Because (The Beatles cover)

covers of beatles songs are just plain sacrilegious... but elliott, because he is so exceptional, totally pulls it off. beautiful.

BEATLES COVER!

I think this song is perfect for the end credits of one of my favorite movies, "American Beauty". I couldn't believe that I hadn't noticed Elliott had played this song before. But it's a great song for the film sung by a great artist.

they say when you play because backwards, it's a beethoven song. i forget which beethoven piece though.

hey asknoquestions. it's beethoven's moonlight sonata

I adore this song, it's one of the first I heard by him, even though I knew it was the Beatles. It's so beautiful though, it made me cry.. I cry a lot :ox

i agree.. usually i hate when anyone tries to do the beatles cause why do something thats already great, but witih elliott, he always somehow made it better.. at least for me.

he said the following about recording this song:

another recent cover doesn't appear on the new album -- smith's otherworldly reworking of the beatles' "because," recorded for the american beauty soundtrack. smith, a fab four fanatic since early childhood, was initially reluctant to remake a beatles tune -- something about treading on sacred ground. "what's the point?" he says. "it was fun to do, it's just weird to think about. but that's the way most things are, and that's the way this record has been. it was fun to do, but not much fun to think about -- particularly that ocean of opinion that surrounds every record that people put out."

This song is unlike any other I have yet to hear. I love this version, though I love the hear the original as well.

love it. pretty melancholy, but its great to listen to when youre feeling mellow. is it really beethoven backwards?