I had the privilege of watching McCartney perform live and I can assure you when they play Hey Jude, it's just something that can't be described with words.
It's an amazing bassline, most songs usually have a recurring bass that repeats on each verse, but this song doesn't. I think McCartney just played whatever he felt at the time rather than plan out a bassline, and it works so beautifully.
If there was a poll of what is the most underrated Beatle song of all time, It's All Too Much would be one of the top contenders. One of the greatest psychedelic freak-outs of the 60's
By far the most underrated song by the Beatles is a song called "Melody Never Knows". It's so underrated nobody has ever even heard it. Can you see my point? If nobody has ever heard a song, by definition that song is inherently underrated. Therefore, a poll regarding the most underrated song "of all" just doesn't make sense.
@@ivanjulian2532 If people consider something "underrated", that usually means they believe it to be generally "not rated or valued highly enough", which is a subjective view. "Underrated" doesn't mean "unknown". Therefore, a poll asking people what they believe is the most underrated Beatles song would make some sense.
Hey Bulldog is a lot of people's pick for most underrated Beatles song (despite what some others on this board say!) THe dog at the end is Paul. He is an excellent voice mimic.
Hey Jude has a special place in my heart as my Mum, who passed away in 1998, and I went to see Paul McCartney in London in 1993 and we were both singing the na na na's together and it is a beautiful memory of my Mum.
Hey Jude absolutely blew the world's mind when it came out. Yellow Submarine's got some way underrated gems: Hey Bulldog and It's All Too Much. Lady Madonna features some of Paul's best piano work. This whole period is firmly in the Beatles' prime roundhouse.
I've seen Paul play it live and he plays the piano perfectly, just like the record. Amazing performer. Seen Paul live five times and it never gets old. Wish I could see him live every week.
Poor disrespected " Hey Bulldog". First rejected as a single, then rejected as a b-side, then cut from the movie and finally landed as filler on The Beatles weakest album.
Paul's scat at the end of Hey Jude is the high point of 60s rock. Also, the chords at the end - a lesser mortal would have played it out on F, E flat, B flat, but he replaces the E flat with Cm with the bass playing the E flat, and it's a gorgeous sound that totally lifts the song. Hey, why didn't we get to hear Lady Madonna b side- The Inner Light?
Paul's scat singing was the first time a beatles song caught my ear as a little kid in the early 80s .I was born in 74 so in the mid to late 80s I remember hearing wings and liking them....silly love songs was played hourly so it is the first song as an infant I can actually remember hearing...in the early 80s I remember asking my father who the guy was singing and screaming on the radio...he said it was the beatles and Paul was singing...the song was hey Jude and it was Paul's scat singing that caught my ear...it is still my favorite vocal moment of all time . I love alot of artists/bands and different types of rock, but to this day I agree it is certainly an incredible vocal...Paul's voice at that point was as good as anyone in rock
@@misterr3083 most people are intelligent enough to know what I mean ...someone had mentioned that word to describe it in an earlier comment so I followed suit since that showed me that most fans understand what I was referring to...feel free to use any term to describe full throat screaming...there is scat singing in there if you listen close but I meant his wailing over the refrain . ...if you read the comment I was responding to, the word used was scat. but I knew what he meant. its my favorite rock vocal ever so call it whatever .
@@michaelfrazia4569 Bob Dylan writes and speaks about being in awe of McCartney's ability to write and play any style and to holler with the out and out Little Richard types and to croon with the ballad crooners (he uses different words and I can't be bothered to look up the references)
@@cuebj I know the interview you are mentioning. I had seen it one time and was surprised at the praise he gave to a contemporary...especially one who gets panned for saccharin lyrics at times ...I always felt with Paul his melodies did the talking...he wrote some great lyrics when motivated, but overall the melodies and pure talent of paul is where it's at if your a paul fan....being raised in a family where songs were a big part of family gatherings helped paul develop the ability to incorporate music hall etc....I love the video where he goes back to a pub to visit his family while he is in wings and they all sing the old standards while drinking and smoking...gave a great insight to how he was raised
This version of "Revolution" is one of my all-time favorite Beatles tracks. There's just something so energetic about it as compared to Revolution 1 that makes it feel more "revolutionary". The opening guitar and the distortion is just amazing.
always wished this was the version on the white album...this version is so far superior. it has one of the greatest intros in rock history...stone cold classic rock and roll song..the music matches the lyrics in this version...vicious song..in the best possible way...I also love the video of them doing it on tv...the camera pans back and forth on John and Paul etc...just effing classic beatles
Don't forget about George Harrison's 'The Inner Light' single from '68 as well as his other under-popularized 'Sour Milk Sea' and 'Not Guilty' songs from the same year. These three songs alone show that Harrison's song compositions, by this point of the game, were truly beginning to find their niche in the Beatle's album catalog more and more. He was truly beginning to define his style as a true musician, in his own right, by '68 and he would thus receive more notoriety for his contributions from this point forward.
I wanted to bring attention to the electric piano on "Revolution," played by Nicky Hopkins. Hopkins was a studio musician who played with a number of bands including The Who and the Kinks, but may be most famous for his work with The Rolling Stones. He recorded with them from 1967-1981 and played on many of their most well-known songs. Sadly, he died in 1994.
I remember buying all the albums in 1972, someone knew someone at EMI Sydney Australia. First time I heard this tune it stood out like the proverbial, yet never played on radio. People only now are realizing what they missed out on.
Remember that some of these songs were originally intended for the Sgt. Pepper album. Also remember that this album is a motion picture soundtrack. You REALLY need to see the film, and see how the music fits with it. It's one of the greatest animated feature films ever made, and also one of the greatest musical films as well as rock films.
I love that George quotes from the Merseys big hit “Sorrow” in “It’s all too much”- "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue"....David Bowie had a hit with a cover of “Sorrow” in 1973.
@@michaelfrazia4569 Yeah, 'Pin Ups' - That was a covers album between Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs, back in the days when record companies expected 2 albums a year! Incidentally, I've always considered 'Yellow Submarine' as the same kind of thing, fulfilling an obligation to put something out while they worked on something else. In the UK at least, Yellow Submarine was a soundtrack album of songs up to 3 years old, plus George Martin orchestral arrangements, and Magical Mystery Tour was just an EP. Whereas in America they added a bunch of singles from the previous year to make MMT an album, but it's not really. Sgt Pepper was followed up with the White Album as far as LP's go.
I’ve seen McCartney 3 times. The last was in 2019…. While my Grandad was in hospital fighting (a losing battle with) cancer. When Paul started playing “Hey Jude” I immediately started to bawl my eyes out like I had never done before. There were 60,000 other ppl there but it was like he was telling me everything is gonna be alright.
Hey Jude was # 1 worldwide when I was born late Sept. of '68. I love that song & saw McCartney perform it live in Hershey, PA (Chocolate City, USA) a few years ago. Tears aplenty from yours truly..... 🚬😎
I’ve long believed It’s All Too Much is a hidden gem! Only in The Beatles’ discography would it be considered a throwaway, it would be any other band’s masterpiece that they’d spend months tweaking to sound like that, and the Beatles just knocked it out in a couple of afternoons. A true testament to their immense talent! There’s a full cut of the song on RUclips that hasn’t been officially released by their label yet and it’s absolutely amazing! George Martin’s son Giles needs to get to remastering it in its full 8 minute glory ASAP lol
Hey Jude.... I like how Ringo had to go to the bathroom on the take they put on the album. So, Paul was playing and singing along. Then, Ringo came back from the bathroom, sneaked into the studio, sat down at the drumkit and came in right at the perfect moment! 👌😁
The line "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue" in "It's All Too Much" was taken from the song "Sorrow", which was a hit in 1966 and would become a hit for David Bowie in 1973.
I have listened to all these Beatles videos and I find them very entertaining. Being 72 I was there in England in 1967 I was 16! Caroline, BTW where in Australia were you brought up to have never heard the Beatles music - a nunnery in the outback? There again, your fresh approach to listening to this music is very rewarding coupled with your music advanced knowledge.
Kudos for acknowledging George Martin's work in arranging and playing on some of the songs. He was integral to the sound and arrangement of parts of many of their songs. He will forever be known as the 5th Beatle.
The Beatles as we know/ knew them would not have existed without George Martin He was a treasure. Hey Jude was written for John's son Julian who was going through his parents divorce. How awesome is that? It also shattered the standard for radio songs having to be 2-3 minutes long.
