Mus 354 Exam 1
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The Beatles
• John Hannon – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, song writer
• Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, song writer
• George Harrison – (Jazz), vocals, lead guitar, song writer (“something”)
• Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) – vocals, drums
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Left-handed: Paul and Ringo
Paul is a perfectionist
Ringo – short, more like human being, oldest, older than John by 3 month
4 stage career –
• 1958-1963 – formative, U.K. hits
62-63: “ Please please me”, “Love me do”
63: “She loves you, yeah yeah yeah”, “I want to hold your hand”
• 1964-1965 – U.S. and World tours, pop hits
• 1966-1968 – psychedelic sound and concept albums concept albums; pictures, lyrics include
• 1968-1970 – individual styles emerge
John’s soul mate is one of the many factors lead to their breakup
“Let it be” country western – British Pop
Musical first include:
• wrote most of own material
“Yesterday” – 25 versions
“something” – 100 versions
• self contained and self taught
Self-taught: skills came from experiences
George Martin – the 5th beatle, Beatles’ producer
• studio experiment and concept albums o growth – John became remarkable guitarist
Paul – art of photography o detail – they spent time to make it work out (whenever they want it to be) o humor – make private insight jokes; they appreciated each other’s humor
Ringo – best Beatle humorer
• new artistic and sales standards sales standards are huge: on average, each of them made $7,000 per hour, 24 hrs a day In general – John wrote and perform
• limitless variety of musical sounds and structures (self created)
• huge impact on music and culture
Liverpool, England –
• 1940 – John Lennon was born
• 1950 – learns music from mother
• 1957 – performs with own “skiffle” band, the Quarry Men – meets Paul after concert (Paul’s dad is a musician.)
• 1958 – George Harrison joins – three guitar line up
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E-mail preferred: mus354 beatles@mainex1.asu.edu
The Beatles
• John Hannon – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, song writer
• Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, song writer
• George Harrison – (Jazz), vocals, lead guitar, song writer (“something”)
• Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) – vocals, drums
•
Left-handed: Paul and Ringo
Paul is a perfectionist
Ringo – short, more like human being, oldest, older than John by 3 month
4 stage career –
• 1958-1963 – formative, U.K. hits
62-63: “ Please please me”, “Love me do”
63: “She loves you, yeah yeah yeah”, “I want to hold your hand”
• 1964-1965 – U.S. and World tours, pop hits
• 1966-1968 – psychedelic sound and concept albums concept albums; pictures, lyrics include
• 1968-1970 – individual styles emerge
John’s soul mate is one of the many factors lead to their breakup
“Let it be” country western – British Pop
Musical first include:
• wrote most of own material
“Yesterday” – 25 versions
“something” – 100 versions
• self contained and self taught
Self-taught: skills came from experiences
George Martin – the 5th beatle, Beatles’ producer
• studio experiment and concept albums o growth – John became remarkable guitarist
Paul – art of photography o detail – they spent time to make it work out (whenever they want it to be) o humor – make private insight jokes; they appreciated each other’s humor
Ringo – best Beatle humorer
• new artistic and sales standards sales standards are huge: on average, each of them made $7,000 per hour, 24 hrs a day In general – John wrote and perform
• limitless variety of musical sounds and structures (self created)
• huge impact on music and culture
Liverpool, England –
• 1940 – John Lennon was born
• 1950 – learns music from mother
• 1957 – performs with own “skiffle” band, the Quarry Men – meets Paul after concert (Paul’s dad is a musician.)
• 1958 – George Harrison joins – three guitar line up
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