Sunday, February 15, 2015

"I Want You Back Again"

Backdated, archival post

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This is sort of embarrassing, but I kind of forgot about "I Want You Back Again."  There are a few songs that I know I haven't done much work on, but I'd forgotten that "I Want You Back Again" was one of them.  The one and only version I did of "I Want You Back Again" was in April 2013.

I should note that - except for the chords - I've pretty much forgotten the electric piano part.

In any case, two days ago, I learned the bass part.  There are some slight differences between the single version and the album version, but - except for the part during the electric piano solo - I used the single version (in the single version, the bass alternates between C and G during the solo, but I haven't quite figured out how to play that part yet [I think it's just a matter of memorization, but I haven't the time for it now], so I used the alternate version - which I think is just Cs - for that part).

It's mostly just C notes with variations in rhythm.  I might have the rhythms wrong at the beginning, in which case I've just standardized them.

There's at least one instance of two sequential half-steps (F to F# to G), and I included a second one (Eb to E to F).  Eb-to-E-to-F sounds a bit weird by itself, but it sounds OK with the electric piano part, so I'm not sure if I have that right or not.

I can't tell if it's in the original or not, but I added a bit after the choruses where the bass goes from G to C back to G.  It might just be a G in the Zombies' original; I'd have to listen more closely.  But I figured it was past time to update it.