It suprises me when people review this album and don't care much for "I Should Have Known Better". I've heard the song thousands of times and it always brings a smile fo my face.
@MICKEYDELFINO
2 жыл бұрын
Who are those people? Everyone I know digs it .
@-MrCrowley-
Жыл бұрын
same it’s my favorite song by them
@CaptainAmerica-jw2xh
Жыл бұрын
My Favorite 5 songs from that Album are: 1)And I Love Her 2) If I Fell 3)Things We Said Today 4)I Should've Known Better 5)I'll Be Back
@samguberman2288
9 ай бұрын
It's been a favourite of mine since I was 6 when I heard it first in 64
@andrewdoubtfire4700
2 ай бұрын
An absolute banger of a song
@markstanley565
2 жыл бұрын
I’m a songwriter and one night after recording all day my producer and I relaxed by playing Beatle songs. My daughter was with me and she said something I’ll never forget. She said, “The Beatles are so good it’s almost like it isn’t fair.”
@markstanley565
Жыл бұрын
Crystal, will you give a song of mine a listen. Somewhere In The Dark
@robertfmorton
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE that!
@danielmurphy4429
Жыл бұрын
Priceless!
@erikdolnack2737
2 жыл бұрын
The best part of Crystal's Beatles videos is her reactions as she's listening. Watching her groove to the music is priceless! It makes me endeared to these old songs all over again and breathes new life into these recordings. ...and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Crystal!
@MICKEYDELFINO
2 жыл бұрын
That’s she’s an attractive lady helps with the visual 🤔plus she’s not just a pretty face but has some solid insights.
@dennydowling2169
2 жыл бұрын
John's rhythm guitar playing on "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" is superb.
@sarahfullerton6894
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, that's right!
@MICKEYDELFINO
2 жыл бұрын
Prefer All my Loving
@Flickvids100
2 жыл бұрын
You say it's your birthday It's my birthday too, yeah They say it's your birthday We're gonna have a good time I'm glad it's your birthday Happy birthday to you!
@CrystalShannon4
2 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes! Such a missed opportunity on me end! Gotta pull out that White Album!
@albertschepis
2 жыл бұрын
Bravo AA!
@benoitrenaud519
2 жыл бұрын
John didn’t have the amazing versatility and perfect technique in his singing that Paul had. But he is incomparable when it comes to intensity and feeling. It hurts sometimes to hear him push his voice to the breaking point. But it works! And the combination of those very different voices makes the magic, with George providing the laid back, regular guy sound.
@MICKEYDELFINO
2 жыл бұрын
🤣and Ringo ..
@gracie5140
2 жыл бұрын
Lennon is in top form on this album, his vocal delivery is as good as it gets and the writing is wonderfully innocent and worldly at the same time . A fantastic album that captures an incredible time. Wonderful, beguiling and a true sense of their development as brilliant artist’s
@albertschepis
2 жыл бұрын
Crystal, I was a kid when this movie came out and felt Beatlemania full force. I wanted to grow up and BE a Beatle (George mostly but I loved them all). YOU make me feel it all over again and it makes me so happy! Your reactions and analysis are superb and touching. Happy birthday Crystal; I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with this. We love you so much.
@ChrisJohnsonChannel
2 жыл бұрын
I’m all grown up and I still want to be a Beatle 😂
@gibiscus
2 жыл бұрын
The working title of the movie was Beatlemania, and in some languages it's "The Kings of Yeah-Yeah-Yeah"...
@robertrouse4503
2 жыл бұрын
Now that you've heard A Hard Day's Night, you must watch the film of the same name to get a hint of their actually personalities. It's available to rent on line.
@jacquescousteau217
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll be back shows Paul’s ear for harmony . The chords on verse Am-G6-FM7-E . The one thing all the chords have in common with the chord inversions they’re playing is a high E note. If you listen through headphones you’ll hear Paul sing the E as a drone through each of the verses. How a 21 year old boy had that much talent is mind boggling …
@davidrauh8118
2 жыл бұрын
When John & Paul harmonize on If I Fell it sounds like 3 or 4 voices. Utterly amazing. And yes I'll Be Back is one of my all time faves from their early period. The vocals and chiming guitars gives me goosebumps every time. One of their most overlooked songs.
@michaelbriefs9764
2 жыл бұрын
"You Can't Do That" has a killer Lennon guitar solo! Very aggressive and raw! Killer song!
