On Mar 7, 7:10=C2=A0pm, Skokiaan <skoki...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 7, 1:20=EF=BF=BDpm, Phil <giorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > They didn't receive instructions from Brian Epstein? =EF=BF=BD
>
> Brian had no involvement in the music and by all accounts was almost
> never in the studio.
>
> > I didn't know
> > this was debunked.
> > Which Beatles stated so and what is the source?
>
> Going by memory here, but I believe George and Paul both said it.
=C2=A0On=
e
> of them them may have said it in the Anthology, but I haven't watched
> it in a while. =C2=A0The myth was certainly debunked in Bruce Spizer's
> excellent book "The Beatles Are Coming: The Birth of Beatlemania in
> America." =C2=A0If I remember, I will post a quote from the book when I
am=
> home.
Thanks.. Since Brian Epstein was the marketing genius behind the
band,
the story seemed plausible. Any directive from Brian would have been
meaningless anyway, since it was always the Beatles intention to
conquer the
states from the outset -- or is this another myth?
> > Most of the covers they were doing in Hamburg/Liverpool were
> > American.
> > Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Elvis etc.
> > etc.
> > were all American. =EF=BF=BDIf the Beatles didn't know what Americans
li=
ked
> > then no one
> > else could either.
>
> But IWTHYH is a radically different record than anything those
> American artists had ever released. =C2=A0The more sure bet to have a
hit
> is to put out "more of the same," which the Beatles always made an
> effort NOT to do.
It could be argued that "more of the same" would have diminished
their chances of market success - especially a band from England.
The Beatles combined elements from all those American artists to
create
their sound. Take for example "Love Me Do", the harmonies in that
song
sound a lot like the Everly Brothers. At slow tempo, PPM would have
sounded similar.
> > If "I Want to Hold Your Hand" didn't break the barrier then perhaps
> > they thought nothing else would. =EF=BF=BD On November 11 the
recording =
was
> > nearly
> > a month old.
>
> What broke the Beatles open in the US wasn't the song itself, but
> rather the publicity campain that sup****ted it. Capitol invested money
> to get the record heard, while VJ, Tollie and Swan didn't have the
> budget to market great songs like "She Loves You" and PPM. =C2=A0Once
> Capitol got people to listen the pre-Capitol records, which had
> previously flopped, raced up the charts.
It's hard to imagine why these songs required such a great marketing
push.
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