I SEE WHY THIS ALBUM TURNT THE YOUTH UP🔥 It Won't Be Long (3:56) All I've Got to Do (5:54) All My Loving (7:26) Don't Bother Me (9:18) Little Child (11:00) Til' There Was You (12:14) Please Mister Postman (14:27) Roll Over Beethoven (15:59) Hold Me Tight (17:44) You Really Got a Hold On Me (19:38) I Wanna Be Your Man (21:44) Devil In Her Heart (23:06) Not a Second Time (24:44) Money (That's What I Want) (25:58) A HARD DAY'S NIGHT COMING EXPEDITIOUSLY 🙏🏾 Uncut Reaction: www.patreon.com/dariusdevon
Lead singers It won’t be long: John All I’ve got to do: John All my loving: Paul Don’t bother me: George Little child: John *Till there was you: Paul *Please Mr. Postman: John *Roll over Beethoven: George Hold me tight: Paul *Got a hold: John Wanna to be your man: Ringo *Devil in her heart: George Not a second time: John *Money: John *indicates cover George wrote Don’t Bother Me All other originals were written by John and Paul (including wanna to be your man)
@@iqbalhussain9526 In England the singles were never on the albums. In the USA they were! USA's Capital Records lable approach to albums was to use the singles to "sell" the albums, that was the mentality, so With the Beatles became Meet the Beatles and with less songs, therefore creating a Second Album shortly after with the missing songs from With the Beatles , some older singles like She loves You and a couple of new ones like You Can't DoThat, the flip side of Can't Buy Me Love over here in the USA. We NEVER saw the English albums until much later in the mid to late 1970's. The first time Beatles albums matched up with English Parlophone lable was in 1967 with Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
His second song, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, recorded a few months later, was the WORST. From Wikipedia: In anticipation of the track's release on Anthology 1, McCartney announced: "there will be a bunch of people interested in hearing the George Harrison song from thirty years ago that no one to this day has heard - it's not the greatest thing George ever wrote, but it's an undiscovered nugget. If you find a little Egyptian pot, it doesn't have to be the greatest Egyptian pot. The fact that it is Egyptian is enough." Ultimate Classic Rock listed "You Know What to Do" as the worst of the Beatles' 227 officially released songs, stating: "When Harrison finally hit his stride, he became the Beatles' ace in the hole. But this early song ... shows why his songs were still being passed over at this point."
@@splitimage137. Wow I had forgotten about that one, even though it's in my Beatles playlist with all of their songs. Yeah, it's pretty awkward, though the middle 8 is quite nice. It is a very cute song, though, and everyone in the comments on UA-cam seems to love it lol
@@trusso11783 Don't know where you got the idea that J&P wrote it. Every source I've seen ascribes it to George. Though I guess your post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
In general, The Beatles put out two albums worth of material every year of their existence. The two singles they recorded around this time changed the world. The album cover is one of the most imitated in history.
You Really Got a Hold on Me is originally by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and John and Paul wrote I Wanna Be Your Man for The Rolling Stones, which turned out to be their first hit, but then they did it themselves anyway and just had Ringo sing it lol
To me what makes The Beatles so special was how they changed throughout the years. 1962-64 was Beatlemania. Crazy live shows. They took early rock and roll and R&B and just made it livelier and better. It probably saved rock music which seemed to be dying. 1965 brought "Help" and Rubber Soul" with songs that one could really listen to the lyrics on headphones. Inspired by folk rock and pop. 1966-68 Psychedelic rock. Experimentation. Drugs. 1969-70 Subtle changes and new rock sounds from punk, new wave and even heavy metal. Music before its time.
@IsaacWale2004. I didn't say it was excellent, I just thought for the first song he wrote, it was a good one. Especially writing one in the shadows of Lennon and McCartney (who both wrote their fair share of clunkers, too)
@IsaacWale2004. I didn't say it was a masterpiece either. Just a good song, not a great one. George's songwriting got much better as the years progressed. That's my opinion. Sorry if you don't agree
Till There Was You is by far one of my favorite covers, being a cover from the musical Music Man, it was written by Meredith Willson an amazing composer.
These first 2 records changed all of Western culture. You can’t believe the shock wave they produced! When you get around to Hard Days Night… treat yourself to the movie too!
I appreciate you listening and reacting to these songs with your 2024 ears. Keep in mind the Beatles topped the charts during this time, imagine listening to these songs in the early ‘60’s, they sounded like no one else at the time. I was 8 when I saw them for the first time on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 and my life was changed forever.
We are the same age, I know what you meant, when you say they changed your life. They changed mine also. Long live the Beatles music. It's good that these youngsters are finally discovering them.
@@calnative55Yes, He doesn’t have the perspective we have about them. I give him credit for doing this. His Abbey Road reaction was good. There were a lot of covers on the early records, but that’s fine, they were all awesome. He’s doing A Hard Days Night next I guess he’s skipping Beatles for Sale. My wife and I took a bus tour of Britain last July which included Liverpool which was awesome, seeing Penny Lane and the shelter in the middle of a roundabout and the statues near the Mersey River and seeing the reproduction of the Cavern is something I will never forget.
@@Fiftynine414Yes, he isn’t listening to these songs with our ears, to us these songs are magic. He is listening with the backdrop of all the bands that came after that were influenced by them. That said, I believe many of those bands would not have existed without the Beatles influence. I do believe he gets it and realizes this band is like no other.
The Beatles were still shaping their sound, distilling their influences into what would later become something all their own. The songwriting while good was still in it's infancy and yet it was better than anything on the charts at that time. Kudos for taking the journey through the Beatles catalog. They are hands down the most influential band in the history of rock.
