Yes, but the two other songwriters wouldn’t have been into writing for the Beatles at all for at least a decade if they stayed together. They went out with a bang on Abbey Road and I believe it was the best outcome we could have had.
@Fluffy Hamster it's not? Why, do u think this guy isn't good at music? I mean, he seems great, all I'm saying is it could be interesting if he started a band
It's funny that every video of Paul playing the mellowtron is about him playing Strawberry fields, at this point he should name it the Strawberryfieldtron
What is not generally known is that the Mellotron could also be purchased as a sound effects machine. Instead of instrument samples, the tapes could be recorded with a vast array of sound effects and the instant playback function would give you rapid access to a huge range of effects. When I worked at ABC-TV in Melbourne, Australia during the 60s, we had one delivered on demonstration for several weeks, and I had the opportunity to play with it and also learn how it worked. Some years later I began to construct my own version, but in the end I ran out of money and had to abandon it. Pity, as I was going to increase the functionality of it many times over.
dang ya, the beatles were clearly and absolutely a powerhouse outfit together. but it's just plain old defeatism to insist you can't do something as good as what paul just did here off the top of his head. i mean honestly, it's an emperor wears no clothes moment if that's really how you feel about this. and that is not to say anything against the outstanding quality of the beatles' work, only that yes, of course you can write a song that is as good as this, easily! free your mind a little and give yourselves half a chance people.
No you don’t lol! The Moody Blues used to take like 4 of them on tour because they’d break down all the time, they’d need 2 up and running and at least 1 for parts!! D
@@gagslovedotcom I think part of the mellotron problem was they didn't like being moved about from gig to gig, also they weren't very stable when it came to staying in tune. I'm not surprised the Moodies had to take four with them, however I have a friend who has just one set up permanently in his music room that seems to be pretty stable and reliable.
@@bobgreen8142 I can't remember the group name, but they were on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series with several mellotrons, one was an original analog model but the rest were newer digital instruments. It's available here on RU-vid....
@@bobgreen8142 Damn, how do I make friends with people who own Mellotrons? I've wanted to try playing one forever but I have no idea how I'll ever get the chance.
Awww... I've been a Beatleholic for some decades, but still after all this time when Paul starts to sing sounding so damn great, I am simply awestruck. And it happens for both his joke melody and for the smash hit...
It's the pure joy he takes in the music that is the reason he is who he is. You can't be so great for so long without that almost childlike wonder in the magic of it all.
When Paul dies it will be such a tragedy. All of the members of the Beatles are treasures. Its amazing how sane they stayed in spite of all they've went through.
I love Macca to death, the very example of a consummate artist. While John's music was the mind of The Beatles, Paul's was the heart, George's was the soul and Ringo's the joy.
dave idmarx Lol!! I take it you are one of the fans who don't count meeting Ringo as meeting a real Beatle? In his defense his drumming on "A day in the life" and "Something" is simply breath taking, at least we can grant Mr Starkey that?
Tom Faron I seriously Love The Beatles (my favorite group for 40 years now), but I am man enough to admit that no, If You've Got Trouble is definitely NOT "great"! :-)
Truly one of the greatest musicians of all time. One of the great musical minds, he just operates differently from normal people. His way of thinking about music is something otherworldly
It’s amazing when you hear the songwriter sing the song while playing the actual instrument that made the sound you heard on the radio all those times. It’s like a magician showing you how they did their trick. I heard Roger McGuinn from the Byrds a few years ago playing a solo show. He had his 12-string Rickenbacker guitar. Got chills so many times, like for example, “There Is A Season (Turn, Turn, Turn.) There was the guy that recorded the song you’d heard all those times, playing the instrument he recorded it with. A sound that can’t be imitated.
Supposedly the first time John Lennon saw one he played it for 5 minutes and immediately said "I must have one of these" and the Beatles bought 4 of them
These guys were composers, arrangers, singers and played several instruments each... Built a HOF music catalog by age 25! I just read over 50 percent of young adults now still live with their parents...
