Figured you'd like this one with John and George messing up their parts here and there lol! Love where Ringo is 'making a salad' with his air drumsticks 😂 The album Help! is a good sort of almost turning point for their music, right before Rubber Soul.
you rock for this one laura. thank you. so, so good. i loved seeing them just screwing around at points lol they were such hard working dudes! and so talented. so, so talented. i'm so glad i took the dive. Rubber Soul is gonna be like (insert giant movie reference depending on era) for the channel.
@L33Reacts I believe John and Paul made up months before the horrendous night in 1980,The Beatles all came from the South end of Liverpool the same area iam from in Liverpool, it was believed John and Paul had discussed the band reforming and performing on a ship in the River Mersey the River which the city was built upon, sadly us younger scousers never got to see this happen 😢 .
@James-hd6ez how great that you are from there. And I believe that John and Paul had been talking on the phone really not long before John's assassination about doing some sort of reunion thing like you described. I just hadn't heard that much detail, and that would have been so appropriate!
Paul McCartney said he dreamt the melody. The original title was”Scrambled Eggs” before he wrote the lyrics to Yesterday. I believe he said he dreamt “Scrambled Eggs, how I would love to touch your legs”
Well... they had a few years of slogging it around church fetes, then youth clubs, then Hamburg red light district, then concert halls and town halls around northwest England then UK then Europe learning and playing hundreds of songs from USA before Love Me Do at tend of 1962. But the foundations were laid in the years before where they learned so much to handle audience, play different styles, sing harmonies, arrange their own material
Liverpool,the Beatles came from Liverpool. Working class families and the 4 were so real and down to Earth. They were us,boomers and other's.We grew up with them and changed because of them. the Beatles became an entity. Still are and always.
One of the absolute best examples of Lennon-McCartney harmonies is on their 1964 song, 'I Don't Want to Spoil the Party'. Even though I grew up listening to their songs for +55 years and intimately know all of their voices and the nuances between each, I never realize how finely crafted the singing was on this song until about 10 years ago. With the exception of the occasional solo line sung by Lennon, both Lennon-McCartney sing together throughout the entire song. What makes it so enjoyable is that they keep exchanging lead vocal parts. In the 1st, 2nd, and 4th lines, Lennon sings lead and McCartney sings lower harmony. For the 3rd line, Lennon sings solo. This vocal format is then repeated. After that, they seamlessly pull off a vocal switch, whereas for the next four lines, McCartney takes over the lead and Lennon sings the lower harmony. To me, this is yet another example of their brilliance. Being that their vocal ranges mesh together so perfectly, it is often quite difficult to distinguish one from the other. This holds true into their solo careers. There are a few Lennon songs where I swear it sounds like McCartney is singing and vice versa. Since Day 1, their vocal talents were an irresistible feature that made them stand tall when compared to all others. Best wishes to your adventures with The Beatles.
Ticket to Ride is another example of Ringo's contribution to their unique style. Any other drummer would have played eighth notes on hi hat and two and four on snare and bass. Listen to what Starr's playing!
"I'm trying my best". Dude... you're doing great!! I love seeing young people discover the Beatles. I was blessed to be a 10 year old kid when the Beatles hit America in 1964 and lived to witness the way they not only changed the music world, but also the global impact they had on pop culture and beyond. Unfortunately, this is one of those "you had to be there" things that is just impossible to fully relate to those born years later. I appreciate the genuine reverence you show them.
The Beatles were a cultural phenomenon not just for their music, but the whole package: the haircuts, the sleek modern suits (and later fashion statements), the Liverpudlian accents, the cheeky sense of humor, the thoughtful lyrics...I could go on. You should listen to some of their interviews to get an idea of how funny they were. Or watch one of their movies-"Helps!" or "A Hard Day's Night"-or the Peter Jackson documentary "Get Back," which gives you 9+ hours of watching their creative process as they record the tracks for the "Let It Be" album.
Check out the Everly Brothers as The Beatles learned harmonies from them. Also, there are new videos for "Dear Prudence" and to see John smile in 1969 "Old Brown Shoe" where all four and Billy Preston record,"Old Brown Shoe".
If you watch their press conferences through the years you can see their personalities and the change in their attitudes. They got sick and tired of answering the same stupid questions over and over.
It's hard to convey to yoiung people just how culture changing The Beatles were. They were a lightning bolt into Western culture. Music, fashion, attitude, philosophy, politics. All were influenced by them. It's actually amazing when I think back on it.
Lee, put your headphones on and crank A Ticket to Ride and really listen to Ringo's playing. Besides the cool, Beach Boys-esque rhythm for the verses, he does these fills on the transitions from the Bridge back to the verse and then during the chorus' that are sweet. He switches them up each time and he comes up with really tastey patterns and accents!
That is absolutely how I listened to most of The Beatles except for the few albums I have. Plus being autistic I love playing things over and over and over and over and over again(comforting). I didn't know that when I was a kid.
Oh Lordy. I loved Ringo so much. They had him as odd men out and that was always me. Even though I was only 10 when I saw them on the ed Sullivan show. What great fun singles they had. I had so many singles and just a few albums because of finances as a kid in the 60s. I will always treasure The Beatles as my favorite band of all time even though I love music from 7 decades.
