The medley that ends "Abbey Road" is the pinnacle of what The Beatles accomplished as a group. It will remain one of the greatest musical treats of all time for generations to come...
@@We_Seek_Truth it´s true you can see the evolution of early days to the end that none of them knew it would be their last album but as some of the best songs made by the famous four and George Harrison contributed with the best songs they made after 1966
@@We_Seek_Truth - I didn't called it a "fact". It's a personal opinion. Do YOU not see it as "one of the greatest musical treats"..? Do YOU not see it as the "pinnacle of what The Beatles accomplished as a group"..? If not - what do YOU see as the pinnacle..?
In my opinion. the medley--actually the entire second side--is the greatest piece of music ever created and performed. It include an almost infinite amount of the "unexplained magic" mentioned by the narrator. And that IS a fact.
All of Side 2 is phenomenal, and the sequencing is part of that. By the time you reach the solos, they come as a climax, a peak and then a cathartic release of the musical and emotional tension that has been building under the surface. Then the final declaration, the summing-up, the statement of principle, all you need to know, and that towards which the Beatles' whole career(s) have been leading, their final act and the very last thing they, as a group, will ever say to us, 16 syllables delivered as 4 lines of 4 each: And in the end The love you take Is e-qual to The love... you make. ... Like for just one example, the love that was made in the act of creation of that roughly 20 minutes of music, and that is then re-made every time you listen to that album side. But wait! ... There's a little treat still to come. That last act of creation and love DID end with "The End", and this is made clear by some 14 seconds (? I think) of silence that serves as a boundary between The End and whatever might come next. Your brain is clearing its cache, building a buffer zone that gently eases the door closed on The End. Some time and space is given over to afterglow, just sitting in the quiet, and then, as if to sit up and light a cigarette and begin to resume a more normal frame of mind, we get a wonderful little 23 seconds of a wonderful little song: An acoustic guitar playing a classic sounding set of chords walking up and down to each other and little fills and such, accompanied by a vocal that is short and sweet and classic in its own right as a very dry and British sense of humor in an ode to Her Majesty. One of the most classic and brilliant album sides ever created. There's a reason why, more than 50 years after their breakup, a wealth of Beatles material of all sorts continues to not only live on but be created anew on the internet, and UA-cam in particular. They were and still are a singular phenomenon. And it all comes back to music, the music, which still sounds fresh and inventive and rewarding to listen to to this day.
@@PaulFormentos i would you know it, as he in his final years talked about the beatles with a lot of passion and almost blaming himself and drug habbits having driven Beatles career to a final not that friendly , you can see this interview on US TV , while recording his last album which is great , here on youtube search for john lennon´s last interview on tv
George new times were changing and the music too. I was lucky enough to meet and watch George play. He was so humble and talented. RIP George and John 🙏✌️🤘🎸🥁🇦🇺
I always thought highly of George as well, but when they (the narrator) said that about him when Geoff Emerick told (or asked?) George to turn down his amp because it was producing a hum and George said "You do not tell 'a Beatle' to turn down his amp." it sounds so out of character for what I understood about his gentle, humble character! Maybe George's personality WAS adversely affected by being so rich, and famous, and highly respected, and let's not forget Pattie Boyd being his wife! That little tidbit of what he (supposedly) said to the (lowly) engineer kinda jarred my mind a bit.
@@We_Seek_Truth- No, I think George was tired of being left out and afraid to come to Paul and John with a song he was writing for they basically told him to piss off because he was not producing anything worth their time. That along with disgusting Yoko stealing one of his biscuit cookie.
@@We_Seek_Truth idk if it’s possible to be THAT huge, that famous & prolific, that loved, without getting at least a bit of the “do you know who I am?!?!” ego
@@We_Seek_Truth seriously. people act like george was a saint. they were all genius drama queens to varying degrees, although George wrote at a glacial pace
What we love The Beatles for? Brilliant melodies, harmonies, riffs, vibe. There was so much music in their music. Carefully crafted magic vocal harmonies, chords, nice song structures. 90% of it would never happen if it were not Paul and George Martin. They were always pursuing perfection. They were chasing that magic feeling in music when it sounds just excellent. They were literally fullfilling their musical dreams. Beatles would never sound so musically interesting and pleasant if it were not Paul and George Martin. . Somebody had to put pieces of the puzzle together in a genious way.
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Completely agree! I always considered George Martin the fifth Beatle.
George Martin had little to nothing to do with the songwriting. What are you talking about? And what part of strawberry fields forever did Paul write again? Or dear prudence?
Sorry for the double dip. They were going to call the album Everest and fly to Nepal to take photos of the Beatles with the mountain behind them...Pauls idea. As everyone was grumbling about having to fly to Nepal, Ringo spoke and said why don't we just call it Abby Road and take pictures of us in front of the studio.
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Abbey Road is my favorite from the The Beatles. Even though they weren’t getting along as a band any longer, they managed to create one of the greatest albums of all time.
You think the songs are good besides come together and George’s songs? It’s a weak album IMO. Not their best songs. No day in the life or got to get you in my life
Iove the white album and abbey road. 2 of the greatest albulms of all time. Full of brilliant songs. I love Maxwells silver hammer, i have no idea why some people dislike it so much. Maybe because im from that time, i grew up with the Beatles and the evolution.
Where to begin… so many song “children” were birthed in those sessions. Imagine never hearing Something, Come Together, Here Comes the Sun, Oh Darling etc… our lives were affected for decades from the hours they spent in Abbey Road.
You swung that bad and hit that ball way past the bleachers man! You do exceptional documentary examinations of all artists that you make videos for. Always grateful for you.
Yea, who does that? What kind of a person would you have to be to feel comfortable doing that? It's borderline insane. It's completely self indulgent and dismissive of everyone else involved. I heard the story before of Yoko stealing one of George's biscuits, but the way I'd heard it he wasn't mad and he didn't say "bitch", he was more amused and amazed that she had snuck over thinking no one was watching. And he pointed it out to someone else, "look, she's just stolen one of my biscuits" in an amused almost laughing but incredulous voice. What a strange lady Yoko is...
Yeah. Pretty bold and stupid. I didn't pay to hear her artless caterwauling, live, in front of her poseur-level installations at the Tate Modern. No, i did not.
@@martinthomas5155 Yoko was some piece of work. She actually had called to McCartney's house in St John's Wood in London before she ever met Lennon. She wanted some of his lyrics to give as a gift and McCartney said no he didn't do that. Later she met Lennon in an art gallery and pretended not to know who he was. She played Lennon and knew what strings to pull. "You and me are artists John the rest don't understand" "Everything is okay John mother is looking after you" He couldn't see or didn't want to see he was being played.
From the very beginning of their recordings they were brilliant at three part harmonies live, & no band since have matched the classics they recorded from the minute they began Love Me Do to The End❤️
So glad they all came together to make this last incredible album. Even in arguing they still are and will be the greatest band in the world. I so wish we still had John and George in this world. Thanks for your video. It was great to watch. 😊
Thanks for another great doc.! As conflicted as the group was, they were very fortunate to have some good Adult Supervision - Sir George Martin. Without him, I don't think the group would have lasted nearly as long, or had the same musical & cultural impact. From my reading of the bio about The Buffalo Springfield, that group had very similar personality issues as The Beatles and lasted barely two and a half years basically because they didn't have a real producer. Too bad there wasn't someone like George Marin in L.A. during their time together, or at the very least, an experienced manager .
Thank you for providing this insight into the creation of Abbey Road. After watching, I listened to side 2, and my god, it brought me to tears. When it was released 55 years ago, I bought a guitar (for $12), and the Abbey Road song book, and I've been playing music ever since.
