Zeppelin are pretty damn close. As far as their influence on up and coming musicians and the versatility in their music. I love Jayy's perspective regardless.
@@krisdoggett483 Led Zeppelin never would've been a worldwide phenomenon without the Beatles first opening the floodgates for all British acts starting in 1964.
Ringo has, EASILY 10 or 12 songs that he's an absolute genius on!!! This is damned high on the list, for sure, but the dude was DECADES ahead of his time!!! When everyone was playing blues beats, he was playing (what we now call) "Linear Beats". That means that you don't ever hit two things on the drumset at the same time... and its BEYOND crazy that he would think to do it, BEYOND crazy how much it worked, and REALLY FUCKING BEYOND CRAZY that people think he was the 'weak link' of that band!!!! Us drummers know. We just wish the rest of you did too!
Strawberry Fields was a children's home in Liverpool. He played on the grounds of the place when he was a boy. He could relate to the orphans (though someone told me it was closed by the time Lennon played there, he knew the place's history) because his father abandoned John when he was 3. And his mother often sent him to his aunt Mimi's place. His mother was hit and killed by a vehicle, then John lived permanently with Aunt Mimi. The song seems to be about the confusion of childhood loss, how memories jumble, how you're not sure who to blame, how you pretend to be somewhere else. It's a confused jumble of lyrics at any rate. It's a genius song. Many consider it his best work.
John lived with Aunt Mimi long before that. As for the phrase in the song "and nothing to get hung about," it was a reference to an argument he had with his aunt when he was a child. She had told him to stop breaking into Strawberry Field to play and he had replied, "They can't actually hang me for it!"
I live a couple of miles away from Strawberry Field and my youngest goes to school just down the road. My Mum knew George and Paul when they were all teenagers and had a friend who lived there ❤️
It´s inconceivable for me when someone says "I don´t like the Beatles". It sounds like "I don´t like music". Luckily I have heard that only 3 times in my life. I´m 39. Beatles fan since 7.
Long after this song was written, a section of Central Park in New York City was named Strawberry Fields in honor of John Lennon, who lived in the Dakota Apartment Building across the street. When Lennon was shot, mourners flocked to the park to pay their respects.
@@patdonnelly9392 Why December 8th, does it have anything to do with Howard Cosell's big announcement during Monday Night Football and Mark David Chapman ?
When George Harrison died, many people also flocked to Strawberry Fields in Central Park. People were playing guitar and singing songs of the Beatles. I was there too.
I live in Boston..In 2012 I flew to London, England with my wife & another couple, good friends,...in our 50's. Hopped on a 2 hour train Northwest to Liverpool where all 4 BEATLES were born, stayed at the Hard Day's Night Hotel, visited The Cavern Club, and eventually visited John's home. I saw the tree! ...I literally and actually saw and touched the tree that John used to climb to see all the Strawberry Fields girls. Lucky me. Anyway, ...you used the word GENIUS 2 or 3 times on your reaction. It's appropriate. It's called for. It's correct. It's one of the best and most sincere BEATLES reaction videos I've ever seen. Maybe it takes some genius to recognize pure genius. JOHN was a genius. Nice video. Nice reaction. Keep it Real Baby. I loved it! Genius ...
Imagine growing up in the sixties and putting a pair of stereo headphones or sitting in front of some quality stereo speakers and hearing this type of production mix for the first time. At the time many home entertainment centers were still monophonic which doesn't do justice to the album mix, but once you got a stereo turntable and amp, your world suddenly changed with mind-blowing mixes like this. The Beatles were ahead of their time in production.
@@jnagarya519 Imagine that I did back in the sixties... because I did!!! Now imagine having play the Beatles 45s and LPs on my parents RCA stereophonic record player with Phillips [if I remember right] stereo floor speakers and headphones sometimes in 68... because I Did!!! Stereo was made to the public in 1958. You're a decade off.
Great reaction , The Beatles are the gold standard against which all popular music is evaluated. Order the CDs of all their albums and you can own them forever.
You CAN'T go wrong with The Beatles!! I wasn't even born yet when most of their music was made/released, but have listened to it from the minute I came into the world. ( and of course Zeppelin ;) This music is timeless and every song is really a masterpiece on it's own!
Led zeppelin was a great band but Robert Plant was the only vocalist, same as Mick Jagger and the Stones. Beatles had 4 capable lead singers and 3 fantastic songwriter's. Beatles had 16 # 1's on the billboard 100 after their breakup. Led Zeppelin Had 0. That is not counting Mull of Kintyre, which was #1 in the UK.
You were right on about this --- Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army children's home close to John Lennon's childhood home in Woolton and he and his friends used to play in a garden there
Jayy, I'm born and raised in Liverpool, the home city of the beatles. I've never been much of a fan, but I can talk about strawberry fields. John lennon lived in Menlove Avenue, while he was a small boy. At the back of his house, was a large field where he played as a kid. One of the properties was a building owned by the salvation army, which was an orphanage called strawberry fields. He played with the orphans when he was a young boy. Strawberry fields is still there, although it is not used as a children's orphanage. It is a tourist attraction, which has many visitors from all over the world, mainly Japanese, because John Lennon married Yoko Ono.
Always want it to keep going. That's the genius of George Martin on the desk, bouncing tracks, arranging strings and brass, reversing tracks. Remember this was done on tape and anologue effects, no digital recording then. I knew the song for about five years before I heard it in stereo. You should watch the Magical Mystery Tour film.
Both versions were also recorded in different musical styles. Combining the two is what give this song its haunting, unusual sound Recording engineer George Martin invented analog recording "tricks" to do this
Yep, that's John Lennon singing. Strawberry Fields was a place familiar to him. This was one of their psychedelic albums (Sgt. Pepper being the other).
It is a Salvation Army orphanage. When John Lennon was a kid, he lived nearby and used to sneak into the playground to play with the orphans, of whom, there were probably alot, since it was during and not long after WWII.
