Beatles’ Everyday Chemistry, a mashed up album?


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A couple of days ago I got a link recommendation from a friend suggesting me to read the history of James Richards, a guy who supposedly had an incredible experience traveling to a parallel world to ours, and then discovering that in that ‘parallel world’ The Beatles never broke up and even John and George are alive and rockin’ on. If you are interested in reading the history, which in my opinion if not true, the guy only needs a gentle dose of space cakes to create a Hollywood-esque movie script, anyway read it here.

To this, dozens of bloggers, critics and mainly Beatles hardcore connoisseurs have summed up giving their sharply bladed word, for instance you can find Bungallow Bill’s post ‘Everyday Chemistry Beatles Hoax: The unreleased Beatles’ album? Review’ or Nick Spacek’s post on Pitch Music Blog.

Well, this post is not to discuss the validity of that history, even though is 99.9% hard to believe to be truth.
What I’m proposing here is to break-up each of the songs of the Everyday Chemistry album, which is clearly a mash up of Beatles soloist’s career. Although is not an official album, I have to recognize that this mash-up is starting to like me, specially the second track ‘Talking To Myself’.

By now I just can recall a few soloist songs I identify by hear, but I’ll updated when I’m done reviewing my Beatles library or with your comments, we can work it out together though!

1. Four Guys
Lennon interviewed, Anthology DVD
Band On The Run, McCartney
When We Was Fab, Harrison
I’m Moving On (riff), Lennon

2. Talking To Myself
“I’m Loosing You”, Lennon
“Stuck In A Cloud”, Harrison
“Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey”, McCartney

3. Anybody Else …my favorite by the way, and I really like it hehe!
“Somedays”, McCartney
“One Day (At A Time)”, Lennon

4. Sick To Death
“Gimmie Some Truth”, Lennon
All By Myself, Ringo Starr
“Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”, Harrison *
“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, Harrison *
Some brass still unidentified *

5. Jenn
Jet, McCartney
Hard Times, Ringo Starr *
Dialogue from ‘A Toot and a Snore in ’74′, Lennon*
And another unidentified Guitar Riff *

6. I’m Just Sitting Here
Give Me Love, Harrison
Watching The Wheels, Lennon
I Feel Fine, The Beatles (alike guitar riff)?
The title comes from the lyrics of Watching The Wheels as well

7. Soldier Boy
Listen To What The Man Said, McCartney
Isolation, Lennon

8. Over The Ocean
You Are Here, Lennon, J. (Album: Mind Games)
Title also taken from “You Are Here” lyrics

9. Days Like These
Nobody Told Me (riff), Lennon
Soft-Hearted Hana, Harrison *
Nobody Told Me, Lennon *
Take It Away, McCartney??

10. Saturday Night
Cold Turkey, Lennon
Vatican Blues, Harrison

11. Mr Gators Swamp Jamboree
Flying, The Beatles (Album: Magical Mistery Tour)?
Mommy Miss America, McCartney, P. *

Update 2010-10-12, check the update on track #8… thanks at *John Laidlaw for updates as well!

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18 Responses to Beatles’ Everyday Chemistry, a mashed up album?

    • Perhaps the Sting/Police song that people think they’re hearing is “Murder By Numbers” by The Police from 1983? Parts sound similar, but it’s doubtful that there was any sampling involved. Clearly, Ringo’s vocal needs to be credited, though.

  1. Also Track 7 I hear is “Listen to What the Man Said” by McCartney.

  2. Great Jonah! Thanks, no doubt about Track 7 for Listen To What The Man Said!… not sure about Track 3 though, just can realize McCartney on the vocals.

  3. kyle

    Track 10 Saturday night is Vatican Blues by Harrison

  4. I’ve just updated a couple of songs, I’ve been listening to McCartney’s discography and found a couple of tracks… I am also amazed of how good is the McCartney’s RAM album.

  5. John Laidlaw

    Well if you’ll forgive the late reply, I’ve taken a look and can contribute this;

    Sick to Death -
    Lennon, Gimme Some Truth
    Starr, All By Myself
    Harrison, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
    Harrison, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    Some brass still unidentified

    Jenn -
    McCartney, Jet
    Starr, Hard Times
    Lennon, Dialogue from ‘A Toot and a Snore in ’74′
    And another unidentified Guitar Riff

    Days Like These -
    Harrison, Soft-Hearted Hana
    Lennon, Nobody Told Me
    I can’t hear anything else in that mix, but I might be wrong

  6. John Laidlaw

    oh, and Mr Gator’s Swamp Jamboree includes McCartney’s Mommy Miss America

  7. Dafty

    Hey Joe

    Oddly I noticed that you stopped posting to your blog a month before you updated this post and left the reply comment to John… so maybe you’d be interested in another update…

    I’m Just Sitting Here contains Paul McCartney’s “Call Me Back Again”…. which is really interesting considering “Im Just Sitting Here” is in 4/4 and “Call Me Back Again” is in 6/8

    …great post, even if this is late… i’m surprised I missed it the first time though…

  8. Sounds like a Moby album to me, the same sense of trying to match up things from different sources to create something almost new.

  9. “Jenn” also features some keyboards from “Teardrops” by George Harrison.

  10. “Over The Ocean” also includes bits from “I Dig Love” (and maybe another song) from George Harrison, as well as drums from Ringo’s “Back Off Boogaloo”, and piano from a contemporary McCartney tune that I can’t identify right now.

  11. dave

    Anybody Else
    Somedays (McCartney)
    One day At A Time (Lennon)
    Monkey See Monkey Do (Starr)

    Over The Ocean
    You Are Here (Lennon)
    Back Off Boogaloo (Starr)
    I Dig Love (Harrison)
    Marwa Blues (Guitar Riffs, Harrison)

  12. Some guy

    Over The Ocean
    Heather (McCartney – Piano and chorus, Driving Rain)
    You Are Here (Lennon – Anthology version)
    Back Off Boogaloo (Starr – Drum roll)
    I Dig Love ( Harrison)
    Marwa Blues (Harrison)

    Anybody Else
    Monkey See Monkey Do (Starr – Piano riff & “every night etc.”)
    Somedays (McCartney)
    One Day At A Time (Lennon – Anthology)

    Sick To Death
    Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Harrison – Brainwashed)
    Gimme Some Truth (Lennon)
    All By Myself (Starr)

    Jenn
    Jet (McCartney)
    Hard Times (Starr)
    Teardrops (Harrison)

    I’m Just Sitting Here
    Give Me Love (Harrison)
    Call Me Back Again (McCartney)
    Watching The Wheels (Lennon)
    And a Ringo song that I can’t recognize

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