Yes, its beyond amazing. If it wasnt for their similar pattern in the songs and especially in their solo careers, I would have suspected they had songwriters? They did something "supernatural" during these 7 to 8 years. In the first years, John was leading them and dominated with the excellent A Hard Days Night album and from 1967 Paul took the lead but George should have had more influence and perhaps co-written songs with Paul and John.
My mother played this album on headphones into her belly as she rocked in a rocking chair for me before I was born. I therefore declare Abbey Road the best album of all time. Miss you ma.
My mom was born in 1930 and she was my best friend and favorite person to spend time with and listen to music. She was around when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan show and loved to sing _anything_ she loved. From Sinatra to The Beatles. Even some Motley Crue (Home Sweet Home) . I was able to take her to see Paul in 2020 on Easter Sunday and man, watching her sing the "Nah na na na's " during Hey Jude and so many others at her first stadium show is a memory I'll cherish forever. I also took her to Sinatra and that was another great night and it was just the two of us and we both had a great time. You're Mom sounds so cool man. God rest both our Mom's souls and yeah, I'll second that... I miss you Ma
I was 8 when it was released. The next summer, I was 9, I played it the album over and over nonstop. Well over 100 times. Yet I still like it today, and frankly never grew tired of it.
Here Comes The Sun is the most beautiful song I ever heard in my life. I feel it deeper than bones every time I hear it. When I heard George Harrison's first solo album I was blown away at a level I haven't been before or after. Such angelic music. As I got older I appreciated so much George's stuff.
SO TRUE about Here Comes The Sun for me as well!! The first few notes....I cannot explain it what it does to my heart and soul. EVERY time I feel tears well up....followed by a smile and a feeling of wanting to say...."Thanks George. THANK YOU for this beautiful creation."
When I was 15 and starting High School I wanted to BE George Harrison! I even tried to dress like his Abbey Road look. I never got close but it was fun trying for awhile.
Find "Devil and The Deep Blue Sea" and "Ride Rajbun" by George. The latter he wrote for an animated kids' series for charity. The former was on his "brainwashed" album. George didn't get the promotion that John and Paul got, so I will have to go through all of his songs because I'm sure there are a few more I've never heard of that are interesting.
@@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL I will check those out the second I type this. Thank you for the heads up. I'm sure I would of found it, but you sped that process up exponentially.
@@brette9309 they recorded at EMI studios. the studio was renamed Abbey Road Studios After the album. Isn’t that cool ?! (The street they crossed was Abbey Road)
I love the fact that even though these four men were ready to call it quits and their egos were at a critical level, they remained professional. They were real men who put their craft above pettiness. They wanted to go out with what they hoped was their best effort and didn't let personal conflicts interfere. What an important lesson that today's bands could learn from.
There was no discussion Abbey Road would be their last album. There are even tapes of The Beatles discussing a next album and how many songs each member would get
@@lex1633 still, there was a lot of strife and frustration going in to it. They held it as long as they could. It had to just, be.... let it be. I will always love the Beatles.
It was tend to be toxic relationship among 4 of them , it was love and hate to the bone , and you just couldn't stand it anymore.. It was like a time bomb that just could explode anytime..
They "didn't" remain professional. They disbanded. McCartney's voice of reason was not enough to persuade Lennon, who was tripping in some new direction that didn't lead too much.
I feel so blessed to be born at a time when I could hear the most amazing band in the world do their thing (and the thousands of spin off bands that they inspired)!
No matter how many books you can read or documentaries you can watch....nobody will ever know how it really was to be alive while these guys were doing their thing in real time...unless you were indeed alive while they were doing it. Riding my bike 6 miles at 7 years old to buy Revolver and having to hide it from the folks so they wouldn't know that I had gone past my limit... So many memories.
I remember sitting in the lounge with my beautiful older brother and lights out. We listened to Abbey Road so intently that it melted into my brain. The final medley is just beyond description.
John Lennon was quite critical of that medley. Which is odd as some of his best studio performances are contained in it. I have a strong gut feeling he only said that because he was getting jealous that Paul was kind of taking musical control of what he considered his band. Here nor there, it left us with great material. I hope he realized that before his demise.
My ONLY complaint has always been that the guitar lead trade-off in THE END should have gone longer. A lot longer! I saw Paul in Salt Lake City back in 2010, and he and his boys extended it a little. But maybe I'm just a guitar freak. And who second guesses the Beatles anyway, right!?
The Beatles...the most iconic group ever...made all of their wonderful music...and broke up....before ANY of them were 30 years old which is astounding
Ironic, but certainly not uncommon. It is ironic that the vast majority of bands, do their best work when their members, were in their 20's. Increased age & wisdom, doesn't necessarily lead to better music. (ironic)
By faaaarrrr the best best best band of all time. I cannot even believe they have done so much in such short time. I'm so thankful to be able to live in their time in history 🙏
Totally agree. I was born to them and will die to them. The first things I remember seeing were these album covers. Even before, I could appreciate the music. I have listened to them all my life and still love them.
I loved this video! They landed in America when I was 13. To me and my brother and friends nothing mattered but The Beatles. It was a time like no other. The '60's were legendary and the best time of my life!
Hey, Kathy! I'm 72 and grew up with the Beatles, too. The sixties was best described by Dickens: " It was the best of times, ( the Beatles and all the music, ) it was the worst of times, ( Kennedy's assassinated, riots, Vietnam and the Cold War. ) I wouldn't trade a minute of it.
Same here kathy, i was born 1952..our childhood became magic in 1963 around november 63 after kennedy, when word got out ed sullivan was bringing them to his show. There were beatles chewing gum cards, dolls, cartoons, music on radio nearly constantly spring of 64. Yes, we grew up with them. Was a magic time for us.
@@allenf.5907 Let It Be was put on the shelve and the Beatles then proceeded to record Abbey Road. so that was their last effort together. Then Let It Be was taken off the shelve polished up for release which made it their last released studio album but Abbey Road was their last effort together as a bad.
This is my favourite album. It highlights the best of each of the Beatles. In my opinion the creative juices were enhanced by the restraint Paul and John put on each other. While I have loved a lot of their solo stuff, nothing have ever matched the best of their collaboration. I love George’s music and Ringo always hits the spot. Thanks for putting this video together.
I always felt that Paul needed John's cynicism, and John needed Paul's sweetness. As many good songs as they both did solo, the parts were not equal to the whole. JMHO. Also IMO, George was the best of the three post-Beatles.
this album is the pinnacle of rock and roll. The Beatles could have played/wrote any kind of music, and better than anyone else. what a talent these guys were.
The stupendous Side 2 medley -- and then the four lads striding across that zebra walk and into history. The perfect photo for a perfect album -- and unparalleled career. The greatest band in history -- musically, sociologically and culturally. So glad I was around for all of it.
@@LONEEAGLE_space_rock There are plenty of "virtuosos" who CAN´T write a simple, a very simple, song! Nothing comes out of their soul. Just the (enormous) ability to play an (or even many) instrument. Can only play what others have created!...
Side 2 has this amazing, slow building crescendo and intensity that builds through the medley, culminating to this incredible swan song of The End. Utter perfection.
