Anytime anyone asks who I could meet dead or alive, I never hesitate before I say john Lennon. I'm lucky to be alive in the time that his music is alive. The Beatles, you have changed my world.
+Ooga Blooga Was watching an interview with Neil Finn of Split Endz and Crowed House fame...and he was asked what one tune had he wished he wrote...he answered This tune! Paul was asked who he considered the best song writer....he stated Neil Finn. I have been wanting to hear this for a very long time and lo and behold this tune was suggested by You Tube...Smiling as I try to connect the dots.......Cheers Ooga Blooga!
+Ooga Blooga I once serenaded the most beautiful (and gorgeous) young woman I've ever known; played this song for her on my guitar. We're been together ever since. That was thirty-seven years ago. I turned 64 today, and I clicked to it on youtube, came back a while later, and ...'Universe' was playing.
Imagine waking up one morning and writing this song. This song captured my soul as a child of the 70's. Today it is like a diamond that never fades, no doubt one of the most beautiful mixes of music and poetry ever.
I was lying next to my first wife in bed, you know, and I was irritated. She must have been going on and on about something and she'd gone to sleep and I'd kept hearing these words over and over, flowing like an endless stream. I went downstairs and it turned into sort of a cosmic song rather than an irritated song; rather than a 'Why are you always mouthing off at me?' or whatever, right? ... But the words stand, luckily, by themselves. They were purely inspirational and were given to me as boom! I don't own it, you know; it came through like that. I don't know where it came from, what meter it's in, and I've sat down and looked at it and said, 'Can I write another one with this meter?' It's so interesting: 'Words are flying [sic] out like [sings] endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe.' Such an extraordinary meter and I can never repeat it! It's not a matter of craftsmanship; it wrote itself. It drove me out of bed. I didn't want to write it, I was just slightly irritable and I went downstairs and I couldn't get to sleep until I put it on paper, and then I went to sleep. It's like being possessed; like a psychic or a medium. The thing has to go down. It won't let you sleep, so you have to get up, make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. That's always in the middle of the bloody night, when you're half awake or tired and your critical facilities are switched off. John Lennon, 1980 All We Are Saying, David Sheff
no other song more beautiful, ever I was fifteen when I heard this the first time and still at 60 I think this is the Song. Of course, there are other songs but this is the Song.
miela christensen Speaking as a true Liverpudlian, [my brothers hung out with Starkey in Liverpool 8 in the 50s], it is John Lennon who is singing this track
Your not kidding. This makes me cry too. I was a kid when this came out, only really started to appreciate their music from 21 onwards. Their music was really special- blessed
Listened to this track whilst mulling over yesterday's events... ... listened to an ex-St Andrew's parishioner explain to me that the 8 hours spent by surgeons doing benelovent Thyroid surgery, could also fit in 12 orthopaedic procedures that would eventually financially reward the 'worthy'... I bid farewell to her LOVELY but naïve husband for the final time... ... Saw the Lads at Cherry Laughing Academy - Some obviously see through my 'delusion', but accept me as a canny lad, Some have 'delusions of grandeur'- wanting people to bow down to them, and live in big castles, some have an implanted belief of invincibility, and some think they are destined for stardom as Rock stars... But there is DEFINITELY a staff 'change of heart', to the enth degree. If my 'book-smarts', my physical stoicism, and engineered intimation have made a difference, SO BE IT (Amen).
"Jai guru deva om," is the Mantra that John wrote this song around. It can be translated in a number of ways, such as -Victory to God divine! He actually felt, he noted in a "Rolling Stone," interview in 1970, that these lyrics were possibly the best poetry he had ever written! I always loved this tune. I saw a tribute a number of bands and musicians did to honor John. They did versions of his songs, and Justin Hayward, and John Lodge, from the Acid Rock band " The Moody Blues," did their version of this song, noting that they felt it was one of the most beautiful Lennon songs. I agree!
I think these four fellas were the best musical band that ever lived. Every genre of music is touched upon in their vast repertoire both as The Beatles and in their own, individual rite. Any soul who is not a clod will love The Beatles as I do. They will have vivid memories of yesterday and today, and The Beatles will make memory soundtracks for tomorrow too. I love that youngsters still get taken by the lyrical melodies, harmonies and general "feelgood factor" of the fab 4's songs. "Brilliant" is the only comment I can ever think of for almost any Beatle song, and the above is no exception. They will always be brilliant. They shook the world.
So beautiful. Songs like this really did change my world . Like so many youth , i felt so alone and fragile and confused back in the 70's. My mom was an angel, my father was a bit of a frightening monster, i was so shut down. We went to catholic church on sundays, kneeled down, stood up, sat , kneeled again , as i listened to weird moanings and rantings and mumblings from a Priest, it was nothing short of mental torture in some ways. Finally i told mom i was no longer going to that stupid place to drone like a lemming and watch men in capes go thru the motions of idiocy & place a round piece of 'bread' onto my tongue . Songs like this affected me then, the beauty , the creativity can really make a confused bored frustrated silly child feel better - that is the power of music and art i guess. I'm grown now and this song still makes me feel wonderful , this is still one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard all my life Thanks Johnny , may you rest in peace. I heard your vOice today, and it warmed my cold tired heart . Today for a while at least, limitless undying love shines around me
+MsCordially I too walked out an evening Mass one summer in 1976 for the very same reason . I did call out to the priest , this is bullshit , as I upped and left - without genuflecting - and haven't returned since .
