I don't know why someone just doesn't ask McCart to clear that up, once and for all. Same as Revolution 1: what are those weird noises in the first 10 seconds or so (sort of like chains rattling?) Why doesn't someone just ask McCart or Ringo, while we still can.
Please, be my guest and research the claim. There is video of a take with Paul, with yellow and red patent leather shoes (or some type of tap shoe). Readily available information. Thanks guys. forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/clicking-sound-in-blackbird-what-is-it.183404/
If you play it backwards it says I'm a devil your a devil. At the chorus I always knew Billy was lying about what the chorus meant they wanted to say I'm a devil in order to do that they needed to say jibberish sly satanist
from 1966 to 1969 they did Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. That doesn't count Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine movie soundtracks. Amazing output from amazing, greatest band of all time.
to think a band singing she loves you and shaking their moptops could go to putting out sgt pepper, abbey road.........i mean this is madness. so amazing.
Honestly, all I could picture while listening to it for the first time was Rocket in a world of anthropomorphic raccoons and angry that Dan took his raccoon girl 😂 it’s a generational thing I think.
This was half an hour of absolute gold. I loved how you explained some backstorys from songs and the albums story as a whole. It was awesome that you played every song! It sounded so much more alive than the digital remasters. This has got to be my favourite review from you (ok, I haven't seen every single one). You did an awesome job, really amazing!
"You give her everything you own just to sit at the table. Just a smile would lighten everything." HELL of a lyric, one of the best lines on the album.
I've always thought "Come and keep your comrade warm" was one of the coolest lyrics in the history of Rock and Roll. There's just something so slick and badass about it to me.
Just listened to this yesterday for the first time in a few years. So many good songs I forgot about. Lennon had a lot of great tunes on here. Love "I'm so Tired".
The White Album is the darkest... I love it. Broken bent imperfect and almost perfect. Self referential but the least self-conscious of their work. Dark as fuck.
@@lordgarmadon2598 Not creepy. Just slightly haunted and grittier than anything they’ve done before. It’s off-kilter and avant-garde compositions, it can separate fans (who have no sense of humor or fun personality). With tracks like Glass Onion (especially on the eerie outro), Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, Helter Skelter, Revolution 9, Cry Baby Cry, the album seems slightly bloodstained. I still love every moment of it.
That and Yer Blues reminds me why he is regarded as one of the best Rock n Roll singers ever. He and Paul were pioneering the next decade of heavy metal and hard rock.
Cliffjumper 84 Agreed, most Queen songs sound nothing alike, Also, 70s Queen and 80s Queen sound like two completely different bands bit because of their shifting styles
16:21 Wow I literally had the same thought about Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon as a child! That's one of the many reasons that I love this album so much, it has songs that appeal to so many ages. Sounds like pretty generic praise but it just covers such a wide spectrum of so many things. Thanks for putting together such a great review that's almost as comprehensive as the album itself.
Alongside Pepper it's my favourite Beatles album. I don't care if it is too long or if it does not flow as well as Revolver or Pepper, i like it precisely because it has such a variety of different songs and because it has four sides. Lennon once called it an encyclopedia of Rock, and i am inclined to agree.
@@kilgoretrout3966 I love that idea...the diverse opinions here on best and worst tracks show there's something here for everyone and that 'one man's trash is another man's treasure'. So, instead of arguing, let's go shopping! :-)
@@RollingOrmond Dude, you need to stop acting like you're fourteen. The Beatles are the greatest and there's a little you can do about it, throw away that need to feel special and alternative.
Wow, this is my first viewing of this show. I enjoyed it so much that I watched all of it in one sitting. Thumbs all the way up. You did your homework. A true fan would only care about the details you mentioned. I cared. I am now a fan of "Vinyl Rewind". Thank you, Colby Pollard
Without question my favorite album of all time. Its wild diversity somehow coheres brilliantly, and it actually feels like a journey, a train ride through India, a travelogue. It was also an extraordinary time for music that allowed for such a wild panoply of sounds and ideas - no time before or since has allowed for such far ranging scope while reining in such far flung experimentation into an aesthetically focused whole. It's like the sixties in microcosm. This was the single greatest influence on me as a musician, and I think it explains why so few people seem to grasp what I'm after when I tackle many different ideas and approaches to music making. We could all use more of this kind of musical breadth and range from our musical artists today. And I think every track holds up brilliantly in context. The so called "weaker" tracks work as a kind of brilliant sorbet, freshening the palate between courses. As Salvador Dali said once about one of his paintings that had a tiny crutch rendered in the composition, if it hadn't been there the whole painting would cease to exist.
This is my favorite Beatles album. I love the way you touch on each song. I recently watched another review of the white album and the reviewer totally tore apart Cry Baby Cry. Since it is one of my favorite songs I was glad to see that you appreciated it.
My favorite part on The Beatles Anthology video is when everyone starts talking about ‘how it should be 1 album’ and Paul says ‘ It’s the bloody Beatles White Album, it sold SHUT UP!’ Perfect!
The idea that people would prefer less Beatles to more Beatles is so weird to my brain, especially considering the number of demos made at the same time that were never made into full songs (Sour Milk Sea etc.).
There is quite a bit of filler. Take the marginal (and a few bad) songs out and it would have been a masterpiece. Many songs belonged on the Anthology project, and not on a Beatles album. It's still a great album though with some great songs.
Most favourite Beatles album, most creative, enjoyable and artistic out of all of the other albums including Sgt. Pepper's, encourage everyone to listen to every UK Beatles album, especially this one
I've heard rumors about them thinking about adding a marker in as a package with the album as a "do it yourself cover" type thing, but that idea was scrapped. No idea if it's true or not but that sounds really cool.
