You're right. It's an old song that sounds like something that could've been released today. It's a timeless funky sound with words that dance around in your head making sense and no sense at the same time.
Beethoven wrote his 9th Symphony 200 years ago and it still sounds fresh and brilliant. Great works of art never get old. Look at 2000 year old Roman and Greek art. Still incredible.
@@Evilminiaturea lot of it goes- you may not have heard it yet. Copeland ‘s Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kidd laid the groundwork for every Western classic. Stravinsky’s Petrushka - so rhythmic and vital. And the list goes on! Bach is always fresh! Check out the Swingle Singers doing jazzy Bach.
I looked through there Patreon and they did more songs then just this one: Here Comes the Sun, and then for a marathon Come Together, Don’t Let Me Down, You Never Give Me Your Money, Eleanor Rigby, I Want You She So Heavy.
"Helter Skelter", "Revolution", "Rain", "Paperback Writer", "Oh! Darling", "Here Comes The Sun", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "I Am The Walrus", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "I'm Only Sleeping", "Day Tripper", "And Your Bird Can Sing", ...
I went ahead and liked your comment, but... you are wrong. If it was made today everything would sound like AI. Beat nailed to the time signature, vocals auto tuned... with trap beats. It would absolutely suck butt if sounded like it was made today lol. It sounds like a 50 year old song. And that's a good thing.
@@danbardos3498 It sounds like a song put together by a producer who knew what they were doing-- as opposed to some jackass with a few grand worth of gear, an outsized ego, and no ear or feel or genuine love for music at all. RIP George Martin.
@@myreviews8099 Worse moments are still not OK, you have to consider the degree of the "offense". A long history of certain behaviors can't be dismissed at all. I understand what you mean but someone that likes to beat on women year after year is a habitual abuser. This is well documented and admitted. It's sick and low behavior with no excuse.
Never really listened to the Beatles growing up. One of the best things that came out of Covid for me was connecting with so much amazing music. Being in lockdown I spent days just listening to music I never gave a real try. Went through The Beatles entire catalog and I absolutely can’t believe I wasn’t privy to their music earlier in life. I even remember calling my parents a few days after going through albums and yelling at them for not putting me on The Beatles and so much older music as a kid.
The entire Abbey Road album is tremendous. Something is a beautiful George Harrison ballad. Here Comes the Sun and the entire medley are amazing. Stood the rest of time.
You need to imagine being in 1969 and listening to Eleanor Rigby, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Let it Be, etc. etc. There was nothing even remotely like them before they created this music.
@@alrivers2297 yes! By pop, I mean "popular" music. It's so cool to hear Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, etc. talk about their absolute love of the Beatles. Their influence on music is immeasurable.
A couple years ago I went through their entire discography and it blew my mind. They have dozens of songs that are absolute classics (that you've heard in commercials like this one) and they have hundreds of other songs that range from great to good. They were dropping classic after classic for almost a decade. Still the greatest of all time
McCartney's low vocal harmony and voicing was so innovative on this song, as was his bass line, and his electric piano was positively soulful, his contribution MADE the song's atmosphere so new and different than anything anyone had heard before.
Billy Preston was still around during the recording of Abbey Road so I'd say it was him on the e-piano and not Paul. I know Billy definitely played on I Want You (She's So Heavy).
@@johangalician620 That would be a guess though, or Nicky Hopkins, but a wrong guess nonetheless, as Paul is credited for it and Billy's not listed. Billy would've put in a solo!
Drummer/Teacher here … fun detail about the “Come Together” sound effect: Everybody notices the vocal “shoot” and the drum part after it, but may not be aware that there’s another instrument involved: the first bits of clicking triplets are actually a picked guitar string with a triplet-based echo effect. Ringo’s hi-hat only plays the last triplet, and then he does his little bedsheet-covered-tom-tom fill to finish the measure. Creativity all over this band, man. ❤
@ikshields It's a brilliant sound effect, and shout out to you for the analysis of how it was done. I don't know if this is true or not, but I think it's supposed to mimic the sound of a rotary telephone being dialed. I'm old enough to remember that sound of spinning the dial forward with your finger in the number hole and then the dial spinning backwards on the release...shh....tatatatatatatatata....
Wow, thanks for that. I've listened to this song a million times, played it live (as a bass player), told my guitarist to do that volume swell in the same part about 3/4 through the song. But I never noticed that detail.
When they were recording & they got to where they liked it & called it a wrap. Ringo would leave. After Ringo left & with the full knowledge & assistance of the other bandmates. Paul McCartney would (often/some) times redo the drum track & then they would release the album. Ringo would find out when he heard the song on the radio. Worse, he had to learn Paul McCartney's version because that's what the audience expected to hear in concert. Which songs on which albums, at this point in time. I doubt even Sir Paul McCartney remembers.
I was fortunate to have visited Abbey Roads Studio when I was in England in the mid 70's ...if you saw the equipment, sound board, etc used you'd appreciate more what this band accomplished! Some stuff looked like greenish Westinghouse appliances !! Lol and huge room for orchestral works George Martin incorporated into so much of their work. Genius!
