Still after all these years a pure classic. Sound amazing in my studio pro beats. A gift to all humanity. Makes me think about who my prudence is, and yes its my very significant other.
Have you read the article about them everyone talks about on youtube? Go to TruthContest►com, open ~The Present~ then skip to page 59 and read what it says.
Toby Preston You honestly believe that the concepts behind those songs hadn't formed throughout his early lifespan? Generally songs are always brewing within these types of people. They just take a little beating to get into adulthood.
vaporfarts I'm referring to the leaps they made in the sophistication of their music & songwriting. Listen to "Love Me Do" then the ending of Abbey Road & that's what I'm talking about.
George Martin's musical expertise helped fill the gaps between the Beatles' raw talent and the sound they wanted to achieve. Most of the Beatles' orchestral arrangements and instrumentation (as well as frequent keyboard parts on the early records) were written or performed by Martin in collaboration with the band Tim Parker
Hannu Mäkynen Yeah, agreed, there are only a minority of bands that just have that "magic" and are levels above the others to show their vast superiority. I read this book a while ago: "With a Little Help from My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper" -- amzn.to/1J6ZZ1V -- it's a technical aspect of how they made this album which is great from beginning to when the needle returns.
Hannu Mäkynen I JUST posted the same comment regarding "I Want You/She's So Heavy". There is ONLY one band who could have produced these tracks in 1968 & 1969.
Pure timelessness and The Beatles linked us all as one to a new awareness and consciousness sorely needed. She will come back again....don't Worry! Help is on the way!
one of my favorite things in life is when i get to talk to my dad on the phone and we're both in a musical mood and we just end up sharing and remembering songs.im 26 and he's 62 but some how we listen to mostly the same music. he Loves to sing this song, it usually makes its way into our music conversations. Music is our memory :)
jonegger1983 Sgt. Pepper was released in June 1967 in the U.S. I had a chance to buy it while on leave in Tokyo, Japan in July 1967, but didn't 'cause I knew my brother would buy it. Wish I did now, as it probably would be a collector's item.
I bought the white album that early too, but wore it out, then it got lost along the way. Same thing with the Mono Sgt Pepper that I had including the psychedelic paper inner sleeve designed by The Fool.
Now that I am an adult, and I am hearing the Beatles' songs as an adult and not under the influence of any mind-altering substances, I can truly appreciate just how ground-breaking they really were.
I woke up playing this song in head, nearly half a century after it came out, and it is still wonderful. As I knew in the 60's and know now, these are the Beethovens, Mozarts, and Strausses of our time.
Its 1/6/25 at 2:48pm and this 70yo brother is enjoying this song smoking some of God's finest greenery 💨💨💨 and listening 🎶 🎶🎶 with JVC ear buds watching it snow out my front bay window from HagerstownMd! PEACE ✌🏾 AND LOVE ❤ TO YOU ALL !
The interplay and timing of John's acoustic picking, and his lead vocal, with the one-by-one layering of the background vocals, Paul's bass, Ringo's drumming, George's electric guitar lead, and the piano is a collaboration of genius. That collaboration of a variety of vocal and instrumental creativity and talent, that can be heard on dozens of equally great Beatles songs, is what set them apart from all others in pop/rock music, IMO. They weren't the loudest and they weren't the flashiest (thankfully on both accounts); but their synergy created the best music of my generation, and again IMO nobody has come close to them since.
Well put regarding the interplay of musical and vocal timing interplays...this song helped me realize why people say Chris Cornell, and to a lesser degree all of Soundgarden, were heavily influenced by the Beatles.
Dear Prudence, open up your eyes, look around round. Look round around round. Look around. We are literally just life looking around. This fact should make us love one another and live in heaven on earth but it doesn't, we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned mens souls. The truth relating to conscious life can be understood now and that makes it the ultimate truth, that will transform mankind and the world. A new era of love peace and understanding is ready for those who want it. If the truth means something to you, Google *_Truth contest_* and check the truth for yourself. Its the only way to turn this world right side up. Come out to play Sincerely yours, The spirit of truth.
