Drummer reacts to "Taxman" / "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- One song just didn't seem like enough. And I save the album reactions for Patreon so... two tracks will have to suffice. And bro, Eleanor Rigby left me with an itch I just can't scratch now. These guys are geniuses. I just can't get enough now.
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I love how the younger generations are finally understanding the BEATLES!! They have nothing like this now! Long live THE BEATLES!!!!!!!!
Only AURORA today, she is a genius.
There are The Beatles and then there are the rest. The Beatles are way, way, way up there and everybody else is way, way, way down there.
I don't like early Beatles stuff,(shoot me if you want.) I didn't get into the Beatles until Help maybe.(Take into consideration I wasn't when they split up. Revolver onwards was absolute next level though!🏴
Paul wrote the lyrics to Elenor Rigby. He also played the guitar solo in Taxman.
Damn, all 4 of these guys are just so multifaceted. What a group of musicians...
I am so old, I saw the Beatles in concert in 66 and can share one true thing: for most every situation in life, for every wild emotion, there is a Beatles song. Enjoy your musical journey!
Paul wrote lyrics and music. They didn't have a composer/lyricist relationship like Rodgers and Hammerstein.
@@pushpakThey did collab like that on a lot of songs
@@L33ReactsPaul wrote MOST of the Rigby lyrics, but John & George also contributed some. "Ah, look at all the lonely people" is actually George's line.
Someone once said the Beatles were both the most *commercial* group in the world AND the most *experimental* group in the world. So true!
The Beatles made Experimental...Sound Commercial!
@@artguti1551 The true genius is to make your experimentations sound commercial. Led Zeppelin was another great example of this. A number of their most successful songs are very complex experiments in timing and pacing of songs
Their rock was prog before prog rock existed.
Most experimental, Pink Floyd of Syd Barrett
58 years later and these tunes sound as fresh as ever.
They really do and it’s scary. We never grew past this mark in art. The Beatles would have wanted us to surpass their glory by now. But we haven’t
The Beatles were ahead of their time The quality of their music is mind blowing
What always astounds me is how young (mid-twenties) the Beatles were when they wrote these songs...so profound at such a young age! Paul wrote the lyrics to Eleanor Rigby!
Paul wrote the songs but lyrics came from him George and John for some lines
@@B.R.0101it's usually the case that the lead singer wrote the song but of course there are exceptions
Best album ever!
Early twenties in the case of Paul and George in fact. Genius.
Paul wrote all of the lyrics for "Rigby". The song was specifically about Paul's childhood memories; it's his song. The only reason there's a "Lennon/McCartney" on the credit is because of the publishing deal they made, which is the case for at least 75% of the Beatles' catalogue. Lennon ended up getting credit for a LOT of songs that were only written by McCartney, because of that deal. Lennon was *not* a prolific songwriter and would often only contribute a line or two to songs that were 95% written by McCartney. Which isn't to say that Lennon didn't write some great songs, of course - he did. But you'd be shocked at how many "Lennon/McCartney"-credited songs were exclusively written by McCartney.@@B.R.0101
L33: You really will be well served to do this entire album. Every single song a timeless classic. And this was a great reaction.
Thank you so much Greg, I appreciate it!! Glad you enjoyed. We are definitely doing the rest of this amazing album 😊
What I said. Absolutely ❤
This and Rubber Soul - my favourite two Beatles albums.
@@lemming9984 The transition albums.
So rich. Every song a classic. Pop perfection meets sonic experimentation and a more expanded worldview. Bloody good tunes most of all ❤️
@@mattleppard1964 Tomorrow Never Knows was very experimental for the time; a great song - but I prefer 801's version!
It's really good to see you getting turned onto the Beatles! May I suggest that you listen to the Paperback Writer/Rain single once you've finished the album?
Here in the UK, The Beatles generally followed their own personal policy of not putting their singles onto forthcoming albums like any other band of the era would. As such, most of their best selling hits were never on an album together until compilations were made after they broke up. You might easily miss them if you're only looking at their studio albums. Either way, glad you're having a fun time so far!
The bass playing on "Rain" is probably Paul's best. Ringo is magic on this track too.
This first-generation Beatlemaniac appreciates your commentary. You're wise beyond your years.
I don't usually leave comments, but this is easily the most sensitive and authentic reaction video I've seen! Keep on going man, from a fellow, sensitive creative!!
I agree. Honest and refreshing.
“The Beatles are from the future!” Revolver is a masterpiece
George wrote Taxman after realizing that now the Beatles were making a lot of money, they were being taxed 95% of their income. “Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don’t take it all.” What I like about Eleanor Rigby is that we are introduced to two “lonely” individuals each occupying his own verse, whose paths cross in the third.
