After hearing Tomorrow Never Knows on Revolver in August 1966, we heard nothing from them until this song and Penny Lane were released February 1967. We were blown away.
Think you've uncovered yet another Beatles fact. Not only did they improve quickly, but also continuously, to the end (The End). We didn't expect them to keep up to Revolver standards, that would be impossible. And then ..
Yeah brothers! Beatles blew everyone’s mind. Remember this was late 67-68, nobody was makeing music like this Laa and Chee. This brings back the first time I heard it! Thank you!
The Beatles recorded this song several times. Lennon wasn't happy with any one recording, so he asked George Martin to use one recording as the first half and another recording as the second half of the song. The problem was that the two recordings were in two different tempos and two different keys. Martin slowed down one recording and sped up the other to get them in the same tempo and same key. That gives the song an otherworldy vibe.
Fact.....Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005...........John Lennon grew up near it.........Great song....!!!
I've been listening to The Beatles since I was 15 years old (1963) and bought every album as they were released. I wish I could see my reaction to the music when I first heard it because I still love them as much as I did 63 years ago. I've been watching your videos and those of others hearing this music for the first time and I appreciate how really good the music is because it still reverberates today.
Yay! I've been waiting for you guys to get to this. Strawberry Fields (and Penny Lane to come) are stone masterpieces. Both songs were recorded for Sgt Pepper, when it was conceived as about their childhoods, but that theme was dropped when the songs were released as singles, making them ineligible for the album. What a miracle that the four Beatles found each other AND George Martin. Shout out to Ringo, for his monster drumming anchoring the psychedelia. And at the end of the final fadeout, you can hear John saying "cranberry sauce", which at the time was mistaken for "I buried Paul", as part of the "Paul is dead" rumor. Aren't you glad you didn't skip MMT? 🤣🤣🤣 Longtime subscriber here--you are by far my favorite reactors for your insights and enthusiasm! 🙏
@@AirplayBeats Thanks La and Che. Yeah, Ringo doesn't get enough credit for drumming tailored to enhance every song. Rock on with your own bad selves! ✊✊✊
@@AirplayBeats NONE of the Beatles' albums or singles should be skipped! They ALL should be heard from their first album in 1963 (and singles) through their last album (and singles) in 1970
I'm just passing through to watch this excellent reaction again. Speaking of singles, I suggest an early one, and the song they played the most times in their concerts--Long Tall Sally. It's a Little Richard cover, and Paul sings the lead with absolute joy. A live version is appropriate. Thanks everyone, it's great to be here.
The Beatles recorded three versions of this song, but John wasn’t happy with any of them. He asked George Martin to put all three of them together, and he did. The rest is history.🕊️❤️🎼
It's a genius editing part by George Martin/Geoff Emerick - 2 completely different versions at different tempos, in different keys, slowed down/sped up, so they meet - see if you can spot the edit!
Additionally, the weird fade out/fade in at the end was because someone goofed up, and so they added the fade to hide it and give it some of that Beatles special sauce (as if this song wasn't "saucy" enough already)
@@TheodoreWeiser I thought the fade was due to one version went on for a long time ala jam, and they faded to cut it down and faded it back up to the end.
@danduntz2539 I think it was George Martin who told the story I was referring to. That said, both original takes were included on the Sgt Pepper box set released in 2017. They are an interesting listen regardless. They are takes 7 and 26 respectively and you can probably find them on UA-cam
What is even more mindblowing about Strawberry Fields, is that it's a mash-up, with the two parts recorded on different days, in different KEYS. Varispeed to the rescue! The Edit is at 4:23-ish in the vid, between the "'cause I'm" and the "going to". If you listen closely, you can hear the edit, as John's voice goes slightly flat when compared to what came before... Edit:- You Can't Unhear This has an excellent breakdown of the details on their channel...
When this was released ... I was 11 ... it had been six months since the last Beatles single release ... which was a long time for the Beatles ... the fans were all waiting and primed for the next one ... and this blew - our - minds. A major step forward in the evolution of pop music.
I played this album over and over when I was really little. Beatles were the first records I ever touched, ever put on the turn table...very carefully, lol. This album is amazing & this song is iconic. Love your reaction, La & Che!
