Chords for Cheap Trick Interview Part 2: Rick Nielsen Discusses The Beatles
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[D] [A] [E] I remember I was three years old and my dad was in a barber's [Em] Seville.
[G] I [A] walked out on the stage, you know, [Em]
seeing my dad.
[A] [E] People started laughing and [C] clapping.
And I said, [E] this is what I want to do.
[D] [Am] [E] So [D]
[Am] [E] what's your favorite Beatles album then?
I think there's probably quite a few here.
Well
Here, it's the White Album.
Yeah, this, in [Em] 1968, in November, I came here, first time to England.
And I bought the White Album and I bought Beggar's Banquet.
[N] And I stayed at the Inverness Court Hotel in the Queensway and Bayswater area.
And we had to put shillings in this heater in the room.
It was Tom Peters and myself and one of our best friends, the three of us came over and
we had to put shillings in.
But we walked a block away to this used electronics store and bought a little, not even hi-fi,
just a little record player.
And we sat in the room, freezing cold, listening to this.
It was the Beggar's Banquet.
And I won't tell you all the other great stuff we were doing.
You can.
Tell me, I want to hear all of it.
Well, let's see.
Mind-altering music.
Okay.
Lucy in the Sky is with Diamonds, you know.
And then there's Sergeant Pepper, which of course you did that whole album live, didn't you?
Yeah, about a hundred times with Geoff Emmerich.
I engineered every show we did.
And I went to George Martin's house out in the country.
He cooked lunch for me, he and his wife Judy.
I knew him since 1979 or something like that.
And I got his blessing to do this, because we got asked to do it.
I said, geez, I'm going to have to learn all this stuff.
I knew it in my head, but I never put finger to fretboard.
And so I got his blessing and a decent meal out of it.
Was he a good cook then?
I don't remember the dinner so much as I remember when I had to go take a leak.
Sorry, we do that in America too.
We get that.
And I go in the bathroom and there's Sergeant Pepper, Gold Record,
and there's Chief Trigg all shook up.
So I was looking all around.
It was amazing.
There I am, right by the Beatles.
Pissing with the Beatles.
Pissing with the Beatles in the toilet.
I made it to the toilet, yeah.
But it was to get his blessing to do it.
And so then he gave me the original charts for the orchestra.
Because otherwise we had to use one of those fake books.
I didn't want to do that.
I wanted it to be [C] real.
But what's that like for you, being a [Gm] fan?
And then you get to [N] meet George Martin, the guy that helped make all this happen.
You can see I'm pushing obnoxious enough where I can get in.
He liked me, I think.
He said he did.
He liked me and he reminded me of my father, actually.
My father was kind of an artsy-fartsy kind of good guy that knew music well.
I never studied with George.
He was so smart.
He was the smartest record producer I ever worked with.
Did you learn a lot from him?
I learned that I will never be a good producer because he takes patience.
I have none.
But I did learn that he and I had something really in common.
We're both kind of going deaf.
So he came to America and did the making of Sergeant Pepper.
And he asked me, I was his interpreter in Chicago.
It [E] [B] [G] was kind of fun.
It was neat that I got asked.
I get a Christmas card from him every year.
This past year, it was like, how come I didn't get one?
And then I heard from Judy and they asked me if I wanted to come to the memorial service.
And I did.
I came there, my wife, myself, and my best friend who lives in London.
I went there, it was like, here's Elvis.
Hey, Elvis, here's the guys from Genesis.
Here's this [Eb] guy.
And they put me in the third row.
I was right behind Yoko and Julian and Sean.
[C] And as we filed out, like church pews kind of thing,
I was talking to Yoko as I played with her with John Lennon.
[G] And then Julian and Sean.
Long story, we don't have time for that.
[Am] Who'd want to know about that kind of stuff anyhow?
So I'm walking out, and all of a sudden, hello, Rick.
And I said, hello, Paul.
Hello.
Reenactment.
It was like, [E] the guitar that Paul plays, the left hand Les Paul, that was mine.
It used to be mine.
And years ago, I said, what am I doing with this?
I can't play it, it's beautiful.
It was made three in 1959 or 60.
And so I said it in some magazine, [Am] in his tech, [Em] and it got in touch with me.
No way.
[D] [Em] So that guitar that he plays was mine.
[E] [A] [E]
And with that, I got that going for me.
They are pinch yourself moments, aren't they?
Yeah, pretty cool.
[Am] [E]
[A] [Abm]
[D] [A] [E] I remember I was three years old and my dad was in a barber's [Em] Seville.
