I will never forget the first time I saw the Beatles. I was about 8 years old. Because I was sick my parents let me sleep in their room. I knew the Beatles were playing so I adjusted my mothers makeup mirror to reflect from the living room into the bedroom where I could watch from my bed. , as they thought 8 pm was past my bedtime. I got a chance to watch the Beatles without my parents knowing I was seeing them with the mirror on their dresser! Their music has lit up my life for all the years of broadcast and beyond. They wrote the most beautiful songs everyone in the world could sing along to. They were the epic change throughout my growing years. Even today music jam sessions always include a Beatles song, and knowing all the harmonies, I join them to sing along. They were and always will be THE BEST.
I'm 71, born in 1950. Like so many here understand, growing up with the Beatles was an unbelievably special privilege that is hard to conceive of its being replicated. I heard I Want To Hold Your Hand at 12 in early 1963 in the backseat of a school bus. I remember where I was standing when I first heard Yesterday. Rubber Soul changed my life at 15 while living at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan with my family. I saw the global live broadcast of All You Need Is Love. I saw Paul at a concert in San Diego in 2019 with my adult daughter, and my two grandchildren, six and seven, LOVE the Beatles. We are so, so lucky. God bless the Beatles.
I like to think being born in 1970, making the 80s my formative teen years, that I was lucky to see and hear so many bands and the new genres they brought to the main stream, from the Sugar Hill Gang to Bruce Springsteen to Joy Division and Depeche Mode, but even then, it was hearing The Beatles and Wings from Mom's lp record player that was center of our wooden cabinet hifi stereo system that I first learned to sing along to - and while those other bands are great notes of rock and roll history - The Beatles ARE rock and roll history - and so are you Sir. Without the original British fans, there would never have been us American fans. Words can't relay how grateful I am. SALUTE, SIR!
Thank heavens that some of us were around when the Beatles were creating incredible music, what an honour to be present at the same time in history. Greatest band in musical history.
I feel so very blessed to have grown up in the Sixties... specifically the Beatles years of 1964 -1970 - along with the evolution of The Beatles and their music. They were coming of age . . . and so was I. What wonderful years to be alive and growing up through the teenage years... I was 14 when they first appeared on Ed Sullivan's show in early 1964 . . . and I grew up through in the following six years as The Beatles grew, matured, experimented and conquered the world of music and popular culture. 'Whatta time to be alive!!!!!!!!!!
That's not an exaggeration. Mozart and Schubert wrote thousands of tunes, of which hundreds are famous today; of all all the Beatles' tunes, very few did not appeal.
I was born in 1961 and I can't remember a world without the Beatles thank you sir Paul McCarthy and sir Richard Starkey for making my world a better place..and thank you John Lennon and sir George Harrison wherever you are God bless you all.
I am 20 now, in a new generation and era. Nothing or no one will ever touch The Beatles ever. Even as someone young as me, they did it better than anyone. Just simply the greatest ever
@@bobrush4217 I would say I am also lol, even though I’m young n I have so much to learn still I know a lot. One thing that is for certain I know is I could do is name any Beatles song in under 1 second or less. That’s my greatest hidden talent 😂
I was born in 56. I can’t possibly convey how profoundly important the Beatles were to my happiness as a child and through life. It runs very deep with me. Thanks lads.
1957 and ditto. I listened to rock and roll on the radio as much as I could from the time I was five years old. I knew many of the top 40 hits and I wondered how song writers kept coming up with great new tunes. Surely, there would come a day when the all of the good songs would be written. But, I was six then. I clearly remember a thought or a feeling that came to me in early 1964 that something big was coming to the music world. Something new and beautiful that everybody would love. Maybe, I was confused by the times when such a jumble of songs from the 50’s, country songs, Motown songs, protest/ folk songs, instrumentals, and the new groups defining Rock and Roll were all played on one station. The 60’s was a great decade to be tuned into popular music. Then the Beatles were born. They were fulfilling my premonition, though I never mentioned it to anyone for a long time. My older sister loved The Beatles, too, and she somehow brought each new LP home and she and I and my little sister (sometimes) would listen to the new album as long as Mom or Grandma would let us. But it didn’t take long before we knew at least the melodies of each track. It was so beautiful and such a gift, to have each song that had been pressed onto that disc, firmly tucked into my brain where I could listen to any or every song whenever I wanted to. On the way to school, in class at school, after school I could put Meet The Beatles on play in my head and listen to the whole album. Every kind of emotion you wanted to feel was on that LP.
1962 August they are at the Cavern- I was a month old. I am still as amazed by all this as I was 13 years later when a friend introduced me to the Lads. My life was so touched by every aspect the music and what they had been into. A lifetime's worth of admiration and respect for all they showed me.
Their music will be passed on by father and mother to son & daughter. When I played The Beatles to my daughter for the first time - the sheer joy of hearing it for the first time. I will never forget that. Just like I never forgot my parents playing it when I was little. I know when my daughter has children of her own - she will do the same. It'll be that way forever. Thank you John, Paul, George and Ringo - you are the finest, the best, the greatest band of all time.
That's also in our family tradition. My girls and I bonded over singing to the Beatles tunes. That was way more meaningful than singing nursery rhymes with my mom.
TO me it was a instant antidepressant to put the Beatles on as a wee lad IT'S like that still but time's Thay are changing but the Beatles WILL REMAIN THE GREATEST BAND EVER😮😅I loved them STILL do memories are priceless😢😮😅😢❤
If The Beatles hadn't happened - it would have been a very silent world - I am 69 and The Beatles will always come into my mind-The are undeniabley the best-nothing will ever be so beautiful
I am so blessed to having been alive during the 7 years The Beatles graced us with their songs. the war in Vietnam was raging, President Kennedy had just been assassinated and these 4 lads came just time to bring us up out of our sadness. They cheered us up overnight and gave us a great reason to keep on going. Those were magical years in music, fashion, and hope. Those born after The Beatles can never know what it was really like back then and the euphoria will be forever difficult to ever be repeated. I still get teary eyed as I watch this show, as it reminds me of how special time was.
I am 70 years old and I have been a fan of the Beatles since 1964, they really were, are, and will continue to be the best rock band. Beatles four ever.🎹🎸🎻☮❤
I'll be 70 in a few m ok months and 1964 is the first time I heard my first Beatles song after that I was hooked. Til this day, I still listen to them every chance I get.
Haha, I'm 71...what a time to be young, hey? George made the most sense to me, so off I went to a Temple in Vrndavan, India, and never really came back.
I saw The Beatles in concert on stage at the Romford Odeon cinema, Essex, England on Sunday June 16 1963. I live in California now and am still proud I saw the Fab 4 before they were on the Ed Sullivan Show! I went home deaf from the screaming of teenagers younger than I was! I was 18…..
The Beatles were on The Ed Sullivan Show on my 10th birthday February 9 964 Grew my hair long and taught myself to play guitar on my dad's Martin while he was at work Coming up on 70 yrs now sitting here playing my guitar and watching the video And still so much more behind The Beatles story
I was Born in 55 Their Music HELPED me thru my parents Divorce Age 9 in 1964 They Brought me Music, Love,Light&Hope Thanks Lads from the Bottom of my HEART♥️🌟😘
Oh Debra, born in 55 also. Sorry about your parent's divorce in that year - 64. Was living in Turkey then at age 8 and 9 as the son if an air force sergeant with my mom and younger brother and sister. Beatles were it over there but could not see them. No TV over there at that time. Saw hard days night at the movies there though. Best band ever. Be well.
I remember my parents allowing us siblings to stay up and watch the Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan. She was smitten before Ed Sullivan's show but too bad my Dad wasn't into it. My oldest sisters was screaming and crying and begging to go to a concert but the best my Mom could do was take us all to the theater to see Can't buy Me love. Our Mom took us up to the second tier and all I could think of was how epic this all was. Thank you Mom!!!! I was, at eight, an forever Beatle fan for LIFE after that!!!
Born in 1950, I thank my lucky stars that my teenage years encompassed the greatest band and music to ever exist. When I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand on our car radio, I told my parents the Beatles would be change music forever and boy was I right.
I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, like all the country did. I was 6 years old....thanks to Ringo, I've been rocking on the drums ever since. She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah!!🎶🎶
THE BEATLES. Still set the Bar today. A perfect Blend . I'm 62 yrs old and I appreciate them even more today. Just amazing . STILL THE GREATEST BAND A ONE OFF .
I had gotten out of the Army on December 2nd and gotten home to see the newspaper headline of John Lennon's assassination in New York city. I broke down and cried. I was a fan of the band that had been an inspiration for me for so many years.
I look at all the lonely people...in my life, I've loved you more...Michelle, ma belle, all we need is love...I can go on! Even though I am 73, and a generations past those days, I still hear the Beatles and remember lyrics without intention. I am still knocked out that I once heard them perform live in my head - only in my head! It was like an auditory hallucination! I
My lovely brother Barry introduced me to the Beatles music back in 1963 when I was 7 years of age. I am 64 now. My lovely brother Barry, sadly died from a brain tumour when he was 59, and whenever I listen to the Beatles which is often, I can see my brother as clear as day.
