It's amazing the number of people who don't hear anything "different" in "The Beatles" because the "Beatles" innovations opened the door for all that followed -- they set the standard, and no one since has equaled them.
Same here. It makes me laugh when people call them “generic” when they were literally the first ones. Like when people hear Hendrix and say things like Kirk Hammett or some metal dude is better. The Beatles were the blueprint for modern pop and rock.
I have often had same argument with my brother. He thinks The Rolling Stones were/are better. he doesn't understand the Stones wouldn't have done what they had, if the Beatles didn't do what they did.
@@jaymes7521 Your brother wouldn't have heard of "The Rolling Stones" if "The Beatles" hadn't kicked the door down for all that followed -- and told "Ed Sullivan" to book them.
This is true, so many songs yet no two were the same, incredible, no other band has matched this let alone their innovations in recording and showing that anything can be done and they were really good an catchy.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek it doesn’t need to be inventive to be good music also Paul’s vocal performance is one of the best in all of music. Her music taste is fine
FYI: The Beatles completely influenced Pink Floyd! In 1967, they came into the studio and listened to them recording their masterpiece Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Pink Floyd borrowed lots of The Beatles' recording technique and style.
Sometime around 1968 (I was 13 then), my older brother asked me who the top three bands were. I said "The Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Doors." He asked, "What about The Beatles?" I looked at him with a quizzical look on my face. Of course, the Beatles, but they were so far beyond anyone else that they defied classification.
@@jnagarya519 Incorrect. Almost all of the backing tracks were played live as a medley. There were a couple of edits but the concept of the medley was planned, rehearsed and recorded as a complete take.
Sometimes you just don't get into a song the first time you hear it; not every song is like the Beatles' "Yesterday", but for me as an old bloke in his eigth decade all I can say is how the Beatles made my life better and still do.👍🇬🇧
The abrupt ending to I Want You (She's so Heavy) was because it was the end of side 1 of the album. It served as your cue to get up and turn the album over.
@@dulcetghost Another missing element from the vinyls: Side 1 was "normal" with distinct songs; side 2 was the medley, which (just like with you) knocked out people's expectations.
Yes, and making a quiet space between the last song on side 1 and the first song on side 2 was really part of the experience. Completely lost subsequently on cd etc. Carelessness and Digital are doing a lot of damage to our cultural heritage.
Actually, John Lennon deliberately cut the end of the tape to get the reaction that everyone has when they hear it. Remember this album came out when 8 track cassette players were the standard car and home tape player. And they were notorious for eating your tapes!
The reason why "the end" is called like that, is because people who had this album on vinyl would stop the album during the pause at the end, thinking it's over. "Her majesty" is kinda like a secret-suprise track 😅
There are lots of so called "greatest love song" , it is foolish to name one. Something is a great song but not even the best love song by the Beatles.
Listen to the (any) album 3 times before you make up your mind. At the end of the third listen, you will know if it's for you. With the first listen, listen to the music. Second listen, read the lyrics. Third time, listen to both. You may change your mind. One listen just won't do. (just heard your final thoughts.) Works every time.
@cunt320 I can understand that. But although I'm 66 years old, and that kind of sucks, I wouldn't give up growing up in the 60s for anything. It was more than their music. It was the sight, sound, and even taste in the air. An excitement unrivaled in the decades after.
. @JillVALENTINE320 The 60's were my teen years and living through that era was a different experience than listening to the Beatles 50 years later. I'm sure you and other young people can be very appreciative of their artistry. But it wasn't just their music. Yes, they changed/grew their music throughout the decade, leading the artform through a maturing of the rock genre. Each new album seemed to inspire other artists to follow their lead. But for us Boomer fans, they influenced us in cultural change - hair, clothing, politics, etc. And we didn't tire of them - we anticipated each new album for their next innovation.
