1:40 Taxman 3:22 Eleanor Rigby 5:23 I'm Only Sleeping 7:59 Love You To 9:11 Here, There And Everywhere 10:53 Yellow Submarine 11:28 She Said She Said 12:38 Good Day Sunshine 13:59 And Your Bird Can Sing 15:21 For No One 16:44 Doctor Robert 17:52 I Want To Tell You 18:49 Got To Get You Into My Life 20:23 Tomorrow Never Knows
Lennon’s voice is the one that sounds like it’s full of extreme emotional pain (and can be slightly nasal), Harrison usually sings in quite a high register, and McCartney is the 20 other types of voices you hear.
John is regularly the strongest voice, yet at times the most frail voice (Julia, I'm so Tired, the wonderful A Day in the Life), yet despite that immense range, Paul is by miles the most versatile (listen to Here There and Everywhere, then follow it up with Got to Get You Into my Life, then Oh Darling, if you don't believe me - and if that's not enough, check out the spartan austerity in his voice in For No One and the sublime Eleanor Rigby). But then, rather sadly, George has a pretty weak, reedy voice and Ringo is a goose-like honk.
You're opinions on all songs match mine EXACTLY! We have great taste ;-) McCartney 's tracks are ALL KILLER. Taxman is the best opener of ALL the Beatles albums but only KILLER because of Macca's punchy frenetic bassline and his indian inspired solo. Lennon is no such though with And your bird can sing and the acid tripping exit track. Harrison's Indian number is my only skip track on the a album. If Capitol had issued a USA version of this, and withOUT love you to, I might have preferred it. I am a parlophone / Apple = official canon person.
Just for balance. I personally think Rubber Soul is a better album. It all fuses together better. Revolver has a few bigger songs that are better than Rubber Soul but as a whole I find Revolver disjointed.
As an older adult, I must thank you for your interest in The Beatles. For some reason, I find it very gratifying. Also, as someone who experienced the entire era, from '62 through '70, let me say that there was no single epiphany, no one moment, in which the band revealed themselves as harbingers of novelty and change. Their every album was, for me and my friends, one mind blowing bombshell after another...even their earliest, so-called 'teeny bopper' phase. Even now, 60 years later, they continue to amaze me.
a 70's kid, we got the whole cornucopia without the hagiography of the beatles and I think it was a unique way to experience them and yes, it's gratifying to see them still striking direct hits. watching 'kids' react to classic rock n roll is one of the best genres on utoob, but I have to resist telling them to listen to EVERYthing!
I find it curious that now there's some kind of "historical revisionism" that says they started "being good" in 66, but I know they were amazing and changed everything since the first day. their first singles and their first album exploded and changed music, pop culture, fashion, and the whole culture and society already. it's not like people waited "let's see if they do something revolutionary in 1967". in 1963 they already were the most innovative and revolutionary band, in 63 and 64 the beatlemania had already taken over the world and all young people loved them. (older people like parents and grandparents hated their "long hair" hahahaha!!, now their 1963 hair looks short but I know back then it was an scandal and outrageous!). it's not only the beatles with moustaches and crazy colored outfits that were revolutionary, the early moptop beatles in suits were a huge revolution too. by the way, I wasn't born in the 60s, but as a fan of the band I tried to investigate as much as I can about their history and how society was back then.
Some trivia many Beatles fans do not know. This is from the lips of a former producer of the Ed Sullivan Show. After the Beatles performed on the live tv show, the following night they took the stage at Shea Stadium. After that show their schedule took them to Philadelphia and Washington DC. They were told after that they were off to perform in the south, where they would perform at venues that were white only. They were outraged and told their manager to cancel their gigs at any segregated venues. The promoters panicked and removed the color restrictions. The band took a great risk as this was their first American tour and risked angering powerful promoters putting their American tour in jeopardy. None of the Beatles ever bragged about it. They just did it.
There are two different versions of the album Hard Days Night, the UK version has 14 tracks compared to the US Capitol release which has the full soundtrack of the film and instrumental tracks. The same applies to the film 'Help' which has the original soundtrack and was recorded by United Artists. The UK release on Parlophone has 14 tracks of which some of the songs were not released on the US version and doesn't have the instrumental songs on the UK version. The US albums released by Capitol tend to have less tracks than the US releases before Sgt Peppers came out in 1967. I remember the Beatles in the early days and was a young teenager at the time here in the UK back in 1962. I have all their albums and quite a few of the US releases including both versions of the British and UK releases of the film 'Hard Days Night' and 'Help', both great albums to listen too.
That sound you heard in I'm Only Sleeping was a backwards guitar. When John Lennon found out you could do that he wanted everything backwards. One good example is at the end of the song "Rain" you hear backwards vocals.
@@ChrisMaxfieldActs Yeah, my dad used to LOVE doing backwards guitar solos and other things back when he had a four-track cassette recorder. I remember he did a song about Y2K (that’s how long ago he got the recorder) and ended it with me and my friends counting down from ten and shouting “Happy New Year!” with noisemakers and stuff, all played backwards for a weird effect.
“Rain” has the vocals played at 1.5 recorded speed, and the instrumental track played at 0.5 recorded speed. It was an amazing piece of innovation. It’s also the drum work that Ringo is most proud of.
John was wanting different sounds a lot I've heard. It certainly wasn't only Paul as some think from Sgt Pepper's. They all did different. I wouldn't say John wanted everything backwards myself. But it seems John got into different kicks at different times. The Egyptian book of the dead for a bit. Or like scream therapy. But honestly, how long can you do that for? Until Chuck Berry gives you that look I think.
@@johnvirgilio5323 Paul was actively invested in the conceptual plan of the album, as a whole and he pushed the idea of high level production. But John was the one the most crazy, abstract and explorative ideas in the band, in my opinion. Paul loved classical instrumentations. John loved weird sounds that were never recorded before. Their work together was amazing, because they borrowed from each other.
I can tell your passion for music just by the excited reactions to the wonderful creativity of the Beatles. From the studio sound experimentation to the harmonies you definitely have an ear for what makes them so special
The best way to listen to "The Beatles" is in order of release, from first LP, and with the singles interspersed. Only then does one grasp their extraordinary evolution. Growing up with them one had no idea what to expect next. And always cutting edge.
And their releases were always in sync with things like start of summer vacation (Revolver, Sgt Pepper's), or Christmas (Rubber Soul, White Album); imprinting us with a deeper emotional resonance or flavor.
@@kf8346 The first "Beatles" was as good as anything contemporary -- except that the spirit elevated it. And "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" were every bit as good as anything else of the day -- except that "The Beatles" had a spirit that elevated it. Uh -- did the "New Kids On the Block" write their own songs and play instruments? Did they play 8 hours a night 7 days a week in Hamburg? We had music in the house from earliest memories. I was 15 when "The Beatles" were on "Ed Sullivan" (and had been hearing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" on an all-night radio program). There was nothing like them -- and it wasn't about their hair. Some of us didn't need weed, and certainly not LSD, to understand them. They are as accessible as can be if one doesn't fake-tough-guy bullshit oneself that they were the equivalent of a "Boy Band" -- which term didn't exist until pseudo-intellectual children treated music as a competition among themselves and their friends. "Magical Mystery Tour" is a compilation. "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were a single, and they were not "psychedelic". My greatest fear is the lack of knowledge of history, and fact-free snap-judgments, made by younger generations that fail to educate themselves.
@@jnagarya519 wow you really gave a full response. I appreciate that. It feels like a real conversation. . . . I will just say this. I was born in 84, and I grew up on all the 60s stuff as a kid. So it never made sense to me why the Beatles were so important. Cuz I grew up on Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, even stuff like Crosby stills and Nash or bob Dylan or jim Croce. . . Janis Joplin, the doors. . . . I grew up on all those bands as a kid. So when I listened to the Beatles, it seemed very clear that the first half of their career sucked, and the second half was awesome. And it never even made sense to me that they got so much credit for changing everything cuz what did they do? Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix were doing things way better than the Beatles before the Beatles started being good. I honestly think that the Beatles started being good when they had Jimi or bob’s lead to follow. My point about new kids on the block is just that they were a boy band. They got teenage girls excited like the Backstreet Boys or one direction. They were not musically interesting until they started doing drugs. I don’t think that is such a controversial thing to say about them.
CCR is a perfect example of a band from the same time that is way better than the Beatles. . . . Half of the white album is goofy nursery rhymes about little pigs. They are not as good as you think.
@@kf8346 You don't know a whole lot about either music history or music. "CCR" was from 1969 and later. "The Beatles" opened the door for all that followed -- including their revolutionizing recording.
Everyone says that and I know why. I've said it myself. But the truth, the Beatles were always evolving. Every album represented a musical jump from the previous one.
Just now stumbled across this blast from your post. Your look back reviewing of the Beatles work is amazing to watch. Your openness and honesty Is appreciated. The Beatles studio work with odd musical composition, chord progressions, eternal and euphoric harmonies, not to mention lyrics come back to me. For teens back then, who heard this in a different cultural context, we were blown away as teens. NOT your top 40 hits in that day. Heady stuff. So wonderful to see your appreciation for these archived tunes from these past, most creative, innovative, transitional song writers/performers - by the most progressive band of my era as a teen in the 1960s. You are sooo progressive in your review and at the same time coincidently blatantly and objective while looking way back. Great contemporary reflection from your sensitive ear. Thanks for the validation and recommendation. You’re in the same category of Rick Beato’s ‘music appreciation’ mission. Thank you!!!
I consider it to be a "trance"/"rock" style -- clever lyrics -- lots of complexity. John really delivered with this one. I recommend you play this over and over again because each time, you will notice something new. Read the lyrics. Read the Tibetan book of the dead. This is a pretty intellectual bit of music.
Not only the solo, the whole track! They basically did a post rock/dream pop/trip-hop/shoegaze/drone rock song back in 1966! They were some of the true sonic innovators whose legacy has influenced the music scene for decades and imho will continue to resonate for decades to come.
