I saw the Beatles live at the Cavern club in Liverpool 1962 just before they became the world wide phenomena. The girls still went crazy even then! Great memories!
I love when people react to Yesterday. This song written by Paul McCartney and In My Life by John Lennon was to me the turning point in their music. Both were very deep and meaningful and have stood the test of time. Before most critics and the press dismissed the Fab Four as somewhat of a novelty pop act being mostly known as the first band from England to make it big. Yesterday to me changed all that,you can hear this song at different times in your life and though your interpretation might change the feeling stays the same. Even though Paul and John wrote many more songs as the Beatles and as soloists, Yesterday made Paul immortal
@@Paladin70 I wish I was born in 1968 two years before they broke up. My introduction to the Beatles was by my mother viva their individual solo careers I was five when I listened to her double red and double blue album.That was in 1973 and they are still my favorite group ever. I think I have seen every documentary and interview about them over time, and learning to appreciate them more and more through others who got to live and see them during their heyday. So even though I never personally got to watch them live a can feel it just the same. They continue to effect generations even those who were born too late .
@@elizabethfranco1284 I wish you were born in 1951 like me so you could have sat in front of the tv as a seventh grader in February 1964 and watched their first live performance on US soil with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. There are moments in life where you always remember where you were and this was the second in two and a half months for me as it was that long since President Kennedy was assassinated. Within a matter of months after Ed Sullivan, 75% of boys had that haircut and close to 100% of our dads hated it lol.
Paul told an amusing story about this performance. He was behind the curtain and a stagehand asked him if he was nervous. He said, " A bit. " The stagehand replied, " Well, there's 73 million people watching, so good luck. " And the curtains parted. Just Paul, his guitar, a mike and a string quartet delivered an amazing rendition of what has become a timeless classic.
I grew up with the Beatles music & had most of their records. They were part of the British Invasion. You can't go wrong with any of their music. They had so many great songs in the 60's-70's. "Yesterday" is one of my favorites & is one of the most recorded songs in history.
born in 70 just a little late but few years ago i did see the Fab four in concert you think it was them along with Ed Sullivan look alike you think it was him too lol.
Paul had dreamed the melody to this and woke up singing it and quickly went to the piano. To help him remember this tune he had no words for yet (he thought it must be someone else's song, that he got stuck in his head). Over the next few weeks, the song was temporarily called "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs, oh and yes I love scrambled eggs, ohhh ohh ohhh Scrambled eggs'
If you listen closely, as Paul admits, he was terribly nervous here, and his voice is a little shaky at times with nerves. Just before the curtain came up, the crew on the stage asked, "are you nervous?" Paul said, why, "well there are over 7 million people watching you right now." Gulp!. Then the curtain went up and the lights hit him in the face.
@@mikefetterman6782 His voice isn't shaky at all here, and this was in September of 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show, a year and more than a half later after their FIRST live appearance in America on the Ed Sullivan Show, on Feb. 9, 1964. THAT is when that comment was made to Paul, not before THIS performance. They already knew how many people would be watching them because they had been so popular in the US (and the WORLD) by Fall of 1965, I really don't hear any shakiness in his voice here. YES they were very nervous for the Feb. 9, 1964 appearance, but not here. This was their third LIVE and LAST LIVE appearance on Ed Sullivan.
Great song! He is multi-talented. He often played bass, and other various electric guitars. This is an acoustic 6 string, and he also plays piano. You should check him out doing "Oh Darling"-It's amazing! He's really kick-ass in it! His style is always movin' and so is his songwriting!
@@louisme5411 I was just going to point out that Paul is also a drummer, too. He did all the drumming on the BAND ON THE RUN" album, that was released in the U.S. in December 1973
YES, we were in LOVE "with those guys" and for me, especially Paul. They were quiet because "YESTERDAY" hadn't been released yet in America, so had not been heard yet. George, said it in his introduction that "it will be out in America shortly" SO, the girls there listened quietly. As for their OTHER performances, the songs they sang were already on their records, which we fans already knew VERY WELL, because we had those records and played them over and over and over again.
THIS was the point where the Beatles became so much more than a simple 'pop band' with more introspective lyrics of longing and reflection. What was to follow was even MORE... and nothing in pop culture was ever the same. Not just music, but fashion, television & movies, the way we talked to each other, our collective social consciousness... EVERYTHING changed.
"Michele" is another soft ballad that Paul sings although they are different like all Beatle song are. Once you've gotten a bit further into their music and know more songs like "The Long and Winding Road", watch the movie "Yesterday" from 2019. It really made me smile.
