Great job! I remember watching them in 1964. Sitting on the living room floor, then getting up to dance with my sister. It was impossible to sit still!💕
Random fun facts: - My uncle went to rehab for alcohol in the 80s and when attending the first AA meeting he came to find Ringo casually (but low-key) attending as well - A couple aunts & uncles were at the Shea Stadium performance - One of my aunts won a "date with Elvis" in a radio contest - she basically just had lunch with him on the film set while he was doing one of his acting gigs Love the video once again Lars, the time & effort you put in is evident with every new post
The thought never occured to people that anything could match, muchless surpass, the Elvis on Ed Sullivan Show performance. That is part of the reason why The Beatle performance was unheard of. The pinnacle. Your Land is a happy place. Glad it is so welcoming, too.
I watched this show that Sunday night. I was 9. The next morning, at school, lots of kids were taking about it. Before you knew it, in the following months, up and down almost every street, usually in someone's garage, young kids were starting their own bands but could barely play any instrument. At least in my neck of the woods. (BTW: The Ed Sullivan folks sell a three-DVD collection of ALL The Beatles' performances. I have a copy. It's a great collection with great clarity. It contains full one hour shows, complete with commercials, which were one-minute long at most.)
The 3 full Ed Sullivan Shows with The Beatles playing live were twice released on DVD. They are the complete shows that also include the commercials that waited! They can still be found. And by the way, I saw these shows as they aired. Yeah, I’m that old!
I saw them too when they aired, I was 16/17 years old in 1964. I have the complete Beatles Ed Sullivan Show appearances (which includes ALL the other acts on the shows, plus the commercials) on DVD, and they are STILL available.
@JohnLloyd. I was only 3 on 2/9/64, so I have no memory of the show of course. The first time I got to see the show, was when I rented a video titled "The Beatles First U.S.A Visit". This was sometime in the 90s I believe, and I was so thrilled and grateful to see the show I'd always wanted to see.
I love the Beatles and have seen these videos many, many times. You breaking them down every few seconds and critiquing just adds to the experience and your enthusiasm is wonderful. Keep doing what youre doing and long live the Beatles!
February 9 1964 my 10th birthday, my hair grew long and taught myself to play guitar and at 69 yrs old I still play Beatles covers because they are the best especially for a solo act Yes, they change and or set the course for my life in many ways.
A bit of trivia: On the show the SAME NIGHT was the cast of OLIVER!, singing "Consider Yourself". The young actor playing the Artful Dodger in the show was DAVY JONES (yes, THAT Davy Jones), who watched the Beatles from the wings, heard the girls screaming and thought to himself, "THIS is what I want!" And of course, in later years the Beatles and the Monkees knew each other and hung out together.
thanks. This was fun! That Feb 23rd show was live, just pre-recorded but in front of an audience. At the time (I was a kid) I didn't notice that John's microphone was turned down so much. It was just thrilling to watch them. The sound was much better for the Miami show (Feb 16th). That "This Boy".....wow.
On one New York radio station on December 31, 1963, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was "bubbling under" the top 20. The next day, on January 1, 1964, it was #1 on that station.
I was nine years old when i saw them on TV that evening (right after Lassie). They were so influential to me I started plying guitar and eventually learned all their songs.
Another Fab video Lars. Excellent commentary. Ed Sullivan really was the start of the love affair with The Beatles for many. I mean how could you not they were amazing. ✌
A beautiful job, Lars. It really took me back to my early teens. I especially loved how you highlighted and pointed out interesting moments in the clips. Looking forward to the next one. From me to you, rock on!
I love the crane shot to Ringo for a close up when they go into the "And when I touch you..." how the camera swoops up over the others heads then back down so cool! 😊
I had to miss it! I was 6 months old and I was asleep in my crib lol 😄 actually sleeping til my sister screamed when they took the stage 🤣 my mother said "you woke the baby up!" 😁
Out and proud Beatle fan going on sixty years now.I'm sixty three now. I saw them on Ed Sullivan at 4 years old because my sisters had to see them. I didn't know anything about them, but instantly fell in love with them. To this day, I am a hardcore Beatles fan and my sisters don't even listen to them anymore. Thanks for you support of the queer community and for your deep dives into everything Beatles.
Lars,there was also another British Group that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show many times called "The Dave Clark Five".They were second in popularity to the Beatles in 1964
The first song they played on Ed Sullivan was All My Loving. I've always thought how tight they were to come out, and just hit that song so well. Wow. It starts with a little Paul vocals and then everyone has to start at the same time. That is the first song they play on live tv with millions watching. That was a big call.
Apple (the Beatles' Apple) released the dvd "The Beatles First U.S. Visit" back in the nineties. It has both of their 1st two Ed Sullivan appearances in N.Y. and Miami. It has the car rides and train rides in between. It plays like the inspiration for A Hard Day's Night. Really worth seeking out.