Yes indeed, Caroline, being in the audience for "Hey Jude" is a life experience much to be desired. When this .... little public health situation.... is over, Macca is likely to resume touring. But as he turns 80 this year, who knows for how long? If you can get yourself to a live concert while such is still available, you must! You really must, simple as that. 💕🙏🌎🎶☮🕉
SO glad your back! (1)"Only a Northern Song" was written to fulfill a contractual obligation to George's publisher, Northern Songs Ltd - he was apparently short one composition. (2) Hey Jude was written by Paul to comfort Julian Lennon when his Dad, John, divorced his mother for Yoko. This song is over 7 minutes long snd 'singles" were generally half that length. Their record company wanted a shorter version done but the band refused. The Beatles were told "NO ONE WILL PLAY YOUR 7 MINUTE RECORD!"...to which John responded " They will because it's Us." ...and he was right. (3)In Lady Madonna, "See how they run" refers to both the children and her stockings! - just brilliant. THANK YOU!- And now comes the masterpiece ABBEY ROAD!
It's so gratifying to experience someone else's mutual joy in experiencing Beatles' music for the first time as we did. Now you'll listen to this brilliant stuff for the rest of your days, and it will never let you down.
Hey Caroline, YES - The GREAT George Martin...! Many have long referred to him as "The Fifth Beatle"... a title that he Richly Deserves. A True Collaborator on the Great Musical catalog that this Group produced. GLAD you mentioned that. -cheers
"Hey Bulldog": That was Paul doing the barking. He did that in the studio from time to time, and it fit with the song this time. I *think* there's a previous song ("I Feel Fine"?) where he barks in the outro. I can't remember whether you can hear it on the record or just on the Anthology version.
Fun fact: About 10 years ago, my assistant manager was a Millennial, and she never heard Lady Madonna before. I played it for her in the car when the crew and I were going to a job (I played other Beatles songs too) She REALLY liked it! I think she began to appreciate what she was missing by not hearing any "old stuff"
At a friend's bicycle shop one afternoon we spun Creedence Clearewater Revival's _Bayou Country_ and this girl walks in and says "Like who is this band?! Are they new?!"
You mentioned the differences in feeling that can be brought about by arrangements. If you want another Beatles example, the acoustic version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps is beautiful in an entirely different way.
And especially when George Martin added the string quartet to it on the Chronology albums. Either of those versions is great though, with or without strings. without Clapton's solo, of which at the time no one knew he was playing on it, and without all the other instruments, just guitar and voice, extra verse, it is a totally different mood. It forces people to listen to the words more carefully and not the guitar solo. Which do you want George Harrison? People to going nuts over "ooo, it's Clapton playing," or your message?
@@thomastimlin1724 : Oh man, isn't that one of the MOST gorgeous songs you've ever heard? WMGGW is a masterpiece off the 'White Album', yes, that unreleased demo version with the extra verse can just bring tears to my eyes.... and I've been a Beatles fan/nut for just about all my 60 years on this planet!! 😁
1. I think you should listen to Let It Be album before Abbey Road, because they recorded Let It Be earlier 2. When you listen to Abbey Road listen to songs 9-16 as one song
@@mike60510 I don't agree. The Phil Specter version was the one one we all got used to for almost 30 years before Let It Be Naked was released. But for me, it's personal because 1970 was the year I really got into the Beatles. I was born in 1962. There is something about that version of The Long And Winding Road that is so sad because we all knew from that song that the Beatles were over. And for me, who just became aware of The Beatles it was a real bummer. So....I spent the entire 70's as a Beatle fan anticipating the day they would get back together. And you need to remember that being a Beatle fan in the 70's wasn't really cool amongst most of my peers. They felt The Beatles were antiquated and out dated. Especially their 1962 to 1965 era. My friends and I would constantly be discussing music and most of my friends felt Ringo Starr was a crappy drummer and they would ridicule his tiny drum set. This was in an era when drummers would be using double bass drums and an infinite amount of toms and toys. Think Rush or Led Zepplin. But I can understand how you feel about Phil Specter. The guy was a loon, as time proved, but back in the day, he was the "great" producer and The Beatles loved his recordings, especially Lennon and Harrison....not so much McCartney :)
I think there's an argument for LIB being the last one. As well as being the last released, it contains 1 track (I Me Mine) started before Abbey Rd but actually entirely recorded afterwards. Although it does appear in the Get Back doco, the recording that appears on LIB was begun a year later, on 3 Jan 1970.
I saw Paul McCartney live on his 1989-90 world tour. When he sang Hey Jude the crowd was singing along as loud as they could and most everyone I saw had tears in their eyes. (There is a pretty good chance I did too.) It was joyous and jubilant. I was on a high from that song more than any other that night.
The magic of that song isn’t just its sheer beauty and singability, but the togetherness it brings and instilling the joy of being alive. It means the world when you’re in need of both, and imo nobody delivered to the world better than Paul McCartney.
It's All Too Much has always been kind of a hidden gem for me. No real airplay or talked about that much, but when you find it on the album, it's an immediate standout.
Great insight -- and then explanation -- of the "James Bondey" element in "Bulldog." Hey, the James Bond films were one of the great sensations of the Sixties and certainly part of what we would today call "Cool Britain," maybe even as much as the Beatles themselves.
Do you know the story behind Hey Jude, about how Paul wrote it for Julian Lennon because he was going through a hard time when his parents were splitting up. The "her" in the song was Yoko Ono, and the song was just about accepting her as a stepmother. When Paul first started the song, it actually began "Hey Jules" but for whatever reason, it got changed to Jude. Also, the line "The movement you need is on your shoulder" was a placeholder lyric Paul wrote and wasn't meant to be in the song, but John insisted on keeping the line the way it was.
I think you do great breakdowns of these tracks, especially since many of them are your first listen; great content! A few quick comments. 1) You're comments about George Martin, were bang on - he was the 5th Beatle. He really helped not only scoring but the development of their harmonies; he was a King!. 2) Their Engineers literally changed music history. All of their albums, were recorded on Two and Four track machines, until Abbey Road. We have more tracks on an IPAD available. 3) All of this great volume of music was created in less than 8 years. They only recorded as a band between '62- mid '69, and then Lennon was gone. Keep up the great analysis Caroline! P.S. The Key's of E and A are common keys that guitar players use, due to the way the instrument is set up. =)
"it's All Too Much" was written and recorded in June 1967, literally days after the release of Sgt Pepper and Jimi Hendrix performing the title song live. It was Hendrix's public coming out party and effectively his debut to the world.
@@JStarStar00 I mean, Hendrix's debut album came out two weeks before Pepper, and Hendrix had already had three top-ten singles by that point. So I'm not sure it was "effectively his début to the world". After all, he was already a big enough deal that McCartney himself was in the audience that night.
@@edward8597 At any rate George was impressed enough by Hendrix to momentarily jump off his Indian-music diversion, pick up his electric guitar again, and attempt to write a Hendrix-influenced feedback-heavy guitar magnum opus. unfortunately "It's All Too Much" was written two or three weeks too late to be subbed onto Sgt. Pepper instead of "Within You, Without You."
Omg you're so right about hey Jude live. Lots of versions of macca doing it on RUclips. His performance in red square is one of my faves, you see all these Russians who grew up behind the iron curtain and who loved the beatles finally being able to hear the music live. There are so many teary eyed people in the crowd
Something that you might find neat about Revolution - while the studio ver. of the song doesn't have the background "shooby-doo-wops" from Revolution 1, the live-promotional-video version does (you can find it on RUclips).
I haven’t checked the bible (Mark Lewisohn’s “The Beatles recording sessions”) but I always got the feeling that the “bom shu be do wops” were in both Revolutions but that they had been mixed down in the single.
I used to sing all together now to my son when he was a toddler. He had so much fun running ina circle as the song sped up. One of my happiest memories. My son reacting to music with joy.
I'm so glad you took a moment to mention Sir George Martin. In my opinion, his contributions to many Beatles songs were genius. I've often wondered how the Beatles path would have gone without him. I seriously doubt that any other producer of the day would have been so instrumental to their growth and success. He truly was the 5th Beatle.
My high school had a "radio station" that was actually just played over the intercom system. The first song they ever played was the single version of "Revolution," at top volume. I almost hit the ceiling when it came blaring out of the speakers, without warning! Obviously, I still remember it, after all these years. It was the first time I heard the song.
We had a one off through the PA "Day of Music". What was the first song? Golf Girl. Yep, Golf Girl. It may not be a surprise to know it was my Science teacher in charge of the decks!
