White Album 1968 00:00 Patreon 00:04 Drums, Acoustic Guitar and Tambourine 03:08 Bass and 2d Double Vocal Track 06:00 Accordion, Piano, Hamonium, Whistle, E. Guitar, Backing Vocals, SFX and Maracas 08:57 Vocals 11:58 Thanks! Personnel Drums (1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl): Ringo Starr Bass (1964 Rickenbacker 4001 S or Fender Jazz): Paul Mccartney Acoustic Guitar (Gibson J-160E): John Lennon either George Harrison Accordion (ignore this lol): Paul Mccartney Piano (Steinway Baby Grand Piano): John Lennon and Paul Mccartney Hamonium (Mannborg Harmonium): John Lennon and George Martin Whistle: Paul Mccartney and John Lennon E. Guitar (Gibson SG): George Harrison SFX (voices, noises of glasses, bubbles, people talking, bird Sonds, etc.): John Lennon and Paul Mccartney Vocals and Backing: John Lennon -Can You Take Me Back? Maracas: Ringo Starr Guitar Tapping (Gibson J-160E): Ringo Starr and John Lennon Acoustic Guitar (Martin D-28): Paul Mccartney Vocals: Paul Mccartney
John plays the acoustic. Paul plays the Rickenbacker on this one. He also does backing vocals and tambourine on this. George uses his Stratocaster on this one. Harmonium (not accordion). There's also some organ played by George. For "Can You Take Me Back?", the maracas are actually played by John. And the "guitar tapping" is bongos.
One of my favorite Beatles tracks. John's mournful, defeated vocal and ominous arrangement make it sound like John's characters are ghosts haunting a mansion that the listener is inside of. They just seem to be from some different era in time and ignore the listener as they go about their odd routine, caught up in a repeating loop of their own making. As the listener is finally able to get out of the house and is moving across the grounds one last ghost (Paul's part at the end) suddenly speaks directly to the listener, asking for help in escaping. With all of this in mind this already spooky-sounding song seems twice as scary. Just my interpretation.
One of the creepiest songs ever followed by the happy accident at the ending that made it even more haunting. 'Can you take me back where I came from?' ---- just chilling.
Nobody likes the sound of their own voice... I mean... Your voice sounds different to you because your skeletal system is a conductor... I've heard myself on tape and I gotta say... It didn't sound anything at all to me as I do to myself...
Not highbrow shit. Three chords and presto, he rips off an old nursery story. Slick trick. You can't catch me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John used to say whenever he streaked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The thought process to pull off the drum arrangement would be impossible to implement. The same goes for the bass. Lefthanders at their best. The accordion was a nice touch. One of my favorite songs.
They were trying to lose the teenyboppers, with beards and freaky tunes, Dude. Less studio wizardry. Rev spoke to this attempt to be ARTISTS! (YOKO'S SINGING PREVENTED BOOTLEGGING..............................................)
Mr. STARKE'S DRUM TECHNIQUE IS AS ALWAYS INVENTIVE AND PURE GENIUS. SIMPLICITY THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMITATE. YIU NEVER JNOW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD WHEN HE MADE TGE CHOICES HE MADE.INCREDIBLE!! A TRUE LEFT- HANDER. ORIGINAL AND UNPRDICTABLE
7:21 the guitar hits that infamous "Devil's Interval" tritone (raised 4th) - for being only a handful of electric guitar notes on the entire song, it sure has a dramatic and hard hitting impact!
Probably my 2nd fave ( acoustic ) Lennon tune on White Album. Written as a nursery rhyme when they were in India... I've always thought the McCartney punch/paste at the end a bit odd, but very " Paul ". His bass lines in the main song itself are brilliant. It's awesome to hear them like I've wanted to for 52 years. Most Beatle fans over 60 don't recognize this song as Beatles if you perform it live. They used to take the needle off the record when Revolution 9 came on. This track came right after it. Obscure for many, but great. Thank you for posting!
Hilarious. If they're musicians? Ask them to play Paul's bass line on " Bulldog " , or John's plano on the same tune. Then do George's guitar parts on "Something". Or Ringo's "Hap-Ti Indian timing on " Here Comes the Sun." Wish them luck. They'll need it.
