This is an awesome reaction, I really enjoyed watching the dissection. I also am hella impressed that yt hasn't taken this down for copyright cause yall played the whole damn album lol edit: some of the comments are fucking lame and the Beatles would not approve. These guys are doing a first reaction, not a goddamn dissertation. Errors are excused, hot takes are welcome, and inaccurate information is expected to a degree. Not very peace & love to be a dick to two people hearing Revolver for the first time (and loving it while listening!)
Wow. Amazing comment ! Thank you so much ! We are very grateful it’s not blocked too. It was originally, but we asked to have the block removed and the record company did just that. Check out our George Harrison and Paul McCartney reactions.
Well, anyway, just to do justice to John, yes, he could play the guitar. He played lead on Get Back and it's also him playing those triplets on All my Loving. On Taxman, it's Paul doing that distorted solo and they were the first to play backward music, at least on a rock or pop record. It all started with Rain, B side of the single Paperback Writer.
You said... "It's insane what they did in ten years." They recorded their first single in September of 1962... and finished recording their final album in August of 1969. That was SEVEN years total.
Taxman- 3:08 Eleanor Rigby- 7:15 I'm Only Sleeping- 12:01 Love You Too- 17:39 Here, There and Everywhere- 22:38 Yellow Submarine- 28:04 She Said She Said- 32:21 Good Day Sunshine- 36:35 And Your Bird Can Sing- 40:02 For No One- 44:21 Doctor Robert- 47:26 I Want to Tell You- 51:05 Got To Get You in My Life- 55:13 Tomorrow Never Knows- 59:54
Only the Beatles, surely, could include Yellow Submarine and She said, she said on the same album. And then segue them together at the end of Side one..
When you listen to "Tomorrow Never Knows" you have to understand no one had ever attempted anything like that before,it was truly groundbreaking and revolutionary.And that's what the Beatles were all about
Or Love You To. According to the academic journal of the society of Asian music, it was the first western pop song to incorporate authentic, as opposed to pastiche, Asian music theory. Norwegian Wood and others used sitar prior, but didn’t implement actual Asian technique. Basically the first “world music” track
I mean, musique concrete was a thing before this album, if you're referring to the tape loops. They were certainly the first to use tape loops in POP music though, which is huge.
John Lennon was a great musician. Great rhythm guitarist, pianist, composer, songwriter, singer.. He rocks the bass absolutely in "Helter Skelter" John Lennon was a great musician
Ironic that these two made a point of how much they liked the bass in She Said She Said. Paul didn't participate on that track. I believe the bass was played by George. All 4 of the Beatles were gifted musicians.
Its very simple. If you want the best songwriting band of all time then look no further than the Beatles, John, Paul and George all fantastic song writers. If you want the best group of four players of all time then look no further than Led Zeppelin.
The Beatles are the best group of artists ever. When this album came out it was if it was coming from space, this was so new music like. Remember this group changed everything!!!! They did almost did everything first, the were musical geniuses.
John was so tight on Guitar, seldom does he look at his fret board during a set. Not only did he contribute the dirty sounding 3 finger yukelele chord,, so raunchy sounding, Jimi Hendrix added the chord to his tool bag. The ever present Melody , a new element in Rock, at the time,, is most prominent!y utilized by every Metal Band,, and hard rock,. Melody, a very unusual texture in Rock during the 50s and up to the Beatles decade (60s) was distinctly their contribution. btw, Johns axe was solid , and tighter then most musicians,, they all were more then proficient musicians, who were much like the American musicians from the 50s were the first ,working musicians,,traveling to Hamburg Germany from 1959, to 61, where they worked 7 days a week, 3 shows a day. When they returned to Britain, they were so good, no band on the Isle could compete, Most of all,,, not one band at that tiime,, especially in Britain could write a song even remotely close to Lennon/McCartney.
Very true..didn't know that about Hendrix. Don't forget, lots of British bands went to Hamburg. The Beatles were forged in Liverpool and just made into something elseby Hamburg but the talent was always there
Yes, Abbey Road does indeed remain one of the best produced albums ever - even now some 50+ years later. Not the least of reasons are the lack of heavy digital processing. But on top of that, they knew it was time to end it all. So they consciously chose to go out with a final masterpiece. Abbey Road is so gorgeous and lush to listen to.
@@lcarpetrondookmariot7620 Pet Sounds is god-tier musically, production wise it's good but nothing special to be honest. Good Vibrations is what it's all about if you want some great studio techniques by the Beach boys.
Good reaction. In the context of the time Revolver was released, as a mainstream pop/rock album, this album is just a continuous series of WTF moments. Taxman, insane guitar solos by Paul, Eleanor Rigby, all strings and dorian mode, I'm Only Sleeping with the tape speed manipulation and backwards guitar, Love You Too, with flat-out Indian instrumentation, The whacky kid song Yellow Submarine, the disonance on I Want To Tell You, the tape loops and guitars in Tomorrow Never Knows, etc, etc, etc. There was nothing like it at the time. And all done with a four-track analog tape machine.
Exactly. Up til then a great band would put out a new album and all you could expect was one huge hit and at most maybe one or two other listenable songs. Then came the Beatles. And everything changed.
@@manco828 I assume you mean it was double tracked in unison . It’s possibly, but if so it would still be a string quartet . I don’t know why I thought it a quintet ? Possibly because the cello was so upfront in the mix , and if like Schubert’s cello quintet where he doubled the cello as opposed to the viola - which is commonly known as a chambre string quintet -
John Lennon was one of the greatest rhythm guitarists of all time and his acoustic playing is sublime. Check out his playing on acoustic version of “Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out”.
It's great to see two grown men really listen, completely, to Beatles albums albums for the first time in their entirety. First reactions are sacred. If you continue to do the Beatle thing, I strongly recommend that you do them in chronological order. It will help you understand their path. Keep up the great work!!!
For my money, Paul's my favorite Beatle. He totally *is* a schmaltzy love song guy, but in-between all those, he has songs I really empathize with. For better or worse, he always seemed like the most "open" Beatle to me; as a guy who walls off his emotions from the world, but couldn't wall them off from himself if he tried, its nice to hear him just sing what he feels, instead of putting it behind something to decipher. Off this album, "For No One" always struck me, because of how clearly hopeless it is: she obviously on her way to leaving him, he knows he can't do anything about it, and he'll carry that wound for a long time. I suppose his solo and Wings stuff is also coloring my decision, but y'know, what can you do? Anyway, this has been my 3AM Paul McCartney rant, I hope you enjoyed, and if you're still reading, have a great day!
John's an amazing rhythm guitarist and pianist, That was Paul's solo in Taxman not George's and it's "All You Need Is Love" not "All We Need Is Love" and that was written by John, not Paul. In For No One, that was a french horn not a trumpet, and John never said that Ringo wasn't the best drummer in the Beatles. Paul to this day still says that Ringo is the greatest drummer in the world.
Wow! You hit all the points. I might had mentioned John's lead on Get Back and I Feel Fine. Some comedian made the "Ringo's not even the best drummer in the Beatles" comment. John once said he said to Ringo "You're the best Rock and Roll drummer ever".
@@williamjordan5554 I meant the main riff that plays throughout the song. You're right George plays the solo. Watch any live performance. That's John playing the riff.
The outro riff on the later half of I Want You (She's so Heavy) is a killer heavy riff too. I'd almost say it shows some of the beginnings of doom metal back in the late 60s :)
George Harrison was referred to as "The Quiet Beatle". To me, he has the funniest line in 'A Hard Days Night' during the interview vignette scene when the reporter asks: "Has success changed you?" and he deadpan responds "Yes."
Fun fact: Paul McCartney wasn't involved in the making of She Said She Said. They had a fight/argument and he stormed out. George Harrison had to play bass on that track.
