FIRST TIME HEARING THE BEATLES - PENNY LANE REACTION
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This was written by Paul McCartney. He is also doing the lead vocal.
but John shares in tandem with Paul's lead in parts as well as great harmony
@@evanleehome2178 Paul was lead vocalist on this song. Jeez...
correct. and john shared some lead and harmonized. Jeez...@@Pokafalva
@@evanleehome2178 Sharing is NOT the same as taking the lead vocals. I played in bands for over 50 years. I know what I am talking about. Stop obfuscating, just for the sake of posting!!!
@@Pokafalva Sorry I hit a nerve, friend
Paul is the lead voice. John did Strawberry Fields. Supposedly, Penny Lane was Paul's response to Strawberry Fields.
Best double A side ever
I’ve heard it was the other way around.
@@jimtitanic nope
Paul is definitely the lead vocalist.
Yes you are correct 100%!
May be my favourite Beatles song, may be my favourite song....
Whether they are your personal favourite group or not, The Beatles must be regarded as the greatest band in history. There will never be a band that sells so many records, breaks so much new ground in sound and in using technology, and influences so many other bands of all kinds. They are completely without equal in every way.
In a very very short time. That’s the amazing thing to me
As some one said, they are underrated
They were great song writers and singers. John Paul and George could wrote great songs. Having 3 geniuses in the group is a great asset.
@@krithikavishwanathan2950ringo was a genius in his own way too just not as good of a songwriter
And all done with antique equipment at Abbey Road studios.
Penny Lane is a Paul song, so he's singing here. The Beatles are my favorite band by far, loved them since I was six. SO many great songs, I' reccomend "The Long and Winding Road"
I’d agree👍🏽
You have so much to look forward to! I would estimate you've heard maybe ten percent of the beatles music. So much to look forward too. You teally need to do "Oh Darlin". Paul is at his absolute best in that song.
This one was written primarily by Paul McCartney and he is the lead vocal. It is among their best.
The Beatles' library is deep. So much to discover. "Hard Day's Night" "Nowhere Man" "Act Naturally" "Back in the USSR" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"...so many
sometimes I have trouble distinguishing between John & Paul when they're singing in mid-range!
YES!
@@usmcrn4418 True 👍🏻
@Paul Cwalina. The Beatles Act Naturally is a cover of the Buck Owens song. Beatles version is infinitely better imo! 😁 They were an excellent cover band.
@@usmcrn4418 same here.
For over a decade I lived about 400 yards from Penny Lane. The barber's shop is still there. The bank building is still there - at the time of the song, it was a Martins Bank. The shelter in the middle of the roundabout was actually a bus terminus (you see the 46 bus with its destination as 'Penny Lane'). The fire station was about 800 yards away on Mather Avenue. Used to pass Penny Lane every day on my way to work, and on my way home. Happy days!
I watched the walk and the bus ride with Jules.
I'm 67 going on 68 and so I've heard this song for 50 years! Still raises the hair on my skin because of it's sheer magic. Nothing superfluous on this track.
67 here as well ... I can listen and do very often to the Beatles from thier 1st LP to last LP all day long ... never get tired of the FAB 4
"Paperback Writer", "Saw her standing there," and "I feel fine" are some upbeat tracks from them that I think you'd really enjoy. 😃
And Lady Madonna!
'I feel fine' is my favorite of those choices, but the video of 'Paperback Writer' is fun to watch with poor Paul sporting a chipped tooth from a motorbike mishap while John and George are looking very cool indeed! Meanwhile...poor Ringo has no drums, so he sits on the ground and such. Don't know why that video cracks me up so much!!
@@patdonnelly9392⚘ yes to all 3 comments ❣
YES!
Yes!!!😊❤
Paul McCartney is the lead singer of Penny Lane.
I'm afraid it's John who takes the lead on this one.
Take it from me , It’s Paul singing lead.
@@walrus1300 I had always thought it was John. Perhaps it is because John's vocals appear to be stronger (to my ear at least).
I bow to your conviction on this one and I do know it was written by Paul; so an apology is in order.
Take care.
@@Remnants100 penny lane was a double A side to strawberry fields forever, John on one side Paul on the other.
And composer...
My son lived on Penny Lane when he was a student in Liverpool, it is a real place with real, people. Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool. "Selling Poppies from a Tray" - we use the poppy to commemorate the dead from World Wars on remembrance Sunday on the 11th November, and we have fabric copies to remember. This is just one of the references to British traditions in this song, it has a greater depth than you would imagine.
It's Paul singing lead. Beautiful memories of the England of my childhood. I cry as soon as the first notes sound. Ethereal.
