The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping (REACTION)
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2024
- @AirplayBeats reacts to The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping
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A Grammy was just awarded for Best Music Video for I'm Only Sleeping. Worth watching.
It is sooooo cool!!!
Saw it. Beautiful❤
Came here to post this. Wasted opportunity!
@praywithoutceasing4939 They could've reacted to the song AND the video at the same time, just that.
The craziest thing is that this album is almost 60 years old recorded on relatively primitive equipment by today's standards and it still sounds incredible.
Yes, by definition anything that's a bit old is crazy innit?
@@billythedog-309 Wut?
@@jp3813 Well, it appears that for anything remotely old - buildings, books, records etc - is crazy or insane to most Americans that comment on UA-cam.
@@billythedog-309 Revolver isn't just anything.
@@jp3813 No, it's older than you, so it's crazy. lnnit?
The magic of the Beatles - every new LP set new trends. Each track was stand-alone. Where they went others followed!!! Fact!!
There's the Beatles. Then there's everyone else.
...or tried to.
You just said in one line what I said in a paragraph. Fact indeed! The Rolling Stones regularly imitated The Beatles, like with their flop At Her Satanic Majesty's Request imitation of Sgt. Peppers. Rock on!
You nailed it. The Beatles didn't recreate the same albums like other bands. They could go from one genre to another and from one extreme to another. They were constantly evolving.
The genius of John Lennon's words and the collective genius of the band's musicianship.
RIP John. Always missed.
Just goes to show in 1966 The Beatles are leading the pack in popular music. As soon as others try to catch up, they find the Beatles left them in the dust. Just can't keep up .
That's Paul famous Hofner violin bass. so smooth. The backwards guitar is awesome too. Love this song. Great reaction guys
I think he was using his Rickenbacker bass in the studio by this time.
Either way it was Paul using an electric bass to get a great tone to complement the song. I doubt Paul even had access to an upright bass at the time. Later on in life his wife Linda bought him the actual stand up bass belonging to Bill Black that was heard in so many of Elvis’ early rockabilly tracks.
It’s funny that the thing you mentioned about the bass is actually the special feature of the rickenbacker 🤣
yes true...that was widely used in the 60's as well. Paul still uses his Hofner. Its awesome@@juanacosta5469
From what I have read in 1965 the Rickenbacker guitar company crafted and presented Paul with a left handed 4001. From that time, beginning with the Rubber Soul recording, Paul used the 4001 for the studio recordings and used the Hofner on the tour dates.
My favorite Beatle song.
Adore John’s lyrics and vocal performance. Paul bass work and the harmonies are gorgeous.
Beautiful and impactful piece; one of their most underrated.
60 years later and I still can't get over how good their music was.
The Beatles changed music forever
"Every song sounds different." You just described what made them great.
This is the Beatles maturing musically & creatively in the studio. They are the best example of of a group that is completely different from 1st Album to last.
Led
@@JuniorFarquar But The Beatles did it first. Love me some Zep though. They are my second favorite band of all time.
LSD 😉
They were maturing from their first recording released. The only way to actually hear that is to listen to their recordings chronologically from the beginning, instead of beginning with their last, or somewhere in the middle.
What was the LP they made before "Revolver"? Do you know? Have you "bothered" with it? It has greater emotional depth than "Revolver".
Radiohead
I love this album. This song is perfect, classic Lennon
Another fantastic reaction gentleman. The Beatles are just pure genius. They are one of the all time greatest bands of all time. Just a talented bunch of lads. Keep on rocking and doing what you do for the Airplays family love what you are doing ❤
My favorite Beatles song on my favorite Beatles record. Absolute bliss.
play all their songs in sequence; none will sound the same. That was the joy of every new release. You never knew what to expect.
One of my favorite Beatle songs!
This one is a total jam - perfect for singing along!
One of the greatest albums ever recorded. A must have. You truly need to hear the entire album straight through.
I appreciate you for recognizing and appreciating musical genius. They didn't just play it. They created it.
