TIME STAMPS - 1:03 Performance 3:22 Analysis Start 3:59 Practise Makes Consistent! 5:00 Live Practise for Serious Gains 6:30 Sounding Like the Record 7:07 Ahead of their Time (and equipment!) 7:56 Singing Blind (or deaf!) 9:24 How it's Played and Arranged 10:35 Paul McCartney's premature Oooohh! 11:24 Rolling Multiple Skills into One 12:31 Four of a Kind 13:53 Guitar Chords and Arrangement 16:26 George Harrison Highlighting Melody 19:04 Song Writing Ability 20:50 Taking 'Live' to the Studio
Simply AmAziNg! As you say that song writing (including composing the music!) is what makes that song... *"THAT SONG!"* Just showing Harrison's "G-strum" when he faces Ringo is phenomenal 👌. Who else would have written THAT into the song? It wasn't necessary to the song. It would still be good enough without it. But being just *"GOOD"* wasn't *good enough!*
Heh! I remember...I was washing windows with my mother when they played on the radio. I climbed down, put my hand on the ground, and felt the axis of the Earth turning. Soon, the same happened with Hey, Joe.
I've listened to the Beatles from the first time I picked up a guitar in 1963.Yea..that was a long time ago but I will never forget the enthusiasm I got from them to learn how to play. I would sit down and put on a Beatles Album and go over it and over it to learn the songs....it took forever...a Computer would of really helped back then... LOL
Same here, Mr. Wilson. I'm 70 now (!) and I've been a Beatle maniac ever since I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. There has been nothing like them since; no one could touch them. For me The Beatles were one of the few worthwhile elements in my life growing up in rural, Jim Crow country America in the 1960s.
He managed to be absolutely confident without a hint of arrogance. He was just there, in full. What brought these guys together was God's gift to the 60's IMO.
The Beatles were so unique and so amazing. I first saw them on The Ed Sullivan show as a 6-year-old, and they absolutely blew my mind. The harmonies, the hooks, the chord changes, their look, the vibe, and just the overall energy and spirit of their presentation was like nothing I'd ever seen or heard before. I was dealing with the loss of my Father at that time, which is really a difficult thing at that age, and then I saw these guys, and they brought such joy to me, which went a long way in helping to pull me out of my depression. As a result, they were so much more than just a band to me. They were pure magic to my senses. Thank you John, George, Paul, and Ringo.
You're telling my story . I was the same age when I first saw them on Sullivan and I was hooked right there and then. My father committed suicide earlier that year.
@@blangernstein4000 You more than anybody knows what I’m talking about. You lived the same reality I did. You’re a comrade in arms. Sorry to hear about the loss your Father as a child, which I can totally relate to. It’s comforting knowing there are others who’ve shared the same experience, and found joy and comfort in the music of the Beatles.
The Beatles were lightning in a bottle. The fact these four people met and changed music forever....it's magical. Great songs on every album. Always amazing to watch you smile Fil.
For me, this is the quintessential Beatles sound. This song is the Beatles. Their smiling faces projecting having FUN, charisma, their spot on harmonies, and sweet simple pop song lyrics that sticks in your head. You could easily pick up the connection and affection they had for each other. If I could choose only one song to introduce someone to the Beatles for the first time, this would be it.
This performance brings tears of joy to my eyes. It took me back to 1964, when as a 12 year old, I sat on the floor in front of the TV, watching the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan show. Such joy, such rapture! And all these years later, I love their music more than ever!!
I love the way Paul smiles and then Fil smiles, realizes he's smiling, suppresses it, then gives up and goes full smile. There's something in this performance that's pure joy. In 2,000 years, people would smile. 2,000 years ago people would smile. Timeless. Thanks.
During the 60’s I was a teenager.. was absolutely certain that Paul was going to marry ME!! Had their pictures plastered all over the walls of my bedroom (we did that sort of thing back then) as magazines were all we had to learn about them with no internet!! These guys transformed music.. nothing.. NOTHING like them before (or, really since)! Such talent. Thanks, as always, for the analysis.
I liked the Beatles a lot...... BUT had ELVIS not been the forerunner they would not have been the stars that they became... Nor would a lot of others ‼️
i have an old “Look” magazine from the sixties and john lennon is on the cover and inside is an article about them and there was a “centerfold “ (2 actually) and each page has them alone in stunning artwork unique to each of their personalities. It was a hard thing for me to take those pages out but they are on my office walls and getting to see them every day beats saving them in a magazine I’d never sell anyway
When asked who your favorite band is, the answer always starts with “ Do you mean besides the Beatles?” Can you even think of another band with over 200 songs you’d know on the first note? They’ve set the standard for rock-pop that still stands and their music changed the world. I can binge listen to a lot of artists but always come back to the Beatles.
When asked who I like better, the Beatles or the stones, I tell them the Beatles wrote the rolling stones first single, a #1 hit, in 15 minutes right there in front of them.
Oh, I can explain your "besides the Beatles" comment. All those other bands you mentioned were from the US, England etc. but the Beatles were from another damned planet. I'm 66 and have had 57 years to figure them out, that's my conclusion. _“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”_ ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
The only band to compete, regarding individual writers, technical ability, recognition, the number of instantly recognizable songs, album sales and sheer talent is Queen.
Lynyrd Skynyrd....but I respect Los Beatles. CCR was actually my favorite band in the late 60s....because I like meaty lyrics and you have to admit the Beatles wrote some pretty sappy and sometimes goofy songs.
I think Fil has as much fun and joy describing, demonstrating, explaining and critiquing as the performers do playing the song. Keeps me coming back. Thanks Fil.
This concert was in Melbourne Australia, and it was one of their best, The Beatles will never die, their totally original music will live on forever. Go Wings of Pegasus......
Totally agree Noel. I was in an adhoc Beatles " fan club" 30 plus years ago. Live performances from around the world were played and this Melbourne concert was the stand out of all. Now a lot of these other concerts have been computer enhanced.
@@blueycarltonI was around when The Beatles were huge, you couldn't wait until their next album came out, we knew there was going to be something different to what all the other groups at the time were releasing. Imagine what The Beatles could have done if they had the technical equipment of today. The Seargent Peppers album was recorded on 4 track tape machines and it is amazing. The Beatles concert in Melbourne was recorded on acetate tapes of not good quality, but obviously it has been enhanced like you said to bring it up to a better quality........
@@noelroberts8199 I first saw the concert when it was screened as The Beatles Sing For Shell on TV. All those years ago when I saw the concert film again, just after it was rescued from a builder's skip at Channel 9, it was as is, unrestored. The sound quality even then was superb. I too was around when they took off. The first song I remember was From Me To You which was their debut single in Australia around May 1963. A friend soon after bought the Please Please Me LP. We later got With The Beatles, but it had a bad scratch on Roll Over Beethoven and my brother took it back, and came home with the Rolling Stones first album instead. I was a big Stones fan early on, but not any more.
One reason for this great performance was that it was the first time Ringo joined the band after being stranded in the UK for the first dates of the June '64 Australian tour. Almost incredibly, he had been very nervous that he was about to be dropped by the band so was anxious to rejoin them, and the band were rejuvenated by his presence. A guy named John French if I recall was responsible for this great broadcast in Melbourne. It's certainly the best recorded of the pre-'65 live performances. Also well known for the rock guru and living treasure Ian "Molly" Meldrum's overexcited attendance. After being told to sit down repeatedly he was thrown out by the retired boxers who officiated in those days. The scratch marks he made desperately trying to get back in can still be seen on the doors of the old stadium
@@DC-js4gk Ringo always had a chip from the day he signed his 1st contract and it wasn't as a permanent partner equal share at first, plus the Andy White replacing him for a few songs on the Love Me Do sessions didn't help. Poor guy, he always thought they would "pull a Pete" on him. 🥁
I love how you're talking at Breakneck speed so much faster than your other videos... not just because you like them, but because as a professional musician and songwriter and singer, you can say exactly why and how they tower above. It's a pleasure to hear you explain it and break it down for the Young Folks, especially those who were not there to hear it the first time... how very unique it was.
The impact of The Beatles' cannot be overstated. I was a Junior in High School. After their Sunday night, Feb. 9, 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, everybody was talking about them on Monday at school... "Did you like them?"... "Are they really any good?"... "Will they last, or are they just a 'flash in the pan'?"... "What song did you like best?" (She Loves You was most students favorite.) They were prolific and came out with one song after another. . This established The Beatles as a good band... arguably the best at the time. The Stones, The Beach Boys, The Animals, The 4 Seasons, The Kinks were all in the running. Then came 1967... and... "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"... Everyone was stunned! It CANNOT BE OVERSTATED the impact of the St. Peppers album. There was no more talk of who is the best. All other bands were good, and we liked them... but... The Beatles were now, without question, the best band ever!
