Sgt. Pepper Is Not A 10
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- I don't think Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a 10.
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Hi Anthony, please do a Beatles Tier List!! I’m curious to see where your more detailed opinions between Revolver, The White Album, Abbey Road and all their studio albums stand!
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We all know Yellow Submarine is a S tier album
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That'd be fun
The first two tracks recorded for Sgt Pepper were Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane, however these two were then not included on the LP because they got released as singles instead due to the record label itching to release something. In an alternative universe, two of the weaker tracks of Sgt Pepper are dropped and we instead have Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on the record, and I think the album would be so much better for this! The concept of the album would be so much clearer and fulfilled.
Nice to see you here, I'm sure that you agree with this as a massive Beatles critic.
love ur vids man you've helped me grow to become the musician i am today
@@xltsalad8100 thank you!
Makes me wonder where the two songs would have been placed in the album and how it would have changed the flow of the music.
@@DavidBennettPiano I’m honestly surprised Fantano liked Getting Better. I totally would have guessed him saying “it didn’t age well”.
Dear Anthony,
Your "She's Leaving Home" takes are criminally insane. Paul is clearly mocking the parents throughout the track, and the daughter is really only a secondary character to expose their failure and squareness. Further, the melody is ICONIC paul with top tier harmonic counterpoingt and the strings are breathtaking, even better than the accompaniment for Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby imo.
Anthony, for your own sake, I encourage you to share your takes on this cal-assic 10/10 track with your primary care physician ASAP, so that whatever underlying problem is causing them can be identified and treated.
Sincerely,
Me
It's crazy he can point to She's Leaving Home as a weak track compared to the mediocre individual songs on the B side of Abbey Road, an album he says is better. One of the crazier takes I've heard from him
@@slightexag Madness to even consider those songs individually!
@@jacksonburnette207 i get what you're saying, but they should've had a single long track in that case. if a day in the life is counted as one song, then they could've done that with the b side of AR
@@slightexag Honestly that was the 60s, I think it might've been considered insanity making a 15 minute track.
I've read people trash on She's Leaving Home before Fantano which to me is INSANE because it's such a beautiful song 😭
I love this series where Fantano decides each decade's MBDTF
Underrated comment. A shame he stopped this series, would have loved to see him give Aqualung the MBDTF award of the 70's lol
@@BonesAnalisesno no no the MBDTF of the 70s is Dark Side of the Moon, Aqualung would be like the Blonde of the 70s
Saying she’s leaving home doesn’t age well conceptually doesn’t make a lot of sense . Anxiety around a child leaving and parents becoming empty-nesters is extraordinarily common still and never will not be
What Anthony says hasn't aged well is obviously not the occurrence of children leaving itself but the song being sympathetic to the parents bemoaning their daughter becoming independent (though it's to be argued whether the song is actually meant to be sympathetic to the parents or the daughter). So acc to him, It's the perspective/sympathies of the song that hasn't aged well, not the concept of empty-nesters itself.
Dude why nobody gets the song is sarcastic? “She's leaving home, after living alone, for so many years” Like people do realize the song hints at her being treated like shit?
@@Aditya-sn4sr Like you said "it's to be argued whether the song is actually meant to be sympathetic to the parents or the daughter" I believe the song is more nuanced than Anthony is giving it credit for, showing the perspectives and therefore empathy for both the parents and daughter. It shows that the parents worked hard to give her a good upbringing and genuinely really cared for, while implying that they also perhaps sheltered her too much and denied her the pleasures and freedoms of youth.
@@mspirit I mean there is no hint of irony in the record so I'd disagree it's sarcastic. The fact that John actually sings from the parents perspective shows a degree of empathy towards them. I think its a nuanced take on something that especially at the time was being more common with the generation gap; the parents don't treat her like shit, but as a product of a more conservative generation they were perhaps emotionally distant and overly prohibitive towards youthful activities. My nan and grandad who were born during the war told me about the generation gap with their parents such as how they weren't allowed to talk at the dinner table and how my nan was barred from going to rock n roll concerts.
@@mspirit So many ideas in music constantly fly over Anthony's head. I don't even understand how this dude still gets respect. He's so full of very bad takes
Anthony I know you think the Beatles are overrated but that doesn't mean you can blame Sgt Pepper's for killing the Queen
They blew her mind out in a car.
yoooo
it literally did tho
That's actually a good thing
heh, thats funny. Ur funny. Ur a funny guy
Probably the dumbest criticism of she’s leaving home I’ve ever heard. The song is about how the parents are controlling and how she should be able to have autonomy. Read the lyrics again, the parents are clearly in the wrong, all of the lines from their perspective are supposed to be absurd.
I just read the lyrics over again and have no idea what you’re talking about
How is it clearly criticizing the parents? Or the daughter, even, for that matter - the lyrics are pretty scant. Everyone defending this song from a lyrical perspective is reading way too far into the lyrics, the kind of people who drove the Beatles to write I am the walrus
@@ivbeenshot9times1 the parents say in the second chorus “we never thought of ourselves, never a thought for ourselves” while just before this saying “why would she treat US so thoughtlessly, how could she do this to ME.” This shows a clear disconnect between the parents saying they care and them actually caring. Even if you think that’s a stretch (which I will address later) the last chorus of the song reads:
“She (what did we do that was wrong)
Is Having (we didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside, that was always denied,
For so many years, .
She's leaving home
Bye Bye”
Which is very clearly pro the daughter. The line “fun is the one thing that money can’t buy” is directly addressing how the parents said “we gave her everything money could buy” and how it was a shallow attempt at parenting. Saying that because The Beatles have written a more abstract and surrealist song does not mean all of their songs are stupid and devoid of meaning. No matter what, if a literary observation can be backed with sufficient proof, it is a meaningful observation.
