For No One is a song that, over the decades, has moments where it tops my list of Beatles songs. When it hits just right with your mood, it is magical.
yes, i agree when i am in that state it makes me cry (FYI am 70 and saw them at maple leaf gardens for my birthday, as they played 2 shows that day I saw them in afternoon) and a month later that was the end of touring
Great video explaining this great song. Terrific lyrics, “You want her. You need her. Still you don’t believe her when she says her love is dead. You think she needs you. In her eyes you see nothing. No sign of love behind the tears cried for noone.”
As a long time Beatles fan I dismissed any claims that Lennon/McCartney didnt write all their songs? But after some research as an amateur musician who knows how hard it is to write, rehearse and record with a band I find it remarkable to how they recorded both Rubber Soul and Revolver in such a short time and they were also on tour and both Lennon and McCartney says they never wrote songs during their tours? According to the official narrative Paul McCartney said this about the recording of Rubber Soul: “We went into the studio, and we had no songs. We wrote them in the studio, rehearsed them, and recorded them.” Regarding the official recording dates for Rubber Soul: The album was recorded between October 12 and November 15, 1965 This feat seem impossible no matter how talented you are and given the fact that no one in the Beatles were educated musicians who could write notes etc. Im not saying they didnt write every song they claim, I just find it very, very strange?
Yo Beatles Bible, This song has been one of my fondest of the Beatles but especially by Paul from the 'early days'. As a matter of fact, it was the ONLY one that I recalled John ever really publicly praising of Paul's so it stood out even more then, than now. As per usual however you have come along and finally done all the real 'Deep Digging' it takes to have that total Beatles understanding of (in a proper sort of way). Do you know what I mean?!? I've never known this further end part, let alone who played that haunting horn section 'till just now, so very glad that you did this AND then posted it. Thank you very MUCH!!
It's long been my favourite Beatles song, but I'd never made the connection to "Another Day", which is one of my favourites from his solo career. So glad to be informed of that.
Love❤ this Song,,and in her 👀you see nothing the lyrics are so good.,by the way wonderful pics inside the Video 😍thank you from Germany, Beatles Fan Elli ✌❤
One of my favorite songs ever. According to different sources (Mark Lewisohn, Geoff Emerick,...), Alan Civil's solo was not improvised but dictated by Paul and written down (on a score) by George Martin. Same as for "Penny Lane" actually.
There's a video of Paul demoing the song (to George Martin, apparently) in the studio, and at the start of the instrumental he says "French Horn" and hums the part. To my ears, it is exactly what was recorded by the horn.
I could have sworn this horn was recorded at a different speed, slower and lower (just like the harpsichordish piano solo in In my life, recorded an octave lower). Amazing that this player actually managed to reach those notes with such clarity
@@joseaqamart1257 yeah, I figured it was recorded at a smaller difference of speed, like a second lower or something like that. In my life was an octave lower, which is half the speed
Not sure I'd agree with your summary of this as emotionless and unsympathetic, but I know what you mean by "curiously serene". I think this detachment is its strength - the emotion in the lyric is vivid but distant, viewed as though happening to someone else, because the narrator is numbed by the pain. A line like "she wakes up, she makes up, she takes her time, she doesn't feel she has to hurry" is so well observed it perfectly nails the whole situation and is all the more poignant for being done with absolutely no histrionics. It is work of genius. BTW, the french horn was *not* George Martin's idea. Paul: "I was interested in the French horn; because it was an instrument I’d always loved from when I was a kid. It’s a beautiful sound, so I went to George Martin..." Martin himself said: "we wanted a very special sound, and French horn was what he [Paul] chose." (Anthology)
Well done! Saw the Beatles Aug. 15 1966, about a week after Revolver's US release; was disappointed they played no songs from the album. Not known at the time, they would play just 4 or 5 more concerts before ending touring, and thus no one ever heard them play any Revolver songs live.
Peter Noone tells an amusing story about finding, at the Abbey Road studios, a tape marked, what looked like "FOR NOONE" and thinking it had a song for him!
Was that John saying "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No one" were his favorite Paul songs? Lennon is my favorite Beatle through-and-through, but what he said is my sentiment, too. Those are two of my favorite Beatles' songs ever.
Recently discovered and subscribed. The stories and production behind the songs are amazing with new info. In my collection I have a book titled, The Complete Recording Sessions at Abbey Road. This channel has even more background stories than in the book. Thanks for all the research and hard work. For No One used to be my breakup song. Still one of my favorites from the Fab Four
It's part of the Baroque sound that's part of Revolver, like the strings on Eleanor Rigby. Why the album is a little more musically interesting than Pepper.
