Bonus Video: The Beatles Anthology • Special Features (React Video)
Added 2022-08-01 00:50:38 +0000 UTCHey Top Tier Patrons! (I'm thinking I need a catchier term for you all),
Thank you so much for your patience, here is July's bonus video.
I had many an issue getting this one not only exported but uploaded to YouTube but it's finally out.
Hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support, I really appreciate it.
E.
Comments
(Sorry about the essay!)
Fathom (Nancy Howie)
2022-08-05 20:19:46 +0000 UTCThe Beatles Anthology 1 was actually the first Beatles album I ever owned, because someone made me a cassette copy for Christmas in 1995, when I was 6. It was years before I heard the released versions of some of those songs, so in my mind, the original ones were the ones with the false starts and giggling. I JUST finished reading Here, There and Everywhere two days ago, and I agree that Emerick pulls no punches when talking about how crappy a guitarist George was in the beginning. To his credit, he acknowledges that by the time he came back to do Abbey Road, his musicality had improved immensely, but also that he had a much stronger vision of what he wanted a song to sound like, and consequently had blossomed into a fantastic producer as well. After reading the book, I've been relistening to their albums in chronological order and I have to say that he's not wrong. George flubs his way through solos for a good number of albums. When you listen to Abbey Road, though, it's not only that his solos are more melodic--he also articulates sound so much better. The guitar is singing. Interesting that Emerick never mentions that this maturation as a musician was happening concurrently with his friendship with Clapton. I think one of the funniest things about that book is that Geoff Emerick, when approached to work on Anthology, couldn't for the life of him work out why anyone would ever want to hear demos and outtakes when they could listen to the polished studio releases. Those demos and outtakes are so precious to fans, as they allow an insight into who those four guys were together, and up until November last year, that was all we had.
Fathom (Nancy Howie)
2022-08-05 20:19:32 +0000 UTCIf you ever do have the opportunity to "play" with a mixing desk filled with Beatles music, please make sure you record yourself. THAT would be an amazing "reaction" video.
Karen Makocy Philbrick
2022-08-02 11:45:06 +0000 UTC
