Met an 88 year old not long ago who grew up in Liverpool and told me stories of being 9 years old when the Nazis bombed the port to destroy the shipping, etc. which was fascinating to a WW II history buff like myself. When I asked him about the Beatles, he told me he knew of them but his brother went to school with John Lennon and knew him pretty well. It was a pretty interesting conversation to say the least. Unfortunately, he passed away not long after I met him...RIP "old Bill".
Quite a few of the original Cavern-dwellers are still knocking around Liverpool. Had a nice chat as well with one over a couple of pints in Mathew Street one late morning a few years ago..
@Noodle Fringe If they're still in touch to this day then it wasn't Rory Storm because he passed away in 1972. But whoever it was, sounds like you had a really cool experience and got to see some very rare photos.
Yes, it was a huge mistake to declare on Germany. Hitler admired the British and never wanted a war with Britain. In fact most of the royal family were German and that decision destroyed their empire.
Amen. I was 12 when the appeared on Ed Sullivan. I can't imagine what life would have been like without Beatles music playing more-or-less constantly, throughout my whole life.
Same here. Ed Sullivan when I was 11 yo; watching at my grandmother’s house, I was struck by their looks and sound. It was like aliens had landed! Things were never the same after that appearance.
Imagine Paul and George talking together on the bus as youngsters never in their wildest imagination could they even fathom where they would end up in the greatest and biggest band of all time just shot into absolute stratospheric levels of fame with it, just two young lads with musical ambitions and big dreams !!
@@JeffMartin-g7o depending on one’s own personal beliefs mate it was either a miracle or fate ( not sure myself but I suppose I would like to believe in fate my late grandmother used to always say to me “whatever is meant to be for you in this life will always come to you and never pass you by” 💙
Stating it once again: Greatest band ever -- musically, lyrically, sociologically, culturally. A meteor that streaked across the sky and left us with groundbreaking, unprecedented, original, immortal, timeless, classic music. Thanks, lads.
I agree. I am 39 and my youngest is 10, and we are obsessed with The Beatles. We both drum too, due to Ringo. They are simply the best. Humanity is so very lucky that The Beatles graved us with their talents! ❤❤❤❤
They really did excel. Compare them to the Stones, who I like, but they are more into simpler songs. Paul & John became incredible songwriters - and players!! (Instrumentalists.) John played a few other instruments besides guitar, but Paul was a bit of a teacher. Real teachers can often play MANY instruments. I know, because I've known quite a few, and have lessons from real pros who play in large orchestras & symphonies. And I think John benefitted a lot from writing and playing with Paul. And they BOTH benefitted from working with George Martin, a very accomplished multi-instrumentalist himself!! Plus, by not touring anymore after 1966, they all benefitted from being in the studio every day, year in and year out. So everything combined for a very conducive atmosphere for learning and growing musically, in both writing and playing a multitude of instruments. ALSO, the "lads" (men by this time) grew together as a band. Their band chemistry grew to ever increasing heights! An amazing situation, musically. Plus, drugs were really having an impact on music, worldwide. And the civil unrest in America over the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement, and the assassinations in the States... ALL those things had an effect on the young people in England and elsewhere. Such a highly charged social atmosphere would stir musical creativity also! What a unique time. What a great band story! WHAT A GREAT BAND!!
That is the understatement of the century! I'm just glad I lived through it all and have to say that one of the positive aspects of being old(er) now is to have been young(er) then!
I remember vividly, sitting at night, looking out of the upstairs bedroom window. 1964, WXYZ Detroit, Michigan. Just Motown, and The Beatles. That was all that they played. Just magical!
Indeed! Ringo played drum parts/fills as if they were written by the song writers...perfect timing, placements, choice of symbols, hi-hat, toms, bass drum, etc. He even played bongos on a song or two.
A lot of people think drum solos are what makes a good drummer, but any good cover band can do a drum solo. What makes Ringo great is his creativity in the studio. You hear 5 seconds of Ringo's drumming and you already know what song it is. Some of my favorite bands have great drummers but their drumming all sound the same. Ringo brings the uniqueness in the recording session.
So many people don't realize how hard the Beatles worked to perfect their craft. So many ignoramuses think of them as some sort of "boy band," but they couldn't be more wrong. If you listen to their Hamburg stuff, they rocked harder than the Stones ever did.
The Beatles Have a VERY VERY special place in my Heart, I will never ever stop loving them, I Just love them SO MUCH and their Music. THE BEATLES WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD FOREVER AND EVER.
The Beatles really were the main catalysts for progressing popular music from their beginning to their end. They kept experimenting and introducing new ideas into everyone's minds. From the git-go to the pyre, they were just "COOL!"
I had a VHS long before Anthology I would watch. It's nice to hear and see the beginnings of the boys. I imagine younger people will watch this. "What's the big thing about the Beatles?" I was 9 when they hit the US. They were everything at the time.
We are so fortunate that the Beatles ever existed. Without them who would we compare other groups to? They where the standard in which all other groups were compared to, besides thier music, humor, and natural talent, they gave us so much joy, where the other groups were trying to just trying to stay on the music scene. The Beatles just stayed there because of their genius, hard work and dedication to their fans.
Whenever I saw Paul McCartney perform onstage and in the studio I only think of one word, "Hardwork." And it inspires me and he inspired me now like I was inspired by John Lennon's artistry.
Apparently young John wondered if letting a super talented Paul in the Quarrymen was a good idea. Thought it might upset the chemistry. Well, we are certainly glad John chose wisely, imagine if they had been in separate Liverpool bands.
