The Beatles, I Need You - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction / Excerpts
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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A new toy - the volume pedal! But what a great use of it! I especially like how that little guitar motif is so intertwined with the melody and lyrics that they could never be complete without it!
Here’s the link to the original song by The Beatles:
• I Need You (Remastered...
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I don't know why some people complain about her not playing all the song, you already know the song, you'll know what she's talking about. Good video.
And she explains at the beginning why she's not allowed to play the whole song. It is a shame though.
The song is playing in my head while she talks.
It just goes to show how much reaction videos are basically radio stations for a lot of people.
A snippet is good enough for me.
@@yes_head and they want to have the things they like reconfirmed by someone else. These reactions are great as they are actually an educated musician's take on the musicality of the pieces, not just someone telling you how 'fire' a piece of music is.
George Harrison and Pattie Boyd.
A few of Georges best songs were about her. Including "Something".
While they seem to have been able to remain friends even after the split.
Also we need to add Eric Clapton into this. Both men had adored her. Clapton wrote "Layla" for his band at the time Derek and the Dominosabout Pattie. Which was a smash hit. Later Eric would pen "Wonderful Tonight" also about Pattie.
George and Eric had been friends since 64. George and Pattie had met that same year while filming "A Hard Day's Night"
It is amazing that both men fell in love with the same woman and would even spend time at each others houses.
George met Pattie on the set of A Hard Day's Night. She's in the movie.
Thanks for reminding me@@nellgwenn
It's all too tawdry.
Always loved this song.
me too!
The swell pedal as it is known is Classical.
The technical reason it was hard to control volume swell was the pedal was not designed properly.
Later designs of the volume pedal were easy to control.
My Favorite Group and my Favorite Channel ! Peace
THIS light motif AS YOU CALLED IT WAS WRITTEN DEEP IN MY MIND SINCE I FIRST LISTENED TO THIS SONG DURING MY SEARCHING FOR BEATLES SONGS IN THE EARLY 80'S WITH MY BROTHER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16.I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS A LOT!
FYI I think she meant leitmotif, which might be worth checking out on wikipedia
You can still play more than you do without getting in copyright trouble many many other content providers do so...play a little more...don't be so scarred.
You're quite right, I've heard lots of Beatles reactions that have revealed a lot more. I find it frustrating but I'm a sucker for anything to do with the Beatles.
It's weird, some channels play them through without issue, some chop them up, and some just play a few seconds. YT has never divulged how it decides these things.
I prefer the hard-line stance. It brings more attention to the copyright strike issues.
I can play Beatles's music anytime, but it is lovely to hear some else appreciate them too and add comments. It's funny but the song has the feel of much earlier works, mainly that of Paul's song writing. Ringo is always good and steady. Thank you, Am-me.
Are you going to do Hey You've Got To Hide Your Love Away? It's by far the stand-out track on the album. Still moves me to this day, brings back those adolescent feelings of bitterness & humiliation. Extremely powerful stuff.
I know, this worries me! Perhaps Vlad doesn't like it? 😢
she did that aready as the second one of Help. Idk why they didn't post it.. Maybe later
I can't find it on my Patreon, it must be on a higher tier.
@@TheNordicharps I don’t have patreon at all but I just clicked on the patreon link and I see it after Help!
@@ricardo_miguel13 Odd... I'll try that.
I would love if you would do a George solo song since you’ve already done John and Paul solo songs. My Sweet Lord or All Thing Must Pass. Just to get an understanding of George singularly. Also reading that Rob Sheffield quote… I hope he just meant within the Beatles (still insane tbh??) because if he meant genuinely generally… that’s a crazy opinion lmao!! But Rob is just like that so… I’ll forgive him I guess (his rolling stone Beatles list was bonkers).
Also yeah George’s songs in general are always weirdly … hmm I don’t want to say negative but he definitely always has a take on things you wouldn’t expect. Especially early in the Beatles. But that kinda odd take leads to some of the most beautiful songs. He’s was a very interesting mysterious guy. His kinda inner loveliness tho really does transfer to his songs… you either get his grumpiness or his loveliness lol
BAC - backyou'll understand after chores. I wrote a complex priginal 12-string tuning, all firsts and fifths as to be neutral (major/minor) Joni-styled song that gave me shivers everytime I sang it. I forgot about it in 2005 now I'm back to it - it's like her really dark stuff. Thank you. brb.
It's interesting that you point out that George's guitar is saying "Need you" more than he is. It's like a precursor to his song While My Guitar Gently Weeps, where his guitar (actually Eric's guitar) emotes what he is trying to express too.
