As a 16 year old who saw John, Paul, George and Pete play live in the Cavern many many times they used to do this song at the end of their set, sweat pouring down their faces, our faces and the walls......i can still smell the stale odour in the Cavern cellar to this day. Now at nearly 79, everytime i hear this song, memories come flooding back and im 16 again and back there watching a band that weren't the even the most popular band in Liverpool at the time, but we all knew they were going to be something. They were ours......but then they conquered the world. I love them more today than ever before. The world will never see a phenomenon like them again ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Man you are a lucky guy to have lived that! I'm 67 in the states here. I was 8 years old when they first appeared on TV here. That's as close as I got to them hahahaha. you should write a book about those days.
When people say "if you could go back in time" I always say The Beatles at The Cavern before they became very famous. On the cusp of greatness. You actually were there, and that's so cool.
Thank you for,sharing that magical memory. You are lucky to have witnessed that magic as it happened. Only a tiny fraction of the world can say they saw what you saw.
There was Before the Beatles and there was The Beatles. They influenced everything that happened after. We had never heard anything like them and all we could do was scream. It was the sound of an awakening of a generation.
As a 69 year old man who was 10 years old when we saw them on the Ed Sullivan show, and there is no way that later generations can understand what an experience this was. We never saw anything like this! They changed everything. I became an avid, obsessive fan then, and still today. My older brother changed his whole life and went into rock music as his life choice. A brief history on this song: the Beatles recorded their first album in one day. They could do this because they were playing songs that they did so often live. No studio gimmicks, just set up the mics and let them play. “Twist and Shout” was the last song, and George Martin, their producer knew that it had to be done in one take. The way John attacked the song with his heavy rasp had turned his voice to mush by the end of the song He had no more left, and when you hear the album version you can hear how shredded his voice was, but it made the song great.
I'm 72 and will never forget that night on Ed Sullivan. The next day one of the kids who'd always been a 'greaser' came to gym class with his hair down over his eyebrows in a Beatle cut and the gym teacher went ballistic. And that was the start of something nobody's seen since.
Another 69er here. I agree that it is difficult to grasp the impact of both the Beatles and the Ed Sullivan Show. The Ed Sullivan Show as on CBS Sunday Nights for 27 years! If you were any one at all Ed had you on the show. Every form of entertainer, celebrity, writer, director, sports figure, politician, royalty, etc. appeared. Some were just sitting in the audience watching the show but if Ed spotted you he asked you to stand and take a bow. The must-see shows were the Beatles appearances and when Elvis appeared. My whole family watched the show together for years. Magical times.
I'm only 60 but man did I love this when I was a kid. And I love their version of Long Tall Sally with Paul McCartney just tearing it up. Apparently they've done it in homburg a lot and the club owner tried to write it out of their contract because it always caused Mayhem and destruction and they always ended up playing at anyway, laugh.
The Beatles were more than the greatest band of all time (which they were). It's almost impossible to put it into words. I guess it's a "you had to be there" kind of thing.
I'm probably misquoting Mick Jagger slightly but he said "if you weren't there, you don't know." and he added the Beatles were "impossible to compete against" and I like his line in the movie when Eric Idle asks if he thinks the Rutles will get back together Mick answers "I hope not."
"Twist & Shout" was written in 1961 by Phil Medley & Bert Berns. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes but it didn't become a hit until it was recorded by the Isley Brothers in 1962. The Beatles version in 1963 is probably the most famous.
No matter how many words we old people write, today's generation can't fully "get" how the Beatles truly changed both the world and especially music. In just 7 years their music grew from "basic rock n roll" like Twist and Shout to the "16 minute Abbey Road medley". The went from "clean cut boys to hippie rebels" and showed the world that was okay.
They always were rebels, from the very beginning. They tidied themselves up, wore suits etc, to be acceptable to television audiences. However, they always had fire and magic in their bellies, and were always pushing the envelope, which why they are still listened to, watched and loved, 55 years later.
The Beatles... They opened the way to everybody else... They changed (western, at least) society forever... It was, really, a (great) twist and shout!!!
The Beatles were such a drastic change from Elvis and rock & roll from the 50's. You had to be there to understand their influence on the music of the day.
The movie you're referencing with everyone singing and dancing to "Twist and Shout" was "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It would be cool to see you guys react to the live rooftop performance of the song "Don't Let Me Down", the live version of "Hey Jude", and the studio recording of "Let it Be" . Peace
You have no idea how nuts Beatlemania was! The girls just didn't go nuts seeing them live. I went to see their movie "A Hard Days Night" when it first came out - I was 11! You couldn't hear the movie at all. The theater was packed and the girls were all screaming and carrying on just as if they were seeing them live. It was insane. It's hard for people to understand how crazy things were but the Beatles were something we weren't familiar with. They were pioneers and many of the great bands were influenced by the Beatles - not just their music and songwriting but the musical innovations they came up with. And they evolved! They changed the music world and then broke up before they were even 30 years old! Just amazing.
Don't forget, this was the first time most American's saw them. It was their first trip and TV appearance in the States! They had landed in America only two days before this performance! Paul McCartney said that the Beatles had made up their minds that they wouldn't come here until they had the number one record in the country. And that's just what happened with "I Want To Hold Your Hand." Within only a few short months, the Beatles owned the top five spots on the Billboard Top 100! A feat that has never happened again!
This was filmed at 3:30pm EST on 2/9/64, the afternoon before their first live performance at 8pm EST that evening - they didn't actually play Twist & Shout on that live performance. It was broadcast on 2/23/64 - they were already back in England by that time. But in fact, this was the very first song that the Beatles ever performed in front of an American audience.
I watched this on TV, already a 'Beatlemaniac', and I will never forget that experience. Remember, in those days most people got only 4 channels - ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. Watching Ed on Sunday night was a ritual for the entire family; not only would you see singers of the day but you'd see things like the Russian ballet, juggling acts, trained animals, dramatic readings, just about everything you can think of. When Ed brought the Beatles on it was the first major TV show to showcase a rock band, and pretty much every second on their time in the US, and every word they said, was written about and argued over. They were long-haired (yes, that hair cut was considered long!), irreverent, funny, talented, and while our parents shook their heads and wondered what the world was coming to, my generation pretty much lost their minds over them. They not only changed music, they changed everything! Pretty much the whole USA was watching that show.
You can't imagine how VERY different this was than any other music, not to mention their appearance. This was a time when crew cuts were pretty standard, long hair on men just wasn't done.......until the Beatles came along.
The Beatles were all really gifted songwriters for sure, but you can't underestimate how the fact that they all can sing was really central to their sound. I remember being a kid and having a garage band with my friends, and how covering most Beatles songs was a pain in the ass because only our lead singer could sing and the rest of us could either just passably sing or couldn't sing at all, so most of these guys' songs didn't sound like they should.
As yet another 69-year-old (but I'm a Brit), I can remember that particular performance when it was on TV. I think I was 9 or 10 at the time. Apparently John had a sore throat and that was why his voice was gravelly/raspy, but he and the other Beatles accepted that it sounded really good.
I saw them on the Ed Sullivan in 64'. If i remember it was the most watched show up to that time. The girls were screaming..some get physically sick. What it meant to me was we were witnessing an unprecedented transition in music. This was a new sound and it was just the start. They paved the way for the Stones, Gerry and The Pace Makers, Herman's Hermits, etc Te British invasion. It was the best decade in my life and a new musical Era
I am 67 and was 8 years old when I watched this. It set me on my life path of being a musician. I've seen a few comments by some my age about how younger generations will never understand how revolutionary the Beatles were and this may be true. But may I suggest that to get an idea, just listen to a compilation of the hit songs from 1962 and you might get a better idea of just how different the Beatles were in 1963. In everything they did for the next 6 years most everybody else was playing catch up. BTW, the movie I think you're looking for is Ferris Bueller's Day Off - the parade scene.