@michaelrogers2080 Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification!
so true @labajadaman. I love that if George had a feasible gripe about a topic that was important to him, he could slap you on the wrist with a smile & creativity. Ok, I'm biased about George & his beautiful soul, such a handsome genius.
That’s why they got their MBE
No matter what anyone say about Ringo, John, Paul, and George Trusted and Loved Him. That’s enough for me. I personally think Ringo was amazing to play each Song to fit THAT particular Song.
I’m 71 and am enjoying your fresh take on the Beatles. 🙏 For your job situation…
72 here, and I really enjoy younger folks coming to experience the Beatles.
It always has to be remembered Ringo was hand picked by the band, so they got exactly the style of drummer they wanted. Results show they chose wisely.
Rain and Paperback Writer. two more great Beatles songs to hear for the first time.
Eleanor Rigby was Paul's voice as lead. A trained Beatles ear can tell.
You are absolutely right ! After years and years of listening to them, we diehard Beatles fans can pretty much tell who is singing with around 95-100% accuracy.
Yep!@@Bill_Jones.
Absolutely. I can usually tell. I wish they gave George more leads. I loved his voice.
The one that gives me trouble is who sings “She Loves You” in the coda of “All You Need is Love.”
@@RobertJohnson-hq6jq Both John and Paul as they did 4 years earlier
I will never be able to comprehend how four working and middle class kids from Liverpool without formal music training or the ability to read sheet music went from performing 50's covers in front of prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, drunks and students in Hamburg to composing and recording such masterpieces just four years later. It's just not possible. And yet it is.
Acid is a hellava drug
And sixty years later we are still listening to and talking about their music, absolutely astonishing.
For us who were there at the time it all makes perfect sense but how do you describe Beatlemania to a younger person ? The hair, the clothes, the thrill of racing to the record shop to buy the new Beatles record ? It was mental.
@@JoTracy They got ridiculously good well before they started tripping.
@@colindebourg9012 I wasn't referring to Beatlemania which even a less talented group might have inspired with the right marketing given that they filled a musical void at the time with the decline in interest in and output by fading 50's rock stars. I meant their actual musical talent and output. Insane, simply insane. Makes no sense and yet.
@@kovie9162 Totally agree all the way, I was just pointing out the effect these boys had far beyond their music, you had to be there to appreciate the experience.
Eventually you’ll love them all, Lee. I’m sure. They ruled the world for eight years. Yes finish Revolver! I’m glad I listened to the end. This is a very historically important album. And as it’s The Beatles, you know that is absolutely true ❤
George wrote and sang Taxman, Paul wrote and sang Eleonor Rigby.
thanks for the Beatles reactions.
Rubber Soul was a big step out of the world of 'the early Beatles' and Revolver was them going in a very different direction. And it was kind of a reflection of what was going on in society back then. A very revolutionary album. If you listen from first song to last, the variety of song styles is insane, especailly for 1966. The next song is 'I'm Only Sleeping' a great one by John and completely different from these two. That's followed by George's 'Love You To', which is a huge departure from anything they (or any other rock band) had ever done. Then 'Paul's 'Here, There and Everywhere', an incredilbe ballad considered by many (including me) to be one of their very best. The vocals, the harmonies, just amazing. And on and on... What an incredible album. And it's finished off with a song you already looked at, 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. I was six when this came out and was a Beatles nut, but I had no clue of how different it was. The music scene back then was so good, so diverse, and ever-changing, and for me as a first grader it just all seemed normal. I had no clue how incredible that era was, as far as I knew it was just the way things always were! 1966 - what a year for music. You could do a HUGE number of reactions just on great songs from that year alone.
Leonard Bernstein discussing the Beatles, on TV, spring 1967, with insight and appreciation (can't help wondering what he would have said about Sgt Pepper, released just a month later):
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RUBBER SOUL WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE
La magia de los 60 en la musica que junto a los 70 hicieron la edad dorada de la música.
I am happy to say I was young when this first came out, and love The Beatles to this day!
DUDE! You are rockin these reaction videos. Don't sweat it if you're an introvert. I am too. Keep a few close friends around you. Quality over quantity!
Those lyrics to Eleanor Rigby... there is nothing happy about them. Every line is grim and doesn't lead to anywhere except the next grim line. A truly masterful piece of songwriting. And George Martin's string arrangement underscores it all. Wonderful.
