Learn more about the computer SCAN built for me here: www.scan.co.uk/info/proaudio/presszone/david-bennett 🖥️🎶 CORRECTION: I said in this video that “Hofner” made the Pianet keyboard but actually it was a different company called “Hohner”. Sorry! 🎹
Kudos and well done! The fifth Beatle? Also: for those interested in sound reproduction and the Beatles, I highly recommend the Analogues. They are a Dutch Beatle cover band that is obsessive about getting exactly the right sounds, down to buying the exact instruments, strings, effects, microphones, etc. that the Beatles used in the later works. Here's their "I Am the Walrus" ua-cam.com/video/Oi7Lc4SlhAM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TheAnalogues
Hohner is best known for their harmonicas. Most musicians who play harmonica use Hohners. The Hohner Pianet was Rod Argent’s main instrument in the Zombies. Check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/M8BkkFJI910/v-deo.html
If all the Beatles songs disappeared like in the movie "Yesterday" and David was the only person in the world who could remember them, I would trust him completely to recreate the entire Beatles' catalogue.
@@lucasoheyze4597 I know I'm not quite in the spirit of it all, but I think we should take a moment to appreciate just how polished the original was, even though it was so much more work than a digital recreation. And the original IS more polished. George Martin and the Beatles were gods at recording.
geoff emerick definitely is owed a bulk of the credit for all the tape innovation. martin was mostly ears and direction in those years, not as hands-on
@@DavidBennettPiano Amazing what U can do in 12 minutes(joking). That buried guitar seems as a precursor to Dear Prudence. Wonderful stuff! Thanx again.
Covering the Beatles is one of the most fraught and harrowing things an artist can do, and you chose to recreate one of their most daunting, elaborate songs. Not only that, you pulled it off! Five stars!
I'm stunned. I can't imagine the musicianship required to recreate "I Am The Walrus". It may even have been close to the genius required to create it in the first place.
Once it's written, all you have to do is transcribe the notes into a daw, and find instruments that sound similiar to the ones used in the song, and it all magically falls into place. As long as you don't fuck somethng up, it can't possibly go wrong (easier said than done, though). The Beatles wrote a book and David read and then wrote the exact same book. The skill of reading and writing language does not imply the ability to create literature, just as the ability to read and write music does not imply the ability to create music. That's not a perfect analogy, as transcribing music is still much harder than transcribing literature as it's far less exact and does require talent, but it requires a different kind of talent than that of creating music in my opinion.
@@piecrumbs9951 Strangely enough, I was regretting my comment this morning before I saw your response. Yes, Lennon's creativity is far rarer than Bennett's technical skills. It's just that either task is equally beyond my own abilities.
Agreed! With most bands, if I wanted to avoid copyright issues I'd find a decent cover on UA-cam and job's a good'un... but with the Beatles work between 1966-1969 you can't find a decent cover because the original recordings are so elaborate and magnificent!
@@DavidBennettPiano Have you seen The Analogues? They're a Dutch band who specialise in performing this era of The Beatles - live performances of a whole album* - and doing so by trying to match, as far as possible, the instruments that the Beatles themselves used. Not just period-correct but the actual instrument used on that track. Here's their cover of I Am The Walrus: ua-cam.com/video/Oi7Lc4SlhAM/v-deo.html . Though they don't have a French horn - there are brass players on stage but they're not performing on that song. There's an interesting documentary (in Dutch, with English subtitles) of how they recreated Sgt Pepper live: ua-cam.com/video/B5aD87iJikg/v-deo.html * OK - they do use some pre-recorded elements, and did just play back a pre-recorded recreation of Revolution 9 rather than attempt to perform that live!
@@DavidBennettPiano Is it really that hard to find decent fan covers of Beatles songs from that period on UA-cam? As far as I can tell, the performances by Michael Sokil, Mattiboo, Ryohei Kanayama, and Ably House all generally seem very accurate. (Mattiboo in particular puts a *lot* of detail explaining the nuances of the original guitar parts in his video descriptions.) Admittedly, most of those players focus primarily on the guitar, bass, piano, and drums. So they might not be the ideal ones to go to if you want to do an analysis focused on the string parts of I am the Walrus. (Also, on the subject of good UA-cam performances of IATW, I'd like to recommend the one by danielearwicker. It's not a perfectly accurate recreation of the original - that's not what it's aiming for - but it is a very fun one!)
I love this - the most unintentional tribute to Ringo - everything is great except the drum sound and feel - I do mean this as a compliment - Ringo is one of a kind
@@SydBarrettArchives afaik, the main worry is bots that check videos for copyrighted music and issue takedown requests to UA-cam. Since he isn't using the exact music file, he should be safe from that kind of automatic copyright claim.
This is Rick Beato level. He did an outstanding recreation and analysis of the "The End." But this is just as awesome, David, and I am so stoked for your analysis. Well done!