Excellent documentary. I was 16 in '60 and the wonderful thing, at least in the UK, is that the Beatles were not promoted or 'marketed'. Everybody who heard them, loved them. We had no idea, back then what a phenomenon they would become. And here we are, 50 - 60 years later and they still have no peers. Their likes will never be seen again.
February 9, 1964 was my birthday! One of the best gifts ever was seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. I thank D.D. for turning me on to them.
I turned 6 December 1964. My Father, being in the US Air Force was off to Viet Nam at the beginning of summer. My Mother, Sister and I stayed with our families (both sides) in San Jose Ca for the year. It was that summer when I heard my first Beatles song. Music had a grip on me from birth! Though it was the lyrics in any song that reached out to me the most as long as they made some kind of sense to my young mind. The backbeat of Rock along with Ringos less is more style of drumming giving way to the trio of guitars though never going unnoticed. The Beatles as a whole strengthened my love for music. It took just four guys from Liverpool Great Brittan to change the face of music as the world then knew it. Two very important events took place in my life from July 1964 to June 1965. At the age of 6 I became a lifelong Beatles fan! But most important is that Dad came home from Viet Nam alive and in one piece! The Beatles, My Music Heros! Dad, My Hero in reality and life! John, George, Mom and Dad. Rest With The Angels!
Glad your dad came home, safe and sound. These were turbulent times - but my, how wonderful the music was! It carried you into a new sphere of hope and personal growth.
I am 70 and the Beatles were the reason that me and some close neighborhood friends learned to play guitar and form a band. They were a great part of my youth and I will love them forever.
@@ronniewall1481 I love Ringo. He is a nice down to earth guy who never took the celebrity serious. He and supermodel Barbara Bach have been married for decades. That speaks volumes about both of them. How often do you see these big time celebrity marriages last? Hardly ever, if at all. But to say John, Paul and George are just a boy band? It's laughable. Please tell me you are joking or a troll.
no-one else writes lyrics like them. my second bible, lately have been re-listening to the lyrics. They knew stuff. lets not forget Sir George Martin. Thank you, Mr. Martin, RIP.
Easily the very best compilation of Beatle songs, history and previously unseen & unheard footage. Totally impressed with the quality of this production.
I've listened and watched the Beatles all my 63 yrs and still can't get over the amount of music they've written in such a short time together not counting their solo material!
As an Englishman, it makes me SO VERY proud that, from this little island, we had, and still have so much world beating musical talent. And we are also the home of the greatest pop band there ever was, even Elvis was worried about The Beatles popularity and success. The Beatles changed music forever, by embracing old school chords and harmonies, then elevating them for a modern age. I wish I'd been around at the time, but sadly, the band broke up 2 years before I was born. But it doesn't stop me loving and appreciating ALL that they did, now more than ever. Beatles FOUR ever ♥️
I lived through the entire Beatles rise ...... On Nov. 22, 1963 the Beatles were to be introduced on the CBS evening news program in the USA ..... that report, which was intended to introduce the Beatles to America, was pre-empted understandably due to the assassination of President Kennedy - I was just one of millions of grief-stricken kids who had idolized JFK, who was ripe for the picking when "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and the Beatles exploded on the scene weeks later ...... by February, the boys came to the USA for the first time, appeared on Ed Sullivan, and every kid in my generation grew their hair out and got "Beatles Boots" - we knew that the girls would like that! ..... The Beatles message of LOVE and the struggle to grow up, helped us all to grow up - and their music and message has been with me throughout my life ..... They were an amazing influence in my life
I'm 71, & started playing guitar in bands in 1965 at the age of 14. 18 bands & 57 years later, they are & always will be the best in my book, hands down. As a musician, I feel truly blessed to have been able to be alive during that era (and survive 😉).....And listening to the early Beatles' stuff still gives me a combination of goosebumps and tears, depending on whether the source be something like "In My Life" or "You're Gonna Lose That Girl".....I get special feelings that only manifest themselves when I listen to or perform anything from those first 5 albums......I could go on & on naming songs that are so special to me and the memories associated with those special tunes, but it would really be impossible......There simply aren't enough words in my vocabulary. I would be on "verbal safari", still sitting here days from now if I even made the attempt. I would also like to say that it is a crying shame that George has been overlooked and/or underrated by so many. The guy was a master, and I am so glad that he lived long enough to do the Travellin' Wilburys project. R.I.P., George & John... And my deepest thanks for the gift that the 4 of you guys gave to the world.........And me.
Hate to to burst your English bubble but ! The two main men in the Beatles were of Irish extraction. It is their Irish Gene's which gave us those memorable melodies . The Irish are famous for lyrics and song writing. The English are famous for creating armies and stripping resourced from weaker nations.
@@den264 Do not conflate the rich 19th Century Aristocracy and the East India Company with the ordinary people and the actual policies of the British Government!
As a wee lad I sang that song to my classmates in 1979. As a presentation. Every Tuesday arvo from then on I was asked to repeat something similar. Though they gave others a chance of course. We were last on the list to play or sing a Beatles song. One of my greatest memories.Thank-you for reminding me
I was born in 79' but I was raised listening to the Beatles from mom and dad. I remember watching Hard Day's Night with my mother all the time. That's when I started to love there music and forever will. 💕
No one anywhere in the world will ever be able to take the place of the Beatles, they were, are and always will be phenomenal! Peace to the world xxxxxx😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
THE ROLLING STONES & BEATLES ARE THE GREATEST SINGERS & WRITERS IN THE WORLD. I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP WITH THIS AREA , EVEN BETTER THAN THE SMART PHONES, START US UP & I FEEL FINE. RF.
@Faye Enke Yes. I had my favourite back in the day and switched when John died. I too love them all. These brilliant artists impacted our lives and globally opened doors for other British brilliant bands who looked up to them.
@@michaelabraham8873 Beatle fans embrace their music. We don't squabble about who was better in the band. We were just lucky to have them when we did and I am so glad you are enjoying them now. 💖
The Beatles were just way ahead of the times. PARAMOUNT! EVEN IN PRESENT TIME AND BEYOUND. EACH EVEN MADE THEIR OWN SOLO ALBUMS. We can go on and on. No other group can match THE BEATLES
At age six I saw them on the Sullivan Show. Age seven I was having trouble moving to a new home and school but I had the Beatles songs with me for comfort. We played their songs as covers in bands as I grew up. When I had kids of my own I sang them to sleep with Beatles songs. "When I'm sixty-four?" Well, for me 64 has come and gone but the songs and the memories they conjure stay with me - as it is with most of us whether we grew up with the Beatles back then in the 60s, or the 90s, or more recently. It's the music of all of us, young and old and of those yet to come.
In 1964 I was 6 years old when the BEATLES came into my life, In 1964 it was also 20 years since my father was almost mortally wounded fighting for the good guys, but he was still spending almost my early whole child hood in VA hospitals . I remember on one of my dads visit home from the VA hospital , they were great days having him home , being with this man for just a bit of time. We didn’t have much but my father bought me a record player a gave me , to this day the greatest song I’ve ever heard and sang along . I WANTTO HOLD YOUR HAND. The BEATLES were forever weaved into my life. I so wish I still had that record -player and that single record , but mostly that great man, that all he did his whole life was sacrifice , sacrificed for his country , for his family, The record player gone , so is my dad , but i still have the BEATLES, and I can’t listen to their music without thinking about my Dad .
My mum (from Liverpool) told me in the '70's that the Beatles were the greatest band in the world. I can't believe that it's 2021 and it still holds true! Great video!
The first time I visited Liverpool, we were on the Magical Mystery Tour bus, doing the tourist thing and trundling along Penny Lane. It was a miserable day and I remember being annoyed that the windows kept fogging up. All of a sudden, we heard a siren and the bus pulled over right in front of Tony Slavin’s Penny Lane Barber Shop. The guide had the presence of mind to say “and the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain, very strange” 🥰🙂
Yesterday brings back SO many memories. When John was killed, I was listening to the radio and getting ready for school. I ran into my Mum and Step-dad's bedroom and told them. They were shocked. When I got to school, someone had written on the black-board, 'Yesterday, LIFE was such an easy game to play.' Some of my friends were in tears.
I feel blessed to have lived through it all! It’s extremely difficult to explain to the younger generation what it was like, there are no words only awe & emotions. Long live The Beatles! ❤😊❤
Four ordinary lads from Liverpool were to blossom into the most extraordinarily talented group that the worlds of pop, rock and music in general had ever seen or heard, or will ever be likely to see or hear again! Three of the things that were to change that initial "ordinariness" were that they definitely "put the hours in" in the early years and afterwards, and perhaps primarily, they genuinely loved their art, and throughout, they genuinely loved each other just as brothers can! Having said that, their brilliance is probably unquantifiable because they were, are and will always be truly unique. When I was very young, I thought Elvis was the biggest and greatest ever. I still love Elvis but I never imagined then that four young lads would come along and shake the world even more vigorously and in a completely different way!
