THE GREY ALBUM REACTION to Paul McCartney/ John Lennon/ Ringo Starr/ George Harrison/ The Rutles
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2023
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1. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney
2. How Do You Sleep by John Lennon
3. It Don't Come Easy by Ringo Starr
4. Beware of Darkness by George Harrison
5. Let's Be Natural by The Rutles
6. Nothing from Nothing by Billy Preston
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Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is probably my favorite Paul McCartney song. it's the best example of how he was able to take different song fragments and stitch them together to make something greater than the sum of the parts.
Oh my goodness I hope this marathon stays up!! I LOVE each of the Beatles and these are great selections. I remember the haunting "Beware of Darkness" being played at the Concert for Bangladesh that George put together for that struggling region (Ringo among other greats were there too). It is heartbreaking to think that George and John are no longer with us 💔but thank goodness we still have all of this great music. Thank you so much Sidecar and Nick for putting this all together. I really enjoyed it!🎶Agree, my fav Beatle is George for his sweet soul.🍃🍂
Harrisson's song is a masterpiece
Was my favorite of this marathon
@@NicknLex Could you pls do Living in Material World his most unusual album
@@NicknLex the whole album All Things Must Pass is like that, classic after classic..and it is a double album
@@thoru4367I really like the songs on LIAMW but unfortunately George’s voice was completely shot. He rushed the album out due to label pressure, but he really should have gone back and rerecorded most of his vocals.
Beautiful marathon! I love your fresh takes on this music that I’ve known for years. Your mention of John Lennon’s tragic death struck such a chord. The night of his murder I was at a very dear friends house jamming away on acoustic guitars, doing our poor imitations of beloved Beatles tunes, and just living for the moment and making fond memories. On my way home I heard the news on my car radio, and my world skipped a beat. It took a moment to process this and as tears filled my eyes I managed to get my car to the side of the road, and shifted into Park. I wept shamelessly for minutes that seemed like hours. John was a dear friend to all of us, a big brother who taught us life lessons, who told us how important is was to be kind to one another, who loved his fans deeply. I did not understand Don McLean’s song American Pie until this moment. Someone who was like a favorite big brother was taken away, the music for me had indeed died, and I have never been able to make emotional sense of this. Thank you for helping me to remember how important this man was to me and so many others, and to help continue his story by influencing new generations.
I was in Greenwich Village when a car drove by and they told us the news. My friend and I walked from the Village up to Central Park, where a crowd had gathered in front of the Dakota. We stayed on vigil there most of the night. That area is now called Strawberry Fields.
Yeah that was one of my first thoughts. No more music from him. So sad
George Harrison co-wrote and produced It Don't Come Easy. He was on a roll!
Firstly, Congratulations Sidecar for having the courage to request this wonderful marathon. Like other members of the community I suspect, I have shied away from Beatles requests for fear of the dreaded 'block'! Imagine my delight when I woke up this morning to The Grey Album! I have so many words and thoughts crashing around in my head, but I want to just make a couple of points.
It was an absolute pleasure to listen to all these songs again (and the Rutles) as it's been quite a long time.
I was 9 years old when 'Love Me Do' was released, and 17 when the band split. Those were my formative, music listening years and The Beatles meant everything to me. Lots of great music was released during those eight years and I loved lots of it, but The Beatles stood head and shoulders above all others. The thrill of living in tandem with each consecutive release of single or album cannot easily be articulated. I simply grew up with them and their music. Imagine then the impact on me of their break-up. I could not believe it nor comprehend it. I was just seventeen (you know what I mean) and I didn't understand about 'personal tensions' or 'internal conflict'. I just wanted them to continue to record together, especially as Abbey Road had contained so much beautiful music and pointed to them moving in many excitingly different directions. I realised that they had recorded a lot of the album individually, but there were still many instances of ensemble playing that was majestic! Suddenly it was over. No-one was ready for it, and that included me. It felt like a personal loss, and I was not ready to hear them as solo artists. This lasted quite a long time for me. Obviously I heard lots of their music, it was all around me, but I couldn't bring myself to dive into the albums and buy them. To this day, the only ex-Beatle solo album I owned was 'Band On The Run' (Wings I know, but really Paul's solo album). Much of their solo work I liked, and always will, but together they were unstoppable. In my life, I loved them (together) more.
One final piece of trivia. Those of you who follow the channel closely will know of my love for the British band Elbow. On their 2014 album 'The Take Off and Landing of Everything', singer/lyricist Guy Garvey wrote a beautiful song called 'New York Morning'. No prizes for guessing the subject of the song! He loves New York and the song contains the line 'It's the modern Rome where folk are nice to Yoko'. A few months after its release Guy received a letter, postmarked New York. It was from Yoko Ono, expressing her gratitude for the sentiments in the song, and how much she enjoyed the album!
Thanks Sidecar for a lovely marathon, and Nick, it must be so difficult reacting to music from a different age, with so many of us 'oldies' hanging onto your every word. You are so brave and very much appreciated.
@@kbrewski1 No Kev I didn't. I must have been 13 when they stopped playing live and my parents wouldn't let me go to any of their shows as they were hectic to say the least. So it was TV, Radio, their movies and the music press for as much information as I could gather, plus the records of course!
