The Beatles Bible - Topic: The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Joe on The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Sat, 15 May 2010 10:48:49 +0100

He said that their music died around the time of their first UK tour with Helen Shapiro: http://www.beatlesbible.com/19.....-bradford/

Brian Epstein put us in suits and all that, and we made it very, very big. We sold out. The music was dead before we even went on the theatre tour of Britain. We were feeling shit already because we had to reduce an hour or two hours' play - and which we were glad in one way - to twenty minutes, and go on and repeat the same twenty minutes every night. The Beatles' music died then, as ...

mithveaen on The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Sat, 15 May 2010 04:38:03 +0100

Celebrated_Mr_K said:

You are correct!

They played 4, 5, 6 hours every day in Hamburg and needed material. So they learned (in addition to American rock & roll) country, blues, show tunes, old music hall standards, movie music…anything, really.

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The Beatles catalog we know and love was really just the tip of the iceberg of what they used to play.

mhhh actually.. didn't John say once that their best work was never officially recorded? He said it was when they played in Germany…

Celebrated_Mr_K on The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Thu, 13 May 2010 23:18:20 +0100

skye said:

If I had to guess, I would say that could be true after their first trip to Hamburg. All those hours trying to keep drunk German gangsters entertained, they would have had to pick up something.

Their musical interests were certainly diverse.

You are correct!

They played 4, 5, 6 hours every day in Hamburg and needed material. So they learned (in addition to American rock & roll) country, blues, show tunes, old music hall standards, movie music...anything, really.

Even before that, their tastes were eclectic. They knew the oldies of the 30s and 40s and adapted them to rock ...

skye on The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Thu, 13 May 2010 22:11:36 +0100

If I had to guess, I would say that could be true after their first trip to Hamburg. All those hours trying to keep drunk German gangsters entertained, they would have had to pick up something.

Their musical interests were certainly diverse.

mithveaen on The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:14:51 +0100

Ok, I can speak English, but sometimes I can't communicate in this language. Darn it.

My questions is about their skills as musicians.

mithveaen on The Beatles could play any kind of music (when they started)

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:10:01 +0100

I don't know when but I read once that The Beatles were such excellent musicians that could play any type of music like cha-cha-cha or rock or folk or country. And that this was reflected in the influences they had while making their music.

What do you think about this? Or it's just a statement made because they're The Beatles?

(My question is because I've just heard a Music teacher saying "If you can play anything in your guitar, that means
you have enough practice, and that means you are not only a talented but a good guitar player".)