There is a line in this song that has an interesting/funny backstory: "Nothing to get hung about." I've heard the song a lot, and I just thought he meant "hung up" about. But it's not. As you know, it is a song about an orphanage called Strawberry Fields. The orphanage was just up the street from where he lived as a boy, and he would go there and climb over a stone wall to play with the kids. Sometimes, he did this with his friends or by himself. And they tried to stop him from doing it, but he kept doing it. One day, they got so exasperated that the headmaster walked him home by the arm and told his aunt Mimie that if he came there again, they would hang him. Obviously, they were not literally going to hang him, but it illustrated how frustrated they were with his constant trespassing.
Listening this and album and " Sgt. Pepper" I always felt like I was in a dream,... or at a carnival,... or dreaming about being at a carnival lol.... Not to bad for almost 60yrs old... its simply amazing what these 4 lads from Liverpool created. Total brilliance..... This !!!, gentlemen is the difference between an artist(s), and a stage-act. Thanks guys great work!!
SUCH ORIGINALITY BY THIS BAND!! ALL things we'd NEVER HEARD BEFORE.....and, ALL SO GOOD!! THANKS, FELLAS, for LOVING on one of the GREATEST GROUPS OF ALL TIME!! HUGS!!
Sounds as weird and wonderful in 2024 as it did 57 yrs ago way back in 1967 and as Forrest Hump would say, "That's all I got too say about that". Peace ❤ Happy Thanksgiving!
One of the "childhood" songs by the Beatles-the other being "Penny Lane", mainly a Paul McCartney song. Background and context for this one is deep. Both John and Paul lost their mothers as teenagers and were "trauma bonded" with each other. In addition, John's childhood and upbringing was incredibly dysfunctional and tragic. I would highly recommend you watch the movie "Nowhere Boy" to give you the incredibly complex story of his childhood upbringing which would affect him for the rest of his life. "Strawberry Field" (no "s" on the actual place) was an orphanage that John used to sit outside as a little boy and watch the children playing. Can you feel the sadness from just that alone? You guys are the best. Really looking forward to watching this reaction program.
John just didn't sit and watch......he actually climbed over the wall and DID play on the grounds of Strawberry Field. It was very near to his home with his Aunt Mimi. Her house was called "Mendips" and is on Menlove Ave. in Liverpool.
John Lennon recorded a few different versions of this song. He narrowed it down to two versions, each at a different speed and in a different key. He wanted the first half of one, and the second half of the other. George Martin told him it couldn't be done, different keys, different speeds. John told him to figure it out. And George Martin did, combining the two different versions. A masterpiece of a song.
Have you guys heard the soundtrack for the Vegas show Love? George Martin’s son and the remaining Beatles worked together on it and it has some really great mashups that now l like as much as the original ones. The live show was incredible and I have to say, I was with my family in tears at the end. It was that beautiful.
As usual, what a great reaction. And I was able to crank it up in my headphones and just really get lost in it. It's so cool and so ahead of its time in so many ways but mostly it just feels good and interesting.
It's pure enjoyment to see somebody so devoted and in the same time enough knowing the music how discovers The Beatles. You give me back my fire from youth. Thanks.
John at his finest - Sir George at his most masterful. Martin's description on how this was pulled off in his book on the making of Sgt. Pepper is worth the price of admission. A gob smacking accomplishment, considering the available technology at the time.
Ok La & Chi, this will go back down a 10x watcher! They’re were just so great. All this, Sgt Peppers & Revolver are late 65 thru early 67. Theirs just nothing like them. So far ahead of every body else and their time and it still blows anything away today.
@@Ben-sq6un No! 😆 It is "Cranberry Sauce" (twice) - just Lennon riffing on the title and slowed down by a few i.p.s. on the tape. Get hold of the re-issue with take 24/25 in full - it is quite clear that the "Paul" idea is nonsense. There's also a funny bit where Lennon says "calm down Ringo" in an exaggerated northern accent. They were clearly having fun. 😄
Every note of every song of theirs is perfect. John sang about what it means to be human. Try listening to his solo Plastic Ono Band album. Man, I miss him.
@ChasFink I did a Google search and in fact, most sources say that he recorded several recorder tracks in the studio and he performs these parts on the melotron live. We've become so used to seeing him play melotron in concert (on Stairway to Heaven) that we assume it was recorded like that, like he did on The Rain Song (strings parts)
You guys are my favorite reactors you have great analysis I subbed btw I'm a 79 year old white guy who was blown away by this song and other Beatles songs when tey came out
If you read my other comment, you'll know the truth of The Beatles. Quote from Bernard Purdie "I played on 21 tracks..Ringo never played on anything." Look it up.
@@badsherrey George Martin called Purdie's claim "bizarre" as did other people who were in and around the studio where they were recording at the time and were eye witnesses to Ringo playing on said tracks.
