First Listen to THE BEATLES' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | REACTION & Musical Analysis
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I listened to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album for the very first time! I give an honest reaction and try to provide quite a bit musical insight and analysis as a way to make this fun moment incorporate as much education as possible.
If you want to follow along with my "album study" you can listen to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the rest of the week until 11:59pm Sunday: September 19, 2021. Starting Monday: September 20, 2021 the album of the week becomes The Beatles White Album. Remember to make a playlist with all your favorites. Here is the website I have used to follow along with the albums in order:
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do you have any idea how ridiculously amazing you are?...that was my comment on this link 8 months ago. that was after starting with please please me...I was 5 years old when I demanded my mom to buy that album. anyway, the quality of your supporters and admirers says it all..they are incredible people...every last one of them...I am proud to stand amongst them. you know you don't need any blond in your hair...your big brown eyes should match your insane brown hair...this album was absolutely nuts...like the white album or Abby Roads...changed the world of music...got to thank you again for being you and seeing and hearing things...then saying the things you say...I have a thousand Beatles songs rattling around in my head at any given time...."And I Love Her" comes to mind, Crys...thank you!
left handed bass Spanish guitars bongos pentagon background analog mixing board...boys were on to something ruclips.net/video/9_c2XZd9mMo/видео.html
I have to thank you for being YOU! you are so beyond wonderful! I had a pretty rough day and you just made it all the way right around! I am extremely grateful for you. Thank you for being the difference in my life!
@@CrystalShannon4 well...we can almost always smooth out the edges of a rough day ... if we put our mind to it
@@CrystalShannon4 better day tomorrow ? just say yeah
@@666tubedragon666 well thank you for doing the smoothening for me!!! my gratitude to you is eternal! & each day the goal is just a tiny bit better ❤️
McCartney: “It’s getting better all the time.”
Lennon: “It couldn’t get no worse.”
This sums up not only their writing styles, but their personalities as well.
Always love their little sneaky snarky lyrical moments.
I'm sure the line is: It can't get no worse. But that's picking nits.
THey were soul mates, and thank goodness they met.
🤣
Lennon was the master the true genius he created the Beatles. In fact he was the one who named his band the "BEATLES" a play off "The Beat".
The Beatles are essentially a master class in song writing.
AGREED!
YES! And they were so intuitive, knowing instinctively just what to do with the little bits of musical ideas that they heard inside their heads or from noodling on piano or guitar. They also absorbed a whole lot of what they'd heard both from other musicians and from the general environment. "Penny Lane" was recorded during the "Sgt. Pepper" sessions but was not included in this album. I love the way it tells the story of a Liverpool street and the characters who inhabit it. You hear some of that same kind of imagery in many of these songs that made it into the "Sgt. Pepper" album too. It was in their slightly earlier songs as well, including McCartney's "Eleanor Rigby" and Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Norwegian Wood." Every song tells a story, if not explicitly in the lyrics then aurally in the notes, chord progressions, their chosen instrumental timbres, textures, and audio effects. Pure genius!
And yet they didn't know how to read music, and in a sense didn't know what they were doing, but just did it.
Maybe that could be reduced to just a master class
Some of their albums were produced by Jeff Lynne of ELO
There's nothing better than seeing someone with a musical background discover these songs for the first time. Loved your real-time reactions and analyses - hope you'll do more Beatles!
Thank you!! Yes, excited to continue this journey! Their music is so beautiful!
Pretty much what I was going to say.
@@CrystalShannon4 You, Crystal, like many many previous young people before you, have been emotionally captured by the Beatles unique songwriting. It has inter generational appeal. I hope you are understanding why they have had such enduring popularity since they broke up over fifty ( ! ) years ago ! There has never been anyone that compares with them, and there never will be.
@@CrystalShannon4 You really do a wonderful presentation. When you finish with The Beatles continue with John, Paul, George and Ringo after The Beatles. Really enjoy what you're doing. Cheers!
Is that what we saw?
This album is like a photo album of life, from all angles: a meter maid that you get a crush on; home repairs; Mr Kites traveling circus; parents crying over their estranged daughter; headlines in a newspaper (A Day in the Life)... it's presented to you by the mythical Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, who do hope you enjoy this show called life.
Well put.
Agree, and let's let go of the wishing Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane had made it onto this record. Those can stand as one of the greatest A and B side singles of all time. The Sgt Pepper's canon is a perfect album as it is. About wore out my vinyl copy of it back during the summer of '67 when it was dazzling the world.
You are so right. I remember how spellbound the world was about Sgt. Pepper album and most musicians were pretty shocked!
Even, if you add all the Sgt. Pepper's stage recordings, you can see the opposite sides between "Strawberry fields forever" and "When I'm 64": the melancholly of the childhood vs. the expectation of the maturity.
George Martin cried when he first heard She' Leaving Home. It's a tragic folklore story in different modes going from Aeolian, Dorian and even Mixolydian. One of greatest songs if that even means anything with the Beatles. I like this channel in the fact that you understand music theory and can talk about their genius instead of rambling nonsense from other channels. Subbed.
That is lovely to hear- I can just picture George Martin's watery eyes now! The switching of the modes is pure genius and nothing less! And I appreciate the compliments :)
@@CrystalShannon4 McCartney saw a story about a teenager running away, and who went missing for awhile (she came to no harm, fortunately). But, when you look at the lyrics, "She's Leaving Home" is actually about an older woman who has lived under her parents' thumb for years, but finally finds the courage to go out on her own with a guy of whom her mom and dad presumably disapprove. It ends positively--"she's having fun". The real sadness in the story is that her self-centered parents, as always, get the whole thing wrong, and think she is deliberately hurting them. Maybe they never will understand their daughter. Some parents never understand their children, ever.
@@steelers6titles You hit the nail on the head.
Ironically George Martin didn't get to score the string section as he was busy at the time, so Mike Leander did it. George was disappointed he didn't get to do it.
they didn't know what modes were, lol. what a phenomenal band.
Yes, She's Leaving Home can bring tears to your eyes.
Thank God! I was a bit embarrassed and really tried to hold back from crying as hard as the song really hit me.
Pink Floyd were recording their debut album at the same time as the Beatles and heard it being recorded.
@@CrystalShannon4 I've been hearing the song for 50 years and you made me hear it anew again. I teared up with you. Please don't feel ashamed. Thanks for your humanity, though I respect you trying to remain a professional arm's length. Can't do that with Beatles music, can you? Shows how good they are.
@@CrystalShannon4 I am a guy and I cry every time I hear that song from the second the chorus starts until the song is over.
