I agree man, it's cool to watch her reaction to each song too. Beatles are still able to get the young girls to swoon through their music all these years later. Thanks
I remember discovering The Beatles as a 6 year old when I watched AHDN for the first time in 1964. I felt so happy about what I was watching and listening to, and I didn't even listen to music at 6 years old.
I remember listening to the top 20 on a transistor radio when I first heard Please Please Me. Like a lot of others I thought they were American. From Me to You, was 'Oh, that's good, So they are not a one hit wonder.' And then we just waiting for She Loves You, knowing it would go straight to No1 as it had half a million advanced orders. But it was hearing the B side I'll Get You which literally stopped me in my tracks. Couldn't believe that was just a B side. That was the moment when I realised they were something really special. Joined the fan club the following week and that was me hooked.
As you progress through their albums, keep in mind that only 7 years passed between the first and the last. Then you will realize the true genius of The Beatles.
That is an excellent point! Such a journey is taken so quickly, it’s like a dream, so much happening so fast. For some reason I’m really stoked for her to reach Help and listen to “I’ve Just Seen A Face”
And 3 years separate Can't Buy Me Love from Strawberry Fields Forever. 2 years between this album and Revolver. It is insane. When I listen to the albums I always imagine yearly Beatles to be a 5 year interval and late Beatles another 5 years but Please Please Me came out in 63, by 65 they had recorded Rubber Soul. It is just mind blowing. That is the time that separates the two lastest Billie Eilish albums. The amount of albums they created early on completely distorts our time perception. 2 albums a year... I can think of no other artist that evolved like that.
If I remember correctly, Geoff Emerick says in his book, Here, There, and Everywhere, that it was multiple pianos and a guitar each playing different variations of one chord.
Rubber Soul and Revolver is their best period. Add to it the singles, "Paperback Writer," "Day Tripper," "Rain," "We Can Work It Out" and you havee the greatest music ever recorded.
They are regarded as harmonies, but they are actually counterpoint - both vocal lines stand alone as melody lines. The Beatles introduced this first in "She Loves You", which no musicologist ever took seriously enough to analyze but which is, compositionally, a masterpiece as well. Bach developed counterpoint technique and may have invented it. I have yet to find anyone before the Beatles employing the technique in pop music, and I believe McCartney, in his recent Hulu series, explained that he knew when both he and John were "singing lead" at the same time (not sure even he thought of it as counterpoint, just something they did - amazing). One more reason they stand above all others (Brian Wilson excepted of course - he is their only peer compositionally in rock music).
@@Bassman2353 Yeah, well in "If I Fell" and "This Boy," "Yes it is," "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," "No Reply," "Tell Me Why," "All I've Got to Do," "Please Mr. Postman," "Because," "Baby's in Black," "Nowhere Man," "In My Life," "And Your Bird Can Sing," "I'll be Back," et al.
So, let's talk about Paul's walking bass playing for a moment shall we? Setting aside his superb songwriting, setting aside his beautiful tenor voice, that guy's bass playing is universally regarded by literally every musician in the history of music as off the dial spectactular. As you move through all their albums (lucky you, you're going to enjoy it) Paul's bass playing will mesmerise you. Every band on the planet would kill for a bass player as good as Paul McCartney in their band.
Ivan Julian, Paul's bass technique is cool. Of course he being a guitar player first makes for a better bass player in my book. Most of us all give credit in some form to him. John Paul Jones of Zeppelin is a case in point, he is a fantastic guitar player, anyone would love to have in their band. But he takes that ability and forms bass lines that are actually awesome and melodic to listen to. Thanks for the comment,✌️ and love, Brother Gary
"that guy's bass playing is universally regarded by literally every musician in the history of music as off the dial spectactular" *I can think of one musician who disagreed. A guy named George Harrison. He quite famously didn't like Paul's bass work and went as far as saying that he wouldn't want him in his band.*
@@Kermit_T_Frog I only recall George complaining that he felt Paul’s bass work was too busy on ‘Something’ and at times overpowering. He did not say that he did not like Paul’s playing in general. He did say that he could never join another band with Paul but he could with John.
Yes, John had a bitter sweet personality and was not shy about expressing exactly what he felt. "I'll Cry Instead", "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" and a host of other songs reveal that troubled youth and sweet hearted man all in one sandwich!
Everyone enjoying this series is on pins and needles anticipating what you're about to discover. I personally love the early albums, especially A Hard Days Night and Help! But they don't prepare you for what's over the horizon.
@Mahki Mahkila that's why I love them, their music is so diverse you could listen to them no matter what mood you're in, I think I prefer the later stuff but I always get times were I just want the early stuff
As mentioned already, Revolver is really something you cannot expect from the albums until that point (though Rubber Soul feels a bit like vol. 1 of twin albums with Revolver being vol. 2). Revolver is by far my most favourite album to listen to - there is so so much variety. But as I said in the previous reaction, HELP! is my most favourite album to sing to. Like at some point I was able to sing along to the whole thing. :D
When I introduce people to Beatles' music, I start with "P.S. I love you" followed by "Helter Skelter". Always creates a fascinating effect, that arouses a lot of interest. 😮
Agreed - the quarter-note triplets on rhythm guitar show off their evolving musical sophistication. I've always admired that one for how early it showed that off.
Note also has the song has several distinct melodic sections that do not repeat themselves. A very unusual compositional structure that, like most of the Beatles' work, never sounds forced or unnatural.
Lennon was was reported to be intrigued by the A major to A minor chord change and had two middle 8's and he couldn't figure out which one to use , so he simply used them both . And I agree, Love it
"I'm happy just to dance with you" has one of the most complicated Beatles guitar parts. It's one of many songs that made me really appreciate John's rhythm playing. It's brilliant.
For your own amusement and pleasure you should watch the film A Hard Day's Night. It adds a whole new dimension to the Beatles phenomenon watching them interact at work and play. It is organised up to a point, as all films are, but it really does give you a great snapshot of the four personalities of the main players and they never seem less than entirely genuine and completely themselves. I am spending a Sunday bingeing on your Beatles reactions and I am loving every minute of it. Thank you.
Phil Collins is also in the movie not singing but making mental notes I'm sure, as he sits in the middle of a crowd of screaming young girls. I think he was the only guy. See if you can find him in the film.
It's always interesting for old blokes like me who grew up hearing the Beatles to hear young people realise just how damn good they were. Keep on working through the albums consecutively - I'm looking forward to hearing your reactions to the next few, as the Beatles progressed. No two Beatles songs were ever the same, and the albums just got better and better. And as an added bonus, you're another Aussie :-)
The nice thing about the early albums is that they basically just went into the studio and played the songs live as a band rather than each recording their parts separately. So, the live performances sounded exactly like the studio performance. They were very comfortable playing live, especially after all of the trips to Hamburg where they played for hours every single night.
Actually, by the time of HDN they (The Beatles with George Martin) were producing their song in parts with overdubs and multiple ideas, etc. Some of these songs were written, rehearsed, and brought to the studio entirely differently from what was finally recorded. It was not as simple or as easy as you and others seem to think. Check out some of the YT vids showing the evolution of their songs in the studio and you'll get the idea. Virtually all of their live performances after 1963 came after their recordings and reflect the recordings, not the other way 'round.
Isn't it amazing how quickly their music is already maturing? They were just that good. You can already hear their songwriting was a step above the first two albums. Their confidence in their own abilities, too, as they began to really play off one another. Harmonies are smoother, yet slightly more complicated. Minor chords begin to infiltrate their sound. Add that to the fact that very few acts were allowed by their labels to grow out of what had been selling. The Beatles lucked into the absolute perfect producer for them in George Martin who, while never having recorded Rock 'n' Roll before this time, had an instinctual feel and understanding of what worked and what didn't. Martin encouraged them to try new styles and progressions, new sounds and structures, to never stay with the status quo. Please Please Me, for instance, was originally written as a ballad. They played it for Martin and he told them it would work much better with a faster tempo. They did as suggested and it became their first #1 hit. He was, for all intents and purposes, the true "fifth Beatle". That's Martin playing all the piano parts on this album and it was his input to add it. The band, being very fast studies, began thinking of how to expand their sound in ways that Martin had set them on the path towards. Every album, they just kept getting better and coming up with the next sound that the rest of the acts had to follow or lose their places in the charts. Ringo Starr has never been a flashy drummer like Keith Moon of The Who or John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Yet he's always steady and very creative. Almost from the beginning, he made a point of changing what he did for every song on the albums so his back end never sounded repetitive. Toms, bongos, tympani, tambourines, maracas, clave, anything was fair game to use to change things up. The tighter vocals you're hearing are a result of how creative The Beatles were and how they even pushed their engineers to make things better. The traditional way to double track a vocal was to sing it again over the first recording of it. This was time consuming and not always easy to do, trying to duplicate exactly what had been done in the first track. They challenged their engineer, Geoff Emerick, to make this easier and faster. His solution was to rig a second board to the first, set slightly behind the first. The result was that they would sing the line once and it was being recorded twice, simultaneous to the other, yet minutely later. The norm in The Beatles recording studio was answering "but you can't do that" with "why not?" It wasn't just the band who were growing, it was their production staff, as well. If you want to hear a great walking bass line on a Beatles song, check out Joe Cocker's 1964 recording of I'll Cry Instead. To enhance the walking line, a double bass was played for that single. ua-cam.com/video/SAZm9H_hN5U/v-deo.html
Ringo's unique drumming style comes from the fact that he is actually left handed but plays his drums set up right handed. There is a YT video of him explaining this. I use to play in a band with a drummer who did the same thing. He could switch hands mid beat and play things backwards then switch back freaking us out in the middle of a song. A number of studio effects and technical sound equipment that is common today were invented by the people at Abbey Roads Studios. ADT, flanging (I think John Lennon had something to do with that), and DI boxes are some that I can think of. That's why I love the British, they're just so damn smart.
I already gave this a 'like'/thumbs up... but I'm coming back through the comments and this one strikes me again. I love hanging out here among my people!
How young they were! Without knowing how to "write" music, they created a body of work that will live as long as there are people who love music.I really love your enthusiam!
Caroline, there are so many things I want to say on each one of these I watch, but all I can say is that watching you listen to these and seeing your ears perk up or your face light up absolutely brightens my day. I know you'll get lots of Beatles fanatics out there pointing out things you might have missed (and I'm going to try to not be one of them), but at the end of the day your videos make me feel something, and that's worth so much more than any amount of listening to the Beatles :)
They make me feel something too. Its taking me back to the excitement I had listening to each new release…as I grew up in the 60’s. There wasn’t anything better than a new Beatles song. Glued to our transistors to hear them and running to the record store for the latest album. NEVER disappointed. This young lady’s videos have brought back that excitement and I plan to spin my Beatles albums again real soon.
@@doriskray1430 Doris, your comment brings back a memory for me. My best friend and I were absolute Beatles fanatics. Radio stations use to play new Beatles songs before they were even released, so it was our obsession to get to new Beatles record before anybody else when it came out. We would get on our bikes and go around to all the record stores in town and keep bugging them to get the newest Beatles record ASAP. On the day We Can Work It Out was going to be released we went downtown to Sammy Vincent's Music store in my hometown and waited for the mail truck to show up with a shipment of new records. When it arrived my friend went out and helped the mailman to carry in the boxes into the store. Once inside he tore the boxes open before the store manager could and grabbed the first copy of We Can Work It Out available in western Massachusetts. That's how crazy we were for the Beatles.
Yup, it's definitely a pleasure to see her reactions! Very well put! There's another girl, Crystal Shannon, who has done the later albums (so far), and the look on her face is sometimes very entertaining. And the fact that both these girls know music makes it even better!