Ringo was the perfect unflashy drummer. Always did just enough to where it isn't overshadowed but took enough of a backseat to compliment the three egomaniacs and allow them to really shine. But the rare time Ringo was allowed free reign absolute magic happened e.g. Tomorrow Never Knows, Rain, The End, She Said She Said
@@MichaelWhitted-gi4tt funny because they didn't really hit acid hard when compared to other bands or people during those years. They just have some serious talent
This is a band that 4 years earlier released Help! A great album in its own right, but the progression throughout their history is unsurpassed. I will never stop being impressed by what they've done.
@@nellgwenn They played on the records like The Wrecking Crew did for The Beach Boys. They were paid session musicians, not members of the groups. The Funk Brothers didn't write, arrange and produce any of the records they played on. They were hired guns used for their musical talent. Glen Campbell played for many musical groups in the 1960's. He never received credit for any number one songs by any of those bands. And he shouldn't.
@@nellgwenn With all due respect to the Funk Brothers, fantastic musicians, they never wrote a single hit. They played other people's music, which is a big difference from actually writing 64 top 100 Billboard songs and having 20 number 1s in only 6 years. At one point (if not more), the only reason some Beatles songs didn't make it to number 1 was because other Beatles songs were already up there.
The existence of the Beatles is part of the reason I believe there's a non-zero chance that we're in a simulation. How is it possible to put out 13 albums in 10 years and you can count the songs that are not bangers on one hand. It's almost too amazing to be true.
Yeah, I’m very sure that space aliens, or whoever would run the simulation, could not do what the Beatles did. In fact, if there are aliens, I’m betting they’re jealous of this. LOL
The combination of George Harrison's rhythm guitar riffs and Billy Preston's organ T 6:35 is amazing and Paul McCartney's driving bass line and background vocals to John Lennon's lead vocals was fire!❤🔥❤🔥- And pushing it all was Ringo Starr perhaps the most underrated drummer of all time.
You have to think of what music was like six years ago compared to what it's like now. Then think that in six years The Beatles took music from 'She Loves You' in1963 to 'Come Together' in 1969. That's why they're considered to be the best/most influential group ever.
This is still an amazing piece of music, and every single member of the band was absolutely necessary. Ringo's percussion, John's menacing voice, George's flawless guitar, and McCartney, the most underrated bass player of all time. And it was only eight years after Love Me Do. Stunning progression.
George Martin said it was probably their best overall collaboration on a single record, and I can't argue with that. Even Love Me Do was a cut above the basic pop/rock-n-roll stuff of the early 60s. But the 8 year progression from there to Come Together is stunning, as you said, and this creative evolution is what sets The Beatles apart from other great bands...Zep, Floyd, Who, Stones, etc. They pretty much stayed within their particular style and musical expression. The Beatles always wanted to try something new.
Please react to more Beatles. You have no idea what a treat their music catalog is. They are a gift that keeps on giving. Plus, it will probably substantially increase your subscribers.
Beatles at their best, everyone performing beautifully. Another fantastic song by John Lennon with unique lyrics and wonderful vocal delivery. Lennon really had a way with words. RIP John. 🙏
That line “Got to be good looking cause he’s so hard to see”. Reminds of how it’s so easy for good looking folks to pull the wool over your eyes. Their good looks blind you to who they really are.
@@Artemis-v8i Multitude of reasons. Mainly, George wanted out of Paul's shadow, John wanted to get political, Paul wanted to keep it together but in order to do that they would need to get a new manager since theirs had died and Ringo was not wanting to leave, but it would have been just him and Paul. A lot of people will rag on Yoko for breaking them up, but it was George who really wanted out, he wanted more songs on each album and it wasn't going to happen...he was actually giving them his second rate songs while keeping some amazing songs for himself and his debut solo album. You had 4 great musicians with changing goals for themselves...they were bound to break up.
It is speculated that each verse is a describes an individual Beatle. The verse one is referencing George, his spiritual interest, “holy roller”. Verse two is Ringo, verse three is John, where “Bag Productions” was a corporation he and Yoko started and the “ono sideboard” referring to Yoko always by his side. Verse four is Paul as a “roller coaster” because his song “Get Back” was publicly being touted as “a song to roller coast by”, and “muddy water” and “mojo filter” refers to Paul’s fondness of using guitar licks inspired by Muddy Waters who’s most famous song was “I Got My Mojo Working”. Also that part does say “shoot me”. Great song no matter what, and YES Ringo was a master in the drums. A lot of his off-beats were because he was left handed trying to play right handed so it was a natural delay.
Come Together got a shitload of airplay when it was released. I was 13 back then, and when I heard that song for the 1st time, I was absolutely hooked. It was the most mesmerizing, stone cold groove I'd ever heard. And it still is, to this day!
Ringo,McCartney and Lennon played to the groove and formed a superb rhythm section..Each guy instinctively knew when to come in and when to inhibit their playing to create space to allow George or other aspects to shine. Just a panapoly of colours and subtleties.
Not sure if anyone else already said how they did the drums in the comments, but in the beginning they have a slap delay on the ride cymbal. John is also saying “shoot me”. For the toms, they put tea towels over the drum heads to get that muted sound. They also put towels on the snare to give it a very tight sound. I still use those tricks today.
