With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles) - A Cappella Barbershop cover
With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles) - A Cappella
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Credits:
► Original song by The Beatles
► Barbershop arrangement by Realtime
► Audio and video editing by Julien Neel
--- ABOUT THIS COLLAB ---
Dan and I started this project mid-September 2011. We were both very enthusiastic with the way the barbershop group Realtime arranged this Beatles classic and decided to give it a shot. We purposely adapted the lyrics to keep it PG13. A private joke for my mom. ;-)
Quick timeline of events:
- Sep 2011: Transcribing the arrangement...
- Oct 2011: Julien sings bass,
- Nov 2011: Dan sings bari & tenor / Julien sings lead,
- Dec 2011: Julien masters & mixes audio / Dan shoots his videos,
- Jan 2012: Julien shoots his videos / Julien edits & renders the project.
--- INFO ---
"With a Little Help from My Friends" (originally titled "A Little Help from My Friends") is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The song was written for and sung by The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr as the character "Billy Shears"; it is ranked #304 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
--- LYRICS ---
What would you do if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ear and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I sing high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.
What do I do when my love is away?
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do I feel by the end of the day?
(Are you sad because you're on your own?)
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, sing high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna to try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know she's mine.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I sing high with a little help from my friends,
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody?
I just need someone to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Ooh, I get high with a little help from my friends
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
with a little help from my friends
--- DID YOU KNOW? ---
Lennon and McCartney finished writing this song in mid-March 1967, written specifically as Starr's track for the album. It was briefly called "Bad Finger Boogie" (later the inspiration for the band name Badfinger), supposedly because Lennon composed the melody on a piano using his middle finger after having hurt his forefinger; but in his 1980 Playboy interview Lennon said: "This is Paul, with a little help from me. 'What do you see when you turn out the light/ I can't tell you, but I know it's mine...' is mine." Lennon also attributed most of the song to McCartney in his 1972 Hit Parader interview: "Paul. It was Paul's idea. I think I helped with some of the words. In fact, I did. Hunter Davies was there when we did it and mentioned it in the book. 'What do you see when you turn out the light, I can't tell you but I know it's mine.' That was mine."
Lennon and McCartney deliberately wrote a tune with a limited range - except for the last note, which McCartney worked closely with Starr to achieve. Speaking in the Anthology, Starr insisted on changing the first line which originally was "What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me?" He changed the lyric so that fans would not throw tomatoes at him should he perform it live. (In the early days, after George Harrison made a passing comment that he liked jelly babies, the group was showered with them at all of their live performances.)
