BeatlesFest DaSilvaDreams, the Pixtles, "and your bird can sing in Olimpus Mons"

[dasilvasings]

Dear all,

I wanted to cover AYBCS since the fest started, since it is one of my favorite songs. Later I decided to link it with the Pixies' Bird dream in Olimpus Mons. There wasn't a more intelligent reason for the medley other than "Blimey! These two songs have the word "bird" in them. Probably they'll go well together!", and soon I fell in a dead end.

Some 2 weeks ago I finally had the courage to delete my work and start from scratch. This is the final result with a simpler line up: microbr, danelectro 63, fender jazz bass, and a couple of tracks with my best Celine Dionish voice.

Oh! Please mind that I find AYBCS awfully difficult to play. I couldn't play George's riff (if anyone is interested, drop me a PM), and my bassline is a shadow of Paul's. Well, and my voice isn't exactly John's or Paul's either... Or Black Francis, by the way.... errrr... I think the medley is cute enough to be posted, but don't expect copy-cat.

Off to Dylan now, and.... Nevermind the bollocks, here's DaSilvaSings...

[Bluesberry]

I love it. there is a real groove here, a real feel that is very cool.  Laid back, and grooving at the same time.  Great work here.

[cuthbert]

Nice one Miguel, and interesting pairing, too. And I like the little extra surprise you threw in at the end...reminds me of something Harry Nilsson did once... 

'And Your Bird Can Sing' was on my radar for this fest too, and I ran into the same problem - I can't play George's riffs! The bits I was able to learn I could never play quickly enough... 

Very cool cover(s).

I love this Beatlesfest! 

[Ted]

Eno sings The Beatles with Liz Phair on guitar = Fun stuff!

Clever combination.

[Kenneth]

Fun stuff! An enjoyable listen!

[Gritter]

these songs work well together...great idea and great job! Though I think you should have gone with the Pixles instead of Beaxies. 

[Facemask93]

Love your choice , great vox , great listen , produced very well

Rob

[Redler]

Liked the laid back feeling. The medley was a genius idea, DSS!! Liked the production, too.

kari

[dasilvasings]

Thank you all for the comments. I wasn't too sure about this one, since I think it misses George's guitar.

Your comments were much more positive than I was expecting and they forced me to make some thoughts on the song. Sorry for the "verborrhea"...

I think that by skipping the lead guitar, the bass becomes more proeminent. Paul's line is amazing, but mine does keep a certain groove in it that characterizes AYBCS. I ended up lowering one tone to the song so that the last chord of the chorus is exactly the first of BDIOM. There is only a drum break separating both songs. The rythm guitar is the same, the bass "calms down", and the voice goes back to the root (I think I was singing in thirds or something in the chorus o AY...). That gets the song really laid back. The lyrics are dreamy too!

For the next song, I'l' try to sing like Eno, and look like Liz Phair.
Oh! And I changed the name fo Pixtles! Much, much better!!! "the sax pixtles"... hmmm
The "can't buy me love" came from a recurrent lapus linguae when I was singing for myself "tell me that you got evr.../ tell me that you want those...". It was so recurrent that I decided to add another verse/ ending to sing that :-)



Cheers,

Miguel

[Oldrottenhead]

magical combination braw tell yer maw