To me, after the huge debacle that were the Get Back sessions, it's amazing they could even come together to do Abbey Road. Most people realize that although Let It Be was the last RELEASED album, Abbey Road was the last recorded. Paul knew that Allen Klein managing their business affairs would end in disaster, so given their behavior during these sessions, left the band for good. The other three had left before this, but never officially & legally. I find it both a marvel and a huge gift that this album was completed and released at all. What would the world be like without Here Comes the Sun and Something!? Two of the best songs The Beatles ever recorded.
John did leave the band, but not financially. 8 months later Paul had to admit it was over and took the blame. For which ironically John blamed him because he wanted to be the one to break up the Beatles.
10 years later Paul and John were friends again and were talking about getting back together. They talked to George and he was not against the idea and so was Ringo. What could have been!!!!!!!
Thank you again for your amazing informational documentary. So much... 1st - The Beatles finally realize it's really hard to record off a mixing board made out of "Bits of wood, and an Oscilloscope." Bye, Bye to Magic Alex? 😃Abby Road was I think the greatest of the Beatles' albums and it does give one the feeling when you listen to the end of it that sadly, we're saying goodbye to the Beatles as a group together. With all that went on recording it, it's amazing it was finished. Yoko wasn't stingy on just wanting her bed to herself. I see Linda McCartney and others sitting with her at 19:19. I had a band in high school in 1971 and our Drummer's solo was done off of Ringo's from Abby Road, I think a lot of drummers used his opening "beats" for solos in the 70's. That whole final closing of "The End" is something that you'll always remember once you hear it.
I think it may just be the way it is presented in this video but makes me think that 90% of the all the problems they had was because of John acting like a spoiled child (thanks to all those who gave constructive criticism for me)
Not 90% but certainly 50. You have to remember, as well meaning as Paul was the others resented him for being a workaholic. They were lazy and ofc were thankful for it later but at the time they weren’t as keen. George had his issues with Paul dating back to when they were kids, which set in place a baby brother complex
I couldn't disagree more. The Beatles were growing up. Don't forget how young they were when they began their careers. They were tired of being "the four headed monster" and wanted to get on with their lives.
I think George was the one pouring cold water on every suggestion anyone came up with. He was so negative throughout Get Back it just got irritating. Such a primadonna. John was just goofing off but the work got done. At least he wasn't adamant he didn't want to do anything at all like George was.
It was during the Abbey Road sessions that all four of the Beatles, and George Martin all took turns sleeping with Yoko in the studio while recording was happening.
such great video. a real testament of how hard it is to make magic. i enjoy watching the get back sessions as they evolve in the process from a little idea into a memorable song. thanks for making these.
John left the Beatles during the recording of Abbey Road. He recorded I want You( She's so Heavy), had the tape stopped abruptly by the engineer Geoff Emmerick , walked out of Abbey Road Studio and across Abbey Road. The album was finished without him and Paul a few months later announced the end of the Beatles. But truth be told John was not coming back and there really could not be any band without him and the others in it.
This is a factual scenario different from what I've read. Recording of "Abbey Road" finished with "The End" in mid August 1969. John's announcement of "I want a divorce" was mid September 1969.
@@iriemon1796 Ryan Reed Rolling Stone magazine 9/11/19: "IN A NEWLY unearthed recording from 1969, the Beatles‘ principal songwriters discuss tentative plans for a follow-up to their final LP Abbey Road, a revelation that shifts the canonical narrative of that album’s recording sessions and the band’s eventual break-up. The tape - which dates back to September 8th, 1969, two weeks before Abbey Road‘s release - features a contentious conversation between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison at Apple headquarters in London’s Savile Row. With Ringo Starr hospitalized and undergoing tests for intestinal issues, his bandmates talk about recording another album and a potential single for the Christmas market."
I played guitar in a band in the early eighties, as part of one of our sets, we played the medley from "Abbey Road" side 2 at a bar gig, it didn't go over well as one patron in the back of the room kept screaming "Fog Hat!", we scrapped it from the set list after that night. P.S., we never added a "Fog Hat" song to our repertoire.
I recall being transfixed the first time I heard Abbey Road through the first time. I got high and listened again. Yep, it was as amazing as I first thought.
John made being in the studio a nightmare. He could be a tyrant plus his screecher groupie wife. The Beatles would have been much better off without her distractions in the studio.
Despite the fact that the sessions were plagued with acrimony and arguments, the final album is a testament to the individual talents of the four young men. As Martin observed, when the four were together in the studio, something magical happened. With the exception of Maxwell, I think the album is the crowning glory of the group that changed the world.
This is the real deal, passionate and informative from beginning to end. Usually, when people do videos about how the Beatles made their music, it's half hype/spin/convenient generalizations.
You capture the sessions and what really happened better than anyone can without live footage. The way you edit makes me feel like I’m watching a documentary which moves along well. I always wished they had filmed the White Album and Pepper sessions. Not Get Back as it was at the end. Thanks so much for what you do! Excellent job! 😮😊
Her Majesty was not deliberately put at the end. It was part of the medley but cut out., with the trim being added at final assembly, not wanting to waste a recording.
It's the most Beatles thing ever to have this masterpiece end on the most epic lines imaginable ("And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make...").... and then throw a whimsical little ditty like "Her Majesty" on as the true closer. I love it because it confounds the legend, thus making the legend grow. Brilliant.
@@madlift I see your point and it's a good point but I can't bear 'Her Majesty' following the beyond awesome 'The End'. I put 'Her Majesty' with the Past Masters 2 tracks.
Agree; pepper came out at their popularity peak me thinks and paired with its mythos it’s their most important album paired with abbey road of course, because as you said it’s their opus
13:25 "Thomas went away believing Paul just simply couldn't be bothered anymore." Again with this negative commentary. McCartney came in early before the others for numerous days - recording a vocal early in the day to try and get the best sound he could for "Oh Darling" until he got the one he liked best. Paul worked his ass off all the time... for both his songs - and the songs of his bandmates. And yet here you are - giving us some nonsense about how "Paul couldn't be bothered anymore". What a load of BS.
@@toxicsausage302 off course they had to find a new bass player, i think in a moment all turned to him and said in unissunus ,shave or leave ,beirds are taken
The narrator is reporting what *Thomas* thought at the time. Thomas was later proved wrong. It is absolutely appropriate to report Thomas's disappointment that the session didn't go well, and also to report that Paul nailed the vocal in a later session. Note that the narrator neither agrees nor disagrees with Thomas. The narrator simply reports what happened at the time.
It’s true about stripping the finish on some guitars. Doesn’t work on all, but for some, it really opens up the sound. It seems to resonate more. It has a slight acoustic quality about it. It seems to work on Fender Telecasters really well. Some basses respond to it too, but mainly guitars.
My sweet lord! Can anyone compare to George Harrison? If the Beatles went on another 5 years…George would’ve been the leader. No album, post Beatles, compares to All Things Must Pass.
The Beatles clearly had at least one more album left in them. From the tapes of their last band meeting, John suggested that the next album be divided up equally with 4 songs each for John, Paul and George, and Ringo getting one or two songs. That would have made for an interesting album. Then again, Abbey Road is the perfect swan song, so history for the win.
I’m afraid I must take umbrage with George Martin’s statement about George Harrison finally delivering the goods with Here comes the sun, Taxman and While my guitar gently weeps are equal to anything by Lennon and McCartney!😢
I disagree. While they are excellent songs by any standard, they don't have the quality of McCartney and Lennon tunes. While my guitar gently weeps is over rated in my book. Too boring of a song, I ussualy skip it
ABSOLUTELY TRUE BUT I ALWAYS FELT JOHN WASN'T GIVEN ENOUGH CREDIT FOR BRINGING HER INTO THE FOLD. IT CERTAINLY WASN'T PAUL OR GEORGE OR RINGOS DOING AND SHE DIDN'T BRING HERSELF.