Wish Lennon wasn’t so bitter and just found a place to understand Paul’s granny music, which I love. It takes me to be in a certain mood but it’s good to listen to
I think the granny music is quite bad, and Paul shouldn't have pushed the group to accept it. However, John was also critical to some of his own songs pre-Ono, for example Eight days a week. For me, it seems he wanted to start a new life by critisizing McCartney and his own early songs. Did he want to impress Ono? If John should be critical, it is to some low quality songs he pushed into White Album (Bungalow Bill, Warm Gun, Im so tired, Yer Blues, Sexie Sadie, Revolution #9). What did he achieve after Beatles: Imagine, Attica state, Working class hero, Cold turkey. Very short list of good Lennons songs after he left Beatles. And why did he particapte in Don't Worry Kyoko if he had any kind of quality ambitions?
The energy of the rooms that exist in the rock and roll hall of Fame where they play live scenes and songs of the Beatles was a magical place to be. I wanted to sing along, laugh and cry at once. So very moving. It's wild that a band and their songs makes me feel like I'm home. Such power and magic in their sound. They are and will always be the best band ever!
The medley is so good that most of the recent covers sound really good too, some with interesting variations or subtle differences. It just gets better as the decades roll by. The fact that 60s and 70s music gets covered so much proves that song writing is becoming a lost art.
When you look at the pictures of them and they are so young, it’s amazing the amount of creativity they had and all the accomplishments before they were 30.
The five together had serious magic. An orchestra’s worth of input from 5 people, studio’s paid for. They came up with their bare minimum. Pure brilliance.
Their music is still current today and better than the shit we have to listen to now. God I wish they could have made more albums. The best band ever. I don't think something like the Beatles will ever happen again simply the best!!!
When those first few chords of You Never Give Me Your Money comes in ... I had to capture my breath just then. That starts the most incredible segment of music ever created. The Beatles at just some other-worldly level of greatness they'd achieved throughout their career and bringing it all together. They are the only thing that ever make me think a higher level exists to life/
Thank you for a superb story telling of the album. The break up of the Beatles was a tragic day for music, but how great is it that they gave us this masterpiece as their final gift.
The Side 2 "Medley" of Abbey Road is absolute perfection. Whether intentional or not (even from its creators) it is one of the most magical pieces of art ever created.
@@michaelharrington75 No I'm not kidding, Lennon didn't have the range to hit the really high parts, that's why he couldn't do songs like Long Tall Sally and I'm Down.
If you hear Lennon singing “Get Back” it sounds much better than McCartney. Probably the case for most songs to be honest but Paul did a great take on “Oh Darlin’”
For years this was my favorite Beatles album and it’s the one that got me into their music. It’s also the first album of theirs that I had heard in its entirety and I was completely blown away. Before that, I thought they just made throwaway pop songs. I still think it’s their most deeply moving experience. In that sense it’s actually a stronger comparison to Pet Sounds than Sgt. Pepper’s. If I’m taking a road trip for example, it’s the album that I can put on and listen to from start to finish and it’s riveting and deeply engrossing every time. Five stars and easily one of the greatest albums of all time in my book.
Thanks! I hadn't seen this one. I'm seventy-four. The Beatles had so much to do with how I look at life and the world, even today. My opening to life, at four-teen years old, was nothing short of magical.
It amazes me , my teen years were chasing the Beatles music by trying to learn it , play it, and wondering why they quit. Today it’s understandable, but in 69, unthinkable
For those who don’t know, Let it Be was the last album the Beatles released but it was recorded before Abbey Road. Many saw Let it Be as their finale when in reality it was Abbey Road. Although I like Abbey Road, I found Rubber Soul and Revolver their masterpieces.
I agree - although Pepper comes a very close third to those two albums. All Beatles albums have greatness about them of course. Abbey Road has a lot of high points, but some tracks I really never cared for much. Let it Be is - IMO - the exception - although it has a handful of great songs on it, many tracks sound like what they are, unfinished snippets or collections of unfinished snippets run together but rather more obviously and less expertly than previous times they had done that.
Rubber Soul more recently stands out for me as their most beautiful album. Abbey Rd is a masterpiece and hard to place it 2nd. Most of their best albums had just two weaker songs. Rubber Soul has only one weaker song. Originally Sgt Pepper album was to include Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields but were pulled off early for a single. This might have then been their best album. All their albums were so dam good (With The Beatles possibly a bit less so). Just my opinion
Great video. Really tells the story well. Perhaps the most perfect album in the history of rock and pop. It encapsulates everything about The Beatles in a single vinyl platter. Sometimes the sprawling brilliant mess of the white album is my favorite. Sometimes the great songwriting and expanding vision of Revolver is my favorite. Today Abbey Road is my favorite. Thank you.
Music Box, thank you for this, I really enjoyed it. This doc was at a good pace, had great pictures of the band, and gave much information about The Beatles! In 1964 age eleven, I went from baseball cards to Beatle boots and flare bottom pants and became a drummer! It was tremendous how they suddenly appeared with a powerful and enduring force and energy. They also really helped the US recover from the killing of our beloved president JFK just a few months before! It is astounding how much these four men reflected and influenced the entire world for decades! As said, what a blessing it was to have been alive, to have seen and felt it, and to have been a part of it! Yes, The Beatles are the greatest band in world history. And they are one of the biggest events as well!
I am so thankful that Paul stood his ground on Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. The other Beatles hated it, many fans don’t like it. But I unironically love it. I enjoy it so much and it puts me in a great mood every time.
Thanks for a fine presentation. I'm one of the many who's favorite album is Abbey Road. And in the end, my favorite Beatles song is I Want You (She's So Heavy), both for simple reasons. I was born early 1967 and when I grew up we never had a proper stereo with a record player, so at seven I made my mom finally buy me an original cassette. I inherited my sister's tiny Philips mono player, and couldn't stop playing it, like on a 350 km car trip to visit grandma. Mom must have gone slightly mad with me and Abbey Road in the back seat, as I was lying flat listening and trying to cure my car sickness. It worked, and perhaps mom somehow liked the music after all. Within a year my other sister nagged on her to buy a guitar, so grandma's donation to get a panel oven for my stone cold room turned into a Yamaha nylon 6-string. Nothing better could ever happen. My sister gave up learning early on, while I was devoted and played along with what still was my only tape, until it one day was unplayable tape salad. However, I learned the bass lines and tuned down the strings to make them sound deeper, and I could also play the heaviest, darkest and most intense riff in rock history. That's how I became a musician. Thank You Mom, and the Beatles!
Abbey Road - The most perfect album ever made from its start to its splendid ending. Absolutely adore it and deserves listening to at least once a week - in full.
I’m glad there was never a reunion..it makes them even more majestic even though a tragedy of epic proportions in 1980 sealed that from ever happening..and never forget the impact George Martin had in making the perfect timeless masterpieces that cannot be topped..it isn’t possible
I never felt anything so deeply as all the Beatles songs and growing up with them was a joy particularly because my parents adored them as well. They were the soundtrack to our lives from 1963 onward including and especially the solo albums that followed. There’s never been another experience like it.
Abbey Road is The Beatles album I've listened to the most, Lennon and McCartney's songs are expected to be genius but George's contribution to the album really make it a masterpiece imo, I always thought it was the 2nd last album growing up.