I don't know if all ppl reactions today can ever feel what we felt .They can appreciate the music but we were there so we saw n felt the changing of history...But it's great to see the reactions of yesterday's music compared to what's going on in the so called Music of today...
The next The Beatles TV performance the both of you should react to, is their 1963 performance of their song, “I Saw Her Standing There” on the Swedish TV music show, “Drop In”. It was the final time the band played for an audience in an intimate studio setting. Highly recommended. Five stars.
If you weren't alive at this time, or old enough to remember, it's tough to explain to younger people today what an earth-shattering experience this was. As you said...there was only radio and TV (along with newspapers and magazines). This was very early in their exposure to Americans. Their songs had only hit the radio airwaves the summer before (1963). Their 2nd album, "Meet the Beatles" had just been released in the US a few weeks before and their 1st album, "Please, Please Me" was released about 1 year earlier (March 1963). This was the era of crew cuts and very short hair on men and boys, and the boots! the Beatle boots were so cool!! This was also a new sound that had never been heard before. When you create a new sound and look that is both extraordinarily great and cool you will set the world on fire...and boy did they ever. No one has come close to approaching what The Beatles did to change both music and culture in this country...and beyond!
Great band and brilliant live. Should try 'Don't Let Me Down' live on the rooftop, 'Revolution' and 'Hey Jude' live on David Frost Show, 'Get Back' live on the rooftop etc. etc.
As another 69-year-old man who was 10 years old when we saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show, there is no way that later generations can understand what an experience this was. All 12 songs on this Album were completed in 24 hours. South East London:)
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@@willzimjohn AN ALMIGHTY LOL. I think it was around May 1981, which was the last occasion that I got my proverbial "knickers in a twist" mate. It seems you have had an irony. dry humoUr.sarcasm By -Pass. I was "aving a larf" me old china. I was born 69 years ago next to the largest Council Housing(Projects) Estate in Northern Europe and have stood alongside the roughest set of Football fans: Millwall for over 60 years so, you can safely , assume that I was taking the piss out of your Pedantry(You will Pedantry is between Coventry and Daventry and btw is "devasted" the same as "devasTAted?" We should be told, my son..lol
I remember when i was eight years old seeing the Beatles on the news arriving at the airport in Indianapolis for their concert here. I reminded my mother of it years later and she said that i almost got a butt whipping from my dad because i raised such hell because he wouldn't take me to see the Beatles.
The band that became the spokesmen for an entire generation. Their innovations in recording techniques , their endless curiosity about music led them to experiment and create sounds that had never been heard before. Their influence on popular music and musicians cannot be overestimated. At one point in April 1964 they occupied the top 5 spots on the Billboard charts simultaneously - a feat that will likely never be re-produced. At the same time they had an additional 7 songs in the top 100
This is from their first performance on the Ed Sullivan show, which had an audience that night of approximately 73 million people. Coincidentally, tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the debut of the Ed Sullivan show, a Sunday night institution for more than two decades. Originally, it was called "Toast of the Town"
My girlfriend was there. Girls were fainting & some had to be put in the batters cage trying to run on the field. She was so lucky.❤😊 Beatles 4 ever✌️🌻🌻
This is a great early Beatles song. I love Ringo sitting in the back being all chill while singing and beating the drums. He and George were my favorites.
I was 9 when I first heard of & saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964, & I've been a huge fan ever since!! Love watching new listeners discover the magic they created. But don't concentrate on live performances. Basically non-stop-screaming from the girls in the audience make the live footage a whole lot less enjoyable. That's a big reason the band stopped touring after their '66 American tour. Their records, best heard chronologically to fully appreciate the growth & maturity in the music & the men, are a wonderful experience you'll be so happy you gave yourself. Some live stuff is better than others (rooftop concert in '69 is excellent!!), but the records are what Beatles' fans know & love the most!
NOT so, their are quite a few live concerts where you CAN hear their singing very well, like WASHINGTON COLISEUM CONCERT Feb. 11, 1964, the PARIS concert in 1964, SHEA STADIUM Aug. 15, 1965, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (1964 or '65, not sure which year). PLUS they NEED to see WHAT a concert was like and HOW the fans reacted.
The movie that used this song is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. You might want to compare this with the version (they didn’t write it) by the Isley Brothers (1962). The Beatles did a bunch of covers as they got famous. You should watch their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night, to get a real feel for what they were about. Plus, it’s funny. Very 1964.
The Beatles stopped touring in 1966. Only 4 years after their creation. The Beatlemania insanity while on tour just was too much. They became a studio only band for their last 4 years. That's why their rooftop concert on top of Abbey Road studios was such a huge deal.
they toured from 1960 on till 66, George said it was great until "we became owned by the world" Beatle concerts were 30 min. or less, about 10-11 songs, with the screaming you could barely even hear them
I saw them in Cleveland in 1964. I could hardly hear them because of the screaming, but I was at their press conference and standing no more the a couple feet from them. They were very clever and humorous.
@TomGorham, I was at the Cleveland Public Auditorium concert too, on Sept. 15, 1964. I was 17 and sitting in the floor seats way at the back, 72nd row or something, have to dig out my ticket stub and look. I was screaming too, didn't care if we couldn't hear them, I knew what they sounded like after playing the albums they had already released over and over and over again, plus seeing their first movie "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" that summer, over and over again in the theaters. I just wanted to SEE them, but I was so far back, it could have been anyone up there. I didn't care, I was glad to just BE there and experience and be a part of "Beatlemania" It was exhilarating! I saw them again at Municipal Stadium on Aug. 14, 1966 in Cleveland. LUCKY YOU to be at the press conference.. SO JEALOUS, I would have LOVED to have seen them THAT close!!
Great to see a reaction to this. I have a real soft spot for it as it is sung as a chant by fans of West Ham United a football (soccer) team from London. One loud guy does the Lennon part and the rest join in with the responses. Word is that it started many years ago when we were being well beaten away at Liverpool!
I'm in my 70s and I'm still twisting and shouting, much to the chagrin of many. HA! I even did The Twist with a gal onstage as Chubby Checker sang that tune. The 1960s were boss! Thanks, Bars and Barbells.
Love the Beatles!! Just do more, please!! Like was previously said, due to the screaming girls in the audience, there really aren't many good "live" videos. Just start going through their catalog.
Nobody had seen three guitars up front, the hair was longer, they way they dressed and spoke and of course they had magic songs that can still thrill today. They announced a new world that was about to be born.
I am sitting just 4 feet away from where I watched this on Ed Sullivan about 60 years ago . My TV is in the same place that the big console tv was back then. My older sister was going bonkers. I was like 10 at the time.
2023 - 59 years on and Paula and Ringo have HUGELY successful solo careers in their 80's . The Beatles catalogue is staggering in it's variety , influence , originality and sheer number of songs. Peter Jackson's " let it Be " is a six hour , 3 part documentary of the making of the Album of the same name in late 69 into 1970 and includes their last public appearence on the roof of Apple Studios in London.
My mother is from Birkenhead. Across the Mersey River from Liverpool. She and her 5 siblings used to listen to them back in the day. The Cave is a fascinating little Place. Still open. Not the same of course but a huge tourist draw. The entire street is pedestrian & full of pubs, bars & eateries. You would like it.
I was 6, Sis was 12. On Saturday we would run downtown in our little CA town to the record store to buy the latest Beatles single. All the neighborhood kids would come to our garage and we'd all dance to our little record player. Ah the 60s. So simple, so fun!
