Breaking Down A John Lennon Classic!
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- Опубликовано: 22 мар 2024
- In today's episode we analyze a John Lennon classic that showcases his amazing melodic abilities.
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For those of you thinking I skipped the second chord Bm I did! It’s not on the lead sheet that I was relying on for the lyrics. Sorry! The Bm is the vi chord and Lennon sings the C# (9th) against it. So beautiful 🙏🏻
Congrats Rick on the Rochester Music Hall of Fame!!
Unacceptable, do it over.
LOL, I just logged in to mention the vi chord with the add9 in the vox, and you already addressed it. You're always on top of it, bro.
We’ll let it slide this time, Beato.
Rick, there are modern artists also killing it pls take modern requests for niche artists for this forum or interviews. Thank you 😂
The interview with George Benson was brilliant.
He's a great storyteller.
yes it was
@@electricurinal he often used a pick made of stone.
I loved every minute! 🫶🏼
Yes it was a true gift to the music world. I’m utterly greatful. George remembers everything! And his stories. He managed to take me with him, going up the stairs, to see Coltrane! I was right there with him. Fantastic story teller, and one of the greatest guitarist and singers ever!
I know it’s difficult but please more Beatles, Rick! I want you to interview Paul and Ringo so bad
That would be awesome for all involved.
“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns. It calls me on and on Across the Universe”❤ some of the most beautiful Lyrics ever written
John had the knack for saying the most profound statements in very simple language.
He's not known as a genius for nothing!.
Peace.
It's a line that Mr Harrison must have appreciated, isn't it?
He knew where he was going. I’m pretty sure he’s there now.
I just noticed Rick hit 4 million subscribers. Sweet! Congrats!!
Yep! Congrats
Yes, he was asking for it - I remember!
Much deserved 👏 🙌 ❤ 😊
What's next? 5M? 🤔
Y tendría más si videos como éste estuvieran subtitulados y personas como yo que no dominan el inglés pudiéramos entenderlo.
@@danidaniel866 For Rick, the translation because it's an excellent idea. "And I would have more if videos like this were subtitled and people like me who don't speak English could understand it."
I see it as "4.04M" Poor Rick, he's 404...
I miss your "What makes this song great" series. Glad to hear you're bringing it back!
Reviews are entertaining, but noone can break down a song like you do. Love this. 🙏
50 or even 100 years from now the music of the Beatles will still be listened to, analyzed and performed!
just like Rick’s Bach discussions, there will be a new Rick in 100 years discussing Lennon.
Nah, they will be pouring over Ed Sheeran!
@@patricksmith4424Hey dude
Across The Universe is the first Lennon tune I fell in love with as I was starting to learn guitar at age 13. Now I'm 44 and loves it still.
I watched the 1st TV The Beatles did on Ed Sullivan!! I was 8 yrs old!
@@roberthevern6169 I really envy you first generation Beatle fans!
Beato can everything but not sing. Ist terrible
When Rick says ‘who comes up with these melodies?’. Well John Lennon, he was a musical genius and his style set him apart from everyone else. It’s sad to think the world has missed out on over 40 years of him and his music because of a stupid man.
Why do u think he’s saying who comes up with these Melodie’s… cause he’s saying no one would but him
I’ve been struggling with this exact thought for more than forty years now. This genius pushed the envelope more than anyone else and in so many different directions. The variety of his work is simply unmatched.
There's no " genius" involved. It's just being human. If y😮ou are thinking Lennon constructed the song as an engineer or a physicist you need look into art deeper.
Just like Dirt isn't the same as a Diamond...John Lennon wasn't like ANY other human before or after him..We get Very, Very few humans like him...if you look deeply into the Music, Vocals, Lyrics, innovation, etc. Hopefully you will realize...he actually was a Genius...
