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Maybe you should listen to John Farnham's cover of "Help". And please, listen/watch his live performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Another would be "Grenada" with Anthony Warlow or "Please don't ask me" with Olivia Newton John.
The umbrella wasn't random. It was as protection from the snow. The significance of the snow is that the Beatles film 'Help!' contains sequences filmed in the snowy Austrian Alps.
The way George and Paul blend their voices in the counter melody is so perfect... You can really hear George's voice shine through in this particular song, even though Pau's voice is normally the more dominant.
All four were from Liverpool England, that's why their voices blend so well together...it's regional dialect/accent and lots of practice for years, even in the dingy clubs in Hamburg Germany and Liverpool., before they got to this point.
One of the reasons the Beatles sing so beautifully together is: Prior to their 'instant' fame, they spent a few years singing and playing club dates up to eight hours a night, sometimes 7 days a week. They had a LOT of performance time together. If you want to see a knockout live performance of this song go to youtube: Help Blackpool. You'll be glad you did.
This is the charm of The Beatles. Paul is always having the most fun, though all of them were always having fun ... And it showed and could be heard. Ringo played up his boy who just lost his dog look. Then he would make funny faces, smile, etc.. Don't even worry about the umbrella ... Its just them being them and having a ball. Their charm was infectious.
In a lot of these early Beatles songs they used to double-track the lead vocal, and for songs that John sang lead on live, Paul would often sing in unison with John almost impersonating him for sections double-tracked on the record.
I am 76. These kids hit the scene Just as I hit High School. At that time I wanted to be a R&R star and worked at it until I hit age 32 when I met The Love of My life and I stop trying and became a Da to twine adopted girls. At All state in 1964 me and Jim (a very high tenor, whereas I am a very low bass) convinced some girls that we were Foreign rxhange4 kids form Liverpool and that we live just a few blocks form Paul and had known him all our lives. That was one fun week. Now when I say I am a low bas I mean low. In my jr yr book One person wrote if ur voice gets any lower we will have to dig a new gasement for the school for u.
Agreed - their vocals seem to blend seamlessly, especially when Lennon and McCartney sing in unison. I find it particularly satisfying when all four of them sing together. The only examples I can think of are, 'Yellow Submarine', 'All Together Now', and 'Flying'. This video, however, would not be my first choice for 'Help'. The best one by far is the 'Live at Blackpool' version.
Help was the A side of the single release, I'm Down (by Paul) was the B side. By this time The Boys were tired of the excessive fame/demands/touring and were expressing it through their songs.
John does the Beatles version followed by his own take on it in the Chain Reaction (live) concert. Or just his version from Classic Jack live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He recorded the slow version in 1980 and other people have copied it. John Lennon liked John Farnham’s version because that was how he envisioned it but the powers that be wanted a poppy version.
My lovely little girl has a few tattoos. One of them being Beatles lyrics, And we share a Russian Orthodox tattoo. She's 31 now, I just realized I'm old.
John, Paul and George pretend to sing and play instruments in sync with a recording of the single. With the four of them sitting on the same workbench, there was no room for a drum kit for Ringo to pretend to play. So they gave him an umbrella, which is a prop in the movie Help.. This at least protected him from the fake snow at the end. Good video Roy. Good reaction Maggie.
John wrote this at a time he was feeling bad about himself. He put on weight and was self-confidence about himself. He was a real person after all. Yeah. Peace
What made this song more unique was that most songs seem to have the lead sing a line and the backing vocals if not syncing in ,would echo the line already sung. In this, Paul& George set up the lines that John was about to sing. They were always looking for ways to be a little bit different like getting away from a 1st person song that would say I Love You, they wrote She Loves You. That was on purpose. If not already covered, you might want to check out the Beatles, Because or the harmonies on Here ,There and Everywhere.
Please react to John Farnham's version of this song. He sang it as an encore after a 2.5 hour live show, live at Melbourne, and it's EPIC. Goosebumps. John Lennon even said that Farnham's version was how the song should be. I would love for you to discover more about our Voice
You want to hear a completely different cover of HELP? then check out John Farhnam and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. His cover of this track is completely different, a ballad, and with Farhnams voice, one epic rendition of a great song.
