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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025

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  • @EriktheG248
    @EriktheG248 10 месяцев назад +63

    Ringo’s fill after “he blew his mind out in a car”- my favorite 3 seconds in drumming

    • @dantallman5345
      @dantallman5345 10 месяцев назад +8

      Also noteworthy is that “panting” percussive bit after “I noticed I was late.”

    • @riphopfer5816
      @riphopfer5816 10 месяцев назад +6

      I completely agree. Indeed, it was this song-the more I listened to it-that made me insist to my drummer at the time, who was a drummer stereotype, with a 32-piece kit (we were 16; god knows what sort of monstrosity it is, now) and who thought Neil Peart was God, and talked a lot of shite about Ringo, that Ringo was a brilliant drummer. I said, ‘just listen to how much subtlety and atmosphere he can create with just a 5-piece kit! I feel more listening to any one song off *Sgt. Pepper* or *Revolver* than the entire Rush back catalogue, with maybe the exception of ‘Subdivisions’, which is the only Rush song whose lyrics don’t sound like some autist’s political essay for a 1st year philosophy class, and one of the few songs where Geddy stays within the section of his vocal range in which he still sounds like a man.
      I have probably seen ~50 people react to this song; it never gets old. I’m always drawn back to the first time I listened to it…Not the first time I heard it, because my folks were Beatles fans and I must’ve been hearing it since infancy in the extremely early 80s; I mean, the first time I BOUGHT my own copy of the record, intentionally sat down with my studio headphones, and listened intently. It blew my brain right out mi left ear. I went outside, smoked a joint, came back in, and listened to it again. My brain sac refilled with spinal fluid, which was blown out my right ear upon the ending chord of the record.
      I took acid before listening to *Magical Mystery Tour*, and it was wonderful. “Flying” and “Blue Jay Way” were absolutely otherworldly. I read more into the band history, and bought up *Rubber Soul* and *Revolver* before going on to *The Beatles* or anything later. I had fully realised by this time that I was forever lost through the wormhole of psychedelic art-music, visual art, writing, etc. one thing that LSD can do is make it possible to focus incredibly intently on small details, and this later aided me greatly as I studied audio engineering/composition/mixing….
      …And I still insist today that not only was Ringo one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, but the drums that the Beatles recorded to tape was one of the best -SOUNDING drum recordings of all time, post-*Revolver*.
      The point is, though, that

    • @sst3d
      @sst3d 10 месяцев назад +6

      Ringo killed in this song. His fills were epic

  • @torray61
    @torray61 10 месяцев назад +58

    Ringo is so underrated as a drummer. My question to those who think he's overrated is, how do you think the drums should have been played in this, or any other Beatles song? Ringo was critical to the sound of the most influential band in pop/rock history!

    • @riphopfer5816
      @riphopfer5816 10 месяцев назад +9

      I can’t agree more.

    • @TheMichaelseymour
      @TheMichaelseymour 10 месяцев назад +3

      only little poxy double bass drummers say this about ringo . Speed is secondary to taste ....any of those !@#$ ! playing beatles tunes would have to do what ringo did anyway.....nobody will remeber any of that poxy music in 200 yrs ...but the beatles will be the NEW classical music for the millennium

    • @robbygood3458
      @robbygood3458 10 месяцев назад +2

      Ringo is not an underrated drummer. Never has been probably never will be.
      He's world wide recognized as one of the best drummers to ever live. He's probably one of the most famous musicians to ever live. He was apart of probably the most famous band ever.
      The only people who think Ringo is underrated are people who think the Beatles are a niche band from back in the day.

    • @dondevice8182
      @dondevice8182 9 месяцев назад +1

      Ringo is not underrated by anyone who actually plays drums. He is the most amazing feel drummer of his time.

    • @no834
      @no834 Месяц назад

      So many people think he's a terrible drummer they're out of their minds

  • @nigeltown6999
    @nigeltown6999 10 месяцев назад +12

    This is, perhaps, the Beatles track that is the most ahead of its time. It predicts "News Overload" and the way that the media 'flits' from serious, important stories, then finishes the broadcast on trivial crap - so true, still today, so powerful and intermixed with the 'life' of a person who is trying to survive in the high pressure life of a working man... Very Real, still modern, still current, so disturbing, but so fab!

