The Beatles popularity will never wane or die. Because they were uniquely talented and versatile. They worked so well together to produce timeless songs that retain their appeal, generation after generation. And with each new generation they gain new fans - how many other artists can say that ? They were so consistently good, and that's why their music is still played and admired around the world today.
TWENTY-SEVEN Billboard NUMBER ONE hits in eight years! Name any other band that has even come close to this in the last 53 years. On 4/04/64, they had the top 5 songs on the Billboard Top 100. No one else has ever done that, either. They truly didn't sound the same on any album, yet you could always tell it was them.
Mr Duffy, this is the ultimate rabbit hole. I wore out this 8 track in the early 70s going back and forth to college. I still listen to them and always will.
I absolutely LOVE the Beatles music..always will. I'm now in my 70's and I'm truly thankful I grew up during this time period. Yes Paul can sing soft and rocker..He still performs so well. Ringo is the drummer..Amazing drummer!! oh and he can sing too..just doesn't as often.
1964 The Beatles came to America. I was 15 and was not into rock and roll. I remember a Teacher had , "Name the Beatles" as a test question. I had no idea. I lived in New York, They came to play at Shae Stadium. not far from where I lived. I did not like the early stuff, but by the time they did A Hard Day's Night. I was totally on board. Amazing following their growth and collecting their records as they were released, Recording was going through a revolution at the time, Stereo was introduced and other improvements in production.. Their music just kept getting better and more people were listening. Even my parents were impressed by some of their numbers. Times changed but it seemed the Beatles were at the forefront of every movement. The Psychedelic era was trippy , Things came back to Earth in the gritty seventies, Protests and anti war movements typified that era.. They made great music up to their last album. Looking back it is truly amazing that they produced so much in the short years that they were together. Their music sounds as good today as the day it was recorded. It is good to see the younger generations discovering music before their time. I do not see the extent of Beatlemania that I witnessed growing up with it, It was insane, all the girl's screaming at these four mop heads. A far cry from Abby Road.
The medley on side two is breathtaking. The mini songs fit together seamlessly until the final climactic ending and the poignant message at the end - "The love you take is equal to the love you make". A fitting tribute and swansong to the greatest musical phenomenon the world has ever known.
Paul McCartney does a great job singing this song... but what a lot of people may not know is that McCartney played the bass for the Beatles. He was famous for the Hofner "violin" bass, but for this album (Abbey Road, the last album recorded by the Beatles -- Let it Be was released later, but was recorded before Abbey Road), McCartney played a Rickenbacker bass, which had a fatter sound than the Hofner. I've been playing the bass for 27 years (both electric and acoustic) and I'll never forget when I bought my first electric bass... the store was playing Abbey Road over the sound system. I noticed how really great the bass sounded and learned that it was McCartney who played it. This song is a case in point of his great, melodic bass lines. I recommend to anyone to listen to the entire Abbey Road album in headphones and pay attention to the bass. It's really quite magnificent (pay special attention to the song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)") and be prepared to be blown away.
When i got into The Beatles as a small kid in the 70´s The Beatles was already "yesterdays news", im sure many people still loved them but i was certainly the odd kid that liked The Beatles since none of my friends or classmates liked them and probably quite few of my generation and it was much like that until we got in to the 2000´s i would say when it felt like suddenly more and more people were liking them again. I have never gotten tired of them and have always been a huge fan.
That's because the quality of music declined steadily from the mid 80's onwards. Styles such as foul mouthed rap and electronic music mean songs are so artificial and lame now. People want REAL music. And that means from the sixties and seventies.
There is reason why The Beatles are wildly considered the best rock/pop band of all time. What is a fact is they are all time largest recording selling band and has more number 1' hits" than any other band.
You wouldn’t be able to conceive how popular they were back in the day because there is no current day equivalent or even anything that comes close. When they stayed at a hotel in any city the roads around it ended up closed because of the crowds standing in the street hoping for a glimpse of them. When they visited Adelaide in South Australia in 1964, 300,000 peopled lined the 10 mile road from the airport to their hotel which was pretty much half the city’s population of 630,000. There has been nothing like it since then.
You can't realize how popular the Beatles were back in the day. It was called Beatlemania and was nothing close to how popular they are now. Just look at any concert film or crowd reaction to any appearance of the Beatles to show how loved they were by their fans. They had such massive influences on the development of rock and as well as cultural issues it hard to convey as there's nothing like it now.
In Britain in the early seventies, the Scottish "Glam Rock" teenybopper band "The Bay City Rollers" briefly equalled Beatlemania as far as frenzied adoration by the fans was concerned. However the Rollers appealed mainly to that younger demographic and not to a wider audience, and their songs were fluff and forgettable - in contrast to the brilliance and longevity of the Beatles.
