Ozzy Osbourne said "When the Beatles showed up, all of the sudden the world went from black and white to color. It changed everything."
@LittleLou-vk9fm
22 сағат бұрын
That's what Keith Richards said about Elvis, but he used the word technicolor.
@robrob7400
22 сағат бұрын
Ozzy was right - the Beatles allowed the world to break free from what then was the locked in status quo and allow the world to be themselves as individuals and experiment and create. It continues and we have the Beatles to thank.
@bwana-ma-coo-bah425
10 сағат бұрын
@@LittleLou-vk9fm "Too much Elvis makes you stupid " - Dave Letterman
@RobinT-treehugger
Күн бұрын
Dude, you have only begun to discover the Beatles.... "Get Back", "The Long and Winding Road", "Helter Skelter", "Come Together", "Blackbird", "Eleanor Rigby"..... list goes on and on.
@smrigby-rodriguez8618
Күн бұрын
Rocky raccoon
@brucefrank5556
21 сағат бұрын
He should listen to Helter Skelter. That would blow his mind even more.
@RobinT-treehugger
20 сағат бұрын
@@brucefrank5556 As a writer and lyricist, I think Eleanor Rigby will be his fav.
@brucefrank5556
20 сағат бұрын
@@RobinT-treehugger I wasn't talking about his favorite. I said it would blow his mind.
@Kathmak
18 сағат бұрын
He doesn't seem to like the McCartney songs. No accounting for taste, lol.
@abattle4101
23 сағат бұрын
John Lennon was actually saying don't mess with the constitution. the lyrics: "you say you want to change the constitution ... but we'd all like to change your head. You tell me it's the institution ... you better free your mind instead" and then he goes to warn against communism with the Chairman Mao reference.
@alexharbison4411
22 сағат бұрын
The Beatles then would be against the liberal stuff in the world today.
@jacquesstrapp3219
22 сағат бұрын
I was going to say the same thing. Thanks for pointing that out.
@michellec2514
21 сағат бұрын
Between this song and cult of personality I can't think of any more appropriate music for the country today
@MsAppassionata
19 сағат бұрын
Lennon was NOT opposed to left wing politics. There were people going around carrying Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book. John made the correct observation that in America, that just wasn’t going to fly there.
@bobsylvester88
19 сағат бұрын
@@MsAppassionata Lennon was left wing - for the 1960s. He would’ve opposed what’s going on today with the Left. In fact he explicitly condemns what most of the Left now wants. The Left of the 1960s was much further the Right than to the Left of today.
@VoicesfromtheSwamp
Күн бұрын
The Beatles covered every genre of music you can imagine. They were the beginning and every successful band after them have them to thank for breaking that door open.
@decolonizeEverywhere
Күн бұрын
They didn't cover the genres, they created them.
@braudabo
19 сағат бұрын
@@decolonizeEverywhere No. Not really, but they developed many further, raised the level and set standards.
@TheodoreWeiser
23 сағат бұрын
I could write a long-ass comment about these guys, but I will stick a couple of bullet points. Before they were famous, they were a cover band that learned hundreds (maybe thousands) of songs in nearly every genre. Rock, R&B, Blues, Music Hall and more. By the time they started their recording career, they had played around 8000 hours of shows in Hamburg (Germany) alone. When they started writing, they wrote in those Genres mentioned above. Their early recordings were a straight continuation of the rock of their late 50s and very early 60s influences that included Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Elvis, and The Everly Brothers. Once they started recording, they evolved QUICK. The path from Love Me Do and She Loves You to Revolution, Come Together, and Let It Be was only 6 years (or so). Think about what you were doing six years ago and that will give you the proper context of how amazing their run was
@rubyslippers8215
23 сағат бұрын
Great explanation of The Beatles career!👍 For me, there's The Beatles...and everybody else.👍
@DawnSuttonfabfour
20 сағат бұрын
Well done.
@stopclockapp
19 сағат бұрын
Well said and explained.
@DawnSuttonfabfour
19 сағат бұрын
@@rubyslippers8215 They are their own genre.
@TheDivayenta
12 сағат бұрын
Great post!
@morganlafae1882
Күн бұрын
The Beatles were in a league of their own. No other band compares. Not that The Beatles were "better", they were just that unique.
@dekulruno
Күн бұрын
I think Queen give them strong competition on the wide range, uniqueness and creativity and musical talent.