This is the first Beatles song I remember hearing as a 5 year old kid in 1968. The movie Help! was being shown on TV and the song got stuck in my mind. Still love it 56 years later. You should check out their movies. Another favorite of mine is Eleanor Rigby and there is a really great cover of it by Alice Cooper.
You should also listen to the version of "Help" from John Farnham live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Very powerful and totally different, amazing voice!
Early Beatles movies were so much fun but they were silly. Nobody cared. When I was eight, A Hard Day’s Night came out. I wish I had the video of every little girl in my packed movie theater dancing and screaming their head’s off over it. No wonder they stopped touring. No sound equipment in the world at that time could have overcome all that screaming. All those repressed emotions of the 50s came pouring out like a tsunami, when the Beatles sang.
Group played for a half-hour, tops, and skedaddled before they were physically attacked. They had no stage monitors, so they had difficulty hearing themselves perform. They used, for the most part, the particular venue's existing public-address system, rather than their own equipment. Neither the performance nor sound quality were top-notch. Although there were professionally-recorded concerts in good acoustic surroundings (the Hollywood Bowl concerts), the group never put out a live album during its existence (although it would have, of course, sold extremely well, like all of the band's output).
If you took a random aria out of Carmen, and put it out on the net, would you say now you know the entire show? These songs were BARELY meant to stand alone as videos. They really are a seamless part of the whole piece. That having been said, Beatles films are meant to be summer drive in diversions, not think-projects. And the singles are where they made the ol Glass Onion.
U missing Bee Gees. What a marvelous group. They are 3 brothers very popular on 60,70,80 and even now. Try listen this songs Too Much Heaven ,Tragedy, Stayin Alive, Night Fever, More than A women and many more....I recommend u to listen the song Too Much Heaven live recording in studio. ❤❤❤
Sorry to have to disagree with you about John's & Paul's voices sounding alike or even similar. John's voice was raspier than Paul's. Paul's was pretty smooth. Most folks can listen to a Beatles song and instantly know who is singing the lead. John's voice was one of a kind. The raspiness could have been caused by his constant smoking. If I had to compare his voice to anyone's, it would be that of Janis Joplin's. Both were heavy smokers.
the video was merely a promotional film made for the song help, not a "work of art" video to sell to the public. they did quite a few of these to promote some singles in 1965- going forward. it was because they could not constantly make tours or appearances in th eUSA and other countries. The movie called "Help" for which the song was used for a title for the movie was originally called "Eight Arms to Hold You." But once Lennon wrote the song, they found it was a better, more simple title for the movie and a great theme song. The movie weaa constructed as a mix of Beatles and their music obviously, but also a spy spoof influenced by all the popular James Bond movies done up to that point by Sean Connery. Some villains are after Ringo new red ring the he received in the mail from a "fan." A Mad scientist and his idiotic assistant, and religious cult leader who is incompetent boob as well. And the bumbling police are involved as well. The movie, if you like British humor, was hilarious if you take the patience to warm up to it. It's a classic 1960's farce and fun time. A joke that everyone misses on first watching is when a device is plugged into a wall socket at the "Palace" and the electrical engineers a few miles away, say "Uh oh, the Royal fuse has blown " as in "the Queen is mad about something. The other guy says, "it must be her hair dryer again" without saying it's the queen, but everyone got the joke.
The boy band phase of the Beatles :) I think they are a great, historic band (I'm a solid fan but not a superfan); however, to me most of that greatness happened starting with Revolver onward.
Title tune for the second film, also directed by Richard Lester. Goofy plot, about a cult trying to steal a ring from Ringo. Imitated by the made-for-TV Monkees.
While fake singing the song they were getting the also fake rain in their mouths. Probably needed Ringo to sit in the middle with an even bigger umbrella.
Maggie: maybe just for yourself, while this is not such a "happy" song: Deep Purple did cover it. Sounds much more like a cry for help to me. Some covers are better than the original in my book. Where did your animated version of "Creep" go? I can only find it with your face. But the 1st take blew my mind. I miss it!
