Got to Get you into my life was a top 10 hit in 1976. As a kid. My family would sing Yellow Submarine on road trip in the late 1960s. The movie yellow Submarine was my first cartoon movie I saw in a theater in the 1960s.
Nice looking fisherman's/breton cap. I own three of them myself i usually pair them with a scooter smock, pea coat, parka coat, vintage levi's jacket, tootal mod scarf. As for the album i love it.
3 transition periods overlapping 2 albums at a time. Pop/Folk/Rock Boy Band Maturing into Art and Avant-garde Sonic Explorers into Activist Maestro Earth Roots Rockers exploring the twists and turns of "genre revisionism" via Gospel, Country, Folk and Show tunes pushing boundaries towards their Masterwork Abbey Road.
When I was 15, my best friend bought me the 1987 CD version of Revolver. I wasn't a Beatles fan at that age as I looked at the tracklist, I thought "Great, 'Yellow Submarine' and 13 songs I've never heard". By the time I gave the album a listen, I was in love with "Eleanor Rigby" and "Tomorrow Never Knows". By the time I was 18, I owned CDs of every Beatles album. At 32, he bought me an original UK pressing of Revolver. Such a great friend.
Love Abigails channel. This is my favourite Beatles album and I concur with the musical maturity of McCartney on Revolver. This is a great channel with interesting reviews/outfits.
Tomorrow Never Knows is showing the way forward to so many things, krautrock, fusion, noise rock, it’s just astonishing. Another excellent job Abby, with the outfit completing the package.
She Said, She Said. What a track. Those guitars *are* my marmalade sky, because when I hear them, I picture the world through orange colored glasses. And yeah, Ringo's on a whole new level with those drums. Sound very much like a sister track to Rain, which also gives a hint of altered reality. John's best songs can shine like sunshine through rain.
If "Rubber Soul" was the "bridge" from pop to more serious music for The Lads, "Revolver" was the pavement on the bridge! What a damn fine album it is! I was very young at the time, and initially had a bit of a time digesting this "new direction" music from my favorite band, but it didn't take long to adjust from "Please, Please Me" and "She Loves You" to this brave new world material! I have always considered myself very lucky to have been alive in this period, although quite young. It's still shocking to me to drop the needle on these old albums and think....."this was 1966?!" or whatever year. Unless you lived through it, it's impossible to understand just how different things were then! These guys absolutely changed The World!
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Agree! There is certainly a "maturity" to much of the "Help" album! I've always really thought "Ticket to Ride" was such an advanced song for the time! That droning A chord, Ringo's excellent drumming, almost syncopated, and that vamp coda on the outro is just crazy! I'd never heard anything quite like it at the time!
@@gregoryg3256 Too bad the Beatles didn't sing most of their best songs from Rubber Soul and Revolver in their 1966 Concerts: In My Life, Drive my Car, Got to Get you into my life, etc...
Also QUIT TOURING LATE AUGUST 1966. THE MONKEES DROPED ON NBC IN LATE 66. The Yardbirds CONTRIBUTED TO BLOWUP IN 66. The Byrds make/release Fifth Dimension in 66 and MAKE Younger than Yesterday. Dylan makes/releases Blonde on Blonde and Zappa makes FreakOut in 66 plus there’s Pet Sounds.
The utter beauty of Here There and everywhere is off the scale. The lyrics and sublime melody makes this song one of the greatest songs Paul ever wrote...Yellow Submarine is like someone drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa....
As a zoomer who only got into the Beatles 2 or so years ago, Revolver was the first of their albums to really click with me. Other albums(though of course I’ve come around to realize all of their own charm and beauty), were all a little bit to ‘old’ for my ears that were used to more contemporary music. But revolver really stood out to me, feeling fresher than anything that came out in the 2000s. And to this day(though I’ll admit, not much time has passed), it’s still my favorite Beatles album.
@@NowhereMan2710 Rick Reuben sez Tomorrow Never Knows changed how popular music is perceived, and compares it to the sampling and scratching of hip hop. Revolver is Chuck D's favorite Beatles album. Even Leonard Bernstein noticed and praised this record after it had come out.
It is very interesting to hear you say this, as a Xennial, I think there is something special about this Band, I cannot help think that as time passes their ranking on Spotify will just creep uo and up, although this might happen quite slowly.. ...The Beatles aren't gonna lose fans, but acquire them.. more contemporary artists who are currently super-hyped and have the fans, can only lose them... This is an interesting consideration. As someone born in 1979...I knew instinctively when I was 5 that this Band was timeless.
If I must pick one: "Tomorrow Never Knows." Ringo's iconic drum beat makes that song. Without it, it would be a lot of noise... a lot of sounds... but that unique beat just holds it all together. Ringo is their simple savior.
Good condensed summary! McCartney really came into his own here, as did George. A few minor points: Patti introduced George to TM not Hari Chrisna (which came later, like late ‘68). Also The Beatles quit touring in Aug ‘66, not ‘65. They were probably ready to quit after ‘65, and bad experiences in the Philippines, Japan & the US in ‘66 confirmed it for everyone. Revolver could be my favorite album of all time- favorite tracks: She Said She Said (absolutely love the biting sound of these guitars), Here There Everywhere, For No One, I Want to Tell You (I absolutely love this tune- great riff, love the lyrics and atonal aspects), Tomorrow Never Knows, Got to Get You Into My Life. I always associate Revolver with Rubber Soul, though replace pot with acid. In the ‘60s, Britain was probably still paying off debts from WWII plus was a socialized economy. Hence really high tax rates, and these were marginal tax rates, so they likely applied to income above a certain level (like a million pounds or so).
“Burns my feet as they touch the ground” sounds like a precursor to “Abbey Road” album cover..😄 (BTW, Beatles stopped touring in 1966, “Revolver” was released about a month after thier last concert at Candlestick Park.)
Wonderfully and endearingly idiosyncratic in your own particular .........idiom! 🦜 When I visited Liverpool in 1994, all the locals were comedians. Something in the water in the UK. British comedy rules . 👍👍🤣🤣
The first famous photos of "The Beatles" were by Astrid Kircher in Hamburg. They were black-and-white, and John said they captured the spirit of "The Beatles" (see "With The Beatles" LP cover). It is still a top of the heap LP cover.
