The Beatles | Story of Perfect Singles - Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever | Professor of Rock
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- The collaborative genius of Lennon & McCartney created many of the most celebrated compositions ever recorded- including two heartfelt & evocative pieces of musical theater that demonstrated why The Beatles were the most impactful group of the Rock Era. The story of the powerful double-A side masterpiece- “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” NEXT on Professor of Rock.
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reactions to the classics “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever”…..Two sentimental & artistic classics by The Beatles, that were coupled as an unplanned Double-A sided single that was one of the most potent combos of the Rock Era and a serious candidate, a front runner for the greatest single in the history of popular music. here’s why..
Although the pair were heartwarmingly nostalgic, the tracks had contrasting arrangements, and epitomized the fundamental difference between Paul McCartney & John Lennon.
McCartney’s “Penny Lane” reflected Sir Paul’s whimsical charm, while Lennon’s “Strawberry Fields Forever” demonstrated John’s intriguing dark introspection. Everybody has a favorite Beatle, and depending on which of these songs you fancy more, it may define inner workings.. Ha ha.
“Penny Lane” was McCartney’s ‘feel good’ stroll down memory lane- illustrating the sights and sounds he fondly encountered on a half mile stretch of road in suburban Liverpool. “Penny Lane” is a typical suburban thoroughfare.. nothing special, really, but McCartney’s imagery painted a vivid picture of a time when life was full of innocence and starry-eyed optimism. That’s what makes the tune so magical and potently nostalgic. and really if you think about the place where you grew up, it also may seem like nothing special, but so many years later as we allow our memories to consume us and as technology takes over, we long for those simple times, simple places and people from a time before the world became so complex and that’s the essence of Penny Lane.
Most of the observations McCartney referenced in his lyrics have not survived, but the “barber shop” mentioned in the first verse, and the 'fire station’ alluded to in Verse 3 are still there. The “bus shelter” where McCartney & Lennon used to meet to take a bus together to the city center is gone. actually The shelter was replaced in the 80s by a restaurant named Sgt. Pepper’s Bistro, but it has since closed. One day, McCartney was sitting at that famous bus shelter in the middle of the roundabout on Penny Lane waiting for his buddy John.
The recording of “Penny Lane” is highlighted by the piquant trumpet, which was actually added after the rest of the song was finished. McCartney was watching a program on the BBC that featured a musical group called The New Philharmonic Orchestra performing a rendition of Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #2.” - Розваги
Consider this achievement: they wrote & recorded their entire catalog in 7 years! Yes, 7 years!!!!!!
Starting with their first work recording with Tony Sheridan, to the final Beatles recordings in January 1970 it’s closer to nine years
True artists are timeless. Consider Hendrix as well. Still celebrated and relevant today and he was "around" from '66-'70. The Beatles painted so many personal mindscapes and they will continue to influence for generations to come and did it all in 7 short years. Staggering, honestly.
@@michaelrochester48 If you wanna be picky they weren't the Beatles that we came to know then. Like Ringo was still to join the band.
@@michaelrochester48 I'm counting their original recordings: Love Me Do (1962) & they were doing overdubs in January 1970. They didn't record together after August 1969.
It took me seven years to wake up this morning.
I don't think I'll ever get my head around how good The Beatles actually were...it's like trying to process infinity.
You nailed it.
I agree 🎶🎶🎶
Good and bad are RELATIVE. ;)
Absolutely spot on. While appreciating one aspect of their magnificent music, a dozen or so of the other Beatle innovations will come to mind and then just as quickly fade back against the beauty of the music.
@@TheWorldTeacher True but with the amount of success the Beatles had you really could say the were objectively great and not get much disagreement.
Question: Was this the greatest double-sided rock single of all time?
Answer: Yes.
@@willzimjohn
Those were album cuts from "Every Picture Tells a Story". Not a great difference but
"Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields" were not supported by an album release.
Don't forget, "Hey Jude" with the flip side of "Revolution" released on the Apple label. That's a tough one!
I’d place Elvis’ “Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog” or “God Only Knows / Wouldn’t It Be Nice” above this. I’m convinced the latter is the greatest thing ever laid down on record
I am the Walrus / Michelle showed an ability to mix styles and surreal imagination.
Someone should do a breakdown of how they cut I am the Walrus.
Paperback Writer/Rain ranks up there with Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever as the greatest Beatles double-sided single. Professor should do one on Paperback Writer/Rain and how it became a turning point for the Beatles.
Paul McCartney’s carpool karaoke with James Corden is a cool look at Penny Lane. You actually get to see it.
I just love that one, I have watched it multiple times, it's just so great.
My buddy spent a day looking for abbey road in Liverpool before someone pointed out that it's in London.
@@KLUTCHdot58 I’m just laughing. That sucks but still so funny!
That carpool karaoke episode is the greatest Corden has done. I even shed a tear or two in during one part.
Summer of 1980, I was 10 years old. I liked music but had never been obsessed with any group or artist. My father came back from CA where he brought back a stack of old 45s from his sister. He began playing one after the other while I was playing with my toys. Nothing grabbed me until he played one song. I didn't know the title but I knew it was the Beatles & they kept singing, "Yeah, yeah, yeah.." The song of course was "She Loves You" & I was never the same after it. 6 months later John Lennon was murdered & that just kindled the fire even more for me. The following May I got my first Beatles album for my birthday: Magical Mystery Tour. Their songs are still as fresh & exciting for me 41 yrs later. No one comes close to them.
My first taste of the Beatles was when I was 6. John Lennon was shot, and my father was absolutely devastated. Played Sgt Pepper's over and over, as well as Double Fantasy. A Day In The Life captured me, as well as Starting Over. I was hooked. I never listened to any other band by choice until I was sixteen, and really heard Bob Dylan for the first time. From there, I branched into other British invasion bands, but the Beatles were always, and still are, number one for me!! 😃
Brian Sherwood, I also was 10 years old when I first heard She Loves you ,seeing them on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, that song influenced me to play the guitar, I still play that song 2 times a day. The German sung version is really good. It's my favorite song to this day.