This is an amazing recreation. Well done! I remember watching the Magical Mystery Tour on an early colour TV when it was first broadcast probably in about 1967. I was 17. I am now 73. Still sounds as fresh and fun now as it was freaky then. Goo goo ga choob!
I can’t claim credit! It’s a quote from the film Sliding Doors: “Everybody's born knowing all the Beatles lyrics instinctively. They're passed along to the fetus subconsciously along with all the amniotic stuff. In fact, they should be called Fetals”
This was so good. Brilliant really. Then you realize that the Beatles recorded on tape, so no room for error at all. It's mind blowing both what they accomplished in the past, and what we can do with one person in a studio. Well done.
I noticed when trying to learn this song that all chords were major. That's pretty rare, especially for a song that is as complex. I think it contributes greatly to how peculiar it sounds.
I think the glut of major chords is partly why it appeals to children. Parts of the song were inspired by nursery rhymes. It's got some weird Lydian features too, though, and modulations that aren't common in childlike music. It's kind of bizarre how well the "basic" major chords go with all the druggy weirdness to form a catchy tune that's appreciated by a wide range of ages and musical sophistication, when on paper it must have seemed doomed to be a total mess.
@@DavidBennettPiano And some of those cello parts could've been in tenor clef, but I imagine you didn't want to deal with that! Anyway, great stuff! Impressive how it turned out!
My favorite Beatles song along with A Day in the Life, and one of the greatest rock songs ever I think, and I still think it's underrated. It's such a fun track, full of creativity and studio tricks, so ahead of its time, and yet it's a bit dark too and is very subversive. It's the perfect Beatles song. I also really love the guitar in it, even if it is buried in the mix.
Yo that was so much fun! And the end result was amazing! The string arrangement is beautiful, I had never realized that before but it sounds great here. Next level stuff!!
For all the wonderful work that went into this, the mixing was really mushy and flat. Go back and listen to the original. The cellos grab you by the throat , they are way up front in the mix, and Ringo's drumming is really fat sounding. All the pieces are there, and I appreciate the hard work that went into them, but it could sound so much better.
Anyone else love the oasis rendition of this song? Singing along while playing the chords and fills has to be some of the most fun you can have with an electric guitar!
Yes I love how they took the track and made it into just a basic four piece rock band arrangement, they totally made it their own in the best possible way
@@willbainbridgedrummer great, I agree with you! i think the keyboard + clean guitar arrangement sort of hides the immense power in the chord changes imo.
This is a great rendition of the song! Having said that, I have even more appreciation for the original’s arrangement and production quality. The Beatles were definitely so leading edge for their time.
As per the rest of the comments on here, yes, this is definitely a great recreation that takes a lot of skill and time. Now just pause a minute to appreciate the talent to come up with it originally to create it by The Beatles and George Martin. Amazeballs! 🤯👍
You did a great job at dissecting and then recreating this song. This should make people appreciate just what the Beatles achieved because they did this before computers and cell phones.
Wow. This is spectacular. Really captures the authenticity the original track had. And your friend did a great job imitating the vocal timbre of John Lennon (Although he had such a unique sound to his voice that it's almost impossible to 100% imitate)
Absolutely amazing!!! A wonderful era to experience with "I am a Walrus" released in 1967 followed by 2001 A space odyssey in 1968.....WOW!!! Looking forward to your first composition David
Here is the thing. When we watch one of your videos, we typically expect to find a really well-thought-out video explaining to us something about music, usually popular. You've set a really high standard. So, here, you've put together a performance. And, not suprisiingly, it meets the standard we expect from you. This was amazing. Thank you.
Awesome! I have to get my 2 daughters to play together and experiment a bit like this. My 13 yr old is has just finished grade 9 piano Conservatory and the 10 yr old is grade 6 violin. I've had the older one play some jazz, and some pop like Queen, Coldplay... but they both love the Beatles too... I have got them watching your videos to supplement their theory classes. Thanks!
@@secretjazz93 thanks! I love music and wanted the kids to love music as well. I never got to play when I was a kid, but my kids started at 3 and half and 4 yrs old. They can't remember not playing. We love this channel.
If we're blown away by the complexity of this song and its multilayered arrangement and mixtures, we get a much greater appreciation of the creative geniuses who wrote this masterpiece.
@@DavidBennettPiano as a hard die Beatles fan, this is a perfect rendition to this classic. Your talent and dedication never cease to amaze me. Greetings from Spain, keep up the good work😎👍
It's testament to Lennon's and Martin's talent that, between them, they managed to make twaddle sound like the greatest song ever written. No small testament to your own talent, too, David! Fascinating video! 👍
@@brianinglis3805 Of course! On this song in particular, though, the main creative input, as I understand it, came from Lennon and Martin, but I'm certainly not an expert on The Beatles so would gladly be corrected.