I always read it as ambiguous in who was at fault. It exposes the parents' failings but also sympathizes with their grief. It doesn't condescend either party.
@@masonbernheim7629 It was still a kind of cheesy appeal to the hippie culture of the time. It's just hard to take too seriously, even with the thought that was put into writing it
@@PhngluiMglwnafh that’s your own criticism which is a valid one to have.(inarguable but valid) What I’m talking about with Fantano’s terrible analysis is the actual mean behind the song which was completely overlooked.
You know the man’s going through it when sgt peppers doesn’t sound good anymore
Ikr This record is amazing Yet instead of making a classic review for it. HE MAKES A ENTIRE VIDEO just to hate on it
@@mrhudzen9596It’s funny, he criticizes like half the album and then goes “it’s still good though.” Not a 10? How would Sgt. Pepper’s even be a 8 or 9 for him if he basically tears down like 5 or 6 of the tracks. If this album just came out, based on his words in this video, he would potentially rate it like a 5 or 6. If he has so many issues with a handful of songs then there’s no way he could call it a great album, or even very good. Seems like an album he would just think is decent and appreciate it more for it’s significance than actually genuinely enjoying the songs.
@@AndI0td7631:55
😂
Everybody’s a critic
Imagine hearing this album for the first time in 1967, arriving at the reprise, and then, after thinking it's over, having your mind blown by possibly the greatest Beatles song of all time.
I agree! I would add that along with Day In the Life, Tomorrow Never Knows are the greatest Beatles songs.
bruh how can someone dislike "she’s leaving home” the arrangement is so elegant and lush. A beautiful score with the help of george martin. the strings are absolutely gorgeous, i was taken to another world when i first listened to this song
Ikr
maybe because taste is subjective...
And some of their best lyrics in my opinion
Facts
the arrangement was done by Mike Leander. i found out just recently. apparently George Martin wasn’t too happy the beatles skipped on him for this track. Agree with you btw absolutely heart wrenching tune and beautiful collaboration between john and paul
Can't beleieve you didn't mention Fixing a Hole. Incredible tune.
I was looking for that comment
3:09
Melon: "Sgt. Pepper is not a 10 because it doesn't flow very well."
Also Melon: Me and the bestie 🥰❤️⬜️
I've always felt that Within You Without You was one of the Beatles' most underrated songs. I'm not a very spiritual person or subscribe to hindu philosophy, but I still think the song provides a good lesson in selflessness and humility. It's also just a damn beautiful tune.
"When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find peace of mind is waiting there. And the time will come when you see we're all one, and life flows on within you and without you."
one of Geege’s best.
it's one of my favourite Beatles' songs no doubt. the lyrics are beautiful.
The necessary sermon that comes between the gospel songs
I love that long sitar solo after the first chorus
I like Love you to and The inner light better although i agree the lyrics on wywy are better.
I've never read 'She's Leaving Home' as necessarily sympathetic to the parents. Sure, it's _from_ their perspective, but when I first heard it, I felt it was sympathetic to their child.
I think it is sympathetic to the child, acknowledging that the parents were ultimately bad parents since she "lived alone for so many years", while it also acknowledges that, nevertheless, the parents still suffer, because they can't realize why would she leave, why would she not love them after they've worked and "sacrificed most of their lives" to give her all she needed, in terms of money and material necessities. And it still is a legitimate suffering, even if they were bad and flawed parents. It's just a complex situation, even if ultimately the kid is the bigger victim.
I don’t understand why the song can’t be sympathetic to both. I always felt it was. I don’t see what’s wrong with offering the parents some amount of sympathy. It’s not like they abused the girl or anything. From their perspective, their daughter just ran away and they may never see her again.
@@BareBandSubscription They can’t because it’s not “cool” to do so. It’s a dumb reason and shows an inability of viewing things from another person’s perspective.
@@rafael12121998
That’s kinda what I suspect, honestly. I didn’t even realize people were against sympathizing with the parents. That’s so strange to me.
@@BareBandSubscription They’re probably projecting their own issues with their parents onto the situation. What’s funny is that the song makes no mention of them being controlling. If anything it sounds like they bought her anything she wanted, but that’s not what she “needed” which is why she ran away.
“She’s Leaving Home” might be my favorite Beatles song of all time. You’re crazy. Brian Wilson and his wife said they cried when Paul played this for them on the piano.
If you’re gonna quibble about melody (and “She’s Leaving Home” is very melodic and memorable and brilliantly arranged), then I think you should revisit some of the tracks on Purple Rain which are not very memorable. The title track on that album alone is nothing to write home about if we’re judging on the basis of melody. I like the song just fine, but, melodically-speaking, it definitely not one of his best. But, hey, to each his own like an ice cream cone.
@@nicholasweinbach4256stop purple rain is considered the best rock ballad of all time with one of the best guitar solos of all time and there is memorable songs when doves cry, let's go crazy I would die for you and the beautiful ones ✌️
She's Leaving Home isn't sappy. It's mocking the parents for buying their daughter things but depriving her of fun and making her feel alone, and then having the audacity to feel betrayed that she would leave in the middle of the night. There's a heavy subtext of a dysfunctional family, but because it's from the parents' perspective the story is warped to try to make the listener feel bad for them.
It’s boring and dramatic af.