I love "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." I never understood the hate for it. The way the dark lyrics contrast with the bouncy music is brilliant. The problem with Paul's "granny songs" happens when all the elements are too sweet. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" has a playful irony that saves it from that.
When they were recording on February 22nd of 1969... they were not "beginning the sessions for "Abbey Road". At that point - it was basically a continuation of what they had been doing in January. They didn't start sessions for what was to become a new album until the summer of 1969 - when they had all agreed to have George Martin produce again in the way he had done for their previous albums. One could say that a lot of the material that ended up on the "Abbey Road" album had begun being worked on from the beginning of 1969 - including January. But the group didn't get back together and start new recording sessions for a new LP until July.
The universe must of pissed itself laughing on the 6th July 1957 when it brought John and Paul together because we weren’t ready for this lot that’s why where still talking about them today then George then ringo
As individual musicians, as well as men, the four Beatles had grown so much in a relatively brief period of time. From 1962 to 1969 they had grown and evolved to the point that they all needed to go their own ways. From the days of playing on stage in Hamburg, to recording Abbey Road, they had been through things that no other human being on earth had experienced. I once met an engineer who had worked with George Harrison during his solo career, working both on some of his solo albums. I asked him what George was like... was he a 'normal guy'? His reply was incredibly telling. "NORMAL??? For GOD'S SAKE he was a Beatle... one of only four people to experience what he had. Normal, no... but a really great man for sure!" At least the Beatles finished off their recording career with the gem that is Abbey Road.
I agree about the incredible rapid trajectory of their growth and development personally and professionally. They left at exactly the right time. Everything about them showed their excellent judgement and instincts. Pure class, always.
A lot of people experienced what they experienced. Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, nirvana. Maybe not in the same numbers or impact on culture. But they all grinded in the clubs, recorded, and toured.
24:20 I always heard that 'Her Majesty' coming in as a hidden track was an accident? It was cut from being between 'Mean Mr. Mustard' and 'Polythene Pam', and because no Beatles music was to be discarded it was taped to the end of the master tape spool. A note was left for the vinyl cutting engineers to stop the tape after 'The End', but they didn't realize they meant the song 'the End'. That's why 'Her Majesty' came crashing in 20 seconds after the album was supposed to have finished. The Beatles didn’t hear this until they were listening to the finished product before giving it the go ahead to press the albums. The Beatles liked the mistake and left it that way. It wasn't decided by them to do it to begin with.
I remember hearing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" in the radio, and liking the melody. When I got the LP, I really heard the lyrics for the first time. I was SHOCKED!!! And could not stop LAUGHING.
For all their faults as human beings, they brought me the best music of of my life. They had complicated relationships, with many artistic differences. They lost their way after the death of Brian Epstein. George Martin helped the band artistically, but he was no Brian Epstein when it came to keeping peace and egos in check. Martin favored Lennon-McCartney. In some clips, he doesn't even mention Harrison's songwriting or musicianship. Yes, Paul & John treated George unfairly. George Martin could have intervened somewhat. I don't know. Some of that relationship between Paul and George Harrison went back to when they were on school. Paul said he was older and felt more knowledgeable than George. Maybe ot started back then. But they surely did not hate one another! And yes, Yoko Ono was only a symptom of the many problems they had growing over the years, even before she came onto the scene. Paul said that John loved Yoko, and nobody told John what to do. He wasn't stupid. They each had strong personalities. How could they not, given the beautiful music they created? I'm a true Beatles fan and music lover. I love all of them. I don't disparage any of them. People have said so many hateful things about these men that are just appalling. Like they all hated Paul, or John was a so & so. They didn't "hate." It's not in their DNA to hate. As for their solo careers, I don't view them as a contest. I really enjoy their individuality. They were (are) extremely unique and talented and together, The Beatles made this world a better place. As I said, I'm a true Beatles fan: I love John (RIP), Paul, George( RIP), and Ringo! 4ever Yeah Yeah Yeah!❤❤❤❤
Yes, and to my mind, the only mistake the group made. Finishing on "...and in the end..." would've been a perfect full stop to the album, and to The Beatles.
@@davidhutchison8349 Sometimes I feel the same about it but eventually realize it was for good that it ended up like that. True surprise effect indeed. That's very The Beatles.
It's the most Beatles thing ever to have this masterpiece end on the most epic lines imaginable ("And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make...").... and then throw a whimsical little ditty like "Her Majesty" on as the true closer. I love it because it confounds the legend, thus making the legend grow. Brilliant.
Oh Darling is one of my least favorite songs on the album. Still great, but nowhere near as great as Something, Here Comes the Sun, Come Together, You never give me your money, Golden Slumbers, She Came in through the bathroom window, Because, or even Octopuses Garden.
A lot of us grew up thinking of John as the real creative genius, musician of the group which somehow felt more real when he died. But after watching Jackson’s get back and hearing more people who were there report the reality of the experience, a few things feel more objectively true. Paul was the real musician and creative force in the Beatles who truley loved it. They started the band when they were young and George was the youngest little friend who joined and they could boss around until he got older and better as a musician. The Beatles broke cause George got tired of it being the John and Paul show and being undervalued. It was really about him and Paul not Yoko. They were a bunch of young Brit’s who got full run off the studio when no one did back then. They do seem jaded spoiled and generally struggling like anyone else to find thier identity. John seems like the most psychologically troubled.
Sometimes you have to step back from a creative project and your personal investment in your part and see the composition as more than the sum of its parts. It's really telling that John could not do that with side two in general and the medley in particular. Everytime I listen to side two, I hear something new, something to inspire and enrapture. Their magic is woven throughout it; the blend of their individual musicianship and composing genius, the production and arrangement. It's an incredible collaboration, as brilliant as anything they ever did. Shame John didn't appreciate it more because it was innovative then and timeless now, an essential cornerstone of the Beatles canon.
George Harrison told a funny story about the song "The Ballad of John and Yoko" he was on holiday and the new Beatles record came on the radio. George listened and said laughing "I really can't remember playing on that"😂😂😂
it only came out as a extra song in a single ,one of get back many versions, today cds alignment isn´t like it was then ,i had to buy the single or don´t let me down and the ballad of john and yoko were never in any lp the red and blue doble lp´s didn´t had them only added on the cds
There are lots of them around today, especially in the computer world. People who know all the lingo but if you could pin them down could actually do nothing.
Every time I see and hear videos of that era, I think the exact same (sad) thing: I wish they would have done solo projects and occasionally to do group projects. Before they got on each other's last nerve. But at least they had the beautiful and talented Yoko Oh Nooooo to give them advice.
