Drummer reacts to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" & "Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles
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I am 74 yr old woman. I was 14 then. My whole life was the Beatles. Absolutely NOTHING else mattered. Great memories.
I am 75. I get it.
Thanks! I'm just a bit younger.. my older step-sister introduced me to the Beatles when I about 9 yrs old.. love them!
I'm 69, still remember watching their Ed Sullivan debut.
I’m 70 and an old fella from London,the impact these boys had on us in Britain cannot be put into words.
Changed absolutely everything.
I completely understand. I’m 72.
You gotta understand, nobody had seen hair like that. The British accents. The chord changes. All were revolutionary. Plus in the US John Kennedy had been killed the end of November 1963 and the country was in a BIG depression. Then the Beatles arrive (at JFK 😮) barely 2 months later (February 7, 1964) and we needed them !!
A breath of fresh fresh fresh air on the airwaves and in our living rooms. It marked the end of the ‘50’s and the beginning of a new age. Little wonder people went all hysterical…..
that makes total sense, johnny. thank you for the historical and cultural context. it always help me with ACTUALLY understanding what i'm listening to, past the music. The climate of the times it was created ALWAYS matters. In ways we don't even understand, probably.
They knew how to work that hair, too! There are clips of performances where Paul and George would flip their hair while they're playing and the girls would scream every time!
The Beatles in February 1964 gave us a reason to smile again after JFK assassination.
I was 12, all the boys I knew wore crew cuts, that Monday hair began to grow.
They changed the world in so many ways!
@robabiera733 Yes, they would shake their heads and their hair in unison when they did the high falsetto yells, lol. To me, it's almost a very early precursor to when guitar players in metal bands would sometimes headbang in unison and whip their long hair around in circles and then reverse direction and so forth.
The first mop tops.
You have NO idea. They really did change EVERYTHING!
The world, at least the music world, would never be the same
@@jimmoore8951Elvis changed everything.Lenon said that before Elvis, there was nothing.McCartney said the Beatles bought a guitar because of Elvis. He said Elvis was the reason they created a band.Sure, they were popular, but they originated nothing, but Elvis was more popular.Today, Elvis has the most visited home in the US, behind the White House.He, not the Beatles won Entertainer of the 20th Century.Elvis was so popular that more people saw the first live satellite, his concert, than the moon landing, for about 1.2 billion from the then population of 3.5 billion in forty countries.The Beatles did one, not live, and in contrast, seen by 200 million.Nobody has repeated Elvis' success.Elvis was so popular that the US government even today credits Elvis with ending the polio epidemic.So popular that both political parties wanted Elvis as their VP candidate. Elvis has sold by himself, and not in a foursome, over 4 billion records worldwide, according to Sony Also the Beatles popularized illegal drugs, they sang under the influence, were heroes to the hippies.They are responsible for the sloppy dress youth took up into adulthood.If you watch their interviews, you can see how arrogant they are, no humility whatsoever.Their music lives on, mostly among the woke generation.Not one is considered to have an amazing voice, good, yes, not unique.Paul even had to have his voice overdubbed because he missed the notes.Elvis was the complete entertainer, the highest paid actor if his time..33 movies.He still lives in his movies.Sang 4.2 octaves, all three bass, tenor, baritone, viice like butter, 50 different singing voices, produced his iwn songs, play every major instrument, had a photographic memory.Johnny Cash amomg multitudes said Elvis was the greatest entertainer and rhythm guitar player he ever saw.Yes, he saw the Beatles.George Harrison loved Elvis playing the rhythm guitar.
Glad you like the Beatles but you should know what really happened and who is unique and original, who almost every singer wants to be according to Barry Gibbs, who the Beatles wanted to be like.When they first saw Elvis, they were almost in a stupor, sat on Elvis' floor at his knees, and stared in awe.Elvis liked some of their music, but he had a much more talented, unique band.
HISTORIC NOTE: I was in 5th grade, and 11 years old, when I watched this performance on TV. Before this, I was a Beatles skeptic. The girls in my class were crazy for The Beatles. Most of the boys, like me, were into The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, and instrumental surf music by Dick Dale, the Ventures, etc. After this appearance on Ed Sullivan, our resistance to Beatlemania was blown away.
Me, too.
Me too same age. I remember it like yesterday.