I've always thought this was one of the most perfect songs ever. Heartbreak, regret and acceptance beautifully conveyed in only TWO MINUTES. Another for your list is John Lennon's best (IMHO), In My Life.
You should hear the screaming when they played a stadium. And try the studio version of this because the music is beautiful and swirls you along. 🇬🇧❤️🎶
So, you’ve been there every time he has performed that song? Wow, that’s incredible!! He must have performed it at least 5,000 times!! Good for you!!! 🎉🍾🥂🎊 Just having fun with you. 👍😁
@@Paladin70 cool, but seriously can you think of a lot of bands who still have that influence after all these decades? I can’t imagine any bands nowadays that would or could ever hold a candle to them.
@@elizabethfranco1284 It’s surprising how many from that era can still fill stadiums and arenas (Stones, The Who, Rod Stewart, etc) but you’re right, 40 years from now people won’t be flocking to see most of the artists who are current.
hi michael. hope you're good. when i was about 10 or 11, there was a show on that featured the beatles. i didn't take much notice until they all crowded around one camera saying they could see us. well me, i shot behind the sofa so fast and didn't come out for 2 days. i really believed they could see us. that was a very long time ago, lol. great reaction again. try help or we can work it out, 2 of my favourites. if you fancy something different try jimmy nail - love don't live here anymore. beautiful voice. c u soon.
As a TV broadcast it wasn't actually "live". They (he) performed it live in front of an audience, but that was in August 1965; it was broadcast in September. And in addition to Paul and his guitar, there is a string accompaniment. It's possible that the break in screaming was due to the audience's unfamiliarity with the song.
There were so many covers of this song. One of Paul's best. Although Paul wrote this, it is attributed to both him and John. That was their agreement while they were the Beatles.
Just before 23 year old Paul walked out to sing this song on this live performance, he was told there were 50million people watching...about 15-20% of the USA population.....so no pressure! Most covered song in history.....over 3,000 covers.....timeless unforgetable classic!
This song is in the Guinness Book of World records as THE MOST COVERED SONG in the world….2200 recordings by other artists. Paul wrote this song in his dreams. He woke up with it in his head! Crazy! Are these guys touched by Angels, or what?
If you loved this one, here are a few more beautiful ballads from the Beatles, all very different: "And I Love Her" (Paul McCartney); "Something" (George Harrison); "If I Fell" (John Lennon, with McCartney); "Here, There, and Everywhere" (Paul McCartney); and "Because" (John Lennon). Just to start!😂😅 P.s.: There were cellos and violins accompanying McCartney, as well.
My dad was stationed in Scotland so, as a very young teenager, I had the privilege to witness The Beatles take the UK by storm and then come back home to the US and watch it all over again. They music helped me through some rough times.
I was always sorry that I missed them when they came to Toronto way back in 64 I think but you wouldn't have heard much anyway with all that screaming. 😱
Paul actually dreamed this tune. Thankfully, there was a piano next to his bed and he got to play it before it faded. He didn't think he could be that lucky ( apparently he didn't realize he was Paul McCartney) and played it for everyone he met to find out if he'd heard it somewhere. He hadn't. The working title was Scrambled Egg. George Martin helped him add strings and the rest is history!🧠💗
Yesterday is unuisual in that it is a Lennon and McCartney song, written entirely by McCartney without any contribution by Lennon, and recorded as a Beatles song without any of the other three Beatles performing on the record. It was just Paul with his guitar and an orchestral support, basically as you see here in this TV performance.
There are more than 4 chords in this song and his guitar is tuned down. The intro and verse alone have over 10 different chords. He is playing in the key of G but it is in F because he is tuned down. Plus Paul had a say in the 4 piece string section and what they played to accentuate what he was playing and singing.
And it's interesting because by this point and really for years at this point, he had switched from guitar to being the bass player. And for this he plays that six string acoustic and you can see at the end he doesn't really do a bow or anything; he goes back and he's already switching out guitars to get his bass strapped back on.
Release date 1965, 3 years after first stepping into a recording studio. Those screaming girls is the sound of Beatlemania. Police were stationed at venues to stop girls rushing the stage and to carry out the girls who had fainted. Seriously. By 1966, it was so loud that when they played Shea Stadium the band could not even hear themselves. That's when they gave up touring; what's the point if people can't hear you?
Interesting fact- when the Beatles performed live on Ed Sullivan show (which was Sunday evening) the crime rate in the country during their performance time actually dropped. This is how influential their music was.
