Eleanor Rigby - by ZOOT (Better than Beatles version!)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 янв 2010
  • A young Rick Springfield playing guitar in Zoot's brilliant rock classic Eleanor Rigby. Also other famous Aussie rock legends pre LIttle River Band
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  • @karenglenn6707
    @karenglenn6707 3 года назад +169

    As an Aussie girl born in 1960, this is the version that I fell in love with when I was really young. Haven’t listened to it for decades but still love it and remember it so well.

    • @nelliesilvers1210
      @nelliesilvers1210 3 года назад +13

      Same here. Cruising around in mum's V8 HQ Kingswood she'd have this cranked. Same with The Angels, The Doors etc and I used to call it her "old fogey music". Thank God for mum's excellent taste in music because by the time I was 12, I was a fan of her style of music and still am🤘🏻

    • @karenglenn6707
      @karenglenn6707 3 года назад +7

      @@nelliesilvers1210 You are so lucky. We were musically abused by our mum for years in the car, listening to bloody opera. It was awful!! At least your mum had great taste.

    • @annaseireklidou4270
      @annaseireklidou4270 2 года назад +8

      I haven't heard it for decades either liked this song and the zoot. I was 12 when I first heard this song. It's fantastic.

    • @ix-Xafra
      @ix-Xafra 2 года назад +3

      Ditto
      'Cept I'm not a sheila...

    • @latetodagame1892
      @latetodagame1892 2 года назад

      You wanna make love to it?

  • @luisb2345
    @luisb2345 4 года назад +243

    Me:**sees title**
    Also me: *so you have chosen death*

  • @Therollingjoness
    @Therollingjoness 2 года назад +89

    Both versions are haunting in strange different ways, hard to explain. But both are masterpieces.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 11 месяцев назад +3

      This one is actively rebellious ...it's a BIG NO to farcical role playing lives and a big YES to authenticity.

    • @musicroolsman994
      @musicroolsman994 9 месяцев назад

      @@deborahcurtis1385 Yep, Peace.

    • @Avamarie38
      @Avamarie38 3 месяца назад +1

      Nah one is a masterpiece then there's this

    • @ianmontgomery7534
      @ianmontgomery7534 Месяц назад

      @@Avamarie38 you have it arse about in my opinion. I thought the original was too sugary.

  • @emjoro2884
    @emjoro2884 2 года назад +40

    50 years later, this Aussie performance is still as epic as ever! Zoot had it all
    Thank you for everything Darryl (rest in peace & love), Beeb, Rick S & Rick B.

    • @martinkent333
      @martinkent333 5 месяцев назад

      MORE EXCITING THAN HEMORRHOIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @1dalmac
    @1dalmac 9 лет назад +241

    Better,worse. It is all a matter of personal preference. It is different and I loved it when it came out and still do.

    • @bipolatelly9806
      @bipolatelly9806 4 года назад +2

      Dale McCabe
      The Ruttles do the best version....did.

    • @kympridham8267
      @kympridham8267 4 года назад +1

      My fav cover....ruclips.net/video/JS--6mzw3eo/видео.html

    • @adezone866
      @adezone866 3 года назад +2

      The caption gets too many people off-side. The person who did the original post should have been smarter than that.

    • @marshallmohammad7308
      @marshallmohammad7308 3 года назад +1

      pro tip : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.

    • @guillermomaison3457
      @guillermomaison3457 3 года назад +1

      @Marshall Mohammad definitely, have been watching on Flixzone for since november myself =)

  • @paulbates4100
    @paulbates4100 2 года назад +31

    My 14 year old self loved this when it came out. My 64 year old self still loves it. Love you Zoot x

  • @007JHS
    @007JHS 6 лет назад +53

    Saw Zoot perform this live...brilliant...As a youngster growing up in Australia, bands like Zoot were essential.

    • @gbreslin6635
      @gbreslin6635 Год назад +2

      I also heard it live in less than optimal circumstances. Rick had a bad cold and coughed his way through it, but I still remember it as a live performance :) At the time,, I didn't realise it was a Beatles song.

  • @briansmale5457
    @briansmale5457 3 года назад +51

    I remember seeing The Zoot play out the front of a shoe shop in Frankston, Summer of 68/69, & seeing The Valentines with lead singer Bonn Scott & a Church hall in Mt Eliza Summer of 66 /67. You can't get to see bands like that now & venues like that !

