When I first heard this song in ‘68 I fell in love with the first part and was dismayed at the screaming and loud outro. Since then I’ve grown accustomed to it after realizing the pioneering aspects of the Beatles. Thx bro!
Possibly the most prolific songwriters ever. I was fortunate enough to grow up with The Beatles and got to watch them change as they matured. Considering the short period of time they were together the number of hit songs they had is astounding. This is not even close to my favorite Beatles song yet I know all the words. That's how they are. They get into your heart & soul. Speaking of soul I'd recommend reacting to their whole Rubber Soul album then maybe Revolver.
Watch a video of Paul McCartney singing this live. I saw him in concert many years ago, and he gets the whole audience involved with this one. Once you've heard several thousand people singing along to the second half, you realise how iconic this song is.
I remember when the song came out and how long it was - everyone was commenting on it. Most songs played on the radio at that time were 2-3 minutes long. It was great. The story is that Paul wrote it with John's son Julian in mind. Julian was a preschooler when his parents separated and divorced. He changed the name from "Jules" to "Jude" so not to bring too much attention to Julian. This was before Paul was married and had kids of his own. I think that the kindness of his intention might contribute to the specialness of the song. For me, it's special because I named one of my dogs Jude Mackenzie and he was a sweetheart.
I forget sometimes that everyone hasn’t heard all the great Beatles songs. But when you think about it, they broke up over 50 years ago! I remember getting my first Beatles record in 1964… I Want To Hold Your Hand. By 1970 they were no more… sad.
A FAVORITE even before I found out Paul wrote it to cheer up John's son Julian who was really having a hard time with mum & dad's divorce 😢 The reason the song and refrain went on sooooo long is the band actually let the audience ON STAGE with them (sitting next to Paul at the piano, on either side of George and John, around Ringo's drums - everywhere) singing and playing tambourine, cow bell, etc., and just repeating the verse on and on... (*There is a video of this.) ua-cam.com/video/A_MjCqQoLLA/v-deo.html
If you wanted to, you could make a trinity between The Beatles, The Bee Gees and ELO. The Beatles are the standard bearers. ELO has a song called Shangri-La, which references this song (Hey Jude), and ELO was probably just as popular as The Bee Gees were in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s for singing falsetto. The Bee Gees shared manager Brian Epstein, who tragically, died very young, with the Beatles. Hey Jude is not my favorite tune, but listening this time I could hear all the moments of brilliance scattered throughout the song.
Love seeing people hear this group for the fist time. There's a great video out there called 'A Brief History of The Beatles' that you should consider checking out to see just who they were and what they accomplished in their relatively short career together.
You actually need someone to explain why the song repeats na na na Hey Jude over and over again while Paul McCartney does incredibly difficult improvising? The answer is, as you already said, it is pleasing to the ears. And people in a crowd can all sing along which they have now for decades.
Even if one don't know the song, if you're a sports fan, you can have internalized the chorus over the past few decades, because in many stadiums the "Na Na Na", often with other lyrics, was and is used as a victory song at e. g. football matches intoned. In addition, it creates a great sense of community among many people and is still a spectacle at Paul McCartney concerts. He gives the original song an exciting soul/rock feeling in these four minutes.
@@JK_Clarke Both. Here is a "Hey Jude" example from Manchester City in 2016 before the beginning of the match. ua-cam.com/video/1Z1G197O1dg/v-deo.html And a "cover" of current players from Borussia Dortmund ua-cam.com/video/8V5bfQEkYik/v-deo.html . In general, one can hear the chorus from time to time, especially in German stadiums. Many people probably don't even know, that they sing the "Hey Jude" chorus. It is sometimes more, sometimes less present. How it is with fans. One starts with it, and the others then bawl along. Liverpool fans have recently written a tribute to Jürgen Klopp out from the Beatles classic "I feel fine".
@@braudabo Thanks! Good video examples of the point you were making, though for the life of me can't understand why they'd choose this song. 'Sweet Caroline' makes much more sense, but to each his own. Here's a video example of Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good-bye in action ... ua-cam.com/video/9OMIfeBc_gk/v-deo.html
The song is like a hymn or a chant. I think that's why it is so long and repetitive. And the Beatles were always experimenting wether it was with different sounds, instruments, lengths, rhythms, etc.
I don't know much about them either jay . I was into Elvis when they came out💕 . I do remember reading about Ringo the drummer that for awhile he lived next door to. Maurice Gibb &. They were always at each other's house singing & doing crazy skits. There is a video about them.🤣🤣. And John Lennon gave Maurice a black guitar for his. 21 st birthday. Thanks jay nice song 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💓💓💓💓
Jude is really Jules who was John Lennon’s son by Cynthia, johns first wife. Paul who wrote this didn’t want to call him out, so he called him Jude instead.
hey one of my favorite tambourine bits as well along with Shout by The Isley Brothers and Should I Stay or Should I go The Clash....and this song isn't that long it didn't become one of the go to old radio DJ has to pee records
The songrcraft is amazing. The chords, the melody, the harmonizing and the words. Most artists could not write a song like this.
When I first heard this song in ‘68 I fell in love with the first part and was dismayed at the screaming and loud outro. Since then I’ve grown accustomed to it after realizing the pioneering aspects of the Beatles. Thx bro!
Possibly the most prolific songwriters ever. I was fortunate enough to grow up with The Beatles and got to watch them change as they matured. Considering the short period of time they were together the number of hit songs they had is astounding. This is not even close to my favorite Beatles song yet I know all the words. That's how they are. They get into your heart & soul. Speaking of soul I'd recommend reacting to their whole Rubber Soul album then maybe Revolver.