‘Eleanor Rigby’ is the only song that no Beatle plays, it’s a string quartet. Paul saw a tomb marked Eleanor Rigby in a cemetery and a song came to his mind about the woman buried there. She was a real person. And ‘I’m only sleeping’ is, for me, the hidden jewel in the album. Not too many people remember it, because ‘Revolver’ is one of those artworks that is SO GOOD that you can’t choose which song is the best. You simply can’t! But ….we all do that, and I think ‘For no one’ is my favourite Beatles’ song.
The Beatles were blessed in finding George Martin as their producer in 1962. Martin had produced records by Peter Sellers, the Goons, Flanders and Swann and other comedy albums. His musical input to the group allowed them to crossover into territory unexplored in rock music. His piano solo on " In My Life " was brilliant. It was his idea to set a string quartet to " Eleanor Rigby, " although he had to convince Paul it would work.
This is a fun transition album. I still remember getting on the school bus on the last day of 5th grade - I had just got a really good report card and had the Summer to look forward to - "Good day Sunshine" came on the bus' radio - it was a perfect song for the moment, that I will never forget.
Back in 1966, we teenagers - listening to 'Tomorrow Never Knows' for the first time, from this remarkable album - simply thought "My God, The Beatles really ARE beyond 'amazing' ! " And just when many of us felt that they had peaked, a year later came 'Sergeant Pepper's.............' Pure Magic - it's that simple (even if THEY were not) !!
I’m very jealous. Though at least those who grow up more recently have the ability to listen to all this music more conveniently and with arguably better production than ever before.
@@jordandwiggins1026 Indeed! In many ways, today's 'Younger Generation' has things pretty good - for the reasons you mention. _Their_ problem lies in the insuperable task of delving into the Back Catologue of Fabulous Music and discovering their own personal 'nuggets'. This is where _YT_ helps, of course. The only thing they will _never_ experience is the tingling _atmosphere_ of those days. But 'atmospheres' quickly dissipate - while Great Music lives on forever. Happy exploring!! 😉😉
The Beatles started releasing singles before the albums were released. Paperback Writer and Rain were the singles for this album and then Penny Lane-Strawberry Fields Forever were the singles for SGT Peppers.
McCartney played lead guitar on Taxman and several others as he was the flashiesr guitarist in The Beatles. Also in For No One, not a trumpet, a French horn. On Your Bird Can Sing, thr guitars were George and Paul.
One thing about the Beatles is that although they experimented with all sorts of sounds and ideas, they never forgot that the basis of music is melody (apart from Revolution 9)
Love this video. Felt like a hangout with good friends. Observationally and personally. Tomorrow Never Knows is also my favorite track on the album (of so many amazing songs). That song feels just as fresh and innovative today as in 1966. That's saying something!
My reaction at the time? I was 10, and it was clearly The Beatles, but they challenged their fans to go to new places, and the trip was always a good one. The brilliance of what they did was sharp and lovely as a spring day.
In the context of the music and culture of 1966, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' must have sounded like it came from another world. I can't imagine how it must have been to walk into a record shop at that time, seeing the cover, and thinking, ok we are not in Kansas anymore. Bringing the LP home and sitting with some friends smoking a doobie, and putting this record on. There wasn't anything like it! Also, Ringo totally shines on this LP.
I love seeing the reaction from people that have never heard the Beatles before. They were just amazing and so far ahead of their time. And their music is timeless. Was like you said with Eleanor Rigby that they applied rock to an orchestra. They had George Martin which really helped open up their eyes to what they had around them in a studio. But it was The Beatles who experimented with them.
Absolutely loved your reaction😊 And so far as the 'Ringo is not even the best drummer in the Beatles' joke is concerned, it was never said by John. It was a joke created by a comedian long after the Beatles had broken up
It’s known that Ringo basically never ever practiced. He just has this gift of instinctively knowing what to play for the songs his band mates were writing. And his drum fills are legendary and there’s no comparison. He’s truly a legend and has a singular and instantly recognizable sound.
1:03:25 so true, you can hear that songs influence in SO much electronic music, the way the beat just hypnotizes you and the tape loops just keep fading in and out, i still cant get over the fact that it was released in 1966. Probably the most modern sounding beatles song by todays standards, id even say it still sounds futuristic to this day.
I think most people would agree that Paul was the most talented musician on the Beatles. I understand many people can have the opinion that his music was too accessible, but his music was definitely not simple. He also elevated many of the members tracks with his harmonies, basslines, piano. He even filled in for Ringo on the drums for a few sessions on the White Album as Ringo had temporarily left the group. I just hope you don't think Paul was just there to make granny music all the time. Lol great reaction though! Hope to see Sgt Peppers next
@@kathrynschimpf8957 no, paul is the visionary of the Beatles, and the one who was most invested in their legacy. we've all heard george and john. paul is the GOAT.
Yes, The Beatles were astounding innovators - and they also synthesized the art of earlier groundbreakers: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Beatles borrowed unfamiliar time signatures like those created by Brubeck, Morello, Desmond, and Wright. The Four Freshmen - Beatles' lush, tight harmonies found inspiration with this 50s vocal group that also inspired Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. Chuck Berry - Beatles learned the driving backbeat storytelling, walkin' four basslines, killer rhythm guitar riffs, and the unmistakable lead guitar hooks from the master rocker himself.
The Beatles could get away with songs like "Tomorrow Never Knows" because the fans trusted them not to make it the 'new direction' of the band to the abandonment of more accessible tunes. Beatles fans of the day, myself included, had a higher tolerance for experimental music from the guys because we were, sort of, growing with them, as well. When you listen to the 'weird stuff', there is, still, an underpinning of melody that you can grab on to. That, and listening to the same voice that sang "Twist and Shout" is very reassuring. Also, the music, on this album particularly, sounded very fresh and, at the same time, familiar.
Great reaction guys. Some information just to help. The solo in Taxman was played by Paul because George couldn't find the proper one for the song. The name Eleanor Rigby came from two ways. Paul liked the name of the acrtriz Eleanor Bron who performed with The Beatles in the film Help! and the surname Rigby was from a store name on which Paul put atention while he waited for Jane out of a theater in London. Then, somebody found a grave with that name in Liverpool cementery
Right there at 1:01:20, you have the very first "megaphone" vocal in rock music. This was achieved by feeding John's vocals through the revolving Leslie speaker that connects to a Hammond organ. No one had ever attempted such a thing before.
Love your reaction BTW.... This is my favourite Beatle album... Oh yes, there were NO Beatles before the Beatles. They were the trailblazers. From this album onwards every song on each album is different. When you listen to this album just remember that they only had 4 tracks of tape to record to not the multitude that you have today. Just a few responses to your questions during the listen... On "Taxman", Paul decided that he didn't like George's solo so get it wiped and he played the solo himself.. An area of contention between him and Paul for quite some time. The strings on "Eleanor Rigby" were composed, arranged and conducted by George Martin their producer, the true 5th Beatle. The vocals on "I'm Only Sleeping" are just John not liking the sound of his voice so he always wanted George Martin to put some kind of effect on it. On 'Yellow Submarine" John was doing all the yelling. To get an idea of who's song is who's the rule of thumb is that the lead vocal was done by the main composer... After John & Georges' introduction to LSD from "Dr Robert" they both drove home, tripping....!! In "I Want To Tell You" can you tell that they had recently discovered dissonance. Ryan, the comment about Ringos drumming is an urban myth really. He was the ONLY drummer for the Beatles. All the weird sounds on "Tomorrow Never Knows" were tape loops that they bought into the studio, they were then put onto individual tape machines, the end of the loop was held on a pencil and as the song played the various faders were pushed to bring each loop in and out of the mix. As for what was it like when people listened to this album back in the day.. WELL, I was 13 in 1966 and this was the first album I ever bought. Believe me when I say that the record buying public had never heard anything like this before but they were The Beatles so we all went along for the journey. Can't wait for you to get to the next album after this Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Nathan... All the songs were that length back in the sixties, as Arnie said, mainly for radio airplay... BUT, the Beatles, being the Beatles changed all that from Sgt Pepper's onwards, the pinnacle being Hey Jude at 7minutes long... Ryan.... "For No One" uses the French Horn. And the song you are thinking about is "Penny Lane" which was recorded after this album, it uses a Piccolo Trumpet. Paul had seen a Handel classical concert on TV one night, mentioned it to George Martin the next morning, 'cos George Martin knew about these things and the next thing you know, it's on Penny Lane.
