She's not a pup who misses much Do do do do do do, woof woof She's well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet leash Like a kitten on a window pane The man in the crowd with the multicolored treats at the old dog park Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy given scrithes A soap impression of his chow which he pet And discovered at the National pound I need a scritch cause I'm going down Down to the pit bulls I left uptown I need a scritch 'cause I'm going down Labrador Retriever jumped the pup Labrador Retriever jumped the pup Labrador Retriever jumped the pup Labrador Retriever jumped the pup Labrador Retriever jumped the pup Labrador Retriever jumped the pup Happiness is a warm pup (boop boop snoot snoot) Happiness is a warm pup, momma (boop boop snoot snoot) When I hold you in my paws (ooh, oh, yeah) And I feel your scritchers on my tummy (ooh, oh, yeah) I know nobody can do me no harm (ooh, oh, yeah) Because Happiness is a warm pup (boop boop snoot snoot) Happiness is a warm pup, momma (boop boop snoot snoot) Well, don't you know that happiness is a warm pup momma? Happiness is a warm, yes it is, PUUUUUUUPPPP OWOW OWOW ROWOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!
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"The man in the crowd with the multi-coloured mirrors on his hob-nail boots" was about some guy in Liverpool who had mirrors on the toes of his boots that he would use to look up women's skirts.
my favorite line is about the soap impression I dont know the meaning but I imagine some man who lost his mind after a divorce, carving a soap impression of his lover because he cant stop thinking of her
Gotta say I always loved George the most tho, he was the “silent beatle” and that’s what I loved about him. It was hard for awhile for me to go back and forth between John and paul bc their both so equally talented, but it came down to who George was as a person.
Been a fan 40+ years and still keep going back and forth between Paul and George. Expect your mind and artistic inclinations of the moment not to settle as well!
Yeah, this song was left on the album about heroin, while so many of those beautiful songs that appeared Harrison's on All Things Must Pass where left out. Imo, a song written and vetoed as not being a Beatles song in 66' would have fit this side even better, not to mention it was extreamly deep.... The Art of Dieing. Jmo
This was a lot of stuff I didn't know about one of the Beatles' best songs. Thanks! Hearing how many takes it took reminds me of an interview George gave in the 70s when he was asked what made the Beatles so good. He replied "We worked harder than anyone else". And "Happiness ..." is proof of that.
Probably one of George Martin’s greatest productions as well as one of the best Beatles songs. The man was splicing and pasting before the technology was even available! Excited for the channel to reach 100K! So happy for you and the rest of the HollyHobs team! Edit: Chris Thomas took over, my bad. Needless to say the talent of every person working with them did the final product justice
Splicing music or speech with 1/4 Inch tape, a White Chinagraph, and a razor blade is not all that difficult if you are organized and without distractions. You get into a sort of zone where all you can think about is the editing task at hand. Bits of tape held onto the tape machine (Usually a Tandberg machine for spoken word, or maybe an Otari MTR10 or a Studer A80 for music as they could hold NAB spools) with words like "Breath" or "Um", "Er" or stuff like "last 4 bars of take 1" or "Alternate ending" in White Chinagraph pencil were valuable tools to get it just right. I learned how to edit with tape but tape is sooooo expensive these days, that I don't bother with it.. and after re-learning on digital, I figure that it's made editing that much easier so any untrained kid can do it.
@@mobiditch6848 Fads always seem to start on the Left Coast and move their way east. So watch out, America. Californians may soon start screwing and crapping at the same time.
@@fku952 Lennon's quote just seemed to be an interesting commentary on culture. We embrace violence but are ashamed of sex. We treat sex as if it's worse than violence, like it's a bad thing.
"Happiness Is ... The HollyHobs unique take on my favorite band, THE BEATLES." The HollyHobs is one of my favorite sources for informative and totally delightful info and trivia about all things BEATLES... I love this place, and I hope you never stop giving us all The Beatles as no one else can.
Great Video !!! Appreciate all the research you put into this video & others. One of the most Powerful songs on the White Album - both lyrically & vocally !!! John at his Best !!!
There's just too many to choose from. They are like a Labyrinth with magic everywhere. They were and still are untouchable and we are gleefully overwhelmed in their wake. What a treasure, what a gift to last a lifetime and a really big shoutout for ''Hollyhobs'' for always painting a beautiful picture of their phenomena for each new generation to be amazed that this actually happened during the 60s. Thanks to everyone who admired The Beatles because their magic still brings so much happiness to those who just have a listen. The Beatles had it all and heaps more:)
I'd love to see a video about Across the Univers, and why such a beautiful song was never truly finished and properly recorded. Thanks, I enjoy your video very much.
I love hearing about the Beatles story. It is the love of their music. Also when they noticed how good each other were. And appreciated each others talent. So much talent cannot be tied down so it was only a matter time for a breakup. I only wish they had found time to get back for on more tune together.
