A STRANGE But Perfect Beatles Song

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  • Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
  • In today's livestream I talk about one of my favorite Beatles songs that has a strange rhythm and a perfect melody.
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  • @RickBeato
    @RickBeato  День назад +30

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    • @eddysgaming9868
      @eddysgaming9868 День назад +2

      Which is my birthday!

    • @philippe_durel
      @philippe_durel День назад +4

      Hello Mr Beato !
      You're saying that you're going to the UK to interview Tori Amos.
      What about interviewing Richie Blackmore one of these days too. He's an absolute legend, he also has his own RUclips channel.
      If it was possible, that would be one greatest interview.
      Anyway, have fun, and play loud !
      God bless you Sir !

    • @cscottduncan5541
      @cscottduncan5541 22 часа назад +1

      Perfection is Karen Carpenter live in Australia 1972 doing this ditty

    • @georgistankov3074
      @georgistankov3074 15 часов назад

      Tu o​@@eddysgaming9868

    • @mackeymintle66
      @mackeymintle66 12 часов назад

      Interview subject ideas…
      Jon Brion?
      Roger Manning Jr. and Tim Smith, Eric Dover? (Jellyfish, etc…)
      Brian Kehew, (Moog Cookbook and the Who, Fiona Apple…)
      Good stories!

  • @aBeatleFan4ever
    @aBeatleFan4ever День назад +128

    The Lennon & McCartney harmonies are always amazing.

    • @humboldthammer
      @humboldthammer День назад

      can you "hear" me now? These are the Sounds of Silence
      Then the sign flashed out its WAR ning
      With the words that it was FOR ME ng

    • @doesntLookDruish
      @doesntLookDruish 2 часа назад

      Ah yes, “The Sound of Silence” by Lennon & McCartney. Their harmonies are unmatched on that song.

  • @cptight88
    @cptight88 22 часа назад +54

    This is one of the greatest pop songs ever written. Revolutionary and beautiful.

    • @bingohhhhhhhhhhhh
      @bingohhhhhhhhhhhh 19 часов назад

      Yes Lennon created a brilliant tune for sure.

    • @markr.devereux3385
      @markr.devereux3385 15 часов назад +1

      id go on to say LENNON/ McCARTNEY seem to be the greatest composers of the 20th century with an extensive high quality catalogue. SO prolific and performing their songs expertly.

  • @ANTdebomarche
    @ANTdebomarche День назад +59

    I really hope they leave this video alone, it's such a joy seeing Rick doing the Beatles

  • @ColinCarFan
    @ColinCarFan День назад +136

    They spent 2 years in Hamburg, playing all evening every day and practicing the rest of the time. That's how they built up so much (more!) skill and knowledge

    • @ctmdoh6542
      @ctmdoh6542 День назад +22

      And they had God given talent Creed and Bon Jovi would still suck even if they spent 10 years playing day and night in Hamburg.

    • @TheodoreWeiser
      @TheodoreWeiser День назад +42

      Lewisohn's book estimates it at about 8000 hrs of playing in Hamburg. Rick's estimate that they learned 1000 songs by ear is probably right. So basically, they were consummate players and had absorbed just everything to do with pop music. By the time they were writing their own early stuff, they were almost like what they say AI is supposed be. They soaked up everything available and built it into something new.
      Then another miracle happened, they began evolving faster and faster. That 6-7 years from "Love Me Do" to "The End" is the most amazing era in pop music

    • @MaxIsBackInTown
      @MaxIsBackInTown День назад +6

      @@ctmdoh6542creed and bon jovi just caught a random shot.

    • @dougsharp605
      @dougsharp605 День назад +3

      Bon Jovi😂😂😂😂 Creed😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 День назад +8

      And it was VISCERAL. It became intuitive -- nothing "rational" about.

  • @royjoyner5844
    @royjoyner5844 День назад +218

    Rick,
    I'm a music therapist in the Atlanta area. My colleagues and I love all your content, but we particularly Love when you talk about The Beatles!

    • @PalidicoVermingagurania
      @PalidicoVermingagurania 23 часа назад +3

      Music therapist? My musical word…

    • @judsonleach5248
      @judsonleach5248 21 час назад +3

      Every time somebody asks me....
      "What's your FAVORITE Beatles Song?!
      I reply - "Hey! - That's not FAIR!!! - How do you pick just ONE?!"
      (However?! - the restored video version of Strawberry Fields?!
      Always give me a particularly warm and fuzzy feeling!! 🙂)

    • @dalegallacher7074
      @dalegallacher7074 18 часов назад +8

      The Beatles are the only band ..that you could ask 30 different people to name your favourite Beatles song and you get 30 different answers

    • @royjoyner5844
      @royjoyner5844 12 часов назад

      ⁠@@PalidicoVermingagurania❤

    • @johncenter4858
      @johncenter4858 11 часов назад +1

      ​@@judsonleach5248Is that a real job?