Timestamps
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 0:27
2. With a Little Help from My Friends 1:50
3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 2:40
4. Getting Better 4:28
5. Fixing a Hole 6:33
6. She's Leaving Home 8:32
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! 11:51
8. Within You Without You 14:09
9. When I'm Sixty-Four 15:21
10. Lovely Rita 16:26
11. Good Morning Good Morning 17:20
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 18:55
13. A Day in the Life 20:12
In She's Leaving Home, I particularly love how the ending goes:
"She's leaving home, bye, bye", then the instrumental tells us that "everything turned out fine". Just with music. No words. Brilliant!
When I'm 64 was written by McCartney when he was 14 years old... Yes he's a musical genius.
I understand he sang this song one night in the Cavern Club in 62 when all the lights went out. The Beatles were typically unflappable no matter what happened.
yes.... I am now 64...
he was actually 24.
@@BUSeixas11 If Sir Paul sang it in 62, he would have been 20 years old at that time. So I don't know what you are talking about. He was 24 when Sgt Peppers was released. I too read that he wrote it at age 14.
@@drmorqWarrenProject The Irony of that song is that when Paul was 64 his second wife, Heather Mills(?) I think, would not feed him, didn't need him but took him to the cleaners for lots of money. (well, at least to us, parking meter change for him)
In February 1967, Paul McCartney read about Melanie Coe, a 17-year-old A-level schoolgirl from Stamford Hill, north London. She went missing without her car, cheque book and spare clothes. Her father was quoted as saying, “I cannot imagine why she should run away. She has everything here.” Coe briefly rented a flat in Paddington with a croupier she had met in a night club, and returned home around 10 days after the newspaper report was published.
“We’d seen a story in the newspaper about a young girl who’d left home and not been found,” McCartney recalled in the 1997 biography ‘Many Years From Now’. “There were a lot of those at the time, and that was enough to give us a story line. So I started to get the lyrics - she slips out and leaves a note and then the parents wake up - It was rather poignant.” Lennon’s contributions were more personal, borrowing scornful lines from his stern Aunt Mimi, who had raised him as a child. “Paul had the basic theme, but all those lines like, ‘We sacrificed most of our lives, we gave her everything money could buy, never a thought for ourselves …’ those were the things Mimi used to say,” he told Hit Parader in 1972. “It was easy to write.” It would be years before Coe learned that the Beatles were singing her story. “I first heard the song when it came out and I didn’t realize it was about me, but I remember thinking it could have been about me,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I found the song to be extremely sad. It obviously struck a chord somewhere. It wasn’t until later, when I was in my twenties, that my mother said, ‘You know, that song was about you!’ She had seen an interview with Paul on television, and he said he’d based the song on this newspaper article. She put two and two together.” In one of the more astonishing coincidences in Beatles history, Coe had actually met the band more than three years before “She’s Leaving Home” was written, during their first appearance on the English television program Ready, Steady, Go! on October 4th, 1963. Then just 14 years old, she had been booked to compete in an on-air lip-synching contest. To pass the time during the hours of rehearsals, Coe and her young competitors chatted with the newly minted pop sensations, who had scored their third British Number One with “She Loves You” just a few months earlier. Coe earned the top prize with her high-spirited miming to Brenda Lee’s “Jump the Broomstick,” and McCartney presented her with an autographed Beatles album.
She is so quick to pick up the originality and genius I have had over 50 years to mull over. I love when intelligent people agree with my faves.
What a Coeincidence...
Alright I'll see myself out
@SignatureChiliP In the live concert taping at the end of "A Hard Day's Night", a teenaged Phil Collins sits in the audience.
@@althealligator1467 Don't apologize! It was wonderful!
Wow... that's incredible! Thanks for that.
As an 5 year-old this was my favourite album. I was a strange 5 year-old! I am now 47 and I still hear something new every time I listen to the album. Nice video!
The Remix from 2017 is a mindblower. I'd always heard Sgt Pepper called a psychedelic masterpiece, but it wasn't apparent until I heard that remix.
Sounds like you were already off on the right track at 5!! And I total get that! There are so many layers that the Beatles share with us!
@@CrystalShannon4 Instead of a bedtime story I would ask my mum (who saw them live) "Would John Lennon like me?" and she would say "Of course" and I would go to sleep.
You were one hip 5 your old! 🤪 cheers peace🍻✌🐱🏍
You were a 5 year old with great musical taste!
She’s leaving home is a very mature song for Paul giving his young age
They were all wise beyond their age. 🦉🎭
Yes so much wisdom and the grace to share it!
@@CrystalShannon4 I just saw a video of a woman who was only made aware years later that Paul was singing about her based on a newspaper article that she had run away at age 17. So true story.
@@jnielsen1956 Eleanor Rigby and Revolution 9, perhaps?
The story benhind the song is even more interesting:
“McCartney was inspired by a story on the front page of the Daily Mirror, about a girl named Melanie Coe.[4] Although McCartney invented most of the content in the song, Coe, who was 17 at the time, has said that most of it was accurate. In actuality, Coe left with her boyfriend, a croupier. She did not "meet a man from the motor trade", although her boyfriend previously had been in that trade.[5] She left in the afternoon while her parents were at work, while the girl in the song leaves early in the morning as her parents sleep. Coe was found ten days later because she had let slip where her boyfriend worked.[6] When she returned home, she was pregnant and had an abortion.[7]
Coincidentally, Coe had actually met McCartney three years earlier, in 1963 when he chose her as the prize winner in a dancing contest on ITV's Ready Steady Go!.”
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Leaving_Home
There is so much someone could miss when listen to this album today. (1) The novelty of this entire genre of music for its time - absolutely cutting edge. (2) There were no digital tools to make sounds like this back then, as no one would think you'd ever need to make sounds like this for music. They literally had to take tape of their music, cut it up physically with scissors, turn it backwards and mix it up, etc. to make those garbled sounds and distortions. (3) The climate of the times and how this fits in with the Beatles' personal journeys is a part of interpreting the meaning of the songs.
And, astonishingly, it was recorded on just a 4 track tape machine.
My favorite part about the song Getting Better is that when Paul sings "I've got to admit it's getting better. It's getting better all the time", John follows up with "It can't get any worse". Lennon humor
I agree, but the lyric is It Can't Get No Worse.
I went into a deep dive of the Beatles when I was about 22, and still hold them above everyone else as songwriters. No one still sounds like the Beatles, they were so unique and gifted. My favorite off of this album is A Little Help From My Friends. Such a perfect pop song. I love how halfway through the call and response switches, so that the background "response" comes first, and Ringo answers.
Talk about a catchy melody!!!! The crazy thing is that the chorus is mostly one note, and YET, a kick in the gut chorus.
Listen to Squeeze, especially their LP "East Side Story"
Hi, Crystal. I LOVE that you’re “learning” The Beatles in order of album release. It’s the best way to do it. My son borrowed my Beatles albums - in order - over the last few years. I was so proud.