The guitar solo/fills were recorded normal then played backwards which give it that trippy sound. Beatles were the first to try this
Listen to the background vocals on ,"please don't wake me.."
F ing brilliant
It’s so satisfying to relive these songs ,they were groundbreaking in that time ,there was nothing longer than three minutes,this was before Floyd and their 8 min intros
Still the best popular music album of all time, IMO. This is where they started really leaving everyone else in the dust.
"Help", "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" in 1965-66. These albums followed the dance pop style of Beatlemania 1962-64 with studio diversity. Every song on "Revolver" reflected The Beatles progressing into the future from psychedelia 1966-68, to folk ballads and on to more modern rock and pop, creating new sounds and music styles/genres of rock from 1969-1970.
Thank you for bringing out so many of the Beatles songs that’s are off the beaten path so to speak. This song is a gem from start to finish. Appreciate all your work guys. Cheers!
The Beatles innovated the backwards guitar solo, which quickly became a staple of the emerging psychedelia.
Revolver in my opinion, is the best album they've created as a band. My #1 Beatles Album
You should watch the video. It just won an award for Best Music video at The Grammys
Rubber Soul and Revolver were the “bridge” albums connecting the early Beatles top forty pop song albums of the early sixties to the psychedelic and eclectic albums of the later Beatles discography. For Beatle audiophiles these are the two albums that shaped what the Beatles would become, and for many it’s the era of the Beatles they love best.
The Beatles brilliant genius is they had no genre, they created them
Exactly. The Beatles were always taking us somewhere new. The Stones found a niche and stayed there (quite successfully).
A beautiful song on a beautiful album. I feel that Revolver is THE greatest pop, psychedelic rock album, that launched 1000s of bands in history.
I'm 72 and experienced all Beatles albums firsthand. Revolver is and always will be my favorite go-to when I need a Beatles fix.
You haven't heard "Rubber Soul".
@@jnagarya519 love Rubber Soul!
@@Dan-zq5wt "Rubber Soul" has an emotional depth that "Revolver" does not. The different effects of two different drugs: the first, weed; the second, LSD, which tends to be experienced intellectually.
I love both LPs, but "Rubber Soul" is one of my top three, the other two being "Beatles for Sale" and "The Beatles" (aka "White" LP).
Now, this song "I'm Only Sleeping" -- ah, John Lennon!
Fun fact: Paul owns Elvis’s bass players stand up bass.
2 years earlier they were singing I Want to Hold Your Hand. ✌️🤟
And 2 years earlier I Want to Hold Your Hand was a revolutionary sound!
There has truly not been another band like them.
Great point. Progression in the highest form.
On top of everything else that has been said here, Revolver was recorded on only 4 tracks. 4 tracks. All of their albums up to this point, and even their next album after Revolver, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hears Club Band, were recorded on only 4 tracks. They didn't get to 8 tracks until the White Album. Genius.
This one was always one of my favorites. A typical John song 😊It is sometimes hard to explain unless you've been around it or know their music journey and what an amazing one it was. Growing up with the Beatles music for me? Pure magic. They are part of my DNA!
Excellent song! I could listen to the Beatles all day long.
Great reaction guys!😊
I often do.
I think the Revolver and Rubber Soul albums really showed us how they could evolve and just how exciting they might turn out to be. And boy, were they ever. I remember listening to this on my older brothers 8-track tape player around 1975.
With this song (and the single B-sde "Rain", which was recorded during the Revolver album sessions), they recorded the song in one key for the backing instruments, then slowed the tape down a whole step to record the vocals, then the final playback/master was then sped up to a half step between (meaning that, say, if they recorded a D note on the guitar, that note would be a C when they recorded the vocals, then when they did the final mix it became a C#/Db).
So this is why the bass sounds so resonate like a stand-up and the drums sounds so deep, and the voices sound pitched up.
Well Put ❗ Thanks for that narrative. Such a smooth beautiful song.
Excellent explanation. Thank you!
Just so simple, yet brilliantly beautiful and always to quote La & Che “surprising” always blazing a trial of creativity and usually the first to do it!