Same age, same experience except I was on board from the start. Probably because I had a sister 3 years older than me. I’m sure I was influenced by her enthusiasm. The reality is the Beatles were unmistakably something very different in that early 60s era of music. Their musicality was on a different level, even if they were singing adolescent love songs.
Same! 5th Grade 11 years old!
FIRST Rock Concert in a Stadium! They Could NOT hear themselves! Ringo just looked at their feet and butts to keep the beat!
That dude in the suit and tie, looking somewhat bored, was their manager Brian Epstein. Love your fresh eyes and heart. Blessings on you and family - no matter how crazy they are.
Yes and he looked somewhat overwhelmed and a bit trepidatious at the sheer magnitude of the energy projected by the crowd.
I don't think anyone expected the magnitude of Beatlemania. I'm not sure Epstein was simply amazed at the reaction or if he had $$$ on his mind knowing he just hit the jackpot
yes I noticed that too
I was 8 years old and watched the Beatles in 1964 on Ed Sullivan. The next day everybody at school was talking about it, including the teachers ❤
This was called “Beatlemania”. Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965 at 8pm, the cost was $5.65. I still have my ticket stub.
How wonderful that must have been! Keep that stub forever its a treasure in my book!
They were the most popular band on the planet, but so talented that they also became the most creative and influential band of all time
If you haven't seen A Hard Day's Night - watch it, it has the Beatles magic! You will see what we saw.
Imagine that no one had ever played in a stadium before - they were playing through their stage amplifiers and singing through the giant plastic speakers that the announcers used to introduce the players as they came up to bat. You couldn't hear ANY of it. the logistics of putting together a tour where you had to plan the security for the airport where up to 300,000 fans (in Adelaide , Australia) would come to meet the plane... hotel security, transportation... everything. Then imagine that the difficulties and frustrations of touring are so great that you decide you won't play shows anymore, we'll just make records - and STILL.... without doing live shows... you are still the biggest band in the world. and here it is 60 years later and you look back on their catalog, which I've heard is about 9 hours of music... that's it... their studio recordings amount to 9 hours of music and they are STILL talked about as being great songwriters, great performers, hugely influential, barrier breaking, once in a lifetime combination and they all grew up in the same little English town, sharing difficult childhoods and a love of rock and roll.
Well imagine what it was like as a 9yr old boy in London and bang,the Beatles exploded into everyone’s lives.
Not just the music but the overall atmosphere that was taught to us by these geniuses.
What a time to be alive,loved the 70’s to absolute bits,loved the 80’s almost as much,but the 60’s was magical.
The Beatles lifted us out of the sadness of JFK's death. Perfect timing.
another comment mentioned that as well. i didn't put two and two together until now but that makes total sense.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand was the first Beatles’ song I ever heard. I was in ninth grade. I was sick at home in bed and I had my little transistor radio with me. It was different from any other song I had ever heard. I didn’t like it a lot at first. Then, when it was played a second time, I like it more. And that was IT! I was a goner! I’ve loved them for the rest of my life, above all others.
Thanks, Nancy Lee here.
February 9 1964
My 10th birthday
Grew my hair long taught myself to play guitar
Gotta gig this Saturday
A lot of Beatles covers
I'm getting old!
I brought a set of drums. Grew out my hair, brought Beatle style boots and started mu career in music, They saved me from some dingy factory somewhere. Feb. 9th is my birthday and they remain my best present.
Aren’t we all? lol!
Good luck with the gig Saturday! ✌️
@@AlBarzUK thanks brother
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That's almost my story too but no gig Saturday. I gotta mow the lawn 😕
I'm a 70 yr old English guy..grew up with THE best music ever..glad that young men like yourself are discovering stuff that I will always love..keep up the good work young man
Thank you david I appreciate that so much 🙏 I will keep the flame alive 🙏
God bless ya ...
Also 70,and damn I miss those days so much.
Best music,best vibes,best times.
It was only 4 years from "I want To Hold Your Hand" ('63), to "I Am The Walrus" ('67)
The guy in the suit with striped tie was Brian Epstein, their manager and friend and visionary. Brian died Aug 1967 aged 32, the Beatles were devastated! He took them from the cellar of The Cavern to super stardom in just a few years.
From mop tops to Abbey Road, the best there ever was.
I was at their last concert at Candlestick Park in SF. I was 11 years old.
Rubber Soul is where eveything changed...