Except for the fact that we processed The Beatles over 6 or 7 years, while you’re doing it in 6 or 7 weeks, you’re where we were, for years. And the freshness will never go away.
It’s really only since the WWW, that I’ve been able to do deep dives about each album, each song. You are very fortunate that you have SO much to learn about the Beatles.
I’m 67 and I learn new, interesting stuff about them, all the time.
Nice job.
This is an amazing video. Im so glad that younger people can see what the Beatles were about, It really warms my heart.
Beatles has been with me musically for most of my life and I have read most everything there is to read about them. Your video is new approach Crystal - and it is so good! Thanks for this.
Thank you for being you and being so kind! I appreciate you for watching and the compliments!
All my 61 years I've felt that The Beatles were Wizards! Their music is just pure Magic! In the real sense of the word! It can take you to places that you never knew existed!
Since you're a musician I feel you will really appreciate the white album. It's personally my favourite! Definitely the most raw you'll ever hear The Beatles.
I am so excited to get to the White Album!! I am mid-upload with the MMT album, so the White Album is next up!
@@CrystalShannon4 Funny how it's actually titled just "The Beatles" and "The White Album" is what it was called later to distinguish it. Plus, its' the least "band-like" ... more of a bunch of independent musicians going their own ways and dragging their friends back to accompany them.
@@KenOtwell Exactly, Ken. It is a good album, but it is a compilation of Beatles members' songs.
The greatest band who changed everything in the musical world which continues to reverberates in today's world.
We live in a Beatles echo. A good place to be. Beatles forever.
This was one of the best reaction on the beatles I've seen, love you're little insights here and there! Would love it if you did more of these.
Wow that is an enormous compliment! I appreciate that from the bottom of my heart!
Great reaction, It's cool to see a student of music react to this. I haven't listened to this album in a while It's always amazing to me the sheer range and variety of the Beatles music They really were brilliant.
Thank you!! And I love that, “student of music” if it okay with you I will start myself that because I definitely identify with that title! YESSs the range is CRAZY !
@@CrystalShannon4 Ha Yes absolutely That's what you are. Go Student Of Music!
I loved that you provided real analysis instead of just generic statements like "that was great." You were spot-on with everything you said and picked up on a lot of nuances. I know part of that's because you're a musician. But I've watched a lot of reactions from other musicians that only scratch at the surface of a song. I also really enjoy your singing voice, fwiw.
You’re speechless because it’s the frigging Beatles
great point !
@@CrystalShannon4 😆🤣
She’s Leaving Home is a 10/10 if ever there was one. Loved your honest reaction to it and will check out more of your content as a result. Well done 👏🏼
The benefit for Mr. Kite song by Lennon was actually words John had taken off an old poster for some kind of carnival so you nailed that one dead on.
John always played down his writing of Mr Kite saying that all the words were there and he just re-arranged them! Lennon was an absolute musical genius!
Four young men with such musical imagination AND blessed with a fantastic producer. From where they started recording to where they finished. Such a short time really. An astounding body of work.
Genius, yes indeed! With a Little Help from their Friends: Weed, LSD, and a lot more!
Hi Crystal 🖐️... New sub, huge Beatles fan and I subscribed because yours is the most brilliant, sensitive and beautifully artistic listen and review of Sgt Pepper I've ever heard! Fantastic.. I love the blend of technical and artistic sensitivity you bring, and I'm blown away by your knowledge and very real emotions. They live did by side in your review and it's both fascinating and inspiring to me. Musicians universally love the Beatles because they are so very musical in everything they do. Phil Collins famously said the Beatles are the most musical band he ever heard. I agree...and it seems you do as well.
So glad I found your channel! Hoping you do many more Beatles reviews...
Wow! Thank you for your kind words!! You are seriously too sweet 💕💕 I had no idea Phil Collins said that about the Beatles but he was spot on! I really love his music as well! I am in the currently process of editing the next review, of Magical Mystery Tour ! 🍭 ✨ 💚 🧚
@@CrystalShannon4 Totally welcome.. I meant every word. You're exactly what I was looking for in a reviewer! You have excellent delivery, so intuitive and tied in. I just love it. Looking forward to MMT. It's the perfect companion piece to Pepper! Be well..:)
9 months ago I discovered your channel and didn’t know what to expect, but it didn’t take long to see how empathic you are towards music and lyrics, Crystal. I have seen many reaction videos on RUclips and most of them are people be-bopping to the music, swaying back-and-forth, frequently pausing, and having fun which is cool. But you, you take it all in and I see it in your eyes and on your face. You’re not just listening to the music, you FEEL it with every inch of your heart, mind, and soul. It’s like a sonic boom wave that hits your whole body and central nervous system and you being a musician, singer, and fan, you get it. To this day, I have never seen you hit a false note. You are one of the kindest, sweetest, most genuine and sincere people I have ever crossed paths with.
This is why I say you’re not a reactor, Crystal. You’re so much more than that. You’re a musical empath and a translator of music who teaches us so many things we never would have known without you. Watching you fall in love with the music of The Beatles, The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc. has made me so very happy and inspired. You got me to listen to these songs and albums again through fresh ears and an open mind and heart. Thank you. 🙏
Love you, my friend, and all that you do.
Your music buddy,
Jeff
🤗❤️
P.S. Future album and artist suggestion: “Ticket To Ride” aka “Offering” by The Carpenters. I really think you’re going to love their music especially their harmonies.
You are such a special and amazing person my dear dear talented friend!!! I appreciate you more than you know! Thank you for each and every one of your kind words! Lots of over flowing love for you always!!! Very lucky to have you here!
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@@CrystalShannon4 Thank you so much. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏 As a token of my appreciation, here is a surprise for you: Take 1 of “Strawberry Fields Forever”. 😊
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@@CrystalShannon4 One more for you. Take 1 of “A Day In The Life” ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️
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The album was a turning point for popular music. She’s Leaving Home is possibly the most beautiful rock song ever written. Your response was equally beautiful and real. The Greatest rock band to ever exist. You did a wonderful job with your impressions and thoughts on the music. Great video, very nicely done!
You are so very kind Ray 🧡🧡🧡 I appreciate not only your sweet words but also your love for such exquisite music! I would love to hear your thoughts on today’s post:
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"Getting Better"....
Paul: It's getting better.
John: Can't get no worse.
Sort of sums up their perspectives on life.
Paul talked about that Lennon line in an interview shortly after his death.
I think Harrison's viewpoint would be: It can always get worse.
Starr: Who cares? Tomorrow never knows.
Paul : Try to see it MY way.
John : Life is very short, and theres no time for fussing and fighting my friend.