I'm with you on this one. I first heard it at a fairground when I was 7 or 8 and get Instant flashbacks whenever i hear it. Now that's what I call memorable.
A few years I rewrote the lyrics to this & changed the chords/structure. A work friend who didn't know how I'd created it, said it sounded very modern!
A lot of people said this already but these videos are so delightful that I'm heartbroken I've watched them all in a row and now I have to wait so long for the others - Beatles for Sale is one of my favorites and in my opinion very underrated so I'm so excited what you'll think of it, and it almost makes me really sad that you've decided to put them out one every 3 weeks haha but I'll wait patiently as it's completely worth it. One of my biggest desires as such a big Beatles fan is for people to listen to them in order, you know, to hear the entire thing and tell me what they think. Since I can't live through that feeling again, I crave to see them go through that journey and live it again through them. And it's so rare to see not only someone doing it, but someone with such a good musical ear recording their first comments and reactions like you're doing. It's truly a great gift for me as a fan and it makes me go through the joy of discovering their music once again, even though those very songs are such a part of me already I feel like I know them like the back of my hand. It's truly wonderful to watch someone be captured by the magic and the miracle that is this band. I can't wait to see your reactions as the discography progresses. And you've created such a good community in these videos! I love reading the comments and getting insight and seeing the discussions as they come. I hope you know that you are very appreciated. Thank you so much for doing this. You are so smart and charming and again, it's truly a gift. Can't wait for the next video!
Love watching your reaction when you caught those chords in the chorus of "Things We Said Today," and then the modulation in the bridge. One of my great memories is seeing Paul McCartney at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1989, a tour where he was really bringing back a lot of Beatles music into his setlist. Sitting in a stadium with some 50,000 fans and hearing him sing this song with his amazing band at the time was just ALL THE FEELS.
Did you notice the key change near the start of If I Fell? Me neither, that's how smooth it is. Their music is a lot more sophisticated musically than at first you realise.
That's the thing about the beatles, they didn't have a clue about all these fancy musical terms, they just did what they thought sounded good. I wasn't putting musical theory down btw.
@@stevemd6488 that demo is beautiful! And it's amazing to hear John singing the principal line (what on the record Paul sings) ua-cam.com/video/x-ahSfJjqPw/v-deo.html
"A hard day's night" is actually a Ringoism. He'd say things like that, or "Tomorrow never knows," and John/Paul would make song titles out of them. So, while John/Paul wrote it, Ringo had a hand in it too.
Caroline, you're an interesting girl, in that you have a musical background to analyze The Beatles on first hearing. As a lifelong musician and someone who has seen the Beatles live in person (at Boston's Suffolk Downs Racetrack, August 18, 1966), I know what it was like to live and breathe Beatlemania. The Beatles were a gift that will never happen again. If you were a teenager in the 1960's your delight and surprise at the Beatles now would have been magnified a thousand fold like every other teenage girl (and boy) back then, I can see it in your face. For your reference, to find the source of the Beatles' harmonies and song styles just listen to the people they idolized and toured with early on, like The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and Del Shannon. I'm looking forward to your future reviews of Beatle albums, as you will see their growth as song writers and how they changed the direction of rock music with each new album. By the way, George Harrison almost single-handedly introduced the world to electric 12 string guitar on the Hard Day's Night album.
The Everly Brothers were a massive influence on British 60s harmony, from the Beatles, Hollies and the Searchers who had their sound copied by the Byrds
I was just like you a few months ago. After hearing so much about the Beatles in my life I though I owed it to myself to really sit down and see what all the fuss was about and now I'm a huge Beatles fan haha. This is album has to be one of my favorites because every song is good and it's just plain FUN to listen to.
As an oldie who's known and loved the Beatles for over 40 years, it's so refreshing to see a young person's initial reactions to their music! Thanks! Almost 60 years on, it's easy to underestimate how different the Beatles were to anyone else when they arrived on the recording scene, and how much they changed things - the musical palette for pop/rock music, the explosion of recording performers writing their own songs, the way it was recorded, even the audience listening to popular music... It's worth remembering that by 1963 when they hit the national big-time in the UK, they were probably the most experienced live rock performers on the planet in terms of stage-hours performed - they were incredibly hard-working, playing well over a hundred gigs a year (in '61 and '62 they'd sometimes play 3 times a week just at The Cavern, never mind all the rest). Even before they had a recording contract they were by far the hottest band in Liverpool, with many devoted followers, male and female, even an official fan club. And for your future reference, for their original songs the principal writer of the song almost always sang lead vocals.
This is one of those rare albums (from any artist) where each and every track is at a quality level that any band would be proud to put out as a single.
I stumbled upon your first album review a couple of weeks ago, and have been following this. I'm 65, and was fortunate enough to 'grow up' with the Beatles. As such, I kind of take it for granted they were the pinnacle of rock music of the time. I didn't agree with everything they chose to publish, but isn't that a facet of artistic growth anyway? It's so refreshing watching someone of this generation discover their magic for the first time! I'll be looking forward to the revelations which are coming your way, Caroline! The arc of this band over eight short years is truly unbelievable. Enjoy the ride!
I have seriously been checking in on a weekly basis waiting for this video!!! You're the only one on UA-cam who is listening to the Beatles in order. Genius idea for a series! Can't wait to see your reaction as they progress. Keep it up!
Try "Dani Atkinson" She started with She loves you (which is luckily still an early song) but went back to Love me do and from now on tries to listen to them in chronological order. She doesn't listen to the whole albums but she listens to their hits She only listened to those 2 songs by now, so you can't binge
That reaction to I’ll Be Back brought a tear to my eye. Music has an amazing ability to move you on first hearing. That shift from minor to major grabs your heart strings and pulls on them, fitting the mood of the lyrics perfectly. What a terrible loss to the world that man’s death was.
I wish I was half as astute as you are when I was your age. You're picking up on stuff most people would only notice after dozens and dozens of listenings. Well done Caroline! Amazing ears.
In my eyes the best Beatles Album, mainly because it’s all of their own music and you simply can’t pick one to be your favourite, they’re all simply genius songs.
It’s one of my favorites as well because it is a musical snapshot of them at the very height of Beatlemania. It is happy, exciting, and bristling with energy.
I just discovered you by accident and I watched this video expecting to just hear some young person hear The Beatles for the first time and maybe put them down for not being modern enough -or to really like them. I was pleasantly surprised by how knowledgeable you are about music and how you REALLY listen and catch things!!!! Hard Day’s Night has always been one of my very favorite Beatles albums. I first heard it when I was 7 years old in 1964 so, of course, I know the album well. It was so refreshing watching you listen to the songs for the first time and seeing the joy on your face when the rhythms or the harmonies surprised you! I also loved hearing your very observant comments about the “walking base” and the harmonies etc. You’re a very amazing listener and you pointed out things that I never consciously noticed as a 7 year old! (I just knew I loved their harmonies and singing with them!). I can understand your objections to the lyrics in “You Can’t do that”. Very chauvinistic and controlling as you mentioned but I still love the song musically. It’s a really fun song to sing with! lol. Anyway, Lennon later admitted to having some misogynistic attitudes towards women. Fortunately, he changed his views as he grew as a man and a musician (I think Yoko helped him change some of his attitudes too). I love how all the Beatles were not afraid to learn, grow, admit their mistakes, and change. Anyway, you’re very refreshing and i loved your video. I hope you are enjoying the Beatles because, of course, I think they’re awesome!!! I hope you become a true fan of theirs. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your videos!
The chord at the start of the song Hard Day's Night is one of the most famous/controversial chords in rock and roll, because people can't figure out what it's made up of. Rick Beato did an entire video on it.
It's not all that controversial and we know what it is. George is playing an Fadd9 on the 12-string Rickenbacker, John's playing a Dsus4 on his Gibson J-150, Paul's plucking an open D string, and Ringo's hitting the high hat. The only controversy is what keys George Martin's playing on the piano. Some say it's a D chord, others a G.
the opening chord i have allways believed it to be (tab/chord books) the complete beatles rock score defines it as G sus4 (Lead) over a D Barred (Rythym) and D 5th Fret A string for the bass .
@@BogusOp We played the chords I described above on this track: ua-cam.com/video/vIxOgBPLDZU/v-deo.html The piano is playing a B3, D4, G4. I think we came pretty darned close. [edited to add] I've also watched The Fab Four play the exact same chords when they perform the tune live. Granted, they're just a tribute band, but still...
What you were hearing on the guitar on I Should Have Known Better was an electric 12-string guitar. It was a relatively new thing at the time but bands like The Beatles and The Byrds made it a iconic sound of the 1960s. A Hard Day’s Night was the first appearance of the 12-string on The Beatle’s work and it’s prominent on the next couple albums Really enjoying watching you in this musical journey! Can’t wait for the next one!!
I think, I should have known better should be listened to from the movie Hard days night,, seeing them singing in the train carriage is like watching a music video for the song, before music videos were invented.
@@CallMeCaroline also FYI since you’re planning to do the singles soon, I would suggest the Past Masters Volumes 1 and 2. They are essentially collections of their singles. Volume 1 does go an album or two beyond what you’ve heard so far, but it would be a good way to cover all the singles at once!
True. George got himself a new toy and his 12 string is all over this album. George is also responsible for the sudden appearance of the sitar on everybody's songs later on.
The interesting thing about the song "A Hard Day's Night" is that the film was finished, the songs were ( obviously ) done already, and then the producer came up and asked them to write a song for the opening credits which would have something to do with the title. When John asked him "like what ?", the producer replied "you know, like, it'e been a hard day's night 'till I come home to you", to which John said "that's terrible !", and the producer replied "that's why you're the song writers and I'm a film producer". Anyway, the VERY NEXT MORNING, John and Paul called the producer over to their dressing room, and wriiten on a matchbook cover were the words, and they proceeded to play and sing for him "A Hard Day's Night". Now, remember, he had just asked for it the night before, and here, the very next morning, they had another hit song.
This is an interesting comment however I've heard a couple of different commentaries relative to this song. One is Ringo came up with the term A hard Day's night. Second was Lennon wrote virtually everything on the album
Yes, that's correct. However, I wasn't commenting on the origins of the title, I was commenting on the incredible swiftness of writing the song.@@Wheresthelove7
The story I heard - while I will admit it wasn't by someone who was there, but who WAS someone rather significant in the music scene of the 1960s and 1970s (nope, not name-dropping) - was that the film was in the middle of filming and was still going by its working title when Ringo joined the band and director a little later than usual one morning. When asked why he was late, he replied, "Well, you know, it was a hard day's night last night," and left it at that. The director then said that it would make a great movie title, but they'd need a song for it. ...John and Paul showed up the next morning with the song ready to record. Again, I'm not 100% sure how true the story is, but considering who told it to me, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
i had a similar experience before COVID. I bought a vinyl copy of BB King live at the regal at a flee market .... when I got it home it had turned into Hard Days Night (wrong sleeve) ... now one of my favourite records...
One of the first songs featuring John on lead guitar -- his ragged and rough playing on the solo is instantly recognizable. Lennon was very insecure about his relative lack of technical ability on the guitar and he instructed camera crews not to focus on him during live takes of "You Can't Do That." As a result it is very very rare to find any videos on UA-cam that actually show Lennon playing the solo.
'If I Fell' is such a gorgeous song melodically. I hope you listen to that one again (and the whole album again) so that you can appreciate aspects of it that most miss in the first listen
@@LivingWatersUtube Me too, in 1979. We had to stop doing it, cos I eventually kept busting out laughing half way through, trying to do the Lennon line. Still love it,though.