After 50 years of listening to this band I have come to the conclusion that Paul is a criminally underrated bassist. On another note: one of life’s hardest truths is “Until one learns to truly receive pain, one cannot truly receive love.”-Larry Crabb
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Sometimes you have to push past your awkwardness and fear and put yourself out there. It's scary, I know. At my age I just embrace the weirdness now. 😅😅😂
Oddly enough, this is a fairly common view, even though all of the Beatles occupy respectable spots on "Greatest of all...Lists." For example, Rolling Stone magazine lists Paul McCartney at number 9 among the bassists, Ringo Starr is on 14 in the drummer's ranking. Of course, such lists are debatable in principle and there are always arguments, why one musician should be placed higher or another lower.
Paul is a masterful bassist to this day. I love the way he plays bass.
Everyone acknowledges his great bass playing and yet he's not often mentioned when people are discussing great rock bassists like Entwistle, Jones and Bruce. Perhaps it's because his bass playing is masterful and exactly what it needs to be and doesn't try to dominate.
@@kovie9162 He's has very MELODIC bass lines which when they first became famous, was very unusual for bass lines in the early years of rock and roll. Paul changed that. He never wanted to be the bass player, but when Stu Sutcliffe, who was their original bass player, left the band to continue his art studies in Hamburg Germany and with his German fiance Astrid, Paul, as he said it, "got lumbered with the bass" He never wanted to play lines like most rock bass players did, just a usual 'thump, thump ,thump" sort of thing that was never interesting. He was and is a very good lead guitarist, so he actually came up with very melodic and interesting bass lines.
“Eleanor Rigby” was Paul's song. You could probably tell that was his voice on the lead vocal, and that's generally a good indication who the principle songwriter was. “Taxman” was George's song with him on the lead vocal. George Martin, the Beatles’ longtime producer probably did the string arrangement for “Eleanor Rigby.”
George Martin did the string arrangement. He said he used the same approach as the strings in the Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene.
re Eleanor Rigby. I interpret this as an anti-war song, addressing the many women growing old alone.
As a child, I met these women. By the mid-1960's, they were old. An excerpt from Virginia Nicholson's book “Singled Out”, page 25:
In 1917 the senior mistress of Bournemouth High School for Girls stood up in front of the assembled sixth form (16..18 yo), nearly all of whom were dressed for morning for a member of their family and said to them: _‘I have come to tell you a terrible truth. Only 1 in 10 of you girls can hope to marry. This is not a guess; it is a statistical fact. Nearly all the men who might have married you have been killed. You will have to make your way in the world as best you can - the war has made more openings for women then there were before, but there will still be a lot of prejudice. You will have to fight - you will have to struggle.’_
One of her pupils 17 year old Rosamund Essex was never to forget these words. _‘It was one of the most faithful statements of my life.’_ When Rosamond, who never married, wrote her memoirs 60 years later she accepted that the teacher’s pronouncements had been prophetic: _'How right she was. Only one out of every 10 of my friends has ever married. Quite simply, there was no one available.'_
How nice it is to live in a society unravaged by great conflict.
This happened again after World War Two; the damage took about 30 years to rebuild but many young women were again lost, cast adrift without partners.
This is an anti-war song (set in the UK about 1966). The Yellow Submarine movie is about war, showing in Liverpool bombed out buildings, a motor cyclist crying where a house once stood (who died there?) and ladies dressed in a dated manner, keeping each other company.
I lament the empty, often cold lives spent in poverty of - the Casey sisters, the Beales' sisters, the spinster all alone 5 doors away and my mother's other sad friends, who's names I do not know.
Lovely songs...
An incredible insight. Great to see a commenter like you who is concise and thoughtful. Whether this was the message Paul wanted to convey, or not, doesn't really matter. Music is always up for interpretation. Your take is highly original. Thank you for that.
It was a passive aggressive message to Paul's girlfriend Jane Asher.
@@MrKeychangeI thought that was " We Can Work it Out" or "I'm Looking Through You." Lol😅😅😅😂
That’s a unique take. I had never considered it, but you’re absolutely right. Even if it was done subconsciously, it was done. If you see sad old ladies everyday, few old men, and kids who grew up playing in the rubble, they’re part of your reality, and they exist only because of the wars.
@@betsyab121 haha Yes and Yes. The Ballad of Paul & Jane seems to have gotten really dark. She still doesn't want to talk about it to this day. lol. I imagine Paul gifting her brother a career must have made things complicated within her family dynamic too.
EVERY album the Beatles made was a powerful force for younger musicians to start playing and writing songs themselves.
Happinnes is a warm gun. Another banger from John.
yeah, one of my favorite Beatles tracks
Don’t like this from John obvious reason 12-8-80
@@60sbaby456 understandable, but if you slow down on the title, it gets a whole different meaning. John always loved inuendo.
