"Remember You" [soundtrack version]

I wrote out the bass part for the soundtrack version of "Remember You" years ago, but recently, I did it again.  My intent was just to make a better looking copy, but in comparing my old notation to the recording, I discovered that I had some notes in the wrong octave.  What I have now is more accurate, although there's still the disclaimer that I may have something wrong.

"Remember You" [single version]

Last month, I re-learned and notated the bass part for the single version of "Remember You."  As always, there's the disclaimer that I might have something wrong:

Rather than use a second piece of paper for only a handful of measures, I squeezed together a few at the end.

"Remember You"

I recently remembered/re-learned the bass part for the single version of "Remember You."  Last week, I wrote it down (I plan on scanning it and posting it eventually), and while doing so, I realized that it represents the lyrics in this section:

And if I should change my mind
And I do sometimes
You know I do sometimes
I'll come back to you

The bass part there is:

(There's a glissando between the D and B bridging the first and second measures of the second line, but I couldn't indicate that in the program I use to make notation.)

There are a handful of accidentals here, and they musically represent that "chang[ing] my mind."  The first G# (in the third measure) is particularly effective because it's directly underneath "change."

This feature is also present in the soundtrack version, although that's in a different key.  I've already written out the bass part for that version, but since that was one of my first forays into notation and was almost four years ago, it's a bit rough.

Bunny Lake Is Missing

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According to Russo's Collector's Guide, fifty years ago to-day (22 April 1966), the Bunny Lake Is Missing soundtrack (RCA RD 7791) was released, including the Zombies' "Nothing's Changed," "Just out of Reach," and "Remember You."

"Remember You" [soundtrack version]

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I know the guitar part for the single version of "Remember You" (to some degree of accuracy, at least) but - even aside from the difference in key - it's different in the soundtrack version, and I haven't gotten around to figuring it out yet.  I thought I was going to do the tambourine part too, but after a few takes I discovered that it doesn't repeat (the second verse is different from the first verse), so I'll have to notate that before I can record it.

So this is only the bass part, which I guess works out because that's all I've notated so far:

I wrote it out by hand and then scanned it.  I had to edit the image a bit, and while it's still not the clearest, it's legible.

I don't know how much notation I'll get to writing out, but I'll be adding them as posts (tagged with "notation," if I remember) and also making individual pages for each song.  Obviously, it all comes with the disclaimer that it might be wrong and is in no way official.

"Remember You"

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I've been thinking about "Remember You" a lot lately (because to-day is the 51st anniversary of the soundtrack version's being recorded), specifically the differences between the soundtrack version and the single version.  I'd been under the mistaken impression that the single version was recorded on 2 March*, so I was wondering why the soundtrack version (recorded on the 31st) is less complex.  The bass part is simpler, and there isn't an introductory guitar figure like there is in the single version.

So I just checked the liner notes of The Decca Stereo Anthology (which I'm actually currently listening to) and discovered that I'd forgotten (again!) that the single version was recorded on 27 August 1965.  I'd neglected to include this in the list of (mostly Decca-era) recording dates too.

After sussing out that chronology, everything makes sense now.  I've updated that list of recording dates, and hopefully I won't forget that the soundtrack version pre-dates the single version.

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*The Zombie Heaven liner notes list 2 March 1965 as the recording date, but The Decca Stereo Anthology corrects this to 27 August 1965.

"Remember You"

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I just figured out the bass part for the soundtrack version of "Remember You" (to be recorded and posted in a few days when it's the 51st anniversary of the March 31st recording [although I'll probably do "Nothing's Changed" first]).  Knowing the bass part for the single version helped, although I was misled by one part that goes lower in the single version.  It took some time to figure out that it doesn't go that low in the soundtrack version.

It's in 3/4 time, and the rhythms don't seem that complex, so I think I'm going to try to write out the notation for it, just so I have a written record of the differences between the soundtrack and single versions.  Of course, that also means that I have to write out the notation for the single version.

Over the last month or so I've been thinking about what I've been doing here, and I've come to the decision that I need to start posting some notation (even if it's just tabs or chord progressions).  I'd had the notion that because I figured out the parts, I had some kind of ownership of them, that I was the possessor of this arcane knowledge.  But anyone could do what I'm doing: I'm just figuring out the parts.  And if posting those parts in notation (of whatever form) leads to more interest in the Zombies, it can't be a bad thing.  So the bass part of the soundtrack version of "Remember You" should be the first notation I post in full.

