Followers have been reacting to John Lennon and George Harrison’s omission from The Beatles’ new Grammy nomination for ‘Now And Then’.
The 2023 track, dubbed ‘the final Beatles’ track, was launched final November and was pieced collectively utilizing an archive demo recording of Lennon that was recorded round 1977. It additionally included overdubs of guitar tracks laid down by Harrison in 1995.
Earlier at this time, the track was nominated for File Of The Yr on the 67th Grammy Awards, setting the file for the longest span between nominations for any artist in historical past. Nevertheless, Lennon and Harrison, who died in 1980 and 2001 respectively, don’t meet Grammy eligibility necessities as they didn’t contribute newly recorded parts to the monitor, and are usually not listed within the official nomination.
The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ has formally been nominated for each File of the Yr and Finest Rock Efficiency on the 2025 Grammy Awards.
John Lennon’s 1977 demo tape was labored on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in 1995, and was lastly accomplished in 2023. pic.twitter.com/HAJmaJmmw9
— The Beatles Earth (@BeatlesEarth) November 8, 2024
Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon celebrated the nomination on his X/Twitter account on Thursday, writing: “Superb!!! Grammy Noms! Nom nom nom…”
Superb!!! Grammy Noms! Nom nom nom… pic.twitter.com/XoB2m9KCwH
— Seán Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) November 8, 2024
Nevertheless, some others have drawn consideration to using AI to isolate Lennon’s authentic demo recording within the track. One submit on X/Twitter famous (in Spanish): “Every part is okay with The Beatles…However this Grammy nomination is sort of compelled… And on high of that with AI to attempt to separate John Lennon’s vocals from the piano of the unique demo.”
Todo bien con los beatles… Pero es bastante forzosa esta nominación al Grammy… Y encima con IA para tratar de separar las voces de John Lennon del piano del demo authentic… https://t.co/w1LF0h1hgA
— the outdated younger emir ™️ is able to djo 3 (@EmirYogmman) November 8, 2024
“This nomination is already shameful, a win will probably be much more disgraceful and an enormous slap to actual artists,” added one other.
this nomination is already shameful. a win will probably be much more disgraceful and an enormous slap to actual artists
— Sincere Andrew 🥀 (@andrewscomet) November 8, 2024
This was countered by one other X person, nonetheless, who argued: “The Beatles DID NOT USE AI to create a track however moderately to isolate John Lennon’s voice from a file that already existed and recorded new elements in a standard manner. profitable the Grammy can be the least they might do for the final track made by the best band of all time.”
the beatles DID NOT USE AI to create a track however moderately to isolate john lennon’s voice from a file that already existed and recorded new elements in a standard manner. profitable the grammy can be the least they might do for the final track made by the best band of all time
— ingryd ♡ ㅡ ((°⍸°))♟️ (@ceofjohnlennon) November 8, 2024
Others have reacted to the omission of Lennon and Harrison from the official nomination, with one X person asking, “Beatles get Grammy nod for remaining track – however why aren’t Lennon and Harrison nominated?”
Beatles get Grammy nod for remaining track – however why aren’t Lennon and Harrison nominated?#TheBeatles #Beatles https://t.co/w6yp5v3wbb
— Amy (@amypeck2011) November 8, 2024
The nominations for the Grammy awards have been introduced in a YouTube livestream earlier at this time (November 8), with the winners set to be revealed on the 68th Grammy Awards ceremony on February 2, 2025 on the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles.
Beyoncé leads the way in which with 11 nominations, making her essentially the most nominated artist of all time with a lifetime complete of 99. She’s going to compete in opposition to Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift for the coated File Of The Yr prize, in addition to the Fab 4 for ‘Now And Then’.
Each Roan and Carpenter have been nominated for finest new artist, that means they’re within the working for all 4 classes open to recording artists throughout genres. If both artist gained that class in addition to file, track and album of the yr – they’d turn out to be the primary to do this since Eilish’s landmark sweep in 2020.
In different Beatles-related information, McCartney paid his tributes to Quincy Jones this week, remembering his “very constructive, loving spirit”.
It was additionally reported not too long ago that Yoko Ono was warned that her late husband was “in peril” previous to his loss of life.
A brand new Beatles documentary movie Beatles ‘64 from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi can be coming to Disney+ on November 29.
