Incredibly clever and charming....it's easy to forget, in the face of everything else he can do, that his bass-playing was this excellent. And it really does support the entire song. Almost 70, and still in love with Paul!!
Joe Cocker did a great cover of this, Paul McCartney said about the cover version: "It was just mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful for him for doing that."
I like Joe Cocker, and liked his version of this song, but it wasn't in a class with the original (imo). I think Paul was being very gracious, which seems to be his style.
From this same album 'A Day in the Life' is well known for the longest sustained piano chord, which was performed with at least 4 pianos. Also, a song which combined two songs Lennon and McCartney had each written but not completed, but were then combined for this song. The alarm clock heard was inserted for the time mark of a later dub during recording, and was to be erased; later decided to be left after mixing was done. Prime example of The Beatles ground breaking recording techniques. The John Lennon lyrics portion of the song was taken from a newspaper article that John had read.
There's a fun thing going on in this song's verse structure in context to it's theme. The vocals start off solo with one doing all the parts until friends join at the end of the first chorus. From here the solo part questions and the friends reply in the 2nd verse. By the 3rd verse the friends begin the question and the solo gives a reply. Very clever.
Ringo takes the lead on this one. We used to literally sing along to this on the playground in 3rd grade. To be clear, some of what the Beatles did could be classified as orchestral pop, but what you should understand is that the Beatles is one of the most influential bands ever. They had so many hits in a fairly short amount of time, and if you go down that rabbit hole, I just know you will be delighted. But the point is they were all over the map. One thing might be orchestral pop, the next thing for example Helter Skelter, many consider to be kind of the earliest prototype of what would later become metal. And song by song, you just see this magnificent range in creativity, and they were very Innovative and experimental at times as well.
The Sgt Pepper's album is certainly Orchestral Pop, as was the Magical Mystery Tour album, both recorded in 1967! Listen to all the songs and go deep into Beatles Psychedelia!
I cannot imagine what my life would be without the Beatles. I was 17 in '67 and a fan since day one. I could guide you on your Beatles discovery if you'd like.
I loved your reaction. This was truly a mind-blowing transformative album for the Beatles. By now, they were all dropping acid, and it shows here. One of the most epic tracks, which I'm sure you'll enjoy, is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -- LSD, for short. 😉
The whole album was arranged like a psychedelic musical stage show- this is the second song where a "guest" singer, Billy Shears (Ringo) comes on to sing with the "Sergeant Pepper Band" (The Beatles). Also, with the Beatles, don't try too hard to get the lyrics- frequently they are obscure poems or aren't supposed to "mean" anything ,other than transport you away for a bit...
Thx Rere! You are wise to listen to music from different times and people! This is probably the first concept album ever! The concept from what I understand is a love story! Perhaps Billy Shears and Lucy! I’m much too old for you but if I may say you are quite lovely! Love n peace!
Yes, the term, "pop", does seem to have developed into a reference for music that is not quite "serious" music. Idk why this came about, but it seems to have really taken hold. Of course, when it comes to The Beatles, nothing could be further from the truth. They began as a "serious" rock-n-roll band and slowly developed as a band that embraced all genres of music. I love the "call and response" technique in this song. ☮
IIRC the working title of this song while it was being worked on was "Bad Finger Boogie". This was because John Lennon had accidentally broke his finger during this time. This name was later taken by a Welsh rock band called "The Ivys" and they then called themselves "Badfinger". McCartney wrote their first hit song, "Come and Get It". George Harrison Produced their 2nd album, "Straight Up" and performed a slide guitar solo on it. Ringo Starr appeared in a comedy film "The Magic Christian" starring Peter Sellers which had the Badfinger hit song in it. Also, Badfinger was the first band to be signed to The Beatles' own new record label called "Apple". I strongly encourage listening to Badfinger songs like "Baby Blue" (which appeared in the Breaking Bad Finale episode). And "Day After Day", "Sweet Tuesday Morning", "Watford John", "Sometimes", "I'd Die Babe", and "Without You". (This last song was famously covered by Mariah Carey in 1994, and later by Kelly Clarkson). Sadly, two of the band members later committed suicide over major financial fraud done by their own manager, Stan Poley. One of the biggest tragedies in Rock history.
