THE BEATLES FIRST TIME REACTION to Tomorrow Never Knows / Within You Without You
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What a nice surprise! Thanks so much for the marathon. It lifted my spirits. I do, however, feel like I dosed you with magic mushrooms 🍄 without your consent. I tried to label it “The Trip” as a warning. Lol. Great reaction. And I just LOVE the comments - what a great, knowledgeable and supportive family. I’m thrilled that people add to the story behind this music. Thanks everyone! ✨🤪
Interesting side note: psilocybin mushrooms have been used to successfully treat depression (when responsibly administered by health professionals, of course).
www.webmd.com/depression/news/20210415/study-magic-mushrooms-may-best-drug-for-depression
Thanks for championing Sigur Ros...have you heard 'Sapokanikam' by Joanna Newson, segues wonderfully to Hoppipola.
@@integraleric I have heard of the success with a “micro dose” for depression, anxiety, traumatic stress, even addiction. And there’s still work with full doses (e.g. Michael Pollan, author, had a guided experience).
I never regret the added spiritual/mystical dimension and insight gained from my personal experiences. 🍄✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 It's been many years since I last experienced psilocybin, and I have no plan to ever use it (or any other psychedelic) again. But I can appreciate anything that is used to organically and ethically treat depression, which is something I suffered from for many years.
@@Parmigiano502 Thanks, Mario. I like her style but had never heard that song. I just checked it out and I agree - it fits nicely. Thanks. ✨🤪
The world is still not ready for Tomorrow Never Knows.
Maybe in 50 years time
Song came on today on the radio. Just keeps getting better. I'm a nowhere man that's keeps getting better. Rita gave me a ticket to ride. In my life a Day in a life us just like yesterday.
Maybe, but 50 years from now probably never knows either.
Harrison himself plays the lead sitar. One of his proudest moments musically - according to him.
George also called Ravi Shankar the best musician on the planet. I bet Ravi was proud of George when he first heard this.
Imagine being a little kid in 1966 who's been a Beatle fan from the start, and then "Tomorrow Never Knows" comes out of your record player. The Beatles were the major factor in my musical evolution at the time.
I was 16 years old in 1966...everyone had Beatles on their mind but TNK was a revalation....and an introduction to Hooka Smoking =))
I was that little kid
That’s how it was for my dad. He was born in 1958, the youngest of 5 kids, and he’d only heard Beatles stuff from the days when they still toured and wore matching suits. But then one day in the very late-60’s he walked into the living room while someone (I think it was his older brother) was listening to “I Am the Walrus,” and when he was told that it was The Beatles, it completely blew his mind. He went on to become a huge fan of progressive rock and other adventurous music, and I’m sure that had something to do with it.
I was 7 y old when it came out, and we all hated it!!! (Ps:It was ahead of it’s time)
Info. Paul playes the guitar solo backwards tape)
Tomorrow Never Knows from 1966. Way ahead of its time.
It could be released today to critical acclaim
Revolver is the very first vinyl album I ever bought and is still my favorite Beatles album. Yeah, it was very ahead of it's time. 👍💖
@@jimilgenfitz6998 My first vinyl was Abbey Road, and it's still my favorite album ever.
George is singing “Within you,Without You”
Tomorrow Never Knows is SO far ahead of its time. Took 30 years for songs to start catching on with the dance/acid/rave scene of the early 90's/late 80's.
"It's All Too Much" another great trippy song from The Beatles.
And another George Harrison song.
@@ronalddobis6782 "Only A Northern Song," and "The Inner Light," both also trippy, both also George.
First ever drum loop in modern day music. That bass is sick, especially for 1966, waayyy ahead of its time.
I think Ringo actually played drums in realtime all the way through.
@@buddyneher9359 Yes friend, he did! But the style played, turned into a "drum loop" years later, featured often in rap/hip-hop, dance music where drum machines were/are normal in those genre's - ol' Ring thou, he didn't need a drum machine lol.
They experimented with a drum loop for the earlier takes but went with Ringo the human metronome for the release version.
This song was a big inspiration for the Chemical Brothers.
@@buddyneher9359 It sounds like John's voice and Ringo's drums are the only parts playing forward and everything else is playing backwards.
Indeed, it's crazy to imagine that The Beatles went from "She Loves You" to "Tomorrow Never Knows" in less than 3 years. I can't help but feel that the pressure from the music industry in general to put out at least 2 albums a year back then undoubtedly fed their creativity.