I was seven years old living in Glendale, California when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. My young friends and I were totally unimpressed, owing to our lack of any sort of musical taste. Once we noticed how over the top in love everyone's older sisters were we began to rethink our position, not that anyone cared. I recall that just a few short years later, however, I really dug Lady Madonna, Eleanor Rigby, and pretty much all of the later period output from the band. Get Back, Let It Be, and all of the weird and wonderfully strange songs that only they could pull off. I Am The Walrus, Magical Mystery Tour, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Fool On The Hill... What an age to come of age in! I was crazy about that later era...and it felt like the music died when they split up in 1970, the year I turned 13. They say it's best to go out when you're on top, but another decade would have been nice.
The day after they were on the Sullivan Show our Principal & a teacher went from room to room in hokey wigs pretending to be Beatles! At recess another kid & me were giving out fake autographs, telling all the girls we'd met them & they signed a stack of them for us. We were only 3rd-graders at the time, but we were sorta popular. At least for an hour or 2
Music Box USA has produced the definitive historical, comprehensive documentary of the Beatles, dirty nickers, dirty managers, hemorrhaging finances, and all. All that has been in the shadows or expected from two talented kids, Paul and John, and two less talented but altogether necessary mates and the formulation of a great Meth-Four -Piece-Band that changed everything. Great Job MBUSA!
I went to the same school as Paul McCartney: the Liverpool Institute. When I was 14 Paul came to Liverpool and put on a concert for the whole school. He was in Wings at the time (this was the 80s) and we had a great time plus the entire afternoon off school! Fond memories.
The Beatles a awesome group.John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison and Ringo Starr was all awesome song writers.Alot of great songs.May John Lennon and George Harrison RIP 💐
I grew up with the Beatles, I was 11 when they first came to America. I had tears in my eyes when I heard Lennon was shot dead because I knew this was the beginning of the end of decency in America. I felt that for a while , this band brought us all together for a little bit of happiness.
I always love watching stories about the Beatles. They were my all-time favorite band and still are today. Sure Mr. John and George wish they were still here. If they were I think they would’ve probably gotten back together again I am a solo instrumental, guitarist I love playing their music I’ve been playing guitar for almost 50 years. I do about five of their songs, all solo instrumental, finger style guitar. The Beatles music is not easy to play some say it is but when you really get deeply into it, it’s not easy. These guys had a hell of a lot of talent. I always thought they were super cool. Maybe George and John rest in peace. Thanks for this wonderful super cool video. Have a beautiful day.👍🏼😁😎❤️😪🎸
When my family first moved to a town after living out in the country I was not too happy about it because I was used to having a big barn with cattle and a donkey, woods and a creek to play in . I was 9 years old and I couldn't and didn't want to go outside in the city . My Dad bought a big floor console record player/stereo from a farm auction for the new living room and inside it was a stack of 33 RPM album. There was The Guess Who, CCR, Humble Pie, Black Sabbath, Everly Brothers, Lonnie Mack, BB King , lots of great stuff I'd never heard. All of them had some great stuff but the records I was most intrigued with were Beatles 62&66 and 67 -70 . I had a pair of those huge Koss headphones with the curly cord and I must have spent the whole of the first winter there spinning those albums and looking at the covers with the band looking down from a balcony,first looking young and in matching suits and then with very long hair and freaky beards . I was SO into what that music sounded like and how cool they seemed because they all could sing . Soon after I saw Help on some UHF channel one Sunday morning and I was totally hooked on the Beatles. Their sound and their personalities made all other bands seem insignificant in comparison. Within a year I convinced my parents to get me a guitar and amp so I could try to be as much like a Beatle as possible
The fact that I was born in 1978 while all four of them were still walking the planet is something I’m very grateful for. They have made our lives so magical.
😂😂 At 6:57 when Paul says talking down to George as a teenager and well into adulthood, as a fellow Beatle, was a failing of his. Followed by George's punchline at 7:03, *"He was always nine months older than I...Even now, he's still nine months older than me."* So funny because he said it in a way that gives one the first impression that George was frustrated that after all this time, he could not catch up and match Paul's age. But what he actually meant was that even after all these years, Paul still tends to talk down to George. Such a brilliantly witty one liner. 😂😂
In 1964 John was asked "How long do you think the Beatles will last?" and he said something like, "You can be big headed and say 10 years but then you'll be lucky to last 3 months." Turns out they didn't even last 10 years, at least from the time when he was asked that. But then The Rolling Stones ended up lasting over 60 years, at least from that time! It just shows to go you can't never tell.
love this shot at 9:59 these three casually taking a photo together, unaware of what was to come, that they'd not only change music forever but society as they knew it.
Yet no studio footage. Other musicians said they were terrible. Everyone’s been duped but most don’t wanna believe it and ruin the Cinderella story. That’s all it was. A story.
Budget camera were available even in chemists (drug stores). Also individuals made a small living taking photos and offering them for sale as souvenirs. Magnetic tape reel-to-reel recorders were also available in budget “studios”. The Beetles were already quite famous in early 1960s.
@@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss I have to assume you're being deliberately silly. Ever hear of the "Get Back" documentary? Not to mention the film and even video ( Japan, 1966 ), many hours of it, of them performing in person? Oh yes, and The Ed Sullivan Shows?
@@bobtaylor170why is Get Back such a struggle to write songs after all that experience when they wrote/rehearsed/recorded/mixed Rubber Soul in one month?
Decided to try to watch this again, and for some reason now there aren't any ads, so I watched all the way through. This is a really great Beatles documentary! The "lads" telling the story in their own words, not somebody else's. And a TON of good photos and archival videos! I watched this twice and I'm keeping it in my playlist. On to part two! Thanks for posting!!