@@DavidBeddard You would be surprised. By this stage Paul was the driving force behind The Beatles and had a lot of creative input helping arrange songs written by John & George.
I am not a trained musician, but I like music, including The Beatles, and this is amazing. I genuinely think The Beatles themselves would be impressed by what is achieved here. Great channel.
I´ve said it before: MY ABSOLUTE BEATLES FAVORITE SONG. A great work David and I´ll wait patiently for the analysis. It has some very unusual chord sequences and ideas. Thanks a lot.
I worked with George on a couple of occasions (both in the studio and live) and I can confirm he was a thoroughly nice chap. I was quite young and some of my colleagues didn't know who he was or how important he was in popular culture because they all came from a classical background and didn't really listen to pop music. I came from a Beatles mad house so I just stood there in awe mostly.
Fantastic job, I’m very very impressed! Just a small suggestion to make it even better: at the end, together with the “oompa oompa stick it on your jumper” there’s another chorus singing “everybody’s got one, everybody’s got one”.
Dude. Awesome. Your videos are amazing. I discovered this song as a 10-yr-old while sitting on the living room floor, playing my parents' old records, and I was immediately hooked. I remember ranting and raving to all my elementary school friends about the Beatles, incessantly. I was so excited to have discovered such wonderful music. Later, as I got older remember feeling so grateful for that period of discovery. I'm in my 40s now, and still obsessed with music, thanks in large part to the Beatles.
IMHO this is about the most important song ever, I was 10 years old when it was released. I love it since. One of the 3 Lennon songs which made other musicians open their eyes. It was the seed of Prog. About 4 minutes of a creativity beyond anything else. Remember it was 1967. the other 2 songs are Tomorrow Never Knows and Strawberry Fields. But the Walrus was always my favorite because of its weirdness.
Titanic Sinclair On the contrary this is brilliant when you consider firstly this track is iconic and the best Beatles track other than 'A day in the life; Tomorrow never knows' While my Guitar gently weeps'; you have to remember this is music of its time and is also timeless I would suggest to understand the song it would be a good idea to listen to the Spooky Tooth version which is the best version because the musicians are far superior to the Beatles and the sound is much more authentic and edgy I think the drumming is also far superior on the Spooky Tooth version which is important to the context of the song but what a great effort! because George Martin was the fifth Beatle and his production was so important to the Beatles sound in general I hope this helps keep going and next should be 'A day in the life' on your list and then the other two songs I mentioned take care
This is a super great video of your process, I love seeing breakdowns of things like this! I really hate to be critical, but since this is so *very* close there's one thing that stands out to me in the transcription. It's a really easy fix, but I think it would make a huge difference. The main string lead at the start of the song where it goes from holding B to C# then D - The original holds the B for 15 16th pulses, and does a quick 16th C# then up to D at the start of the next bar. In your transcription you have the B held for 13 with the C# being held for 3, and it doesn't have the same punchiness. Really looking forward to the video on this song, I've always loved it and I'm super interested to hear what you have to say about it!
You are so clever! The whole thing from all the instruments and the technology. Makes my head spin. You are a genius. The singer did a great job too! It's all the the detail. Amazing!!!!! I'm flabbergasted. What a great packaged video too. Is there no end to your talents?
If Paul will see this, he will cry! He might still remember what they had to go through on a 4-track tape machine. No PC problems, but anything else. 😎
Great effort, well done, his voice is very nearly almost there, kinda the right tone going on but he doesn't sound rough and strained, and well the lack of a Scouse accent does make some words just sound completely off on their pronunciation, but all credit to him for his effort.
@@sydneymads5220 That does make sense but it remains within the key of the music that accompanies them so that's not a problem, if I could use an analogy it would be slightly over exaggerated somewhat but would still strike a point. It's like covering a Bob Dylan song with an opera singer not singing in an operatic way but more of a pop way, their voice is highly trained and highly tunes and will be full of clarity, crystal clear and "clean" and opposed to Bob Dylan's "rough" and broken voice. The singer in this cover has a voice that hits all the right highs and lows, but it is just "too clean" unlike John Lennon's "rough" and broken raspy vocals, John is quite strained, this guy doesn't seem to strain to reach the same levels. The pronunciations that I mentioned in my original comment? Well that is going to happen no matter who covers the song if they do not come from the same city as The Beatles (or even myself since I am from Liverpool too), I kind of like Jimi Hendrix's covers of Thea Beatles and Cream songs but I could hardly expect him to sound English right!
@@markmark8545 I don'y know you know, I guess I can see where you're coming from but I really can't sense any aggression from John's vocals either so I can't see how this guys lack of aggression in his voice would make any difference. As for attitude, is there any attitude to John's voice? Please define your meaning for attitude in relation to John's vocals, I just sense "emotion" in his voice and therefore vocals which I definitely do not sense in this cover version, our local (Scouse) tone is a very emotion filled one.
