• John Entwistle Recalls Hearing "Love Me Do" The First Time

    From Norbert@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 8 13:31:36 2024
    One night in October 1962, [Roger] Daltrey brought along to
    rehearsals a new single that he had picked up. "Love Me Do," Daltrey
    informed the others, was by a band out of Liverpool, the Beatles.
    Trained by the Middlesex Youth Orchestra in perfect, concert pitch, the
    song was an affront to Entwistle's exacting standards. "Roger thought
    the Beatles were going to be big, so we had to learn it," he wrote.
    "When he played the record, I was horrified. John Lennon's mouth organ
    was out of tune. It drove me nuts. I prayed that it wouldn't be a hit,
    but of course it was. and when Roger played the mouth organ part onstage
    with us, he was even more out of tune than Lennon, if that was possible.
    It meant that, because of that one song, we had to tune all of our
    instruments to the harmonica. I was in hell."

    -- from Paul Rees' excellent Entwistle bio

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Norbert on Thu Aug 8 16:37:50 2024
    On 2024-08-08 13:31:36 +0000, Norbert said:

    One night in October 1962, [Roger] Daltrey brought along to
    rehearsals a new single that he had picked up. "Love Me Do," Daltrey informed the others, was by a band out of Liverpool, the Beatles.
    Trained by the Middlesex Youth Orchestra in perfect, concert pitch, the
    song was an affront to Entwistle's exacting standards. "Roger thought
    the Beatles were going to be big, so we had to learn it," he wrote.
    "When he played the record, I was horrified. John Lennon's mouth organ
    was out of tune. It drove me nuts. I prayed that it wouldn't be a hit,
    but of course it was. and when Roger played the mouth organ part onstage
    with us, he was even more out of tune than Lennon, if that was possible.
    It meant that, because of that one song, we had to tune all of our instruments to the harmonica. I was in hell."

    -- from Paul Rees' excellent Entwistle bio

    Didn't he bother to flip it over and listen to "P.S. I Love You" before deciding they only played out of tune?

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  • From Norbert@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 8 22:28:31 2024
    I don't know, but it was Daltrey's single, and he may not have played
    the B-side for his bandmates.

    Entwistle is fair enough in his comments about the Beatles. McCartney
    is one of the few -- if not the only -- other bassists the Ox ever
    praised.

    Entwistle mentions that McCartney, who was still using the Hofner bass
    in the '63 - '64 period, praised the sound Entwistle got from his
    Rickenbacker. Entwistle recommended the bass with a caveat about its tailpiece.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Norbert on Thu Aug 8 20:48:03 2024
    On 2024-08-08 22:28:31 +0000, Norbert said:

    I don't know, but it was Daltrey's single, and he may not have played
    the B-side for his bandmates.

    Entwistle is fair enough in his comments about the Beatles. McCartney
    is one of the few -- if not the only -- other bassists the Ox ever
    praised.

    Entwistle mentions that McCartney, who was still using the Hofner bass
    in the '63 - '64 period, praised the sound Entwistle got from his Rickenbacker. Entwistle recommended the bass with a caveat about its tailpiece.

    I think Paul just liked the look of a violin bass (even if its sound
    was inferior to a Rickenbacker) and it became immediately identifiable
    with the band.

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  • From Norbert@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 9 12:21:13 2024
    Also, the Hofner was easier for the left-handed McCartney to play. He
    didn't personally get into the Rickenbacker till he was given a
    left-handed model.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Norbert on Fri Aug 9 18:54:21 2024
    In article <607787194355fc96a59fac1288397f0d@www.novabbs.com>,
    nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) wrote:

    Also, the Hofner was easier for the left-handed McCartney to play. He
    didn't personally get into the Rickenbacker till he was given a
    left-handed model.

    Was that around the time of "Magical Mystery Tour"? That's the first
    time I can remember seeing him play one.

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  • From Norbert@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 10 10:07:54 2024
    I remember seeing Paul with the Rickenbacker on the Mystery tour movie,
    too.

    However, Paul started using the Rickenbacker in 1965.

    McCartney was determined to make his bass sound more pronounced -- as it
    was on the Motown records that James Jamerson played on. He switched to
    the Rickenbacker and asked Geoff Emerick to "put on your thinking cap"
    as far as recording techniques. They pulled it off on songs like "Drive
    My Car."

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