Wow, Richard, beautiful comments! I was only 7 in late '63/early '64 when the Beatles hit in America, but, fortunately, I had 2 sisters who were 5 1/2 and 9 years older than me, so I was "tuned in", so to speak. I feel so lucky to have grown up with them too. You may have just articulated the reason why I never bought any solo Beatles albums until at least college or much later, and even then, not many. I never really questioned why not. Thank you! Come to think of it, it could have also been because they had opened the doors so wide for other wonderful artists that I started to get into- CSN, Chicago, BS&T, Yes, as well as the many singer-songwriters like Joni, James Taylor, Carole King, etc.
Also, thanks for the Elbow/Yoko story- I had never heard about it!
@@debrabrabenec3731 You are absolutely right Debra. They were the pathfinders and did indeed blaze the trail for all those great artists to follow.
What great selection of songs. Amazing stuff Sidecar Dog.
He really knocked it out of the park!!!
Thanks, Nick, for all the hard work bringing a diverse selection of related musicians. As always, I enjoy your commentary and views about the music.
Great choices, Sidecar! And it was a master stroke including a Rutles song that clearly shows the similarity! I love the Rutles (I have all of their albums too) and it’s always fun to listen and see if you can pick out the song/songs that they are imitating. It would be an incredible watch for Nick and Lex to watch, it was incredibly well done!
When Lennon was assassinated, the world changed. His death was nearly as traumatic to the world as JFK, MLK and RFK's assassinations were. In fact, John Hinkley, who shot Pres. Reagan, said that he didn't know how the world could go on living, after John Lennon's death. It was what pushed him over the edge into bizarre obsession and mental instability. His death affected millions around the world. I know that I cried my eyes out upon hearing the news. I literally sobbed with grief, for what felt like hours. The outpouring of grief from around the world was astonishing. It was an event that still resonates to this very day. ❤✌
George has ALWAYS been my favorite as well. He was HORRIFICALLY UNDERAPPRECIATED in the Beatles, so it was no wonder he wanted out!
Once he escaped, he had TONS of incredible music ready to put out because he had to fight to get a song or 2 on an album.
SOOO...once he got out he later handpicked friends to become the Traveling Wilburys, & they also put out great music. Unfortunately Roy, Tom & George are all gone, so it's just Bob & Jeff .
Oh, doing Billy Preston's classic was PERFECT here, because he worked with & was friends with the Beatles!!
I'm with you on the issue of insomnia. I'm quite sick...my immune system doesn't work. I had to retire far too soon, and am lucky that I'm at home because I can take a nap if I'm able! Thanks for your comments on this...I love it when people come to a true appreciation of classic rock from the 60's - 70's!!!
Great marathon Sidecar. Ram is my absolute favorite Paul solo stuff. Great from start to finish. Same for the George Harrison and All Things Must Pass. Nice concept and brilliant songs. A1👍👍👍👍. Great reaction and nice authenticity. I have a puff and listen to a couple of hours of tunes before bed. Your channel is part of that routine so thanks. Avoid news as much as you can. I don't sleep great either so that helps. Spinal Tap is a timeless classic.
Great stuff Sidecar! Interesting fact - the talking part in "Uncle Albert/..." was meant to sound like making a phone call in Britain in those days (and much of the world). The "krrrk krrrk" sound was the ring sound you'd hear waiting for people to pick up on their end (the "kachink" sound). It was tinny because they only allowed calls to use 5khz bandwidth in those days. (It was years later when they boosted all calls to use 15khz bandwidth instead, making them all sound clearer, as it was closer to the 20hz to 20khz range most humans can hear.) You can mimic the sound by talking thru a bandpass filter.
I prefer Pink Floyd's ringtone. Much proggier.
Hi again ...I'm still listening ... So Yea, John Lennon wrote this song for Paul. He refers to 2 of Pauls songs "Yesterday" ... "The only thing you done was ' Yesterday' " & "Another Day" by Wings .. "and since you're gone your just 'Another Day' " which was nowhere near as big a hit at the time. John was angry when he wrote this. Paul and John made up in time before he died. It wasn't Yoko who split The Beatles ...The media pushed that narrative till so many hated her. It was actually Allen Klein who controlled their business affairs and ripped them off. Paul suspected but the others didn't believe him. Jim X
Allen Klein wrote that specific line in the song. Also Another Day was a big hit. It went to number 1 in several countries, number 2 in the UK, and top 5 in the US
@@ewest14 John Lennon was comparing "Another Day" to "Yesterday" as far as sales and the fact "Yesterday" has been covered more than any other song in history.
But they soon realized that Paul was RIGHT about Allen Klein all along. In Fact MICK JAGGER was going to come and warn the Beatles about Allen Klein when he heard they were thinking of taking him on, but I forgot what Mick said about why he never managed to do it.
You might recognize Eric Clapton on "Beware of Darkness" playing the rhythm and lead parts that use a flanger. He also does a great job covering the song on The Concert For George, which he organized, and which has many guests and highlights, such as he and McCartney harmonizing on "Something", and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
I also believe Alan White pre- Yes on drums.
I believe Alan White was John’s drummer on Imagine and this song too!! Paul and John were the best of friends and money is what caused a rift in their relationship, as well as Ringo and George who were in it with John….Alan Klein took over the money but Paul didn’t like him so he went with Linda’s dad…. Years later Paul would say how they had found each other again and they wanted to play with each other again….. that is the devastation…. Yes Yoko wasn’t liked much but they all were tired and wanted to do their own thing anyway…. John always sang about his pain….. they were friends since they were teens and those kind of friendships unduly last their whole lives!! Man I miss John!!!!!!!❤❤. George also played on this song as well!!❤
They were friends!
