Hard question because the whole album is great. "It Won't Be Long", "Don't Bother Me", "Hold Me Tight", "You Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Devil In Her Heart" are the ones I look forward most to hearing when I listen to the album.
You Really Got a Hold on Me, Not a Second Time, Money (That's what I want) - the last track in particular is about as heavy as you could get in 1963. Also like the two openers: It Won't be Long and All I've Got to Do.
Man, SO MANY! So many great covers: "You Really Got A Hold On Me", Roll Over Beethoven", their compositions "All My Loving", "It Won't be Long" (with the insistent Yeah Yeah Yeahs), "Not a Second Time" (A Lennon masterpeiece with George Martin's Piano) and finally their cover of "Twist and Shout".
Over all I think this is my least favorite Beatles album, just too many covers for my liking, but you know as they say, even the worst Beatles songs are better than most bands' best songs. I would go with "Not a Second Time", "You Really Got a Hold on Me" "All I've Got to Do" and "Don't Bother Me"
All My Loving is the very first song The Beatles played for the American audience on their first appearance on American television on February 9, 1964, AKA the night that changed music forever.
There were other bands doing covers of similar ‘songs from musicals’. Particularly the Mersey sound groups. Gerry and the Pacemakers, which was my favourite Liverpool group for quite a while back then. Their album How Do You Like it showed that they were right up there until Beatlemania swept the board.
It's crazy that this stuff is what they could bring to the table as fledgling recording artists just getting their feet under them...(of course as live performers they were veterans already!)
I was 10 in 63. I played this album so much . Especially Till there was you . I think my favourite thing about them was their harmonies and their voices and songs. Amoungst my favourite things about them was the harmonies.😂
Absolutely! The Beatles are the biggest selling music artist of all time, with estimates of ~2.4 billion album sales. The next closest is Elvis Presley at ~750 million, then Garth Brooks at ~500 million, Michael Jackson at ~400 million and Led Zeppelin at ~ 350 million. Peace
The early Beatles' era is often discounted because of all the brilliance and innovation that followed, but a lot of the early stuff is really innovative relative to the time, and their sense of melody was uncanny. Hit after hit because we'd all be singing along halfway through first listens. Loving seeing you get to experience this stuff for the first time!
I agree, it really bothers me how so many reactors skip the early albums because they listen to commenters telling them that they are not worth listening to that only their later stuff is great. I have commented to those people that those EARLY first singles and albums are what MADE them so POPULAR in the first place. I was THERE, I was 16/17 during 1964 and "Beatlemania" would NEVER have happened without those earlier albums, they were ALSO inovative as you stated @RanyHall324!!
@@PattiCrichton I was 14/15 in '64 and you hit the nail right on the head! NOTHING compared to their sound on the radio at that time. In Los Angeles in late 1963 "Meet the Beatles" was released to the stores. I brought my copy to my Freshman Chorus class for a class rock music evaluation. We had a 25 year old chorus teacher...first time teaching solo...and he was floored by this album. It inspired him to have our whole class write a rock song, just to show us how difficult what the Beatles did actually was. Only we who were there in the '60s really know and appreciate what the Beatles did for the music world going forward. Everyone born post 70's only look back and as a result cannot actually see the innovations that created the music genres of today.
John's rhythm guitar on "All My Loving" is often overlooked. It's terrific and propels the song splendidly. Great solo by George as well. George's thin voice is thickly double-tracked on his "Don't Bother Me" and it works well. I always liked that track with its haunting, frantic tone. "Till There Was You" was a popular show tune from the day and probably not a song that John would support, but this was the kind of thing that Paul loved to do. If there were no Beatles Paul might've been a Broadway songwriter. These ballads also helped broaden the group's appeal.
I want to 2nd ronbock's opinion below. Georges solo on Till There Was You is elegant. Watch their live performance of the song and watch Georges ease of playing it while flirting with the audience. The most under rated guitarist just as Ringo is the most under rated drummer. It wasn't just John and Paul. Every one of them were peak performers. They had it all and they gave it to us. When they played they made it feel like they were performing just for you. The older I get the more I love their music, especially their 1963 thru 1965 albums.
Lennon spoke once about Til There Was You, saying that Paul did it the first time early on at The Cavern. John considered it a corny song and was not something he thought of as Beatles material. And as the leader of the band he could have blocked it from the repertoire. Yet, Paul clearly enjoyed the song and did such a nice version that the public present enjoyed it enthusiastically that John ended up never blocking any song any member would want to do. This selfless choice, which is not always so easy to make when you are so young, helped make the band stronger, versatile and better. I really enjoy the bond and friendship between the four guys in the band.
I love Paul's walking base line on All My Loving. Is there any wonder why all of the teenage girls were swooning and fainting listening to Paul on both of his songs. It is very strange that being 76 years on and can't remember what I had for breakfast, but every time a Beatles song ends I immediately hear the beginning of the nest song on the album. For example, Hold Me Tight is the song after till there was you. I listened to all of their early albums literally hundreds of times. I, at 13, turned it up and learned to play drums playing along with all of their songs over and over. I couldn't have 'learned" from a better drum teacher than Ringo. He taught me the true role of a drummer in a band. I ended up being a professional drummer, a good one IMO and it made me a lot of money.
@johndavids4780 And I was a 16 year girl that night swooning over Paul, and he is still my favorite at 77 years old! Like you, after Lee played "Til There Was You" and it ended, right away I could hear "HOLD ME TIGHT" start up (in my head) Isn't it amazing how we can remember which song comes next after each track!! Especially on their early albums because we played them over and over and over again at each sitting!
