Paul is my favorite singer of all time. This song (one of MANY) helped solidify that 1st place ranking. The man had thirty distinct singing voices, it’s INSANE.
Paul spent days honing his voice at the extreme levels to perfect this song. I have no doubt John could have sung it but there is no way he would come near the range that Paul shows . It would be good. In John’s way.
Paul did an amazing job with it. I think John was just envious that Paul had a song that John wasn't able to be cynical and critical about, and he wanted to have it for himself.
The both of them fed off of each other, ( a little competition didn’t hurt , made them better) just check out the catalog , So much music great music in a short amount of time remarkable
Who knows? I think John could’ve rocked it big time but “Get Back” is the one John should’ve sand instead of Paul. When I heard John sing a few verses of “Get Back” in the documentary the song immediately rocked a lot harder than with Paul singing
A one-song master class in vocal dynamics, Oh Darling is a perfect example of why so few bands dare to commit a Beatles song to a recording - they cannot approach the original band's level of talent, so they only embarrass themselves. Hint: at bar gigs, just play Twist and Shout and Birthday. Meanwhile, every moment of Oh Darling features something special and interesting, from Paul's trippy bass line to the ghostly, almost creepy background chorus, to Ringo's double-time stomps at the breaks. Above all that rings Paul's over the top depiction of a lonely heart pushed to the edge, and just a little past the edge. McCartney accomplishes this emotional car crash with an artful mix of flats, culminating in an insane sharp at the crescendo, all with vocal fry that makes him a blues master. Literally don't try this at home - you'll just hurt yourself.
One thing not mentioned: Paul LOVED Elvis' One Night With You and wanted to write a similar tune with that same intensity in the chorus. Voila! Oh Darling!
In the books "The Beatles Anthology" and "Rock & Roll: Its History and Stylistic Development" they talk about this song. Paul actually spent days purposely trying to strain his vocal chords to get the raspy tone. Its about a fictional rock star worried about his girl leaving as he goes on the road. He wanted the song to start off normal and progressively get raspier to reflect the song going from "asking" her not to leave as he's going on the road to "pleading" after coming back from being on the road. He would spend all day singing the song as loud as he could by himself in the studio. At the end of the day, he would do one take on tape. He did this for nine days before getting the sound he wanted.
By now you know it’s impossible to pick a “Best Beatles’ song”. IMO, this will give any other song they did a run for their money. It’s just perfection.
Over the decades, I've had difficulty picking favorites per album, and I remember each album has had different favorites every time I'd dive into them.
@@wilsonstone935 Actually, John did diss Paul on this one he said he. John, would have done it better. He also said Paul either did it poorly or didn't do it very well. I forget the exact wording. I'm sure that interview is somewhere on the internet.
I have nothing but admiration for John's vocals. I wouldn't rate Paul as a better singer...just different and with more range. No way on earth could John have sung this better. I'm sure it would be good too, but not ass good. Paul owns this song and this roaring vocal style.
So many of The Beatles later songs were bass-led with the rhythm taking a backseat. This is another example. It just shows how creative and amazing Paul was. And that voice. And that bass. And that song. Wow. Such talent. Oh... and Ringo's drums. F**k me. Those drums.
When George Martin asked what would have happened if Lennon weren't a member: they would have been a "nice, light pop band". Lennon was the edge that pushed Paul. And Paul "softened" Lennon's edge a bit.
@@jnagarya519 The Beatles... was John's band. He invited Paul to join. Then George and then they changed drummers accepting Ringo. Paul would suggest otherwise, but there never would have been a bsnd wirhout John
@@akahina I disagree with this often told narrative. John's band was "The Quarrymen". It became "The Beatles" only with Paul and George by his side. Without them, John supposedly (edited) wouldn't even have continued to be a musician. And the name was made up by Stu Sutcliffe.
Such a great song from the greatest album in history!! I just love these ripping vocals from Paul!! Every time you think you’ve heard everything he can do, he pulls another rabbit out of his hat. John was being brutally honest when he said he should have written this. I absolutely love this song and consider it to be among Paul’s finest work. I love the honesty of these guy’s! Harri, you are the best. 🌺✌️
That’s why they call McCartney the man of 1000 voices. He can sing anything and sound different each time… And how about the bass line in that one… typical Macca as well 😁
George actually played bass on this, and every song sung by Paul on Abbey Road. Now im not sure how much was written by him or if Paul simply told him what to play but its played by George.
John's favorite early Paul song was All My Loving. John was proud of his guitar work. As far as this song goes I think Paul nailed it. It is fabulous. Can you give the source where John said he wished he wrote it? I read where he thought he should have sung it. Thanks! You need to do Nineteen hundred and eighty five; Back Seat of My Car; Let Me Roll it; Call Me Back Again.