Until the end.
Love, love, LOVE this idea! There can be so many "shades" of the Gray Album! We boomers' favorite boys all have many different kind of songs, so I look forward to other marathons like this! I say it all the time, but one of my favorite things about the channel is listening to these songs on headphones, when I never have before! Thanks, Sidecar, for this concept and your great song choices, and thanks, Nick, for all your insights and stories!
🎵❤️🎵 Debbie
John's solo career, though short, was amazing. Check out Lp Walls and Bridges and others.
Speaking of the Rutles, Todd Rundgren and Utopia did an entire album that was is the style of the Beatles, called Deface the Music. Great songs on that! Yes, this was Sidecar’s marathon, though we do have similar tastes!
I HAVE that UTOPIA album and love how the album cover is done similar to the "WITH the BEATLES"/ "MEET THE BEATLES" covers, only using busts of the members heads placed like the Beatles heads were placed. EXCELLENT album!
I'm a huge....huge... Beatles fan but it's really amazing how they were just GOOD as solo artists......but GREAT. as a band. As a band......NO ONE could touch them and their masterpieces. No knock on their solo careers ......but not the same tome
Your alright Nick. Thank you for the heartfelt talk after George Harrison's song. Don't worry...your OK ...Lets be Natural🙂
I know Yoko has become a convenient scapegoat over the years for the band's breakup, but there were many other aspects that also contributed to it. Ultimately, I feel that by 1969 the group had just become too small and restrictive of an outlet for 3 outsized talents. By that point, they were all prolific enough songwriters to put out complete albums on their own, and egos got in the way as a result. I only wish they'd stuck it out for one more album that would've been released at the end of 1970, with John, Paul, and George all contributing an equal number of songs... and "It Don't Come Easy" being Ringo's token song.
I have had a hard time going to sleep all my life. My brother was the opposite. He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. It's just we are all different. I still function today on just 5 to 6 hours a night with an occasional nap.
Nick, I too have trouble sleeping. I’m retiring from my job in 3 months and I have a number of health problems (bad back, diabetes, prostate problems, etc, etc). I just wanted to thank you again for the great job you are doing with these marathons. I know it is very hard work both physically and mentally. Just know that you are appreciated by a lot of people.
Ps, You deserve a break, take some time off, maybe scale back a little. I’ll shut up now.
Pps, one more thing….Listen to I’m So Tired from The White Album…best song about insomnia ever written.
The main cause of insomnia is stress. It’s important to turn off your brain before you sleep, and the first solution is to turn off all devices an hour before. Hope you and Nick feel better soon!
George on slide .....three songs in a row........And he "wrote" It Don't Come Easy and gave it to Ringo.
The 2 Rutles (Pron. Ruttels [like Beatles] ) movies are great parodies of the Beatles story, which are great if you know a lot about the history of the Beatles that they were making fun of. Written by Eric Idle of the Pythons, and produced by Lorne Michaels of SNL they made fun of the Beatles, and had SNL members in the cast, and George Harrison made a cameo. They also wrote music that sounded like Beatles hits from different periods of their career. The song "Cheese And Onions" sounds like a Lennon outtake. They have many comedians and musicians such as Jagger and Bowie giving fake interviews about how the Rutles influenced them. The movies are All You Need Is Cash, and the later Can't Buy Me Lunch.
@@kbrewski1 Watching it again, I noticed that the actress playing Queen Elizabeth is the same as in The Naked Gun movie.
The prolonged (NOT) piano cord at the end of Cheese and Onions always makes me laugh!
@@sidecardog5244 Great Marathon! There was another old Lennon impersonation on a National Lampoon album (on Y.Tube) called "Magical Misery Tour", which was about a vindictive Lennon during his primal screaming period.
@@kbrewski1 OH YES, "OUCH!" is so obviously "HELP!" and "GET UP AND GO" is "GET BACK" (don't you love when "Ron Nasty" (the Lennon character played by Neil Innes) kicks off the rooftop, the red haired man holding the lyrics for him (like in the rooftop concert of the Beatles, but of course John didn't kick him at all)
@@sidecardog5244 ME TOO!!!
Nick great reaction to some of The Beatles popular solo songs. I just wanted to add something to your observation about Paul's music as a solo artist and Johns. There is no question that Paul and John had very different outlooks. Paul's music tended to be more positive and reflective whereas John's music was less so and even dark, but the opposing outlooks worked for them, and the Beatles' songs would not be the same without contributions from each other. I'll finish this with something Paul said I believe shortly after John's death that has always stuck with me and best explains how they lifted each other's songs. In the song "It's Getting Better" Paul remembers playing it for John and then with him. As Paul was singing the chorus to John, which goes "It's getting better all the time", John looked up at Paul over his round glasses and said, "it can't get no worse". That line is in the song and is a critical piece of the song, especially with John singing that part as a counter to Paul. That tiny addition made that song that much better and Paul knew it. That kind of juxtaposition in their songs is what made the songs a step above the rest, perhaps several steps. It's never left me and just that little story helped me understand how it is that they were so good together. I hope this story from Paul will give you insight as it did me and made me appreciate them even more. As always be well and keep up the great work.
That makes perfectly good sense!