@OddBall1958
22 сағат бұрын
One thing I might add! The Monkeys out sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in 1967. I can't remember the name of the song right now but it will come to me and I'll give you an update.
@donaldromesburg1902
22 сағат бұрын
The Dave Clark five outsold the Beatles in 64 or 65 .
@joecarcione6636
21 сағат бұрын
@@OddBall1958 The Monkees, right?
@morganlafae1882
21 сағат бұрын
@donaldromesburg1902 Sales? I didn't mention sales. Artist originality was a specialty of those four blokes from Liverpool. They captured and represented the changes taking place in society. There's been many excellent bands since, but none quite as profound. For reference, I remember their first time on Ed Sullivan, and my first concert was the Allman Brothers.
@Xtro-1098
Күн бұрын
Beatles were unique for their time, that's why the world fell in love with the biggest band to ever grace planet earth...
@bkm2797
Күн бұрын
Yes, they changed the face of Rock & Roll, totally unique and iconic!
@impudentdomain
23 сағат бұрын
Dude there is a reason that they are considered the most influential band ever. They had all sorts of sounds and they pioneered many different types of music.
@bradparnell614
Күн бұрын
I'm assuming you've never heard "I'm Down", "Yer Blues", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", or "Helter Skelter" yet. They've inspired more people to get into music than any other band in the history of recording for a reason.
@Rosedach
21 сағат бұрын
You forgot "Why Don't We Do It in the Road."
@bradparnell614
16 сағат бұрын
LOL I'm not sure how he would react to that one, especially since he's so into lyrics.
@godspotato8432
15 сағат бұрын
Aerosmith did a cover of I'm down it kicks some butt.😊
@karinlindae-fregoso802
Күн бұрын
For the most part, The Beatles just did it first... on a POPular level. They set the stage for what came next.
@lorilxn1597
17 сағат бұрын
I've shared Revolution on Facebook because it's exactly what is happening in America right now. We are in the fight of our lives to save the Constitution and our democracy. I've been listening to the Beatles since late 60's and is always my go to musicians.
@DebraHarter
16 сағат бұрын
We are NOT a democracy but a constitutional republic! I learned that in high school civics class and if you look up what kind of government we have that is what it says!
@loulew07
15 сағат бұрын
@@DebraHarter The United States is a federal constitutional republic .
@walterhoenig6569
15 сағат бұрын
@@DebraHarterthen you shouldn’t vote.
@lorilxn1597
14 сағат бұрын
@@DebraHarter call it what you want, it's our DEMOCRACY we are fighting for. It's a common name for what you said. Big deal, obviously you knew what I was saying.
@papercup2517
12 сағат бұрын
@@DebraHarter Well, if you learnt that in high school, you really should go back and check again with your teachers! Perhaps you misunderstood, or perhaps they didn't teach it right. Of course the US is both a democracy and a republic - they refer to slightly different things. You can look it up on the internet if you're interested; it's not that hard to understand. The idea that America's democratic system of selecting leaders that's enshrined in its Constitution somehow suddenly doesn't exist and is somehow anti-American or some kind of threat, rather than being perhaps America's greatest contribution to the world, is a complete misunderstanding, and likely deliberate political propaganda that's been put out there to serve someone's self-interested political agenda.
@elizabethfranco1284
Ай бұрын
For the sake of your sanity stop trying to figure The Beatles were or what genre they fall under,because they don’t. They are the genre!
@josepheastman1719
Күн бұрын
Yep, no genre....if they wanted to rock out, they could do it with the best of them.
@jeanniedebartolo5965
Күн бұрын
All these reactors think that every song is about the singer or try to figure out the story 🤣🤣🤣
@christhornycroft3686
Күн бұрын
They started off as rock n roll in the early days, and by 1965, they started getting more creative.
@terrenceplunkett
Күн бұрын
Exactly! All these “reacters” do that.
@mikebzdusek8754
23 сағат бұрын
I agree they wanted to try something new all the time and killed it everytime that just shows you the thier greatness
@colinhildreth5701
17 сағат бұрын
Helter Skelter - The first heavy metal song! The boys were their own genre. Awesome reaction bro.
@rubyslippers8215
23 сағат бұрын
IMHO the genius of the Beatles was their ability to completely and continuously change their sound...Brilliant musicians. Deep dive, BP, you will not be sorry.
@antifax8434
20 сағат бұрын
The years go by and they are still the greatest. The Beatles forever.
@chaosandcreation4118
Күн бұрын
Remember they loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Elvis and Motown.
