
Under The Covers: Other Artists Covering Beatles Songs: ‘Tell Me Why’- The Beach Boys. A Lennon- McCartney song from the A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack- it was written and sung by John Lennon. A year later The Beach Boys covered it on their The Beach Boys Party! album.
Sounds thin compared to The Beatles version and that background noise is seriously irritating!
Johnny Rivers made a live album at the Whiskey A-G0-Go and it was darn good. I have this BB album, and the background noise is more of an irritation. I know it’s suppose to be a party and everyone is loose and laid back.
I have to say while I generally think very highly of The Beach Boys’ harmony vocals, I’ve always been a bit underwhelmed by this cover. It’s not terrible and of course it’s supposed to capture a party atmosphere. Still, I think Lisa put it well: it sounds thin!
I’ve never even heard of this record, where was I? ha