@@Quincepsyour tik tok mind has a low attention span that’s why
@@TopballerAU Haha you bought the entire “different generations” discourse. I’m a Beatles fan and I’m not mocking anyone’s comment. I don’t even use Tik Tok, but I might start using it just to tease your poor conventional mind a bit more.
this may be just me but I’ve always interpreted the chorus of she’s leaving home to be a sarcastic commentary on how manipulative some parents can be when a child leaves a home. Specifically the line “she’s having fuuuuuunnn” feels very self aware
The delivery of "we gave her everything money can buy" too
100% . He mentions female autonomy when that’s what the whole song is about lmao
Yeah the song is really not subtle about the portrayal of the parents as kind of clueless. I'm surprised that seemingly went straight over his head.
Parents expecting their daughters to be "good" until they met, courted and married a young man that they approved of was commonplace in mid 60s Britain.
@@raithrover1976 hence the song being a reaction to it in such a sarcastic way
Within You, Without You is not cultural tourism. In the hands of a lesser artist it would be, but it merges some of the Beatles’ most complex songwriting and most profound lyricism with an authentic instrumental performed by real Raga musicians. It’s one the band’s most underappreciated songs and one of the moments where they really transcend pop and create music on a whole different level, imo.
Edit: oh, and the juxtaposition of When I’m 64 is one of my favorite moments on the album!
Agreed, that juxtaposition always hits. So good.
go back and listen to the review he doesn't try to make a case that it definitively is, it simply comes off that way
Yeah within you without you is fuckin amazing, a perfect song, love it even more now after reading a lot of hinduism
Within You Without You is a love letter to the culture George Harrison loved so much and stood as a marker for the Buddhist sound of the peace movement.
@@TheReflecter exactly!! (except Hindu)
First time I’ve ever seen anyone criticise She’s Leaving Home; thought people unanimously agreed that it was criminally underrated!
She's Leaving Home is so obviously not on the parents' side that's it's straight up unbelievable Mr Fantano interpreted it that way. It's not sentimental or weepy at all - it's a quiet, bitter tragedy, where the parents can't reconcile the part they played in pushing their daughter away and put all of the blame solely on her
She’s Leaving Home is an UNDERRATED gem. In the context of the albums offers such as Good Morning, Good Morning & Within You Without You, I feel it offers much more.
Facts
Good morning sucks
I love that song too
I’m not crazy about good morning or within you
I just don't agree with most of what he said. Oh well, he likes lots of music i don't too
You've made some valid points, though I disagree with all of them. To be honest, I'd give Sgt. Pep at 9/10 or so, but for different reasons. Allow me to make a single counter-argument, regarding "She's Leaving Home," which is surely the lowest of the hanging fruit on this record (especially for us millennials). I think this song is clearly meant to be ironic, to be sour hidden inside saccharine. Hear me out. It takes the parent's perspective in order to all the more thoroughly twist the knife in their guts: the parents are positioned as the cause of their daughter's leaving, not the victims. The key lyric that pulls the rug out from under your take is in the chorus, the crux of the song: "She's leaving home/*after living alone*/for so many years." This lyric reveals the unnamed heroine of the song as having suffered through years of emotional isolation whether in spite of or because of her parents doting on her. The wailing of the parents (from "never a thought for ourselves" to "How could she do this to me?") are selfish and pathetic. The daughter escapes her stifling, manipulative, shitty mid-1960s parents and sets off to author her own life. This, at any rate, is how it has struck me over the years.
yesss, also the last verse with the lyrics saying "she's/having/fun" and then "something inside that was always denied for so many years" implies the same
I certainly wouldn’t say so. This is Paul we’re talking about here, the master of gooey ballads. This is standard fare for him. Doesn’t help that it was based on an actual event
For me this is obviously, obviously, the correct reading of the track and it boggles my fucking mind that fantano misses this and says the track hasn't aged well due to evolving ideas about female autonomy lol
Also the line "we gave her everything money can buy" is very obviously satirical and mocking the parents.
@@jonathanbutler4124 fantono misses to point to alota music. Ex: Marlyn manson pistol whipped used the sliding of fingers down the guitar string as a cool sound effect. Fantano thought it was a accident due to bad production lol
I will not take any Within You and Without You slander. That song is fucking magical. The percussions are unbelievable.
True, but the percussion isn't even Ringo's, so can it really be called a "Beatles" song? If the "magical" and "unbelievable" percussion is played by one-off guests?
George bringing Indian influence to contemporary pop rock WAS a great idea... but Within You Without You is just straight Indian music and wouldn't have been what fans were seeking.
Nah, "Within You, Without You" has always been mid at best. Song meanders for way too long. It's just George aimlessly noodling around on his sitar for 5 minutes while babbling a bunch of "deep" fortune cookie phrases. I can see how it might sound good while you're vibing out during an acid trip or something, but that's about it. Also, completely messes up the flow of the album. Anthony is right, the transition from "Within You, Without You" to "When I'm 64" is just painfully jarring. "Love You To" from "Revolver" is a much better "Indian-style" song from George. Also flows way better within the context of the album
Thank you! I came on here to say just that. Within You & Without You takes me on a Journey every time I listen to it. The sitar and symphony call & answer is just brilliant. Just like She’s Leaving Home.
Agreed, just like I won't stand for any "Good morning, Good morning" slander. It invented Brass Rock! IT INVENTED BRASS ROCK!
@@rollfizzlebeef6619 Nah, i think Within you Without you was a huge improvement on what George was trying to do with Love You to. Revolver is still the better album tho
I used to call Sgt. Pepper my favorite album ever, and that’s solely because it was so influential in discovering my love for music. It was the first album I ever listened to in its entirety, per recommendation from my mom (who played Beatles for me all the time growing up). I remember that final piano chord on A Day in the Life blowing my mind, capping an experience that showed me the variety of sounds and emotions albums could provide. Nowadays I hardly listen to much of it outside of its key songs, but I’ll always remember that first listen and how it made me feel.
Also that haunting record skip sound collage at the very end terrifies me to this day.
