16-06-2011, 18:52
A few thoughts on this ............
George Martin was a trained musician and using that yard stick he could see that Paul was the most likely pupil on that front..................therefore I think George was prone to
thinking that from a classical musician;s point of view. It is also true that to George's mind Paul was willing to listen and work with George M on that basis...............
John..............Lets look at this , Paul is lyrically and literally inferior to John .. Classical scholars from the literary world had the same regard for john's writing as George Martin had for Paul's musical ability.............so there are two points of view.
It seems clear from the literature that John could have difficulty finishing things and Paul may have stepped in here....................but Paul has the weakness of not knowing the difference beteewn his best work and things that it would be better to shelve .........John on the other had did.......................It is also not to be be belived that John quickly grew bored with things and that made him an inferior musician........to the contrary...........in the early solo years it was John who produced he musically supirior works and sounded more complete musically .......that eluded Paul until around Band on the Run.................So I guess George Martin's views are true as regards Paul but on the other hand I don't thing George was saying that Paul was abetter musician that John or vice versa , it was just the slant he put on it being from his background....
George Martin was a trained musician and using that yard stick he could see that Paul was the most likely pupil on that front..................therefore I think George was prone to
thinking that from a classical musician;s point of view. It is also true that to George's mind Paul was willing to listen and work with George M on that basis...............
John..............Lets look at this , Paul is lyrically and literally inferior to John .. Classical scholars from the literary world had the same regard for john's writing as George Martin had for Paul's musical ability.............so there are two points of view.
It seems clear from the literature that John could have difficulty finishing things and Paul may have stepped in here....................but Paul has the weakness of not knowing the difference beteewn his best work and things that it would be better to shelve .........John on the other had did.......................It is also not to be be belived that John quickly grew bored with things and that made him an inferior musician........to the contrary...........in the early solo years it was John who produced he musically supirior works and sounded more complete musically .......that eluded Paul until around Band on the Run.................So I guess George Martin's views are true as regards Paul but on the other hand I don't thing George was saying that Paul was abetter musician that John or vice versa , it was just the slant he put on it being from his background....
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )