If your mind is blown now, imagine how incredible and shockingly amazing and beautiful this was to listeners when it first came out in September of 1969, more than 50 years ago! No one knew such music was possible. It was unparalleled, progressive and generations ahead of its time.
Yup I was there. I was 16 years old when it was released. Took me weeks to save up money to purchase the album.It was mind blowing to hear the songs which never made it to radio.
I was tiny when the Beatles conquered the world. But having older siblings I was introduced to them from the word go. They are in the fabric of my soul
The incredible thing is that the song is just 15 words: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", "so bad", "it's driving me mad", "know", "babe" and "yeah". That's yer lyrics!
What Beatles did in only 7-8 years is far more than every other band accomplish in a lifetime. I don't think there are any other band that developed so fast both as songwriters and musicians. It's fair to say they were genuis'!
Yes. The “they developed” and “never stopped experimenting” is so true...but...from their very BEGINNING they were doing all that-what they brought home from from Hamburg after their first trip in 1960 was completely revamped and expanded in 61 and then especially in’62 to where they were fully formed and ready to hit the ground running-and now writing their own songs-in ‘63 with their debut album, Please Please Me. Their 8 original songs were stuff never before heard in pop music!
@@scottamichie Let's not forget George Martin. Cause it really doesn't matter how many ideas you have or how experimental you are if your producer is on a different page. The Beatles and George Martin were like a match made in Heaven they brought out the best of eachother. GM was always up for a challenge and determined to create/fix whatever John and Paul came up with.
@@danielolson5378 Yes. GM was all in w them as soon as he met them-he immediately saw how unique was their charisma and synergy and humor and drive and talent as PEOPLE. But it wasn’t until their third recording session (Please Please Me rearranged to a faster uptempo beat at HIS suggestion) that their MUSIC excited him.
@@geetarman The recordings for their first album began in 1962 and as you said it was released in 1963. I agree with you i should have said at least between 1962/63-1969. By the time of the Let It Be release the band had already split up.
@@DenNEE What a treasure alright! Incredible actor too. If you haven't yet, check out reactors doing Clockwork Orange watching it for the first time. Some of it's pretty hilarious! And of course the music score is excellent. I got the soundtrack albums after watching it, and 2001 soon after. Regards. 😎✌️
The song finishes side one of the vinyl album, abruptly, and creates a weird kind of silence until you get up to turn the record over. Side two opens with Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun", which could hardly be more of a contrast. A little part of the magic is lost unless you experience it in this way.
One of the best later examples of all four Beatles being at the absolute peak of their game. Brilliant vocals, fabulous guitar work, great drumming and one of Paul’s best ever bass lines (which if you listen to it isolated, is even more incredible. Honestly, I recommend it). And add in Billy Preston on the keyboards.
The whole album is a testament to their talents. I think everybody knew it was going to be the last Hurra and it shows. An absolute masterpiece of an album
@@iamthewalrus4998, literally the peak of their game. Finishing this song was the last time The Beatles were in the studio together. From Wikipedia: “It was the first song recorded for the Abbey Road album but one of the last songs to be finished, on 20 August 1969, the last time all four Beatles were together in the studio.”
I met Billy Preston in the mid 1990's. I asked him if he played the organ on I Want You (She's so heavy). He told me that he had indeed played the organ. He also said he had to go uncredited do to record label and royalty issues. During the outro, John increasingly saturates the track with 'white noise'. Courtesy of the brand new Moog synthesizer George Harrison purchased and brought in to EMI Studios on 5 August 1969 Enjoy the ride Hari, RNB
I have NEVER heard a band play as SMOOTH as the Beatles do in the Instrumental Section of this AMAZING song!! For all of the PRIASE that the Fab-4 get I don't think they are shown enough respect for their AWESOME MUSICIANSHIP skills!!
@@groundscoresteve4964 It's amazing how it is majestic with so few chords and changes. Another part of this LP that gets scandalously little to no attention are the awe-inspiring harmonies in the song "Because".
@@jnagarya519 'THEY' say that it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a PERFECT ALBUM, so I had to SEARCH for the FLAW in 'Abbey Road'. It took me years to figure it out, but I finally found it! The ONLY thing wrong with 'Abbey Road' is that it is the Beatles LAST ALBUM! ✌
Now will you be the first to react to “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End”? 3 songs that cannot and should not be played individually, only together.
The entire “Abbey Road” album is the Beatles’ finest masterpiece. It should be consumed in one sitting. The first seven songs are spectacular on their own. Beginning with track 8, “Because”, and ending with “Her Majesty” should be listened to uninterrupted. This album sounds as fresh as it did in 1970. Everything about it is to be loved. Your reaction is wonderful. I love watching people listen for the first time. 🍻😀
I absolutely agree. This is an album that should ONLY ever be played from Come Together all the way through to Her Majesty. It is an absolute masterpiece on every level - musicianship, songwriting, production. What they did with this album was just incredible although given that it sat later in the catalogue after Revolver, Sgt Peppers and the White Album, I think people had already come to expect this high level of expectation for the band. Shame 'Let It Be' sits a bit like a 'lets get this over with' at the end of their catalogue.
@@LawrenceAkers true but “Let it Be” actually was recorded before “Abbey Road” and in a sense Abbey Road was a come back after the flawed “Let it Be”. So it’s Always important to view Abbey Road as the Beatles’ true swan song which is why they all came together one last time
@@hw343434 Yes, I know this... I'm just simply saying in terms of discography release, it feels very much like an after thought. The band were experiencing the same challenges with Let It Be (or Get Back as it was originally going to be called) as they did with recording the The Beatles, including George leaving the band at one point. Ultimately, it was too ambitious as an idea and caused disharmony more than the harmony the whole concept had hoped to bring. Abbey Rd was made on the condition that it was recorded like they used to and largely, on the whole, was a fun experience for the band - except Maxwell's which they all seemed to hate except Paul.