It's in 4/4 bar. I wonder what would happen if the reporter mistook an offside for an accidental handball in soccer. In music, such sloppiness is easier to get away with because not many people in the audience know about it. Well…
Yeah - I was surprised by that! I had to check the pulse. :) Perhaps the confusion arose because it does king of stress the first three beats of the four with the major stress on the first beat...so it does have a bit of a waltz feel to it - maybe call it a "false waltz"!
@@davidjones-owen8194 You shouldn't check the pulse of the piece so much as the constantly recurring stress ratios, because these inevitably make the time signature clear. Bass note on one and chords on two, three and four. Metronome (= denominator of the time signature) and accentuations that are thrown over the metronomic beats as a costume, so to speak (= numerator of the time signature): it's that simple. Assumptions à la false waltzes only lead you astray. Not only do regularly recurring larger volumes result in (dynamic) accents and can therefore mark the one in the bar, contrasts in terms of tone quantities (single tone versus chord strike) and different registers (bass versus middle register) also produce accents or reinforce them.
Yeah it has a waltz feel but once I learned to play it I quickly realized it’s 2/2. Paul didn’t compose that many Beatles songs with odd time signatures. A few, for sure, but not as many as John or George.
I think the word here, re FNO is “somber”…. knowing on the one hand she seems the perfect answer to your dreams. Then one day, as you observe her going through her morning routine, you see it, her need for you no longer exists. She may decide to stick around for a bit, but not for long. That is a most emptying feeling…… somber
As a long time Beatles fan I dismissed any claims that Lennon/McCartney didnt write all their songs? But after some research as an amateur musician who knows how hard it is to write, rehearse and record with a band I find it remarkable to how they recorded both Rubber Soul and Revolver in such a short time and they were also on tour and both Lennon and McCartney says they never wrote songs during their tours? According to the official narrative Paul McCartney said this about the recording of Rubber Soul: “We went into the studio, and we had no songs. We wrote them in the studio, rehearsed them, and recorded them.” Regarding the official recording dates for Rubber Soul: The album was recorded between October 12 and November 15, 1965 This feat seem impossible no matter how talented you are and given the fact that no one in the Beatles were educated musicians who could write notes etc. Im not saying they didnt write every song they claim, I just find it very, very strange?
So which was it? Did Civil make up his own french horn solo, or was he playing a part written for him? Was it in the middle register, or was it “too high” for the instrument? Emerick seems to be describing something entirely different than Civil.
I think Paul was a genius.. it’s hard to have 2 geniuses in a band but Lennon was linguistically and McCartney was instrumentally and with melody. The Beatles were different bc of this. Beatles fans need to appreciate John more
Have to comment. Fave Beat song. Semi fascinated by the fact it’s in 4/4 but has a 3/4 waltz time elements to it. Think it’s cos the left hand plays 1quater note, followed by 3 straight in the right.
@@CosmicMapping what can anyone say? Do you know what time signature a waltz uses? Have you heard of 3/4 time? It’s not really a question to be debated. It’s not a waltz. I’m curious what makes you think it is.
@@JeffreyStock Only in Jazz is 3/4 a prerequisite for a waltz, and even then there’s pleny of jazz waltzs that drift out of 3/4 or are entirely composed in a different signature.
I'm 5😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮0 and a Beatles expert so we all have an opinion. Here's mine. Once Brian Epstein overdosed and they had stopped touring since lastly candlestick Park 8/29/66, John stupidly forced Yoko upon them after disrespecting his wife Cynthia and son Julian.. Even Ringo said that she was a bad influence then and it's amazing that they recorded Abbey road
Waltz? Those are in 3/4, mate. This song's in 4/4 or 2/4. If you can't get even a basic fact like this right, why would I care what else you have to say about the song? (Answer: I wouldn't.)
Only natural that a young man who is attracting beautiful women world wide to sew his wild oats. Yet he expected his young girlfriend to wait at their home to be at beck and call when he returned. Jane was an actress, looking to tour in her own right, though wanting an exclusive relationship. This constant conflict was grist for some of the best of the many Jane songs that he wrote. Meanwhile it was kind of a joke about the many pros brought in to solo on Paul’s songs who would hit it on the first take, which ended up being used, and yet told to remain for repeated recordings.
For No One is a song that, over the decades, has moments where it tops my list of Beatles songs. When it hits just right with your mood, it is magical.
