Which Beatles song has the most technically challenging vocals?

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  1. Wildest cat from montana

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    Are you asking me ? I doubt there was .
    But in my post I'm talking about ' If I Fell '
     
  2. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    AGREED!
     
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  3. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    NO, thankfully! a mono AR would have been a drag...: )
     
  4. TheDailyBuzzherd

    TheDailyBuzzherd Forum Resident

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    "Helter Skelter"
     
  5. Canoli

    Canoli Forum Resident

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    I’m no singer by any stretch but when I sing along to And Your Bird Can Sing, I find those vocals to be challenging.
     
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  6. DK Pete

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    ...not really hard at all.
     
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  7. DK Pete

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    A couple of countries issued fold down versions but no true mono mix.
     
  8. mark winstanley

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    Lots of great vocals here, but I don't necessarily see belting out a rocker as technically challeging.

    Baby you're a rich man has that slide between falsetto and rock vocals, that can be pretty challenging sometimes
     
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  9. WhoAreYou

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    Baby’s In Black’s harmonies ain’t a walk in the park either.
     
  10. Mai Tem Baht

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    We are not all born with the same musical ear which means some of us can easily hear, decipher and recreate (and create) harmony, while some of us don't have the first clue. And some of us are somewhere in the middle.
     
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  11. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product

    It depends. For many harmonies are a stroll in the park
     
  12. WhoAreYou

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    They are for me, generally. But when the harmony is predominantly lower on the scale than the melody, it can be a little off putting
     
  13. Frank Discussion

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    Because
     
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  14. EddieMann

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    This Boy was the first one to come to mind. There are a few live performances where John struggles to hit those notes. But when they nailed it...wow!
     
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  15. Chance

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    Technical demands? No, he never sore them at all.
     
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  16. pseudopod

    pseudopod Dig Yourself

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    "She's Leaving Home" would be a tough one.
     
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  17. chacha

    chacha Forum Resident In Memoriam

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    It always seemed peculiar to me that John singled Oh Darling out because Paul’s vocal is stunningly good on it.
     
  18. jpgrbtalls

    jpgrbtalls Forum Resident

    I would think that the most difficult would be "Strawberry Fields Forever", especially after the first verse when the splice kicks in.
    On a more serious note, a bootleg of the recording session for "Think For Yourself" shows the lads having difficulty getting the backing vocals right.
     
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  19. MarcS

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    Sounds like they had a helluva time getting Think for Yourself down.
     
  20. Fischman

    Fischman RockMonster, ClassicalMaster, and JazzMeister

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    Touche!
     
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  21. Price.pittsburgh

    Price.pittsburgh Forum Resident

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    Revolution 9
     
  22. GodBlessTinyTim

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    John barely manages to scrape the low G's in the verses of "I'm a Loser".

     
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  23. ZenArcher

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    Has anyone ever heard a decent cover of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”? The vocal cannot the pulled off by anyone else; it ends up sounding strained and ridiculous.
     
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  24. Lord Hawthorne

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    "She's A Woman" is hard to sing loud.
     
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  25. DmitriKaramazov

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    She’s Leaving Home
     
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