I think it would be really interesting for you to watch one (or some) of the George Martin interviews when he speaks about wirking wirh the Beatles
2900 views and only 195 likes?.
Come on, people!. Amy is doing an excellent job!!!
You should do “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”. It’s definitely the best Beatles “I… You” songs. And one of the best Beatles songs, in general.
I'm convinced this song is on her list. We'll see once we get to Abbey Road (may still need some time though)
I actually thought this was going to be it.🤦♂
@@IwasInThe60s I know, I only half read the title of the video and thought "cool, she's doing 'I Want You...' Oh well, maybe one day.
actually john lennon controlles the volume knob on george's guitar during his performance.
Probably the very reason why the actual volume pedal was invented soon after. I have a volume pedal on my board for my Vox amp, fun device!
As a melodist, George was always unique.
Sure he learned a few tricks in terms of structure, maybe armony from John and Paul, but his melodies are really something else.
Without cowbell, there is no rock music. Must have cowbell. More cowbell.
Seriously, it's amazing how many rock songs feature cowbells. Perhaps the bluntest of instruments, if you can even call it one, but it certainly adds something. What, I don't know, but it just does.
More cowbell!
It needed more cowbell
I love "I Need You", but in my opinion George's best Beatles song is Long Long Long on the White Album
Please do ''İve just seen a face'
For something 90s but a bit different, please try the song Stash by the band Phish. You might be pleasantly surprised!
This is clearly not one of their or George's greatest songs, but it's still quite a nice one that could easily have been a lesser group's one big hit. They didn't have many clunkers. It's all basically good, great, insanely great, with maybe a handful of mediocre fillers. It's probably not merely because they were really talented, but because their producer George Martin wouldn't let them record and release bad songs.
They couldn't possibly have asked for a better producer and musical mentor, as he guided them so well during their early days, until they were competent enough to tell what was good and what wasn't and how to arrange everything. Also props to their manager, Brian Epstein, who built and protected their image both musically and otherwise like he was their mother. It really was a collective effort and it shows.
Interpreting the guitar figure as "Need you, need you" is clever, but finding a Leitmotiv is a classical way of listening to Pop/Rock songs. I don't think The Beatles thought this way.
17:43 "This could not be this song, I Need You, without it."
This goes for a l l George Harrisson's guitar interjections. Listen again to She Loves You.
By the way, the technique of having a conversation between voice and guitar comes from the Blues. Listen to Albert King for an example: ruclips.net/video/wdDRCIEEZ3w/видео.htmlsi=I2mLOOmb8kjOfpno&t=50
you should watch the movie to see the music in context with the film.
I always thought Help! was one of their weaker albums. True, their writing was smooth, polished, but lacking depth. Although Side Two (for those who remember vinyl) does have better stuff, including Yesterday, which they buried at track six because they didn't know how it would go down.
feel like much of the earlier stuff "lacks depth" though, really killer pop music & fun lyrics but i dont think they really got DEEP until Rubber Soul, I feel like Help! and You've Got To Hide Your Love Away have some depth though, particularly the latter
I think they are in the middle of their folk rock era starting with Beatles For Sale and ending with Rubber Soul. So you don't hear big improvents like in the other to albums, although it still stands out because it just has top pop songs. One of my favorite albums.
One element of the Beatles' success was their lack of musical selfishness, as evidenced by George's decision to not give himself a guitar solo in this song he wrote. I think Ringo's drumming is perhaps the most obvious example of a musician always serving the song and not trying to show off.
I think they were exhausted from it all. They needed more time to develop better records, the good songs on this album are great.
The volume pedal was also used on Yes It Is
Though according to MuchMusic 1988 George admitted the volume pedal was beyond him forcing John's help on it ! 🤡
Yeah not one of the better Beatles songs imo. And these reviews don't work for me without playing the full song either, sorry Amy. And no I don't wanna pay for your Patreon either :)
The lowest tier is just $3/mo. I just signed up as it was driving me crazy only hearing a few seconds of each song, plus she's more than earned it. I wish I could sign up for a lot more channels' Patreons but I just can't afford it. But this one's a cut above.
Boring youtuber, pretends they have never heard really famous songs, so they can evade the copyright on the really famous song, and steal some of the famous band's traffic. God I hate reaction videos 😂 They really are the lowest common denominator in video genre
It's got to be one of their weakest songs
Not at all. It’s a sweet, melodic song. “You Like Me Too Much”- George’s other song- is pretty weak however.
As if anybody cares what you think. It is 10,000 times better than anything YOU will ever do, Beavis.
@@nonrepublicrat Ah, a 'I Need You' fanatic 😆
The guitar that was processed through the tone pedal for the song's signature riff is George Harrison's 1963 360/12 twelve-string electric guitar. It was one of the final times George used this particular guitar for a Beatles recording.