Watched most of your video's, you've done a good job, thanks. I think they grew apart, not helped by Brian no longer being there & the disastrous business decisions they made. John sounds like he's on the heaviest trip of all - Heroin. Considering the music industry of that time, the rip off managers, the record labels punishing schedule, growing up in the public eye, it's a wonder they lasted that long. They left some great music though.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... It seems like they were diverging stylistically, and none of the three could appreciate each other's groove. While we all hear The Beatles as The Beatles on these albums, you'd be hard pressed to say they were all a group when you listened to any of John's, George's or Paul's solo works; and that's the evidence that they just headed off in opposite directions of the compass...
the best came from george, not george best i´m refering to the last songs recorded by george harrison like here comes the sun and here comes the weed or here comes the heroin, not refering to Yoko Ono
Yet the most acclamed songs from the album (besides Harrison's) are Lennon's - Come Together and I Want You. Also, if you compare the average ratings of Lennon's and McCartney's songs on the album, the difference isn't too big - 4.17 out of 5 for Lennon and 4.2 for McCartney. Also, in most of the song "duels" throughout the history of the Beatles Lennon's song was more acclaimed: Strawberry Fields Forever vs Penny Lane, Lady Madonna vs Hey Bulldog, Rain vs Paperback Writer, I Feel Fine vs She's a Woman, I Am the Walrus vs Hello Goodbye. Also, out of 20 best rated Beatles songs 9 are Lennon's: Strawberry Fields Forever, In My Life (although the authorship is disputed), Tomorrow Never Knows, I Want You, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Come Together, I'm Only Sleeping, Norwegian Wood, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. And only 7 are McCartneys: Eleanor Rigby (although the authorship is disputed), Yesterday, Helter Skelter, Penny Lane, Blackbird, Carry That Weight, Let It Be. The top song is a collaborative one - A Day in the Life. The second one is Lennon's - Strawberry Fields Forever. * Ratings taken from RateYourMusic
@@stravvman i do not give value to those ratings some never heard all beatles LP´s only top hits as in compilations they have a lot of good songs and some better than the ones listed , not saying that some do are some of the best but what about several others lefted out, , and normally songs were starting as a lennon´s idea but mcartney gave the final touch to make them whole, that´s why it says lennon/mcartney ,this said by them in interviews done at the time ,it were a pair of excelent writters/composers, has i also give value to Harrison who wrotte by the last albums some of their best songs
@@RUfromthe40s Of course, it is impossible to compare the contributions of Lennon and McCartney based only on the ratings on one (althoght quite popular, expecially among "artistic" crowd) site. I have cited them simply as "objective" indicators in contrast to the opinion of OP, to show not that Lennon is better than McCartney, but at least that answering the question to which he answers so categorically is not as easy as it seems.
Abbey Road is often criticized for being too "formula", but it was still fabulous. I really wish the Beatles had split--but still did one "formula" studio LP every year or two. Do their own work the rest of the time. I wonder if that might have worked. They were magical together.
Seems like by 1969, the Beatles all got really big-headed, acting like the assholes they used to mock so easily in the Hard Days Night days. They forgot how to not take themselves so seriously.
As much as I loved the Get Back film, I wish they had a film crew for Abbey Road instead. I would truly love to see how the Beatles created this album. This video is a good substitute though. Well done.
8:50 Not Ringo's Ludwig, Hollywood drum kit. That's Ringo's Ludwig, black oyster pearl drum kit. The Hollywood kit is the one used on the rooftop concert.
they make is sound like they hate each other and make out that every thing said was said with so much vain. paul and john would hang out and get high and laugh there asses off. Everyone gets frustrated at work. perspective is a powerful thing
Disasters: 1)conducting disorganized sessions in 1968-69. 2)Apple doing anything other than making records 3) The Apple offices. 4) Allen Klein 5) making the documentary They needed a studio of their own outside of London. They needed a new manager. They needed a financial firm to manage their money. They needed to spend their time recording and some promotion. That’s it. Other than that they needed to have full personal lives.
My favorite album of all time and I think the medley is some of the most beautiful music ever created. That said, I can't even listen to 'MSH' or 'Octopus.'
The medley that ends "Abbey Road" is the pinnacle of what The Beatles accomplished as a group.
It will remain one of the greatest musical treats of all time for generations to come...
Well, I'd say that's more of a subjective opinion and a matter of taste, rather than a "fact", IMO.
@@We_Seek_Truth it´s true you can see the evolution of early days to the end that none of them knew it would be their last album but as some of the best songs made by the famous four and George Harrison contributed with the best songs they made after 1966
@@We_Seek_Truth - I didn't called it a "fact". It's a personal opinion. Do YOU not see it as "one of the greatest musical treats"..? Do YOU not see it as the "pinnacle of what The Beatles accomplished as a group"..? If not - what do YOU see as the pinnacle..?
@@aBeatleFan4ever the fact that all were not expecting to be known as they were
In my opinion. the medley--actually the entire second side--is the greatest piece of music ever created and performed. It include an almost infinite amount of the "unexplained magic" mentioned by the narrator. And that IS a fact.
Side 2 medley is pure gold and was the perfect send off.
All of Side 2 is phenomenal, and the sequencing is part of that. By the time you reach the solos, they come as a climax, a peak and then a cathartic release of the musical and emotional tension that has been building under the surface. Then the final declaration, the summing-up, the statement of principle, all you need to know, and that towards which the Beatles' whole career(s) have been leading, their final act and the very last thing they, as a group, will ever say to us, 16 syllables delivered as 4 lines of 4 each:
And in the end
The love you take
Is e-qual to
The love... you make.
... Like for just one example, the love that was made in the act of creation of that roughly 20 minutes of music, and that is then re-made every time you listen to that album side.
But wait! ... There's a little treat still to come. That last act of creation and love DID end with "The End", and this is made clear by some 14 seconds (? I think) of silence that serves as a boundary between The End and whatever might come next. Your brain is clearing its cache, building a buffer zone that gently eases the door closed on The End.
Some time and space is given over to afterglow, just sitting in the quiet, and then, as if to sit up and light a cigarette and begin to resume a more normal frame of mind, we get a wonderful little 23 seconds of a wonderful little song: An acoustic guitar playing a classic sounding set of chords walking up and down to each other and little fills and such, accompanied by a vocal that is short and sweet and classic in its own right as a very dry and British sense of humor in an ode to Her Majesty.
One of the most classic and brilliant album sides ever created. There's a reason why, more than 50 years after their breakup, a wealth of Beatles material of all sorts continues to not only live on but be created anew on the internet, and UA-cam in particular. They were and still are a singular phenomenon. And it all comes back to music, the music, which still sounds fresh and inventive and rewarding to listen to to this day.
Lennon would disagree.....
@@PaulFormentos i would you know it, as he in his final years talked about the beatles with a lot of passion and almost blaming himself and drug habbits having driven Beatles career to a final not that friendly , you can see this interview on US TV , while recording his last album which is great , here on youtube search for john lennon´s last interview on tv
George new times were changing and the music too. I was lucky enough to meet and watch George play. He was so humble and talented. RIP George and John 🙏✌️🤘🎸🥁🇦🇺
I always thought highly of George as well, but when they (the narrator) said that about him when Geoff Emerick told (or asked?) George to turn down his amp because it was producing a hum and George said "You do not tell 'a Beatle' to turn down his amp." it sounds so out of character for what I understood about his gentle, humble character! Maybe George's personality WAS adversely affected by being so rich, and famous, and highly respected, and let's not forget Pattie Boyd being his wife! That little tidbit of what he (supposedly) said to the (lowly) engineer kinda jarred my mind a bit.
And without George, the Beatles just fell apart!
@@We_Seek_Truth- No, I think
George was tired of being left out and afraid to come to Paul and John with a song he was writing for they basically told him to piss off because he was not producing anything worth their time.
That along with disgusting Yoko stealing one of his biscuit cookie.
@@We_Seek_Truth idk if it’s possible to be THAT huge, that famous & prolific, that loved, without getting at least a bit of the “do you know who I am?!?!” ego
@@We_Seek_Truth seriously. people act like george was a saint. they were all genius drama queens to varying degrees, although George wrote at a glacial pace
What we love The Beatles for?