The Beatles ultimately became hard to pin to a genre. Many people have said that the Beatles ARE a genre. They started as a Top 40 pop act becoming popular in the US in 1964 with their first album. It essentially consisted of them doing their live act and was recorded in around 10 hours. In about a year their sound evolved in a mildly startling way with 'A Hard Day's Night'. Even critics began to take them more seriously. Considering that they were touring all the time, when did they have the time to write and record all of these great tunes? They were putting out quality albums sometimes 2 or 3 times a year. They didn't know how to read or write music. What's going on? Prior to 'Revolver', they released 'Rubber Soul'. This is considered a more folk-oriented sound with less emphasis on the pop sound. This puzzled fans. It was a shift. But the songs were really compelling. The Beatles always challenged their listeners, but this was something different in a time when record company philosophies were dictated by money and repeat success. They would tell their artists with hit records to 'do it again the same way only different'. In the Beatles' case, they were beginning to be allowed a bit more freedom in the studio to experiment. They were being perceived as guaranteed hit makers. So, 'Rubber Soul' was more laid back and, perhaps, mellowed out by the marijuana that was now a part of their lives. But then 'Revolver' was released. It was a complete departure from the prior album. It is here that things accelerate. This album was completely ground-breaking at the time. No on had ever heard anything like this. It is still a pop album and yet.....it's going deeper, more social observations and commentary, introspection. Sure, the melodies are great but did you hear the lyrics. They're relevant. And what's with all of these new sounds? How could they top this? Yes, they ended the album with 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. Oddly, it was the first song to be recorded though it was greatly different than the final version. They began experimenting. They were given unprecedented access to do so. They no longer had to have the song all ready to go when they got to the studio like most. They got to play. Many have speculated that 'Tomorrow Never Knows' was a coy hint at what was to come. Soon, they were releasing truly groundbreaking tracks like 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'Penny Lane'. The pop sound was fading and now we're being introduced to another dimension. Here comes 'Sgt Pepper' and the Beatles left everyone in the dust. Many tried to follow, many more fell in their tracks. It shifted the direction in music so greatly. There seemed to be no ceiling to the Beatles' creative knack. And then.....the White Album.....is there nothing these guys can't do?
They’re pop rock surely? It’s not folk, hard rock, metal, hip hop, jazz, drum and bass, bossa nova etc. they included or invented elements of each of them (often within a single song) but at the end of the day they were a popular rock and roll band for 90% of the time.
I grew up with the Beatles literally and they saved my life. I was so depressed until I started hearing their music. I was 13 14 15 16 17 all of their albums were my saviors and different segments of my life that helped me get through. Honestly they are geniuses beyond anything we have ever had the grace and honor to musically enjoy.. Profound Sincerely Asa
What a wonderful video. The Beatles and especially Revolver have been with me my whole life. I still love them, but seeing your reaction and joy at listening to them for the first time gave ME so much joy and made me listen to the songs with new ears. Thank you!
Great reaction (especially since you'd admitted you were skeptical once upon a time)! I was literally 5 years old when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was their "introduction" to American fans, and yeah, I can actually remember watching it with the family. Had no idea that they would progress from teen idols to arguably the GOAT of modern music, but they grabbed my attention, and kept it for the next 6 or 7 years, and of course beyond their time together. They became masters of the studio, and their production (thanks to George Martin, the "fifth Beatle") was beyond anything else at the time (orchestration; experimentation, combined with their brilliant musicianship). The two main songwriters were Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and while they shared the songwriting credits, most of their songs were mainly written by one or the other, and they were constantly trying to one-up the other so the songs kept getting better and better. Here, There, and Everywhere was pretty much Paul's song - he sings the vocals - and was generally cited by John as his favorite "Paul song" - and why not - it's perfect. Paul had the more versatile voice, which could sound like a choirboy, but could be powerful and gritty too (check out Helter Skelter and prepare to be shocked). But I think the real key were their 3-part harmonies along with George. They had been big fans of the Everly Brothers (huge in the '50's and early '60's), and had patterned their harmonies based on them. They're surprisingly complex, and always interesting. Sorry for the essay - look forward to more reactions...
At 61 yrs old, I’m still blown away by: She’s Leaving Home In My Life For No One How, at such a young age that they were, could they compose such life experience lyrics? OH MY GOODNESS! HOW?? And John’s opening of Mr Moonlight, his story behind the song Help. And by how much they were influenced by American country music and how they influenced others. They’ve always been a part of my life.
We used to watch Ed Sullivan EVERY Sunday night. I was 5 years old as well when The Beatles first hit. . The "British Invasion" that followed was exciting. I still remember my feeling of shock when I first saw The Stones. They wear so wild and HAIRY!
Dude, I'm just 4 minutes into this video and all I can say is I very impressed by you. This is the music of my youth, the music that spoke to me on such a deep level. To hear a young person such as yourself being respective and appreciative of The Beatles really warms my heart. I thank you.
The transition in your reaction to Yellow Submarine at around 11:00 is fantastic🤣 as a huge Beatles fan, I think it is a rite of passage for most Beatles fans to come around to the pure fun of the song despite not being the biggest fan of (and I think putting it in the middle of such an otherwise thematic heavy album as Revolver is a valid artistic decision)
@@rjisasavage hehe, why was yellow submarine so popular? The liverpool soccer fans singing in the stadion with the Yellow Submarine melody: the FC Manchester is homosexuelle, homosexuelle…😅😅😅
Revolver is The Beatles “acid” album, where Rubber Soul is the “pot” album. The White Album has some memorable tracks, but it truly is an album of tracks, where you might enjoy Abbey Road, especially the medley on side 2, not to say there aren’t great tracks on the entire album!
And actually, it's probably the least acid of all because it required such finite control to develop the lyrics (largely lifted from the Tibetan Book Of The Dead but, when one's on acid, "controlling reading" is absolutely impossible, ha ha), and all those sound effects needed very good attention levels.
Every time i hear the Beatles,my happiness quotient goes up by at least 20%. Today here in Cornwall,the sun is beating down,Revolver is on,life is good. If you don’t like Beatles songs,I don’t trust you,simple as.
You may not agree, but concerning the happiness quotient I have to add that that applies to the Beach Boys as well. You just cannot help but smile when you hear their, and the Beatles', songs!
Just in case no one’s commented this yet, here’s a list of who sings which song :) Taxman - George Eleanor Rigby - Paul I’m Only Sleeping - John Love You To - George Here, There, and Everywhere - Paul Yellow Submarine - Ringo She Said She Said - John Good Day Sunshine - Paul And Your Bird Can Sing - John For No One - Paul Doctor Robert - John I Want to Tell You - George Got To Get You Into My Life - Paul Tomorrow Never Knows - John
Spot on. I don't understand how a fan of Beatles music cannot identify their very distinctive voices. I'm pretty sure that the rule was: he who wrote it, sings it (aside from the early songs written by Lennon/McCartney for George or Ringo to sing). Even in A Day in the Life, the middle eight, written by Paul, was sung by Paul in a John song. And the middle eight of Getting Better, again on Sgt. Pepper, was written and sung by John on a Paul song. I am not aware of an exception to this "rule".
Great video! Revolver is not only my fave Fab album.....IMO it's the most important album ever released. George lead vocal: Taxman, Love You To, I Want To Tell You; John: I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Dr. Robert, Tomorrow Never Knows Paul: Eleanor Rigby, Here There and Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine, For No One, Got to Get You Into My Life Ringo: Yellow Submarine.
Watching this is bringing tears to my ears . It reminds me of being a child and hearing this with a total innocence. Im jealous of you hearing it for the first time. But it does transport me still every time.
When Tomorrow Never Knows came out people didn't even know what to think about it. It also scared people because they had never even heard the nightmarish landscape sound before. Today we are bombarded with all kinds of strange sounds and we are used to it. Back then it was completely new.
Tomorrow Never knows must have sounded strange to some people in 66. A Day in the life not as much cause in 67 a lot of bands were introducing new sounds including Jimi Hendrix's debut Album.
I loved this video. Their voices are actually pretty distinct once you are familiar with them. Here's a quick guide on who's doing lead vocals on each track, as well as their primary instrument: Paul Mccartney (bass): Eleanor Rigby, Here There And Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine, For No One, and Got To Get You Into My Life. John Lennon (rhythm guitar): I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Doctor Robert, and Tomorrow Never knows. George Harrison (lead guitar): Taxman, Love You To, and I Want To Tell You Ringo Starr (drummer): Yellow Submarine Something I should note is that even though a specific member will be singing lead, the other's will almost always be singing harmony with them (except for Ringo, he's busy drumming). Another thing to note is that whoever is singing lead is usually the writer of the song, and I noticed you weren't a fan of George Harrison's contributions to the record. I think this might be because while Paul and John had been writing together for years prior to the group ever releasing music, George was learning the craft on the records. John and Paul had according to them "already written all their bad songs" before they ever got in the studio. George did not and had to learn while the engineers were recording. A note of caution though: do not underestimate George. He goes on to write some of the groups best and most popular songs later on, in fact he wrote their most popular song Here Comes The Sun, which has more than double the plays of their second most popular song. Once he worked out all the kinks he became a force to be reckoned with rivaling his fellow bandmates and would go on to release multiple masterpiece albums as a solo artist immediately after leaving the beatles. Last thing, Paul Mccartney can sing like a mother fucker. He can go from the smoothest dude in the room to a soulful raspy singer at a moments notice and that is so impressive to me.
@@rjisasavage Evan Houston did such a great job breaking it down for you, but I'd like to add that Paul wrote Yellow Submarine (sung by Ringo), so you can see that for this album anyway, you do seem to be leaning more toward his songs in preference.
Music touches us deeply, doesn't matter what genre it was while we were growing up, what's important is that you've discovered a wider world of music. You've heard it a thousand times I know, but when you come to realize that no one had ever even imagined music could be like this, and the cultural revolution that swept the world, you see the profound impact The Beatles really had. They didn't just change music, they changed everything.
About "Here, There and Everywhere" : I loved how you were so taken by this beautiful song. It was actually not played widely on the radio (which was the venue for music, besides buying records). Lots of good music was around, besides the chart-dominance by the Beatles. Even though I grew up with the Beatles I heard this song only later in life, when I listened to full albums I had not before. Another wonderful solo ballad by Paul is "Black Bird" from the White Album. From Wikipedia: "McCartney names "Here, There and Everywhere" as one of his personal favourites. Beatles producer George Martin also highlighted it among his favourite McCartney songs. Lennon reportedly told McCartney that "Here, There and Everywhere" was "the best tune" on Revolver. In a 1980 interview for Playboy magazine, Lennon described it as "one of my favourite songs of the Beatles"." Usually John Lennon was not so fond of Paul McCartney's 'sugary' songs, so for him to like this one so much says something.