One of my favorite Beatles stories was Paul telling back when he and John were just beginning to write their own songs. Paul said that one December evening he and John were walking through his neighborhood heading to his house for a writing session. Paul said they finished up close to midnight, and he decided to walk John back home. On the way back, they passed by a house when John said “Man, do you see those people over there still outside playing cards at this hour” ? Paul said he looked over and saw a nativity scene set up outside the house John was looking at. Since John was virtually blind without his glasses (and refused to wear them), he thought there were a group of card players outside this house that hadn’t moved for the several hours since they had passed them by earlier. Paul said he cracked up laughing and never forgot it.
Always makes me laugh that story.
@@TheCornishCockneythey were always entertaining even if they hadn’t picked up the guitar or sat at the piano they were a load of fun. Imagine sitting at a pub with these guys for a couple of nights just bullshitting talking about music, talking about girls talking about philosophy. The word special was invented for people like them, and a few others.
Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles, and I am a rock, by Simon and Garfunkel, turned a lot of people’s minds inward. Most of us still haven’t found a way to get out of our own minds, and it’s controlling fears, doubts, and worries. The desire is there but the will is weak due to that self-deprecation we build our walls upon. Music is a great escape, but it should be a signpost to how to grow stronger, not find verification for our isolation from the world.
when it first came out Eleanor Rigby was so original it blew peoples' minds. Not only the subject matter but it was just Paul and some strings but you knew it was still The Beatles
Yes! Go through the rest of Revolver. Ground breaking, revolutionary album. And it simply warms the cockles of my heart to see and hear a bright young man such as yourself really enjoy the Beatles and recognize their greatness. Their amazing output in just a few short years is stunning, mind boggling.
"Blistering" I've never heard that solo described as that but it's a perfect description.
Name a band ever, who is this diverse, but not only diverse but at such opposite ends, and with such quality. You mentioned it big man, this band gets you thinking deep, that's part of the power of The Beatles.
BAND-MAID. Many parallels can be drawn between the two groups, however, though they have been together longer than The Beatles, they have not achieved their adulation.
Frank Zappa and the mothers.
@@zer0tzer0 never heard of them - they are not in the same league of quality. How did they go from 8 days a week to Helter Skelter to Strawberry Fields? .. don't be this dumb!
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 I said quality - Zappa diversity doesn't exist - it's all sh!tty noise.
@@smartenuphumans ruclips.net/video/vbHMgqHtAy0/видео.html
Paul McCartney OWNS on Taxman!! His Bass line is SICK!
He also plays the whacky lead guitar solo
And he played the solo on guitar !
Wait 'til you hear his playing on 'Hey Bulldog'
Whakey????
Brilliant is more appropriate.@@cuchulainx3125
Remember it’s George’s song
Great guitar solo by Paul on Taxman.
When the Beatles got home from their first tour in the U.S. a reporter asked John how he found America. John said we just turned left when we got to Greenland.
To me, Paul McCartney is the star musician in _George Harrison's_ song Taxman. I mean, George wrote it & sang it & added rhythm cords, but Paul provided that dominant bass line throughout & then played that 'blistering' lead guitar solo on this song. It seemed to me that during this period, Paul did his most impressive contributions on both bass and vocals when he was contributing to John's & George's songs, more so than on his own songs...
What they did not know and others, it was George who designed the creativity of this music. Paul grabbed the limelight by playing the supposedly played by Paul in the original setting.
All did not know that behind the project, george is the original creative artist of this song Taxman.
There’s an beautiful version of Eleanor Rigby on Anthology 2, without Paul’s voice. Only George Martin’s arrangement. And also Because on Anthology 3 a’cappella. Only three part harmony. Absolutely beautiful.
Have you ever heard the instrumental? It's basically a full orchestra. Eagles had wasted time. That instrumental is beautiful. If you've never heard the wasted time instrumental version by The eagles then definitely check it out. Gorgeous. This is my favorite song by The Beatles. People are surprised when I say that for some reason.
Every generation finds The Beatles in some way, shape, or form. Their influence on music can not be overstated.
The Beatles are the best. Great rendition.
Paul was 23 years old when he wrote this. There are others - she’s leaving home- comes to mind as particularly insightful
I had the great honor to grow up with this amazing music. Everything about their music was fresh and new and, most importantly, thought provoking! Such a mesh of genius minds is unlikely but we were blessed with it. I will carry it with me. I will never forget it. I will never “get over” John Lennon’s senseless murder. Never. 🌺✌️
Paul said in an interview, ‘Ringo was the engine that drove the Beatles.’ Your reactions are great. Take care.
Ringo was the glue that held everything together.
The Revolver era began with the release of “Paperback Writer”, a song of Paul’s backed by “Rain” a song by John. The latter “Rain” was John first toe dip into what would become Psychedelic Rock. Neither appeared on the record and they only ever performed Paperback Writer live from this era.