I’ve had a similar experience with the album!
all of this couldve been written by me. holy shit.. are u me in middle school?? we have very similar experience with the album! albeit my mom exclusively listen to celine dion
"I remember that final piano chord on A Day in the Life blowing my mind, capping an experience that showed me the variety of sounds and emotions albums could provide"
No-one is the same person after that chord. No-one.
No mention of how, in Mr. Kite, the band surrounds the listener with a flurry of immersive sounds until you can practically smell the sawdust in the air? The atmosphere is so vivid and the production is leagues ahead of its time. Few people were doing that 1967.
Can you believe that was John's least favorite song on the album? He said it's because the lyrics weren't original.
@@pillgrimm because they were pretty much all from the (don’t quote me) 1800s poster he picked up, but i think paul considers that his best beatle bassline
“Good for 1967” is not the same as “good”
@@ivbeenshot9times1 He didnt say it was good for the time, he said not many people were doing it and they were ahead of the curve. I like the song, it is so incredibly manic and so wild, the same way a circus is. They really captured the vibe of a circus and made a killer song out of it. Thats just my opinion though, I liked it, not cause some hipster said "DUUUDDE, THE BEATLES ARE LIKE, GENIUS" but because I listened for myself and I liked it.
Just comes off as a mediocre take on Tom Waits.
In April 1967, McCartney visited Brian Wilson in L.A. to preview Sgt. Pepper, playing "She's Leaving Home" on the piano for him and his wife. "We both just cried," Wilson said. "It was beautiful."
PS George Martin’s piano solo on “Lovely Rita” kills!!!
if brian wilson says "shes leaving home" is a 10, who's anthony fantano to disagree?
“I THINK SGT PEPPER FUCKING SUCKED” - Brian
it's basically Brian Wilson song of course he's going to like it lol
@@Alberto-ny7kf To both you and the original commenter, this is a fallacy called argument from authority. Just because Brian Wilson made great and influential music, doesn't mean all of his opinions on music are final or superior.
Btw. I like the song, too. Just wanted to point that out.
@@jakefloyd5910 🤓
Man how can Melon misunderstand "she's leaving home" so badly. The song is clearly very sarcastic, it's not even that hard to get
Not just sarcastic, but very direct towards the end:
"She's leaving home, after living alone, for so many years..."
"Something inside, that was always denied,
For so many years,
She's leaving home..."
@@DRomitto fr, it lierally says "shes having fun" and "fun is the one thing that money cant buy" like it doesnt present the parents favourably at all
Damn, she’s leaving home is actually one of my favorite songs on the album, I was literally crying when I first heard it.
sup ben
The switch from Within You Without You to When I'm Sixty-Four is always something I've admired. The amount of genre variety on the album is its charm and partially why it stands out as such an outstanding record. The "flow" of the album is that it almost does not have a flow, but is rather a mosaic of different musical aesthetics. This concept would be perfected on the White Album, but Pepper is their first album that emphasizes this idea.
In terms of genre variety there is no band that can touch The Beatles. They did merseybeat, folkrock, pop, baroque pop, psychedelia, CIM-crossover, vaudeville, boogie woogie ("Lady Madonna"), proto doom (I Want You"), children songs, even a bit of swampy southern rock ("Come Together"), etc. and they did it all masterfully.
@@ursula3438 The Beatles are my favorite band now and forever, but Ween is far more varied in sound than The Beatles ever were. like, no contest. Ween are the chameleons of the musical world.
I always thought it had a kind of variety show flavour which I thought was part of the concept
@@darkjanggo I've heard about Ween, but never listened to them. What album would you recommend/is your favourite?
@@ursula3438 i think the album most immediately palatable for new listeners is White Pepper, but The Mollusk, Quebec, and Chocolate and Cheese are all incredibly eclectic. Fanthony Antano actually did a needledrop review on Chocolate & Cheese which I recommend
i think my favorite is White Pepper due to how Beatlesque it is (the name is an homage to the white album and Sgt Pepper's), but it's for The Mollusk which is, in my opinion, a perfect album
Really? Dissing "She's Leaving Home"? It's a gorgeous song, masterfully composed by lads who were simple Merseybeat players not 5 years earlier. It shows their growth and maturity as musicians
Agreed. His takes on both that song and Mr. Kite were pretty terrible lol
i know right! its beautiful ,, the chorus !! hes wrong
As far as Paul ballads go, it does come across as more melodramatic than usual. Which is saying a lot. Stuff like Here, There, and Everywhere or For No One are stone cold Paul classics, on the other hand
It’s just another McCartney grandma music song in a long line of McCartney grandma music songs.
@@nepesilva2284 his lovely rita take was godawful
Assuming it hasn't been said, but it surely has been: I think you're missing the irony on She's Leaving Home. It's too clear in the way Lennon sings "we gave her everything MONEY could buuuuy" or "how could she treat us so thoughtlessly"
The song is saying the parents are a couple of dicks who've failed to give their child anything substantial besides material wealth.
"Byeeeee byeeeee"
It all comes off so insincerely weepy bc it's supposed to be. There is a sincere sad element to the song in the girl's estrangment from her parents and their lack of emotional intimacy with her, but the song is premised on the duality of the ironic /and/ sincere sides of that sadness.
This isn't just the Eleanor Rigby sequel; it's the parody.
I’ve always understood She’s Leaving Home to be critical of the parents and thereby affirming the girl’s autonomy. “We gave her everything money could buy,” “Fun is the one thing money can’t buy”…. isn’t that obvious?
