The Beatles, after their early years, didn’t have A SOUND. They did whatever the hell they wanted. They created their own music. No genre, no category.
They stopped touring because the crowds were so loud they couldn't hear and then spent so much time in the studio they and their engineers invented a lot of multi-track recording/basic recording techniques still in use today out of necessity and preference since they were constantly forging new pathways. They had unlimited resources, time, and energy. Unreal.
although they were creative with different sounds and how this song is completely different, I remember when this came out, it was clearly [in my ears] The Beatles because of their signature tone in vocals and instruments and production. No one else could have done this... maybe to the untrained ear who only know a couple of their most popular songs would be thrown off or confused but to the trained ear and casual Beatles fan, this is quintessential Beatles creativity and sound.
It really is amazing their musical growth in such a short period of time. Unmatched. How does this happen? Four lads from a seaport, Liverpool, found each other, and gifted with enormous talent, basically changed the world.
They recorded "Love Me Do" on September 4th, 1962. It was just 3 years and 7 months later - they recorded "Tomorrow Never Knows" (April 6th, 1966). For me... that's the greatest musical growth by any band ever.
I am always laughing out loud when someone says this Beatles song “sounds like Pink Floyd etc.” It’s the other way round because it’s The Beatles guys 🍏
This album was a stand out for Paul's bass playing. He nails it on every song on the album. His playing is as diverse as the songs on the album. Thing of beauty
that would depend on your definition of "heavier". Helter Skelter tried to be heavy like The Who but ends up just being raucous and more punkish. Shouting and thrashing about is not heavy - the I Want You riff is real heavy like symphonic heavy with actual gravitas
@@timcardona9962HS always sounded like a punk song, rather than a metal song. It’s loud and has a lo-fi vibe about it, like it was recorded in a garage and that thunky bass is a perfect touch.
Now maybe you understand why we old folks say the Beatles truly changed music forever. Their evolution from 1963 to 1969 is mindblowing...and almost everyone who followed copied aspects of what they created.
1969 is pushing it. Agreed that they set the bar, and so high. But in the second half of the 60s, a lot of kids who had been inspired by them got into music, some went to music college, and what you got was a mix of enthusiastic improves plus trained musicians. The result was they picked up the baton and ran with it. Underground, progressive, blues, rock, fusion, folk, great times late 60s and into the 70s. John Mayall, Cream, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Yes, ELP, Dire Straits............. I could have listed loads more. Musicians, who learned their craft. Totally subjective as to who was best. Just be thankful for them all.
And the next best band is, remarkably, five young Japanese women with over 130 awesome songs -- Band-Maid! I'm talking about range and quality of composition, execution and personalities! Checkout Manners, Warning, Black Hole, No God, Domination, and this last song of their latest concert, along with Hate and Don't You Tell Me... Endless Story: ua-cam.com/video/Za1y-RRVd70/v-deo.html🤘😉
Sargent Peppers and Abbey Road and part pf the White album were only albums I really liked and okay when they first came out, but there were way to many bands in the sixties that were (imho) every bit as good as the Beatles and better in my opinion, as we listened to many other groups and rarely the Beatles.
for prog try 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' off the White album - I Want You (She's So Heavy) is metal jazz well before as is Helter Skelter Metal before metal. The incredible thing about the beatles is that every album was differrent and even ever song on every album. and to think they were only together recording for 7 years and produced 13 albums and over 250 songs. just stunning.
Great choice. Honestly, though.....I hope they keep doing what they're doing here: go through the ENTIRE discography. Listen to the albums in context. I'd rather they hear "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" in the context of end of side one of The White Album! (that said: it's a good stand-alone track for sure). (and like this one, sexy as hell!)
So awsome to have grown up with these guys! Every time a new Beatles song came on the radio, we would scream to the top of our lungs! it was way ahead of all the other great bands during that time. So innovative
Indeed Trouble is “we” are so influenced by reinterpretations by z generation wannabes and video. I don’t mean Nick and lex This is indeed about Lennon and Yoko. Just a staggering musical tour de force by the Beatles Typical is oft mentioned comment that the Beatles covered a song done by simple pimply auto tuned talentless nobody by reviewers
People need to relearn the lesson John tried to teach with I Am the Walrus. He despised people trying to interpret his stuff. After he wrote I am the Walrus he said Let the F---ers interpret that. As for moods, he just wrote about what he might be thinking about at the moment. Nothing heavy or deep, and he said the mood of a song could depend on whether he had a good crap that day
@@sonnymaupin9267 Exactly Sonny. I wish people would research songs a bit more before or after listening. Or just reflect on their enjoyment of the music and why. And not go into imagined interpretations based on what they have heard or seen I, of course, excluded their musings in this respect. For some reason in their case I find it amusing
Nice Conversation guys . . . I completely agree. But even as a "Kid" when I was OBSSESSED by this album, everytime I went to my Aunt's home in Anaheim Calif, and when they moved to San Clemente, I would ask to put the album on - I knew it was about Yoko, because of the "controversy" of their relationship was often in the news. I later realized as an adult, no matter how _quirky_ Yoko was (so was John :p), John loved her like no other, much like Paul loved Linda.
@@mvunit3 Quite agree Love is love and John was very definitely in deep love. Paul and Yoko have long reconciled their differences of course I think John and Yoko and Paul and Linda are two of the best love stories in music.
I’m torn between what the Beatles would have sounded like doing disco (missed out by a couple of years) BUT knowing the Beatles, they would have nailed it ! ❤
Yeah, but they were influenced by everyone and, especially on Abbey Road, were not above doing little bits of other people. Lots of musicians refer to parts of this song as "the Santana section" of "I Want You", for instance. "Sun King" (and other songs from Abbey Road) are directly influenced by 1968 Fleetwood Mac (go listen to "Albatross", then listen to "Sun King"). "Good Day Sunshine" is McCartney doing "Daydream". etc etc. It's not a crime, and this song most definitely was influenced by Hendrix and the late 60s British blues boom (as was Yer Blues), and definitely had a bit of Santana. (and I could go album by album and point out where they got their shit from) So no, it's not a crime.
@@londrinaparana7071 That's why the last line of my comment was "it's not a crime". I guess you don't read the comments you reply to. What a moron. Hey shithead, tell the OP, not me! He's the doofus who thinks it all came out of a vaccum. Of course there's the x-factor times 100000 with The Beatles, but to point out that The Beatles sound like someone out is not a crime, they style-hopped all the time. Anything else, dopey?
Yeah, it's not "George riffing," it's John, very much his style and sound. Not just for the fast bits but Paul is just on point throughout, just in the pocket, feeling it. And Billy Preston on the organ, I think.
Hi. The song reflects Lennon's obsession w Yoko Ono. It continues in his songwriting on solo LP John Lennon + Plastic Ono Band. Beatles just going different+ it's tremendous, even the white Noise outing.
Once you flip the record over, yeah. Originally, side 2 was side 1 and the album was going to begin with "Here Comes The Sun" and end with "I Want You"! If you think about it, both sides end "unresolved".....the complete opposite of the end of "Sgt. Pepper"!
Yea, it really is. Most people don't even mention him on bass. If he didn't write songs or sing leads; people would be complementing and praising him on the bass.