@@redlioness6627 Yea, you're very correct. "Too clean" is a much better way to describe it, a quality that my brain just expects from the song after hearing it so many times. A wonderful cover tho
Learn more about the computer SCAN built for me here: www.scan.co.uk/info/proaudio/presszone/david-bennett 🖥️🎶
CORRECTION: I said in this video that “Hofner” made the Pianet keyboard but actually it was a different company called “Hohner”. Sorry! 🎹
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All good man, great job!
Kudos and well done! The fifth Beatle? Also: for those interested in sound reproduction and the Beatles, I highly recommend the Analogues. They are a Dutch Beatle cover band that is obsessive about getting exactly the right sounds, down to buying the exact instruments, strings, effects, microphones, etc. that the Beatles used in the later works. Here's their "I Am the Walrus" ua-cam.com/video/Oi7Lc4SlhAM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TheAnalogues
We'll forgive you!😆
Hohner is best known for their harmonicas. Most musicians who play harmonica use Hohners.
The Hohner Pianet was Rod Argent’s main instrument in the Zombies. Check it out here:
ua-cam.com/video/M8BkkFJI910/v-deo.html
If all the Beatles songs disappeared like in the movie "Yesterday" and David was the only person in the world who could remember them, I would trust him completely to recreate the entire Beatles' catalogue.
If it sounded like this it wouldn't make any difference.
He would execute them to justice, but I don’t think he has the arrangement familiarity. He had to read the tabs to know the parts.
@@filmaticpictures9693 mike pachelli would do a great job too
@@filmaticpictures9693 performing to that level while sight reading is more impressive to me.
@@lucasoheyze4597 I know I'm not quite in the spirit of it all, but I think we should take a moment to appreciate just how polished the original was, even though it was so much more work than a digital recreation.
And the original IS more polished. George Martin and the Beatles were gods at recording.
It's mindblowing that all that work was done with tapes at the time, this show how incredible and important George Martin was for them
geoff emerick definitely is owed a bulk of the credit for all the tape innovation. martin was mostly ears and direction in those years, not as hands-on
* shows *
Man, I wish more people were willing to go to such lengths to review and analyze a song. Well done David!
It was rather fun really! Thanks 😊
@@DavidBennettPiano Amazing what U can do in 12 minutes(joking). That buried guitar seems as a precursor to Dear Prudence. Wonderful stuff! Thanx again.
Like Rick Beato...
@@angrytedtalks Yes I do.
ua-cam.com/video/sr0bUxuzYAM/v-deo.html
Covering the Beatles is one of the most fraught and harrowing things an artist can do, and you chose to recreate one of their most daunting, elaborate songs. Not only that, you pulled it off! Five stars!
what absolute bollocks
Brilliant homage to a band that never gets old. And that AM radio sequence really nails the authenticity. 👏 👏 👏
I'm stunned. I can't imagine the musicianship required to recreate "I Am The Walrus". It may even have been close to the genius required to create it in the first place.
Agreed.
Once it's written, all you have to do is transcribe the notes into a daw, and find instruments that sound similiar to the ones used in the song, and it all magically falls into place. As long as you don't fuck somethng up, it can't possibly go wrong (easier said than done, though).
The Beatles wrote a book and David read and then wrote the exact same book. The skill of reading and writing language does not imply the ability to create literature, just as the ability to read and write music does not imply the ability to create music. That's not a perfect analogy, as transcribing music is still much harder than transcribing literature as it's far less exact and does require talent, but it requires a different kind of talent than that of creating music in my opinion.
@@piecrumbs9951 Strangely enough, I was regretting my comment this morning before I saw your response. Yes, Lennon's creativity is far rarer than Bennett's technical skills. It's just that either task is equally beyond my own abilities.
The Beatles are under-rated, not.
Incredible
It just goes to show you how The Beatles were such studio pioneers. Great work!
Agreed! With most bands, if I wanted to avoid copyright issues I'd find a decent cover on UA-cam and job's a good'un... but with the Beatles work between 1966-1969 you can't find a decent cover because the original recordings are so elaborate and magnificent!
@@DavidBennettPiano Have you seen The Analogues? They're a Dutch band who specialise in performing this era of The Beatles - live performances of a whole album* - and doing so by trying to match, as far as possible, the instruments that the Beatles themselves used. Not just period-correct but the actual instrument used on that track. Here's their cover of I Am The Walrus: ua-cam.com/video/Oi7Lc4SlhAM/v-deo.html . Though they don't have a French horn - there are brass players on stage but they're not performing on that song.
There's an interesting documentary (in Dutch, with English subtitles) of how they recreated Sgt Pepper live: ua-cam.com/video/B5aD87iJikg/v-deo.html
* OK - they do use some pre-recorded elements, and did just play back a pre-recorded recreation of Revolution 9 rather than attempt to perform that live!