I’ve never seen Anthony’s career and credibility drop from a 10 to a Not Good this fast
How?critics have said this exact thing like 50 years ago, not all of them but some really important ones, calling Sgt Peppers imperfect is old knews
@@andrei11dr Their credibility dropped too
His credibility was a 10 to begin with? We're talking about the guy that gave MBDTF a 6 and Lil Pump's first mixtape a 7?
it never was a 10
@nasser wiz Strawberry fields forever and Penny lane should be on Sgt. Pepper. I remember George Martin saying he regretted that those songs became a single instead.
if it was called sgt melons ridge wallet band it would be a 10
Do people really not like Good Morning? I think of it as one of the Beatles hardest hitting rock tunes. Them playing around with time is fun, the guitar licks are cool, the theming and lyrics are all there. Definitely one of my favorites on the album.
fucking love that song!! was shocked that he went the other way in his review of it
I can kind of understand thinking the mix was too harsh (though I disagree), I can't understand thinking the song as a whole isn't interesting. It's one of their most lively, energetic, and exciting tracks. It's also a masterful example of how to use odd time signatures. If just about any other band tried to pack that many timing changes into a song, it would just sound self indulgent and pretentious (looking at you, Tool), but with this song, it sounds completely natural and never sounds like it's just trying to challenge the listener.
the songwriting is amazing, i love the melody in the chorus, it's like a precursor to the chorus melody in Hard To Explain by the Strokes.
I have been listening to The Beatles for 45 years and only recently discovered just how potent and rocking this track is after playing through it several times with headphones. Paul’s guitar solo has become a highlight of the album for me.
I know I never understood that I love that song, one of the best ones on that album
Sgt Peppers, simply put, is one of the greatest albums ever made and no one can tell me otherwise
No it fking isn’t even the best Beatles album for god sake
bro this album sucks. Theres no rapping, barely any swear words (I dont even think theres ONE), and no sexy girls shaking their butt.
Youngboy better😂
All of youngboys songs > Sgt peppers
@@blinkerz4676 No I would put revolver and rubber soul or my favourite meet the Beatles before any nonsense like that
@@blinkerz4676 You're joking right please 🥲 I can't tell
It's one of The Beatles' worst albums.
Fantano was like those critics that said the album was "ok" in 1967, but 60 years later
they were right lol
@@kll8550 they weren’t…
I find there are going to be vast differences of opinions based upon how you were introduced to a particular artist. The Beatles for example had already broken up by the time I started listening to music so having their entire catalogue from day 1 of my listening experience may result in differing opinions from someone who was a fan as each album was released.
Exactly, their best selling album!
@@kll8550 Don't try to make the idiots look smart.
Sgt. Pepper's is easily a 10, and this is coming from someone who much prefers Forever Changes and The Velvet Underground & Nico.
Even if we set aside the song criticism (She's Leaving Home not a classic? Are you kidding me?), it is the best produced album of 1967. Compare it to any summer of love contemporaries like Are You Experienced?, Surrealistic Pillow, The Doors, or Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and the production absolutely blows them out of the water. It still sounds fresh today.
In addition, it set the template for what all other blockbuster albums could be. It's in the same vein as Dark Side of the Moon, Rumours, Thriller, Nevermind, and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
There's a reason publications like Rolling Stone often cite it as the greatest album of all time: it defined the concept of an album.
as a 16 yo the first time i listened to sgt peppers i actually cried and was jumping up and down of excitement. It’s insane that something that old can resonate with someone my age and so long in the future
had a similar experience yesterday
Listen to all of the white album and try the umma gumma album by punk Floyd. It's crazy
im not like other kids
imagine crying to a bad album
You're right! It's an 11. All those negative comments you make about some of the tracks are a plus in my eyes. Lovely Rita in particular has some moments that I've never seen repeated in modern music. This album as a whole take me to another place, a very comfortable world that transcends the individual songs. As a body of music it works so well together.
For me, 'Within You Without You' was the sound I hoped The Beatles would deliver on this album when I first listened to it. You're such a stick in the mud, Fantano, seriously. I don't think you even understand music at all. Love this series, please do more.
I’m confused 😵💫
Ok, here's the jiggle you were craving haha
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Lovely Rita is one of my favorites. I get the song flow is weird... the whole album is extremely bizarre. When I'm Sixty Four is also a phenomenally written song IMO.
The outro for lovely rita feels so unhinged but i love it haha
When I’m Sixty Four is an absolute masterpiece man. I feel old listening to it haha
lovely Rita is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Something about that melody tickles my brain just right lol
@@Pragadeshp nEva BeLIevE iT
The way Paul sings ahh at the beginning puts me in a state of bliss. It’s so good
Revolver is a 10.
I actually think the non-transition from "Within You Without You" to "When I'm 64" is one of the best moments on any Beatles album. I love the whiplash.
Love You To is one of the Beatles worst songs, causes a migraine everytime
@@Strokwor I love that one
I would give Revolver at 10 as well if it didn't have Yellow Submarine on it
@@stevedimmock930 Great and fun song.
The sounds on Yellow Submarine and experimentation are quite fun. It just suffers from being overplayed
I always thought the narrator(s) of She’s Leaving Home were meant to be old fashioned and wrong. They can’t see that she’s out having fun and that they were controlling.
Spot on
She’s Leaving Home is one of the Beatles’ greatest tracks tbh. Idk if Sgt Peppers is a ten but that’s one of the highlights not just for that album but for their career, not a weak spot by any means.
Damn, now I have to destory all my beatles records that my grandma gave me. Look what you made me do Melon
right?? all the precious Beatles memorabilia that my grandma gave me - which incidentally is all i have left to remember her by - BAM setting it on fire. pretty frustrated that you've made us do this Anthony
Can’t believe Melbourne’s knocked out of the finals already man
@@trento9891 same mate, I'm shattered:'(
She’s leaving home is arguably my favorite song on the album
This entire video is a great example of why being a musician is entirely different than being a music critic.
