re: What do you think is the most overrated song by The Beatles?

quote:

---

Even as a kid I thought the harmonies on that lingering note were one of the best sounds I'd heard in a song.

From Wiki: "George Martin, the Beatles' producer, questioned the validity of the major sixth chord that ends the song, an idea suggested by George Harrison.[16] "They sort of finished on this curious singing chord which was a major sixth, with George [Harrison] doing the sixth and the others doing the third and fifth in the chord. It was just like a Glenn Miller arrangement."[8] The device had also been used by country music-influenced artists in the 1950s.[13] McCartney later reflected: "We took it to George Martin and sang 'She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeeeeeaah ...' and that tight little sixth cluster we had at the end. George [Martin] said: 'It's very corny, I would never end on a sixth'. But we said 'It's such a great sound, it doesn't matter'"

---

Interesting. When I was in Jr. High some college kids came and played Glenn Miller live in the gymnasium and the sound of those tight horn harmonies evoked similar chills up the spine. I had no clue what Big Band was, but I was instantly a fan. The power and vibrations of a true Wall Of Sound washing over you at 10 or 12 rows away was incredible.

What Geoege Martin failed to realize that George and the boys did was corny is only corny once you've experienced it. It was fresh and new to the generation they were playing to. Plus they had fresh young voices themselves, so what may have been old was still new.

Thanks for posting those comments.