@@bckelley1 That's the difference: they were the center and cutting edge of the music. But they also changed everything outside music. Imagine their every LP being #1 on BOTH the AM radio LP and Singles charts, because every track of every LP was played on the radio, to which listeners responded with requests. Imagine walking through a neighborhood in Summer, 1967 and hearing "Sgt. Pepper's" coming out of EVERY window. Imagine the major FM radio station, WBCN, playing the entire "The Beatles" (all four sides) without commercials or other interruptions except to announce the next of the four sides to be played. And doing that every weekday night for two weeks before the LP was released. And then on those weekends playing all the tracks from that LP randomly, mixed with earlier "Beatles" tracks. And "The Beatles" never peaked: they kept evolving, and growing, and getting LARGER -- which is BIGGER than HUGE -- until they broke up.
@@jnagarya519 I love this comment. Basically, you had to BE there to truly appreciate how massively The Beatles impacted and influenced an entire generation of people who were prepared to reach out to great art and allow it to expand their appreciation of life's possibilities. The silly girl who is reacting to this album simply doesn't have the capacity to dig into how profoundly this musical culture affected a more intelligent generation which had an attention span of more than fifteen seconds.
I do as well. Every generation should discover the Beatles. I'm not sure younger generations can begin to appreciate how the Beatles turned the world upside down. If you didn't live through it, if you weren't a teenager in 1964...the magnitude of the times will escape you.
@@tombodensick4437 That's true. However there are SO MANY videos, films, documentaries and their concerts that were filmed where they can at least get a SENSE of what we teenagers felt in 1964 which the press called "BEATLEMANIA" Lots of films of fans reactions wherever the Beatles went. NOTHING has equaled the enormity of fan reaction to The Beatles, before or since. Truly!!
@@randomanton Howlin Wolf once said “the blues was built on people stealing from each other. Why do you think Robert Johnson had to play with a handkerchief on his hand?” The blues is riddled with theft. 🤷♂️
"Something" was considered by Frank Sinatra as the greatest love song ever written. It was a big hit for Shirley Bassey and was also covered by Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and Smokey Robinson (all legends in popular music). Interesting to see others' reactions - we all feel music in different ways. The Beatles really were revolutionary and creative.
@@lurx2024 He assumed it was a Lennon-McCartney song because it was a Beatles song. Later on in his career, after he'd been better advised, he introduced the song in his live shows as a song by "George Harrison of The Beatles." Oddly enough, Frank and George became personal friends and George stayed at Sinatra's house as a very welcome guest on a number of occasions.
Nice job. You commented a few times why can't the whole album be like this? With the Beatles ALL their songs are so different, they had no "genre" that is what made them what they were, still the greatest selling band by far. If you listen to all their stuff, you'll see its soooo different every time. Thanks for the review. My son is 14 yrs old and thinks the Beatles are the best band ever. He got me into them even more.
I don't think even the Beatles liked hearing their own music on modern day stereo speakers I think George Harrison sed something in a interview like their music is is meant to be listened to in mono sound playing out of a lofi sounding record player depending on how you listen to their music can make all the difference
Yes. George Martin remarked how amazed he was that the Beatles never repeated themselves. I mean, 13 albums in 7 1/2 years? No one will ever do that again with the quality the Beatles maintained.
@@ugotacigarette7286 According to George Martin -- in his _All You Need is Ears_ -- when they began recording in stereo, they didn't comprehend TWO speakers. It initially made no sense to them.
I bought all the albums as they came out in 1987, and I can tell you, the later remasters sounded clearer. Early CD's just don't sound as good as newer CD's. Now the remixed versions I would stay away from. There are slight differences from the original versions, but they all sound great. I've bought them all, from original albums on vinyl to the MOBILE FIDELITY Original Master Recordings vinyl from 1983, to all versions of CD's. Enjoy.
The medley on side 2 has reached the pinnacle of Beatles recordings history. Even though Lennon has said he thought much of the album was throwaway garbage, it is The Beatles' swan song. When they sung "The End" they knew it was the end of the band and they wanted to go out on a high note. Abbey Road achieved that.