  • @brianmccaul5205
    @brianmccaul5205 День назад +55

    My favourite tune from The Beatles. It manages to do that thing where it sounds both sad and happy at the same time.

    • @emanuelmota7217
      @emanuelmota7217 22 часа назад +2

      SAME! Like "Help!", there are moments in the Beatles songs that are heartbreaskingly sad. LOVE THEM.

    • @danbardos3498
      @danbardos3498 22 часа назад +4

      I think that's why I don't like the blues, old country, or old rap as much (i do, don't get me wrong); but there's just something about a happy sounding sad song lol. It's the juxtaposition of it all and it can go either way.
      The music can defy the dark lyrics or put an ever darker twist on the message by being oblivious.

  • @2009kygal
    @2009kygal 5 часов назад +15

    When I was a child and a teen, all I knew was that I loved The Beatles. As an old lady, I'm learning how they were pure genius. I appreciate them more than ever!

  • @TheMadManPlace
    @TheMadManPlace День назад +280

    Hi Rick.
    No matter how well you explain the Beatles music in 2024, nothing can come anywhere close to listening to a new Beatles song for the very first time on a crappy AM transistor radio back in the early 60's.
    I was SO FORTUNATE to have grown up in that era.

    • @jackdolphy8965
      @jackdolphy8965 22 часа назад +7

      Ditto that. Of course as an 11 year old kid I had no idea that I would be looking back these 50 plus years later and say what fun it was to have ‘been there’ when Help first landed on my turntable. This song was my favorite on the record, at the time. Your spot-on as always unpacking of it confirms soo much about why I loved it then and still now as much as ever. 🙏🏼

    • @windisblue
      @windisblue 22 часа назад

      @@jackdolphy8965 listen to the hellp

    • @peacefulwanderer2050
      @peacefulwanderer2050 22 часа назад +9

      Pretend playing drums to this and Honky Tonk Woman with wooden spoons against the couch (my first kit). God the 60's were awesome!!

    • @williamadamsmusic3025
      @williamadamsmusic3025 21 час назад +6

      Right! I may be old, but I got to see all the cool bands! Hahaha!
      ✌🏼😎👍🏻

    • @comicus6769
      @comicus6769 20 часов назад +6

      I can top that for a crappy radio experience, Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" was almost unlistenable on my transistor--it sounded like nothing but static.

  • @waltersokil4938
    @waltersokil4938 День назад +33

    The concert on the roof showed what a great little band they were. Tight and raw.

  • @emanuelmota7217
    @emanuelmota7217 22 часа назад +48

    THANK YOU, RICK! The Beatles had MAGIC. I can't imagine there will EVER be another even close to their musical greatness (and social impact).

  • @rome8180
    @rome8180 День назад +51

    The Beatles knew music theory. They just didn't have the vocabulary to talk about it. But learning hundreds of covers and playing them for hours every night in Hamburg taught them all sorts of tricks and common moves. So yeah, they might not have known what a Picardy Third is, but you can hear it in a dozen of their songs. It's clear they'd absorbed how it was used in songs they admired and brought it into their own music. Same with augmented chords, diminished chords, borrowed chords, secondary dominants, voice leading, etc.

    • @grahamjarman
      @grahamjarman 23 часа назад +1

      the average musician cant do this lol

    • @salpjs
      @salpjs 19 часов назад +4

      It’s Paul playing Lead on this. George played the 12 string on the opening and John played rhythm

    • @joycerichardson1810
      @joycerichardson1810 17 часов назад +5

      George loved diminished chords.

  • @John_Locke_108
    @John_Locke_108 День назад +57

    A lot of The Beatles songs were strange and perfect. Amd that's why they'll be remembered forever.

  • @bickle1247
    @bickle1247 День назад +152

    I love Ringo’s drums on this

    • @emanuelmota7217
      @emanuelmota7217 22 часа назад +4

      I'm surprised RIck didn't mention them. LOVE Ringo on this - he had his own unique style that REALLY complimented the materiel.

    • @61moonshine
      @61moonshine 22 часа назад +1

      The pattern on the verses is actually something Paul came up with. Ringo plays it perfectly, as usual. Paul was a good drummer in his own right (as he showed on the album Band on the Run).

    • @DouglasSalinas-j2v
      @DouglasSalinas-j2v 21 час назад

      Yes 1000%

    • @scottandrewbrass1931
      @scottandrewbrass1931 15 часов назад

      ​​​@@61moonshinePaul really isn't a very good drummer unless he's in a studio with the ability to overdub as on "Band On The Run".
      Unless you think it was all done live.😁

    • @lonedrone
      @lonedrone 14 часов назад +1

      @@61moonshine Yes, Ringo couldn't find the right beat/groove for the verse (possibly the only time this happened) so Paul came up with it.

