Hi Michael, Thank you for hosting with Dan, brother Rich and myself last night on Royce in the House, much appreciated brother! The Beatles were an embarrassment of riches, love it. Great job on this and I look forward to thr next one!
I think George Martin was possibly the glue for the sound and evolution of The Beatles. Not only as a producer, but played on countless songs throughout their career. It’s still amazing that Eleanor Rigby is the only song which no Beatle played on, but the strings were phenomenal.
There is no doubt that George Martin was more than a little responsible for the Beatles success. His influence on their music was huge and cannot be dismissed. Because none of the Beatles could write music, arrange complex instrumental accompaniment, or produce sessions they were heavily reliant on George Martin's guidance. There were many songs where George Martin's suggestions helped to make the songs better. From "Please Please Me" to "Yesterday" and "Eleanor Rigby" to the entire "Sgt. Pepper's" sessions George Martin's influence is there.
Norman Smith had a top 10 hit in 1973 under the name Hurricane Smith, “oh babe what would you say.” One of the first people to send him a congratulations upon hitting the top 10 was John Lennon and Yoko Ono
They had to have had a lucky charm. What are the chances that two of the greatest song writers ever were born within a few miles and a few years of each other? And then they had to find each other. Almost as if they sold their soul, like Robert Johnson.
Not only the greatest group of all time, but also the greatest supporting team by far. What a cast of A-list all-stars. Just brilliant. It was all simply meant to be. This is going to be another winning series, Michael. Looking forward to more installments. You can also apply this concept to Floyd and all of your other Mount Olympus groups over time.
@@anthonylynch4737 If you think that's true you haven't listened to a lot of The Beatles catalog, I can name a whole bunch of other Beatle tracks that are pretty damn heavy.
First time listening to you. I am a great Beatles fan. They were the biggest part of my young teenage life. Looking forward to more of your videos. I think the stars all aligned and put all of the Beatles crew together. Our country was going through a bad time and they made life hopeful and fun.
Putting the Beatles together was much like putting on a Broadway production. They had costumers, lighting, technicians, sound engineers, writers, editors…crazy!!!
Gigging in Hamburg made their skill razor sharp. They had a great manager who saw the big picture. Great songwriters too. Right place, right time and prepared when the opportunity came. George Martin was great too.
This video proves a mantra I hold “you can never know everything about the Beatles. There is just SO much to learn.” Thanks for the great content and compelling style :)
Another fantastic video, Michael! It's so very true that the Beatles were surrounded by talented people. Each of them, in their own way, contributed to the overall success of The Beatles. As you point out, they paved the way not just for the Beatles but for other rock bands that followed. The Beatles team were innovators. They basically invented the idea of music videos, arena rock, the concept album, musicians having their own record label, putting lyrics on an album, and so much more.
I am wondering with the Beatles playing increasingly larger stadiums, why did they didn’t contract Vox or the various amplifier companies to create huge amplifiers and a good PA system as they had the largesse? The Who did it only a few years after them so it was possible
They actually had Vox build special amps for them, Michael! Those were the 100 watt amps I spoke about! Those were the very best amps on the planet at that moment! ❤
There is no way the Beatles went from doing Chuck Berry covers for drunk Germans in Hamburg dive bars to the technical genius and craftsmanship of Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road in less than a decade without A LOT of help from from others.
You can thank Sir George Martin for much of that. Without his genius and guidance the Beatles music wouldn't have been what we know today. His importance in the Beatles music is undeniable
They were maybe the only band that truly could explore their music uninterrupted…. No road shows jut creating music and sounds that’s what the team Allowed them be everything they could be
I think Brian started working for the Beatles in late '61 and the film 007 Dr. No came out in '62. I think it was serendipity that the band somewhat had the polished British look of Sean Connery's 007. They even embraced it for the movie Help! putting the 007 theme on the soundtrack album.
Tony Barrow, "Tone", never gets the credit he deserves as their publicist. He was pretty much the guy who sold The Beatles to the media. He coined the term "Beatlemania " despite many others taking credit. He was responsible for the liner notes on the early LPs. He organized and orchestrated all of the now famous press conferences. He wrote a good book documenting all of this early side of their career. It's a must read. It shows how the early development of the Beatle organization happened. It's called "John, Paul, George, Ringo and ME".
