As an Aussie girl born in 1960, this is the version that I fell in love with when I was really young. Haven’t listened to it for decades but still love it and remember it so well.
Same here. Cruising around in mum's V8 HQ Kingswood she'd have this cranked. Same with The Angels, The Doors etc and I used to call it her "old fogey music". Thank God for mum's excellent taste in music because by the time I was 12, I was a fan of her style of music and still am🤘🏻
@@nelliesilvers1210 You are so lucky. We were musically abused by our mum for years in the car, listening to bloody opera. It was awful!! At least your mum had great taste.
+Richard Saville I believe if your gonna cover an established song ya gotta do something to it that makes it that makes it a little more interesting , which these guys clearly did
It had to just be to get hits. There's a reason The Beatles are the only band that has done what they did, and produced as many hits as they did, and it isn't because Rick Springfield is better. LOL He is probably a better soap opera actor than any of the Beatles, but NOT musician nor singer.
50 years later, this Aussie performance is still as epic as ever! Zoot had it all Thank you for everything Darryl (rest in peace & love), Beeb, Rick S & Rick B.
Zoot took this song to the next level. I remember that as a young kid going home from the record shops crying because I couldn't find it anywhere. I thought it was called "All The Lonely people"
oh man that it sucked when that happened but I miss that even though I grew in the 90s but that happened to me as well. Finding and listening to music was better in the old days.
I remember seeing The Zoot play out the front of a shoe shop in Frankston, Summer of 68/69, & seeing The Valentines with lead singer Bonn Scott & a Church hall in Mt Eliza Summer of 66 /67. You can't get to see bands like that now & venues like that !
Mechanics hall Frankston same era Saturday nights always a headline act and several local bands. . Saw Max Merrit and the meteors , Valentines, Zoom, Masters Apprentices, Ronnie Burns , even Normie Rowe fun times . One of the radio stations 3xy I think used to stage a gig near the Frankston pier as well. I remember burning my feet on the sand one time ,felt sorry for the band it could be stinking hot and no shade for their performance. They rocked on though that was the Zoot.
Not sure if you could say that it's better than the original (they are very different) but this one definitely can stand on its own and is a fantastic cover. Thanks for sharing!
I also heard it live in less than optimal circumstances. Rick had a bad cold and coughed his way through it, but I still remember it as a live performance :) At the time,, I didn't realise it was a Beatles song.
Gwyn Buckley You been there, and you hated it. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. He did not claim that this version of the song is better than beatles'. That's in the title. And he didn't make that.
Never mind any comparisons to the original, the 2 arrangements are totally different animals and both great. But this version, brand new to me, totally KICKS ASS! Love it, never heard it before (and never heard of ZOOT even though I was very much around in the 70s); thanks for posting it!
I was 14 in 1979 & my mates & I played this single a gazillion times til we could play it. We all learnt by ear for the most part & are all 5 of us clowns - life-long musicians & rockin' roller band members who play 60s 70s 80s hits mainly - there's no decent music written post-2000 - kid's these days I feel sorry for them. This is NUTS!!! This cover version Zoot came up with BLEW!!! our manic teenaged minds - we turned this up to 11 on the record player, dropped the needle and my mated & I always have played it this way cos it's outrageously good in fact it's wizard genius .My idiot mates & I the king clown of clowns; we, to a man, all went completely octopus-sh*t mental-as-anything jumping & screeching like 8yr olds at the Royal bloody Easter Show - what a treat! It's the bee's knees, lizard's gizzards & the ducks nuts for sure. Chick-magnet Rick Springfield is playing the white SG guitar. I never forgot this cover sped up & rockin' hard - thanks for posting this - I sent it to ALL my old mates from the 60's & 70's and they all went totally ape-sh*t ballistic crazy! Cheers again for posting this monster of an Eleanor Rigby version. This curmudgeonly guitarcheopteryx rockin' roller guitarcheologist really appreciates this post.. so thumbs👍up for this killer!🤯 You made 5 grown men act like kids again, they had PTSD when I showed 'em all this, they all remember it clearly cos it's unforgettable. 🎸Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central QLD, Terra Australis Incognita🦘
Zoot were a brilliant band, and this is in my humble opinion, one of the best covers of a Beatles song. The melancholy of the original still shines through on this. Loved it new and love it now.
In perspective, the Zoot was the quintessential Bubble Gum band in 1969, and when they released this it was a whole new aspect of their versatility that was a shock and a very pleasant surprise to those of us who used to see them at our high school dances like Spectra at Waverley and Ashwood High schools, Rick Springfield's old high school. All top ten bands had to play pubs and dance venues three or four days a week in those times just to make a living, even if they had hits, as the music industry was supported by a very small population in those days. Brian Lewis, LosTraxx Records
Pretty Ballsey of you to say this is better than the original, but you got me checking it out and I like this version and what the band did with it. Thank you for uploading !
Christina, can't fault your passion. Seriously if songs are labelled as better than Beatles, it's like pouring petrol on a fire. It will always piss people off.
@Warren552011 The fact that a lot of yanks love something usually means it's crap. I don't understand millions liking mediocrity. Then again I love The Beatles. Each to their own.
