Members rasputin1963 Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 This is one of the best pop music documentaries I've ever seen, and you can see the whole thing (in five parts) on YouTube. It's irresistible watching... It starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in3bjWSbZ08 I would've given anything to be a 'fly on the wall' at Holloway road when Meek was doing his thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Some people live far more interesting lives than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Pretty interesting. So what is the relationship to him of the current Joe Meek company that sells pre-amps and such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Pretty much everybody lives a far more interesting life than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Extreme Mixing Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Pretty interesting. So what is the relationship to him of the current Joe Meek company that sells pre-amps and such? Open one up and see if you can find any parts that you think might have existed in 1965. I didn't see any. That doesn't mean they don't sound OK, but they have nothing to do with 60's technology, if that's what you think you would be getting. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Actually, I was just asking what the relationship was, if any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 The name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted December 12, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Pretty interesting. So what is the relationship to him of the current Joe Meek company that sells pre-amps and such?Ted Fletcher, who built some gear for Joe Meek, designed the original Joemeek line for PMI. Ted now has his own company and PMI is working with another British engineer whose name I can't remember. If Ted Fletcher wasn't in the Joe Meek Story film, he should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted December 12, 2007 Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 That was strangely enjoyable. Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted December 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 That was strangely enjoyable. Thanks for the heads up! There is no 1960's British pop act (possibly excepting the Beatles and the Liverpool crowd)--- from Dusty to Tom Jones to Petula Clark to Bowie to Cliff Richard to Eric Burdon to Lulu to The Stones-- who does not have a direct connection to Joe Meek and his Holloway Road studio... and I suspect Geoff Emerick and George Martin were well aware of Meek's inescapable influence. RUBBER SOUL and SERGEANT PEPPER'S featured the dazzling use of backwards tapes, weird echoes and reverbs, et.al, but Meek had been doing that (in pop songs) since 1960. Apparently, Kevin Spacey is masterminding a new (semi-fictionalized) feature biopic about Meek. I personally love that moment in the early-60's British pop industry, when it was teetering between the more quaint, genteel post-WWII sound... and the balls-to-the-wall psychedelic energy of post-1964 "British Invasion" sound... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ASG Posted December 12, 2007 Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 Apparently, Kevin Spacey is masterminding a new (semi-fictionalized) feature biopic about Meek Here's some information about the film from the Deep Purple Appreciation Society website (about halfway down) http://www.deep-purple.net/related-news/other.htm Regards, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tradivoro1 Posted December 12, 2007 Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 I personally love that moment in the early-60's British pop industry, when it was teetering between the more quaint, genteel post-WWII sound... and the balls-to-the-wall psychedelic energy of post-1964 "British Invasion" sound... Everyone's gone to the moon... I know what you mean.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 13, 2007 Members Share Posted December 13, 2007 I like the bit about studio engineers having to wear lab coats. I think that's just too cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tradivoro1 Posted December 13, 2007 Members Share Posted December 13, 2007 I like the bit about studio engineers having to wear lab coats. I think that's just too cool. We really need to start enforcing this dress code again, just to differentiate the engineer from the artist... Now, go through your mind and think of different sound engineers you know in a white lab coat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.