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MIKE GERBER • In thinking about Devin’s great post on favorite Beatle micro-moments, last week’s “Breakfast with the Beatles” reminded me of one…which may or may not exist? I only doubt it because I can’t seem to find corroboration via Google—which is, I suppose, a comment on what we’ve become (yes, I’m including you whether you like it or not).
Anyway, it’s an extra “something” in “I Want to Hold Your Hand”—a ghostly buried response that occurs at about 1:23 in this video.
Do you hear it, too? Maybe come over to where I’m standing…or hunch down to my height…Is this an authentic I Want to Hold Your Hand recording error?
It sounds like a vocal double tracking error or a little snippet of something from a punch in overdub. I think. Definitely a voice, sounds like half of a syllable. To me, anyway.
Hmmm – I tend to agree with what the “Beatles Anomalies List” has to say on this topic:
After the word “something”, a voice whispers “something” (right channel). John, as ever, seems to forget the vocals and ad-libs “balum-a-lumba Haaand”.
🙂
John should’ve ad-libbed every song; his language is easily as entertaining as English.
I’ve just found the world’s greatest micro-moment. Check it out!