I love all of them... My favorite George fact was from the Chris Odell book who was his assistant at the end of the Beatles and at the beginning of his solo career. She said he always smelled like sandalwood. As he walked down the halls of Apple there was a trail of sandalwood behind him. His clothes smelled like sandalwood, his car smelled like sandalwood... You always knew where he had been because you could smell the beautiful lingering fragrance.
When Ed Sullivan went to color in the fall of 1965, one week after the Beatles' final live performance on the show, the audio became much more dynamic, too, at least to my ears. Sadly, the Beatles missed out on both improvements.
Always loved the set order choice for the 1st show. With 2 songs in the Billboard top 10 you'd normally open with one and have the other close the second slot. But no, let's start with an album track that hardly anybody will have heard. Confidence or what!
I woke myself up, at 10 months of age, to watch The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show"! I sat on the sofa until they came on. Then I remember dancing! Then I had to sit down, or be put back in my crib. So, I sat on the couch for "Til There Was You" blowing bubbles and saying, "Georgeeee...every time the camera showed George Harrison! He was my favorite!!! Myneighbor, Annie loved Paul and my Mom loved John!
Groundbreaking it was. They always seemed to hit it out of the park when they were on the BIG stage and at the time that they most needed to hit big. This was innate. They were ready for this night and delivered the goods. Everything that you say is relevant and spot on. Your comments during the video are excellent. We can see that you have screened the show quite a bit. The John Lennon - best rhythm guitar player is spot on. He was and this is an underrated part of their sound both then and as it moved on. The Ringo stick hold - yes! He hadn't even been in the band two years (a year and a half actually) at this time. Good comments on George here. A few things - George was just coming off of an illness where his sister was there to nurse him back. He wasn't at the rehearsal - a stand-in was. The first evening performance was a bit Paul-centric to ease the viewing audience in. A pop musical revolution had taken hold of America and the world after this. It changed everything moving forward. And yes, we did watch the Sullivan show, as it happened, on a tiny b & w tv screen at my grandfather's farm. EVERYONE was talking about this the next day at school.
Lars, a quick check with Google said contact lenses were only readily available in 1970. Thanks for the shout out to Pride ✌ Love you 😍 and your videos I was 10 years old on February 9th, 1964. We watched Ed Sullivan every Sunday.
New to your channel (been binging on reaction videos to my two favourite groups ever - Queen and The Beatles - for a couple of weeks, but only just found you!). Your passion for the group shines through! The Beatles changed the world of music in a way not seen since Mozart revolutionised classical music. I was brought up on The Beatles by my dad and I have loved them ever since (I'm the wrong side of 55 now!). The Beatles are so different to Queen in some ways, but the same in one very important way - the way they are able to take the recorded tracks and reproduce them almost exactly on stage, live. (I would suggest Queen has the edge there, but only because we have no idea how The Beatles later songs would have sounded on stage due their 'retirement' from live performances in 1966). Also, separated as they were by 10+ years in terms of their live performances, both groups had no auto-tune, and no in-ear apparatus to help them hear the rest of the group on stage, and yet they are both spot-on perfect in terms of melodies and harmonies and keeping time with the drums and bass. The Beatles had it worse because they simply couldn't hear themselves because of all the screams (tech had moved on a bit for Queen in that respect!) but their secret rhythm weapon was Ringo (the left-handed drummer playing a right-handed kit which gives the best sound ever!). Ringo had the equivalent of perfect pitch - perfect rhythm. Almost every performance of every song live, was at the same speed (there are some exceptions, but not that many) and he gave them their solid feel on stage. (Queen's Roger Taylor was a huge admirer of Ringo's drumming style). It's well-known that Ringo said he often had no idea where they were in a song unless he looked the body language of John, Paul and George in front of him, and how they were moving! That's a long post, apologies! But (on a dull, damp 'summer's day' in Jersey finding your channel has cheered me up! (By the way, that's the the original Jersey! The one that's an island only 9 miles long by 5 miles wide, in the English Channel, one of the UK crown dependencies, only 14 miles from the coast of France! The state of 'New Jersey' is named after us! 😊)
Nice job. Unless I misunderstood, I'm not sure what you mean about subsequent Beatles performances on Sullivan being edited/spliced. They appeared live on Sullivan in August or September '65 performing "Help", "Act Naturally", "Yesterday", "I Feel Fine", "I'm Down" and perhaps one other song. After that, they did appear via video lip-synching to "Paperback Writer" and "Rain".
Madame once again I am glad that I subscribed to your channel. This particular video reminds me that at the age of three, seeing this on TV is what catapulted me into a Beatles fan for life.
Great video. Someone pointed out in another RUclips video the Beatles’ distinctive individual styles: Paul wobbles his head from side to side, John bobs straight up and down, George kind of Jack-knifes from the waist and moves his whole upper body, while Ringo plays with his head tilted to the side.
Really love your enthusiasm for The BEATLES, Lars. It helps me to revive mine a littlrle, so thank you for that. And just in case you didn't already know, there's a killer DVD collection with original conmercials included called "The Four Complete Historic Ed Sullivan Shows" (almost said shoes...) that seriously gets it right. And not only that, it also reminds you just how mind-numblying boring the show could be sometimes when you were stuck watching the jugglers, the dancers, the puppets and the clowns and really just wanting to see The Turtles or The Electric Prunes.
