Long story but an important one and a story that gets overlooked a lot. The first time the Beatles came to America, they played Ed Sullivan in NY. Then they played Washington DC. Then they were going to play the south. They were told their first stop in the south was Jacksonville Florida. They were then told that the shows in the south were segregated. The actual Beatles (not their management) said we will NOT play any of these shows that are segregated. Call each of the Venues and tell them we're not coming. All of these venues gave in and desegregated the shows. Because of that, other bands demanded the same thing. They had guts back then to stand up and say, we will not play to segrigated audiences. First group to do that!!!!!!
The Beatles were on tour in 65 and were told they would be playing to a segregated audience in some stadiums. They refused to do so and only agreed to play to an integrated audience…stadiums had no choice but to oblige as they were the biggest thing on in the world….hence from then on there were no more segregated audiences and the Beatles are to thank for that
Jude in this song is actually John Lennon's son Julian. The original words were "Hey Jules", but it didn't work musically, so Paul McCartney changed it to "Hey Jude". Julian was a young child when his parents, John and Cynthia, were going through a divorce. Paul wrote this as a song of comfort for Julian.
It's funny how many people that don't really know The Beatles' sense of humor, that watch this video for the first time, don't realize the Beatles were clowning around before getting serious. they were deliberately trying to sound bad as a joke. they were known for their silly, dry humor.
@@patticrichton1135 yes, I know. That is why David Frost said: "Perfect rendition" and then said to his audience that they were "The Greatest Tea Room Orchestras in the world." I didn't give that detail but, as I said, they were still clowning around by doing that to playfully tease David Frost. And John Lennon did a silly vocal run: Buba dee do da .... at the end of it. Just as they did a silly short version of Elvis' . . . "It's Now Or Never", as well. All in good fun. My point was many people don't get what they were doing if they don't really know the Beatles very much or get their silly sense of humor.
Agreed! I often see people trying to trash Ringo as a drummer quote John as saying "he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles." They just don't get that sort of messing-around-with-your-mates sort of humor.
I’m a Yank…an old fart (67)… But I hope you’ve learned to understand how much The Beatles hit us like an atomic bomb and totally changed all perceptions of rock and pop music in the states. Actually, all over the world. British performers are proportionally the greatest musical performers on earth by far, based on population, but The Beatles? Man, they brought it to a different level.
In the 1960's, almost all songs played on the radio were under four minutes. When The Beatles producers heard that "Hey Jude" was seven minutes long, they said the radio stations will never play it. John Lennon answered, "Sure they will!" When asked why, he said, "Because we're The Beatles". He was right. This song went to #1 and stayed there for four months.
Ladies and gentlemen, the G.O.A.T. That's exactly what the Beatles were. They refused to play any venue where audiences were segregated. Those venues that normally would put the Black audience in the back or in the balconies had to change or lose a lot of money. They always agreed to the Beatles terms.
This song was written by "Uncle" Paul for John's first son, Julian, to console him, in the aftermath of John leaving his mother Cynthia for Yoko Ono. Julian was only about 5 at the time and was struggling. Coincidentally that was the same age that Sean Lennon was when John was murdered. This song started out as Hey Jules, but Paul ultimately ended up with Hey Jude. At one point when he was writing it, he had some place-holder lyrics that he wasn't happy with. One in particular, "The movement you need is on your shoulder" especially bothered him, and he said to John in the studio, don't worry he'd fix that line. John replied to him, you will not, that's the best line in the song. So even later in the group's career, although John and Paul no longer sat down together to write songs, they still helped each other out at times when the other was struggling.
Perfectly put with all the details required to show and tell them what the song is actually about. In Britain, this is classed as the Greatest Ever Beatles song of all time and you an see why too! At the end it's like a heavenly choir has come together, it's just so Melodic. They decided to change the title from 'Hey Jules' to 'Hey Jude' so that Julian wouldn't always be associated with the song nor would he necessarily be constantly reminded about his father's infidelity and the fact him and his mum had been dumped by John. Yet sadly he has apparently said he hates the song now for what it represented to him, the break up of his family, including that of the Beatles too in a way. But Paul was just trying to tell Julian it will all be OK in the end as he would always be be there for him, even if his own father isn't going to be! ❤ I am so glad you both liked this classic piece of Rock history! ❤
And did you know each time Paul McCartney sings that line about "...the movement you need is on your shoulders," live it chokes him up because of John's compliment😢
1968. A year of massive events around the world. Martin Luther King assassinated. Bobby Kennedy assassinated. The Viet Cong Tet offensive in Vietnam and mass protests against the war in the US, the UK and other countries. The landmark Civil Rights Act. The May uprising in Paris. The Prague Spring and the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Nixon becomes president. And, of course, some absolutely fantastic music from the Beatles. What a year to be 17, as I was. So good to see you listening to and appreciating the Beatles, their music and the influence they had on attitudes. Don't stop! There's something new with every song.