At 5:18-5:21, there are a few words said at a slow speed. Many people think it is John Lennon saying "I buried Paul." The Beatles have said it is "cranberry sauce." There is a conspiracy theory that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike, but The Beatles then inexplicably left many hints in their music and album covers. The theory itself is absurd, but there is quite a bit of supposed evidence. I like to think it's the greatest practical joke ever, conceived of and perpetrated by The Beatles, and that when the last Beatle dies we will be told the truth. There is a Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead
What can you say? They got together with George Martin, threw out the rule book and rewrote it in another language. The world of music changed when they met George.
Oh, the Magical Mystery Tour.... The Beatles went through so many phases in their short career. Been ages since I've heard this song. Thanks, Jayy.... I enjoyed listening. I had forgotten how much goes on during this song. It's magical. lol Take care and be well. Peace.
Well, it's not called Magical Mystery Tour for nothing lol. This is different a good song! My favorite Beatles songs are Here Comes The Sun and Let It Be!
This song blew me away as a kid. Their instrumentation has not even been duplicated by some of the more powerful synths of late. I remember thinking "Where did they get those sounds from???" I know now, but sheesh. Genius!
The Beatles quit touring in the fall of 1966. Playing their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on Aug 29. They each went their own ways. John went to Spain to film How I Won The War. It was there that he wrote most of SFF. The Beatles returned to the recording studio on Nov 26th, tackling Johns SFF. The lads spent 45 hours completing the song. (which is actually 2 separate versions, edited together at the 1:00 minute mark) Far and away the most time they had spent on the recording of any single song. Love your reaction JAYY. Thanks for sharing, RNB
I thought this was a pretty cool song when I first heard it too. Didn t t take long to learn the words and sing along every time I heard it. Still do. It was quite creative by John Lennon. It s a masterpiece.
One song spliced from two different cuts of the same song. One slower and mellow and the second edited on at the “GOING” at the start of the second chorus... different keys and tempos, and the LEGENDARY producer George Martin and his team controlled tape speeds to get them to match... You have just listened to one of the greatest pieces of REAL music created that was manipulated by voltage control, tape treatment and talent... no computers, no autotune. GENIUS!
I live right by strawberry fields and it has become a shrine to the Beatles with thousands of tourists every year visiting, my son goes to school right opposite the place and they study the Beatles when they do music lessons.
The Beatles, master songwriters. With producer George Martin, God's of the recording studio. I was lucky enough to visit Liverpool and see strawberry fields and some other landmarks.
John and Paul were simply two really great songwriters - together the genius and creativity just exploded exponentially. It feels like no one will ever be capable of producing such unique, original music ever again. You should treat yourself and do a deep dive into their catalog. You will find hardly any "throwaway" songs on any of the albums. Every album has at least 5 or 6 classic gems.
The Beatles all grew up in Liverpool England, and close to where John lived, there was an orphanage named Strawberry Field. As a kid John and his friends used to hang out there and play. He had good memories of playing there. To keep up with John, Paul then wrote a song about a street he remembers as a kid, Penny Lane. Both great songs.
I recall vividly the first time I heard this. It was in February 1967 when I was a freshman at the University of Toronto. Pulled up at night to park at the on-campus residence, and Strawberry Fields Forever aired on what was then authentic real free FM radio. I sat in my car mesmerized, unable to move. Nothing like it ever before. Only the Beatles could make a song like that in that day and release it to a worldwide pop audience. Fifty-four years ago. Strawberry Fields never gets old.
The drum track gets more heavy and serious with each passing chorus. It’s incredible and had huge impressions on me when I was a kid. The entire ending is backward-looped. Not knowing about this trick when I was young was a real mind-fk!
Aunt Mimi told him that he shouldn't trespass into the locked gate of Strawberry Field but Lennon contended that "they won't hang you for it", hence the line in the song
Orphanage. But you're right. I think it might had been closed by the time Lennon started playing there. But it still was a sad place for Lennon because of the orphanage past and Lennon's hard past.
@@debjorgo it was a children’s home from 1936-2005, but they demolished the original building in the early 70s due to structural issues and the building was replaced. My Mum had a friend that lived there ❤️
@@lynedwards6714 It seems like I remember reading somewhere that John would actually play on the grounds, which I wouldn't think he'd be able to do if it were open and there were children on the grounds. I didn't know. It's cool your mom knew George and Paul! Did she ever hear them playing their guitars?
The Beatles played around with slowing down and speeding up the recordings, this being a famous example where it slows and distorts the singers voice for the second verse. They'd often slow the drums down just a touch to give it a deeper rich sound and play it in one ear, and speed the vocals up a tiny bit to give it a higher ethereal floating quality and play it in the opposite ear or in the middle. Really top shelf recording techniques, when digital didn't even exist yet. I love the rhythm guitar playing the syncopated "doppler" beat in the first verse, like the Supremes did in You Keep Me Hanging On.
I'm 70 and well aware of all Beatles music, as I was listening to it when it was new, and I still love this music. Strawberry Fields and many other songs on Magical Mystery Tour, were originally released as singles (45 rpm). They came out of the same sessions as Sgt Pepper, but were released as singles prior to Sgt Pepper, to find out if this radical psychedelic sound would be accepted by the public. The public loved it, and at that time, psychedelics were first being used by people of my generation (Babyboomers). Very important to these songs was the genius of producer George Martin (often referred to as the 5th Beatle).
The left/right dynamic you’re hearing is because of the way they used to record back in the day on just a handful of tracks and pan certain instruments hard left, hard right, or center. The intent is to really surround the listener with the experience of the band instruments
The time the period of that era was different , the music , hippie movement , Vietnam war , demostrations ,civil rights movement , the 1960,s and early 1970,s was hell growing up in , the musical artist like the beatles , Jimi Hendrix, led zeppelin , rolling stones and many other groups were our inspirational guidance to grab a hold to something peacefull and Love in Life through all that turmoil , the Rock in roll psychedelic purple haze was a hype , the music was deep and in your face , KOOL !!!!
The flutes you hear in the beginning are sampled ones, played by Paul on a mellotron, one of the first ever sampling keyboards to exist. It sounds backwards when you play it gently, but if you hit the keys really hard, they "spit" the notes. You can hear that for example at the start of Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James by Manfred Mann.
