The Beatles were as good as it gets. They've never been matched for the volume and consistency of their brilliant output over such a short period - and also the shear creativity.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
Yep - it's impossible for someone born today to understand the impact of the Beatles on the world, because they live in the world that the Beatles created. The only way to truly know the Beatles influence is to have been alive as it happened.
@sombra1111
Жыл бұрын
Yes, they wrote close to 300 songs in 7 and a half years, and a LOT of them are all-time classics. That's unheard of before or since
@aprilstewart5929
10 ай бұрын
They experimented. They pushed boundaries, sometimes ignoring them. "I Am the Walrus".....insane!!! I'll admit that there are bands I think are as good (Yes; XTC) but you can't be better than the Beatles, anymore than you can break the speed of light barrier. And what makes them so exceptional is that they already had a VERY successful career of cranking out pop hits, but they wanted to do more, and they risked their fan-base to do it. When Sgt. Pepper came out, some dj's refused to plwy it. Us kids taught them a lesson.
@royburston8764
Жыл бұрын
It always blows my mind whenever people haven't heard of the Beatles songs, then i recall that I'm an old man 😲😂
@FrancesWilliams-coyi
Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that someone has never heard of the Beatles
@michaelwaugh357
Жыл бұрын
I agree, where has he been hiding🤔
@BrianMac2601
Жыл бұрын
No, he's heard them but just never listened to them.
@jamesinbradford5882
Жыл бұрын
It should be law for every toddler to listen to the Beatles, hopefully the future will be better !
@jamesway
Жыл бұрын
Well, look at them. 😆 🤣 😂
@mikelarsen5836
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelwaugh357 under a rock in some dead-end dump probably!
@reinacarbetta388
Жыл бұрын
They’re the best-selling artists of all time (not just biggest rock band) and responsible for every piece of music your friend likes or listens to today. They made some 215 songs in just 7 years (as a band) and changed everything. Their invention, innovation, experimentation, and influence can’t be overstated. He might not “get it” from 2 songs but he better learn 😎
@DeadlyKiss000
Жыл бұрын
Well said Reina! They were the greatest of all time! There is zero chance now of anyone getting anywhere near their standard.
@aprilstewart5929
10 ай бұрын
They were the first band to record in tracks, "layer-caking". which changed engineering and production forever. Their songs include hundreds of standards. Frank f***ing Sinatra recorded one of their songs ("Something"). You guys really are philistines.
@taraiarusso9625
8 ай бұрын
I absolutely love The Beatles,always have, but they didn’t hide they’re heavily influenced by American Blues
@sdafc888
8 ай бұрын
They are indeed the gods of music and as John Lennon once said bigger than Jesus
@johnloguirato3486
7 ай бұрын
No Matter what you play obviously this guys going to say he don’t like it. He’s obviously a beatles hater so nothing will ever please this guy I wouldn’t even waste my time with him. MoveOn beatles, Vita Greatest group and the universe. Nobody’s even close this guy knows nothing about music sorry to say. He should stick to rap
@frankiebowie6174
Жыл бұрын
“Help” is peppy and high-spirited, but the lyrics are anything but. That’s the genius part.
@trekkiejunk
Жыл бұрын
That's one of the things i always loved about Born in the USA. I love that Bruce disguised progressive, critical commentary against war and the lack of social services in an upbeat-sounding, pro-USA song. t's always funny how right-wingers play that as a flag waver, as though no one has ever listened to the lyrics before.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
@@trekkiejunk But it's even funnier that left-wingers think that right-wingers don't know this. 99.9% of songs are left-leaning, so the intelligent half of the population just ignore the childish lyrics and enjoy the music. Lol, a musician singing an anti-war song? Wow, that's only ever been done fifty thousand times before, what a genius.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@daleviker5884What’s childish about Vietnam veterans suffering from trauma they endured during that war?
@MarkmanOTW
Жыл бұрын
Oh dear! That guy on the right has heard that BS false story about Paul dying then being replaced (made up in the 60s), but doesnt know the Beatles music 🤧. But credit to him willing to learn 👍 To answer his question: In the USA the Beatles breakthrough single was 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' in 1964. The whole body of music of The Beatles is what makes them great.
@chrishickey7502
Жыл бұрын
If Paul was replaced, the next guy was a prolific song writer. Hey Jude was their greatest song. But the story was BS.
@jskit92380
Жыл бұрын
Typical conspiracy theory, all BS no facts, just what abouts. 🤣☮🖤🤘
@Isleofskye
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this . The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
@johnnymartin49
Жыл бұрын
Great stats, and yes you could go on with enough stats to fill a book.....several have!! In the few short years they were together as a group, they took us through the 60's pop era to the late 60's - early 70's psychedelic, to the mid 70's and beyond rock and roll. It was one of those "you had to be there" things in life to believe the impact they had upon life!!
@Isleofskye
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnymartin49 Very True, Johnny..
@styrelsefksu4463
Жыл бұрын
When it comes to bands and not single artists like Elvis and Michael Jackson Beatles has had the most nr1 hits but the nr 2 BAND are actually ABBA they have had almost as many hits on hit lists all over the world during he 1970s and in to the early 80s in probably more different countries then Beatles,who where uge in Germany UK Scandinavia and the US ABBA had top 10 hits in almost Every European country as well as Australia and US over a a period from 1973 to 82 The newer songs from the latest album reached the top ten lists in over 40 countries worldwide and that was over 40 years after their last album was released Björn and Benny was inspired by no other then the Beatles and they inspired Björn Ulveus to pick up and learn to play the guitar as a teenager and join a band and write lyrics as well it is amazing that a small country as Sweden can produce music on the same level as the Beatles
@Isleofskye
Жыл бұрын
@@styrelsefksu4463 Yes, Abba has been fantastic and I was tearful when they returned and sounded great although it would be difficult for any Band to match the 230 songs of The Beatles and, remember,The Beatles did not just change the world of music but the whole world,my friend:)
@loosilu
Жыл бұрын
@@styrelsefksu4463 I adore ABBA! they deserve every accolade they get! they cannot touch the beatles.
@gdmyers47
Жыл бұрын
To really understand why The Beatles are the best-selling artists of all-time and appreciate them you must listen to a lot of songs--as the variety of styles and THE NUMBER of great songs is truly amazing. There recording history was, also, only about 7 1/2 years!