As someone who grew up with them, the Beatles were all about optimism, goodwill, equality, love, and progress. They sang about it in their songs, and lived it by requiring their concerts in the Ameican south to be desegregated, and refusing to play locations that weren't. They grew up loving and playing American soul, blues, R&B, country, etc, and were naturally unbiased and inclusive--you can hear that depth in their music. Cultural and musical inclusion made them what they are. They started out as a awesomely popular boy band, and grew to be leaders of musical innovation, style, production, composition and performance, changing and creating styles, creating classic records in each one. Paul McCartney is a master of singing, composition, and playing. Listen to that pure, steady controlled tone, live, no autotune. All the best!
It's so good to see the pleasure you feel listening to this song. I was a kid in England, watching this for the first time ever on tv, in black and white. The Beatles still wipe out their own hype with sheer genius music.
Wow, that's so amazing seeing a new generation discover The Beatles and hear Hey Jude... and I discovered them after they broke up too (but back in 1977...). They inspired me to learn guitar.
That audience was so lucky..the split was coming, for all they knew it was the last time they'd get to see them together. They were Britain's pride and joy, and they returned the love whenever they played, including their last show.. a free impromptu roof concert in the middle of downtown London, tied traffic up and stopped business while office people went to the roofs to watch. Other great tunes by them: "Taxman" " Paperback Writer"
At the time of "Hey Jude", the Beatles were at the tip of the spear of a revolution in music, fashion, youth culture and politics. Of course, "Hey Jude" was released as a single, and the flip side was "Revolution"... you should try reacting to that one, as well.
The Beatles had 20 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The band’s career, from their formation to their breakup, spanned roughly a decade, from 1960 to 1970
With you mentioning the diversity of the people, this was down to The Beatles and their influence. They were definitely revolutionary and more than simply another group, at the time they were a movement, one for LOVE in its proper sense. They bowled me over in the early '60s, when I was 6 yrs old, their influence is still very much with me.
"Black Bird" ,by The Beatles, is the next one you should listen to. It's based on a black and white segregated audience that Paul McCartney witnessed during a Beatles gig. It was recently covered by Beyonce!
At the time, The Beatles hadn't played live since 1966 and Elvis hadn't performed live for over a decade, but his 1962 hit was 'It's Now or Never', so to the audience it was funny on more than one level when John belted out those lyrics, as was Paul's ad lib "Judy Judy Judy" which was a well known humorous way impressionists imitated the famous actor Cary Grant (although he never actually said Judy Judy Judy, and he joked about that common misconception). My favorite lyric is "Well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder", both wise and very clever wordplay, with multiple interpretions of the variant figurative usages of 'cool' and 'cold' in one 'homily'.
One of the many great songs by The Beatles. I enjoyed watching that performance, and both of you did a great reaction. In regards to what you saying, The Beatles had a profound influence on rock music, culture, and values. I watch The Cartier Family almost everyday, and I hope I get to see you interact with them. More old songs.
Hey Jude was written by Paul McCartney to John Lennon's young son Julian. It was originally called Hey Jules but was changed to Hey Jude and the rest is history.
I got to see Paul McCartney and his band on my 60th birthday with my oldest daughter in San Francisco! It was amazing we got to see them perform Beatle songs,songs from his group Wings and solo career! Over 3 hours of great music with me,my daughter and over 40 thousand of our closest friends!
The Beatles were so big, so powerful, that actually, they *did* end segregation at a venue in Florida. They'd been booked to play, there, but, when they realized it was "restricted", they refused to pay. When the venue threatened to sue, the Beatles laughed. At this point, they had more money than God, and more power, too. The venue backed down, and a good time was had by all. :)
I think a lot of us definitely myself felt like this song was like a perfect message to the world when it came out like somehow this was the truth we all needed to hear. It was very strange and fact it was an alchemical transformation where things that happen to us personally seem to also be things that were happening on the largest stage like across civilization. So these aren’t just incredible songs that they wrote, but they’re artifacts, frozen, inAmber something that was happening, that all of us were part of. and it feels like we’re still living in those apostolic times just waiting for the final chord to sound
If you can see, in front of Beatles scene, the most famous audience.....MICK Jagger of Rolling Stones!!!! Look the admiration of Mick to realise the GREATNEES of Beatles!!!!
The Beatles definitely took pop to another level on many levels. And they indeed used their influence to bring people together, As a trivia side note, most of this wasn't live, just vocals, and maybe Paul playing piano, the instruments miming to the studio recording. That's what was often done on TV back then. Often musicians would take the piss, doing things that weren't anything like what they would be playing.