It’s incredible how they progressed as songwriters in a little over 3 years from “She Loves Me” to “Strwberry Fields Forever”. Equally incredible is that they recorded this album using only 4 track recording equipment.
But.... by the time John wrote Cold Turkey in September 1969, the rest of the band were so disillusioned with where John had had drifted to at a personal level, they rejected the song point blank. And to be frank, I can't blame them. They were probably thinking "Dude, you're the guy who wrote A Day In The Life... what happened?"
@@ivanjulian2532 'Cold Turkey' was as great as the earlier stuff, just very different, tragic and dark. The most effective honest and pained anti drug abuse song IMHO and it sure beat the Velvet's Lou Reed calling heroine 'his wife' or the immoral Stones glamorizing it as 'Jumping Jack Flash' being 'a gas'. I lost two of my best friends to that evil drug. You just DON'T GET IT do you???! Lastly 'the band' were getting tired of 'Bossy Paul' not John!
The 2 versions that were spliced together were recorded in different tempos and different key signatures. They slowed down one and sped up the other to make it work. The splice happens at the 1 minute mark.
I've been waiting for this one , a pleasant song ha ha, for me it's the greatest song of all time, and listening on headphones can't be beat, so many sounds going on , imagine being a teenager hearing this at the time in 67. Fantastic reaction, I knew you'd love it.....and you'll never tire of hearing it.
Great reaction guys! From a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John he gives insight to some of my favorite lyrics in this song… “No one I think is in my tree.” Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius - “I mean it must be high or low,” the next line. There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things other people didn’t see. I thought I was crazy or an egomaniac for claiming to see things other people didn’t see. As a child, I would say, “But this is going on!” and everybody would look at me as if I was crazy. I always was so psychic or intuitive or poetic or whatever you want to call it, that I was always seeing things in a hallucinatory way. It was scary as a child, because there was nobody to relate to”. RIP genius 🙏🏻
"No-one I think is in my tree" was a reference to a tree that John played in when he was a child.. One of my favorites...so good in every way! Thanks guys
To me The Beatles aren't rock and roll, they're literally their own category. It's just Beatles music. Which I say as the highest compliment. They're like the only pop band that completely changed the music. in the early 60s they were very poppish, and they were the biggest thing there was. I think they had like four songs in the top ten at one time. and then it changed to a more psychedelic, more thoughtful sound about social issues with crazy imaginative arrangements. They are the GOAT
I remember the first time listening to this as a kid - the line "Always know sometimes think its me, but you I know when it's a dream - I think I know, er, yes, I mean it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree". That line absolutely blew me a away as a kid - To be able to put those lyrics in a song is nothing short of genius.
I watched a YT interview of harpist from She's Leaving Home. It was Paul, not George Martin, that was directing the orchestra to get their parts to incorporate into the song. It was a dynamic process, and not set pieces to play. I'm sure there was collaboration with Martin in melding it together, but Paul was in there. He is a genius.
I just saw your reaction to this song. First let me say Ringo did that. I was 15 when this was released and I am still moved to tears when I hear it. In addition to the psychedelic aspect, the Beatles were on a spiritual journey as well so you have eastern influences from ways of thinking to instruments. One more time for Ringo. I’m so glad you enjoyed it too!
I am a huuuuge fan of your doc review channel and, man, there was a "Making of Sgt. Pepper" doc that came out in the Nineties that I wish you could review. I can't find it anywhere, but it was fantastic. Parts of it have George Martin just sitting at the board, soloing out tracks, explaining what he did. It is one of my favorites. I think some of it was re-used in the Beatles Anthology doc. But that little doc was so producer/engineer focused that I know y'all would love it. On that note, a couple of great options for your movie channel are "Twenty Feet from Stardom" (about backing vocalists) and "Sound City" (about the legendary recording studio). You should definitely look into those two. They would be perfect for that channel. Best,
Strawberry Field (with no s) was an orphanage in Liverpool. John had a troubled childhood, his mother gave him away to his aunt causing all sorts of identity issues. As a child, John would sometimes leave his aunt's home and sleep at the orphanage because, as he said, it was the only place he felt like he fit in.
@kentocco7059 John never slept at the Salvation Army orphanage. He would climb the wall and explore their gardens, Strawberry Field. He did feel at home in those gardens.
That dragging sound La is referring to is a mellotron. A mellotron is an electric instrument developed in England in the 60’s. Radiohead use this instrument a lot on OK Computer.