Back in the sixties being a seven year old and tuning to the wonderful rhythms of this wonderful group, I thought then I had to make a stand in this wild world with the wonderful word called ' Conscience ' and that you either could do something good and suffer or do something bad and enjoy the momentary victory. I decided on the former and have suffered a lot ! Now, I believe I took the right decision as my decision is being sung by the late George Harrison ( may he be part of the eternal truth). It is so difficult to move around these days without coming across something so bad that one wants to just pray that one does not become part of that!! I for one, haven't changed this attitude for the past fifty years !! I really pray that I do not do so !!!
dla mnie rewelacja . mógłbym sluchać kiedy pracuję, nie pracuję, bawię sie , nie bawie sie itp. - idę do innych utworów. Jezu muzyka beatelsów to lepsze niz wszystko co do tej pory robiłem
This song calms me down every time I'm stressed. I had a panic attack the other day, I was freaking out about literally everything! but I just put my headphones on and listened to this song on repeat. It helps me so much. Definitely my favorite Beatles song!
Whenever I see slideshows of the Beatles like this, it always saddens me. They always seemed happy and loved each other like brothers, even when their world was slowly going upsidedown. But with this song, it makes me feel even sadder, because it almost seemed as if they were singing that nothing would change the bond they had with each other. Well done, John. We all miss you dearly.
Very well stated! I'm 61 and "grew up with the Beatles." I feel blessed to have witnessed the phenomenon...simply known as "The Beatles." Never will there be another "Beatles."
I have reached a part in my spiritual journey and as I heard the words they suddenly jumped at me . I am so excited John is singing about enlightenment and how you see things once you reach that level and I'm knocking on its door. Its a reality, its not some mumbo jumbo.
Oddly enough The Beatles were the One Direction of their era. A boyband from across the pond whose top songs were the ones about about loving girls. You're upset now, but you shouldn't be. It's a winning formula for music.
True. However, my understanding is that One Direction is a manufactured band with a global marketing strategy and investor financing for touring and publicity. In contrast, The Beatles emerged organically and conquered the world by sheer force of will. Sure, they created a model for global boy bands that came after them, but The Beatles were not manufactured like The Monkeys, or Menudo or One Direction. Also, does One Direction write their own songs and play their own instruments? I think they just sing.
Reckl ess "A boyband from across the pond whose top songs were the ones about about loving girls" - Maybe in the first year of arriving in the USA they had mostly songs about girls as it was pushed upon them to do so (which they had already been doing in the UK) and they hadnt even tapped into the lads creative potential yet (drugs helped unlock that door) but here you are acting like Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, The White Album and Abbey Road were never made and didn't proceed to change the world with how revolutionary those albums were. Nearly all of the songs on those albums are about life, its meaning, experimentation, love, peace, fun/sillyness and couldn't be further away from 'i want to hold your hand girl'. If you didn't know this then evidently you don't know shit about The Beatles and have no right to go around trying to stir up shit with retarded comments like 'It's a winning formula for music.' As someone has already said, if you want to compare One Direction to anyone, it would be the Monkeys or a big pile of shit on a plate. Looks like you need to go rediscover music mate.
Completely sober but listening to this song for the first time in ages gives me vague flashbacks to a time in high school when i tried acid while listening to this. Like right now I'm hallucinating that acid smell/taste and my mind is tapping into those brainwaves
first off lsd flash backs are a myth. 2nd lsd has no taste or smell 3rd odds are they were tripping balls when writting this like with many other songs.
dan costanzo Flashbacks are real I know people who get them all the time with mdma. And sometimes acid/shrooms makes you smell and taste weird things, I think that's what he meant.
dan costanzo There is definitely a distinct taste/smell associated with the experience. Or at least there was a smell I associated with it. Hard to describe. And by flashback I meant a kind of deja vu feeling, not a full-on mental disturbance
Ryan Marshall oh yes !!! mdma , psylo mushrooms also lol !!!! love from france !!!!!!! The Beattles is really good music , thx to england for giving us so good music since many many years !!!!
All You Need Is Love :D People say crazy comments like this all the time and they are dismissed. This one, however, I believe. And I don't think you are the only one. World changers like him do not come along very often. R.I.P.
Well, I'm not gonna say 'The Beatles are the best band ever, because that leads to endless arguments, for everybody's entitled to their own opinión and that's right, but these guys had something very special, something different...
