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Post by rbortega on Dec 19, 2020 13:58:13 GMT -5
I am surprised nobody has mentioned the preview for an upcoming Paul McCartney documentary:
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 19, 2020 19:28:45 GMT -5
I saw the teaser on Facebook. I don't know what to make of it. Is Paul going to work with Rubin on his next album?
Rubin has produced some artists I really like.
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Post by hofner61 on Dec 20, 2020 1:18:51 GMT -5
Thamks for that rbortega,
That'll be worth watching when the actual "doco" is released.
(y)
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 20, 2020 7:49:28 GMT -5
Yeah, I know Rubin as a music producer. It's kind of odd they are doing this together.
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Post by sallyg on May 17, 2021 18:48:53 GMT -5
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 17, 2021 11:44:56 GMT -5
I have now watched Episodes 1 and 2.
It is something we will all want to eventually watch as persons who post on Beatles Board (and elsewhere) and devote a lot of our spare time and disposable income to Fab stuff.
Having said that, it is best when Rick Rubin pushes the conversation, when he is at the recording board with Paul and focuses on individual aspects to the songs, like his breakdown of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." That is really cool and Paul is startled and delighted at his maniacal bass playing on that song!
As a renowned producer himself, Rick Rubin's comments on the music are good and he is not afraid to sometimes cut Paul off when Paul starts going into funny voice land! In the first two episodes there are some really nice commentary as Paul and Rubin focus on different elements to certain songs. Rubin tends to make Paul more specific on how this great music was made, rather than the, "We were just wee lads making this wee little noise" although I think Paul sneaks that in somewhere!
The downsides are those moments when Paul is doing most of the talking as he reverts back to the very same anecdotes we have heard ad nauseam throughout the Pepper 20 documentary, Anthology, Paul's various album promo documentaries(i.e., Flaming Pie, Chaos), Ron Howard and every other filmed interview of Paul. I mean Paul tells these anecdotes verbatim inserting in the very same funny voices and imitations he has done for 40 years!
In Episode 1 for example, Rubin pushes Paul a bit on the differences between him and John going back to when they are teens and how that may have led to their musical chemistry and Paul quite sincerely summarizes John's childhood with Freddy taking off, Julia essentially losing John to Mimi and then Julia dying and Rubin wants to explore in that early period how the chip on John's shoulder and Paul's more cheerful disposition(albeit touched by his own sadness with the loss of his mother) brought them together and forged one of the greatest songwriting partnerships ever. There is a rather emotionally intense moment captured on film where Paul really goes back in his mind to the early John and Paul days.
Paul looks genuinely pained going back to that time but seems to then brighten and suddenly jumps to 1967 and does his "Getting Better" anecdote right down to imitating John's backing vocal, "It couldn't get much worse" so now the narrative has jumped from the late 1950's to the emotional safety of the heady days of 1967 and Sgt. Pepper.
A hilarious thing is that Rubin is an odd chap and it seems that the farther this goes on the less clothes he is wearing. It starts with the two men standing in a studio of some sort around a recording board and high quality speakers, then sitting at comfortable chairs around the board and next thing we see is Rubin in a tee-shirt, shorts and barefoot sitting yoga style on the floor across from Paul conventionally on a couch or chair!
Maybe in Episode 3 Rubin will be questioning Paul shirtless while standing on his head and by Episode 6 Rubin is stark naked and is with Paul, more moderately wrapped in a towel, in a hot sauna sweating like two pigs and discussing music! 😁
That has been kind of quirky but that is Rick Rubin and he was like that in the great Avett Brothers' documentary May It Last.
This is fun but best when Paul is pushed a bit by Rubin in the interview, when not allowed to revert to safe and tried anecdotes. That is just like with some of his better Solo albums like Chaos where Nigel Godrich pushed Paul. The problem as we know is that Paul never works again with those who push him even when the results are stellar!
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Post by hofner61 on Jul 22, 2021 6:35:06 GMT -5
JSD, did you have to subscribe to Hulu to watch these episodes ?
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Post by rbortega on Jul 22, 2021 13:21:42 GMT -5
JSD, did you have to subscribe to Hulu to watch these episodes ? Yes. But you do have the option of a 30 day free trial. That is how I watched the series.
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Post by hofner61 on Jul 22, 2021 17:45:29 GMT -5
JSD, did you have to subscribe to Hulu to watch these episodes ? Yes. But you do have the option of a 30 day free trial. That is how I watched the series. OK, Thanks. can you opt out after 30 days easily ?
