How The Beatles got so GOOD at Songwriting so FAST
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
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Playing 15 hours a day in Hamburg was a big part of it…
Wdym by that?
@@frugal9065they used to play 15 hours live a day in Hamburg and it contributed to their songwriting skills… what’s not to get?
@@benchallis1537😭😭😭😭😭
Songwriting is hard work. Exhausting and frustrating but usually to a good outcome.
Didn’t John and Paul knock out Hard Days Night in about 45 minutes?
@@dflf probably
Actually, most written songs are not good enough to make money.
Yes I agree and the Beatles did alot of great songs
@@dflf well you cant write these one take classics without years of grinding songwriting skill!
The greatest bromance.
Nothing beats rolling up the sleeves, and just doing it! The deadlines, and competition between Lennon and McCartney probably helped push things along too.
Mickey Mantle told us if anyone played baseball everyday since they were 5 years old, they would be great too.
@@ronniebishop2496 Wow. You do know that thousands of kids play baseball thousands of hours right? Sure, perseverance and practice is essential but… not many kids have the talent and the natural strength of a Mickey Mantle.
Do you realize how many thousands of aspiring musicians have played in thousands of garages all over the world?! And every one of them tried their hand at writing a song. So you really think it’s all about hard work and practice? Really?!
Why not celebrate and appreciate true genius? And Lennon McCartney were among the rare geniuses of music. They are the ones who create the best of the music we listen to. All the rest are forgettable.
@@scottamichie No they didn’t play like Mickey, he was pitched to by his grandfather starting at 5 years old everyday, right handed, when his dad came home at 4pm he pitched to him left handed, everyday. No there’s playing baseball and then there’s practicing baseball. See the difference. I also have been in the music industry all my life since my garage band the Nighthawks in 1965, and I do agree with you that some people even though they work hard, still can’t reach the level of the Beatles, because it’s a gift from God and some just need to do something else.
@@scottamichie Well I just quoted what Mickey said, you’ll have to take that up with him. lol.
They had such an incredible gift for melody.
Paul Mccartney wrote songs for, Mary Hopkins. Very good for her.
Mary 'Hopkin'.
One song Goodbye
Wow, what a work ethic those guys had.
Paul had!
Idk if it was just work ethic, i think it came from a love and passion for music itself
They worked hard. They earned their money.
I just love listening to his voice
The Beatles did alot of great songs,John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote awesome songs.
Nobody made music that good so fast
I will
@@user-ge6py3rg6bpun intended?
His voice....i LOVE it
All bands during that period were under the same pressures. Nothing can really explain how the Beatles excelled at it more than any band in history. Timing, genius, and circumstance all weighed heavily in their success, an event unlikely to be duplicated in history.
The only real explanation is LENNON &
McCartney. Incredibly prolific composers
Dylan pushed them to go deeper. Without him and drugs they probably would've dried up around 1965
@@ronniebishop2496 Brian Wilson said that after hearing Rubber Soul he was determined to come up with the best album he could
@@beatlebrian4404 sadly, Sgt Peppers cane out years later and demolished Brian Wilson's dream.
@@ronniebishop2496 in my opinion Magical mystery tour was their best album, Beach boys or anyone else couldnt even keep up with those new sounds.
Their output was incredible and they wrote songs for other groups too
Yes they were great, did alot of great songs
Yes indeed
The Bee Gees were in this same category and some people say better.
@@ronniebishop2496 the bee gees wrote some great songs in the 1960s but the Beatles were more prolific
@@senseichess8688 Oh it was different styles but both very prolific and popular. How deep is your love etc. islands in the stream. I started a joke. How can you mend a broken heart. And then Bob Dylan, knocking on heavens door, a hard rains gonna fall. Blowing in the wind. All different but part of the social revolution. And Paul McCartneys favorite song. God only knows by the The Beach Boys. Incredible.
Beautiful boy… Bless you Lennon.
I don’t know…by 63’ they were doing what they do for 5/6 years steady. Even if you were a bad cook, 5 years later you could make tomato soup! These two lads honed a strong interest into influencing the world like never before… and never will anything like them will be duplicated…!
They did and I saw it happen, but the entire society was changing for several reasons the Beatles just came along and sang about it, like many others, like Bob Dylan, etc. the Vietnam war was one crazy reason and mind expanding drugs was the main catalyst. It was a social revolution and they were just one big part of it.
