Who is the 5th beatle
George Martin: The Fifth Beatle
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the title of the fifth Beatle has been
thrown around a lot over the years
people like original drummer Pete best
manager Brian Epstein or publicist Derek
Taylor have all been given that honor
but I think nobody is as deserving of
the title as George Martin Martin was
the producer composer and arranger for
most of the Beatles career and his
contributions are directly responsible
for some of the band's most iconic songs
let's take a closer look at how Martin
helped define the sound of the biggest
band of all time George Martin's
relationship with the Beatles started
early in 1962 he heard one of their demo
tapes and arranged a meeting with the
band though he thought they were quote
rather unpromising Martin took a flyer
on the Beatles after signing them
Martin actually convinced them to fire
Pete best in favor of Ringo Starr making
him directly responsible for one of the
most iconic lineups in music history
while his production and arrangement
helped the Beatles early works reached
soaring success his influence became
much more pronounced in 1965 that's when
the Beatles released yesterday a song
that Paul McCartney had been
workshopping for several years while
McCartney did the heavy lifting on the
song it was Martin who pushed McCartney
to include his string quartet much to
his protest that made the song go from
this suddenly
there's a shadow hanging over me I'm not
half the man I used to be to this
suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
there's a shadow hanging over
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that string that helped elevate the song
to iconic status and set a precedent for
the Beatles to explore strings further
they did just that a year later in
Eleanor Rigby with another string
quartet piece scored by Martin this
score inspired by Bernard Herrmann's
music for psycho quickly joined
yesterday as one of the most famous uses
of strings and draw
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Eleanor Rigby wasn't the only song on
revolver that owes its sound to Martin
he oversaw all kinds of studio
experimentation on that album including
the backwards guitar solo of I'm only
sleeping
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he also used tape loops to create the
hypnotic rhythms in Tomorrow Never Knows
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as the Beatles experimentation got more
extreme Martin's role became more and
more pronounced you can thank him for
the psychedelic soundscapes on I am The
Walrus though Martin wasn't into that
song at first he spent weeks creating
the songs stunning orchestral
accompanied
if the Sun don't come you get the time
from standing in the English rain
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on Strawberry Fields forever Martin
jumped through hoops to get the perfect
sound for the Beatles he created an
orchestral piece that John Lennon
approved at first but then Lennon
backtracked and decided he wanted to
take with just the band after hearing
the band's take Lennon decided he wanted
the two combined unfortunately they were
in different tempos and keys luckily
Martin was able to work some studio
wizardry slowing down the tape on the
orchestral version which allowed the key
to drop and match the band stage
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nothing is real
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so very feels Martin's orchestral work
became a staple of some of the greatest
psychedelic songs of an era his
fingerprints are all over sergeant
pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
he created the pablo fang k inspired
circus music on being for the benefit of
mr. kite
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startin peppers climactic finish would
be lacking without Martin - originally a
day-in-the-life was two different half
completed songs the band was only able
to smash them together with the help of
Martin's studio experimentation and
orchestration he created the surreal
swells that bridge the song from
Lennon's section to McCartney's and back
again
as the Beatles began to fight more
Martin took a step away for the White
Album but returned triumphantly on Abbey
Road he did a lot of things on that
album but one of the clearest is his
orchestration on here comes the Sun
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he comes as
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he also played the ethereal harpsichord
riff in because
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in my opinion Martin's greatest
accomplishment on Abbey Road is the
medley alongside McCartney Martin took a
half dozen small songs and smashed them
together seamlessly into some of the
greatest moments ever
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much of the structure and arrangement
for this came courtesy of Martin leaving
one last mark on the Beatles catalog
before they broke up George Martin is a
musical Titan and an essential part of
what the Beatles were from in my life to
Yellow Submarine terrain there are
dozens more martin masterpieces that i
couldn't even get into this video so
without question if anyone deserves the
title of the fifth Beatle it's George
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