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⁸The blond girl on the train was Patty Boyd. George met her on set. They married. Something was written about her. And a lot of Eric Claptoo sings. Eric was his best friend. Eric later married Patty. One of the kids in the theater crowd was a very young Phil Collins of Genesis. "You Can't Do Thst" is a great making of doc that is on UA-cam. When you finish all the Beatles recordings, do Love for "The Circe de Soleil show. There are some fantastic remixes on there.
The "very clean" line was an running joke regarding the actor playing Paul's grandfather, Wilfrid Brambell. He had played Albert in the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son (the original program that 'Sanford and Son' was later based upon), and the running joke on the show was that he was a "dirty old man". Just one of those "Ah-ha" jokes that has been mostly lost to time.
Another angle is that it was common back then for older people to dismiss younger people in a back handed way by admitting that at least they were clean. You can see that in the initial reaction the stuffy guy in the train has to John Lennon, whose hair was considered long at the time, ie. "mop tops". So the running joke flips that on its head too.
Actually the it's got more of an in joke than that, there was one time that Paul McCartney was running late for a group interview as he was still taking a bath. Brian Epstein was fretting about it when George Harrison made a joke about him being very clean
She's also seen earlier, first walking into the dining car, mostly unseen behind another girl, than seen clearly, seated, at 7:17 where she gets to say, "Prisoners?" She's seen again at 8:26. There's just Something in the way she moves...
The sgt pepper's movie is not canon and it was made by the bee gees. They were one of the most popular group in the 70s and some people thought they were bigger than the beatles and the movie was meant to be the crowning of their success.(spoiler: it bombed) No comments needed. The canon movies are AHDN, Help!, Magical Mistery Tour, Yellow Submarine (my personal favorite bc it's a psychedelic cartoon) and the Get Back series if you take it as the official let it be film. The anthology series are very interesting too bc it's the Band's story told by the beatles themselves.
One of the best decisions the Beatles made was hiring Richard Lester to direct this film. He was an American working in London famous for his campy, surrealistic comedy style. He worked with Peter Sellers before the Beatles and John Lennon was a big fan of his. Many of the techniques in this film inspired early music videos. In fact, MTV gave him an award as “Father of the Music Video”. The combination of Lester’s cinematic style and the Beatles’ natural sense of humor was magic.
The blonde girl first seen @ 7:29 is Pattie Boyd - who met George on the set of this movie and they would eventually marry. George wrote SOMETHING for her, among other songs. Eric Clapton fell in love with Pattie and by 1970 had written LAYLA (with himself as Derek) and BELL BOTTOM BLUES (an underrated song) for her, but it didn't work... at least not right away. Eric would spiral out of control, selling his prize guitars to get heroin, before turning himself around with the album "461 Ocean Blvd' (his bungalow in Miami). Eric and Pattie would marry a couple of years later, and Eric would write WONDERFUL TONIGHT for her. One day, Eric was walking in NYC to see his young son, only to find ambulances outside the building, he had died after falling many stories out an open window. So he wrote TEARS IN HEAVEN. A whole lot of beautiful songs have been born from heartbreak and tragedy, probably the only silver lining there is to that particular cloud.
That "bungalow" in Miami is actually a beautiful beach house in the very upscale & private community of Golden Beach, north of Miami (still Dade Co) & the house is now worth about $12 MILLION!!!
It's been a real treat discovering your channel and reactions over these past few weeks. I've loved the Beatles since I was a little kid back in the 1980s, and it's great to see other's discovery journey of their music and that portion of history. Bravo, sir!
I love seeing your reaction to this movie. I love seeing young people love The Beatles. It brings back wonderful memories for me. The Beatles and the music of their era was always the best!
This movie was huge. It was written when the writer spent a few days with them and he depicted what it was like to be them. The grandfather was a big start on tv in England. In that show, he plays a dirty old man. So, it was funny that they kept saying he was a clean old man. Most theaters had to stop the film because the screaming was so loud, no one could hear it.
They didn't stop the movie in any of the theaters I saw it in, they just let us scream. It was full of us teenager and preteen girls anyway, so it was our first SEEING them on that BIG SCREEN, and we just couldn't help but scream. LOL! We would just watch it over and over during the whole time it ran in the theaters and eventually was able to hear the dialogue.
You must also see The Rutles (a Beatles spoof from 1978 featuring Eric Idle of Monty Python, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, George Harrison all cameo. Early SNL cast, too!) called ALL YOU NEED IS CASH. "The Rutles are living legend. A living legend that will live on long after other living legends have died!"
I want to give you my personal thanks for reacting to this timeless classic. I believe you are the first on UA-cam to react to it. No other reactor, most of whom are your age, even those who love the Beatles, has known enough to react to it. Hopefully, others will follow you. Again, you have my thanks for doing something I've been wishing for for years.
4:55 "Smelling the Coke" is where John ad-libbed a joke that he was "sniffing coke", something he had never done in real life, at least at that point (they wouldn't even be introduced to marijuana by Bob Dylan till later that year). (Yes, folks, he CAN joke about it without having DONE it!!) Besides the fact that it was actually a bottle of Pepsi in the scene (to many people "Coke" was a generic term for cola, like kleenex or band-aid, regardless of the actual brand being used).
