If this guy had gotten his way, the Beatles would never have stopped performing. He just lights up when he has an audience.
@jwardbass445222 күн бұрын
Yes, but the two other songwriters wouldn’t have been into writing for the Beatles at all for at least a decade if they stayed together. They went out with a bang on Abbey Road and I believe it was the best outcome we could have had.
@AudibleFist4 жыл бұрын
I love how this is practically a standup act
@MattWileyArt3 жыл бұрын
Seriously I'd watch hours of this
@phillipecook32273 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of watching the comedian Bill Bailey.
@gabrielferrari79093 жыл бұрын
More like a TED talk
@bobgreen81423 жыл бұрын
@@phillipecook3227 Love Bill Bailey
@VasilyMusic3 жыл бұрын
Almost every video of Paul McCartney I see on KZfaq is either a stand up act or a comedy miniature
@aaronquist81253 жыл бұрын
Imagine having Paul McCartney as a music professor if only for a few minutes. This is awesome.
@timohara40776 жыл бұрын
Imagine the memories in his mind he has? incredible life he has.
@4darin56 жыл бұрын
Imagine extracting his mind matter, consuming it and absorbing his memories. incredible taste it has.
@nirad80265 жыл бұрын
Your comment Yoda sound it has
@Alexander-vm2ox4 жыл бұрын
who ever says. "they're not his memories paul is dead" is gay
@colin91784 жыл бұрын
Yes Truly amazing memories
@diegogangeles26544 жыл бұрын
He lost his mum at 14 yo
@GoatDust7 жыл бұрын
that strawberry fields part was super cool
@AndyMangele7 жыл бұрын
YEP!
@__sbtmc7 жыл бұрын
Word , almost like "going back in time "
@funguy88016 жыл бұрын
Except he played it like a 5-year-old. Terrible keyboard-playing skills.
@bid846 жыл бұрын
Fun Guy Yea what a jerk, he'll never make it in showbiz.
@ZoSo15796 жыл бұрын
LMFAO^
@mgabrysSF7 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. Some of those default mellotron tracks are in Minecraft on the "music discs". They'll live on forever now.
@cho037 жыл бұрын
mgabrysSF shit I had no idea. Will have to check them all out
@loochinomolondonmorean2nda9166 жыл бұрын
Do you know where I could find the original sample that paul used? (The same one that is used for stal in minecraft)
@icanclimbanything63845 жыл бұрын
I KNEW IT.
@alistairdugen64725 жыл бұрын
My respect for Minecraft has just increased tenfold.
@roxisdiecast5 жыл бұрын
1:50 Stal
@tjrmakhetha3 жыл бұрын
McCartney performing Lennon songs is the most beautiful thing...hits the heart every time
@ewest142 жыл бұрын
Paul played the mellotron intro on SFF so it's his part on John's song
@EpicStuffMan10004 жыл бұрын
People Paul McCartney's age: All kids need to do to make a song nowadays is hit a button and they're a star! Paul McCartney:
@lucaslemonholm54924 жыл бұрын
This is gold
@sardaukarlevebrench38043 жыл бұрын
Seems he wasn't that better :P
@BassmentBrain3 жыл бұрын
Jacques Shellacques wah wah cry some more baby bitch.
@hitzoneproductions78583 жыл бұрын
@@BassmentBrain Don't you have beats to make?
@contopiasvids3 жыл бұрын
Best comment
@MerkinMuffly7 жыл бұрын
Who knew Strawberry Fields mellotron would launch King Crimson's signature sound, definitely as far from the cabaret as you could get.
@FightCollective7 жыл бұрын
King Crimson are a bit hit and miss for me... but when they 'hit' they blow me away.
@rb0326827 жыл бұрын
"MerkinMuffly" lol
@Duke_Togo_G136 жыл бұрын
Moody Blues use of them was pretty epic.
