"As soon as he says 'Penny' you know your day should be good." Spot on! That opening, straight in over a killer bass riff, not a millisecond wasted, is magical, instantly you're in their world. Love it.
How can anyone dispute Ringo's greatness? Carrying the back beat of "THE BEATLES" through all those masterpieces is just mind blowing. Playing drums is way more than technical / physical ability - it's a feel - give the music it's bones. Watch him in the studio when John and Paul are going through their creative process - he feels it and carries it. Watch him on the rooftop concert - perfection.
Every stick beat *deliberately* placed, in every song, over hundreds of songs. He single-handedly carried the group through the Abbey Road album- Paul may have wrote the majority, but it's Ringo's vibe that is the magic.
"Penny Lane" is beautiful and sentimental without crossing the line into preciousness. Paul McCartney's songwriting, paired with George Martin's masterful classical instrumental touches, achieves a richness that feels grand but unpretentious. It's astonishing to think that the Beatles released this gem on one side of a single, with the equally groundbreaking "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the other-a testament to their creative brilliance.
Those classical instrumental touches actually had a great deal to do with Paul, whose idea it was to bring in the piccolo trumpet and who made up the melodies, singing and humming them to George Martin, who then wrote them down for David Mason to play. GM said, "I could have written some notes myself, but I honestly believe they would not have been such good notes." (All you Need Is Ears) David Mason concurred: "We spent three hours working it out. Paul sang the parts he wanted, George Martin wrote them out, I tried them."
@@jamessweet5341 Except Sinatra for a while introduced it as the greatest song Lennon/McCartney ever wrote which irked George a bit, who recounted that anecdote to an interviewer once and added "... Thanks, Frank." Lol
Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields are Paul and John writing about places from their youth. John's, as you would expect, is fairly mournful and bittersweet, while Paul's is bouncy and upbeat and those two elements are the magic that made them The Beatles
People say Ringo 's not that good until they try and duplicate what he did. There is more than one way to be great at drums and Ringo is extremely intricate.
Technique doesnt really matter. He's a huge arranger, that's his power. I don't think "Tomorrow Never Knows" is a hard tune to drum, but it's incredibly hard to come up with.
YEP, ask my eldest son who was the drummer in a Beatles' cover band for 10 years. He also sang and played drums on all the songs that Ringo sang in the band. He can attest how it was NOT easy replicating Ringo's drumming by purely listening to the songs. However, my son did a FANTASTIC job as did the other band members. They played the Beatles' songs as you heard them on their records. As a huge Beatles' fan I was EXTREMELY proud of my son's performances as well as his bandmates.
Yes, you're right! A key change for each chorus and then a key change back to each verse. Plus the final key change where the chorus repeats itself near the end.
Since I grew up with the Beatles I can tell you, Ringo stands out for two reasons...he is a human metronome, and he turned the drum into a major instrument in the band to add to songs...not just to keep time.
Ringo plays for the song, not his ego. He doesn't need to make a lot of noise to serve the song and be effective. He's a real drummer, not a drum kit beater like so many others.
To me it comes down to the fact neither John, Paul, nor George wrote drum parts; Ringo created them. There may have been collaborative tweaks during rehearsal and recording sessions, but it was all based on what Ringo had worked out. Think about all of the iconic beats and drum riffs in their catalog and remember who came up with them. Imagine, for example, "Ticket To Ride" without that drum part.
@@fusiliers Paul McCartney has claimed he contributed to the distinctive drumming pattern on "Ticket to Ride." While Ringo Starr played the drums on the track, McCartney suggested in interviews that he had a hand in coming up with the unusual, almost syncopated rhythm. If true, I would like to know which came first: the drumming or the guitar rhythm. They use the same rhythmic structure, but who is echoing whom?
Every song on this album is phenomenal. It tends to get overlooked in their catalog, probably because it’s a movie soundtrack. But it’s my favorite Beatles album, hands down.
When this song first came out, it was on a 45 rpm single, and Strawberry Fields was on the flip side. Both sides said, “Side A.” Interestingly, Penny Lane was a city street where Paul grew up and hung out. This song is about that. So John wrote Strawberry Fields, a park where he used to play when growing up. These places are still there, in Liverpool. The barbershop is still there! Go onto RUclips and search for Carpool Karaoke with James Cordon and Paul McCartney. You will love that video!!