Hi Caroline, your reactions to the first three Beatles albums are extremely interesting and they work really well. As I'm sure you know, the first side of A Hard Day's Night are the tracks used for the movie. It s worth watching it sometime as it was considered ground-breaking when it came out in 1964. It's a shame that "And I love Her" was missed out, as it was one of the key songs in the movie and that scene in the film works really well.
@@athx8836 Given that Paul had the kernel of that song worked out for his dad when he was still at school, the song itself is about 64 years old! Go back that time from late 1950s, and you're in mid 1890s. Unlike anyone else, they could do 19th century music hall and pretty extreme avant garde that still sounds ahead of it's time in 21st century. Dylan respects McCartney for that all encompassing range of excellence
An absurd thought.....the idea that two people out of 8 billion can have such an impact would be hilarious if it wasn't so ridiculous....but if you have so little grasp on reality go for it.....a Linus blanket moment.
I'm addicted to these reaction videos because seeing fresh ears hear Beatles songs for the first time takes me back to when I was a kid and I first heard these songs. I was blown away, just like my parents' generation had been when the songs first came out.
Oh my goodness you’re reactions are so charming! And smart. You have a great ear. You catch some interesting things I take for granted or hadn’t even noticed before, even though I’ve heard all these songs a million times 😊
"Tell Me Why" is, perhaps, the most underrated Beatles song of all time. It is just a great song, plain and simple. It perfectly encapsulates the early Beatles sound.
"Tell Me Why" always just amazes me with how much SONG is packed into that tight little time. Intrumental intro-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-outro.
So glad you've taken up our suggestion to follow the albums up with the correlating singles! Half of their all-time classic, greatest tracks were originally singles. Love your reactions!!! I don't think I can wait 3 weeks between them!
The initial reviews were for the albums, not the singles. I'd prefer we keep it that way. The singles are separate. Some albums will have the singles on them and some won't. That's the way they were released. But it's supposed to be an ALBUMS review. Let's stick to that. P.S. Caroline said she'd review "And I Love Her" as a single. It wasn't a single. Except I think, in America. But the yanks took liberties with Beatles songs and we should go by the original British releases - which, at the time this album came out were ( from memory ), the title track, "Can't Buy Me Love" and "I Feel Fine."
@@gribwitch You might be confused a little. If you go through the Beatles complete track list, there are singles that were never put on any album. That's what we're talking about. The record companies put out lots of "singles" of probably every track on every album in some form or another, but the Beatles never officially released tracks like She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Paperback Writer, or Hey Jude except on 45 RPM singles. The B-Side to I Feel Fine was She's A Woman, Can't Buy Me Love was never a single.
@@mgonzales56 I know that. My point was that "And I Love Her" was not an official Beatles release in most countries, so it shouldn't be regarded as a single.
@@tbeau5748 The classical guitar is definitely part of what makes the song but And I Love Her is moving the Beatles in a new direction. If I Fell is a great song not a new direction.
Especially glad you enjoyed "I'll be back" - a song often overlooked in the canon. Major/minor, tonally ambivalent with two different bridges. All that complexity yet sung so beautifully.
"I'll Be Back" featured not one, but two bridges in the song. I am glad you really liked that one, it is one of my favorites, also! I love watching you discover and analyze these songs for us, Caroline.
"I'll Be Back" has a great arrangement, with the rhythm guitar adding quarter-note triplets to introduce a feel of "dragging" the 4/4 meter. The downer aspect of the clashing rhythms reflect the downer aspect of the lyrics perfectly. Another example of pretty sophisticated arranging in an early Beatles song.
I'll Be Back be is one of my favorites of all the early tunes before Rubber Soul. The song is haunting. If I Fell is impossible not to sing along with. You can learn harmony from it. Which reminds me of the song by Elton John called Harmony. Your reactions take me back over 50 years to when I first heard these. Thank you, Caroline.
Thank you so much for doing this. Each album, each song, is like a dear friend to those of us who grew up with their music -- hearing each song for the first time on the radio, then rushing down to the store to buy the next vinyl treasure. You have great insights and it's fun to walk through each song with you.
I can't believe this series isn't 5 years old and I actually have to wait 3 weeks for the next one and I can't binge watch every album. I can't wait to see your reaction to the later albums. It's night and day.
Loving the series of the Beatles! as a Beatle fan has made me fall in love again with the songs and hear them in another way! many thanks to take the time! hope you go all the way!
I wonder if by then she'll still be making predictions about what the song is going to be about. What kind of prediction could she possibly make about "Tomorrow Never Knows"?
EDIT: This video was blocked by UA-cam so segments had to be trimmed out so apologies for that, around the 24 min mark it may get a bit choppy. HI everyone, I hope you enjoyed this video and thanks for your support!! I think I'll be back is one of my favourites from this album. What's yours?? 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - Album 2:01 - A hard day’s night 4:18 - I should’ve known better 6:46 - If I fell 10:05 - I’m happy just to dance with you 12:38 - Tell me Why 15:25 - Can’t buy me love 17:05 - Anytime at all 19:48 - I’ll cry instead 21:35 - Things we said today 24:14 - When I get home 25:15 - You can’t do that 26:54 - I’ll be back Apologies for missing , and I love her, I will listen to it in the singles video 😊
Hey Caroline, big fan! just wanna let you know you can actually upload full length reactions on Google Drive and put the link on your description or something. totally understandable if you don't want to do this, just letting you know you can.
@@stevemorganexperience7833 are you sure? i've seen people get away with doing that and as long as the file size isn't too large, there should be no problems at all.
The reason why the rhythm guitar sounds distracting is because the albums on UA-cam are all in stereo. Originally, their releases were in mono, with stereo being an afterthought. Unfortunately, the mono mixes aren't on UA-cam. That explains little curiosities like the hard panning on certain vocals and instruments.
@@ramblesofasilentmind9874 The US albums were in mono as well, certainly, but stereo copies were much more commonplace compared to the UK, from what I've read over the years. Indeed, the only two US copies that I own happen to be in stereo.
I heard only a few years ago that the reason for the crap sounding remixes was that the stereo album sounded bad on mono players - most young people couldn't afford hi-fi equipment. So, for the older LPS released after that the vocals were mostly sent to one side, & the music mostly to the other. Add in false stereo & it was an auditory/artistic disaster! This worked on mono equipment, but is rubbish in stereo. Virtually unlistenable to me with headphones.
@@stoobydootoo4098 I'm not sure who would have been playing stereo albums on mono players, but aside from that, you're quite right. The stereo that was used on the US records was 'Duophonic' - Mono artificially turned into stereo, which does sound poor for the most part. And yes, teenagers could only afford crappy mono players, whereas adults could afford decent turntables. That's probably why classical recordings and popular acts of the older generation (Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole etc.) saw very respectable stereo mixes as early as the mid 50s, whereas rock/pop didn't receive good stereo mixes until the late 60s... There wasn't a market for it until then.
Looks like Caroline might be a McCartney supremacist! I fall in the same boat myself so I totally get it. His voice and melodies he came up with were just next level. So sad she missed “And I love her” tho 😭 I think that would be another favorite of hers along with “Things We Said Today”
Hopefully not! Tooooooo many of them out there. Paul.... Fill the world with silly love songs, what's wrong with that? If you want to eventually find out who became the best writer and composer, I would say listen to there first and last solo studio albums. George's first album, All Things Must Pass is the best on solo album by mile! It purposely was kept greyscale. Listen to the words and musical phrasing on his final album, Brainwashed. Flat out masterpiece, not to mention that beautifull slide guitar technique, actually invented by Harrison. I hate to say it, but Paul carried a lot of his songs with his voice abilities. Hey Jude... It's been covered enough. Has anyone's version even charted? Solo.... Someone Knocking On the Door and Admiral Halsey Uncle Albert were carried by his voice. Very poorly written not to mention his musicality was on vacation just a bit on Someone Knocking. Have a listen too the two Anthology Songs. George carried both with his musicality. There was nothing there. Bet you enjoy Real Love. Listen to what they had left behind by John and the final product. I'm not putting John or Paul Down, I'm just saying George Kept growing and flourishing, where John and Paul had peeked by the breakup. Most of the songs on his first solo album where written while a Beatle, Paul and John made itvertually impossible for him to get a fair shake with their flamboyant egos. Abbey Road, their last studio album. Something and Here Comes The Sun where the best compositions on that album by a mile and both by Harrison.... The Funny thing is they only had one single from that album featuring Something and Come Together. Both given A sides on the 45??? Who does that? John and Paul. Can't give George bothl. Funny thing is that Come Together was left in bits and pieces when John took off to kick heroin. He left the song to George, not Paul to put together. Because of the Lennon and McCartney thing, George wasn't even given credit as usual with the music pretty much being his. The most important thing for an artest of any kind is growth and change. George was the one who did that the most. Please don't forget that he was the most humble and giving which can be heard immediatly following the Beatle albums. Bottom line.... It took all four and what they all brought to the table including the egos fights as any good family goes through. This loving family happened to play music and were about peace and love. Paul had the best voice in the family, Johns was louder and George was humble. Ringo always out of tune and going along with the others. Hope you enjoy the whole catalog!!!!
@@71hammyman Hmm! Not quite so sure of that personally. John could write complex music without knowing it and some of Paul's lyrics are superb (Blackbird?) while John's are sometimes merely wordplay. I think I agree with you...but there's not much in it either way.
Listening to their LPs in order is a trip! Of course I bought them as they came out but more than once I’ve listened to them in order and it always amazes, their journey. Who would have thought that 50 plus years later they are still the best.
A note on 27:31: I have been listening to the Beatles for half a century, but until I watched this video, I didn't recognize an alternate interpretation of the lyrics to I'll Be Back. Thanks to this insightful young lady (whether intentional or not) I will for the remainder of my life hear "I'm the one who haunts you," in the chorus. I like that. Props to you, Miss Caroline.
You ARE aware, aren't you, that it was Ringo who died - not Macca? Otherwise, how come 'Ringo' couldn't play drums anymore after 1969? He died falling down the stairs in 1969. You can hear his drum-kit bouncing down after him in 'The End'.🤣🤣🤣
The Byrds built their sound around the Rickenbacker 12, all because Roger McGuinn saw George using one in A Hard Day's Night. I own a Rickenbacker 12 like George's. To play one is to understand why he couldn't put it down.
There's a Beatles song for everything we go through... This video really adds to the song.. The song itself emotes emotions...add the video and it complements it... ❤❤❤
I’m a lifelong Beatles fan and love it when younger people discover them. Another band you should investigate is the Electric Light Orchestra. Lennon called them the Son of the Beatles. From 1974 to 1980 they utilized orchestras extensively in their pop/rock music. Their concept album, Eldorado, is a masterpiece. Also Concerto For A Rainy Day from their Out of the Blue album is a 4 song medley with their hit, Mr. Blue Sky, as the grand finale. Incredible stuff.
