John Paul Jones and Page were such insider London studio dudes I'm sure the Beatles would have known them
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 October 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
They surely knew The Yardbirds
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 14 October 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
They were definitely listening to Fleetwood Mac--"Sun King" was a particular nod to "Albatross".
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 October 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
who is playing organ on this I Want You/She's So Heavy outtake anyway? Is that Preston? cuz that playing is p wild.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 October 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
Yep, Billy's on that and on "Something." Weirdly, he's not credited on the sleeve.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 14 October 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
I mean, they co-credited him on a single -- the only non-Beatle to get that treatment -- but didn't list him in the thank-yous on Abbey Road...?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 14 October 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/L1zQDMizcKw
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 14 October 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
Thanks for confirming that was Preston, was wondering the same thing this morning. That outtake version is so killer with the organ.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 October 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
There's a story that has George asking Bonham why Zep never did ballads, and Page is said to have written Rain Song is response, with the opening a nod to "Something"
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 14 October 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
That outtake version is so killer with the organ.
it's definitely the most striking/interesting of the outtakes, a no-brainer to make it the opener
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 October 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
organ playing also reminded me of JPJ tbh. It's definitely not the way Paul, John or George played organ.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 October 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
John Lennon on Led Zeppelin
Q: “Do you think in terms of feelings? Do you think of music, popular music, in terms of emotional reaction as opposed to saying something…”JOHN: “I think in any of those terms. You know, I just think it’s either something I like or don’t like or it’s heavy or it’s light. I like heavy music, I call it rock. I like Zeppelin, I’ve only heard a couple you know, they’re okay.
Lennon said this about them : “I don’t really know much of what they’re about. But one thing’s for sure, Jimmy Page is a bloody good guitarist”.
― Darin, Monday, 14 October 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
I've only got the 2xCD version, where it lands closer to the middle, but still definitely my favorite of the outtakes I've heard.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 October 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
I thought it was the of the outtakes in the tracklisting? idk
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 October 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
I'm not sure how aware the Beatles would have been of Santana during the AR sessions, as Santana really wasn't known much outside of California until Woodstock and the release of their first album in August '69, which was when--after several months of work--the finishing touches were being put on "I Want You".
Ah yeah, thanks, I had never compared the dates. So "I Want You" is definitely not inspired by Santana then !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 13:33 (four years ago) link
I've had it up to here with Peter Jackson's film being put back a year.
― piscesx, Friday, 19 June 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
But not the Let It Be anniversary set, apparently.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 19 June 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
Considering how often the Get Back project was delayed in 1969, I suppose it's only fitting the film is as well.
― blatherskite, Friday, 19 June 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
i've had it up to here waiting for the beatles to be done in lego*
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/the-beatles-31198
(*yeah, ok, yellow submarine, i have one over there -> )
also haven't they missed a trick by not using the cover of let it be?
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
Paul doesn't look like paul either. either paul.
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
(and you get enough bricks to make one of the pictures at a time for £115)
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
I dunno. Looks enough like him to me.
https://i.imgur.com/h06obLF.png
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
Looks like the white album.
I thank you
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
Nice to see they didn't neglect the big zit on Lennon's forehead.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 2 July 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
I realise these have probably been around for a decade, but someone has put up a bunch of the Beatles Rock Band split up tracks into handy YouTube vides with one stem following another and they are just amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usMLf62YzBg
Obviously their singing and their arrangements are absolutely incredible but hearing them in isolation really drives that home. Still new stuff to hear.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 24 October 2020 09:32 (three years ago) link
Thanks for that - the isolated strings and moog is the most eye opening. Always loved the drum fills in the middle eight of Here Comes...
― chap, Monday, 26 October 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
OMG!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UocEGvQ10OE
― piscesx, Monday, 21 December 2020 11:12 (three years ago) link
get back: actually a very fun, happy experience!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 21 December 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
the beatles never broke up
― tylerw, Monday, 21 December 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
(this footage does look great though)
― tylerw, Monday, 21 December 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
v excited :D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 December 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
yeah me too
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 21 December 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
So, wait...did they ship actual Beatle guitars, amps, and drums to New Zealand just for a background shot on a teaser trailer?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 21 December 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Was wondering about that as well
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 December 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
Perhaps they were used to help digitally restore the images of them in the footage?
― octobeard, Monday, 21 December 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Ah, that makes some kind of sense, good point!
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 December 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
More likely some sort of newly filmed section, an intro perhaps, cgi?
― Maresn3st, Monday, 21 December 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
i feel the same about kurtis blow so what the deal?!
― xzanfar, Monday, 21 December 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
They're all reissue / recreations of the Beatle instruments (e.g. I saw "B Bass / H Series" on one trussrod cover, and the natural Casino is clearly a Korean poly-finished one like mine) and there's zero chance that the historical instruments would be piled on the couch like that. My guess is that it's PJ's Beatle collection.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/BZdjkrJz/8-D678835-E097-4054-A867-C9-D4928089-C2.jpg
Mia Farrow?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that makes sense. I can't imagine they'd send original Beatles gear halfway around the world, with the number of people required to lug it around and ensure its security, in the middle of a pandemic.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
Also that stuff looked surprisingly shiny for it to have been played much before.
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
Jeez the Lewisohn 'Tune In' book is pretty hard going at times. I'm still only about halfway through the 2-part extended version and they've literally *just* become The Beatles (or 'Beatals') on page 600. Supposedly Ringo finally joins in the 2nd half on page 1,300.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
No spoilers, but it *ends* with the release of the first album. Personally, I found every page riveting and revelatory.This week or last week, by the way, was the week in 1964 when the Beatles had 14 songs on the Billboard charts.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
Also, xpost, you *are* reading the extended version, which I believe is literally twice as long, so another extra 800 or 1,000 pages.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
This week or last week, by the way, was the week in 1964 when the Beatles had 14 songs on the Billboard charts.
― Josh in Chicago
Pfft. Then Drake came along. TAKE THAT BEEEETLES.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link
I just assume the charts are 50% Drake at any given time anyway. I mean, as far as I know they are.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
I listened to the audiobook. 42 of the best hours I’ve spent.
― "The Pus/Worm" by The Smiths (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
I remember when the extended 'Tune In' came out, a tweet was shared (I think maybe on here) along the lines of 'I'm not saying that the new Beatles book is exhaustive, but I'm on page 346, and Ringo's Great Grandfather has just purchased a hat'
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
Dumb question, is the "extended version" only available as the expensive hardcover collector's version?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link