The Beatles were just naturally funny, man. If you haven't seen it already the 'Get Back' documentary shows just how important clowning around was for them. They gave themselves only 3 weeks to write, rehearse, record & perform the album that ended up being called Let It Be. You would think there would be a sense of panic or at least some urgency given the deadline but the big take away from that movie was just how much joking and silliness there was throughout (and this during their so-called "break-up" period too). Goofing off was clearly important to them and was the best environment for their creativity. So even though others view them with serious reverence I don't think The Beatles ever took themselves too seriously, and this casualness was part of their charm.
So much had happened in their lives and at this stage they were just like 26 years old. Theydefinitely accomplished a lot. I'm hooked on that documentary
I have to tell you I had a awful night. Then came upon this video. Your joy in watching this reminded me how much positive The Beatles have given me all my life. Thanks for the uplift.
We had to get special tickets to see this when it was releasedin San Antonio. I was 10 and my sister was 11. Mom couldn't even get us tickets in the same theater. Anyhow I was in the balcony and everybody in the theater was probably 16 years old or less and almost all girls. As soon as that first cord hit everybody started screaming😮Didn't get to hear much of the movie that day and it was like Nothing I had ever experienced before. The vibe was insane.
The way the script was written was a writer went on tour with them for a few weeks and just saw how they interacted. That's why it really feels like them. Obviously the grandfather was just a thing they wrote in and cast, but even the manager and his assistant are loosely based on their real manager Brian Epstein and The Beatles one & only roadie Mal Evans who really was tall and stuck with them all the way through Let It Be. Also keep in mind that the sarcasm and "cheekiness" and fighting with cops and authority was really unheard of in a pop movie in 1964. Obviously as the civil rights movement and the hippie movement and the woman's liberation movement advanced through the decade those things changed very quickly. But the Beatles playful disrespect of authority both in their style and in this little movie specifically was one of the main sparks that got the revolutionary vibe of the 60's going.
I am very impressed with your knowledge of the Beatles and their songs. Warms my heart to know a young man like you with all the current music of today that you are interested in the music I grew up with. Thank you.
The pub where Ringo is playing darts is The Turk's Head, where i go to a pub quiz every week! It's in St Margaret's, near Richmond and, also, Twickenham Stadium, the home of English rugby, in the suburbs of London. It doesn't look like that inside now, though I do remember when it had a darts board! And loving your reactions. You're clearly someone who is totally invested in this, and your enthusiasm and love comes across. More power to you!
What a blast! I love this film! I'm glad you liked it, Darius! It's worth many re-watches because there are many great quotes and subtle inside-jokes. Fun stuff! Also, Darius, after you listen to Beatles For Sale, Past Masters (at least disc 1), and Help!, be sure to watch the film called "Help!" It's the lads follow up to AHDN and it is a total 60's British Comedy and a spoof on the James Bond franchise (which was only 2-years old at this point)! You will love it! Keep going!
Yes! Agree! This movie needs to be watched more than once - rather a few times. You will catch lines you didn't catch each time. This movie, in my humble opinion, is iconic.
I love that you are discovering the Beatles & appreciate them for what they are: remarkable!!! Thank you!! And there's more to look forward to. Revolver will blow your mind! Yay on you Darius!
I've been a Beatles fan since 1964 when they first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. One thing that I learned about them early on is that they are the least pretentious superstars ever. They were able to laugh at themselves and occasionally sing silly songs (see Rocky Racoon, Yellow Submarine, etc) without worrying about what anyone thought. I'm enjoying your reactions very much. But, don't assume that they're always taking themselves or their music seriously. Also, even though I'm happy that the Beatles are being appreciated by younger generations, unless you lived through that time, you'll never fully appreciate the impact that they had on western culture. We all waited impatiently for their next record and to see what to emulate next. They guided western culture through the 1960s, and will continue to be musically influential for centuries, literally.
Yes, we started to grow our hair long (over the tops of our ears) because of the Beatles. Beatle boots were a rage for a while. I remember in grade school talking with a Liverpool accent, and before this movie came out. The Beatles tacitly gave us permission to be different from the status quo, which ushered in a whole new era.
I never noticed that before until you said "He's smelling the Coke". Wow. lol. I can't believe they got that past the censors. It looks like John was "Snorting" the coke. That's crazy! lol
It’s so cool to see you get into the Beatles! Reminds me a lot of how I first stated getting into them, getting more into the albums, then the movies.. you’ll be obsessed soon lol
Darius I hope you read this. The “idea” of Beatlemania was created by the Beatles in this movie. Its theatre release was timed to follow their Ed Sullivan TV debut performance. Once their tv show blew up the music universe American fans HAD to see this movie. After those two things were rolling, the crowds and mania ruled the entire world. There really isn’t a way to describe it, but think of this. These for guys were revered all over the world. All at once. I encourage you to keep going down this rabbit hole. A diff content provider took the approach of reacting to every song to hit the charts, in order. Another did every album in order. How are you goings about it?
