8 days of beatles - day 7
Oct. 8th, 2010 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaebilityAnother day late. Crazy busy yesterday and when I got home form school, we had The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit to watch.
Anyway, another John and Paul quote today, for the Ivor Novello awards ceremony in 1967. I like this one because they're both trying to give the other one credit - They did that a lot, even after the break-up. The respect they had for each others' abilities was immense. (From Beatles Interviews Database.)
Q: "This (first award) goes to the A-side of the record issued in 1966 which achieved the highest certified British sales in the period the 1st of January to the 31st of December 1966. You may have been wondering whether the Beatles have won anything. They did get one or two awards. This is the first of them, and it goes to 'Yellow Submarine.' Best-selling A-side number in Britain last year, for which John and Paul you get this."
PAUL: "We are truly grateful."
JOHN: (excitedly) "Great, great."
...
Q: "Good. Who was principally responsible, Paul or John?"
JOHN: "Paul."
PAUL: "John, really."
JOHN & PAUL: "No. No."
And here's from a little later in the same interview:
Q: "Apart from being the runner-up in the 'most performed' section, I think that must have been the most recorded number last year... must've been about 400 versions of it. You must have heard some of them. Is there any one that you think is a standout performance?"
JOHN: "Uhh, one by a young fellow called Paul McCartney had a sort of plaintive approach."
PAUL: (laughs)
Anyway, another John and Paul quote today, for the Ivor Novello awards ceremony in 1967. I like this one because they're both trying to give the other one credit - They did that a lot, even after the break-up. The respect they had for each others' abilities was immense. (From Beatles Interviews Database.)
Q: "This (first award) goes to the A-side of the record issued in 1966 which achieved the highest certified British sales in the period the 1st of January to the 31st of December 1966. You may have been wondering whether the Beatles have won anything. They did get one or two awards. This is the first of them, and it goes to 'Yellow Submarine.' Best-selling A-side number in Britain last year, for which John and Paul you get this."
PAUL: "We are truly grateful."
JOHN: (excitedly) "Great, great."
...
Q: "Good. Who was principally responsible, Paul or John?"
JOHN: "Paul."
PAUL: "John, really."
JOHN & PAUL: "No. No."
And here's from a little later in the same interview:
Q: "Apart from being the runner-up in the 'most performed' section, I think that must have been the most recorded number last year... must've been about 400 versions of it. You must have heard some of them. Is there any one that you think is a standout performance?"
JOHN: "Uhh, one by a young fellow called Paul McCartney had a sort of plaintive approach."
PAUL: (laughs)