  • @brianmcrock
    @brianmcrock День назад +49

    I just love watching you get so thrilled over the brilliance of the Beatles. It is so entertaining... So fun! I'm right there with you, man. Thanks!

    • @jackmartinleith
      @jackmartinleith 2 часа назад

      Rick Beato and @davidbennettpiano (another Beatles obsessive and music RUclipsr) together would be quite something.

  • @dogdriver70
    @dogdriver70 День назад +88

    My favorite underappreciated Beatles song: "Hey Bulldog" only wish it was longer.

    • @brianmcrock
      @brianmcrock День назад +14

      It's just so badass! Everything about it.

    • @KnollMountain
      @KnollMountain 11 часов назад +3

      I love this song too. The thing about a great short song is that you always want to hear it again

  • @jeffsnyder3161
    @jeffsnyder3161 День назад +15

    How powerful are the emotions we feel when those melody notes are played against those chords with those words that tell the story. Yes powerful, and that is why we are still in love with their music all of these years later. Thank you for sharing your insights Rick.

  • @JohnGriffith-w2w
    @JohnGriffith-w2w День назад +37

    This is exactly what it was like to go to class at Berklee College of Music in 1987 for harmony and theory or arranging even ear training! And. Everyone there could do it and understand it except for me and now I’m a pro musician and they do other things!!😂 ❤ 🎸

    • @brucetowell3432
      @brucetowell3432 5 часов назад +2

      Congratulations you went there at the right time. When I was there in the 70's, Beatles and pop music was given a cold shoulder and frowned upon, thus I really lost interest in the curriculum and dropped out.

    • @JohnGriffith-w2w
      @JohnGriffith-w2w 5 часов назад +1

      @@brucetowell3432
      I didn’t drop out it’s just that the cost of tuition went up so high that I couldn’t afford to continue. However, I have quartet and play gigs and sometimes I actually sound good 👍! 😎🎸

  • @DonMacanaw
    @DonMacanaw День назад +60

    Beatles remain one of the best groups to this day. So good! ❤

    • @ChrisM541
      @ChrisM541 День назад +8

      As today's music dumbs down more and more, yesterdays music becomes more and more phenomenal...especially the Beatles.

    • @emanuelmota7217
      @emanuelmota7217 22 часа назад +10

      "One of"?? I can't think of any artist who even comes CLOSE to the musical greatness and genius of the Beatles.

  • @fastica
    @fastica 23 часа назад +89

    I'm from Buenos Aires. Paul is playing 30 blocks away from my house right now.

  • @williamknell864
    @williamknell864 День назад +30

    What must George Martin have thought as this thing took shape before his ears?
    It's a quirky classic Beatles song now. But in 1965? Wild!

  • @buddyneher9359
    @buddyneher9359 19 часов назад +8

    I heard these songs when they first came out... have loved them all these years without knowing any music theory. Your enthusiasm for analyzing the genius of the Beatles brings me great joy!

  • @ShyGuyLoveSongs
    @ShyGuyLoveSongs 23 часа назад +25

    Good music doesn’t get old.

  • @RalphOnofrio
    @RalphOnofrio День назад +25

    Great,Rick.....At 73,I studied with the best on drums, but Ringo was the reason I started playing drums.We learn from each other, and I learned a ton from Ringo in my years playing and teaching....I love your stuff....Keep on going.Ticket to Ride is a difficult drum part to play correctly...Most don't.

    • @artguti1551
      @artguti1551 День назад +4

      I'm 62 and learn to play drums at the age of 14. I played mainly Rock from the 70s at the time, but my lead guitarist wanted to start a Beatles tribute band (which we all loved).
      So, I studied Ringo's playing from 62 thru 66 Revolver. The reason I didn't go on and learn the rest of the albums after 66, is because Ringo's drumming became harder to duplicate "Note of Note" drumming playing because of his unusual playing.
      It would have just taken hours and hours of listening and playing these fills. So, I ended up just playing easy versions with keeping time instead...lol

    • @Norm7264
      @Norm7264 22 часа назад +3

      @@artguti1551 I saw a fairly recent interview with Ringo that gave a lot of insight into his unique playing. He's left-handed, but played on a right-handed drumkit. So he explained that he was never able to do the "roll" down the kit like others do, but what he was able to do instead was this syncopated, staccato style (I don't know what else to call it, but maybe you can get my gist)

  • @camwinston5248
    @camwinston5248 День назад +28

    Rick is really jubilant and excited to do this and pull it off !! And I'm all for it..go Rick !!