@Johnny Morphine No... It was liquid LSD formed into a thin gel, cured, then cut into tiny pieces. Here we had 4 way amber & brown windowpane. You could see through it (hence the name.) If you were brave enough & put one in your eye, it would dissolve in less than 2 minutes & you would sky rocket off to Mars instantly. It was the good shit. Trees would turn into cartoons, you'd feel yourself melt through walls, everything was alive etc. I did a lot of it & loved it!
What hippy said- they are translucent gel tabs, a form of conveyance for Uncle Cid. I can attest that windowpane was still readily available for dissolving on (someone who isn't you) tongues in 2004, as thats the last time I had the quixotic pleasure of seeing it in person(PA, USA). But being its just a vehicle, im sure that as we speak some trays of it are congealing somewhere in a town near you. Cheeahs
"Please Please Me" by talking about the unique way John and Paul often sang together in harmony rather than on the same key. Very huge aspect of their appeal to me.
In terms of the 15 years I’ve enjoyed being a Beatles hyper-demi-mega-fan of The Beatles, there have only been 3 songs of there’s that I have never overplayed no matter how hard I’ve tried: 1. Happiness is a Warm Gun 2. I Am The Walrus 3. I’m Only Sleeping
For the video compilation youd like to do, I love your "you should leave this unread". This is something special that applies to Beatles and hundreds of real life situations!
HIAWG is one of the few tracks that the Beatles used the Bartell Fretless Guitar. On the track Happiness is a Warm Gun, the characteristic timbre of a fretless guitar is unmistakable (0’:44”- 0’:58”). it was also on Helter Skelter and Savoy Truffle
Thank you so much HollyHobs, this instantly became my favourite Beatles song when I heard it, and this is now by default one of my favourite videos of yours!
This is my first ever comment on a RUclips video but I can’t help but thank you for your work. Even though The Beatles were falling apart towards the end, its stories like these that remind us that no matter what, when they were together and collaborating as one unit, they indeed were the greatest of all time! Thank you for all your hard work in keeping their majestic legacy alive ❤️
I have some great ADHD and rarely finish songs. I have listened to every single Beatles song but whenever this one came on I’d listen to about half of it. Not until a few weeks ago, I was caught off guard by the second part. That has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard and I had no idea it was there.
I'll never hear the song the same again. Always wondered about the words in this song because I knew John was a master word crafter. Wonderful video. Loved it.
I miss those days when pop music was still evolving. That all came to an end somewhere around 1990 or so and every since then, pop, rap, hip hop, it's all remained essentially unchanged for 30 odd years, the 1990 Grammy awards sounds just like the 2019 Grammy awards, and young people, teenagers and 20 somethings may not know this, but there was a time when pop music sounded different from year to year, it was always changing and evolving and so you could always expect a " new sound ", something different on next year's records. The Beatles were masters at this, every record was different than the previous. Now it's all the same thing over and over and over again and if I were a teenager today I'd be really pissed about that and these days, the phrase " new sound " is something the music industry carefully avoids.
That's why so many reactors on You Tube are rediscovering prog rock and classic rock. Many are amazed at the craftsmanship, the hooks, the thought-out lyrics.
Glad to see you highlighting the genius of John. His putting together of snippets from articles though, is not the implied plagiarism you hint at. Rather than the snippets, it's how they were put together into a potent and highly relevant song. It was John's innate genius. It's why John WAS the Beatles and the sole reason for their magnitude and impact upon the world.
I don’t mind your videos being too long! Others, likely. The info is worth the time. I’d be interested of how the band influenced each others’ writing as they evolved from “Lennon & McCartney” to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison. Songs such as Mr. Kite to Elenor Rigby or Strawberry Fields to Penny Lane. Love your vids and research/knowledge. Thanks!
When i heard the news that john Lennon was shot and killed I felt too numb to believe that is was really true that he was dead. I went to my radio in my bedroom and the station was playing all the Lennon solo and Beatle songs like all the other rock stations around the world. But when they played Happiness is a Warm Gun I snapped and smashed my fist into the radio and broke it I was so pissed off i cried for over an hour my brother his girlfriend and my father all came into my room to console me they understood what the Beatles and Lennon's music meant to me. So nobody got mad that i busted the radio they all understood and cried with me. And if my mother were alive then she hated John Lennon for his JESUS comments she would have cried too that night.
@@ingridfong-daley5899 Thank you for your comment yeah the emotion for me that night was so bad hurt me for years I could not listen to Beatles or Lennon music for like 2 years till i found some other Beatle people that got me through my funk and now really love to listen to the music all the time
I truly understand you because I love John Lennon since I was 6 Found out he was in Heaven about a year after I started loving him Even though I know he is happy now, it really hurts that he isn’t with us anymore Wish I would have met him but unfortunately I was born 7 years after God decided to take him with his angels That makes it hurt even more He was a beatiful person
My friends mother felt the same, after John comment about Jesus. It was around 67, and I mention the Beatles while visiting my friends. and I was ask not to talk about the Beatles, for exactly that reason. And it was years before I heard the exact recording of the interview, where I realized if she ( friends mother ) would have heard what he was pointing out to be true, I might have been able to speak of the Beatles again, at least in their house, but I was only 9 years old at the time, and she was very religious and catholic. and at the time it did seem like the kids were paying more attention to their music, than Jesus, and like he said he wasn't saying they were greater or better. The man is definitely a legend..