So excited for your Beatles journey. Sometimes it's hard to gauge how innovative and new their sound was so many years later looking back I suggest for context you give the You Tube video - the most popular song of the month in the 1960s a listen, where the hits of the 1960s by month are included. you can definitely hear the difference when the Beatles came on the scene!!!! There is also a second most popular song of the month 1960s video as well.
All my Loving is a personal favorite. Lennon's rhythm guitar is greater than you'd think! He's strumming "triplets" which is common for drums. Great touch.
Great observation about Please Please Me almost being like a live album. It pretty much was, as was this one. Due to primitive recording tech, there were recording these songs more or less live in studio…
@@mrkelso It's a well-known story. Lennon had told Martin before they started working on what became "Let It Be" that he didn't want the kind of "production sh*t" that had become common on their recordings. Martin got frustrated with their bickering and was only sporadically involved in the recording sessions. He left most of the production work up to Glyn Johns. The group didn't like the mix that Johns proposed. Ultimately Phil Spector did a remix at the invitation of Lennon and Harrison, and that's what was released. Despite having worked on some of the recordings, Martin was told he wouldn't get a production credit because Spector produced the final version, which neither McCartney nor Martin thought was good. The group had already started working on what became "Abbey Road" in spring of 1969 when McCartney asked Martin to produce it. Martin said he would, but "only if you let me produce it the way we used to". McCartney accepted those terms.
@@reddoxx4754Well, hallelujah for that. Abbey Road dwarfs Let It Be, and a lot of the reason is that "production sh*t". If I may ask further (and thank you for taking the time to tell me these things) you said Lennon didn't want him on Let It Be, and McCartney accepted him on Abbey Road... how did that dynamic shift happen? Because Let It Be fell apart? Or had Lennon just lost interest in everything by then?
Can't wait for you to react to Georges' "All things must pass". It's his first solo album and it's filled with songs he wrote during his time in the Beatles that didn't make the cut.
It's quite a journey hearing where they came from and where they went within like 5 years. Crazy level of progression. Even the most innovative bands might take 20 years to cover that amount of ground (if at all). There are a few, but not many that come close to quality and variety of sounds Beatles created. Usually popularity and quality don't go hand in hand... but it really did with The Beatles.
It is absolutely beautiful to hear your first impressions. You are landing critical punches. Agree with your takes and with your good natured pushback. Haven’t listened to an entire early Beatles album for a long time. Thanks bro for the exploration
Even though the early Beatles stuff isn’t nearly as modern and inventive sounding as their later stuff, you can still appreciate how incredibly well constructed and written the songs are, and in terms of “pop music” is just MILES ahead of your average crap pop music being shat out today
Cucaracha is the Spanish word for cockroach. Ringo played bongos and Paul played Claves on Don't Bother Me in addition to the standard drums for percussion.
Love your reactions! ‘All My Loving’ rounds out my top 5 favorite Beatles’ songs! Never gets old. It was the first song audiences saw them perform on American soil, as it was the first song they performed on the Ed Sullivan Show! Btw, as for the covers, it wasn’t just that most bands did cover songs back then, it was that very few artists wrote their own songs back then. The Beatles were among the first to write and record their own music. And they were putting out 1-2 albums and 6 singles (which they didn’t include on albums) a year… many of them while touring in Beatlemania. Crazy. ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ was their first album of all original songs. 🫶🏽
John plays rhythm,, George plays lead, and Paul plays bass. Their bass player had been Stuart Sutcliffe, but he left the band to live with his girlfriend and then quickly died, and Paul agreed to take bass. Actually, George did write "Don't Bother Me." It's the first song he ever wrote. You've learned and understood an impressive amount, compared to the level of Beatles and 60s ignorance I usually see on UA-cam reactions.
This is like, one of my favorite albums for no reason.. probably because my dad's first experience of the Beatles was when his dad came home with the American equivalent of With The Beatles - Meet The Beatles!
LITTLE CHILD IS SUCH A GREAT ROCKER! Also child was more commonly used back then for a young woman... Like an 18 to 21/22 yr old woman could be considered a child
Loved this vid! All My Loving is one of my favorite early Beatles songs, and All I’ve Got To Do is one that really grew on me with more listens too with how it builds in the chorus. Right with you on loving You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me!! It’s a fantastic cover and the original was great too.
Darius, I really love watching you discover the music that I grew up with. You crack me up! Stop putting Paul down. He was the greatest songwriter of all time, notwithstanding Bob Dylan! Keep doing what you've doing--exploring the great music of the 60's and 70's.
George plays the lead guitar, and John rhythm. John plays some keyboards, too. George also sings the songs he writes. Paul didn't write Till there was You. It was from the musical, Music Man, which has probably been pointed out.
I commend you for taking this journey. This album was the version released in the UK. The American version was called ‘Meet the Beatles’. It had fewer covers and more originals. It had the same album cover photo.
I'm 90% sure that Till There Was You is my favorite Beatles song. I always use it as my example for why the Beatles' covers of songs were so amazing, and unlike any other group. Other groups that have made covers simply redid the songs, and there's nothing wrong with that. HOWEVER When the Beatles covered a song, 9 times out of 10, they reinvented it. Till there was you when it was in the music man was some slow boring song with too much vibrato and not enough passion. The Beatles rendition is an absolutely perfect song from start to finish, and I love it so much. It gives me chills. I'm so glad you like it!!! Paul's voice makes me feel safe. I could easily write a 10 page paper on this song, and being that I am a current college student, I probably will lol
John had a cold while recording their first album. I could understand if these songs didn't thrill you, because they're so distant from modern music. Glad you do seem to appreciate some of them. I think on the first George song they were using maracas. Till There Was You was a cover. It came from a musical. Roll Over Beethoven means "roll over in your grave." As in Beethoven probably wouldn't like the song. Most of these songs were covers.
