FIRST REACTION: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2024
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Drive My Car (2:32)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (4:30)
You Won't See Me (6:26)
Nowhere Man (9:01)
Think for Yourself (11:23)
The Word (13:47)
Michelle (16:17)
What Goes On (18:06)
Girl (20:03)
I'm Looking Through You (22:31)
In My Life (24:31)
Wait (27:10)
If I Needed Someone (29:36)
Run for Your Life (31:14)
Favorite Tracks: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), You Won't See Me, Nowhere Man, Think for Yourself, The Word, Girl, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life, Wait, If I Needed Someone, Run for Your Life
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Drive My Car (2:32)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (4:30)
You Won't See Me (6:26)
Nowhere Man (9:01)
Think for Yourself (11:23)
The Word (13:47)
Michelle (16:17)
What Goes On (18:06)
Girl (20:03)
I'm Looking Through You (22:31)
In My Life (24:31)
Wait (27:10)
If I Needed Someone (29:36)
Run for Your Life (31:14)
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Great video as always!
When are you doing the Help movie reaction?
Not asking 4 a reaction, tho that'd be great, but Beatles were right! Treat yourself to Dylan's "Like a rolling stone" someday soon, WITH (crucial!) the lyrics! His voice, yeah, can be hard to follow (or endure, lol!), but there is SO MUCH going on with his incredible tale of a rich socialite girl who decides it will be fun to "slum it" in the ghetto, but then falls into homelessness and addiction. (Truer fans of Dylan will correct me, and should!) Each verse is more mind-blowingly brilliant than the one before it.
@@IsaacWale2004 meh he should move on to yellow submarine then get back
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek He needs to watch Help first.
I really REALLY hope you were joking about the last song, it's not FACTS. It's about an evil character and John regretted writing the song.
It’s hard to believe that they released this 4 months after the release of Help
EXACTLY
@@lifeofdariius like imagine you’re a fan during that era, just finished hearing yesterday and song about a genuine broken love and then you suddenly hear inhaling and psych sound
They recorded 3 albums in one year.
it was written and recorded in only 4 weeks aswell, they had also been touring basically non stop for multiple years at this point
It s also hard to belive that they recorded this album in less than 2 month...
that "Oh No" every time a ringo song comes on for the last few albums kills me everytime 🤣
My man Ringo can't catch a break
John wrote it in 1959.. Ringo just did the vocals.
ringo on vox makes more sense from revolver onwards
„Girl is the Lennon Version of Michelle“ 🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant! 👍
Great comparison, I never even thought of it that way!
What a brilliant observation!!!
They’re the two European folk songs on the album.
Rubber Soul is a lot of peoples' favorite Beatle album. Multiple masterpieces throughout it and clearly marks the beginning transition of their sound.
Totally! Rubber Soul brought me BACK to the Beatles as it reflected a more mature shift from the early "cutsy" Beatles your parents loved...ugh. I was 14 when the Beatles arrived in 1964 and it wasn't until Rubber Soul did they start to compete with all the other music happening at the time: Motown, Rock was getting harder and trippier, the anti War movement was creating message music and yes even the good old Beach boys, whatever.
When I was a kid my dad said that Rubber Soul was his favorite album. But for some reason I barely gave the Beatles a chance and only listened to their radio hits before this album, and after revolver. Late 20's I finally listened to every Beatles album and single and Rubber Soul jumped out to me and instantly remained as my favorite albums
Yep, this is my favourite album. For me, John wins too ❤
One of my favorite albums... I had it on vinyl. I love the cover, love the play on words of the album title.
Funny story about the first time The Beatles smoked weed: Paul McCartney started freaking out about some realization he had, so he asked their roadie Mal Evans to grab him a pen and a piece of paper so he could write down this incredible idea he just had. He wrote it down and went "alright, when I come back down and am sober, I'll reread my idea and see what I was on about".
The paper only said: "there are seven levels" lmfao.
He was right. There are seven levels.
Funny
The Beatles were a band for 7 years... Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Not a single bad song on that album. Masterpiece.
This is my fav
Masterpiece!
Rubber Soul was written, rehearsed and recorded in 4 weeks. Astounding
Except the song Wait which was recorded on June 17 during the Help! sessions but it was postponed until November 11, 1965!