I’ve watched this clip many times and the original clip has no strings but on this version it’s easy to hear that the strings from the original recording have been added to the live performance.
Mental Floss article: 25 most covered songs, 4 by The Beatles 1.Yesterday 5. Eleanor Rigby 10.And I Love Her 16.Imagine (John Lennon-solo career) 21.Blackbird -Someone could probably host a UA-cam channel solely devoted to The Beatles 💙
This is the vasetomy song. Suddenly, I am not half the man I use to be, there is a shadow hanging over me. Oh I believe in Yesterday. Why they had to go I don't know, they wouldn't say. lol
Part of the reason that the Beatles stop touring was that nobody could hear them when they were singing with all of the screaming. I have to admit I was one of those screaming teenagers…🤪
Most guitar players back then in rock/pop writing songs would never use a jazz turnaround chord pattern with key change leading chords patterns from Em to A7 to Dm, and then he immediately follow the melody with more complicated chord pattern of Dm-C-Bb-Dm-Gm-C-F___songwriters like Carol King could easily do this. If some players/writers could to this they would not be willing to take risks like the Beatles and would stick to formulatic chords of pop music the pre-teen ears were used to in order to sell to their market. As early as Buddy Holly though, some were willing to take the risk . With the George Martin written string quartet accompainiment though, [played by a larger string section here] this became an all time masterpiece. Many, not all though, who only like only metal music or country music do not "get" this kind of music and run back to their safety zone and give a thumbs down. That's their loss....
Exactly, the, that crowd went quiet. MTV added a series, with small live audience. "MTV Unplugged" Stars/Superstars doing an acoustic set. You saw them connect with live audience. You saw real talent, separate from the hype, display full talent, it was great. Nice to see George doing a nice intro, not to be mean, wonder if John could have done intro for Paul without, brotherly rivalry, sarcasm.
This version/video was edited and has not the original recorded live sound. At the original footage you hear screaming and shouting girls all the time and no (!) strings in the background - where do they even come from!?... but anyway: Great, amazing song for sure! A classic! :)
@JohnHazelwood....THIS version has NOT BEEN EDITED!!! This is LIVE from their Sept. 1965 performance LIVE on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW!! I WATCHED IT on TV back then!! I was 18. HOW can you NOT hear the string quartet? The Ed Sullivan Show had a LIVE ORCHESTRA for ALL his shows, the Ray Bloch Orchestra. THOSE are musicians IN that orchestra playing the SAME accompaniment that you hear on the record. There is NO editing. The girls are NOT SCREAMING through the WHOLE song. THEY stop soon after Paul starts, because NO ONE in the U.S. had HEARD "YESTERDAY" because it hadn't been released here in the U.S. Yet. Didn't you LISTEN to GEORGE'S introduction? That it is from their new album out in ENGLAND, and that it would be "RELEASED IN AMERICA SHORTLY. You need to listen to this again.
I remember watching this live on Ed Sullivan with my mother. She couldn't believe the song and said lthat obviously someone else was singing and wrote the song.
With all respect - “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written in human history - more than 1,600+ recorded cover versions. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. Although it was never released as a single in the UK “Yesterday” was voted the single best song of the entire 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners - and in 2000 “Yesterday” was voted the number 1 Pop song of all time by both MTV and Rolling Stone Magazine. If you haven't heard this song, I find that startling and you really need a lesson in music (pop) history...
Change the word love to "life" was such an easy game to play and the song becomes universal for any situation. This is the song that parents back then pricked up their ears and said "that's very good....it can't be the Beatles." This was out of their disdain for loud guitar and drum music and the NEW long haired look the Beatles started. This song for many older folks like me is now even more meaninginful as we lose family members....[mom, dad and younger brother are gone and I am the only one left]....the stupidity of today's situations are not new, but more prevalent in society accepted as "normal"with the mass media's help. "What stupidy?" you might ask.. Well with that question, if you have to ask...then I rest my case. Time will show you the answer...
Regarding the line you singled out, "I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday," it took McCartney some time to realize that he wrote a song not about an unsuccessful romance, but about the death of his mother when he was 14. "I said something wrong" refers to what Paul blurted out when he was told his mother had died: "What'll we do without her money?" (Mrs. McCartney, a registered nurse, outearned her cotton salesman husband) Instantly Paul was horrified at himself, but he couldn't take the words back
the chords he uses in this song sound subtle but are far from it! those chords are so beautiful in the sequence they are jaw dropping on there own, let alone the vocal melody and lyrics. love this song so much! as a side note he came up with the song from a dream, pretty nuts
It was because of the constant screaming that the Beatles quit performing. They couldn't hear themselves and no one could really hear the music...which was their whole reason for performing.