When you say a cover of a song as legendary as 'Eleanor Rigby' is better than the original, you have some big shoes to fill. This version doesn't quite do that, but it has enough style to hold its own as being among the better (if not more outlandish) covers.
Michael Richardson Check out the Vanilla Fudge version - longer, slower with their trademark organ. Having said that, all three are so totally different and brilliant in their own way. So too is the Ray Charles version. End of the day, I love them all, but this is my favourite.
This is awesomely nostalgic - They were a good band and this was a great version - definitely one of my favourite interpretations ever - And Darryl Cotton RIP, Beeb Bertles, Rick Brewer (great drummer) and Rick Springfield looking rather lonely though lovely and playing great guitar - and I can remember the pink outfits!
This was a year before I was even born but I'm SO loving it. Zoot was amazing and I knew Rick could strum a guitar but geez oh molly I had no idea he was SO good without actually being on vocals too. Very very impressed.
I just found this yesterday and have already played it a dozen times. I never heard of Zoot. I think their version is really cool. Heavy and raw. I just love they video production too.
The Beatles gave their song the calmer, simpler and quieter tune because its representing her loneliness and unknowing death. You just cant replace that with more rock instrumental than actual lyric either.
A late reply. The 'actual lyric' hasn't been replaced by anything. It's all there just as Paul MacCartney wrote it. John Lennon apparently heard it and said that he loved it by the way.
This version in this clip is nice. But as Lynixinursinks, i see it similar, some kind of music, some kind of songs, are made in the best, highist form. Also like Penny Lane, or A Day In A Life...like some from Elvis, Tom Jones, or Petula Clark... From "Yesterday" are tousends of versions, may some reach the Orginal Level, but on top is this only orginal. May my mind is so, i get the Blue Double LP "The Beatles in early 80's with age around 15, years later as CD, may i had so often the orginal version, that there is no place for other interpretions. When it if so, than it is so. (i like also Donna Lewis..."I Could Be The One, ...I could be your europen dream..." or "Be the one" Dua Lipa, so not only older stuff music lover.
This is a genuinely great rock cover of Eleanor Rigby. I think all the dislikes are from Beatles purists who think they're sacred and untouchable... Even if you prefer the original, which is fine, this cover is still fantastic.
It's the sub title that gives off the bad vibes "better than the Beatles". Personally I think it's a better ROCK version than the Beatles, but it's wrong to compare cover over with an already perfect original.
Never knew that Rick Springfield could play that much guitar - he made it in the States as a pop star and actor, for which his guitar abilities were very secondary.
Wow, this is great; Rick Springfield on the guitar, right fine job! Found out about this in reading a comment in another vid I was watching, thanks to them....
I think this the best cover of a Beatles song and that Zoot ace it with their own hard rock style . just like Joe Cocker did With Little help from my friends. If you lived in Australia late 80's and early 90's the singer Darryl Cotton was the host of the channel 10's kids morning TV show 'The early Bird show' Darryl Cotton was a real nice guy. and did a lot for charities to help others in need. R.I.P. Darryl Cotton
@@Neil-Aspinall Eleanor Rigby is pretty much perfect, and John Lennon wouldn't be rating some mediocre hard-rock version above theirs. Get a grip for fucks sakes.
@@patrickmohan2220 I said (I think this the best cover of a Beatles song) I did say Better then the Beatles song learn the meaning of "words" before you shoot your mouth off.
I'm an Aussie and never thought this was better than the original. But, for the group, it was pivotal in showing they had more to offer than just "cute boy band".
Those bass and guitar riffs are something else! Is it better than the original? That's a pretty big call...I think they made an amazing, different version of one of the most masterfully written pop songs in history.
From a 75 year old who had every Beatle albums and once knew about every word I just now am listening to this version of one of the Beatles efforts I have to say that Zoot did a splendid job in making this their version quite pleasant to listen to . I openly admit that I am will to hear other versions of an original be it a Beatles hit or otherwise.
Where you from Jerry? I just listened to Rick talk about the butcher cover, and how he got the prototype with John's original artwork sketched on the back, talk about an investment 😂
This is the version mum would crank in the HQ Kingswood when I was a kid and it's definitely my favourite over The Beatles. Their version is obviously an excellent original but I prefer the heavier one
Tullfan At least of a Beatles song. Although Ray Charles pushes that both with his cover of this, and also Yesterday. Along with Doug Parkinson in Focus’ cover of Dear Prudence which at the bare minimum is as good as the original.
+Lazyknight Many songwriters and bands write music that they'll never perform because of the record labels insistence that every band have their ''sound.'' What happened to the Beatles is the love of money, it's not their fault, they were giving people what they wanted to hear, people wanted to hear ballads.
+Joe Micheau thanks for your opinion i do regret posting that i do think this version is worse yet i still like it now and would galdly listen too it and you are right ☺ about the beatles
+Joe Micheau This is good cover but I wouldn't say it's a better version. For it was, more people would be aware of this version. This is my first time hearing this cover which I dig! And for the money, who isn't in it for the money? I rather see a artist take the money, than sellout their sound like going from straight rock to corporate hair metal.