You're under the impression that all of these songs were written in 4 weeks? More like 8-12 weeks at least, still impressive but that's misleading
It was recorded October 12th to November 11th = 4 weeks + 2 days. From Beatles recording sessions by Mark Lewisohn: John and Paul had to force themselves to come up with more than a dozen songs because they had very little material. Yes Wait was a hold over from Help a WGO was an old tune that Ringo contributed some lyrics, but they didn't even have the double A side single, Day Tripper + We can work it out, written and the weren't on the lp but recorded at the same time. Sorry for being so misleading 😆
@@johnyarusso4953 It's just crazy to claim it was as cut and dried as 4 weeks. Norwegian wood was likely completely written in January 1965, Michelle was written in like 1959, a good portion of Girl was written in September 1963, some of In My Life was written in 1964, etc. etc.
You are definitely not a songwriter. Sure, we all have fragments of song ideas floating around but until it's finished, it's not a song. The fact the album was recorded in 4 weeks not counting a few days off, in itself is amazing. You should read Mark Lewisohns book to have a better understanding of what you are saying.
I am so familiar with all of the Beatles songs, but your insight makes it fresh.
Yes❤
The first time Paul McCartney played in Santiago de Chile, in 1993. He started the show singing Drive my Car.
Everyone in the stadium had their mouth open, feeling that we were in the presence of a Demigod.
The press said, no one has the right to play Drive my Car with impunity.
Part of the lyrics of Michelle are in French, and repeat the same words as the first verse in English. When this was released, we could hardly believe it was the Beatles, it was just so different, but quickly became everyone's favorite.
Only time The Beatles won Song of the Year.
Can’t wait for revolver. You’ll be blown away.
He said he’s already listened to most of the tracks on Revolver but I hope he does have big reactions to stuff like Tomorrow Never Knows or Here, There, and Everywhere
Don’t forget AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING❤
He already knows a lot of the songs on there, so I doubt it'll be much... But of the few tracks he doesn't know, I'm sure he'll like.
@@IsaacWale2004it will still be fun to see him react to the changes in the music now that he has knowledge of the previous records
@@inferiorpatty Yeah, of course. I just honestly don't think it will be as good as some of his other reactions given that he knows most of the songs... But still looking forward to seeing it!
Lets goo our boy's back, you're unironically my fav youtuber, so genuine and honest.
That's a honor🙏🏾
Yes
Mine as well.
Yea you nailed it. This is the bridge between the early Beatles and the later era. This and revolver are the sweet spot for me.
Right on. I like all eras of the Beatles discography but those two are my two favorite albums as well when considering the album as a whole. Others might have greater highs but sonically “sweet spot” describes it perfectly, and there really aren’t any duds on either album.
I'm an elder millennial, my parents were baby boomers and were there for beatlemania around 1964. I grew up with my parents playing and replaying the Beatles for my entire childhood. My mother's favorite album was Rubber Soul, and her favorite song was In My Life, which she used to sing. So it's always been a very special song. I love seeing someone half my age discovering it for themselves and absolutely loving it precisely because of what it's meant to me. As I get older I just resonate with it more and more. It still amazes me how much better it gets with age
Many people cite this as their favourite Beatles album... including me!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite Beatles album is the one on my turntable at the moment.
Fun fact: Norwegian Wood is about an extramarital affair that John had. He was paranoid at the time, and he didn't want his wife to find out.
Surely not writing a song about it would've been a better way to stop Cynthia finding out
It’s easy to miss, but in the song the protagonist burns down the woman’s house because she leads him on but doesn’t sleep with him.
"4th Time Around" was Dylan's response to Norwegian Wood. It made John paranoid. John: "I was very paranoid about that. I remember he played it to me when he was in London. He said, 'What do you think?' I said, 'I don't like it.' I didn't like it. I was very paranoid. I just didn't like what I felt I was feeling - I thought it was an out-and-out skit, you know, but it wasn't. It was great. I mean, he wasn't playing any tricks on me. I was just going through the bit."
how do you even know that?