@elizabethmiles8953
18 сағат бұрын
Very true, yes they did and definitely would have been influenced by all of them. Creators of good music do appreciate those that have gone before and then endeavour to write their own story. I am a Brit and I love the Beatles and I also listen to Ray Charles and a lot of Motown.
@ajiscool615
Күн бұрын
The Beatles bopped perfectly with each music movement. They knew exactly what they were doing. Pure Genius! Keep on Rocking! ☮️🎶✝️
@ajiscool615
Күн бұрын
BTW… I agree with you Jesus is the most freeing option out there. He doesn’t change every situation but he will change your perspective… in every one of them.☮️🎶✝️
@rosemarriott7486
12 сағат бұрын
Back in the 60s & 70s, we didn’t pay much attention to genres. We just listened to all kinds of music. When the Beatles stopped touring, they got serious in the studio. They experimented. They tried different things. Tried doing things that others didn’t think could be done. We are eternally grateful
@AceAnnie1-7
7 сағат бұрын
Well said.
@jimmiller8687
Күн бұрын
This is another example of The Beatles constantly re-inventing themselves. I think this was the first recorded instance of direct guitar interface to the board. They had plugged Pauls bass into the board directly a few years before.
@brucewozniak9473
Күн бұрын
Yeah, they rocked too !! That's why they are the GOAT
@cindyv1401
17 сағат бұрын
They Changed the World 🤗 The Beatles 💥💥💥
@micheleparadis2808
Күн бұрын
The Beatles were genius but what has been so underestimated is that they used their huge 'platform' so so well. There are so many things to say about the Beatles, for example they refused to play where the blacks and whites were segregated. Paul's song Blackbird (please google before listening) might give you even bigger goosebumps
@bwana-ma-coo-bah425
7 сағат бұрын
and john
@cattewest
Күн бұрын
When you think you have The Beatles figured out, nope. They gonna hit you hard with something you could never imagine.
@DaveHof
21 сағат бұрын
There's the Beatles - and then there is everyone else. The more you delve into them, the more you'll come to appreciate that.
@GrafindeKlevemark
Күн бұрын
Another rock song worth hearing is "Back in the USSR"
@LaptopLarry330
17 сағат бұрын
It was a parody of The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA”.
@arthurdrake3274
Күн бұрын
350 songs in 3 years. Geniuses.
@bobwoolerOriGinal
Күн бұрын
8 years
@MsAppassionata
19 сағат бұрын
Not that many songs. They wrote about 186 originals and did 25 covers.
@lindahendricks1868
19 сағат бұрын
I'm shocked I had no idea. I'm 61 female. Love from Indian
@gpxo11
19 сағат бұрын
@@MsAppassionata Yet look at all the masterpieces they created in their 186 originals!! No one will top that.
@douglassnyder214
Күн бұрын
This song was a reaction to the Rolling Stone's song, "Street Fighting Man", which was a really big hit in it's own right. The time that this was made was a time of political unrest, violence, upheaval. Vietnam, Civil Rights, "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How many kids did you kill today?", the Chicago 1968 Democrat Convention, Bobby Kennedy, MLK Jr., Weather Underground, the Tet Offensive. It was a terrible time in American history. 1968 was a horrible year when nothing went right. The Stones released "Street Fighting Man" and echoed the anger and angst of the day. Many people in the "New Left" movement of counterculture and Marxism, viewed this song as the Stone's call to violence, and those same people tried to shame the Beatles into falling in line. This was Lennon's response to the criticism. What's interesting is that Lennon was a Marxist, but he was a pacifist, too. He was stung by the criticism he received about this song, Songs like "Imagine" and "Power to the People" affirm his Marxism, but in one of his final interviews, he affirmed that he has always been a political pacifist first.
@debbiek3375
Күн бұрын
This has always been my favorite Beatles. It was a testament to the times, 1968, when the Vietnam War was raging, political "endings" were going on, and protests against the war were abundant. Not to mention the convention chaos in Chicago.
@joankisloski6972
Күн бұрын
Paul McCartney has one of the best Rock Screams. Helter Skelter, Kansas City, Long Tall Sally, so many others. Hes sings with two voices. (vocal versatility) He can sound light , and deep and rich.
@ediefolta9494
16 сағат бұрын
He started by trying to scream like Little Richard.😊
@honeypie784
7 сағат бұрын
"Oh Darling."