@@treetopjones737 And yet, while they were making this album, Paul was bringing in songs such as "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Come And Get It" while George offered up classics like "All Things Must Pass" and "Isn't A Pity", none of which John was interested in working on. John can moan all he likes about having to work on "granny songs" such as "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" but what was he bringing to the party instead? During the Get Back sessions, Paul was offering classics such as "Let It Be", "The Long And Winding Road", "Get Back" and George was throwing in the likes of "For You Blue", "Isn't It A Pity" and "I, Me Mine". John was producing next to nothing apart from "Don't Let Me Down" (which was going nowhere after days of John's farting about. Then Paul took command of it and made it a classic. Meanwhile John eventually coughed up the vacuous filler track called "Dig A Pony". John was just jealous and lazy. Paul was ambitious and hard-working and John couldn't or wouldn't rise to the challenge of matching him (unlike in the early years when John wrote most of the A-sides of the hit singles.) "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" isn't the greatest moment in the history of The Beatles but it's a million times better than the "Two Virgins" or "Life With The Lions" utter shite which John was putting out as "art" at that time.
@@jnagarya519 I agree!! I get annoyed when people "rag" on "Yellow Submarine," "Octopuses Garden" or "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and think they are just children's songs. SO WHAT? Other than "Yellow Submarine" the other two weren't. The Beatles could be light hearted and also loved to have fun with some of their songs. That was the beauty of The Beatles, there was always something for EVERYONE.
The Beatles were so great cause their ability to experiment, see variety and push innovation like no other band. And of course their talent as musicians and composers.
As a singer/songwriter/audio engineer, I can assure you that the digital form of the "Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition," which came out in 2019, is the best that album can possibly ever sound. Nothing else comes close.
The second half of the album is a medley, so the songs are attached. The album is a masterpiece. If you like Pink Floyd, then you clearly have good taste.. anyone with good taste loves the Beatles. You should give their catalogue a proper listen.
@@dulcetghost If you have, (I am writing this on Jan. 22, 2024, I hope you started with their first album "PLEASE PLEASE ME" and worked your way chronologically as they were released from 1963- 1970. It is the ONLY way you can appreciate how there music in each single and album evolved and progressed in just 7 1/2 years. WE couldn't WAIT for their next single and album come out to see what they were going to do next. It was exciting and they NEVER got BORING, they were so versatile and did all sorts of music.
Listen to the album with your eyes closed and with headphones and listen (Sun King) to the far away crickets as the music gets louder and louder as if you are walking up to a building and then opening the door. Listen as the music and guitars go left to right in your brain and then right to left. It was mind blowing at the time.
That's how the Beatles sounded in 1969. The Let It Be album was recorded in early 69, then Abbey Road. They were done after that. A year earlier, they made the White Album. One of the most influential albums ever.
The whole album doesn't sound the same is because you have three composers (John, Paul & George) writing their own songs and still have varying styles in each of their own compositions.
Good honest review. The Beatles music is different in many ways and very diversified. The more you listen to it, the more you will understand it, and generally the more you will like it. Many younger reactors are not familiar with the way The Beatles are able to make different transitions within a song, which they are masters at, but once they get used to it they love it. Also, uninterrupted listening with headphones on with reveal the musical magic they include in their songs. That being said, some don't like transitions and some only like harder rock, so they will never appreciate a good percentage of The Beatles catalog. Hope you will be able to listen to more of their catalog, especially Rubber Soul onward.
Thank you! I will definitely listen through the rest of their catalogue now. I’ll try to do it with headphones next time to get that better sound. Thank you for the tip!
You might appreciate the newer remixes (youtube!) if you're listening on headphones. As has already been said the originals were mixed for lo-fi record players and radio. The average person did not have headphones in the 60's. Hell, listen to all the Beatles songs in every way possible! Life is long.✌
@@dulcetghost I think you will eventually like/love their music or at least appreciate how diverse their music is. It doesn't hurt to broaden your horizons in music even more. Just think of how you will have more to choose from depending on your mood.
