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Post by nowheregirl on Oct 3, 2007 21:02:20 GMT 1
I really like Please Please Me, I agree its a good example of their early sound. Was it really a number 1 or not, because I've heard that it wasnt, something to do with more than one chart? In the early 60s there was more than one UK music chart and Please Please Me was #1 on all of them apart from the one that is still used today. So, it was #1 at the time, but isn't officially classed as one anymore. |
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Post by jean on Oct 4, 2007 13:55:55 GMT 1
Please Please Me is not one of my personal favorites, but still a good song and one that I think is quite under-rated. George Martin thought it was too slow and boring, and wanted the Beatles to release How Do You Do It, a song written by Mitch Murray. However they insisted they only wanted to release their own original songs as singles, went away and rearranged it, speeding up the tempo and this time George Martin changed his opinion of it and predicted it would be a hit.  |
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Post by nocturnalquadruped on Oct 7, 2007 10:01:41 GMT 1
I really like Please Please Me, I agree its a good example of their early sound. Was it really a number 1 or not, because I've heard that it wasnt, something to do with more than one chart? In the early 60s there was more than one UK music chart and Please Please Me was #1 on all of them apart from the one that is still used today. So, it was #1 at the time, but isn't officially classed as one anymore. I think there is so much controversy surrounding this issue as The Beatles would Match Elvis for the number of Number one Records achieved if Please Please Me was recognised as a number one. Having said that, Paul McCartney (according to my research), has hit the number one spot more times than any other artist but it has been as a part of several different acts or partnerships as well as Solo. |
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Post by nowheregirl on Oct 13, 2007 9:45:17 GMT 1
I thought I'd post some quotes about the song, to get the discussion going again. JOHN 1963: "Our recording manager (George Martin) thought our arrangement was fussy, so we tried to make it simpler. We were getting tired though, and just couldn't seem to get it right. In the following weeks we went over it again and again. We changed the tempo a little, we altered the words slightly, and we went over the idea of featuring the harmonica just as we'd done on 'Love Me Do.' By the time the session came around we were so happy with the result, we couldn't get it recorded fast enough." JOHN 1980: "'Please Please Me' is my song completely. It was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it? I wrote it in the bedroom in my house at Menlove Avenue, which was my auntie's place. I heard Roy Orbison doing 'Only The Lonely' or something. That's where that came from. And also I was always intrigued by the words of 'Please Lend Your Ears To My Pleas,' a Bing Crosby song. I was always intrigued by the double use of the word 'please.' So it was a combination of Bing Crosby and Roy Orbison." PAUL 1988: "It's very Roy Orbison when you slow it down. George Martin up-tempo'd it. He thought it was too much of a dirge, and probably too like Orbison. So he cleverly speeded us up... and we put in the little scaled riff at the beginning, which was very catchy." |
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Post by nocturnalquadruped on Oct 18, 2007 1:58:53 GMT 1
Paul is also quoted as saying
"George Martin's contribution was a big one actually. The first time that he ever really showed that he could see beyond what we were offering him was Please Please Me."
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Post by givepeaceachance on Oct 18, 2007 20:17:47 GMT 1
George Martin thought it was too slow and boring, and wanted the Beatles to release How Do You Do It, a song written by Mitch Murray. However they insisted they only wanted to release their own original songs as singles, went away and rearranged it, speeding up the tempo and this time George Martin changed his opinion of it and predicted it would be a hit. I've heard How Do You Do It on Anthology and I'm glad they released Please Please Me instead. |
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Post by nocturnalquadruped on Oct 19, 2007 2:49:23 GMT 1
George Martin thought it was too slow and boring, and wanted the Beatles to release How Do You Do It, a song written by Mitch Murray. However they insisted they only wanted to release their own original songs as singles, went away and rearranged it, speeding up the tempo and this time George Martin changed his opinion of it and predicted it would be a hit. I've heard How Do You Do It on Anthology and I'm glad they released Please Please Me instead. It was also interesting to be able to hear the Beatles doing a song that they were not really interested in. Personally I think it shows in the finished product as they all sounded lack lustre. |
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Post by nowheregirl on Oct 24, 2007 21:04:34 GMT 1
Our next song of the month for November has been chosen, so any more suggestions will have to wait until December. You can continue discussing Please Please Me until the end of this month. |
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