THE BEATLES
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Never inside, tempted to tag along when someone gets something mastered there just to get the photo on the steps and a quick nose around.
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I say we sign up for a tour, and then hide somewhere inside so we get locked in for the night, @MirrorProfiles . 
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rewatching Anthology again, absolutely glorious. Amazing piece of work all round.
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People who think Ringo is crap clearly never heard Pete Best. You can see why he had to go from listening to the Decca audition tape. Ringo was essential for the beatles, he was the missing piece of the puzzle.
Some of the early covers really sound fantastic, the BBC radio programmes had some recordings of songs from their set that didn’t make it onto any albums. Just incredible energy when they do their take on rock n roll.
Random thoughts:
People who think Ringo is crap clearly never heard Pete Best. You can see why he had to go from listening to the Decca audition tape. Ringo was essential for the beatles, he was the missing piece of the puzzle.
Some of the early covers really sound fantastic, the BBC radio programmes had some recordings of songs from their set that didn’t make it onto any albums. Just incredible energy when they do their take on rock n roll.
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That's cool shit right there. And there's Billy Preston. Check out that old console with the levers. Oh and look, it's Yoko!
Besides probably hearing them endlessly in my crib (we used to have the radio on most of the day), my main recollection is putting on the Live at the Hollywood Bowl LP at my uncle's. I guess I was 10-12 and very impressed with that mayhem and opener vibe 
He also had the white album, but I found that kind of meh back then.
The red 2LP collection is among my first buys probably, and I mostly just know the big hits outside of that.
That made it fun to sometimes "discover" that a great cover was really a Beatles song! (I often preferred what I heard first though: the covers)
For example, Got to Get You Into My Life by E,W and Fire, Fool on the Hill by Sergio Mendes, ...
Forgot the title, but maybe another gem I discovered late through one of the Idol shows probably. I couldn't believe I had never heard that before.
He also had the white album, but I found that kind of meh back then.
The red 2LP collection is among my first buys probably, and I mostly just know the big hits outside of that.
That made it fun to sometimes "discover" that a great cover was really a Beatles song! (I often preferred what I heard first though: the covers)
For example, Got to Get You Into My Life by E,W and Fire, Fool on the Hill by Sergio Mendes, ...
Forgot the title, but maybe another gem I discovered late through one of the Idol shows probably. I couldn't believe I had never heard that before.
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Here's a great ISO'd breakdown of Octopus's Garden
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That song is the seed that created Heavy Metal , before Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple.
Of all the Beatles that suffered the most, it was George Harrison, he had so many songs held back by George Martin and the compositional Juggernaut of Lennon/ McCartney.
That's why in my opinion, All Things Must Pass, was easily the best solo album by any of the former Beatles
This song was rejected by the Beatles ....
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I will never be able to understand people who think Ringo is crap. I’m not sure how anyone can come to that conclusion
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Get back got me more excited about the Beatles. Great band. Great docu. But … I will always be a rolling stone.
The early songs of his drumming was irritating. He is playing eight notes on an open high hat.I really like the vocal melodies on many of their songs and would love to re do them a bit more modern rock style. The production on most of their stuff was not great to my ears.
What is interesting that Ringo does not stand out as a killer drummer to me, however, Gregg Bissnette and many other killer drummers cite him as a primary influence.
Also, the change from Beatles as the greatest to Zep as the greatest is such a shift -in a good way to my hard rocking mind!
I've been to Abbey Road, My daughter was living in London and bought me a ticket from Canada. I did the walk, about 10 times with my daughter taking the pictures. She later on actually worked for Abbey Road as a contractor. They gave her a t shirt and a key chain with the Abbey rd insignia on it, which she gave to me. You can't even buy those items. I made a little video of me crossing the walk, that she showed them, which they thought was quite funny.
I still remember watching the Beatles live on Ed Sullivan
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Pat Metheny + Beatles = Breathe Taking !!!!Did you hear about this? Not sure how the heckler survived in the crowd for as long as he did. What a DICK!
‘Kick him out!’ Inside Pat Metheny’s mind-boggling battle with a heckler at his San Diego concert
How unprecedented is it for a world-renowned jazz artist to be heckled — let alone frequently — during a concert?Until Pat Metheny’s Saturday night solo guitar performance at The …www.sandiegouniontribune.com
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Here's another solo Gem... from Ringo !!!!
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Rubber Soul, is when the Boy Band thing ended and they took the World on journey.
That the equivalent of New Boys On The Block going Pantera !!!!
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Yup. And put a scoop of insecurity on top of all of that because he was not Clapton.
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I’ve just taken the shrink wrap off this vinyl box set ready to clean and play 
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It's interesting that The Beatles' music was not only huge for me, it was important to my kids. My being a guy making a living in music, my son grew up in my studio.
When he was 5 years old he said his goal was to be in Paul McCartney's band; with that comes a second-hand, true story:
He's a professional in LA now, and gets around. One night several years ago I got a phone call from him; it was late here in Michigan, and when I answered he said, "Sorry to call so late, but you aren't going to believe what I did tonight."
He'd been invited at the last minute to a post-Grammy show dinner party hosted by McCartney and Ringo, and got to spend some time talking with McCartney.
He said they were talking about touring, and Paul asked him, "Have you ever forgotten the lyric to a song during a show? I just did; I was singing a song you're too young to know about called 'Penny Lane' ..." My son said, "Trust me, I've heard it and love it," and Paul started singing the lyrics to get to the part he'd flubbed.
My son said, "I'm standing two feet from Paul McCartney and he's singing 'Penny Lane'."
I said OMG, what was that like? He said, "My knees were knocking. I could hardly believe it was happening."
The person standing next to him asked McCartney how he comes up with such great songs. He said, "I get up every morning and write. I'm a songwriter, that's what I do. I write every single day and always have."
My son followed that advice religiously and after a while was signed to Warner's. He still credits McCartney for the inspiration.
When he had his first child last year they named the baby Jude.
When he was 5 years old he said his goal was to be in Paul McCartney's band; with that comes a second-hand, true story:
He's a professional in LA now, and gets around. One night several years ago I got a phone call from him; it was late here in Michigan, and when I answered he said, "Sorry to call so late, but you aren't going to believe what I did tonight."
He'd been invited at the last minute to a post-Grammy show dinner party hosted by McCartney and Ringo, and got to spend some time talking with McCartney.
He said they were talking about touring, and Paul asked him, "Have you ever forgotten the lyric to a song during a show? I just did; I was singing a song you're too young to know about called 'Penny Lane' ..." My son said, "Trust me, I've heard it and love it," and Paul started singing the lyrics to get to the part he'd flubbed.
My son said, "I'm standing two feet from Paul McCartney and he's singing 'Penny Lane'."
I said OMG, what was that like? He said, "My knees were knocking. I could hardly believe it was happening."
The person standing next to him asked McCartney how he comes up with such great songs. He said, "I get up every morning and write. I'm a songwriter, that's what I do. I write every single day and always have."
My son followed that advice religiously and after a while was signed to Warner's. He still credits McCartney for the inspiration.
When he had his first child last year they named the baby Jude.
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Amazing story, incredible stuff.