Yes, Beatles influence lots of music including Pink Floyd and Queen. The multi-part songs on the second half of Abbey Road started even further back on the 1967 Sgr Pepper song "A Day in a Life". Go back to earlier Beatles album like Revolver and Sgt Pepper and you''ll hear their influences on many future pop and progressive music.
Sounding like Pink Floyd.... yeah...like Pink Floyd sounded 4 years later... and that's the problem with young people commenting on the Beatles. It's never in the context of what was around at the time. There were always bands doing things more extreme than the Beatles, yet they were always on the forefront. Everyone wanted to know what they would do next.
@@johnstegmeier3758 If Pink Floyd was influenced, cool. But their biggest albums sound nothing like The Beatles. Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall are very unique. Pink Floyd may be the best musical group there was. The Beatles had the best songs, The Who had the best and loudest concerts. I suppose The Rolling Songs had the best longevity.
@@putinscat1208 "Tommy" was released in 1969. But try to figure out what it's about -- "freedom"? A "spiritual leader" who becomes a dictator and leader of a fascist cult?
Something won the Ivor Novello for the best song musically and lyrically of 1969 and was covered by over 150 artists by the end of the 1970s. Widely regarded as one of the greatest love songs ever written, so probably quite successful.
Perhaps you sitting in the car is not the best context for getting the vibe. Try hangin with a few friends - putting your dam cell phone down so you can actually pay attention. Grab a glass of wine or two - sit back and get comfortable, dim the lights etc You gave about 5 or 6 songs a thumbs up - most albums have one or two good songs - puts the Beatles ahead of the crowd Also most albums get better with a few listens - You might find yourself getting into it a bit more on listen 4 or 5.
Every album is quite different, especially starting with "Rubber Soul." Many consider "Revolver," the album preceding "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," to be their best. For someone not growing up during that time, it's almost impossible to understand how revolutionary, impactful, and influential they were. There are magazines that even include them in their lists of the greatest events in human history, editors thereof, obviously headed by baby boomers.
I can see that for sure. There must have been some kind of divine intervention that made The Beatles come into being. I really wish I could have grown up during that time!
@@dulcetghost The Beatles, and the public's love for them, was described as "the greatest romance of the 20th century" by one writer /social critic. You seem like you might like one of my favorite bands called *"The Jesus and Mary Chain"* If you don't know them, and you choose to look into them I would start with "Darklands" (which is their 2nd album). Their first album (Psychocandy) was regarded as very groundbreaking and important but it is a bit intense and takes a little getting used to...One critic said it "was as close to noise as music can get and still be music"
@@treetopjones737 Not before they were teenagers, Paul met John first when Paul was 15 and John was almost 17. Paul was already friends with George and shortly after, introduced George to John. John was skeptical at first, to let George in the band because he was so young ( a year younger that Paul) until George played an instrumental rock song called "RAUNCHY" all the way through. Paul got into the band when Paul played "20 Flight Rock" for John. John was impressed because Paul knew ALL the words to it, AND he knew how to tune a guitar properly.
By the way, Beatles fans: "Here comes the sun", although never a regular Beatles single, is now the 1st song of the "Fab Four" in spotify, which is in the 1,000,000,000 club, which 400+ titles have achieved so far. Special honor for the late great George Harrison.
Most of the songs on side 2 are a medley. They move one to the other with no breaks. This was a first for the Beatles and not common with any rock band in the 60s. It like a precursor of the rock opera.
Growing up in the 60s, the Beatles were the 60s! I have listened to all of their albums thousands of times over the decades and get something new from them every time. Abbey Road, in particular, is like a drug addiction -the more you listen to it, the more you want to listen to every single note!