Paul’s music tended to be more positive but he arguably wrote the 2 darkest and saddest songs in their catalogue with Eleanor Rigby and For No One
@@ewest14 I would also include the song he wrote for John after his death "HERE TODAY" and "SOMEDAYS" from Paul's "FLAMING PIE" album, which is about his wife Linda as this was the time she was dying of breast cancer. It broke my heart, and always brings me to tears when I play it. It's a GREAT album. "LITTLE WILLOW" is a great song from that album too, written for Ringo and Maureen's children when she died.
Thanks so much Nick! I know this is a little overwhelming for a youngster like yourself that has not lived the "Beatlemania" that so many of us...of a certain age.. have experienced. As an eleven year old Beatle freak, I was devastated at their breakup. But like everyone else, I eagerly waited for the individual Beatles to show their stuff. All these songs were originally released in 1971 (the Ringo song was released as a single). My sister bought Harrison's 3 record masterpiece All Things Must Pass and i fell in love with it immediately. IMHO, George's post breakup album was the best ,but Mccartney's subsequent albums are still my favorites. Lennon's albums were hit and miss but his last album (minus Yoko) contains my favorite Lennon songs. And poor Ringo never bettered his two early and suprising hits. But of course none of these post Beatle albums could surpass Spinal Tap's Smell the Glove.
Ps, I stold this idea from the wonderful movie High Fidelity (a young John Cusak). He called it "The Black Album" as a collection of post Beatle songs.
They have enough good songs from their collective careers to make a box set, but I wanted to concentrate on that period just following the breakup (1971).
And while i love the Rutles I chose them for their Warner Brothers connection. Let's Be Natural, while not as funny as almost all of the Rutles other tunes, really captured the Beatle's White Album sound the best.
Very fun way to celebrate the Beatles.
Hopefully N&L will take a night to watch High Fidelity . . . and yes, I got that for them last Christmas with a bunch of other movies, I couldn't help it :p. One day they will checkout The Rutles "Mocumentary" which is really funny (no, I did not get them that one ;). The complete opposite parody of the "Yoko" character probably would not fly these days but its hilarious.
It's about Paul.
I believe the black album came from the movie "Boyhood". I have seen "High Fidelity" many times and don't remember it. I could be wrong. George was my favorite Beatle also. He played the guitar solo on "How Do You Sleep" and wrote most of "It Don't Come Easy" uncredited.
@@mvunit3 Trouble is, you have to be REALLY REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE in BEATLES' HISTORY, AND their music (like we diehard fans are) to "GET" 'The RUTLES "mocumentary "ALL YOU NEED IS CASH" otherwise you won't find it FUNNY and won't understand the events and songs of the Beatles that the Rutles are parodying. I played the DVD to some friends of mine years ago, and two of them were not well versed in Beatles history, and music. While the rest of us were laughing hysterically, those 2 were looking totally lost and kept asking "WHAT is so funny?" I had to pause it in just about every scene to try and explain the real event in Beatles history or people, and songs that the RUTLES are parodying. SO that is the ONLY drawback TO The RUTLES movie and the CD. ONLY fans will see what is being parodied and well definitely see why it is so funny and is a BRILLIANT piece of work
Paul the inspired romantic, John the dark rocker, Ringo the happy friend, George the spritual innovator. No wonder they changed music forever in just a few years.
But if you have listened to ALL their music as a group and all their solo works and Paul's work in WINGS, you will know that they are not pigeon-holed in those categories. Paul isn't always romantic, he can rock just as hard as anyone, his vocals are VERY different, sounding like a different person, and can be very experimental, plus wrote 4 classical pieces. John can be romantic as well, he's not always a dark rocker. George isn't always spiritual. RIngo has varied music as well. THAT is what I always LOVED about the Beatles whether as a group or when they went their separate ways.....they didn't stay in a certain niche or genre....they were always doing something DIFFERENT. That is why they never ever became boring to me. As of Feb. 7, 2024, it will be 60 YEARS since they landed in the U.S. and when I became a fan. At 76 years old, I STILL LISTEN to their music, watch their movies,, videos, documentaries. They are the soundtrack of my life, and I can't imagine what my life would have been like without them.
Wow, great, great marathon. Sidecar, thank you for that, Nick to. The Beatles are definitely my favorite band ever & I love the solo albums to. The Harrison, Starr & Lennon albums that you chose are my favorites from them. I love the McCartney also, but not as much as Band On The Run & Venus & Mars.(yeah I know, Wings). I never really ever heard anything from the Rules. Nick everything you said about the Rutles is true. Would have fooled me to.
Now the Lennon song is definitely about McCartney. There's a lot of lines in there that if you know a little about their history, you catch it.
The line that says, those freaks was right when they said you was dead.
There was this rumor that Paul McCartney died in a car accident & they replaced him with a look a like. And there were all kind of clues in Beatles songs. But that's a whole nother chapter. I think the Beatles just liked playing with people's head . Back to the song. The lines, the only thing you done was yesterday & since you've gone you're just another day. Of course, Yesterday was a McCartney song in the Beatles & McCartney 's I believe first single after the break up was Another Day. The lines, a pretty face may last a year or two. Paul was considered the cute one of the Beatles. Also playing the slide guitar on that song is George Harrison. He's actually on a couple of songs on the album. He's also on the Ringo album to. He actually wrote It Don't Come Easy, but it's credit to Ringo.
The Ringo album, he gets help from all three of his band mates on it. As I said, George is the album. Playing guitar on a couple of songs & writing a couple of songs. John Lennon wrote & played piano on I'm the Greatest. And Paul McCartney wrote & played piano & synthesizer on Six O'clock. Ringo had four hits off this album. I'm the Greatest, You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful & You're Mine), Oh My My & Photograph which George helped Ringo wright.