And that's the most wonderful thing with songs written by authentic writers using little influence from other songwriters. You get all of their life experience built in to the crafting of the song. With Lennon, all that Beatles experience, the India experience, the loss the romance, the love etc etc etc, is all in the songs. You are not just listening to tunes. You are listening to his soul played out through a song using musical instruments and vocals.
That's a great way to put it their life experience loss and love like how McCartney made let it be with his mom in mind
John's 'Working Class Hero' for me, has to be his most viscerally powerful song of them all. Every nuance of the piece seems to be channelling such ancestral pain and with such plaintive basic Am chords with that wonderful vamping to the fore.
Very well put.
@@earlgrey691 I just HAPPENED to have just listened to WCH....and you're absolutely right, what a brooding but delectable accompaniment from the guitar!!!....one of my favourite ever songs, never fails to touch me ❤
Would that modern songwriters were so creative and authentic 😔.....
Re the simplicity of She Loves You, Please, Please Me, From Me to You etc, they were still absolutely ground breaking pop songs at the time. No one before The Beatles sounded like The Beatles.
All those songs have at least one ‘spicy’ chord that just elevates the whole thing. Love it
100%!
Genius level bridges.
No small part of the magic were the harmonies. For example... take a listen to No Reply again... Paul would come in at sporadic moments with an upper harmony that sent the song through the roof.
I still miss John.
Of all artists, I think John cast the longest shadow on me. I can't even imagine how I would perceive art and music without him.
Thankfully, I was literally raised with the Beatles playing often and loudly. I was no more than a few days old the first time I heard them. I've never known a reality without John Lennon in it And I wouldn't want to experience that reality either.
"John Lennon used to pee out of the hotel window onto pedestrians."
~ 'Little Miss Dynamite' by Brenda Lee
'Around the World', chapter 11, page 167
@@D-FensDogG and I bet your mom loved it every time....
Good God, that escalated quickly!!! 😮
@@BugRib'keep moving, nothing to see here, but finish watching the post, k!
@@voodoochild1975az Oh, real good one! But you'll need to up your game when you get to the sixth grade!
Hey Rick! I just realized that I haven’t thanked you for all that you do! AND! I just realized ALL that you do, and do it so we can have all of it for free on here! So THANK YOU!!! Very much! For all that you do, doing and will continue to do for a VERY long time! I agree, it would’ve been AWESOME to have YT and a channel like yours back in the ‘90’s and early aughts when I was learning guitar! So on behalf of all the musical community, Thank You, again! You’re a National Treasure, and should be treated as such, because you’re also a bit of a historian. With every interview that you do, you preserve musical history. How great it would’ve been to have interviews from the likes of Hendrix, Freddie Mercury,Duane Allman, Janis Joplin, among many others, I could be here all day listing names!lol God Bless, Rick!!!
It's the best show on RUclips not just because of the topics, interviews, and expert knowledge - Rick puts a lot of work into this. Perhaps "the hardest working man in" or on RUclips
Lennon was an amazing and naturally gifted musician and for him to hook up with someone as equally talented as Paul Mc was just simply meant to be. I don't read music, but I have followed their progression through their first collaborations right up to their final works, analysing and picking all their stuff up by ear. Now I find myself listening to you filling in some vital parts of my lazy listening through what you tell me on your fantastic song analysees...you do have gifted ears and for you to feel you need to pass on what you have deduced over decades of listening and in depth analysis is just brilliant. I don't have your Beato Book or ear training course, mainly because I probably don't need them but for you to take the time to put this stuff together for those who may benefit from them is simply amazing. You are amazing - please keep up the good work and look out for my ear training course purchase, soley because this is a brilliant idea and is well worth supporting. Come on you guys out there - let's keep this utterly brillian individual going - pitch up! Rick, you Rock!
I like the focus on the music not so much the "music business". you have done a wonderful job on that already. Regardless Thank You for all of it. One of a kind. Excellent Excellent channel for those who are interested.
I appreciate that!
Beatles are still top shelf regarding writing. Hell even Ringo wrote a few damn good tunes.