Ringo Starr, the Beatles drummer who sang lead on this, was a happy-go-lucky guy but never really a very confident singer. Still, the band almost always reserved a song on each album for him to sing, and this was the one for the Sgt. Pepper LP. You're right that the lyrics and the arrangement, with the backup singers, compliment each other perfectly. It's all so clever!
Lennon/McCartney wrote this with Ringo in mind (hence the small range of notes other than the last one) but didn't tell him he was doing it until very late in the recording session, due to his nervousness about singing. The rest of the band hung with him at the microphone while he sang it as support.
The Beatles changed music by playing Rock and Roll based on American music, while they were British. That created a whole new sound that caught on worldwide. This led to a wave of bands from England, known in America as The British Invasion. It just evolved from that.
A really upbeat song and popular as it has been covered several times by different people. For something really different from them , checkout 'Tomorrow never knows'.
Ringo still tours with his All-Starr band. His band is comprised of other stars who had three or four big hits and their songs are played along with Ringo solo and Beatles songs. He closes each show with this and the chorus of Lennon's Give Peace a Chance.
@@aprilstewart5929Yeah. I saw them last year. Also had Steve Lukather from Toto, Colin Hay from Men at Work and Edgar Winter. And that's just the latest version. Awesome concept and show.
@@captainsatellite2112 I love this, because some of these major stars are relatively unknown in the general world, and would probably starve, without Ringo opening up this new opportunity to shine again. Ringo has class.
ringo -drummer sings lead on vis one, paul n john wrote it 4 him 2 sing. of a huge album sgt pepers, which changed modern music. incredible band, never seen so much growth in a band b4 ovr only 7 n or8 yrs, prob nvr will again.
a lot of songs, starting particularly during this era, were designed to be heard in conjunction with other songs. this is an album track and on this album there was literally no banding, a space of silence between songs. the songs flow into one another. "sgt pepper's" album is a perfect example of this as the first three songs off the album, of which this was the second, and the last 3 songs should be played connected and in order to get the full effect. this was a "ringo" song. he was the drummer who sang at least one song on each beatle album but one. the beatles were very unique in a lot of ways one being they had 4 LEAD SINGERS! thanks for the video.
I would listen to "THE LONG ONE" also known as "The ABBEY ROAD MEDLEY," which is "technically" on side two of the Beatles' album "Abbey Road" & starts after "Here Comes The Sun" in which "The Beatles revealed that they created the medley to "use up" several previously incomplete songs. All the songs are in different keys and styles and all written by different composers to cover almost the entire B-side of Abbey Road." It is a unique experience & one writer wrote it in 2020: "The Abbey Road Medley at 50 Years: A Perfect Beatles Goodbye." 2. "Because" (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison) 3. "You Never Give Me Your Money" (McCartney) 4. "Sun King" (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison) 5. "Mean Mr. Mustard" (Lennon) 6. "Polythene Pam" (Lennon) 7. "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" (McCartney) 8. "Golden Slumbers" (McCartney) 9. "Carry That Weight" (McCartney, with Lennon, Harrison and Starr) 10. "The End" (McCartney) 11. "Her Majesty" (hidden track)
In addition to Cocker's famous cover of this song, Elton John did a 1974 cover of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" a song that is from the same SGT Pepper album. Also Jeff Beck did an instrumental cover of "A Day In the Life". Personally my favorite Beatles covers are Sarah MacLachlan's "Blackbird", and Cherie Currie's "Strawberry Fields Forever", and Billy Joel's "Back In the USSR", and Paul McCartney's 1976 live cover of "I've Just Seen a Face".
I bought this album in 1967/68 and there were rumours the "friends" were tablets of some sort, hence the reference to getting high. It's all up to each listeners interpretation of the lyrics. Great album to respond to and maybe play Yellow Submarine I think was on this same album. 🎉😂
Written by Paul, sung by Ringo. Great song. Great reaction! Orchestral pop is just some term someone tried to apply retroactively to that song, it was never the name of a genre back then. The Beatles were called "rock and roll" back then. On the cover they're just trying to look like a Salvation Army type brass band from the early 20th century, a nostalgic nod to a bygone era and metaphor for themselves.
@@billythedog-309 They had a legal agreement to credit both of them regardless who wrote what. But you're right on this one. Just looked it up in McCartney's bio Many Years From Now. Kudos.
@@eximusic l know - in the Beatles biography in 1968 Hunter Davies describes John and Paul sitting down at the piano writing the song from an idea by Paul.