When you get to all the lps and see the variety of their work your mind will be blown
Now many know this but Ringo was actually left handed drummer playing a right handed drum kit. To put this in perspective try playing the guitar or piano with your right hand as your left and your left hand as your right to the level you would if you were playing normally. He could also sing at the same time while playing complex drum fills and did a lot of intricate jazzy fills which often go unnoticed. If anyone ever quips at Ringo being a brilliant drummer, just get them to watch live performances of the Beatles playing 'Long Tall Sally' live, which incidentally, they recorded for the album in 1 TAKE!
"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" is a crazy song, isn't it? Fun Fact: All of the lyrics for that song came from an old circus poster John Lennon found somewhere and bought (there was a picture from 1967 of John Lennon pointing to that poster; a Google image search may bring it up)
That "circus fairground organ" bit in the middle was basically John Lennon playing 'oom-pah' chords on one organ and the Beatles' producer George Martin just playing chromatic runs up and down on another organ. For the bit at the end, not only was it the two of them on organs again, but they added a track of tape loops that were thrown around, scratched (and even dipped into a bottle of Coke) before being stitched together, which is why it sounds so weird.
A totally crazy song! A few days later and turned out to be one of my absolute favs!
That end bit was a recording of Caliope music, cut up and spliced together, than used in the final mix reversed.
That's the first I've heard about the tape loops being dipped in coke. From my understanding they cut up the tapes, threw the cuts up in the air, then taped them back together as they found them, so some were playing forwards and some were playing backwards and the order was completely random. John Lennon said to George Martin, "I want to smell the sawdust", referring to the sawdust that would be put down to soak up the circus animals' messes. Together they did a pretty good job of it.
I can’t remember a time I had not heard the album, so it is fun to see you discover this very special album. You are absolutely lovely.
You are the lovely one friend! Thank you for being here with me.
The Beatles have been my favorite and most-listened to band since I was 8 years old and I have to say, for a first time listen/reaction, I think your notes are dead on! Not just from a musical perspective (I'm also a musician), but your notes and emotional reactions are just...exactly what they should be.
I've listened to the Beatles all of my life (50yrs), they've always just kind of been there.
When someone younger like you gives a fresh perspective on older music, it reignites my love for the music.
Thank you for your intelligent insight!👍
You are too kind my buddy!! 🧡🧡 I appreciate you and your stellar taste in beautiful music!!! I would love to hear your thoughts on today’s upload: ruclips.net/user/shortsLANsF5JlrQE?feature=share
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If you wanna hear something that greatly inspired the Beatles in making this album and "Revolver", I recommend listening to The Beach Boys' 1966 album "Pet Sounds" if you haven't already. It is a masterpiece in so many ways.
I will definitely have to give it a listen! Thank you :)
@@CrystalShannon4 Without The Beatles' and Beach Boys' catalogues life really wouldn't be worth living. So happy to welcome you to our world!!
@@joannevincent2035 McCartney has said that Beach Boys album was an inspiration. What I don't think any of them expected was how huge Sargent Peppers was going to be. Some interesting stories about all that you can find on interview videos.
Actually I had just seen last night in an interview video with one of the engineers for Peppers that someone who worked on Pet Sounds was there right when they finished "A Day in the Life" for the first studio listen and he had put his head into his hands and wept saying something like "I am done in the business. Nothing could ever touch this". They were that blown away.
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 Its interesting that McCartney and Wilson were born 2 days apart and lead the their bands through their most creative periods within the same years ('65-'67). They're my 2 favourite bands, but I must say I get much more of an intimate connection with the Beach Boys.I think its because they were so close vocally as they were a family and grew up around the piano, they produced their own music, they were able to create a sound that was like something heavenly or from another world. The Beatles on the other hand were 4 different people pulling in 4 different directions and didnt produce their own music, so I dont get the same connection with them. I never feel like its a group experience. Its more like im listening to a Lennon song, a McCartney song, a Harrison song or a Starr song, depending on who has lead vocal. With the Beach Boys, I dont mind whos on lead vocal, it still sounds like a group sound.
Let me tell you something, what you have have done, I mean what you have done is...is... absolutely beautiful. There's tons of Beatle's reaction but yours is by far, the best. The way you dissected the album was purely magic. For your age that was impressive. Absolutely gorgeous reaction ☺️
WOW! Quit the compliment! I'm humbled- thank you so much! I will probably keep doing these forever!
@@CrystalShannon4 you have the touch to do it. If you haven't done my favorite album of all time "Rubber Soul" I'd recommend it; you'll fall in love with it. Take care Crystal ☺️
At 13:26, the chaotic circus music you described as a "romantic panic attack" - It's very interesting how they did that in the studio. Back then they recorded everything on tape, so they played some Calliope-like music on an organ, and they cut the tape, throw in around, and splice it together random order, and that makes the chaotic effect. "In a 1968 interview, producer George Martin recalled that he achieved this "by playing the Hammond organ myself and speeding it up". In addition to the Hammond organ, an attempt was made to find a 19th-century steam organ for hire in London, to enhance the carnival atmosphere effect, but to no avail. After a great deal of unsuccessful experimentation, Martin instructed recording engineer Geoff Emerick to chop the tape into pieces with scissors, throw them up in the air, and re-assemble them at random."
Love it!! I mean WHO these days would even think to do something like that?! I mean they wouldn’t have to because of all the mixers and synthesizers now, but George Martin was a genius! Definitely the fifth Beatles!
In Getter Better: "I used to be mad at my school". Paul purchased his former high school and turned it into a performing arts school. He teaches a songwriting master class.
It"s supposed to sound psychedelic, and it does! It's one of the first albums made in the studio with no intention to ever play live. It's for people that can put on a pair of headphones and just listen.
In fact Paul McCartney in later years touring would rarely play Pepper songs live. Eventually the technology caught up so they could be played in a live setting.
You are wonderful. Reviewing the music of the Beatles will definitely increase your viewership by about 10x. Good luck!
Thank you so much!! I am filming the next vid as we speak!!
Loved your reaction, it's great having a reaction from a musician. Sgt Pepper is one of my 3 favourite albums and my favourite Beatles, it's a really colourful storybook of an album, wonderfully imaginative and still 4 decades after first hearing it, it's still a source of joy.
Curious about the other two albums in that top 3 !
@@CrystalShannon4 Thanks for the interest. There are lots of albums that i love, but my three albums of popular music are after Sgt Pepper: Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE, it was such an ambitious work, a journey across America, a follow up to Pet Sounds, that he failed to complete at the time and which turned out to be a thorn in his side for decades and then surprisingly he with the help of his solo band completed it and recorded it beautifully.
The last one is Yes "Close to the Edge" not as universally loved within popular music as the Beatles or Brian's work but while many may focus on the fancy playing I think it has a real and inspired heart.
For me all three are deeply imaginative works with disparate elements that somehow all fuse together into a wonderful whole.