@@arkia...a I looked it up. I was always curious
Yo Darius - you "yap" as much as you want at the beginning. Some of us like it. Rock on. THE BEATLES - LED ZEPPELIN - PINK FLOYD - and that's all she wrote!
"Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble" - French for "These are words that go together well." - THINK FOR YOURSELF is not a love song - George said he was aiming the lyrics to British politicians. - Finally, most people who love the Beatles feel that RUBBER SOUL is the beginning of their "second phase" which ended with YELLOW SUBMARINE (released later, but recorded in 1967), and their "third phase" started in 1968 after their return from India, and their first single, HEY JUDE b/w REVOLUTION. Their "fourth phase" might be considered their post Beatles songs.
i agree, i like that you talk about your life and stuff, keep what sets you appart from the other reactors !
I'd take The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan over Led Zep personally.
Like your Top Three! I'd find Floyd interchangeable with the Stones and The Who, at least during all those bands'"classic" phase ('67-73, say)
Absolutely
@@joescott8877 and @Y-two-K - Well, I was limited to only 3 artists. BOB DYLAN (It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding), BEACH BOYS (Heroes and Villains), STONES (Tumbling Dice), WHO (Won't Get Fooled Again - I was a drummer and this was my go-to display song - thanks MOON!) - all SUPER GREAT bands!
Of course, Paul’s singing French in “Michele.” I think the album has the sound of a French café.
It was French. Paul sang some French in Michelle. He also sang it for Michelle Obama at the White House. Just a lovely song. Thank you!
Ringo Starr is Sir Richard Starkey! "Wait" is mostly John with Paul joining in. Rubber Soul is when the boys grew up and became men.
Wait is actually a Help! leftover.
Wait is primarily written by Paul
@@ewest14 Paul wrote it entirely but it was John singing most of it with passages from Paul.
Indeed!
The Psyedelics were definitely kicking in!
Wonderful times of Hope and a different reality coming!!...
But Hey Ho !!!...
This album seems to be more significant to and highly admired by older Beatles fans who were around from the beginning as it not only represented a real turning point for the band but also for pop/rock music itself. To me it represents The Beatles at their collaborative if not musical peak as they were still more of a band than individual song writers who had stopped touring and gone their separate ways to a degree. This album draws from many different genres including pop, folk, motown, country, psychedelic rock, ballads and this is where the band and George Martin really started to use the studio to augment and boost the bands creativity and sound. George Harrison said that this was his favourite Beatles album and I agree. Great commentary and reaction Darius. You really get The Beatles in the way few reactors or people I know do. Great work
I love what I like to call the “cranky” side of George like Think For Yourself and Don’t Bother Me…AND I laughed definitely out loud about your musings on how each John (“I might do something to you…I might show up at your house”), George and Paul are different from each other when they talk about love in their songs hahaha😂❤
This album changed the game, took a big step forward and never looked back. Apparently this album is what influenced Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys to make their masterpiece Pet sounds
Pet Sounds next? 🤔
@@lifeofdariius Pet Sounds inspired Sgt. Peppers too. Paul and John heard it and John even thought that they wouldn't make something as good. "God Only Knows" on the album is Paul's favorite song.
@@lifeofdariiusu absolutely Should! Especially if u love vocal harmonies
This album always makes me so happy and so does your reaction 🤗
I've literally been addicted to this project, especially In My Life. It's like audio marijuana every single is so smooth and breezy just perfection all around
"Run For Your Life". Lennon talks in interviews about how jealous he was. He has a solo song from the 70's called "Jealous Guy" which is kind of a more grown up sequel to Run For Your Life. I actually never liked that song but it's cool to see it through new eyes.
The track was inspired by a case he read about in the news paper.
He also said it was his least favourite Beatles song
It helps to see it as a parody of those "love" songs which promote possessiveness and jealousy as signs of true love. It is a play on Elvis' Let's Play House, with some of the lyrics cribbed directly. John just takes these songs to their logical conclusion, which is spousal abuse and murder. I think he regrets that the song was so tongue-in-cheek as he began to realize the scope of the problem and seriousness of it. But it's meant to be a reductio ad absurdum for those songs.