The raspiness was there from the studio version; it's yelled more than sung. They were in the studio having nearly completed an album (their first one if memory serves) and were toying with the idea of doing one more. Lennon's throat was sore and raw but he took his shirt off and just went for it. They did it in one take. They started to try a second take but Lennon's voice was gone. So that's what's on the studio recording, done live in one take. The screaming craziness by the way is basically the *release* from the constricted 1950s.
I actually remember where I was when I saw this performance on TV. My dad was a cop and we were over his partners house in Newark NJ. my sister was a BIG Beatles fan. She HAD to watch this performance or she wouldn’t go. So abt 20 people gathered around a 15in black&white TV and the world changed!
Fun fact, the Beatles pushed this song into the stratosphere with popularity but it had been previously covered by the Isley Brothers in 1962 to give it some success but the year prior, 1961 is when it was originally written and recorded by The Top Notes.
"Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). It was originally recorded by the Top Notes, but it did not become a hit in the record charts until it was reworked by the Isley Brothers in 1962. The song has been covered by several artists, including the Beatles, Salt-N-Pepa, and Chaka Demus & Pliers, who experienced chart success with their versions.
There's some live footage of them doing their hit Long Tall Sally from early on, I know it's in black and white. But they used to play that when they were in Hamburg Germany for a while as the house band at this place and that's actually where they got super super tight. But the manager there even wrote it out of their contract but they can't play that song as their finale because every time they do, the audience through stuff through the air and glass got broken and people got into fights. But in the end, the audience was always yelling for them to play it as an encore and then they always did, laugh. I think that's so funny, and really the club owner couldn't do anything about it because they were such a big draw and making him so much money. So at some point he even nailed the legs of the wooden stools into the wooden floor to try to keep them from being thrown around the room when the Beatles played Long Tall Sally. So by the time you see that video of it, this is a couple years later I think. Or maybe a year-and-a-half but still you get the idea.
I was 6 years old and this was my introduction to the Fab 4. Became a fan from that moment on. Someone said that the screams were so loud the Beatles couldn’t hear themselves sing. The audience didn’t care what they sounded like 😆
can you imagine how crazy it had to be at the ed sullivan theater,with people waiting to get in? i'll bet it was flooded even with people unable to get inside...
There were 50,000 ticket requests through the mail for the Ed Sullivan theater that only seats 728 people! MORE than ANY act that Sullivan ever had on his show.
Speaking of Johns voice on the studio version With “Baby It’s You” in the can, the clock in Studio 2 showed 10 p.m. The Beatles had been recording for twelve hours and time was officially up. George Martin, though, needed one more number-something to send the album out with a bang. Accordingly he and his team retired with the group to the Abbey Road canteen for a last cup of coffee (or, in Lennon’s case, warm milk for his ragged throat). They knew what they had to do-the wildest thing in The Beatles’ act: “Twist and Shout,” their cover of a 1962 U.S. hit by black Cincinnati family act The Isley Brothers. An out-and-out screamer, it was always demanding. That night it was a very tall order indeed. Back in Studio 2, the group knew they had at most two chances to get this arduous song on tape before Lennon lost his voice. At around 10:30 p.m., with him stripped to the waist and the others ‘hyping’ themselves by treating the control room staff as their audience, they went for it. The eruptive performance that ensued stunned the listening technicians and exhilarated the group (as can be heard in McCartney’s triumphant “Hey!” at the end). Trying for a second take, Lennon found he had nothing left and the session stopped there and then-but the atmosphere was still crackling. Nothing of this intensity had ever been recorded in a British pop studio.
You need to understand the historic significance of this LIVE television appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in NYC 1964. The Beatles started releasing songs via singles and LPs in 1962. But they had been a playing band in England and playing around Europe (especially Germany), since 1958 or so. So they toiled in grimy pubs and small music clubs for YEARS playing covers of other people's songs, honing their skills. By 1963 they were stars in England and their music started being played on the radio in the US. But they hadn't yet played in the US. By 1964 when this show occurred, they were known all over the world, but doing the Ed Sullivan show in NYC, the premier entertainment and live performance show in the US, in the biggest city in America was a HUGE event. So this was much anticipated, people had only seen pictures of them and some news clips, and teen girls especially were going crazy over this band like never before. This was the first of 3 Ed Sullivan shows they did over 3 weeks. They played 3 songs at each live appearance. When they landed at the airport in NYC, they were greeted by thousands and thousands of young screaming fans. Everywhere they went in NYC they were mobbed. Radio stations were playing Beatles songs nonstop on the radio. It was a frenzy. It was AN EVENT. It changed what music would sound like from that point forward. And unlike many music/variety shows on TV at that time, The Ed Sullivan Show was done live, no lip syncing. So yes, those are their actual live vocals in their first appearance in the US. THIS TV APPEARANCE WAS THE START OF BEATLEMANIA IN THE US AND NORTH AMERICA.
I will never forget that Sunday ~ our family gathered in the livingroom to watch The Ed Sullivan Show ~ because it was one of a handful of shows my Father qllowed us to watch Never did he nor any of his older generation imagine that When 4 Longhaired Lads from Liverpool were about to change everything ~ it became the biggest television audience in history ~
The Ed Sullivan Show was THE show to watch every Sunday night throughout the U.S. and Canada. 73 million people were watching what you are watching. As a result, crime rates in major cities dropped dramatically during this show featuring The Beatles.
After this performance, the next time there a Cub Scout "Pack" meeting, every single group did a Beatles skit. It was like eight in a row. I was in 3rd grade.
Watch "A Hard Day's Night" to get a sense of what Beatlemania was like. They recorded "Twist and Shout" for the Please Please Me album last because it blew out John's voice. They did it in one take. The album was like a recording of a live show.
Try to imagine… In the weeks before The Beatles came over to the USA in February 1964, the top songs were “There! I've Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton, “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen, “Dominique” by The Singing Nun (yes! A real nun), “Popsicles and Icicles” by The Murmaids and “The Nitty Gritty” by Shirley Ellis. The guys all had short hair or crewcuts. Everyone followed the rules. Then, here come The Beatles. They have outrageously long hair! They’re irreverent when talking to the press! They write their own music! (This was RARELY done.) They're wearing really cool boots! They are obviously having FUN! We were in mourning. Our young, handsome President had been assassinated just two months before. The Beatles were “candy” for a grieving country, especially the youth. Within a couple of months, the top five songs on the Billboard 100 were The Beatles! This hasn't ever happened again. There were ANOTHER seven in the 100 (all moving their way up.) In the next six years, The Beatles would have 27 NUMBER ONE hits between UK and US. This also has never been equaled. And here we all are, 53 years later, still talking about and listening to them.
It's been mentioned several times before, but here's another one. I'm 72, and I was 13 when the Beatles came to the U.S. and did the Ed Sullivan Show. As has been said, you cannot imagine what a difference they, and other "British Invasion" groups, made to the world of music. There were American groups who were making strides in the same direction, like Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys, the Motown artists, and others. But no one was like the Beatles...hit after hit after hit. You saw the screaming volume notch up by several levels when they did the "oooooooo" in falsetto at certain times. That was a huge thing! Little Richard always claimed that he suggested it to them, and that's certainly possible. He used it in his music, too, before they did. But in any case, they were game changers.
the video where they perform this live in front of the Queen....is fantastic. John literally singing his lungs out...with his smarky comments, too. RIP, John Lennon.
The Beatles changed everything and have written some of the best and most iconic songs of all time. Other musicians aspired to be like them and many copied their style. Many others did cover versions including Sinatra and Elvis. You need to look at the huge catalogue of their songs.
You have to react to the Beatles' first American concert at the Washington, D.C. Coliseum on February 11, 1964, only 2 days from their Ed Sullivan appearance looking all nervous and respectful. At this concert shows their real selves, cocky as ever!