People now are aware that The Beatles were a major influence on early rock music, however, most in your age bracket don’t even have the level of awareness that you do, and you acknowledge that you only know maybe ten songs or so. To have lived it back then, their influence extended far beyond the music. Before The Beatles, most of us boys had crew cuts, however, within a year of them coming onto the scene, if you didn’t have a Beatles cut you just weren’t cool. Our dads hated it because “only girls wear bangs” and even our clothing began to change because of their influence. They were a true cultural phenomenon beyond the music.
Paul McCartney could sing a soft song and then belt out like a rocker…he can still do it too (of course not as clear). It’s been 50 years + since he sang this…and it still makes my knees weak and gives me goosebumps. The Beatles are the greatest band ever.
No. He used to be able to do it, right. But frankly, he has lost most if his voice by now. Actually since the mid 80's he has not been able to sing such powerfully as he does here.
I don't know how many songs there are by the Beatles... but no doubt every one is different from the previous and the next ones...They were and still are the best ever!
There are many songs were Paul shows the grit in his voice. Even just a few that popped in off the top of my head are Why Don't We Do It In The Road?, Helter Skelter, Hey Jude, Long Tall Sally, etc. They have a very deep catalog. What a fun band and so talented.
She's A Woman, Lady Madonna, just off the top of my head....Paul could do just about anything, and he was truly writing about himself in The Fool on The Hill, when he referred to the fool as "the man of a thousand voices". Paul truly always has been an actor, there's just about nothing he couldn't sing! LONG MAY HE RUN!
@@MissAstorDancer and that just made another one pop into my head .... I'm Down. That song is such a banger and the backing vocals on it are incredibly intense as well.
@@MissAstorDancer In fact just now went and listened to it and I forgot that it was even better than I was remembering. What Ringo is doing there is just fantastic and everything is killer and yeah Paul totally goes off at the end, laugh. m.ua-cam.com/video/lOWrScjXMRE/v-deo.html
@@stevedahlberg8680 Oh, you beat me to it! I got distracted by some squirrel and forgot to pull it up! OMG, that makes me as HAPPY as an old Hippy can get! I damn sure remember how much unadulterated JOY they brought me as a kid and teen! I am still humbled and grateful! It truly was magic!
They were more than a musical group. They were the cultural influencers of their generation and changed culture forever from the times just before them. Society never looked back after that with a big leap forward.
'Choir boy' Paul McCartney loved Little Richard's sound when Paul was coming up into music. You need to listen to Paul's 1964 recording of "Long Tall Sally", recorded when he was about 22yrs-old. Also, you should listen to Paul's 1968 song "Helter Skelter" (considered by many to be the very first Heavy Metal song). A bit of advice if you want to understand what you're hearing while doing this dive into the Beatles' catalogue: Pay attention to the release dates. The Beatles EVOLVED; I mean SERIOUSLY evolved, and very quickly. They were working class kids (literally) who couldn't afford much. They started playing guitar in their early teens. Paul and John met when they were 14 and 15 respectively; George was a year younger than Paul and had just started playing with Paul, but pulled in with John later. And Paul and John started writing songs right away, letting them work through bad writing a lot sooner than George. So, you got these kids doing covers in performances at local UK clubs and events, writing songs for each other, they go to Germany to perform long hours for crap payment. Then some guy who works in a clothing store says he can help their careers (GIVE them a career) and gets them signed to a recording contract. 1962, they enter a recording studio and begin learning recording from scratch. George is 19, Paul is 20, John turns 21 that year. John knocks up his girlfriend, so he's married by 22. They have no real expertise in studio recording. And their first professional album comes out in 1963. That's your starting context. Now, either pick 3-4 songs from each album in chronological order or release. You pick them or have your Commentors/Subscribers pick them. The point is to put the music in context. Part of what makes the Beatles so great is how quickly they grew as musicians. They were lucky that, when they signed that recording contract, George Martin was assigned to produce their albums; he became a mentor to them, teaching them how to record. Eventually, they outpaced him, but good music is a collaboration and he always had something to contribute. I know I'm late to this party, but you can always go back and start again, chronologically. Studying the growth of the Beatles is not a lot different than observing the development of popular music through the 1960s. You and stretch even further if you then go by year of the solo work of these fine artists.
They are widely thought of as the beat band of all time by many now a days. But during their time they were unbelievably recognized as the trend setters of the time. There will never be a more followed musician/band as the beatles were in their time
McCartney's vocal range is just incredible. On the White Album from 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' to 'I Will'. Beatles fans will know what I'm referring to.
Possibly Paul's greatest recorded vocal in his entire career. Truly amazing. The album, Abbey Road, is the most sublime greatest rock album ever produced IMO.
I love the song "Revolution" from the Beatles. BUT! There are two versions of this song: 1. The single version, which is very rocky. 2. The album version (White Album), which is more kind of bluesy. I prefer the second version from the album. But perhaps it would be funny if you listen to both?
There are actually 3 versions. The two "rocky" ones, but one has George and Paul doing the "bow shoo be do wap" in it During the VIDEO of it, and the other rocky one doesn't. Plus the album version is slower and bluesy --- I like that one too.
