Please Please Me got into the charts when I was 12 or 13. They sank in when the album came out. I put the LP on the record player, sat down and listened to it in one go.
They wrote their own songs with three guitars, a drummer and vocal harmonies. It’s hard to realise what a monumental change in music that was.
Paul McCartney is one of the great bass players. Some of his riffs are incredible. He didn’t want to play bass, because he’s a lead guitarist, so he plays it a bit like a lead guitar.
I always wanted a Höfner Violin bass, because that’s what McCartney plays. If you play a regular bass, like a Fender, and swing it round, it looks odd.
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