WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Beatles - Revolution REACTION
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They weren't singing about history. They were of that generation. NOW it's history. We were watching the Vietnam war at the dinner table. It was our nightly news.
I remember that very well. I had cousins and friends who had brothers who were there. Most came back; but none were the same. As a kid we thought it was just normal. I believed that I would be going too. They also would show the protests and riots against the war. It seemed like everyday. I remember when JFK was assassinated and the slow train with crowds lining the tracks in respect. All of the grownups were very upset.
Today I still play the music of that era with messages of protest against the war in my playlist.
They WERE history.
I remember the Viet Nam war on the news every night too. TV on in the kitchen during family dinner…and I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area and we had the Zodiac serial killer also on TV almost every night!
@loosilu I am also from Liverpool and love the Beatles, but with the UK and USA insane foreign policy towards Russia 🇷🇺 we (Mankind) will also be History sadly 😢
@@James-hd6ez Russia is and always has been very good at appearing much stronger than they really are. Russia has a weak economy, and the Ukraine war has been draining the treasury. Same reason why the USSR fell in 1991. Overspending on the military.
I was 14 in 1964. As The Beatles grew and matured in their music, I grew and matured in my life. They were a touchstone, an inspiration, a guiding light.
Their music is the soundtrack of my youth.
You and I are about the same age, I turned 13 in 1964, and I feel very fortunate to have seen the Beatles in concert in 1965.
@garymorris1856
Saw them August 27th 1964.
Wasn't it amazing?
@@cattewest Yes, it was amazing, where did you see them? I saw them almost exactly one year later, August 21, 1965, In Minneapolis.
@@garymorris1856 Cincinnati Gardens. The Righteous Brothers and Jackie Deshannon opened.
Cried through the whole thing! LOL!
Wow, great opening acts!
Yes, this is one of their hardest rockers. But - you are surprised because you haven't listened to enough of their music as they evolved. They evolved quickly and were always ahead of everyone. So creative.
Don’t forget about “Helter Skelter”
They were playing hard stuff in Hamburg and around Liverpool. Brian Epstein had them put away their leathers, wear suits, and they started writing for a more popular market. But the few remaining people who saw them before they got a recording contract say they were the hardest, toughest rockers ever
If the Beatles would’ve followed John Lennon‘s creative leader ship they would’ve been relevant for another decade.
@@Arfy900 just remember this was released quite a few months before Helter skelter, so no Paul did not invent heavy metal, John did.
I really wish, in fact it should be complusory that anyone who is introduced to The Beatles seeks out their earlier music and listen to their albums in sequence. That way you REALLY appreciate how they progressed.
@@Lily_The_Pink972
Great idea! The listeners will also learn lots of world history as to what was happening during each album. 🌹
"Where did that come from?" - There's this odd newish belief around that the Beatles sang nothing much but sentimental love songs with nice harmonies.
But anyone who was around at the time (including me) knows that even their very FIRST album had hard-rocking numbers like "Twist and Shout" (on "Please Please Me"). They had been belting out songs live for years in Hamburg and in Liverpool and elsewhere before they ever recorded anything.
I kept telling my daughter when she was a teen, that she would love the Beatles. She scoffed she doesn’t like the Beatles. I told her she hadn’t heard their best music, imo. She heard me playing this one day and LOVED it!!! “That’s the Beatles!!!” She took all my CDs after that!😂😂😂
Can you believe THIS was the "B" side of the single "Hey Jude"?
Everything is alright when it comes to the Beatles! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
The Beatles are in a category all by themselves.
You say "Where did that come from?" when t comes to this song, if you listen to "Helter Skelter", you'll probably say "What the hell was that?!" There will never be anything like The Beatles again!
That's because today's 'musicians' all use the same computer program and protools - so of course it will all sound the same. Not to mention auto-tune.
@@angharaddenby3389 Yeah, I heard that! No more REAL music.