The Beatles were always top of the charts, as well as the most influential band of all time bar none. The transformation of the band occurred with the release of rubber soul till they were no more but never forgotten .
I never heard that, fascinating - is it unusual? -I mean, if it’s great, why don’t all drummers? Some can/some can’t? Reminds of Mingus’ genius “don’t hit the note, hit anything NEAR the note”😉
@@dcg4mn I'm not a drummer, but I think it would be very unusual. Lefties would usually play the snare with their right hand and with their left hand starting rolls, which is the reverse for right-handed drummers. Ringo's left hand played the snare but also started his rolls. I guess it was fortunate that he played a small kit.
Saying “Shoot Me” that Lennon repeats right in the beginning and throughout, that for some reason you can’t hear, is CHILLING! Put on headphones and it’ll be clear. RIP you brilliant man who is greatly missed by billions 💔
4 groups truly shaped the best moments of my childhood...Led Zeppelin, CSNY (and all their side projects), Pink Floyd, and the Beatles. Love that you are getting into to them. I would also hit: - I Want You (She's So Heavy) -I'm Looking Through You -Eleanor Rigby -Love You To -Good Day Sunshine -Within You Without You -A Day In the Life -While My Guitar Gently Weeps -Happiness Is a Warm Gun -Yer Blues -Only a Northern Song -Hey Bulldog -Oh Darling! -Let It Be
Hell yeah!! 🤘🤘no beatles no hard rock or metal, no beatles there wouldn't be a black sabbath , Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Idole, Billy Joe, Green day, and everything in between pop, rock , Hard rock , heavy metal and rap and RNB one of the most influential band in history.
I remember the day this album was released. You could track the way it went to #1 within seconds of stores opening around the world following the time zones. New Zealand was first, then Australia and around the world until the US. The only people who got albums that day were those who had pre-ordered months earlier. For weeks the record presses couldn't keep up with demand. My local radio station suspended all normal programming and just played songs from the album all day on rotation. I have never seen anything remotely like it from any other record release. And Come Together has always been the greatest song on the album. It was, and is, simply perfect.
You guys are the BEST at this reaction stuff. You are right...That intro of bass and percussion is a master class in what a rhythm section should be. Not too much, not too little...just right in setting the right groove throughout. Perfect orchestration. Dope...
The Beatles has the largest catalogue of different sounding hits. They have sooooo many different sounds across their albums... It is crazy. Best songwriters ever
When i was young, I was singing this softly, to myself, while my dad was on the phone. After a couple minutes I heard him say, just a minute. He said, are you telling me to be quiet?! I said no, I'm singing a Beatles song! 😂
John Lennon got in trouble with Chuck Berry because of the opening line: "Here come old flat top." Line was used in Chuck Berry’s 1956 song, ‘You Can’t Catch Me’. Just a little trivia.
Sprint and Apple years ago and most recently Hard Rock have used Come Together in commercials, among others. So, you've been hearing it on TV most of your lives!
You should definitely try Revolution. But to be perfectly clear, the version featured on the so-called Blue LP, Beatles 1967-1970. There is more than one version and they are significantly different. I think the version on the Blue LP is the hardest rocking, and you would probably enjoy it.
The entire 2nd side of Abbey Road needs to be listened to in order. I used to think they were rinky dink with hold your hand and stuff but they turned it on and there's a reason they are #1 all time in many peoples mind. They are awesome.
The Beatles were NEVER "rinky dink"! Listen to their earlier sons, and thete are 0a lot of classic "Rock n Roll" songs, but they added beautiful harmonies, interesting chord progressions, and a tight knit band. Please reactors, listen to, "A Hard Day's Night", "I Saw Her Standing There", "If I Fell", "Can't Buy Me Love, "And I Love Her", "Help", "Eight Days A Week", "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Twist and Shout", "Mr. Postman", "If You Won't SeecMe", "I'll Cry Instead ", "I Call YourName", "She's Got the devil in Her Heart", "Please Please Me", "Money", "Roll Over Beethoven", and "Yesterday"! All brilliantly done, some are covers. But all are excellent. Another later one you should hear, firca completely different perspective, is,, "😅Oh, Darling!"
The Beatles made a way for other pop/rock groups. Too many to name them all but Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, The who. It was said they made pop music respectable. Changed everything way people dressed too. Thank you for doing this one holds a special place for me ❤
I remember listening to this as a kid when it came out. This was the first song on the album and you knew YOU KNEW this album would be a hell of a ride.
"...this song structure led to Heavy Metal..."??? The 1st album by LZ was released more than half a year before "Abbey Road". And Page in his turn was heavily inspired by Jeff Beck's "Truth" released in 1968. Should I even mention the earlier stuff like Cream or Hendrix or even "Helter Skelter"?
Oh, they have a lot more than one. The Beatles have the most number 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 20 #1 hits, and 35 overall top 10 hits. On top of that, they are the biggest selling music artist of all time (do a quick google search and you'll see what I'm talking about). Bigger than Michael Jackson, Bigger than Elvis, bigger than Madonna or Prince, Bigger than Rhianna or Beyoncé, Bigger than Dr. Dre or Drake, bigger than any other music artist that ever breathed air and walked the face of this earth. I just discovered you guys and thoroughly enjoyed the reaction. More Beatles please! I subscribed! Peace
When a song from 50 years ago STILL sounds ahead of its time you know you are dealing with geniuses.