  • @dcg4mn
    @dcg4mn 10 месяцев назад +25

    This was 1967. No human had EVER heard anything like this before.
    It was the last track on the album, and the SHOCK of that final chord ricocheted around the world.
    Again their simplicity and genius at the same time: every child who’d ever had access to a piano had used the damper and tested how long a note would sustain. ♥️

  • @troybagby4902
    @troybagby4902 10 месяцев назад +6

    Sweetheart, this song came out in 1967 on a Beatles album called Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Super Deluxe Edition) highlight for me in this song is Ringo drumming it’s probably the most tasteful drum work I’ve ever heard

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely, the drumming was incredible.

  • @lurx2024
    @lurx2024 8 месяцев назад +10

    Arguably the best song from the best group of the modern era.

  • @ikshields
    @ikshields 9 месяцев назад +7

    The entire maddening, magnificent, terrible, contradictory, liberating, joyous, melancholy mystery of the 20th Century, folded into a perfect 6-minute musical snapshot.
    “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” sure wrapped itself up with a stunner.
    🌪️🔥☮️

  • @edwardthorne9875
    @edwardthorne9875 10 месяцев назад +28

    You can hear this many times, and still catch new things. Ringo, for example, is doing great things here.

  • @msimms-lp5qw
    @msimms-lp5qw 8 месяцев назад +6

    Over 50 years old and still this song stands out and surprises today. No wonder it confused people when it came out

  • @Flatwoodsdad
    @Flatwoodsdad 10 месяцев назад +19

    Beatles really were on another level back then.... And everyone else was just trying to catch up. Groundbreaking music. I always wonder with channels like this --- Why don't you ever share some of your music/artist with us.

  • @marrkhicks
    @marrkhicks 10 месяцев назад +14

    Obviously this is musical genius

  • @1Harold2345
    @1Harold2345 21 день назад +1

    Love my Beatles.

  • @melissayost4888
    @melissayost4888 8 месяцев назад +5

    I just now found your channel & truly am impressed. I’m so happy you’ve become a Beatles fan. It’s an amazing Rabbit Hole. They have 3-4 distinct periods of style & I think you’d appreciate them all

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  8 месяцев назад +1

      Welcome aboard! Nice to have you here, they are incredible, I really appreciate their music, and I am gonna keep diving into this rabbit hole 🙏☺️

  • @ClarenceHW
    @ClarenceHW 8 месяцев назад +4

    There have been a lot of great bands.... but they all fall in behind the Beatles, one of the most innovative groups of the 20th century and we're still learning from them in the 21st. John, Paul, George & Ringo and George Martin. Just the sheer output of creativity, all in the matter of a few years, All You Need is Love!

  • @Xabia18
    @Xabia18 10 месяцев назад +19

    This was originally 2 songs spliced together, Lennon wrote the first half and McCartney the second part with Lennon`s part describing events some real some made up, the part where a person blew his mind out in a car describes Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness estate who was a close friend of the Beatles and was killed in a car accident in 1966. A complex song and probably their finest composition.

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад +4

      It’s so well written and composed, I really like it . Thanks for sharing this information. 🙏

  • @johnandrews3151
    @johnandrews3151 10 месяцев назад +7

    Nice reaction. You should hear some of the Beatles earlier works, like If I Fell, I Saw Her Standing There and I Want To Hold Your Hand😊. New Subscriber

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад

      I'll check them out, thanks for watching and subscribing 🙏☺️

  • @Michael-to6so
    @Michael-to6so 10 месяцев назад +16

    The Drums And Bass Sound So Good On This Version!

  • @rackinfrackin2883
    @rackinfrackin2883 9 месяцев назад +9

    My favorite Beatles track and one of the most beautifully complex compositions in all of R&R. It still has the power to enthrall and exhilarate. ❤️

  • @fgilroy50
    @fgilroy50 10 месяцев назад +2

    I love witnessing when a young persons mind gets blown, and knowing their life might never be the same in a good way.

  • @brianlees7156
    @brianlees7156 6 месяцев назад +3

    Ringo's drumming is perfect on this, i think it enhances it greatly.

  • @marcosc11000
    @marcosc11000 10 месяцев назад +5

    They have over 200 masterpieces, believe me

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад +1

      Looking forward to checking more out .