@milesdavis33636 жыл бұрын
Merkinmuffly I think you mean "A day in the life". There's a well known story that Robert Fripp told when he heard it on the radio
@JulioCamposVEVO6 жыл бұрын
MerkinMuffly only the half of the 70s crimson sound
@malcolmforsythe43293 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if this guy started a band I feel like it would be pretty popular. He has a good voice and he seems to know enough about music
@Blueberrystop3 жыл бұрын
Haha ☺
@malcolmforsythe43293 жыл бұрын
@Fluffy Hamster it's not? Why, do u think this guy isn't good at music? I mean, he seems great, all I'm saying is it could be interesting if he started a band
@Conar.3 жыл бұрын
wicked profile pic my guy
@mcluigi1173 жыл бұрын
@@Conar. hot water hot water hot water hot water hot water
@malcolmforsythe43293 жыл бұрын
@@Conar. thx
@Geebax23 жыл бұрын
What is not generally known is that the Mellotron could also be purchased as a sound effects machine. Instead of instrument samples, the tapes could be recorded with a vast array of sound effects and the instant playback function would give you rapid access to a huge range of effects. When I worked at ABC-TV in Melbourne, Australia during the 60s, we had one delivered on demonstration for several weeks, and I had the opportunity to play with it and also learn how it worked. Some years later I began to construct my own version, but in the end I ran out of money and had to abandon it. Pity, as I was going to increase the functionality of it many times over.
@cygil13 жыл бұрын
I bet the ABC didn't spring for one neither, those cheap bastards.
@H71BCD5 ай бұрын
I believe that model Mellotron was called the FX Console.
@funnyguy63873 жыл бұрын
man pauls voice travels back a couple of years when he sings
@mattmoves59203 жыл бұрын
It's funny that every video of Paul playing the mellowtron is about him playing Strawberry fields, at this point he should name it the Strawberryfieldtron
@steven_heron7 жыл бұрын
Just off the top of his head he came up with a better song than I ever could in my entire lifetime.
@funguy88016 жыл бұрын
That says more about your limitations than this demonstration.
@jeremyhead75466 жыл бұрын
it's not that hard to say a bunch a stuff like baby I want you I wanna take you down over some canned junk but sure ok man
@paulmay29906 жыл бұрын
Steve Heron I hear ya Brother. I’ve been playing music for thirty years. These 4 gents were amazingly gifted.
@jeremyhead75466 жыл бұрын
dang ya, the beatles were clearly and absolutely a powerhouse outfit together. but it's just plain old defeatism to insist you can't do something as good as what paul just did here off the top of his head. i mean honestly, it's an emperor wears no clothes moment if that's really how you feel about this. and that is not to say anything against the outstanding quality of the beatles' work, only that yes, of course you can write a song that is as good as this, easily! free your mind a little and give yourselves half a chance people.
@ernestogasulla7676 жыл бұрын
Steve Heron the music was prerecorded in the Mellotron demo tape, he just sang some shit on top of it.
@MM-vs2et7 жыл бұрын
Didn't know han solo could sing
@robscott57355 жыл бұрын
Martin Anthonyo lmao
@Labuenavidasurf4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@sheepkillindog4 жыл бұрын
Ringo shot first!
@althealligator14674 жыл бұрын
@@sheepkillindog He almost killed a man with those snare shots
@haventbeenbornyet53034 жыл бұрын
Hahaha because he has a vest! Haha, and Han Solo had a vest. Haha, so funny, what a great comment. Ha. Ha. Ha.
@superzer02656 жыл бұрын
2:21 the Image of paul’s little dance will be forever inside my mind
@emptyspotlight4 жыл бұрын
I'd make it as a GIF
@naruto26354 жыл бұрын
Super Zer0 Pretty sure Peter Parker got this from him
@user-iv4pv4hq3h4 жыл бұрын
That was super adorable;,3
@theowlhouseseason32134 жыл бұрын
@@emptyspotlight you can, you are able to make gifs in KZfaq
@rusevdai58104 жыл бұрын
Paul lookin like he's ready to shift into light speed in the millenium falcon with that outfit
I want one now. Paul is like a walking advertisement with these instruements 😂😂😂
@gagslovedotcom3 жыл бұрын
No you don’t lol! The Moody Blues used to take like 4 of them on tour because they’d break down all the time, they’d need 2 up and running and at least 1 for parts!! D
@bobgreen81423 жыл бұрын
@@gagslovedotcom I think part of the mellotron problem was they didn't like being moved about from gig to gig, also they weren't very stable when it came to staying in tune. I'm not surprised the Moodies had to take four with them, however I have a friend who has just one set up permanently in his music room that seems to be pretty stable and reliable.
@AndrewAMartin3 жыл бұрын
@@bobgreen8142 I can't remember the group name, but they were on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series with several mellotrons, one was an original analog model but the rest were newer digital instruments. It's available here on KZfaq....
