Mr Nice GuyThe Beatles - Free As A Bird
October 15th 2010 05:37
The song had been written and recorded as a demo by John Lennon in 1977 when it (as folklore would have it) Paul McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for any unreleased material by Lennon.
"Free as a Bird" was chosen as being the song all three remaining Beatles could be involved in with regards to finishing the arrangement.
Beatles tragic, Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra was asked to co-produce the record as he had worked with George Harrison as part of The Traveling Wilburys.
The music video for "Free as a Bird" was produced by Vincent Joliet and directed by Joe Pytka (Space Jam) and depicts, from the point of view of a bird in flight, many references to The Beatles songs, such as "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane", "Paperback Writer", "A Day in the Life", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Helter Skelter". "Free as a Bird" later won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was The Beatles' 34th Top 10 single in America. It was the first of two singles by the group to become a Top 40 hit in the 1990s [the other being "Real Love" in 1996].
The jury is still out as to whether this blatant grab for money can be genuinely classed as part of the Beatles catalogue or whether the bardardisation of the tune and inclusion of Lynne is proof alone that some things should simply be left alone.
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