I was 15 when Lennon was shot and you certainly couldn't ignore the amount of attention it got. Week after week there were specials being played all over the radio and television that covered their history. The newsstands were filled with special edition newspapers and magazines all about them and over the next few months it seemed like a new Beatles book was coming out every other week. It was a much bigger deal than when Elvis died a few years earlier and that's saying something. You could easily go from knowing next to nothing about the Beatles to becoming a Beatles expert within a matter of weeks. All that said, it wasn't common being a Beatles fan in high school in the early 80s. We were few and far between but when we met up with each other it was like we became instant friends. I remember I had so much Beatles trivia brimming forth in my head that whenever a friend heard of someone else that was a Beatles fan they would bring them to me and expect a sort of Trivial Pursuit style showdown which I would usually win thanks to my purchase of a Beatles Encyclopedia.
I was 9 in 1964 when the Beatles hit it big. I, like most other kids, became quite familiar with their early work until about 1967, but they stumbled a bit after John's comment about God. A lot of people stopped listening to them. I heard some of their mid-period songs like Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, All You Need Is Love, Michelle, Lucy In The Sky, Penny Lane, etc., but I never heard the full Sgt. Pepper album or the White Album until I was a grownup in the mid-'70s. My older brother had the Let It Be and Abbey Road albums, as well as George's All Things Must Pass, but I never heard songs like Blackbird, Back in the USSR, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, A Day In The Life, She's Leaving Home, etc., until the mid-'70s. I kind of re-discovered the Beatles because of Wings' 1976 world tour, in which Paul did some of the older numbers. And now I have almost all of their songs on karaoke tracks, and I can sing them anytime I want.
On December 6th 1980 I borrowed every one of my sisters (who is 12 years older than me)Beatles 8 tracks and listened to them all weekend.Monday Dec. 8 1980 I went ti bed at halftime of the football game New England Patriots vs Miami Dolphins (it being the first non Beatle thing I had done in 4 days)fell asleep with the radio on and woke up at 1am to the sounds of I am the Walrus then they played another Beatles song and another and yet another...
My Dad has a Penny Lane sign. It's his one and only crime. He played for a local football team an one game in the 70's took them to Liverpool. He knew he may never come back so he took the chance, paying his mate to stand lookout. A number of the team had their hair trimmed at the famous barbers too.
You would think Liverpool City would just print heaps of streets signs to sell in tourist shops
@@tK-be6ns You would and it would make sense, so it's completely beyond the level of councils. ;-)
Thanks for the info. I work for Scotland Yard and I've been on this case for 30 years! Hope to see you very soon...
@@starshiptrooper7670 Bring it on copper. ;-)
I just read this in a Liverpool accent...
I was a Beatlemaniac before they were well known (in the U.S.) Was constantly in trouble in my Catholic grade school for talking about them. The nun, as punishment, made me write a paper about them over a weekend that was due on Monday ... to be read out loud in front of the class. THAT was the Sunday they appeared on Ed Sullivan!! I received an A+ and became one of the most popular students in school, because of my "vast knowledge" about them. 😊
Lennon McCartney- greatest song writing team ever, undeniably.
George is a damn good writer too!
@@lindawalker161 George was a late bloomer but most would agree his song writing got to the level of John and Pauls. But no denying the number of hits Lennon/McCartney came out with is staggering and unsurpassed.
Not a shadow of a doubt about that..
I was born and bread in Liverpool. As a kid I had walked past Strawberry Field and been up and down Penny Lane hundreds of times. Imagine the thrill as a 12yr old when this amazing record was released about real places I could see, walk and touch. The Beatles were the greatest group in the history of music, and they were ours...
George Martin was a genius and it's so wonderful they got hooked in with him. He brought their work to another level.
The Beatles were the reason I started to learn English - I needed to understand the lyrics! ❤️
English is my first language but I still don’t understand the lyrics to strawberry fields! However, it is a magnificent piece of work 😁
I was 6 years old, summer 67, with my mum. From every open window and door came Sgt Pepper, different bits of the album, all around me. The hippies who lived upstairs to us also had it and while we played in the garden that seemingly endless British summer of 67, The Beatles were everywhere. They are in my life, part of my life, my history, my memories. All tangled up in them. They will be with me at my life's end as with one exception, it's all Beatles music. I want people weeping yes, but also having a groove like we used to. Maybe some dancing? What a way to go...
Hmm
Wow, what a precious memory
My mom was kind of a hippy and raised me on the Beatles and other rock music of the era. I did not even understand the words but knew I was listening to greatness.
December 8th 1980. I remember how my older brother cried. It affected me deeply. I'd never seen him cry before..😪
"Not possible to overstate the importance of the Beatles." I now believe that all is possible.
As a local I can confirm that all of the things mentioned in the song are actually on Allerton Road, the main road next to Penny Lane. The bank, the fire station and the barbers are still there. The traffic island is the one from your photo but buses still stop right by it.
Paul used to sing in the choir of St Barnabas church on the corner of Penny Lane and Allerton Road. Also John and George went to Dovedale Primary School, just off Penny Lane. I used to be the music teacher there and although Paul didn't go there it was my mission that every child learned the song while there were there. They loved that the Penny Lane of the song was the one that they walked down every day.
Thanks for that true insight from a local. That’s priceless!
Thank you! Awesome!
The world owes a great debt to all Liverpudlian's that can never be repaid.
Thank you for the lovey story of your experience.
As a kid in 1970, I listened to Penny Lane over and over again for about 2 weeks. That’s how much I loved it. To this day, I’m still not tired of it.
I was stunned after I sang "I Saw Her Standing There" on Karaoke Night on a Carnival Cruise to the Mexican Riviera in 2001 (Puerto Vallerta, Mazatlan & Cabo). People were on the dance floor before I finished the first verse. Five people came up to me afterwards and said "wow, I've never been able to sing the Beatles because the key is so high." Well, I was 13 when the lads were on the Sullivan show and I began singing their songs, never thinking that the pitch was high.