@marleybob3157
23 сағат бұрын
My favorite part of this song is the keyboards (not shown in the video). Most people believe it was Billy Preston adding the keyboards as he famously did in the "Let It Be" sessions. It was not. In fact, it was Nicky Hopkins who added the keyboards and it truly rounds out the sing IMHO.
@heatherqualy9143
13 сағат бұрын
Interesting people would think it was Billy. That timeline wouldn’t even work. They hadn’t met Billy when this song was made.
@RoseannHannis
16 сағат бұрын
There's a saying out there: "If you’re happy, you listen to the music, if you're sad, you listen to the lyrics."
@stephenstrudwick8095
Ай бұрын
If you think this is a loud, gritty Beatles track, you need to check out "Helter Skelter" from the White Album (1968).... Paul McCartney wanted to write the "loudest, nastiest, sweatiest rock number we could" after reading a Pete Townshend interview describing a Who track (possibly "I Can See For Miles") as "The most raucous rock 'n' roll, the dirtiest thing they'd ever done." Helter Skelter was the result. Some historians of popular music now believe that this song was a key influence on the development of heavy metal!!!
@lindakingsley-gx2td
Күн бұрын
Helter Skelter was based on the Sharon Tate murder. It was a rough time in music.
@valkyrie757
Күн бұрын
I suggested this time as well but I didn't know the story. Thanks for sharing!
@camperoh
Күн бұрын
@@lindakingsley-gx2td Helter Skelter was released the year before the Tate-LaBianca murders.
@betseyr.9081
Күн бұрын
@@lindakingsley-gx2td NO it wasn’t, it was recorded before the murders, Paul states “I was using the symbol of a helter skelter (a playground slide) as a ride from the top to the bottom-the rise and fall of the Roman Empire,”. Manson took sick inspiration and said this about the song and said, “These kids listen to this music and pick up the message. It’s subliminal … It is not my music. I hear what it relates. It says ‘Rise.’ It says ‘Kill.’ Why blame it on me? I didn’t write the music.”
@lindakingsley-gx2td
Күн бұрын
@@camperoh I was reading about it in a magazine years ago. I guess misinformation was back then too Thank you for clearing this up for me.
@janetnadeau690
Күн бұрын
They created a musical revolution!
@reddrockingeezer
23 сағат бұрын
The Beatles were a black leather, rough rocking band when then spent months in Germany working the clubs on visas. They still had the leather and rough edges when Brian Epstein took an interest in them and became their manager. He molded and modeled the band into a more polished, refined style; knocking off most of the rough edged in dress and in sound for marketing. The Beatles could certainly rock hard when they wanted to.
@rogershore3128
22 сағат бұрын
The Beatles writing is sublime which is why I think they still resonate today. It's only now 60 years down the line I can really appreciate their writing ability
@Shantzonpoint
Ай бұрын
This is what makes The Beatles so unique. They transformed with the times. They started as a teeny bopper band and transformed into a band with extreme depth of sound and lyrics.
@decolonizeEverywhere
Күн бұрын
They changed with the world
@murrayspiffy2815
Күн бұрын
They didn't transform with the time - they made time transform to them. And I don't think that's an overstatement.
@decolonizeEverywhere
Күн бұрын
@@murrayspiffy2815 so you're saying their music influenced Vietnam, not Vietnam influencing them? You make no sense. Music doesn't create reality, it reflects it. And their changing music definitely reflects the changing times.
@johnbarleycorn9683
Күн бұрын
I don't care what others say, always pay attention to the lyrics. If the artist didn't want lyrics, they'd have made it an instrumental.
@lorilxn1597
17 сағат бұрын
I agree
@bjw0515
23 сағат бұрын
They did every type of music out there. They were their own genre! They broke ground open for everyone that followed them.
@jameslong3752
19 сағат бұрын
The Beatles are the one of the most influential bands of all time, because of the way their sound progressed, and advanced ahead of thier time. The timeline of their songs needs to be considered when listing to their music
@foxphilesg1fan454
17 сағат бұрын
This is such a message for our times. The Beatles are timeless.
@ericsilsbee7263
Күн бұрын
The guitar distortion was made by plugging the guitar into a microphone input then into the sound board. The output of the guitar is a lot higher then a microphone. It over powered the microphone electronics so you get distortion. The Beatles were always experimenting.
@k.s.k.7721
19 сағат бұрын
This song takes the Beatles back to their early days, when they sang in rough, working class clubs. with simple amplifiers and basic rock & roll cadences. They were capable of such sophisticated songs, but could return to their roots - it was all gold.