4 of them (say 5, George Martin deserves credit)
You're right. It's an old song that sounds like something that could've been released today. It's a timeless funky sound with words that dance around in your head making sense and no sense at the same time.
The Beatles were like someone throwing a rock in a still pond, the ripples are still moving through our world
They didn't just change music, they changed the world. The ripples continue to this day.
you must be 75 years old
@@bbking2602 and your point is?
@@bbking2602 You must be 12 years old.
@@bbking2602que tenía que ver
Remember guys, we are talking something produced over 50 years ago. Contributions of this group impossible to overestimate.
Beethoven wrote his 9th Symphony 200 years ago and it still sounds fresh and brilliant. Great works of art never get old. Look at 2000 year old Roman and Greek art. Still incredible.
@@kovie9162 Saying that Beethoven sounds fresh is a huge strech. Brilliant, but classical music is not fresh lets be real here.
@@Evilminiaturea lot of it goes- you may not have heard it yet. Copeland ‘s Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kidd laid the groundwork for every Western classic. Stravinsky’s Petrushka - so rhythmic and vital. And the list goes on! Bach is always fresh! Check out the Swingle Singers doing jazzy Bach.
@@EvilminiatureI hear classical music all the time that I am still blown away by, not sure if that counts as ‘fresh’ but..
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"… don't know what's on your list, but that one hits in the same way
this!
for sure
I looked through there Patreon and they did more songs then just this one: Here Comes the Sun, and then for a marathon Come Together, Don’t Let Me Down, You Never Give Me Your Money, Eleanor Rigby, I Want You She So Heavy.
Amen.
@@First_Time_Plays lol how did "You Never Give Me Your Money" get on there.
"Helter Skelter", "Revolution", "Rain", "Paperback Writer", "Oh! Darling", "Here Comes The Sun", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "I Am The Walrus", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "I'm Only Sleeping", "Day Tripper", "And Your Bird Can Sing", ...
And 175 more
Yeah I am the walrus is the freakiest but coolest freaking song ever made.
Rain, to me is one of their best songs. Ringo and Paul kill it on Rain
Happiness is a warm gun🔥
Lot of Beatles songs also suck like Helter Skelter, Tax Man, Drive My Car, Paperback Writer, All You Need Is Love……
Beatles were so ahead of its time… this song is 55 YEARS OLD! And still sounds like it could have been made last year
Hundred thousand times better than machine-twisted bullshit out today.
I went ahead and liked your comment, but... you are wrong. If it was made today everything would sound like AI. Beat nailed to the time signature, vocals auto tuned... with trap beats.
It would absolutely suck butt if sounded like it was made today lol. It sounds like a 50 year old song. And that's a good thing.
@@danbardos3498 It sounds like a song put together by a producer who knew what they were doing-- as opposed to some jackass with a few grand worth of gear, an outsized ego, and no ear or feel or genuine love for music at all. RIP George Martin.
The Beatles were not ahead of their time. They came on the scene at right time.
@@raymoles Both may be true, but one thing is true--they were (are) ahead of their time).
This song still rocks in 2024. The Beatles are freak'n fantastic
The Beatles are the greatest of all time - songwriters, singers, musicians, composers, etc.
My very favorite!!!
These are 4 geniuses. Even if this was released today....you would think that they were ahead of their time.
That's because nobody in the industry makes music anymore sadly.
narrow that down to musical geniuses. Not so impressed with a lot of artists when you find out their real life. Lennon used to like to beat women.
Correction: 5 geniuses. Never forget George Martin.
@@orange222... true of most people, not just artists.
I don't need anyone knowing my worst moments. Most people don't...
@@myreviews8099 Worse moments are still not OK, you have to consider the degree of the "offense". A long history of certain behaviors can't be dismissed at all. I understand what you mean but someone that likes to beat on women year after year is a habitual abuser. This is well documented and admitted. It's sick and low behavior with no excuse.
Never really listened to the Beatles growing up. One of the best things that came out of Covid for me was connecting with so much amazing music. Being in lockdown I spent days just listening to music I never gave a real try. Went through The Beatles entire catalog and I absolutely can’t believe I wasn’t privy to their music earlier in life. I even remember calling my parents a few days after going through albums and yelling at them for not putting me on The Beatles and so much older music as a kid.
They should exposed you to The Beatles music! 🎶
The entire Abbey Road album is tremendous. Something is a beautiful George Harrison ballad. Here Comes the Sun and the entire medley are amazing. Stood the rest of time.
“Something” is one you have to hear in your lifetime. Mandatory.
Rubber Soul is amazing as well ..
That's how we made music back in my days..lol
I'm 70..it was SO good
There was terrible music back then, too. LOTS of it.
@@PikeBishop1 beatles included haha
Paul was the one who told John to slow it down and give it that SWAMPY feel! Perfect suggestion!❤
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Gary-zy1nk Not sure what you're laughing at. @betsyab121 is absolutely correct. Paul's influence on this song is huge, as is Ringo's.
The whole album is one of the greatest ever recorded.