To me The Beatles are the greatest band of all time. Abbey Road is one of the greatest albums of all time, along with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I think the entire album is great! all of the songs from it are great! In my opinion no o e will ever be better than The Beatles!
This album is an example of why I still buy physical media. You Never Give Me Your Money through Bathroom Window are essentially one suite and Golden Slumbers through The End are a second, but each portion gets a track. In fact portions of each medley were in fact recorded together as one song but simply listed separately on the track listing. When they are played on the radio though, they are played as the medleys (some stations paly both medleys straight through as one whole song instead of two songs.. or eight songs). ITunes has a feature that when you rip a CD into your music library, you can join tracks so suites can be played as intended. It was a feature probably intended for classical music, but there are so many songs in rock that are multiple tracks that are almost always played together as one song. Just off the top of my head: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-With a Little Help From My Friends, also by the Beatles Happiest Days of Our Live-Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd Empty Spaces-Young Lust, also by Pink Floyd Moving in Stereo-All Mixed Up by The Cars Brain Stew-Jaded by Green Day Heartbreaker-Living Loving Maid by Led Zeppelin We Will Rock You-We Are The Champions by Queen
The Beatles are like peeling back an onion...it's incredible how many layers there are in their music and their story. The best way to APPRECIATE The Beatles is to examine them in their own time and understand their journey as it unfolded, all the while being conscious of the music of the time. You really can't begin to understand their impact judging their music by everything that has come since. They paved the way in a MAJOR way regarding the entire industry. They developed organically and untrained. Incredibly clever, inventive buggers.
Also, as is true with most music as voluminous as the Beatles catalog, there is an acclimation period. Certain songs have to sink in, sometimes after repeated listens. I've found many times that songs that didn't grab me the first few listens ended up being favorites. Also, ponder this one. The time span between recording their first album and their last was about 6 1/2 years. THAT is unfathomable and will never happen again. Explosive!
@@patticrichton1135 well, technically speaking, sept of '62 to August/September of '69 would be pretty close to 7 years. I was going from the recording of PPM in Feb '63. I don't believe all 4 were together in the studio beyond Abbey Road but did show in smaller numbers to work out some kinks in Let it Be.
David Gilmour has done a lot of collaborations with Paul McCartney over the years, starting in the 70s up to the 2000s. They even made an album and live dvd together with Run Devil Run. On numerous occasions he's called The Beatles 'geniuses'. That says a lot coming from a musician like him. Thumbs up for the review! I used to dislike The Beatles when I was younger, but as soon as I started to learn to play instruments and, because of that, gained a better understanding of their music, they have now been one of my favorite bands for a long time. And songs that used to be favorites are still being shuffeled around for other ones out of their massive collection, repetitive listening will make you discover all the nuances. And yes, with headphones...
Abbey Road is my favourite album. It's hard to imagine listening to it for the first time. I bought it when I was 10-12 yrs old (maybe), and it took me some time to get into it. At that time I only bought Beatles albums (and my older brother bought them too - till we had them all), and I probably only bought 3 a year. So when I got a Beatles album, I'd hammer it. Basically Abbey Road took the longest to get into and gave the most back. It's weird to think now that most people will only hear something once or twice and decide it's not for them. Incidentally, it took me some time to get into OK Computer, but it was one of the few tapes I had in my car at the time. First album I bought was Sgt Pepper, purely because they didn't have Help, which I'd heard on a tape from the library (can you even imagine such a time?). My favourite song at that point I think was Another Girl, though The Night Before I also liked a lot. Probably not in my top 50 Beatles songs nowadays, but I still like them. The White Album is also often my favourite album - it switches with Abbey Road
If I may be so bold, I think you should do more reactions, you have a knack for it, and it would direct people towards your own music on the channel :)
You can't listen to this album, or any album, and talk all the way through it, or be on your phone. The thing about any Beatles album is that they inspired just about all musicians that came after. Their music was so new and different every band of that time and even up to this day were inspired by them. The Beatles were and are the greatest of all time, and there will never be another band that was as creative and influential as The Beatles. You are wrong when you say you don't think anybody listens to Abbey Road all the way through. Millions of people listen to it every day, especially the medley on the second side. You just think nobody listens to it because you don't listen to it. Abbey Road is a masterpiece from beginning to end. You should listen to it without talking...close your eyes and just listen. It really is amazing. Ok. Just saw your ending and I'm glad you took the time to listen. Many young people don't ever give older music a chance. So thanks again.