It Won't Be Long gets overlooked....but it's a great opening track. All I've Got to Do.....Lennon trying to sing like Smokey Robinson, and he comes pretty close. All My Loving is one of Paul's classics and according to Beatles legend, the first song McCartney wrote the lyrics first and music second. Don't Bother Me is a fine songwriting debut from George with a killer guitar solo. Little Child is a tolerable throwaway. Till There Was You is pretty, but bland. Please Mr. Postman soars because of the vocals. Roll Over Beethoven shows the Stones weren't the only British band that credibly cover Chuck. Hold Me Tight is another one that sounds better than it should because of those Fab harmonies and beat. You Really Got a Hold on Me has one of Lennon's best vocals of the early era. I Wanna Be Your Man.....Ringo being Ringo. Devil in Her Heart is a fine album track, but nothing special. Not a Second Time is spooky and hummable at the same time. And the closing track Money (producer George Martin on piano) is another Lennon screamer and it's as good as Twist and Shout. Great video once again!
Love your videos covering The Beatles man. I love when people are hearing for the first time. Honestly I am jealous. It was amazing when I was younger and digging deep in the Catalogue and just loving it all.
Beatles for sale is my favourite album from the early era, and i think the subject matter will interest you more than just the tongue and cheek girl songs
Smokey Robinson. I really got a hold on you. Even Smokey said he loved the Beatles version. I wanna be your man the Beatles gave The Rolling Stones and it was one their first hits ...The early albums are just a list of songs they had to bash out to satisfy record companies. But it was about singles back then so the album as a concept was later as you probably know by now. Peace. Great reaction brother.
I'll say it again, I really appreciate your love and knowledge of the Beatles. Most young people who've grown up listening to other music really don't get the Beatles. You definitely do; great job! btw, I hope you watch the Beatles documentary "Get Back."
1Great intelligent and FUN commentary as always! And HONEST!! Love the "Hey I just aint feelin' this one y'all!" attitude. 2) We have other reactors we're "addicted" to, lol, so yeah, do it when it feels right, no pressure. 3) PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, don't sleep on their SINGLES!! These were the songs The Beatles THEMSELVES thought among their best, so they just put them out by themselves, NOT on any album. You will miss some of their best if you don't design some way to listen to them. Cheers.
I’m loving your journey!! Roll Over Beethoven was a Chuck Berry song(classic R&R) Heads up: All songs on the next album (Hard Days Night) were Beatles originals (mostly written by John) 🎉
If you ever SEE John playing “close your eyes”, pay attention to his strumming hand and watch him slaying the rhythm guitar with 1/64th notes throughout
Don't worry man, you're doing great. You taking accountability just shows you're not arrogant and you care what people say. Plus your reactions are very perceptive. Good man!
A Hard Day's Night is next, bro. That was the first musical film directed by Richard Lester in 1964, after they spent three weeks in the US, visiting several states and doing concerts too.
This is an album that you love more with each listen. The original songs + Please Mr Postman and You Really Got A Hold On Me all get absorbed into your brain. And its crazy that the album can make you feel that way after hearing stuff like Pepper and Abbey Road
It’s not surprising that some of the songs that grabbed you were covers. At this point, the Beatles are still learning the craft of songwriting. In a few years, they will be writing songs that everyone else will be covering.
Similar to Please Please Me, the Beatles continue to pay homage to the R&B groups of the day, being songs they played in their live sets in Hamburg and at the Cavern. Their own compositions stood out enough on these first two albums that their remaining records (except Beatles For Sale) will be primarily original material.
I'm 76 yrs old and these tunes were in my teens. so happy to see you appreciate the genius. it's funny to me that a kid is critiqueing one of the greatest bands ever. J.M.O . love that you want to learn
Hey Darius, something important to keep in mind. The Beatles often did not include their singles on these albums. So, while you are getting the experience of the evolution of their albums, you’re not hearing their hit singles from the same time in a lot of cases. You may want to look into some of the tracks you’re missing as you go. That gets very important pretty soon in their evolution. Wikipedia has a nice discography of their singles and dates of release. Just sayin’, in case it’s helpful. Peace. EDIT: forgot to mention, very much enjoying your Beatles journey! :)
I'm debating listening to them alongside or just waiting and listening to Past Masters. I could take a listen to the singles from these first two albums and drop that before A Hard Day's Night since it seems like much needed context
@@lifeofdariius I think that would be best course of action honestly because a big part of their evolution is also through their singles. The singles in 65 and 66 show what they were going to be capable of maybe even more so than their album sometimes. Big fan can’t wait for the rest of the series!
Don’t Bother Me was the first song George wrote. The two he sang on Please Please Me was a cover (Chains) and a Lennon-McCartney composition (Do You Want To Know A Secret).
Beethoven was written by Chuck Berry and You really got a hold on me was written by Smokey Robinson. Till there was you is from the broadway play and movie The Music man and George was the guitar master. I wanna be your man was a song they wrote and gave to rolling stones and it was first hit for them. Money , Please Mr Postman , You really got a hold on me were ALl early Motown covers.when I was younger I mixed up john and george dont feel bad, hehe.
The Beatles changed the world - truly. You had to be there to feel it, but it was HUGE. I was only a little girl (4 years old) but my 7 older sibs were into the teen scene. I lucked out.
The name was later changed to Meet The Beatles. All My Loving was my favorite off this album. I got it from my grandma for Christmas along with a little white plastic record player with blue handles and arm. I was 3. My Mama said I stood an inch away from the TV when they were on The Ed Sullivan Show and didn't move the entire time they were on. I was a year and a half. a
"With The Beatles" was released in the UK on 11/22/1963 on the Parlophone label. "Meet The Beatles!" was released in the US on 1/20/64 on the Capitol label. Same cover photo, but different song list.