Ringo’s genius is working out an arrangement to perfectly fit the song and he created some awesome drum parts. He also was a time clock. I’ve been playing guitar for almost 60 years and have been a huge Beatles fan from the get go. I usually say that my favorite Beatle song is the one I’m listening to but Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields may actually be my real favorites. Paul was listening to an orchestra on the BBC and asked George Martin what the high sounding trumpet was. Martin said it was a piccolo trumpet and Paul asked if they could use it in one of their songs. Hence Penny Lane. Now ask me tomorrow what my favorite Beatles song is and who knows lol.
His gift of story telling and imagery also. He is in that rare air with people like Dylan, Paul Simon, Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, and people may scoff, but also Eminem.
Yay, I've been waiting for this! I consider Penny Lane one of McCartney's masterpieces. He wrote it as optimistic counterpoint to Lennon's sad Strawberry Fields, when Sgt Pepper was planned to be about the group's early years. Penny Lane is rich with McCartney's wordplay: "Four of fish, and finger pies": four of fish was a snack, and "finger pie" is British slang for, ahem, getting to third base. The more you know... 🌈 And you are right about Ringo--he got no respect at the time, because rockers loved flashy, attention-getting drumming like Bonham and Moon, not subtle, taylored, song-enhancing drumming like Ringo's. It's only in the last decade or so that he's started getting the credit he deserves. Baby Your a Rich Man is a more minor song, but filled with Lennon and McCartney's brilliant call and response. They play off each other so well. Thanks La and Che, for giving us more joy and insights into my favorite music. All the best!
Are you certain 'fish' wasn't the 'scent' of the four finger pies? 'Fish' sometimes featured as a 'perfume' in routines by old 'Blue' Northern comedians. Lennon & McCartney were subversive enough to slip things in. Just a thought. Best Wishes. ☮
@@gbulmer Thanks for conversing, fellow fan! Listeners reading stuff into music is one of the reasons it's so great, and the Beatles are no exception! From Quora "A Four of Fish” is a British slang for four penny worth of fish and chips. And “finger pies” is a sexual slang for fingering. “Penny Lane” was released on the A-side of “Strawberry Fields Forever” on Feb. 13, 1967. 5. Thanks again!
John wrote those great lines. “I remember working on those lines. It’s always been a bit of “She’s in a play, she is anyway, heh heh” because you’re saying that again and again, it’s a game, man, it’s a game, but because you mean it, it’s all right, it’s OK. There’s all that in it.”-John Lennon Rolling Stone interview, 1968.
@@mistersimultaneity6174 I didn't know that but Paul has written many great lyrics as has George and of course John and Bob Dylan were the cream of the crop for great lyrics!!
@@mistersimultaneity6174 The relevant part of the interview actually goes like this: Cott: 'In “Penny Lane,” you have the lines: “A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray/And though she thinks she’s in a play/She is anyway.” Aside from the little kid’s quality of these lines, isn’t this what you’ve been saying recently?' Lennon: 'Paul had the main bit of that, but I remember working on those lines...' John doesn't say that "he wrote those lines." He says he "remembers working on" them, but demurs, saying that Paul already mostly "had" them. I'd say that means he was present and contributed something, but that he was not the primary writer of the lines.
Ringo's son Zak Starkey play drums too. He has performed and recorded with the Who since 1996. At the age of eight, Starkey was given a drum kit by the Who's drummer, Keith Moon. Moon (known to young Zak as "Uncle Keith") was one of his father's closest friends and Starkey's godfather. Small circles!🙂
@@ilovefacebookandebay yes, and my understanding is Zak will again be on the skins for the Oasis reunion. Basically the 2005 lineup from what I can gather. With Bonehead thrown in too.
Love your channel !!..always so informative, entertaining and so insightful. I agree entirely...Ringo is a great drummer. The King of Swing!!. The Beatles!...Magnificent.
Two great days of appetizers before the Thanksgiving feast!! Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving!! Appreciate the excellent reaction fellas!!