The Cultural Revolution in China, where 'Chairman' Mao presided over a rending of society, both psychological and physical violence, happened from 1966-76. It was happening as The Beatles were singing this song, so it wasn't history, it was current events at the time. Same thing for the Vietnam War. The 60s were a very tumulutuous time, multiple assassinations, including of a US president, his brother & Dr Martin Luther King Jr. War protests, 50K Americans killed in Vietnam (and a few million Vietnamese, too!), Cuban Missle Crisis etc. It's one of many reasons there was so much good music from that era, there was a lot deep passion for certain subjects and many songs were written with that in mind.
The Cuban missile crisis should actually be called the Turkish missile crisis because it was America who instigated it all in the beginning, the Soviets were only reacting. 🤔
This was recorded LIVE. It was NOT voice over.
I believe it was John singing live to a pre-recorded track, with the others miming their parts.
It's actually both; they were singing over the track, but you can tell it's not totally live at the end when John sings the last "all right"--but his mouth isn't moving and he isn't anywhere near the mic. Also you can hear the electric piano but there is not one to be found anywhere. Still incredibly cool, though.
The backing track was pre-recorded with the band miming the instruments but singing live. Nicky Hopkins played the piano.
@tomeisenmenger7048 there was also - want to say billy preston - that they called the 5th Beatle.
@@andreadeamon6419 Yes, but not on this 1968 recording. Preston didn’t show up until January 1969 to help with LetIt Be and Abbey Road.
And John sang “you can count me out…in” because he knew he could always change his mind. Beatles for ever! 🩷☮️🦋
It's basically a music video, but the thing is the world hadn't seen the Beatles in a while, and then here comes this really heavy song that's still really catchy, and it just seemed right for the time. It made an awful lot of people happy to see The Beatles again.
This guy does like the Beatles. It's heartwarming.
If Lennon was alive today, this world would be a better place.
I love ALL of their incredible music.
They were singing live over their own pre-taped instrumental backing. Keyboards were played by musician Nicky Hopkins, who also did some keyboard work for the Stones, Eric Clapton, and others.
Methinks that it was Billy Preston on the Keyboard. The rest of the World appears to agree.
You are correct - live singing. And they added the "shoobie-doo-wop" backing vocals from Revolution 1, which has always sounded really fun here.
@@mrnobody3161 They would ask Billy to join them a few months later for the GET BACK/LET IT BE project. As of the "Revolution" performance on THE DAVID FROST SHOW (on which they also performed "Hey Jude"), they had not seen Billy for some years (since touring with him and Little Richard in 1962). Nicky Hopkins, however, was a well-known session player in London's rock circles at the time and the Beatles engaged his services for the keyboards on "Revolution." The Beatles would reunite with Billy Preston for the first time since 1962 when Billy visited the Beatles as they were recording GET BACK/LET IT BE. George invited him to join the project, and the rest is history.
@@patrickmcevoy5080 I've always thought this "live" performance blew away both the single and WHITE ALBUM versions because it combined the best elements of both. 🙂
@@mrnobody3161 Nicky Hopkins...not Billy
I find it hard to believe you never heard this before!
This was live. There's an acoustic version also. Revolution # 1 ( not # 9 ) Usually the singer was the writer with the Beatles. Not seen but it's Billy Preston on keys. You want heavy metal "Helter Skelter"
Nicky Hopkins on piano.
No, I think they recorded the music on stage right before the video, then they only sang live over the recorded track.
Yes, it’s Nicky Hopkins on keyboards, not Billy Preston. That was just before the Get Back project which saw the collaboration with BP
Only the vocals are live..same as the Hey Jude video
"But when you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out ... IN."
Three years later, Lennon:
"You say you want a revolution, you better get it on right away."
Beatles rock. I remember my dad playing Meet the Beatles on our record player.
*Chairman* Mao was very much still a thing in '68. Not only was he still alive and the leader of China, a collection of his sayings, The Little Red Book (official title: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung) was very popular among the Maoist revolutionary Left in both Europe and North America.
Copies of the book usually had a picture of Mao on the front cover.
I had an English version of the Book which I took to school just to annoy the Teachers. If you read it you can realise that it is in the main rubbish, The only quote I can remember is 'Political Power comes from the barrel of a Gun', something that unfortunately still applies today.