I actually have this on a 45. Whats ever better is that the flip side song is Rain in which the Beatles pioneered so many new recording techniques, like playing solos backwards, recording it backwards, then playing it forwards and recording it that way, really made for some interesting effects .
John's voice was recorded at normal speed but was slowed down to another note to fit the musical notes of the instruments that the producer suggested ..That is why his voice sounds strange on this .
John Sang it. In the Mish Mash Following the song, you can hear a voice saying something like "I buried Paul"... There was a Rumor Running around that Paul had Been Killed in a Car Crash Crash and was replaced by a Doppelganger. The Beatles left almost 200 "Clues" In their Songs and Album Covers.
The Beatles recorded this song with 2 eight track mixers. As well as their whole Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band Album. So some instruments and vocals only play on the left side and some only play on the right side.
I've been to Strawberry Fields in Central Park...it's so surreal all the people singing Beatles and John's songs...While other people are playing their music. And so close to the Dakota. You can just about feel John there and no one dares to step in that "Imagine" circle. It's Peace and Love there for me. Strawberry Fields Forever is from A concept album "Sergeant Pepper" it's a girls name. It's a great off a great album. Back in those days bands cared what their recordings sounded like... It's called Stereo what your hearing. RIP❤John❤4eva
I'm 71 and your reaction (somehow) took me straight back to my first hearing of this when it came out (and all those other wonderful songs - Hole in my Shoe, Whiter Shade of Pale, Nights in White Satin, etc, etc.) Thank you.
That is from 1967. The first stereo record came out in 1957, at that time with considerable problems with quality assurance. A stereo system was still a status symbol in the early 1960s. Basically they recorded their soundtracks in mono and divided them over the two channels in order to have a "stereo effect" for people who could use it. Also new to the Beatles at this time was the incorporation of unusual instruments into rock music. Common was guitars, drums, bass, maybe also piano. In this song there is also a Wurlitzer piano, a melotron, blower and a sitar. With this concept they were the developers of beat music and later pop music. In addition, LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide back then here we called it "Trips") was just becoming fashionable at this time, which they also used abundantly. With the instruments is well explained here. In German, however, only the language, not the instruments. The subtitles can be translated automatically. ua-cam.com/video/ylNxswcRuGY/v-deo.html
When it was released as a 45 RPM single it was not in stereo (Single records generally were not). Can you imagine hearing it in stereo for the first time. What a trip that was!
Part of what you experienced was an artifact of the way the Beatles recorded at the time. They only had access to a 4 track machine, so they needed to make the absolute best of what was available. Along the way, they learned some things as did their recording staff as they tried to push the boundaries. Essentially, they invented several techniques on-the-fly that then influenced the recording industry as a whole. Quite often, their engineers would live in fear of being fired for doing things to the machines that weren't within acceptable guideline practices. This track is basically an audio painting. You can see imagery plus you can also feel it in your head at the proper moments.
Others have given the history that Strawberry Field was a girls orphanage. WHen John's mother was killed she was sent to live with his aunt and uncle whose house backed up to the orphanage. Strawberry Fields was near a boys reformatory where he and a few friends would go to garden parties. He would go through the fields to get there. His aunt did want him going through the fields or to the garden parties as she felt it would corrupt him. His response - typical of a teenager - was "what are they going to do, hang me?" So the line in the song "Nothing to get hung about" is a direct reference to his aunt. Kind thumbing his nose at her.
Stereo was new, and the Beatles took full advantage of it. Many of their earlier songs had, for instance, bass and drums from one speaker and guitar and vocals from the other. From ‘Revolver’ on it was anything goes, sound from everywhere.
This song came out in February 1967, just about three years to the day from the first time 95% of America saw them on the Ed Sullivan show. I was 8 in 1967 and had been 5 in 1964. Even hearing it mostly on tinny transistor radio speakers, you could still tell this was something completely different.
There's a hilarious clip on UA-cam from Dick Clark's American Bandstand in which a bunch of teenagers are absolutely befuddled by Strawberry Fields ... they say the Beatles have lost it, their music makes no sense anymore, they are going to fade away, etc etc Little did they get that they were at the very moment the Beatles were shifting from a teenybopper pop group to the greatest artistic force in the history of rock music.
I grew up with the Beatles. Your reaction to what you were hearing in each ear, brought me back to how I felt the first time I heard this song. It was great to relive this with you.
Just the greatest ever. 1967 and so fresh still. Breaking so much ground for studio recording, the sounds are mind-blowing now so can u imagine what people thought at the time??? Wow heads must have exploded haha.
To undestand the evolution of beatles , look at this: Their first album: Please Please me, was recorded in ony a studio day (8 hours /14 songs) Starwberry Fields forever took them 55 studio hours, only 5 years after Please Please me album.
This is definitely Lennon. He's got sort of a scratchy, raspy quality to his voice, where McCartney's voice is smoother and fuller. I'm not criticizing John Lennon's singing, because I like a lot of his songs. It's simply a way of distinguishing between the two.
This is the genius of John Lennon, there will never be another. This song took 55 hours to record which is still a record to this day. They didn't have the technology in late 66 that we have today. This was recorded on a 4 track.tape machine. This song along with Paul's Penny Lane were to be on The Sgt Pepper Lol but never made because their record label was pressuring their producer for a single and that's a shame. You should do Penny Lane next it's only right. They made great quality color videos to promote both of these songs which you can pull up and play. You will love Penny Lane.
@@Hessulo Correct, John's my guy but in his last big interview with Playboy magazine right before his death that he felt that Paul would sometimes try too sabotage his songs. He was not happy with this song and was very critical about Paul with "Across The Universe" I don't know about all of that. I think it was maybe just an insecurity with John. I know of four different variations of "Across The Universe" and they're all good.
In the sixties, stereo was a relatively new phenomenon. The concept of splitting sounds in a recording between two channels influenced sound engineers to do what you’re hearing: putting different instruments/elements in different channels or even panning them back and forth. Listening to sixties recordings are memorable for this. Jimi Hendrix experience recordings from this time are also worth checking out. Some may find it odd or cliched, but it’s a shame they moved away from this. Most recordings now sound more mono than stereo with everything seeming to be in both speakers. I think stereo helps you hear MORE of what’s in the recording because some sounds get covered up by others.
