Cavernous voice on "Now and then"

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Cavernous voice on "Now and then"

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Hi, guys!

While I loved "Now and then", I´m intrigued by this voice I´m hearing on the chorus. It´s a deep, cavernous voice. Can´t figure if it´s Paul or Ringo and still can´t hear it clearly enough to replicate it. I haven´t decided yet if I like it or not. I´m still trying to figure it out, what it is doing on the song. It´s during the chorus bit. So far I´m thinking it´s a bit odd. I´m not sure... It may be a reverberation of the voices ensemble...

You guys know what I´m talking about? Any thoughts?
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Listening to the isolated tracks on YouTube (hXXps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sxQfGBpci0) - the backing vocals segment at 21' -, I get the feeling what I´m listening is Paul´s strain to hit the higher notes. Not the voice or the notes themselves. It gives an odd effect. I´ll let it rest before deciding how I like it.
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AI would have been very appropriate to get Paul and Ringo back to their younger selves – or at least their 40-year-old selves.
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billylentz wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:33 pm Hi, guys!

While I loved "Now and then", I´m intrigued by this voice I´m hearing on the chorus. It´s a deep, cavernous voice. Can´t figure if it´s Paul or Ringo and still can´t hear it clearly enough to replicate it. I haven´t decided yet if I like it or not. I´m still trying to figure it out, what it is doing on the song. It´s during the chorus bit. So far I´m thinking it´s a bit odd. I´m not sure... It may be a reverberation of the voices ensemble...

You guys know what I´m talking about? Any thoughts?
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alphabeatles wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:02 am AI would have been very appropriate to get Paul and Ringo back to their younger selves – or at least their 40-year-old selves.
And then if they did do that everyone would’ve had a fit. I can see the posts now in my mind.
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cliftdean74 wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:39 am
alphabeatles wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:02 am AI would have been very appropriate to get Paul and Ringo back to their younger selves – or at least their 40-year-old selves.
And then if they did do that everyone would’ve had a fit. I can see the posts now in my mind.
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Re: Cavernous voice on "Now and then"

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alphabeatles wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:05 am
cliftdean74 wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:39 am
alphabeatles wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:02 am AI would have been very appropriate to get Paul and Ringo back to their younger selves – or at least their 40-year-old selves.
And then if they did do that everyone would’ve had a fit. I can see the posts now in my mind.
I hear you! Now hear this!

hxxps://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7tGAkrK-cLDXS2lMM9O-4mgEpEQX9ft/view?usp=sharing
I'm 100% with you. I'm not suggesting it doesn't sound better but you know what I'm saying.
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Re: Cavernous voice on "Now and then"

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Of course! As for Ringo and Paul singing along, "Bless their hearts" as they say in the South... (I am not from the South but that's what they say there...)

Now and then, you know what I miss? Paul's voice!
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