Beatlemania was in full swing, their lives were a continual schedule of interviews, performances and studio sessions. They travelled the world but mostly only saw it from car, plane and hotel windows, unable to go out on the street for fear of being mobbed. Lennon summed it up on the song 'HELP!' . Their talent, camaraderie, dry humour, and drug use helped them survive what would have simply crushed other bands.
They're all from Liverpool, Lee. Paul and John grew up about a mile apart, separated by a golf course. Paul met John for the first time at a church summer fete in 1957. Paul and George went to the same secondary school in Liverpool and although in different years Paul and George used the same bus route into town. Ringo was from a more working class district but also in south Liverpool. He met the other three in Hamburg in 1960 when he was the drummer with another Liverpool group.
You should review "We Can Work it Out" which was one of John and Paul's finest collaborations: Paul wrote the verses and chorus, and John added a second chorus in a completely different (waltz) time. I believe the video accompanying "We Can Work It Out" was filmed the same day as the "Ticket to Ride" video you reviewed.
This has always been No. 1 on my Beatles list. Always felt like this song was the bridge between the simple, early stuff and what would come later. Btw, anyone who loves this sound, I'd urge to listen to anything on the Bangles' first major album, All Over The Place. It may be the most Beatlesy album since the Beatles. Folks who only know the Bangles from the novelty hit Walk Like An Egyptian or the mushy Eternal Flame, that album will be a revelation. If you just want to try a sampler from it, try Dover Beach or Hero Takes A Fall.
@@stevedotwood An example of Georges Laconic sense of humour. He also said in later years, 'That the Beatles would never get back together as long as John Lennon remains dead'.
It seemed like every week during the 60's ,a new Beatles Song would climb the Charts. Every song I hear of theirs, unlocks memories of my childhood. George Martin was able to polish each of their musical ideas into Gems that have more than withstood the test of time
If songwriting credits were given back then as they are today, producer George Martin probably would have been given a songwriting credit on a lot of the Beatles songs because of how he helped craft some of the songs. Back then it was just considered part of producing.
@@pjg58x Producers took their Percentage off the "Front End" while the artists pay all expenses, the limos, hotels, travel, ..... everything. A good example is Bill Wyman from the Stones. From when they signed their first record contract, until they finally fired their producer around 1970, Bill, who was older and had a wife and family to support, kept track of actual payments he received, and it amounted to about $30,000! The house he lived in, the cars he drove, everything was a rental , charged against his potential earnings. It became a cliche, that New Bands with #1 Hits , after their first album and tour would owe the Record Companies so much they would be forced to give up their publishing rights. Even if they had a great follow up 2nd or 3rd album recorded that could potentially lift them out of debt, the producers would delay releasing the album, or not give it the marketing support that it needed to climb the charts
"Help" was a scripted movie in the style of the Marx Brothers/Three Stooges doing a James Bond storyline. Best joke that I can remember: George stops by to watch Ringo cooking a big pot of soup. Suddenly Ringo starts pulling all sorts of items out of the soup -- a pair of glasses, a watch, this that and the other -- when Ringo pulls a ticket out of the soup, George quips, "Must be a season ticket."
John was also down to earth. Most of the last five years of his life he gave up show business to take care of his son. He baked bread every day. It wasn't 'till 1979 when Paul released a live version of his song "coming up" that upon hearing, John said, "Well I got to get in the studio. Paul's just done something good." The old competitive rivalry was still there.
The different drumming patterns through the song were fab. Some other drummer might have done the same thing all the way through, but Richie mixed it up and kept you guessing. Even the little roll at that one pause he didn't keep the same, and reduced it to a single snare hit the last time. Ringo is such a great song drummer.
i wish it was 30 minutes. such a shame lol the modern bands get all the time in the world to do nothing but the damn beatles had 2 minutes to perform pure magic. i guess that tells you something right there lol.
Such a great riff on that Rickenbacker and Ringo's drum pattern on this, it's all so damn great! Nobody had heard anything like that, that chime of the guitar, the melodicism...they were so far ahead of every other artist out there in their peer group.
Two things. This song really demonstrate the influence that the Everly Brothers had on their harmony. When they both yell YEAH!. That is classic Everly Brothers. Second. watch them perform this at Shea Stadium. Insane.
It was curious when Mick Jagger introduced The Beatles to the rock'n roll hall of fame and said: "When we listened this guys for the first time and knew that they came from a place called Liverpool, we thought that nothing good could come from over there... but they had a records contract... " the he said "Anyway, We actually thank them for being our first openner band in the USA"
Haha. I saw the Rolling Stones just before they or the Beatles hit ‘Big’. They closed the first half for Gerry and the Pacemakers concert at Fairfield Hall, Croydon. G&PM’s first record (How Do You Do It?) had just gone straight to No.1 The Beatles had recorded that song but turned it down as a first release, opting for Love Me Do which only reached No.17 in the UK charts. The Stones were playing US rhythm and blues numbers back then, way before they developed their own style and before the time John Lennon advised Mick Jagger how to write songs.
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The drumming mimics the sound of train coaches (at that time) going slowly over the points in or out of a station. Eventually the train picks up speed as the record plays out, as presumably the girl leaves.
It's amazing how they could crank such great songs on a regular basis. It's like they were a machine, yet their songs had so much feeling, there was nothing mechanical about them. Help was a great album with so many great songs, and the movie was fun too!