Yes it's John singing, pleased you like this song, I can just confirm Strawberry Fields was a children home in Liverpool John played there, stlmopoet has posted already ...
When it first came out was in the period when some people were experimenting with LSD there was an acid called Strawberry fields and many thought Lennon was describing a trip on LSD specifically on Strawberry Fields, but of course that was not what the song was about it was about childhood memories of a place where he played as a child called Strawberry Fields.
This is the first song the Beatles recorded from start to finish AFTER they quit touring and doing TV shows or any kind of live performance. They dedicated their time - 700 hours! - completely to the studio. What transpired in the roughly 700 hours they spent crafting this single track became the stuff of legends. After recording 3 or 4 completely different demo takes, they recorded 2 versions of what you just heard as the vocal track and electric instrumentals on one, and the one key and one tempo, then recorded another version at a different tempo and key with stringed instruments and a horn section. At the 1:48 mark of your video Jayy, the Beatles and their studio engineer Geoff Emerick made a revolutionary edit - they asked him to put those two different recordings together. So Emerick devised a way to slow down the tapes of both of the recordings into the same tempo and key, bounce them down to another recording, and splice them together at the exact moment they change without altering the vocal track. Thus creating a seamless transition in the middle of a word. It had never been done before and it was the result of many hours of tedious tape maneuvering and cutting and changing the tape machine speeds. You've just listened to one of the most brilliant recordings in history. Congratulations, you're now a REAL Beatles fan - they're not just the mop-topped Fab Four anymore, eh? lol
Of course that’s John. Mark that unique voice of his. Jayy can’t underscore this enough, but the Beatles changed EVERYTHING! Not just music, but fashion, art, recording technology even! Your handy dandy headphones 🎧 evolved because, starting with the Beatles then rapidly expanding to other groups, bands would put in sonic Easter Eggs like the ones you just experienced that could only be heard through headphones or really well placed stereo speakers. (Stereo was then new) Understand too that Steve Jobs was a HUGE Beatles fan! He named his company after the Beatles’ Apple Records!! He wanted their music to be the first on the iPod!!
Regardless of how it sounds in stereo headphones, it was no less remarkable the first time we heard it on AM radio. In mono, of course. Isn't it interesting that while the Beatles are known as a group who, individually, play lead guitar (Lennon), rhythm guitar (Harrison), bass guitar (McCartney), and drums (Starr), most of their biggest hits, especially from the second half of their career as a group, utilized a creative blend of guitars and orchestral instruments of all different types. This is another thing that set the Beatles apart from so many other groups of their era...and today. Genius.
Yes it is John Lennon singing. Where do you think Led Zeppelin got the idea from. That is the music jumping from ear to ear or one instrument in one ear and the other instruments in the other.
Strawberry fields was an orphanage near John Lennon’s house I believe. The song, as well as the song penny lane, is about Lennon and McCartney’s childhood.
The Beatles is probably one of the deepest rabbit holes to go down my sista!! Along with Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and of course AC/DC!!! Many many hits by all these bands!!! Don’t stop with just a few songs with these bands
There are the Beatles -- and then there is everybody else. There will never be another like them.
They are addictive.
I doubt that even they would not agree with that - but it’s a nice sentiment
you are 100% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zeppelin are pretty damn close. As far as their influence on up and coming musicians and the versatility in their music. I love Jayy's perspective regardless.
@@krisdoggett483 Led Zeppelin never would've been a worldwide phenomenon without the Beatles first opening the floodgates for all British acts starting in 1964.
Big hats off to Ringo for his genius, one of a kind, can’t be anyone else, drumming on this track.
You got that right! ✌️😎
Best drumming in any song I've ever heard. So subtle yet strong.
Ringo has, EASILY 10 or 12 songs that he's an absolute genius on!!! This is damned high on the list, for sure, but the dude was DECADES ahead of his time!!!
When everyone was playing blues beats, he was playing (what we now call) "Linear Beats". That means that you don't ever hit two things on the drumset at the same time... and its BEYOND crazy that he would think to do it, BEYOND crazy how much it worked, and REALLY FUCKING BEYOND CRAZY that people think he was the 'weak link' of that band!!!!
Us drummers know. We just wish the rest of you did too!
so underestimated.
Paul McCartney
Strawberry Fields was a children's home in Liverpool. He played on the grounds of the place when he was a boy. He could relate to the orphans (though someone told me it was closed by the time Lennon played there, he knew the place's history) because his father abandoned John when he was 3. And his mother often sent him to his aunt Mimi's place. His mother was hit and killed by a vehicle, then John lived permanently with Aunt Mimi.
The song seems to be about the confusion of childhood loss, how memories jumble, how you're not sure who to blame, how you pretend to be somewhere else. It's a confused jumble of lyrics at any rate. It's a genius song. Many consider it his best work.
John's mum, Julia was actually run over by an off duty policeman, not a bus
@@Iced-Rockin-Man oops
@@Iced-Rockin-Man I changed it to vehicle.
The Beatles backstories are contrived B.S.
John lived with Aunt Mimi long before that. As for the phrase in the song "and nothing to get hung about," it was a reference to an argument he had with his aunt when he was a child. She had told him to stop breaking into Strawberry Field to play and he had replied, "They can't actually hang me for it!"
I live a couple of miles away from Strawberry Field and my youngest goes to school just down the road. My Mum knew George and Paul when they were all teenagers and had a friend who lived there ❤️
Beatles were my favorite group since my teens and at 73 years old now they still are
It´s inconceivable for me when someone says "I don´t like the Beatles". It sounds like "I don´t like music". Luckily I have heard that only 3 times in my life. I´m 39. Beatles fan since 7.
The 45 of this song with "Penny Lane" on the other side gets my vote as the greatest single in rock music history.
Agreed
"Tomorrow Never Knows" from 'Revolver.'
