my fav scene...slattsSeptember 11 2007, 14:57:38 UTC
...not great literature here...
but the most recent book I read: "Here, There and Everywhere" by Geoff Emerick had a scene where The Beatles--at this point near the very end of their career as a band called The Beatles--stop all their bickering all their name-calling and other nasty games that come along when friends have to "break something off'...the stop all this and literally step up to the microphones and record the three-part harmony--with eyes closed just listening to the music--on one track. They'll do this again for two more times (not including the few retakes) to complete a nine-part harmony part that George Martin composed for Lennon's song "Because"....
When I read this scene in the book, I probably did nine takes myself because my eyes got too glassy with each reading...
My heroes were shown in their most glorious to most awful light in the preceding pages. They at this point had decided to end the band but that it must be done with a good album: "Abbey Road" not a lousy album: "Let It Be".... they were the most famous band in their time and yet they still were forced to work in sub standard conditions. Abbey Road was recorded with an eight-track recorder and they found they didn't have enough open tracks to record all the harmony parts Martin's score had required. They were musicians who's craft was based on good solid live music so the choice to "do it live" was inherent.
I just loved this scene. I will always remember it.
Re: my fav scene...kellyrfinemanSeptember 11 2007, 15:05:38 UTC
Hmm . . . fits my "interconnectedness" theory well, I think. It wasn't all the drama before that really stuck with you (although it's still there, of course) -- it was the moment of coming together and making that moment work. Thanks for sharing it, Kevin.
but the most recent book I read: "Here, There and Everywhere" by Geoff Emerick had a scene where The Beatles--at this point near the very end of their career as a band called The Beatles--stop all their bickering all their name-calling and other nasty games that come along when friends have to "break something off'...the stop all this and literally step up to the microphones and record the three-part harmony--with eyes closed just listening to the music--on one track. They'll do this again for two more times (not including the few retakes) to complete a nine-part harmony part that George Martin composed for Lennon's song "Because"....
When I read this scene in the book, I probably did nine takes myself because my eyes got too glassy with each reading...
My heroes were shown in their most glorious to most awful light in the preceding pages. They at this point had decided to end the band but that it must be done with a good album: "Abbey Road" not a lousy album: "Let It Be".... they were the most famous band in their time and yet they still were forced to work in sub standard conditions. Abbey Road was recorded with an eight-track recorder and they found they didn't have enough open tracks to record all the harmony parts Martin's score had required. They were musicians who's craft was based on good solid live music so the choice to "do it live" was inherent.
I just loved this scene. I will always remember it.
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