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All Things Must Beat. Share Anything Beatles!!
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Here's a very good article about Sir Paul, and guests, headlining the Glastonbury Festival at age 80. Lots of good pix.
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Here's a very good article about Sir Paul, and guests, headlining the Glastonbury Festival at age 80. Lots of good pix.
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Worst Beatles' songs?
I like Wild Honey Pie, sort of, depending on my mood. It is short, and it fits in the album...
Maybe worst songs they wrote or worst covers?
Any thoughts from those who read this?
I'll have to think about what I would list...
I like Wild Honey Pie, sort of, depending on my mood. It is short, and it fits in the album...
Maybe worst songs they wrote or worst covers?
Any thoughts from those who read this?
I'll have to think about what I would list...
Revolution 9….Number 9, number 9, number 9
What’s the New MaryJane
Only a Northern Song
Out the door at the moment , but I'd imagine my least faves would include what John derided as "Paul's granny music".
Only A Northern Song is one of my favorites.
“If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they're not, we just wrote it like that”
“If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they're not, we just wrote it like that”
I see it as a mocking throw away written to fulfill his obligation for a song. Northern Songs Ltd was their publishing company formed by Lennon and McCartney, their manager Brian and Dick James.
A Harrison song that doesn’t get enough credit is Long, Long, Long.
I've seen that song dismissed as a throwaway in reviews before.
I think it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life.
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Worst Beatles songs?
"Revolution 9", bar none, beyond all contention, if evenactually considered "a song"
"You Know My Name, Look Up The Number", I understand may be one of their favorites to "perform" over the years 'cause it's fun for them, but come on! Pick a style and stck with it. (But, I do find John's coughing, harrumphing verse amusing as I once met a brit who actually talked like that! Unless he was having me on.)
Various and sundry other such avant garde stuff are not my cuppa.
"Only A Northern Song" is an unmitigated masterpiece of making a very melodious song sound "not quite right" when it actually is very right, after all. It may have started as a throwaway, but it got "patched" into a great song! Very much in the vein of "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite", another swirling musical masterpiece. Two of my all time favorites!
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Worst Beatles songs?
"Revolution 9", bar none, beyond all contention, if evenactually considered "a song"
"You Know My Name, Look Up The Number", I understand may be one of their favorites to "perform" over the years 'cause it's fun for them, but come on! Pick a style and stck with it. (But, I do find John's coughing, harrumphing verse amusing as I once met a brit who actually talked like that! Unless he was having me on.)
Various and sundry other such avant garde stuff are not my cuppa.
"Only A Northern Song" is an unmitigated masterpiece of making a very melodious song sound "not quite right" when it actually is very right, after all. It may have started as a throwaway, but it got "patched" into a great song! Very much in the vein of "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite", another swirling musical masterpiece. Two of my all time favorites!
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You nailed it. McCartney’s bass is exactly in the Mr Kite vein. It sounds verymuch like an unvarnished Harrison tune that the gang (including George Martin) worked up.
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The problem with the original is that it's so damn low volume on the record. Coming after Helter Skelter, you barely know it's there until Ringo's drums kick in. I had a hard time appreciating it for a long time, because unless the volume knob was within arm's length, it was hard to hear. I appreciate dynamics and wanting an ethereal feel, but I still wish it had been mixed higher.
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Neil Aspinall recalled, "Mr. Moonlight was great because there would be this moment of tension in the audience. The song would be announced and everybody knew John would have to start on that note—MISTER! Moonlight. There was no chord to precede it, he had to get it right from nothing."[7] The track was often their opening number, which Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn writes, "commanded their crowd's attention before playing so much as a second."
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Neil Aspinall recalled, "Mr. Moonlight was great because there would be this moment of tension in the audience. The song would be announced and everybody knew John would have to start on that note—MISTER! Moonlight. There was no chord to precede it, he had to get it right from nothing."[7] The track was often their opening number, which Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn writes, "commanded their crowd's attention before playing so much as a second."
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Not one of my favorites, but another "Beatles For Sale"/"Beatles '65" track ... ...
"Baby's in Black" is performed at a 6/8 time signature, typical of a waltz with a moderate tempo. ... ... Musicologist Alan W. Pollack notes that the song is relatively complex in format, with a refrain, bridge, and a guitar solo. He describes the song as having "mishmash" of stylistic elements—among them, "bluesy" chords and country music-inspired vocals.
The Beatles performed "Baby's in Black" live during their appearances from late 1964 until 1966 on their final tour. McCartney said they introduced the song by saying, "'And now for something different.' ... We used to put that in there, and think, 'Well, they won't know quite what to make of this, but it's cool.'"
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Not one of my favorites, but another "Beatles For Sale"/"Beatles '65" track ... ...
"Baby's in Black" is performed at a 6/8 time signature, typical of a waltz with a moderate tempo. ... ... Musicologist Alan W. Pollack notes that the song is relatively complex in format, with a refrain, bridge, and a guitar solo. He describes the song as having "mishmash" of stylistic elements—among them, "bluesy" chords and country music-inspired vocals.
The Beatles performed "Baby's in Black" live during their appearances from late 1964 until 1966 on their final tour. McCartney said they introduced the song by saying, "'And now for something different.' ... We used to put that in there, and think, 'Well, they won't know quite what to make of this, but it's cool.'"
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Man, McCartney’s BGV harmonies on that song are off the chain. Especially on the part that says, “Oh how long will it take, ‘til she has seen the mistake she has made…”
Plus Harrison’s guitar work is really nice on that one.
How do you know Paul's was the BGV harmonies?
Maybe John sang the BGV harmonies!"Baby's in Black" was recorded on 11 August 1964, and was the first song recorded for Beatles for Sale.[8] Lennon and McCartney sang their vocal parts simultaneously through the same microphone. This was done at their own insistence in order to achieve a closer feel to the performance. McCartney was subsequently contacted by their music publisher in 1964 inquiring as to which melody line was the main tune (i.e., Paul's higher or John's lower melody). McCartney later said that he told the publisher they were both the main melody.[9]
George's elegant guitar leads were always just right, IMO. I gather that he put a lot of work, which went mostly overlooked, into making them sound so "effortless".
Since hearing so much about Ringo's drumming techniques on SiriusXM's Beatles Channel this week, due to his recent birthday, I've also gotten a new appreciation for his serendipitous addition to the group. He wasn't just a steady timekeeper, but actually came up with some 'once in a lifetime' signature song-making beats, in addition to all the overlooked many and varied essential fills! FIRE THE DRUMMER!?! I'm not sure The Beatles would have been quite so big if Brian Epstein hadn't.
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Well today is the Anniversary of something Beatle related.
1972 - Paul McCartney and Wings played their first show of their inaugural tour when they appeared in the small French town of Chateauvillon.
It was McCartney's first time touring since the Beatles stopped doing so.
1972 - Paul McCartney and Wings played their first show of their inaugural tour when they appeared in the small French town of Chateauvillon.
It was McCartney's first time touring since the Beatles stopped doing so.
