The Beatles Bible - Topic: Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

pnance26 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:44:49 +0100

mjb said
A great book to read with insight into the recording of Revolver onwards BUT I had two faults with this book:

1. Emerick was scathing in his attitude towards George. He as good as portrayed him an an imcompitant guitarist;

2. He is so far up Paul's "arse" it's not true! Yes we know you are still great friends Geoff, but Paul wasn't the only Beatle you know!

Well I am glad I am not the only one who thought these things as I read the book. I thought Emerick was very harsh with George and Ringo... and he was ...

IMDeWalrus on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:18:20 +0100

I still haven't had a chance to read this book cover to cover, but I've certainly read excerpts (as well as Ken Scott's opinions of it), plus I've read interviews with Emerick in magazines such as GUITAR WORLD, and there's no doubt he favoured Paul McCartney.

Also, the impression I get is that he believes nearly every good idea that came up during those years was his. And perhaps they were; after all he was there, and I wasn't. Still, it seems odd, considering how much praise George Martin has always showered on "I Am the Walrus", that Emerick claims Martin hated ...

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 23:24:31 +0100

That may not be an exact quote but it's something like that....My dad has the book in Chicago so I can't look it up.

mr. Sun king coming together on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 23:20:07 +0100

I haven't read the Emerick book in 5 months ish, so my memory may be faulty. As long as Emerick says "that George came a long way with his guitar playing," I'm happy, because the man who did the first solos and the man who soloed on Something were completely different.

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 22:49:20 +0100

Actually, I applaud Emerick for letting us in on what really went on in the recording studios when George Martin tried to protect The Beatles from anything of the dirty stuff (All You Need Is Ears)...

Clearly, Emerick's favorite was Paul, but like I tried to state, how else could he not be? He was about the only one trying to keep quality going and took recording seriously, something John even thanked him for later on.

I don't even think he liked Paul all that much, anyway. (He stated that in all those years, none of them ever offered him a ride ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 22:38:46 +0100

No problem. I'm glad to have more fans here!!!
On education, I did say formal, but that was just misunderstanding.
Actually, I don't have a copy on the book here, so I can't point out specific passages, sorry. It was just Emerick's tone that was biased. Although I'll see if I can get a copy at my library to reread it soon.
Maybe top 5 was a stretch, but he was better than Paul. Not by much, but still..
Even If he were to be the third best songwriter in the band, bring third to George And Paul isn't ...

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 22:36:14 +0100

mr. Sun king coming together said:

Just Finished it. Absolutely no new information in the book. Now, time for Many Years From Now

So, no new info?

You knew about George being knocked off the lead in 'Taxman?'

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 22:21:22 +0100

mr. Sun king coming together said:

JFKin60 said:

I was a Lennonist, too, but the truth hurts...Lennon was insanely jealous of McCartney and did everything he could to damage the group and slow Paul down and Emerick reported it which is what makes the book unbiased and excellent....George had no education and was a mediocre guitarist at best but proved to be an amazing songwriter and easily passed John at the end....I would have thrown John out of his own band in 1968.

First, None of the Beatles had much formal education, so George wasn't any different.

Secondly, unbiased? What book did you ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 22:02:03 +0100

JFKin60 said:

I was a Lennonist, too, but the truth hurts...Lennon was insanely jealous of McCartney and did everything he could to damage the group and slow Paul down and Emerick reported it which is what makes the book unbiased and excellent....George had no education and was a mediocre guitarist at best but proved to be an amazing songwriter and easily passed John at the end....I would have thrown John out of his own band in 1968.

First, None of the Beatles had much formal education, so George wasn't any different.

Secondly, unbiased? What book did you read?

Thirdly, George was 1 of the ...

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 21:39:44 +0100

Marcelo said:

Gustavo said:

mjb said:

A great book to read with insight into the recording of Revolver onwards BUT I had two faults with this book:

1. Emerick was scathing in his attitude towards George. He as good as portrayed him an an imcompitant guitarist;

2. He is so far up Paul's "arse" it's not true! Yes we know you are still great friends Geoff, but Paul wasn't the only Beatle you know!

I agree, and his attitude towards John is ambigous: some times he is portrayed as incompetant, too, and some times as genius.

Goeff talks about Paul as he was ...

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 21:11:34 +0100

Joe said:

Have you seen the Ken Scott site where he questions a lot of what GE wrote?

http://www.komosproductions.co.....7&p=2

There was a retort from Emerick, which I can't find right now. It was followed by this from Scott: http://www.komosproductions.co.....7&p=4

I understand there was a second edition of the book which put right a lot of the incorrect stuff. I've always been put off though - I do wonder how good it can be if it was originally published with so much wrong with it.

Scott's essay floored me, but I have the feeling that he was ...

JFKin60 on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Sat, 28 May 2011 21:09:33 +0100

mjb said:

Emerick gave the impression that Paul WAS The Beatles. He spoke poorly of Ringo saying they hardly ever spoke. John was condemned because of Yoko and as I said, his attitude towards George was awful. I wonder if he'd have written it like that had George still been alive?

Would George have beaten him up?

LOL..playing with ya...

I thought this was the best book and I understand why Emerick and Martin would like Paul the best as he seemed to be the only one wanting to keep the band together and work hard.

Lennon was just a joke after 1967 and ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:22:57 +0000

It's to discredit a valid opinion about a useless book

vonbontee on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:20:25 +0000

Strange how defensive and evasive Emerick is in that original reply to Ken Scott's initial bad review of his book. Instead of trying to defend himself or refute Scott's claims, he goes on the attack - "Ken Scott is just jealous", "Ken Scott engineered the White Album, the worst-sounding Beatles record", "Ken Scott's career as a producer went nowhere and so he's trying to sabotage this book", etc.

mr. Sun king coming together on Geoff Emerick: Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:23:13 +0000

Just Finished it. Absolutely no new information in the book. Now, time for Many Years From Now