@@L33Reacts Yeah, the best part was they always had a song in the top 10, usually the A and B side of the single would both be hits. As soon as a song dropped out of the top 10, they'd release another that would end up on top again. It was amazing!
@@L33Reacts You really should do the Help! album before Rubber Soul because you will be able to hear the evolution of their sound from one to the other - Help! is where they were just starting to really write more of their own and to fiddle around with different sounds.
In 1965 - this song grew music 10 years ahead. It matured rock. Ringo's thumping drum style would later go on to influence heavy metal drumming. Lennon throaty rhythm guitar, and the "mood" could arguably make it the first ever Power Ballad in rock history. And yes those harmonies were part of the growth.
Fun fact about John before he was famous: His family and relatives said: "You can strum your guitar now while you are young, but, boy, don't think you ever going to make any money out of it!"
It was Mimi, and John later got her a sign to hang that said that. I think it was 'The guitar is all right as a hobby, John, but you'll never make a living with it''
Oh No! Your exclamation as it ends too soon Lee. Although staged & silly it is so good to see those YOUNG guys havin' fun & spoofing to their great song. Happy Daze.
Ringo's drumming on this reminds me of his hypnotic drum beat on "Tomorrow Never Knows". I believe Ringo came up with the title for "Tomorrow Never Knows".
@@L33Reacts There is a great music video to Rain that is really hard to find. Paul has a chipped tooth, and they all look so cool. The video goes backwards when they sing backwards.
Thoughtful and interesting reaction. Lee, you've got to check out some history about them going up and their evolution as a band even in those early days. It's actually a fascinating story. They all came from Liverpool, which at the time anyway was mostly really blue collar, and it was a "rough and tumble" port shipping town. If nothing else, think about the environments they played in and how much age difference matters at that age. They started playing together in junior high, John and Paul, in a band called the Quarrymen. John was the oldest and the leader, and thankfully for them, could be a bit of a bully when defending them or just in general if he felt something really unfair was happening. George was the baby of the bunch and came from the poorest family, and he wanted to play guitar from early on but his family couldn't afford a guitar, so his dad made him one out of a cigar box. He was also known as pretty scrappy when it came to street fights, which is really amazing when you think about them in later life. Pete Best was their original drummer, but never really quite fit in, and just the story alone of how they ever even came to move to Berlin in Germany to play there is amazing, which is where they were already pretty seasoned from playing hardcore places like the Cavern in Liverpool, but by the time they were playing at the Star Club and other clubs in Hamburg, and even became the house band at one such club, with a ton of fantastic stories from that experience, that's when they got really hard and right and really good. And that's when they picked up Ringo to replace Pete Best. They were called the Silver Beatles at the time, but Ringo was a highly sought-after drummer in the thriving scene there. He was already playing for a band that was more popular than the Silver Beatles, and there was another popular band that was actively recruiting him, but then the Beatles nabbed him, and history changed.
Ticket to Ride was the A side to Yes It Is, not Yesterday. Yesterday was never released as a single in England. It was released as the A side to Act Naturally in the USA by Capitol. This song has innovated drumming. This video was recorded in one day with a bunch of others. They didn’t take it seriously and they botched it up on purpose at times. You may think it was over quick but at 3:03, it was the longest song to date. Paul plays lead guitar on this song.
they really do. i just recently relistened to a day in the life after a few months and it was just as good, if not better, then my first listen on the channel. these guys are the realest of deals.
Even though we've known The Beatles from the beginning, we're still discovering new tidbits about them and their music. The fun part is hearing their deep cuts and outtakes. The Lads are from Liverpool, England.
i have the anthology dvd's so i bet it would be fun to watch that and see all the different versions and such. i've been holding off so i dont ruin any songs for myself.
Thanks, Lee. When you do “Yesterday” there is a great early live version (before it was released in the US), “Live at Studio 50” where all the screaming girls get deathly quiet to hear it for the first time, just Paul and his guitar, with string accompaniment on tape, I think. Really really good.
What people miss is how good a live band they were (this isn't') but you can still feel the influence THEY WERE TIGNT before recording their first album
i think these lads were inspired. absolutely inspired. i would have never taken the jump into their catalog without y'all, so thank you! i can't wait to finally hear rubber soul.
It is very satisfying to watch a young man like yourself walk through the epic era of "THE BEATLES" I was blessed to live it, being 13 years old in '64 when "Hard Days Night" the movie came out. Our theater only cost $1 for showing, I saw it 12 times, and still love watching it. Only a handful of people ever effected life in the world as much as the Beatles, especially John Lennon, the greats rock voice of all time, IMHO. Don't know if you have done it already, but Yer Blues is an epic Lennon song, you should check out the THE DIRTY MAC version ( John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell on drums).
This was a time when they could do no wrong, everything they did was gold. My local radio station had the top ten on Sat. Mornings and the lads had the entire top five. John was such an enigma, he always had that "I know something that you don't" smile. I long ago internalized Ringo's rapid fire rolls on Ticket to Ride, I can play them at will. You don't see them here. Poor Ringo always got the short end
Those were the videos that we had back then when the get back sessions finally came out I was bawling like a crazy baby because I was so happy to see them doing what they do best. Messing around and making music
@@L33Reacts Actually, Hard Days Night is never blocked (if you cut most of the music, sadly). Someone just reacted to it yesterday. You could always cut out the song reactions and post them separately. This way you get a bunch of videos to promote from one movie. Hard Day's Night is definitely the one you want to hit. It's really funny and a quick watch As a musician, Peter Jackson's newer Get Back clips would be most relatable.