I moved out of home, into the ballroom of a stately home, in Toorak Rd, West, just off St Kilda Rd, when I was 15yrs old.(Rent free, don't know how I did it) I had the ballroom, the sitting room off it, a kitchenette, & toilet. The bathroom was up the grand staircase, upstairs.,Everyone lived just down the rd, The Zoot, who, I with them in their purple bell-bottomed jumpsuits, used to go into the city, them dressed like that. Micheal Gudinski, Aust's only real blues group "Chain", Masters Apprentices, Renee Geyer, Doug Parkinson, Skyhooks, I could just drop into anyone's at 2am, or, go window shopping down Toorak Rd. Then, later, When I was about 18, used to buy from clearing sales (Antiques/old furniture), & do them up & sell them on, or keep them. Daddy Cool's drummer Gary Young's father, with Gary helping him, used to deliver all the furniture to my house way, back then. It was great. I'm glad I didn't take the little ad, in the newspaper for "room, in Brunswick, $10/week". I think I'd be well & truly cut up & in the freezer by now, going to live in a room across town, not knowing anyone. And, at least what you were taking then, you knew what was in it, unlike poor kids of today.
This is Rick Springfield's arrangement of this famous Beatles track, as performed by Aussie band Zoot, circa 1970. Actually....this is a masterpiece arrangement for all the critics to absorb!! So see it and hear it for what it is! This version cannot be compared to the Beatles original, as it's a huge improvement!! RIP Darryl !!
I love the original version but this is such a wonderful cover they completely reinvent the song well before metal bands were even thought of! Musically brilliant
Gotta say, I'm a Beatles freak. But this was the first version I heard of this song, and it blew me away. And it continues to do so. When I heard The Beatles' version after this, I thought, "Meh". This was a serious risk taken by Zoot, and it came up trumps. Seeing Darryl, Russ and Jim do it in concert was amazing,
Yes I remember when this was a hit back in around 1970 or 71 and it was absolutely fabulous. I rate this version one of the best songs I've heard. I'm not interested in comparing it with other groups versions.😀
This is such a kick arse version of this song! Such a great twist on the original - (which I love by the way) - really clever & Zoot made it their own! 😁
This blew my mind when I first heard them perform it. I think it was the National Battle of the Bands ... very early 70s. I still think it holds up very well!
@@Deejaay83urj38 nope it got heavy with bands like black sabbath and deep purple in the late 60s and early 70s. This song included too. never mentioned the 80s
This is an incredible interpretation of a great song! Really strong dynamics, insightful arrangement, each part manages to surpass the previous, I'm absolutely blown away! Actually better than the original! This is one of the best songs I've ever heard!
Played "ZOOT OUT" record from 1973, pretty much wore that one out... always great to spend the night listening to a few years from 69 onwards of Aussie tracks ;)
Lots of interesting comments, mostly ignorant. This Zoot version came out in 1970 and went to the top of the Charts. They were just a bunch of enthusiastic young guys from their era. This is their version, they were'nt trying to be The Beatles. The Beatles broke up in late 1969. This was probably their homage to them. The Zoot was a young persons band, The Beatles were an Old persons band, having started in the late 50s. The young swingers wanted young music, the Beatles were finished. Even Elvis was waning. Most commentators here, were'nt even born in 1970! If you complain about this version, then you must absolutely hate Joe Cocker's version of "A Little Help with my Friends"....that song is Totally different to the 1967 original, yet also went No1 in 1969. You cant make judgement on what happened in a certain period, unless you were actually there, much like this witch hunt on "Old" People and young girls of the time (now all old ladies after money, who were once groupies). Attitudes were Much different in the 60s and 70s than now. I loved this version as a young person, still do. RIP Daryl Cotton....the lead singer in this clip.
Zagar Evans Well said - you are the voice of reason - I was there too - no one can take away the brilliance of the Beatles, but so many covers are well done in their own way!! So many haters here !
Why does the fact that I didn’t happen to be alive yet at that point in time take my right to listen to a piece of music and judge it from my point of view? Should we stop teaching about classical music? No one should be allowed to judge, everyone’s dead. Yet we say some pieces are masterpieces, others are not. In fact, isn’t it great that young people actually know about this song and think about it and have an opinion about it, even if it’s different from yours? I agree that the time and place where you were born probably impact your perspective on this song, but that’s obvious and shouldn’t be an issue, it’s good to have different opinions. And couldn’t the people “complaining” about this version probably just dislike the style, and not the fact that it’s not an original? So there is not necessarily a connection to “A little help with my friends”.
Back in 1969 Zoot performed in the School Hall at Thornbury High School and it has left a lasting memory for those attending. Seen them Master Apprentices, Aztecs and many of the other bands of the time around Melbourne venues.
A great cover - takes it in a different direction. The original is actually much more personal and emotional - you feel the loneliness - while this is more rocked up and gives Rick Springfield an opportunity to show he could really play guitar.
Saw them, Doug Parkinson and Wendy Saddington at the Village Green. Those were the days.