  • @alfredoramirez1022
    @alfredoramirez1022 10 месяцев назад +8

    More beatles pls

  • @Michael-to6so
    @Michael-to6so 10 месяцев назад +6

    YES! I Love This Version Of The Song Best!!

  • @AKR8810
    @AKR8810 10 месяцев назад +9

    This is one of my favorite Beatles songs from that time period. It came out in 1967, and was a very different type of song. It was recorded with a large orchestra, something very new for a rock band at the time. The Beatles were always at the forefront of setting new trends in music. I would recommend a song called Don't Let Me Down from their live rooftop concert. Another option would be one of the most beautiful and sad songs ever made called She's Leaving Home. There is only a studio version for this one.

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад +1

      1967 is indeed a very long time and the song sounds so amazing. I have reacted to “ Don’t let me down”here on my channel , yet to check out the other one, I’ll add it to my list now. Thanks for watching and recommending too. 🙏☺️

  • @markdecker6190
    @markdecker6190 10 месяцев назад +7

    First of all, The Beatles music was produced by Sir George Martin, a classical composer himself, so most if not all of the classical music elements in their music were scored by him, and he often contributed the piano parts. That crescendo that slowly builds up to a climax of high notes was Paul McCartney's idea with Martin providing the orchestra with a score that was basically having them start with the lowest note each instrument could make, then playing 24 bars up to the highest note they could reach, with a note to hit in each bar as the whole thing ascended. A couple of overdubs later and viola!

    • @samnichles447
      @samnichles447 10 месяцев назад +1

      George Martin is perhaps the most underrated person in the history of popular music.

    • @strathman7501
      @strathman7501 9 месяцев назад

      @@samnichles447 Really? His reputation is colossal.

    • @desmondmclaughlin3117
      @desmondmclaughlin3117 8 месяцев назад

      So many references in this work...not least that John was in the film (movie) "How I won the war". 1967, the past as the poet said is another country.

  • @newcastlerabbit
    @newcastlerabbit 3 месяца назад +1

    Fantastic reaction and summation.

  • @jim2431
    @jim2431 4 месяца назад +1

    Beautiful woman and a beautiful song

  • @deechatterton5828
    @deechatterton5828 10 месяцев назад +12

    Do yourself a favor. Listen to the entire Beatles catalog chronologically. It will take a while as it is large, but it is worth your time just to see how they grew. This is their best song IMO.

  • @PeterOConnell-pq6io
    @PeterOConnell-pq6io 10 месяцев назад +4

    Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall (4,000 pot holes a survey of deteriorating Blackburn, Lanchestershire roads identified, many rather small).

  • @toniyoung5131
    @toniyoung5131 10 месяцев назад +2

    The Beatles composed musicin the day's when labels embraced talent. My favourite artists now are independent.

  • @Riende9
    @Riende9 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fab four miracles

  • @davespears2241
    @davespears2241 10 месяцев назад +2

    Love to see younger people appreciating older music.

    • @ikshields
      @ikshields 9 месяцев назад

      Though it is disorienting as hell to ever hear the Beatles referred to as “older music”.
      Anything by them remains younger, fresher and more vividly alive than anything made two days ago.

  • @Mediawatcher2023
    @Mediawatcher2023 10 месяцев назад +3

    From Their first album Please Please Me to their last album Let It Be its an eight year musical journey.

  • @DaniPaz14
    @DaniPaz14 5 месяцев назад +1

    Master class of them

  • @bearmanz
    @bearmanz 10 месяцев назад

    This song is so much more with the official music video. A must see. A psychedelec trip.

  • @johnnyparis10
    @johnnyparis10 10 месяцев назад +5

    I always appreciate a reactor who lets the whole song play through first and then reacts. It really ruins it when they stop the song (usually at the worst moment).
    Thanks !

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад

      Thank for watching glad you enjoyed it

    • @Kairon111161
      @Kairon111161 10 месяцев назад

      It really IS usually at the worst possible moment, and your having said this made me flash on the possible reason why -- because those breaks in songs, breaks in tempo, pauses, are some of the most memorable transitions in a song that make it special, and that's where reactors always tend to stop. It's infuriating -- as the audience, you're like, "well, you need to listen to that again, so you can appreciate that transition."