When I saw this movie the first time in a movie theater in 1964 all the other characters were a waste of space. I only wanted to see the Beatles!!!! I saw it once with family and the next time with my friend and we sat in the back and screamed the entire time!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yess!! If you didn't like any of their albums, I think I would be able to handle that but if you don't like this movie, I don't I will be able to handle it.. 😅 Can't wait to watch! :)
27:10 - they definitley hadn't tried weed yet when this was made. we know the exact date they first tried it. this movie was filmed march/april 1964 and they first smoked weed with Bob Dylan on August 28th 1964. they were def stoned for the entirety of the Help! movie though. get baked for that one lol edit: typo
@@amyb1078 that was during their Hamburg gigs, before they became famous, and where they had to play 8 hours a day/night, which was taxing on them, so the Germans would give them speed to keep them awake. I never heard that they used it after they became famous.
Saying he’s clean is a running gag; meaning it’s a continuous thread throughout the film. It’s a play on the term “dirty old man” because he’s constantly referred to as the old man then “what a clean old man…” I love when younger people get into the Beatles and I really enjoy your videos. You are very astute. I really like your take on the White Album and you are correct for saying it sounds like the individuals instead of the group and that it was the beginning of the deterioration. You say you know Sgt. Pepper, Revolver and Rubber Soul but no videos for those (at least here). You’ll notice that She Loves You is in the film but not on the album. It was released as a single because the Beatles didn’t want to charge fans for songs on albums so they could get their money’s worth. All non album singles make up two albums called Past Masters volumes 1 and 2. 1 is 1963-66 and 2 is 1967-70.
Wilfrid Bramwell who played Paul's grandfather, played Albert Steptoe in the British Show Steptoe and Son. In the show, he was known as a dirty old man. Steptoe and Son was the inspiration for Sanford and Son, starring Redd Foxx in the US.
The day they filmed the scene in the field (with "Can't Buy Me Love" playing), Lennon had to leave for an event promoting the release of his book "In His Own Write". That's why some of the shots are from a distance, from overhead, or you only see McCartney, Harrison, and Starr. Richard Lester filled in so there would be four people in the shots from overhead.
Maybe someone else commented this, but I couldn’t find it. The Clean joke was a reference to the actor who played Paul’s grandfather who was famous at the time for the character he played on a sitcom called Steptoe and Son (the British inspiration for Sanford and Son) who was called a “dirty old man” throughout the show. That reference doesn’t really play as well to a modern audience who aren’t familiar with that show.
Just now noticed someone else talk about the director Richard Lester. Not sure if it's the algorithm or maybe you really like the original 70's / 80's Superman movies that are popping up on your UA-cam feed, but Richard Lester also directed those old Superman movies. Including Superman 3 right there. Ha!
They made two movies. I forget the title of the other one. Both are hilarious. BTW, in the 60s their fans really did chase them and tried to take souvenirs, like handfuls of hair and bits of there clothing, if they got their hands on them. They had an elaborate escape plan set up for getting out of Dodger’s Stadium after their performance there.
Also, be sure to watch the movie Help! after listening to the album. Like with AHDN, the first 7 songs on the album are from the soundtrack of the film.
Paul's grandfather being clean. The actor was a trash man and junk dealer in a british TV series. He was notoriously dirty. ( in the US it was Sanford and son with Red Foxx in the old guy role)
The "clean" joke is based on the old man's tv show that inspired Sanford and Son like many comments say and also his shifty attitude, but being 13 at the time, I remember that grown-ups criticizing Beatles haircuts and clothes would often add They're clean,though I'm sure early fans may recall.
Classic film btw some mixes of the songs played here were the correct speeds the Beatles had recorded at, the studio album version “A Hard Days Night” some songs George Martin sped up the tempo a bit for example “I should’ve known better & Tell Me Why” the album version is nice & fast, in the film the correct pitch is played in that live bit ending. also for fun if you have a copy on vinyl you can hear the fast temp songs at their correct pitch on your turntable if there is a control
At the time, highly innovative and influential. Music holds up as well as some scenes, especially George at the Influencer’s office. N John n that woman in the hallway. The shades of the mania are there, but small compared to reality
So this film has been added to the Criterion Collection of films….only the very best films are chosen for this special collection of films. The board of film critics and scholars chooses certain films that qualify. This film was chosen because it is very historical. And the storyline was really what the Beatles lives were like at that time when they were touring… they were fairly new celebrities at the time, but they were considered a phenomenon, even then. To get a film contract in their first year….pretty crazy! Anyway, the crowds chased them everywhere and surrounded their hotels and they had to have security to keep them safe from the crowds, and decoy cars, etc. Every city required them to do a press conference where the newspaper journalists would ask them silly questions. And the cities elites would throw a party for them which they had to attend. They had rehearsals and sometimes they had to try to sneak out to go anywhere besides their hotel. So this wasn’t a documentary. But they played themselves. The second film they made was HELP!