The end of this song cuts the "Abbey Road" album neatly in half, emphasizing the difference in the two sides. Flipping the album over and hearing the opening notes of George's gentle "Here Comes The Sun" was quite a contrast.
This is a great song, mind blowing really, and yet this is probably like No. 92 on their all time list of great songs. Just goes to show what an incredible music catalog they have.
Consider that this song came out roughly 5 years after "She Loves You (yeah, yeah, yeah)." It was like they lived a decade in each year of the 60's. Can't wait to hear your reaction to "Tomorrow Never Knows." :-)
This song is so hypnotic. This is a true album track in the since of the way it fits in the album. Abbey Road is a an album that must be listened to as a single work, not as individual songs. On the record, the abrupt ending is very jarring, as it ends side one, but on the CD it is even better because it goes to Here Comes the Sun, which takes you from a rather dark sound as She's So Heavy ends, to the very bright, Here comes the Sun, very much like a sunrise.
My daughter went to San Diego's School of Creative & Performing Arts. The adv choir & band did the entire Abbey Road LP when she was a senior. It was the perfect ending of her HS experience! This whole LP is classic!
Thank you for your reaction Harri! There is The Beatles and then there is everyone else! What those four young men accomplished in such little time is mind blowing! We will never see their like again! Please add "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" and "Dear Prudence" to your ever-growing list!
A favorite track from Abbey Road. John is my favorite. I have no descriptive words for how great this song is. It sets a mood. I have memories of listening to this on a hot beach by the lake in the summer...1980s for me. That's when I discovered the Beatles and this album.
Hari I listened to the top forty from the era of each of the years of their work. The difference in what the Beatles were doing compared to everyone else in music , they were light years ahead of their peers.
That’s exactly how I felt the first time I heard this. I was more shocked by the silence than I would have been by a loud chord. I still find it somewhat unnerving. I don’t look at the counter either, so I can never remember exactly where it’s going to end. ☺️
@@fredneecher1746 Nobody should ever mention that. Genuinely the only Beatles ‘song’ I don’t like. It sounds marginally better through headphones, but still. It’s the ‘music’ equivalent of that rather crappy art installation that Tate Modern put in the darkest corner of the gallery where nobody ever goes 😂
@b phillip I agree with you. It’s a sound collage. I love the way the sound travels from ear to ear. A lot of other groups would later incorporate that technique into their own recordings. I think that you can also hear the sound of what appears to be some sort of protest or demonstration going on. Revolution!
@@markydh83 “Revolution 9” is an amazing work of sound collage. If you’re expecting Beatles pop stick to “Love Me Do”. Revolution 9 listened to with eyes closed takes you places visually, the way sound travels there is like a painting
@@hw343434 Not at all. It’s literally the only song I don’t like from their entire catalogue and I’m as entitled as anyone to think a particular piece is total shit 👍🏻 Just like not everyone likes particular paintings, hence why I mentioned Tate Modern.
Harri, you are the best. Your reactions are so thoughtful and good. What the Beatles accomplished in the relatively short number of years they were together still is hard to wrap my head around. They were so incredibly gifted!
Thank you for getting it. This was one of my favorite songs the Beatles ever did although the whole album is still something I regularly drag out listen to.
You are spot on about it sending you into a trance! With headphones on, that last part just kind of swirls around and around, and the sound effect of the wind just magnifies it. After 50 years of listening to it, I still am utterly unable to tell when that abrupt stop is coming! (No fair using a counter!)
A fantastic musical expression of desire frustration bliss, in cycles like being madly in love it overwhelms calms builds and overwhelms again, genius, great to hear your perspective, and see your appreciation Harri, peace and love to you and yours ✌️❤️
John Lennon - vocals, backing vocals, lead multitrack guitar, Moog synthesizer George Harrison - vocal accompaniment, multi-track guitar lead Paul McCartney - backing vocals, bass Ringo Starr - drums, conga Additional musicians Billy Preston - Hammond organ
Dude I literally cheered when you recognized Billy Preston on the keys so quickly! I’ve just really started to dig into the Beatles recently and I’m in my mid 30s. Amazing how long ago this was made and how it holds up. If you get the chance, put on headphones and listen to Sgt. Pepper start-to-finish. Even better if you do it on vinyl and have to take a break and flip the record where the band intended that to happen. So glad to see you appreciating this. I love your positivity and genuine approach to discovering music, thanks for the vid.
Believe it or not as 3year old kids we used tohave on this album and when this song came on we used to turn off the lights snd cover the windows snd get scared saying it means the devil is coming to get you😱😩😕
That's why there will only ever be one Beatles! They come with many layers and under many guises, but they are the only group of their kind. A comet whose trail will forever burn bright in the sky...
We need to remember that, at the time, virtually everything they did was 'outside the box'. It's just that we have the benefit of hindsight. A lot of what they did THEN, appears more mainstream to us NOW, because it's become so. They were pioneers, who did so many things first. This song STILL stands out as something different and unusual though. :)
Yes!!! Glad you finally got around to this one, Harri! I'm jealous you get to hear this for the first time. I wish I could hear it again for the first time! Great video. Thanks for sharing your reaction!
I honestly think The Beatles are better at creating music than anyone else is at anything else. I’m not kidding. Perhaps the greatest humanity has to offer.
To the Yoko haters, at least she inspired this gem. Musically, it's one of my favs and it stands up to time. This was not a hit in its day but younger folks often hear it and declare it to be their favorite Beatles song.