Everybody’s got something to hide ... ‘cept for me and my monkey 🐒
Great name, Comeon! ✨🤪
From She Loves You to Tomorrow Never Knows and both were ahead of their time at the time and both are awesome
It all started when Bob Dylan gave marijuana to The Beatles...
"Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream..." Love!
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies."
The “seagulls” on Tomorrow Never Knows is Paul laughing recorded at half speed then sped up to sound like seagulls.
We didn’t know that in 1966 and Paul revealed it just a few years ago. The guitar was recorded backwards like I’m Only Sleeping.
How is it The Beatles don’t get blocked because they always get blocked on JustJP’s channel?
Wow that’s awesome trivia! Thanks for sharing.
Beatles always get blocked, but we can dispute the block because we pause. Within s few days they unlock the video again. :)
George wrote this song (Within You, Without You) after returning from India, which the Beatles spent with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. George also spent six weeks learning the sitar from Ravi Shankar, who btw is Norah Jones' father.
Love your comment and yes, Norah is Ravi’s daughter. Ravi also has a daughter that plays sitar, I believe. 🍄🤪
And Anoushka Shankar's father - she makes some great fusion music: ruclips.net/video/LwbgDjIsTpI/видео.html
@@An_Cat_Dubh Thanks. I couldn’t recall her first name and was too busy to look it up at the moment. Lol. She’s amazing as well. Thanks for the link ✨🤪
I thought so too, but according to Wikipedia, George had travelled to India in 1966 when, as you said, he studied with Shankar. The trip which took all four Beatles to India to study with the Maharishi wasn't until February of 1968, almost a year after the recording of the Sgt. Pepper's material, and nine months after the album's May 26, 1967 release. Also, as you probably know, the Maharishi trip turned into a debacle. You were right about everything except conflating the Maharishi stuff with George's time studying with Shankar. I was wrong about that too.
Ahhhhhh. The Beatles. The Beatles…I remember hearing them for the first time and wow. Yep I’m that old. I was young, still adolescent, but couldn’t get enough. Still my favorite.
You have good taste, KMP! Thanks ✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 , as you my dear 😬
Ditto.
Brian Eno did a cover of the song with the band 801 and he has said that Tomorrow Never Knows is one of the most important and iconic songs ever.
Phil Colin's also covered that song on his first solo album Face Value.
801 was Phil Manzanera’s project after playing lead guitar for ROXY MUSIC and now he is second guitar for DAVID GILMOUR. He is a pretty brilliant guitarist himself.
TOTAL ENLIGHTENMENT
Total agree. Coolest song ever. Early 66!
Hello there Nick & Lex. Happy to see & hear your reactions to two incredible Beatle songs.
If I'm not mistaken, " Tomorrow Never Knows ", was the first use of tape manipulation. It was revolutionary.
Definitely the first time in pop music, though the idea was already being used in some avant-garde pieces. It's absolutely the most complex group of sounds used to that date.
Les Paul invented everything back in 1952.
"Tape manipulation" has been used in many ways. The flanging effect on "The Big Hurt" (1959) and Ross Bagdasarian's creation of the "Chipmunks" (and similar others) in the same period, to name two.
If you like the sitar sound with The Beatles then I strongly recommend "The Inner Light". It was a lesser-known B side. Another beautiful Harrison Beatles track.
I agree 💯. One of my favorite Beatle songs.
Playing two of the Beatles best psychedelic songs, from Revolver and Sgt Peppers!
Thanx to you two, I've just died at age 66, and been reborn egoless and 15 yrs old again, coming on to double-barrel Orange SUNshine... Those were the daze!!!
Peace&Love
Barrel OS was my first. And you always remember your first! Thank you, Owsley. Great comment. Happy Re-birth! ✨🤪
I was a hitchhiking mule for the Brotherhood, out of Laguna Beach,@@michelemichele3375... I'd hit the college campuses with a backpack full of barrel and Afgani primo, and the dorms' kids would treat me like a king, despite being so much younger. Good times reading Leary's Tibetan Book of the Dead and throwing the I Ching; what a great time to be a teen runaway!