I love the back and forth that started with the USA and set off so much creativity in music here in the UK and the US. When I got a guitar my first songs were Buddy Holly's. Fantastic times.
When a band is still talked about 50 years after they disband and each member went their separate way tell you how great they where. excellent rundown on the the Beatles. 👍 Fil 👨🦱
The Beatles were and are a phenomenon. Superb vocals. Superb playing. And they needed no songwriters like most of the acts back then. They wrote their own material. A once in a lifetime miracle they were.
I graduated in 1964 when these guys burst into America, and captured our hearts. After awhile, I sort of dismissed them as my silly, giddy years. Wrote them off...got all twisted by the arena metal bands. It was my mistake. As I've grown up, I have now watched them with a newer eye. I so hear them now, in my middle 70s, I can now hear them differently. Thank you for this evaluation, and helping me understand why I am back in my teens, once more being swept up in the emotion of loving the Beatles once again.
I thought it is certainly a great performance. The crowd did not drown them out and George's guitar was upfront in the mix, but not too much. The three part harmony was terrific and so yes, it was a great performance. If there is an availability to see the whole show, I'd be very interested....
I'm 63 and I watched them land for the first time in NY and then saw them later on the Ed Sullivan show. My mother was only 24 at the time and she liked them but my Dad kept to to his jazz.
You sound like me. When I was young music was kind of in the background of everything we did. There was no RUclips or MTV just scratchy 45's and tine sounding am car radios. Now I'm 68 I listen to all the music I never took in back then with a whole new outlook. So good. Same as the Rolling Stones I am so into them today. I have gone way back to the 1960's & 70's music headphones and RUclips concert's. I love RUclips.
Same here. Because of Beatle Facebook pages and you tube i realized that I missed so much, except the Wilburys. I was all in for that. I didn't even realize rhat George had been attacked in his home.
Once you’ve been touched by the Beatles you’re never the same. There is a book out called Beatleness. It’s about how they changed the thinking of a generation. I’m proud to say I’ve been a die hard fan since I saw them when I was 10 years old on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. I never tire of them. If that proverbial question is ever asked, “if you were stuck on a deserted island what music would you choose to have with you?”, my answer is always the Beatles.. As always, Fil, your analysis is always positive and appreciated..👍
I remember their first Ed Sullivan appearance---I was 9--- and my sister yelled "come here and look at these boys from England on TV with long hair like girls." My life was never the same. With the release of Get Back, it's been awesome seeing them in the news everyday again. I had 11/25 marked on my calendar for two months, and was delighted to find so many millions of people being as excited as I was about the event.
Geno -- Yes !!!!! I was 16 years old when this came out, yes it totally changed my musical life too.. No one will ever come close, even now, 57 years later...
I was about 10 and at a cousins house sitting on the living room floor waiting for this. She was 17 and dressed up as if she was going on a formal date, sitting on the couch with a Beatles album on her lap When they started playing, she bounced up and down on the couch and screaming as if she was in the audience. I remember, looking at them, looking at her, and looking back at them and her again. I couldn't believe it or understand it. That night was quite the happening! Forwards a few years later and I was besides myself like the rest of the fans over the Beatles breakup......Wow! We never saw it coming! Interestingly, I know that they had their issues. I'll never forget hearing a live radio interview with Paul a few years later. I just never forgot that he called John, 'a pig'....... Don't ask me to remember anything else about the interview. None of the group cared for Yoko. Part of the breakup, I think.......
I’m 55 and I did not appreciate the Beatles until I was in my late 20’s early 30’s just because they were always in the back ground and I just took them for granted but I am now amazed and thankful for them, at the hardest times of my life, the deaths of my son, younger brother and my uncle their music saved my life
Woman and Starting Over,AND,especially,the two that get us ALL crying...."Imagine" and Paul's island song..."Beautiful Boy".That REALLY gets me teared up!!ALL of you,too,I'm sure!!!
@@chrishyde1216Watching The Wheels is the title of Johns song on the Double Fantasy album; that song kinda explains where he's been for the last 5 years before his last album & death.."No longer riding on the mery go round , I just had to let it go!"
Even as he aged the man could completely connect with his audience. I once read that his voice could cover 4 octaves. He did a tune called The Girl is Mine with Michael Jackson. Paul hits a very low note. And we all know how high his range was when he was younger. I heard him hit the same note when he was 70.
@@loosilu Well said. He held any audience in the palm of his hand. I got to see him live once. With Wings. I sat right in front of him. It was an incredible once in a lifetime event for me. The man really didn't need the microphone. His voice would have filled the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
3:09. Did you catch Paul saying "YES!!"?..... I think Paul was very excited & very pleased acknowledging a job well done & knowing the performance worked out perfect. It's easy to miss...Very charming to see that instantanous excitement within Paul coming out just as such a natural response..... Love it!!! 🎸
This is the amazing part. It's hard enough to get harmonies right in a studio. They absolutely nail it live in a hall chock full of screaming 15 year old girls.
I actually counted a number of times they looked at their finger placement, and this is just when they were on camera. John twice 1:07 and 1:10 George 1:12 2:07 John 2:15 2:28 George 2:45 2:48 Paul 3 times 2:57 - 3:00 John 3:04 George 3:15
Since I have been learning how to play my guitar, I started studying the musicians’ “body language” and how often they play without looking at the fretboard.
I'm one of the lucky ones who saw the Beatles perform. When I hear the songs of my growing up (better said, just growing old!). such vivid memories return... colors, rooms, fragrances...tunes, scenes...all come back, without distance or time.
I absolutely worship this band. The best thing to happen to music ever in my opinion.As a musician with a live band myself I can appreciate how special they were at their craft without the help of monitors or a real set of mains. There really was something about them that transended just hard work. Something bordering on devine intervention.But still tears me apart the price John had to pay to be on that ride. George too for that matter. God BlessThem. Great video.
My god, they're so good, such professionals. It's amazing how George's guitar breaks punch through the mix. It's what they're all doing that makes that happen. In all that chaos, totally low-tech, they're perfect. Amazing. That new McCartney thing on Hulu with Rick Rubin is awesome too.
I saw them on September 6 in Detroit. Same thing....the screaming drowned out 95% of the PA system. I was about 20 feet from the stage in front of John. I was surprised to see his auburn red hair. It looked brown on black and white television! LOL
I was a preteen when this and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” were released here in the States, and deeply infected with a serious, hopeless case of Beatlemania and as a very old woman now, I still get pangs of it on the first note of these songs. Flashbacks to ecstatic, uncontrollable, inexplicable crying … I guess it’s like herpes; once it’s in your system, it’s always there. Loved this analysis so much; thank you! ❤
I remember when this was released. It stayed on the radio for months and everytime you heard it, it filled your heart with joy and hope. Not like today. All we have is gloom and fear. R.I.P. John and George.
That really sums up - it sounds exactly like the record - and they did it with no cheats, monitors, mixing in pre-recorded stuff - with all the screaming. It's miraculous.
I was 15 when I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in February 1964, and I didn't play any instruments at that time, but I was mesmerized at how well ALL of them played. Most acts in those days just lip-synched to pre-recorded music, but there was NO DOUBT in my mind that they were all playing live. I especially remember how Paul's bass lines on All My Loving were coming across, he must have had his Vox turned up to 10. I had recorded the performance on a reel-to-reel machine, so I was able to listen to it countless times in the days when there was no RUclips. By the time I was old enough to attend concerts on my own, I noticed Stage Monitors in front of all the microphones for the first time. But the Beatles never had stage monitors. How on Earth did they sing in tune and keep time??? The fact is, they were just that good. As is pointed out by Fil, they had hours and hours of live gigs by early 1964, and they had it down. The one word I would use for the Beatles is Harmony. Harmony in singing and in blending all the instruments. They were just masters at it. George was a good guitar player, certainly not in the class of a Clapton, or a May, or a Page, or a Beck, but his great gift was harmony. His phrasing was in perfect harmony with John's rhythm, and his fills were beautiful. But John could trade licks with George any day, he just played rhythm because he was almost always singing. John has never been filmed doing the first solo on Long Tall Sally, but other great licks like I Feel Fine and You Can't Do That were 100% John. He was once quoted saying "I can play anything George can play, he just plays it better...". And Paul's magnificent bass lines while singing are the most impressive to me. There are tons of great bass players out there, hardly any of them sing while doing complex runs. McCartney did it, and still does it, every time.
