I’ve listened to various interviews with George Martin, but I think this is my favorite, mainly because he spends time talking about the comedy records he produced. The interviewer was very good, and I’m all but certain that this is the second time I’ve listened to it.
In a very good 1990 MTV Paul McCartney Rocumentary that is on youtube the narrator rightly says McCartney has been many things over the last three decades, a hardcore rock and roller, a pure pop star, a trailblazing bassist, and the cutest guy in the worlds most popular band, but above all else from the beginning he's been a world class song writer. The Beatles producer George Martin is also interviewed and he said that soon after he started to work with them in the recording studio, which was late 1962, early 1963,he said they emerged as pretty brilliant and started to really think about song writing in a very serious way and they showed a film segment of The Beatles in the recording studio which looked like early 1964 during the great Hard Day's Night sessions.
George Martin says in his biography,All You Need is Ears, there's no doubt Lennon and McCartney were good musicians,they had good musical brains and the brain is where music originates,it has nothing to do with your fingers, As it happened they could all play their own instruments very well,and that Paul is an excellent music all- arounder, probably the best bass guitar-player there is, a brilliant guitarist,a first class drummer and a competent piano player. George Martin said in The Beatles early days he tried to learn to play the guitar in order to have a better musical communication between him and The Beatles,but he couldn't learn it and gave it up,but he says that John and Paul learned to play the piano far more quickly than he was able to master their instrument.
George Martin always said that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were incredibly talented people,and he said they both were extraordinarily talented song writers and both great singers and he said he had never known or worked with anyone as brilliant as The Beatles. And he produced many music artists after them, but he never had the same success as a producer before or after producing them.
Strange that the 2 versions of Strawberry Fields were in different keys - probably the orchestration in the 2nd version required a different tuning. Merging the two was largely successful with the exception of John’s voice being uncharacteristicly lower and “un-John” like in the 2nd half.
The Beatles initial success has nothing to do with George Martin. It was only after they had made a few albums that they wanted to make more ambitious music, and George Martin started making a direct contribution to the music.
The Beatles never would have been as big without Martin's prodigious musical and technical recording savvy in my opinion they never gave him credit because he would have been due much more credit than they wanted to admit, especially John Lennon.....
BS. Martin added strings to some songs. When Lennon or McCartney had a certain sound they wanted on some songs, they took Martin's advice. Martin did not write one Beatle song and did not write the music. The Beatles would have been the best without Martin. Their early songs were just drums and guitars, and they were still brilliant!
Martin was very ruthless business man who along with the other managers of the Beatles threw out George Best simply because his mother was questioning their new contracts in order to get a better deal for the band
And in the September 1971 interview in the St.Regis hotel John said that he had nothing against George Martin but that George had recently given an interview where he overstated what he did with their music.John also said that Brian Epstein was more of a theatrical man more than a business man,and that in the early days they were the talent and he was the hustler of it. I'm pretty certain that if it hadn't been Brian Epstein that discovered The Beatles some other very lucky business man would have with talent as rare,natural and extreme as John and Paul's it just would may have been a few more years later. Both Brian Epstein and George Martin got very lucky to have discovered them because they never had nearly as much success until they did.
And 80% of it isn't.But that isn't to say G.M. wasn't the perfect foil for them.They/him sounds like a match made in musical heaven in that they were perfectly imperfect for each other.Martin and the EMI faclities were kind of square at the time but it all worked out sublimely
@@redscunthorpe5501 oh,and which words would these be?On second look it reads perfectly well to me. Perhaps your not intelligent enough to understand it
Amazing. Only 8k views. Should be heard by millions.
Humble, eloquent, and a musical genius in his own right. They were all fortunate that they met each other. We were the beneficiaries. Thanks boys.
He said all the beatles were great goon show fans.
It comes through in some of their whimsical lyrics.
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Wow! What a wonderful interview !!!!
thanks for the upload
“If anyone was the fifth Beatle, it was Brian.” - Paul McCartney
5th = then
I’ve listened to various interviews with George Martin, but I think this is my favorite, mainly because he spends time talking about the comedy records he produced.
The interviewer was very good, and I’m all but certain that this is the second time I’ve listened to it.
In a very good 1990 MTV Paul McCartney Rocumentary that is on youtube the narrator rightly says McCartney has been many things over the last three decades, a hardcore rock and roller, a pure pop star, a trailblazing bassist, and the cutest guy in the worlds most popular band, but above all else from the beginning he's been a world class song writer.