This is Paul McCartney singing lead with occasional backing from John. You should check out Got to Get You into My Life! But hey, the Beatles is a no-fail situation, all their songs are great and there's enough in the catalog to last you a lifetime!
Every song sounds different! I play a daily game called Beadle, it's an app. THey play 1 second of a Beatles song. For four months running, I have never guessed wrong.
@@loosilu nice! I should be very good at that. The Beatles were the soundtrack of my childhood. I listened to them constantly to the point where I just wore out the grooves on those albums!
Agree. Got to Get You is one of my faves (amongst many many others)
@@magneto7930 Try it!!! I DO sometimes have to skip a guess to make it two seconds or whatever, but I have not so far guessed the wrong song, knock on wood
@@jgsheehan8810 I'll never pick a favorite Beatles song, that's impossible as it would change daily and there are too many good ones. My life was totally immersed in their music ever since I learned how to walk and talk. Every song is something special for different reasons. I thought they'd probably like Got to Get You into My Life because it has some great brass.
Yes! Penny Lane is a road from Paul’s childhood neighborhood! (Btw this is Paul singing lead)
Penny lane is a street and a district. John claimed he was the only Beatle that lived in it. Paul did spend time there how else would he know about all the places in the song. I saw a video of the bus tour visiting all the places in the song, how crazy is that.
The Beatles are so engrained into my DNA that I have no idea what it would be like to listen to any of their songs for the first time again. It must be amazing!
We did get to hear "now and then" kind of new
One of McCartney's most sophisticated and musically complex songs. It is constantly changing keys and modes, but it is so seamless that you never notice. It's about the area where Mccartney grew up in Liverpool..........and that horn is a piccolo trumpet (it plays an octave above a standard trumpet).
Paul is lead vocal in Penny Lane
Jay gets one thing wrong musically almost very video. At least he's consistent 😂
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool, England, the town where the Beatles got their start. All of the different references they make in this song about people and places were actual people and places they would see all the time around Penny Lane while living in Liverpool. Strawberry Fields was a real children's home in Liverpool. I was so fortunate back in the early 90s to have gone on a Beatles Tour on a red double decker bus in Liverpool. I'll never forget it.❤❤❤❤
It's the bus stop where John and Paul often met up. They lived only one mile apart. Can you even imagine?
They have added so much pleasure and depth to my life, thanks lads!! I love always knowing who's singing lead on which songs.
Just cannot separate them from my coming up and living my life for the past 68 years.
I heard it was a street in the neighborhood where he would catch the bus.
It's nice that you're recognizing the talent of the earlier Beatles..... with that in mind you could explore the earlier works of the Bee Gees. Some of their best songs were pre falsetto. Songs like Massachusetts.....I Started a Joke.....Lonely Days,...... and a hundred more.
Town where they were born, you mean.
I never understood why the horn riff that ended the song was removed. I had the old 45 with the riff on it and got used to it, and now have to go look up the 45 online to hear it. Anyway, great song and great post. Fun to watch someone hearing some of the best pop songs ever written for the first time. I am envious. I am listening, still, to many Beatle songs for, maybe, the hundredth time? They don't get old.
The Beatles are the only band that make me feel nostalgic for an era that happened even before I was born!
I was there and I still love them. A different time.
it was a glorious time to be alive. i was in grade 8 when they hit north america....the world went from black and white to technicolour....
This was Paul's response to Strawberry Fields. Both songs told a a story of childhood, Strawberry Fields was Lennon's, Penny Lane was McCartney's.
Ringo had Yellow Submarine. He's seen some shit growing up.
What he said! 👆
And they were released together as a single! Both were candidates for the Sgt Pepper album.
That's Paul singing lead
@@focalized John and Paul wrote that for him.
Ringo's drumming was unique in the music world. He was a master of making those skins perfectly accompany the music, without showing off. He is the glue that keeps these songs together. And this is Paul, not John. And one more thing, that is the name I gave my dog! She's a sweetie!
He's a left handed drummer playing right handed drums, which means he couldn't do rolls. It also means he has a built in swing. Also, he is a human metronome. PERFECT time.
Paul’s bass line is excellent as well.
@@charlesshultz1876 -Paul gets plenty of attention. We want to now give Love to a well deserved RINGO.
@@loosilu people also forget that McCartney is a left handed drummer.
I was just about to comment on how good the drums are in this one!
She's Leaving Home and Here, There, and Everywhere
which Art Garfunkel said was the most beautiful song of all time. I must agree with Me. Garfunkel. 👍🙃
She’s leaving Home….stunning…..
