The Beatles - Soldier of Love - Live at the BBC (16th July 1963) - Full Cover -
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- "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)," also known as "Soldiers of Love," is a 1962 song written by Buzz Cason and Tony Moon[3] It was originally recorded by soul artist Arthur Alexander and released as a B-side of the single "Where Have You Been (All My Life)", which reached #58 in the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1962. The song was later covered by The Beatles during a 1963 session at the BBC, that is available on the 1994 album Live at the BBC. It was also covered by The Kaisers, Marshall Crenshaw, Pearl Jam and The Derailers.
As early as 1962, The Beatles had been playing live versions of the songs on both sides of Alexander's single,[5] with "Where Have You Been (All My Life)" being unofficially recorded at the Star Club Hamburg in December that year. They recorded a cover of Soldiers of Love on July 2, 1963, the day after recording the "She Loves You"/"I'll Get You" single.[5][6] Unterberger rates the Beatles' performance of the song as "fabulous," calling it probably "the greatest gem" on Live at the BBC. Unterberger enumerates a number of ways in which the Beatles' recording differs from the original, such as the Beatles playing the main riff on guitar, while on Alexander's recording the riff was played on piano. The Beatles also add vocal harmonies, which Unterberger describes as "excellent," and eliminate Alexander's "somber" violins. Unterberger states that the cumulative effect of the differences is to make the Beatles' version "exuberant," compared to Alexander's sad version, claiming that it sounds "as if the Beatles expected to win over the woman as a matter of course, whereas there was a sense of desperate last-hope begging in Alexander's vocal." Critic Robert Christgau calls it one of the Beatles greatest covers. Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis uses John Lennon's "crooning" on the song as an example of why Lennon was a great rock 'n' roll singer. Author Ian MacDonald describes it as an "ideal vehicle for Lennon," who sings the lead vocal.[6] MacDonald also suggests that three songs from the Beatles 1963 album With the Beatles-"Not a Second Time", "It Won't Be Long" and "All I've Got to Do"-were influenced by "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)."
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George) Gretsch 6128 Duo jet
Paul) Hofner 500/1 "Cavern" Bass
John) Squier Dakota red Stratocaster Mini ( Re-painted)
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Microphone) Rode NT1-A
Audio Interface) Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen)
Mixing software) Audacity
Editing Software) Videopad Video Editor
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George) Vox AC-30 VR (Bass 0, Treble 10, Tone 5,)
Paul) Fender Rumble 25 (Bass 9, Mid 3, Treble 0)
John) Vox AC-30 VR ( Bass 0, Treble 10, Tone 4)
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Apologies for the long break between videos, I just couldn't decide what song to pick.
Hopefully the gap between videos will be a lot shorter from now onward! :)
If you enjoyed the video please consider liking, subscribing and sticking around for new covers!
---------------------------------------------Instruments--------------------------------------------------------
George) Gretsch 6128 Duo jet
Paul) Hofner 500/1 "Cavern" Bass
John) Squier Dakota red Stratocaster Mini ( Re-painted)
---------------------------------------Recording Equipment-----------------------------------------------
Microphone) Rode NT1-A
Audio Interface) Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen)
Mixing software) Audacity
Editing Software) Videopad Video Editor
------------------------------------------Amplifiers and setting--------------------------------------------
George) Vox AC-30 VR (Bass 0, Treble 10, Tone 5,)
Paul) Fender Rumble 25 (Bass 9, Mid 3, Treble 0)
John) Vox AC-30 VR ( Bass 0, Treble 10, Tone 4)
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Yes this aong is great and love Johns voice.
I can't believe this never made it onto an official Beatles album. I love the harmonies on this song and it has a great energy. They recorded so many 12 bar blues covers, and I'm sure they could have tried something else at some point in that part of their career.
One of my favorite unreleased Beatles tracks. This song would have done well on With the Beatles or Beatles For Sale LP's.
You're right....... I'm not keen on the covers they recorded for Beatles For Sale. I much prefer the RnB songs on the first two albums..... This song would've been great instead of the likes of Kansas City, Rock n Roll Music, and Words of Love, etc
This is one of your best covers, the bass sounds wonderful! Keep it up!😁
Thanks Aubrey! :)
I'm still not 100% satisfied with the end result sound-wise. I'm doing more research on recording guitar so hopefully it'll sound far better in the next video!
Great 🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻
Thanks Roger!
Very kind comment :)
This is literally the only cover on youtube!! I'm so glad this is so well done!!Also the bassline is great! did you get this by ear?
I learn most forgotten beatle songs by ear since there's no reliable tabs or tutorials :)
@@LucaColaMusic Amazing work! How did you manage to not get copyrighted? lol I recorded a beatles cover and almost got banned 😂
@@louispacetime1576 Luck i suppose! Most of my other videos get claimed and a few get strikes!
159 views in 21hr 👏👏 the dedication
Thanks man! :)
Glad to see you enjoyed
Its interesting how the rhythm guitar plays the Bb and the lead plays the Gm. It's like forming a Bb6 or a Gm7. When I first played it I was going to the Bb but saw somewhere else it was the Gm. I guess they're interchangeable. Weird. That is, when I first played it on my guitar. Just to be clear. It sounds right both ways but the minor passing chord seems more correct.
I think it may have been a mistake on my part! haha :)
That’s Ok Luca, Let Me Ask You Something?
Yes?
Have You Heard of Now and Then
@@LucaColaMusic Have You Played and Heard of Wild Cat Forthlin Road 1960?
@@nicolaschandler52 Of course! Who hasn't haha!