@@HarriBestReactions They made a mistake there. They named "Let it Be" and John hated it he said he didn't know what Paul was thinking when he sang about religion (?!). Well I think that the authors of the article mixed up Let it Be and The Long and Winding Road. I think that John said " last burst of creativity before the band split" about that on, I'm sure it was not Let it Be. I don't know if it's the same page, but yesterday I read a similar article talking about the Beatles' songs that Paul hates the most and they mentioned "She Said, She Said" I've heard Paul praising that song. He got pissed off during the recording and therefore he didn't participated in it, but he thought it was a great song. In that article they say that they are making assumptions because Paul never talks badly of their songs, so we don't know what HE thinks. I don know why they made up that article.....I've checked it up...yes it was Far Out faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-songs-paul-mccartney-hated/
An incredible song! The four of them at the top of their game. Paul on piano and voice, George on bass guitar, John on electric guitar and Ringo laying down an impressive drum track. Paul tells that (because he lives near Abbey Road) he used to arrive early to the studios and record his voice for this song, every day for a week, deleting previous vocal takes until he was satisfied with the result (he wanted to have that raspy voice you get in the first take of the day). As for John saying that "Paul didn't sing it too well, I should have sung it"... well, take it as a Lennon compliment! John very scarcely said "I love that song" or "that was a great song", and used to attack instead of congratulating, hehe. Even more, depending on what year he was being asked he would state different and even contradictory things. George Martin was deeply hurt when he read that John had said that he never liked how Beatles songs had turned out. He asked John "did your really mean it when you said that?". And John answered "yes, I meant it". And George asked "really? Even Strawberry Fields?". And John answered "SPECIALLY Strawberry Fields". I think John was very harsh sometimes and did or said things he didn't mean to, but it was part of his fictional image of rebel boy. He couldn't help it.
John didn't even like his own voice. He often said his voice was not good. Why he said he should have sang this it surprising, except, he was just upset that Paul had come up with such a great song. This is one of my favorites, from any group. But, not my Beatles favorite. That may be Eleanor Rigby - I guess, or it is Norwegian Wood, well maybe Michelle - oh, hell, I don't know. To many to choose from.
@@garyr8739 Hahah! I gave up trying to choose a Beatles favourite song many years ago! In fact, I think that any person who has a favourite Beatles song doesn't really like the Beatles!
@@beatler Yeah, that was kind of my point. Every time I listen to one of my play lists (they are on all of my lists) I could say oh that one has to be my fav, then I hear the next one say the same thing.
Every morning brings a new day, And every night that day is through ooo ooo ooo ooo, But tonight I just wanna stay in and be-ee with you-ooo, and be with you.
McCartney said he'd come in every morning and sing it first thing to find the vocal. This has been around since they were recording what was supposed to be "Get Back" but became "Let It Be. There's even a clip in the original 1970 "Let It Be" documentary of him coming in before the others and playing piano and singing it, and when he's done, he gets up and says something like "Nope." He knew he wasn't there yet.
This is a gorgeous song by Paul, and Paul sang it so incredibly. Amazing that Paul could make screaming sound so damned gorgeous and nuanced and truly gut soulful before soulful became a commonplace cliche and so often a fake. And you are right about the diversity of Paul's vocals when he was in his prime. In his prime (1960 to, say, 1975) he had like 5 or 6 different voices, every one of them beautiful, from soft creamy ballads (Yesterday, Here There and Everywhere, the laser crystal purity of "She came in through the bathroom window," etc.), to stronger, deeper toned, more masculine sounding yet still beautifully pure clear resonant voices (e.g., that part of the medley in Abbey Road where he sings "out of college, money spent, see no future, pay no rent...", and he also could roar and scream beauties in an amazing way, as in this amazing song Oh Darling, or Kansas City, or Golden Slumbers -- though in the above video, there is something wrong with the Golden Slumbers part, like this recording of Abbey Road is an early unfinished take, or bootleg or something wrong with it. In the proper finished version of Abbey Road, Paul ROARS Golden Slumbers and does so in such a gorgeous way. He was certainly the best of the vocalists among the Beatles. It was really something to hear Oh Darling back in the late 60s or early 70s when it and other Beatles songs became our whole world, in a way, a world of music that could totally absorb you and give you such a fullness of experience. But even though McCartney was the best of the Beatle vocalists, what really made the Beatles was the peculiar chemistry of the various talents in the band. Lennon by himself, or McCartney by himself, were musically 10 times less interesting than they were as a song writing team. McCartney, Lennon, and Harrison as solo artists did write some great songs. But put the three together and you start getting tons of little explosions of beauty. The Beatles are one of those cases where the whole is much greater than the mere sum of its parts. That's why people always wanted the Beatles back together again. Apart, they just were not the same. And it wasn't just their song writing talent that combined so well. They were also rather loving, down-to-earth guys, funny, witty. So many of their songs have love -- not just romantic love -- but love in a more general way, as a theme. It seems like they all tended to get into long term very loving and successful marriages.