“Something” is a gorgeous song. One of George Harrison’s best compositions.
The live performance at the Concert For George with Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney is incredible.
Beyond gorgeous.
Well said Kent. I saw Sinatra sing it on the tele like 40 years ago and in his intro he said that it was arguably the greatest love song ever written.
Paul wrote this
@@MaryJoMuserOneLove At least he wrote the ingenious, perfectly-fitting bassline which is better than the song/melodie itself. So he may also have written the melody
This is Paul on lead vocals. In 1966 John and Paul decided to each write a song about a part of Liverpool that meant something to them. Paul wrote Penny Lane and John wrote Strawberry Fields. The Beatles made it normal to use classical horns and strings in pop songs. It became the "British" sound. Ringo is an underrated drummer. His instinct to play exactly what is needed for each song make him one of the best. So versatile.
Popular music always had horns and strings, and nothing exclusively "British" about it.
@@jnagarya519 I didn't say they were the first to ever do it. I said they made it normal. Which popular bands with young, hip musicians in their 20s were playing pop music with strings and horns before 1965? Maybe the Beach Boys?
@@ericwilliams1031 Most recordings were made by young individuals or groups who had no control over the recordings.
Those making the recordings were mostly their parents' age, so steeped in music of their generation. Listen to music from the 1930s and 40s and you'll hear strings and brass. I recommend "The Andrews Sisters," who also did kick-ass "jump jazz" backed by big bands that were akin to orchestras.
It was and always has been fairly standard, which is why "The Beatles" and George Martin were amenable to it.
Next you'll be asserting that "The Beatles" were so advanced that they invented the instruments.
@@ericwilliams1031 yeah, was just about to say that The Beach Boys used horns since even their earlier albums
lol, they never performed this. Martin brought in ELEVEN musicians to play this..lol lazy beatles were just a George martin experiment at this point. lolol
"In his pocket is a portrait of the queen."
I don't know why this is one of the first things to come to my head when I heard about her majesty’s passing, to think she live the rise and fall of The Beatles.
Paul wrote a beautiful tweet when she died with photos of Paul and the Queen through the decades.
I have a twenty dollar Canadian bill in my wallet. It has a portrait of the Queen, as does all of my Canadian coinage. Paul could have been referring to money.
I just started crying..it hit hard
The Queen is mentioned so many times in their songs! Polythene Pam and Her Majesty come immediately to mind. Paul is a monarchist and it shows.
@@nancyscogin7549 He also wrote memories of the times he'd met her - nine times in all!
All their songs are about the people and the places they know in Liverpool. The best writers ever. ☺️
Love this group, too many good songs to choose one.
Hard to name a favorite Beatles song but 'Dear Prudence' just jumped into my head right now.
You don't need a favorite Beatles song, it's too hard. You DO need a favorite Beatle and favorite Beatles album. Me: Paul and Sgt Pepper.
A perfect 3 minute song...
Dear Prudence edges out Eleanor Rigby
@@szb2 No, Zaye! Why would you compare those two songs?! How about Dear Prudence and Julia, both by Lennon and both on the White Album…. I think Dear Prudence is maybe better as a ‘song’ but Julia is absolutely amazing. Lennon really just pouring himself out of that song
‘Half of what I say is meaning less/meaningless’ easily one of the best opening lines in history.
Can’t go wrong with the Beatles!!! “Long and winding Road” is my favorite!!!🤘🔥
Yes!!!!! My Personal Favorite Of All Their Greatest Smash Hits!!
Yes ,"Long and Winding Road" ,is one of their best!
The Beatles are masters of the musical universe !
The principal voice is Paul. He's the author of the music.
That's Paul. He has the sweet choirboy voice (that can also turn rough & bluesy). John has the slightly nasal, edgy voice (that's also great & so distinctive).
And this song is very much Paul's writing style while "Strawberry Fields" is very much John's style during this same point in their lives.
This song is SO very English, appropriate for what's happening now although I think you inadvertently chose it now being as you didn't mention the British history happening right in front of us. Good timing even if accidental.
💙☮💙
During 1967, John was basically living at Paul's house in London. They loved each other's songs and loved each other's voices. John's vocals were ALWAYS edgy and ironic, unforgettable, gorgeous. Paul's vocals were incredibly versatile. He can sing ANY STYLE AT ALL. But John's favorite was when Paul was singing songs like Long Tall Sally, just letting go and screaming. And after all of that , the BEST was when they were singing harmony together, it was heavenly. Those two humans were born to create music together.
@@loosilu I think I've enjoyed this more than any comment I've read on youtube for a while.