I gravitated towards Paul as his tunes made the Saturday night sing along in the master shower in the house a concert hall all its own. Sans echo, the porcelain fixtures in the bathroom reverbed my hitting the high notes. I sang all the songs that I could and know the words backwards and forwards, as probably all Beatle fans do. I learned about love in songs like "I Love Her," got a glimpse of the novel writing biz in "Paperback Writer," was touched deeply by "Something" and became as psychedelicized as I would ever get without taking acid by "A Day in the Life."
I was one of the first on my block to buy Hunter Davies' biography of the Beatles in 1980 and have now, I think, the full collection of Beatle biographies, critical (not necessarily negative) reviews, books about the music, about the instruments, the recording techniques by Geoff Emrick and his involvement with the group. I've listened attentively to interviews by them and about them.
I have tried to learn everything I can from as many viewpoints that were recorded or put down on paper. Why? Not out of fan club worship, but to try to understand the phenomenon that they created. For those of us who witnessed it, many of us were left totally puzzled why people reacted to them the way they did. The screams, the girls that soiled their panties at the concerts, what was it?
They were unique, a change in the direction of the culture. JFK had been assassinated roughly 11 weeks earlier and the winter in America was cold, gray and even desperate. On the Sullivan show that night, the Beatles gave the world a reason to smile again, that everything would be okay. Everything before that night seemed to be recorded in black and white film. From that time forward, the world exploded in a multi-colored world of surrealism and 'modernity' that gave the world the freedom to create, to express, to challenge old conventions and mōrēs, and to move ahead into a new definition of what was contemporary. It was like Alice had fallen down the rabbit hole and the Mad Hatter's tea party was set to begin the moment the Beatles took the stage.
Many of the events and incidences in the Beatles' daily life and 'turning points' were hidden. I remember when Time Magazine gave a column blurb in 1965 on Lennon & McCartney's songwriting. That was the first write up from the 'stuffed shirt' media that my generation's contribution to culture was meaningful.
Now, almost 60 years down the line, many of the local interviews, candid recordings of what the guys really thought, and how they were caught in a maelstrom that defied understanding came about, are within the public's reach. They were just kids and people like Sting, Tom Petty and dozens more watched them on Sullivan's show and said "I can do that."
It unleashed an amazing collection of great songs and artists that the Boomers more or less took for granted in a lot of ways. Even by 1985, we still thought that there would be more, what is now known as classic, rock and roll to come. By 1990, urban culture began to supplant the previous 30 years by rap and grunge. Old rock and rollers like me began to retreat into "our music" because, bottom line, we liked it better.
In 2010 I finally saw Paul McCartney's 3 hours of energetic restatement of all the greatest hits of my life. About two hours in I was standing in awe, the guy on stage singing those songs that came from his own head! It was the real deal! Which hit home and seemed unbelievable that the quality and sheer quantity of the songs could exist from one band. Paul sang John Lennon songs, and even George Harrison's songs. The joy and happiness was overwhelming. It may have been when I really "got it" that had the girl's screaming in 1964.
Last thought: as long as teenagers discover the opposite sex and begin the dance of romance, their guides will be the sound of the Beatles. "I don't want to spoil the party," "This boy," "I call your name," dozens more. The Pronoun songs of the first few years, "From Me to You" "She Loves You" "Please Please Me" "Money Can't Buy Me Love" "Baby You can Drive My car" endless associations that kids will use as road maps to lead them through the perilous years of early dating and discovery. The Beatles were the sound track to my youth, my life actually, and I suspect it will be the sound track for generations to come.
Yes, when I saw The Beatles at 6 1/2 I did say, on some level, "I can do that." And so I did - I became a musician who writes, sings, plays, produces. It's all because I saw those those four young men (at that time) doing something they loved doing themselves that inspired me to become a life long student of their music and every now and then an inspiration for my own (even though I eventually gravitated towards reggae music).
I enjoyed reading this, thanks from another life long fan (I am 63).
@@kathypiazza7228 thank you!!!
SurfinUSA,
Thank you, for taking time to write out your memories, and thoughts. I really enjoyed your choice of words, musings, and the moments you chose to share.
I like the way you write ✍ 😊
Though I am not a huge Beatles fan, the Moody Blues are my escape and joy, I am a solid fan of their work. Most especially, Paul and George. Paul being my most favorite. I love playing Wings music 🎶 when out and about with my 3 young (11, 7 and 4) daughters.
The other day, Silly Love Songs came on the radio, and that moment became an instant, never forget, memory!
There we were, all 5 of us, singing, "iiiiiii Loooovvvvvve Yoouuu", with the windows rolled down, in my big blue-silvery dad-van, sailing through the winding backroads. I felt so full of glee, and in love, it was perfect.
Thank you, Paul, and wonderful Linda (R.I.P) McCartney.
I hope you're well, Happy and Safe, 2023 to you, and those you love.
The first record I recall listening to was Mom’s single with Come Together on one side and Something on the other. Nothing is as wonderful to me as the Beatles.
First time George got a song on the A Side. Something is well worth it! Then you have Come Together on the flip side. I still have my copy of the 45.
My mom introduced me to the Beatles as well when I was a child and I loved it then.. still love it now but appreciate it even more that I now understand why.
Saw the Beatles in the thumbnail. Immediately stopped what I was doing to watch.
Ok?.. thank you?
@@MrThedonhead ? what
Whenever anyone says the Beatles are "over rated" or they do not like them, I really just feel bad for them that they are unable to hear the magic, as though they have some kind of cognitive disability, or like a different kind of mild deafness.
I knew someone like that. I would just roll my eyes and laugh at him.
yes.
I absolutely agree and I think they suffer from some sort of disorder. I grew up in that era and The Beatles were a colossus. Even Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones has said "there were The Beatles and then there was everyone else." Virtually everyone else was in their shadow. On Amazon you can buy "1" which is all their number one hits and you'll find there are 21 of them. Their hits have been covered by everyone from Frank Sinatra to the "Brazil 66" to countless jazz artists. Every generation likes them. To say they're over rated is like saying Bach is over rated.
I didn't really get it either until I was in college.
I remember someone saying that to me and the only examples he would give me were "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You". It's like the only part of a blue whale you ever saw was the eye and you would say "Well yeah, that's a big eye but so what?".
