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 . .  although Macca is not really interviewing Brian. It seems to be cut together from a 90s radio show.

You basically get Macca talking about Brian and "Pet Sounds" and Brian talking about Macca and "Rubber Soul". Same old, same old, in that regard.


+ What's cool is Brian singing quite a bit of "Hey Jude" (starting at 4:15 mins).
+ He also remembers meeting Macca for the 1st time in 1967 and being very nervous about it. Derek Taylor and Marilyn were there and Macca played them "She's Leaving Home". 1967 as the year of their first encounter - is that true? Brian doesn't sound 100% sure himself.
+ Some thoughts on his friend/relationship with Macca.


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I think Brian may have been last to "Meet The Beatles" as he wasn't on the road near as much. I know the Beatles (Paul especially) were fans of "All Summer Long" in reading one of their old interviews by Earl Leaf.

Geez, it's funny how Brian's voice had different phases. He is incredibly younger in this video (well, obviously, as it was 17 years ago, but it's still much more jovial than his voice in 00').

And he looks very conscious. Almost no sluriness at all.

you know what would make this thread way, way cooler? Linking to the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2_oa3t724I

You're right, I didn't think about that. :) Now people can access the video directly from here, instead of searching it on Youtube. Heureka!

It is, isn't it? His voice has the exact characteristics of his leads on the Paley tracks from that same year. Some kind of high pitched gruff nasalness with a good emotional expression. Gruffer and more nasal than on BW88, higher pitched and more nasal than his 70s voice for instance.

Really,  REALLY, love this. Thanks!

(blows bass harmonica)

I flipped!

If I recall, that radio show consists of 15-17 discs. Regarding The BBs/BW, I only have mp3 of the segment with YSBIM. It was news to me, because I only knew about Paul's admiration of GOK. The concept is intriguing, I like the idea.

It's totally fresh to hear Brian on Hey Jude & With A Little Help from My Friends, as well as playing the sustained ending of A Day in the Life. This is all new to me. That said, Hey Jude's horrifying; Brian destroyed it by his extremely nasal & out-of-tune singing so that it's almost intolerable. Maybe shift it to the lower key if you can no longer hit the high notes or feel nervous performing this Beatles song? And there's definitely nothing scary about the "na-nana-nananana" screams. More like a drag going on forever. With A Little Help's done good, but then again, the song itself is fab. The She's Leaving Home story is old, but I would never think that Marilyn (or anyone else, for that matter) could show signs of crying to it. I mean, it's one of the most optimistic songs ever written!

Now, Brian's comment re girls liking Paul the most of 4 sort of cracked me up - gotta love his jokingly cunning way of complementing Paul. It's an axiom that Ringo had the largest amount of fans, since he was literally loaded with their letters. The famous evidence is in AHDN.

In short, great non-interview (I say this coz it doesn't sound like interview at all, just separate memories)! Thanks for the link, BWM! Already downloaded. (Sorry, Lowbacca, didn't get the humor of making up a topic without posting a YT link to that.)