The Double “A” side single Yellow Submarine/Elenor Rigby was released directly from the album which was something that was really never done in those days.
is that so??
@@nonrepublicrat No. Not really. Jazz saxophonist Paul Williams' record company released a single in 1949 and referred to both songs as A-side.
I would also include Elvis Presley's Hound Dog/Don't be cruel as such, even if it wasn't originally planned as Double-A. The success of both songs makes them one in my opinion.
However, it's not necessarily everyday, that both tracks become big hits.
As is often the case, the Beatles have further developed the product and have a lot to show for it: We can work it out / Day Tripper, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine, Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields forever, Hello Goodbye / I am the walrus, Hey Jude / Revolution, Come together / Something.
Not officially a double-A record, but extremely popular: Queen's We are the champions / We will rock you.
Actually Tomorrow Never Knows was recorded before Rain - it was the first track off Revolver done !🤡
Yes Saturday. Beatles Sunday. You're really doing it right. You have to do Revolver as an album. Keep going...
Yes, finish Revolver!! Awesome journey in discovering the Beatles!! The BEST!!
The way I understand it is that Ringo Starr’s beats “drove” The Beatles and the rest of the members followed Starr’s lead.
I bought The Beatles album Revolver, on the Capitol Records Rainbow label, new in 1966 when I was 9 years old. I still have it and it still sounds and looks like new. And while many other artists records wound up as cut out corner cheapies, The Beatles records never were. Let me tell you, The Beatles will last forever................But never in the budget bins.
I was 10 but I didn't have to buy because my older sisters did.
The Beatles opened the door for pop music to be more than it had been up to that point. George wrote and sand Taxman, Paul played the solo. Eleanor Rigby was.mostly written by Paul. Until sometime in the 80s the top tax rate in Great Britain was 95%. I lean left but I don't any reason to take more than half of what someone makes in taxes. Many famous musicians became tax exiles (licing in rentals in other countries) to avaoid the high tax.
Paul played the 'blistering' guitar solo on 'Taxman.' Taxman' was written by George.
You really know how to express yourself and your feelings, a lot of people find that hard.
Love my Beatles! I saw them on Ed Sullivan in 1964 when I was 10, and they forever changed my life. I've seen Paul live three times and Ringo about 5. They were both the best, needless to say!
You seem very thoughtful. Unlike many reactors, you take the time and make the effort to delve deeply into the music, and I want you to know it is appreciated. Keep that mind of yours open and alert. Also, a word on Taxman.. in England, the Beatles were hugely important to that country's economy. This cannot be overstated. And they surely knew it.
Indeed! Harold Wilson cynically gave them honours for services to culture,or was it exports to strengthen the week currency!
A lot of younger people have no idea just how great and ahead of their time The Beatles were . The Beatles laid the groundwork for so many other bands to follow . Great to see you doing these videos.
Young Paul wrote she’s leaving home which is so beautiful and hard to believe a band would write such song, amazing. Also, a huge popular rock band writing a children’s song and have it be a hit-yellow submarine and octopus garden
I was 7 years old when I actually bought this album, about 2 weeks after it hit the States.Trying to play Paul's blistering guitar was my first real guitar riff I tried😂🔥🤘✌
Paul has given credit to John as cowriter but people who were present during the sessions saw George and Ringo significantly contributing ideas and lyrics.
Gotta keep John happy!
Paul wrote "Eleanor Rigby". He also played the guitar solo on "Taxman". Make sure you listen to the British version of Revolver.
Although this is very much George’s song it’s Paul who plays the guitar solo and if you listen closely you will hear that the guitar work at the end is just a repeat of this superb guitar solo . Sheer genius , most of us bought Revolver on its release date and hearing Taxman as the opening track was sensational . The last track Tomorrow Never Knows came as a complete surprise to us all as it was music that nobody had ever heard before and it met mixed reactions from Beatles fans but it was a taste of things to come and the introduction to Psychedelic music . Trailblazers
Crazy to think they released 3 albums, Help, Rubber soul and Revolver in one calender year.
Actually not in the same calendar year, but in a one year period- Aug. 6, 1965-Aug. 5, 1966. Still impressive and all great albums.
How?? Just how... that's incredible lol
Actually, three albums and two double sided #1 hits (meaning both sides were A sides) that weren't on the albums - in a year. 😂@@L33Reacts
Plus Paperback Writer and Rain on b-side 😊@@MrKeychange
@@tonytango7253 That was one of the two double sided #1 hits I mentioned. Jagger called them the "four headed monster" for good reason.
Great reaction, and I like your feedback. I agree that Eleanor Rigby hits pretty deep. I believe the song was written by Paul. Thanks for for your reaction to these songs.
