Drummer reacts to "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" by The Beatles
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- Thank you to our patron Claybeat-e-o for this awesome deep cut. I read up a bit on the track beforehand and learned a lot. They really captured that "Lounge" sound down here while they were messing around. John and Paul were having a blast making all the sound effects... sounds like The Mothers at points! Thank you for this Clay! I needed it to uplift me lol
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Paul McCartney said this was his favorite recording session because of how much fun he and John were having doing this ridiculous song.
I absolutely have a lot of fun also just listening to it and having such a good time. I would like to do that Tickety tock stuff with mouth clicks
Paul indicated in later interviews that this might be his favorite Beatles song, just because of the amount of fun and laughing that was involved. I love it when they’re in a silly mood so this is always hits me in a great way!
I heard a lot of people don't care for this song but I adore it. I mostly listen to It on anthology 2. I'm an old lady but I still run around the house singing this song, and my cat running after me and wondering if I am okay. I'm always partying now that I'm retired.
This song always brings a smile to my face.
Rubber Soul, released in 1965, is a revelation. If you weren't sure about how amazingly talented the Beatles were before then, Rubber Soul sealed the deal.
The Beatles were always about having fun. 🕊❤️🎼
When the Beatles appeared on the scene in the U.S. they brought a breath of fresh air to us teens. Even when they were goofing around, we loved them. They made corniness cool.
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I call this one a version of The Beatles Christmas Fan Club Message that you can play year round, I love it.
"Once upon a pool table, there lived a short-haired butcher's boy..."
This reminds me that before the Beatles, George Martin used to record comedy records by Peter Sellers, back then known for The Goon Show. For example, he did "She Loves You" in the voice of Dr. Strangelove.
I've heard of Peter sellers... wasn't he in casino Royale? Lol
The older jokeier version with all the different bonds
@@L33Reacts The Goon Show was a crazy British radio programme, where Sellers and others played various weird characters with voices like this Beatles song. Sellers is probably best known as Inspector Clouseau, the main character in the series of Pink Panther movies, and for playing 3 characters in the movie Dr.Strangelove.
Yes, well spotted!
The last great Sellers film is Being There, he was made for the part.
I've never head a YT reactor do this one! Loved it when I discovered this -- back when it wasn't on any album and you actually had to buy the single to hear it.
You had to find it for sure, it was originally released as a record exclusively for their fan club, every year they were together they released a recording as a Christmas present to their fans, and I believe this was the last one. It only got wide release when the Past Masters CDs were released in the late 80s. You might find it on a bootleg cassette back then, but nothing official.
You can hear the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band influence in this song. The Bonzo's were a wacky humorous British band, sort of a British Mothers of Invention. They can be seen in the Beatles film, Magical Mystery Tour. They performed "Death Cab For Cutie".
Neil Innes of the Bozos wrote for Monty Python Flying Circus, then worked with Eric Idle to create the Rutles
The voice Lennon does in the later half of the song reminds me of the characater Brutus (aka, Bluto) from the original Popeye cartoons from the 1930s. He makes me laugh everytime I listen to him.
The real influence is from the 1950's BBC surreal comedy radio series 'The Goon Show', and one of the many Goon characters voiced by team member Peter Sellers was 'Bluebottle', a boy scout who spoke in a high-pitched voice. His regular catch phrase was "You rotten swine, you!", as his character was regularly killed off and he would exclaim, "You've deaded me!" With their shared sense of humour, and love of wordplay and the surreal, John and Paul in particular were huge fans of The Goon Show.
John Lennon had intended to release this as a Plastic Ono Band single with What's The New Mary Jane even though both were recorded by The Beatles. When that plan fell through they put this on the Let It Be single. John and Paul recorded all of the voices in one session in 1969 and the Abbey Road staff said it was nice to see them having so much fun as their relationship was pretty strained by that point.
I used to play this on the jukebox in the Student Union Building... both because I like it, and of course to annoy the other students. The final grunts and grumbles from what I hear to be an upper-crusty old Englishman sounded just great, echoing thoughout the large room. Good on you getting the humour in this. Hope all is well with you.
initial recording in summer 1967 at end of Pepper, Brian Jones did sax parts. John and Paul did vocals in summer 1969 when the sections from 1967 were assembled. The b-side of their last single. What a way to go out.
I needed this today. Thank you Lee for doing this. I can see them tokening away on killer weed. Too funny, only the Beatles. Thank you John Paul Geroge and Ringo. 50 plus years ago. I was 19 when i first heard this and now I'm 71 listening with my grand kids who loved this fort of song :)
This song still puts a smile on my face. There's a longer version on Anthology 2 which adds a ska section and a bit more, but Harrison made some edits that cut out bits of the original.