But I liked a lot of the other acts too that he had on, comedians, TOPO GIGIO (loved that little Italian Mouse) dance, all sorts of things. I was a child in the '50s, turned 13 in 1960, and my family and I watched The Ed Sullivan Show EVERY Sunday night. You have to remember, it wasn't boring back then, compared to NOW it might be, but if it had been boring to me as a child or teen, I would have left the room! I never did. LOL!
@@patticrichton1135Okay, so maybe i was a little hard on the puppets and the clowns. But there's no right or wrong when it comes to taste. You either like something or you don't.
One correction: The Sullivan Show went to color in early September, 1965. The did the last black and white show the week before. Not 1964. (I was there. I'm old. LOL.)
Your stats were probably correct, but I remember the Beatles appearances. There were only three TV stations in most towns, ABC, NBC and CBS. The audience was very limited, as there wasn't very much by way of competition. In our house, my father was a rock DJ at the time, and forced us to watch LOL. Hey, there was nothing else good to switch to. Not putting you down, just stating facts. The viewership was so high, because there was just nothing else on, basically. That's even *IF* you had a TV. Our household only had one TV (and one phone! WITH a party line OMG) - as opposed to (by the beginning of the 80's) we had a TV in every room, and dozens of cable channels.
I watched all 3 performances. I remember so many 'adults' critized their 'long hair'. Here are 4 guys in suits and ties and they couldn't have been more proper. I regret never seeing them live.
What you said about the Ed Sullivan show being colorized the next week after the Feb. 23rd performance is incorrect. In August, 1965 the Beatles did their North American tour, and their first stop was to do a taped appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, to be broadcast in America on Sept. 12, 1965. That broadcast was in black and white. The Ed Sullivan show would go to being a color broadcast in September of 1965. Had The Beatles returned to Ed Sullivan in 1966, they would have performed in color, but negotiations between manager Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan broke down that Ed didn't get The Beatles on his show in 1966.
I was one of those 73 million. I was just 8 years old and 3 weeks. I became a music teacher most likely because of the night. Plus I didn't rob anybody, thus contributing to the lower rate of crime while the Beatles were performing lol. Davy Jones, later of the TV band the Monkees, was on that show in the excerpts of t...he production of the musical Oliver, playing the Artful Dodger. He saw the Beatles, and saw the screaming girls, and said "That's for me" and 2 1/2 years later he was on the Monkees TV show. By April 1964, the Beatles held the top 5 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, NO ONE has ever done that since....
This happened S I X T Y years ago. The fact that you weren't born yet but you're still captivated by the footage you're watching speaks volumes about the Beatles' universal appeal. I was sixteen when this aired. Their music was happy and exuberant. It made you feel good. You are quite correct, this performance was a game changer in the world of pop music. It signaled the start of the "British Invasion"
It is true that the Beatles had not wanted to go to America (although George went once to see his sister) until they had a #1 hit, in light of the poor success of previous English acts in America, however, based on what you've said, it ultimately wasn't the deciding factor. Oh, my parents, my grandfather, and I did watch that broadcast of the Ed Sullivan show specifically to see the Beatles. I often watched it anyway. Brian Epstein asked Sullivan for "top billing," which Sullivan granted but found peculiar, since it was an issue for live performances, but not much for TV shows. My recollection is that this was the time when contact lenses had just started being available. If John had them, they were made of glass, since soft lenses were many years in the future.
great comment thanks! I should have clarified. I was talking specifically about Paul’s claims they didn’t play until they had the number 1 because he insisted they needed it first. Those don’t line up with the dates. Both things are essentially true.
I saw this show on TV when I was in high school. I liked the music but I thought they were strange looking. Nevertheless I became a huge Beatles fan. I almost got to see them in concert.
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My Gawd!!! This woman believes her video is about her and how smart she is!!!
No offence but here in Sweden Lars is a male name? Why were you named Lars? Anyway, I love your videos and you'll do more in analyzing than most reactions Video makers! Here in Sweden, the Beatles honoured us in 1963 with a national tour on their first gigs after their breakthrough with their Swedish friends Jerry Williams and the Violent. They are a Swedish band who got to know the Beatles in Hamburg when the 2 groups played at the Kaiser Keller and Star Club. George Harrison played lead guitar with them and he actually promised to join them, if the Beatles broke up?
