There is an atmosphere to rhis film unlike anything else of its kind. Each song performance has a surreal quality that comes thru even on iphone youtube playback. That's a testament to sheer brilliance in musicianship and directing. This film still makes me cry as a 62 year old fan-- there'll never be a replacement for it.
I was there when the movie was first shown in Canton, Ohio and it was the most intense experience of my life. Every time one of the Beatles started to speak or sing, every girl in the theatre started screaming and didn't stop until the Beatle stopped talking. It wasn't until a year later, when the movie went on television that I actually heard any of the dialogue or songs. It's a tribute to the quality of the movie that, with all that going on, I still had a wonderful time.
@@hhhmo7328 In my memories, yes, I'm still there. Those times were so vivid and happy, I'll never forget them. They were my best of days and my worst of days.
I was there at Marylebone station when this was made .My dear dad was a railway worker on this station so got passes to be there.. .I was 8 years old .Sadly my dad died a year later.I will never forget the screams and getting Wilfred Brambell and Norman Rossingtons autograph .Lovely memories for me.
Very cool recount, and sweet. I was with the boys in Atlanta Stadium in August 1965. I sat with my dad and mom and three older siblings to watch the Ed Sullivan show with 72,000,000 over here. Peace and love. Saw McCartney and Wings twice.
I was about 7 years old when Hard Days Night came out in the theatres. Fortunately I had a sister 4 years older than me, and she got our grandmother to drive her, her girlfriend and me, and I think my younger brother too, I'd have to ask him but he was only 4 at the time. But we're in this movie theatre, everybody excited to see this close up film of the Beatles and to hear them play their songs. It was a surreal event,for as soon as the opening chord of the title song came on, all the girls in there began screaming as if we were at one of their concerts. This continued throughout most of the film. We couldn't hear any dialog, and barely any songs cuz of the screaming. My grandmother was flipping out with these girls screaming in the theatre, trying to tell them to be quiet, lol, cuz her generation, you could barely whisper. At one point she wanted to leave and said lets go, and my older sister insisted that we stay, so we stayed. We had an aunt who was a school teacher who bought my sister the first Beatles album, telling her this is the group that all the kids are going nuts over. So my sister, myself and even my 4 year old brother, became lifelong fans of the Beatles. And actually I think my brother and I carried on as stronger fans, than our sister, as we became musicians as we grew older. Today I'm 62, and still love the Beatles as my ultimate number one choice. They inspired me to become a songwriter, and to the point of winning a grand prize in a Billboard magazine song contest, with a song, with a Beatlesque feel to it. I've now four albums out of my own songs, on my website at Jensongs.net. And I owe so much of it to The Beatles for inspiring me to achieve the same. No one will ever achieve their status again, but so many memories with so many of their songs!!! It's endless. Long live the Beatles, and that title song A Hard Days Night, was written over night on demand, of Richard Lester who asked them the night before if they could write a song called A Hard Days Night. HDN was and is such a powerful song to open ANY movie.
I missed in the theaters but downloaded it several years ago and keep at the ready anytime I need to recall better days. It reveals the Beatles sense of humor, as well as featuring many of their early hits. I also enjoy the entirely British dialog and fashion of that time. The Beatles are among my all time favorite bands along With Elvis Costello and Led Zepplin. Three of my top five are brits along with Blondie and the Ramones on my side of the pond.
I too had the movie theater experience of nonstop screaming by teenage girls, and wondered how common that was! I was 4 or 5 years old but already captivated by the Beatles, maybe in part because my mother, who was in her early 30s, liked them and so did nothing to discourage my interest. The teenagers STOOD and screamed throughout, so my mom held onto me while I stood on my theater seat and tried to see. I think I ended up just giving up and screaming along with them. Total craziness.
🌄 There's 3 words that can describe the BEATLES ~ Thank You Sincerely ! Not just for their AMAZING contributions in the world of Art, but for ALL the peripheral altruistic nature and child-like sparks of innovation and just heartfelt fun that didn't have to be forced.. When generations see the true relationships they had with folks I wouldn't blame them for being a little jealous. It's very rare for events like the planets aligning and individuals coming together w/out expectations but securing their place in history staying relatively humble, are you kidding my blood relatives aren't even that close.. When I watch All their movies and listen to their music it still brings me JOY just like it did when I first heard it coming out of an A.M radio in the window while on my swingset singing along with 'I wanna hold your hand' The irony of growing up in the '70s' was most of the music was actually GOOD, and even though I'm sure our folks didn't like alot of the Heavy Metal, we didn't listen to music just because it was our generation, most of my friends liked music mainly because there seemed to be Talented musicians playing it.. Even in my early teens I wasn't afraid to blast Frank Sinatra, The Four Tops my uncle turned me on to when he got back from Vietnam and we'd be visiting him in N.Y . Not to mention I was lucky to have a mother that loved music and played a little piano + exposed us to the Greats like the Gershwins and Burt Bacharach. And I'm positive she liked The Beatles too🎶✌🎸🌟David🎵🤘⛥🌈😎🏛✨
The definition of great music is that it can make complete strangers break down and cry from sheer joy. It has always be so and always will be; the Beatles managed to do it like a ping-pong ball trapped between the table and a descending paddle- so many hits in such a short time that NONE of us could really take it all in the first time around. And that's why they never get old: there's enough there for several lifetimes.
I remember as a young boy waiting in line in San Rafael California at San Rafael theater to go see the Beatles movies help and a hard days night The line was around the block Oh the great old days
Exactly. The song isn't really THAT great, but Ringo just takes into overdrive. Same with the intro to "She Loves You" - it's the energy level that will be the hook ensuring the song's immortality. My young kids reacted to it when they first heard it six or so years ago (I bought the mono boxed set) exactly the way kids in 1964 reacted.
Write a hit song that introduces the title and energy to the audience - got it in one night! How can anyone doubt their greatness? Write six hit songs whilst on holiday - got it! Come back and do a film that holds up well 50 years later - got it!!! Again, how can anyone doubt their greatness?
Piece of cake. You start with the title as the first line and theme, then add a cliche (working like a dog), then rhyme another cliche to it (sleeping like a log). None of the other lyrics are particularly memorable. The guitar solo is the same Gm7 scale repeated once. I can see how they could have finished the bear bones of the song in a single night. Music isn't that hard for natural musicians (like me, ha-ha). But there's a couple of neat hooks in there, including the much-debated opening suspended chord, and the 12-string guitar riff at the end. And of course the overall energy of the recording, driven by Ringo's thrash drumming, really seals the deal. Bottom line, writing most of Rubber Soul in 10-14 days was a greater feat. (Almost) literally unbelievable.
@@aquamarine99911 Sure, mate, sure. As I always say: It's all so easy after it has been done. Mona Lisa? Just get me a girl with an odd smile - too easy.
Just saw Ron Howard's 8 days a week which captures the unprecedented phenomena well. A Hard Day's Night delivered to the world a fictional day in the life look at being a Beatle but was much closer to fact. This movie was a chance for anyone near a cinema to see for themselves what the fuss was about. Try and explain to today's generation how huge and important The Beatles were musically and culturally and you will probably get a blank stare. This will never happen again.
yeah but he chose to ignore the Fab Four meeting Elvis Presley on the second tour, August 1965 for whatever reason. Did the movie feature or made any kind of mention of, any other artist/band the Beatles met, saw or partied with during their touring years?