As some have already mentioned, this song was a combination. They (the Beatles & producer George Martin) were doing takes of the song. John Lennon finally found 2 takes he liked and told George Martin. Martin was perplexed because the takes were in two different tempos so combining would be difficult, if not impossible. John, either not understanding (or not caring) about what it would take to do this, just told Martin to "figure it out". One night, in a drug-infused state, and unbeknownst to Martin, who was still trying to "figure it out", the Beatles and some friends (such as Mick Jagger and Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithful and others), went to the studio and recorded a bit for the song. It was a hodge podge of cacophony (did I mention drugs were involved) that John would present to Martin, telling him to include it. Martin was flabbergasted - what the hell was he supposed to do with THIS? Immense credit goes to George Martin who figured if he slowed one take down a bit, it would match the other in a near-perfect blend and he even managed to use the bit John gave him; it's near the end and is the part with the really rapid-fire drumming.
A single recorded before Sgt. Peppers. Magical Mystery Tour was an EP (just side one) in the UK. The US added several non-album singles. Wikipedia: "Starting in November 1966, the band spent 45 hours in the studio, spread over five weeks, creating three versions of the track. The final recording combined two of those versions, which were entirely different in tempo, mood and musical key. It features reverse-recorded instrumentation, Mellotron flute sounds, an Indian swarmandal, and a fade-out/fade-in coda, as well as a cello and brass arrangement by producer George Martin. For the promotional film, the band used experimental techniques such as reverse effects, jump-cuts and superimposition."
The GOAT Band. Period. End of discussion. Great bands during and after, but only one Beatles.
Amen.
Two words... Justin Bieber
The Beatles actually have the most recordings ever sold in history. The second most is Led Zeppelin but it isn't close lol.
It was ok 👍
The band that launched a million musicians and hundreds or thousands of bands…
After hearing Tomorrow Never Knows on Revolver in August 1966, we heard nothing from them until this song and Penny Lane were released February 1967. We were blown away.
Think you've uncovered yet another Beatles fact. Not only did they improve quickly, but also continuously, to the end (The End). We didn't expect them to keep up to Revolver standards, that would be impossible. And then ..
Lennon remembers his hometown, Liverpool. Penny Lane was McCartney remembering his version of Liverpool. Amazing stuff. 🙂
Ringo shines out in this one!
True that!
Yeah brothers! Beatles blew everyone’s mind. Remember this was late 67-68, nobody was makeing music like this Laa and Chee. This brings back the first time I heard it! Thank you!
This was actually recorded in late 66 and released in February of 67
There was a ton of heady psychedelic music in 66/67
The Beatles recorded this song several times. Lennon wasn't happy with any one recording, so he asked George Martin to use one recording as the first half and another recording as the second half of the song. The problem was that the two recordings were in two different tempos and two different keys. Martin slowed down one recording and sped up the other to get them in the same tempo and same key. That gives the song an otherworldy vibe.
And, hence, the key of the song is somewhere between A and B-flat.
The Beatles have more hit records on each of their albums than most bands have in their entire career. The GOAT.
I dare any modern artist to be this creative with only ANALOG.
They can't do it with digital, Pro-Tools, etc...let alone analogue!
The Beatles are the greatest phenomenon in the history of recorded music. Facts.
That Lancashire sound served up for you lad👍
Fact.....Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005...........John Lennon grew up near it.........Great song....!!!
ridiculously brilliant production/engineering.....nice one chaps👍
This album is nothing but top hits. No filler.
Um I think “Flying” is clearly a filler but the rest of the songs are great
I've been listening to The Beatles since I was 15 years old (1963) and bought every album as they were released. I wish I could see my reaction to the music when I first heard it because I still love them as much as I did 63 years ago. I've been watching your videos and those of others hearing this music for the first time and I appreciate how really good the music is because it still reverberates today.
Producer George Martin can't be ignored. Without his orchestrations who knows what the Beatles would have sounded like.
So nice to see people's appreciation for this music so many years after conception.
Another masterpiece from the Fab Four. 🎶🎶🎶👍🙋♀️
Strawberry Fields was a orphanage in Liverpool.
my first paid job was to pick up strawberries up there in Scotland
said it before, i'll say it again, you guys are the best, the way you break down these songs
IMO, the greatest song ever put down on record.
Hard to argue
You guys make my Mondays! God bless happy Thanksgiving. Beatles are Gods Gift. Can’t wait for your reaction to blue Jay way!