@@Joe-bw2ew Actually a joke I heard on TV 25yrs ago. It can be enbellished by saying this nice Puertorican guy was hired for the US tour and was very strong but small and John said: " Hey,lads have you noticed we're bigger than Hay-soos?"(with Lennon voice). Make It short and get chuckles or longer and get "I can't believe I have been listening to you!" or worse
Indeed @larsland, I fully concur, John Lennon is one of the best rhythm guitarists ever. End of discussion. Thing is though, although George Harrison's lead playing is just something else, (as is Paul's: see Taxman lol). John Lennon could also totally hold his own, as it were, playing lead on occasion. His lead playing on Get Back for example, is f@rking excellent - as is his playing on the infamous 'guitar battle' on the The End where he throws in that deep, guttural dirty blues riff and those higher, manic Chuck Berry-esque attack riffs as perfect counterpoints to George's soulful bending and wailing and Paul's more staccato lead playing. He also brings the battle to a perfect end by exercising 'a less is more' approach by simply going apeshit with a beautfully minimal and repetitive riff that sounds so completely spontaneous it breaks into your skull like a burglar with charm and says 'hi'. P.S. The offer of marriage still stands. Just sayin. No pressure. x
No, the February 23rd show had been taped, and as I understand it, that show was videotaped on the afternoon of February 9th, before their first broadcast show.
i could watch you go frame by frame and fan girl over this footage for hours what the fuck? pause to see that ringo hair flip again?? YEAH. of course!!
Screaming and no monitors back then...your bound to hear some slightly off tune singing. You are not clear on which show was a week away from colorized TV. I lived that history. It was August 1965 when they taped that show where Paul sang Yesterday, and NOT after "these shows" which made it sound like you meant the February 1964 shows.
Sorry Lars, but you're incorrect. Paul McCartney has said many, many times that they did in fact say that they wouldn't come to America until they had a number one! He said because too many artists tried coming here without one and flopped. I saw him say this myself. Now, who are you gonna believe?
Paul is kinda a prick up close & personal, lol. Once you've been around him offstage (as I was in 1964*), it becomes clear forever in his public persona. Not the biggest Paul fan, here. So happy to see you at your age in 2023 World reacting to such a life-changing thing for my generation; thank you! I was 17 when they did these Sullivan shows, had already grown my Beatle haircut and would see them live at Red Rocks and Dallas later that Autumn. At Dallas, I was invited to spend an afternoon with them at the Cabana Hotel, then that evening in their dressing room, then watching from the wings at the Memorial Auditorium Arena show that night. (All true & all verifiable.) Thank you again for giving some familiar thrills to this 76 yr old heart and thanks to your generation for validating my gen's times. 💜💙🩵💚
Almost impossible to watch, despite Your "Disclaimer". So stop chopping up these Beatles Gems - even more than they alreday are. Or do You want us to get Epileptic fits?
Great job! I remember watching them in 1964. Sitting on the living room floor, then getting up to dance with my sister. It was impossible to sit still!💕
Again I am so impressed you can see that they were the ultimate band as in all the members being equal in the musical creation
Thank you!
Random fun facts:
- My uncle went to rehab for alcohol in the 80s and when attending the first AA meeting he came to find Ringo casually (but low-key) attending as well
- A couple aunts & uncles were at the Shea Stadium performance
- One of my aunts won a "date with Elvis" in a radio contest - she basically just had lunch with him on the film set while he was doing one of his acting gigs
Love the video once again Lars, the time & effort you put in is evident with every new post
Thank you so much!
Let It Be vs. Naked coming June 14! This one will be a little longer so I really hope y’all will visit with me next week. Love yallll
Definitely naked for me. Can't wait
Young gilr liked the beatles,so amazing ,ruclips.net/video/EJGbtTMqnOU/видео.html
The thought never occured to people that anything could match, muchless surpass, the Elvis on Ed Sullivan Show performance. That is part of the reason why The Beatle performance was unheard of. The pinnacle. Your Land is a happy place. Glad it is so welcoming, too.
Thanks for stopping by!!😊
I watched this show that Sunday night. I was 9. The next morning, at school, lots of kids were taking about it. Before you knew it, in the following months, up and down almost every street, usually in someone's garage, young kids were starting their own bands but could barely play any instrument. At least in my neck of the woods. (BTW: The Ed Sullivan folks sell a three-DVD collection of ALL The Beatles' performances. I have a copy. It's a great collection with great clarity. It contains full one hour shows, complete with commercials, which were one-minute long at most.)
I own that myself. I bought it when it first came out, and seeing the entire show plus the original commercials, made it even that more special.
The 3 full Ed Sullivan Shows with The Beatles playing live were twice released on DVD. They are the complete shows that also include the commercials that waited! They can still be found.
And by the way, I saw these shows as they aired. Yeah, I’m that old!
I saw them too when they aired, I was 16/17 years old in 1964. I have the complete Beatles Ed Sullivan Show appearances (which includes ALL the other acts on the shows, plus the commercials) on DVD, and they are STILL available.
I also have the DVD's with the three complete sullivan shows; and i also remembering seeing them on our little black and white TV!
@JohnLloyd. I was only 3 on 2/9/64, so I have no memory of the show of course. The first time I got to see the show, was when I rented a video titled "The Beatles First U.S.A Visit". This was sometime in the 90s I believe, and I was so thrilled and grateful to see the show I'd always wanted to see.
I love the Beatles and have seen these videos many, many times. You breaking them down every few seconds and critiquing just adds to the experience and your enthusiasm is wonderful. Keep doing what youre doing and long live the Beatles!