@user-zi8ny4kx2x
13 сағат бұрын
The Beatles didn't have a genre. They ARE a genre! This was one of my favorite 45's!
@Nightowl-OO
22 сағат бұрын
They didn’t care about what genre they fit into, they just wanted to evolve their music.
@djulimurti671
23 сағат бұрын
The Beatles - the love of my life - they just really hit the most positive vibes of my youth - and I will always love this music.
@MsRmaclaren
Күн бұрын
Ah, The Beatles, I drove my country lovin' Dad crazy. My Mom, the greatest taught me piano at 3 and by the time I was in 6th grade I was in high school orchestra as 1st chair on violin. Today a few decades later, I have been a electric bassist in several bands. I'll love music on my deathbead!
@karinwolf3645
10 сағат бұрын
Gee... That sounds like MY timeline! First chair, first violin from sixth grade until college when I discovered men! 😆💋. I'm 73 now!
@MH-pw3vy
20 сағат бұрын
The turmoil in the US in 1968 was seriously intense. Vietnam, assassinations, marches... This music was pretty revolutionary all around and we were all there for it. This was released on a 45, with Hey Jude on the other side. It was phenomenal.
@d.kyrstede3556
16 сағат бұрын
The Beatles changed Rock 'n Roll is so many ways. Hard Rock baby.
@rlbkc9963
Күн бұрын
For me, one of the best the group did.👍
@blackprix
17 сағат бұрын
The Beatles gave you a little bit of everything and all of everything was top of the chart!‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️👏👍👏👏
@billzangara4195
23 сағат бұрын
Please keep talking about the lyrics! Your observations and interpretations are the best part of your reactions, IMO. You be you!
@cynthiaejiogu8442
Күн бұрын
I saw Paul McCarthy in concert last year. He did a real good version of Helter skelter with the flames and everything. Just wanted to prove that he was in hard rock too!
@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl
23 сағат бұрын
The Beatles for the most part were a easy to listen to group. But then they had their moments! Which made them one of the best groups in music history.
@LaptopLarry330
17 сағат бұрын
The Beatles, over time, blossomed into great songwriters. But at their core, they were a great Rock band. To listen to their great Rock songs, I highly recommend that you react to the following songs: “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Boys”, “Twist And Shout”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, “Don’t Bother Me”, “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”, “Money (That’s What I Want)”, “Taxman”, “Drive My Car”, “Bad Boy”, “I’m Down”, “Helter Skelter”, “Birthday”, and “Come Together”.
@barbarayoung9376
14 сағат бұрын
And Back in the USSR
@pamelawertz498
Күн бұрын
The line was "You say you'll change the Constitution" then it was followed by "We all want to change your head."
@judydalton3812
18 сағат бұрын
welcome to the Beatles, never know what you will get!! Exactly why they are GOAT!!
@PartTimeSarah2
19 сағат бұрын
The Beatles will ALWAYS be my favorite band. They just have music for every vibe, every mood you may be in. It frustrates me to no end when people try to pigeonhole them as just one thing. They did SO MUCH in such a short amount of time. We're so lucky to live in a world with their music. 💙
@williamwebb8908
8 сағат бұрын
That imperfection you noticed is what makes rock music so great. Raw, gritty, unpolished excitement is what real rock is all about.
@JeanineLint
Күн бұрын
The Beatles and their music evolved during their time together. They got harder as the years went by and hard rock music started in the late 60's.
@kathylecluyse7820
23 сағат бұрын
This! Just che ck out Helter Skelter!
@JeanineLint
23 сағат бұрын
@@kathylecluyse7820 Great song. I even like how Motley Crue covered it on their Shout at the Devil album.
@fortworth450
Күн бұрын
John was always about love and peace
@badplay156
Күн бұрын
Except in his personal life. He was known to hit with his first wife and Yoko Ono.
@CBGB_1977
23 сағат бұрын
They all are.
@misterbeefy7006
22 сағат бұрын
His first wife and oldest son probably would have disagreed
@Fawn-hv7mx
17 сағат бұрын
@@badplay156The latter is understandable.