Between what these guys were doing musically, and what Brian Wilson was doing with the Beach Boys sound, and a few other out of the box musicians, music would never be the same after the mid 60's. I wish I had been born a few years earlier, and been able to experience it first hand, instead of discovering it later. I was born in '64, right in the middle of it all. Wonderful sounds!
Think I know where you are coming from. Was born in 1952, feel so lucky to have experienced this era of music. Beatles, Stones, Kinks and the whole british wave of bands was amazing. Saw Hendrix in 1968 and that seemed to change everything. Never saw the Beatles, a little too young.
David Henderson He was the one i was thinking of. I am quite envious, needless to say. Wasn't old enough to see those people, but am old enough to have heard it on the radio all the time when small.
I am not too young to enjoy these Classics. I fell in love with the Beatles via John Lennon and Paul McCarthy! No matter what music mood I am in....I find a Beatles song to soothe my mood!
it wasn't just that the beatles were awesome, innovative, timeless, intelligent and prodigiously talented - they were - it was that they were the beatles, and we have all been fortunate to be their contemporaries; truly fortunate, that.
They were not of this earth!!!!! If Perfection ever existed in a group it was these guys. How is it humanly possible to write SO MANY CLASSIC SONGS?. They were "touched". Every conceivable characteristic & nuance of an EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL PHENOMENON was present in The Beatles: Great Image, Fantastic Looks, Intelligence, Articulate, Qwerky, Original, Different. Stylish, Charisma and charm you couldn't touch, Artistic, Personalities that were so completely individual, yet as group complimented each other perfectly. And if this wasn't enough fairly humble about their achievements and never forgot where they came from. Even the greatest mind in Pop Music marketing today couldn't even begin to dream about putting together a group like them.
I love both this version and Siouxsie Sue's version, but i can't decide which one i like more because they are both appropriate in different moods, so i can't decide which one i like more.
My compliments to the video maker. Not only like the images but he/she was smart enough to use the ones that matcd the time period of the song. See so many Beatle videos that don't and IMO diminsh some of the effect.
0:28 That picture was taken on Plymouth Hoe in Devon. I'm 21 and from Plymouth and I've seen another picture of them on Plymouth hoe in 1967 but they were more in the centre of the Hoe on the grass but I've never seen this one before. Best band ever
Karloffrules Yes she was,this was written in India, Prudence would rarely interact & preferred to stay in her room,hence the line,Dear prudence,won't you come out to play.
Hey people, live as you want, be free, don't listen the rules of system, if you want take some drugs you can but be carefull, if you want doing party and get high rather than make success of your life so DO IT, the freedom doesn't exist any more ... it is sad then let us resist !
un BIJOU ............je ne me lasse pas de l'ecouter ....... une femme , cette Prudence ...ms aussi ..cette prudence qui nous enferme ... et l'invitation à en sortir .. avec douceur , avec tendresse ...magnifique invitation !!
John Lennon - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar....Paul McCartney - backing vocals, drums, bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps...George Harrison - Lead guitar...Ringo - Nothing.
They probably thought anything is possible if you just worked hard enough and concentrated on the right things. Anything is possible just listen to there music and just look at what they’ve been able to accomplish.
+Weapons Education That's interesting. I always thought it was about the girl Prudence who was in the Hard Day's Night film. The lyrics make more sense now.
I'm a "paul-guy", but this (among many John songs) is an absolute fav. And yes... Paul was not only one of the best, most prolific songwriters of all time, but arguably the most influential bass players ever (john even said so)
I'm not sure if I was named after this song, but just hearing John Lennon sing my name in one of their songs is enough to make me content with my life and my name. The Beatles are legends.