*OY!* Don't you be dissin' my Yellow Submarine! It's the first-ever Beatles song I can remember hearing on the radio, when I was three years old (the year it came out). When I was eight or nine years old, I had the great good fortune of seeing the movie on television. This was way before VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming. Back then, if you didn't catch it, you didn't see it; and you might never see it again. Much later, in my thirties, I spotted a ripped version of the movie on DVD-R at a convention for twelve bucks!!! 😮 I immediately bent over it, glancing from side to side under my wide-brimmed hat and behind my black sunglasses as it quickly vanished under my trench coat, until I got to the man at the register. One year later, it was officially released on Blu-ray. :P In short, that song was my introduction to the greatest band in recorded musical history, and a critical part of my childhood and my life in general. A small modicum of respect, if you please!
The latest Giles Martin remix did this album so much justice. I’m glad it has an excellent stereo mix now and I’m hopeful they can work backwards and give Rubber Soul the proper stereo mix that it deserves.
Out of all the remixed albums Revolver has got to be the best. It practically sounds like a new album. I love all the remixes (more or less) but Revolver blows me away.
@@ilabelle1 Absolutely! It felt like the biggest shift in sound and thankfully it was for the better! The new technology they've developed works wonders and I can only imagine what they can do now with all of the early albums in their catalogue
@@guilhermearcoverde4776 I love all the remixes. The White Album is my favourite album of all time. When it comes to choosing the remixes it’s kinda like “Would you like the blue or red Lamborghini?” Know what I mean?
I think an important background to Taxman is the fact that The Beatles were fleeced by the music industry before they could even amass anything worth taxing. For a working class kid from Liverpool it must have seemed he couldn’t catch a break, that everyone but the band got rich on their accomplishments. Fun fact: In the second verse John and Paul sing the names of the then current and previous prime minister: ”Taxman, Mr Wilson, Taxman, Mr Heath”, so as to not pin the blame on a single political party.
I absolutely love your presentations. Lovely and loose, fun, cheering up ...or is it upcheering..... anyway I have many to catch up on watching. I'm recommending you to fb buddies - AND, you made me buy an original UK of Forever Changes. I'm going to recommend for you!! ; Satin Whale - 'Desert Places' and ... WEED - 'WEED' Both Krautrock lps with English influences.
Just recently discovered your channel, and I Love it!!! Love your sense of humor and great productions on your videos- along with Matt Willamson's Pop Goes the 60's , Eric Callero's Vinyl Rewind and Elliot Roberts channel you are one of my favorites Abbey 👍👌👍-Great Work!!!! Always looking forward to watching your content.
Revolver became Revolver probably not so much due to stopping touring (that happened after the album was released) but the cancelled Beatles 3rd movie left 3 whole months at the beginning of the year free for indulgence, study and songwriting.
It's very telling that the last words on Revolver are "the end of the beginning." This was the end of the first half of the Beatles' career. The next album that landed on fans' turntables re-invented the band completely.
My sister just did the estate sale for the Donald Leslie family, who developed the Leslie speaker that was used by the Beatles on Tomorrow Never Knows (John's Vocal) and Blue Jay Way (George's vocal) amongst other numerous songs by other groups. Interesting guy.
You're always excellent, especially King Crimson and the Kinks. Amazing knowledge for your age. Very different idea from most dull reaction vids. This could be a podcast or even a 15min tv series on Channel 4. Love the cover artwork section, a big deal in the 60s and 70s. I was there the first time round from late 60s onwards. You got it right, well done.
I think everything on Revolver is pretty great, but I have a hard time finding fault with much that the Beatles did. If I had to choose one tune as my favorite on this album though I have not trouble saying that I'm Only Sleeping is it. It's so dreamy and that backwards guitar solo is fantastic. It reminds me of the feeling of coming on to acid (it's been years since I've done that but the memory is quite vivid).
it’s honestly between this and Rubber Soul that are my favourites. Tomorrow Never Knows is the reason why I became a Beatles fan, it’s probably my fav outro of theirs song along with A Day in the Life from Sgt Pepper and The End from Abbey Road. The new super deluxe version also gave me a newfound appreciation for Yellow Submarine, it’s surprisingly sad, maybe that’s why they felt the need to change it. Favourites are Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing and Tomorrow Never Knows.
Actually, the Beatles quit touring the month and year this album was released. Their last show (before a paying audience, meaning not counting the rooftop performance) was at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29th, 1966. Therefore Sgt. Pepper was the album the Beatles did knowing they wouldn't have to perform live anymore hence the production on THAT album. Ha. I'm glad you did this one. I often cite the White Album is my favorite album by ANYone but I've played Revolver more than any other album, so that could very well change.
Dear (cr)abby. Watch out for body snatchers. Agreed about your Magical Mystery Tour statement. More psych than Pepper. Pepper is acid music hall. Taxman was my first step in realizing that Macca is my favorite bass player. Tomorrow Never Knows. That's where I learned about the drone! And was amused to realize that Ringo invented the break beat and people like The Chemical Brothers built an entire career on covering this track. (Lol). Yep.
"I had a Revolver t-shirt in middle school and it doesn't fit anymore" - that hit really, really close to home for me. George said in Anthology that he felt like Rubber Soul and Revolver were like a double album, so there's a good point to make on that. For me, Revolver is peak Beatles, their best as a band, whereas White Album and Abbey Road feature their best as individuals. Whenever I listen to it, it's so fresh and modern that feels like it was recorded yesterday, even though it's also very much a product of its time.
"Hi, I'm Abbey Road...."😂. Well, someone had to say that. You definitely look the part of a young person in 1966. Good work. This has got to be the first artwork album cover ever made, very influential. Klaus Vorman is a good bass player as well. Hey that passing music was from the Monkees' Circle Sky.
When making cassette copies for my walkman back in the day, I would pair Revolver with Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper with Mystery Tour, and White Album with itself (since it's a double!). I love the whole album but my favorite Revolver tracks are Taxman, She Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows. My dad had a vinyl of the U.S. version. I was stoked to learn years later the album had three additional songs.