I'd argue that the seeds were planted with beatles for sale, and help. But rubber sole was a combination of the lyrical shift and musical influence where it fully shifted.
This performance begat many American rock and roll bands. I remember watching in my parents living room and then talking to everyone the next day in class about it. Even the teacher was impressed.
L33, unless you lived in the 60's, you cannot EVER imagine what it was like. Beatlemania was a time that will never be the same again, ever. I know, I was there.
Rolling Stone magazine recently voted the Beatles the greatest group of the 20th Century, and NOBODY can claim that. The Beatles ARE THE REASON we have the music we have today. The Beatles fans knew it, now you know.
The Beatles, changing the world.
The February 9, 1964 show was a milestone in my life, marking the beginning of what would become my lifelong love of music. And this performance still gives me chills. ✌️❤️🎶
In addition to 7 #1's in one year, there was a point in April of 1964 where The Beatles not only had the TOP 5 singles on the Billboard charts, but also the TOP 2 albums. Insane. Loving the reactions.
4 April 1964.
As well as the top 5 slots they also had 7 more in the top 100.
That “One guys like”.
is Brian Epstein the Beatles manager!!!👌👍✌️😁
I remember watching them on Ed. A very vivid memory. I was 10. Instantly fell in love. ❤😊
I was 5. The whole family watched, and it's among my earliest memories - not even sure if I really understood what was going on, but the reactions alone clued me in to something special happening.
The Beatles had 11 of the top ten songs in 1964, they scored eleven top ten hits during the year with "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Please Please Me", "Twist and Shout", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine", and "She's a Woman", the most among all other artists .🔥🔥👍👍
I never forget when the Beatles came to the Netherlands in 1964. I was 8 years old then. I was already a fan then. How time flies.
Not even 2 years, only 18 months between performances. But yes they dragged us into the color and modern age. It’s only 2 years after Shea that they did the first global satellite performance, representing England, singing ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
Ringo's unison-handed drum fills are flawless.
The Beatles brought joy and happiness to many. Their early music was an expression of that. They came right at the right time, and they were phenomenal songwriters, able to meet the crazy demand of hits and songs on time. Younger people have no idea on how big they were. They were not just a pop/rock band, they were in fact a pop culture phenomenon. Remember, singles (45's) were the rave back then, and they sold approx 1.6 billion singles in the US alone! Their first Ed Sullivan show had a tv audience of over 70 million. People were constantly talking about them non stop and they were evolving rapidly. The echo of all of this is still reverberating to our time.
Eight Days a Week was Shea Stadium when the boys began to get sick of touring because of the screaming crowds.
i completely understand why. that is kind of insane lol can't even hear yourself think probably
@@L33Reacts With their inadequate equipment, they couldn't hear themselves play. Ringo has said he watched the others move to know what they were doing.
@@reddoxx4754 I read that he said he watched John's backside lol! It was to keep the beat.
@@reddoxx4754 Yes monitor speakers hadn't been invented yet so they were unable to actually hear themselves sing, and Ringo couldn't hear them play. They depended on him being a metronome.
@@lauraallen55 Yeah, and Paul's foot tapping. And when they shook their hair. :)
The noise level was so high at Shea Stadium no one could hear the music. They could have just stood in the middle of the field and gotten the same response. Great reaction. ❤😊
I like early beatles equal to later beatles, they're so energetic and their songs are all fun and beautiful, I want to hold your hand is a very good song
the musical progression of the Beatles in such a short time was amazing! you can't listen to them and not feel happy!!
Love it. The Beatles took the world from black and white into full color.
The girls were in hysterics over them, they couldn't even hear themselves sing!
"Dragged the world out of black and white and into color...". Well said.
Don't fool yourself they played a lot of Dives over in England before anybody ever heard of them and when they were offered to play on The Ed Sullivan Show they were ready and grew from there but they put in the hours and hours of practice and not making much money before they ever we're known
Hardest working band,ever.
And don't forget Hamburg...
Also Germany I think
You can't imagine how shocking that hair was to our parents.
They were bombing in England but booked a gig in Germany and stuck around there and made a name for themselves by putting in the work. They went back to England and became an 'overnight' sensation. Then came the US invasion, and the rest is history.
I wanna hold your hand is the first Beatles song I heard as a kid in the 1960s. It defines them for me. This is where it all began for me, the whole music world.