Yes, but that phrase does not mean, how most people take it, as a statement of despair or lack of hope. It's about TM meditation and clearing your mind
On this, you will catch a fleeting glimpse of Stu Sutcliffe, an original Beatle, who died in Germany, 1960 or thereabouts. On can hear the influence of their time with the Maharishi in this number
Stu Sutcliffe died of an aneurism in 1962 in Germany. In an art class of all places....well he collapsed there but died in the ambulance on the way to hospital. :)
Mark Hyde Thank you for the correction, Mark. I truly forgot what year Stu died. Do you have any more info on the artist/guitarist? My older brother has all the Beatle lore with him at his home, among his many possessions. ;-)
Not really, only what I could gather from the internet. I think this was at a time when neurology was in it's infancy medically...he returned from Germany (where he collapsed) and sort more medical attention back in the UK but apparently doctors could do nothing. His death in an ambulance In those days aneurysms were only found AFTER someone had died from them via autopsies. There are a few documentaries about his life from BBC I think.
So tragic. I have always wondered what Stu would've thought of the direction the group took, as the band's ideas progressed from «Love Me Do» to «Magical Mystery Tour».
rooby bleck They didnt just launch the sound into space im pretty sure they put it into something so where as an alien were to find this and have some sort of technology to play it it will be the first music by humans to be heard by alien life (if they exist of course)
FunnyGuy1151 You mean like a radio waves? I've heard that we received radio transmissions from un-discovered planets, so It would make sense if we sent one back, and what better to send than a message of peace?
The Beatles were Supernaturally Excellent. Or beyond just great. The Stones, Queen, and Zep were great. The Beatles were greatness at a level that truly can`t be explained. An example, remove either Paul or John`s contribution from the Beatles and they would still be the greatest band of all time.
Imagine a very rainy day and a house with leaks. You cannot leave, because of the rain outside; you cannot relax, because of the dripping inside. You are very miserable and quickly going crazy, as the rain comes through the roof and ceiling to drip ... drip ... drip on your nerves and things! So is a woman that likes to argue, nag, question, and prod! Proverbs 27:15. John used the situation to write a song instead
Thales Queiroz clearly you have no idea whats atheism is about, and clearly your agnostic theism brings more blurriness than Buddhism. I used to be atheist, atheism is about needy of evidence, and atheism isn`t about the hate, its called "retaliation" from all the hates of the majority.. majority say atheists are bad people, atheist say religious people(majority) killed more people and quite fact since there are bunch of evidences.
Od lat wierna Beatelsom, wracam do nich w każdej wolnej chwili. Piękna muzyka, piękne teksty, Across the Universe -przepiękny utwór, szkoda że tak rzadko można go usłyszeć.
Hardly the first sent into space. Across the Universe was transmitted into space in 2008. Voyager in 1977 had 27 songs included when it was launched into space. No Beatles songs were included.
Steve Garcia I knew someone would get picky about the wording. lol Those songs were sent on a probe along with a whole load of other items but this song was actually transmitted into deep space.
+OneHundredPoints Geez, there were so many good, deep Beatle songs. This is one of them for sure. Limitless undying love Which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe Read more: Beatles - Across The Universe Lyrics | MetroLyrics
back then they actually make meaningful, artistic, philosophic and poetic songs, all we have nowadays is shitty songs with shitty lyrics like "you say i'm crazy, you don't know what you have done", srsly the pop culture is going straight to hell, it can do so much better
***** I'm talking about artistically speaking a good song is like a bottle of wine it taste different for every individual but everyone would appreciate its texture, not what the wine is made of
You're listening to pop hits yeah, maybe try listening to something else, i would call muse and Gorillaz just as artistic. Because we have shitty pop music you can dance to doesnt mean its bad either, its a unique style and a unique song! it shouldn't be judged on how it sounds but rather what it inspires in you, a calming mood or a dance mood? Or anything else music can inspire.
*When everyone lives like children this world will know peace...* _The Beatles were amazing people, and so was their music!_ Google: *TruthContest* and read "The Present" ~~> *Don't forget the section about The Beatles!(pages 59-68)*
I was 19 when they hit the US in '64. Great pictures accompanying the song ~ many of them caused a nostalgic pang in my chest. Ohhh - to be 19 again. Those were "The Days."
This song always brings a tear to my eyes. As my uncle was dying in hospice in 2009, this song came on the radio and he mumbled "The Beatles!" It was one of the only coherent sentences he uttered in his last 2 weeks.
John was not "like" anybody else. John lost his mother, never knew his father, and was raised by his aunt. Us "normal" people did not grow up like John. John and his group raised the bar, and changed popular music forever. John's legacy is cemented forever, in the genius music he created. Class dismissed.
Such a Beautiful Group of four friends who formed a bond like no other. They were like close like brothers. it breaks my heart to think that they fought so much in the end leading to their break up but their music will be forever remembered and each of them will never be forgotten. Though they may have argued im sure deep down they still loved each other as a family
Cómo si fuera ayer !! ... Tanto tiempo ha pasado.... Igual los amo a los 4 chicos de Liverpool!!!... Siempre mis The Beatles !!!! ❤❤♥️🎼🎹♥️♥️... George Harrison 🎸 John Lennon ❤️ Ringo Star ♥️ Paul Mc Cartney ❤❤🎸🎹❤️❤️
When I hear this song, I think of all the people I've ever loved and all of the strangers I never could. And there's this exquisite pain in possessing so much love with nobody to give it to. I imagine this beautiful universe inside my heart where the rivers flow with love and the air is fresh with flowers and life, but there are no inhabitants except myself to experience it with. So sad...so beautifully, beautifully, sad.