What a fine post! I was 10 when I watched them on Ed Sullivan... "All My Loving" just blew me away. To this day I sometimes get teary-eyed listening to those harmonies.
@@MeneerHerculePoirot Cool, I didn't know that. But lip-syncing was certainly done a lot in those days, on many other shows. So my experience of KNOWING FOR SURE that it was a live performance was still transformative for me.
RINGO was quoted as saying he watched their movements and could just tell by that. Like Fil says, once you play a song 100 times. It sorta becomes second nature.
So true, you rarely see the Beatles focused on their hands/instruments. Even with all that song complexity, they performed so effortlessly that their attention was all focused on the audience and connecting with the audience and living the moment.
The old saying “They make it look so easy” pertains to many endeavors including this, but the mastery it takes to make it look and sound simple is a huge feat. The Beatles regularly are cited as great songwriters, but not enough as master instrumentalists. The whole seamless package was there biggest contribution. I realize they, to their credit along with other British Invasion groups, stated they were inspired by blues and some jazz even for a portion of their sound, but they raised the bar big time in America on every level, unique to them. Countless USA acts were and are influenced by the Beatles and other UK groups. A great cultural exchange.
And they were so Blessed to have met George Martin a most accomplished musician, who knew Everything about music, and did so much to help them achieve their highest ever.. George Martin and later his son, were absolutely the one thing that made them what they are... Other groups - incredible, but they did not have the same management/help with all the arrangements, etc., that these 4 lads had...
Since I heard the deafening screams first-hand in Chicago on September 5, 1964, I especially appreciate your analysis of how great they were live despite being unable to hear themselves. In the audience in Chicago you could occasionally hear a few words, so they were singing, and they performed as though everyone could hear them. Thanks for this analysis and taking me back to that night in 1964 that I will never forget.
Hey man, spot on with this one. The Beatles are one of the GOATs, without a doubt. A lot of there music can sound rather basic when you first listen but as you dive in you really start to see the incredible songwriting at work. Never fails to blow my mind the sheer volume of fantastic music these guys produced in less than 8 years.
And...it should never be forgotten--they were the first to really break that "fourth wall", and envelop the audience with their consummate joy of performing...of course, there were previous individuals who could become one with the audience..butt the Beatles were four dudes getting that done! That enthusiasm was of course, going to wane at some point...But in 1963-64, that special feeling was overwhelming!...and it is likely that the social factors at play during that time, will never be repeating. Enjoy The Beatles, folks. They were a once-in-a-lifetime happening.
13Yrs actually. 1957-70. They first recorded in 1958- a cover version of The Crickets (Buddy Holly) "That'll be the Day". The Beatles are universally regarded as the greatest ever Pop, RnR/RnB group. On its release, "She Loves You" knocked me for 6. A Fantastic Pop-Rock number.
@@curbozerboomer1773 Absolutely!!! WELL SAID, it was all so incredible and SO much FUN! SO glad I was 17 years old in 1964 and I am STILL a devout fan, always will be, they are the soundtrack of my life!
Like John famously said, “When we played straight rock, nobody in Britain could touch us.” It’s not bragging if you can back it up. Great video Cheers Fil from FLA
Bittersweet......it was the end for them as bandmates...... and then John was killed by a maniac ...and George died of cancer ! We Still have Paul and Ringo bless them both!
Yes, the Beatles were so talented. And as you said it wasn’t one thing but many talents melded together to make z great band. You always hit the nail on the head my dear Fil 😊💕
They probably wouldn’t have been able to hear the monitors with all that screaming anyway(LOL). Amazing performance, this song came out when I was 11 yrs. old. My friend & I roller skated to this song & the other early songs in her basement where we played the 45’s on her portable record player.
@@bishlap One of the greatest forces in history, and I'm talking about forces like Alexander the Great. They showed me you could conquer the World and not harm anyone. Peace
There really are no words in the world to describe the Beatles , the greatest wordsmith would be lost to explain their magnificence. As said here , " a totally different level ". This is a fascinating insight , thankyou for this your love and appreciation for them is so evident .
So amazing Fil, I am sure many people think this is just a straight up pop song when in reality, this song proves otherwise due to the fact that there is so much going on here. Just awesome.
Yeah. I've never understood why people sometimes dismiss the early Beatles as a "pop" band. They were "pop" in terms of being popular, but they were also straight up rockers as a band. Being seriously well-rounded, and unlike any other band in existence makes their constantly evolving sound impossible to categorize other than to call it "Beatles music."
I am glad you think so highly of the Beatles. I was a young girl when they came out, and their music was a complete revolution compared to what we had heard before. I often wonder what they sound like to today's young ears, who have such a different musical background to what our ears had back then. I have always thought the Beatles stood out in a way that no other group since has.
Fantastic. You said it all. Something that rarely gets mentioned is what a communal experience we had with AM radio. By Feb. ‘64 (I was turning 16 that March) every town and city had one or more high-wattage rock and roll stations. When a song was played, teenagers all over town would in the same instant be leaping to their feet to the first strains of their favorite songs. The week following their first Ed Sullivan appearance landed 5-7 Beatles songs onto the top ten. No other artists had ever even had two simultaneously. We knew how good they were and AM radio was our main church of worship.
Excellent explanation of the Beatles. I think this is my favorite of all your videos so far Fil! The Beatles are the first band as a child that made me fall in love with music. I also love how their music and songs evolved and were not cookie cutter. Some bands are known for certain riffs and such but the Beatles could rock hard or gently tell a beautiful story. To me they are the best band ever.
we will never be able to figure out the power of the Mona LIsa, and we will never figure this out either. It just is, its unfathomable. What I love about this performance is Lennon's fantastic vocal. His voice literally changed the world in 1963 with the US release of I Want to Hold Your Hand.
As a bass player and longtime 'Beatles fan', I really enjoyed this analysis. "Rehearsed at playing live" was very spot on. I couldn't have articulated it any better. Not having monitors pushed them almost to 'intuitive singing' based on their rehearsals. I wasn't aware of some of the distinctions between John & George's guitars. Well done (again) Fil!🤘
@@jennifursun3303 Riiight?! Even Roger and Pete from The Who admitted to hearing probs...then again they were known as the loudest rock band @ 126dB, even louder than Deep Purple.
The first time I heard that hook ... unison vocals on the YEAH YEAH YEAH, then later answered by George's Gretch still evoke a strong memory in my head of driving by Flathead Lake in Montana USA with my family at sunset. I was 11. It immediately became a powerful permanent musical standard in my head. I write my own music and it was Beatles who taught me all those elements which strongly correlate to my life's experiences. I am now 70, those guys still do it for me. Gold standard in my book! Oh yeah....that vocal 6th chord...don't get me started!!!
I was like 6 years old when they came to America, Kennedy had been assassinated , the country was devastated and then here come these 4 lads from the UK. with this incredibly optimistic and happy driving sound, it was a special moment in time that will never repeat itself. Never will there ever be another Elvis or another Beatles .
yes, Fil, as a true Beatles fan and a Fil fan too it is such a joy to see a Beatles reaction video ! She Loves You is as powerful a song in 63 and still is today. As far as their best performance I think as John Lennon who believes that the Swedish Drop IN Show is their best. It is available on audio (bootleg) and the show is on RUclips as well.
Fil is so appeciative of talent. And his love of music just pours out of him. So positive & complimentary. He is the best I've seen doing this. He's also quite a nice guitar player himself. Peace, M.A.
This definitely their best performance because you could actually hear them and this live performance sounds just like the recording with all the takes they did. This is one shot at being great and they hit it 100 percent.
It's great to hear someone give the Beatles the praise they deserve for what they gave to us. I saw them twice and it was wonderful,like a night with the gods Cheers
In these horrific times we live in now and in my personal stuggles, I am ALWAYS lifted up by listening to The Beatles. What a beautiful phenomenon they still are to me! And thank you Fil for what you do.
One of the happiest moments in my life: The Beatles in Portland Oregon, August 22, 1965. My thirteenth birthday. Incredible experience! By the way, it was at that concert that The Beatles first met Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Good, no, great days.
This one was pure joy to watch. What with the Beatles smiling and Fil smiling, it was a pleasure hearing this. Agreed they are so well practiced its amazing. Great analysis as usual Fil.