    • @YukonCCReal
      @YukonCCReal 3 года назад +1

      Ye

    • @chrisandrews8670
      @chrisandrews8670 2 года назад +1

      Mechanics hall Frankston same era Saturday nights always a headline act and several local bands. . Saw Max Merrit and the meteors , Valentines, Zoom, Masters Apprentices, Ronnie Burns , even Normie Rowe fun times . One of the radio stations 3xy I think used to stage a gig near the Frankston pier as well. I remember burning my feet on the sand one time ,felt sorry for the band it could be stinking hot and no shade for their performance. They rocked on though that was the Zoot.

    • @Scottie_S
      @Scottie_S 2 года назад +2

      Now, that is a memory to appreciate, Brian. All the best to you!

    • @jaiforstersaunders
      @jaiforstersaunders 2 года назад +2

      ive seen plenty of great new bands at tiny venues in the last 5 years, dont think the issue is with the music

    • @LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv
      @LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv 3 месяца назад

      Were they popular with sharpies?

  • @carbiegormley1406
    @carbiegormley1406 9 лет назад +92

    classic Aussie Rock ! you had to live here at the time to fully appreciate this!!!

    • @Gwynbuck
      @Gwynbuck 9 лет назад +4

      I was there, I hated it then and I hate it now. Better than the Beatles version? I don't think so

    • @marrs1013
      @marrs1013 9 лет назад +3

      Gwyn Buckley moron

    • @Gwynbuck
      @Gwynbuck 9 лет назад +2

      Thanks Mars, I needed that

    • @marrs1013
      @marrs1013 9 лет назад +2

      Gwyn Buckley You been there, and you hated it. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. He did not claim that this version of the song is better than beatles'. That's in the title. And he didn't make that.

    • @helenh6697
      @helenh6697 5 лет назад +4

      Aussie at its best

  • @carnesr
    @carnesr 4 года назад +158

    Zoot took this song to the next level. I remember that as a young kid going home from the record shops crying because I couldn't find it anywhere. I thought it was called "All The Lonely people"

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 4 года назад +7

      Aww, I can picture that

    • @GoDawgs18
      @GoDawgs18 3 года назад +11

      My condolences

    • @Danny-wv8ec
      @Danny-wv8ec 3 года назад +4

      oh man that it sucked when that happened but I miss that even though I grew in the 90s but that happened to me as well.
      Finding and listening to music was better in the old days.

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 2 года назад +1

      it was on the radio alot

    • @jondeare
      @jondeare 2 года назад +1

      1968? I never heard of this Band. I want it.

  • @ShoTgUn851112
    @ShoTgUn851112 3 года назад +33

    Not sure if you could say that it's better than the original (they are very different) but this one definitely can stand on its own and is a fantastic cover. Thanks for sharing!

  • @adlferry
    @adlferry 4 года назад +20

    An amazing, very original version. Love it !!!!

  • @zortak6
    @zortak6 8 лет назад +872

    Putting (Better than Beatles version!) is just stupid, It's simply a different take on the song. I love this version, And I love the Beatles version.

    • @colemanpoindexter2794
      @colemanpoindexter2794 8 лет назад +15

      +Richard Saville your right about putting better than the beatles version plus i thought that it sucked

    • @raniachowdhury6024
      @raniachowdhury6024 8 лет назад +10

      +Richard Saville i am pretty sure "better than the beatles version" is just eye bait

    • @mutsuhanma7807
      @mutsuhanma7807 8 лет назад +3

      +Richard Saville it's called marketing. Like dish soap, ford trucks, or even people flirting at the bar lying about what they do to get some action...

    • @michaelchambers530
      @michaelchambers530 8 лет назад +22

      +Richard Saville I believe if your gonna cover an established song ya gotta do something to it that makes it that makes it a little more interesting , which these guys clearly did

    • @taxisteve929
      @taxisteve929 7 лет назад +6

      It had to just be to get hits. There's a reason The Beatles are the only band that has done what they did, and produced as many hits as they did, and it isn't because Rick Springfield is better. LOL He is probably a better soap opera actor than any of the Beatles, but NOT musician nor singer.

  • @j9andphoenix
    @j9andphoenix 8 лет назад +44

    This is awesomely nostalgic - They were a good band and this was a great version - definitely one of my favourite interpretations ever - And Darryl Cotton RIP, Beeb Bertles, Rick Brewer (great drummer) and Rick Springfield looking rather lonely though lovely and playing great guitar - and I can remember the pink outfits!

  • @stephenwarhurst6615
    @stephenwarhurst6615 5 лет назад +31

    I think this the best cover of a Beatles song and that Zoot ace it with their own hard rock style . just like Joe Cocker did With Little help from my friends.
    If you lived in Australia late 80's and early 90's the singer Darryl Cotton was the host of the channel 10's kids morning TV show 'The early Bird show'
    Darryl Cotton was a real nice guy. and did a lot for charities to help others in need. R.I.P. Darryl Cotton

    • @mattphillips538
      @mattphillips538 4 года назад

      Stephen Warhurst Check the Black Pumas version

    • @Neil-Aspinall
      @Neil-Aspinall 4 года назад +1

      I totally agree. I'm sure McCartney would be impressed and Lennon would say this is how we should have done it!