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Anytime anyone asks who I could meet dead or alive, I never hesitate before I say john Lennon. I'm lucky to be alive in the time that his music is alive. The Beatles, you have changed my world.
How can a song be this gorgeous? It's all the wonder of space in 4 minutes.
+Ooga Blooga Was watching an interview with Neil Finn of Split Endz and Crowed House fame...and he was asked what one tune had he wished he wrote...he answered This tune! Paul was asked who he considered the best song writer....he stated Neil Finn. I have been wanting to hear this for a very long time and lo and behold this tune was suggested by You Tube...Smiling as I try to connect the dots.......Cheers Ooga Blooga!
+Ooga Blooga 3.45 *
+Ooga Blooga I once serenaded the most beautiful (and gorgeous) young woman I've ever known; played this song for her on my guitar. We're been together ever since. That was thirty-seven years ago. I turned 64 today, and I clicked to it on youtube, came back a while later, and ...'Universe' was playing.
+Josh Wheeler 3.45 would mean it's 3 minutes and 27 seconds long.
0.1 minute = 6 seconds.
+The Stuport Where and when did Paul say that?
It's not that I don't believe you necessarily I would just very much like to see the source.
Imagine waking up one morning and writing this song.
This song captured my soul as a child of the 70's. Today it is like a diamond that never fades, no doubt one of the most beautiful mixes of music and poetry ever.
I was lying next to my first wife in bed, you know, and I was irritated. She must have been going on and on about something and she'd gone to sleep and I'd kept hearing these words over and over, flowing like an endless stream. I went downstairs and it turned into sort of a cosmic song rather than an irritated song; rather than a 'Why are you always mouthing off at me?' or whatever, right? ...
But the words stand, luckily, by themselves. They were purely inspirational and were given to me as boom! I don't own it, you know; it came through like that. I don't know where it came from, what meter it's in, and I've sat down and looked at it and said, 'Can I write another one with this meter?' It's so interesting: 'Words are flying [sic] out like [sings] endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe.' Such an extraordinary meter and I can never repeat it! It's not a matter of craftsmanship; it wrote itself. It drove me out of bed. I didn't want to write it, I was just slightly irritable and I went downstairs and I couldn't get to sleep until I put it on paper, and then I went to sleep.
It's like being possessed; like a psychic or a medium. The thing has to go down. It won't let you sleep, so you have to get up, make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. That's always in the middle of the bloody night, when you're half awake or tired and your critical facilities are switched off.
John Lennon, 1980
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
it most certainly is. this diamond will never fade..
The Beatles are our Shakespeare. They will live forever. Who knows why that is important.
And of course it will be discovered that Harrison wrote it all.
no other song more beautiful, ever
I was fifteen when I heard this the first time and still at 60 I think this is the Song.
Of course, there are other songs but this is the Song.
"Nothing's gonna change my world"
except for you, Mr. Lennon. RIP.
sorry to pop your bubble, but paul is singing :3
miela christensen nah. this is john singing
miela christensen Speaking as a true Liverpudlian, [my brothers hung out with Starkey in Liverpool 8 in the 50s], it is John Lennon who is singing this track
miela christensen Miela; what a beautiful name for such an ignorant girl
miela christensen
Probably the most underrated Beatles song ever, but definitely one of the best.
What do you mean tho
JoeZ.TV Did you really say tho at the end of your sentence? Are you like, a nine year old wannabe hip-hop artist?
Jack Levy he meant THQ
Arthur Kirkland lmao in what world this song is underrated??
Arthur Kirkland underrated? lol
Your not kidding. This makes me cry too. I was a kid when this came out, only really started to appreciate their music from 21 onwards.
Their music was really special- blessed
One of the most beautiful, melodic, and haunting songs of Lennon's. The poetry inspires and overwhelms with beauty.
Great Old Beatles Oldie! Thank You Steven Krohn For sharing,
Listened to this track whilst mulling over yesterday's events...
... listened to an ex-St Andrew's parishioner explain to me that the 8 hours spent by surgeons doing benelovent Thyroid surgery, could also fit in 12 orthopaedic procedures that would eventually financially reward the 'worthy'... I bid farewell to her LOVELY but naïve husband for the final time...
... Saw the Lads at Cherry Laughing Academy - Some obviously see through my 'delusion', but accept me as a canny lad, Some have 'delusions of grandeur'- wanting people to bow down to them, and live in big castles, some have an implanted belief of invincibility, and some think they are destined for stardom as Rock stars...