It is a song about desire for a woman ( yoko ono in his case )" Heavy" was 1960's slang for serious or consequential - this is a woman who will change your life not a fling. It is so powerful. no-one should ever judge the beatles by love me do and yellow submarine, they paint the entire human experience in music. You will be shocked by how heavy helter skelter is and you will would also like oh darling which is Pauls equivalent love song. They were an influence for Pink Foyd -i think the quote goes "we thought they were gods"
A cool thing to consider with this track on the album: It was the final song on the first side of the vinyl. So, they recorded the song to just run until the needle would pop up, with that dark and heavy instrumental build-up of awesomeness - and suddenly stopping. Then the listener would have to get up, in silence and contemplation of what they just experienced, and flip the record over, before getting to Here Comes The Sun on the second side. It's always interesting, to me, to think about the experience of the listening tech, back then, and the intention of the artist through that medium that existed at the time. Great reaction and much love! ❤
Lennon wrote it about his relationship with Yoko, he also played lead guitar on this song, with Harrison playing rhythm. Lennon also used Harrisons Moog as a white noise generator in the last part. Billy Preston played the noodley organ fills.
Hi Guys, as a teenager I have memories of being in my room with a portable record player, lying on my bed listening to this track again & again trying to guess the moment it stops. Took a long time before I got it right....Days later ...I got it wrong again. Lol So many memories, so many years ..The Beatles will always be the best ❤. Byee Jim X
Didn't hear it! The song by John, vocals by John and guitars by John and George were so good. Not to mention Ringo's drums, George's moog, Billy's keyboards...
Just two sentances and they made a 7 minute song out of it and it stayed interesting the whole time. Not many groups in the late 60s could achieve that
As someone else said "From Love Me Do to I Want You" in just a few short years shows how much not only The Beatles changed but the change in rock music at the time. The connection between the Beatles and Pink Floyd is a young engineer working for George Martin by the name of Alan Parsons. Of all the Beatles albums Abbey Road is my number one.
Don't overlook the contribution of Billy Preston on keyboards here. He adds to the menacing and jazzy vibe in the early part of the song, shortly before the sound hurricane sweeps in at the end.
Great reaction, as always! I’m so glad Lex brought this one up. I first listened to this song when I was 11 years old in 1972, I had heard a couple oh the hits (Something and Here Comes the Sun) on the radio but when my dad passed away (‘72) I inherited his LP collection which included Abbey Road. From the first track on the album I could not stop listening and when this song came up as the last in side A, I was floored. I could not jump up fast enough to flip the record and hear the rest of this masterpiece. I listened to this entire album every time I sat down to hear (and I still do.) An often overlooked part on this entire album is the genius drumming of Ring Starr, I know you do appreciate it and I appreciate you both because of that. Not many people get it. Thank you!
Back when you listened to this on vinyl this song ended Side one so the abrupt ending made some sense. And they you flipped it, after that, as you put it, dark moment, and you get "Here Comes the Sun". that break in between the songs was intentional, and it's lost now with streaming.
It’s interesting to me that YT music reactors usually take a few years to get around to the Beatles. Often they will say they’ve heard all the hype and that’s made them shy away from exploring. And then they hear a few songs and it’s down the rabbit hole they go! There’s a reason the Beatles are The Beatles. It will put all the other music you love in a different light.
The answer is: copyright, Johnny! :D It looks like they're loosening up, but that's traditionally why most reactors stay away from Beatles other than on their Patreons. Same thing with Jimi Hendrix. You don't see many Hendrix reactions, do you? You post a Hendrix reaction, they take it right down.
And goes to show how easy to forget their influence on entire genres, from (many) separate songs... Hard rock, heavy métal (helter shelter?), many prog styles... jazz blended in rock... etc etc etc...
This song is absolute 🔥🔥Hands down, I believe The Beatles are the most diverse band in history. If you think this is crazy, check out "Helter Skelter". Thanks guys, great reaction!
It seems difficult for the young in general ( whom didnt take the ride along with them as they rose) to accept the indisputable fact that The Beatles influenced ALL music. All genres. Hell. Frank Sinatra said Georges song "Something" was the greatest love song ever written and it never uses the word love and he recorded it! They rocked the world and take a back seat to no one. The Beatles are your favorite bands favorite band and influence. Believe me. We were all amazed...stunned and shocked.
Oh no, yet another embarrassment to his generation babbling about "the young". How does it feel to become the condescending ageist old fart you hated when you were a teenager, huh "Friend Of The Muse"? When it's time to start babbling about "how difficult it is for the young" to get into something as easy to get into as The Beatles, it's time to get off the internet, know what I mean Old Timer? I'm completely embarrassed for you. Every frickin' reaction channel. Hey moron: if it's difficult, then why should they even bother? Hey moron: did it look like they were having a "difficult" time getting this song? This isn't Stockhausen, you jackass, this is easy-to-swallow popular music, that's what makes The Beatles great, it all goes down easy. Look at this jackass, giving lectures on 'the young". What the F**K do you know about the young, you tedious old fart?
Excellent choice, so glad you picked this one from Patreon to rep your Abbey Road reaction. The Beatles could do it all and that’s what made them so great. And for the most part they did it before anybody else. Great reaction, excellent channel NicknLex, I’ll subscribe right away. ❤️❤️
This song was used very imaginatively in the movie "Across The Universe" as part of the draft physical scene. The general sing "I want you" as the potential recruits line up. Later on, those who have "passed" the physical sing "she's so heavy" as they carry the Statue of Liberty. This is what Lex was recollecting.
@@jonncockrell3606 It was the song, i.e. a particular arrangement of notes and words., so it did have something to do with it. Regarding its meaning, Lennon wrote it about his feelings for Yoko. That doesn't mean everyone who covers it, or even listens to it, is obligated to find that same meaning. That's not how art, or even meaning, works.
Yeah, I've never heard the Uncle Sam reference either; and I don't know what movie Lex is talking about here, this is John writing and singing about his love for Yoko. Great reaction.
Can't wait to watch the entire album reaction. This is one of my favorites on Abbey Road for sure. This and Helter Skelter are their heaviest songs (unless I'm forgetting something).❤
Although The Beatles did often come up with entire new genres that bands would then populate, this song isn't really one of them. It's got a great wicked guitar lick - which they practically invented with I Feel Fine and Day Tripper - but in '69, you had '21st Schizoid Man" and Jimi doing "Dolly Dagger" or Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love", etc etc.....Jethro Tull's "Stand Up"...."In A Gadda Da Vida" ..heavy sinister guitar riff rock was "in". This fit right in. For me "Abbey Road" is The Beatles, yet again, staying completely contemporary through the constantly changing 60s as band after band rose and fall as styles shifted.
I grew up with these guys…….. and the one thing that always stood out about the Beatles………you never knew what the next album was going to sound like! All you knew was that it was always really good!
On a family vacation to visit our relatives my brother and I bought this in Mexico at a small record store in Aguascalientes before we returned. It have just come out. They left the best for last. This whole album is a master piece....they were at the top for their game
Great song, love the Beatles. Nick & Lex, the more you discover the Beatles catalog. You'll find, which you probably already know from listening to Abbey Road. That the Beatles as Forest Gump would say. The Beatles are like a box of chocolate, you never know what your going to get. That's why they was so great. They was great at everything. As far as what the songs about, I always thought it was about Yoko. And heavy back in the day could mean deep, thought provoking. Love the video, love the Beatles, please keep them coming.
I really like your observation that the chromatic chord progression makes it sound like "it's getting worse." It definitely doesn't sound like "it's getting better." They would probably disagree that they helped invent heavy metal but between this and a couple of things on the White Album they definitely did some heavy stuff that sounds like Black Sabbath might have taken note of.