Good description of their voices. After years of listening to them, I'm finally discovering how fun and quirky some of Paul's backing vocals are.. One of my favorite beautiful harmony songs of theirs is "If I Fell".
@@kimberly3131 One of my favorite Beatles songs! Apparently the publishing company phoned Paul to ask which vocal was the lead and which was the harmony. He said they're both lead, and that's how it was published.
Hi - Definitely one of my very favorites. As the years have passed, I've realized that it's become difficult to pick one favorite. When I was younger I had different favorites at different stages in my own life. Now I realize that this is part of The Beatles magic and their appeal to so many ages. It would be impossible for me, to pick just one favorite now.
Such a good point about Ringo’s drumming! Very “minimalist” but totally essential. He’s never showy, his drumming is all in service to the whole song. Similar to the late great Charlie Watts the Stones’ drummer.
Ringo's drumming has long been overlooked, except by other musicians. VERY respected.
The way he plays the chorus with that bounce and snappy snare makes it so catchy. Great song.
Definitely
Agree 100% , he never over embellished. Played what the song needed , no more , no less.
The man is a Clock.
This is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Paul's voice, the harmonies, the bass line, the lyrics, the arrangement, EVERYTHING is perfect. Ringo kills on this tune. The key change at the end gets me every time.
lol, they never performed this. Martin brought in ELEVEN musicians to play this..lol lazy beatles were just a George martin experiment at this point. lolol
Yup, it's Paul - not John - who sings lead here.
@@TANTRUMGASM Incorrect. This arrangement was very much driven by the song's main author, singer, pianist and bassist, McCartney, who spent a lot of studio time overdubbing multiple keyboards to get the right sound, chose the piccolo trumpet, and dictated the parts to George Martin, who remarked, "I could have written some notes, but they wouldn't have been such good notes."
Yes, the key change. Paul going up a key instead of down is a strok of musical genius. As is the use of the best trumpeteer in the London Symphony Orchestra!
@TANTRUMGASM I see you like hating stuff
The businesses they talk about are mostly still there on Penny Lane in Liverpool. I come from Liverpool. They were describing the real character of an ordinary working class street in Liverpool or probably any Main Street in England. The film is Penny Lane in Liverpool. Grew up with this song. Love it. Thank you for sharing. You’re both incredible. Sam
You can never go wrong with The Beatles! Never!
"In his pocket is a portrait of the Queen." Hard to believe she was the queen when this song was written so many years ago. RIP Queen Elizabeth.
She was Queen 14 years before this song was written.
Why is it hard to believe? She was Queen for seventy years.
Nice observation !
The "portrait of the Queen" Paul is referring to is Elizabeth's picture on the British pound.
She became queen circa 1954. I've known that for most of my life, and I hit 75 on the 10th.
The Bach Trumpet solo here was used after McCartney attended a local concert and heard it for the first time and asked George Martin if they could use it here. This is what makes this band stand out is they were ALWAYS pushing themselves to be different and never afraid to try new things. It's why they were the face and sound of the 60's counterculture..
He said he had heard it on TV the night before and asked George Martin what it was.
Just one of the reasons, they had something right from the start, even their look and personalities contributed. They were awsome on so many levels. But pushing the envelope was certainly what took them to a different level from all others I agree.
Paul and John can sound so much alike that they used to switch the lead vocal in the middle of a line of the song. That is no joke. Also Penny Lane written by Paul and Strawberry Fields Forever written by John we're done as a challenge to each other to write something about their hometown. They were also two "A sides" of the same single 45 RPM record. I still have it. Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool and Strawberry Fields was the name of an orphanage in Liverpool. That is a French horn and they recorded to alternate endings. The other one is on the Beatles anthology.
Time to give George some love with “Something” written and sung by George. Sinatra thought it was the best Beatle song.
If name dropping is proof of a singer/songwriter's worth, then I'll drop a few:
Bob Dylan - "I am in awe of McCartney. He is the only one I am in awe of."
Andrew Loyd Weber : Andrew Lloyd Webber was called a musical genius. He gave us twenty musicals including Phantom of the Opera, Evita and Cats. He said, "Oh I'm not a musical genius." The interviewer asked him "Who would you say IS a musical genius, alive now? Baron Lloyd-Webber answered "Maybe Paul McCartney. Some of his melodies are SUBLIME."
Art Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sounds of Silence, etc.) - He said that Here, There and Everywhere was the most beautiful love song ever written.
George's Something is a wonderful song because it is a Harrisong, not because Sinatra approved of it.