YEESSSS!!!!! A new Beatles reaction video. I LOOOOVE THEM!!!! I actually missed it yesterday though I check everyday because I checked a few hours before you posted it and then I didn't until today after work 😅. You have such a lovely personality and presence and music theory knowledge and spontaneity and enthusiasm!!! ❤️ Thank you for these videos!!!! I'll Be Back and If I Fell have AMAZING harmonies. If I Fell has such (for me) atypical and 'hard' second voice harmonies where the melody is raised by half notes rather than whole notes. And also there is this one harmony note towards the end which is so hard to hit right (if one is an amateur like I am). You Can't Do That - No, I don't think you'll make anyone angry with being confused by such lyrics... I never really reacted to them negatively but then I didn't reflect upon abuse when I was 13 and that's when I fell in love with The Beatles. Most fans have REALLY HARD TIMES liking and accepting the SONG Run For Your Life for the exact same reasons (the lyrics are even 'worse' and the melody is even happier/catchier). I don't think you can make anyone angry with your critical remarks - you still serve them in such a respectful way, really trying not to hurt the fans' feelings. And you're very sure to show what you do love! When you'll be reacting to the early singles - pay attention to the single version of Love Me Do - it's not the same as the album version, there are minor differences. The biggest one is that on the single version which is recorded a week earlier, you can hear Ringo Starr. On the album, however, you can hear a session musician Andy White play while Ringo plays the tambourine. Of these three albums, I also like AHDN best, and then Please Please Me and then With The Beatles. The next album - Beatles for Sale - is the ONLY TIME in the Beatles catalogue when I feel they're kinda taking a step back.. but all evens out with the album Help! and onwards. Can we PLEEEEAAASSSE get these Beatles reaction videos each other week, plleease?
Be warned: the singles collection (if you follow the Past Masters Vol 1 tracking) will take you beyond where you are with the albums, and their songwriting started to take a noticeable turn after the next studio record (Beatles For Sale).
In general, the singles that weren’t on the albums were usually giving glimpses of where The Beatles were going with their music, predicting the next albums. Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane were released between Revolver and Sgt Pepper. This was a time that they were no longer doing concerts, and they needed some way to keep their fans satisfied. Those two songs gave many of them a glimpse on the direction they’d go in with Sgt Pepper. The video also showed them with facial hair and no more moptops, signs that they were indeed outgrowing their boy band image.
I’m really looking forward to you’re getting into later Beatles. Listening to the early Beatles gives me a renewed appreciation of just how much the boys morphed over a very short time. Bringing back my youth and it’s so enjoyable seeing you discover the magic for the very first time.
Nice review series. It keeps getting better and better, you'll see. And yes: a couple of Lennon's lyrics are definitely mysoginistic... (wait until "Run for your life"). But taken in perspective, The Beatles' music is pure genius.
You need to watch the movie “A Hard Days Night.” The Beatles wrote the album to fit the film. The title track was written in an evening when they decided on the movie’s name. P.S. the movie is hilarious and holds up well almost 60 years later.
The film was made to cash in on The Beatles’ success as quickly as possible but today it’s considered a landmark film. I understand the Criterion Collection is planning to start releasing 4K films and that A Hard Days Night will be one of the first set to be released along with Citizen Kane.
@@docsavage8640 Side 1 evidently had multiple soundtrack efforts. Beatle fanatics push for it to get the MMT treatment and have it considered a soundtrack in it's entirety, which everyone knows is false in both cases.
One of John’s and Paul’s favorite acts was The Everly Brothers, who were well known for their amazing harmonies. You can hear that influence in many early Beatles albums.
Call me Caroline, when they did the movie, Lennon and McCartney were given the title of the movie, Hard Days Night. They took a guitar went over in a corner and wrote the song in 20 minutes.
My apologies if someone already made the same recommendation; once you react to the Help album, start wearing headphones. The experimentation starts ramping up with new (to rock) instruments and utilizing the affect of stereo. With each album following it progresses exponentially.
These are good. This combination of fresh perspective, knowledge of music, being the Beatles' original demographic and having a bubbly, down-to-earth personality is unbeatable.
One of the things about the Beatles that fans forget is that they were a bunch of kids just having fun and loved to joke around, they definitely didn’t take themselves as seriously as the fans did
Now, as an extra, check out the movie 'A Hard Day's Night' they made to coincide with the album. It's actually very good. This album is mostly dominated by John, he wrote 10 of the 13 songs. 'If I Fell was the first Beatle song I properly listened to and it's one of John's best ballads.
The movie is SO fun. It totally shows why people were so charmed by them. All four were charismatic and funny. I think If I Fell is my favorite Lennon song. It actually doesn't have a lead v. harmony melody. They are both marked as the lead in the sheet music, per Paul's request.
That film was the component that sealed their superstar status . . . Their [onscreen] personalities thereafter became part of the music that we heard. This film (and the subsequent Help! film) were the foundation on which The Monkees TV series was based, and could also be considered the precursor to the original format of MTV and the rise of music videos.
Favorite song: I was 9 when the movie came out. Luckily I had a 13-year-old sister, so I already knew about and loved the Beatles. She took me to see the movie and of course she had the record album. In those days many households (ours included) had only one record player; ours was in the family room. For some reason I got totally hooked on "I'll Cry Instead" and played it over and over and over so many times my mom finally yelled at me, and banned me from playing it! So that was my first "favorite" song from this album.
Hey, Lennon was one jealous guy! He even wrote a song called Jealous guy. He struggled for years to get rid of that anger that he developed in his youth when he was abandoned by his father and mother, then when his mom died tragically. That created a very conflicted and volatile youngster in Lennon. He later recanted on You Can't do that and Run for your life recognizing they were too personal and negative, and that he was too immature, but that's the wonder of their story telling, you will learn that in their later albums. In my opinion it's great these songs exist because they show the complexities, emotions, and conflicts in relationships (not just the lovey dovey stuff, all sugar and spice), and they wrote them before anyone else.
The live version (Hollywood Bowl) of Things We Said Today is awesome. You can feel the energy from change of the soft dark part to the up tempo part of the chorus.
I envy someone who is going to discover every Beatles song as it was released for the first time
I agree man, it's cool to watch her reaction to each song too. Beatles are still able to get the young girls to swoon through their music all these years later. Thanks
That's Alzheimer's for you. And, I'll tell you something else ....
It was fun doing that back in the 60s. Really enjoying this series and watching Caroline do the same.
I remember discovering The Beatles as a 6 year old when I watched AHDN for the first time in 1964. I felt so happy about what I was watching and listening to, and I didn't even listen to music at 6 years old.
I remember listening to the top 20 on a transistor radio when I first heard Please Please Me. Like a lot of others I thought they were American. From Me to You, was 'Oh, that's good, So they are not a one hit wonder.' And then we just waiting for She Loves You, knowing it would go straight to No1 as it had half a million advanced orders. But it was hearing the B side I'll Get You which literally stopped me in my tracks. Couldn't believe that was just a B side. That was the moment when I realised they were something really special. Joined the fan club the following week and that was me hooked.
As you progress through their albums, keep in mind that only 7 years passed between the first and the last. Then you will realize the true genius of The Beatles.
No other band in history has made the transition from Please Please Me to Come Together in 6/7 years
That is an excellent point! Such a journey is taken so quickly, it’s like a dream, so much happening so fast. For some reason I’m really stoked for her to reach Help and listen to “I’ve Just Seen A Face”
And 3 years separate Can't Buy Me Love from Strawberry Fields Forever. 2 years between this album and Revolver. It is insane. When I listen to the albums I always imagine yearly Beatles to be a 5 year interval and late Beatles another 5 years but Please Please Me came out in 63, by 65 they had recorded Rubber Soul. It is just mind blowing. That is the time that separates the two lastest Billie Eilish albums.
The amount of albums they created early on completely distorts our time perception. 2 albums a year...
I can think of no other artist that evolved like that.
@@heinkle1 the Beach Boys comes to mind. Maybe not in the same exact time frame, but they too evolved rapidly.
@@CrystalShannon4 LOVE your reactions! Time for you and Caroline to collab
That first chord in 'It's A Hard Day's Night' has got to be the most famous chord in popular music!
And cannot be recreated on one guitar. It took four and a mixing desk to get it right.
@@NigelT57 and a piano
@@NigelT57 Actually, according to Sir George Martin; one Guitar and a Piano.
I believe it’s a variation on a suspended G.
If I remember correctly, Geoff Emerick says in his book, Here, There, and Everywhere, that it was multiple pianos and a guitar each playing different variations of one chord.
Lennon and McCartney's voices are perfectly paired together and made for each other.
Paul sang the bridge on "A Hard Day's Night" (When I'm Home, everything seems to be right) because the vocal part was too high for John.
Dan Bernethy, highly inspired and influenced by The Everly Brothers.
'I'll Be Back' is one of their greatest ever songs. Major/minor, with a beautiful melody. And what a John vocal!
Absolutely, maybe the greatest ending song of any album!
Yes to all of the above! And those harmonies!
I’ll Be Back wasn’t on the original
A Hard Days Night LP.
@@billyshears664 It was the last track of side 2.
@@billyshears664 what? Of course it is on AHDN
Good grief, these reactions are fantastic. I can’t wait for her take on Revolver, Rubber Soul and Sgt. Peppers!
The white album is gonna be a doozy!
She has no idea what she’s in for.
Rubber Soul and Revolver is their best period. Add to it the singles, "Paperback Writer," "Day Tripper," "Rain," "We Can Work It Out" and you havee the greatest music ever recorded.
@@ianh1984 It’s a glorious listen. I wonder what her opinion on Revolution 9 will be! 😂
@@thoroakenshield7283 I agree wholeheartedly. Those two albums never fail to blow me away.
Those singles are truly sublime as well.
Their harmonies in "If I Fell" are just phenomenal.
They are regarded as harmonies, but they are actually counterpoint - both vocal lines stand alone as melody lines. The Beatles introduced this first in "She Loves You", which no musicologist ever took seriously enough to analyze but which is, compositionally, a masterpiece as well. Bach developed counterpoint technique and may have invented it. I have yet to find anyone before the Beatles employing the technique in pop music, and I believe McCartney, in his recent Hulu series, explained that he knew when both he and John were "singing lead" at the same time (not sure even he thought of it as counterpoint, just something they did - amazing). One more reason they stand above all others (Brian Wilson excepted of course - he is their only peer compositionally in rock music).
@@Bassman2353 Yeah, well in "If I Fell" and "This Boy," "Yes it is," "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," "No Reply," "Tell Me Why," "All I've Got to Do," "Please Mr. Postman," "Because," "Baby's in Black," "Nowhere Man," "In My Life," "And Your Bird Can Sing," "I'll be Back," et al.
Fun fact: At 1:45 in "If I Fell" McCartney's voice cracks.
@@jimcorreale2469 that happens only in the stereo version, the original mono version repeats some tracks of the chorus
Listen to a version where they've taken out the music. The harmony of John and Paul is out of this world.
In my opinion IF I FELL is one of their
greatest songs.
Of all the Beatles ballads "If I Fell" is my all time favorite.
@@Appleholic1 John Lennon said of If I Fell that it was him re-writing This Boy.
Preach
Paul is often hailed as the prime ballad writer, but "If I Fell" is as good as any Beatles ballads.
@@marcoman385 No, that was "Yes it Is"
So, let's talk about Paul's walking bass playing for a moment shall we? Setting aside his superb songwriting, setting aside his beautiful tenor voice, that guy's bass playing is universally regarded by literally every musician in the history of music as off the dial spectactular. As you move through all their albums (lucky you, you're going to enjoy it) Paul's bass playing will mesmerise you. Every band on the planet would kill for a bass player as good as Paul McCartney in their band.
And he didn't even start off playing the bass!
I don’t know if Rush would kill for a bassist like Paul. I get what you mean though!
Ivan Julian, Paul's bass technique is cool. Of course he being a guitar player first makes for a better bass player in my book. Most of us all give credit in some form to him. John Paul Jones of Zeppelin is a case in point, he is a fantastic guitar player, anyone would love to have in their band. But he takes that ability and forms bass lines that are actually awesome and melodic to listen to. Thanks for the comment,✌️ and love,
Brother Gary
"that guy's bass playing is universally regarded by literally every musician in the history of music as off the dial spectactular" *I can think of one musician who disagreed. A guy named George Harrison. He quite famously didn't like Paul's bass work and went as far as saying that he wouldn't want him in his band.*
@@Kermit_T_Frog I only recall George complaining that he felt Paul’s bass work was too busy on ‘Something’ and at times overpowering. He did not say that he did not like Paul’s playing in general. He did say that he could never join another band with Paul but he could with John.