@t.a.k.palfrey3882
Күн бұрын
Whilst on a long exuent from school in London in 1959, my roomie's big brother took the two of us up to Liverpool by train for the weekend. While there, he took us to the coffee club called The Casbah. The band that night was The Quarrymen (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, & Ken Brown, but no drummer). My roomie got sick, as the place was as hot at hell, so we left early. Little did we suspect what the band, with a change or two, was to become. 😅
@TheDude3007-dd7fg
Күн бұрын
27 times the constitution has been amended , check George Carlin , Rights & Privileges 😂 Oh & it is songs so diverse in style like this , that cement John , Paul , George & Ringo as the greatest band .. ever ! ✌🏻✌🏻
@debjorgo
22 сағат бұрын
Carlin pointed out the guy who wrote the constitution and the line "All men are created equal" was a slave owner.
@mypud4068
22 сағат бұрын
@@debjorgoit wasn’t one guy that wrote the constitution…and even so what does that matter? That was just the times you can’t virtue signal hundreds of years later, in 200 years people will look back on things we do and be disgusted by but we can’t do anything about the vast majority of majority of it it’s just the times we happened to be born in
@debjorgo
20 сағат бұрын
@@mypud4068 I did misquote George. He said, "a group of slaveowners". Madison - Slave owner. Washington - Slave owner. Franklin - Slave owner. Hamilton - his family-owned slaves. Take your pick. "All men are created equal" doesn't include woman either. But I wasn't making a judgment call about now or 200 years ago. I was just citing Carlin's joke.
@TheDude3007-dd7fg
9 сағат бұрын
@@mypud4068its not virtue signalling , it is highlighting the hypocrisy of the founding fathers of the supposed land of the free & the beliefs they held . Even family guy & peter griffen have a brilliant episode about it !
@stephenstrudwick8095
Ай бұрын
There are two very different versions of this song: a slow version that appears on The White Album, and the fast, loud version that was released as a single (the one performed in the promo video you just watched). The fast version was released as the B-side of "Hey Jude" in August 1968, three months before the slow version appeared on The White Album. John Lennon wanted it to be the first A-side released on Apple Records, the label The Beatles started, but Paul McCartney's "Hey Jude" got the honor. There are so many versions of this song basically because Paul McCartney didn't like it. Lennon really wanted this song to be the "A" side of the single instead of "Hey Jude," and kept changing it around to come up with something that would make Paul see it his way. John basically wrote the song because he felt like he was being pulled in so many directions by different people, all of whom wanted his backing, politically. It was also him questioning his own belief in the revolution that was going on... whether he was "out" or "in." In truth, he was writing about a revolution of the mind rather than a physical "in the streets" revolution. He truly believed that revolution comes from inner change rather than social violence.
@visaman
22 сағат бұрын
It wasn't a promo video, it was a live performance on the David Frost Show.
@TheodoreWeiser
22 сағат бұрын
@@stephenstrudwick8095 Actually, the version performed in the video is a hybrid. The backing track is pre-recorded and taken directly from the single version. The vocals are live, which is why Paul does the scream at the start of the song (instead of John on the released single). Also the shoo-be-do-wop backing vocals was something paul and george did on the slow version. So like I said, a hybrid version
@jonna8661
22 сағат бұрын
The Beatles evolved like any great band does. They went from pop to rock because the times were changing.
@kbrewski1
18 сағат бұрын
They were at the cutting edge of changing the times. As was Bob Dylan.
@fabulousnobody3557
19 сағат бұрын
Hi! This is my favourite Beatles song! I’m in my 50’s, and still get goosebumps hearing certain songs! This is one of them. Enjoy! ✌🏻🇨🇦✌🏻
@johnbordach4195
23 сағат бұрын
Once, an up and coming rock artist was showing off his music collection to a fellow big name performer. He was proud of what he had until the the other artist said, "Where's your Beatles?" "Can't do it right, without your Beatles."
@stephenstrudwick8095
Ай бұрын
The dirty guitar sound in the song was created by plugging the guitars directly into the audio board. The guitar sounded so scratchy that many who bought the 45 RPM single tried to return it, thinking it was defective. 😃
@SnowLady_164
17 сағат бұрын
My favorite band of all time. I was about 15 when I heard them for the first time. I have loved them since that day. You are listening to their past, imagine how we felt hearing them in real time. It was such a change from what we were used to. You hear the past, for us it was like peeking into the future.