I love the shout-out to Ringo, and as always, you guys are cracking me up, and your reactions are just so enjoyable for some reason. I really appreciate you guys. ❤
The great thing about this song is the piccolo trumpet. The last note in the solo is out of the normal range of the instrument. But the guy pulled it off. They also edited out the trumpet at the very end, using only the cymbals in the fade out.
What makes the song for me is the WOMP WOMP of the natural phasing on the piano, which was allegedly stitched together by several people playing different parts on the same piano at the same time. You can hear this phasing in the decay of the song's final piano note.
After listening to the Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane single, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys said he couldn't compete no more. This is where pop music turns into the new classical
This one is credited as 80% Paul, 20% John. John's contribution was a few of the lyrics. I love how sneaky they were at slipping stuff past the censors at the BBC. Did you guys catch the "Fish and finger pies"? 😂😂😂 That was John's contribution and he was very proud of that one. These guy's were genius on every level. As far as Ringo goes, I always say that he was the perfect drummer for the band he was in. Ringo always tells the story that when they asked them to join the band that John had one question for him and that was, " Do you like playing solo's?" Ringo said "I hate solo's". John responded with two words, "You're in." That was it, he was a Beatle with that answer. That wasn't their thing. Lennon and McCartney were tunesmiths. John Bonham of Zeppelin would have never fit in with their mind sets about music. Happy Thanksgiving guy's. Peace ❤❤
I believe the song For No One is the song which features a French Horn solo? A truly beautiful song. Interestingly, that song featured a chord progression which was recycled by Paul in the song Hello Goodbye.
Ringo said of Charlie: “He’s the only drummer who plays less than I do.” And I gut it. They’re both minimalists. Less is more. The little flourishes or fills that they do add at the appropriate times are more impactful that way, and has the benefit of not clogging up the track with noise. I love Keith Moon, but I’d never want him in a band like the Beatles.
The rest of the Beatles knew Ringo was awesome. Look at his kit. Snare,2 toms, a hat,and 1 or 2 cymbals. The guy's a master,as were they all. Always loved the composition of Penny Lane. The brass at the end is genius.
Yall are so plugged in emotionally, the level of optimism in the openness is super refreshing in this copycat corporatized internet. Please for the love of god do the White album and Let it Be, they are the rock Beatles you have needed from them.
Yes! With you guys just doing the albums you're missing quite a few singles and B sides that were not on albums. Maybe after 'Let It Be' album you'll do 'Past Masters' which does cover all the non album singles and B sides. Thanks for the reactions✌
The little trumpet "flourishes" were McCartney. He wanted the piccolo trumpet and made up the melodies himself, GM wrote them down for David Mason to play.
You Guys are the best reaction podcast review show. I have to listen to your reviews with good headphones, or a good sound system. Songs like this from the Beatles, is like hearing it for the first time. Other songs that you review, that I’m not familiar with, you two enlightened me to them. Keep up the great work.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👋🏾👍🏾🎵🎶🎤🥁🎸🎹
Love that you guys are giving Ringo the respect he deserves. Nobody but him could have done what he did. Anyway, this and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were the a- and b-sides of their first single of 1967 respectively, recorded during what was meant to be the sessions for the upcoming Sgt Pepper album, but released as a stand-alone single under pressure from the record label. Magical Mystery Tour was not an LP in the UK. It was released as 2 3-song EPs, containing all the tracks from side one of this LP (which was only released in the US AFTER Sgt Pepper, cobbling together those EP tracks with all these earlier stand-alone singles that wound up on side two here). The MMT LP sold so well as an import FROM the US into the UK for years that Parlophone finally released it, and it's now an official part of the canon.
Maybe people don't give Ringo his props because when you see him at his kit- it all looks so easy! This tune is sunshine and lollipops in some places. A real treat for the ears.😊
The knock on Ringo was always less about what he was actually doing and more about what he wasn't doing, which was showboating flashy fills and drum solos and the rest. Ringo never showboated. He left that for Keith Moon and others.
