She's Leaving Home (The Beatles) --also album announcement

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"She's Leaving Home"
Lennon and McCartney
The Beatles

I've worked on this arrangement off and on for 30 years! But really I finally took it a little more seriously a couple months ago and hammered it out. Dedicated to those parents out there that have children leaving home for the first time. Woo hoo, party at your house!

The thing I don't understand in this song is the line "Fun is the one thing that money can't buy". No, actually, money is REALLY REALLY good at buying fun. Was this a case of John inserting a lyric and being as wry and ironic as possible? But it doesn't fit. "LOVE" is the one thing that money can't buy. Can't buy me love, and all that...

Speaking of money (ahem), as you can hear in the video intro, my album "Tony R Clef - Tuesday Afternoon" will be released on Tuesday September 27 on Big Round Records (bigroundrecords.com). I'll put up a link to the album on my channel and hopefully it will be available on Itunes shortly as well. Hope you will check it out. Thanks!!!



My arrangement. Learned by ear. I have nothing written down.
Taylor NS54-ce, hybrid classical
Standard tuning
D'addario Pro Arte normal tension nylon strings

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[Socratease1]

There are very few instrumentals that I listen to and actually find myself singing along to - superb!

[troubleclef]

@Socratease1

thanks

[fritzquarar]

Superb rendering. I have always appreciated how guitaristic most of the Beatles catalogue is, making the temptation to arrange their work hard, if not impossible, to resist. This is not to say the material does not present formidable challenge which you have obviously dealt with... count me a fan.

[troubleclef]

@fritzquarar

thanks, Fritz

[laluna60]

Wonderful!! I love your playing, I began to see your videos because ot the contest, but I have seen more of you with my father and we love it. We'll be waiting for your album!! Greetings from Mexico

[troubleclef]

@laluna60

thanks! my album is already out and available on Amazon and Itunes and elsewhere. See my album announcement video and the 'buy' links on my channel. and thanks again!

[vicburns1]

yet another fantastic version Tony. unbelievably good . i bet McCartney has a sneaky look on here sometimes and i'm sure he'd agree! bravo maestro

[revmaxx]

hi tony,

after more than a year of wait, i thank you very much for granting a simple request from a huge fan. giving us a fruit of your labor, your arrangement of this song. and all i could say is "WOW!!!". i've made a request on your channel about a year ago which says:

"i am a fan sir, and really enjoy your playing... i know you love beatles and hope you can also play your arrangement of "she's leaving home"

keep it up do please continue to post your vids"

and now its really come to life..

[SnoopyInTheBox]

There's something strange here... This guy isnt an asian... Its awesome!

[brogless]

Tony, you must give the people more of your music... This is so sweeeeeeet....

[MrDanilompb07]

Você é mágico e não violonista! Você é fantástico! Parabéns!

[carstereobandits]

Dude... Very good.

[Vitotesta]

@carvetop01 For the record, She's Leaving Home was not produced by George Martin. On page 103 of The Beatles Recording Sessions book by Mark Lewisohn it states that George Martin had other commitments that day. McCartney called Mike Leander who wrote the string arrangement which was recorded on Friday, March 17th 1967.

[mortyj1979]

Always Beautiful my friend......Bravo!!!!

[makeshiftpillowwings]

Its very hard to improve on a Beatles song, but you certainly did it justice =]

[M32Steven]

i totally agree with you about that lyric! i've always felt that exact same way. I thought Paul always wrote this one though...anyway, fantastic playing. Easily one of my favorites that you have done! I'm definitely going to buy your album immediately!

[DavidalejandroMS]

And suddenly I started singing