Thank you so much!
I like your enthusiasm! I play the Beatles in my band....I wanna Hold Your Hand is awesone
February 9 1964 my 10th birthday, my hair grew long and taught myself to play guitar and at 69 yrs old I still play Beatles covers because they are the best especially for a solo act
Yes, they change and or set the course for my life in many ways.
A bit of trivia: On the show the SAME NIGHT was the cast of OLIVER!, singing "Consider Yourself". The young actor playing the Artful Dodger in the show was DAVY JONES (yes, THAT Davy Jones), who watched the Beatles from the wings, heard the girls screaming and thought to himself, "THIS is what I want!" And of course, in later years the Beatles and the Monkees knew each other and hung out together.
thanks. This was fun! That Feb 23rd show was live, just pre-recorded but in front of an audience. At the time (I was a kid) I didn't notice that John's microphone was turned down so much. It was just thrilling to watch them. The sound was much better for the Miami show (Feb 16th). That "This Boy".....wow.
Yeah, I meant it wasn’t broadcasting live. Sorry if that was confusing.
On one New York radio station on December 31, 1963, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was "bubbling under" the top 20. The next day, on January 1, 1964, it was #1 on that station.
Love this
@@larsland Facts can astonish!
RE Ringo’s close up, I love how the drums get a little bit louder as the camera gets closer to him
Another Fab, Gear, Brill video, Lars!!! Love it and you!! Keep killing it and soooo looking forward to the Lost stuff!!
Thanks so much!! Lost is coming along but has been on the back burner last few weeks. It’s coming! Lol
I was nine years old when i saw them on TV that evening (right after Lassie). They were so influential to me I started plying guitar and eventually learned all their songs.
I am so impressed that you can see all the things that we understood.
Thanks!
Another Fab video Lars. Excellent commentary. Ed Sullivan really was the start of the love affair with The Beatles for many. I mean how could you not they were amazing. ✌
A beautiful job, Lars. It really took me back to my early teens. I especially loved how you highlighted and pointed out interesting moments in the clips. Looking forward to the next one. From me to you, rock on!
Thanks so much!!
I love your chanel greetings from Venezuela 🇻🇪 exellent video
Thank you very much!
I love the crane shot to Ringo for a close up when they go into the "And when I touch you..." how the camera swoops up over the others heads then back down so cool! 😊
I had to miss it! I was 6 months old and I was asleep in my crib lol 😄 actually sleeping til my sister screamed when they took the stage 🤣 my mother said "you woke the baby up!" 😁
Out and proud Beatle fan going on sixty years now.I'm sixty three now. I saw them on Ed Sullivan at 4 years old because my sisters had to see them. I didn't know anything about them, but instantly fell in love with them. To this day, I am a hardcore Beatles fan and my sisters don't even listen to them anymore. Thanks for you support of the queer community and for your deep dives into everything Beatles.
Glad you stopped by!!
Ps I’m non-binary and use they/them pronouns. I cut that bit from the end for time
So happy you’re here!!
I am old enought to have seen this on TV when it was first shown at 7 years of age. It was my first time seeing them preform.
These guys were incredible. Thank you for another fun video. :)
Thanks for visiting my land!
Lars,there was also another British Group that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show many times called "The Dave Clark Five".They were second in popularity to the Beatles in 1964
The first song they played on Ed Sullivan was All My Loving. I've always thought how tight they were to come out, and just hit that song so well. Wow. It starts with a little Paul vocals and then everyone has to start at the same time. That is the first song they play on live tv with millions watching. That was a big call.
I LOVE your Beatles' videos, Lars!!!
Apple (the Beatles' Apple) released the dvd "The Beatles First U.S. Visit" back in the nineties. It has both of their 1st two Ed Sullivan appearances in N.Y. and Miami. It has the car rides and train rides in between. It plays like the inspiration for A Hard Day's Night. Really worth seeking out.
I love all of them... My favorite George fact was from the Chris Odell book who was his assistant at the end of the Beatles and at the beginning of his solo career. She said he always smelled like sandalwood. As he walked down the halls of Apple there was a trail of sandalwood behind him. His clothes smelled like sandalwood, his car smelled like sandalwood... You always knew where he had been because you could smell the beautiful lingering fragrance.
I enjoyed this video. I am a Beatles fan. I subscribed.
When Ed Sullivan went to color in the fall of 1965, one week after the Beatles' final live performance on the show, the audio became much more dynamic, too, at least to my ears. Sadly, the Beatles missed out on both improvements.
But now because of the black and white, value just how long ago it actually was!❤
Always loved the set order choice for the 1st show. With 2 songs in the Billboard top 10 you'd normally open with one and have the other close the second slot.
But no, let's start with an album track that hardly anybody will have heard.
Confidence or what!
It panned out! 😂
I woke myself up, at 10 months of age, to watch The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show"! I sat on the sofa until they came on. Then I remember dancing! Then I had to sit down, or be put back in my crib. So, I sat on the couch for "Til There Was You" blowing bubbles and saying, "Georgeeee...every time the camera showed George Harrison! He was my favorite!!! Myneighbor, Annie loved Paul and my Mom loved John!
