Jaggernaut Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 As anybody who knows about how the Beatles' music was produced will appreciate, the man was a genius. RIP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Sorry - never liked the Beatles. The most over-hyped bunch of self-interested, self-centred, self-publicising, overpaid musicians. (Except Ringo,of course, who was never a musician.) I can't believe anyone is still interested in them, or their doings, 46 years after their mercifully brief career. ....'mon The Stones..and The Small Faces..and The Kinks.. George Martin seemed a decent punter, right enough. *steps back and awaits a kicking * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 A sad loss - great producer, modest gentleman, lived a life that many would have been jealous of and has emerged to be recognised as a substantial contributor to a notable change in culture and society at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_mac Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Rid Skwerr - I find that post even more unbelievable than those by Sabbath on the flat earth thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Rid Skwerr - I find that post even more unbelievable than those by Sabbath on the flat earth thread. Just never liked them and thought they got (and get) too much attention. The Boyzone/Westlife of their era in my humble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabbath Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 While there is no doubt the earth is flat, the passing of George Martin is a sad day. To many good guys going just now. If you never liked the Beatles, your just a pup. Granted the kinks were the next best thing, but the songs, yes written by Lennon & McCartney, were brought to life by George Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Sorry - never liked the Beatles. The most over-hyped bunch of self-interested, self-centred, self-publicising, overpaid musicians. (Except Ringo,of course, who was never a musician.) I can't believe anyone is still interested in them, or their doings, 46 years after their mercifully brief career. ....'mon The Stones..and The Small Faces..and The Kinks.. George Martin seemed a decent punter, right enough. *steps back and awaits a kicking * No kicking, RS; only pity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 No pity required, thank you. Lived through their era and thought there were far more interesting bands that got far less attention. Think PTFC and the old firm.....:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 No pity required, thank you. Lived through their era and thought there were far more interesting bands that got far less attention. Think PTFC and the old firm.....:-) I also grew up with them, and loved many other contemporaneous bands (Hollies, Stones, then a whole raft of bands in the later 60s). But without the Beatles, I doubt if any of those bands would have even existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 With George Martin in the sound booth, the Beatles just got better and better and better from rubber soul to revolver to sgt pepper. Did he not also serve as spike milligan's best man? If I am correct, then not only was he the fifth beetle but also the fifth goon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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