L33reacts the reason why the songs were short because AM Top 40 radio was limited to 3 minutes or less...Hey Jude broke that limitation for being 7 minutes plus..recording
Slow Down is one of their early hits that I really love the sound of the guitars on so much. And if you really want to hear John just cooking with a very sharp edge to his voice for that early time, the whole number just really fucking moves. It's so fun. It is heavily piano driven: m.ruclips.net/video/HbsyDHxca7Y/видео.html&pp=ygUVdGhlIGJlYXRsZXMgc2xvdyBkb3du Another one that I used to play back-to-back with it a lot from back then, I would describe very similar only more emphasis on the guitars even, is Bad Boy, who is John on the leads once again. It is so cool for the time. And funny. Just so over the top for John: m.ruclips.net/video/u8hOfWs2Xmw/видео.html&pp=ygUmdGhlIGJlYXRsZXMgbm93IGp1bmlvciBiZWhhdmUgeW91cnNlbGY%3D
i really want to watch a hard days night and this one. somehow i will have to get it on the channel. i would need a new pc to render a video that long lol
@@L33Reacts Though It'd certainly be a kick to watch your reaction to them, if you get the hankering to treat yourself to non-reaction viewings, I'm sure we'd all "forgive" you. ;)
FYI: all four came from Liverpool, which was a seaport town and as such had sailors bringing back records from America where they all heard rock n roll.
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Figured you'd like this one with John and George messing up their parts here and there lol! Love where Ringo is 'making a salad' with his air drumsticks 😂
The album Help! is a good sort of almost turning point for their music, right before Rubber Soul.
I really dig how they're messing around in this video. They're basically mocking lip syncing.
@@MrKeychange They really are! :D
you rock for this one laura. thank you. so, so good. i loved seeing them just screwing around at points lol they were such hard working dudes! and so talented. so, so talented. i'm so glad i took the dive. Rubber Soul is gonna be like (insert giant movie reference depending on era) for the channel.
@L33Reacts I believe John and Paul made up months before the horrendous night in 1980,The Beatles all came from the South end of Liverpool the same area iam from in Liverpool, it was believed John and Paul had discussed the band reforming and performing on a ship in the River Mersey the River which the city was built upon, sadly us younger scousers never got to see this happen 😢 .
@James-hd6ez how great that you are from there. And I believe that John and Paul had been talking on the phone really not long before John's assassination about doing some sort of reunion thing like you described. I just hadn't heard that much detail, and that would have been so appropriate!
This song is 59 years old. 59. The damn thing still holds up!
Of course it does! What do you expect! It’s the Beatles! lol!
Released the month of my birth. Hard to believe 59 years have passed!
"Yesterday" is the one song that even grandparents who hated the Beatles liked.
for all i know, i've heard that one somewhere. i can't wait to find out!
@@L33Reacts It'll be one of the best melodies you've ever heard in your life.
Oh absolutely you've heard this unless you lived under a rock. Regardless you rock ❤ ! @@L33Reacts
I can’t stand Yesterday
Paul McCartney said he dreamt the melody. The original title was”Scrambled Eggs” before he wrote the lyrics to Yesterday. I believe he said he dreamt “Scrambled Eggs, how I would love to touch your legs”
What always staggers me is that they did it all in only 8 years, 13 albums dozen singles 4 films - just astonishing
Well... they had a few years of slogging it around church fetes, then youth clubs, then Hamburg red light district, then concert halls and town halls around northwest England then UK then Europe learning and playing hundreds of songs from USA before Love Me Do at tend of 1962. But the foundations were laid in the years before where they learned so much to handle audience, play different styles, sing harmonies, arrange their own material
And did all that before they turned 30.
Every time John and Paul look at each other mischievously and smile, it gets me.
they really did love each other like brothers
They hated lip syncing… and deliberately made a mess of it to express their displeasure.
Lennons lead vocal on this still , still gives me the chills every time
It says something when a pop song is nearly 60 years old, but still sounds catchy and fresh.
Rock song
The Beatles: Lennon for the Mind, McCartney for the Heart, Harrison for the Soul and Starr to keep your feet moving.
I was a preteen growing up on this at the time. I'm 67 and still "dig it" so much forever!
Liverpool,the Beatles came from Liverpool. Working class families and the 4 were so real and down to Earth. They were us,boomers and other's.We grew up with them and changed because of them. the Beatles became an entity. Still are and always.
As a drummer I’m sure you noticed how Ringo never does the same fill twice - love the final wham!
One of the absolute best examples of Lennon-McCartney harmonies is on their 1964 song, 'I Don't Want to Spoil the Party'. Even though I grew up listening to their songs for +55 years and intimately know all of their voices and the nuances between each, I never realize how finely crafted the singing was on this song until about 10 years ago. With the exception of the occasional solo line sung by Lennon, both Lennon-McCartney sing together throughout the entire song. What makes it so enjoyable is that they keep exchanging lead vocal parts.
In the 1st, 2nd, and 4th lines, Lennon sings lead and McCartney sings lower harmony. For the 3rd line, Lennon sings solo. This vocal format is then repeated. After that, they seamlessly pull off a vocal switch, whereas for the next four lines, McCartney takes over the lead and Lennon sings the lower harmony.