Yay! I've been waiting for you guys to get to this. Strawberry Fields (and Penny Lane to come) are stone masterpieces. Both songs were recorded for Sgt Pepper, when it was conceived as about their childhoods, but that theme was dropped when the songs were released as singles, making them ineligible for the album. What a miracle that the four Beatles found each other AND George Martin. Shout out to Ringo, for his monster drumming anchoring the psychedelia. And at the end of the final fadeout, you can hear John saying "cranberry sauce", which at the time was mistaken for "I buried Paul", as part of the "Paul is dead" rumor.
Aren't you glad you didn't skip MMT? 🤣🤣🤣 Longtime subscriber here--you are by far my favorite reactors for your insights and enthusiasm! 🙏
Thanks for rocking with us for so long my friend. Ringo is the MAN!!!
@@AirplayBeats Thanks La and Che. Yeah, Ringo doesn't get enough credit for drumming tailored to enhance every song. Rock on with your own bad selves! ✊✊✊
@@AirplayBeats NONE of the Beatles' albums or singles should be skipped! They ALL should be heard from their first album in 1963 (and singles) through their last album (and singles) in 1970
I'm just passing through to watch this excellent reaction again.
Speaking of singles, I suggest an early one, and the song they played the most times in their concerts--Long Tall Sally. It's a Little Richard cover, and Paul sings the lead with absolute joy. A live version is appropriate. Thanks everyone, it's great to be here.
You guys are great listening on head turned too 100 learned alot more how good beatles were!!
One of my favorite Beatles' tracks. And that say alot!
Just think, four years before that they were singing, I wanna hold your hand!
The Beatles recorded three versions of this song, but John wasn’t happy with any of them. He asked George Martin to put all three of them together, and he did. The rest is history.🕊️❤️🎼
At the end, John say as “ cranberry sauce”. This was misinterpreted as “ I buried Paul” which started the Paul is dead rumors.
John said it was "I'm very bored."
I've heard rumors of all three.
Who knows for sure. 😁
@@neilmartin99 The I’m very bored is a new one on me but certainly sounds very John!
Hidden in the yard
Underneath the wall
Buried deep below a thousand layers lay
The answer to it all
Yeah
@@isaiah5323 The Standing Stone
It's a genius editing part by George Martin/Geoff Emerick - 2 completely different versions at different tempos, in different keys, slowed down/sped up, so they meet - see if you can spot the edit!
Additionally, the weird fade out/fade in at the end was because someone goofed up, and so they added the fade to hide it and give it some of that Beatles special sauce (as if this song wasn't "saucy" enough already)
@@TheodoreWeiser I thought the fade was due to one version went on for a long time ala jam, and they faded to cut it down and faded it back up to the end.
@danduntz2539 I think it was George Martin who told the story I was referring to. That said, both original takes were included on the Sgt Pepper box set released in 2017. They are an interesting listen regardless. They are takes 7 and 26 respectively and you can probably find them on UA-cam
What is even more mindblowing about Strawberry Fields, is that it's a mash-up, with the two parts recorded on different days, in different KEYS. Varispeed to the rescue! The Edit is at 4:23-ish in the vid, between the "'cause I'm" and the "going to". If you listen closely, you can hear the edit, as John's voice goes slightly flat when compared to what came before...
Edit:- You Can't Unhear This has an excellent breakdown of the details on their channel...
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This song! This song makes me mourn the loss of The Beatles.
This may be the greatest rock song of all time IMO.
So beautiful.
When this was released ... I was 11 ... it had been six months since the last Beatles single release ... which was a long time for the Beatles ... the fans were all waiting and primed for the next one ... and this blew - our - minds. A major step forward in the evolution of pop music.
Have always loved this Beatles song. It instantly relaxes me🍃🍂Thanks guys for continuing to react to these great tunes.🧡🧡
Love you two guys. Greetings from Scotland.
I played this album over and over when I was really little. Beatles were the first records I ever touched, ever put on the turn table...very carefully, lol. This album is amazing & this song is iconic. Love your reaction, La & Che!
The great Beatles, what can I say? Thank you both
A true masterpiece. I can't wait for y'all to get to the White Album.
There is a line in this song that has an interesting/funny backstory: "Nothing to get hung about." I've heard the song a lot, and I just thought he meant "hung up" about. But it's not. As you know, it is a song about an orphanage called Strawberry Fields. The orphanage was just up the street from where he lived as a boy, and he would go there and climb over a stone wall to play with the kids. Sometimes, he did this with his friends or by himself. And they tried to stop him from doing it, but he kept doing it. One day, they got so exasperated that the headmaster walked him home by the arm and told his aunt Mimie that if he came there again, they would hang him. Obviously, they were not literally going to hang him, but it illustrated how frustrated they were with his constant trespassing.