All My Loving was their first song performed on the Ed Sullivan broadcast; hence their first song performed in the USA. It has still been a crowd pleaser in Macca's post Wings era shows.
Almost e b erybodyswears that the first song The Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was "I Want to Hold Your Hand."...and then there was a teen-themed movie called "I Want to Hold Your Hand" about a carload of girls trying to get to NYC so they could see them on "The Ed Sullivan Show." That kind of cinched the wrong first song into history.
And I've never understood the folks denying it, other than George seemed to put on an act of "It's not important" as if his dismissal would LESSEN any criticism's impact on him.
@@emwa3600 I have never understood it EITHER. I LOVE "Don't Bother Me" in fact it's in my Top 5 of George's songs while in the Beatles. I also didn't understand why some reactors or comments just brushed it off, as nothing special. It was usually reactors or comment makers that heard his LATER songs FIRST.
I have to admit that when I first saw that people like yourself were doing these reaction videos I thought it was silly but, then I realized that this is an excellent way to introduce the younger generations to the great music from previous eras. As a sixty seven year old guy I can say that it feels good that you and others are out there validating our musical experiences. Keep it up !
@davidgirard6980 I was 17 to 23 from 1964 to 1970 and was also fully involved in Beatlemania for sure. I will be 78 in 9 weeks and I am STILL a diehard fan, NEVER tire of them
To this day, and I will turn 76 in May, I can still remember where I was and what I was feeling at the time I heard any particular early Beatles song played on the radio for the first time.
One last time HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SETLIST FOR FEB 9 1964 on the Sullivan Show - (Frist segment) All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You- then the (second segment in the second half of the show) I Saw Her Standing There, I Want to Hold Your Hand. Hope this puts an end to all the people out there saying Hold your Hand was their first song that night. Do your research folks.
Don't bother me was George's first song. He wrote it while he was in bed sick with the flu and needed some sleep, people kept bugging him. Till there was you, was the song they used to audition for George Martin, it was the song that finally clinched the deal.
All My Loving was the first song played live on the first Ed Sullivan Show the Beatles did on Feb, 9, 1964. on the USA Capital label's Meet the Beatles album, it was the last song a on Side A. It was often played on the radio at the time for 3-4 months even though it was not a single. Til There Was You was a Cover song of the musical The Music Man, written by Meredith Willson. When they sang that on Ed Sullivan as the 2nd song, Willson heard and saw it and said, thanking them for doing his song, and saying in general they will go far, they have great songwiritng ability. George's solo in this that HE invented, is gorgeous.
Til There Was you was one of the songs they did at their failed Decca audition on New Years Day 1962, that version is out here on YT. They used electric guitars and Pete Best was on drums. It had been part of their stage act for a while. It's unreal to listen to the songs from that audition and to see how much they had grown as songwriters and performers from early 62 to late 63. Mind blowing.
There was an episode of "Doctor Who" where they caught a snip of a transmitted Beatles performance and a character from 1000 years in the future recognized the band. The 20th century people were surprised and the future character responded that she loved classical music.
They’re all great, but “Don’t Bother Me” is such a rocker! It’s even better the louder you crank up the volume! Thanks so much for playing it… this review made my day!
The Zombies track you are referring to (Tell Her No) debuted in 1965. So, their 'sound' was referenced from George's 1964 "Don't Bother Me". Didn't notice the similarity until you mentioned it. Great observation!
Some next level playing on these songs. John's fast triplets in "All My Loving" and George's acoustic work on "Till There Was You" were the kind of thing bands usually handed off to session players. It's one of the reasons The Beatles were such a shot of fresh air at the time. Successful pop bands in the early 60's -- the white ones especially -- could rarely play worth a damn, but here now was a group blessed with not one but TWO (and a third on the way) great songwriters. And they were actually good musicians! Overnight they raised the bar to an almost unreachable height. And I've always had a soft spot for "Don't Bother Me". Sure, George struggled to match his senior partners in the songwriting department in the early days, but I feel for a first shot he did a great job.
@strathman7501 Every time I hear "Til There Was You" I see in my mind, when played on The Ed Sullivan SHow, George looking directly into the camera, as he did that last little strum during the instrumental break, with an expression that looked as if he was thinking " now, watch and listen to THIS" ! It just cracks me up every time I watch that expression. It's great!
You are reacting to my requests, I get to listen to three great songs by the Beatles and two great songs from The Monkees. And I'm home to listen to the premieres. What more could I ask for a great start to my Sunday morning?
Meet the Beatles was the only early Beatles album that we had. It was Capitol Records' US version of With the Beatles. Like most of the US albums, it had several different cuts and fewer tracks. But it, for us kids, I was seven, was great!
@tonyrock5315 And it was also made into a movie starring Shirley Jones and Robert Preston. RON HOWARD ( "Opie" in the Andy Griffith Show, "Richie Cunningham" in "Happy Days" and now a famous movie director, who also put together the movie "EIGHT DAYS A WEEK -the BEATLES: THE TOURING YEARS" ) is also in "MUSIC MAN" and plays the little boy "Winthrop" He is very young here, I think it was just before or during the first year when he played "Opie" in the Andy Griffith Show. He is SO CUTE in "Music Man" because his character has a lisp, and when he sings the song "GARY, INDIANA" with a lisp, it is just adorable.