Re several comments on Eleanor Rigby below that "George Harrison wrote the chorus" or "George wrote 'Ah look at all the lonely people', words and music", these common canards really need to be naIled. George certainly did *not* write the chorus, and there’s very little if any evidence that he wrote the refrain "Ah look at all the lonely people" either:
First, note that the line “all the lonely people” was already in the chorus written by Paul.
The only direct evidence for George’s involvement in the idea to re-use that phrase in the refrain “Ah, look at all…” comes from John Lennon. But he doesn’t say it was George’s idea. According to John, it was an idea that emerged in the studio whilst Paul and George were working on it :
“Who said what to whom as we were writing, I don’t know. I do know that George Harrison was there when we came up with [sings] ‘Ah, look at all the lonely people.’ He [Paul] and George were settling on that as I left the studio to go to the toilet, and I heard the lyric and turned around and said, ‘That’s it!’” (Sheff, 1980)
Indirect evidence is sometimes inferred from George’s autobiography. He says: "[Lennon] was annoyed 'cause I didn't say that he'd written one line of this song 'Taxman'. But I also didn't say how I wrote two lines of 'Come Together' or three lines of 'Eleanor Rigby', you know? I wasn't getting into any of that.” But everybody made suggestions in the finishing of ER in the studio and this is clearly a figure of speech. “Three lines” probably ought not to be taken literally. In any case this remark does *not* specify “Ah look at all the lonely people”, and says nothing about the tune.
The popular notion that George originated “Ah look at all the lonely people” really comes from an author (Steve Turner, IIRC) who claimed that the line was added to Paul’s rough lyric sheet in George’s hand. But this is clearly a mistake. The addition is done with a different ink (the image is widely available on the net),but is obviously Paul’s handwriting. So this says nothing about who came up with the idea, and again there’s no hint concerning the tune.
I believe the reason that this rumour gained momentum is due in large part to a confusion between two men called “George”.
George Martin said that after ER was considered finished he had an idea to top-off the arrangement and asked Paul to record an overdub. George suggested that Paul sing “ah, look at all the lonely people” again as a counterpoint over the closing chorus. He did this, adding the overdub onto Track 2 of Take 15 during a late-night mixing session on June 6-7 1966 (John C Winn, That Magic Feeling: The Beatles’ Recorded Legacy Vol. 2 p. 24; The Beatles' recording sessions - Wikipedia; Mark Lewisohn, Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. p.82)
I think myself that ambiguous second-hand references to “George” coming up with this idea have encouraged a misunderstanding.
In short, the claimed evidence that “George Harrison wrote ‘Ah look at all the lonely people’“ is scant and confused. All we can say is that he may have had a hand in the idea of re-purposing Paul’s line as an added refrain.
If you want a heavier sound there's an Aussie band called Zoot that did a cover of "Eleanor Rigby"
it's in b/w it's that old
Zoot had in it Rick Springfield, who went to the US and had a hit with "Jesse's Girl" and Beeb Birtles who went on to found Little River Band.
I knew Little River Band was Australian, but I didn’t know Rick Springfield was, and I’d never heard of Zoot. Thank you.
The Beatles were simultaneously the best at what they did and the most popular and then after 7 years they got out while they were still on top.
Even their exit was amazing.
Hey man ...just wanted to let you know that as a 67 y/o ... TODAY actually (Jan27/57/1957/2024) ..I really enjoyed your genuine reaction to Taxman & Eleanor Rigby ....I'm old Nf to have actually seen The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show on TV live broadcast. I was 7.... and as a deephard Beatles head I just want to say that I really appreciate your generation listening to & discovering The Beatles, and your heartfelt & very genuine reflections / and sharing your insights, are quite appreciated by old school guys like me. Much appreciated.
Happy birthday!!
@@lynne8346 hahaHAHa ...thank you! 😃
@guitarsup1004 - yep, you are reeeeally old; exactly 10 months older than me!
I adore it when my 8 & 10 yr old grandkids are out on the deck dancing with me being enthralled by Beatles music. "Nanna, play that Here Comes The Sun one again"! and then Nanna starting to tell them "George Harrison wrote that song" with their answer "uh-huh whatever; can you play that sun one"? I love seeing young kids think they've discovered a new phenomenon.
...and btw, did you know that 1957 is well known as the year a genius is born?
@lindylufromoz5111 - 1957 baby! Genius to genius let me say, I loved your reply and comments about your family diggin' The Beatles! Our young ones are being raised to know them as well. They are still irresistibly amazing to listen to.