The song was intended to be dark and slow. But, the executives said there were too many slow songs on the album, and they needed this to be speeded up for the for the album.
If it's "campy" it's because They seem to be trying to have fun with "Lipsyncing" while "riding" a "wooden horse guardrail" for who knows how many takes...
I like your reactions, but in this one, you paid more attention to the video, than the actual music. Music videos weren't really a thing back in 1965, but acting silly for the camera was. We had THREE (3) television channels to watch, and the only time you saw (popular) music was on The Ed Sullivan Show. MTV didn't exist, and neither did the internet. Even if a band made a music video, there was no way to show it to the population (except in a movie theatre). It sure wasn't going to be shown on mainstream television. So old, lip-synched videos need to be taken with a grain of salt. I would suggest you look at some of their original, LIVE performances that were captured on film. Only then, will you see the real Beatles, and be able to react to their musical talent. And, be careful not to judge the sound quality of those live performances too harshly, as there weren't any sound systems available at that time. Just some guys on stage with a few VOX amps. There were no large scale, overproduced, shows in 1965.
Music videos weren't really a thing in those days, definitely not the way they're thought of today, so being so focused on the video is totally missing the point. Essentially, these kinds of videos they did in the early 60's were of little importance to them, very little thought was given to them, and each one took about three minutes to make. The songs that appear on the Magical Mystery Tour album and the Hey Bulldog video are the only exceptions I can think of. The Hey Jude and Revolution videos are weird because they sing along with the record and they just sound screwy. All the rest of them were done so they didn't have to go on TV shows in America and things like that, they weren't intended to be works of art or anything. And they certainly didn't take them very seriously. Proof of that is that they made the Paperback Writer and Rain videos while Paul had a very obvious busted off front tooth, with closeups on his face, singing. They didn't care.
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Elvis' "It's Now or Never" (O Sole Mio re-lyriced).
Maybe you should listen to John Farnham's cover of "Help". And please, listen/watch his live performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Another would be "Grenada" with Anthony Warlow or "Please don't ask me" with Olivia Newton John.
Watch the movie. You’ll love it.
The umbrella wasn't random. It was as protection from the snow. The significance of the snow is that the Beatles film 'Help!' contains sequences filmed in the snowy Austrian Alps.
As soon as I saw your comment a scene came right into my mind's eye with the snow and the umbrella. Great stuff!!!
The way George and Paul blend their voices in the counter melody is so perfect... You can really hear George's voice shine through in this particular song, even though Pau's voice is normally the more dominant.
They called themselves the Beatles because they loved Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Good analysis thanks Maggie !
The live version recorded at Blackpool really showcases their magnetism (especially John). There is also other live film from that concert.
The movie is best though!
The Blackpool version is my favourite.
Ringo's umbrella comes in handy when it starts snowing:)
All four were from Liverpool England, that's why their voices blend so well together...it's regional dialect/accent and lots of practice for years, even in the dingy clubs in Hamburg Germany and Liverpool., before they got to this point.
Imagine someone hearing the Beatles for the first time 65 years later...
One of the reasons the Beatles sing so beautifully together is: Prior to their 'instant' fame, they spent a few years singing and playing club dates up to eight hours a night, sometimes 7 days a week. They had a LOT of performance time together.
If you want to see a knockout live performance of this song go to youtube: Help Blackpool. You'll be glad you did.
Really need to watch the movie. It is a good fun romp, with great music.
This is the charm of The Beatles. Paul is always having the most fun, though all of them were always having fun ... And it showed and could be heard. Ringo played up his boy who just lost his dog look. Then he would make funny faces, smile, etc.. Don't even worry about the umbrella ... Its just them being them and having a ball. Their charm was infectious.
They just put a smile on your face don’t they?🇬🇧👍
In a lot of these early Beatles songs they used to double-track the lead vocal, and for songs that John sang lead on live, Paul would often sing in unison with John almost impersonating him for sections double-tracked on the record.
It’s Paul and George on the two-part Harmony background vocals
They didn't even know they were making a "video" back then! LOL
I am 76. These kids hit the scene Just as I hit High School. At that time I wanted to be a R&R star and worked at it until I hit age 32 when I met The Love of My life and I stop trying and became a Da to twine adopted girls.
