I will never understand this album's relative lack of popularity. To me, the Beatles' early days were when they were still performing together as a group, and no matter how much they grew and progressed as songwriters and recording artists, those early days was when they were on FIRE! Simply by playing live together, they created the kind of magic that just isn't possible when you record each instrument separately over many months. Is With the Beatles their best album? No, clearly not. That honour goes to Abbey Road. But it's perhaps the one album I return to the most, and it also includes what is perhaps my favourite Beatles song of them all, "It Won't Be Long". In this day and age, people seem to be obsessed with being offended by a song like "Little Child" and the fact that there are so many covers on the album. But "Little Child" wasn't offensive at the time it was written. Nor should it be today. And the covers, well, they're for the most part equal to, if not greater than the original versions, so I don't have a problem with them. Overall, this is a great album from a time when the Beatles were still excited about what they were doing and where they were going. And you can hear it!
I think songs like Little Child, I saw her standing there and Run for your life get a bad rep partially because they apparently refer to teenage girls. I think the "little girl/child" appelative is akin to the appelative "baby" when referring to lovers, which was also popularised by rock n roll. I saw her standing there is more explicit with regard to age indeed and Run for your life can be interpreted to be kinda sexist if you think about it, and especially knowing John's sometimes abusive relationship with women. I do think the lyrics are not to be taken ad literam, and aside from being put in the historical context, they're also purposefuly exaggerated. Anyway, I have to admit that at this moment, although I do love some songs on it, although I have 0 problems with covers from this and other early albums (in fact 3-4 of my top 20-30 songs of theirs might be covers), and although I do get how major and iconic this album was, it's probably my 2nd least prefered album, in terms of number of songs on it that I really love. I so love half of them, but on most other albums it's usually more than 7 I would add to any compilation. Except for this one and Yellow Submarine. When it comes to recording and playing together yes, this and the first 4-6 albums were the pinnacle of enjoyment for them, and in the 1st 3-4 of them the joy of playing their own originals and all those covers they loved, exudes from almost every track.
@@BurgundySkies Then we are in agreement, apart from how we rank this album next to the rest of the band's discography. As for "Little Child", considering that the boys were playing to mostly screaming teenage girls, and probably felt a lot older than them, being in their 20s and all (!), not to mention Lennon's disdain for anyone who came to their show with the intention of screaming rather than listening, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the song was at least partly written as a response to the early stages of Beatlemania... "Run for Your Life" is more difficult to defend. Lennon himself disliked it, of course, so there's that. But the fact remains that he borrowed much of the lyric from a different song, which I don't recall the name of. I believe Elvis sang it. And he did like Elvis! When I listen to it, I don't hear sexism so much as male insecurity. It's basically Incel-behaviour. Very toxic and very possessive. But it's also just a song, and there's every possibility that Lennon was singing as the protagonist of the lyric, and not as himself. Sometimes it's important to separate the artist from the art, you know?
Even if he was singing as himself, different times, different background and he was at an age where people often do and say stupit sh*t. Thankfully he seemed to have outgrown that incel-ism 😁 short time after. I still like the song though. Not because of the lyrics but rather in spite of them. When I was a kid I never took them too serious tbh, I mean... "hide your head in the sand"? Clearly not meant to be taken literally.
@@BurgundySkies Sorry for the late reply. Had to run off yesterday. Anyway, yes, I think it's important to remember how young the Beatles were, even at the end of their career. I still have my diaries from when I was 25, and reading through them is like reading the words of a complete stranger! Of course, I didn't publish those diaries, so I don't have to be judged for them, but still, there are a lot of MUCH worse songs out there. I mean, I find it hilarious that people should be offended by "Run for Your Life" when your average Cannibal Corpse song is a billion times more shocking. But then again, I suppose the Beatles had a cleaner image to uphold! 😂 Thanks for chatting, by the way. I appreciate you taking the time. Oh, and I enjoyed the video. I was half-expecting a surprise twist with you suddenly declaring the Russian bootleg the superior version! That would've been a shock!
Hi my friend try get the 2012 with the Beatles vinyl it’s the best pressing of the stereo version. The harry moss is good but lacks bass. Enjoying your videos ✌️
Hi 👋,I'm from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 ,the original Australian released issue of "With The Beatles" was for many years released on an alternative picture cover than the U.K issue cos EMI in Australia couldn't really reproduce the U.K picture properly due to the poor quality of the original black & white exposure of the 4 half exposed faces of the band members on the U.K cover picture although the story goes that EMI Australia had a weird union rule not to do it? (it was a similar scenario with the original Australian issue of "Beatles For Sale" by also switching to an alternative cover!), by 1982 EMI Australia was finally able to reproduce & reissue "With The Beatles" on the U.K cover picture.
This album released in communist Czechoslovakia in 1987 .A Hard Days Night in 1986-The Beatles Expedice Rock n Roll in 1983.The Beatles 1962-65 in 1981 Abbey Road mono version in 1972-Abbey Road stereo version in 1979.Oldies But Goldies in 1969 .single Yesterday_- I Should Have known Better in 1976 and single Yesterday ,She Loves You in 1972 ..ALL IS ON SUPRAPHON LABEL
Indeed Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were (fortunately) places where people could actually procure Beatles albums during the Communism. Romania unfortunately was not. :( How do those Czechoslovakian pressings sound?
I will never understand this album's relative lack of popularity. To me, the Beatles' early days were when they were still performing together as a group,
and no matter how much they grew and progressed as songwriters and recording artists, those early days was when they were on FIRE!