Yeah, Don’t pass me by is underrated
Ive said for years they're the greatest song writers in rock n roll history. And im no contemporary with that era. For context my favorite band is Rush. And Alice n Chains, Soundgarden also top my list.
@@RingoWaters-kl4voI like 'Octopuses Garden!'
And Ringo can sing while drumming. A band where every member can sing while playing.
"Even Ringo?"
I'm contemplating this track, and what occurred to me is that Lennon - as opposed to McCartney - is never sentimental. He had a great sense for lyrical absurdity, and there's something lyrically absurd in how he turns ritualistic chanting into a poetic verse. Yes, it's somewhat Bach-like in that he points one hand to the sky and the other to the ground - and yet his vest is unbuttoned. :) Great channel, great stuff!
Strawberry Fields Forever would be another one
“Jealous Guy” too
Interesting, but in some songs John was very sentimental. Just listen to Julia.
Glad to return to What makes es this song great!!
Lennon´s chord progressions, melodies and rythm fascinate me. Lately I´ve been listening to 'Just Like Starting Over', and I´m obsessed with his modulation from the verse (A Major) to the bridge (G Major). He´s ending the verse with a G, which creates tension since it´s not in A major, and it hints to a modulation to C major. BUT instead he goes to the 2-5-1 of the G Major instead. The 2 of G major being the tonic of the parallell minor (A minor) of the key of the verse. I just love that feint and the release it creates.
Lennon had one of the most interesting minds in music history. I think he could´ve been an artist in any field, it just happened to be music. I think his thinking was groundbreaking in nature, he was very creative and had a gift for creating beauty. Like a modern day Leonardo Da Vinci.
He always made interesting choices. As Sting put it in his interview with Rick, he want to be "surprised" by what the music does. And John Lennon did that quite well.
Oh yes, this song is my second favorite of all time. It seems that he was inspired by the Beach Boys "Don't Worry Baby"
Starting Over intro is pure Buddy Holly inspired ( Well I Guess it Doesn’t Matter Anymore’) 😊
I'm always stunned by the raw acoustic beauty of the Beatles' songs. Although the studio productions are so layered and brilliant in their own right, hearing Rick just play the chords always surprises me with how literally beautiful the chord transitions are. Man. I just don’t think there will ever be anyone like John, Paul, George and Ringo again.
I was watching NCCA basketball but this is worlds better....🎸
Good choice, swish!
Rick gets so excited. It is infectious.
It's really helpful to learn how to listen to the chords.+ before listening to this I had this melody line in my head "nothings going to change my world..." - it's so epic
The melody, chord substitutions, and arrangement are what makes these songs memorable and unique. Thank you Rick. Very enlightening. Love these song breakdowns and melody explanations.
To the question from the neurologist, asking how can you enjoy it when you understand it so well. I know a guy who is one of the best windsurfing instructors in the world. He can see someone doing the most amazing trick. He can watch, understand it completely, and teach it back, step by step. If you ask the guy who did the trick, he’s like “I don’t know, I just do it.”
He, like you Rick, have the teachers gift. Amazing!
His musical abilities were beyond this world, as if he had a divine force helping him. Incredible talent,and just think he had 3 more people with out of this world incredible talent with him. What are the chances of this ever happening.
Divine force? Lennon was an Atheist. What are you talking about?
IF there is such thing as a divine force, it may at times help atheists, as an effort to try and get them to believe.
@@martygras378 That divine force has been my enemy all along.
Congrats Rick on 4 million.
Keep up the various things you do, all of them.
Many of us out here enjoy everything you do, even if some of it goes over our heads, it's all very interesting.
Thank you
Simply you’re the best. Your videos are addictive I feel like I never get tired of watching them!!
I love the way you love the Beatles music. Pure passion… thank you for all your knowledge to us.
Looking at the thumbnail there was a millisecond where I thought: The John Lennon Interview with Rick Beato. Imagine!