The Beatles performances on Ed Sullivan were some of the most iconic events during the mid 1960's. I was a teenager at the time, and I can still remember the excitement these performances generated. The Beatles went on to have a profound influence on music and culture during the 60's and early 70's. I would recommend reacting to their rooftop live performance of Don't Let Me down. It was quite a contrast to the 1964 television concerts. The video and sound quality are very good.
And I"VE GOT A FEELING " from the same rooftop, but they should start at the beginning and go chronologically to see how they evolved and progressed with each single and album in just 7 1/2 years
@@patticrichton1135 That's the ideal. But how many people reacting to music do that? If they are exposed to a great song and performance, then they will be inclined to react to more Beatles songs.
I saw the Beatles live in 1964 in Baltimore. I honestly was scared to death and was afraid I wasn't going to make it out alive. The people in the audience went totally crazy. I still have my ticket! Life long love affair with their music!!
On the studio version, this whole album was recorded in one 14 hour day. 14 songs, 14 hours. This song was the last they recorded mainly because this is at the top of John's register and it shreds his voice, so he can't sing much after. The recording is very gruff and gritty because not only had they recorded all those songs in one day (incidently, all 14 tracks are on the top 100 the next year) but also John had a bit of a cold that day and his voice was rough.
Why do people insist on making statements without double-checking their facts? While still impressive, on the day they recorded the songs to complete the album, they recorded 10 songs not 14, as the additional 4 songs made up their first 2 singles, and had been recorded and released before the session for the album on 11 February 1963.
You should really listen to their music in chronological order. Actually living through it and experiencing it first hand was and still is for me life changing. They were and still are such an integral part of my life. Listen to This Boy for a sample of their incredible perfect 3 part harmonies!!
In my opinion, no other band played better, or tighter live, or had better or more a professional, stagecraft, than The Beatles. Nobody ever wrote and played songs like that. They were remarkable!
I was 10 when they burst on the scene here and they were like nothing we had seen or heard before. Watching them debut on Sullivan was like a light switch being turned on in my life. During the show my father said 'they're animals' because of their long hair. Music had become pretty bland and when they showed up their music and style represented a kind of freedom to us. When I went to see their movie 'A Hard Day's Night' that first year I remember being annoyed that I couldn't hear the dialogue because the theater was filled with girls screaming at the screen through the movie!
I was 12 when all of these fantastic songs came out by The Beatles and all those other 60s bands and i LOVED it and I still LOVE it all. And, to re-create all of those Beatles sounds and feelings , I often go and watch The Fab Four performing those classics and still enjoy them SO much today, all over again.
I'm 73 years old. Heard this on the the radio when I was 13. I still get chills, smiles and a powerful pleaser by these guys. Especially this song. Tell me why....???
@Bars& Barbells- Very early Beatles with Twists and shout. They came to the U.S in 64. Your next Beatles reaction should be Hey Jude. One of the all time great Beatle songs by Paul McCartney. He wrote this song for Johns son Julian.
but they should listen to more songs BEFORE Hey Jude which was in 1968. Need to hear the evolution in their music instead of jumping from the very beginning until nearly the end of their time as a group
At the tender age of FOUR(!) I was driving my mother mad singing Beatles songs! The Beatles were never precious - they saw themselves as entertainers alongside their mates, who included the likes of Cilla Black and Jimmy Tarbuck. They thought they'd have a couple of years singing pop songs and then move on. how wrong they were! One of my earliest memories is seeing them live on the children's TV programme, 'Crackerjack', singing, 'Michelle'. I couldn't haven been any older than five but it entranced me. Many years later, I remember playing with cousins when 'Strawberry Fields Forever' came on my aunt's radio. I froze. Even at the tender age of seven (or thereabouts) I knew the Beatles had changed popular music forever. I feel blessed to have experienced a childhood with a soundtrack comprising The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and so many other legends. Today's generation can't possibly understand what it meant to me when I heard a new, innovative pop track instead of the Dean Martin, Acker Bilk and Jim Reeves standards that my parents listened to.
I was 8 in 1964 & was an instant Bealtes fan. Absolutely had to grow the hair! Later in life, late '70s thru the '80s I was fortunate enough to work for one of the biggest promoters in the country. I was on the production side & worked with them all. The Stones, Who, Grateful Dead, Journey, Eagles, Beach Boys, Van Halen, Heart, U2 & on & on. A guy I knew from college was Diana Ross's road manager for awhile. We lived in a different world. I have around 400 original show t-shirts, & a few tour jackets to remind me of it all. That represents a fraction of the shows I got to do. Hasn't been anything like that time in music since. ;O)
I remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 at age 4. Oh there has never been a musical act or group as big as the Beatles. They are the Mozart’s of our era and will surely be listened to hundreds of years from now.
Another tremendous thing about the Beatles, besides them being the greatest musical act ever, is the fact they refused to play at segregated venues…..a very courageous thing to do, in the 1960’s.
welcome to the world i grew up in...went to see them at the Phila. Convention Center for 5 dollars back in 64...couldn't hear them at all...girls were screaming during the whole concert!
John was known for his naturally raspy singy voice, but said later he strained it so badly singing this that night he was barely able to speak next day.🥺
You're thinking of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'. Ferris, played by Matthew Broderick, is on a float, in New York City, lip-syncing to this song by the Beatles. As to this time-period, 1964, I was one of those 12-year-olds screaming her head off for them! I'm 71 now and the memories are still so strong. The Beatles, at this time, was the best 'boy-band' in the world. And, as time went on, we all grew-up and the Beatles did too. They progressed to the point of being the best band in the world, bar none... and I've heard 'em all. Take it from this old bat, we will never see the likes of them ever again... they swept a generation off their feet and took us all along for the ride well into our young adulthood.
The studio recorded version on the 1st Beatles LP Please Please Me has much more raw power on the vocal on the recording which was done in one take by John who was ill, the performance ripped his throat to bits for days!
As a 16 year old who saw John, Paul, George and Pete play live in the Cavern many many times they used to do this song at the end of their set, sweat pouring down their faces, our faces and the walls......i can still smell the stale odour in the Cavern cellar to this day.
Now at nearly 79, everytime i hear this song, memories come flooding back and im 16 again and back there watching a band that weren't the even the most popular band in Liverpool at the time, but we all knew they were going to be something. They were ours......but then they conquered the world.
I love them more today than ever before.
The world will never see a phenomenon like them again ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Man you are a lucky guy to have lived that! I'm 67 in the states here. I was 8 years old when they first appeared on TV here. That's as close as I got to them hahahaha. you should write a book about those days.
How cool! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! You were very lucky indeed. I was 7 when we saw this performance on TV. What a life changer.
When people say "if you could go back in time" I always say The Beatles at The Cavern before they became very famous. On the cusp of greatness. You actually were there, and that's so cool.
Thank you for,sharing that magical memory. You are lucky to have witnessed that magic as it happened. Only a tiny fraction of the world can say they saw what you saw.
When listening to the Beatles, one must understand the context. When they hit, there was NOTHING on the radio that sounded like them. Context.
Yep..When The Beatles showed up, so ended the era of Doo Wops..The Beatles changed the entire landscape of music..
The best band ever no one else comes close.
There was Before the Beatles and there was The Beatles. They influenced everything that happened after. We had never heard anything like them and all we could do was scream. It was the sound of an awakening of a generation.
@@pallen49 Doo-Wop AND Elvis. They blew Elvis off the charts.
Elvis was the King!
As a 69 year old man who was 10 years old when we saw them on the Ed Sullivan show, and there is no way that later generations can understand what an experience this was. We never saw anything like this! They changed everything. I became an avid, obsessive fan then, and still today. My older brother changed his whole life and went into rock music as his life choice.
