So did the reviewer at Cashbox: "Take one step back, the Beatles ease their progressive pace with this knocking rhythm side that features Ringo Starr in a rare vocal showing..." This is referenced in the song's Wikipedia entry.
That's funny. I also thought it was Ringo. And, for some reason, I thought this photo was them recording it (obviously, unaware that it was recorded a year after this was taken):
One of my favorite Beatles singles. I love Mccartney’s vocal on it. My all time favorite vocal by him is the studio version of Maybe I’m Amazed. Stunning!
I loved his voice and vocal personas in the decca sessions....we agree on lots but usually not on music I notice...
I prefer the rock show lady Madonna...my go to version...and he looks like he’s in math playing the piano....in fact I prefer that version over Beatles version .....
I think our agreements/disagreements are about 50-50; I've always had a problem with the approach of Paul's pre-Parlophone vocals. It's interesting how much he changed his style once they started making proper records.
Your guesstimate is probably closer to the truth about our agreements/disagreements which makes you an interesting poster for me to respond to as I have to formulate sound reason in my comments you disagree with and I’m not just in an echo chamber with you. Your posts are longer with supported info and I learn lots from them.
Everyone learns from everyone here...it's just that some are too deep into their own cloud to admit it now and again. I've been a Beatles obsessive for the vast majority of my life; among "musical circles of friends", I was the Beatles know-it-all. Once I became a part of the Amazon forums and to a far greater degree here, I very quickly humbled and learned a lot a never knew or, even more jarring, THOUGHT I knew. And the technical knowledge here in terms of audio equipment is second to positively none.
He was trying out various vocal personas to suit the songs…love those sessions and listen to them along.
Yes…it’s back here …love his voice here and this song…thanks for posting this song possibly my favorite on Macca III.
Thing is I read he wrote it for Elvis, sent it to him, but Elvis returned it, so paul put it on London Town.
There’s nothing wrong with trying different personas. There are plenty of songs where Paul sounds like himself.
If any one Pop/Rock vocalist was the master of many voices, it was Paul. But that Latin lover type approach in pre-fame songs such as Like Dreamers Do, Besame Much and Love of the Loved sounded very fake and unflattering, IMO.
Maybe I misunderstood you. I thought you were referring to “Lady Madonna” and other such songs. I agree with you on the Decca session. He hadn’t found his true voice yet.
He had a great gift with adaptation of vocal personas and in his late Beatles and seventies decade vocal hay day. I can’t imagine those songs and albums had he done some of that stuff with his “regular” voice. Imagine monkberry moon delight, eat at home, several back to the egg songs, beware my love album version, Lucille in Kampuchea, summertime on choba, call me back again, rock show version, wild life WOE or album version, etc, done in his “regular” voice which would sound lame …and which would have seriously detracted from the uniqueness and power of the songs and performances. His vocal versatility in his vocal hay day was truly an asset and he used it well. I’m very grateful I saw him perform with wings in his vocal hay day, doing all styles using his different vocal personas as the subsequent times I saw him, vocally were no match for the wings tour when he easily swung vocally from one style to another. All really flexible vocalists have to ..”put on” to adjust their voices to the styles.
Yes, he was trying out different voices with different songs…as no one knew what decca wanted. The Latin lover type voice was popular in the early sixties when bolero type stuff was the rage but the style soon faded with entry of brit invasion.