@@Kieopyou're 100% right that it was written as a referendum. The problem was that the listening audience missed the absurdity, and took the song literally. And because Lennon was so idolized, it came off like he was advocating for it. But, knowing how Lennon treated women behind close doors, it's a haunting listen for me.
Fun game: Listen to "Nowhere man" while staring into John's eyes on the album cover. It will give a feeling you can't describe.
My favorite album!!
You get Lennon, man. Amazing that a young Buck coming up understands this! His vocals were other worldly. 😮like he was from another planet. 😮
I love the fact that the man knows the difference between the Beatles voices, he nails it. He also time frames the time period well, from Love Me Do to Rubber Soul in basically a bit over two years … Darius is the man, and knows music.
I just love seeing you going crazy about how good the songs are on Rubber Soul. 🙂 Don't forget about their singles released separately from an album. In 1965, you have Day Tripper and We Can Work it Out. We Can Work it out is fantastic. One of my favorite Beatles tunes.
Finally reacting to the best Beatles album
I gotta hear all of Revolver first, but this might not be a hot take to me. This album is pure gold
@@lifeofdariiusit’s my favorite Beatles album imo but I think the best over all is between revolver and abbey road
@@lifeofdariius Fair take. It gets a bit overshadowed by some.otgwr albums, but every time I listen to it I think "you really can't beat this album.".
I just also think that when I listen to Revolver and Abbey Road.
I've been so hyped for this reaction! I know you'll love this album it's truly timeless
Your reactions give me and my ancient husband (both in our 60s) LIFE. I love your appreciations; your response to "In My Life" made me yell out, "You're too good for high school!" You've got enough artistic appreciation to live a fulfilling life! Thank you so much!
Wow that's big Thank You 🙏🏾
The inhales during Girl are The Beatles' giving a nod to marijuana. The "tit-tit-tit" background vocals are the boys having a laugh.
Wrong!
@@davisworth5114 Can you be more specific? What, precisely, is wrong?
I’ve heard that the Beatles wanted to swear in one of their songs and George Martin wouldn’t allow it so instead they said the word Tit for the harmony which they found amusing 😅
No way. What a silly notion.
I took the inhales to mean that the Girl took his breath away. Whether that's intended or that's just me... who knows? What the Beatles intended and the meaning that audiences have ascribed to their songs are two different things. But that's a good thing, right?
3:13 God DAMN you are in the zone!! I have all 221 Beatles published songs memorized, and I had never made that observation! Paul opens on Please Please Me, and then John opens from With The Beatles all the way to Help!. You are so zoned in on the Beatles man, hell yeah, this is the good stuff.
Revolver in Mono, if you possibly can. A world of difference. Great reaction! J&P “tennising” the album - love it.
Do I hear Rubber Soul? Yes…. I‘m here for the Party…. 💃🏻
Technically, Beatles For Sale is the first weed album, and John and George were dosed with LSD (at a dinner party at George's dentist's) during the filming of Help!, but yeah, even Lennon said Rubber Soul was the "pot album".
Thank you. They had been around weed for a while now. But the LSD story is crazy. They all got dosed without knowing before hand (and this was back before it was illegal, so it was super strong) freaked out when it hit them, jumped in their car and sped off with the dentist and his wife chasing them through town.
I wanna say they lost the couple (they thought the couple was gonna kill them lol) and ended up at a club Jimi Hendrix was playing at, but don't take my word for it. They did end up at a club tho I believe.
But that's why you don't drug people without telling them first. Pretty terrible on thier part. I can just imagine the wife hitting her husband as he's chasing the national treasure aka THE BEATLES through town completely panicking that they're all gonna wreck and die.
And then they lost them! 😂😅😂
hell yea - been so excited for you to hear this album. one of their best. don’t be self-conscious about “yapping” - we come here for your delightful commentary!
This was the first album I ever bought. I saved up from my paper route. When purchasing an album you had to choose either mono, or stereo depending on your record player. Yes, we did have devices that were just called record players back then.
Girl was the first instance of the beatles and especially lennon showing some true songwriting genius in terms of lyrical ability, and it’s all up from here
Why do you think that? The previous album had "Yesterday" and "Help," which had fantastic lyrics.