    • @patrickmohan2220
      @patrickmohan2220 3 года назад

      @@Neil-Aspinall Eleanor Rigby is pretty much perfect, and John Lennon wouldn't be rating some mediocre hard-rock version above theirs. Get a grip for fucks sakes.

    • @stephenwarhurst6615
      @stephenwarhurst6615 3 года назад +6

      @@patrickmohan2220 I said (I think this the best cover of a Beatles song) I did say Better then the Beatles song learn the meaning of "words" before you shoot your mouth off.

    • @Neil-Aspinall
      @Neil-Aspinall 3 года назад

      @@patrickmohan2220 R U OK Pat?

  • @michaeljackson2838
    @michaeljackson2838 3 года назад +28

    Zoot were a brilliant band, and this is in my humble opinion, one of the best covers of a Beatles song. The melancholy of the original still shines through on this. Loved it new and love it now.

    • @sportingoldie
      @sportingoldie 5 месяцев назад +1

      one of the best covers EVER

  • @matthewtayloryowieresearch1912
    @matthewtayloryowieresearch1912 Год назад +13

    I was 14 in 1979 & my mates & I played this single a gazillion times til we could play it.
    We all learnt by ear for the most part & are all 5 of us clowns - life-long musicians & rockin' roller band members who play 60s 70s 80s hits mainly - there's no decent music written post-2000 - kid's these days I feel sorry for them. This is NUTS!!! This cover version Zoot came up with BLEW!!! our manic teenaged minds - we turned this up to 11 on the record player, dropped the needle and my mated & I always have played it this way cos it's outrageously good in fact it's wizard genius .My idiot mates & I the king clown of clowns; we, to a man, all went completely octopus-sh*t mental-as-anything jumping & screeching like 8yr olds at the Royal bloody Easter Show - what a treat! It's the bee's knees, lizard's gizzards & the ducks nuts for sure.
    Chick-magnet Rick Springfield is playing the white SG guitar. I never forgot this cover sped up & rockin' hard - thanks for posting this - I sent it to ALL my old mates from the 60's & 70's and they all went totally ape-sh*t ballistic crazy! Cheers again for posting this monster of an Eleanor Rigby version. This curmudgeonly guitarcheopteryx rockin' roller guitarcheologist really appreciates this post.. so thumbs👍up for this killer!🤯
    You made 5 grown men act like kids again, they had PTSD when I showed 'em all this, they all remember it clearly cos it's unforgettable.
    🎸Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central QLD, Terra Australis Incognita🦘

    • @hospitalbruteband
      @hospitalbruteband 8 месяцев назад

      Hahahahahahhaa there's no decent music written post 2000's? As respectfully as possible, fuck off with that opinion Geezer.

  • @theb-sidetalk4766
    @theb-sidetalk4766 7 лет назад +50

    IS that RICK SPRINGFIELD on guitar?

  • @RobbiesVideoArchives
    @RobbiesVideoArchives 6 лет назад +10

    Never mind any comparisons to the original, the 2 arrangements are totally different animals and both great. But this version, brand new to me, totally KICKS ASS! Love it, never heard it before (and never heard of ZOOT even though I was very much around in the 70s); thanks for posting it!

  • @dennishatzidimitriou7899
    @dennishatzidimitriou7899 4 года назад +17

    The best rendition of this classic Beatles song just brilliant

  • @gerardmcnally
    @gerardmcnally 10 лет назад +18

    I'm a BIG Beatles fan....This is awesome!!!

  • @jenniferbrasuell5060
    @jenniferbrasuell5060 6 лет назад +8

    Beeb rocks..love this version with Springfield

  • @petejanettpittman7085
    @petejanettpittman7085 4 года назад +7

    This is fantastic

  • @ralphreinhardt6020
    @ralphreinhardt6020 5 лет назад +7

    Rad,a very cool version. Thanks for posting it!!👍👍

  • @donna0086
    @donna0086 10 лет назад +5

    This was a year before I was even born but I'm SO loving it. Zoot was amazing and I knew Rick could strum a guitar but geez oh molly I had no idea he was SO good without actually being on vocals too. Very very impressed.

  • @Honeysucklebommie
    @Honeysucklebommie 9 лет назад +73

    Music is art. Dudes arguing below on whos taste is better need to get over themselves and broaden out.