Thank you for putting this together. What amazes me about Abbey Road is that I actually enjoy it more with every listen - there aren't may albums like that. It's as if I hear it for the first time every time, and there's always something new i pick up that I didn't notice before. And as with almost all Beatles output the range of emotions evoked is tremendous. I've cried happy tears many times while listening and thinking about how this was the closing of their union. If I could have one wish it would be for the Beatles to have performed The Long One together live.
There's absolutely no doubt that with today's stereo technology and numerous re-mastered issues, the sound is infinitely better, clearer, and the bass is much easier to pick out; maybe that's one reason the album seems to get better and better. I think the Beatles produced at least 3 albums with better songs, but by the time they made Abbey Rd they were at their peak as studio performers, with both their individual instruments and their singing, especially the vocal harmonies.
Personally, my Favorite Album is Abby Road. I was a Senior in High School when it was released. I had every Beatle Album in my Collection. I saw them on Ed Sullivan in 1964. I’m grateful I got to take the entire ride. They influenced my life and music more than anyone. I think they wanted to present themselves as the best they could be on Abby Road. So happy George got his Two superlative songs on there…but they ALL contributed to each other in those recordings. Paul’s Bass lines and Harmonies on Something. They were ALL working their magic together for each other. Paul’s last line In the End…I think is the greatest single lyric in the history of rock. What a way to say Goodbye!…to each other…and to all of us! ❤Bravo 👏👏👏👏
by abbey road, they all knew the beatles were done as a group, but wanted to go out on top of their game.& as usual, they succeeded.its a masterpiece that still stands the test of time.
It was the perfect way to go out granted John said in the Rolling Stone interview that he was pretty much done with the Beatles by the White Album. Paul kept it together. The Get Back doc shows both George and Ringo were getting sick of it as well but they came back regardless. It has to be really difficult for anyone to quit such a successful band but at the same time if they stayed together just for the fans or money the music most likely would have suffered. Yoko kind of got a bum rap. Many feel the breakup was her fault but it seems it was inevitable regardless. The only difference might have been John being a lot more miserable if not for Yoko in his life.
For me, I could not imagine a world without this album...so glad they agreed on this last hurrah. 'I want you' feels like the first doom metal song, and 'Because' is just beautiful.
There's some special quality about Beatles music, it's almost spiritual. It gets me emotional. Particularly on the three standout tracks on "Abbey Road" - i.e. "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Because" and "Golden Slumbers".
As a Christian I should not say it but Abbey Road has some sort of spiritual aspect to it. It’s sad at times and exhilarating. When George sings “something in the way she moves..” makes me tear up.
This is Beatles at their finest. It's the end of the band, but pure genius. That B side medley makes me happy and sad at the same time. Love thus band now and forever!!
A really noteworthy, accurate and well balanced documentary. Music and lyrics need to be viewed in the context of the time they were produced and the point of developmental evolution of its creator(s).... in just 8 years the Beatles had gone from the raw and catchy tunes of their beginnings to the remarkable and complex music and themes of their final years. They had so many "firsts" in what they did over those years, commentators have lost count. They not only changed music forever but as we all know, the world too in so many ways. Given their world fame had rapidly surpassed anything or anyone else in modern history, they should each be given great credit for keeping their feet on the ground and retaining their common touch. John, Paul, George and Ringo - legends always who inspired countless future musicians. I am 65 years old and have yet to meet a single person who doesn't know the words or tune of a Beatles song.
What a superb album! The best I have ever listened to. Forget about the dark side of the moon. This is much better. And we are talking here about the best two albums in the history of music.
If hard's not to overstate things here ... but put simply, thankyou for these uploads. Your command and use of the English language beautifully articulates each song's time, place, form and event. The result transforms the understanding of the viewer using descriptive and vivid language and as someone with little background knowledge, I am truly grateful.
I bought every Beatle record as soon as it was released. (Sadly, I did not keep care and track of them over the years.) Anyway, I have always believed Abbey Road was their best of all. And that is saying a lot given the great stuff they had already produced. I just can't say enough about the Beatles. I remember their Ed Sullivan debut like it was yesterday. Their impact on music, culture, society, etc., cannot be measured.
My favorite Beatles album,hands down 🙌🎵 Btw,I had to enter in 4th decade of my life to not take George's masterpieces for granted! Better late then never,I guess!
Even John has said Georges songs were the best on that album. But we have to take anything John says with a grain of salt. I think most feel his best studio work is on the side 2 medley yet John said he didn't like it.. go figure.
What album do I play the most? Abbey Road. What framed posters do I have hanging on my office wall? Only Beatles. I feel lucky to have witnessed greatness back in the day!!
Pretty good summation. Two tidbits I've heard regarding John are that: a) George Martin had reservations and said they had to listen to what he said, especially John, and b) John quit the band before the album's release but Alan Klein told him not to tell anyone so as to not affect the new album sales (though I also heard it was because the new contract hadn't been finalized). Then there was the bit from last year where a couple of weeks before John quit, John, Paul, and George recorded a meeting for Ringo discussing plans for another album and possibly a new single for Christmas, with John suggesting Cold Turkey.
I was 10 when The FAB 4 worked on and created ABBEY ROAD. I was a fan as a little child and I'm still a fan of The BEATLES today. As Pete Townshend has said, "Long live Rock be dead or alive!" I will be a Beatles fan until the day I die (and then some). + Durasaxon +✝️
I was still in the single digits when ABBEY ROAD came out and really, this was the first Beatles album I cared much about. My brother, nearly six years older than me, was big on the Beatles early on but I don't remember him having any of their albums past the "moptop" era. AR's significance to my own musical development was that it was this album more than any other that taught me how music worked, much less rock music. I remember sitting on the floor of my bedroom with a portable cassette player and a book of Beatles sheet music (transcribed for piano) and I would follow along between the tape and the book. My modern perspective is that it was AR where the Beatles tried, knowingly or not, to align themselves with the rock music of the day...and they mostly succeeded. When I say that, I don't mean necessarily that they came up short; in some ways, I think, they *led* and in other ways they *lagged*. That being said, if they weren't all sick of each other and sick of being "The Beatles" and all the baggage associated with that, it seems like AR could have been looked at in retrospect as a new kicking-off point. I'm reminded of the three albums the original members of Asia reunited for and how they got dramatically better as they went; "AR II" and "AR III" could have been like that. It would have also been a good time for the four of them to have really woodshedded and expanded what they could do as instrumentalists; when it comes to that, they were getting steamrollered by the Jeff Becks, Jack Bruces, Tony Bankses, Jimmy Pages, and Keith Moons of the world who were rushing up behind them. Alas, we go to war with the Beatles we have, not the Beatles we want. :)
John Lemon and Paul McCartney was one person. Paul John(athon) Pope. Hence Pope John Paul & John, Paul, George & Ringo. This is documented in radio and televisuals. If you take the time to call P.J. Pope and talk to him he will admit it. His number is ex-directory. So goggle him. Jah bless and much love, rock and roll might never die. Grand Ol Opry.
My favorite album - no doubt about that. Since I heard it for the first time, in 1970 - when I was 16 years old - from now, with 68 years old - I still feel the same. An immortal place for anyone to visit anytime they want.