I've listened to all of these songs hundreds, possibly thousands, of times over the last 40 years. And guess what? I hear them today and still get that sheer thrill and ecstasy! I hope in 40 years' time you will too!
You were right when you said George Martin created scores. He didn't want them to do the "na na hey Jude" for such a long time but the Beatles insisted so he said if they were going to do it he would write a score to go along with it. Martin's score keeps the repetition from becoming boring and gives that part of the song an air of musical seriousness that would be lacking without it. Today the song is so well known it can be played without the orchestra and not lose any of the effect because it has crossed over into the realm of being a one of a kind classic, but in 1968 that was yet to be established and Martin's score is what was needed to help propel it into (what I believe was) their best selling single.
I hope you're not going to skip "The Inner Light", which was the B-side of the "Lady Madonna" single. Harrison's first showing on a single, and it's lovely.
I always thought it was one of George's weaker South Asian-inspired tracks. It's not bad, but it doesn't stand out as much to me. I think I just more or less disagree with its philosophy espousing a sort of "clairvoyant" access to total knowledge. IMO you have to stop navel-gazing and leave your house now and then to learn about life and the world. Although to some degree he was prescient in a way: in the modern age of Wikpedia and instant Google results, you don't have to leave your house to acquire a heap of knowledge.
The lyrics of the inner light come from a chapter(poem) 47 in the Taoist Tao Te Ching. Taoist philosophy of life attitude. Ways of looking at the world. George just put it to music....
Do you want to know how good The Beatles were? This is a bit of a throw away album, not even close to being considered one of their best, but if any other band, any of them in the 60's released this kind of album it would have been their signature work.
If any other band created any work of the level created by The Beatles in any one of their songs, it would have been their biggest hit. When "Friday on My Mind" was released by The Easybeats the musical arrangement was so rich, the words were so much deeper, and the concept conveyed was at so much a higher level than their previous stuff - like with Sorry! - that some people even thought that The Easybeats had got hold of a Lennon/McCartney song and recorded it like Marmalade did with Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da. That just goes to show the talent of Vanda/Young! For their song writing ability to be compared with Lennon/McCartney, that was, indeed, an accolade.
@@darrylmcgarry5780 Vanda and Young may not have been Lennon/McCartney, but they would probably have been in the final for who comes next. All they achieved after coming to Aust as post war migrants nad meeting in a camp was remarkable. The Easybeat's were a fabulous band with a great catalogue, then their work to resurrect Stevie Wright's life and career with 'Evie' parts 1,2,3. And of course besides being the creative force behind hundreds of pop hits from diverse folk, as well as their own quirky hits as 'Flash and the Pan', they were the driving force behind AC/'DC. Not a bad life's work.
Caroline, completely and utterly forgot to listen to "THE INNER LIGHT" the `B` on the original `Lady Madonna` Vinyl single. Hope she might review it later, as I, personally think its a lovely song. PLEASE DON'T ABANDON "THE INNER LIGHT" CAROLINE!!
@Call Me Caroline Yes, you've left off the B-side of Lady Madonna - George's "The Inner Light" . Paul McCartney was quoted at the time as calling it a beautiful melody. Another song that has been missed is an early one "Bad Boy" which was released on an album in America but only on a greatest hits album in the UK. It can be found on Past Masters 1 now.
For some reason, couldn't sleep all night, and now I wake and find out that about 100 minutes from now Caroline continues the journey! Keep on keeping on Caroline. Your presence makes RUclips a better place to visit always! After you are done with the beatles, have you given any thought of listening to any of the former Beatles? McCartney is my favorite and I would go with him just so you know, as he continues with all the different musical styles that the Beatles always brought to the musical table. I love 'em! Let 'em in! (Macca joke), Ha-ha!
@@andybullemor-music5928 Maybe he just fell asleep in the morning? Or he's some sort of schrodinger sleeper who simaltaneously occupies dream space as well as our waking world.
@@AlBarzUK Or he couldn't get to (literal) sleep all night because he was tossing and turning, thinking about existential matters. Then seeing this video was a moment of enlightenment for him where he finally beheld the nature of reality and "woke up" from the (metaphorical) sleep in which he's been living his life up to this point.
It's all to much is the song that makes the album even though the Beatles were not so keen on making this album this track makes it worthwhile, in my opinion. Thanks for another great vid.
Wonderful video yet again, Caroline, though you missed the B-side of Lady Madonna, George Harrison’s “The Inner Light.” All the songs you listened to today were recorded in 1967 or early 1968, before they went to India and before they recorded the White Album. You mentioned seeing how awesome it would be to see them play Hey Jude live. Well, there is an awesome video of this from The David Frost Show from 1968. The Beatles play amongst a huge crowd who supply the Na Na Nas at the end. There is also fantastic semi-live video of Revolution from the same broadcast. The band is singing live with a pre-recorded instrumental backing (though they mime playing, without the organ). The interesting thing about that version is that they keep the Do Wops from Revolution 1. Finally, there is an awesome video of Hey Bulldog that is one of the few films of the band in the studio prior to what now appears in the Get Back film. The film crew had arrived to make a video for Lady Madonna but John had introduced Hey Bulldog that day and that’s what The Beatles ended up playing. The footage was edited to look like the band was playing Lady Madonna but many years later it was discovered that it was really Hey Bulldog and the sound was restored. The best part is watching John and Paul at a single mic at the end of the song ad-libbing the howls and cackling. The dog sounds are all Paul while the crazy laughing is John. The “American” sounding voice (“Clap, boy, clap!”) is Paul. It’s a really fun video to watch and is available on RUclips.
You reaction is such a joy to react. Just how you pick apart the instruments and chords, insight to how it affects the mood and feeling of the song are spot on, and your energy! It's perfect
Yes, I think they did that because they didn't want to just have George and Paul just stand there on TV with nothing to do but play their guitars, lol. however, who's playing the electric piano perfectly, exactly like the record? Well, it WAS the recording with live vocals and instruments playing along with the recording only. Same for Hey Jude. So when we say "Live" in these performances, it is both. Took me several viewings over the years to discover that, lol. that was a standard practice for Tv back then.
@@thomastimlin1724 The giveaway on Hey Jude is that Lennon is playing an electric guitar when it is clearly an acoustic. The giveaway on Revolution is the mysterious organ that no one is playing. : )
You are so joyful to watch! I suggest if you ever get the chance to see Paul McCartney live you take it. He is aging as we all are but can still rock & puts the same energy into his shows as you hear on The Beatle's records. Fantastic musician that you would really appreciate.
Ahh, "All Together Now"; the Beatles foray into campfire sing-a-longs. Fun Fact: "Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much" were songs that George Harrison had left over from the "Sgt. Pepper" recording sessions from the year before. Just didn't make that album while "Within You, Without You" did. The movie "Yellow Submarine" (which both of those songs were from) is really trippy. A pretty cartoon with professional voice actors voicing the Beatles in it. If you're up for it, give it a try; if for nothing else, for the movie score George Martin composed for it. He also did some interesting scoring for their "Magical Mystery Tour" movie (anytime a sweeping Tchaikovsky-esque orchestral arrangement of "All My Loving" or a fairground organ/calliope version of "She Loves You" can be incorporated into a film, that just makes it more interesting).
The Yellow Submarine songs were mostly "contractual obligations" that they owed to United Artists for a soundtrack to a movie (except one song that was a legitimate outtake). "Only A Northern Song" was the last song published by Northern Songs Ltd, at one time the Beatles publishing company. George Harrison supplied this song that he was pretty certain wouldn't generate much publishing dollars for Northern. All Together Now was a Macca throwaway and Hey Bulldog was a "made on the spot" song. It's All Too Much is a Sgt Peppers outtake and could have easily made that album.
Lot of errors in this. All Lennon/McCartney songs past 1963 or thereabouts were published under Northern Songs, all the way through 1970. Harrison was an employee of Northern Songs, not a partner like Lennon and McCartney were. His contract ran out in 1968 so he formed Harrisongs and published under them from then on out. Only A Northern Song was his way of being snarky and dismissive of his position in Northern Songs at the time. Since it was recorded in the Sgt Pepper's sessions, it was still published under Northern Songs, even though he had Harrisongs by this time. Also All Too Much, if I recall correctly, was recorded after Sgt Pepper's was released, but I think some time before they started work on MMT.
@@Seafroggys I appreciate the corrections; I think I may have jumbled up my Beatles history a bit - but I did know that OANS was a dig at his publishing company.