The repetition beginning at 7:11 and building to the abrupt cut is a hypnotic groove. Creative bass work by Paul. Abbey Road songs cover all the bases.
She was talking about the way the song was used in the movie “Across The Universe”, a musical based on The Beatles music. Clearly not Lennon’s intention, but it works within the storyline of the film.
@@normanmeharry58Wrong! They all worked on it at Olympic studios in February 1969. With Billy Preston on keyboards. An outtake of the session is even on The Abbey Road boxed set.
Billy Preston did some great organ parts at the end. But they're lost in the mix once they added the white noise. The other version I'm talking about was on the deluxe version.
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This is the first time I have watched one of your reaction videos. I grew up with The Beatles, and it always fills my heart with joy when those of the younger generations "discover" the magic. But please, do not assume the movie "Across The Universe" was in any way an accurate representation of what any one song in that movie was about when the song was actually written. The movie, which I enjoyed immensely, was a cool representation of life in the U.S. during the time of The Beatles. But "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is no more about Uncle Sam than "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was about a high school girl in the early 60's who was in love with a female cheerleader. The writers of the movie did an incredible job of crafting a plot around Beatles songs some 40-50 years later. I promise I will not judge all your reaction videos on this one. Keep listening to The Beatles, and enjoy the ride they take you on from "Please Please Me" to "The End." It is a mind-blowing 7+yrs.
Thank you for your kind words. Specially now after listening to the entire album we know so much more. The movie had to take certain liberties and had to write scenes that worked with the visuals but we know that the Beatles and their lyrics were sometimes 100% different. We love the Beatles and now finally understand the true messages of these songs. Thank you for being kindhearted and not judging us for our ignorance.
The Beatles were an inspiration to every rock/pop group that came after them. They set the bar incredibly high. Maybe someday someone will reach it, but don’t hold your breath.
John wrote this because he was obsessed with Yoko. Heavy was a slang adjective that was used in the 60'/70s as a compliment... so heavy, so cool, so deep, so real. Hahaha! A lot of people call this a prog-rock song... John purposely put in white noise to build tension. And at the end he just picked a spot and said stop! Thx for the video!
It's about Yoko! It's amazing that you didn't know this song or Abbey Road before. Having grown up with The Beatles, you just assume everybody knows about The Beatles. For six or so years, you could count on them every few months putting out something new and different to dazzle us, especially after they stopped touring.
I can't stop writing! Lex.....I love your Beatles shirt! And I love what you said about Uncle Sam, and the Statue of Liberty! I had forgotten that from the movie! Alas, John always said it was a basic primal lust/love song, but I LOVE that interpretation, and will always carry that with me when I hear this song now. John, of course, was British, and although he definitely was outspoken against the Vietnam War, I don't think he was thinking in those terms in '69. (But I think he would have loved the interpretation!!!). I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I really love you guys! You are beautiful spirits, both of you, precious souls. Going on this music journey with you has been beautiful, and I've been watching you for two years now! I've always wanted to see your reactions to the Beatles discography since it's such an incredible body of work....all done within seven years! Every single song the Beatles ever put out has been covered, multiple times, in every single style you can imagine. There's no getting around 'em, and they are endlessly inspiring. They are way more than "Yellow Submarine" and "She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah" (as great as those records are! Don't take those for granted! Those are masterpieces! But they need to be appreciated in context with the rest of their work. For instance, on "Revolver" the children's song "Yellow Submarine" preceds the proto-heavy-metal "She Said She Said"!!!! And follows the most gorgeous vocal harmony masterpiece "Here There And Everywhere"! Which is preceded by the Indian raga mindf**k, "Love You To". etc etc.
It’s interesting that he commented about George’s lead guitar. It was John playing lead through the whole song. Another underrated aspect of Lennon’s guitar chops.
The experience of listening to this monumental song on vinyl is so different than listening to it on CD. On the vinyl record LP, the sound builds and builds and then suddenly stops -- and that's it! Silence! The tone arm lifts off the record and you're sitting there thinking "my God, did I just blow out my speakers?" (I actually thought that the first time I played it and had my little stereo cranked up to the max.) But on CD, it continues on to the next track, so you have this dark, ominous snowstorm of sound building and building as if you're in the middle of the worst storm of your life. And then suddenly you have the sweet, delicate guitar opening of "Here Comes the Sun" -- like the dawn of a beautiful day after the storm from hell.
Guys, John Lennon wrote this song and played all lead guitar parts. John was a very capable lead guitarist, although his approach was usually built from his rhythm guitar-orientation. If you listen to the 1964 song called "You Can't Do That", you will hear a really distinct John Lennon lead, which is aggressive, angry, and...well, they are usually "thicker" and "have more hair on them" than a George Harrison lead. Check out You Can't Do That!
To me the greatest album ever, Beatles ended on top and with their best work. Showcasing all genres of music and all their talent. Only act in history to get better after the peak of their popularity and finish with their best work.
You can't imagine the impact this album had on our 13-year old brains when it came out. The Beatles were so huge, but they didn't rest; they kept upping their game. This song ended side 1 of the LP and you felt stunned - let the noise recede; get up and flip the LP over, for Here Comes The Sun. Absolutely amazeballs.
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is John's love for Yoko Ono, his wife. What you were referring to was the movie, "Across The Universe", with the Uncle Sam and Vietnam War reference.
All that nonsense about it being about war is false. Everyone wants to read something about the war into music of that time, It just isn't always the case. According to Lennon, the song is simply about Yoko Ono. Lennon used to laugh about how people would try to read things into Beatles' lyrics. In fact "The Walrus" is poking fun at that. Lennon said, if Bob Dylan can get away with writing all the crap he does, then so can I. It's ridiculous.
This is an amazing piece of music. I've always loved the 'jazzy break' in the song. I wish it could have gone on a little longer... So tasty! I have heard that 'progression' in Pink Floyd and Cheap Trick (if you've ever heard "Voices"). Greatest band of all time? You betcha! I loved hearing this with you guys.
The word heavy, at least back in those days didn't necessarily refer to weight. It could mean like she's so complex or she's so deep. And I think that's how john lennon saw yoko. He was deeply in love with her. And he thought she was very heavy in her thinking and in her wisdom, and philosophy. Just my opinion
it is so much the longest track and most complex musically.. It was very repetitive at the end but one of my favorites still and yet the 2nd side of the album just takes you into a new direction and leaves this in a different category than the rest of the love songs and the medley
Yep, John’s point = one line sung over and over for his Yoko Ono addiction. It’s so easy, once you listen to as many bands as you guys have, to start picking out the artists that show their direct Beatles influence. There are too many to count. For about 12 solid years (including the first several years after their breakup) were the most dominant band on the planet. Billy Preston’s organ here - you should check out his version of ‘My Sweet Lord’ from the George tribute concert. Wonderful!
yeah, but what's hilarious is how most Beatle "fans" go out of their way to ignore the artists that influenced The Beatles. And this song is a perfect example; this is much more The Beatles having fun with a contemporary style than it is them inventing a new genre. Not that they didn't do that many times, but lumpen Beatle "fans" who just repeat what they read in the Beatle books they got for Xmas don't know the difference, they take everything at face value. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Beatles worshipper, lol. PS: 12 solid years? There has never been a year where there isn't some bands that sound like the Fabs or that they haven't been covered, or there hasn't been some re-release that gets all this press......they have never been out of vogue, they always have sold at top price. You never ever saw their albums on sale, they always sold at top price, right into the late 90s. Tribute concerts and documentaries and constant airplay and blah blah blah. I can't ever remember a time where The Beatles were "passe".