"Til There was You" was a staple of theirs from their days in Hamburg. There is an album out there of their Hamburg days called "The Beatles at The Star Club" (US Version). It's a crude tape recording, that, given today's technology, could be cleaned up as the original pressings were poor quality. It was the second song of their first set on their Ed Sullivan debut ("All My Loving" was the first). It was decided by manager Brian Epstein that the Beatles include this in the set for the parents...most of whom were probably familiar with the song, but also, to show to the older generations that the Beatles were "harmless". "Don't Bother Me" is used in the nightclub scene in "A Hard Day's Night", but never appears on the movie soundtrack.
Don’t Bother Me was my favorite on Meet The Beatles (USA) when it came out. I got lost as a 7 year old in the rhythm instruments and all the chord shapes and how they ran into each other… wow.
Such a treat to see this today. Did I just give my age away? Lol, still a ways before 70, but still. I was 7 when they first appeared on Ed Sullivan. By the end of that first episode, they were forever, John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Just last year, I bought a dvd with The Beatles' first 4 appearances on Ed Sullivan. While the first episode was still a treasured memory, I was still shocked to see how Paul-centric it was. I still love, til this day, when Paul never sarw the birds in Till There Was You. For some reason, many fans push this album aside as not a favorite. But I still love it. Thank you for giving us this.
So called "fans" who are stuck in CLassic Rock playlist mode who diss the early Beatles are idiots with no sense of history and how revlutionary they were jus showing up and doing their tunes in the USA in Feb 1964.
My first Beatles album here in the US was Meet the Beatles with this album cover. I don’t know how many times I played it prob thousands😂I also had Please Please Me single, and I played that also thousands of times also. I definitely had more singles that I had albums.
My first grade self had to go to my neighbors house to hear Meet the Beatles, and we sat and stared at the cover and listened over and over (and danced).
All My Loving is a longtime favourite. George’s compositions are much more musically imaginative than the others at this stage, I may venture to say. 😊
I saw "Till There Was You " performed in Paul's 2005 The Space Within US Tour. He and his band did a great job; Rusty Anderson's acoustic guitar solo was superb.
I remember hearing these songs as a 9 or 10 year old and being thrilled by them. The Beatles really were new and different for me, The world is different now and not necessarily better. There is something empowering in knowing that you are listening to something that everyone else in the country was listening to as well. Even 'older' folk who said they hated them were listening.
One of Kurt Cobain's favorite all time albums. This album was so important to rock n roll, in an era when it was young, and dying, The Beatles revived it with this album. The guitaring is fantastic, All My Loving, that rhythm lick was vastly advanced in 1963, George's solo on Till There Was You, and Ringo's (salsa-flavoured) drumming on on that song and Don't Bother Me (along with its dreary undertones) - a head of the rest in 1963.
Hearing All My Loving and Don't Bother Me sends me back to my very young Beatles loving self. Early British bands used a lot of these minor keys, which still sound so new and cool. I'll always be in love with The Beatles.
Listening to these great pop songs you’re discovering what I discovered 60 years ago and it still sounds as fresh as it did then. Can you imagine the impact their music had when it was first released.
When that album was released in England, on November 22, 1963 -- a most unforgettable day in American history for a very different reason -- Ringo and John were 23-years-old, Paul, 21, George, 20!! And none of them had turned 30 yet when The Beatles disbanded. From their very beginning, they grew and improved with age, as a group, as individuals, as musicians and songwriters, and as men. Yet, their incalculable greatness was clearly evident from their earliest days together!! A fact proven by their well-deserved longevity!! PS. I was 9-years-old when The Beatles made their first, & also very historic, appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, and my first teen idol crush began when Paul sang Till There Was You that night!! ❤❤❤❤❤
The version released in America was called Meet the Beatles. The lineup of songs is a bit different. Anyhow, this album is part of my DNA: one of my first conscious memories.
What memories these tracks evoke, taking me right back to the small town farm where I lived. They shot up faster than the rockets we built back in the 60's. We barely had time to adjust to their new sound, as each album they did was new and different. Thanks for this journey back in time, L33, as we relive our glory days. Blessings all.
I used to sing "Till There Was You" to my kids among others at bedtime.....they are now in their late 20's and 30's and still remember it fondly. That is my memory.
Paul had already been performing “Till There Was You” for a while before its November 1963 appearance on With the Beatles. It was one of the 15 songs that the Beatles played on their January 1, 1962 Decca Records audition (with Pete Best) that they famously failed.
As a toddler, I was impressed with myself for learning my first song lyrics in All My Loving. As a 14-year old I put Don't Bother Me on repeat-- which meant lifting the needle to the start of album side 2 (of Meet The Beatles -- usa version is better than UK version)
This album always makes me tear up. I was 9 when this dropped in ‘63 in early 60’s South London and it changed everything for everyone in the UK. What a journey and these boys were front and centre.