I've loved this song for 50 years... and you have put a big smile on my face to start this day with :-) Aren't you glad you're still on the Beatle train? ;-)
Believe me, for years i gave Lennon the credit for this song which sounds like him, not only the lyrics but the way MC Cartney sang it. Paul's voice is so dinamic and vesatile.
Paul does a great throwback shout out to Little Richard with this song. From the raspiness of his vocals, to the clanging piano, to the falsetto WOO-OOOs, Paul is definitely channeling him with this rendition. Amazing stuff.
Supposedly, this song is about John (Oh Johnny!). The Beatles were falling apart and John and Paul didn't get along as they used to and this was Paul crying out to John "please, don't break up our partnership." I wonder if John knew that.
Little Richard taught Paul how to sing with that raspy voice when the Beatles opened for him in Hamburg. I'd say Paul was a good student. I think he first used that voice singing Kansas City. He kills it.
Lennon and McCartney have such great voices, I can imagine, no pun intended..... them trading each song,whoever sang lead on it, with the other and it would be different and awesome. Both of them have such a style of delivery, unique to their own. Think of John singing "yesterday" - I'd love to hear it - That would be awesome and the song would have a different tone with John singing it, and it be just as cool hearing as Paul singing "I am the Warlus" which would be badass!
It is so cool to see someone from a younger generation that likes various genre music first exposed to songs and/or artists that I grew up with. Just imagine that '70s and'70s hit songs were nearly a weekly event. 👌
@@thomassiegler9898 Yeah, I was a teen and around for that great time growing up as well. (sadly, that is easy for me to say because I did not get a draft notice for high school graduation gift) Just got careless in the typing department on this comment. No matter, great music happened in both decades.
@@jbass69goat84 Yeah, for sure! I was just being a nitpicker 😅 Seventies were great and, being a 59er, I had just barely become a teen when this came out 😂 Other than that, I didn't grasp the meaning of: "get a draft notice for high school graduation gift". Sorry but English is not my mother tongue 🤷♂️
@@thomassiegler9898 During the time that USA was in Vietnam, all eighteen year old guys were required to register for the armed forces draft. Random numbers were selected that corresponded to a date of birth. If it was your birthdate, you were next in line to be taken into a branch of armed forces. Many young men were eighteen during their senior(final) year of high school. If their date was selected, as soon as they graduated from high school they were required to report for duty on a certain date. Many of those young men went through basic training, deployed to Vietnam, and never made it back home. So many made it home(of all ages) but life was never the same as before Vietnam. I am not an anti-war, flag burning, guns are bad psycho but much is lost during any kind of war, by all involved. 🇺🇸
There you go again with the reggae rhythm guitar! And once again, just like on Elton John’s song (Lucy in the Sky) and Bowie (Fame), that reggae rhythm guitar belongs to Paul’s illustrious partner John.
I knew John wanted to sing it. I always imagine Paul just laughing and saying "Nope, this one's mine pal. Go write your own song." Absolutely my favorite song sung by anybody ever. It's held that place in my estimation for over forty years now. Nothing is going to budge it either, Tori Amos couldn't do it, not even Angelina Jordan... although she has the best chance at a tie. She's already next on the list. Loved this reaction.
John so desperately wanted to sing this, he wanted it to be his. I mean, he might have been able to sing it fine but I can NOT imagine him singing it better than Paul-Paul marinates this song in passion yet it also has his trademark beauty. Just love this song more than words can say!
Apparently Paul was somehow always obsessed with proving himself to be the best. It started with the rivalry within the Beatles but went further. So he later decided to write the heaviest rock song of all time (Helter Skelter) and of course some of the most beautiful melodies ever written. The weird thing is that when he claimed to outperform someone else in any category, he was almost always successful. So that must have been quite a tough competition for John, who was a genius himself. Thanks to their creative rivalry, we're fortunate to have this slew of great songs to last forever.
The Beatles were actually becoming fans of Reggae around this time, that is a great call out! Hey Bulldog would be a great Beatles song for you to do. Incredible bass line and piano. Kind of a jam.
For such a retro sounding 50s kind of rock n roll / doo wop track ...it does not sound cheap and contrived ..it sounds inspired and passionate ....i have always loved this track ...cant believe the fry mcartney gets on his voice on this !!!
It could be interesting hear a Lennon's version of this song. It's hard to imagine him do better because McCartney sings this to perfection. I'm wondering if McCartney knew of Lennon's interest in doing this song and if this pushed him to do his very best. I love this song no matter what.
John was great, but no way he could vocally have matched Paul on this. John sometimes did brilliant vocals, and had a brilliant singing voice, but Paul vocally was head and shoulders above John, I would say. As writers of music, however, the two of them working together were 10 times better than either one as a solo artist after the Beatles broke up.
