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Originally Posted by quadro2000
I don't know why they didn't use George Martin. (Do you, warrrreagl?) I think Jeff Lynne does what he always does: makes 'em sound like Wilbury tunes.  (It's that damn snare drum!)
For what they are, they're good tracks, and it's nice to hear those harmonies again. I dig 'em. |
This is pure speculation on my part since I've never read an official explanation as to why Jeff Lynne was used instead of George Martin, but I think it had to do with their ages. When they were lovable lads, George Martin was like a father-figure to their creativity and he guided them along into brilliance. In 1995, they were all over 50, and probably felt like they would be insulted (not the right word) to have to use the old man again. Jeff Lynne was a contemporary and equal, and they wouldn't have to fall back into a subservient (not the right word again) role to him like they would have had to do with Martin.
What would they have sounded like if they had used Brian Eno instead of Jeff Lynne?