0:29 THIS IS my favorite PHOTO OF THEM! Taken in Cornwall in 1967! I have a magazine with this photo ON THE BACK cover, I have framed it and now it’s on my wall!!
missing John and George,,,, saw Paul in the last years,,, and will see Ringo,, next oct,,, in Penticton BC,, Canada..... and missing those two lads,,, sweet souls,,, you shine onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn xooox
I am thinking about opening my own business in CA, and I hope that everything goes well, because the first thing I am going to do is go to Liverpool and check out everything about the Beatles :)
Your gonna LUV it Man. Been there twice and for any Beatles Fan it's HEAVEN!!! Met Pete Best, visited Casbah, Cavern, Mendips(John's Childhood home) Paul's home (laid on his bed!!!!) etc....The feeling is INDESCRIBABLE!!! Enjoy!!!!
Watch on You Tube: "Liverpool F.C.The Kop Crowd" to see the Liverpool they grew up in in 1964 at a "Soccer" Game, my friend. That will show you the spirit then, of Merseyside...
You must have felt that this song isn´t just about going outside your house. *It´s about going out of your head. Coming to life.* I suggest everybody to google the truthcontest (y)
+Naked John It's actually about both for sure. Originally an informal inquiry to Prudence Farrow to get out in about in India. But knowing John Lennon, I'm sure it was about existential awareness as well haha
i got the remastered record today and was really let down. the first line of this song is different: it just says "dear prudence, greet the brand new day" and omits "wont you come out to play. really disappointed
John shoved Yoko down the other 3's throats. He was a coward to just man up and quit so he used Yoko as a weapon. He knew she was a deal breaker being in the studio and he loved it.....because he was a coward. PS.....I love John
Robert Farawell It had nothing to do with a woman... It had everything to do with pressure, expectations, finances, and ownership of the Beatles as a product. Imagine having a marriage with 4 huge personalities and see how long it lasts in that regard alone... Now imagine being told that all the songs you were writing don't even belong to you, because the record company owns them. They were basically kids when they started. The free market world broke up the Beatles ("Its only a Northern [records] song). We were lucky to get the nearly 10 years we did get. Remember the good times, the love, and the lessons. They were only human after all.
Robert Farawell Yoko had very little to do with it. Linda Eastman was more of an influence than Yoko as to their breakup. Mostly, they had had enough of each other.
I love the quietly transcendent "drop in" finger picking in the first few moments of this song... still am astounded by everything the Beatles ever wrote, but this song always stays with me, and has for decades now...
I havent listen to this song in awhile,and I start to appreciate the musical talent of the artist and skill of the producer to create this great song!...its like night and day compared to the monotone,unoriginal music of today.
This song reminds of someone I loved dearly who suffered from depression.....I tried everything to get him to smile and see the beauty around him. He did and he's much happier now. I still cry listening to this song.
Still remember the first time and place I heard this album and this song in particular--43 years ago. I was about 12 yrs. old, alone in my house, and totally mesmerized and blown away by the experience. I listened to the whole two-record album in one sitting....
My grandma's name was Prudence. When she passed away, we put some of these lyrics on a plaque for her. When I miss her, I listen to this song.
I feel that, I'm sorry for your loss I really am.
There is no better song to listen to on headphones!!!! The Beatles invented 'stereo'. My favourite Beatles song of all time. Pure genius........
Still after all these years a pure classic. Sound amazing in my studio pro beats. A gift to all humanity. Makes me think about who my prudence is, and yes its my very significant other.
As long as I can listen to John, Paul, George and Ringo, I will always be "A rich man".
well this technically isnt ringo so..
On this particular song and USSR, I believe yes. Aren't you very clever /sarcasm off.
You are quite good at missing the point. Thanks for nothing.
my apologies, just wanted to make a little joke, meant no offense
Have you read the article about them everyone talks about on youtube? Go to TruthContest►com, open ~The Present~ then skip to page 59 and read what it says.
@@JohnnyUtah71I hope you calmed down after 10 years ZAMN!!!
To think that they went from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" to "The White Album" & "Abbey Road" in just five years is mind boggling.
Toby Preston
You honestly believe that the concepts behind those songs hadn't formed throughout his early lifespan? Generally songs are always brewing within these types of people. They just take a little beating to get into adulthood.
vaporfarts I'm referring to the leaps they made in the sophistication of their music & songwriting. Listen to "Love Me Do" then the ending of Abbey Road & that's what I'm talking about.