To me, this is yet another example of their brilliance. Being that their vocal ranges mesh together so perfectly, it is often quite difficult to distinguish one from the other. This holds true into their solo careers. There are a few Lennon songs where I swear it sounds like McCartney is singing and vice versa. Since Day 1, their vocal talents were an irresistible feature that made them stand tall when compared to all others.
Best wishes to your adventures with The Beatles.
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That song is amazing! My favorite 'unheralded' Beatles song. Like you said, very groovy, and the excitement level is off the charts!
The drum pattern in this was repeated in Tomorrow Never Knows.
Brilliant
Yes! Haven't seen anyone else notice that before.
It's not really the same I'd say
@@se6369 It's fairly similar though, sounds like... the syncopation, time sig - something is very same about it. Can't put my finger on it though.
Nah not really
The lads were all from Liverpool, England. In 1965 the year Help! was released their ages were: Ringo 25, John 25, Paul 23, George 22. Great reaction!
Ticket to Ride is another example of Ringo's contribution to their unique style. Any other drummer would have played eighth notes on hi hat and two and four on snare and bass. Listen to what Starr's playing!
"I'm trying my best". Dude... you're doing great!! I love seeing young people discover the Beatles. I was blessed to be a 10 year old kid when the Beatles hit America in 1964 and lived to witness the way they not only changed the music world, but also the global impact they had on pop culture and beyond. Unfortunately, this is one of those "you had to be there" things that is just impossible to fully relate to those born years later. I appreciate the genuine reverence you show them.
The Beatles were a cultural phenomenon not just for their music, but the whole package: the haircuts, the sleek modern suits (and later fashion statements), the Liverpudlian accents, the cheeky sense of humor, the thoughtful lyrics...I could go on. You should listen to some of their interviews to get an idea of how funny they were. Or watch one of their movies-"Helps!" or "A Hard Day's Night"-or the Peter Jackson documentary "Get Back," which gives you 9+ hours of watching their creative process as they record the tracks for the "Let It Be" album.
Check out the Everly Brothers as The Beatles learned harmonies from them. Also, there are new videos for "Dear Prudence" and to see John smile in 1969 "Old Brown Shoe" where all four and Billy Preston record,"Old Brown Shoe".
Help and A Hard Days Night are both fun movies worth watching.
If you watch their press conferences through the years you can see their personalities and the change in their attitudes. They got sick and tired of answering the same stupid questions over and over.
People hardly ever talk about the groups sense of humor and all the slap stick comedy they did.
Did you know that Ringo still tours with his "All Star Band"?
It's hard to convey to yoiung people just how culture changing The Beatles were. They were a lightning bolt into Western culture. Music, fashion, attitude, philosophy, politics. All were influenced by them. It's actually amazing when I think back on it.
Lee, put your headphones on and crank A Ticket to Ride and really listen to Ringo's playing. Besides the cool, Beach Boys-esque rhythm for the verses, he does these fills on the transitions from the Bridge back to the verse and then during the chorus' that are sweet. He switches them up each time and he comes up with really tastey patterns and accents!
My little 9 YO self loved this song.
PS. what we did in the day was just set the 45 to replay we listen over and over
lucky bastards. but at least i can listen to them on the go.... i guess.... lol
That is absolutely how I listened to most of The Beatles except for the few albums I have. Plus being autistic I love playing things over and over and over and over and over again(comforting). I didn't know that when I was a kid.
Oh Lordy. I loved Ringo so much. They had him as odd men out and that was always me. Even though I was only 10 when I saw them on the ed Sullivan show. What great fun singles they had. I had so many singles and just a few albums because of finances as a kid in the 60s. I will always treasure The Beatles as my favorite band of all time even though I love music from 7 decades.
Beatlemania was in full swing, their lives were a continual schedule of interviews, performances and studio sessions. They travelled the world but mostly only saw it from car, plane and hotel windows, unable to go out on the street for fear of being mobbed. Lennon summed it up on the song 'HELP!' . Their talent, camaraderie, dry humour, and drug use helped them survive what would have simply crushed other bands.
They're all from Liverpool, Lee. Paul and John grew up about a mile apart, separated by a golf course. Paul met John for the first time at a church summer fete in 1957. Paul and George went to the same secondary school in Liverpool and although in different years Paul and George used the same bus route into town. Ringo was from a more working class district but also in south Liverpool. He met the other three in Hamburg in 1960 when he was the drummer with another Liverpool group.
You should review "We Can Work it Out" which was one of John and Paul's finest collaborations: Paul wrote the verses and chorus, and John added a second chorus in a completely different (waltz) time. I believe the video accompanying "We Can Work It Out" was filmed the same day as the "Ticket to Ride" video you reviewed.
This has always been No. 1 on my Beatles list. Always felt like this song was the bridge between the simple, early stuff and what would come later.
Btw, anyone who loves this sound, I'd urge to listen to anything on the Bangles' first major album, All Over The Place. It may be the most Beatlesy album since the Beatles. Folks who only know the Bangles from the novelty hit Walk Like An Egyptian or the mushy Eternal Flame, that album will be a revelation. If you just want to try a sampler from it, try Dover Beach or Hero Takes A Fall.
Help! and a few other songs on that album have always struck me as the foreshadowing of a turning point in their music.
