Paul McCartney Sgt. Pepper Exclusive: “It Was A Risk!” | MOJO

Paul McCartney Sgt. Pepper Exclusive: “It Was A Risk!” | MOJO

Citando:

"PAUL McCARTNEY HELPS MOJO celebrate 50 years of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with an exclusive interview in the magazine that hits UK shops on Tuesday, April 25. He recalls the circumstances surrounding the group’s most groundbreaking album and gives his verdict on the new stereo mix designed to add legs to one of popular music’s key benchmarks.

(...) How dare Beatles band go all weird?

“We were always being told, ‘You’re gonna lose all your fans with this one.’” McCartney tells MOJO. “And we’d say, ‘Well, we’ll lose some but we’ll gain some.’ We’ve gotta advance.”

In 1967 The Beatles ran the gauntlet of a media gripped in a moral panic over the younger generation’s embrace of drugs, and others who regarded Pepper’s stylistic smorgasbord and hints of thematic coherence as evincing ideas above the group’s station. The Lovable Moptops stereotype died hard.

“We were always being told, ‘You’re gonna lose all your fans with this one.’”

“Sgt. Pepper did actually get a terrible review in the New York Times,” recalls McCartney. “The critic [Richard Goldstein] said he hated it, thought it was a terrible mess, and then he was on the streets all week and heard the talk, heard what people were saying, and he took it back [in a subsequent Village Voice piece], recanted after a week: ‘Er… maybe it’s not so bad.’ But we were used to that. She Loves You was ‘banal’. But if we liked it and thought it was cool, we would go for it.

“…I mean, George doing Within You Without You,” continues McCartney, “a completely Indian record – it was nothing anyone had heard before, at least in this context. It was a risk, and we were aware of that.”

But even given Sgt. Pepper’s subsequent rise to peerless status, there’s one aspect of the record that has consistently drawn flak, even (perhaps especially) from fans.

(...) “The original stereo mix is a bit of a period piece,” McCartney concedes. “You’ve got the drums in one corner. You’ve got the vocals in another corner. We would be at listening parties, have some mates around and I’d go, ‘Listen to the drums on this, man!’ …and you couldn’t hear ’em. Oh! They’re over there in the other corner of the room.”

That’s been addressed in the reissue of Sgt. Pepper that’s due on the streets on May 26. A muscular new Giles Martin stereo mix returns the Beatles’ drums and vocals to central positions reminiscent of the original mono mix, and gets McCartney’s seal of approval.

“‘Muscular’ is a good word,” he agrees. “It sounds more like us playing in the room and more like we intended it.”"

2017-04-19: Documentário BBC sobre o Sgt. Pepper's

http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/new-bbc-documentary-to-mark-50-years-since-beatles-sgt-pepper-s-lonely-hearts-club-band-a3524116.html

Citando:
"Out-takes and previously unheard material from the recording of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band will feature in a new documentary marking 50 years since the Beatles’ landmark album was released.

The documentary, presented by composer Howard Goodall, will show how the band made one of the most influential albums of all time and include alternative versions of its famous songs.

It is part of a new season of programmes on BBC2 "

2002-11-29: Something no concerto de homenagem a GH (Vídeo)

http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news/watch-eric-clapton-paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-perform-something/31094

Citando:
"On November 29, 2002, the first anniversary of George Harrison's death, an impressive assemblage of the former Beatle's band mates, family members and buddies gathered at London's Royal Albert Hall to pay tribute to his life and music.

That event—which was released in 2003 as The Concert for George—featured performances by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and many others."

2017-04-20: A última sessão de gravação de Sgt. Pepper's

...Foi para gravar a Sgt. Pepper's Inner Groove. Ao que parece em vários dias. O YouTube reproduz esta magia que só saiu na prensagem do RU:
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-complete-sgt-pepper-runoff-groove/

2017-04-17: PM vai tocar no Brasil em Outubro

http://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/radar-cultural/paul-mccartney-toca-no-brasil-em-outubro-diz-jornal/

Citando:
"Brasil na comemoração dos 50 anos de Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, de acordo com a coluna de Ancelmo Gois no jornal O Globo. Os shows no Brasil devem acontecer em outubro – e um deles seria na Bahia, onde o músico nunca tocou.

No início do mês, o jornal Destak também trouxe a informação da passagem do ex-Beatle por aqui em 2017."

2009-09-06: A história (e a capa de um dos discos) de Penina

A canção oferecida por PM aos Jotta Herre e também gravada por Carlos Mendes no Hotel Penina:
https://www.google.pt/amp/www.dn.pt/gente/interior/amp/a-cancao-que-nasceu-num-bar-de-hotel-1354450.html

Citando:
"Os Jotta Herre ainda tentaram que ele tocasse baixo, mas McCartney optou pela bateria. "Ficámos a tocar até às 3.30 da manhã", contou Flamínio, hoje representante da editora Universal Music no Porto.