The George Harrison album, a double album. George was only allowed two songs on the Beatles albums, except the White album. Since it was a double album he was allowed four. So he had all these songs saved up since he was only getting two on each Beatles album. The only Beatle on this album is Ringo. Ringo also played on John Lennon's Plastic On Band album which was John's first album after the break up. There's also a name you'll see on John, George & Ringo's albums playing bass, the great Klaus Voormann.
The list of musicians that are on those three albums are amazing. It seemed like play was more into forming another band (Wings) or doing it all himself.
Alan White played on both John & George 's albums. Billy Preston, which was a great pick also sidecar. Billy was called the fifth Beatle for his work on Let It Be . But he's on both George & Ringo's album. Nicky Hopkins on John's & Ringo's. So many bother great musicians on John, George & Ringo's albums to. To many to name.
One last thing Nick, as I said, John's first album after the break up, Plastic Ono Band. There's a song on there called God ( this is my second favorite album by John). In the song God, John is saying all these things that he doesn't believe in like Hitler, Jesus, Kennedy, Kings, Elvis & the last thing he's says he doesn't believe in is Beatles. And it gets real quiet & he sings these lines. I just believe in me, Yoko & me. And that's reality.
The dream is over, What can I say? The dream is over, yesterday.
I was the Dreamweaver, But now I'm reborn, I was the walrus, But now I'm John, And so dear friends you just have to carry on, the dream is over.
That gives me chills everytime I listen to it. Even more since 1980 when he was murdered. John was always my favorite Beatle, followed by George. Never got to see either one live.
I seen Ringo's All-Starr Band once & McCartney three times. I still miss the other two dearly.
Once again guys, thank you for this marathon & Nick, I really hope you do a part 2, 3, 4, & so on & so on. Thanks guys, Love & Peace.
What a hoot sidecar! All great choices. EPIC Fun 🤩 some favorites here on the Long awaited Gray Album. Have fun Nick.
Meditation at bedtime is a good way to deal with the anxious brain. Meditate on things that happened in the day. And then use breathing to rest your heart to 60 bpm. You have "unquiet slumbers for the sleeper".
Haven’t even started the songs yet but I know I’m gonna love this! Ram got a lot of grief from critics when it appeared - I think they were expecting epic songs like Hey Jude or Let It Be - but this is absolutely my favorite Paul album. And my favorite Ringo song too. The Rutles were formed by Monty Python member Eric Idle, always the most musically inclined person in that troupe. And George Harrison especially loved Monty Python, and put up money for The Life of Brian when no one else would. Can’t wait to hear Nick’s reaction!
Okay marathon JK...not one of your best but they can't all be gold.🤪
@@sidecardog5244Guess I didn’t give you proper credit, Sidecar! Thanks for another great lineup! The Beatles are timeless, solo or together. I have a Beatles song coming up shortly - one that Ringo felt represented his best work.
I don’t know if you watched the part where Nick kept mixing up our names, but that was what my awful little joke was referring to.
Ps, let me guess the Ringo song. Does it involve tentacles?
Neil Innes, who wrote all the songs for The Rutles (and played the band's John counterpart, Ron Nasty), also performed with Monty Python in most of their stage shows, _and_ also appeared in The Beatles film "Magical Mystery Tour" with his original band, The Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah) Band, which performed the song in the strip club scene, "Death Cab for Cutie" (from which the band of the same name got its name).
@@sidecardog5244 Oh, now I get it. I had only been able to listen to half of the video when I got your message. Not totally surprising that Nick got us confused, since we do have similar tastes. The Beatles song I’m referring to is not one that Ringo sang on - but he was especially proud of his drumming. It’s weather related! Again, great idea!
great choices! I had most of them and loved them! perhaps you and Lex can do a album reaction to All Things Must Pass
Great suggestions, sidecar. Loved them all. Good job Nick with the commentary.
Apparently you can commission any song marathon and Nick will find nice, sometimes incoherent statements about it. Sidecar can't be so naive as to not intentionally put the first two songs together like this so as not to cement the old clichés again. Lennon wrote just so many Silly (Love) songs in his solo career. Most of all four's solo albums show lyrically, but especially musically, how much they needed each other.
Harrison complained that the two leaders rejected his songs and released ATMP (a double album would have done too). The quality of his solo albums steadily declined after that, and at the end of the 70s he released some very trivial ones, especially musical ones.
Unlike Nick, I corrected my assessment of my former favorite Beatle. At least the Monty Python admirer must have understood me!?!
If you haven't listened to the whole Ram album you should . Pauls solo masterpiece IMO. So fun, and also full of more cryptic insinuations to John. John was way more directly vicious in his lyrics towards Paul. So sad we never got to hear any work they may have done together after they made up again.
George is my favourite beatle also, his chord choices are beautiful
Uncle Albert was a Radio hit for McCartney. I was 11 and bought the 45.
Loved this, Nick!
Eric Idle had a BBC tv variety show located in the fictional town of Rutland. Kind Of an british version of SCTV. Very funny even tho short lived.
Not strictly true, Rutland is a small county in Central England. Quite rural with no major cities there.