@@braemtes23 No one here's requiring Sinatra's approval, but his compliment was very much appreciated by the band.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Sinatra said it was the best song written by Lennon & McCartney. Probably the best compliment George could receive.
Yes. You will thank us later! Listen to SOMETHING!
@@jp3813 Of course the band appreciated the compliment. Who wouldn't? What becomes a bit tiresome is that every single person on youtube who brings up Something (and there are many) also brings up that Sinatra quote. It is tiresome. George's Something is great and doesn't need that incessant reminder of Sinatra. No-one does the same for John and Paul's music because they don't feel the need. Their music stands on its own. I think George's does as well.
The Beatles have such a deep catalog. Its literally the growth of a band and Lennon/McCartney are one of the best writing duos EVER!
And they lived only one mile apart in Liverpool.
The very best songwriting duo.
I'm glad you pick up on Ringo's drumming - he is so under-rated, mainly because he is not flash and trying to upstage anyone, but always supporting the band.
The Beatles like a music room with many beautiful windows to look out of. And what a view.
Primarily composed by Paul who does the lead vocal too
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Let It Be"!!! Love singing along to Penny Lane, such a happy song!
Yes,do Let It Be
A great watch is James Corden going with Paul McCartney back to his old hometown.
@@j.h.3777 That brought Tears .....
@@j.h.3777 It's AMAZING, they go to Penny Lane and they go into the actual barber shop.
I want to hold your hand was about their first big hit in the USA but the first song I heard by them was Please Please Me in Nov. of '63.
The never to be forgotten brilliant George Martin a fantastic musical arranger, often regarded as the 5th Beatle.
I love, love , love that you young grown ups are falling in love with this special band❤❤
A really great and popular Beatles song is " In My Life". A far out and psychedelic song which is one of their trippy-est songs and one of my favorites is "Tomorrow Never Knows"
In my life, I loved you more 🥰 beautiful song.
Tomorrow Never Knows needs to be done as part of Revolver, which might be the most influential album of all time.
@@MaryDavidson911 As a 68 year old Englishman,that song gets more and more relevant with each passing year...
@@jp3813 No doubt that comes into it but "Penny Lane" is really a trip down "Memory Lane" as they recall their childhood there, in Liverpool.
@@Isleofskye Sorry, I thought you were referring to "Tomorrow Never Knows".
The one thing I say repeatedly now being a Beatle fan since I was 9 (1979), "My favorite Beatle song is the one I just listened to. " No matter which one that was, it always changes, and goes back.
Penny Lane was a Bus stop half way between John and Paul's house closer to downtown. John used that stop more than the other 3. Strawberry Fields was like a community park, or garden where John used to jump the fence and hide a way from his aunt Mimi when he was 10-14. He would go there and draw, and write poems.
Hey! I said that Too .... Great Minds!
Hi! I am 72, and I grew up listening to The Beatles. They have many wonderfull songs. But there are a few you shoud react to: "Tomorrow Never Knows", "All You Need is Love", and specially "A Day in the Life". This last one is perhaps THE best collaboration between John and Paul.
Thanks for your excellent reactions.
Best wishes from Chile.
Slow down. Things we said today, ask me why. There's a place I could go on forever.
another one of my favorite beatles songs!!
If you want a really fun Beatles song to sing to check out Eight Days A Week...great, great harmonies in that one
Actually, Paul was the lead vocal on this one. The horn solo you liked was a piccolo trumpet which is an octave higher than a standard trumpet. The solo was arranged By George Martin and performed by David Mason. From the mustaches, you can tell that this was from the time around th Sgt Pepper Album.
Paul hummed or sang what he wanted for the trumpet and Martin wrote it out. They convinced the man to go even higher and he gave it a shot.
Collaboration and cooperation are the two main tools for perfection.
the best band of all time. no question
"And I love her", "Michelle", "If I fell" some of the BEST love songs EVER written. Also "Girl","In my life" " Things we said today", "Do you want to know a secret", In my life", etc I could go on 🤣🤣 I'm 62, and they are an incredible band.
Hope you get to play my favorites 😎😎
Paul is actually singing lead in this one, love it!
OH DARLING,,,,,,,,BEST SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved the BEATLES SINCE I was 12yrs old, the first to hear of them, had a pen pal from England and she told and sent me a pix of the BEATLES they were called the Mop tops,cause of there hair, now 72 yrs old and proud to say all.my kids know every word of every song from the BEATLES, every album is different, it's like your on a journey with them, I dont refer to them as rock and roll, they are and always be a class of there own. They are beyond that, truly one of a kind, angel hugs💜💜💜 thank you guys for playing my BEATLES
This song is written and sung by Paul McCartney, although it was signed as Lennon & McCartney and refers to a street in Liverpool of which he speaks with nostalgia. It is one of his best songs, only released as a single as the B-side and the A-side, Strawberry Fields Forever (1967). It was later released on the album, Magical Mistery Tour. Saludos
double A side! They had a few of those.
