According to Ringo Starr, ‘the two things that are new are Paul’s bass and me on drums…’
After Paul McCartney be the target of criticism for announcing the recording of the “final song” by Beatles with the help of Artificial intelligence (AI), the drummer Ringo Starr came out in defense of the new song Fab Fouralso formed by John Lennon It is George Harrison.
During an interview with Today Programfrom the BBC Radio 4in June 2023, McCartney revealed how the AI allowed him to “extract” the vocals from Lennon from an old demo track. That is, now he would be able to complete the song in a professional version.
However, the singer, songwriter and bassist did not comment on what this demo would be, but it is already in the process of being completed. As the site reported, the song can be “now and then,” developed by Lennon in 1978. This song was given to Paul McCartney per Yoko Onowidow of John Lennonin 1994.
“now and then” was on a cassette tape recorded by Lennon shortly before his death on December 8, 1980 and was called for paul. The members of Beatles considered releasing the track in the series Anthologyfrom 1995, but they gave up on the idea because they would have to carry out an extensive work to finalize it.
Now, during an interview with Variety, Ringo Starr commented on how the song is made from authentic recordings from the era – and fans don’t have to worry that everything depends on Artificial intelligence.
“It’s not about AI. It’s not like we’re faking anything. It’s actually the voice of Johnvoice and bass paul, George [Harrison] on rhythm guitar and me on drums,” said the artist. “The two things that are new are Paul’s bass and me on drums…”
I actually worked on it a few months ago here. And it works. It’s a beautiful song. You know, despite all the craziness going on around it, it’s still a beautiful track. And our last song.
Furthermore, Starr talked about his motive and McCartney having chosen to revisit the project in 2023: “I don’t know. Paul must have had a slow day. He said, ‘You know that track we did? Do you want to work on that?'”
It’s touching, because the four of us are there, and we’ll never be again.
Source: Rollingstone
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