@@EduardudeJohn Lennon is one of my favourite singers of all time. I think both John Lennon made some wonderful music after the Beatles. Personally I like their solo work as much as what they did in the Beatles, but I agree that there are more filler number on some of their solo albums.
Harri, you should do Paul's "MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT" from his solo album "RAM" and "NINETEEN HUNDRED and EIGHTY-FIVE" from WIngs/Paul's album "BAND ON THE RUN" MORE vocals like this....MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT is even MORE "screamy"
What is the Beatles did in eight years is more than the entire music industry did in 60….The evolution from a boy banter artists on a different level from anything ever produced in the history of music is down right Shockingly managed to accomplish this and eight years for some bands hadn’t even touched that level and 30+ years
Glad you liked this as much as you did Harri, Seeing the Abbey Rd., album in the background also reminds me of how creative Paul actually was, in that photo he comes over as the most creative at that particular moment in time, even though John was the one who went to art school.
He did lose a lot of it. But it took a while. My sense is that by 1975 or 1980, he'd lost a lot of his astonishing vocal versatility. All the screaming songs he had been doing for twenty years (starting from the early 60s or before) will do some damage.
Paul McCartney is something else. "Genius" doesn't even begin to cut it.
Paul is my favorite singer of all time. This song (one of MANY) helped solidify that 1st place ranking. The man had thirty distinct singing voices, it’s INSANE.
Yes, he had many different voices, all of them gorgeous.
@@Eduardude He's not dead yet.
Paul spent days honing his voice at the extreme levels to perfect this song. I have no doubt John could have sung it but there is no way he would come near the range that Paul shows . It would be good. In John’s way.
Paul did an amazing job with it. I think John was just envious that Paul had a song that John wasn't able to be cynical and critical about, and he wanted to have it for himself.
I agree with your assessment of Paul’s voice, he had the best range & best tone quality 🔥🔥
@@jackwoods535 How could it be made for John when its Pauls creation.
The both of them fed off of each other, ( a little competition didn’t hurt , made them better) just check out the catalog , So much music great music in a short amount of time remarkable
Who knows? I think John could’ve rocked it big time but “Get Back” is the one John should’ve sand instead of Paul. When I heard John sing a few verses of “Get Back” in the documentary the song immediately rocked a lot harder than with Paul singing
Paul had such and incredible vocal range and could even scream in key. In my opinion, this is his best vocal.
This is his most impressive performance insofar as it is not doable by almost anyone else.
A one-song master class in vocal dynamics, Oh Darling is a perfect example of why so few bands dare to commit a Beatles song to a recording - they cannot approach the original band's level of talent, so they only embarrass themselves. Hint: at bar gigs, just play Twist and Shout and Birthday.
Meanwhile, every moment of Oh Darling features something special and interesting, from Paul's trippy bass line to the ghostly, almost creepy background chorus, to Ringo's double-time stomps at the breaks. Above all that rings Paul's over the top depiction of a lonely heart pushed to the edge, and just a little past the edge. McCartney accomplishes this emotional car crash with an artful mix of flats, culminating in an insane sharp at the crescendo, all with vocal fry that makes him a blues master. Literally don't try this at home - you'll just hurt yourself.
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I believe this is George Harrison playing the bass.
One thing not mentioned: Paul LOVED Elvis' One Night With You and wanted to write a similar tune with that same intensity in the chorus. Voila! Oh Darling!
It also has the Little Richard influence in the growling and OOOOOs! Beatles and Little Richard did shows together in Germany.
It’s George on bass
In the books "The Beatles Anthology" and "Rock & Roll: Its History and Stylistic Development" they talk about this song. Paul actually spent days purposely trying to strain his vocal chords to get the raspy tone. Its about a fictional rock star worried about his girl leaving as he goes on the road. He wanted the song to start off normal and progressively get raspier to reflect the song going from "asking" her not to leave as he's going on the road to "pleading" after coming back from being on the road. He would spend all day singing the song as loud as he could by himself in the studio. At the end of the day, he would do one take on tape. He did this for nine days before getting the sound he wanted.
One of my favorites. Paul's vocals are bloody great.
McCartney killed it.
Other great Paul vocals on the song 1985 and Monkberry Moon Delight
Yes, I love absolutely that one. I don't think I understand the lyrics though.
By now you know it’s impossible to pick a “Best Beatles’ song”. IMO, this will give any other song they did a run for their money. It’s just perfection.
Over the decades, I've had difficulty picking favorites per album, and I remember each album has had different favorites every time I'd dive into them.
the answer is......What is your favorite Beatles song? the answer is yes
@@tomlarnie2581 exactly correct response!!
@@tomlarnie2581 , right on! Except for Revolution # 9!