@@Seafroggys I love Only A Northern Song. Long after I first heard it (and loved it) I learned the story behind it. That it was meant to end Harrison's obligation to Northern Songs. It's as if Harrison said: "You want one last song from me? Well, here's one for you that is complete bollocks." The thing is, this seems like a very fun and complex free form jazz/rock piece! I really do love this song.
The Beatles delayed the release of Yellow Submarine so that it wouldn't conflict with The Beatles (the White Album) and to give George Martin more time to complete the orchestral work, which is why it ended up coming out in early 1969, almost a year after the newest song was recorded! It was considered a disappointment commercially, only reaching #2 and #3 in the U.S. and UK charts respectively. Sucks to be them. ;-)
Thank you for this video, Caroline! Yes!!! Hey Jude is absolutely amazing live. Paul McCartney always plays it and the amount of magic and feeling and charm he creates on stage is still breathtaking - and Hey Jude is sort of a emotional culmination of it all, sounds so incredibly epic and brings about the feeling of togetherness among the fans, everyone's joining in in that build-up, the whole stadion is singing, the emotions on people's faces. One needs to experience it. If Paul ever comes to Australia - try to see him. It's such a beautiful and powerful experience despite his heavily aged voice.
Your reactions are PRICELESS!! I smile like a butcher's dog and occasionally tear up when memories of my youth overcome me! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Peace & Love 😎✌❤
Only a Northern Song is called as such (as a fun play on words) because that was the name of the publishers "Northern Songs Ltd". It was a time when a lot of law suits were flying about and George hated them.
Agreed. Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 - 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician. He was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" in reference to his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums. Alma mater: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Thank you again for sharing your musical insights - liked.
If you get a chance be sure to watch the live performance of Hey Jude, even in your own time. Love all your videos, I'm always learning something new. Keep up the great work!!!
Caroline...I see that most of the comments are about the music, but I want to say what a delight you are to experience. You have tremendous energy. a fantastic smile and your facial expressions are priceless. Looks like you might be a real good dancer, as well. Watching you enthusiastically explore Beatle's music makes this old guy smile ear to ear. Thanks for taking us on your journey!
As with Taxman, It's Only a Northern Song was a protest song George wrote against what was happening to him at the time. All Together bookends the journey the Beatles take in the movie Yellow Submarine. At the end of the movie, the title gets repeated with title cards in multiple languages. Hey Bulldog is my favorite Beatles song. It's also kind of my favorite microgenre, driving piano rock. The American release of the film deleted the scene that featured the song, but it was restored for the DVD release in 2000. It's All Too Much is another cool rocker that closes out the movie, right before the live-action coda. Love the feedback and the clapping. Hey Jude, written by Paul to comfort Julian after John divorced Cynthia for Yoko. Paul wasn't crazy about one of his lines, but John encouraged him to keep it. Revolution, the single version, is the faster gritty, electric version, which John didn't like as much as the slower version on the White Album. But it's by far the more famous version of the song. Lady Madonna was a song based on Fats Domino, so Fats Domino would later cover the song himself, as well as Elvis.
Thanks, Caroline! It's always great to listen to great songs with you. And those are some of my favorite Beatles tunes, especially "Hey Bulldog", "Only a Northern Song" and "All Too Much".
After you've reviewed the Let It Be album, you're spot on time to sit and watch the 9+ hour 3 part Get Back series produced by Peter Jackson that will be out on BluRay in a couple weeks. It was just released over Thanksgiving streaming on the Disney app, and will now be for sale in full on a 3 disc DVD or BluRay set in February. It chronicles the actual recording of that album, as filmed originally by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in January 1969. Lindsay-Hogg and his crew filmed the Beatles in their natural progression of writing, working out, sculpting, and recording the very songs resulting in about 60 hours of film and 150 hours of audio. These were initially cut to the 90 minute dull movie released in 1970 as Let It Be, and for the last 50 years stood as the end of the Beatles. Then, a couple years ago the remaining footage was dug up and given to Jackson to sift through and do something with it, and boy did he!!! He's put together a far more interesting and enjoyable documentary from that footage of how the Beatles wrote and recorded the Let It Be album, culminating in their last live performance on the roof of their Apple Recording Studio on Jan. 30, 1969. A must watch for ALL Beatle fans if you have not seen it yet!
I had the privilege of watching McCartney perform live and I can assure you when they play Hey Jude, it's just something that can't be described with words.
Yes completely agreed 🙂
Me too! 1989 in Tampa. that, and foll on the hill were the highlights.
I was bawling.
It makes your hair stand on end. Absolutely electric.
Saw him 7 times over the course of 20 years, and it's a highlight every single time.
I saw Paul McCartney in 1989, in peak form. he did hey Jude just as the sun was going down. 70,000 people singing the chorus at the end was magical.
1970s was peak Paul...when he played Wings Over America
I saw him then to and it truly was magical. I've had some amazing concert experiences and that one is still at the top of the list.
Montreal Dec.9th, 1989 for me. Great time.
Paul's isolated bass on Hey Bulldog is really worth a listen. It propels the tempo whilst also carrying the melody.
It's an amazing bassline, most songs usually have a recurring bass that repeats on each verse, but this song doesn't. I think McCartney just played whatever he felt at the time rather than plan out a bassline, and it works so beautifully.
@@CowmanUK Shows you want a great musician Paul is and how the bass can control the band.
Strangely his style changed after 1966. I wonder why......🤔
@@DaveMcIroy no.. it didnt. Listen yo Nowhere man.. You wont see me, moving bass just the same. Want other examples? Just ask.
@@DaveMcIroy earlier? All My Loving.. moving all over the scale. How did the style change according to you?
If there was a poll of what is the most underrated Beatle song of all time, It's All Too Much would be one of the top contenders. One of the greatest psychedelic freak-outs of the 60's
Oh yeah. Right now, that is my fave Beatles tune. It's always changing; before that, it was 'Bulldog'.
By far the most underrated song by the Beatles is a song called "Melody Never Knows". It's so underrated nobody has ever even heard it. Can you see my point? If nobody has ever heard a song, by definition that song is inherently underrated. Therefore, a poll regarding the most underrated song "of all" just doesn't make sense.
Agree 100%. Beatles fan for decades yet I did not get into IATM until about 5 years ago.
@@ivanjulian2532 If people consider something "underrated", that usually means they believe it to be generally "not rated or valued highly enough", which is a subjective view. "Underrated" doesn't mean "unknown". Therefore, a poll asking people what they believe is the most underrated Beatles song would make some sense.
@@ivanjulian2532 Ivan your terrible ! It must means people can change their opinion of a particular song .
Hey Bulldog is a lot of people's pick for most underrated Beatles song (despite what some others on this board say!) THe dog at the end is Paul. He is an excellent voice mimic.
They both did the dog thing.
@@bobwoolerOriGinal Are you sure? I'm going to have to search for that video!
I always thought John was the dog’s owner and that he just goes absolutely bezerk when Paul talks back to him
@@barrytrotterisweird That's what I thought too.
@@loosilu Rapid editing in that part of the video, but it at least 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 as two barkers.
Hey Jude has a special place in my heart as my Mum, who passed away in 1998, and I went to see Paul McCartney in London in 1993 and we were both singing the na na na's together and it is a beautiful memory of my Mum.
Lovely story.
That really is a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing it!
Lucky enough to go to London 1993 as well Andy and great that Linda was a part of Paul's band.
Hey Jude absolutely blew the world's mind when it came out. Yellow Submarine's got some way underrated gems: Hey Bulldog and It's All Too Much. Lady Madonna features some of Paul's best piano work. This whole period is firmly in the Beatles' prime roundhouse.
I've seen Paul play it live and he plays the piano perfectly, just like the record. Amazing performer. Seen Paul live five times and it never gets old. Wish I could see him live every week.
I always loved the hey bulldog “you can talk to me” build up, something about the timing and harmony works very well going into the riff
Its called a line cliché in music theory terms
One of my favorites also. Its right up there with "Old Brown Shoe" on my list
It's always been a bit unreal how they were able to resolve that ascending progression so satisfyingly.
Poor disrespected " Hey Bulldog". First rejected as a single, then rejected as a b-side, then cut from the movie and finally landed as filler on The Beatles weakest album.
@@pardyhardly and is (at least to me) the best song from the album
Paul's scat at the end of Hey Jude is the high point of 60s rock. Also, the chords at the end - a lesser mortal would have played it out on F, E flat, B flat, but he replaces the E flat with Cm with the bass playing the E flat, and it's a gorgeous sound that totally lifts the song.