Listening this and album and " Sgt. Pepper" I always felt like I was in a dream,... or at a carnival,... or dreaming about being at a carnival lol.... Not to bad for almost 60yrs old... its simply amazing what these 4 lads from Liverpool created. Total brilliance..... This !!!, gentlemen is the difference between an artist(s), and a stage-act. Thanks guys great work!!
SUCH ORIGINALITY BY THIS BAND!! ALL things we'd NEVER HEARD BEFORE.....and, ALL SO GOOD!! THANKS, FELLAS, for LOVING on one of the GREATEST GROUPS OF ALL TIME!! HUGS!!
Sounds as weird and wonderful in 2024 as it did 57 yrs ago way back in 1967 and as Forrest Hump would say, "That's all I got too say about that".
Peace ❤
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
One of the "childhood" songs by the Beatles-the other being "Penny Lane", mainly a Paul McCartney song.
Background and context for this one is deep. Both John and Paul lost their mothers as teenagers and were "trauma bonded" with each other. In addition, John's childhood and upbringing was incredibly dysfunctional and tragic. I would highly recommend you watch the movie "Nowhere Boy" to give you the incredibly complex story of his childhood upbringing which would affect him for the rest of his life.
"Strawberry Field" (no "s" on the actual place) was an orphanage that John used to sit outside as a little boy and watch the children playing. Can you feel the sadness from just that alone?
You guys are the best. Really looking forward to watching this reaction program.
John just didn't sit and watch......he actually climbed over the wall and DID play on the grounds of Strawberry Field. It was very near to his home with his Aunt Mimi. Her house was called "Mendips" and is on Menlove Ave. in Liverpool.
@@patticrichton1135 I love when people share their deep knowledge about these things . . . thank you for sharing that!
Really cool stuff so so many Masterpieces.
John Lennon recorded a few different versions of this song. He narrowed it down to two versions, each at a different speed and in a different key. He wanted the first half of one, and the second half of the other. George Martin told him it couldn't be done, different keys, different speeds. John told him to figure it out. And George Martin did, combining the two different versions. A masterpiece of a song.
Specifically the two versions were sped up and slowed down together until they matched pitch and spliced them together.
I love the looks on your faces just before the song starts - it's like "what are we in for now!?"
Have you guys heard the soundtrack for the Vegas show Love? George Martin’s son and the remaining Beatles worked together on it and it has some really great mashups that now l like as much as the original ones. The live show was incredible and I have to say, I was with my family in tears at the end. It was that beautiful.
As usual, what a great reaction. And I was able to crank it up in my headphones and just really get lost in it. It's so cool and so ahead of its time in so many ways but mostly it just feels good and interesting.
It's pure enjoyment to see somebody so devoted and in the same time enough knowing the music how discovers The Beatles. You give me back my fire from youth. Thanks.
I can’t wait for your reaction to Rain. It’s an amazing track!
What a group of musicians
just so darned layered and .... fabulous!
John at his finest - Sir George at his most masterful. Martin's description on how this was pulled off in his book on the making of Sgt. Pepper is worth the price of admission. A gob smacking accomplishment, considering the available technology at the time.
Imagine this back in the 60's when it was released. It's hard to describe how it seemed they invented a new form of music.
I don't need to imagine it. I experienced it as it happened.
Great album and eternal music.
Ok La & Chi, this will go back down a 10x watcher! They’re were just so great. All this, Sgt Peppers & Revolver are late 65 thru early 67. Theirs just nothing like them. So far ahead of every body else and their time and it still blows anything away today.
Cranberry sauce! (The bit at the end)
I buried Paul, very clear.
@@Ben-sq6un No! 😆 It is "Cranberry Sauce" (twice) - just Lennon riffing on the title and slowed down by a few i.p.s. on the tape. Get hold of the re-issue with take 24/25 in full - it is quite clear that the "Paul" idea is nonsense. There's also a funny bit where Lennon says "calm down Ringo" in an exaggerated northern accent. They were clearly having fun. 😄
@@Ben-sq6un It's both, Crowley taught say two things at once
Beatles forever 💪💪💪💯💯💯😎😎😎
You guys are the best 😂 put a smile on my soul. 57 yrs lve loved this song
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Every note of every song of theirs is perfect. John sang about what it means to be human. Try listening to his solo Plastic Ono Band album. Man, I miss him.