Thanks Guys, I really enjoyed sitting through that one with you. A great album, and I'm glad you liked "Tomorrow Never Knows" so much. That is my favourite pop song of all time. 😎
This is without question their best album. Before they got too much into the drugs, before the women came along to mess with their minds, before the critics got inside their heads, before the lack of touring began to manifest itself. You've got three great George tracks, some of Paul's darkest songs, Lennon inventing acid rock a year before everyone else, a Ringo classic, etc.
Maybe someone already mentioned it down here, but the Tomorrow Never Knows drumloop is by many considered as the first jungle beat - 30 years ahead of it's time! So the drums are a tape loop of a fragment of Ringo's drums, but also many other parts you hear are tape loops. Sampling was not possible yet, so instead they used tape loops of pre-recorded instruments or sounds to build up this astonishing track, together with some backwards guitars and a real bass guitar track.
Re: Taxman. George’s lyrics were not an exaggeration. The rich were really being taxed at close to 95% back in those days. It’s why Paul bought land in Scotland, because if you bought land you weren’t taxed on that money. Oh, and Paul played the solo on Taxman. Elenor Rigby... she is real. But Paul didn’t know it. Her name is on a gravestone by the church where the fete was that John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met in 1957.
You were taxed at 95% if you didn't take any of the available loopholes, like buying land. In the US the top rate was 91%, but again there were all sorts of loopholes like investing the money. The tax system was designed to prevent the rich from hoarding their money, getting them to pump it back into the economy. Now that we've gotten rid of that the wealth gap has exploded, poverty is on the rise, infrastructure is decaying, starved for the necessary tax funds to properly expand or even maintain it. Bring back the massive top marginal tax rates. Let the super-rich complain. If they complain as cleverly as George Harrison did in "Taxman," that's just a bonus.
They shoulda been taxed that much in my opinion tho. They were living the dream payed for by their fans. As much as I love the Beatles, I always thought that was a laughable thing for a supposedly peace n love guy to be saying
Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed it the whole way through. They were a rock band full o soul at that point and then they came up with this "electronic stuff". It was revolutionary.
You guys are funny, love the shag bit! So....Tomorrow Never Knows....Congratulations, you totally got it! It did totally blow us away. We'd never heard anything like it. Yes a John song, but your accessible love song boyo Paul is the one who brought in his electronica tape loop stuff for it. These were complex musicians (listen to Helter Skelter) who were constantly curious, pushed old boundaries, kept moving forward not caring if they lost a few fans along the way, and everybody else got to go along on the trip. And what a ride it was.
I was in Junior High School when the Beatles made their American debut on the Ed Sullivan TV show. My entire family gathered around our black and white TV set, including my grandmother. Music was never the same.
Peter Fonda was actor Henry Fonda"s son and he starred with Jack Nicholson in the film Easy Rider . Twas a famous sixties movie with music and motorbikes and drugs!
Tomorrow Never Knows was the prelude to Sgt. Pepper’s , just a natural lead in. Both came out as I was finishing High School. As I’m writing this you brought up Yellow Submarine. A reference to a joint rolled in yellow ZigZag cigarette papers (a sign of the times). Strange how these songs are so contextual. (You had to be there).
@@martynadams2011 well the majority of the song from the white album have Paul on the drums, the reason for that is because Ringo had left due to the consistent fighting between them all and he couldn’t take it anymore, they eventually were able to get him back after temporarily putting aside their differences for their best friend, it is him on the drums for Helter Skelter though, if you listen to the entire final mix you can hear him at the end saying ‘I’ve got blisters on me fingers’ which was actually true they had performed the song so much that his hands were completely screwed
Paul actually played the guitar solo on Taxman. And John Lennon was an incredibly talented rhythm guitarist who also played guitar solos on a few Beatles songs. Their producer, George Martin, did a lot of the orchestral arrangements, though Paul also contributed.
You know "Tomorrow never know" because you probably saw it on Mad Men Season 6. It is the song that ushered the hippie and psychedelic era. It is considered the most important Psychedelic composition in the history of the genre and the epitome of everything that psychedelia stands for. The Queen of England after Revolver sums it up that way : "The Beatles are Turning Awfully Funny, Aren’t They?" That was her pronouncement on the transformation of the Fab Four from the droll, cheeky mop-tops of 1964, to the lysergically induced hipster-gurus of 1966.
"Got To Get You Into My Life" is a love song...to marijuana. The boys were smoking all the time by this point, and McCartney decided to write an ode to pot. BTW, Paul wrote plenty of heavy songs...including "Helter Skelter", generally credited as the first heavy metal song. Also, most of the edgy, angular lead guitar solos on Beatle records, like "Taxman" and "Baby You Can Drive My Car", were played by Paul, not George.
5:56 It's Paul playing the guitar solo on TAXMAN, and it's the same solo comped in at the end fade. Also, John was a very good and rather sophisticated rhythm guitarist, and he was capable of playing pretty decent lead guitar, when he got the chance.
As George fans you should definitely look up “Concert for George” from the Royal Albert Hall. A tribute to George with all his songs and all his friends. See if you can find it - it’ll be worth your while. Good reaction.
Yes it was and is a Kids song and the guys had a blast recording it, not their only kid song either. They did a handful and it was popular with the parents. You might have confused the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album from the animated feature, with the Sgt. Pepper album. . Help from my friends was the Ringo hit on that one,
Of course, Yellow Submarine was also a Beatles movie and it's on that soundtrack. The Beatles, as cartoon characters, are in the film. You should check out Hey Bulldog from the Yellow Submarine album.
YES!!! HEY BULLDOG is a ROCKER!!! It is my FAVORITE rocking Beatles song....it has been largely ignored until recently! GREAT VIDEO of them recording it on You Tube. But that same video was originally used for "Lady Madonna"! When I first saw it years ago for Lady Madonna, I realized that their mouths were NOT singing the words for Lady Madonna. I watched it a couple of times and realized they were actually singing HEY BULLDOG. FINALLY years later they restored the audio for HEY BULLDOG to the actual video.
From Revolver on-all their mid-to late great music-they never performed (except a few TV shots and the roof concert) which means they were rehearsed a day or so in studio, recorded and released… and then never again played by them as a band! Imagine the stones playing Gimme Shelter once then never again, or Sinatra my way in studio once to record it then never again, ever! It’s unprecedented in recording history, then or now. Will never be repeated.
Songs were short because the radio stations thought anything longer wouldn’t keep the listener engaged or give them enough commercial time ...then came FM
Impressed that you picked up on the Batman theme. Actually George was a fan of the show and the theme influenced him in Taxman. And Hendrix used that chord 6 months later in Purple Haze (people call it the Hendrix chord lol)
Yellow Submarine was the Revolver Ringo song. The Beatles allowed him to sing one song on every Beatles album. It wasn’t on Sgt Peppers, it was an album in it's own right featuring the songs from the animated film Yellow Submarine. The album included Hey Bulldog that at the time was not considered interesting, but today is revered as ground breaking.