I've always liked this one. IMO it slots in between Paul's two deep tracks, "Another Girl" and "The Night Before". It gave this album added strength and depth that further moved it ahead of 'Beatles For Sale' in the quality stakes. Amy, George's use of the volume pedal is an important innovation in pop music. Til then it had mainly been associated with the steel guitar in country music. Guitarists could achieve the same result by moving the volume knob on the guitar with their pinky, but the pedal was a lot easier to use. Interestingly, George only used the volume pedal on three songs, all 1965 recordings. BTW, this was the beginning of guitarists having effects pedals at their feet while they performed, followed by the wah pedal, fuzz switches, distortion pedals, echoplexes, etc. By the end of the decade the arsenal of effects guitarists had at their disposal had exploded, and was about to take an even bigger jump in the 70's.
The part that begins, "So come on back to me..." musically could have been part of a Motown girls groups song. In fact, the whole song could have worked for a Motown girls group.
I like McCartney's early work too but I can't imagine anyone referring to Another Girl as deep? 🐨
@@johnbyrnes7912 Deep, as in a song that's not as well known as others from this album like "Yesterday".
try Yes it Is, listen to the isolated tracks, it is completely unrecognizable but when combined it is elegantly beautifully
Notice that you don't hear the sound of the pick even on the intro, because the volume is turned up by pressing on the volume pedal after the pick strikes the strings, while the notes are still ringing. Then you can rock the pedal back to mute the note.
Excellent point. Always wondered ? 🤔
More than once, Sir George Martin expressed regret that he and the other Beatles never spent as much time polishing George Harrison's songs, especially early on. Even the Lennon/McCartney songs were put together quite quickly while they were still touring, and Harrison was given quite short shrift. One can certainly hear this on the present recording.
I appreciate you checking out some of George's songs as well. How all three of the primary songwriters develop is important, it's part of what makes their albums so good, that you have three different personalities with different musical gifts pursuing songwriting, it's hard to get bored listening to them, things are always getting changed up.
According to your words I think that you maybe forgot to post the second song.
I noted this too, so far only Help and I Need You from the Help! album have been posted
Great reaction to one of my favorite Beatles songs. Quick question. Why are you not allowed to post the entire Beatles songs when other reaction channels can? For example, Rob Squad Reactions have played and reacted to several entire Beatles songs. Just wondering.
Probably because they either got permission for studio version, or they are using live versions.
Great for you to hear a George Harrison song. He has several much better ones that will come later, several of which are very popular Beatles songs. I really enjoyed all of your observations, but would have liked to hear your thoughts on George's voice, relative to John and Paul's voices. Some people (not me) have a hard time telling the three of them apart. They all harmonize well together. Although Ringo's is more distinct, but you don't hear him as much. You are now starting to notice the infamous cowbell of this era, instead of just thinking it sounds like they are banging pots and pans (although it does).😉 Too loud in the mix here. Good comments on the volume pedal. It does have a bit of a harmonica or horn sound here.
I loved that cowbell back in 1964 and still do.
@@bobtaylor170 I'm fine with the cowbell here and in other songs. I just thought it was a little too loud in the mix, but nothing horrible. It fits the vibe of the song and the era. I expect to hear it having heard this a number of times over the years. It would seem like it was missing something without it.
@@LeeKennison it's very much of that era, somehow. I knew who The Beatles were from early 1964, of course, but it was hearing You Can't Do That, with that splendid cowbell, which gave me Beatlemania. Electrifying moment for me.
@@bobtaylor170 I was only 5 when this came out, but having older sisters who were Beatles fanatics I was hearing this right after it came out.
Patreon costumer here! Are you guys going to post any new Beatles song soon? 😢😢
Just a point very little time passed from the songs you are pointing out.
Only months passed when they wrote these songs
They were also doing worf tours and movies.
You will come to understand this when you do songs from 2 and 3 years later and realize that only 2 or 3:years have passed.
10:24 "I'm not sure that that cowbell is necessary there."
Needs more cowbell!
11:41 "I wouldn't say the cowbell adds anything to the musical interpretation or meaning."
Yes. But this cowbell is perfect to me. It seriously gives me a kick, it lifts me up, it makes me extra happy while listening to this song. And it rocks. Its effect is physical.
Not every element of a Pop/Rock song needs to be functionally illustrating the lyrics. Rock is less intellectual than Classical.
I agree with you, I also enjoy the cowbell there 👌😃
I got a fever and the only prescription is MORE Cowbell! Amy needs to see this skit and also "This Is Spinal Tap." It helps with the vocabulary of contemporary musical interaction. Man, I sound boring!