Thanks for the recommendation. I like the Bangles sound, so I'm interested.
As you will see they are miming hence the messing about, especially John and Paul trying not to laugh😄
You need to watch their movie Help great scene when this song played
I was a teenager in the sixties - these four lads from Liverpool changed my life. Also, I agree John and Paul singing together is so good.
their harmony is one of a kind! they worked so well together even though they were polar opposites it seems.
Paul announced to the press that he had left the group on April 10, 1970. At the time, Paul was 27, John was 29, George was 27, and Ringo was 29.
George was always 1 year younger than Paul "even now he's 1 year older than me" - George Harrison
@@stevedotwood An example of Georges Laconic sense of humour. He also said in later years, 'That the Beatles would never get back together as long as John Lennon remains dead'.
It seemed like every week during the 60's ,a new Beatles Song would climb the Charts. Every song I hear of theirs, unlocks memories of my childhood. George Martin was able to polish each of their musical ideas into Gems that have more than withstood the test of time
If songwriting credits were given back then as they are today, producer George Martin probably would have been given a songwriting credit on a lot of the Beatles songs because of how he helped craft some of the songs. Back then it was just considered part of producing.
@@pjg58x Producers took their Percentage off the "Front End" while the artists pay all expenses, the limos, hotels, travel, ..... everything. A good example is Bill Wyman from the Stones. From when they signed their first record contract, until they finally fired their producer around 1970, Bill, who was older and had a wife and family to support, kept track of actual payments he received, and it amounted to about $30,000! The house he lived in, the cars he drove, everything was a rental , charged against his potential earnings. It became a cliche, that New Bands with #1 Hits , after their first album and tour would owe the Record Companies so much they would be forced to give up their publishing rights. Even if they had a great follow up 2nd or 3rd album recorded that could potentially lift them out of debt, the producers would delay releasing the album, or not give it the marketing support that it needed to climb the charts
"Help" was a scripted movie in the style of the Marx Brothers/Three Stooges doing a James Bond storyline. Best joke that I can remember: George stops by to watch Ringo cooking a big pot of soup. Suddenly Ringo starts pulling all sorts of items out of the soup -- a pair of glasses, a watch, this that and the other -- when Ringo pulls a ticket out of the soup, George quips, "Must be a season ticket."
If you watch the Get Back Documentary, you'll see John smiling. Especially, when he and Paul start playing around.
John was also down to earth. Most of the last five years of his life he gave up show business to take care of his son. He baked bread every day. It wasn't 'till 1979 when Paul released a live version of his song "coming up" that upon hearing, John said, "Well I got to get in the studio. Paul's just done something good." The old competitive rivalry was still there.
The different drumming patterns through the song were fab. Some other drummer might have done the same thing all the way through, but Richie mixed it up and kept you guessing. Even the little roll at that one pause he didn't keep the same, and reduced it to a single snare hit the last time. Ringo is such a great song drummer.
This clocked in at 3 minutes. Their first one to do so
i wish it was 30 minutes. such a shame lol the modern bands get all the time in the world to do nothing but the damn beatles had 2 minutes to perform pure magic. i guess that tells you something right there lol.
Such a great riff on that Rickenbacker and Ringo's drum pattern on this, it's all so damn great! Nobody had heard anything like that, that chime of the guitar, the melodicism...they were so far ahead of every other artist out there in their peer group.
I love your love for the Beatles. ✌❤
RINGO'S 83 AND STILL PLAYING!!!💚💙💜💛❤👍🏼
So is Paul
Two things. This song really demonstrate the influence that the Everly Brothers had on their harmony. When they both yell YEAH!. That is classic Everly Brothers. Second. watch them perform this at Shea Stadium. Insane.
It was curious when Mick Jagger introduced The Beatles to the rock'n roll hall of fame and said: "When we listened this guys for the first time and knew that they came from a place called Liverpool, we thought that nothing good could come from over there... but they had a records contract... " the he said "Anyway, We actually thank them for being our first openner band in the USA"
Haha. I saw the Rolling Stones just before they or the Beatles hit ‘Big’.
They closed the first half for Gerry and the Pacemakers concert at Fairfield Hall, Croydon. G&PM’s first record (How Do You Do It?) had just gone straight to No.1 The Beatles had recorded that song but turned it down as a first release, opting for Love Me Do which only reached No.17 in the UK charts.
The Stones were playing US rhythm and blues numbers back then, way before they developed their own style and before the time John Lennon advised Mick Jagger how to write songs.
NO TWO BEATLES SONG SOUND ALIKE!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤❤❤❤
SEE MOVIE "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" TO NOT ONLY HEAR MORE GREAT SONGS (FROM ALBUM) BUT SEE HOW BEATLEMANIA TOOK OVER!!!!❤❤❤❤
I saw the Beatles in 1964…can never forget❤
Hate it when it ends so quickly I’ve heard that before lol lol 😂
The drumming mimics the sound of train coaches (at that time) going slowly over the points in or out of a station. Eventually the train picks up speed as the record plays out, as presumably the girl leaves.
Paul was particularly pleased with this song. I departure from the past ‘she loves you’ songs
It's amazing how they could crank such great songs on a regular basis. It's like they were a machine, yet their songs had so much feeling, there was nothing mechanical about them. Help was a great album with so many great songs, and the movie was fun too!
it's eerie how much they popped out in such a short time. and it was all. frickin. great. it's not fair. not fair in the slightest lol
@@L33Reacts Yeah, the best part was they always had a song in the top 10, usually the A and B side of the single would both be hits. As soon as a song dropped out of the top 10, they'd release another that would end up on top again. It was amazing!