This is very well-researched and told. The Abbey Road album is amazing. One could write and write about the quality of her songs and their flow from one to the next. “I Want You” is probably the heaviest Beatles song ever. It’s sudden stop, only to move to the panacea of Here Comes the Sun is an obvious example of the intelligence that Martin and the band brought to the project. But the most important thing of course is just the craftsmanship of the music itself. The beautiful balance of mood; never lingering too long on one idea: an album that deserves to be listened to from beginning to end (remember when we had the patience to do that?)
Their greatest album and probably the greatest ever. The flow from beginning to end is incredible especially for the 1960s. This and Sgt Peppers are their most complete and consistent albums.
Thank you to Music Box for producing this video. I've been a Beatles fan since I was a kid in the 90s, and I'll never forget when going to elementary or middle school my dad playing the "Birthday" song off the White Album on my birthday. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts was probably the one album that took me while to get into, but as a kid I loved the early stuff - Please Please Me, Hard Day's Night, Help. I love almost everything the Beatles have composed and released, but I'm going to say 4 reasons why 'Abbey Road' is my favorite album. It showcases each of the Beatles individual talents at what I consider to be the height of their musical impact. Second, the album has some of my favorite songs of all time - Here Comes the Sun, You Never Give me Your Money. Third, the production value is superb, and that has a lot to do with the fact that they now had access to 8-track recordings, not just 4-track, so this gave them more breathing room and the ability to experiment even further. The song 'Because' is on its own an incredible track, and we can clearly hear how good the production value is given what they had at their disposal in 1969. Finally, the Beatles accomplished the most sophisticated, heartfelt, and appropriate closing to not only an album but an almost decade-long career as a band and also - I'd argue - as friends. They close out 'Abbey Road' with the medley that perfectly sums everything up with 'The End.' This is no 'The End' as Jim Morrison in The Doors sings it. No, no. This is truly the end - of a movement that so many people felt the emotional weight of, to the point that I have probably listened to 'Sun King' through 'Her Majesty' too many times to count. The Beatles figured out how to say hello and greet the world with 'Please Please Me' and they ultimately said goodbye with the album 'Let It Be,' as it was released after 'Abbey Road.' But, no matter how you square it, The Beatles encompassed a period in history that was so special to those who lived through it and for those who can experience it through the sound of the time. To me, The Beatles were that sound, and their final album 'Abbey Road' says it all.
Considering all the musical events at the time of its release, this was a true masterpiece, both in sense of musical imagination, playing skills and production innovations. Even today it is a pleasure putting this record on a turntable and admire the sound, pregnancy of creative ideas and level of achievement at the end of one of the most famous musical careers in the history.
@@phila3884 I used to think of the White Album as their best but now I really don't have one I think was their best. There is so much to chose from. Really depends on mood more than anything else.
This band haunted my whole childhood. So it's ending with Let it be and Abby Road was a kind of ending for me as well. Playing or singing in a band is simultaneously the best thing in the world, yet sad at the same time, because you can't go back & live it again, it is a unique experience. I suppose that is how it must have felt for them as well.
so 11 studio albums, all both defining the times and based on a timely foundation, and each pointing to the future. brilliantly, tightly . how could we think we deserved more?
I love their last shots together. August 22, 1969. Two days after their last time all together in the studio. Watch 23:18. Gorgeous colour shots in the field.
Amazing how The Beatles made all of this great music in just eight years.
They were all under thirty years old when they broke up! The best EVER!
Yep! Pretty remarkable. Astounding really.
Yes, its beyond amazing. If it wasnt for their similar pattern in the songs and especially in their solo careers, I would have suspected they had songwriters? They did something "supernatural" during these 7 to 8 years. In the first years, John was leading them and dominated with the excellent A Hard Days Night album and from 1967 Paul took the lead but George should have had more influence and perhaps co-written songs with Paul and John.
Absolutely!
The best band if all time
So was Jimmy.
My mother played this album on headphones into her belly as she rocked in a rocking chair for me before I was born. I therefore declare Abbey Road the best album of all time. Miss you ma.
Ah, nice!
My mom was born in 1930 and she was my best friend and favorite person to spend time with and listen to music. She was around when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan show and loved to sing _anything_ she loved. From Sinatra to The Beatles. Even some Motley Crue (Home Sweet Home) .
I was able to take her to see Paul in 2020 on Easter Sunday and man, watching her sing the "Nah na na na's " during Hey Jude and so many others at her first stadium show is a memory I'll cherish forever.
I also took her to Sinatra and that was another great night and it was just the two of us and we both had a great time.
You're Mom sounds so cool man.
God rest both our Mom's souls and yeah, I'll second that...
I miss you Ma
Something in the way you moved....
That's Real Love, Indeed 😊
God Bless Your Mother....🙏
It's unbelievable this album hasn't dated one bit since it was made 53 years ago. It's timeless.
It's dated a bit. But it's still all right.
@@MitchHawkes nice joke
That’s a bit of a stretch, but it’s a classic.
I was 8 when it was released. The next summer, I was 9, I played it the album over and over nonstop. Well over 100 times. Yet I still like it today, and frankly never grew tired of it.
My favorite Beatle album. The best
Here Comes The Sun is the most beautiful song I ever heard in my life. I feel it deeper than bones every time I hear it. When I heard George Harrison's first solo album I was blown away at a level I haven't been before or after. Such angelic music. As I got older I appreciated so much George's stuff.
SO TRUE about Here Comes The Sun for me as well!! The first few notes....I cannot explain it what it does to my heart and soul. EVERY time I feel tears well up....followed by a smile and a feeling of wanting to say...."Thanks George. THANK YOU for this beautiful creation."
When I was 15 and starting High School I wanted to BE George Harrison! I even tried to dress like his Abbey Road look. I never got close but it was fun trying for awhile.
Find "Devil and The Deep Blue Sea" and "Ride Rajbun" by George. The latter he wrote for an animated kids' series for charity. The former was on his "brainwashed" album. George didn't get the promotion that John and Paul got, so I will have to go through all of his songs because I'm sure there are a few more I've never heard of that are interesting.
@@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL I will check those out the second I type this. Thank you for the heads up. I'm sure I would of found it, but you sped that process up exponentially.
CHAD, I AGREE WITH YOU WITH ONE ADDITION. I, LIKE FRANK SINATRA, THINK THAT "SOMETHING" IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG EVER RECORDED
"Let's just name it after the street outside" is such a ringo thing to do
To be fair, it's also the name of the studio they recorded it in.
It's been a hard day...night!
@@brette9309 they recorded at EMI studios. the studio was renamed Abbey Road Studios After the album. Isn’t that cool ?! (The street they crossed was Abbey Road)
@@brette9309the studio was named after the album
McCartney named Abbey Road and arranged for the photo
I love the fact that even though these four men were ready to call it quits and their egos were at a critical level, they remained professional. They were real men who put their craft above pettiness. They wanted to go out with what they hoped was their best effort and didn't let personal conflicts interfere. What an important lesson that today's bands could learn from.
There was no discussion Abbey Road would be their last album. There are even tapes of The Beatles discussing a next album and how many songs each member would get
@@lex1633 still, there was a lot of strife and frustration going in to it. They held it as long as they could. It had to just, be.... let it be. I will always love the Beatles.
It was tend to be toxic relationship among 4 of them , it was love and hate to the bone , and you just couldn't stand it anymore..
It was like a time bomb that just could explode anytime..
They "didn't" remain professional. They disbanded.