Hey, why didn't we get to hear Lady Madonna b side- The Inner Light?
Paul's scat singing was the first time a beatles song caught my ear as a little kid in the early 80s .I was born in 74 so in the mid to late 80s I remember hearing wings and liking them....silly love songs was played hourly so it is the first song as an infant I can actually remember hearing...in the early 80s I remember asking my father who the guy was singing and screaming on the radio...he said it was the beatles and Paul was singing...the song was hey Jude and it was Paul's scat singing that caught my ear...it is still my favorite vocal moment of all time . I love alot of artists/bands and different types of rock, but to this day I agree it is certainly an incredible vocal...Paul's voice at that point was as good as anyone in rock
@@michaelfrazia4569 scat???😱
@@misterr3083 most people are intelligent enough to know what I mean ...someone had mentioned that word to describe it in an earlier comment so I followed suit since that showed me that most fans understand what I was referring to...feel free to use any term to describe full throat screaming...there is scat singing in there if you listen close but I meant his wailing over the refrain . ...if you read the comment I was responding to, the word used was scat. but I knew what he meant. its my favorite rock vocal ever so call it whatever .
@@michaelfrazia4569 Bob Dylan writes and speaks about being in awe of McCartney's ability to write and play any style and to holler with the out and out Little Richard types and to croon with the ballad crooners (he uses different words and I can't be bothered to look up the references)
@@cuebj I know the interview you are mentioning. I had seen it one time and was surprised at the praise he gave to a contemporary...especially one who gets panned for saccharin lyrics at times ...I always felt with Paul his melodies did the talking...he wrote some great lyrics when motivated, but overall the melodies and pure talent of paul is where it's at if your a paul fan....being raised in a family where songs were a big part of family gatherings helped paul develop the ability to incorporate music hall etc....I love the video where he goes back to a pub to visit his family while he is in wings and they all sing the old standards while drinking and smoking...gave a great insight to how he was raised
"Hey Bulldog" is such a rocker. I play it when I'm on the highway and just feel like going fast.
This version of "Revolution" is one of my all-time favorite Beatles tracks. There's just something so energetic about it as compared to Revolution 1 that makes it feel more "revolutionary". The opening guitar and the distortion is just amazing.
Me too! I wish the demo(ish) version wasn't part of the White Album so people wouldn't get exposed to it first.
Agreed! Another stand out for me is John’s Cold Turkey. So raw!
always wished this was the version on the white album...this version is so far superior. it has one of the greatest intros in rock history...stone cold classic rock and roll song..the music matches the lyrics in this version...vicious song..in the best possible way...I also love the video of them doing it on tv...the camera pans back and forth on John and Paul etc...just effing classic beatles
@@michaelfrazia4569 Totally agree! And also that John's Cold Turkey is another top track in the same vein. Lennon going for the gusto.
@@nikolasian2113 not guilty instead
I appreciate you dressing up for the event.
Always loved Hey Bulldog - it perfectly showcases that awesome rasping mid-range of Lennon's voice, and it's a lot of fun too...
It sounds like a 1990s song to me!
Don't forget about George Harrison's 'The Inner Light' single from '68 as well as his other under-popularized 'Sour Milk Sea' and 'Not Guilty' songs from the same year. These three songs alone show that Harrison's song compositions, by this point of the game, were truly beginning to find their niche in the Beatle's album catalog more and more. He was truly beginning to define his style as a true musician, in his own right, by '68 and he would thus receive more notoriety for his contributions from this point forward.
I wanted to bring attention to the electric piano on "Revolution," played by Nicky Hopkins. Hopkins was a studio musician who played with a number of bands including The Who and the Kinks, but may be most famous for his work with The Rolling Stones. He recorded with them from 1967-1981 and played on many of their most well-known songs. Sadly, he died in 1994.
He was also a full member of the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Hey Jude live was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Hey Bulldog is the hidden gem if the Beatles has a hidden gem.
It’s a grower. I’ve ranked it higher and higher over the decades.
So true. I remember many years ago on a Toronto rock station one DJ played it over and over again about 10 times in a row on his morning show.
It sounds better every time I listen to it.
I remember buying all the albums in 1972, someone knew someone at EMI Sydney Australia. First time I heard this tune it stood out like the proverbial, yet never played on radio.
People only now are realizing what they missed out on.
Remember that some of these songs were originally intended for the Sgt. Pepper album. Also remember that this album is a motion picture soundtrack. You REALLY need to see the film, and see how the music fits with it. It's one of the greatest animated feature films ever made, and also one of the greatest musical films as well as rock films.
I love that George quotes from the Merseys big hit “Sorrow” in “It’s all too much”- "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue"....David Bowie had a hit with a cover of “Sorrow” in 1973.
Good to know. I thought it was the other way around, as I only knew the Bowie version.
yup .every song on that bowie album with sorrow was a cover...that line is such a great lyric especially the way bowie delivers it
@@michaelfrazia4569 Yeah, 'Pin Ups' - That was a covers album between Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs, back in the days when record companies expected 2 albums a year! Incidentally, I've always considered 'Yellow Submarine' as the same kind of thing, fulfilling an obligation to put something out while they worked on something else. In the UK at least, Yellow Submarine was a soundtrack album of songs up to 3 years old, plus George Martin orchestral arrangements, and Magical Mystery Tour was just an EP. Whereas in America they added a bunch of singles from the previous year to make MMT an album, but it's not really. Sgt Pepper was followed up with the White Album as far as LP's go.
I’ve seen McCartney 3 times.
The last was in 2019…. While my Grandad was in hospital fighting (a losing battle with) cancer.
When Paul started playing “Hey Jude” I immediately started to bawl my eyes out like I had never done before.
There were 60,000 other ppl there but it was like he was telling me everything is gonna be alright.
The trumpet in "Only A Northern Song" was played by Paul. I think his quote was "There were a lot of sad faces as I played that trumpet".
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Hey Jude was # 1 worldwide when I was born late Sept. of '68. I love that song & saw McCartney perform it live in Hershey, PA (Chocolate City, USA) a few years ago. Tears aplenty from yours truly.....
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I love your John Barry-James Bond reference with the Em, to Em(b6), to Em6, to Em chord sequence.
I’ve long believed It’s All Too Much is a hidden gem! Only in The Beatles’ discography would it be considered a throwaway, it would be any other band’s masterpiece that they’d spend months tweaking to sound like that, and the Beatles just knocked it out in a couple of afternoons. A true testament to their immense talent! There’s a full cut of the song on RUclips that hasn’t been officially released by their label yet and it’s absolutely amazing! George Martin’s son Giles needs to get to remastering it in its full 8 minute glory ASAP lol
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Hey Jude.... I like how Ringo had to go to the bathroom on the take they put on the album. So, Paul was playing and singing along. Then, Ringo came back from the bathroom, sneaked into the studio, sat down at the drumkit and came in right at the perfect moment! 👌😁
The line "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue" in "It's All Too Much" was taken from the song "Sorrow", which was a hit in 1966 and would become a hit for David Bowie in 1973.
George was “fond” of borrowing lines from other songs!
I have listened to all these Beatles videos and I find them very entertaining. Being 72 I was there in England in 1967 I was 16! Caroline, BTW where in Australia were you brought up to have never heard the Beatles music - a nunnery in the outback? There again, your fresh approach to listening to this music is very rewarding coupled with your music advanced knowledge.
Kudos for acknowledging George Martin's work in arranging and playing on some of the songs. He was integral to the sound and arrangement of parts of many of their songs. He will forever be known as the 5th Beatle.
There were two 5th "Beatles": Brian Epstein, and George Martin.
Your listen of Hey Jude is the moment I'd been waiting for.
Hey Jude will remain one of my favorite songs forever.
The backing vocals on Hey Jude. Like angels from heaven.☺️
The Beatles as we know/ knew them would not have existed without George Martin He was a treasure. Hey Jude was written for John's son Julian who was going through his parents divorce. How awesome is that? It also shattered the standard for radio songs having to be 2-3 minutes long.
Yes indeed, Caroline, being in the audience for "Hey Jude" is a life experience much to be desired. When this .... little public health situation.... is over, Macca is likely to resume touring. But as he turns 80 this year, who knows for how long? If you can get yourself to a live concert while such is still available, you must! You really must, simple as that. 💕🙏🌎🎶☮🕉
SO glad your back! (1)"Only a Northern Song" was written to fulfill a contractual obligation to George's publisher, Northern Songs Ltd - he was apparently short one composition. (2) Hey Jude was written by Paul to comfort Julian Lennon when his Dad, John, divorced his mother for Yoko. This song is over 7 minutes long snd 'singles" were generally half that length. Their record company wanted a shorter version done but the band refused. The Beatles were told "NO ONE WILL PLAY YOUR 7 MINUTE RECORD!"...to which John responded " They will because it's Us." ...and he was right.