@sourisvoleur4854 Ringo also didn't sing on Rubber Soul, Magical Mystery Tour, or Hey Jude. Ofc, some may argue that the Hey Jude LP was not a Beatles album in the traditional sense, but nonetheless, it was released with the Apple label.
The then U.S. Governor of Maryland sought to have this song Banned because he thought it promoted drug use. ("I get high with a little help from my friends..."). Oddly enough, the BBC didn't even though they banned "A Day In the Life" because of the line "I'd Love to Turn You On", and "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" (LSD), and "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" (because of the line "Henry the Horse" which might allude to "Horse", a slang for Heroin). Also, one of the most popular Beatles songs is "Got to Get You Into My Life". This was never banned even though McCartney admitted that the song is really about Marijuana.
It's difficult to categorise the Beatles, they were so experimental, that it was almost like half a dozen different bands on one LP. Songs like this show the lighter side of their deep and rich output. But so much of what they did was new and astonishing that you can't get the measure of them from one song or even one album.
Mainstream pop is TS and others. When it’s associated with rock, it usually means a toned down version of a certain genre. For example Blink-182, which is pop punk and other genres. It’s done in order to get songs played on both pop and rock stations to increase sales.
The genre of Sgt. Pepper was also known as Psychedelic Pop, baroque pop, and Rock because of the 19th-century orchestration and instruments used in the recordings. The Beatles started using them a couple of years earlier. But a good example is the last track of the album, "A Day In The Life." Sgt. Pepper gave birth to the concept album and changed how music was recorded in the studio, as @richardvarnish8506 pointed out.
I would argue that A Day in the Life is early progressive rock. The way the different parts are recorded and put together is more like prog than psychedelic.
It’s great to watch someone react to this, but it’s meant to be played along with the song that comes before it ‘- ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (the song). Whoever suggested this to you should have told you that. It’s not the same without doing it. It will always disappoint the viewer if the reactor doesn’t do that. If you don’t believe me, then believe the many many other comments that will say the same thing. Nothing negative on you, you didn’t know. And of course you’ll still enjoy it, it’s a Beatles song 😊
If you want to dive deep in the history, check one of the reactions of this album. The short song "Mother people" (2:32 album version) from a sort of parody of the Sgt. Pepper album. If Sgt Pepper was experimental, Mothers of Invention goes several steps further! (You will likely not find the song beautiful! If you are out for that you should check "Blessed relief" (7:59) by the same composer. Soft instrumental jazz, also Frank Zappa)
the band was once asked by a reporter if Ringo (the lead vocals here) was the best drummer in the world and Paul replied, mate he isn't even the best drummer in the band! they were that good! there will NEVER come the like of them again!
This is an album. This is NOT intended to be chopped up and passed around. It's an album meant for complete consumption in its entirety. In fact, all of the Beatles albums should be consumed whole. New Listeners cheat themselves by not doing this.
As a singer Ringo was the least talented of the Fab Four , yet I can't imagine any of the other 3 singing lead on this one . "Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" is often sited as the most important album in rock music history and is generally considered to be The Beatles Masterpiece . (Personally, I love the diversity of "The White Album" 🙂 )
Rere, The Beatles are one of my favorite bands and one of the most influential bands of all time. I have seen Ringo in concert and admire his drumming skills. So I don’t say this lightly. If you want to see how a grown up sings this song, watch the video of Joe Cocker singing this song at Woodstock in 1969. Your mind will be blown. You won’t recognize the song. He makes Ringo’s rendition look like a school age boy singing at a school recital.