@@buddyneher9359 --This song has a good and extended musical vibe. That is timeless whereas musical experimentation, which Beatles were famous for (particularly in the middle period and the psychedelic mid-60s), is dated, not to us old folks but to younger folks. I Want You has simple, but timeless lyrics and a timeless musical groove. A young person will like this tune 50 years from now. I think John would have done something more with the end to this song had he known how much it would be appreciated decades later.
@@hongfang2508 Done something more with the end?! The end is the best part of the song! That repeating entrancing Heavy as ever Guitar Riff riding the rising White Noise from the Moon Synth played by John is just so EPIC and Heavy!!! And then, cutting the TAPE?!!! Mind blowing specially for the time. Don’t think anybody had cut the tape literally like that before
saw Paul in an interview he was asked who he was influenced by and Paul replied with what for me was a brilliant answer he said who ever he was listening to at the time
Fabulous reaction Harri as always, check out from the LET IT BE album and the concert on the roof footage 'I've Got a feeling ", Paul and John exchanging lead vocals throughout, absolute vintage Beatles, take care buddy and cheerio from Glasgow.
My favorite Beatles song! John and Paul weren't really collaborating at the time anymore and could barely stand each other but they came together for this one song near the end of their time together. Just brilliant.
@@gunkulator1 by the time of "I've Got A Feeling" (January '69) they were still in good terms. Even in April '69 they recorded "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" together - only the two of them. This song has begun to be recorded in Feb/20/'69 The final mixing took place only half a year later in Aug/20/'69 That was the last day ever, the fab four had been seen in a recording studio together.
I was a Beatles fan back in the 60’s and I was an am a Pink Floyd fan. If you listen to the end of this song I’m sure it reminds you of Pink Floyd. These 2 bands take you to another place when you listen to them. Probably the the best 2 bands of all time.
Your reactions always bring me such joy. You're intelligent, well spoken, and analytical (but not overly! That's important!). You clearly care so much about the music and your subscribers. Keep on rockin' man 😃
I love seeing the reactors hit this song on their way through the Beatles. Definitely unexpected (and so-o-o good). Sir Paul was at the pinnacle of his bass playing on this album. . Harri: I think that's the most adventurous they've been Tomorrow Never Knows: Hold my scrumpy.
I agree with Harry in that I think this is as adventurous as any Beatles song ever. It showcases John’s incredible guitar riffs and his voice is good including that visceral scream before the last segment, Ringo playing polyrhythms and mixing it up throughout each verse, Paul doing a murderous bassline, George with the perfect accompanying lead as always… Billy Preston on keyboards and John on the Moog white noise at the end before cutting the tape. Innovations all over the place on this track, their heaviest prog rock song ever
Thanks to those that took them out of the pubs and sent them to America. I always preferred the album "Rubber Soul. Harri your reactions and comments are awesome.
You want three songs together? The other side of Abbey Road has the long medley but you can split it. You Never Give Me Your Money to She Came In Through the Bathroom Window and Golden Slumbers to The End (but leave it going for the coda). PS yes it's Billy Preston👍
It's more songs than that. Isn't it SIX songs, just sort of a medley? Let's see...You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mister Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Your Gonna Carry That Weight, The End, AND Her Majesty. YIKES, that's actually NINE songs...well, actually some are just fragments, but anyway. Although I LOVE this medley, I wonder if he can devote that much time to this monster. It's about 16 minutes in all. I can't see him trying to just review bits and pieces of it, though. He'd have to do the whole thing.
@@yohannbiimu I suggested he split it between She Came in Through The Bathroom Window and Golden Slumbers to make it more manageable. I used the word "to" instead of typing in all the song titles.
I really love your reactions..they're so pure and naif, exactly as they should be. The Abbey Road album still sounds amazing, after so many years. It was a multilayers record; you can hear nice songs, amazing tunes and some masterpieces, all mixed up. After listening this album i guess everybody feels a multiple whirlwind of emotions inside, as they might reflect, as a mirror, the huge variety of music styles inside this unbelieveable album..
Hey Harry, you’re at about 45 songs deep and I know astounded and think you only have about 230 Beatle songs to go and then all their solo stuff!!!👌🎵👍🎼✌️🎶😎
He doesnt need to react to ALL of them- nor should he imo. They are not all to this quality- and there is also so much more other music in the world- way more than he can get to. There's still plenty beatles tracks he SHOULD for sure listen to- like maybe 50 or so? But then he will have heard the best and have a good understanding of them. He can listen to the albums in their entirety on his own time after that- and his channel would be better served covering more artists.
I'm right there with you, Harri. Would love to see you react to something a little more "off the wall" for the Beatles, like "You Know My Name Look Up The Number", great fun tune!
Great song. John recorded this screaming to Yoko. Yes Billy Preston stayed with them all throughout 1969 as a friend from the old Hamburg days, he brought back some of their youthful joy, and kept them from doing unmendable things to each other that last year. Another song that shows a basic blues riff and thirteen words, and some cool bass, and the best drummer in the world, and you get an awesome song. John wanted this to be as few words as possible, (He wanted one word) but they settled for 13. I want you so bad babe , she's so heavy, it's driving me mad
Paul’s bass is killer. John’s vocals are phenomenal. Guitars are mucho cool. Ringo is a masterful drummer. I can’t imagine any other drummer that could elevate the Beatles any better than Richard Starky. They’re so heavy.
The cover photo of The Beatles walking across the zebra crossing on Abbey Road was taken on August 8th, 1969. This was also the day they finished recording I Want You (She’s So Heavy).
This song was an early heavy metal or hard rock song. At this point in their careers they allowed themselves a lot of creative ideas. Each band member was worth millions so they weren’t terribly concerned if their music hit the top forty, or was disliked by critics.