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Post by sallyg on Jul 22, 2021 22:11:26 GMT -5
I have now watched Episodes 1 and 2. It is something we will all want to eventually watch as persons who post on Beatles Board (and elsewhere) and devote a lot of our spare time and disposable income to Fab stuff. Having said that, it is best when Rick Rubin pushes the conversation, when he is at the recording board with Paul and focuses on individual aspects to the songs, like his breakdown of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." That is really cool and Paul is startled and delighted at his maniacal bass playing on that song! As a renowned producer himself, Rick Rubin's comments on the music are good and he is not afraid to sometimes cut Paul off when Paul starts going into funny voice land! In the first two episodes there are some really nice commentary as Paul and Rubin focus on different elements to certain songs. Rubin tends to make Paul more specific on how this great music was made, rather than the, "We were just wee lads making this wee little noise" although I think Paul sneaks that in somewhere! The downsides are those moments when Paul is doing most of the talking as he reverts back to the very same anecdotes we have heard ad nauseam throughout the Pepper 20 documentary, Anthology, Paul's various album promo documentaries(i.e., Flaming Pie, Chaos), Ron Howard and every other filmed interview of Paul. I mean Paul tells these anecdotes verbatim inserting in the very same funny voices and imitations he has done for 40 years! In Episode 1 for example, Rubin pushes Paul a bit on the differences between him and John going back to when they are teens and how that may have led to their musical chemistry and Paul quite sincerely summarizes John's childhood with Freddy taking off, Julia essentially losing John to Mimi and then Julia dying and Rubin wants to explore in that early period how the chip on John's shoulder and Paul's more cheerful disposition(albeit touched by his own sadness with the loss of his mother) brought them together and forged one of the greatest songwriting partnerships ever. There is a rather emotionally intense moment captured on film where Paul really goes back in his mind to the early John and Paul days. Paul looks genuinely pained going back to that time but seems to then brighten and suddenly jumps to 1967 and does his "Getting Better" anecdote right down to imitating John's backing vocal, "It couldn't get much worse" so now the narrative has jumped from the late 1950's to the emotional safety of the heady days of 1967 and Sgt. Pepper. A hilarious thing is that Rubin is an odd chap and it seems that the farther this goes on the less clothes he is wearing. It starts with the two men standing in a studio of some sort around a recording board and high quality speakers, then sitting at comfortable chairs around the board and next thing we see is Rubin in a tee-shirt, shorts and barefoot sitting yoga style on the floor across from Paul conventionally on a couch or chair! Maybe in Episode 3 Rubin will be questioning Paul shirtless while standing on his head and by Episode 6 Rubin is stark naked and is with Paul, more moderately wrapped in a towel, in a hot sauna sweating like two pigs and discussing music! 😁 That has been kind of quirky but that is Rick Rubin and he was like that in the great Avett Brothers' documentary May It Last. This is fun but best when Paul is pushed a bit by Rubin in the interview, when not allowed to revert to safe and tried anecdotes. That is just like with some of his better Solo albums like Chaos where Nigel Godrich pushed Paul. The problem as we know is that Paul never works again with those who push him even when the results are stellar! I watched all 6 episodes and enjoyed them all. I don't think there's any new information in this series that most fans didn't already know.
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Post by rbortega on Jul 23, 2021 10:17:03 GMT -5
Yes. But you do have the option of a 30 day free trial. That is how I watched the series. OK, Thanks. can you opt out after 30 days easily ? Yes.