@@TTM9691 awesome points! Yes, so many late 50’s mini-genres and artist were huge influences for the Fabs! I’ve always felt that they were the first great R&R chefs able to blend those early stubs into something that made them unique. They paid direct homage to their root artists time and again with covers and barely morphed ‘original’ tunes. When I mentioned “12years”, because I feel that there was a span of several years after the breakup that we clamored for their solo stuff - and we got a boatload of it - great albums that showed their individual qualities. Of course, John and George rekindled big interest with their 80’s releases… but for me, Paul lost relevance, and Ringo never had an abundance of compositional ambition. But I loved his ‘All-Starr Band’ tours - genius! Cheers!
@@stevegirard-voiceaudiopodcasts Absolutely agree, I understand now what you mean about the 12 years, and I love the R&R chef image. I'd add not just late 50s (I'd actually say early 50s moreso), but stuff that was going at that very moment, they never stopped absorbing what was going on contemporarily. Abbey Road has signs of 1968 Fleetwood Mac influence across the album. Dylan was an obvious influence on multiple songs. Paul has ripped off/paid homage to The Beach Boys countless times, both in The Beatles and in his solo work; Lovely Rita (and Pepper in general) has influence from Zappa's "Freak Out" (1966) And of course, the black music of the decade was a constant inspiration. Got To Get You Into My Life was them being influnced by contemporary Motown. Hold Me Tight (and other early songs) was them being influenced by contemporary girl groups. "When I Get Home" and "You Can't Do That" is them being influenced by contemporary Wilson Pickett. "Helter Skelter" inspired by The Who. (Etc etc.) So they totally were inventing and influencing and innovating......but always absorbing at the same time. Some people on this page are acting like its sacriligeous to say The Beatles sound like someone else!)
@@TTM9691 I do. Right now just one, but others in recent history. I do voice work and produce corporate/non-profit promo and training videos. I’m at the end of my career, though, winding down quite a bit. I’m developing a pod for myself and my best friend, who is an audiophile’s audiophile… on music. Hopefully up and running this summer.
It was the last song on Side 1 of Abbey Road, so it was interesting that it would suddenly finish and then the needle/arm on the record player would lift a split second later. Then, it was time to flip the record. Then, you would start Side 2 with "Here Comes the Sun" after the ~30 seconds that the listener had to take to flip the record. For me, when I listen to the album via CD, "Here Comes the Sun" begins too soon (after "I Want You). The pause was needed to further the juxtaposition between the moods of the two songs.
Absolutely, 100% I'm in my 70s and play Yer Blues on my 2000 watt stereo as often as I can - so much so that my neighbours are now real fans. When I first played it I was asked "who is that?" When I said it was the Beatles I wasn't believed until I showed them the album and they realised just how incredible The Beatles were. Being an Aussie I also love AC/DC too.
In my opinion, "Abbey Road" is the best album ever. An absolutely perfect summary of the career of a group that has made one of the greatest contributions to popular music. This album never gets boring and will never cease to delight. Masterpiece.
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The Beatles, after their early years, didn’t have A SOUND. They did whatever the hell they wanted. They created their own music. No genre, no category.
They stopped touring because the crowds were so loud they couldn't hear and then spent so much time in the studio they and their engineers invented a lot of multi-track recording/basic recording techniques still in use today out of necessity and preference since they were constantly forging new pathways. They had unlimited resources, time, and energy. Unreal.
although they were creative with different sounds and how this song is completely different, I remember when this came out, it was clearly [in my ears] The Beatles because of their signature tone in vocals and instruments and production. No one else could have done this... maybe to the untrained ear who only know a couple of their most popular songs would be thrown off or confused but to the trained ear and casual Beatles fan, this is quintessential Beatles creativity and sound.
Exactly. ✌️
Word brother.
After they hit the drugs.....creativity exploded!😂 I laugh but it's true.
From ‘Love Me Do’ to ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ in about 7 1/2 years. That’s an incredible musical arc.
It really is amazing their musical growth in such a short period of time. Unmatched. How does this happen? Four lads from a seaport, Liverpool, found each other, and gifted with enormous talent, basically changed the world.
@@trespatines8698 As George Martin said, “their timing was right”.
"Love Me Do" was recorded on September 4th 1962. "I Want You" was recorded primarily on February 22, 1969.
That is 6 and a half years.
They recorded "Love Me Do" on September 4th, 1962.
It was just 3 years and 7 months later - they recorded "Tomorrow Never Knows" (April 6th, 1966).
For me... that's the greatest musical growth by any band ever.
@@aBeatleFan4ever Even more incredible! :)
Ringo's drumming is always so under rated, but it was integral to this song I think.
John said Ringo is the best friend a song ever had
He kills on this one - it's amazing work.
He was average so not really underrated.Billy Preston was overated. Jeff Lynn should have been fifth beetle
Wrong.
You think well!
I am always laughing out loud when someone says this Beatles song “sounds like Pink Floyd etc.” It’s the other way round because it’s The Beatles guys 🍏
Yes, there's a reason the Beatles sound like everything from the last 60 years.
It depends on your point of view……
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😂 exactly the Beatles were first and then the others followed my two bands, the Beatles and Black Sabbath, who created music 🎶
The Beatles did it all, all, but they did it first !!!! what sound or genre ever.
Exactly the Beatles were first and then everyone’s follow
This album was a stand out for Paul's bass playing. He nails it on every song on the album. His playing is as diverse as the songs on the album. Thing of beauty
You are so right .
A true "Master Class" of bass playing!!! The whole album!...
Macca's bass playing was like a song in itself. Listen to While My Guitar Gently Weeps, it's crazy.
@@sonnymaupin9267 his bass playing on the Sargent peppers LP and rain are awesome too
yea and Hey Bulldog made me set my guitar aside and start playing bass for a year or so
Not heavier than Helter Skelter; but definitely sludgeier. Loved growing up with the Beatles. They always surprised us at every turn
that would depend on your definition of "heavier". Helter Skelter tried to be heavy like The Who but ends up just being raucous and more punkish. Shouting and thrashing about is not heavy - the I Want You riff is real heavy like symphonic heavy with actual gravitas
@@timcardona9962 I agree. This is a more menacing, doomy, and chilling sort of heavy, which I prefer.
@@timcardona9962HS always sounded like a punk song, rather than a metal song.
It’s loud and has a lo-fi vibe about it, like it was recorded in a garage and that thunky bass is a perfect touch.
If Sabbath had covered Helter Skelter on Vol. 4 in 72 it might have been heavier than She's So Heavy, otherwise, not a chance.
This song is heavier if you ask me. Heltrskelter is just noise.
Now maybe you understand why we old folks say the Beatles truly changed music forever. Their evolution from 1963 to 1969 is mindblowing...and almost everyone who followed copied aspects of what they created.
Precisely.
1969 is pushing it. Agreed that they set the bar, and so high. But in the second half of the 60s, a lot of kids who had been inspired by them got into music, some went to music college, and what you got was a mix of enthusiastic improves plus trained musicians. The result was they picked up the baton and ran with it. Underground, progressive, blues, rock, fusion, folk, great times late 60s and into the 70s. John Mayall, Cream, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Yes, ELP, Dire Straits............. I could have listed loads more. Musicians, who learned their craft. Totally subjective as to who was best. Just be thankful for them all.
This song feels like heavy metal to me, at least the outro, as a metal fan I cannot help headbang to it.