Tim Parker My comment was directed at Toby preston. Sry for the confusion.
George Martin's musical expertise helped fill the gaps between the Beatles' raw talent and the sound they wanted to achieve. Most of the Beatles' orchestral arrangements and instrumentation (as well as frequent keyboard parts on the early records) were written or performed by Martin in collaboration with the band Tim Parker
They changed the world and changed me at the same time. Nothing was ever the same again.
Isnt it amazing how listening to music you last heard 40 odd years ago brings back pinpoint sharp memories.
Only Beatles can make this kind of masterpiece.
i agree
Hannu Mäkynen Yeah, agreed, there are only a minority of bands that just have that "magic" and are levels above the others to show their vast superiority. I read this book a while ago: "With a Little Help from My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper" -- amzn.to/1J6ZZ1V -- it's a technical aspect of how they made this album which is great from beginning to when the needle returns.
Hannu Mäkynen I think Pink Floyd did too (Goodbye Blue Sky, for example)
Hannu Mäkynen I JUST posted the same comment regarding "I Want You/She's So Heavy". There is ONLY one band who could have produced these tracks in 1968 & 1969.
Headphones, Beatles = HEAVEN.
you'd better believe it baby!
no matter how much i love other bands, i keep coming back...and the good thing is the beatles are always there. love
The Beatles will never leave you nor forsake you ;)
Jon Howard Amen.
Pure timelessness and The Beatles linked us all as one to a new awareness and consciousness sorely needed. She will come back again....don't Worry! Help is on the way!
so true! maria in sweden.
I miss the times I'd hear the Beatles on the AM radio in a 1966 VW.
I hear ya man!, I remember my little transistor AM radio where your had to
pull the antenna out.
1960jack TheKaffeeKlatsch
Never experienced the 60s.
But I can imagine how great that feeling felt. You just don't get those kinds of things today. :)
Mihaly Lukacs...I was there...Believe me they were incredible.
Mihaly Lukacs Now the only thing WE hear on the radio is the Happy Song, which gets annoying as it is played every 10 minutes.
I rode with my girlfriend in a VW in 1966.....
Tks for the flashback.
I miss all of them, I miss that time, I miss myself.
Did you surrender like, “The Pretender?”
I could never get tired of these guys.
You just can't find music like this today anywhere...
one of my favorite things in life is when i get to talk to my dad on the phone and we're both in a musical mood and we just end up sharing and remembering songs.im 26 and he's 62 but some how we listen to mostly the same music. he Loves to sing this song, it usually makes its way into our music conversations. Music is our memory :)
No body did it better than the Beatles. Timeless and before their Time. RIP John and George . I know Paul and Ringo miss you guys, as does the World.
Don't worry we still have Beiber,far more talented than Lennon and McCartney.
My late brother LOVED this song & when we spread his ashes we thought of this song in his memory...good ole days & good ole memories!! Sunny days!!!!
I bought the LP (with Serial # 1110200) 45 years ago on Nov. 21, 1968. Still have and play the LP!
that's cool man.
Far out! My parents still have the Sgt. Pepper album on vinyl and is in decent condition. I wonder when that was purchased...
jonegger1983 Sgt. Pepper was released in June 1967 in the U.S. I had a chance to buy it while on leave in Tokyo, Japan in July 1967, but didn't 'cause I knew my brother would buy it. Wish I did now, as it probably would be a collector's item.
I bought the white album that early too, but wore it out, then it got lost along the way. Same thing with the Mono Sgt Pepper that I had including the psychedelic paper inner sleeve designed by The Fool.
No matter how much I listen modern music, I still come back here after some beers. There just is something deeper...
Yes, my master
This song certainly has a lot of depth. The subtle changes, accentuations throughout it make it a gem.
Oh, background vocals are impeccable.
Now that I am an adult, and I am hearing the Beatles' songs as an adult and not under the influence of any mind-altering substances, I can truly appreciate just how ground-breaking they really were.
but are you an adult is the question???
