The last Beatles song

2023-11-02 by Fernando Alves | 28 Comments
The Beatles have shared a previously unreleased song, 'Now and Then', taken from an old John Lennon demo and later finished by surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. You can stream it below.



Press release goes as follows:
Now and Then's eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day. The long mythologised John Lennon demo was first worked on in February 1995 by Paul, George and Ringo as part of The Beatles Anthology project but it remained unfinished, partly because of the impossible technological challenges involved in working with the vocal John had recorded on tape in the 1970s. For years it looked like the song could never be completed. But in 2022 there was a stroke of serendipity. A software system developed by Peter Jackson and his team, used throughout the production of the documentary series Get Back, finally opened the way for the uncoupling of John’s vocal from his piano part. As a result, the original recording could be brought to life and worked on anew with contributions from all four Beatles. This remarkable story of musical archaeology reflects The Beatles’ endless creative curiosity and shared fascination with technology. It marks the completion of the last recording that John, Paul and George and Ringo will get to make together and celebrates the legacy of the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.

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radianteclipse
November 3rd 2023
533 Comments


Meh

Trebor.
Emeritus
November 3rd 2023
60329 Comments


Thank God. Hope they can now enjoy retirement


ArsMoriendi
November 3rd 2023
42318 Comments


This isn't "Carnival of Light"

JoyfulPlatypus
Contributing Reviewer
November 3rd 2023
1263 Comments


Holy shit I forgot all about "It's Okay To Leave a Dog In a Hot Car" lmao

MoM
November 3rd 2023
5994 Comments


I like it

FrozenFirebug
November 3rd 2023
1196 Comments


not a big gain for music

sanji999
November 3rd 2023
59 Comments


Wut

Kaleid
November 3rd 2023
760 Comments


It's missing the middle-eight of the demo, but it's quite nice.

iHaveSex
November 3rd 2023
298 Comments


Didn’t know they were still making music. This is great!

SandwichBubble
November 3rd 2023
13965 Comments


Hate it when bands call it quits like this. They'll be back together in a few years for an overpriced "reunion tour," just wait.

nol
November 3rd 2023
12280 Comments


Doesn’t really sound like the Beatles, but it’s still a halfway decent song, maybe a bit overproduced in a way John would’ve scoffed at

but where’s carnival of light

nol
November 3rd 2023
12280 Comments


like fr Carnival of Light doesn’t even have to be good I just want to know what their thought process with the actual song was

nol
November 3rd 2023
12280 Comments


inb4 rowan says the version from John’s Instagram story clears

anat
November 3rd 2023
5852 Comments


I like it, I like the sentiment, it doesn’t feel hamfisted or cashing in or like it’s setting anything else up

NoXoR
November 3rd 2023
58 Comments


great song

radianteclipse
November 3rd 2023
533 Comments


Needs more Yoko Ono screeching

joshieboy
November 3rd 2023
8510 Comments


Nice work from a young and upcoming band

DatsNotDaMetulz
November 3rd 2023
4514 Comments


AI can fuck off out of music

Pheromone
November 3rd 2023
21850 Comments


best thing they've odne in a whil

anat
November 3rd 2023
5852 Comments


all AI did here was split stems lmao grow up, there’s no holograms or ghosts here

Pheromone
November 3rd 2023
21850 Comments


anat based basednat

fogza
November 3rd 2023
10224 Comments


It's not the best Beatles track but the video short was quite sweet and it's a remarkable little story

Dizchu
November 3rd 2023
767 Comments


This song is weird because I feel like it's meant to be a tribute to John Lennon but at the same time, Paul and Ringo don't have enough faith in his composition to let it speak for itself.

It feels like they wanted "the last Beatles song" to be more epic than the understated piano ballad it was intended to be.

The AI isolation of Lennon's voice sounds cool, I just wish they recorded the song differently.

ChaoticVortex
November 3rd 2023
1616 Comments


Nice song.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
November 3rd 2023
48411 Comments


version from John’s Instagram story clears

protokute
November 3rd 2023
2836 Comments


yes, i liked the demo more than the actual produced song

Tunaboy45
November 4th 2023
18939 Comments


Now Then Now Then

CaliggyJack
April 24th 2025
10921 Comments


The fact a new Beatles song was released in my lifetime is a fact I will forever treasure.



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