"How do you sleep" is a song that John Lennon did in response to Paul McCartney's hit "Too many People" that talks about how John had too many people around during the late sessions of the Beatles. After Paul's shot at Lennon, John took this more direct approach leaving Paul exposed with many questions. For one, John really goes after Paul referring to his death which has been the best point for conspiracist to say Paul is actually dead after being confirmed in this song. I don't think John intended that way, but he must have understood that certain people would read a lot into a lyric this direct. Paul responded for the last time during this feud with a very somber "Dear Friend" which makes me tear up because it is so well done in that you can hear Paul's heart trembling during the entirety of the song. John must have acknowledged this song as being genuine because he stopped writing songs about Paul after that heart throb song. "Dear Friend' is one of my favorite Paul McCartney songs because it so raw and pure, not Muzak at all!
@rebeccawalsh6291 I agree. "How Do You Sleep" is SO full of vitriol towards Paul, it's heart breaking. I don't like to listen to that song anymore, it hurts MY heart. Paul's "answers" to John were never like that, weren't mean and so obvious. "DEAR FRIEND" always brings me to tears as well. I think Paul was hurt by that song.
Billy Preston was the keyboard player who sat in on recordings with the Beatles for the Get Back/Let It Be album sessions and on a few for the Abbey Road album. He went on to write and get his own hits, plus he played keyboards many times for George Harrison albums and others. He appeared in the Bangla Desh charity concerts in 1971 and Concert For George in 2002.
Billy Preston was writing songs even before he sat in with the Beatles.
Another great one! Thank you Nick! 😎
Reference. In this song to Paul’s two songs “ Yesterday “during their hey day and “ Just Another Day” after the split.
Great Marathon JFK Sidecar! Scuttles rhymes with Rutles. Sorta like Beatles in a Rut.
Paul was very inventive. John's song was a lot like "Steel and Glass". His angry phase.
For Paul’s response to “How Do You Sleep,” check out “Dear Friend” from The “Wild Life” album
and "Dear Friend" is not hateful and obvious like "How Do You Sleep"
Great selections!
ALL these I've grown-up with and never tire of them. But for me Paul McCartney has put out TONS of music I've loved.
This will be pretty funny to see how you react to "The Rutles", the Mockcumentary they did is pretty funny too.
Be interesting to hear from Lexi, when she hears these tracks when she has her comfy chair :D.
- Thanks Sidecar Dog again :).
Btw - you need to see the recently released Documentaries "The Beatles: Get Back" from Peter Jackson. I had tears in my eyes at times, because it was like being a fly on the wall watching them do their thing with each other. It also highlights the over exaggeration of how they didn't get along during the Let It Be sessions (as was shown very briefly in the original "film" from 1970 "Let It Be"). They had arguments but EVERY band has them, they work it all out and carry on.
"Muzak" was also known as "Elevator Music", and if you remember; Porcupine Tree's (including other bands) "Sound of Muzak" is Steven's commentary how contemporary music lost its edge on Radio, nothing new and the audience basically just went with the flow for the _most_ part.
"One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares
No-one cares enough".
@mvunit3, same with me Paul is the one who "has put out TONS of music I've loved" TOO., including his 4 classical pieces. His music really really resonates with me and has helped me get through some very difficult times in my life.
Yes, "How Do You Sleep" is definitely directed at Paul. The wonderful slide guitar solo is by George Harrison, and the electris piano solo at the end is by Nicky Hopkins. Also, the drummer is Alan White of Yes fame!
George's slide is the best part of the song.
Discreet Music by Brian Eno will give you a gateway into incidental music.
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.
I use a lot of Indian music to help me meditate.
Ravi Shankar is a good way to start.
Turn off your mind.
Relax.
Float downstream.
And most of all...
Let's be natural.😊
SIDECAR : Great concept !! I did a mix tape in the early 90s doing the same thing, an ersatz Beatles album. NICK: Harrison played lead on the last 3 songs. "It Don't Come Easy" IS a Harrison song he gave to Ringo to do cause he felt it needed a lift from his own style.
Billy Preston appeared , with The Beatles, on the Rooftop Concert, , 1969. He was the only performer that actually performed, with them. He was heralded; as “The Fifth Beatle.
You are on fire Nick. Can't keep up 😮😅
George Harrison wrote it don’t come easy for rings !!
How Do You Sleep was directed at Paul; John thought Paul's Too Many People was directed at him, and this was the answer song.
I like the false ending on Let’s Be Natural…very Beatle-esque
Good stuff - please be aware that there were in this "marathon" one Paul McCartney sing, one John Lennon song, and TWO George Harrison songs.
Hi Nick, just seen this appear. Wow ! What a great list !! Every track is a gem !!! Excellent choices here ! Ok, not yet played ... Going to get a coffee, then relax and watch video....I was about to play the Phil Lynott marathon I missed earlier ... but I gotta play this now ! Lol Byee Jim X
Enjoy!
@@NicknLex Thankyou Nick ... The Rutles is pronounced as the Beatles is pronounced & they look and sound like The Beatles [ & have a documentary ] So you would not say The Beat Lezz nor The Rut Lezz ... les is the same on Beatles as Rutles [ Think of Rutt ells ] ...Their album is incredible as they find the exact instruments & sounds for each track to match original tracks by The Beatles.... So it's their songs, yet matched to perfection ! You will instantly recognise the songs they parody, like "I Am The Walrus" on a track called "Cheese & Onion" Its pure genius. Jim X
@@jimled50jl49 LOL! I s**t you not, I just ordered green onion cheddar cheese an hour ago (along with others). Cheese Brothers, Barron, Wi
@@Dave-hb7lx That's funny !!! Lol ... Love it !!! Cheers Dave !