I don’t know. My wife has been cooking for decades and it just keeps getting worse…
@@ronniebishop2496 Beatlemania was in full swing before Lennon ever even puffed his first joint…
Their early music, which is what catapulted them into the stratosphere, we far from political. 8 days a week. She loves you. I want to hold your hand… They had a definite theme in the beginning.
@@davidshaw7549 Oh I agree but their first hits were totally different than their songs in Sgt Pepper and actually that was the music that sustained their iconic super star status. I Want To Hold Your Hand is bubble gum compared to Abby Road, it’s not even in the same universe.
@@davidshaw7549 The flys chipped in and fixed our screen door in the kitchen, her cooking was so bad.
Back in the '40s or '50s a songwriter said something interesting. I then heard Bono say it. He said a great songwriter needs three chords and the truth. I always kept this quote in my back pocket and I met Elvis Costello at a record signing 25 years ago. I said to him, Bono always said three chords and the truth, but I think you've done pretty good with six or seven chords and a pack of lies. If you know Elvis Costello you know what I was getting at. He looked at me and laughed and said well put mate! One of the best moments of my life. But I think you had to be there.
I am an up-and-coming songwriter and this is exactly what it's all about in songwriting. I release a single once a month, which I just released one on May 31st called "Sound Of My Dreams." The next one is coming this month, and I'm just about going to continue writing another new single for a release date in the future 🎶. I'm close to finishing my 100th song at this point, and without any band members like the Beatles had. So all of that writing, instrumention, recording, production is decided and made by one person. The best part? I enjoy it!
Keep going! That’s how Prince got started
Imagine how great the Beatles would’ve been in the 70’s after George really came into his own as a songwriter. The weren’t even in their 30’s when the broke up. What could’ve been.
Can one really imagine the Beatles doing anything that would have overshadowed their previous work? Abbey Road cannot be followed up in a satisfactory way, in my opinion.
@@camc5483 I’m pretty sure they could have done it right? On the other hand, at least the Beatles didn’t have a lid of bad albums at the end
@@funwithfish1507 They were ascending! They never seemed to reach a creative peak.
I think it's pretty safe to say they will never be matched. I know you never say never. But the way the industry has evolved, I don't see it.
Probably be a double album every time they released an album
The Beatles took any little "ditty" and persisted it into a studio recordable song. Their lyrics and voices made sure. "It started out as" was exactly what they often said. "Norwegian Wood" was perhaps the most spontaneous.
Maria Hopkinova was born in U.S.S.R. in Siberia. After her arrival to England, she slightly changed and shortened her name, to Mary Hopkin ! Back then Paul McCartney was the biggest lover of the Russian girls !!! Paul wrote first song for Mary named " Hello " , but it went very terribly wrong ! Mary sounded like a cat 😺, strapped on the stretcher ! As Paul described, in his last attempt, to write the last song "Goodbye" , for her, wishing the departure from England, to, where she came from !!! Near, love story ended prematurely !!! 👍🇺🇸* Jerry.🗽
Loverly
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Gotta add writing Love Me Do is going to happen much quicker than Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Just the songwriting would have been legendary. Just the harmonising would have been legendary. Just the brilliant guitar and drum playing would have been legendary.
When you put together this perfect storm you get The Beatles. These guys themselves had no idea when the group first started just how good they were.
Interestingly, the screaming teenagers, who screamed like that almost from the beginning, realised in their own way what they were looking at. In their adulation, somehow they knew that this was a very very special group. The screaming teenagers are usually derided. I think they are they key.
They were constantly working.
That was Paul. He practically lived in the studio.
I think they all worked pretty hard. Paul was a workaholic.
The Beatles, I think Ringo or Paul said we were just a rock group that happened to be really good, and we all came together and that’s it, nothing magical or anything else. And I say that’s all. Unlike The Beach Boys who actually only had one great artist, Brian Wilson, they had 4.
Lennon said that.
@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter Yes you’re right. I get them mixed up.