Definitely influential when Ludwig Drum Co. And Zildjian Cymbals ended up with back orders over a year of drums and cymbals after they appeared on Ed Sullivan !!
I would hate to think of what music would have been like in that era without the Beatles. They were catalysts for practically every successful band. Ask practically anyone that made music back then and what their inspiration was and it would be the Beatles. I’m in the USA. Born and raised. I grew up in this era. Never a big fan of Elvis or really any other American groups until the Beatles came along. The Beatles were it for us. The Beatles allowed for bands that came along in the US and in Britain. They allowed for a new era in music and things just busted loose. We have the Beatles to thank for that. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Suffice it to say that the entire trajectory of modern rock n' roll would have been completely different had it not been for those four Liverpudlian lads.
There is a mystical quality to The Beatles. How four young men came together through serendipity to create music that moved the world. And with each passing generation, they are re-discovered and rejoiced. In John's words..." Most peculiar, Mama! " And George stated, " The Beatles will exist without us. " Ain't it the truth?
Totally agree.... to me, the song was a letter of a final goodbye. You knew it was the finale of a great 10 years they were with you. To this day, every time I hear the song, it takes me back to that same sad feeling I felt back then. Just so sad, nostalgic, like having lost a dear friend sadness.
I remember seeing the Beatles while I was lying in my parents bedroom to keep an eye on me . They wouldn't let me stay up past 8 o'clock so I adjusted my father's shaving mirror on his dresser to reflect the tv in the other room. They had no idea I was watching it with them. After that I heard them on the radio every day and I remember how much I enjoyed them. In art class I drew my interpretation of Beatles characters and my art teacher was pleased. Those were good years because the music made it so!
Yesterday is the song Paul plucked out of the air but the song that has always existed. It was truly from another place, from spirit and he channelled it.
There were so many great bands in the 60’s. All the way from Freddie and the Dreamers to Led Zeppelin, but the Beatles were always in a class by themselves. From the moment I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand, I was totally and eternally hooked on the greatest band of all time.
I must say Bill, I have distinct memories of ~ 𝑫𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒆 ~ and I must say, not only did they sound awful...but they also looked ridiculous! Now I think if you just take out the word '𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕' from your opening sentence then your whole comment is perfect. Because the 60's were a fount of great bands making great music and they fit in somewhere between ZEP & FREDDIE.
@@fidge54 I should have taken the word “great” out of the sentence describing the best bands around that timeframe if I included Freddie and the Dreamers in the mix. The only song of theirs that I remember was “I’m Telling You Now.” I really don’t think Freddie and the Dreamers would have had much of a chance going against Led Zeppelin in a battle of the bands competition. Freddie wouldn’t have had much of a chance going against Robert Plant. Jimmy Page was better than the guitar player that was in Freddie and the Dreamers too. Overall, I’d have to say that Led Zeppelin was probably a better band than Freddie and the Dreamers.
Led Zeppelin is my favourite band. But you know what? They are not nice people. Nothing in this world is better because of them. IMO the lesson from it all is that greatness is the sum of goodness. And the Beatles were very very good people.
@@kevinmcguire7392 Great comment. Freddie & the Dreamers were definitely great surfers though, who definitely rode the tide of the "English Invasion" with 'humour" and aplomb. How about the Dave Clark 5? Anyone remember the "who's best?" contest up to about '65? No doubt about who won, lol.
Most fabulous band ever! I remember I was playing cards with my friend at the dining room table with my friend when her teenage sister came into the room and turned on the Ed Sullivan show to watch the Beatles. She was screaming and my friend and I both fell in love with them also. My crush my Paul and my friends crush was George. The following year the Beatles came to Cincinnati where my cousin and I saw them in person at Cincinnati Gardens. The Beatles returned to Cincinnati two years later and we were able to see them in person a second time! I still love the Beatles and their music today.
The Beatles’ accomplishments are as significant to the human race as any have ever been. Their recorded catalog is as important as any medical breakthroughs or cosmological achievements. I can imagine that more human beings have been, or will be, touched and deeply moved by their music than could be said of any other human endeavor in all of history.
Dear Terry; You're absolutely right - they accomplishments are as significant to the human race as any have ever been. Their creations help many of us to preserve (to exist, to be, to last, to live). It's the fundamental law of Universe...
As a lifetime Duran Duran fan, I have to admit the biggest band in the world and easily the most respected is surely the Beatles. No musical act before or since can match them!
@@randymillhouse791 your right about the beatles, my nephew was a big Duran Duran fan, Rio was the most popular played song on MTV number one, and they never play the song on the radio, they play africa, go figure.
The music is still as good now as it was then. I was a kid in elementary school and it was all so exciting and new. I got my first album for Christmas in 1963. it was the best thing I had ever heard then and now. it really was magical.
I turned 70 back a few months ago and I also remember watching the Beatles in Feb 1964 on Ed Sullivan and my life was changed forever. I’ve always loved their music and always will. Love those guys.
You know you’re the greatest band when there’s a hour and a half documentary that list your greatest songs and doesn’t even talk about amazing tracks like: don’t let me down, here comes the sun, oh darlin, for no one, and a day In the life (greatest song in my opinion) it just shows the amount of talent they had isn’t even measurable. Absolutely remarkable...
They polled the top twenty seven we all know how huge a catalogue of songs they have it goes without saying can’t feature them all so it’s the most popular that are featuring here .
They're not only the best band ever.....Like Picasso they are an endless driving force to always be reckoned and the best thing that came out of the most revolutionary century in history. The difference is....Picasso, after becoming famous , didn't improve and his artwork is similar to those in kindergarten,,,, The Beatles never stop improving.....For every stupid kid ( you'll find them on most videos comments)... who disagree with their importance ....there's a million who are discovering and loving them. That's greatness. I'm a fan since December 1963. The Beatles Era ain't over yet.
What's can I say about the awesome Fab Four that hasn't already been said?They made the world a better place.Their cultural and musical legacy will live on FOREVER, THANK YOU JOHN,PAUL,GEORGE AND RINGO....I LOVE YOU!!!!
Thank God for the Beatles, I married a fan of them, Curt met them. They were genuine humble authentic. RIP John and George. We miss them. I was a fan with yellow submarine. Curt got to see them at the Paladium in London.1963. his father stationed at :Lakenheath Mendenhall. Curt Tuned pianos because his love of the Beatles. Our love song is "In my Life". I am happiest when I hear them. We are visually impaired. Thankyou to the Dorton House School for the Blind in Kent England. They were the ones to pull strings to have Curt meet them.
The Beatles is a awesome group alot of awesome songs ❣️ Paul McCartney is a awesome singer and song writer and John Lennon and George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
💕I still listen to them everyday A BIG THANK YOU JOHN,PAUL,GEORGE,RINGO. GEORGE MARTIN & BRIAN EPSTEIN FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL CATALOGUE OF EPIC MUSIC TO EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@leeabend8079 On a recording, few like to hear themselves. But he had the best voice of them all that blended perfectly with the rest. Ringo had another unique voice which made the band sound great
The Beatles, greatest Pop group ever! Yes, better than the Stones. A phenomenon, for sure. They changed the landscape of music on Earth. They were there at the right time, and for me, truly influenced my childhood, and were key to my growing up. And everything went better for them as time progressed. It culminated with the White Album, one of the greatest works of art in music history.
McCartney, Harrison, Star and Lennon with producer George Martin is already in the history books as the Greatest band of all time. They got their chance and help from George Martin and changed music at that time in history. It's incredible how their songs are listened to by many generations and I doubt that'll stop any time in the future. Plus we have all the music that each member has created since then which is incredible. Especially McCartney's output of so many songs till this year and still going. Amazing group of characters that made an so many great songs in 10 years together.