@FrankWirth-ij4rq
Жыл бұрын
Rolling Stones almost 50 yrs. Beatles dominate in song writing, arrangements and vocals. Oh yeh and the greatest ever Melody writers, the hook these days.
@Dougie-
Жыл бұрын
You got to play him Yesterday (most covered song in history) & Let it be. Everybody loves them :)
@andrewb2475
Жыл бұрын
I cannot lie.....Eleanor Rigby is probably my favourite Beatles song ever (I know there's a big choice!) I'm left wondering was she a spinster who died sad and alone. Haunting and beautiful it's pure class.
@davidwhite8220
Жыл бұрын
Me too, or at least it is "up there". I cannot imagine anybody not liking it. Something not quite right in the musical brain. Or perhaps, as Woody Allen once said "Your standards have been systematically lowered".
@mikefetterman6782
Жыл бұрын
Through the 60s, recording techniques were being discovered every year. Most by the Bealtes. With each recording you can hear them get more and more sophisticated and professional. Most acts have their most popular stuff on the first album. Their best stuff just kept coming. Michael Jackson was a popular "dancer", but never came close to the Beatles.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
MJ was also a very talented songwriter.
@loosilu
Жыл бұрын
@@MsAppassionata Yes he was. And he still never came close to Lennon McCartney
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@loosilu Well, a lot of his fans would probably strongly disagree with you. While I believe that Lennon/McCartney were two of the most gifted songwriters ever, I still think that MJ exhibited a genius all his own.
@loosilu
Жыл бұрын
@@MsAppassionata I agree. That doesn't mean he came close to Lennon/ Mccartney
@rosemarywatson1231
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles covered so much ground musically, that it's hard to have a favorite. A day in the life is one of my favorites but so is Yellow Submarine, I am the Walrus, Come together, Obladee Obladaa, so damn many. To be a young person when The Beatles first hit, was amazing. Michael never wrote the kind of music The Beatles wrote. Their songs are still sung. The Beatles are the best band ever!
@mikeconway9849
Жыл бұрын
It was Paul that supposedly died. Rumor was that if you played the end of Strawberry Fields, the singer says "I buried Paul".
@dizzypilots2639
Жыл бұрын
I think John says “Cranberry Sauce “. It’s a clue as we said during that time.😝
@26shedan
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles are not my favorite band of all time but the influence they had-they can not be denied. It definitely started a total revolution of music and they started such a change in music.
@MrBilgey
Жыл бұрын
In the 60s I was in a band that was signed to The Beatles management. It was great to know The Beatles and you only had to listen to their songs to understand the beauty of their melodies, lyrics, vocals and musicality.
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
interested to know which one that was, did you make any singles or was it tour work ?
@backgroundmusik
Жыл бұрын
Love the hat
@BaccarWozat
Жыл бұрын
OK, I've looked up all the bands Epstein managed and your name doesn't appear in any of them. If you were referring to the Beatles having signed you up for an Apple recording contract, I couldn't find your name in there either. Please elucidate or I will have to call BS.
@MrBilgey
Жыл бұрын
@@highpath4776 Hello. The band was THE RUSTIKS. We recorded on Decca label. We were on THE BEATLES 1964 UK tour.
@MrBilgey
Жыл бұрын
@@BaccarWozat Hello - the band was THE RUSTIKS. I can send you photos and information. Thank you.
@JeanGulaparojo
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles had 244 songs most of which had gone number 1 at the chart.They are incomparable they are genius when in comes to music.
@joyfulzero853
Жыл бұрын
Not most of them; that would be unrealistic even for the Beatles!
@mikenaykki3133
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree 👍👍😎
@aprilstewart5929
10 ай бұрын
...and a few other things, too. They changed fashion; everybody imitated their hair and clothes, and when they changed it, so did everybody else. When they wrote about Indian spirituality, everybody listened. and when they started obviously taking acid, it just so happened that everybody else was, too. They released "Sgt. Ptter" and it hit exactly what was happening in American society. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds....*sigh*.....
@atgdcommish608
Жыл бұрын
Everyone has a different favorite Beatles song. They put out over 200, in all different styles, and more than 100 of them are some of the greatest songs ever recorded.
@Calinicus72
Жыл бұрын
To get a better appreciation of The Beatles, listen to their entire catalog. Then you’ll gain a better appreciation of how they evolved as a band.
@stephanielane1821
Жыл бұрын
To appreciate the Beatles'you need to travel through the year's and understand the significant catalogue of musical genre's they achieved, and their experimental aspects no other band has come near.
@beatlesgirl2782
Жыл бұрын
While my Guitar Gently Weeps is far from an obscure song. It’s one of their masterpieces
@steveullrich7737
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@MelodyDodd-l1p
Жыл бұрын
I think he meant it wasn’t a hit
@TerryT304
Жыл бұрын
Yes, George was one of the greatest song writers of all time, but only 3rd best in The Beatles.
@bryanbutler8713
11 ай бұрын
he had Eric Clapton in to play that guitar rift.
@relevantbrother8964
Жыл бұрын
I'll bet Big Gabe will know several Beatles songs without knowing it was the Beatles!
@colinglen4505
Жыл бұрын
Play him a few more Beatles songs. There is such a variety that he will like some of them.
@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
Жыл бұрын
Yes he might like ARROW THROUGH ME. by Wings in 79. Has a very Stevie Wonder vibe. Is it possible he has never heard of Mr Wonder?
@luvmusicutb
Жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney being in Wings doesn't make it count as a Beatles song.@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
Жыл бұрын
@@luvmusicutb Technically no it's not a Beatles song but it is a song by a Beatle because once a Beatle, always a Beatle; it's like being in the US Marines. They just needed a few good men. They found four great men. Btw, there is a new Beatles' song to be released soon due to the miracle of AI. It's gonna be something! Course you'll probably call it something else.
@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
Жыл бұрын
@@luvmusicutb Getting back to the original point, I bet if he heard I Want You (She's so Heavy) by Lennon from the Abbey Road album, he would "get" the Beatles or maybe Tomorrow Never Knows. Who knows?
@luvmusicutb
Жыл бұрын
@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 since AI is artificial intelligence I’m gonna assume you mean a song put together in a similar way to Free As A Bird and Real Love. If it’s a song that all Beatles have a hand or say in then yes it’s a Beatles song if not it isn’t.
@trevorlsheppard7906
Жыл бұрын
He doesn't get it , he's a lost cause ,give it up .