Great reaction. Your comment about Beatlemania is spot on: "They dragged the world out of black and white and threw it into color".
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"...Ed Sullivan Show...Feb.9, 1964...watched by OVER 73,000,000+ people...making it...on that night...the most watched TV show of all time to that point. "Eight Days A Week"...released as a single in the US in Feb1965 where it got to #1...their 7th straight song to hit the top of the charts. The film shows The Beatles at Shea Stadium in NYC on August 15, 1965 at the start of their 1965 summer tour of the US . On this night...this was the biggest rock concert ever staged. They played to over 56,500 crazed fans...and this was the beginning of the stadium rock concerts that we have today.
The first concert I went to was the Beatles. Memphis, Tennessee 8/19/1966. My mother took my big sister and me. I was 9. Ku Klux Klan tried to bar the entrance doors. Some dropped a cherry bomb off the balcony above Ringo. Bounced off his drum and exploded on the stage. John, Paul, and George thought one of them had been shot, quickly realized that wasn’t true, and they finished the song they were singing. Show was shut down for 45 minutes, then they came back on and finished. I was lucky- just a couple weeks later they played the last time ever as a touring band. Love watching younger generations discovering the Beatles for the first time. Thanks!
I remember when i first heard this song in February '64 listening to the Mad Daddy show on 1010 WINS NY on my transistor radio. It blew me away!
You have a sweet personality. I love hearing your family in the background. I wish you great success. 😊
I've posted this on another channel, but it bears repeating. Try to imagine…
In the weeks before The Beatles came over to the USA in February 1964, the top songs were “There! I've Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton, “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen, “Dominique” by The Singing Nun (yes! A real nun), “Popsicles and Icicles” by The Murmaids and “The Nitty Gritty” by Shirley Ellis. (It would be fun for you to listen to these to put everything in context.)
Young men all had short hair or crewcuts and were always clean shaven, and, for the most part, everyone followed the rules. You really must put yourself in that time period.
Then, here come The Beatles! They have outrageously long hair! They’re irreverent when talking to the press! They write their own music! (This was RARELY done.) They are obviously having FUN! (Fun fact, NONE of The Beatles could read music and none had taken music lessons but they played many instruments and wrote over 200 songs in less than 10 years.)
We, as a country, were in mourning. Our young, handsome President had been assassinated just two months before. The Beatles were “candy” for a grieving country, especially the youth. Where The Beatles really stand out is when you view their accomplishments in their entirety. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
They had TWENTY-SEVEN #1 hits in the US and UK. (And only recorded from 1963 to 1970.)
They are the only band to ever have the top five positions in the Billboard Top 100 (April 4, 1964, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” and “Please Please Me.”).
The ONLY band to ever have 14 songs in the Top 100 at the same time (April 11, 1964).
First band to play in a stadium (Shea Stadium, August 15, 1965)
They were the first to release “music videos” as promotions. (Paperback Writer and Rain, 1965).
Among the first to use synthesizers, electronic keyboards, animal sounds, jet engine sounds and backward recordings in their songs. Their many innovative techniques revolutionized the recording industry.
They were among the first to use horns and strings in popular music.
The first band to use feedback in a recording. (I Feel Fine, 1964)
They were one of the first to use a sitar in popular music. (Norwegian Wood, 1965)
They were the first band where each member was a featured lead singer.
The first satellite worldwide broadcast, “Our World”, included The Beatles performing All You Need Is Love in 1968.
They were the first band to have a #1 hit record that was over 7 minutes long (Hey, Jude). The standard record at the time was 2-3 minutes. They were told the radio stations would never play it. John said, “Sure they will.” When asked why, he said “Because we’re The Beatles”.
They had the first rock-concept album and the first to list all the lyrics on the album. (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band).
One of the first bands to popularize the “word-less” album cover (Abbey Road). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Those who think The Beatles only played Pop music have obviously never really listened to them. The MAIN attraction, back in the day, was that you never knew what you were going to get with a new Beatles album.
