Pete had no swing. He sounded like a freight train running through the song, with the band running alongside trying to hop aboard! Thank God they found Ringo.
@@someoned188 _"He was a genius. You could sit Pete Best on a drum kit and ask him to play for 19 hours and he'd put his head down and do it. He'd drum like a dream with real style and stamina all night long, and that really was The Beatles' sound, forget the guitars._ _I was amazed when they replaced him. I even thought about learning guitar so he could be the drummer in my band. The Beatles didn't hate Pete Best, but they didn't want to be outshone by their drummer. Ringo was a good drummer but he was more ordinary."_ -- Chris Curtis, drummer of _The Searchers._
This is one of the few Decca tracks on which Pete's drumming can be heard clearly. Not good. It's out of time and he makes no tempo changes driving the tune into monotony. Paul does a fine job for someone not used to studios.
@@aunch3 It wasn't a ton of money. He was only paid for his role on the Anthology album which was 1/4 of whatever the artist's royalties might have been.
You just have to A/B this song and compare it to the "Till There Was You (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 30th July, 1963)" version with Ringo on the traps... so much better.
Always when some stupid conspiracy theorist fan comes with the stupid "paul was envious of pete" or something like that, i must say that he clearly didn't heard the Decca tapes, Pete was a dreadful drummer, that's why he was fired and Ringo took his place.
I kinda prefer how George plays the chords in a strumming pattern instead of walking down the chords. And that second solo is wonderful. I don’t think anybody would complain if they kept the last part in.
Christ I’m not even that poor of a drummer, I’m glad we have ringo, everyone sounds utterly terrified without a good base of tempo, Paul sounds thin and George playing sounds like he’s shaking
@@societalrevival1218 Through the whole Decca tape Pete performed quite well considering they were half drunk and hung over, and also with screens isolating him from the others.
Damn, i didn't even notice the tempo mess, but i DID notice Paul being cherkie when he sings "there was mu-siKKK...". On the later release, he leaned heavily on the R sound at the end of "saw", which never entered into his normal pronunciation. So something going on there. 😂
But he always did, even when speakinG. Part of the way he spoKe. 😊 I quite like unique traits like that which make us who we are. Billy has learnt and copied that trait quite well, to seem even more like Paul/get into character.
And no life, soul,drive...boring,like is personality too, sadly that's why he finally got the boot, bored of Pete and his Drumming, lovely man that he is,at least he got money rewards later on👍🥁
Solo con oír esta canción tú sabes porque George Martin les dijo a John, Paul y George que necesitaban un nuevo baterista, pero uno de verdad. Las formas quizás no fueron las correctas al despedirlo, pero gracias a Dios lo hicieron sino la pérdida que hubiera experimentado el mundo hubiera sido irreparable.
The Beatles is my favorite band ever but yeah, the performance here is not good. It’s clear they were nervous and probably a little hangover (it was recorded on January 1st).
Yeah not a fair representation, they booked the session indeed on new years days, when it probably was cheaper, and they had to crank as much songs on there within an hour.. so no time to do something twice
Oh dear, very nervous singing from Paul and awful drumming from Pete Best. Apparently Brian Epstein had chosed the songs that the group were to perform at The Decca audition but in hindsight he should have left that decision up to the group.
i disagree. the 2/2 or 4/4 isnt the right beat. the drums seem to lag and disconnect off and on. the parlaphone version is really well-polished - great production with a perfect beat.
This was cut to acetate and given to EMI which ended up on George Martin's turntable. This was the flip side to 'Hello Little Girl'. This could have been crucial to their career.
Paul too soft and Presley influenced, fake American accent on all the "er" words. Came into his own not much later. George has cold hands. Still a 50's sound at this audition and the Sheik and Besame mucho ,well.... Please please me in the near future Come on!
I love the Beatles, but this is just not very good. And that's fine, because it is a very early recording. But to say Paul's singing is better than singers today simply isn't true. He is struggling with the notes. He just about stays in tune but is weak on the high notes. George too is struggling. To reiterate: they are the greatest band, but this isn't it.
@Charlie-hp2oh, these were studio demo recordings, made when the Beatles were trying out a song to see how good it would sound. Their stage performances were so good. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uDxCg1nxUko.htmlsi=jfTry3QJqksiOwEH
George faltered a bit in the first solo, but it was okay, Paul didn't sing well, but they really had potential, they were just nervous. If they were given one more chance, they would have done great job. But the drums are terrible..
Muy buena melodía muy buena ejecución de batería por parte del gran Pete Best que a mí parecer dicho sea con todo respeto mucho mejor baterista que Ringo STARR viva Pete best
I like the fact that there’s no Ringo. I’ve never liked them as a drummer. He was not much better than Pete, but they were ulterior motives for removal. I feel personally. Not really because he wasn’t a good drummer 🥁
This session must have been a wake up call... George's solo sounds like absolute garbage compared to the tight and wonderful versions he did after this. Flubbed notes and just sounds lost in general. Just a year later this would be a perfect performance by George. (didn't look up exact dates... assuming they were recording for Parlophone a year later.)