@@fredkrissman6527 Fred!! We make pilgrimages to Laguna a few times a year. It used to be one of the vacation spots for Cirque du Soleil to party together. I’ve read a few books on the Brotherhood and walked the area to reminisce. By the taco place and where the head shop was (people would dash into the maze to lose heat lol) ... and up in the canyon. Amazing. And I was on the East Coast when the barrels found their way to me by way of another mule, Delmar. Incredible - the network. Thanks for sharing. I lived some similar scenarios. Ahhh, life. ✨🤪
@@fredkrissman6527 Mystic Arts was the head shop. Brotherhood of Eternal Love. For any interest: A few books written about this incredible history of culture change. Nicholas Schou wrote about it. And Stewart Tendler.
It is not Ravi and this is a George Harrison composition and he does play the sitar on this. Rave and George were soul mates.
George said Ravi was the best musician on the planet (that he had actually heard).
Let’s just admit it: Michele Michele is one of your coolest subscribers, if not the coolest! Never heard of Segur Ros before, so I just bought two albums…. Thanks, Michele.
Oh wow 🤩. I’m blushing 😊 That’s very sweet. But I’ll say this: It takes one to know one! Haha, Mark, fellow traveler !🧳🍄✨🤪 This family is the coolest 😎!!
Love The Beatles who are to this day a massive part of my life. I remember aged 9 + , listening to Beatles albums my sister had on vinyl and I would play in my room on a portable 'Dansette' record player. She had all their singles too as they were released. So many wonderful memories. I myself in my teens then bought every album on vinyl and the box set of 7" vinyl singles. I have everything still in mint condition. I much later got their albums on cd. Time passing has not affected their music one iota. Pure magic still. - The Sigur Ros track I have never heard and it was beautiful. That was so enjoyable, you definitely must do more like that....Now put the kettle on, get a coffee, chill out and take the plastic off "Pulse" before another anniversary passes. Lol Byeeeeee ! X
Blue Jay Way is another Beatles song with lots of details that you could react to.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" blew the doors of psychedelic music off their hinges. What was happening with the 13th Floor Elevators and a few other acts was taken to pretty much the apex of studio possibilities at the time. It's in my top 5 psych songs ever.
The "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" LPs by the Beatles were watershed moments in their music expressiveness. IMHO. They represented 2 stepping stones in their sound evolution which involved much more experimentation. "Within You, Without You" was one of the first tastes of what we would later love about George Harrison's work as a solo artist. Try "It's All Too Much" from the Yellow Submarine LP when you get a chance. I believe it to be one of the most underrated Beatle songs out there. Happy Listening Guys.
500 mcg 15 years old here we go, I loved it and did it on a loop for almost 2 hours.
500 mics would do the job, for sure.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is one of their best known songs due to the innovative way it was recorded. There are a couple of RUclips videos on the making of the song. They were adding and manipulating tape loops live in the studio on mixdown. Lennon wrote it after reading Timothy Leary's version of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead. With George Harrison's song (not Lennon) "Within You Without You", I thought you said you were familiar with the Beatles Sgt.Pepper's album. This was when Harrison was taking sitar lessons from Ravi Shankar, and was influenced lyrically by Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, which Shankar gave him. George played the sitar. The Indian hand drums are called tablas. So now I wonder if this is going to alter the order of my June requests, as the second of the two Jimmy Herring songs is an instrumental cover of "Within You, Without You", which I chose because you did "A Day In The Life", so I assumed you were familiar with this song too, and it would have been a surprise. I guess it's good that you are hearing the melody of the song now, rather than not having heard it when you hear the Herring version.
Thanks. Lots of info. I won’t have to type it again. Lol. ✨🤪
And I also think it will help your request since they’ve heard it. I hope 🤞 I didn’t spoil a surprise. Thanks. ✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 I agree, because the surprise part was based on what they said about playing a lot of Beatles a long time ago on the intro to the "A Day In The Life" reaction, so now maybe they will recognize the melody.
It's not even close to one of their best known songs. It's very well-known to fans and psych fans, but not to the avg. listener, a great many of whom know very little about their music.
Beatles is ahead of their time...
They sure is.
Across the Universe was an amazing tribute.
But even more fun, is the amazing recent fantasy movie "Yesterday". That also blends/doubles as a great tribute! My fave movie since released in 2019.
I love the movie "Yesterday" but I couldn't finish watching "Across the Universe." I'm not sure why the difference, but I liked one and didn't like the other.
Someone said that Sigur Ros sounded like angels crying. The album “agetis byrjun”. is amazing and you should listen to the whole thing. The title track is my favorite but the whole album is unlike anything you have ever heard.
After listening to this review, I had to buy the album.
Today sometimes knows, and yesterday always knows, but tomorrow...never.