Here There and Everywhere and For No One are two of the most beautiful songs ever written. If Paul had only written those, and nothing else, that would be enough to make him a genius.
Hi Andre, I appreciate your authentic evaluation. I have known Revolver for forty years. You bring fresh insights and I was moved by your review of Here There and Everywhere. I also agree with the two songs that did not impress you. They were written by George Harrison. He became an amazing song writer a few years later.
🎯 I heard more than one rock band say Revolver is the album they all aspire to write. Virtually every song is a iconic hit while also being unique in style, genre, and musical instrument usage.
Andre, good job on your journey to learn. I loved your reactions to the Beatles songs you hadn't discovered yet. You are honest. Everyone has a favorite Beatles song. That is their magical gift to us.
From a hip hop perspective The Beatles are interesting as well, b/c on this album they use tape loops on Tomorrow Never Knows, which is a proto-form of sampling. They use actual sampling on Sgt Pepper's Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite. Tomorrow Never Knows and I'm Only Sleeping feature backwards guitar solos and backmasking. Just an amazing innovative leap forward in recording engineering.
I liked seeing you falling instantly in love with "Here, there and everywhere". Weirdly enough, it's not of their most popular songs but definitely one the fan favorites. It was McCartney's answer to "God only knows" from Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, thus the changing keys and the intricated harmonies. You're good man, you have good musical ear and a communicative enthusiasm.
Ok. You have THE ALBUM in your hands while the brand new record is playing on the stereo turntable, and you read the lyrics as it plays and absorb the artwork and NO ONE DARES BOTHER YOU!!!!! You are in your own world, at one with the music and the stories and the album never leaves your hands until you have heard every single song!
The most amazing thing about the Beatles is that almost all their songs (especially the later ones) have no little or previous template. They are almost all fresh unique arrangements.
I grew up with the Beatles - my dad is a huuuge fan - and I’ve been listening to them since birth and I still can’t get over them. And I’m so happy to watch people discovering them like this. Makes my heart melt.
Thank you to the uploader for the heart to my last comment, but I'm a creature of habit. In this regard, whenever I watch/listen to a YT vid, I do so over and over again. One thing I didn't initially react to was/is your ability to sense a truly great song on first reaction. I'm one of the many who need to hear it 4/5 times for it too sink in. What exactly do you get about a first hearing that 98% of us don't?
I think for me, I use to make music so there’s certain things I already particularly look for. In these reactions, I tend to focus on the music just because classic rock is newer to me and so the musicality of it is my focus. While when I listen to rap, for example, while that’s still important, my ears tune into the lyrics. With writing and creating music (but mainly the writing part), I think my ear just naturally goes towards certain things! Thanks for the question and for watching!
@@rjisasavage I'm English but I lived in the US for 18-yrs. (My American wife and US-born 20yr-old daughter have lived a further 18-yrs back here in Greater Manchester...an hour's drive from where The Beatles grew up.) Whilst in the US I freelanced in a non-music-related sense one day a week at a couple of radio stations. I'd sit and marvel when invited into a listening to something brand new, as to how a programme director...or was it musical director? It's that long ago I forget the job term...I refer to the bloke who decided which records they'd play...would - like you do - catch something which utterly lifted or marred a song, yet which on first hearing was just another bland noise pour moi. Thanks for the response.
You really should start at the beginning, and work your way through their catalog. So much evolution in such a short period of time. Sometimes people knock the early stuff for being too "pop", or not revolutionary enough (by today's standards), but it is still REALLY good music. Super well crafted, catchy, fun, etc. And the MASSIVE popularity it garnered enabled the Beatles to break free of the existing limitations of the industry, and really push the envelope. The early stuff doesn't quite do that, but it lays the foundation.
So Andre you’re definitely a McCartney fan. You basically picked out his songs for highest praise. You pointed out his ability to create very melodic songs that have rich textures and orchestral sections, and also singled out his singing above the others’. You seem to have enjoyed a few of John’s songs, too, but Paul’s seem to have really resonated with you so far. It’d definitely be good for you to hear their evolution from the early albums. They were big fans of Little Richard and Chuck Berry, as well as Elvis, Buddy Holly, and others of the 1950s. Side note: “This is why white people dance like this” had me rolling. And you not wrong, lol!
The Beatles were absolutely in a league of their own…. The Beatles generally have the lead singer of a song the one that wrote it…… it seemed like you were mostly leaning towards the McCartney songs…. Which would also be my preference
Great reactions! You're much more musical than many people doing reaction vids. You should really check out "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" along with Revolver. They always recorded non-album singles in the same sessions as their albums.
"Yellow Submarine" was written specifically for the kid/young fans. It was sung by the drummer (Ringo) who always sang on one cut from each album. And this song gave the Beatles a chance to experiment with different studio sounds and INVENT certain effects that didn't exist at that point.
Man! I have tears of joy, when I see the reaction of young people listening to the Beatles creativity, that in my youth, I was lucky enough to have happening around me. These four young men (boys, affectionately) were a perfect storm. Everything just came together, to create something that will NEVER happen again.
The Beatles spent the last five years in the studio with other musicians.They had gone to India and learned and experimented with “new” things (hah)! George learned the sitar and met Ravi Shankar (popular Indian sitar player). Their producer was considered the fifth Beatle.
Hey man, I know it’s april, but PLEASE do more of these beatles albums reactions. Great reaction, and also as a huge Beatles fan, I’d have to agree with you regarding Love You To. I don’t put it in my beatles playlist since it’s not as great as George’s Within You Without You from sgt peppers regarding the Indian influence
Okay, somehow I have just discovered this vid and I am an instant subscriber. Thanks so much, this was amazing fun and a great way to end my day. For what it's worth to you (if you ever read this), I'm older than you but younger than the original Beatle fans, so an in-betweener. As a rap fan, I would encourage you to engage with The Beatles' lyrics along with the general vibe of each song here - to the extent that you're motivated to revisit a release like Revolver. Also helpful is knowing the band's background and a bit of the history behind each LP and song. That can be a bit of a slog for a casual fan, but a couple of quicky examples . . . -Got To Get You Into My Life is Motown. Intentionally. Before the Beatles' fame days, they would endeavor to discover brand-new and ideally obscure cool songs to play as covers in the very competitive Liverpool club scene. Many bands played the same tunes and that was death if you were trying to make a name for yourself, so The Beatles would seek out B-sides and really cool American releases that they could learn and play live for the local crowds. For whatever reasons, "the lads" loved Motown artists and these were often the songs they chose to play. This track is a kind of nod to that shared love and those days. And it's a love song about weed, who knew? -Doctor Robert. This is a relative throwaway track set down to fill the needed tracks for an LP release back then (14 tracks, no more/less, if you were The Beatles). It isn't considered a major or notable song in the Beatles' cannon, but damn - it is SO Beatles! Your impromptu dance moves in this vid said it all - this is very much mid-sixties, Swinging London club music. Groovy. But it helps to know that Revolver was the LP that kind of covered that transition from weed to acid in their lives (well, two of them), and Dr. Robert is loosely based on a local physician/dealer who kept the more experimental band members supplied with the happy stuff. The rather dreamy and hazy "well, well, well, you're feeling fine . . . " middle bit ("middle eight" was their internal term for such breaks) was a nod to the illicit subject matter of this song. Swinging London, indeed. Looking forward to viewing more of your fun, thanks for this!
Hey, definitely will read and definitely helped make my night! I’m really excited to go on this adventure and the more I’ve listened I’ve really grown to love them even more. And understanding more. I listen to a song from Revolver once a week. Thank you for supporting and commenting!
What most ppl don’t know also about the Beatles catalog is that most of there number 1 hits and singles did not appear on most of their studio albums, past-masters, the Beatles 1, and both the red and blue 62 to 70 hold all of the singles that never made it past a 45 record
Please understand, this album is 56 years old. No one has touched their brilliance since. They were simply 100 years ahead of time. NOTE: Listen to side 2 of Abbey Road non-stop after "Here Comes the Sun". It is one long fascinating medley.
When listening to Got to Get You Into My Life, you mentioned how there was a bit of soul in Paul’s vocals. Paul is one of the most versatile vocalists ever. For more of his soul sound, listen to him belt out Long Tall Sally written by Little Richard and with whom the Beatles toured and backed up in 1962 before they were headline acts. Paul can sing like a choirboy and then switch to screaming vocals in an instant. His voice at age 80 has understandably deteriorated, but fans still flock to his concerts and sing along with him - that’s how beloved and adored this living legend is. This is the first video of yours that I’ve viewed, and I really enjoyed your reactions and comments. And now I’m going to watch your Abbey Road video; I have a feeling Oh! Darling (sung by Paul) is gonna blow you away!
Loved your reaction to this masterpiece I think one thing you really need to keep in mind when listening is the time period this was released take a look at the billboard charts for this time in 1966 and when viewed in relation to what was popular in the that time will make you realize just how ahead of the curve these guys were like It's not even close these guys were light years ahead of the competition
As much as anyone can like or even love the Beatles, to really “get” them, you have to be able to listen with 1960’s ears, and realize the inseparability with the atmosphere, colors, smells, context, and vibe of the era. It is very much all of one piece of fabric.
Thanks for the reaction. I think the more you listen to this album and the more you learn about it, the more hidden meanings you'll discover in the songs and even the most benign sounding songs actually having a lot more going on in them than meets the eye. For two recommendations for fantastic albums that are forgotten because they're older and probably never got as much attention as they deserved in the first place: 1) Skylarking, by XTC; 2) The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, by Spirit. A lot of great albums were made in the 2000s and the 2010s. You can find a lot of really good artists on UA-cam today that will never be on the radio because radio had been destroyed by the 1996 Communications Act. Since time is ticking away on the older bands (pre-1990s), and their members are retiring or passing, I'm going to focus on one album from the '80s and one album from the '70s. These two albums are getting lost to history. They deserve much better.
Music of the 60's Beatles, Hendrix, Steve Miller, you really benefit from the headphones. Backwards guitars, feedback intro, phase shifters, wah-wah, little easter eggs...they did it all
FWIW, the Steve Miller Band had most of its hits in the mid- to late-1970s. Perhaps you're thinking of Roger Miller, who had a string of country-flavored pop hits in the 1960s (King of the Road, England Swings, Chug-A-Lug, etc.).
