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The Best thing about the Fab Four is that individually they were the most different from each other as one could imagine but that was also the reason why they worked as a whole. And with the differences also came moments of pure Rock N Roll glory for one member which couldn't possibly come from any other member of the fab four and the other way round as well.
So let's make a top five of your favorite Beatles moments.
First up: John Lennon.
5. Paul is showing John "Hey Jude" a song he wrote in tribute to John's son Julian who's caught up in the messy divorce that John and Cynthia were going through. Paul insist that the line "The moment you need is on your shoulder" will be taken out and replaced with something more sensible when John goes "Are you mad? That's the best line of the song!"
4. John's frenzied keyboard solo on "I'm down" he demolished the instrument in a fashion that would make Jerry Lee Lewis proud and George is in stitches watching John do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwqTrtri1J0
3. The Beatles playing the Royal Variety performance and John introduces "Twist and shout" by saying... (Just watch the clip and see for yourselves)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrnlEdn-3X4
2. "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition." John after the final song the Beatles played at their rooftop performance.
1. Number one John Moment for me: "Nowhere man" a song john basically wrote about himself during one of the band's lengthy tours being stuck in his hotel room, unable to get out and see some of the exotic countries they went to. As a guitarist I also must say that the solo that John and George played in unisone on two matching Fender Stratocasters easily is John's finest moment on guitar as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvLj72apGLI
Paul
5. "Hello Goodbye" When the Beatles met Bob Dylan, Dylan said that he loved the melodies that the Fab four came up with but his key critism was that the songs basically weren't making a statement, they were about nothing. Needless to say that lit a fire under their butts and John came up with songs like "I'm only sleeping", "You've got to hide your love away" and the previously mentioned "Nowhere man" Paul however saw it more a challenge to really write a song about Nothing and so "Hello Goodbye" came out of that mindset.
4. Paul channeling his Indian side on the solo for "Taxman" George must have been very cross (to use an English word) and frustrated when he simply couldn't nail the perfect solo for his song about the fisc, so Paul had a go at it and nailed it the first take, playing an Indian Sitar raga style solo.
3. Paul's scream in "Can't buy me love"
2. When John plays Paul the idea for the song "Norwegian wood" Paul suggest that the house should be arsoned at the end of the song and so it happened.
1. My Number one Paul moment: his role in John's "Hey Bulldog" he makes dog howls, he and John start to challenge each other during the outro and then there's that simply INCREDIBLE bass line. Macca really gave his Rickenbacker Bass the spurs there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaRz-3DYV7c
George
5. The Beatles enter the EMI studios at Abby Road to record their debut album when Producer George Martin tells them that if there's anything they don't like they should say so, prompting George to reply "Well for starters I don't like your tie."
4. The reporter scene from "A hard days night"
Reporter: What do you call that hairstyle?
George: Arthur.
3. George's solo on the live version of " 'Till there was you" which showed the more sophisticated side to his guitar playing as he effordlessly ran some Gypsy Jazz lines couples with some Chet Atkins inspired picking. A firm favorite with anybody who's into the guitarist techniques that George mastered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYSUPQVoRI
2. "Something" easily the most beautiful ballad that ever came from the Beatles' catalog, it also features one of George's best solos, again channeling his love for Jazz and Chet Atkins, it was both one of the finest moments for the Fab four and their swan song.
1. My number one George moment. The Fab four were presented with new guitars and a bass from Rickenbacker during their 1964 tour of the USA.
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7300000/George-Harrison-and-is-Rickenbacker-12-string-the-beatles-7346254-268-480.jpg
George took to his brand new Rickenbacker 360/12 electric twelve string right away and made Rock N roll history with one devastating chord, the chord with which he opened THIS song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD4TAgdS_Xw
Ringo
5. During the final take of "Helter Skelter" Ringo furiously throws his sticks away and shouts that his hands have blisters on them, his tirade ends up on the album.
4. His way with words have provided some of the most memorable Beatles songs with their titles, among them "A hard days night" and "Tomorrow never knows"
3. During the recording of the debut album, a session drummer had been booked by producer George Martin to play on "Love me do" because of Pete Best having left the band and Martin not being sure if Ringo could make the session, sure enough, Ringo turned up and was forced to see someone else play what he should have played, to this day he reminds George Martin of the fact that he wasn't allowed to play on what would have been his very first recording as a Beatle.
2.
http://www.drumatix.com/Ludwig%20Oysters/LudwigRingo20BD1b.gif
Ringo had an endorsement with Ludwig drums, he was a living billboard for them but the extensive touring that the fab four did left his drumkit in battered state with the letters "dwig" from the Ludwig logo having fallen off his bass drum head. Which prompted John to say "And sitting on the 'Lu' Ringo." when introducing Ringo during concerts, the people at Ludwig were not amused and promtply send Ringo a new bass drum head with screened on letters so they wouldn't come off.
1. My number one Ringo moment: his Bossa nova rythm on "I feel fine" many modern day drummers say that Ringo's greatest asset was that he played with class, he never overplayed, he had a style that was clearly his own and that if you took all the instruments away from the recording and just left the vocals and Ringo's drums you'd still have a full piece of music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_BjqTrGf2g
Okay these are mine show off yours.