This, and Eleanor and She's Leaving Home have grown in my estimation as I age.
@@TonyLovell so tru Tony, as we compare to what we hear as modern music now they sound better and better
yes, i agree when i am in that state it makes me cry (FYI am 70 and saw them at maple leaf gardens for my birthday, as they played 2 shows that day I saw them in afternoon) and a month later that was the end of touring
Loved this album since I was a kid , by far their best and FNO is absolutely their most underrated song and possibly my favourite
Amen to everything you wrote.
Agreed, it really is THE most underrated song in their discography.
Easily my favorite Paul song
@@TopballerAU You mean ADITL. 🤣
Great song. Great album. Great band.....an unbelievably great band
The unbelievable part is very true
For no one is such a wonderful piece, it is a love and a song that certainly has lasted years.
Absolute masterpiece
Great video explaining this great song. Terrific lyrics, “You want her. You need her. Still you don’t believe her when she says her love is dead. You think she needs you. In her eyes you see nothing. No sign of love behind the tears cried for noone.”
The whole thing was a one off with the right people in the right place at the right time with the perfect timing and that’s why I love them ❤
awesome! one of my favorite songs
I learned this on guitar years ago and it’s still one of my favorites to play. Love the chord progressions.
I've been building up to it for years! I don't want to touch it until I can play it properly.
As a long time Beatles fan I dismissed any claims that Lennon/McCartney didnt write all their songs? But after some research as an amateur musician who knows how hard it is to write, rehearse and record with a band I find it remarkable to how they recorded both Rubber Soul and Revolver in such a short time and they were also on tour and both Lennon and McCartney says they never wrote songs during their tours?
According to the official narrative Paul McCartney said this about the recording of Rubber Soul:
“We went into the studio, and we had no songs. We wrote them in the studio, rehearsed them, and recorded them.”
Regarding the official recording dates for Rubber Soul:
The album was recorded between October 12 and November 15, 1965
This feat seem impossible no matter how talented you are and given the fact that no one in the Beatles were educated musicians who could write notes etc. Im not saying they didnt write every song they claim, I just find it very, very strange?
Beautiful song, always on my favorite list.
Yo Beatles Bible, This song has been one of my fondest of the Beatles but especially by Paul from the 'early days'. As a matter of fact, it was the ONLY one that I recalled John ever really publicly praising of Paul's so it stood out even more then, than now. As per usual however you have come along and finally done all the real 'Deep Digging' it takes to have that total Beatles understanding of (in a proper sort of way). Do you know what I mean?!? I've never known this further end part, let alone who played that haunting horn section 'till just now, so very glad that you did this AND then posted it. Thank you very MUCH!!
It's long been my favourite Beatles song, but I'd never made the connection to "Another Day", which is one of my favourites from his solo career. So glad to be informed of that.
Great great song !!!
Sublime SONG!!!🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Knowing that Another Day is a sequel to For No One is CRAZY. What a perfect story
Love❤ this Song,,and in her 👀you see nothing the lyrics are so good.,by the way wonderful pics inside the Video 😍thank you from Germany, Beatles Fan Elli ✌❤
One of my favorite songs ever. According to different sources (Mark Lewisohn, Geoff Emerick,...), Alan Civil's solo was not improvised but dictated by Paul and written down (on a score) by George Martin. Same as for "Penny Lane" actually.
There's a video of Paul demoing the song (to George Martin, apparently) in the studio, and at the start of the instrumental he says "French Horn" and hums the part. To my ears, it is exactly what was recorded by the horn.
This is my favourite McCartney song. Pure genius.
I could have sworn this horn was recorded at a different speed, slower and lower (just like the harpsichordish piano solo in In my life, recorded an octave lower). Amazing that this player actually managed to reach those notes with such clarity
That one is really fast and was played by George Martin. This one is mid tempo and not that high on the pitch.
@@joseaqamart1257 yeah, I figured it was recorded at a smaller difference of speed, like a second lower or something like that. In my life was an octave lower, which is half the speed
Your clips are always fascinating. Thanks !.
Not sure I'd agree with your summary of this as emotionless and unsympathetic, but I know what you mean by "curiously serene". I think this detachment is its strength - the emotion in the lyric is vivid but distant, viewed as though happening to someone else, because the narrator is numbed by the pain. A line like "she wakes up, she makes up, she takes her time, she doesn't feel she has to hurry" is so well observed it perfectly nails the whole situation and is all the more poignant for being done with absolutely no histrionics. It is work of genius. BTW, the french horn was *not* George Martin's idea. Paul: "I was interested in the French horn; because it was an instrument I’d always loved from when I was a kid. It’s a beautiful sound, so I went to George Martin..." Martin himself said: "we wanted a very special sound, and French horn was what he [Paul] chose." (Anthology)
One of Paul's very best.
thank you very enjoyable!!