Here are some examples of Beatles songs in different genres:
• Skiffle: “Maggie Mae”
• Rock and Roll: “Twist and Shout”
• Pop: “She Loves You”
• Folk Rock: “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
• Country: “Act Naturally”
• Heavy Metal-"Helter Skelter" (quite possibly the first Heavy Metal song)
• Blues Rock-"Yer Blues"
• Psychedelic Rock-"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
• Ska-"Ob-la Di Ob-la Da"
• Jazz-"Honey Pie"
• Ballad- “Yesterday”, “Something” “Here, There, and Everywhere” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What other band reached such heights of popularity BEFORE releasing their BEST albums? They were thought to be at the pinnacle of success when they stopped touring and the word at the time was that they were committing commercial suicide. And THEN they came out with Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road… The Beatles have sold 1.6 BILLION singles and 177 million albums. It’s been over 50 years since they broke up, yet here we are, still talking about them. And, thank goodness, young people are still discovering and appreciating them all over again.
If you listened to eight days a week for the first time in 1965 you would’ve thought that it was light years ahead of the songs that were on the radio at that time. The Beatles created the modern classic Pop song.
Thanks Lee! The Beatles had a charm about them that drove the girls insane lol I went and saw ' A hard days night" when it was released at the show and there were girls fainting there! And all I could hear was a bunch of hysterical screaming 😱 And that was only the beginning, what they accomplished over the next seven years was nothing short of miraculous.. Thank God for these reactions bringing all this musical magic back to the surface for younger generations to experience. It was breaking my heart watching it fade away into a forgotten era. Great reaction buddy! Your daughter is adorable ❤️
We watched their Ed Sullivan debut, and they amazed the world from then on. They held the top 5 spots to number One, I don’t believe any band has done since.
Yes! 5 songs in the Top 5 April 4, 1964
@@johnnyfrederick01 ...and 14(!!!) in the Billboard top 100 at the same time! Amazing!
I remember that too. My older sister was a fan. I was born in 57. More into the Stones in my teens but no one beats The Beatles.
Astonishing - 1.5 years between the 2 clips - - - Feb '64 and Aug '65 - - - Beatles' USA intro via Ed Sullivan, then the concert that broke all records, The Beatles at Shea Stadium. Astounding.
These early songs are what made the Beatles, the Beatles!! Love many of the later songs, but the early recordings are still my favorite.
Incredible, isn't it? Astonishing. Watched in England from '62 to '64 when we came to Toronto a couple months after the Sullivan Show blew North America's doors off.
You have to understand for millions around the world the Beatles had gotten there musically! Too many people write off the Beatles early period, but the fact is no one else was doing what they did!
Oh to have been around for this, what a lucky generation! I was just a baby when this was going down but im a die hard Beatles fan forever!
Yes, THAT is Beatlemania. The songwriting talent was through the roof. MELODY was king and they could generate it!
This was from February 9, 1964 airing of The Ed Sullivan Show at 8pm. I was 4 years old and in kindergarten and living in East New York, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Both my older sister and I would sing I Want To Hold You Hand all the time. My entire family waited with much anticipation to see The Beatles live and singing our favorite songs. What a time to grow up in, the late ‘50’s and ‘60’s.
The Beatles sang “Eight Days a Week” at Shea Stadium, located in Flushing, NY, borough of Queens. This was the home of the New York Mets baseball team, and the New York Jets football team.
There was an excitement to “I wanna hold her hand” that most contemporaneous rock songs lacked!
The Shae Stadium concert crowd was so deafeningly loud that the decibel level was equal to a 747 jet taking off!
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That was the same reaction in EVERY city they went, regardless of Country!
I was 16, watching the Ed Sullivan Show that Sunday night when they performed this. Wow, that was 60 years ago.
The Beatles came here to Vancouver, Canada, and played at the Empire Stadium in late August of 1964, just before they played at the Hollywood Bowl. Us five kids all wanted to go, but Dad said no (he did take us to see their movie as compensation). There was absolute pandemonium at that performance, with girls going crazy, pushing past the barricades and fainting--so the police stopped the show before the Beatles had finished their set, and the four had to rush off the stage and make their escape. The papers the next day were full of outraged commentary on the scene.
I was 6 years old when this came out. I also have a steam removed version of the original album cover of "Yesterday and Today". It will never be for sale. I'm a life long Beatles fan. Elvis was a poser, but he was the original poser (never wrote a song of his own). My wife who is 5 years older than me is a die hard Elvis fan, while I am a Beatles fan. The Beatles were the first rock supergroup, though their early work depended heavily on American black blues, which was the case for the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Animals, etc. But the Beatles pointed the way for a new generation of rock artists, writing their own music. Lennon and McCartney might be the most prolific song writing duo of all time. I was there for and loved the musical revolution of the 60s, 70's, 80's, 90's, and early 2000's, but the Beatles will always stand alone in my mind and experience. I was raised by a jazz musician mother (piano) and have dabbled with or learned to play 8 different instruments, from trumpet to bass and drums.