Imaagen
Your comment is so beautiful; it immediately brought me to tears. RIP John Lennon
I would flip out if he gets to interview Paul.
Oh yeah, just '(crowd sings out) IMAGINE!
BTW I see what you did there.....just sayn....
@@wewin_inonogoh, man! Wouldn't it be nice. (Brian Wilson)
Yes!!! What makes this song great is what brought me to Rick. Want more of that
I bet Rick could score a Paul McCartney interview
My dad was always playing The Beatles when i was a kid.. as a result, I'm a beatles fanatic myself!! I distinctly remember hearing this song for the first time on a car drive with my dad, i was sitting in the front seat, and he was going to the hardware store or something.. i thought i had heard every beatles song up until that point.. he had a beatles cd playing (which was and still is a thing my dad does on car rides lol)
Accross the universe came on, and it blew my mind, the melody, the lyrics, the emotions it gave me all in one! Even at the young age of maybe 9 or 10, i still remember feeling overwhelmed by this song..
It remains a favourite of mine to this day! Accross the Universe is a true masterpiece
hey, Rick.... just wanna say THANK YOU again for that Benson interview.
he's been one of my personal jazz heroes since the early 80s...along with the late great Al Jarreau.
Rick, I could listen to you for literally hours... like no joke. You're so talented I've learned so much from your song breakdowns to your interviews. Just wanted to say thank you for doing so much for sharing..
One of my all time favorite songs. Great analysis, Mr Beato!
Please, call him Rick, Mr Beato is Rick's dad!!
@@roberthevern6169 Once that hair went silver, he became a Mr for sure!
Rick!!! Thank you for everything. Your joy sharing your knowledge in wonderful music and great interviews 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What a beautiful song. One of my favorites. Nice breakdown. Thank you.
I've watched ALL of the interviews. They are fascinating and filled with useful information!
You know what Rick, I can't tell you enough just how much joy I experience by what you bring to us constantly through both of your RUclips channels. I never know what GOLD is going to come through in any interview (Christopher Cross, Billy Corgan, Michael Macdonald etc.). What you do, brother, enriches my life and I can't thank you enough! Shalom man!
I don’t play any instruments but love music. I cannot believe how informative your interviews, your lessons, your analysis and love to learn the complexity and simplicity of music. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and it’s inspiring to know there are so many talented people like yourself out there, thank you for what you do ❤✨❤️
Thank you. I've been a fan for a while. My 15 year old stepdaughter is, as well. I am in Nova Scotia. I have been a musician for all my life, until I got sick and had to sell my PRS and Ibenez Artist. Miss them. My stepdaughter plays guitar, an incredible visual artist, and (!) writing a novel that, so far, is incredible. Her favourite band is Rush. Teaching Alex Lifeson parts to her is a joy. She's 15 now, and now likes Yes, King Crimson, even Spirit of Christmas (Canadian prog band before Rush). Again, she loves your channel.
As a descendant of Schubert's brother, all the best to you, Rick. You deserve the accolades.
This has always been my favorite Beatles song. Can’t wait to listen to this one!
The "they slither while they pass" line, which Rick stumbled over, is visible on the printed sheet music in the video, and was recently noted in this channel's comments section. That's actually not what John Lennon sang, but it's what ended up on the Blue Album's lyrics notes, and has been perpetuated by countless people since then, including Fiona Apple, and the folks at AZ Lyrics, and alas including me, on a new cover version of ATU that I've set up to be released on Spotify this coming Thursday. I feel like a chump now after recognizing that it should have been "slither wildly as they slip away".
I loved observing the places in the song where it's 5/4, to help the song breathe and make the singing easier.
Also, like others here, I notice that the sheet music is missing the second chord (Bm) in the verse sequence. On my cover, I actually played and sang this in B (G with capo 4 on the guitar, C transposed -1 on the keyboard).
