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From: "Karl Uppiano" 
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Subject: Re: Cheesy Strings
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 wrote in message 
news:1106960240.648399.246550{at}z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Wondering...
>
> With all the clamour over Phil's stringy overdubs on, for say, Long and
> Winding Road, no protest over the strings on Something, for example?
>
> Is there a boot or an otherwise recording of Something without the
> dreary strings?
>
> Much oblidged....

Paul didn't like "cheesy strings". He blanched at the idea of
using strings 
on "Yesterday" until George Martin assured him he'd do something 
"tasteful" -- like a string quartet.

I have no information about George Harrison's preferences or any discussions 
between Harrison and Martin regarding the orchestral backup on
"Something". 
I always thought it was a tasteful arrangement; I've never heard it without.

One has to realize that when the Beatles were fab, the few FM stereo 
stations that existed were only playing stuff like Montovani and his Sappy 
Strings for the oldsters, and that was the same stuff being piped into 
elevators and supermarkets. So Paul and his (my) entire generation recoiled 
from that stuff. Today, you're more likely to hear the Beatles (or newer 
material) in those same venues. 

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