They played to such impossibly loud audiences and were so good. It showed their experience and the hard yards put in in Germany. They were great live. I'm from Adelaide where they were shocked that 340,000 people lined the streets in happiness- there was a campaign to get them here. Apparently the biggest welcoming they'd recieced anywhere in the world- they were at their zenith.I saw them and John's rythm on 'All My Lovin'" was great -playing triplets on the chords. George was great- let's face it- they were a mixture of the best of their time. Having played in bands as a singer/guitarist I don't know how they did it. Yes their songs were great. My favourite band is The Eagles- good songs and good performing. Thanks Fil.
The Beatles - Live Festival Hall, Melbourne June 1964. The almost complete concert pops up once in while here on RUclips in HD. Great performance from to start to finish.
Despite the increased complexity of The Beatles' music over the years, and the corresponding increase in respect they attained, this is still one of my favourite songs.
Been a Beatles fan since my dad bought me my first album at six years old. Hooked 50 years now. Fil had me just at the thumbnail. As Ozzy said "It was like going to sleep with the world in black and white, and waking up with it in color." Thanks as always Fil. Now it's time to listen to more Beatle songs.
I still get chills every time I hear this!!!!! I saw Paul in concert one time and he sang this. The audience went CRAZY WILD & I had tears in my eyes (as a 60 year old woman)!!! I couldn't help it. It was such a wonderful surprise & a wonderful experience!! There is something about this this song that brings all of those nostalgic feelings of a simpler time & wonderful music. 🎸
I’ve played a lot of small clubs with bad stage monitors, you learn to play the material even if you can’t hear yourself. Sometimes you get lost and you just had to watch the drummer to see at what point in the song you were!
Robert Mack - As i drummer of 40 years myself i always feel Ringo gets overlooked for his ability to keep a solid pocket, with crappy or no monitors, and all those screaming girls. How in the hell did he hear anything? Chops aside....he's so damn solid and reliable, and yes....rehearsing to the point where you couldn't forget it if you tried is a big key.
My sister, Dad and I heard the Beatles live at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1963, I believe. One Saturday morning when we were sitting around The Breakfast Table, our favorite radio station had a contest for free tickets for the winner who could identify the mystery voice. They played a recording saying, "WILD, Wild, wild, wild, wild,, wild." My dad casually tells us it is Eartha Kitt. My sister and I start screaming and dialing and my dad won the tickets. It was either WLS or wcfl. My Poor Dad took us to the concert and if we had been three more rows up, we would have been sitting on the roof. He found it all grandly amusing and we had such a beautiful memory for life. One long wall in my bedroom had pictures of only George and on the opposite wall were the Beatles all together. Yeah yeah yeah!
So great to hear someone who knows what they are talking about. I'm a 78 year old who had zero musical knowledge when the Beatles arrived on the music scene, got a bit more when I bought my first guitar at around 31 years of age, stagnated but learned more when I did a keyboard class with the local council at about 58 years of age. Now with youtube I'm open to loads more stuff and I find your channel with your explanations so educational. I never appreciated the Beatles till I got more into the music myself. Thanks for the video, it was great!! John.
YES! The Beatles’ performance here is fantastic. So much energy and excitement they brought, to fuel and change the entire world! I’ll never forget walking my block age fourteen and looking down at my Beatle Boots and my bell bottoms. Oh, the world had changed, next came long hair. Who else owned Beatle Boots.?
Spot on analysis, Fil. What’s truly mind boggling about the Beatles is how young they were when they hit American shores in February 1964. They gained an enormous amount of performing experience in Hamburg. How many bands become a sociocultural phenomenon by age 21 (George), 22 (Paul) and 23 (John and Ringo), their ages when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.
TIME STAMPS -
1:03 Performance
3:22 Analysis Start
3:59 Practise Makes Consistent!
5:00 Live Practise for Serious Gains
6:30 Sounding Like the Record
7:07 Ahead of their Time (and equipment!)
7:56 Singing Blind (or deaf!)
9:24 How it's Played and Arranged
10:35 Paul McCartney's premature Oooohh!
11:24 Rolling Multiple Skills into One
12:31 Four of a Kind
13:53 Guitar Chords and Arrangement
16:26 George Harrison Highlighting Melody
19:04 Song Writing Ability
20:50 Taking 'Live' to the Studio
Where do I find the link?
@@debbiechang5781 It's in the description of this video 🙂
Simply AmAziNg! As you say that song writing (including composing the music!) is what makes that song... *"THAT SONG!"*
Just showing Harrison's "G-strum" when he faces Ringo is phenomenal 👌. Who else would have written THAT into the song? It wasn't necessary to the song. It would still be good enough without it. But being just *"GOOD"* wasn't *good enough!*
@@peterklutinoty244 There is no drummer behind the kit.
@@sandmanrrr Ringo wasn't there. I think they hid the fill in guy up the back. Australian tour.
In the immortal words of David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd): "The Beatles were not a band, they were a miracle".
The Colinator, I had not heard that. This is exactly how I see The Beatles. A miracle.
That is one of the coolest things I have ever read.
You know, they were great but Jesus calling them a miracle sounds juvenile to me.
@@kevinmeserole7345 Read this poetically, not literally.
@@tjcint I know right.
Thank you for NOT taking the video down Universal. This is music HISTORY. As important as Mozart. Thank you.
I was 9 in 1963 and their music hit me like the most massive bolt from the blue and I have never recovered 60 years later.
It's difficult for people nowadays to understand just how new and revolutionary 'She Loves You' sounded in 1963.
I remember! I played the 45 vinyl over and over again in my bedroom.
Heh! I remember...I was washing windows with my mother when they played on the radio.
I climbed down, put my hand on the ground, and felt the axis of the Earth turning.
Soon, the same happened with Hey, Joe.
true, the open 4ths and 5ths harmony was unprecedented.
My parents sat on the couch, totally shocked. They thought it was Amageddon.
I've listened to the Beatles from the first time I picked up a guitar in 1963.Yea..that was a long time ago but I will never forget the enthusiasm I got from them to learn how to play. I would sit down and put on a Beatles Album and go over it and over it to learn the songs....it took forever...a Computer would of really helped back then... LOL
John was one of the most powerful people on stage ever. At 71, my love for the Beatles has not faded for an instant. And they were NOT lip syncing!
Same here, Mr. Wilson. I'm 70 now (!) and I've been a Beatle maniac ever since I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. There has been nothing like them since; no one could touch them. For me The Beatles were one of the few worthwhile elements in my life growing up in rural, Jim Crow country America in the 1960s.
@@psychobuzzard Those Sullivan Beatle performances are here on RUclips Just so you know.
He managed to be absolutely confident without a hint of arrogance. He was just there, in full. What brought these guys together was God's gift to the 60's IMO.
@@stockvaluedotcom Perfect description.
@@stockvaluedotcom God's gift to the 20th and 21st centuries
The Beatles were so unique and so amazing. I first saw them on The Ed Sullivan show as a 6-year-old, and they absolutely blew my mind. The harmonies, the hooks, the chord changes, their look, the vibe, and just the overall energy and spirit of their presentation was like nothing I'd ever seen or heard before. I was dealing with the loss of my Father at that time, which is really a difficult thing at that age, and then I saw these guys, and they brought such joy to me, which went a long way in helping to pull me out of my depression. As a result, they were so much more than just a band to me. They were pure magic to my senses. Thank you John, George, Paul, and Ringo.
You're telling my story . I was the same age when I first saw them on Sullivan and I was hooked right there and then. My father committed suicide earlier that year.
@@blangernstein4000 You more than anybody knows what I’m talking about. You lived the same reality I did. You’re a comrade in arms. Sorry to hear about the loss your Father as a child, which I can totally relate to. It’s comforting knowing there are others who’ve shared the same experience, and found joy and comfort in the music of the Beatles.
Beautiful testimony. I got you beat, I was 8.
The Beatles were lightning in a bottle. The fact these four people met and changed music forever....it's magical. Great songs on every album. Always amazing to watch you smile Fil.
John and Paul lived a mile apart. That's insane.
Five, dont forget Billyboy
I remember how they shook things up in 1964 when i was 11 years old. We used to roller skate to it, lol.
@@ericiverson3441 I was 7 that year
For me, this is the quintessential Beatles sound. This song is the Beatles. Their smiling faces projecting having FUN, charisma, their spot on harmonies, and sweet simple pop song lyrics that sticks in your head. You could easily pick up the connection and affection they had for each other. If I could choose only one song to introduce someone to the Beatles for the first time, this would be it.
Me too. Ed Sullivan show. Sunday night. Bedtime 8:30, but we got to stay up to watch them.