Thank you for the great review of Revolver, it was both informative and insightful. This album is so amazing, as Lennon, Harrison and McCartney go from boys to men in their songwriting, they each show a unique but equally brilliant quality in their compositions and lyrics. The musicianship is outstanding throughout. Ringo transitions from a great rock and roll drummer to an amazing psychedelic drummer (especially with Rain, Tomorrow Never Knows and Strawberry Fields Forever).
Hi, again, i ve watched it all. You are super in presentation. The story i know totally. I bought Rev when it was released in1966. The Jesus riot was big then, as they also were harassed in the Philippines. AFTER WHICH TOURING stopped. Great show, you look awesome very 1966ish as i remember from the pop magazines. Ordinary people did it wear those clothes.....here....provinces of Europe. See ya!! Old Timer. De OS i m playing December's Children by the Stones often, a leftover lp from Heads and before. Kind if Beatles VI but the Stones.
Great video on Revolver Abby! Thank you! Funny how a number of song themes from this album seem to get repeated on later records. *Paul repeats Eleanor Rigby's theme on She's Leaving Home and Another Day. *George repeats the theme of Love You To on Within You Without You. *Ringo repeats Yellow Submarine (I know it started as a John song) theme on Octopus's Garden. *John repeats the theme of I'm Only Sleeping on I'm So Tired. *My opinion folks, not written as facts.
8:05 ...and a lot more time to be consuming high volumes of a lot of different, ummm, substances. GREAT vid, as always, Abby! Your work is must-watch material every Monday.
I think the most stunning thing about tomorrow never knows is that having discovered tape loops and effectively inventing the sampler, they don't think, wow, let's make this a thing, they just use it once and move on. That is creativity. Also, not that it excuses the extortionate rates of tax in the UK, but all the expenses of fame such as staff, production, security, transport, housing would be tax deductible. Much of the expense would also be absorbed by EMI. George Martin, for example was not paid by The Beatles, but the record company. As far as I know he got a wage rather than a percentage.
Nice review, and a nice look to go with the art work. I really like album very much. You must remember that when I originally heard this album it was only the U.S. Cap. release. The Brit release is far superior. I like the album for it's eclectic nature, tunes like Tomorrow Never Knows, Here, There and Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine and especially Paul's foray with Motown horns "Got To Get You Into My Life" which I have always felt was sort of a sleeper on this set. Like you I would say that I tolerate Yellow Submarine, but barely. I really get a kick out of your enthusiasm and knowledge of your reviews. I'm 67 and a music nut. I never figured anyone born after 1990 even cared about music anymore. Keep up your good work.
I agree with your pairing of Rubber Soul and Revolver. I see them the same way you do on the Beatles sequence. I also agree that Revolver is a door to the future of music, and not just their music.
Revolver is my favorite Beatles album. I'm a little confused at how someone could not get into "Got to Get You into My Life" but I've rarely met someone who's musical tastes made complete sense. It's all so very personal which is what makes the world go round. I too had a Revolver T-shirt back when I was in high school. In those days (the early 80s) only nerds and geeks wore such things as the Beatles were decidedly not cool to the teenage masses then. I have always thought that Revolver was more of a follow up to Rubber Soul and that Magical Mystery Tour was a follow up to Sgt. Pepper. BTW I must say despite the Patti Boyd inspiration, you're giving off some strong Jane Asher vibes in this video.
I recently acquired the Revolver 5 CD deluxe edition. 3 of the discs are studio works in progress of the tracks on the original 1966 vinyl pressing and for good measure both Rain and Paperback Writer are thrown into the mix. One disc is actually in mono yet it has the magic of the stereo original with its own special set of surprises.
Yes I know this channel is devoted to vinyl records and I would've loved to have purchased the deluxe vinyl edition of Revolver but alas, I haven't a turntable. Peace, out and catch y'all on the flip side.
If you like this album you owe it to yourself to hear it in mono. It’s expensive on vinyl but you can stream it as part of the box set. The new remix is cool too.
That was super cool and enjoyable as always. You really should do “ Disraeli Gears” by Cream. You’d fit perfectly on the album sleeve! Best wishes from England 🏴.
As a long time Beatles fan, to this day its been an ongoing issue for me as to which of theirs is my absolute favorite. And I never knew until today that Brian Jones actually participated in the song “ Yellow Submarine. “ That’s certainly very interesting. But if we’re to choose, I think Revolver would be at the top. I’ve always been a fanatic of psychedelic rock and even though some may differ, I like to believe that Revolver is what really launched that whole scene. Especially because of George Harrison’s abundant use of the sitar. “ Love You To “ is probably my favorite song ever from them. And that cover art is definitely one of their finest. As always Abby, thanks for the review of another great album.
My favourite Beatles album - I’ve always thought of it as a step up/extension of Rubber Soul rather than a prelude to Sgt Pepper. My personal theme song (not just from this album but of all time) is I’m Only Sleeping. It sums me and my entire philosophy. But Got To Get You Into My Life is an absolute banger.