Brilliant melodies, harmonies, riffs, vibe. There was so much music in their music. Carefully crafted magic vocal harmonies, chords, nice song structures. 90% of it would never happen if it were not Paul and George Martin. They were always pursuing perfection. They were chasing that magic feeling in music when it sounds just excellent. They were literally fullfilling their musical dreams. Beatles would never sound so musically interesting and pleasant if it were not Paul and George Martin. . Somebody had to put pieces of the puzzle together in a genious way.
Completely agree! I always considered George Martin the fifth Beatle.
And yet the best sounding post Beatles albums are John's
George Martin had little to nothing to do with the songwriting. What are you talking about? And what part of strawberry fields forever did Paul write again? Or dear prudence?
It's "THE Beatles", love. Bedtime, Yoko?
Sorry for the double dip. They were going to call the album Everest and fly to Nepal to take photos of the Beatles with the mountain behind them...Pauls idea. As everyone was grumbling about having to fly to Nepal, Ringo spoke and said why don't we just call it Abby Road and take pictures of us in front of the studio.
Abbey Road is my favorite from the The Beatles. Even though they weren’t getting along as a band any longer, they managed to create one of the greatest albums of all time.
You think the songs are good besides come together and George’s songs? It’s a weak album IMO. Not their best songs. No day in the life or got to get you in my life
@@jamiehovis7722 that´s your personal taste, i´m not saying it´s their best album but as some of their best songs , without a dout
@@RUfromthe40s it’s some of their weakest songs* the production and performances are good, the songs not so much
There will never be another Beatles.
That is a truism.
As long as there will never be another Yoko, I can live with that.
@@Mister_Jimmy ua-cam.com/video/SMOABV_zgrk/v-deo.htmlsi=9E1LwOjDjCea0Int
@@Mister_Jimmy oh no !, not with Yoko. You are so right.
I guess y'all haven't heard of the lemon twigs
Oh Darling is one of the most killer vocals ever.
"In Me Lives He"
Yes!
Someone had to say it.
Dick Clark
Abbey Manor
Iove the white album and abbey road. 2 of the greatest albulms of all time. Full of brilliant songs. I love Maxwells silver hammer, i have no idea why some people dislike it so much. Maybe because im from that time, i grew up with the Beatles and the evolution.
And Revolver!
Where to begin… so many song “children” were birthed in those sessions. Imagine never hearing Something, Come Together, Here Comes the Sun, Oh Darling etc… our lives were affected for decades from the hours they spent in Abbey Road.
You swung that bad and hit that ball way past the bleachers man! You do exceptional documentary examinations of all artists that you make videos for. Always grateful for you.
I can’t even imagine how loud silence was in the room after Yoko climbed on the bed
Yea, who does that? What kind of a person would you have to be to feel comfortable doing that? It's borderline insane. It's completely self indulgent and dismissive of everyone else involved.
I heard the story before of Yoko stealing one of George's biscuits, but the way I'd heard it he wasn't mad and he didn't say "bitch", he was more amused and amazed that she had snuck over thinking no one was watching. And he pointed it out to someone else, "look, she's just stolen one of my biscuits" in an amused almost laughing but incredulous voice. What a strange lady Yoko is...
She should have climbed out of the forth floor window.
For some reason Yoko hated purple, George immediately started wearing purple to annoy her.
Джордж оригинален😂?
How childish.
@@sratus Not as childish as Harrison getting angry about her eating his digestives ;)
I'll start wearing purple! I'm moving to NYC and near das Dakota!
@@blackmore4 perhaps it was a chocolate digestive? That WOULD be annoying!
There will never [in our lifetimes] be an organization as gifted, magical BEATLES,, GODBLESS YA FABS,,,[ from a 60 yrfan],, gratzia tanto!!!!!
Grazie ☝️
No, I simply can't see it. AI will be writing music. Ugggh
Yoko in her bed inside the studio.... I've never heard the like. Absolutely ludicrous. Don't know how Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin stood it.
ludicrous,isn´t he a rapper well not a foil of tin but a piss of cloth
Yeah. Pretty bold and stupid. I didn't pay to hear her artless caterwauling, live, in front of her poseur-level installations at the Tate Modern.
No, i did not.
@@martinthomas5155 Yoko was some piece of work. She actually had called to McCartney's house in St John's Wood in London before she ever met Lennon. She wanted some of his lyrics to give as a gift and McCartney said no he didn't do that.
Later she met Lennon in an art gallery and pretended not to know who he was. She played Lennon and knew what strings to pull. "You and me are artists John the rest don't understand" "Everything is okay John mother is looking after you" He couldn't see or didn't want to see he was being played.
Eh, they still made a great album
@@RUfromthe40s lol yes, “Ludacris” who ironically (in an Alanis Morissette type way) also had a song called “Get Back”
From the very beginning of their recordings they were brilliant at three part harmonies live, & no band since have matched the classics they recorded from the minute they began Love Me Do to The End❤️
So glad they all came together to make this last incredible album. Even in arguing they still are and will be the greatest band in the world. I so wish we still had John and George in this world. Thanks for your video. It was great to watch. 😊
Still a few to go after this one
Thanks for another great doc.! As conflicted as the group was, they were very fortunate to have some good Adult Supervision - Sir George Martin. Without him, I don't think the group would have lasted nearly as long, or had the same musical & cultural impact. From my reading of the bio about The Buffalo Springfield, that group had very similar personality issues as The Beatles and lasted barely two and a half years basically because they didn't have a real producer. Too bad there wasn't someone like George Marin in L.A. during their time together, or at the very least, an experienced manager .
Thank you for providing this insight into the creation of Abbey Road. After watching, I listened to side 2, and my god, it brought me to tears. When it was released 55 years ago, I bought a guitar (for $12), and the Abbey Road song book, and I've been playing music ever since.
To me, after the huge debacle that were the Get Back sessions, it's amazing they could even come together to do Abbey Road. Most people realize that although Let It Be was the last RELEASED album, Abbey Road was the last recorded. Paul knew that Allen Klein managing their business affairs would end in disaster, so given their behavior during these sessions, left the band for good. The other three had left before this, but never officially & legally. I find it both a marvel and a huge gift that this album was completed and released at all. What would the world be like without Here Comes the Sun and Something!? Two of the best songs The Beatles ever recorded.
John did leave the band, but not financially. 8 months later Paul had to admit it was over and took the blame. For which ironically John blamed him because he wanted to be the one to break up the Beatles.
My absolute favourite Beatles album. It was George Martin who stated “ we must make this they way used to”!
10 years later Paul and John were friends again and were talking about getting back together. They talked to George and he was not against the idea and so was Ringo. What could have been!!!!!!!
Thank you again for your amazing informational documentary.
So much... 1st - The Beatles finally realize it's really hard to record off a mixing board made out of "Bits of wood, and an Oscilloscope." Bye, Bye to Magic Alex? 😃Abby Road was I think the greatest of the Beatles' albums and it does give one the feeling when you listen to the end of it that sadly, we're saying goodbye to the Beatles as a group together. With all that went on recording it, it's amazing it was finished. Yoko wasn't stingy on just wanting her bed to herself. I see Linda McCartney and others sitting with her at 19:19. I had a band in high school in 1971 and our Drummer's solo was done off of Ringo's from Abby Road, I think a lot of drummers used his opening "beats" for solos in the 70's. That whole final closing of "The End" is something that you'll always remember once you hear it.
Unlike Yoko, Linda had class & new how to respect the Beatles space.
New? Or knew?
She was also not on heroin
This series is beyond brilliant!!! Love it!
Side 2 (of the lp) is a bloody masterpiece.
Sun king has some very deep lyrics
Video well pieced together to tell the story. Thanks.