@MICKEYDELFINO
2 жыл бұрын
Killer
@CaptainAmerica-jw2xh
Жыл бұрын
"A Hard Day's Night" is a GREAT Album by The Fab Four. My Top 5 Tracks from that Album are: 1) And I Love Her 2) If I Fell 3)Things We Said Today 4)I Should Have Known Better 5)I'll Be Back Favorite = And I Love Her Least Favorite= When I Get Home
@NathanJayHeilbronRuff
4 күн бұрын
And i love her as well is my favourite
@YN97WA
2 жыл бұрын
The raw emotion in John's voice in "I'll be Back" is what makes it my favorite song on the album (if I had to choose); the whole album is great. Love the analysis and passion in all your reactions. 👍👍
@jwb932
2 жыл бұрын
My deep dive takes: A Hard Day’s Night: We start with the greatest opening chord in album history: a G7 with an added ninth and suspended fourth. And notice this clever trick in the vocals: Lennon holds the middle vowel sounds of “hard day’s night,”, and then as a counterpoint, holds the end consonants on the follow-up lines: “working.... sleeping...” I Should Have Known Better: And we’re still in G, making this a natural follow-up to the previous song. But my favorite part is the bridge, which modulates to the relative minor. Notice the journey we take to get there. When John sings, “Can’t you see, can’t you see?” we go from C Major to B major seventh, taking us seamlessly to E minor. If I Fell: This song’s introductory chord progression (added as an afterthought ten takes into the recording session) is set in D flat major and is the stuff of wizards the Beatles are famous for: it begins with E flat minor, goes down to D major, then D flat major, then B flat minor. That’s a witty enough walkdown, setting us up to land on D flat major for the main body of the song, but wait, there’s more! We then run though it again, but this time after starting with E flat minor and D major again, we go to E minor and A major before landing on D major for the first verse! What does this mean? The intro is written in a different key than the main song, but a clever modulation gets us to where we need to go, simultaneously deviously and deliciously so. One final note: the last time Paul sings, “was in vain,” his voice cracks in the stereo version. (In the mono mix, his voice strains but doesn’t crack.) I’m Happy Just to Dance With You: So this one’s in E major, and there’s some deceptively tricky tom-toms work from Ringo in the verses to augment the rhythm: if you break up each measure by eighth notes (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &), you’ll note the tom-tom hits fall on 1 and the second &. (There’s more of this sort of thing to come with Ringo’s clave hits in the next song.) Of course, it’s actually John’s Rickenbacker rhythmic guitar, hidden in the background, that truly carries the band here. And I Love Her: This is one where the original demo wasn’t really impressive; but George and Ringo swooped in to save the day. George’s acoustic classical guitar keeps things interesting throughout, from his intro to his solo (the latter featuring a deft key change). But perhaps his best contribution is his high arpeggios that frame the verses. Ringo, meanwhile, uses bongos and claves to great effect, showing he’s far more than just a rock ‘n roll drummer. Tell Me Why: And we’re in D major for a song the Beach Boys covered. John himself thought it sounded like “a black New York girl-group song.” Can’t Buy Me Love: We’re in straight up C Major for this frolicking song, and it’s odd to think that this was already written before the Beatles ever performed on Ed Sullivan. But they weren’t going to play it then because the point of being on “the really big show” was to play music people could run out and buy, and they hadn’t recorded any more than a demo until after the first round of Sullivan shows. Any Time at All: Onto Side B, with songs that don’t appear in the film, and we’re back in D major. This one, as a counterpoint to the intro of Side A, begins with Ringo’s upbeat drum accent. Note some clever interplay with John’s voices during the verses: he’s double tracked, but one voice drops out at the end of some lines so it can begin the next line underneath. Then the voice that finishes the lines takes a breath and joins in a few words into the next line to resume the double-tracking. John would reuse this interlacing method in “Julia.” I’ll Cry Instead: Back to G here. My favorite part? The fun bass breaks by Paul when Lennon sings, “show you what you’re loving man can do.” More of this to come in “Rain”. Things We Said Today: We’re in A minor here before modulating to A major for some parts. Without the modulations, the song would be monotonous, but the key changes keep it interesting. When I Get Home: So throughout most of this song, the repetition of the lyric “When I get home” leads into A minor. Then as a surprise, the last time it goes to C major instead, linking up the verse (C) and refrain (A) with one simple gesture. You Can’t Do That: This is a song that was part of a Beatles quiz I took on a cruise to Alaska. You had to guess the title of various Beatle songs, and nearly everyone got this title wrong! I’ll Be Back, otherwise known as the song that can’t decide on its key: it’s alternatively in A major and A minor, for those wondering. But this is appropriate, since such shifting is the harmonic motif of much of the record. Most Beatles fans know this was originally rehearsed as a waltz before the Beatles gave up on that and did the sensible thing: 4/4 time. In doing so, they put together a song that’s my favorite on Side B.
@Sweetish_Jeff_
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like the songs on Side 1 are happier, more upbeat while Side 2 is more serious and introspective. Side 2 also gives us a glimpse into the next album and “A Hard Day’s Night” is really the closing of a chapter, the “Beatlemania” era. One of the many things I love about “I’ll Be Back” is the ending where the guitars strumming almost signifies the end of a chapter. You can almost see The Beatles waving goodbye in those final seconds.
@Deebhoy
2 жыл бұрын
The incredible thing about I'll Be Back is that it has no chorus. It's so unusual how it is structured. Stunning song that John was rightly very proud of.