Always get a kick listening to this; impossible not to a smile your face. “Hey Bulldog” is another deep cut that deserves more play and recognition.
When Paul asked John what the rest of the lyrics were, he said that's it. The whole song is essentially one line. So a year later Paul wrote Why Don't We Do It In On The Road? Again those are essentially all the lyrics to the song.
"no one will be watching us", the non-title part
Very fun Beatles.....YOU will LOVE " Dear Prudence " White Album, Track 2
Pure Beatles silliness. Reminiscent of their Christmas Recordings, you should check them out, pure fun…
Such a silly outtake. Heard it for the first time a few years ago; still make me smile.
I have the 45. I always flipped my 45’s to listen. What? Beatles were never afraid of humor & new territory.
You're the best man!
React to " Hey bulldog " please...blessed day!!!
Yes, we're thinking along the same lines. I was going to ask for 'Hey Bulldog' next for my June Patreon request.
When this was released, I used to play it for friends and see if they could guess who the band was. Only one friend guessed correctly. Later I was at a party and they had played the single Let It Be, so I went flipped the record over. The guy giving the party streaked across the room knocking people over to stop it from being played. I fell on the floor laughing.
Such a great tune, for a bunch of guys fooling around the song is so tight & on point. Love it as its not so well known or received as most other tracks but has a real appeal.
It is a great song to play for 3 and 4 year old kids. My daughter and I sang it to each other alot. To put this as the flip side to Let It Be was genius
My Dad’s favorite song and Paul’s favorite to record!
You
You know
You know my name!
This one should have been saved for April 1st. That said, whenever I hear this track, it's usually stuck in my head for a day or two.
Just the world's greatest band hanging out a having a laugh.
What do you mean not popular? I LOVE this song and always have! F'n great.
This recording is an extended giggle. A lark and a larf.
This song was recorded over the course of 2 years and even has a saxophone contribution from Brian Jones of the Stones. It was an instrumental from what I've read, until 1969 when they completed it with vocals. Originally this was going to be the B Side of the first Plastic Ono Band single, with What's The New Mary Jane on the A side, but then that was cancelled. It eventually was released at the B side to the group's last single (i.e. song/version not on the LP) 'Let It Be'.
You're a brave man getting through this one and Revolution #9.
Both of those are bangers wtf
expand your mind brother
@@Y-two-K They are not bangers man. Nothing about Revolution #9 is even a song.
@@MrKeychange Turn me on dead man!
This one is infinitely better than Revolution 9
@@rhinohoudini3320 That's not saying much. lol #9 is a half step above Zappa's silent song.
This was a mad moment from a phone book, a great deal of slapstick comedy, basically just having a very very silly fin time 😄
You are correct! John took the lyric from the cover of a phone book and TV adverts whose jingle was "You know the name, look up the number". John often took inspiration from newspapers (A Day In The Life). magazines (Happiness Is A Warm Gun) and TV commercials (Good Morning, Good Morning), just to name a few. It's funny how Beatles song titles and lyrics are now used/quoted all the time in the current mass media. They have become part of our everyday society. Lee said it best when upon hearing "I got blisters on me fingers", when he stated "I've heard that phrase for years, and that was the f___'in Beatles?" Now he knows...
Sometimes people forget that The Beatles were as much funny as they were musical. If they weren't making music they were cracking jokes. Like all the time. Sometimes simultaneuously. Case in point. McCarntney calls this track his fondest memory of making a Beatles record.
I've only heard this once, thanks for the flashback!
There is actually a longer version of this, believe it or not.
Beatles could be fun! They were so amazing…
After the Sgt.Pepper recordings John was inspired by an ad slogan for the Post Office phone directory book, it read "You know their name? Look up their number!" It's definitely an oddity in The Beatles canon, very much like the add-libed Christmas recordings they used to make exclusively for their early fan club. One of the influences on this track's silly voices is the 1950's radio comedy show 'The Goon Show', another is the wacky comedy band 'Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band', (for whom Paul McCartney produced their main hit 'The urban spaceman', under the alias of 'Apollo C. Vermouth'.) 'You know my name's final section's style reminds me of the jazzy songs in Disney's original 'Jungle Book', or 'The Aristocats' cartoon movies, particularly when the trumpet comes in. The namecheck of Dennis O'Bell is a nod to Dennis O'Dell, who was Associate Producer on their film 'A hard day's night'. O'Dell knew nothing of the song until fans followed The Beatles advice and looked up his number, the constant calls to his home then started driving his wife crazy. O'Dell was home one day and finally got to the bottom of it when a drug addled fan from America called to say, "We know your name, and now we've got your number!" Ringo played Dennis a copy of the single, and the mystery was solved. The O'Dell's quickly went ex-directory after that.