If you're going to work your way through the Beatles. Do it in order. You'll understand the progression from 1964 'She Loves You' & etc to Sargent Peppers 1967, just 3 years, so much better.
@@patticrichton1135 I've only ever known one reactor to do the entire Beatles catalogue. He did it on Patreon,, did all UK releases, and believe it or not, just STOPPED after, I think, one record (or was it only one side?) of The White album, and never did any more reactions.
@@patticrichton1135 And forget reviewing those mashed up American versions on the Capitol label, that had bits and pieces of songs all mixed up. What a mess they are. Stick with the official British / European releases.
Back in 1978; there was this failed movie, based on Beatles songs. It was named after their album; St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and starred Peter Frampton, and the Bee Gees. In it; Robin Gibb sings this song. The soundtrack has some of the best Beatles covers, and this song is so beautifully done by Robin. Everyone should give it a listen.
You got it right: They're as authentic as you can get. There's a great video out there : 'A Brief History of the Beatles' that's really help you understand who they were and what they did. Worth checking out!
If it's the video I'm thinking of then it's not really worth checking out as it has multiple glaring errors in it. It should really be called "A Brief and Inaccurate History of the Beatles".
Elvis, the Beatles,and Led Zeppelin...the Biggest influencers of the decades they reined! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Dude they were always GREAT, AND LOVED!
How popular were the Beatles? When they broke up, it was front page news on many newspapers around the world! We were all tuned in to their music, they influenced hairstyles, fashion, politics, hugely changed music production and album presentation. And they were prolific, new albums came out in months instead of years. They made the music business important! It was a great ride for the 5 or 6 years it went on. By the time of Revolver, then Sgt Pepper, the world was tuned in. Even after they broke up, in my opinion the great 70's music was the blossoming of seeds planted by the Beatles.
Hey don’t feel bad about only knowing a few songs right now. You are young and they are many Beatles treasures to uncover. Just search for Beatles albums 1962 through 1970 and enjoy the Magical Mystery Tour 😊. As far as the story of the band I recommend The Beatles Anthology released on television in 97 then on dvd in 2003. Nearly 53 years after their break up The Beatles continue to enthrall and influence generations of musicians. 1950’s were the birth and childhood of rock n roll,the 60’s was its adolescence and bringing it through its coming of age among some of the best singer songwriters of that era were the Beatles.But I believe they also saved it and made it a legitimate art form. Critics for awhile thought that rock was a fad passing in the night. But bands like the Beatles and The Beach Boys answered them back. I hope you enjoy your discovery of the Beatles and 1960’s for that matter
I remember, in the late 80s getting my first CDs - they were just out on the market. and I listed to this album through headphones (mind you, this is after years of vinyl and little teeny one-piece record players). I swear I levitated.
Love your Beatles' appreciations! "Oh Darilng" is great, I love it, not sure, thought that I'd classify it as their best song. They have so many 'best songs' in the multiple styles they master. I urge you explore their incomparable "Medley" of songs on Side 2 of the Abbey Road album.
The depiction of the four lads crossing Abbey Road was their message at the time to me as a teenager that the band was dead. Thus the depiction on the cover, John in white as the Pastor, Ringo in black as the pallbearer, Paul as the deceased tying the Paul is Dead controversy in with this their last album and George as the Gravedigger.
it's 2023 ...... how can we beleive that you have never heard a song that is well over 53 years old???? You should check out this guy named Bethoven! He's pretty good!
Revolution - Eleanor Rigby - A Day In the Life -- Fool On the Hill - Strawberry Fields Forever - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - all great songs
Listen to TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, a John song, written using one of Ringo's (drums) catchy phrases. The drums are so psychedelic and unique, it is the most trippy, transcendental song they have.
John has a biting, nasal (in a good way) sound, Paul has a rounder, smoother voice, George is right in the middle and Ringo (yes, he sings a song on every album, and wrote a few) has a deeper, Brit sounding voice. (Octopuses garden, yellow submarine, a little help from my friends, don't pass me by). He is also one of the best drummers (using the drums as an instrument other than just a beat) ever.
Paul came into the studio early everyday to sing this by himself because he felt his voice was too clear. John said he thought he could sing this one better but it was Paul's song.
You know what synchronicity is? That's when all the stars align - all conditions & factors come together to make something almost miraculous. Well that's what happened with the Beatles. The right people, in the right place, at the right time. It added up to 4 Northern kids who changed the world. If they'd come along, say, 50 or 25 years earlier, they'd still have been a great, popular band (in the style of the period). But people probably wouldn't still be listening to them much, since the technology they used arrived _just in time_ for their endless creativity to fully orchestrate (layer & manipulate) their musical vision. In the new millennium, when we listen to e.g. Abbey Road, it sounds different from modern recordings - but in no way _inferior._ We're not subtly annoyed by the sonic limitations, the way we might be, listening to early sound recordings. The Beatles arrived at _exactly_ the right moment in history.