The live video is awesome because of the diversity of the audience, and really, just seeing the Beatles live performing the song, but the studio recording is better because the "Na Na Na Na" end part, although as long, doesn't seem as long because of Paul's improvising on top of it. You should really check that out at some point too. I think you'll like it better. Peace
No autotune,no electronic trickery.........just.....talent....pure & simple. If you're brave enough to research their career from 1963-1970 as a group & beyond as single acts the changes & speed if those changes to their music is astonishing. The Beatles changed the music world.Simple to say that but they shifted it seismically. I was lucky,I lived through it. Sadly,to some people who don't understand I can only say "you had to be there". The Beatles were HUGE everywhere on the planet. To think it was before the internet,mobile phone networks,Twitter & all the other media platforms is utterly astounding. I truly doubt there will be another group of 4 men like them ever again.
Paul McCartney said, the first time he played Hey Jude for John Lennon, he remarked that the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" was just a nonsense fill in, and he'd re-write it later. John said, "You will NOT, it's the best line in the whole song!"
To you guys points about the "na na na" refrain just going on and on. . .in the '60's there was no social media. To get your song out there, you had to get radio airplay. And the types of songs that were being played at that time in 1968, when this song was released, typical songs had to be between 3-4 minutes length. This song comes in somewhere around 7 minutes in length. The Beatles producer George Martin pointed this out to the Beatles that no radio station was going to play a song 7 minutes long, to which John Lennon, with his trademark quick wit replied "they will if it's us!".
Then as now, being at the top of any part of the entertainment industry actually meant coming to terms with the way things were, and that often meant enduring or even actively participating in the injustice of segregation. The Beatles refused to play this game, expressing the people's will to overcome the monstrosity of segregation. They have always said that they did not invent or initiate this development, but they were the ones who stood in the front row and said what people thought and felt.
This song, performed solo by Paul McCartney, closed Danny Boyle´s marvellous opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Also, when he first played it to Lennon, McCartney said about the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" was a bit weak, and he would change it. Lennon replied, no way, that´s the best bit in it! In the late sixties and early seventies the "na-na-na-naaaah" bit was often chanted at football grounds followed by the team´s name (if it had two syllables!) Real Madrid fans sing it now about Jude Bellingham, although it´s not originally about him, since it was released 35 years before he was born(!) Finally: you say "come together" at the end of this clip; "Come together" is actually a Beatles song, on their last recorded album "Abbey Road" (1969).
"Jude" was band mate John Lennon's son Julian, who was upset over the breakup of his mom and dad. Paul McCartney (lead singer on this song) wrote Hey Jude to help soothe Julian's concerns. The song became iconic -- truly an anthem for an entire generation of the world's young people. There has not been another song in my lifetime that so totally captivated the entire world of popular music listeners quite like Hey Jude.
Jude was John Lennon’s oldest son Julian. John Lennon and his wife are going through divorce and Paul wrote this for Julia. This song is seven minutes long outro is part of the song even on the record. Great review guys.. glad you enjoyed it… I listen to this song over and over and over I was 17 years old when I came out
The Beatles the biggest band ever who influenced so many things, from music, to fashion to every band ever, they are complete talent no auto tune but pure talent , played own music , wrote own music , sang own music all 4 of them incredible talent, it had to be something to be at a concert they gave,even have movies with them in it.
The Beatles and especially John Lennon, loved to joke around and be sarcastic and throw people off...lol that's what you were seeing at the beginning of the video
We will show up to watch you react to any Beatle material that you come across. All 200 songs maybe 210 with the covers they did early in their careers.
Simply the biggest hit single in my lifetime. This song raced to the top of the pop charts and stayed at #1 for the better part of 4 months! That was unheard of then, and it's unheard of today. By far the #1 song of 1968. It was so dominant, I don't even remember what was #2 for the year.
Paul's Hey Jude scream (official version) is apparently one of the highest rock screams ever, also iconic hitting just as the song switches over to the Na Na Na Na's. Love it ❤ You need to see it live and the audience response. Eg live in Hyde Park.
As an alternative explanation of this song's meaning, reputedly it was aimed at Julian Lennon, who at that time was going through the trauma of his father abandoning the family to take up with Yoko Ono. I'm not sure, however, whether this is the complete explanation.
George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon had been singing together since 1957 first as the Quarrymen and later on around 1960 as the Beetles/ Silver Beetles/ Beatles. Originally a five piece band with Pest Best drums and Stuart Sutcliffe bass guitar. They started off as rock and rollers and blending this with blues, soul then Motown. After becoming big in Liverpool they moved to Hamburg giving up there jobs and education to earn good money. They had to perform 12 hour alternating shifts, each hour and sang the rock and roll hits of the day. After running out of songs to sing as other performers were singing the same songs, they then started writing there own. Pretty much unheard of back in the fifties. Performing so many times together they perfected there harmonies together and went back to Liverpool a much tighter band. Eventually they then hit the big time in England and the rest of Europe with the help of their manager, Brian Epstein. Sadly Stuart Sutcliffe died of a brain haemorrhage in Hamburg and Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr. The rest as they say is history. Supposedly the first time a Motown song was performed on TV, was the Beatles singing the Marvelettes Mr. Postman in 1962. Watch the Beatles performing their version 'Rock and Roll music' Classic
Beatles refused to play stadiums that enforced racial segregation. Paul wrote the song “Blackbird” after watching news coverage of the civil rights struggle in the U.S.