Yes, John had a bitter sweet personality and was not shy about expressing exactly what he felt. "I'll Cry Instead", "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" and a host of other songs reveal that troubled youth and sweet hearted man all in one sandwich!
Everyone enjoying this series is on pins and needles anticipating what you're about to discover. I personally love the early albums, especially A Hard Days Night and Help! But they don't prepare you for what's over the horizon.
@Mahki Mahkila that's why I love them, their music is so diverse you could listen to them no matter what mood you're in, I think I prefer the later stuff but I always get times were I just want the early stuff
Especially when she gets to rubber soul and onwards
Well put. I second everything you just said🙂
As mentioned already, Revolver is really something you cannot expect from the albums until that point (though Rubber Soul feels a bit like vol. 1 of twin albums with Revolver being vol. 2). Revolver is by far my most favourite album to listen to - there is so so much variety. But as I said in the previous reaction, HELP! is my most favourite album to sing to. Like at some point I was able to sing along to the whole thing. :D
When I introduce people to Beatles' music, I start with "P.S. I love you" followed by "Helter Skelter". Always creates a fascinating effect, that arouses a lot of interest. 😮
I'll Be Back is an understated minor masterpiece: another sign of what was to come.
Agreed - the quarter-note triplets on rhythm guitar show off their evolving musical sophistication. I've always admired that one for how early it showed that off.
Note also has the song has several distinct melodic sections that do not repeat themselves. A very unusual compositional structure that, like most of the Beatles' work, never sounds forced or unnatural.
One of my faves, I love the waltz time version they did of it too even though Lennon bails out of it midway through
it's the start of the MERSEY BEAT ... this tune still haunts me daily ...
Lennon was was reported to be intrigued by the A major to A minor chord change and had two middle 8's and he couldn't figure out which one to use , so he simply used them both . And I agree, Love it
"I'm happy just to dance with you" has one of the most complicated Beatles guitar parts. It's one of many songs that made me really appreciate John's rhythm playing. It's brilliant.
By the way, it was written in about an hour in a room on the set of the movie to create something within George's vocal range.
Well said.
Always enjoyed this song. Early Elvis Costello sounds quite similar.
@@brandonflorida1092 I heard 15 minutes
@@dangercolt1493 I'm a big admirer of the Beatles, but I'm not sure even they can write a classic in 15 minutes.
For your own amusement and pleasure you should watch the film A Hard Day's Night. It adds a whole new dimension to the Beatles phenomenon watching them interact at work and play. It is organised up to a point, as all films are, but it really does give you a great snapshot of the four personalities of the main players and they never seem less than entirely genuine and completely themselves. I am spending a Sunday bingeing on your Beatles reactions and I am loving every minute of it. Thank you.
And now, she has to watch Peter Jackson's " Get Back" documentary.
Phil Collins is also in the movie not singing but making mental notes I'm sure, as he sits in the middle of a crowd of screaming young girls. I think he was the only guy. See if you can find him in the film.
It's always interesting for old blokes like me who grew up hearing the Beatles to hear young people realise just how damn good they were. Keep on working through the albums consecutively - I'm looking forward to hearing your reactions to the next few, as the Beatles progressed. No two Beatles songs were ever the same, and the albums just got better and better.
And as an added bonus, you're another Aussie :-)
The nice thing about the early albums is that they basically just went into the studio and played the songs live as a band rather than each recording their parts separately. So, the live performances sounded exactly like the studio performance. They were very comfortable playing live, especially after all of the trips to Hamburg where they played for hours every single night.
Mak Show!! Mak Show!!
Actually, by the time of HDN they (The Beatles with George Martin) were producing their song in parts with overdubs and multiple ideas, etc. Some of these songs were written, rehearsed, and brought to the studio entirely differently from what was finally recorded. It was not as simple or as easy as you and others seem to think. Check out some of the YT vids showing the evolution of their songs in the studio and you'll get the idea.
Virtually all of their live performances after 1963 came after their recordings and reflect the recordings, not the other way 'round.
Isn't it amazing how quickly their music is already maturing? They were just that good. You can already hear their songwriting was a step above the first two albums. Their confidence in their own abilities, too, as they began to really play off one another. Harmonies are smoother, yet slightly more complicated. Minor chords begin to infiltrate their sound. Add that to the fact that very few acts were allowed by their labels to grow out of what had been selling. The Beatles lucked into the absolute perfect producer for them in George Martin who, while never having recorded Rock 'n' Roll before this time, had an instinctual feel and understanding of what worked and what didn't. Martin encouraged them to try new styles and progressions, new sounds and structures, to never stay with the status quo.
Please Please Me, for instance, was originally written as a ballad. They played it for Martin and he told them it would work much better with a faster tempo. They did as suggested and it became their first #1 hit. He was, for all intents and purposes, the true "fifth Beatle". That's Martin playing all the piano parts on this album and it was his input to add it. The band, being very fast studies, began thinking of how to expand their sound in ways that Martin had set them on the path towards. Every album, they just kept getting better and coming up with the next sound that the rest of the acts had to follow or lose their places in the charts.
Ringo Starr has never been a flashy drummer like Keith Moon of The Who or John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Yet he's always steady and very creative. Almost from the beginning, he made a point of changing what he did for every song on the albums so his back end never sounded repetitive. Toms, bongos, tympani, tambourines, maracas, clave, anything was fair game to use to change things up.
The tighter vocals you're hearing are a result of how creative The Beatles were and how they even pushed their engineers to make things better. The traditional way to double track a vocal was to sing it again over the first recording of it. This was time consuming and not always easy to do, trying to duplicate exactly what had been done in the first track. They challenged their engineer, Geoff Emerick, to make this easier and faster. His solution was to rig a second board to the first, set slightly behind the first. The result was that they would sing the line once and it was being recorded twice, simultaneous to the other, yet minutely later. The norm in The Beatles recording studio was answering "but you can't do that" with "why not?" It wasn't just the band who were growing, it was their production staff, as well.
If you want to hear a great walking bass line on a Beatles song, check out Joe Cocker's 1964 recording of I'll Cry Instead. To enhance the walking line, a double bass was played for that single.
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Fantastic commentary and insights. Thank you for sharing! The Beatles were truly a gift to this world.
I don’t believe ADT was in effect at this stage, and for harmony it meant nothing, they either sang it live in Omni or double tracked .
Beside being a creative drummer, Ringo was great at playing the umbrella and exercise bike. He was multitalented.
Ringo's unique drumming style comes from the fact that he is actually left handed but plays his drums set up right handed. There is a YT video of him explaining this. I use to play in a band with a drummer who did the same thing. He could switch hands mid beat and play things backwards then switch back freaking us out in the middle of a song.
A number of studio effects and technical sound equipment that is common today were invented by the people at Abbey Roads Studios. ADT, flanging (I think John Lennon had something to do with that), and DI boxes are some that I can think of. That's why I love the British, they're just so damn smart.
Gotta admit that I didn’t think we’d get to A Hard Day’s Night by the third album
I hope you know how much we all love you for doing this. This is Beatle reaction heaven.
I already gave this a 'like'/thumbs up... but I'm coming back through the comments and this one strikes me again. I love hanging out here among my people!
“Things We Said Today” is such a gem off this album. My favourite off a Hard Days Night
How young they were! Without knowing how to "write" music, they created a body of work that will live as long as there are people who love music.I really love your enthusiam!
Caroline, there are so many things I want to say on each one of these I watch, but all I can say is that watching you listen to these and seeing your ears perk up or your face light up absolutely brightens my day. I know you'll get lots of Beatles fanatics out there pointing out things you might have missed (and I'm going to try to not be one of them), but at the end of the day your videos make me feel something, and that's worth so much more than any amount of listening to the Beatles :)
They make me feel something too. Its taking me back to the excitement I had listening to each new release…as I grew up in the 60’s. There wasn’t anything better than a new Beatles song. Glued to our transistors to hear them and running to the record store for the latest album. NEVER disappointed. This young lady’s videos have brought back that excitement and I plan to spin my Beatles albums again real soon.
@@doriskray1430 Doris, your comment brings back a memory for me. My best friend and I were absolute Beatles fanatics. Radio stations use to play new Beatles songs before they were even released, so it was our obsession to get to new Beatles record before anybody else when it came out. We would get on our bikes and go around to all the record stores in town and keep bugging them to get the newest Beatles record ASAP. On the day We Can Work It Out was going to be released we went downtown to Sammy Vincent's Music store in my hometown and waited for the mail truck to show up with a shipment of new records. When it arrived my friend went out and helped the mailman to carry in the boxes into the store. Once inside he tore the boxes open before the store manager could and grabbed the first copy of We Can Work It Out available in western Massachusetts. That's how crazy we were for the Beatles.
Yup, it's definitely a pleasure to see her reactions! Very well put! There's another girl, Crystal Shannon, who has done the later albums (so far), and the look on her face is sometimes very entertaining. And the fact that both these girls know music makes it even better!
The "percussion element" is a cowbell which we need more of.
XD
More cowbell!!!!!
@@mgonzales56 MORE cowbell!
@@DawnSuttonfabfour Lol.
Now more than ever.
"Things We Said Today" has always been one of my favourites from the early years of the Beatles
I'm with you on this one. I first heard it at a fairground when I was 7 or 8 and get Instant flashbacks whenever i hear it.
Now that's what I call memorable.
A few years I rewrote the lyrics to this & changed the chords/structure. A work friend who didn't know how I'd created it, said it sounded very modern!
Key modulations matched with the lyrics is a lost art in pop music. They really listened to George Martin.
Two distinctly different refrains and I don't know how many key changes... and it's all so seamless.
Simple lyrics, but full of internal rhymes that make them roll off the tongue.
A lot of people said this already but these videos are so delightful that I'm heartbroken I've watched them all in a row and now I have to wait so long for the others - Beatles for Sale is one of my favorites and in my opinion very underrated so I'm so excited what you'll think of it, and it almost makes me really sad that you've decided to put them out one every 3 weeks haha but I'll wait patiently as it's completely worth it. One of my biggest desires as such a big Beatles fan is for people to listen to them in order, you know, to hear the entire thing and tell me what they think. Since I can't live through that feeling again, I crave to see them go through that journey and live it again through them. And it's so rare to see not only someone doing it, but someone with such a good musical ear recording their first comments and reactions like you're doing. It's truly a great gift for me as a fan and it makes me go through the joy of discovering their music once again, even though those very songs are such a part of me already I feel like I know them like the back of my hand. It's truly wonderful to watch someone be captured by the magic and the miracle that is this band. I can't wait to see your reactions as the discography progresses. And you've created such a good community in these videos! I love reading the comments and getting insight and seeing the discussions as they come. I hope you know that you are very appreciated. Thank you so much for doing this. You are so smart and charming and again, it's truly a gift. Can't wait for the next video!
Well said and agree. Gonna be a long wait for The White Album. That listen will be epic :)
@@markhodge7 Not to mention Abbey Road, second side...
This is so well said and sums up my feelings, too!
Love watching your reaction when you caught those chords in the chorus of "Things We Said Today," and then the modulation in the bridge. One of my great memories is seeing Paul McCartney at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1989, a tour where he was really bringing back a lot of Beatles music into his setlist. Sitting in a stadium with some 50,000 fans and hearing him sing this song with his amazing band at the time was just ALL THE FEELS.