Hi Abby , Great video on " Revolver ". You probably realize that you mis-spoke regarding touring. They stopped at the end of Aug. 66' , not Aug. 65'. No problem. , Cheers. , Dean ( in Syracuse)
Was looking forward to this one and couldn't be happier with the video. Thanks. Revolver is pretty crucial to me. In the '70s until the Beatles revival in '76 you could only find new copies of the albums from Pepper onward. To find out about those absent discs you really had to know someone who had original copies. Luckily my sister's boyfriend lent me Rubber Soul which was a revelation. But it took a long time before I even saw the cover art of Revolver and longer still to see the track listing. The black and white look and the songs I'd never heard of (apart from Eleanor and Yellow Sub) were mysteries as was the sound of it. All I knew was that it came after Rubber Soul and before Pepper. Just as I'd given up on ever getting to hear it that same sister came to my rescue after asking her friend Penny about it. So, that's how, in the Easter weekend of 1977, I got to hear a 1996 copy of the mono Revolver. I listened to every note as though it was a message from the great beyond from the woozy count in of Taxman to the bewildering honky tonk piano in the fade of Tomorrow Never Knows. I made two cassette copies as I knew I'd have to hand it back soon. I was already over familiar with the last string of records but this was almost by another band. The sheer ideas scattered over its grooves, strings, tablas, backwards guitars (I didn't know what tapeloops were until I made my own in music class two years later) and songs about dark subjects with lyrics from other dimensions made me put this one at the top of the heap. In a way that Pepper never did, this not only sounded adventurous, it sounded like a band who were all in on it. I made tapes for everyone who would listen. Later that year, more UK punk records came through the shops but so did the Beatles backlog and I got to hear Revolver in stereo and it sat very happily in the stack of Clash, Pistols and Elvis Costello without having to sound like them, the energy of bands all forging ahead together united them. When I got into my first bands at Uni I passed it around to them as well as it was still an obscurity and found a lot of Beatle deniers at least spend some second thoughts. For me, it's the big shining gem at the centre of their output, regardless of how I value the others, it was the grail I finally got to hold. Thanks again, for a great celebration.
Like Pet Sounds, it's a masterpiece and I love every track now but it took me years to fully appreciate George's, I Want To Tell You. Also it wasn't until I was learning the guitar chords that I realised how good Yellow Submarine is. It's just a shame they didn't include the track, Rain, as it's one of their best songs and would have made a nice compliment to the track Good Day Sunshine. Another great video Abbey!
Revolver isn’t my favorite Beatles album, but with the sheer number of incredible, stand alone songs, I can see how it might be considered their best. Revolver was released just a week after I was born, yes, I’m old, so I’ve always felt a special connection. Oh, and the bigger than Jesus quip had my grandmother thinking they were the antichist, so that’s a bonus. Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening to it for so long, but our favorites off this album are almost exactly opposites. 🤷🏻♂️✌️
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Rubber Soul and Revolver represent the turning point in Beatles history, and they are my two favorite albums by the band, made at/near their peak, IMHO. Of the two, I prefer Revolver.
I love your segment a lot. You explain yourself very well and you have such a terrific personality. My favourite song is ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’. I love it for all the reasons you mentioned.‘She Said She Said’ is a close second. I know you don’t like this song. The lyrics are based on a conversation John was had with Peter Fonda high on acid.
Was always surprised to see Revolver outrank Sgt. Pepper on top 10 lists of Beatles Best and all time greatest LPs by any artist. Was all of 10 years old when it came out and after the first of many listens of the album, dropped all interest in the Monkees and was on the road to more 'underground' music, leaving bubblegum pop behind. Over the past 50 years I've heard critics state that Pepper didn't have too many good songs on it and finally realized yup, guess their right. Most of the Pepper songs all sound alike, a simple catch phrase sung in a stoned out dreamy fashion: Fixing A Hole & Lovely Rita for example. But that album is meant to be played in a continuous style, as one song going in different directions. Revolver to me back then was a step backward with its black and white cover, but over time I found many great songs on it and realized the critics are almost right. You could say one album isn't as good as the sum of its parts and visa versa for the other. And Abigail was spot on comparing Revolver to the White Album.
what’s your favorite tune on revolver? comment below!
Love You To and Doctor Robert 😊
gotta be tomorrow never knows
Here there and everywhere
For No One
i just absolutely LOVE that mini bass-solo in I’m Only Sleeping, but my favorite track is probably doctor robert!
Your incredible charisma could turn a Rolling Stones fan into a Beatles fan.
aw thanks! good thing i’m a fan of both groups!
@@abigaildevoe but, who do you enjoy more?😅
Best choice. Congratulations! 😊👍
I love them both!!!👌🏻😍🎸
But not the other way around..
You nailed the 1966 mod chick look...... good work.
She Said She Said is my favorite on this album.
In my most humble opinion - The Beatles masterpiece and I'll arm wrestle anyone who feels differently.
Got to Get you into my life was a top 10 hit in 1976. As a kid. My family would sing Yellow Submarine on road trip in the late 1960s. The movie yellow Submarine was my first cartoon movie I saw in a theater in the 1960s.
I WANT TO TELL YOU...Seriously grows on you...don't give up on it Abby
She Said She Said, I'm Only Sleeping and Tomorrow Never Knows were always among my all-time favorites. Masterpieces.
Nice looking fisherman's/breton cap. I own three of them myself i usually pair them with a scooter smock, pea coat, parka coat, vintage levi's jacket, tootal mod scarf. As for the album i love it.
I agree with you: Rubber Soul pairs with Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper pairs with Mystery Tour.
3 transition periods overlapping 2 albums at a time. Pop/Folk/Rock Boy Band Maturing into Art and Avant-garde Sonic Explorers into Activist Maestro Earth Roots Rockers exploring the twists and turns of "genre revisionism" via Gospel, Country, Folk and Show tunes pushing boundaries towards their Masterwork Abbey Road.
It’s hard to say which of the Beatles albums is the best but this one absolutely changed the music world as many of their records did.
Perhaps no single question in music (other than who is the best rock guitarist) causes more arguments than what is the best Beatles album.
When I was 15, my best friend bought me the 1987 CD version of Revolver. I wasn't a Beatles fan at that age as I looked at the tracklist, I thought "Great, 'Yellow Submarine' and 13 songs I've never heard".
By the time I gave the album a listen, I was in love with "Eleanor Rigby" and "Tomorrow Never Knows".
By the time I was 18, I owned CDs of every Beatles album.
At 32, he bought me an original UK pressing of Revolver. Such a great friend.
Love Abigails channel. This is my favourite Beatles album and I concur with the musical maturity of McCartney on Revolver. This is a great channel with interesting reviews/outfits.
@4:02 - George doing a fab impersonation of Keith - second from right.
Tomorrow Never Knows is showing the way forward to so many things, krautrock, fusion, noise rock, it’s just astonishing. Another excellent job Abby, with the outfit completing the package.