Its likely that audiences seeing the Beatles never really heard a note as the Beatles themselves could not hear themselves play over the roar of the crowd. Just them being onstage created an uproar.
markmcgee...... I saw The Beatles live in Melbourne 1964..... I heard maybe 10% of them playing & singing........well,their lips were moving ! The screaming girls were louder than a 707 & many wet themselves profusely (true). I loved every second of the 30 minutes they were on stage.I'm 74 now,14 then.I still have the programme & ticket stub.
aye Princess, lovely to see you with your bro - you look like sweet siblings! 👫 Paul wrote this song one day, when he was on his way to visit John, who was at the time in the process of divorcing his first wife Cynthia, and they did have a boy together, who had to go through seeing his parents split... so it started with Paul inwardly talking to Jules (or: Julian - the boy) like: hey Jules, don't take it bad... and so evolved the story of the song. Eventually he changed it to 'Hey Jude', probably also to not put Jules too much on the spot. John later said, that for him this was the best song, Paul ever wrote... 👨👩👦 ...I've now just today watched 6 of your Beatles reactions, really had a ball with it, and can now make a few suggestions, assuming you're still completing 'Abbey Road' as we speak... 01 Norwegian Wood 02 Eight days a week 03 Drive my Car 04 Elanor Rigby 05 A Day in a Life 06 I'm the Walrus 07 Fool on the Hill 08 For the Benefit of Mr Kite 09 The long and winding Road 10 Get Back ...this could keep you busy for a while... ENJOY!!! 🧡💛💚💙
You can hear another excellent example of them trying to bring people together on the song "Revolution," on the "White Album." John's lyrics are sort of a precursor of his song "Imagine."
Paul on a roll in the late 60s. The generational hits were sliding right off his guitar threads. He was in a zone. This live version is delightful, but the studio version captures the harmonies.
Paul wrote this song for John's son, Julian. John had left his first wife, Cynthia, for a woman named Yoko Ono. The song is encouraging Julian to let Yoko into his heart and heal the pain. John is supposedly unaware of this when this was recorded.
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Long story but an important one and a story that gets overlooked a lot. The first time the Beatles came to America, they played Ed Sullivan in NY. Then they played Washington DC. Then they were going to play the south. They were told their first stop in the south was Jacksonville Florida. They were then told that the shows in the south were segregated. The actual Beatles (not their management) said we will NOT play any of these shows that are segregated. Call each of the Venues and tell them we're not coming. All of these venues gave in and desegregated the shows. Because of that, other bands demanded the same thing. They had guts back then to stand up and say, we will not play to segrigated audiences. First group to do that!!!!!!
Wow! Never knew that!
Facts 💯 Much respect 🙏
@@robertmarriott6767 thanks my friend
So!
@@casepatts9322 So? I’m sure doing that was braver than anything you’ve ever done. That’s so
The Beatles were on tour in 65 and were told they would be playing to a segregated audience in some stadiums. They refused to do so and only agreed to play to an integrated audience…stadiums had no choice but to oblige as they were the biggest thing on in the world….hence from then on there were no more segregated audiences and the Beatles are to thank for that
If there ever was a band that changed the world, The Beatles were it. This is just one example of that.
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That was Jacksonville Florida
"it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder".... classic line
Jude in this song is actually John Lennon's son Julian. The original words were "Hey Jules", but it didn't work musically, so Paul McCartney changed it to "Hey Jude". Julian was a young child when his parents, John and Cynthia, were going through a divorce. Paul wrote this as a song of comfort for Julian.
John basically abandoned his son Julian. Paul stepped in to be a father figure for Julian
You know, no autotune, just pure talent. Good music never die❤
Autotune, the DUSASTER of REAL Music!!!
It's funny how many people that don't really know The Beatles' sense of humor, that watch this video for the first time, don't realize the Beatles were clowning around before getting serious. they were deliberately trying to sound bad as a joke. they were known for their silly, dry humor.
They were actually playing David Frost's (the man who introduced him) THEME SONG to his show which they were appearing on here.
@@patticrichton1135 yes, I know. That is why David Frost said: "Perfect rendition" and then said to his audience that they were "The Greatest Tea Room Orchestras in the world." I didn't give that detail but, as I said, they were still clowning around by doing that to playfully tease David Frost. And John Lennon did a silly vocal run: Buba dee do da .... at the end of it. Just as they did a silly short version of Elvis' . . . "It's Now Or Never", as well. All in good fun. My point was many people don't get what they were doing if they don't really know the Beatles very much or get their silly sense of humor.
Agreed! I often see people trying to trash Ringo as a drummer quote John as saying "he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles." They just don't get that sort of messing-around-with-your-mates sort of humor.
I’m a Yank…an old fart (67)…
But I hope you’ve learned to understand how much The Beatles hit us like an atomic bomb and totally changed all perceptions of rock and pop music in the states. Actually, all over the world.