Village Green had a rep. as a bucket of blood.
As an Aussie girl born in 1960, this is the version that I fell in love with when I was really young. Haven’t listened to it for decades but still love it and remember it so well.
Same here. Cruising around in mum's V8 HQ Kingswood she'd have this cranked. Same with The Angels, The Doors etc and I used to call it her "old fogey music". Thank God for mum's excellent taste in music because by the time I was 12, I was a fan of her style of music and still am🤘🏻
@@nelliesilvers1210 You are so lucky. We were musically abused by our mum for years in the car, listening to bloody opera. It was awful!! At least your mum had great taste.
I haven't heard it for decades either liked this song and the zoot. I was 12 when I first heard this song. It's fantastic.
Ditto
'Cept I'm not a sheila...
You wanna make love to it?
Putting (Better than Beatles version!) is just stupid, It's simply a different take on the song. I love this version, And I love the Beatles version.
+Richard Saville your right about putting better than the beatles version plus i thought that it sucked
+Richard Saville i am pretty sure "better than the beatles version" is just eye bait
+Richard Saville it's called marketing. Like dish soap, ford trucks, or even people flirting at the bar lying about what they do to get some action...
+Richard Saville I believe if your gonna cover an established song ya gotta do something to it that makes it that makes it a little more interesting , which these guys clearly did
It had to just be to get hits. There's a reason The Beatles are the only band that has done what they did, and produced as many hits as they did, and it isn't because Rick Springfield is better. LOL He is probably a better soap opera actor than any of the Beatles, but NOT musician nor singer.
Whoever wrote better than the Beatles version obviously hasn't heard the Beatles version.
50 years later, this Aussie performance is still as epic as ever! Zoot had it all
Thank you for everything Darryl (rest in peace & love), Beeb, Rick S & Rick B.
MORE EXCITING THAN HEMORRHOIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Better,worse. It is all a matter of personal preference. It is different and I loved it when it came out and still do.
Dale McCabe
The Ruttles do the best version....did.
My fav cover....ua-cam.com/video/JS--6mzw3eo/v-deo.html
The caption gets too many people off-side. The person who did the original post should have been smarter than that.
pro tip : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.
@Marshall Mohammad definitely, have been watching on Flixzone for since november myself =)
There is an alternate universe for every song.
Well said!
Both versions are haunting in strange different ways, hard to explain. But both are masterpieces.
This one is actively rebellious ...it's a BIG NO to farcical role playing lives and a big YES to authenticity.
@@deborahcurtis1385 Yep, Peace.
Nah one is a masterpiece then there's this
@@Avamarie38 you have it arse about in my opinion. I thought the original was too sugary.
@@ianmontgomery7534: I think the Tate and Lyle is firmly wedged up your @rse, along with your head!
1of the best rock covers
Zoot took this song to the next level. I remember that as a young kid going home from the record shops crying because I couldn't find it anywhere. I thought it was called "All The Lonely people"
Aww, I can picture that
My condolences
oh man that it sucked when that happened but I miss that even though I grew in the 90s but that happened to me as well.
Finding and listening to music was better in the old days.
it was on the radio alot
1968? I never heard of this Band. I want it.
I remember seeing The Zoot play out the front of a shoe shop in Frankston, Summer of 68/69, & seeing The Valentines with lead singer Bonn Scott & a Church hall in Mt Eliza Summer of 66 /67. You can't get to see bands like that now & venues like that !
Ye
Mechanics hall Frankston same era Saturday nights always a headline act and several local bands. . Saw Max Merrit and the meteors , Valentines, Zoom, Masters Apprentices, Ronnie Burns , even Normie Rowe fun times . One of the radio stations 3xy I think used to stage a gig near the Frankston pier as well. I remember burning my feet on the sand one time ,felt sorry for the band it could be stinking hot and no shade for their performance. They rocked on though that was the Zoot.
Now, that is a memory to appreciate, Brian. All the best to you!
ive seen plenty of great new bands at tiny venues in the last 5 years, dont think the issue is with the music
Were they popular with sharpies?
Me:**sees title**
Also me: *so you have chosen death*
Agreed
Cheers on that!
Can't agree more
This version is far better than The Beatles.
@@orangelake2268 Wrong.
My 14 year old self loved this when it came out. My 64 year old self still loves it. Love you Zoot x
Zoot On!!!🌈🎸
I don’t think even members of zoot would think that you’re in the minority
Not sure if you could say that it's better than the original (they are very different) but this one definitely can stand on its own and is a fantastic cover. Thanks for sharing!
Saw Zoot perform this live...brilliant...As a youngster growing up in Australia, bands like Zoot were essential.
I also heard it live in less than optimal circumstances. Rick had a bad cold and coughed his way through it, but I still remember it as a live performance :) At the time,, I didn't realise it was a Beatles song.
classic Aussie Rock ! you had to live here at the time to fully appreciate this!!!
I was there, I hated it then and I hate it now. Better than the Beatles version? I don't think so
Gwyn Buckley moron
Thanks Mars, I needed that
Gwyn Buckley You been there, and you hated it. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. He did not claim that this version of the song is better than beatles'. That's in the title. And he didn't make that.