This video sucks
That doesn't mean a musician's perspective is more valid or important. Successful albums aren't written exclusively for musicians, and if a work can only be fully appreciated with knowledge in the technique, context, etc then it's not a candidate for perfect album. They clearly were capable of making perfect albums, just look at Revolver and Abbey Road. This one in my opinion just doesn't bring out all the stops the way it's hyped to be. The production is fabulous, yes, but from a listening experience perspective not amazing.
@@MadMaxBS thatmight also mean that you haven't developed the ear to appreciate it. Just because music taste is subjective doesn't mean a casual music listener is always right, because there is such a thing as not knowing what the fuck you're talking about.
@@MadMaxBS A musician's perspective is infinitely more valid and important
@@joeldb lmao
I can excuse Thriller, but I draw the line at Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
yeh hes wrong
Revolver clears Sgt. Pepper, don't @ me
@@nut311aman true
You can excuse Thriller?
Thriller shits on any Beatles album tho
Anthony, you can’t just say that Sgt. Pepper isn’t a 10 because you want to protest “British imperialism”
Yes, he went full hipster on this one.
Anthony really said george's newfound relationship with God was cultural tourism. Anthony can read people's hearts apparently
Dont forget Sgt Peppers and magical mystery tour came out in the same year 😵💫. Individually they probably both dont get a "10" but the beatles in 1967 deserve at least a 12/10. Some of the most iconic and colorful melodies of all time.
If all the songs meant for Sgt Pepper's were on the album it'd be their best.
Magical mystery tour is the fucking best
Two of the best songs on Magical Mystery Tour we’re recorded during Sgt Peppers period
Highly disagree. Sgt. Pepper is fantastic, incredibly produced and a cultural landmark. If this isn’t a 10. Then I don’t know what is.
Edit: This is the most likes my comments have ever gotten. Thank you.
Revolver, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, hell even the white album could be 10s
Revolver exists.
@@nut311aman White Album is absolutely not a 10, great album but absolutely no consistency
The many albums that are better
@@themirrormystic6227 yea, but that's part of its charm. Maybe it's cope, but it does seem like it was intentionally made that way (Helter Skelter is literally followed by Long, Long, Long, they knew what they were doing).
At least we can all agree that 'A day in the life' is a masterpiece.
the only critique i really disagree with is on being for the benefit of mr kite. The song really feels experimental and psychedelic and i honestly think it fits tonally with lucy in the sky with diamonds. not only does it not feel out of place for this record but i think its a really fun song, with out there instrumentation that keeps it fresh to come back to in the beatles discography.
It’s one of my favorite Beatles songs, and I think it’s one of the songs that I associate with Sgt. Pepper’s the most.
The album is about "a day in the life". Its about regular people in regular everyday situations, like "Fixing a Hole" (it's about a dude fixing a hole, literally), "Lovely Rita" (oh no I got fined), and all the tracks are like that. That's the beauty of it, just jumping through different situations, a quick view of the world of regular "boring" people and finding stuff in it worth writting a song about. That's why it seems they wrote a song about anything that crossed their mind.
If Paul McCartney wasn't fined, he wouldn't have written Lovely Rita, and maybe they would've made a song about something else. Idk, to me it makes perfect sense and all the tracks are great, and "A Day In The Life" is the perfect close up for the album. Maybe some songs on their own don't stand out as much as other Beatles songs, but on the context of the album and as a whole they're perfect as they are.
This is the best description I’ve seen of it. It’s so simple and makes perfect sense when you look at it this way. It’s a series of vignettes that all paint a picture.
She's Leaving Home is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded, and did he even mention Fixing A Hole? Abbey Road is the best album though.
Sgt. Pepper is absolutely a 10, _especially_ given the context that it came out in freakin' 1967. And if it's not a 10, then it's a 9.99 _only_ because of Good Morning Good Morning. lmao
Also, how you gonna complain about the flow of this album and then claim the White Album is better? I LOVE the White Album and it has some of the best Beatles tracks ever, but it's a complete mess tonally and has some of their worst tracks as well. And how dare you insult Mr. Kite, that song is awesome. lol
Bro you can’t say “ it literally came out in 1967” when the album before and after sgt peppers was way better LMAOOO. Let’s be honest here: sgt peppers was a Paul led effort that the other group members didn’t seem to give a shit about, which is why you have soo many duds on the b side of the record. But hey, If Lovely Rita, Good morning, good mornign is your taste, then so be it lmao
It’s a good album, dare I say great, but there’s nothing on that album that Brian Wilson and Frank Zappa and even the Beatles themselves hadn’t done before hand.
A 10 then but not a 10 now imho.
Some songs don't age as well as others. Revolver and White Album aged a little better. I think the pedestal of the Beatles is so high, like the standard is so ridiculous that saying it's not a perfect 10 is simply saying "it's not their best" and I don't disagree. Had it been the only album they ever did? Oh yeah then a 10 every day. But they exceed the album.
@@fenianlewis Abbey Road has aged the best imo. The second half is especially great, being Paul's crowning achievement
The flow of White Albums tracks and the experience you get from it is what makes it so great.
Woah She's Leaving Home is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Suprised by your take here. The melody and chords are so pretty.
this is like putting your face inches away from monet painting and saying it's only a bunch of random lines.
Lol perfect analogy 😂
At the end of Classic Reviews, Anthony never actually rates the album, so it's interesting to see which "classic" albums he thinks are 10s and which aren't
He has rated some of them on his rym.
@@mariolucchetti4221 No way I just found you on Fantano. It's drew
@@frizzonofficial ayyyy drew!