Paul wrote and sang this song but John Lennon wished he wrote the song because he felt it was more his style of song to sing with his voice. I love how Paul dies it. Sorry John.
A couple of things about this song. Lennon was on record as saying that he, as opposed to McCartney, should have sung lead on it, given that it was more his style (straight up rock and roll) than McCartney's. I believe him. This song does showcase McCartney's range, but as a little RnB tune, Lennon would have infused it with more soul. This song also ends with that two-chord thing that Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" starts with, so that was a bit of an homage there.
At one time, they held the #1,2,3,4 and 5th spots on billboards top 10 list.for something like 6 weeks straight. Maybe it was more idr. Nobody ever did that before.
So many great songs. It's hard to choose. Here's 2 choices. For what many say is the greatest love song ever listen to "Something" written and sung NY George Harrison. For a fun songli listen to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by Paul.
Why is he barefoot? Because it was apparently a hot day by British standards. Paul wore slip-on footware that day. They ended up taking several photos of them crossing this street and he decided to kick his footware off. He was trying to be comfortable. Or.....(cue ominous music) He's dead! By 1969 it had become widely alluded to the Paul had died in a car wreck in 1966 and was substituted with a lookalike. Out of guilt, or some sense of moral obligation, the Beatles began posting little clues in their songs and album covers to provide the pathway to the truth. For example, Paul was barefoot and it is the custom in some countries (Italy is most often used) to bury the corpse barefooted. The procession you see on the cover, John followed by Ringo, etc., has been defined as John is the Jesus figure leading Ringo dressed like a minister followed by the deceased, Paul, and then George, the grave digger. Notice the license plate on the Volkswagen? 28IF? Intended to mean that if he had lived, Paul would have been 28. He was 27 at this time, I believe. Some would point out that Paul is left-handed but the cigarette is in the wrong hand. There's more, but those are the easy ones to detect. The whole conspiracy was fascinating and I played along like everyone else. There are those today that still feel that Paul is dead and was replaced by William Campbell....or was it Billy Shears...or was it..etc?
One of their best. Well, the Beatles have like more than a hundred "one of their best" songs.
True true true
800 million albums and 2.5 billion singles sold since 1962! No one else comes close! That's why they are the greatest! Hands down!
The Beatles popularity will never wane or die. Because they were uniquely talented and versatile. They worked so well together to produce timeless songs that retain their appeal, generation after generation. And with each new generation they gain new fans - how many other artists can say that ? They were so consistently good, and that's why their music is still played and admired around the world today.
That bass line is amazing 🤤
TWENTY-SEVEN Billboard NUMBER ONE hits in eight years! Name any other band that has even come close to this in the last 53 years. On 4/04/64, they had the top 5 songs on the Billboard Top 100. No one else has ever done that, either. They truly didn't sound the same on any album, yet you could always tell it was them.
The whole Abbey Road album is FIRE, man. You need to listen to the whole thing. You'll be transported.
oh yes!!!
One of my favorite Beatle songs. Paul is amazing in this song. They are so talented. Each song goes a different direction.
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Mr Duffy, this is the ultimate rabbit hole. I wore out this 8 track in the early 70s going back and forth to college. I still listen to them and always will.
I absolutely LOVE the Beatles music..always will. I'm now in my 70's and I'm truly thankful I grew up during this time period. Yes Paul can sing soft and rocker..He still performs so well. Ringo is the drummer..Amazing drummer!! oh and he can sing too..just doesn't as often.
I agree, I am in my 70s as well (76 on March 9th, next week) I was SO glad I was 16/17 years old when they first came to the US in Feb. 1964.
His bass work on this is incredible.
Its George playing bass , just so you know
The bass work is incredible throughout the album. It's a tour de force.
McCartney on piano.
1964 The Beatles came to America. I was 15 and was not into rock and roll. I remember a Teacher had , "Name the Beatles" as a test question. I had no idea. I lived in New York, They came to play at Shae Stadium. not far from where I lived. I did not like the early stuff, but by the time they did A Hard Day's Night. I was totally on board. Amazing following their growth and collecting their records as they were released, Recording was going through a revolution at the time, Stereo was introduced and other improvements in production.. Their music just kept getting better and more people were listening. Even my parents were impressed by some of their numbers. Times changed but it seemed the Beatles were at the forefront of every movement. The Psychedelic era was trippy , Things came back to Earth in the gritty seventies, Protests and anti war movements typified that era.. They made great music up to their last album. Looking back it is truly amazing that they produced so much in the short years that they were together. Their music sounds as good today as the day it was recorded. It is good to see the younger generations discovering music before their time. I do not see the extent of Beatlemania that I witnessed growing up with it, It was insane, all the girl's screaming at these four mop heads. A far cry from Abby Road.
"Oh! Darling" is from the Beatles 1969 album "Abbey Road". It is full of great songs such as "Something", "Here Comes The Sun", "Come Together" etc.
