R.I.P. George Martin

[Erik]

"You can make a tune that isn’t that great sound wonderful. This stifles creativity, because you don’t have to work for it, it’s already there.”

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/09/george-martin-obituary?CMP=share_btn_fb

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/707421932522577920

 

[zobraks]

Wrong guy.
At first look at the title I thought it was someone else.

 

[skiroomalum]

90 is a good run. For a second I thought it read "RIP John Martin." George M. is a guy who seems to only grow larger and more important the more time passes.

 

[Johannes]

For a second I thought it read "RIP John Martin."

Fuck, me too.

 

[PhillyDave]

I think he was the actual 5th Beatle.

 

[mjp]

He absolutely was. And Geoff Emerick was the sixth Beatle.

I am the 219,388th Beatle, for those of you keeping track.

 

[PhillyDave]

I often think the Kinks could have used him in the 60's. They survived fine but their recording quality did not match their song quality like the Beatles did.

 

[David]

I didn't realize what a great role George Martin had in making the Beatles who they were...this article notes his many performances in the recordings. Makes me wonder now what they would have been like without him...

 

[mjp]

Makes me wonder now what they would have been like without him...

If you remove or replace any one of those five you have a different band.

But I think that can be said about pretty much any band. There's a chemistry between people playing music together, and that chemistry is easily disrupted (or ruined) when you replace one of those people.

 

[Erik]

I was surprised to learn that Martin's father was a carpenter while his mother was a cleaner.
He always gave me the impression of having a more "posh" background.

His working class background is another way he fit in well as the fifth Beatle.

 

[PhillyDave]

If you remove or replace any one of those five you have a different band.

But I think that can be said about pretty much any band. There's a chemistry between people playing music together, and that chemistry is easily disrupted (or ruined) when you replace one of those people.

Even with bands you may not like. U2 come to mind. Imagine if they had a different guitarist or an actual bassist? They wouldn't necessarily be better but they would be rather different than they are.