Bingo - hard to imagine anything better - and they were all under 30yrs old
💯 Agree. My favorite album of all time.
This is how Abbey Road started- first track! The whole album is great.
Especially side 2. The best ever produced. Peace out.
So, so, so happy you guys finally arrived on the Beatles doorstep. No need to knock, my door's wide open.
There aren't enough ways to describe or imagine the Beatles influence on pop music, pop culture, pop media, and youth.
Overrated for sure
@@Somberdemure u r a 🤡
You need to imagine being in 1969 and listening to Eleanor Rigby, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Let it Be, etc. etc. There was nothing even remotely like them before they created this music.
@seanyesaki5985 Not just pop music. They influenced most of the big hard rock bands too
@@alrivers2297 yes! By pop, I mean "popular" music. It's so cool to hear Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, etc. talk about their absolute love of the Beatles. Their influence on music is immeasurable.
The production is absolutely insane.
Especially for its time.
George Martin was a genius. So were the Beatles.
What else did they have to do
@@robertevenson5686
like every musician ever - yet they achieved as no others
This song will sound super cool forever. Love The Beatles❤
A couple years ago I went through their entire discography and it blew my mind. They have dozens of songs that are absolute classics (that you've heard in commercials like this one) and they have hundreds of other songs that range from great to good. They were dropping classic after classic for almost a decade. Still the greatest of all time
Abbey Road is my number one Beatles album. Everything that made them musical wizards of the highest level.
They were truly “magical”
No joke I’ve played that album 500 times. Best side 2 ever!
It's one of the best albums ever produced.
Fantastic album, don't laugh but mine might be rubber soul, I have no reason other than that album speaks to me.
@@TheGoldenLandfillDon't laugh but mine is that Magic Mystery Tour
And that's why The Beatles is the BEST band of all time. The GOAT! They can make a very simple song sound so great and complicated. That's genius!
McCartney's low vocal harmony and voicing was so innovative on this song, as was his bass line, and his electric piano was positively soulful, his contribution MADE the song's atmosphere so new and different than anything anyone had heard before.
Billy Preston was still around during the recording of Abbey Road so I'd say it was him on the e-piano and not Paul. I know Billy definitely played on I Want You (She's So Heavy).
@@johangalician620 That would be a guess though, or Nicky Hopkins, but a wrong guess nonetheless, as Paul is credited for it and Billy's not listed. Billy would've put in a solo!
Drummer/Teacher here … fun detail about the “Come Together” sound effect:
Everybody notices the vocal “shoot” and the drum part after it, but may not be aware that there’s another instrument involved: the first bits of clicking triplets are actually a picked guitar string with a triplet-based echo effect.
Ringo’s hi-hat only plays the last triplet, and then he does his little bedsheet-covered-tom-tom fill to finish the measure.
Creativity all over this band, man. ❤
@ikshields It's a brilliant sound effect, and shout out to you for the analysis of how it was done.
I don't know if this is true or not, but I think it's supposed to mimic the sound of a rotary telephone being dialed. I'm old enough to remember that sound of spinning the dial forward with your finger in the number hole and then the dial spinning backwards on the release...shh....tatatatatatatatata....
Wow, thanks for that. I've listened to this song a million times, played it live (as a bass player), told my guitarist to do that volume swell in the same part about 3/4 through the song. But I never noticed that detail.
When they were recording & they got to where they liked it & called it a wrap. Ringo would leave. After Ringo left & with the full knowledge & assistance of the other bandmates. Paul McCartney would (often/some) times redo the drum track & then they would release the album. Ringo would find out when he heard the song on the radio. Worse, he had to learn Paul McCartney's version because that's what the audience expected to hear in concert. Which songs on which albums, at this point in time. I doubt even Sir Paul McCartney remembers.
Like no one else...
I was fortunate to have visited Abbey Roads Studio when I was in England in the mid 70's ...if you saw the equipment, sound board, etc used you'd appreciate more what this band accomplished! Some stuff looked like greenish Westinghouse appliances !! Lol and huge room for orchestral works George Martin incorporated into so much of their work. Genius!
Don't ever tell me Ringo isn't a fantastic drummer.
Drummers know Ringo did is job really well.
He was phenomenal on this album.
Ringo was the perfect unflashy drummer. Always did just enough to where it isn't overshadowed but took enough of a backseat to compliment the three egomaniacs and allow them to really shine. But the rare time Ringo was allowed free reign absolute magic happened e.g. Tomorrow Never Knows, Rain, The End, She Said She Said
"Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the band" - John
Ringo covered his drums with towels on this song. That is why there is a muted sound on the drums!
🤘🥁🎵🎶🤘
The development of the Beatles sound from 1963 to 1969 is very impressive. By 1969 they were playing some seriously hard rock songs.
Helter Skelter definitely up there on one of the first proto metal songs
It was the LSD.
@@MichaelWhitted-gi4tt funny because they didn't really hit acid hard when compared to other bands or people during those years. They just have some serious talent
@@MichaelWhitted-gi4tt
Plenty of other musicians took LSD who never achieved anything like the Beatles, which means it had nothing to do with LSD.
@@dcg4mn What type of songs did the band write when they first arrived? That's right, Boy Band shit.