McCartney's voice of reason was not enough to persuade Lennon, who was tripping in some new direction that didn't lead too much.
"real men"
I feel so blessed to be born at a time when I could hear the most amazing band in the world do their thing (and the thousands of spin off bands that they inspired)!
No matter how many books you can read or documentaries you can watch....nobody will ever know how it really was to be alive while these guys were doing their thing in real time...unless you were indeed alive while they were doing it. Riding my bike 6 miles at 7 years old to buy Revolver and having to hide it from the folks so they wouldn't know that I had gone past my limit... So many memories.
The first concert I ever attended was The Beatles -- September 16, 1964 ai City Park Stadium in New Orleans. They opened with Twist & Shout.
I remember sitting in the lounge with my beautiful older brother and lights out. We listened to Abbey Road so intently that it melted into my brain. The final medley is just beyond description.
same here, that medley is a masterpiece
Mary jane will do that
John Lennon was quite critical of that medley. Which is odd as some of his best studio performances are contained in it. I have a strong gut feeling he only said that because he was getting jealous that Paul was kind of taking musical control of what he considered his band. Here nor there, it left us with great material. I hope he realized that before his demise.
My ONLY complaint has always been that the guitar lead trade-off in THE END should have gone longer. A lot longer! I saw Paul in Salt Lake City back in 2010, and he and his boys extended it a little. But maybe I'm just a guitar freak. And who second guesses the Beatles anyway, right!?
The Beatles...the most iconic group ever...made all of their wonderful music...and broke up....before ANY of them were 30 years old which is astounding
Every time I hear that, it really blows my mind. They created an incredible amount of material in just eight short years.
Astounding and tragic.
They totally revolutionazed popular music in those years.
Ironic, but certainly not uncommon.
It is ironic that the vast majority of bands, do their best work when their members, were in their 20's.
Increased age & wisdom, doesn't necessarily lead to better music. (ironic)
By faaaarrrr the best best best band of all time. I cannot even believe they have done so much in such short time. I'm so thankful to be able to live in their time in history 🙏
Totally agree. I was born to them and will die to them. The first things I remember seeing were these album covers. Even before, I could appreciate the music. I have listened to them all my life and still love them.
I loved this video! They landed in America when I was 13. To me and my brother and friends nothing mattered but The Beatles. It was a time like no other. The '60's were legendary and the best time of my life!
I wish music was that important to kids these days. For my generation it was Nirvana.
Yes!
Hey, Kathy! I'm 72 and grew up with the Beatles, too. The sixties was best described by Dickens: " It was the best of times, ( the Beatles and all the music, ) it was the worst of times, ( Kennedy's assassinated, riots, Vietnam and the Cold War. ) I wouldn't trade a minute of it.
Same here kathy, i was born 1952..our childhood became magic in 1963 around november 63 after kennedy, when word got out ed sullivan was bringing them to his show. There were beatles chewing gum cards, dolls, cartoons, music on radio nearly constantly spring of 64. Yes, we grew up with them. Was a magic time for us.
Ditto to all these posts !! I am 70. Born in 53. It was a time, wasn't it ?! Forever ❤️👍💯✌️🔥
With Abbey Road being their last collaborating together, The Beatles went out in a blaze of glory.
Even though Let It Be would come out after it.
@@allenf.5907 Let It Be was put on the shelve and the Beatles then proceeded to record Abbey Road. so that was their last effort together. Then Let It Be was taken off the shelve polished up for release which made it their last released studio album but Abbey Road was their last effort together as a bad.
Like I said in several other post there will never be another band like the Beatles so beautiful! ❤️
This is my favourite album. It highlights the best of each of the Beatles. In my opinion the creative juices were enhanced by the restraint Paul and John put on each other. While I have loved a lot of their solo stuff, nothing have ever matched the best of their collaboration. I love George’s music and Ringo always hits the spot.
Thanks for putting this video together.
I loved them all. Together. And solo. Listen to all the music even now !! What a phenomenon they were. ❤️
I always felt that Paul needed John's cynicism, and John needed Paul's sweetness. As many good songs as they both did solo, the parts were not equal to the whole. JMHO. Also IMO, George was the best of the three post-Beatles.
this album is the pinnacle of rock and roll. The Beatles could have played/wrote any kind of music, and better than anyone else. what a talent these guys were.
You really couldn't get a more perfect album than Abbey Road.
A great way to end the group. Its insane that it was 8 short years between Please Please Me and Abbey
Revolver is very close though if not better.
I'm a big beatles fan no disrespect but...
Dark side of the moon
@Jacob Hanson u right
It was a great ending.
The stupendous Side 2 medley -- and then the four lads striding across that zebra walk and into history. The perfect photo for a perfect album -- and unparalleled career. The greatest band in history -- musically, sociologically and culturally. So glad I was around for all of it.
Not the greatest, they were not great musicians not virtuosos
@@LONEEAGLE_space_rock But beside that.....The Beatles are the greatest band ever !
@@LONEEAGLE_space_rock I repeat: the greatest band in history.
@@LONEEAGLE_space_rock There are plenty of "virtuosos" who CAN´T write a simple, a very simple, song! Nothing comes out of their soul. Just the (enormous) ability to play an (or even many) instrument. Can only play what others have created!...
@@LONEEAGLE_space_rock You don't have to be a virtuoso to be a great musician. They were great musicians.
Side 2 has this amazing, slow building crescendo and intensity that builds through the medley, culminating to this incredible swan song of The End. Utter perfection.
Yes ...I agree , side two is amazing the way it builds .
The best album ever made. My children will play it, in full, at my funeral, then a party to follow!
What a fool.
Can I come?
Absolutely
It may get a little awkward at Maxwell’s Silver Hammer 😅
We played Blackbird at my son's. He was 27.
Wish Lennon wasn’t so bitter and just found a place to understand Paul’s granny music, which I love. It takes me to be in a certain mood but it’s good to listen to
I think the granny music is quite bad, and Paul shouldn't have pushed the group to accept it. However, John was also critical to some of his own songs pre-Ono, for example Eight days a week.
For me, it seems he wanted to start a new life by critisizing McCartney and his own early songs. Did he want to impress Ono? If John should be critical, it is to some low quality songs he pushed into White Album (Bungalow Bill, Warm Gun, Im so tired, Yer Blues, Sexie Sadie, Revolution #9). What did he achieve after Beatles: Imagine, Attica state, Working class hero, Cold turkey. Very short list of good Lennons songs after he left Beatles. And why did he particapte in Don't Worry Kyoko if he had any kind of quality ambitions?
The energy of the rooms that exist in the rock and roll hall of Fame where they play live scenes and songs of the Beatles was a magical place to be. I wanted to sing along, laugh and cry at once. So very moving. It's wild that a band and their songs makes me feel like I'm home. Such power and magic in their sound. They are and will always be the best band ever!
I AM FINDING MOST OF THESE COMMENTS SO EMOTIONALLY MOVING. I CHOKE UP.
If I only could listen to one album for the rest of my life, I would be satisfied with this one
The medley is so good that most of the recent covers sound really good too, some with interesting variations or subtle differences. It just gets better as the decades roll by. The fact that 60s and 70s music gets covered so much proves that song writing is becoming a lost art.
