The Fab Four have their fair share of haunted music đ¶. Three of the living members of the iconic rock group produced these videos.
https://youtu.be/ax7krBKzmVI?s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=ODIvONHPqpk&embeds_referâŠ
This is also an appropriate time to review the few words that follow.
The Beatles made music that transcended their generation, touching lives for decades to come. Their work at times has more than a hint of the uncannyâlayers of hidden meaning that seem to touch on unmasked areas of the subconscious.
Still, when the band reconvened in the mid-90s, they could scarcely have imagined how deeply it would affect them. Yoko Ono gifted Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr a cassette featuring homemade demos recorded by the late John Lennon. Deciding to record two of these for the Anthology project, the trio worked alongside producer Jeff Lynne on âFree As A Birdâ and âReal Loveâ.
Right from the start, the reconvened group knew how difficult it would be to measure up to their illustrious past â especially without John Lennon in tow. Paul McCartney explainedâŠ
âShe was there with Sean ⊠and she played us a couple of tracks. There were two newies on mono cassettes which he did at home ⊠I checked it out with Sean because I didnât want him to have a problem with it. He said, âWell, hearing a dead guy on lead vocal will be weird. But give it a try.â I told them both, âIf it doesnât work out, you can veto it.â When I told George and Ringo Iâd agreed to that they were going, âWhat? What if we love it?â It didnât come to that, luckily. I said to Yoko, âDonât impose too many conditions on us, itâs really difficult to do this, spiritually. We donât know, we may hate each other after two hours in the studio and just walk out. So donât put any conditions, itâs tough enough.â Suddenly, a white peacock came into view, and all three felt the presence of John Lennon. McCartney said, âI said to the other guys, âThatâs John!â Spooky, eh? It was like John was hanging around. We felt that through the recording.â
But there is a little more to the story. John once told his son Julian that if anything should ever happen to him, he would send a white feather and that would be the signal he was watching over him and things would be OK. Julian did eventually have a white feather handed to him by an Aborigine in Australia while discussing issues important to the native population there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSPChB3H-MA
To learn more about the White Feather Foundation.