Did you notice the key change near the start of If I Fell? Me neither, that's how smooth it is. Their music is a lot more sophisticated musically than at first you realise.
It is Great!,... there´s a Modulation in the 3rd chord,.. and john make it so natural, so incredible. Amazing.
That's the thing about the beatles, they didn't have a clue about all these fancy musical terms, they just did what they thought sounded good.
I wasn't putting musical theory down btw.
@@juancarlosgonzalezmartinez8793 That was a favorite technique of Beethoven's, BTW. Yes, the muse was hovering...
Agree, brilliant modulation. There's a demo of John playing it on his guitar at home and it's the same chord sequence so it's definitely his doing.
@@stevemd6488 that demo is beautiful! And it's amazing to hear John singing the principal line (what on the record Paul sings) ua-cam.com/video/x-ahSfJjqPw/v-deo.html
"A hard day's night" is actually a Ringoism. He'd say things like that, or "Tomorrow never knows," and John/Paul would make song titles out of them. So, while John/Paul wrote it, Ringo had a hand in it too.
Apparently, Lennon had used the expression a few years before.
Poor Ringo didn't get to sing on this album, but at least he coined the name.
Caroline, you're an interesting girl, in that you have a musical background to analyze The Beatles on first hearing. As a lifelong musician and someone who has seen the Beatles live in person (at Boston's Suffolk Downs Racetrack, August 18, 1966), I know what it was like to live and breathe Beatlemania. The Beatles were a gift that will never happen again. If you were a teenager in the 1960's your delight and surprise at the Beatles now would have been magnified a thousand fold like every other teenage girl (and boy) back then, I can see it in your face. For your reference, to find the source of the Beatles' harmonies and song styles just listen to the people they idolized and toured with early on, like The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and Del Shannon. I'm looking forward to your future reviews of Beatle albums, as you will see their growth as song writers and how they changed the direction of rock music with each new album. By the way, George Harrison almost single-handedly introduced the world to electric 12 string guitar on the Hard Day's Night album.
They were also influenced by show tunes and all the pop music of the day and their parent's day.
That jangly Rickenbacker 12-string led directly to the Byrds.
The Everly Brothers were a massive influence on British 60s harmony, from the Beatles, Hollies and the Searchers who had their sound copied by the Byrds
Yeah... Her knowledge of music only delights watching her reactions. Very interesting! Loooooove from Liverpool!
deep.
I was just like you a few months ago. After hearing so much about the Beatles in my life I though I owed it to myself to really sit down and see what all the fuss was about and now I'm a huge Beatles fan haha.
This is album has to be one of my favorites because every song is good and it's just plain FUN to listen to.
As an oldie who's known and loved the Beatles for over 40 years, it's so refreshing to see a young person's initial reactions to their music! Thanks!
Almost 60 years on, it's easy to underestimate how different the Beatles were to anyone else when they arrived on the recording scene, and how much they changed things - the musical palette for pop/rock music, the explosion of recording performers writing their own songs, the way it was recorded, even the audience listening to popular music...
It's worth remembering that by 1963 when they hit the national big-time in the UK, they were probably the most experienced live rock performers on the planet in terms of stage-hours performed - they were incredibly hard-working, playing well over a hundred gigs a year (in '61 and '62 they'd sometimes play 3 times a week just at The Cavern, never mind all the rest). Even before they had a recording contract they were by far the hottest band in Liverpool, with many devoted followers, male and female, even an official fan club.
And for your future reference, for their original songs the principal writer of the song almost always sang lead vocals.
This is one of those rare albums (from any artist) where each and every track is at a quality level that any band would be proud to put out as a single.
Any of The Beatles worst songs would be the best song for almost any other band.
This would be a greatest hits album for any other band.
@@vinnygi 'Old Brown Shoe'?
@@ricmac2067 🤣 I should have said “Almost any…”
@@vinnygi "Old Brown Shoe" kicks ass!!! It also gets my pick for favorite Harrison guitar solo when he was with The Beatles.
I stumbled upon your first album review a couple of weeks ago, and have been following this. I'm 65, and was fortunate enough to 'grow up' with the Beatles. As such, I kind of take it for granted they were the pinnacle of rock music of the time. I didn't agree with everything they chose to publish, but isn't that a facet of artistic growth anyway? It's so refreshing watching someone of this generation discover their magic for the first time! I'll be looking forward to the revelations which are coming your way, Caroline! The arc of this band over eight short years is truly unbelievable. Enjoy the ride!
I have seriously been checking in on a weekly basis waiting for this video!!! You're the only one on UA-cam who is listening to the Beatles in order. Genius idea for a series! Can't wait to see your reaction as they progress. Keep it up!
Try "Dani Atkinson"
She started with She loves you (which is luckily still an early song) but went back to Love me do and from now on tries to listen to them in chronological order. She doesn't listen to the whole albums but she listens to their hits
She only listened to those 2 songs by now, so you can't binge
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That reaction to I’ll Be Back brought a tear to my eye. Music has an amazing ability to move you on first hearing. That shift from minor to major grabs your heart strings and pulls on them, fitting the mood of the lyrics perfectly. What a terrible loss to the world that man’s death was.
When you listen to the singles, don't forget to check out the B-sides too. The Beatles never skimped on quality, even for those tracks.
I love the passion for music that comes through in your nerdy explanations! It speaks to a passion. Awesome dont change it!!!!
I wish I was half as astute as you are when I was your age. You're picking up on stuff most people would only notice after dozens and dozens of listenings. Well done Caroline! Amazing ears.
In my eyes the best Beatles Album, mainly because it’s all of their own music and you simply can’t pick one to be your favourite, they’re all simply genius songs.
It’s one of my favorites as well because it is a musical snapshot of them at the very height of Beatlemania. It is happy, exciting, and bristling with energy.
Getting near the end of their Club Band sound... so much fun danceable music! It's what really got them started.
I just discovered you by accident and I watched this video expecting to just hear some young person hear The Beatles for the first time and maybe put them down for not being modern enough -or to really like them. I was pleasantly surprised by how knowledgeable you are about music and how you REALLY listen and catch things!!!! Hard Day’s Night has always been one of my very favorite Beatles albums. I first heard it when I was 7 years old in 1964 so, of course, I know the album well. It was so refreshing watching you listen to the songs for the first time and seeing the joy on your face when the rhythms or the harmonies surprised you! I also loved hearing your very observant comments about the “walking base” and the harmonies etc. You’re a very amazing listener and you pointed out things that I never consciously noticed as a 7 year old! (I just knew I loved their harmonies and singing with them!).
I can understand your objections to the lyrics in “You Can’t do that”. Very chauvinistic and controlling as you mentioned but I still love the song musically. It’s a really fun song to sing with! lol. Anyway, Lennon later admitted to having some misogynistic attitudes towards women. Fortunately, he changed his views as he grew as a man and a musician (I think Yoko helped him change some of his attitudes too). I love how all the Beatles were not afraid to learn, grow, admit their mistakes, and change.
Anyway, you’re very refreshing and i loved your video. I hope you are enjoying the Beatles because, of course, I think they’re awesome!!! I hope you become a true fan of theirs. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your videos!
HDN is my favorite early Beatles album.
John was in top writing form.
My favorite is probably “I Should Have Known Better”, but “If I Fell” and “And I Love Her” are up there two. I’ve been loving these videos by the way!
She didn`t play "And i love her"
The chord at the start of the song Hard Day's Night is one of the most famous/controversial chords in rock and roll, because people can't figure out what it's made up of. Rick Beato did an entire video on it.
It's not all that controversial and we know what it is. George is playing an Fadd9 on the 12-string Rickenbacker, John's playing a Dsus4 on his Gibson J-150, Paul's plucking an open D string, and Ringo's hitting the high hat. The only controversy is what keys George Martin's playing on the piano. Some say it's a D chord, others a G.
@@LeChaunce George Martin didn't know, when Paul tried to find out a few years ago.
the opening chord i have allways believed it to be (tab/chord books) the complete beatles rock score defines it as G sus4 (Lead) over a D Barred (Rythym) and D 5th Fret A string for the bass .
@@BogusOp We played the chords I described above on this track: ua-cam.com/video/vIxOgBPLDZU/v-deo.html
The piano is playing a B3, D4, G4. I think we came pretty darned close.
[edited to add] I've also watched The Fab Four play the exact same chords when they perform the tune live. Granted, they're just a tribute band, but still...
@@LeChaunce Rick's good. But Mike Patchelli is the Ultimate Professor of the subject - ua-cam.com/video/M4AHtwnA_mo/v-deo.html&lc=Ugh0a274YEVQAngCoAEC
What you were hearing on the guitar on I Should Have Known Better was an electric 12-string guitar. It was a relatively new thing at the time but bands like The Beatles and The Byrds made it a iconic sound of the 1960s. A Hard Day’s Night was the first appearance of the 12-string on The Beatle’s work and it’s prominent on the next couple albums
Really enjoying watching you in this musical journey! Can’t wait for the next one!!
I think, I should have known better should be listened to from the movie Hard days night,, seeing them singing in the train carriage is like watching a music video for the song, before music videos were invented.
Oh I never would have guessed that! Thanks so much for that, I’ll need to check that instrument out some more
@@CallMeCaroline also FYI since you’re planning to do the singles soon, I would suggest the Past Masters Volumes 1 and 2. They are essentially collections of their singles. Volume 1 does go an album or two beyond what you’ve heard so far, but it would be a good way to cover all the singles at once!
True. George got himself a new toy and his 12 string is all over this album.
George is also responsible for the sudden appearance of the sitar on everybody's songs later on.
@@CallMeCaroline This particular guitar that George is playing is a Rickenbacker 360-12. Google George's 360-12 to see how beautiful it is.
For how long I waited this, I'm so happy for the people who get to know my favorite band for the first time ever :D!
Greetings from Mexico!
The interesting thing about the song "A Hard Day's Night" is that the film was finished, the songs were ( obviously ) done already, and then the producer came up and asked them to write a song for the opening credits which would have something to do with the title. When John asked him "like what ?", the producer replied "you know, like, it'e been a hard day's night 'till I come home to you", to which John said "that's terrible !", and the producer replied "that's why you're the song writers and I'm a film producer". Anyway, the VERY NEXT MORNING, John and Paul called the producer over to their dressing room, and wriiten on a matchbook cover were the words, and they proceeded to play and sing for him "A Hard Day's Night". Now, remember, he had just asked for it the night before, and here, the very next morning, they had another hit song.
This is an interesting comment however I've heard a couple of different commentaries relative to this song. One is Ringo came up with the term A hard Day's night. Second was Lennon wrote virtually everything on the album
The story is John picked it up from Ringo... Never heard otherwise
Love this story!
Yes, that's correct. However, I wasn't commenting on the origins of the title, I was commenting on the incredible swiftness of writing the song.@@Wheresthelove7
The story I heard - while I will admit it wasn't by someone who was there, but who WAS someone rather significant in the music scene of the 1960s and 1970s (nope, not name-dropping) - was that the film was in the middle of filming and was still going by its working title when Ringo joined the band and director a little later than usual one morning. When asked why he was late, he replied, "Well, you know, it was a hard day's night last night," and left it at that. The director then said that it would make a great movie title, but they'd need a song for it.
...John and Paul showed up the next morning with the song ready to record.
Again, I'm not 100% sure how true the story is, but considering who told it to me, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
i had a similar experience before COVID. I bought a vinyl copy of BB King live at the regal at a flee market .... when I got it home it had turned into Hard Days Night (wrong sleeve) ... now one of my favourite records...
