‘Yesterday’ sees a brand new rendition of the Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’, as ‘Hey Dude’
A millennial twist to the song only makes us realize that no remake can ever match with the Fab-Four’s original song.
Perhaps there is no other Beatle song which was as iconic as their 1968 song, from the album ‘The Beatles’ titled ‘Hey Jude’. A song dedicated to a boy named Jude who should not let go of what life has offered to him is considered one of Paul McCartney’s best penned songs which is almost a reference to the McCartney-Lennon partnership. The song was written to comfort Julian after Lennon married the Japanese artist Yoko Ono, and now with Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’, the song is getting a whole new rendition in Ed Sheeran-style. Needless to say it is cringe worthy.
In a latest released clip from the Beatles-themed movie, ‘Yesterday’, we see a very millennial Ed Sheeran convincing protagonist Jack Malik to imagine a rendition of the Fab Four’s classic as ‘Hey Dude!’. Just like us, Malik is absolutely famished when the red-headed Ed Sheeran offers him to record the same song with only Jude changed into a more millennial term, something as lame as “Dude”. Malik, horrified, finds himself in a studio where he is compelled to compose a rendition of the song but when asked to sing the song as “Hey Dude”, he kind of refuses to go along with the idea.
The clip gave us a brief look into what can be expected from the upcoming tribute to the Beatles which is being directed and written by Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis, respectively. Himesh Patel plays the leading character Jack Malik who after an accident finds himself in a world where he is the only one who remembers the Beatles. As a struggling singer-songwriter who is surviving upon his dwindling success, Malik soon takes up the opportunity to use his knowledge of the Fab-Four and gain the fame that he has been looking for. The clip gives us a glimpse into the struggle he had to go through to retain the authenticity of the Fab-Four while creating music for a generation that is more into sound than music.
In a brief conversation about the movie with Reuters, Boyle stated, “It appeals to their sense of humour, I think. That is so typical of their sense of humour – and their bravery as well – because they are experimenters. So I think they like the fact that it’s a bit left field.” On the other hand, Curtis spoke to the BBC where he has mentioned, “I can't tell you how badly that joke goes down in America," Curtis told the BBC. “The Americans just completely assumed that Danny and I would cut it, but we were having none of it. Americans don't cut jokes out of their films because we don't know where New Jersey is, so why should we cut the Oasis joke?”