This is a band that 4 years earlier released Help! A great album in its own right, but the progression throughout their history is unsurpassed. I will never stop being impressed by what they've done.
I love Rubber Soul ..
One of Ringo's best grooves.
It’s funny to me that people still think the boys wrote their own music.
Who did?@@phadrus
@@gerhardbraatz6305 Lol, he's just a troll
@@phadrus oh and paul is dead, right? screw off
Ringo is one of the GOAT in my opinion...such great feel, groove, and just the tone...a lot of that is George Martin's production, but...good god
"Everybody got one" lol my man...Beatles have the most #1 hits of any artist in history 😂
Not anymore, sadly.
I know, right? Their entire catalog feels like #1 hits! LOL.
Actually The Funk Brothers were responsible with more #1 hits than the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys combined.
@@nellgwenn They played on the records like The Wrecking Crew did for The Beach Boys. They were paid session musicians, not members of the groups. The Funk Brothers didn't write, arrange and produce any of the records they played on. They were hired guns used for their musical talent. Glen Campbell played for many musical groups in the 1960's. He never received credit for any number one songs by any of those bands. And he shouldn't.
@@nellgwenn With all due respect to the Funk Brothers, fantastic musicians, they never wrote a single hit. They played other people's music, which is a big difference from actually writing 64 top 100 Billboard songs and having 20 number 1s in only 6 years. At one point (if not more), the only reason some Beatles songs didn't make it to number 1 was because other Beatles songs were already up there.
The entire Beatles catalog is "THE ONE"
Method Man actually mentioned in an interview that he got that cadence from the Beatles
Well then he actually got that cadence from Chuck Berry because that's where John got it.
The existence of the Beatles is part of the reason I believe there's a non-zero chance that we're in a simulation. How is it possible to put out 13 albums in 10 years and you can count the songs that are not bangers on one hand. It's almost too amazing to be true.
Yeah, I’m very sure that space aliens, or whoever would run the simulation, could not do what the Beatles did. In fact, if there are aliens, I’m betting they’re jealous of this. LOL
They were a gift to the world from God.
@@robertwiles8106” We’re on a mission from God”- Elwood Blues
The combination of George Harrison's rhythm guitar riffs and Billy Preston's organ T 6:35 is amazing and Paul McCartney's driving bass line and background vocals to John Lennon's lead vocals was fire!❤🔥❤🔥- And pushing it all was Ringo Starr perhaps the most underrated drummer of all time.
You have to think of what music was like six years ago compared to what it's like now. Then think that in six years The Beatles took music from 'She Loves You' in1963 to 'Come Together' in 1969. That's why they're considered to be the best/most influential group ever.
Ringo was an amazing drummer. Definitely one of the greats
This is still an amazing piece of music, and every single member of the band was absolutely necessary. Ringo's percussion, John's menacing voice, George's flawless guitar, and McCartney, the most underrated bass player of all time.
And it was only eight years after Love Me Do. Stunning progression.
George Martin said it was probably their best overall collaboration on a single record, and I can't argue with that.
Even Love Me Do was a cut above the basic pop/rock-n-roll stuff of the early 60s. But the 8 year progression from there to Come Together is stunning, as you said, and this creative evolution is what sets The Beatles apart from other great bands...Zep, Floyd, Who, Stones, etc. They pretty much stayed within their particular style and musical expression.
The Beatles always wanted to try something new.
Together or separately the Beatles wrote a large part of the soundtrack of my life.
"This is the one" Yeah one of like 50. The Beatles are so ubiquitous they get slept on for having a tonne of bangers.
“A Day in the Life” is their Greatest Song
Revolution
Strawberry Fields Forever
rain
Blackbird is one of my favourite Beatles tunes. Absolutely top.
Please react to more Beatles. You have no idea what a treat their music catalog is. They are a gift that keeps on giving. Plus, it will probably substantially increase your subscribers.
Beatles at their best, everyone performing beautifully. Another fantastic song by John Lennon with unique lyrics and wonderful vocal delivery. Lennon really had a way with words. RIP John. 🙏
That line “Got to be good looking cause he’s so hard to see”. Reminds of how it’s so easy for good looking folks to pull the wool over your eyes. Their good looks blind you to who they really are.
Absolutely. Great take-away.
Reading about how music was recorded in their day is even more amazing. Their perfectionism required many takes.
None of these men were older than 30 by the time they broke up as a band… and their influence is incalculable.
Then why did they break it up?
@@Artemis-v8i Multitude of reasons. Mainly, George wanted out of Paul's shadow, John wanted to get political, Paul wanted to keep it together but in order to do that they would need to get a new manager since theirs had died and Ringo was not wanting to leave, but it would have been just him and Paul. A lot of people will rag on Yoko for breaking them up, but it was George who really wanted out, he wanted more songs on each album and it wasn't going to happen...he was actually giving them his second rate songs while keeping some amazing songs for himself and his debut solo album. You had 4 great musicians with changing goals for themselves...they were bound to break up.
@@illstreamthat who’s Yoko? The manager?