@MrPercy112
Жыл бұрын
You ain’t wrong there.
@thefowlyetti2
Жыл бұрын
Jackson was a huge Beatles fan, he covered 'come together' and bought the rights to the Beatles catalog. Beatles are the greatest artist of all time because they shat out classic songs and timeless melodies.
@marxlover100
Жыл бұрын
Shat? That's the past tense of someone taking a sh....t. You can correct the word by clicking on the three little dots in your post and then hitting the word "edit".
@thefowlyetti2
Жыл бұрын
@@marxlover100 It was a light hearted way of saying they produced so many great songs with seemingly little effort, in some ways like taking a dump is little effort.
@marxlover100
Жыл бұрын
@@thefowlyetti2 Oh, I thought it was a typo! Not many people use or even know the past tense of that word!
@joyfulzero853
Жыл бұрын
@@marxlover100 You are quite right but it does not need any correction unless it is not understood in the US.
@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
Жыл бұрын
@@thefowlyetti2 unless you're Elvis
@johnandrews3151
Жыл бұрын
8oo million albums and 2.5 billion singles sold since 1962. 20 #1 hit with an additional 13 top 10 hits in a 7 year period between 1964 and 1970.😊😮😊
@Alexandra_Indina
Жыл бұрын
*it's 27 #1 hits.
@kathybowles495
Жыл бұрын
I was an American teenager living in Scotland when they hit it big in the UK. When we moved back to the States, and before their first introduction to the US, I had all my new friends listening to and loving the albums I brought home with me.
@klaytaylor7011
Жыл бұрын
On behalf of my parents (whom we kids drove nuts with playing those singles over and over), I must say: -So it was all your fault! : )
@waynec3563
Жыл бұрын
Nick, a few suggestions to show Gabe. The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965, You might find a complete song, or just the start of the concert with Ed Sullivan introducing them. This was the first major stadium concert, and was the largest concert crowd at the time (~55,000 people). A Day in the Life Strawberry Fields Forever Helter Skelter Also, watch the video for "I Fell Fine" - Geroge Harrison masters lip syncing!
@dazza9326
Жыл бұрын
Wow, you need to educate your mate on music.
@victordevonshire807
Жыл бұрын
That was Paul on the cover of Abbey Road walking bare foot but it was all just a myth. Still alive and so underated. So much about John? Without Paul no Beatles. You bettlr believe. Legend. ❤👍🙏
@Firefoxy-rz1nw
Жыл бұрын
Paul's not underrated. One of the top five most successful musicians/composers of the 20th century. First pop star to become a billionaire.
@KebabMusicLtd
Жыл бұрын
'Underarted??? Paul was never underated and John has been dead for over 40 years now. It is only fools on social media who forever stoke up the flames in the great Paul vs John debate.
@victordevonshire807
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Really?
@SusanGordon-bf2cg
Жыл бұрын
Underrated ??? Could you be the reason there are directions on shampoo bottles ? Did your IQ test come back negative ?
@stlmopoet
Жыл бұрын
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is not an obscure Beatles song. And two songs are not enough to judge the Beatles. Both of those songs were from around 1965 and 1966. By 1966 through 1969 they hit their most creative peak. They were incredibly diverse in style. Helter Skelter was the first heavy metal song. They were the beginnings of prog rock. Many genres came from them.
@chrislofotos
Жыл бұрын
I first saw the Beatles at the Cavern club in Liverpool in 1962, just prior to their worldwide fame, fantastic memories. Their music still sounds amazing today!
@BoringReviews
Жыл бұрын
Wow. That is awesome to hear. Lucky you
@beatlesgirl2782
Жыл бұрын
My Mum was there too
@chrislofotos
Жыл бұрын
@@beatlesgirl2782 perhaps she’s the one that refused to dance with me ?😀
@oliverkalamata2753
10 ай бұрын
@@chrislofotosI would love to hear a followup to this! 😂
@chrislofotos
10 ай бұрын
@@oliverkalamata2753 I’ve had an inferiority complex ever since😂🤣
@donaldbrunner6250
Жыл бұрын
Paul was the one that was supposedly killed in a car wreck. They were told they needed a theme song to open the movie "Help" and the next day they had this wrote.
@matthewashman1406
Жыл бұрын
Yes biggest band, biggest selling artists of all time
@raymondbullock4557
Жыл бұрын
The more I look back on the Beatles the more I appreciate them. Beatles were the first group to write their own music where most artists were backed by songwriting teams and with their sound engineer George Martin developed many recording techniques that shaped the future of music. They were the first stadium rock band when they performed in the Shea stadium in 1964 and were also fashion icons with their own self styled hair cut and suites a style copied by many bands throughout the 60's. In short no other bunch of musicians has influenced pop culture throughout the years like the Beatles and you can stil here their influence in bands such as Oasis, Tears for fears and many others.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
The first Shea Stadium concert was in 1965 on Aug. 15th, they also had one there in 1966, but it was the 1965 concert that was filmed.
@johnnydough5464
Жыл бұрын
Years ago, when my daughter was 10 years old, I stopped into a music store and saw that they had the Beatles "Red" album (their hits from 1962-1966), and their "Blue" album (their hits from 1967-1970), on CDs. I bought them took them home, and played them for my daughter. After she heard the songs, she asked me if she could have the CDs. I gave them to her, and went back to the store and bought a second set of them for myself. Seeing my daughter really enjoy their music, really made me happy, because it showed me that their music was timeless. I'm sure that Gabe knows a lot of rap music, or what I call crap music, because it all sounds the same to me. What Gabe doesn't understand was that, back when this music came out, the Beatles type of music was the "IN thing", I mean, that's what was popular back then. If you played rap music back then, no one would have listened to it, so music preferences are a generational thing. In the 50's, there was Doo-Wap music, the 60's and 70's was rock and roll, the late 70's and 80's it was disco, now it's hip-hop and rap. What I have found over the years (I'm 70 years old), is that, all generations like rock and roll music. If a rock and roll song came on the radio today, a young person would move to the beat of the song, even though they probably wouldn't know who the artists were. Rock and roll was considered the devil's music by parents when it came out because it made young people want to get up and dance.
@lesparker6752
Жыл бұрын
Some people claim that Paul died in the mid to late 60s and that he was replaced by a look-alike.