@gibiscus
2 жыл бұрын
Side two I think of as a warm-up to Bestles for Sale...
@michaelt6218
2 жыл бұрын
"If I Fell" is my favorite song on the album, and one of my favorite songs by anyone ever. What's wonderful is that you can't decipher who is singing the melody: is it John or is it Paul? They harmonize so beautifully, and either one of their vocal lines could be the melody. Genius!
@gibiscus
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if all music in the world were to disappear except one song, that's the one I'd pick...
@thomastimlin1724
2 жыл бұрын
@@gibiscus They kind of tried that in the movie Yesterday, lol
@averyadrian1534
2 жыл бұрын
Paul takes the higher - john the lower
@gejuje
2 жыл бұрын
happy Birthday to you. Lennon was a great guitarplayer, His rythmguitar in I`m Happy Just To Dance With You, is damn difficult to play, and i agree with you on I`ll Be Back, Lennon wrote a beautiful ballad there.
@JedHead77
2 жыл бұрын
Despite what you’ve been dealing with recently, here’s wishing you the happiest of birthdays, Crystal! 🎂🤗 You should react to the Beatles’ movies and documentaries too, to get to know them as people and personalities better! And once you’ve done that, check out the Beatles LOVE show in Las Vegas for an unforgettable experience!
@samuelmregister
2 жыл бұрын
if the beatles had only made HDN, they'd still be famous today.
@richardfehlmann4593
2 жыл бұрын
They are still famous today 😉
@danielmurphy4429
Жыл бұрын
Well done Crystal, love your musical take on the sound art of the ‘fab four.’
@CrystalShannon4
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much kind friend! 🖤 I hope you are a fan of Fleetwood Mac & enjoy our newest reaction to Rumors: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lWN7k5qLmGeSZn4si=1j3q_txKKKkmJECM
@titusho2
2 жыл бұрын
The Beatles sound is hypnotizing ..and this album in 1964 was huge message to the musical world that a Beatles were going to rule! 🐞🐞🐞🐞+🍏🍎🍏🍎=Beatles 💜 💚 💙 💛
@jeffgordon5658
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll Be Back is my favorite on that album. John Lennon’s voice contains the perfect emotional energy for conveying the heart break described in the lyrics.
@clevereduardosilva2346
2 жыл бұрын
Quite incredible that after having listened to Beatles songs for so many years I still can learn new things about them. You're quite insightful Crystal. Thank you.
@bhbluebird
2 жыл бұрын
The Hard Days Night album seems to get more appreciation as the decades go by.
@RubenRodriguez-rw3ho
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Crystal! I'm so glad I found your channel and that you do what you do because, musically, your doing what no one else is and I just really look forward to your videos! You really make me happy to be a Beatles fan and you carrying on the tradition, thank you so much!
@CrystalShannon4
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you for your uplifting words Ruben! You make me proud to be a Beatles fan! Glad that we can share our love for the music together!
@jfgibson73
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's pretty cool seeing new fans still discovering them.
@thomastimlin1724
2 жыл бұрын
Crystal does what no one else does because she has the education and knowledge of music, and is very intuitive with it. While other reviewers often use that quote " Who...are.. they?" and only listen to the classic rock playlist the Beatles are on, she already knows "Who they are" and got that knowledge from her wonderful late dad, I can just tell... But without the "robot technician attitude" looking for the holy grail of guitar solos out of context from the era the Beatles music was created ["Wow, that dude can really jam"]. She knows the music has emotion, the good lyrics, excellent singing as well, which was valued by the listener back then, that it was brand new then, a complete package of instruments and vocals without treating it like an opera diva solo, or a guitar ability contest. No one had heard or seen anything like them before, except from what they drew from their Elvis/Buddy Holly/Chuck Berry type roots, and show tunes and old singalong music from the 1920's as well. A complete group effort and package with personality.
@andrewleaming3049
5 ай бұрын
I first heard “I Should Have Known Better” watching the movie A Hard Days Night and it was so cool and I became obsessed with that song I think it’s underrated!
@jallakka7149
2 жыл бұрын
This is the best Beatles album for me. It's the quintessential Beatles sound!
@stevevasell429
2 жыл бұрын
I'll be back is one of my fave beatles tunes of all time. The harmonies! The interplay of minor/major thruout. A masterpiece.
@BruceColon-BSides
2 жыл бұрын
This was the first Beatles album with all Lennon/McCartney originals, which is why it’s so potent and impactful. Great call on “I’ll Be Back,” which so many people tend to sleep on.
@marcribe6483
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Crystal. May the winds of positivity find your sails always open.
@tjcint
4 ай бұрын
Crystal, 'I'll Be Back' is my favourite song here (as it is yours). It is a masterpiece of song writing. It has so much dignity and inner beauty. No one other than John Lennon can compose like this. It has a deeply spiritual energy.