One of my favorite Beatles songs.
Goosebumps. Been listening to it since 1966, and it still washes over me like a Cuban woman bathed in chocolate.
Hello fellas ,as a rule of thumb , if you hear a genre of modern music in a Beatles song chances are thats where the genre originated . all my best to you and yours from Liverpool
When I ponder the Beatles and their journey it is incredible to me that they survived. There was no template for them - musically or personally. Much of their experience was absolute insanity with some protection but nothing like it is in the music business now. Their art and smarts were incredible to grow up with and each album is a reflection of where they were in their lives at that point. To get a real sense of this band I think it's a good idea to listen to their albums chronologically - they were such an incredible influence in the world and they were incredibly influenced by world events and trying to cope with the insanity of their lives. At one point LSD played a big roll in their music but so did George Martin's production of their albums. He was key in their sound and some people refer to him as the 5th Beatle. At the beginning of their career as we know it George Martin was asked to produce them but had never heard of them and had no experience with rock music at all - he was a comedy and classical album producer. He agreed to take them on after he met them because he said they were just "so damned charming."
Gentlemen, that you for showcasing this ground breaking album released in the summer of 1966. I think this is the beginning of PROG rock.
Rock is rock is rock. So-called "prog rock" is middle-class pretentiousness by the insecure who were intimidated into believing rock was inferior to classical music, so they tried to stop the snobs' criticisms. The two -- rock and classical -- are incompatible, but they jammed them together anyway, and the musically illiterate believe it some sort of advance. It should be called "crock rock".
That swing it is almost as Dominoes by Syd Barrett's also the back masking sound. David Gilmour said that it was the hardest thing to accomplished
They were a "new sound" when they blew up big time 1963-1964, but around late 1965-1966 they became trailblazers that other musicians took a lot of inspiration from as they, themselves, were constantly looking for inspiration from all kinds of sources, including Indian music. Once the Beatles broke that new ground with their own creations, everybody else was discovering it. It was during the mid-1960's that popular music became excited by everything new. By the late 1960's (1966-1969) music creativity exploded, with the result that by 1969, Prog Rock began to take it to a whole new level. Coincidentally, 1968 was when I started high school, so my young ears were filled with wonderfulness during all those golden years of music...
I think I posted this early (apologies if I did), but we used to wait for the next album like it was Christmas, because we knew they were going to do something you have never heard before--in the themes of the songs, the music, the instruments, the arrangement/composition. It was going to be a buffet of beautiful melodies and innovations, even avante guarde music. They were a walking revolution and are and will forever be the GOAT.
"66?! That's hella early!" Exactly, because The Beatles were *creating* the styles you're hearing, a new way to make music, and new expectations from it. Ringo's a master, never drawing attention to himself.
And Che hit the nail on the head--Revolver put the exclamation point on the band's evolution from fantastic pop love ballads, to trailblazing albums transforming music. Each song is a mini movie, with whatever style, arrangement, and instrumentation best tell the tale. Their previous album, Rubber Soul, began that trend, and is IMO a must-react. Revolver takes it further, and changes the Beatles image from adorable moptops, to musical wizards. Now united not just as performers but as studio creators, the Beatles were taking music new places.
Your enthusiasm, insights, and growing knowledge of the band is delightful. Thanks for having me along. 🙏
As jazz people would say "He's walking the bass"
My favorite, favorite, relatable ❤ song from Revolver.
LOVE this era of the BEATLES 😅
One of my favorite Beatles songs. I love playing and singing it, too.
It doesn’t get much better. ❤
Sleeping off the worries and cares
I was blessed to have this song an essential part of my childhood. Elder siblings had the album which I loved so very much and would play this in my head to go to sleep. 💤 I called myself a Beatles baby! 😹
One of my favourite Beatles songs. Route 66 babies
This was the first use of backmasking. The amount of "firsts" on this album is wild.
the bass is Paul's electric Hofner bass. The lead voice is John Lennon, Lead Guitar is George Harrison, Drums is our beloved Ringo!