@@bobkovacs2206 That's kind of a leap, from Steve Miller to Roger Miller...but, growing up in the Bay Area in the 60's, Steve Miller Blues Band were local heroes, and their first couple albums (esp Children of the Future) were after school faves when it started getting smokey in the boys' room. By the time they started having mass-mkt radio hits, I was more into reggae and African bands, looking for more X-factor (soul) than commercial R&R was delivering. Fun fact: Boz Scaggs played keybrds in that band.
I first heard this album when I was 10 and I was already a huge fans by then and was about to see them live in concert on their final tour. What comes back to me was even at that young age, I could tell that they had completely changed direction and how groundbreaking this album was. It’s great to see new appreciation for their music today especially since new listeners have a huge disadvantage of not having been alive when their albums first hit the scene and being able to compare it to what came before. As incredible as their songs and music are, it is the amazing progression their music took in 7 short years of recording together. If you don’t get or like the Beatles, listening to their albums in order will surely impress upon you the fact their music evolved completely and set the stage for all music that followed.
I grew up on The Beatles (first time seeing them, Ed Sullivan Show, 1964). All their albums are great but Revolver is special. But don't forget the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Traffic and many others. You have many more avenues of music to explore.
One thing that nobody can appreciate in retrospect is the absolute musical revolution The Beatles were. And that's besides the cultural phenomenon they were. In every way, they may as well have come from another planet, they were so different than anything that had happened before. There's just no way any one of these young UA-camrs can truly understand what they meant, 50+ years after it all was over.
I’m amazed you haven’t been blocked for playing such long segments of Beatles as they are really in control. I’m glad you got through … Rubber Soul - Revolver we’re the beginning of a world of HUGE musical shift in popular music …
Just found your channel in a rec, and loved this reaction... will definitely look for more. Just want to say that Phil Collins did a cover (as did many artists) of the last track, "Tomorrow Never Knows" and it's fantastic. Check it out sometime. Enjoyed this reaction!
Awesome journey you are going to take. My favorite album changes depending on which one I am listening to. Whichever album I have on, that is my favorite at that moment.
Here there and everywhere is often one of McCartney's proudest moments. Lennon in a bad mood in later years said it was Paul's only song he liked. He later smoothed that a little, but John was always picking his performances apart and self judging harshly.
Paul's voice is rounder and fuller. However, he can flip to different characters at any time, even immitating Lennon better than anyone ever. Lennon has the slightly more nasal sound, and has more bouncy, rocker songs (7 out of 10 times) he is known for his word play and clever Lennonisms. George has usually 2 songs each album, he is the Sitar nut, doing the bulk of the Indian influenced sounds but also wrote Taxman, and many other great songs. Ringo has the country voice, the deepest in tone, although he rarely takes the lead ( with the other 3, why would you?) Ringo was their most technically gifted musician, but the others could play many instruments. (3 jacks of all trades, but masters of none, and one master, Ringo. ) Listen to that drum track on Tomorrow never Knows ( Lennon song)
I have often had this as my favorite album ever (but the White album and Abbey road keep flipping my mind) Sgt. Peppers and Yellow Submarine are my least favorite albums. Magical Mystery Tour (album) is a gem (better than Pepper's ) but Rubber Soul is where the Beatles first take off, and recorded months before Revolver.
Revolver is my favorite Beatles album. I think that one thought you should keep in mind when you re-listen to it is that it was recorded in 1966. The songwriting, the instrumentation, and the studio production were miles ahead of what everyone else was doing. There was a lot of good music back then, but Revolver made everything else sound mundane. So, listen to the album in the context of when it was recorded and you will have an even greater appreciation for just how impressive it was back then and still is today. Now, a suggestion for you to consider. I suggest you do a first reaction video of The Rolling Stones' 1971 album Sticky Fingers. There's also a lot to digest on that album as well, although it is vastly different from the work The Beatles were doing back then. I think you will enjoy the contrast.
You definitely have a great preference for the Paul McCartney vocals and songs…Got To Get You Into My Life …is them with a MOTOWN STYLE R&B of the era track- that’s Paul. The quality and variety is unmatched in their songs.
Like Beethoven’s 5th symphony, Revolver is the album where they jumped off the cliff of the ordinary and into some thing new. Rubber Soul has a taste of it, but Revolver was where they committed.
Thanks for checking out the Beatles. Your take on hearing this album for the first time was very interesting. I first heard this album 55 years ago as a 12 year old. You seem to like Paul's songs, and there is nothing wrong with that. One thing consistent throughout their run is the harmonies. If you are looking for one record or album that captures what the Beatles were, you won't find one. They were constantly moving on to the next thing, and rarely retreated to former styles. Your mention of Paul having soul is not surprising, as the members of the band grew up on American rock and R&B. They were fans of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and later, Motown. Check out the White Album next!
Just to help, I'll tell you who makes the main voice in every song of Revolver: Paul McCartney: Eleanor Rigby - Here, There and Everywhere - Good Day Sunshine - Got to Get you into My Life John Lennon: I'm Only Sleeping - She Said She Said - And Your Bird can Sing - Dr. Robert - Tomorrow never Knows. George Harrison: Taxman - Love you Too - I Want to Tell You. Ringo Starr: Yellow Submarine
@@richardfehlmann4593 You are absolutely right friend. That is one of my favorite melodies of The Beatles. How could I forget it? Thanks for your correction.
_Revolver_ was the first Beatles album I bought. It's great to see someone as musically perceptive as you discovering it. Subscribed. Cheers from rainy Vienna, Scott
I have been a Beatles' fan my whole life. i am in my late 50's. I have seen McCartney live 5 times. For me ABBEY ROAD is their best album. Not a bad song on it and many great songs on it, including George Harrison's two best songs with the Beatles. And, of course, I love every Beatles' album. they are all great. The songs you liked the most on this album were mostly Paul McCartney songs. You seemed to not like the George Harrison songs.
I named my daughter Abbey Rhode just spelled Road different, shes 21 now and through the years the White album jas become my favorite but its so hard to choose
I don’t like reaction channels but your energy and vibe made me stay and I had some laughs along the way while trying to search for videos of the new 2022 remix of this album coming soon and I have to say I am subbing in hopes you will listen to the outtakes from this album!
The song 'I want to Tell You" has a theme of indecisiveness in both the lyrics and the arrangement. I think once you understand that you will like it better. In other words, all the weird notes and vocals were intentional to make its point.
As a boy I lived with the Beatles coming up, and discovering them while they were discovering themselves. We looked out for every new single and album, and be enthralled, like you are now. So great to see people on their discover journey.
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1:40 Taxman
3:22 Eleanor Rigby
5:23 I'm Only Sleeping
7:59 Love You To
9:11 Here, There And Everywhere
10:53 Yellow Submarine
11:28 She Said She Said
12:38 Good Day Sunshine
13:59 And Your Bird Can Sing
15:21 For No One
16:44 Doctor Robert
17:52 I Want To Tell You
18:49 Got To Get You Into My Life
20:23 Tomorrow Never Knows
Thank you!
I think you forgot about yellow submarine and it’s at 10:56
Lennon’s voice is the one that sounds like it’s full of extreme emotional pain (and can be slightly nasal), Harrison usually sings in quite a high register, and McCartney is the 20 other types of voices you hear.
"McCartney is the 20 other types of voices you hear". Brilliant. Very well said.
What about Ringo?
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Ringo sings like a drummer.
John is regularly the strongest voice, yet at times the most frail voice (Julia, I'm so Tired, the wonderful A Day in the Life), yet despite that immense range, Paul is by miles the most versatile (listen to Here There and Everywhere, then follow it up with Got to Get You Into my Life, then Oh Darling, if you don't believe me - and if that's not enough, check out the spartan austerity in his voice in For No One and the sublime Eleanor Rigby). But then, rather sadly, George has a pretty weak, reedy voice and Ringo is a goose-like honk.
@@BareBandSubscription Phil Collins is a drummer. Do you think he has a bad voice?
The Beatles are the All Time Greatest Band EVER
Nobody is even in the same League as the Beatles
You're opinions on all songs match mine EXACTLY! We have great taste ;-)
McCartney 's tracks are ALL KILLER. Taxman is the best opener of ALL the Beatles albums but only KILLER because of Macca's punchy frenetic bassline and his indian inspired solo. Lennon is no such though with And your bird can sing and the acid tripping exit track. Harrison's Indian number is my only skip track on the a album. If Capitol had issued a USA version of this, and withOUT love you to, I might have preferred it. I am a parlophone / Apple = official canon person.
*JL is no slouch though
There's others in the league. They're just the champions.
@@chrispytyo9577 Actually George played the bass and Paul played the lead guitar on Taxman
Led Zeppelin too ... and the Who. The stones have too much junk for my taste.
Congratulations. You have just listened to the best album every recorded. Period. Thats it. The Beatles-Revolver.👍🏻
i would argue that, abbey rd and dark side of the moon would take issue with that
@@santanamauricio Albums don't take issue, people do.
When will you be ACTUALLY listening to their other LPs?
Just for balance. I personally think Rubber Soul is a better album. It all fuses together better. Revolver has a few bigger songs that are better than Rubber Soul but as a whole I find Revolver disjointed.
@@stewartcohen-jones2949 "Rubber Soul" also has warmth and emotional depth that "Revolver" doesn't.
As an older adult, I must thank you for your interest in The Beatles. For some reason, I find it very gratifying. Also, as someone who experienced the entire era, from '62 through '70, let me say that there was no single epiphany, no one moment, in which the band revealed themselves as harbingers of novelty and change. Their every album was, for me and my friends, one mind blowing bombshell after another...even their earliest, so-called 'teeny bopper' phase. Even now, 60 years later, they continue to amaze me.
I live in Liverpool in the UK and I'm proud to be born and still live in their home town. I'm a massive fan too
a 70's kid, we got the whole cornucopia without the hagiography of the beatles and I think it was a unique way to experience them and yes, it's gratifying to see them still striking direct hits. watching 'kids' react to classic rock n roll is one of the best genres on utoob, but I have to resist telling them to listen to EVERYthing!