The medley on side two is breathtaking. The mini songs fit together seamlessly until the final climactic ending and the poignant message at the end - "The love you take is equal to the love you make". A fitting tribute and swansong to the greatest musical phenomenon the world has ever known.
Greatest band! LOVE this song!
Ringo always played what the song required...nothing added to take away from the concept of the song. Good journey :) Peace!
Paul McCartney does a great job singing this song... but what a lot of people may not know is that McCartney played the bass for the Beatles. He was famous for the Hofner "violin" bass, but for this album (Abbey Road, the last album recorded by the Beatles -- Let it Be was released later, but was recorded before Abbey Road), McCartney played a Rickenbacker bass, which had a fatter sound than the Hofner. I've been playing the bass for 27 years (both electric and acoustic) and I'll never forget when I bought my first electric bass... the store was playing Abbey Road over the sound system. I noticed how really great the bass sounded and learned that it was McCartney who played it. This song is a case in point of his great, melodic bass lines. I recommend to anyone to listen to the entire Abbey Road album in headphones and pay attention to the bass. It's really quite magnificent (pay special attention to the song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)") and be prepared to be blown away.
Brilliant song, and Ringo kills it on the drums
When i got into The Beatles as a small kid in the 70´s The Beatles was already "yesterdays news", im sure many people still loved them but i was certainly the odd kid that liked The Beatles since none of my friends or classmates liked them and probably quite few of my generation and it was much like that until we got in to the 2000´s i would say when it felt like suddenly more and more people were liking them again. I have never gotten tired of them and have always been a huge fan.
That's because the quality of music declined steadily from the mid 80's onwards. Styles such as foul mouthed rap and electronic music mean songs are so artificial and lame now. People want REAL music. And that means from the sixties and seventies.
There is reason why The Beatles are wildly considered the best rock/pop band of all time.
What is a fact is they are all time largest recording selling band and has more number 1' hits" than any other band.
I love this song and Hello Goodbye. My favourites
You wouldn’t be able to conceive how popular they were back in the day because there is no current day equivalent or even anything that comes close. When they stayed at a hotel in any city the roads around it ended up closed because of the crowds standing in the street hoping for a glimpse of them. When they visited Adelaide in South Australia in 1964, 300,000 peopled lined the 10 mile road from the airport to their hotel which was pretty much half the city’s population of 630,000. There has been nothing like it since then.
Haven't heard this song for years, thanks for playing it
You can't realize how popular the Beatles were back in the day. It was called Beatlemania and was nothing close to how popular they are now. Just look at any concert film or crowd reaction to any appearance of the Beatles to show how loved they were by their fans. They had such massive influences on the development of rock and as well as cultural issues it hard to convey as there's nothing like it now.
In Britain in the early seventies, the Scottish "Glam Rock" teenybopper band "The Bay City Rollers" briefly equalled Beatlemania as far as frenzied adoration by the fans was concerned. However the Rollers appealed mainly to that younger demographic and not to a wider audience, and their songs were fluff and forgettable - in contrast to the brilliance and longevity of the Beatles.
People now are aware that The Beatles were a major influence on early rock music, however, most in your age bracket don’t even have the level of awareness that you do, and you acknowledge that you only know maybe ten songs or so. To have lived it back then, their influence extended far beyond the music. Before The Beatles, most of us boys had crew cuts, however, within a year of them coming onto the scene, if you didn’t have a Beatles cut you just weren’t cool. Our dads hated it because “only girls wear bangs” and even our clothing began to change because of their influence. They were a true cultural phenomenon beyond the music.
Remember the common expressions back then that the Beatles inspired ? Things like "Fab" and "Gear".
That is Ringo Starr, my friend, one of the most adaptive accompanists ever to play pop music.
Paul McCartney could sing a soft song and then belt out like a rocker…he can still do it too (of course not as clear). It’s been 50 years + since he sang this…and it still makes my knees weak and gives me goosebumps. The Beatles are the greatest band ever.
"Golden Slumbers" is both.
No. He used to be able to do it, right. But frankly, he has lost most if his voice by now. Actually since the mid 80's he has not been able to sing such powerfully as he does here.
@@SM-jg8fr Yep. That, "Because" and "You Never Give Me Your Money" are the standouts in that medley part.
@@fitless That's down to an unavoidable thing called "aging". What do you expect ?
Paul singing like a younger John.... (with a smattering of Little Richard) Genius
I don't know how many songs there are by the Beatles... but no doubt every one is different from the previous and the next ones...They were and still are the best ever!
There are many songs were Paul shows the grit in his voice. Even just a few that popped in off the top of my head are Why Don't We Do It In The Road?, Helter Skelter, Hey Jude, Long Tall Sally, etc.
They have a very deep catalog. What a fun band and so talented.
She's A Woman, Lady Madonna, just off the top of my head....Paul could do just about anything, and he was truly writing about himself in The Fool on The Hill, when he referred to the fool as "the man of a thousand voices". Paul truly always has been an actor, there's just about nothing he couldn't sing! LONG MAY HE RUN!