Well done! Saw the Beatles Aug. 15 1966, about a week after Revolver's US release; was disappointed they played no songs from the album. Not known at the time, they would play just 4 or 5 more concerts before ending touring, and thus no one ever heard them play any Revolver songs live.
Peter Noone tells an amusing story about finding, at the Abbey Road studios, a tape marked, what looked like "FOR NOONE" and thinking it had a song for him!
That's awesome. That would have been interesting to hear him cover it.
Nice video about one of my favourites, and definitely one of the best rejection songs ever. One minor criticism--it's not a waltz (3/4), it's 4/4.
I think it in 2/2
most underrated Beatles song ever.
Was that John saying "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No one" were his favorite Paul songs? Lennon is my favorite Beatle through-and-through, but what he said is my sentiment, too. Those are two of my favorite Beatles' songs ever.
Certainly was John saying that. 🙏🏼✌🏼
This channel is my everything ❤❤❤
Recently discovered and subscribed. The stories and production behind the songs are amazing with new info. In my collection I have a book titled, The Complete Recording Sessions at Abbey Road. This channel has even more background stories than in the book. Thanks for all the research and hard work. For No One used to be my breakup song. Still one of my favorites from the Fab Four
It's part of the Baroque sound that's part of Revolver, like the strings on Eleanor Rigby. Why the album is a little more musically interesting than Pepper.
" I look up and there walking thru the door is ... The .. Big , Bad Beatle . Paul McCartney " Jimi Hendrix , London 1967
His and perhaps the Beatles greatest song
It’s not a waltz…….great tune!
It's in 4/4 bar. I wonder what would happen if the reporter mistook an offside for an accidental handball in soccer. In music, such sloppiness is easier to get away with because not many people in the audience know about it. Well…
Yeah - I was surprised by that! I had to check the pulse. :) Perhaps the confusion arose because it does king of stress the first three beats of the four with the major stress on the first beat...so it does have a bit of a waltz feel to it - maybe call it a "false waltz"!
@@davidjones-owen8194 You shouldn't check the pulse of the piece so much as the constantly recurring stress ratios, because these inevitably make the time signature clear. Bass note on one and chords on two, three and four. Metronome (= denominator of the time signature) and accentuations that are thrown over the metronomic beats as a costume, so to speak (= numerator of the time signature): it's that simple. Assumptions à la false waltzes only lead you astray.
Not only do regularly recurring larger volumes result in (dynamic) accents and can therefore mark the one in the bar, contrasts in terms of tone quantities (single tone versus chord strike) and different registers (bass versus middle register) also produce accents or reinforce them.
For No One is in 2/2 time. Not a waltz. If you're going to draft off the Beatles' popularity, you'll need to elevate your accuracy.
2/2
@@GroveEndRoad pretty much the same
@@GroveEndRoad I stand corrected. Thank you.
@@grouchomarxist666lol
0:22 - For No One is NOT a waltz. A waltz is 3/4 time. For No One is in 4/4 time.
Top 10 McCartney, just wow
No, the song is not a waltz… it’s in 4/4 time, not 3/4. A masterpiece and one of my very favorite Beatles tunes. Paul’s voice is wonderful.
The Beatles are surpreme
Great vid, can you share the credit for the interview you used for the part where George Paul and ringo talked together, around the 7th minute
I believe it was taped in 1995 for the Anthology video..
Great account, thanks.
But even tough For No One sounds like a waltz, it is in 4/4. Another Macca trick. And gem.
It's in 2/2
Yeah it has a waltz feel but once I learned to play it I quickly realized it’s 2/2. Paul didn’t compose that many Beatles songs with odd time signatures. A few, for sure, but not as many as John or George.
I think the word here, re FNO is “somber”…. knowing on the one hand she seems the perfect answer to your dreams. Then one day, as you observe her going through her morning routine, you see it, her need for you no longer exists. She may decide to stick around for a bit, but not for long. That is a most emptying feeling…… somber
It's not a waltz. But still, love the video on this great song.
