Notes and Quotes: "Funny How Love Can Be"

Bob Dawbarn: When I commented that their current release had an Elizabethan air about it, Perry laughed: "It certainly wasn't a conscious thing, but somebody did mention Bach when we were writing the B side." —. On the subject of influences, the trio agrees that the Beach Boys are one of their big favourites.... "We've also been influenced by a lot of classical music—Sibelius and Bach, among others," said John. "It seems to come out unconsciously." (Melody Maker, 6 February 1965, page 9)

Carter (on the Denmark Street community): Well, it was very small. That was it. That was the music business in those days. Denmark Street was the music business. All of the publishers…, a little studio…. I mean, if you wanted to make a proper record, then there was Abbey Road, the big studios [Pye, Phillips, and Decca]. But as far as the writing and doing demos, it was all basically Denmark Street. It was so great. I mean, for us it was great, because being at Southern Music you had a room upstairs to write and you could go down and do your demo, straight away sometimes. You'd finish a couple of songs upstairs and you'd ask, "Is the studio free?" And they'd say, oh yeh, it's free at 2 o'clock. Go down at 2 o'clock." I mean, you could put these demos down instantly, 'cause there'd be guys hanging around Denmark Street who could come and play with you. There'd be a drummer and Mickey Keene would always be around, so you'd have this little group, always to come down and do your demos. There's nothing like doing a demo very quickly after having written a song. [Interview, 26 June 2000]

Cattini: That was toms. That was just the sound the guy got using massive amounts of limiter and echo. [Interview January 2000]

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