Jay, that's Paul singing- he wrote it. It was the flip side of Strawberry Fields Forever. Both sides were #1 on the charts.
Actually, Penny Lane was a number 1 hit song, Strawberry Fields forever was not.
List of number 1 hit songs on the American billboard charts in descending order of how many weeks the songs were #1:
Hey Jude
Come Together
I Want to Hold Your Hand
She Loves You
Let it Be
Love Me Do
Help!
A Hard Day's Night
We Can Work it Out
Get Back
All You Need is Love
Yesterday
Ticket to Ride
Hello Goodbye
I Feel Fine
The Long And Winding Road
PENNY LANE
Can't Buy Me Love
Paperback Writer
Eight Days a Week
@@braemtes23 a lot of nice songs on that list, but I feel like they have tons of other song that are even better.
It was a double A-side release.
@@braemtes23 might of been number 1 elsewhere if not the states then
@@Tom_McMurtry Yes.
Happy music. Perfect diction and always crisp instruments with perfect timing. That's the Beatles, and it was true of John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band.
My wife and i are so lucky, we were born and bread in Liverpool. The Beatles were the same and our lives are intertwined with so much of what they wrote and where they played. We've been on the forty six, we've paid our rent at a town hall where the Beatles playe etc... etc... etc... you are playing our lifes soundtrack when you review them. If ever you are in Liverpool there is a spare bedroom for you to stay. We are as friendly as the "You'll never walk alone " video you played by Gerry Marsden. it is a special place. Thanks
My favorite Beatles track is actually a medley: Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End. It was the final track on their final album Abbey Road and featured among others things a three way guitar solo between John Paul & George as well as a first ever drum solo by Ringo! It was the perfect farewell for the greatest band in history...
"🎵And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make🎵"
You are right for 100 % 😁 Golden slumbers/Carry that weight/the End is the best music medley ever, written and performed by the genius Paul McCartney.
It's my favorite too
I like the fact that the lyrics to Golden Slumbers were written by a bloke in the 1600s. Apparently Paul discovered them when his sister (I think?) was playing them to their original tune.
You would love the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors tribute for Paul McCartney. Steven Tyler did that medley and it was phenomenal. It's here on UA-cam. If you haven't seen it, give it a watch. The entire tribute was fantastic from start to finish.
Guys just do The Long One, from You Never Give Me Your Money all the way through to The End!
Paul is the lead singer on this single. One of the greatest double sided singles ever with strawberry fields forever!
In 1967 I remember walking on a street with a friend in Canada, & this was playing on a radio we were carrying on a beautiful summer day. Will never forget that memory! - Thnx for playing & commenting on folks
John and Paul's voices are nothing short of incredible when together.
Great reaction 😊
Wife here..This was My Mom's FAVORITE Beetle's song...She sang them all..., But.., this one is special...The Harmonies are Genuis for Sure!!!💙
Yes, this was a “Paul” song, and the trumpet was a piccolo trumpet. Amber, you talked about following the Beatles back in the day, and that’s exactly how it was! Every new release was an event to be celebrated with friends. We could hardly wait to see what new sounds and lyrics they would be introducing next! We were lucky when Penny Lane came out, because it was a double-sided hit with Strawberry Fields (a “John” song), so we heard them both a lot on the radio.
I recall when it was announced that a new Beatles song would be included on American Bandstand and it was Penny Lane and it was this video (the first music video?)! From the announcement to the video playing may have been a week -- Dick Clark may have teased with the announcement, it was also announced at the beginning of the show. It was amazing then! It's still amazing!
Just an fyi - Penny Lane was actually a Paul/John collaboration. John wrote the third verse to Penny Lane. The part about the fire station. Its the only part not based on reality. There was no fire station on Penny Lane. Paul talks about it in the book "Many Years from Now". Once you understand what its actually about, its classic John playing with words. Its John criticizing people who idolized the royal family. He's talking about men so enamored with the queen they probably masturbated to a picture of her they had in their wallet.
@@walterkirk9210 First music videos were by Jiles Richardson, the Big Bopper, in the late 50s. He came up with the idea of promoting his songs by filming him performing them, then showing them at drive-in movies. He did three before he died in the plane crash with Buddy Holly.
Yes
Isn't there some french horn also? I think that's two different wind instruments....
