Not just the basic chordal structure but ALL OF IT!
2006-08-20 11:46:45 · 11 answers · asked by synchronicity915 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
No, I am NOT stoned!
2006-08-20 11:54:32 · update #1
That's why The Beatles were more popular than Jesus!
2006-08-20 11:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Well now, I'd say it's a nice song, and I like the Beatles. Ok? But as a professional classical musician with a Masters Degree in the subject, I just can't agree that it, or any Beatles song, can compare to a great classical piece. I do remember answering your other question about how lovely classical music is, and how it can erase differences while we're in the concert hall. So, I know you're a fan of Classical music.
As much as their fans would like it to be true, and as many times as it has been said, over and over again, none of the Beatles were geniuses in music. Now, don't get all upset. Hold on there partner, and listen to this.
Mozart was a musical genius, NOT John Lennon. Let's compare them with some questions- the answer for Mozart is always "yes" and for Lennon "no" - these are facts.
Did Lennon start writing music on paper by the age of 5? (no)
Did Lennon write full symphonic scores on paper before the age of ten?
Did Lennon TOUR EUROPE as a musical phenomenon while still a young child? Ah, no.
Did any Beatle write masterpieces in mulitple parts on paper when still a child, throughout their teens, and into adulthood? Ah, no. Remember that the answer for Mozart is still yes for everything.
Could Lennon or McCartney have written something on the level of Mozart's Requiem Mass? Well, no. McCartney tried with the Liverpool Oratorio and it was panned.
You get the idea? Now, I love the Beatles as much as the next guy, but I'm afraid that the label "genius" has been used way way too liberally, not only for them, but for so many other popular musicians for whom the answer to all the above questions is also always no.
And it goes on: Many of the same questions are a "yes" for Schubert, Mendellsohn, and Bach.
Hey Jude, btw , is not very complex. Hardly holds a candle in complexity to a Bach Fugue.
2006-08-20 22:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What's complex about it is that it was written for John Lennon's first son, Julian. It had to do with helping him to understand why his parents ( John and his first wife ) divorced. It was a very troubled time for Julian and Paul Mc Cartney wrote it to especially aid in Julian's understanding. As Julian grew up, he did try to follow in his father's musical footsteps and I once saw him perform with George Harrison's son......
McCartney, Harrison and Lennon are and were extremely gifted to bring new sound and mix to their songs...read about my source and you may be delighted...
2006-08-20 18:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by miroj424 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It looks like ur a beatle fan, but that is not one of my favorites.
There are so many other ones that are far better. Personally, I
think it was a very simple little song. The End.
2006-08-20 18:54:51 · answer #4 · answered by CraZyCaT 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
great song never thought much about the complexity of the music.. but Bohemian Rhapsody, most certain is a brilliant piece
2006-08-20 18:51:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Almost everything they wrote was a masterpiece. Did you notice how much better there songs got when they started doing drugs?
2006-08-20 18:54:04 · answer #6 · answered by grooveface 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beautiful song..
2006-08-20 19:47:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good tune
2006-08-20 18:50:13 · answer #8 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i really like that song.......i will have 2 listen harder next time.......thanks
2006-08-20 18:53:17 · answer #9 · answered by meemeemee40 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're stoned, aren't you?
2006-08-20 18:52:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