My ultimate favorite Beatles album ever, first heard it on Capitol Stereo Cassette when I was 5 years old, totally changed my life, my favorite song Bar None is Back In The USSR. I think this is the only Beatles album that I have more than 10 copies of, and I can't wait till next year when Giles Martin remixes the album
The whole Piper session was recorded in the same studio and time as Sgt. Pepper's. Even Floyd watched The Beatles recording Lovely Rita and Syd immediately wrote Scarecrow.
The White Album is by far my favorite Beatles album. There's just so much variety that you can't help but be amazed by it all. For a long time, I steered clear of it due to Charles Manson's tarnishing of it (especially Helter Skelter), but now Helter Skelter is one of my favorite Beatles songs.
^^^ as much as I love Across the Universe and Dear Prudence, this is the most beautiful Beatles song imo since John wrote this being whole heartedly dedicated to his mother
this was such a great introduction to the white album for me! after only hearing helter skelter, blackbird, and while my guitar gently weeps from this album in particular, i’m glad i was able to hear the whole thing and become so in love with it! thank you.
great timing, just listened to this album again last night from start to finish. probably my favorite beatles album. logic, longest album which means more beatles. that and I love the diversity yet with a scaled back approach.
@@eggboi8475 But they probably won't know the artist. When somebody says the name Led Zeppelin, most people will know what that band is. Not as much with Queen. And besides, Queen is pretty much known for only Freddie Mercury. If someone says Brian May they'll be like "Who's that?" When some says Jimmy Page they'll be like "Oh I know that guy!" And it's not different for other people, most people will be like this.
great work man! I didn't plan on spending 33 minutes listing to a review of The White Album. But I stumbled on this video and was glad I did. In full disclosure I've always been somewhat displeased with the White Album. I feel it's very unfocused and somehow you made me sort of see the organized chaos in it all now. I sorta gree with George Martin it should have been one album but I think allowing more material to be released helped do away with some of the stress built up within the group. I almost think this album made Let It Be an Abbey Road possible.
Thank you. Yeah there's a part of me that could see it as a single album release, but it's so hard to go back now, like what would you take out, so many great songs
Love your channel. As a 62yr old that longs for the very special time that rocks and my evolution coincided. There was so much fertial ground to still explore in rock. The White album is a classical tribute to that time. Albums were art through sound and there is a good reason that the Beatles were and always will be the best. As you state, all the songs have to be taken in context of an album. Its hard to imagine the songs individually. Its sad to see her rock has gone. All I can say , its better to love and lost than never to have loved at all. Thank you for all your work and effort to showcase these timeless works of art. Rock N Roll will never die!
It's so nice to hear and see your appreciation and the value you give to music in these days of low attention span swiping. I remember taking the bus for 35 miles to buy my one monthly record. Most of those records I didn't really like at first listen but, sufficiently intrigued and considering the effort to get them and pay for them, I would listen thoroughly until I got what was going on. Suffice to say, I still listen to them today along the offerings of the incredible musical adventure of the 20th century.
The open ended sessions started with the Rubber Soul sessions when they were up against the clock, to release an album for Christmas in 1965, and they continued from then on. As they were EMI artists in an EMI Recording Studio, all studio time was free.
Great review of one of the best albums ever recorded, in my opinion. I've been a huge Beatles fan since their iconic appearance on Ed Sullivan when I was 9 (yeah, I'm old! lol) and the White Album is one of my favourite albums of theirs. So much really good material on it -- as you point out in your review, Side One alone is worth the price of admission. Very well done review!
Nice vid! Last night I visited the concert of The Analogues in Rotterdam. A precise Beatles coverband with original instruments of those days. My White Album copy ( I own it for 50 years now) has been revived for me. Love it! Now buying a vinyl playing device (again). Thanx!!
I was a freshman in college when this was released and all of us in the dorm were mesmerized by this album. We spent hours in our rooms analyzing each and every track. You just can't imagine the power and influence the Beatles had on us all....here, there and everywhere. Terrific review.
Good job Dude... I was 17 years old when this record came out and I was from "I want to hold your hand" a big fan. They were a breath of fresh air thru my High school years. Keep on doing this!!! David
Berj. A Matter of fact! Did you know? Pink Floyd was recording there first album in a abbey road studio? When The Beatles were recording there last album Abbey Road in the next Studio at Abbey Road Studios!
Hey man just wanna say a big thanks for this, at first I was kinda daunted by how long the album is but having you break down every track helped me understand it and now I love this album so much ❤️❤️❤️ long live the Beatles
Great review! I enjoyed it a lot, thank-you. It always surprises me how many people are unfamiliar with this album. I think this is/was for two reasons: 1) they had started to go a bit weird (although still great) and 2) people just didn't buy double albums. Their loss - it's a great album!
Excellent review and analysis of the album. Thank u so much. This was truly enjoyable. My personal favorite song of the White Album would b While My Guitar Gently Weeps. A real master piece. God bless and have a great week.
Every note in this album is a dagger in the heart that feels so good. Childhood nostalgia. Growing up with the Beatles music is the best way to grow up. Parenting not necessary.
My favorite Beatles album. It's is diverse, but there's also a sound to it that runs through everything, a kind of deep sound, especially in the bass lines- even when it's just guitar, it still has this deep sound.
My fave in the catalogue. The sheer brilliance and depth in song and styles is what makes it exceptional. I love it as a double and wouldn't have it any other way. It's a storybook of 20th century musical styles that was never before done and never will be. Greatest rock album of the 20th century..
I love the album. It's one of my favourites and I can't wait for the 50th anniversary box set, I really want to hear the outtakes from the sessions. By the way, have you heard the LOVE version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? It's the acoustic version from Anthology 3 with strings added by George Martin. I think it's my favourite version of the song.
Jakub G I don't know if they are planning to release a 50th anniversary edition, because there hasn't been one of neither "Rubber Soul" nor "Revolver"😭
Jakub G they should release a 52nd anniversary deluxe of help rubber and revolver next spring... then white album let it be with movie Blu Ray at Christmas and 50th of Abbey road in 2019 then call it a day.