  • @michaelfoxbrass
    @michaelfoxbrass 23 часа назад +13

    Explaining the music theory behind a note choice - a #11 in this case - for the emotional impact it makes, is what makes studying music theory so worthwhile!

  • @Sherwoody
    @Sherwoody День назад +20

    One of the first Beatles songs I learned to play was _In My Life_ I still love the song.

    • @Nobddy
      @Nobddy 19 часов назад

      I remember seeing The Beatles say in an interview or something that they thought it was their best song

  • @MovingBlanketStudio
    @MovingBlanketStudio День назад +34

    In a benevolent alternate universe, we would surely get The John Lennon Interview.

    • @AllofJudea
      @AllofJudea День назад +4

      I wonder if time would have softened John's view of the Beatles songs. He was pretty harsh in the 70s

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 7 часов назад

      ​@@AllofJudeaHe was his own worst critic!

  • @94233psu399154112333
    @94233psu399154112333 День назад +10

    Fantastic interview with Rick Rubin. Then today he’s back to teaching. He shows such enthusiasm for music and teaching. He’s got this wonderful set of videos that are so entertaining yet it’s he’s constantly teaching us.

  • @ElOsoMarino
    @ElOsoMarino День назад +28

    Ticket to ride is great but oh my god that dear prudence intro is sooo goddamn beautiful, i love it so much ❤

  • @PhilRounds
    @PhilRounds День назад +150

    Paul told a story once that when they first started recording with George Martin, Martin would stop them sometimes and ask them why they were playing certain things. They'd tell him it was because that was the sound they wanted. Martin would insist that it was technically incorrect, but The Beatles would tell him that it was the way they wrote the song, and that's what they wanted on the record. Looks like they were right.

    • @chuckstenberg
      @chuckstenberg 20 часов назад +6

      That's an interesting story and I believe it. I think the Beatles just learned guitar chords and started writing songs using the chords they knew without any understanding of music theory at all. But, that's the beauty of their style. True unbridled artists!

    • @michaelorenstein9165
      @michaelorenstein9165 20 часов назад +4

      Agree. I've always felt Martin rec'd too much credit. He was a very good sounding board for ID'ing what instrument would give "them" the sound they wanted to get, but without The Beatles, we probably would not be talking about George Martin today, but without Martin, we definitely WOULD BE talking about The Beatles.

    • @jasonroth4055
      @jasonroth4055 19 часов назад +8

      The guitar opening of "Baby's In Black" was a standout example of Martin asking the boys "are you SURE you want it to sound like that??"

    • @johnhurd3257
      @johnhurd3257 19 часов назад

      Martin enjoyed country music too.

    • @hansvandermeulen5515
      @hansvandermeulen5515 19 часов назад +2

      ​@@michaelorenstein9165allowing them to have certain things on their songs like that G6 chord in She Loves You or that feedback in I Feel Fine, helping with the structure of songs, giving some pointers for the new arrangement of Please Please Me....that's all George Martin.
      We're STILL talking about the Beatles because of the band AND their producer.
      They were a perfect match.
      The Beatles with a different producer would be a mere shadow (nevermind Let It Be, the band had been the biggest band ever for years at that time), George Martin with a differebt band wouldn't have been as big either.

  • @ricklatouch2263
    @ricklatouch2263 10 часов назад +7

    I remember how exciting it was when the Beatles released a single - always a unique adventure.

  • @mollybell5779
    @mollybell5779 23 часа назад +9

    Rick, you're an absolute musical genius to me. And I know you've heard your recorded voice. And for you to sing for us... you're an inspiration. Just... heroic. Thank you!

  • @geminidreamno2
    @geminidreamno2 День назад +24

    Thanks for doing a Beatles thing Rick. They are my fav band. And always have been.

  • @msugrad1990
    @msugrad1990 День назад +473

    Bring on the Paul McCartney interview. And Jeff Lynne while you're at it. Great content Rick!

    • @adamfstewart81
      @adamfstewart81 День назад +25

      I want to like this comment twice. 🫢

    • @jeffcullen6573
      @jeffcullen6573 День назад +17

      What a dream either of those would be!

    • @siamesevodka
      @siamesevodka День назад +20

      Either of those interviews would break the internet.

    • @purplehaze1274
      @purplehaze1274 День назад +27

      John Fogerty would be another good choice and he seems like someone who would do it.

    • @danbardos3498
      @danbardos3498 22 часа назад +14

      Wish they all would because while they are all old, they are still mentally sharp.
      Imagine if we had Beethoven on video breaking down his songs. This type of content needs to be made for future generations before it's too late.

  • @javiersilva5409
    @javiersilva5409 День назад +16

    I've always noticed how lennon would sing a note that was not on the guitar chord to make it 6 or maj 7 or other extension. He does it on she's leaving home, I am the walrus, yes it is, this boy, goodnight (on a cmaj7 with a flatted fifth!), and countless others. The man had huge ears.

