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What a fucking flex lol. I have rudimentary arranger skills, enough to understand the pain of simply not being capable of expressing something I can feel/hear internally. He really could do that on a level that very few people ever have been able to. Legend.


    What a fucking flex lol
I don't have a link handy but another hilarious thing to look up is Quincy talking about the Beatles' (lack of, in his opinion) chops

I love the Beatles but it's endlessly hilarious to me


This is one of the great interviews of all time. Totally hilarious.

https://www.vulture.com/article/quincy-jones-in-conversation...


I looked this up on YouTube. It seems a bit of a non-controversy with Quincy criticising Ringo's skills and Paul's bass playing. Comparing a virtuoso arranger and a band whose main strength was their song writing skills is a bit of a non starter honestly.


Every band improves over time as well and the Beatles hit pretty early. Without a time frame the comment is not that useful.


It's not a controversy, it's just funny... to many. I'm sorry you didn't find it interesting.




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