Eric, you're an amazing & knowledgable Beatles historian! The White Album was the 1st Beatles album I heard as well, as a teenager. We must be similar ages. Thanks for your show Vinyl Rewind. It's great! ..especially with this new resurgence in Beatles interest with the release of the Get Back film in late 2021.
I came across this channel yesterday and have been binging videos since then. Seriously the production quality, the song breakdowns and the backstory you add to the albums is all awesome. And let me say the vinyl geek is a really great host. Just wanted to give some appreciation for the hard work thats put into this channel and man I wish I had found it earlier.
Your comments were so intense that made me to listen to the White Album again and over and over. Thanks alot for everything, even the missing things in the content.
Man! You are so positive and well spoken. It's rare to see someone "critique" and give even a little credit to the creators anymore. I very much enjoy your work! (You earned a sub)
Thanks Vinyl Geek for your great reviews, you know your stuff! As for the Beatles what can I say, love this album and all their others. They were a HUGE influence on me and countless others. Sounds cliche but there really never will be another band like them. I was 15 when this LP was released and I'm so glad I was around then, such a great time for music.
This album is a classic on all four sides. I might prefer this to even Sargent Pepper’s. The gentleness is the many selections that are offered by The White Album. I am still impressed! What an amazing work of art!
For a music lover this is one of the best videos! I hope you continue with the full track by track reviews!! Fantastic, and your presentation makes it even more enjoyable - keep up the great work!
To me « I'm so tired » is a masterpiece. Using the second of the chords to paint the unsetteldness is a stroke of genius and the song is the best description I know of burn-out. It's a signature of Lennon to have made songs on subjects never approached before in that art
Even though i know the Beatles from pop culture, i never really listened to their music. Thanks for doing a detailed review of one of their biggest albums. :D
The perfect antidote to Sgt Pepper the White Album. Every track is completely different to each other. Brilliantly diverse songs by the greatest band of all time.
This was a great review I loved how you told the backstorys of each song, but your look like your having the time of your life and seem very happy it made my day
I stumbled upon this....I'm not even sure how, but I really enjoyed it. It also reminded me of one of my greatest concert-going experiences. This was the first album that Phish performed as a "musical costume" for Halloween 1994. I drove out to upstate NY just to see the show, and nobody knew what they would play until they actually played it. I can't explain how thrilling it was to hear Back in the USSR, and then immediately start going through my mental rolodex to anticipate what other songs they would play. There was a real collective sense of anticipation for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," because we expected a truly special interpretation of the guitar solo. Trey did not disappoint.
The White Album has recently become my number one Beatles record, i never fully understood it at first but after a few listens it's become my favourite and i listen to it constantly ! Really great review 👍 very insightful
this is the best Beatles album imo and one of the greatest albums of all time for me probably second only to houses of the holy by led zeppelin Martha my dear and Cry baby cry are my favorite tracks
Hey Vinyl Rewind, terrific review of the White Album. I am 70 years old and having grown-up in the analog age and been there from the get go with the Beatles; I could not agree with you more with your breakdown of the songs. Thank, really enjoyed it.
I can't say the 'White Album' was one of my favorites, but I always thought it was good. You've convinced me to go back and have another listen. I know this is a double-album, but i think this longer format is better suited to your style and laid-back listening room. You should tack on your drink-mix suggestion and perhaps talk with a guest or give some background and make it an even 45 min. (Album length)
Agree VeryUs....the White Album could have been GREAT if half of the songs had been cut. There are some EXCELLENT songs on this album, but they are dragged down by some truly AWFUL songs.
To be honest, the only cut I'd make from this album is no. 9 the others may not be the best, but i can live with them. The problem with the Beatles is they are the band that made the ALBUM important with Sgt Pepper, but they were always forced by record companies to release a single that would've been better on the album. Strawberry Fields was supposed to be on Sgt Pepper. Hey Jude was supposed to be on the White Album. The flipside of Hey Jude was the other fast-version of Revolution. What could've been... etc..
Some of all this is a matter of just personal taste, of course. I wouldn't cut a single note from it: the double-format was the right decision. I know a *lot* of Fab Nuts, and none of them thinks there ANY awful songs here. I can't even imagine what ones you'd be thinking of.
Thanks for doing a great job, Vinyl Geek! You talked about ALL the songs and that wasn't easy. Not much more to be said except your review made my day!
I loved this! I thought there was nothing new to appreciate about this album which I've heard a million times. But you made it completely new, hearing it through your eyes.
The song "Julia" makes me always feel ill as the first time I used snus (extra strong white, Odens to them who know) I had to go and throw up while "Julia" was playing
just like this album i come back to your review often! my favorite Beatle album, for several reasons the amount of music, the different textures, so tired, yer blues, everyones got something to hide, this is the one album i take to the island, great review!
I really enjoyed your video . It makes me feel like everything you say is something new to me even though I have already heard everything about this particular album a thousand times. I love this album so much too.
That's the thing about this album - the variety is so overwhelming that it's impossible for most folk to have one favourite. 'Happiness...' is one of mine but so too are 'Dear Prudence,' 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' 'I'm So Tired,' 'Blackbird,' 'Yer Blues,' 'Sexy Sadie,' 'I Will,' 'Julia' and so on. It depends on what day it is. And by the same token, when people say it should have been condensed into a single album, there is absolutely no consensus on which tracks would need to have been left off. Ask a hundred Beatles fans to pick 45 minutes worth of material from these sessions and there will 100 different tracklists; no song will feature on every selection and no track will be absent - not even 'Revolution #9'!