[G] I [A] walked out on the stage, you know, [Em]
seeing my dad.
[A] [E] People started laughing and [C] clapping.
And I said, [E] this is what I want to do.
[D] [Am] [E] So [D]
[Am] [E] what's your favorite Beatles album then?
I think there's probably quite a few here.
Well
Here, it's the White Album.
Yeah, this, in [Em] 1968, in November, I came here, first time to England.
And I bought the White Album and I bought Beggar's Banquet.
[N] And I stayed at the Inverness Court Hotel in the Queensway and Bayswater area.
And we had to put shillings in this heater in the room.
It was Tom Peters and myself and one of our best friends, the three of us came over and
we had to put shillings in.
But we walked a block away to this used electronics store and bought a little, not even hi-fi,
just a little record player.
And we sat in the room, freezing cold, listening to this.
It was the Beggar's Banquet.
And I won't tell you all the other great stuff we were doing.
You can.
Tell me, I want to hear all of it.
Well, let's see.
Mind-altering music.
Okay.
Lucy in the Sky is with Diamonds, you know.
And then there's Sergeant Pepper, which of course you did that whole album live, didn't you?
Yeah, about a hundred times with Geoff Emmerich.
I engineered every show we did.
And I went to George Martin's house out in the country.
He cooked lunch for me, he and his wife Judy.
I knew him since 1979 or something like that.
And I got his blessing to do this, because we got asked to do it.
I said, geez, I'm going to have to learn all this stuff.
I knew it in my head, but I never put finger to fretboard.
And so I got his blessing and a decent meal out of it.
Was he a good cook then?
I don't remember the dinner so much as I remember when I had to go take a leak.
Sorry, we do that in America too.
We get that.
And I go in the bathroom and there's Sergeant Pepper, Gold Record,
and there's Chief Trigg all shook up.
So I was looking all around.
It was amazing.
There I am, right by the Beatles.
Pissing with the Beatles.
Pissing with the Beatles in the toilet.
I made it to the toilet, yeah.
But it was to get his blessing to do it.
And so then he gave me the original charts for the orchestra.
Because otherwise we had to use one of those fake books.
I didn't want to do that.
I wanted it to be [C] real.
But what's that like for you, being a [Gm] fan?
And then you get to [N] meet George Martin, the guy that helped make all this happen.
You can see I'm pushing obnoxious enough where I can get in.
He liked me, I think.
He said he did.
He liked me and he reminded me of my father, actually.
My father was kind of an artsy-fartsy kind of good guy that knew music well.
I never studied with George.
He was so smart.
He was the smartest record producer I ever worked with.
Did you learn a lot from him?
I learned that I will never be a good producer because he takes patience.
I have none.
But I did learn that he and I had something really in common.
We're both kind of going deaf.
So he came to America and did the making of Sergeant Pepper.
And he asked me, I was his interpreter in Chicago.
It [E] [B] [G] was kind of fun.
It was neat that I got asked.
I get a Christmas card from him every year.
This past year, it was like, how come I didn't get one?
And then I heard from Judy and they asked me if I wanted to come to the memorial service.
And I did.
I came there, my wife, myself, and my best friend who lives in London.
I went there, it was like, here's Elvis.
Hey, Elvis, here's the guys from Genesis.
Here's this [Eb] guy.
And they put me in the third row.
I was right behind Yoko and Julian and Sean.
[C] And as we filed out, like church pews kind of thing,
I was talking to Yoko as I played with her with John Lennon.
[G] And then Julian and Sean.
Long story, we don't have time for that.
[Am] Who'd want to know about that kind of stuff anyhow?
So I'm walking out, and all of a sudden, hello, Rick.
And I said, hello, Paul.
Hello.
Reenactment.
It was like, [E] the guitar that Paul plays, the left hand Les Paul, that was mine.
It used to be mine.
And years ago, I said, what am I doing with this?
I can't play it, it's beautiful.
It was made three in 1959 or 60.
And so I said it in some magazine, [Am] in his tech, [Em] and it got in touch with me.
No way.
[D] [Em] So that guitar that he plays was mine.
[E] [A] [E]
And with that, I got that going for me.
They are pinch yourself moments, aren't they?
Yeah, pretty cool.
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ I remember I was three years old and my dad was in a barber's [Em] Seville.
_ [G] I [A] walked out on the stage, you know, [Em] _
seeing my dad.
[A] _ [E] People started laughing and [C] clapping.