    • @Geneva8181
      @Geneva8181 9 лет назад +6

      Honeysucklebommie Well said !

    • @seventhangel8019
      @seventhangel8019 7 лет назад +2

      Nicely said...

    • @Happe44
      @Happe44 4 года назад +1

      This actually made me not dislike the video

    • @JSPeters1970
      @JSPeters1970 4 года назад

      Check out this timeless classic with a twist cheers ruclips.net/video/wW21kYCqGe4/видео.html

  • @carmie9400
    @carmie9400 2 года назад +30

    This is such a kick arse version of this song! Such a great twist on the original - (which I love by the way) - really clever & Zoot made it their own! 😁

  • @kanyesigsworth
    @kanyesigsworth 2 года назад +7

    Still one of my favourite covers, was one of the 1st Aussie rock songs I heard when it came out about '67 or so. I was about 10.

  • @zelpho3
    @zelpho3 10 лет назад +5

    By far the heaviest thing on radio when it came out! Still sounds great.

  • @stevemurrell6167
    @stevemurrell6167 2 года назад +5

    Great version......loved this when I was a kid.

  • @MsMcmoe
    @MsMcmoe 6 лет назад +3

    Wow, this is great; Rick Springfield on the guitar, right fine job! Found out about this in reading a comment in another vid I was watching, thanks to them....

  • @tullfan7872
    @tullfan7872 4 года назад +77

    This is probably the best cover song I've ever heard.

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 4 года назад +11

      Your right. And dear prudence by the underrated doug parkinson

    • @catwzl49
      @catwzl49 3 года назад +7

      Tullfan At least of a Beatles song. Although Ray Charles pushes that both with his cover of this, and also Yesterday. Along with Doug Parkinson in Focus’ cover of Dear Prudence which at the bare minimum is as good as the original.

    • @jacquelinelademann5177
      @jacquelinelademann5177 3 года назад +1

      @@dawnjohnson3263 Yeeeesss!!!

    • @ianmontgomery7213
      @ianmontgomery7213 3 года назад +2

      @@catwzl49 Even John Farnham and Help (especially live with the MSO).

    • @JOVONO
      @JOVONO 2 года назад +1

      Joe Cocker ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ is also great

  • @TheOmack87
    @TheOmack87 10 лет назад +7

    Love this cover!!!

  • @lazyknight7125
    @lazyknight7125 8 лет назад +296

    I respect your opinion good sir however saying quote "better than the beatles" when they wrote and created the song i think is just incorrect

    • @JoeMicheau
      @JoeMicheau 8 лет назад +2

      +Lazyknight Many songwriters and bands write music that they'll never perform because of the record labels insistence that every band have their ''sound.'' What happened to the Beatles is the love of money, it's not their fault, they were giving people what they wanted to hear, people wanted to hear ballads.

    • @lazyknight7125
      @lazyknight7125 8 лет назад +1

      +Joe Micheau thanks for your opinion i do regret posting that i do think this version is worse yet i still like it now and would galdly listen too it and you are right ☺ about the beatles

    • @JoeMicheau
      @JoeMicheau 8 лет назад +4

      Lazyknight Thank you. There is room at the table for both bands and their versions.

    • @michaelselfe5320
      @michaelselfe5320 8 лет назад +9

      +Joe Micheau Absolute rubbish

    • @randyrudynski7219
      @randyrudynski7219 8 лет назад +9

      +Joe Micheau This is good cover but I wouldn't say it's a better version. For it was, more people would be aware of this version. This is my first time hearing this cover which I dig! And for the money, who isn't in it for the money? I rather see a artist take the money, than sellout their sound like going from straight rock to corporate hair metal.

  • @TheVioletRaindrops
    @TheVioletRaindrops 4 года назад +7

    Pretty Ballsey of you to say this is better than the original, but you got me checking it out and I like this version and what the band did with it. Thank you for uploading !

  • @PaulSmithOz
    @PaulSmithOz 2 года назад +3

    If I had to pick one cover version to top them all, this is it.

  • @lostraxx
    @lostraxx 8 лет назад +6

    In perspective, the Zoot was the quintessential Bubble Gum band in 1969, and when they released this it was a whole new aspect of their versatility that was a shock and a very pleasant surprise to those of us who used to see them at our high school dances like Spectra at Waverley and Ashwood High schools, Rick Springfield's old high school. All top ten bands had to play pubs and dance venues three or four days a week in those times just to make a living, even if they had hits, as the music industry was supported by a very small population in those days. Brian Lewis, LosTraxx Records

  • @benchampion3768
    @benchampion3768 4 года назад +29

    Really dig this arrangement and that guitar riff has some serious swagger 🎸

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 4 года назад +7

      Very heavy for a song from 1970

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 4 года назад +1

      @@mike04574 thats where Heavy came from. Did you think music got heavy in the 80? If you see what i mean. That's when music perished

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 4 года назад +3

      @@dawnjohnson3263 nope it got heavy with bands like black sabbath and deep purple in the late 60s and early 70s. This song included too. never mentioned the 80s

    • @antidepressant11
      @antidepressant11 2 года назад +1

      Exactly right. The guitar riff is the key ingredient to this song.