@@MissAstorDancer and that just made another one pop into my head .... I'm Down. That song is such a banger and the backing vocals on it are incredibly intense as well.
@@stevedahlberg8680 Oh, absolutely! LOVE that rocker! Paul could get DOWN for such a sweet-faced crooner!!😍
@@MissAstorDancer In fact just now went and listened to it and I forgot that it was even better than I was remembering. What Ringo is doing there is just fantastic and everything is killer and yeah Paul totally goes off at the end, laugh.
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@@stevedahlberg8680 Oh, you beat me to it! I got distracted by some squirrel and forgot to pull it up! OMG, that makes me as HAPPY as an old Hippy can get! I damn sure remember how much unadulterated JOY they brought me as a kid and teen! I am still humbled and grateful! It truly was magic!
Us crumblies always knew the Beatles would carry on generation after generation.
They were more than a musical group. They were the cultural influencers of their generation and changed culture forever from the times just before them. Society never looked back after that with a big leap forward.
'Choir boy' Paul McCartney loved Little Richard's sound when Paul was coming up into music.
You need to listen to Paul's 1964 recording of "Long Tall Sally", recorded when he was about 22yrs-old.
Also, you should listen to Paul's 1968 song "Helter Skelter" (considered by many to be the very first Heavy Metal song).
A bit of advice if you want to understand what you're hearing while doing this dive into the Beatles' catalogue:
Pay attention to the release dates.
The Beatles EVOLVED; I mean SERIOUSLY evolved, and very quickly.
They were working class kids (literally) who couldn't afford much. They started playing guitar in their early teens. Paul and John met when they were 14 and 15 respectively; George was a year younger than Paul and had just started playing with Paul, but pulled in with John later. And Paul and John started writing songs right away, letting them work through bad writing a lot sooner than George.
So, you got these kids doing covers in performances at local UK clubs and events, writing songs for each other, they go to Germany to perform long hours for crap payment. Then some guy who works in a clothing store says he can help their careers (GIVE them a career) and gets them signed to a recording contract.
1962, they enter a recording studio and begin learning recording from scratch. George is 19, Paul is 20, John turns 21 that year. John knocks up his girlfriend, so he's married by 22. They have no real expertise in studio recording. And their first professional album comes out in 1963.
That's your starting context.
Now, either pick 3-4 songs from each album in chronological order or release. You pick them or have your Commentors/Subscribers pick them. The point is to put the music in context. Part of what makes the Beatles so great is how quickly they grew as musicians. They were lucky that, when they signed that recording contract, George Martin was assigned to produce their albums; he became a mentor to them, teaching them how to record. Eventually, they outpaced him, but good music is a collaboration and he always had something to contribute.
I know I'm late to this party, but you can always go back and start again, chronologically.
Studying the growth of the Beatles is not a lot different than observing the development of popular music through the 1960s.
You and stretch even further if you then go by year of the solo work of these fine artists.
just CAN'T BEAT THE BEATLES!!❤
They are widely thought of as the beat band of all time by many now a days. But during their time they were unbelievably recognized as the trend setters of the time. There will never be a more followed musician/band as the beatles were in their time
McCartney's vocal range is just incredible. On the White Album from 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' to 'I Will'. Beatles fans will know what I'm referring to.
The Beatles: A magical musical miracle, never to be repeated
This rocked my world back when it came out! It spoke to my soul
Paul just kills it on this song, which still shakes me 55 years later. Yes i still have that Abbey Road album.
Possibly Paul's greatest recorded vocal in his entire career. Truly amazing. The album, Abbey Road, is the most sublime greatest rock album ever produced IMO.
Check out "Helter Skelter" (Heavy Metal), "Hey Bulldog" and "Yer Blues" (blues).
Great song.....one of their best! They had such variety, every song is different. That's one of the reasons they are the greatest!
Paul is the best voice in rock.
Yes! I saw him at concert.Wow
Told you about Oh Darling....your next is Revolution
My favorite Beatles. Great reaction new subscriber.
Awesome! Thank you!😁
@@michaelwduffy thank you!
TRUST ME
The next song after Oh! Darling is
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Only Macca could sing this, what a voice range ❤️
My 14 year old thinks they are the best band of all time! LOL! Pretty crazy! Thanks for the reaction
I love the song "Revolution" from the Beatles.
BUT! There are two versions of this song:
1. The single version, which is very rocky.
2. The album version (White Album), which is more kind of bluesy.
I prefer the second version from the album. But perhaps it would be funny if you listen to both?
There are actually 3 versions. The two "rocky" ones, but one has George and Paul doing the "bow shoo be do wap" in it During the VIDEO of it, and the other rocky one doesn't. Plus the album version is slower and bluesy --- I like that one too.
If you're going to work your way through the Beatles. Do it in order. You'll understand the progression from 1964 'She Loves You' & etc to Sargent Peppers 1967, just 3 years, so much better.