I was 15 when revolver was released. In my city each time a new Beatles album was released there were lines out the door just buy the album on the first day. When the movie's Hard Day's Night and Help were released there were lines around the block to get in. I was lucky to be there as a kid for the music that defined a culture and an age
Just to have a "fit in"...with 2 other songs recorded during these sessions, listen to "Paperback Writer "...& "Rain"....They would have fit well on Revolver but back then it was customary to release X number of 45's (singles) per year.....Do Sgt.Pepper next...it was chronologically in that order...It started with the single "Strawberry Fields Forever".backed By "Penny Lane"...Recording started in late Nov 1966 & continued well into April 1967...Thanks for your listen/review.
The Beatles were the Silver Beatles, I believe, first, among other earlier band names.... Well, not sure if the song Yellow Submarine was made specifically for the movie Yellow Submarine, but--you know--it is a kind of psychedelic in nature, isn't it? I think that was Paull yelling.... Songs 3 minutes or less because of radio play. Just a few years later, songs got longer.... I was 11 or 12 years old when this album came out, and I loved it all. Maybe my mother, who really enjoyed them, didn't go for some of the more psychedelic tunes, but they always had so many tuneful songs on every album. There was something for everyone.
I'm not sure the Beatles ever topped this album. Sgt Pepper and the White Album were epic, legendary albums and worth their due as some of the greatest rock music on vinyl, but for me, they were at their best here.
For me (unpopular opinion), they got too many bad songs on The White Album... I also don't like the indian influence on this one and Sgt. Pepper... I know it was revolutionary, but I just don't enjoy it. Actually, the albums I like most by them are A Hard Days Night, Help!, Rubber Soul and above all Abbey Road
@@StaniSestakGOAT the white album is ecclectic and sometimes inconsistent, but bad songs? there are no BAD songs on the white album. let's make that EXTREMELY clear.
For many people Revolver is the best Beatles album... but nothing makes my heart and ears happy like Sgt. Pepper's does and always has. The White Album also has some of my favorite songs they ever did... if I cut it down to the best 15 songs it would arguably be their best album. It's The Beatles, you can't really go wrong!
Gentleman after having been a professional am DJ for a little while I can definitely speak to this. These were the orders of the record labels and the production companies under them because a m time was s o limited due to the number of commercials they had to program in at every quarter hours. That's how advertisers bought time and believe me when I tell you that time got very expensive at certain periods during the day so they damn sure wanted to make sure that their commercials were heard. That's the reason the songs were structured as to time length
Waited through this whole album to see your reaction to "Tomorrow never knows". Knew you would react to this one differently than other songs on this album since its so experimental and unique. This song Feels good on your brain, especially in headphones. Lennons son "Sean Lennon" does this song live in tribute to his dad. "Claypool Lennon Delirium" is the band.
Sweet reaction, guys. A really nice listen. I'm not an avid Beatles fan but my sister Alondra is. No doubt how impactful they were to the music scene and industry.💜
This is an awesome reaction, I really enjoyed watching the dissection. I also am hella impressed that yt hasn't taken this down for copyright cause yall played the whole damn album lol
edit: some of the comments are fucking lame and the Beatles would not approve. These guys are doing a first reaction, not a goddamn dissertation. Errors are excused, hot takes are welcome, and inaccurate information is expected to a degree. Not very peace & love to be a dick to two people hearing Revolver for the first time (and loving it while listening!)
Wow. Amazing comment ! Thank you so much !
We are very grateful it’s not blocked too. It was originally, but we asked to have the block removed and the record company did just that.
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@@WelpHereWeAreOnUA-cam Will do! Keep up the good work guys
Well, anyway, just to do justice to John, yes, he could play the guitar. He played lead on Get Back and it's also him playing those triplets on All my Loving. On Taxman, it's Paul doing that distorted solo and they were the first to play backward music, at least on a rock or pop record. It all started with Rain, B side of the single Paperback Writer.
you have words in your mouth i wouldnt hold in my hand ,,try being a bit more respectfull your posting to a worldwide audience
@@AndyX Shut up, Andy.
You said... "It's insane what they did in ten years."
They recorded their first single in September of 1962... and finished recording their final album in August of 1969. That was SEVEN years total.
Really incredible. We'll never see their kind again
Paul played the guitar solo . Also John is a brilliant guitarist .
amen
Taxman- 3:08
Eleanor Rigby- 7:15
I'm Only Sleeping- 12:01
Love You Too- 17:39
Here, There and Everywhere- 22:38
Yellow Submarine- 28:04
She Said She Said- 32:21
Good Day Sunshine- 36:35
And Your Bird Can Sing- 40:02
For No One- 44:21
Doctor Robert- 47:26
I Want to Tell You- 51:05
Got To Get You in My Life- 55:13
Tomorrow Never Knows- 59:54
And in between those times stamps. We share our feelings
Love You To
Only the Beatles, surely, could include Yellow Submarine and She said, she said on the same album. And then segue them together at the end of Side one..
When you listen to "Tomorrow Never Knows" you have to understand no one had ever attempted anything like that before,it was truly groundbreaking and revolutionary.And that's what the Beatles were all about
Or Love You To. According to the academic journal of the society of Asian music, it was the first western pop song to incorporate authentic, as opposed to pastiche, Asian music theory. Norwegian Wood and others used sitar prior, but didn’t implement actual Asian technique. Basically the first “world music” track
Well, actually one band has attempted, as it's the first psychedelic rock song ever written
Search it up, the band's name is 13th Floor Elevators
I will thanks
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Elevators were the first psych band indeed.
But they never had anything close to “tomorrow never knows”
No one had
I mean, musique concrete was a thing before this album, if you're referring to the tape loops. They were certainly the first to use tape loops in POP music though, which is huge.
John Lennon was a great musician. Great rhythm guitarist, pianist, composer, songwriter, singer..
He rocks the bass absolutely in "Helter Skelter"
John Lennon was a great musician
Ironic that these two made a point of how much they liked the bass in She Said She Said. Paul didn't participate on that track. I believe the bass was played by George. All 4 of the Beatles were gifted musicians.
A great harmonica player also!
Its very simple. If you want the best songwriting band of all time then look no further than the Beatles, John, Paul and George all fantastic song writers. If you want the best group of four players of all time then look no further than Led Zeppelin.
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Yeh 'Imagine' turned out alright.
The Beatles are the best group of artists ever. When this album came out it was if it was coming from space, this was so new music like. Remember this group changed everything!!!! They did almost did everything first, the were musical geniuses.
Kids today will never know the exhilaration of waiting for a new Beatles album
You can say THAT again DALE GALLACHER!! We never knew WHAT they were going to do next! They NEVER got BORING!!!
I don’t know if I’d single out “kids today”. I’m 58 and don’t know
Kids since 1969 you mean 😂
As a kid today I can confirm that this is true
@dyslexicbatnam1350as a teenager i agree with you, luckly we still can listen to the beatles and other bands from the past
John was so tight on Guitar, seldom does he look at his fret board during a set. Not only did he contribute the dirty sounding 3 finger yukelele chord,, so raunchy sounding, Jimi Hendrix added the chord to his tool bag. The ever present Melody , a new element in Rock, at the time,, is most prominent!y utilized by every Metal Band,, and hard rock,. Melody, a very unusual texture in Rock during the 50s and up to the Beatles decade (60s) was distinctly their contribution.
btw, Johns axe was solid , and tighter then most musicians,, they all were more then proficient musicians, who were much like the American musicians from the 50s were the first ,working musicians,,traveling to Hamburg Germany from 1959, to 61, where they worked 7 days a week, 3 shows a day.
When they returned to Britain, they were so good, no band on the Isle could compete,
Most of all,,, not one band at that tiime,, especially in Britain could write a song even remotely close to Lennon/McCartney.