  • @johnmc3862
    @johnmc3862 8 часов назад +2

    When the Beatles music is slowed down and analysed their brilliance really shines through. And also it shows how far ahead they were of everyone at the time.

  • @louiegallardo7562
    @louiegallardo7562 20 часов назад +9

    Rick the coolest thing about this video is you are having as much fun as I am.
    You're the best man!!

  • @fredherfst8148
    @fredherfst8148 День назад +13

    We did this song often in the seventies in a bar band called Black River in Ontario. IT always went over big time.

  • @KennDungate
    @KennDungate День назад +10

    This song is in my regular playlist. I will now be listening to it with different ears.

  • @rodneyhorrell
    @rodneyhorrell День назад +10

    Flat 7th chord is just genius. I learnt from an analyst video of Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement that in the intro part, Beethoven wrote a D Major while in C# Minor, which equals the E Major flat 7th. They call it a 'Neapolitan Chord'. Genius!

  • @NicholasLyonWright
    @NicholasLyonWright День назад +10

    Nobody is better than the Beatles at doing weird notes and making them sound cool and natural. There are plenty of other artists who do weird notes, but they don't generally make them sound as slick as the Beatles do. The Beatles were also great at doing mixolydian without it being cheesy sounding, and they knew how to put just the right amount of bluesyness in there. The best. Great stuff.

    • @Nobddy
      @Nobddy 19 часов назад +1

      You ever listen to Elliot Smith?

    • @NicholasLyonWright
      @NicholasLyonWright 18 часов назад +2

      @Nobddy Of course!! He's one of my all time favs! And heavily influenced by the Beatles 😃

  • @raelevy
    @raelevy День назад +5

    I took piano lesson for ten years. As an adult, my young son learned guitar. When he wanted to learn a song, he’d call & ask me “what chord?” And I’d play it out on piano…he’d then pick it out on guitar. I never knew the Beatles would work it out (ha! See what I did there?) on the piano! Oh…& these sharp songs? I’d always say this song was on a “slant”! I don’t play guitar, but enjoy your videos & learn so much!

  • @martivaughan6382
    @martivaughan6382 День назад +30

    Lennon’s voice during this period of recordings is incomparable to anything ever recorded…ever

    • @grahamjarman
      @grahamjarman 23 часа назад +5

      it had a raspy midrange bite like a fine tube amp will overdrive harmonically

    • @hw343434
      @hw343434 20 часов назад +3

      Nothing like Lennon’s tone ever

    • @joycerichardson1810
      @joycerichardson1810 17 часов назад +2

      Loved John's voice in the harmonies
      In the bridge of "We Can Work It Out"...he wrote that section. A little bite in his voice that worked so well with Paul's high harmonies.

    • @markr.devereux3385
      @markr.devereux3385 14 часов назад

      So Liverpool call it whatever these pre 1967 vocals are energetic full of musical surprises . VERY pleasing quite british and at the time made the BEATLES sound so loved by everybody young and old.

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 7 часов назад

      His voice sounded like it had a 'soul' effect on it. Unmatched to this day.

  • @brianswindall
    @brianswindall День назад +14

    Oh, that’s why I like that song.

  • @johnmc3862
    @johnmc3862 8 часов назад +5

    'We can work it out' is another perfect Beatles song.

  • @reynaldocastaneda4712
    @reynaldocastaneda4712 День назад +21

    I think a lot of us, your followers, do want an interview with Paul & Ringo, Rick. Hope its in your list.

    • @herbiecactus6687
      @herbiecactus6687 18 часов назад

      What do you ask them that's never been asked?

  • @billybudapest3129
    @billybudapest3129 День назад +15

    Agree, Ticket to Ride is a perfect song.

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta День назад +9

    I love the Lucy In the Sky connection! I hear that same scale in Within You Without You.

  • @0010Kev
    @0010Kev 12 часов назад +3

    Rick i love it when you talk about the Beatles. You always have enthusiasm when talking about music but you get that extra sparkle in your eye when talking about them. I love it. As for the song, i have literally been listening to it since it came out in 1965 when i was 5 years old. Obviously i love it but i never realized how complex it is until now. Ringo's drumming has aways shone through on it but as for the rest ... wow...they were masters at coming out with ear catching things, seemingly without even having to think about it. Marvelous!

  • @davidwright9550
    @davidwright9550 12 часов назад +1

    No one breaks a song down like you Rick. I remember when this one came out and it has always been one of my favorites, but now after watching your breakdown I appreciate it even more.