It reminds me of people thinking Paul sings “In this world in which we live in” in “Live and Let Die,” when he’s actually singing “In this world in which we’re living.” I’ve seen a few reviewers remarking on his supposedly poor grammar. :)
@@michelepaccione8806 I just learned something else!
We are learning because of you Rick and we keep coming back for more because it's important TO US ! Huge Thank you .
we love hearing you sing and explain and enjoy music, rick. don't listen to the comments about your voice. every time a new video is up, i stop everything i do and watch it right away and it makes my day. 🙂
I usually prefer McCartney’s Melodies, but you can hear in this Lennon stuff, the sound that attracted the counter cultural fans, pulling in these more exploratory, more challenging sounds. The ears of all 4, pulling in EVERYTHING they heard at the time, were second to none.
Geddy Lee or Alex interview?
How about both at the same time?
They are hilarious together.
YES!!!!
We love the song breakdowns!! Thank you very much for these!
I'm glad you're getting back to this kind of video. The music industry stuff is fascinating is documentary material, but this is more relatable and educational.
What a GREAT song to choose! Great, also, how you describe the melody line, above this progression! So much in there! Awesome! Thank you!
The best & my favorite Beatle , Lennon a complex & multi talented individual. I love this informative piece you put together here, as well a fan of your channels
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I always played that song with a Bm after the root D
Couldn’t agree w you more Rick!!! We love it all. The breakdowns, what makes this song great, interviews !!!
It's important to know how these people came up all these wonderful stories ❤️ Thank you Rick
Whenever I think of “Across the Universe” it always reminds me of when NASA sent the song “Across the Universe” literally “Across the Universe”😂 if there is life out there .. if they receive that signal.. John Lennon will be the first voice they will hear❤
I love your channel, i am reconnecting with the songs of my youth (60s, 70s and 80s). Oh man, I wish you were around when I was playing guitar it would have been so much easier. Great listening and congrats on hitting 4M subscribers. 🎉
Thank you for returning to what brought and kept me into and on you channel.
I am totally down for more song breakdowns, looking forward to em Rick!!
Number 9 Dream would be interesting
Lennon's best song post the Imagine album by a country mile
Epic song
Glad to hear there will be more focus on song breakdowns and ‘what makes this song great’ again.
Rick
You are CRUCIAL.
You make my life better!
Thank you...
So great to have this analysis Rick … thank you again !
Rick's interviews and musical analysis are priceless. Thank you. He's all about the music, like all of us. Plus, he could care less about his less than stellare voice, like we could care less. Ride on, Rick!
This just thrills me and fills me with joy. Thank you Rick.
I might be wrong but this sounds like changing the tonal center within a song (secondary Dominant) and then jumping back to the original Tonic. Brian Wilson, btw, is a master at it.
Great to have you back, Rick! More Beatles, more Beach Boys, more “What Makes This Song Great”!!
Please analyze a Talk Talk song!!
Great call. Talk Talk’s last 3 albums are pure genius.
Thank you for the video. Your channel is what makes you tube awesome!
I really can’t express how happy it makes me when I see rick really enjoying and appreciating a well crafted piece of music him enjoying Lennon really makes it all worth it. We really might have lived through a period of peak, pop, song writing in our lifetime.
so well explained. have been hearing these things without really knowing the whole theory. Since college days I had a basic grasp of theory, but not a full understanding.
That's the way Rick... Back to playing music and helping us all to improve our own playing... Your song breakdowns are the bomb!!!
Love these song breakdowns!
Hey, Rick!
Good to see you!
I enjoy your videos about "inside the music business," and I'm always fascinated, but they can get a little saturating.
So I'm glad to hear you're planning to play more music and break down more songs.
I'm just glad to see & hear your talent!
You're an awesome dude, i wish we were connected, and that i still lived in Atlanta (so we could hang out once in a while).
Carry on...!
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RICK I can't say how much I appreciate all your doing, enjoy everything, keep it up🤘
Best video for an education in songwriting. Very natural manner of speaking and teaching, singing along was a big help even though we know it wasn’t a vocal lesson.