@@jimled50jl49 even more simple "RUTLES" is pronounced like "RUT" (as is a RUT in the road) "RUT les (as in the last part of Bea TLES" )
How do you sleep was written about Paul. Lennon sings " the only thing you did was Yesterday" refers to Pauls song Yesterday.
Allen Klein wrote that line
George Harrison wrote "It Don't Come Easy" for Ringo. In the 70's George bloomed as a songwriter when Lennon and McCartney were struggling to write good songs.
That is TOTALLY UNFAIR to John and Paul. THey were not struggling to write good songs. There are a TON of great songs in their solo catalogues. I am stunned that you would think that. I am not sure, buy perhaps you haven't listened to all of their solo albums? Especially Paul's, since tragically John was taken from us just when he was getting back to recording. If he were still with us like Paul and Ringo, who knows what he might have done.
I love the entire Ram album by Paul McCartney and I think it's one of the most underrated albums of the 70's. John Lennon and George Harrison wrote some great songs and obviously the Beatles would not have been such a phenomenal band without either one of them, but regarding sophisticated melodic and harmonic complexity, Paul was the best songwriter in the Beatles, IMO. I think the reason Paul wasn't given "revered pseudo-god" status by critics as much as Lennon and Harrison (mostly Lennon) was because he avoided writing lyrics with overt political/social messages (unless you consider love a social issue! 😆) and didn't participate in any big protests or benefits.
Paul has participated in and organized many benefits
@RockDocNeal I AGREE 100 % I always felt that Paul was always put down by many people regarding his song writing. My goodness, he had the best vocal range and versatility of all the Beatles. He DID write and record a VERY POLITICAL song "GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH" and it was BANNED by British radio, they wouldn't play it. Paul was very upset about that, as his family background is IRISH. SO I think that is why he never did write anything political again.
First time hearing Albert/Halsey, I was eleven and one of our neighbor kids
had a birthday party at the Putt-Putt course and this song was playing over
the loudspeakers..Those were the days !
I know this is gonna sound funny to some people ~ but if you look at Paul and John's natal birth charts ~ you can see who is Fun~Light and who is Serious and Heavy. Too funny. As far as them splitting up ~ they met as young teenagers. They had very different family situations, Then all the success added to that ~ by the time they split they must have all grown in different directions. Few people in their 20's are the same people they were in their early teens.Their friendships were public ~ ours aren't.
A side fact: George Harrison also wrote the song you listened from Ringo, It Dont Come Easy. Ringo admitted that George wrote the lyrics and you can also find takes from the song with George singing.
Paul’s music was always more complex than John’s so it’s funny that John is calling Paul’s music muzak, that he must have learned something in all those years, and that pretty soon they’ll see what you can do.
We did see what each could do and John stuck to basic rock, blues, and pop while Paul constantly experimented with many genres and even influenced several like indie pop, electronica, lofi, and DIY
You seem like a beautiful human being. Never change!❤
I think George was my favorite musically. He wrote Something, Here Comes the Sun, and While my Guitar Gently Weeps, all rock classic s
All the Beatles played on Ringo's albums! So the sound is like What would be Beatles sounded like if they had continued in the 70s?
Interesting fact, Alan White of YES is on drums on the John Lennon track.
Paul sued the other three, to get out of the group; over a conflict he had over Allen Klein, who the other three wanted to bring in , to manage the group. Paul thought it was a mistake. Years later it was discovered, that Paul had been right,in his thoughts about him.
Saw Beatlemania on Broadway in 78 and was awesome. They performed the songs perfectly.
Good selection and that parody band is pronounced Ra tuls! You are right NICK about Paul being positive and had a more loving upbringing than what John had to go through growing up so you can see his instability and anger in his songs. I believe he was digging at Paul though I think his feelings softened a bit later on before he was killed.
On the John Lennon track, drums are played by Alan White, who a year later joined Yes. The John Lennon voice in the Rutles was Neil Innes. He was in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in the sixties (that performed in the Beatles movie Magical Mystery Tour) and worked with Monty Python (handling the coconuts in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, for example). For me, his most unforgettable song is How Sweet To Be An Idiot.
George helped Ringo write It Don't Come Easy, too. Ringo did the best of all his mates at hitting the charts after the break-up. Well, he did have a little help from his friends.
Ringo had the guys from Badfinger singing backup on this song. They all knew each other.
Nick. Why marathons? Dont get... one album per reaction...!! Whats the rush?
Ringo actually had a lot of hits in the 70’s. More than his former band mates I believe.
as much number ones as John in the US (two), but John had still more hit singles, George also
"It Don't Come Easy" is a song by Ringo Starr that was released as a non-album single in April 1971. It was produced by Starr's former Beatles bandmate George Harrison, who also helped write the song, although only Starr is credited. George obviously played on this, invented the guitar riff, and played the slide guitar solo for sure.
The Rutles is a brilliant parody, but also musically. Neil Innes worked with the Pythons, and wrote these songs as well as playing and singing the John Lennon part.
Innes also appeared in the Beatles film "Magical Mystery Tour" with his original band, The Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah) Band.
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Bonzo DOG.🙂
@@debrabrabenec3731 Yes, I know. Sometimes my fingers get ahead of me. At any rate, it's been corrected.