I had the good fortune to be around as a fan of the Beatles in Liverpool, from their early pre-recording days. I left school in 1960 and started work in the city centre (Liverpool) at the Cotton Exchange. I became pals with another office boy, Alan. One day Al came to me and asked if l got luncheon vouchers from the company l worked for, l told him l did and he then asked me to visit a club in the city, a 5 minute walk away, that did lunchtime music sessions featuring local groups. Al told me the best thing about this club (The Cavern) was that they accepted luncheon vouchers as the entry fee, so the next day l went to the Cavern club with my pal. It was basically an old fruit warehouse cellar on Mathew Street, accessed by a set of old stone steps. The atmosphere down there was magical. Lots of teenage lads and girls are all smoking and listening to the DJ playing records. All of us faced a tiny little stage that was empty except for a drum kit. After about 10 minutes the DJ made an announcement about the first group coming on stage it was The Beatles. Four guys came on stage and they started playing and singing straight away. They were doing some American soul stuff and songs from The Marvelettes and other popular US groups. They were amazing and got a storm of applause.l went back late for work that afternoon and thankfully no one had missed me. I continued going to The Cavern club every lunchtime five days a week until the UK Cotton industry folded and l was made redundant. Looking back at those times l realise now they were some of the best days of my young life. I learned about many of the other groups playing in my hometown at that time, Gerry and The Pacemakers, the Big Three, The Undertakers, and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the group Ringo was initially drumming for. John Lennon's girlfriend at that time was Cynthia and when they first got married they rented a bedsit which was on Garmoyle Road, Liverpool, in a terraced house about 5 doors away from my family home. I used to see John and Cynthia walking down to Smithdown Road to catch a bus into town. On one of these occasions, l was walking up Lidderdale Road which led to Garmoyle Rd and l noticed John and Cynthia approaching on the opposite side. I sort of half nodded towards them in acknowledgment and John called out Hello mate! That made my day. When l told my family this they had no idea what l was going on about. As The Beatles were only famous locally at that time in the teenage community.
lets see if the modern popular boy band bts can stand the test of time and be remembered by their music and their song dynamite can get stale for one week and whene i listen to revolution 9 i can remember that in 1 month or 2
@@rileymaingque323 NEVER WAS THAT IMPRESSED. POPULAR ISNT BEST ITS MOST COMMON. A LOT OF LESSOR KNOWN GROUPS MAKE THE BEATLES LOOK LIKE CRAP. ONLY THING I LIKE ABOUT BEATLES WAS RINGO.
@@forastero4ever Why? Because we're all crazy. Now go home and tell your mama she wants ya. But seriously. Have you REALLY just stopped, looked at and listened?
I will love them till the end of time.. They changed the music world. They made music history and I'm proud I got to watch them on the Ed Sullivan show. They changed my world.
The wonder and magic and the beauty of the Beatles will never end. I loved them as a young girl in the 60's and now as I am in my 60's I still love them. Their music is a generational legacy and it's wonderful to see new generations embracing their creativity, genius, and talented songwriting musicianship for what it was when it began. A single one-off, never to be repeated, unique in all aspects. I salute you John, Paul, George and Ringo, and thank you for all your humor and brilliance.
As an American I want the BEST of anything to be American. But I gladly recognize The Beatles as the greatest band in history. It's not even a contest. You should be immensely proud UK... and you are.
In the history of popular music, the Beatles are the Greatest of all time and always will be. Their colossal talent and contribution to music are immeasurable.
@@thomaskline YOU MEAN BEATLES CAN'T SELL? THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE LONGER YET THE EAGLES OUT SOLD THEM EASY. THE BEST SELLING BEATLES ALBUMS RANK NUMBER FOUR AND EIGHTEEN. THE EAGLES HOLD THE NUMBER ONE ANF NUMBER THREE IN ALL TIME SELL.
Grew up with their music. Loved them then. Love them now. The most wonderful, magnificent, creative pop band ever. Many gifts they gave us. Music that appealed to all ages, a gift. Each song a different sound, a gift. Such wonderful variety in music, a gift. How lucky we really were to have The Beatles. Simply superb musicians. They created music that still has remained unsurpassed. As George Harrison noted, The Beatles will still be around long after all The Beatles are gone. A wise man indeed.
I was so lucky to have been born in a year that would allow me at 19, to experience all of the Beatles' incredible creative production. They inspired me to become a songwriter and musician which led me to record one of my songs on the Capitol Record label in 1969. I am forever grateful to John Lennon and the Beatles for creating this magnificent body of work.
I was born in 1967, so I came to Beatles music as a young teen in about 1980, ten years after they had disbanded. I wondered what all the fuss was about. I listened... and listened... and listened... and was deeply moved. Yep, the greatest band by quite a margin. Glorious.
me too. Born in 68. In 80 when he died I was introduced. By 81 my first concert was Beatlemania. Bought the best of's when John died and also the radio started playing them again then and never stopped. Though I knew who they were before I was in school (but not familiar with their music). And i grew up with Paul Mccartney and the Wings in the 70s (not knowing he was in the Beatles). The Wings remind me of my childhood. But having said that I do remember "Here Comes The Sun" stll playing all the time in the very early 70s. Not knowing who sang it. But especially Harrison's "My Swwet Lord". Again not knowing who sang it. And in 75 I now know "Got To Get You Back Im My Life" was re-released for some reason but do remember knowing for sure that was the Beatles. But that's it. And I remember Hey Jude, Let It Be, Get Back were still playing in the early 70s but I don't think I knew who played it. Maybe I did. I dont think I did. And I remember Yesterday played as an oldie and knowing that somehow. And not unfamiliar with all of it when I first heard the best of's in 1980-81 But from my perspective I'm pretty sure the last 4 years of the 70s the Beatles were not played on the radio at all. Not the popular AM Radio I was listening to anyways.
The greatest BEATLES song is the one you are listening to at the moment! All THE BEATLES SONGS ARE JUST ONE BIG SONG!
I will never forget the first time I saw the Beatles. I was about 8 years old. Because I was sick my parents let me sleep in their room. I knew the Beatles were playing so I adjusted my mothers makeup mirror to reflect from the living room into the bedroom where I could watch from my bed. , as they thought 8 pm was past my bedtime. I got a chance to watch the Beatles without my parents knowing I was seeing them with the mirror on their dresser! Their music has lit up my life for all the years of broadcast and beyond. They wrote the most beautiful songs everyone in the world could sing along to. They were the epic change throughout my growing years. Even today music jam sessions always include a Beatles song, and knowing all the harmonies, I join them to sing along. They were and always will be THE BEST.
I'm 71, born in 1950. Like so many here understand, growing up with the Beatles was an unbelievably special privilege that is hard to conceive of its being replicated. I heard I Want To Hold Your Hand at 12 in early 1963 in the backseat of a school bus. I remember where I was standing when I first heard Yesterday. Rubber Soul changed my life at 15 while living at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan with my family. I saw the global live broadcast of All You Need Is Love. I saw Paul at a concert in San Diego in 2019 with my adult daughter, and my two grandchildren, six and seven, LOVE the Beatles. We are so, so lucky. God bless the Beatles.
Here , here!😮
Hear, hear! ❤
You, sir, are awesome!
I like to think being born in 1970, making the 80s my formative teen years, that I was lucky to see and hear so many bands and the new genres they brought to the main stream, from the Sugar Hill Gang to Bruce Springsteen to Joy Division and Depeche Mode, but even then, it was hearing The Beatles and Wings from Mom's lp record player that was center of our wooden cabinet hifi stereo system that I first learned to sing along to - and while those other bands are great notes of rock and roll history - The Beatles ARE rock and roll history - and so are you Sir. Without the original British fans, there would never have been us American fans. Words can't relay how grateful I am. SALUTE, SIR!
@@briancarter2052 There, there.
Thank heavens that some of us were around when the Beatles were creating incredible music, what an honour to be present at the same time in history. Greatest band in musical history.
The Beatles were the Mozarts, Bachs, and Beethovens of their time. We were blessed to have them.
I feel so very blessed to have grown up in the Sixties... specifically the Beatles years of 1964 -1970 - along with the evolution of The Beatles and their music.
They were coming of age . . . and so was I. What wonderful years to be alive and growing up through the teenage years... I was 14 when they first appeared on Ed Sullivan's show in early 1964 . . . and I grew up through in the following six years as The Beatles grew, matured, experimented and conquered the world of music and popular culture. 'Whatta time to be alive!!!!!!!!!!
Great way of putting it! Are you related to Eric?
@@Snoopy7666 I feel the same i was driven to play and Sing because of them and i am still driven.
from that 1st Ed Sulivan On------------->
@@Snoopy7666 you are so lucky.
That's not an exaggeration. Mozart and Schubert wrote thousands of tunes, of which hundreds are famous today; of all all the Beatles' tunes, very few did not appeal.
The Beatles were the classical composers of pop-rock music. Their music will live on 4 eternity.
I was born in 1961 and I can't remember a world without the Beatles thank you sir Paul McCarthy and sir Richard Starkey for making my world a better place..and thank you John Lennon and sir George Harrison wherever you are God bless you all.
I am 20 now, in a new generation and era. Nothing or no one will ever touch The Beatles ever. Even as someone young as me, they did it better than anyone. Just simply the greatest ever
@@bobrush4217 I would say I am also lol, even though I’m young n I have so much to learn still I know a lot. One thing that is for certain I know is I could do is name any Beatles song in under 1 second or less. That’s my greatest hidden talent 😂
I'm 65 in 2024, and I agree.
That's cos you've never heard of The Rutles.
I'm 70 years old and my life wouldn't have been the same without the Beatles
Here's to John and George - much loved and sorely missed. Paul and Ringo - still loved and deeply respected.
I was born in 56. I can’t possibly convey how profoundly important the Beatles were to my happiness as a child and through life. It runs very deep with me. Thanks lads.
