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| From | GaryPig@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: The ELO Issue |
| Date | Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:42:20 EDT |
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<< It maybe more correct in the future to say that bands like The
Raspberries,
Cheap Trick, Badfinger, aren't so much Beatles sounding, but actually
Martinesque. >> (Jaimie)
You know, I think this is an absolutely brilliant observation.
One need only compare the Beatles' Decca audition version of "Money" to what
they cooked up eighteen months later for "With The Beatles" to hear the impact
of Sir George M. on the band's arrangements, sound, and Lennon and
McCartney's (early) songwriting in particular (ie: how he would guide John and Paul's
simple chorus-and-first-verse-only ideas into full-blown gems).
Sure, a producer's usually only as "good" as the rough material s/he's given
to work with, and with The Beatles one was obviously working with absolute
genius.
But when no less an expert as Ian MacDonald writes (regarding the "She Loves
You" session) that "there were no passengers in this group and, when a
situation warranted it, their drive to achieve was unanimous," hopefully he's
including in this statement the indisputable contributions of that one man in the
driver's seat, George Martin.
"Discuss,"
Gary "NP: Raspberries Rarities (btw, has ANYONE out there got a complete
track listing for this disc??!)" Pig
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