@mintegral17192 жыл бұрын
@@bobgreen8142 Damn, how do I make friends with people who own Mellotrons? I've wanted to try playing one forever but I have no idea how I'll ever get the chance.
@darienhigh3 ай бұрын
@@AndrewAMartinMellotron Variations??
@shackyl7 жыл бұрын
i'm sure this young lad could start a band or something. he sure has talents
@shackyl7 жыл бұрын
he will always be young in my heart :_)
@trevs92597 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing you haven't heard of the Beatles.
@dnebdal7 жыл бұрын
I _love_ the comments you're getting on this.
@buddyollie74007 жыл бұрын
Trevor Shelton lol dumbass 😂
@C-Stanz6 жыл бұрын
It's a joke, dork.
@jaybone237 жыл бұрын
The ingenuity behind the Mellotron is really very impressive.
@elliottcsmith54474 жыл бұрын
It's the pure joy he takes in the music that is the reason he is who he is. You can't be so great for so long without that almost childlike wonder in the magic of it all.
@claudevieaul14653 жыл бұрын
Instant goosebumps when Sir Paul starts that intro... The man's got talent sloshing out his ears forany decades now, and still enjoys it tremendously!
@evangoodson4 жыл бұрын
When he started playing strawberry fields it gave me the chills
@billburns77213 жыл бұрын
Me too
@rhodeskiller7 жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney explaining all the instruments he is or was using .... ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! What is the name of this show?? I need to watch it!!
@missd.mencia66507 жыл бұрын
It's called "How I became a Billionaire" Yeah..such a fantastic show.
@ernestx19807 жыл бұрын
chaos and creation at abbey road.. or sth like that
@Nyckname7 жыл бұрын
Miss Dementia Reportedly, one time Lennon said to McCartney, "Come on, let's go write a swimming pool."
@PCJ527 жыл бұрын
Here is the full show: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8uchMiHy9iwf6M.html
@Mauricio-ek6rg4 жыл бұрын
@ wow
@haydenalthuizen27504 жыл бұрын
The ending is kinda sad; no John there to sing 'Fields
@davidmella11744 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. john lennon
@benjaminnewlon78654 жыл бұрын
The first one sounds like C418's "Stal"
@nutty2324 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Newlon because it is, crazy right
@KelvenOne4 жыл бұрын
@@nutty232 wait what
@nutty2324 жыл бұрын
SurfedZ yea
@jackjbass4 жыл бұрын
SurfedZ c418 used the mellotron
@ethanmckay24914 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that
@SuperOldShows7 жыл бұрын
Man I always wondered how Strawberry Fields sounded so different!
@rileyjordanmaingque42313 жыл бұрын
I wonder if how this would play out if aliens founds this
@OrbiliusMagister7 жыл бұрын
Awww... I've been a Beatleholic for some decades, but still after all this time when Paul starts to sing sounding so damn great, I am simply awestruck. And it happens for both his joke melody and for the smash hit...
@TomPauls007 Жыл бұрын
paul is a people magnet! Love the dude - so entertaining and at ease with folks.
@rogerwilco24 жыл бұрын
He is still young at heart. He seems to really enjoy interacting with an audience and performing. Thank you Sir Paul for the music.
@Ninja_S1000RR-R3 жыл бұрын
2:45 those are sacred notes
@jeffogola97267 жыл бұрын
I love Macca to death, the very example of a consummate artist. While John's music was the mind of The Beatles, Paul's was the heart, George's was the soul and Ringo's the joy.
@daveidmarx82966 жыл бұрын
Jeff Ogola Then why don't I feel that joy when I listen to 'If You've Got Trouble'? ;-)
@jeffogola97266 жыл бұрын
dave idmarx Lol!! I take it you are one of the fans who don't count meeting Ringo as meeting a real Beatle? In his defense his drumming on "A day in the life" and "Something" is simply breath taking, at least we can grant Mr Starkey that?
@littlemissmello6 жыл бұрын
Ringo was an abso-fucking-lutely brilliant drummer! Goodness, great stuff!
@littlemissmello6 жыл бұрын
dave idmarx I quite liked "If You've Got Trouble" - I mean, it was a simple head bobber but nice!
@daveidmarx82966 жыл бұрын
Tom Faron I seriously Love The Beatles (my favorite group for 40 years now), but I am man enough to admit that no, If You've Got Trouble is definitely NOT "great"! :-)
@deniserb47546 жыл бұрын
He is an amazing musician and a good man. God bless him always.