Magnificent. It really brought home the fact that this was people's real lives, that this History actually happened to 4 normal guys, 2 of whom are still around today. Already looking forward to part 2, even though it deals with the sh1t sandwich period.
So enjoyed this .I've heard their stories a million times and it never grows old. Just like them, they are a joy to listen to in all phases of their creativity and all phases of my life. I am no longer the teenage girl who was at their Shea Stadium concert- I couldn't scream, I was so in awe that this kid from Brooklyn got to see them in person. I'm sorry that it wasn't understood by The Beatles that although the screams were harsh, just their being there was a dream come true for many a young girl. ❤❤❤❤
I just want to speak from personal experience how important it is to stand up to your promoter in the music business, I turn down 10 years ago to record contracts because I never wanted to go commercial because of the fact that nowadays promoters don't work with you, at this time I was in my early twenties I'm 31 now and I can tell you even ten years ago if you said anything like I'm not going to do something until we provide more to our body of work they'll let you go right on the spot nowadays you have no control, and you have no input, I played five different instruments I play electric and acoustic guitar bass organ and I'm basically a drummer I've been driving for 20 years, it sucks these guys had a really good relationship with Brian because it seems like Brian did listen to them on that subject of not going to America until they provided a number one in their body of work in the UK, that's one thing I will definitely say about the Beatles they weren't afraid to assert themselves and what they believed.
The Beatles had their first #1 in US on Feb. 1st, 1964 with I Wanna Hold Your Hand. It entered the top 100 at 45th position then jumped to first place in one week. Eight days later, they were on the Sullivan show playing to an audience of 73 million viewers.
My classmate, Josie had gotten a ticket for that performance, lucky girl. I, like so many, sat on the floor in our small living room watching & trying to contain my joy...though I had to sing along with every song 🎵 ❤
This is exactly the way the Beatles: 'Anthology', and John Lennon's: 'Imagine' documentaries were done. Only they went into much more detail about each story.
Great to hear these musings- mostly from the anthology it seems- concentrated like you are sitting together with the lads reminiscing. well put together with some great photos to boot! My personal favorite story McCartney's B7 chord story is here! The open B7 chord sounds so good, but it has a unique shape and would be hard to figure out without someone telling you how to do it. In those days, unlike today, guitar lessons were predominately classical technique-- there were no books, no tab, not much of anything to do with rock and roll. The story shows how young rock was, that the Beatles were there right at its birth, The times are so different these days as ar as the guitar goes--we've come a long way, in part due to the Beatles learning to play guitar!
When you listen to music from that time forward, it’s astonishing how much succeeding musicians owe to the Beatles. Paul is still a genius and an innovator. So glad I was alive during that time. The music was magical.
George's brothers Peter and Harold are in the family picture at 1:38 but apparently sister Louise already split to Scotland with husband if George is 12 there. Louise ended up in Benton, Illinois where George visited just a few months before he and the boys did Ed and changed America forever. Technically George was the 1st Beatle to step foot on USA and the first to play on stage as he did when he played with a local band called the Vests on a couple gigs set up by Louise. The few people that saw him with them you have to wonder if they put 2 and 2 together when George was on Sullivan only a few months later!!! He bought HIS 1st Rickenbacker while in Ill. model 420 soon to be replaced by the Gretsch Country Gentleman. 🎸
I'll be the first to admit, they were and still are the greatest band ever, but if you really get down and admit it, it was the hair that really put them on top.
I remember when Love Me Do came out. I liked it. It was different. But to think these guys are still learning cords while making music is amazing. Then they just get better and better. Nothing like being determined.
I just watched the documentary, “Get Back” which was the end of the long winding road for them. So now I have to get back to the beginning to understand how it all started.
I remember when I seen the first Beatle Album in our local Record shop. I had to have it. It was mono on VJ record Co. I though it was a fantastic. Shortly after that The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and then the Meet the Beatles Album came out on capital Records But to me The VJ album was just as much of a hit. Thank you for Putting this together. Nicely Done.c];-)
In the early days the stones were marketed as the bad boys against the Beatles, in reality when Keith richards was learning chuck berry’s repertoire and trying to get a band together at the same age George was playing 8 hours a night on the Reeperbahn.
From one Diane to another....ty they are amazing n all n much more than you know....again ty for ur great class n taste in music genius!! Rubber Soul ,Oh My goodness, what a change huh? Revolver,Pepper?? 4get about it. All masterpieces that turned us on to . Spirituality, grass n head candy. To enjoy music more than we knew. 🌿☮️💜😴
Paul McCartney says he's a "year and a half" older than George Harrison, which is why he tended to "talk down to him". George Harrison says they are only nine months apart. Harrison was correct, as he was born in Feb '43 and McCartney was born in June '42
I was born at the end of 1964. I had the crap scared out of me when I went to see Yellow Submarine. The blue meanies and Glove were a bit too much for me. BY the time I was into music as a teenager, the Beatles were long broken up, in fact John Lennon was killed when I was just about 16. Despite all that, I fit in a good deal of Beatle interest from 12 until that time, listened to all their records in depth, and got the Beatles experience as I could, and it was a shock when Lennon passed away. I'm almost glad I wasn't more attached to him, because listening to his great new solo record while he was gone was more ironic than millions could take I'm sure. I could still enjoy those songs at least, although Watching the Wheels had such great messages of a man living for himself and his family, not for others, and sorting his life out on his terms. It was such a shame he didn't get to live in that better place he had found. I was always most amazed by his writing and vocal talent, though all of them were phenomenal writers and players of course. They set the standard for everyone. They entered everyone by osmosis. At times, it's cooler to like the Stones or the Who, but the Beatles are a rock you can never ignore, and whenever you go back to listen to them, there's so much in those vocal blends and harmonies and melodies and the unique tricks of George Martin. People still haven't matched what they did and apparently won't. Plus they managed not to be a bleak or one dimensional band. They left so many musical paths hanging that they could've gone farther down, or others still could. What a landmark in music.