They say that The Beatles changed the world , I believe that and with this brilliant album their legacy is secure !
My favourite album, with Revolver as a close second. The Beatles are a legend, far above any other band.
The first one I bought, in 68 was the Double White. Still love it.
@@anzacman5 My first purchase too 🙂
@@alafenetre81 like minds.
agreed, def my top 2. pepper and rubber soul are right there though. White album too, gosh these guys were good
Yes
When you look at the pictures of them and they are so young, it’s amazing the amount of creativity they had and all the accomplishments before they were 30.
The five together had serious magic. An orchestra’s worth of input from 5 people, studio’s paid for. They came up with their bare minimum. Pure brilliance.
Their music is still current today and better than the shit we have to listen to now. God I wish they could have made more albums. The best band ever. I don't think something like the Beatles will ever happen again simply the best!!!
When those first few chords of You Never Give Me Your Money comes in ... I had to capture my breath just then. That starts the most incredible segment of music ever created. The Beatles at just some other-worldly level of greatness they'd achieved throughout their career and bringing it all together. They are the only thing that ever make me think a higher level exists to life/
I got to agree. You Never Give Me Your Money it's probably my favorite track on Abbey Road.
Thank you for a superb story telling of the album. The break up of the Beatles was a tragic day for music, but how great is it that they gave us this masterpiece as their final gift.
It wasn't superb. They conflated the White album and Let It Be in terms of what led to the making of Abbey Road. Shoddy.
The Side 2 "Medley" of Abbey Road is absolute perfection. Whether intentional or not (even from its creators) it is one of the most magical pieces of art ever created.
John Lennon was totally wrong, McCartney's vocals are absolutely perfect for Oh Darling! It wouldn't have been right for Lennon.
Are you kidding? Lennon would have sang that song great! But, Paul did sing it great.
@@michaelharrington75 No I'm not kidding, Lennon didn't have the range to hit the really high parts, that's why he couldn't do songs like Long Tall Sally and I'm Down.
It's my all time favorite McCartney vocal.
No one could have pulled it off like Mccartney in my opinion. ❤
If you hear Lennon singing “Get Back” it sounds much better than McCartney. Probably the case for most songs to be honest but Paul did a great take on “Oh Darlin’”
For years this was my favorite Beatles album and it’s the one that got me into their music. It’s also the first album of theirs that I had heard in its entirety and I was completely blown away. Before that, I thought they just made throwaway pop songs. I still think it’s their most deeply moving experience. In that sense it’s actually a stronger comparison to Pet Sounds than Sgt. Pepper’s. If I’m taking a road trip for example, it’s the album that I can put on and listen to from start to finish and it’s riveting and deeply engrossing every time. Five stars and easily one of the greatest albums of all time in my book.
You're completely right.
It's ageless and timeless.
A classic album.
Thanks! I hadn't seen this one. I'm seventy-four. The Beatles had so much to do with how I look at life and the world, even today. My opening to life, at four-teen years old, was nothing short of magical.
It amazes me , my teen years were chasing the Beatles music by trying to learn it , play it, and wondering why they quit. Today it’s understandable, but in 69, unthinkable
For those who don’t know, Let it Be was the last album the Beatles released but it was recorded before Abbey Road. Many saw Let it Be as their finale when in reality it was Abbey Road. Although I like Abbey Road, I found Rubber Soul and Revolver their masterpieces.
I agree - although Pepper comes a very close third to those two albums. All Beatles albums have greatness about them of course. Abbey Road has a lot of high points, but some tracks I really never cared for much. Let it Be is - IMO - the exception - although it has a handful of great songs on it, many tracks sound like what they are, unfinished snippets or collections of unfinished snippets run together but rather more obviously and less expertly than previous times they had done that.
Rubber Soul more recently stands out for me as their most beautiful album. Abbey Rd is a masterpiece and hard to place it 2nd. Most of their best albums had just two weaker songs. Rubber Soul has only one weaker song. Originally Sgt Pepper album was to include Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields but were pulled off early for a single. This might have then been their best album. All their albums were so dam good (With The Beatles possibly a bit less so). Just my opinion
@@manormouse1410 I agree. I am not a huge fan of the White Album. Not that there were not great songs on it. Their legacy will never be repeated.
Yeah...Rubber Soul
Agreed. Both albums came at the band's most interesting time: mid-career.
Great video. Really tells the story well. Perhaps the most perfect album in the history of rock and pop. It encapsulates everything about The Beatles in a single vinyl platter. Sometimes the sprawling brilliant mess of the white album is my favorite. Sometimes the great songwriting and expanding vision of Revolver is my favorite. Today Abbey Road is my favorite. Thank you.
Music Box, thank you for this, I really enjoyed it. This doc was at a good pace, had great pictures of the band, and gave much information about The Beatles! In 1964 age eleven, I went from baseball cards to Beatle boots and flare bottom pants and became a drummer! It was tremendous how they suddenly appeared with a powerful and enduring force and energy. They also really helped the US recover from the killing of our beloved president JFK just a few months before!
It is astounding how much these four men reflected and influenced the entire world for decades! As said, what a blessing it was to have been alive, to have seen and felt it, and to have been a part of it! Yes, The Beatles are the greatest band in world history. And they are one of the biggest events as well!
I am so thankful that Paul stood his ground on Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. The other Beatles hated it, many fans don’t like it. But I unironically love it. I enjoy it so much and it puts me in a great mood every time.
Unironically ? What does that even mean?
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 exactly what it sounds like
@@king_supreme1102 it's not even a word.
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 you can still infer what it means
@@king_supreme1102 no I can't. What would it mean to like something ironically?
Thanks for a fine presentation.
I'm one of the many who's favorite album is Abbey Road. And in the end, my favorite Beatles song is I Want You (She's So Heavy), both for simple reasons. I was born early 1967 and when I grew up we never had a proper stereo with a record player, so at seven I made my mom finally buy me an original cassette. I inherited my sister's tiny Philips mono player, and couldn't stop playing it, like on a 350 km car trip to visit grandma. Mom must have gone slightly mad with me and Abbey Road in the back seat, as I was lying flat listening and trying to cure my car sickness. It worked, and perhaps mom somehow liked the music after all.
Within a year my other sister nagged on her to buy a guitar, so grandma's donation to get a panel oven for my stone cold room turned into a Yamaha nylon 6-string. Nothing better could ever happen. My sister gave up learning early on, while I was devoted and played along with what still was my only tape, until it one day was unplayable tape salad. However, I learned the bass lines and tuned down the strings to make them sound deeper, and I could also play the heaviest, darkest and most intense riff in rock history.
That's how I became a musician. Thank You Mom, and the Beatles!
Abbey Road - The most perfect album ever made from its start to its splendid ending. Absolutely adore it and deserves listening to at least once a week - in full.
Love it, but Sticky Fingers, Dark Side of the Moon and Who's Next are all better.
It’s good, but Whos Next is better
@@gordeauxd Head to head in horseracing terms - "Dark Side" by a short half head from "The Wall".
Skip Maxwell’s tho 🤣
"Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say"
I Want You "trashed for it's simple lyrics"...no one knew that at the time, thanks for enlightening us.
I marvel at the Beatles from start (Love Me Do-Please, Please, Me) to finish (Abbey Road) They didn't just produce hits but masterpieces.