@@kruador wow, they're brilliant! Thank you for these links, I've already decided I'm gonna see them live whenever I get a chance!
….and all they needed to create this were fucking FOUR tracks on tape!
@@DavidBennettPiano Is it really that hard to find decent fan covers of Beatles songs from that period on UA-cam? As far as I can tell, the performances by Michael Sokil, Mattiboo, Ryohei Kanayama, and Ably House all generally seem very accurate. (Mattiboo in particular puts a *lot* of detail explaining the nuances of the original guitar parts in his video descriptions.)
Admittedly, most of those players focus primarily on the guitar, bass, piano, and drums. So they might not be the ideal ones to go to if you want to do an analysis focused on the string parts of I am the Walrus.
(Also, on the subject of good UA-cam performances of IATW, I'd like to recommend the one by danielearwicker. It's not a perfectly accurate recreation of the original - that's not what it's aiming for - but it is a very fun one!)
I love this - the most unintentional tribute to Ringo - everything is great except the drum sound and feel - I do mean this as a compliment - Ringo is one of a kind
Plot twist: this rendition is so faithful it gets copyright claimed anyway 😂 what an amazing job!
This could happen
@@feeno1188 yeah, Beatles and copyright are a dangerous mix
Covers come under copyright as well, when you do a cover you still have to pay the copyright holder. So this won't solve his problem.
@@SydBarrettArchives I believe he was worried about the video being completely taken down, not that he wouldn't get the monetisation money
@@SydBarrettArchives afaik, the main worry is bots that check videos for copyrighted music and issue takedown requests to UA-cam. Since he isn't using the exact music file, he should be safe from that kind of automatic copyright claim.
This is Rick Beato level. He did an outstanding recreation and analysis of the "The End." But this is just as awesome, David, and I am so stoked for your analysis. Well done!
Better than Beato
David singing “woo” is something I didn’t know I needed 😂
This is an amazing recreation. Well done! I remember watching the Magical Mystery Tour on an early colour TV when it was first broadcast probably in about 1967. I was 17. I am now 73. Still sounds as fresh and fun now as it was freaky then. Goo goo ga choob!
As a from the womb Beatles fan, you nailed it. Sounds amazing! You are incredibly talented.
Thanks!!
The Foetles?
@@richardholliday6651 LOL! I like that! Yep pretty much then! :)
I can’t claim credit! It’s a quote from the film Sliding Doors: “Everybody's born knowing all the Beatles lyrics instinctively. They're passed along to the fetus subconsciously along with all the amniotic stuff. In fact, they should be called Fetals”
Wow a rare Letterboxd run in!
its incredible what you can do, David, ''You're a genious, gogo go goo''😁
This was so good. Brilliant really. Then you realize that the Beatles recorded on tape, so no room for error at all. It's mind blowing both what they accomplished in the past, and what we can do with one person in a studio. Well done.
I noticed when trying to learn this song that all chords were major. That's pretty rare, especially for a song that is as complex. I think it contributes greatly to how peculiar it sounds.
That’s a really interesting observation.
I think the glut of major chords is partly why it appeals to children. Parts of the song were inspired by nursery rhymes. It's got some weird Lydian features too, though, and modulations that aren't common in childlike music. It's kind of bizarre how well the "basic" major chords go with all the druggy weirdness to form a catchy tune that's appreciated by a wide range of ages and musical sophistication, when on paper it must have seemed doomed to be a total mess.
I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know any other chords :P
Man, that’s pure gold! As a cellist and Beatles fan, this video really made my day!
Thanks, David!
Thank you! My only regret is that I couldn't get those cello glissandos!
@@DavidBennettPiano And some of those cello parts could've been in tenor clef, but I imagine you didn't want to deal with that!
Anyway, great stuff! Impressive how it turned out!
Astounding, David. 👏👏👏
Thanks Aimee!
Thanks Aimee!
Thanks Aimee!
Thanks Aimee!
As a 67 year old life long Beatles fan, I have to say that was amazing it must have taken forever to do, and you hit the nail on the head, Genius
Thanks!!
Goo-goo ja-joob!
Technically, you could only have been a fan for about 58 of your 67 years 🙂
My favorite Beatles song along with A Day in the Life, and one of the greatest rock songs ever I think, and I still think it's underrated. It's such a fun track, full of creativity and studio tricks, so ahead of its time, and yet it's a bit dark too and is very subversive. It's the perfect Beatles song. I also really love the guitar in it, even if it is buried in the mix.
A song with intentionally nonsensical lyrics that is a masterpiece nonetheless.Even john's throwaway lyrics surpass most songwriters best.
Yo that was so much fun! And the end result was amazing! The string arrangement is beautiful, I had never realized that before but it sounds great here. Next level stuff!!