Just want to say I inherited a collection and a just getting into the Beatles and have never cared about them before now but now I want to know all about them and I chose this to start with and it seems like a really good thing to start with… thank you for making this very unique yet seemingly completely necessary style of a documentary
This is almost a fantasy story of how 4 guys with such talent and charisma came together by chance after WWII and brought fresh air and new life into people's hearts and how they withstood the hard rigors of developing together and then became a Tsunami as they swept from Britain to America and took the U.S.A. by storm, and they will be remembered forever and ever in our minds and hearts. WE LOVE YOU BEATLES.
I recently discovered your channel and just wanted to say I am INCREDIBLY impressed by your output. The amount of videos you've made, and the quality of each of them, is truly amazing...Almost Beatles-like! Well done, keep it up, you have a new fan.
This is a great documentary. I enjoy the use of interviews and other recordings. However, I feel that the last 5 minutes or so starting at 50:30 the video suffers from loud and exaggerated music that drowns out the audio recordings which is the most interesting thing and which is what this whole doc is based on around. I understand the mood it is going for in regards to the controversy, but it’s just unnecessarily loud. I appreciate the time and effort that has gone into making this video. I love the Beatles and this hits home.
This sounds truthful. I like the correction they were smoking tobacco, not grass before meeting the queen. Interesting how the media always gets it wrong.
The news wants a story. Smoking a regular cigarette isn’t interesting. Anyway the truth has nothing to do with the news. It’s about money, even if misrepresenting or down right making it up.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Special thanks to quartet guest speakers. For sharing personal information/experiences. Pertaining to their journey from hard times to stardom -!!!😉. Enjoying this presentation from the comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast "🚀 of Florida 🐊🐊🐊. (1-29-24) wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )
Met an 88 year old not long ago who grew up in Liverpool and told me stories of being 9 years old when the Nazis bombed the port to destroy the shipping, etc. which was fascinating to a WW II history buff like myself. When I asked him about the Beatles, he told me he knew of them but his brother went to school with John Lennon and knew him pretty well. It was a pretty interesting conversation to say the least. Unfortunately, he passed away not long after I met him...RIP "old Bill".
Quite a few of the original Cavern-dwellers are still knocking around Liverpool. Had a nice chat as well with one over a couple of pints in Mathew Street one late morning a few years ago..
@Noodle Fringe Very cool!
@Noodle Fringe If they're still in touch to this day then it wasn't Rory Storm because he passed away in 1972. But whoever it was, sounds like you had a really cool experience and got to see some very rare photos.
Yes, it was a huge mistake to declare on Germany. Hitler admired the British and never wanted a war with Britain. In fact most of the royal family were German and that decision destroyed their empire.
Interesting story. Two months ago, I met a girl at a cafe who let me smash without a condom. Which was fascinating to a raw sex buff like myself.
The Beatles. Once in a lifetime. Never to be repeated. Glad I was there. 👍👍👍
Amen. I was 12 when the appeared on Ed Sullivan. I can't imagine what life would have been like without Beatles music playing more-or-less constantly, throughout my whole life.
Same. Vividly remember the whole thing -- from Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road. So thankful.
Same here. Ed Sullivan when I was 11 yo; watching at my grandmother’s house, I was struck by their looks and sound. It was like aliens had landed! Things were never the same after that appearance.
The toppermost of the poppermost
Can’t get tired of Beatle content.
Me to, so much positive energy!
Imagine Paul and George talking together on the bus as youngsters never in their wildest imagination could they even fathom where they would end up in the greatest and biggest band of all time just shot into absolute stratospheric levels of fame with it, just two young lads with musical ambitions and big dreams !!
You're a natural at writing 🥂 Thee best band
Longest sentence ever
@@7silver78fox respect bro 😎
A Miricle? I think so.
@@JeffMartin-g7o depending on one’s own personal beliefs mate it was either a miracle or fate ( not sure myself but I suppose I would like to believe in fate my late grandmother used to always say to me “whatever is meant to be for you in this life will always come to you and never pass you by” 💙
The most important music in the 20th century. To me.
Stating it once again: Greatest band ever -- musically, lyrically, sociologically, culturally. A meteor that streaked across the sky and left us with groundbreaking, unprecedented, original, immortal, timeless, classic music. Thanks, lads.
The British Invasion movement of 1964 was to change the course of music history forever.
I agree. I am 39 and my youngest is 10, and we are obsessed with The Beatles. We both drum too, due to Ringo. They are simply the best. Humanity is so very lucky that The Beatles graved us with their talents! ❤❤❤❤
They really did excel. Compare them to the Stones, who I like, but they are more into simpler songs. Paul & John became incredible songwriters - and players!! (Instrumentalists.) John played a few other instruments besides guitar, but Paul was a bit of a teacher. Real teachers can often play MANY instruments. I know, because I've known quite a few, and have lessons from real pros who play in large orchestras & symphonies. And I think John benefitted a lot from writing and playing with Paul. And they BOTH benefitted from working with George Martin, a very accomplished multi-instrumentalist himself!! Plus, by not touring anymore after 1966, they all benefitted from being in the studio every day, year in and year out. So everything combined for a very conducive atmosphere for learning and growing musically, in both writing and playing a multitude of instruments. ALSO, the "lads" (men by this time) grew together as a band. Their band chemistry grew to ever increasing heights! An amazing situation, musically. Plus, drugs were really having an impact on music, worldwide. And the civil unrest in America over the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement, and the assassinations in the States... ALL those things had an effect on the young people in England and elsewhere. Such a highly charged social atmosphere would stir musical creativity also! What a unique time. What a great band story! WHAT A GREAT BAND!!