@@andyallan2909 You've never listened to "Rubber Soul," which was a REVOLUTION.
Long after this song was written, a section of Central Park in New York City was named Strawberry Fields in honor of John Lennon, who lived in the Dakota Apartment Building across the street. When Lennon was shot, mourners flocked to the park to pay their respects.
They still do every year on Dec. 8th.
@@patdonnelly9392 Why December 8th, does it have anything to do with Howard Cosell's big announcement during Monday Night Football and Mark David Chapman ?
Named after a Salvation Army home John had seen as a child.
When George Harrison died, many people also flocked to Strawberry Fields in Central Park. People were playing guitar and singing songs of the Beatles. I was there too.
@@HaleksMTL because he died on december 8..?
I live in Boston..In 2012 I flew to London, England with my wife & another couple, good friends,...in our 50's. Hopped on a 2 hour train Northwest to Liverpool where all 4 BEATLES were born, stayed at the Hard Day's Night Hotel, visited The Cavern Club, and eventually visited John's home. I saw the tree! ...I literally and actually saw and touched the tree that John used to climb to see all the Strawberry Fields girls. Lucky me. Anyway, ...you used the word GENIUS 2 or 3 times on your reaction. It's appropriate. It's called for. It's correct. It's one of the best and most sincere BEATLES reaction videos I've ever seen. Maybe it takes some genius to recognize pure genius. JOHN was a genius.
Nice video. Nice reaction. Keep it Real Baby.
I loved it! Genius ...
Imagine growing up in the sixties and putting a pair of stereo headphones or sitting in front of some quality stereo speakers and hearing this type of production mix for the first time.
At the time many home entertainment centers were still monophonic which doesn't do justice to the album mix, but once you got a stereo turntable and amp, your world suddenly changed with mind-blowing mixes like this.
The Beatles were ahead of their time in production.
that is the memory I have sitting in front of my record player with headphones on reading the liner - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!
Imagine hearing it in MONO on AM radio.
Stereo was still primitive until about 1968.
@@jnagarya519 Imagine that I did back in the sixties... because I did!!!
Now imagine having play the Beatles 45s and LPs on my parents RCA stereophonic record player with Phillips [if I remember right] stereo floor speakers and headphones sometimes in 68... because I Did!!!
Stereo was made to the public in 1958. You're a decade off.
your reaction is probably not dissimilar to those listening for the first time in 1967.
Jayy's face looking like that video of that baby tasting ice cream for the first time!
Great reaction , The Beatles are the gold standard against which all popular music is evaluated. Order the CDs of all their albums and you can own them forever.
You CAN'T go wrong with The Beatles!! I wasn't even born yet when most of their music was made/released, but have listened to it from the minute I came into the world. ( and of course Zeppelin ;) This music is timeless and every song is really a masterpiece on it's own!
2 BEST BANDS EVER
@@Prone2Thrill Agree 👏🤘
Led zeppelin was a great band but Robert Plant was the only vocalist, same as Mick Jagger and the Stones. Beatles had 4 capable lead singers and 3 fantastic songwriter's. Beatles had 16 # 1's on the billboard 100 after their breakup. Led Zeppelin Had 0. That is not counting Mull of Kintyre, which was #1 in the UK.
I was born in 48 so I grew up with this
You were right on about this --- Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army children's home close to John Lennon's childhood home in Woolton and he and his friends used to play in a garden there
Yaasss girl and that’s why 60 YEARS LATER, they’re still #1 selling band WORLDWIDE
Jayy, I'm born and raised in Liverpool, the home city of the beatles. I've never been much of a fan, but I can talk about strawberry fields. John lennon lived in Menlove Avenue, while he was a small boy. At the back of his house, was a large field where he played as a kid. One of the properties was a building owned by the salvation army, which was an orphanage called strawberry fields. He played with the orphans when he was a young boy. Strawberry fields is still there, although it is not used as a children's orphanage. It is a tourist attraction, which has many visitors from all over the world, mainly Japanese, because John Lennon married Yoko Ono.
Always want it to keep going. That's the genius of George Martin on the desk, bouncing tracks, arranging strings and brass, reversing tracks. Remember this was done on tape and anologue effects, no digital recording then. I knew the song for about five years before I heard it in stereo. You should watch the Magical Mystery Tour film.
George Martin was so ahead of his time, a wizard of production.
The "Magical Mystery Tour," a Paul project, was a flop.
This song was recorded in two different tempos then the faster one was slowed down to match the other then synched together in the final recording.
Both versions were also recorded in different musical styles. Combining the two is what give this song its haunting, unusual sound
Recording engineer George Martin invented analog recording "tricks" to do this
So glad you young people are discovering the Beatles! You wouldn't want to miss out on this experience.
Yep, that's John Lennon singing. Strawberry Fields was a place familiar to him. This was one of their psychedelic albums (Sgt. Pepper being the other).
Revolver was their first album that has some psychedelic songs on it.
@@alrivers2297 True enough.
It is a Salvation Army orphanage. When John Lennon was a kid, he lived nearby and used to sneak into the playground to play with the orphans, of whom, there were probably alot, since it was during and not long after WWII.
At 5:18-5:21, there are a few words said at a slow speed. Many people think it is John Lennon saying "I buried Paul." The Beatles have said it is "cranberry sauce." There is a conspiracy theory that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike, but The Beatles then inexplicably left many hints in their music and album covers. The theory itself is absurd, but there is quite a bit of supposed evidence. I like to think it's the greatest practical joke ever, conceived of and perpetrated by The Beatles, and that when the last Beatle dies we will be told the truth. There is a Wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead
What can you say? They got together with George Martin, threw out the rule book and rewrote it in another language. The world of music changed when they met George.
Great reaction. You cant lose with the Beatles.
Oh, the Magical Mystery Tour.... The Beatles went through so many phases in their short career. Been ages since I've heard this song. Thanks, Jayy.... I enjoyed listening. I had forgotten how much goes on during this song. It's magical. lol Take care and be well. Peace.
Well, it's not called Magical Mystery Tour for nothing lol. This is different a good song! My favorite Beatles songs are Here Comes The Sun and Let It Be!
