One of the things I've found most striking so far is how all the band members just want to play a club date but they're steered away from this time and time again by their collaborators who keep reminding them that they are "The Beatles" and people expect a certain level of quality from them. And Paul's original idea, of doing a sort of surprise, guerilla concert, eventually happens even if in a very limited way.
They loved performing in front of an audience, and really wanted to go back to playing their stuff at clubs like they did in the 1950s before they were famous. But there's no going back, and it's impossible. You can't put it back in the box.
It's why George keeps mentioning doing something spontaneous and Paul wants a pop up or guerilla idea - and really perks up with the idea of the impromptu rooftop concert. The whole reason they did all of this - was they enjoyed performing in front of folks, but they didn't want to go through all the crap to get there. Nor did they want to play old stuff.
What distinguishes them from other bands is their desire to keep changing their music, and not play just the same stuff, and that's because they focused on recording not touring.
"Me and George played our best on John and Paul's records." And that clearly was the case. Because even if Paul and John aren't always working together, the partnership there is clear, how they really rely on one another in a professional sense and how the writing goes well together even if most songs come from one or the other.
It had a great deal to do with Paul's brilliant arrangements. Which he took over doing from Brian Epstein. In the flowerpot conversation - John mentions how Paul doing all the arrangements kind of left the others with mixed feelings and insecurity, they became afraid of doing their own. Paul is brilliant at arrangements - I saw a separate doc where he explains what he does...and then I talked to a colleague who does arrangements - and he explained how you can change the pitch of the voice, the sound of the musical instruments, everything can be tweaked and made better in the arrangement and sound editing stage. And Paul McCartney was doing THAT. The others weren't really, sometimes they did, but not often - and that was their frustration - they felt he was changing their songs to make them sound how he wanted them to sound. But he didn't intend to do that - they just weren't as skilled at arranging.
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They loved performing in front of an audience, and really wanted to go back to playing their stuff at clubs like they did in the 1950s before they were famous. But there's no going back, and it's impossible. You can't put it back in the box.
It's why George keeps mentioning doing something spontaneous and Paul wants a pop up or guerilla idea - and really perks up with the idea of the impromptu rooftop concert. The whole reason they did all of this - was they enjoyed performing in front of folks, but they didn't want to go through all the crap to get there. Nor did they want to play old stuff.
What distinguishes them from other bands is their desire to keep changing their music, and not play just the same stuff, and that's because they focused on recording not touring.
"Me and George played our best on John and Paul's records." And that clearly was the case. Because even if Paul and John aren't always working together, the partnership there is clear, how they really rely on one another in a professional sense and how the writing goes well together even if most songs come from one or the other.
It had a great deal to do with Paul's brilliant arrangements. Which he took over doing from Brian Epstein. In the flowerpot conversation - John mentions how Paul doing all the arrangements kind of left the others with mixed feelings and insecurity, they became afraid of doing their own. Paul is brilliant at arrangements - I saw a separate doc where he explains what he does...and then I talked to a colleague who does arrangements - and he explained how you can change the pitch of the voice, the sound of the musical instruments, everything can be tweaked and made better in the arrangement and sound editing stage. And Paul McCartney was doing THAT. The others weren't really, sometimes they did, but not often - and that was their frustration - they felt he was changing their songs to make them sound how he wanted them to sound. But he didn't intend to do that - they just weren't as skilled at arranging.