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Post by debjorgo on Jul 23, 2021 18:13:31 GMT -5
I have now watched Episodes 1 and 2. It is something we will all want to eventually watch as persons who post on Beatles Board (and elsewhere) and devote a lot of our spare time and disposable income to Fab stuff. Having said that, it is best when Rick Rubin pushes the conversation, when he is at the recording board with Paul and focuses on individual aspects to the songs, like his breakdown of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." That is really cool and Paul is startled and delighted at his maniacal bass playing on that song! As a renowned producer himself, Rick Rubin's comments on the music are good and he is not afraid to sometimes cut Paul off when Paul starts going into funny voice land! In the first two episodes there are some really nice commentary as Paul and Rubin focus on different elements to certain songs. Rubin tends to make Paul more specific on how this great music was made, rather than the, "We were just wee lads making this wee little noise" although I think Paul sneaks that in somewhere! The downsides are those moments when Paul is doing most of the talking as he reverts back to the very same anecdotes we have heard ad nauseam throughout the Pepper 20 documentary, Anthology, Paul's various album promo documentaries(i.e., Flaming Pie, Chaos), Ron Howard and every other filmed interview of Paul. I mean Paul tells these anecdotes verbatim inserting in the very same funny voices and imitations he has done for 40 years! In Episode 1 for example, Rubin pushes Paul a bit on the differences between him and John going back to when they are teens and how that may have led to their musical chemistry and Paul quite sincerely summarizes John's childhood with Freddy taking off, Julia essentially losing John to Mimi and then Julia dying and Rubin wants to explore in that early period how the chip on John's shoulder and Paul's more cheerful disposition(albeit touched by his own sadness with the loss of his mother) brought them together and forged one of the greatest songwriting partnerships ever. There is a rather emotionally intense moment captured on film where Paul really goes back in his mind to the early John and Paul days. Paul looks genuinely pained going back to that time but seems to then brighten and suddenly jumps to 1967 and does his "Getting Better" anecdote right down to imitating John's backing vocal, "It couldn't get much worse" so now the narrative has jumped from the late 1950's to the emotional safety of the heady days of 1967 and Sgt. Pepper. A hilarious thing is that Rubin is an odd chap and it seems that the farther this goes on the less clothes he is wearing. It starts with the two men standing in a studio of some sort around a recording board and high quality speakers, then sitting at comfortable chairs around the board and next thing we see is Rubin in a tee-shirt, shorts and barefoot sitting yoga style on the floor across from Paul conventionally on a couch or chair! Maybe in Episode 3 Rubin will be questioning Paul shirtless while standing on his head and by Episode 6 Rubin is stark naked and is with Paul, more moderately wrapped in a towel, in a hot sauna sweating like two pigs and discussing music! 😁 That has been kind of quirky but that is Rick Rubin and he was like that in the great Avett Brothers' documentary May It Last. This is fun but best when Paul is pushed a bit by Rubin in the interview, when not allowed to revert to safe and tried anecdotes. That is just like with some of his better Solo albums like Chaos where Nigel Godrich pushed Paul. The problem as we know is that Paul never works again with those who push him even when the results are stellar! I watched all 6 episodes and enjoyed them all. I don't think there's any new information in this series that most fans didn't already know. Did you catch Paul saying he wasn't sure why he played the drums on USSR? He said something like maybe he was telling Ringo what to play and Ringo said "Well you do it then". The he repeated it saying maybe Ringo said "Well you do it then", where Ringo sounded aggravated with Paul.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 27, 2021 15:39:55 GMT -5
I watched all 6 episodes and enjoyed them all. I don't think there's any new information in this series that most fans didn't already know. Did you catch Paul saying he wasn't sure why he played the drums on USSR? He said something like maybe he was telling Ringo what to play and Ringo said "Well you do it then". The he repeated it saying maybe Ringo said "Well you do it then", where Ringo sounded aggravated with Paul. That was interesting and honest! I would roll my eyes had Paul said that Ringo cheerfully handed his drum sticks to Paul and said, "Hey Brother, you try it as maybe you can do it better and that's what we as The Beatles are about!" I actually got that vibe when Paul was telling the "Taxman" lead guitar Solo story: that George cheerfully asked Paul to do it when Geoff Emerick wrote that Paul humiliated George and did it because Paul(and George Martin and maybe John) thought that George was taking too long!
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Post by debjorgo on Jul 31, 2021 18:44:49 GMT -5
Did you catch Paul saying he wasn't sure why he played the drums on USSR? He said something like maybe he was telling Ringo what to play and Ringo said "Well you do it then". The he repeated it saying maybe Ringo said "Well you do it then", where Ringo sounded aggravated with Paul. That was interesting and honest! I would roll my eyes had Paul said that Ringo cheerfully handed his drum sticks to Paul and said, "Hey Brother, you try it as maybe you can do it better and that's what we as The Beatles are about!" I actually got that vibe when Paul was telling the "Taxman" lead guitar Solo story: that George cheerfully asked Paul to do it when Geoff Emerick wrote that Paul humiliated George and did it because Paul(and George Martin and maybe John) thought that George was taking too long! This was when Ringo had quit because Paul had been criticizing his drumming.
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