@@mcashnv I never understand why people have to like only one band? I love Van Halen, they are excellent musicians and their music is complex. I also don't need to dislike the Stones to LOVE the Beatles. If you only like one genre, that's fine, but stop insulting people who just like MUSIC.
I like the flange that George Martin added to the acoustic guitar. It’s always tasteful and natural. (I think he had too much fun with it on “Wild Honey Pie”)
It wasn't him, he notoriously often asked the young engineers who loved the effect (Ken Scott in particular) to do less "flanging" , which they did by slowing down one of the tape machines, the way George Martin was asking in his nice proper English accent made them laugh.
What a song, what amazing songwriting, melodies that conjure emotions, with typical flowing beatle lyrics that never get too literal yet still paint pictures in your mind. Exquisite drumming, stylized and perfected beat by beat for only this one song in particular. Adding the accordion and even just the decision to add the whistling are more examples of the genius of this band, john & paul even whistle in perfect harmony. It's really hard to believe how young they were when writing and performing all their amazing music.
John Lennon play piano in this song, not McCartney. The Beatles Oficial Biographer, Hunter Davies, said that he was witness when Lennon play this song at the piano (Type hymn) the first time while John and Paul re worked material for the Sgt. Pepper Album, one year before. John too play Vox or Lowrey organ part .
A bit late for this but most of the backing vocals are made by John, it's only at the end of the song when Paul joins in with a higher harmony, you can differentiate how they both sing in falsetto because John sounds more like a kid while Paul doesn't I guess
Does anyone know what they did to make the acoustic guitar sound so "tunnel-ly" and dreamlike on this? I love the sound and can't recreate it with acoustic.
Lennon. He had " character " laughs going back to his days listening to " The Goon Show " with Peter Sellers when he was younger. He was impressed when he met George Martin in ' 62 ' when they went to record at EMI ( later Abbey Road). Listen to his laughs at the end of " Bulldog ". Maniacal...
Sometimes hearing these individual tracks cause me to like the song even less than I did before. This isn’t much of tune to begin with, just like Sexy Sadie. I think if John would have just sung these two songs with minimal backing from the others, they would have been of better quality. How many pianists and harmonium players do these tunes really need?
Cry Baby Cry is WAY better than Sexy Sadie---the lyrics alone put it in a different class. And it's strange that you complain about the backing, when the various instruments--particularly bass, drums, and guitar--add so much melodic and rhythmic interest to a song you say "isn't much of a tune to begin with". By the way, listen to the final mix: There's ONE piano, and ONE harmonium.
White Album 1968
00:00 Patreon
00:04 Drums, Acoustic Guitar and Tambourine
03:08 Bass and 2d Double Vocal Track
06:00 Accordion, Piano, Hamonium, Whistle, E. Guitar, Backing Vocals, SFX and Maracas
08:57 Vocals
11:58 Thanks!
Personnel
Drums (1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl): Ringo Starr
Bass (1964 Rickenbacker 4001 S or Fender Jazz): Paul Mccartney
Acoustic Guitar (Gibson J-160E): John Lennon either George Harrison
Accordion (ignore this lol): Paul Mccartney
Piano (Steinway Baby Grand Piano): John Lennon and Paul Mccartney
Hamonium (Mannborg Harmonium): John Lennon and George Martin
Whistle: Paul Mccartney and John Lennon
E. Guitar (Gibson SG): George Harrison
SFX (voices, noises of glasses, bubbles, people talking, bird Sonds, etc.): John Lennon and Paul Mccartney
Vocals and Backing: John Lennon
-Can You Take Me Back?
Maracas: Ringo Starr
Guitar Tapping (Gibson J-160E): Ringo Starr and John Lennon
Acoustic Guitar (Martin D-28): Paul Mccartney
Vocals: Paul Mccartney
I always assumed the drum track was Paul. It sure sounds more like him than Ringo.
who plays the tambourine
@@kurwabobrze633 no idea
@@markjamesmeli2520 Sounds like Ringo.