    • @tomadcable
      @tomadcable 2 года назад +4

      Hard to believe the guitar player is none other than Rick Springfield

  • @nelliesilvers1210
    @nelliesilvers1210 3 года назад +11

    This is the version mum would crank in the HQ Kingswood when I was a kid and it's definitely my favourite over The Beatles. Their version is obviously an excellent original but I prefer the heavier one

  • @carmie9400
    @carmie9400 3 года назад +16

    This is such an awesome version of this song - turned it right on it’s head - RIP Darryl Cotton.

    • @LuvHrtZ
      @LuvHrtZ Год назад

      I had no idea that he died. Thanks.

  • @TuckerSP2011
    @TuckerSP2011 Год назад +3

    I just found this yesterday and have already played it a dozen times. I never heard of Zoot. I think their version is really cool. Heavy and raw. I just love they video production too.

  • @willorose1
    @willorose1 2 года назад +3

    Was lucky enough to dance on stage with the band at a local dance when I was a very young teen.

  • @jerryclasby9628
    @jerryclasby9628 Год назад +7

    From a 75 year old who had every Beatle albums and once knew about every word I just now am listening to this version of one of the Beatles efforts I have to say that Zoot did a splendid job in making this their version quite pleasant to listen to .
    I openly admit that I am will to hear other versions of an original be it a Beatles hit or otherwise.

    • @shable1436
      @shable1436 9 месяцев назад

      Where you from Jerry? I just listened to Rick talk about the butcher cover, and how he got the prototype with John's original artwork sketched on the back, talk about an investment 😂

    • @bernardsmith1221
      @bernardsmith1221 9 месяцев назад

      Good
      Far from better

    • @musicroolsman994
      @musicroolsman994 9 месяцев назад

      Hey Jerry from one old fart to another... i love your way of thinking man. Peace.

  • @Neil-Aspinall
    @Neil-Aspinall 4 года назад +40

    I always wondered if McCartney ever heard this? As far as I am concerned this is the most interesting interpretation of any Beatles I've ever heard.

    • @swinetrek
      @swinetrek 3 года назад +5

      They did and John liked it.

    • @patrickmohan2220
      @patrickmohan2220 3 года назад +3

      @@swinetrek Send me the link for him saying that

    • @wadeholden
      @wadeholden 3 года назад +12

      @@patrickmohan2220 they didnt have links in those days

    • @andrewd7586
      @andrewd7586 3 года назад +3

      @@swinetrek Just as John Lennon loved John Farnham’s version of Help! He stated “This was the way I wanted it to be sung!” Not verbatim ok?🤭

    • @psychedelicprawncrumpets9479
      @psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 2 года назад

      Of course he would of heard this

  • @brothermac9719
    @brothermac9719 2 года назад +5

    Interesting version.... Springfield has always been an enigma

  • @suemccauley2752
    @suemccauley2752 3 года назад +23

    Zoot turned this ballad into a rock anthem. Left handed bass and very shy Rick. I, for one, am glad he came out of his shell.

    • @mrmockatoo6786
      @mrmockatoo6786 3 года назад +2

      Beeb Birtles playing the bass...pre LRB.

    • @CarnivoreIam
      @CarnivoreIam 2 года назад

      He looked terrified. Poor thing

    • @ChuckleberrySoup
      @ChuckleberrySoup 2 года назад

      Jessie's Girl must've motivated him 😊

  • @bijackson1956
    @bijackson1956 2 года назад +1

    Saw them at a dance at the Sutherland Police Boys Club, NSW in 1969. Super fantastic!

  • @LuvHrtZ
    @LuvHrtZ Год назад +6

    Wow! What can you say? This band should have been world famous.

  • @ag1now
    @ag1now 8 лет назад +4

    This is fantastic! Rick Springfield you are a rock star!!

  • @smilingearth5181
    @smilingearth5181 7 лет назад +96

    When you say a cover of a song as legendary as 'Eleanor Rigby' is better than the original, you have some big shoes to fill. This version doesn't quite do that, but it has enough style to hold its own as being among the better (if not more outlandish) covers.