I was a sophomore in high school when I began hearing all these rumors about some British band that was all the rage overseas, but didn't give it much thought, since I wasn't particularly crazy about the music being played on the radio at the time, by the likes of Bobby Vinton, Bobby Rydell, and other uninspiring singers here. I mean, what were the Brits going to do to improve the quality of pop music?
Then, that fateful (magical) night in Feb. 1964 came around and Ed Sullivan introduced THE BEATLES!
My life was never the same after that. It was something that can never be repeated or duplicated. Your father must've had the same experience I did. As well as countless millions others, who recognized something almost as auspicious as the Second Coming. I knew after the first few bars they sang that these guys were the future of music. For quite some time, all I wanted to listen to was their music. I have never changed my attitude toward them, as they continually evolved and matured as songwriters and musicians. Beatlemania could never be replicated today. They landed on our shores less than 3 months after JFK's assassination and we were in the beginning stages of lost innocence, with Viet Nam about to totally engulf us and tear the nation apart. The Beatles would be responsible to a certain degree for some of the societal changes that were about to start happening. But, throughout it all, they continued to produce some of the most memorable and beautiful music of all time. They stand alone in the pantheon of popular music and will never be equaled, or even approached.
The British have continued to push the limits and define popular music even after the first British Invasion.
What we should also remember is the Beatles were heavily influenced by the soul music and Rocka-Billy music coming out of Small Southern towns like Muscle Shoals Alabama, Jackson Tennessee, Florence, Alabama and on and on! Just ask Steve Winwood. 👊
From "Rubber Soul" to the self-titled White Album, I'd say the Fab4 basically drew the map in what RNR could and would become for generations.
The Beatles made me love music.
Anyone, ANYONE, who utters anything resembling the phrase "The Beatles are overrated." simply reveal themselves to be completely ignorant in all matters and forms of "popular" music, regardless of genre and pop culture in general, as a thing, and it's evolution.
@@themstem69 Thank you for proving my point! Your willful ignorance is noted. Bye Felicia!
@@msmoniz I apologize for the other comments. I’m not that type of person. To each his own. The Beatles are my dads favorite band and has a entire room dedicated to them. I helped created that room.
My long life has been dictated and influenced by The Beatles in deep and undeniable ways. Strawberry Fields Forever is the greatest song of the 20th century.
I'm 48 so I missed them when they were together but with two older Bros, I grew up with them. It's my first memory sitting in my playpen hearing mr. Moonlight😁. I have 4 kids and my youngest daughter could probably sing every Beatle's song word for word. The Greatest!!! Timeless Music!!!
Rising to the level of Lennon/ Mccartney is Huge. When they wrote together they put songs out like water out of a neverending fountain. When they separated and wrote by themselves they always tried to one up the other. While that's going on George was just throwing out stuff like while my guitar and here comes the sun, something.... I think it's safe to say They were The Best!!👍
George’s solo stuff was awesome, he was ridiculously talented.
And experts say he was the 3rd most talented out of the fab four. It's insane how good the Beatle's were. I absolutely love george's solo stuff. I liked wings a little more., I wasn't a huge fan of John's solo stuff. Don't get me wrong he had 5 or 6 Great songs but nothing like wings and even george's stuff. My fav george stuff came in the 80s and 90s.👍
Well George was the youngest, it's only fair that he needed more time to bloom. He was both the luckiest and unluckiest guy to be in a band with the two best songwriters EVER, lol He learned a lot from them though, and that's what matters :)
This is one of the best summaries of arguably the best single release in the history of modern music. The detailed description of the production brings new dimension to these recordings and has me listening to the demos from Anthology with greater understanding of why take 7 in particular was selected for the series. On top of all this, we get the perfect soapbox argument regarding the Beatles' massive importance to music history. But the real treat comes when we get to meet the Professor's dad. Thanks for sharing that, Adam.
Oh man. I was actually unconsciously smiling when his Dad appeared thru out the few seconds on the video.
My dad brought home, Meet the Beatles, the entire family listened to the album twice thru, life changing, then we saw them on Ed Sullivan! I heard I wanna hold your hand on the radio and I still think it's one of their best pop songs
I first heard of the Beatles just before their first appearance on Ed Sullivan. We had to beg and plead with our parents to let us watch. Afterward we asked for the album, but Mom and Dad said, "no". Grandma to the rescue. She bought Meet the Beatles for us and later, after John's "Jesus" statement, she sat me down and explained what John "really meant", when I was ready to give up on them. Great woman.
Every single take of Strawberry Fields Forever is worth a listen - perhaps the greatest evolution of a song ever.
Life was rough for me back in 1964. Then I kept hearing this magical song on the radio that transported me into joy and hope - changing my life. That song was I Want to Hold Your Hand. Odd song to be life changing, but it was.
I've heard several recording artists say that hearing that song changed their lives and got them into the music business. It was a groundbreaking sound for its time, like Elvis's "Hound Dog" was a decade earlier.
I discovered the Beatles in 1986 when I bought the “Best of 67-70” cassette (AFTER I heard about the “Paul is dead” conspiracy) It opens with “Strawberry Fields” I started as a conspiracy theorist & became a fan. I left that cassette in a shed while on vacation in Cape May NJ and returned years later to put my hand up in the spot I’d left it to find it intact.
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My connection with The Beatles are through my dad. Sadly I don't remember him because he passed away when I was a baby. So when I was 11, I became a fan, listening to their albums that my dad had and my mom kept. I feel that connection with my dad through them.
Definitely the most inovative group of all time.