Great reaction Man, thanks, :)
The music was leading the fans to another level ,, Every LP was mostly new,,
There will never be another Beatles ❤
Point of note: when Bob Dylan heard the lyric “I can’t hide” he thought it was “I get high” and thought they were cool. True story ❤
Great reaction video and love seeing my hometown and borough (Queens/NYC🗽) showcased as Beatlemania Exploded at Shea stadium (Former home of the Mets)❤
Great to see you react to all this Lee...YOU ROCK!!! 🥊🎶🔥💯
I was 4 years old when I first saw this. It was the first time my three year old sister were allowed to stay up to watch the Ed Sullivan Show. My sister and I spent the whole performance jumping up and down on the couch and screaming. I think we were just carried away by all the teenagers screaming on the tv. But I was a diehard Beatles fan from that day to this.
Stop and consider the Mania that happened with the Beatles! Just like Elvis! Girls went Nuts! All over the world!! Absolute Superstars!
They put out SO much music in the time they were together! They truly opened the door for all the bands that came in the late 60’s and all 70’s! ❤❤❤
Keep in mind that there were no stage monitors back then. They harmonized without hearing what each other were singing. The din of the screaming drowned everything out. As a band, their playing was amazingly tight again without stage monitors. Their Hamburg shows in the Reeperbahn was their training grounds.
The straight looking chill guy was Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager.
It was great to be a young kid and love music, so hear this .I is so happy to ben born 1956 and live throu the 60,s what great music and all great memorys I has to the 60 music, so happy you like this type of music too .
They called it Mania for a reason.
Many reactors don't cover the early Beatles at all. I'm so glad you're doing that.
In 1964 I was 4 years old and anticipating months ahead the arrival of my 18 year old half brother from Liverpool who was being given a new opportunity for a better life in Canada. The Ed Sullivan Show was a big deal.
The first time I met my half brother he had a Beatle hair cut, Beetle suit and boots carrying a transistor radio playing;
🎶She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.🎶
This is why they were so good.
All their songs sound different. They went from genre to genre
They never stood still.
Magical
That guy was the brains behind them!
As the Berlin Wall was being torn down by the people, a large group of West Berliners gathered near the wall , with guitars, then sang and played Eight Days A Week, as the wall fell. A Beatles museum was then built where one of the main sections of the Wall once stood.
That is how much The Beatles meant to the people fighting for freedom; they wanted the first song heard by free East Berliners to be a Beatles song, because, believe it or not, The Beatles are one of the main reasons for the fall of the Soviet Union. Not the only reason, but a significant one. I won't list the reasons for why, but they are easy to find on the internet and it is talked about in The Beatles Anthology film.
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NOW you’re talking’. The Beatles hit like an atom bomb and nothing would ever be the same (or as good). Thank fuck I’m old enough to have lived and loved it
This is what happens when radio stops playing rock n' roll for five years.
It could have been very easy for them to never grow beyond songs like these, but they made the wise choice to stop touring and let their true talent shine in the studio!! P.S. Loved hearing your daughter in the background 🙂
Eight days a week is the first song ever when a fade in is used.
i read that on wiki as well, i just forgot to mention it! thank you for mentioning it.
Some argue that the first pop song to use a fade-in was Lesley Gore's "Run, Bobby, Run" (the B side to "You Don't Own Me"), which was recorded about a year before "Eight Days a Week". Not surprising, however, that the Lesley Gore song is less well known.
Whenever I watch a Beatles reaction I immediately want to go into a long diatribe, but I'll do my best to resist. :) That must be a remixed version of Eight Days A Week, I've never heard it without the fade-in intro. As far as I know they were the first (shocker, eh?) to do a fade-in, rather than a fade-out. That was one of the first songs that was a 'favorite song ever' for me, back in early 65, when I was 4 1/2. I can clearly remember hearing it a lot on our radio in our dinette, where I would sit with my dad while he was listening to top 40 radio.