  • @jameshigh9330
    @jameshigh9330 День назад +6

    I vividly remember hearing this song for the first time. I was about 4 and my sister had just bought the record. We had a big old Motorola tube console and it sounded amazing. I didn't understand what I was hearing. My brother told me it was guitar and I insisted that it was something other than a guitar that I was hearing. I need to hear it on vinyl through a tube stereo again someday! Keep doing what you're doing! Awesome!

  • @jazzbass5883
    @jazzbass5883 23 часа назад +5

    Paul plays the lead guitar parts on this! It is apparently his first recorded lead, and was played on his then-new Epiphone Casino. John and George loved the sound so much that they both got one for themselves.

  • @blmeanie
    @blmeanie 23 часа назад +3

    your geekdom for Beatles is appreciated, thank you Rick for going through this song. So many overlooked phenomenal songs to explore

  • @Daytripper51
    @Daytripper51 13 часов назад +4

    Love your excitement, enthusiasm, Rick!...Like you're hearing the song for the first time!

  • @simonepleton765
    @simonepleton765 День назад +6

    I have a bundle of favourites from The Beatles including this you have gone through that used to send shivers through me as a young kid … another one I remember from when I was about 9 years old is Michelle …has a special place for me.

  • @kaybrarian
    @kaybrarian День назад +5

    Amazing analysis! I remember spending hours in my bedroom during high school practicing this song. It is a pleasure to the ears.

    • @markr.devereux3385
      @markr.devereux3385 14 часов назад

      the Beatles music had chords and shapes never heard of for guitar players in AMERICA. THE songbooks were virtually useless if you could find them very few bands could play BEATLE songs correctly. in the age of youtube videos I have to own my shortcomings understanding the little complexities.
      availabl3e

  • @lavatar3562
    @lavatar3562 18 часов назад +4

    “Let me talk about the bridge before we digress here”, love the digression, love the song, Fab4Forever

  • @beavinator
    @beavinator 22 часа назад +4

    As a vocalist and a bassist, I love the vocal harmonies in this song, and I love how the bass does a lot without really doing much, if that makes sense.

  • @cliffhughes6010
    @cliffhughes6010 День назад +11

    Rick, I love these videos. I've always thought Lennon wrote sophisticated songs with fascinating chord sequences thst absolutely defined the early Beatles' sound. The arrangement is great and those drums are phenomenal.

  • @JustGuitarLive
    @JustGuitarLive День назад +19

    One of Ringo's best!

  • @Slap_Shot1977
    @Slap_Shot1977 7 часов назад +2

    Whenever I see new content about the Beatles from Rick, The Professor or Rock and many others on YT I can't wait to watch it, and I will never get tired of it. There's a video out there that explains the weird Ringo drum part, partially stemming from the fact he's left-handed but plays on a right-handed drum kit. Another great submission Rick - thank you.

  • @salvadorcastanos5834
    @salvadorcastanos5834 День назад +14

    Hey Rick, in the BEATLES' ANTOLOGHY Videos, when Paul is riding the boat in the Thamesis, he talks about TICKET TO RIDE, and explains that he played the intro's riff to Ringo, and Ringo figured out the drum pattern, and of course everyone knows that Paul played first electric guitar with all the riffs and the outro and tambourine, George plays second electric guitar puntuacted the riff, and John played the rythm electric guitar, just like they did it in PAPERBACK WRITER, TAXMAN and in THE NIGHT BEFORE, Paul's signature licks are in A mayor, ended in the octave, like the jam in THE END when Paul play first with clean tone, George play second with distortion, and John third playing strumming chords... 🇲🇽✌😎

    • @Snoopdog333333
      @Snoopdog333333 День назад +1

      Ringo tells the same story . Just saw a video on that today

    • @bingohhhhhhhhhhhh
      @bingohhhhhhhhhhhh 20 часов назад +1

      Macca had nothing to do with the guitar parts at all. They were all Lennon and Harrison. It's well documented in George Martin's own recording notes.

    • @salpjs
      @salpjs 19 часов назад +3

      @@bingohhhhhhhhhhhhMcCartney played the lead with George doing 12 string on the opening.

    • @bingohhhhhhhhhhhh
      @bingohhhhhhhhhhhh 19 часов назад +1

      @@salpjs I'll believe George Martin - good night.

    • @scottandrewbrass1931
      @scottandrewbrass1931 15 часов назад

      ​​@@salpjsPaul played the guitar fills ( similar in tone to "The Night Before" from the same sessions)and suggested Ringo's drum pattern.The lead guitar riff was played by John ( Who obviously wrote it ) and George.

  • @drutgat2
    @drutgat2 18 часов назад +4

    The Beatles are so good, in so many ways, that it is almost impossible that it happened.

  • @dr.buzzvonjellar8862
    @dr.buzzvonjellar8862 12 часов назад +1

    Watching The Beatles record and play is like watching real magic. Rick Beato is music teacher to the world!