I remember when this came out, I was 16 and even then I knew this was filler material. They were so busy touring, etc., that they were having trouble writing enough material for all their recordings. These songs were alright, just weaker songs to fill the need. The volume effect was done by other guitarists (one was Peter Banks iin Yes) by just moving the volume control on their guitars while playing. Much easier than the pedal. Harrison was trying different things to get different sounds to vary the records, much as George Martin used sped up piano to create different textures. So, sometimes a cigar is just...
I like those bass punches: "...how much i need you."[..Dnnn...Dun-dun-dun-dun....Dnnn...dun-dun-dun-dun] "....and never leave you"..[Dnn...dun-dun-dun-dun...Dnnn..dunn-dun...].
I know we're charting the progression of the band so far in these videos, but to look in the opposite direction for a moment: there are only 22 months between the recording of this song and that of Strawberry Fields Forever. They're about to move into light speed.
Harrison eventually palmed Patti Boyd off to Eric Clapton for Clapton's help in getting Patti's sister into bed.
Everything profits from more cowbell! ❤
14:56 "There's really no pain in this."
Good observation. This song, like many Pop songs, is about the sound, the melody, the chords, the rhythm. It's a perfect Pop song. This is what many, many Pop musicians strive for. It's not easy to make one.
I will be so happy whenever she gets through this juvenile and immature phase of their catalog And into their truly genius albums from Sergeant peppers and onward.
@@shiva1742 revolver and onward... even, may be, rubber soul and onward
Amazing they could just crank out these memorable pop songs seemingly at will. George obviously picked up a lot from John and Paul.
And John and Paul picked up a lot from George.
Rasa cinta George Harrison kepada Pattie Boyd juga dituangkan dalam lagu Something. Terima kasih.
George Harrison memang menikah dengan Patty Boyd lalu bercerai tanpa dikaruniai putra atau putri. Terima kasih.
Thank you for another great video! I wish you didn't have to cut out the music, but if you gotta do it you gotta do it. I'll keep watching anyway!
Another call for the song "Travel" by The Gathering, the TG25 live version. "I wish you knew your music was to stay forever".
Another great reaction to a Beatles song, again I enjoyed it very much. You said the third from the Help! album 🤔 I only saw your reaction to the title track so far. And worth to mentioning here, It's your first reaction to a Harrison song, isn't it?
Anyway, I enjoyed this song since it came out and always loved its sound, I could never say why. These explanations with the volume pedal were enlighting to me and ... btw ... I never noticed before that there is no guitar solo, and that in a Harrison song 😅 That seems to prove, it really didn't need one 👍
Looking forward to your next Beatles reaction 🤞😀
I think she also did Don’t Bother Me.
@@BigSky1 Oh, did she? I was looking for it and couldn't find it on RUclips. Was it maybe only available for Patreon?
@@richardfehlmann4593 Sorry, my mistake she didn’t do Don’t Bother Me. I just checked. I thought I remembered her doing it. Getting old.
@@BigSky1 Don't worry, I got old too and was not secure, that's why I checked it. But thank you for checking too 👍😃👌
@@BigSky1yes ya getting old and constantly making mistakes. Happens to all of us - just move on.
It is ROCK that was POPULAR.
Stop with all the ROCK that is "alternative" to ROCK.
Popular music is a mix, a convergence and synthesis, of the various "genre"; sometimes one is given slight emphasis. That doesn't change it from being ROCK.
"The Beatles" were a ROCK band -- BUT NOT ONLY.
Christ, you'd think they were the only ROCK band that sometimes recorded BALLADS. Has no one ever heard "The Beach Boys"!?
Why didn't you even play the song? I don't get it?
RUclips blocks it for copyright infringement.
@@johnsilva9139 A lot of other reactors on youtube manage to play a lot of Beatle songs...there are "ways around it"..
The most terrible piece of music in the entire Beatles discography and Harrison's lowpoint as a composer doesn't serve a place in this 150-series.
We like it ! Pffyth! 🌈🐨
You are entitled to your opinion, however your opinion sounds very strange to me (I personally love this song). Do you prefer Wild Honey Pie?
@@richardfehlmann4593 Compared to “I need you,” yes. Wild Honey Pie is at least kind of funny in its own way.
@@braudaboWell there are many songs that I Need You beats easily - I mean how about that Mary Jane rot and 12 bar original or Besame Mucho or Her Majesty or Dig It etc etc ! 🐨
I'll mention the phasing problem that Caroline on Call Me Caroline noticed though I didn't notice it and I like this song anyway. 🐨
Genius, a we'll crafted harmonious song 😊