AHDN: This Boy Instrumental
abe slaney
have noticed that the instrumental version of This Boy that plays
while poor hung-over Ringo is wandering around by the river dropping
cameras, etc., sounds out-of-phase or a bit flanged. Anybody know if
this is intentional or accidental - or am I the only one who's ever
heard it that way?
Oh, and another AHDN question while I"m at it: near the end, after the
TV show, George asks Shake to get him a cup of tea, then adds "oh, and
would you get my boot?". Anybody know what that means? I don't think
he means he left one of his shoes in the dressing room, or that he'd
like Shake to go fetch the trunk of his car. So....???
abe slaney
> AHDN has run several times lately on TV and each time I watched it I
> have noticed that the instrumental version of This Boy that plays
> while poor hung-over Ringo is wandering around by the river dropping
> cameras, etc., sounds out-of-phase or a bit flanged. Anybody know if
> this is intentional or accidental - or am I the only one who's ever
> heard it that way?
The movie just ran yet AGAIN on VH-1, and I caught the same part: it's
just after Ringo is thrown out of the pub and approaches the girl who
tells him "get out of here, Shorty". Right after that there's
definitely a flanging effect on the orchestra, but I don't know if
it's some kind of artifact.
> Oh, and another AHDN question while I"m at it: near the end, after the
> TV show, George asks Shake to get him a cup of tea, then adds "oh, and
> would you get my boot?". Anybody know what that means? I don't think
> he means he left one of his shoes in the dressing room, or that he'd
> like Shake to go fetch the trunk of his car. So....???
The line was actually "Hey Shake, where's my boot? And would you get a
cup of tea while you're at it?"
One additional observation: don't try playing guitar along with the
concert at the end - the concert up to "She Loves You" is in one
tuning, that song is in a different one, and "AHDN" during the final
credits is in another altogether!
The Arranger
A matter of speeding up or slowing down the film?
My favorite non-Beatle part of the film's soundtrack is the Brubeck
send-up, complete with dead-on Paul Desmond impersonation by the alto
sax player, on the film's theme done in waltz time.
The Arranger