@CrystalShannon4
4 ай бұрын
Yes!!!! I still love this track so very much! 🤍 John Lennon’s composition skills are incomparable! Switching the gears a bit, I am actually extremely interested in hear what your thoughts are about the material we cover in our newest vid! It’s a huge lane change and I would love to see if there are any tracks that stand out to you! kzitem.info/news/bejne/zKZjmImArGWrZIIsi=1fOubTQmh_uTbPn8
@tjcint
4 ай бұрын
@@CrystalShannon4 Dear Crystal, I would like to share my thoughts with you as you have asked .. of your newest video. I want to be very honest .. all I say is well meant, very much so. I am very concerned that Taylor Swift uses occult energy to draw people to her. Music can most definitely hold occult energy. I know a lot about this. Music is energy, it can hold light or darkness. Darkness can be obvious, it can be hidden - imperceptible to people. Dark energy can, if a person opens to this, affect consciousness. A person can find themselves reacting in a way they would not if dark energy was not present. They can really like something not because it has merit but because the dark energy has pulled them into a consciousness they would not be in were the dark energy not present. All I am saying to you here is real.
@absea7918
2 жыл бұрын
Great reaction. This album is one of many high points for the Beatles. Such consistent greatness. Think about how talented George Harrison is, and then think that when he's singing, he has John and Paul as background vocals. The talent level here was amazing.
@666tubedragon666
2 жыл бұрын
it's literally impossible to make listening to the most legendary band ever better.... unless one listens with you, Crystal
@brandonflorida1092
2 жыл бұрын
The story of "Happy Just to Dance With You" is that on the set of the movie, John and Paul wanted to write something in George's vocal range, so they disappeared into a room for an hour and emerged with this. Paul described it as stringing together every cliche they could think of. Yet they produced a song better than most bands' career best song.
@PeterBuwen
2 жыл бұрын
I understand why you love 'I'll be back'. It's my favourite on this album too. It has a musical undertone which I would describe as 'hopefully pessimistic'.
@jeotts
2 жыл бұрын
"You say it's your birthday, Happy Birthday to youuuu" (Lennon-McCartney '68)
@bobbybrettel5422
2 жыл бұрын
You are the greatest. Best reviews, in-depth analysis. Love the way you disect each Beatles song
@Sweetish_Jeff_
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday, Crystal! I’m so grateful for discovering your KZitem channel and truly enjoy your genuine love of music especially The Beatles. Enjoy your day. You deserve it. 🎂
@tmountain1
2 жыл бұрын
Hey happy B-Day! This album is where their genius starts (for me). That CLANGGGG chord that announces Hard Day's Night both song and album, and the arpeggio as the song fades out...just brilliant. The whole album is more thoughtful and emotionally intelligent than most rock music at the time, right? They're already telling stories that require close attention, and their chord structures are WAY beyond their years.
@montymontano8618
2 жыл бұрын
My cousin taught me how to sing and play If I Fell. It was our go-to song to impress girls. Much like McCartney with Michelle. He taught me that it's really two songs in one and we could each sing either part. He also taught me to play it on the guitar. I've sung this song more than any other Beatles song. It was also the first time we stood in line for a movie. We saw the film at least 5 times in the theater. Good to know it can still give so many generations chills. Really brought back some memories, Thanks.
@jfgibson73
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday! Mine is next week. I think Hard Day's Night is probably my overall favorite album of theirs. Maybe because it is so totally dominated by Lennon. "Tell Me Why" is the highlight for me. My only criticism would be the lyrics to "You Can't Do That."
@CrystalShannon4
2 жыл бұрын
Oooohhh Tell Me Why is such an amazing moment in this album! I love it, can’t love it more than I’ll Be Back though 😋
@cjmacq-vg8um
2 жыл бұрын
... i always liked "i'll cry instead." i think that's a highly underrated song. one thing so many people tend to forget is that the beatles were a ROCK AND ROLL band. they didn't specialize in ballads. they were HARD CORE rockers right down to their DNA! although beatles' ballads are just about the only ballads i like, almost, its their rock songs that i really like! they were BETTER rockers than the stones but its the stones who seem to hold that reputation. so sad. because people who categorize the beatles as a "ballad" band are missing out on some of the best kick-ass rock and roll music ever recorded!
@ballhawk387
2 жыл бұрын
Here's a belated shout-out for another trip around the sun, Crystal, and to a groovy next spin! Jolly fine way to celebrate, lots of great tunes on this record, which you were clearly into, and your enjoyment is contagious. A little shout-out for Ringo's awesome drumming and percussion on this album, as a drummer myself. The drum parts are just spot on, the songs would definitely be missing something with more pedestrian percussion. Fave song and least fave. Hmm, not not easy, so many great songs, and nothing really weak. For the faves, "If I Fell" comes to mind (really sweet the way the drums kick in to the verse), but I'm also really taken by Paul's darkly beautiful "And I Love Her" and "Things We Said Today". I certainly concur with "I'll Be Back," a very underrated Beatles tune, if there is such a thing. Least fave, or should I say least awesome? The lyrics of "You Can't Do That" put me off, though I very much like the music. Musically, "When I Get Home" makes the least impression on me, though it has brilliant parts, too. All killer, no filler, as the saying goes.
