Originally Posted by
Clifford.T Ward
I think the main reason I bother to have an interest in the apparatus or musical reproduction is the actual music and artists who produce it......
So, I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread about members favourite groups ( maybe this will lead to others like singers, orchestras etc who knows?)
I thought I would start with mine ..
The Beatles
(What I hope to stimulate is this section .....the why!)
To me what makes the Beatles great is the fact that all four members made a full contribution to the group.
In the early days of the band ...bands were always X and the ys and the lead was really considered to be the star......
George Martin and Brain Epstein realised quickly that this was not applicable to the Beatles , each one had plenty to bring to the table.
In the early days the Beatles , the Beatles were largely a covers band and each member brought their own personal contribution of an impersonation of a major rock and roll star.
In addition, The Beatles , had a really broad repertoire they could turn their hand to Rock and Roll, country music, soul, ballads, comedy songs and much more.......in addition the Beatles were great musicians
As their career progressed they started to write their own material and blossomed into a wonderful band.
Again each contributed much to the songs even though they didn’t always get the credit for it.
Paul’ s song writing reflected romance , sensitivity , embryonic political awareness and good old rock and roll
John’s reflected love , peace , an understanding of the human condition, politics and fantasy
George was the spiritualist and philosopher
And Ringo? Well all those drum parts were written by him but were totally unaccredited!
Mine too. I think the Beatles are the only act (save for the Rolling Stones, but only their work in the 1960s) who were careful to never repeat themselves. Pretty much every Beatles song is a genre onto itself.
Acts like Jimi Hendrix and James Brown were great, but they tended to repeat themselves a lot. Not like U2, mind you (who keep replaying the same song over and over), but many acts fall back into the easy pattern -- if it worked on the last album, it'll work on the next album. Formulaic approach to music kills it. No one could ever accuse the Beatles of practising formulaic approach to their material.
Don't you just hate it when you cannot detect where the post ends and a signature line begins?
Alex.