Just confirms that The Beatles are the best band ever in the history of mankind... only saying. 😁 Thanks Nick n Lex 🎵😍
And the next best band is, remarkably, five young Japanese women with over 130 awesome songs -- Band-Maid! I'm talking about range and quality of composition, execution and personalities! Checkout Manners, Warning, Black Hole, No God, Domination, and this last song of their latest concert, along with Hate and Don't You Tell Me... Endless Story: ua-cam.com/video/Za1y-RRVd70/v-deo.html🤘😉
They probably are the greatest rock and roll band of all time. However I like Jethro Tull better.
Sargent Peppers and Abbey Road and part pf the White album were only albums I really liked and okay when they first came out, but there were way to many bands in the sixties that were (imho) every bit as good as the Beatles and better in my opinion, as we listened to many other groups and rarely the Beatles.
This is why the beatles were the best band that has ever been.. There are so many different styles of their music
for prog try 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' off the White album - I Want You (She's So Heavy) is metal jazz well before as is Helter Skelter Metal before metal. The incredible thing about the beatles is that every album was differrent and even ever song on every album. and to think they were only together recording for 7 years and produced 13 albums and over 250 songs. just stunning.
Great choice. Honestly, though.....I hope they keep doing what they're doing here: go through the ENTIRE discography. Listen to the albums in context. I'd rather they hear "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" in the context of end of side one of The White Album! (that said: it's a good stand-alone track for sure). (and like this one, sexy as hell!)
And they did all of these even before they were 30 years old!
So awsome to have grown up with these guys! Every time a new Beatles song came on the radio, we would scream to the top of our lungs! it was way ahead of all the other great bands during that time. So innovative
It is not about Uncle Sam or the Statue of Liberty. It was about Lennon feeling like he was drowning and his desire for Yoko Ono.
Indeed
Trouble is “we” are so influenced by reinterpretations by z generation wannabes and video. I don’t mean Nick and lex
This is indeed about Lennon and Yoko. Just a staggering musical tour de force by the Beatles
Typical is oft mentioned comment that the Beatles covered a song done by simple pimply auto tuned talentless nobody by reviewers
People need to relearn the lesson John tried to teach with I Am the Walrus. He despised people trying to interpret his stuff. After he wrote I am the Walrus he said Let the F---ers interpret that. As for moods, he just wrote about what he might be thinking about at the moment. Nothing heavy or deep, and he said the mood of a song could depend on whether he had a good crap that day
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Exactly Sonny. I wish people would research songs a bit more before or after listening. Or just reflect on their enjoyment of the music and why. And not go into imagined interpretations based on what they have heard or seen
I, of course, excluded their musings in this respect. For some reason in their case I find it amusing
Nice Conversation guys . . . I completely agree. But even as a "Kid" when I was OBSSESSED by this album, everytime I went to my Aunt's home in Anaheim Calif, and when they moved to San Clemente, I would ask to put the album on - I knew it was about Yoko, because of the "controversy" of their relationship was often in the news. I later realized as an adult, no matter how _quirky_ Yoko was (so was John :p), John loved her like no other, much like Paul loved Linda.
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Quite agree
Love is love and John was very definitely in deep love. Paul and Yoko have long reconciled their differences of course
I think John and Yoko and Paul and Linda are two of the best love stories in music.
The Beatles played every genre possible.
They're The Beatles 🍏.
And even invented a few!
@@tombeyerlein3813Probably not, popularised maybe
I’m torn between what the Beatles would have sounded like doing disco (missed out by a couple of years) BUT knowing the Beatles, they would have nailed it ! ❤
Punk would have been interesting.
@@sexpistol7712 sure would have ! 👍
Saying the Beatles sound like anyone else is a crime. They are unique.
Yeah, but they were influenced by everyone and, especially on Abbey Road, were not above doing little bits of other people. Lots of musicians refer to parts of this song as "the Santana section" of "I Want You", for instance. "Sun King" (and other songs from Abbey Road) are directly influenced by 1968 Fleetwood Mac (go listen to "Albatross", then listen to "Sun King"). "Good Day Sunshine" is McCartney doing "Daydream". etc etc. It's not a crime, and this song most definitely was influenced by Hendrix and the late 60s British blues boom (as was Yer Blues), and definitely had a bit of Santana. (and I could go album by album and point out where they got their shit from) So no, it's not a crime.
@@TTM9691 Everyone is influenced and inspired by others including yourself.
@@londrinaparana7071 That's why the last line of my comment was "it's not a crime". I guess you don't read the comments you reply to. What a moron.
Hey shithead, tell the OP, not me! He's the doofus who thinks it all came out of a vaccum. Of course there's the x-factor times 100000 with The Beatles, but to point out that The Beatles sound like someone out is not a crime, they style-hopped all the time. Anything else, dopey?
They were so diverse and creative, they didn’t even sound like themselves.
Many times they did sound like someone else - but often it was on purpose. “Back in the USSR” was totally Beach Boys-and meant to be.
The Beatles broke ground on all kinds of music and changed the world. Their creativity is unmatched.
My favourite Beatles track. Ever.
Yeah, it's not "George riffing," it's John, very much his style and sound. Not just for the fast bits but Paul is just on point throughout, just in the pocket, feeling it. And Billy Preston on the organ, I think.
It is Billy Preston, Houston born, mostly Los Angeles raised.
Sorry, John and George both played lead on this track. Much of the riffing is George
George was playing a normal electric im prettt sure and John had the big ole hollow body
You can tell who is who just by the sounds of the guitar
Hi. The song reflects Lennon's obsession w Yoko Ono. It continues in his songwriting on solo LP John Lennon + Plastic Ono Band. Beatles just going different+ it's tremendous,
even the white Noise outing.
yes...a song about his new found love and muse, Yoko Ono
Lennon was also on a kick of seeing how much he could pare down the lyrics to focus on the essential message.
The heavy and abrupt ending of this song is followed by George Harrison's delicate guitar intro to Here Comes the Sun...Stunning
Once one gets up and flips the platter!!😅
Once you flip the record over, yeah. Originally, side 2 was side 1 and the album was going to begin with "Here Comes The Sun" and end with "I Want You"! If you think about it, both sides end "unresolved".....the complete opposite of the end of "Sgt. Pepper"!
Must be the most abrupt change of gears in Music. Wonderful.
She's so heavy just means "wow man', she is deep (profound). Heavy man, Heavy. Meaning she is a lot to consider/handle.
Pauls bass is so amazing
Yea, it really is. Most people don't even mention him on bass. If he didn't write songs or sing leads; people would be complementing and praising him on the bass.
It is a song about desire for a woman ( yoko ono in his case )" Heavy" was 1960's slang for serious or consequential - this is a woman who will change your life not a fling. It is so powerful. no-one should ever judge the beatles by love me do and yellow submarine, they paint the entire human experience in music. You will be shocked by how heavy helter skelter is and you will would also like oh darling which is Pauls equivalent love song. They were an influence for Pink Foyd -i think the quote goes "we thought they were gods"
A cool thing to consider with this track on the album: It was the final song on the first side of the vinyl. So, they recorded the song to just run until the needle would pop up, with that dark and heavy instrumental build-up of awesomeness - and suddenly stopping. Then the listener would have to get up, in silence and contemplation of what they just experienced, and flip the record over, before getting to Here Comes The Sun on the second side. It's always interesting, to me, to think about the experience of the listening tech, back then, and the intention of the artist through that medium that existed at the time.
Great reaction and much love! ❤
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They really do deserve their reputation as one of the greatest bands in history.....just incredible.
