Paul McCartney – Let It Be
An evening pause: Performed live 2009.
I must ask: It seems almost no one in pop music writes gentle ballads like this any longer. Everything must pound, with beautiful melody no longer a major consideration.
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An evening pause: Performed live 2009.
I must ask: It seems almost no one in pop music writes gentle ballads like this any longer. Everything must pound, with beautiful melody no longer a major consideration.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
I recall an interview where Paul sourced this song to a dream he had. His mother (Mary) provided the basic message of the song and the deep spiritual undertones.
It was a time in his life where he was weary from the weight of the world and the pressures he felt he needed to shoulder.
So many modern pop songs are very artificial and more, seemingly, derived from nightmares by contrast.
Melody is dead in many genres of music, especially in anything with a commercial aspect. I’m told that it’s common for musicians to show up in a studio without any skill or training in singing, and they expect AutoTune to fix it up.
Yes, I’m an old fart, but there are plenty of good reasons to listen to older music. Pop music is manufactured these days, and what passes for writing in the business is actually done by a very small number of people.
MollyBoy First Time Reaction
The Beatles; Let it Be
https://youtu.be/Cuh-496b9gY?t=94
Diane Wilson I suggest you look into Rick Beato … to reenforce your observations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ0OSEViyo
I am not a musician … hah! I can’t lead a group doing jumping jacks!…
Rick is a great critic of all things music, but really a great critic of the modern easily produced music.
He also has myriad videos on “What makes this song great?”
Mine are the favorites of my music, such as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFisOTDzGuE
Beato dissects the music by looking each component and explaining how itis made and when appropriate, why it’s unique..
I hope you enjoy it.
Chris,
Yes, I’m a fan of Rick Beato. I am a musician, and enjoy taking the same analytic approach to classical music.
There’s an interesting article up on Nautilus, exploring how Richard Feynmann would look at AI. Don’t be fooled by performance! It examines AI through a scientific research attitude: How do you know? Let doubt lead you to greater understanding. It works for music, science, AI, and much more.
https://nautil.us/what-would-richard-feynman-make-of-ai-today-1262875/
Thank you Diane Wilson for the Nautilus article on Richard Feynman.
From the article a quote from Dr Feynman
“I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing, than to have answers which might be wrong,”
This should be the guiding principle of scientists.
I wonder what Dr Feynman’s thoughts on Global Warming/Climate Change would be today?