Comments on: Backtrack http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/ Home of the Prattling Pratfall Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:45:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DogRat http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-569 DogRat Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:35:32 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/#comment-569 That book I quote is invaluable -- which I think means it's valuable -- to anybody who's curious about the Beatles recording process. I knew the same thing you did, Liz, about the guitar feedback, until I got the book from Dennis as a present in 1988. That book I quote is invaluable — which I think means it’s valuable — to anybody who’s curious about the Beatles recording process. I knew the same thing you did, Liz, about the guitar feedback, until I got the book from Dennis as a present in 1988.

]]> By: Cactus Lizzie http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Cactus Lizzie Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:23:03 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/#comment-557 "Something New." No, not the LP. What I've learned!!! Thanks for the correction, Doug! “Something New.” No, not the LP. What I’ve learned!!! Thanks for the correction, Doug!

]]> By: DogRat http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-549 DogRat Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:34:04 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/#comment-549 From "The Beatles Recording Sessions," by Mark Lewisohn, 1988: <blockquote>The song opens with what was described in the press at the time as "an electronic accident". It was no such thing. Right from take one the Beatles had perfected the curious sounding introduction, a Lennon idea of which he was especially proud, with Paul plucking a single bass string and John getting amplifier feedback from his guitar.</blockquote> Armed with this knowledge, if you listen to the instrumental studio take you can hear that indeed the effect is actually two guitars, with Paul holding the bass note while John adds his guitar with feedback. From “The Beatles Recording Sessions,” by Mark Lewisohn, 1988:

The song opens with what was described in the press at the time as “an electronic accident”. It was no such thing. Right from take one the Beatles had perfected the curious sounding introduction, a Lennon idea of which he was especially proud, with Paul plucking a single bass string and John getting amplifier feedback from his guitar.

Armed with this knowledge, if you listen to the instrumental studio take you can hear that indeed the effect is actually two guitars, with Paul holding the bass note while John adds his guitar with feedback.

]]> By: Cactus Lizzie http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Cactus Lizzie Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:25:54 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/#comment-548 That's an interesting rock trivia question, Jeanie, which I don't know the answer to. Some rock historian must know, though! As far as "I Feel Fine" is concerned, the Beatles were in the recording studio, I believe with George Martin presiding over the session as usual, when the feedback occurred accidentally as they prepared to do one of the takes on the song. Being the creative, innovative people they were, however, they decided they liked that beginning to the song and left it in. It's so famous now, of course, that many of us can "name THAT tune" in just one note! That’s an interesting rock trivia question, Jeanie, which I don’t know the answer to. Some rock historian must know, though! As far as “I Feel Fine” is concerned, the Beatles were in the recording studio, I believe with George Martin presiding over the session as usual, when the feedback occurred accidentally as they prepared to do one of the takes on the song. Being the creative, innovative people they were, however, they decided they liked that beginning to the song and left it in. It’s so famous now, of course, that many of us can “name THAT tune” in just one note!

]]> By: jeanie beanie http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-543 jeanie beanie Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:55:36 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/2006/12/10/backtrack/#comment-543 I wonder if this is the first pop or rock song ever to use guitar feedback. As Doug stated, I, too, felt that this song marked a new and strange departure from the Beatles' previous works. I wonder if this is the first pop or rock song ever to use guitar feedback. As Doug stated, I, too, felt that this song marked a new and strange departure from the Beatles’ previous works.

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