And I said, [E] this is what I want to do. _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ [E] So _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [E] what's _ your favorite Beatles album then?
I think there's probably quite a few here.
Well_
Here, it's the White Album.
Yeah, this, in [Em] 1968, in November, I came here, first time to England.
And I bought the White Album and I bought Beggar's Banquet. _
[N] And I stayed at the Inverness Court Hotel in the Queensway and Bayswater area.
And we had to put shillings in this heater in the room.
It was Tom Peters and myself and _ _ one of our best friends, the three of us came over and
we had to put shillings in.
But we walked a block away to this used electronics store and bought a little, not even hi-fi,
just a little record player.
And we sat in the room, freezing cold, listening to this.
It was the Beggar's Banquet.
And I won't tell you all the other great stuff we were doing.
You can.
Tell me, I want to hear all of it.
Well, let's see.
_ _ _ Mind-altering music.
_ Okay.
Lucy in the Sky is with Diamonds, you know.
_ _ And then there's _ Sergeant Pepper, which of course you did that whole album live, didn't you?
Yeah, about a hundred times with Geoff Emmerich. _ _
I engineered every show we did.
And I went to George Martin's house out in the country.
_ He cooked lunch for me, he and his wife Judy.
I knew him since _ 1979 or something like that.
And I got his blessing to do this, because we got asked to do it.
I said, geez, I'm going to have to learn all this stuff.
I knew it in my head, but I never put finger to fretboard.
And so I got his blessing and a decent meal out of it.
Was he a good cook then? _ _ _
I don't remember the dinner so much as I remember when I had to go take a leak.
_ _ _ _ Sorry, we do that in America too.
We get that.
And I go in the bathroom and there's Sergeant Pepper, Gold Record,
and there's Chief Trigg all shook up.
So I was looking all around.
_ It was amazing.
There I am, right by the Beatles.
_ Pissing with the Beatles.
Pissing with the Beatles in the toilet.
I made it to the toilet, yeah. _
But it was to get his blessing to do it.
And so then he gave me the original charts _ for the orchestra.
_ Because otherwise we had to use one of those fake books.
I didn't want to do that.
I wanted it to be [C] real.
But what's that like for you, being a [Gm] fan?
And then you get to [N] meet George Martin, the guy that helped make all this happen.
You can see I'm pushing obnoxious enough where I can get in.
_ _ _ He liked me, I think.
He said he did.
He liked me and he reminded me of my father, actually.
My father was kind of an artsy-fartsy kind of good guy that knew music _ well.
I never studied with George.
He was so smart.
He was the smartest record producer I ever worked with.
Did you learn a lot from him?
I learned that I will never be a good producer because he takes patience.
I have none. _
But I did learn that _ _ _ _ _ _ he and I had something really in common.
We're both kind of going deaf. _
_ So he came to America and did the making of Sergeant Pepper.
_ And he asked me, I was his interpreter in Chicago. _ _ _ _ _ _
It _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [G] was kind of fun.
It was neat that I got asked.
_ I get a Christmas card from him every year.
This past year, it was like, how come I didn't get one?
And then I heard from Judy and they _ asked me if I wanted to come to the memorial service.
And I did.
I came there, my wife, myself, and my best friend who lives in London.
_ _ I _ _ went there, it was like, here's Elvis.
Hey, Elvis, here's the guys from Genesis.
Here's this [Eb] guy.
And they put me in the third row.
I was right behind Yoko and _ Julian and Sean.
[C] And as we filed out, like church pews kind of thing,
_ _ I was talking to Yoko as I played with her with John Lennon. _
_ [G] And then Julian and Sean.
Long story, we don't have time for that.
[Am] _ _ Who'd want to know about that kind of stuff anyhow?
So I'm walking out, and all of a sudden, _ hello, Rick.
And I said, hello, Paul. _
_ Hello.
_ _ _ Reenactment.
It was like, [E] the guitar that Paul plays, the left hand Les Paul, that was mine.
It used to be mine.
And years ago, I said, what am I doing with this?
I can't play it, it's beautiful.
It was made three in _ 1959 or 60.
And so I said it in some magazine, [Am] in his tech, [Em] and it got in touch with me.
No way.
[D] _ [Em] So that guitar that he plays was mine.
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
And with that, I got that going for me.
They are pinch yourself moments, aren't they?
Yeah, pretty cool. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ I remember I was three years old and my dad was in a barber's [Em] Seville.