One of my favourite things in this whole process was transcribing the strings and horns... BOY was George Martin a legend!!!
@@DavidBennettPiano George Martin was a genius with his arrangements! He added so much to the band’s dynamic range!
This video made me appreciate the song on a whole new level. Your production enhances The Beatles' music for me and that's an astonishing feat.
This is one of the most interesting videos I've seen in a while. Thanks David.
Also you should've added some reverb and distortion to the vocals
Thank you!
There is already distortion and reverb on the vocals, but perhaps I could have put more on.
@@DavidBennettPiano it was fine, there's always one in a comment section.
Haha I could hear the reverb and distortion
Yeah but the thing is, Lennon added the psychotic amount of it
For all the wonderful work that went into this, the mixing was really mushy and flat. Go back and listen to the original. The cellos grab you by the throat , they are way up front in the mix, and Ringo's drumming is really fat sounding. All the pieces are there, and I appreciate the hard work that went into them, but it could sound so much better.
Anyone else love the oasis rendition of this song? Singing along while playing the chords and fills has to be some of the most fun you can have with an electric guitar!
Yes I love how they took the track and made it into just a basic four piece rock band arrangement, they totally made it their own in the best possible way
@@willbainbridgedrummer Is this comment sarcastic?
@@silvar4399 not at all, I'm an Oasis fanboy, seeing Liam in July
@@willbainbridgedrummer great, I agree with you! i think the keyboard + clean guitar arrangement sort of hides the immense power in the chord changes imo.
Should've got Liam to do the vocals on this LOL.
This is the content I need in my life.
Great!! I'm glad your content with my content.
@@DavidBennettPiano Ayy, keeps me inspired and happy.
This is a great rendition of the song! Having said that, I have even more appreciation for the original’s arrangement and production quality. The Beatles were definitely so leading edge for their time.
Can I just say... I love your channel so much that I feel your success as if it were my own. Ok, back to the video now.
Thank you Marina!!
Great job, man! It always warms this 60+ heart to see a younger generation appreciating the magic of The Beatles! As I did as a little kid.
Stunning. And the mellotron is the single most amazing instrument ever. Next to the Moog of course
As per the rest of the comments on here, yes, this is definitely a great recreation that takes a lot of skill and time. Now just pause a minute to appreciate the talent to come up with it originally to create it by The Beatles and George Martin. Amazeballs! 🤯👍
That's what I was thinking.
You did a great job at dissecting and then recreating this song. This should make people appreciate just what the Beatles achieved because they did this before computers and cell phones.
Wow. This is spectacular. Really captures the authenticity the original track had.
And your friend did a great job imitating the vocal timbre of John Lennon (Although he had such a unique sound to his voice that it's almost impossible to 100% imitate)
This is amazing! If you did something like this for a Brian WIlson production, something like Good VIbrations or God Only Knows, I would flip!!!
What a mind blowing work my friend!!!
Absolutely amazing.
Thank you!
Bloody excellent You should be doing this for a living, great job working on things like this is amazing!
The Analogs are brilliant at bringing the Beatles sound to a live performance. Considering this was pretty much your own efforts, I salute you!
Their live version of a day in the life is brilliant
Better luck searching if spelled as they do, "Analogues"--but yes: enthusiastically seconding this recommendation.
Absolutely amazing!!! A wonderful era to experience with "I am a Walrus" released in 1967 followed by 2001 A space odyssey in 1968.....WOW!!! Looking forward to your first composition David
This is staggeringly good! Please do more!
Thanks!! I was considering doing "A Day In The Life" next!
@@DavidBennettPiano This would make my life. Please do it!
@@DavidBennettPiano Do it, man!
@@DavidBennettPiano PLEAAAAASE DOOOOOOOOOOOO
I can't imagine the amount of editing involved in this and similar videos. Every single frame is thought out and presented wonderfully. Hats off!!
Make this blow up. It has potential to please the algorithm, and it definitely deserves it.
Well done, David, definitely a labour of love!
Spectacular recreation
Thanks!!
Here is the thing. When we watch one of your videos, we typically expect to find a really well-thought-out video explaining to us something about music, usually popular. You've set a really high standard. So, here, you've put together a performance. And, not suprisiingly, it meets the standard we expect from you. This was amazing. Thank you.
Awesome! I have to get my 2 daughters to play together and experiment a bit like this. My 13 yr old is has just finished grade 9 piano Conservatory and the 10 yr old is grade 6 violin. I've had the older one play some jazz, and some pop like Queen, Coldplay... but they both love the Beatles too... I have got them watching your videos to supplement their theory classes. Thanks!
if your family is jamming together and playing classic beatles songs like "all together now"; you're a successful parent
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@@secretjazz93 thanks! I love music and wanted the kids to love music as well. I never got to play when I was a kid, but my kids started at 3 and half and 4 yrs old. They can't remember not playing. We love this channel.