@markanderson32556 жыл бұрын
He is a total wanker who think`s he`s above everybody, I have a friend who knows one of his old PA`s.
@theowlhouseseason32134 жыл бұрын
@@markanderson3255 then go and listen to some mumble rap shit
@MrBamcito6 жыл бұрын
2:47 give me chills
@Kaddywompous3 жыл бұрын
Nothing is real, not even your chills.
@leokimvideo3 жыл бұрын
Well before rap artists were sampling music, this instrument was doing it for real.
@awaken773 жыл бұрын
actially it is 100% sampler, but using analog tapes
@arentyoumaria30273 жыл бұрын
i dont see how you can say this is "real sampling", hip hop involves for greater technical skill to use those samplrs to construct full songs, whereas the sampling here is just one note pushed down, or just consists of essentially an organ
@aerofuzz3 жыл бұрын
@@arentyoumaria3027 people love seeming superior by not liking rap, completely missing out on dilla, madlib, kanye, premier and so many other great samplers
@tikclips2253 жыл бұрын
@@aerofuzz it’s a damn shame
@Henryduckfan633 жыл бұрын
Apples and oranges.
@jennifersman79906 жыл бұрын
Supposedly the first time John Lennon saw one he played it for 5 minutes and immediately said "I must have one of these" and the Beatles bought 4 of them
@WayTwo7 жыл бұрын
0:04 this here... triggers siri
@officialSgtPepperArc3603 жыл бұрын
What can I help you with?
@gui18bif3 жыл бұрын
apple adverts even in the cokments what the fuck
@MrPartch3 жыл бұрын
disable siri.
@baraskparas9559 Жыл бұрын
A humble creative genius demonstrating to a handful of people as though he was a travelling salesman.
@Ra11y4 жыл бұрын
just realised the minecraft disc Stal uses this exact sample.
@thomasnelson57583 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the greatest musicians of all time. One of the great musical minds, he just operates differently from normal people. His way of thinking about music is something otherworldly
@milessmith66114 жыл бұрын
2:20 When Paul does that funny face and dancing he looks so young! I thought my eyes went wrong for a second
@dirtyharry46493 жыл бұрын
No matter how old he becomes , he'll always have that babyface!
@thessalonikiosmusv3 жыл бұрын
There's a photo of Paul with beard, and I think it doesn't fit with his baby face. Paul is forever look young even with beard.
@nerffauna3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing when you hear the songwriter sing the song while playing the actual instrument that made the sound you heard on the radio all those times. It’s like a magician showing you how they did their trick. I heard Roger McGuinn from the Byrds a few years ago playing a solo show. He had his 12-string Rickenbacker guitar. Got chills so many times, like for example, “There Is A Season (Turn, Turn, Turn.) There was the guy that recorded the song you’d heard all those times, playing the instrument he recorded it with. A sound that can’t be imitated.
@the_original_Bilb_Ono Жыл бұрын
When Paul dies it will be such a tragedy. All of the members of the Beatles are treasures. Its amazing how sane they stayed in spite of all they've went through.
@improbablytheguy10 ай бұрын
@@HunnySanchez Ringo cant die
@uy7munir10 ай бұрын
already dead bucko
@seanns194510 ай бұрын
@@improbablytheguy 🤣🤣🤣😲
@karenelizabeth15904 жыл бұрын
Paul could've been a teacher in an alternate timeline
@miguimau3 жыл бұрын
McCartney is such a lovely talented genius.
@FriendM20103 жыл бұрын
These guys were composers, arrangers, singers and played several instruments each... Built a HOF music catalog by age 25! I just read over 50 percent of young adults now still live with their parents...
@rudolfabelin38310 ай бұрын
Brilliant as always with Sir Paul!!!!
@avlisk7 жыл бұрын
Celebrating 50 years for Days of Future Passed this year. Thank you, Mike Pinder.
@dennis29663 жыл бұрын
I love what The Moody Blues' Mike Pinder did with the Mellotron. He helped create their signature sound with it.
@Llydrwydd3 жыл бұрын
Mike Pinder also used to work for Streetly Electronics who created and built the mellotron.