1957 and ditto. I listened to rock and roll on the radio as much as I could from the time I was five years old. I knew many of the top 40 hits and I wondered how song writers kept coming up with great new tunes. Surely, there would come a day when the all of the good songs would be written. But, I was six then.
I clearly remember a thought or a feeling that came to me in early 1964 that something big was coming to the music world. Something new and beautiful that everybody would love. Maybe, I was confused by the times when such a jumble of songs from the 50’s, country songs, Motown songs, protest/ folk songs, instrumentals, and the new groups defining Rock and Roll were all played on one station. The 60’s was a great decade to be tuned into popular music.
Then the Beatles were born. They were fulfilling my premonition, though I never mentioned it to anyone for a long time. My older sister loved The Beatles, too, and she somehow brought each new LP home and she and I and my little sister (sometimes) would listen to the new album as long as Mom or Grandma would let us. But it didn’t take long before we knew at least the melodies of each track. It was so beautiful and such a gift, to have each song that had been pressed onto that disc, firmly tucked into my brain where I could listen to any or every song whenever I wanted to. On the way to school, in class at school, after school I could put Meet The Beatles on play in my head and listen to the whole album. Every kind of emotion you wanted to feel was on that LP.
1956 was the year I was born too!
Me too. There must be millions of us...
Also born then but less impressed. I remember my friend had a Dansette - I was 7 and he put on I wanna hold your hand. I was a bit "meh" really.
1962 August they are at the Cavern- I was a month old. I am still as amazed by all this as I was 13 years later when a friend introduced me to the Lads. My life was so touched by every aspect the music and what they had been into.
A lifetime's worth of admiration and respect for all they showed me.
Their music will be passed on by father and mother to son & daughter. When I played The Beatles to my daughter for the first time - the sheer joy of hearing it for the first time. I will never forget that. Just like I never forgot my parents playing it when I was little. I know when my daughter has children of her own - she will do the same. It'll be that way forever. Thank you John, Paul, George and Ringo - you are the finest, the best, the greatest band of all time.
That's also in our family tradition. My girls and I bonded over singing to the Beatles tunes. That was way more meaningful than singing nursery rhymes with my mom.
TO me it was a instant antidepressant to put the Beatles on as a wee lad IT'S like that still but time's Thay are changing but the Beatles WILL REMAIN THE GREATEST BAND EVER😮😅I loved them STILL do memories are priceless😢😮😅😢❤
My 17 year old grandson is a Beatles fan ever since I played I Saw Her Standing There with a band I was in.
If The Beatles hadn't happened - it would have been a very silent world - I am 69 and The Beatles will always come into my mind-The are undeniabley the best-nothing will ever be so beautiful
I am so so grateful that during the entirety of human existence, I get to be alive at a time where the Beatles existed.
We all should be. Most probably are.
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 corblimeeaaaarrgh
Edward, what a great perspective. Me too!!
Well, don’t forget the ancient Egyptian band The Scarabs. They were brilliant, too.
Edward E. I feel EXACTLY the same..how blessed we are! ❤️
I am so blessed to having been alive during the 7 years The Beatles graced us with their songs. the war in Vietnam was raging, President Kennedy had just been assassinated and these 4 lads came just time to bring us up out of our sadness. They cheered us up overnight and gave us a great reason to keep on going. Those were magical years in music, fashion, and hope. Those born after The Beatles can never know what it was really like back then and the euphoria will be forever difficult to ever be repeated. I still get teary eyed as I watch this show, as it reminds me of how special time was.
Thank you for the historical account 😅😮😢😂
I am 70 years old and I have been a fan of the Beatles since 1964, they really were, are, and will continue to be the best rock band. Beatles four ever.🎹🎸🎻☮❤
I'll be 70 in a few m ok months and 1964 is the first time I heard my first Beatles song after that I was hooked.
Til this day, I still listen to them every chance I get.
Just place a lefthand guitar smiley :)
And there never will be....
Haha, I'm 71...what a time to be young, hey? George made the most sense to me, so off I went to a Temple in Vrndavan, India, and never really came back.
You'll get no argument from me!
I saw The Beatles in concert on stage at the Romford Odeon cinema, Essex, England on Sunday June 16 1963. I live in California now and am still proud I saw the Fab 4 before they were on the Ed Sullivan Show! I went home deaf from the screaming of teenagers younger than I was! I was 18…..
The Beatles were on The Ed Sullivan Show on my 10th birthday
February 9 964
Grew my hair long and taught myself to play guitar on my dad's Martin while he was at work
Coming up on 70 yrs now sitting here playing my guitar and watching the video
And still so much more behind The Beatles story
I was Born in 55
Their Music HELPED me thru my parents Divorce
Age 9 in 1964
They Brought me
Music, Love,Light&Hope
Thanks Lads from the Bottom of my HEART♥️🌟😘
Oh Debra, born in 55 also. Sorry about your parent's divorce in that year - 64. Was living in Turkey then at age 8 and 9 as the son if an air force sergeant with my mom and younger brother and sister. Beatles were it over there but could not see them. No TV over there at that time. Saw hard days night at the movies there though. Best band ever. Be well.
They were & still are the greatest band ever and we're privileged to have witnessed their greatness !
Beatles will always be a thing of the 60s,
They are the biggest entertainment act that will ever be!
Oasis are better!!!
The beatles are timeless!!!. The Beatles are the greatest band of all time ️.
Even if they only played together as a group for ten years, they will live forever. They are immortal. I love them with all my heart.♥️♥️♥️♥️🍀🌞
The Beatles were, are, and will be the best group ever!!!✌
No matter how many times you listen to their songs, you never get tired of them.
Oasis are better
I remember my parents allowing us siblings to stay up and watch the Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan. She was smitten before Ed Sullivan's show but too bad my Dad wasn't into it. My oldest sisters was screaming and crying and begging to go to a concert but the best my Mom could do was take us all to the theater to see Can't buy Me love. Our Mom took us up to the second tier and all I could think of was how epic this all was. Thank you Mom!!!! I was, at eight, an forever Beatle fan for LIFE after that!!!
I am 23 years old and I've been a Beatles fan when I was a little girl!
You're still a little girl
Born in 1950, I thank my lucky stars that my teenage years encompassed the greatest band and music to ever exist. When I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand on our car radio, I told my parents the Beatles would be change music forever and boy was I right.
Mark Field I was born 52 and it was wonderful to grow up with the greatest music starting from early 60s. Very grateful too.x
Born in 1950 as well. Got my first pair of Beatles boots, (suede) in '65. Same year I joined a band. Managed to mangle "This Boy."
I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, like all the country did. I was 6 years old....thanks to Ringo, I've been rocking on the drums ever since. She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah!!🎶🎶
THE BEATLES.
Still set the Bar today.
A perfect Blend .
I'm 62 yrs old and I appreciate them even more today.
Just amazing .
STILL THE GREATEST BAND
A ONE OFF .
Yep!!
Not Mozart. One man did as much as the Fab Four
@@RobertWellerRub I love Classical as Well.
Hard to Dispute.
Without Mozart ?
There would be No BEATLES.
Mozart influenced just about everybody.
I,AM,77YEARS ,YOUNG,AND,THE BEATLES WILL BE FOREVER ETERNAL!!!LOVE love ❤️
75 and still love them!
I had gotten out of the Army on December 2nd and gotten home to see the newspaper headline of John Lennon's assassination in New York city. I broke down and cried. I was a fan of the band that had been an inspiration for me for so many years.
I look at all the lonely people...in my life, I've loved you more...Michelle, ma belle, all we need is love...I can go on! Even though I am 73, and a generations past those days, I still hear the Beatles and remember lyrics without intention. I am still knocked out that I once heard them perform live in my head - only in my head! It was like an auditory hallucination! I
My lovely brother Barry introduced me to the Beatles music back in 1963 when I was 7 years of age. I am 64 now. My lovely brother Barry, sadly died from a brain tumour when he was 59, and whenever I listen to the Beatles which is often, I can see my brother as clear as day.
Excellent documentary. I was 16 in '60 and the wonderful thing, at least in the UK, is that the Beatles were not promoted or 'marketed'. Everybody who heard them, loved them. We had no idea, back then what a phenomenon they would become. And here we are, 50 - 60 years later and they still have no peers. Their likes will never be seen again.
It was a GREAT ERA to have been a teenager!
February 9, 1964 was my birthday! One of the best gifts ever was seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. I thank D.D. for turning me on to them.
I turned 6 December 1964. My Father, being in the US Air Force was off to Viet Nam at the beginning of summer. My Mother, Sister and I stayed with our families (both sides) in San Jose Ca for the year. It was that summer when I heard my first Beatles song. Music had a grip on me from birth! Though it was the lyrics in any song that reached out to me the most as long as they made some kind of sense to my young mind. The backbeat of Rock along with Ringos less is more style of drumming giving way to the trio of guitars though never going unnoticed. The Beatles as a whole strengthened my love for music. It took just four guys from Liverpool Great Brittan to change the face of music as the world then knew it. Two very important events took place in my life from July 1964 to June 1965. At the age of 6 I became a lifelong Beatles fan! But most important is that Dad came home from Viet Nam alive and in one piece! The Beatles, My Music Heros! Dad, My Hero in reality and life! John, George, Mom and Dad. Rest With The Angels!