I woke up playing this song in head, nearly half a century after it came out, and it is still wonderful. As I knew in the 60's and know now, these are the Beethovens, Mozarts, and Strausses of our time.
Recorded on the day I was born: August 28, 1968. Paul's bass playing helps John' beautiful ballad.
Me too! Happy birthday fam!
Thanks You and same to you!!
+Andrew Schiff 23 rd of June 1968 "Hey Jude" 1 hit
Its 1/6/25 at 2:48pm and this 70yo brother is enjoying this song smoking some of God's finest greenery 💨💨💨 and listening 🎶 🎶🎶 with JVC ear buds watching it snow out my front bay window from HagerstownMd! PEACE ✌🏾 AND LOVE ❤ TO YOU ALL !
that voice, that guitar, that bass, that rhythm, that lyrics... that song!! Mesmerizing!
If they had only sung this one song, the Beatles would still be great.
What they did in a decade was pure brilliance. It may be repeated at sometime in the future…but…I doubt it.
The interplay and timing of John's acoustic picking, and his lead vocal, with the one-by-one layering of the background vocals, Paul's bass, Ringo's drumming, George's electric guitar lead, and the piano is a collaboration of genius. That collaboration of a variety of vocal and instrumental creativity and talent, that can be heard on dozens of equally great Beatles songs, is what set them apart from all others in pop/rock music, IMO. They weren't the loudest and they weren't the flashiest (thankfully on both accounts); but their synergy created the best music of my generation, and again IMO nobody has come close to them since.
Well put regarding the interplay of musical and vocal timing interplays...this song helped me realize why people say Chris Cornell, and to a lesser degree all of Soundgarden, were heavily influenced by the Beatles.
+Nestor Pigrounet, yeah Nestor I didn't know that until I read Ringo's biography. Always thought it was Ringo playing!
**I think it was mostly Paul's drumming we're hearing...
As a guitarist I think the pedal note is the key to that haunting vibe...I know I used it few times 😊
Dear Prudence,
open up your eyes, look around round.
Look round around round.
Look around.
We are literally just life looking around. This fact should make us love one another and live in heaven on earth but it doesn't, we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned mens souls.
The truth relating to conscious life can be understood now and that makes it the ultimate truth, that will transform mankind and the world. A new era of love peace and understanding is ready for those who want it. If the truth means something to you, Google *_Truth contest_* and check the truth for yourself. Its the only way to turn this world right side up.
Come out to play
Sincerely yours, The spirit of truth.
I'm very thankful I stumbled on this...
This is great.
Thank you, jesus, for showing me the Internet truths
Ham Bob jesus is dead
archie977 Wow...so edgy and deep. Shocking, too!
Paul's bass is brilliant. My favorite White Album song. First heard it in college after it came out. We all sat there mesmerized.
Between what these guys were doing musically, and what Brian Wilson was doing with the Beach Boys sound, and a few other out of the box musicians, music would never be the same after the mid 60's. I wish I had been born a few years earlier, and been able to experience it first hand, instead of discovering it later. I was born in '64, right in the middle of it all. Wonderful sounds!
Think I know where you are coming from. Was born in 1952, feel so lucky to have experienced this era of music. Beatles, Stones, Kinks and the whole british wave of bands was amazing. Saw Hendrix in 1968 and that seemed to change everything. Never saw the Beatles, a little too young.
David Henderson He was the one i was thinking of. I am quite envious, needless to say. Wasn't old enough to see those people, but am old enough to have heard it on the radio all the time when small.
You forgot The Grateful Dead. :)
I was born in the 60' and agree with you about not being able to experience this music when it came out.
Bryan Doyle the drugs? .... you didn't miss anything .... they still taste the same!
this song goes so unreckognized for how absolutely beautiful it is.
I am not too young to enjoy these Classics. I fell in love with the Beatles via John Lennon and Paul McCarthy! No matter what music mood I am in....I find a Beatles song to soothe my mood!
it wasn't just that the beatles were awesome, innovative, timeless, intelligent and prodigiously talented - they were - it was that they were the beatles, and we have all been fortunate to be their contemporaries; truly fortunate, that.