@@makeadifference4all Great songs, I said in the previous video Yesterday is one of the most perfect songs ever written. But girl’s lyrics were more than one dimensional now. John Lennon really evolved his songwriting on Girl, showing that the Beatles were capable of competing with the likes of Dylan in terms of lyrical ability.
@@makeadifference4all “Was she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure, did she understand it when he said, that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure, will she still believe it when he’s dead” vs “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they’re here to stay” You know, just different levels. Both are great, don’t get me wrong, but that’s my point.
Fun fact, the span from Help! to Rubber Soul to Revolver is ONE YEAR.
Their first GREAT album.
Fantastic reaction, very insightful. This is the first grown up Beatles album, more mature songs, lyrics, ideas and production. No more touring allowed them to shed the mop top image and turn inwards (with the help of some drugs).
Your take on Lennon and his internal demons was spot on.
I always would think of "Run For Your Life" as "You Can't Do That" but way more gangsta.
It's weird that John was jealous and possessive, but he was the one who cheated in his first marriage and abandoned his wife and son.
@@makeadifference4all Tends to go together.
@@makeadifference4allit’s usually cheaters who are jealous and possessive since they get paranoid that their partners are cheating as well
It sounds like maybe she did that
Run for your life was the song that John disliked the most from their entire catalogue. Well, I loved it from the first time I heard it!
I love Girl. The inhales are him emulating taking a drag off a joint. Also, love your videos bro. It’s like listening to my favorite band again for the first time ❤
In Michelle, he’s speaking to a French girl and he only knows a little of the language, so he’s doing the best he can to reach her. When they were growing up in the 50s in England, French was the 2nd language taught in schools. France is across the English Channel from England.
7:00 my favorite Beatles song!
The interesting thing to me is that “Wait” was a leftover song from Help! and yet it fits right in on Rubber Soul. It’s hard to imagine any of the Revolver songs being on Rubber Soul, which is why I think Revolver was the real Giant Leap Forward.
Michelle won a Grammy. Or as the Beatles said, “a Granny.” Back then it was mostly the older establishment like Sinatra that won Grammys.
Indeed, and to illustrate this, the song of the year 1966 was awarded to "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band 😂 As opposed to groundbreaking masterpieces like "Good Vibrations" etc...
If you re-listen and you focus on what Paul adds to each song, not only his songs, you’ll have to give top dog to Paul. Without Paul’s bass and vocals, I don’t think the songs would stick like they do. All the Beatles have their own genius, I just think Paul is the most versatile and gifted musician
The hyper editing isn't gggood. But it's your style. Much is missed.
Pauls the best musician of all time it’s not even a question
Personal tastes vary.
I’m still gonna marry Paul! ❤
The chord progression over the "Wait" verses is the Beatles beauty distilled into one riff. Its simple, but its perfect. It doesnt need complication. Most guitarists will use those chords at least once and never come close to sounding that good
Darius gets it. As someone who lived through the 60s I don't necessarily expect this level of openness and generosity of spirit from a much younger generation. It is really heart-warming to witness though somehow.
Oh and Paul's bass playing from the latter albums just becomes out of this world. The band was initially 3 guitarists and Paul just had to figure out the bass, so you really get the evolution of amazing bass playing
Yer not yappin too much. 60 year old dude here and a musician for my lifetime, but I totally love your commentary and I think it's great.
"Rubber Soul" has always been my clear favorite Beatles album. I cannot clearly pick a second favorite Beatles album.
Hey man, make your intros as long as you like! Hell, you can make em half the video if you want to! It's your video man. If people don't like the long intros, they can skip to the music. Don't let your comment section control the flow of your video! I love watching these and I love hearing your opinions, you've got a lot of heart and it shows. Keep making videos brother, you're doing great!
this is now one of my favourite series on the channel, cant wait for the revolver reaction 😮💨
In My Life, played at my wedding reception as a tribute to everyone there. ❤
My mom always says that when I get married she wants to dance with me to it
Fun fact, Wait was written while they were filming the movie Help and was supposed to be on the soundtrack but it didn’t make the cut.
not a single bad song on this album, if even a single bad moment, george also called it his favourite beatles album
The Canadian recording artist Anne Murray covered You Won't See Me in the early 1970's and took her version to #1 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart. The Beatles did not release their version as a single😮😊!