Well Ringo was not a songwriter but why isn’t George included. George after the Beatles just blossomed and his talent finally showed up and his personality
He was not born songwriter ...he learned the skill and moved along since With the Beatles...his most productive year with The Beatles was 1969. and that could be one of the reasons The Beatles started to desintegrate.. .best material on Abbey Road comes from Harrisob
Got too caught up in his head trying to compete with the other two. In the Get Back documentary, he stated that he had been working on Something for about 6 months. The other two never took that long to write anything.
Yup.
Ringo and George wrote songs together after the split..
I get what you mean, but this is literally a 5 second clip
Lennon❤❤❤❤
Yoko could do a full album in one day. I've heard most of her screams were done in ONE take in the studio. AMAZING!!!! 🤪
Ayeeeee ooooh ahhhhhhh yeyeye
The producers had left the control panel by the time she walked in.
@@bobf.5538 second verse same as the first
Sounds like life for almost everybody. You got to work...
How? Just do it apparently.
Small Yoko is a strong woman , her soul lead John to create
the beatles 👍 👍 👍 👍
It helped that they were musical geniuses.
gosh I love their British ancient
English, no British accent!
Does anyone know what interview this is from/where to find the full source?
Yes I would love to know too.. stay safe everyone and take care now ..
It’s actually the interview he did on the day of his tragic murder you can just look up John Lennon last interview or December 8, 1980 John Lennon interview
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@Jennifer Feather 😂
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Right, so did George!
Lots of bands wrote lots of songs. Only one guy wrote songs like “I’ll Follow the Sun” and “World without Love” in his mid-teens.
“World Without Love” is so good 🥹♥️
@@thesilvershining Agree
Because they used/knew every chord there is. That is what really opened up all the songwriting "chance" they could imagine. They were my life in my youth. They're really why I play guitar (and other instruments) and teach guitar and a class called "the history of rock n roll" at a university here in Washington yet?? I really don't know ONE Beatles song. I can play almost EVERY classic rock song ever produced yet.....
Paul was the driving force as he saw great potential in all - especially in John - but none had the same zeal for churning it out like Paul - he still is today!
That man has more energy and spunk at 80 than I did at 20. It’s crazy!!
Only later, he wasn't early on.
Yes, he’d routinely pop over at John’s house and drag him out of bed to get cracking! John’s song “I’m only sleeping” was probably his wish that Paul would just let him sleep!
Stopped touring when profit was around 10k ea per show. Fans became important again at 3million per show. Ticket prices from 60's to 2K 's what happened?. [ record sales drop, touring =$$$$$ in less than 30 years]
Gorge Martin, that’s how, they wrote ditties and he turned them into classics
Wasn't like that
@@isidrozemog8427 no thank you
All the planets aligned to create the conditions for the greatest rock band ever. They aligned a second time to create the conditions for the breakup of that greatest rock band ever.
“the beginning of our relationship and career…”. Interesting choice of words if you’re into shipping.
Hard work, no AI bs. I wouldn't even factor in talent.
There my fave band
Dylan jumpstarted their writing from boyband pop to deeper poetry from Norwegian Road onward.
Boy band pop? Did not exists but good one.
No such thing in those days! Many people comment about a band that revolutionized pop music and literally astounded (and took over) the world! If you were not alive back then, you have absolutely 'no clue'! As far as Dylan is concerned; he may have influenced them as did Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and the Isley Brothers, but he's just a footnote. He really was an insignificant part of the music scene. He had a few hit songs. In fact, it was The Beatles who 'electrified' him! He was just a folk singer/songwriter. Dylan to his credit became a big source for other bands such as Manfred Mann, and The Hollies who took some of his songs and recorded them to fill up their albums and even turned some of his material into hit singles, to his credit! But Dylan never came close to being anywhere in the same league as The Beatles.
@@MajorWolfgangHochstetterhave you had the chance to rethink this terrible opinion?
It’s called The Tavistock Institute.
Boom. Tell em.
would you consider making a songwriting video directed to songwriters such as frank ocean, james fauntleroy, childish gambino .. etc ? maybe even SZA
would love to see something on frank or ye
@@sappy9320 there’s videos on YE’s writing process already, sort of why I didn’t mention him.
there are videos about frank as well
@@sappy9320 doesn’t really go that in depth though, but okay :)
i could say the same about ye
That's also kinda what KISS did in the early 70's
Folks we either have 1-2 people in comments using multiple accounts to say the Beatles didn't write there songs or a whole bunch of Day trippers that don't have the first clue what there talking about lol
What initally seemed like a healthy songwriting competition between John & Paul, unfortunately appeared to end up rather toxic between them. Miss John big time..😔
Where’s that interview from
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So that was IT, how they got so good. Try to match title of short with content. Few do on utube. U-seless
Theodore Adorno
Anyone would think it was a job....