@@frizzonofficial DREW i haven't talked to you since 11th grade
@@frizzonofficial holy shit drew ??
A Day in The Life tho.....that song is a fucking classic and my favorite Beatles song to be honest.
I had a sigh of relief when he defended that one.
It's not a 10, but She's Leaving blew my mind as a teenager in the 90s. It's a great telling of story that still resonates with teens today.
Talking about Sgt. Pepper without mentioning even once the word "psychedelic" when describing it is so very very wrong. Not even for "Lucy in the Sky", which is just baffling, and is one of the most hypnotising and sublime psychedelic songs ever recorded.
Alright just from the title, I’m going to say this video is an L, but I’ll watch it and come back
Edit: “She’s Leaving Home” is one of the most beautiful songs ever. The L stands
She’s leaving home is my favourite track of this LP mostly because I have such a personal connection to it. I think it’s really beautiful
If Sgt. Pepper isn't a 10 then there are no tens.
She's Leaving has aged amazingly in my opinion. The narrative is told from the perspective of the worried parents and it doesn't necessarily have to be rational. The girl can do well on her own but that doesn't mean the worry and feelings of the parents isn't real.
Of course you are totally right, but Fantano is such a simple minded critic.
As long as you think Revolver’s a 10 (not think, but know it is), then we’re good, Lovelythony Ritano.
Not only do I consider the streak of songs from She's leaving home up to and including When I'm 64 absolutely fantastic, in terms of melody, lyrics and emotional impact, it is also what paved the way for albums like Houses of the holy and Angel dust when it comes to being extremely diverse from song to song. The somewhat odd transitions are striking but that's the fun of it.
Angel Dust?? Lmao. That’s nowhere near one of the greatest albums of all time. It’s just some quirky alt-metal album.
The bass in Being for the Benefit goes crazy
Melon, you need serious help man. In my mind, Sgt Pepper is the greatest album of all time. A colorful collection of musical vignettes strung together so beautifully and cohesively.
The thing is many tracks don't stand out on their own as much as other beatles songs. To me, in the context of the album and as a whole they're perfect as they are. The purpose of the album is to talk about everyday situations in the life of regular people, "a day in the life" of any regular "boring" person, and finding in it stuff worth writting a song about. In that sense it reminds me of Pet Sounds. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a happy love song on its own, but in the context of the album it gets a completely different meaning, sad and even nauseating. To me those are the only two albums that do that to that extent. And by only using small 2-3 minute tracks with really simple and apparently straight-forward lyrics, which is what makes them the best for me.
@@marcel87688 Every song on Sgt Pepper stands out on their own to me. I can listen to any single one of them and enjoy them as much as any other Beatles song. Pet Sounds too. Sure, the songs may take on different meanings when listened to as an album, but they sound the same regardless of whether or not they're in the context of a full album play-through. Idk, I think Melon's off his rocker here.
@@coolguitarchannel I meant more on the lyrics side. I mean, take "Good Morning, Good Morning" for example or "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)". If you compare them, for example, to "Close To The Edge" they look bland and simple. When you're trying to make a "top 3 album of all time" take to someone used to super experimental jazz fusion and prog rock albums it kinda makes sense they don't get it.
@@marcel87688 Funny enough, Close to the Edge is actually my favorite album of all time. But when it comes to lyrics, I believe Good Morning is not bland and simple at all. It perfectly conveys the mundanity of everyday white-picket-fence life. And rhythmically, it goes perfect with the odd meter of the tune. And we all know that Jon Anderson doesn't place a lot of emphasis on the meaning of his lyrics when writing. He mainly writes lyrics that sound beautifully, on a mere sonic level, and that go well rhythmically with the music. And in terms of complexity, the chord progression and harmony that Sgt Pepper and most Beatles stuff have can go toe to toe with most prog and fusion. Beach Boys is a whole different story. The harmony they use is honestly more complex and dense than most prog and fusion, and im a prog and fusion head.
@@coolguitarchannel idk i feel its pretty boring
anthony, the transition from within you without you into when im sixty four is one of the greatest transitions in pop music history. your mentality behind it is so foolish. its so seamless and the fact that the transition between two very different songs is so seamless exemplifies just how genius the beatles really were. graduate kindergarten already. love you.
sorry how is it seamless
@@luislombardi9658 how is it not? the sound of the audience at the end of within you without you just kinda carries you into when im sixty four in such a satisfying perfect way and when im sixty four is such a lighthearted pleasant relief from the severe spiritual seriousness of wywy
It's not even the best transition in this album, the transition from Sgt peppers reprise to a day in the life is better.
@@buzzwithdrip6347 agreed
@@sidpunk2034 you just said it was seemless but you also state that it goes from "severe spiritual seriousness" to "lighthearted". it just feels out of place, maybe if it transitioned into lucy in the sky i could see it working.
not to mention that what buzz said is true, reprise to a day in the life is a way better transition and the best in the album
If you combine the best tracks from Sgt. Peppers with the best of the US Magical mystery tour album, you'd get a track list that's a 9/soft 10 in my opinion. It's a shame that popular singles were often omitted from albums in the UK at the time, since it was considered to be poor taste to re-sell the same songs twice. That changed not much later.
Groups like ABBA were still doing it well into the 1970s. It makes for a rather frustrating discography listen, since there are plenty of great ABBA album deep cuts that you won't find on singles compliation albums and likewise you won't find songs like Fernando or Gimme Gimme Gimme on the albums whose era they belonged to.
That’s an interesting point. I wonder they did that with hits to try to get paid twice as much.