You Can't Do That: Very much early Lennon. Later he talked about how abusive he was to women. But it's very much a teenage angst song as well.
And that's ALL it is. Geez.
One of the first songs featuring John on lead guitar -- his ragged and rough playing on the solo is instantly recognizable.
Lennon was very insecure about his relative lack of technical ability on the guitar and he instructed camera crews not to focus on him during live takes of "You Can't Do That." As a result it is very very rare to find any videos on UA-cam that actually show Lennon playing the solo.
Should we warn her about Rubber Soul? XD
@@janhommer uh oh!
He was never abusive to women, and that is a lie
I'd say 'I'll Be Back' is quite a precursor to the sound of the next two albums
'If I Fell' is such a gorgeous song melodically. I hope you listen to that one again (and the whole album again) so that you can appreciate aspects of it that most miss in the first listen
Our band covered "If I Fell" in the 70's when we played in our secular incarnation. All about the singing.
If you listen carefully, the second time round that Macca sings ' ... was in vain ' his straining voice gives out '... was in vai...aarghh !'
@@LivingWatersUtube Me too, in 1979. We had to stop doing it, cos I eventually kept busting out laughing half way through, trying to do the Lennon line. Still love it,though.
It also foreshadows an awakening of more than 'puppy love'. "Cause I've been in love before, and I learned that love is more than just holding hands".
@@stoobydootoo4098 yes, i've noticed that. very funny
Hi Caroline, your reactions to the first three Beatles albums are extremely interesting and they work really well. As I'm sure you know, the first side of A Hard Day's Night are the tracks used for the movie. It s worth watching it sometime as it was considered ground-breaking when it came out in 1964. It's a shame that "And I love Her" was missed out, as it was one of the key songs in the movie and that scene in the film works really well.
I am 64, and this album is in my top 5 that most listened to records that I have owned. Great work Caroline!
64! There's a song for you then! :D
@@athx8836 Given that Paul had the kernel of that song worked out for his dad when he was still at school, the song itself is about 64 years old! Go back that time from late 1950s, and you're in mid 1890s. Unlike anyone else, they could do 19th century music hall and pretty extreme avant garde that still sounds ahead of it's time in 21st century. Dylan respects McCartney for that all encompassing range of excellence
The World was such a better place, when John and George were in it!
Think on the bright side - a Beatles reunion gets closer every day!
@@stoobydootoo4098 Amen brother, let's hope we get front row!
@@joejohnston3591 They could then release a 'Boxed' set! 🤣🤣
Yeah. Miss them.
An absurd thought.....the idea that two people out of 8 billion can have such an impact would be hilarious if it wasn't so ridiculous....but if you have so little grasp on reality go for it.....a Linus blanket moment.
I'm addicted to these reaction videos because seeing fresh ears hear Beatles songs for the first time takes me back to when I was a kid and I first heard these songs. I was blown away, just like my parents' generation had been when the songs first came out.
Oh my goodness you’re reactions are so charming! And smart. You have a great ear. You catch some interesting things I take for granted or hadn’t even noticed before, even though I’ve heard all these songs a million times 😊
"Tell Me Why" is, perhaps, the most underrated Beatles song of all time. It is just a great song, plain and simple. It perfectly encapsulates the early Beatles sound.
"Tell Me Why" always just amazes me with how much SONG is packed into that tight little time. Intrumental intro-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-outro.
yay, finally first on something!!! Beatles is the ultimate musical journey from start to finish!
So glad you've taken up our suggestion to follow the albums up with the correlating singles! Half of their all-time classic, greatest tracks were originally singles. Love your reactions!!! I don't think I can wait 3 weeks between them!
The initial reviews were for the albums, not the singles. I'd prefer we keep it that way. The singles are separate. Some albums will have the singles on them and some won't. That's the way they were released. But it's supposed to be an ALBUMS review. Let's stick to that.
P.S. Caroline said she'd review "And I Love Her" as a single. It wasn't a single. Except I think, in America. But the yanks took liberties with Beatles songs and we should go by the original British releases - which, at the time this album came out were ( from memory ), the title track, "Can't Buy Me Love" and "I Feel Fine."
@@gribwitch You might be confused a little. If you go through the Beatles complete track list, there are singles that were never put on any album. That's what we're talking about. The record companies put out lots of "singles" of probably every track on every album in some form or another, but the Beatles never officially released tracks like She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Paperback Writer, or Hey Jude except on 45 RPM singles.
The B-Side to I Feel Fine was She's A Woman, Can't Buy Me Love was never a single.
@@gribwitch By not doing the singles, typos missing or on so much for music.
@@gribwitch She just overlooked it on the album, so she will review it along with the singles...
@@mgonzales56 I know that. My point was that "And I Love Her" was not an official Beatles release in most countries, so it shouldn't be regarded as a single.
You're in for a treat when you get around to "And I Love Her"
yes, and it's funny that the prediction she made for the next song would have been right on the money for 'And I Love Her" :-)
George's nylon strung guitar makes And I Love Her what people perceive it to be. If I Fell, is more of a masterpiece.
@@tbeau5748 The classical guitar is definitely part of what makes the song but And I Love Her is moving the Beatles in a new direction. If I Fell is a great song not a new direction.
Johns singing is so beautiful
Caroline! You literally missed the most beautiful song of the whole album, and one of the most gorgeous songs ever recorded!!!!
And I Love Her
Which one?
@@puru1818 And I Love Her
Especially glad you enjoyed "I'll be back" - a song often overlooked in the canon. Major/minor, tonally ambivalent with two different bridges. All that complexity yet sung so beautifully.
Absolutely right. I was a kid first heard it it gave me shivers
The MonaLisa Twins do a stunning cover of "I'll Be Back"... ua-cam.com/video/O1NZg3j1TA0/v-deo.html
Not sure on the veracity of this, but I've heard that John had his father in mind when he wrote it, as he'd recently shown back up on the scene.
@@stephanieo2509 I know he had his dad thrown off the set of the film - so it makes sense.
@@joro2000 Unusual at the time to end an album with a downbeat song. Brave move!
"I'll Be Back" featured not one, but two bridges in the song. I am glad you really liked that one, it is one of my favorites, also! I love watching you discover and analyze these songs for us, Caroline.
"I'll Be Back" has a great arrangement, with the rhythm guitar adding quarter-note triplets to introduce a feel of "dragging" the 4/4 meter. The downer aspect of the clashing rhythms reflect the downer aspect of the lyrics perfectly. Another example of pretty sophisticated arranging in an early Beatles song.
I'll Be Back be is one of my favorites of all the early tunes before Rubber Soul. The song is haunting.
If I Fell is impossible not to sing along with. You can learn harmony from it. Which reminds me of the song by Elton John called Harmony. Your reactions take me back over 50 years to when I first heard these. Thank you, Caroline.
Thank you so much for doing this. Each album, each song, is like a dear friend to those of us who grew up with their music -- hearing each song for the first time on the radio, then rushing down to the store to buy the next vinyl treasure. You have great insights and it's fun to walk through each song with you.
I can't believe this series isn't 5 years old and I actually have to wait 3 weeks for the next one and I can't binge watch every album. I can't wait to see your reaction to the later albums. It's night and day.
She’s back! Enjoy the album that sucked me into the Beatles. The first Beatles album I bought on record as well. Brilliant album
Loving the series of the Beatles! as a Beatle fan has made me fall in love again with the songs and hear them in another way! many thanks to take the time! hope you go all the way!
I can't wait for her to get to Rubber Soul and then Revolver, she'll be blown away.
I wonder if by then she'll still be making predictions about what the song is going to be about. What kind of prediction could she possibly make about "Tomorrow Never Knows"?
@@buddyneher9359 Lol
Revolution #9 xD
Wait until she hears Abbey Road
@@OzTwanger And magical mystery tour.
If I Fell is the song that started my Beatles obsession, even though they'd been present for my entire life at that point.
Cute to watch. Disclosure: I bought this album when it was first released. Adorable, the young Merrel Streep of music reviews! Bravo!
OMG, you noticed it TOO!!! I thought I was the ONLY one, I have been thinking all along that Caroline reminds me of a young Meryl Streep!!
EDIT: This video was blocked by UA-cam so segments had to be trimmed out so apologies for that, around the 24 min mark it may get a bit choppy.
HI everyone, I hope you enjoyed this video and thanks for your support!!
I think I'll be back is one of my favourites from this album. What's yours??
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Album
2:01 - A hard day’s night
4:18 - I should’ve known better
6:46 - If I fell
10:05 - I’m happy just to dance with you
12:38 - Tell me Why
15:25 - Can’t buy me love
17:05 - Anytime at all
19:48 - I’ll cry instead
21:35 - Things we said today
24:14 - When I get home
25:15 - You can’t do that
26:54 - I’ll be back
Apologies for missing , and I love her, I will listen to it in the singles video 😊
Hey Caroline, big fan! just wanna let you know you can actually upload full length reactions on Google Drive and put the link on your description or something. totally understandable if you don't want to do this, just letting you know you can.
@@YourMom-qg1lq doesn’t work as it gets overloaded. I know people who’ve tried it, it becomes a mess
@@stevemorganexperience7833 are you sure? i've seen people get away with doing that and as long as the file size isn't too large, there should be no problems at all.
If I Fell, You Can't Do That, I'll Be Back.
If I Fell, I'll Be Back, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, Things We Said Today are the biggest standouts of the album
The reason why the rhythm guitar sounds distracting is because the albums on UA-cam are all in stereo. Originally, their releases were in mono, with stereo being an afterthought. Unfortunately, the mono mixes aren't on UA-cam. That explains little curiosities like the hard panning on certain vocals and instruments.
was that just in the UK? The US albums seem to be in stereo only
@@ramblesofasilentmind9874 The US albums were in mono as well, certainly, but stereo copies were much more commonplace compared to the UK, from what I've read over the years. Indeed, the only two US copies that I own happen to be in stereo.
I heard only a few years ago that the reason for the crap sounding remixes was that the stereo album sounded bad on mono players - most young people couldn't afford hi-fi equipment. So, for the older LPS released after that the vocals were mostly sent to one side, & the music mostly to the other. Add in false stereo & it was an auditory/artistic disaster! This worked on mono equipment, but is rubbish in stereo. Virtually unlistenable to me with headphones.
@@stoobydootoo4098 I'm not sure who would have been playing stereo albums on mono players, but aside from that, you're quite right. The stereo that was used on the US records was 'Duophonic' - Mono artificially turned into stereo, which does sound poor for the most part. And yes, teenagers could only afford crappy mono players, whereas adults could afford decent turntables. That's probably why classical recordings and popular acts of the older generation (Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole etc.) saw very respectable stereo mixes as early as the mid 50s, whereas rock/pop didn't receive good stereo mixes until the late 60s... There wasn't a market for it until then.
@@kmg2480 Thank you, that's very interesting.
Looks like Caroline might be a McCartney supremacist! I fall in the same boat myself so I totally get it. His voice and melodies he came up with were just next level. So sad she missed “And I love her” tho 😭 I think that would be another favorite of hers along with “Things We Said Today”
Can't have yer yin without yer yang...and, as we know, George will throw in a few surprises later :-)
Paul was the most musically gifted, but John was the best lyricist
Hopefully not! Tooooooo many of them out there. Paul.... Fill the world with silly love songs, what's wrong with that? If you want to eventually find out who became the best writer and composer, I would say listen to there first and last solo studio albums. George's first album, All Things Must Pass is the best on solo album by mile! It purposely was kept greyscale. Listen to the words and musical phrasing on his final album, Brainwashed. Flat out masterpiece, not to mention that beautifull slide guitar technique, actually invented by Harrison.