Leave that for the 6 hour version of the movie. Just like the Woodstock movie there was plenty of other stuff going on but how much can you squeeze into 130 minutes.
rushbeat14 I was 12 yo. and I remember very well what happened. nobody knows exactly what. but everybody was infuenced by these 4 lads from Liverpool. musically and otherwise. great era to be alive !!!
It sure didn't hurt Rickenbacker guitars, Hofner basses, Gibson (acoustics), and Ludwig drums to be in this movie. Rickenbacker gave George his 12 string and John his 6 string back in February 1964 when they were in New York (John retired his original Rickenbacker after that). Amazingly Paul declined to accept a Rickenbacker bass at the time (but accepted one a year later on tour in America). Of course John and George stopped playing any Ricks by 1966, but their use (including in this movie) has kept that company going all these years. The Byrds saw A Hard Day's Night and immediately bought a Rick 360/12 for Jim McGuinn. One more AHDN thing. I was on a cruise in 2007. When I went to the Lido deck to get lunch before we left port on the first day I heard the familiar sound of I'm Happy Just To Dance With You being played. Then I came around the corner to see the movie being shown on the giant outdoor screen for all to watch. Pretty cool moment and good choice of movie!
Every town used to have their little music shop where you would buy instruments, and where the school band would get their instruments from. Well, in 1964 I was a kid in New York City, which meant my local 'music store' was 48th Street. I think two solid blocks of it was wall-to-wall music stores, like the famous Manny's Music. And every window front had Hofner basses and Rickenbacker guitars. We kids couldn't afford to buy anything, of course, so we would just stare at the windows. When I was 12 I got my first guitar, so I needed picks. I lived outside the city by then, but I took the train in just so I could go into Manny's and buy two picks for 25 cents, all the while gapiing at the guitars on the walls like it was in the Sistene Chapel, lol!
The movie was a highlight of this truly fab period of time, and I liked it even more because it contained what is still my very favorite song, "If I Fell." These guys were and are phenomenal!
We remember them for their music, but watching these clips it's obvious that they were also comic geniuses. So natural...it seems to come so easily for them.
So Paul was playing in LA at Dodger stadium this week. As he does. He still loves to play. And it was great to see Ringo surprise everybody and join him for the encore. The last time that happened was in 2015 it turns out. 4 years ago.. So can you guess the 2 songs? Sgt. Pepper (reprise) and Helter Skelter.
Dick Lester’s ad background was ideal for The Beatles first film. The ridiculous production schedule, the ad lib nature, the fan base, the band’s humor; all suited Lester’s experience.
im looking at 2 photos i took of the tv think it was 70"S,,by age11 i started a beatles band in school (1975) with twisted hands that were stuck half open and the main joints not moving..over the years i opened my left hand and its my new main hand since,,so i always say the beatles saved my hands.. i went solo by 84 when i supported the rocky horror show uk tour (84) i went on stage 1st ..these things helped me get a feel of what it was like for the beatles i even got the whole place singing,,in 1988 after paying to record in thew 80"s i bought a 4 track,,since i have multy track recorded...my daughter became national champion at singing,,and her daughter has been a musician song writer since she was age3 ,age10 now and blows people away..with my dad (same age as george harrison)who made a cd of his songs after id made one,that makes 4 generations of singer song writers in my family now.. all from the beatles :-)
PS so much talent stays in peoples bedrooms,since the world makes good looking people famous now,not the oddballs like they did back in the day..and who wants song writers even,
I made my Aunt take me to see A Hard Day's Night when it came out....she was an Elvis fan and did not "get"The Beatles...lol...july 6th of this year 2019...16days ago...i took my Aunt to see Paul McCartney here in Vancouver in concert...She said it was the best concert she had ever been to...LOL...so i said, "do you get it now?...these guys were the soundtrack of our lives...so many of us...what a thrill!
i was able to see AHDN about 20 times in one week....at a military theatre in the Philippines. I was 10, and just sat for a week, show after show....4 a day...
This documentary is wonderful. Especially for us lifetime Beatles fans. I saw the movie when it 1st came out to the Park Theatre in Memphis, TN and it was a gas. Couldn't understand what they were saying but saw it again to get there. Bought the songs, too. "And I Love Her"! Thx
I saw A Hard Day's Night in the cinema in downtown Cardiff (The Capitol) when it first came out. I was 12 years old and it cost me 2/6 (2 shillings and sixpence) to get in. I never heard a single word of the film, there was so much screaming.
I would like for all bands that made it big in the 60s, 70s 80, 90s and so on. Take the phrase “A Hard Days Night” and write a song with the phrase in it. You don’t have to do it overnight like John Lennon did, just do it.
Part of what made the film so great and so much fun was it's pseudo-documentary look being in black and white. Principal reason for that was United Artists opinion (like most everyone else in show business at the time) that The beatles were a flash in the pan and would be forgotten in a year or so .... so why spend extra money on expensive color stock when they were certain of an immediate and handsome financial gain on the film and soundtrack lp....... I saw it in 64 and must view it every now and then for my own soul and dose of Beatles....
I think it was more inspired by the Maysles Bros. 'Beatles 1st US Visit' movie than any economic concerns (though it wouldn't have harmed the pocket either) which was force-shelved as not to collide with AHDN, the creative use of light Albert Maysles achieved on the fly was amazing, there's a doc of 'the making of' floating around which shows the obvious comparison and influence to bring script and format to what had occured serendipitously
I need a song called A hard days night,next day bump its there,and not just any old song but a number 1 song,now thats talent,i remenber going to see the film with my 2 sisters,and i can tell you there was some wet seats at the end of it,brilliant movie,brilliant music,great days.
Still the best of 'rock' film I have seen - I was 10 years old when I saw this in NY. The next Beatles film, "Help" which I also remember watching, a few years later, was contrived disappointment compared to "A Hard Day's Night".
@@MermaidPrincess9 That's cool. I was only 12 at the time, but a very hip 12. Ray Charles was playing piano on the floor of the ballroom, and I was literally leaning on the piano. I don't think he saw me.