This song blew me away as a kid. Their instrumentation has not even been duplicated by some of the more powerful synths of late. I remember thinking "Where did they get those sounds from???" I know now, but sheesh. Genius!
Listening is just a reminder of their greatness. As a band and solo work.
The Beatles quit touring in the fall of 1966. Playing their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on Aug 29. They each went their own ways. John went to Spain to film How I Won The War. It was there that he wrote most of SFF. The Beatles returned to the recording studio on Nov 26th, tackling Johns SFF. The lads spent 45 hours completing the song. (which is actually 2 separate versions, edited together at the 1:00 minute mark) Far and away the most time they had spent on the recording of any single song. Love your reaction JAYY. Thanks for sharing, RNB
Everyone has his own favourites, but htis is mine. I think this is the most creative and perfect arranged song they ever did.
I thought this was a pretty cool song when I first heard it too. Didn t t take long to learn the words and sing along every time I heard it. Still do. It was quite creative by John Lennon. It s a masterpiece.
Agreed
my second favorite, after "a day in the life."
It's my 2nd favorite.
Blackbird is my favorite song of all time.
This is when pop music went from love and dance tunes to music you sat down and listened to.
One song spliced from two different cuts of the same song. One slower and mellow and the second edited on at the “GOING” at the start of the second chorus... different keys and tempos, and the LEGENDARY producer George Martin and his team controlled tape speeds to get them to match...
You have just listened to one of the greatest pieces of REAL music created that was manipulated by voltage control, tape treatment and talent... no computers, no autotune.
GENIUS!
I live right by strawberry fields and it has become a shrine to the Beatles with thousands of tourists every year visiting, my son goes to school right opposite the place and they study the Beatles when they do music lessons.
Another classic from that LP is "I Am The Walrus"!
Kookoo Katchoo ?
If you can interpret the lyrics to I am the Walrus you are a freaking mind reader or taking LSD.
A lot of the later Beatle music is geared to listening to in an altered state of mind.
This Is One Of My All Time Favorite Song's Of The Beatles,love seeing your reactions to this great classic song, please keep them coming
The Beatles, master songwriters. With producer George Martin, God's of the recording studio. I was lucky enough to visit Liverpool and see strawberry fields and some other landmarks.
God’s??? The Beatles knew English. Some do not…
John and Paul were simply two really great songwriters - together the genius and creativity just exploded exponentially. It feels like no one will ever be capable of producing such unique, original music ever again. You should treat yourself and do a deep dive into their catalog. You will find hardly any "throwaway" songs on any of the albums. Every album has at least 5 or 6 classic gems.
One of my favorite Beatles tunes. I love their lyrics.
Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see ❤️
The Beatles all grew up in Liverpool England, and close to where John lived, there was an orphanage named Strawberry Field. As a kid John and his friends used to hang out there and play. He had good memories of playing there. To keep up with John, Paul then wrote a song about a street he remembers as a kid, Penny Lane. Both great songs.
I recall vividly the first time I heard this. It was in February 1967 when I was a freshman at the University of Toronto. Pulled up at night to park at the on-campus residence, and Strawberry Fields Forever aired on what was then authentic real free FM radio. I sat in my car mesmerized, unable to move. Nothing like it ever before. Only the Beatles could make a song like that in that day and release it to a worldwide pop audience. Fifty-four years ago. Strawberry Fields never gets old.
World music domination. BEFORE any internet.
The drum track gets more heavy and serious with each passing chorus. It’s incredible and had huge impressions on me when I was a kid. The entire ending is backward-looped. Not knowing about this trick when I was young was a real mind-fk!
More Beatles reactions! , there's so many songs to react...
Aunt Mimi told him that he shouldn't trespass into the locked gate of Strawberry Field but Lennon contended that "they won't hang you for it", hence the line in the song
Welcome to the Beatles Fan Club. Strawberry fields was a park John Lennon used to go to as a kid growing up.
Orphanage. But you're right. I think it might had been closed by the time Lennon started playing there. But it still was a sad place for Lennon because of the orphanage past and Lennon's hard past.
Yes- that's John Winston Lennon on vocal, with James Paul McCartney sing the harmony vocal on one chorus
My Mum knew George and Paul as teenagers as they were the same age. She had a friend who lived at Strawberry Field ❤️
@@debjorgo it was a children’s home from 1936-2005, but they demolished the original building in the early 70s due to structural issues and the building was replaced. My Mum had a friend that lived there ❤️
@@lynedwards6714 It seems like I remember reading somewhere that John would actually play on the grounds, which I wouldn't think he'd be able to do if it were open and there were children on the grounds. I didn't know. It's cool your mom knew George and Paul! Did she ever hear them playing their guitars?
The production on the Beatles albums was/is groundbreaking. Always will be. Always listen to the "studio" albums with good headphones on!
The Beatles played around with slowing down and speeding up the recordings, this being a famous example where it slows and distorts the singers voice for the second verse. They'd often slow the drums down just a touch to give it a deeper rich sound and play it in one ear, and speed the vocals up a tiny bit to give it a higher ethereal floating quality and play it in the opposite ear or in the middle. Really top shelf recording techniques, when digital didn't even exist yet. I love the rhythm guitar playing the syncopated "doppler" beat in the first verse, like the Supremes did in You Keep Me Hanging On.
I'm 70 and well aware of all Beatles music, as I was listening to it when it was new, and I still love this music. Strawberry Fields and many other songs on Magical Mystery Tour, were originally released as singles (45 rpm). They came out of the same sessions as Sgt Pepper, but were released as singles prior to Sgt Pepper, to find out if this radical psychedelic sound would be accepted by the public. The public loved it, and at that time, psychedelics were first being used by people of my generation (Babyboomers). Very important to these songs was the genius of producer George Martin (often referred to as the 5th Beatle).
The use of panning from left to right creatively is present on a lot of old records. It's great. All of this was recorded with just four tracks, too.