Another song favorite of mine is Paul McCartney on the rooftop singing I've Got a Feeling you can hear his range all day sweet and hard
Not to diss John but Paul's vocals on this are perfection.
A Hard Days Night, Ticket To Ride or Another Girl are my votes.
Carry On!!
great recommendations
@Jack Alan This is why I never take anything John said seriously, ever.
I don't think john disses paul's vocals, just that that was 1 song of paul's he'd like to've done
@@wilsonstone935 Actually, John did diss Paul on this one he said he. John, would have done it better. He also said Paul either did it poorly or didn't do it very well. I forget the exact wording. I'm sure that interview is somewhere on the internet.
I have nothing but admiration for John's vocals. I wouldn't rate Paul as a better singer...just different and with more range. No way on earth could John have sung this better. I'm sure it would be good too, but not ass good. Paul owns this song and this roaring vocal style.
Let’s not forget Ringo’s ace drumming which underpins Paul’s singing. Beatles perfection as always.
Oh! Darling is one of many reasons, why is Abbey Road my favorite album ever. Wonderful song, amazing performance. And great reaction, as always.
So many of The Beatles later songs were bass-led with the rhythm taking a backseat. This is another example. It just shows how creative and amazing Paul was. And that voice. And that bass. And that song. Wow. Such talent.
Oh... and Ringo's drums. F**k me. Those drums.
I love every Beatle, but Paul is really the next level. I think the biggest music genius of modern music!
When George Martin asked what would have happened if Lennon weren't a member: they would have been a "nice, light pop band".
Lennon was the edge that pushed Paul. And Paul "softened" Lennon's edge a bit.
@@jnagarya519 The Beatles... was John's band. He invited Paul to join. Then George and then they changed drummers accepting Ringo. Paul would suggest otherwise, but there never would have been a bsnd wirhout John
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number). Please, you must!
@@akahina I disagree with this often told narrative.
John's band was "The Quarrymen".
It became "The Beatles" only with Paul and George by his side.
Without them, John supposedly (edited) wouldn't even have continued to be a musician.
And the name was made up by Stu Sutcliffe.
@@thomassiegler9898 I respect your opinion even though you are wrong.
Such a great song from the greatest album in history!! I just love these ripping vocals from Paul!! Every time you think you’ve heard everything he can do, he pulls another rabbit out of his hat. John was being brutally honest when he said he should have written this. I absolutely love this song and consider it to be among Paul’s finest work. I love the honesty of these guy’s! Harri, you are the best. 🌺✌️
One of my many favorite Beatles songs, Paul really belts it out!
A powerhouse Paul performance. Phew!
That’s why they call McCartney the man of 1000 voices. He can sing anything and sound different each time… And how about the bass line in that one… typical Macca as well 😁
George is playing bass on this one.
Ya se nota😂😂
"Oh darlin is the main reason why Abby Road is my favorite Beatle album. Thanks Paul.
And Paul's bass was on fire, all the music is taken by him
George actually played bass on this, and every song sung by Paul on Abbey Road. Now im not sure how much was written by him or if Paul simply told him what to play but its played by George.
Fuckin hell did you just hear that first drum roll! Wow 🤩
Paul's tribute to Little Richard! Fantastic vocal performance. I love Ringo's drumming in this song. And the background vocals add such a lot, too.
John's favorite early Paul song was All My Loving. John was proud of his guitar work. As far as this song goes I think Paul nailed it. It is fabulous. Can you give the source where John said he wished he wrote it? I read where he thought he should have sung it. Thanks! You need to do Nineteen hundred and eighty five; Back Seat of My Car; Let Me Roll it; Call Me Back Again.
Call me back again live version. Please Harri, do this one.
faroutmagazine.co.uk/beatles-john-lennon-favourite-paul-mccartney-songs/?amp
Heres the link thats quotes John saying so
@@HarriBestReactions thanks a bunch. Big help
@@HarriBestReactions I loved that article. Awesome
@@HarriBestReactions They made a mistake there. They named "Let it Be" and John hated it he said he didn't know what Paul was thinking when he sang about religion (?!). Well I think that the authors of the article mixed up Let it Be and The Long and Winding Road. I think that John said " last burst of creativity before the band split" about that on, I'm sure it was not Let it Be. I don't know if it's the same page, but yesterday I read a similar article talking about the Beatles' songs that Paul hates the most and they mentioned "She Said, She Said" I've heard Paul praising that song. He got pissed off during the recording and therefore he didn't participated in it, but he thought it was a great song. In that article they say that they are making assumptions because Paul never talks badly of their songs, so we don't know what HE thinks. I don know why they made up that article.....I've checked it up...yes it was Far Out faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-songs-paul-mccartney-hated/
This is an amazing song, and the Paul's vocals are just incredible in it! I love this song. 👍🎶🎶🎶
An incredible song! The four of them at the top of their game. Paul on piano and voice, George on bass guitar, John on electric guitar and Ringo laying down an impressive drum track. Paul tells that (because he lives near Abbey Road) he used to arrive early to the studios and record his voice for this song, every day for a week, deleting previous vocal takes until he was satisfied with the result (he wanted to have that raspy voice you get in the first take of the day).