"Remember You"

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I was working on figuring out parts for "Nothing's Changed" and the soundtrack version of "Remember You" last night and discovered something.  In the soundtrack version of "Remember You," there are "Remember"s during the piano solo.  Those aren't present in the single version.

"Remember You" b/w "Just out of Reach"

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According to Russo's Collector's Guide and the Zombie Heaven liner notes, fifty years ago to-day (21 January 1966) the Zombies' "Remember You" b/w "Just out of Reach" (F.12322) was released in the U.K.

"Just out of Reach" b/w "Remember You"

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According to Russo's Collector's Guide, fifty years ago to-day (25 October 1965), the Zombies' "Just out of Reach" b/w "Remember You" was released in the U.S. and Canada (PAR 9797). 

"Remember You"

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I was going to add some more recording dates to the queue, and I realized that "Remember You" (the single version) slipped through the cracks because the dates in the Zombie Heaven liner notes and The Decca Stereo Anthology liner notes don't agree.  Zombie Heaven says 2 March 1965, but The Decca Stereo Anthology (which has the note: "This sessionography updates and corrects those features in the "Zombie Heaven" box set") says 27 August 1965.

So, I'm about a week late, but, hey, the single version of "Remember You" was recorded about fifty years ago.

"Remember You"

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I just listened to the batch of songs that were recorded 50 years ago to-day, and I noticed something about "Remember You" (this is the soundtrack version, but I'm pretty sure it's in the single version too).

In both verses, there's a sort of parallelism.  In the first verse, "When I'm thinking back, I'll remember" is balanced with "When I'm thinking back, I won't forget you."  So there's "I'll remember" and "I won't forget," which say the same thing but in sort of opposite directions.

In the second verse, there's "When I'm thinking back, I'll remember" and "To when I last saw you; I can't forget you."  The beginnings of the lines aren't the same, but the ends exhibit the same thing as those in the first verse - saying the same thing but in different ways.

"Nothing's Changed" and "Remember You"

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According to the liner notes of both Zombie Heaven and The Decca Stereo Anthology, fifty years ago to-day (31 March 1965), the Zombies recorded "Nothing's Changed" and "Remember You" (the version for the soundtrack of Bunny Lake Is Missing).

The Decca Stereo Anthology also adds that they recorded the vocals for "Come on Time" (an ad for Bunny Lake Is Missing) using the backing track from "Just out of Reach."

"I Want Her She Wants Me"

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I recently figured out the chords for "I Want Her She Wants Me."  (Or at least I think what I have is correct.)  I'd gotten the feeling that they were familiar for some reason, and I finally figured out why: they're similar to the chords for "Remember You."

They're not just an exact copying though.  While they are almost the same, they're positioned differently against the phrasing of the lyrics.

The chords for "Remember You" start with a descent from D to C to G and then stick around on F# for a while ("When I'm thinking back, I won't forget you") before going to B to E to Abm* to D ("And if I should change my mind").  It's the G to F# to B to E that I want to draw particular attention to because that's really close to the chords for "I Want Her She Wants Me."

After the introductory part of "I Want Her She Wants Me" (a bass line and then a cycle of G D C G), the chords move from G to F#m to B to Em ("I close my eyes, and soon I'm feeling sleepy").

So you have G F# B E in "Remember You," and G F#m B Em in "I Want Her She Wants Me."  The bass is doing different things, and the articulation and length of the chords are different, as are the vocals, obviously, but I still think it's interesting to note.

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*It might technically be G#m.  They're played the same, but I'm not sure which key it's in at this point, so I'm not sure of the actual name.

This post is the second of five ideas/realizations I had about Odessey and Oracle.

I Love You

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I realize I haven't been doing very much on this project lately, but by the end of the week, I'll be completely done with university, so I'll have some more time to work on this.  I do have some songs I've been meaning to update ("Is This the Dream," "Remember You," and "Beechwood Park" in particular).