"he's smelling that coke"...lol!!!!!.. .he's pretending to snort it... of course we didn't get that joke when we were 10 years old... when we saw the movie, the girls were screaming so loud everytime there was a close up of one of the Beatles it was hard to hear the movie.... the movie was so popular, you had to buy your ticket and then wait in a line up that went right around a city block, , and stand in the line through a complete showing of the film before it was your turn to get in! At this point in 1964 the Beatles ruled the world!! It was Beatlemania. The scene of them running around that open field during Can't Buy Me Love is pretty much the template for every music video ever since. Everything the Beatles did seemed to be groundbreaking. A Hard Day's Night is so great that some people speak critically of their next movie, Help!, but don't let that deter you... it's also great!
Hey I was 17 when "A Hard Day's Night" was in the theater and I didn't "get" the snorting coke thing that John was doing, we just thought it was funny because he was sniffing the bottle. Some of us (likely a LOT of us) didn't know about cocaine and all that stuff back in '64.
Gotta react to the Help movie after you've done the album, It has more of a storyline and it's in colour. This film was just a comedic take on their life at that time in Beatlemania :)
OK !!! First the clean joke about the Papa, in England at the time there was a tv show this man starred in where he played a junk yard owner .The character he plays was always dirty. This show would come to the US later and be the basis for a show known as Sanford and Son. The actor was a very dapper guy ALWAYS well dressed to the point that fans would wait for him after the show for autographs and he would walk right by them because out of character no one knew what he looked like. Clean...Very Clean ! I wanted you to see this movie because you started your Beatles Quest at the end and worked backwards . the early stuff was written for the Tweens at the time ( All the little screamin' memes you see at the show.) After 1966 the Beatles stopped touring and just went to writing and recording due to the lack of tech . the live stuff got to be TOOO big and the sound systems etc. were not up to the job ( tech would not come around till 1969 and Woodstock ). Once again ,Good job I hope you found the film enjoyable. Oh yeah Bob Dylan turned the Beatles on to pot the first time and music Changed ! Their dentist dosed them with LSD the first time without them knowing ( he thought they wouldn't mind ) I don't think they did.
Have you seen “THE BEATLES: GET BACK” documentary by Peter Jackson. It’s long… but it helped me understand their personalities/recording process/break-up.
HE IS NOT THAT CLEAN!!
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a CLEAN old gentleman from Liverpool
He was pretty clean bro ngl
He was clean, as opposed to a dirty old man
⁸The blond girl on the train was Patty Boyd. George met her on set. They married. Something was written about her. And a lot of Eric Claptoo sings. Eric was his best friend. Eric later married Patty.
One of the kids in the theater crowd was a very young Phil Collins of Genesis.
"You Can't Do Thst" is a great making of doc that is on UA-cam.
When you finish all the Beatles recordings, do Love for "The Circe de Soleil show. There are some fantastic remixes on there.
He's a clean old man. As opposed to, he's a dirty old man. It's a mind bender. He's a mixer. One of those Beatles adult humorous moments.
The George bit where he calls B S on fake trends is way ahead of its time
The best part was "the change isn't due for three weeks yet"; but the whole scene is great.
The Beatles never took themselves too seriously. That made them even more adorable.
ABSOLUTELY, it DID make them more adorable!
The "very clean" line was an running joke regarding the actor playing Paul's grandfather, Wilfrid Brambell. He had played Albert in the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son (the original program that 'Sanford and Son' was later based upon), and the running joke on the show was that he was a "dirty old man".
Just one of those "Ah-ha" jokes that has been mostly lost to time.
I've always wondered about this one, thanks for the explanation
The characters on the show owned a junk yard
Another angle is that it was common back then for older people to dismiss younger people in a back handed way by admitting that at least they were clean. You can see that in the initial reaction the stuffy guy in the train has to John Lennon, whose hair was considered long at the time, ie. "mop tops". So the running joke flips that on its head too.
Came here to say this
Actually the it's got more of an in joke than that, there was one time that Paul McCartney was running late for a group interview as he was still taking a bath. Brian Epstein was fretting about it when George Harrison made a joke about him being very clean
My favourite moment of the whole film is George during that interview bit:
"Has success changed your life?"
"Yes."
the entire interview sequence is so hilarious & quotable too, "no actually, we're just good friends"
Just a note, the blonde girl at 9:28 is Pattie Boyd, a famous model, she and George Harrison met on this movie and were soon married.
She's also seen earlier, first walking into the dining car, mostly unseen behind another girl, than seen clearly, seated, at 7:17 where she gets to say, "Prisoners?" She's seen again at 8:26. There's just Something in the way she moves...
Later creamp.. I mean later stolen by Eric Clapton.
it's so cool that you actually reacted to the movie
Agree! 👍👍👍
"Are you a mod or a rocker?" "Neither, I'm a Mocker." 😉 Ringo's always been my fave.
The sgt pepper's movie is not canon and it was made by the bee gees. They were one of the most popular group in the 70s and some people thought they were bigger than the beatles and the movie was meant to be the crowning of their success.(spoiler: it bombed) No comments needed. The canon movies are AHDN, Help!, Magical Mistery Tour, Yellow Submarine (my personal favorite bc it's a psychedelic cartoon) and the Get Back series if you take it as the official let it be film. The anthology series are very interesting too bc it's the Band's story told by the beatles themselves.