@dano41
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t tell you how much I love your analysis/deconstruction of these songs. These are songs that I’ve heard thousands of times and, to be honest, sometimes feel bored with. But listening to your insights and the amazing imagery they conjure up in you makes me feel like I’m listening to them for the first time. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are a truly lovely person. I know that celebrating might still be a little hard, but still I wish you the happiest of birthdays and holidays.
@thomastimlin1724
2 жыл бұрын
That's a really good description of her analysis skills.
@paulobrien4694
2 жыл бұрын
Paul said he was struggling with And I Love Her until George came up with the acoustic guitar intro and other prominent parts in the song.
@Sweetish_Jeff_
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, and I think John came up with the middle-eight/bridge.
@thomastimlin1724
2 жыл бұрын
@@Sweetish_Jeff_ Not sure about that-John writing the middle part. Takes a lot of reading from 8 different sources and people to decide that.
@numinousbookofreview
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see some love for Anytime At All, which has always been my favourite from this album. :]
@johnpress
2 жыл бұрын
Crystal, I listened to all of these LPs relentlessly as a 10 year old. I appreciate your giving me a reason to revisit them. Thanks!
@richardschmidt8787
2 жыл бұрын
I just adore you!! It makes me feels so good to see a musically gifted young Woman enjoying great old Beatles Music. Appreciation for good muic. Hard to listen to new music. I try.. Brenda Carlise? Love her voice. Adele awesome. Rhianna love. Billie Eilish.. Talented. After that hard for me to enjoy. Autotuned everything and Justin Bieber a talented young man. But his last hit. 11 people credited on writing the song. So many like this. Beatles wrote all these classics one after another as you know. BTW cool thing to note. That intro guitar on "Hard days night" song. Is a combination of Guitar & Piano hitting that chord at the same exact time. Im 58 years young. Love playing Guitar. Could never figure out how they got that sound. Until the internet came around and George Martin showed. How him and the Beatles put that Start strum & Piano together. Just brilliant . Had me stumped for all my youth. Lol. Thank goodness i believe your Dad, you said turned you on to the Beatles. You put out great Video's wish you could play full songs but i know you can't. Keep up the great work. Beautiful, Talented and funny. Perfect combination ! All the best!!!
@RubenRodriguez-rw3ho
2 жыл бұрын
You nailed it, this was, to me there breakthrough album and I love this album. And I think a big part of the reason was that I was watching the movie and it's basically a day in there life ( pardon the pun) and how much time they had to write the songs for the movie and this being there first acting debut ( As well as yours, at five, so talented!) My favorites are "And I Love Her" a song I had to learn to play on guitar, "Tell me why", "If I Fell" "Dance with You". Basically most of this album. I'm really impressed with how you really dissected alot of these songs, mentioning the 12 string was a WOW moment for me cause of how I remember George playing a 12, your ear is just amazing! And I really am falling in love with your singing cause you really got an instrument there! I love it! Thanks for another great video, can't wait for the next!
@robertbanden8117
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with your assessment of 'I'll Be Back'. It's the most complex song; musically and lyrically on the lp. It points to the direction the Beatles will be taking in their future compositions.
@Goodall10
2 жыл бұрын
A Hard Day's Night just might be my favorite Beatles album. The later albums have some revolutionary, amazing things, but there always seems to be a song or two that I don't care for. But AHDN just consistently showcases on every song their core strengths. The harmony work. The classic rock 'n roll. The tremendous soft love songs. Ringo driving the proper energy, no matter what they were doing. It's just a highlight reel of the foundation that made them who they are. And I hope you have a great birthday. You certainly deserve it.
@1rsalc
2 жыл бұрын
Crystal, I immensely enjoy your Beatles reaction videos. You made me laugh when you said "George: el rey del número cuatro" - indeed, it seems that George usually sings the fourth track!
@radiocity80
2 жыл бұрын
Crystal, I really think it would be interesting to see your reaction to the first solo albums by Paul, George and John. Which came out in that order. It will be jarring for you to see how different they sound solo.
@saboteur1001
Жыл бұрын
Funny... Listening how this girl sings along "If I Fell" I noticed once again that many people singing the Beatles song often sing 2nd or even 3rd vocal part of a song. So it proves that every additional vocal part was good enough to be chosen by people singing Beatles songs alone. This is very fun!
@richardcollett8268
9 ай бұрын
My favorite album of all time.Favorite song,"Things we said today".Feel fortunate to have been here to see it although 10yrs old.Great to see younger people listen to them.