Anyway, agree with the MMTour hits + Sgt Peps hits, but I’d give it a 10 bc those singles are pretty unbeatable
True
Unpopular opinion: one of those singles between Sgt Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour is actually the worst Beatles song ever: Hello Goodbye. Although if you bought that you had I am the Walrus as a B-side, so I wouldn't have complained.
If you replaced She’s Leaving Home with Penny Lane and Good Morning with Strawberry Fields I think this might actually be the best Beatles album but nah
I legitimately don't know how it's possible to think she's leaving home is supposed to be in favour of the parents when a main lyric is "she's leaving home after living ALONE for so many years". To me that's what make the narrative compelling, it's told through the parents even though it's a critique of the parents, which I think allow the lyrics to carry a lot of narrative information. That being said, he has a fair point about the Broadway nature and its fair if that turns people off.
welll that’s absurd.
It absolutely is a 10. It’s unskippable, full of amazing singles too.
Sgt Pepper is an album that i didn't fully "get" until i listened to it on vinyl. Mr Kite and Within You Without You are perfect bookend songs imo. It's not as good as Revolver, The White Album or Abbey Road but it's still a masterpiece and one of the greatest albums ever released in my opinion.
Okay. Now we have a problem....
It's a 10 for a lot of us, including me.
Fantano:Sgt.Pepper is not a 10
Also Fantano:Pls don't cry.
Me:No.
Anthony, it’s always safe to come out.
A Day In The Life is more than enough to give the Album a 10 🤷🏻♂️
Actually true, that song is godly.
No its not
Nah, '' Blue Jay Way '' is better than A day in the life.
It only bumps it to an 8
That's not how it works bruh
Sure it is!! It's my favorite album of all-time. Any artist would love to make an album this great.
I love how even the editor is putting little notes like "says the white album fan" . 🤣 That's how you know this is a bad take.
It’s simple for me - I don’t get bored listening through the album, despite some weaker cuts.
Within You Without You is a masterpiece. I don’t understand the “cultural appropriation” argument for it, George made that song with great respect for Indian culture. Within You Without You introduced a wider audience to Indian music and I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs of the Beatles discography
Today I learned that India is in the Middle East
As an American with an Indian Asian background, I do not understand cultural appropriation at all. I know for a fact that everyone in my family would be more than happy to welcome a white guy into our festivities and culture, the same applies here
@@tiIebreaker I'm from a hindu family and George harrison is more of a hindu than 99.9% of the Hindus I know. Cultural appropriation is when you take a foreign culture and claim it as something you created. Embracing another culture or in this case becoming a part of it is the literal opposite of cultural appropriation. People only claim this because he's white.
As much as I agree that the album is (to some degree) overrated and is certainly not a 10 (in my opinion), I feel like your argument isn't a great way to look at it...
Hard disagree on Within You and Without you being “weak cultural tourism”. It was so well orchestrated and spiritually rich, one of my favorites.
Am I living in bizarro world? Good Morning, Good Morning is a great song: the brass instruments, the DRUMMING, Lennon's flow, that awesome guitar solo!
Again another amazing solo by .......Paul
Absolutely spot on. I don't know how anyone can listen to this track and tell me that Ringo isn't one of the GOaT drummers out there.
Finally someone says what we’ve all been thinking. Sgt. Pepper is still a great album, but I believe in Rubber Soul/Revolver superiority!
Revolver gang
Rubber Soul is goated
Rubber Soul then Revolver
Revolver >>> Rubber Soul any day
Revolver for sure. Sgt. Pepper’s better than Rubber Soul, tho.
I can't believe Paul McCartney would DM melon and call his life a "light 1". How immature can one man be?
Do more of these "not a 10" videos
I thought a bassist would appreciate Benefit for Mr. Kite. It's an amazing bass song.
I can agree with this somewhat but you’re TRIPPING with “she’s leaving home” that song is a masterpiece
She's leaving home not a good song?? absolutely asinine. Forget the lyrics, the music alone is EASILY in the realm of top 5 most beautifully written Beatles songs, though interestingly the fantastic string arrangement was not done by George Martin who was absent at the time.
I agree, that the album´s not their absolut best album, and I also think Magical Mystery Tour, Abbey Road, Let it be or Abbey Road are better, but damn. I´ve never heard so much disliking for Sgt. Pepper haha every song fits perfectly into this little world they´ve created and they´re cohesive to each other. It´s definitely a 10/10.
By the way, that "She´s leaving home" interpretation? Man, I know everyone can has their perspective, but this song´s obvious like the air to breathe.
Now I´m curious, Anthony: Is it a 6 for you?
>she's leaving home
>tedious musical theater production
Never change melonhead. It's got such a great arrangement, and Lennon's backing vocals are incredible.
I was surprised to hear you throw such shade on Good Morning Good Morning, I think it’s a really cool and well written tune with that classic unusual Lennon bar-length, and on top of that the lyrics are very evocative, for me at least. I feel like it’s the most grounded of all the songs on that album and seems to me to be the most reflective of what the swinging 60s felt like, at least to the Beatles. I’ll give it to you that the horns are a bit of an acquired taste, different mixes yield different results for me. There’s a rehearsal take floating around somewhere on a deluxe version of the album that doesn’t have the horns, I think it’s great, almost sounds like a less pained version of something Lennon would do on his first solo album.
got to add george's outside interpretation of + enthusiasm for she's leaving home! (from barry miles' 2002 memoir 'in the sixties'):
"'It really says… it!’ He waved his hands about in the air expressively. ‘It says it in a way which they can listen to, you know, the mums and dads up in Wigan and Manchester, and you never know, it might get through to a few of ‘em.’"
Your right it's not a 10 it's an 11, and with most critics and musicians calling it there masterpiece, everyone has there own opinion....but you my friend your opinion is wrong.