I'm sure it wasn't all fun and games..
Too short- little information
Well.. That explains that.. Not really..
Ah yes, the beginning of their relationship and Korea
Selling your soul really helps this
This doesn't work by the way
how though
But they did not write all their music by them selves , not even record by them selves
How about raw talent? That was the beginning of it.
Beatles. Best group ever.
that doesnt explain shit lol
This is HOW they did it? clickbait bs
I know you get this alot but Jesus Christ loves you very much and I don't want you to miss out on what he has for you to please turn to Jesus ✝️💞
I don't need someone telling me what to do in a religious context
Paul and John did not let George write. They had a great teacher in George Martin, people forget that
Did not LET him write?! Wrong.
George didn’t write rock ‘n roll and so his early songs didn’t fit the Beatles early on at its beginnings-rooted in rock ‘n roll. Once they ventured into broader music ‘65-66 the songs George began to write fit into their style and direction as a band. The opening track of revolver, Taxman, was George’s song.
@@scottamichie Correct!
George wasn’t a great songwriter until ‘68, the fact they let him have two or three songs per album was generous as hell.
@@thesilvershining Taxman 1966. Opening song on Revolver.
@@scottamichie I like Taxman, it’s a good song but musically it reminds me a lot of “The Word” and I HATE that song, lol. Also, imo “Taxman” is great mainly because of the bassline and the badass guitar solo.
Dang it’s almost like there were ghost writers behind the scenes 🤣
@James Brice Everyone should keep in mind that The Monkees were a 'made for TV band'. The musicians were primarily Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart; writers of "Last Train to Clarksville' and others. Neil Diamond wrote "I'm A Believer" and other Monkees hits. Mickey Dolenz was a child actor who played the main character on a 1950's TV show, "Circus Boy". Davy Jones was a Broadway actor who played the lead in the play, "Oliver", an excerpt of which was performed on The Beatles first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, right after the commercial that followed The Beatles opening songs! Were it not for the TV show there would have been no Monkees! Each member was cast for the part they played. They were total strangers with nothing in common.
I don’t know how he could stand having Yoko correct what he’s saying while he’s saying it that’s the sort of thing that destroys most marriages especially when men do it to women
It was the heroin.
Poor guy
If you got bored do something else
Like a humanitarian project
They had lots of help
Read the book
The memoirs of Billy shears
That book is a complete joke and a rip-off
@@wendyjohansen6174 interesting 🤔
Did you know it is now available to buy on Paul McCartney official website?
Did you also know the book is printed by a company Paul McCartney owns ?
I also once believed it was a joke
However after three years of looking into this
I changed my mind
You fell for one the biggest hoaxes in history.👏 Paul created the character of Billy Shears, and probably regrets it immensely.
@@lennonslemons4934 I may not agree with you but I will defend your right to speak your mind
Have a blessed day
@@WillAH956 need not agree nor defend. ✌️
Because they wrote about very superficial matters, pop songs.
That’s it. They churned out dozens of simple songs and then picked the best ones.
Very telling that a married man with a son differentiates between “personal life” and “family life”.
It was the devil's songs don't you know
He wasn't signed to Northern Songs
@@gordonsim4049 Besides, we all know the devil went down to Georgia! 😂
Songs come easy when your stealing them from other people.
John Lennon never s
Heard a tune he couldn't use for himself.
The borrowed ideas but they didn't steal from other artists
All artists are influenced by other artists. Name one song that they stole.....
@@lennonslemons4934 Yes i agree, all music is influenced from all other music. Thats a fact. But just type in your youtube search bar for ("john lennon stolen songs") and you will find enough content to keep you busy. John Lennon thought he broke through the matrix as many famous artist do. It's not easy to handle. His ego got the best of him.
@@senseichess8688 really? Please do a little research and then come back and tell me what you think.