Okay… so I’m new to your channel. I’ve watched several reactions and subscribed. Please! Please! Please! What is the deal with the jar of Hellman’s on the back of the couch? I’ve got to know what that’s about. Please? 😂😂😂
Paul played left-handed At the time the Beatles came out the majority of artists were either single people, or an identifiable lead... so you had Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc... so there was a 'band' but really as backing for a guy. The Beatles came out as a complete unit. And they also sang their own songs. No leader of the band. Sometimes John sang, sometimes Paul, a few times George, and at least one track per album given to Ringo to sing.
I always feel more drawn to the songs by Paul and George, there's something about John's sense of self-righteousness that leaves a bitter taste and that I don't notice with Paul and George
Unbelievable that you said that this one was not worth watching. There is NOTHING WRONG with this live version.....the string quartet is playing behind Paul JUST LIKE IT IS on the record! It sounds JUST as good. Michael NEEDS to see live performances TOO, to actually watch Paul and the others perform their songs. If I was not familiar with a group or singer, I would WANT to SEE them perform it and get a VISUAL of the performer. They can ALWAYS listen to the recording later.
@@patticrichton1135 Unbelievable is too strong a word. I am not imposing anything on anyone. This is just my preference, listen to a good sound quality version first and watch all the live performances you want. Although, I must admit, this live performance was very good, pretty close to a studio version. Take care.
You are so fake. You referenced Ernest Hemingway, right but you don’t know yesterday. You’ve heard this song 1 million times. and your reaction to music videos.😂
Till 2017, this song was the most covered of all times (Guinness world records)
Still is
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 Over 1600 covers!
I saw the Beatles live at the Cavern club in Liverpool 1962 just before they became the world wide phenomena. The girls still went crazy even then! Great memories!
I love when people react to Yesterday. This song written by Paul McCartney and In My Life by John Lennon was to me the turning point in their music. Both were very deep and meaningful and have stood the test of time. Before most critics and the press dismissed the Fab Four as somewhat of a novelty pop act being mostly known as the first band from England to make it big. Yesterday to me changed all that,you can hear this song at different times in your life and though your interpretation might change the feeling stays the same. Even though Paul and John wrote many more songs as the Beatles and as soloists, Yesterday made Paul immortal
Spoken expertly by one who has been there every time he performed it. You go Liz! 👍😁♥️
@@Paladin70 I wish I was born in 1968 two years before they broke up. My introduction to the Beatles was by my mother viva their individual solo careers I was five when I listened to her double red and double blue album.That was in 1973 and they are still my favorite group ever. I think I have seen every documentary and interview about them over time, and learning to appreciate them more and more through others who got to live and see them during their heyday. So even though I never personally got to watch them live a can feel it just the same. They continue to effect generations even those who were born too late .
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I wish you were born in 1951 like me so you could have sat in front of the tv as a seventh grader in February 1964 and watched their first live performance on US soil with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. There are moments in life where you always remember where you were and this was the second in two and a half months for me as it was that long since President Kennedy was assassinated. Within a matter of months after Ed Sullivan, 75% of boys had that haircut and close to 100% of our dads hated it lol.
One of the most famous songs of all time and possibly the most covered by other artists.
It still IS the most covered by various artists.
One of the most recorded songs in history. The original working title of this song was called "Scrambled Eggs"
I think you're underestimating Paul's guitar playing performance: bass runs, chord inversions, melody notes, for example.
Paul told an amusing story about this performance. He was behind the curtain and a stagehand asked him if he was nervous. He said, " A bit. " The stagehand replied, " Well, there's 73 million people watching, so good luck. " And the curtains parted. Just Paul, his guitar, a mike and a string quartet delivered an amazing rendition of what has become a timeless classic.
I grew up with the Beatles music & had most of their records. They were part of the British Invasion. You can't go wrong with any of their music. They had so many great songs in the 60's-70's. "Yesterday" is one of my favorites & is one of the most recorded songs in history.
The Beatles weren't just "PART of the British Invasion," THEY STARTED the British Invasion.
It's THE most recorded song in history, over 3000 times
born in 70 just a little late but few years ago i did see the Fab four in concert you think it was them along with Ed Sullivan look alike you think it was him too lol.