As for John saying that "Paul didn't sing it too well, I should have sung it"... well, take it as a Lennon compliment! John very scarcely said "I love that song" or "that was a great song", and used to attack instead of congratulating, hehe. Even more, depending on what year he was being asked he would state different and even contradictory things.
George Martin was deeply hurt when he read that John had said that he never liked how Beatles songs had turned out. He asked John "did your really mean it when you said that?". And John answered "yes, I meant it". And George asked "really? Even Strawberry Fields?". And John answered "SPECIALLY Strawberry Fields".
I think John was very harsh sometimes and did or said things he didn't mean to, but it was part of his fictional image of rebel boy. He couldn't help it.
Agreed. I definitely take Lennon's remark as the highest possible praise, and I think Paul knew/knows that too. :-)
John didn't even like his own voice. He often said his voice was not good. Why he said he should have sang this it surprising, except, he was just upset that Paul had come up with such a great song. This is one of my favorites, from any group.
But, not my Beatles favorite. That may be Eleanor Rigby - I guess, or it is Norwegian Wood, well maybe Michelle - oh, hell, I don't know. To many to choose from.
@@garyr8739 Hahah! I gave up trying to choose a Beatles favourite song many years ago! In fact, I think that any person who has a favourite Beatles song doesn't really like the Beatles!
That,s exactly what I think! Very well explained!
@@beatler Yeah, that was kind of my point. Every time I listen to one of my play lists (they are on all of my lists) I could say oh that one has to be my fav, then I hear the next one say the same thing.
great r &b tune by The Beatles
Masterpiece .... everything is perfect ... Vocal, piano, guitar, drums, backing vocals
One of my FAV PMcC songs. And
Every Night (solo Paul, should check it out!)
Every morning brings a new day, And every night that day is through ooo ooo ooo ooo, But tonight I just wanna stay in and be-ee with you-ooo, and be with you.
Really enjoy your Beatles reviews
Definitely OWNED by Paul!
My favorite song ever
i'm glad you let song played through so you can give us a better take.
McCartney said he'd come in every morning and sing it first thing to find the vocal. This has been around since they were recording what was supposed to be "Get Back" but became "Let It Be. There's even a clip in the original 1970 "Let It Be" documentary of him coming in before the others and playing piano and singing it, and when he's done, he gets up and says something like "Nope." He knew he wasn't there yet.
I love your reactions, you are like the Lennon/ McCartney of reactions.
Cheers brother 🍷 👍
This is a gorgeous song by Paul, and Paul sang it so incredibly. Amazing that Paul could make screaming sound so damned gorgeous and nuanced and truly gut soulful before soulful became a commonplace cliche and so often a fake. And you are right about the diversity of Paul's vocals when he was in his prime. In his prime (1960 to, say, 1975) he had like 5 or 6 different voices, every one of them beautiful, from soft creamy ballads (Yesterday, Here There and Everywhere, the laser crystal purity of "She came in through the bathroom window," etc.), to stronger, deeper toned, more masculine sounding yet still beautifully pure clear resonant voices (e.g., that part of the medley in Abbey Road where he sings "out of college, money spent, see no future, pay no rent...", and he also could roar and scream beauties in an amazing way, as in this amazing song Oh Darling, or Kansas City, or Golden Slumbers -- though in the above video, there is something wrong with the Golden Slumbers part, like this recording of Abbey Road is an early unfinished take, or bootleg or something wrong with it. In the proper finished version of Abbey Road, Paul ROARS Golden Slumbers and does so in such a gorgeous way. He was certainly the best of the vocalists among the Beatles. It was really something to hear Oh Darling back in the late 60s or early 70s when it and other Beatles songs became our whole world, in a way, a world of music that could totally absorb you and give you such a fullness of experience. But even though McCartney was the best of the Beatle vocalists, what really made the Beatles was the peculiar chemistry of the various talents in the band. Lennon by himself, or McCartney by himself, were musically 10 times less interesting than they were as a song writing team. McCartney, Lennon, and Harrison as solo artists did write some great songs. But put the three together and you start getting tons of little explosions of beauty. The Beatles are one of those cases where the whole is much greater than the mere sum of its parts. That's why people always wanted the Beatles back together again. Apart, they just were not the same. And it wasn't just their song writing talent that combined so well. They were also rather loving, down-to-earth guys, funny, witty. So many of their songs have love -- not just romantic love -- but love in a more general way, as a theme. It seems like they all tended to get into long term very loving and successful marriages.
All their songs have melodies!,❤️
So, what is a song without a melody?
