The Beatles - Music Or Magic?

[S.J.]

The Beatles opened up the door for everyone. Music started evolving at an alarming rate. So many talented youths found success because The Beatles broke the mold. Even Elvis saw the writing on the wall and wished The Beatles success during the Ed Sullivan Show, knowing he had just been dethroned.
It was a great time to be alive.

 

[Billo_Really]

Elvis was discharged in 1960....

The point was, Elvis hadn't of done anything since he went into the army.

 

[Harry Dresden]

The Beatles opened up the door for everyone. Music started evolving at an alarming rate. So many talented youths found success because The Beatles broke the mold. Even Elvis saw the writing on the wall and wished The Beatles success during the Ed Sullivan Show, knowing he had just been dethroned.
It was a great time to be alive.

Elvis wasnt a creator....by that i mean he did not compose....he just performed.....he is called the King of R&R....i dont think he was....Chuck Berry was the king....he composed and had a lot of musical influence on the 60's guys....including his guitar riffs....

 

[Harry Dresden]

the Beatles did what the 50's guys could not do....the put rock up and over the hill so to speak....when you have Symphony Orchestras playing your music you know you have been accepted by more than just the Rock crowd....

 

[LadyGunSlinger]

Eric Clapton - While my guitar gently weeps (HQ)(Concert for George) - YouTube

I love this song.. I've read a lot about the friendship between George Harrison and Eric Clapton..

 

[Ropey]

[ame=http://youtu.be/jZfAik7wP8U]Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy - YouTube[/ame]

 

[LadyGunSlinger]

Although to recognize the full impact of The Beatles you really had to be there, the folks at Billo Island...





.... are going to try to explain as best they can, the moment time began, again.


In 1963, rock was in the doldrums. Elvis went to the army and all the excitement from Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly, had died down. Rock had gotten so bad, that this was the No.1 song in 1963...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq5Me_LgHXk


And it just got worse from there. This was the typical bullshit people had to listen to on the Ed Sullivan Show.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXK0JTed2G8

I was in 4th grade watching the Ed Sullivan Show with my mother, expecting to see another Bobby Vinton song and this is what I saw...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3R0Zxh26g


Prior to that show, everyone had butch wax in their hair, like the Fonz.

After the show, everyone was washing their hair and combing it in front, to see how long it was.

I truly love your posts here in the music forum.. You weave a great story of how it all came to be.. the history, the mood.. the players.. Keep on , keepin on keepin Rock N Roll alive.

 

[Billo_Really]

The Beatles were so different than anything around at that time.

 

[Billo_Really]

Here's another tune that changed the world...

 

[Billo_Really]

Here's another Beatle monster....

 

[Billo_Really]

 

[Billo_Really]

Musically, this is the only time I ever felt sorry for John Lennon.

There are two guitar leads in this song and unfortunately for John, he plays the first one and Clapton comes in right after him and it's just fucking embarrassing!

I'm sorry John, you're no Clapton!





And Yoko, will you please shut up!

 

[Billo_Really]

Here's another one of my personal favorites...

 

[Harry Dresden]

Musically, this is the only time I ever felt sorry for John Lennon.

There are two guitar leads in this song and unfortunately for John, he plays the first one and Clapton comes in right after him and it's just fucking embarrassing!

I'm sorry John, you're no Clapton!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPA8TGNjqjs


And Yoko, will you please shut up!

amen to that.....when John did that gig in NYC with Zappa, i bet Zappa could not believe how John could let that womans voice destroy his recordings.....this is one good song ruined by her infernal wailing.........

 

[LadyGunSlinger]

Musically, this is the only time I ever felt sorry for John Lennon.

There are two guitar leads in this song and unfortunately for John, he plays the first one and Clapton comes in right after him and it's just fucking embarrassing!

I'm sorry John, you're no Clapton!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPA8TGNjqjs


And Yoko, will you please shut up!

So I need the real story on the Yoko friction.. Fact or fiction? Hype?

 

[LadyGunSlinger]

Musically, this is the only time I ever felt sorry for John Lennon.

There are two guitar leads in this song and unfortunately for John, he plays the first one and Clapton comes in right after him and it's just fucking embarrassing!

I'm sorry John, you're no Clapton!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPA8TGNjqjs


And Yoko, will you please shut up!

amen to that.....when John did that gig in NYC with Zappa, i bet Zappa could not believe how John could let that womans voice destroy his recordings.....this is one good song ruined by her infernal wailing.........

WTF After watching that clip.. WHAT THE HELL? I don't get why the hell he let her screech and belt out pure shit on stage?

 

[Mojo2]

Most overrated band ever

A few days after John Lennon's slaying the wife of an older associate of mine candidly shared with us that she couldn't understand all the public expressions of grief and outrage and sorrow over the shooting.

'After all, she said, it was nothing compared to the impact of Elvis' death.'

Like her, I'm guessing you were not in the right demographic to have been touched by "Beatlemania" or, more importantly, by their music.

Therefore, you'd be missing one important ingredient which was part of the Beatles' phenomenon, when making your assessment.

Music is only partially appreciated, if at all, if it does not emotionally affect you.

Please let me know the music you like more than the Beatles'.

Although, I once dated a girl who didn't like music at all.

Strangest thing.

 

[Mojo2]

This will give the nay-sayers an insight of the complexity of their music....

Fab Faux Abbey Road Medley Part 2 - YouTube

My God!

These guys are great!

Rather than a clever novelty act, they provide the same kind of pure listening pleasure as listening to the originals.

EDIT: I don't know if Will Lee is still with CBS Late Nite with David Letterman's house band, but he's a member of the Fab Faux. It also features jimmy Vivino the band leader of Conan O'Brien's band.

And there's another video showing a guy who was a Beatle's album Audio Producer producing a Fab Faux rendition of a Beatles hit.

These guys are good.

Really good.

 

[protectionist]

I say magic.

The Beatles - And I Love Her [HQ Original Audio] - YouTube

This is one of the all-time GREAT love songs. I've been playing it on the guitar (including the solo) since 1964, and have played it many times in clubs, with my former band, and used to get lots of requests for it.

 

[protectionist]

The Beatles opened up the door for everyone. Music started evolving at an alarming rate. So many talented youths found success because The Beatles broke the mold. Even Elvis saw the writing on the wall and wished The Beatles success during the Ed Sullivan Show, knowing he had just been dethroned.
It was a great time to be alive.

Elvis wasnt a creator....by that i mean he did not compose....he just performed.....he is called the King of R&R....i dont think he was....Chuck Berry was the king....he composed and had a lot of musical influence on the 60's guys....including his guitar riffs....

As a rock guitarist myselfmyself, I confirm what you say. Chuck Berry was awesome on the guitar. An innovator and inspiration for the British bands that came later. One of his riffs was recorded in 1970 by the Rolling Stones, on the song "Brown Sugar" (which I still play to this day)