I find it curious that now there's some kind of "historical revisionism" that says they started "being good" in 66, but I know they were amazing and changed everything since the first day. their first singles and their first album exploded and changed music, pop culture, fashion, and the whole culture and society already. it's not like people waited "let's see if they do something revolutionary in 1967". in 1963 they already were the most innovative and revolutionary band, in 63 and 64 the beatlemania had already taken over the world and all young people loved them. (older people like parents and grandparents hated their "long hair" hahahaha!!, now their 1963 hair looks short but I know back then it was an scandal and outrageous!).
it's not only the beatles with moustaches and crazy colored outfits that were revolutionary, the early moptop beatles in suits were a huge revolution too.
by the way, I wasn't born in the 60s, but as a fan of the band I tried to investigate as much as I can about their history and how society was back then.
@@JayFal68 Love Liverpool, was there in 2013. Enjoyed both the Beatle and non-Beatle sights. You're right to be proud of your city!
Some trivia many Beatles fans do not know. This is from the lips of a former producer of the Ed Sullivan Show. After the Beatles performed on the live tv show, the following night they took the stage at Shea Stadium. After that show their schedule took them to Philadelphia and Washington DC. They were told after that they were off to perform in the south, where they would perform at venues that were white only. They were outraged and told their manager to cancel their gigs at any segregated venues. The promoters panicked and removed the color restrictions. The band took a great risk as this was their first American tour and risked angering powerful promoters putting their American tour in jeopardy. None of the Beatles ever bragged about it. They just did it.
You're right, as a life-long Beatles' fan i never knew that! Thanks for telling that story.
Had threats from the KKK I believe, ofc they did absolutely nothing haha
Pity no one talks of the Hard Days Night LP - the first one written and performed solely by them.
It's FABulous.
for real, john lennon MVP on that album
It's a lot of fun! Great pop sound, great to dance to.
They wrote around half the songs on their earlier albums and performed ALL of them.
There are two different versions of the album Hard Days Night, the UK version has 14 tracks compared to the US Capitol release which has the full soundtrack of the film and instrumental tracks. The same applies to the film 'Help' which has the original soundtrack and was recorded by United Artists. The UK release on Parlophone has 14 tracks of which some of the songs were not released on the US version and doesn't have the instrumental songs on the UK version. The US albums released by Capitol tend to have less tracks than the US releases before Sgt Peppers came out in 1967. I remember the Beatles in the early days and was a young teenager at the time here in the UK back in 1962. I have all their albums and quite a few of the US releases including both versions of the British and UK releases of the film 'Hard Days Night' and 'Help', both great albums to listen too.
AHDN is a great album, maybe the best pure pop album of all time - one catchy song after another.
That sound you heard in I'm Only Sleeping was a backwards guitar. When John Lennon found out you could do that he wanted everything backwards. One good example is at the end of the song "Rain" you hear backwards vocals.
Harrison worked VERY hard to create that solo, so it would work when reversed.
@@ChrisMaxfieldActs Yeah, my dad used to LOVE doing backwards guitar solos and other things back when he had a four-track cassette recorder. I remember he did a song about Y2K (that’s how long ago he got the recorder) and ended it with me and my friends counting down from ten and shouting “Happy New Year!” with noisemakers and stuff, all played backwards for a weird effect.
“Rain” has the vocals played at 1.5 recorded speed, and the instrumental track played at 0.5 recorded speed. It was an amazing piece of innovation. It’s also the drum work that Ringo is most proud of.
John was wanting different sounds a lot I've heard. It certainly wasn't only Paul as some think from Sgt Pepper's. They all did different. I wouldn't say John wanted everything backwards myself. But it seems John got into different kicks at different times. The Egyptian book of the dead for a bit. Or like scream therapy. But honestly, how long can you do that for? Until Chuck Berry gives you that look I think.
@@johnvirgilio5323 Paul was actively invested in the conceptual plan of the album, as a whole and he pushed the idea of high level production. But John was the one the most crazy, abstract and explorative ideas in the band, in my opinion. Paul loved classical instrumentations. John loved weird sounds that were never recorded before. Their work together was amazing, because they borrowed from each other.
I can tell your passion for music just by the excited reactions to the wonderful creativity of the Beatles. From the studio sound experimentation to the harmonies you definitely have an ear for what makes them so special
This comment just made my whole day. Thank you man.
The best way to listen to "The Beatles" is in order of release, from first LP, and with the singles interspersed. Only then does one grasp their extraordinary evolution.
Growing up with them one had no idea what to expect next. And always cutting edge.
And their releases were always in sync with things like start of summer vacation (Revolver, Sgt Pepper's), or Christmas (Rubber Soul, White Album); imprinting us with a deeper emotional resonance or flavor.
@@kf8346 The first "Beatles" was as good as anything contemporary -- except that the spirit elevated it.
And "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" were every bit as good as anything else of the day -- except that "The Beatles" had a spirit that elevated it.
Uh -- did the "New Kids On the Block" write their own songs and play instruments? Did they play 8 hours a night 7 days a week in Hamburg?
We had music in the house from earliest memories. I was 15 when "The Beatles" were on "Ed Sullivan" (and had been hearing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" on an all-night radio program). There was nothing like them -- and it wasn't about their hair.
Some of us didn't need weed, and certainly not LSD, to understand them. They are as accessible as can be if one doesn't fake-tough-guy bullshit oneself that they were the equivalent of a "Boy Band" -- which term didn't exist until pseudo-intellectual children treated music as a competition among themselves and their friends.
"Magical Mystery Tour" is a compilation. "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were a single, and they were not "psychedelic".
My greatest fear is the lack of knowledge of history, and fact-free snap-judgments, made by younger generations that fail to educate themselves.
@@jnagarya519 wow you really gave a full response. I appreciate that. It feels like a real conversation. . . . I will just say this. I was born in 84, and I grew up on all the 60s stuff as a kid. So it never made sense to me why the Beatles were so important. Cuz I grew up on Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, even stuff like Crosby stills and Nash or bob Dylan or jim Croce. . . Janis Joplin, the doors. . . . I grew up on all those bands as a kid. So when I listened to the Beatles, it seemed very clear that the first half of their career sucked, and the second half was awesome. And it never even made sense to me that they got so much credit for changing everything cuz what did they do? Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix were doing things way better than the Beatles before the Beatles started being good. I honestly think that the Beatles started being good when they had Jimi or bob’s lead to follow. My point about new kids on the block is just that they were a boy band. They got teenage girls excited like the Backstreet Boys or one direction. They were not musically interesting until they started doing drugs. I don’t think that is such a controversial thing to say about them.
CCR is a perfect example of a band from the same time that is way better than the Beatles. . . . Half of the white album is goofy nursery rhymes about little pigs. They are not as good as you think.
@@kf8346 You don't know a whole lot about either music history or music.
"CCR" was from 1969 and later.
"The Beatles" opened the door for all that followed -- including their revolutionizing recording.
Rubber Soul, the album prior to Revolver was when the Beatles’ metamorphosis began…
Everyone says that and I know why. I've said it myself. But the truth, the Beatles were always evolving. Every album represented a musical jump from the previous one.
That guitar solo in 'Tomorrow Never Knows' was soooo far ahead of it's time.
It's from an earlier take of Taxman played backwards.
Just now stumbled across this blast from your post. Your look back reviewing of the Beatles work is amazing to watch.
Your openness and honesty Is appreciated. The Beatles studio work with odd musical composition, chord progressions, eternal and euphoric harmonies, not to mention lyrics come back to me.
For teens back then, who heard this in a different cultural context, we were blown away as teens. NOT your top 40 hits in that day. Heady stuff.
So wonderful to see your appreciation for these archived tunes from these past, most creative, innovative, transitional song writers/performers - by the most progressive band of my era as a teen in the 1960s.
You are sooo progressive in your review and at the same time coincidently blatantly and objective while looking way back.
Great contemporary reflection from your sensitive ear. Thanks for the validation and recommendation. You’re in the same category of Rick Beato’s ‘music appreciation’ mission. Thank you!!!
I consider it to be a "trance"/"rock" style -- clever lyrics -- lots of complexity. John really delivered with this one. I recommend you play this over and over again because each time, you will notice something new. Read the lyrics. Read the Tibetan book of the dead. This is a pretty intellectual bit of music.
Not only the solo, the whole track! They basically did a post rock/dream pop/trip-hop/shoegaze/drone rock song back in 1966! They were some of the true sonic innovators whose legacy has influenced the music scene for decades and imho will continue to resonate for decades to come.
And I love Ringo's drumming on this song too.
The Beatles ultimately became hard to pin to a genre. Many people have said that the Beatles ARE a genre. They started as a Top 40 pop act becoming popular in the US in 1964 with their first album. It essentially consisted of them doing their live act and was recorded in around 10 hours. In about a year their sound evolved in a mildly startling way with 'A Hard Day's Night'. Even critics began to take them more seriously. Considering that they were touring all the time, when did they have the time to write and record all of these great tunes? They were putting out quality albums sometimes 2 or 3 times a year. They didn't know how to read or write music. What's going on?
Prior to 'Revolver', they released 'Rubber Soul'. This is considered a more folk-oriented sound with less emphasis on the pop sound. This puzzled fans. It was a shift. But the songs were really compelling. The Beatles always challenged their listeners, but this was something different in a time when record company philosophies were dictated by money and repeat success. They would tell their artists with hit records to 'do it again the same way only different'. In the Beatles' case, they were beginning to be allowed a bit more freedom in the studio to experiment. They were being perceived as guaranteed hit makers.
So, 'Rubber Soul' was more laid back and, perhaps, mellowed out by the marijuana that was now a part of their lives. But then 'Revolver' was released. It was a complete departure from the prior album. It is here that things accelerate. This album was completely ground-breaking at the time. No on had ever heard anything like this. It is still a pop album and yet.....it's going deeper, more social observations and commentary, introspection. Sure, the melodies are great but did you hear the lyrics. They're relevant. And what's with all of these new sounds? How could they top this?
Yes, they ended the album with 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. Oddly, it was the first song to be recorded though it was greatly different than the final version. They began experimenting. They were given unprecedented access to do so. They no longer had to have the song all ready to go when they got to the studio like most. They got to play. Many have speculated that 'Tomorrow Never Knows' was a coy hint at what was to come. Soon, they were releasing truly groundbreaking tracks like 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'Penny Lane'. The pop sound was fading and now we're being introduced to another dimension. Here comes 'Sgt Pepper' and the Beatles left everyone in the dust. Many tried to follow, many more fell in their tracks. It shifted the direction in music so greatly. There seemed to be no ceiling to the Beatles' creative knack.