Throughout my life, Revolver has a long time been my favorite Beatles album
She Said, She Said. What a track. Those guitars *are* my marmalade sky, because when I hear them, I picture the world through orange colored glasses. And yeah, Ringo's on a whole new level with those drums. Sound very much like a sister track to Rain, which also gives a hint of altered reality. John's best songs can shine like sunshine through rain.
i always thought day tripper and paperback writer to be sister tracks, i like she said she said and rain as sister tracks too
@@abigaildevoeJohn called Paperpack Writer son of Day Tripper
“One for you nineteen for me” is actually how much they were taxed!
If "Rubber Soul" was the "bridge" from pop to more serious music for The Lads, "Revolver" was the pavement on the bridge! What a damn fine album it is! I was very young at the time, and initially had a bit of a time digesting this "new direction" music from my favorite band, but it didn't take long to adjust from "Please, Please Me" and "She Loves You" to this brave new world material! I have always considered myself very lucky to have been alive in this period, although quite young. It's still shocking to me to drop the needle on these old albums and think....."this was 1966?!" or whatever year. Unless you lived through it, it's impossible to understand just how different things were then! These guys absolutely changed The World!
Help was a big big change too.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Agree! There is certainly a "maturity" to much of the "Help" album! I've always really thought "Ticket to Ride" was such an advanced song for the time! That droning A chord, Ringo's excellent drumming, almost syncopated, and that vamp coda on the outro is just crazy! I'd never heard anything quite like it at the time!
Tomorrow Never Knows is my favorite song off Revolver and my favorite Beatles song in general. Also, they stopped touring in '66, not '65.
yeah , I was gonna write that..august 29 1966 San Fran candle stick park..last show..I dont like 2 correct cute abby bear🐻🧸
@@gregoryg3256 Too bad the Beatles didn't sing most of their best songs from Rubber Soul and Revolver in their 1966 Concerts: In My Life, Drive my Car, Got to Get you into my life, etc...
@@gregoryg3256 she needs to be, Years from now people are going to use her videos as reference. She seems make one gaffe per video.
Also QUIT TOURING LATE AUGUST 1966. THE MONKEES DROPED ON NBC IN LATE 66. The Yardbirds CONTRIBUTED TO BLOWUP IN 66. The Byrds make/release Fifth Dimension in 66 and MAKE Younger than Yesterday. Dylan makes/releases Blonde on Blonde and Zappa makes FreakOut in 66 plus there’s Pet Sounds.
“Burns my feet as they touch the ground” goes through my mind when I see Paul’s bare feet on the Abbey Road pavement on that hot summer day.
"Hi, I'm Abby. I have a lot of records." I like her already!
The utter beauty of Here There and everywhere is off the scale. The lyrics and sublime melody makes this song one of the greatest songs Paul ever wrote...Yellow Submarine is like someone drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa....
Favorite songs: For No One, I Want to Tell You, and She Said
As a zoomer who only got into the Beatles 2 or so years ago, Revolver was the first of their albums to really click with me. Other albums(though of course I’ve come around to realize all of their own charm and beauty), were all a little bit to ‘old’ for my ears that were used to more contemporary music. But revolver really stood out to me, feeling fresher than anything that came out in the 2000s. And to this day(though I’ll admit, not much time has passed), it’s still my favorite Beatles album.
It's the one that sounds like it might have influenced most of the Britpop and 60s revival of the 90s and on
@@NowhereMan2710 Rick Reuben sez Tomorrow Never Knows changed how popular music is perceived, and compares it to the sampling and scratching of hip hop. Revolver is Chuck D's favorite Beatles album. Even Leonard Bernstein noticed and praised this record after it had come out.
@@mikeevans4585 oh yeah that episode where Bernstein talks about how great tracks like She Said She Said and Good Day Sunshine are is gold
It is very interesting to hear you say this, as a Xennial, I think there is something special about this Band, I cannot help think that as time passes their ranking on Spotify will just creep uo and up, although this might happen quite slowly.. ...The Beatles aren't gonna lose fans, but acquire them..
more contemporary artists who are currently super-hyped and have the fans, can only lose them...
This is an interesting consideration.
As someone born in 1979...I knew instinctively when I was 5 that this Band was timeless.
The beret is JUST the right touch!! Good for you !!!
Revolver is a brilliant album.
Every track a winner.
Verdade
If I must pick one: "Tomorrow Never Knows." Ringo's iconic drum beat makes that song. Without it, it would be a lot of noise... a lot of sounds... but that unique beat just holds it all together. Ringo is their simple savior.
“Aftergeography” loooool
damn, these guys had themselves some sense of humor
Good condensed summary! McCartney really came into his own here, as did George. A few minor points: Patti introduced George to TM not Hari Chrisna (which came later, like late ‘68). Also The Beatles quit touring in Aug ‘66, not ‘65. They were probably ready to quit after ‘65, and bad experiences in the Philippines, Japan & the US in ‘66 confirmed it for everyone. Revolver could be my favorite album of all time- favorite tracks: She Said She Said (absolutely love the biting sound of these guitars), Here There Everywhere, For No One, I Want to Tell You (I absolutely love this tune- great riff, love the lyrics and atonal aspects), Tomorrow Never Knows, Got to Get You Into My Life. I always associate Revolver with Rubber Soul, though replace pot with acid. In the ‘60s, Britain was probably still paying off debts from WWII plus was a socialized economy. Hence really high tax rates, and these were marginal tax rates, so they likely applied to income above a certain level (like a million pounds or so).
I see Rubber Soul and Revolver as a double LP.
As did John.
“Burns my feet as they touch the ground” sounds like a precursor to “Abbey Road” album cover..😄 (BTW, Beatles stopped touring in 1966, “Revolver” was released about a month after thier last concert at Candlestick Park.)
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Wonderfully and endearingly idiosyncratic in your own particular .........idiom! 🦜 When I visited Liverpool in 1994, all the locals were comedians. Something in the water in the UK. British comedy rules . 👍👍🤣🤣
The first famous photos of "The Beatles" were by Astrid Kircher in Hamburg. They were black-and-white, and John said they captured the spirit of "The Beatles" (see "With The Beatles" LP cover).
It is still a top of the heap LP cover.