John plays the acoustic. Paul plays the Rickenbacker on this one. He also does backing vocals and tambourine on this. George uses his Stratocaster on this one. Harmonium (not accordion). There's also some organ played by George. For "Can You Take Me Back?", the maracas are actually played by John. And the "guitar tapping" is bongos.
Ringo's drums make such a difference in this song!
Paul’s bass is brilliant as usual.
Sublime!
This song is very Underrated
Under Rated my Arse
There is NOTHING under rated by anything The Fabs did….end of story
A nursey tale written largely by some olden dude. Three chords. Hard to dance to.
Love every chord!
Each Beatles album post-‘65 had a different spirit animating it. So weird.
Many different influences - San Fran psychedelia, Dylan wordplay, Creedence, Band roots sound - at play.
UP TO DATE, POWDERPUFF!!!!!!!!!!
Eric...yup !
One of my favorite Beatles tracks. John's mournful, defeated vocal and ominous arrangement make it sound like John's characters are ghosts haunting a mansion that the listener is inside of. They just seem to be from some different era in time and ignore the listener as they go about their odd routine, caught up in a repeating loop of their own making. As the listener is finally able to get out of the house and is moving across the grounds one last ghost (Paul's part at the end) suddenly speaks directly to the listener, asking for help in escaping. With all of this in mind this already spooky-sounding song seems twice as scary. Just my interpretation.
Now i cannot unsee ghost lennon and McCartney
So damn good
YOUR PARANOIA IS ADORABLE! A NURSERY RHYME YOU INFLAMED INTO ................... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, and if you switch the word 'dance' for 'kill', as instructed, the ghosts come out of the woodwork. 'Dance Tonight'.
Definitely a favourite of mine and one of their most underrated tracks. Simply brilliant!
GETS FOLKS SET FOR THE FREAKY CLUSTERFUCK THAT WAS INTERUPTED BY HONEYPIE AND SAVOY TRUFFLE!
@@martinkent333 can you type in bigger letters please ?
Great drums
This song is a cathedral of sounds
I miss their voices so much, John and George. This is one of my favorite John-songs.
This sounds like grunge before grunge (and better)
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@@martinkent333 the chord changes have a grungy feel to me
I remember when these albums came out a lot of these songs you never heard on the radio and now they're considered classics!!
His vocals here is amazing 🤩
Never noticed the Patreon part before, really blends into the song beautifully.
Thanks
Who plays Patreon on this track? John or Ringo
@@Vincentlpp08 Jingo McHarrison
Paul's hooting bass remarkable.
John's masterpiece "the white album"
7:05-7:20 nunca le había puesto atención a esa parte! primera vez que la distingo! :)
The Story of drug abuse disguised as a nursery rhyme ! The brilliance of Dr. Winston O' Boogie !!
El bajo es magníficamente imprevisible.
The Greatest
Macartney chorus 💥💥💥💥
One of the creepiest songs ever followed by the happy accident at the ending that made it even more haunting. 'Can you take me back where I came from?' ---- just chilling.
Kids song, Powderpuff. You have merely been brainwashed by the notorious STAR MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not mentionning the mayhem that followed and made millions of people listen to 9 minutes of avant garde montage they would have never done otherwise.
You know what Hungfao ? I always felt the opposite about this song. It's Paul's tag @ the end that haunts me.
@@robroufla haha...yes, playing all those Beatles records backwards that I didn't have too 🤣!!!
@@martinkent333 You would need a brain to be brainwashed so it will never happen to you.
And John didn't like his own voice..Unbelievable.
Perfectionist you ain't.
@@martinkent333 I suppose you are.
Nobody likes the sound of their own voice... I mean... Your voice sounds different to you because your skeletal system is a conductor... I've heard myself on tape and I gotta say... It didn't sound anything at all to me as I do to myself...
Never noticed how busy Ringo’s drums were on this
Drum overdubs
@@Stevesk0011 the most busy parts are not overdubbed. Just some snare here and there making simple patterns
@@Stevesk0011 As if you have any idea of what you're talking about.
One of my favorite Lennon's songs. The originality of his tunes never cease to amaze me.
You are just another victim of the "star machine!"
Not highbrow shit. Three chords and presto, he rips off an old nursery story. Slick trick. You can't catch me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John used to say whenever he streaked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@martinkent333 Oh, really?