Part of why i love the Beatles so much, is that they made something like Maxwell's Silver Garden, and then they also made Proto-Metal with Helter Skelter.
I was 10 when The Beatles were on Ed. The first movie I ever saw was; "A Hard Days Night". I grew up with the Beatles defining the world. I have every album they ever made....now hanging on my wall. At 70+ yrs now, I often weep as I watch others enjoy listening to "The Beatles".... grateful I got to hear their music right out of the sleeve. They were incredible...and oh so special. With each one's passing, my heart breaks and weeps. I'm so glad the younger generations are still enjoying The Lads from LIverpool. Peace....!
Yes, they pretty much invented or formulated the genres that were the jumping off points for all those later bands and artists you love. You'll find very few of the great musical acts of the 70s that didn't get inspired in the first place by the Beatles to take up music, and to experiment with all the possibilities they heard in their ever-evolving, ground-breaking music. As Brian May (of Queen) put it, "The Beatles opened the doors and we all just walked through."
you had to grow up with the beatles to know how good they were.every tune has a surprise of some type either instruments or vocals or a unique hook. genius.
If you don't get it I get that. I started listening to the Beatles in '64 when I was 11 and listened to them for 6 more years until they broke up in 1970. The music that they produced played on the radio and it was the the soundtrack of my teenage years along with everyone else I knew. They grew musically and so did I as each new album came out. We listened to this music and lived with it for years. So we kind of hoped and thought that it would never stop but then in '69 it did and it was like loosing a friend. Now you can go to a store and buy all the albums and listen to them in a week. We lived with this music and listened to it and waited months or years for the next album. So I guess my point is you had to live with this music and experience all the wild stuff that was going on while this music was being made. It really reflected the times but those times are gone now. So for someone of your generation it's like someone showing you a faded photo of some forgotten time and trying to explain what was happening at that time from just that old photo. It's like listening to the soundtrack to great movie but without the movie itself. It's just not the same.
Wow thank you for this comment! You described it very well I think I understand now why so many people love The Beatles so much. Next time I listen to their music, I’ll be thinking of this. Thank you! I can see the photo a little better now
Thank you! The mic was just the one in the camera and the camera is an Olympus Pen E-PL9. It’s a pretty good camera and definitely gets the job done with good audio, & great contrast and color in the image, however a downfall is that the selfie camera flips down rather than to the side or above. I don’t know why that is and it’s been difficult for vlogging on tripods and also in the car like this video because I can’t see the viewfinder. So it’s got pros and cons but has done me well for about 3 years now.
Roger Waters said that the Beatles, during their SGT's Peppr's Album, were god-like to the young Pink Floyd, because the Beatles were creating sounds never heard before, in 67... So, Roger Waters and David Gilmore are definetly fans of the Beatles, they've always been and still are! Oh, I loved this reaction and also I loved the connection with the book!
@@dulcetghost Fan Fact: the title of last song, Her Majesty, didn't appear on the back cover of the first edition as a track, so the song The End was actually the last one that you could read of the album. The was a ghost song. So nobody was expecting that song would played 'at the end'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty_(song)
I think it'd be fun to give a try to the earlier Beatles album like A Hard Day's Night, Help or Rubber Soul... Even if probably the White Album is more for your taste!