Not one of the best, they are the BEST.
55 years ago and still Better than anything today.
Lennon wrote it about his relationship with Yoko, he also played lead guitar on this song, with Harrison playing rhythm. Lennon also used Harrisons Moog as a white noise generator in the last part. Billy Preston played the noodley organ fills.
We are watching Across the Universe in my high school History of Rock class…they love it!
It's about Yoko. No doubt
Forget what the movies say. It's a sexy song!
Yoko the dolphin
From "Please Please Me" (1964) To "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (1970). Wow!
I was thinking the same thing, what a progression.
'Please Please Me' was recorded in 1962, and released in 1963 . 'I Want You' was recorded and released in 1969.
Think they'd already put in their 10,000 hours by 1964, and just improved from there.
Please was 1962. I want you was 1969
Nobody evolved so much so fast. Ever.
And it's 50+ years old!
Hi Guys, as a teenager I have memories of being in my room with a portable record player, lying on my bed listening to this track again & again trying to guess the moment it stops. Took a long time before I got it right....Days later ...I got it wrong again. Lol So many memories, so many years ..The Beatles will always be the best ❤. Byee Jim X
Loved this! Thank you for sharing Jim!!!
I counted the no. of repeats once. I think it was 14 and there’s a certain little drum figure just before the end
Yeah, I think I did that too!
@@Ken-pi7qkIt's 15!🙂
And of course, when it stops, it stops. That's the end of Side 1; it doesn't automatically start the next track.
Paul's majestic bass carries this great song, per usual.
Didn't hear it! The song by John, vocals by John and guitars by John and George were so good. Not to mention Ringo's drums, George's moog, Billy's keyboards...
Way to oversimplify the group's writing. Listen to those guitars and organ. The bass is great, but nice try to ragebait a beautiful song
On the same album, Carry that weight- Golden slumbers- The end is more prog I think.
But I love this song more and more, the end is so powerful.
Yes 👍
Just two sentances and they made a 7 minute song out of it and it stayed interesting the whole time. Not many groups in the late 60s could achieve that
A masterpiece!!! 🥰
As someone else said "From Love Me Do to I Want You" in just a few short years shows how much not only The Beatles changed but the change in rock music at the time.
The connection between the Beatles and Pink Floyd is a young engineer working for George Martin by the name of Alan Parsons.
Of all the Beatles albums Abbey Road is my number one.
Don't overlook the contribution of Billy Preston on keyboards here. He adds to the menacing and jazzy vibe in the early part of the song, shortly before the sound hurricane sweeps in at the end.
Great reaction, as always! I’m so glad Lex brought this one up. I first listened to this song when I was 11 years old in 1972, I had heard a couple oh the hits (Something and Here Comes the Sun) on the radio but when my dad passed away (‘72) I inherited his LP collection which included Abbey Road. From the first track on the album I could not stop listening and when this song came up as the last in side A, I was floored. I could not jump up fast enough to flip the record and hear the rest of this masterpiece. I listened to this entire album every time I sat down to hear (and I still do.) An often overlooked part on this entire album is the genius drumming of Ring Starr, I know you do appreciate it and I appreciate you both because of that. Not many people get it. Thank you!
Back when you listened to this on vinyl this song ended Side one so the abrupt ending made some sense. And they you flipped it, after that, as you put it, dark moment, and you get "Here Comes the Sun". that break in between the songs was intentional, and it's lost now with streaming.
It’s interesting to me that YT music reactors usually take a few years to get around to the Beatles.
Often they will say they’ve heard all the hype and that’s made them shy away from exploring.
And then they hear a few songs and it’s down the rabbit hole they go!
There’s a reason the Beatles are The Beatles. It will put all the other music you love in a different light.
The answer is: copyright, Johnny! :D It looks like they're loosening up, but that's traditionally why most reactors stay away from Beatles other than on their Patreons. Same thing with Jimi Hendrix. You don't see many Hendrix reactions, do you? You post a Hendrix reaction, they take it right down.
And goes to show how easy to forget their influence on entire genres, from (many) separate songs...
Hard rock, heavy métal (helter shelter?), many prog styles... jazz blended in rock... etc etc etc...
They blended all those genres in just this song. Crazy.
The beatles had the greatest outros in all rock history 🤘❤️ those outros were my high
This song is absolute 🔥🔥Hands down, I believe The Beatles are the most diverse band in history. If you think this is crazy, check out "Helter Skelter". Thanks guys, great reaction!
Halter Skelter go or sure!
Could be the best ordered tracks on any album. This wraps side one .. exhausted, you flip the record and hear Here Comes the Sun.
Exhausted? Lol
The instrumental breaks in this STILL make me wanna wear SHADES, they're so low-key COOL!!! :) LOVE IT!
It seems difficult for the young in general ( whom didnt take the ride along with them as they rose) to accept the indisputable fact that The Beatles influenced ALL music. All genres. Hell. Frank Sinatra said Georges song "Something" was the greatest love song ever written and it never uses the word love and he recorded it! They rocked the world and take a back seat to no one. The Beatles are your favorite bands favorite band and influence. Believe me. We were all amazed...stunned and shocked.
Oh no, yet another embarrassment to his generation babbling about "the young". How does it feel to become the condescending ageist old fart you hated when you were a teenager, huh "Friend Of The Muse"? When it's time to start babbling about "how difficult it is for the young" to get into something as easy to get into as The Beatles, it's time to get off the internet, know what I mean Old Timer? I'm completely embarrassed for you. Every frickin' reaction channel. Hey moron: if it's difficult, then why should they even bother? Hey moron: did it look like they were having a "difficult" time getting this song? This isn't Stockhausen, you jackass, this is easy-to-swallow popular music, that's what makes The Beatles great, it all goes down easy. Look at this jackass, giving lectures on 'the young". What the F**K do you know about the young, you tedious old fart?
Excellent choice, so glad you picked this one from Patreon to rep your Abbey Road reaction. The Beatles could do it all and that’s what made them so great. And for the most part they did it before anybody else. Great reaction, excellent channel NicknLex, I’ll subscribe right away. ❤️❤️
NickNLex reacts to all kinds of genres of music. Enjoy.
One of my best 10 songs from their discography.
This song was used very imaginatively in the movie "Across The Universe" as part of the draft physical scene. The general sing "I want you" as the potential recruits line up. Later on, those who have "passed" the physical sing "she's so heavy" as they carry the Statue of Liberty. This is what Lex was recollecting.
It's a great use of the song! I had forgotten about that until she mentioned it, but that was a good re-imagining.
Didn't have anything to do with the song or it's meaning.
@@jonncockrell3606 It was the song, i.e. a particular arrangement of notes and words., so it did have something to do with it. Regarding its meaning, Lennon wrote it about his feelings for Yoko. That doesn't mean everyone who covers it, or even listens to it, is obligated to find that same meaning. That's not how art, or even meaning, works.
Imagine this song and its abrupt ending followed by the beautiful guitar and song Here Comes the Sun on Abby Road. Absolute genius!
We can imagine it perfectly as it’s how we experienced it ourselves. This video was a snippet from the full album reaction we posted on Patreon! :)
Yeah, I've never heard the Uncle Sam reference either; and I don't know what movie Lex is talking about here, this is John writing and singing about his love for Yoko. Great reaction.
Across the Universe! Watch if you can!!
That's McCartney on Base. So underrated bassist. 😎🎸
When it breaks into the “I Want You” part it reminds me of “Black Magic Woman,” especially Peter Green’s version.
