"I am the Walrus" recreated

[spoox]

I saw this a few weeks ago and was going to post it because Bennet did such a great job but also because he was using an NS Starfire IV. I'd forgotten but this morning saw his follow up video in which he analyses the song's chord structure and arrangement and so had to watch it again. He had to recreate the song for the second video as for copyright reasons he couldn't use the original on YouTube. Even the vocalist sounded very similar to Lennon:

 

[walrus]

That was cool!

walrus

 

[spoox]

That was cool!

walrus

I was counting on that response from you!

 

[Westerly Wood]

wow, that vocalist sounds like Lennon. So cool!

 

[dreadnut]

Wow, excellent!

 

[davismanLV]

Well, that was VERY cool!! And at the beginning I was thinking no way I'd be able to stick with it all the way through but honestly, he had me from go.... and I watched the whole thing. Fascinating!! Thanks, @spoox !!!

 

[Uke]

I saw this a few weeks ago and was going to post it because Bennet did such a great job but also because he was using an NS Starfire IV. I'd forgotten but this morning saw his follow up video in which he analyses the song's chord structure and arrangement and so had to watch it again. He had to recreate the song for the second video as for copyright reasons he couldn't use the original on YouTube. Even the vocalist sounded very similar to Lennon:

The talent and technology in this makes me want to go hide in a corner with my D55.

 

[davismanLV]

The talent and technology in this makes me want to go hide in a corner with my D55.

You're not alone...... Jeeze!!

 

[5thumbs]

That was freakin' amazing!

 

[chazmo]

Fascinating.

Reminiscent (creatively speaking) of the days when Wendy/Walter Carlos was integrating early digital synthesis with analog back in the day.

Honestly, I never paid that much attention to I am the Walrus before. Very cool.

 

[HeyMikey]

Brilliant piece of work. He is very talented.

 

[Midnight Toker]

Talk about recreating Walrus...

Just so happens....my avatar <<< is me playing I Am The Walrus at a friend's big annual punk rock party. There was an outdoor stage all set up w/ 5-6 bands playing during the day...then our makeshift band including the party's host (who owns a business selling hard to find car parts specializing in old GTO's.) we had one 2 hr practice, none of us had ever played together before...picked 4 tunes to do. So typical MD weather called for clear skies, and we got a freak rain storm and had to move our set in his parts garage. After our slop mini set of Walrus, Days of Wine and Roses, and quite honestly, I can't even recall the other 2 as I'd never heard, much less heard of...those two other tunes besides having actually played them 3-4 times. (I'm playing through the host's 70's solid state ampeg reverberocket. (not a fan, sorry to say)

Our last min band name...The Chucks...after the mysterious older Cunningham brother on Happy Days. After we played, the skies cleared, we dragged the PA back outside, and the Slikee Boys closed out the night. Great fun.

Squealing Punk Rock 66 T100-d Guild Content!!!

 

[LeFinPepere]

Thanks for this one, Spoox! I am the Walrus is a fascinating song, I've absolutely loved it at first sight (Well, hearing, in that case..)
The lyrics are ....umph!!!!....dunno...it's like he's talking from Wonderland with Alice by his side,or the Jester's point of view in a Shakespeare play, everything is crazy, yet perfectly normal...Lennon at his best there , imho...I thought it was an "impossible" tune to play, but then I heard Zappa's cover, and then this ...(Not that I can play it!) It's very enjoyable to have a glance under the hood of songs like that.....(makes you think:"well, it's quite simple , in fact!-a variation on "I could have painted that Picasso-but I never had the idea, nor the skills!")
It's really a perfectly crafted piece of art, so elegant!!