And then.....the White Album.....is there nothing these guys can't do?
They’re pop rock surely? It’s not folk, hard rock, metal, hip hop, jazz, drum and bass, bossa nova etc. they included or invented elements of each of them (often within a single song) but at the end of the day they were a popular rock and roll band for 90% of the time.
The Beatles are not of this world. Nobody compares to them.
Hungfao… NAILED IT.
A Hard Day's Night is really still my favorite Beatle album, it just resonates with me.
Great comments 😊
I grew up with the Beatles literally and they saved my life. I was so depressed until I started hearing their music. I was 13 14 15 16 17 all of their albums were my saviors and different segments of my life that helped me get through. Honestly they are geniuses beyond anything we have ever had the grace and honor to musically enjoy.. Profound Sincerely Asa
I hear you. The Beatles were what got me through my difficult teenage years. 😉
What a wonderful video. The Beatles and especially Revolver have been with me my whole life. I still love them, but seeing your reaction and joy at listening to them for the first time gave ME so much joy and made me listen to the songs with new ears. Thank you!
Thank you for experiencing this with me
And Your Bird Can Sing is probably their most underrated song. The ascending and descending dual guitar leads is amazing.
Great reaction (especially since you'd admitted you were skeptical once upon a time)! I was literally 5 years old when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was their "introduction" to American fans, and yeah, I can actually remember watching it with the family. Had no idea that they would progress from teen idols to arguably the GOAT of modern music, but they grabbed my attention, and kept it for the next 6 or 7 years, and of course beyond their time together.
They became masters of the studio, and their production (thanks to George Martin, the "fifth Beatle") was beyond anything else at the time (orchestration; experimentation, combined with their brilliant musicianship).
The two main songwriters were Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and while they shared the songwriting credits, most of their songs were mainly written by one or the other, and they were constantly trying to one-up the other so the songs kept getting better and better. Here, There, and Everywhere was pretty much Paul's song - he sings the vocals - and was generally cited by John as his favorite "Paul song" - and why not - it's perfect. Paul had the more versatile voice, which could sound like a choirboy, but could be powerful and gritty too (check out Helter Skelter and prepare to be shocked). But I think the real key were their 3-part harmonies along with George. They had been big fans of the Everly Brothers (huge in the '50's and early '60's), and had patterned their harmonies based on them. They're surprisingly complex, and always interesting.
Sorry for the essay - look forward to more reactions...
Thank you for this!
Lovely thoughts - thanks for sharing 👍🏻
And yet many of their great songs were actually by George Harrison.
At 61 yrs old, I’m still blown away by:
She’s Leaving Home
In My Life
For No One
How, at such a young age that they were, could they compose such life experience lyrics? OH MY GOODNESS! HOW??
And John’s opening of Mr Moonlight, his story behind the song Help. And by how much they were influenced by American country music and how they influenced others. They’ve always been a part of my life.
We used to watch Ed Sullivan EVERY Sunday night. I was 5 years old as well when The Beatles first hit. . The "British Invasion" that followed was exciting. I still remember my feeling of shock when I first saw The Stones. They wear so wild and HAIRY!
Bird Can Sing knocks you back everytime. Such an underrated one. Crazy to think Lennon zeroed in on that one as a "throwaway".
Yes, still one of my top ten by them
And what about that great guitar solo? Is it live? Overdubbed? Either way, it's just great!
@@jeffreydershin5763 George is playing one lick on guitar, and Paul is playing the other lick on another guitar.
Yea john hated and your bird can sing. But I love it. It will always remind of the cartoon series. Since it was the theme
@@robertarodecker2558 twettie?
Dude, I'm just 4 minutes into this video and all I can say is I very impressed by you. This is the music of my youth, the music that spoke to me on such a deep level. To hear a young person such as yourself being respective and appreciative of The Beatles really warms my heart. I thank you.
The transition in your reaction to Yellow Submarine at around 11:00 is fantastic🤣 as a huge Beatles fan, I think it is a rite of passage for most Beatles fans to come around to the pure fun of the song despite not being the biggest fan of (and I think putting it in the middle of such an otherwise thematic heavy album as Revolver is a valid artistic decision)
I do have to admit that it is such a fun song, I just heard it come on the other day and started saying to it
@@rjisasavage hehe, why was yellow submarine so popular? The liverpool soccer fans singing in the stadion with the Yellow Submarine melody: the FC Manchester is homosexuelle, homosexuelle…😅😅😅
Revolver is The Beatles “acid” album, where Rubber Soul is the “pot” album. The White Album has some memorable tracks, but it truly is an album of tracks, where you might enjoy Abbey Road, especially the medley on side 2, not to say there aren’t great tracks on the entire album!
Tomorrow Never Knows is for sure a hard acid trip song
She said, She said is actually about an acid trip with Peter Fonda.
You got that right - one of the most psychadelic albums ever.
@@scottodonnell7121 that and tomorrow never knows were my favourites back in my acid days...
And actually, it's probably the least acid of all because it required such finite control to develop the lyrics (largely lifted from the Tibetan Book Of The Dead but, when one's on acid, "controlling reading" is absolutely impossible, ha ha), and all those sound effects needed very good attention levels.
Every time i hear the Beatles,my happiness quotient goes up by at least 20%.
Today here in Cornwall,the sun is beating down,Revolver is on,life is good.
If you don’t like Beatles songs,I don’t trust you,simple as.
You may not agree, but concerning the happiness quotient I have to add that that applies to the Beach Boys as well. You just cannot help but smile when you hear their, and the Beatles', songs!
Just in case no one’s commented this yet, here’s a list of who sings which song :)
Taxman - George
Eleanor Rigby - Paul
I’m Only Sleeping - John
Love You To - George
Here, There, and Everywhere - Paul
Yellow Submarine - Ringo
She Said She Said - John
Good Day Sunshine - Paul
And Your Bird Can Sing - John
For No One - Paul
Doctor Robert - John
I Want to Tell You - George
Got To Get You Into My Life - Paul
Tomorrow Never Knows - John
Spot on. I don't understand how a fan of Beatles music cannot identify their very distinctive voices. I'm pretty sure that the rule was: he who wrote it, sings it (aside from the early songs written by Lennon/McCartney for George or Ringo to sing). Even in A Day in the Life, the middle eight, written by Paul, was sung by Paul in a John song. And the middle eight of Getting Better, again on Sgt. Pepper, was written and sung by John on a Paul song. I am not aware of an exception to this "rule".
Great video! Revolver is not only my fave Fab album.....IMO it's the most important album ever released.
George lead vocal: Taxman, Love You To, I Want To Tell You; John: I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Dr. Robert, Tomorrow Never Knows Paul: Eleanor Rigby, Here There and Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine, For No One, Got to Get You Into My Life Ringo: Yellow Submarine.
Thank you for watching and for the insight!
Watching this is bringing tears to my ears . It reminds me of being a child and hearing this with a total innocence. Im jealous of you hearing it for the first time. But it does transport me still every time.
Great review, mate. I dug the honesty of your review. Sincerity is lacking in a lot of other first time listen channels. Keep it up 👏
When Tomorrow Never Knows came out people didn't even know what to think about it. It also scared people because they had never even heard the nightmarish landscape sound before. Today we are bombarded with all kinds of strange sounds and we are used to it. Back then it was completely new.
And how they did that was AMAZING!!
Tomorrow Never knows must have sounded strange to some people in 66. A Day in the life not as much cause in 67 a lot of bands were introducing new sounds including Jimi Hendrix's debut Album.
The bridge in "Dr.Robert" "Well, well, well you're feeling fine" always makes that I have chills...
I loved this video. Their voices are actually pretty distinct once you are familiar with them. Here's a quick guide on who's doing lead vocals on each track, as well as their primary instrument:
Paul Mccartney (bass): Eleanor Rigby, Here There And Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine, For No One, and Got To Get You Into My Life.
John Lennon (rhythm guitar): I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Doctor Robert, and Tomorrow Never knows.
George Harrison (lead guitar): Taxman, Love You To, and I Want To Tell You
Ringo Starr (drummer): Yellow Submarine
Something I should note is that even though a specific member will be singing lead, the other's will almost always be singing harmony with them (except for Ringo, he's busy drumming). Another thing to note is that whoever is singing lead is usually the writer of the song, and I noticed you weren't a fan of George Harrison's contributions to the record. I think this might be because while Paul and John had been writing together for years prior to the group ever releasing music, George was learning the craft on the records. John and Paul had according to them "already written all their bad songs" before they ever got in the studio. George did not and had to learn while the engineers were recording. A note of caution though: do not underestimate George. He goes on to write some of the groups best and most popular songs later on, in fact he wrote their most popular song Here Comes The Sun, which has more than double the plays of their second most popular song. Once he worked out all the kinks he became a force to be reckoned with rivaling his fellow bandmates and would go on to release multiple masterpiece albums as a solo artist immediately after leaving the beatles. Last thing, Paul Mccartney can sing like a mother fucker. He can go from the smoothest dude in the room to a soulful raspy singer at a moments notice and that is so impressive to me.
Doing the lords work here! Thank you
Well said
@@rjisasavage Evan Houston did such a great job breaking it down for you, but I'd like to add that Paul wrote Yellow Submarine (sung by Ringo), so you can see that for this album anyway, you do seem to be leaning more toward his songs in preference.
All good, but it’s worth noting that the guitar solo on Taxman is Paul McCartney, not George - as most people would (understandably) presume.
What you said about Paul’s ability to sing 💯
FYI-“Got to Get You Into My Life” is a love song to pot. 100% true story.
Just like sweet leaf from black sabbath 😃
Music touches us deeply, doesn't matter what genre it was while we were growing up, what's important is that you've discovered a wider world of music. You've heard it a thousand times I know, but when you come to realize that no one had ever even imagined music could be like this, and the cultural revolution that swept the world, you see the profound impact The Beatles really had. They didn't just change music, they changed everything.
About "Here, There and Everywhere" : I loved how you were so taken by this beautiful song. It was actually not played widely on the radio (which was the venue for music, besides buying records). Lots of good music was around, besides the chart-dominance by the Beatles. Even though I grew up with the Beatles I heard this song only later in life, when I listened to full albums I had not before. Another wonderful solo ballad by Paul is "Black Bird" from the White Album.