I don’t how they managed to remember all those lyrics.
One of my favorite Beatle tunes!
I think this was the B-side of the "Let It Be" 45. Can't really remember, except that once I found it, I kept playing it. B-sides were mostly left unplayed, until you were bored or trying to find a new song. If they were any good it was like a surprise present. I never heard this on the radio.
In-studio silliness. Just some guys goofing around.
Yamo recommend you up 'n react to Hey Bulldog then. Another one where John 'n Paul improvise 'n play off each other around one microphone vocally. The video shows how thangs went down in all it's glory with all four Beatles in the studio. Definitely a career highlight disguised as a throwaway song from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album.
Lets hear it for Dennis O'Dell !
dr. demento used to play this a lot in the 1970s, and said if the beatles ever got back together he hoped they would pick up their career right from where this song left off. sadly after dec. 8,1980 that dream was gone forever.
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is like a sonic 'history' of a band's development, from rough garage sound, to lounge lizard smooth, to kitsch, to smooth oldies act. Great fun! (Also, I believe this might be the last recording to feature Brian Jones.)
Actually, Brian Jones' last recordings were in 1968 (Sympathy for the Devil sessions) and I think in 1969. His part for this song was recorded in mid 1967. Paul invited him to join the Beatles for this session and they expected him to show up with a guitar, but all he brought was his sax. But, as Paul stated, his small sax part turned out to be the icing on the cake, as he added only what was needed to flesh out the spirit of the song. It shows just how talented Brian Jones was and how well he worked with other talented musicians, as they all had respect for one another AND they were all multiple instrumentalists. He should be better remembered for all his varied and important contributions to the Stone's catalog, not just for his epic demise!
I used to play this of the jukebox at a local bar The bartender hated it and would eject it.
I didn't even know this song existed until I stumbled across it on a jukebox, about a year after they broke up. I would have sworn that I had heard everything they'd ever released, so it kind of blew my mind to discover it. Then, while I was listening to it, the only possible explanation for what I was hearing finally occurred to me: acid flashback.
It is a very trippy song at points so I understand lol it's a deep cut for sure
This was my brother's favorite song when he was a kid. I think it was the B side of the Let It Be single. We played it all the time.
McCartney's vocal is superb
Lee Sellers did in a row 4 distinct versions of She Loves You. All in various British accents and its clever and quite funny. ! 😹
Peter Sellers
They were just messing around, yet this song is still great.
Brilliant!
They worked on this song for a couple of years and kept adding to it. I love it!
That's Brian Jones of the Stones playing sax at the end.
Listen to “happiness is warm gun” from the white album. Lots of cool changes.
I love this song.
Lee, as others may have said, watch the Let It Be documentary. You’ll see about 4 hours of HD footage of the Fab Four recording, rehearsing and generally arsing around as we say ❤❤❤
This being the B side of Let it Be makes me so happy
This song always reminds me of a Monty Python skit. If I'm having a bad day, I'll sometimes listen to this and it picks me up.
My brother and I had the OG 45 single of "Let It Be" in 1970, and this was the B-side.
This song stuck in my 5 year old brain.
Love it.
theres one beatles song i never heard
I love The Beatles crazy songs ! How many top bands would risk pulling this off ? ❤
I had the "Let It Be" single, loved the B side.
Now this is a really deep dive. It’s a bit of a dig at the Cabaret circuit in Lancashire at the time, which main consisted of washed up local singers
The last section always reminds me of Bluto in old Popeye cartoons.
Yep, the old Popeye where they muttered under their breath.
Reminds me of Jim Backus-mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island.
Let it Be is a must listen if you haven't already.
For another equally silly deep cut that I love, never released except on the Anthology I believe, is Paul's 'There You Go Eddie' (or is it 'Good Dog, Eddie'?). A sort of companion piece to Martha My Dear (from the White Album) which is about Paul's very large Old English Sheepdog - seen in numerous photos and the Strawberry Fields Forever video - There You Go Eddie is about his very small dog, Eddie, who despite his size likes to hang with the big dogs. Paul adored his dogs and all animals. There's a wonderful video to go with it on YT, made by a fan, I think, of Eddie, Martha and Paul hanging out... and then all the other Beatles and their pets. It's pretty cute, if you like animals, anyway...