British performers are proportionally the greatest musical performers on earth by far, based on population, but The Beatles?
Man, they brought it to a different level.
Every artist that takes the stage owes something to the Beatles. They were revolutionary and changed the face of music! Great reaction! Thank you!
In the 1960's, almost all songs played on the radio were under four minutes. When The Beatles producers heard that "Hey Jude" was seven minutes long, they said the radio stations will never play it. John Lennon answered, "Sure they will!" When asked why, he said, "Because we're The Beatles". He was right. This song went to #1 and stayed there for four months.
Ladies and gentlemen, the G.O.A.T.
That's exactly what the Beatles were. They refused to play any venue where audiences were segregated. Those venues that normally would put the Black audience in the back or in the balconies had to change or lose a lot of money. They always agreed to the Beatles terms.
Spot on.
They were among the greatest influencers of the day. You do as they want or you don’t host them.
others, like Joan Baez put their lives on the line, marching with. MLK.
The Beatles had amazing 3-part harmonising, this is a feature throughout most of their career. Hey Jude is an anthem.
The Beatles loved goofing around whenever they had a chance as you can tell from the goofy intro. They were messin' with everybody.
It's David Frost's theme song for his TV show "THE DAVID FROST SHOW" which is where this performance took place. That's David Frost introducing them.
@@patticrichton1135 the one who interviewed Nixon also!!!
Hey Jude was Number 1 on the US Billboard charts for 9 straight weeks in 1968, the most successful single of their entire career.
This song was written by "Uncle" Paul for John's first son, Julian, to console him, in the aftermath of John leaving his mother Cynthia for Yoko Ono. Julian was only about 5 at the time and was struggling. Coincidentally that was the same age that Sean Lennon was when John was murdered. This song started out as Hey Jules, but Paul ultimately ended up with Hey Jude. At one point when he was writing it, he had some place-holder lyrics that he wasn't happy with. One in particular, "The movement you need is on your shoulder" especially bothered him, and he said to John in the studio, don't worry he'd fix that line. John replied to him, you will not, that's the best line in the song. So even later in the group's career, although John and Paul no longer sat down together to write songs, they still helped each other out at times when the other was struggling.
Perfectly put with all the details required to show and tell them what the song is actually about. In Britain, this is classed as the Greatest Ever Beatles song of all time and you an see why too! At the end it's like a heavenly choir has come together, it's just so Melodic. They decided to change the title from 'Hey Jules' to 'Hey Jude' so that Julian wouldn't always be associated with the song nor would he necessarily be constantly reminded about his father's infidelity and the fact him and his mum had been dumped by John. Yet sadly he has apparently said he hates the song now for what it represented to him, the break up of his family, including that of the Beatles too in a way. But Paul was just trying to tell Julian it will all be OK in the end as he would always be be there for him, even if his own father isn't going to be! ❤ I am so glad you both liked this classic piece of Rock history! ❤
And did you know each time Paul McCartney sings that line about "...the movement you need is on your shoulders," live it chokes him up because of John's compliment😢
spot on my friend - came here to look for or write this comment, but you wrote it much better than I could ....
1968. A year of massive events around the world. Martin Luther King assassinated. Bobby Kennedy assassinated. The Viet Cong Tet offensive in Vietnam and mass protests against the war in the US, the UK and other countries. The landmark Civil Rights Act. The May uprising in Paris. The Prague Spring and the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Nixon becomes president. And, of course, some absolutely fantastic music from the Beatles. What a year to be 17, as I was.
So good to see you listening to and appreciating the Beatles, their music and the influence they had on attitudes. Don't stop! There's something new with every song.
It was my tenth birthday that year. What a year!
As someone who grew up with them, the Beatles were all about optimism, goodwill, equality, love, and progress. They sang about it in their songs, and lived it by requiring their concerts in the Ameican south to be desegregated, and refusing to play locations that weren't. They grew up loving and playing American soul, blues, R&B, country, etc, and were naturally unbiased and inclusive--you can hear that depth in their music. Cultural and musical inclusion made them what they are.
They started out as a awesomely popular boy band, and grew to be leaders of musical innovation, style, production, composition and performance, changing and creating styles, creating classic records in each one. Paul McCartney is a master of singing, composition, and playing. Listen to that pure, steady controlled tone, live, no autotune. All the best!
Blackbird was specifically written in response to segregation in the American South in the 1960s. Glad you liked this!
Wowww
Yeah, Beyoncé did a great cover of "Blackbird" on her new album.
@@makeadifference4allUsing Paul's original guitar track from the original recording i believe!
I love the Beatles, they have a song for every mood you're in. They were a very innovative, creative band.
It's so good to see the pleasure you feel listening to this song. I was a kid in England, watching this for the first time ever on tv, in black and white. The Beatles still wipe out their own hype with sheer genius music.
This song was written for John Lennon‘s son Julian. Paul decided to use the name Jude instead of Hey Jules.