@@brent3760 Yes!
@@We_All_Seek_Truth Bingo, amen and touche!
There will never be anyone else like the Beatles. They are awesome and amazing!!
That is the understatement of the century! I'm just glad I lived through it all and have to say that one of the positive aspects of being old(er) now is to have been young(er) then!
Yes I agree 💯 the Beatles a awesome group alot of great songs
Both Awesome AND amazing ? Wow
@@sess122 Yes! Lucky to have been born in the 1950s.
@@thomaspick4123 "A lot of junk"? Uh, no.
I remember vividly, sitting at night, looking out of the upstairs bedroom window. 1964, WXYZ Detroit, Michigan. Just Motown, and The Beatles. That was all that they played. Just magical!
Even now he’s STILL 9 months older than me 😂😂😂😂 love you George
Ringo was and is a really fantastic drummer: he plays very simple but really makes the beat work - The magic really comes through him!
Indeed! Ringo played drum parts/fills as if they were written by the song writers...perfect timing, placements, choice of symbols, hi-hat, toms, bass drum, etc. He even played bongos on a song or two.
A lot of people think drum solos are what makes a good drummer, but any good cover band can do a drum solo. What makes Ringo great is his creativity in the studio. You hear 5 seconds of Ringo's drumming and you already know what song it is. Some of my favorite bands have great drummers but their drumming all sound the same. Ringo brings the uniqueness in the recording session.
@@One.Zero.One101 That's right.
@@One.Zero.One101some people say everything we hear on the records,were performed by session musicians. Have you heard something like that?
@@aghnifridyou could say that about any literally band. there’s live footage of them playing, i don’t know how people even consider that fact
So many people don't realize how hard the Beatles worked to perfect their craft. So many ignoramuses think of them as some sort of "boy band," but they couldn't be more wrong. If you listen to their Hamburg stuff, they rocked harder than the Stones ever did.
You are too polite. I would have just gone ahead and said ignoranus.
@@steveshattah Why? That’s not a word and we’re not 11 year old boys
@@pattyayers ignoranuses are everywhere. Yes everywhere. Have a nice day.
You believe the lies you’ve been told. The Beatles were frauds.
The Stones are a joke
The Beatles Have a VERY VERY special place in my Heart, I will never ever stop loving them, I Just love them SO MUCH and their Music. THE BEATLES WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD FOREVER AND EVER.
The Beatles really were the main catalysts for progressing popular music from their beginning to their end. They kept experimenting and introducing new ideas into everyone's minds. From the git-go to the pyre, they were just "COOL!"
I had a VHS long before Anthology I would watch. It's nice to hear and see the beginnings of the boys. I imagine younger people will watch this. "What's the big thing about the Beatles?" I was 9 when they hit the US. They were everything at the time.
My flight attendant told me a story about going to a beatles concert as a young girl
I was seven. If you didn't live through it, you'll never fully understand it. The Beatles were EVERYTHING!
So glad I found this! Just history talking, no narrator or interpretation needed. Great concept done well.
The sound is clean and normalized; transitions smooth; the setting well done. Loved it.
We are so fortunate that the Beatles ever existed. Without them who would we compare other groups to? They where the standard in which all other groups were compared to, besides thier music, humor, and natural talent, they gave us so much joy, where the other groups were trying to just trying to stay on the music scene. The Beatles just stayed there because of their genius, hard work and dedication to their fans.
Whenever I saw Paul McCartney perform onstage and in the studio I only think of one word, "Hardwork." And it inspires me and he inspired me now like I was inspired by John Lennon's artistry.
This is such a beautiful documentary with so much original audio and footage, thank you kindly and very well done! Can't wait for part two.
This was taken from the Beatles Anthology documentary released years ago.
Apparently young John wondered if letting a super talented Paul in the Quarrymen was a good idea. Thought it might upset the chemistry. Well, we are certainly glad John chose wisely, imagine if they had been in separate Liverpool bands.
I was seven years old living in Glendale, California when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. My young friends and I were totally unimpressed, owing to our lack of any sort of musical taste. Once we noticed how over the top in love everyone's older sisters were we began to rethink our position, not that anyone cared.
I recall that just a few short years later, however, I really dug Lady Madonna, Eleanor Rigby, and pretty much all of the later period output from the band. Get Back, Let It Be, and all of the weird and wonderfully strange songs that only they could pull off. I Am The Walrus, Magical Mystery Tour, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Fool On The Hill...
What an age to come of age in! I was crazy about that later era...and it felt like the music died when they split up in 1970, the year I turned 13. They say it's best to go out when you're on top, but another decade would have been nice.
The day after they were on the Sullivan Show our Principal & a teacher went from room to room in hokey wigs pretending to be Beatles! At recess another kid & me were giving out fake autographs, telling all the girls we'd met them & they signed a stack of them for us. We were only 3rd-graders at the time, but we were sorta popular. At least for an hour or 2
@@JustPlainSteve5372 yeah, when you're just a kid you have to work every angle you can find. Well done!
@@usaturnuranus 👍
Music Box USA has produced the definitive historical, comprehensive documentary of the Beatles, dirty nickers, dirty managers, hemorrhaging finances, and all. All that has been in the shadows or expected from two talented kids, Paul and John, and two less talented but altogether necessary mates and the formulation of a great Meth-Four -Piece-Band that changed everything. Great Job MBUSA!