First Record/disc: Back in the U.S.S.R, Dear Prudence, Blackbird, Don’t Pass Me By, I Will, Julia Great songs, fun and beautiful songs too Second: Birthday, Yer Blues, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Helter Skelter, and Good Night I love my Hard Rock 🤷♂️ and Good Night is a gorgeous song
Vinyl geek, first let me say WELL DONE!!!!! I was eight yrs old when this album came out. I had three older teenage sisters that bought EVERY Beatles album as it was released. Brought them home and we listened and listened until the next one came out. The White Album for me was like escaping to another world when I listened. So many of the things you said really struck a cord with me as they matched the way I felt about the songs, as a kid. I also thought Rocky Raccoon and Bungalow Bill were somehow the same or related or something! Thank you so much for taking me back.
A brilliant and fun review of big, sprawling album. Every time I watch one of your videos I appreciate your style, insights, and passion more and more. Keep up the great work!
10th Anniversary Edition owner. Totally agree with your opinion on a must have album. My first foray into The Beatles was with Magical Mystery Tour's I Am The Walrus in my late teens. However this album captured my attention, heart and soul. 15 years later, The Beatles are still part of my daily life. They were and still are the greatest influence and inspiration for anyone who appreciates and/or plays music. Thanks Vinyl Geek, another great video.
Maybe Paul really wrote “why don’t we do it in the road” as a response to where they should do the Abbey Road photo shoot
Lmao imagine
Neilious all the people
@@linknowhereman living life in peace
@@adrielfrom2190 uh uh uhhh
I don't think that's why he wrote it. It was uh...something else....
We need to hear the 27 minute
version of Helter Skelter
Hobo Jones babe hopefully on the Anniversary edition
That sounds amazing. Unfortunately doubt thatd ever see the light of day til like all 4 are gone
@michael fitzgerald i had a feeling it wouldn be. But itd still be pretty cool to hear it
Dennis Moore well there’s a twelve minute version of you look it up on youtube
*blisters on fingers intensifies*
The tapping in "Blackbird" is actually Paul's feet, with tap shoes. Not a metronome. Sorry, just thought I'd clear that up! :)
But great review nonetheless.
I don't know why someone just doesn't ask McCart to clear that up, once and for all. Same as Revolution 1: what are those weird noises in the first 10 seconds or so (sort of like chains rattling?) Why doesn't someone just ask McCart or Ringo, while we still can.
No debate. That's a metronome.
I've always heard it was a metronome.
Please, be my guest and research the claim. There is video of a take with Paul, with yellow and red patent leather shoes (or some type of tap shoe). Readily available information. Thanks guys.
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/clicking-sound-in-blackbird-what-is-it.183404/
The best part of Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da is John and George yelling "ARM", "LEG", "FOOT!", at various times.
If you play it backwards it says I'm a devil your a devil. At the chorus I always knew Billy was lying about what the chorus meant they wanted to say I'm a devil in order to do that they needed to say jibberish sly satanist
@@jeremyb5468 By Billy you mean Billy Shears. Yeah that guy ''replaced'' Paul.
@Alec Frawley I'm sorry bro some folks like living in the bubble of safety I'm not trying to scare you. It's all true tho
JeremyB shut your dumb ass up
"DICK"
I love the remastered mono vinyl. Just insane that they put out Pepper & this a year apart, what a band.
They recorded the Let It Be album in this period as well, but it wasn't mixed and released until 1970.
Under 2 years they have recorded Pepper, magical Mystery Tour, the White album, Let It Be & Abbey Road :)
from 1966 to 1969 they did Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. That doesn't count Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine movie soundtracks. Amazing output from amazing, greatest band of all time.
to think a band singing she loves you and shaking their moptops could go to putting out sgt pepper, abbey road.........i mean this is madness. so amazing.
yeah and Magical Mystery Tour between the two!!
Told my daughter that Rocky Raccoon was about Rocket's grandfather and now she is getting deep into the Beatles.
Whatever gets them, right.
Honestly, all I could picture while listening to it for the first time was Rocket in a world of anthropomorphic raccoons and angry that Dan took his raccoon girl 😂 it’s a generational thing I think.
It's the lie that tell the truth, my friend.
I mean, Stan Lee reportedly was inspired by the song for the name at least
gonna use that with my kid
Actually, Rocket Raccoon was inspired by that song…at least according to Wikipedia
This was half an hour of absolute gold. I loved how you explained some backstorys from songs and the albums story as a whole. It was awesome that you played every song! It sounded so much more alive than the digital remasters. This has got to be my favourite review from you (ok, I haven't seen every single one). You did an awesome job, really amazing!
thank you
Side 4 is garbage.
UA-cam is compressed digital.
Mitchell side 4 rocks
"You give her everything you own just to sit at the table. Just a smile would lighten everything." HELL of a lyric, one of the best lines on the album.
Keep in mind that line originally referred to the Maharishi collecting donations from his devout followers.
Where would we be without women?
What song is that lyric from?
@@bddrex Sexy Sadie , it's in the last verse
I've always thought "Come and keep your comrade warm" was one of the coolest lyrics in the history of Rock and Roll. There's just something so slick and badass about it to me.
You do realise that the song is an impersonation of The Beach Boys.
Inspired by The Beach Boys who were in turn inspired by Chuck Berry. Yeah. But they didn't write that lyric. Paul did.
That IS a great line, Steve :)
Mike Love gave him the idea of the Ukraine Girls.
Touché, Farrell McNulty.
“A slight rattle could be heard...”
*rtrtrtrtrtrtrtRtRtRTRTRTRTRTRT*
Just listened to this yesterday for the first time in a few years. So many good songs I forgot about. Lennon had a lot of great tunes on here. Love "I'm so Tired".
The One and Only Billy Shears I love that song as well
"Yer blues"
Yes I'm lonely
Wanna die
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
If i ain't dead yet; girl you know
You're the reason why
A sequel to his "I'm Only Sleeping".
The White Album is the darkest... I love it. Broken bent imperfect and almost perfect. Self referential but the least self-conscious of their work. Dark as fuck.
ironic...
*get it?*
Everyone says the album is scary or creepy, i don't get it. Because of Manson?
