r/TheBeatles 5h ago

george Check out the beautiful marriage of lyrics & chords in George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord"

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Just an absolute classic!


r/TheBeatles 2h ago

question What's George looking at? ( Wrong answers only)

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r/TheBeatles 8h ago

Worth anything?

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Beatles nerds, listen up! Is this worth anything, found it at my grandma’s house.


r/TheBeatles 18h ago

fan art Drew myself in the Beatles cartoon for fun

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I lovveee the Beatles and when I found the show I was so elated. I find it cute and charming and being a cartoonist / musician has made me adore it more.


r/TheBeatles 5h ago

fan art Doodled Paul from memory again

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r/TheBeatles 11h ago

picture Joko

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Cute


r/TheBeatles 1m ago

Coke Belda - Seeing Red

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r/TheBeatles 20h ago

opinion The Beatles collabs with other music icons are just so peak🔥

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r/TheBeatles 1d ago

picture Comic book artist and painter Frank Frazetta painted Ringo in 1964

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For a shampoo ad in MAD Magazine


r/TheBeatles 16h ago

interview Teenagers on a talk show interviewed about The Beatles in 1967, impressions on new songs

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r/TheBeatles 3h ago

cover Here, there, everywhere - The beatles

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Singing one of my favourite beatles song


r/TheBeatles 1d ago

Throwback to meeting paul in 2014

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r/TheBeatles 4h ago

interview Who is Stuart Sutcliffe and why was he so vital to The Beatles? Mark Lewisohn explains.

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r/TheBeatles 6h ago

video Paul McCartney Wants to Be on My Channel?!

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My jaw dropping conversation with Paul!


r/TheBeatles 12h ago

music Song lyrics

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r/TheBeatles 8h ago

What is your favourite Beatles song?

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r/TheBeatles 21h ago

question I’m new

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hi I recently just listened to the Beatles but I want to know what order the albums are in (in canon) like what do I listen to first?


r/TheBeatles 1d ago

collection My very small Beatles vinyl collection !

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r/TheBeatles 18h ago

video Martha My Dear The Beatles Acoustic Cover

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r/TheBeatles 2h ago

john Yoko

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I think Yoko was the best for John. Some people say she changed him and that she influenced his decision on leaving the band, but maybe she did, and what’s so bad about that? People change, like George said, change is what life’s all about. People change with lovers and friends, I know I do—I still carry interests and all sorts of things I learned from people I knew and still know. I think a lot of people who blame Yoko for everything bad within The Beatles just didn’t want to lose a good thing. But losing and gaining is what life’s all about, and you have to learn to accept and live with it. The Beatles weren’t going to last forever. Even John said he had grown tired of it, and he didn’t want to be singing “She Loves You” on stage when he’s 50 and nearly croaking.

John was always the experimental one with his music, even during The Beatles, and felt constrained even so, so it’s no wonder he was attracted to Yoko who was extravagant and experimental in every sense. She set him free.


r/TheBeatles 16h ago

What do you think of let it be laibach album version ?

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Its a experimental/industrial band they made this cover album so give me your opinion


r/TheBeatles 1d ago

question All For Love - McCartney/Harrison Collab. from Anthology Sessions

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Do you think Paul will ever release All for Love?

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r/TheBeatles 11h ago

opinion Hot take, yellow submarine is the most overrated Beatles song.

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Here comes the sun is also up there but I do enjoy listening to it every now and then.


r/TheBeatles 2d ago

Throwback to the time when some of the world's greatest drummers try to explain what made Ringo Starr so special.

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r/TheBeatles 1d ago

question The Beatles, and the tale of the two producers. What if?

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One of the great "what if?" questions in popular music history involves The Beatles, and the tale of the two producers. Bert Kaempfert vs George Martin.

In June, 1961, German producer, Bert Kaempfert signed The Beatles to be the backing band for British singer Tony Sheridan. Kaempfert’s objective was simple and straightforward:

* The sessions were conventional commercial recordings.
* The Beatles functioned primarily as a backing band only.

There appears to be little evidence that Kaempfert was interested in developing Lennon and McCartney as songwriters, or encouraging the band to try and develop their sound. While he is remembered for renaming the band, “The Beat Brothers,” it should be noted that he was, after all, producing Tony Sheridan, not launching The Beatles as original artists.

Bert Kaempfert, however, deserves more credit than he often receives. He was the first major producer to recognize that the Beatles had commercial potential. Without him, The Beatles might never have had professionally released recordings to show Brian Epstein and later EMI.

Kaempfert was a brilliant producer in his own right, but his strengths were different from George Martin.

* Martin recognized that Lennon and McCartney were exceptional writers
* He demonstrated remarkable patience with unusual requests and his openness to unconventional ideas
* He possessed enough confidence to tell EMI executives when the Beatles' ideas were worth pursuing

Martin combined classical training with curiosity. He didn't simply record songs—he collaborated with The Beatles to solve musical problems. A good example is Martin's initial reaction to "Please Please Me." He thought it sounded too slow and encouraged them to speed it up. The Beatles agreed, and the faster version became their breakthrough hit. This illustrates the relationship: Martin had the authority, but he worked collaboratively.

George Martin shared the musical sophistication that Kaempfert possessed, but had a much greater appetite for experimentation. He was unusually comfortable saying, "Let's try it."

That mattered enormously once the Beatles stopped being a live band that happened to make records and became a studio band that happened to perform live

To answer my own "what if "question, I'd say this:

* Under Bert Kaempfert, I think the Beatles still had an excellent chance of becoming successful. Lennon and McCartney's songwriting, Epstein's management, and the band's charisma were too strong to ignore.
* Under George Martin, they became something *more* than successful. They continually reinvented themselves and, in doing so, changed the expectations of what a rock band and a recording studio could be.

And yet, I would not say Martin "made" the Beatles. Nor would I say, Kaempfert would have held them back.

Rather, I'd say The Beatles' extraordinary talent met the producer whose talents happened to complement theirs almost perfectly. History is full of gifted artists and gifted producers; it is much rarer for the right artist and the right producer to find each other at exactly the right moment. The Beatles and George Martin were one of those rare pairings.

What do you think?