My 9 year old granddaughter loves the Beatles. She just got a turntable and Abby Road.
Great reactions, Fellas.
The opening flutes were tapes Rolling on a melotron keyboard, Just like "stairway to heaven" by JPJ, in live shows.. The First samples ever played
I'm m pretty sure Stairway to Heaven used real recorders - by which I mean internal duct flutes, not tape recorder machines - instead of a Mellotron.
@ChasFink I did a Google search and in fact, most sources say that he recorded several recorder tracks in the studio and he performs these parts on the melotron live. We've become so used to seeing him play melotron in concert (on Stairway to Heaven) that we assume it was recorded like that, like he did on The Rain Song (strings parts)
You guys are my favorite reactors you have great analysis
I subbed btw I'm a 79 year old white guy who was blown away by this song and other Beatles songs when tey came out
❤️❤️❤️ Thanks guys
Best psych album of all time.
Maybe my favorite song of theirs. It's close between this and I Want You
Ringo worked overtime on Strawberry Fields
He sure did!!
If you read my other comment, you'll know the truth of The Beatles. Quote from Bernard Purdie "I played on 21 tracks..Ringo never played on anything."
Look it up.
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@@badsherrey George Martin called Purdie's claim "bizarre" as did other people who were in and around the studio where they were recording at the time and were eye witnesses to Ringo playing on said tracks.
@dougs78records64 of course Martin said that. Dig deeper.
A masterpiece!! Thanks fellas!!
It’s incredible how they progressed as songwriters in a little over 3 years from “She Loves Me” to “Strwberry Fields Forever”. Equally incredible is that they recorded this album using only 4 track recording equipment.
Hi fellas... Take one of this masterpiece is THE version. Can't wait till you do the White Album 😎
Pure genius!!
John playing this acoustic demo is so good
Welcome to the fan club, all you whippersnappers. Glad to have you. You'll be the ones carrying the torch.
The Mellotron intro is to die for.
One of the best
My favorite of all the great Beatles songs!
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVERRRRR!!! 👍😊WHAT'S UP YOU GUYS!
This track and Walurus changes your whole outlook look on John, doesn’t it guys!
Yes indeed!!
Che was already on board with John. I had to catch up
@@AirplayBeats I love you guys channel.
But.... by the time John wrote Cold Turkey in September 1969, the rest of the band were so disillusioned with where John had had drifted to at a personal level, they rejected the song point blank. And to be frank, I can't blame them. They were probably thinking "Dude, you're the guy who wrote A Day In The Life... what happened?"
@@ivanjulian2532 'Cold Turkey' was as great as the earlier stuff, just very different, tragic and dark. The most effective honest and pained anti drug abuse song IMHO and it sure beat the Velvet's Lou Reed calling heroine 'his wife' or the immoral Stones glamorizing it as 'Jumping Jack Flash' being 'a gas'. I lost two of my best friends to that evil drug. You just DON'T GET IT do you???! Lastly 'the band' were getting tired of 'Bossy Paul' not John!
The 2 versions that were spliced together were recorded in different tempos and different key signatures. They slowed down one and sped up the other to make it work. The splice happens at the 1 minute mark.
I've been waiting for this one , a pleasant song ha ha, for me it's the greatest song of all time, and listening on headphones can't be beat, so many sounds going on , imagine being a teenager hearing this at the time in 67. Fantastic reaction, I knew you'd love it.....and you'll never tire of hearing it.
Great reaction guys! From a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John he gives insight to some of my favorite lyrics in this song… “No one I think is in my tree.” Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius - “I mean it must be high or low,” the next line. There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things other people didn’t see. I thought I was crazy or an egomaniac for claiming to see things other people didn’t see. As a child, I would say, “But this is going on!” and everybody would look at me as if I was crazy. I always was so psychic or intuitive or poetic or whatever you want to call it, that I was always seeing things in a hallucinatory way. It was scary as a child, because there was nobody to relate to”. RIP genius 🙏🏻
"No-one I think is in my tree" was a reference to a tree that John played in when he was a child.. One of my favorites...so good in every way! Thanks guys
I got real stoned and watched you guys listen to this. Awesome!
What a tune from the wizards of popular music.