A brief history on this song: the Beatles recorded their first album in one day. They could do this because they were playing songs that they did so often live. No studio gimmicks, just set up the mics and let them play. “Twist and Shout” was the last song, and George Martin, their producer knew that it had to be done in one take. The way John attacked the song with his heavy rasp had turned his voice to mush by the end of the song He had no more left, and when you hear the album version you can hear how shredded his voice was, but it made the song great.
I just turned 70 and I know what ya mean. Jim
You are forgetting Elvis in the 50’s. He drew crowds of screaming fans too. Check it out: ruclips.net/video/Lrn8nTMcv_k/видео.html
I'm 72 and will never forget that night on Ed Sullivan. The next day one of the kids who'd always been a 'greaser' came to gym class with his hair down over his eyebrows in a Beatle cut and the gym teacher went ballistic. And that was the start of something nobody's seen since.
Another 69er here. I agree that it is difficult to grasp the impact of both the Beatles and the Ed Sullivan Show. The Ed Sullivan Show as on CBS Sunday Nights for 27 years! If you were any one at all Ed had you on the show. Every form of entertainer, celebrity, writer, director, sports figure, politician, royalty, etc. appeared. Some were just sitting in the audience watching the show but if Ed spotted you he asked you to stand and take a bow. The must-see shows were the Beatles appearances and when Elvis appeared. My whole family watched the show together for years. Magical times.
I'm only 60 but man did I love this when I was a kid. And I love their version of Long Tall Sally with Paul McCartney just tearing it up. Apparently they've done it in homburg a lot and the club owner tried to write it out of their contract because it always caused Mayhem and destruction and they always ended up playing at anyway, laugh.
The Beatles were more than the greatest band of all time (which they were). It's almost impossible to put it into words. I guess it's a "you had to be there" kind of thing.
Exactly.
I'm probably misquoting Mick Jagger slightly but he said "if you weren't there, you don't know." and he added the Beatles were "impossible to compete against" and I like his line in the movie when Eric Idle asks if he thinks the Rutles will get back together Mick answers "I hope not."
"Twist & Shout" was written in 1961 by Phil Medley & Bert Berns. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes but it didn't become a hit until it was recorded by the Isley Brothers in 1962. The Beatles version in 1963 is probably the most famous.
Probably? Yeah. Might say that.
The Isley Bros. version is more R&B and The Beatles rocked it up. The Isley Bros. version wasn't produced very well IMO.
No matter how many words we old people write, today's generation can't fully "get" how the Beatles truly changed both the world and especially music. In just 7 years their music grew from "basic rock n roll" like Twist and Shout to the "16 minute Abbey Road medley". The went from "clean cut boys to hippie rebels" and showed the world that was okay.
Really well said. It's hard to encapsulate the phenomenon...
They always were rebels, from the very beginning. They tidied themselves up, wore suits etc, to be acceptable to television audiences. However, they always had fire and magic in their bellies, and were always pushing the envelope, which why they are still listened to, watched and loved, 55 years later.
The Beatles... They opened the way to everybody else... They changed (western, at least) society forever... It was, really, a (great) twist and shout!!!
The Beatles were such a drastic change from Elvis and rock & roll from the 50's. You had to be there to understand their influence on the music of the day.
The movie you're referencing with everyone singing and dancing to "Twist and Shout" was "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It would be cool to see you guys react to the live rooftop performance of the song "Don't Let Me Down", the live version of "Hey Jude", and the studio recording of "Let it Be" .
Peace
Which is funny because she said Dirty Dancing, with Jennifer Grey playing Baby and Ferris’ sister in each respective movie.
I would recommend the entire rooftop performance.
@@jamesleblanc7437 Good note.
You have no idea how nuts Beatlemania was! The girls just didn't go nuts seeing them live. I went to see their movie "A Hard Days Night" when it first came out - I was 11! You couldn't hear the movie at all. The theater was packed and the girls were all screaming and carrying on just as if they were seeing them live. It was insane. It's hard for people to understand how crazy things were but the Beatles were something we weren't familiar with. They were pioneers and many of the great bands were influenced by the Beatles - not just their music and songwriting but the musical innovations they came up with. And they evolved! They changed the music world and then broke up before they were even 30 years old! Just amazing.
Not in Dirty Dancing, but it was definitely in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Don't forget, this was the first time most American's saw them. It was their first trip and TV appearance in the States! They had landed in America only two days before this performance! Paul McCartney said that the Beatles had made up their minds that they wouldn't come here until they had the number one record in the country. And that's just what happened with "I Want To Hold Your Hand." Within only a few short months, the Beatles owned the top five spots on the Billboard Top 100! A feat that has never happened again!
This was filmed at 3:30pm EST on 2/9/64, the afternoon before their first live performance at 8pm EST that evening - they didn't actually play Twist & Shout on that live performance. It was broadcast on 2/23/64 - they were already back in England by that time. But in fact, this was the very first song that the Beatles ever performed in front of an American audience.
I watched this on TV, already a 'Beatlemaniac', and I will never forget that experience. Remember, in those days most people got only 4 channels - ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. Watching Ed on Sunday night was a ritual for the entire family; not only would you see singers of the day but you'd see things like the Russian ballet, juggling acts, trained animals, dramatic readings, just about everything you can think of. When Ed brought the Beatles on it was the first major TV show to showcase a rock band, and pretty much every second on their time in the US, and every word they said, was written about and argued over. They were long-haired (yes, that hair cut was considered long!), irreverent, funny, talented, and while our parents shook their heads and wondered what the world was coming to, my generation pretty much lost their minds over them. They not only changed music, they changed everything! Pretty much the whole USA was watching that show.
You can't imagine how VERY different this was than any other music, not to mention their appearance. This was a time when crew cuts were pretty standard, long hair on men just wasn't done.......until the Beatles came along.
The Beatles were all really gifted songwriters for sure, but you can't underestimate how the fact that they all can sing was really central to their sound. I remember being a kid and having a garage band with my friends, and how covering most Beatles songs was a pain in the ass because only our lead singer could sing and the rest of us could either just passably sing or couldn't sing at all, so most of these guys' songs didn't sound like they should.
As yet another 69-year-old (but I'm a Brit), I can remember that particular performance when it was on TV. I think I was 9 or 10 at the time. Apparently John had a sore throat and that was why his voice was gravelly/raspy, but he and the other Beatles accepted that it sounded really good.
I saw them on the Ed Sullivan in 64'. If i remember it was the most watched show up to that time. The girls were screaming..some get physically sick. What it meant to me was we were witnessing an unprecedented transition in music. This was a new sound and it was just the start. They paved the way for the Stones, Gerry and The Pace Makers, Herman's Hermits, etc Te British invasion. It was the best decade in my life and a new musical Era
I am 67 and was 8 years old when I watched this. It set me on my life path of being a musician. I've seen a few comments by some my age about how younger generations will never understand how revolutionary the Beatles were and this may be true. But may I suggest that to get an idea, just listen to a compilation of the hit songs from 1962 and you might get a better idea of just how different the Beatles were in 1963. In everything they did for the next 6 years most everybody else was playing catch up. BTW, the movie I think you're looking for is Ferris Bueller's Day Off - the parade scene.
They landed in NYC on my 8th birthday. Coincidentally, Garth Brooks was 2 on that same day! I have always loved that tie in
I don't know if all ppl reactions today can ever feel what we felt .They can appreciate the music but we were there so we saw n felt the changing of history...But it's great to see the reactions of yesterday's music compared to what's going on in the so called Music of today...
The next The Beatles TV performance the both of you should react to, is their 1963 performance of their song, “I Saw Her Standing There” on the Swedish TV music show, “Drop In”. It was the final time the band played for an audience in an intimate studio setting. Highly recommended. Five stars.
Cool! Thx for the suggestion!
Great idea! Especially as they seem to believe John was 'lead' vocal. They all took turns, and Paul sings lead on 'I Saw Her Standing There'!