I have a mono copy of Meet The Beatles. Which was the US issue. My oldest sister bought it in 1964 🙂. They were still so young. Paul and George were 21, Ringo 22, and Lennon was 23. Just great. Paul's voice was so pure sounding
To me it doesn’t matter so much about the numbers, who sold the most records etc., cause the thing is, that’s not the only reason the Beatles are the GOATS. It’s the VARIETY BRO! And how they changed the whole damn planet! For example, the Stones have a ton of hits…. Many tons in fact, and deservedly so! And although they have “some” variety, it’s nothing even close to the Beatles. Same with Michael Jackson, Led Zep, you name it. Sure- ALL of them were unreal bands, sick music ‘ playing skills, etc., but the Beatles bro… they did it ALL and led the way the entire time til they broke up. The reason there’ll never be another Beatles is simple: in sellable, or commercial or pop or whatever you wanna call it music…. There are parameters. Too simple & you get blues. Too progressive & you get jazz or fusion. Too thematic & “stringy” or orchestrated, & you get classical. So within the confines or parameters of rock… it’s all been done. Sure, new bands and voices will always come along, but there’s only so much they can do. If they do more, they no longer are playing rock. And as for changing the world (by a band or artist), what can anyone possibly do that hasn’t been done? We already have folks out there… from cowboy hats to green & purple hair with piercings through their damn skulls. I suppose one day soon we’ll see robot bands with A.I. brains abd so on, but they won’t change the world through their music, clothes and hair & life styles. So it really has all been done as far as rock goes. Anyway- that’s my take and I’ve been around a very long time. And I’ve devoted my life to music as a player. Bandleader, record company owner & publisher, composer of films, tv, symphonies, teacher, with all the degrees and other stuff that goes along with it. I may not be the end all but I do have experience, and I can’t see how another Beatles will come along… ever. They were IT. Perhaps in another field it is possible, but in Rick? No way Jose. Peace & blessings my brother.✌️😎🎸🥁🎹👊
I have a bass guitar. I don’t play bass guitar. But I wanted to play bass guitar. So, I bought a bass. I learned All My Loving in one day, because I love that bass line more than I should for such a simple early song.
I listened to Meet the Beatles so much when I was a kid. Didn’t know George sang Bother Me, but it was one of my favorites. Looking forward to I Wanna be Your Man.
Johns rhythm playing on all my loving....insane. Georges solo on TTWY. PAUL harmonises with himself on all my loving. But george had to do this harmony on stage and imo it sounds better melodically with two diff voices.
What tracks from "With The Beatles" are your favorites?
Hard question because the whole album is great. "It Won't Be Long", "Don't Bother Me", "Hold Me Tight", "You Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Devil In Her Heart" are the ones I look forward most to hearing when I listen to the album.
You Really Got a Hold on Me, Not a Second Time, Money (That's what I want) - the last track in particular is about as heavy as you could get in 1963. Also like the two openers: It Won't be Long and All I've Got to Do.
Man, SO MANY! So many great covers: "You Really Got A Hold On Me", Roll Over Beethoven", their compositions "All My Loving", "It Won't be Long" (with the insistent Yeah Yeah Yeahs), "Not a Second Time" (A Lennon masterpeiece with George Martin's Piano) and finally their cover of "Twist and Shout".
Over all I think this is my least favorite Beatles album, just too many covers for my liking, but you know as they say, even the worst Beatles songs are better than most bands' best songs. I would go with "Not a Second Time", "You Really Got a Hold on Me" "All I've Got to Do" and "Don't Bother Me"
Devil in her Heart and Till there Was You.
Can we just pause for a second and admire George’s solo on Til There Was You? It is insanely complex, and flawless.
I loved it ❤
George was always the secret sauce.
Real asf, he’s the reason why I got into guitar and I learned the solo to Till There Was You cause of him
@@josuepon0318 True, it's addicitive: when you learn it you can't stop playing it!
That solo is perfectly constructed and executed. One of George's very best.
All My Loving is the first song they played on The Ed Sullivan Show and the world was changed forever.
It definitely changed my life. As it did so many others.
I read once it was from a poem Paul wrote for Jane Asher when she was his GF
Same. 1963 or 64.
@@paulobrien4694 1964
On behalf of all your viewers, can I just say, “We love you, man!” You’re the best.
DEFINITELY AGREE!
John's triplet strumming on All My Loving is outstanding.
Yes, very underrated!
@@Kathmak Yes and VERY hard to do, and keep it up through the whole song, ask any guitarist in a Beatles Tribute or cover band
He was so young we were all so young! Now we're all old loving watching you appreciate our favorite band
I second that.
Don't bother me is such a winner. George had it from the start.
Watching Ringo do his windshield wiper on the high hat in the live footage back then is one of life’s great pleasures.
All My Loving is the very first song The Beatles played for the American audience on their first appearance on American television on February 9, 1964, AKA the night that changed music forever.
The sophistication of the playing on "Till There was You" and "A Taste of Honey" was beyond what any other band was doing.
There were other bands doing covers of similar ‘songs from musicals’. Particularly the Mersey sound groups.
Gerry and the Pacemakers, which was my favourite Liverpool group for quite a while back then. Their album How Do You Like it showed that they were right up there until Beatlemania swept the board.
@@AlBarzUK And how many LPs did "Gerry and the Pacemakers" -- and all the others -- make before they faded?
@@jnagarya519 that’s a different point entirely.
@@AlBarzUK But an important point. Those two tacks tend to be rejected by "fans" who are all and only about "bangers".
These old Beatles are so fantastic, and often overlooked because of what came later... but the Beatles were amazing from the very start
It's crazy that this stuff is what they could bring to the table as fledgling recording artists just getting their feet under them...(of course as live performers they were veterans already!)