Actually Let it Be was their last album…..
@@MarylandGuy-ey3st I may be wrong but Let It Be was their last album to be released. Abbey Road was the last one they recorded.
One of my favorites, Come Together, both studio and the Rooftop.
I’m glad there was never a reunion..it makes them even more majestic even though a tragedy of epic proportions in 1980 sealed that from ever happening..and never forget the impact George Martin had in making the perfect timeless masterpieces that cannot be topped..it isn’t possible
You never give Me your money sums it all up for me. It had all the elements of their music wrapped into one 4 minutes song. A masterpiece.
Also great reversed message "This gets out for few to show Now we give all grace to Paul"
How a band so fraught with tension and chaos was able to create the greatest album of all time. It's poetic...
I love this album. It was probably the first album I fell in love with as a kid.
Well told detailed story of a great album of the greatest band ever, Thanks!
I never felt anything so deeply as all the Beatles songs and growing up with them was a joy particularly because my parents adored them as well. They were the soundtrack to our lives from 1963 onward including and especially the solo albums that followed. There’s never been another experience like it.
Abbey Road is The Beatles album I've listened to the most, Lennon and McCartney's songs are expected to be genius but George's contribution to the album really make it a masterpiece imo, I always thought it was the 2nd last album growing up.
It breaks my heart that we will never see them together again, making genius, heartfelt music.
Ps i like that reverse number at the end. Slick.
Thank you for putting this together. What amazes me about Abbey Road is that I actually enjoy it more with every listen - there aren't may albums like that. It's as if I hear it for the first time every time, and there's always something new i pick up that I didn't notice before. And as with almost all Beatles output the range of emotions evoked is tremendous. I've cried happy tears many times while listening and thinking about how this was the closing of their union. If I could have one wish it would be for the Beatles to have performed The Long One together live.
Fabulous observation.
There's absolutely no doubt that with today's stereo technology and numerous re-mastered issues, the sound is infinitely better, clearer, and the bass is much easier to pick out; maybe that's one reason the album seems to get better and better. I think the Beatles produced at least 3 albums with better songs, but by the time they made Abbey Rd they were at their peak as studio performers, with both their individual instruments and their singing, especially the vocal harmonies.
Great 👍 show thanks 😅😊
Personally, my Favorite Album is Abby Road. I was a Senior in High School when it was released. I had every Beatle Album in my Collection. I saw them on Ed Sullivan in 1964. I’m grateful I got to take the entire ride. They influenced my life and music more than anyone. I think they wanted to present themselves as the best they could be on Abby Road. So happy George got his Two superlative songs on there…but they ALL contributed to each other in those recordings. Paul’s Bass lines and Harmonies on Something. They were ALL working their magic together for each other. Paul’s last line In the End…I think is the greatest single lyric in the history of rock. What a way to say Goodbye!…to each other…and to all of us! ❤Bravo 👏👏👏👏
I too was a senior in high school when Abbey Road was released. I couldn't agree with you more. 100%
by abbey road, they all knew the beatles were done as a group, but wanted to go out on top of their game.& as usual, they succeeded.its a masterpiece that still stands the test of time.
It was the perfect way to go out granted John said in the Rolling Stone interview that he was pretty much done with the Beatles by the White Album. Paul kept it together. The Get Back doc shows both George and Ringo were getting sick of it as well but they came back regardless. It has to be really difficult for anyone to quit such a successful band but at the same time if they stayed together just for the fans or money the music most likely would have suffered.
Yoko kind of got a bum rap. Many feel the breakup was her fault but it seems it was inevitable regardless. The only difference might have been John being a lot more miserable if not for Yoko in his life.
the greatest there is, the greatest there was, the greatest there ever will be
Absolutely .. end of subject
I have the final line of The End tattooed on my arm cause it really stuck with me and embraces the whole band in a good little hug.
For me, I could not imagine a world without this album...so glad they agreed on this last hurrah. 'I want you' feels like the first doom metal song, and 'Because' is just beautiful.
There's some special quality about Beatles music, it's almost spiritual. It gets me emotional. Particularly on the three standout tracks on "Abbey Road" - i.e. "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Because" and "Golden Slumbers".
"you never give me your money" was my favourite as a kid and I don't understand why it doesn't get more attention?
As a Christian I should not say it but Abbey Road has some sort of spiritual aspect to it. It’s sad at times and exhilarating. When George sings “something in the way she moves..” makes me tear up.
This is Beatles at their finest. It's the end of the band, but pure genius. That B side medley makes me happy and sad at the same time. Love thus band now and forever!!
A really noteworthy, accurate and well balanced documentary. Music and lyrics need to be viewed in the context of the time they were produced and the point of developmental evolution of its creator(s).... in just 8 years the Beatles had gone from the raw and catchy tunes of their beginnings to the remarkable and complex music and themes of their final years. They had so many "firsts" in what they did over those years, commentators have lost count. They not only changed music forever but as we all know, the world too in so many ways. Given their world fame had rapidly surpassed anything or anyone else in modern history, they should each be given great credit for keeping their feet on the ground and retaining their common touch. John, Paul, George and Ringo - legends always who inspired countless future musicians. I am 65 years old and have yet to meet a single person who doesn't know the words or tune of a Beatles song.
What a superb album! The best I have ever listened to. Forget about the dark side of the moon. This is much better. And we are talking here about the best two albums in the history of music.
The Beatles weren't introduced to America until 1964 and by 1970 it was over. Six years goes by in a flash, its incredible what they accomplished
If hard's not to overstate things here ... but put simply, thankyou for these uploads. Your command and use of the English language beautifully articulates each song's time, place, form and event. The result transforms the understanding of the viewer using descriptive and vivid language and as someone with little background knowledge, I am truly grateful.
Abbey road isn’t my favorite of their albums but it might be their best. Its hard not to shed a tear when you reach the end
Abbey Road is your favourite album, think about it and admit it to yourself and to us. Aunt Jean says hello.
I got it for Christmas one year, I was...14ish, loved it...I could only play the first 20 seconds...due to family, but I was hooked
When I heard Revolver thought it was their greatest if not the greatest album of all time Then I heard Abbey Road Great work very infirmative
TERRIFIC VIDEO - I learned a great deal! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS MAMMOTH EFFORT!
I bought every Beatle record as soon as it was released. (Sadly, I did not keep care and track of them over the years.) Anyway, I have always believed Abbey Road was their best of all. And that is saying a lot given the great stuff they had already produced. I just can't say enough about the Beatles. I remember their Ed Sullivan debut like it was yesterday. Their impact on music, culture, society, etc., cannot be measured.
The Beatles changed my attitude toward playing music though college, med school, and over the past 40 years of at home recording.
Wow your Beatles docos on these legendary albums are awesome 👌
My favorite Beatles album,hands down 🙌🎵 Btw,I had to enter in 4th decade of my life to not take George's masterpieces for granted! Better late then never,I guess!
Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles record👏
The 2 best songs on the album are George's. Something and Here Comes The Sun. Also his collaboration with Ringo Octopus Garden.
Even John has said Georges songs were the best on that album. But we have to take anything John says with a grain of salt. I think most feel his best studio work is on the side 2 medley yet John said he didn't like it.. go figure.
What album do I play the most? Abbey Road. What framed posters do I have hanging on my office wall? Only Beatles. I feel lucky to have witnessed greatness back in the day!!