Love the Beatles!! Nothing wrong with brooding rock stars, but a musician who smiles when they play are pure joy for everyone.
I agree!👍
Yes, they enjoyed performing and when they didn't they broke up.
They kind of embodied the optimism and can-do spirit of the 1960s. I wish we could recapture that MoJo today.
And tell jokes, witty too
Lennon became King Brooder
This performance brings tears of joy to my eyes. It took me back to 1964, when as a 12 year old, I sat on the floor in front of the TV, watching the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan show. Such joy, such rapture! And all these years later, I love their music more than ever!!
Ditto. First grade for me, age 6. I knew this was HUGE, seeing them on Ed Sullivan.
I love the way Paul smiles and then Fil smiles, realizes he's smiling, suppresses it, then gives up and goes full smile. There's something in this performance that's pure joy. In 2,000 years, people would smile. 2,000 years ago people would smile. Timeless. Thanks.
Lol. That is exactly what happened.
I'm trying to figure out which Beatle is Fil.
I noticed that, too🤣🤣
@@candydale8380 The infamous 5th Beatle…..Fil.
It’s nothing short of miraculous that they transitioned from a pretty basic “She Loves You” to “A Day In The Life” in 4 short years.
I saw them perform this very song in Portland, Oregon, in 1965. They were very fun and excellent. I still have the ticket stub.
The best live performance of "I Saw Her Standing There" was the Ed Sullivan Show February 9, 1964.
This shows just how astounding, The Beatles were. Can’t hear themselves yet plays outstandingly. This video is fabulous.
There were many occasions when the Beatles cannot hear themselves. But I do not think that this was one of them.
During the 60’s I was a teenager.. was absolutely certain that Paul was going to marry ME!! Had their pictures plastered all over the walls of my bedroom (we did that sort of thing back then) as magazines were all we had to learn about them with no internet!! These guys transformed music.. nothing.. NOTHING like them before (or, really since)! Such talent. Thanks, as always, for the analysis.
Didn't it just break your heart when we got news of the breakup? What was the point of going on?
I liked the Beatles a lot...... BUT had ELVIS not been the forerunner they would not have been the stars that they became...
Nor would a lot of others ‼️
Velda, we are kindred spirits. I relate to everything you wrote.
i have an old “Look” magazine from the sixties and john lennon is on the cover and inside is an article about them and there was a “centerfold “ (2 actually) and each page has them alone in stunning artwork unique to each of their personalities. It was a hard thing for me to take those pages out but they are on my office walls and getting to see them every day beats saving them in a magazine I’d never sell anyway
The heart loves, what the heart loves!
When asked who your favorite band is, the answer always starts with “ Do you mean besides the Beatles?” Can you even think of another band with over 200 songs you’d know on the first note? They’ve set the standard for rock-pop that still stands and their music changed the world. I can binge listen to a lot of artists but always come back to the Beatles.
When asked who I like better, the Beatles or the stones, I tell them the Beatles wrote the rolling stones first single, a #1 hit, in 15 minutes right there in front of them.
Oh, I can explain your "besides the Beatles" comment. All those other bands you mentioned were from the US, England etc. but the Beatles were from another damned planet. I'm 66 and have had 57 years to figure them out, that's my conclusion. _“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”_ ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
But of coarse!!! Beatles were or are #1!!!
The only band to compete, regarding individual writers, technical ability, recognition, the number of instantly recognizable songs, album sales and sheer talent is Queen.
Lynyrd Skynyrd....but I respect Los Beatles. CCR was actually my favorite band in the late 60s....because I like meaty lyrics and you have to admit the Beatles wrote some pretty sappy and sometimes goofy songs.
I think Fil has as much fun and joy describing, demonstrating, explaining and critiquing as the performers do playing the song. Keeps me coming back. Thanks Fil.
@John Jensen - So true. I love his videos and how he breaks the music down.
This concert was in Melbourne Australia, and it was one of their best, The Beatles will never die, their totally original music will live on forever. Go Wings of Pegasus......
Totally agree Noel.
I was in an adhoc Beatles " fan club" 30 plus years ago. Live performances from around the world were played and this Melbourne concert was the stand out of all. Now a lot of these other concerts have been computer enhanced.
@@blueycarltonI was around when The Beatles were huge, you couldn't wait until their next album came out, we knew there was going to be something different to what all the other groups at the time were releasing. Imagine what The Beatles could have done if they had the technical equipment of today. The Seargent Peppers album was recorded on 4 track tape machines and it is amazing. The Beatles concert in Melbourne was recorded on acetate tapes of not good quality, but obviously it has been enhanced like you said to bring it up to a better quality........
@@noelroberts8199
I first saw the concert when it was screened as The Beatles Sing For Shell on TV.
All those years ago when I saw the concert film again, just after it was rescued from a builder's skip at Channel 9, it was as is, unrestored. The sound quality even then was superb.
I too was around when they took off. The first song I remember was From Me To You which was their debut single in Australia around May 1963. A friend soon after bought the Please Please Me LP. We later got With The Beatles, but it had a bad scratch on Roll Over Beethoven and my brother took it back, and came home with the Rolling Stones first album instead. I was a big Stones fan early on, but not any more.
One reason for this great performance was that it was the first time Ringo joined the band after being stranded in the UK for the first dates of the June '64 Australian tour. Almost incredibly, he had been very nervous that he was about to be dropped by the band so was anxious to rejoin them, and the band were rejuvenated by his presence. A guy named John French if I recall was responsible for this great broadcast in Melbourne. It's certainly the best recorded of the pre-'65 live performances. Also well known for the rock guru and living treasure Ian "Molly" Meldrum's overexcited attendance. After being told to sit down repeatedly he was thrown out by the retired boxers who officiated in those days. The scratch marks he made desperately trying to get back in can still be seen on the doors of the old stadium
@@DC-js4gk Ringo always had a chip from the day he signed his 1st contract and it wasn't as a permanent partner equal share at first, plus the Andy White replacing him for a few songs on the Love Me Do sessions didn't help. Poor guy, he always thought they would "pull a Pete" on him. 🥁
i love how Fil makes everyone look good and smiles all the way through
Ringo is probably smiling as well but you can't see him..
@@geotechmore8855 He was too handsome for the camera.
Exactly man!
Fil is totally awesome at this! Peace, M.A.
Yes, he should have been on MTV, but it was before his time
I love how you're talking at Breakneck speed so much faster than your other videos... not just because you like them, but because as a professional musician and songwriter and singer, you can say exactly why and how they tower above. It's a pleasure to hear you explain it and break it down for the Young Folks, especially those who were not there to hear it the first time... how very unique it was.
The impact of The Beatles' cannot be overstated. I was a Junior in High School. After their Sunday night, Feb. 9, 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, everybody was talking about them on Monday at school...
"Did you like them?"... "Are they really any good?"... "Will they last, or are they just a 'flash in the pan'?"... "What song did you like best?" (She Loves You was most students favorite.)
They were prolific and came out with one song after another. . This established The Beatles as a good band... arguably the best at the time. The Stones, The Beach Boys, The Animals, The 4 Seasons, The Kinks were all in the running.
Then came 1967... and...
"Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"...
Everyone was stunned! It CANNOT BE OVERSTATED the impact of the St. Peppers album. There was no more talk of who is the best. All other bands were good, and we liked them... but... The Beatles were now, without question, the best band ever!
I love the back and forth that started with the USA and set off so much creativity in music here in the UK and the US. When I got a guitar my first songs were Buddy Holly's. Fantastic times.
I watched that also. And the next day in 7th grade half the boys in the class had their combed like a Beatle. Such a sweet memory
You have to smile at this performance. Love Paul and George’s head wiggle at the ooohhhhs....
When a band is still talked about 50 years after they disband and each member went their separate way tell you how great they where. excellent rundown on the the Beatles. 👍 Fil 👨🦱
Excellence in the studio only. Ringo was sick of it.
@@pateagle7191 no they were also a great live band. Plus it was George who hated touring.
The Beatles were and are a phenomenon. Superb vocals. Superb playing. And they needed no songwriters like most of the acts back then. They wrote their own material. A once in a lifetime miracle they were.
Beatles were amazing, their music was almost impossible to duplicate. They were perfect,and harmony was flawless ❤
So True. Especially if you were in a band trying emulate them.
I graduated in 1964 when these guys burst into America, and captured our hearts. After awhile, I sort of dismissed them as my silly, giddy years. Wrote them off...got all twisted by the arena metal bands. It was my mistake. As I've grown up, I have now watched them with a newer eye. I so hear them now, in my middle 70s, I can now hear them differently. Thank you for this evaluation, and helping me understand why I am back in my teens, once more being swept up in the emotion of loving the Beatles once again.