The left/right dynamic you’re hearing is because of the way they used to record back in the day on just a handful of tracks and pan certain instruments hard left, hard right, or center. The intent is to really surround the listener with the experience of the band instruments
The time the period of that era was different , the music , hippie movement , Vietnam war , demostrations ,civil rights movement , the 1960,s and early 1970,s was hell growing up in , the musical artist like the beatles , Jimi Hendrix, led zeppelin , rolling stones and many other groups were our inspirational guidance to grab a hold to something peacefull and Love in Life through all that turmoil , the Rock in roll psychedelic purple haze was a hype , the music was deep and in your face , KOOL !!!!
The flutes you hear in the beginning are sampled ones, played by Paul on a mellotron, one of the first ever sampling keyboards to exist. It sounds backwards when you play it gently, but if you hit the keys really hard, they "spit" the notes. You can hear that for example at the start of Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James by Manfred Mann.
This is why the Beatles changed rock music forever.
I actually have this on a 45. Whats ever better is that the flip side song is Rain in which the Beatles pioneered so many new recording techniques, like playing solos backwards, recording it backwards, then playing it forwards and recording it that way, really made for some interesting effects .
John's voice was recorded at normal speed but was slowed down to another note to fit the musical notes of the instruments that the producer suggested ..That is why his voice sounds strange on this .
John Sang it.
In the Mish Mash Following the song, you can hear a voice saying something like "I buried Paul"... There was a Rumor Running around that Paul had Been Killed in a Car Crash Crash and was replaced by a Doppelganger. The Beatles left almost 200 "Clues" In their Songs and Album Covers.
The Beatles recorded this song with 2 eight track mixers. As well as their whole Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band Album. So some instruments and vocals only play on the left side and some only play on the right side.
Oh, that is such a beautiful reaction....thank you! Strawberry Fields was an orphanage in Liverpool near Johns home growing up.
Some of those sounds are cymbal crashes or other instruments being played backwards. The Beatles revolutionized how music was edited in the studio.
I've been to Strawberry Fields in Central Park...it's so surreal all the people singing Beatles and John's songs...While other people are playing their music. And so close to the Dakota. You can just about feel John there and no one dares to step in that "Imagine" circle. It's Peace and Love there for me. Strawberry Fields Forever is from A concept album "Sergeant Pepper" it's a girls name.
It's a great off a great album. Back in those days bands cared what their recordings sounded like... It's called Stereo what your hearing. RIP❤John❤4eva
Beatles was ahead of their time psychedelich genius track
Another excellent choice Jayy, I love when you do the oldies!!! Keep up the good work bright eyes, I always look forward to what you do next
I'm 71 and your reaction (somehow) took me straight back to my first hearing of this when it came out (and all those other wonderful songs - Hole in my Shoe, Whiter Shade of Pale, Nights in White Satin, etc, etc.) Thank you.
Still has the power to blow ur mind over half a century later.
That is from 1967. The first stereo record came out in 1957, at that time with considerable problems with quality assurance. A stereo system was still a status symbol in the early 1960s. Basically they recorded their soundtracks in mono and divided them over the two channels in order to have a "stereo effect" for people who could use it.
Also new to the Beatles at this time was the incorporation of unusual instruments into rock music. Common was guitars, drums, bass, maybe also piano. In this song there is also a Wurlitzer piano, a melotron, blower and a sitar. With this concept they were the developers of beat music and later pop music. In addition, LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide back then here we called it "Trips") was just becoming fashionable at this time, which they also used abundantly.
With the instruments is well explained here. In German, however, only the language, not the instruments. The subtitles can be translated automatically.
ua-cam.com/video/ylNxswcRuGY/v-deo.html
When it was released as a 45 RPM single it was not in stereo (Single records generally were not). Can you imagine hearing it in stereo for the first time. What a trip that was!
Syrawberry fields was sort of a park in Liverpool where they would hang out in their younger days!!!
Sterophonics! Tape loops! Altered speeds forever... Genius is right and more. The Beatles always deliver the ear treats. Ringo's parts shine too.
Part of what you experienced was an artifact of the way the Beatles recorded at the time. They only had access to a 4 track machine, so they needed to make the absolute best of what was available. Along the way, they learned some things as did their recording staff as they tried to push the boundaries. Essentially, they invented several techniques on-the-fly that then influenced the recording industry as a whole. Quite often, their engineers would live in fear of being fired for doing things to the machines that weren't within acceptable guideline practices. This track is basically an audio painting. You can see imagery plus you can also feel it in your head at the proper moments.
It's the most extraordinary song of all time. So many sounds
Others have given the history that Strawberry Field was a girls orphanage. WHen John's mother was killed she was sent to live with his aunt and uncle whose house backed up to the orphanage. Strawberry Fields was near a boys reformatory where he and a few friends would go to garden parties. He would go through the fields to get there.
His aunt did want him going through the fields or to the garden parties as she felt it would corrupt him. His response - typical of a teenager - was "what are they going to do, hang me?" So the line in the song "Nothing to get hung about" is a direct reference to his aunt. Kind thumbing his nose at her.
That's those 1960's mixes...
Stereo was new, and the Beatles took full advantage of it. Many of their earlier songs had, for instance, bass and drums from one speaker and guitar and vocals from the other. From ‘Revolver’ on it was anything goes, sound from everywhere.
This song came out in February 1967, just about three years to the day from the first time 95% of America saw them on the Ed Sullivan show.
I was 8 in 1967 and had been 5 in 1964. Even hearing it mostly on tinny transistor radio speakers, you could still tell this was something completely different.
There's a hilarious clip on UA-cam from Dick Clark's American Bandstand in which a bunch of teenagers are absolutely befuddled by Strawberry Fields ... they say the Beatles have lost it, their music makes no sense anymore, they are going to fade away, etc etc
Little did they get that they were at the very moment the Beatles were shifting from a teenybopper pop group to the greatest artistic force in the history of rock music.
1:50 when the drums kick in your reaction is priceless ❤️
Thanks for this video
I grew up with the Beatles. Your reaction to what you were hearing in each ear, brought me back to how I felt the first time I heard this song. It was great to relive this with you.
Also, John wrote this about a real place. It was an orphanage in Liverpool where he played when he was a kid.