Aussie at its best
Music is art. Dudes arguing below on whos taste is better need to get over themselves and broaden out.
Honeysucklebommie Well said !
Nicely said...
This actually made me not dislike the video
Check out this timeless classic with a twist cheers ua-cam.com/video/wW21kYCqGe4/v-deo.html
that friggin ROCKS!!!! stumbled across this and listened to it 6 times! wow still stacks up al these years later!
Never mind any comparisons to the original, the 2 arrangements are totally different animals and both great. But this version, brand new to me, totally KICKS ASS! Love it, never heard it before (and never heard of ZOOT even though I was very much around in the 70s); thanks for posting it!
Saw them at a dance at the Sutherland Police Boys Club, NSW in 1969. Super fantastic!
Its a good version but i prefer the original...
KILLING⚡HEROS shut up and stop liking your own comment
This is the original, Rick Springfield wrote it! Smh 🤣🤣
Jon Moore i hope ur joking
@@JhonFeliciano Jon Moore is an idiot.
Beatles is better EVER
I was 14 in 1979 & my mates & I played this single a gazillion times til we could play it.
We all learnt by ear for the most part & are all 5 of us clowns - life-long musicians & rockin' roller band members who play 60s 70s 80s hits mainly - there's no decent music written post-2000 - kid's these days I feel sorry for them. This is NUTS!!! This cover version Zoot came up with BLEW!!! our manic teenaged minds - we turned this up to 11 on the record player, dropped the needle and my mated & I always have played it this way cos it's outrageously good in fact it's wizard genius .My idiot mates & I the king clown of clowns; we, to a man, all went completely octopus-sh*t mental-as-anything jumping & screeching like 8yr olds at the Royal bloody Easter Show - what a treat! It's the bee's knees, lizard's gizzards & the ducks nuts for sure.
Chick-magnet Rick Springfield is playing the white SG guitar. I never forgot this cover sped up & rockin' hard - thanks for posting this - I sent it to ALL my old mates from the 60's & 70's and they all went totally ape-sh*t ballistic crazy! Cheers again for posting this monster of an Eleanor Rigby version. This curmudgeonly guitarcheopteryx rockin' roller guitarcheologist really appreciates this post.. so thumbs👍up for this killer!🤯
You made 5 grown men act like kids again, they had PTSD when I showed 'em all this, they all remember it clearly cos it's unforgettable.
🎸Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central QLD, Terra Australis Incognita🦘
Hahahahahahhaa there's no decent music written post 2000's? As respectfully as possible, fuck off with that opinion Geezer.
Zoot were a brilliant band, and this is in my humble opinion, one of the best covers of a Beatles song. The melancholy of the original still shines through on this. Loved it new and love it now.
one of the best covers EVER
If the Beatles hadn’t written this song This guy wouldn’t have had a song to copy.
If I had to pick one cover version to top them all, this is it.
In perspective, the Zoot was the quintessential Bubble Gum band in 1969, and when they released this it was a whole new aspect of their versatility that was a shock and a very pleasant surprise to those of us who used to see them at our high school dances like Spectra at Waverley and Ashwood High schools, Rick Springfield's old high school. All top ten bands had to play pubs and dance venues three or four days a week in those times just to make a living, even if they had hits, as the music industry was supported by a very small population in those days. Brian Lewis, LosTraxx Records
Still one of my favourite covers, was one of the 1st Aussie rock songs I heard when it came out about '67 or so. I was about 10.
It was 1970.
Pretty Ballsey of you to say this is better than the original, but you got me checking it out and I like this version and what the band did with it. Thank you for uploading !
Fair comment
In my opinion the Beatles should been a rock version like this I like ZOOT'S VERSION
If you wanna rock out this is a must have tune!!
There is no accounting for bad taste.
Only if your mind is closed to one road
Christina, can't fault your passion. Seriously if songs are labelled as better than Beatles, it's like pouring petrol on a fire. It will always piss people off.
@Warren552011 The fact that a lot of yanks love something usually means it's crap. I don't understand millions liking mediocrity. Then again I love The Beatles. Each to their own.
When you say a cover of a song as legendary as 'Eleanor Rigby' is better than the original, you have some big shoes to fill. This version doesn't quite do that, but it has enough style to hold its own as being among the better (if not more outlandish) covers.
My fav cover....ua-cam.com/video/JS--6mzw3eo/v-deo.html
Ray Charles takes a good whack at it
This version blows the Beatle's version off this planet!
Michael Richardson Check out the Vanilla Fudge version - longer, slower with their trademark organ. Having said that, all three are so totally different and brilliant in their own way. So too is the Ray Charles version. End of the day, I love them all, but this is my favourite.
This is awesomely nostalgic - They were a good band and this was a great version - definitely one of my favourite interpretations ever - And Darryl Cotton RIP, Beeb Bertles, Rick Brewer (great drummer) and Rick Springfield looking rather lonely though lovely and playing great guitar - and I can remember the pink outfits!