At All state in 1964 me and Jim (a very high tenor, whereas I am a very low bass) convinced some girls that we were Foreign rxhange4 kids form Liverpool and that we live just a few blocks form Paul and had known him all our lives. That was one fun week.
Now when I say I am a low bas I mean low. In my jr yr book One person wrote if ur voice gets any lower we will have to dig a new gasement for the school for u.
Agreed - their vocals seem to blend seamlessly, especially when Lennon and McCartney sing in unison. I find it particularly satisfying when all four of them sing together. The only examples I can think of are, 'Yellow Submarine', 'All Together Now', and 'Flying'. This video, however, would not be my first choice for 'Help'. The best one by far is the 'Live at Blackpool' version.
If you want a Beatles journey, look for “the long one”. It’s a medley of their best stuff … and a sign-off for the group.
Maggie, you might like the vocals from The Platters. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is one of many.
John is singing lead, and Paul and George are doing the backups. Actually their voices are very different
"HELP" was John's song and it was his favorite.
Help was the A side of the single release, I'm Down (by Paul) was the B side. By this time The Boys were tired of the excessive fame/demands/touring and were expressing it through their songs.
I'd love to hear the story someday about why, with your voice, you were asked to just sing "ah" every few seconds.
They always came up with something interesting in their videos.
Perfect harmonies.
You've reacted to this, now you have to react to the John Farnham live version, it is mindblowing.
John does the Beatles version followed by his own take on it in the Chain Reaction (live) concert. Or just his version from Classic Jack live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He recorded the slow version in 1980 and other people have copied it. John Lennon liked John Farnham’s version because that was how he envisioned it but the powers that be wanted a poppy version.
The Beatles were fun. Never knew what they might do.
classic song the movie was fun too
Here is live at blackpool video of HELP!
Legends and my music gods❤❤❤❤
Ringo is just screwing around he is trying to show how funny he is there
Ringo always was and still is a gas!, he was always the funny one, of the Beatles
My lovely little girl has a few tattoos. One of them being Beatles lyrics, And we share a Russian Orthodox tattoo. She's 31 now, I just realized I'm old.
The video is irrelevant. Close your eyes and listen to the song. The video was created by TV producers and the Beatles just showed up to lip sync.
John, Paul and George pretend to sing and play instruments in sync with a recording of the single. With the four of them sitting on the same workbench, there was no room for a drum kit for Ringo to pretend to play. So they gave him an umbrella, which is a prop in the movie Help.. This at least protected him from the fake snow at the end. Good video Roy. Good reaction Maggie.
Great Song!! You should give a listen to Johnny Farnham LIVE with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's version.🥰
An absolute must.
John wrote this at a time he was feeling bad about himself. He put on weight and was self-confidence about himself. He was a real person after all. Yeah. Peace
What made this song more unique was that most songs seem to have the lead sing a line and the backing vocals if not syncing in ,would echo the line already sung. In this, Paul& George set up the lines that John was about to sing. They were always looking for ways to be a little bit different like getting away from a 1st person song that would say I Love You, they wrote She Loves You. That was on purpose. If not already covered, you might want to check out the Beatles, Because or the harmonies on Here ,There and Everywhere.
Hopefully, the artificial snow was soap flakes and not asbestos; either of which was commonly used at the time.
Please react to John Farnham's version of this song. He sang it as an encore after a 2.5 hour live show, live at Melbourne, and it's EPIC. Goosebumps. John Lennon even said that Farnham's version was how the song should be.
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Maggie keeps going back to my child hood. One of the first films I saw was "Help!" Perhaps you were born 2 generations too late?
The original title for the second movie was "Eight Arms To Hold You". Early pressings of the single had that film title on the label.
I would have preferred a reaction to a live version of this song. In fact, I would prefer live versions to all reactions.
the official video for ' something ' features the Beatle wives.
You want to hear a completely different cover of HELP?
then check out
John Farhnam and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
His cover of this track is completely different, a ballad, and with Farhnams voice, one epic rendition of a great song.