A thoughtful and insightful reaction. Abbey Road is actually my favorite Beatles album.
Thank you so much! Absolutely can’t wait to get to Abbey Road! Currently working on Magical Mystery Road!!
Mine too. Sgt. Pepper's was my favorite as a kid. Abbey Road is my favorite now.
Abby Road is considered by many to be the best album ever produced.
My favorites are their very first three or four albums.
There are probably half a dozen Beatles albums that I have decided are my favourite over the years, partly depending on which one I have mostly recently revisited after a long break. Sgt Pepper's may have occupied that spot more than the others. It is brilliant.
The more I listen to this, the more I really respect your reaction. You seem to get them like the true blue fans. It’s great to see The Beatles continue to steamroll through each generation, as they should. IMO, nobody has a more quality body of work than this godsend of musical prowess.
I was 14 and living with my cousin when she brought home the album and handed it to me saying, “Listen to this with the headphones on.” I smoked a joint and did just that, coming out the other end a changed person.
It was lovely to see you recreating the experience, and at first I thought it was too bad that you didn’t have the historical context behind it, but realized that i didn’t either, at the time. Thank you for your honest take!
I hope you have the LP at hand someday, studying the cover and the inside booklet, because it was all a part of Pepper in that mad summer of love. And a thank you to my Cuz!
That definitely sounds like the most transformative experience you described there! I feel my experience completely changed me as well and I am so grateful for the fact that the Beatles existed!! 🧡🧡 Thank you for sharing yours with me! I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on today’s clip: ruclips.net/user/shortsLANsF5JlrQE?feature=share
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Without question the greatest band of all time
I am feeling this way as well
@@CrystalShannon4 Crystal, go down the Beatles rabbit hole. Thank you for being young and listening to this music!!
@scaryharry magaslayer I agree, greatest band of all time
A Day in the Life is also one of my favorite songs of all time as well. My "first time" on the song was I'd heard it like a thousand times but I got new earphones recently and finally realized you can hear a piano bench creak towards the end of the last sustain. Amazing to hear new things about a song I've heard a millions times. Great listen and reaction. thanks!
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"I'm hoping that 'She's Leaving Home' is a sad moment."
Oh yeah. As a father of a now adult, I've listened to this many times with tears, thinking of those times when I was so worried I would lose my child and relieved that we got through the difficult years and are all happy now.
This was a really insightful reading of the album. You picked up on loads of stuff that takes many of us multiple listens to spot. Nicely done.
If you re-listen to “She’s Leaving Home”, you’ll understand it runs much deeper, than just a young girl gaining her independence.
It’s about two self centered parents (how could she do this to ME), who despite showering their daughter with material things, were never there for her emotionally.
The line about her meeting the man from the motor trade, is said to have meant, she was going to get an abortion.
Great reaction though....you’ve gained a new subscriber ☺️
I think the mood she is experiencing is melloncholly.
@@Glittersword Definitely! Good catch!
Exactly! It's about the parents. Brilliant.
How do you know that meeting is about an abortion? Show us any evidence from Paul McCartney or John Lennon, who wrote the song, that it's about anything other than meeting a man on Friday at the motor train?
If you are referring to Melanie Coe, who did in fact have an abortion. That procedure is nonfiction. The central character In the song she's leaving home is in fact a fictional character, that is, according to Paul McCartney.
James Nash : According to the story, and quotes attributed to Paul, the fictional character is the man from the motor trade.
Melanie Coe, who has actually met Paul three years prior, WAS the inspiration for the song, plucked from a story, that he saw in the newspaper.
This was the first record I ever bought, at 11 years old , in 1971. I still have it and listen to it often. I would sit and stare at that cover for the entire time I listened. It’s a part of my life
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Really enjoying this. Notice all "k" alliterations in "She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief. Quietly turning the backdoor key..."
Oh yeah!! That definitely has a ring to it!! So many aspects of “She’s Leaving Home” to notice!
I heard this album when it came out (I was 10) and I know every note and every lyric, probably listened to Sgt. Pepper hundreds of times. Yet experiencing it through you was a heartfelt moment. Your tears over "She's Leaving Home" brought my tears. Thank you for being so honestly vulnerable.
I've been listening to this album since I was three (back in the 1970s!), and it was my favorite album growing up. I also bought it in the 1990s for my first girlfriend. (Does this make me sound really old? I don't feel that old.) By the way, some tidbits: This album was recorded using only four tracks in the studio. Sometimes you'll hear an instrument cut out to make room for another. The tuning up from the beginning was taken from the orchestra tuning up for the last song, "A Day in the Life." Lucy in the Sky features a unique doubletracking technique: Lennon's voice is doubled with George's guitar, both fusing into almost one sound. (By the way, have you ever heard Rascal Flatt's "I'm Movin' On"? Same notes!) "She's Leaving Home" did indeed feature a harp, which was played by Sheila Bromberg, the first female musician to appear on a Beatles record. (Paul and John's voices in the choruses are supposed to represent the mother and father's voices respectively.) "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" was based on an old circus poster Lennon had bought and was the end of Side A of the record. McCartney wrote "When I'm Sixty Four" when he was 14. "A Day in the Life" features some really good use of stereo, with Lennon's voice traveling from right to left in the first verse and his “aaaaaah” in the middle going from right to left to right again for one of those perfect moments in music. This was a landmark album for the Beatles when it came to stereo because before this album, they primarily recorded with mono in mind, and stereo mixes were made (often poorly) as an afterthought. This album, though originally mixed in mono, had a stereo mix made that was profound and was created with a diligent effort that would continue throughout the remainder of their albums. One final thought: the closest album the Beatles did to this one, in my opinion, was Abbey Road. I would love to hear your thoughts on that one too. Congrats on the hit video! I suspect you'll get tens of thousands of views for this one eventually.
Being a huge Beatles fan myself, it gives me chills and brings a smile to my face seeing someone discover one of their albums or songs for the first time! The fact that you are a really talented musician yourself and break down each song and talk about music theory, melodies, etc, brings a whole new element and testament, as to why The Beatles were ahead of their time and the best band in history.
The best album ever made. The definition of a masterpiece
Abbey Roud - the Best.
@@user-if5kz1kd6l Abbey Roud? What album is that? I have never heard that. Surely you're mistaken. What is a roud anyway? And don't call me Shirley!
@Frank Lopez your reaction is a “I’ve never had a sexual experience” reaction
@Frank Lopez it’s only “nonsensical” to people who never had a sexual experience
@Frank Lopez yep I’m the one with the problem. Go rub one out loser
It's fun to watch someone hear these songs that have meant so much to us older folks feel the impact of what this band achieved. It actually makes me tear up-- because it reminds me of my first experiences hearing the Beatles music, and how special it was at the time. Music enthusiasts like me and my friends worry that the appreciation for this work will get lost as years fade.
