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Title: Interesting business-oriented take on the Decca audition
Post by: Normandie on January 09, 2021, 06:52:11 PM

I'm supposed to be working, but I somehow just happened came across this interesting (IMO) article in Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngreathouse/2020/07/23/the-beatles-are-2020s-biggest-selling-rock-group--here-are-6-things-you-can-learn-from-their-rookie-mistakes/?sh=27c4820e69b7 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngreathouse/2020/07/23/the-beatles-are-2020s-biggest-selling-rock-group--here-are-6-things-you-can-learn-from-their-rookie-mistakes/?sh=27c4820e69b7)

Of course, I had to smugly screenshot the headline and send it to my kids. They've all pretty much been indoctrinated as Beatles fans, but it never hurts to emphasize the Fab Four's enduring legacy.  ;)

Title: Re: Interesting business-oriented take on the Decca audition
Post by: blmeanie on January 09, 2021, 09:47:03 PM

the historians have documented but it still probably isn't widely known how HARD they worked to make it.  There was no easy path to success for sure.

Title: Re: Interesting business-oriented take on the Decca audition
Post by: Moogmodule on January 10, 2021, 12:04:54 AM

That’s fun. I always thought if I was ever dragooned into giving some sort of corporate pep talk I’d use the Beatles as my example.

Title: Re: Interesting business-oriented take on the Decca audition
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 10, 2021, 12:38:31 AM

After the group’s immense success, the Beatles recalled their rejection by Decca with bitter satisfaction.

George: “... they (Decca) signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead. The head of Decca, Dick Rowe made a canny prediction: ‘Guitar groups are on the way out...’”

Paul: “He must be kicking himself now.”

John: “I hope he kicks himself to death.”



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVoVkyWQ_rw&t=22s# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVoVkyWQ_rw&t=22s#)

 ;D

Title: Re: Interesting business-oriented take on the Decca audition
Post by: nimrod on January 10, 2021, 02:10:27 AM

 ha2ha

Title: Re: Interesting business-oriented take on the Decca audition
Post by: Normandie on January 21, 2021, 12:14:14 AM

That article has sent me back into the loving arms of Anthology 1.  ;)

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on January 10, 2021, 12:38:31 AM

Paul: “He must be kicking himself now.”

John: “I hope he kicks himself to death.”

. . . and that, right there, is why, if I were ever forced to choose a favorite Beatle, John would be it.  ha2ha