He needs to start with their first album in 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ME" and go on from there.
@@patticrichton1135 I've only ever known one reactor to do the entire Beatles catalogue. He did it on Patreon,, did all UK releases, and believe it or not, just STOPPED after, I think, one record (or was it only one side?) of The White album, and never did any more reactions.
@@patticrichton1135 And forget reviewing those mashed up American versions on the Capitol label, that had bits and pieces of songs all mixed up. What a mess they are. Stick with the official British / European releases.
Back in 1978; there was this failed movie, based on Beatles songs. It was named after their album; St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and starred Peter Frampton, and the Bee Gees. In it; Robin Gibb sings this song. The soundtrack has some of the best Beatles covers, and this song is so beautifully done by Robin. Everyone should give it a listen.
You got it right: They're as authentic as you can get. There's a great video out there : 'A Brief History of the Beatles' that's really help you understand who they were and what they did. Worth checking out!
If it's the video I'm thinking of then it's not really worth checking out as it has multiple glaring errors in it. It should really be called "A Brief and Inaccurate History of the Beatles".
Elvis, the Beatles,and Led Zeppelin...the Biggest influencers of the decades they reined! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Dude they were always GREAT, AND LOVED!
"Oh Darling" is a Blues song 🎹🍏👍
Two of my favorite Beatle songs that kind of fly under the radar are: Hey Bulldog and It’s All Too Much. ✌️🖖
Those are also 2 of my faves, as well! Both so quirky and gritty, and gritty-psychedelic for the latter! Great tunes!
The guitar is fabulous
How popular were the Beatles? When they broke up, it was front page news on many newspapers around the world! We were all tuned in to their music, they influenced hairstyles, fashion, politics, hugely changed music production and album presentation. And they were prolific, new albums came out in months instead of years. They made the music business important! It was a great ride for the 5 or 6 years it went on. By the time of Revolver, then Sgt Pepper, the world was tuned in. Even after they broke up, in my opinion the great 70's music was the blossoming of seeds planted by the Beatles.
MORE BEATLES,.. paperback writer!🎉
The Beatles are Gods gift!✌🏻
That they definitely are !
Hey don’t feel bad about only knowing a few songs right now. You are young and they are many Beatles treasures to uncover. Just search for Beatles albums 1962 through 1970 and enjoy the Magical Mystery Tour 😊. As far as the story of the band I recommend The Beatles Anthology released on television in 97 then on dvd in 2003. Nearly 53 years after their break up The Beatles continue to enthrall and influence generations of musicians. 1950’s were the birth and childhood of rock n roll,the 60’s was its adolescence and bringing it through its coming of age among some of the best singer songwriters of that era were the Beatles.But I believe they also saved it and made it a legitimate art form. Critics for awhile thought that rock was a fad passing in the night. But bands like the Beatles and The Beach Boys answered them back. I hope you enjoy your discovery of the Beatles and 1960’s for that matter
I remember, in the late 80s getting my first CDs - they were just out on the market. and I listed to this album through headphones (mind you, this is after years of vinyl and little teeny one-piece record players). I swear I levitated.
Thanks Mike!
Robin Gibb from the BeeGees actually sang this in the movie "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bang" from the 1970s and it was phenomenal.
The opening of this song is the ringtone on my phone for when my husband calls me! LOL!!
It's definitely the drumming. The drums MAKE this song!!
John wanted to sing it but Paul said my song my voice. Paul had such a voice range, from Let It Be to this song.
@4:02 Paul brings the Little Richard! "Woooo!!!"
Seriously all their song are amazing listen to Them at random
This song pays homage to the music the band grew up with during the 50’s.
Love your Beatles' appreciations! "Oh Darilng" is great, I love it, not sure, thought that I'd classify it as their best song. They have so many 'best songs' in the multiple styles they master. I urge you explore their incomparable "Medley" of songs on Side 2 of the Abbey Road album.
I LOVE THIS SONG
My favorite Beatles song.
The depiction of the four lads crossing Abbey Road was their message at the time to me as a teenager that the band was dead. Thus the depiction on the cover, John in white as the Pastor, Ringo in black as the pallbearer, Paul as the deceased tying the Paul is Dead controversy in with this their last album and George as the Gravedigger.
This is a McCartney tour de force!
it's 2023 ...... how can we beleive that you have never heard a song that is well over 53 years old???? You should check out this guy named Bethoven! He's pretty good!
"BEETHOVEN" with TWO "B's" 🙂
Revolution - Eleanor Rigby - A Day In the Life -- Fool On the Hill - Strawberry Fields Forever - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - all great songs
you have to react to “i want you (shes so heavy)”
one of their heaviest songs and its so ahead of its time
Listen to TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, a John song, written using one of Ringo's (drums) catchy phrases. The drums are so psychedelic and unique, it is the most trippy, transcendental song they have.