In the meantime, I just wrote a post about the I Love You album as part of my Collection Audit project:

I went a bit out-of-order this morning and listened to the Zombies compilation album I Love You.  The Zombies have been my favorite band for the past five or six years, yet I'm still finding new things about their music (although I don't know whether that means they're a incredibly nuanced band or whether I'm not very good at listening). 

I finally determined that "How We Were Before" features twelve-string guitar.  I'd been suspicious of this (I'd played parts of it on my own twelve-string and thought it sounded pretty good), but now I'm fairly certain of it. 

I discovered that Rod Argent uses organ on "Woman."  This realization came after noticing the really long sustain on the G major chord during the guitar solo.  It just keeps going, which means it has to be organ rather than electric piano. 

For the first time, I noticed the three distinct vocals parts at the end of "Don't Go Away."  Two parts are alternating with "don't go away," but the third is just an "ooh." 

This album includes some stereo mixes of songs (which in some cases are different stereo mixes than those that appear on The Decca Stereo Anthology), so on some songs, things were placed in sonically different places, which made it easier to distinguish some parts.  This is the case on "I Love You," and because of that I heard some interesting rhythmical interplay between the guitar and the bass during the "if I can find / the words in my mind" part. 

Another suspicion that was confirmed is the guitar glissandoes at the beginning of "Remember You."  I'd been suspicious of these since I listened to The Decca Stereo Anthology about a month ago.  The guitar part at the beginning alternates between two D's an octave apart and a D and some-other-note-that-I-still-have-to-determine that then slides up to a D. 

Also, I may have found a reference to "She's Not There" in "She Does Everything for Me."  "She's a girl who makes me feel / That you're not there, you weren't real" recalls the "she's not there" from "She's Not There."  The "she" in "She Does Everything for Me" seems to have replaced the "she" in "She's Not There."  In any case, it's an interesting parallel, as "She's Not There" was the Zombies' first single for Decca, and "She Does Everything for Me" was the B-side of their last single for Decca.  Also, kudos to Rod Argent for getting the relative pronoun correct.

I got that album for my 17th birthday, and now I'm 22, but I'm still finding new things in the Zombies' music.

Also, I just checked my posts for "How We Were Before," and when I did a rough version last September, I actually did use twelve-string.  So apparently I forgot I knew it had twelve-string.

"Remember You" [single version]

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I finally got around to doing a better version of "Remember You."

Although it's still a bit rough in some places, it's a lot better than the version I did in March.

"Remember You" [single version]

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I think I learned the piano part for the introduction and first verse of "Remember You."  I'm not sure if it's just the way I play it or if I figured it out wrong, it sounds a bit weird during the "and if I should change my mind" part.  I think the bass moves to F#, so maybe that B chord is inverted.

Also, I've figured out the opening guitar part.

(Possibly) fun fact:  this is one of only two songs released during the Zombies' time at Decca where Rod Argent uses piano (the other is "She's Coming Home").  All of the other songs were either not released until later ("If It Don't Work Out," "Don't Cry for Me," "I'll Call You Mine"), feature electric piano or organ, or had piano playing by Ken Jones ("Work 'N' Play").

"Remember You" [single version]

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While listening to The Decca Stereo Anthology two days ago, the bass part for "Remember You" didn't sound very hard.  So I sat down last night and figured it out.

It's pretty fun - especially the glissando from C to D and the arpeggios outlining B major and E major.

I already did a rough version of "Remember You" back in March, but I didn't know the bass part then, so I'll have to get around to re-doing that sometime.  (Which I'd wanted to do anyway because I know I can do it better than I did.)

"Remember You" [single version]

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January's Cloak:

"Remember You" - The Zombies 

It's a work in progress, so it's still a bit rough, regardless that my guitar's a bit too loud.

"Remember You" / "I Got My Mojo Working"

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Yester-day, I thought I had learned all of the chords for "Remember You," but upon further review, I had a few of them wrong.  So I know the verses, but I'm stumped on a few chords in the chorus (and it doesn't help that the chorus goes pretty fast).

However, I also learned yester-day that "I Got My Mojo Working" is a simple 3-chord song - C, F, and G.  This should have been fairly obvious, as it includes Rod Argent's harmonica playing and most harmonica songs are in C.