That"s what was great about the Beatles,they were always changing thier songs and going up a level!,enjoyed your video!
Thanks, Duffy! so groovy... the Beatles had such incredible talent and variety... (not just "pop" songs...) appreciate your reaction...
Revolution (the single version) was their hardest rocking song. This was a huge hit in 1968.
A close 2nd is HELTER SKELTER on the White Album. You need to listen to more of the double LP White Album. Gems galore. BACK IN THE USSR. PIGGIES. YER BLUES. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS. I'M SO TIRED. BIRTHDAY. EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE, REVOLUTION 9.
Before the White Album there are gems like Day Tripper, Paperback Writer, Tommorrow Never Knows, Rain, Hey Bulldog, I Am the Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever as they got into their psychedelic phase along with Sgt Pepper. Then there's the 7 minute HEY JUDE, released as a single with REVOLUTION.
PLENTY OF GREAT BEATLES ROCKERS STILL LEFT TO EXPLORE BEYOND THE EARLY POP SONGS.
I recall a Monday around 10.30 in the evening at an inner city club in the mid 70's in Sydney. The club manager hadn't turned the juke-box volume down from the weekend, and it was left fully up, just waiting to blast out. We got our drinks & sat at a table to chat. I thought let's listen to "Revolution" and entered the track selection for "Revolution". All was silence of this vacant room, except for the two of us, the next thing we hear is the deafening wail of John's guitar intro at full volume. It came on as sonic shock immersion and deliciously cathartic. What a blast, what an unexpected joy for just the two of us. Totally memorable...
The lyrics are perfect for today. Iv been listening to this song alot lately. And I was never a big Beatles fan.
Me too!
I can't tell you how many times I didn't understand words on our old songs.. we didn't have 'lyrics' we could type in.. then find out yrs later they were saying something Else. 😅
I’ve learned a lot of real lyrics to songs since I’ve been watching these reaction videos. The only problem is that now I’m 62 and can’t remember them so I still hear my version in my mind. 🤷♀ Sometimes I actually prefer my version.
@@terri2494 I was going to add that I thought my version was better or made more sense... But yeah I'm with you.... Still hear what I think they say 😂
I remember this song. I was 10 when it came out.
Get this. This hard version of Revolution was the B side to the Hey Jude single. In one little 45 was total magic. For a buck or so. Today's kids have no clue what real music is.
I know lots of young people who haven’t heard this
The dirty guitar sound was created by plugging the twin fuzz-toned guitars directly into the audio board and playing them loud enough to overload the meters. John recorded most of his vocals lying on his back in the studio. The scream in this video was Paul but on the record it's John. Paul is playing the Hammond organ and Nicky Hopkins is on the electric piano. All four Beatles provided handclaps. The slow version on the White Album, Revolution 1, is actually the version they did first (thus the name), but I believe it was Paul who wanted to do a more uptempo version and it became one of their best rockers.
No, John instigated the faster version because the others had rejected what became 'Revolution 1' as a single saying it was too slow. John came to the studio angry with the new arrangement demanding they record it because he was determined that 'Revolution' go out as a single (see Emerick book). And yet in the end he relented and 'Hey Jude' was the A-side. As John said in 1970 "they could have had both" and they should have. It was John's turn for a single. 'Hey Jude' could've been released around White Album time.
It might've been the 'Revolution1' vocal he did lying on his back. I'd have to check that.
For another great rocker, try "Helter Skelter" off the White Album (1968).
So cool to watch a first reaction of a song !
In fact, Lennon is singing "Don't you know that you can count me out...in" Not being too sure if he was in or out, maybe. He's talking about "chairman" Mao.
Yes, that was LIVE because I can hear the differences from the album version. You should hear the original recording, too❤❤❤
They Changed music forever
Where it always comes from, I don't know it... It's not Billy Preston on the keyboards, but Nicky Hopkins on electric piano, Paul McCartney on Hammond organ.
Revolution HEAVY METAL? Have you ever listened to HELTER SKELTER?