  • @mlconlanmeister
    @mlconlanmeister Месяц назад

    As to how they composed things, they were blessed with immense talent, ignorance of musical convention, and the resources (George Martin, et al) to overcome their lack of technical education.

  • @genebaughbba
    @genebaughbba 10 месяцев назад +1

    I recommend you take advatage of the concerts on film, where you can watch them work the microphones and see how professional they are.
    They played on lots of tv shows as the musical guest. They made films themselves for some of their songs.
    These resources can be useful in understanding The Beatles as people.

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад +1

      Okay. Will do, thanks for the recommendation.☺️🙏

  • @tombreen932
    @tombreen932 6 месяцев назад +1

    The Beatles were the best second to no one

  • @jokuz9133
    @jokuz9133 10 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful reaction

  • @johnshannon9656
    @johnshannon9656 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great.

  • @buzzbates861
    @buzzbates861 10 месяцев назад +1

    Try and find a song that sounded like this before 1967. This music was totally original.

  • @marrkhicks
    @marrkhicks 10 месяцев назад +1

    50 years ago? Omg

  • @riphopfer5816
    @riphopfer5816 10 месяцев назад +2

    The Beatles never performed this song together, as a band. I’m sure Paul has covered it at one time or another, but I would have found that rather uncomfortable, as John sang all the ‘verse’ sections.

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 10 месяцев назад

    This sounds like a slightly different mix than the original which is the final sequence on the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, which came out in June 1967. The very first Rock Album to be released in Stereo. John Lennon (RIP)was doing the lead Vocals here.

    • @ikshields
      @ikshields 9 месяцев назад

      It’s probably the recent re-master - a lot of what was somewhat muddy detail on the early digital releases was worked on and clarified (under George Martin’s supervision, I believe). In this release, one can even clearly hear the inadvertent “creak” of one of the piano benches as the epic last chord fades, and someone doesn’t quite sit still enough.
      (Far from damaging the overall effect, the sound is remarkably touching and humanizing, as we’re suddenly reminded that real humans are actually expending detailed labors to make these great sounds - the illusion of effortless genius is replaced by a truth about music-making even better than that.)
      ❤️ 🎶

  • @scottchapin2323
    @scottchapin2323 10 месяцев назад +2

    The longest recorded sustained note in music history

    • @budmcnew7763
      @budmcnew7763 10 месяцев назад +1

      I believe it was an e minor.

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 10 месяцев назад

      @@budmcnew7763 Yes it wasn't so much a note as a chord.

  • @ryanaton606
    @ryanaton606 8 месяцев назад +1

    So I'm told...this is two songs Paul and John incomplete spliced. George Martin mixed the orchestra.

  • @x_trio_3_po333
    @x_trio_3_po333 10 месяцев назад +1

    This song, "A Day in the Life" had been banned by the BBC in 1967. No British radio DJ was allowed to play it. It was banned because of the line: "I'd Love to turn you on" being accused as a pro-drug reference. This ban was lifted 5 years later in 1972. The BBC also banned another Beatles song, "Come Together" because the brand name, "Coca Cola" was mentioned. Another Beatles song that was banned by the BBC was "I Am the Walrus" because of the lines, "pornographic priestess", and "let your knickers down".
    The 1968 song, "Back in the USSR" was also banned. But strangely, not for another 22 years. It was banned in 1990 because of the First Gulf War. (along with 66 other rock/pop songs at that time).
    McCartney himself banned the song from his own performing set list in 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    In addition, the Beatles song, "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" was banned by the BBC because of the phrase "Henry the Horse". It being accused of being a drug reference. ("Horse" is slang for Heroin). Lastly, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was similarly banned for being a drug reference.
    Ironically, the 1966 Beatles song, "Got to Get You into My Life" was never banned despite McCartney later explaining that the song is not about a girl, but about his affection for Marijuana.

