First George Martin and now Keith Emerson... music is being hit hard this week. *promote

Luckily it's not the important George Martin.

Tribute to George Martin has been added as a related post - related requested by PlayhousePals on that post.

I can say the same. I still enjoyed them, but I just wasn't into them as much. After book 4 I was ready for the series to end. It took 4+ books just for the promised "winter" to come. Starks clearly never met George Martin.

This series is a real exercise in the importance of keeping relate-able characters throughout a narrative. I'm still rooting for Arya (my favorite), and Bran (though his actor seems to be growing worse at portraying him). It's a pity the show turned Jon Snow into sexually-repressed Emo.

Plus, for those of us that have read the books, we know why certain people have their powers and trust me THEY ARE THERE for reason, not imaginary. If you can't figure out why they're getting things their way or hold immense power it's because you simply are still in George Martin's world of the dark (that is throwing you into the story with no explanation of character place, wealth, power, or anything--it is revealed ONLY through the story). It exists on the TV as well, even more so, I think as A LOT of extra story detail is left out. Which forces you to puzzle it out and that TRULY is my best answer for you if you have problems--puzzle-them-out. Figure out why these things are true.

I could give you an OBVIOUS clue about Varys, but I'll keep it to a slightly harder to guess the answer. There are a few key scenes towards the end of the first season that give you a HUGE hint to part of Varys's key to keeping and having power, if you can think of the right moments and what it means you might unravel what it all means.

Perhaps researching likewise men/women in history may give you, clues...

Anyway, great series of scenes right there with Tyrion.

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Shuac - I'm totally with you. I too hate fantasy and yet, based on the quality of this series - the characters, the amazing world George Martin has created - I've started the series and am loving it. Finished the first and just started the second, "A Clash of Kings"...


A Clash of kings is amazing! I'm just about to finish it, just a few pages left I'm eeking out til the next book arrives

Shuac - I'm totally with you. I too hate fantasy and yet, based on the quality of this series - the characters, the amazing world George Martin has created - I've started the series and am loving it. Finished the first and just started the second, "A Clash of Kings"...

Looking back in time, at this "first live world broadcast", it's totaly lip-synced. This may have been state of the art back then, but there doesnt appear to be anything live here. They were the most inovative studio recording band at that time, but, live performances were rare. They, their managers and studio heads, and all the famous people sitting around, participated in a prerecorded video, that was then broadcast as a live performance.
I love the Beatles , and this video, but so much of their official story is just complete corp. bullshit! THEY couldnt even remember the truth. All of the Beatles have conflicting stories, as does George Martin, and anybody else that was involved with them.

Heh. And I thought that I was the only person who had even heard of this strange album. George Martin could have had anybody in the whole world perform these songs for this album- his retirement gift to himself. Why Jim Carey, seriously? Sean Connery doing spoken word? Billy Connely? Too weird.

theres a documentary about the "in my life" album, george martin is a brilliant producer.

The broadcast was basically live with a little help. According to Mark Lewisohn's The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, "...George Martin greatly decreased the chance of an on-air foul-up by having the Beatles play to their own pre-recorded rhythm track of take 10. Only the vocals, bass guitar, the lead guitar solo in the middle eight, drums and the orchestra were actually live." Hence the headphones.

Equally impressive was how fast they got the song done. The Beatles had agreed to perform a new song for an BBC international broadcast on May 22 and the actual performance took place about a month later on June 25; the Beatles didn't start working the song up as a group in the studio until June 14. The program was to be the first live broadcast across five continents and, to keep it accessible to all audiences, the BBC had requested that the Beatles keep the song simple. The international "snippets" were added for the occasion.

Lennon was apparently very nervous beforehand; the gum chewing was probably just a front to hide his anxiety. There was a whole slew of friends sitting around also: "Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richard, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Mike McCartney, Graham Nash and his wife, Gary Leeds and Hunter Davies" (Again, from Lewisohn). After the broadcast was over, the Beatles did a little bit of overdubbing (including some of Lennon's vocals) and the final mix was finished the next day. The single was out in stores on July 7, less than two weeks later.

@Doc_M How about the Song of Ice and Fire cycle by George Martin?

I'm sure I get huge nerd points for recommending a book that now has a game attached to it... and generally I wouldn't be into that sort of thing but a friend got me hooked on the book on tape versions during a road trip.

The world it's set in is maybe not so crazy (don't know what your standards are for that), and there are dragons but only a few. But the characters are great and extremely well written... to the point where you empathize with some of the villains... and the intricate political maneuvering and backstabbing among one another was enough to suck me in... its very rare that modern fantasy does that... also, there are zombies (of a sort) and that is always wicked cool.

Correct. John had recorded a vocal demo on his home tape-deck, Yoko had kept this and gave it to Paul, who wrote the bridge- the "Whatever happened to..." part- and Paul, Ringo and George got together at Apple to lay down their instrumental and vocal tracks. One other thing that makes this different from other Beatles tunes is the fact that George Martin didn't produce. Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra and Travelling Wilburys fame did- he also played and sang back-up vocals. Well, Jeff always said he wanted to be a Beatle- he got his wish here!

I remember a quote from Ringo (I think) that was made around the time that Anthology came out- they were offered an unheard-of guarantee of $1,000,000 per show if the 3 remaining Beatles would do a world tour. The quote was something along the lines of "Absolutely we'll tour again, the minute that John's not dead anymore".

LOL