*OY!*
Don't you be dissin' my Yellow Submarine!
It's the first-ever Beatles song I can remember hearing on the radio, when I was three years old (the year it came out).
When I was eight or nine years old, I had the great good fortune of seeing the movie on television. This was way before VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming. Back then, if you didn't catch it, you didn't see it; and you might never see it again.
Much later, in my thirties, I spotted a ripped version of the movie on DVD-R at a convention for twelve bucks!!! 😮
I immediately bent over it, glancing from side to side under my wide-brimmed hat and behind my black sunglasses as it quickly vanished under my trench coat, until I got to the man at the register.
One year later, it was officially released on Blu-ray. :P
In short, that song was my introduction to the greatest band in recorded musical history, and a critical part of my childhood and my life in general.
A small modicum of respect, if you please!
oh i love yellow submarine the movie! i just...tolerate...the song
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Lol!
Fair enough, I guess...
The latest Giles Martin remix did this album so much justice. I’m glad it has an excellent stereo mix now and I’m hopeful they can work backwards and give Rubber Soul the proper stereo mix that it deserves.
Out of all the remixed albums Revolver has got to be the best. It practically sounds like a new album. I love all the remixes (more or less) but Revolver blows me away.
@@ilabelle1 Absolutely! It felt like the biggest shift in sound and thankfully it was for the better! The new technology they've developed works wonders and I can only imagine what they can do now with all of the early albums in their catalogue
@@martian_chan I really hope that they do remix those early albums. That would be amazing.
@@ilabelle1White Album was better mix
@@guilhermearcoverde4776 I love all the remixes. The White Album is my favourite album of all time. When it comes to choosing the remixes it’s kinda like “Would you like the blue or red Lamborghini?” Know what I mean?
A seismic shift in terms of songwriting and performance, you’ve done this album justice with a wonderfully clear overview.
I think an important background to Taxman is the fact that The Beatles were fleeced by the music industry before they could even amass anything worth taxing. For a working class kid from Liverpool it must have seemed he couldn’t catch a break, that everyone but the band got rich on their accomplishments. Fun fact: In the second verse John and Paul sing the names of the then current and previous prime minister: ”Taxman, Mr Wilson, Taxman, Mr Heath”, so as to not pin the blame on a single political party.
yes this! this is such an important point to consider
Love seeing these creative, informed, witty reviews every Monday
I ❤the artwork on the cover of Revolver.
You did a great job on the black and white fashion.
Love your videos. Your charm, humor, and wit are enjoyable to watch. Not to mention you’re super cute. 😊❤
Thanks for another informative and entertaining episode. "Magical magician" 💯 was the highlight.
I absolutely love your presentations.
Lovely and loose, fun, cheering up ...or is it upcheering..... anyway I have many to catch up on watching. I'm recommending you to fb buddies - AND, you made me buy an original UK of Forever Changes.
I'm going to recommend for you!! ;
Satin Whale - 'Desert Places' and ...
WEED - 'WEED'
Both Krautrock lps with English influences.
Just recently discovered your channel, and I Love it!!! Love your sense of humor and great productions on your videos- along with Matt Willamson's Pop Goes the 60's , Eric Callero's Vinyl Rewind and Elliot Roberts channel you are one of my favorites Abbey 👍👌👍-Great Work!!!! Always looking forward to watching your content.
Turn off your mind, relax...and revolve with Abby - Best roll of the week, man 🎸
Revolver became Revolver probably not so much due to stopping touring (that happened after the album was released) but the cancelled Beatles 3rd movie left 3 whole months at the beginning of the year free for indulgence, study and songwriting.
It's very telling that the last words on Revolver are "the end of the beginning." This was the end of the first half of the Beatles' career. The next album that landed on fans' turntables re-invented the band completely.
My sister just did the estate sale for the Donald Leslie family, who developed the Leslie speaker that was used by the Beatles on Tomorrow Never Knows (John's Vocal) and Blue Jay Way (George's vocal) amongst other numerous songs by other groups. Interesting guy.
You're always excellent, especially King Crimson and the Kinks. Amazing knowledge for your age. Very different idea from most dull reaction vids. This could be a podcast or even a 15min tv series on Channel 4. Love the cover artwork section, a big deal in the 60s and 70s. I was there the first time round from late 60s onwards. You got it right, well done.
I think everything on Revolver is pretty great, but I have a hard time finding fault with much that the Beatles did. If I had to choose one tune as my favorite on this album though I have not trouble saying that I'm Only Sleeping is it. It's so dreamy and that backwards guitar solo is fantastic. It reminds me of the feeling of coming on to acid (it's been years since I've done that but the memory is quite vivid).
"Album sales skyrocketed. People were buying them just to burn them" - The Rutles
Rain I remember as the most Beatles of Beatles songs even as it was not on the album.
Are those the Cobain glasses but yellow!
Classic….No doubt. What a time.
haha they’re white, i wear them a lot
it’s honestly between this and Rubber Soul that are my favourites. Tomorrow Never Knows is the reason why I became a Beatles fan, it’s probably my fav outro of theirs song along with A Day in the Life from Sgt Pepper and The End from Abbey Road.
The new super deluxe version also gave me a newfound appreciation for Yellow Submarine, it’s surprisingly sad, maybe that’s why they felt the need to change it. Favourites are Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing and Tomorrow Never Knows.
Actually, the Beatles quit touring the month and year this album was released. Their last show (before a paying audience, meaning not counting the rooftop performance) was at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29th, 1966. Therefore Sgt. Pepper was the album the Beatles did knowing they wouldn't have to perform live anymore hence the production on THAT album. Ha. I'm glad you did this one. I often cite the White Album is my favorite album by ANYone but I've played Revolver more than any other album, so that could very well change.
Revolver is macca coming out party as a great songwriter. Eleanor rigby, here there and everywhere, and for no one are stunning achievements.
Dear (cr)abby. Watch out for body snatchers.
Agreed about your Magical Mystery Tour statement. More psych than Pepper. Pepper is acid music hall.
Taxman was my first step in realizing that Macca is my favorite bass player.