One of my favourie lines about the Beatles is from Tony Barrow on an EP with four songs from Please Please Me releaased in 1963, I'll just go find the EP to get it right... "P.S. In case you doubt my opening prophecy [That the beatles will be talked about with respect in the middle of 1973] you should know that Messers Lennon and McCartney have written enough songs to keep them in singles and albumbs from now until 1973, even if their composing talent were to wither and die in the immediate future."
Hey Michael first congrats on 20k+ subs that's crazy not even a year on YT you are rock start now !!! Hopefully you can "Get Back" my Beatles love I had. In the Vinyl Community on You Tube the Beatles have become brought up so much that I do not want to even play my albums. I was excited again when "Get Back" film came out but that just back fired and made it worse on the Vinyl Community channels. Enjoy your take on this and looking forward to more episodes. cheers-VK
Wonderful, Michael! A great rundown on our fave band; Robert Freeman was the photographer on so many of the early to mid career Beatles albums. A whole book can be written on Norman "Hurricane" Smith. The Beatles "with a little help from their friends" #Fab !! 😎👍
Great Video. There's just one inconsistency I picked up on. At about 9:20 you are talking about George Martin's reaction on the day that he first met the Beatles "...they had this qurky kind of atitude tha just seemed to manifest itself when all four of these guys got together"... but at that time they were not "the four", as Pete Best was still in the band. You could even go as far as to say that the reservations that GM had about Pete Best on that day that led to him being replaced.
Skillfully unpacked and engagingly spun. Miraculous Mersey Tale told from the POV of the personnel involved. Way to to do it, Michael.👍 And those Beatle boots are snazzy. Snazzy? Sorry..."Gear-fab', what can I do for you as it were, gear-fab?” “Not a bit like Cagney."
Thanks Michael. I have recently watched a rare Deep Purple live video. In my opinion, Ritchie Blackmore is at least as good as Page. He's not nearly as bluesy, but his speed and dexterity are amazing. I gladly agree that Jon Bonham was an incredible drummer but I think that Ian Pace was better. His single bass drum was just as fast and he played it with even more power. Robert Plant was a great singer but he couldn't come close to the notes that Ian Gillian reaches. Especially in "Sweet Child in Time". Zep didn't have a full time keyboardist but they could never have topped Jon Lord' (rip). I will always feel that he was the greatest Rock Keyboard player. As for Bassists It's difficult to hear either of them on recordings. But, in the end. Nobody can hold a flicker of a candle to The Beatles. I'm 68 years young and I've loved them with all of my might ever since Feb. 9, 1963. My life changed that day and I never tire of seeing LIVE video of them or official or Bootleg recordings of them. I'm one guy who was convinced of this a long time ago.
Mal Evans didn't join the Beatles team until August 1962, when he was employed by Brian to help out Neil Aspinall. So, yeah, Neil predated Brian, but Mal - though they knew him a little - didn't start working with/for them until Brian brought him on board.
That is not true. Ringo was a good solid drummer and he was good for the Beatles but there are countless drummers who could have filled that seat and countless drummers who would have been far better.
@@goplad1 ahah!! You are way too funny. You don't really know so much about musical technical ability. Ringo was one of the very best drummers in the history of rock/ pop; you wouldn't grasp that because you have no idea what you're running your mouth about. Go watch some videos about Ringo by Rick Beato, SyedRewind or Otis Gibbs (just for a few brilliant and storied musicians - who are obviously about 500x more knowledgeable than you). I know a ton about music but don't profess to know things that others know MUCH, MUCH more about, and I've watched at least a dozen videos where musical giants have said that Ringo is THE most under-rated drummer ever, and that he did things that many of the greatest could NOT do. They are still blown away, amazed and dumbfounded as to how he did many things. Most people have no idea how his stylings, fills and many other 'tricks' were incredibly genius. I'm not saying he's in the top 10 or even 20, but that is the absolute best ever. You are ludicrously trying your best to say that he is only ok. This makes it too obvious that you know nothing, you are full of it. Countless?? x2?? BS x2.