If we're blown away by the complexity of this song and its multilayered arrangement and mixtures, we get a much greater appreciation of the creative geniuses who wrote this masterpiece.
Outstanding job!!! Wow
Thanks!!
9:28 I always loved the strings at this part. Is just an amazing song
Thanks for all of your hard work David. Excellent job!
Thanks!
that was awesome!!
Wonderful job with this!! Bravo!
Thanks!!
Amazing recreation. Personally I feel the vocals let it down quite a bit but the rest of it was pretty much spot on.
It turned out so good! That's amazing!
Thanks!!
Really awesome!
Also this video is edited and produced and made absolutely wonderfully, I'm really really impressed David, excellent job!
Thank you!!
0:15 That is definitely a Lennon flub that is nonetheless part of the canon.
I think this video may well be your masterpiece. Bravo👏👏👏
Thank you Carlos! I was nervous about uploading something a bit different so I'm really glad you like it!
@@DavidBennettPiano as a hard die Beatles fan, this is a perfect rendition to this classic. Your talent and dedication never cease to amaze me. Greetings from Spain, keep up the good work😎👍
This is great!!! Loved how well the timbre of the lead vocals were recreated as that can definitely be very tough to get right
An absolutely amazing effort! Thanks for posting! 😀
This is so good! I've been in a real creative slump lately with music but this makes me want to jump back into playing some music! Cheers!
It's testament to Lennon's and Martin's talent that, between them, they managed to make twaddle sound like the greatest song ever written. No small testament to your own talent, too, David! Fascinating video! 👍
Don't forget Paul, George & Ringo's contributions.
@@brianinglis3805 Of course! On this song in particular, though, the main creative input, as I understand it, came from Lennon and Martin, but I'm certainly not an expert on The Beatles so would gladly be corrected.
@@DavidBeddard You would be surprised. By this stage Paul was the driving force behind The Beatles and had a lot of creative input helping arrange songs written by John & George.
Wow. That was awesome! I have no more words, just incredible work man. Cheers!!!
Thank you!
The vocals really make the original. Great stuff. I’m so happy to own all the Beatles music. It never gets old. 🥳
I had no idea you can play the drums! Awesome!
And read drum notation!
Astonishing job here! Glad to see the Beatles' legacy being taken good care of in the hands of fellows like this chap.
My favorite Beatles' song EVER! Good job (I like the voice, very nice).
I am not a trained musician, but I like music, including The Beatles, and this is amazing. I genuinely think The Beatles themselves would be impressed by what is achieved here. Great channel.
As a lifelong Beatles fan, I have to commend you on your rebuild of "Walrus." Kudos!
Well done. Really quality effort.
I´ve said it before: MY ABSOLUTE BEATLES FAVORITE SONG. A great work David and I´ll wait patiently for the analysis. It has some very unusual chord sequences and ideas. Thanks a lot.
Well David. Super talented. What a great way to enjoy a Sunday morning cup of tea.
Phenomenal bro!
Cheers!!
Awesome job man. Would love to see you do more videos like this where you're performing and still doing analysis
Amazing to see such dedication, you really went above and beyond with this one! Thank you for creating content for us :)
Excellent, I just watched a doc on the origin, you did a great job
This is fantastic David! I loved it
This song, and your fantastic cover, shows "how much George Martin" is in many Beatles songs. He was / is a legend in studio music production! R.I.P.
in reality he was the fifth beatle.
I worked with George on a couple of occasions (both in the studio and live) and I can confirm he was a thoroughly nice chap. I was quite young and some of my colleagues didn't know who he was or how important he was in popular culture because they all came from a classical background and didn't really listen to pop music. I came from a Beatles mad house so I just stood there in awe mostly.
Fantastic job, I’m very very impressed!
Just a small suggestion to make it even better: at the end, together with the “oompa oompa stick it on your jumper” there’s another chorus singing “everybody’s got one, everybody’s got one”.
David, you’ve taken my appreciation of your musical, mixing and editing skills to a new level. Huge thanks!
Brilliant homage to a game changing song for the time!!
Always felt walrus was underrated!
Thank you!
Was and is!
Dude. Awesome. Your videos are amazing.
I discovered this song as a 10-yr-old while sitting on the living room floor, playing my parents' old records, and I was immediately hooked. I remember ranting and raving to all my elementary school friends about the Beatles, incessantly. I was so excited to have discovered such wonderful music. Later, as I got older remember feeling so grateful for that period of discovery. I'm in my 40s now, and still obsessed with music, thanks in large part to the Beatles.
More indepth videos like this would
Be cool. Showing us you recording stuff and getting in on the down low. New perspective on your content creation
Thanks!
Yes 👍 I enjoyed watching it a lot.
Fantastic. I love this channel and this is a high point. Nice one!
Thanks!