If you weren't alive at this time, or old enough to remember, it's tough to explain to younger people today what an earth-shattering experience this was. As you said...there was only radio and TV (along with newspapers and magazines). This was very early in their exposure to Americans. Their songs had only hit the radio airwaves the summer before (1963). Their 2nd album, "Meet the Beatles" had just been released in the US a few weeks before and their 1st album, "Please, Please Me" was released about 1 year earlier (March 1963). This was the era of crew cuts and very short hair on men and boys, and the boots! the Beatle boots were so cool!! This was also a new sound that had never been heard before. When you create a new sound and look that is both extraordinarily great and cool you will set the world on fire...and boy did they ever. No one has come close to approaching what The Beatles did to change both music and culture in this country...and beyond!
I was 8yrs old back then and all the boys stopped wearing tennis shoes and cowboy boots for those Italian 'Beatle' boots.
Great band and brilliant live. Should try 'Don't Let Me Down' live on the rooftop, 'Revolution' and 'Hey Jude' live on David Frost Show, 'Get Back' live on the rooftop etc. etc.
As another 69-year-old man who was 10 years old when we saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show, there is no way that later generations can understand what an experience this was.
All 12 songs on this Album were completed in 24 hours. South East London:)
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@@willzimjohn AN ALMIGHTY LOL.
I think it was around May 1981, which was the last occasion that I got my proverbial "knickers in a twist" mate.
It seems you have had an irony. dry humoUr.sarcasm By -Pass. I was "aving a larf" me old china.
I was born 69 years ago next to the largest Council Housing(Projects) Estate in Northern Europe and have stood alongside the roughest set of Football fans: Millwall for over 60 years so, you can safely , assume that I was taking the piss out of your Pedantry(You will Pedantry is between Coventry and Daventry and btw is "devasted" the same as "devasTAted?" We should be told, my son..lol
This was also featured in "Ferris Buellers day off" movie. 😃
I remember when i was eight years old seeing the Beatles on the news arriving at the airport in Indianapolis for their concert here.
I reminded my mother of it years later and she said that i almost got a butt whipping from my dad because i raised such hell because he wouldn't take me to see the Beatles.
The band that became the spokesmen for an entire generation. Their innovations in recording techniques , their endless curiosity about music led them to experiment and create sounds that had never been heard before. Their influence on popular music and musicians cannot be overestimated. At one point in April 1964 they occupied the top 5 spots on the Billboard charts simultaneously - a feat that will likely never be re-produced. At the same time they had an additional 7 songs in the top 100
This is from their first performance on the Ed Sullivan show, which had an audience that night of approximately 73 million people. Coincidentally, tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the debut of the Ed Sullivan show, a Sunday night institution for more than two decades. Originally, it was called "Toast of the Town"
How any of them came through it sane is a miracle.
The Beatles at Shea Stadium August 1965 was utterly wild and insane apparently.
My girlfriend was there. Girls were fainting & some had to be put in the batters cage trying to run on the field. She was so lucky.❤😊 Beatles 4 ever✌️🌻🌻
It takes talent to both Twist and Shout simultaneously. 😂😆
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And lung capacity. Lots and lots of lung capacity.
This is a great early Beatles song. I love Ringo sitting in the back being all chill while singing and beating the drums. He and George were my favorites.
I was 9 when I first heard of & saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964, & I've been a huge fan ever since!! Love watching new listeners discover the magic they created. But don't concentrate on live performances. Basically non-stop-screaming from the girls in the audience make the live footage a whole lot less enjoyable. That's a big reason the band stopped touring after their '66 American tour. Their records, best heard chronologically to fully appreciate the growth & maturity in the music & the men, are a wonderful experience you'll be so happy you gave yourself. Some live stuff is better than others (rooftop concert in '69 is excellent!!), but the records are what Beatles' fans know & love the most!
NOT so, their are quite a few live concerts where you CAN hear their singing very well, like WASHINGTON COLISEUM CONCERT Feb. 11, 1964, the PARIS concert in 1964, SHEA STADIUM Aug. 15, 1965, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (1964 or '65, not sure which year). PLUS they NEED to see WHAT a concert was like and HOW the fans reacted.
Beatles were so tight, dressed great, had polished and solid appearance, don't see this anymore
The movie that used this song is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. You might want to compare this with the version (they didn’t write it) by the Isley Brothers (1962). The Beatles did a bunch of covers as they got famous. You should watch their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night, to get a real feel for what they were about. Plus, it’s funny. Very 1964.
The Beatles stopped touring in 1966. Only 4 years after their creation. The Beatlemania insanity while on tour just was too much. They became a studio only band for their last 4 years. That's why their rooftop concert on top of Abbey Road studios was such a huge deal.
they toured from 1960 on till 66, George said it was great until "we became owned by the world" Beatle concerts were 30 min. or less, about 10-11 songs, with the screaming you could barely even hear them
I saw them in Cleveland in 1964. I could hardly hear them because of the screaming, but I was at their press conference and standing no more the a couple feet from them. They were very clever and humorous.
@TomGorham, I was at the Cleveland Public Auditorium concert too, on Sept. 15, 1964. I was 17 and sitting in the floor seats way at the back, 72nd row or something, have to dig out my ticket stub and look. I was screaming too, didn't care if we couldn't hear them, I knew what they sounded like after playing the albums they had already released over and over and over again, plus seeing their first movie "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" that summer, over and over again in the theaters. I just wanted to SEE them, but I was so far back, it could have been anyone up there. I didn't care, I was glad to just BE there and experience and be a part of "Beatlemania" It was exhilarating! I saw them again at Municipal Stadium on Aug. 14, 1966 in Cleveland. LUCKY YOU to be at the press conference.. SO JEALOUS, I would have LOVED to have seen them THAT close!!
Great to see a reaction to this. I have a real soft spot for it as it is sung as a chant by fans of West Ham United a football (soccer) team from London. One loud guy does the Lennon part and the rest join in with the responses. Word is that it started many years ago when we were being well beaten away at Liverpool!
I'm in my 70s and I'm still twisting and shouting, much to the chagrin of many. HA! I even did The Twist with a gal onstage as Chubby Checker sang that tune. The 1960s were boss! Thanks, Bars and Barbells.
Twist and Shout is straight rock and roll 1950s style. I assume the Beatles started out that way and branched out to different styles later. .o
Always loved the Beatles version of Twist and Shout❤! Still holds the same excitement for me today as it did when I was 14 years old!
Love the Beatles!! Just do more, please!! Like was previously said, due to the screaming girls in the audience, there really aren't many good "live" videos. Just start going through their catalog.
Unfortunately it's difficult because they copyright most Beatles material!
These songs never get old !
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Nobody had seen three guitars up front, the hair was longer, they way they dressed and spoke and of course they had magic songs that can still thrill today. They announced a new world that was about to be born.
I am sitting just 4 feet away from where I watched this on Ed Sullivan about 60 years ago . My TV is in the same place that the big console tv was back then. My older sister was going bonkers. I was like 10 at the time.
This performance and teen girls going nuts inspired millions of young boys to play the guitar.
2023 - 59 years on and Paula and Ringo have HUGELY successful solo careers in their 80's . The Beatles catalogue is staggering in it's variety , influence , originality and sheer number of songs. Peter Jackson's " let it Be " is a six hour , 3 part documentary of the making of the Album of the same name in late 69 into 1970 and includes their last public appearence on the roof of Apple Studios in London.
BEATLEMANIA to this day ❤😊
My mother is from Birkenhead. Across the Mersey River from Liverpool. She and her 5 siblings used to listen to them back in the day. The Cave is a fascinating little Place. Still open. Not the same of course but a huge tourist draw. The entire street is pedestrian & full of pubs, bars & eateries. You would like it.