TIL THERE WAS YOU, was the song they used (a cover) to audition for George Martin at Abbey road. One of their signature covers that they cranked out in their Hamburg Germany days during those 8 hours a night/6 nights week tour of the bars of the red light district,
a few notes on a couple of these songs All My Loving is as far as I know the only Paul song that John says he wishes he wrote Paul wrote Hold me Tight and absolutely hated it Paul and John cowrote I Wanna Be Your Man for the Rolling Stones and it became their first hit single, and they later gave it to Ringo on this album
Til There Was You was written by Meredith Wilson for the movie musical The Music Man. It s a wonderful song and a wonderful movie! So that one is a cover song, along with Mr. Postman and Really Go A Hold On Me. Please Please Me was written by Lennon and McCartney ( John and Paul), which was one of their very first hits! Many of the Beatles songs were written by them together. In America, their first album was Meet The Beatles. Always remember that when you hear a higher voice, it's most always Paul. I was 10 years old when they landed in the US for the first time. I saw them on the news and wondered who they were and why there were so many screaming girls there. I soon found out! 😊
The covers on this album are Postman, Til there was You, Beethoven, and Hold on me. The rest were written by George, John or Paul. (This album is John heavy). I wanna be your man is Ringo, and the Beatles turned around, gave this song to the Rolling Stones and it became their first hit, propelling them to the US as well.
Yes, John, Yes...Little Child is a John Lennon song. John wrote Please Please Me No..."Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Wilson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version.
If anybody ever says that John wasn't a good rhythm guitarist, ask them to try and play his part on All My Loving. I didn't appreciate this until I played in a band that decided to cover it - keeping up those triplets is painful and HARD.
Don't forget to listen to the Love album. Its a collection of Beatles remixes, taking parts of songs and inserting them into new songs, usually seamlessly.
The sad part is that All My Loving came over the hospital's sound system at the moment John was pronounced dead. I can't listen to this song the same way anymore after I found out about it 🤧
Someone likely already wrote this, but the Beatles had diverse musical tastes because they had to do long sets in Hamburg Germany and wanted to never repeat a song during their sets. They also didn’t want to repeat the songs every other band were doing in their sets. So they dug deep to write songs and find covers that other acts wouldn’t know. TIL there was you was from a broadway musical called The Music Man. They would also find that other bands would start covering their tunes. They likely had hundreds of songs they could perform at a given moment based on their well known drive to provide value for their fans. This is why I always appreciate how many songs they were willing to try, that no other bands would perform publicly.
Just a reminder. Don’t forget to listen to some of the singles that were issued during this time as well. They are songs that do not appear on the album, but would entice the listeners to anticipate the next album coming out from them. That’s part of the experience that you need to make this journey complete. If you don’t listen to them in between one album and the next, you’re missing out on a lot of the excitement.
I SEE WHY THIS ALBUM TURNT THE YOUTH UP🔥
It Won't Be Long (3:56)
All I've Got to Do (5:54)
All My Loving (7:26)
Don't Bother Me (9:18)
Little Child (11:00)
Til' There Was You (12:14)
Please Mister Postman (14:27)
Roll Over Beethoven (15:59)
Hold Me Tight (17:44)
You Really Got a Hold On Me (19:38)
I Wanna Be Your Man (21:44)
Devil In Her Heart (23:06)
Not a Second Time (24:44)
Money (That's What I Want) (25:58)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT COMING EXPEDITIOUSLY 🙏🏾
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Lead singers
It won’t be long: John
All I’ve got to do: John
All my loving: Paul
Don’t bother me: George
Little child: John
*Till there was you: Paul
*Please Mr. Postman: John
*Roll over Beethoven: George
Hold me tight: Paul
*Got a hold: John
Wanna to be your man: Ringo
*Devil in her heart: George
Not a second time: John
*Money: John
*indicates cover
George wrote Don’t Bother Me
All other originals were written by John and Paul (including wanna to be your man)
Don’t forget to react to the Singles which were never on the Albums.😊
Great reactions
Check out the Movie
“ Hard Days Night “
Fun !!!!!’
Thank you for these reactions. So great to hear what these Tracks do for you.
@@iqbalhussain9526 In England the singles were never on the albums. In the USA they were! USA's Capital Records lable approach to albums was to use the singles to "sell" the albums, that was the mentality, so With the Beatles became Meet the Beatles and with less songs, therefore creating a Second Album shortly after with the missing songs from With the Beatles , some older singles like She loves You and a couple of new ones like You Can't DoThat, the flip side of Can't Buy Me Love over here in the USA. We NEVER saw the English albums until much later in the mid to late 1970's. The first time Beatles albums matched up with English Parlophone lable was in 1967 with Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Please Mr. Postman is my favorite Beatles song that was not written by them, I'm glad you liked it too :D
John’s rhythm guitar playing in All My Loving is ridiculously great
Magic 🪲🪲🪲🪲🍏 🎉
Don't Bother Me is actually the first song that George wrote rather than just covering it
His second song, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, recorded a few months later, was the WORST. From Wikipedia:
In anticipation of the track's release on Anthology 1, McCartney announced: "there will be a bunch of people interested in hearing the George Harrison song from thirty years ago that no one to this day has heard - it's not the greatest thing George ever wrote, but it's an undiscovered nugget. If you find a little Egyptian pot, it doesn't have to be the greatest Egyptian pot. The fact that it is Egyptian is enough."
Ultimate Classic Rock listed "You Know What to Do" as the worst of the Beatles' 227 officially released songs, stating: "When Harrison finally hit his stride, he became the Beatles' ace in the hole. But this early song ... shows why his songs were still being passed over at this point."
@@splitimage137. Wow I had forgotten about that one, even though it's in my Beatles playlist with all of their songs. Yeah, it's pretty awkward, though the middle 8 is quite nice. It is a very cute song, though, and everyone in the comments on UA-cam seems to love it lol
@@splitimage137.George didn’t write that song. John and a Paul did and they got the idea from a Disney movie. Maybe Peter Pan.