(3)In Lady Madonna, "See how they run" refers to both the children and her stockings! - just brilliant. THANK YOU!- And now comes the masterpiece ABBEY ROAD!
It's so gratifying to experience someone else's mutual joy in experiencing Beatles' music for the first time as we did. Now you'll listen to this brilliant stuff for the rest of your days, and it will never let you down.
Brings me such joy to see you 'fall' into the music. Your face and expressions say it all.
Hey Caroline, YES - The GREAT George Martin...! Many have long referred to him as "The Fifth Beatle"... a title that he Richly Deserves. A True Collaborator on the Great Musical catalog that this Group produced. GLAD you mentioned that. -cheers
My admiration for George Martin grows year after year. He was the perfect collaborator to the greatest trio of songwriters in the 20th century.
"Hey Bulldog" it's probably the best rock 'n' roll song ever. Magnificent
"Hey Bulldog": That was Paul doing the barking. He did that in the studio from time to time, and it fit with the song this time. I *think* there's a previous song ("I Feel Fine"?) where he barks in the outro. I can't remember whether you can hear it on the record or just on the Anthology version.
Fun fact: About 10 years ago, my assistant manager was a Millennial, and she never heard Lady Madonna before. I played it for her in the car when the crew and I were going to a job (I played other Beatles songs too) She REALLY liked it! I think she began to appreciate what she was missing by not hearing any "old stuff"
At a friend's bicycle shop one afternoon we spun Creedence Clearewater Revival's _Bayou Country_ and this girl walks in and says "Like who is this band?! Are they new?!"
@@RideAcrossTheRiver HAHAHA!
You mentioned the differences in feeling that can be brought about by arrangements. If you want another Beatles example, the acoustic version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps is beautiful in an entirely different way.
And especially when George Martin added the string quartet to it on the Chronology albums. Either of those versions is great though, with or without strings. without Clapton's solo, of which at the time no one knew he was playing on it, and without all the other instruments, just guitar and voice, extra verse, it is a totally different mood. It forces people to listen to the words more carefully and not the guitar solo. Which do you want George Harrison? People to going nuts over "ooo, it's Clapton playing," or your message?
@@thomastimlin1724 : Oh man, isn't that one of the MOST gorgeous songs you've ever heard? WMGGW is a masterpiece off the 'White Album', yes, that unreleased demo version with the extra verse can just bring tears to my eyes.... and I've been a Beatles fan/nut for just about all my 60 years on this planet!! 😁
1. I think you should listen to Let It Be album before Abbey Road, because they recorded Let It Be earlier
2. When you listen to Abbey Road listen to songs 9-16 as one song
Listen to Let it be naked and not the one that Phil Spector crapped all over
I agree
@@mike60510 I don't agree. The Phil Specter version was the one one we all got used to for almost 30 years before Let It Be Naked was released. But for me, it's personal because 1970 was the year I really got into the Beatles. I was born in 1962. There is something about that version of The Long And Winding Road that is so sad because we all knew from that song that the Beatles were over. And for me, who just became aware of The Beatles it was a real bummer. So....I spent the entire 70's as a Beatle fan anticipating the day they would get back together. And you need to remember that being a Beatle fan in the 70's wasn't really cool amongst most of my peers. They felt The Beatles were antiquated and out dated. Especially their 1962 to 1965 era. My friends and I would constantly be discussing music and most of my friends felt Ringo Starr was a crappy drummer and they would ridicule his tiny drum set. This was in an era when drummers would be using double bass drums and an infinite amount of toms and toys. Think Rush or Led Zepplin. But I can understand how you feel about Phil Specter. The guy was a loon, as time proved, but back in the day, he was the "great" producer and The Beatles loved his recordings, especially Lennon and Harrison....not so much McCartney :)
@@mike60510 if it weren’t for the crappy guitar solo for let it be on the naked version I would 100 percent agree
I think there's an argument for LIB being the last one. As well as being the last released, it contains 1 track (I Me Mine) started before Abbey Rd but actually entirely recorded afterwards. Although it does appear in the Get Back doco, the recording that appears on LIB was begun a year later, on 3 Jan 1970.
I saw Paul McCartney live on his 1989-90 world tour. When he sang Hey Jude the crowd was singing along as loud as they could and most everyone I saw had tears in their eyes. (There is a pretty good chance I did too.) It was joyous and jubilant. I was on a high from that song more than any other that night.
The magic of that song isn’t just its sheer beauty and singability, but the togetherness it brings and instilling the joy of being alive. It means the world when you’re in need of both, and imo nobody delivered to the world better than Paul McCartney.
It's All Too Much has always been kind of a hidden gem for me. No real airplay or talked about that much, but when you find it on the album, it's an immediate standout.
Great insight -- and then explanation -- of the "James Bondey" element in "Bulldog." Hey, the James Bond films were one of the great sensations of the Sixties and certainly part of what we would today call "Cool Britain," maybe even as much as the Beatles themselves.
Do you know the story behind Hey Jude, about how Paul wrote it for Julian Lennon because he was going through a hard time when his parents were splitting up. The "her" in the song was Yoko Ono, and the song was just about accepting her as a stepmother. When Paul first started the song, it actually began "Hey Jules" but for whatever reason, it got changed to Jude. Also, the line "The movement you need is on your shoulder" was a placeholder lyric Paul wrote and wasn't meant to be in the song, but John insisted on keeping the line the way it was.
It’s all too much maybe the most underrated of their entire catalog. Sonically it’s out of this world. Can listen to it over and over
I think you do great breakdowns of these tracks, especially since many of them are your first listen; great content! A few quick comments. 1) You're comments about George Martin, were bang on - he was the 5th Beatle. He really helped not only scoring but the development of their harmonies; he was a King!. 2) Their Engineers literally changed music history. All of their albums, were recorded on Two and Four track machines, until Abbey Road. We have more tracks on an IPAD available. 3) All of this great volume of music was created in less than 8 years. They only recorded as a band between '62- mid '69, and then Lennon was gone. Keep up the great analysis Caroline! P.S. The Key's of E and A are common keys that guitar players use, due to the way the instrument is set up. =)
There is a longer version of "It's All Too Much" available on RUclips which is incredible.
"it's All Too Much" was written and recorded in June 1967, literally days after the release of Sgt Pepper and Jimi Hendrix performing the title song live. It was Hendrix's public coming out party and effectively his debut to the world.
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@@JStarStar00 I mean, Hendrix's debut album came out two weeks before Pepper, and Hendrix had already had three top-ten singles by that point. So I'm not sure it was "effectively his début to the world". After all, he was already a big enough deal that McCartney himself was in the audience that night.
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At any rate George was impressed enough by Hendrix to momentarily jump off his Indian-music diversion, pick up his electric guitar again, and attempt to write a Hendrix-influenced feedback-heavy guitar magnum opus.
unfortunately "It's All Too Much" was written two or three weeks too late to be subbed onto Sgt. Pepper instead of "Within You, Without You."
That song became my favorite from that album as soon as I heard it. I've always wondered what Lennon says at the beginning.
For me, "It's all too much" is one of those hidden gems. Love that song.
Omg you're so right about hey Jude live. Lots of versions of macca doing it on RUclips. His performance in red square is one of my faves, you see all these Russians who grew up behind the iron curtain and who loved the beatles finally being able to hear the music live. There are so many teary eyed people in the crowd
I didn’t know this was on RUclips, I must find it!
Something that you might find neat about Revolution - while the studio ver. of the song doesn't have the background "shooby-doo-wops" from Revolution 1, the live-promotional-video version does (you can find it on RUclips).
My favorite version, for the record.
I haven’t checked the bible (Mark Lewisohn’s “The Beatles recording sessions”) but I always got the feeling that the “bom shu be do wops” were in both Revolutions but that they had been mixed down in the single.
I used to sing all together now to my son when he was a toddler. He had so much fun running ina circle as the song sped up. One of my happiest memories. My son reacting to music with joy.
That’s so sweet
I'm so glad you took a moment to mention Sir George Martin. In my opinion, his contributions to many Beatles songs were genius. I've often wondered how the Beatles path would have gone without him. I seriously doubt that any other producer of the day would have been so instrumental to their growth and success. He truly was the 5th Beatle.