Well said!!!!
Very Nice .
Glad your dad came home, safe and sound. These were turbulent times - but my, how wonderful the music was! It carried you into a new sphere of hope and personal growth.
VERY TOUCHING. GOD BLESS YOU
The Beatles will always be my favorite rock group. I never tire of them and I'm 68!
I am 70 and the Beatles were the reason that me and some close neighborhood friends learned to play guitar and form a band. They were a great part of my youth and I will love them forever.
They are timeless. Nothing else sounds like the Beatles.
EVERYONE SAYS BEATLES INFLUENCED ALL OTHER MUSIC.
OH PLEASE THEY ARE A FRIGGIN BOY BAND WITHOUT RINGO THEIR MUSIC SUCKS.
@@ronniewall1481 I love Ringo. He is a nice down to earth guy who never took the celebrity serious. He and supermodel Barbara Bach have been married for decades. That speaks volumes about both of them. How often do you see these big time celebrity marriages last? Hardly ever, if at all. But to say John, Paul and George are just a boy band? It's laughable. Please tell me you are joking or a troll.
@@rollinmark8952 REALLY INVENTED DRUMMER.
no-one else writes lyrics like them. my second bible, lately have been re-listening to the lyrics. They knew stuff. lets not forget Sir George Martin. Thank you, Mr. Martin, RIP.
Born in 1962,the Beatles have been a part of my world from the beginning. I suppose they will be until my end. Thank you John,Paul,George and Ringo
You will meet them in heaven.
1962!
me too!!
Easily the very best compilation of Beatle songs, history and previously unseen & unheard footage. Totally impressed with the quality of this production.
A great documentary film. The Beatles hooked me at 10 years old. 48 years later, the songs still sound new and exciting.
No one like The Beatles, Still The Greatest Band in the Universe
I've listened and watched the Beatles all my 63 yrs and still can't get over the amount of music they've written in such a short time together not counting their solo material!
As an Englishman, it makes me SO VERY proud that, from this little island, we had, and still have so much world beating musical talent. And we are also the home of the greatest pop band there ever was, even Elvis was worried about The Beatles popularity and success.
The Beatles changed music forever, by embracing old school chords and harmonies, then elevating them for a modern age.
I wish I'd been around at the time, but sadly, the band broke up 2 years before I was born. But it doesn't stop me loving and appreciating ALL that they did, now more than ever.
Beatles FOUR ever ♥️
I lived through the entire Beatles rise ...... On Nov. 22, 1963 the Beatles were to be introduced on the CBS evening news program in the USA ..... that report, which was intended to introduce the Beatles to America, was pre-empted understandably due to the assassination of President Kennedy - I was just one of millions of grief-stricken kids who had idolized JFK, who was ripe for the picking when "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and the Beatles exploded on the scene weeks later ...... by February, the boys came to the USA for the first time, appeared on Ed Sullivan, and every kid in my generation grew their hair out and got "Beatles Boots" - we knew that the girls would like that! ..... The Beatles message of LOVE and the struggle to grow up, helped us all to grow up - and their music and message has been with me throughout my life ..... They were an amazing influence in my life
Be proud!! It was so cool. From Alaska 🤩
I'm 71, & started playing guitar in bands in 1965 at the age of 14. 18 bands & 57 years later, they are & always will be the best in my book, hands down. As a musician, I feel truly blessed to have been able to be
alive during that era (and survive 😉).....And listening to the early Beatles' stuff still gives me a combination of goosebumps and tears, depending on whether the source be something like "In My Life" or "You're Gonna Lose That Girl".....I get special feelings that only manifest themselves when I listen to or perform anything from those first 5 albums......I could go on & on naming songs that are so special to me and the memories associated with those special tunes, but it would really be impossible......There simply aren't enough words in my vocabulary. I would be on "verbal safari", still sitting here days from now if I even made the attempt.
I would also like to say that it is a crying shame that George has been overlooked and/or underrated by so many. The guy was a master, and I am so glad that he lived long enough to do the Travellin' Wilburys project.
R.I.P., George & John...
And my deepest thanks for the gift that the 4 of you
guys gave to the world.........And me.
Hate to to burst your English bubble but ! The two main men in the Beatles were of Irish extraction. It is their Irish Gene's which gave us those memorable melodies . The Irish are famous for lyrics and song writing. The English are famous for creating armies and stripping resourced from weaker nations.
@@den264 Do not conflate the rich 19th Century Aristocracy and the East India Company with the ordinary people and the actual policies of the British Government!
When She Loves You came out I was 8 years old. From there on out it was pure obsession. Almost 60 years later I still get chills. Greatest band ever.
As a wee lad I sang that song to my classmates in 1979. As a presentation. Every Tuesday arvo from then on I was asked to repeat something similar. Though they gave others a chance of course. We were last on the list to play or sing a Beatles song. One of my greatest memories.Thank-you for reminding me
Yea, Yea, Yea.
nope beegees were :)
@@60toodles My wife agrees with you.
✝️✝️
I was born in 79' but I was raised listening to the Beatles from mom and dad. I remember watching Hard Day's Night with my mother all the time. That's when I started to love there music and forever will. 💕
The greatest band ever.♥️
Totally the greatest ever in my opinion. All four of them ❤️🤘🏾
the beatles have so many songs and their music covers so many DIFFERENT musical GENRES it's unbelievable
Thank you John, George, Paul and Ringo. Still changing lives.
Still making life worth living.
No one anywhere in the world will ever be able to take the place of the Beatles, they were, are and always will be phenomenal! Peace to the world xxxxxx😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
THE ROLLING STONES & BEATLES ARE THE GREATEST SINGERS & WRITERS IN THE WORLD. I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP WITH THIS AREA , EVEN BETTER THAN THE SMART PHONES, START US UP & I FEEL FINE. RF.
I saw the Beatles in Melbourne Australia in 64...l was 14...loved it then and always will love their music 💖
I am now nearly 72..still love their music 🎶🎶
Whenever I feel blue about aging, I remember I lived during Beatlemania... And wouldn't trade that life shaping experience for youth. 😉
@david woods Me too. We have the Beatles. Kids now grow up with what? ✌✌
THIS CAME OUT AT SAME TIME.
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@Faye Enke Yes. I had my favourite back in the day and switched when John died. I too love them all. These brilliant artists impacted our lives and globally opened doors for other British brilliant bands who looked up to them.
@@michaelabraham8873 Beatle fans embrace their music. We don't squabble about who was better in the band. We were just lucky to have them when we did and I am so glad you are enjoying them now. 💖
Amen 🙏
The Beatles' music is a piece of the fabric of the universe.
Far out, man...
So are you
The Beatles were just way ahead of the times. PARAMOUNT! EVEN IN PRESENT TIME AND BEYOUND. EACH EVEN MADE THEIR OWN SOLO ALBUMS. We can go on and on. No other group can match THE BEATLES
“Let It Be” is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. It makes me cry every time.
At age six I saw them on the Sullivan Show. Age seven I was having trouble moving to a new home and school but I had the Beatles songs with me for comfort. We played their songs as covers in bands as I grew up. When I had kids of my own I sang them to sleep with Beatles songs. "When I'm sixty-four?" Well, for me 64 has come and gone but the songs and the memories they conjure stay with me - as it is with most of us whether we grew up with the Beatles back then in the 60s, or the 90s, or more recently. It's the music of all of us, young and old and of those yet to come.
One of the best Beatles documentaries I've ever watched. Thank you John, Paul, George, and Ringo. John and George, RIP.
brought me to tears!
R.I.P ✝️.
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In 1964 I was 6 years old when the BEATLES came into my life, In 1964 it was also 20 years since my father was almost mortally wounded fighting for the good guys, but he was still spending almost my early whole child hood in VA hospitals . I remember on one of my dads visit home from the VA hospital , they were great days having him home , being with this man for just a bit of time. We didn’t have much but my father bought me a record player a gave me , to this day the greatest song I’ve ever heard and sang along . I WANTTO HOLD YOUR HAND. The BEATLES were forever weaved into my life. I so wish I still had that record -player and that single record , but mostly that great man, that all he did his whole life was sacrifice , sacrificed for his country , for his family, The record player gone , so is my dad , but i still have the BEATLES, and I can’t listen to their music without thinking about my Dad .
My mum (from Liverpool) told me in the '70's that the Beatles were the greatest band in the world.
I can't believe that it's 2021 and it still holds true!
Great video!
Has she still got a Scouse accent???
