Her delicate, intimate vocals on ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ immediately stand-out, and lend a unique touch to the classic song. The much-maligned mega pop star is the biggest shining light across the whole album. No Matter What You Think Of Her, Miley Cyrus Can Actually Sing
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While it’s good for Coyne to be reinterpreting the songs and making them his own, this seems entirely unnecessary, and it’s a bit of a struggle to make it through the full three and a half minutes. Unfortunately that’s the best moment of that particular cover, with the grating vocals blaring through a megaphone making the song almost unbearable. The iconic line of “what would you do if I sang out of tune?” is sung by Coyne with auto-tune, making the question entirely obsolete. This is most obvious on the (nearly) title-track, one of the few times that Coyne actually sings on the record. There’s a prevailing sense of playfulness and childish joy across most of his band’s music, and that’s present on With A Little Help From My Fwends too. Wayne Coyne never takes himself too seriously.
Grace Potter’s vocals fit in quite well on ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ but there’s just way too much going on for them to be properly appreciated It’s Not At All Serious While listening, it becomes sometimes infuriating when one singer is suddenly sidelined for another, and many of the versions would be improved if they’d be left to just one of the artists. It’s an intriguing concept, but one that doesn’t always produce stellar results. It’s The Frankenstein Of Tribute Albumsįor each song, Wayne Coyne called on two or three “weirdos” for their interpretation, and then stitched these different versions together to create the cover. While the concept of album of sorts by the Beatles had an unrivaled flow and coherency, this effort is faltering and shifts from truly bizarre interpretations to loyal recreations in the space of seconds. It’s this incredible range of talent that is sometimes to the detriment of the tribute album. There are mainstays of the indie rock scene like My Morning Jacket and Dr Dog, experimental artist Brian Chippendale, aka Black Pus, and the controversial pop star herself, Miley Cyrus. It’s perhaps one of the most diverse range of musical artists that have ever appeared on a tribute album. With A Little Help From My Fwends featuring an illustrious list of “weirdos”, including Miley Cyrus, Moby, Chuck English, and Tegan and Sara.Īccording to Coyne, some of the friends he recruited weren’t all too familiar with the Beatles’ work, and many needed some convincing to become involved in the project. The Flaming Lips frontman seems to have friends in virtually every musical corner around the world. Here’s what we learnt from the befuddling tribute album of sorts.
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