@floramay7007
2 жыл бұрын
Uuuugh, I remember the harmonies on If I Fell were what convinced me this band were worth delving into. I watched the movie 'Yesterday' (2019) and decided that maybe I should check them out. Watched Hard Days Night and when they sang this in the movie I was in love.
@cjmacq-vg8um
2 жыл бұрын
FLORA MAY, I GOTTA TELL YOU YOU WON'T BE DISSAPPOINTED. (caps lock, sorry.) one thing so many people tend to forget is that the beatles were a ROCK AND ROLL band. they didn't specialize in ballads. they were HARD CORE rockers right down to their DNA! although beatles' ballads are just about the only ballads i like, almost, its their rock songs that i really like! they were BETTER rockers than the stones but its the stones who seem to hold that reputation. so sad. because people who categorize the beatles as a "ballad" band are missing out on some of the best kick-ass rock and roll music ever recorded!
@floramay7007
2 жыл бұрын
@@cjmacq-vg8um My favorite album is the White Album because they were all over the (musical) map.
@floramay7007
2 жыл бұрын
Plus, I'm aware these early songs were handcrafted to make the girls fall in love with them...so...yeah
@cjmacq-vg8um
2 жыл бұрын
@@floramay7007 ... RIGHT ON my friend. the white album was the first album i ever owned. and, to this day, it remains my favorite album by any rock band! and it starts with my favorite beatle song. i have a lot of favorite beatle songs but "back in the ussr" is my absolute favorite. the white album is INDEED the BEST rock album ever produced. and i love it for the same reasons you do, its variety. its a magical journey through the history of music. just an incredible masterpiece!
@zedxxx9
2 жыл бұрын
You say it's your birthday... now it's OUR birthday too!!!
@michaelbriefs9764
2 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday Crystal!! Thank you for spending some of your day with us! The Beatles rule!!
@OzTwanger
2 жыл бұрын
“Jukebox” feel is the perfect description
@imano8265
2 жыл бұрын
For me " I´ll be back" is a great tune. Up to this day one of my favorite Beatles Songs. Its about the harmonys, the smoothness of them. They were masters of changing from minor to major and vice versa in one song (Michelle as well).
@charlesbunch8383
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Just to Dance With You is such a sweet innocent song written by Lennon. It is so in line with his earliest love songs. Songs like "I'm in Love" and so many others. I am in love with this song, as strange as that may sound.
@charlesbunch8383
2 жыл бұрын
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@cbseE9212
2 жыл бұрын
And I Love Her is my favourite from the album , just love Paul's vocals. And I'll be back is way toooo good. Honestly speaking, I like every song from this album except When I Get Home.
@williamcapp448
2 жыл бұрын
Anytime at all has a back and forth John sings it then Paul responds with a repeat.
@dennydowling2169
2 жыл бұрын
To my ear, "I'll Be Back" is the most Mersey Beat song in the Beatles catalog.
@pablovandyck
2 жыл бұрын
I'll Be Back has amazing harmonies.
@neilloughran4437
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a few days later! Love your reactions and analysis... looking forward!
@CrystalShannon4
2 жыл бұрын
Oohh! When is yours????
@neilloughran4437
2 жыл бұрын
@@CrystalShannon4 13th! Btw I hope u get to see Get Back at some point!
@steveullrich7737
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday! Love you analysis and insights. I was a teenager when this album came out and any new Beatles album eagerly anticipated and always a joy to listen to and with album we got a movie to boot (no music video then). Listening now and seeing your appreciation of their genius brings back that same feeling of discovery that I had back in 1965.
@paulhumberstone4843
2 жыл бұрын
dear crystal your videos make me smile and make the day happier taking me back 50 years when i first bought the records the beatles suddenly brought colour to a black and white sixties world well done lass
@scottborenstein8291
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Crystal, have a great day!! I saw your video regarding your father, it was very touching. I’m so sorry you had to lose him at such a young age. Enjoy the memories of the great times you had and he will always be with you. See the movie A Hard Days Night, it’s a classic. Looking forward to your reaction of the album. The intro chord of the album was a mystery and hard to figure out for a long time, it is the most iconic intro chord in all of pop music. There are many utube videos discussing it. The Beatles greatness goes far beyond their music.
@michaelhughes6784
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Crystal! For an added treat you should watch the movie. It’s Beatlemania at it’s best plus you see the wit and cheek of each of them.
@suhey34
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the reaction, I learn a little something new about music every time I watch. Great job and Happy Birthday!!!
@CW_9
Жыл бұрын
You’re a dream. I wish there were more like you closer to meet.