Simply by playing live together, they created the kind of magic that just isn't possible when you record each instrument separately over many months.
Is With the Beatles their best album? No, clearly not. That honour goes to Abbey Road. But it's perhaps the one album I return to the most, and it also
includes what is perhaps my favourite Beatles song of them all, "It Won't Be Long".
In this day and age, people seem to be obsessed with being offended by a song like "Little Child" and the fact that there are so many covers on the album.
But "Little Child" wasn't offensive at the time it was written. Nor should it be today. And the covers, well, they're for the most part equal to, if not greater
than the original versions, so I don't have a problem with them.
Overall, this is a great album from a time when the Beatles were still excited about what they were doing and where they were going.
And you can hear it!
I think songs like Little Child, I saw her standing there and Run for your life get a bad rep partially because they apparently refer to teenage girls. I think the "little girl/child" appelative is akin to the appelative "baby" when referring to lovers, which was also popularised by rock n roll. I saw her standing there is more explicit with regard to age indeed and Run for your life can be interpreted to be kinda sexist if you think about it, and especially knowing John's sometimes abusive relationship with women. I do think the lyrics are not to be taken ad literam, and aside from being put in the historical context, they're also purposefuly exaggerated.
Anyway, I have to admit that at this moment, although I do love some songs on it, although I have 0 problems with covers from this and other early albums (in fact 3-4 of my top 20-30 songs of theirs might be covers), and although I do get how major and iconic this album was, it's probably my 2nd least prefered album, in terms of number of songs on it that I really love. I so love half of them, but on most other albums it's usually more than 7 I would add to any compilation. Except for this one and Yellow Submarine.
When it comes to recording and playing together yes, this and the first 4-6 albums were the pinnacle of enjoyment for them, and in the 1st 3-4 of them the joy of playing their own originals and all those covers they loved, exudes from almost every track.
@@BurgundySkies Then we are in agreement, apart from how we rank this album next to the rest of the band's discography.
As for "Little Child", considering that the boys were playing to mostly screaming teenage girls, and probably felt a lot older than them, being in their 20s and all (!), not to mention Lennon's disdain for anyone who came to their show with the intention of screaming rather than listening, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the song was at least partly written as a response to the early stages of Beatlemania...
"Run for Your Life" is more difficult to defend. Lennon himself disliked it, of course, so there's that. But the fact remains that he borrowed much of the lyric from a different song, which I don't recall the name of. I believe Elvis sang it. And he did like Elvis!
When I listen to it, I don't hear sexism so much as male insecurity. It's basically Incel-behaviour. Very toxic and very possessive. But it's also just a song, and there's every possibility that Lennon was singing as the protagonist of the lyric, and not as himself.
Sometimes it's important to separate the artist from the art, you know?
Even if he was singing as himself, different times, different background and he was at an age where people often do and say stupit sh*t. Thankfully he seemed to have outgrown that incel-ism 😁 short time after. I still like the song though. Not because of the lyrics but rather in spite of them. When I was a kid I never took them too serious tbh, I mean... "hide your head in the sand"? Clearly not meant to be taken literally.
@@BurgundySkies Sorry for the late reply. Had to run off yesterday.
Anyway, yes, I think it's important to remember how young the Beatles were, even at the end of their career. I still have my diaries from when I was 25, and reading through them is like reading the words of a complete stranger! Of course, I didn't publish those diaries, so I don't have to be judged for them, but still, there are a lot of MUCH worse songs out there. I mean, I find it hilarious that people should be offended by "Run for Your Life" when your average Cannibal Corpse song is a billion times more shocking. But then again, I suppose the Beatles had a cleaner image to uphold! 😂
Thanks for chatting, by the way. I appreciate you taking the time.
Oh, and I enjoyed the video. I was half-expecting a surprise twist with you suddenly declaring the Russian bootleg the superior version! That would've been a shock!
Nice intro and music, Radu! Keep it up🔥🔥🔥
Thank you so much! The music of course is not mine, and credited in the description to the proper creators. But I do agree it sounds nice
Hi my friend try get the 2012 with the Beatles vinyl it’s the best pressing of the stereo version. The harry moss is good but lacks bass. Enjoying your videos ✌️
Thank you for being here. I am going to try at least a few of them, and this one was also on my list but a bit down on it.
Hi 👋,I'm from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 ,the original Australian released issue of "With The Beatles" was for many years released on an alternative picture cover than the U.K issue cos EMI in Australia couldn't really reproduce the U.K picture properly due to the poor quality of the original black & white exposure of the 4 half exposed faces of the band members on the U.K cover picture although the story goes that EMI Australia had a weird union rule not to do it? (it was a similar scenario with the original Australian issue of "Beatles For Sale" by also switching to an alternative cover!), by 1982 EMI Australia was finally able to reproduce & reissue "With The Beatles" on the U.K cover picture.
Hi Craig! Thank you for being here. That was the one with their heads floating on a dark background right?
Yes!
That was a trippy one. Still unique though.
This album released in communist Czechoslovakia in 1987 .A Hard Days Night in 1986-The Beatles Expedice Rock n Roll in 1983.The Beatles 1962-65 in 1981 Abbey Road mono version in 1972-Abbey Road stereo version in 1979.Oldies But Goldies in 1969 .single Yesterday_- I Should Have known Better in 1976 and single Yesterday ,She Loves You in 1972 ..ALL IS ON SUPRAPHON LABEL
Indeed Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were (fortunately) places where people could actually procure Beatles albums during the Communism. Romania unfortunately was not. :(
How do those Czechoslovakian pressings sound?