So many songs to choose from: Dear Prudence/A Day In The Life/Hey Jude/Strawberry Fields Forever/Let It Be/Eleanor Rigby/Wait/And I Love Her/In My Life/The Word/Here Comes The Sun/Don't Let Me Down/The Word/Day Tripper/I Am The Walrus/Your Mother Should Know/Two Of Us/Eleanor Rigby/Get Back/Yesterday/Cry Baby Cry/Norwegian Wood/Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/Hello, Goodbye/I've Got A Feeling/The Fool On The Hill/We Can Work It Out/Got To Get You Into My Life/Help!/Drive My Car/Lady Madonna/Piggies/Paperback Writer/Michelle/Magical Mystery Tour/Revolution/Yellow Submarine/Getting Better/ If I Fell/Birthday/Come Together/Cry Baby Cry/You're Going To Lose That Girl/I Want To Hold Your Hand/Good Day Sunshine/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/Oh! Darling/Baby, You're A Rich Man/Here, There And Everywhere/Can't Buy Me Love/And Your Bird Can Sing/All You Need Is Love/Getting Better/Ticket To Ride/The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill/Two Of Us/ Good Morning Good Morning/I'm Only Sleeping/Another Girl/Maxwell's Silver Hammer/Do You Want To Know A Secret/ I'm Looking Through You/She Said She Said/You Can't Do That/No Reply/For No One/You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/Girl/The Ballad Of John And Yoko/Octopus's Garden/You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)/A Hard Day's Night/Penny Lane/Helter Skelter/Eight Days A Week/Penny Lane/Day Tripper/Get Back/Blackbird/Wait/Something/All My Loving/Two Of Us/Come Together/Run For Your Life/Why Don't We Do It In The Road?/Taxman/Across The Universe/Within You Without You/Things We Said Today/Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/She Loves You/The Long And Winding Road/Help!/I'm So Tired/Getting Better/Julia/Dig A Pony/Think For Yourself/Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!/Helter Skelter/Tomorrow Never Knows/I've Just Seen A Face/The Night Before/Back In The U.S.S.R./Good Night/Honey Pie/I Saw Her Standing There/Fixing A Hole/While My Guitar Gently Weeps/Taxman/She's Leaving Home/You Won't See Me/I Should Have Known Better/Sexy Sadie/Hey Bulldog/Happiness Is A Warm Gun/Any Time At All/Rocky Raccoon/When I'm Sixty-Four/Please Please Me/It Won't Be Long/Do You Want To Know A Secret/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Doctor Robert/It's Only Love/I'll Follow The Sun/Savoy Truffle/Please Please Me/I'm Looking Through You/When I'm Sixty-Four/Savoy Truffle/Doctor Robert/Lovely Rita/One After 909/ Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey/Nowhere Man/Flying/
Hmmm he sounded like a leech. Everybody helped him with everything, even to get high. That sounds just like me when I was a young lad Oh and I did find someone to love 😊
My favorite line: What do you see when you turn out the lights; I can't tell you, but I know it's mine. That makes me smile every time.
Amazing bass work by Paul in this one.
Agreed!
Incredibly clever and charming....it's easy to forget, in the face of everything else he can do, that his bass-playing was this excellent. And it really does support the entire song. Almost 70, and still in love with Paul!!
Joe Cocker did a great cover of this, Paul McCartney said about the cover version: "It was just mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful for him for doing that."
I like Joe Cocker, and liked his version of this song, but it wasn't in a class with the original (imo). I think Paul was being very gracious, which seems to be his style.
@@aprilstewart5929 no Joe did the definitive version, Ringo Starr is nowhere as a vocalist certainly not in the same universe as Joe Cocker.
Drummer Ringo Starr sings this, it was written for him.
Best and most influential rock band ever - very versatile and SO MANY great songs
(Beatles - A day in the life) Their masterpiece!
Off that same album.
YES!
The best, most innovative, most creative album in the history of pop music. The first concept album.
Later 'concept albums' would that claim to shame - but Paul did try to make this a concept album...
@@nigeltown6999 Name a few.
Oh that album it just changed everything .
One of the few songs Ringo sang lead on but his songs were always fun. As a drummer and singer myself, I can appreciate what he did❤
Most influential Group in my Lifetime
and my lifetime too
The Drummer, Ringo, is lead singer here.
From this same album 'A Day in the Life' is well known for the longest sustained piano chord, which was performed with at least 4 pianos. Also, a song which combined two songs Lennon and McCartney had each written but not completed, but were then combined for this song. The alarm clock heard was inserted for the time mark of a later dub during recording, and was to be erased; later decided to be left after mixing was done. Prime example of The Beatles ground breaking recording techniques. The John Lennon lyrics portion of the song was taken from a newspaper article that John had read.
You’re listening to the greatest band of all time
Certainly the most influential.
Lol
There's a fun thing going on in this song's verse structure in context to it's theme. The vocals start off solo with one doing all the parts until friends join at the end of the first chorus. From here the solo part questions and the friends reply in the 2nd verse. By the 3rd verse the friends begin the question and the solo gives a reply. Very clever.