But there is DEFINITELY a staff 'change of heart', to the enth degree. If my 'book-smarts', my physical stoicism, and engineered intimation have made a difference, SO BE IT (Amen).
real talent no talent these days makes me feel sad but,the beatles music will live on forever thank you for the video
Across the universe = The Beatles = One more fantastic song of THE BEATLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Jai guru deva om," is the Mantra that John wrote this song around. It can be translated in a number of ways, such as -Victory to God divine! He actually felt, he noted in a "Rolling Stone," interview in 1970, that these lyrics were possibly the best poetry he had ever written! I always loved this tune. I saw a tribute a number of bands and musicians did to honor John. They did versions of his songs, and Justin Hayward, and John Lodge, from the Acid Rock band " The Moody Blues," did their version of this song, noting that they felt it was one of the most beautiful Lennon songs. I agree!
This song is about their experience of Transcendental Meditation. They experienced, however briefly, samadhi -- the transcendental Self.
I think these four fellas were the best musical band that ever lived. Every genre of music is touched upon in their vast repertoire both as The Beatles and in their own, individual rite. Any soul who is not a clod will love The Beatles as I do. They will have vivid memories of yesterday and today, and The Beatles will make memory soundtracks for tomorrow too. I love that youngsters still get taken by the lyrical melodies, harmonies and general "feelgood factor" of the fab 4's songs. "Brilliant" is the only comment I can ever think of for almost any Beatle song, and the above is no exception. They will always be brilliant. They shook the world.
The lyrics are the most beautiful I've ever heard. Like a really beautiful poem, damn wish I was alive when these guys were around
So beautiful. Songs like this really did change my world . Like so many youth , i felt so alone and fragile and confused back in the 70's. My mom was an angel, my father was a bit of a frightening monster, i was so shut down.
We went to catholic church on sundays, kneeled down, stood up, sat , kneeled again , as i listened to weird moanings and rantings and mumblings from a Priest, it was nothing short of mental torture in some ways. Finally i told mom i was no longer going to that stupid place to drone like a lemming and watch men in capes go thru the motions of idiocy & place a round piece of 'bread' onto my tongue .
Songs like this affected me then, the beauty , the creativity can really make a confused bored frustrated silly child feel better - that is the power of music and art i guess. I'm grown now and this song still makes me feel wonderful , this is still one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard all my life
Thanks Johnny , may you rest in peace. I heard your vOice today, and it warmed my cold tired heart .
Today for a while at least, limitless undying love shines around me
+MsCordially well said
+MsCordially I too walked out an evening Mass one summer in 1976 for the very same reason . I did call out to the priest , this is bullshit , as I upped and left - without genuflecting - and haven't returned since .
I have not heard this one for a while - great song.
once you hear the song it stays in your mind ..this is magic
Back in the sixties being a seven year old and tuning to the wonderful rhythms of this wonderful group, I thought then I had to make a stand in this wild world with the wonderful word called ' Conscience ' and that you either could do something good and suffer or do something bad and enjoy the momentary victory. I decided on the former and have suffered a lot ! Now, I believe I took the right decision as my decision is being sung by the late George Harrison ( may he be part of the eternal truth). It is so difficult to move around these days without coming across something so bad that one wants to just pray that one does not become part of that!! I for one, haven't changed this attitude for the past fifty years !! I really pray that I do not do so !!!
dla mnie rewelacja
. mógłbym sluchać kiedy pracuję, nie pracuję, bawię sie , nie bawie sie itp. - idę do innych utworów. Jezu
muzyka beatelsów to lepsze niz wszystko co do tej pory robiłem
This is one of the best songs I have ever heard.
This song calms me down every time I'm stressed. I had a panic attack the other day, I was freaking out about literally everything! but I just put my headphones on and listened to this song on repeat. It helps me so much. Definitely my favorite Beatles song!
I was born in 1967, only to enjoy its magnificent songs radio, cassette, cd and now video. always I wanted and I want it today. My Beatles.
Whenever I see slideshows of the Beatles like this, it always saddens me. They always seemed happy and loved each other like brothers, even when their world was slowly going upsidedown. But with this song, it makes me feel even sadder, because it almost seemed as if they were singing that nothing would change the bond they had with each other. Well done, John. We all miss you dearly.
"Nothing's gonna change my world..." ...MY GOD, BECAUSE I ALWAYS TRUST IN AND LOVING YOU...!
The Beatles stand alone on the Pedestal of Musicianship
I like that. I may borrow it. :-)
Nice, though it's not true :)
Very well stated! I'm 61 and "grew up with the Beatles." I feel blessed to have witnessed the phenomenon...simply known as "The Beatles." Never will there be another "Beatles."
Definetely amazing, incredible, one of the best songs I´ve ever heard...love to you, John...
I have reached a part in my spiritual journey and as I heard the words they suddenly jumped at me . I am so excited John is singing about enlightenment and how you see things once you reach that level and I'm knocking on its door. Its a reality, its not some mumbo jumbo.
Oddly enough The Beatles were the One Direction of their era. A boyband from across the pond whose top songs were the ones about about loving girls. You're upset now, but you shouldn't be. It's a winning formula for music.