Paul had dreamed the melody to this and woke up singing it and quickly went to the piano. To help him remember this tune he had no words for yet (he thought it must be someone else's song, that he got stuck in his head). Over the next few weeks, the song was temporarily called "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs, oh and yes I love scrambled eggs, ohhh ohh ohhh Scrambled eggs'
If you listen closely, as Paul admits, he was terribly nervous here, and his voice is a little shaky at times with nerves. Just before the curtain came up, the crew on the stage asked, "are you nervous?" Paul said, why, "well there are over 7 million people watching you right now." Gulp!. Then the curtain went up and the lights hit him in the face.
@@mikefetterman6782 His voice isn't shaky at all here, and this was in September of 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show, a year and more than a half later after their FIRST live appearance in America on the Ed Sullivan Show, on Feb. 9, 1964. THAT is when that comment was made to Paul, not before THIS performance. They already knew how many people would be watching them because they had been so popular in the US (and the WORLD) by Fall of 1965, I really don't hear any shakiness in his voice here. YES they were very nervous for the Feb. 9, 1964 appearance, but not here. This was their third LIVE and LAST LIVE appearance on Ed Sullivan.
@@patticrichton1135of course he was nervous because he was singing a song in front of all those people with no support from his mates
LOLL SCRAMBLED EGGS
Great song! He is multi-talented. He often played bass, and other various electric guitars. This is an acoustic 6 string, and he also plays piano. You should check him out doing "Oh Darling"-It's amazing! He's really kick-ass in it! His style is always movin' and so is his songwriting!
And drums!
@@louisme5411 I was just going to point out that Paul is also a drummer, too. He did all the drumming on the BAND ON THE RUN" album, that was released in the U.S. in December 1973
@ MICHAEL DUFFY.......PLUS on "OH DARLING" Paul sings in a VERY VERY different voice than he does here on "YESTERDAY"
Beatles are my all time love
YES, we were in LOVE "with those guys" and for me, especially Paul. They were quiet because "YESTERDAY" hadn't been released yet in America, so had not been heard yet. George, said it in his introduction that "it will be out in America shortly" SO, the girls there listened quietly. As for their OTHER performances, the songs they sang were already on their records, which we fans already knew VERY WELL, because we had those records and played them over and over and over again.
So much history about this song. It plays differently live, but always good to hear.
Yes! Good old Beatles classic. Great music. Great lyrics. They don't make these songs anymore. Keep at it, Mayoman.
THIS was the point where the Beatles became so much more than a simple 'pop band' with more introspective lyrics of longing and reflection. What was to follow was even MORE... and nothing in pop culture was ever the same. Not just music, but fashion, television & movies, the way we talked to each other, our collective social consciousness... EVERYTHING changed.
Great song and reaction. Paul McCartney was always my favorite. Try his songs Let It Be and Hey Jude
"Michele" is another soft ballad that Paul sings although they are different like all Beatle song are. Once you've gotten a bit further into their music and know more songs like "The Long and Winding Road", watch the movie "Yesterday" from 2019. It really made me smile.
I took high school French classes, "Michelle" and Christmas carol, Un Flambeau, Jeanette Isabella have special memories
I've always thought this was one of the most perfect songs ever. Heartbreak, regret and acceptance beautifully conveyed in only TWO MINUTES. Another for your list is John Lennon's best (IMHO), In My Life.
my favorite Beatles song
I saw Paul in Boston last summer on his tour…..still magical to see him.
Even a week shy of his 80th birthday, he put on a tremendous show!!
I saw him exactly 1 year ago on that tour, at Baltimore 's Camden Yards. What a magical night it was!
This is the most covered song in music history, being recorded by over 3,000 artists to date and counting!😮😊😊
You should hear the screaming when they played a stadium. And try the studio version of this because the music is beautiful and swirls you along. 🇬🇧❤️🎶
Yesterday is the most covered song of all time, and the 3rd most recorded song in history.
Paul had a dream with this tune and woke up with it on his mind and wrote it down. He had no lyrics but the song came to him a dream.
Another beautiful Paul McCartney solo Beatles song: "Blackbird".
Every time he has performed that song people still stop to a halt.
So, you’ve been there every time he has performed that song? Wow, that’s incredible!! He must have performed it at least 5,000 times!! Good for you!!!
🎉🍾🥂🎊
Just having fun with you. 👍😁
@@Paladin70 no just on tv or old archives I was 2 when they broke up.
@@Paladin70 cool, but seriously can you think of a lot of bands who still have that influence after all these decades? I can’t imagine any bands nowadays that would or could ever hold a candle to them.