Back in the day, when we only had vinyl LPs, this was the end of Side 1. That final sudden ending was the signal to get up, flip the record, and play Side 2, starting with "Here Comes the Sun" - quite a contrast! Then, the rest of Side 2, which is just brilliant stuff
Hari, you make me wish I hadn't heard this song 100+ times before! I'm sure I had the same response that you did. I would have heard it sandwiched with the rest of the LP which is also a smile fest. The boys were at their very best here and Billy Preston just is mentioned enough on his contributions the last few years they were together. Thanks for another great review/reaction.
@@ralphcordon5688 Right you are. Thanks for correction. He did play more during George's solo career. They met Billie in 1962. I believe he might have also worked with Ringo too. Thanks again!!
@@andythrush3341 Welcome, no problem. Sorry for my nitpicking, I like to set the record straight, whenever I see wrong information. Have a great day :)
Billy Preston on piano organ!! Fantastic Beatles ...Paul bass and Ringo's drumming is out of this world? And i love the wind storm ! When I first heard this song I couldn't believe it was them and I was only 14 yes., old! Well Beatle junky now.
Can you even imagine... a dark apartment/flat... black lights illuminating all the BL posters on the wall.... happy smoke filling the air... everyone half drunk and leaned back on the couch or chair (or bean bag!)...just diggin' this song, esp. the ending with the rising sound of the wind (probably a vacuum cleaner. Hey! I'm not kidding!!). Follow it up with a number by the Doors. We had A word for it.... Groovy, man.... just groovy!
They didn't just push the envelope, they grabbed it, ripped it up and tore it to shreds. It takes some serious stones to out a song like this. Serious stones.
If your mind is blown now, imagine how incredible and shockingly amazing and beautiful this was to listeners when it first came out in September of 1969, more than 50 years ago!
No one knew such music was possible. It was unparalleled, progressive and generations ahead of its time.
Exactly..i once said they were ahead of their time and someone replied,they are not and i ws just late to the party..Some folks just dont get it 😀😀
Yup I was there. I was 16 years old when it was released. Took me weeks to save up money to purchase the album.It was mind blowing to hear the songs which never made it to radio.
I was 14...it changed my perception of everything.😁
I was tiny when the Beatles conquered the world. But having older siblings I was introduced to them from the word go. They are in the fabric of my soul
I experienced this in 69' I was shocked I couldn't believe it was them..it blow my mind!
The incredible thing is that the song is just 15 words: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", "so bad", "it's driving me mad", "know", "babe" and "yeah". That's yer lyrics!
Crazy that one of if not the longest song they wrote had so few lyrics. And it still works perfectly, what an absolute tune
And it’s better written the 99% of what’s on the radio
Proof music can be simple yet profound.
@@kevynlemoing8208 Only thing simple about the song is the lyrics
Masterpiece.
We said the same you n me, at the same time. Oh that Bass, Paul!!!!
Paul on the bass in the song is maybe my fave bass track ever. Boom boom boom boom ba ba boom? I mean that's sick. It's super early Metal!
What Beatles did in only 7-8 years is far more than every other band accomplish in a lifetime. I don't think there are any other band that developed so fast both as songwriters and musicians. It's fair to say they were genuis'!
Yes. The “they developed” and “never stopped experimenting” is so true...but...from their very BEGINNING they were doing all that-what they brought home from from Hamburg after their first trip in 1960 was completely revamped and expanded in 61 and then especially in’62 to where they were fully formed and ready to hit the ground running-and now writing their own songs-in ‘63 with their debut album, Please Please Me. Their 8 original songs were stuff never before heard in pop music!
@@scottamichie Let's not forget George Martin. Cause it really doesn't matter how many ideas you have or how experimental you are if your producer is on a different page. The Beatles and George Martin were like a match made in Heaven they brought out the best of eachother. GM was always up for a challenge and determined to create/fix whatever John and Paul came up with.
@@danielolson5378 Yes. GM was all in w them as soon as he met them-he immediately saw how unique was their charisma and synergy and humor and drive and talent as PEOPLE. But it wasn’t until their third recording session (Please Please Me rearranged to a faster uptempo beat at HIS suggestion) that their MUSIC excited him.
@@geetarman The recordings for their first album began in 1962 and as you said it was released in 1963. I agree with you i should have said at least between 1962/63-1969. By the time of the Let It Be release the band had already split up.
Heavy personified. This song can't be played too loud.
Dial needs to be turned all the way up to 11, Denny.
You got that right! BTW, I like your avatar Denny. Have that same poster of Alex on the wall here! Awesome movie too, Clockwork.
@@GrouchyMarx My favorite movie. I have a Malcolm McDowell autographed photo. It's a treasure.
@@DenNEE What a treasure alright! Incredible actor too. If you haven't yet, check out reactors doing Clockwork Orange watching it for the first time. Some of it's pretty hilarious! And of course the music score is excellent. I got the soundtrack albums after watching it, and 2001 soon after. Regards. 😎✌️
@@GrouchyMarx i adore anything by Kubrick. He is the best director. Ever.
John basically just said "Slash the tape right there!" for the ending.
The song finishes side one of the vinyl album, abruptly, and creates a weird kind of silence until you get up to turn the record over. Side two opens with Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun", which could hardly be more of a contrast. A little part of the magic is lost unless you experience it in this way.
One of the best later examples of all four Beatles being at the absolute peak of their game. Brilliant vocals, fabulous guitar work, great drumming and one of Paul’s best ever bass lines (which if you listen to it isolated, is even more incredible. Honestly, I recommend it). And add in Billy Preston on the keyboards.
The whole album is a testament to their talents. I think everybody knew it was going to be the last Hurra and it shows. An absolute masterpiece of an album
Is it a keyboard, if it has more than 1 key? Shouldn't it be keysboard?