@@richardweed9727 Ah yes. A Ringo fanatic. Blindly convinces himself that Ringo is a virtuoso drummer, king of the drum kit. What a laugh. As I stated Ringo is a good serviceable drummer who kept good time for the Beatles, with occasional flair, and always dependable. However he was not a great drummer in technical terms. In fact he was very limited in his abilities. Just ask Quincy Jones who had Ringo on a jazz session. Ringo couldn't keep up and his drum track wasn't used. George Harrison once said that Ringo never practiced. He showed up to the studio, did his job, and off he went. Ringo never ascended beyond his innate abilities. He was the same on "Love Me Do" as he was on Abbey Road. As I said, steady. To suggest Ringo is anything more than a good drummer is hyperbole and just plain ridiculous. Can you honestly say he belongs in the pantheon of great drummers? Earl Palmer? Hal Blaine? Buddy Rich? John Bonham? Ringo couldn't cart their drum kits. So just stop with the Ringo worship. It's absurd.
At the time, none of the Beatles were virtuoso musicians. But they were a tight unit, except for Pete Best. It's not the Best was a bad drummer but that his drumming didn't fit the group style. Sadly, neither did Best's personality fit with the rest of the members. Happens a lot on life. However separately, George Martin had concerns about Best's ability to keep time. Back at the ranch, the band wanted Best out and replaced by Starr who was a long standing and popular drummer on the Liverpool music scene. Starr was currently drumming with one of THE most popular bands on Merseyside and even had a solo spot in their set, known as the Starr spot. The three Beatles were friendly with and had already played with Starr who's drumming style AND personality fit into the band much better than that of Pete Best. So, it's simply not true that any other drummer could have become the successful Beatles drummer because in terms of both musicianship (as has become blatantly evident) AND personality, Starr fit the bill perfectly.
IMO they still rule, well, musically. Suppose, attitude and style could be owed to them as well. Geo Martin wasn't a producer of music? The Beatles story just gets better the more you find out!
I don't think Mal Evans started working for the Beatles before Epstien? Aspinall was there, but Evans came after they started to get big. I could be wrong?
Mark Lewisohn's research identified documents that prove the Beatles were going to be signed regardless of what George Martin thought because music publishers wanted to secure the songwriting due to their being impressed by McCartney's Love of the Loved (I think, maybe it was Like Dreamers Do). The story that George Martin had a say in the matter is a popular fiction that's been repeated for 60 years now.
I’m a Beatles fan from birth! Led Zeppelin was easily learned. Now I make music myself and just released a double album for all 25 American fans! Love your channel man you opened me up to physical graffiti! Perfection
My all time favorite album is "Rubber Soul" and then (here in America - "Yesterday and Today"). But I loved nearly everything they ever did - including the very first songs.
Hey Michael hope all is well, I'm not sure but I think Brian's last name is actually pronounced Epstein as in Frankenstein, at least that's what I've always heard
While I would agree that the Beatles ruled the world of music I would have to argue against them ruling the world. Beatlemaniac baby boomers love to say the Beatles changed the world in every aspect but clearly they did not. That is hyperbolic. The world is an ever changing place and it takes many elements to make change. Yes the Beatles had influence on the youth of the world and certainly when it came to music they were influential. I've always seen the Beatles as a catalyst for many cultural things but beyond that society was changing due to many occurrences on the world stage. It takes more than a pop music group to change the world.
Oh yeah right ✅ I wanna hold your hand 🤣🤣 YEAH YEAH YEAH 🤣🤣 looks like world rulers to me 🤣🤣 sounds like they really should have called themselves WHAM !! 🤣🤣
the beatles are of course amazing, but- all their music sounds like its from the 60s, despite all their brilliance in the studio- the sound engineering in the 60s was not in the same class as the 70s- floyd and zep and the 70s stones albums sound far better on that front- more timeless in that context.
@@graniterhythm53 i completely disagree, the sound engineering on the beatles was exceptional at the time but was superseded by floyd and zeppelin etc.
Nope. They actually re-positioned the drum kit so that they were pointing at different parts of the crowd after breaks - to give everyone the best perspective- to feel more part of the experience/ the party. They DID NOT re-tune the kit.