Nobody thought the Bee Gees were bigger than the Beatles. They weren't even the biggest act in the 70s.
@@docsavage8640 I said some people thought. source: book dreaming with the Beatles by longtime rolling stone editor rob sheffield
I can’t wait until you react to help, rubber soul and revolver. Keep going man!
"Help!" Is my favourites Beatles movie :)
What about "Beatles for Sail"? :)
@@damienhenning541 You mean "Beatles for SALE" (not "sail" No sailing going on! LOL
One of the best decisions the Beatles made was hiring Richard Lester to direct this film. He was an American working in London famous for his campy, surrealistic comedy style. He worked with Peter Sellers before the Beatles and John Lennon was a big fan of his. Many of the techniques in this film inspired early music videos. In fact, MTV gave him an award as “Father of the Music Video”. The combination of Lester’s cinematic style and the Beatles’ natural sense of humor was magic.
lol..”he’s decently dapper.” That was hilarious. 😂
The blonde girl first seen @ 7:29 is Pattie Boyd - who met George on the set of this movie and they would eventually marry. George wrote SOMETHING for her, among other songs. Eric Clapton fell in love with Pattie and by 1970 had written LAYLA (with himself as Derek) and BELL BOTTOM BLUES (an underrated song) for her, but it didn't work... at least not right away. Eric would spiral out of control, selling his prize guitars to get heroin, before turning himself around with the album "461 Ocean Blvd' (his bungalow in Miami). Eric and Pattie would marry a couple of years later, and Eric would write WONDERFUL TONIGHT for her.
One day, Eric was walking in NYC to see his young son, only to find ambulances outside the building, he had died after falling many stories out an open window. So he wrote TEARS IN HEAVEN. A whole lot of beautiful songs have been born from heartbreak and tragedy, probably the only silver lining there is to that particular cloud.
That "bungalow" in Miami is actually a beautiful beach house in the very upscale & private community of Golden Beach, north of Miami (still Dade Co) & the house is now worth about $12 MILLION!!!
It's been a real treat discovering your channel and reactions over these past few weeks. I've loved the Beatles since I was a little kid back in the 1980s, and it's great to see other's discovery journey of their music and that portion of history. Bravo, sir!
...not to mention that the movie absolutely holds up! And HELP! is brilliant as well!
Absolutely!
the girl that speaks on the train is Pattie Boyd, she married George and they met on set ❤
I love seeing your reaction to this movie. I love seeing young people love The Beatles. It brings back wonderful memories for me. The Beatles and the music of their era was always the best!
This movie was huge. It was written when the writer spent a few days with them and he depicted what it was like to be them. The grandfather was a big start on tv in England. In that show, he plays a dirty old man. So, it was funny that they kept saying he was a clean old man. Most theaters had to stop the film because the screaming was so loud, no one could hear it.
They didn't stop the movie in any of the theaters I saw it in, they just let us scream. It was full of us teenager and preteen girls anyway, so it was our first SEEING them on that BIG SCREEN, and we just couldn't help but scream. LOL! We would just watch it over and over during the whole time it ran in the theaters and eventually was able to hear the dialogue.
You must also see The Rutles (a Beatles spoof from 1978 featuring Eric Idle of Monty Python, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, George Harrison all cameo. Early SNL cast, too!) called ALL YOU NEED IS CASH. "The Rutles are living legend. A living legend that will live on long after other living legends have died!"
FAB. Fab film, music and reaction. Basically they filmed their living experience. I love them so much and I always will.
Yayyyyyyyyy!!! I'm super excited to watch this with you
Victor Spinetti, who plays the director of the tv show where the Beatles are to perform, also appeared in "Help!" and "Magical Mystery Tour".
And in the video for Paul McCartney & Wings' London Town!
I want to give you my personal thanks for reacting to this timeless classic. I believe you are the first on UA-cam to react to it. No other reactor, most of whom are your age, even those who love the Beatles, has known enough to react to it. Hopefully, others will follow you. Again, you have my thanks for doing something I've been wishing for for years.
4:55 "Smelling the Coke" is where John ad-libbed a joke that he was "sniffing coke", something he had never done in real life, at least at that point (they wouldn't even be introduced to marijuana by Bob Dylan till later that year). (Yes, folks, he CAN joke about it without having DONE it!!) Besides the fact that it was actually a bottle of Pepsi in the scene (to many people "Coke" was a generic term for cola, like kleenex or band-aid, regardless of the actual brand being used).
Hey who's that little old man?
The Beatles were just naturally funny, man. If you haven't seen it already the 'Get Back' documentary shows just how important clowning around was for them. They gave themselves only 3 weeks to write, rehearse, record & perform the album that ended up being called Let It Be. You would think there would be a sense of panic or at least some urgency given the deadline but the big take away from that movie was just how much joking and silliness there was throughout (and this during their so-called "break-up" period too). Goofing off was clearly important to them and was the best environment for their creativity. So even though others view them with serious reverence I don't think The Beatles ever took themselves too seriously, and this casualness was part of their charm.