@BoringReviews
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard that. That’s crazy to me
@Isleofskye
Жыл бұрын
@@BoringReviews Good Reaction.. That Paul tale was just a load of nonsense. The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
@braudabo
Жыл бұрын
@@BoringReviews It's rubbish, but a funny running gag of the Beatles-legend.
@jamesleblanc7437
Жыл бұрын
Yeah in a car accident in 1966, so a year after this. It’s so crazy anybody would believe the Paul who took more control of the band as John met Yoko and wrote all his songs on Pepper, MMT, The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road was someone else.
@Howdyall
Жыл бұрын
@@BoringReviews l was 13 when this first hit the air that Paul was possibly replaced. There was even a magazine entirely about it that l bought and agonized over. People scrutinized hundreds of clues and are still discussing it online on various channels.
@genebaughbba
Жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney was the Deadman. Sergeant Pepper's cover is the funeral scene, Abbey road cover is the trip back from the graveyard to the studio to begin recording again. The first song is called come together It's about Paul's resurrection.
@mikefetterman6782
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles started in 1958 and continued to 1970. You could name me 100 acts from this past year and I would not recognize 1.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
Same with ME, I don't know 95 % of the music acts today. PLUS, when I hear many of these current acts, they just don't cut it.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@patticrichton1135Mainstream music, for the most part, sucks. If you want to find anything really good you have to dive deep searching for it. Only the most commercial, formulaic music gets mass exposure by music promoters nowadays.
@kimberly3131
Жыл бұрын
A couple of years ago, I gave a young co-worker a ride home. I had a Beatles CD playing and told him this was old school music. He replied "This is the Beastie Boys isn't it?".
@martindunstan8043
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣Oh dear, you weren't driving him home to Brooklyn were you and if so did he get any sleep 🤣✌️
@druidswillow1052
Жыл бұрын
Hope you told him to get out & walk and/or punched him?!
@cathyortiz1280
Жыл бұрын
😮
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
Beastie Boys!? They sound absolutely NOTHING like The Beatles. 🤦🏾♀️
@karenlkvm
Жыл бұрын
In the autumn of 1969 I was in 7th grade. Waiting in line in the school cafeteria the mood was subdued. Noticed some of he older girls in small groups crying. My friend Cindy rushes in choking out the words "Paul is dead! Paul McCartney is dead!" It was an urban legend that ran rampant among the school girls of my generation. He had supposedly died in 1966 and been replaced by a look-alike to keep Beatlemania going. There were supposed to be clues on some of the songs and on LP covers. My older sister and I went through our albums trying to play songs backwards where the clues were supposed lurk and we scrutinized the cover photo of Abbey Road trying to make sense of it. We agreed it was probably just a rumor - but I had many friend who insisted on it.
@Dougie-
Жыл бұрын
He's right about the conspiracy. It's about Paul. As mentioned by others, it's supposedly why he's barefoot on the Abbey Road album cover which was the first album after he "died". And if you check the car's license plate it says "28 IF" which is what he would be at the time if he hadn't died. This is the conspiracy, not me 😄. Haven't checked if the numbers adds up though. The song "a day in the life" is said to be Lennon writing about it. And, again supposedly, there's some hidden messages on the white album if you play it backwards.
@marxlover100
Жыл бұрын
At the end of "Strawberry Fields" when the music is being played backwards (those flute sounds), you hear John allegedly saying "I buried Paul". John denied saying that. He claims he said "Cranberry Sauce".
@ricardo_miguel13
Жыл бұрын
@@marxlover100 The number on the car doesn't fit and John clearly says Cranberry Sauce. There are isolated vocal versions.
@garyarnett1220
Жыл бұрын
If they replaced the "Original" Paul, it was an upgrade. He kept getting better.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
@@marxlover100 It IS 'Cranberry Sauce" if you listen to it closely.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
"A Day in the Life" is NOT Lennon writing about it. The lines John wrote were from ACTUAL ARTICLES from the NEWSPAPER. Tara Brown, the heir to the Guinness fortune, who was killed in a car crash, when he didn't observe the traffic light changing and he was also a fried of John's, That is the "he blew his mind out in a car" line. It had nothing to do with trying to give "clues" about Paul being dead. This was ALL started by a college kid in Ann Arbor Michigan back in '69. NONE Of it is TRUE, it's ALL nonsense and the Beatles had better things to do than to think up ways to put "clues" in their music or album covers. They CERTAINLY DIDN'T NEED to do something like that to promote themselves. There records sold JUST FINE without anything dumb like that.
@karenward267
Жыл бұрын
I've always liked Elanor Rigby, a very poignant song. We can thank George Martin for all The Beatles' orchestrations. He was the behind the scnes master
@vovindequasahi
Жыл бұрын
People don't understand the incredible journey of music that the Beatles made in less that ten years. They figure these guys must have been around for forty years to create such a list of completely divine songs.
@marxlover100
Жыл бұрын
He might be thinking of Stuart Sutcliffe, the fifth Beatle who was in the band's early years but then left the group in July 1961. He died of a brain hemorrhage in April 1962.
@PFNel
Жыл бұрын
No, he's clearly thinking of the Paul Is Dead conspiracy theory.
@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
Жыл бұрын
No he's thinking of the prank they played by saying that Paul McCartney died in a car crash and they replaced him with Billy Shears. Wasn't true but there are those conspiracy theorists that believe it. They also think Elvis is still alive and living in Michigan. Under an assumed name. Not true either!
@reneestevenson2717
Жыл бұрын
that was pete best their first drummer.. stuart was their first manager
@pestbsn
3 ай бұрын
He needs to explain the Beatles crazy schedule: albums, touring, and second movie. It was a personal plea from John for help.
@bookcraver1
Жыл бұрын
Try listening to "1". It has the 27 #1 hits, in order. Their progression is phenomenal. You can't possibly get their impact with only two songs. Oh, and those 27 were "singles". There are probably another 27 from albums where the songs weren't released as singles; Norwegian Wood for example.
@JLC48
Жыл бұрын
This video is pure fun in its simplicity! They were charming lads and it makes me smile to watch them! PS How can you not love this song?!
@JAYM3ST
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles changed very very fast these two songs were released barely over a year from each other.
@jameshealy8402
Жыл бұрын
Show him The Shea Stadium concert and A Brief History Of The Beatles . They wrote 200 songs and many more as solo artist's, so , as Tom Petty said , There's The Beatles then there's everyone else. Come Together,Oh Darling he'll love
@ericwilliams1031
Жыл бұрын
They're having fun making this promo video for the song. The Beatles had huge sense of humor.