@@freddylubin Freddy that is so Darn Cool.. What a Story .. I do remember oh too well... It was . Very Bittersweet Summer for one that i would come to Regret for the rest of my life .. Especially since i became a singer./songwriter musician performer and have been for 35 years ... I am going back to when i was 14 yrs old when saw Hard Days Night Premeire at Steel Peir and i do remember Ray and Smokey Playing there but not sure i saw them i think i was just there to see Hard Days Night .. Even though it was just on the Big Screen the Excitment in the Audience was the same as if they were live on Stage .. I can still remember that .. Sadly for me that is as close to them as i will ever get .. You see i was babysitting all summer for my Neighbors Sister Gloria who was the Lady On the Diving Horse .. she had gotten me tickets to See the Beatles at Convention Hall Sept 1 1964 .. and also Back Stage Passes to Meet the Beatles which would literally Have Changed My Life if it come to Fruition but sadly i was not yet 15 years which if i had been i would have been a Rebel and defied My Mother .. Who forbid me to Go to the Concert because it was the First Day of School Can you believe it at the time in those Years it was a big deal to miss the First Day of School in a New Grade ... I wish i had been that Rebel Girl i would become just one year later when i was 15 years . SO i sadly and brokenheartedly took the bus home the night before and never made it to the Concert to see the Beatles or Meet them Backstage .. Words cant express how 50 years later i am still depressed about it and To the is day its still the Number One Regret i have in my Life . As a Singer Musician and Performer it would have meant everything to me and had made me so Special and Lucky to have Seen them and Met them .. My Idols since i was 14 yrs old. I have loved and Adored the Beatles and their Music .... When i think back on that moment in time i just get so sad and downhearted thinking that would have changed my life . One day is all it was .. So i resented school from that moment on and cut class in High School and just did not care .. I was . an Artist and could not get into my Ciriculum instead they threw me in Business which i so resented but i truly messed me up . i graduated my class 68 but had to go through summer school and night school to do that and it was not until years later than i went to College in my 30s and found out that all this time i thought i was a girl with average intelligence and went through decades feeling that way but then in college i was hungry to learn and i excelled in all my Subjects and was at the Top of My Class and Found out i was actually at Genius Level . 3.50 average and that blew my Mind and totally Changed my Life for the Better so i loved school now but it took 2o years i feeling sorry for myself and depressed over Not beeing able to See the Beatles and Meet them backstage a Missed Opportunity ... WOW .. Mind Blowing !!! i still regret that day and decision i made to Obey my Mom and there was alot of resentment towards my Mom too cheez but i got over that eventually with her .. But you see the point is that day will Haunt me forever but i learned how to live with it and Still Love the Beatles 50 years later .. Still listen to them Every day . and stilL madely in Love with Paul and John. Paul was first love in 64 that was love at first site on the Ed Sullivan Show thought he was the most beautiful boy in the world or that i had ever seen. And then when i became a Rebel at 15 in 65 fell in Love with the Rebel Beatle John Of Couse on Rubber Soul. Sorry I got Carried away ... The other thing wanted to say was that at the time i really did not know much about Ray Charles but in later years would come to admire his genius and love him and his music ... Smokey of course heard his music but it would be 65 that i would fall in love with John the Rebel Beatle and Smokey Robinson the most amazing romantic voice ont the planet ... I thought ... Yes still love smokey and when i read that John Loved Smokey and tried to emulate him when writing some of his Dreamy Love Songs... Thought that was so Cool... I still Love Johns voice to me there is no one else voice in the world that moves me as Johns Does .. the Pure Raw emotion and feeling and grit and soul he puts into his Songs his SInging .. I just cant expalin what Johns Voice does to me inside .. it touches my Soul. Rosemary
@@MermaidPrincess9 And in addition to all of that, there was the Democratic Convention in town. I remember running around to the hotels hoping to see the senators and governors arriving. I managed to meet Hubert Humphrey, and got into the convention one evening, somehow getting an "alternative delegate" ticket. I can't believe I was doing that stuff at that age.
They were not only a breath of fresh air, The Beatles were a life changing experience for young kids everywhere. I remember in Nov 1964 sitting watching the movie as a 10 yo boy. I remember being angry with the girls who were screaming and wetting themselves (my friends older brother worked at the theater and had to "mop the seats" after each showing). Anyway, I came away loving The Beatles and my new hero was Lennon. I was a very straight "good boy" but somehow his "rebel" image struck a chord. I eventually refused to let my Dad give me the standard "crew cut". And two years later I got my first guitar (Sears Silvertone and amp) and even played in my 20's in a "Beatle band". How their music evolved so quickly still amazes me. So lucky to have grown up seeing it all unfold. Thank God for these "old straight white males" who let things unfold naturally. HDN is ART!!!
They were offered the chance to make in Film in late 1963 but at that time they were touring, doing tv specials, radio shows basically they had a relentless schedule. By the time they hit in the U.S.A Beatle mania in Europe was dying down. I saw "A Hard Days night" in 1964 at a Cinema in Bristol
When they hit the USA the UK hysterical screamers had no one to scream at. Returning from Paris to the UK the Beatles stayed in the airport for their UK interview. Then February 7th (Friday) they flew to the USA arriving back on the 22nd (Saturday), 3 days before George's 21st birthday. So for the 2 weeks the streets of London were opened again as the Traffic Police waved traffic through quickly blowing their whistles and informing the public 'it's only going to be like this for two weeks'. The teenage girls didn't have networking so relied on the Beatle screaming to know where they were. By then the Beatles were avoiding areas of potential mass hesterical occurences and so sightings in public declined. But once one girl saw a Beatle, then recognizing him as one of the Fab Four her mouth would start to open and the sream would start. Not a quiet scream. But one that could be heard all along the street and around the corner. Couse people stopped eatting their cheese and pickle sandwiches and listen. What's that. Even Police would listen as of course it could have been Jack the Ripper or some horrendous feined. A strange British phenomena is the shrill scream from a female and people stop. They halt things making noise to ask which direction that horrendous scream is coming from. So London falls errily silent. Not even a news paper is moved to avoid the rustle. As the two girls on the street corner turn their heads to see why the scream they see a Beatle also and likewise start screaming. More heads turn and a kind gent trys to find out from the screamers what the cause is. So it's about 120 seconds from the start and about 60 seconds from hesterical female invasion from miles around as the man learns the screams are caused by the Beatle. He mistakenly turns around and shouts to others listening across the busy streets: it's alright. It's only Ringo, one of the Beatles'. Well that's it. Number 7, 8 an 47 buses which were passing by all have their bells run as hesterical girls clammer to get off. A hundred screamers turn to a thousand then keep increasing. They knew they were back. I think more precautions were being employed about their locations apart from their official advertised venues.
THEY WERE AMAZING That Scouser Humor is infectious This film was brilliant when you compare it with Summer Holiday and other pieces of crap that involved Pop Stars of the time It was genial because they were Genius's and were very aware of the nonsence that had gone before including terrible Elvis Films
This is a much better documentary than the one presented by Phil Collins. The interviews with Walter Shenson and David Picker are especially good. Picker infers at 35:35 that it's success was partly because the management didn't interfere.
A big part of The Beatles creativity, which is certainly genius, but brings it down to Earth is using simple everyday phrases, what's in the news, and other common societal elements that have passed through the ages. The genius was assembling it all for the public in a easily digestible and likable form. For instance, a simple phrase like: "She was so damn tall, legs and all." I just made that up to illustrate, but it's referring to a paper clip I saw about Taylor Swift being so tall. Say John thought of it, and mumbled it to Paul. Now Paul thinks of a little diddy to go with it. They might be laughing about it, but keep on expanding until, Voila! ...a song is born.
I remember watching this movie as a kid in the 90s (as many other kids do when discovering the Beatles) and thinking how relatively contemporary the editing and shooting were. You can literally cut out the ‘song parts’ and you had ready made MTV/VH1 shorts (just add the white lettering on the bottom left, “The Beatles” “A Hard Days Night” “A Hard Days Night” Capital/EMI) ... they invented mass market consumption music video companions to their music releases BEFORE anyone thought it was a necessary part of the marketing. Another innovation by this band.