I was 6, Sis was 12. On Saturday we would run downtown in our little CA town to the record store to buy the latest Beatles single. All the neighborhood kids would come to our garage and we'd all dance to our little record player. Ah the 60s. So simple, so fun!
Similar story, my sis was 16, I was 6. She and her friends had garage parties, too and she took me along. Great memories!
The Beatles: There has simply been nothing like it in the entertainment industry before or since...
I love watching the live performances 😊
The raspiness was there from the studio version; it's yelled more than sung. They were in the studio having nearly completed an album (their first one if memory serves) and were toying with the idea of doing one more. Lennon's throat was sore and raw but he took his shirt off and just went for it. They did it in one take. They started to try a second take but Lennon's voice was gone. So that's what's on the studio recording, done live in one take.
The screaming craziness by the way is basically the *release* from the constricted 1950s.
I actually remember where I was when I saw this performance on TV. My dad was a cop and we were over his partners house in Newark NJ. my sister was a BIG Beatles fan. She HAD to watch this performance or she wouldn’t go. So abt 20 people gathered around a 15in black&white TV and the world changed!
Fun fact, the Beatles pushed this song into the stratosphere with popularity but it had been previously covered by the Isley Brothers in 1962 to give it some success but the year prior, 1961 is when it was originally written and recorded by The Top Notes.
"Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). It was originally recorded by the Top Notes, but it did not become a hit in the record charts until it was reworked by the Isley Brothers in 1962. The song has been covered by several artists, including the Beatles, Salt-N-Pepa, and Chaka Demus & Pliers, who experienced chart success with their versions.
There's some live footage of them doing their hit Long Tall Sally from early on, I know it's in black and white. But they used to play that when they were in Hamburg Germany for a while as the house band at this place and that's actually where they got super super tight. But the manager there even wrote it out of their contract but they can't play that song as their finale because every time they do, the audience through stuff through the air and glass got broken and people got into fights. But in the end, the audience was always yelling for them to play it as an encore and then they always did, laugh. I think that's so funny, and really the club owner couldn't do anything about it because they were such a big draw and making him so much money. So at some point he even nailed the legs of the wooden stools into the wooden floor to try to keep them from being thrown around the room when the Beatles played Long Tall Sally. So by the time you see that video of it, this is a couple years later I think. Or maybe a year-and-a-half but still you get the idea.
I was 6 years old and this was my introduction to the Fab 4. Became a fan from that moment on. Someone said that the screams were so loud the Beatles couldn’t hear themselves sing. The audience didn’t care what they sounded like 😆
can you imagine how crazy it had to be at the ed sullivan theater,with people waiting to get in? i'll bet it was flooded even with people unable to get inside...
There were 50,000 ticket requests through the mail for the Ed Sullivan theater that only seats 728 people! MORE than ANY act that Sullivan ever had on his show.
Speaking of Johns voice on the studio version With “Baby It’s You” in the can, the clock in Studio 2 showed 10 p.m. The Beatles had been recording for twelve hours and time was officially up. George Martin, though, needed one more number-something to send the album out with a bang. Accordingly he and his team retired with the group to the Abbey Road canteen for a last cup of coffee (or, in Lennon’s case, warm milk for his ragged throat). They knew what they had to do-the wildest thing in The Beatles’ act: “Twist and Shout,” their cover of a 1962 U.S. hit by black Cincinnati family act The Isley Brothers. An out-and-out screamer, it was always demanding. That night it was a very tall order indeed.
Back in Studio 2, the group knew they had at most two chances to get this arduous song on tape before Lennon lost his voice. At around 10:30 p.m., with him stripped to the waist and the others ‘hyping’ themselves by treating the control room staff as their audience, they went for it. The eruptive performance that ensued stunned the listening technicians and exhilarated the group (as can be heard in McCartney’s triumphant “Hey!” at the end). Trying for a second take, Lennon found he had nothing left and the session stopped there and then-but the atmosphere was still crackling. Nothing of this intensity had ever been recorded in a British pop studio.
You need to understand the historic significance of this LIVE television appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in NYC 1964. The Beatles started releasing songs via singles and LPs in 1962. But they had been a playing band in England and playing around Europe (especially Germany), since 1958 or so. So they toiled in grimy pubs and small music clubs for YEARS playing covers of other people's songs, honing their skills.
By 1963 they were stars in England and their music started being played on the radio in the US. But they hadn't yet played in the US. By 1964 when this show occurred, they were known all over the world, but doing the Ed Sullivan show in NYC, the premier entertainment and live performance show in the US, in the biggest city in America was a HUGE event. So this was much anticipated, people had only seen pictures of them and some news clips, and teen girls especially were going crazy over this band like never before.
This was the first of 3 Ed Sullivan shows they did over 3 weeks. They played 3 songs at each live appearance. When they landed at the airport in NYC, they were greeted by thousands and thousands of young screaming fans. Everywhere they went in NYC they were mobbed. Radio stations were playing Beatles songs nonstop on the radio. It was a frenzy. It was AN EVENT. It changed what music would sound like from that point forward.
And unlike many music/variety shows on TV at that time, The Ed Sullivan Show was done live, no lip syncing. So yes, those are their actual live vocals in their first appearance in the US. THIS TV APPEARANCE WAS THE START OF BEATLEMANIA IN THE US AND NORTH AMERICA.
I will never forget that Sunday ~ our family gathered in the livingroom to watch The Ed Sullivan Show ~ because it was one of a handful of shows my Father qllowed us to watch
Never did he nor any of his older generation imagine that When 4 Longhaired Lads from Liverpool were about to change everything ~ it became the biggest television audience in history ~
❤😊 I remember them when they 1st came over..bands started forming to compete with them in the 60's etc😊 (Class of 71)
The Ed Sullivan Show was THE show to watch every Sunday night throughout the U.S. and Canada. 73 million people were watching what you are watching. As a result, crime rates in major cities dropped dramatically during this show featuring The Beatles.
After this performance, the next time there a Cub Scout "Pack" meeting, every single group did a Beatles skit. It was like eight in a row. I was in 3rd grade.
Watch "A Hard Day's Night" to get a sense of what Beatlemania was like. They recorded "Twist and Shout" for the Please Please Me album last because it blew out John's voice. They did it in one take. The album was like a recording of a live show.
Try to imagine…
In the weeks before The Beatles came over to the USA in February 1964, the top songs were “There! I've Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton, “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen, “Dominique” by The Singing Nun (yes! A real nun), “Popsicles and Icicles” by The Murmaids and “The Nitty Gritty” by Shirley Ellis. The guys all had short hair or crewcuts. Everyone followed the rules.
Then, here come The Beatles. They have outrageously long hair! They’re irreverent when talking to the press! They write their own music! (This was RARELY done.) They're wearing really cool boots! They are obviously having FUN!
We were in mourning. Our young, handsome President had been assassinated just two months before. The Beatles were “candy” for a grieving country, especially the youth. Within a couple of months, the top five songs on the Billboard 100 were The Beatles! This hasn't ever happened again. There were ANOTHER seven in the 100 (all moving their way up.) In the next six years, The Beatles would have 27 NUMBER ONE hits between UK and US. This also has never been equaled. And here we all are, 53 years later, still talking about and listening to them.
It's been mentioned several times before, but here's another one. I'm 72, and I was 13 when the Beatles came to the U.S. and did the Ed Sullivan Show. As has been said, you cannot imagine what a difference they, and other "British Invasion" groups, made to the world of music. There were American groups who were making strides in the same direction, like Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys, the Motown artists, and others. But no one was like the Beatles...hit after hit after hit. You saw the screaming volume notch up by several levels when they did the "oooooooo" in falsetto at certain times. That was a huge thing! Little Richard always claimed that he suggested it to them, and that's certainly possible. He used it in his music, too, before they did. But in any case, they were game changers.