@KebabMusicLtd
Жыл бұрын
Not only that, but in the early 1960s, they only used a limited number of cameras that were so big that they had to be mounted on wheels. The performers of the day had to remain in the one spot whilst it was the cameras that moved around them. The Beatles film, A Hard Days Night actually references this. So, even in this The Beatles tried to introduce something different and as the 60s progressed this would be another area in which their screen presence evolved.
@markoliver630
4 ай бұрын
The Biggest music act in History. We still live in their echo. I am old enough to have watch it all happen. Beatles Forever
@carolwtb
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles also WROTE their own songs. Their creativity sets them apart.
@wallacecallow2255
Жыл бұрын
Some of their earlier songs were covers.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
@@wallacecallow2255 Until the Beatles came along, songwriting and performing were seen as two different skills. The big studios employed songwriters, and they matched recording artists with songs that the studios thought would suit them. The idea that the performers would write their own songs was frowned upon, and big artists were only allowed to play one or two of their own songs on an album as a way of keeping them happy. The Beatles began by doing covers of other songs, like every band of that era. The first two albums were a mix of their own material and covers, but their own material was the stuff that captured the imagination of fans. Their third album, A Hard Day's Night, was the first mainstream album ever to feature 100% their own songs. People today don't think twice about artists writing all their own material, but it was just another of the many things that were pioneered by the Beatles.
@rogervondrasek5677
Жыл бұрын
And they played their instruments while singing those songs. Today, a singer may hold a guitar and strum it a little while they lipsynch.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@daleviker5884Don’t forget that both Chuck Berry and Little Richard wrote their own music in the 1950’s but you are correct about most performers in the early 1960’s.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@rogervondrasek5677And use pitch correction and auto tune. Often the audience is not aware of the difference. They think that they are listening to the actual voices of the people on stage.
@mlong1958
Жыл бұрын
The theory was that McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike that looked exactly like him, sounded exactly like him, was left-handed, and could play pretty much any stringed instrument. As a bonus, evidently his family and friends were quite ok with it, and he knew every bit of trivia that McCartney knew. And McCartney was on a well-publicized vacation when the accident was supposed to have happened.
@AaronB6119
Жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson as big as the Beatles? 😂😂😂 There’s a road crossing in London that attracts more tourists than 90% of American cities because the Beatles once walked across it. Americans don’t get it.
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
In fairness, Thriller has sold nearly twice as many copies as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the best-selling album by The Beatles, and it's the best-selling album of all time.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
@@chrismeadows4216 In the interests of complete fairness though, comparing the album sales of Thriller with Sgt Peppers is comparing apples with concrete. The 1960s and 1980s were worlds apart economically and technically. When "Beatlemania" was at its peak from 1963-65, the average person could not afford albums, and it was only about singles. Throughout the Beatles career their most popular songs weren't on the albums. They sold more than 1.6 billion singles, which was dominance like never seen before or since. Without acknowledging that, saying that Sgt Peppers (with no singles on it) "only" sold 35m copies compared with 70m for Thriller (which had three of MJ's most famous singles on it, Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller) is a meaningless comparison. It was the Beatles popularity that actually changed the way music was sold. Their 5th and 6th albums, Rubber Soul and Revolver, were the first albums to become mass market purchases (10m+ copies), simply because they were so good that people saved to buy them. When Sgt Peppers then sold the numbers it did (30m+), it was extraordinary for that era. Most people who bought Sgt Peppers were buying an album for the first time in their life. As a result of the Beatles success, studios and artists saw the commercial potential of albums, and they began their rise as the dominant format in place of singles, which eventually disappeared. And in the Beatles era understand that it was vinyl records and nothing else. Recorded music sales overall really only took off in the 1970s when cassettes became affordable, because for the first time people could take music out of the house, and even into their cars. Then in the early 1980s came CDs, which made music even more portable, and coincided with the launch of MTV. Michael Jackson was talented, and Thriller was a great album, but he was in the right place at the right time, with the videos being perfect for the start of the MTV era.
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
@@daleviker5884, your points are well-reasoned, though it needs to be considered that once CDs had become accessible and affordable to everyone, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Thriller had both been available on equal footing in an age of the world having a much larger population, and as newer generations have been able to trace classic albums back and buy them, Michael Jackson's Thriller sales have been exponentially more notable, likely more due to his death and public circumstances than due to it being more recently released than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Forty years is a very long time ago, not much more than toward sixty years ago. The Beatles hadn't had much competition in their era, even of Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones. Michael Jackson had competition of David Bowie, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Queen, U2, Madonna, Prince, Phil Collins, and Janet Jackson, and had crushed everyone with Thriller. Thriller has everything on it which is essential listening in pop, r&b, soul, funk, and hard rock, including Paul McCartney. It isn't the greatest fairness that album sales aren't closer, but it's Thriller.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
@@chrismeadows4216 No one is arguing that Thriller wasn't a good album, but some of your points are really stretching it a bit. You say that The Beatles had no competition other than Elvis and The Stones, which conveniently omits - just in the year of Sgt Peppers alone - Hendrix, the Who, Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Cream, the Supremes, Jefferson Airplane, the Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, and countless others. It was actually a far more competitive era than the early 1980s. And you can't refute the point I made about singles being the popular form of record sale in the 1960s as compared with albums. The Beatles top 20 hits weren't even on their albums, they were only released as singles, and if you look at the total sales of everything, the Beatles sold more than 2 BILLION records of all types, way out in front of anyone else. The other thing I charitably didn't point out is that while Sgt Peppers was the Beatles top selling album, it wasn't that far in front of Revolver, Rubber Soul, the White Album and Abbey Road. If you look at any critical or fan list, you will find widespread differences of opinion on what the Beatles best album was (let alone the singles). MJ was more than a one-hit wonder, obviously, but he sure didn't have five or six other albums of similar stature to Thriller. You're comparing an artist who had a great career, with one standout album, to a band that revolutionized music, changed the way it was consumed, and defined a generation.
@suejackson1731
Жыл бұрын
Did you know that someone at Decca records rejected the beatles saying they will never amount to anything.
@MrPercy112
Жыл бұрын
I shared your incredulity. I despair, I really do .... sighs ...