As far as She Loves You, from the opening notes and Ringo playing the floor tom under the chorus which jump starts the song it just gets your heart beating in excitement. The lyrics were somewhat simple but appropriate to the story which we all could relate to.
Again- great guitar playing on a fabulous video!👍
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Rick your RUclips channel is the best and most contributing to the world of all kind of music by far. There is not anything comparable in any official TV show which covers this deep knowledge and passion fo r music. And in every interview we can see and feel that the people you interview are happy and thankfull that they can answere important questions they nobody asked them before. Wish u all the best and further success for ur channels!
A great interview would be if u bring Paul MCartney and invite Nuno or his brother at the same time...🙂
Thank you Rick!
Enjoy these breakdowns
Amazing Rick! Again you are nailing it! 💥
Thank you so much for this. And for all your videos really. Invaluable.
I couldn't resist. I had to break down and purchase that entire course. I don't know anything about music, I'm self-teaching bass guitar on my days off and look forward to the ear training course. I'm 63 years old. So ... here we go!😂
That’s awesome man just keep practicing!
You go...uh...grampa or gramma....
Always a Pleasure.
Well Done.
Why is Rick such a poor singer asked someone? “Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?”
So much love for you, Rick, for all you do, give, and share!🎸💖
Love it - Rick just brilliantly oozing Beatles genius (and flogging his course...absolutely - it doesn't cost nothing). Rick, love your channel mate. 👍
More playing and song breakdown- great. Always nice to hear your insights into music as well as your beautiful playing.
Muchas gracious 🎉
"Across the Universe" masterpiece ✨️
John and Paul love to utilize half steps in different ways. Sometimes half steps four in a row. It is always beautiful just hearing the notes next to each other, simple.
Maybe John in particular, the beauty of his melodies.
Bach, yes.
Interval jumps- that's great. It's his ear, and his feeling- natural to him.
Movement is interesting!
yess knowing it intuitively is just as important as knowing it technically! i’ve found as i’ve grown along my guitar playing journey, i find that more n more everyday i combine the technical ideas n understanding in harmony with my intuition. it produces the most beautiful result. stank u smelly much as always Rick. 🛸
The skipping of the bm is driving me crazy!!
"Rick, you're playing it wrong!" lol
So good Rick … had to watch this twice (and play along of course) … might watch this thrice too … Love all of this !
Happy to hear this, Rick. This content is what drew me to the channel! Love the interviews as well, though
First one I have seen of these! Loved it! Well done Rick!! 🇨🇦👍🏻 John is a legend! Great choice! 😎
“Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox “…. One of my favorite lyric lines of all time!
Pure poetry
Hey Rick you can also include In My Life, Strawberry Fields Forever and A Day In The Life with some of John's greatest melodies.
CJ Vanston. Just recorded with Mc Donald and Luke. Doing Spinal tap 2. Behind the scene genious. Always with Skunk too.
Perfect guest and so genuine and polite. Always treated me so nice. Treats everyone that way. Played for Dali Lama. Great story.
Yes! More of these!
I also wish there was RUclips when I was a kid and I am a lot older than you Rick. It always frustrated me that the information that was available on say Rolling Stone or Creem Magazine were apparently written by people that never played an instrument. They never asked anything that could help those of us who did. Thank you for your interviews that actually ask the question musicians want to know.
'Across the Universe' is an absolutely amazing song by my favorite Beatle. He was flawed as hell but there was never ever anyone cooler in the room.
Looking forward to the music analysis being bumped up!! 💥💥🎉👊🍻
Wow 4 million . More than the population of my country Wales . Such an incredible resource and super friendly. Thank you 🙏 x
"All I'm interested in is the sound. I like it to be whatever happens." - John
Talking about lyrics, song structure, chord progression, etc. would be interested in hearing your thoughts about Syd Barrett✨ Piper and solo albums
Rick's singing is the only hint I get that he might be a regular human being)