@rhondaburkhardt6816
18 сағат бұрын
This song is so current. ❤
@d.kyrstede3556
16 сағат бұрын
"Revolution" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. Three versions of the song were recorded and released in 1968, all during sessions for the Beatles' self-titled double album, also known as the "White Album": a slow, bluesy arrangement ("Revolution 1") included on the album; an abstract sound collage (titled "Revolution 9") that originated as the latter part of "Revolution 1" and appears on the same album; and the faster, hard rock version similar to "Revolution 1", released as the B-side of "Hey Jude". Although the single version was issued first, it was recorded several weeks after "Revolution 1", intended for release as a single. A music video for the song was shot using the backing track from the single version, their appearances reflecting the song's atmosphere, along with live-sung lyrics that more closely resemble the album version. Inspired by political protests in early 1968, Lennon's lyrics expressed sympathy with the need for social change but doubt in regard to the violent tactics espoused by some members of the New Left. Despite his bandmates' reservations, he persevered with the song and insisted it be included on their next single. When released in August, the song was viewed by the political left as a betrayal of their cause and a sign that the Beatles were out of step with radical elements of the counterculture. The release of "Revolution 1" in November indicated Lennon's uncertainty about destructive change, with the phrase "count me out" recorded instead as "count me out - in". Lennon was stung by the criticism he received from the New Left and subsequently espoused the need for Marxist revolution, particularly with his 1971 single "Power to the People". However, in one of the final interviews he gave before his death in 1980, he reaffirmed the pacifist sentiments expressed in "Revolution". "Revolution" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and topped singles charts in Australia and New Zealand. "Revolution" has received praise from music critics, particularly for the intensity of the performance and the heavily distorted guitar sound. In 1987, the song became the first Beatles recording to be licensed for a television commercial, which prompted a lawsuit from the surviving members of the group. The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Thompson Twins, who performed it at Live Aid in July 1985, and Stone Temple Pilots.
@kellystevens5681
21 сағат бұрын
Joh Lennon started writing revolution in India - 1968 was the most explosive and divisive year of the 20th century. Revolution was very much in the air, all around the world. Student demonstrations in Paris brought France to its knees - the economy came to a halt, President de Gaulle even briefly fled the country and consulted military generals, fearing all-out civil war. Civil reform movements in Czechoslovakia threatened to destabilize the country, forcing the Soviet Union to send tanks onto the streets of Prague. In London, anti-Vietnam demonstrators in Grosvenor Square clashed with riot police, resulting in 86 people being injured. In the US, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy were the headline stories in a year that saw continuous clashes between anti-war or civil-rights protesters and police, climaxing with five days of protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. John said he was torn between direct action and a non-violent way of bringing about change.
@Morgaine
19 күн бұрын
The Beatles were the bridge that ran through the evolution of rock music. They started as a skiffle band, became a pop group, then as the 60s progressed the combination of war protests, LSD and Transcendental Meditation created what ultimately became Acid Rock and Metal. 12:59 You could listen to their catalogue and hear the music stretch and grow. I apologize if I've said this before, but a Harvard musicologist once said that their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the point where rock and roll stopped being just tribal dance music and became a legitimate art form. When you listen to the Beatles, remember that song might be the first time anyone ever heard anything like it. People hear these songs now and they seem familiar because there's lots of stuff inspired by it, but at that time, it was the first.
@lindalee5866
Күн бұрын
Well said!
@douglasg.9271
Күн бұрын
This (IMO) is one of the greatest rock songs ever written. ❤
@MrYossarianuk
8 сағат бұрын
'Tomorrow never knows' sounds almost like a dance track. Its mind blowing
@mickjones5381
19 сағат бұрын
Remember that before they were famous they were the tightest rock band you could find
@Mko007
22 сағат бұрын
One of my favs of The Beatles
@danielakorneck8385
22 сағат бұрын
I'm 53 years old now, I was introduced to the Beatles as a child by my parents - they will always be the best for me. They still inspire the music industry today - they were simply brilliant.
@anitawright7169
13 сағат бұрын
The Beatles were a revolution! Love your reaction!
@sylviayoung1901
9 күн бұрын
This was during a time coming out of Viet-Nam. Everything was upside down from the time they came out till they retired. Viet-Nam was wrong, Kennedy's being assassinated, J Edgar Hoover, Kent state, Mao se Tung, communism...violent, mixed up, angry and confusing times. I was there. They changed the world, communes, sex, drugs and rock and roll. The only good thing that came out of it was the music. If you don't believe me look at the generations that followed.
@cheryljackson3039
22 сағат бұрын
One of my favourite tunes from the Beatles!! Love it!! ❤
@glencranor9138
Күн бұрын
If you like live music you should check out their roof top concert in Let it Be, it's their last live performance, the song 'Don't Let Me Down' is fantastic.