The first time I visited Liverpool, we were on the Magical Mystery Tour bus, doing the tourist thing and trundling along Penny Lane. It was a miserable day and I remember being annoyed that the windows kept fogging up. All of a sudden, we heard a siren and the bus pulled over right in front of Tony Slavin’s Penny Lane Barber Shop. The guide had the presence of mind to say “and the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain, very strange” 🥰🙂
Yesterday brings back SO many memories. When John was killed, I was listening to the radio and getting ready for school. I ran into my Mum and Step-dad's bedroom and told them. They were shocked. When I got to school, someone had written on the black-board, 'Yesterday, LIFE was such an easy game to play.' Some of my friends were in tears.
That’s an sad but amazing story! How old are you if I may ask?
paroling Sirhan Sirhan is almost worse
I feel blessed to have lived through it all! It’s extremely difficult to explain to the younger generation what it was like, there are no words only awe & emotions. Long live The Beatles! ❤😊❤
There is no denying it - they were and are the greatest.
Cheers from Denmark.
Four ordinary lads from Liverpool were to blossom into the most extraordinarily talented group that the worlds of pop, rock and music in general had ever seen or heard, or will ever be likely to see or hear again! Three of the things that were to change that initial "ordinariness" were that they definitely "put the hours in" in the early years and afterwards, and perhaps primarily, they genuinely loved their art, and throughout, they genuinely loved each other just as brothers can! Having said that, their brilliance is probably unquantifiable because they were, are and will always be truly unique. When I was very young, I thought Elvis was the biggest and greatest ever. I still love Elvis but I never imagined then that four young lads would come along and shake the world even more vigorously and in a completely different way!
Hands down this is I think the best documentary of the music of the best British band in pop music history. Beatles forever. ❤
greatest and most influential band of all time in an incredible era -have listened and never grow tired for over 50 years!!
Yes I agree the greatest group of all time,alot of awesome songs
Definitely influential when Ludwig Drum Co. And Zildjian Cymbals ended up with back orders over a year of drums and cymbals after they appeared on Ed Sullivan !!
I would hate to think of what music would have been like in that era without the Beatles. They were catalysts for practically every successful band.
Ask practically anyone that made music back then and what their inspiration was and it would be the Beatles.
I’m in the USA. Born and raised.
I grew up in this era. Never a big fan of Elvis or really any other American groups until the Beatles came along. The Beatles were it for us.
The Beatles allowed for bands that came along in the US and in Britain. They allowed for a new era in music and things just busted loose. We have the Beatles to thank for that. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Suffice it to say that the entire trajectory of modern rock n' roll would have been completely different had it not been for those four Liverpudlian lads.
AMEN TO THAT
Thank you John, Paul,George and Ringo and God bless!!!
There is a mystical quality to The Beatles. How four young men came together through serendipity to create music that moved the world. And with each passing generation, they are re-discovered and rejoiced. In John's words..." Most peculiar, Mama! " And George stated, " The Beatles will exist without us. " Ain't it the truth?
@Aylin Asghary h
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I always felt that "Long and Winding Road" is indeed a hauntingly sad vocal, I cannot imagine a sadder one, very touching, very real
She's leaving home????
Eleanor rigby
Yesterday
Totally agree.... to me, the song was a letter of a final goodbye. You knew it was the finale of a great 10 years they were with you. To this day, every time I hear the song, it takes me back to that same sad feeling I felt back then. Just so sad, nostalgic, like having lost a dear friend sadness.
I remember seeing the Beatles while I was lying in my parents bedroom to keep an eye on me . They wouldn't let me stay up past 8 o'clock so I adjusted my father's shaving mirror on his dresser to reflect the tv in the other room. They had no idea I was watching it with them. After that I heard them on the radio every day and I remember how much I enjoyed them. In art class I drew my interpretation of Beatles characters and my art teacher was pleased. Those were good years because the music made it so!
Yesterday is the song Paul plucked out of the air but the song that has always existed. It was truly from another place, from spirit and he channelled it.
There were so many great bands in the 60’s. All the way from Freddie and the Dreamers to Led Zeppelin, but the Beatles were always in a class by themselves. From the moment I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand, I was totally and eternally hooked on the greatest band of all time.
Freddie and the Dreamers? You put them in the same sentence as the Beatles and Zeppelin?? Omg, Hahahahahahahaha!!!!
I must say Bill, I have distinct memories of ~ 𝑫𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒆 ~ and I must say, not only did they sound awful...but they also looked ridiculous!
Now I think if you just take out the word '𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕' from your opening sentence then your whole comment is perfect. Because the 60's were a fount of great bands making great music and they fit in somewhere between ZEP & FREDDIE.
@@fidge54 I should have taken the word “great” out of the sentence describing the best bands around that timeframe if I included Freddie and the Dreamers in the mix. The only song of theirs that I remember was “I’m Telling You Now.” I really don’t think Freddie and the Dreamers would have had much of a chance going against Led Zeppelin in a battle of the bands competition. Freddie wouldn’t have had much of a chance going against Robert Plant. Jimmy Page was better than the guitar player that was in Freddie and the Dreamers too. Overall, I’d have to say that Led Zeppelin was probably a better band than Freddie and the Dreamers.
Led Zeppelin is my favourite band. But you know what? They are not nice people. Nothing in this world is better because of them. IMO the lesson from it all is that greatness is the sum of goodness. And the Beatles were very very good people.
@@kevinmcguire7392 Great comment. Freddie & the Dreamers were definitely great surfers though, who definitely rode the tide of the "English Invasion" with 'humour" and aplomb. How about the Dave Clark 5? Anyone remember the "who's best?" contest up to about '65? No doubt about who won, lol.
Most fabulous band ever! I remember I was playing cards with my friend at the dining room table with my friend when her teenage sister came into the room and turned on the Ed Sullivan show to watch the Beatles. She was screaming and my friend and I both fell in love with them also. My crush my Paul and my friends crush was George. The following year the Beatles came to Cincinnati where my cousin and I saw them in person at Cincinnati Gardens. The Beatles returned to Cincinnati two years later and we were able to see them in person a second time! I still love the Beatles and their music today.
The Beatles’ accomplishments are as significant to the human race as any have ever been. Their recorded catalog is as important as any medical breakthroughs or cosmological achievements. I can imagine that more human beings have been, or will be, touched and deeply moved by their music than could be said of any other human endeavor in all of history.
Dear Terry;
You're absolutely right - they accomplishments are as significant to the human race as any have ever been. Their creations help many of us to preserve (to exist, to be, to last, to live). It's the fundamental law of Universe...
As a lifetime Duran Duran fan, I have to admit the biggest band in the world and easily the most respected is surely the Beatles. No musical act before or since can match them!
I love Duran Duran and a wide variety of singers, song writers and groups, but the Beatles rightly are the leaders.
It must be a "REFLEX!"
@@randymillhouse791 your right about the beatles, my nephew was a big Duran Duran fan, Rio was the most popular played song on MTV number one, and they never play the song on the radio, they play africa, go figure.
The reflex, the reflex, the reflex flexflexflexflexflex.
The music is still as good now as it was then. I was a kid in elementary school and it was all so exciting and new. I got my first album for Christmas in 1963. it was the best thing I had ever heard then and now. it really was magical.
I turned 70 back a few months ago and I also remember watching the Beatles in Feb 1964 on Ed Sullivan and my life was changed forever. I’ve always loved their music and always will. Love those guys.
You know you’re the greatest band when there’s a hour and a half documentary that list your greatest songs and doesn’t even talk about amazing tracks like: don’t let me down, here comes the sun, oh darlin, for no one, and a day In the life (greatest song in my opinion) it just shows the amount of talent they had isn’t even measurable. Absolutely remarkable...
Yes....don't forget Thank You Girl...I'm a Loser...Run for Your Life...not to mention the rest of the wonderful Help soundtrack!
And dear prudence )))
How about every song they've done lol. For me, Happiness is a warm gun, true talent though.
They polled the top twenty seven we all know how huge a catalogue of songs they have it goes without saying can’t feature them all so it’s the most popular that are featuring here .
it is mainly concentrating on their singles you zonk !!.. And I don't think 'DON'T LET ME DOWN' is one of their great songs at all..
They're not only the best band ever.....Like Picasso they are an endless driving force to always be reckoned and the best thing that came out of the most revolutionary century in history. The difference is....Picasso, after becoming famous , didn't improve and his artwork is similar to those in kindergarten,,,, The Beatles never stop improving.....For every stupid kid ( you'll find them on most videos comments)... who disagree with their importance ....there's a million who are discovering and loving them. That's greatness. I'm a fan since December 1963. The Beatles Era ain't over yet.
What's can I say about the awesome Fab Four that hasn't already been said?They made the world a better place.Their cultural and musical legacy will live on FOREVER, THANK YOU JOHN,PAUL,GEORGE AND RINGO....I LOVE YOU!!!!
The Shakespeare of rock n roll and pop music. Oh yeah Greatest ever never to be surpassed!