❤🎶❤ exactly, I was maybe 11 or 12 and ....then it begins🎉🎉 we were in love with these guys!!😮
I was 10 in 63. I played this album so much . Especially Till there was you . I think my favourite thing about them was their harmonies and their voices and songs. Amoungst my favourite things about them was the harmonies.😂
I like them better, all though I love the psychedelic music! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely! The Beatles are the biggest selling music artist of all time, with estimates of ~2.4 billion album sales. The next closest is Elvis Presley at ~750 million, then Garth Brooks at ~500 million, Michael Jackson at ~400 million and Led Zeppelin at ~ 350 million.
Peace
Til There Was You was from a musical called The Music Man (in case you didn't know.)
The early Beatles' era is often discounted because of all the brilliance and innovation that followed, but a lot of the early stuff is really innovative relative to the time, and their sense of melody was uncanny. Hit after hit because we'd all be singing along halfway through first listens. Loving seeing you get to experience this stuff for the first time!
I agree, it really bothers me how so many reactors skip the early albums because they listen to commenters telling them that they are not worth listening to that only their later stuff is great. I have commented to those people that those EARLY first singles and albums are what MADE them so POPULAR in the first place. I was THERE, I was 16/17 during 1964 and "Beatlemania" would NEVER have happened without those earlier albums, they were ALSO inovative as you stated @RanyHall324!!
@@PattiCrichton I was 14/15 in '64 and you hit the nail right on the head! NOTHING compared to their sound on the radio at that time. In Los Angeles in late 1963 "Meet the Beatles" was released to the stores. I brought my copy to my Freshman Chorus class for a class rock music evaluation. We had a 25 year old chorus teacher...first time teaching solo...and he was floored by this album. It inspired him to have our whole class write a rock song, just to show us how difficult what the Beatles did actually was. Only we who were there in the '60s really know and appreciate what the Beatles did for the music world going forward. Everyone born post 70's only look back and as a result cannot actually see the innovations that created the music genres of today.
John's rhythm guitar on "All My Loving" is often overlooked. It's terrific and propels the song splendidly. Great solo by George as well. George's thin voice is thickly double-tracked on his "Don't Bother Me" and it works well. I always liked that track with its haunting, frantic tone. "Till There Was You" was a popular show tune from the day and probably not a song that John would support, but this was the kind of thing that Paul loved to do. If there were no Beatles Paul might've been a Broadway songwriter. These ballads also helped broaden the group's appeal.
"All My Loving", the song that finally converted my parents to liking the Beatles! I remember them singing it to my little sister in the car...
Ringo knew how to swing.
I want to 2nd ronbock's opinion below. Georges solo on Till There Was You is elegant. Watch their live performance of the song and watch Georges ease of playing it while flirting with the audience. The most under rated guitarist just as Ringo is the most under rated drummer. It wasn't just John and Paul. Every one of them were peak performers. They had it all and they gave it to us. When they played they made it feel like they were performing just for you. The older I get the more I love their music, especially their 1963 thru 1965 albums.
Lennon spoke once about Til There Was You, saying that Paul did it the first time early on at The Cavern. John considered it a corny song and was not something he thought of as Beatles material. And as the leader of the band he could have blocked it from the repertoire. Yet, Paul clearly enjoyed the song and did such a nice version that the public present enjoyed it enthusiastically that John ended up never blocking any song any member would want to do. This selfless choice, which is not always so easy to make when you are so young, helped make the band stronger, versatile and better. I really enjoy the bond and friendship between the four guys in the band.
All their voices on these early tracks were just stunning..wow!
They spent years in Germany and London perfecting their talents. By 1963 they were fairly polished.
I love Paul's walking base line on All My Loving. Is there any wonder why all of the teenage girls were swooning and fainting listening to Paul on both of his songs. It is very strange that being 76 years on and can't remember what I had for breakfast, but every time a Beatles song ends I immediately hear the beginning of the nest song on the album. For example, Hold Me Tight is the song after till there was you. I listened to all of their early albums literally hundreds of times. I, at 13, turned it up and learned to play drums playing along with all of their songs over and over. I couldn't have 'learned" from a better drum teacher than Ringo. He taught me the true role of a drummer in a band. I ended up being a professional drummer, a good one IMO and it made me a lot of money.
@johndavids4780 And I was a 16 year girl that night swooning over Paul, and he is still my favorite at 77 years old! Like you, after Lee played "Til There Was You" and it ended, right away I could hear "HOLD ME TIGHT" start up (in my head) Isn't it amazing how we can remember which song comes next after each track!! Especially on their early albums because we played them over and over and over again at each sitting!
NO TWO BEATLES SONGS SOUND ALIKE!!! YOU KNOW ITS THEM...UNIQUELY THEM!❤❤❤❤
All My Loving was their first song performed on the Ed Sullivan broadcast; hence their first song performed in the USA. It has still been a crowd pleaser in Macca's post Wings era shows.
"All My Loving" was followed by "Till There Was You".
Almost e b erybodyswears that the first song The Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was "I Want to Hold Your Hand."...and then there was a teen-themed movie called "I Want to Hold Your Hand" about a carload of girls trying to get to NYC so they could see them on "The Ed Sullivan Show." That kind of cinched the wrong first song into history.
@@mikeeckel2807 They're wrong!
I love Don't Bother Me
And I've never understood the folks denying it, other than George seemed to put on an act of "It's not important" as if his dismissal would LESSEN any criticism's impact on him.
@@emwa3600 I have never understood it EITHER. I LOVE "Don't Bother Me" in fact it's in my Top 5 of George's songs while in the Beatles. I also didn't understand why some reactors or comments just brushed it off, as nothing special. It was usually reactors or comment makers that heard his LATER songs FIRST.