Very true..didn't know that about Hendrix.
Don't forget, lots of British bands went to Hamburg.
The Beatles were forged in Liverpool and just made into something elseby Hamburg but the talent was always there
Tomorrow Never Knows was the First Song they composed for the album.
Ringo came up with the title
For two guys who can appreciate the production aspect, Abbey Road would be perfect. One of the best produced albums to this day.
Abbey Road was the template for much of 1970s pop. If you don't believe me listen to the Cars debut album in 1978. Not to mention much of Pink Floyd.
If you want to talk production, Pet Sounds is also a must. Remains one of the lushest, most sublime albums of all time.
Yes, Abbey Road does indeed remain one of the best produced albums ever - even now some 50+ years later. Not the least of reasons are the lack of heavy digital processing. But on top of that, they knew it was time to end it all. So they consciously chose to go out with a final masterpiece. Abbey Road is so gorgeous and lush to listen to.
@@lcarpetrondookmariot7620 Pet Sounds is god-tier musically, production wise it's good but nothing special to be honest. Good Vibrations is what it's all about if you want some great studio techniques by the Beach boys.
Good reaction. In the context of the time Revolver was released, as a mainstream pop/rock album, this album is just a continuous series of WTF moments. Taxman, insane guitar solos by Paul, Eleanor Rigby, all strings and dorian mode, I'm Only Sleeping with the tape speed manipulation and backwards guitar, Love You Too, with flat-out Indian instrumentation, The whacky kid song Yellow Submarine, the disonance on I Want To Tell You, the tape loops and guitars in Tomorrow Never Knows, etc, etc, etc. There was nothing like it at the time. And all done with a four-track analog tape machine.
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Exactly. Up til then a great band would put out a new album and all you could expect was one huge hit and at most maybe one or two other listenable songs. Then came the Beatles. And everything changed.
@@joelok48 No kidding. Even the Beatles middling songs would be huge hits for other bands.
The "Fifth" Beatle, producer George Martin, wrote the string quartet arrangement for Eleanor Rigby.
Under basic instructions of Paul, of course. But yeah, George Martin deserves all the praise.
The 5th Beatle was Brian Epstein though
It was a string quintet not a quartet .
@@jacquescousteau217 Actually it was a double string quartet.
@@manco828 I assume you mean it was double tracked in unison . It’s possibly, but if so it would still be a string quartet . I don’t know why I thought it a quintet ? Possibly because the cello was so upfront in the mix , and if like Schubert’s cello quintet where he doubled the cello as opposed to the viola - which is commonly known as a chambre string quintet -
Hey guys. Enjoy your reactions. Paul actually played the lead on "Taxman".
I'm not sure I would say Paul played lead on taxman, he only played the solos.
@@youngbloodk Hi Kermit. That's actually what I meant. I called the middle eight solo, the lead. Thanks!
@@youngbloodk Which is the lead.
@@yes2day100 But I think George is officially credited as lead in the song.
@@youngbloodk But he didn't play the solos. So, Paul was being modest. But the solos make the song.
John Lennon was one of the greatest rhythm guitarists of all time and his acoustic playing is sublime. Check out his playing on acoustic version of “Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out”.
or "All my loving". that one has a great rhythm part!
Paul did lead guitar on Taxman, joint lead on And Your Bird Can Sing, etc. He doesn’t get enough credit for how great a musician he is!
One of the truly great bass players.
Bill Wyman and John Entwhistle said he was the GOAT!
Lennon actually never said that about Ringo , it was said by some comedian in the 80s , no Beatle said that .
It was Jasper Carrott. And he stole it from a BBC radio sketch show called Radio Active.
All of them loved Ringo, as a person AND as a drummer
It's great to see two grown men really listen, completely, to Beatles albums albums for the first time in their entirety. First reactions are sacred. If you continue to do the Beatle thing, I strongly recommend that you do them in chronological order. It will help you understand their path. Keep up the great work!!!
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They heard them before!! Good video through.
I agree finally a reaction video done right everyone else only play one song and stop it all the time
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For my money, Paul's my favorite Beatle. He totally *is* a schmaltzy love song guy, but in-between all those, he has songs I really empathize with. For better or worse, he always seemed like the most "open" Beatle to me; as a guy who walls off his emotions from the world, but couldn't wall them off from himself if he tried, its nice to hear him just sing what he feels, instead of putting it behind something to decipher. Off this album, "For No One" always struck me, because of how clearly hopeless it is: she obviously on her way to leaving him, he knows he can't do anything about it, and he'll carry that wound for a long time. I suppose his solo and Wings stuff is also coloring my decision, but y'know, what can you do? Anyway, this has been my 3AM Paul McCartney rant, I hope you enjoyed, and if you're still reading, have a great day!
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"For No One" gets me every time.
I think "For No One" it's my Paul's Favourite song. It's hard to say, because I love lots of his songs, but that one is great.
Yeah, only that it's John for me whose songs I empathise with
I love Paul's "schmaltzy" love songs. He's brilliant at it and one of the only men who can pull those types of songs off with 100% sincerity.
John's an amazing rhythm guitarist and pianist, That was Paul's solo in Taxman not George's and it's "All You Need Is Love" not "All We Need Is Love" and that was written by John, not Paul. In For No One, that was a french horn not a trumpet, and John never said that Ringo wasn't the best drummer in the Beatles. Paul to this day still says that Ringo is the greatest drummer in the world.
Great information thank you
Wow! You hit all the points. I might had mentioned John's lead on Get Back and I Feel Fine. Some comedian made the "Ringo's not even the best drummer in the Beatles" comment. John once said he said to Ringo "You're the best Rock and Roll drummer ever".
@@WelpHereWeAreOnUA-cam yea get your facts straight!!!
@@debjorgo George plays most of the lead on I Feel Fine.
@@williamjordan5554 I meant the main riff that plays throughout the song. You're right George plays the solo. Watch any live performance. That's John playing the riff.
Glad to see you were able to persuade YT to post this. Great work guys.
We are too :)) ty Arnie ! We had a blast ! - Ryan
The guitar riff on "And Your Bird" was actually two guitars, played by George and Paul.
I was hoping someone would point that out! It was on of (if not THE first) "guitar harmony duets" ever!
"An arabesque in parallel thirds" I was once told :-)
Nope! George and John.
@@scottandrewbrass1931 Incorrect
The guitar duo makes this my favorite song on the album.
Oh my....John was a great guitarist. He plays lead on "Get Back" and just listen to him on the round robin guitar solos of "The End".
Ye that comment bugged me too
And his fantastic finger picked parts for Julia and Dear Prudence on the White Album.
Plus the fact that he’s played piano, bass, harmonica
@@maddoxhallums4869 and was a phenomenal Singer!
The remark is actually beside the point anyway, as the lead guitar on this one is McCartney.
Paul is a master of Pop. He brought a pop and show tune consciousness. And revolutionized how a bass could play lead
Paul heard Motown bassist, James Jameson, and never played bass the same after that.
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"That was Heavy for a Beatles song"
Me: Looks over at Birthday, Yer Blues, I want You, and Helter Skelter.
True. I’m sure they have more heavy songs for sure. They have a deeper library than I had thought. I do know Helter Skelter - Ryan.
Rain
The outro riff on the later half of I Want You (She's so Heavy) is a killer heavy riff too. I'd almost say it shows some of the beginnings of doom metal back in the late 60s :)
Hey Bulldog
those songs came later
George Harrison was referred to as "The Quiet Beatle". To me, he has the funniest line in 'A Hard Days Night' during the interview vignette scene when the reporter asks: "Has success changed you?" and he deadpan responds "Yes."
The Beatles are a miracle to humankind.
