I Don't Want to Spoil The Party - Lead Vocals

mikestop · Post by **mikestop** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:09 am

Was wondering if this one is John singing both parts on the verses. It has always sounded like his voice and phrasing on the lower harmony. I have always heard this credited to Paul but both voices sound like John to me. Anyone know for sure???
Mike...

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:41 am

Sounds like it to me Mike, John on both. When "though tonight she's made me sad" it's definitely Paul doing harmony.

mrkite1963 · Post by **mrkite1963** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:47 am

I agree with Scott, it sounds to me like John harmonizing with himself during the verse and Paul coming in with high harmonies in the chorus.

mikestop · Post by **mikestop** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:25 am

Hi Dave. Just listened to it a few more times and I'd swear it's John singing both parts on the verse. Pauls voice is very distinctive on the higher harmony during the "though tonight she's......" section. I'm usually able to pick out the voices on most of there background and harmony vocals. This one has always (to my ears anyway)sounded like ALL John on the verse. Might be another small fact that we'll never be 100% on!

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:04 am

It's actually quite hard to tell, the lower harmony is blended so well with the melody. Because it is blended so well, it's quite possible it is John singing both parts.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:18 am

John is doing the high part on the verses, and switching to the low part on the chorus. Paul does the high part on the chorus. George is actually doing the low part on the verses. As far as I know, this is the only song they did with George and John doing harmonies with each other like this. I read that it was George doing the low parts on the verses in a little book about the Beatles, but I can't recall the title at the moment. If you listen closely, you can tell it is George on the lows on the verses.

(I know I'll catch flak for this so let it fly!) I'm sticking to my guns!

jt10824 · Post by **jt10824** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:24 am

To the best of my knowledge, Paul doesn't sing on Tomorrow Never Knows at all, neither on the released version or the Anthology version. Are you sure you're not confusing it with another song?

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:27 pm

'I Don't Want To Spoil The Party' is one my favorites!

John Lennon beat Gram Parsons in the official country-rock race by several years with this one....Buck Owens beat and all.

Check out my song written in 1988 titled 'Look Around You Girl' for IDWTSTP inspired.

http://www.myspace.com/theallisons1989

That's 22 year old me in 1989 on all guitars and all vocals. Lead is a '84 RIC 370WB!!

cowboy_joe · Post by **cowboy_joe** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:54 pm

Definitely John and Paul--Lennon was a good singer on his songs, when he wanted to be, but Paul is and was a great VOCALIST, if that makes any sense. I think John was fully aware of what he could sing, and what he couldn't, and left those type of songs to the others.

glass_onion · Post by **glass_onion** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:52 am

one of my all time fav tunes this - dig the " though tonight...." part. just awesome.

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:15 am

Just to throw my thoughts in here -- I've always thought it sounded like John & George on the verse (John melody, George harmony) with Paul singing melody on the chorus (John harmony there). As to John & George doing all the vocals on a song (no Paul), there is one -- "Words of Love."

jt10824 · Post by **jt10824** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:06 am

In his book, Geoff Emerick remembers John, Paul, and George doing their vocal parts on Words Of Love gathered around a single microphone. Incredibly, the song was recorded along with eight others in a single day. (The others included I Feel Fine and the intro and outro to Eight Days A Week.)

westtexasrickenbacker · Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:46 am

Have to agree with John on the Buddy Holly tune. Not simply based on "Here,There and Everywhere", but other books citing it as well.

"Words of Love" is the three, not just John and George.

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:34 pm

I hear Paul on Words of Love also.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:21 pm

Is WOL three voices/harmonies? For years my pal and I have been doing it, but it always seems something's missing (talent?

)

I figured it was two parts, each double tracked.

If there are three part harmonies, two of them are very, very close. That's hard to do!