This is a lovely, cheerful, up-beat song that makes me smile. I believe they interviewed several drummers; Ringo was hired because he would _serve the song,_ and not try to upstage the song, or the band. George Martin's arrangements were glorious. Best Wishes. ☮
Great reaction guys!! I agree with your view on Ringo! I will fight to my dying day that he is a great drummer! Human metronome. Sure he's not flashy, nor truly technical - he wouldn't work in a prog group (I can't put him in the same league as Neil Peart, John Bonham, Phil Collins, Cozy Powell, Bill Bruford, heck even Bill Ward), but he is always on, and forever in service of the song! What he does with that minimal kit is amazing! He's the glue that holds it all together. Cheers from Canada, eh!!
Ringo is THE PERFECT drummer for the Beatles. They didn't become THE BEATLES until Ringo grabbed the sticks for them.
Neil Peart would have been awful for the Beatles, Ringo would be awful for Rush!
When it's right it's right!
RIP Pete Best
Ringo aint flashy. He is 100 percent MUSICAL and serves the songs perfectly. A drummers number one job.
"As soon as he says 'Penny' you know your day should be good." Spot on! That opening, straight in over a killer bass riff, not a millisecond wasted, is magical, instantly you're in their world. Love it.
“These dudes are masters”….. you said brother!
One of my all time favorite songs. So melodic, so catchy, just so fun.
Ringo isn't flashy, but he plays the right thing for the song and his timekeeping is flawless.
Yup, you get it! 😎😎😎
Ringo is so damn appropriate in what he plays…that might be one of the highest compliments a drummer can receive
Apparently, John presented Strawberry Fields Forever to Paul on the Friday and this was Paul's response on the following Monday morning. Genuis.
How can anyone dispute Ringo's greatness? Carrying the back beat of "THE BEATLES" through all those masterpieces is just mind blowing. Playing drums is way more than technical / physical ability - it's a feel - give the music it's bones. Watch him in the studio when John and Paul are going through their creative process - he feels it and carries it. Watch him on the rooftop concert - perfection.
Every stick beat *deliberately* placed, in every song, over hundreds of songs. He single-handedly carried the group through the Abbey Road album- Paul may have wrote the majority, but it's Ringo's vibe that is the magic.
"Gives the music its bones." What a perfect way to describe it!
Most people don’t understand what Ringo is about. He doesn’t play the drums, he plays the music.
Absolutely. He was a unifying force, creating a rhythmic matrix for the rest of the band.
"Penny Lane" is beautiful and sentimental without crossing the line into preciousness. Paul McCartney's songwriting, paired with George Martin's masterful classical instrumental touches, achieves a richness that feels grand but unpretentious. It's astonishing to think that the Beatles released this gem on one side of a single, with the equally groundbreaking "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the other-a testament to their creative brilliance.
Those classical instrumental touches actually had a great deal to do with Paul, whose idea it was to bring in the piccolo trumpet and who made up the melodies, singing and humming them to George Martin, who then wrote them down for David Mason to play. GM said, "I could have written some notes myself, but I honestly believe they would not have been such good notes." (All you Need Is Ears) David Mason concurred: "We spent three hours working it out. Paul sang the parts he wanted, George Martin wrote them out, I tried them."
The piccolo trumpet was played by David Mason, a world-class orchestral musician and one of the finest trumpeters in the world at the time.
He was mic'd much closer here than was common for classical music.
The BASS!😁
It's a perfect pop song. They use most of an orchestra, but nothing is extra and nothing is wasted. A stone classic.
They wrote hits like a printing press rolling off the daily newspaper. Then add George and Ringo and you get perfection.
According to Frank Sinatra, George wrote the greatest love song of the 20th century ("Something").
@@jamessweet5341 Except Sinatra for a while introduced it as the greatest song Lennon/McCartney ever wrote which irked George a bit, who recounted that anecdote to an interviewer once and added "... Thanks, Frank." Lol
Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields are Paul and John writing about places from their youth. John's, as you would expect, is fairly mournful and bittersweet, while Paul's is bouncy and upbeat and those two elements are the magic that made them The Beatles
Simply one of the greatest pop songs of all-time. Along with another 100 great pop songs they wrote, too!
People say Ringo 's not that good until they try and duplicate what he did. There is more than one way to be great at drums and Ringo is extremely intricate.