_ [G] I [A] walked out on the stage, you know, [Em] _
seeing my dad.
[A] _ [E] People started laughing and [C] clapping.
And I said, [E] this is what I want to do. _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ [E] So _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [E] what's _ your favorite Beatles album then?
I think there's probably quite a few here.
Well_
Here, it's the White Album.
Yeah, this, in [Em] 1968, in November, I came here, first time to England.
And I bought the White Album and I bought Beggar's Banquet. _
[N] And I stayed at the Inverness Court Hotel in the Queensway and Bayswater area.
And we had to put shillings in this heater in the room.
It was Tom Peters and myself and _ _ one of our best friends, the three of us came over and
we had to put shillings in.
But we walked a block away to this used electronics store and bought a little, not even hi-fi,
just a little record player.
And we sat in the room, freezing cold, listening to this.
It was the Beggar's Banquet.
And I won't tell you all the other great stuff we were doing.
You can.
Tell me, I want to hear all of it.
Well, let's see.
_ _ _ Mind-altering music.
_ Okay.
Lucy in the Sky is with Diamonds, you know.
_ _ And then there's _ Sergeant Pepper, which of course you did that whole album live, didn't you?
Yeah, about a hundred times with Geoff Emmerich. _ _
I engineered every show we did.
And I went to George Martin's house out in the country.
_ He cooked lunch for me, he and his wife Judy.
I knew him since _ 1979 or something like that.
And I got his blessing to do this, because we got asked to do it.
I said, geez, I'm going to have to learn all this stuff.
I knew it in my head, but I never put finger to fretboard.
And so I got his blessing and a decent meal out of it.
Was he a good cook then? _ _ _
I don't remember the dinner so much as I remember when I had to go take a leak.
_ _ _ _ Sorry, we do that in America too.
We get that.
And I go in the bathroom and there's Sergeant Pepper, Gold Record,
and there's Chief Trigg all shook up.
So I was looking all around.
_ It was amazing.
There I am, right by the Beatles.
_ Pissing with the Beatles.
Pissing with the Beatles in the toilet.
I made it to the toilet, yeah. _
But it was to get his blessing to do it.
And so then he gave me the original charts _ for the orchestra.
_ Because otherwise we had to use one of those fake books.
I didn't want to do that.
I wanted it to be [C] real.
But what's that like for you, being a [Gm] fan?
And then you get to [N] meet George Martin, the guy that helped make all this happen.
You can see I'm pushing obnoxious enough where I can get in.
_ _ _ He liked me, I think.
He said he did.
He liked me and he reminded me of my father, actually.
My father was kind of an artsy-fartsy kind of good guy that knew music _ well.
I never studied with George.
He was so smart.
He was the smartest record producer I ever worked with.
Did you learn a lot from him?
I learned that I will never be a good producer because he takes patience.
I have none. _
But I did learn that _ _ _ _ _ _ he and I had something really in common.
We're both kind of going deaf. _
_ So he came to America and did the making of Sergeant Pepper.
_ And he asked me, I was his interpreter in Chicago. _ _ _ _ _ _
It _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [G] was kind of fun.
It was neat that I got asked.
_ I get a Christmas card from him every year.
This past year, it was like, how come I didn't get one?
And then I heard from Judy and they _ asked me if I wanted to come to the memorial service.
And I did.
I came there, my wife, myself, and my best friend who lives in London.
_ _ I _ _ went there, it was like, here's Elvis.
Hey, Elvis, here's the guys from Genesis.
Here's this [Eb] guy.
And they put me in the third row.
I was right behind Yoko and _ Julian and Sean.
[C] And as we filed out, like church pews kind of thing,
_ _ I was talking to Yoko as I played with her with John Lennon. _
_ [G] And then Julian and Sean.
Long story, we don't have time for that.
[Am] _ _ Who'd want to know about that kind of stuff anyhow?
So I'm walking out, and all of a sudden, _ hello, Rick.
And I said, hello, Paul. _
_ Hello.
_ _ _ Reenactment.
It was like, [E] the guitar that Paul plays, the left hand Les Paul, that was mine.
It used to be mine.
And years ago, I said, what am I doing with this?
I can't play it, it's beautiful.
It was made three in _ 1959 or 60.
And so I said it in some magazine, [Am] in his tech, [Em] and it got in touch with me.
No way.
[D] _ [Em] So that guitar that he plays was mine.
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
And with that, I got that going for me.
They are pinch yourself moments, aren't they?
Yeah, pretty cool. _ _ _
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