know - it doesn't work! :)

[TheoBlonk]

@idleracer

Since when is 'Yer Blues' a waltz?

And 'Baby's in black' is 6/8 imo.

[TheoBlonk]

I agree with MightyZoom. Fake indeed.

You can hear it in Lennon's singing. It would be an unnatural way of breathing.

[GloopyBlob]

@TheoBlonk

Lennon was experimenting with his breathing a lot around this time.

[Verbeke7]

These are really dumb, but they make me laugh. Congrats.

[93thegabana]

three letters.. WTF

[capitolemiproducer]

Bastard

[SecretlyyNerdy]

Uyy. Its hard to listen to this.

[xwsftassell]

Hahahahah. *****.

[PimpBrovasTV]

I gotta say the Chorus/bridge part is quite good! The rest isn't amazing

[MacLenHarStar]

MAcca´LL HIT u with HIS Rhythmstick, LOL

[GeorgeHarrison00]

0:11- 0:17 good tune

[GeorgeHarrison00]

Lennon - I'll hit you with my Gibson J160E

BAMMM!!

Martin - Ouch! That hurts!

[who2really1cares39]

It looks like they were thinking "wtf" in that picture

[atomicadaver]

THIS has got to be one of the worst editing jobs I've ever seen outside of a Justin Bieber recording session. I mean for christ's sake, you just RUINED this song. NO. Shut up. I don't want to hear it. Now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done, and don't DARE leave that corner 'til YOU'RE GENUINELY SORRY. And yes, you will in some way find this funny, mostly because it's true, and you will find yourself jealous of my acerbic wit, superior IQ, and actual WORKING EARS YOU PRICK.

[S6jrprods]

this is fukin awful m8

[MightyZoom]

All the overdubs and instrument parts are the same as the 4/4 version. This includes sounds / touch / notes / timbres / voicings / mix levels . This is a HACKED edit of the 4/4 version. Okay it's not stupid. It's FRAUDULENT, FAKE, BADLY DONE, MISREPRESENTIVE, FAUX, QUASI, and f**ked up. And the story of George Martin wanting No Reply in 3/4 is a lie, an urban myth. Ask any professional audio engineer if this is hacked. It doesn't even make musical sense. "Experimental use of reverb?" Pathetic.

[GloopyBlob]

@MightyZoom thanks man, I needed a laugh! Your chronic irony bypass was just the ticket.

[MightyZoom]

All the overdubs and instrument parts are the same as the 4/4 version. This includes sounds / touch / notes / timbres / voicings / mix levels . This is a HACKED edit of the 4/4 version. Okay it's not stupid. It's FRAUDULENT, FAKE, BADLY DONE, MISREPRESENTIVE, FAUX, QUASI, and f**ked up. And the story of George Martin wanting No Reply in 3/4 is a lie, an urban myth. Ask any professional audio engineer if this is hacked. It doesn't even make musical sense. 

[flarbton]

LOL one of my favorite songs butchered... i'm actually laughing hard at your edit.

[eruptionmat]

The roots of psychedelic rock...

[MightyZoom]

sloppy editing - and stupid

[GloopyBlob]

@MightyZoom It is NOT stupid.

[ChazYocom]

@GloopyBlob O YES IT IS!!!!

[luishem]

Interesting

[ShotGunAnd]

Wonder why they didn't release THIS version instead.

[spidahMONKEY]

sounds like they're on drugs already in this version... lol

[deebs32]

I don't understand why people give you so much crap about these. I think they're brilliant.

Oh right. The Beatles are serious business.

[kubrick681]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

[0hNoNotHimAgain]

I hear what you're doing, and can appreciate the effort. But... It's the same as putting Baby's In Black into 4/4.

[rebelmunro]

Do us all a favour! Take this off here!

[GloopyBlob]

@rebelmunro The only reason that would be a favour is if you're addicted to it and can't help clicking on it all the time. Because it's so awesome.

[alexanuchid]

Ridiculous

[GloopyBlob]

@alexanuchid Thanks!

[EricDymond]

I like the story - but this is 2/3 man! not 3/4

[chalyminx]

crap

[TheBeatleno5]

Ohh my Gosh!

[switcherdawna]

WTF

[IDLERACER]

Har har har. Do you think you can do the opposite with "Baby's In Black" (change it from 3/4 to 4/4)? Of course, the group attempted to record "I'll Be Back" as a waltz (on the first "Anthology" CD) but that turned out to be too difficult. Lennon & McCartney's first waltz was the Cilla Black tune "It's For You."

[GloopyBlob]

Haha, that's a challenge! I always get 3/4 and 6/8 mixed up... Baby's In Black sounds 6/8 to me but I know John Lennon described it as a fast waltz. This Boy and Yes It Is have a similar beat, are they 3/4?

By the way, your name isn't a reference to the 60s band featuring Jeff Lynne is it?

[IDLERACER]

"This Boy" and "Yes It Is" are 50s doo-wop style tunes that are in 4/4, but each quarter note is divided into triplets. In other words, if you were to count along to either of them in waltz time, you'd have to keep saying "One Two Three One Two Three" awfully fast. "Babys In Black," "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away," "Norwegian Wood," "Yer Blues," and "Dig A Pony" however, are all genuine waltzes.

And yes, I named myself after the obscure 60s group that sounded like Sgt. Pepper era Beatles.

[Bigbadben7]

Could you please list the source that says John hit George Martin.

[barlo33]

u wrecked it

[selfhappy]

It isn't in 3/4 time and you are full of shit, the Beatles have nothing to do with this you hack.

[GloopyBlob]

How dare you. It most certainly is in 3/4!

[elliottchrist]

For the first few seconds I was thinking, "great, that's just what we need - another YouTube jackoff trying to pass off shoddy, amateur remix/edit/mashup/sample/overd­ub jobs as genuine bootlegs." But I really got to hand it to you - the result's a really cool and well-executed reimagining of the song, even on the words "than any other guy" and "when you gave me no reply," when it almost didn't work - but did! Cool other videos too (especially "Yer Birthday") - keep it up!

[JohnPaulSaylor]

lol that's what I was thinking

But yeah, this is an interesting product here.

[elperromagico]

"I saw you walk in your window"

Nice touch, man.

[crabbigail2007]

This is really an outtake not screwed with by you? Thats interesting, Im glad you posted this, thanks

[fireplace911]

so you fiddled with the original lp version..big deal...not really a beatles out take...just you messing around with the original ...badly..

[THeMaskedBlogCritic]

Wow it didn't make any sense until I started counting by 3 too.. Very inventive!

[ZCodeProductions]

This song makes my head hurt.....

I just can't imagine that someone thought of this first after hearing the final product so many times before...

[stan30068]

Somewhere there is an outtake of Lennon trying to sing this song this way--he can be heard saying to George Martin that the song was too hard to sing that way.

[SirMikeyD]

I think you're thinking of "I'll Be Back" ...

[stan30068]

SirMikeyD you might be right. In either case, many of the Beatles songs took the form of a waltz on studio or demo versions.

[tobbytommy]

interesting!the idea is not bad at all!

[Spinitch628]

That was like a strange trip on drugs. I was counting 3 the whole way through and it was right on.

[GloopyBlob]

Thanks for commenting on my videos, man!