I have to admit that when I first saw that people like yourself were doing these reaction videos I thought it was silly but, then I realized that this is an excellent way to introduce the younger generations to the great music from previous eras. As a sixty seven year old guy I can say that it feels good that you and others are out there validating our musical experiences. Keep it up !
The song ALL MY LOVING drove us out of our freaking minds! Great album! Life changing band! Much ❤ from Vegas.
All my loving was playing in the hospital when john was pronounced dead. Picturing that makes me tear up
From 1964 to 1970 I was 10 to 16 years old and was fully involved in Beatlemania. These songs always bring back great memories.
Same age here. will be 71 March 29.
@davidgirard6980 I was 17 to 23 from 1964 to 1970 and was also fully involved in Beatlemania for sure. I will be 78 in 9 weeks and I am STILL a diehard fan, NEVER tire of them
To this day, and I will turn 76 in May, I can still remember where I was and what I was feeling at the time I heard any particular early Beatles song played on the radio for the first time.
One last time HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SETLIST FOR FEB 9 1964 on the Sullivan Show - (Frist segment) All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You- then the (second segment in the second half of the show) I Saw Her Standing There, I Want to Hold Your Hand. Hope this puts an end to all the people out there saying Hold your Hand was their first song that night. Do your research folks.
John's rhythm guitar in "All My Loving" is fantastic!
All My Loving was the first track they played live in America on the Ed Sullivan Show...
The second track was Till There Was You.
Don't bother me was George's first song. He wrote it while he was in bed sick with the flu and needed some sleep, people kept bugging him. Till there was you, was the song they used to audition for George Martin, it was the song that finally clinched the deal.
All My Loving was the first song played live on the first Ed Sullivan Show the Beatles did on Feb, 9, 1964. on the USA Capital label's Meet the Beatles album, it was the last song a on Side A. It was often played on the radio at the time for 3-4 months even though it was not a single. Til There Was You was a Cover song of the musical The Music Man, written by Meredith Willson. When they sang that on Ed Sullivan as the 2nd song, Willson heard and saw it and said, thanking them for doing his song, and saying in general they will go far, they have great songwiritng ability. George's solo in this that HE invented, is gorgeous.
The Beatles music is evocative. It's remarkable how often people comment that their songs trigger specific associations.
Til There Was you was one of the songs they did at their failed Decca audition on New Years Day 1962, that version is out here on YT. They used electric guitars and Pete Best was on drums. It had been part of their stage act for a while. It's unreal to listen to the songs from that audition and to see how much they had grown as songwriters and performers from early 62 to late 63. Mind blowing.
There was an episode of "Doctor Who" where they caught a snip of a transmitted Beatles performance and a character from 1000 years in the future recognized the band. The 20th century people were surprised and the future character responded that she loved classical music.
They’re all great, but “Don’t Bother Me” is such a rocker! It’s even better the louder you crank up the volume! Thanks so much for playing it… this review made my day!
Don’t Bother Me is such a simple song, but one of my favourites. Thank you to whoever suggested this!
Explain how it is "simple". ????
@ Point taken.. I should have said, compared to their later stuff. It’s a deceptively simple tune, beautifully crafted.
@@smartenuphumans I agree, I don't think it is simple at all when you listen to what they are playing!
The Beatles are good to hear at least Eight Days A Week.
Agree. After all these decades, the Beatles are still my #1 favorite band. Never ever tire of listening to them. Even the oldies are golden.
Eight Days A Week is a GREAT song. 👍
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I had such a crush on Paul's voice in All My Loving as a kid. I still love it! Great reaction, Lee. Thank you
The Zombies track you are referring to (Tell Her No) debuted in 1965. So, their 'sound' was referenced from George's 1964 "Don't Bother Me". Didn't notice the similarity until you mentioned it. Great observation!
Some next level playing on these songs. John's fast triplets in "All My Loving" and George's acoustic work on "Till There Was You" were the kind of thing bands usually handed off to session players. It's one of the reasons The Beatles were such a shot of fresh air at the time. Successful pop bands in the early 60's -- the white ones especially -- could rarely play worth a damn, but here now was a group blessed with not one but TWO (and a third on the way) great songwriters. And they were actually good musicians! Overnight they raised the bar to an almost unreachable height.
And I've always had a soft spot for "Don't Bother Me". Sure, George struggled to match his senior partners in the songwriting department in the early days, but I feel for a first shot he did a great job.
Everyone struggled keeping up with Lennon & McCartney!
We had this album at home when I was a kid and it was played all the time.Still listening to it 60
Years later and loving it still
One of George's most sophisticated guitar parts on TTWY.
@strathman7501 Every time I hear "Til There Was You" I see in my mind, when played on The Ed Sullivan SHow, George looking directly into the camera, as he did that last little strum during the instrumental break, with an expression that looked as if he was thinking " now, watch and listen to THIS" ! It just cracks me up every time I watch that expression. It's great!
It seems These early Beatles songs are so overlooked. But I loved these. Ringo and Paul were so good here!
You are reacting to my requests, I get to listen to three great songs by the Beatles and two great songs from The Monkees. And I'm home to listen to the premieres. What more could I ask for a great start to my Sunday morning?
The Monkees 🙈🙈
Cool 👍😊
You have great taste!
I appreciate that Donna, thank you for your support. I absolutely loved the supertramp songs!
@L33Reacts You're welcome and thank you, Lee.