Glass Onion was a deliberate attempt by John to mislead all the conspiracists who were looking for hidden meanings in the Beatles songs. Thus the reasons for references to previous Beatles songs. John was not a fan of the song calling it "a throwaway" John had done this previously on ' I am the Walrus' - "yellow matter custard" for instance was just a reference to a rhyme John and his mates used sing as children in Liverpool - as John said to his friend Pete Shotton - "let the f****ers work this one out" lol
I love your videos, they give me so much more knowledge on my favorite band. And my favorite video was your maxwells silver hammer, and my favorite song of yours is mr Mortimer.
Can you do a 10 Interesting Facts about the Carnival of Light. As much as I would love to hear the song, I feel it is best left unheard. Think about it, the majority of the song's intrigue is because it is unheard; if it is heard, it loses that. 1) The master reel should be pressed up. 2) Fitted w/ a sleeve of beautiful artwork; befitting the time it was created. 3) And exhibited in a museum, behind impenetrable glass, in perpetuity. *This would be a lovely marriage between art & music; a marriage The Beatles have long adored *The song is an experimental song *The presentation would be experimental: "The unheard song."; like the bottle of wine not meant to drink.
It’s a crap song the remaining Beatles are embarrassed about. From all accounts it’s disjointed and leads no where. Yes, it’s Paul’s attempt to get into avant garde prior to John. I just feel it’s a huge build up to nothing. Would I love to hear it? Yes! But based off of everything I’ve read it’s not very worth while. Including said testimony from other Beatles. I agree it’s best left unheard. You do know at some point it will be released. I find it impressive that it hasn’t been released in some form by a bootlegger or someone with access to the master tapes. What more interesting to me is the bootlegs of the songs the Beatles gave away. Like A world without love, and early songs they gave away.
Damn I loved this! What a great clip and channel - I've watched a couple of your Beatles facts now. Thanks for all the tidbits and factoids about this tune!
White is the best. Happiness has been my favourite since Christmas 1968. So have The White. I cried. I laughed. I was totally flabbergasted in my 14 year old body. It was the best moment in years. Such a Great Album. With Love 🥰 🙏☮️
love ur channel bro, as some1 from liverpool we all basically grow up on the beatles its so cool seein some1 from across the sea with so much passion for them n their music keep it goin
Lyrics are always subjective of course, but this song is littered with references to heroin. "She's not a girl who misses much"- when you shoot any drug, sometimes you "miss" the vein and inject into the muscle. She's well acquainted with the lifestyle and attached to it like a lizard on a window pane. "I need a fix cause im going down" is an obvious reference to heroin withdrawal. No need to mention the redundant shooting a gun/shooting heroin metaphor. But listen to the melodic trajectory of this song; it starts out dark and oblique. Goes from "I need a fix" and "jumped the gun" while the tempo ascends to the climax. The last leg of the song goes from dark undertones to an ecstatic resolution, juxtaposed with the lyrics "Happiness is a warm gun" "When I hold you in my arms......I know nobody can do me no harm" Happiness is the gratification of bliss after the chase. Happiness is fleeting and always requires another go around. Of course these lyrics parallel with sex and attachment, but he associates them with being one in the same. If you think about it they really are
I worship the B's, and this song. Your interpretation may be right, but I disagree. I think these are some (fantastic) fragments, including nonsense lyrics, that have been thrown together, as the B's did several times (another example: "A Day in the Life", with Paul's irrelevant fragment ["Woke up, fell out of bed..."] separately composed, thrown in -- it doesn't cohere.). John has admitted that some of his lyrics ("holes to fill the Albert Hall etc) are nonsense, and he laughed at ppl interpreting them. For me it is frustrating that the lyrics don't cohere. Wonderful images -- lizard on a windowpane etc -- but I think it is a mistake, however rewarding, to attribute coherence here. That's my opinion.
Sir l love your videos As an alcoholic and drug addict in recovery and a poet those days still come up But like you said there are dark sides to the creative My hat goes off to you You have a wonderful approach to the Beatles in that you enhance the songs Unlike others who tear down the famous So thank you There is something l would love to see is a video on my #2 band Pink Floyd I know their debut album was recorded next studio over as the Beatles were recording Sgt Pepper And George gave their photographer a kalidascop lens which wae used for their album Piper At The Gates of Dawn That the Floyd even got to visit while they were working on l believe for the benefit of mr kite I am I am sure you can tie in more about how these two groups were tied in thru Abby Road Blessing to you sir
A masterpiece of a song, but let's not get too hyperbolic about it being one their last collaborative efforts. They were in the middle of recording a double album at the time, doing over a hundred takes of several songs on that album, including a George song that didn't even make the album, and they would go on to record two more albums. Yes, there was tension, yes, they were on a path which had only one ending, their breaking up, but you can also tell they're having a lot of fun as well.