Er, nothing to do with either Ravi Shankar or John Lennon! What you hear is George Harrison on sitar playing his own composition - of course inspired by classical Indian music he had been studying with Ravi - with a group of amateur Indian musicians living in London whom George found via the Asian Music Circle and auditioned himself. He wrote out the Indian notation and coached them through it in the studio. George Martin was then asked to write a western orchestral score in a sympathetic Indian idiom and he and George Harrison together helped the London Symphony Orchestra players understand the unfamiliar style. "I was never more impressed with both Georges than I was on that very special, almost spiritual night,” said engineer Geoff Emerick. Marvellous piece, an historic effort IMO.
So, it had a little to do with Ravi Shankar.
@@christianmarler2253 Well that's a smartassed sort of remark, isn't it. Listen to the video and you'll hear this: "did Ravi Shankhar play it first and then did Lennon play on top? Or did Lennon come up with the melody and Ravi played on top?" Clearly that's what I was responding to: as I said, it wasn't either Shankhar or Lennon, it was George Harrison, playing sitar in a composition "inspired by classical Indian music he had been studying with Ravi," as i also said. I hope that's clear.
@@strathman7501 You started by saying, "Er, nothing to do with either Ravi Shankar or John Lennon!" Then you proceeded to explain all the ways Shankar was connected to it.
@@christianmarler2253 I recklessly assumed commenters would have listened to the video and understood the context. Mea culpa.
Tomorrow Never Knows… possibly my favorite. Groundbreaking in a studio sense for 1966 and the lyrics were pulled directly from Timothy Leary’s version of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. So groundbreaking lyric wise as well. Yes, VERY trippy! You have to appreciate Ringo’s drumbeat too. Genius.
Sigur Ros is new to me but I do like it. Very ‘techno-space trippy.
And Within You Without You… Nick you nailed it right off! Ravi Shankar taught George how to play sitar. George was the one most into the Indian religion and music and got his tracks on Sgt. Pepper and also on Revolver (Love To You). I always liked them and like them more and more with time as I too find the deep spirituality of India very appealing. I was so fortunate to see George Harrison play solo but with Ravi Shankar in Boston. Not all Beatle fans were fans of George’s Indian influence but I loved it. This was a really nice 3-fer theme you did! More like this please!
And as for ‘how did the Beatles evolve from She Loves You (2 minute love songs) to Tomorrow Never Knows, well in a word, drugs. I have been recently reading the book Riding So High which chronicles the Beatles use of drugs from the very beginning. A very interesting read and explains a lot. I kind of already knew this but there is so much I did not know. Good stuff.
Wow. Great info. Thanks, Glenn. I love the story behind the music. Now I don’t have to type it out. Thanks lol. ✨🤪
John's great leap forward.music of the ancients for those not yet born.
Fun fact about Tomorrow never knows: It has only one chord. Must be the best song with one chord ever :)
Thanks for that comment, Karl. One droning chord with so much added in the recording studio. Unable to perform live, I believe, because it wasn’t easily reproduced. Thanks ✨🤪
Steely Dan's Show Biz Kids has only a single chord as well, but there aren't a lot.
@@RandyHall324 I love that track! Thanks, Randy! ✨🤪
I’d never thought of this until listening again to “Tomorrow Never Knows” here, but my ears hear a fairly strong connection to William Orbit’s cosmic-electronic production work on Madonna’s 1998 album Ray Of Light (still her best album, btw, and worthy of a full album listen in its own right).
Within You Without You is composed and sung by George Harrison. As far as I know, her also played the 'lead sitar', so to speak, and Ravi Shankar is not on this track. One of my favorite Beatles songs, although none of the other 3 played.
I love seeing first reactions to Sigur Ros. Welcome to one of the best artists ever. Not many bands can evoke such emotion and feeling as these guys. And you chose one of their best.
Also most of their songs are a combination of Icelandic and Hopelandic (kind of a made up language with sounds).
" Within You , Without You "
was based on a
Song recorded by
Ravi Shankar for
All - India Radio
BTW - Ravi Shankar is the
Father of
Singer / Songwriter
Nora Jones
The Beatles did any genre you want to name that is listened to now before anyone else. I’m not a fan of prog rock, which makes watching this excellent channel ironic, but I watch because it’s educational and for you two lovely people.
Tomorrow Never Knows was ground breaking
Thanks, top. Nick and Lex have a way of keeping fans of different genres all happy. And yes - groundbreaking. I’m glad to share the admiration with you. Thanks. ✨🤪
The entire song is in the key of C (just C), with a drone throughout. It’s very much based on Indian music. The sound effects were created practically live. The guitar solo was played in reverse. Revolver was an amazing album.