My fav part is John's impersonation of George Martin's posh accent 😅
As a long time Beatles fan I dismissed any claims that Lennon/McCartney didnt write all their songs? But after some research as an amateur musician who knows how hard it is to write, rehearse and record with a band I find it remarkable to how they recorded both Rubber Soul and Revolver in such a short time and they were also on tour and both Lennon and McCartney says they never wrote songs during their tours?
According to the official narrative Paul McCartney said this about the recording of Rubber Soul:
“We went into the studio, and we had no songs. We wrote them in the studio, rehearsed them, and recorded them.”
Regarding the official recording dates for Rubber Soul:
The album was recorded between October 12 and November 15, 1965
This feat seem impossible no matter how talented you are and given the fact that no one in the Beatles were educated musicians who could write notes etc. Im not saying they didnt write every song they claim, I just find it very, very strange?
Maybe for one genius. But this band had two. Lightning struck. It'll happen again, but probably not in our lifetimes.
The beat breakup song ever
So which was it? Did Civil make up his own french horn solo, or was he playing a part written for him? Was it in the middle register, or was it “too high” for the instrument? Emerick seems to be describing something entirely different than Civil.
Minor point at 0:18. For No One is elegant, but not a waltz. A waltz is in 3/4 time; FNO is in 4/4 time.
McCartney’s finest song, period
I think Paul was a genius.. it’s hard to have 2 geniuses in a band but Lennon was linguistically and McCartney was instrumentally and with melody. The Beatles were different bc of this. Beatles fans need to appreciate John more
Have to comment. Fave Beat song.
Semi fascinated by the fact it’s in 4/4 but has a 3/4 waltz time elements to it.
Think it’s cos the left hand plays 1quater note, followed by 3 straight in the right.
2/2
@@GroveEndRoad Is that 2/2 time or do you mean it’s 2 left two right?
Not sure who’s right here. Still has a waltz feel to it.
For no One the best Paul McCartney song.
The horn is in “G” which is next to impossible.
Alan was paid £50 for the session.
Love your vids, but it's not a waltz.
I’m pretty sure it quite literally is
@@CosmicMapping what can anyone say? Do you know what time signature a waltz uses? Have you heard of 3/4 time? It’s not really a question to be debated. It’s not a waltz. I’m curious what makes you think it is.
@@JeffreyStock Only in Jazz is 3/4 a prerequisite for a waltz, and even then there’s pleny of jazz waltzs that drift out of 3/4 or are entirely composed in a different signature.
@@CosmicMapping I literally can't tell if you're joking.
I'm 5😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮0 and a Beatles expert so we all have an opinion. Here's mine. Once Brian Epstein overdosed and they had stopped touring since lastly candlestick Park 8/29/66, John stupidly forced Yoko upon them after disrespecting his wife Cynthia and son Julian.. Even Ringo said that she was a bad influence then and it's amazing that they recorded Abbey road
Ending touring is what actually killed that group.
Waltz? Those are in 3/4, mate. This song's in 4/4 or 2/4. If you can't get even a basic fact like this right, why would I care what else you have to say about the song? (Answer: I wouldn't.)
Hello! For No One isn't a waltz - it' clearly in 4/4. Please check your facts when you're talking about music!
Why the fuck can’t I listen to this song anymore in America it says it’s banned
this song’s ending is called an imperfect terminal cadence … the note sequence does not resolve …
It's not a waltz. It's 4/4 with the accent only on the 1st beat.
Only natural that a young man who is attracting beautiful women world wide to sew his wild oats.
Yet he expected his young girlfriend to wait at their home to be at beck and call when he returned.
Jane was an actress, looking to tour in her own right, though wanting an exclusive relationship.
This constant conflict was grist for some of the best of the many Jane songs that he wrote.
Meanwhile it was kind of a joke about the many pros brought in to solo on Paul’s songs who would hit it on the first take, which ended up being used, and yet told to remain for repeated recordings.
for no one is no waltz
It’s not a walz.
For No One is NOT a Waltz.
An awful lot of bold assertions which aren't backed with evidence.
It isn't a waltz.
For no one isn't a waltz
The Beatles didn’t make this song. Another Paul solo effort. Part of the reason the group broke-up.
Pero porqueeeee no traducennnnnn
Para Nadie lol
With the exception of the gorgeous Jane Asher.. most of Paul's women have been mingers 😅
I'll bet £100 at evens that you'll die a virgin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's not nice and it is also not true..
Incel 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@6040nick amen
Why do you care what someone else’s wife or girlfriend looks like …ya Putz
No your rong, helter skelter was a much better waltz
Where did you learn to talk like that…I’m out👎
It's not a waltz.