Technique doesnt really matter. He's a huge arranger, that's his power. I don't think "Tomorrow Never Knows" is a hard tune to drum, but it's incredibly hard to come up with.
@@ricardocima or Come Together
@@jimmoore8951 exactly.
YEP, ask my eldest son who was the drummer in a Beatles' cover band for 10 years. He also sang and played drums on all the songs that Ringo sang in the band. He can attest how it was NOT easy replicating Ringo's drumming by purely listening to the songs. However, my son did a FANTASTIC job as did the other band members. They played the Beatles' songs as you heard them on their records. As a huge Beatles' fan I was EXTREMELY proud of my son's performances as well as his bandmates.
Seven key changes in this song. Just modulating along, without us realising it.
Absolutely love your reactions! You guys.
Yes, you're right! A key change for each chorus and then a key change back to each verse. Plus the final key change where the chorus repeats itself near the end.
Since I grew up with the Beatles I can tell you, Ringo stands out for two reasons...he is a human metronome, and he turned the drum into a major instrument in the band to add to songs...not just to keep time.
Simply the best, yesterday, today and tomorrow. 🎵
Ringo is considered a very good drummer by his peers. A quick Google search will show the praise.
Ringo plays for the song, not his ego. He doesn't need to make a lot of noise to serve the song and be effective. He's a real drummer, not a drum kit beater like so many others.
He is now, and deservedly so. In the sixties, not so much. SNL even made fun of his drumming.
To me it comes down to the fact neither John, Paul, nor George wrote drum parts; Ringo created them. There may have been collaborative tweaks during rehearsal and recording sessions, but it was all based on what Ringo had worked out. Think about all of the iconic beats and drum riffs in their catalog and remember who came up with them. Imagine, for example, "Ticket To Ride" without that drum part.
@@CuriousGeorge1111 SNL made fun of everything/everyone.
@@fusiliers Paul McCartney has claimed he contributed to the distinctive drumming pattern on "Ticket to Ride." While Ringo Starr played the drums on the track, McCartney suggested in interviews that he had a hand in coming up with the unusual, almost syncopated rhythm.
If true, I would like to know which came first: the drumming or the guitar rhythm. They use the same rhythmic structure, but who is echoing whom?
I always loved the Liverpool pronunciation of “customer” in “shaves another customer”.
@@jeremygray1331 “…shaves anootha coostameh” ❤️
this series of beatles listens are the best reactions out here
Every song on this album is phenomenal. It tends to get overlooked in their catalog, probably because it’s a movie soundtrack. But it’s my favorite Beatles album, hands down.
Same here. It was the first Beatles album I owned and has ALWAYS been my favorite.
When this song first came out, it was on a 45 rpm single, and Strawberry Fields was on the flip side. Both sides said, “Side A.” Interestingly, Penny Lane was a city street where Paul grew up and hung out. This song is about that. So John wrote Strawberry Fields, a park where he used to play when growing up. These places are still there, in Liverpool. The barbershop is still there!
Go onto RUclips and search for Carpool Karaoke with James Cordon and Paul McCartney. You will love that video!!
I love the songs they wrote about where they grew up/lived. Very descriptive and makes you feel like you've been there.
People assessing Ringos drumming forget one simple and essential point....he was perfect for The Beatles
Great bass line on this song! Ringo and Paul were tight👍🏼
great song by paul.
This song just makes you feel good.
Great album, great reaction!!!
Ringo’s genius is working out an arrangement to perfectly fit the song and he created some awesome drum parts. He also was a time clock. I’ve been playing guitar for almost 60 years and have been a huge Beatles fan from the get go. I usually say that my favorite Beatle song is the one I’m listening to but Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields may actually be my real favorites. Paul was listening to an orchestra on the BBC and asked George Martin what the high sounding trumpet was. Martin said it was a piccolo trumpet and Paul asked if they could use it in one of their songs. Hence Penny Lane. Now ask me tomorrow what my favorite Beatles song is and who knows lol.
Paul's gift for melody really shines on this one...
His gift of story telling and imagery also. He is in that rare air with people like Dylan, Paul Simon, Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, and people may scoff, but also Eminem.