Anyway-- ramblings of an old guy-- by the way-- that strange sound you hear at the end of the album was what y'all call an Easter egg. On a record, when the needle gets to the middle, it has nowhere else to go. The band put that bit of sound on the runout groove. Instead of an endless click like normal records, this one repeats that bit of noise in the runout groove.
There's also a dog whistle buried in that final cord of A Day In The Life-- they put in a sound only your pet could hear.
The album was the first produced where the band used the studio as an instrument. They included sound loops and unusual sounds because they had decided to stop touring. Not having to worry about reproducing the songs on a stage (today they'd just add digital cues to pre-recorded material-- no biggie). Back in 1967, performing these songs on stage with string arrangements and sound effects was an impossibility. It liberated them to write more complex arrangements and experiment. Well, they also did a fair bit of drug experimentation, too.
The stories behind these songs and where they came from is as interesting as the songs themselves. There is a lot written and absorbed by us fanatics. Though in truth, some of these stories have changed over the years. Even Paul McCartney has changed his story about some of them over time. Sometimes the decisions are intentional. Sometimes they came at they came at the suggestion of their producer George Martin, other times-- they were playing around and thought something sounded cool. Thanks for doing this.
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I just hope you listened to the album all the way through before/after this video. This album is truly one of the best albums ever created
Paul wrote When I'm 64 when he was about 16. His beloved dad was the leader of a popular local band, this was the kind of music they played. At the time of Sgt Pepper it was his dad's 64th birthday, so it was a tribute for Jim.
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Thx! Absolutely love what you are doing and how you’re doing it! They really influenced me! I’m 64 so I was a fan from the start but even more so now! Your musical knowledge is impressive and your insight is wonderful! -Terry
Thank you for the compliments and it sounds like you really know how to choose the best musical influences possible (:
Been listening to Sgt. Pepper for like 30 years and I still can’t NOt cry when I hear She’s Leaving Home.
I would love to see you react to the White Album next! Definitely their best album imo! So cool that you went through their albums chronologically on your own like that.
I definitely can’t wait to get to the White Album! I am enjoying listening to the Sgt. Pepper’s album this week so much! I believe someone brought it to my attention that the next album is Magical Mystery Tour & then the following vid will be The White Álbum!! I’m trying to get as much Beatles in my life as much!
@@CrystalShannon4 ah yes magical mystery tour would be next! That album has some fantastic songs! So excited for you to experience these next few albums! Like you said the more Beatles the better!
@@CrystalShannon4 I'm loving taking this journey back in time with you. Thank you for these reviews.
Jimi Hendrix is part of the aura around Sgt. Pepper's. Three days after the album was released in 1967 he covered the title song at London's Saville Theater in front of Paul and George.
"It’s still obviously a shining memory for me, because I admired him so much anyway, he was so accomplished. To think that that album had meant so much to him as to actually do it by the Sunday night, three days after the release. He must have been so into it, because normally it might take a day for rehearsal and then you might wonder whether you’d put it in, but he just opened with it." -- Paul McCartney
"I'm hoping She's Leaving Home" is a sad song"... I had to laugh a bit when you said that! Really interesting listening to the comments of a trained musician.
I definitely set myself up with that one didn’t I. I definitely appreciate it!! Sometimes I feel like my cocal training and my piano training both give me biased looks on pieces of music- I totally wish I knew guitar because that would be an awesome stance to have!
@@CrystalShannon4 I'd like to suggest you listen to some Velvet Underground... a song called "All Tomorrow's Parties".... sad in a haunting way and a prominent keyboard thing going on.... if you do listen stick to the studio version... from the album with the Andy Warhol banana on the cover
@@1967PONTIACGTO Thank you for this recommendation! Velvet Underground is definitely going up on my list!
@@CrystalShannon4 if you listen to All Tomorrow's Parties, be aware the proper song is 6:00 or 6:01 minutes long... there's an abbreviated one on youtube that is only 2:50 but that's not the whole song and fades abruptly in the middle
@@1967PONTIACGTO Yes, the album version is the superior one. The single cut is nothing.
I now understand what you're doing with the "album of the week", what a great idea! And now I know that you have already done the previous albums so I won't request them! I've done all three of your Beatle videos today, and it was a real great experience, as evidenced by my endless comments! :P Your reaction to "She's Leaving Home" was as emotional to watch as it was for you, believe me! Looking forward to your next videos, and discovering your old ones! Thanks again, sister! :D
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ! The Beatles music has just assimilated another young person. Generation after generation of kids have been entranced by their brilliant melodies. It is inevitable.
Resistance is futile !
Haha! Most definitely!
My thought exactly. Bwa, ha, haa!
@@albertschepis You evil fiend...you care not that these fine young girls will be morally corrupted by this devil music ? Have you no shame ? lol
Good evening, Crystal! How are you? Since this is a Throwback Thursday I wanted to go back to your first music reaction video. This was it. It’s a bit surreal to watch it now, but in the most delightful way.
I was watching your boyfriend’s art videos last night and he’s amazing. Really enjoyed it. I’m not sure if you are familiar with Stuart Sutcliffe, but he was in The Beatles for a brief period of time. He was really an artist and a painter who fell in love with a German girl, Astrid. They likely would have gotten married, but Stu died tragically at 22 from a brain hemorrhage.
A year or so before, he was jumped by some guys who beat him up and kicked him repeatedly in the head. John was the first one to come to his defense and was best friends with him. Stu was bleeding from his ears and nose, but refused to see a doctor until months later.
Had he lived, he likely would have designed album covers. He’s the one who came up with the name Beatles. He suggested it to John on the one year anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death as an homage to The Crickets his band. Stu also was a film buff who loved Marlon Brando and he’s the one who Astrid gave the first Beatles haircut. It really was a hairstyle the German art students were wearing.
I thought you might like that story. 😊 PS Stu is actually on the “Sgt. Pepper” album cover, too.
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Thank you so much for checking out his stuff!!! He truly is so talented and inspiring!
Thank you for sharing Stu’s heart breaking story! It’s incredible! So sad for him that he passed away at an extremely young age! Just another reminder to not take even a second on here for granted. Each one is a blessing .
Doesn't matter if I see someone on a reaction who is actually hearing it for the first time or not, it only matters if they can express what they feel, and if the subject is immediately deep enough, whether or not they are willing to go there. I'm in, you're headed in a great direction. Pardon my lengthy run-on in the beginning. Thanks!
It totally does to me, but it's hard to find anyone who hasn't heard at least some.of the Beatles' music.