Can it even be called so?
@@thomassiegler9898 No it can't!
@@agnetamalmqvist9075 Thank you 🙂
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I've loved this song for 50 years... and you have put a big smile on my face to start this day with :-) Aren't you glad you're still on the Beatle train? ;-)
You cant get me off this train! 😀
Believe me, for years i gave Lennon the credit for this song which sounds like him, not only the lyrics but the way MC Cartney sang it. Paul's voice is so dinamic and vesatile.
Me too, when I was a kid, I thought it was John.
Harri, She's a Woman and I'm Down are great rockers. Oh, paul's vocal on " RunDevil Run" is awesome!! One of his solo songs.
"She's a Woman" is Paul doing this genre (scream rocker) really really well.
love I'm Down it is my third fav Beatles tune
Paul does a great throwback shout out to Little Richard with this song. From the raspiness of his vocals, to the clanging piano, to the falsetto WOO-OOOs, Paul is definitely channeling him with this rendition. Amazing stuff.
I HAVE ALWAYS!!!!!! SAID THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST SONGS THEY DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!im 65.
Supposedly, this song is about John (Oh Johnny!).
The Beatles were falling apart and John and Paul didn't get along as they used to and this was Paul crying out to John "please, don't break up our partnership."
I wonder if John knew that.
A great song from a great album Abbey Road! 👍🎸🎸🎸💕
Love your work
Paul can sing any song and it sounds great and groovy luv ya Paul😊
One of my all time faves
Abbey Road is one of my favorite albums of all time and this song is just one of the reasons why. I love this. Paul's vocals are stunning! ♥️🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦
Little Richard taught Paul how to sing with that raspy voice when the Beatles opened for him in Hamburg. I'd say Paul was a good student. I think he first used that voice singing Kansas City. He kills it.
One of the best Rock and Roll voices ever. Search the Tube for Oh Darling vocals only!
I love hearing this song ..sir paul the best vocal.. Love it.. really
GREAT SONG!!
I have often thougt it was McCartney reacting to Lennon's song "Don't let me down".
I'm an American. All Brits should be so proud of this Amazing band. Peace and Love to the UK.
Unbelievable singing performance.
John always loved those 50s rockers.
Lennon and McCartney have such great voices, I can imagine, no pun intended..... them trading each song,whoever sang lead on it, with the other and it would be different and awesome. Both of them have such a style of delivery, unique to their own. Think of John singing "yesterday" - I'd love to hear it - That would be awesome and the song would have a different tone with John singing it, and it be just as cool hearing as Paul singing "I am the Warlus" which would be badass!
Yeah! What a rocker.!❤!
This is THE SONG, if you meet a new love at party you want to dance to,. You AND her will NEVER forget it ,believe me.
The Beatles are the BEST ❤
It is so cool to see someone from a younger generation that likes various genre music first exposed to songs and/or artists that I grew up with. Just imagine that '70s and'70s hit songs were nearly a weekly event. 👌
we're still talking sixties here 😂
@@thomassiegler9898 Yeah, I was a teen and around for that great time growing up as well. (sadly, that is easy for me to say because I did not get a draft notice for high school graduation gift) Just got careless in the typing department on this comment. No matter, great music happened in both decades.
@@jbass69goat84 Yeah, for sure!
I was just being a nitpicker 😅
Seventies were great and, being a 59er, I had just barely become a teen when this came out 😂
Other than that, I didn't grasp the meaning of: "get a draft notice for high school graduation gift". Sorry but English is not my mother tongue 🤷♂️
@@thomassiegler9898 During the time that USA was in Vietnam, all eighteen year old guys were required to register for the armed forces draft. Random numbers were selected that corresponded to a date of birth. If it was your birthdate, you were next in line to be taken into a branch of armed forces. Many young men were eighteen during their senior(final) year of high school. If their date was selected, as soon as they graduated from high school they were required to report for duty on a certain date. Many of those young men went through basic training, deployed to Vietnam, and never made it back home. So many made it home(of all ages) but life was never the same as before Vietnam. I am not an anti-war, flag burning, guns are bad psycho but much is lost during any kind of war, by all involved. 🇺🇸
one of my faves a fantastic Song, Paul's voice is incredible in it
I love it
YER BLUES
There you go again with the reggae rhythm guitar! And once again, just like on Elton John’s song (Lucy in the Sky) and Bowie (Fame), that reggae rhythm guitar belongs to Paul’s illustrious partner John.
Who wouldn't want to lay claim to such a song?
Your videos awakened an amazing nostalgia in me. (I hope you're listening to some Ringo singing, like Yellow Submarine and When I'm 64.)
Er, sorry, "When I'm Sixty Four" is also Paul singing 😉
you have never heard this song because no one will cover it. It is already perfect.
Yep. Trying to cover this would be like trying...what? to scale Mt. Everest without oxygen or ropes?