'Tomorrow Never Knows' is such a ground-breaking song, hard to believe it was released in 1966
THE BEATLES SONGS NEVER OVERSTAYED THEIR WELCOME LEAVING AN INDELIBLE IMPRINT IN THE MIND OF THE LISTENER AND THEM CRAVING MORE
Fun fact: Paul McCartney wasn't involved in the making of She Said She Said. They had a fight/argument and he stormed out. George Harrison had to play bass on that track.
And sing the harmony vocals.
Fun fact: some conkers think he died then
John plays rhythm guitar very well thank you very much!
@@MrThedonhead I think it's funny some people still believe that 'cause even the guy who started it is college campus admitted it was a myth
I've been scrolling through all the comments to see if anyone mentioned that. One of my favorite songs on the album
guys calm down, these two don't know everything about the beatles, there's no need to be aggressive or anything. great reaction guys!
Thank you :)). We are first time listeners to this album as a whole. We know very little. Just here to experience the sounds :))
@@WelpHereWeAreOnUA-cam btw, are you gonna do more beatles reactions?
@@luca-uk9bt I’m sure we will
Who are you talking to? Are you the "my feelings may be hurt" police? You're opinion is of no consequence at all.
@@heathcliff8624 i'm just saying that we shouldn't be rude
‘Eleanor Rigby’ is the only song that no Beatle plays, it’s a string quartet. Paul saw a tomb marked Eleanor Rigby in a cemetery and a song came to his mind about the woman buried there. She was a real person.
And ‘I’m only sleeping’ is, for me, the hidden jewel in the album. Not too many people remember it, because ‘Revolver’ is one of those artworks that is SO GOOD that you can’t choose which song is the best. You simply can’t!
But ….we all do that, and I think ‘For no one’ is my favourite Beatles’ song.
The Beatles were blessed in finding George Martin as their producer in 1962. Martin had produced records by Peter Sellers, the Goons, Flanders and Swann and other comedy albums. His musical input to the group allowed them to crossover into territory unexplored in rock music. His piano solo on " In My Life " was brilliant. It was his idea to set a string quartet to " Eleanor Rigby, " although he had to convince Paul it would work.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is a Ringoism. It's something he'd say, and Lennon just tagged this song with it.
This is a fun transition album. I still remember getting on the school bus on the last day of 5th grade - I had just got a really good report card and had the Summer to look forward to - "Good day Sunshine" came on the bus' radio - it was a perfect song for the moment, that I will never forget.
Back in 1966, we teenagers - listening to 'Tomorrow Never Knows' for the first time, from this remarkable album - simply thought "My God, The Beatles really ARE beyond 'amazing' ! " And just when many of us felt that they had peaked, a year later came 'Sergeant Pepper's.............' Pure Magic - it's that simple (even if THEY were not) !!
I’m very jealous. Though at least those who grow up more recently have the ability to listen to all this music more conveniently and with arguably better production than ever before.
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Indeed! In many ways, today's 'Younger Generation' has things pretty good - for the reasons you mention. _Their_ problem lies in the insuperable task of delving into the Back Catologue of Fabulous Music and discovering their own personal 'nuggets'. This is where _YT_ helps, of course. The only thing they will _never_ experience is the tingling _atmosphere_ of those days. But 'atmospheres' quickly dissipate - while Great Music lives on forever. Happy exploring!! 😉😉
The Beatles started releasing singles before the albums were released. Paperback Writer and Rain were the singles for this album and then Penny Lane-Strawberry Fields Forever were the singles for SGT Peppers.
Here there and everywhere Beatles best love song ~
McCartney played lead guitar on Taxman and several others as he was the flashiesr guitarist in The Beatles.
Also in For No One, not a trumpet, a French horn.
On Your Bird Can Sing, thr guitars were George and Paul.
One thing about the Beatles is that although they experimented with all sorts of sounds and ideas, they never forgot that the basis of music is melody (apart from Revolution 9)
Love this video. Felt like a hangout with good friends. Observationally and personally. Tomorrow Never Knows is also my favorite track on the album (of so many amazing songs). That song feels just as fresh and innovative today as in 1966. That's saying something!
My reaction at the time? I was 10, and it was clearly The Beatles, but they challenged their fans to go to new places, and the trip was always a good one. The brilliance of what they did was sharp and lovely as a spring day.
In the context of the music and culture of 1966, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' must have sounded like it came from another world. I can't imagine how it must have been to walk into a record shop at that time, seeing the cover, and thinking, ok we are not in Kansas anymore. Bringing the LP home and sitting with some friends smoking a doobie, and putting this record on. There wasn't anything like it! Also, Ringo totally shines on this LP.
I love seeing the reaction from people that have never heard the Beatles before. They were just amazing and so far ahead of their time. And their music is timeless. Was like you said with Eleanor Rigby that they applied rock to an orchestra. They had George Martin which really helped open up their eyes to what they had around them in a studio. But it was The Beatles who experimented with them.
Absolutely loved your reaction😊
And so far as the 'Ringo is not even the best drummer in the Beatles' joke is concerned, it was never said by John.
It was a joke created by a comedian long after the Beatles had broken up
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It’s known that Ringo basically never ever practiced. He just has this gift of instinctively knowing what to play for the songs his band mates were writing. And his drum fills are legendary and there’s no comparison. He’s truly a legend and has a singular and instantly recognizable sound.
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And yet people still trot that one out over and over - very sad really.
I am 67 and grew up with these guys. I can't even express in words how different this album hot us and how forever music was changed!
My favorite album of all-time by ANY band!
1:03:25 so true, you can hear that songs influence in SO much electronic music, the way the beat just hypnotizes you and the tape loops just keep fading in and out, i still cant get over the fact that it was released in 1966. Probably the most modern sounding beatles song by todays standards, id even say it still sounds futuristic to this day.
I think most people would agree that Paul was the most talented musician on the Beatles. I understand many people can have the opinion that his music was too accessible, but his music was definitely not simple. He also elevated many of the members tracks with his harmonies, basslines, piano. He even filled in for Ringo on the drums for a few sessions on the White Album as Ringo had temporarily left the group. I just hope you don't think Paul was just there to make granny music all the time. Lol great reaction though! Hope to see Sgt Peppers next
He had the most versatile voice in the band
@@Woodehat28 You guys haven't listened to Join and George enough!
@@kathrynschimpf8957 no, paul is the visionary of the Beatles, and the one who was most invested in their legacy. we've all heard george and john. paul is the GOAT.
Paul was the one who worked the hardest but I think John was the better of the two jut my opinion
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Yes, The Beatles were astounding innovators - and they also synthesized the art of earlier groundbreakers:
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Beatles borrowed unfamiliar time signatures like those created by Brubeck, Morello, Desmond, and Wright.
The Four Freshmen - Beatles' lush, tight harmonies found inspiration with this 50s vocal group that also inspired Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Chuck Berry - Beatles learned the driving backbeat storytelling, walkin' four basslines, killer rhythm guitar riffs, and the unmistakable lead guitar hooks from the master rocker himself.
Macca played the solo in Taxman. Drums on Dear Prudence and Back in the USSR, he was such a maverick musician and creator.
Fun fact: "Yellow Submarine" was released as a single with "Eleanor Rigby" as the b-side. Talk about a contrast...
Dunno about the USA, but in the UK it was released as a double-A side.
By the way, surprisingly is was actually Paul who played the lead guitar part on Taxman..
I just found this out myself a few years ago.
Paul McCartney played the solo on Tax Man and yes it was inspired by Batman
Lennon was a brilliant rhythm guitarist.
And Lennon helped with the lyrics on "Taxman".
Eleanor Rigby is on a grave stone in the same place where John first met Paul. I’ve been there myself.