I recommend your next listen should be to The White Album. Lots of great songs. My favourite is Helter Skelter by Paul McCartney who also sings. Many believe this is the first heavy metal song
That run of albums from Rubber Soul through to Abbey Road,and I definitely include Magical Mystery Tour,were absolute masterpieces and essential listening for serious music fanatics like me.
LOL, even George Harrison - history's biggest hippie - was so like "Britain's 95% millionaire tax is too much" that he wrote a Beatles song to bitch about it.
BTW, Ringo said that his best drumming was on the single "Rain." Give that a shot.
Another awesome video man🙏You've got a wise head on your young shoulders. I'm with you 100 percent too. And Eleanor Rigby, I wasn't around then but apparently the shock when THAT came out. It, again, was just so different to anything else, not only by anyone else but by them! They just constantly broke stereotypes and changed how music should be performed and listened to. I wish I was there! But it took me listening to them again in my 20s to realise how incredible they really were. Keep rolling man!🙏
Have you done Simon and Garfunkels I Am a Rock? You must. Another brilliant take on isolation and loneliness.
You have so many great insights on so many topics. We really are all connected. The greater mind so to speak. But yeah, the will to be separate and isolated seems to be our reality. But it’s an illusion . Don’t give up questioning.
As far as this Beatles album… I will say it again, She Said, She Said is awesome imo.
Good take. It's almost as if we created more obstacles- in tech devices and social media- to distance ourselves from one another even more. I was seven in 1970. The type of social interaction we had back then would emotionally cripple a child of the same age today. We've gone backwards somehow. There seemed to be a million kids on the street that I grew up in, and all playing games already established and some that were invented on the spot. We looked out for each other. It was a working, lower-middle-class neighborhood that became a real organism- a community that provided safety, freedom, and a whole bunch of laughs. Hard to say this, but you probably wont see that again.
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1979 was the tipping point, when western capitalism started it's long , painfull decline. Thatcher ,then Reagan, saw that oil price rises, when the Arabs took back control of their oil, meant they had to claw back their profits from the working class. Neo Liberal Imperialism locked us all into their rules.
Corporate music today,or the amateurish,but human music industry of the sixties
The tragedy is, it's not progress, but you can't go back.
@@stuartcalow737 Take a deep breath, gather your thoughts and try to make sense.
Extra percussion, cowbell man, Paul McCartney did the lead guitar on this one.
Excellent! - The Beatles Sunday is a perfect idea!
That was McCartney on bass and that awesome lead guitar solo. Love it.
What an album! 🤩
In terms of your comments about having been hurt and not letting people in, I will say that if you want to be real about it, you're in for a lot more hurt than that. See you better start to develop ways to deal with it. I think one thing is exactly what you're doing man, I'm an old dude but perhaps I see myself reflected in you you know, as a young man. And that's what's interesting to watch you reacting to this kind of stuff which is way outside your range. I appreciate it man and hang in there.
What astounds me is the amount of great music they created in there last 5 years as a band starting with Rubber soul.
Eleanor rigby was paul and taxman was george but paul plays lead and I think george was on base-apparently george martin did not like george's lead
The Beatles were VERY influenced by the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" on this album, which had come out just before it. A lot of the harmonies on "Revolver" were directly influenced by Brian Wilson's work on that album.
I knew I heard those BB Harmonies in there! It sounds so great here as well
Can someone tell me which came out first
Revolver or Fifth Dimensions by the Byrds
Another treasure that takes me back to 1980 recording albums off the radio. I own KMEL FM a lot for introducing me to the artists of many songs I had heard before throughout my youth but never knew who performed them.
Thanks to 98ROCK Tampa Florida in the late 70's for my first album collection, a couple hundred cassette tapes recorded from 98 rocks late night album sides. It was cool to have the DJ's comments on the tape too. They weren't like the howling, blathering, fake voiced DJ's elsewhere. They always sounded super relaxed and were knowledgeable music lovers. Before and after the album played they would talk details about the musicians, the songs and histories. A real musical education. I think it was radio at it's peak.
Then around 1980 it changed. New DJ's and format, still rock but a narrower playlist repeated way too often. Then one horrible day, driving to school, tuned into 98ROCK...DISCO! No apology, no remorse. Just disco.
Sad how that happened. In north Texas it was KZEW and then KTXQ. I’d set up the tape recorder, set an alarm, start recording at midnight, and wake in the morning with a new album. I learned about music I never would’ve heard and started listening to albums instead of singles. Then I bought my favorites one by one. It gave me richness and variety in music. It’s definitely missing now.
@lathedauphinot6820 "A richness and variety of music missing today." So true!
You're from texas, was that one of the X stations from the Mexican border I remember hearing about in the ZZ Top song "heard it on the X"?
The fact that Eleanor Rigby is almost 60 years old and is probably more relevant today than it was then, even with all this social media shows how despite all our gadgets nothing essential inside us has changed.