@@BabbleBebble she should start with their first album "Please Please Me" and work her way chronologically as they were released and as WE heard them, those of us who were there . THAT will be the ONLY way she can see how their music evolved and progressed in such a short amount of time. It's silly to skip around their catalogue out of order, or to totally skip entire albums. To me it's like reading a novel by starting in the middle, or at the end of the book. Missing the plot development which starts at the beginning.
For a moment, don't think in the music itself, but in the overwhelming creativity of these 4 individuals. Lucky to have live this time and heard them creating the most amazing music in human history.
The songs that are “going and going” is their medley. Originally it was called the long one, as a 10 minute song. And a little fun fact, in the song “the end” all Beatles play a solo, starting with Ringo playing a drum solo, John starts the guitar solo and then George and the Paul.
Glad you were honest. The Beatles inspired much of what came later. They have a lot of number one hits and many famous songs. And now I just heard your addition at the end. Which makes this Beatles loving heart feel better.
I liked the honest review. The importance of The Beatles can never really be overstated, but aside from that, they're just really really good too. I think it would be neat if you gave 'The White album' a review/reaction. It's an incredible double album that has a little bit of everything for everyone-- their diverse songwriting prowess is on full display. Slight disclaimer: the album can get a tad weird (that's a plus to some of us though).
It’s funny that you mention “ Pink Floyd “ because they were also recording at the same time as the Beatles at Abbey Road Studios . And the sound engineer Allen Parson worked on this album & Dark Side of the Moon .
You know how those songs grew on you because they have a knack for creating catchy Melodie’s? They do it with every album and their many singles. Over 200 times in only 6.5 years of recording together. Artists today are lazy. Also this album set the template for the 70s. The Moogs introduction into pop music is on here comes the sun.
get rid of the superiority complex my god! music is the best it's ever been there's so many great modern artists the beatles are great but why be snobby about it?
You might have appreciated the Beatles' Abbey Road more if you knew some of the background story behind the lyrics for each song. One in particular, "She came in through the bathroom window", is explained in detail in the novel, "The Memoirs of Billy Shears". Although the author of record for "Memoirs' is Thomas E. Uharriet, its real author is the person we know today as Paul McCartney. From page 236 of 'Memoirs': ". . . In the song that references Jane Asher's ladder use, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window." I sing parallel lines with the identical meaning that Paul McCartney talks to me: "Sunday's on the phone to Monday; Tuesday's on the phone to me." "I might as well explain more of that song. The silver spoon was not, as some people claim, intended to be a drug reference. It was about Jane having been born into affluence. "She said she'd always been a dancer." I called her a dancer to take listeners off her trail. Jane Asher had always been, let us set it right, an actress. She was born in 1946, and had her first movie appearance in 1952. Letting her career take priority over relationships, she was always off somewhere filming. I describe it as "She worked at fifteen clubs a day."
@Richard-sc7yq Also, the line "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" refers to one of the fans that hung around out side the gate of Paul's home on Cavendish Ave, not far from Abbey Road. While they were out, she saw a ladder leaning against his home and noticed that a window on the second floor was slightly open. It was the bathroom window, which the fan climbed through. She stole some photos and later, when she heard that Paul was pleading to the other girls that frequently hung out there, that these were very special photos and if they knew who took them, could they please return them to him, which that girl eventually did. That was the inspiration for that line. lol
Got to disagree with the purist idea that the remastered versions are not as good as the original. Just not true. The digital technology has advanced so much since the album was originally recorded coupled with George Martin's son Giles overseeing the process of the latest re-mastering has yielded a much more well balanced and EQ'ed version of the music.
No version of Abbey Road or Sgt. Pepper has pauses between songs that were originally edited together by George Martin (Producer) and the band. Those medleys come that way "from the factory"....They are meant to be together and I've heard many versions & pressings of this album, and there's no reason, even streaming, that should separate the songs that are connected.