Meet the Beatles was the only early Beatles album that we had. It was Capitol Records' US version of With the Beatles. Like most of the US albums, it had several different cuts and fewer tracks. But it, for us kids, I was seven, was great!
All My Loving and Don’t Bother Me are my favorites as well.
Till There was You was first performed in Music Man in 1957.
@tonyrock5315 And it was also made into a movie starring Shirley Jones and Robert Preston. RON HOWARD ( "Opie" in the Andy Griffith Show, "Richie Cunningham" in "Happy Days" and now a famous movie director, who also put together the movie "EIGHT DAYS A WEEK -the BEATLES: THE TOURING YEARS" ) is also in "MUSIC MAN" and plays the little boy "Winthrop" He is very young here, I think it was just before or during the first year when he played "Opie" in the Andy Griffith Show. He is SO CUTE in "Music Man" because his character has a lisp, and when he sings the song "GARY, INDIANA" with a lisp, it is just adorable.
"Til There was You" was a staple of theirs from their days in Hamburg. There is an album out there of their Hamburg days called "The Beatles at The Star Club" (US Version). It's a crude tape recording, that, given today's technology, could be cleaned up as the original pressings were poor quality.
It was the second song of their first set on their Ed Sullivan debut ("All My Loving" was the first). It was decided by manager Brian Epstein that the Beatles include this in the set for the parents...most of whom were probably familiar with the song, but also, to show to the older generations that the Beatles were "harmless".
"Don't Bother Me" is used in the nightclub scene in "A Hard Day's Night", but never appears on the movie soundtrack.
Don’t Bother Me was my favorite on Meet The Beatles (USA) when it came out. I got lost as a 7 year old in the rhythm instruments and all the chord shapes and how they ran into each other… wow.
Such a treat to see this today. Did I just give my age away? Lol, still a ways before 70, but still. I was 7 when they first appeared on Ed Sullivan. By the end of that first episode, they were forever, John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Just last year, I bought a dvd with The Beatles' first 4 appearances on Ed Sullivan. While the first episode was still a treasured memory, I was still shocked to see how Paul-centric it was. I still love, til this day, when Paul never sarw the birds in Till There Was You. For some reason, many fans push this album aside as not a favorite. But I still love it. Thank you for giving us this.
So called "fans" who are stuck in CLassic Rock playlist mode who diss the early Beatles are idiots with no sense of history and how revlutionary they were jus showing up and doing their tunes in the USA in Feb 1964.
My favorites are the opening three tracks, “It Won’t Be Long”, “All I’ve Got To Do”, and “All My Loving”.
My first Beatles album here in the US was Meet the Beatles with this album cover. I don’t know how many times I played it prob thousands😂I also had Please Please Me single, and I played that also thousands of times also. I definitely had more singles that I had albums.
Me, too!
Me, three!
My first grade self had to go to my neighbors house to hear Meet the Beatles, and we sat and stared at the cover and listened over and over (and danced).
@freda1182 What fun that was and a great memory 😀
Love early Beatles music!!! Thanks for the reaction to these classics!
I always think of DON’T BOTHER ME as the cranky side of George which we always love❤
Instant nostalgia ... enjoyed that ... thank you
This was my very first album. Still love it. Beatles music is timeless.
That first album was entitled "Meet The Beatles" I think I still have my copy,. bought when it came out in '64.
"Meet The Beatles" is the American version of "With The Beatles." It's how I was introduced to The Beatles back in '64.
All My Loving is a longtime favourite. George’s compositions are much more musically imaginative than the others at this stage, I may venture to say. 😊
It’s only been recently that I realized “Til There Was You” is from the musical “Music Man!
Only recently? That's a shame. The Music Man is a classic musical.
@ - yeah, and I never watched that whole thing until a few years ago!
@@doplinger1 beautifully sung by Shirley Jones and Robert Preston
I saw "Till There Was You " performed in Paul's 2005 The Space Within US Tour. He and his band did a great job; Rusty Anderson's acoustic guitar solo was superb.
I was 14 when the Beatles exploded on planet earth. Grew up musically with them. Timing is everything. 💜😈🎵
I remember hearing these songs as a 9 or 10 year old and being thrilled by them. The Beatles really were new and different for me, The world is different now and not necessarily better. There is something empowering in knowing that you are listening to something that everyone else in the country was listening to as well. Even 'older' folk who said they hated them were listening.
One of Kurt Cobain's favorite all time albums. This album was so important to rock n roll, in an era when it was young, and dying, The Beatles revived it with this album. The guitaring is fantastic, All My Loving, that rhythm lick was vastly advanced in 1963, George's solo on Till There Was You, and Ringo's (salsa-flavoured) drumming on on that song and Don't Bother Me (along with its dreary undertones) - a head of the rest in 1963.
Hearing All My Loving and Don't Bother Me sends me back to my very young Beatles loving self. Early British bands used a lot of these minor keys, which still sound so new and cool. I'll always be in love with The Beatles.
Listening to these great pop songs you’re discovering what I discovered 60 years ago and it still sounds as fresh as it did then. Can you imagine the impact their music had when it was first released.
When that album was released in England, on November 22, 1963 -- a most unforgettable day in American history for a very different reason -- Ringo and John were 23-years-old, Paul, 21, George, 20!! And none of them had turned 30 yet when The Beatles disbanded. From their very beginning, they grew and improved with age, as a group, as individuals, as musicians and songwriters, and as men. Yet, their incalculable greatness was clearly evident from their earliest days together!! A fact proven by their well-deserved longevity!!