John has a biting, nasal (in a good way) sound, Paul has a rounder, smoother voice, George is right in the middle and Ringo (yes, he sings a song on every album, and wrote a few) has a deeper, Brit sounding voice. (Octopuses garden, yellow submarine, a little help from my friends, don't pass me by). He is also one of the best drummers (using the drums as an instrument other than just a beat) ever.
I’d say it’s a true Lennon-McCartney partnership song since Paul’s most responsible for the tape loops
Paul came into the studio early everyday to sing this by himself because he felt his voice was too clear. John said he thought he could sing this one better but it was Paul's song.
More McCartney singing/screaming? Monkberry Moon Delight and Helter Skelter will do it!
i love the beatles foreverrrrrrr
I LOVE I Will & Rocky Raccoon 5:33
The Album, Revolver knocked me out,
Paul could sign sweet, he could roar, shout, screech and shred and do it all in the same song,,,,, Try Helter Skelter or I'm DOwn,
I don't know what you call what George Harrison is doing with that guitar but I love how it bounces from ear to ear when you wear headphones.
Fun fact: Paul ALSO did the drumming on this one. :)
You know what synchronicity is? That's when all the stars align - all conditions & factors come together to make something almost miraculous. Well that's what happened with the Beatles. The right people, in the right place, at the right time. It added up to 4 Northern kids who changed the world. If they'd come along, say, 50 or 25 years earlier, they'd still have been a great, popular band (in the style of the period). But people probably wouldn't still be listening to them much, since the technology they used arrived _just in time_ for their endless creativity to fully orchestrate (layer & manipulate) their musical vision. In the new millennium, when we listen to e.g. Abbey Road, it sounds different from modern recordings - but in no way _inferior._ We're not subtly annoyed by the sonic limitations, the way we might be, listening to early sound recordings. The Beatles arrived at _exactly_ the right moment in history.
The Beatles are why I breathe ! Check out "In My Life"
Macca was, indeed, a choir boy as a kid. But he can scream with the best of them.
“Also why is he barefoot”, oh boy lemme introduce you to the hilarious “Paul is dead” conspiracy theory.
Paul wrote and sang this song but John Lennon wished he wrote the song because he felt it was more his style of song to sing with his voice. I love how Paul dies it. Sorry John.
Yes, even though it's Paul's song, John wanted to sing it.
How can you NOT KNOW THE BEATLES
SHAME ON YOU....
THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF BEAUTIFUL SONGS!!!
Great reaction!👍💯🎶
Listen to , while my guitar gently weeps its a George Harrison song , one of the best Beatles songs ever
Do listen to their version of "Long Tall Sally", Paul had amazing range.
AND "I'VE GOT A FEELING" rom the ROOF TOP CONCERT, Paul had a lot of "GRIT" in his voice on THAT one TOO!
Actually long tall sally is not that good. Not a bad attempt but Paul should not have messed around with a Little Richard song.
A couple of things about this song. Lennon was on record as saying that he, as opposed to McCartney, should have sung lead on it, given that it was more his style (straight up rock and roll) than McCartney's. I believe him. This song does showcase McCartney's range, but as a little RnB tune, Lennon would have infused it with more soul. This song also ends with that two-chord thing that Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" starts with, so that was a bit of an homage there.
I want you/She's so heavy from the same album, last song first side. .
At one time, they held the #1,2,3,4 and 5th spots on billboards top 10 list.for something like 6 weeks straight. Maybe it was more idr. Nobody ever did that before.
So many great songs. It's hard to choose. Here's 2 choices. For what many say is the greatest love song ever listen to "Something" written and sung NY George Harrison. For a fun songli listen to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by Paul.
Why is he barefoot? Because it was apparently a hot day by British standards. Paul wore slip-on footware that day. They ended up taking several photos of them crossing this street and he decided to kick his footware off. He was trying to be comfortable. Or.....(cue ominous music)
He's dead!
By 1969 it had become widely alluded to the Paul had died in a car wreck in 1966 and was substituted with a lookalike. Out of guilt, or some sense of moral obligation, the Beatles began posting little clues in their songs and album covers to provide the pathway to the truth. For example, Paul was barefoot and it is the custom in some countries (Italy is most often used) to bury the corpse barefooted. The procession you see on the cover, John followed by Ringo, etc., has been defined as John is the Jesus figure leading Ringo dressed like a minister followed by the deceased, Paul, and then George, the grave digger. Notice the license plate on the Volkswagen? 28IF? Intended to mean that if he had lived, Paul would have been 28. He was 27 at this time, I believe. Some would point out that Paul is left-handed but the cigarette is in the wrong hand. There's more, but those are the easy ones to detect.
The whole conspiracy was fascinating and I played along like everyone else. There are those today that still feel that Paul is dead and was replaced by William Campbell....or was it Billy Shears...or was it..etc?
You said that you feel the Beatles are more popular today then back in the day! You need to look up Beatlemania! It was totally crazy in the 60’s
I LOVE Rocky Racoon.... and I the BEATLES