@leonmaliniak6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing to see such a giant star perform solo in front of a small intimate audience like this. What a privilege to have been at that session. In spite of his enormous fame and celebrity, and accustomed to performing in large stadiums in front of thousands of people here is Paul being as personable and intimate and charming as can be and still so humble and down to earth with this small group This really displays his humanity and musical soul...just a musician and performer at heart and not a snob at all. He really seems to be enjoying himself and is totally NOT condescending to the audience...which many big stars are. One of the great performers, composers and singers of all time...sometimes we forget how great a voice he has...and his music will live on for thousands of years
@SunnyBear4 жыл бұрын
How can he still be so adorable?????
@ruadeil_zabelin3 жыл бұрын
0:44 The Mellotron is basically an "illegal" copy of the American Chamberlin (named after the creator Harry Chamberlin) which was designed to replace a big band. He literally wanted a "big band" sound in his living room. That was his dream with this machine. His business partner went over seas and created the Mellotron in Europe without Harry knowing (at first). After a lot of legal dispute, they merged the companies making them legal. They still exist today in digital form, and if you buy one it will say both Chamberlin and Mellotron on there.
@grandwaha3 жыл бұрын
It's like having Beethoven or Mozart around to describe what they were thinking and how they wrote and solved problems . Amazing to have such a brilliant mind categorized for future generations.
@kiethblack38706 жыл бұрын
Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) was very "instrumental" in making the Beatles & others aware of it's use. Still an incredible instrument 50+ years on.
@kaiblu57514 жыл бұрын
When he played strawberry fields I was in awe oml I love him ♡
@tec54122 жыл бұрын
He would make an excellent teacher, nobody would skip that class.
@JezNashMusic2 жыл бұрын
Damn straight. I’d enrol in a heartbeat (which would probably be about 180 bpm lol!)
@roseoneal31967 жыл бұрын
This is THE MOST ADORABLE video ever! Luv u Macca!
@moshadj3 жыл бұрын
Its hard to believe this is the guy who wrote all of that incredible music. Fuh You changed my life
@superviewer3 жыл бұрын
And some claim he didn't.
@dannyreyna28217 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!!! Thank you for those memorial sounds of awesome music.
@dakotaheagle84793 жыл бұрын
Damn Paul is feelin it lol
@hansvandijk14873 жыл бұрын
Genius at work! Greetings from the Netherlands.
@jacksontony20664 жыл бұрын
Moody blues definitely made mellotron their main thing it was the essence of their music bringing a spiritual sound to their music
@patriciaelg146410 ай бұрын
The Moody Blues and the Bee Gees used the mellotron. I love the orchestral sounds.
@JezNashMusic10 ай бұрын
Yes indeed. And the sound is unmistakable.
@catlady83243 жыл бұрын
I think Sir McCartney should always have to wear the early collarless gray suit so we know he’s a Beatle.
@wiedietie4 жыл бұрын
I showed this to my cat He didn’t understand it. He’s a cat.
@oasiprogressiva3 жыл бұрын
So you say...
@agnidas58163 жыл бұрын
@@oasiprogressiva so say dozens of us
@oasiprogressiva3 жыл бұрын
@@agnidas5816 The majority is never right. In fact, the majority saved Barabbas and condemned Jesus. Get over it.
@doyoumind93563 жыл бұрын
He understands
@chipgaasche49333 жыл бұрын
Do you think you're funny?
@undyingmouse95663 жыл бұрын
Man Minecraft’s Stal has been out since the 60’s *WOAH*
@hallamhal7 ай бұрын
I love how he's purposely singing a bad cheesy song and yet it still sounds so cool
@josephbunone61263 жыл бұрын
Genius beyond Genius, live forever Paul and your brothers The Beatles!
@donnanhuggler84514 жыл бұрын
He's very relaxed and commanding with his voice and keyboard abilites. Not represented here, but also with bass & guitar. It exudes. Mind boggling when you factor in a the experience he has. One gargantuan legend!!!!!!!
@Vinyl_guy Жыл бұрын
Only Paul can make a song from scratch on an instrument using 1960s presets
@neutralearth1061 Жыл бұрын
We approve of any demonstration that reveals the glory and power of our Mellotron Overlords.
@ms85963 жыл бұрын
The Moody Blues Mike Pinder, who relied on the Mellotron heavily for their orchestral sounds, would talk in interviews of the horror stories when this would get delivered to the site of the next show and the tapes would unravel and end up on the floor. Then scrambling to get it all back together. This is one of those instruments, like a Hammond B3, that you just know it when you hear it. No synthesizer has ever captured that exact sound.