So much had happened in their lives and at this stage they were just like 26 years old. Theydefinitely accomplished a lot. I'm hooked on that documentary
I have to tell you I had a awful night. Then came upon this video. Your joy in watching this reminded me how much positive The Beatles have given me all my life. Thanks for the uplift.
That’s where George met his first wife, pattie.
We had to get special tickets to see this when it was releasedin San Antonio. I was 10 and my sister was 11. Mom couldn't even get us tickets in the same theater. Anyhow I was in the balcony and everybody in the theater was probably 16 years old or less and almost all girls. As soon as that first cord hit everybody started screaming😮Didn't get to hear much of the movie that day and it was like Nothing I had ever experienced before. The vibe was insane.
The way the script was written was a writer went on tour with them for a few weeks and just saw how they interacted. That's why it really feels like them. Obviously the grandfather was just a thing they wrote in and cast, but even the manager and his assistant are loosely based on their real manager Brian Epstein and The Beatles one & only roadie Mal Evans who really was tall and stuck with them all the way through Let It Be.
Also keep in mind that the sarcasm and "cheekiness" and fighting with cops and authority was really unheard of in a pop movie in 1964. Obviously as the civil rights movement and the hippie movement and the woman's liberation movement advanced through the decade those things changed very quickly. But the Beatles playful disrespect of authority both in their style and in this little movie specifically was one of the main sparks that got the revolutionary vibe of the 60's going.
A hard Day’s night that is one of the best movies ever I love it.The whole movie is great it’s the Beatles having fun and the music is great too.
Please watch the rest of the Beatles movies, especially Yellow Submarine
I am very impressed with your knowledge of the Beatles and their songs. Warms my heart to know a young man like you with all the current music of today that you are interested in the music I grew up with. Thank you.
You must do THIS IS SPINAL TAP. "You see here... this amp, the numbers go to... 11!" - "But what does that mean?" - "Well, it's one LOUDER, innit?"
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I LOVE THIS MOVIE , THE HELP MOVIE TOO
The pub where Ringo is playing darts is The Turk's Head, where i go to a pub quiz every week! It's in St Margaret's, near Richmond and, also, Twickenham Stadium, the home of English rugby, in the suburbs of London. It doesn't look like that inside now, though I do remember when it had a darts board!
And loving your reactions. You're clearly someone who is totally invested in this, and your enthusiasm and love comes across. More power to you!
Finally a young guy willing to take on this movie...it's a giant piece of rock history and a lot of fun. Have "Very Clean" day lol
What a blast! I love this film! I'm glad you liked it, Darius! It's worth many re-watches because there are many great quotes and subtle inside-jokes. Fun stuff! Also, Darius, after you listen to Beatles For Sale, Past Masters (at least disc 1), and Help!, be sure to watch the film called "Help!" It's the lads follow up to AHDN and it is a total 60's British Comedy and a spoof on the James Bond franchise (which was only 2-years old at this point)! You will love it! Keep going!
Yes! Agree! This movie needs to be watched more than once - rather a few times. You will catch lines you didn't catch each time. This movie, in my humble opinion, is iconic.
I love that you are discovering the Beatles & appreciate them for what they are: remarkable!!! Thank you!! And there's more to look forward to. Revolver will blow your mind! Yay on you Darius!
Keep up the good work
The NYC newspaper "The Village Voice" called this "the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals."
He just getting his groove and living his life. Life hasn't beat him down.
Love that you even have popcorn 😂😂
I've been a Beatles fan since 1964 when they first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. One thing that I learned about them early on is that they are the least pretentious superstars ever. They were able to laugh at themselves and occasionally sing silly songs (see Rocky Racoon, Yellow Submarine, etc) without worrying about what anyone thought. I'm enjoying your reactions very much. But, don't assume that they're always taking themselves or their music seriously.
Also, even though I'm happy that the Beatles are being appreciated by younger generations, unless you lived through that time, you'll never fully appreciate the impact that they had on western culture. We all waited impatiently for their next record and to see what to emulate next. They guided western culture through the 1960s, and will continue to be musically influential for centuries, literally.
Yes, we started to grow our hair long (over the tops of our ears) because of the Beatles. Beatle boots were a rage for a while. I remember in grade school talking with a Liverpool accent, and before this movie came out. The Beatles tacitly gave us permission to be different from the status quo, which ushered in a whole new era.
So TRUE Brian Groboski, WELL SAID. I too was a fan since that first appearance on Ed Sullivan. I was 16, turning 17 a month later.
I never noticed that before until you said "He's smelling the Coke". Wow. lol. I can't believe they got that past the censors. It looks like John was "Snorting" the coke. That's crazy! lol
It’s so cool to see you get into the Beatles! Reminds me a lot of how I first stated getting into them, getting more into the albums, then the movies.. you’ll be obsessed soon lol
This movie is so ahead of its time. Just like the Beatles.
Darius I hope you read this. The “idea” of Beatlemania was created by the Beatles in this movie. Its theatre release was timed to follow their Ed Sullivan TV debut performance. Once their tv show blew up the music universe American fans HAD to see this movie. After those two things were rolling, the crowds and mania ruled the entire world. There really isn’t a way to describe it, but think of this. These for guys were revered all over the world. All at once. I encourage you to keep going down this rabbit hole.