Ravi Shankar was a great friend of George Harrison’s on George’s live album THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH -which was a fundraiser for the famine there. Ravi is the opening act and shows a sense of humour as he has to retune and after 30 seconds of this the crowd applauds - his response? ‘If you like the tuning up you will love the concert!’ George is singing and learned the sitar so pretty sure it is George on sitar. The drum sound is Tabla. Buy her David Gilmour in Gdańsk DVD you will Love it.
Something to think about: because Tomorrow Never Knows is the last song on Revolver, you can consider a definite signpost as to where they were headed with Strawberry Fields Forever a few months later, and of course, towards Sgt. Pepper the next year.
But was the first recorded 4 revolver
Hi guys! What a trip! I never listen to Sigur Ros before but the song was very interesting indeed, but the other 2 songs from The Beatles transported me to my chilhood! I was 7 and 8 years when I listended to this songs! Mucha nostalgia!!! Thanks for sharing!
Sitar music was often featured in police shows, when they would go into a home with people dropping acid. The Rolling stones were the 1st band to record a song using a Sitar, Paint it Black, the Beatles however was the 1st to release a single with Sitar. .
Very good collection. Tomorrow never knows is probably the first rock sind whicht contains only one chord. Within you and without you is the beginning of world music. I did not know Sigur Ros but I like it. They remember me in Motorpsycho, a norwegian post-rock band. All in all: a great reaction video.
Thanks, Peter. I’m thrilled that you grok the collection. Lol. ✨🤪
Sigur Ros had a hit with " Hoppipolla" which is a lovely song and well worth a listen it is what got me into them. Anyone who has seen the movie "We Bought a Zoo" will know it.
Sigur Ros had many hits. This song, Starálfur, is in the movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
My Best Christmas Gift for 1966
was the Revolver Album 😁
The drum on "Within You Without You" is a Tabla. It's actually two drums, one for treble and one for bass.
Thanks. I love that tabla sound ... the pair of drums make such a distinct and pleasant addition and carry a long, sustained sound. George really had a good ear for world music. ✨🤪
Great job, again, Michele Michele. For some strange reason when they said two Beatles songs I was expecting one of them to be 'Michlele'.
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@@guitgas Right! Well, I wanted it a little trippier than that. But thanks for mentioning my namesake song. Lol. And the French lyrics only translate to the same English line (roughly translated: Are the words that go very well together). Thanks for the smile. ✨🤪
Excellent! Thank you and I vote for more MMM!😄🤗
And I vote for you! What trio of songs would you pick? Thanks so much for your comment and kind words. ✨🤪
It's George playing the sitar. Först song he used it in was Norwegian wood. And, off course it's him singing
anytime i listen to sigur ros, it hits me that i'm listening to something extremely special.
Phil Collins covered tomorrow never knows on his first solo album, very good too.
Yes! an excellent version. And do I dare turn you onto a "Metal" version? . . . .
By the band "Trouble" from Chicago. Nothing beats the original, but Trouble, then Phil's version are my faves.
Sigur Rós❤️ Best band in the world❤️
More beatles pls
What a surprise to see, and hear, a reaction from Sigur Ros. They never fail to fascinate me.
I'd love to see more Sigur Ros reactions from you guys. Great commentary
Lex, in answer to your question, that's a great introduction to Sigur Ros and very much what you can expect to hear...it's a heavenly, joyous, dare I say quirky world they live in, and at times their music, can bring your soul to gentle tears, nice tears, with smiles...go through that looking glass Alice, its a musical wonderland you will willingly lose yourself in...I'd recommend 'Ara Batur' by them next if you are inclined...new to your channel and duly subscribed, you two are hand in glove...and listen to Nik, play Pulse, you'll kick yourself for not having done so earlier.
Came out in 1966. Kinda considered the first psychedelic song. The second cut is George Harrison after he met Ravi Shanker and Ravi taught him how to play sitar. George and his Eastern influence. 😊 20:34
In the 60s the Beatles & other Americans were interested in Eastern cultures & actually went to India to learn about reincarnation, enlightenment & much more. Not surprising they would return with a different music sound. The Beatles were only together 4 years. So sad.
Come again? The Beatles recording career alone spanned 7 years and they were together for a good number of years before they came to prominence. Not to lecture, but please share good information, not the dis variety. Peace.