I hate to say it, but Paul carried a lot of his songs with his voice abilities. Hey Jude... It's been covered enough. Has anyone's version even charted? Solo.... Someone Knocking On the Door and Admiral Halsey Uncle Albert were carried by his voice. Very poorly written not to mention his musicality was on vacation just a bit on Someone Knocking. Have a listen too the two Anthology Songs. George carried both with his musicality. There was nothing there. Bet you enjoy Real Love. Listen to what they had left behind by John and the final product. I'm not putting John or Paul Down, I'm just saying George Kept growing and flourishing, where John and Paul had peeked by the breakup. Most of the songs on his first solo album where written while a Beatle, Paul and John made itvertually impossible for him to get a fair shake with their flamboyant egos. Abbey Road, their last studio album. Something and Here Comes The Sun where the best compositions on that album by a mile and both by Harrison.... The Funny thing is they only had one single from that album featuring Something and Come Together. Both given A sides on the 45??? Who does that? John and Paul. Can't give George bothl. Funny thing is that Come Together was left in bits and pieces when John took off to kick heroin. He left the song to George, not Paul to put together. Because of the Lennon and McCartney thing, George wasn't even given credit as usual with the music pretty much being his. The most important thing for an artest of any kind is growth and change. George was the one who did that the most. Please don't forget that he was the most humble and giving which can be heard immediatly following the Beatle albums. Bottom line.... It took all four and what they all brought to the table including the egos fights as any good family goes through. This loving family happened to play music and were about peace and love. Paul had the best voice in the family, Johns was louder and George was humble. Ringo always out of tune and going along with the others. Hope you enjoy the whole catalog!!!!
@@71hammyman Hmm! Not quite so sure of that personally. John could write complex music without knowing it and some of Paul's lyrics are superb (Blackbird?) while John's are sometimes merely wordplay. I think I agree with you...but there's not much in it either way.
Most of the tracks on this album are mainly written by Lennon.
Listening to their LPs in order is a trip! Of course I bought them as they came out but more than once I’ve listened to them in order and it always amazes, their journey. Who would have thought that 50 plus years later they are still the best.
A note on 27:31: I have been listening to the Beatles for half a century, but until I watched this video, I didn't recognize an alternate interpretation of the lyrics to I'll Be Back. Thanks to this insightful young lady (whether intentional or not) I will for the remainder of my life hear "I'm the one who haunts you," in the chorus. I like that. Props to you, Miss Caroline.
Lyrics... Wait til ya get to "Run For Your Life".
Spoiler alert! Don't reveal too much! 😉
Hahahaha...oh yeah.
@@goldtown6747 she's going to have to be careful if she reads all the comments!
LoL!!!!
This is like how people talk about Tara's fate in Buffy reaction videos...
It's hard to listen to this album without rocking my head back and forth like Ringo playing the drums.
You ARE aware, aren't you, that it was Ringo who died - not Macca? Otherwise, how come 'Ringo' couldn't play drums anymore after 1969? He died falling down the stairs in 1969. You can hear his drum-kit bouncing down after him in 'The End'.🤣🤣🤣
This album and movie introduced the world to the Rickenbacker 12 string electric guitar. That's the unique guitar sound you hear on many of the songs.
The Byrds built their sound around the Rickenbacker 12, all because Roger McGuinn saw George using one in A Hard Day's Night. I own a Rickenbacker 12 like George's. To play one is to understand why he couldn't put it down.
@@josephhebert6356 So you own a Rickenbacker 12 string? You lucky guy. 😉
@@josephhebert6356 I have a 360/12v64 as well as couple twelves I built myself. Nothing sounds as cool as an electric 12.
There's a Beatles song for everything we go through...
This video really adds to the song..
The song itself emotes emotions...add the video and it complements it...
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I’m a lifelong Beatles fan and love it when younger people discover them. Another band you should investigate is the Electric Light Orchestra. Lennon called them the Son of the Beatles. From 1974 to 1980 they utilized orchestras extensively in their pop/rock music. Their concept album, Eldorado, is a masterpiece. Also Concerto For A Rainy Day from their Out of the Blue album is a 4 song medley with their hit, Mr. Blue Sky, as the grand finale. Incredible stuff.
YEESSSS!!!!! A new Beatles reaction video. I LOOOOVE THEM!!!! I actually missed it yesterday though I check everyday because I checked a few hours before you posted it and then I didn't until today after work 😅.
You have such a lovely personality and presence and music theory knowledge and spontaneity and enthusiasm!!! ❤️ Thank you for these videos!!!!
I'll Be Back and If I Fell have AMAZING harmonies. If I Fell has such (for me) atypical and 'hard' second voice harmonies where the melody is raised by half notes rather than whole notes. And also there is this one harmony note towards the end which is so hard to hit right (if one is an amateur like I am).
You Can't Do That - No, I don't think you'll make anyone angry with being confused by such lyrics... I never really reacted to them negatively but then I didn't reflect upon abuse when I was 13 and that's when I fell in love with The Beatles. Most fans have REALLY HARD TIMES liking and accepting the SONG Run For Your Life for the exact same reasons (the lyrics are even 'worse' and the melody is even happier/catchier).
I don't think you can make anyone angry with your critical remarks - you still serve them in such a respectful way, really trying not to hurt the fans' feelings. And you're very sure to show what you do love!
When you'll be reacting to the early singles - pay attention to the single version of Love Me Do - it's not the same as the album version, there are minor differences. The biggest one is that on the single version which is recorded a week earlier, you can hear Ringo Starr. On the album, however, you can hear a session musician Andy White play while Ringo plays the tambourine.
Of these three albums, I also like AHDN best, and then Please Please Me and then With The Beatles. The next album - Beatles for Sale - is the ONLY TIME in the Beatles catalogue when I feel they're kinda taking a step back.. but all evens out with the album Help! and onwards.
Can we PLEEEEAAASSSE get these Beatles reaction videos each other week, plleease?
Be warned: the singles collection (if you follow the Past Masters Vol 1 tracking) will take you beyond where you are with the albums, and their songwriting started to take a noticeable turn after the next studio record (Beatles For Sale).
Weird to think some of their most popular songs aren't even on their albums
@@71hammyman Not just "popular", but iconic -- thank goodness she is going to pick them all up.
@@71hammyman Weird to think some of their best songs (In My Life, A Day In The Life, Here Comes The Sun, etc) weren't even singles
In general, the singles that weren’t on the albums were usually giving glimpses of where The Beatles were going with their music, predicting the next albums. Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane were released between Revolver and Sgt Pepper. This was a time that they were no longer doing concerts, and they needed some way to keep their fans satisfied. Those two songs gave many of them a glimpse on the direction they’d go in with Sgt Pepper. The video also showed them with facial hair and no more moptops, signs that they were indeed outgrowing their boy band image.
You are amazing for doing this, genuinely looking forward to seeing more of these!
What a great and interesting insight into The Beatles. And I’ve been listening to them for 45 years. Looking forward to the next one.
So much fun, I am enjoying listening to the songs with you, thank you - can’t wait for your take on their evolution.
I’m really looking forward to you’re getting into later Beatles. Listening to the early Beatles gives me a renewed appreciation of just how much the boys morphed over a very short time. Bringing back my youth and it’s so enjoyable seeing you discover the magic for the very first time.
Nice review series. It keeps getting better and better, you'll see. And yes: a couple of Lennon's lyrics are definitely mysoginistic... (wait until "Run for your life"). But taken in perspective, The Beatles' music is pure genius.
You need to watch the movie “A Hard Days Night.” The Beatles wrote the album to fit the film. The title track was written in an evening when they decided on the movie’s name.
P.S. the movie is hilarious and holds up well almost 60 years later.
The film was made to cash in on The Beatles’ success as quickly as possible but today it’s considered a landmark film. I understand the Criterion Collection is planning to start releasing 4K films and that A Hard Days Night will be one of the first set to be released along with Citizen Kane.
False. Only the title song was written for the movie.
@@docsavage8640 Side 1 evidently had multiple soundtrack efforts. Beatle fanatics push for it to get the MMT treatment and have it considered a soundtrack in it's entirety, which everyone knows is false in both cases.
One of John’s and Paul’s favorite acts was The Everly Brothers, who were well known for their amazing harmonies. You can hear that influence in many early Beatles albums.
Call me Caroline, when they did the movie, Lennon and McCartney were given the title of the movie, Hard Days Night. They took a guitar went over in a corner and wrote the song in 20 minutes.
I thought Hard Day's Night was one of Ringo's malapropisms.
@Tim.
Bollocks!
Lennon wrote it by himself on the back of one of Julians 1st birthday cards.
My apologies if someone already made the same recommendation; once you react to the Help album, start wearing headphones. The experimentation starts ramping up with new (to rock) instruments and utilizing the affect of stereo. With each album following it progresses exponentially.
These are good. This combination of fresh perspective, knowledge of music, being the Beatles' original demographic and having a bubbly, down-to-earth personality is unbeatable.
And i love her:( the most beautiful song of the album
Yeah, but where is it?
Love that you have a great understanding of music structure/theory, adds to the review!
One of the things about the Beatles that fans forget is that they were a bunch of kids just having fun and loved to joke around, they definitely didn’t take themselves as seriously as the fans did
Now, as an extra, check out the movie 'A Hard Day's Night' they made to coincide with the album. It's actually very good.
This album is mostly dominated by John, he wrote 10 of the 13 songs. 'If I Fell was the first Beatle song I properly listened to and it's one of John's best ballads.
Imagine sitting in a cinemas and hearing these songs for the very first time! Utter bliss! (I was 15 at the time.)
The movie is SO fun. It totally shows why people were so charmed by them. All four were charismatic and funny.
I think If I Fell is my favorite Lennon song. It actually doesn't have a lead v. harmony melody. They are both marked as the lead in the sheet music, per Paul's request.
The movie’s fantastic. A great romp. And so is “Yellow Submarine.” Fantastic animation.
The movie is so funny, and really captures their sense of humor.
Reporter: "What do you call this haircut?"
George: "Arthur."
That film was the component that sealed their superstar status . . . Their [onscreen] personalities thereafter became part of the music that we heard. This film (and the subsequent Help! film) were the foundation on which The Monkees TV series was based, and could also be considered the precursor to the original format of MTV and the rise of music videos.
Favorite song: I was 9 when the movie came out. Luckily I had a 13-year-old sister, so I already knew about and loved the Beatles. She took me to see the movie and of course she had the record album. In those days many households (ours included) had only one record player; ours was in the family room. For some reason I got totally hooked on "I'll Cry Instead" and played it over and over and over so many times my mom finally yelled at me, and banned me from playing it! So that was my first "favorite" song from this album.
Hey, Lennon was one jealous guy!
He even wrote a song called Jealous guy.
He struggled for years to get rid of that anger that he developed in his youth when he was abandoned by his father and mother, then when his mom died tragically. That created a very conflicted and volatile youngster in Lennon.
He later recanted on You Can't do that and Run for your life recognizing they were too personal and negative, and that he was too immature, but that's the wonder of their story telling, you will learn that in their later albums.
In my opinion it's great these songs exist because they show the complexities, emotions, and conflicts in relationships (not just the lovey dovey stuff, all sugar and spice), and they wrote them before anyone else.
Wow this is amazing, I really wish I could listen to Beatles songs for the first time again, it must be such an incredible feeling :)
The live version (Hollywood Bowl) of Things We Said Today is awesome. You can feel the energy from change of the soft dark part to the up tempo part of the chorus.