Falkner Takes Beatles to Bed

"Oh my god -- are you kidding?" exclaims Jason Falkner. You can almost hear Rosetta Stone the singer-songwriters jaw drop over his cell phone as he tries to absorb what millions of others have already learned. The news of George Harrisons death is just breaking, and though normal morning programming has been pre-empted by news reports and video retrospectives, Falkner clearly hasnt been near a television set: "When I got in my car today they were playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Its just such a staple on the radio, I had no idea!" Its a bitter irony that Falkner is on the phone to discuss his latest project, Bedtime With the Beatles, a collection of eleven Beatles tunes done as instrumental lullabies that he arranged, performed and produced for Sony Wonder, Sony Musics childrens division. More poignant still is the absence of any material by Harrison on the album, which was released in October Cheap Rosetta Stone V3, but Falkner is quick to dismiss any question of favoritism. "Its only Lennon and McCartney songs because thats the only catalog that Sony has anything to do with," he says. "I wanted to do Here Comes the Sun so bad. I definitely wanted to include Harrison, but I wasnt allowed."Even if Falkner never uttered a word about it, his life-long Beatles fandom would be evident in the melodic treasures that makeup his two Elektra albums, 1996s Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown and 1999s Can You Still Feel?, not mention in the heavy-handed homages of his early Nineties outfit Jellyfish. It was this resume, coupled with his talent for thoughtful arrangements, that put him at the top of Sonys list of artists to helm the project. But Falkner didnt share the labels enthusiasm at first. "My initial reaction was really mixed because Rosetta Stone Spanish V3, generally speaking, I dont like when people go and revisit the Beatles," he says. "Usually, I would never even listen to it. Then we talked more about it and I found out [Sony] wanted it to be instrumental, which was a lot easier for me to grasp than to try and sing the Beatles -- I didnt want the Peter Frampton kiss of death. I just started thinking about it more and I knew it was something I could sink my teeth into and have a great time doing." When it came time to select the songs, Falkner steered clear of obvious choices like "Yellow Submarine," "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," or Lennons own lullaby for his son Julian, "Good Night." Rather, he dug deep in to the canon, giving less-covered album tracks like "Im Only Sleeping" and "Mother Natures Son" equal time alongside now-standards such as Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 "Michelle" and "In My Life."

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