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It’s surprising how many from that era can still fill stadiums and arenas (Stones, The Who, Rod Stewart, etc) but you’re right, 40 years from now people won’t be flocking to see most of the artists who are current.
This is one of those songs that was just grabbed from the air .
Like it ALWAYS existed and he just took it in.
It was the most-played song on American radio for 8 consecutive years and remains the most covered song in history 💙
the song so good it caused teenaged Beatlemaniacs to stop screaming.... it was just Paul, but also Ed Sullivan's house orchestra in the background
hi michael. hope you're good. when i was about 10 or 11, there was a show on that featured the beatles. i didn't take much notice until they all crowded around one camera saying they could see us. well me, i shot behind the sofa so fast and didn't come out for 2 days. i really believed they could see us. that was a very long time ago, lol. great reaction again. try help or we can work it out, 2 of my favourites. if you fancy something different try jimmy nail - love don't live here anymore. beautiful voice. c u soon.
Oh my gosh! That reminded me of the Romper Room lady! I always wanted her to call my name but she never did.
@@terri2494 lol
As a TV broadcast it wasn't actually "live". They (he) performed it live in front of an audience, but that was in August 1965; it was broadcast in September.
And in addition to Paul and his guitar, there is a string accompaniment. It's possible that the break in screaming was due to the audience's unfamiliarity with the song.
If I was there, I’d cry too ❤
There were so many covers of this song. One of Paul's best.
Although Paul wrote this, it is attributed to both him and John. That was their agreement while they were the Beatles.
No other Beatle appeared on this track but Paul. It's said to be the most covered song ever
Just before 23 year old Paul walked out to sing this song on this live performance, he was told there were 50million people watching...about 15-20% of the USA population.....so no pressure!
Most covered song in history.....over 3,000 covers.....timeless unforgetable classic!
This song is in the Guinness Book of World records as THE MOST COVERED SONG in the world….2200 recordings by other artists. Paul wrote this song in his dreams. He woke up with it in his head! Crazy! Are these guys touched by Angels, or what?
If you loved this one, here are a few more beautiful ballads from the Beatles, all very different:
"And I Love Her" (Paul McCartney); "Something" (George Harrison); "If I Fell" (John Lennon, with McCartney); "Here, There, and Everywhere" (Paul McCartney); and "Because" (John Lennon).
Just to start!😂😅
P.s.: There were cellos and violins accompanying McCartney, as well.
"BECAUSE" as JOHN, PAUL, & GEORGE singing TOGETHER in absolutely GORGEOUS HARMONIES.
P.s. : If you want to listen to a wild Paul McCartney post-Beatles song, try "Monkberry Moon Delight"!
My dad was stationed in Scotland so, as a very young teenager, I had the privilege to witness The Beatles take the UK by storm and then come back home to the US and watch it all over again. They music helped me through some rough times.
Give a listen to Here, There, and Everywhere by the Beatles....it's one of their best!
It was called "Beatle Mania"!!!
There were strings backing up Paul, as well! Beautifully written, right?
I was always sorry that I missed them when they came to Toronto way back in 64 I think but you wouldn't have heard much anyway with all that screaming. 😱
Paul actually dreamed this tune. Thankfully, there was a piano next to his bed and he got to play it before it faded. He didn't think he could be that lucky ( apparently he didn't realize he was Paul McCartney) and played it for everyone he met to find out if he'd heard it somewhere. He hadn't. The working title was Scrambled Egg. George Martin helped him add strings and the rest is history!🧠💗
I missed that, Michael. Great sharing bro. Congratulations, you rock 👍👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸
Remember, Paul was the bass player...but originally played guitar before the Beatles era.
Yesterday is unuisual in that it is a Lennon and McCartney song, written entirely by McCartney without any contribution by Lennon, and recorded as a Beatles song without any of the other three Beatles performing on the record. It was just Paul with his guitar and an orchestral support, basically as you see here in this TV performance.
If I'm not mistaken there are fourteen different chords used in the song, some of them are not easy. Check 'em out! Beautiful song, great reaction!
There are more than 4 chords in this song and his guitar is tuned down. The intro and verse alone have over 10 different chords. He is playing in the key of G but it is in F because he is tuned down. Plus Paul had a say in the 4 piece string section and what they played to accentuate what he was playing and singing.
And it's interesting because by this point and really for years at this point, he had switched from guitar to being the bass player. And for this he plays that six string acoustic and you can see at the end he doesn't really do a bow or anything; he goes back and he's already switching out guitars to get his bass strapped back on.