@CrystalShannon4
Жыл бұрын
that is too kind! 💚💚 I would love to hear your thoughts on today’s clip: kzitem.info3y5qykZvmI8?feature=share
@marrkhicks
Жыл бұрын
Admit it , this is the greatest band of all time
@michaelbriefs9764
2 жыл бұрын
2 things: as I mentioned on the Chat thread, I think "Things We Said Today" is a serious tune. It's not just Pop, you know? It has the best of a romance/ballad in the verses, mixed with a Thunder From Heaven chorus (huge "DROP" of volume there) and it's topped with a quasi-Latin sounding acoustic guitar hook! It's a song that sounds like it could grace a record from any of the great bands from the 70's, 80's, 90's and beyond! It's just got such swagger and yet it's got this haunting sweetness...so cool! Second thing is that "When I Get Home" (WIGH) totally breaks skulls! What a wall of sound that hits you when that song launches! Then Ringo's drumming is just so FIRE! Last, of course, Lennon's vocal is massive. Sadly, the Beatles only spent about 35-40 minutes on stage, which gave them time to play their hits, but if they had taken the chance to expand their set it would have gone to tunes like WIGH and Tell Me Why would have destroyed, totally.
@steelers6titles
2 жыл бұрын
Everyone on here should read Bob Greene's "Be True To Your School: A Diary of 1964". In 1964, Greene was a teenager growing up in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. His dad ran a company which bronzed baby shoes. Years later, Bob, a successful writer, found his old 1964 diary and published it. It's full of what was going on and what was important to him at the time, including the latest Fab Four updates during the height of Beatlemania.
@markydh83
2 жыл бұрын
It’s interesting that Things We Said Today is a song that made you feel on edge, because that’s my favourite song on the album! Closely followed by And I Love Her and then If I Fell, which (despite the imperfect vocal in one line), is one of the best examples of John and Paul harmonising. Interestingly, when John wrote the song, he wrote it mostly in the upper harmony, but it was given to Paul on the record because that’s how they always harmonised in the early days.
@Sweetish_Jeff_
2 жыл бұрын
John loved “Things We Said Today” and said it sounded more like a Lennon song than McCartney. It does have a more Lennon feel to me.
@markydh83
2 жыл бұрын
@@Sweetish_Jeff_ It does, but that shows the danger of stereotyping them both. Paul’s written songs like this throughout his career (even Egypt Station had songs like “I Don’t Know” which is a very John-sounding song).
@Sweetish_Jeff_
2 жыл бұрын
@@markydh83 I think what John meant is that it was a bit of a departure for Paul, but you could say the same about John, too. They were both equal to me.
@scottborenstein8291
2 жыл бұрын
Great review, you are picking up on the emotional aspects and intensity of this album. John Lennon had in my view the greatest male voice ever in rock in roll. I Should Have Known Better is one of my favorites, I’m 65 and grew up with the Beatles, every time I hear it I get a lump in my throat. I believe the 4 members of this band together were a miracle. They were as 1, closer then brothers. They had a synergy that was almost supernatural, none could read music, but knew chords and could sing and harmonize like gods. A good example is if you watch them live in the early days they sounded like the record even through the screaming and knew where they were, Ringo said he went by Johns butt wiggling. It’s no wonder that it is said that their concerts smelled like girls urine from them peeing themselves from the excitement. It was cold for the rooftop concert, but it is said that they played perfectly, see Peter Jackson’s Get Back. Beatles for sale will have a little different vibe. Can’t wait for that. It’s interesting to realize that this is the same band that wrote Let It Be!
@stickydrummer1.0
Жыл бұрын
A Hard Days Night is my absoloute beatles album and my favourite beatles song and of all time as well is actually on this album: Tell Me Why! The harmonies, aaaah, there can‘t be something better (for me)
@accam6734
2 жыл бұрын
The first english lyric version of Antonio Carlos Jobim's Corcovado - english title - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, was recorded in 1963, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of Paul's inspirations for And I Love Her. Both are songs about being happily in love, but both songs have a similar melancholy quality.
@tarosan1754
Жыл бұрын
John voice on early Beatles song was really great, it just change so much after 67 or 68
@davisworth5114
2 жыл бұрын
I've been playing and singing these songs for fifty years, watching you react to them makes them new again for me. I think what we love most about The Beatles is their joy, their talent and drive, and their romanticism which is the key to our very human hearts.
@hernandezlunafranciscodeje4944
2 жыл бұрын
No me imaginaba que hablara Español. Y gracias por tus reacciones en los álbumes de The Beatles
@PeterBuwen
2 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday to you! Have a good time! If I had to classify this album, I would say that 'A Hard Day's Night' is THE Beatlemania-album, while the first two were - what I'd call - the rock'n'roll phase of the Beatles. The next three after this one, 'Beatles for Sale', 'Help!' and 'Rubber Soul' I would classify as the Dylan-inspired folk rock phase and 'Revolver' would be the beginning of the psychedelic phase of the Beatles.
@albertschepis
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Peter, I agree with all of that. I was 9 when A Hard Days Night (the movie) was in theaters. Our theater was about two miles away and I walked there to see it nine times. I'm sure I spent a couple days just staying in there to watch it two or three times in a day. It was Beatlemainia during the movie too - kids screaming - it was great! Nothing else like it before or since.
