http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/04/23/jeff-beck-says-beatles-as-good-as-george-martin-allowed-them-to-be/ Entertainment behind the scenes Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/04/23/jeff-beck-says-beatles-as-good-as-george-martin-allowed-them-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-33285 tomlinson Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:00:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/?p=9033#comment-33285 Much as I am loathe to contradict the utterly brilliant Beck...actually, Lennon and McCartney came up with the closing sixth (vocal) chord for She Loves You on their own. In fact, George Martin tried to talk them out of including it, feeling it was too Glenn Miller-era for their modern sound. (I believe this is mentioned in Sir George's autobiography.) But the boys prevailed, and Martin stood (and stands) happily corrected, with his Beatle-era sonic innovations ahead of him. Much as I am loathe to contradict the utterly brilliant Beck…actually, Lennon and McCartney came up with the closing sixth (vocal) chord for She Loves You on their own. In fact, George Martin tried to talk them out of including it, feeling it was too Glenn Miller-era for their modern sound. (I believe this is mentioned in Sir George’s autobiography.) But the boys prevailed, and Martin stood (and stands) happily corrected, with his Beatle-era sonic innovations ahead of him.

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