Wow, that's so amazing seeing a new generation discover The Beatles and hear Hey Jude... and I discovered them after they broke up too (but back in 1977...). They inspired me to learn guitar.
That audience was so lucky..the split was coming, for all they knew it was the last time they'd get to see them together. They were Britain's pride and joy, and they returned the love whenever they played, including their last show.. a free impromptu roof concert in the middle of downtown London, tied traffic up and stopped business while office people went to the roofs to watch. Other great tunes by them: "Taxman" " Paperback Writer"
Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you THE BEATLES!! Still getting people to sing along to their songs half a century later!! #beatlesforever
One of the greatest Beatles song ever. In top ten for sure!
That is what the Beatles were and the 70’s after were all about togetherness! We have lost our way.
Six minutes of " na na na na" and you would still go on........They are the Beatles!!!!!!!!!!
At the time of "Hey Jude", the Beatles were at the tip of the spear of a revolution in music, fashion, youth culture and politics. Of course, "Hey Jude" was released as a single, and the flip side was "Revolution"... you should try reacting to that one, as well.
They recorded the videos for Hey Jude and Revolution the same day. You can see that John and Paul traded shirts between the videos.
The Beatles had 20 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The band’s career, from their formation to their breakup, spanned roughly a decade, from 1960 to 1970
The most legend Band in the World, their songs still there until now and then.....❤ I love the Beatles very much...
The most known band in the world ! You must dig into this band !
What a classic! Thanks for having me my lovely adopted sis!
It never gets old, unlike us, the fans! 😋
I just LOVED the startled look on their faces at the beginning...., when they thought that THIS was the song..., and tried to be positive... :D
You Kid's dont know what you got yourself too! Hold on your going into a MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR...👍👍
i thank god i am old enough to have seen them live
The best band the world has ever seen or heard. I am so glad I grew up with them.
Greatest legendary band ever... Beatlemania forever 🙏🙏🙏
With you mentioning the diversity of the people, this was down to The Beatles and their influence. They were definitely revolutionary and more than simply another group, at the time they were a movement, one for LOVE in its proper sense. They bowled me over in the early '60s, when I was 6 yrs old, their influence is still very much with me.
"Black Bird" ,by The Beatles, is the next one you should listen to. It's based on a black and white segregated audience that Paul McCartney witnessed during a Beatles gig. It was recently covered by Beyonce!
Uplifting song to the fullest!! Against depression and feeling low The Beatles tell you to be positive and stand up against adversity!! ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Go back and watch it again. See how long it is before you hear any melody repeating. Proper songwriters.
At the time, The Beatles hadn't played live since 1966 and Elvis hadn't performed live for over a decade, but his 1962 hit was 'It's Now or Never', so to the audience it was funny on more than one level when John belted out those lyrics, as was Paul's ad lib "Judy Judy Judy" which was a well known humorous way impressionists imitated the famous actor Cary Grant (although he never actually said Judy Judy Judy, and he joked about that common misconception). My favorite lyric is "Well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder", both wise and very clever wordplay, with multiple interpretions of the variant figurative usages of 'cool' and 'cold' in one 'homily'.
One of the many great songs by The Beatles. I enjoyed watching that performance, and both of you did a great reaction. In regards to what you saying, The Beatles had a profound influence on rock music, culture, and values. I watch The Cartier Family almost everyday, and I hope I get to see you interact with them. More old songs.
You're asking who Jude is - it was John's son Julian that the song was written for.
The Beatles refused to play in The Southern States of The USA until they allowed NON segregated and diverse audiences.
Hey Jude was written by Paul McCartney to John Lennon's young son Julian. It was originally called Hey Jules but was changed to Hey Jude and the rest is history.
It's great you kids are going and discovering groups like the Beatles!
Keep it up! You're tirning your fams on to some good stuff!
I got to see Paul McCartney and his band on my 60th birthday with my oldest daughter in San Francisco! It was amazing we got to see them perform Beatle songs,songs from his group Wings and solo career! Over 3 hours of great music with me,my daughter and over 40 thousand of our closest friends!
Got to see Paul in Berkeley. I'd he's still touring, find a way to get to the show
If you go down the Beatles rabbit hole youll be there a long time 😂😂😂
All live and no autotune recorded in a tv studio in the early 70's.
1968
The Beatles were so big, so powerful, that actually, they *did* end segregation at a venue in Florida.
They'd been booked to play, there, but, when they realized it was "restricted", they refused to pay. When the venue threatened to sue, the Beatles laughed. At this point, they had more money than God, and more power, too. The venue backed down, and a good time was had by all. :)
I think a lot of us definitely myself felt like this song was like a perfect message to the world when it came out like somehow this was the truth we all needed to hear. It was very strange and fact it was an alchemical transformation where things that happen to us personally seem to also be things that were happening on the largest stage like across civilization. So these aren’t just incredible songs that they wrote, but they’re artifacts, frozen, inAmber something that was happening, that all of us were part of. and it feels like we’re still living in those apostolic times just waiting for the final chord to sound
If you can see, in front of Beatles scene, the most famous audience.....MICK Jagger of Rolling Stones!!!!
