The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows" acoustic cover

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is the final track of The Beatles' 1966 studio album Revolver but the first to be recorded. Credited as a Lennon/McCartney song, it was written primarily by John Lennon. Music critic Richie Unterberger of Allmusic said it was "the most experimental and psychedelic track on Revolver, in both its structure and production." The song has a vocal put through a Leslie speaker cabinet (which was normally used as a loudspeaker for a Hammond organ) and uses automatic double tracking (ADT) to double the vocal image. Tape loops prepared by Paul McCartney were mixed in and out of the Indian-inspired modal backing underpinned by Ringo Starr's constant but non-standard drum pattern. The song is also one of the first uses of a flanger effect on any instrument. John Lennon wrote the song in January 1966, with lyrics adapted from the book The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner, which in turn was adapted from the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Although Peter Brown believed that Lennon's source for the lyric was the Tibetan Book of the Dead itself, which, he said, Lennon read whilst consuming LSD, George Harrison later stated that the idea for the lyrics came from Leary's, Alpert's and Metzner's book and McCartney confirmed this, stating that he and Lennon had visited the newly opened Indica bookshop — Lennon was looking for a copy of The Portable Nietzsche— and Lennon had found a copy of The Psychedelic Experience that contained the lines: "When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, float downstream". Lennon bought the book, went home, took LSD, and followed the instructions exactly as stated in the book. The book held that the "ego death" experienced under the influence of LSD and other psychedelic drugs is essentially similar to the dying process and requires similar guidance.

LYRICS:
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
It is not dying, it is not dying
Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining, it is shining
That you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being

That love is all, that love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing
That ignorance and hate may moum the dead
It is believing, it is believing
But listen to the color of your dream
It is not living, it is not living
Or play the game existance to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning,
Of the beginning, of the beginning,
Of the beginning, of the beginning,
of the beginning...

Instrument used: Behringer B 1 + Epiphone ej 200ce Acoustic + cajon +handclaps and ofcourse my Fostex mr-16 channel. Backward guitar is recorded with Fostex X-26 cassette porta. Recorded by: The Grasberry Green -20110627. Written by: Lennon/McCartney Recorded in stereo

"I just love this song"

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[angelsk93]

sounds like george! O_O

[Christophee123]

@angelsk93 ^_^

[Paullove89]

Beautiful recording, great playing.

[Christophee123]

@Paullove89 Thanks a lot...!!!!

[DigitalBoyTV]

wrong key. "tomorrow never knows" is in the chord of C, not whatever you played

[Christophee123]

@DigitalBoyTV Dear friend, i know that the original key is in C, however that doesent fit my voice, and as all musicians know, you sometimes haft to search the right key, this one is in G to fit my voice... Peace and love!

[yetimichael]

It sounds like George singing it haha, Good cover mate

[avalanche344]

@avalanche344 Obviously you're on your A game. So why then is it entitled THE BEATLES????

[PinkFloydForever100]

@avalanche344 NO SHIT its a cover

[xXOneHotLennonXx]

oh I thought it was mean't to be the boys when I saw the title..

[Jeremyunevideo]

love the history of this song, the lyrics are genius and your cover is good

[Csledd420]

@Christophee123 stated perfectly

[Csledd420]

@Christophee123 stated perfectly



[avalanche344]

NOT THE BEATLES

[cockshield]

Fucking SEX cover!!

[thevaquefaith]

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[Douglas13951]

O que me fascina é que cada dia que passa, as musicas dos Beatles ficam melhores>>>