In the case of The Beatles, the original songs were often old blues or rock and roll, but Paul McCartney didn’t just play the material as it was, but thoroughly arranged it and made it sound cool as if it was an original song. He was a genius tailor. This song starts quietly with an acoustic arpeggio, then turns hard rock, then returns to the acoustic arpeggio and finishes with a bluesy phrase. Paul McCartney’s extraordinary talent for arranging later gained him high praise in the classical music world, transcending genres, for his work on The Beatles ‘s signature song, “Stairway to Heaven.”
Paul McCartney: The Genius Arranger Behind The Beatles’ Reinvention of Rock and Roll In the early days of The Beatles, much of their repertoire was […]