@@joshuaallen5453 Vladmir doesn't like the Beatles politics, oh dear lol. My "research" says save the war on truth on for subjects more conducive to your bullshit.
John wanted fame and here he’s just griping. Moan, moan
Liar
Say hello to THE MOST OVERRATED songwriters of all history
Lol
Bull, they had ghostwriters helping them.
Bull Shit!
@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter Go back to bed America. The mainstream narrative is always the truth.
Wtf hashaha 😂😂🤣🤣
Yeah , they had George Martin to do it for them! 😂
George Martin produced their songs
He didn’t write them
However we did write many beautiful orchestras for their songs
@@cancerandaids3822 I know the official arrangement mate 😆
He did MUCH more than this tho
They didn't write all of them or most of them at all, unfortunately. Yea, I'm sad, too, but it's really. There are doubles of all of them as well
Something strange about them .faul and Paul. John's features changed as well .Billy shears .John woman with one leg knew something .
@@ericsalles3393 yea. That's a tough one to figure out for me. The Paul full-time replacement is simple. Very obvious. The doubles that Britain employed for the rest of them because they were basically military assets is the really tough thing. Then it was pure satanic puppeteering, especially with John
Lol what song did they write that was “GOOD”?
Obvious Troll. Ever Heard of i am the walrus?
Like 90% of The Beatles catalog
They didn’t write their songs! Get real!
A typical idiot lapdog remark period.
Who did
Aliens
@@danielallan8310 doubt it
What a stupid comment..
They didn't, their songs were being written by several others too.
You are insane !!!
Who wrote them, genius?
The Beatles songs were so good because they were most likely not written by The Beatles!! 1. Lennon & McCartney can be heard many times stating that neither could read nor write music and had no formal music training! 2. Their lyrics were also well beyond the life experiences of lads in their early 20’s. 3. George Martin stated in interviews that when he first saw and heard them he thought they were “rubbish”! 4. Between 1963 and 1966 they released seven albums with 77 “original” songs. Where did they find the time to write lyrics, music, rehearse and record all this music in the midst of a heavy live touring schedule and the filming of two major motion pictures?! 5. A Mersey Beat magazine article from 1962 stated, “...the Beatles will fly to London. They will be recording numbers that have been specifically written for the group which they have received from their recording manager, George Martin.” If they were such prolific songwriters why did they need songs “specifically” written for them??
They wrote all their own sings....case closed....sure they wet real busy but just damn talented guys
That's why they are the greatest band in history and had the most impact on music as a whole. The simplicity of their lyrics is telling of their genius. You're clearly not a fan. 🤷🏽♂️
@@lennonslemons4934Actually, I am quite a huge fan of the songs the Beatles sang, even if they didn't write them. As for their lyrics, they are far from simplistic. Are you really suggesting that songs such as Norwegian Wood, Eleanor Rigby, In My Life and Nowhere Man are lyrically simplistic?! Not just lyrics, but also the musical song structure of these songs do not convey the knowledge of four men in their early 20's who had no formal music training and couldn't read or write music. Maybe it's just a coincidence, or the work of "genius" that they knew to write Norwegian Wood in a 12/8 time signature utilizing the mixolydian modal structure...with no formal music knowledge?! LMAO!!
@@senseichess8688: Seriously? "...just damn talented guys" is your argument?! LOL Ridiculous!
@@scottlalexander510 ok they had ghostwriters....why Dont you find the ghost writers and expose them then get back to us...otherwise..be quiet with that dumb garbage
Lies lies bloody lies...they didn't write most of it
Who did then?😆
@@thinkforyourself828 ask Ringo ...my best guess is Neil Innes for one with Throdore W. Adorno. There's video of George Martin admitting to writing the lyrics to Michelle.
See sage of quay on yt and read Billy's Back by Thomas e uharriet
@@pierremchughes9865 get real. Why you need this to be true is bizarre. If you watch the Get Back series, you can clearly see them in their process of writing their own songs. Not to mention, how many songs they wrote for other artists.
@@thinkforyourself828 I know it's painful, I've been a big fan for 57 years .but you need to get real , I already have
@@thinkforyourself828 I don't need it to be real, nobody could have been more disappointed than I.when after years of research I could no longer dispute it although I tried my damndest
thats what George Martin was there for -- to help the record company make millions ... what did the Beatles get - 5% ?