Paul and John had distinct voices but they were also able to blend with each other impeccably - Paul is singing lead on this one however - they were also terrific at doubling themselves to create an organic "fatter" vocal sound.
Now that you are officially Beatles fans, you must watch James Cordon’s Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney. They belt out these songs and tell you so much about what was happening back in the day. I am loving your channel.
Their voices just melt together in a distinctive partnership -- A very strange suggestion for a Beatle tune is Rocky Racoon -- Its as close to country western as they ever did I think and its fun and catchy with a fun but dark little story -- another odd ball one is Maxwells Silver Hammer -- Cant help but give you a couple that are overlooked but deserve to be heard
While I like “Rocky” and “Maxwell” , they seem to be more like novelty songs. “What Goes On” , “Act Naturally” and maybe “Matchbox” sound more c & w. Coincidentally, all sung by Ringo.
@@martinmosteller5813 Lol thats just it -- They have such a huge body of songs Its hard to pick - I even forgot about the ones you listed and had to listen again -- I also should have included on my list of odd songs I love -- When Im 64 -- one of Pauls old Granny Songs -- and one of my favorites
Don't forget the country flair on Act Naturally, which was later covered by Buck Owens!
@@johnandrews3151 John: it’s a Buck Owens song!
@@martinmosteller5813 yeah ringo was a cnw fan.
With the Queen passing, I'm reminded of the time when the Beatles played for the royals their last song John asked the audience to help out, and said, " those of you in the cheap seats can clap, and the rest of you can rattle your jewelry." Penny Lane takes us back to the swinging 60's yeah baby! 🇬🇧💂💂♀️💂♂️💂♂️
What a great song. Just got back from Liverpool and went on a Beatles' footprints tour. We went to all the places .mentioned in the song...Barber shop, the firehouse location, the bank, the shelter in the roundabout, took my picture by all these places and by the Penny Lane Street sign. All these place . very cool
I was 16 when the single "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry fields forever" was released and even big Beatles fans like myself were delighted and amazed at what The Beatles were doing and next came the "Sgt Pepper's" album in which their producer (George Martin) said he made a huge mistake in not putting "Penny Lane" and "strawberry fields" on that album!! I am so thrilled at how much you love The Beatles!!
Penny Lane is sung by Paul McCartney and was a double A side single with Strawberry Fields Forever. Neither of them were on any Beatles album except for Greatest Hits collections later on.
Nay twas on Magical Mystery Tour ! 🤡
Strawberry Fields isn’t on Magical Mystery Tour?
@@johnbyrnes7912 Depends where you lived. In England, Magical Mystery Tour was an EP, but in the US, EPs were not sold that much, so it was a LP with it filled out with singles that hadn't been on albums, like Penny Lane.
Both songs are on Magical Mystery Tour
@@BoomerMcBoom It is on the US LP, but not the British EP. The Beatles themselves did not like how Magical Mystery Tour was packaged in the US, that it should have been an EP and not had those added songs on the second side of the LP.
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I named my little dog Penny Lane! The Beatles were it starting at 5 years old on Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights, my mom would tell me if they would be on! Then came the eventual begging to stay up and watch! Yes I'm older than dirt!
Penny Lane is in Liverpool where the Beatles hang out as teenagers and started playing together. Both John and Paul were asked to make a song from their childhood and John made "Strawberry Fields Forever" which became the B-side of the single record and Paul made "Penny Lane" for the A-side
"A little bit darker" - yup, this is the genius of Penny Lane, it starts off with a lovely bright major key theme and, then halfway through the verse it switches to minor. For me this encompasses what nostalgia feels like - you can have positive happy memories but they're always tinged with sadness, like "those days have gone forever"
Rob & Amber, you all have some great fans. Of all the channels I follow I think your fans are the most insightful and respectful! Thanks for setting the atmosphere for attracting such great people. Your reactions are wonderful!!
Try across the universe! Mind-blowing! Possibly my favourite Beatles song!
A song that is beautiful. Alot of memories to this tune. Hell getting old, I grew up with the Beatles.
I was blessed to go to England this year. We took a bus tour around Liverpool and visited many places pertinent to the Beatles home town. This song is definitely a reminiscence of their youth. We visited many places in the song, as well as the homes they grew up in, the pub they got their start in, and Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields. I loved it.
From a British person , thank you glad you loved our culture.
We went to Liverpool in 2008. The barbershop was still on the corner, as is the roundabout. We also toured London, Bath, and Windsor Castle. A great vacation 😊
That is such a cool tour. I did it too 20 years ago and loved it! Our bus got mooned by little schoolboys on Penny Lane! haha!