From Wikipedia: "McCartney names "Here, There and Everywhere" as one of his personal favourites. Beatles producer George Martin also highlighted it among his favourite McCartney songs. Lennon reportedly told McCartney that "Here, There and Everywhere" was "the best tune" on Revolver. In a 1980 interview for Playboy magazine, Lennon described it as "one of my favourite songs of the Beatles"."
Usually John Lennon was not so fond of Paul McCartney's 'sugary' songs, so for him to like this one so much says something.
Here There and Everywhere and For No One are two of the most beautiful songs ever written. If Paul had only written those, and nothing else, that would be enough to make him a genius.
And he also wrote Eleanor Rigby on this album.
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I agree they're beautiful songs. If I Fell, This Boy and Because are gorgeous too
Good Day Sunshine is a favourite of mine too
Can’t pick a best…it’s music, elevated…all of it
500 years from now, their music will still be celebrated.
Hi Andre, I appreciate your authentic evaluation. I have known Revolver for forty years. You bring fresh insights and I was moved by your review of Here There and Everywhere. I also agree with the two songs that did not impress you. They were written by George Harrison. He became an amazing song writer a few years later.
🎯 I heard more than one rock band say Revolver is the album they all aspire to write. Virtually every song is a iconic hit while also being unique in style, genre, and musical instrument usage.
Andre, good job on your journey to learn. I loved your reactions to the Beatles songs you hadn't discovered yet. You are honest. Everyone has a favorite Beatles song. That is their magical gift to us.
From a hip hop perspective The Beatles are interesting as well, b/c on this album they use tape loops on Tomorrow Never Knows, which is a proto-form of sampling. They use actual sampling on Sgt Pepper's Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite. Tomorrow Never Knows and I'm Only Sleeping feature backwards guitar solos and backmasking. Just an amazing innovative leap forward in recording engineering.
I liked seeing you falling instantly in love with "Here, there and everywhere". Weirdly enough, it's not of their most popular songs but definitely one the fan favorites. It was McCartney's answer to "God only knows" from Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, thus the changing keys and the intricated harmonies.
You're good man, you have good musical ear and a communicative enthusiasm.
Ok. You have THE ALBUM in your hands while the brand new record is playing on the stereo turntable, and you read the lyrics as it plays and absorb the artwork and NO ONE DARES BOTHER YOU!!!!! You are in your own world, at one with the music and the stories and the album never leaves your hands until you have heard every single song!
This
Bravo Andre! You are really digging harmony and know how appreciate good melody!
Thank you! I love it!
The most amazing thing about the Beatles is that almost all their songs (especially the later ones) have no little or previous template. They are almost all fresh unique arrangements.
I grew up with the Beatles - my dad is a huuuge fan - and I’ve been listening to them since birth and I still can’t get over them. And I’m so happy to watch people discovering them like this. Makes my heart melt.
Same here, my dad loved them ❤
This was, 1966 dude, and for me, this album turned the music world on its ear at that time. I feel it is THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME by anyone. Period.
Thank you to the uploader for the heart to my last comment, but I'm a creature of habit. In this regard, whenever I watch/listen to a YT vid, I do so over and over again.
One thing I didn't initially react to was/is your ability to sense a truly great song on first reaction. I'm one of the many who need to hear it 4/5 times for it too sink in. What exactly do you get about a first hearing that 98% of us don't?
I think for me, I use to make music so there’s certain things I already particularly look for. In these reactions, I tend to focus on the music just because classic rock is newer to me and so the musicality of it is my focus. While when I listen to rap, for example, while that’s still important, my ears tune into the lyrics. With writing and creating music (but mainly the writing part), I think my ear just naturally goes towards certain things! Thanks for the question and for watching!
@@rjisasavage I'm English but I lived in the US for 18-yrs. (My American wife and US-born 20yr-old daughter have lived a further 18-yrs back here in Greater Manchester...an hour's drive from where The Beatles grew up.)
Whilst in the US I freelanced in a non-music-related sense one day a week at a couple of radio stations. I'd sit and marvel when invited into a listening to something brand new, as to how a programme director...or was it musical director? It's that long ago I forget the job term...I refer to the bloke who decided which records they'd play...would - like you do - catch something which utterly lifted or marred a song, yet which on first hearing was just another bland noise pour moi. Thanks for the response.
No music sounded like "Tomorrow Never Knows" in 1966. Nothing today does either... The Beatles are the best.
Great to see you here!
This is my favorite Beatles album, and it makes me so happy to see you enjoying it so much :))
Thank you for watching!
You really should start at the beginning, and work your way through their catalog. So much evolution in such a short period of time. Sometimes people knock the early stuff for being too "pop", or not revolutionary enough (by today's standards), but it is still REALLY good music. Super well crafted, catchy, fun, etc. And the MASSIVE popularity it garnered enabled the Beatles to break free of the existing limitations of the industry, and really push the envelope. The early stuff doesn't quite do that, but it lays the foundation.
Every single album was a progression from the one before - not just from Rubber Soul onwards.
So Andre you’re definitely a McCartney fan. You basically picked out his songs for highest praise. You pointed out his ability to create very melodic songs that have rich textures and orchestral sections, and also singled out his singing above the others’. You seem to have enjoyed a few of John’s songs, too, but Paul’s seem to have really resonated with you so far.
It’d definitely be good for you to hear their evolution from the early albums. They were big fans of Little Richard and Chuck Berry, as well as Elvis, Buddy Holly, and others of the 1950s.
Side note: “This is why white people dance like this” had me rolling. And you not wrong, lol!
The Beatles were absolutely in a league of their own…. The Beatles generally have the lead singer of a song the one that wrote it…… it seemed like you were mostly leaning towards the McCartney songs…. Which would also be my preference
Great reactions! You're much more musical than many people doing reaction vids.
You should really check out "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" along with Revolver. They always recorded non-album singles in the same sessions as their albums.
"Yellow Submarine" was written specifically for the kid/young fans. It was sung by the drummer (Ringo) who always sang on one cut from each album.
And this song gave the Beatles a chance to experiment with different studio sounds and INVENT certain effects that didn't exist at that point.
Yellow Submarine doesn't sound like a Beatles Song.
Easily the worst song on the album
Man! I have tears of joy, when I see the reaction of young people listening to the Beatles creativity, that in my youth, I was lucky enough to have happening around me. These four young men (boys, affectionately) were a perfect storm. Everything just came together, to create something that will NEVER happen again.
The Beatles spent the last five years in the studio with other musicians.They had gone to India and learned and experimented with “new” things (hah)! George learned the sitar and met Ravi Shankar (popular Indian sitar player).
Their producer was considered the fifth Beatle.
It's obvious McCartney's tunes & vocal hits you hardest.
Hey man, I know it’s april, but PLEASE do more of these beatles albums reactions. Great reaction, and also as a huge Beatles fan, I’d have to agree with you regarding Love You To. I don’t put it in my beatles playlist since it’s not as great as George’s Within You Without You from sgt peppers regarding the Indian influence
Okay, somehow I have just discovered this vid and I am an instant subscriber. Thanks so much, this was amazing fun and a great way to end my day. For what it's worth to you (if you ever read this), I'm older than you but younger than the original Beatle fans, so an in-betweener. As a rap fan, I would encourage you to engage with The Beatles' lyrics along with the general vibe of each song here - to the extent that you're motivated to revisit a release like Revolver. Also helpful is knowing the band's background and a bit of the history behind each LP and song. That can be a bit of a slog for a casual fan, but a couple of quicky examples . . .
-Got To Get You Into My Life is Motown. Intentionally. Before the Beatles' fame days, they would endeavor to discover brand-new and ideally obscure cool songs to play as covers in the very competitive Liverpool club scene. Many bands played the same tunes and that was death if you were trying to make a name for yourself, so The Beatles would seek out B-sides and really cool American releases that they could learn and play live for the local crowds. For whatever reasons, "the lads" loved Motown artists and these were often the songs they chose to play. This track is a kind of nod to that shared love and those days. And it's a love song about weed, who knew?
-Doctor Robert. This is a relative throwaway track set down to fill the needed tracks for an LP release back then (14 tracks, no more/less, if you were The Beatles). It isn't considered a major or notable song in the Beatles' cannon, but damn - it is SO Beatles! Your impromptu dance moves in this vid said it all - this is very much mid-sixties, Swinging London club music. Groovy. But it helps to know that Revolver was the LP that kind of covered that transition from weed to acid in their lives (well, two of them), and Dr. Robert is loosely based on a local physician/dealer who kept the more experimental band members supplied with the happy stuff. The rather dreamy and hazy "well, well, well, you're feeling fine . . . " middle bit ("middle eight" was their internal term for such breaks) was a nod to the illicit subject matter of this song. Swinging London, indeed.
Looking forward to viewing more of your fun, thanks for this!
Hey, definitely will read and definitely helped make my night! I’m really excited to go on this adventure and the more I’ve listened I’ve really grown to love them even more. And understanding more. I listen to a song from Revolver once a week. Thank you for supporting and commenting!
First album in history to individually mic each drum on a drum kit separately then mix it down. Pioneers in every sense of the word.
What most ppl don’t know also about the Beatles catalog is that most of there number 1 hits and singles did not appear on most of their studio albums, past-masters, the Beatles 1, and both the red and blue 62 to 70 hold all of the singles that never made it past a 45 record
Please understand, this album is 56 years old. No one has touched their brilliance since. They were simply 100 years ahead of time.
NOTE: Listen to side 2 of Abbey Road non-stop after "Here Comes the Sun". It is one long fascinating medley.
When listening to Got to Get You Into My Life, you mentioned how there was a bit of soul in Paul’s vocals. Paul is one of the most versatile vocalists ever. For more of his soul sound, listen to him belt out Long Tall Sally written by Little Richard and with whom the Beatles toured and backed up in 1962 before they were headline acts. Paul can sing like a choirboy and then switch to screaming vocals in an instant. His voice at age 80 has understandably deteriorated, but fans still flock to his concerts and sing along with him - that’s how beloved and adored this living legend is.
This is the first video of yours that I’ve viewed, and I really enjoyed your reactions and comments. And now I’m going to watch your Abbey Road video; I have a feeling Oh! Darling (sung by Paul) is gonna blow you away!