@@lpluva1 Most definitely..
It don't come easy by Ringo Starr. It's a must reaction for you
You guys are gonna LOVE the white album.
Yay, I've been waiting for this! I consider Penny Lane one of McCartney's masterpieces. He wrote it as optimistic counterpoint to Lennon's sad Strawberry Fields, when Sgt Pepper was planned to be about the group's early years. Penny Lane is rich with McCartney's wordplay: "Four of fish, and finger pies": four of fish was a snack, and "finger pie" is British slang for, ahem, getting to third base. The more you know... 🌈
And you are right about Ringo--he got no respect at the time, because rockers loved flashy, attention-getting drumming like Bonham and Moon, not subtle, taylored, song-enhancing drumming like Ringo's. It's only in the last decade or so that he's started getting the credit he deserves. Baby Your a Rich Man is a more minor song, but filled with Lennon and McCartney's brilliant call and response. They play off each other so well.
Thanks La and Che, for giving us more joy and insights into my favorite music. All the best!
Are you certain 'fish' wasn't the 'scent' of the four finger pies? 'Fish' sometimes featured as a 'perfume' in routines by old 'Blue' Northern comedians. Lennon & McCartney were subversive enough to slip things in. Just a thought.
Best Wishes. ☮
@@gbulmer Thanks for conversing, fellow fan! Listeners reading stuff into music is one of the reasons it's so great, and the Beatles are no exception!
From Quora "A Four of Fish” is a British slang for four penny worth of fish and chips. And “finger pies” is a sexual slang for fingering. “Penny Lane” was released on the A-side of “Strawberry Fields Forever” on Feb. 13, 1967. 5.
Thanks again!
Entwhistle? Didn’t you mean Keith Moon? Entwhistle was the bassist?
@@edwardhubschman3610 Yeah, sorry--brain fart. I'll change it. 👍
How could you listen to this and not smile?😊
The Beatles were always happy with Ringo's drumming. Always on point and what was needed. Never called attention to itself.
"though she feels as if she's in a play she IS anyway"!! Paul has always written great lyrics along with the worlds best melodies!!
So true--that IS an awesome line!
John wrote those great lines. “I remember working on those lines. It’s always been a bit of “She’s in a play, she is anyway, heh heh” because you’re saying that again and again, it’s a game, man, it’s a game, but because you mean it, it’s all right, it’s OK. There’s all that in it.”-John Lennon Rolling Stone interview, 1968.
@@mistersimultaneity6174 I didn't know that but Paul has written many great lyrics as has George and of course John and Bob Dylan were the cream of the crop for great lyrics!!
@@mistersimultaneity6174 The relevant part of the interview actually goes like this:
Cott: 'In “Penny Lane,” you have the lines: “A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray/And though she thinks she’s in a play/She is anyway.” Aside from the little kid’s quality of these lines, isn’t this what you’ve been saying recently?'
Lennon: 'Paul had the main bit of that, but I remember working on those lines...'
John doesn't say that "he wrote those lines." He says he "remembers working on" them, but demurs, saying that Paul already mostly "had" them. I'd say that means he was present and contributed something, but that he was not the primary writer of the lines.
Ringo's son Zak Starkey play drums too. He has performed and recorded with the Who since 1996. At the age of eight, Starkey was given a drum kit by the Who's drummer, Keith Moon. Moon (known to young Zak as "Uncle Keith") was one of his father's closest friends and Starkey's godfather. Small circles!🙂
Zac also played drums with Oasis. I saw him play with them at Slane Castle in Ireland.
@@ilovefacebookandebay yes, and my understanding is Zak will again be on the skins for the Oasis reunion. Basically the 2005 lineup from what I can gather. With Bonehead thrown in too.
The Beatles are the best , as a whole and individually!
Another great song....and another real place....Penny Lane is a street in south Liverpool, England.
Keep up the good work !!!
The Beatles were masters of beautiful simplicity! Yet, when ready to rock could do it with the best of them.
Love your channel !!..always so informative, entertaining and so insightful. I agree entirely...Ringo is a great drummer. The King of Swing!!. The Beatles!...Magnificent.
Paul is the absolute master of penning great melodies
The lyrics are cinematic!