Just the greatest ever. 1967 and so fresh still. Breaking so much ground for studio recording, the sounds are mind-blowing now so can u imagine what people thought at the time??? Wow heads must have exploded haha.
I guess hip hop is never recorded in stereo. Stereo was standard in the 70s on in rock.
To undestand the evolution of beatles , look at this:
Their first album: Please Please me, was recorded in ony a studio day (8 hours /14 songs)
Starwberry Fields forever took them 55 studio hours, only 5 years after Please Please me album.
Oh yeah, The Beatles were, and still are something special.
You make laugh while I’m crying. Great reaction. First class on the sincerity scale.
This is definitely Lennon. He's got sort of a scratchy, raspy quality to his voice, where McCartney's voice is smoother and fuller. I'm not criticizing John Lennon's singing, because I like a lot of his songs. It's simply a way of distinguishing between the two.
This is the genius of John Lennon, there will never be another. This song took 55 hours to record which is still a record to this day. They didn't have the technology in late 66 that we have today. This was recorded on a 4 track.tape machine. This song along with Paul's Penny Lane were to be on The Sgt Pepper Lol but never made because their record label was pressuring their producer for a single and that's a shame. You should do Penny Lane next it's only right. They made great quality color videos to promote both of these songs which you can pull up and play. You will love Penny Lane.
Lennon still complained they dont work enough for HIS songs.
@@Hessulo Correct, John's my guy but in his last big interview with Playboy magazine right before his death that he felt that Paul would sometimes try too sabotage his songs. He was not happy with this song and was very critical about Paul with "Across The Universe" I don't know about all of that. I think it was maybe just an insecurity with John. I know of four different variations of "Across The Universe" and they're all good.
It was Lennon singing. After Lennon's death part of Central Park in New York was named Strawberry Fields to honor Lennon.
Ringo makes this song. No one else could have possibly played on this.
In the sixties, stereo was a relatively new phenomenon. The concept of splitting sounds in a recording between two channels influenced sound engineers to do what you’re hearing: putting different instruments/elements in different channels or even panning them back and forth.
Listening to sixties recordings are memorable for this. Jimi Hendrix experience recordings from this time are also worth checking out. Some may find it odd or cliched, but it’s a shame they moved away from this. Most recordings now sound more mono than stereo with everything seeming to be in both speakers. I think stereo helps you hear MORE of what’s in the recording because some sounds get covered up by others.
that genius sound is for that time new STEREO effect . Before that was mono recording vinyl and tape.
Yes it's John singing, pleased you like this song, I can just confirm Strawberry Fields was a children home in Liverpool John played there, stlmopoet has posted already ...
When it first came out was in the period when some people were experimenting with LSD there was an acid called Strawberry fields and many thought Lennon was describing a trip on LSD specifically on Strawberry Fields, but of course that was not what the song was about it was about childhood memories of a place where he played as a child called Strawberry Fields.
This is the first song the Beatles recorded from start to finish AFTER they quit touring and doing TV shows or any kind of live performance. They dedicated their time - 700 hours! - completely to the studio. What transpired in the roughly 700 hours they spent crafting this single track became the stuff of legends.
After recording 3 or 4 completely different demo takes, they recorded 2 versions of what you just heard as the vocal track and electric instrumentals on one, and the one key and one tempo, then recorded another version at a different tempo and key with stringed instruments and a horn section.
At the 1:48 mark of your video Jayy, the Beatles and their studio engineer Geoff Emerick made a revolutionary edit - they asked him to put those two different recordings together. So Emerick devised a way to slow down the tapes of both of the recordings into the same tempo and key, bounce them down to another recording, and splice them together at the exact moment they change without altering the vocal track. Thus creating a seamless transition in the middle of a word. It had never been done before and it was the result of many hours of tedious tape maneuvering and cutting and changing the tape machine speeds.
You've just listened to one of the most brilliant recordings in history. Congratulations, you're now a REAL Beatles fan - they're not just the mop-topped Fab Four anymore, eh? lol
The new guy was pretty good too!
Stereo effects are so cool! Queen and Pink Floyd do this a lot too! Strawberry Fields is a place John Lennon went to escape everyday life.
Yep they were all influenced by Fab Four
Of course that’s John. Mark that unique voice of his.
Jayy can’t underscore this enough, but the Beatles changed EVERYTHING!
Not just music, but fashion, art, recording technology even!
Your handy dandy headphones 🎧 evolved because, starting with the Beatles then rapidly expanding to other groups, bands would put in sonic Easter Eggs like the ones you just experienced that could only be heard through headphones or really well placed stereo speakers. (Stereo was then new)
Understand too that Steve Jobs was a HUGE Beatles fan! He named his company after the Beatles’ Apple Records!! He wanted their music to be the first on the iPod!!
Thanks!
Regardless of how it sounds in stereo headphones, it was no less remarkable the first time we heard it on AM radio. In mono, of course.
Isn't it interesting that while the Beatles are known as a group who, individually, play lead guitar (Lennon), rhythm guitar (Harrison), bass guitar (McCartney), and drums (Starr), most of their biggest hits, especially from the second half of their career as a group, utilized a creative blend of guitars and orchestral instruments of all different types. This is another thing that set the Beatles apart from so many other groups of their era...and today. Genius.
Yes it is John Lennon singing. Where do you think Led Zeppelin got the idea from. That is the music jumping from ear to ear or one instrument in one ear and the other instruments in the other.
The Beatles also used that technique in their non-song Revolution No.9
@@MsAppassionata True and think you for reminding me of it.
If you want to see them working on what's become a classic track, watch the official video of "Hey Bulldog." Its absolute magic.
Strawberry fields was an orphanage near John Lennon’s house I believe. The song, as well as the song penny lane, is about Lennon and McCartney’s childhood.
The Beatles is probably one of the deepest rabbit holes to go down my sista!! Along with Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and of course AC/DC!!! Many many hits by all these bands!!! Don’t stop with just a few songs with these bands
Yes, Lennon does most, but not all the singing here. Love your reacts btw.
Only John is singing on this - he is double tracked at times though