Love! your Beatles reactions! ❤
He´s the f..cking Ringo Starr , the best umbrella player in the world!
This is the first Beatles song I remember hearing as a 5 year old kid in 1968. The movie Help! was being shown on TV and the song got stuck in my mind. Still love it 56 years later. You should check out their movies.
Another favorite of mine is Eleanor Rigby and there is a really great cover of it by Alice Cooper.
The cover photo for the U. S. Capitol "Beatles '65" LP has the group with umbrellas.
So how does a simple umbrella upstage the greatest band that ever recorded? The level of dryness in this humor is SOO English. What fun!
I love Yellow submarine!
These were the first concept music videos.....
This is the best video ever.
Filmed in London Nov. '65. This was just one of a number of videos made in one day. Look at John and know why he called this his: "fat Elvis period."
The Beatles loved to be goofy. Notice George is the backing vocalist vs Paul. I always wonder why George Martin made that call.
You should watch the movie Help! instead!
It is just a guess but maybe Ringo refused to have the fake snow fall on him so they gave him an umbrella...?
You should also listen to the version of "Help" from John Farnham live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Very powerful and totally different, amazing voice!
Early Beatles movies were so much fun but they were silly. Nobody cared. When I was eight, A Hard Day’s Night came out. I wish I had the video of every little girl in my packed movie theater dancing and screaming their head’s off over it. No wonder they stopped touring. No sound equipment in the world at that time could have overcome all that screaming. All those repressed emotions of the 50s came pouring out like a tsunami, when the Beatles sang.
Group played for a half-hour, tops, and skedaddled before they were physically attacked. They had no stage monitors, so they had difficulty hearing themselves perform. They used, for the most part, the particular venue's existing public-address system, rather than their own equipment. Neither the performance nor sound quality were top-notch. Although there were professionally-recorded concerts in good acoustic surroundings (the Hollywood Bowl concerts), the group never put out a live album during its existence (although it would have, of course, sold extremely well, like all of the band's output).
heyy, u missed 2 Falling in reverse songs, im waiting for ur reaction on those, u have to do it
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Again, I think Ringo looked way less stupid when the snow storm came out of nowhere, man....he was prepared, the others were caught off guard.
Real music, from heart. Not today fucking generate shit..
If you took a random aria out of Carmen, and put it out on the net, would you say now you know the entire show? These songs were BARELY meant to stand alone as videos. They really are a seamless part of the whole piece. That having been said, Beatles films are meant to be summer drive in diversions, not think-projects. And the singles are where they made the ol Glass Onion.
I think the Beatles invented doing something random and doing something weird... ;)
More beatles pls
You need to react to Wrong Side of Heaven by Five Finger Death Punch. Its amazing and dont forget tissues.
Have you ever listened to The Style Council?
The umbrella is so that Ringo could hold something, since he wasn't playing drums in this lip-sync video
Have you ever reviewed "Yesterday?"
I can't think of another song where the chorus leads the singer..
No need to apologize. Anyone would've gotten distracted by that silly video!😂
Have you checked out Oh Darling from Abbey Road? Paul really flexes his pipes.
U missing Bee Gees. What a marvelous group. They are 3 brothers very popular on 60,70,80 and even now. Try listen this songs Too Much Heaven ,Tragedy, Stayin Alive, Night Fever, More than A women and many more....I recommend u to listen the song Too Much Heaven live recording in studio. ❤❤❤
yes that is what made them what they were their timing. I seemed as if they had one mind controlling them.
J, P & G sang on this
You got it
Sorry to have to disagree with you about John's & Paul's voices sounding alike or even similar. John's voice was raspier than Paul's. Paul's was pretty smooth. Most folks can listen to a Beatles song and instantly know who is singing the lead. John's voice was one of a kind. The raspiness could have been caused by his constant smoking. If I had to compare his voice to anyone's, it would be that of Janis Joplin's. Both were heavy smokers.