A diff content provider took the approach of reacting to every song to hit the charts, in order. Another did every album in order. How are you goings about it?
Own the the DVD, watched it also when it came out, never get tired of it, great reaction.
Glad to see you do this.
Gotta check out the next movie HELP! After you do the HELP album.
Beatles movies worth checking out include A Hard Days Night, HELP!, Eight Days A Week, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, Get Back.
Make sure he looks for "EIGHT DAYS A WEEK' THE TOURING YEARS"
Darius ❤
Because of you
I have been listening to the Beatles with fresh ears and drawing the same conclusions so
Thanks 🙏
When I saw this movie the first time in a movie theater in 1964 all the other characters were a waste of space. I only wanted to see the Beatles!!!!
I saw it once with family and the next time with my friend and we sat in the back and screamed the entire time!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yess!! If you didn't like any of their albums, I think I would be able to handle that but if you don't like this movie, I don't I will be able to handle it.. 😅 Can't wait to watch! :)
27:10 - they definitley hadn't tried weed yet when this was made. we know the exact date they first tried it. this movie was filmed march/april 1964 and they first smoked weed with Bob Dylan on August 28th 1964. they were def stoned for the entirety of the Help! movie though. get baked for that one lol
edit: typo
Speed was their drug before they discovered weed.
@@amyb1078 that was during their Hamburg gigs, before they became famous, and where they had to play 8 hours a day/night, which was taxing on them, so the Germans would give them speed to keep them awake. I never heard that they used it after they became famous.
Saying he’s clean is a running gag; meaning it’s a continuous thread throughout the film. It’s a play on the term “dirty old man” because he’s constantly referred to as the old man then “what a clean old man…” I love when younger people get into the Beatles and I really enjoy your videos. You are very astute. I really like your take on the White Album and you are correct for saying it sounds like the individuals instead of the group and that it was the beginning of the deterioration. You say you know Sgt. Pepper, Revolver and Rubber Soul but no videos for those (at least here). You’ll notice that She Loves You is in the film but not on the album. It was released as a single because the Beatles didn’t want to charge fans for songs on albums so they could get their money’s worth. All non album singles make up two albums called Past Masters volumes 1 and 2. 1 is 1963-66 and 2 is 1967-70.
I seem to remember when he was in "Steptoe and Son", didn't Harold often refer to him as, "You dirty old man"?
I think this fellow's intro to watching the film has more words in it than the entire movie!
Super!!!!!!
The man holding the tape measure (that John cuts) was their actual tailor. They gave him the bit part in the film as a thank you.
Wilfrid Bramwell who played Paul's grandfather, played Albert Steptoe in the British Show Steptoe and Son. In the show, he was known as a dirty old man. Steptoe and Son was the inspiration for Sanford and Son, starring Redd Foxx in the US.
The day they filmed the scene in the field (with "Can't Buy Me Love" playing), Lennon had to leave for an event promoting the release of his book "In His Own Write". That's why some of the shots are from a distance, from overhead, or you only see McCartney, Harrison, and Starr. Richard Lester filled in so there would be four people in the shots from overhead.
This was fun to watch. I really liked this movie and the Beatles.
Maybe someone else commented this, but I couldn’t find it. The Clean joke was a reference to the actor who played Paul’s grandfather who was famous at the time for the character he played on a sitcom called Steptoe and Son (the British inspiration for Sanford and Son) who was called a “dirty old man” throughout the show. That reference doesn’t really play as well to a modern audience who aren’t familiar with that show.
This is the first, best music movie ever.
Just now noticed someone else talk about the director Richard Lester. Not sure if it's the algorithm or maybe you really like the original 70's / 80's Superman movies that are popping up on your UA-cam feed, but Richard Lester also directed those old Superman movies. Including Superman 3 right there. Ha!
They made two movies. I forget the title of the other one. Both are hilarious. BTW, in the 60s their fans really did chase them and tried to take souvenirs, like handfuls of hair and bits of there clothing, if they got their hands on them. They had an elaborate escape plan set up for getting out of Dodger’s Stadium after their performance there.
Bro really said "Pete best" like he could ever get nearly as good as Ringo
Love this film. Although I love "Help!" even more.
man i cannot wait until the day that you hear gimme some truth. george harrison solo in that song and groovey feel is so nice
The Ringo walkabout Ringo was under the weather ( mildly drunk)… from the night before…. And most of that scene was Add libbed.
Also, be sure to watch the movie Help! after listening to the album. Like with AHDN, the first 7 songs on the album are from the soundtrack of the film.
The blond school girl at 7:18 was the wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
Paul's grandfather being clean. The actor was a trash man and junk dealer in a british TV series. He was notoriously dirty. ( in the US it was Sanford and son with Red Foxx in the old guy role)
The way you word stuff reminds me of JB Smoove and I'm living for it lol
You need to see their next movie Help!. More funny stuff and great songs!
Imagine if us all beatling out together in this imaginary future could accomplish something previously unimaginable
love that you watched this!