But Paul never remembered seeing it. To be fair there’s a lot of writing on that grave stone and it’s kinda stuck in the middle.
It's true. Did McCartney take in the name subliminally?
@@rosswatson5996 That has been the general consensus . I think Paul even said once that it was possible that it was a subliminal thing
Love the Revolver album, their musical direction growing and changing.
Best reaction of the album I've seen on youtube. Great job guys, made me relive the experience a little
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The Beatles could get away with songs like "Tomorrow Never Knows" because the fans trusted them not to make it the 'new direction' of the band to the abandonment of more accessible tunes. Beatles fans of the day, myself included, had a higher tolerance for experimental music from the guys because we were, sort of, growing with them, as well. When you listen to the 'weird stuff', there is, still, an underpinning of melody that you can grab on to. That, and listening to the same voice that sang "Twist and Shout" is very reassuring. Also, the music, on this album particularly, sounded very fresh and, at the same time, familiar.
Great reaction guys. Some information just to help. The solo in Taxman was played by Paul because George couldn't find the proper one for the song. The name Eleanor Rigby came from two ways. Paul liked the name of the acrtriz Eleanor Bron who performed with The Beatles in the film Help! and the surname Rigby was from a store name on which Paul put atention while he waited for Jane out of a theater in London. Then, somebody found a grave with that name in Liverpool cementery
Right there at 1:01:20, you have the very first "megaphone" vocal in rock music. This was achieved by feeding John's vocals through the revolving Leslie speaker that connects to a Hammond organ. No one had ever attempted such a thing before.
John played guitar solos on:"You Can't Do That" · "Long Tall Sally" (first solo) · "Every Little Thing" (12 string electric) · "I Feel Fine" (main riff, with George) · "Norwegian Wood, etc...
Love your reaction BTW.... This is my favourite Beatle album... Oh yes, there were NO Beatles before the Beatles. They were the trailblazers. From this album onwards every song on each album is different. When you listen to this album just remember that they only had 4 tracks of tape to record to not the multitude that you have today.
Just a few responses to your questions during the listen... On "Taxman", Paul decided that he didn't like George's solo so get it wiped and he played the solo himself.. An area of contention between him and Paul for quite some time. The strings on "Eleanor Rigby" were composed, arranged and conducted by George Martin their producer, the true 5th Beatle. The vocals on "I'm Only Sleeping" are just John not liking the sound of his voice so he always wanted George Martin to put some kind of effect on it. On 'Yellow Submarine" John was doing all the yelling. To get an idea of who's song is who's the rule of thumb is that the lead vocal was done by the main composer... After John & Georges' introduction to LSD from "Dr Robert" they both drove home, tripping....!! In "I Want To Tell You" can you tell that they had recently discovered dissonance. Ryan, the comment about Ringos drumming is an urban myth really. He was the ONLY drummer for the Beatles. All the weird sounds on "Tomorrow Never Knows" were tape loops that they bought into the studio, they were then put onto individual tape machines, the end of the loop was held on a pencil and as the song played the various faders were pushed to bring each loop in and out of the mix.
As for what was it like when people listened to this album back in the day.. WELL, I was 13 in 1966 and this was the first album I ever bought. Believe me when I say that the record buying public had never heard anything like this before but they were The Beatles so we all went along for the journey. Can't wait for you to get to the next album after this Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Nathan... All the songs were that length back in the sixties, as Arnie said, mainly for radio airplay... BUT, the Beatles, being the Beatles changed all that from Sgt Pepper's onwards, the pinnacle being Hey Jude at 7minutes long...
Ryan.... "For No One" uses the French Horn. And the song you are thinking about is "Penny Lane" which was recorded after this album, it uses a Piccolo Trumpet. Paul had seen a Handel classical concert on TV one night, mentioned it to George Martin the next morning, 'cos George Martin knew about these things and the next thing you know, it's on Penny Lane.
Great information ty :)
Lennon was always about dissonance -- that's why so many 7th chords.
It was Dave mason who famously played the piccolo on that. And they pushed him to excel to one higher note than ordinary!
Thanks Guys, I really enjoyed sitting through that one with you. A great album, and I'm glad you liked "Tomorrow Never Knows" so much. That is my favourite pop song of all time. 😎
This is without question their best album. Before they got too much into the drugs, before the women came along to mess with their minds, before the critics got inside their heads, before the lack of touring began to manifest itself. You've got three great George tracks, some of Paul's darkest songs, Lennon inventing acid rock a year before everyone else, a Ringo classic, etc.
I think there’s definitely a question
Maybe someone already mentioned it down here, but the Tomorrow Never Knows drumloop is by many considered as the first jungle beat - 30 years ahead of it's time! So the drums are a tape loop of a fragment of Ringo's drums, but also many other parts you hear are tape loops. Sampling was not possible yet, so instead they used tape loops of pre-recorded instruments or sounds to build up this astonishing track, together with some backwards guitars and a real bass guitar track.
Re: Taxman. George’s lyrics were not an exaggeration. The rich were really being taxed at close to 95% back in those days. It’s why Paul bought land in Scotland, because if you bought land you weren’t taxed on that money. Oh, and Paul played the solo on Taxman.
Elenor Rigby... she is real. But Paul didn’t know it. Her name is on a gravestone by the church where the fete was that John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met in 1957.
You were taxed at 95% if you didn't take any of the available loopholes, like buying land. In the US the top rate was 91%, but again there were all sorts of loopholes like investing the money. The tax system was designed to prevent the rich from hoarding their money, getting them to pump it back into the economy. Now that we've gotten rid of that the wealth gap has exploded, poverty is on the rise, infrastructure is decaying, starved for the necessary tax funds to properly expand or even maintain it.
Bring back the massive top marginal tax rates. Let the super-rich complain. If they complain as cleverly as George Harrison did in "Taxman," that's just a bonus.
I mean like honestly, that’s probably fake. Be serious.
@@gregoryeatroff8608 Im old enough, but not rich enough to remember this. It's why the Keef Richards moved to France, for example.
They shoulda been taxed that much in my opinion tho.
They were living the dream payed for by their fans. As much as I love the Beatles, I always thought that was a laughable thing for a supposedly peace n love guy to be saying
Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed it the whole way through.
They were a rock band full o soul at that point and then they came up with this "electronic stuff". It was revolutionary.
You guys are funny, love the shag bit! So....Tomorrow Never Knows....Congratulations, you totally got it! It did totally blow us away. We'd never heard anything like it. Yes a John song, but your accessible love song boyo Paul is the one who brought in his electronica tape loop stuff for it. These were complex musicians (listen to Helter Skelter) who were constantly curious, pushed old boundaries, kept moving forward not caring if they lost a few fans along the way, and everybody else got to go along on the trip. And what a ride it was.
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As a big Beatles fan, this made my day, glad I found your channel.
Awesome. Ty :))
Every song is a Ringo song. He's the heart and soul of the Beatles.
I was in Junior High School when the Beatles made their American debut on the Ed Sullivan TV show. My entire family gathered around our black and white TV set, including my grandmother. Music was never the same.
Fun fact. Got to Get You into My Life did not come out as a single in the US until 1976
Peter Fonda was actor Henry Fonda"s son and he starred with Jack Nicholson in the film Easy Rider . Twas a famous sixties movie with music and motorbikes and drugs!
"Taxman" was the first George song to open a Beatles album. If I'm not mistaken, Paul actually played that ripping guitar solo.
Tomorrow Never Knows was the prelude to Sgt. Pepper’s , just a natural lead in. Both came out as I was finishing High School. As I’m writing this you brought up Yellow Submarine. A reference to a joint rolled in yellow ZigZag cigarette papers (a sign of the times). Strange how these songs are so contextual. (You had to be there).