@@L33Reacts You really should do the Help! album before Rubber Soul because you will be able to hear the evolution of their sound from one to the other - Help! is where they were just starting to really write more of their own and to fiddle around with different sounds.
I can say no more. SAY NO MORE.
@@steveneardley7541 The dreaded sacred sacrificial ring of the dread Kaili
All from Liverpool & all within half an hour from where I live. The best band, the best music, so groundbreaking.
In 1965 - this song grew music 10 years ahead. It matured rock. Ringo's thumping drum style would later go on to influence heavy metal drumming. Lennon throaty rhythm guitar, and the "mood" could arguably make it the first ever Power Ballad in rock history. And yes those harmonies were part of the growth.
Great song structure. Master class.
i agree. they were such finely crafted tracks, that they spit out one after the other. it's insane.
Fun fact about John before he was famous: His family and relatives said: "You can strum your guitar now while you are young, but, boy, don't think you ever going to make any money out of it!"
It was Mimi, and John later got her a sign to hang that said that. I think it was 'The guitar is all right as a hobby, John, but you'll never make a living with it''
LOL that sounds like john. he's petty like i am lol
Thanks!
@@L33Reacts He was so witty!
@@L33Reacts Mimi was super strict and no nonsense. John was all nonsense lol!
Oh No! Your exclamation as it ends too soon Lee. Although staged & silly it is so good to see those YOUNG guys havin' fun & spoofing to their great song. Happy Daze.
One of my favorits songs from Beatles ,this song is still as good as when it came love it
Ringo's drumming on this reminds me of his hypnotic drum beat on "Tomorrow Never Knows". I believe Ringo came up with the title for "Tomorrow Never Knows".
My favorite Ringo drum performance is on Rain
Rain is so, so good. i just recently "promoted" that vide so more folks will see it because i loved it so much.
@@L33Reacts There is a great music video to Rain that is really hard to find. Paul has a chipped tooth, and they all look so cool. The video goes backwards when they sing backwards.
They seem nice, very clean.
Ticket to Ride is featured in HELP, a very entertaining visual of the lads on skis... Sort of 😉
I dig your vids....especially the Beatles ones....cute kid too 😊
Glad you enjoyed my friend! And thank you 😊
Thoughtful and interesting reaction. Lee, you've got to check out some history about them going up and their evolution as a band even in those early days. It's actually a fascinating story.
They all came from Liverpool, which at the time anyway was mostly really blue collar, and it was a "rough and tumble" port shipping town. If nothing else, think about the environments they played in and how much age difference matters at that age. They started playing together in junior high, John and Paul, in a band called the Quarrymen. John was the oldest and the leader, and thankfully for them, could be a bit of a bully when defending them or just in general if he felt something really unfair was happening.
George was the baby of the bunch and came from the poorest family, and he wanted to play guitar from early on but his family couldn't afford a guitar, so his dad made him one out of a cigar box. He was also known as pretty scrappy when it came to street fights, which is really amazing when you think about them in later life.
Pete Best was their original drummer, but never really quite fit in, and just the story alone of how they ever even came to move to Berlin in Germany to play there is amazing, which is where they were already pretty seasoned from playing hardcore places like the Cavern in Liverpool, but by the time they were playing at the Star Club and other clubs in Hamburg, and even became the house band at one such club, with a ton of fantastic stories from that experience, that's when they got really hard and right and really good. And that's when they picked up Ringo to replace Pete Best. They were called the Silver Beatles at the time, but Ringo was a highly sought-after drummer in the thriving scene there.
He was already playing for a band that was more popular than the Silver Beatles, and there was another popular band that was actively recruiting him, but then the Beatles nabbed him, and history changed.
That was fun seeing the young lads doing a popular song
i bet young cora was all over this one, aye??
@@L33Reacts yep ... poster on the bedroom wall lol
Ticket to Ride was the A side to Yes It Is, not Yesterday. Yesterday was never released as a single in England. It was released as the A side to Act Naturally in the USA by Capitol.
This song has innovated drumming. This video was recorded in one day with a bunch of others. They didn’t take it seriously and they botched it up on purpose at times. You may think it was over quick but at 3:03, it was the longest song to date. Paul plays lead guitar on this song.
Another stunning Lennon song
It's okay that these songs are short because they sound just as fresh after hearing them a thousand times. I've been there, literally
they really do. i just recently relistened to a day in the life after a few months and it was just as good, if not better, then my first listen on the channel. these guys are the realest of deals.
I just listen (again) to Day in the Life yesterday on my way to Lowe’s. Had to sit quietly in the parking lot for a few when it was over.
When having to adlib they would have fun with it.
I’m impressed seeing the King Crimson album in the background
He loves them, and I bought that for him!
Even though we've known The Beatles from the beginning, we're still discovering new tidbits about them and their music. The fun part is hearing their deep cuts and outtakes. The Lads are from Liverpool, England.
i have the anthology dvd's so i bet it would be fun to watch that and see all the different versions and such. i've been holding off so i dont ruin any songs for myself.