PS. I was 9-years-old when The Beatles made their first, & also very historic, appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, and my first teen idol crush began when Paul sang Till There Was You that night!! ❤❤❤❤❤
love the early stuff!
Oh yeah, those are great.
The version released in America was called Meet the Beatles. The lineup of songs is a bit different. Anyhow, this album is part of my DNA: one of my first conscious memories.
At The Ed Sullivan Show…they performed better than in the Studio! With all the Girls Screaming! What an incredible First 🇺🇸 visit!!!
Another great reaction Lee, thanks. :)
Back to the beginning. I must have been 4 or 5 the first time I heard this. Mid 1960s. Prehistoric times. ;-)
Lee, you should react to the Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964! That is a real piece of history!
Beatles! Thanks!
What memories these tracks evoke, taking me right back to the small town farm where I lived. They shot up faster than the rockets we built back in the 60's. We barely had time to adjust to their new sound, as each album they did was new and different. Thanks for this journey back in time, L33, as we relive our glory days. Blessings all.
Ladies and gentlemen, a world first, someone head bopping to "Till There Was You", an event never before occurring in human history.
truly a moment in time
“With the Beatles” is my go to album when I need an early Beatles fix.
All I've Got to Do and Not a Second Time... Two great John tracks!
I used to sing "Till There Was You" to my kids among others at bedtime.....they are now in their late 20's and 30's and still remember it fondly. That is my memory.
A great reaction. Thank you.
Paul had already been performing “Till There Was You” for a while before its November 1963 appearance on With the Beatles. It was one of the 15 songs that the Beatles played on their January 1, 1962 Decca Records audition (with Pete Best) that they famously failed.
As a toddler, I was impressed with myself for learning my first song lyrics in All My Loving. As a 14-year old I put Don't Bother Me on repeat-- which meant lifting the needle to the start of album side 2 (of Meet The Beatles -- usa version is better than UK version)
This album always makes me tear up.
I was 9 when this dropped in ‘63 in early 60’s South London and it changed everything for everyone in the UK.
What a journey and these boys were front and centre.
I have a mono copy of Meet The Beatles. Which was the US issue. My oldest sister bought it in 1964 🙂. They were still so young. Paul and George were 21, Ringo 22, and Lennon was 23. Just great. Paul's voice was so pure sounding
To me it doesn’t matter so much about the numbers, who sold the most records etc., cause the thing is, that’s not the only reason the Beatles are the GOATS. It’s the VARIETY BRO! And how they changed the whole damn planet! For example, the Stones have a ton of hits…. Many tons in fact, and deservedly so! And although they have “some” variety, it’s nothing even close to the Beatles. Same with Michael Jackson, Led Zep, you name it. Sure- ALL of them were unreal bands, sick music ‘ playing skills, etc., but the Beatles bro… they did it ALL and led the way the entire time til they broke up. The reason there’ll never be another Beatles is simple: in sellable, or commercial or pop or whatever you wanna call it music…. There are parameters. Too simple & you get blues. Too progressive & you get jazz or fusion. Too thematic & “stringy” or orchestrated, & you get classical. So within the confines or parameters of rock… it’s all been done. Sure, new bands and voices will always come along, but there’s only so much they can do. If they do more, they no longer are playing rock. And as for changing the world (by a band or artist), what can anyone possibly do that hasn’t been done? We already have folks out there… from cowboy hats to green & purple hair with piercings through their damn skulls. I suppose one day soon we’ll see robot bands with A.I. brains abd so on, but they won’t change the world through their music, clothes and hair & life styles. So it really has all been done as far as rock goes. Anyway- that’s my take and I’ve been around a very long time. And I’ve devoted my life to music as a player. Bandleader, record company owner & publisher, composer of films, tv, symphonies, teacher, with all the degrees and other stuff that goes along with it. I may not be the end all but I do have experience, and I can’t see how another Beatles will come along… ever. They were IT. Perhaps in another field it is possible, but in Rick? No way Jose. Peace & blessings my brother.✌️😎🎸🥁🎹👊
Lee i love your appreciation for the Beatles. They've always been my favorite band and I love seeing you get deeper into their songs.
I have a bass guitar. I don’t play bass guitar. But I wanted to play bass guitar. So, I bought a bass. I learned All My Loving in one day, because I love that bass line more than I should for such a simple early song.
The TWELVE /EIGHT STRUMMING pattern on all my loving.....to DIE for!
Love that 'chugging' backing guitar on 'All My Loving'.
I listened to Meet the Beatles so much when I was a kid. Didn’t know George sang Bother Me, but it was one of my favorites. Looking forward to I Wanna be Your Man.
Yes Ringo was playing on this album.
He's on the cover so he is playing...
Till there was you is from the film" Music Man" but the Guitar work is George mainly John filling in. Beautiful song. Paul still plays it in concert.
"A Hard Days Night" is great album & movie...WATCH THE MOVIE!!! SEE BEATLEMANIA IN ITS TRUEST FORM!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎸🎸🎸😎😎😎
Johns rhythm playing on all my loving....insane.
Georges solo on TTWY.
PAUL harmonises with himself on all my loving. But george had to do this harmony on stage and imo it sounds better melodically with two diff voices.
All my loving is Paul's example of John's top rhythm guitar playing.
Always and forever I love them
We can admire George all we want and he was GREAT! BUT come on John and Paul were just @ Another level