I was 10 and waited in a LONG line to finally see AHDN and just couldn’t hear it! All the girls were screaming during the movie AT THE SCREEN! Hard enough as a young American to try and somehow sort out the British dialogue, then to have the constant shrieking on top of it was absurd. Great movie tho lol.
If you're reading this, then you have time to write a song. Make it a hit. Lyrics and music. (I've tried, and writing a song that's even bad is hard.) Oh yeah, your hit song can't be like anything else.
thing is..its All BOUT SOMETHING ELSE....THE LADS were of HIGH consciousness...so much higher than the common ppl..that it drove them crazy~ they were shock-hit by higher awareness and spiritual reality whether they even knew it....Maharishi knew it,,I spent years with MMY,-------he knew the BEATLES were high....others could've done the music etc but they ere HIGH beings...thats their secret....even few here know at ll what i'm saying.....I mean anyone could sing, EIGHT DAYS A EEK et but when the LADS did it!!! WOWOWOWOWOW because they delivered it from HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS...the most powerful "thing' there is......
i can answer vlad,its known the beatles saw elvis and girls screaming at the screan in the cinama,then what happend to them happend to me,when i was age10 i saw the beatles and went mad on them,by age11 i started a beatles band,it opened my hands(mainly my left) that only ever half opened,im still disabled in them but thank god i did that so young,i always say the beatles saved my hands,,,,But i now understand it was my higher self,pushing me to go beyound myself (which is lifes perpose to self evolve) we have a higher and lower self,the higher knows we came to life to give to love and learn,the lower wants its shere its the ego,all life has possative and negative,day night ect ect,the friction between the two,makes a spark the lights up the universe,on our great journey through many life times,and in my case many bands (we all have our groups of people,we bond and travel with) see theosophy..stu
I want you kids to understand what George Martin is talking about : "Summer Holiday". Cliff Richards predates the Beatles he was and still is a superstar in Britain, but not in America. Most British Stars failed in America. Cliff was launched here, and his records and film but it wasn't a hit in America like it was in England. It had a weak storyline. In America audiences didn't care. I know. I didn't care. I saw Cliffs films on TV soon after and wasn't impressed. George Martin is making reference to the failure and weak plot of Summer Holiday. He hoped the Beatles film would not turn out as another one of those kinds of films.
One of the smartest moves ever made by the Beatles, was their insistence on not coming to America unless they had a #1 record. This was because they had seen people like Adam Faith and Cliff Richard, huge stars in Britain, came to America and ended up Sharing a concert bill with Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Malcolm Lewis You’re just repeating verbatim what Paul McCartney said on Anthology. The fact is, they were already booked to be on the Ed Sullivan Show before I Want to Hold Your Hand was even released let alone at No.1
Did Alun Owen get the idea for the cinematic train trip before or after the trip to America? I ask because while there the Beatles took a day train from NY to DC.
After. As I recall, the movie was very much influenced by the documentary made about The Beatles arriving in US. Could have been a big factor as to why it was shot in B&W
Before. The plot was based on the actual typical daily schedule of the group. They really did use train travel a lot to reach various appointments and venues.
Check out the new documentary "Eight Days A Week: The The Touring Years" on Hulu! www.hulu.com/start/?show=the-beatles-eight-days-a-week-the-touring-years
Paul, we've decided to call your new film "The Frog Chorus", and we really need a title song..... 24 hours later.... Actually Paul, I think we changed our minds
With the Beatles, the only others that have known worldwide fame in my opinion: Elvis, Michael Jackson, madonna, David Cassidy, Farrah Fawcett, John Travolta., Beatles didn't take themselves seriously, my immediate attraction....longlive rock...
There is an atmosphere to rhis film unlike anything else of its kind. Each song performance has a surreal quality that comes thru even on iphone youtube playback. That's a testament to sheer brilliance in musicianship and directing. This film still makes me cry as a 62 year old fan-- there'll never be a replacement for it.
I was there when the movie was first shown in Canton, Ohio and it was the most intense experience of my life. Every time one of the Beatles started to speak or sing, every girl in the theatre started screaming and didn't stop until the Beatle stopped talking. It wasn't until a year later, when the movie went on television that I actually heard any of the dialogue or songs. It's a tribute to the quality of the movie that, with all that going on, I still had a wonderful time.
You didn't have a little sister
@@redwater4778 True, but I went to school with several thousand teenage girls. I understood what was going on, but it was still an intense experience.
@@emmitstewart1921 are you there sir?
@@hhhmo7328 In my memories, yes, I'm still there. Those times were so vivid and happy, I'll never forget them. They were my best of days and my worst of days.
@@emmitstewart1921 Excellent sir ! I Wish i could experience something like beatlmania again 😄
I was there at Marylebone station when this was made .My dear dad was a railway worker on this station so got passes to be there.. .I was 8 years old .Sadly my dad died a year later.I will never forget the screams and getting Wilfred Brambell and Norman Rossingtons autograph .Lovely memories for me.
Sharon Martin: WOW! Such cool memories! Thank you for sharing!
honest natural comedy that's what sold
Very cool recount, and sweet. I was with the boys in Atlanta Stadium in August 1965. I sat with my dad and mom and three older siblings to watch the Ed Sullivan show with 72,000,000 over here. Peace and love. Saw McCartney and Wings twice.
VERY happy for you!
Sorry of your dads death so soon after. This my favourite movie of all time . R.I.P to your Dad John George George Martin and all.Beatles follòwers.
The Beatles were my first ever favorite band . . . 50 years later and they're now my all-time favorite band.
I was about 7 years old when Hard Days Night came out in the theatres. Fortunately I had a sister 4 years older than me, and she got our grandmother to drive her, her girlfriend and me, and I think my younger brother too, I'd have to ask him but he was only 4 at the time. But we're in this movie theatre, everybody excited to see this close up film of the Beatles and to hear them play their songs. It was a surreal event,for as soon as the opening chord of the title song came on, all the girls in there began screaming as if we were at one of their concerts. This continued throughout most of the film. We couldn't hear any dialog, and barely any songs cuz of the screaming. My grandmother was flipping out with these girls screaming in the theatre, trying to tell them to be quiet, lol, cuz her generation, you could barely whisper. At one point she wanted to leave and said lets go, and my older sister insisted that we stay, so we stayed. We had an aunt who was a school teacher who bought my sister the first Beatles album, telling her this is the group that all the kids are going nuts over. So my sister, myself and even my 4 year old brother, became lifelong fans of the Beatles. And actually I think my brother and I carried on as stronger fans, than our sister, as we became musicians as we grew older. Today I'm 62, and still love the Beatles as my ultimate number one choice. They inspired me to become a songwriter, and to the point of winning a grand prize in a Billboard magazine song contest, with a song, with a Beatlesque feel to it. I've now four albums out of my own songs, on my website at Jensongs.net. And I owe so much of it to The Beatles for inspiring me to achieve the same. No one will ever achieve their status again, but so many memories with so many of their songs!!! It's endless. Long live the Beatles, and that title song A Hard Days Night, was written over night on demand, of Richard Lester who asked them the night before if they could write a song called A Hard Days Night. HDN was and is such a powerful song to open ANY movie.