@@DaveMcIroy 😂😂😂
@@iamthewalrus4998, literally the peak of their game. Finishing this song was the last time The Beatles were in the studio together. From Wikipedia: “It was the first song recorded for the Abbey Road album but one of the last songs to be finished, on 20 August 1969, the last time all four Beatles were together in the studio.”
Couldn’t agree more! Probably the n.1 ou n.2 Beatles song to me.
And there’s nothing comparable to the Paul’s bass line here!! Love it so much!!!
I met Billy Preston in the mid 1990's. I asked him if he played the organ on I Want You (She's so heavy). He told me that he had indeed played the organ. He also said he had to go uncredited do to record label and royalty issues. During the outro, John increasingly saturates the track with 'white noise'. Courtesy of the brand new Moog synthesizer George Harrison purchased and brought in to EMI Studios on 5 August 1969 Enjoy the ride Hari, RNB
I recognised his work immediately
According to Geoff Emerick that was George Harrison's synthesizer.
@@tallmn1957 That is correct Bob. My mistake. I fixed my OP. Cheers, RNB
The instrumental section, after the singing, is majestic.
I agree 100% and I love the wind storm ending.
I have NEVER heard a band play as SMOOTH as the Beatles do in the Instrumental Section of this AMAZING song!! For all of the PRIASE that the Fab-4 get I don't think they are shown enough respect for their AWESOME MUSICIANSHIP skills!!
@@groundscoresteve4964 It's amazing how it is majestic with so few chords and changes.
Another part of this LP that gets scandalously little to no attention are the awe-inspiring harmonies in the song "Because".
@@jnagarya519 'THEY' say that it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a PERFECT ALBUM, so I had to SEARCH for the FLAW in 'Abbey Road'. It took me years to figure it out, but I finally found it! The ONLY thing wrong with 'Abbey Road' is that it is the Beatles LAST ALBUM! ✌
This track is almost jazz. I haven’t thought of why but it always brings to mind the Steve McQueen movie Bullitt. Just outstanding musicianship
Now will you be the first to react to “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End”? 3 songs that cannot and should not be played individually, only together.
Or the full “The Long One” AKA “Abbey Road Medley”, although I don’t think there’s a video version of it.
I don't know if Harry can handle it.
LOL
YES! omg, i'm hoping he will. It has to be the 3 together, they are one.
Yes please! You might as well listen to the entire Side 2 of Abbey Road. It's like one long song made up of different tracks. It works seamlessly.
that right
You don’t listen to this song, you feel this song.
Can you imagine a band trying to do that live in the studio and put it on an album. Those days are long gone.
Another brilliant Beatles hit. I think you'd also love "She's Leaving Home."
Absolutely
Yes, it's much, MUCH different from this one, and it's surprisingly good. It's also got a cool backstory.
Song makes me so sad 😪
Los mejores del planeta, y eso q son fresas.
The entire “Abbey Road” album is the Beatles’ finest masterpiece. It should be consumed in one sitting. The first seven songs are spectacular on their own. Beginning with track 8, “Because”, and ending with “Her Majesty” should be listened to uninterrupted. This album sounds as fresh as it did in 1970. Everything about it is to be loved. Your reaction is wonderful. I love watching people listen for the first time. 🍻😀
Except Maxwells Silver Hammer 🔨
I absolutely agree. This is an album that should ONLY ever be played from Come Together all the way through to Her Majesty. It is an absolute masterpiece on every level - musicianship, songwriting, production. What they did with this album was just incredible although given that it sat later in the catalogue after Revolver, Sgt Peppers and the White Album, I think people had already come to expect this high level of expectation for the band. Shame 'Let It Be' sits a bit like a 'lets get this over with' at the end of their catalogue.
@@hw343434 bang bang
@@LawrenceAkers true but “Let it Be” actually was recorded before “Abbey Road” and in a sense Abbey Road was a come back after the flawed “Let it Be”. So it’s Always important to view Abbey Road as the Beatles’ true swan song which is why they all came together one last time
@@hw343434 Yes, I know this... I'm just simply saying in terms of discography release, it feels very much like an after thought. The band were experiencing the same challenges with Let It Be (or Get Back as it was originally going to be called) as they did with recording the The Beatles, including George leaving the band at one point. Ultimately, it was too ambitious as an idea and caused disharmony more than the harmony the whole concept had hoped to bring.
Abbey Rd was made on the condition that it was recorded like they used to and largely, on the whole, was a fun experience for the band - except Maxwell's which they all seemed to hate except Paul.
The drumming is out of this world. Billy ROCKS it! The Moog fcking KILLER! A hypnotic masterpiece to be sure. The ending is deafening……..
THAT BASS STUNNING
Beatles Beatles Beatles, the greatest MUSIC of all time
This is one my favourite Beatles songs
, they were streets ahead of there time, song writing at its absolute best.
Nicholas, it's my favourite late Beatles song, We Can Work it Out being my favourite early Beatles song.
@@tonyanderton3521
"We Can Work It Out"
is not an early one.
It's their middle period.
@@tonyanderton3521 I would consider "WCWiO" as a mid-period song.... cause I'm picky like that ;-)
nicholas, you say they were streets ahead of their time. it's fifty years later and they're still streets ahead. when will anyone ever catch up?
@@thomasbealy533 couldn't agree with you more my friend.
This was the last song recorded in studio with The Beatles before they broke up. If it had to end, what a way to go out. Still my favorite song.
The end of this song cuts the "Abbey Road" album neatly in half, emphasizing the difference in the two sides. Flipping the album over and hearing the opening notes of George's gentle "Here Comes The Sun" was quite a contrast.