It is speculated that each verse is a describes an individual Beatle. The verse one is referencing George, his spiritual interest, “holy roller”. Verse two is Ringo, verse three is John, where “Bag Productions” was a corporation he and Yoko started and the “ono sideboard” referring to Yoko always by his side. Verse four is Paul as a “roller coaster” because his song “Get Back” was publicly being touted as “a song to roller coast by”, and “muddy water” and “mojo filter” refers to Paul’s fondness of using guitar licks inspired by Muddy Waters who’s most famous song was “I Got My Mojo Working”. Also that part does say “shoot me”. Great song no matter what, and YES Ringo was a master in the drums. A lot of his off-beats were because he was left handed trying to play right handed so it was a natural delay.
Inspired!
I have always that the song is about the 4 of them. For sure.
I think “ roller coaster” could also refer to Paul and Helter Skelter.
This classic tune is over a half century old. Heard it hundreds of times times --- and it always sounds fresh
Come Together got a shitload of airplay when it was released. I was 13 back then, and when I heard that song for the 1st time, I was absolutely hooked. It was the most mesmerizing, stone cold groove I'd ever heard. And it still is, to this day!
So timeless. Sounds super fresh even in 2024.
From the blues through Chuck Berry through John Lennon to Method Man - music lives, music flows, music transcends.
Ringo,McCartney and Lennon played to the groove and formed a superb rhythm section..Each guy instinctively knew when to come in and when to inhibit their playing to create space to allow George or other aspects to shine. Just a panapoly of colours and subtleties.
It's about time the GOATS get some love on this channel!
Seriously! I was a little reluctant to watch this reaction because I couldn’t deal with any criticism of this song lol. Great reaction, guys.
Not sure if anyone else already said how they did the drums in the comments, but in the beginning they have a slap delay on the ride cymbal. John is also saying “shoot me”. For the toms, they put tea towels over the drum heads to get that muted sound. They also put towels on the snare to give it a very tight sound. I still use those tricks today.
“Oh Darling”, “Dear Prudence”, and “Don’t Let Me Down” will equally blow your minds.
^^ Don’t forget those names.
“Dear Prudence” is amazing. Hypnotic.
The Beatles were always top of the charts, as well as the most influential band of all time bar none. The transformation of the band occurred with the release of rubber soul till they were no more but never forgotten .
Ringo’s secret sauce is being left-handed: he’s always just a millisecond ahead or behind - gorgeous
Not just being left-handed, but playing a right-handed kit. Very hard to reproduce his tom runs exactly.
I never heard that, fascinating - is it unusual? -I mean, if it’s great, why don’t all drummers? Some can/some can’t?
Reminds of Mingus’ genius “don’t hit the note, hit anything NEAR the note”😉
@@dcg4mn I'm not a drummer, but I think it would be very unusual. Lefties would usually play the snare with their right hand and with their left hand starting rolls, which is the reverse for right-handed drummers. Ringo's left hand played the snare but also started his rolls. I guess it was fortunate that he played a small kit.
"Ringos secret sauce" awesome band name.
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Thanks - I mostly meant hitting a moment before/after the beat, but I’m sure altogether it adds up to Ringo 😉
Paul singing on "Oh Darling", from the same album, is ON FIRE!! Check out that song, Oh Darling! You will love it!
Incredible vocal performance and a great song. Agree.
I agree
Still rocking it..the Beatles are a neverending rabbit hole of innovation, talent, and poetry
Let’s go! Y’all haven’t even scratched the surface of this band
been watching you guys for years there's something about how you guys react to songs that make me appreciate them more
Even though this was not the last album released, it is the last one recorded. No band has ever ended on a higher note.
Abbey Road really should've been released after Let It Be. It would've been the perfect farewell album.
I knew already before the video that you guys would love the intro and play it a couple of times. Keep up the good work!
Saying “Shoot Me” that Lennon repeats right in the beginning and throughout, that for some reason you can’t hear, is CHILLING! Put on headphones and it’ll be clear. RIP you brilliant man who is greatly missed by billions 💔
Don't Let Me Down is phenomenal -- so much heart
Thanks, guys. Your rock/metal reactions are a perfect mix of entertainment & insight. Nobody does it better♡
Ringo is such a phenomenal drummer - in what he creates, in how solid its played. This is just a great example.
4 groups truly shaped the best moments of my childhood...Led Zeppelin, CSNY (and all their side projects), Pink Floyd, and the Beatles. Love that you are getting into to them.
I would also hit:
- I Want You (She's So Heavy)
-I'm Looking Through You
-Eleanor Rigby
-Love You To
-Good Day Sunshine
-Within You Without You
-A Day In the Life
-While My Guitar Gently Weeps
-Happiness Is a Warm Gun
-Yer Blues
-Only a Northern Song
-Hey Bulldog
-Oh Darling!
-Let It Be
Hell yeah!! 🤘🤘no beatles no hard rock or metal, no beatles there wouldn't be a black sabbath , Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Idole, Billy Joe, Green day, and everything in between pop, rock , Hard rock , heavy metal and rap and RNB one of the most influential band in history.
The beatles, led zeppelin and and black sabbath all British bands all around at the same time and all changed music forever
I remember the day this album was released. You could track the way it went to #1 within seconds of stores opening around the world following the time zones. New Zealand was first, then Australia and around the world until the US. The only people who got albums that day were those who had pre-ordered months earlier. For weeks the record presses couldn't keep up with demand. My local radio station suspended all normal programming and just played songs from the album all day on rotation. I have never seen anything remotely like it from any other record release.