I think it may just be the way it is presented in this video but makes me think that 90% of the all the problems they had was because of John acting like a spoiled child (thanks to all those who gave constructive criticism for me)
Not 90% but certainly 50. You have to remember, as well meaning as Paul was the others resented him for being a workaholic. They were lazy and ofc were thankful for it later but at the time they weren’t as keen. George had his issues with Paul dating back to when they were kids, which set in place a baby brother complex
Paul and George had their own problems, but John was always the biggest problem maker of the group. Also Yoko.
I couldn't disagree more. The Beatles were growing up. Don't forget how young they were when they began their careers. They were tired of being "the four headed monster" and wanted to get on with their lives.
I think George was the one pouring cold water on every suggestion anyone came up with. He was so negative throughout Get Back it just got irritating. Such a primadonna. John was just goofing off but the work got done. At least he wasn't adamant he didn't want to do anything at all like George was.
@@stitchgrimly6167George was a pain in the arse
The Beatles are my generation's gift to the world.
It was during the Abbey Road sessions that all four of the Beatles, and George Martin all took turns sleeping with Yoko in the studio while recording was happening.
Get over yourself, hippie 😅
The Beatles' legendary status owes a lot to Abbey Road...It would be greatly diminished without it...
damn i was watching and didnt reload the page until right now i will be watching this right now great stuff
such great video. a real testament of how hard it is to make magic. i enjoy watching the get back sessions as they evolve in the process from a little idea into a memorable song. thanks for making these.
These videos are so well made and a treat to watch. Thank you! 😊
Love your videos. Definitely a channel I see on the rise soon.Keep grinding✌️
John left the Beatles during the recording of Abbey Road. He recorded I want You( She's so Heavy), had the tape stopped abruptly by the engineer Geoff Emmerick , walked out of Abbey Road Studio and across Abbey Road. The album was finished without him and Paul a few months later announced the end of the Beatles. But truth be told John was not coming back and there really could not be any band without him and the others in it.
This is a factual scenario different from what I've read. Recording of "Abbey Road" finished with "The End" in mid August 1969. John's announcement of "I want a divorce" was mid September 1969.
@@iriemon1796 Ryan Reed Rolling Stone magazine 9/11/19: "IN A NEWLY unearthed recording from 1969, the Beatles‘ principal songwriters discuss tentative plans for a follow-up to their final LP Abbey Road, a revelation that shifts the canonical narrative of that album’s recording sessions and the band’s eventual break-up.
The tape - which dates back to September 8th, 1969, two weeks before Abbey Road‘s release - features a contentious conversation between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison at Apple headquarters in London’s Savile Row. With Ringo Starr hospitalized and undergoing tests for intestinal issues, his bandmates talk about recording another album and a potential single for the Christmas market."
Lennon got into a car accident and was in the hospital when they recorded here comes the sun
Interesting video
Lennons polythene pam is really great
I still get emotional listening to You Never Give Me Your Money knowing that this would be the The Beatles final swansong. Side 2 is a masterpiece ❤
I do when Paul says "one sweet dream came true, today."
I played guitar in a band in the early eighties, as part of one of our sets, we played the medley from "Abbey Road" side 2 at a bar gig, it didn't go over well as one patron in the back of the room kept screaming "Fog Hat!", we scrapped it from the set list after that night. P.S., we never added a "Fog Hat" song to our repertoire.
I recall being transfixed the first time I heard Abbey Road through the first time.
I got high and listened again.
Yep, it was as amazing as I first thought.
Are you still high?
@@pawelpap9 That was 50 years ago.
Group Therapy….that’s literally all they needed.
John made being in the studio a nightmare. He could be a tyrant plus his screecher groupie wife. The Beatles would have been much better off without her distractions in the studio.
@@ReviewsChannel-e4r True, but Lennon needed a handler
As long as Yoko was in the picture no amount of therapy would make them change for the better!
No. They had grown apart.
Despite the fact that the sessions were plagued with acrimony and arguments, the final album is a testament to the individual talents of the four young men. As Martin observed, when the four were together in the studio, something magical happened. With the exception of Maxwell, I think the album is the crowning glory of the group that changed the world.
Maxwell.... along with Obladi, Bungalo Bill... there was a couple rubbish nests but the rest were genius
This is the real deal, passionate and informative from beginning to end. Usually, when people do videos about how the Beatles made their music, it's half hype/spin/convenient generalizations.
The last recorded album.
Awesome video!
You capture the sessions and what really happened better than anyone can without live footage. The way you edit makes me feel like I’m watching a documentary which moves along well. I always wished they had filmed the White Album and Pepper sessions. Not Get Back as it was at the end. Thanks so much for what you do! Excellent job! 😮😊
Her Majesty was not deliberately put at the end. It was part of the medley but cut out., with the trim being added at final assembly, not wanting to waste a recording.
Came here to post this...
Not included on first UK pressing.
It's the most Beatles thing ever to have this masterpiece end on the most epic lines imaginable ("And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make...").... and then throw a whimsical little ditty like "Her Majesty" on as the true closer. I love it because it confounds the legend, thus making the legend grow. Brilliant.
@@madlift I see your point and it's a good point but I can't bear 'Her Majesty' following the beyond awesome 'The End'. I put 'Her Majesty' with the Past Masters 2 tracks.
@@marcjohnson9270 Not true - Her Majesty was always there on the record, it was part of the master (accidentally, initially...)
Legends al!!! ❤❤❤❤
A most excellent video!👍🏻🍏🍏🍏🍏
(IMHO) Abbey Road is the true Beatles magnum opus...not Pepper. What a way to go out
Agree; pepper came out at their popularity peak me thinks and paired with its mythos it’s their most important album paired with abbey road of course, because as you said it’s their opus
The End.
Your taste isn't absolute
@@cahillgreg Precisely.
@@cahillgreg Agree. Writing that something "IS" the best is beyond ridiculous. And pompous in the extreme.
13:25 "Thomas went away believing Paul just simply couldn't be bothered anymore."
Again with this negative commentary. McCartney came in early before the others for numerous days - recording a vocal early in the day to try and get the best sound he could for "Oh Darling" until he got the one he liked best. Paul worked his ass off all the time... for both his songs - and the songs of his bandmates. And yet here you are - giving us some nonsense about how "Paul couldn't be bothered anymore". What a load of BS.
It gets tiring people slagging off Paul, he added so much to the others songs especially John's and there would be no Abbey Road without Paul
@@toxicsausage302 off course they had to find a new bass player, i think in a moment all turned to him and said in unissunus ,shave or leave ,beirds are taken
Don't get ur panties in a twist boys, it's only a rock group!
The narrator is reporting what *Thomas* thought at the time.
Thomas was later proved wrong.
It is absolutely appropriate to report Thomas's disappointment that the session didn't go well, and also to report that Paul nailed the vocal in a later session.
Note that the narrator neither agrees nor disagrees with Thomas. The narrator simply reports what happened at the time.
It’s true about stripping the finish on some guitars. Doesn’t work on all, but for some, it really opens up the sound. It seems to resonate more. It has a slight acoustic quality about it. It seems to work on Fender Telecasters really well. Some basses respond to it too, but mainly guitars.
My sweet lord! Can anyone compare to George Harrison? If the Beatles went on another 5 years…George would’ve been the leader. No album, post Beatles, compares to All Things Must Pass.
This is what I wish was on the anthology! We didn’t get enough Abbey Road on that collection this is great!
The Beatles clearly had at least one more album left in them. From the tapes of their last band meeting, John suggested that the next album be divided up equally with 4 songs each for John, Paul and George, and Ringo getting one or two songs. That would have made for an interesting album. Then again, Abbey Road is the perfect swan song, so history for the win.