The music is just intoxicating
Everytime I listen to this tune,I always hear something different. Mind blown then,Mind blown now.Top 5 Beatles tune..
Always loved this song....never ever heard on radio back then. Maybe not a fav at the time for most people.
Their creativity had no limits, this is another masterpiece, whenever I listen to this song don't want to come to the end.
This was the last song on side 1, after the abrupt end side 2 started with Here Comes the Sun.
This is a great song, mind blowing really, and yet this is probably like No. 92 on their all time list of great songs. Just goes to show what an incredible music catalog they have.
In only 8 years. That is what is so crazy.
Consider that this song came out roughly 5 years after "She Loves You (yeah, yeah, yeah)." It was like they lived a decade in each year of the 60's. Can't wait to hear your reaction to "Tomorrow Never Knows." :-)
6 years. "She loves you" 1963 - "I want you (she's so heavy)" 1969. Sounds petty, but as you say, one Beatles-year is like a decade ...
That’s one massive musical evolutionary step
This song is so hypnotic. This is a true album track in the since of the way it fits in the album. Abbey Road is a an album that must be listened to as a single work, not as individual songs. On the record, the abrupt ending is very jarring, as it ends side one, but on the CD it is even better because it goes to Here Comes the Sun, which takes you from a rather dark sound as She's So Heavy ends, to the very bright, Here comes the Sun, very much like a sunrise.
Check out "Tomorrow Never Knows" for an even more stunningly psychedelic John track from that era, featuring some superb Ringo drumming.
My daughter went to San Diego's School of Creative & Performing Arts. The adv choir & band did the entire Abbey Road LP when she was a senior. It was the perfect ending of her HS experience! This whole LP is classic!
Thank you for your reaction Harri! There is The Beatles and then there is everyone else! What those four young men accomplished in such little time is mind blowing! We will never see their like again! Please add "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" and "Dear Prudence" to your ever-growing list!
Stones ain't bad, but you're right.
A favorite track from Abbey Road. John is my favorite. I have no descriptive words for how great this song is. It sets a mood. I have memories of listening to this on a hot beach by the lake in the summer...1980s for me. That's when I discovered the Beatles and this album.
Hari I listened to the top forty from the era of each of the years of their work. The difference in what the Beatles were doing compared to everyone else in music , they were light years ahead of their peers.
This song is dope AF, followed by Here comes the Sun! The Beatles were so insanely talented. Paul's bass licks are just nasty!
I love seeing your reactions to these great Beatles songs. Grooviest song ever imo.
I was weaned on this album at 13 years old. Fifty-Three years later is as fresh as the day it was recorded! THanks for a great reaction! :)
I’ve watched a fair few reaction videos and Harri’s are the best. Seems like a really genuine guy.
the final section is like mystical ecstasy. desire is an endless spiral
Hevaaaaaaaaay ... they put you in a trance and then threw a bucket of cold water over your head when it just STOPPED!!!
That’s exactly how I felt the first time I heard this. I was more shocked by the silence than I would have been by a loud chord. I still find it somewhat unnerving. I don’t look at the counter either, so I can never remember exactly where it’s going to end. ☺️
Thanks for this ! As a 19 year old in college who grew up in early Beatles this was epic. Smoking leaves back then.
If you think this is out of the box, just wait until you hear "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"!!
Is no one going to mention Revolution 9? Maybe a step too far?
@@fredneecher1746 Nobody should ever mention that. Genuinely the only Beatles ‘song’ I don’t like. It sounds marginally better through headphones, but still. It’s the ‘music’ equivalent of that rather crappy art installation that Tate Modern put in the darkest corner of the gallery where nobody ever goes 😂
@b phillip I agree with you. It’s a sound collage. I love the way the sound travels from ear to ear. A lot of other groups would later incorporate that technique into their own recordings. I think that you can also hear the sound of what appears to be some sort of protest or demonstration going on. Revolution!
@@markydh83 “Revolution 9” is an amazing work of sound collage. If you’re expecting Beatles pop stick to “Love Me Do”. Revolution 9 listened to with eyes closed takes you places visually, the way sound travels there is like a painting
@@hw343434 Not at all. It’s literally the only song I don’t like from their entire catalogue and I’m as entitled as anyone to think a particular piece is total shit 👍🏻 Just like not everyone likes particular paintings, hence why I mentioned Tate Modern.
That ending just keeps getting more and more intense.
From Obla Di Obla Da to I Want You (Shes So Heavy) in two days. The Beatles are versatile.
It’s not just amazing, you turn over the album and from the unbearable tension of that ending to Here Comes the Sun. That is genius.
Yep! Not by accident. Freaking brilliant!
Harri, you are the best. Your reactions are so thoughtful and good. What the Beatles accomplished in the relatively short number of years they were together still is hard to wrap my head around. They were so incredibly gifted!
(For your first listen, I can't believe you yanked off yer headphones before John cut the tape on ya!!)
Thank you for getting it. This was one of my favorite songs the Beatles ever did although the whole album is still something I regularly drag out listen to.
You are spot on about it sending you into a trance! With headphones on, that last part just kind of swirls around and around, and the sound effect of the wind just magnifies it. After 50 years of listening to it, I still am utterly unable to tell when that abrupt stop is coming! (No fair using a counter!)
Possibly their greatest song, imo.
Top tier for me!
This song was pure ProgRock, a long song, different parts, changing the speed/multiple times including an incredible riff !
"It sounds like a heavy metal song, it's the Beatles" This has to be their heaviest song.