Paul as you know has lots of different voices. At the end of this song he’s doing his Little Richard voice. I love it and glad you like it too.
Paul is fake.
I’ve watched it and you’re quite right. 🥰
As an old white dude, I love the “dance like the white guys” lines! And I appreciate younger generations appreciation of our music. Keep going!
Thank you! Made my day and made me laugh!
I'm a massive Beatles fan. I'm so glad to see you enjoying them
The Beatles were and still are my favorite Band ✌️😎
I loved your Quinten Trentino referenced! Too true!
Thank you!!!
Loved your reaction to this masterpiece I think one thing you really need to keep in mind when listening is the time period this was released take a look at the billboard charts for this time in 1966 and when viewed in relation to what was popular in the that time will make you realize just how ahead of the curve these guys were like It's not even close these guys were light years ahead of the competition
Loved your thoughtful reaction to this Beatles classic.
@@edgarsnake2857 thank you!
As much as anyone can like or even love the Beatles, to really “get” them, you have to be able to listen with 1960’s ears, and realize the inseparability with the atmosphere, colors, smells, context, and vibe of the era. It is very much all of one piece of fabric.
I agree. Mainly because nothing surprises us anymore, we're becoming a jaded, dead society.
Gatekeeping the Beatles -- I've never encountered that before.
Well said
@farscape They're talking about he excitement not just the music and having been there I can assure you that they're right ! 🤡
Thanks for the reaction.
I think the more you listen to this album and the more you learn about it, the more hidden meanings you'll discover in the songs and even the most benign sounding songs actually having a lot more going on in them than meets the eye.
For two recommendations for fantastic albums that are forgotten because they're older and probably never got as much attention as they deserved in the first place:
1) Skylarking, by XTC;
2) The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, by Spirit.
A lot of great albums were made in the 2000s and the 2010s. You can find a lot of really good artists on UA-cam today that will never be on the radio because radio had been destroyed by the 1996 Communications Act.
Since time is ticking away on the older bands (pre-1990s), and their members are retiring or passing, I'm going to focus on one album from the '80s and one album from the '70s.
These two albums are getting lost to history. They deserve much better.
Music of the 60's Beatles, Hendrix, Steve Miller, you really benefit from the headphones. Backwards guitars, feedback intro, phase shifters, wah-wah, little easter eggs...they did it all
FWIW, the Steve Miller Band had most of its hits in the mid- to late-1970s. Perhaps you're thinking of Roger Miller, who had a string of country-flavored pop hits in the 1960s (King of the Road, England Swings, Chug-A-Lug, etc.).
@@bobkovacs2206 That's kind of a leap, from Steve Miller to Roger Miller...but, growing up in the Bay Area in the 60's, Steve Miller Blues Band were local heroes, and their first couple albums (esp Children of the Future) were after school faves when it started getting smokey in the boys' room. By the time they started having mass-mkt radio hits, I was more into reggae and African bands, looking for more X-factor (soul) than commercial R&R was delivering. Fun fact: Boz Scaggs played keybrds in that band.
I first heard this album when I was 10 and I was already a huge fans by then and was about to see them live in concert on their final tour. What comes back to me was even at that young age, I could tell that they had completely changed direction and how groundbreaking this album was. It’s great to see new appreciation for their music today especially since new listeners have a huge disadvantage of not having been alive when their albums first hit the scene and being able to compare it to what came before. As incredible as their songs and music are, it is the amazing progression their music took in 7 short years of recording together. If you don’t get or like the Beatles, listening to their albums in order will surely impress upon you the fact their music evolved completely and set the stage for all music that followed.
I grew up on The Beatles (first time seeing them, Ed Sullivan Show, 1964). All their albums are great but Revolver is special. But don't forget the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Traffic and many others. You have many more avenues of music to explore.
Well done. Great analysis and truthful take.
It’s an album with truly incredible moments from the Beatles.
For no One is Sublime
One thing that nobody can appreciate in retrospect is the absolute musical revolution The Beatles were. And that's besides the cultural phenomenon they were. In every way, they may as well have come from another planet, they were so different than anything that had happened before. There's just no way any one of these young UA-camrs can truly understand what they meant, 50+ years after it all was over.
I agree!!
I’m amazed you haven’t been blocked for playing such long segments of Beatles as they are really in control. I’m glad you got through … Rubber Soul - Revolver we’re the beginning of a world of HUGE musical shift in popular music …
Undoubtedly the greatest band of all time
hard to believe someone with a good ear like this had NEVER hear Revolver! great fun 🤩
Just found your channel in a rec, and loved this reaction... will definitely look for more. Just want to say that Phil Collins did a cover (as did many artists) of the last track, "Tomorrow Never Knows" and it's fantastic. Check it out sometime. Enjoyed this reaction!
Awesome journey you are going to take. My favorite album changes depending on which one I am listening to. Whichever album I have on, that is my favorite at that moment.
Here there and everywhere is often one of McCartney's proudest moments. Lennon in a bad mood in later years said it was Paul's only song he liked. He later smoothed that a little, but John was always picking his performances apart and self judging harshly.
Paul's voice is rounder and fuller. However, he can flip to different characters at any time, even immitating Lennon better than anyone ever. Lennon has the slightly more nasal sound, and has more bouncy, rocker songs (7 out of 10 times) he is known for his word play and clever Lennonisms. George has usually 2 songs each album, he is the Sitar nut, doing the bulk of the Indian influenced sounds but also wrote Taxman, and many other great songs. Ringo has the country voice, the deepest in tone, although he rarely takes the lead ( with the other 3, why would you?) Ringo was their most technically gifted musician, but the others could play many instruments. (3 jacks of all trades, but masters of none, and one master, Ringo. ) Listen to that drum track on Tomorrow never Knows ( Lennon song)
I have often had this as my favorite album ever (but the White album and Abbey road keep flipping my mind) Sgt. Peppers and Yellow Submarine are my least favorite albums. Magical Mystery Tour (album) is a gem (better than Pepper's ) but Rubber Soul is where the Beatles first take off, and recorded months before Revolver.
Revolver is my favorite Beatles album. I think that one thought you should keep in mind when you re-listen to it is that it was recorded in 1966. The songwriting, the instrumentation, and the studio production were miles ahead of what everyone else was doing. There was a lot of good music back then, but Revolver made everything else sound mundane. So, listen to the album in the context of when it was recorded and you will have an even greater appreciation for just how impressive it was back then and still is today. Now, a suggestion for you to consider. I suggest you do a first reaction video of The Rolling Stones' 1971 album Sticky Fingers. There's also a lot to digest on that album as well, although it is vastly different from the work The Beatles were doing back then. I think you will enjoy the contrast.
Nice review of Revolver. It's amazing music. Thank you.
You definitely have a great preference for the Paul McCartney vocals and songs…Got To Get You Into My Life …is them with a MOTOWN STYLE R&B of the era track- that’s Paul. The quality and variety is unmatched in their songs.
This is some great stuff man thanks for doing BEATLES
Thank you for watching!
There is no best album. Each had their own excellent identity.
Hi, I just found you and I'm in 😁✌️ Beatles are the best of all time ♥️
Earth, Wind, and Fire covered Got to Get You Into My Life. Give that a listen. Paul McCartney was paying tribute to Motown when he wrote that song.
Great reaction and you have a great personality for it! Subscribed!
Like Beethoven’s 5th symphony, Revolver is the album where they jumped off the cliff of the ordinary and into some thing new. Rubber Soul has a taste of it, but Revolver was where they committed.
Thanks for checking out the Beatles. Your take on hearing this album for the first time was very interesting. I first heard this album 55 years ago as a 12 year old. You seem to like Paul's songs, and there is nothing wrong with that. One thing consistent throughout their run is the harmonies. If you are looking for one record or album that captures what the Beatles were, you won't find one. They were constantly moving on to the next thing, and rarely retreated to former styles. Your mention of Paul having soul is not surprising, as the members of the band grew up on American rock and R&B. They were fans of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and later, Motown. Check out the White Album next!
Greatest band of all-time. Even bands of today still use the Beatles as their measuring stick.
“I’m not the biggest fan”
*proceeds to dance like it’s his fav song*
Great video!
Just to help, I'll tell you who makes the main voice in every song of Revolver: Paul McCartney: Eleanor Rigby - Here, There and Everywhere - Good Day Sunshine - Got to Get you into My Life
John Lennon: I'm Only Sleeping - She Said She Said - And Your Bird can Sing - Dr. Robert - Tomorrow never Knows. George Harrison: Taxman - Love you Too - I Want to Tell You. Ringo Starr: Yellow Submarine
You forgot to list Paul McCartney on For No One
@@richardfehlmann4593 You are absolutely right friend. That is one of my favorite melodies of The Beatles. How could I forget it? Thanks for your correction.
@@antoniolehyt2833 You're welcome, it's also one of my all time favourites 👍
@@antoniolehyt2833 Great song. Absolutely heartbreaking
_Revolver_ was the first Beatles album I bought. It's great to see someone as musically perceptive as you discovering it.
Subscribed. Cheers from rainy Vienna, Scott
I have been a Beatles' fan my whole life. i am in my late 50's. I have seen McCartney live 5 times. For me ABBEY ROAD is their best album. Not a bad song on it and many great songs on it, including George Harrison's two best songs with the Beatles. And, of course, I love every Beatles' album. they are all great. The songs you liked the most on this album were mostly Paul McCartney songs. You seemed to not like the George Harrison songs.
I named my daughter Abbey Rhode just spelled Road different, shes 21 now and through the years the White album jas become my favorite but its so hard to choose
I don’t like reaction channels but your energy and vibe made me stay and I had some laughs along the way while trying to search for videos of the new 2022 remix of this album coming soon and I have to say I am subbing in hopes you will listen to the outtakes from this album!
The song 'I want to Tell You" has a theme of indecisiveness in both the lyrics and the arrangement. I think once you understand that you will like it better. In other words, all the weird notes and vocals were intentional to make its point.
As a boy I lived with the Beatles coming up, and discovering them while they were discovering themselves. We looked out for every new single and album, and be enthralled, like you are now. So great to see people on their discover journey.
You have to check out the singles which were companions to their albums. For Revolver the single was Paperback Writer and Rain.
Hey I'm wowed you get these aren't simple dittys! Keep exploring! Thank you. Subbed
Oh and yeah I think in those days it was always about the dancing!