@Isleofskye
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
@williamharris7357
Жыл бұрын
They started the rumor that Paul was dead ,on the song Strawberry Fields Forever you listen very closely at the end John Lennon says I buried Paul
@jazzlefettie
Жыл бұрын
I was born around the time that the Beatles got their start so I literally grew up listening to them. I can’t imagine a world without them (just like in the movie Yesterday.) Their music seriously helped me through some family tragedies when I was growing up….especially songs like Hey Jude, Let It Be, and The Long and Winding Road, just to name a few. On the rare instances when I have encountered someone who has never heard of the Beatles, I simply feel pity for them cuz they are missing out, big time. And on the even more rare occasion when I meet someone who doesn’t like the Beatles, well, let’s just say that I immediately know that that person and I will never be friends cuz we clearly perceive the world so differently that the chasm between us is simply too large to cross. Good luck with your channel!
@glastonbury4304
Жыл бұрын
Omg, Gabe must of lived under a rock , first LZ and now the Beatles, whilst thinking Nirvana are huge 🙈🤣...definitely think his school is poor on education, but he is a lovely guy, bit of a Ronaldinio ...bless him 😂
@zwieseler
Жыл бұрын
I get that he was unimpressed with Help, it's a poppy tune. I would've gone to A Day In The Life for the next one just to blow his mind. Now you've heard the Beatles do Help, I suggest you see what John Farnham did with it with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. A John Lennon approved cover.
@marxlover100
Жыл бұрын
To blow his mind? You mean like, "He blew his mind out in a car"? Lol.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
I have seen a LOT of movies since 1964 when the Beatles hit America and I have NEVER heard "Help! being played in ANY MOVIE I have ever SEEN, except for the BEATLES SECOND movie "HELP!"
@bobtausworthe
Жыл бұрын
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is in Beatles top 10
@MrJohndl
Жыл бұрын
All the great songs have been written....and The Beatles did most of them.
@PFNel
Жыл бұрын
Gabe, Eleanor Rigby is supposed to sound like a headmaster! It's about a lonely, and probably old, woman who is remembered by no one after she dies.
@jackempson3044
Жыл бұрын
These are only a small scratch in the surface of what they have. They by themselves can't describe the beatles range.
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles' massive shot to fame can't be attributed to one song, as different songs of theirs had blown up in different countries, generally several songs at a time. Early songs by The Beatles which had definitely made them international superstars are Love Me Do, P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, their cover of the Top Notes' Twist and Shout, their cover of Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, and their cover of Chuck Berry's Rock and Roll Music. Between 1962 and 1965, there hadn't been an artist who could've touched their shot to being the top band, and they'd become better and better for five years after. I'd hedge Twist and Shout being the most iconic early song by The Beatles, as well as one of the most iconic songs by The Beatles. Once they'd covered it, it had become the most well-known cover of arguably any song in history. Hearing it is what I imagine would make most people aware that they're listening to The Beatles. If the main aim is to impress with songs by The Beatles, five go-tos which I recommend for reactions are: The trilogy of Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, and The End Strawberry Fields Forever Revolution 1 Something We Can Work It Out While My Guitar Gently Weeps isn't an obscure song by The Beatles, to clarify. It's one of the three most popular songs by The Beatles which had been written and sung by George Harrison, and one of its guitar solos had been played by Eric Clapton. Obscure songs are most songs on early albums and soundtracks by The Beatles. Nearly every song from Rubber Soul to Let It Be on a studio album is well-loved and consistently praised. I look forward to more reactions to The Beatles from you two!!! Please keep it up!!! 😄💙
@risputte
Жыл бұрын
The guy in the black cap. I can see the eyes lights up, but no one is home???
@meghanmonroe
Жыл бұрын
He wasn't impressed, but I think y'all should keep going. There's so much to choose from. I feel pretty confident you'll hook him eventually with one of them.
@Chalky29
Жыл бұрын
Jackson bigger star. Beatles so much better musically. They literally changed music. Their early work to later work journey is incredible.
@binxbolling
11 ай бұрын
Jackson a bigger star? Study some history. Then check the list of best selling musicians. The Beatles were bigger in 7 years than Jackson was in 40.
@alani3992
Жыл бұрын
The teachers may not name a fav song, but if you tell them the popular Beatles songs, they will recognize at least a few.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
I agree, he should ask them, "CAN YOU NAME A SONG BY THE BEATLES?" When someone asks ME what is my favorite Beatles' song, I tell them it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to do that, I CAN'T pick one, It changes depending on my mood any particular day. I love ALL their "periods" , I just LOVE ALL their music. I have all my original albums that I bought back in the '60s, plus ALL their SOLO albums, which were all on vinyl at the time. When all their albums were released on CD, I bought those too.
@luvmusicutb
Жыл бұрын
@@patticrichton1135 It's had to pick an album never mind a song.
@robertszekely8686
Жыл бұрын
@@patticrichton1135It's also very hard for me to pick my favorite Beatles song. They had so many great songs that I couldn't tell you which one is my favorite. What I can say is that the Beatles have more songs that I like than any other musical artists ever.
@ebonywatch
Жыл бұрын
A little trivia: McCartney once stated that the chopping cello sound and beat used in Eleanor Rigby was inspired by the Main Title theme from Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) composed by Bernard Herrmann.
@paulgallacher5384
Жыл бұрын
Not even close to beihg true..
@paulgallacher5384
Жыл бұрын
Your stuttering mate needs help
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@paulgallacher5384I also heard that it was.
@thebastblastofficial
8 ай бұрын
I never thought that finding someone not knowing about the beatles was possible.
@druidswillow1052
Жыл бұрын
Hurts my head that Gabe has heard so little of the Beatles but doesn't surprise me even amongst my peers (I'm 55) when I play all my favourite tracks they love the song but didn't know it was the Beatles, There will never be another band like the Beatles, their influence, creativity, impact not just on the world of music but the world itself there's something for everyone in their back catalogue, Last year I managed to get hold of a programme at auction when they played a concert in 1963 in my hometown (Guildford) and on the same night you could have watched the Rolling Stones playing at a local pub a couple of miles away! Think we need to put Gabe in isolation for a bit so he he can appreciate some of the music we couldn't have lived without! Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Bowie etc etc Cheers Jim, Surrey, UK X
@thomastimlin1724
Жыл бұрын
This is almost like watching Abbott and Costello talk about the Beatles lol. "Abbott and Who?" would be the next question from the guy on the right...