@@chicolofi On one film, a stalker is told that John is a regular human, but the star machine makes him a fabulous product.
@@martinkent333 what the hell are you going on about
Also there are 10 chords in the first 30 seconds
My all time favorite album, perfect for night driving.
The thought process to pull off the drum arrangement would be impossible to implement. The same goes for the bass. Lefthanders at their best. The accordion was a nice touch. One of my favorite songs.
What you thought was an accordian is actually a harmonium, and is played by George Martin.
My favorite album by the Beatles. Only wish they replaced Revolution 9 with Hey Bulldog, a great song that got lost on Yellow Submarine.
They were trying to lose the teenyboppers, with beards and freaky tunes, Dude. Less studio wizardry. Rev spoke to this attempt to be ARTISTS! (YOKO'S SINGING PREVENTED BOOTLEGGING..............................................)
Mr. STARKE'S DRUM TECHNIQUE IS AS ALWAYS INVENTIVE AND PURE GENIUS. SIMPLICITY THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMITATE. YIU NEVER JNOW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD WHEN HE MADE TGE CHOICES HE MADE.INCREDIBLE!! A TRUE LEFT- HANDER. ORIGINAL AND UNPRDICTABLE
7:21 the guitar hits that infamous "Devil's Interval" tritone (raised 4th) - for being only a handful of electric guitar notes on the entire song, it sure has a dramatic and hard hitting impact!
It’s my favourite moment in the song, I get chills every time
George was doing that a lot in that era. His solos on “Old Brown Shoe” and “Hey Bulldog” also feature that lick.
Probably my 2nd fave ( acoustic ) Lennon tune on White Album. Written as a nursery rhyme when they were in India...
I've always thought the McCartney punch/paste at the end a bit odd, but very " Paul ". His bass lines in the main song itself are brilliant. It's awesome to hear them like I've wanted to for 52 years.
Most Beatle fans over 60 don't recognize this song as Beatles if you perform it live. They used to take the needle off the record when Revolution 9 came on.
This track came right after it. Obscure for many, but great. Thank you for posting!
Rev. 9 is spooky
You’ve got that the wrong way around.
Cry Baby Cry comes before Revolution 9, the only track after Revolution 9 is Good Night
From 0:46 to 0:58 adds a double beat on the kick, I had never heard before or since from Ringo or anyone else
That’s always been one of my favorite parts of the song. Just so right.
you may here something similar from Keith Moon on My Generation and from Ginger Baker in the very end of White Room.
Some touches of "A day in the life"
The Greatest Band of all time....they can not be BEAT
9:15 there sure are a lot of 'plosives' on John's lead vocal. Sounds like he wasn't using a wind screen on the mic. I LOVE the effect though!
I never knew that those weird high pitched harmonies in the second verse were whistles! Cool.
It's so funny to hear people say the Beatles were great songwriters but bad musicians. Paul's bass line and Ringo's drumming are so insane in this one
Hilarious.
If they're musicians? Ask them to play Paul's bass line on " Bulldog " ,
or John's plano on the same tune.
Then do George's guitar parts on "Something".
Or Ringo's "Hap-Ti Indian timing on " Here Comes the Sun."
Wish them luck.
They'll need it.
Yes, the same people who think Van Halen were better than the Beatles.
@@mcashnv I never understand why people have to like only one band? I love Van Halen, they are excellent musicians and their music is complex. I also don't need to dislike the Stones to LOVE the Beatles. If you only like one genre, that's fine, but stop insulting people who just like MUSIC.
I like the flange that George Martin added to the acoustic guitar. It’s always tasteful and natural. (I think he had too much fun with it on “Wild Honey Pie”)
It wasn't him, he notoriously often asked the young engineers who loved the effect (Ken Scott in particular) to do less "flanging" , which they did by slowing down one of the tape machines, the way George Martin was asking in his nice proper English accent made them laugh.
after all these years
i havent notice there are some whistles here
thank u so much i appreciatte it
What a song, what amazing songwriting, melodies that conjure emotions, with typical flowing beatle lyrics that never get too literal yet still paint pictures in your mind. Exquisite drumming, stylized and perfected beat by beat for only this one song in particular. Adding the accordion and even just the decision to add the whistling are more examples of the genius of this band, john & paul even whistle in perfect harmony. It's really hard to believe how young they were when writing and performing all their amazing music.
funny I read that Lennon thought this one was crap.