@richardpedrazine731
15 сағат бұрын
The Beatkes catalog is huge, their music changed and evolved iver the years. They pioneered all genres if music...that is why they are the quintessential vabd id all time!!
@davidwalsh7128
21 сағат бұрын
They recorded three versions of this song. This version came out as a double A side with Hey Jude (not a bad release). The world was in turmoil with Vietnam, MLK and Bobby Kennedy assassinations. Students and revolutionaries all over the world were in revolt. Keep rockn...
@carladewitt1947
22 сағат бұрын
I went to see a Beatles cover band last Saturday. I was talking with my friends about the evolution of the Beatles over time. We couldn't think of any other band that exhibited the same growth over the course of their career as a band. I always think of the Beatles in three time frames: The early years which was mostly the 4 chord poppy stuff; The psychedelic or Sargeant Pepper years; and the rock or Yoko Ono years. All very distinctive. Great music all along the way.
@flor9389
Күн бұрын
This song was a response to some of The Rolling Stones songs like Street Fighting Man and the incident at Altamont. They were calling out people’s idea of how the world was changing.
@bobwoolerOriGinal
23 сағат бұрын
John wrote the song during his stay in India, Feb-April '68. Stones recorded SFM in April-May the same year👍
@gracemichelli.2am124
10 сағат бұрын
Always loved this song by the Beatles ❤🔥🔥
@virgosaab4618
Күн бұрын
Sooo glad I was a teen in the ‘60s. We were trying to figure out how to change the world. Can you imagine the impact Lennon would have had today? 😢 chairman Mao from China!
@VickiCampbell-1216
22 сағат бұрын
REVOLUTION!! My FAVORITE Beatles song!! The "studio" version, I think it's "Revolution 1", the B side of Hey Jude, is my favorite version. So glad you dug this, BP!!
@mikemccabe6258
Күн бұрын
When you hear Paul and George...oooohhhhh.... that's a throwback to their early day pop music.... the Beach Boys did the same.
@brokengothdoll6203
22 сағат бұрын
This was a B side to Hey Jude on an old vinyl 45 when I was a kid - I LOVED this so much - this was AHEAD of their time!
@arjaylee
20 сағат бұрын
They started out as black leather jacket rockers, playing in Hamburg
@chrisjamieson3452
Күн бұрын
In the 70's they put out a double album collection titled Beatles Rock n Roll, with their RnR songs. Beatles covered different genres, including Pop, Rock, a bit of RnB & Country. Whatever was their fancy at the moment writing the songs.
@kingscorpion7346
Күн бұрын
out of all the brilliant songs the Beatles put out during their time as a group (including this one), one song in particular I would love to see their music video of is Come Together, just to see Ringo Starr playing the drums. he only had a small drum set (compared to the drum sets heavy metal groups used 20 years later!), and his playing the drums is just amazing in that song, and I would love to see that! and you have to remember about the period this came out: the Vietnam War was going on for America, and there was so much civil unrest; not just Vietnam and how people protested against that, but also racism had reached a melting point. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his very famous speech "I have a dream!" and later was assassinated... the assassinations of several of the Kennedys after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Malcom X had his movement with Islam... the list just goes on during the 1960's and into the 1970's, all this while I was little! Oh, and NASA had put some very courageous men on the Moon! Is it time for another REVOLUTION in America again? A LOT is going on again right now! Time to bring The Beatles back, and this song in particular...
@Jude_196
16 сағат бұрын
OH, MAN!!! NOW you're TALKIN', BP!!! This is STILL one of my FAVORITE BEATLES TUNE!!! THANKS for MAKIN' MY DAY!!!
@dawnmclees
Күн бұрын
Nothing beats old school guitar fuzz..
@1949rgs
15 сағат бұрын
I'm old, so I was a teen when the Beatles hit. This is not the first song for which your reaction caused me to pay closer attention to the lyrics. This is actually a greater song than I had realized. Thanks for helping open my eyes.
@Superrobil
Күн бұрын
(one of ) The 1st Hard Rock track ;-)
@LarryLewis-nz1oy
15 сағат бұрын
I think the reverb of the guitar makes this my favorite Beatles song
@user-pc4bp9ff8f
Күн бұрын
You need to hear "Paperback Writer" as it is similar in sound and feel to "Revolution".
@brianfisher6165
22 сағат бұрын
There are 2 versions of this song and this has always been my favorite!!! They rock hard!!!👌👍✌️😁
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