Keep talking, young man! This 64-year-old Beatles lifer enjoys reactors who feel the music and can offer cogent insights to songs I’ve perhaps long taken for granted. You accomplish both with a genuine smile and warmth. PS: I’m enjoying your journey as I smoke up “and get high with a little help from my friends.”
For me, I was 16 when this Album came out and today remains MY favorite Beatle Album. Completely Amazing beginning to end. A Transition Album culminating an era of the early Sixties forever masterpieces.
I had an awesome time listening to your commentary, on one of my favorite LP. Thank you for sharing!
I love it..
'BEATLEEY'..
I can't WAIT for you to hear Revolver! Lennon called Rubber Soul the "Pot Album" and Revolver the "Acid Album". I REALLY hope you do Past Masters Vol. 1 soon! LOVE YOUR CONTENT BROTHER!
In My Life is a masterpiece for the ages.
Legendary tier, a perfect song
You're a wonderfully open and perceptive listener. I've enjoyed these albums for decades, but you give me fresh and insightful takes.
Those "guitars" you 're grooving on with Norweigen Wood is actually sitar, which was George's influence. If you watch the Help movie you'll see all these indian actors and they say that's what inspired him to get into Indian music, which you hear later with Srgt Pepper & the White Album. And if you're wondering why this album sounds more like the later albums is because they switched recording engineers starting with this record. A guy named Geoff Emerick became the engineer on almost every record from here on. (Except Let It Be which was recorded by a few differnt engineers). According to Geoff's book, when he became the engineer Ringo came in and said "What did you do to my drums?" Because he put the mics closer and just recorded the whole band differently. Paul kept telling him "make us sound more like Mowtown".
Norman Smith was the recording engineer for all Beatle releases up to and including Rubber Soul. Then Norman Smith was promoted to producer and worked with other bands, and Geoff Emerick was promoted from tape operator to recording engineer and recorded Revolver and later releases. But Rubber Soul and prior were Norman Smith.
Run for your life was a song John always regretted.
It helps to see it as a parody of those "love" songs which promote possessiveness and jealousy as signs of true love. It is a play on Elvis' Let's Play House, with some of the lyrics cribbed directly. John just takes these songs to their logical conclusion, which is spousal abuse and murder. I think he regrets that the song was so tongue-in-cheek as he began to realize the scope of the problem and seriousness of it. But it's meant to be a reductio ad absurdum for those songs.
Keep yapping man, your Beatles analyses are really cool!
THANK YOU, BOB DYLAN...
"Nostalgia is painful"........ FACTS!!
“Is that Yoko?” 😂😂😂 bruh
Ive always held this one in HIGH regards 😂
When you become one of the most recognized people on earth, it can mess with your mind in So many ways. I think Ringo probably dealt with popularity better than the others. I would never want to be famous. Great reaction as usual. ❤😊
Dosed as recommended....just right.
one of John's fave songs... In My Life.
Hold on to your hoodie... fantastic things to come!!!
Yo Darius we could all just listen to these albums but we here to see what you think. So keep talking my dude you good
Great insights. Let’s go Revolver!
😉
you made me laugh out loud with the ironic "fact !" during Run for your Life !
His whole reaction to that song had me laughing. 😂
I just discovered you today: it’s Good Friday morning here in Australia. I’m sitting up in bed, unable to stop watching. The Beatles and Zeppelin are my two most loved bands, and you’re perfectly capturing the joy and wonder they bring me. Thank you so much.
The best way I’ve heard it described is that Rubber Soul is the Beatles’ first proper “album,” meaning that the previous albums were collections of independent songs whereas from this point on, they were arranged more like a single cohesive unit
Mr. Darius, Sir! Now that you've heard most of The Beatles' main albums, I highly request you check out their SOLO albums. They all had hits!! First, there was Paul with "McCartney" in 1970. Recorded entirely BY HIMSELF with help from his wife Linda. He plays every instrument on the record imself, even Drums! You'll love it. But then JOHN's album, Plastic Ono Band? Its a BANGER! in this one, he's ANGRY as hell. The Beatles didn't break up happily, and this album was made right after Rehab! He has a LOT to say! You won't regret it, just starting with those two!
one more: Your interpretation of "In my life" and the medley you created: moved me. NICE!