Ringo takes the lead on this one. We used to literally sing along to this on the playground in 3rd grade. To be clear, some of what the Beatles did could be classified as orchestral pop, but what you should understand is that the Beatles is one of the most influential bands ever. They had so many hits in a fairly short amount of time, and if you go down that rabbit hole, I just know you will be delighted.
But the point is they were all over the map. One thing might be orchestral pop, the next thing for example Helter Skelter, many consider to be kind of the earliest prototype of what would later become metal. And song by song, you just see this magnificent range in creativity, and they were very Innovative and experimental at times as well.
The Sgt Pepper's album is certainly Orchestral Pop, as was the Magical Mystery Tour album, both recorded in 1967! Listen to all the songs and go deep into Beatles Psychedelia!
Indeed....Days of Future Past (Passed?) would not have happened with out SP.
Ringo Starr sings the lead.
He has a wonderful voice; I'm sorry he didn't sing lead more often!
I cannot imagine what my life would be without the Beatles. I was 17 in '67 and a fan since day one. I could guide you on your Beatles discovery if you'd like.
As mentioned, Joe Cocker does an amazing blues style cover of this song at Woodstock in 1969.
Now listen to Joe Cockers' version live at Woodstock!!!
Beautiful reaction. Thank you.
Thank you too!
I loved your reaction. This was truly a mind-blowing transformative album for the Beatles. By now, they were all dropping acid, and it shows here.
One of the most epic tracks, which I'm sure you'll enjoy, is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -- LSD, for short. 😉
The whole album was arranged like a psychedelic musical stage show- this is the second song where a "guest" singer, Billy Shears (Ringo) comes on to sing with the "Sergeant Pepper Band" (The Beatles). Also, with the Beatles, don't try too hard to get the lyrics- frequently they are obscure poems or aren't supposed to "mean" anything ,other than transport you away for a bit...
Thx Rere! You are wise to listen to music from different times and people! This is probably the first concept album ever! The concept from what I understand is a love story! Perhaps Billy Shears and Lucy! I’m much too old for you but if I may say you are quite lovely! Love n peace!
Another Big, good rabbit hole. Try Don't Let Me Down, or Revolution, or In My Life, or Strawberry Fields, and so many more.
I was in my second year at art school when it came out and everyone was blown away. I’m now 75 and still blown away..
Folks mention the awesome Joe Cocker cover. His performance at Woodstock was iconic. Jimmy Page played on the studio version that was a hit single.
Listen to the whole album it’s a classic.Plus you saying you was born in 03 makes me feel old 👍 Brummie are we. I am.
The Beatles they were the best second to no one
Yes, the term, "pop", does seem to have developed into a reference for music that is not quite "serious" music. Idk why this came about, but it seems to have really taken hold. Of course, when it comes to The Beatles, nothing could be further from the truth. They began as a "serious" rock-n-roll band and slowly developed as a band that embraced all genres of music. I love the "call and response" technique in this song. ☮
On the upside you’ve only got about 170 Good Beatles songs to go. Have fun.
😂 love this
IIRC the working title of this song while it was being worked on was "Bad Finger Boogie". This was because John Lennon had accidentally broke his finger during this time. This name was later taken by a Welsh rock band called "The Ivys" and they then called themselves "Badfinger". McCartney wrote their first hit song, "Come and Get It". George Harrison Produced their 2nd album, "Straight Up" and performed a slide guitar solo on it. Ringo Starr appeared in a comedy film "The Magic Christian" starring Peter Sellers which had the Badfinger hit song in it. Also, Badfinger was the first band to be signed to The Beatles' own new record label called "Apple". I strongly encourage listening to Badfinger songs like "Baby Blue" (which appeared in the Breaking Bad Finale episode). And "Day After Day", "Sweet Tuesday Morning", "Watford John", "Sometimes", "I'd Die Babe", and "Without You". (This last song was famously covered by Mariah Carey in 1994, and later by Kelly Clarkson). Sadly, two of the band members later committed suicide over major financial fraud done by their own manager, Stan Poley. One of the biggest tragedies in Rock history.
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in The Sky
Yes, the most incredible song about dying ever recorded. What an incredible vocal performance!
Ringo Starr, the Beatles drummer who sang lead on this, was a happy-go-lucky guy but never really a very confident singer. Still, the band almost always reserved a song on each album for him to sing, and this was the one for the Sgt. Pepper LP. You're right that the lyrics and the arrangement, with the backup singers, compliment each other perfectly. It's all so clever!