IMHO this is about the most important song ever, I was 10 years old when it was released. I love it since. One of the 3 Lennon songs which made other musicians open their eyes. It was the seed of Prog. About 4 minutes of a creativity beyond anything else. Remember it was 1967. the other 2 songs are Tomorrow Never Knows and Strawberry Fields. But the Walrus was always my favorite because of its weirdness.
Wow!! That is as authentic as it could possibly be and shows the genius and complexity of the song. Well done and thanks for sharing
Wow!
Thanks!
Genius ❤
This is so awesome
Titanic Sinclair On the contrary this is brilliant when you consider firstly this track is iconic and the best Beatles track other than 'A day in the life; Tomorrow never knows' While my Guitar gently weeps'; you have to remember
this is music of its time and is also timeless
I would suggest to understand the song it would be a good idea to listen to the Spooky Tooth version which is the best version because the musicians are far superior to the Beatles and the sound is much more authentic and edgy
I think the drumming is also far superior on the Spooky Tooth version which is important to the context of the song
but what a great effort! because George Martin was the fifth Beatle and his production was so important to the Beatles sound in general
I hope this helps keep going and next should be 'A day in the life' on your list and then the other two songs I mentioned
take care
Perfect, just perfect. love this video, almost made me cry. Thankyou, love your content.
Thanks!!
This is a super great video of your process, I love seeing breakdowns of things like this!
I really hate to be critical, but since this is so *very* close there's one thing that stands out to me in the transcription. It's a really easy fix, but I think it would make a huge difference.
The main string lead at the start of the song where it goes from holding B to C# then D - The original holds the B for 15 16th pulses, and does a quick 16th C# then up to D at the start of the next bar. In your transcription you have the B held for 13 with the C# being held for 3, and it doesn't have the same punchiness.
Really looking forward to the video on this song, I've always loved it and I'm super interested to hear what you have to say about it!
Brilliant video as usual, David. Your channel is a shining light.
Incredibleeeee 😎👌
Thanks!
Wow!!! What an astounding recreation! Absolutely brilliant!
I know you did this for another video you are going to make but if you just kept recreating elaborate Beatles songs like this I would watch!
You are so clever! The whole thing from all the instruments and the technology. Makes my head spin. You are a genius. The singer did a great job too! It's all the the detail. Amazing!!!!! I'm flabbergasted. What a great packaged video too. Is there no end to your talents?
"David, how many instruments can you play?"
David: "Yes"
Does AM radio count? 😎
@@DavidBennettPiano if Noel Gallagher could get away with someone playing the scissors on stage, I think AM radio definitely counts.
@@andrewwebb3431 That's nothing, Super Furry Animals had Paul McCartney on Celery for "Receptacle for the Respectable".
That's amazing! Great job recreating a masterpiece.
If Paul will see this, he will cry!
He might still remember what they had to go through on a 4-track tape machine. No PC problems, but anything else.
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Really enjoyed this video. Great stuff!
Thanks!
Great effort, well done, his voice is very nearly almost there, kinda the right tone going on but he doesn't sound rough and strained, and well the lack of a Scouse accent does make some words just sound completely off on their pronunciation, but all credit to him for his effort.
I'm not sure if it's his voice or the effects but it's too high, not notewise, but like a lack of body if that makes sense
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That does make sense but it remains within the key of the music that accompanies them so that's not a problem, if I could use an analogy it would be slightly over exaggerated somewhat but would still strike a point.
It's like covering a Bob Dylan song with an opera singer not singing in an operatic way but more of a pop way, their voice is highly trained and highly tunes and will be full of clarity, crystal clear and "clean" and opposed to Bob Dylan's "rough" and broken voice.
The singer in this cover has a voice that hits all the right highs and lows, but it is just "too clean" unlike John Lennon's "rough" and broken raspy vocals, John is quite strained, this guy doesn't seem to strain to reach the same levels.
The pronunciations that I mentioned in my original comment? Well that is going to happen no matter who covers the song if they do not come from the same city as The Beatles (or even myself since I am from Liverpool too), I kind of like Jimi Hendrix's covers of Thea Beatles and Cream songs but I could hardly expect him to sound English right!
the vocal was the weak link here...he can hold a tune....good pitch...but it lacks the aggression and attitide of lennon.
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I don'y know you know, I guess I can see where you're coming from but I really can't sense any aggression from John's vocals either so I can't see how this guys lack of aggression in his voice would make any difference.
As for attitude, is there any attitude to John's voice? Please define your meaning for attitude in relation to John's vocals, I just sense "emotion" in his voice and therefore vocals which I definitely do not sense in this cover version, our local (Scouse) tone is a very emotion filled one.
@@redlioness6627 Yea, you're very correct. "Too clean" is a much better way to describe it, a quality that my brain just expects from the song after hearing it so many times. A wonderful cover tho