@@lordgarmadon2598 Not creepy. Just slightly haunted and grittier than anything they’ve done before. It’s off-kilter and avant-garde compositions, it can separate fans (who have no sense of humor or fun personality). With tracks like Glass Onion (especially on the eerie outro), Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, Helter Skelter, Revolution 9, Cry Baby Cry, the album seems slightly bloodstained. I still love every moment of it.
@@_PuppetMaster86 How is The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill creepy?
I mean revolver does have the darkest song in my opinion which is Eleanor rigby but yeah white album is pretty dark at some points
John's voice on "Everybody's Got..." is the best.
And the bass...
That and Yer Blues reminds me why he is regarded as one of the best Rock n Roll singers ever. He and Paul were pioneering the next decade of heavy metal and hard rock.
The amazing thing about The White Album? ......They showed the world they could do any genre masterfully...Can't think of another group that can.
great point
I’d say Queen is also great at shifting genres
@@cliff1634 what genres did queen do?
Don Master progressive rock, hard rock, pop rock, synth pop, synth rock, and funk. There’s probably others but those are the basics
Cliffjumper 84
Agreed, most Queen songs sound nothing alike,
Also, 70s Queen and 80s Queen sound like two completely different bands bit because of their shifting styles
Not only is this your longest review, it's also your best :D
thank you
You truly deserve so many more subs
Kind of like the album itself
Really appreciate this. And now the 50th anniversary edition
*Laughs in Demon Days*
16:21 Wow I literally had the same thought about Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon as a child! That's one of the many reasons that I love this album so much, it has songs that appeal to so many ages. Sounds like pretty generic praise but it just covers such a wide spectrum of so many things. Thanks for putting together such a great review that's almost as comprehensive as the album itself.
Alongside Pepper it's my favourite Beatles album. I don't care if it is too long or if it does not flow as well as Revolver or Pepper, i like it precisely because it has such a variety of different songs and because it has four sides. Lennon once called it an encyclopedia of Rock, and i am inclined to agree.
precisely. its like a Beatles flea market. :)
@@kilgoretrout3966 I love that idea...the diverse opinions here on best and worst tracks show there's something here for everyone and that 'one man's trash is another man's treasure'. So, instead of arguing, let's go shopping! :-)
@PaperCup Haha that’s right.
Happiness Is A Warm Gun and Sexy Sadie have probably been spun at least 9000 times for me. Absolute classics.
Self-indulgent tripe. The Beatles could pawn off anything to their zombie fans.
@@RollingOrmond Dude, you need to stop acting like you're fourteen. The Beatles are the greatest and there's a little you can do about it, throw away that need to feel special and alternative.
Lmclean89 sexy sadie is the best song ever. When our doggie sadie passes on i will play it on loop for ten years
@@RollingOrmond calm down millennial, your opinion means shite.
@ Lmclean , without a doubt these are two of Lennon's finest. Even in the depths of despair his genius came shining through.
Wow, this is my first viewing of this show. I enjoyed it so much that I watched all of it in one sitting. Thumbs all the way up. You did your homework. A true fan would only care about the details you mentioned. I cared. I am now a fan of "Vinyl Rewind".
Thank you,
Colby Pollard
*scratches left arm* i need more beatles videos man
you just simply can't have enough of the Beatles. thank you very much for this review 😀👍
Without question my favorite album of all time. Its wild diversity somehow coheres brilliantly, and it actually feels like a journey, a train ride through India, a travelogue. It was also an extraordinary time for music that allowed for such a wild panoply of sounds and ideas - no time before or since has allowed for such far ranging scope while reining in such far flung experimentation into an aesthetically focused whole. It's like the sixties in microcosm. This was the single greatest influence on me as a musician, and I think it explains why so few people seem to grasp what I'm after when I tackle many different ideas and approaches to music making. We could all use more of this kind of musical breadth and range from our musical artists today. And I think every track holds up brilliantly in context. The so called "weaker" tracks work as a kind of brilliant sorbet, freshening the palate between courses. As Salvador Dali said once about one of his paintings that had a tiny crutch rendered in the composition, if it hadn't been there the whole painting would cease to exist.
This is my favorite Beatles album. I love the way you touch on each song. I recently watched another review of the white album and the reviewer totally tore apart Cry Baby Cry. Since it is one of my favorite songs I was glad to see that you appreciated it.
My favorite part on The Beatles Anthology video is when everyone starts talking about ‘how it should be 1 album’ and Paul says ‘ It’s the bloody Beatles White Album, it sold SHUT UP!’ Perfect!
Two beats one.
The idea that people would prefer less Beatles to more Beatles is so weird to my brain, especially considering the number of demos made at the same time that were never made into full songs (Sour Milk Sea etc.).
@@experi-mentalproductions5358 I do wish a few of the filler songs swapped for the really good songs on yellow submarine hey bulldog and
There is quite a bit of filler. Take the marginal (and a few bad) songs out and it would have been a masterpiece. Many songs belonged on the Anthology project, and not on a Beatles album. It's still a great album though with some great songs.
Most favourite Beatles album, most creative, enjoyable and artistic out of all of the other albums including Sgt. Pepper's, encourage everyone to listen to every UK Beatles album, especially this one
I always felt like this album was a great look into what we would see from the Beatles after their break up.
I've heard rumors about them thinking about adding a marker in as a package with the album as a "do it yourself cover" type thing, but that idea was scrapped. No idea if it's true or not but that sounds really cool.
My ultimate favorite Beatles album ever, first heard it on Capitol Stereo Cassette when I was 5 years old, totally changed my life, my favorite song Bar None is Back In The USSR. I think this is the only Beatles album that I have more than 10 copies of, and I can't wait till next year when Giles Martin remixes the album
Juat in time for Christmas 2018, for ourselves, that is :)
Who's giles Martin? Is that George Martin's son?
50 percent crap
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Yes
I always thought that the end of "long, long, long" was really similar to the ending of "Bike" from Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Oh, the end of 'A Day in a Life' is closer to Bike's end
The whole Piper session was recorded in the same studio and time as Sgt. Pepper's. Even Floyd watched The Beatles recording Lovely Rita and Syd immediately wrote Scarecrow.