I was born in 1965 so I missed out. But the summer before High school😮 my friend started playing her parents Beatles albums and it was so fun. We went to see Beatlemania play soon after. I’ve been a devoted fan ever since. Their music makes me happy.❤
The importance of the The Beatles in my family's lives cannot be exaggerated. I am almost 53, and while my parents were primarily jazz fans, at some point in the mid-seventies they bought us three LPs one Christmas. These were our first non-children's records. They were Let It Be, and the Red and Blue albums (on red and blue vinyl). Wow! We soon had every Beatles LP available. These were the American, Capital, versions since the original, and superior, British versions weren't commonly available until the CDs were released. That said, even though we expanded our musical pallets as the years went by, The Beatles are still the standard against which, all others are judged. My nine kids, of course, grew up listening to The Beatles. They know every note of every song, and the variety of styles and instruments in the Beatles catalog, has led them to explore so many musical genres, especially classical. It inspired them to learn multiple instruments, and sing, and compose. Almost every waking hour, of every day, at least one of them is playing or singing something, and it is because of seeds planted by the music of The Beatles.
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You nailed it! My aunt was 16 when I was born in '61. I vividly remember listening to Beatles albums in her bedroom at my grandparents' house. She's recently been diagnosed with dementia and her memories of us listening together will eventually fade away. It's up to me to hold fast to them. I can't hear a Beatles song without thinking of her.
drawing houses at low tide, with beds, tables, adding shells for decoration, is my strongest memory of childhood. Oh also there has to be a food memory, vivisting an aunt and running down and buying at the local roller skating rink, ice cream sundae, with vanilla ice cream, malt sprinkled over, chocolate topping and nuts to finish with. I think when the world was still "small" and not connected anywhere like today, the collective love of the Beatles, brought the world together, we realised that people in Germany, the UK, American and even home for me here in Australia, were really all the same and were all members of the "we love the Beatles" club. People who were not around then, can not begin to understand, how they were everywhere in our lives, our fashion, hairstyles, music, toys, our tv, our radios, you could not go a day without the Beatles being mentioned, listened to and loved!
The simple elegance of describing familiar places and experiences coupled with amazing melodies and harmonies. This is also why "Day in the Life" is also amazing.
The most influential artists of all time! THE greatest single & musical artist of all time.
This double sided single is, without a doubt, the greatest of all time!!! Both songs are like mini-symphonies! Lennon & McCartney. There will never be a greater songwriting duo!
I loved Penny Lane ever since I was a little girl. Still love it.
It really is so easy to write off a band as epic as the Beatles as "overrated" if that sentiment is based on overexposure of their more poppy/kinda silly songs. But how many bands out there can pull off those kinds of songs AND songs with more beauty and depth as adeptly as the Fab Four? Not many. That's why videos like this are so great-they really encourage people to do a deeper dive into their rich catalogs. Thanks, Professor 🙏
So much of it is about context. Today, I can record a song created from a number of tracks limited only by my computer's memory. These two songs were done on 4-track machines without sampling and the huge number of effects that live as plugins on my same computer. No Auto-Tune, and it would have been totally unneeded, the same way a click-track was. Hearing this in 1967 was like stepping into another universe. Hearing it today remains mind-blowing, and even though we know how it was done, none of the magic of these original recordings can be recreated.
"so easy to write off a band as epic as the Beatles as "overrated"
That was my niece (who was born in 1968). She didn't think she liked the Beatles. Then last year she started watching "Mad Men" on Netflix and they ended an episode where Don listens to "Tomorrow Never Knows" (and Matt Weiner paid $250,000 just for the rights to play the actual Beatles cut)
My niece emails me back with, "OK...I get it now".
It's the music folks.
Well said, something like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is just silly, remember Paul’s dad was British vaudeville. And then they had some of the most haunting and beautiful songs...Julia? wow, we can go on and on.
The Beatles overrated? The Beatles are the Motzarts of 20th century. We are lucky to be contemporaries with them. The Beatles revolutionized music and captivated the world with "She loves you" or "I want to hold your hand". But they wrote also songs obviously "unknown" to these ignorants who say the Beatles were overrated. Think "a day in the life" or "golden slumbers" or "happiness is a warm gun" or two of us" or "rain". I could write a diatribe for each song, when I heard it and what means to me.
Their ability to make the mundane seem magical with poetic writing and put it to timeless music is what makes many of their songs masterpieces. Also need to attribute some of that to George Martin, the greatest producer there was. Their success is a testament that they were not overrated by the vast majority. If they were we would not be talking about and still enjoying them over 1/2 a century later.
I don't know when "the Beatles are overrated" became a cool and quirky personality trait, but I will have an argument with anyone who says it!
The Beatles are overrated.
So true, @Megan Mason. I really don’t think anything we know after them would have been the same without them.
@@CynHicks "argument"
It is just as ignorant and incurious as 'Ok Boomer'.
Given its lyrics, singing, innovative production and experimental instrumentation, psychedelic orchestral flourishes and confessional psychoanalysis, SFF has to be the greatest song ever committed to tape.
My parents introduced me to the Beatles. My father is an amateur musician and sang in a small local band in the 60s. Dad used to have a cover album with their most important "yeah yeah yeah" songs, such as I wanna hold your hand and She loves you. At home here in Brazil, I used to hear their first songs all the time.
But it was an uncle, my father's brother, who introduced me to the psychedelic songs, back in the late 80s. This uncle is also an amateur musician and at the time I was 17 or 18 and I was starting to play the keyboard in a small church band. He lent me a cassette tape with some songs from this period. At the time, I used to have a cassette player on my bedside table, and I'd hear music from tapes every night to fall asleep. I remember clicking on the play button that night. The first song of the tape was Strawberry Fields. I remember the feeling of awe and goosebumps I had listening to that for the first time in the dark. I was like "what the fuck is going on here?! Never heard something like this before! That's so weird! I love it!"
I'm almost 50 now and I still have goosebumps when I hear that song. That changed my life forever, as a musician and as a person.
Thanks for the video!
My introduction to music was The Beatles. So, I started with the very best. In 1967, when I was 2 years old, my uncle bought the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album. I was sitting at my nan's dining room table, in front of the stereo. While the album played, I sat looking at the album cover. I was fascinated, by all the strange looking people on it. When I opened the album, to the photos of The Beatles, I had instant crushes on all 4 of them. And, I still do. ❤❤❤❤
When I was a teen I was all about Strawberry Fields but now that I'm ..... experienced I LOVE Penny Lane. It is my 3rd fav Beatles songs now. If you can listen and not smile by the end you have no heart.