Sure do paint a picture, don't they? 🙂
This song is should definitely be on the mood changing playlist
Two great days of appetizers before the Thanksgiving feast!! Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving!! Appreciate the excellent reaction fellas!!
I love the shout-out to Ringo, and as always, you guys are cracking me up, and your reactions are just so enjoyable for some reason. I really appreciate you guys. ❤
This is Paul’s answer to John’s Strawberry Fields.
So much sauce in this one.
The great thing about this song is the piccolo trumpet. The last note in the solo is out of the normal range of the instrument. But the guy pulled it off. They also edited out the trumpet at the very end, using only the cymbals in the fade out.
What makes the song for me is the WOMP WOMP of the natural phasing on the piano, which was allegedly stitched together by several people playing different parts on the same piano at the same time. You can hear this phasing in the decay of the song's final piano note.
I believe that this is the song playing as you go to heaven….its a beautiful happy song
After listening to the Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane single, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys said he couldn't compete no more. This is where pop music turns into the new classical
Remember kids.. Keep your fire engine clean. A clean machine. 🥰
And "finger pies". 🙂
@@Straydogger"Four of fish and finger pie" is probably the dirtiest Beatles lyric. And they used innuendo quite a lot in their music.
This one is credited as 80% Paul, 20% John. John's contribution was a few of the lyrics. I love how sneaky they were at slipping stuff past the censors at the BBC. Did you guys catch the "Fish and finger pies"? 😂😂😂 That was John's contribution and he was very proud of that one.
These guy's were genius on every level. As far as Ringo goes, I always say that he was the perfect drummer for the band he was in.
Ringo always tells the story that when they asked them to join the band that John had one question for him and that was, " Do you like playing solo's?" Ringo said "I hate solo's". John responded with two words, "You're in."
That was it, he was a Beatle with that answer. That wasn't their thing. Lennon and McCartney were tunesmiths. John Bonham of Zeppelin would have never fit in with their mind sets about music.
Happy Thanksgiving guy's.
Peace ❤❤
It's interesting to notice how hitmaking was not seen as "shallow" back then. They really wanted to be famous. I guess prog or punk killed that.
How about a French Horn solo? Yup, they did that!
Piccolo trumpet played by David Mason
Good idea for the song for sure
I believe the song For No One is the song which features a French Horn solo? A truly beautiful song. Interestingly, that song featured a chord progression which was recycled by Paul in the song Hello Goodbye.
When Paul sings "fish and finger pies" he's NOT talking about food! 😏
Pure pop genius on this one. The next two won't disappoint!
Ringo Starr & Charlie Watts held their respective bands together ! Both underrated 😕 I’m glad you guys can listen and decide for yourselves ⭐️
Ringo said of Charlie: “He’s the only drummer who plays less than I do.” And I gut it. They’re both minimalists. Less is more. The little flourishes or fills that they do add at the appropriate times are more impactful that way, and has the benefit of not clogging up the track with noise. I love Keith Moon, but I’d never want him in a band like the Beatles.
@@fan123casual8 Ringo was all about the feel while Moon was all about the fills
One of my five top favorite Beatles songs
Radio was so much fun in those days, you never knew what you'd hear next!
Just another of many classic Beatle albums.
The rest of the Beatles knew Ringo was awesome. Look at his kit. Snare,2 toms, a hat,and 1 or 2 cymbals. The guy's a master,as were they all. Always loved the composition of Penny Lane. The brass at the end is genius.
Yall are so plugged in emotionally, the level of optimism in the openness is super refreshing in this copycat corporatized internet. Please for the love of god do the White album and Let it Be, they are the rock Beatles you have needed from them.
Ringo was on beat, on point, and thank God, on records: Ringo brought the BINGO!
I don't know how you do it - but the songs come out nice and loud and clear through your channel. Nobody other reaction channel can top it!
Been playing drums for 60 years. Thanks Ringo.
I think this is my favorite Beatles song! It’s a masterpiece! Very uplifting!
This song is such a vibe 👍
Love how they are describing the day in the street on Penny Lane.
Drummers know what Ringo is all about.
Ringo has always been overlooked.