Thank God for the Beatles, I married a fan of them, Curt met them. They were genuine humble authentic. RIP John and George. We miss them. I was a fan with yellow submarine. Curt got to see them at the Paladium in London.1963. his father stationed at :Lakenheath Mendenhall. Curt Tuned pianos because his love of the Beatles. Our love song is "In my Life". I am happiest when I hear them. We are visually impaired. Thankyou to the Dorton House School for the Blind in Kent England. They were the ones to pull strings to have Curt meet them.
The Beatles is a awesome group alot of awesome songs ❣️ Paul McCartney is a awesome singer and song writer and John Lennon and George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
awesome comment
I can't begin to imagine the pressure they were under.
💕I still listen to them everyday A BIG THANK YOU JOHN,PAUL,GEORGE,RINGO. GEORGE MARTIN & BRIAN EPSTEIN FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL CATALOGUE OF EPIC MUSIC TO EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET ❤️❤️❤️❤️
John’s voice is so unique. I can listen to him all day.
Julian has the same voice
John didn't like his voice. Shows he didn't know it all.
@@leeabend8079 On a recording, few like to hear themselves. But he had the best voice of them all that blended perfectly with the rest. Ringo had another unique voice which made the band sound great
In my opinion George was the most unique .
My FAVORITE! John was ❤
The Beatles, greatest Pop group ever! Yes, better than the Stones. A phenomenon, for sure. They changed
the landscape of music on Earth. They were there at the right time, and for me, truly influenced my
childhood, and were key to my growing up. And everything went better for them as time progressed. It
culminated with the White Album, one of the greatest works of art in music history.
Rock and roll pure
McCartney, Harrison, Star and Lennon with producer George Martin is already in the history books as the Greatest band of all time. They got their chance and help from George Martin and changed music at that time in history. It's incredible how their songs are listened to by many generations and I doubt that'll stop any time in the future. Plus we have all the music that each member has created since then which is incredible. Especially McCartney's output of so many songs till this year and still going. Amazing group of characters that made an so many great songs in 10 years together.
Remember talent and dedication alone are meaningless unless they meet opportunity !
STARR 2 Rs
I had the good fortune to be around as a fan of the Beatles in Liverpool, from their early pre-recording days. I left school in 1960 and started work in the city centre (Liverpool) at the Cotton Exchange. I became pals with another office boy, Alan. One day Al came to me and asked if l got luncheon vouchers from the company l worked for, l told him l did and he then asked me to visit a club in the city, a 5 minute walk away, that did lunchtime music sessions featuring local groups. Al told me the best thing about this club (The Cavern) was that they accepted luncheon vouchers as the entry fee, so the next day l went to the Cavern club with my pal. It was basically an old fruit warehouse cellar on Mathew Street, accessed by a set of old stone steps. The atmosphere down there was magical. Lots of teenage lads and girls are all smoking and listening to the DJ playing records. All of us faced a tiny little stage that was empty except for a drum kit. After about 10 minutes the DJ made an announcement about the first group coming on stage it was The Beatles. Four guys came on stage and they started playing and singing straight away. They were doing some American soul stuff and songs from The Marvelettes and other popular US groups. They were amazing and got a storm of applause.l went back late for work that afternoon and thankfully no one had missed me. I continued going to The Cavern club every lunchtime five days a week until the UK Cotton industry folded and l was made redundant. Looking back at those times l realise now they were some of the best days of my young life. I learned about many of the other groups playing in my hometown at that time, Gerry and The Pacemakers, the Big Three, The Undertakers, and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the group Ringo was initially drumming for. John Lennon's girlfriend at that time was Cynthia and when they first got married they rented a bedsit which was on Garmoyle Road, Liverpool, in a terraced house about 5 doors away from my family home. I used to see John and Cynthia walking down to Smithdown Road to catch a bus into town. On one of these occasions, l was walking up Lidderdale Road which led to Garmoyle Rd and l noticed John and Cynthia approaching on the opposite side. I sort of half nodded towards them in acknowledgment and John called out Hello mate! That made my day. When l told my family this they had no idea what l was going on about. As The Beatles were only famous locally at that time in the teenage community.
Well here we are 50 years later and they're still the greatest of all-time. I knew it in 1968 and I know it now.
lets see if the modern popular boy band bts can stand the test of time and be remembered by their music and their song dynamite can get stale for one week and whene i listen to revolution 9 i can remember that in 1 month or 2
LOL NOT GREATEST NOT EVEN THAT GOOD.
PEOPLE THINK POPULAR MEANS BETTER. POPULAR MEANS MOST COMMON.
@@ronniewall1481 idk what side are you on but i think this us just another one direction group
@@rileymaingque323 NEVER WAS THAT IMPRESSED. POPULAR ISNT BEST ITS MOST COMMON. A LOT OF LESSOR KNOWN GROUPS MAKE THE BEATLES LOOK LIKE CRAP.
ONLY THING I LIKE ABOUT BEATLES WAS RINGO.
@@rileymaingque323 THEY DONT EVEN HAVE THE BEST SELLING ALBUM.
THE EAGLES OUT SOLD THEM EASY.
Beatles lives forever thru their music. Im crying in Let It Be and Hey Jude part.
After all these years I still get chills, and feel like crying when I see them and hear their songs. I still love them they will always be magic 🥰
Me too
Why?
@@forastero4ever Why? Because we're all crazy. Now go home and tell your mama she wants ya. But seriously. Have you REALLY just stopped, looked at and listened?
I will love them till the end of time.. They changed the music world. They made music history and I'm proud I got to watch them on the Ed Sullivan show. They changed my world.
I’m there with you sister 💯♥️
The wonder and magic and the beauty of the Beatles will never end. I loved them as a young girl in the 60's and now as I am in my 60's I still love them. Their music is a generational legacy and it's wonderful to see new generations embracing their creativity, genius, and talented songwriting musicianship for what it was when it began. A single one-off, never to be repeated, unique in all aspects. I salute you John, Paul, George and Ringo, and thank you for all your humor and brilliance.
Susan , it couldn’t have been said any better .
Let It Be
@@RWildekrav66 You are so kind. Thank you! 😊
As an American I want the BEST of anything to be American. But I gladly recognize The Beatles as the greatest band in history. It's not even a contest. You should be immensely proud UK... and you are.
In the history of popular music, the Beatles are the Greatest of all time and always will be. Their colossal talent and contribution to music are immeasurable.
EAGLES OUT SOLD THEM
Over many more years, be fair.
@@thomaskline EXPLAIN
@@thomaskline YOU MEAN BEATLES CAN'T SELL?
THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE LONGER YET THE EAGLES OUT SOLD THEM EASY.
THE BEST SELLING BEATLES ALBUMS RANK NUMBER FOUR AND EIGHTEEN.
THE EAGLES HOLD THE NUMBER ONE ANF NUMBER THREE IN ALL TIME SELL.
@@thomaskline THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BEATLES FOLK WILL TRY TO SPUN ANYTHING. Y'ALL FLAT OUT LIE. THE NATION OF TEXAS HAS THE BEST MUSIC.
Grew up with their music. Loved them then. Love them now. The most wonderful, magnificent, creative pop band ever. Many gifts they gave us. Music that appealed to all ages, a gift. Each song a different sound, a gift. Such wonderful variety in music, a gift. How lucky we really were to have The Beatles. Simply superb musicians. They created music that still has remained unsurpassed. As George Harrison noted, The Beatles will still be around long after all The Beatles are gone. A wise man indeed.
I was so lucky to have been born in a year that would allow me at 19, to experience all of the Beatles' incredible creative production. They inspired me to become a songwriter and musician which led me to record one of my songs on the Capitol Record label in 1969. I am forever grateful to John Lennon and the Beatles for creating this magnificent body of work.
Thank you - John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Your music will always be there ...
I was born in 1967, so I came to Beatles music as a young teen in about 1980, ten years after they had disbanded. I wondered what all the fuss was about. I listened... and listened... and listened... and was deeply moved. Yep, the greatest band by quite a margin. Glorious.
same
me too. Born in 68. In 80 when he died I was introduced. By 81 my first concert was Beatlemania.
Bought the best of's when John died and also the radio started playing them again then and never stopped.
Though I knew who they were before I was in school (but not familiar with their music).
And i grew up with Paul Mccartney and the Wings in the 70s (not knowing he was in the Beatles). The Wings remind me of my childhood.
But having said that I do remember "Here Comes The Sun" stll playing all the time in the very early 70s. Not knowing who sang it.
But especially Harrison's "My Swwet Lord". Again not knowing who sang it.
And in 75 I now know "Got To Get You Back Im My Life" was re-released for some reason but do remember knowing for sure that was the Beatles. But that's it.
And I remember Hey Jude, Let It Be, Get Back were still playing in the early 70s but I don't think I knew who played it. Maybe I did. I dont think I did.
And I remember Yesterday played as an oldie and knowing that somehow. And not unfamiliar with all of it when I first heard the best of's in 1980-81
But from my perspective I'm pretty sure the last 4 years of the 70s the Beatles were not played on the radio at all. Not the popular AM Radio I was listening to anyways.