Those were times when you didn't take anything for granted, you always had to step on from what you had done before.
They liked to experiment, so they opened doors for almost everything has happened after them.
The Beatles were great. And you are right they put out a lot of positive music , miss those guys
I guess you've just listened to their mellow stuff before? Listen to their song Helter Skelter, it's considered a major pre-cursor to heavy metal music (which Paul wrote & sang). Also, 'I Want You (She's So Heavy), is yes, heavy. They've got other very upbeat, screaming music, too, and it's not exclusive to John Lennon, Paul did a lot of that, too.
John actually sings "You can count me out ... in". He put both in there because, as he later said, he wasn't sure. You can hear it if you listen carefully.
I was 57 years old when this came out back in the 60s.
My grandchildren burst in and played this song for me and it BLEW MY MIND.
I’ll never forget it
Today I’m world champion surfer who wrestles in the WWE
They saw a jar of mayonnaise on a couch & it inspired them to write,...Revolution. 😁
What is the mayo jar about?
You ain't gonna make it with Chairman Mayo-LOL!
@@teresajackson5496 I have no idea. I think he does it to annoy us. I been trying to get him to tell us but he wont say. 🤷♀
YES...This is live
They came out with this 'heavy stuff' because they invented it. You could try the official video for, "Hey Bulldog." It's them recording it at Abbey Road Studios, and it's brilliant.
Again, your perceptions are spot on. The Piano part was recorded by Nickey Hopkins, who was a session player responsible for hundreds of appearances on many, many artists recordings throughout his career. It is said also that the recording of the lead vocal part by Lennon, that he was laying on his back on the floor of the studio while singing the part, to put him in the proper "mood" to sing the part.
As a teenager in the 1960s we were all terrified of nuclear war. We all wore CND ban the bomb pendants under our school uniform. This song was soo big in our age group. That beginning is amazing.
Check out Helter Skelter. It was pretty heavy for its time. This is 68’ Beatles getting on toward the end.
I’ve loved The Beatles since I first watched them on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. Great how eclectic they were. But my early records seem to have more scratches than the later albums. Especially “I’ll Be Back” & “Yesterday”. But I like them all.
The keyboard was played by Nicky Hopkins. He played with nearly everyone. The Kinks even wrote a song about him called Session Man. Lennon had him play on his Imagine Album and Walls and Bridges Album and Rock n Roll album. Revolution was the only time he played for The Beatles.
There is a slower version of this song on The White Album. It’s called Revolution 1. John wanted to release it as a single, but the others thought a faster version would be better. You can skip Revolution 9, unless you want your mind blown. It’s not what you expect.
Nicky also played a lot with the Stones, both in the studio and live .
This is my favourite Beatles song and my ringtone. Thanks 😊
It's 2 live takes spliced together but essentially, it's this live take plus another live take. You can tell right at the end when John says "hey" at the end but there is another line of "all right" which he does not mouth! They had a backing track for it hence the piano & other instrumentals.The Hey Jude video was filmed on the same day.
This was the B side of the 45 record. The A side? Song called Hey Jude. Think it was released in 1968. So getting close to the end.
Will always love early Beatles number 1, but their later music showed a real talent for music and lyrics as they grew and matured as individuals.
This was a live recording. The keyboards were played by Billy Preston, who played on many songs and also went on to have a few hits of his own.
Billy Preston only played on the Let It Be album. A lot of times, the piano was added by George Martin or John or Paul.
@@carlhill_staff-wakefieldes836 Billy Preston is also on the Abbey Road album.
Only some of the vocals were live. It was sung over the single version. You can see at the very end when they back away from the mics, the original vocal of John screaming “alright!” is heard when no one is singing or near a mic. And Nicky Hopkins played electric piano on this.
only vocals are live. and not all of them.
Nicky Hopkins, a well-known session player at the time, played piano on Revolution. It was not Billy Preston.