Precisely
He was absolutely the 5th Beatle. The back half of their career (especially their psychedelic period) wouldn’t be what it was without him.
My high school had a "radio station" that was actually just played over the intercom system. The first song they ever played was the single version of "Revolution," at top volume. I almost hit the ceiling when it came blaring out of the speakers, without warning! Obviously, I still remember it, after all these years. It was the first time I heard the song.
Where was that school - I want to teach there!
@@geoffholmes8173 Haha! That was a long time ago. Students probably don't get the same latitude to do stuff like that nowadays.
We had a one off through the PA "Day of Music". What was the first song? Golf Girl. Yep, Golf Girl. It may not be a surprise to know it was my Science teacher in charge of the decks!
I've listened to all of these songs hundreds, possibly thousands, of times over the last 40 years. And guess what? I hear them today and still get that sheer thrill and ecstasy! I hope in 40 years' time you will too!
They played this version of Revolution live on the David Frost show and Paul and George added the shooby du-wops to the performance. It's on RUclips.
You were right when you said George Martin created scores. He didn't want them to do the "na na hey Jude" for such a long time but the Beatles insisted so he said if they were going to do it he would write a score to go along with it. Martin's score keeps the repetition from becoming boring and gives that part of the song an air of musical seriousness that would be lacking without it. Today the song is so well known it can be played without the orchestra and not lose any of the effect because it has crossed over into the realm of being a one of a kind classic, but in 1968 that was yet to be established and Martin's score is what was needed to help propel it into (what I believe was) their best selling single.
I hope you're not going to skip "The Inner Light", which was the B-side of the "Lady Madonna" single. Harrison's first showing on a single, and it's lovely.
I always thought it was one of George's weaker South Asian-inspired tracks. It's not bad, but it doesn't stand out as much to me. I think I just more or less disagree with its philosophy espousing a sort of "clairvoyant" access to total knowledge. IMO you have to stop navel-gazing and leave your house now and then to learn about life and the world. Although to some degree he was prescient in a way: in the modern age of Wikpedia and instant Google results, you don't have to leave your house to acquire a heap of knowledge.
The lyrics of the inner light come from a chapter(poem) 47 in the Taoist Tao Te Ching. Taoist philosophy of life attitude. Ways of looking at the world. George just put it to music....
The Inner Light has a beautiful melody
Do you want to know how good The Beatles were? This is a bit of a throw away album, not even close to being considered one of their best, but if any other band, any of them in the 60's released this kind of album it would have been their signature work.
If any other band created any work of the level created by The Beatles in any one of their songs, it would have been their biggest hit. When "Friday on My Mind" was released by The Easybeats the musical arrangement was so rich, the words were so much deeper, and the concept conveyed was at so much a higher level than their previous stuff - like with Sorry! - that some people even thought that The Easybeats had got hold of a Lennon/McCartney song and recorded it like Marmalade did with Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da. That just goes to show the talent of Vanda/Young! For their song writing ability to be compared with Lennon/McCartney, that was, indeed, an accolade.
@@darrylmcgarry5780 Vanda and Young may not have been Lennon/McCartney, but they would probably have been in the final for who comes next.
All they achieved after coming to Aust as post war migrants nad meeting in a camp was remarkable. The Easybeat's were a fabulous band with a great catalogue, then their work to resurrect Stevie Wright's life and career with 'Evie' parts 1,2,3.
And of course besides being the creative force behind hundreds of pop hits from diverse folk, as well as their own quirky hits as 'Flash and the Pan', they were the driving force behind AC/'DC.
Not a bad life's work.
@@wizofoz0605 I preferred The Masters Apprentices ! 🤠
Yay a new Caroline vid!! Your joy and and surprising reaction to the songs is so much fun!
Hey Jude.I heard this live on the Sunny coast with my family, It was great with my sis shouting na na na.
Caroline, completely and utterly forgot to listen to "THE INNER LIGHT" the `B` on the original `Lady Madonna` Vinyl single. Hope she might review it later, as I, personally think its a lovely song. PLEASE DON'T ABANDON "THE INNER LIGHT" CAROLINE!!
I had the vinyl single and loved THE INNER LIGHT by George.
Definitely a beautiful song!!
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Yeah, was a bit surprised she missed that one, but figure she'll hopefully review it along The Ballad of John and Yoko, and Old Brown Shoe.
@Call Me Caroline Yes, you've left off the B-side of Lady Madonna - George's "The Inner Light" . Paul McCartney was quoted at the time as calling it a beautiful melody. Another song that has been missed is an early one "Bad Boy" which was released on an album in America but only on a greatest hits album in the UK. It can be found on Past Masters 1 now.
For some reason, couldn't sleep all night, and now I wake and find out that about 100 minutes from now Caroline continues the journey! Keep on keeping on Caroline. Your presence makes RUclips a better place to visit always! After you are done with the beatles, have you given any thought of listening to any of the former Beatles? McCartney is my favorite and I would go with him just so you know, as he continues with all the different musical styles that the Beatles always brought to the musical table. I love 'em! Let 'em in! (Macca joke), Ha-ha!
How did you wake if you did not sleep?
@@andybullemor-music5928 Maybe he just fell asleep in the morning? Or he's some sort of schrodinger sleeper who simaltaneously occupies dream space as well as our waking world.
@@DEVILdRuMMinG he couldn’t sleep “all night”, so obviously he fell asleep during the morning (done that meself) and then awoke…..?
@@AlBarzUK Or he couldn't get to (literal) sleep all night because he was tossing and turning, thinking about existential matters. Then seeing this video was a moment of enlightenment for him where he finally beheld the nature of reality and "woke up" from the (metaphorical) sleep in which he's been living his life up to this point.
@@DEVILdRuMMinG this is getting a bit much for me. I'm going to get a drink from my Klein bottle.
It's all to much is the song that makes the album even though the Beatles were not so keen on making this album this track makes it worthwhile, in my opinion. Thanks for another great vid.
"Revolution 9, traumatizing..." Ha!
I'm really enjoying your Beatles adventure. Keep up the good work!
Wonderful video yet again, Caroline, though you missed the B-side of Lady Madonna, George Harrison’s “The Inner Light.” All the songs you listened to today were recorded in 1967 or early 1968, before they went to India and before they recorded the White Album. You mentioned seeing how awesome it would be to see them play Hey Jude live. Well, there is an awesome video of this from The David Frost Show from 1968. The Beatles play amongst a huge crowd who supply the Na Na Nas at the end. There is also fantastic semi-live video of Revolution from the same broadcast. The band is singing live with a pre-recorded instrumental backing (though they mime playing, without the organ). The interesting thing about that version is that they keep the Do Wops from Revolution 1. Finally, there is an awesome video of Hey Bulldog that is one of the few films of the band in the studio prior to what now appears in the Get Back film. The film crew had arrived to make a video for Lady Madonna but John had introduced Hey Bulldog that day and that’s what The Beatles ended up playing. The footage was edited to look like the band was playing Lady Madonna but many years later it was discovered that it was really Hey Bulldog and the sound was restored. The best part is watching John and Paul at a single mic at the end of the song ad-libbing the howls and cackling. The dog sounds are all Paul while the crazy laughing is John. The “American” sounding voice (“Clap, boy, clap!”) is Paul. It’s a really fun video to watch and is available on RUclips.
You reaction is such a joy to react. Just how you pick apart the instruments and chords, insight to how it affects the mood and feeling of the song are spot on, and your energy! It's perfect
Brilliant video as always Caroline. Your definitely one of the best things on RUclips.
The "shubidu-aah":s were added live in the promo film for the single version Revolution! They fit in perfectly.
Mao shubidu-aah
Yes, I think they did that because they didn't want to just have George and Paul just stand there on TV with nothing to do but play their guitars, lol. however, who's playing the electric piano perfectly, exactly like the record? Well, it WAS the recording with live vocals and instruments playing along with the recording only. Same for Hey Jude. So when we say "Live" in these performances, it is both. Took me several viewings over the years to discover that, lol. that was a standard practice for Tv back then.
It's Shooby doo-wah
@@jfziemba Please listen again, in the "live" recording we are talking about they say "Mao shubidu-aah"
@@thomastimlin1724 The giveaway on Hey Jude is that Lennon is playing an electric guitar when it is clearly an acoustic. The giveaway on Revolution is the mysterious organ that no one is playing. : )
RE: Only a Northern Song--George's dig at the industry. Northern Songs was the publishing company. Another great one Caroline-cheers!