Watch a video of Paul McCartney singing this live. I saw him in concert many years ago, and he gets the whole audience involved with this one. Once you've heard several thousand people singing along to the second half, you realise how iconic this song is.
I remember when the song came out and how long it was - everyone was commenting on it. Most songs played on the radio at that time were 2-3 minutes long. It was great. The story is that Paul wrote it with John's son Julian in mind. Julian was a preschooler when his parents separated and divorced. He changed the name from "Jules" to "Jude" so not to bring too much attention to Julian. This was before Paul was married and had kids of his own. I think that the kindness of his intention might contribute to the specialness of the song. For me, it's special because I named one of my dogs Jude Mackenzie and he was a sweetheart.
I forget sometimes that everyone hasn’t heard all the great Beatles songs. But when you think about it, they broke up over 50 years ago! I remember getting my first Beatles record in 1964… I Want To Hold Your Hand. By 1970 they were no more… sad.
Ya. I haven’t heard much.
I’ve heard how they’re so awesome for years and I’m only now finally checking things out.
I got it for Christmas '63.
A FAVORITE even before I found out Paul wrote it to cheer up John's son Julian who was really having a hard time with mum & dad's divorce 😢
The reason the song and refrain went on sooooo long is the band actually let the audience ON STAGE with them (sitting next to Paul at the piano, on either side of George and John, around Ringo's drums - everywhere) singing and playing tambourine, cow bell, etc., and just repeating the verse on and on...
(*There is a video of this.)
ua-cam.com/video/A_MjCqQoLLA/v-deo.html
Ohh that’s coool.
If you wanted to, you could make a trinity between The Beatles, The Bee Gees and ELO. The Beatles are the standard bearers. ELO has a song called Shangri-La, which references this song (Hey Jude), and ELO was probably just as popular as The Bee Gees were in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s for singing falsetto. The Bee Gees shared manager Brian Epstein, who tragically, died very young, with the Beatles. Hey Jude is not my favorite tune, but listening this time I could hear all the moments of brilliance scattered throughout the song.
Love seeing people hear this group for the fist time. There's a great video out there called 'A Brief History of The Beatles' that you should consider checking out to see just who they were and what they accomplished in their relatively short career together.
You actually need someone to explain why the song repeats na na na Hey Jude over and over again while Paul McCartney does incredibly difficult improvising? The answer is, as you already said, it is pleasing to the ears. And people in a crowd can all sing along which they have now for decades.
Ya. Well I didn’t want to assume anything.
Even if one don't know the song, if you're a sports fan, you can have internalized the chorus over the past few decades, because in many stadiums the "Na Na Na", often with other lyrics, was and is used as a victory song at e. g. football matches intoned. In addition, it creates a great sense of community among many people and is still a spectacle at Paul McCartney concerts. He gives the original song an exciting soul/rock feeling in these four minutes.
That football chant, I believe, refers to Steam's song, "Na na hey hey, kiss him good-bye". ua-cam.com/video/QaG2Acg8n60/v-deo.html
@@JK_Clarke Both. Here is a "Hey Jude" example from Manchester City in 2016 before the beginning of the match. ua-cam.com/video/1Z1G197O1dg/v-deo.html And a "cover" of current players from Borussia Dortmund ua-cam.com/video/8V5bfQEkYik/v-deo.html . In general, one can hear the chorus from time to time, especially in German stadiums. Many people probably don't even know, that they sing the "Hey Jude" chorus. It is sometimes more, sometimes less present. How it is with fans. One starts with it, and the others then bawl along. Liverpool fans have recently written a tribute to Jürgen Klopp out from the Beatles classic "I feel fine".
@@braudabo Thanks! Good video examples of the point you were making, though for the life of me can't understand why they'd choose this song. 'Sweet Caroline' makes much more sense, but to each his own. Here's a video example of Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good-bye in action ... ua-cam.com/video/9OMIfeBc_gk/v-deo.html
Always felt the outro went on for waaaaay too long. But also iconic all the same.
The song is like a hymn or a chant. I think that's why it is so long and repetitive. And the Beatles were always experimenting wether it was with different sounds, instruments, lengths, rhythms, etc.
Paul McCartney wrote this song about John Lennon five years old son Julian Lennon after his parents split up and John got together with yoko
Ya it’s a super interesting story.
I don't know much about them either jay . I was into Elvis when they came out💕 . I do remember reading about Ringo the drummer that for awhile he lived next door to. Maurice Gibb &. They were always at each other's house singing & doing crazy skits. There is a video about them.🤣🤣. And John Lennon gave Maurice a black guitar for his. 21 st birthday. Thanks jay nice song 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💓💓💓💓
A great review! Thank you
Jude is a song written for John Lennon's young son.
Jude was McCartney's nickname for John Lennon's son Julian
I did not know that, thank you. 👍🤩
There's an early bootleg of them recording this where John says "We're going to need more voices".
interesting.
watch the live video live and you'll understand
Ya I saw that after this.
Jude is Julian Lennon. This song was meant to be a consolation to young Julian upon his parents’ divorce.
Jude is really Jules who was John Lennon’s son by Cynthia, johns first wife. Paul who wrote this didn’t want to call him out, so he called him Jude instead.
It's not the chorus it's called the refrain.
I thought it was an extended coda.
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hey one of my favorite tambourine bits as well along with Shout by The Isley Brothers and Should I Stay or Should I go The Clash....and this song isn't that long it didn't become one of the go to old radio DJ has to pee records