@PeterBuwen
2 жыл бұрын
@@albertschepis Thank you. I was born that year (1964), so I saw the movie only years later on TV. I think it could have been 1976 oder '77.
@jesseaguilar9676
2 жыл бұрын
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CRYSTAL!! The whole album is amazing, but lately I've been super enamored with And I Love Her. i broke it down and recorded some of the parts in garageband. stripping each part down separately really shows how genius they were when they constructed it. I only have the bass part and vocal part to record! Wish me luck!
@steelers6titles
2 жыл бұрын
Richard "Dick" Lester was an American living in Britain, known for TV commercials. He knew how to put the group across on film, and directed their first two films.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306
2 жыл бұрын
This was John's band. Yes, Paul did keep it together well after John was done and gave us some really good stuff we would of had none of it if not for John. But this album really shows where John is coming from. And it is actually the music style he grew up with. All the trippy stuff we love from John was really just throw together for the sake of the times as far as he was concerned.
@ChrisJohnsonChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Ive been enjoying these deep analyses! To me, this is the album that made them a global hit ✌🏻there was the super put together album AND a full length feature film featuring the Fab Four. If you’ve never seen the film take a Sunday morning and watch it. It will Make your day
@JruizBcn
2 жыл бұрын
When I managed to have some money of my own as a child, this was the first record I bought even though the Beatles no longer existed as a group at that time.
@billyshears664
2 жыл бұрын
On the song And I Love Her if you listen really close you will hear Paul pull himself back from laughing. That was being song on the movie when Paul’s grandfather came up on a platform and find himself on stage in the middle of the Beatles performance. You can great on one of the times Paul is singing help me understand ^cause I’v been in love before
@michaelt6218
2 жыл бұрын
¡Sí, soy parte de la multitud número cuatro!
@Rayruit
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all those wonderful Beatles reaction videos. Pleasure watching u enjoy and analyse the music. Absolutely spot on. Also curious where you will take it after Beatles is completed. Will you go for the original versions of songs that Beatles covered, will you go for solo stuff, will you go for other 60s bands like the Stones, the Who, Kinks, Byrds, Beach Boys etc. Let's see in 2022. For now, wishing u all the strength and love for these upcoming Xmas days. Stay strong. And best for 2022.
@Sweetish_Jeff_
2 жыл бұрын
George Martin wanted “A Hard Day’s Night” to start off with that chord because it was going to open the film. “I Call Your Name” was briefly considered, though. “I’ll Cry Instead” was going to be used on the film during the sequence when they are chased and “Can’t Buy Me Love” is used for the second time.
@terryhietpas4556
2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your approach to the songs and production as works of art, subject to different interpretations and responses to the listener. Also your attention to percussion which was a big (and often taken for granted) aspect of the art ... 🎨
@theQman54
Жыл бұрын
In the melodic, romantic, love song category my two picks are 'If I Fell" & 'And I Love" and another element I kind of like in And I Love Her the structure, instrumentation and melodic line it gives me the feel of a Latin beautiful song from way back when before I was born called 'Besame Mucho" not saying are similar but me personally I get that feeling about it, and A Hard Days Night, I Should Have known Better, Can't Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, not necessarily in that order, but I love them all, these songs except for the last one mentioned, I heard originally on the radio when they came out for the first time back in Cuba in 1964 when I was about 9 years old and without understanding a word of English but fell instantly in love with them as did many of my friends, and it's amazing though not surprising that a young person like you love these songs and the Beatles 53 years after they broke up, not surprising because good music and the music of the Beatles are timeless especially people who appreciate, understand, and love music as much as you do, again great job, I'm sure you're making a lot of people like myself happy, kudos!
@AquaFurs
2 жыл бұрын
"I'll be Back" great vocal harmonies and acoustic guitars.
@barbarjinx3802
2 жыл бұрын
You would really like LOVE the Beatles soundtrack to the Cirque Du Soleil show. Giles Martin mashed up songs to create something very fun and fresh.
@steelers6titles
2 жыл бұрын
Unlike the previous LPs, Ringo didn't get a lead vocal on the HDN LP, but he got a big solo scene in the movie (the instrumental version of "This Boy" was known as "Ringo's Theme").
@richardfehlmann4593
2 жыл бұрын
I'll Be Back is my favourite too on this album, I am all with you on this one 👍
@brandonflorida1092
2 жыл бұрын
You might want to see the movie. It's brilliant and wonderful.
@geoffmower8729
2 жыл бұрын
The 12 string electric guitar George uses on this album is a 360 Rickenbacker semi acoustic it gives those beautiful low and high octave jangly notes. I have a 330 12 very similar another band that used it in the 60s were the Birds with hey Mr tambourine man.
@noelnewlon
2 жыл бұрын
Crystal, Crystal, Crystal!: Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! You're a burst of light and soulful delight. Let your light shine. Love your meticulous detailing of each song. God bless your mother who bore you on this date when little Crystal entered the world.
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