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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
  • Everything you need to know about The Beatles' "No Reply." |
    In May 1964, John and his wife, Cynthia, traveled to Tahiti for a month-long holiday with George and his new girlfriend, Pattie Boyd. John used this time-off from their hectic Beatles schedule to write a few new songs, like "Any Time at All," "When I Get Home," and "No Reply."
    🗣️ "That’s my song," John said. "Dick James, the publisher, said, ‘That’s the first complete song you’ve written where it resolves itself’. It was my version of ‘Silhouettes’: I had that image of walking down the street and seeing her silhouetted in the window and not answering the phone, although I never called a girl on the phone in my life. Because phones weren’t part of the English child’s life."
    Chosen as a downbeat opener for the album, "No Reply" is one of John's most affecting songs of this period, its lyric matching the sad succinctness of its melody. Almost nothing is said, the story is complete, and the sighing added ninth of the final C major is accepting of the bad news: there's no reply and never will be.
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Комментарии • 104

  • @DaveMorgansghost
    @DaveMorgansghost 6 дней назад +48

    The chorus with the clapping ,the beat of the piano....the vocal harmonies...omg, unforgettable.a zillion times better than anything made today

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 5 дней назад

      I feel stronger adrenaline when I can hear the genuine sound of elbow grease

    • @ontheruntonowhere
      @ontheruntonowhere 5 дней назад

      ok boomer

    • @duffbaker9554
      @duffbaker9554 2 дня назад

      @@ontheruntonowhere Hi, Tay-Tay!

    • @terrythekittieful
      @terrythekittieful 22 часа назад

      Wait till it's remixed,..it will be twice as good.

  • @joeybonin7691
    @joeybonin7691 6 дней назад +56

    No Reply is top ten Beatles for me. I've always loved it.

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 6 дней назад +2

      They have just got so many great songs that there's barely any need to make a top 10. Top 50 maybe, and then the top 10 would all be fighting for 1st place lol. John hits that same beatiful power in songs that are sometimes maybe overlooked. Baby it's you, this boy, Help (I always overlook their most commercial, singles), It's only love (briefly but beatiful song), I'm so tired, I'm so tired, Don't let me down. I will refrain from naming another 20 😂

    • @ray_ray_7112
      @ray_ray_7112 5 дней назад +3

      I can't put a number on the song but it's definitely way up there as one of my favorites. Beatles songs to me are like sub-atomic particles. They pop in and out of existence as my favorites, although, No Reply is one of the more stable particles. The hook in the song always grabs me.

    • @julian65886
      @julian65886 5 дней назад +1

      I adore "No Reply". It is the classic Beatle sound. Ringo does that anticipatory crash cymbal at the end which is a touch of genius. George plays gorgeous 6th chords and Ringo does a great Bossanova imitation. And that subtle piano while singing No Reply is pure magic. A Beatle classic. The piano then goes strong in the middle and then gets subtle again.

  • @franraya4697
    @franraya4697 5 дней назад +11

    I was fourteen when this was released. When I heard 'No Reply' - well - I nearly died! It was so friggin' good. Still is.❤

  • @johnfrei9057
    @johnfrei9057 6 дней назад +18

    No Reply is a real gem and Ringo’s drumming on it is brilliant.

    • @invoxicated
      @invoxicated 2 дня назад +1

      It is great and 1 of my top 5 fave. I love the smothered cymbal crashes. The clap track and the driving piano thats the center of the bridge.It's such a mellow dramatic song with so much heartache implied. I actually lived this song back in 1969. The events that happed to me were identical to this song. It haunts me today as my girlfriend at the time later tried to get back with me but was killed 20 years later in a car crash.

    • @shuroom57
      @shuroom57 13 часов назад

      ​@@invoxicatedOy. Sorry.

  • @jamesmanon3000
    @jamesmanon3000 4 дня назад +6

    John's vocals always stand out He sounded very british on No Reply.

  • @Dwightpower88
    @Dwightpower88 6 дней назад +16

    The anthology outtakes are hilarious

  • @dennismason3740
    @dennismason3740 6 дней назад +12

    In 1965 my brother bought Beatles '65 (...For Sale) and to this day No Reply haunts me.

  • @ge1saman
    @ge1saman 2 дня назад +3

    I love the song NO REPLY. Love their harmonies

  • @wisdomhunter3797
    @wisdomhunter3797 6 дней назад +9

    I don’t know how you do it! Some of the details you present are just fantastic! I learn something new about the band from every video.
    Stellar work!