@@trusso11783 Don't know where you got the idea that J&P wrote it. Every source I've seen ascribes it to George. Though I guess your post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
In general, The Beatles put out two albums worth of material every year of their existence. The two singles they recorded around this time changed the world. The album cover is one of the most imitated in history.
Best version of please Mr postman ....ever...
You Really Got a Hold on Me is originally by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and John and Paul wrote I Wanna Be Your Man for The Rolling Stones, which turned out to be their first hit, but then they did it themselves anyway and just had Ringo sing it lol
John and Paul tended give Ringo their throw away songs.
Dude, that song is a banger. Yall's woods wet.
@@danbardos3498 I like it enough
@@MichaelGris-u2o they also would give him the easier ones to sing
That's John doing the percussive rhythm guitar in All My Loving. George plays the cool Rockabilly style solo in the song.
Classic John rhythm!
Also “Don’t bother me”
To me what makes The Beatles so special was how they changed throughout the years. 1962-64 was Beatlemania. Crazy live shows. They took early rock and roll and R&B and just made it livelier and better. It probably saved rock music which seemed to be dying. 1965 brought "Help" and Rubber Soul" with songs that one could really listen to the lyrics on headphones. Inspired by folk rock and pop. 1966-68 Psychedelic rock. Experimentation. Drugs. 1969-70 Subtle changes and new rock sounds from punk, new wave and even heavy metal. Music before its time.
George did write "Don't bother me." It was the first song he ever wrote!
And what a really good first song it is
@@robertodell3056 Look, it's a good song, but it's not excellent. Let's just be honest... (I'm not hating on the song or anything)
@IsaacWale2004. I didn't say it was excellent, I just thought for the first song he wrote, it was a good one. Especially writing one in the shadows of Lennon and McCartney (who both wrote their fair share of clunkers, too)
@robertodell3056 Of course it was good for a first song, yeah... just not a masterpiece...
@IsaacWale2004. I didn't say it was a masterpiece either. Just a good song, not a great one. George's songwriting got much better as the years progressed. That's my opinion. Sorry if you don't agree
Bro this is the album that went straight to number1 n started Beatlemania
The Beatles covered sooo many genres in a short 7 years. They even wrote the 1st heavy metal song...Helter Skelter in 1968.
Till There Was You is by far one of my favorite covers, being a cover from the musical Music Man, it was written by Meredith Willson an amazing composer.
These first 2 records changed all of Western culture. You can’t believe the shock wave they produced! When you get around to Hard Days Night… treat yourself to the movie too!
I appreciate you listening and reacting to these songs with your 2024 ears. Keep in mind the Beatles topped the charts during this time, imagine listening to these songs in the early ‘60’s, they sounded like no one else at the time. I was 8 when I saw them for the first time on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 and my life was changed forever.
We are the same age, I know what you meant, when you say they changed your life. They changed mine also. Long live the Beatles music. It's good that these youngsters are finally discovering them.
@@calnative55Yes, He doesn’t have the perspective we have about them. I give him credit for doing this. His Abbey Road reaction was good. There were a lot of covers on the early records, but that’s fine, they were all awesome. He’s doing A Hard Days Night next I guess he’s skipping Beatles for Sale. My wife and I took a bus tour of Britain last July which included Liverpool which was awesome, seeing Penny Lane and the shelter in the middle of a roundabout and the statues near the Mersey River and seeing the reproduction of the Cavern is something I will never forget.
I was 4 and my life changed that night too. Unbelieveable impact - like an atom bomb.
@@Fiftynine414Yes, he isn’t listening to these songs with our ears, to us these songs are magic. He is listening with the backdrop of all the bands that came after that were influenced by them. That said, I believe many of those bands would not have existed without the Beatles influence. I do believe he gets it and realizes this band is like no other.
Me too.
Roll Over Beethoven is a legendary Chuck Berry song and the Beatles used to open their shows with it.
I think you need to revisit this. Big hit.
You're gonna love "A hard day's night". They improve immensely there.
The Beatles were still shaping their sound, distilling their influences into what would later become something all their own. The songwriting while good was still in it's infancy and yet it was better than anything on the charts at that time. Kudos for taking the journey through the Beatles catalog. They are hands down the most influential band in the history of rock.
So excited for your Beatles journey. Sometimes it's hard to gauge how innovative and new their sound was so many years later looking back I suggest for context you give the You Tube video - the most popular song of the month in the 1960s a listen, where the hits of the 1960s by month are included. you can definitely hear the difference when the Beatles came on the scene!!!! There is also a second most popular song of the month 1960s video as well.
that's a really great idea I'm gonna check that video out before A Hard Day's Night!
No way dude I recommended the same video
@@althealligator1467 I didn't mean to do you dirty Al 😂 I see the comment imma give y'all both credit when I drop the video
@@lifeofdariius Nah don't worry fan I was just saying it's crazy we had the same idea
All my Loving is a personal favorite. Lennon's rhythm guitar is greater than you'd think!
He's strumming "triplets" which is common for drums. Great touch.
My favourite album by the Beatles!!
Great observation about Please Please Me almost being like a live album. It pretty much was, as was this one. Due to primitive recording tech, there were recording these songs more or less live in studio…
Did they have George Martin back in that day?
@@mrkelso Absolutely. They had George Martin from the start, and on every album except "Let It Be" (which was produced by Phil Spector).
@@reddoxx4754Wait, so he was with them from the start, then left for Let It Be, then came back for Abbey Road? That sounds like a story...