Absolutely. late 60s Fleetwood Mac was a HUGE influence on this album. "Sun King" being the most obvious example.
Exactly
John plays all the lead parts on this, he's a good lead guitarist !.Oh, and on the song "Get Back" too.
Good reaction. Lex you were spot on early with comment on John's voice and George's guitar trying to sound alike.
Nope! That’s John on the lead. Even George has commented on this.
Great reactions !
Love this album
REVOLVER is my favorite!
I love the way that this song is one simple lyric… Done so many different ways with such a differing intensity's… Wonderful!
When John Lennon died on december 8, 1980 I listen this song on repeat and I was as if suspended in time, rest in peace dear John
Movie version is NOT what Lennon wrote. It was about Yoko.
Can't wait to watch the entire album reaction. This is one of my favorites on Abbey Road for sure. This and Helter Skelter are their heaviest songs (unless I'm forgetting something).❤
The Beatles just casually inventing a new genre and influencing hundreds of artists to come. I love this song, it's my absolute favorite Beatles song.
Although The Beatles did often come up with entire new genres that bands would then populate, this song isn't really one of them. It's got a great wicked guitar lick - which they practically invented with I Feel Fine and Day Tripper - but in '69, you had '21st Schizoid Man" and Jimi doing "Dolly Dagger" or Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love", etc etc.....Jethro Tull's "Stand Up"...."In A Gadda Da Vida" ..heavy sinister guitar riff rock was "in". This fit right in. For me "Abbey Road" is The Beatles, yet again, staying completely contemporary through the constantly changing 60s as band after band rose and fall as styles shifted.
I grew up with these guys…….. and the one thing that always stood out about the Beatles………you never knew what the next album was going to sound like! All you knew was that it was always really good!
On a family vacation to visit our relatives my brother and I bought this in Mexico at a small record store in Aguascalientes before we returned. It have just come out. They left the best for last. This whole album is a master piece....they were at the top for their game
Great song, love the Beatles. Nick & Lex, the more you discover the Beatles catalog. You'll find, which you probably already know from listening to Abbey Road. That the Beatles as Forest Gump would say. The Beatles are like a box of chocolate, you never know what your going to get. That's why they was so great. They was great at everything.
As far as what the songs about, I always thought it was about Yoko.
And heavy back in the day could mean deep, thought provoking.
Love the video, love the Beatles, please keep them coming.
I really like your observation that the chromatic chord progression makes it sound like "it's getting worse." It definitely doesn't sound like "it's getting better." They would probably disagree that they helped invent heavy metal but between this and a couple of things on the White Album they definitely did some heavy stuff that sounds like Black Sabbath might have taken note of.
The repetition beginning at 7:11 and building to the abrupt cut is a hypnotic groove. Creative bass work by Paul. Abbey Road songs cover all the bases.
Uncle Sam?? Never heard that before. This is said to be all about 'aunt' Yoko. Thanks for your reaction.... You know John was British,,,
She was talking about the way the song was used in the movie “Across The Universe”, a musical based on The Beatles music. Clearly not Lennon’s intention, but it works within the storyline of the film.
I believe the guitar solos on this were played by John Lennon.
Me, too. They don't sound like anything like something George would have played, especially at that time.
You are exactly right! It was John.
John worked alone on this with Ringo on percussion. He refused McCartney on bass. McCartney later added his bass playing to the master recording.
@@normanmeharry58Wrong! They all worked on it at
Olympic studios in February 1969. With Billy Preston on keyboards.
An outtake of the session is even on The Abbey Road boxed set.
John and George played the Arpeggios.
The end section is reminiscent of the end of Shadow of the Hierophant by Steve Hackett the repetitive haunting figure that builds and builds.
The end part of “She’s So Heavy” meanders as much as it build and builds.
Billy Preston did some great organ parts at the end. But they're lost in the mix once they added the white noise. The other version I'm talking about was on the deluxe version.
A few days ago I came across with your videos and I like them at once. Congratulations. Now I am your fan. Greetings from the outskirts of Mexico City.
This is the first time I have watched one of your reaction videos. I grew up with The Beatles, and it always fills my heart with joy when those of the younger generations "discover" the magic. But please, do not assume the movie "Across The Universe" was in any way an accurate representation of what any one song in that movie was about when the song was actually written. The movie, which I enjoyed immensely, was a cool representation of life in the U.S. during the time of The Beatles. But "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is no more about Uncle Sam than "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was about a high school girl in the early 60's who was in love with a female cheerleader. The writers of the movie did an incredible job of crafting a plot around Beatles songs some 40-50 years later. I promise I will not judge all your reaction videos on this one. Keep listening to The Beatles, and enjoy the ride they take you on from "Please Please Me" to "The End." It is a mind-blowing 7+yrs.
Thank you for your kind words. Specially now after listening to the entire album we know so much more. The movie had to take certain liberties and had to write scenes that worked with the visuals but we know that the Beatles and their lyrics were sometimes 100% different. We love the Beatles and now finally understand the true messages of these songs. Thank you for being kindhearted and not judging us for our ignorance.
The Beatles were an inspiration to every rock/pop group that came after them. They set the bar incredibly high. Maybe someday someone will reach it, but don’t hold your breath.
John wrote this because he was obsessed with Yoko. Heavy was a slang adjective that was used in the 60'/70s as a compliment... so heavy, so cool, so deep, so real. Hahaha! A lot of people call this a prog-rock song...
John purposely put in white noise to build tension. And at the end he just picked a spot and said stop!
Thx for the video!
It's about Yoko!
It's amazing that you didn't know this song or Abbey Road before. Having grown up with The Beatles, you just assume everybody knows about The Beatles. For six or so years, you could count on them every few months putting out something new and different to dazzle us, especially after they stopped touring.
I can't stop writing! Lex.....I love your Beatles shirt! And I love what you said about Uncle Sam, and the Statue of Liberty! I had forgotten that from the movie! Alas, John always said it was a basic primal lust/love song, but I LOVE that interpretation, and will always carry that with me when I hear this song now. John, of course, was British, and although he definitely was outspoken against the Vietnam War, I don't think he was thinking in those terms in '69. (But I think he would have loved the interpretation!!!). I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I really love you guys! You are beautiful spirits, both of you, precious souls. Going on this music journey with you has been beautiful, and I've been watching you for two years now! I've always wanted to see your reactions to the Beatles discography since it's such an incredible body of work....all done within seven years! Every single song the Beatles ever put out has been covered, multiple times, in every single style you can imagine. There's no getting around 'em, and they are endlessly inspiring. They are way more than "Yellow Submarine" and "She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah" (as great as those records are! Don't take those for granted! Those are masterpieces! But they need to be appreciated in context with the rest of their work. For instance, on "Revolver" the children's song "Yellow Submarine" preceds the proto-heavy-metal "She Said She Said"!!!! And follows the most gorgeous vocal harmony masterpiece "Here There And Everywhere"! Which is preceded by the Indian raga mindf**k, "Love You To". etc etc.
You guys always make me happy. Keep ir up awesome couple !
It’s interesting that he commented about George’s lead guitar. It was John playing lead through the whole song. Another underrated aspect of Lennon’s guitar chops.
I always like the way the Human Metronome never does too much or too little and can almost be invisible while being crucial.