This is my first video I have seen of your channel. I am a huge Beetles fan and I really enjoyed this. You have a new subscriber my friend. I am looking forward to watching some of the other stuff on your channel!
Always one of my favourite songs from the boys Glad it's finally getting some love Some people I would love to see 10 facts about Chuck Berry; Little Richard; Link Wray; Aretha Franklin; Buddy Holly I request can be a pain a lot of times but I would love to hear you talk about them And for favourite moments: 1- The Beatles Bunch for Maxwell Silver Hammer 2- The stoned benter from RubberSoul
John had a way with words..They had hidden meanings only John, Paul, George and Ringo only knew what they meant...I love those guys, there will never be a John, Paul, George or Ringo ever again in this world...They are truly treasures of the music world and beyond.
I wonder if Lennon himself didn’t necessarily know what some of lyrics meant, he just knew he liked the way they sounded. For example, in another song, Lennon sings “I am the egg man, I am the walrus”. The scholars are left to interpret the meaning. Similarly, a musician may play a chord that sounds pleasing to his ear, but a music teacher would be needed to identify the chord. I feel Lennon’s genius in his lyrics was instinctive, and he didn’t always know what every line meant. It’s up to us as an audience to discover what it means to us personally. With regards to this song, I don’t know what the lyrics mean, but I love them anyway.
She's not a pup who misses much
Do do do do do do, woof woof
She's well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet leash
Like a kitten on a window pane
The man in the crowd with the multicolored treats
at the old dog park
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy
given scrithes
A soap impression of his chow which he pet
And discovered at the National pound
I need a scritch cause I'm going down
Down to the pit bulls I left uptown
I need a scritch 'cause I'm going down
Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
Happiness is a warm pup (boop boop snoot snoot)
Happiness is a warm pup, momma (boop boop snoot snoot)
When I hold you in my paws (ooh, oh, yeah)
And I feel your scritchers on my tummy (ooh, oh, yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm (ooh, oh, yeah)
Because
Happiness is a warm pup (boop boop snoot snoot)
Happiness is a warm pup, momma (boop boop snoot snoot)
Well, don't you know that happiness is a warm pup momma?
Happiness is a warm, yes it is, PUUUUUUUPPPP
OWOW OWOW ROWOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!
Furry?
For me John was the best making up lyrics and Paul with the music.
Check out our Beatles-inspired songs and tell us what you think!
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And 12 years later "happines is a warm gun" an exalted madman shot John and killed him. Cruel irony of fate.
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@Jason Brown you're right double cruel irony of fate
After John was shot a local radio station played Beatles songs all day.....with the clear exception of happiness is a warm gun.
It wasn't funny
i think you mean with the exception of lucy in the sky
@@hyp539 I think the sad part is that you don't realize it wasn't supposed to be funny.
a strange part of me feels John mightve appreciated the irony of it...
Some people would argue that was his best beatle song,i think he would have been ok with it
"The man in the crowd with the multi-coloured mirrors on his hob-nail boots" was about some guy in Liverpool who had mirrors on the toes of his boots that he would use to look up women's skirts.
The days when women wore skirts
Unpaid Troll ??????? They still do ?????????
Thank you!
I remember when boys would sit at the bottom of a staircase to look up women's skirts..lol
my favorite line is about the soap impression I dont know the meaning but I imagine some man who lost his mind after a divorce, carving a soap impression of his lover because he cant stop thinking of her
Gotta say I always loved George the most tho, he was the “silent beatle” and that’s what I loved about him. It was hard for awhile for me to go back and forth between John and paul bc their both so equally talented, but it came down to who George was as a person.
Been a fan 40+ years and still keep going back and forth between Paul and George. Expect your mind and artistic inclinations of the moment not to settle as well!
Yeah. I liked George because he produced a Monty Python film.
Yeah, this song was left on the album about heroin, while so many of those beautiful songs that appeared Harrison's on All Things Must Pass where left out. Imo, a song written and vetoed as not being a Beatles song in 66' would have fit this side even better, not to mention it was extreamly deep.... The Art of Dieing. Jmo
This has to be the most underrated Beatles track. It’s just so good
Baltpit 243 nope, only underrated by people who just discovered it
It's not underrated ,it's just not popular...
All Beatles music is overrated if anything
Aaron Heaton I will agree people go out of their way to appreciate it more because their the Beatles.
@@Adam-ro8vj the beatles are one of my favorite bands but still.
My 2nd favourite Beatles song, just behind *I Want You (She's So Heavy)* ... how about a fact video about that one? ;)
ay same
Cool, that's my favorite too!
Endlich jemand der i want you (she's so heavy) als seinen favoriten bezeichnet!!!