My older sister then and until this day is a huge Beatles fan ,so when I first heard "Eleanor Rigby" it freaked me out because I took the line "Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" literally...I was 5 back in 1966 but also a big fan
Eleanor Rigby is actually a Paul track
Taxman is George
Great reactions buddy !
Here in Seattle, every Sunday, our local classic rock station, KZOK has a "Breakfast With the Beatles". Nice to have this added to my Sunday routine of Beatles music. I'm with ya, Lee!
That's awesome!! Glad to have you Ken! Sunday seems like the perfect day for these legends!
Woo! It's fun to hear from you here. I listened to KZOK from 1975 to 2000 when I moved to the Tri-Cities.
Nice!! Still goin' strong!@@dhfenske
It's a perfect combo for Sundays, for sure!. Lookin' forward to it.💯%✌️
Is this the Breakfast With the Beatles hosted by Chris Carter???
Crazy how the Beatles can make a song sound so good with no drums at all.
Rigby is great example of Paul’s storytelling ability. Taxman is one of the best first songs on an album ever. Rubber Soul (previous album) and Revolver were a sea change in music but within the Beatles as well. It was the transition from “yeah, yeah, yeah” to more serious pursuits. It’s chronologically the middle of their album run but it is truly the unique middle of their artistic output. You’ve heard Abbey Road. Now go listen to Please, Please Me and then you will better understand Rubber Soul and Revolver. These two albums were a stand alone period. Dig your thoughts.
Eleanor Rigby, first song no Beatle play a instrumet.
Just for clarity. Taxman is George Harrison's song. Eleanor Rigby is Paul McCartney. Paul actually played the guitar solo in Taxman, as well as his awseome bass lines. Just another couple of masterpieces. Normal for The Beatles.
Interesting that you picked up on the blistering solo (perfect choice of word) in Taxman. I’m reading Geoff Emerick’s (Beatles balance engineer) book right now and just learned that Paul played it because George was having trouble making it happen. Now I know why I always thought that solo and the guitar work in the opening track on Sgt. Pepper had a similar sound. Over the years I’ve seen George Martin quoted several times saying Paul was the best guitarist in the group.
I was watching The Ed Sullivan Show that magic night in 1964 when music and, in lots of ways, the world seemed to change in less than an hour. You said that Beatles fans have come around on your journey. I love seeing that people so much younger than me continue to get it. I think you said with what you have heard so far the songs sound different. They had a rule, pretty much unique to them, that they never repeated a song. I envy that you are just getting started. Prepare to be amazed.
George wrote and did the lead vocals on "Taxman" with Paul playing the lead solo on that track. And Paul wrote and sang lead on "Eleanor Rigby".
Blistering solo was Paul on the Guiar through a Vox Solid State amp. Part of one of the solos was played backwards on Tomorrow Never Knows.
The BEATLES ARE A TRIP!!!! ( to put it mildly)
Paul wrote Eleanor Rigby.... as a general rule (no doubt some will come up with an exception) whichever one sings the lyric is the one who wrote 'most' of the song. They often collaborated, adding suggestions to complete each other's ideas, hence the songs are Lennon McCartney rather than attributed to just one of them.
Thought you would comment on the fact that there are no drums in that song
String quartet arranged by Geo. Martin. He was such a valuable weapon in the recording process.
the lead guitar on taxman was played by McCartney
Great numbers Lee. Chat, views, likes, and comments. Your channel is doing great. See what good music does!🎵🎼🎶🔈🔉🔊👍😎
The line 'there's one for you, nineteen for me' refers to the fact that in the 60's the top tax rate in the UK was 95% i.e. the tax man left you with just 5% of your earnings. Just think about that for a moment. That's enough to start a revolution never mind write a song about it. Both songs absolute bangers.
Eleanor Rigby, I think is a Paul MacCartney song, and for me, the best one of him, although i prefere Lennon`s songs.
Thank you for sharing video. I’m glad you’re listening to the Beatles John Paul George Ringo, two guitar players bass player, one drummer but get this. They all play every instrument and they all sing. They are masters they were out there just having fun didn’t realize that they were way ahead of the ball game, when it came down to recording in the studio, they were always messing around with the tracks and next thing bingo invented something for the first time😂-👏🏼👏🏼
Nice reaction :) There's a track, I think on one of their anthology albums, that has just the string section from Eleanor Rigby. Worth a listen. I'm hoping you'll do the first two tracks off of the White Album, Back in the USSR, a nice little rocker by Paul and Dear Prudence by John which imho is one of their best tracks. When you hear the drums in Dear Prudence you'll blown away :) The two songs run into each other to start the album