First Reaction to The Beatles - Revolver (Full Album)
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
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In this video, I listen to The Beatles' classic 1966 album Revolver for the first time! Do I think it lives up to the other two albums I've heard from them? Or do I think it's overrated and falls short of them? Watch to the end to find out, and let me know what you think of the album down below in the comments!
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00:00 Disclaimer
00:29 Intro
01:48 Taxman
03:00 Eleanor Rigby
04:25 I'm Only Sleeping
05:43 Love You To
07:42 Here There and Everywhere
09:18 Yellow Submarine
12:06 She Said She Said
13:30 Good Day Sunshine
15:05 And Your Bird Can Sing
16:26 For No One
17:32 Doctor Robert
18:55 I Wanna Tell You
20:59 Gotta Get You Into My Life
22:48 Tomorrow Never Knows
25:21 Final Score + Outro
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I’m a 60 year old rocker who as a teen was into Black Sabbath Deep Purple Led Zeppelin Cream etc.
Back then I didn’t like the Beatles as they weren’t a rock band.
But in my late twenties there was an upsurge in interest in the Beatles and especially then Sergeant Pepper as it was twenty years old then and the title track says ‘it was twenty years ago today’.
After hearing the Sergeant Pepper album on radio one I bought it and began to appreciate the Fab Fours music and to learn how innovative they were.
If you watch a few videos about what the Beatles did first you will realise just how much they changed music.
They took rock and roll, country and western, Motown, jazz, swing and elements of classical music and used them all on one song or another to create songs people had never before heard or imagined.
Tomorrow never knows for instance sounds like it was made in the late eighties.
Paul and John and later George wrote songs of lyrical genius with tunes that even 50 years plus later are played by everyone from beginners to the biggest stars.
Yesterday is the most covered song of all time.
In April 64 the Beatles held all top 5 places on the US billboard singles charts.
Ask any top musician who were their influences and there is a good chance they will include the Beatles. Even guys like Ozzy and Lenny credit the Beatles as a big influence.
Paul and John are the most successful songwriters ever, George wrote while my guitar gently weeps an all time guitarist favourite, Ringo while not up there with John Bonham, Keith Moon etc is admired by his fellow drummers and is a great drummer when it comes to holding a steady beat for the rest to work from.
Post Beatles all four had successful careers and if John hadn’t been murdered in 1980 I don’t doubt he would have written many more hits and worked with other great artists.
I think as you get older you will appreciate the Beatles more and more, I know I have.
I imagine there are many people who favor the White Album BECAUSE of the diverse nature of the tracks.
Ringo didn't write Yellow Submarine.
Thanks. I was hoping someone would point that out.
The stereo mix everyone hates is the original one. This one is good. I can’t wait for Rubber Soul to get a remix.
i cant wait either, rubber soul is my personal favorite but the 2009 remaster is soooo bad omg
As the person who submitted this album to Brad Taste, this video is cathartic.
Awww damn, when did he react to it? It's a shame there's no recording of it anywhere.
is there a recording of it?
@@KikoDamaso-ly1tr no
coming home from the store , 11 th grade , revolver in the package... things are changing.
Tax Man and Drive My Car are 2 of my favorite Beatles songs. Revolver and Abby Road are my 2 favorite albums by them.
Oh man, wait till you have a bad break up and you return to For No One. Tears guaranteed.
The Beatles are an experience. They grow and grow and grow on you.
I am no fan boy, I'm a fan of music and after years of going through thousands of bands and genres House and reggae blues in the late 80s early 90s, onto dance and so on, I can honestly say that no one does it for me like the Beatles.
When you realise that most of their album tracks are as good or better than most artists singles released tracks
There songs don't sound similar and even on an album you get your monies worth with great songs one after another and this is before you get to
Past Masters Vol 1 and 2
I love the stereo mix, Paul said this is what it sounded like in the studio. It wasn’t mono in the studio!!!👌👍✌️😁
Check out Rubber Soul. A pretty solid folk rock album, if not as experimental as Revolver. More singer-songwriter-y.
You always have to see the music in the context of the time of its release. In this respect, the Beatles were unique.There were not many things that existed before the Beatles. To bring in elements from classical music from Bach or Beethoven or Handel etc. recordings to be played backwards, ambiguous texts, to use a wide variety of instruments, a wide variety of bars from 3/4 time or 7/4 time, etc. Even on the last album Abbey Road synthesizers were used.Completely normal for us today . ,at that time absolutely new in 1969 . There weren't many artists who used synthesizers. Electronically changing the sound of instruments or the vocals was all quite revolutionary.
