Unanswered Beatles questions ?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by George Blair, Feb 23, 2018.

  1. Rick Bartlett

    Rick Bartlett Forum Resident

    If Paul were not the bass player that became, would they really be that great of a band having
    George or John play bass?
     
  2. stu did not record with them
     
  3. dewey02

    dewey02 Forum Resident

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    I believe Stu is on Anthology 1 CD on a few of those early, rough tapes. So he actually did record with them, albeit on amateur equipment.
     
  4. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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    Never thought of that but yes the melody and rhythm of the opening lines are very similar.
     
  5. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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    And he lived with straights. But they tell him he was king
     
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  6. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    Who came up with John, Paul, George and Ringo? What does it mean?
     
  7. NumberEight

    NumberEight Came too late and stayed too long

    I don’t see it as a jam, but as an attempt to play a straight 12-bar blues. Most bands who recorded - and released - similar efforts at the time did a much better job.
     
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  8. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    No.
     
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  9. Isamet

    Isamet Forum Resident

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    Did John give Ringo the song “I’m The Greatest,” as some kind of...you know...a joke?
     
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  10. that i knew i'm talking officially
     
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  11. Thomas D

    Thomas D Forum Resident

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    In 1963 when the Beatles were touring Britain with Roy Orbison, on the bus they heard Roy working on "Oh Pretty Woman". One of the lines in that song is "yeah, yeah, yeah". This was the same time "She Loves You" would have been an idea in their minds. So, is it just a coincidence that that unusual phrase for a song appears in both songs. Or, did the Beatles suggest it to Roy, where he was stuck on a line. Or were the Beatles influenced by Roy to work it into a song? Or, did Roy decide later to include it (Pretty Woman was released over a year later) as a homage to She Loves You?
     
  12. SJB

    SJB Beloved Parasitic Nuisance

    Do you mean the order of the names?
    It may be a coincidence, but that's the order in which the members joined the group.
     
  13. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    I did not know that. Thanks.
     
  14. ZiltoidtheOmniscient

    ZiltoidtheOmniscient Forum Resident

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    What if they were known as George, Paul, Ringo and John... I guess we'll never know ...an unresolved Beatles Question
     
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  15. Dr. Robert

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    A little while ago, I sped up the Anthology 2 version of it on Audacity by some 12,5%, and it sounded MUCH better. I don't really know why, it just improved a lot by that. I reccomend you to try that :D
     
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  16. Yes, I know but Pete only recorded on one album and while they were still unknowns.
     
  17. I've always thought of the sequence like that too. It is also basically the hierarchy of leadership within the group.
     
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  18. Jimmy B.

    Jimmy B. isolation can harm you terribly

    Imagine if WHAT IF threads were disallowed! :cool:
    Oh yeah, and asking "Why does it say Lennon/McCartney?"
     
  19. I like it. It's a catchy tune. The music is much more interesting than the lyrics of course. It plays almost like We Can Work it Out in a much more cheery tone.
     
  20. DmitriKaramazov

    DmitriKaramazov Senior Member

    What exactly is George singing on the outro to “Old Brown Shoe”?

    :wave:
     
  21. FrankenStrat

    FrankenStrat Forum Resident

    Not sure about that, he found out what they'd think if he sang out of tune; they stood up and walked out on him.
     
  22. schnitzerphilip

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    If there was never The Beatles as a group and the four never met and instead were introduced to the public as solo acts starting with their released solo LP’s in 1970, would any of them have had successful careers?
     
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  23. Kassonica

    Kassonica Forum Resident

    Paul....

    Not sure about the rest....
     
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  24. Frosst

    Frosst Vinyl-obsessive kiddo

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    John would have maybe never met Yoko then... I call that a good scenario.
     
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  25. Frosst

    Frosst Vinyl-obsessive kiddo

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    "My shoes are only blue..."
     

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