As someone pointed out, that was Brian Epstein standing off to the side of the stage. One of the most important people in rock history (in my opinion). If he wouldn't have gone to see them at the Cavern in late 61 and become enamored with them, they may well have never made it. He gave them their new image with the suits, and he pushed and pushed until he got them an audition at EMI with George Martin, and from there that was it. They were on their way. Eventually we got the 'British invasion' after they came over in early 64, and the world of rock and roll was forever changed. In late 63 almost nobody here in the states had even heard of The Beatles. After Ed Sullivan they were quickly the biggest band in the world. At one point in April 64 they held the top five spots on the charts, unheard of back then. They had almost 30 songs on the charts in 64, and if you count cover songs and songs about them (We Love You Beatles, My Boyfriend Has A Beatles Haircut...) they accounted for close to 50 songs on the charts that year. Just insane.
If you want to get a really great account of their beginnings and rise to fame, all the way through to the breakup, you have to check out Anthology. A really well done history of them, with all kinds of great live footage, interviews, etc. You'll need a few hours, but it's well worth it. You've been discovering them in bits and pieces, out of order. That gives you a great account (and a better feel) for how it all happened.
Lee has had multiple recommendations to see Anthology! He's been sent not one, but two sets of it, in fact lol!
Love it when your adorable daughter interrupts! ♥️👌😊
She loves butting into daddy's videos and saying hello 🤣😅
That's how girls react, just Beatlemania 😅😅😅
The Beatles also changed and altered OUR lives too, Lee, those of us, like me, who lived through that from the beginning (I was 16/17 in 1964)
Paul was the biggest Beatles fan.
Still is!❤
The mic level's had been marked in grease pencil on the board during rehearsal. But John's mic level was wiped off by cleaning people. So his mic was set low cuz they didn't know where to set it. That's why you can hardly hear him. 8 days a week was just set to film from the Shea Statidum concert in August 1965. The screaming girls would hyper-ventalate and faint.
"Eight Days A Week" is a terrific documentary! You should watch it!
There was a week in April of '64 where they held the top 5 spots of the Billboard Top 100, and around 20-24 tracks in the top 100 that week overall.
I can proudly say that The Beatles were my first concert. 1966 in Seattle. I was so far away from the stage that they were the size of ants and I couldnt hear them over the screams, but i was there, and that was all that mattered! And yes girls were so excited they were fainting right in front of me! keep going down this rabbit hole!
Hey Lee, as a kid I lived 5 blocks from Shea Stadium and was not in the stadium during the concerts but heard it all just fine outside.
I watched this live. it was pretty incredible at the time.
I was 12 years old and in the 5th grade that night they came on The Ed Sullivan Show. Everybody I knew was at home in front of that black and white TV!!!! Remember just like it was yesterday!!!! Out parents just called them long haired beatniks (a 1950's term)! What a great time to be alive!!!
It was unimaginable fame across the world. It affected EVERY generation, every musical group. They changed everything. There is no fame you can compare it with today. NOTHING comes close, Also, the Beatle that received the most fan mail was RINGO.
Yep. You're right about Ringo, he was the girls' clear favourite. I had to smile when I heard L33 say something like "poor Ringo, sitting all the way back..." 😂!!!
And they were so dang CUTE!
I think I speak for everyone..... WE LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER!!!... IT DOESNT BOTHER ME OR US AT ALL...
Beatlemania was real. Take your cutest "boy-band" and arm them with amazing song writing talent and you've got a recipe for hysteria. It was insane. And yes, they were still maturing as songwriters.
They were so talented it kind of boggles the mind. And they were the biggest band in the world. What an enigma.
Very first stadium concert. Nobody else at the time could attract a crowd large to warrant a stadium. Also, the young man standing at the side of the stage was their manager, Brian Epstein. The Beatles were sooo huge that everyone talked about them every day for years. This is a great concert. I just wish Apple would eventually release it on Blu-Ray. They finally got to release "Let It Be", at least on Disney, hopefully Blu-Ray soon. The only one I am waiting for is the Shea Stadium Concert and then I can consider my Beatles video collection complete. I still have my fingers crossed. I was 7 in 1964, I am now 67. Hope they hurry before I die. Lol.
A friend of mine went to that concert. She was 12. She said it was absolute pandemonium. She didn't faint but she screamed her head off and couldn't talk for a couple of days. She said she couldn't hear much at all but the experience framed the rest of her teenage years.
What you can't see, beyond the passing out and fainting, is the wet seats.