This was a year before I was even born but I'm SO loving it. Zoot was amazing and I knew Rick could strum a guitar but geez oh molly I had no idea he was SO good without actually being on vocals too. Very very impressed.
The best rendition of this classic Beatles song just brilliant
I just found this yesterday and have already played it a dozen times. I never heard of Zoot. I think their version is really cool. Heavy and raw. I just love they video production too.
The Beatles gave their song the calmer, simpler and quieter tune because its representing her loneliness and unknowing death. You just cant replace that with more rock instrumental than actual lyric either.
The land of ac/dc begs to differ
Back then there was no Beatles music on UA-cam so this was how I discovered zoot 👍
And yet, here it is. And it works.
A late reply. The 'actual lyric' hasn't been replaced by anything. It's all there just as Paul MacCartney wrote it. John Lennon apparently heard it and said that he loved it by the way.
This version in this clip is nice. But as Lynixinursinks, i see it similar, some kind of music, some kind of songs, are made in the best, highist form. Also like Penny Lane, or A Day In A Life...like some from Elvis, Tom Jones, or Petula Clark...
From "Yesterday" are tousends of versions, may some reach the Orginal Level, but on top is this only orginal.
May my mind is so, i get the Blue Double LP "The Beatles in early 80's with age around 15, years later as CD, may i had so often the orginal version, that there is no place for other interpretions. When it if so, than it is so.
(i like also Donna Lewis..."I Could Be The One, ...I could be your europen dream..." or "Be the one" Dua Lipa, so not only older stuff music lover.
I always wondered if McCartney ever heard this? As far as I am concerned this is the most interesting interpretation of any Beatles I've ever heard.
They did and John liked it.
@@swinetrek Send me the link for him saying that
@@patrickmohan2220 they didnt have links in those days
@@swinetrek Just as John Lennon loved John Farnham’s version of Help! He stated “This was the way I wanted it to be sung!” Not verbatim ok?🤭
Of course he would of heard this
Was lucky enough to dance on stage with the band at a local dance when I was a very young teen.
This is a genuinely great rock cover of Eleanor Rigby. I think all the dislikes are from Beatles purists who think they're sacred and untouchable...
Even if you prefer the original, which is fine, this cover is still fantastic.
I’m a great Beatles fan , I love Zoots version it’s not better than the original but different it’s got a rock version that’s all.
It's the sub title that gives off the bad vibes "better than the Beatles".
Personally I think it's a better ROCK version than the Beatles, but it's wrong to compare cover over with an already perfect original.
Never knew that Rick Springfield could play that much guitar - he made it in the States as a pop star and actor, for which his guitar abilities were very secondary.
Musician / song writer first
@@ykook7000 And he wasn't even the singer in this band - just the (excellent) lead guitarist.
Beeb rocks..love this version with Springfield
By far the heaviest thing on radio when it came out! Still sounds great.
IS that RICK SPRINGFIELD on guitar?
yes and Beeb birtles on bass
YES
Wow, this is great; Rick Springfield on the guitar, right fine job! Found out about this in reading a comment in another vid I was watching, thanks to them....
Legendary
I think this the best cover of a Beatles song and that Zoot ace it with their own hard rock style . just like Joe Cocker did With Little help from my friends.
If you lived in Australia late 80's and early 90's the singer Darryl Cotton was the host of the channel 10's kids morning TV show 'The early Bird show'
Darryl Cotton was a real nice guy. and did a lot for charities to help others in need. R.I.P. Darryl Cotton
Stephen Warhurst Check the Black Pumas version
I totally agree. I'm sure McCartney would be impressed and Lennon would say this is how we should have done it!
@@Neil-Aspinall Eleanor Rigby is pretty much perfect, and John Lennon wouldn't be rating some mediocre hard-rock version above theirs. Get a grip for fucks sakes.
@@patrickmohan2220 I said (I think this the best cover of a Beatles song) I did say Better then the Beatles song learn the meaning of "words" before you shoot your mouth off.
@@patrickmohan2220 R U OK Pat?
I'm an Aussie and never thought this was better than the original. But, for the group, it was pivotal in showing they had more to offer than just "cute boy band".
Those bass and guitar riffs are something else! Is it better than the original? That's a pretty big call...I think they made an amazing, different version of one of the most masterfully written pop songs in history.
Noelle McAlister yes {!!!
How can people not like this?!
Rad,a very cool version. Thanks for posting it!!👍👍
Zoot turned this ballad into a rock anthem. Left handed bass and very shy Rick. I, for one, am glad he came out of his shell.
Beeb Birtles playing the bass...pre LRB.
He looked terrified. Poor thing
Jessie's Girl must've motivated him 😊
I'm a BIG Beatles fan....This is awesome!!!
From a 75 year old who had every Beatle albums and once knew about every word I just now am listening to this version of one of the Beatles efforts I have to say that Zoot did a splendid job in making this their version quite pleasant to listen to .
I openly admit that I am will to hear other versions of an original be it a Beatles hit or otherwise.
Where you from Jerry? I just listened to Rick talk about the butcher cover, and how he got the prototype with John's original artwork sketched on the back, talk about an investment 😂
Good
Far from better
Hey Jerry from one old fart to another... i love your way of thinking man. Peace.