I thought it is certainly a great performance. The crowd did not drown them out and George's guitar was upfront in the mix, but not too much. The three part harmony was terrific and so yes, it was a great performance. If there is an availability to see the whole show, I'd be very interested....
I'm 63 and I watched them land for the first time in NY and then saw them later on the Ed Sullivan show. My mother was only 24 at the time and she liked them but my Dad kept to to his jazz.
You sound like me. When I was young music was kind of in the background of everything we did. There was no RUclips or MTV just scratchy 45's and tine sounding am car radios. Now I'm 68 I listen to all the music I never took in back then with a whole new outlook. So good. Same as the Rolling Stones I am so into them today. I have gone way back to the 1960's & 70's music headphones and RUclips concert's. I love RUclips.
What a beautiful memory 😁
Same here. Because of Beatle Facebook pages and you tube i realized that I missed so much, except the Wilburys. I was all in for that. I didn't even realize rhat George had been attacked in his home.
Once you’ve been touched by the Beatles you’re never the same. There is a book out called Beatleness. It’s about how they changed the thinking of a generation. I’m proud to say I’ve been a die hard fan since I saw them when I was 10 years old on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. I never tire of them. If that proverbial question is ever asked, “if you were stuck on a deserted island what music would you choose to have with you?”, my answer is always the Beatles.. As always, Fil, your analysis is always positive and appreciated..👍
i LOVE that book! I'm a 1st generation Beatles fan too!
geno i totally agree,!!!!gary
I remember their first Ed Sullivan appearance---I was 9--- and my sister yelled "come here and look at these boys from England on TV with long hair like girls." My life was never the same. With the release of Get Back, it's been awesome seeing them in the news everyday again. I had 11/25 marked on my calendar for two months, and was delighted to find so many millions of people being as excited as I was about the event.
Geno -- Yes !!!!! I was 16 years old when this came out, yes it totally changed my musical life too..
No one will ever come close, even now, 57 years later...
I remember watching the Beatles’ debut performance in the U.S. on the Ed Sullivan show as a kid. Music was never the same❤️
I was about 10 and at a cousins house sitting on the living room floor waiting for this. She was 17 and dressed up as if she was going on a formal date, sitting on the couch with a Beatles album on her lap
When they started playing, she bounced up and down on the couch and screaming as if she was in the audience. I remember, looking at them, looking at her, and looking back at them and her again. I couldn't believe it or understand it.
That night was quite the happening! Forwards a few years later and I was besides myself like the rest of the fans over the Beatles breakup......Wow!
We never saw it coming!
Interestingly, I know that they had their issues. I'll never forget hearing a live radio interview with Paul a few years later. I just never forgot that he called John, 'a pig'....... Don't ask me to remember anything else about the interview. None of the group cared for Yoko. Part of the breakup, I think.......
I'm always jealous of people from your planet...I was in gestation... born on the day Jimmy flew back to the UK from Australia in '64!
Has it been a hard days night since ? A bar in hamburg, Time goes by.
That was Æystein Gårdum. RIP, Ringo was not the drummer then .
I’m 55 and I did not appreciate the Beatles until I was in my late 20’s early 30’s just because they were always in the back ground and I just took them for granted but I am now amazed and thankful for them, at the hardest times of my life, the deaths of my son, younger brother and my uncle their music saved my life
George's harmony on the last note provides the unique sound that absolutely makes "She Loves You!".
@4orrcountry - George Harrison was frequently overlooked as was Ringo. Pity!
Paul and George were such a great unique sound!
True legends. We are lucky the Beatles came along and helped pave the way for rock bands to come after.
The Beatles, the band that literally rocked the world.
But they were not great musicians according to Keith Moon-he did not fall for the hype
They totally hit the mark here. Literally as perfect as the record. Especially when you consider recording techniques back in the 60's..
Better than the record.
I heard John’s “Wheels Go Round” the other day in my car and I started crying I’m miss him so much. The Beatles had a way of getting to your heart.
"Watching the Wheels"?
@@chrishyde1216 Pretty sure that's the one he meant.
Woman and Starting Over,AND,especially,the two that get us ALL crying...."Imagine" and Paul's island song..."Beautiful Boy".That REALLY gets me teared up!!ALL of you,too,I'm sure!!!
John had a gift for the unostentasiously beautiful and uplifting ... even back to Twist and Shout.
@@chrishyde1216Watching The Wheels is the title of Johns song on the Double Fantasy album; that song kinda explains where he's been for the last 5 years before his last album & death.."No longer riding on the mery go round , I just had to let it go!"
What a perfect performance that was. George's lead and all the vocals spot on and super tight.
Young Paul McCartney has to be one of the most engaging performers ever. He always has me grinning ear to ear.
The geriatric version too.😄
The whole band feeds off his energy! He's a first rate entertainer. He has the gift of being able to read the room.
Young John Lennon
Even as he aged the man could completely connect with his audience. I once read that his voice could cover 4 octaves. He did a tune called The Girl is Mine with Michael Jackson. Paul hits a very low note. And we all know how high his range was when he was younger. I heard him hit the same note when he was 70.
@@loosilu Well said. He held any audience in the palm of his hand. I got to see him live once. With Wings. I sat right in front of him. It was an incredible once in a lifetime event for me. The man really didn't need the microphone. His voice would have filled the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
3:09. Did you catch Paul saying "YES!!"?..... I think Paul was very excited & very pleased acknowledging a job well done & knowing the performance worked out perfect. It's easy to miss...Very charming to see that instantanous excitement within Paul coming out just as such a natural response..... Love it!!! 🎸
Their harmonies were so tight from years of nightly club dates.
In Germany especially
This is the amazing part. It's hard enough to get harmonies right in a studio. They absolutely nail it live in a hall chock full of screaming 15 year old girls.
They had listened to The Everly Brothers and learned a lot.
Always been impressed by their ability to play without looking down at their fret board.
They are the best period.
That has always been my measure as to how good a guitar player is. 🎸
I actually counted a number of times they looked at their finger placement, and this is just when they were on camera.
John twice 1:07 and 1:10
George 1:12 2:07
John 2:15 2:28
George 2:45 2:48
Paul 3 times 2:57 - 3:00
John 3:04
George 3:15
That's what playing life in a Hamburg beer Keller full of drunk sailors, soldiers and loose women will do your experience.
Since I have been learning how to play my guitar, I started studying the musicians’ “body language” and how often they play without looking at the fretboard.
@@reuireuiop0 At age 17.
I'm one of the lucky ones who saw the Beatles perform. When I hear the songs of my growing up (better said, just growing old!). such vivid memories return... colors, rooms, fragrances...tunes, scenes...all come back, without distance or time.
I absolutely worship this band. The best thing to happen to music ever in my opinion.As a musician with a live band myself I can appreciate how special they were at their craft without the help of monitors or a real set of mains. There really was something about them that transended just hard work. Something bordering on devine intervention.But still tears me apart the price John had to pay to be on that ride. George too for that matter. God BlessThem. Great video.
EXACTLY FIL WHEN A BAND CAN BE AS GOOD ON STAGE AS THEY ARE IN THE STUDIO THAT IS FANTASTIC 😍😍😍😍😍
And before the invention of monitors.
My god, they're so good, such professionals. It's amazing how George's guitar breaks punch through the mix. It's what they're all doing that makes that happen. In all that chaos, totally low-tech, they're perfect. Amazing.
That new McCartney thing on Hulu with Rick Rubin is awesome too.
In 1964 in Philadelphia, I was in the fourth row and could barely hear them. One of the best days of my life. Love this channel❤️❤️
I saw them on September 6 in Detroit. Same thing....the screaming drowned out 95% of the PA system. I was about 20 feet from the stage in front of John. I was surprised to see his auburn red hair. It looked brown on black and white television! LOL
I was a preteen when this and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” were released here in the States, and deeply infected with a serious, hopeless case of Beatlemania and as a very old woman now, I still get pangs of it on the first note of these songs. Flashbacks to ecstatic, uncontrollable, inexplicable crying … I guess it’s like herpes; once it’s in your system, it’s always there.
Loved this analysis so much; thank you! ❤
I remember when this was released. It stayed on the radio for months and everytime you heard it, it filled your heart with joy and hope. Not like today. All we have is gloom and fear. R.I.P. John and George.