Oddly enough Paul did the heaviest song the Beatles ever did, "Helter Skelter".
I think of Paul as the Mozart and John as the Beethoven, but you're right. Paul's Helter Skelter was the heaviest song the Beatles ever did.
What! All on his own ?
@@martynadams2011 well the majority of the song from the white album have Paul on the drums, the reason for that is because Ringo had left due to the consistent fighting between them all and he couldn’t take it anymore, they eventually were able to get him back after temporarily putting aside their differences for their best friend, it is him on the drums for Helter Skelter though, if you listen to the entire final mix you can hear him at the end saying ‘I’ve got blisters on me fingers’ which was actually true they had performed the song so much that his hands were completely screwed
@@quietdemon8138 Not the majority - only the first two tracks and probably Martha.
No that's Paul George and Ringo.
Paul actually played the guitar solo on Taxman. And John Lennon was an incredibly talented rhythm guitarist who also played guitar solos on a few Beatles songs. Their producer, George Martin, did a lot of the orchestral arrangements, though Paul also contributed.
I love Tomorrow Never Knows. It's so damn creative and weird and melodic.
You know "Tomorrow never know" because you probably saw it on Mad Men Season 6. It is the song that ushered the hippie and psychedelic era. It is considered the most important Psychedelic composition in the history of the genre and the epitome of everything that psychedelia stands for. The Queen of England after Revolver sums it up that way : "The Beatles are Turning Awfully Funny, Aren’t They?" That was her pronouncement on the transformation of the Fab Four from the droll, cheeky mop-tops of 1964, to the lysergically induced hipster-gurus of 1966.
"Got To Get You Into My Life" is a love song...to marijuana. The boys were smoking all the time by this point, and McCartney decided to write an ode to pot. BTW, Paul wrote plenty of heavy songs...including "Helter Skelter", generally credited as the first heavy metal song. Also, most of the edgy, angular lead guitar solos on Beatle records, like "Taxman" and "Baby You Can Drive My Car", were played by Paul, not George.
5:56 It's Paul playing the guitar solo on TAXMAN, and it's the same solo comped in at the end fade. Also, John was a very good and rather sophisticated rhythm guitarist, and he was capable of playing pretty decent lead guitar, when he got the chance.
As George fans you should definitely look up “Concert for George” from the Royal Albert Hall. A tribute to George with all his songs and all his friends. See if you can find it - it’ll be worth your while. Good reaction.
How many holes would it take to fill that?
Yes it was and is a Kids song and the guys had a blast recording it, not their only kid song either. They did a handful and it was popular with the parents. You might have confused the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album from the animated feature, with the Sgt. Pepper album. . Help from my friends was the Ringo hit on that one,
Of course, Yellow Submarine was also a Beatles movie and it's on that soundtrack. The Beatles, as cartoon characters, are in the film. You should check out Hey Bulldog from the Yellow Submarine album.
YES!!! HEY BULLDOG is a ROCKER!!! It is my FAVORITE rocking Beatles song....it has been largely ignored until recently! GREAT VIDEO of them recording it on You Tube. But that same video was originally used for "Lady Madonna"! When I first saw it years ago for Lady Madonna, I realized that their mouths were NOT singing the words for Lady Madonna. I watched it a couple of times and realized they were actually singing HEY BULLDOG. FINALLY years later they restored the audio for HEY BULLDOG to the actual video.
From Revolver on-all their mid-to late great music-they never performed (except a few TV shots and the roof concert) which means they were rehearsed a day or so in studio, recorded and released… and then never again played by them as a band! Imagine the stones playing Gimme Shelter once then never again, or Sinatra my way in studio once to record it then never again, ever! It’s unprecedented in recording history, then or now. Will never be repeated.
Songs were short because the radio stations thought anything longer wouldn’t keep the listener engaged or give them enough commercial time
...then came FM
Impressed that you picked up on the Batman theme. Actually George was a fan of the show and the theme influenced him in Taxman. And Hendrix used that chord 6 months later in Purple Haze (people call it the Hendrix chord lol)
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Yellow Submarine was the Revolver Ringo song. The Beatles allowed him to sing one song on every Beatles album.
It wasn’t on Sgt Peppers, it was an album in it's own right featuring the songs from the animated film Yellow Submarine. The album included Hey Bulldog that at the time was not considered interesting, but today is revered as ground breaking.
Ringo didn't sing on 3 LPS - AHDN , MMT & LIB ! (Unless you count the vocal sound on 'Flying')
I was 15 when revolver was released. In my city each time a new Beatles album was released there were lines out the door just buy the album on the first day. When the movie's Hard Day's Night and Help were released there were lines around the block to get in. I was lucky to be there as a kid for the music that defined a culture and an age
Just to have a "fit in"...with 2 other songs recorded during these sessions, listen to "Paperback Writer "...& "Rain"....They would have fit well on Revolver but back then it was customary to release X number of 45's (singles) per year.....Do Sgt.Pepper next...it was chronologically in that order...It started with the single "Strawberry Fields Forever".backed By "Penny Lane"...Recording started in late Nov 1966 & continued well into April 1967...Thanks for your listen/review.
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John Lennon is a great rhythm guitarist and "All You Need Is Love" is by John, not a Paul song!
“Tomorrow Never Knows” is when music changed forever.
Paul McCartney played the solo guitar on Taxman. He was apparently the best guitarist (and musician) of the four.
Nop, George was , he knew all the cords.
I'm a massive Paul fan but George was the best guitarist in the Beatles. Macca had more strings to his bow than the others, probably.
The Beatles were the Silver Beatles, I believe, first, among other earlier band names.... Well, not sure if the song Yellow Submarine was made specifically for the movie Yellow Submarine, but--you know--it is a kind of psychedelic in nature, isn't it? I think that was Paull yelling.... Songs 3 minutes or less because of radio play. Just a few years later, songs got longer.... I was 11 or 12 years old when this album came out, and I loved it all. Maybe my mother, who really enjoyed them, didn't go for some of the more psychedelic tunes, but they always had so many tuneful songs on every album. There was something for everyone.
I'm not sure the Beatles ever topped this album. Sgt Pepper and the White Album were epic, legendary albums and worth their due as some of the greatest rock music on vinyl, but for me, they were at their best here.
For me (unpopular opinion), they got too many bad songs on The White Album... I also don't like the indian influence on this one and Sgt. Pepper... I know it was revolutionary, but I just don't enjoy it. Actually, the albums I like most by them are A Hard Days Night, Help!, Rubber Soul and above all Abbey Road
@@StaniSestakGOAT the white album is ecclectic and sometimes inconsistent, but bad songs? there are no BAD songs on the white album. let's make that EXTREMELY clear.
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For many people Revolver is the best Beatles album... but nothing makes my heart and ears happy like Sgt. Pepper's does and always has. The White Album also has some of my favorite songs they ever did... if I cut it down to the best 15 songs it would arguably be their best album. It's The Beatles, you can't really go wrong!
Gentleman after having been a professional am DJ for a little while I can definitely speak to this. These were the orders of the record labels and the production companies under them because a m time was s o limited due to the number of commercials they had to program in at every quarter hours. That's how advertisers bought time and believe me when I tell you that time got very expensive at certain periods during the day so they damn sure wanted to make sure that their commercials were heard. That's the reason the songs were structured as to time length
Waited through this whole album to see your reaction to "Tomorrow never knows". Knew you would react to this one differently than other songs on this album since its so experimental and unique. This song Feels good on your brain, especially in headphones. Lennons son "Sean Lennon" does this song live in tribute to his dad. "Claypool Lennon Delirium" is the band.
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Sweet reaction, guys. A really nice listen. I'm not an avid Beatles fan but my sister Alondra is. No doubt how impactful they were to the music scene and industry.💜