Thanks for this consistently great content! I’m still hoping to see you and Rick Beato team up on a video sometime.
Your welcome my friend. Yeah, that would be cool, maybe one day!
@@ProfessorofRock I have to insist that you and Rick do a mash up for sure.
That would be EPIC.
@@ProfessorofRock Maybe you can share with Rick your secret on how the heck you don't seem to get blocked and targeted by algorithms and copyright firms like he does.
@Luke I think this is wrong. Rick also uses snippets, and is clearly also fair use. This has been covered ad-nauseum on his channel and he's testified before congress.
Even The Beatles early pop music was revolutionary! They set the standard for songwriting! When even fans of The Beatles throw off on the early stuff, I get a little frustrated. My mom raised my sister and I on The Beatles, bubblegum pop of the 60s, and country music. I made certain the my daughters had an appreciation and love for The Beatles. They have passed it on to a cousin. Heck, even the kid that moved in with us for a few years loves The Beatles! We connected when she heard me playing "Here Comes the Sun" on guitar one evening, and then tried to learn it from me. I'm now working on my grandchildren.
I was 10 yrs old when I saw the Beatles on Sullivan show on tv in 1964. I’m so thankful I grew up with their music in real time. My mom helped me save up to buy Meet the Beatles lp when it was released here in US. My dad has a brand new stereo and when he was at work we played the Beatles album in the stereo. Adults thought the “long” hair lol of the Beatles was “outrageous” but my mom was cool with the music. And a while later my dad tuned into them after “Yesterday” came out. I will forever love their music.
"It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out..."
They put their music in front of me, and I never took my ears and eyes away! I’ve collected, read and listened to so much about them, this and last year have still put them in the public’s mind. McCartney III, a new Ringo EP will be out soon, a remixed All Things Must Pass by George will be out later this year, John’s “Plastic Ono Band” album from 1970 is getting a remix and remaster April 16 and on August 27th, Sir Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles : Get Back” will have a brief theatrical run, the original “Let it Be” film will get remastered and “Let it Be” the album will get a big Giles Martin produced box set. What a Fab year this will wind up being for Beatles fans worldwide!
I was born 21/11/1963 in our house the radio was on every day so The Beatles are a huge part of my life i will be 58 in nov and they are still for me anyway the greatest band of them all. Peace and love from Scotland
My father was a huge fan of the Beatles, I can remember listening to them in our house as a little kid, singing along with them in the car when they were played on the radio. The first time I can remember ever seeing my father cry is when they announced that John Lennon had died on the radio. I was fortunate enough to share his love for the Beatles with him through out my childhood….
I will echo the words of several famous musicians, the first time I heard the Beatles, my world changed.
It was my babysitter's daughter that made sure I knew 20-40 of their songs and I am sure those were 2 of them. I did not even know I liked them yet.
My wife and I spent a day in Liverpool about 15 years ago, managing to visit all the sights including Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields, The Cavern Club, and their homes. It was a Pilgrimage to the heart of my childhood and teen musical journey that has informed and underpinned my love of music of throughout my life. I cherish the souvenirs and photos I collected that day. I have their entire collection of LPs including BBC recordings and their Television Specials much later along with a number of fab biographies of the band on words and photos. I cherish them because they anchor me to my childhood and teens.
Many have said that "A Day In The Life" was the greatest song of all time.
Stop people on the street and hum both songs... and see which one they know.
@@robrussell5329 👍, however if you stop people that are in their 60s they'll most likely know both...and all the words.
Just like your dad I was there when all this first happened , I am 67. I remember when Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane came out. It was revolutionary in every sonic respect and remember it was still only AM radio then! Anyway one point it must be stated that Lennon contributed lyrics to Penny Lane and McCartney contributed the mellotron part, unique in the composition as part of the musical motif to Strawberry Fields so I consider them co-written numbers by Lennon-McCartney. Strawberry was brought in as a folk song really by Lennon and expanded into the "progressive" song it became. Truly both songs are masterpieces. Thanks
The Beatles are like a love that burns hot and dies. There is no growing old.
If one has been blessed with a love of all things Beatles from the first appearance of Beatlemania to present day, it never dies."🎸 With a love like that you know you should be glad🎶! And understand that once it has you it has your soul and will never die.
I do agree however that there is no growing old. Their music and just them as people are as fresh to me right now as if my 8 year old self was still sitting cross legged on the floor with my cat Felix in my lap after my bath watching them live on Ed Sullivan in awe at the four guys who will be in my ❤️ forever.
Poor Felix 🐱 was run over and was killed in front of my house the next day. 😭
IMHO
It was wonderful to see you with your dad! Hope there is more. I am 70. That means the Beatles were the musical backdrop of my entire high school experience and of course I adore them. A few years ago, I looked up the UA-cam video of the last time the Beatles played together and of course it was 30th of January 1969 on the roof. I watched with tears streaming down my face. I was crying, not just because of the memories, but because I really watched those YOUNG faces. Now that I am older and I see things from a different perspective and I was astonished at what those young kids had done to music in such a short time. I was right there noting how much time has passed. Sigh. Great memories.
I grew up in the 60’s and watched Ed Sullivan when the Beatles were on and my dad laughing at their hair, my dad had a crew cut. Their music stirred emotion in me as they did so many of my generation.
The Beatles didn’t just open a door to another music genre, they opened a door to another world and lifestyle of which I ran to embrace!!!
Sorry about losing your dad, he sounded like a cool guy, which I could have met him.
I used to quiz my son about songs that came on the radio as to what band it was, who was playing guitar, listening to the drums and bass lines, and guitar riffs.
My son is a musician today as is his wife and daughter, imagine that!
I’d like to meet you one day Adam.
For sure it's one of the top four best songs EVER!
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields
Good Vibrations
Bohemian Rhapsody
Imagine
“Everyone has a favorite Beatle.” Yes. Mine is George. ☺️
Mine, too.
John is my fave Beatle, but George steals my heart (and part of my soul) with 'Something'. SIGH!!!!
