August 16, 2000
By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
Thirty years after the Fab
Four broke up, Paul McCartney has put together a "new" Beatles single.
McCartney announced Tuesday
that the new single, "Free Now," offers snippets from the band's recording
sessions in the 1960s.
"It's a new little piece of the
Beatles," McCartney told London's Sun tabloid newspaper. " `Free Now' is
an outbreak from my normal stuff. It's more underground than what you usually
hear from me, but I like to be free enough to do this sort of thing."
The recording, which was
created at the request of artist Peter Blake as a soundtrack for his Liverpool
exhibition "About Collage," will be released on an EMI label some time
in the next few months.
"Peter Blake asked me to
create a sound collage about Liverpool," McCartney said. "I compiled sounds
and made the basic collage. I asked Cian Ciaran of [the Welsh pop group]
Super Furry Animals to mix something from it, which he kindly did, and
my mate used his talents to add a final touch."
Backed by Super Furry Animals,
the song is reported to have a strong techno vibe, similar to the work
of the Chemical Brothers.
"Free Now" incorporates
sounds of the Beatles' native Liverpool--including the River Mersey and
everyday clamor at a local fish and chips shop--as well as bits of conversation
between McCartney and the late John Lennon.
"OK, Paul, you ready, boy?"
Lennon can be heard saying. "This is it."
McCartney responds, "I feel
it. I feel free now, free now."
The last "new" Beatles record,
"Free As a Bird," was released five years ago by the remaining Beatles--McCartney,
George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Read more about The Beatles:
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"Backbeat"
Beatles Best
"Hey Jude"
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