  • @BenPikeTheActor
    @BenPikeTheActor 5 дней назад +2

    No Reply going into I'm a loser is a great way to start an album

  • @lostinthought4354
    @lostinthought4354 6 дней назад +5

    Probably my favorite, No Reply. Loved the Beatles 65 album. Also Rubber Soul. After that, most their stuff just didn't grab me, but for their last,Abby Road, thanks to George's contribution.

  • @sobaydrummer666
    @sobaydrummer666 5 дней назад +8

    the ascending and descending simultaneous harmonies are pure magic., and the fact it only happens once makes you wanna listen again as soon as its over. one of my favorite Beatles songs ever

  • @kingdicelille
    @kingdicelille 5 дней назад +5

    A great song. Beatles' magic.

  • @andrewmcinnis1123
    @andrewmcinnis1123 6 дней назад +5

    I love Beatles for sale album! British release! Solid album! ❤😊

  • @xtheunknown4662
    @xtheunknown4662 3 дня назад +1

    I consider No reply one of my most played Beatles tracks.
    Over the years. This guy is pissed. & that's true to life.

  • @chriscampanozzi6516
    @chriscampanozzi6516 6 дней назад +8

    Great information as always. Thank you. Fantastic Beatles music.

  • @user-iv5gy3rc2b
    @user-iv5gy3rc2b 2 дня назад

    Beatles For Sale remains one of my favorites.

  • @tomx.y.1954
    @tomx.y.1954 6 дней назад +5

    Man i just wanna cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

  • @sunshinecoolwater9528
    @sunshinecoolwater9528 6 дней назад +10

    Beatles For Sale was one of the weaker albums, but "No Reply" was a standout track.

    • @dbking13
      @dbking13 6 дней назад +6

      Respectfully disagree lol

    • @duffbaker9554
      @duffbaker9554 2 дня назад

      I'll take it over Please, Please Me and With The Beatles.

  • @shuroom57
    @shuroom57 13 часов назад

    People ask, "What is your favorite Beatles song?" For me it is "No Reply". No doubt. John's voice comes out of the gate like no other. Every part of this track is golden Beatle goodness.

  • @strathman7501
    @strathman7501 5 дней назад +1

    This a stunningly good track in every way. Five-star.

  • @JB19504
    @JB19504 3 дня назад +1

    The bridge with Paul's high harmonies is some Pro singing.

    • @shuroom57
      @shuroom57 13 часов назад

      Among his other secret weapons, yes! Seek on RUclips the isolated vocals on the bridge of George's "Something". You'll get the chills; Paul just makes it gleam out loud.

  • @51512601
    @51512601 6 дней назад +3

    To me, "Beatles For Sale" was a combination of them growing as artists and the physical and mental toll of Beatlemania . It's not Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road but still stands well on its own.

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 3 дня назад

      Sgt pepper bores me to tears ..Abbey rd was better

  • @theobrouwer6661
    @theobrouwer6661 4 дня назад

    THIS CHANNEL IS FANTASTIC! Thank you so much.

  • @paulinewhite3273
    @paulinewhite3273 День назад

    I was waiting for the track to be played.

  • @jamescpotter
    @jamescpotter День назад

    The best bridge by this band!

  • @AegonCallery-ty6vy
    @AegonCallery-ty6vy 4 дня назад +1

    The first Beatles song i heared. 'I saw the light' became an actual experience for me.

  • @Drew-zo9ur
    @Drew-zo9ur 6 дней назад +2

    Loving these 👍🏻

  • @RogerPeet
    @RogerPeet 2 дня назад +1

    I sung 'No Reply' at a midnight karaoke in the early 90s. I doubt anyone knew the song.
    I did a decent job. Beatles4Ever (free food at midnight)

  • @GabrielMartins-gs6rr
    @GabrielMartins-gs6rr 6 дней назад +1

    love this vids so much❤

  • @candidodemanchuria6
    @candidodemanchuria6 21 час назад

    Now I know where that Rutles "McQuickly" idea came from

  • @octavianorogesmusic
    @octavianorogesmusic 4 дня назад

    "There is no reply, and there never will be" excellent way to sum up that final chord.

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 6 дней назад +1

    A reporter mentioned that quote about the Beatles never having any time off to Mick on Top of the Pops and he replied, grinningly, "That's not what I heard."

  • @robulele
    @robulele 4 дня назад +3

    A great travesty this was not a single. One of the greatest lines and delivery ever 'I tried to telephone, they said you were not home, well that's a lie'. Lennon at his greatest

  • @asmukler
    @asmukler 5 дней назад +1

    Hard Day's night is a fantastic album. My second favorite Beatles album, after Abbey road.