That really sums up - it sounds exactly like the record - and they did it with no cheats, monitors, mixing in pre-recorded stuff - with all the screaming.
It's miraculous.
I was 15 when I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in February 1964, and I didn't play any instruments at that time, but I was mesmerized at how well ALL of them played. Most acts in those days just lip-synched to pre-recorded music, but there was NO DOUBT in my mind that they were all playing live. I especially remember how Paul's bass lines on All My Loving were coming across, he must have had his Vox turned up to 10. I had recorded the performance on a reel-to-reel machine, so I was able to listen to it countless times in the days when there was no RUclips. By the time I was old enough to attend concerts on my own, I noticed Stage Monitors in front of all the microphones for the first time. But the Beatles never had stage monitors. How on Earth did they sing in tune and keep time??? The fact is, they were just that good. As is pointed out by Fil, they had hours and hours of live gigs by early 1964, and they had it down. The one word I would use for the Beatles is Harmony. Harmony in singing and in blending all the instruments. They were just masters at it. George was a good guitar player, certainly not in the class of a Clapton, or a May, or a Page, or a Beck, but his great gift was harmony. His phrasing was in perfect harmony with John's rhythm, and his fills were beautiful. But John could trade licks with George any day, he just played rhythm because he was almost always singing. John has never been filmed doing the first solo on Long Tall Sally, but other great licks like I Feel Fine and You Can't Do That were 100% John. He was once quoted saying "I can play anything George can play, he just plays it better...". And Paul's magnificent bass lines while singing are the most impressive to me. There are tons of great bass players out there, hardly any of them sing while doing complex runs. McCartney did it, and still does it, every time.
What a fine post! I was 10 when I watched them on Ed Sullivan... "All My Loving" just blew me away. To this day I sometimes get teary-eyed listening to those harmonies.
Paul Trapani
Nothing was EVER lip-synched on the Ed Sullivan show. He was a real stickler about that very issue.
@@MeneerHerculePoirot Cool, I didn't know that. But lip-syncing was certainly done a lot in those days, on many other shows. So my experience of KNOWING FOR SURE that it was a live performance was still transformative for me.
RINGO was quoted as saying he watched their movements and could just tell by that. Like Fil says, once you play a song 100 times. It sorta becomes second nature.
So true, you rarely see the Beatles focused on their hands/instruments. Even with all that song complexity, they performed so effortlessly that their attention was all focused on the audience and connecting with the audience and living the moment.
The old saying “They make it look so easy” pertains to many endeavors including this, but the mastery it takes to make it look and sound simple is a huge feat. The Beatles regularly are cited as great songwriters, but not enough as master instrumentalists. The whole seamless package was there biggest contribution. I realize they, to their credit along with other British Invasion groups, stated they were inspired by blues and some jazz even for a portion of their sound, but they raised the bar big time in America on every level, unique to them. Countless USA acts were and are influenced by the Beatles and other UK groups. A great cultural exchange.
And they were so Blessed to have met George Martin a most accomplished musician, who knew Everything about music, and did so much to help them achieve their highest ever.. George Martin and later his son, were absolutely the one thing that made them what they are... Other groups - incredible, but they did not have the same management/help with all the arrangements, etc., that these 4 lads had...
Those lads will always be the Fab Four their music is timeless….
Since I heard the deafening screams first-hand in Chicago on September 5, 1964, I especially appreciate your analysis of how great they were live despite being unable to hear themselves. In the audience in Chicago you could occasionally hear a few words, so they were singing, and they performed as though everyone could hear them. Thanks for this analysis and taking me back to that night in 1964 that I will never forget.
I was there too. I could only hear the audience , not the Beatles.
Hey man, spot on with this one. The Beatles are one of the GOATs, without a doubt. A lot of there music can sound rather basic when you first listen but as you dive in you really start to see the incredible songwriting at work. Never fails to blow my mind the sheer volume of fantastic music these guys produced in less than 8 years.
And...it should never be forgotten--they were the first to really break that "fourth wall", and envelop the audience with their consummate joy of performing...of course, there were previous individuals who could become one with the audience..butt the Beatles were four dudes getting that done! That enthusiasm was of course, going to wane at some point...But in 1963-64, that special feeling was overwhelming!...and it is likely that the social factors at play during that time, will never be repeating. Enjoy The Beatles, folks. They were a once-in-a-lifetime happening.
13Yrs actually. 1957-70. They first recorded in 1958- a cover version of The Crickets (Buddy Holly) "That'll be the Day". The Beatles are universally regarded as the greatest ever Pop, RnR/RnB group. On its release, "She Loves You" knocked me for 6. A Fantastic Pop-Rock number.
Not one of but the GOAT period. To think their whole body of work was done in 10 years and before any of them turned 30 is amazing !
@@barrygoodson4952 "GOAT period"??
@@curbozerboomer1773 Absolutely!!! WELL SAID, it was all so incredible and SO much FUN! SO glad I was 17 years old in 1964 and I am STILL a devout fan, always will be, they are the soundtrack of my life!
Like John famously said,
“When we played straight rock, nobody in Britain could touch us.”
It’s not bragging if you can back it up.
Great video
Cheers Fil from FLA
Saw Her Standing There.
Their rooftop performance of "Don't Let Me Down", and their entire performance overall on that roof (although bittersweet).
AND the message of don 't let me down is 'she really done me' and this happen too me at 54
One After 909 is also great. They could rock.
@@rubygreta1 one of their first songs
Bittersweet......it was the end for them as bandmates...... and then John was killed by a maniac ...and George died of cancer ! We Still have Paul and Ringo bless them both!
Their rooftop performance is the best 'live' performance ever: It's transfixing, charismatic and effortlessly.
Beatles changed Everything 🇬🇧 ♥️ Greatest Band ever 🎶🎵 💙
Paul’s response at the end to John hitting the final note absolutely bang on is priceless ☺️
Yes, the Beatles were so talented. And as you said it wasn’t one thing but many talents melded together to make z great band. You always hit the nail on the head my dear Fil 😊💕
It blew Brian Wilson's mind how they did so well in Shea Stadium without any monitors. The Beatles set the standard to this day! ✌ Fil
They probably wouldn’t have been able to hear the monitors with all that screaming anyway(LOL). Amazing performance, this song came out when I was 11 yrs. old. My friend & I roller skated to this song & the other early songs in her basement where we played the 45’s on her portable record player.
the Beatles were and still are beyond words - something happens to you when you watch and hear them play.
@@bishlap One of the greatest forces in history, and I'm talking about forces like Alexander the Great. They showed me you could conquer the World and not harm anyone. Peace
@@bishlap Well said! It's been beyond words for 58 years. No one has ever explained. it...
They where using the stadiums PA. Not huge stacks of speakers and a mountain of amps.
There really are no words in the world to describe the Beatles , the greatest wordsmith would be lost to explain their magnificence. As said here , " a totally different level ". This is a fascinating insight , thankyou for this your love and appreciation for them is so evident .
The height of Beatlemania. I was just a kid but I remember... I LOVED the Beatles. AND the Stones
So amazing Fil, I am sure many people think this is just a straight up pop song when in reality, this song proves otherwise due to the fact that there is so much going on here. Just awesome.
Yeah. I've never understood why people sometimes dismiss the early Beatles as a "pop" band. They were "pop" in terms of being popular, but they were also straight up rockers as a band. Being seriously well-rounded, and unlike any other band in existence makes their constantly evolving sound impossible to categorize other than to call it "Beatles music."
I am glad you think so highly of the Beatles. I was a young girl when they came out, and their music was a complete revolution compared to what we had heard before. I often wonder what they sound like to today's young ears, who have such a different musical background to what our ears had back then. I have always thought the Beatles stood out in a way that no other group since has.
She Loves You is so extraordinary and iconic, that it almost stands outside The Beatles' canon, on its own.
Fantastic analysis as always. Lifelong Beatles fan here! 😎
Dude wtf, was not expecting to casually find Butch Hartman here 😂
Okay, so Butch Hartman is just casually watching musical analysis in his free time. Dope
Fantastic. You said it all. Something that rarely gets mentioned is what a communal experience we had with AM radio. By Feb. ‘64 (I was turning 16 that March) every town and city had one or more high-wattage rock and roll stations. When a song was played, teenagers all over town would in the same instant be leaping to their feet to the first strains of their favorite songs. The week following their first Ed Sullivan appearance landed 5-7 Beatles songs onto the top ten. No other artists had ever even had two simultaneously. We knew how good they were and AM radio was our main church of worship.