Couldn't disagree with you more about 'For No-One.' One of the best tracks on an already great album.
I don't think I ever really appreciated it until I got my heart broken after a long and meaningful relationship... then it all made sense, and, oh how those words rip into you... echoing dolefully around your empty, hollowed out heart. I know of no other break-up song that does it better. Our reviewer here is young (as everyone keeps telling him) and still has a lot of living to do.
Also, to add to the second half of the album - ‘For No One’ culminates in the realisation his relationship is over, his friends direct him to ‘Doctor Robert’ who helps him get over the relationship by essentially drugging the patient into a euphoric high… the comedown to this track is ‘I Want To Tell You’ a song about all the regrets running through his mind and wishing he could go back and tell the girl what he felt, as he is unable to do so he again turns to drugs, Paul has often said ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ is a song about the bands discovery of weed, onto ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ where he sits there high, concluding life is not over just because he lost his girl.
I feel sometimes you have to experience things in your own life to fully grasp the Beatles music which comes with time, glad you enjoyed though. I’m sure you will revisit this when you feel you need it most.
At least that’s my interpretation😉
@@Hod101there is a great clip on UA-cam of John in the early 70s talking to a young American drifter who turns up at his home asking John about the Beatles songs and John trying to explain his process.
In the end John invites him in for a cup of tea and some food.
You didnt give it a 10 because you are too young.
Real
Nah, the overall “best” album changes every once and a while in the zeitgeist. It was Pepper for the longest time, Abbey Road before that, and it’s been this for a long time ever since Rolling Stone’s list. Rubber Soul will probably get the spot when the remix comes out.
just because he didn't like it he is too young?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 He liked the album he gave it a 9 also I said that as a joke that ryank(a mod of his chat) made about him being too young lol.
@@intbaggy perhaps you should use hieroglyphic's because you english is terrible if that is what you say you wrote as a joke, I couldn't see the humour.
I love Yellow Submarine! It's clever, brilliant, absolutely new stuff back in time and it makes me feel so good!! Good Sir and young Paul McCartney piece of art in music!! Ringo sang it because they were so close friends and so they decided that also Ringo had to sing a song per album! I love this friendship o'em!!
The reason most people wanted you to listen to the mono mix is because it was the version the Beatles themselves intended (at the time), and also because it has some effects that are not present on either stereo mix. The mono mix also has tons of compression that makes it sound heavier in a garagey sort of way, especially the cymbals. She Said She Said for example, the new mix is more "chill" in a way since the guitars are seperated and so much cleaner and the cymbals arent compressed, it removes the intensity. While it sounds better, it makes the song feels different. The effects on Tomorrow Never Knows are also quieter in the 2022 mix, which lots of people don't like, myself included (also the reversed guitar solo was double tracked in the mono mix).
However, I feel like all of Paul's songs are absolutely better in the 2022 mix. Paul didn't have any heavy songs on this album that relied in compression for their sound, they were just compressed to fit with everything else (i assume). Here, There and Everywhere for example, the drums and bass are incredibly quiet in mono, while the new mix brings them up a lot. For No One is a more layered song, but on the mono mix you can only hear 1 piano, vocals, bass, drums and french horn, while in 2022 you can also hear the acoustic guitar and maybe another piano (and the bass is turned down a bit). With George's songs and Yellow Submarine (actually written by John and Paul, just sung by Ringo either mix is good in my opinion.
TLDR: Mono is how the Beatles originally intended it and released it, and it has some effects that arent in the 2022 mix. Most of John's songs are heavier in the mono mix, while most of Paul's are muddier/overly compressed
Anyways great album, glad you liked it, glad you like Gizzard, if you ever react to Sgt. Pepper I _beg_ that you don't do the 2009 version, it doesn't include tons of effects that were in the mono version, and the 2017 mix brings most of them back.
I think there are parts of both I appreciate more over the other. It doesn’t have to be a contest!
@@samuel_3874 This is how I think of it! It all comes down to preference, it all depends on how you like each song.
For No One is my second favorite Beatle's song, out of their entire catalog. 'A Day in the Life' is my favorite. I guess we all have differing filters. And we all want everyone else to think the same way.