Happy Sunday Michael! I just rewatched your Beatles Oh! Darling last night. Love your reactions and you! - Greg
This was John Lennon's answer to The Rolling Stones "Street Fighting Man" that called for a 'Palace Revolution' in 1968. John's song takes a much more measured approach to revolution. This is a louder, faster version than the acoustic song released on 'The White Album'. On that version, John plays with The Beatles call for violent overthrow.... or not, "But when you talk about destruction don’t you know that you can count me out... in"
The Ballad of John and Yoko, Instant Karma and Come Together are a few songs you might try out if you're looking for something a little edgier from the Beatles.
The Beatles performed live along with the actual recording of the track. That is why you can hear the piano. The Beatles also did this with 'All You Need Is Love'' and 'Hey Jude'.
An electric piano overdub by Nicky Hopkins was added
Always my favourite Beatles song
After Lennon sings “But when you talk about destruction don’t you know that you can count me out” he turns from the mike and sings “In”.
John sings ''you can count me out" and then immediately adds "in". Later on at an interview he explained that at the time he was not sure about destruction - of the system, i suppose - whether he was for it or against it.
All the Beatles songs are great, it was an evolution . Try "Oh Darling"...
The back ground chorus on this live video is very different then the one on the original record release.
The vocals were recorded live. The rest is of the studio version that they were syncing to.
John actuality wanted as much distortion as he could get, and he performed it on the floor on his back.
Chairman Mao, not General.
The vocals on this are live.
Not "General Mao", but "Chairman Mao". My favorite period starts with Paperback Writer and Rain (singles) and the Rubber Soul album and runs to the end of the Beatles, but I love Revolver, Sgt.Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour .The Beatles never got stuck in one style; every song was different from any other. You never knew what was gonna come out in the next new album. It was great . They are master musicians and no other group even came close to their creativity .
At it's core, this is the true Johnny and the Moondogs.
Both this song and "Hey Jude", for the new 45 single, were from the Dick Cavett TV show, and used a backing tape track mixed with live instruments. The Beatles used a similar setup for the BBC's The World Today, when they broadcast live by satellite another of their hits, "All You Need Is Love" from Abbey Road, and recorded for the final take.
I love every Beatles song!! ❤
One of my favorites written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney!
I don't know if Paul had anything to do with it. 😂
@@fermisparadox01
All Lennon/McCartney songs were credited to both. They worked together on tunes more than people think.
@kbrewski1 Contractually, all were credited to both. This song is, without a doubt, all John Lennon.
@@fermisparadox01
No one is arguing it's a Paul song. That doesn't mean he didn't contribute anything to it. Try to learn that there are subtleties in the world, not everything is black and white.
For instance, Bama fans think Bear Bryant won 6 national titles. When you actually look at the FACTS, that is obviously false.
Rock and freekin' Roll Sir! 68 years old spoken here.
If you want more of this energy "Helter Skelter" which was written by Paul McCartney.
Also, Chairman Mao was the leader of China at that time.
John's original version was recorded by the Beatles and put on the White Album as "Revolution #1". It is much slower and definitely not a rocker. Paul and George told him he needed to speed it up, so he did, and this is the result. I love both versions
Taped music,live vocals.
The great Billy Preston on keyboard. He was often referred to as the 5th Beatle, although he didn’t get much camera time or credit.
I’m Down is a Beatle song with a harder edge. Also It’s All Too Much and of course Helter Skelter. ✌️🖖
That was Nicky Hopkins on the piano .
You say " where did this come from"; which sadly shows how much you have still got to listen to!!!!
John says 'out-in. No one knows what he meant to this day. He was always enigmatic.
I could not imagine when I was, 12 this would still be a hit.
Try the Beatles song When I’m 64
John wrote it. Billy Preston played piano. And they invented EVERYTHING!
Each of them sang stuff they wrote. Like in A Day In The Life, it is John singing but Paul sings one verse in the middle, because he wrote that part. The only exception was when John or Paul wrote a song that Ringo or George sang which happened a handful of times.
The vocals are definitely live.... I've always wondered about the rest because of the keyboards... and yet, it seems live... I "prefer" all Beatles... early middle and late... it's all great!!