This review made me go up to my local record store and buy this album, hell yea dude you're the man
I thought it was just me...I wanna go buy it too..lol
“Yeah,” not “yea.”
@@jrh11254 who cares
The White Album is by far my favorite Beatles album. There's just so much variety that you can't help but be amazed by it all. For a long time, I steered clear of it due to Charles Manson's tarnishing of it (especially Helter Skelter), but now Helter Skelter is one of my favorite Beatles songs.
Julia might be the most beautiful song John wrote for the Beatles
Cough dear prudence Cough
TheReverantChoir h
^^^ as much as I love Across the Universe and Dear Prudence, this is the most beautiful Beatles song imo since John wrote this being whole heartedly dedicated to his mother
Well, I think the song : "Because" is quite beautiful.
Charles McBrian
That’s a close one
this was such a great introduction to the white album for me! after only hearing helter skelter, blackbird, and while my guitar gently weeps from this album in particular, i’m glad i was able to hear the whole thing and become so in love with it! thank you.
great timing, just listened to this album again last night from start to finish. probably my favorite beatles album. logic, longest album which means more beatles. that and I love the diversity yet with a scaled back approach.
oh yeah, listened to the mono version. my prized possession. The Beatles in Mono, vinyl box set 😎
"They were literally the biggest band in the world" they are the biggest band in the world
Like McDonald's, billions and billions of Happy Meals served. Not appealing to everyone means your band has edge.
2 most famous bands in the world are Queen and The Beatles and there’s a reason for that
@@eggboi8475 Nah I think Led Zeppelin's more famous.
From birth everyone knows we will rock you and we are champions
@@eggboi8475 But they probably won't know the artist. When somebody says the name Led Zeppelin, most people will know what that band is. Not as much with Queen. And besides, Queen is pretty much known for only Freddie Mercury. If someone says Brian May they'll be like "Who's that?" When some says Jimmy Page they'll be like "Oh I know that guy!" And it's not different for other people, most people will be like this.
great work man! I didn't plan on spending 33 minutes listing to a review of The White Album. But I stumbled on this video and was glad I did. In full disclosure I've always been somewhat displeased with the White Album. I feel it's very unfocused and somehow you made me sort of see the organized chaos in it all now. I sorta gree with George Martin it should have been one album but I think allowing more material to be released helped do away with some of the stress built up within the group. I almost think this album made Let It Be an Abbey Road possible.
Thank you. Yeah there's a part of me that could see it as a single album release, but it's so hard to go back now, like what would you take out, so many great songs
Vinyl Rewind yeah especially since a single vinyl record would have forced them to cut A LOT of songs.
Love your channel. As a 62yr old that longs for the very special time that rocks and my evolution coincided. There was so much fertial ground to still explore in rock. The White album is a classical tribute to that time. Albums were art through sound and there is a good reason that the Beatles were and always will be the best. As you state, all the songs have to be taken in context of an album. Its hard to imagine the songs individually. Its sad to see her rock has gone. All I can say , its better to love and lost than never to have loved at all. Thank you for all your work and effort to showcase these timeless works of art. Rock N Roll will never die!
I literally listened to this album right before I went to bed.
M1Garandstudios How did Revolution 9 faired?
"Sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair
You were in a car crash and you lost your hair" is the greatest lyric in rock.
Tony Bates The lyric "and you lost your hair" references "When I'm 64" (When I Get Older Losing my Hair) and also the Paul is Dead myth
Craig Willis
I just think it's funny - is that the usual outcome of being in a car crash, losing your hair? Beautifully silly.
I think it's a lot more horrifying than silly if you see it in the right context
It's a combination of two unrelated excuses, which is why it's so funny.
You seriously make fantastic content and deserve way more subscribers and views
I agree
It's so nice to hear and see your appreciation and the value you give to music in these days of low attention span swiping. I remember taking the bus for 35 miles to buy my one monthly record. Most of those records I didn't really like at first listen but, sufficiently intrigued and considering the effort to get them and pay for them, I would listen thoroughly until I got what was going on. Suffice to say, I still listen to them today along the offerings of the incredible musical adventure of the 20th century.
The open ended sessions started with the Rubber Soul sessions when they were up against the clock, to release an album for Christmas in 1965, and they continued from then on. As they were EMI artists in an EMI Recording Studio, all studio time was free.
This is definitely my favorite review from vinyl rewind. Thank you for taking the time to share these interesting facts with us!
Great review of one of the best albums ever recorded, in my opinion. I've been a huge Beatles fan since their iconic appearance on Ed Sullivan when I was 9 (yeah, I'm old! lol) and the White Album is one of my favourite albums of theirs. So much really good material on it -- as you point out in your review, Side One alone is worth the price of admission. Very well done review!
Nice vid! Last night I visited the concert of The Analogues in Rotterdam. A precise Beatles coverband with original instruments of those days. My White Album copy ( I own it for 50 years now) has been revived for me. Love it! Now buying a vinyl playing device (again). Thanx!!
You really deserve to have a million followers. Thank you, dude 🎶
John noticed a gun enthusiast magazine that George Martin left in the studio. According to legend, the headline cover read: Happiness is a Warm Gun.
Best Beatles album review I have ever watched. Thank you.
Thanks for the up load Eric. This was my favorite album growing up in the late 60'S.
Thank you so much for more Beatles content! :)
ooo a shiny heart
I was a freshman in college when this was released and all of us in the dorm were mesmerized by this album. We spent hours in our rooms analyzing each and every track. You just can't imagine the power and influence the Beatles had on us all....here, there and everywhere. Terrific review.
the Beatles are still badly missed. No one fills their part anymore in any way. Too baaaaaad....
