April-2014 update: Please scroll down to the comments area to read the visitors’ awesome contributions with more identified songs!
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. 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 I’m starting to like this mash-up, specially the second track ‘Talking To Myself’.
By now I just can recall a few soloist songs that 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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Is track 3 perhaps from a Sting or The Police song? See the FAQ at http://www.thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=55 …
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.
Also Track 7 I hear is “Listen to What the Man Said” by McCartney.
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.
Track 10 Saturday night is Vatican Blues by Harrison
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.
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
oh, and Mr Gator’s Swamp Jamboree includes McCartney’s Mommy Miss America
Thanks again John, and sorry on this side for the late update! ;)
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…
Sounds like a Moby album to me, the same sense of trying to match up things from different sources to create something almost new.
you just described nearly 80% of electronic artists.
“Jenn” also features some keyboards from “Teardrops” by George Harrison.
“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.
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)
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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Ringo Starr – Loser’s Lounge is in I’m Just Sitting Here
Thanks!
The unknown guitar riff in jenn is rock and roll never forgets by bob seger
Awesome, thanks Kamande!
I agree Anybody Else is my favorite too!
And yeah, I thought the music sounded weird, mash-up makes so much more since, but Sick To Death almost sounds like a real song, this guy was very talented for it being the 80s.
Great that you like that song too! I love it! However, I’m sure Everyday Chemistry was made by someone around the time it went viral (2009), using some sort of looping software like Ableton Live or Pro Tools. You can hear it in the kind of “DJ like” effects used. Even on thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com page, this guy “James Richards” says that on Sept. 9, 2009 he experienced something that he is still having troubles believing happened to him… Greets!
The track I’m Just Sitting Here also has Ringo’s song Loser’s Lounge from the album Beaucoups Of Blues.
True! Thanks Roy.
a question if its a fake would not be part of others songs because in the other dimension they were alive and and this universe are separeted the solo are the complement for a real song thats my opinion but it seems a great album and its just to great for a fan its just to many hard work and all the datails this guy has to be to talented for make a disk just like you call mash up sorry for the languaje im mexican and i am doing my best here love the place and the discovery for the clues
hi Pepe, thanks for the comment, it is a great job indeed! ;-)
Anyone know what song the main riff is in “Talking to Myself”. It’s awesome and really catchy.
If you are talking about the horn it is from Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey from Paul McCartney’s Ram
#6 I am Just Sitting Here also has guitar riffs and some lyrics from George’s song My Sweet Lord. I thought I heard some What is Life in there also.
The beginning of “Jenn” is from John Lennon’s “God Save Oz” and a small part in “Mr Gator’s Swamp Jamobree” is from John’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
Part of “Mr Gator’s Swamp Jamboree” is found in Ringo Starr’s “$15 Draw” on his second solo album, Beaucoups of Blues
“Over the Ocean” uses the piano riff from the song Heather on McCartney’s 2001 album Driving Rain.
If the beatles never broke up, their creativity would have been the same, that’s why the songs sound so similar to their solo albums that we have in our universe. ;)