The Beatles stand above all even to this day. When they were coming out with albums in real time their contemporaries, the music that was out at the time, were so far behind them creatively that it's hard to imagine.
Ignore the mono supremacists. My introduction to Beatles albums was the 2014 mono box set on vinyl that I still have today. Mono mixes are fantastic on speakers, but muddy on headphones. Stereo mixes are mostly fantastic, Atmos is even better. And never listen to people that defend the original stereo mix lol. I love the grab bag chaotic sound of the White Album. I think people like myself who are fans of psychedelics tend to like it.
"(They ) aren't like super trippy and hypnotic and pushing the boundaries of music or anything."
Tomorrow Never Knows has entered the chat.
Also, the thing that make The Beatles so great is that almost all of their albums are phenomenal and they go so many different places. Not to mention things like John's vocals, Paul's perfect pop sensibility, George's eastern influence, and Ringo's drumming that perfectly fits every song.
I always thought that mono was no stereo, or separation, all the same on each channel. Like what you hear on AM stations. Vs. FM (stereo).
Someone else has probably mentioned this by now, but "Yellow Submarine" is a Lennon-McCartney song. It was not written by Ringo. I always thought that "Yellow Submarine" was mostly written by John Lennon, but in a recent book, Paul McCartney gives the impression that he played a large role in writing the song. It was definitely not written by Ringo.
Yeah, I didn't learn that until I watched a video right before I uploaded this one. I always though it was a Ringo song, and I was blown away when it wasn't
@@humanreviewsstuff haha, lennon-mccartney wrote one song for ringo in many albums, i heard that it was because ringo got much higher popularity at that time than what most people think of today, in my opinion most of them are of high quality, i like with a little help from my friends best, it's my top 10
Ringo didn't actually write Yellow Submarine - Paul wrote it for him, with help from John.
Listen to any other album that existed prior to Revolver and you'll really understand how experimental every single track was. Listening to it without the context and it's a great album. Listen to it with that context, and it's mind blowing and then you'll really understand why they have the reputation they do.
If you like this type of music (tomorrow never knows) Try magical mystery tour album.
Also there’s two albums of non album tracks - these are the A and B sides of singles. There’s a song called Rain you will like also hey Jude, don’t let me down.
yea, they had too many good tunes, most bands have trouble getting a single abum side. so for these sessions - 'Paperback Writer' (trad Beatles ) and ' Rain' which is special. where the 45 rpm
i heard that most albums released in England are 14 songs within 3 minutes at that time, it's like a standard, when beatles recorded their first album they had to cover several songs to make it to 14 songs, also all their stuff before sgt peppers are within 3 minutes, i don't know if it was because the music industry had developed or just because they had more money to do different things that they didn't need to think about the time limit after revolver album
in relation to the music mainstream at the time, the beatles are definitely the most experimental band
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The people wgho are warning you off the stereo mix are probably referring to the older mix with its awkward left-right hard panning. If you're listening to a 2022 mix this is the Giles Martin re-mix, using Peter Jacjkson's machine-assisted learning tech to de-mix the instruments and rebalance the stereo image. A great success on most tracks - with the exception of She Said She Said which loses impact.
Defiantly with the influence of Bob Dylan and the weed roll up they had in 1964 with him changed their idea of making music along with the psychedelic music that was pumping out from San Francisco was sprouting up new ideas all over the place not to mention Johns weird l - s d experience he had with actor Peter Fonda that led to She Said She Said being the song it is.. ... Another great album that came out in 1966 is The Mothers of Invention/ Freakout
Mono is great only with speakers not with headphones. This 2022 stereo mix was properly made for headphones
Judging these albums is so so difficult you are young but I lived through this era. The fact was that they were innovative true there were others but none more consistent. This album left me open mouthed as a spotty teenager. For its time it was groundbreaking.
Should come as no surprise. Music historians consistently put this album in the top 10 ever.
It’s ‘Love You To’ as in “I’d love you to” not “I love you too”
The period Rubber Soul/ Revolver/ Sgt Peppers were when they were at their creative peak, the later stuff is still great but they were starting to fall apart as a band
The White album was their most avant garde and creative.
RingO didn’t write YS.
Cannot believe that you were drummer who doesn’t rate RINGO!
If you put other famous drummers in to replace Ringo assuming some time travel alternate universe, you'll likely see the Beatles become less popular as the songs are destroyed by ego.