Check out “I Want You (She’s So Heavy) by Black Paint. It’s pretty sick
never met someone with the same top 2 beatles songs! i am in awe
I lost it at “woof woof”
This was a lot of stuff I didn't know about one of the Beatles' best songs. Thanks! Hearing how many takes it took reminds me of an interview George gave in the 70s when he was asked what made the Beatles so good. He replied "We worked harder than anyone else". And "Happiness ..." is proof of that.
AMEN
I don’t know how you always manage to post when I need it the most but thank you
12:28 I always thought it was Paul's voice! I love these insights.. Great video as always!
One of their many masterpieces
Probably one of George Martin’s greatest productions as well as one of the best Beatles songs. The man was splicing and pasting before the technology was even available!
Excited for the channel to reach 100K! So happy for you and the rest of the HollyHobs team!
Edit: Chris Thomas took over, my bad. Needless to say the talent of every person working with them did the final product justice
Justin Puga I knew he took over at some point, I took the chance of not checking, but thank you! My luck was against me lol
Splicing music or speech with 1/4 Inch tape, a White Chinagraph, and a razor blade is not all that difficult if you are organized and without distractions. You get into a sort of zone where all you can think about is the editing task at hand. Bits of tape held onto the tape machine (Usually a Tandberg machine for spoken word, or maybe an Otari MTR10 or a Studer A80 for music as they could hold NAB spools) with words like "Breath" or "Um", "Er" or stuff like "last 4 bars of take 1" or "Alternate ending" in White Chinagraph pencil were valuable tools to get it just right. I learned how to edit with tape but tape is sooooo expensive these days, that I don't bother with it.. and after re-learning on digital, I figure that it's made editing that much easier so any untrained kid can do it.
George Martin is aie John did most of the work read his letter to sir George and you'll see for yourself
what does george martin have to do with this song?!
You pulled a McBeardy. Now all you have to do is sing Get Back. Or get a baby and put it on your leather coat.
❤
I don’t have any favorite moments I smile every time I watch any of your videos
”We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight."
...we’re almost there. In calif you can shit in public with impunity.
@@mobiditch6848 Fads always seem to start on the Left Coast and move their way east. So watch out, America. Californians may soon start screwing and crapping at the same time.
@@CBrolley I think there’s already a variation of that called a dirty sanchez.
Would you prefer a world where people have sex in public and the only time violence is practiced in daylight is in third world countries
@@fku952
Lennon's quote just seemed to be an interesting commentary on culture. We embrace violence but are ashamed of sex. We treat sex as if it's worse than violence, like it's a bad thing.
I'd love to see one of these videos on "I've got a feeling" such a raw beautiful song
Watch the Let it Be movie.
This is one of my all time favourite Beatles songs!!!!
"Happiness Is ... The HollyHobs unique take on my favorite band, THE BEATLES."
The HollyHobs is one of my favorite sources for informative and totally delightful info and trivia about all things BEATLES... I love this place, and I hope you never stop giving us all The Beatles as no one else can.
The song also shows John's interest in strange time signatures.
There are so many different parts in this song! It’s so cool
Great Video !!! Appreciate all the research you put into this video & others. One of the most Powerful songs on the White Album - both lyrically & vocally !!! John at his Best !!!
After I watch these videos I immediately have to go listen to the full song at least once
Always look forward to your videos man! It’s always nice to find people who appreciate this incredible band as much as I do!! Great work 🤙🏻
Incredible vocals. Great song!
My favorite Beatles song thank you !
There's just too many to choose from. They are like a Labyrinth with magic everywhere. They were and still are untouchable and we are gleefully overwhelmed in their wake. What a treasure, what a gift to last a lifetime and a really big shoutout for ''Hollyhobs'' for always painting a beautiful picture of their phenomena for each new generation to be amazed that this actually happened during the 60s. Thanks to everyone who admired The Beatles because their magic still brings so much happiness to those who just have a listen. The Beatles had it all and heaps more:)
I'd love to see a video about Across the Univers, and why such a beautiful song was never truly finished and properly recorded. Thanks, I enjoy your video very much.
Great suggestion!
John Lennon, Paul McCartney AND George Harrison....ALL GENIUS. 💛
@John Caulfield YES I AGREE...I will change my post now. Thank you John!!
Macca ❤
This song is the best on the white album in my opinion 👌
One of my favorites--both the song and your 'interesting facts' videos. Well done, again.
I love hearing about the Beatles story. It is the love of their music. Also when they noticed how good each other were. And appreciated each others talent. So much talent cannot be tied down so it was only a matter time for a breakup. I only wish they had found time to get back for on more tune together.
Wow, I had no idea Derek Taylor was so lyrically involved.
"A soap impression of his wife which he ate
And donated to the National Trust" 🤣
Me either. Who's Derek Taylor? I could Google, but...
he wasnt
I really enjoy your videos. I learn so much. And it gives me more appreciation for songs I’ve listened to my whole life.
Interesting facts, for sure. You missed one: Window pane, or windowpane, was a street name for acid in the 60s and 70s.