Look the admiration of Mick to realise the GREATNEES of Beatles!!!!
The Beatles definitely took pop to another level on many levels. And they indeed used their influence to bring people together, As a trivia side note, most of this wasn't live, just vocals, and maybe Paul playing piano, the instruments miming to the studio recording. That's what was often done on TV back then. Often musicians would take the piss, doing things that weren't anything like what they would be playing.
One of the best Beatles songs ever. 😎
Baby Girl, digging the red hair. I'm an auburn! ❤
Yes, they were changers and peace makers - you are absolutely right!
They are on the David Frost (introducing them) show and that first piece of music was the theme music for the show.
The live video is awesome because of the diversity of the audience, and really, just seeing the Beatles live performing the song, but the studio recording is better because the "Na Na Na Na" end part, although as long, doesn't seem as long because of Paul's improvising on top of it. You should really check that out at some point too. I think you'll like it better.
Peace
No autotune,no electronic trickery.........just.....talent....pure & simple. If you're brave enough to research their career from 1963-1970 as a group & beyond as single acts the changes & speed if those changes to their music is astonishing. The Beatles changed the music world.Simple to say that but they shifted it seismically. I was lucky,I lived through it. Sadly,to some people who don't understand I can only say "you had to be there". The Beatles were HUGE everywhere on the planet. To think it was before the internet,mobile phone networks,Twitter & all the other media platforms is utterly astounding. I truly doubt there will be another group of 4 men like them ever again.
The Beatles ...............THE G.O.A.T.S .. Quite simply ..Nice to have you aboard .
Paul McCartney said, the first time he played Hey Jude for John Lennon, he remarked that the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" was just a nonsense fill in, and he'd re-write it later. John said, "You will NOT, it's the best line in the whole song!"
To you guys points about the "na na na" refrain just going on and on. . .in the '60's there was no social media. To get your song out there, you had to get radio airplay. And the types of songs that were being played at that time in 1968, when this song was released, typical songs had to be between 3-4 minutes length. This song comes in somewhere around 7 minutes in length. The Beatles producer George Martin pointed this out to the Beatles that no radio station was going to play a song 7 minutes long, to which John Lennon, with his trademark quick wit replied "they will if it's us!".
The Beatles played those rough clubs in Hamburg before they became famous. They played an eight hour set a night.
Then as now, being at the top of any part of the entertainment industry actually meant coming to terms with the way things were, and that often meant enduring or even actively participating in the injustice of segregation. The Beatles refused to play this game, expressing the people's will to overcome the monstrosity of segregation. They have always said that they did not invent or initiate this development, but they were the ones who stood in the front row and said what people thought and felt.
Loved your reactions! Gave me goosebumbs. Hugs from Brazil!
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Wilson Pickett pulled off a cover of this. If I recall correctly, Duane Allman featured on guitar for Pickett.
Holy crap! You guys know each other? I love it. Watch you both separately and did not know this.
Brother and sister 🤍
This song, performed solo by Paul McCartney, closed Danny Boyle´s marvellous opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Also, when he first played it to Lennon, McCartney said about the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" was a bit weak, and he would change it. Lennon replied, no way, that´s the best bit in it! In the late sixties and early seventies the "na-na-na-naaaah" bit was often chanted at football grounds followed by the team´s name (if it had two syllables!) Real Madrid fans sing it now about Jude Bellingham, although it´s not originally about him, since it was released 35 years before he was born(!) Finally: you say "come together" at the end of this clip; "Come together" is actually a Beatles song, on their last recorded album "Abbey Road" (1969).
"Jude" was band mate John Lennon's son Julian, who was upset over the breakup of his mom and dad. Paul McCartney (lead singer on this song) wrote Hey Jude to help soothe Julian's concerns. The song became iconic -- truly an anthem for an entire generation of the world's young people. There has not been another song in my lifetime that so totally captivated the entire world of popular music listeners quite like Hey Jude.
Jude was John Lennon’s oldest son Julian. John Lennon and his wife are going through divorce and Paul wrote this for Julia. This song is seven minutes long outro is part of the song even on the record. Great review guys.. glad you enjoyed it… I listen to this song over and over and over I was 17 years old when I came out
Julian
The Beatles wrote TONS of songs, some poignant and reflective, some silly, and really something for all moods! My favorite is "In my life".
There is no person on this planet who never heard "Hey Jude". The next one will be :"people reacting to gravity.
The Beatles the biggest band ever who influenced so many things, from music, to fashion to every band ever, they are complete talent no auto tune but pure talent , played own music , wrote own music , sang own music all 4 of them incredible talent, it had to be something to be at a concert they gave,even have movies with them in it.
