{"id":4582,"date":"2016-03-09T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/09\/the-fifth-beatle\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:07:20","slug":"the-fifth-beatle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/the-fifth-beatle\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Was Inspired By George Martin, The Fifth Beatle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4582\" class=\"elementor elementor-4582\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18e5d442 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18e5d442\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b11c3d0\" data-id=\"3b11c3d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91aa40f elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91aa40f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-I-Was-Inspired-By-George-Martin-The-Fifth-Beatle-1024x732.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16296\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-I-Was-Inspired-By-George-Martin-The-Fifth-Beatle-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-I-Was-Inspired-By-George-Martin-The-Fifth-Beatle-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-I-Was-Inspired-By-George-Martin-The-Fifth-Beatle-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-I-Was-Inspired-By-George-Martin-The-Fifth-Beatle-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-I-Was-Inspired-By-George-Martin-The-Fifth-Beatle.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e21f0e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e21f0e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"\\&quot;s1\\&quot;\">I\u2019ve just found out that Mr George Martin, the fifth Beatle and most honorary of sirs, has passed away and instead of feeling sad, I feel completely uplifted to remember all of his amazing works.<\/span><\/p><p>At the age of 15 I became totally obsessed by the Beatles, and have never really known anything like it before or since. I had actually picked \u2018Strawberry Fields\u2019 as one of my top 3 songs of all time in music class a year before, and I was also a huge fan of \u2018Twist &amp; Shout\u2019 as a result of my love affair with Ferris Bueller. 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And also how incredibly innovative! And then, on 24th November of that year, my life changed. I watched and listened as the song \u2018A Day In The Life\u2019 played out and I had never heard anything like it. It struck me as being the most remarkable piece of music I had ever heard \u2013 the audacity of splicing two songs together, the otherworldly dream sequence, and the audacity of that orchestral build up and transition. And then there was John\u2019s voice, so haunting, so honest, so vulnerable.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/the-fifth-beatle\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How I Was Inspired By George Martin, The Fifth Beatle<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve just found out that Mr George Martin, the fifth Beatle and most honorary of sirs, has passed away and instead of feeling sad, I feel completely uplifted to remember all of his amazing works. 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