I missed in the theaters but downloaded it several years ago and keep at the ready anytime I need to recall better days. It reveals the Beatles sense of humor, as well as featuring many of their early hits. I also enjoy the entirely British dialog and fashion of that time. The Beatles are among my all time favorite bands along With Elvis Costello and Led Zepplin. Three of my top five are brits along with Blondie and the Ramones on my side of the pond.
I had the same experience in my local theater of screaming girls obliterating the soundtrack for most of the film. I was 11 years old.
I’m 62 and I to remember these movies and when they came out
It was beatle mania everywhere
Great times wish I could go back
I too had the movie theater experience of nonstop screaming by teenage girls, and wondered how common that was! I was 4 or 5 years old but already captivated by the Beatles, maybe in part because my mother, who was in her early 30s, liked them and so did nothing to discourage my interest. The teenagers STOOD and screamed throughout, so my mom held onto me while I stood on my theater seat and tried to see. I think I ended up just giving up and screaming along with them. Total craziness.
Funny, my grandma took me to see Yellow Submarine.
26:10 They needed a song for the movie and the next morning "A Hard Day's Night" was ready to go. Amazing...
The actual album has 2 of my all time favorite tunes-"I'll cry instead" and "Things we said today"
The start of that movie was perfect for the days of Beatlemania. Picture a packed theater and the first chord explodes and here we go.
Great Thanks to the producers of this excellently made documentary of this mega-important world phenomenon !!
🌄 There's 3 words that can describe the BEATLES ~ Thank You Sincerely ! Not just for their AMAZING contributions in the world of Art, but for ALL the peripheral altruistic nature and child-like sparks of innovation and just heartfelt fun that didn't have to be forced.. When generations see the true relationships they had with folks I wouldn't blame them for being a little jealous. It's very rare for events like the planets aligning and individuals coming together w/out expectations but securing their place in history staying relatively humble, are you kidding my blood relatives aren't even that close.. When I watch All their movies and listen to their music it still brings me JOY just like it did when I first heard it coming out of an A.M radio in the window while on my swingset singing along with 'I wanna hold your hand' The irony of growing up in the '70s' was most of the music was actually GOOD, and even though I'm sure our folks didn't like alot of the Heavy Metal, we didn't listen to music just because it was our generation, most of my friends liked music mainly because there seemed to be Talented musicians playing it.. Even in my early teens I wasn't afraid to blast Frank Sinatra, The Four Tops my uncle turned me on to when he got back from Vietnam and we'd be visiting him in N.Y . Not to mention I was lucky to have a mother that loved music and played a little piano + exposed us to the Greats like the Gershwins and Burt Bacharach. And I'm positive she liked The Beatles too🎶✌🎸🌟David🎵🤘⛥🌈😎🏛✨
The definition of great music is that it can make complete strangers break down and cry from sheer joy. It has always be so and always will be; the Beatles managed to do it like a ping-pong ball trapped between the table and a descending paddle- so many hits in such a short time that NONE of us could really take it all in the first time around. And that's why they never get old: there's enough there for several lifetimes.
I remember as a young boy waiting in line in San Rafael California at San Rafael theater to go see the Beatles movies help and a hard days night
The line was around the block
Oh the great old days
Hard Days Night.... The best drumming I have ever heard.
Exactly. The song isn't really THAT great, but Ringo just takes into overdrive. Same with the intro to "She Loves You" - it's the energy level that will be the hook ensuring the song's immortality. My young kids reacted to it when they first heard it six or so years ago (I bought the mono boxed set) exactly the way kids in 1964 reacted.
oh yeah...the song is that great...
Listen to more music
Write a hit song that introduces the title and energy to the audience - got it in one night! How can anyone doubt their greatness? Write six hit songs whilst on holiday - got it! Come back and do a film that holds up well 50 years later - got it!!! Again, how can anyone doubt their greatness?
Piece of cake. You start with the title as the first line and theme, then add a cliche (working like a dog), then rhyme another cliche to it (sleeping like a log). None of the other lyrics are particularly memorable. The guitar solo is the same Gm7 scale repeated once. I can see how they could have finished the bear bones of the song in a single night. Music isn't that hard for natural musicians (like me, ha-ha). But there's a couple of neat hooks in there, including the much-debated opening suspended chord, and the 12-string guitar riff at the end. And of course the overall energy of the recording, driven by Ringo's thrash drumming, really seals the deal.
Bottom line, writing most of Rubber Soul in 10-14 days was a greater feat. (Almost) literally unbelievable.
@@aquamarine99911 'bare bones'
Easy: They only play their crap from White Album forward.
@@aquamarine99911 Sure, mate, sure. As I always say: It's all so easy after it has been done. Mona Lisa? Just get me a girl with an odd smile - too easy.
next time you write a song on this level ....overnight...post it for us lol
Just saw Ron Howard's 8 days a week which captures the unprecedented phenomena well.
A Hard Day's Night delivered to the world a fictional day in the life look at being a Beatle but was much closer to fact.
This movie was a chance for anyone near a cinema to see for themselves what the fuss was about.
Try and explain to today's generation how huge and important The Beatles were musically and culturally and you will probably get a blank stare.
This will never happen again.
yeah but he chose to ignore the Fab Four meeting Elvis Presley on the second tour, August 1965 for whatever reason. Did the movie feature or made any kind of mention of, any other artist/band the Beatles met, saw or partied with during their touring years?
Leave that for the 6 hour version of the movie. Just like the Woodstock movie there was plenty of other stuff going on but how much can you squeeze into 130 minutes.
+tenniscollector That's not important to me 😒
rushbeat14
I was 12 yo. and I remember very well what happened. nobody knows exactly what. but everybody was infuenced by these 4 lads from Liverpool. musically and otherwise. great era to be alive !!!
rushbeat14 I thought Ron's film just didn't do it! The fans need to speak about Beatlemania! How it happened and what it did and what it meant.
It sure didn't hurt Rickenbacker guitars, Hofner basses, Gibson (acoustics), and Ludwig drums to be in this movie. Rickenbacker gave George his 12 string and John his 6 string back in February 1964 when they were in New York (John retired his original Rickenbacker after that). Amazingly Paul declined to accept a Rickenbacker bass at the time (but accepted one a year later on tour in America). Of course John and George stopped playing any Ricks by 1966, but their use (including in this movie) has kept that company going all these years. The Byrds saw A Hard Day's Night and immediately bought a Rick 360/12 for Jim McGuinn.
One more AHDN thing. I was on a cruise in 2007. When I went to the Lido deck to get lunch before we left port on the first day I heard the familiar sound of I'm Happy Just To Dance With You being played. Then I came around the corner to see the movie being shown on the giant outdoor screen for all to watch. Pretty cool moment and good choice of movie!
Every town used to have their little music shop where you would buy instruments, and where the school band would get their instruments from. Well, in 1964 I was a kid in New York City, which meant my local 'music store' was 48th Street. I think two solid blocks of it was wall-to-wall music stores, like the famous Manny's Music. And every window front had Hofner basses and Rickenbacker guitars. We kids couldn't afford to buy anything, of course, so we would just stare at the windows. When I was 12 I got my first guitar, so I needed picks. I lived outside the city by then, but I took the train in just so I could go into Manny's and buy two picks for 25 cents, all the while gapiing at the guitars on the walls like it was in the Sistene Chapel, lol!
