r/TheBeatles • u/ParaShift77 • 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 • u/ParaShift77 • 5h ago
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Just an absolute classic!
r/TheBeatles • u/Secure-Scientist4867 • 2h ago
r/TheBeatles • u/Big-Vermicelli-7611 • 8h ago
Beatles nerds, listen up! Is this worth anything, found it at my grandma’s house.
r/TheBeatles • u/Hellokitty030 • 18h ago
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 • u/Professional_Scar340 • 20h ago
r/TheBeatles • u/organicgolden • 1d ago
For a shampoo ad in MAD Magazine
r/TheBeatles • u/23saround • 16h ago
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r/TheBeatles • u/One-Distribution8938 • 3h ago
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Singing one of my favourite beatles song
r/TheBeatles • u/fab4beatles • 4h ago
r/TheBeatles • u/ldgraves222 • 6h ago
My jaw dropping conversation with Paul!
r/TheBeatles • u/Warm_Flatworm6847 • 21h ago
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?
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r/TheBeatles • u/caramelgoose • 2h ago
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 • u/Jean0406Alix • 16h ago
Its a experimental/industrial band they made this cover album so give me your opinion
r/TheBeatles • u/stumpkat • 1d ago
Do you think Paul will ever release All for Love?
r/TheBeatles • u/RareAd3009 • 11h ago
Here comes the sun is also up there but I do enjoy listening to it every now and then.
r/TheBeatles • u/Bobo4037 • 2d ago
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r/TheBeatles • u/Illustrious-Case993 • 1d ago
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?