George Harrison played lead guitar on How do You Sleep, and he wrote It Dont Come Easy.
Ringo credited as writer. Maybe George helped him finish the song. George was producer and yes there's a version from the sessions with him singing but it doesn't mean he wrote it.
@@gettinhungrig8806 Ringo was on VH1 Stoytellers . He says George wrote it, but Ringo changed some of the words, getting rid of all the Hari Krishnas. George's version is the demo that he made for Ringo.
@@StevenMichals0812 Well I never saw that. If that's so I wonder why George gave all the credit to Ringo?
Three classic George solos
This was a hit song for Ringo. With a little help from my friends also was a hit.
The Rutles movie is worth the detour! Involved George Harrison and Eric Idle of Monthy Python.
Being together & crushingly famous so early an age is hard & as all of us they grew a lot & changed as people from 18-27. They were different men & ready to move on which made things tough to stay in the same confirmed musical & personal space.
A bitter and angry Lennon wrote How Do Sleep as a direct angry rant about Paul. But I treat it as a great song on its own. Lennon said he slightly regretted the lyrics in the late 70s but not totally because at the time he was so angry so it was relevant at the time to the way he felt. But its a great song that the basis began during White Album and he kept in his locker.
The group was sliding apart back in late 1966, before Yoko really was in the picture. She was just the proverbial”straw that broke the camel’s back”.
Yes, this is John's slap at Paul. A musical expression of his/their riff at the end and years into the break up.
Great sound.
Yeah that's actually Eric Clapton playing lead
There is film about a fictitious meeting between Paul and John which was an extention of "How do you sleep?" Where John was initially very angry with Paul, he compared the great music that they made and compared Paul's song "Silly Love Songs" accusing Paul of just making "pop songs". During, the argument they ironed out their differences and walked in a park and to a cafe in disguise.
The Rutles, Neil Innes was a genius, he also played with Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band, Innes was also responsible for a lot of Monty Python songs.
How Do You Sleep? Was supposed to be a swipe at Paul but Lennon later said it was about himself really. McCartney's Too Many People on the Ram album is definitely about Lennon.
It don't come easy was a ringo single from early 1971. It wasn't on the 1973 Ringo album.
Yeah, but it _was_ included as a bonus track on the album's original CD issue (as was its B-side, "Early 1970," and the B-side of "Photograph," "Down and Out").
Nick, if you loved Let’s Be Natural you must listen to Piggy In The Middle!!!!!
Paul is usually coy about the meanings of his songs in interviews and in his book purporting to explain all his lyrics, but there is a very convincing analysis somewhere online claiming that Uncle Albert was Paul, Admiral Halsey was John, and this song was about their strained relationship.
Pink Floyd's reaction to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ua-cam.com/users/shorts-3yMYfMCes4?si=ix9NQ9ZD8p0wkrU1
I suppose any list of 4 songs from them would be great and interesting. really enjoyed this list. As a note Lennon wrote lots of ballads, love songs and 3 part harmony, just as Macca wrote some great rockers, I just love POB by Lennon, it was ground breaking in its simplicity and soul. Punk well before punk, especially songs like 'I Found Out'
'I Don't Come Easy'! Poor Ringo
Retail stores play way cooler music now than when I grew up in the 60's. The music consisted mostly of string arrangements and tried to be inconspicuous, as one shops. If you watched The Blues Brothers movie, the elevator scene at the finale has Muzak playing as all hell is breaking loose.
When Paul wrote dark , heavy he was excellent at it they both wrote mostly about love but John grew darker he lived a harder life then Paul , but when he wrote heavy( Paul ) you couldn’t not hear how ground breaking it was, Helter skelter , back in the u.s.s.r. , I’m down , paperback writer, day tripper etc….. give them a listen you won’t be disappointed Greg reaction you can’t miss anything by the beatles
also listen to Paul's songs, "BEWARE MY LOVE," "CALL ME BACK AGAIN," "SOILY," "MAYBE I'M AMAZED" (THE LIVE versions from his 1976 "WINGS OVER AMERICA TOUR" movie of the entire concert which was called "ROCKSHOW" and was released in theaters back then and is now on DVD and can be seen on YOU TUBE. THERE you can see and hear how PAUL can ROCK and sing just as "gritty" as John did. Of course with the Beatles there is "OH DARLING" and "HELTER SKELTER" where Paul has shredding vocals.
All very good choices. The GH song is one of my favorites of his and doesn't get enough praise. Wish the Lennon choice was "I Found Out". Those who like bass will know why.
It Don;t Come Easy was only a single back in the day. If it's on the1973 Ringo Album now , it was thrown on later as a extra. The original 1973 album did NOT have 1971's It Don't Come Easy on it. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey was on the Ram album but also released as a single in the USA and it went straight to #1 around August/September of 1971. You can hear Linda McCartney singing on this very clearly. It was just meant to be a fun song, but so may idiots criticize it, mostly metal heads and Rolling Stone Magazine critics who always want only one kind of music. Like criticizing Duke Ellington music because there's no 10 minute electric guitar solo in it, . Yawn...
Carl Sagan once said that it's not how many books you read but which ones.
Meditation is an ancient remedy for a busy brain. If performed at bedtime you begin to concentrate only on your body instead of your brain, leading to relaxation.
Phil Collins, the drummer, originally in Genesis, was the drummer, in the band, before Peter Gabriel left as the singer and Phil replaced him and came from behind the drums.