I went to the same school as Paul McCartney: the Liverpool Institute. When I was 14 Paul came to Liverpool and put on a concert for the whole school. He was in Wings at the time (this was the 80s) and we had a great time plus the entire afternoon off school! Fond memories.
The Beatles a awesome group.John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison and Ringo Starr was all awesome song writers.Alot of great songs.May John Lennon and George Harrison RIP 💐
I grew up with the Beatles, I was 11 when they first came to America. I had tears in my eyes when I heard Lennon was shot dead because I knew this was the beginning of the end of decency in America. I felt that for a while , this band brought us all together for a little bit of happiness.
Such a heartbreaking day that we will never forget 💔
I always love watching stories about the Beatles. They were my all-time favorite band and still are today. Sure Mr. John and George wish they were still here. If they were I think they would’ve probably gotten back together again I am a solo instrumental, guitarist I love playing their music I’ve been playing guitar for almost 50 years. I do about five of their songs, all solo instrumental, finger style guitar. The Beatles music is not easy to play some say it is but when you really get deeply into it, it’s not easy. These guys had a hell of a lot of talent. I always thought they were super cool. Maybe George and John rest in peace. Thanks for this wonderful super cool video. Have a beautiful day.👍🏼😁😎❤️😪🎸
When my family first moved to a town after living out in the country I was not too happy about it because I was used to having a big barn with cattle and a donkey, woods and a creek to play in . I was 9 years old and I couldn't and didn't want to go outside in the city . My Dad bought a big floor console record player/stereo from a farm auction for the new living room and inside it was a stack of 33 RPM album. There was The Guess Who, CCR, Humble Pie, Black Sabbath, Everly Brothers, Lonnie Mack, BB King , lots of great stuff I'd never heard. All of them had some great stuff but the records I was most intrigued with were Beatles 62&66 and 67 -70 . I had a pair of those huge Koss headphones with the curly cord and I must have spent the whole of the first winter there spinning those albums and looking at the covers with the band looking down from a balcony,first looking young and in matching suits and then with very long hair and freaky beards . I was SO into what that music sounded like and how cool they seemed because they all could sing . Soon after I saw Help on some UHF channel one Sunday morning and I was totally hooked on the Beatles. Their sound and their personalities made all other bands seem insignificant in comparison. Within a year I convinced my parents to get me a guitar and amp so I could try to be as much like a Beatle as possible
The fact that I was born in 1978 while all four of them were still walking the planet is something I’m very grateful for. They have made our lives so magical.
😂😂 At 6:57 when Paul says talking down to George as a teenager and well into adulthood, as a fellow Beatle, was a failing of his. Followed by George's punchline at 7:03, *"He was always nine months older than I...Even now, he's still nine months older than me."* So funny because he said it in a way that gives one the first impression that George was frustrated that after all this time, he could not catch up and match Paul's age. But what he actually meant was that even after all these years, Paul still tends to talk down to George. Such a brilliantly witty one liner. 😂😂
Yes I agree, and love the Beatles a awesome group
George, the master of the Q-Tip Comeback
Yea, that line was so funny. Shades of Monty Python there.
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I don’t think he meant anything other than that little joke
Best Beatles documentary ever.
And yet no mention of Mona Best and their residency at the Casbah … 🤔
@@martyrobinson4474 Haven't watched it. Do they mention Pete? If not, I'm not gonna bother watching it.
@@Cosmo-Kramer for Pete's sake
Its good, but Anthology will forever be the gold standard.
@@Cosmo-Kramer No need. He's tangential. Forget the good looks; he was no Ringo.
In 1964 John was asked "How long do you think the Beatles will last?" and he said something like, "You can be big headed and say 10 years but then you'll be lucky to last 3 months." Turns out they didn't even last 10 years, at least from the time when he was asked that. But then The Rolling Stones ended up lasting over 60 years, at least from that time! It just shows to go you can't never tell.
love this shot at 9:59 these three casually taking a photo together, unaware of what was to come, that they'd not only change music forever but society as they knew it.
What you jammed into one hour is simply amazing
It’s amazing how many photos and recordings of The Beatles there are before they were famous. Taking photos in 1950’s and 60’s wasn’t commonplace.
Or easy.
Yet no studio footage. Other musicians said they were terrible. Everyone’s been duped but most don’t wanna believe it and ruin the Cinderella story. That’s all it was. A story.
Budget camera were available even in chemists (drug stores). Also individuals made a small living taking photos and offering them for sale as souvenirs. Magnetic tape reel-to-reel recorders were also available in budget “studios”. The Beetles were already quite famous in early 1960s.
@@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss I have to assume you're being deliberately silly. Ever hear of the "Get Back" documentary? Not to mention the film and even video ( Japan, 1966 ), many hours of it, of them performing in person? Oh yes, and The Ed Sullivan Shows?
@@bobtaylor170why is Get Back such a struggle to write songs after all that experience when they wrote/rehearsed/recorded/mixed Rubber Soul in one month?
Decided to try to watch this again, and for some reason now there aren't any ads, so I watched all the way through. This is a really great Beatles documentary! The "lads" telling the story in their own words, not somebody else's. And a TON of good photos and archival videos! I watched this twice and I'm keeping it in my playlist. On to part two!
Thanks for posting!!
Magnificent. It really brought home the fact that this was people's real lives, that this History actually happened to 4 normal guys, 2 of whom are still around today.
Already looking forward to part 2, even though it deals with the sh1t sandwich period.
Good job! Was at the Forum in Montréal,1963.😊❤
In the end the hope of getting old is to discover something like this. Heartfelt thanks.