It wasn't just "back up singers" it was the three other Beatles....John, Paul and George.😊
Lennon/McCartney wrote this with Ringo in mind (hence the small range of notes other than the last one) but didn't tell him he was doing it until very late in the recording session, due to his nervousness about singing. The rest of the band hung with him at the microphone while he sang it as support.
The Beatles changed music by playing Rock and Roll based on American music, while they were British. That created a whole new sound that caught on worldwide. This led to a wave of bands from England, known in America as The British Invasion. It just evolved from that.
A really upbeat song and popular as it has been covered several times by different people. For something really different from them , checkout 'Tomorrow never knows'.
Ringo still tours with his All-Starr band. His band is comprised of other stars who had three or four big hits and their songs are played along with Ringo solo and Beatles songs. He closes each show with this and the chorus of Lennon's Give Peace a Chance.
Some of the stars in his band are huge. Like Hamish Stuart, of the Average White Band.
@@aprilstewart5929Yeah. I saw them last year. Also had Steve Lukather from Toto, Colin Hay from Men at Work and Edgar Winter. And that's just the latest version. Awesome concept and show.
@@captainsatellite2112 I love this, because some of these major stars are relatively unknown in the general world, and would probably starve, without Ringo opening up this new opportunity to shine again. Ringo has class.
@@aprilstewart5929 Ringo is definitely one of the good ones and deserves his success.
Fuck yes.
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds was the first concept album. The Beatles followed on the heels of that album.
My favorite group
I wore the lp ouut .. This song is like a nice show tune and Ringo's vocal fits it just right but Joe Cocker took it to another level ..
ringo -drummer sings lead on vis one, paul n john wrote it 4 him 2 sing. of a huge album sgt pepers, which changed modern music. incredible band, never seen so much growth in a band b4 ovr only 7 n or8 yrs, prob nvr will again.
If you’d like to hear a great early Beatles story song, check out “No Reply”. Still one of my favorites.
a lot of songs, starting particularly during this era, were designed to be heard in conjunction with other songs. this is an album track and on this album there was literally no banding, a space of silence between songs. the songs flow into one another. "sgt pepper's" album is a perfect example of this as the first three songs off the album, of which this was the second, and the last 3 songs should be played connected and in order to get the full effect. this was a "ringo" song. he was the drummer who sang at least one song on each beatle album but one. the beatles were very unique in a lot of ways one being they had 4 LEAD SINGERS! thanks for the video.
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I would listen to "THE LONG ONE" also known as "The ABBEY ROAD MEDLEY," which is "technically" on side two of the Beatles' album "Abbey Road" & starts after "Here Comes The Sun" in which "The Beatles revealed that they created the medley to "use up" several previously incomplete songs. All the songs are in different keys and styles and all written by different composers to cover almost the entire B-side of Abbey Road." It is a unique experience & one writer wrote it in 2020: "The Abbey Road Medley at 50 Years: A Perfect Beatles Goodbye."
2. "Because" (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison)
3. "You Never Give Me Your Money" (McCartney)
4. "Sun King" (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison)
5. "Mean Mr. Mustard" (Lennon)
6. "Polythene Pam" (Lennon)
7. "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" (McCartney)
8. "Golden Slumbers" (McCartney)
9. "Carry That Weight" (McCartney, with Lennon, Harrison and Starr)
10. "The End" (McCartney)
11. "Her Majesty" (hidden track)
In addition to Cocker's famous cover of this song, Elton John did a 1974 cover of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" a song that is from the same SGT Pepper album. Also Jeff Beck did an instrumental cover of "A Day In the Life". Personally my favorite Beatles covers are Sarah MacLachlan's "Blackbird", and Cherie Currie's "Strawberry Fields Forever", and Billy Joel's "Back In the USSR", and Paul McCartney's 1976 live cover of "I've Just Seen a Face".
For a contrast, listen to the Joe Cocker version at Woodstock 🙂
Its good 😅
Saw sir Paul Dallas 2002. Saw Ringo in Oklahoma 2024.
Listen to the Joe Walsh version. It's amazing. Sounds like a totally different song. I love them both.
💙💙💙
The Bealtes blurred the lines between jenre, style and fad - becoming so popular they could create the ground that they played on with every song...
