we're at the very tail end of the period when they will be listened to alongside contemporary popular music on the same or at least similar terms. Soon their status will become increasingly like, say, Duke Ellington's: revered in theory but listened to only by oldsters and the minority of enthusiasts prepared to work at breaking down the barriers that makes their music sound dated to most ears.
i dunno about this...
― lukevalentine, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
especially with the remasters, i get the feeling that these fellows' records will be accessible for quite a while
― lukevalentine, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh that Beatles 3000 thing is HILARIOUS!"Sgt. Pet Sounds and the Spiders From Aja"
― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL at the joke about the Napster-era mislabeling.
― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Oxygen and vitamins: Classic or dud?
― I've got some funny ideas about what sounds good (staggerlee), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a really good video of "Don't Let Me Down" from the rooftop concert streaming on the iTunes store right now. I guess it's a promo for the Let It Be...Naked release.
― timellison, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
lol at the random ilx guy in 2002 dismissing them as 'a very popular skiffle combo.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
Surely that was dave q.
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 08:00 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrAdX4O1m4M
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:29 (eleven years ago) link
"Rock out in comfort"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v--q95oeWU
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
George Martin's string arrangement on "Eleanor Rigby" is really good. I have loved since I was a little kid how rhythmic the violin section is done, it rocks up pretty good for a string section.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
I think that's cos Martin used Bartok st qts as a template.
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
What would be a good example of a Bartok quartet piece with this feel?
― earlnash, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
You can hear just the strings here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZA6jtxtTfQ
As someone says in the comments it sounds (in places) quite like Bernard Herrmann's score of Psycho.
― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 1 August 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
George Martin:
I was very much inspired by Bernard Herrmann, in particular a score he did for the Truffaut film Farenheit 451. That really impressed me, especially the strident string writing. When Paul told me he wanted the strings in Eleanor Rigby to be doing a rhythm it was Herrmann's score which was a particular influence.
Geoff Emerick:
On Eleanor Rigby we miked very, very close to the strings, almost touching them. No one had really done that before; the musicians were in horror.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 August 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
If this is the closest we're ever going to get to a restoration of Let It Be, I guess I'll take it.
Just announced: Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary, featuring never-before-seen footage of the legendary band, comes to theaters September 4, 2020. Photo Credit: ©1969 Paul McCartney / Photographer: Linda McCartney pic.twitter.com/8BM11NH3Iz— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) March 11, 2020
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
p excited for this tbh
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
and I haven't cared about anything Peter Jackson's done in ... 20 years?
Sounds about right!
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
the WWI restoration footage thing he did was incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcgceA64aAI
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
really looking forward to this
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
xxxp me too, except They Shall Not Grow Old was pretty good
ha, fuck, beaten to it
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link