This is really incredible! Professor of Rock's Rick Springfield interview brought me here.
Trippy! I often wish that (for music's sake) that I had grown up in Australia............
Cool man
This is the version mum would crank in the HQ Kingswood when I was a kid and it's definitely my favourite over The Beatles. Their version is obviously an excellent original but I prefer the heavier one
This is probably the best cover song I've ever heard.
Your right. And dear prudence by the underrated doug parkinson
Tullfan At least of a Beatles song. Although Ray Charles pushes that both with his cover of this, and also Yesterday. Along with Doug Parkinson in Focus’ cover of Dear Prudence which at the bare minimum is as good as the original.
@@Deejaay83urj38 Yeeeesss!!!
@@catwzl49 Even John Farnham and Help (especially live with the MSO).
Joe Cocker ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ is also great
I respect your opinion good sir however saying quote "better than the beatles" when they wrote and created the song i think is just incorrect
+Lazyknight Many songwriters and bands write music that they'll never perform because of the record labels insistence that every band have their ''sound.'' What happened to the Beatles is the love of money, it's not their fault, they were giving people what they wanted to hear, people wanted to hear ballads.
+Joe Micheau thanks for your opinion i do regret posting that i do think this version is worse yet i still like it now and would galdly listen too it and you are right ☺ about the beatles
Lazyknight Thank you. There is room at the table for both bands and their versions.
+Joe Micheau Absolute rubbish
+Joe Micheau This is good cover but I wouldn't say it's a better version. For it was, more people would be aware of this version. This is my first time hearing this cover which I dig! And for the money, who isn't in it for the money? I rather see a artist take the money, than sellout their sound like going from straight rock to corporate hair metal.
That's an amazing interpretation of that song.
I moved out of home, into the ballroom of a stately home, in Toorak Rd, West, just off St Kilda Rd, when I was 15yrs old.(Rent free, don't know how I did it) I had the ballroom, the sitting room off it, a kitchenette, & toilet. The bathroom was up the grand staircase, upstairs.,Everyone lived just down the rd, The Zoot, who, I with them in their purple bell-bottomed jumpsuits, used to go into the city, them dressed like that. Micheal Gudinski, Aust's only real blues group "Chain", Masters Apprentices, Renee Geyer, Doug Parkinson, Skyhooks, I could just drop into anyone's at 2am, or, go window shopping down Toorak Rd. Then, later, When I was about 18, used to buy from clearing sales (Antiques/old furniture), & do them up & sell them on, or keep them. Daddy Cool's drummer Gary Young's father, with Gary helping him, used to deliver all the furniture to my house way, back then.
It was great. I'm glad I didn't take the little ad, in the newspaper for "room, in Brunswick, $10/week". I think I'd be well & truly cut up & in the freezer by now, going to live in a room across town, not knowing anyone. And, at least what you were taking then, you knew what was in it, unlike poor kids of today.
This is Rick Springfield's arrangement of this famous Beatles track, as performed by Aussie band Zoot, circa 1970. Actually....this is a masterpiece arrangement for all the critics to absorb!! So see it and hear it for what it is! This version cannot be compared to the Beatles original, as it's a huge improvement!! RIP Darryl !!
Haha no, its not a huge improvement you can’t improve any song from the Beatles as they are already perfect
I am a huge Beatles fan and I agree this cover is a masterpiece.
This version is full of energy and excitement, a different take on a familiar song that's all there is to it ; fine by me1.
Wow! What can you say? This band should have been world famous.
I love the original version but this is such a wonderful cover they completely reinvent the song well before metal bands were even thought of! Musically brilliant
The only cover of a Beatles song that I ever liked
Gotta say, I'm a Beatles freak. But this was the first version I heard of this song, and it blew me away. And it continues to do so. When I heard The Beatles' version after this, I thought, "Meh". This was a serious risk taken by Zoot, and it came up trumps. Seeing Darryl, Russ and Jim do it in concert was amazing,
Let's get one thing straight,, Australians' know how to rock,,,don't say a silly thing like its better than the Beatles,just listen
This is such an awesome version of this song - turned it right on it’s head - RIP Darryl Cotton.
I had no idea that he died. Thanks.
GOLD who still listening in 2019 ?
2020 mate
@@troymcmahon3470 And beyond no doubt!!
@@troymcmahon3470 yes mate. With headphones casting to tv at night. Damn pearler. Just finished masters apprentices set and now this.
This is fantastic
An amazing, very original version. Love it !!!!
Yes I remember when this was a hit back in around 1970 or 71 and it was absolutely fabulous. I rate this version one of the best songs I've heard. I'm not interested in comparing it with other groups versions.😀
Great version......loved this when I was a kid.
Love them both. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
This is such a kick arse version of this song! Such a great twist on the original - (which I love by the way) - really clever & Zoot made it their own! 😁
Paul McArtney picked this as his favorite Beatles cover
do you have proof of your lie?......lol
Macca should have been a politician: this is crap compared to the Beatles version.
Crap is being too kind.
Pure sh!t is more like it.