Love the content ❤ keep on the good work.
He did wear contacts in NYC for Ed Sullivan. I met the optician who made his contacts in NYC. Same optician made my first contacts!
It's amazing The Beatles are still popular with many millennials!!
They’re hugely popular with a lot of gen Z!
Thanks, you were REALLY into that: bought Howard's Eight Days recently, only seen snippets, but you've made me want to watch it tonight.
Groundbreaking it was. They always seemed to hit it out of the park when they were on the BIG stage and at the time that they most needed to hit big. This was innate. They were ready for this night and delivered the goods.
Everything that you say is relevant and spot on. Your comments during the video are excellent. We can see that you have screened the show quite a bit. The John Lennon - best rhythm guitar player is spot on. He was and this is an underrated part of their sound both then and as it moved on. The Ringo stick hold - yes! He hadn't even been in the band two years (a year and a half actually) at this time. Good comments on George here.
A few things - George was just coming off of an illness where his sister was there to nurse him back. He wasn't at the rehearsal - a stand-in was. The first evening performance was a bit Paul-centric to ease the viewing audience in. A pop musical revolution had taken hold of America and the world after this. It changed everything moving forward.
And yes, we did watch the Sullivan show, as it happened, on a tiny b & w tv screen at my grandfather's farm. EVERYONE was talking about this the next day at school.
😂 love this video, your passion matches mine and billions of other Beatlemaniacs! I like your attention to detail.
Lars, a quick check with Google said contact lenses were only readily available in 1970.
Thanks for the shout out to Pride ✌
Love you 😍 and your videos
I was 10 years old on February 9th, 1964. We watched Ed Sullivan every Sunday.
Paul said they would not go to America without a number 1 and that is 100% TRUE.
New to your channel (been binging on reaction videos to my two favourite groups ever - Queen and The Beatles - for a couple of weeks, but only just found you!). Your passion for the group shines through!
The Beatles changed the world of music in a way not seen since Mozart revolutionised classical music. I was brought up on The Beatles by my dad and I have loved them ever since (I'm the wrong side of 55 now!).
The Beatles are so different to Queen in some ways, but the same in one very important way - the way they are able to take the recorded tracks and reproduce them almost exactly on stage, live. (I would suggest Queen has the edge there, but only because we have no idea how The Beatles later songs would have sounded on stage due their 'retirement' from live performances in 1966).
Also, separated as they were by 10+ years in terms of their live performances, both groups had no auto-tune, and no in-ear apparatus to help them hear the rest of the group on stage, and yet they are both spot-on perfect in terms of melodies and harmonies and keeping time with the drums and bass. The Beatles had it worse because they simply couldn't hear themselves because of all the screams (tech had moved on a bit for Queen in that respect!) but their secret rhythm weapon was Ringo (the left-handed drummer playing a right-handed kit which gives the best sound ever!). Ringo had the equivalent of perfect pitch - perfect rhythm. Almost every performance of every song live, was at the same speed (there are some exceptions, but not that many) and he gave them their solid feel on stage. (Queen's Roger Taylor was a huge admirer of Ringo's drumming style). It's well-known that Ringo said he often had no idea where they were in a song unless he looked the body language of John, Paul and George in front of him, and how they were moving!
That's a long post, apologies! But (on a dull, damp 'summer's day' in Jersey finding your channel has cheered me up! (By the way, that's the the original Jersey! The one that's an island only 9 miles long by 5 miles wide, in the English Channel, one of the UK crown dependencies, only 14 miles from the coast of France! The state of 'New Jersey' is named after us! 😊)
This is an amazing comment. There's no wrong side of 55 if you're still alive!
Also I'm a crazy cat lady - have 3 black and white rescues - so love the glimpses of your cats doing whatever the hell they like too! 😻
Watching that performance as a 6 yr. old gave me my first bout of tunnel vision..
Paul later said they were nervous as hell. But being the pros they were by this time, they made it thru their six songs like kings.
I saw that show as it happened on Ed Sullivan, Feb 9th 1964.
Nice job. Unless I misunderstood, I'm not sure what you mean about subsequent Beatles performances on Sullivan being edited/spliced. They appeared live on Sullivan in August or September '65 performing "Help", "Act Naturally", "Yesterday", "I Feel Fine", "I'm Down" and perhaps one other song. After that, they did appear via video lip-synching to "Paperback Writer" and "Rain".
Madame once again I am glad that I subscribed to your channel. This particular video reminds me that at the age of three, seeing this on TV is what catapulted me into a Beatles fan for life.
Great video. Someone pointed out in another RUclips video the Beatles’ distinctive individual styles: Paul wobbles his head from side to side, John bobs straight up and down, George kind of Jack-knifes from the waist and moves his whole upper body, while Ringo plays with his head tilted to the side.
It was rumored that Paul Jones spent the remainder of his life kicking puppies and yelling at the sun.