"The Beatles & other Americans." Since when were the Beatles American? 🤔
Great song choices for a Marathon Michelle. They fit together very well...Never heard any Sigur ros tracks before. They sound amazing. Its surprising the singer is Male. Would never had guessed listening to this. Definitely should do some more MM compilations.
I like the way you think, Karl. Marathon Monday (they did call it that lol). Great idea 💡✨🤪
Whenever people dismiss the Beatles as a 'pop', band in a dismissive way, I play them this. One of the first uses of backwards guitar, using the studio as another instrument. Imagine hearing this is 1966, like the aliens had landed. Phil Lesh for one,of the Gratefu Dead said lt was hearing Tomorrow Never Knows that made him realise there was an audience for wbat the Dead were trying to do. I've got an idea for a marathon, 3 songs called Come Together, The Beatles obviously, then Spiritualised, and finally Primal Scream.
The Beatles took our ears to places they'd never been before and may never go to again. Kind of a musical version of the visual effect of an acid trip. Like all great pioneers they went on their own journey and you could follow or not but regardless they were gonna go where they would. This is the Beatles at their trippiest but I don't think this music can be dismissed out of hand. There was real purpose and structure to this music. Indian music is pretty much alien to Western ears with its unusual rhythms and microtonal scales. Makes me want to break out the headbands and the tie dye!!😎😎💖
More please ❤❤❤!!
Sgt Pepper's one of his favourite albums - but he's never heard it before.
I've been a Beatles fan since they came out and love Sigur Ros they are brilliant
This was very enjoyable, a really good idea. You may have heard Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros which was played a lot at the time. I owe it to Sgt Pepper for turning me on to Indian music or more precisely George Harrison. Great video!
It’s so funny, these songs are within my ‘Life Celebrations’ compilation playlist! Originally called my ‘funeral’ list…but I changed the name to give it a positive spin. Hehe
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Might consider watching Cinema Paradiso, scored by Morricone. Beautiful soundtrack and lovely movie. Sigur Ros sounds like a wonderful mix of Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Devotchka. I can’t get through their song Saeglopur without tears. Fun video.
Love that movie and love Morricone! 😍
Tomorrow Never Knows - In 1966 they didn't have fancy synths and filters, so this the one where John Lennon sang the last verses while laying in the floor of a closet and the microphones recorded from outside the closed door. The sound effects were bits of tape mangled and run backwards.
Great comment. Didn’t know about the closet. The things we do for Art!! Thanks ✨🤪
Within You Without You is one of my favorite songs written by Harrison, also on lead vocals here, not John.
Sigurd Ros is so unique,so special
Lex will probably really like, " The Light Before We Land ", by The Delgados. I love it.
This seriously could have been my music requests. Tomorrow Never Knows might just be my favorite Beatles song, and Sigur Rós is probably my favorite band.
I love the transformation of the Beatles.❤
Nearly 20 years ago I was living near Minneapolis and saw an ad announcing tickets to see Ravi Shankar that very night. I told all my friends, and we all showed up at the venue that evening. But when we got there, it wasn't Ravi Shankar the famous sitar player that was performing there that night. Instead, it was a Vedic spiritual master by the name of Sri Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. My friends were disappointed and left, but my girlfriend and I (at the time) stayed and very much enjoyed the talk. It was the beginning of a long journey of meditation and discovery for me. Good times. Loved these tunes, by the way. Great selection, Michele Michele :)
Great story of your cosmic experience of synchronicity. Lol. You were in the right place at the right time. I’m glad you stayed for the speaker and happy you shared that experience. Thanks, Eric. ✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 Thank you!
I appreciate your taste in music :)
Yes, George Harrison learned to play the sitar from Ravi Shankar. Long time friend and collaborator.
That's George singing on Within You Without You, not John.
Pity the fools who don't appreciate the Beatles. Changed pop music. Innovation that most aren't aware of. 4 young men and an older British producer changed the music world.
The Evolution of Rock is astounding ,I was lucky to grow up in the 60's and enjoy seeing younger generations discover and appreciate music of that time.
I don't know if you have done any Bob Dylan reactions but know that his influence in those times can't be calculated.
Take note of the lyrical differences in early Beatles songs and lyrics of their songs after they met Dylan , that is your next test ,,, lol , You guys are great btw
No one ever mentions how much Dylan changed after hearing/meeting the Beatles.