@@paultrueman3565 Cool cover, but no...just no!
I'm not surprised ... it's brilliant.
Always went to TC's to see Zoot loved Darrel Cotton in Pink Beeb , Saturday mornings , great stuff Brisbane!
Why Brisbane? Zoot were an Adelaide band.
They were Spanish
I wholeheartedly agree with the previous comment. We’re not drawing comparisons here!! I love both versions as well ✅👌
This blew my mind when I first heard them perform it. I think it was the National Battle of the Bands ... very early 70s. I still think it holds up very well!
Really dig this arrangement and that guitar riff has some serious swagger 🎸
Very heavy for a song from 1970
@@mike04574 thats where Heavy came from. Did you think music got heavy in the 80? If you see what i mean. That's when music perished
@@Deejaay83urj38 nope it got heavy with bands like black sabbath and deep purple in the late 60s and early 70s. This song included too. never mentioned the 80s
Exactly right. The guitar riff is the key ingredient to this song.
Hard to believe the guitar player is none other than Rick Springfield
Classic Aussie Rock. That guitar riff is probably one of the first things an Aussie kid learns on their first guitar. That and Smoke on the Water
True
This is an incredible interpretation of a great song! Really strong dynamics, insightful arrangement, each part manages to surpass the previous, I'm absolutely blown away! Actually better than the original! This is one of the best songs I've ever heard!
Its one of the best songs in rock. Zoit can stand internationally
Awesome version!!!
Played "ZOOT OUT" record from 1973, pretty much wore that one out... always great to spend the night listening to a few years from 69 onwards of Aussie tracks ;)
Vale Daryl Cotton.
Great Australian band and song with Daryl Cotton on vocals,Rick Springfield,Beeb Burtles and Rick Brewer on drums.
Pre-Metallica in 1970 if you ask me.
Better than Metallica. Heavier and much more raw
Rick Springfield was a handsome guitarist back then.
Interesting version.... Springfield has always been an enigma
Love this cover!!!
No
Great Australin band all went on to become famous in there own right
Opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one, and most of the time they just make noise.
Jon Etkins or a big stink
Gunship has a great cover too! Check it out!
Aussie Rock royalty here. Darryl Cotton, Beep Birtles, Rick Springfield (who must have a painting in his attic) and Rick Brewer
Lots of interesting comments, mostly ignorant. This Zoot version came out in 1970 and went to the top of the Charts. They were just a bunch of enthusiastic young guys from their era. This is their version, they were'nt trying to be The Beatles. The Beatles broke up in late 1969. This was probably their homage to them. The Zoot was a young persons band, The Beatles were an Old persons band, having started in the late 50s. The young swingers wanted young music, the Beatles were finished. Even Elvis was waning. Most commentators here, were'nt even born in 1970! If you complain about this version, then you must absolutely hate Joe Cocker's version of "A Little Help with my Friends"....that song is Totally different to the 1967 original, yet also went No1 in 1969. You cant make judgement on what happened in a certain period, unless you were actually there, much like this witch hunt on "Old" People and young girls of the time (now all old ladies after money, who were once groupies). Attitudes were Much different in the 60s and 70s than now. I loved this version as a young person, still do. RIP Daryl Cotton....the lead singer in this clip.
Zagar Evans Well said - you are the voice of reason - I was there too - no one can take away the brilliance of the Beatles, but so many covers are well done in their own way!! So many haters here !
Well said 👍
Utter rot
Why does the fact that I didn’t happen to be alive yet at that point in time take my right to listen to a piece of music and judge it from my point of view? Should we stop teaching about classical music? No one should be allowed to judge, everyone’s dead. Yet we say some pieces are masterpieces, others are not.
In fact, isn’t it great that young people actually know about this song and think about it and have an opinion about it, even if it’s different from yours? I agree that the time and place where you were born probably impact your perspective on this song, but that’s obvious and shouldn’t be an issue, it’s good to have different opinions.
And couldn’t the people “complaining” about this version probably just dislike the style, and not the fact that it’s not an original?
So there is not necessarily a connection to “A little help with my friends”.
Doug Parkinson in focus band covered a Beatles track, look it up its good man
This my first time hearing this version, I love it, if i had to pick out of the 2 versions, this one wins for me hands down.
This is fantastic! Rick Springfield you are a rock star!!
Back in 1969 Zoot performed in the School Hall at Thornbury High School and it has left a lasting memory for those attending. Seen them Master Apprentices, Aztecs and many of the other bands of the time around Melbourne venues.
A great cover - takes it in a different direction. The original is actually much more personal and emotional - you feel the loneliness - while this is more rocked up and gives Rick Springfield an opportunity to show he could really play guitar.
good version but not better than the beatles
Evander L Curbelo I think their interpretation is the best yet. And thank you Beatles for writing a great song.
As the Beatles them selves said, this is the best recording of this track they have heard including theirs.
Vernon trickey , proof, please, that Beatles said that
don't know how i could ..i heard /saw it in an interview with them when i was a kid ! ...i suppose it would be possible to find it somewhere !
Vernon trickey , then they didn't say it.