Juntos tocaram vários standards. Mas no final da noite McCartney quis dar "um presente" a este grupo de músicos do Porto. "Antes de se ir embora ele disse: vou-me embora mas antes vou oferecer-vos uma música. Sentou-se ao piano e em pouco tempo compôs Penina", contou José Carlos Flamínio. O antigo músico dos Jotta Herre lembra que na altura "o bar ficou cheio porque as pessoas aperceberam-se que o que estávamos a tocar era diferente do habitual e quando desciam dos quartos viam Paul McCartney".

Depressa esta "brincadeira" chegou aos jornais ingleses. "Na altura estava no Penina Henry Cotton, famoso jogador de golf e correspondente de um jornal inglês (Daily Express). Pouco depois  escreveu que McCartney tinha dado uma gorjeta de milhares de contos aos Jotta Herre", lembrou Luís Pinheiro de Almeida.  Essa "gorjeta" valia mais precisamente 6600 contos, o valor que na altura se estimava que tinha cada canção dos Beatles.

O próprio Paul McCartney escreveu na Club Sandwich (revista do seu antigo clube de fãs): "Nunca pensei eu próprio em gravá-la". Mas esta canção gerou alguns problemas: "Em Londres gerou um grande sururu, porque havia imensa confusão com a venda do catálogo das Northern Songs para a ATV e ainda estava tudo muito nebuloso", contou Luís Pinheiro de Almeida."

2016-04-17: Mais um artigo sobre o preview de Sgt. Pepper's

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-unheard-sgt-pepper-outtakes-exclusive-first-listen-w476067

Citando:

"The box has alternate takes of each song — in some cases drastically different and all offering revelatory insights into the most legendary of rock masterpieces. It's the first time the Beatles have opened their vaults and released new recordings since Anthology.

The new remix has long been craved by hardcore Beatle heads, who have always complained about the diffuse stereo mix. The mono version was the one George Martin, engineer Geoff Emerick and the band spent weeks mixing — but the stereo version was rushed out without the Beatles even there in the room. "They were trying to create this immersive world that the stereo didn't have," Giles Martin says now. "Nobody paid much attention to the stereo mix. What we did was work out what they were doing in the mono mix and apply it to stereo."

No matter how well you know the album, this remix is full of nuances any fan will notice, especially the bottom end —Ringo’s kick drum really reveals new dimensions. It's a tribute to the band and their producer."

2017-04-16: Beatles no Alasca?

Sim, aparentemente estiveram lá duas vezes:
https://www.adn.com/arts/2017/04/15/what-was-it-like-to-be-13-when-the-beatles-came-to-anchorage-a-new-screenplay-explores-just-that/

Citando:
"The reason the band landed in Anchorage on June 27, 1966, varies depending on whom you ask. According to some, the jet, which was heading to Japan, stopped in Alaska to dodge a typhoon. Others say it was a planned refueling stop extended because of mechanical problems.

A brief history of the Beatles' (brief) time in Alaska:
https://www.adn.com/culture/article/brief-history-beatles-brief-time-alaska/2014/07/06/

The Beatles were wrapping up their last tour ever and were reportedly irritable and bored during their brief stay at the former Anchorage Westward Hotel, now the Hilton."

E um guião à espera de financiamento para se tornar num filme sobre esse dia em que as mães das adolescentes as fecharam em casa para não irem ter com os Beatles:

Citando:
"In her screenplay "Revolver," Kate Trefry captures an extraordinary day in the life of Anchorage.

"It's based on my mom and her friends' experience when the Beatles landed in Anchorage in 1966," said Trefry, 30, who is from Anchorage. "My mom was 13, so my grandma locked her in the house like a lot of moms did. But a few of her friends escaped and went to the hotel where the Beatles were staying and actually got to the floor where their room was, but didn't see them.""
(...)
"As for "Revolver," the Fab Four's unannounced Anchorage visit provided Trefry with plenty of material both real and imagined."

2017-04-14: A história de "In Spite of All Danger"

Uma canção McCartney-Harrison (autoria que nunca se iria repetir mais) e que pode ser ouvida no Anthology 1:
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2017/04/14/beatles-in-spite-of-all-the-danger/

Citando:
"Today, critics often dismiss “In Spite of All the Danger,” with Unterberger calling it “not that much” and “a routine doo wop-like early rock ‘n’ roll ballad.” In his review of Anthology 1, Mojo‘s Mat Snow writes that the song “gives no inkling of the band who would cut ‘Love Me Do’, never mind ‘A Day In The Life.'”

Clearly, McCartney retains affection for the track: He occasionally performs it livein concert, particularly during his 2005 world tour and the television special Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road.

Just four years after the primitive recording of “In Spite of All the Danger,” the renamed Beatles would record “Love Me Do” at Abbey Road Studios and launch their career. Their artistic growth developed rapidly, and this 1958 song is a baby step in their journey."