True. However, my understanding is that One Direction is a manufactured band with a global marketing strategy and investor financing for touring and publicity. In contrast, The Beatles emerged organically and conquered the world by sheer force of will. Sure, they created a model for global boy bands that came after them, but The Beatles were not manufactured like The Monkeys, or Menudo or One Direction. Also, does One Direction write their own songs and play their own instruments? I think they just sing.
All 1d does is write about sex when they didn't even do it yet.
Reckl ess "A boyband from across the pond whose top songs were the ones about about loving girls" - Maybe in the first year of arriving in the USA they had mostly songs about girls as it was pushed upon them to do so (which they had already been doing in the UK) and they hadnt even tapped into the lads creative potential yet (drugs helped unlock that door) but here you are acting like Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, The White Album and Abbey Road were never made and didn't proceed to change the world with how revolutionary those albums were. Nearly all of the songs on those albums are about life, its meaning, experimentation, love, peace, fun/sillyness and couldn't be further away from 'i want to hold your hand girl'. If you didn't know this then evidently you don't know shit about The Beatles and have no right to go around trying to stir up shit with retarded comments like 'It's a winning formula for music.'
As someone has already said, if you want to compare One Direction to anyone, it would be the Monkeys or a big pile of shit on a plate. Looks like you need to go rediscover music mate.
What a load of rubbish..............
they had a lot of popular songs that is not based on love
and they changed music forever they are not a boy band
love in a gentle ethereal mystical voice thank you john
Nothing begins to explain how beautiful the Beatles' music is.
Whenever I listening to some of the Beatles last songs, I start to cry. :(
Completely sober but listening to this song for the first time in ages gives me vague flashbacks to a time in high school when i tried acid while listening to this. Like right now I'm hallucinating that acid smell/taste and my mind is tapping into those brainwaves
Magical
first off lsd flash backs are a myth. 2nd lsd has no taste or smell 3rd odds are they were tripping balls when writting this like with many other songs.
dan costanzo
Flashbacks are real I know people who get them all the time with mdma. And sometimes acid/shrooms makes you smell and taste weird things, I think that's what he meant.
dan costanzo There is definitely a distinct taste/smell associated with the experience. Or at least there was a smell I associated with it. Hard to describe. And by flashback I meant a kind of deja vu feeling, not a full-on mental disturbance
Ryan Marshall oh yes !!! mdma , psylo mushrooms also lol !!!! love from france !!!!!!!
The Beattles is really good music , thx to england for giving us so good music since many many years !!!!
One of the most beautiful things is this comment section, only the Beatles can get rid of spam and hate...
Nothing (ie. Meditation) *IS* going to change my world. Beautiful double meaning from the master of wordplay.
I would honesty give myself up to bring john lennon back :)
AND George XD
Please go on
Eurley66 we'll see...
All You Need Is Love :D People say crazy comments like this all the time and they are dismissed. This one, however, I believe. And I don't think you are the only one. World changers like him do not come along very often. R.I.P.
+augustwo I love them both so much. They both didn't deserve to die
The beatles are the best band across the universe....This is my favourite beatles track and that is saying something.
You know NASA blasted this song into deep space. So if this reaches anyone or anything, they will hear this song.
Well, I'm not gonna say 'The Beatles are the best band ever, because that leads to endless arguments, for everybody's entitled to their own opinión and that's right, but these guys had something very special, something different...
beautiful song so sweet "nothings gona change my world"
Yes, but that phrase does not mean, how most people take it, as a statement of despair or lack of hope. It's about TM meditation and clearing your mind
Vivzid yes I know
I'm glad you know and so i wish in knew you better
Vivzid oh hello Vivzid
i know so little about Google+, need to learn and explore. I see you're from Scotland
Did you guys know that the original name of The Beatles were the "The Darudeles" and the original name of this song was "Across the sandstorm"
fuck off man
+Saxophone27 Sadly this fact is true
This actually made me laugh
Used to know how to play this song on guitar more than 10 years ago, now I'm sad to say I forgot. Woe is me. :(
I hate when that happens. It's just really annoying.
I played this song in the 70's
The Beatles were not the greatest rock band or the greatest pop band. They were just pure music.
This song should have two billion hits : )
Thank you Marilyn for the beautiful lyrics.
Beautiful song.
Goodbye John. We miss you. I'll see you one day across the universe, It must be beautiful,
So proud of the Beatles. So proud that they came out of Liverpool. So proud now that they belong to the World. And so proud
of being a "Scouser"!
Eternal peace, the thing you feel while listening to this song
В юности у меня была пластинка фирмы ,, мелодия"и там была эта песня, через вселенную...
This was my late uncles favorite song.