Good job Dude... I was 17 years old when this record came out and I was from "I want to hold your hand" a big fan. They were a breath of fresh air thru my High school years. Keep on doing this!!! David
Amazing content!!!!!! loving the Beatle stuff!!!!! Still waiting for the Pink Floyd Animals reviewww!!!!! love this channel
Berj- same here. love that album
Berj. A Matter of fact! Did you know? Pink Floyd was recording there first album in a abbey road studio? When The Beatles were recording there last album Abbey Road in the next Studio at Abbey Road Studios!
SR 0 WOWWWWWW NO WAYYY THAT'S AWESOMEEEE
Wrong, it was Pepper..... Piper and Pepper 1967....Abbey Road 1969
SR 0 actually the Floyd was recording Piper during Pepper... by the time of Abbey Road the Floyd were releasing UmmaGumma
Hey man just wanna say a big thanks for this, at first I was kinda daunted by how long the album is but having you break down every track helped me understand it and now I love this album so much ❤️❤️❤️ long live the Beatles
Honestly, how have you not hit 1M subs yet.
Great review! I enjoyed it a lot, thank-you. It always surprises me how many people are unfamiliar with this album. I think this is/was for two reasons: 1) they had started to go a bit weird (although still great) and 2) people just didn't buy double albums. Their loss - it's a great album!
Excellent review and analysis of the album. Thank u so much. This was truly enjoyable. My personal favorite song of the White Album would b While My Guitar Gently Weeps. A real master piece. God bless and have a great week.
I thoroughly enjoyed this trip through an indisputably great album with a review that was, at the same time, respectful without being fawning. Thanks!
That was really fun to watch, thanks! Your presenting is really engaging and your enthusiasm is infectious :) Half an hour flew by!
Every note in this album is a dagger in the heart that feels so good. Childhood nostalgia.
Growing up with the Beatles music is the best way to grow up. Parenting not necessary.
My favorite Beatles album. It's is diverse, but there's also a sound to it that runs through everything, a kind of deep sound, especially in the bass lines- even when it's just guitar, it still has this deep sound.
My fave in the catalogue. The sheer brilliance and depth in song and styles is what makes it exceptional. I love it as a double and wouldn't have it any other way. It's a storybook of 20th century musical styles that was never before done and never will be. Greatest rock album of the 20th century..
I love the album. It's one of my favourites and I can't wait for the 50th anniversary box set, I really want to hear the outtakes from the sessions. By the way, have you heard the LOVE version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? It's the acoustic version from Anthology 3 with strings added by George Martin. I think it's my favourite version of the song.
Jakub G I don't know if they are planning to release a 50th anniversary edition, because there hasn't been one of neither "Rubber Soul" nor "Revolver"😭
They do. I think Giles Martin confirmed it...
I hope they will do a 55th anniversary ediitions of Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Jakub G they should release a 52nd anniversary deluxe of help rubber and revolver next spring... then white album let it be with movie Blu Ray at Christmas and 50th of Abbey road in 2019 then call it a day.
Eric, you're an amazing & knowledgable Beatles historian! The White Album was the 1st Beatles album I heard as well, as a teenager. We must be similar ages. Thanks for your show Vinyl Rewind. It's great! ..especially with this new resurgence in Beatles interest with the release of the Get Back film in late 2021.
Just discovered this channel and have to say it's already one of my favorites! American Football needs to be an album you review.
Good review, Buddy. Hey, I was there and heard the initial impact and you nailed that part too. Good work.
thank you
I came across this channel yesterday and have been binging videos since then.
Seriously the production quality, the song breakdowns and the backstory you add to the albums is all awesome. And let me say the vinyl geek is a really great host.
Just wanted to give some appreciation for the hard work thats put into this channel and man I wish I had found it earlier.
thank you
Your comments were so intense that made me to listen to the White Album again and over and over. Thanks alot for everything, even the missing things in the content.
This is hands down my favorite Beatles album, so much content and great compositions. You deserve more subscribers for this fantastic video sir👏
Man! You are so positive and well spoken. It's rare to see someone "critique" and give even a little credit to the creators anymore. I very much enjoy your work! (You earned a sub)
Ah, yes. I too appreciate the Ringo Starr ASMR at the end of "Good Night".
Thanks Vinyl Geek for your great reviews, you know your stuff!
As for the Beatles what can I say, love this album and all their others. They were a HUGE influence on me and countless others. Sounds cliche but there really never will be another band like them. I was 15 when this LP was released and I'm so glad I was around then, such a great time for music.
This album is a classic on all four sides. I might prefer this to even Sargent Pepper’s. The gentleness is the many selections that are offered by The White Album. I am still impressed! What an amazing work of art!
For a music lover this is one of the best videos! I hope you continue with the full track by track reviews!! Fantastic, and your presentation makes it even more enjoyable - keep up the great work!
Definitely your best video yet. Thank you.
Agreed.
Dylan Duffy if this is his best I would not like to see his worst. .....whiff whaff and piffle yawn
To me « I'm so tired » is a masterpiece. Using the second of the chords to paint the unsetteldness is a stroke of genius and the song is the best description I know of burn-out. It's a signature of Lennon to have made songs on subjects never approached before in that art
Even though i know the Beatles from pop culture, i never really listened to their music. Thanks for doing a detailed review of one of their biggest albums. :D
love the variety and cheerful creativity of this album including the perfect sleeve art
The perfect antidote to Sgt Pepper the White Album. Every track is completely different to each other. Brilliantly diverse songs by the greatest band of all time.
This was a great review I loved how you told the backstorys of each song, but your look like your having the time of your life and seem very happy it made my day
I stumbled upon this....I'm not even sure how, but I really enjoyed it. It also reminded me of one of my greatest concert-going experiences. This was the first album that Phish performed as a "musical costume" for Halloween 1994. I drove out to upstate NY just to see the show, and nobody knew what they would play until they actually played it. I can't explain how thrilling it was to hear Back in the USSR, and then immediately start going through my mental rolodex to anticipate what other songs they would play. There was a real collective sense of anticipation for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," because we expected a truly special interpretation of the guitar solo. Trey did not disappoint.