@thegingerpowerranger3 жыл бұрын
he's been around for what seems to be 300 years, i forgot he was actually a beatle
@almostfm3 жыл бұрын
From just a time standpoint, about 85% of his career is him not in the Beatles.
@loganbaileysfunwithtrains6063 жыл бұрын
Fallout New Vegas music generator
@andrewc.29524 жыл бұрын
Aahhhh! Knights in White Satin!!! I love love LOVE that sound.
@PlanetRockJesus6 жыл бұрын
I love this video. I've played a lot, but Paul is an exceptional musician and performer. A legend.
@dougreed22573 жыл бұрын
Let's get something straight, mike pinder of the moody blues introduced the mellotron to john & Paul, the moodies were utilising this instrument before the beatles & King crimson, i was told Graham bond was using it in early 60's,but the moody blues were the true innovators of this amazing instrument. 🎵🎶
@rogerjonson81423 жыл бұрын
right, and the orchestra/violin sounds were it's forte, not rhythms
@eoinh17 жыл бұрын
The Moody Blues used the Mellotron to brilliant effect. Especially on their core 7 albums.
@designerlarry6 жыл бұрын
eoinh1 so true - and it was Mike Pinder who turned the Beatles onto it!
@MargauxHemingway4 жыл бұрын
Yes! the Moody Blues : Love and Beauty was one of their first songs to use it.
@93thelema7774 жыл бұрын
Mike Pinder was the soul of the Moody Blues .
@marsthatdamnrebel6 ай бұрын
Love how flawlessly he turns a switch to change key...perfectly. #strawberryfieldsforever
@lanceconnolly39543 жыл бұрын
He was having a blast! no script, just him in an intimate club acting as if you were in his house. Damn he's awesome!
@rexmundi22377 жыл бұрын
Mellotron also has the flamenco guitar sample which can be heard in the intro to Bungalow Bill on the White Album .
@Samuel-ou3on6 жыл бұрын
I thought Harrison played that part, are you sure?
@KokoBWary6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's correct; sampled from a Mellotron bank by Abbey Road engineer Chris Thomas.
@EmegopsForever6 жыл бұрын
Dude that makes so much sense! I've tried looking that up before and couldn't find anything. Damn. Thanks man for sharing this info
@rexmundi22376 жыл бұрын
90% sure. There is a video somewhere on youtube of someone playing the sample on a mellotron. I was disappointed to find out it wasn't played by George, but never mind.
@JohnBarrylizard6 жыл бұрын
Wow -- that's amazing! I had no idea. I thought they'd hired a classical guitarist to play that intro or Harrison had pulled it off. WOW!
@JMDinOKC7 жыл бұрын
It was a bit of common knowledge back in the Sixties that the Beatles had used a Mellotron when recording "Strawberry Fields," but I'd never seen one until now. Not at all what I thought it looked like. The Beatles used it to get a flute sound in Strawberry Fields because of course none of them could play the flute. Their use of the Mellotron in the recording is so rudimentary it gives you no idea of what a Mellotron sounds like when its full range of functions is used. Digital audio technology was just beginning to take off when the Mellotron reigned.
@thomaspappalardo75896 жыл бұрын
JMDinOKC Digital didn’t exist yet. It was still all analogue then
@strathman75016 жыл бұрын
Before the Beatles were formed (1957) and until the time of their dissolution all electronic music was analogue tones generated by oscillators etc. The first primitive experimental digital sequencer appeared in about 1970, I believe. No practical digi synth was available until the late 70s, long after The Beatles.
@ernestogasulla7676 жыл бұрын
The first digital synth was the Fairlight, and it came out 9 years after the Beatles disbanded. Analog synths did exist in their time and they used them, but they were monophonic (one note at a time). Poor Linda was (still is) bashed by brainiacs who thought she couldn't play more than single note melodies.
@Philrc6 жыл бұрын
They produced the sound, and used the functions, that they wanted
@markanderson32556 жыл бұрын
"because of course none of them could play the flute" if they were that good of musicians any of them would have learned to play the flute in no time.
@finchcarvingadiamond4 жыл бұрын
I love him. I truly do. You're not supposed to be all parasocial with celebrities, but i grew up with his music, and my dad worked with a lot of his people, and every time I see or hear this dude its like im listening to a relative. Just a thorougly wonderful musical granddude.