I’m afraid I must take umbrage with George Martin’s statement about George Harrison finally delivering the goods with Here comes the sun, Taxman and While my guitar gently weeps are equal to anything by Lennon and McCartney!😢
Taxman doesn’t have the weight to it. “Guitar” to me is a bit overrated but I see why it is great. I Belive Martin is right.
I disagree. While they are excellent songs by any standard, they don't have the quality of McCartney and Lennon tunes. While my guitar gently weeps is over rated in my book. Too boring of a song, I ussualy skip it
here comes the sun the greatest beatle song in my opinion..George was always overlooked by the band but he wrote their greatest song
That would be "Something".
@@JagadguruSvamiVegananda To meet you in the pooring rain mama
Sir Paul McCartney Rock’s!
Paul looks so great in this video.
All of this is very sad and I lived through all of this but it really doesn't matter just beautiful music when we needed it. God bless all of us.
Yoko, the biggest hemorrhoid of rock and roll.
ABSOLUTELY TRUE BUT I ALWAYS FELT JOHN WASN'T GIVEN ENOUGH CREDIT FOR BRINGING HER INTO THE FOLD. IT CERTAINLY WASN'T PAUL OR GEORGE OR RINGOS DOING AND SHE DIDN'T BRING HERSELF.
@@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 : A rather liberal use of the term "credit".
@@jeffphakenewz8556 remember always give credit where credit is due. 😂
With magic Alex as a close second.
@@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 i don´t see it that way ,each to his own , he crazy ,she burned up in the brain
I love "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." I never understood the hate for it. The way the dark lyrics contrast with the bouncy music is brilliant. The problem with Paul's "granny songs" happens when all the elements are too sweet. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" has a playful irony that saves it from that.
If memory serves, George Harrison referred to Paul's songs as "fruity".
Paul forced the others to do it over and over and over again to their disgust.
Paul forced the others to do it over and over and over again to their disgust.
When they were recording on February 22nd of 1969... they were not "beginning the sessions for "Abbey Road". At that point - it was basically a continuation of what they had been doing in January. They didn't start sessions for what was to become a new album until the summer of 1969 - when they had all agreed to have George Martin produce again in the way he had done for their previous albums. One could say that a lot of the material that ended up on the "Abbey Road" album had begun being worked on from the beginning of 1969 - including January. But the group didn't get back together and start new recording sessions for a new LP until July.
The universe must of pissed itself laughing on the 6th July 1957 when it brought John and Paul together because we weren’t ready for this lot that’s why where still talking about them today then George then ringo
As individual musicians, as well as men, the four Beatles had grown so much in a relatively brief period of time. From 1962 to 1969 they had grown and evolved to the point that they all needed to go their own ways. From the days of playing on stage in Hamburg, to recording Abbey Road, they had been through things that no other human being on earth had experienced. I once met an engineer who had worked with George Harrison during his solo career, working both on some of his solo albums. I asked him what George was like... was he a 'normal guy'? His reply was incredibly telling. "NORMAL??? For GOD'S SAKE he was a Beatle... one of only four people to experience what he had. Normal, no... but a really great man for sure!" At least the Beatles finished off their recording career with the gem that is Abbey Road.
I agree about the incredible rapid trajectory of their growth and development personally and professionally. They left at exactly the right time. Everything about them showed their excellent judgement and instincts. Pure class, always.
A lot of people experienced what they experienced. Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, nirvana. Maybe not in the same numbers or impact on culture. But they all grinded in the clubs, recorded, and toured.
24:20 I always heard that 'Her Majesty' coming in as a hidden track was an accident? It was cut from being between 'Mean Mr. Mustard' and 'Polythene Pam', and because no Beatles music was to be discarded it was taped to the end of the master tape spool. A note was left for the vinyl cutting engineers to stop the tape after 'The End', but they didn't realize they meant the song 'the End'. That's why 'Her Majesty' came crashing in 20 seconds after the album was supposed to have finished. The Beatles didn’t hear this until they were listening to the finished product before giving it the go ahead to press the albums. The Beatles liked the mistake and left it that way. It wasn't decided by them to do it to begin with.
“Drugs, divorce, and a slipping image play desperately on their minds and it appeared to all that the public was being encouraged to hate them.”
Boy that would make a great title for a bootleg. 🥴🥴🥴🥴
I remember hearing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" in the radio, and liking the melody. When I got the LP, I really heard the lyrics for the first time. I was SHOCKED!!! And could not stop LAUGHING.
For all their faults as human beings, they brought me the best music of of my life. They had complicated relationships, with many artistic differences. They lost their way after the death of Brian Epstein.
George Martin helped the band artistically, but he was no Brian Epstein when it came to keeping peace and egos in check. Martin favored Lennon-McCartney. In some clips, he doesn't even mention Harrison's songwriting or musicianship.
Yes, Paul & John treated George unfairly. George Martin could have intervened somewhat. I don't know. Some of that relationship between Paul and George Harrison went back to when they were on school. Paul said he was older and felt more knowledgeable than George. Maybe ot started back then. But they surely did not hate one another! And yes, Yoko Ono was only a symptom of the many problems they had growing over the years, even before she came onto the scene.
Paul said that John loved Yoko, and nobody told John what to do. He wasn't stupid. They each had strong personalities. How could they not, given the beautiful music they created?
I'm a true Beatles fan and music lover. I love all of them. I don't disparage any of them. People have said so many hateful things about these men that are just appalling. Like they all hated Paul, or John was a so & so. They didn't "hate." It's not in their DNA to hate. As for their solo careers, I don't view them as a contest. I really enjoy their individuality. They were (are) extremely unique and talented and together, The Beatles made this world a better place. As I said, I'm a true Beatles fan: I love John (RIP), Paul, George( RIP), and Ringo! 4ever Yeah Yeah Yeah!❤❤❤❤
Though Her Majesty ended up at the end of Abbey Road, it wasn’t originally intended to appear there.
Yes, and to my mind, the only mistake the group made. Finishing on "...and in the end..." would've been a perfect full stop to the album, and to The Beatles.
@@davidhutchison8349 Sometimes I feel the same about it but eventually realize it was for good that it ended up like that. True surprise effect indeed. That's very The Beatles.
It's the most Beatles thing ever to have this masterpiece end on the most epic lines imaginable ("And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make...").... and then throw a whimsical little ditty like "Her Majesty" on as the true closer. I love it because it confounds the legend, thus making the legend grow. Brilliant.
Side 2's medley of songs is some of my favorite music of all time.
Absolutely fascinating.
What a great piece of work
I watched this two times!
Quick exclamation mark restore my sanity. Old brown shoe was a flip side,--
Oh Darling is best of Abbey Road but whole album is suberb
I think the Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End medley is one of the greatest things they ever did. A perfect close to their final album.
Oh Darling is one of my least favorite songs on the album. Still great, but nowhere near as great as Something, Here Comes the Sun, Come Together, You never give me your money, Golden Slumbers, She Came in through the bathroom window, Because, or even Octopuses Garden.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Yes I agree. Have you seen UA-cam video at Albert Hall?
Oh Darling! is the song that started my listening to the Beatles.
A lot of us grew up thinking of John as the real creative genius, musician of the group which somehow felt more real when he died. But after watching Jackson’s get back and hearing more people who were there report the reality of the experience, a few things feel more objectively true. Paul was the real musician and creative force in the Beatles who truley loved it. They started the band when they were young and George was the youngest little friend who joined and they could boss around until he got older and better as a musician. The Beatles broke cause George got tired of it being the John and Paul show and being undervalued. It was really about him and Paul not Yoko. They were a bunch of young Brit’s who got full run off the studio when no one did back then. They do seem jaded spoiled and generally struggling like anyone else to find thier identity. John seems like the most psychologically troubled.