The "clean" joke is based on
the old man's tv show that
inspired Sanford and Son like
many comments say and also
his shifty attitude, but being
13 at the time, I remember that
grown-ups criticizing Beatles
haircuts and clothes would
often add They're clean,though
I'm sure early fans may recall.
Thannks!!...I love Your reactions..
The plot was a day in the life of Beatlemania.
Good reaction. You are being real. That’s what people want. Keeping it real 👍
Classic film btw some mixes of the songs played here were the correct speeds the Beatles had recorded at, the studio album version “A Hard Days Night” some songs George Martin sped up the tempo a bit for example “I should’ve known better & Tell Me Why” the album version is nice & fast, in the film the correct pitch is played in that live bit ending.
also for fun if you have a copy on vinyl you can hear the fast temp songs at their correct pitch on your turntable if there is a control
At the time, highly innovative and influential. Music holds up as well as some scenes, especially George at the Influencer’s office. N John n that woman in the hallway.
The shades of the mania are there, but small compared to reality
So this film has been added to the Criterion Collection of films….only the very best films are chosen for this special collection of films. The board of film critics and scholars chooses certain films that qualify. This film was chosen because it is very historical. And the storyline was really what the Beatles lives were like at that time when they were touring… they were fairly new celebrities at the time, but they were considered a phenomenon, even then. To get a film contract in their first year….pretty crazy! Anyway, the crowds chased them everywhere and surrounded their hotels and they had to have security to keep them safe from the crowds, and decoy cars, etc. Every city required them to do a press conference where the newspaper journalists would ask them silly questions. And the cities elites would throw a party for them which they had to attend. They had rehearsals and sometimes they had to try to sneak out to go anywhere besides their hotel. So this wasn’t a documentary. But they played themselves.
The second film they made was HELP!
Hahahahahaha yo I'm dead, I just bust laughing when you said the Pete best line, hahaha 🤣
Gotta watch help now haha, it's even funnier
Great movie. Eventually you’ll have to watch “Help!” And “Yellow Submarine.”
The movie was nominated for an academy awards
The man in the cupboard with the magazine with Elvis on the cover.
🍿 Ready to binge watch your channel!😅
"he's smelling that coke"...lol!!!!!.. .he's pretending to snort it... of course we didn't get that joke when we were 10 years old... when we saw the movie, the girls were screaming so loud everytime there was a close up of one of the Beatles it was hard to hear the movie.... the movie was so popular, you had to buy your ticket and then wait in a line up that went right around a city block, , and stand in the line through a complete showing of the film before it was your turn to get in! At this point in 1964 the Beatles ruled the world!! It was Beatlemania. The scene of them running around that open field during Can't Buy Me Love is pretty much the template for every music video ever since. Everything the Beatles did seemed to be groundbreaking. A Hard Day's Night is so great that some people speak critically of their next movie, Help!, but don't let that deter you... it's also great!
Hey I was 17 when "A Hard Day's Night" was in the theater and I didn't "get" the snorting coke thing that John was doing, we just thought it was funny because he was sniffing the bottle. Some of us (likely a LOT of us) didn't know about cocaine and all that stuff back in '64.
Old ears young listening que bonito ❤
One of the young women in the beginning played by Pattie Boyd, George ended marrying. In fact they met on the set of this film.
Gotta react to the Help movie after you've done the album, It has more of a storyline and it's in colour. This film was just a comedic take on their life at that time in Beatlemania :)
The Beatles were all natural actors and comedians. The next film up Help! Another good one. A James Bond spoof and in color.🦱🦱🦱🦰
He's very clean.
11:18 That's French. "Huit" ("wheat") means 'eight', and "et sept" ("eh set") means 'and seven'.
Clean in the sense that he looked like he
Lived a clean life
OK !!! First the clean joke about the Papa, in England at the time there was a tv show this man starred in where he played a junk yard owner .The character he plays was always dirty.
This show would come to the US later and be the basis for a show known as Sanford and Son. The actor was a very dapper guy ALWAYS well dressed to the point that fans would wait for him after the show for autographs and he would walk right by them because out of character no one knew what he looked like. Clean...Very Clean !
I wanted you to see this movie because you started your Beatles Quest at the end and worked backwards . the early stuff was written for the Tweens at the time ( All the little screamin' memes you see at the show.) After 1966 the Beatles stopped touring and just went to writing and recording due to the lack of tech . the live stuff got to be TOOO big and the sound systems etc. were not up to the job ( tech would not come around till 1969 and Woodstock ).
Once again ,Good job I hope you found the film enjoyable. Oh yeah Bob Dylan turned the Beatles on to pot the first time and music Changed ! Their dentist dosed them with LSD the first time without them knowing ( he thought they wouldn't mind ) I don't think they did.
Isn’t that dentist the basis for “Dr. Robert”?
This movie/album is 60 years old this year.
Have you seen “THE BEATLES: GET BACK” documentary by Peter Jackson. It’s long… but it helped me understand their personalities/recording process/break-up.
One of the girls on the train is Pattie Boyd who became Pattyie Harrison