@Johnny Morphine No... It was liquid LSD formed into a thin gel, cured, then cut into tiny pieces. Here we had 4 way amber & brown windowpane. You could see through it (hence the name.) If you were brave enough & put one in your eye, it would dissolve in less than 2 minutes & you would sky rocket off to Mars instantly. It was the good shit. Trees would turn into cartoons, you'd feel yourself melt through walls, everything was alive etc. I did a lot of it & loved it!
What hippy said- they are translucent gel tabs, a form of conveyance for Uncle Cid. I can attest that windowpane was still readily available for dissolving on (someone who isn't you) tongues in 2004, as thats the last time I had the quixotic pleasure of seeing it in person(PA, USA). But being its just a vehicle, im sure that as we speak some trays of it are congealing somewhere in a town near you. Cheeahs
Maybe. But windowpane came into usage much later than '68. At least where I lived in Philadelphia.
By the 90's that was reduced to a printed pattern ;rather the the original gel type.
One of my favorite Beatles songs! Thanks for the video!
Love the vid! Peace and love!!
WOAH IVE NEVER BEEN THIS EARLY, thank you for these videos, i enjoy them tons, it’s nice to see great content on the fab four💙✌🏼
Loved it. You’re having more and more fun. The content is great in every way.
"Please Please Me" by talking about the unique way John and Paul often sang together in harmony rather than on the same key. Very huge aspect of their appeal to me.
You are my favourite youtuber, hands down. Thanks for yet another interesting video! :-)
In terms of the 15 years I’ve enjoyed being a Beatles hyper-demi-mega-fan of The Beatles, there have only been 3 songs of there’s that I have never overplayed no matter how hard I’ve tried:
1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
2. I Am The Walrus
3. I’m Only Sleeping
For the video compilation youd like to do, I love your "you should leave this unread". This is something special that applies to Beatles and hundreds of real life situations!
HIAWG is one of the few tracks that the Beatles used the Bartell Fretless Guitar. On the track Happiness is a Warm Gun, the characteristic timbre of a fretless guitar is unmistakable (0’:44”- 0’:58”). it was also on Helter Skelter and Savoy Truffle
I really enjoyed the low-fi “something” and “Norwegian wood”. They really helped me cram for my exams.
Lennon was some sort of a poet that could come up with a great melody on top of his words
this deserves so much more views, I've been needing new Beatles videos
loved john flipping his book right on "shoot" at 12:54
Thank you so much HollyHobs, this instantly became my favourite Beatles song when I heard it, and this is now by default one of my favourite videos of yours!
This is my first ever comment on a RUclips video but I can’t help but thank you for your work. Even though The Beatles were falling apart towards the end, its stories like these that remind us that no matter what, when they were together and collaborating as one unit, they indeed were the greatest of all time! Thank you for all your hard work in keeping their majestic legacy alive ❤️
Love this channel! I also love the longer videos. Keep doing what you're doing and thanks
Someone who loves the beatles more then me lol. It's fun to learn more about The Beatles.
One of my favourite channels, great video again!
I have some great ADHD and rarely finish songs. I have listened to every single Beatles song but whenever this one came on I’d listen to about half of it. Not until a few weeks ago, I was caught off guard by the second part. That has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard and I had no idea it was there.
I'll never hear the song the same again. Always wondered about the words in this song because I knew John was a master word crafter. Wonderful video. Loved it.
Maybe my favorite Beatles song
Where were you in the 70’s when I was ravenous for such Beatle detail ?
More crazily , KCRW is now playing Happiness !!! How is this possible ?
Congrats on almost 100k
This song finally starts making sense thanks to your great video.
I miss those days when pop music was still evolving. That all came to an end somewhere around 1990 or so and every since then, pop, rap, hip hop, it's all remained essentially unchanged for 30 odd years, the 1990 Grammy awards sounds just like the 2019 Grammy awards, and young people, teenagers and 20 somethings may not know this, but there was a time when pop music sounded different from year to year, it was always changing and evolving and so you could always expect a " new sound ", something different on next year's records. The Beatles were masters at this, every record was different than the previous. Now it's all the same thing over and over and over again and if I were a teenager today I'd be really pissed about that and these days, the phrase " new sound " is something the music industry carefully avoids.
You’re on point. It saddens me witnessing how anemic pop the music has become.
That's why so many reactors on You Tube are rediscovering prog rock and classic rock. Many are amazed at the craftsmanship, the hooks, the thought-out lyrics.
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This channel is getting better and better...
Glad to see you highlighting the genius of John. His putting together of snippets from articles though, is not the implied plagiarism you hint at. Rather than the snippets, it's how they were put together into a potent and highly relevant song. It was John's innate genius. It's why John WAS the Beatles and the sole reason for their magnitude and impact upon the world.
I don’t mind your videos being too long! Others, likely. The info is worth the time. I’d be interested of how the band influenced each others’ writing as they evolved from “Lennon & McCartney” to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison. Songs such as Mr. Kite to Elenor Rigby or Strawberry Fields to Penny Lane. Love your vids and research/knowledge. Thanks!