Tomorrow Never Knows. That's where I learned about the drone!
And was amused to realize that Ringo invented the break beat and people like The Chemical Brothers built an entire career on covering this track. (Lol).
Yep.
"I had a Revolver t-shirt in middle school and it doesn't fit anymore" - that hit really, really close to home for me.
George said in Anthology that he felt like Rubber Soul and Revolver were like a double album, so there's a good point to make on that. For me, Revolver is peak Beatles, their best as a band, whereas White Album and Abbey Road feature their best as individuals. Whenever I listen to it, it's so fresh and modern that feels like it was recorded yesterday, even though it's also very much a product of its time.
"Hi, I'm Abbey Road...."😂. Well, someone had to say that. You definitely look the part of a young person in 1966. Good work. This has got to be the first artwork album cover ever made, very influential. Klaus Vorman is a good bass player as well. Hey that passing music was from the Monkees' Circle Sky.
oooohhh I dig the hat.
You've got to get Got To Get You Into My Life into your life! It's a brilliant take of Motown sounds by Paul.
Earth Wind & Fire topped the Billboard Soul chart for a week with their cover of it back in 1978.
I just bought a Revolver CD on Saturday!
When making cassette copies for my walkman back in the day, I would pair Revolver with Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper with Mystery Tour, and White Album with itself (since it's a double!).
I love the whole album but my favorite Revolver tracks are Taxman, She Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows. My dad had a vinyl of the U.S. version. I was stoked to learn years later the album had three additional songs.
Thank you for the great review of Revolver, it was both informative and insightful. This album is so amazing, as Lennon, Harrison and McCartney go from boys to men in their songwriting, they each show a unique but equally brilliant quality in their compositions and lyrics. The musicianship is outstanding throughout. Ringo transitions from a great rock and roll drummer to an amazing psychedelic drummer (especially with Rain, Tomorrow Never Knows and Strawberry Fields Forever).
Hi, again, i ve watched it all. You are super in presentation. The story i know totally. I bought Rev when it was released in1966. The Jesus riot was big then, as they also were harassed in the Philippines. AFTER WHICH TOURING stopped. Great show, you look awesome very 1966ish as i remember from the pop magazines. Ordinary people did it wear those clothes.....here....provinces of Europe. See ya!!
Old Timer. De
OS i m playing December's Children by the Stones often, a leftover lp from Heads and before. Kind if Beatles VI but the Stones.
Great video on Revolver Abby! Thank you! Funny how a number of song themes from this album seem to get repeated on later records. *Paul repeats Eleanor Rigby's theme on She's Leaving Home and Another Day. *George repeats the theme of Love You To on Within You Without You. *Ringo repeats Yellow Submarine (I know it started as a John song) theme on Octopus's Garden. *John repeats the theme of I'm Only Sleeping on I'm So Tired. *My opinion folks, not written as facts.
I think you rightly point out that this is a maturing of common ideas which will define indiviually Beatle writing efforts going forward
28:20 she's so real for this.
i love when people comment timestamps because i literally never know what they’re going to be. it’s a fun surprise for everyone
@@abigaildevoe it's like the food in a Chinese restaurant
Oh my fave album cover. The 'boys' do have a leaving soon never to retu
8:05 ...and a lot more time to be consuming high volumes of a lot of different, ummm, substances.
GREAT vid, as always, Abby! Your work is must-watch material every Monday.
Yessssssss love it!!
Probably their best work, and my go-to album whenever I'm stoned or tripping and running out of ideas. Not a single boring moment on this project!
I think the most stunning thing about tomorrow never knows is that having discovered tape loops and effectively inventing the sampler, they don't think, wow, let's make this a thing, they just use it once and move on. That is creativity.
Also, not that it excuses the extortionate rates of tax in the UK, but all the expenses of fame such as staff, production, security, transport, housing would be tax deductible. Much of the expense would also be absorbed by EMI. George Martin, for example was not paid by The Beatles, but the record company. As far as I know he got a wage rather than a percentage.
Nice review, and a nice look to go with the art work. I really like album very much. You must remember that when I originally heard this album it was only the U.S. Cap. release. The Brit release is far superior. I like the album for it's eclectic nature, tunes like Tomorrow Never Knows, Here, There and Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine and especially Paul's foray with Motown horns "Got To Get You Into My Life" which I have always felt was sort of a sleeper on this set. Like you I would say that I tolerate Yellow Submarine, but barely. I really get a kick out of your enthusiasm and knowledge of your reviews. I'm 67 and a music nut. I never figured anyone born after 1990 even cared about music anymore. Keep up your good work.
I agree with your pairing of Rubber Soul and Revolver. I see them the same way you do on the Beatles sequence. I also agree that Revolver is a door to the future of music, and not just their music.
first time here actually thank you for the welcome
Revolver is my favorite Beatles album. I'm a little confused at how someone could not get into "Got to Get You into My Life" but I've rarely met someone who's musical tastes made complete sense. It's all so very personal which is what makes the world go round. I too had a Revolver T-shirt back when I was in high school. In those days (the early 80s) only nerds and geeks wore such things as the Beatles were decidedly not cool to the teenage masses then. I have always thought that Revolver was more of a follow up to Rubber Soul and that Magical Mystery Tour was a follow up to Sgt. Pepper. BTW I must say despite the Patti Boyd inspiration, you're giving off some strong Jane Asher vibes in this video.
I love that you link Rubber Soul with Revolver and Pepper with MMT. I’ve always thought that too.
This is one of my favourite vinyl Mondays already
I recently acquired the Revolver 5 CD deluxe edition. 3 of the discs are studio works in progress of the tracks on the original 1966 vinyl pressing and for good measure both Rain and Paperback Writer are thrown into the mix. One disc is actually in mono yet it has the magic of the stereo original with its own special set of surprises.
Yes I know this channel is devoted to vinyl records and I would've loved to have purchased the deluxe vinyl edition of Revolver but alas, I haven't a turntable. Peace, out and catch y'all on the flip side.
If you like this album you owe it to yourself to hear it in mono. It’s expensive on vinyl but you can stream it as part of the box set. The new remix is cool too.
said in a brief note later in the vid - i vastly prefer revolver in mono
@@abigaildevoe Pepper, too!