That’s how the legend goes 😂
Drummers always played overhand with the right hand.
Their first performance was seen by 73 million Americans. On the same show, future Monkee Davy Jones was in a scene from Oliver Twist.
Really love your enthusiasm for The BEATLES, Lars. It helps me to revive mine a littlrle, so thank you for that. And just in case you didn't already know, there's a killer DVD collection with original conmercials included called "The Four Complete Historic Ed Sullivan Shows" (almost said shoes...) that seriously gets it right. And not only that, it also reminds you just how mind-numblying boring the show could be sometimes when you were stuck watching the jugglers, the dancers, the puppets and the clowns and really just wanting to see The Turtles or The Electric Prunes.
Thanks so much!
But I liked a lot of the other acts too that he had on, comedians, TOPO GIGIO (loved that little Italian Mouse) dance, all sorts of things. I was a child in the '50s, turned 13 in 1960, and my family and I watched The Ed Sullivan Show EVERY Sunday night. You have to remember, it wasn't boring back then, compared to NOW it might be, but if it had been boring to me as a child or teen, I would have left the room! I never did. LOL!
@@patticrichton1135Okay, so maybe i was a little hard on the puppets and the clowns. But there's no right or wrong when it comes to taste. You either like something or you don't.
I got the Sullivan shows as a (bootleg?) VHS tape in 1988 and wore. It. Out.
One correction: The Sullivan Show went to color in early September, 1965. The did the last black and white show the week before. Not 1964. (I was there. I'm old. LOL.)
Your stats were probably correct, but I remember the Beatles appearances. There were only three TV stations in most towns, ABC, NBC and CBS. The audience was very limited, as there wasn't very much by way of competition. In our house, my father was a rock DJ at the time, and forced us to watch LOL. Hey, there was nothing else good to switch to.
Not putting you down, just stating facts. The viewership was so high, because there was just nothing else on, basically. That's even *IF* you had a TV. Our household only had one TV (and one phone! WITH a party line OMG) - as opposed to (by the beginning of the 80's) we had a TV in every room, and dozens of cable channels.
I watched all 3 performances. I remember so many 'adults' critized their 'long hair'. Here are 4 guys in suits and ties and they couldn't have been more proper. I regret never seeing them live.
You're the best !!
Lars! Do you have the DVD of the 4 episodes of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show? 🙂
I don’t! I’ve been looking for it.
I really doubt John was wearing contacts. Even Paul talked about John's nearsightedness
What you said about the Ed Sullivan show being colorized the next week after the Feb. 23rd performance is incorrect. In August, 1965 the Beatles did their North American tour, and their first stop was to do a taped appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, to be broadcast in America on Sept. 12, 1965. That broadcast was in black and white. The Ed Sullivan show would go to being a color broadcast in September of 1965. Had The Beatles returned to Ed Sullivan in 1966, they would have performed in color, but negotiations between manager Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan broke down that Ed didn't get The Beatles on his show in 1966.
I was one of those 73 million. I was just 8 years old and 3 weeks. I became a music teacher most likely because of the night. Plus I didn't rob anybody, thus contributing to the lower rate of crime while the Beatles were performing lol. Davy Jones, later of the TV band the Monkees, was on that show in the excerpts of t...he production of the musical Oliver, playing the Artful Dodger. He saw the Beatles, and saw the screaming girls, and said "That's for me" and 2 1/2 years later he was on the Monkees TV show. By April 1964, the Beatles held the top 5 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, NO ONE has ever done that since....
Watch the early George Lucas masterpiece I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND for an allegorical comment on this historical event!
I’ll check it out!
Still the top selling musicians of all time.
This happened S I X T Y years ago. The fact that you weren't born yet but you're still captivated by the footage you're watching speaks volumes about the Beatles' universal appeal. I was sixteen when this aired. Their music was happy and exuberant. It made you feel good. You are quite correct, this performance was a game changer in the world of pop music. It signaled the start of the "British Invasion"
I'm curious to know if the pre-recorded show to be aired on 2/23, was shot before or after the live national broadcast on 2/9?
Did you mentioned that John's mic was not working properly?
I forgot to!! Damn it.
It is true that the Beatles had not wanted to go to America (although George went once to see his sister) until they had a #1 hit, in light of the poor success of previous English acts in America, however, based on what you've said, it ultimately wasn't the deciding factor.
Oh, my parents, my grandfather, and I did watch that broadcast of the Ed Sullivan show specifically to see the Beatles. I often watched it anyway.
Brian Epstein asked Sullivan for "top billing," which Sullivan granted but found peculiar, since it was an issue for live performances, but not much for TV shows.
My recollection is that this was the time when contact lenses had just started being available. If John had them, they were made of glass, since soft lenses were many years in the future.
great comment thanks! I should have clarified. I was talking specifically about Paul’s claims they didn’t play until they had the number 1 because he insisted they needed it first. Those don’t line up with the dates. Both things are essentially true.
young beatles girlies are the besssstttt
GGGGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTT.!!!XXX
thanks!!