2011-06-17: Entrevista de PM à RS (2011)

Entrevista de PM sobre o sucesso de Beatles 1, Linda, GH e a namorada de então (H. Mills):
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-on-beatles-1-losing-linda-and-being-in-new-york-on-september-11th-20110617

2017-04-1౩: Há 52 anos Help foi gravada

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/help-19691231

2017-04-11: As 20 melhores canções de GH (com vídeo)

Estas listas são sempre listas... Conhecem todas?
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/the-20-best-george-harrison-songs.html?a=1

2017-04-11: Julian Lennon e a pena branca?

Bom não ouvir Julian falar do período mau com o pai. Agora fala de... Penas brancas. Mas as causas são nobres, justiça seja feita:
http://www.today.com/parents/julian-lennon-sign-he-got-dad-john-lennon-t110285

Citando:
"It was a pretty normal request, until one of the tribal leaders presented Julian with a white swan's feather.

Julian, son of John Lennon, felt goosebumps wash over him.

"Dad had said to me that if there was a way of letting me know that he was going to be all right, or that we were all going to be all right, it would be in the form of a white feather," he told TODAY Parents.

That was two decades ago, and since then, Julian — a talented photographer, musician, filmmaker and now author — has been raising money for the White Feather Foundation to help support environmental and humanitarian causes."

2016-04-10: Os takes alternativos da reedição do Sgt. Pepper's

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-unheard-sgt-pepper-outtakes-exclusive-first-listen-w476067

2017-04-07: Inside the Beatles’ Lost ‘Sgt. Pepper’-Era Track ‘Carnival of Light’

Inside the Beatles’ Lost ‘Sgt. Pepper’-Era Track ‘Carnival of Light’

Citando:
"But there’s one track recorded during the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sessions that’s a holy grail of sorts for fans: an experimental piece from early 1967 called “Carnival of Light,” which can be thought of as a precursor to the White Album‘s “Revolution 9.” (There were rumors that the song would finally get an official release on Sgt. Pepper‘s expanded reissue, but it didn’t show up there.)

The song was created for two events that were being held at London’s Roundhouse Theatre on Jan. 28 and Feb. 4 that was alternately known as both the Million Volt Light and Sound Rave or the Carnival of Light Rave. David Vaughan, who was promoting the happenings, asked Paul McCartney to contribute some music, and the Beatle agreed. On Jan. 5, 1967, during a break in the sessions for “Penny Lane,” they created “Carnival of Light.”

In November 2008, McCartney told the BBC what his instructions to the other three Beatles were. “I said all I want you to do is just wander around all the stuff, bang it, shout, play it, it doesn’t need to make any sense,” he said. “Hit a drum then wander on to the piano, hit a few notes, just wander around. So that’s what we did and then put a bit of an echo on it. It’s very free.”"

2016-04-10: Audição prévia do Sgt. Pepper's em Abbey Road

... com Giles Martin (filho de George Martin):
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/beatles-long-awaited-sgt-pepper-remix-previewed-abbey-road

E uma foto de um dos pianos de parede de Abbey Road usado para o acorde final do ADITL. Giro.

2017-04-09: Chuck Berry foi a enterrar

Foto de guitarra floral no link (dos Stones):
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/chuck-berry-funeral-brings-messages-mccartney-stones

Citando:
"In McCartney's letter to the man that The Beatles covered and admired in their early days, and continued to praise, he said: “As you know, Chuck was a huge influence on me and my companions.” The Stones sent a white floral bouquet in the shape of a guitar, for which the accompanying card said: “Thanks for the inspiration.”"

2002: Os 100 maiores Bretões listam 3 Beatles

Na lista dos 100 maiores Bretões (um programa que quando feito em Portugal deu a vitória a... Salazar, se bem se lembram) lista 3 dos Beatles!  JL está no top 10 (#8). Sabem quem ficou de fora?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons

2017-04-07: Mais um video antigo descoberto: PM e a mãe?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/first-ever-film-footage-future-12843433

No YouTube:
https://youtu.be/LbMPQUaiqVI

Citando:
"Now Peter has scoured another You Tube film – Liverpool Trams: Green Goddesses Remembered, by Online Videos – and he said: “This is my finest find yet... absolute gold!

“It is circa 1955 and at one point a tram is seen heading down East Prescot Road, from Old Swan towards Page Moss, where Paul’s Aunty Jin and Uncle Harry lived.

“He is only on screen for a second but, comparing him with old pictures, I am 100% convinced that is Paul sitting at the window, at 29 minutes and 25 seconds into the film. And is that his late mother, Mary, sitting behind him? It looks like her.”"

2017-04-07: Notícia patrocinada falsa sobre suicídio de PM no FB

FB está a ser criticado por não estar a ser eficaz a bloquear notícias falsas:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3271383/facebook-admits-being-tricked-into-publishing-sick-fake-news-story-about-suicide-of-paul-mccartney/