It was also a protest song about how John and Paul dismissed his music.
You are so joyful to watch! I suggest if you ever get the chance to see Paul McCartney live you take it. He is aging as we all are but can still rock & puts the same energy into his shows as you hear on The Beatle's records. Fantastic musician that you would really appreciate.
Ahh, "All Together Now"; the Beatles foray into campfire sing-a-longs.
Fun Fact: "Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much" were songs that George Harrison had left over from the "Sgt. Pepper" recording sessions from the year before. Just didn't make that album while "Within You, Without You" did.
The movie "Yellow Submarine" (which both of those songs were from) is really trippy. A pretty cartoon with professional voice actors voicing the Beatles in it. If you're up for it, give it a try; if for nothing else, for the movie score George Martin composed for it. He also did some interesting scoring for their "Magical Mystery Tour" movie (anytime a sweeping Tchaikovsky-esque orchestral arrangement of "All My Loving" or a fairground organ/calliope version of "She Loves You" can be incorporated into a film, that just makes it more interesting).
Not so I'm afraid. It's All Too Much was recorded after Pepper had come out.
George Martin’s arrangement of All My Loving came from an entire album of orchestral Beatles arrangements he did in 1964 called ‘Off The Beatle Track’
@@keith1222 Really? I thought that was also from the "Sgt. Pepper" sessions.
I stand corrected.
All of the instruments on Hey Bulldog just work so well together. One of my favorites
It’s All Too Much is such an underrated song. One of the best in my opinion…
Same
I have heard heard hey Jude many many times and still got goosebump’s
The Yellow Submarine songs were mostly "contractual obligations" that they owed to United Artists for a soundtrack to a movie (except one song that was a legitimate outtake). "Only A Northern Song" was the last song published by Northern Songs Ltd, at one time the Beatles publishing company. George Harrison supplied this song that he was pretty certain wouldn't generate much publishing dollars for Northern. All Together Now was a Macca throwaway and Hey Bulldog was a "made on the spot" song. It's All Too Much is a Sgt Peppers outtake and could have easily made that album.
Lot of errors in this. All Lennon/McCartney songs past 1963 or thereabouts were published under Northern Songs, all the way through 1970. Harrison was an employee of Northern Songs, not a partner like Lennon and McCartney were. His contract ran out in 1968 so he formed Harrisongs and published under them from then on out. Only A Northern Song was his way of being snarky and dismissive of his position in Northern Songs at the time. Since it was recorded in the Sgt Pepper's sessions, it was still published under Northern Songs, even though he had Harrisongs by this time.
Also All Too Much, if I recall correctly, was recorded after Sgt Pepper's was released, but I think some time before they started work on MMT.
@@Seafroggys I appreciate the corrections; I think I may have jumbled up my Beatles history a bit - but I did know that OANS was a dig at his publishing company.
@@Seafroggys I love Only A Northern Song. Long after I first heard it (and loved it) I learned the story behind it. That it was meant to end Harrison's obligation to Northern Songs. It's as if Harrison said: "You want one last song from me? Well, here's one for you that is complete bollocks." The thing is, this seems like a very fun and complex free form jazz/rock piece! I really do love this song.
The Beatles delayed the release of Yellow Submarine so that it wouldn't conflict with The Beatles (the White Album) and to give George Martin more time to complete the orchestral work, which is why it ended up coming out in early 1969, almost a year after the newest song was recorded! It was considered a disappointment commercially, only reaching #2 and #3 in the U.S. and UK charts respectively. Sucks to be them. ;-)
@@yes_head that can't be right because the music was on the film mid 68 ! Did he add extra after the movie ?
You are awesome. A breath of fresh air. Thank you again Caroline.
Thank you for this video, Caroline!
Yes!!!
Hey Jude is absolutely amazing live. Paul McCartney always plays it and the amount of magic and feeling and charm he creates on stage is still breathtaking - and Hey Jude is sort of a emotional culmination of it all, sounds so incredibly epic and brings about the feeling of togetherness among the fans, everyone's joining in in that build-up, the whole stadion is singing, the emotions on people's faces. One needs to experience it. If Paul ever comes to Australia - try to see him. It's such a beautiful and powerful experience despite his heavily aged voice.
Hey, Jude is usually chosen as the best of all Beatles songs in surveys.
Your reactions are PRICELESS!! I smile like a butcher's dog and occasionally tear up when memories of my youth overcome me! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Peace & Love 😎✌❤
Caroline I'm sure we all would like to see your TOP 10 from RUBBER SOUL TO THE WHITE ALBUM too !?!
Thank you for all of your uploads. You are doing an awesome job and it is appreciated!
Only a Northern Song is called as such (as a fun play on words) because that was the name of the publishers "Northern Songs Ltd". It was a time when a lot of law suits were flying about and George hated them.
Agreed.
Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 - 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician. He was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" in reference to his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums. Alma mater: Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Thank you again for sharing your musical insights - liked.
I love this channel and Caroline....greetings from the land of the rising sun!
Melody master McCartney! I’ve admired George Martin ever since I learned of his contributions to their ideas!
If you get a chance be sure to watch the live performance of Hey Jude, even in your own time. Love all your videos, I'm always learning something new. Keep up the great work!!!
Yes John that Hey Jude live video from the David Frost show just incredible with the crowd joining in.
Caroline...I see that most of the comments are about the music, but I want to say what a delight you are to experience. You have tremendous energy. a fantastic smile and your facial expressions are priceless. Looks like you might be a real good dancer, as well. Watching you enthusiastically explore Beatle's music makes this old guy smile ear to ear. Thanks for taking us on your journey!
where is Lady Madonna's b-side The Inner light? great Harrison song
Mccartney went out of way to praise how beautiful the melody is
As with Taxman, It's Only a Northern Song was a protest song George wrote against what was happening to him at the time.
All Together bookends the journey the Beatles take in the movie Yellow Submarine. At the end of the movie, the title gets repeated with title cards in multiple languages.
Hey Bulldog is my favorite Beatles song. It's also kind of my favorite microgenre, driving piano rock. The American release of the film deleted the scene that featured the song, but it was restored for the DVD release in 2000.
It's All Too Much is another cool rocker that closes out the movie, right before the live-action coda. Love the feedback and the clapping.
Hey Jude, written by Paul to comfort Julian after John divorced Cynthia for Yoko. Paul wasn't crazy about one of his lines, but John encouraged him to keep it.
Revolution, the single version, is the faster gritty, electric version, which John didn't like as much as the slower version on the White Album. But it's by far the more famous version of the song.
Lady Madonna was a song based on Fats Domino, so Fats Domino would later cover the song himself, as well as Elvis.
I like the B side of Lady Madonna. But it wasn’t included in this video. George Harrison’s last sitar song with The Beatles called The Inner Light.
I absolutely adore the lead guitar work in It's All Too Much
Looking forward to your reaction on this one. Especially one of my top favorite Beatles songs "Hey Bulldog". : )
Great surname for a Beatles fan!
Thanks, Caroline! It's always great to listen to great songs with you. And those are some of my favorite Beatles tunes, especially "Hey Bulldog", "Only a Northern Song" and "All Too Much".
Great! But.... "The Inner Light"?
I love the piano in “Hey Bulldog”. Sometimes I’ll listen to just the isolated track. So good
All the world's a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. WHAT. A. LINE!
There's a video for Hey Bulldog (on Yt) and you can see Paul and John doing the dog noises at the end!
After you've reviewed the Let It Be album, you're spot on time to sit and watch the 9+ hour 3 part Get Back series produced by Peter Jackson that will be out on BluRay in a couple weeks. It was just released over Thanksgiving streaming on the Disney app, and will now be for sale in full on a 3 disc DVD or BluRay set in February. It chronicles the actual recording of that album, as filmed originally by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in January 1969. Lindsay-Hogg and his crew filmed the Beatles in their natural progression of writing, working out, sculpting, and recording the very songs resulting in about 60 hours of film and 150 hours of audio. These were initially cut to the 90 minute dull movie released in 1970 as Let It Be, and for the last 50 years stood as the end of the Beatles. Then, a couple years ago the remaining footage was dug up and given to Jackson to sift through and do something with it, and boy did he!!!
He's put together a far more interesting and enjoyable documentary from that footage of how the Beatles wrote and recorded the Let It Be album, culminating in their last live performance on the roof of their Apple Recording Studio on Jan. 30, 1969. A must watch for ALL Beatle fans if you have not seen it yet!
A new analysis is most Welcome! Thank you as always, your videos alway brighten my day