Mine too...he got his freedom when they split and in my opinion the most successful Solo Beatle. ❤️🕉
George Martin I take it? Yes I agree.
@@LeviBulger felix, you're clueless. George's voice was thin and very often out of tune.
Also, Paul did NOT keep Harrison from writing songs. George got a late start composing and he didn't get good until halfway through their career. All you're saying is that George was a pussy.
Both Paul and John had infinitely better rock voices than George. Oh..and George usually sang the middle part. Educate yourself.
I was 6 years old at the beginning of 1967. I do remember the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and the Shea Stadium Concert. One of my older brothers (8 years older than I), had bought a used portable record player with about a dozen LP records (various groups) and about a dozen 45's (various groups). He and I shared a room together and when he was not home, I would play all the records. There was a lot of great music in his collection, but there was one record which I remember to this day which really stood out- it was the 45 record of Strawberry Fields Forever /Penny Lane. Wow talk about making an impression on you. Nothing else sounded like this and to this day, after 5 decades of listening to music, the Beatles will always be top shelf!
The Beatles music was with me as I was a very child living at the time in Hong Kong in the mid 60s...Mum and Dad had a couple of their records already which they'd bought before we moved to Hong Kong, but as we returned to England, I can clearly remember songs like Lady Madonna and Hey Jude were always on the radio in 1968..... but I really wasn't that much into music until the early 70s, and then was hearing more Beatles stuff being played (obviously after they'd split-up) on the radio, and I started listening more to the records we already had and then I really fell in love with the sound and songs.
Those songs and that sound have been with me ever since.... it's in me - in my blood, and has been for all of my life! And always will be; no matter what other artist or group I'm also into at the moment!
They were special, and when it's said that they changed the face of popular music back then, those claims are correct! Other bands were doing progressive stuff too, but no-one changed so far, so quickly, and steered the way that pop music/culture would change like The Beatles did... :-)
Oh cool, a Daddy Rock appearance. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of the man that help form you into who you are today.
This may be your best show ever, Mr. Pro of Rock. I really enjoyed the personal memories you shared along with these classic songs origination. 2 "thumbs" up.
To me what is most impressive when listening to the best Beatles songs today, it is timeless music, it just doesn't get old. Magical. And Strawberry Fields Forever is their best song in my opinion.
@Luke For me, Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane are so different in so many ways. Penny Lane is special no doubt but Strawberry Fields has always hit me in a powerful way, even now so many years later.
I was born in 1961 and my brother was 6 years older than me. My brother obsessed over the band from their start and began buying their singles and albums. At about age 5 or so, I began listening to his music and, because he listened mostly to Beatles, so did I. I began playing his records while he was at school and, being so young, was not as careful about scratches and other damage. Knowing that he couldn’t keep a constant vigil on his precious music, he resorted to buying duplicates of every record. One stayed out as a decoy for me while the other was safely hidden away. The result is a complete collection of Beatles records in pristine condition (many are still in their original protective wrapping). I think his collection is now worth a small fortune. I’m taking full credit for this.
They were so iconic! Not only do I love them as a band, I love each and every one of their solo works also! Thanks so much for sharing your Dad with us, he was a great man to instill such love for music in you Professor!
In Fried Windows, the first book my present publisher released, I planted many easter eggs about the Beatles and their music, naming characters after songs, copying lines. Like your father, I grew up in a Beatles musical world, mainly because of my two older sisters who were infatuated with them from the moment they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show - if not before. For a time, it felt to me as if the seal of quality for a new song rested with The Beatles. Everyone else in music was a pretender. Of course, as I matured a bit, my musical interests diversified. But The Beatles' innovations continued to draw my attention. I continued following them as solo artists (and Paul's group Wings), even while other bands and artists became a favorite for whatever span. That's why I inserted the easter eggs. Only a few readers have picked up on them and asked me about it. Of course, my kids noticed them when they read my book. But then, they grew up appreciating The Beatles as well.
I'm a Brit and I first saw them on TV. I think the program was Ready Steady GO. I was 5 and these guys made the stage move. I was very excited by the energy.
My Dad would then intermittently come home with an Album - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Pepper. I played those to death. When I hit 14 I met a guy who had all the albums and I put them on to cassette. Again, I played them to death and at the age of 14 got caught up in the majesty of side two of Abbey Road. It was life changing and I became a song writer.
My Dad has dementia now and I talked about the Beatles with him last time I saw him pre Covid. He was confused, but sparked with joy over the mention of them.
I remember him coming home from work and putting the radio on in case Strawberry Fields came on to tell me "This is important. This is something different. Everyone is saying it."
Do you realize that none of them had reached their 30th birthday when they broke up!?! One hundred years from now when all of the present day artists have long been forgotten, people will still be listening to The Beatles. They are the modern day Gershwin or Beethoven or Bach. They are unquestionably the greatest rock band ever.
The Beatles were the soundtrack of my life. I was 12 when my Mom and my three siblings watched them every time on the Sullivan show. Priceless.
To say that the Beatles were an influence to me and millions of others would be an understatement. What can be said that hasn't already been said about how unbelievably great and timeless the music of the Beatles was and still is. It never fails to put a smile on my face. Thanks for sharing this.
I have been a Beatles fan ever since I was 5 years old and saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show. I still have my early 45's and albums. My kids heard their music from birth. They have been a constant positive presence in my life forever.
I have always been a Beatles fan. My dad had Help and Rubber Soul on vinyl. It wasn't until the last couple of years that I gained a greater appreciation for the Beatles.
I work with persons with disabilities.
One of my participants just loves The Beatles, and likes us to play it while he is working.
It's because of him I have been listening to the Beatles more often in the last 3 years. I finally realized how much I adore the them.
Both individually and collectively. ✌️❤️
Its a surprisingly excellent musical experience for me. I've had naysayers bag on the Beatles that are younger than me, but I've experienced it in its fullness and where I was then. Awesome
A great tribute to the greatest band and without doubt the most influential band in music history bar none! Whilst other bands of this era or even the 20th Century will fade from memory the Beatles will never be forgotten. A truly remarkable group of musicians. Well said Adam :)
Beatles were the first music I remember hearing. My uncle's were first generation fans and I was born the first week of January 1968. By the time I was able to decipher music and ' Beatles'..I was hooked. I had to have a guitar and be a musician and write songs, play in bands,etc. I have listened to a ton of music but the Beatles were my first obsession and they actually taught me how to appreciate music.