The White Album has recently become my number one Beatles record, i never fully understood it at first but after a few listens it's become my favourite and i listen to it constantly ! Really great review 👍 very insightful
Gotta disagree with you about I'm so Tired. One of my all time favorite beatles songs :)
Same
while my guitar gently weeps was like magic when i first heard it when i was 12 back in the 90's. and still is. it's so good.
this is the best Beatles album imo and one of the greatest albums of all time for me probably second only to houses of the holy by led zeppelin Martha my dear and Cry baby cry are my favorite tracks
Brother Brace Dude this album and Houses Of The Holy are my favourite respective Beatles and LZ albums too, we have to be in the minority right?
Hey Vinyl Rewind, terrific review of the White Album. I am 70 years old and having grown-up in the analog age and been there from the get go with the Beatles; I could not agree with you more with
your breakdown of the songs. Thank, really enjoyed it.
I can't say the 'White Album' was one of my favorites, but I always thought it was good. You've convinced me to go back and have another listen. I know this is a double-album, but i think this longer format is better suited to your style and laid-back listening room. You should tack on your drink-mix suggestion and perhaps talk with a guest or give some background and make it an even 45 min. (Album length)
Agree VeryUs....the White Album could have been GREAT if half of the songs had been cut. There are some EXCELLENT songs on this album, but they are dragged down by some truly AWFUL songs.
To be honest, the only cut I'd make from this album is no. 9 the others may not be the best, but i can live with them. The problem with the Beatles is they are the band that made the ALBUM important with Sgt Pepper, but they were always forced by record companies to release a single that would've been better on the album. Strawberry Fields was supposed to be on Sgt Pepper. Hey Jude was supposed to be on the White Album. The flipside of Hey Jude was the other fast-version of Revolution. What could've been... etc..
Some of all this is a matter of just personal taste, of course. I wouldn't cut a single note from it: the double-format was the right decision. I know a *lot* of Fab Nuts, and none of them thinks there ANY awful songs here. I can't even imagine what ones you'd be thinking of.
Yeah, that's our concept for an actual tv broadcast episode, but for UA-cam, it makes more sense to break things up
Cajun Queen the only songs I would cut is honey pie revolution 9 don't pass me buy and why don't we do it in the road
Thanks for doing a great job, Vinyl Geek! You talked about ALL the songs and that wasn't easy. Not much more to be said except your review made my day!
I'm really glad to hear the backstory for Sexy Sadie, because I was never sure what it was meant to mean, and now I get it.
I loved this! I thought there was nothing new to appreciate about this album which I've heard a million times. But you made it completely new, hearing it through your eyes.
The song "Julia" makes me always feel ill as the first time I used snus (extra strong white, Odens to them who know) I had to go and throw up while "Julia" was playing
just like this album i come back to your review often! my favorite Beatle album, for several reasons the amount of music, the different textures, so tired, yer blues, everyones got something to hide, this is the one album i take to the island, great review!
without a doubt, The White Album is the finest Beatles album ever released. my all time favorite alternative recording
I really enjoyed your video . It makes me feel like everything you say is something new to me even though I have already heard everything about this particular album a thousand times. I love this album so much too.
Guys, What is your favorite song on the White Album?
mine: " Happiness is a Warm Gun"
That's the thing about this album - the variety is so overwhelming that it's impossible for most folk to have one favourite. 'Happiness...' is one of mine but so too are 'Dear Prudence,' 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' 'I'm So Tired,' 'Blackbird,' 'Yer Blues,' 'Sexy Sadie,' 'I Will,' 'Julia' and so on. It depends on what day it is.
And by the same token, when people say it should have been condensed into a single album, there is absolutely no consensus on which tracks would need to have been left off. Ask a hundred Beatles fans to pick 45 minutes worth of material from these sessions and there will 100 different tracklists; no song will feature on every selection and no track will be absent - not even 'Revolution #9'!
Revolution 9
While my Guitar gently weeps and Happiness is a Warm gun
First Record/disc:
Back in the U.S.S.R, Dear Prudence, Blackbird, Don’t Pass Me By, I Will, Julia
Great songs, fun and beautiful songs too
Second:
Birthday, Yer Blues, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Helter Skelter, and Good Night
I love my Hard Rock 🤷♂️ and Good Night is a gorgeous song
"While my guitar gently weeps" and "Julia" .... oh and "Dear Prudence" ... and on and on .....
You know, this is my favourite album of all time. Now that I've seen this it's even better. Thank you.
The Beatles are the Full Band. Their catalog encompasses so many different types of emotions.
Vinyl geek, first let me say WELL DONE!!!!! I was eight yrs old when this album came out. I had three older teenage sisters that bought EVERY Beatles album as it was released. Brought them home and we listened and listened until the next one came out. The White Album for me was like escaping to another world when I listened. So many of the things you said really struck a cord with me as they matched the way I felt about the songs, as a kid. I also thought Rocky Raccoon and Bungalow Bill were somehow the same or related or something! Thank you so much for taking me back.
thank you
One thing few people have noticed is that the bass on I Will is entirely sung
The bass on the last part of Happiness is a warm gun is doubled with John's voice too
Even with the remix, it's hard to tell.
A brilliant and fun review of big, sprawling album. Every time I watch one of your videos I appreciate your style, insights, and passion more and more. Keep up the great work!
Imagine if "Hey Jude" was included on The White Album.
10th Anniversary Edition owner. Totally agree with your opinion on a must have album. My first foray into The Beatles was with Magical Mystery Tour's I Am The Walrus in my late teens. However this album captured my attention, heart and soul. 15 years later, The Beatles are still part of my daily life. They were and still are the greatest influence and inspiration for anyone who appreciates and/or plays music. Thanks Vinyl Geek, another great video.