Cheers men, love to see your honest and sincere reactions.
McCartney’s greatest bassline imo
Ahh, yes. But there are SO many more!
It's a good one for sure! I appreciate your opinion.
Love this song, so iconic.
Listen to Ringo do Rain. One of his peaks
Yes! With you guys just doing the albums you're missing quite a few singles and B sides that were not on albums. Maybe after 'Let It Be' album you'll do 'Past Masters' which does cover all the non album singles and B sides. Thanks for the reactions✌
The best compliment I can give this song is it deserves to be on the same single with Strawberry Fields Forever
My favourite Beatles song.
Lol the favorite changes every day i know exactly how you feel!
George Martin should be considered the 5th Beatle. His production is superb all of the little flourishes make the song.
He WAS the 5th Beatle. He played piano on some songs and wrote/arranged all the horn and string parts.
The little trumpet "flourishes" were McCartney. He wanted the piccolo trumpet and made up the melodies himself, GM wrote them down for David Mason to play.
Seeing a street in Liverpool through their eyes. Lovely!
You Guys are the best reaction podcast review show. I have to listen to your reviews with good headphones, or a good sound system. Songs like this from the Beatles, is like hearing it for the first time. Other songs that you review, that I’m not familiar with, you two enlightened me to them. Keep up the great work.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👋🏾👍🏾🎵🎶🎤🥁🎸🎹
Love that you guys are giving Ringo the respect he deserves. Nobody but him could have done what he did. Anyway, this and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were the a- and b-sides of their first single of 1967 respectively, recorded during what was meant to be the sessions for the upcoming Sgt Pepper album, but released as a stand-alone single under pressure from the record label. Magical Mystery Tour was not an LP in the UK. It was released as 2 3-song EPs, containing all the tracks from side one of this LP (which was only released in the US AFTER Sgt Pepper, cobbling together those EP tracks with all these earlier stand-alone singles that wound up on side two here). The MMT LP sold so well as an import FROM the US into the UK for years that Parlophone finally released it, and it's now an official part of the canon.
Damn I love u guys. These reviews have sustained me amidst personally dark days. Please keep going.
My neighbor’s daughter’s name is Penelope. My nickname for her is Penny Lane. 💜💜💜
All Hail Ringo! The King of Feel!
Ringo was the first drummer to use the cowbell, which is now a staple of Rock.
I love how La is eager to speak, and he looks over at Che to pause the music.
Gotta do "A Hard Days Night" . Pure
Beatles Craft at work.
Once you two start on the deep dive into their solo careers it will take you on four very different journeys.
Top Tune all timer from these blokes...
Utter brilliance on Display .
my heart is so happy while i watch you listening to this. love to you and Happy Thanksgiving.
I wish I could forget The Beatles so I could listen to it again with fresh ears! So jealous that you’re hearing a lot of these for the first time!
Maybe people don't give Ringo his props because when you see him at his kit- it all looks so easy! This tune is sunshine and lollipops in some places. A real treat for the ears.😊
Wow!, best 5 minutes in the Biz, hearing this stuff on headphones for the first time is killer, I'm getting my wife a Crenshaw hoodie for Christmas!
The knock on Ringo was always less about what he was actually doing and more about what he wasn't doing, which was showboating flashy fills and drum solos and the rest. Ringo never showboated. He left that for Keith Moon and others.
This is a lovely, cheerful, up-beat song that makes me smile. I believe they interviewed several drummers; Ringo was hired because he would _serve the song,_ and not try to upstage the song, or the band. George Martin's arrangements were glorious.
Best Wishes. ☮
Guys you need to react to the whole Beatles white album 99% of the songs are amazing and they are all different with different vibes ❤
some great songs on that album
Great reaction guys!! I agree with your view on Ringo! I will fight to my dying day that he is a great drummer! Human metronome. Sure he's not flashy, nor truly technical - he wouldn't work in a prog group (I can't put him in the same league as Neil Peart, John Bonham, Phil Collins, Cozy Powell, Bill Bruford, heck even Bill Ward), but he is always on, and forever in service of the song! What he does with that minimal kit is amazing! He's the glue that holds it all together.
Cheers from Canada, eh!!