@@mrkelso It's a well-known story. Lennon had told Martin before they started working on what became "Let It Be" that he didn't want the kind of "production sh*t" that had become common on their recordings. Martin got frustrated with their bickering and was only sporadically involved in the recording sessions. He left most of the production work up to Glyn Johns. The group didn't like the mix that Johns proposed. Ultimately Phil Spector did a remix at the invitation of Lennon and Harrison, and that's what was released. Despite having worked on some of the recordings, Martin was told he wouldn't get a production credit because Spector produced the final version, which neither McCartney nor Martin thought was good. The group had already started working on what became "Abbey Road" in spring of 1969 when McCartney asked Martin to produce it. Martin said he would, but "only if you let me produce it the way we used to". McCartney accepted those terms.
@@reddoxx4754Well, hallelujah for that. Abbey Road dwarfs Let It Be, and a lot of the reason is that "production sh*t". If I may ask further (and thank you for taking the time to tell me these things) you said Lennon didn't want him on Let It Be, and McCartney accepted him on Abbey Road... how did that dynamic shift happen? Because Let It Be fell apart? Or had Lennon just lost interest in everything by then?
Can't wait for you to react to Georges' "All things must pass". It's his first solo album and it's filled with songs he wrote during his time in the Beatles that didn't make the cut.
George actually wrote Don’t Bother Me while he was sick! He just wanted to be left alone so he could rest
I am just appreciating you, deep diving this. I raided my mom's records to hear all this...
It's quite a journey hearing where they came from and where they went within like 5 years. Crazy level of progression. Even the most innovative bands might take 20 years to cover that amount of ground (if at all). There are a few, but not many that come close to quality and variety of sounds Beatles created. Usually popularity and quality don't go hand in hand... but it really did with The Beatles.
"All I Gotta do" is my fav on this album.
It is absolutely beautiful to hear your first impressions. You are landing critical punches. Agree with your takes and with your good natured pushback. Haven’t listened to an entire early Beatles album for a long time. Thanks bro for the exploration
I love the song All my loving
Even though the early Beatles stuff isn’t nearly as modern and inventive sounding as their later stuff, you can still appreciate how incredibly well constructed and written the songs are, and in terms of “pop music” is just MILES ahead of your average crap pop music being shat out today
Cucaracha is the Spanish word for cockroach.
Ringo played bongos and Paul played Claves on Don't Bother Me in addition to the standard drums for percussion.
Yup yup..good one..
Cover ...Roll over Beethoven..(Chuck Berry... Beatles loved his music..)
Yeah, you gotta listen to the Chuck Berry version!
Love your reactions! ‘All My Loving’ rounds out my top 5 favorite Beatles’ songs! Never gets old. It was the first song audiences saw them perform on American soil, as it was the first song they performed on the Ed Sullivan Show! Btw, as for the covers, it wasn’t just that most bands did cover songs back then, it was that very few artists wrote their own songs back then. The Beatles were among the first to write and record their own music. And they were putting out 1-2 albums and 6 singles (which they didn’t include on albums) a year… many of them while touring in Beatlemania. Crazy. ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ was their first album of all original songs. 🫶🏽
John plays rhythm,, George plays lead, and Paul plays bass. Their bass player had been Stuart Sutcliffe, but he left the band to live with his girlfriend and then quickly died, and Paul agreed to take bass.
Actually, George did write "Don't Bother Me." It's the first song he ever wrote.
You've learned and understood an impressive amount, compared to the level of Beatles and 60s ignorance I usually see on UA-cam reactions.
This is like, one of my favorite albums for no reason.. probably because my dad's first experience of the Beatles was when his dad came home with the American equivalent of With The Beatles - Meet The Beatles!
P.s. That was John on the rhythm guitar that you said was going crazy!
LITTLE CHILD IS SUCH A GREAT ROCKER! Also child was more commonly used back then for a young woman... Like an 18 to 21/22 yr old woman could be considered a child
There were a couple of hit singles during this time that weren't on the album. The most notable and classic Beatlemania is She Loves You.
Past Masters is gonna be an awesome reaction. Same with Yellow Submarine
I want to hold your hand, is the single they took the US with,
Loved this vid! All My Loving is one of my favorite early Beatles songs, and All I’ve Got To Do is one that really grew on me with more listens too with how it builds in the chorus.
Right with you on loving You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me!! It’s a fantastic cover and the original was great too.
Darius, I really love watching you discover the music that I grew up with. You crack me up! Stop putting Paul down. He was the greatest songwriter of all time, notwithstanding Bob Dylan! Keep doing what you've doing--exploring the great music of the 60's and 70's.
Anyone who doesn't give Paul the respect he's earned has a lot to learn.
That's not fair. Darius gives Paul plenty of props, even for songs he didn't write!
George plays the lead guitar, and John rhythm. John plays some keyboards, too. George also sings the songs he writes. Paul didn't write Till there was You. It was from the musical, Music Man, which has probably been pointed out.
This is what a music reaction channel should be! You give an honest opinion about every song and it’s really cool!
I commend you for taking this journey.
This album was the version released in the UK. The American version was called ‘Meet the Beatles’. It had fewer covers and more originals. It had the same album cover photo.
I'm 90% sure that Till There Was You is my favorite Beatles song. I always use it as my example for why the Beatles' covers of songs were so amazing, and unlike any other group. Other groups that have made covers simply redid the songs, and there's nothing wrong with that. HOWEVER When the Beatles covered a song, 9 times out of 10, they reinvented it. Till there was you when it was in the music man was some slow boring song with too much vibrato and not enough passion. The Beatles rendition is an absolutely perfect song from start to finish, and I love it so much. It gives me chills. I'm so glad you like it!!! Paul's voice makes me feel safe. I could easily write a 10 page paper on this song, and being that I am a current college student, I probably will lol
"After the Little Child incident" LMAO.
She Loves You got released as a 45 between Please Please Me & WTB
John had a cold while recording their first album.