The movie was a highlight of this truly fab period of time, and I liked it even more because it contained what is still my very favorite song, "If I Fell." These guys were and are phenomenal!
We remember them for their music, but watching these clips it's obvious that they were also comic geniuses. So natural...it seems to come so easily for them.
Wonderful!
I have loved the movie for 55 years.
So Paul was playing in LA at Dodger stadium this week. As he does. He still loves to play.
And it was great to see Ringo surprise everybody and join him for the encore.
The last time that happened was in 2015 it turns out. 4 years ago..
So can you guess the 2 songs? Sgt. Pepper (reprise) and Helter Skelter.
Hard days night: the prototype for every music video that's ever been made since.
So much genuine fun from the whole body of people who took part.
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I was 14 when they came on the Ed Sullivan Show, and will never forget it. This -- and, for that matter, "Help!" -- was great.
Dick Lester’s ad background was ideal for The Beatles first film. The ridiculous production schedule, the ad lib nature, the fan base, the band’s humor; all suited Lester’s experience.
Just like Ridley Scott and his brother.Tony. Catch the moment technique.
I saw the movie for the first time in many years earlier this year, got it at the library. Still funny after all these years.
im looking at 2 photos i took of the tv think it was 70"S,,by age11 i started a beatles band in school (1975) with twisted hands that were stuck half open and the main joints not moving..over the years i opened my left hand and its my new main hand since,,so i always say the beatles saved my hands.. i went solo by 84 when i supported the rocky horror show uk tour (84) i went on stage 1st ..these things helped me get a feel of what it was like for the beatles i even got the whole place singing,,in 1988 after paying to record in thew 80"s i bought a 4 track,,since i have multy track recorded...my daughter became national champion at singing,,and her daughter has been a musician song writer since she was age3 ,age10 now and blows people away..with my dad (same age as george harrison)who made a cd of his songs after id made one,that makes 4 generations of singer song writers in my family now.. all from the beatles :-)
PS so much talent stays in peoples bedrooms,since the world makes good looking people famous now,not the oddballs like they did back in the day..and who wants song writers even,
I made my Aunt take me to see A Hard Day's Night when it came out....she was an Elvis fan and did not "get"The Beatles...lol...july 6th of this year 2019...16days ago...i took my Aunt to see Paul McCartney here in Vancouver in concert...She said it was the best concert she had ever been to...LOL...so i said, "do you get it now?...these guys were the soundtrack of our lives...so many of us...what a thrill!
Elvis AND The Beatles! She is obviously a lady of impeccable taste.
Great story Andy.!
Fantastic story. A great movie. I remember seeing it the first time as a kid. Wonderful experience!
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i was able to see AHDN about 20 times in one week....at a military theatre in the Philippines. I was 10, and just sat for a week, show after show....4 a day...
Hi Chuck! Imagine you talking about the Beatles!
I was 15 years old when I saw this picture with my best friend Benny Valentine and for the first time we had to wait 2 hrs. Good days of our life.
Sharon, I absolutely envy you! The first band I fell in love with! Who knew what a legend they would become!
The best drumming I have ever heard is in the song Hard Days Night.
This documentary is wonderful. Especially for us lifetime Beatles fans. I saw the movie when it 1st came out to the Park Theatre in Memphis, TN and it was a gas. Couldn't understand what they were saying but saw it again to get there. Bought the songs, too. "And I Love Her"! Thx
Famous film critic Roger Ebert said he had watched A Hard Days Night at least 25 times and considered it one of his favorite films.
I saw A Hard Day's Night in the cinema in downtown Cardiff (The Capitol) when it first came out. I was 12 years old and it cost me 2/6 (2 shillings and sixpence) to get in. I never heard a single word of the film, there was so much screaming.
What a time! Exhilarating! Happy! Joyful! So very lucky to be young and alive at the time.
Absolutely Brilliant
Craig Warner agreed!!!!
I came back only to view a comment and had to watch the whole thing again.
I would like for all bands that made it big in the 60s, 70s 80, 90s and so on. Take the phrase “A Hard Days Night” and write a song with the phrase in it. You don’t have to do it overnight like John Lennon did, just do it.
It's a great example of what can happen when you just let talented people do what they do best rather than trying to micro-manage.
Was just reading up about John Picker (VP Production & Marketing, UA Corp., '62 - '64) and found out he passed away last month, aged 87. RIP, sir.
Bloody excellent work, well done! It was A Hard Day's Night that won the teenage snob in me over to "pop music"!
Beautiful songs. The Beatles at their peak.
Part of what made the film so great and so much fun was it's pseudo-documentary look being in black and white. Principal reason for that was United Artists opinion (like most everyone else in show business at the time) that The beatles were a flash in the pan and would be forgotten in a year or so .... so why spend extra money on expensive color stock when they were certain of an immediate and handsome financial gain on the film and soundtrack lp....... I saw it in 64 and must view it every now and then for my own soul and dose of Beatles....
I LOVE AHDN in Black and White!
It is a very colorful B&W movie. Lots of talent came together at the right time.
I think it was more inspired by the Maysles Bros. 'Beatles 1st US Visit' movie than any economic concerns (though it wouldn't have harmed the pocket either) which was force-shelved as not to collide with AHDN, the creative use of light Albert Maysles achieved on the fly was amazing, there's a doc of 'the making of' floating around which shows the obvious comparison and influence to bring script and format to what had occured serendipitously
This is my favourit movie i remember every sunday night my wife wenth to see her mum l put on the tape VHS and watch this
Great movie. I loved it as a kid.
Great playlists you published. Hours of joy !!
They were a ROCK BAND that performed “till there was you”. That was crazy.
Good post about the Great band the Beatles, George, Ringo & Paul.
George Martin, a musical genius along with the boys.❤️👽👁
He did deserve the Oscar nomination, humbleness aside!
The 5th Beatle
Absolutely brilliant movie very original.
I need a song called A hard days night,next day bump its there,and not just any old song but a number 1 song,now thats talent,i remenber going to see the film with my 2 sisters,and i can tell you there was some wet seats at the end of it,brilliant movie,brilliant music,great days.
never none like before or after fantastic
Robert, what is after fantastic.????
Many people become rich cause of The Beatles.
Really Lol
I sure did. They enriched my ears and hearts.
I hope to as well, so please by my audiobook on John Lennon when it comes out! :)
Yep. The Beatles got paid $40,000 for starring in AHDN. The film grossed over $1.6 million!
Hey Boab, how many hearts do you have ?
loved them all thru gradeschool & still.do.
Still the best of 'rock' film I have seen - I was 10 years old when I saw this in NY. The next Beatles film, "Help" which I also remember watching, a few years later, was contrived disappointment compared to "A Hard Day's Night".
Agreed. But the music lacked for nothing.
Wow! Very intuitive about going back to liverpool,
love it all my life
I saw the film at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, on the same day that I saw Ray Charles and Smokey Robinson, who were both appearing there. What a day!