Wow thank you!! I definitely feel almost every single Beatles song deeply, happy or sad! And there were a few I had heard before but on the most part this album was sparkling new to my ears
I am so tired of being told that young people aren't interested in music anymore. thanks for sharing this
okay, now imagine listening to this in 1967, 54 years ago, when there was nothing like it, that is why it will always be the greatest album of all time with the greatest song, A Day in the Life. Absolutely the most innovate band in history.
Well said
I love how on "She's Leaving Home" they adopted the point of view of the parents.
Perhaps you should know that the ending of, "Good Morning" is animals which can eat each other in an order from the apex to the bottom of the food chain.
Enjoyed your analysis of this iconic album that I've loved since it first came out. As a musician you bring new insights on why we loved these songs but didn't have the musical fluency to articulate, many of us just knew these songs were exceptional. Appreciate that you support your reviews with specific interpretations rather than only with platitudes. Like the format of playing snippets of the song to support your analysis. Thanks and I just subscribed.
On the original vinyl Sgt Pepper album, the "inner groove" would play over and over, essentially forever until you lifted the needle off.
Plus there was an ultra high frequency 20 KHZ tone that only dogs could hear.
was 16 in 1966...listened to it in stereo....rigged up a pair of ex army headphones (ex tank commanders) and wired it to my dansette record player....GOOD MORNING was brilliant with the animal noises and the coach going from one ear to the other...and A DAY IN THE LIFE was unbelievable!!!! My Dad told me he had to come and remove the headphones from my head when I went to sleep listening to this fantastic album...remember this was 1966!!! We forget how unique this album was...nothing was like it then!!!!
Thank God Decca turned down the Beatles in 1962 and Sir George Martin singed the Beatles to EMI instead.He was the right producer for The Beatles.He wrote all the scores for the Beatles String and Brass arrangements.He also played the Keyboards on many songs (That is why he is considered The 5th Beatles)
I'm from Brazil, I'm 39 years old and I met them when I was 12 (because of the Anthology). I was astonished, thrilled and became a Beatlemaniac. It's really beautiful to see a musician with so much understanding surrendering to their music, your way of explaining and defining the emotions they provide are exceptional. beautiful work... it's hard to explain The Beatles the ideal is to feel them. Sorry for the poorly written English.
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Love your insights. Sgt. Pepper is the best album ever created. It’s great to see the younger generation discovering them. Maybe there’s hope for us all.
Thank you so much!! Listening to Sgt. Peppers this whole way has honestly made this one of the most memorable weeks of my life!
Personally, I think Revolver and Abbey Road are better.
It's such a masterpiece
That bit at the tail end is what we call 'the locked groove". Only the British version of the album, once that last piano chord dies out completely, you might here was sounds like a few seconds of hiss. This comes in the section where the needle is already rolling off towards the label and that his is actually a piece of "music" for dogs! It's a tone that's so high up the scale, only dogs can hear it. It was Paul's idea to put that on the record specifically for his sheepdog, Martha ("Martha, My Dear").
Immediately after that tone, you hear that gibberish at the end which ends in the locked groove that completely surrounds the label on the record. It only runs about 2 seconds which is why it keeps repeating forever if you choose never to take the needle from the record. It was randomly put together by taking various bits of tape the recorded and, like with the circus music at the end of Mr. Kite, they'd cut the tape into little pieces and just throw them into the aiir and, after picking them all up, splice them all back together randomly Those two final bits were never included on the American version of the album.
The woman that played the harp in the session of 'She's Leaving Home' said recently she was paid £9 (less than $15). Great analysis of the recording and musical arrangements!
The studio they recoded Peppers in was mainly used for orchestra so when they wanted to add any for brass or strings etc they just used them and paid going rate. There are some funny and interesting stories about all that you can find on RUclips interviews with the engineers who worked on it with them if you haven't see any yet..
That would be like a million dollars today, right?
@@SaverioP Sadly yes
Their producer George Martin wrote an entire book about making this album and other stories about working with the band. It wasn't really a concept album since only the first 2 songs and the reprise refer to it, as John said later his songs had nothing to do with it.
He wasn't as fluent musically as Paul was, he tell George he wanted to sound like he's singing from a mountain top for 'Tomorrow Never Knows' or with 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' he wanted to smell the sawdust. This gave free reign to the engineers and producer to be imaginative which is why his songs stand out for me. Notice at the end of 'Good Morning Good Morning' how the rooster crowing merges with the guitar note, also how each animal is being chased by another animal that was bigger. That's Lennon. He also supplied Paul with lines such as 'It couldn't get no worse' in 'Getting Better'.
Harrison's 1st contribution 'Only a Northern Song' was rejected by Martin so he came back with the Indian number. 'Northern Song' ended up on the "Yellow Submarine" soundtrack album.
This album was considered the soundtrack to 'The Summer of Love' which was 1967, everyone was playing it.
Other albums you may wish to check out: from 1969 "Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire" by The Kinks, much more of a concept album than "Sgt. Pepper's".
I'd pick Village Green by The Kinks.
Sgt Pepper isn't a strict concept story, but there are themes and I like it more that way, it frees the music. Same with Village Green.
Love what you’re doing…next album is Magical Mystery Tour, don’t skip it, too many wonderful songs! The fact that you’re a musician makes your opinions much more relatable! Keep going and don’t forget tha
The White ALBUM, was the next release here in the UK Magical Mystery Tour, was only released as a double EP, in the UK in 1967.
Ahh okay thank you thank you! I will definitely have to get around to both!! Maybe next the Magical Mystery Tour and then the White Album! Honestly the more albums the better with the Beatles!
@@CrystalShannon4 The White Album is just all over the (musical) map. They were amazing. Fearless.
@@CrystalShannon4 The Magical Mystery Tour was really planned by the US record label. The first side was the EP released in the UK. The second side they just put together all the recent singles.
In the US they had never released the proper UK albums. Their American label put together compilations that mixed album tracks with singles. On the UK album releases the singles were never put on.
The first UK release that was sold in the US was Sgt Pepper. It probably disappointed some that it didn't contain the singles, so the Magical Mystery Tour LP gave them those.
@@starrynight1657 it's not entirely true to say that the Beatles albums in the UK didn't have any singles on them, what about, please please me, a hard days night, help and from revolver Eleanor Rigby/yellow submarine.
It's so lovely to look at you when you are listeing to "She's Leaving Home". It seems to me you identify yourself to the song
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I've listened to this album well over 500 times. It was really fun to watch someone listen to it for the first time and see it hit them. Great commentary. Give it shot with headphones and listen from start to finish. Sir Paul might recommend an herbal jazz cigarette with it.
TOTALLY LOVED IT!!.. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 You're very intelligent. Thank you...
This was one of the best Beatles reactions I've seen. Your insights as a musician were really interesting!
I would love to see your thoughts on other Beatles albums, including the earlier ones!