I could understand if these songs didn't thrill you, because they're so distant from modern music. Glad you do seem to appreciate some of them.
I think on the first George song they were using maracas.
Till There Was You was a cover. It came from a musical.
Roll Over Beethoven means "roll over in your grave." As in Beethoven probably wouldn't like the song.
Most of these songs were covers.
Well Roll Over Beethoven is a play on words though, like he was actually right that it was also "move over, this is new music"
@@althealligator1467 That too
ur probably one of my favorite youtubers rn , u deserve a lot more subscribers man
It Won't Be Long gets overlooked....but it's a great opening track. All I've Got to Do.....Lennon trying to sing like Smokey Robinson, and he comes pretty close. All My Loving is one of Paul's classics and according to Beatles legend, the first song McCartney wrote the lyrics first and music second. Don't Bother Me is a fine songwriting debut from George with a killer guitar solo. Little Child is a tolerable throwaway. Till There Was You is pretty, but bland. Please Mr. Postman soars because of the vocals. Roll Over Beethoven shows the Stones weren't the only British band that credibly cover Chuck.
Hold Me Tight is another one that sounds better than it should because of those Fab harmonies and beat. You Really Got a Hold on Me has one of Lennon's best vocals of the early era. I Wanna Be Your Man.....Ringo being Ringo. Devil in Her Heart is a fine album track, but nothing special. Not a Second Time is spooky and hummable at the same time. And the closing track Money (producer George Martin on piano) is another Lennon screamer and it's as good as Twist and Shout.
Great video once again!
Love your videos covering The Beatles man. I love when people are hearing for the first time. Honestly I am jealous. It was amazing when I was younger and digging deep in the Catalogue and just loving it all.
On Don't Bother Me the noise you hear on the background is Ringo playing brushes :D
The little child incident! Ha you're funny, love your take on things.
Just love your videos, D. Keep up the awesome reactions and reviews on some of the greatest music ever recorded ❤🎉
Loving the reactions dude. Keep them coming please!
Beatles for sale is my favourite album from the early era, and i think the subject matter will interest you more than just the tongue and cheek girl songs
All my loving was Pauls genius and Don’t bother Me was Harrison’s first song on a Beatles album.
Smokey Robinson. I really got a hold on you. Even Smokey said he loved the Beatles version. I wanna be your man the Beatles gave The Rolling Stones and it was one their first hits ...The early albums are just a list of songs they had to bash out to satisfy record companies. But it was about singles back then so the album as a concept was later as you probably know by now. Peace. Great reaction brother.
I'll say it again, I really appreciate your love and knowledge of the Beatles. Most young people who've grown up listening to other music really don't get the Beatles. You definitely do; great job! btw, I hope you watch the Beatles documentary "Get Back."
Before Get Back, I would recommend the Beatles Anthology video series for a full overview of their career
@@jonunderscore Yes, good idea!
1Great intelligent and FUN commentary as always! And HONEST!! Love the "Hey I just aint feelin' this one y'all!" attitude. 2) We have other reactors we're "addicted" to, lol, so yeah, do it when it feels right, no pressure. 3) PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, don't sleep on their SINGLES!! These were the songs The Beatles THEMSELVES thought among their best, so they just put them out by themselves, NOT on any album. You will miss some of their best if you don't design some way to listen to them. Cheers.
If you google the album title, the Wikipedia entry comes up near the top of the results, and that will have the track listing, writer, and vocalist.
I’m loving your journey!! Roll Over Beethoven was a Chuck Berry song(classic R&R)
Heads up:
All songs on the next album (Hard Days Night) were Beatles originals (mostly written by John) 🎉
If you ever SEE John playing “close your eyes”, pay attention to his strumming hand and watch him slaying the rhythm guitar with 1/64th notes throughout
Not a Second Time is actually one of my favorites on that album
Another cool reaction! 😎 I love your Beatles reactions so much you are the coolest!!!
Don't worry man, you're doing great. You taking accountability just shows you're not arrogant and you care what people say. Plus your reactions are very perceptive. Good man!
Always enjoy these reactions! Keep ‘em coming :)
I’ve only met one person in my life that saw the Beatles live. She was my sister, and she saw them twice, Toronto and Montreal.
Love this journey!! You’ve really got a hold on Me was my favorite song from the album, just sounds so raw.
A Hard Day's Night is next, bro. That was the first musical film directed by Richard Lester in 1964, after they spent three weeks in the US, visiting several states and doing concerts too.
The Beatles are so Electrifying and hypnotizing and colorful and in the early 60's the children were magnitized to the Fantsstic 🪲🪲🪲🪲🍏 Beatles❤💚💜💛🍎🎆🎉
George’s vocals and John’s vocals sound so similar on the first album. It’s not just you. I think it’s because they had colds or something
This is an album that you love more with each listen. The original songs + Please Mr Postman and You Really Got A Hold On Me all get absorbed into your brain.
And its crazy that the album can make you feel that way after hearing stuff like Pepper and Abbey Road
It’s not surprising that some of the songs that grabbed you were covers. At this point, the Beatles are still learning the craft of songwriting. In a few years, they will be writing songs that everyone else will be covering.
John was playing that fast rhythm guitar with the triplets.
Similar to Please Please Me, the Beatles continue to pay homage to the R&B groups of the day, being songs they played in their live sets in Hamburg and at the Cavern. Their own compositions stood out enough on these first two albums that their remaining records (except Beatles For Sale) will be primarily original material.
Loved Roll Over Beethoven “CLASSIC” ❤❤❤❤❤ George amazing you are wrong
Lovely ❤and ❤beautiful ❤
Same here, I play Roll over Beethoven repeatedly- it blows me away. Love George - his voice & guitar virtuosity 🥰
I love this album.