They were not of this earth!!!!! If Perfection ever existed in a group it was these guys. How is it humanly possible to write SO MANY CLASSIC SONGS?. They were "touched". Every conceivable characteristic & nuance of an EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL PHENOMENON was present in The Beatles: Great Image, Fantastic Looks, Intelligence, Articulate, Qwerky, Original, Different. Stylish, Charisma and charm you couldn't touch, Artistic, Personalities that were so completely individual, yet as group complimented each other perfectly. And if this wasn't enough fairly humble about their achievements and never forgot where they came from. Even the greatest mind in Pop Music marketing today couldn't even begin to dream about putting together a group like them.
And they are MINE! Isn’t that happiness? 😃
George was and has since been my favorite since a girl. My fandom of the beatles has faded but its nice to take a trip down memory lane. :)
Or sometimes, down Penny Lane? :)
Memories of my informative years - Love the White album
Its not available to me Alan George. Many of the videos on RUclips from The UK will not play in the US for some reason.
thats a shame
Alan George , I'm sorry ! I'll try the same artists and song on another post/venue . ❇;-)
Best song ever!!!! Sounds even better now , never ever tires!!
Beautiful song. The Beatles are the soundtrack of my childhood (tears).
this is one of the better Beatle's songs and sure one of the best Lennon's song in his career...
musical magic...You have the #1 and #2 best song writers of all time in the same band...WOW
One of my favorite bass lines in a Beatles song, and there are many more complicated and brilliant ones, but this one's great!
FANTASTIC SONG, I WILL LOVE THE BEATLES FOREVER, DEAR PRUDENCE!!
The greatest band who ever exsisted. Period
Best song ever?
***** Why then did you listen to it troll?
***** LOL
very tough call.....can think of a handful of contenders, well maybe more than a handful.....
I truly rate this.
*****
Insightful comment, bro.
For me here we have the best bass line in a Beatles song
Killer bassline, well done Paul
This band had the magic. No question
Yes they are the greatest band ever even all these years later.
+Andy Wheatley In the pop music, nothing is so big like The Beatles...
Check out TruthContest website and read "The Present". There's a whole chapter about The Beatles and their magic :)
Magick.....
my daughter sung the riff of this song after listen to the whole song when she was 1 year old. It's crazy but she did :)))) long life to the beatles.
What a musical genius John was. We lost musical paradise in 1980.
Love this song, even named my daughter Prudence!
is it just me, or is this song genius
It is, it's not you:) One of my favorite (actually MY favorite off the White Album). It's absolutely mesmerizing.
So Beautiful.
One of my favourite songs of the white album. And so much memories...
What a song ! what a BAND ! i hear the beatles and it sounds better and greater everyday!!! The BEATLES greatest rock band EVER!!!
I love both this version and Siouxsie Sue's version, but i can't decide which one i like more because they are both appropriate in different moods, so i can't decide which one i like more.
I feel the exact same way
what r u kidding me???
Fucknoid Silversmith Not really, no.
Fucknoid Silversmith Hmm... not really.
+DarkOnOneSide Who?
My compliments to the video maker. Not only like the images but he/she was smart enough to use the ones that matcd the time period of the song. See so many Beatle videos that don't and IMO diminsh some of the effect.
0:28 That picture was taken on Plymouth Hoe in Devon. I'm 21 and from Plymouth and I've seen another picture of them on Plymouth hoe in 1967 but they were more in the centre of the Hoe on the grass but I've never seen this one before. Best band ever
I agree, im a die-hard metal head but I believe The Beatles were/are the greatest band to ever walk the face of this earth
brandon daniels Stones
brandon daniels You are in the majority of the music world than includes metal. You're probably not the outlier you may believe.
easily the best rock and roll band of all time
The Beatles can't be beat, they are the best :)
my favorite of all time
You know the story? Of Prudence?
no
She was a temporary band member, but there's more.
+Shawn Munger Prudence refers to Mia Farrow's sister.
Karloffrules Yes she was,this was written in India, Prudence would rarely interact & preferred to stay in her room,hence the line,Dear prudence,won't you come out to play.