On this, you will catch a fleeting glimpse of Stu Sutcliffe, an original Beatle, who died in Germany, 1960 or thereabouts. On can hear the influence of their time with the Maharishi in this number
Stu Sutcliffe died of an aneurism in 1962 in Germany. In an art class of all places....well he collapsed there but died in the ambulance on the way to hospital. :)
Mark Hyde Thank you for the correction, Mark. I truly forgot what year Stu died. Do you have any more info on the artist/guitarist? My older brother has all the Beatle lore with him at his home, among his many possessions. ;-)
Not really, only what I could gather from the internet. I think this was at a time when neurology was in it's infancy medically...he returned from Germany (where he collapsed) and sort more medical attention back in the UK but apparently doctors could do nothing. His death in an ambulance
In those days aneurysms were only found AFTER someone had died from them via autopsies.
There are a few documentaries about his life from BBC I think.
So tragic. I have always wondered what Stu would've thought of the direction the group took, as the band's ideas progressed from «Love Me Do» to «Magical Mystery Tour».
btw...thank you. I'll check out Main Library in Detroit and the Music library at Wayne State University.
HERMOSA CANCION !!!!!...de la mejor Banda de la Historia...
What great musicians
Happy Birthday, John
Sábado a la mañana... me gusta sentir esta sensación... "nothing gonna change my world.... !!!!!
Never again will there be a group like this. They were a once in a lifetime GIFT to our generation. Love you guys.
In 2008, NASA beamed this song far out into deep space, you're welcome aliens.
Theres no sound in space...
rooby bleck I'm pretty sure the people at NASA know that...
rooby bleck They didnt just launch the sound into space im pretty sure they put it into something so where as an alien were to find this and have some sort of technology to play it it will be the first music by humans to be heard by alien life (if they exist of course)
Is... is that true?
FunnyGuy1151 You mean like a radio waves? I've heard that we received radio transmissions from un-discovered planets, so It would make sense if we sent one back, and what better to send than a message of peace?
Mamma mia è meravigliosa
....bello anche il film con lo stesso titolo che ha per colonna sonora le loro canzoni cantate dai protagonisti del film....
They are my favorite band ever sad two of them died
THREE. nah, just kidding, i love paul mccartney
Wonderful Video, so many Pics I ❤ so much🥰..thank you from Germany, Ellen ✌❤
The Beatles were Supernaturally Excellent. Or beyond just great. The Stones, Queen, and Zep were great. The Beatles were greatness at a level that truly can`t be explained. An example, remove either Paul or John`s contribution from the Beatles and they would still be the greatest band of all time.
Gods of music!!!!!
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting through my openED mind
Simply...one of the most ...how can I express this..."perfect, beautiful, relaxing, iconic masterpiece"...ever written!
Love so much......
NASA sent this song in space, hoping, that one day, some intelligent life form will intercept it.
They didn’t did they?
This is honestly the only Beatles song that holds up musically.
thecannonball34 ummm.....do I really need to say this?, you are wrong.
thecannonball34 stop pretending that you are more than a lame internet teenager. Man, you're not Roger Ebert
Lol!
素敵な曲
very beautiful song
Beautiful song:')
Imagine a very rainy day and a house with leaks. You cannot leave, because of the rain outside; you cannot relax, because of the dripping inside. You are very miserable and quickly going crazy, as the rain comes through the roof and ceiling to drip ... drip ... drip on your nerves and things! So is a woman that likes to argue, nag, question, and prod! Proverbs 27:15. John used the situation to write a song instead
keep the bible out of it!! it was just s story book, full of TALES!!!!!
you'll have all of eternity to ponder that
when I am dead, I am Dead, no bright lights or hellfire, get a grip man, have you met a deceased person???
I met the One who rose from the dead. I was a scoffer also until 1975 so ur nothing new. seek Him and you will find Him. then come back and argue
Thales Queiroz clearly you have no idea whats atheism is about, and clearly your agnostic theism brings more blurriness than Buddhism. I used to be atheist, atheism is about needy of evidence, and atheism isn`t about the hate, its called "retaliation" from all the hates of the majority.. majority say atheists are bad people, atheist say religious people(majority) killed more people and quite fact since there are bunch of evidences.
I'm bipolar but this song fits perfectly with whichever state I'm in
😊
+vpfan207 Well i'm piepolar :D
+vpfan207 Being bi-polar sucks, but it has its moments
Od lat wierna Beatelsom, wracam do nich w każdej wolnej chwili. Piękna muzyka, piękne teksty, Across the Universe -przepiękny utwór, szkoda że tak rzadko można go usłyszeć.
My favourite song ever and the first song to be sent into space for aliens to enjoy.
Hardly the first sent into space. Across the Universe was transmitted into space in 2008. Voyager in 1977 had 27 songs included when it was launched into space. No Beatles songs were included.
Steve Garcia I knew someone would get picky about the wording. lol Those songs were sent on a probe along with a whole load of other items but this song was actually transmitted into deep space.
Yeah, "sent" is a vague term... in this context. Hahaha like the diff between an email and a snail mail letter. Or streaming vs CDs...
Maybe the best lyrics written by Lennon.
OneHundredPoints Yes I agree, my favourite Lennon song next to In My Life.
+OneHundredPoints Geez, there were so many good, deep Beatle songs. This is one of them for sure.
