Royal Genes


Safe For Kids





You Know My Name



5 Dec 2006 19:47:37 -0800 rec.music.beatles
previous


richardfangnail...
In the first section of just Paul singing lead, is he doing an
impression of Elvis Presley?

fishandchips...
Bing Crosby


Who sings the lead in the bouncy part that sounds like a clown?

fattuchus...
I'm not sure what you mean by bouncy part that sounds like a clown. The
whole song strikes me as a comedy.

There is one part with a high voice and exaggerated English accent;
that sounds like John to me. Is that what you mean by bouncy part?

There is another part where there is a low voice which seems to be
making nonsense sounds and at the end there is a higher voice going
"ooohh yeh, oohh yeh." To my ears, the low voice is John and the higher
voice going "oooh yeh" is Paul.

terra...
He means the ska part.

I don't know, sounds like Paul.


fishandchips...
John, the clown


Seerialmom...
I thought he was trying to imitate someone else like Frank Sinatra. :)

Dale Houstman...
I don't know specifically, but the musical genre he is imitating
pre-dates Frank (and even Bing) by a few good years. It is pure
vaudeville/music hall. It just seems to me to be a generalized "crooner"
voice, as much beholden to such people as Rudy Vallee and a score of
unremembered music hall performers, as well as to the humorous approach
of the Bonzos, who also liked cheap jazz and music hall music.

Seerialmom...
That does make a lot more sense than Frank Sinatra...but definitely not
Elvis.
next