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад

      Omg, I had no idea, this is really interesting, getting to know more about the band , thank you for taking your time to share this information I really appreciate 🙏☺️

    • @x_trio_3_po333
      @x_trio_3_po333 10 месяцев назад

      @@shockwavereact I just recently listened to Beyonce's cover of the 1968 Beatles song, "Blackbird". Its very good, though my preference is for the original. And I also prefer Sarah McLachlan's 2001 cover. But Beyonce nailed it too in her rendition.
      BTW the "Beatles" name comes from their appreciation for the 1950's rocker, "Buddy Holly" whose band was called, "The Crickets". Also, the word, "beat" was used instead of "Beetles". Their original band names had been "The Quarry Men", and "Johnny and the Moondogs". Holly was killed in a plane crash in 1959. A day historically known as "The day the music died" (an event memorialized in the famous 1971 song, "American Pie" by Don McClean). Former Beatle John Lennon was killed in 1980 by a psychotic fan. An event memorialized in Elton John's 1982 song, "Empty Garden". But The Beatles live forever!

  • @russwalker3119
    @russwalker3119 10 месяцев назад +1

    after their introduction to psychedelic substances, and the intro to Mysticism by Maharshi Mahesh Yogi transcendentalism

  • @tonyr.4778
    @tonyr.4778 10 месяцев назад

    The original is better than the remastered.

  • @donrafaelrodriguez1196
    @donrafaelrodriguez1196 10 месяцев назад

    Have you searched for clues in the songs?

  • @siriosstar4789
    @siriosstar4789 10 месяцев назад

    "how are they real" meaning , the current quality of music is lacking ?

  • @stayclean777
    @stayclean777 7 месяцев назад

    I think re. "complicated production" you're reacting - very astutely - to flaws in this remastered-to-digital mix which has, as usual, been tweaked to bring out the "best things" (like John's voice, or Paul's bass, etc.). Idiotically they *turn those things up* ... usually at the expense of guitar sound and the delicately balanced emotional/tonal perfection achieved originally in mono by Beatles producer George Martin and the EMI staff. The orchestral bits are screwed up as well here, pretty severely IMO, which I swear should be some sort of crime 😎
    The original George Martin mixes are absolutely the definitive best for Beatles recordings, in mono if you can find them and on vinyl too even...but the mono mixes are okay in digital format. (During most of the Beatles career stereo mixes were an afterthought, the main work went into the mono version, done 1st.)
    The more sensitive your ear is the more you may find the remasters consistently annoying. The original , "real" versions are the sound the Beatle's generation grew up on and they hit different, as I think you may find.
    I dunno, maybe the digital stuff is better really loud through a very expensive sound system.
    Anyway...sorry to run on. Thank you for sharing your beautiful, heart-felt reactions, I find them very moving. 💙

  • @blackwolf6082
    @blackwolf6082 9 месяцев назад +1

    They just don't write like this anymore

  • @GaryNoone-jz3mq
    @GaryNoone-jz3mq 10 месяцев назад

    The Beatles were using a lot of acid when they made this album.

  • @gcollinbyrne
    @gcollinbyrne 10 месяцев назад

    not the best way to find the Beatles. Like learning about seafood and starting with snails.

  • @desmondmclaughlin3117
    @desmondmclaughlin3117 8 месяцев назад

    It's all ancient history now. No young person would get the references in the song . Time moves along and the Beatles slowly disappear in the rear view mirror.

  • @debjorgo
    @debjorgo 10 месяцев назад

    File this one under "Beatles' wtf songs". IMO, not a very good song for a beginner. You've already did some of the better songs by the Beatles. I'd recommend Let it Be, I Should Have Known Better, In My Life, Come Together....

    • @shockwavereact
      @shockwavereact  10 месяцев назад +1

      Okay I will check out these recommendations. Thank you for watching and suggesting 🙏☺️

    • @MsAppassionata
      @MsAppassionata 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@shockwavereact I would recommend listening to their albums (not just random songs) in chronological order. It’s the best way to really appreciate them. They advanced very rapidly over the course of a relatively short period of time.

  • @Hector-k3d
    @Hector-k3d 10 месяцев назад

    You are not very good at this, are you?

  • @briandonovan1584
    @briandonovan1584 10 месяцев назад +2

    Its simple ... The Beatles were and are magic.

  • @Steve-gx9ot
    @Steve-gx9ot 10 месяцев назад +1

    You DESCRIBE IT as GENIUS❤❤❤
    Making something zcomplicatedSoundEasy.
    Called ART!!! UNDERSTAND??