I too always thought that Paul was the true musical genius of the group, but as I become older I have more appreciation for John.
Sometimes you have to step back from a creative project and your personal investment in your part and see the composition as more than the sum of its parts. It's really telling that John could not do that with side two in general and the medley in particular. Everytime I listen to side two, I hear something new, something to inspire and enrapture. Their magic is woven throughout it; the blend of their individual musicianship and composing genius, the production and arrangement. It's an incredible collaboration, as brilliant as anything they ever did. Shame John didn't appreciate it more because it was innovative then and timeless now, an essential cornerstone of the Beatles canon.
George Harrison told a funny story about the song "The Ballad of John and Yoko" he was on holiday and the new Beatles record came on the radio. George listened and said laughing "I really can't remember playing on that"😂😂😂
Brilliant so true because it was John and Paul on there own 😂
That song sux
Old brown shoe ❤
it only came out as a extra song in a single ,one of get back many versions, today cds alignment isn´t like it was then ,i had to buy the single or don´t let me down and the ballad of john and yoko were never in any lp the red and blue doble lp´s didn´t had them only added on the cds
@@Derrymcg one of the best rythm on a beatles song
The only thing magic about this Alex character was his ability to fool people into thinking he was some kind of genius lol 🤡
There are lots of them around today, especially in the computer world. People who know all the lingo but if you could pin them down could actually do nothing.
A manipulator, like the dark one.
I love all the Beatles songs but here comes the sun is my favorite.
This was great, thanks!
I just want to say terrific job on all of these. I hope there are plenty more in the works. Spot on
I'm just writing the script to The Beatles recording of rubber soul. This will be a good one. But could be a few weeks.
@@filmretrospective5334 good material is worth the wait.
Every time I see and hear videos of that era, I think the exact same (sad) thing: I wish they would have done solo projects and occasionally to do group projects. Before they got on each other's last nerve.
But at least they had the beautiful and talented Yoko Oh Nooooo to give them advice.
Watched most of your video's, you've done a good job, thanks. I think they grew apart, not helped by Brian no longer being there & the disastrous business decisions they made. John sounds like he's on the heaviest trip of all - Heroin. Considering the music industry of that time, the rip off managers, the record labels punishing schedule, growing up in the public eye, it's a wonder they lasted that long. They left some great music though.
Ringo You Come On Like A Dream Peaches And Cream Lips That Sparkle And Shine Your Sixteen So Beautiful And Your Mine!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... It seems like they were diverging stylistically, and none of the three could appreciate each other's groove. While we all hear The Beatles as The Beatles on these albums, you'd be hard pressed to say they were all a group when you listened to any of John's, George's or Paul's solo works; and that's the evidence that they just headed off in opposite directions of the compass...
Just joined your Patreon. This video was fabulous. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Abbey Road is the Greatest Record ever made NOTHING CLOSE THEY DID WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO DO. GO OUT ON TOP !
Most people love the Side 2 medley which Paul wanted and created and John hated
Just shows mostbof the best stuff came from Paul not Saint John
Lennon had a few real gems but, in my humble little opinion, McCartney was the superior songwriter.....BY FAR.
the best came from george, not george best i´m refering to the last songs recorded by george harrison like here comes the sun and here comes the weed or here comes the heroin, not refering to Yoko Ono
Yet the most acclamed songs from the album (besides Harrison's) are Lennon's - Come Together and I Want You.
Also, if you compare the average ratings of Lennon's and McCartney's songs on the album, the difference isn't too big - 4.17 out of 5 for Lennon and 4.2 for McCartney.
Also, in most of the song "duels" throughout the history of the Beatles Lennon's song was more acclaimed: Strawberry Fields Forever vs Penny Lane, Lady Madonna vs Hey Bulldog, Rain vs Paperback Writer, I Feel Fine vs She's a Woman, I Am the Walrus vs Hello Goodbye.
Also, out of 20 best rated Beatles songs 9 are Lennon's: Strawberry Fields Forever, In My Life (although the authorship is disputed), Tomorrow Never Knows, I Want You, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Come Together, I'm Only Sleeping, Norwegian Wood, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. And only 7 are McCartneys: Eleanor Rigby (although the authorship is disputed), Yesterday, Helter Skelter, Penny Lane, Blackbird, Carry That Weight, Let It Be. The top song is a collaborative one - A Day in the Life. The second one is Lennon's - Strawberry Fields Forever.
* Ratings taken from RateYourMusic
@@stravvman i do not give value to those ratings some never heard all beatles LP´s only top hits as in compilations they have a lot of good songs and some better than the ones listed , not saying that some do are some of the best but what about several others lefted out, , and normally songs were starting as a lennon´s idea but mcartney gave the final touch to make them whole, that´s why it says lennon/mcartney ,this said by them in interviews done at the time ,it were a pair of excelent writters/composers, has i also give value to Harrison who wrotte by the last albums some of their best songs
@@RUfromthe40s Of course, it is impossible to compare the contributions of Lennon and McCartney based only on the ratings on one (althoght quite popular, expecially among "artistic" crowd) site. I have cited them simply as "objective" indicators in contrast to the opinion of OP, to show not that Lennon is better than McCartney, but at least that answering the question to which he answers so categorically is not as easy as it seems.
Abbey Road is often criticized for being too "formula", but it was still fabulous. I really wish the Beatles had split--but still did one "formula" studio LP every year or two. Do their own work the rest of the time. I wonder if that might have worked. They were magical together.
As told here, everything went ugly. Hard to believe one of the best albums in the History of popular music was made in this environment.
Forever Young!
Seems like by 1969, the Beatles all got really big-headed, acting like the assholes they used to mock so easily in the Hard Days Night days. They forgot how to not take themselves so seriously.
Which is why they never reformed.
@@joepermenter7228 John Lennon said, "The Beatles broke up out of sheer boredom." Sadly, I think it's true, they just got bored of each other.
@@jadentrez I didn't say shit about their break up.
After listening to this, the best remedy for their studio tension, SMOKE SOME MARY JANE! It seems that they get along better after a good smoke.
As much as I loved the Get Back film, I wish they had a film crew for Abbey Road instead.
I would truly love to see how the Beatles created this album.
This video is a good substitute though. Well done.
The "One Two Three Four,,,Go To Heaven" bit reversed says "This gets out for few to show Now we give all grace to Paul"
My favorite album.
8:50 Not Ringo's Ludwig, Hollywood drum kit. That's Ringo's Ludwig, black oyster pearl drum kit. The Hollywood kit is the one used on the rooftop concert.
I didn't know about the 'Magic Alex' board. 🤣🤣Excellent presentation!
A wonderful piece of work
they make is sound like they hate each other and make out that every thing said was said with so much vain. paul and john would hang out and get high and laugh there asses off. Everyone gets frustrated at work. perspective is a powerful thing
Great documentaries.Thanx!
Getting along "frightfully well". That is definitely English way of saying that it was a great win..
Disasters: 1)conducting disorganized sessions in 1968-69.
2)Apple doing anything other than making records
3) The Apple offices.
4) Allen Klein
5) making the documentary
They needed a studio of their own outside of London.
They needed a new manager.
They needed a financial firm to manage their money.
They needed to spend their time recording and some promotion. That’s it. Other than that they needed to have full personal lives.
My favorite album of all time and I think the medley is some of the most beautiful music ever created. That said, I can't even listen to 'MSH' or 'Octopus.'