Youtube and the Beatles

[ByeBye]

Was looking at some Beatles stuff and was very amazed at the skill these guys had live. No monitors,no way of hearing themselves,  crap equipment but freaking amazing talent.

You can't fake talent. Anyone young or old that is or was in a band will probably be amazed at what the Beatles could pull off live. Add to that the songwriting skill and you have a band that will probably never be topped.

It boggles my mind how they could sing like they did with no monitors.

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Saw her standing there

Yesterday

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[Masherbrum]

I have about 75 Beatles videos on my HD.  

Nuke, I've always said they are the best.

[sluggish]

Here's an interesting doc for you nuke.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jJzOvnAla0&mode=related&search=

[ByeBye]

Thanks Sluggish! Thats just pure talent there. Too bad Yoko was there..

[sluggish]

Originally posted by ByeBye
Thanks Sluggish! Thats just pure talent there. Too bad Yoko was there..

There's like 7 parts to it.  There's a few parts where John and George are talking not so nicely about Paul.  I have had a life-long fascination with the Beatles.

[nirvana]

Interviews I've read is that no one could hear them over the screaming of the teenage girls.  .

During live performances of "I Want to Hold Your Hand", Lennon often changed the words to "I want to hold your gland" (meaning breast/mammary gland), because no one could hear the vocals anyway, above the noise of the screaming audiences.

That's from wikipedia so take it as you will.

I've always liked them more then the Beach Boys, they could do happy, they could do sad, the Beach Boys always seemed happy.

[sluggish]

Originally posted by nirvana
Interviews I've read is that no one could hear them over the screaming of the teenage girls.  . That's from wikipedia so take it as you will.

I've always liked them more then the Beach Boys, they could do happy, they could do sad, the Beach Boys always seemed happy.

No one especially themselves.  Which is exactly what Nuke is talking about.  It's amazing that they sounded as good as they did live since they coulldn't hear themselves.  Yeah some of the harmonies are a little off but they are basically singing from memory with perfect pitch.

[FiLtH]

"Interviews I've read is that no one could hear them over the screaming of the teenage girls. ."


    Thats not from the Beatles..thats from my chainsaw.

[Black Sheep]

Originally posted by ByeBye
crap equipment

I wouldn't say what they had was crap for equipment - they were using top of the line Siemens, Telefunken, Neumann pres and mics (   lotta German stuff   )  RCA mics, Gates compressors. . . and thier instrument choices weren't bottom rung either (Rickenbacker, VOX, Orange, Fender, Hofner, Rhodes). Maybe BEFORE they got the deal. . .

And they did have monitors on ocassion - just not wedges on the floor or spots on the mics like you would normally see. They could definitely hear themselves live.

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by sluggish
No one especially themselves.  Which is exactly what Nuke is talking about.  It's amazing that they sounded as good as they did live since they coulldn't hear themselves.  Yeah some of the harmonies are a little off but they are basically singing from memory with perfect pitch.

The Beatles "trademark" was "deliberate off key harmonies".

[zorstorer]

Pete Townshend didn't think too highly of them.  Try to hunt down a copy of "The Rolling Stones Rock N' Roll Circus"  There were a few song by Lennon and Yoko on there as well some by the Stones.  But the real talent was in the beginning of the show with Taj Mahal and The Who.  Mick though that the other bands in the line up sounded better live than the Stones.  That was thought to be the  reason the show never went to air and they didn't make any more.

[Black Sheep]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
The Beatles "trademark" was "deliberate off key harmonies".

Actually, their trademarks were hit songs and teenage girl appeal. They weren't a polished band vocally or instrumentally by any stretch. To say they were deliberately off-key is a bit much. They did the best they could as a band that had played together before and during thier recording years.

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by Black Sheep
Actually, their trademarks were hit songs and teenage girl appeal. They weren't a polished band vocally or instrumentally by any stretch. To say they were deliberately off-key is a bit much. They did the best they could as a band that had played together before and during thier recording years.

Listen to anything "Post Yesterday and Today" (it started with Doctor Robert).  They deliberately used off key harmonies.

[Ball]

Originally posted by ByeBye

Yesterday

absolutely love that song.

[Neubob]

Originally posted by ByeBye
Thanks Sluggish! Thats just pure talent there. Too bad Yoko was there..

So you're willing to admit that they may be as good as you are?