Hey people, live as you want, be free, don't listen the rules of system, if you want take some drugs you can but be carefull, if you want doing party and get high rather than make success of your life so DO IT, the freedom doesn't exist any more ... it is sad then let us resist !
the best band ever
I was born in 72 and I recall those first few years Beatles were still on the radio all the time.
un BIJOU ............je ne me lasse pas de l'ecouter ....... une femme , cette Prudence ...ms aussi ..cette prudence qui nous enferme ... et l'invitation à en sortir .. avec douceur , avec tendresse ...magnifique invitation !!
John Lennon - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar....Paul McCartney - backing vocals, drums, bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps...George Harrison - Lead guitar...Ringo - Nothing.
less known... but extremly wise and well played
England, and Britains' FINEST export.
Well... I've been watching a lot of retro from the 60s and 70s, FA Cup Finals and stuff. So yeah.*****
They probably thought anything is possible if you just worked hard enough and concentrated on the right things. Anything is possible just listen to there music and just look at what they’ve been able to accomplish.
The best songwriters 2 songwriters in the World, John and Paul.
Paul's bass is sooooooo fucking amazing!!!!!!!!
This song is about Mia Farrow never leaving her room in India when the Beatles went there to meditate.
+Weapons Education That would Prudence Farrow Mia's Sister
+Joe Gomez Correct, thanks
+Weapons Education
Not Mia Farrow, but her younger sister, named Prudence.
+Weapons Education That's interesting. I always thought it was about the girl Prudence who was in the Hard Day's Night film. The lyrics make more sense now.
+Weapons Education Mia Farrow inspired another song on this album: Sexy Sadie, dedicated to the Maharishi and his affair with Mia
I'm a "John-man" all the way and this is definitely 1 of John's finer songs but jesus freakin' christ, Paul is just all over that Hofner
Paul is also playing drums on this song. Ringo was AWOL.
I'm a "paul-guy", but this (among many John songs) is an absolute fav. And yes... Paul was not only one of the best, most prolific songwriters of all time, but arguably the most influential bass players ever (john even said so)
Al Johnson could not agree with you more sir! He is a legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist
I agree with you, altho im more of a "Paul" fan, but he is playing is (other) beloved bass, the rickenbacker...
I'm not sure if I was named after this song, but just hearing John Lennon sing my name in one of their songs is enough to make me content with my life and my name. The Beatles are legends.
0:29 THIS IS my favorite PHOTO OF THEM! Taken in Cornwall in 1967! I have a magazine with this photo ON THE BACK cover, I have framed it and now it’s on my wall!!
97 bowel-challenged people were looking for "Dear Prune Dance"
Sweet nectar.
2 million views and only 98 dislikes !
missing John and George,,,, saw Paul in the last years,,, and will see Ringo,, next oct,,, in Penticton BC,, Canada..... and missing those two lads,,, sweet souls,,, you shine onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn xooox
Men, that is a killer bass line through the hole song!
I am thinking about opening my own business in CA, and I hope that everything goes well, because the first thing I am going to do is go to Liverpool and check out everything about the Beatles :)
Your gonna LUV it Man. Been there twice and for any Beatles Fan it's HEAVEN!!! Met Pete Best, visited Casbah, Cavern, Mendips(John's Childhood home) Paul's home (laid on his bed!!!!) etc....The feeling is INDESCRIBABLE!!! Enjoy!!!!
Watch on You Tube: "Liverpool F.C.The Kop Crowd" to see the Liverpool they grew up in in 1964 at a "Soccer" Game, my friend. That will show you the spirit then, of Merseyside...
1:50 = best part
1:49... looks just like Dhani
John Paul George Ringo idiot
John Paul George Ringo stand back, or I'll take a shit on john Lennon's grave.
FaZe with that realllllllllyyyy long username he was cremated
Manar A. I'll still shit on him, he's not even talented :-\ .
FaZe with that realllllllllyyyy long username yeah ok have fun with that buddy
this song has my favorite Paul bass line. He plays faster and more complex lines on other tunes, but his one just hits the spot. A true master.