  • @drmlabs
    @drmlabs День назад +22

    Watching it now before it's taken down

  • @kcn-qt6fc
    @kcn-qt6fc 20 часов назад +3

    Rick your breakdown of this song makes me better understand why I've always loved it. The Beatles, the one and only. How could four lads from Liverpool be such geniuses?

  • @liamhartley2300
    @liamhartley2300 День назад +12

    As soon as I heard rhythmically strange I thought "John song" 😂

  • @svT647
    @svT647 День назад +30

    This Beatles band.... they are pretty good!

    • @atticstattic
      @atticstattic 22 часа назад +4

      They just might make a name for themselves 😊

    • @emanuelmota7217
      @emanuelmota7217 22 часа назад +4

      The more I hear about these Beatles the more I like them.

    • @scottandrewbrass1931
      @scottandrewbrass1931 15 часов назад

      They have promise😁

    • @nicholasjones9461
      @nicholasjones9461 15 часов назад

      I heard they got rid of the sax player "Clarence", he's still pretty pissed off about it, after teaching them all how to use an afro comb

  • @dagoat1
    @dagoat1 День назад +11

    Bowing to John Lennon's immense talent.

  • @halweilbrenner9926
    @halweilbrenner9926 23 часа назад +5

    I had a Beatles music book from my local mus. store in the mid- late 60s. Enjoying you revisiting these unusual tunes.Used to play & sing these songs. It's making me a little sad as I lost my wife after heart surgery last week. 💔 Cherish your partner.

  • @djknox2
    @djknox2 День назад +8

    Yes a great Beatles song that has some unique musical qualities. Good call Rick!

  • @GenrePeak
    @GenrePeak День назад +4

    Absolutely loved your interview with Rick Rubin! Love the show, I watch daily.

  • @guppybill
    @guppybill День назад +5

    2 hours in. Video is still up and blasting Beatles.

  • @tonylouis6072
    @tonylouis6072 19 часов назад +3

    A half hour breaking down my favorite Beatles tune, Rick rocks

  • @Alan-ii5gs
    @Alan-ii5gs 3 часа назад

    Rick, your knowledge of music and guitar is amazing. The fact that you make a living with it is a testament to your talent and creativity. Keep it up, your an inspiration to musicians everywhere

  • @naimusic362
    @naimusic362 День назад +6

    Just love your videos Rick, The Fabs are iconic forever… You are so talented man, greetings from Liverpool, England ❤️❤️😎

  • @robzagar4275
    @robzagar4275 19 часов назад +2

    Smashing presentation man! I am so impressed by your knowledge and enthusiasm Rick. I’ve watched since the beginning and sure glad I did. I’ve learned so much. You bring such enjoyment and fun

  • @AllofJudea
    @AllofJudea День назад +13

    I'd like to see an analysis of "Junk" by Paul. Some beautiful/interesting chords and harmonies

  • @fontagnus
    @fontagnus День назад +3

    Every time I listen to the Moody Blues song "Tuesday Afternoon", the melody where the lyrics are "I'm looking at myself reflections of my mind" reminds me of John's "I think I'm gonna be sad".

    • @AllofJudea
      @AllofJudea День назад +1

      I can see (hear) that. Another great band. I don't recall Rick covering any of their songs

    • @1ouncebird
      @1ouncebird 6 часов назад

      @fontagnus: And that's another very great voice there with the Moodies - Justin Hayward.

  • @JohnDoe-tw8es
    @JohnDoe-tw8es 20 часов назад +3

    Love the Beatles and I love your enthusiasm Rcik..Great stuff.

  • @michaelaiello9525
    @michaelaiello9525 День назад +7

    I mean they are all perfect really.

  • @alanbeaumont4848
    @alanbeaumont4848 День назад +4

    The drum rhythm comes from the percussive sound British railway coach wheels made moving slowly in or out of a railway station where they would be passing over sets of points. The guitar and tambourines faster more regular sound is that of a train passing over a straight track, between stations at a higher constant speed. The return to a slower pace implies calling at another station The play out is a train at high speed heard first from the inside, then from the outside, and the final lowering tone implies it is departing into the distance. I'm guessing that all their train travel (our motorway network was still in its infancy) when touring, as depicted in the film 'A Hard Day's Night,' had sunk in.
    The Beatles would a year later go on to mimic the sound of a typewriter in 'Paperback Writer' so they were absorbing sound influences from all over.
    Citation: I turned 7 as this came out (April 1965) and this is what our trains sounded like, but it took decades before I made the connection, so to speak.
    I take the way it is sung is intended to express male bafflement/exasperation that a female partner might themselves go off and play the field and the "My baby don't care" does sound a lot like it has the tone of a train rushing through a station and not stopping. By this time in the 1960s the birth control pill had become available to unmarried women so they could behave just like the boys and move from partner to partner.