That was super cool and enjoyable as always. You really should do “ Disraeli Gears” by Cream. You’d fit perfectly on the album sleeve! Best wishes from England 🏴.
As a long time Beatles fan, to this day its been an ongoing issue for me as to which of theirs is my absolute favorite. And I never knew until today that Brian Jones actually participated in the song
“ Yellow Submarine. “ That’s certainly very interesting. But if we’re to choose, I think Revolver would be at the top. I’ve always been a fanatic of psychedelic rock and even though some may differ, I like to believe that Revolver is what really launched that whole scene. Especially because of George Harrison’s abundant use of the sitar. “ Love You To “ is probably my favorite song ever from them. And that cover art is definitely one of their finest. As always Abby, thanks for the review of another great album.
My favorite album of all time. Great review.
I prefer the white album
i see black midi hellfire and cavalcade on your left shelf !!!!! ahhh
soon
(very recognizable spines yes)
Great video. George Harrison said he regarded Rubber Soul and Revolver as linked together like volume 1 and volume 2.
Rubber Soul, Revolver, back to back Awesome!!!
Your outfit is fitting. Your cuteness and personality draws me to watch your videos. Well done.
My favourite Beatles album - I’ve always thought of it as a step up/extension of Rubber Soul rather than a prelude to Sgt Pepper. My personal theme song (not just from this album but of all time) is I’m Only Sleeping. It sums me and my entire philosophy. But Got To Get You Into My Life is an absolute banger.
"John's our official religious spokesman."
George - in 1965
B roll Aby is great!
Hi Abby , Great video on " Revolver ". You probably realize that you mis-spoke regarding touring. They stopped at the end of Aug. 66' , not Aug. 65'.
No problem. , Cheers.
, Dean ( in Syracuse)
Was looking forward to this one and couldn't be happier with the video. Thanks. Revolver is pretty crucial to me. In the '70s until the Beatles revival in '76 you could only find new copies of the albums from Pepper onward. To find out about those absent discs you really had to know someone who had original copies. Luckily my sister's boyfriend lent me Rubber Soul which was a revelation. But it took a long time before I even saw the cover art of Revolver and longer still to see the track listing. The black and white look and the songs I'd never heard of (apart from Eleanor and Yellow Sub) were mysteries as was the sound of it. All I knew was that it came after Rubber Soul and before Pepper. Just as I'd given up on ever getting to hear it that same sister came to my rescue after asking her friend Penny about it. So, that's how, in the Easter weekend of 1977, I got to hear a 1996 copy of the mono Revolver. I listened to every note as though it was a message from the great beyond from the woozy count in of Taxman to the bewildering honky tonk piano in the fade of Tomorrow Never Knows. I made two cassette copies as I knew I'd have to hand it back soon. I was already over familiar with the last string of records but this was almost by another band. The sheer ideas scattered over its grooves, strings, tablas, backwards guitars (I didn't know what tapeloops were until I made my own in music class two years later) and songs about dark subjects with lyrics from other dimensions made me put this one at the top of the heap. In a way that Pepper never did, this not only sounded adventurous, it sounded like a band who were all in on it. I made tapes for everyone who would listen. Later that year, more UK punk records came through the shops but so did the Beatles backlog and I got to hear Revolver in stereo and it sat very happily in the stack of Clash, Pistols and Elvis Costello without having to sound like them, the energy of bands all forging ahead together united them. When I got into my first bands at Uni I passed it around to them as well as it was still an obscurity and found a lot of Beatle deniers at least spend some second thoughts. For me, it's the big shining gem at the centre of their output, regardless of how I value the others, it was the grail I finally got to hold. Thanks again, for a great celebration.
Hi. I watched the whole thing. It was good. Thank you. It reminded me of Danielle Dax.
My favorite is probably And Your Bird Can Sing
It was my ringtone for the longest time 🙂
Like Pet Sounds, it's a masterpiece and I love every track now but it took me years to fully appreciate George's, I Want To Tell You. Also it wasn't until I was learning the guitar chords that I realised how good Yellow Submarine is. It's just a shame they didn't include the track, Rain, as it's one of their best songs and would have made a nice compliment to the track Good Day Sunshine. Another great video Abbey!
Yellow Submarine doesn't sound like a Beatles Song.
Revolver isn’t my favorite Beatles album, but with the sheer number of incredible, stand alone songs, I can see how it might be considered their best. Revolver was released just a week after I was born, yes, I’m old, so I’ve always felt a special connection. Oh, and the bigger than Jesus quip had my grandmother thinking they were the antichist, so that’s a bonus.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening to it for so long, but our favorites off this album are almost exactly opposites. 🤷🏻♂️✌️
The alternative mix of "Taxman" circulating is absolutely insane.
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Rubber Soul and Revolver represent the turning point in Beatles history, and they are my two favorite albums by the band, made at/near their peak, IMHO. Of the two, I prefer Revolver.
I love your segment a lot. You explain yourself very well and you have such a terrific personality.
My favourite song is ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’. I love it for all the reasons you mentioned.‘She Said She Said’ is a close second. I know you don’t like this song. The lyrics are based on a conversation John was had with Peter Fonda high on acid.
Was always surprised to see Revolver outrank Sgt. Pepper on top 10 lists of Beatles Best and all time greatest LPs by any artist. Was all of 10 years old when it came out and after the first of many listens of the album, dropped all interest in the Monkees and was on the road to more 'underground' music, leaving bubblegum pop behind.
Over the past 50 years I've heard critics state that Pepper didn't have too many good songs on it and finally realized yup, guess their right. Most of the Pepper songs all sound alike, a simple catch phrase sung in a stoned out dreamy fashion: Fixing A Hole & Lovely Rita for example.
But that album is meant to be played in a continuous style, as one song going in different directions.
Revolver to me back then was a step backward with its black and white cover, but over time I found many great songs on it and realized the critics are almost right. You could say one album isn't as good as the sum of its parts and visa versa for the other. And Abigail was spot on comparing Revolver to the White Album.