So enjoyed this .I've heard their stories a million times and it never grows old. Just like them, they are a joy to listen to in all phases of their creativity and all phases of my life. I am no longer the teenage girl who was at their Shea Stadium concert- I couldn't scream, I was so in awe that this kid from Brooklyn got to see them in person. I'm sorry that it wasn't understood by The Beatles that although the screams were harsh, just their being there was a dream come true for many a young girl. ❤❤❤❤
That was Phenomenal
I'm absolutely speechless
fab uleous, in their own words, voices, great historical archive, certainly one of the worlds greatest groups. kudos, tyvm
I can't get over these 4 kids forever..
It’s good to hear nice comments about Ringo’s playing. There are many comments out there, saying he could not keep the beat consistently.
This is an amazing documentary! Can't wait to see parts 2 & 3 👏
They were so young.
Nice little collage piece..the Beatles are my favourite band. The greatest band. Brilliant musicians👍🏻
This is absolutely fabulous 🎶 Thank you so much for sharing 😊🎶
Yes I agree a great video, the Beatles a awesome group alot of great songs ☺️
I was hooked on Revolver and Rubber Soul for a about 2 years.
Best era
Absolutely magic that my favourite beatle put so much back into frier park. And had peace there. God Bless his soul
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I'm pretty impressed at such a professional doc from such a small and young channel.
They took the audio of the documentary Beatles Anthology
@@RobLordJohnny Ah. That would explain it.
This is an excellent I’m covering documentary style inside of the Beatles this is the best thing I’ve ever heard about them
I just want to speak from personal experience how important it is to stand up to your promoter in the music business, I turn down 10 years ago to record contracts because I never wanted to go commercial because of the fact that nowadays promoters don't work with you, at this time I was in my early twenties I'm 31 now and I can tell you even ten years ago if you said anything like I'm not going to do something until we provide more to our body of work they'll let you go right on the spot nowadays you have no control, and you have no input, I played five different instruments I play electric and acoustic guitar bass organ and I'm basically a drummer I've been driving for 20 years, it sucks these guys had a really good relationship with Brian because it seems like Brian did listen to them on that subject of not going to America until they provided a number one in their body of work in the UK, that's one thing I will definitely say about the Beatles they weren't afraid to assert themselves and what they believed.
Some amazing pics and a wonderful story from the fab four.
Great idea and excellent stuff. Can't wait to see where they are going to take this.
The Beatles had their first #1 in US on Feb. 1st, 1964 with I Wanna Hold Your Hand. It entered the top 100 at 45th position then jumped to first place in one week. Eight days later, they were on the Sullivan show playing to an audience of 73 million viewers.
My classmate, Josie had gotten a ticket for that performance, lucky girl. I, like so many, sat on the floor in our small living room watching & trying to contain my joy...though I had to sing along with every song 🎵 ❤
This is great. Thank you for making this! On to part 2
"My Bonnie" was the most rock n roll recording they ever made. In 1961, no one's instrumentation sounded like that!
Great, great, great documentary. It covers every aspect of The BEATLES.
Does it cover how they didn’t write most of their own songs or even play on em?
This is exactly the way the Beatles: 'Anthology', and John Lennon's: 'Imagine' documentaries were done. Only they went into much more detail about each story.
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The audio is a direct rip off from Anthology.
Exactly right
@@magneto7930 McCartney being interviewed in the tugboat, for example..
@@duffbaker9554 exactly, and there are a lot of people in the comments just praising this person for their great job with this upload.
wonderful docu. Thanks for making/posting this. Amazing I just lucked upon it. Well done!!!
Great to hear these musings- mostly from the anthology it seems- concentrated like you are sitting together with the lads reminiscing. well put together with some great photos to boot! My personal favorite story McCartney's B7 chord story is here! The open B7 chord sounds so good, but it has a unique shape and would be hard to figure out without someone telling you how to do it. In those days, unlike today, guitar lessons were predominately classical technique-- there were no books, no tab, not much of anything to do with rock and roll. The story shows how young rock was, that the Beatles were there right at its birth, The times are so different these days as ar as the guitar goes--we've come a long way, in part due to the Beatles learning to play guitar!
Yes I agree has come along way , the Beatles a awesome group sung in 1966,year I was born ☺️
When you listen to music from that time forward, it’s astonishing how much succeeding musicians owe to the Beatles. Paul is still a genius and an innovator. So glad I was alive during that time. The music was magical.
George's brothers Peter and Harold are in the family picture at 1:38 but apparently sister Louise already split to Scotland with husband if George is 12 there. Louise ended up in Benton, Illinois where George visited just a few months before he and the boys did Ed and changed America forever. Technically George was the 1st Beatle to step foot on USA and the first to play on stage as he did when he played with a local band called the Vests on a couple gigs set up by Louise. The few people that saw him with them you have to wonder if they put 2 and 2 together when George was on Sullivan only a few months later!!! He bought HIS 1st Rickenbacker while in Ill. model 420 soon to be replaced by the Gretsch Country Gentleman. 🎸
Sadly that guitar appealed to John so George never had one again
@@karaamundson3964 What? George played two Rickenbacker 360-12s after that - one was stolen. Look at Hard Day's Night to see it. 🎸
THIS IS AMAZING
thank you so much
Paul: he was a year and a half younger than I.
George: he was 9 months older than me. And he’s still 9 months older than me.
Lol ❤
it’s hilarious that Paul always says he’s a year and a half older than George. He’s less than 9 months older
GREAT!...part 2 soooooooon please..
The Beatles Story: In Their Own Words | Part Two - RUclips
wen part 2!? amazing stuff!! love your format
I'll be the first to admit, they were and still are the greatest band ever, but if you really get down and admit it, it was the hair that really put them on top.
It drew attension---and while you did that, you realised the music was great too.