The Best thing about the Fab Four is that individually they were the most different from each other as one could imagine but that was also the reason why they worked as a whole. And with the differences also came moments of pure Rock N Roll glory for one member which couldn't possibly come from any other member of the fab four and the other way round as well.
So let's make a top five of your favorite Beatles moments.
First up: John Lennon.
5. Paul is showing John "Hey Jude" a song he wrote in tribute to John's son Julian who's caught up in the messy divorce that John and Cynthia were going through. Paul insist that the line "The moment you need is on your shoulder" will be taken out and replaced with something more sensible when John goes "Are you mad? That's the best line of the song!"
4. John's frenzied keyboard solo on "I'm down" he demolished the instrument in a fashion that would make Jerry Lee Lewis proud and George is in stitches watching John do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwqTrtri1J0
3. The Beatles playing the Royal Variety performance and John introduces "Twist and shout" by saying... (Just watch the clip and see for yourselves)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrnlEdn-3X4
2. "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition." John after the final song the Beatles played at their rooftop performance.
1. Number one John Moment for me: "Nowhere man" a song john basically wrote about himself during one of the band's lengthy tours being stuck in his hotel room, unable to get out and see some of the exotic countries they went to. As a guitarist I also must say that the solo that John and George played in unisone on two matching Fender Stratocasters easily is John's finest moment on guitar as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvLj72apGLI
Paul
5. "Hello Goodbye" When the Beatles met Bob Dylan, Dylan said that he loved the melodies that the Fab four came up with but his key critism was that the songs basically weren't making a statement, they were about nothing. Needless to say that lit a fire under their butts and John came up with songs like "I'm only sleeping", "You've got to hide your love away" and the previously mentioned "Nowhere man" Paul however saw it more a challenge to really write a song about Nothing and so "Hello Goodbye" came out of that mindset.
4. Paul channeling his Indian side on the solo for "Taxman" George must have been very cross (to use an English word) and frustrated when he simply couldn't nail the perfect solo for his song about the fisc, so Paul had a go at it and nailed it the first take, playing an Indian Sitar raga style solo.
3. Paul's scream in "Can't buy me love"
2. When John plays Paul the idea for the song "Norwegian wood" Paul suggest that the house should be arsoned at the end of the song and so it happened.
1. My Number one Paul moment: his role in John's "Hey Bulldog" he makes dog howls, he and John start to challenge each other during the outro and then there's that simply INCREDIBLE bass line. Macca really gave his Rickenbacker Bass the spurs there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaRz-3DYV7c
George
5. The Beatles enter the EMI studios at Abby Road to record their debut album when Producer George Martin tells them that if there's anything they don't like they should say so, prompting George to reply "Well for starters I don't like your tie."
4. The reporter scene from "A hard days night"
Reporter: What do you call that hairstyle?
George: Arthur.
3. George's solo on the live version of " 'Till there was you" which showed the more sophisticated side to his guitar playing as he effordlessly ran some Gypsy Jazz lines couples with some Chet Atkins inspired picking. A firm favorite with anybody who's into the guitarist techniques that George mastered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYSUPQVoRI
2. "Something" easily the most beautiful ballad that ever came from the Beatles' catalog, it also features one of George's best solos, again channeling his love for Jazz and Chet Atkins, it was both one of the finest moments for the Fab four and their swan song.
1. My number one George moment. The Fab four were presented with new guitars and a bass from Rickenbacker during their 1964 tour of the USA.
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7300000/George-Harrison-and-is-Rickenbacker-12-string-the-beatles-7346254-268-480.jpg
George took to his brand new Rickenbacker 360/12 electric twelve string right away and made Rock N roll history with one devastating chord, the chord with which he opened THIS song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD4TAgdS_Xw
Ringo
5. During the final take of "Helter Skelter" Ringo furiously throws his sticks away and shouts that his hands have blisters on them, his tirade ends up on the album.
4. His way with words have provided some of the most memorable Beatles songs with their titles, among them "A hard days night" and "Tomorrow never knows"
3. During the recording of the debut album, a session drummer had been booked by producer George Martin to play on "Love me do" because of Pete Best having left the band and Martin not being sure if Ringo could make the session, sure enough, Ringo turned up and was forced to see someone else play what he should have played, to this day he reminds George Martin of the fact that he wasn't allowed to play on what would have been his very first recording as a Beatle.
2.
http://www.drumatix.com/Ludwig%20Oysters/LudwigRingo20BD1b.gif
Ringo had an endorsement with Ludwig drums, he was a living billboard for them but the extensive touring that the fab four did left his drumkit in battered state with the letters "dwig" from the Ludwig logo having fallen off his bass drum head. Which prompted John to say "And sitting on the 'Lu' Ringo." when introducing Ringo during concerts, the people at Ludwig were not amused and promtply send Ringo a new bass drum head with screened on letters so they wouldn't come off.
1. My number one Ringo moment: his Bossa nova rythm on "I feel fine" many modern day drummers say that Ringo's greatest asset was that he played with class, he never overplayed, he had a style that was clearly his own and that if you took all the instruments away from the recording and just left the vocals and Ringo's drums you'd still have a full piece of music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_BjqTrGf2g
Okay these are mine show off yours.