When i heard the news that john Lennon was shot and killed I felt too numb to believe that is was really true that he was dead. I went to my radio in my bedroom and the station was playing all the Lennon solo and Beatle songs like all the other rock stations around the world. But when they played Happiness is a Warm Gun I snapped and smashed my fist into the radio and broke it I was so pissed off i cried for over an hour my brother his girlfriend and my father all came into my room to console me they understood what the Beatles and Lennon's music meant to me. So nobody got mad that i busted the radio they all understood and cried with me. And if my mother were alive then she hated John Lennon for his JESUS comments she would have cried too that night.
o my god, that literally made me cry.
i get exactly what you're talking about. Thank you for sharing :)
@@ingridfong-daley5899 Thank you for your comment yeah the emotion for me that night was so bad hurt me for years I could not listen to Beatles or Lennon music for like 2 years till i found some other Beatle people that got me through my funk and now really love to listen to the music all the time
I truly understand you because I love John Lennon since I was 6
Found out he was in Heaven about a year after I started loving him
Even though I know he is happy now, it really hurts that he isn’t with us anymore
Wish I would have met him but unfortunately I was born 7 years after God decided to take him with his angels
That makes it hurt even more
He was a beatiful person
My friends mother felt the same, after John comment about Jesus. It was around 67, and I mention the Beatles while visiting my friends. and I was ask not to talk about the Beatles, for exactly that reason. And it was years before I heard the exact recording of the interview, where I realized if she ( friends mother ) would have heard what he was pointing out to be true, I might have been able to speak of the Beatles again, at least in their house, but I was only 9 years old at the time, and she was very religious and catholic. and at the time it did seem like the kids were paying more attention to their music, than Jesus, and like he said he wasn't saying they were greater or better. The man is definitely a legend..
Please do glass onion.
That’s one of those songs that you just wish went on longer than it does. Great song.
Glass Onion was a deliberate attempt by John to mislead all the conspiracists who were looking for hidden meanings in the Beatles songs. Thus the reasons for references to previous Beatles songs. John was not a fan of the song calling it "a throwaway" John had done this previously on ' I am the Walrus' - "yellow matter custard" for instance was just a reference to a rhyme John and his mates used sing as children in Liverpool - as John said to his friend Pete Shotton - "let the f****ers work this one out" lol
I love your videos, they give me so much more knowledge on my favorite band. And my favorite video was your maxwells silver hammer, and my favorite song of yours is mr Mortimer.
Awww no one talks about Mr. Mortimer thank you so much!
Can you do a 10 Interesting Facts about the Carnival of Light.
As much as I would love to hear the song, I feel it is best left unheard. Think about it, the majority of the song's intrigue is because it is unheard; if it is heard, it loses that.
1) The master reel should be pressed up.
2) Fitted w/ a sleeve of beautiful artwork; befitting the time it was created.
3) And exhibited in a museum, behind impenetrable glass, in perpetuity.
*This would be a lovely marriage between art & music; a marriage The Beatles have long adored
*The song is an experimental song
*The presentation would be experimental: "The unheard song."; like the bottle of wine not meant to drink.
It’s a crap song the remaining Beatles are embarrassed about. From all accounts it’s disjointed and leads no where. Yes, it’s Paul’s attempt to get into avant garde prior to John. I just feel it’s a huge build up to nothing. Would I love to hear it? Yes! But based off of everything I’ve read it’s not very worth while. Including said testimony from other Beatles. I agree it’s best left unheard. You do know at some point it will be released. I find it impressive that it hasn’t been released in some form by a bootlegger or someone with access to the master tapes. What more interesting to me is the bootlegs of the songs the Beatles gave away. Like A world without love, and early songs they gave away.
@@ledflaplin2001 they recorded Tip Of My Tongue as a full band and it might still be in the EMI vault.
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Baz Daly that’s not the real Carnival Of Light!!! Come on man. It’s never been released!!
@@dalybaz fake
Damn I loved this! What a great clip and channel - I've watched a couple of your Beatles facts now. Thanks for all the tidbits and factoids about this tune!
The "Carnival of Light" -parallel universe clip was amazing...I still think about it. Thanks for this great channel.
i love all the stories about George and his song writing , i also would like to know what George's song Apple Scruffs is about.
The fans who hung outside EMI Studios were called Apple Scruffs.
the pup part made my day! thank you
Just discovered the channel and can’t get enough. Reminding me with each video why I love The Beatles.
Your videos make my day! Thank you so much for this one!
Great information on one of John's best songs... What a genius. Your best episode so far. Thanks for the efucation
you never miss on these videos man. love your channel
I love this song, probably my favorite of the White Album. Thank you for this video, you have an amazing channel!
I really appreciate this video. It’s my favorite song, thank you so much!
Awesome content! I love your channel. Can you do an interesting facts video on Donovan! Thanks mate cheers!
I love how there is so much more around the beatles, thanks you for making it easy to know all the lore
Wow I usually don't like little known fact videos but your detail is very interesting and well done. I actually backed it up several times.