Other commenters may have already mentioned this but there are also a whole bunch of Beatles songs that were singles that were not on any of the albums so you might want to check those out too. They are all collected together on the double album 'Past Masters'.
You are wonderfully kind! Thank you for making an experience that is already so fantastic and filled with the most incredible music all the better! Best of vibes! I will try to get around to all- I don't have any plans on stopping these reactions any time soon!
Beautiful job on this analytical dive into Sgt Pepper. You have a magical way yourself, of unearthing the detail of their musical genius. You are as beautiful as their music.
@@CrystalShannon4 That's great that you're going to do more! And thank you for your lovely reply!
🙂🙂🙂🙂😘😘You are just the best!!!! We love you....You are presenting, τhe best album of all time ....... Unique !!!
A quintessential Avante Garde album in my opinion. Thank you for creating content on such a great work. Subscribed.
Thank you!! I am definitely taking one of the most insane musical journeys of my life- I'm a total theatre kid so this is pure candy for my ears! Welcome to the channel (new reaction is actually coming soon)
You are charming. Thank you for making these vids. I enjoy all your free-flowing observations. I enjoy your musical sensitivity.
They obviously love all types of music and yet none of them can read or write music. They just have "an ear"
I discovered them about 3 yrs ago. They are so inspiring. They were just 4 working class guys who changed the world.
Hi Crystal
Fellow songwriter and musician/music lover here.
I am a huge Beatles fan and I can't remember a time when I haven't heard these songs playing on the radio and home hi-fi system/CD player. I personally have heard these songs hundreds of times and it's amazing to me how fresh and evergreen the Beatles songs remain.
Watching/listening to you hear them with fresh ears actually brought tears to my eyes.
Lennon/McCartney (and later Harrison) were genius songwriters and with their producer George Martin were able to interpret and masterfully perform these timeless masterpieces.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful thoughts on experiencing them for the first time.
White Album (The Beatles) is worlds away from Pepper, but the Beatles being the Beatles refused to rest on their laurels and re-invented themselves once again. Magical Mystery Tour kind of bridges the gap between Pepper and White Album, showing the evolution and growth that the lads acquired in that very short amount of time between albums.
As White Album is a double album, it's a bit much to digest in one sitting and for me was an acquired taste. It is a little "something for everyone" and I feel that the Beatles were never afraid of trying something new and taking risks.
The Beatles wrote the bulk of the White Album while on a rare respite while in India studying Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. John and Paul were such prolific songwriters that it seems they spent most of their time writing songs when they weren't meditating. Supposedly they were drug and alcohol free during this time and I feel it reflects in the change in tone from Pepper and MMT.
Blackbird is simple yet beautiful and reflects Paul's masterful songwriting and lets the song shine through with a stripped down arrangement of acoustic guitar/vocal. No drums were needed as the only percussion is the tapping of Paul's feet.
I just randomly clicked on your video and it took me on a magical mystery tour of hearing SPLHCB as if for the first time.
I look forward to listening to some of your other reviews.
Thanks!
Vince Boston
World's #1 Beatle Fan ;)
PS would you like to do a co-write for a new song I wrote called Beatleland?
Would love to make it sound "Beatle-y"
It’s good to see the enthusiasm for the music I was into in my teens. I heard my first Beatles song in early 80s. . Magical Mystery tour. I was about 10? What I liked was the train went from one side of the headphones 🎧 to the other and I thought that was cool.. and I began listening to any Beatles music I could.. all day all
The time Lol 😂
It was the bus.
Best album ever made & will be played everywhere in the universe forever.
Yes it is and it will
@@manny4552 It's great to see young people appreciate this & the other albums by the Beatles. Imagine how us old timers felt, when it seemed like every month a new Beatles album would come out. And they were so different than any music that had come before. I recommend getting The Beatles Ultimate Collection app for your phone, as it has all their albums, and some extra stuff.
Excellent video. Great seeing your reaction and first-time deconstruction of this legendary album. I'm a massive Beatles nerd so this was right up my bowling alley. Don't forget that 'Magical Mystery Tour' is the album that is between Sgt Pepper and The White Album (it's considered a movie soundtrack technically so it's often ignored, but Hard Day's Night was also a soundtrack but is considered one of the official albums for some reason) so please react to that. Would be great hearing your thoughts. Revolver, Sgt Pepper, and Magical Mystery Tour is the Beatles psychedelic trilogy in a way.
So glad to have tapped into your bowling alley & quite the exquisite one it is! And thank you for bringing Magical Mystery Tour to my attention that will absolutely be my next video & im stoked for it!!
@@CrystalShannon4 Too kind. I write for a magazine in the UK where I review movies, video games, and music as well as writing essays on culture and things I'm passionate about. I've written a bunch of Beatles album retrospectives where I go into detail about the historical context of the album, how it was made, what inspired the songs, etc that might interest you, as someone who knows about the technical/musical side of song-making, to have the lore of the The Beatles and their music. My last piece I wrote was a lyrical deconstruction of their song 'I Am The Walrus' (a song that is on Magical Mystery Tour btw) which you might want to check out after reacting to the album it's on. Just look up 'Beatles Vulturehound Anniversary' on google and you'll see all of my Beatles album pieces (also the Walrus essay is called 'I Am The Walrus: Down The Rabbit Hole'). Let me know what you think!
She's Leaving Home has an amazing coincidence. Paul McCartney actually met the girl the song was about 4 years before. He picked her as the winner of a dance contest: ruclips.net/video/Ug0QMU3LpJ4/видео.html
Wonderful reaction. And it’s your reaction, you can stop it and talk as often you want 😁
Thank you so much! The stopping is more so to conform to RUclips regulations! If it were up to me, I would upload the entire album without cutting it up!
@@CrystalShannon4 Plus you’re a musician and have some extra knowledge and that causes you to want to point out stuff :). It’s a fresh way to react. Be prepared, The White Album may blow your mind! :) It did me. It is the most eclectic collection of music I’ve ever heard all from one band on one album. NOTHING sounds alike.
I’ve been a fan of the Beatles since 1964 when they exploded on our Pop music scene. Your review was sensitive, insightful, wonderfully technical. And a thorough joy to watch. Pardon me while I go subscribe.
Hey there Larry!! 🧡🧡🧡 I feel honored and blessed to join you in the Beatlemania fan club!! I am now alf forevermore a Beatlemaniac! I would love to hear your thoughts on today’s posting: ruclips.net/user/shortsLANsF5JlrQE?feature=share
Hiya Larry! 🖤🖤🖤🖤 In our most recent reaction, we delve into the genius of Fleetwood Mac! I hope you like Rumors! 🖤 ruclips.net/video/4-E-fU_5a3I/видео.htmlsi=apR3TTR3DVCP9P9P