To me The Beatles aren't rock and roll, they're literally their own category. It's just Beatles music. Which I say as the highest compliment. They're like the only pop band that completely changed the music. in the early 60s they were very poppish, and they were the biggest thing there was. I think they had like four songs in the top ten at one time. and then it changed to a more psychedelic, more thoughtful sound about social issues with crazy imaginative arrangements. They are the GOAT
I remember the first time listening to this as a kid - the line "Always know sometimes think its me, but you I know when it's a dream - I think I know, er, yes, I mean it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree". That line absolutely blew me a away as a kid - To be able to put those lyrics in a song is nothing short of genius.
Listening to this through your ears makes this one even better and it was already GOATED. Keep up the good work guys.
Yes cellos! great incredible track. I love these guys thanks guys its great
Beatles made a great video for this song
Because of full album plays, I can never identify the cuts released as singles. 💜💜💜
I watched a YT interview of harpist from She's Leaving Home. It was Paul, not George Martin, that was directing the orchestra to get their parts to incorporate into the song. It was a dynamic process, and not set pieces to play. I'm sure there was collaboration with Martin in melding it together, but Paul was in there. He is a genius.
I just saw your reaction to this song. First let me say Ringo did that. I was 15 when this was released and I am still moved to tears when I hear it. In addition to the psychedelic aspect, the Beatles were on a spiritual journey as well so you have eastern influences from ways of thinking to instruments. One more time for Ringo. I’m so glad you enjoyed it too!
absolutely ♥ this song!
Damn, love your videos!
I am a huuuuge fan of your doc review channel and, man, there was a "Making of Sgt. Pepper" doc that came out in the Nineties that I wish you could review. I can't find it anywhere, but it was fantastic. Parts of it have George Martin just sitting at the board, soloing out tracks, explaining what he did. It is one of my favorites. I think some of it was re-used in the Beatles Anthology doc. But that little doc was so producer/engineer focused that I know y'all would love it. On that note, a couple of great options for your movie channel are "Twenty Feet from Stardom" (about backing vocalists) and "Sound City" (about the legendary recording studio). You should definitely look into those two. They would be perfect for that channel. Best,
They should also react on their movie channel, the first two Beatles' movies....."A Hard Day's Night," and "HELP!"
Lennon's masterpiece. Nothing else to add!
COULD HAVE NOT SAD IT BETTER MY SELF, YOU NAILED IT MAN, JOHN'S TRUE MASTER PEICE AND MY FAVORITE LENNON SONG......
Strawberry Field (with no s) was an orphanage in Liverpool. John had a troubled childhood, his mother gave him away to his aunt causing all sorts of identity issues. As a child, John would sometimes leave his aunt's home and sleep at the orphanage because, as he said, it was the only place he felt like he fit in.
@kentocco7059 John never slept at the Salvation Army orphanage. He would climb the wall and explore their gardens, Strawberry Field. He did feel at home in those gardens.
That dragging sound La is referring to is a mellotron. A mellotron is an electric instrument developed in England in the 60’s. Radiohead use this instrument a lot on OK Computer.
As some have already mentioned, this song was a combination. They (the Beatles & producer George Martin) were doing takes of the song. John Lennon finally found 2 takes he liked and told George Martin. Martin was perplexed because the takes were in two different tempos so combining would be difficult, if not impossible. John, either not understanding (or not caring) about what it would take to do this, just told Martin to "figure it out". One night, in a drug-infused state, and unbeknownst to Martin, who was still trying to "figure it out", the Beatles and some friends (such as Mick Jagger and Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithful and others), went to the studio and recorded a bit for the song. It was a hodge podge of cacophony (did I mention drugs were involved) that John would present to Martin, telling him to include it. Martin was flabbergasted - what the hell was he supposed to do with THIS? Immense credit goes to George Martin who figured if he slowed one take down a bit, it would match the other in a near-perfect blend and he even managed to use the bit John gave him; it's near the end and is the part with the really rapid-fire drumming.
A single recorded before Sgt. Peppers. Magical Mystery Tour was an EP (just side one) in the UK. The US added several non-album singles.
Wikipedia: "Starting in November 1966, the band spent 45 hours in the studio, spread over five weeks, creating three versions of the track. The final recording combined two of those versions, which were entirely different in tempo, mood and musical key. It features reverse-recorded instrumentation, Mellotron flute sounds, an Indian swarmandal, and a fade-out/fade-in coda, as well as a cello and brass arrangement by producer George Martin. For the promotional film, the band used experimental techniques such as reverse effects, jump-cuts and superimposition."
Yay, love the Beatles and this is one of their best
That one never gets old!