And Come Together has always been the greatest song on the album. It was, and is, simply perfect.
You guys are the BEST at this reaction stuff. You are right...That intro of bass and percussion is a master class in what a rhythm section should be. Not too much, not too little...just right in setting the right groove throughout. Perfect orchestration. Dope...
John loved him some wordplay.
The Beatles has the largest catalogue of different sounding hits. They have sooooo many different sounds across their albums... It is crazy. Best songwriters ever
So true!
When i was young, I was singing this softly, to myself, while my dad was on the phone. After a couple minutes I heard him say, just a minute. He said, are you telling me to be quiet?! I said no, I'm singing a Beatles song! 😂
I'm not even a Beatles fanatic, but they have so many good songs. It's undeniable.
I wish I could hear this song for the first time again.
John Lennon got in trouble with Chuck Berry because of the opening line: "Here come old flat top." Line was used in Chuck Berry’s 1956 song, ‘You Can’t Catch Me’. Just a little trivia.
the beatles have an insane amount of songs that are the same level as this, almost every song on each album is a hit
3:46 One of the top five coolest start shit with song ever
They're saying "Shoot Me" in that opening.
Sprint and Apple years ago and most recently Hard Rock have used Come Together in commercials, among others. So, you've been hearing it on TV most of your lives!
You should definitely try Revolution. But to be perfectly clear, the version featured on the so-called Blue LP, Beatles 1967-1970. There is more than one version and they are significantly different. I think the version on the Blue LP is the hardest rocking, and you would probably enjoy it.
I listened to this music in the womb...I'll always love the Beatles
The entire 2nd side of Abbey Road needs to be listened to in order. I used to think they were rinky dink with hold your hand and stuff but they turned it on and there's a reason they are #1 all time in many peoples mind. They are awesome.
The Beatles were NEVER "rinky dink"! Listen to their earlier sons, and thete are 0a lot of classic "Rock n Roll" songs, but they added beautiful harmonies, interesting chord progressions, and a tight knit band.
Please reactors, listen to, "A Hard Day's Night", "I Saw Her Standing There", "If I Fell", "Can't Buy Me Love, "And I Love Her", "Help", "Eight Days A Week", "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Twist and Shout", "Mr. Postman", "If You Won't SeecMe", "I'll Cry Instead ", "I Call YourName", "She's Got the devil in Her Heart", "Please Please Me", "Money", "Roll Over Beethoven", and "Yesterday"!
All brilliantly done, some are covers. But all are excellent. Another later one you should hear, firca completely different perspective, is,, "😅Oh, Darling!"
The Beatles made a way for other pop/rock groups. Too many to name them all but Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, The who. It was said they made pop music respectable. Changed everything way people dressed too. Thank you for doing this one holds a special place for me ❤
Arby’s used this in their commercial years ago, as they were pouring cheddar cheese over roast beef it played “Come together, right now…over me”
I remember listening to this as a kid when it came out. This was the first song on the album and you knew YOU KNEW this album would be a hell of a ride.
its CRAZZYYYYYY to me seeing people reacting for the first time to those
This STILL sounds sooooooooooo good. And so close to perfection.
As a music fan of the last 60 years, I can see how this song structure led to Heavy Metal and so many other genres....it was groundbreaking!
"...this song structure led to Heavy Metal..."???
The 1st album by LZ was released more than half a year before "Abbey Road". And Page in his turn was heavily inspired by Jeff Beck's "Truth" released in 1968.
Should I even mention the earlier stuff like Cream or Hendrix or even "Helter Skelter"?
Pure music genius! They were constantly changing their sound. They took chances! They were such innovaters! Both in the music and lyrics!
Not surprised at all that this iconic Beatles song filtered down through MJ to Method Man. The Beatles are for everyone and all kinds of music.
John Lennon whispers "shoot me" at the beginning of that opening riff.
Agreed--classic track, and shows The Beatles' originality and power.
John playing with words.......sounds so good
Definitely liking your channel. You guys come across as intelligent and up front with your feelings.
Oh, they have a lot more than one. The Beatles have the most number 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 20 #1 hits, and 35 overall top 10 hits. On top of that, they are the biggest selling music artist of all time (do a quick google search and you'll see what I'm talking about). Bigger than Michael Jackson, Bigger than Elvis, bigger than Madonna or Prince, Bigger than Rhianna or Beyoncé, Bigger than Dr. Dre or Drake, bigger than any other music artist that ever breathed air and walked the face of this earth. I just discovered you guys and thoroughly enjoyed the reaction. More Beatles please!
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John is saying "shoot me".Without needing to use his hands to play guitar, Lennon added handclaps each time he sang "Shoot me!",[14] also adding
Yep. Not supper clear to hear, but that's it.
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Masterpiece
they are the Greatest of all, that's all.
That was John's putting has hands together saying "SHOOT" into the mike. Another example of Beatles sublime creativity.
I’ve always heard he was saying ‘shoot me.’
5:16 It was used in the movie A Bronx Tale in the biker scene. You heard it there if you saw the movie.