Thanks for the kind remarks. I hope you got to go to The Beatles Story experience. It is a kind of walkthrough exhibition through their history with memorabilia all around - including the photo set for the cover of Sgt Pepper! Original guitars and clothes etc. It goes right to their break-up, then you go into a room and each of the four corners face away from each other and cover each solo career. In the centre is a black cube covered in comments they made about loving and working with each other. It seems a beautiful way to end an exhibition… then you go through a doorway into a small room with a white grand piano sits alone
, with the words of “Imagine” projected onto the white wall behind.
I’m not crying! YOU’RE crying!
Best song they ever wrote, IMO: Across the Universe. Best of the rest - In My Life, Blackbird, Something, Here Comes the Sun, The Long and Winding Road, Hey Jude, Let it Be. Paul tells a story of a dream he had in the 60s. His Mum (who had died when he was very young) appeared to him and said "It's going to be OK. Just let it be".
I love ❣️ watching your discovery of this most iconic band of all time.
I grew up with them as the soundtrack, so their voices are distinct to my ear.
This is Paul McCartney through and through.
The Beatles is one of those bands that have a full and complete discography. If you separate the songs that you like from the ones you could do without, you wind up having the very vast majority of everything they did. There's just something about their sound from era to era, their simplicity versus complexity from song to song, and the composition.
Beatles music always makes me smile. "Something" is in my opinion one of their greatest songs and written by George Harrison. Consider reacting to it. George Martin, their producer considered this one of their best songs as well.
Frank Sinatra said "Something" is the most beautiful Love Song he ever heard!
The music in Tomorrow never knows from Revolver is a total trip!!! Great drumming. Yer Blues is a hard rocking blues song from the White Album.
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool, The town all four of them grew up in. It is a song of cherished memories. 10 years ago I visited Liverpool and took a Beatles tour in which the tour guide showed me all the sites of Penny Lane vividly described in the song. The barbershop, the shelter in the middle of the roundabout, everything. It was a wonderful experience.
*"A Day In The Life"* is always rated highest among Beatles fans.
"Twist and Shout", "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", good choices for EARLY songs, when I was preschool age.
The girls would love "Yellow Submarine" from a bit later.
Lady Madonna! Up tempo, amazing powerful piano, horns, really cool instrumentals and vocals and a great lyric. And different again! PLEASE! 🙂
Penny lane is another 1 of their songs about things they saw growing up in Liverpool it's an actual place And you can go to all the places they sing about in this song
" That horn" Amber was noticing is a French horn. And just as John sang lead on Strawberry Fields, Paul is singing lead on Penny Lane. Once more, BRILLIANT! 😊 👍
It's a Piccolo Trumpet.
Outstanding! The Beatles were simply in a class of their own. I'm just gonna throw out another suggestion..."Nowhere Man". This was right at the time when their music was becoming more complex and more difficult to perform live.
One of my favorites as well - highlights their wonderful vocals / harmonies and John's introspective writing
To state the ludicrously obvious, there are just so so many amazing songs to choose from in picking favourites
Nowhere Man was written by John Lennon and was actually about himself, i saw in an interview with him.
lol, they never performed this. Martin brought in ELEVEN musicians to play this..lol lazy beatles were just a George martin experiment at this point. lolol
@@TANTRUMGASM yeah, because if the band or producers bring in guest musicians for a particular track that somehow doesnt make it a genuine record lol
You can’t talk about Beatles recordings without discussing George Martin, who produced their albums. He had a classical background, I believe, which he used to season their recordings. By the way, the high pitched trumpet is actually a piccolo trumpet.
The also had top sound engineers like Geoff Emerick who is a legend and you can hear how great the sound is on the Beatles recordings which i think is a bit overlooked.
@@Stefan- Emerick is a GENIUS sound engineer, his book is amazing. RIP Geoff
I believe the player was one of the few in the world who could hit that final high note
@@loosilu Yes, genuis indeed !.
@@stevemd6488 Yes that's correct! Paul wanted him to hit that note and he said, technically the instrument can't do that. and Paul was like, come on, you CAN. and he did.
Paul heard the piccolo trumpet on a trumpet concerto by J S Bach. He loved it and told George Martin he wanted one for this song. He sang the trumpet part to George who transcribed it for the trumpet player. This was a double A side with John’s Strawberry Fields. Demonstrates how wonderfully they complemented each other.
I luv this reaction. The guy sees John Lennon dominating the video and starts fanboying over John's great (non existent) lead vocal on Penny Lane. It's just filling up reaction time with a lot of hot air and posturing.