Definitely a John song! George experimenting with a Moog synthesizer. Great reaction Harri. ❤👊
A fantastic musical expression of desire frustration bliss, in cycles like being madly in love it overwhelms calms builds and overwhelms again, genius, great to hear your perspective, and see your appreciation Harri, peace and love to you and yours ✌️❤️
John Lennon - vocals, backing vocals, lead multitrack guitar, Moog synthesizer
George Harrison - vocal accompaniment, multi-track guitar lead
Paul McCartney - backing vocals, bass
Ringo Starr - drums, conga
Additional musicians
Billy Preston - Hammond organ
Dude I literally cheered when you recognized Billy Preston on the keys so quickly! I’ve just really started to dig into the Beatles recently and I’m in my mid 30s. Amazing how long ago this was made and how it holds up. If you get the chance, put on headphones and listen to Sgt. Pepper start-to-finish. Even better if you do it on vinyl and have to take a break and flip the record where the band intended that to happen. So glad to see you appreciating this. I love your positivity and genuine approach to discovering music, thanks for the vid.
Thanx James
Believe it or not as 3year old kids we used tohave on this album and when this song came on we used to turn off the lights snd cover the windows snd get scared saying it means the devil is coming to get you😱😩😕
That's why there will only ever be one Beatles! They come with many layers and under many guises, but they are the only group of their kind. A comet whose trail will forever burn bright in the sky...
Tasteful drums as always by the most underrated drummer of the Era.
We need to remember that, at the time, virtually everything they did was 'outside the box'. It's just that we have the benefit of hindsight. A lot of what they did THEN, appears more mainstream to us NOW, because it's become so. They were pioneers, who did so many things first. This song STILL stands out as something different and unusual though. :)
Yes!!! Glad you finally got around to this one, Harri! I'm jealous you get to hear this for the first time. I wish I could hear it again for the first time! Great video. Thanks for sharing your reaction!
Im jealous you heard it before me 😀
I honestly think The Beatles are better at creating music than anyone else is at anything else. I’m not kidding.
Perhaps the greatest humanity has to offer.
Amen to that.
That ist right !!!!
To the Yoko haters, at least she inspired this gem. Musically, it's one of my favs and it stands up to time. This was not a hit in its day but younger folks often hear it and declare it to be their favorite Beatles song.
Yes, I didn't care for it much 50 years ago. But now, hearing it anew from young UA-cam 'reactors' I'm appreciating it in a whole new way.
@@buddyneher9359 --This song has a good and extended musical vibe. That is timeless whereas musical experimentation, which Beatles were famous for (particularly in the middle period and the psychedelic mid-60s), is dated, not to us old folks but to younger folks.
I Want You has simple, but timeless lyrics and a timeless musical groove. A young person will like this tune 50 years from now.
I think John would have done something more with the end to this song had he known how much it would be appreciated decades later.
@@buddyneher9359 I was hooked by it from the very start.
@@hongfang2508 Done something more with the end?! The end is the best part of the song! That repeating entrancing Heavy as ever Guitar Riff riding the rising White Noise from the Moon Synth played by John is just so EPIC and Heavy!!! And then, cutting the TAPE?!!! Mind blowing specially for the time. Don’t think anybody had cut the tape literally like that before
Yoko also inspired Because on side 2 of Abbey Road when she played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata on the piano.
Dude, I'm lovin' your reactions. The lads and Billy really leaned into this one. Mesmerizing.
Bass is sick as.
Amazing creativity in every album. Abbey Road alone has many different styles.
The best band ever
I must have listened to this stoned out of my mind dozens of times just for that ending.
saw Paul in an interview he was asked who he was influenced by and Paul replied with what for me was a brilliant answer he said who ever he was listening to at the time
It is a great answer
Fabulous reaction Harri as always, check out from the LET IT BE album and the concert on the roof footage 'I've Got a feeling ", Paul and John exchanging lead vocals throughout, absolute vintage Beatles, take care buddy and cheerio from Glasgow.
My favorite Beatles song! John and Paul weren't really collaborating at the time anymore and could barely stand each other but they came together for this one song near the end of their time together. Just brilliant.
@@gunkulator1 by the time of
"I've Got A Feeling" (January '69)
they were still in good terms.
Even in April '69 they recorded
"The Ballad Of John and Yoko"
together - only the two of them.
This song has begun to be
recorded in Feb/20/'69
The final mixing took place
only half a year later in
Aug/20/'69
That was the last day ever,
the fab four had been seen
in a recording studio together.
"It's not Heavy Metal, it's the Beatles!" As it turns out, this has been considered by many to be the first Doom Metal song in History.
I was a Beatles fan back in the 60’s and I was an am a Pink Floyd fan. If you listen to the end of this song I’m sure it reminds you of Pink Floyd. These 2 bands take you to another place when you listen to them. Probably the the best 2 bands of all time.
The sense of impending doom hits hard
Your reactions always bring me such joy. You're intelligent, well spoken, and analytical (but not overly! That's important!). You clearly care so much about the music and your subscribers. Keep on rockin' man 😃
I am also a sucker for the bass Harri! Gotta love the Beatles, they are so revolutionary for the way they play with melodies
And over and over and over and over and over. And its always great
I dig smoldering blues like this!
I love seeing the reactors hit this song on their way through the Beatles. Definitely unexpected (and so-o-o good). Sir Paul was at the pinnacle of his bass playing on this album.
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Harri: I think that's the most adventurous they've been
Tomorrow Never Knows: Hold my scrumpy.
I agree with Harry in that I think this is as adventurous as any Beatles song ever. It showcases John’s incredible guitar riffs and his voice is good including that visceral scream before the last segment, Ringo playing polyrhythms and mixing it up throughout each verse, Paul doing a murderous bassline, George with the perfect accompanying lead as always… Billy Preston on keyboards and John on the Moog white noise at the end before cutting the tape. Innovations all over the place on this track, their heaviest prog rock song ever
Thanks to those that took them out of the pubs and sent them to America. I always preferred the album "Rubber Soul. Harri your reactions and comments are awesome.
