Comments on: Tell Me Why

By: Jeff Maas

Jeff Maas — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 01:22:14 +0000

It all sounds better in mono

By: Only a nowhere girl

Only a nowhere girl — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:30:34 +0000

There’s somebody talking and clapping in the background in the intro.

By: Only a nowhere girl

Only a nowhere girl — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:26:37 +0000

I agree with you about John’s driving voice, I think it sounds kind of agonized and begging and perfectly matches the lyrics. But his voice IS double-tracked which can be heard very easily as it wasn’t double-tracked too precisely. At around 0:45 you can hear the “t” (of “Tell me why”) twice, for example.

By: Sergioq

Sergioq — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 05:50:10 +0000

You can defintely hear the piano at the end of the middle eight or bridge. Whatever it’s called.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:37:31 +0000

Another thing about this track is that it features a particularly resonant vocal by John, a sort of perfect harnessing of nasal resonance or something. Something about his voice just seems to have a little more oomph than usual. It also doesn’t appear to be double-tracked, right? Perhaps this has something to do with it.

Does anyone else notice anything like this?

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:05:11 +0000

Wow, this is fantastic, thank you for posting it! Do you have more of this sort of thing?

By: DoBotherMe

DoBotherMe — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:14:06 +0000

He did. See my post below with isolations of the three parts.

By: DoBotherMe

DoBotherMe — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:06:53 +0000

Here is a link to George’s harmony part.
http://web.mac.com/alubman/iWeb/Site/harmonies/tmw/tmwg.mp3

Paul
http://web.mac.com/alubman/iWeb/Site/harmonies/tmw/tmwp.mp3

John
http://web.mac.com/alubman/iWeb/Site/harmonies/tmw/tmwj.mp3

By: DoBotherMe

DoBotherMe — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:09:50 +0000

George sings harmony on this, all on one note like a drone.

By: Vonbontee

Vonbontee — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:06:48 +0000

Great song! To my ears, this one always sounded more Motown-ish than “Got To Get You Into My Life”, even.

By: robert

robert — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:45:29 +0000

This is one of my favorite Beatle songs of all time – it really is very different and the syncopated breaks make the song take off like a rocket – along with Riingo’s manic drumming.

Seeing AHDN for the first time in 64 – I can tell you when that song come on at the end – the theater went nuts.

At the same time, I have always felt the production clarity was somewhat mushy – in particular the falsettos seem to overload and burn a bit.

But this song takes off from the first beat and never stops – imagine trying to write this one!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:05:25 +0000

I always thought that Ringo’s drumming on this track was fantastic, and should have been brought up more in the mix. It is such a shame that most of the fills are buried. Still a great track though.

By: paulsbass

paulsbass — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:05:31 +0000

No, the piano is clearly there, especially the low octaves are well audible (maybe he plays only the bass notes).
I hsve to check the backing vocals with headphones. Some are John, but I think I can at least hear Paul.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:19:47 +0000

Lennon sang lead and harmony vocals. Everett says the piano was wiped.

By: GnikNus

GnikNus — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:49:02 +0000

This song just doesn’t sound like it was recorded very well, even the remastered version doesn’t sound good…or maybe I’ve just heard it in stereo, does it sound better in mono?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:05:44 +0000

I think you’re right. George is listed as doing harmonies in Revolution In The Head, but I’m not sure he did.

By: Gustavo Solórzano Alfaro

Gustavo Solórzano Alfaro — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:16:00 +0000

I don’t have Lewishon book right here, but I think George didn’t sing on this one. The harmony was too high for him, so it’s John on lead vocals and John and Paul on harmony.