    • @kympridham8267
      @kympridham8267 4 года назад

      My fav cover....ruclips.net/video/JS--6mzw3eo/видео.html

    • @maddymud
      @maddymud 4 года назад +2

      Ray Charles takes a good whack at it

    • @Decimator-jh4gu
      @Decimator-jh4gu 4 года назад +2

      This version blows the Beatle's version off this planet!

    • @catwzl49
      @catwzl49 3 года назад

      Michael Richardson Check out the Vanilla Fudge version - longer, slower with their trademark organ. Having said that, all three are so totally different and brilliant in their own way. So too is the Ray Charles version. End of the day, I love them all, but this is my favourite.

  • @charlieread
    @charlieread 3 месяца назад +1

    This blew my mind when I first heard them perform it. I think it was the National Battle of the Bands ... very early 70s. I still think it holds up very well!

  • @Watson1
    @Watson1 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love them both. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @leeengelsman6356
    @leeengelsman6356 9 лет назад +13

    This version is full of energy and excitement, a different take on a familiar song that's all there is to it ; fine by me1.

  • @marvinlemartien2186
    @marvinlemartien2186 8 лет назад +457

    Its a good version but i prefer the original...

    • @JhonFeliciano
      @JhonFeliciano 4 года назад +4

      KILLING⚡HEROS shut up and stop liking your own comment

    • @jonmoore7712
      @jonmoore7712 4 года назад +3

      This is the original, Rick Springfield wrote it! Smh 🤣🤣

    • @JhonFeliciano
      @JhonFeliciano 4 года назад +7

      Jon Moore i hope ur joking

    • @angieagentlesoul
      @angieagentlesoul 4 года назад +4

      @@JhonFeliciano Jon Moore is an idiot.

    • @jaroslavmaly3333
      @jaroslavmaly3333 4 года назад +1

      Beatles is better EVER

  • @SteveChiverton
    @SteveChiverton 20 часов назад

    What a memory! I remember Zoot playing in Eastlands Shopping Centre in Ringwood in about '70 [I think it was in the window of the record shop close to the entrance rather than the main foyer where 'guests' normally played ] and giving away free copies of this on weird floppy pink vinyl! The vinyl only lasted about 3 plays before getting worn out and by then you wanted a proper '45 that would last! Great marketing! But they went down a storm all the same! I was about 9 so it was my first 'rock concert'.....in a shopping centre in the Eastern Suburbs! Great, great memories!

  • @graerindley6312
    @graerindley6312 Год назад +3

    Yes I remember when this was a hit back in around 1970 or 71 and it was absolutely fabulous. I rate this version one of the best songs I've heard. I'm not interested in comparing it with other groups versions.😀

  • @patwebb4112
    @patwebb4112 9 лет назад +5

    I'm an Aussie and never thought this was better than the original. But, for the group, it was pivotal in showing they had more to offer than just "cute boy band".

  • @mrsnoodlemac
    @mrsnoodlemac 8 лет назад +36

    Those bass and guitar riffs are something else! Is it better than the original? That's a pretty big call...I think they made an amazing, different version of one of the most masterfully written pop songs in history.

  • @Baribrotzer
    @Baribrotzer 2 года назад +8

    Never knew that Rick Springfield could play that much guitar - he made it in the States as a pop star and actor, for which his guitar abilities were very secondary.

    • @ykook7000
      @ykook7000 2 года назад +1

      Musician / song writer first

    • @Baribrotzer
      @Baribrotzer 2 года назад +2

      @@ykook7000 And he wasn't even the singer in this band - just the (excellent) lead guitarist.

  • @mikehenderson339
    @mikehenderson339 Год назад

    that friggin ROCKS!!!! stumbled across this and listened to it 6 times! wow still stacks up al these years later!

  • @dirtymuleracing5321
    @dirtymuleracing5321 9 лет назад +32

    This sounds great and always has........

  • @helentyrer3298
    @helentyrer3298 7 лет назад +6

    Always went to TC's to see Zoot loved Darrel Cotton in Pink Beeb , Saturday mornings , great stuff Brisbane!

  • @MielR
    @MielR 6 лет назад

    The version I have has a pipe organ at the beginning and Rick on vocals (?) Where did that version come from?

  • @simoneavery9040
    @simoneavery9040 2 года назад +1

    Every great song requires fresh air x

  • @santanocci
    @santanocci 10 лет назад +11

    One of the greatest covers ever

  • @lynxinursinks342
    @lynxinursinks342 9 лет назад +79

    The Beatles gave their song the calmer, simpler and quieter tune because its representing her loneliness and unknowing death. You just cant replace that with more rock instrumental than actual lyric either.