I bought this album in 1967/68 and there were rumours the "friends" were tablets of some sort, hence the reference to getting high. It's all up to each listeners interpretation of the lyrics. Great album to respond to and maybe play Yellow Submarine I think was on this same album. 🎉😂
Written by Paul, sung by Ringo. Great song. Great reaction! Orchestral pop is just some term someone tried to apply retroactively to that song, it was never the name of a genre back then. The Beatles were called "rock and roll" back then. On the cover they're just trying to look like a Salvation Army type brass band from the early 20th century, a nostalgic nod to a bygone era and metaphor for themselves.
Written by Lennon and McCartney.
@@billythedog-309 They had a legal agreement to credit both of them regardless who wrote what. But you're right on this one. Just looked it up in McCartney's bio Many Years From Now. Kudos.
@@eximusic l know - in the Beatles biography in 1968 Hunter Davies describes John and Paul sitting down at the piano writing the song from an idea by Paul.
On every album, Ringo (the drummer) had his song.
Not a Ringo song, Paul wrote it. Ringo sang it. Unlike Octopuses Garden which he wrote and sang.
@@eximusic bravo
Nearly every. Hard Day's Night and Let it Be have no Ringo song.
I just looked on wikipedia and you are absolutely right. Thanks.
@sourisvoleur4854 Ringo also didn't sing on Rubber Soul, Magical Mystery Tour, or Hey Jude. Ofc, some may argue that the Hey Jude LP was not a Beatles album in the traditional sense, but nonetheless, it was released with the Apple label.
Now, listen to JoeCocker's cover of this song, Rere; he makes it his own! I recommend the live at Woodstock version... You'll be amazed!!!
The then U.S. Governor of Maryland sought to have this song Banned because he thought it promoted drug use. ("I get high with a little help from my friends..."). Oddly enough, the BBC didn't even though they banned "A Day In the Life" because of the line "I'd Love to Turn You On", and "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" (LSD), and "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" (because of the line "Henry the Horse" which might allude to "Horse", a slang for Heroin).
Also, one of the most popular Beatles songs is "Got to Get You Into My Life". This was never banned even though McCartney admitted that the song is really about Marijuana.
It's difficult to categorise the Beatles, they were so experimental, that it was almost like half a dozen different bands on one LP. Songs like this show the lighter side of their deep and rich output. But so much of what they did was new and astonishing that you can't get the measure of them from one song or even one album.
I love how this song leads directly into Lucy in the Sky. Love love love!!!
That's Ringo singing.
Mainstream pop is TS and others. When it’s associated with rock, it usually means a toned down version of a certain genre. For example Blink-182, which is pop punk and other genres. It’s done in order to get songs played on both pop and rock stations to increase sales.
The genre of Sgt. Pepper was also known as Psychedelic Pop, baroque pop, and Rock because of the 19th-century orchestration and instruments used in the recordings. The Beatles started using them a couple of years earlier. But a good example is the last track of the album, "A Day In The Life." Sgt. Pepper gave birth to the concept album and changed how music was recorded in the studio, as @richardvarnish8506 pointed out.
I would argue that A Day in the Life is early progressive rock. The way the different parts are recorded and put together is more like prog than psychedelic.
@@sourisvoleur4854 yes, you are right, I failed to point that out, Thanks
It’s great to watch someone react to this, but it’s meant to be played along with the song that comes before it ‘- ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (the song). Whoever suggested this to you should have told you that. It’s not the same without doing it. It will always disappoint the viewer if the reactor doesn’t do that. If you don’t believe me, then believe the many many other comments that will say the same thing. Nothing negative on you, you didn’t know. And of course you’ll still enjoy it, it’s a Beatles song 😊
Joe does a rendition of this song @Woodstock (A blues rock version)
Have a listen to Joe Cocker's cover....totally different style but still brilliant
Ringo told that he was shy to sing this
Check out maybe the best cover of any song ever (cut and paste) "Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen - With A Little Help From My Friends"
If you want to dive deep in the history, check one of the reactions of this album. The short song "Mother people" (2:32 album version) from a sort of parody of the Sgt. Pepper album. If Sgt Pepper was experimental, Mothers of Invention goes several steps further! (You will likely not find the song beautiful! If you are out for that you should check "Blessed relief" (7:59) by the same composer. Soft instrumental jazz, also Frank Zappa)
the band was once asked by a reporter if Ringo (the lead vocals here) was the best drummer in the world and Paul replied, mate he isn't even the best drummer in the band! they were that good! there will NEVER come the like of them again!