The Beatles producer George Martin is also interviewed and he said that soon after he started to work with them in the recording studio, which was late 1962, early 1963,he said they emerged as pretty brilliant and started to really think about song writing in a very serious way and they showed a film segment of The Beatles in the recording studio which looked like early 1964 during the great Hard Day's Night sessions.
Several were referred to as the "5th Beatle" such as Brian Epstein, Pete Best, Billy Preston, etc.
I loved this interview, you were right 😊
Please read his book on Sgt. Pepper.
He noted that humor is “much crueler today.”
Quite right.
Never heard a single Beatle give him due credit!
Talk to them a lot did you?
@@johnkochen7264 Not in a single interview
George Martin says in his biography,All You Need is Ears, there's no doubt Lennon and McCartney were good musicians,they had good musical brains and the brain is where music originates,it has nothing to do with your fingers, As it happened they could all play their own instruments very well,and that Paul is an excellent music all- arounder, probably the best bass guitar-player there is, a brilliant guitarist,a first class drummer and a competent piano player.
George Martin said in The Beatles early days he tried to learn to play the guitar in order to have a better musical communication between him and The Beatles,but he couldn't learn it and gave it up,but he says that John and Paul learned to play the piano far more quickly than he was able to master their instrument.
George Martin always said that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were incredibly talented people,and he said they both were extraordinarily talented song writers and both great singers and he said he had never known or worked with anyone as brilliant as The Beatles. And he produced many music artists after them, but he never had the same success as a producer before or after producing them.
Strange that the 2 versions of Strawberry Fields were in different keys - probably the orchestration in the 2nd version required a different tuning. Merging the two was largely successful with the exception of John’s voice being uncharacteristicly lower and “un-John” like in the 2nd half.
...And the one who put them into the public radar due to his magnificent arrangements.
The Beatles initial success has nothing to do with George Martin. It was only after they had made a few albums that they wanted to make more ambitious music, and George Martin started making a direct contribution to the music.
BS. It was Brian Epsteing who aggraged their big appearance on the Sullivan show.
I can see why Ms. Thatcher is no longer working in media.
The Beatles never would have been as big without Martin's prodigious musical and technical recording savvy in my opinion they never gave him credit because he would have been due much more credit than they wanted to admit, especially John Lennon.....
I agree. George turned their rough gems in brilliant stones.
@@lionheartroar3104 Music lover huh........
BS. Martin added strings to some songs. When Lennon or McCartney had a certain sound they wanted on some songs, they took Martin's advice. Martin did not write one Beatle song and did not write the music. The Beatles would have been the best without Martin. Their early songs were just drums and guitars, and they were still brilliant!
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The Mop Tops understood performance, George Martin understood music.
Yawn
George Martin was 5000 Beatles ❤
He was maybe sort of the x-factor of the group, but not a Beatle really. There were four.
Martin was very ruthless business man who along with the other managers of the Beatles threw out George Best simply because his mother was questioning their new contracts in order to get a better deal for the band
Exactly how MANY 5th Beatles where there....my count is 4
Martin is the only contender if you really understand how those recordings were accomplished.........
And in the September 1971 interview in the St.Regis hotel John said that he had nothing against George Martin but that George had recently given an interview where he overstated what he did with their music.John also said that Brian Epstein was more of a theatrical man more than a business man,and that in the early days they were the talent and he was the hustler of it.
I'm pretty certain that if it hadn't been Brian Epstein that discovered The Beatles some other very lucky business man would have with talent as rare,natural and extreme as John and Paul's it just would may have been a few more years later.
Both Brian Epstein and George Martin got very lucky to have discovered them because they never had nearly as much success until they did.
At least 20% of what you hear on Beatles records is due to him!
or more.....
And 80% of it isn't.But that isn't to say G.M. wasn't the perfect foil for them.They/him sounds like a match made in musical heaven in that they were perfectly imperfect for each other.Martin and the EMI faclities were kind of square at the time but it all worked out sublimely
@@randybackgammon890 try to learn the meaning of the words you use "before" posting, in your attempt to appear more intelligent then you are.....
@@redscunthorpe5501 oh,and which words would these be?On second look it reads perfectly well to me. Perhaps your not intelligent enough to understand it
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Thatcher butt's in too much when George is making a point.
Why the apostrophe in butts?
"The Mastermind's A Mason"
No one calls him the fifth Beatle
As the years reveal the truth he will probably be revealed as the no.1 Beatle....what say you faul????