Eleanor Rigby: RELOADED

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This is a remake of the Beatles' tune, Eleanor Rigby. I recorded this in my home studio in 1994. Hope you enjoy it!

Trivia for the curious (or just plain bored):

My folks used to visit a friend of theirs and they'd drag me along so I spent some time in the guy's closet, rummaging through old 45s and such. He said I could take some of them SO... I grabbed a few. I put one on the turntable when I got home and it was the first Beatles song I'd ever heard. Eleanor Rigby. On the flipside was Yellow Submarine. Another 45 was Light My Fire and I can't recall the others.

This tune incubated for about 20 years and then one day I just started playing the melody on the guitar and thought it would translate well into a rock instrumental.

It was the first song I recorded/mixed/etc. for my CD. The mix is a bit cluttered as I hadn't many effects to use and it was my first mix. The arrangement and performance is good but there is a touch of noise in the guitars since I used a different amp for this than the rest of my CD (sans one exception, the solo to Shores of Lavender).

I used a custom guitar I put together in 1983. EMG pickups, floyd rose vibrato, solid rosewood neck. Amp was a Seymour Duncan convertible 100W combo. A strange beast with changeable preamp modules.

My favorite part of this song is, of course, the solo. It just rips, even if I DO say so myself. :) So, I thought it'd be cool to have me actually playing (pick syncing?) to it in the vid. I'm actually playing the spots but just not pressing with my tips like I would normally due to the fingertip injuries).

I never owned a Beatles album but did buy a cassette of some collection at one time. Those guys were something.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• beatles
• eleanor
• rigby
• truthsurge
• electric
• guitar

[PyreOfFate]

Phenomenal

[TruthSurge]

@PyreOfFate thank ya!

[ILOVEKINGMJ]

2nd best version of the song to me! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

[TruthSurge]

@ILOVEKINGMJ thank ya! I tried to make it really cool and it was the 1st tune I recorded on my 8 track cassette recorder so the mix wasn't as good as I wanted but I'm really happy with the arrangement and performance.

[ILOVEKINGMJ]

@TruthSurge it\s AWESOME! ! ! you're great!! :)))

[TruthSurge]

@ILOVEKINGMJ thanks!

[FAC1L1TY]

Simply incredible! It blows my mind away!

[TruthSurge]

I believe in things that I find truthful. I find no evidence for any gods.  thanks for the compliment!

[AlbaMontecristo]

@AlbaMontecristo Hace más de 2 años que escribí esto. Sigo mostrando a mis amigos este video. También sigo escuchándolo a menudo porque me encanta tu trabajo. Espero que hayas triunfado. Un abrazo y saludos musciales con acordes mayores.

[AlbaMontecristo]

@AlbaMontecristo hace más de dos años que te escribí esto. Sigo mostrando tu canción a mis amigos. Y sigo escuchándola a menudo. Me encanta el trabajo que hiciste y deseo que hayas triunfado. Te lo mereces igual que entonces. Un fuerte abrazo y saludos musicales.

[TruthSurge]

@pe3er hehe first time i've seen it in a long time.  it turned out really well. thanks.

[pe3er]

almost letahel to be high and watch the epicness if this vid