@philipmorgan6048
Жыл бұрын
Life's easy when you know nothing.
@smg85051
Жыл бұрын
The first Beatles album, Please Please Me, was recorded in 1963, the broke up in 1969; they were only active as The Beatles for 6 years. People started trying to make sense of some of the background sounds on their records, which combined with a few songs from Sgt. Pepper, lead them to believe that Paul had been killed in an auto accident and had been replaced by his exact double, Billy Sheers. If you listen to the UK release of A Day In The Life, you will hear nonsensical gibberish repeating a few seconds after the song ends; they were toying with The Interpreters. Paul McCartney is alive!
@Pseudonym-aka-alias
Жыл бұрын
Gabe doesn’t get the Beatles…..just leave it at that🤓
@cyclops60
Жыл бұрын
The early songs were pop perfection, hear once and you know them for life. Like the great bands they evolved, experimented and remained relevant. Their influence is still heard in music today. Try Gabe with 'Revolution', would love to see his reaction!
@itsmeagain1745
Жыл бұрын
Helter Skelter or Strawberry Fields after Elinor Rigby would show how diverse the Beatles were. It would be a good idea to play him some of the music of the time to show how it fitted in. Music then and music now is very different.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
@@itsmeagain1745And for something completely different: Within You Without You, just for contrast. I also think that A Day In The Life is a must.
@itsmeagain1745
Жыл бұрын
@@MsAppassionata Pretty much all of the Beatles catalogue is a must really - so many good songs.
@bobbugwithoneeyeskingiskin8974
Жыл бұрын
The Beatle invented genres! Micheal Jackson didn’t!
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
It could be argued that New Jack Swing exists because of Michael, but that's it.
@dalekwatcher
Жыл бұрын
The Paul is Dead Theory. They used it as a marketing ploy. There are supposed clues in their songs and album covers. Cricket and now the Beatles? 2 of my great loves! You guys are the best! You may consider "I don't like Cricket" by 10CC... or even better, the John Farnham cover of Help! with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Beautiful cover.
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
It was NOT a "marketing ploy" they didn't NEED any kind of Ploy to sell records The whole thing was made up by a college student in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Beatles nor their management had NOTHING to do with it, and it's all nonsense. They had better things to do than sit around figuring how to put "clues" in their music or album covers
@Firefoxy-rz1nw
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't a ploy by them or threw record company. It was just what today someone would call a meme.
@mrbob4u495
Жыл бұрын
Anyone who has studied music knows who the Beatles are. They literally were musical geniuses.
@olmanrock5381
Жыл бұрын
It’s the “Paul is Dead” conspiracy theory that he died in a car crash in 1966 (they became a studio-only band after that). There was a contest for a Paul look alike that they taught to play bass and sing. The look alike was named Billy Shears. I could go on forever about all the carrots in that rabbit hole. Google Paul is dead, or Billy shears and be prepared to spend HOURS in ther
@Howdyall
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. People are far too quick to dismiss it.
@walshaw2
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles were, are and will be The GOATS .....because you can name 10 favorite songs from them today....and then next month, name a different 10 favorite songs.....and then repeat the process...and still be correct with your choices each time. NO other artist, not even the great Michael Jackson, had such a multitude of high quality songs.
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
There are other names which are worth mentioning: Rolling Stones David Bowie Elton John Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple Aerosmith Queen Judas Priest AC/DC Iron Maiden Prince Metallica Megadeth Faith No More Nirvana Pearl Jam Soundgarden Alice in Chains Green Day blink-182 Foo Fighters Avenged Sevenfold
@davidjennings1771
Жыл бұрын
@@chrismeadows4216 You missed a few my friend, think the Who, Kinks, Hollies, Moody Blues, King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, The Doors! I could go on Chrismeadows4216, but you get the point. Lennon & McCartney wrote The Stones first charting hit and gave it to them to record. Others including the Beatles also recorded "I Wanna Be Your Man". The Beatles considered the tune a throw away. The song convinced "The Glimmer Twins", (Keith & Mick), they could also write their own songs & music. I'd say they've proved their point over the last 55 years or so! Long Live Keith! The Amelas One
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
@@davidjennings1771, I agree with the first six artists, though there's limited range of the rest, as awesome as songs are. I understand why songs of theirs which aren't general favorites aren't general favorites, whereas with the first six artists, it feels slighting if they aren't recognized for nearly every song which they've ever released. They're beyond being influential. All of their music is high quality, recognizable, and captures excellent dynamics. It's easy for nearly all of their songs to be general favorites, should they be experienced.
@bassioelmucho
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, people who aren't into music at all don't know The Beatles...
@lillired857
Жыл бұрын
try him on Long and winding road, and dont let me down
@suepoole8323
Жыл бұрын
Eleanor Rigby, my favourite too
@paulsullivan1650
Жыл бұрын
He's absolutely right! In 1966, rumors started that Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash and replaced in the group with a lookalike.
@julianbarber4708
Жыл бұрын
...And replaced with another musical genius!...what's the odds?
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
@@julianbarber4708 yes, and who could also play left handed, look totally like him, sing like him, plus keeping his entire FAMILY ( and Paul had a very large extended family) friends, business associates, etc QUIET about it? SERIOUSLY??? Plus KEEP it QUIET until TODAY? Get REAL folks, those of you who believe this nonsense.
@paulsullivan1650
Жыл бұрын
@@patticrichton1135 The scary part is that half the world bought it!
@davidporter499
Жыл бұрын
It may be hard to imagine how different from what went before and the contemporary ‘mainstream’.