I love the joy the Beatles took in their performances ❤️
Excellent explanation of the Beatles. I think this is my favorite of all your videos so far Fil! The Beatles are the first band as a child that made me fall in love with music. I also love how their music and songs evolved and were not cookie cutter. Some bands are known for certain riffs and such but the Beatles could rock hard or gently tell a beautiful story. To me they are the best band ever.
we will never be able to figure out the power of the Mona LIsa, and we will never figure this out either. It just is, its unfathomable. What I love about this performance is Lennon's fantastic vocal. His voice literally changed the world in 1963 with the US release of I Want to Hold Your Hand.
I was just a kid when these guys played on the Ed Sulivan Show here in the U.S.. It was a life changing experience for so many of us.
As a bass player and longtime 'Beatles fan', I really enjoyed this analysis. "Rehearsed at playing live" was very spot on. I couldn't have articulated it any better. Not having monitors pushed them almost to 'intuitive singing' based on their rehearsals. I wasn't aware of some of the distinctions between John & George's guitars. Well done (again) Fil!🤘
@@jennifursun3303 Riiight?! Even Roger and Pete from The Who admitted to hearing probs...then again they were known as the loudest rock band @ 126dB, even louder than Deep Purple.
The first time I heard that hook ... unison vocals on the YEAH YEAH YEAH, then later answered by George's Gretch still evoke a strong memory in my head of driving by Flathead Lake in Montana USA with my family at sunset. I was 11. It immediately became a powerful permanent musical standard in my head. I write my own music and it was Beatles who taught me all those elements which strongly correlate to my life's experiences. I am now 70, those guys still do it for me. Gold standard in my book!
Oh yeah....that vocal 6th chord...don't get me started!!!
I was like 6 years old when they came to America, Kennedy had been assassinated , the country was devastated and then here come these 4 lads from the UK. with this incredibly optimistic and happy driving sound, it was a special moment in time that will never repeat itself. Never will there ever be another Elvis or another Beatles .
yes, Fil, as a true Beatles fan and a Fil fan too it is such a joy to see a Beatles reaction video ! She Loves You is as powerful a song in 63 and still is today. As far as their best performance I think as John Lennon who believes that the Swedish Drop IN Show is their best. It is available on audio (bootleg) and the show is on RUclips as well.
Thx for the info, that's good to know, I'll check it out!
Cool. I'll have to look for it too.
Fil. I am so glad I saw this review you are the best! John was my favorite but over the few years they were togeather I loved them all
Fil is so appeciative of talent. And his love of music just pours out of him. So positive & complimentary. He is the best I've seen doing this. He's also quite a nice guitar player himself. Peace, M.A.
Fil has done a piece on that show before.
This definitely their best performance because you could actually hear them and this live performance sounds just like the recording with all the takes they did. This is one shot at being great and they hit it 100 percent.
It's great to hear someone give the Beatles the praise they deserve for what they gave to us.
I saw them twice and it was wonderful,like a night with the gods Cheers
In these horrific times we live in now and in my personal stuggles, I am ALWAYS lifted up by listening to The Beatles. What a beautiful phenomenon they still are to me! And thank you Fil for what you do.
The Rooftop gig was on another level ..... physically and spiritually
@PeteAxeShields - I cried just seeing the film of it.
Love these guys, Shame we didn't get to see them live as they grew musically. Great review Fil.
One of the happiest moments in my life: The Beatles in Portland Oregon, August 22, 1965. My thirteenth birthday. Incredible experience! By the way, it was at that concert that The Beatles first met Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Good, no, great days.
This one was pure joy to watch. What with the Beatles smiling and Fil smiling, it was a pleasure hearing this. Agreed they are so well practiced its amazing. Great analysis as usual Fil.
They played to such impossibly loud audiences and were so good. It showed their experience and the hard yards put in in Germany. They were great live. I'm from Adelaide where they were shocked that 340,000 people lined the streets in happiness- there was a campaign to get them here. Apparently the biggest welcoming they'd recieced anywhere in the world- they were at their zenith.I saw them and John's rythm on 'All My Lovin'" was great -playing triplets on the chords. George was great- let's face it- they were a mixture of the best of their time. Having played in bands as a singer/guitarist I don't know how they did it.
Yes their songs were great. My favourite band is The Eagles- good songs and good performing. Thanks Fil.
I don't remember where I read it, but when asked what was the greatest band that Germany ever produced, the overwhelming answer was the Beatles.
POWERFUL GOOD I CAN LISTEN TO THESE SONGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN
Their ability to sing in tune like they do w/o monitors & all the girls screaming is just remarkable. Peace, M.A.
Absolutely still the gold standard. 55 years later.
EVERY.SINGLE.TIME it lifts my heart and makes me smile ear-to-ear! LOVE!!
The Beatles - Live Festival Hall, Melbourne June 1964. The almost complete concert pops up once in while here on RUclips in HD. Great performance from to start to finish.
Magic times, i remember watching them back then when they where in Sydney on the TV like it was yesterday good stuff Fil thanks 👍👍✌🤘
Can't help but smile every time! Back then and now.
Despite the increased complexity of The Beatles' music over the years, and the corresponding increase in respect they attained, this is still one of my favourite songs.
Also I Want to Hold your Hand ❤
@@dianneclou456 yup.
It never gets old. It always feels to me as if I am hearing it for the first time.
Been a Beatles fan since my dad bought me my first album at six years old. Hooked 50 years now. Fil had me just at the thumbnail. As Ozzy said "It was like going to sleep with the world in black and white, and waking up with it in color." Thanks as always Fil. Now it's time to listen to more Beatle songs.
Spot on analysis, the Beatles just had so many strengths: also there was a naturalness to their songs, very engaging , never contrived.
You can actually hear George's guitar fills in this recording. Beautiful.
I still get chills every time I hear this!!!!! I saw Paul in concert one time and he sang this. The audience went CRAZY WILD & I had tears in my eyes (as a 60 year old woman)!!! I couldn't help it. It was such a wonderful surprise & a wonderful experience!! There is something about this this song that brings all of those nostalgic feelings of a simpler time & wonderful music. 🎸
I’ve played a lot of small clubs with bad stage monitors, you learn to play the material even if you can’t hear yourself. Sometimes you get lost and you just had to watch the drummer to see at what point in the song you were!
Interestingly, Ringo once said that the only way he could tell where he was in the song was by watching the others
Robert Mack - As i drummer of 40 years myself i always feel Ringo gets overlooked for his ability to keep a solid pocket, with crappy or no monitors, and all those screaming girls. How in the hell did he hear anything? Chops aside....he's so damn solid and reliable, and yes....rehearsing to the point where you couldn't forget it if you tried is a big key.
My sister, Dad and I heard the Beatles live at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1963, I believe. One Saturday morning when we were sitting around The Breakfast Table, our favorite radio station had a contest for free tickets for the winner who could identify the mystery voice. They played a recording saying, "WILD, Wild, wild, wild, wild,, wild." My dad casually tells us it is Eartha Kitt. My sister and I start screaming and dialing and my dad won the tickets. It was either WLS or wcfl. My Poor Dad took us to the concert and if we had been three more rows up, we would have been sitting on the roof. He found it all grandly amusing and we had such a beautiful memory for life.
One long wall in my bedroom had pictures of only George and on the opposite wall were the Beatles all together. Yeah yeah yeah!
So great to hear someone who knows what they are talking about. I'm a 78 year old who had zero musical knowledge when the Beatles arrived on the music scene, got a bit more when I bought my first guitar at around 31 years of age, stagnated but learned more when I did a keyboard class with the local council at about 58 years of age. Now with youtube I'm open to loads more stuff and I find your channel with your explanations so educational. I never appreciated the Beatles till I got more into the music myself.
Thanks for the video, it was great!!
John.
The Beatles changed the music for that time, it was refreshing and happy and made the teenage years more fun.
YES! The Beatles’ performance here is fantastic. So much energy and excitement they brought, to fuel and change the entire world! I’ll never forget walking my block age fourteen and looking down at my Beatle Boots and my bell bottoms. Oh, the world had changed, next came long hair. Who else owned Beatle Boots.?
I still have (and often wear) a pair of them.
Me too . Cuban heels and pointy tips !
Spot on analysis, Fil. What’s truly mind boggling about the Beatles is how young they were when they hit American shores in February 1964. They gained an enormous amount of performing experience in Hamburg. How many bands become a sociocultural phenomenon by age 21 (George), 22 (Paul) and 23 (John and Ringo), their ages when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.
Those two and three part harmonies were what made them really stand out as different and fresh. It's still great.