{"id":490175,"date":"2022-09-04T09:01:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T06:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-if-these-walls-could-sing-review-doc-spotlights-abbey-road-studios\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T09:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T06:01:02","slug":"watch-if-these-walls-could-sing-review-doc-spotlights-abbey-road-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-if-these-walls-could-sing-review-doc-spotlights-abbey-road-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;If These Walls Could Sing&#8217; Review: Doc Spotlights Abbey Road Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a864261992\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a864261992\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-if-these-walls-could-sing-review-doc-spotlights-abbey-road-studios\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98If_These_Walls_Could_Sing_Review_Doc_Spotlights_Abbey_Road_Studios%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;If These Walls Could Sing&#8217; Review: Doc Spotlights Abbey Road Studios&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-if-these-walls-could-sing-review-doc-spotlights-abbey-road-studios\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98If_These_Walls_Could_Sing_Review_Doc_Spotlights_Abbey_Road_Studios%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;If These Walls Could Sing&#8217; Review: Doc Spotlights Abbey Road Studios&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98If_These_Walls_Could_Sing_Review_Doc_Spotlights_Abbey_Road_Studios%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;If These Walls Could Sing&#8217; Review: Doc Spotlights Abbey Road Studios&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98If_These_Walls_Could_Sing_Review_Doc_Spotlights_Abbey_Road_Studios%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;If These Walls Could Sing&#8217; Review: Doc Spotlights Abbey Road Studios&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    It\u2019s fair to say that Abbey Road Studios is the most documented recording facility in the world, but only if you count the crosswalk outside. Otherwise, the nine-bedroom mansion turned studio hasn\u2019t really had its day in the cinematic sun, the way that more modest studios like L.A.\u2019s Sound City and Alabama\u2019s Muscle Shoals have. Making up for that with an A-lister-filled movie treatment is \u201cIf These Walls Could Sing,\u201d the first feature-length documentary from Mary McCartney, who has a hell of a shared Rolodex to draw upon in gathering the firsthand rock \u2018n\u2019 roll anecdotes you expect and want in a film like this. She\u2019s also savvy enough to know that the guy working in the back gluing irreplaceable mid-century microphones back together deserves a few seconds of screen time, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    McCartney starts her film off by showing a baby picture of herself at the studio, \u201ctaken by my mom, who was a photographer, and in a band with my dad.\u201d That\u2019s a coy cue for Paul McCartney to take it away with the shared memory of the family bringing her pony \u2014 named Jet! \u2014 to the studio around the time they were making \u201cBand on the Run\u201d in the early \u201970s. It\u2019s an irresistibly cute opening, even as you hope there won\u2019t be a lot more family-movie moments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    There aren\u2019t. Aside from a few fleeting bits of narration and an overheard question or two, she all but dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears from the movie, and also ensures some superstars who never bought her a horse get equal running time, from Pink Floyd (\u201cDark Side of the Moon\u201d alone makes up a decent chunk of the film) to the late Fela Kuti. You know the doc is going to stay on a good, even track when the younger McCartney devotes a segment early on to Jacqueline du Pre, a cellist who was a classical music crossover superstar among the less swinging parts of London and the U.K. in the mid-1960s \u2014 setting up how Abbey Road might be most renowned in the 21st century less for its rock output than as an orchestral scoring stage for John Williams and other composing greats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    It\u2019s Williams, who first conducted \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d there and doesn\u2019t seem to have left it behind much since, who makes the best attempt to describe the actual qualities of what makes Abbey Road unique as a studio, as opposed to a magic talisman. Talking about what seems like an enormous room there that\u2019s used primarily for scoring, he says it could have been bigger: \u201cIt seemed too small. It\u2019s a little bit of a shoebox,\u201d the maestro points out. \u201cWhereas the old shooting stages, something like we had in Hollywood, have a huge amount of volume, so it\u2019s a very long echo and a beautiful bloom, which can detract from the articulation and specific instruments. Abbey Road seemed perfect \u2026 not too reverberant, and not so dry that it doesn\u2019t have a nice bloom about it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    But Disney Documentaries didn\u2019t pick this film up because Williams figures prominently, but because they\u2019ve done pretty well lately being in the Beatles business. \u201cIf These Walls Could Sing\u201d has a decent amount of fun Fab moments to satisfy that craving (like Ringo Starr unexpectedly gushing over the White Album\u2019s \u201cYer Blues,\u201d which they finally went into a storage closet to record). Mary\u2019s dad notices the old-timey-sounding piano that the Beatles borrowed in the mid-\u201960s from the novelty act Mrs. Mills, and sits down to play \u201cLady Madonna\u201d on it. The filmmaker also brings in another expert witness, George Martin\u2019s son, Giles Martin, to offer some of the most well-articulated thoughts on the band and the studio, knowing a good scion when she sees one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Is the studio \u201cspiritual\u201d? Nile Rodgers pooh-poohs that idea \u2014 \u201cThat magical thing exists in the artists, but artists are superstitious\u201d \u2014 before allowing that producers and artists really can connect more quickly at a venerated studio because they have the shared awe of just being there. In an audio-only interview, resurgent star Kate Bush talks about the studio\u2019s historic reluctance to repaint, lest even the slightest alteration affect the sound (although things may have gotten a spit-polish since she was there). Giles Martin says, \u201cI think it\u2019s a bit like you were never meant to clean out a teapot. You\u2019re meant to leave the residue of the tea because then the tea infuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    For the most part, the movie leans toward being a collection of mini-essays about individual recording experiences, which is as it should be, probably. Jimmy Page, who was a session guitarist on the 1964 \u201cGoldfinger\u201d theme song session, describes how Shirley Bassey elongated that last note until she actually collapsed. That might count as a highlight of the movie if it weren\u2019t superseded by a vintage mid-\u201960s film clip of a teenage Page being interviewed by ITV about his experiences at what was then still called the EMI studio, in which he says meeting his heroes as a session player there has been \u201cdisappointing\u201d \u2014 and he says it in a squeaky voice that sounds yet unaffected by puberty.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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