Good sound quality and performance!
The screams were why the Beatles stopped doing live shows. they couldn't believe anyone, including themselves could hear their music
Release date 1965, 3 years after first stepping into a recording studio.
Those screaming girls is the sound of Beatlemania. Police were stationed at venues to stop girls rushing the stage and to carry out the girls who had fainted. Seriously. By 1966, it was so loud that when they played Shea Stadium the band could not even hear themselves. That's when they gave up touring; what's the point if people can't hear you?
Interesting fact- when the Beatles performed live on Ed Sullivan show (which was Sunday evening) the crime rate in the country during their performance time actually dropped. This is how influential their music was.
His guitar was tuned down a whole step so it would be in a good key for the background strings. So a G shape is sounding as F and so on.
I’ve watched this clip many times and the original clip has no strings but on this version it’s easy to hear that the strings from the original recording have been added to the live performance.
This was as they were just starting
Mental Floss article: 25 most covered songs, 4 by The Beatles 1.Yesterday 5. Eleanor Rigby 10.And I Love Her 16.Imagine (John Lennon-solo career) 21.Blackbird -Someone could probably host a UA-cam channel solely devoted to The Beatles 💙
This is the vasetomy song. Suddenly, I am not half the man I use to be, there is a shadow hanging over me. Oh I believe in Yesterday. Why they had to go I don't know, they wouldn't say. lol
Part of the reason that the Beatles stop touring was that nobody could hear them when they were singing with all of the screaming. I have to admit I was one of those screaming teenagers…🤪
Excelente. Congratulações. Abraços desde São Paulo - Brasil .
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Some times minimal is best, especially for an emotional song. If you haven't heard it yet, also highly recommend "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Check out Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - from Abbey Road and the last song(s) they recorded. Many consider it one of their best
Most guitar players back then in rock/pop writing songs would never use a jazz turnaround chord pattern with key change leading chords patterns from Em to A7 to Dm, and then he immediately follow the melody with more complicated chord pattern of Dm-C-Bb-Dm-Gm-C-F___songwriters like Carol King could easily do this. If some players/writers could to this they would not be willing to take risks like the Beatles and would stick to formulatic chords of pop music the pre-teen ears were used to in order to sell to their market. As early as Buddy Holly though, some were willing to take the risk . With the George Martin written string quartet accompainiment though, [played by a larger string section here] this became an all time masterpiece. Many, not all though, who only like only metal music or country music do not "get" this kind of music and run back to their safety zone and give a thumbs down. That's their loss....
Exactly, the, that crowd went quiet. MTV added a series, with small live audience. "MTV Unplugged" Stars/Superstars doing an acoustic set. You saw them connect with live audience. You saw real talent, separate from the hype, display full talent, it was great. Nice to see George doing a nice intro, not to be mean, wonder if John could have done intro for Paul without, brotherly rivalry, sarcasm.
YESTERDAY is THE SONG!!!!
Im sure there's a subconscious element of his mother's death in this song
Like your insightful comments.
Beatles/The Word and also The Word Remixed😊
This version/video was edited and has not the original recorded live sound. At the original footage you hear screaming and shouting girls all the time and no (!) strings in the background - where do they even come from!?... but anyway: Great, amazing song for sure! A classic! :)
@JohnHazelwood....THIS version has NOT BEEN EDITED!!! This is LIVE from their Sept. 1965 performance LIVE on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW!! I WATCHED IT on TV back then!! I was 18. HOW can you NOT hear the string quartet? The Ed Sullivan Show had a LIVE ORCHESTRA for ALL his shows, the Ray Bloch Orchestra. THOSE are musicians IN that orchestra playing the SAME accompaniment that you hear on the record. There is NO editing. The girls are NOT SCREAMING through the WHOLE song. THEY stop soon after Paul starts, because NO ONE in the U.S. had HEARD "YESTERDAY" because it hadn't been released here in the U.S. Yet. Didn't you LISTEN to GEORGE'S introduction? That it is from their new album out in ENGLAND, and that it would be "RELEASED IN AMERICA SHORTLY. You need to listen to this again.
The strings came from Ed Sullivan's house orchestra.
I remember watching this live on Ed Sullivan with my mother. She couldn't believe the song and said lthat obviously someone else was singing and wrote the song.
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I met her a short time later, and she told me the Earth was flat.
Go figure!
Phu Bai is all right.