@BrutusJones7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic insight on part of what was in Strawberry Fields - what a truly great song. I always wondered about that sound. . . . now I know. Thanks to Mr. McCartney for sharing.
@ianmcgregorhart93547 жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney honest and charismatic. The Beatles music influence is strong; 50+ years on.
@3dmaxuser6 жыл бұрын
I worked with him in the late 80's believe me he's not at all like he appears in public. miserable old git would be better suited to describe him that's for sure
@ewest142 жыл бұрын
@@3dmaxuser Oh yeah like a nobody on KZfaq knows him. Every musician that has worked with him has said how easy going, disarming, and nice he is.
@3dmaxuser2 жыл бұрын
@@ewest14 Yeah I wish I saw that side of him then
@ewest142 жыл бұрын
@@3dmaxuser what did he do? Do you have any specific examples?
@3dmaxuser2 жыл бұрын
@@ewest14 he spoke to the staff like shit a few times, he and that bag of puss he called a wife demanded no one eat any meat in any of the studios,by the end of the week no one wanted to work with him.
@zachhaywood15642 жыл бұрын
As much as I love The Beatles, King Crimson, and The Moody Blues, Tangerine Dream will always be my favorite Mellotron band.
@holotape2 жыл бұрын
Can you recommend a song of theirs that used a mellotron?
@zachhaywood15642 жыл бұрын
@@holotape Anything from 1973 to 1980 pretty much, but especially Phaedra and Rubycon!
@theloniouscoltrane37783 жыл бұрын
Macca has lived his life to the fullest! This man is a gift to humanity. A songwriter's songwriter. The complete package.
@liquidbraino4 жыл бұрын
This man is a fucking legend. Thank god we still have him.
@pbbonano41364 жыл бұрын
I always said that the second Paul was better than the first one.
@jakeperl58574 жыл бұрын
Haha!
@igano1114 жыл бұрын
The third one is Paul Rudd.
@skidheart3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@sciencemansandera3 жыл бұрын
This is got to be one of the coolest videos out there. I'm a guitarist but I just bought a Korg triton extreme to learn more piano and synthesizer. I have always had the highest admiration or for Paul McCartney's keyboard piano skills I wish he could put out some teaching videos many of the big time stars of rock etc. seem to be doing that or corresponding with their fans and I think that is like the absolute coolest thing. These guys had to work with so much less electronic equipment and many know the stellar set up for ways to get that warm analogue sound that we all strive for. I love all the music, it fascinates me and I think it's so much fun to play. A week ago I showed a new used les paul guitar I got to a young Amish kid and it immediately brought a smile to his face and he said that looks like a lot of fun. I said yeah it's all riot if you want maybe I'll teach you some stuff. And I showed him how to stream a few cords and count his beats. I've taught other kids that they might've played another instrument like the drums and then a guitar was given to them or something and I couldn't believe I said well this is how I got learning my scales the quickest and the next day I go over to the kids house and he's playing Ted Nugent from a couple of riffs I showed him LOL Some are fast learners, today he has a band and he plays both the drums and the guitar and very good at both.
@user-pn3fb9eo5i7 жыл бұрын
Cheers for the demonstration Billy.
@NickB-md1oy4 жыл бұрын
I expected wild applause when he said “this is a mellotron” lol
@AstrosElectronicsLab4 жыл бұрын
Most people don't know what one is
@dawnrussell88676 жыл бұрын
I want a Mellotron, that is an amazing instrument, a whole band in one!
@largepoodle60364 жыл бұрын
nearly 80 years old and we still have paul, man. crazy. absolutely mind boggling
@68corvette086 жыл бұрын
The Moody Blues also used the Mellotron for Nights In White Satin.
@norms39137 жыл бұрын
Mike pinder of the moody blues was a big fan of the mellotron and the Chamberlain which was close to the mellotron
@designerlarry6 жыл бұрын
Norm. Panganiban and Mike turned the Beatles on to the mellotron. And revolutionized their music!
@adamwarlock82634 жыл бұрын
"and this funky robot, well it writes the for ya, eh?"
@jaerivus3 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of a bit between Dana Carvey and Conan O'Brien where John Lennon was still in touch with Paul from beyond the grave, and he'd ask Paul incredulously about the future. Then I realized that your question about the Mellotron wasn't futuristic for Lennon, but whatever.
@MARKCHAPLE7 жыл бұрын
its funny when you see the machine played that makes one of you favourite Beatles tracks always loved the start of that track