  • @liptonjohn9387
    @liptonjohn9387 6 дней назад +1

    Listen to the Anthology No Reply work in progress final version and you hear Lennon say seriously "Now we know what to do; it's good". So they cared about NR as a musical piece, but not so much as a deep instrospective soul searching undertaking. Witness Lennon's witty and irreverent word substitutions through the rehearsals - "in your face" instead of "in your place". This is just a brilliant Beatle piece which does not need your pretentious and meaningless post to assert itself as a true gem in their catalogue.

  • @gostrum1
    @gostrum1 6 дней назад +1

    Thanks 🙏
    Do you have anything about:
    ‘I Call Your Name’ ?

  • @EGULL97
    @EGULL97 6 дней назад +9

    Always treated Beatles for sale like a black sheep. I knew how to play love potion number 9, and recognized the C Am D7, looked up the bridge, and played it through then and there, first time hearing it, and it is one of my favorite arrangements ever.

  • @lennon1252
    @lennon1252 6 дней назад

    According to Ian MacDonald, Ringo played drums on No Reply.

  • @francishubertovasquez2139
    @francishubertovasquez2139 6 дней назад

    No re-fly or no replay ?

  • @phillipanderson7398
    @phillipanderson7398 4 дня назад

    I don't know exactly, but it happened once before.

  • @chrisclarke4665
    @chrisclarke4665 6 дней назад

    You should make a patreon to back up all your videos that got taken down or removed.

  • @martinmchugh001
    @martinmchugh001 5 дней назад +3

    There is no such thing as "British albums". There are Beatles albums, and then there are foreign releases.

    • @DoctorInsomnia-qw7us
      @DoctorInsomnia-qw7us 5 дней назад

      Since the Beatles are British, that makes their American albums foreign releases, according to that logic....

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 3 дня назад

      America always changed albums around . It's like an ego thing

  • @rocktober1327
    @rocktober1327 6 дней назад +1

    Cause I know where you been and I saw you walk in, No Reply, better known as the stalker song.

  • @gdholmfirth
    @gdholmfirth 3 дня назад

    Who is the narrator?

  • @danielbouju1688
    @danielbouju1688 5 дней назад

    No replay.

  • @debbiemcnamara7059
    @debbiemcnamara7059 6 дней назад

    Elvis Presley also.

  • @s4burf
    @s4burf 6 дней назад

    It happened once before

  • @OuryLN
    @OuryLN 6 дней назад

    No Replay/I’m a Loser

  • @astephens1963
    @astephens1963 6 дней назад +9

    Poor John.According to Paul he never could finish any song alone.

    • @mickmac2223
      @mickmac2223 6 дней назад +7

      I don’t think John wrote anything - all songs written by Paul :-)

    • @piotrq7150
      @piotrq7150 6 дней назад +9

      Paul is just about to finish rewriting history :)

    • @Byzantinian
      @Byzantinian 6 дней назад +7

      Paul said that John wrote the majority of the song but that he probably helped with the middle or last verse. This was a time when they typically wrote together. Lennon has made many similar claims about "probably helping" Paul but I doubt you reserve any animus towards that.

    • @Byzantinian
      @Byzantinian 6 дней назад +4

      ​@@piotrq7150 The term "rewriting history" implies objective knowledge of the history in question, which no one actually has. The only reason it was "history" in the first place is because Paul didn't answer Beatle questions in the 70s. Then John died, which means Paul should never stray from the Gospel According to John for the last 50 years of his life? Seems reasonable.

    • @piotrq7150
      @piotrq7150 6 дней назад +1

      @@Byzantinian was he silent because he was afraid of the response and exposure? If someone after 40 or 60 years (!!!) reminds things, you always have to keep your distance

  • @michaelhatch1994
    @michaelhatch1994 2 дня назад

    More computer generated rubbish.

  • @anthonymcnamee6297
    @anthonymcnamee6297 6 дней назад

    Not there best

  • @andrews527
    @andrews527 6 дней назад

    I they could have broken the habit of no singles on an LP, here's a better BFS:
    1
    I Feel Fine
    She’s a Woman
    What You’re Doing
    Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby
    I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
    I’ll Follow the Sun
    Words of Love
    2
    Eight Days a Week
    No Reply
    I’m a Loser
    Rock n Roll Music
    Honey, Don't
    Mr Moonlight
    Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey
    Baby's in Black is throwback shite, and Every Little Thing needs more Spector in the production, if It's going to go up against the Walker Brothers' singles.