Me 2
@@MermaidPrincess9 That's cool. I was only 12 at the time, but a very hip 12. Ray Charles was playing piano on the floor of the ballroom, and I was literally leaning on the piano. I don't think he saw me.
@@freddylubin Freddy that is so Darn Cool.. What a Story .. I do remember oh too well... It was . Very Bittersweet Summer for one that i would come to Regret for the rest of my life .. Especially since i became a singer./songwriter musician performer
and have been for 35 years ... I am going back to when i was 14 yrs old when saw
Hard Days Night Premeire at Steel Peir and i do remember Ray and Smokey Playing
there but not sure i saw them i think i was just there to see Hard Days Night .. Even though it was just on the Big Screen the Excitment in the Audience was the same as
if they were live on Stage .. I can still remember that .. Sadly for me that is as close to
them as i will ever get .. You see i was babysitting all summer for my Neighbors Sister Gloria who was the Lady On the Diving Horse .. she had gotten me tickets to See the Beatles at Convention Hall Sept 1 1964 .. and also Back Stage Passes to Meet the Beatles which would literally Have Changed My Life if it come to Fruition but sadly i
was not yet 15 years which if i had been i would have been a Rebel and defied My Mother .. Who forbid me to Go to the Concert because it was the First Day of School
Can you believe it at the time in those Years it was a big deal to miss the First Day of
School in a New Grade ... I wish i had been that Rebel Girl i would become just one year later when i was 15 years . SO i sadly and brokenheartedly took the bus home
the night before and never made it to the Concert to see the Beatles or Meet them Backstage .. Words cant express how 50 years later i am still depressed about it
and To the is day its still the Number One Regret i have in my Life . As a Singer Musician and Performer it would have meant everything to me and had made me so
Special and Lucky to have Seen them and Met them .. My Idols since i was 14 yrs old.
I have loved and Adored the Beatles and their Music .... When i think back on that
moment in time i just get so sad and downhearted thinking that would have changed
my life . One day is all it was .. So i resented school from that moment on and cut class in High School and just did not care .. I was . an Artist and could not get into my
Ciriculum instead they threw me in Business which i so resented but i truly messed me
up . i graduated my class 68 but had to go through summer school and night school to do that and it was not until years later than i went to College in my 30s and found out that all this time i thought i was a girl with average intelligence and went through decades feeling that way but then in college i was hungry to learn and i excelled in
all my Subjects and was at the Top of My Class and Found out i was actually at
Genius Level . 3.50 average and that blew my Mind and totally Changed my Life for the Better so i loved school now but it took 2o years i feeling sorry for myself and depressed over Not beeing able to See the Beatles and Meet them backstage a Missed Opportunity ... WOW .. Mind Blowing !!! i still regret that day and decision i made to Obey my Mom and there was alot of resentment towards my Mom too cheez but i got over that eventually with her .. But you see the point is that day will Haunt me forever but i learned how to live with it and Still Love the Beatles 50 years later .. Still listen to them Every day . and stilL madely in Love with Paul and John. Paul was first love in 64 that was love at first site on the Ed Sullivan Show thought he was the most
beautiful boy in the world or that i had ever seen. And then when i became a Rebel at 15 in 65 fell in Love with the Rebel Beatle John Of Couse on Rubber Soul.
Sorry I got Carried away ... The other thing wanted to say was that at the time i really did not know much about Ray Charles but in later years would come to admire his genius and love him and his music ... Smokey of course heard his music but it would be 65 that i would fall in love with John the Rebel Beatle and Smokey Robinson the most amazing romantic voice ont the planet ... I thought ... Yes still love smokey and when i read that John Loved Smokey and tried to emulate him when writing some of his Dreamy Love Songs... Thought that was so Cool... I still Love Johns voice to me there is no one else voice in the world that moves me as Johns Does .. the Pure Raw emotion and feeling and grit and soul he puts into his Songs his SInging .. I just cant expalin what Johns Voice does to me inside .. it touches my Soul.
Rosemary
@@MermaidPrincess9 And in addition to all of that, there was the Democratic Convention in town. I remember running around to the hotels hoping to see the senators and governors arriving. I managed to meet Hubert Humphrey, and got into the convention one evening, somehow getting an "alternative delegate" ticket. I can't believe I was doing that stuff at that age.
Beautifully done documentary!
They were not only a breath of fresh air, The Beatles were a life changing experience for young kids everywhere. I remember in Nov 1964 sitting watching the movie as a 10 yo boy. I remember being angry with the girls who were screaming and wetting themselves (my friends older brother worked at the theater and had to "mop the seats" after each showing).
Anyway, I came away loving The Beatles and my new hero was Lennon. I was a very straight "good boy" but somehow his "rebel" image struck a chord. I eventually refused to let my Dad give me the standard "crew cut". And two years later I got my first guitar (Sears Silvertone and amp) and even played in my 20's in a "Beatle band". How their music evolved so quickly still amazes me. So lucky to have grown up seeing it all unfold.
Thank God for these "old straight white males" who let things unfold naturally. HDN is ART!!!
Hey Music Documentaries thanks. You got a great channel mate.
Robert Freeman should do audio books his voice is so pleasant 16:22
"A Hard Day's Night" is the film I want to watch on my death bed.
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Funniest thing I’ve read in a long time!
we can arrange that
Pretty sad, u'll have have ur own running to do by then..
Easy to do and fascinating to know!
They were offered the chance to make in Film in late 1963 but at that time they were touring, doing tv specials, radio shows basically they had a relentless schedule.
By the time they hit in the U.S.A Beatle mania in Europe was dying down.
I saw "A Hard Days night" in 1964 at a Cinema in Bristol
When they hit the USA the UK hysterical screamers had no one to scream at. Returning from Paris to the UK the Beatles stayed in the airport for their UK interview. Then February 7th (Friday) they flew to the USA arriving back on the 22nd (Saturday), 3 days before George's 21st birthday. So for the 2 weeks the streets of London were opened again as the Traffic Police waved traffic through quickly blowing their whistles and informing the public 'it's only going to be like this for two weeks'. The teenage girls didn't have networking so relied on the Beatle screaming to know where they were. By then the Beatles were avoiding areas of potential mass hesterical occurences and so sightings in public declined. But once one girl saw a Beatle, then recognizing him as one of the Fab Four her mouth would start to open and the sream would start. Not a quiet scream. But one that could be heard all along the street and around the corner. Couse people stopped eatting their cheese and pickle sandwiches and listen. What's that. Even Police would listen as of course it could have been Jack the Ripper or some horrendous feined. A strange British phenomena is the shrill scream from a female and people stop. They halt things making noise to ask which direction that horrendous scream is coming from. So London falls errily silent. Not even a news paper is moved to avoid the rustle. As the two girls on the street corner turn their heads to see why the scream they see a Beatle also and likewise start screaming. More heads turn and a kind gent trys to find out from the screamers what the cause is. So it's about 120 seconds from the start and about 60 seconds from hesterical female invasion from miles around as the man learns the screams are caused by the Beatle. He mistakenly turns around and shouts to others listening across the busy streets: it's alright. It's only Ringo, one of the Beatles'. Well that's it. Number 7, 8 an 47 buses which were passing by all have their bells run as hesterical girls clammer to get off. A hundred screamers turn to a thousand then keep increasing. They knew they were back.