Almost all albums by other bands give you 10 and sometimes 12 tracks. The Beatles always give you more content. They didn't stretch songs out just to fill album space. Songs were shorter but also individual creative pieces.
like your videos man but you keep bringing this point of "everyone says they were so innovative" man just look at aoty or rym the top albums from 66, the velvet underground were doing this proto punk stuff put nobody else was close to this level of pushing music to it's maximum. they were the first ones who did it, that's why people say that
also, VU were not the most popular act in music history, they threw tomorrow never knows as the last track on the most anticipated album of the year, the whole world was listening to that kind of music because they did it
The 2022 mix is great, besides She Said She Said, which is good in Atmos but ass in stereo
Great, thoughtful dissection dude. Man I really hope you come around on For No One, lol. It's so good.
McCartney really got at the core of the sounds, melodies, and moods that remain at the heart of pop music to this day. It's the beginning of truly modern pop to me.
For No One is my second favorite Beatle's song, overall. It's right up there with the best of Bach and Mozart. I think it just takes a while for people to 'get' it.
If it was called “Lift Your Skinny Revolver Like Bullets to Heaven” you would have given it a 10
The White Album probably should of just been a single album instead of a double. They had so many bits of songs though when they came back from India they just decided to throw them all on.
At Ringo's influence was basically changing time signatures and using a lot of toms lyrically which is not happening in any songs in those days.
And the front three in the band saw that and he was just a better fit .As for rock drummers ,there was no rock drummers back, their were. session drummers and jazz drummers trying to make like rock drummers.
There were only the American rock drummers, who were not exactly genre-based drummers .
In summary, drummers are basically influenced by session session jazz, country or even pop, styled drummers.
So your ranking of a drummer that pretty much was the first proper rock and roll drummer from a band that was not a bunch of session players nope he was the first rock and roll drummer.
Bruh woke up and just chose to spit slop 🔥
@@intbaggyI'm a musician man, and I'm using voice to text for my own messages, when I come back I'm usually horrified at what it was that transpired from my voice to text.😂
@@dantofthegenxfamily9529 wait so are you serious with this comment or not? he showed your comment on stream an hour ago
The 7-year discography and the artistry to push past Beatlemania and lay down masterpiece after masterpiece in the studio---there lies explanation.
I gotta suggest ya some phil ochs songs theres one song called half a centruy high intresting title with an intresting production
You do know Lennon & McCartney wrote yellow submarine???
react to rubber soul next
DO XTC SKYLARKING!!!😊
"just simple" "so simple" "simple little experiments" "2 minute simple songs" - whilst I do know know what you're driving at, I'd also say that any real musicisn would give their right leg to be capable of even half so much simplicity.
"Tax Man" FYI 2 chords Typical Beatle writing, simple, great vocals.
Young people say catchy way too damn much.
Yellow Submarine was written for the movie of the same name.
I prefer the American release, left out Dr Robert and Bird can sing, a much more concise experience. Yes Sterio recording, listen with headphones. You have no idea how revolutionary this album was. Following the very strong Rubber Soul. Each song packed a punch. from the gritty laugh that opens Taxman. Yellow Sub was obviously a children's song. and it caught on like wildfire around the world I heard a French version. George studied under the Sitar Master, Ravi Shanker. and learned to play this complex instrument, a sound new to the Western world. I was 18 graduating High School when it came out. I had been following the group since Hard Days Night. keeping an eye on their progress, Songs like "Yesterday" land "You've got to hide your love away" were changing popular music. 66 was a good year for music,
Ringo did Not write rhe song. Your Analysis is very...young. Listen aother 50 years like I did 😂
“standard” Beatles 😀
Wouldn’t return to Eleanor rigby 😂
IS IT FOR REAL THAT THESE UA-camRS HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THE BEATLES? IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IT
Hahaha classifying songs because they end with fade out 😂😂😂 you don’t know nothing bro,, why do you rate them??? that’s stupid 🤷🏻♂️
the beatles were just a boy band who wrote a bunch of love songs, played their instruments had their image and music style changed to suit teenage girls for money.
At first, yes. Like the Monkees, at first they were just pop props. Then they advanced rapidly and wrote real music, actual classical rock.
who you dont know what you're talking about...you miss on almost every song
Ringo did *not* write Yellow Submarine.