Pretty good summation. Two tidbits I've heard regarding John are that: a) George Martin had reservations and said they had to listen to what he said, especially John, and b) John quit the band before the album's release but Alan Klein told him not to tell anyone so as to not affect the new album sales (though I also heard it was because the new contract hadn't been finalized).
Then there was the bit from last year where a couple of weeks before John quit, John, Paul, and George recorded a meeting for Ringo discussing plans for another album and possibly a new single for Christmas, with John suggesting Cold Turkey.
I was 10 when
The FAB 4
worked on and
created ABBEY ROAD.
I was a fan as a little child
and I'm still a fan of
The BEATLES today.
As Pete Townshend
has said,
"Long live Rock
be dead or alive!"
I will be a Beatles fan
until the day I die
(and then some).
+ Durasaxon +✝️
I was still in the single digits when ABBEY ROAD came out and really, this was the first Beatles album I cared much about. My brother, nearly six years older than me, was big on the Beatles early on but I don't remember him having any of their albums past the "moptop" era. AR's significance to my own musical development was that it was this album more than any other that taught me how music worked, much less rock music. I remember sitting on the floor of my bedroom with a portable cassette player and a book of Beatles sheet music (transcribed for piano) and I would follow along between the tape and the book. My modern perspective is that it was AR where the Beatles tried, knowingly or not, to align themselves with the rock music of the day...and they mostly succeeded. When I say that, I don't mean necessarily that they came up short; in some ways, I think, they *led* and in other ways they *lagged*. That being said, if they weren't all sick of each other and sick of being "The Beatles" and all the baggage associated with that, it seems like AR could have been looked at in retrospect as a new kicking-off point. I'm reminded of the three albums the original members of Asia reunited for and how they got dramatically better as they went; "AR II" and "AR III" could have been like that. It would have also been a good time for the four of them to have really woodshedded and expanded what they could do as instrumentalists; when it comes to that, they were getting steamrollered by the Jeff Becks, Jack Bruces, Tony Bankses, Jimmy Pages, and Keith Moons of the world who were rushing up behind them. Alas, we go to war with the Beatles we have, not the Beatles we want. :)
John Lemon and Paul McCartney was one person. Paul John(athon) Pope. Hence Pope John Paul & John, Paul, George & Ringo. This is documented in radio and televisuals. If you take the time to call P.J. Pope and talk to him he will admit it. His number is ex-directory. So goggle him. Jah bless and much love, rock and roll might never die. Grand Ol Opry.
One of the best documentaries I've ever seen in UA-cam. Just great!!! Thanks for your work.
My favorite album - no doubt about that. Since I heard it for the first time, in 1970 - when I was 16 years old - from now, with 68 years old - I still feel the same. An immortal place for anyone to visit anytime they want.
1969 unless you came to the party late......;)
@@johnn2882 that happens
This is very well-researched and told. The Abbey Road album is amazing. One could write and write about the quality of her songs and their flow from one to the next. “I Want You” is probably the heaviest Beatles song ever. It’s sudden stop, only to move to the panacea of Here Comes the Sun is an obvious example of the intelligence that Martin and the band brought to the project. But the most important thing of course is just the craftsmanship of the music itself. The beautiful balance of mood; never lingering too long on one idea: an album that deserves to be listened to from beginning to end (remember when we had the patience to do that?)
Their greatest album and probably the greatest ever. The flow from beginning to end is incredible especially for the 1960s. This and Sgt Peppers are their most complete and consistent albums.
What a classic album . I listen to it at least a dozen times a year . I love The Beatles .
Really great documentary you've put together here, quite a lot I didn't know before. Thanks for releasing these videos!
Thank you to Music Box for producing this video. I've been a Beatles fan since I was a kid in the 90s, and I'll never forget when going to elementary or middle school my dad playing the "Birthday" song off the White Album on my birthday. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts was probably the one album that took me while to get into, but as a kid I loved the early stuff - Please Please Me, Hard Day's Night, Help. I love almost everything the Beatles have composed and released, but I'm going to say 4 reasons why 'Abbey Road' is my favorite album. It showcases each of the Beatles individual talents at what I consider to be the height of their musical impact. Second, the album has some of my favorite songs of all time - Here Comes the Sun, You Never Give me Your Money. Third, the production value is superb, and that has a lot to do with the fact that they now had access to 8-track recordings, not just 4-track, so this gave them more breathing room and the ability to experiment even further. The song 'Because' is on its own an incredible track, and we can clearly hear how good the production value is given what they had at their disposal in 1969. Finally, the Beatles accomplished the most sophisticated, heartfelt, and appropriate closing to not only an album but an almost decade-long career as a band and also - I'd argue - as friends. They close out 'Abbey Road' with the medley that perfectly sums everything up with 'The End.' This is no 'The End' as Jim Morrison in The Doors sings it. No, no. This is truly the end - of a movement that so many people felt the emotional weight of, to the point that I have probably listened to 'Sun King' through 'Her Majesty' too many times to count. The Beatles figured out how to say hello and greet the world with 'Please Please Me' and they ultimately said goodbye with the album 'Let It Be,' as it was released after 'Abbey Road.' But, no matter how you square it, The Beatles encompassed a period in history that was so special to those who lived through it and for those who can experience it through the sound of the time. To me, The Beatles were that sound, and their final album 'Abbey Road' says it all.
Stupendous album!
Im glad it was their last Album as it is indeed a Masterpiece.. I bought it the day he came out, all those years ago.
A really great summary, although as a Beatles fan I already knew almost everything, I enjoyed it very much.
Thank you for a lovely behind the scenes for an album that is a masterpiece. Not one note can be added nor taken away.
Considering all the musical events at the time of its release, this was a true masterpiece, both in sense of musical imagination, playing skills and production innovations. Even today it is a pleasure putting this record on a turntable and admire the sound, pregnancy of creative ideas and level of achievement at the end of one of the most famous musical careers in the history.
One of my favorite Beatles albums. I go back and forth with this and the White album.
I think the White Album is their best, but Abbey Road is my favorite, if that makes sense.
@@phila3884 I used to think of the White Album as their best but now I really don't have one I think was their best. There is so much to chose from. Really depends on mood more than anything else.
Great video about a great album.
Well done 👍
I didn't know their was this much material available on yt. 11 years old when they came to America. Huge fan. 8/5/2023
This band haunted my whole childhood. So it's ending with Let it be and Abby Road was a kind of ending for me as well.
Playing or singing in a band is simultaneously the best thing in the world, yet sad at the same time, because you can't go back & live it again, it is a unique experience. I suppose that is how it must have felt for them as well.
In retrospect it is amazing to see just how right Paul was about so many aspects of Beatles music, management, and business.
Classical masterpiece! Bravo!
"Something" is an absoluetly Beautiful tune....
so 11 studio albums, all both defining the times and based on a timely foundation, and each pointing to the future. brilliantly, tightly . how could we think we deserved more?
This lp and dark side of the moon are by for two of the greatest of all time both lps all songs run together so cool.
“I want you-- she’s so heavy “is the masterpiece. It’s heavy, alright.
I love their last shots together. August 22, 1969. Two days after their last time all together in the studio. Watch 23:18. Gorgeous colour shots in the field.