So enjoying these regular posts
the third track is awesome
Video 5746 of commenting #BringBackDislikes on every unique video I watch (dislike or not) in 2022.
10:24 The singing style sounds remarkably like the 1970's Bee Gees.
Think about this masterpiece recorded with current tecnology
It would ruin it. The dirtyness and grit and bleed and crosstalk and tape hiss all make it....perfect lol
3:07:30 "Number nine!"
Beatles Book Monthly 1968: "Lennon: acoustic guitar, piano, organ (whistle here??). McCartney: bass. Harrison: lead guitar. Starr: drums and tambourine. Martin: harmonium".
The drummer and bass guitarist on this track are just awesome
Did Paul actually play the accordion? That's quite impressive.
John Lennon play piano in this song, not McCartney. The Beatles Oficial Biographer, Hunter Davies, said that he was witness when Lennon play this song at the piano (Type hymn) the first time while John and Paul re worked material for the Sgt. Pepper Album, one year before. John too play Vox or Lowrey organ part .
There's two pianos
Plus you've remembered that bit of the book wrong. Cry Baby Cry was written in 1968.
@@scottandrewbrass1931 Most of the Beatles' songs were composed long before they were released, in some cases up to 2 years before.
Beatles é lindo... Essa música tem um início bem parecido com baião.
Me gusta tanto esta canción que hasta tengo una lista de reproducción de covers, variaciones, etc.
Ringo played guitar on Can You Take Me Back?
no!! , is percussion with the back of the acoustic guitar
Por que llora la guagua? Por todo el tema de la realeza?
Wow! Didn’t know there was a whistle lol
Wow! Thank you! So many sounds!
are u 100% sure John Lennon recorded his own backing vocals? this sounds like McCartney
is 100% John trying sing like paul
It does sound Paulish tho
@@ericstewart9742 for sure. This latino is wrong
A bit late for this but most of the backing vocals are made by John, it's only at the end of the song when Paul joins in with a higher harmony, you can differentiate how they both sing in falsetto because John sounds more like a kid while Paul doesn't I guess
this is fun to jam along to
How the hell does one go about getting isolated tracks from beatles records? What a treasure!
from 5.1 mix
@@DLD2Music cool thanks very much
Thanks AGAIN for Posting DLD2 Music! How you do this, don't know, but cares how =THANKS!
Agreeing with comments below, this was the track, along with "Everybody's Got Something To Hide" that still gets to me on the white album.
Can you do Dr. Robert or It’s All Too Much?
i can Dr Robert
Does anyone know what they did to make the acoustic guitar sound so "tunnel-ly" and dreamlike on this? I love the sound and can't recreate it with acoustic.
BRAZIL 808 On
Oye súper random pero.. podrias hacer una rola de Juan Gabriel?
Fave WA track. Just so catchy.
First DLD2!
Can i use this and sexy sadie? I will give credit
ok
@@DLD2Music thank you so much!
Who's laughing at 7:10 ? 🤔
idk, maybe abbey road tapes
I always thought it was a chicken
Lennon.
He had " character " laughs going back to his days listening to " The Goon Show " with Peter Sellers when he was younger.
He was impressed when he met George Martin in ' 62 ' when they went to record
at EMI ( later Abbey Road).
Listen to his laughs at the end of " Bulldog ". Maniacal...
Sometimes hearing these individual tracks cause me to like the song even less than I did before. This isn’t much of tune to begin with, just like Sexy Sadie. I think if John would have just sung these two songs with minimal backing from the others, they would have been of better quality. How many pianists and harmonium players do these tunes really need?
Cry Baby Cry is WAY better than Sexy Sadie---the lyrics alone put it in a different class. And it's strange that you complain about the backing, when the various instruments--particularly bass, drums, and guitar--add so much melodic and rhythmic interest to a song you say "isn't much of a tune to begin with". By the way, listen to the final mix: There's ONE piano, and ONE harmonium.