Never to be topped.
This is my favorite episode. I remember being a 7 year old NYC kid and hearing, "The Beatles are coming! The Beatles are coming!" And they did. OMG, that's all I can say. Your father is amazing for showing you the wonder of the Beatles. I saw them come and go, from The Ed Sullivan Show to their breakup and I'm so happy you can appreciate them as much as we do. So sorry your pop passed away. What a great legacy. 8)))
Good lecture, professor, loved all their songs as a kid, played them constantly, especially those in particular. I had a lyric book and knew the words to practically every song. My grandmother bought me the now highly collectible Beatles figurine set in 1964 and I soon broke them up like most of my other toys. During the '70s there was a second Beatlemania wave--with a Broadway revival show--in America, and I was caught up in it, buying their music and listening to the songs over and over.
Strawberry fields forever/Penny Lane was actually released in the United States in 1967. It might’ve been recorded in 1966. The perfect Beatles single in 1966 to me was paperback writer, one of the first real hard rock songs to go to number One
Ad it had "Rain" on the other side, another great song and so 2 of the songs with the best harmonies. I wouldn't call Paperback writer hard rock though.
It was released everywhere in 1967 Mike.
Remember, Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out were also together on a single. I used to buy those 3 for a dollar at my local variety store.
@@bode7164 When I saw Paul in concert in 2011, he played Paperback Writer. When he finished, he held his guitar up and said that it was the same guitar he had recorded the song on about 45 years earlier.
I LOVE Paperback Writer
Beatles will always rule....even 100 years from today. 100% geniuses.
Ofcourse they were a through line in my life. Im 58 now and was born in the north of England in '63 I must have been weaned on listening to them on the radio sub-consiously. My departed mum used to tell me how during those 7 years of fame there were in the media day in day out everyone loved them - it was almost unconditional and universal back then. Johns tragic murder remains such a vivid. earth shatttering moment that winter evening in December. I find it hard to listen or watch anything related to them these days without tearing up. Guess it just so reminiscent of happier more carefree times. John George Ringo and Paul for ever! Cheers
Bad Finger was often mistaken for the Beatles. It only shows how excellent and talented that group was.
Well, it didn’t hurt that the Beatles (Paul) gave them songs and set them up on their record label...
Not sure Badfinger close enough to sounding like the Beatles (except for 'Day After Day'). Early Bee Gees is closer to Beatles.
Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane are not only the best Beatles song of all time but the music videos for both songs are the reason why MTV in the 80s happened
Actually they started in 66 with Paperback Writer/Rain purpose made videos. Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane videos were a follow up. The did A Day in the Life at the same time too.
@@NasonJPR I agree but you can say further in '65 with I Feel Fine, Help, Ticket To Ride, Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out videos but to me, I feel like Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane were the ones that you didn't see John, Paul, George and Ringo lip-synching or miming to the song on camera and doing wacky stuff on the music videos
@@UniversalBlackRocker The difference is that those videos were made from live performances or snipped from a movie later. The Paperback Writer/Rain videos were specifically made, for the first time, as what we would call a music video. To go out to variety shows in the Beatles stead and promote the single so they wouldn't have to.
@@NasonJPR True but with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, you see them doing things besides using their instruments...well I'll take back with Penny Lane where their roadies handing their instruments but that's the video where you didn't see them miming the same thing as the recording. Plus with the ones I've mentioned in the previous post, it was done in the film studio where they didn't have to worry about the screaming fans and everything. And those songs weren't done with live performances and snipped from the movies. They actuality made videos for those songs
I still think Day in the Life is the best ever. It is so haunting, so complex, so amazing. As to MTV, there was a lot of video experimentation during the 1970s, and a lot of the early MTV videos came out of the punk rock/second British wave which were unique unto themselves. So the Beatles may have been an influence, but not the reason.
My dad raised me on the Beatles too. He played guitar, and passed that on to me, and so much of that connection was through Beatles music. He's gone now, but I have his Beatles vinyl collection still
Best single cut ever. Those drums. They were miles ahead of there time.
I don't think that The Beatles CAN be overrated. I think they can be either underrated or appropriately rated. And I really don't see people giving them their due credit in today's world. If someone should happen to not like The Beatles,if they listen to music at all they definitely like someone who was directly influenced by The Beatles or by someone who WAS directly by them.
@Luke I'm glad to hear that,cuz I don't know all that many people who are into The Beatles,for some reason. In contrast,I'm also a huge fan of Pink Floyd and I actually DO feel like Floyd gets the respect they deserve. I don't know... maybe it's the region I live in. I live in area in the southern part of the United States where they definitely had burnings of Beatles albums and merchandise after John's "bigger than Jesus" comment.
You nailed it: The amount of musical growth that they went through (for original compositions) in less than a decade was astounding. While part of that is from their working a master in his own right (George Martin), there is no denying the amazing songwriting chops of John and Paul (and George in the later albums, who also went through astronomical songwriting growth during that latter time).
Strawberry fields is one of the best songs ever created !!!
I was just like your dad and bought every Beatles album the second they came out and I shared every record with my kids, too. My daughter was into music and John Lennon became her favorite, but my son wasn't into music except all things Celtic and Braveheart. But my daughter is till into the Beatles and follows all of the new releases that have been done in the past several years, which has been beyond fantastic as they continue to be relevant and will also forever be in my mind and heart.
I love it when John Cusack called Joan Cusack Sgt. Peppers in Grosse Point Blank
Hi Professor, oh the Beatles, one of my favorite album is the Abby Road album, love it!! Thanks as always man, Rock On!!✌
That is my favorite album.
My favorite band: The Beatles
The world was, and is complex. What changed was that we grew up and finally saw it for what it was.
The ability to poetically make the mundane seem magical and put it to timeless music. That's how you get a pop masterpiece.