8. In Their Skin: The AI Beatles

I found recordings online of the Beatles in 1969, goofing around at rehearsal and drifting in and out of their old songs. They totally sounded like they could be the real “Nagra Tapes” from the Get Back sessions. But... these recordings never happened. They were made with AI. I had to find the guy who made them.
Using AI on the Beatles’ voices might be the most offensive thing you could do to the band. The people doing it are their biggest fans.

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In this episode:

• Pannick's channel (patreon.com/Pannick)

• Bowman’s channel, BowmanIII (youtube.com/@Bowmanthree)

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Dae Lims' channel (youtube.com/@DaeLims099), including his Smile (youtu.be/n7W_2JS12CY)

• The real Nagra Tapes (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqe3m6Hp_TAEle3POnO…).

• Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back (disneyplus.com/browse/entity-eaea3ecf-6636-446…) (Disney+, 2021)

• The Beatles, “Real Love”: the original (song.link/s/5frMgt4jqRGJk3yMKfqOyl) from Anthology 2 (1996) and the new 2025 mix (song.link/s/0Btrmt27yXVTrcXbx1mTxG) on Anthology 4

• The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions (album.link/s/01TG7VOg4F90jXv3a1yCgA) (Capitol, 2011), the official collection of the unfinished album

• More on Udio and what happened to it: Episode 6 of Light Box (pod.link/6798327577/episode/cHJ4XzE3NzQ4XzBiOW…), “Udio: A Post-Mortem”

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