RIP George Martin
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Unless Ringo's twitter has been hacked, George Martin has passed away. RIP. #RingoStarr Verified account @ringostarrmusic God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family love Ringo and Barbara George will be missed xxx
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Just saw Ringo's tweets as well. So very very sad.
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I don't see anything in the media....
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busher:
I don't see anything in the media....
Yeah, and Ringo's twitter was hacked a couple of months ago. It's also 4:40am in England so it would be hard to get confirmation if it is true. This would be a pretty sick hacking if this isn't true.
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Johnny A:
busher:
I don't see anything in the media....
Yeah, and Ringo's twitter was hacked a couple of months ago. It's also 4:40am in England so it would be hard to get confirmation if it is true. This would be a pretty sick hacking if this isn't true.
It sure would be..I'm tracking Twitter and seeing no,other confirmation
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http://en.mediamass.net/people/george-martin/deathhoax.html Getting weird...
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busher:
http://en.mediamass.net/people/george-martin/deathhoax.html Getting weird...
Sigh... That's a known hoax site. It pops up every time a celebrity dies.
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Sgt._Pepper:
busher:
http://en.mediamass.net/people/george-martin/deathhoax.html Getting weird...
Sigh... That's a known hoax site. It pops up every time a celebrity dies.
Oh...never seen it before...
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Unfortunately, I think it's real. (Unless Sean Lennon has been hacked or has fallen for the hoax too.) Sean Ono Lennon @seanonolennon · 4m4 minutes ago R.I.P. George Martin. I'm so gutted I don't have many words. Thinking of Judy and Giles and? https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuE5N6FEpz/
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Yeah Sean Lennon tweeted it as well. Very sad.
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In this obit, a Universal Music spokesman confirms his death. Very sad, but he had a fantastic life. And thank God the Beatles got paired up with him. Who knows what would have happened otherwise? I can't imagine it could have been as great. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obit-george-martin-dead-at-90-727807?utm_source=facebook
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Johnny A:
Unless Ringo's twitter has been hacked, George Martin has passed away. RIP. #RingoStarr Verified account @ringostarrmusic God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family love Ringo and Barbara George will be missed xxx
️CONFIRMED http://www.people.com/article/george-martin-beatles-producer-dead-at-90
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Very sad news but what a great life... classy and influential Have to admit and maybe just me, but it's a bit puzzling that Ringo tweeted it first without official notice from the family...or Beatles.com...anyway...not important now...
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busher:
Very sad news but what a great life... classy and influential Have to admit and maybe just me, but it's a bit puzzling that Ringo tweeted it first without official notice from the family...or Beatles.com...anyway...not important now...
Well, Paul is not pouting.
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Sad news to be waking up to
RIP George - The fifth Beatle -
Very sad news, we've lost a huge talent. RIP Sir George Martin.
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Sad news to wake up to. George's contribution to the Beatles cannot be underestimated. I can't imagine what they would have sounded like with a different producer. R.I.P. George thoughts are with his family.
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Very sad this morning. I know he lived a wonderful long life, with the pleasure of having his wife still there and both of them with good minds all the way to 90, but it's still sad when someone so gentle and loved by everyone goes.. I think he was such a lovely man, a talented man, and i watched the BBC arena special again at xmas and seeing him playing snooker with Giles and the fun relationship they had was so warming. I never met him to talk to, and never unfortunately got round to writing to him even though i got given the address to do so at xmas.. i actually remembered i hadn't done that yesterday when i was sat in bed having a lazy afternoon watching the best bits of the 2 disc beatles 1 dvd - yet that was when he died
The closest i got to meeting George was at concert for George at the RAH we were stood in the cramped foyer then suddenly realised that stood next to me was George Martin!! He was waiting to go into a lift, but he was in deep conversation with the man with him so i didn't want to interupt - when i tell that tale people always say why the heck didn't you say something! But like i say, i'm far too polite to interupt a deep conversation just to say hello! Just hearing him talk right next to me was enough. Anyway... RIP George, my thoughts are with Judy and Giles and the rest of the family. I know this thread is rightly in the beatles forum - but as he produced much Paul solo stuff it's a shame there can't be a mention or a picture thread over there too.. -
Paul's statement in full : http://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/paul-mccartney-on-george-martin
I?m so sad to hear the news of the passing of dear George Martin. I have so many wonderful memories of this great man that will be with me forever. He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me. He guided the career of The Beatles with such skill and good humour that he became a true friend to me and my family. If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle it was George. From the day that he gave The Beatles our first recording contract, to the last time I saw him, he was the most generous, intelligent and musical person I?ve ever had the pleasure to know. It?s hard to choose favourite memories of my time with George, there are so many but one that comes to mind was the time I brought the song 'Yesterday? to a recording session and the guys in the band suggested that I sang it solo and accompany myself on guitar. After I had done this George Martin said to me, "Paul I have an idea of putting a string quartet on the record". I said, ?Oh no George, we are a rock and roll band and I don?t think it?s a good idea?. With the gentle bedside manner of a great producer he said to me, "Let us try it and if it doesn?t work we won?t use it and we?ll go with your solo version". I agreed to this and went round to his house the next day to work on the arrangement. He took my chords that I showed him and spread the notes out across the piano, putting the cello in the low octave and the first violin in a high octave and gave me my first lesson in how strings were voiced for a quartet. When we recorded the string quartet at Abbey Road, it was so thrilling to know his idea was so correct that I went round telling people about it for weeks. His idea obviously worked because the song subsequently became one of the most recorded songs ever with versions by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and thousands more. This is just one of the many memories I have of George who went on to help me with arrangements on 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Live and Let Die' and many other songs of mine. I am proud to have known such a fine gentleman with such a keen sense of humour, who had the ability to poke fun at himself. Even when he was Knighted by the Queen there was never the slightest trace of snobbery about him. My family and I, to whom he was a dear friend, will miss him greatly and send our love to his wife Judy and their kids Giles and Lucy, and the grandkids. The world has lost a truly great man who left an indelible mark on my soul and the history of British music. God bless you George and all who sail in you! Paul
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Lovely tribute to a great man from Paul.