I think more precautions were being employed about their locations apart from their official advertised venues.
i had this on dvd
amazing BeAtle power WORLDWIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw in in August 1964 as a 13 year old , in a theatre in Christchurch New Zealand and girls were screaming during the movie ...
THEY WERE AMAZING That Scouser Humor is infectious This film was brilliant when you compare it with Summer Holiday and other pieces of crap that involved Pop Stars of the time It was genial because they were Genius's and were very aware of the nonsence that had gone before including terrible Elvis Films
I LOVED IT! GREAT CHANNEL!!
28:06 Coke jokes are timeless
Great video thanku 🙋♀️💟🌟🌟🌟
Imagine if you were in the studio!!!
David Picker, you're my hero
George telling the photographer off ... don’t push me ...at the live premiere
Fantastic...
This is a much better documentary than the one presented by Phil Collins. The interviews with Walter Shenson and David Picker are especially good.
Picker infers at 35:35 that it's success was partly because the management didn't interfere.
Brilliant!
We sat through it twice at the London Pavilion!
A big part of The Beatles creativity, which is certainly genius, but brings it down to Earth is using simple everyday phrases, what's in the news, and other common societal elements that have passed through the ages. The genius was assembling it all for the public in a easily digestible and likable form. For instance, a simple phrase like: "She was so damn tall, legs and all." I just made that up to illustrate, but it's referring to a paper clip I saw about Taylor Swift being so tall. Say John thought of it, and mumbled it to Paul. Now Paul thinks of a little diddy to go with it. They might be laughing about it, but keep on expanding until, Voila! ...a song is born.
great documentary, too many comercial but really great!!
There are way too many commercials on cable TV and YT.
I was 14 years old when this movie came out, Check out Mary Lou by the Creative Force, amazing
YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE!!!
6:32 Stephen Fry:Time traveller!
I thought more Piers Morgan lol
Time 30:50, how tragically poetic.
I remember watching this movie as a kid in the 90s (as many other kids do when discovering the Beatles) and thinking how relatively contemporary the editing and shooting were. You can literally cut out the ‘song parts’ and you had ready made MTV/VH1 shorts (just add the white lettering on the bottom left, “The Beatles” “A Hard Days Night” “A Hard Days Night” Capital/EMI) ... they invented mass market consumption music video companions to their music releases BEFORE anyone thought it was a necessary part of the marketing. Another innovation by this band.
@18:11 _Charlotte Rampling!_ Bloody hell...!
Bloody hell -that's exactly what I thought. You were punching above your weight, mate
I was 10 and waited in a LONG line to finally see AHDN and just couldn’t hear it! All the girls were screaming during the movie AT THE SCREEN! Hard enough as a young American to try and somehow sort out the British dialogue, then to have the constant shrieking on top of it was absurd. Great movie tho lol.
Wow
If you're reading this, then you have time to write a song. Make it a hit. Lyrics and music. (I've tried, and writing a song that's even bad is hard.) Oh yeah, your hit song can't be like anything else.
What year did this documentary film come out?
8:34 for a second I thought that was Graham Nash.
He was part of CSNYmania 6 years later
thing is..its All BOUT SOMETHING ELSE....THE LADS were of HIGH consciousness...so much higher than the common ppl..that it drove them crazy~ they were shock-hit by higher awareness and spiritual reality whether they even knew it....Maharishi knew it,,I spent years with MMY,-------he knew the BEATLES were high....others could've done the music etc but they ere HIGH beings...thats their secret....even few here know at ll what i'm saying.....I mean anyone could sing, EIGHT DAYS A EEK et but when the LADS did it!!! WOWOWOWOWOW because they delivered it from HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS...the most powerful "thing' there is......
i think you were high,when you wrote this pile of garbage
i can answer vlad,its known the beatles saw elvis and girls screaming at the screan in the cinama,then what happend to them happend to me,when i was age10 i saw the beatles and went mad on them,by age11 i started a beatles band,it opened my hands(mainly my left) that only ever half opened,im still disabled in them but thank god i did that so young,i always say the beatles saved my hands,,,,But i now understand it was my higher self,pushing me to go beyound myself (which is lifes perpose to self evolve)
we have a higher and lower self,the higher knows we came to life to give to love and learn,the lower wants its shere its the ego,all life has possative and negative,day night ect ect,the friction between the two,makes a spark the lights up the universe,on our great journey through many life times,and in my case many bands (we all have our groups of people,we bond and travel with)
see theosophy..stu
theosophy
Rudy Wilson
love your comment !!
The Maharishi knew the publicity value potential of the Beatles in promoting himself and his movement.
01:38 - Can you say "Beach Blanket Bingo"? :)
I want you kids to understand what George Martin is talking about : "Summer Holiday".
Cliff Richards predates the Beatles he was and still is a superstar in Britain, but not in America. Most British Stars failed in America. Cliff was launched here, and his records and film but it wasn't a hit in America like it was in England.
It had a weak storyline. In America audiences didn't care. I know. I didn't care. I saw Cliffs films on TV soon after and wasn't impressed.
George Martin is making reference to the failure and weak plot of Summer Holiday. He hoped the Beatles film would not turn out as another one of those kinds of films.
Roger Dodger
The only way I heard of Cliff Richards was from the tv show The Young Ones.
Even Elvis films became boring, with their same old formula. Elviss singing and the songs saved the movies.!
At least Cliff Richard, as much as he and his impact turned off The Beatles, finally broke out in the States with the immortal '70s hit "Devil Woman".
One of the smartest moves ever made by the Beatles, was their insistence on not coming to America unless they had a #1 record. This was because they had seen people like Adam Faith and Cliff Richard, huge stars in Britain, came to America and ended up Sharing a concert bill with Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Malcolm Lewis You’re just repeating verbatim what Paul McCartney said on Anthology. The fact is, they were already booked to be on the Ed Sullivan Show before I Want to Hold Your Hand was even released let alone at No.1
Did Alun Owen get the idea for the cinematic train trip before or after the trip to America? I ask because while there the Beatles took a day train from NY to DC.
After. As I recall, the movie was very much influenced by the documentary made about The Beatles arriving in US. Could have been a big factor as to why it was shot in B&W
Before. The plot was based on the actual typical daily schedule of the group. They really did use train travel a lot to reach various appointments and venues.
Check out the new documentary "Eight Days A Week: The The Touring Years" on Hulu! www.hulu.com/start/?show=the-beatles-eight-days-a-week-the-touring-years
20:00 Whose decision was it to film the instruments?
Paul, we've decided to call your new film "The Frog Chorus", and we really need a title song.....
24 hours later....
Actually Paul, I think we changed our minds
SHOW "BUSINESS"!
With the Beatles, the only others that have known worldwide fame in my opinion: Elvis, Michael Jackson, madonna, David Cassidy, Farrah Fawcett, John Travolta., Beatles didn't take themselves seriously, my immediate attraction....longlive rock...
Thanks for quoting Pete Townshend in a hit by The Who.
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