    • @dumboomer
      @dumboomer 2 года назад +22

      The land of ac/dc begs to differ

    • @gregory7320
      @gregory7320 2 года назад +3

      Back then there was no Beatles music on RUclips so this was how I discovered zoot 👍

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 2 года назад +15

      And yet, here it is. And it works.

    • @warrenmilford1329
      @warrenmilford1329 2 года назад +7

      A late reply. The 'actual lyric' hasn't been replaced by anything. It's all there just as Paul MacCartney wrote it. John Lennon apparently heard it and said that he loved it by the way.

    • @frankwalter1803
      @frankwalter1803 2 года назад

      This version in this clip is nice. But as Lynixinursinks, i see it similar, some kind of music, some kind of songs, are made in the best, highist form. Also like Penny Lane, or A Day In A Life...like some from Elvis, Tom Jones, or Petula Clark...
      From "Yesterday" are tousends of versions, may some reach the Orginal Level, but on top is this only orginal.
      May my mind is so, i get the Blue Double LP "The Beatles in early 80's with age around 15, years later as CD, may i had so often the orginal version, that there is no place for other interpretions. When it if so, than it is so.
      (i like also Donna Lewis..."I Could Be The One, ...I could be your europen dream..." or "Be the one" Dua Lipa, so not only older stuff music lover.

  • @jjjnettie
    @jjjnettie 6 лет назад +1

    An awesome cover. I had this single in my collection when I was much younger. :)

  • @lincbond442
    @lincbond442 2 года назад +1

    This is really incredible! Professor of Rock's Rick Springfield interview brought me here.

  • @connor6842
    @connor6842 8 лет назад +3

    A great interpretation of the song. Has its own really great flavour. The part when he says "who is it for?" is actually kind of chilling.

  • @victoriablues1007
    @victoriablues1007 9 лет назад +8

    Ciąg dalszy muzyki lat 70 - tych....

  • @journeymantraveller3338
    @journeymantraveller3338 3 года назад +3

    The energy and presence of these young rock gods.

  • @naughtysmurf64
    @naughtysmurf64 Год назад +2

    This rendition could be played on radio today and I think people would believe it is new....the drummer plays like Dave Grohl and the guitar work is similar to maybe Stabbing Westward or that feel of early 90's to 2010...I love this version more than the Beatles....

  • @violinoscar
    @violinoscar 8 лет назад +14

    Classic Aussie Rock. That guitar riff is probably one of the first things an Aussie kid learns on their first guitar. That and Smoke on the Water

  • @robthelog223
    @robthelog223 9 лет назад +21

    Vale Daryl Cotton.

  • @richarddean4763
    @richarddean4763 Год назад +1

    1of the best rock covers

  • @andp7274
    @andp7274 5 месяцев назад

    Back in 1969 Zoot performed in the School Hall at Thornbury High School and it has left a lasting memory for those attending. Seen them Master Apprentices, Aztecs and many of the other bands of the time around Melbourne venues.

  • @michaelstubbings8664
    @michaelstubbings8664 8 лет назад +8

    Great Australin band all went on to become famous in there own right

  • @zzzbbbooo
    @zzzbbbooo 4 года назад +3

    Good old Aussie rock classic.

  • @coolnegative
    @coolnegative 2 года назад +2

    Trippy! I often wish that (for music's sake) that I had grown up in Australia............

  • @jacquelinec.6785
    @jacquelinec.6785 3 года назад +2

    Definitely different • Haven't seen this version until today! • Man... Rick Springfield was young here ⭐

  • @MrUndeadEd
    @MrUndeadEd 9 лет назад +5

    It is a great cover of the song

  • @evandercurbelo371
    @evandercurbelo371 8 лет назад +152

    good version but not better than the beatles

    • @l.e.k.v4094
      @l.e.k.v4094 7 лет назад +3

      Evander L Curbelo I think their interpretation is the best yet. And thank you Beatles for writing a great song.

    • @vernontrickey4115
      @vernontrickey4115 6 лет назад

      As the Beatles them selves said, this is the best recording of this track they have heard including theirs.

    • @Frank_Cohen
      @Frank_Cohen 6 лет назад +2

      Vernon trickey , proof, please, that Beatles said that

    • @vernontrickey4115
      @vernontrickey4115 6 лет назад

      don't know how i could ..i heard /saw it in an interview with them when i was a kid ! ...i suppose it would be possible to find it somewhere !

    • @Frank_Cohen
      @Frank_Cohen 6 лет назад +3

      Vernon trickey , then they didn't say it.

  • @serenitynow2435
    @serenitynow2435 3 года назад +1

    I remember seeing it live.