Limitless undying love
Which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Read more: Beatles - Across The Universe Lyrics | MetroLyrics
This will be the first human made song Aliens are gonna hear...after NASA beamed it into space since 2008. :3
Cheers!!!!
+Utsav Shrestha (UtsavMan) For all we know, they have been listening to us all along.....Cheers
did they really??
+Blazerim yeman, and it's a good job though. My favourite song.
+Utsav Shrestha (UtsavMan)
I love you!
+Utsav Shrestha (UtsavMan) They beamed into space the aria of the Queen of the Night from Mozart's Magic Flute
The love in the sounds of the instrument and love in his voice...make you feel we can be so much more.
back then they actually make meaningful, artistic, philosophic and poetic songs, all we have nowadays is shitty songs with shitty lyrics like "you say i'm crazy, you don't know what you have done", srsly the pop culture is going straight to hell, it can do so much better
This song is about an acid trip. I'm just saying this isn't deeper than you think it is. Beautiful song, nonetheless; in my top 3 Beatles songs
PS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU LIKE MUSIC DONT LISTEN TO THE TOP 40 I'm strictly an underground-head for a reason; pop/ pop-rap sucks today
***** I'm talking about artistically speaking a good song is like a bottle of wine it taste different for every individual but everyone would appreciate its texture, not what the wine is made of
Those arnt even the lyrics dude
You're listening to pop hits yeah, maybe try listening to something else, i would call muse and Gorillaz just as artistic. Because we have shitty pop music you can dance to doesnt mean its bad either, its a unique style and a unique song! it shouldn't be judged on how it sounds but rather what it inspires in you, a calming mood or a dance mood? Or anything else music can inspire.
Oops. No Stu...on fourth look, that was ol Pete Best. Sorry.
*When everyone lives like children this world will know peace...*
_The Beatles were amazing people, and so was their music!_
Google: *TruthContest* and read "The Present"
~~> *Don't forget the section about The Beatles!(pages 59-68)*
amazing, John takes me into his own world.
thanx John for everything.....
some day i will fucking make a time machine and go to the 60's
take me with you.
yo tambien quiero ir.
Can I come with you too,there are some things im gonna Change
all welcome!!!
planBorplanC11 Un millón de gracias, pero avisame pronto, mi tiempo esta por terminarse.
Who is Justin Bieber???
Ah ha ha ha! You are much better off not knowing who Bieber is. Take my word for this!!
Dinosaur Junior's success speakes for itself...what? I hear nothing!
And here we are, listening to a timeless piece of art which has been created 45 years ago. Definitely one of my favourites.
David Bowie's cover is also worth a listen.
As is Fiona Apple's
Fucking amazing track✌
i know right best song thanks to John Lennon
You are welcome. Aliens.
I was 19 when they hit the US in '64. Great pictures accompanying the song ~ many of them caused a nostalgic pang in my chest. Ohhh - to be 19 again. Those were "The Days."
Maya did get a rise out of a lot of us didn't she?
Yes -_-
The first song aliens will listen to lol
You were on imgur too huh ?
OMGG hahaha are you guys seriously saying that bieber is bigger than the beatles? you guys are hilarious
This song always brings a tear to my eyes. As my uncle was dying in hospice in 2009, this song came on the radio and he mumbled "The Beatles!" It was one of the only coherent sentences he uttered in his last 2 weeks.
great tune and amazing band but john became an ego driven maniac like bono
Trust the art, not the artist.
or Roger Waters
he was still an ego driven maniac irrespective of his genius
Syd Barrett was better, so much better than Paul and John...
John was not "like" anybody else. John lost his mother, never knew his father, and was raised by his aunt. Us "normal" people did not grow up like John. John and his group raised the bar, and changed popular music forever. John's legacy is cemented forever, in the genius music he created. Class dismissed.
The Beatles were a GIFT to my generation. They will always be A One Of A Kind Group. RIP to John and George. Sorely missed
It's too wonderful to not crying. I have no words to describe how beautiful this song is
Such a Beautiful Group of four friends who formed a bond like no other. They were like close like brothers. it breaks my heart to think that they fought so much in the end leading to their break up but their music will be forever remembered and each of them will never be forgotten. Though they may have argued im sure deep down they still loved each other as a family
Cómo si fuera ayer !! ... Tanto tiempo ha pasado.... Igual los amo a los 4 chicos de Liverpool!!!... Siempre mis The Beatles !!!! ❤❤♥️🎼🎹♥️♥️... George Harrison 🎸 John Lennon ❤️ Ringo Star ♥️ Paul Mc Cartney ❤❤🎸🎹❤️❤️
This song will always give me chills, such a real, pure original song. Love this classic
When I hear this song, I think of all the people I've ever loved and all of the strangers I never could. And there's this exquisite pain in possessing so much love with nobody to give it to. I imagine this beautiful universe inside my heart where the rivers flow with love and the air is fresh with flowers and life, but there are no inhabitants except myself to experience it with. So sad...so beautifully, beautifully, sad.
One of my favorite Beatle songs...Looking at these pics is like stepping back in time for me. Thanks for uploading:)