I saw this show on TV when I was in high school. I liked the music but I thought they were strange looking. Nevertheless I became a huge Beatles fan. I almost got to see them in concert.
My Gawd!!! This woman believes her video is about her and how smart she is!!!
The Beatles Are The Best 💯 Period
No offence but here in Sweden Lars is a male name? Why were you named Lars? Anyway, I love your videos and you'll do more in analyzing than most reactions Video makers! Here in Sweden, the Beatles honoured us in 1963 with a national tour on their first gigs after their breakthrough with their Swedish friends Jerry Williams and the Violent. They are a Swedish band who got to know the Beatles in Hamburg when the 2 groups played at the Kaiser Keller and Star Club. George Harrison played lead guitar with them and he actually promised to join them, if the Beatles broke up?
...and who reads Paul Jones...? A lot of people listen to BEATLES! A group with 4 singing practiced musicians.
Traditional grip vs. Matched grip. (drumsticks) 😁
As far as streaming.......
They STILL NUMBER ONE REQUESTED ARTISTS. They weren't " Bigger than Christ" but they are bigger than Spotify
bigger than spotify has a nice ring to it
John said bigger than Jesus
(pron. Hay-soos) referring to a
a NY Puertorican roadie they
hired before the trip who was
a small guy. Once printed....
@@ruggerobelloni4743 Urban legend No doubt
@@Joe-bw2ew Actually a joke I
heard on TV 25yrs ago. It can be
enbellished by saying this nice
Puertorican guy was hired for
the US tour and was very strong
but small and John said: " Hey,lads
have you noticed we're bigger than
Hay-soos?"(with Lennon voice).
Make It short and get chuckles
or longer and get "I can't believe I have been listening to you!" or worse
Indeed @larsland, I fully concur, John Lennon is one of the best rhythm guitarists ever. End of discussion. Thing is though, although George Harrison's lead playing is just something else, (as is Paul's: see Taxman lol). John Lennon could also totally hold his own, as it were, playing lead on occasion. His lead playing on Get Back for example, is f@rking excellent - as is his playing on the infamous 'guitar battle' on the The End where he throws in that deep, guttural dirty blues riff and those higher, manic Chuck Berry-esque attack riffs as perfect counterpoints to George's soulful bending and wailing and Paul's more staccato lead playing. He also brings the battle to a perfect end by exercising 'a less is more' approach by simply going apeshit with a beautfully minimal and repetitive riff that sounds so completely spontaneous it breaks into your skull like a burglar with charm and says 'hi'. P.S. The offer of marriage still stands. Just sayin. No pressure. x
7:05 John Lennon never wear contacts when he was on stage
all of the Beatles performances were live, not pre -recorded
No, the February 23rd show had been taped, and as I understand it, that show was videotaped on the afternoon of February 9th, before their first broadcast show.
Great Reaction Sweetheart
I tuned out as soon as you said ' happy pride month ' .
Let's watch it
very cool!
It was live.
George was performing with the flu at this show
Ya"all come back.
From the Beverly Hillbillies.
Yep!
John wore glasses but not on stage
you are lovely
i could watch you go frame by frame and fan girl over this footage for hours what the fuck? pause to see that ringo hair flip again?? YEAH. of course!!
ABSOLUTELY.
NOTSINCEANDNEVERAGAIN!
Hard to stop and pause?You are doing it every 10 seconds.
I thought I was a Beatles fan but........
Jones can't kiss anymore, he's dead
Paul flies the Pride flag when he performs on stage these days. He's such a wonderful ally.
I love him 🥺
"Ally" yeah yeah yeah mans definitely totally straight
No one gives a shit
what about elvis,he has out sold every 1.
Screaming and no monitors back then...your bound to hear some slightly off tune singing. You are not clear on which show was a week away from colorized TV. I lived that history. It was August 1965 when they taped that show where Paul sang Yesterday, and NOT after "these shows" which made it sound like you meant the February 1964 shows.
Sorry Lars, but you're incorrect. Paul McCartney has said many, many times that they did in fact say that they wouldn't come to America until they had a number one! He said because too many artists tried coming here without one and flopped. I saw him say this myself. Now, who are you gonna believe?
Paul is kinda a prick up close & personal, lol. Once you've been around him offstage (as I was in 1964*), it becomes clear forever in his public persona. Not the biggest Paul fan, here. So happy to see you at your age in 2023 World reacting to such a life-changing thing for my generation; thank you! I was 17 when they did these Sullivan shows, had already grown my Beatle haircut and would see them live at Red Rocks and Dallas later that Autumn. At Dallas, I was invited to spend an afternoon with them at the Cabana Hotel, then that evening in their dressing room, then watching from the wings at the Memorial Auditorium Arena show that night. (All true & all verifiable.) Thank you again for giving some familiar thrills to this 76 yr old heart and thanks to your generation for validating my gen's times. 💜💙🩵💚
Almost impossible to watch, despite Your "Disclaimer". So stop chopping up these Beatles Gems - even more than they alreday are. Or do You want us to get Epileptic fits?