The sound track of my youth. Love them.
Yes, incredible record. Fun story; in 1965 they were coming to Toronto. I have 2 older sisters who wanted to go baaad. The Toronto radio station, Chum AM,had tickets they were giving away all day one Saturday. All you had to do was call up ( you know we'll take the 6th caller) and guess a number on the wheel between 1 and 10. My oldest sister all day, had the first 6 digits of the stations # dialed in and only had to dial the last#. She got through and the DJ said, ok Jean pick a number from 1-10. She said 4 he spun the wheel and said congrats you just won 4 tickets to the show. Well they screamed and my Mom came down a said what's wrong lol. Anyway I didn't get to go but when I saw them the next day I said how was the show. They both were talking with a hoarse voice lol. They were special, both my sisters and of course The Beatles. Memories...
Always loved this song. The whole album
One of my favorite Beatles songs. John's lead vocal is great and the back up singing is in a class of its own. Loved your reaction, guys.
Nice going through this album with you, can't wait for Tomorrow Never Knows!! Meantime check out PJ Harvey - Rid of me, any live solo version "lick my legs I'm on fire"
This song perfectly encapsulates a big part of the genius of the Beatles...namely, their ability to take almost any style of music (in this case folk-rock/psychedelia), make it their own and make it so damn listenable.
One of my favorite Beatles songs from my favorite Beatles album.
Gosh: I just feel SO FORTUNATE to have GROWN UP with this type of SOUND and the TALENT that surrounded us!! Will we EVER see it, again? There are some talented people out there...but, it's almost like most of them don't things anymore that MOVE your SOUL!! Everything is "some-kinda-'mix'".... The Beatles are almost like your EARS are enjoying a SMORGASBOARD of MUSIC!! UGH - SO GOOD! I LONG for the DAYS!! Thanks for reacting to this album, GUYS!! HUGS!
🔥Revolver, 🔥Rubber Soul,🔥 Sgt. Pepper🔥
You nailed it. , every album was an adventure
They were doing contemporary music in a way that had not been done before. ⭐️👍
Ned from Spain sayin Hey La and Che and thank you for listening to this. Revolver is when these guys got deeper into mind altering substances and the influences of Motown, Dylan, Freakbeat and Indian music Producer George Martin was a mighty MVP in helping put the sounds in their heads on to tape. I might be wrong but I think the backwards guitar solo, imitating a sitar ?, was the first just before Jimi Hendrix did it. Also they had Sitar legend Ravi Shankar play on the track " Love You To " by George Harrison of course. All good things to you fellas.
One of my favorites of theirs from this era!!
Love the backward guitar
The Bass is Paul using his Custom Made Rickenbacker 4001 (1st left handed) Bass, that my mother "Dotty" assembled in 1964 while working at Electro-Strings Rickenbacker Guitars, Santa Ana California. The track includes a backwards lead guitar part played by George Harrison, the first time such a technique was used on a pop recording. Harrison perfected the part with the tape running backwards so that, when reversed, it would fit the dreamlike mood. One guitar was recorded with fuzz effects, the other without. Engineer Geoff Emerick described the meticulous process as "interminable". "I can still picture George hunched over his guitar for hours on end", headphones clamped on, brows furrowed in concentration..... It played backwards, and, ‘What the hell is going on?’ Those effects! Nobody knew how those sounded then. We said, ‘My God, that is fantastic! Can we do that for real?’… So that was what we did and that was where we discovered backwards guitar. It was a beautiful solo actually. It sounds like something you couldn’t play"- Paul McCartney ..... 'I don't mind writing or reading or watching or speaking, but sex is the only physical thing I can be bothered with any more"- John Lennon
You can hear the wood - the aged resins holding the fibers in place - resonating. I love standup bass.
No auto-tune; no cut and paste Pro Tools fixes; just authentic performance, superior songwriting and as you already noted, great production. These guys were just in a class by themselves. And it's appropriate that you're reacting to them on the 60th anniversary of the day they landed at JFK national airport, two days before the historical first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
I do love the Beatles that was very nice.