@kirkgannaway5098
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles made the videos, in England, for The Ed Sullivan Show. that was a new idea
@patticrichton1135
Жыл бұрын
No, those videos were made for the UK and Europe, we never SAW them here, except when they showed up on bootleg video tapes, that were not great quality. The only videos that were shown on the Ed Sullivan show was for "RAIN" and "PAPERBACK WRITER" but not the earlier videos like "HELP!" Before "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" they appeared live on The Ed Sullivan Show Stage, last time was in September 1965
@alanmusicman3385
Жыл бұрын
It's so hard to explain to younger people that The Beatles were big in a way that nobody ever can be again, they were big in a time when there were FAR fewer TV channels, no internet and not as many print publications. They were on every one of the limited number of TV stations every day for many years. They might be seen in the news, in concert, in interviews or with people doing critical analysis of their latest stuff - but they were always there. If you went shopping, pretty much the stores were full of Beatles records or Merch. Even hairdressers had Beatle pictures in the window to encourage you to have a Beatle hair style. Their appeal was almost universal. My grandparents, my mother and me and my sisters all owned multiple Beatles records. Their music and their image were literally everywhere in multiple countries - all the time. Try as they might, nobody could ignore them - even my dad who was lukewarm about them, knew all their names and the names of their hit songs. Michael Jackson was indeed BIG, but he was big in a time when there were more TV channels, and a lot more other media outlets and so his undoubtedly large level of fame was more diluted than the manicly concentrated fame that the Beatles enjoyed (or endured, depending on which memoirs you go by!). It's really hard for anyone born after about 1980 to get a feeling for it though - I honestly believe that nobody can ever be that famous ever again - and it's just not a matter of how good they were (which was VERY good) it's a matter of WHEN they were good - i.e. in the period after TV became a household item but before the period of MTV (which created a TV music ghetto of sorts because it reduced the amount of music content on mainstream channels and thus reduced exposure to a more general audience) and before large numbers of cable or satellite channels. A statistic which illustrates this is about the UK TV audiences. The UK is a country with close to 70M population. A top rated drama or entertainment show on UK televlsion (where we have a choice of hundredds of channels) today might attract an audience of 20M (or less than 30% of the population). In 1977 when the UK population was about 54M people there were only four national TV channels and the top TV entertainment show of that year attracted about 30M viewers. well over half the population of that time. I'm sure there are comparable stats relating to US TV which illustrate why the nature of fame has changed as per the explanation above.
@Finchie_97
Жыл бұрын
I’m a little mad that there’s someone who either doesn’t know or doesn’t appreciate the greatest band of all time. (Second best - Queen) Show him more range Oh darling Octopus’s garden Let it be Hey Jude Get back Day tripper Twist and shout Here comes the sun Man just make him listen to them all. There’s almost no point making a list.
@bilkees8151
Жыл бұрын
Its hilarious that he asked if it would be blasphemous to compare MJ to the Beatles, when Lennon declared famously at their fame peak that they were greater than Jesus.
@chrismeadows4216
Жыл бұрын
It's also hilarious that Lennon had been right and been criticized for it.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
Lennon didn't say they were "greater" than Jesus. He hated the fame, and hated how big "Beatlemania" had become. He made the comment that to kids, the Beatles had become more popular than Jesus, and he said it to highlight the shallowness of pop culture. 99% of people never heard his comments in context, but ran with the idea that he had said they were greater than Jesus.
@bilkees8151
Жыл бұрын
@daleviker5884 ah great! I never heard that, indeed. Thanks! That fits better with the rest I've heard of him.
@daleviker5884
Жыл бұрын
@@bilkees8151 I'm so glad you replied. Knowing that even one person has had that cleared up has made my day! Back in those days there was no internet, so unless you saw the interview live you had to rely on word of mouth, usually from someone else who hadn't seen it either.
@bilkees8151
Жыл бұрын
@@daleviker5884 exactly what happened! :😀
@doplinger1
Жыл бұрын
Wait,...you're lecturing HIM on knowing the Beatles and you didn't even know about the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory?...SMH
@TodayImMaking
Жыл бұрын
"Paul is dead" (man, miss him miss him) is like the "Earth is flat". However, if they did replace him then I like the new Paul better anyway. :)
@Kerppu68
Жыл бұрын
They were so underrated
@nancywengert7301
9 ай бұрын
Paul was the one who supposed to have died , a rumor started when someone played "I am the Walrus" backwards and said that they heard it say that Paul was dead. Obviously it was wrong, since he is still alive at age 81.
@BrianMac2601
Жыл бұрын
According to the conspiracy theorists it was Paul that died and it was covered up and he was replaced with a lookalike somehow, then they point to the iconic abby road cover where Paul is bare footed as some sort of secret message.
@wpollock1
Жыл бұрын
Yes, there was a disc jockey from Detroit that started the "Paul is Dead" conspiracy....anyone can type in that in KZitem and the videos will bring you through the clues that supposedly the Beatles left in songs and album art to back this up. Hilarious.
@waynec3563
Жыл бұрын
There was also the cover of Sgt Peppers.
@papercup2517
Жыл бұрын
@@wpollock1 It was a rumour in London, briefly, and then it crossed the Atlantic and was presented as a joke, with all the 'clues', etc. Of course, some people took it seriously and once someone gets hooked on a conspiracy theory, it's very hard to unhook them. There are still people lurking on YT etc touting all sorts or flimsy and increasingly absurd 'proofs'... Not hard to dismantle if you have the time and energy. But what's the point? Believers want to believe and don't care about logic and facts.
@stevenjoy3170
Жыл бұрын
I was born in January 1963 the same month that the Beatles got there first number 1 Hit , Help was a 1965 Hit they still very much commercial at this time but that would start to change in 1966, writing and recording songs in there own feelings, boy it give me that Britain 60s feel listening to Help, they changed the pop music world , No they did not change the Band RUBBISH. I am from Manchester north west of England not far from Liverpool. so yeh my culture background, by the way I have all the Beatles Vinly records.
@jimreid4367
Жыл бұрын
Eleanor Rigby was a real person , she was a lonely old neighbour of Paul McCartney's who lived on her own & Paul would run errands for her to get her shopping etc and sit and chat with her to give her some company . when she died she had no family who attended her funeral .
@MrPercy112
Жыл бұрын
Her’s was a name on a gravestone in a local cemetery. She was long dead by the time of the Beatles.
@jimreid4367
Жыл бұрын
@@MrPercy112 , Yes she died before the beatles were formed , Paul knew her when he was a boy & he told the story and the inspiration to the song in a interview in 2021 to the New Yorker .
@MrPercy112
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, but Eleanor Rigby dies in 1938, aged fourteen. She is buried in Wooton (?) cemetery, Liverpool. Poetic licence - McCartney transposed the name, and sentiment, between two different people. McCartney is on record, stating both origins.
@Isleofskye
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenroberts7593 Thanks for that most insightful and informative comment.
@stephenroberts7593
Жыл бұрын
@@Isleofskye sorry . why have you brought me into this conversation ?
@Rkw772
Жыл бұрын
Beatles are the greatest. Bottom line I can’t listen to reviews from someone who doesn’t get it. Michael Jackson loved the Beatles. He bought their entire catalog.
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