Great video as usual! 😄
EXCELLENT!!!! So informative! One of your best!! Thank you so much!!
White is the best. Happiness has been my favourite since Christmas 1968. So have The White. I cried. I laughed. I was totally flabbergasted in my 14 year old body. It was the best moment in years. Such a Great Album.
With Love 🥰 🙏☮️
This is brilliant HollyHobs - thanks!
love ur channel bro, as some1 from liverpool we all basically grow up on the beatles its so cool seein some1 from across the sea with so much passion for them n their music keep it goin
I always start my day listening to this song. Makes me think more clear :) Great videos HollyHobs!
Man, I love this. Great job and channel!
Lyrics are always subjective of course, but this song is littered with references to heroin. "She's not a girl who misses much"- when you shoot any drug, sometimes you "miss" the vein and inject into the muscle. She's well acquainted with the lifestyle and attached to it like a lizard on a window pane. "I need a fix cause im going down" is an obvious reference to heroin withdrawal. No need to mention the redundant shooting a gun/shooting heroin metaphor.
But listen to the melodic trajectory of this song; it starts out dark and oblique. Goes from "I need a fix" and "jumped the gun" while the tempo ascends to the climax. The last leg of the song goes from dark undertones to an ecstatic resolution, juxtaposed with the lyrics "Happiness is a warm gun" "When I hold you in my arms......I know nobody can do me no harm"
Happiness is the gratification of bliss after the chase. Happiness is fleeting and always requires another go around. Of course these lyrics parallel with sex and attachment, but he associates them with being one in the same. If you think about it they really are
I worship the B's, and this song. Your interpretation may be right, but I disagree. I think these are some (fantastic) fragments, including nonsense lyrics, that have been thrown together, as the B's did several times (another example: "A Day in the Life", with Paul's irrelevant fragment ["Woke up, fell out of bed..."] separately composed, thrown in -- it doesn't cohere.). John has admitted that some of his lyrics ("holes to fill the Albert Hall etc) are nonsense, and he laughed at ppl interpreting them. For me it is frustrating that the lyrics don't cohere. Wonderful images -- lizard on a windowpane etc -- but I think it is a mistake, however rewarding, to attribute coherence here. That's my opinion.
Sir l love your videos
As an alcoholic and drug addict in recovery and a poet those days still come up
But like you said there are dark sides to the creative
My hat goes off to you
You have a wonderful approach to the Beatles in that you enhance the songs
Unlike others who tear down the famous
So thank you
There is something l would love to see is a video on my #2 band Pink Floyd
I know their debut album was recorded next studio over as the Beatles were recording Sgt Pepper
And George gave their photographer a kalidascop lens which wae used for their album Piper At The Gates of Dawn
That the Floyd even got to visit while they were working on l believe for the benefit of mr kite
I am
I am sure you can tie in more about how these two groups were tied in thru Abby Road
Blessing to you sir
What A magnificent Band!
A masterpiece of a song, but let's not get too hyperbolic about it being one their last collaborative efforts. They were in the middle of recording a double album at the time, doing over a hundred takes of several songs on that album, including a George song that didn't even make the album, and they would go on to record two more albums. Yes, there was tension, yes, they were on a path which had only one ending, their breaking up, but you can also tell they're having a lot of fun as well.
This is my first video I have seen of your channel. I am a huge Beetles fan and I really enjoyed this. You have a new subscriber my friend. I am looking forward to watching some of the other stuff on your channel!
Always one of my favourite songs from the boys
Glad it's finally getting some love
Some people I would love to see 10 facts about Chuck Berry; Little Richard; Link Wray; Aretha Franklin; Buddy Holly I request can be a pain a lot of times but I would love to hear you talk about them
And for favourite moments:
1- The Beatles Bunch for Maxwell Silver Hammer
2- The stoned benter from RubberSoul
Great stuff per usual!!
Great work! I d9nt know where to start on picking your best works. I'd like to think this one was the best.
John had a way with words..They had hidden meanings only John, Paul, George and Ringo only knew what they meant...I love those guys, there will never be a John, Paul, George or Ringo ever again in this world...They are truly treasures of the music world and beyond.
I wonder if Lennon himself didn’t necessarily know what some of lyrics meant, he just knew he liked the way they sounded. For example, in another song, Lennon sings “I am the egg man, I am the walrus”. The scholars are left to interpret the meaning. Similarly, a musician may play a chord that sounds pleasing to his ear, but a music teacher would be needed to identify the chord. I feel Lennon’s genius in his lyrics was instinctive, and he didn’t always know what every line meant. It’s up to us as an audience to discover what it means to us personally. With regards to this song, I don’t know what the lyrics mean, but I love them anyway.
Thanks for the history on this marvelous historic song.
I love you, bro. You are so sweet, sincere, and earnest. You make everything pop.
wow, dude. you're amazing :') thanks for your existence !
Thank you too!
Always my favourite Beatles song this. Love the harmonies
Faaaantastic presentation here, man!