This song may have been the first song to have backwards guitar on it.
The Beatles makes me dreaming every time ❤❤
John’s edge 🔥
The two people I would have most wanted to meet and chat with during my life are John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.
Wonderful. Just another Beatles masterpiece
Their 66/67 psychedelic era is so good.
Lovely song! This is one of my favorite albums by them. This is where they disconnect from the "yeah-yeah-yeah" phase and start to be more experimental, bringing more maturity and complexity to the lyrics and instruments. The track "Tomorrow never knows" is something out of the box for an album made in 1966.
"The Beatles" made music -- they didn't do "genre". They TRANSCENDED the whole idea of "genre".
3 song writers and 3 lead singers give you diversity in style and composition.
John's ode to sleeping, I heard he slept a LOT haha. I think this was the first song to ever use the backwards guitar solo effect!? I heard John got the idea when he popped a cassette tape into the player and it made that sound speed up garbled sound. Also interesting, this song was not on the American release of Revolver, only the English/Euro version in 66. It might have been a B side here in the States, that I don't know. Most of us never heard it until the CD version of Revolver was dropped in the early 90's..I remember being blown away!
I can't wait till you do Sgt, Peppers album.
I know I’m patiently waiting!
They went from the 1st boy band to musical pioneers with this Album.
One of the Beatles' finest songs. "Sounded good for '66" you say. Well, there was a lot of excellent music that year - songs like "Good Vibrations", "Paint It Black", "Eight Miles High" and "Sunny Afternoon". The music of 1966 was far better than today's!
Paul on bass. Great player.
Great reaction gents!! With each release, the Fab Four kept pushing boundaries of sound and production, and this really took off in '66 with the release of Rubber Soul & Revolver!! Keep in mind - these guys released 13 albums in 7 years! It's as though they lived in the studio. Can't wait for the rest of this album! Cheers.
What a great reaction guys. Yeah and it really is weird to think that it sounds this good and that was from 1966. I love the song from the first time I heard it as a little kid, I really really have always loved it. And hearing it again now with headphones on? I love it deeply as a musician of many years. What a great depth to add to just already really liking a song your whole life.
They seemed to put the bass up front in a lot of the songs recorded on revolver...you MUST check out the single "paperback writer" with the b side "rain"....bass is killing it on rain, along with ringos drums. This (paperback/rain) belongs on revolver but was put out as single instead, never made it to an albulm.
One of my favorite John songs! He wrote this because when Paul would come over to write songs, he would always be in bed sleeping!
Imagine if you were well to do in 1966.....Brand new 1966 Vette, Revolver, Stones, go go girls, Man..... Had to be a great time
George and Paul's backup vocals are incredible. They make it sound so easy, but they're so precise with all of the harmonies. Then Paul goes high behind John and makes it feel like something written in the 20s! Very cool.
The early records from 63-65 all kind of had a consistent sound. It was early classic pop rock
From Rubber Soul on, every album was different. Theyd go 20 different places in one record. They laid the foundation the first few years and then they went crazy experimenting
After listening to the Beatles for the last 60 years, this has become one of my favorite tunes of theirs. The very first instance of so-called "backwards guitar". Thanks for the listen
Tomorrow Never Knows has to be the first
and Sand by Nancy and Lee was even first
@@ricardo_miguel13 Cool man. I wasn't aware of it. Just listened and looked up on Wiki. The musicians were the famous Wrecking Crew. Thanks
another banger!
The mono version of this is even better. A bit more of that "reverse" effect
I'm pretty sure Paul was using flatwound strings on his bass back then, which gives you a very mellow, warm tone. Depending on your playing style and your amp/recording chain, you can get close to that upright bass sound.
Pretty sure it's Paul's Hofner Bass, which has a nice woody sound anyway. Kinda feel it's him who's maintaining the swing more than Ringo's foot, but - unusually for the era - he's hitting chords too.
Revolver was the first album i was introduced to by my older braother,, i was 11 ,,1975,, you two have made me relisten to so much of the music of my youth, talk about it