This is amazing to see such a giant star perform solo in front of a small intimate audience like this. What a privilege to have been at that session. In spite of his enormous fame and celebrity, and accustomed to performing in large stadiums in front of thousands of people here is Paul being as personable and intimate and charming as can be and still so humble and down to earth with this small group This really displays his humanity and musical soul...just a musician and performer at heart and not a snob at all. He really seems to be enjoying himself and is totally NOT condescending to the audience...which many big stars are. One of the great performers, composers and singers of all time...sometimes we forget how great a voice he has...and his music will live on for thousands of years
i dont see how you can say this is "real sampling", hip hop involves for greater technical skill to use those samplrs to construct full songs, whereas the sampling here is just one note pushed down, or just consists of essentially an organ
@@arentyoumaria3027 people love seeming superior by not liking rap, completely missing out on dilla, madlib, kanye, premier and so many other great samplers
0:44 The Mellotron is basically an "illegal" copy of the American Chamberlin (named after the creator Harry Chamberlin) which was designed to replace a big band. He literally wanted a "big band" sound in his living room. That was his dream with this machine. His business partner went over seas and created the Mellotron in Europe without Harry knowing (at first). After a lot of legal dispute, they merged the companies making them legal. They still exist today in digital form, and if you buy one it will say both Chamberlin and Mellotron on there.
It's like having Beethoven or Mozart around to describe what they were thinking and how they wrote and solved problems . Amazing to have such a brilliant mind categorized for future generations.
Fantastic insight on part of what was in Strawberry Fields - what a truly great song. I always wondered about that sound. . . . now I know. Thanks to Mr. McCartney for sharing.
This is got to be one of the coolest videos out there. I'm a guitarist but I just bought a Korg triton extreme to learn more piano and synthesizer. I have always had the highest admiration or for Paul McCartney's keyboard piano skills I wish he could put out some teaching videos many of the big time stars of rock etc. seem to be doing that or corresponding with their fans and I think that is like the absolute coolest thing. These guys had to work with so much less electronic equipment and many know the stellar set up for ways to get that warm analogue sound that we all strive for. I love all the music, it fascinates me and I think it's so much fun to play. A week ago I showed a new used les paul guitar I got to a young Amish kid and it immediately brought a smile to his face and he said that looks like a lot of fun. I said yeah it's all riot if you want maybe I'll teach you some stuff. And I showed him how to stream a few cords and count his beats. I've taught other kids that they might've played another instrument like the drums and then a guitar was given to them or something and I couldn't believe I said well this is how I got learning my scales the quickest and the next day I go over to the kids house and he's playing Ted Nugent from a couple of riffs I showed him LOL Some are fast learners, today he has a band and he plays both the drums and the guitar and very good at both.
Let's get something straight, mike pinder of the moody blues introduced the mellotron to john & Paul, the moodies were utilising this instrument before the beatles & King crimson, i was told Graham bond was using it in early 60's,but the moody blues were the true innovators of this amazing instrument. 🎵🎶
Very impressive stuff, I must admit to not appreciating just how good Paul was, and still is today. With that amount of talent he has earned his place in our music history.
He's very relaxed and commanding with his voice and keyboard abilites. Not represented here, but also with bass & guitar. It exudes. Mind boggling when you factor in a the experience he has. One gargantuan legend!!!!!!!
90% sure. There is a video somewhere on youtube of someone playing the sample on a mellotron. I was disappointed to find out it wasn't played by George, but never mind.
The Moody Blues Mike Pinder, who relied on the Mellotron heavily for their orchestral sounds, would talk in interviews of the horror stories when this would get delivered to the site of the next show and the tapes would unravel and end up on the floor. Then scrambling to get it all back together. This is one of those instruments, like a Hammond B3, that you just know it when you hear it. No synthesizer has ever captured that exact sound.
I love him. I truly do. You're not supposed to be all parasocial with celebrities, but i grew up with his music, and my dad worked with a lot of his people, and every time I see or hear this dude its like im listening to a relative. Just a thorougly wonderful musical granddude.
It was a bit of common knowledge back in the Sixties that the Beatles had used a Mellotron when recording "Strawberry Fields," but I'd never seen one until now. Not at all what I thought it looked like. The Beatles used it to get a flute sound in Strawberry Fields because of course none of them could play the flute. Their use of the Mellotron in the recording is so rudimentary it gives you no idea of what a Mellotron sounds like when its full range of functions is used. Digital audio technology was just beginning to take off when the Mellotron reigned.
Before the Beatles were formed (1957) and until the time of their dissolution all electronic music was analogue tones generated by oscillators etc. The first primitive experimental digital sequencer appeared in about 1970, I believe. No practical digi synth was available until the late 70s, long after The Beatles.
The first digital synth was the Fairlight, and it came out 9 years after the Beatles disbanded. Analog synths did exist in their time and they used them, but they were monophonic (one note at a time). Poor Linda was (still is) bashed by brainiacs who thought she couldn't play more than single note melodies.