This song is unique, never heard something as relaxing and that makes me think as this song
You must have felt that this song isn´t just about going outside your house.
*It´s about going out of your head. Coming to life.*
I suggest everybody to google the truthcontest (y)
+Naked John It's actually about both for sure. Originally an informal inquiry to Prudence Farrow to get out in about in India. But knowing John Lennon, I'm sure it was about existential awareness as well haha
+Naked John wouldn't it be whose head? Or how much Prudence? Only meant as a noun,or at the discretion of the writer
Interesting :)
i got the remastered record today and was really let down. the first line of this song is different: it just says "dear prudence, greet the brand new day" and omits "wont you come out to play. really disappointed
I have the remastered collection and there's nothing omitted in 'Dear Prudence' ,perhaps you got a bad CD?
maybe so. its rlly weird..
For 179 people the sun is not up and they are not beautiful.
When I was a toddler, my dad taught me this song and we always sung it together, so many good memories once again, thanks to the Beatles
Isn't it a beautiful song about the simple joy of being alive, Mrs K. ?
"It's beautiful, and so are you"
I kiss your delicate feet.
RINGO = "round round round round "
Ok, this is weird
My real name is Prudence .-----.
sorry bro, but I laughed!
Mericcup and Jackunzel Shipper Well aren't you privileged.
Mericcup and Jackunzel Shipper - What's your fake name?
poindexter van halen Nightrex.... Yeah. Pretty weird -_-
The main reasons this band split?, women and John and Paul big egos.
John shoved Yoko down the other 3's throats. He was a coward to just man up and quit so he used Yoko as a weapon. He knew she was a deal breaker being in the studio and he loved it.....because he was a coward. PS.....I love John
Robert Farawell
It had nothing to do with a woman... It had everything to do with pressure, expectations, finances, and ownership of the Beatles as a product. Imagine having a marriage with 4 huge personalities and see how long it lasts in that regard alone... Now imagine being told that all the songs you were writing don't even belong to you, because the record company owns them. They were basically kids when they started. The free market world broke up the Beatles ("Its only a Northern [records] song). We were lucky to get the nearly 10 years we did get.
Remember the good times, the love, and the lessons. They were only human after all.
Robert Farawell
Yoko had very little to do with it. Linda Eastman was more of an influence than Yoko as to their breakup. Mostly, they had had enough of each other.
Allen Klein. Personal and professional growth. Heroin. in that order.
Kyana McCoy
Really?, It is the Rolling Stones the only or one of the few exceptions?
I love the quietly transcendent "drop in" finger picking in the first few moments of this song... still am astounded by everything the Beatles ever wrote, but this song always stays with me, and has for decades now...
One of the greatest solos ever , and rhythm guitar all the while singing and never dropping a beat
Makes me think of a girl I know.
wonder if ppl will still listen to the likes of miley cyrus 1d and all the other bull crap in 40 0dd yrs probably not...
people dont even listen to music from 2000´s or even most of 90´s. Music now a days is made to be listened to and than thrown away.
come out to play. fans read the truthcontest beatles section! google it!
Best that ever was! Richard Grimsley
I havent listen to this song in awhile,and I start to appreciate the musical talent of the artist and skill of the producer to create this great song!...its like night and day compared to the monotone,unoriginal music of today.
You have to have experienced personal awareness to really understand this song - It speaks on many levels. Beatles = greatness
Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles
Not only is this my favorite song by them, but this is my all time favorite guitar riff of any song I've heard in my 18 years on this earth.
My Swedish teacher at ucsb was with the Beatles on their trip to India. She had so many stories to relate. I love her and the Beatles
This song reminds of someone I loved dearly who suffered from depression.....I tried everything to get him to smile and see the beauty around him. He did and he's much happier now. I still cry listening to this song.
Still remember the first time and place I heard this album and this song in particular--43 years ago. I was about 12 yrs. old, alone in my house, and totally mesmerized and blown away by the experience. I listened to the whole two-record album in one sitting....