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Why, God, Why?!? or: Sgt. Pepper to be re-recorded

April 6, 2007 6:34 p.m. by Mike Krolak

(Via: NME)
Hear that? That's the sound of Beatles fans groaning in collective agony.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band turns 40 on June 1 and unfortunately, someone decided a good way to pay tribute to the landmark record would be getting a bunch of bands together to make a cover album. The lineup is still being pulled together but Oasis, the Killers, Travis, Razorlight, the Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs and James Morrison have been named thus far.
The new versions will be aired in a BBC 2 special. "This will be not only a unique radio event, but a very special musical moment," said Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas. Insert joke about the range of definitions for "special" here.
To add to the soul-killing fun, the engineer in charge of the original sessions will be sullying the same equipment he used to record the originals on this project. If ever we needed a visit from the ghosts of Lennon and Harrison to help avert guaranteed disaster, now would be the time.

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12 Responses

April 6, 2007 at 7:55 p.m.

John Zeiss

This is horrid. All those bands could burn and hell and the music world would lose absolutely nothing. Fucking Fratellis. What kind of nonsense hyped to the hilt shit are they?

April 6, 2007 at 8:12 p.m.

John B

jesus, geoff is producing this shit? I thought he had higher standards - i guess nobody wants to sound like wings anymore...

April 7, 2007 at 1:40 p.m.

Mike Krolak

i like oasis. but you could burn the rest and i wouldn't blink an eye. i think china (not the country) likes travis, but i could be wrong.

April 8, 2007 at 3:26 p.m.

Steve Lampiris

It's a great album, but vastly overrated. Still, this project is just dumb.

April 8, 2007 at 6:12 p.m.

John B

Hmm... no offense - but this record is far from overrated

April 9, 2007 at noon

bobby d.

definitely not their best album, though

April 9, 2007 at 12:05 p.m.

China

I adore Travis. Also, I think China (the country) sort of likes Travis, though I could be wrong.I'd be interested in hearing Oasis do a cover of "A Day in the Life," admittedly, but anything by the Killers or Razorlight is pretty cringeworthy. If Johnny Borrell and Brandon Flowers fought a duel and simultaneously shot each other to death, I wouldn't cry for either.

April 9, 2007 at 4:05 p.m.

raden

the horsemen of the apacolypse are sattling up! this is going to be worse than when Jimmy Page remixed Bonham's 'Moby Dick' solo!!! next thing you know they'll be digitaly inserting Jaba the Hut into Hard Day's Night.

April 10, 2007 at 4:23 p.m.

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April 14, 2007 at 5:07 p.m.

St0rm

oasis are a far better band than the tired old beatles. go for it, its bound to sound better than the original

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