The Beatles - Real Love - Anthology 2 Disc 1 - 1996

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Members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Writer: John Lennon
Producer: George Martin
Original Album Released: March, 18 1996

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"Real Love" is a song written by the English rock musician John Lennon. Lennon made six takes of the song in 1979 and 1980 with "Real Life", a different song that merged with "Real Love". The song was ignored until 1988 when the sixth take was used on the documentary soundtrack Imagine: John Lennon.

"Real Love" was subsequently reworked by the three remaining members of The Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) in late 1995, an approach also used for another incomplete Lennon track, "Free as a Bird". "Real Love" was released as a Beatles single in 1996 in the United Kingdom, United States and many other countries; it was the opening track on the Beatles' Anthology 2 album. It is the last "new" credited Beatles song to originate and be included on an album. To date, it is the last single by the group to become a Top 40 hit in the US.

The song reached number four and number 11 in the UK and US singles charts, respectively, and earned a gold record faster than a number of the group's other singles. The song was not included on the BBC Radio 1 playlist, prompting criticism from fans and British members of Parliament. After the release of "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", Starr commented, "Recording the new songs didn't feel contrived at all, it felt very natural and it was a lot of fun, but emotional too at times. But it's the end of the line, really. There's nothing more we can do as The Beatles."


Lyrics and melody:

The song's lyrics have been described by one reviewer as conveying the message that "love is the answer to loneliness" and "that connection is the antidote to unreality." One reviewer described the song as a, "mature, still hopeful but frightened man less concerned with screaming at life than surviving it."

The song has been sped up 12% from the demo, apparently to "effect the... snappy tempo" as Alan W. Pollack has speculated. The tune is nearly completely pentatonic, comprising primarily the notes E, F#, G#, B and C#. The refrain is higher than the verse; while the verse covers a full octave, the refrain, at its peak, is a fifth higher.

The instrumental intro is four measures long, and the verse and refrain are eight measures. The outro largely comprises the last half of the refrain repeated seven times, slowly fading out.

Reuniting the Beatles again:

Before the Anthology project, the closest The Beatles had come to reuniting on record (while all four members were still alive) was for Starr's 1973 Ringo album, upon which all appeared—with John, George, and Ringo appearing on "I'm the Greatest")—though Lennon and McCartney did not work together. While Starr's "Ringo" album is the last album that all four ex-Beatles perform on, it would be the "Ringo's Rotogravure" album of 1976 that is the last one to which they all contributed either in performance or in song composition (George Harrison contributed one song, "I'll Still Love You", but does not perform on the album).

The idea of re-doing some of Lennon's old songs apparently was inspired by former Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall and Harrison, who first requested some old demos from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Then, in January 1994, McCartney came to New York City for Lennon's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. While there, he received at least four songs from Ono. According to Aspinall, it was "two cassettes" which "might have been five or six tracks." Ono said of the occasion: "It was all settled before then, I just used that occasion to hand over the tapes personally to Paul. I did not break up The Beatles, but I was there at the time, you know? Now I'm in a position where I could bring them back together and I would not want to hinder that. It was kind of a situation given to me by fate

The remaining band members focused their attention on four songs: "Free as a Bird", "Real Love", "Grow Old With Me", and "Now and Then". Of these, they liked "Free as a Bird" the most, and worked hard on it. McCartney said, "Ringo was very up for it, George was very up for it, I was very up for it."[5] Eventually the song saw release as the first Beatles single since 1970. The remaining Beatles then turned their attention to "Real Love". Co-producer Jeff Lynne said, ."..we thought, we'd work on 'Real Love' which had a complete set of words.

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[elitedon]

cant stop listenin too this song

[menoziinrevoltado]

You're not alone. Non-stop here.

[OHNOTHIMAGEN1]

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love this song!!!

[LtDrg35]

why cant you redislike a video?

[Beatlescanner]

It's a nice song for playing on guitar.

[Beatlescanner]

I'm the 40th like ^^

[LtDrg35]

no dislikes yes the way its supposed to be

[Mr8bitgamer]

beautiful.

[yagimccartney]

I'm always crying when I listen to this ..... listen to the love, they all put together in that song! John started and they finished it as a group!

[creevaghmiddle]

@BeatlesLover39 Lyrically, I hear Lennon as the philosopher and McCartney as the storyteller. Combined they wrote timeless classics and separately they wrote to the best of there specialities. Both are simply genius’s!

[BeatlesLover39]

@michdutchmansgoldmck I dont agree with you, but I can understand that he is given more respect for the songs he's made. McCartney is just as great or even slightly better considering the classics he wrote for the Beatles. They're both awesome but I think McCartney takes the cake considering the popularity of his songs.

[michdutchmansgoldmck]

typical lennon song he was so much better than McCartney ,its a shame we now have only two of them left.