Maybe, since you haven't yet heard the White album, you could do a reaction to these two short and sweet dog songs together? Just a thought...
What I find most interesting, is how quickly they can develop pretty melodies. It doesn't matter what they are doing, it's just a way to zero-in on each other. It seems to me Paul creates the melody and ideas, then John edits and sharpens the song.
The sheer joy of George Martin’s past history of novelty songs and the Beatles’ love of the 1950s Goon Show brings me happies every time.
Glenn Miller had a big band back in the forties. That’s what this reminded me of.
We've done a Glen Miller track I think. It was gorgeous.
That sax solo at then end was done by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.
Thank Brian Jones for this stinking masterpiece. There’s actually been a lot of cooperation between the Beatles and Stones about timing record releases and other things. The guy from Decca Records who passed on the Beatles asked George Harrison who he should sign, and Harrison said “Sign the Rolling Stones”, so he did. The Beatles gave the Stones “I Wanna Be Your Man”, their first hit. Mick Jagger’s in the chorus on “Hey Jude”, when Jagger and Richards were released from prison Lennon and McCartney sang backup on the Stones single “We Love You”/ “Dandelion”, Keith Richards played bass for John Lennon at the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus, and last year McCartney played bass on “Bite My Head Off”, a track on the new Stones album ‘Hackney Diamonds’. Why not do “Day Tripper” and “Hey Bulldog”?
Glenn Miller had a famous big band in the forties.
One of fav from the boys from liverpool. There is nothing like this❤️🤘 besides revolution 9 from the beatles white album
Well do I have a video for you... ua-cam.com/video/m8gTNWZ80uk/v-deo.html :)
It's weird but I love it 😁
I first heard it in 1978 when I bought The Beatles Rarities album.
The silly voices are a play on the Goons, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers etc. classic old comedy. Brilliant!!!
Sounds like a Monty Python skit 😆
Another song among the Beatles bizarre is the unreleased What's The New mary Jane from 1968 which was finally released on anthology 3.
I cant believe someone talked you into listening to this.......... 😆
My favorite parts are Lennon's funny voice ramblings 😂
Went to No. 1 in Poland 🇵🇱 in 1970..look it up..Billboard asserted this..go figure..fact
I suppose it's time for you to hear their WHAT'S THE NEW MARY JANE... but be forewarned: it was recorded over a long period of time and was changed quite a bit, so there are a number of versions out there... I suppose you'll find one or two of them on the ANTHOLOGY album, although there are lots of bootlegs since the 70s.
You should do "Let It Be". It might be an overplayed classic but there's a reason for that. Also. there is a new official video out, based on the restored footage from the Let It Be film but with the album track (the best version) dubbed over it.
Love the Beatles.
Also has a bit of a Screaming Jay Hawkins vibe to it, with some drunk and sleazy lounge lizard Rat Pack wannabe thrown in, and some early Monty Python-like vocal effects. They sure knew how to have fun, which, if you're a rock band and you're not having, what's the point? Not a genre to be taken TOO seriously.
In some way this reminds me of Zappa. HA!
So funny 😁
I would try to finish The White Album. It’s a great album. Also Rubber Soul.
All they had back in the day was 4 -track. Imagine what they would have done if they had morte tracks
Made me think of “America Drinks and Goes Home” by Frank Zappa
I hadn't made that connection, but I am a big fan of 'Absolutely Free' (1st Zappa album I ever had!), so thank you for making it. Think I'll dust off the old LP and savor again it for the rest of the afternoon.
Love that song along with hungry freaks daddy 😅
"...Bill Bailey ? We'll get to that tomorrow night. Caravan with a drum solo? Riight we'l do that."
@@ChasBeauregarde that kills me ! Oh caravan with a drum solo yea we’ll get to that one 😆
Brilliant 😂
Zappa made a record called, Does Humor Belong In Music?.....and sure it does. Not much of it in today's music.
😊❤
Ha ha! The Bonzo Beatles 😂
Paul once said he had about six singing voices. This track is an example of a few of them all in one recording.
Maybe look into The Savage Rose.
For instance A trial in our Native town.
Alex Riel drummer and Annisette as singer. Supersinger.
Also the album Dødens Triumf after a play by Eugène Ionesco... Jeux de massacre.
Way to be on topic 👍
Such a shame this wasn't on an album. Ends up on the B side of Let It Be of all songs.