And the talent that kept them there.
I remember when Love Me Do came out. I liked it. It was different. But to think these guys are still learning cords while making music is amazing. Then they just get better and better. Nothing like being determined.
I just watched the documentary, “Get Back” which was the end of the long winding road for them. So now I have to get back to the beginning to understand how it all started.
I remember when I seen the first Beatle Album in our local Record shop. I had to have it. It was mono on VJ record Co. I though it was a fantastic. Shortly after that The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and then the Meet the Beatles Album came out on capital Records But to me The VJ album was just as much of a hit. Thank you for Putting this together. Nicely Done.c];-)
The Beatles never made an album called "Meet The Beatles".
The soundtrack of my youth.
In the early days the stones were marketed as the bad boys against the Beatles, in reality when Keith richards was learning chuck berry’s repertoire and trying to get a band together at the same age George was playing 8 hours a night on the Reeperbahn.
Thanks so much for this great gem ❤
I'm a young 71 year old i was in 8th grade when the Beatles came to America there music changed my life to say the least
*their
From one Diane to another....ty they are amazing n all n much more than you know....again ty for ur great class n taste in music genius!! Rubber Soul ,Oh My goodness, what a change huh? Revolver,Pepper?? 4get about it. All masterpieces that turned us on to . Spirituality, grass n head candy. To enjoy music more than we knew.
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Herbal jazz cigarettes
I totally agree with Roy Rice. "NEVER TO BE REPEATED AGAIN"
great videos hope you can put out more
Paul McCartney says he's a "year and a half" older than George Harrison, which is why he tended to "talk down to him". George Harrison says they are only nine months apart. Harrison was correct, as he was born in Feb '43 and McCartney was born in June '42
The best band in the world...ever and ever!
The Rutles were even bigger and better.
This is fantastic! Thank you
Great documentary loved it
I love this channel so much
I was born at the end of 1964. I had the crap scared out of me when I went to see Yellow Submarine. The blue meanies and Glove were a bit too much for me. BY the time I was into music as a teenager, the Beatles were long broken up, in fact John Lennon was killed when I was just about 16. Despite all that, I fit in a good deal of Beatle interest from 12 until that time, listened to all their records in depth, and got the Beatles experience as I could, and it was a shock when Lennon passed away. I'm almost glad I wasn't more attached to him, because listening to his great new solo record while he was gone was more ironic than millions could take I'm sure. I could still enjoy those songs at least, although Watching the Wheels had such great messages of a man living for himself and his family, not for others, and sorting his life out on his terms. It was such a shame he didn't get to live in that better place he had found.
I was always most amazed by his writing and vocal talent, though all of them were phenomenal writers and players of course. They set the standard for everyone. They entered everyone by osmosis. At times, it's cooler to like the Stones or the Who, but the Beatles are a rock you can never ignore, and whenever you go back to listen to them, there's so much in those vocal blends and harmonies and melodies and the unique tricks of George Martin. People still haven't matched what they did and apparently won't. Plus they managed not to be a bleak or one dimensional band. They left so many musical paths hanging that they could've gone farther down, or others still could. What a landmark in music.
Has anyone told you, really really told you, that this is an incredible biographical montage?
Slovakia, nov. 2023. Milujem The Beatles. Hudba The Beatles, to je mojich 15 rokov. I teraz je to pre mňa terapia.
This was great need a part 2 as soon as possible!
awesome to hear these things first hand. what is the song that plays on 40:06?
Ticket To Ride
Just want to say I inherited a collection and a just getting into the Beatles and have never cared about them before now but now I want to know all about them and I chose this to start with and it seems like a really good thing to start with… thank you for making this very unique yet seemingly completely necessary style of a documentary
This is almost a fantasy story of how 4 guys with such talent and charisma came together by chance after WWII and brought fresh air and new life into people's hearts and how they withstood the hard rigors of developing together and then became a Tsunami as they swept from Britain to America and took the U.S.A. by storm, and they will be remembered forever and ever in our minds and hearts. WE LOVE YOU BEATLES.
Very few bands play jigs in Hamburg pubs. Then play to a phenomenal crowd at Shea stadium in ( N.Y.C.) 😲.
Some footage and photos that I’d never seen. Made this worth watching
I recently discovered your channel and just wanted to say I am INCREDIBLY impressed by your output. The amount of videos you've made, and the quality of each of them, is truly amazing...Almost Beatles-like!
Well done, keep it up, you have a new fan.
A good documentary 👍
This is a great documentary. I enjoy the use of interviews and other recordings. However, I feel that the last 5 minutes or so starting at 50:30 the video suffers from loud and exaggerated music that drowns out the audio recordings which is the most interesting thing and which is what this whole doc is based on around. I understand the mood it is going for in regards to the controversy, but it’s just unnecessarily loud. I appreciate the time and effort that has gone into making this video. I love the Beatles and this hits home.
This was very well compiled and edited
This sounds truthful. I like the correction they were smoking tobacco, not grass before meeting the queen. Interesting how the media always gets it wrong.
The news wants a story. Smoking a regular cigarette isn’t interesting.
Anyway the truth has nothing to do with the news. It’s about money, even if misrepresenting or down right making it up.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Special thanks to quartet guest speakers. For sharing personal information/experiences. Pertaining to their journey from hard times to stardom -!!!😉. Enjoying this presentation from the comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast "🚀 of Florida 🐊🐊🐊. (1-29-24) wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )
The Beatles were wartime. Babys
We are all war time babys.
This was so good
Wouldn’t it be cool if the world for one year decided to give peace a chance to bloom
That'll never happen unfortunately
@@solidsalt3412 We can only Imagine