Please stop spreading this misinformation. That was never said by anyone in the band. It's from some comedian.
This is an album. This is NOT intended to be chopped up and passed around. It's an album meant for complete consumption in its entirety. In fact, all of the Beatles albums should be consumed whole. New Listeners cheat themselves by not doing this.
As a singer Ringo was the least talented of the Fab Four , yet I can't imagine any of the other 3 singing lead on this one . "Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" is often sited as the most important album in rock music history and is generally considered to be The Beatles Masterpiece . (Personally, I love the diversity of "The White Album" 🙂 )
It’s a concept album. Listening to a separate cut defeats the purpose.
Is that Ringo singing?
Good reaction but it needs to be after Sgt Peppers because they mix so smooth together. It’s really one song.
Singer Petula Clark sang this and , as a joke, she sang “out of key” emphatically out of key,
Rere, The Beatles are one of my favorite bands and one of the most influential bands of all time. I have seen Ringo in concert and admire his drumming skills. So I don’t say this lightly. If you want to see how a grown up sings this song, watch the video of Joe Cocker singing this song at Woodstock in 1969. Your mind will be blown. You won’t recognize the song. He makes Ringo’s rendition look like a school age boy singing at a school recital.
yeah...cocker ruined it...
Baroque Pop.
What's your instrument?
So many songs to choose from: Dear Prudence/A Day In The Life/Hey Jude/Strawberry Fields Forever/Let It Be/Eleanor Rigby/Wait/And I Love Her/In My Life/The Word/Here Comes The Sun/Don't Let Me Down/The Word/Day Tripper/I Am The Walrus/Your Mother Should Know/Two Of Us/Eleanor Rigby/Get Back/Yesterday/Cry Baby Cry/Norwegian Wood/Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/Hello, Goodbye/I've Got A Feeling/The Fool On The Hill/We Can Work It Out/Got To Get You Into My Life/Help!/Drive My Car/Lady Madonna/Piggies/Paperback Writer/Michelle/Magical Mystery Tour/Revolution/Yellow Submarine/Getting Better/
If I Fell/Birthday/Come Together/Cry Baby Cry/You're Going To Lose That Girl/I Want To Hold Your Hand/Good Day Sunshine/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/Oh! Darling/Baby, You're A Rich Man/Here, There And Everywhere/Can't Buy Me Love/And Your Bird Can Sing/All You Need Is Love/Getting Better/Ticket To Ride/The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill/Two Of Us/
Good Morning Good Morning/I'm Only Sleeping/Another Girl/Maxwell's Silver Hammer/Do You Want To Know A Secret/
I'm Looking Through You/She Said She Said/You Can't Do That/No Reply/For No One/You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/Girl/The Ballad Of John And Yoko/Octopus's Garden/You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)/A Hard Day's Night/Penny Lane/Helter Skelter/Eight Days A Week/Penny Lane/Day Tripper/Get Back/Blackbird/Wait/Something/All My Loving/Two Of Us/Come Together/Run For Your Life/Why Don't We Do It In The Road?/Taxman/Across The Universe/Within You Without You/Things We Said Today/Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/She Loves You/The Long And Winding Road/Help!/I'm So Tired/Getting Better/Julia/Dig A Pony/Think For Yourself/Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!/Helter Skelter/Tomorrow Never Knows/I've Just Seen A Face/The Night Before/Back In The U.S.S.R./Good Night/Honey Pie/I Saw Her Standing There/Fixing A Hole/While My Guitar Gently Weeps/Taxman/She's Leaving Home/You Won't See Me/I Should Have Known Better/Sexy Sadie/Hey Bulldog/Happiness Is A Warm Gun/Any Time At All/Rocky Raccoon/When I'm Sixty-Four/Please Please Me/It Won't Be Long/Do You Want To Know A Secret/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Doctor Robert/It's Only Love/I'll Follow The Sun/Savoy Truffle/Please Please Me/I'm Looking Through You/When I'm Sixty-Four/Savoy Truffle/Doctor Robert/Lovely Rita/One After 909/ Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey/Nowhere Man/Flying/
Hmmm he sounded like a leech. Everybody helped him with everything, even to get high. That sounds just like me when I was a young lad Oh and I did find someone to love 😊
Joe Cocker did one of the best covers of this song, maybe even better than the Beatles. Give it a listen.