Damn dude your channel is addictive I was going through withdrawals this week. The hell am I supposed to cook to? Lol
Dude you're great at this. Great reaction!
My French teacher made the class sing Michelle all semester. Learned In My Life. on the piano. loved singing it With my brothers. funny. Michelle was French while Girl had slavonic overtones. Russian. Loved the Album, every cut. After Run for Your Life, John later exonerated himself on Sgt. Pepper's,. Getting Better. Watching John's spiritual growth was part of the magic of the man.
"The Word". Darius! Next time you listen pay attention to Paul's bass. towards the end he does a lick that is FIRE as the kids say.
Good, informative, entertaining, heartfelt, authentic, enthusiastic, and inciteful reaction. I've been a Beatles fan since I saw them in 1964 and 1965, and I think that "Rubber Soul" is certainly one of the three best Beatles album. "Revolver" topped "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the best album of all time some years ago. Hope you become successful with your efforts.
Darius: I love how you get exactly how these guys were as people and the way you get to the essence of the songs super quickly and completely. Score. Keep doing what you're doing
it's very funny that George Harrison says he can't distinguish between Rubber Soul and Revolver. They're two completely different albums lol
John also refers to Rubber Soul and Revolver to be part of the same album.
They're both very different and are arguably two of the most important albums in the Beatles evolution. Great albums, both of them.
They’re easily the two most similar consecutive album. Wait, you won’t see me both could just be on revolver.
In the hustle and bustle of Beatlemania, rushing back and forth between wild concerts, film shoots, press appointments and studio work, and of course also in the fog of drug use, the sense of time is likely to be very different from that of normal people. One probably lose track of things from time to time. Harrison also announced in 1966 at the concert in Munich, Yesterday as part of the "Beatles Langspieler" For Sale...
I also put the two albums together as a significant development period for the group.
YESS! I am back with more info about the album bro!
Rubber Soul (Released on December 3rd, 1965 in mono and stereo)
Side A: (7 Tracks)
1. Drive My Car (Recorded on October 13th, 1965)
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Recorded on October 12th and 21st, 1965)
3. You Won't See Me (Recorded on November 11th, 1965)
4. Nowhere Man (Recorded on October 21st and 22nd, 1965)
5. Think For Yourself (Recorded on November 8th, 1965)
6. The Word (Recorded on November 10th, 1965)
7. Michelle (Recorded on November 3rd, 1965)
Side B: (7 Tracks)
8. What Goes On (Recorded on November 4th, 1965)
9. Girl (Recorded on November 11th, 1965)
10. I'm Looking Through You (Recorded on October 24th and November 6th, 10th and 11th, 1965)
11. In My Life (Recorded on October 18th & 22nd, 1965)
12. Wait (Recorded on June 17th, November 11th, 1965)
13. If I Needed Someone (Recorded on October 16th & 18th, 1965)
14. Run For Your Life (Recorded on October 12th, 1965)
Note 1: This is the last performance to Norman Smith as a recording engineer. Geoff Emerick, who was the Abbey Road's tape operator, was promoted to Recording Engineer and he replace Norman Smith from 1966 onwards (1966, 1967 and in 1969).
Note 2: Two singles: We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper were both recorded during the album sessions, but never included in it.
Hope you find this info useful bro!
I think Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album as a whole. The consistency on this album is unbelievable.
Darius I agree with you. My favorite songs in this album are Norwegian Wood and In my life. I am also a huge Lennon fan.
He really is missed..
I love your channel and you have really great insigh, on the songs and what each beatle was trying to communicate.
I love your passion with the Beatles! I really enjoy your reactions . I grew up hearing all the Beatles from my older brother and now they are embedded in me ! Love it 😊
If I remember correctly, John's inspiration for Nowhere was from writer's block. He was struggling to write music, especially with Paul's rise in the last album. It was written in the final days of production and he tried to write for 5 hours before laying down. The song came to him once he laid down and considered himself a "nowhere man". Great video!
Shorter intro, banger album, great reaction! Awesome vid man
Someone probably already told you by now, but Ringo is a Sir too. 👍