Even spiritually, remember when George went introspective and dragged the Beatles into that realm
The Beatles and especially John Lennon, loved to joke around and be sarcastic and throw people off...lol
that's what you were seeing at the beginning of the video
We will show up to watch you react to any Beatle material that you come across. All 200 songs maybe 210 with the covers they did early in their careers.
You're going to love this journey!
Gotta sing along with this.
Simply the biggest hit single in my lifetime. This song raced to the top of the pop charts and stayed at #1 for the better part of 4 months! That was unheard of then, and it's unheard of today. By far the #1 song of 1968. It was so dominant, I don't even remember what was #2 for the year.
Paul's Hey Jude scream (official version) is apparently one of the highest rock screams ever, also iconic hitting just as the song switches over to the Na Na Na Na's. Love it ❤
You need to see it live and the audience response. Eg live in Hyde Park.
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles…they or god’s of Rock…and defined the 60’s and 70’s! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences and threatened to cancel concerts unless the venue changed their segregated policies.
As an alternative explanation of this song's meaning, reputedly it was aimed at Julian Lennon, who at that time was going through the trauma of his father abandoning the family to take up with Yoko Ono. I'm not sure, however, whether this is the complete explanation.
Paul wrote this song for John Lennons Son Julian trying to help him find some peace with the troubled relationship he had with his father
George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon had been singing together since 1957 first as the Quarrymen and later on around 1960 as the Beetles/ Silver Beetles/ Beatles. Originally a five piece band with Pest Best drums and Stuart Sutcliffe bass guitar.
They started off as rock and rollers and blending this with blues, soul then Motown. After becoming big in Liverpool they moved to Hamburg giving up there jobs and education to earn good money. They had to perform 12 hour alternating shifts, each hour and sang the rock and roll hits of the day. After running out of songs to sing as other performers were singing the same songs, they then started writing there own. Pretty much unheard of back in the fifties.
Performing so many times together they perfected there harmonies together and went back to Liverpool a much tighter band. Eventually they then hit the big time in England and the rest of Europe with the help of their manager, Brian Epstein.
Sadly Stuart Sutcliffe died of a brain haemorrhage in Hamburg and Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr. The rest as they say is history. Supposedly the first time a Motown song was performed on TV, was the Beatles singing the Marvelettes Mr. Postman in 1962. Watch the Beatles performing their version 'Rock and Roll music' Classic
Beatles refused to play stadiums that enforced racial segregation. Paul wrote the song “Blackbird” after watching news coverage of the civil rights struggle in the U.S.
Sang live in a BBC studio on Top of the Pops where the whole audience joined in at the final chorus. Trouble was, they didn't;t know how to stop
Original title was HEY JULES , was written for Julian Lennon .
Wow that’s interesting
Its likely that audiences seeing the Beatles never really heard a note as the Beatles themselves could not hear themselves play over the roar of the crowd. Just them being onstage created an uproar.
markmcgee...... I saw The Beatles live in Melbourne 1964..... I heard maybe 10% of them playing & singing........well,their lips were moving ! The screaming girls were louder than a 707 & many wet themselves profusely (true). I loved every second of the 30 minutes they were on stage.I'm 74 now,14 then.I still have the programme & ticket stub.
Love this song x
aye Princess, lovely to see you with your bro - you look like sweet siblings! 👫
Paul wrote this song one day, when he was on his way to visit John, who was at the time in the process of divorcing his first wife Cynthia, and they did have a boy together, who had to go through seeing his parents split... so it started with Paul inwardly talking to Jules (or: Julian - the boy) like: hey Jules, don't take it bad... and so evolved the story of the song. Eventually he changed it to 'Hey Jude', probably also to not put Jules too much on the spot. John later said, that for him this was the best song, Paul ever wrote... 👨👩👦
...I've now just today watched 6 of your Beatles reactions, really had a ball with it, and can now make a few suggestions, assuming you're still completing 'Abbey Road' as we speak...
01 Norwegian Wood
02 Eight days a week
03 Drive my Car
04 Elanor Rigby
05 A Day in a Life
06 I'm the Walrus
07 Fool on the Hill
08 For the Benefit of Mr Kite
09 The long and winding Road
10 Get Back
...this could keep you busy for a while... ENJOY!!!
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Please look for ebony and Ivory song, referring to the piano, all the keys together all needing one and other as one?
You can hear another excellent example of them trying to bring people together on the song "Revolution," on the "White Album." John's lyrics are sort of a precursor of his song "Imagine."
great reaction, guys, thanks1
Paul on a roll in the late 60s. The generational hits were sliding right off his guitar threads. He was in a zone. This live version is delightful, but the studio version captures the harmonies.
Paul wrote this song for John's son, Julian. John had left his first wife, Cynthia, for a woman named Yoko Ono. The song is encouraging Julian to let Yoko into his heart and heal the pain. John is supposedly unaware of this when this was recorded.
Timeless.
The beautiful voice and the genius of Paul McCartney.
More beatles pls😊😊
This song was written by Paul for John’s son Julian.