@@L33Reacts and maybe those outtakes and cuts could be new L33 episodes. Just like you did with John’s laughing track,
Thanks, Lee. When you do “Yesterday” there is a great early live version (before it was released in the US), “Live at Studio 50” where all the screaming girls get deathly quiet to hear it for the first time, just Paul and his guitar, with string accompaniment on tape, I think. Really really good.
No way should he listen to that before the original studio record.
What people miss is how good a live band they were (this isn't') but you can still feel the influence THEY WERE TIGNT before recording their first album
i think these lads were inspired. absolutely inspired. i would have never taken the jump into their catalog without y'all, so thank you! i can't wait to finally hear rubber soul.
It is very satisfying to watch a young man like yourself walk through the epic era of "THE BEATLES" I was blessed to live it, being 13 years old in '64 when "Hard Days Night" the movie came out. Our theater only cost $1 for showing, I saw it 12 times, and still love watching it. Only a handful of people ever effected life in the world as much as the Beatles, especially John Lennon, the greats rock voice of all time, IMHO. Don't know if you have done it already, but Yer Blues is an epic Lennon song, you should check out the THE DIRTY MAC version ( John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell on drums).
John, Paul and George took the same bus route to school, Paul said that he was aware of John. Imagine?
Ringo's drums are great in this song.
Love love love his drumming in this one! His playing a bit behind the beat is so cool here.
One of their best songs. I never noticed the drums before, go Ringo go.
Ringo is a total metronome!
Note that on the first verse on the word "away," John flips off the camera.
This was a time when they could do no wrong, everything they did was gold. My local radio station had the top ten on Sat. Mornings and the lads had the entire top five. John was such an enigma, he always had that "I know something that you don't" smile. I long ago internalized Ringo's rapid fire rolls on Ticket to Ride, I can play them at will. You don't see them here. Poor Ringo always got the short end
True. There’s a video (I forget the song) where Ringo is just on an exercise bike instead of on the drums. Looks a little silly.
@@pjg58x John, Paul and George could bring their guitars. It was hard for Ringo to pack the drums around.
Lee, I think you’ll really love Rubber Soul. They really started to become serious musicians on this album.
Such a killer track. Those jangly guitars!
Liverpool, all of them
Those were the videos that we had back then when the get back sessions finally came out I was bawling like a crazy baby because I was so happy to see them doing what they do best. Messing around and making music
I think you're right that lennon was a bit more light hearted when he was younger and got a little more serious, maybe jaded with fame, with age.
If you liked this one, you'll probably like most of their material starting from Hard Days Night. This was a really fun watch.
i'm debating if i can do a full reaction to one of their movies or documentary about them. but lord knows its gonna be blocked lol
@@L33Reacts Actually, Hard Days Night is never blocked (if you cut most of the music, sadly). Someone just reacted to it yesterday.
You could always cut out the song reactions and post them separately. This way you get a bunch of videos to promote from one movie.
Hard Day's Night is definitely the one you want to hit. It's really funny and a quick watch
As a musician, Peter Jackson's newer Get Back clips would be most relatable.
L33reacts the reason why the songs were short because AM Top 40 radio was limited to 3 minutes or less...Hey Jude broke that limitation for being 7 minutes plus..recording
Slow Down is one of their early hits that I really love the sound of the guitars on so much. And if you really want to hear John just cooking with a very sharp edge to his voice for that early time, the whole number just really fucking moves. It's so fun. It is heavily piano driven:
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Another one that I used to play back-to-back with it a lot from back then, I would describe very similar only more emphasis on the guitars even, is Bad Boy, who is John on the leads once again. It is so cool for the time. And funny. Just so over the top for John:
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Request them officially, especially Bad Boy!
The treatment this song gets in HELP! is fantastic, and funny. Do yourself a favor and watch the film. It’s bloody delightful!
i really want to watch a hard days night and this one. somehow i will have to get it on the channel. i would need a new pc to render a video that long lol
@@L33Reacts Though It'd certainly be a kick to watch your reaction to them, if you get the hankering to treat yourself to non-reaction viewings, I'm sure we'd all "forgive" you. ;)
Danica and The Beatles, it’s a good day. Thanks Laura and Lee.
she loves saying hi to y'all! she thinks y'all are the best lol.
Great to see Grand Funk Live vinyl in the background.
You are a man of taste and culture, I see!
@@L33Reacts Takes one to know one.
You need to watch the movie, too! Crazy, 60s, fun goofiness....
As a drummer, you gotta comment on Ringos drum pattern in this song. Ticket to ride is one of his iconic drum beats.
It's fantastic! He played a tad behind the beat on a regular basis, but it really gave something special to the song here!
It's been fun to take this journey with you Lee. I'm 60 and me & my best friend took this journey together when we were 14-15 years old. Keep rockin'!
I saw the Beatles in person in 1964 at the Hollywood Bowl
Their recorded music was much different and much greater
FYI: all four came from Liverpool, which was a seaport town and as such had sailors bringing back records from America where they all heard rock n roll.
We loved these videos when they came out in the sixties. Staged of course for the masses! Great song as usual. Thanks
The Beatles 1 compilation album came out in a deluxe edition called 1+. It comes with a bluray/dvd that has all promo films. It's a great watch.
I first read that as "porno films" 😬
You need to hear them sing Your Gonna Lose that Girl
This song makes me so happy 😊