Their videos weren’t their strong suit, but what songs!
the video was merely a promotional film made for the song help, not a "work of art" video to sell to the public. they did quite a few of these to promote some singles in 1965- going forward. it was because they could not constantly make tours or appearances in th eUSA and other countries. The movie called "Help" for which the song was used for a title for the movie was originally called "Eight Arms to Hold You." But once Lennon wrote the song, they found it was a better, more simple title for the movie and a great theme song. The movie weaa constructed as a mix of Beatles and their music obviously, but also a spy spoof influenced by all the popular James Bond movies done up to that point by Sean Connery. Some villains are after Ringo new red ring the he received in the mail from a "fan." A Mad scientist and his idiotic assistant, and religious cult leader who is incompetent boob as well. And the bumbling police are involved as well. The movie, if you like British humor, was hilarious if you take the patience to warm up to it. It's a classic 1960's farce and fun time. A joke that everyone misses on first watching is when a device is plugged into a wall socket at the "Palace" and the electrical engineers a few miles away, say "Uh oh, the Royal fuse has blown " as in "the Queen is mad about something. The other guy says, "it must be her hair dryer again" without saying it's the queen, but everyone got the joke.
The boy band phase of the Beatles :) I think they are a great, historic band (I'm a solid fan but not a superfan); however, to me most of that greatness happened starting with Revolver onward.
The opening video of the movie is better
Title tune for the second film, also directed by Richard Lester. Goofy plot, about a cult trying to steal a ring from Ringo. Imitated by the made-for-TV Monkees.
Watch the movie "HELP"... Much better.
While fake singing the song they were getting the also fake rain in their mouths. Probably needed Ringo to sit in the middle with an even bigger umbrella.
Maggie: maybe just for yourself, while this is not such a "happy" song: Deep Purple did cover it. Sounds much more like a cry for help to me. Some covers are better than the original in my book.
Where did your animated version of "Creep" go? I can only find it with your face. But the 1st take blew my mind. I miss it!
The song was intended to be dark and slow. But, the executives said there were too many slow songs on the album, and they needed this to be speeded up for the for the album.
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John Farnham's version is the best imo. The live concert version with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is the best!!
@@JillFijolek Thank you! I'll look to find it!
I think they are being over silly in this video. The Monkees did the same in one of their videos and their TV show which is now on UA-cam.
Ringo is very stoned.
I think that the group discovered weed around this time. Ringo's own personal battle was against alcoholism.
If it's "campy" it's because They seem to be trying to have fun with "Lipsyncing" while "riding" a "wooden horse guardrail" for who knows how many takes...
They don’t sound similar 😂
You shouldn't react to the video
This is pretty far from LIVE.
I like your reactions, but in this one, you paid more attention to the video, than the actual music. Music videos weren't really a thing back in 1965, but acting silly for the camera was. We had THREE (3) television channels to watch, and the only time you saw (popular) music was on The Ed Sullivan Show. MTV didn't exist, and neither did the internet. Even if a band made a music video, there was no way to show it to the population (except in a movie theatre). It sure wasn't going to be shown on mainstream television. So old, lip-synched videos need to be taken with a grain of salt. I would suggest you look at some of their original, LIVE performances that were captured on film. Only then, will you see the real Beatles, and be able to react to their musical talent. And, be careful not to judge the sound quality of those live performances too harshly, as there weren't any sound systems available at that time. Just some guys on stage with a few VOX amps. There were no large scale, overproduced, shows in 1965.
There is a live version of them really singing this that’s so much better . They’re lip syncing here . An umbrella ? Yea what’s it about ..
The music is GREAT. The video is stupid.
Music videos weren't really a thing in those days, definitely not the way they're thought of today, so being so focused on the video is totally missing the point. Essentially, these kinds of videos they did in the early 60's were of little importance to them, very little thought was given to them, and each one took about three minutes to make. The songs that appear on the Magical Mystery Tour album and the Hey Bulldog video are the only exceptions I can think of. The Hey Jude and Revolution videos are weird because they sing along with the record and they just sound screwy. All the rest of them were done so they didn't have to go on TV shows in America and things like that, they weren't intended to be works of art or anything. And they certainly didn't take them very seriously. Proof of that is that they made the Paperback Writer and Rain videos while Paul had a very obvious busted off front tooth, with closeups on his face, singing. They didn't care.