  • @JimBlakeLectures
    @JimBlakeLectures 21 час назад +2

    SOOOO instructive to see you hash out an iconic song with such enthusiasm ! A great learning experience - I gotta get the Beato Bundle !

  • @BCSExpress1
    @BCSExpress1 10 часов назад +3

    John Lennon (on his guitar playing): "I'm ok. I'm not technically good, but I can make it fu-king howl and move."
    (continuing) "I was a rhythm guitarist. It's an important job. I can make a band drive. You see, one part of me says yes, of course I can play because I can make a rock move. But the other part of me says well, 'I wish I could just do like B.B. King.' If you would put me with B.B. King, I would feel really silly."
    (1970)

  • @cjsciandra2623
    @cjsciandra2623 3 часа назад

    You explain things way better than I ever could to my musician friends that knock My Favorite and Greatest Band ever.

  • @Snoopy-JoeCool
    @Snoopy-JoeCool День назад +8

    Beautiful red guitar, Rick. You have SO many gorgeous guitars. Jealous!

  • @jeffreybaird7068
    @jeffreybaird7068 День назад +10

    John and Paul often used the Mixolydian (*Norwegian Wood" "She Said" etc.) They knew some music theory, but probably George Martin explained it to them when the New York Times noticed it. Then they did it on purpose, intentionally. It comes naturally from Liverpool sea shanties they grew up with before rock and roll or skiffle came.

    • @hw343434
      @hw343434 20 часов назад +2

      John not Paul. John used it. Both of those songs are John’s melodies. He was a specialist at unique melodies. Paul was usually more conventional

    • @jeffreybaird7068
      @jeffreybaird7068 17 часов назад

      @@hw343434 Probably true. John played with scales (Girl) and time signatures and word meter (Good Morning, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Across the Universe). Paul created gorgeous but more conventional melodies.

  • @D_Tuned
    @D_Tuned 4 часа назад

    22:51 Rick sounds like how I feel at 58 yrs old. Bless you man.

  • @GarethThomasTunes
    @GarethThomasTunes 20 часов назад +3

    Jazz musicians call it upper extensions - ear musicians feel it as singing against the chord. It’s all about pushing the colourful notes to create tension and release within the melody. Creating it really should be a feel thing, but it’s nice to analyse it in retrospect.

  • @dannyspitzer1267
    @dannyspitzer1267 23 часа назад +4

    Great song
    Thank you Rick... and The Beatles

  • @Dios67
    @Dios67 День назад +6

    A John song, mostly. I wonder how much as it seems to be on a sliding scale even from Lennon himself? 25% Paul, Mostly Lennon and very little Paul, 40% Paul (per Paul) lol. I'm just glad we have it. I salute all the wonderful ladies of Hamburg.

  • @roconnor01
    @roconnor01 День назад +17

    I am so lucky to come from Liverpool, and know the places they sing about, for example Penny Lane or Strawberry Fields where I used to play as an 11 year old child.

  • @SimonFrack
    @SimonFrack 15 часов назад +4

    There’s about 30 Beatles songs I’d describe as “strange but perfect”.

  • @NormanPeterson
    @NormanPeterson 19 часов назад +3

    John is just being bluesy ...With that 60's slight eastern influence. Almost "over analyzing" Rick..... It was magic... They were just naturals...

  • @MrBobcatsband
    @MrBobcatsband День назад +9

    the John vocal note d against the b in the Asus2 forms a very consonant m3 interval--not really dissonant. John's use if the bluesey b7 ( Mixolydian ) is funky and the note on the Bm e makes a nice sus against the d (3rd of Bm). Great melodic instincts throughout. That Gmaj7 is a real left turn with the f#---Lydian melody note--c# followed by the g note kinda #9 Blues--genius operating purely by instinct

  • @jacquescousteau217
    @jacquescousteau217 20 часов назад +2

    I think chordally on the “ RI - I - Ide “ is a G sus 4 ( not a Major 7 ) . If you’ll notice on Paul’s solo ( over E chord ) . Paul’s phrases it differently each time. He doubles the intro on the first or second solo. I’m doing this in my head. Paul had great phrasing on guitar,bass, and voice . Paul plays double stops where he bends the G and B strings on outro.

  • @mallorga1965
    @mallorga1965 18 часов назад +2

    Those guitar licks at the end were played by Paul on his Casino, as the phrases in Another Girl.

  • @luckydog-287
    @luckydog-287 6 часов назад

    Thank you for including the vocal instrument in your lesson! Extremely complicated material that you present here !!! Amazing !!!!!

  • @johnseniuk2875
    @johnseniuk2875 Час назад

    Never realized so many ways to love this song.thx rick