I'm sure the Beatles were amused with the review. Whether they
themselves knew what the reviewer was talking about would be another
matter. There is this tendency for record company PR people to cover up
any formal training. I do seem to recall that both George and Paul had
some music lessons. Back in that time period they may have even listened
a bit to jazz and picked up some tips from teachers and fellow
musicians. Going from the tonic to the flatted 6th key works nicely and
provides a refreshing sounding modulation plus you can just return back
to the tonic without it being jarring. Modes were also being played
with by jazz musicians and rock musicians would sometimes experiment
with jazz elements to come up with new ideas.
On 02/14/2014 07:32 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Remarkably prescient review for a band that had only just started to
make waves. Makes a salutary contrast to my many dismissals of new
bands over the years that later became huge! But even I had my
moments. I loved this track from "Hotlegs" the pre-10cc name chosen
by Godley and Creme. I saw these guys showed promise though everyone
else said the song was crap . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN5m2nppq8Q&list=FLJad8vN225Nr5hDIzlEOYMA