Yes they were inspired by Little Richard's "oooooo's" especially Paul, because he was one of THEIR idols when they were a fledgling band.
the video where they perform this live in front of the Queen....is fantastic. John literally singing his lungs out...with his smarky comments, too. RIP, John Lennon.
The Beatles changed everything and have written some of the best and most iconic songs of all time. Other musicians aspired to be like them and many copied their style. Many others did cover versions including Sinatra and Elvis. You need to look at the huge catalogue of their songs.
During this tv performance, there was hardly any crime in America. Even the crims took time out to watch!
They changed the WORLD!!
You have to react to the Beatles' first American concert at the Washington, D.C. Coliseum on February 11, 1964, only 2 days from their Ed Sullivan appearance looking all nervous and respectful. At this concert shows their real selves, cocky as ever!
The Beatles performances on Ed Sullivan were some of the most iconic events during the mid 1960's. I was a teenager at the time, and I can still remember the excitement these performances generated. The Beatles went on to have a profound influence on music and culture during the 60's and early 70's. I would recommend reacting to their rooftop live performance of Don't Let Me down. It was quite a contrast to the 1964 television concerts. The video and sound quality are very good.
And I"VE GOT A FEELING " from the same rooftop, but they should start at the beginning and go chronologically to see how they evolved and progressed with each single and album in just 7 1/2 years
@@patticrichton1135 That's the ideal. But how many people reacting to music do that? If they are exposed to a great song and performance, then they will be inclined to react to more Beatles songs.
I saw the Beatles live in 1964 in Baltimore. I honestly was scared to death and was afraid I wasn't going to make it out alive. The people in the audience went totally crazy. I still have my ticket! Life long love affair with their music!!
Ed Sullivan was a staple back then. All the great performers appeared on his sunday night show.
On the studio version, this whole album was recorded in one 14 hour day. 14 songs, 14 hours. This song was the last they recorded mainly because this is at the top of John's register and it shreds his voice, so he can't sing much after. The recording is very gruff and gritty because not only had they recorded all those songs in one day (incidently, all 14 tracks are on the top 100 the next year) but also John had a bit of a cold that day and his voice was rough.
Why do people insist on making statements without double-checking their facts?
While still impressive, on the day they recorded the songs to complete the album, they recorded 10 songs not 14, as the additional 4 songs made up their first 2 singles, and had been recorded and released before the session for the album on 11 February 1963.
You should really listen to their music in chronological order. Actually living through it and experiencing it first hand was and still is for me life changing. They were and still are such an integral part of my life. Listen to This Boy for a sample of their incredible perfect 3 part harmonies!!
In my opinion, no other band played better, or tighter live, or had better or more a professional, stagecraft, than The Beatles. Nobody ever wrote and played songs like that. They were remarkable!
They brought it all to a new level! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I was 10 when they burst on the scene here and they were like nothing we had seen or heard before. Watching them debut on Sullivan was like a light switch being turned on in my life. During the show my father said 'they're animals' because of their long hair. Music had become pretty bland and when they showed up their music and style represented a kind of freedom to us. When I went to see their movie 'A Hard Day's Night' that first year I remember being annoyed that I couldn't hear the dialogue because the theater was filled with girls screaming at the screen through the movie!
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I was 12 when all of these fantastic songs came out by The Beatles and all those other 60s bands and i LOVED it and I still LOVE it all. And, to re-create all of those Beatles sounds and feelings , I often go and watch The Fab Four performing those classics and still enjoy them SO much today, all over again.
I'm 73 years old. Heard this on the the radio when I was 13. I still get chills, smiles and a powerful pleaser by these guys. Especially this song. Tell me why....???
Between their debut in 1964 and their last single in 1970, the Beatles averaged a number 1 hit in the US every 3.8 months.
@Bars& Barbells- Very early Beatles with Twists and shout. They came to the U.S in 64. Your next Beatles reaction should be Hey Jude. One of the all time great Beatle songs by Paul McCartney. He wrote this song for Johns son Julian.
but they should listen to more songs BEFORE Hey Jude which was in 1968. Need to hear the evolution in their music instead of jumping from the very beginning until nearly the end of their time as a group
At the tender age of FOUR(!) I was driving my mother mad singing Beatles songs! The Beatles were never precious - they saw themselves as entertainers alongside their mates, who included the likes of Cilla Black and Jimmy Tarbuck. They thought they'd have a couple of years singing pop songs and then move on. how wrong they were! One of my earliest memories is seeing them live on the children's TV programme, 'Crackerjack', singing, 'Michelle'. I couldn't haven been any older than five but it entranced me. Many years later, I remember playing with cousins when 'Strawberry Fields Forever' came on my aunt's radio. I froze. Even at the tender age of seven (or thereabouts) I knew the Beatles had changed popular music forever. I feel blessed to have experienced a childhood with a soundtrack comprising The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and so many other legends. Today's generation can't possibly understand what it meant to me when I heard a new, innovative pop track instead of the Dean Martin, Acker Bilk and Jim Reeves standards that my parents listened to.
I was 8 in 1964 & was an instant Bealtes fan. Absolutely had to grow the hair! Later in life, late '70s thru the '80s I was fortunate enough to work for one of the biggest promoters in the country. I was on the production side & worked with them all. The Stones, Who, Grateful Dead, Journey, Eagles, Beach Boys, Van Halen, Heart, U2 & on & on. A guy I knew from college was Diana Ross's road manager for awhile. We lived in a different world. I have around 400 original show t-shirts, & a few tour jackets to remind me of it all. That represents a fraction of the shows I got to do. Hasn't been anything like that time in music since. ;O)
Paul didnt know why the girls were screaming and john told him " when you yell woo the girls scream! Keep singing woo!"😅😂❤
This song was featured in the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, when there was a parade in Chicago.
The Beatles, the greatest 'boy band' EVER.. And by the end of the decade they became THE greatest band EVER..
This is very early Beatles music. I love their stuff from the early 60s.
I remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 at age 4. Oh there has never been a musical act or group as big as the Beatles. They are the Mozart’s of our era and will surely be listened to hundreds of years from now.
It was in the movie Ferris Buellers Day Off
It was a magical time back then
Another tremendous thing about the Beatles, besides them being the greatest musical act ever, is the fact they refused to play at segregated venues…..a very courageous thing to do, in the 1960’s.
Try their song "Hey You Got To Hide You Love Away" which is from the movie "Help" I remember going and seeing this at the Movie Theater in 1965
It was in the film, :Ferris Bueller's Day Off", when Ferris gets on a float.
welcome to the world i grew up in...went to see them at the Phila. Convention Center for 5 dollars back in 64...couldn't hear them at all...girls were screaming during the whole concert!
John was known for his naturally raspy singy voice, but said later he strained it so badly singing this that night he was barely able to speak next day.🥺
You're thinking of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'. Ferris, played by Matthew Broderick, is on a float, in New York City, lip-syncing to this song by the Beatles. As to this time-period, 1964, I was one of those 12-year-olds screaming her head off for them! I'm 71 now and the memories are still so strong. The Beatles, at this time, was the best 'boy-band' in the world. And, as time went on, we all grew-up and the Beatles did too. They progressed to the point of being the best band in the world, bar none... and I've heard 'em all. Take it from this old bat, we will never see the likes of them ever again... they swept a generation off their feet and took us all along for the ride well into our young adulthood.
Early Beatles, 3 guitars and a drum and a bunch of hits.
The studio recorded version on the 1st Beatles LP Please Please Me has much more raw power on the vocal on the recording which was done in one take by John who was ill, the performance ripped his throat to bits for days!
I would recommend that you show the rooftop concert at the end of their career. It’s alive, without the screaming.