A very interesting and worthwhile journey, thank you all. ✌😘🎶💞🍹🎸
Happy trails! Thanks ✨🤪
Population of iceland 300K only!
Sigur Ros!
Todmobile!!
(Look up "awaken" Jon + Todmobile)
The White Album of the Beatles is one trippy album as well......
Ich bin zwar kein großer Beatles Fan bzw. Experte, aber zwischen "she loves you yeah yeah yeah" und den Songs hier liegt schon eine beachtliche Entwicklung. Sigur Ros ist sehr speziell, wie vieles was von Island kommt. Der gesamte europäische Norden hat in den letzten 20 Jahren Unmengen von guten Bands im Sektor Rock/Prog/Metal hervorgebracht aber auch interessante Musik aus anderen Genres, meine "ausgefallenste" CD ist von der finnischen Band Tenhi, die spielen melancholic folk rock, u.a. mit gitarre, keyboards, violine, sehr stimmungsvoll, eignet sich auch als Musik zum Candlelightdinner. Anspieltipps: Vähäinen violetissa oder Tuulenkatato :-)
John Lennon loved experimenting with backwards tapes etc and made this song legendary especially for 1966 when we first got this album . The title Tomorrow Never Knows is a phrase that Ringo said and John used it for this song even though these words are not in the song. Within you without you is a George Harrison song and no other Beatle played on this Indian inspired masterpiece . It took a long time for us younger people at the time to get to like this song but after frequent plays we did. It was the first track on the 2nd side of the Sgt Pepper album. This album set the the template and inspiration for everyone else for years to come. You must watch that Pulse DVD. There is an incredible version of Comfortably Numb on it. I was also lucky enough to be at that concert at Earls Court London in 1994. We were all blown away ! How lucky I feel to come from a generation that had this wonderful music that is still being appreciated by young people like yourselves today . Please do some live Queen songs . Someone to love at Montreal in1981is fabulous.
Great and informative comment, Brian. Thanks so much. ✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 A pleasure Michelle , I have been a Beatles fan since 1962 and still love them today at 71!
After loving the Beatles since their first record, and going to see them live, and having read great Beatles biography’s, I’ve prided myself on knowing more Beatle trivia than the average bear... and I’d never heard the Tomorrow Never Knows one.. that Ringo said it. Which makes sense knowing how Ringo loved wordplay. Thank you!
I have to say though Brian that us youngsters in my circle, from 8-12 years old, immediately loved Within You And Without You right off the bat. I just think we were so willing to go on a voyage to wherever they were going to take us. And we knew we could expect each song to be of such a different quality than what we were used to.
Wrong. The tapes were Paul
@@ewest14 I was not wrong . Lennon did love experimenting with backwards tapes .Hence the awful Revolution No 9 on the White Album but I agree that both Lennon and McCartney actually created tape loops for this mainly Lennon composition .
¡¡¡Por fin Sigur Rós!!!
Another favorite of mine is ''The Inner Light'' ...the side ''b'' song of the ''Lady Madonna'' single
George wrote 3 Indian songs while in the Beatles, of which this is by some distance the finest. The other two are also worth checking out: Love You To, from Revolver, and The Inner Light, which was the B-side of Lady Madonna, both of which are on Past Masters Vol. 2.
I'm a huge Beatles fan, and am very familiar with the two songs, but not with Sigur Rós. This should be interesting. Thanks Michele Michele and Nick and Lex.
Dunno if they still do this
But Sigur Ros earlier Studio LPs were recorded in an Airport Hangar, to enhance the ambient sound.
About the last song Within You Without You......usually on reactions people are so hung up on the lyrics and try to figure out what it means and some times I wonder if they really hear the music. Here it was the opposite, you really did hear the music (I'm glad, Both the Beatles songs are absolutely wonderful) But did you notice it was lyrics on Within You Without You? According to me, the best lyrics in any of the Beatles almost 300 songs.....it really say something. George Harrison wrote it.
Within you,without you is George on lead vocal and Sitar solos. He hired Indian musicians to play but Ravi Shankar has never recorded a note with The Beatles.
John Paul and Ringo aren’t on this song.
Correct.
You need to hear ," Love You To ", off of Revolver. There you will see George's progression on Sitar and I've read it's a real Indian compositional form. Also revolutionary from Revolver.
Sitar first shows up in the American issue of Help which included soundtrack music from the film and the UK issue has none.
George plays the Sitar on Norweigian Wood from Rubber Soul for the very first time. He does a great job being so new to it.