I'm 76 yrs old and these tunes were in my teens. so happy to see you appreciate the genius. it's funny to me that a kid is critiqueing one of the greatest bands ever. J.M.O . love that you want to learn
No Reply and Not a Second Time are 2 of my favourite songs ever.
Hey Darius, something important to keep in mind. The Beatles often did not include their singles on these albums. So, while you are getting the experience of the evolution of their albums, you’re not hearing their hit singles from the same time in a lot of cases. You may want to look into some of the tracks you’re missing as you go. That gets very important pretty soon in their evolution. Wikipedia has a nice discography of their singles and dates of release. Just sayin’, in case it’s helpful. Peace.
EDIT: forgot to mention, very much enjoying your Beatles journey! :)
I'm debating listening to them alongside or just waiting and listening to Past Masters. I could take a listen to the singles from these first two albums and drop that before A Hard Day's Night since it seems like much needed context
@@lifeofdariius I think that would be best course of action honestly because a big part of their evolution is also through their singles. The singles in 65 and 66 show what they were going to be capable of maybe even more so than their album sometimes. Big fan can’t wait for the rest of the series!
Yes, He needs to hear ‘Bad Boy’.
@@lifeofdariiusalongside!!
@@lifeofdariius The album "Past masters" is all Beatles singles
Don’t Bother Me was the first song George wrote. The two he sang on Please Please Me was a cover (Chains) and a Lennon-McCartney composition (Do You Want To Know A Secret).
Your reaction is lots of fun Darius, good for you. Long live Ringo-George-Paul-John's music!!
Beethoven was written by Chuck Berry and You really got a hold on me was written by Smokey Robinson. Till there was you is from the broadway play and movie The Music man and George was the guitar master. I wanna be your man was a song they wrote and gave to rolling stones and it was first hit for them. Money , Please Mr Postman , You really got a hold on me were ALl early Motown covers.when I was younger I mixed up john and george dont feel bad, hehe.
There’s a live version of I Wanna Be Your Man on Anthology 1 that absolutely shreds the studio version. I only listen to that one.
The Beatles changed the world - truly. You had to be there to feel it, but it was HUGE. I was only a little girl (4 years old) but my 7 older sibs were into the teen scene. I lucked out.
1964, the Ed Sullivan Show, Till there was you. The teens already loved the Beatles. Till there was you was so their parents would love them too.
The name was later changed to Meet The Beatles. All My Loving was my favorite off this album. I got it from my grandma for Christmas along with a little white plastic record player with blue handles and arm. I was 3. My Mama said I stood an inch away from the TV when they were on The Ed Sullivan Show and didn't move the entire time they were on. I was a year and a half. a
"With The Beatles" was released in the UK on 11/22/1963 on the Parlophone label. "Meet The Beatles!" was released in the US on 1/20/64 on the Capitol label. Same cover photo, but different song list.
TIL THERE WAS YOU, was the song they used (a cover) to audition for George Martin at Abbey road. One of their signature covers that they cranked out in their Hamburg Germany days during those 8 hours a night/6 nights week tour of the bars of the red light district,
a few notes on a couple of these songs
All My Loving is as far as I know the only Paul song that John says he wishes he wrote
Paul wrote Hold me Tight and absolutely hated it
Paul and John cowrote I Wanna Be Your Man for the Rolling Stones and it became their first hit single, and they later gave it to Ringo on this album
Til There Was You was written by Meredith Wilson for the movie musical The Music Man. It s a wonderful song and a wonderful movie! So that one is a cover song, along with Mr. Postman and Really Go A Hold On Me. Please Please Me was written by Lennon and McCartney ( John and Paul), which was one of their very first hits! Many of the Beatles songs were written by them together. In America, their first album was Meet The Beatles. Always remember that when you hear a higher voice, it's most always Paul. I was 10 years old when they landed in the US for the first time. I saw them on the news and wondered who they were and why there were so many screaming girls there. I soon found out! 😊
The covers on this album are Postman, Til there was You, Beethoven, and Hold on me. The rest were written by George, John or Paul. (This album is John heavy). I wanna be your man is Ringo, and the Beatles turned around, gave this song to the Rolling Stones and it became their first hit, propelling them to the US as well.
Yes, John, Yes...Little Child is a John Lennon song.
John wrote Please Please Me
No..."Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Wilson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version.
Always been my fav Beatles album.
If anybody ever says that John wasn't a good rhythm guitarist, ask them to try and play his part on All My Loving. I didn't appreciate this until I played in a band that decided to cover it - keeping up those triplets is painful and HARD.
Don't forget to listen to the Love album. Its a collection of Beatles remixes, taking parts of songs and inserting them into new songs, usually seamlessly.
The sad part is that All My Loving came over the hospital's sound system at the moment John was pronounced dead. I can't listen to this song the same way anymore after I found out about it 🤧
Oh my I never knew that
Til there was you is from a Broadway play and motion picture called the music man by Meredith Wilson
Someone likely already wrote this, but the Beatles had diverse musical tastes because they had to do long sets in Hamburg Germany and wanted to never repeat a song during their sets. They also didn’t want to repeat the songs every other band were doing in their sets. So they dug deep to write songs and find covers that other acts wouldn’t know. TIL there was you was from a broadway musical called The Music Man. They would also find that other bands would start covering their tunes. They likely had hundreds of songs they could perform at a given moment based on their well known drive to provide value for their fans. This is why I always appreciate how many songs they were willing to try, that no other bands would perform publicly.
That was John playing that crazy gtr on all my loving, great rhythm player
Just a reminder. Don’t forget to listen to some of the singles that were issued during this time as well. They are songs that do not appear on the album, but would entice the listeners to anticipate the next album coming out from them. That’s part of the experience that you need to make this journey complete. If you don’t listen to them in between one album and the next, you’re missing out on a lot of the excitement.
Are you seeing how infectious their music is? I think you are