The experience of listening to this monumental song on vinyl is so different than listening to it on CD. On the vinyl record LP, the sound builds and builds and then suddenly stops -- and that's it! Silence! The tone arm lifts off the record and you're sitting there thinking "my God, did I just blow out my speakers?" (I actually thought that the first time I played it and had my little stereo cranked up to the max.) But on CD, it continues on to the next track, so you have this dark, ominous snowstorm of sound building and building as if you're in the middle of the worst storm of your life. And then suddenly you have the sweet, delicate guitar opening of "Here Comes the Sun" -- like the dawn of a beautiful day after the storm from hell.
You two are HEAVEY!
The very last Beatles song . This song was completed on August 20, 1969 and after that there were only joint photo ops
Guys, John Lennon wrote this song and played all lead guitar parts. John was a very capable lead guitarist, although his approach was usually built from his rhythm guitar-orientation. If you listen to the 1964 song called "You Can't Do That", you will hear a really distinct John Lennon lead, which is aggressive, angry, and...well, they are usually "thicker" and "have more hair on them" than a George Harrison lead. Check out You Can't Do That!
To me the greatest album ever, Beatles ended on top and with their best work. Showcasing all genres of music and all their talent. Only act in history to get better after the peak of their popularity and finish with their best work.
For sure John singing about Yoko. A late '60s love song to his new partner. Very cool. 🍺🤘✌️
You can't imagine the impact this album had on our 13-year old brains when it came out. The Beatles were so huge, but they didn't rest; they kept upping their game. This song ended side 1 of the LP and you felt stunned - let the noise recede; get up and flip the LP over, for Here Comes The Sun. Absolutely amazeballs.
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is John's love for Yoko Ono, his wife. What you were referring to was the movie, "Across The Universe", with the Uncle Sam and Vietnam War reference.
All that nonsense about it being about war is false. Everyone wants to read something about the war into music of that time, It just isn't always the case. According to Lennon, the song is simply about Yoko Ono. Lennon used to laugh about how people would try to read things into Beatles' lyrics. In fact "The Walrus" is poking fun at that. Lennon said, if Bob Dylan can get away with writing all the crap he does, then so can I. It's ridiculous.
This is an amazing piece of music. I've always loved the 'jazzy break' in the song. I wish it could have gone on a little longer... So tasty! I have heard that 'progression' in Pink Floyd and Cheap Trick (if you've ever heard "Voices"). Greatest band of all time? You betcha! I loved hearing this with you guys.
The word heavy, at least back in those days didn't necessarily refer to weight. It could mean like she's so complex or she's so deep. And I think that's how john lennon saw yoko. He was deeply in love with her. And he thought she was very heavy in her thinking and in her wisdom, and philosophy. Just my opinion
it is so much the longest track and most complex musically.. It was very repetitive at the end but one of my favorites still and yet the 2nd side of the album just takes you into a new direction and leaves this in a different category than the rest of the love songs and the medley
Yep, John’s point = one line sung over and over for his Yoko Ono addiction.
It’s so easy, once you listen to as many bands as you guys have, to start picking out the artists that show their direct Beatles influence. There are too many to count. For about 12 solid years (including the first several years after their breakup) were the most dominant band on the planet.
Billy Preston’s organ here - you should check out his version of ‘My Sweet Lord’ from the George tribute concert. Wonderful!
yeah, but what's hilarious is how most Beatle "fans" go out of their way to ignore the artists that influenced The Beatles. And this song is a perfect example; this is much more The Beatles having fun with a contemporary style than it is them inventing a new genre. Not that they didn't do that many times, but lumpen Beatle "fans" who just repeat what they read in the Beatle books they got for Xmas don't know the difference, they take everything at face value. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Beatles worshipper, lol. PS: 12 solid years? There has never been a year where there isn't some bands that sound like the Fabs or that they haven't been covered, or there hasn't been some re-release that gets all this press......they have never been out of vogue, they always have sold at top price. You never ever saw their albums on sale, they always sold at top price, right into the late 90s. Tribute concerts and documentaries and constant airplay and blah blah blah. I can't ever remember a time where The Beatles were "passe".
@@TTM9691 awesome points! Yes, so many late 50’s mini-genres and artist were huge influences for the Fabs! I’ve always felt that they were the first great R&R chefs able to blend those early stubs into something that made them unique. They paid direct homage to their root artists time and again with covers and barely morphed ‘original’ tunes. When I mentioned “12years”, because I feel that there was a span of several years after the breakup that we clamored for their solo stuff - and we got a boatload of it - great albums that showed their individual qualities.
Of course, John and George rekindled big interest with their 80’s releases… but for me, Paul lost relevance, and Ringo never had an abundance of compositional ambition. But I loved his ‘All-Starr Band’ tours - genius! Cheers!
@@stevegirard-voiceaudiopodcasts Absolutely agree, I understand now what you mean about the 12 years, and I love the R&R chef image. I'd add not just late 50s (I'd actually say early 50s moreso), but stuff that was going at that very moment, they never stopped absorbing what was going on contemporarily. Abbey Road has signs of 1968 Fleetwood Mac influence across the album. Dylan was an obvious influence on multiple songs. Paul has ripped off/paid homage to The Beach Boys countless times, both in The Beatles and in his solo work; Lovely Rita (and Pepper in general) has influence from Zappa's "Freak Out" (1966) And of course, the black music of the decade was a constant inspiration. Got To Get You Into My Life was them being influnced by contemporary Motown. Hold Me Tight (and other early songs) was them being influenced by contemporary girl groups. "When I Get Home" and "You Can't Do That" is them being influenced by contemporary Wilson Pickett. "Helter Skelter" inspired by The Who. (Etc etc.) So they totally were inventing and influencing and innovating......but always absorbing at the same time. Some people on this page are acting like its sacriligeous to say The Beatles sound like someone else!)
@@stevegirard-voiceaudiopodcasts PS: Steve, you do podcasts?
@@TTM9691 I do. Right now just one, but others in recent history. I do voice work and produce corporate/non-profit promo and training videos. I’m at the end of
my career, though, winding down quite a bit.
I’m developing a pod for myself and my best friend, who is an audiophile’s audiophile… on music. Hopefully up and running this summer.
It was the last song on Side 1 of Abbey Road, so it was interesting that it would suddenly finish and then the needle/arm on the record player would lift a split second later. Then, it was time to flip the record. Then, you would start Side 2 with "Here Comes the Sun" after the ~30 seconds that the listener had to take to flip the record. For me, when I listen to the album via CD, "Here Comes the Sun" begins too soon (after "I Want You). The pause was needed to further the juxtaposition between the moods of the two songs.
You must hear their song Yer Blues
Absolutely, 100% I'm in my 70s and play Yer Blues on my 2000 watt stereo as often as I can - so much so that my neighbours are now real fans. When I first played it I was asked "who is that?" When I said it was the Beatles I wasn't believed until I showed them the album and they realised just how incredible The Beatles were. Being an Aussie I also love AC/DC too.
In my opinion, "Abbey Road" is the best album ever. An absolutely perfect summary of the career of a group that has made one of the greatest contributions to popular music. This album never gets boring and will never cease to delight. Masterpiece.
Spot on. My favorite album of all time! 👍
John Lennon - Lead and Backing Vocals, Lead and Ryhthm Guitar (1965 Epiphone ES-230TD Casino) Paul McCartney - Bass (1964 Rickenbacker 4001 S ), backing vocals. George Harrison - Lead and Rhythm Guitar (1957 Gibson Les Paul Standard), Synthesizer (1967 Moog IIIp), backing vocals.
My favorite Beatles song ❤
Paul's bass is amazing
I only heard this for the first time last year (I'm 50) and and can confirm this is the Start Of Something Else.