@@shyshift Will you look at all the Beatles experts showing up in the comments!!?! Lol. Thanks again, Rand. Btw, people - Rand is a regular on Sea of Tranquility. Check him out there as well. And now he’s a welcome sight in this channel’s comments as well. Thanks!! ✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 Thank you Michele Michele. I will be on In The Prog Seat @ Sea Of Tranquility next Tuesday and we will have a surprise guest with us so don’t miss it or tonight’s show with Team A.
@@shyshift Noted. Thanks! ✨🤪
Absolutely brilliant choices by Michele. It helps that Revolver is one of my "go to" Beatles albums. I rate it above Sgt. Peppers. And can you try to imagine what it was like in 1966 when I heard "Tomorrow Never Knows"...? Nobody had heard anything like it before. Truly ground breaking. Then we go to Sigur Ros. Great music which I have my youngest son to thank for getting me interested in. And then we have one of George Harrisons masterpieces with strings written and arranged by George Martin. Cirque Du Soleil did a stage show recently called Love set to Beatles music. Giles Martin (Georges son) arranged all the music for it and he put the melody line for Within You, Without You together with the drum beat of Tomorrow Never Knows. I REALLY recommend you go and listen as it is truly something special. You have listened to both of the songs after all... Stay safe and Keep on Rocking. NICK - THIS IS GEORGE HARRISON PLAYING THE SITAR. AND HE CAME UP WITH THE MELODY...!!!!! But he studied the Sitar with Ravi Shankar... Sorry for shouting. :) :) Oh yes.. the drums are TABLAS.
Great comment. You covered a lot. And yes, I’ve been to see the Cirque show “Love” multiple times. In case you haven’t seen it, I’ll leave a link. The CD of the soundtrack is amazing and the Martin’s have struck gold - both father AND son! Thanks, John. I love your enthusiasm and comment. ✨🤪
m.ruclips.net/video/hIJZAfyRlD4/видео.html
@@michelemichele3375 Thanks for the lovely reply. I'm not at all jealous that you got to see Love....... Not at all.. hehehe. I have the soundtrack and "Making of" DVD. Although I can say that when Sgt Peppers can out I was 14, my dads job had taken us to Gibraltar and a group of us spent the summer of 67 on the beach, in the sun, with a portable record player and Sgt Peppers on repeat. Wonderful memories.
@@johnpbh I’m re-living that memory with you. I remember having a portable record player too and grew up on the beach. The Beatles gave us the soundtrack to our lives for many years.
I’ve never been to Gibraltar - travel has served your consciousness. My grandfather moved to Majorca, Spain around the same time. It broadens the mind.
Thanks again for sharing, John. This channel draws great subscribers. If you haven’t already, check out their recent reaction to The Pineapple Thief. Also, “Aja” by Steely Dan is fun. ✌️✨🤪
@@michelemichele3375 Very true that travel broadens the mind. I was lucky enough that my dad had a job that took us abroad every 2 or 3 years for 3 years at a time. By the time I was 17 I had lived in Malta twice and then Gibraltar. So for 10 of those 17 years I lived in the Mediterranean. We used to go back to the UK in between tours so I appreciated the difference. And now I have retired out to Spain. AND YES.. I knew I recognised your name. You got a shout out from Alex and Andy as we were both watching the same live from them yesterday.. Take care. x
@@johnpbh Love travel. And Spain is lovely. You’re residing there now? Lucky. Now, I’m the jealous one. Hehehe. My grandfather found a lot of bang for his American buck in Spain back then. Living was good and affordable. Our heritage doesn’t trace back to that country but we loved the culture. Nice chatting. See you in the next comment section. Lol. ✨🤪
I might be wrong, but you announced the second song as a 2nd artists. It is indeed Beatles. A George Harrison I believe. It's when they were trippin down south.
Great stuff. Like taking drugs without taking drugs. Sigur Ros always reminds me of early Coldplay in its beautiful minimalism.
ps, for a real trippy song, check out Spock's Beard's debut The Light.
Taking a while for someone to suggest "Marathon" by Rush from the Power Windows album.
More trips from Michelle plz.
No 3 is George singing and Sitar. The percussion is Tablas. I dont think any other Beatles took part.
Sigur Ros is an amazing band, and I hate most modern music. The albums Ágætis byrjun from 1999 and ( ) from 2002 (yes, it's just parenthesis) are both phenomenal, beautiful albums, and of course two Beatles classics!