  • @retardoentropy4901
    @retardoentropy4901 3 года назад +2

    OMG brings back memories of the early 70's. The bassist Beeb Bertles went on to the Little River Band (we all know them, surely), and the guitarist, Rick Springfield, went on to have a hit in America in the early 80's with Jessie's Girl.

  • @jadeshannon5583
    @jadeshannon5583 7 лет назад +7

    Great Australian band and song with Daryl Cotton on vocals,Rick Springfield,Beeb Burtles and Rick Brewer on drums.

  • @tatashady
    @tatashady 8 лет назад +11

    Pre-Metallica in 1970 if you ask me.

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 4 года назад +2

      Better than Metallica. Heavier and much more raw

  • @kevinmoor6408
    @kevinmoor6408 4 месяца назад +1

    Saw them, Doug Parkinson and Wendy Saddington at the Village Green. Those were the days.

  • @Mandobird1
    @Mandobird1 2 года назад

    How can people not like this?!

  • @BlackStallionAAA
    @BlackStallionAAA 10 лет назад +18

    This is Rick Springfield's arrangement of this famous Beatles track, as performed by Aussie band Zoot, circa 1970. Actually....this is a masterpiece arrangement for all the critics to absorb!! So see it and hear it for what it is! This version cannot be compared to the Beatles original, as it's a huge improvement!! RIP Darryl !!

    • @breadismygod
      @breadismygod 5 лет назад +2

      Haha no, its not a huge improvement you can’t improve any song from the Beatles as they are already perfect

    • @Neil-Aspinall
      @Neil-Aspinall 4 года назад

      I am a huge Beatles fan and I agree this cover is a masterpiece.

  • @markdalgleish3329
    @markdalgleish3329 10 лет назад +7

    Gotta say, I'm a Beatles freak. But this was the first version I heard of this song, and it blew me away. And it continues to do so. When I heard The Beatles' version after this, I thought, "Meh". This was a serious risk taken by Zoot, and it came up trumps. Seeing Darryl, Russ and Jim do it in concert was amazing,

  • @danlyman5763
    @danlyman5763 Месяц назад +1

    Great cover. Way to own it!

  • @poeticsun645
    @poeticsun645 4 года назад +13

    This is an incredible interpretation of a great song! Really strong dynamics, insightful arrangement, each part manages to surpass the previous, I'm absolutely blown away! Actually better than the original! This is one of the best songs I've ever heard!

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 4 года назад +1

      Its one of the best songs in rock. Zoit can stand internationally

  • @simonvolkmer8506
    @simonvolkmer8506 4 года назад +52

    GOLD who still listening in 2019 ?

    • @troymcmahon3470
      @troymcmahon3470 4 года назад +3

      2020 mate

    • @johnnyc2546
      @johnnyc2546 4 года назад +2

      @@troymcmahon3470 And beyond no doubt!!

    • @garydahl7543
      @garydahl7543 3 года назад +1

      @@troymcmahon3470 yes mate. With headphones casting to tv at night. Damn pearler. Just finished masters apprentices set and now this.

  • @vernontrickey4115
    @vernontrickey4115 6 лет назад +11

    As the Beatles said, this is the best recording of this track they have heard including theirs.

    • @patrickmohan2220
      @patrickmohan2220 3 года назад +3

      So "The Beatles" said that as one person? Send me this quote. No-one ever said that.

    • @kolidkang
      @kolidkang 3 года назад +1

      Lol - What a crock of shit.

    • @patrickmohan2220
      @patrickmohan2220 3 года назад

      @Darth Revan Who wrote what in the right way?

  • @hootchiemama690
    @hootchiemama690 5 месяцев назад

    I was only eight or nine when this came out I'm now 62 and still enjoy it

  • @melrussell8542
    @melrussell8542 4 года назад +1

    Aussie Rock royalty here. Darryl Cotton, Beep Birtles, Rick Springfield (who must have a painting in his attic) and Rick Brewer

  • @jonetkins
    @jonetkins 9 лет назад +11

    Opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one, and most of the time they just make noise.

    • @djcarbines
      @djcarbines 6 лет назад

      Jon Etkins or a big stink

  • @headlyfarquinson5646
    @headlyfarquinson5646 4 года назад +7

    Let's get one thing straight,, Australians' know how to rock,,,don't say a silly thing like its better than the Beatles,just listen

  • @johnanthonycafe2993
    @johnanthonycafe2993 10 месяцев назад

    I remember seeing this live in Sydney. Classic Three Piece Rock.

  • @BaronVonBaldy
    @BaronVonBaldy 2 года назад +1

    Love the arrangement on this version, breaths new life into a classic, 👍