Watch the movie " YESTERDAY"
With all respect - “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written in human history - more than 1,600+ recorded cover versions. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. Although it was never released as a single in the UK “Yesterday” was voted the single best song of the entire 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners - and in 2000 “Yesterday” was voted the number 1 Pop song of all time by both MTV and Rolling Stone Magazine. If you haven't heard this song, I find that startling and you really need a lesson in music (pop) history...
The screaming was why the stoped touring.
Change the word love to "life" was such an easy game to play and the song becomes universal for any situation. This is the song that parents back then pricked up their ears and said "that's very good....it can't be the Beatles." This was out of their disdain for loud guitar and drum music and the NEW long haired look the Beatles started. This song for many older folks like me is now even more meaninginful as we lose family members....[mom, dad and younger brother are gone and I am the only one left]....the stupidity of today's situations are not new, but more prevalent in society accepted as "normal"with the mass media's help. "What stupidy?" you might ask.. Well with that question, if you have to ask...then I rest my case. Time will show you the answer...
Regarding the line you singled out, "I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday," it took McCartney some time to realize that he wrote a song not about an unsuccessful romance, but about the death of his mother when he was 14. "I said something wrong" refers to what Paul blurted out when he was told his mother had died: "What'll we do without her money?" (Mrs. McCartney, a registered nurse, outearned her cotton salesman husband) Instantly Paul was horrified at himself, but he couldn't take the words back
the chords he uses in this song sound subtle but are far from it! those chords are so beautiful in the sequence they are jaw dropping on there own, let alone the vocal melody and lyrics. love this song so much! as a side note he came up with the song from a dream, pretty nuts
It was because of the constant screaming that the Beatles quit performing. They couldn't hear themselves and no one could really hear the music...which was their whole reason for performing.
I wish it really were just Paul and his acoustic guitar. The backing strings are intrusive here because they're pre-recorded.
Okay… so I’m new to your channel. I’ve watched several reactions and subscribed. Please! Please! Please! What is the deal with the jar of Hellman’s on the back of the couch? I’ve got to know what that’s about. Please? 😂😂😂
Paul played left-handed
At the time the Beatles came out the majority of artists were either single people, or an identifiable lead... so you had
Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc... so there was a 'band' but really as backing for a guy.
The Beatles came out as a complete unit. And they also sang their own songs. No leader of the band. Sometimes John sang, sometimes Paul, a few times George, and at least one track per album given to Ringo to sing.
Listen to the song of the betles, Shes leaving home
I always feel more drawn to the songs by Paul and George, there's something about John's sense of self-righteousness that leaves a bitter taste and that I don't notice with Paul and George
John had the different style grit rasp throaty which added to the magic because the whole 4 of them just continue to blow us away forever❤❤
Try putri ariani cover yesterday.she is 17 yrs old she got golden buzzer in agt2023
By the way, the lost Mayonese jar you were looking for is right behind you on top of the couch....
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They probably had to block out the screaming after awhile.
Are we gods...but then i look at Rlngo😅 said Lennon
The comment below says it all.
I was a Stones fan because I thought all the screaming was a total turnoff. Owned their early albums but not a fan till Sgt Pepper.
It's not 3-4 chords song :-) and not usual rhythm... not so easy to play it and not feel ashamed :-)
Don't tell me that you heart for first time? Seems to me impossible... maybe the most famous song of rock music till now...
What are and why all of the PRIVATE VIDEOS?
You know the original Paul died in a car accident, can’t remember when, but fairly soon after they became popular!
And Paul was very much against using strings in any song... as they are guitar band...
What's the mayonnaise is doing behind you?
Yesterday isn't THAT easy to play. Just saying.
Can you not hear the violins and the orchestra?
No point in watching a live version without having heard the studio version first. there are some exceptions, but not this one. Thanks
Unbelievable that you said that this one was not worth watching. There is NOTHING WRONG with this live version.....the string quartet is playing behind Paul JUST LIKE IT IS on the record! It sounds JUST as good. Michael NEEDS to see live performances TOO, to actually watch Paul and the others perform their songs. If I was not familiar with a group or singer, I would WANT to SEE them perform it and get a VISUAL of the performer. They can ALWAYS listen to the recording later.
@@patticrichton1135 Unbelievable is too strong a word. I am not imposing anything on anyone. This is just my preference, listen to a good sound quality version first and watch all the live performances you want. Although, I must admit, this live performance was very good, pretty close to a studio version. Take care.
You are so fake. You referenced Ernest Hemingway, right but you don’t know yesterday. You’ve heard this song 1 million times. and your reaction to music videos.😂