You want three songs together? The other side of Abbey Road has the long medley but you can split it. You Never Give Me Your Money to She Came In Through the Bathroom Window and Golden Slumbers to The End (but leave it going for the coda).
PS yes it's Billy Preston👍
That’s what I’ve been saying a few times already yeah. 😊
It's more songs than that. Isn't it SIX songs, just sort of a medley? Let's see...You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mister Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Your Gonna Carry That Weight, The End, AND Her Majesty. YIKES, that's actually NINE songs...well, actually some are just fragments, but anyway.
Although I LOVE this medley, I wonder if he can devote that much time to this monster. It's about 16 minutes in all. I can't see him trying to just review bits and pieces of it, though. He'd have to do the whole thing.
@@yohannbiimu I suggested he split it between She Came in Through The Bathroom Window and Golden Slumbers to make it more manageable. I used the word "to" instead of typing in all the song titles.
I really love your reactions..they're so pure and naif, exactly as they should be. The Abbey Road album still sounds amazing, after so many years. It was a multilayers record; you can hear nice songs, amazing tunes and some masterpieces, all mixed up. After listening this album i guess everybody feels a multiple whirlwind of emotions inside, as they might reflect, as a mirror, the huge variety of music styles inside this unbelieveable album..
Thank you for doing one of my favourites! Csnt wait till you get to I am the walrus!
It feels like they are creating a mandala with this song.
All tracks were played on fm radio at two christmas. I miss those days
Hey Harry, you’re at about 45 songs deep and I know astounded and think you only have about 230 Beatle songs to go and then all their solo stuff!!!👌🎵👍🎼✌️🎶😎
He doesnt need to react to ALL of them- nor should he imo. They are not all to this quality- and there is also so much more other music in the world- way more than he can get to.
There's still plenty beatles tracks he SHOULD for sure listen to- like maybe 50 or so? But then he will have heard the best and have a good understanding of them. He can listen to the albums in their entirety on his own time after that- and his channel would be better served covering more artists.
I'm right there with you, Harri. Would love to see you react to something a little more "off the wall" for the Beatles, like "You Know My Name Look Up The Number", great fun tune!
Great song. John recorded this screaming to Yoko. Yes Billy Preston stayed with them all throughout 1969 as a friend from the old Hamburg days, he brought back some of their youthful joy, and kept them from doing unmendable things to each other that last year. Another song that shows a basic blues riff and thirteen words, and some cool bass, and the best drummer in the world, and you get an awesome song. John wanted this to be as few words as possible, (He wanted one word) but they settled for 13. I want you so bad babe , she's so heavy, it's driving me mad
I had to do some counting Mike 😀
Paul’s bass is killer. John’s vocals are phenomenal. Guitars are mucho cool. Ringo is a masterful drummer. I can’t imagine any other drummer that could elevate the Beatles any better than Richard Starky. They’re so heavy.
Arguably my favourite Beatles song 🌞🌺
The cover photo of The Beatles walking across the zebra crossing on Abbey Road was taken on August 8th, 1969. This was also the day they finished recording I Want You (She’s So Heavy).
Emotional roller-coaster with only fourteen words?
Pure genius!
Great song. One of my favorites for sure.
This song was an early heavy metal or hard rock song. At this point in their careers they allowed themselves a lot of creative ideas. Each band member was worth millions so they weren’t terribly concerned if their music hit the top forty, or was disliked by critics.
Back in the day, when we only had vinyl LPs, this was the end of Side 1. That final sudden ending was the signal to get up, flip the record, and play Side 2, starting with "Here Comes the Sun" - quite a contrast! Then, the rest of Side 2, which is just brilliant stuff
This is one of their greatest songs. Always a favourite.
Typical Beatles song, lol, you don’t want it to end! I love how they changed the tempo three times. Genius!
Hari, you make me wish I hadn't heard this song 100+ times before! I'm sure I had the same response that you did. I would have heard it sandwiched with the rest of the LP which is also a smile fest. The boys were at their very best here and Billy Preston just is mentioned enough on his contributions the last few years they were together. Thanks for another great review/reaction.
Actually just the last (half) year,
they were together (Jan-Aug '69)
@@ralphcordon5688 Right you are. Thanks for correction. He did play more during George's solo career. They met Billie in 1962. I believe he might have also worked with Ringo too. Thanks again!!
@@andythrush3341
Welcome, no problem.
Sorry for my nitpicking,
I like to set the record straight,
whenever I see wrong information.
Have a great day :)
@@andythrush3341 Yeah, I guess they know him from the Hamburg days.
The Beatles will always be the greatest they wrote the book
Billy Preston on piano organ!! Fantastic Beatles ...Paul bass and Ringo's drumming is out of this world? And i love the wind storm ! When I first heard this song I couldn't believe it was them and I was only 14 yes., old! Well Beatle junky now.
When you think this is there last album together its make you sad, fuck they where at there best, just think what they would have done.. Omg.
the beatles were so far ahead of their time i bought this vinyl album abbey road when i was 14
Can you even imagine... a dark apartment/flat... black lights illuminating all the BL posters on the wall.... happy smoke filling the air... everyone half drunk and leaned back on the couch or chair (or bean bag!)...just diggin' this song, esp. the ending with the rising sound of the wind (probably a vacuum cleaner. Hey! I'm not kidding!!). Follow it up with a number by the Doors. We had A word for it.... Groovy, man.... just groovy!
They didn't just push the envelope, they grabbed it, ripped it up and tore it to shreds. It takes some serious stones to out a song like this. Serious stones.