I knew John wanted to sing it. I always imagine Paul just laughing and saying "Nope, this one's mine pal. Go write your own song."
Absolutely my favorite song sung by anybody ever. It's held that place in my estimation for over forty years now. Nothing is going to budge it either, Tori Amos couldn't do it, not even Angelina Jordan... although she has the best chance at a tie. She's already next on the list.
Loved this reaction.
John so desperately wanted to sing this, he wanted it to be his. I mean, he might have been able to sing it fine but I can NOT imagine him singing it better than Paul-Paul marinates this song in passion yet it also has his trademark beauty. Just love this song more than words can say!
Part of what's so great about this song is that it is not "professional." It's just damned real, raw, absolute. It's perfect.
Such raw emotion! An absolute killer.
Amen
Paul`s bass lines here is just epic
I’m always asking you for “For no one”but someone asked you for “I’m down “‘and I think you ‘d really like it
Thank you for the post, you were very sincere and informed.
Do nineteen hundred and eighty five or even better the live one Hand clapping version by Paul mccartney
A very underated song.
I wish I had written it too John.
Sir Paul
Apparently Paul was somehow always obsessed with proving himself to be the best. It started with the rivalry within the Beatles but went further. So he later decided to write the heaviest rock song of all time (Helter Skelter) and of course some of the most beautiful melodies ever written. The weird thing is that when he claimed to outperform someone else in any category, he was almost always successful. So that must have been quite a tough competition for John, who was a genius himself. Thanks to their creative rivalry, we're fortunate to have this slew of great songs to last forever.
Paul had so much soul and that came from Elvis as did John's and then before them
The Beatles were actually becoming fans of Reggae around this time, that is a great call out!
Hey Bulldog would be a great Beatles song for you to do. Incredible bass line and piano. Kind of a jam.
A better example of The Beatles doing reggae would be Obladi Oblada, The Beatles playing ska is the lead break of I Call Your Name.
Not to mention Paul was perhaps the greatest bass guitarist in rock.
We thank them every day
Lol brilliant song. know you loved it cause you didn't pause once. Thanks Harri.
Hahahahaha Nice one Eric!
Have a beautiful day or evening k , luv ya
For such a retro sounding 50s kind of rock n roll / doo wop track ...it does not sound cheap and contrived ..it sounds inspired and passionate ....i have always loved this track ...cant believe the fry mcartney gets on his voice on this !!!
One of pauls best
Glad you liked it!
John never wished he had written it, it was a pretty standard composition. He just wanted to sing it but since Paul wrote it he sang it.
Nobody ever ! did anything even close to it. The best ever sung song.
Nice one . Great song , great vocal . I always listen to Paul's bass , never lets you down - a bass genius , along with all the other stuff .
I think it's actually George on bass here. Paul is playing piano on this one.
It could be interesting hear a Lennon's version of this song. It's hard to imagine him do better because McCartney sings this to perfection. I'm wondering if McCartney knew of Lennon's interest in doing this song and if this pushed him to do his very best. I love this song no matter what.
John was great, but no way he could vocally have matched Paul on this. John sometimes did brilliant vocals, and had a brilliant singing voice, but Paul vocally was head and shoulders above John, I would say. As writers of music, however, the two of them working together were 10 times better than either one as a solo artist after the Beatles broke up.
@@EduardudeJohn Lennon is one of my favourite singers of all time. I think both John Lennon made some wonderful music after the Beatles. Personally I like their solo work as much as what they did in the Beatles, but I agree that there are more filler number on some of their solo albums.
I would like to see your reaction to Lady Madonna. I always thought that its one of their best songs lyrically.
Harri, you should do Paul's "MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT" from his solo album "RAM" and "NINETEEN HUNDRED and EIGHTY-FIVE" from WIngs/Paul's album "BAND ON THE RUN" MORE vocals like this....MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT is even MORE "screamy"
Yeah we thought it was pretty spectacular in 1969 when that album came out!
What is the Beatles did in eight years is more than the entire music industry did in 60….The evolution from a boy banter artists on a different level from anything ever produced in the history of music is down right Shockingly managed to accomplish this and eight years for some bands hadn’t even touched that level and 30+ years
Glad you liked this as much as you did Harri, Seeing the Abbey Rd., album in the background also reminds me of how creative Paul actually was, in that photo he comes over as the most creative at that particular moment in time, even though John was the one who went to art school.
Possibly the greatest rock song ever?
another tied for first place fav Beatles tune I still wonder how Paul didn't loose his voice
He did lose a lot of it. But it took a while. My sense is that by 1975 or 1980, he'd lost a lot of his astonishing vocal versatility. All the screaming songs he had been doing for twenty years (starting from the early 60s or before) will do some damage.
@@Eduardude true I'm surprised that he has kept as much of it as he has