Yeah I think it was basically live but with the piano part overdubbed (played by Nicky Hopkins). Perhaps some guitar overdubs for effect too, don't really know.
It’s live my friend! The keyboard is off to the side!
keyboard is on the side. this is one of the last songs they played live.
The Beatles were solid rock n rollers from the beginning. They played and eventually wrote a lot of love songs because they found that's what got the female fans excited and sold records. For a while, that was enough - the money and adulation from girls were a novelty for four working class lads from Liverpool - what all young man like them dreamt of, and more. After a while their creative juices couldn't be contained within that standard pop genre; they literally dropped out of the pop star record release/ touring/ recording/ touring treadmill, went into the studio and focused on developing all the possibilities for music that they had inside them. In doing so, they threw open all the doors and every other music act, actual or aspiring, walked through.
Helter Skelter, Birthday, Twist and Shout (to a slightly lesser degree), and Paul's screaming cover of Little Richard's Long Tall Sally/Have Some Fun Tonight are all example of the Beatles heavier rocking side without much 'love song' content.
But if you want to get REALLY heavy and dark, there's always I Want You (She's So Heavy) which could be said to sit somewhere between a love song and a nightmare...
Where sis it come from? The creative minds of 4 musical geniuses
In Liverpool in the early days of the Beatles they following American musicians who created rock at the same time: first, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis ( all coming out of the Pentecostal religion music where the churches rocked, shouted, and danced while speaking in tongues). The Beatles were all fans of these artist and Motown in general. They come along and perfected rock to the simplicity of their early work. How? It looks like it was done by John and Paul’s lead and writing and with George’s backup and base. Of course they are in history but not for the actual beat for rock which all musicians know that rock started with the syncopated beat after the input of these original rock icons. And that was your little drummer Dingo a star which the other Beatles themselves knew his contribution, but journalist almost had to mention his name for him to get credit. Rico was left handed, making the first downbeat louder and harder than the second…the syncopated beat. Sure the Beatles perfected rock but not without rings flaw of a too heavy left hand. If you would look at his hand placement to other drummers it would be different. Yes at the same time from England also were The Rolling Stones coming out with what is too be considered the perfect rock song I can’t get no satisfaction. They were harder. With them rock was moving in different ways. Go back here in revolution and look at Ringo. The Beatles thought to be the greatest band and writers who in 8th grade showed up in my music class song books with the Eatin goober peas was Let it be then just a little while later John and Paul had bios in the famous Whos Who in History with many of the presidents of the USA in the past and famous composers. Give tribute to them but sitting on that round drummers stool not only a contribution to the creation of the rock sound but he was a great composer coming out with solo albums of great import years later. I wonder how ringo felt at the time or if he knew his left handed deformity was the biggest asset to rock.
Many have credited The Beatles for starting heavy metal
Not heavy metal. Hard rock. Zeppelin and Sabbath were closer to Heavy Metal.
They are miming to the recorded track, so they not really playing. But the mics are live, so some of the vocals are pre-recorded -- you can see Paul messing up and coming in late, but some are live. John is live. And the shooby doo wops are live.
Thanks Michael!
Anything BEATLES is all right with me! Keep 'em comin'!
If I'm having a bad day, I look, again, at many of your various videos & it's all good...again!
Keep on keepin' on dude!
Love it!👍😎🤙💯
Glad you like them! All the best John!!! 🙏
I have read that The Beatles invented HEAVY METAL. You should listen to Helter Skelter!
I wouldn't say Heavy Metal,but Revolution and Helter Skelter are definitely HARD ROCK, which by 68 The Who, The Kinks, CREAM had already done a few songs.
Good job, Kevin!
John did sing: "you can count me out....in!"
Chairman Mao was the Chinese leader in the 60s, the Beatles decade. I’m 63 and I remember seeing Mao Tse Tong on TV.
Thanks!
They got heavy into social commentary. In their songs. It was a part of growing up in the 60-70’s and Viet Nam war era. Which was awful by the way. We lost so many of our high school friends and the ones who did come back were changed permanently. Turbulent times.