Abbey Road is on many lists in the top 3 albums of all time probably up with Thriller and Dark Side of the Moon. What is worth noting is that after Let It Be The Beatles were as good as broken up and hated each other, but they got their shit together to do one last record despite their differences and gave us the magnificent Abbey Rd. This is the height of professionalism in any industry.
"Why isn't the whole album like this? This is good." Every Beatles album and song shows their versatility. In the 7 years and 7 months together The Beatles had 20 No. 1 hits, and 34 Top 10 hits. All total, they wrote 213 songs which equals a new song less than every 2 weeks! What other group was as prolific?
Yes I kind of started to understand that for the first time ever while listening to this album. Since I’d never really listened to them before except for the hits, I didn’t know how much they really influenced music today. I respect The Beatles a lot for that
I've found I really need to listen to an album twice before I really know how I feel about it. My first time hearing Elton John's "Captain Fantastic" I was not really blown away like I was with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". But after the second time... Wow!!! I see your added commentary, heard after I finished typing the above, seems to maybe have come to a similar conclusion.
Hi! I want to share some info about the Abbey Road album for you: Original LP album release dates: September 26,1969 in UK and October 1 same year in the US distributed by Parlophone in UK and Capitol Records in US. 1st CD reissue: October 10th, 1987 (WW) 2nd CD reissue: September 9, 2009 (this CD is an Enhanced CD containing a mini documentary about the album) 3rd CD and LP reissue: September 26 2019, in the 50th Anniversary Edition in both Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions! The cover was made in the morning of August 15, 1969 at 10 AM approximately while Iain McMillian was the photographer. 6 photoshoots were made! This was the last album recorded as a group on August 20th, 1969. Abbey Road was recorded simultaneously with the 12th studio album: Let It Be. Hope that this info can be very helpful for you and greetings from Puerto Rico!
You got it. They changed everything. They don’t sound like the albums you know. The albums you know sound like them. Also listening on a car stereo is not ideal.
Got to say, I love the honesty. It irks me to watch the "reactors" on TH-cam listen to a song as if it's the best thing they've ever heard, every damn song they listen to. Honesty is refreshing, it's nice to hear what you don't care for as well as what you actually like. I'm old, so I listen to old music, I love the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, etc... I got sick of watching people react to them and give those pandering "best thing I've ever heard" reviews... it's just not possible to love Led Zeppelin and something like Dolly Parton, equally, but they act as if they do.
Great comment, thank you! I agree, it seems fake when react channels say that every single song is amazing. All of my favorite bands and artists have some songs I’m not that into, so it’s definitely more realistic that someone would love some songs more than others. Thank you again for the comment!
It is entirely possible to like, if not "love" opposite things. Last but not least, the Beatles deliver many different genres, for which they have become favorites of critics. It's absolutely mesmerizing to hear e.g. "Within you, without you", "Rocky Raccoon", "Helter skelter", "And I love her" back to back. Or jazz, folk, rap, hard rock, country, van Beethoven, pop etc, back to back. Happens non-stop in my music library.
Thanks to modern technology, you can isolate the songs you like to make a smaller album of just the good songs. Back around 1980, I bought a turntable that I could program to only play specific tracks. This was the first album I tried that on. Perhaps the turntable was designed with this album in mind. You are not the only person to have that opinion. There are other people who prefer Paul McCartney's songs to John Lennon's.
Frank Sinatra was particularly impressed with "Something", calling it "the greatest love song of the past 50 years" and did a cover himself. Beatles pioneered the concept of concept album, the reason why not every single song in the album sounds the same and might not stand out on their while playing individually, hence they are to be listened as whole, to get a comprehensive sound and feel. The Beatles taught the world that the purpose of an Album is to take you on a journey. Dark Side of the moon, The Wall are the aftermath of Beatles' influence.
I enjoyed this video very much. For all the important historical context, you're still you, young and listening to music made over 50 years ago, today, in 2023. Listen, in your own fashion and maybe with your very nice voice you'll find yourself singing some Beatles songs.
The Beatles are all over pop culture with a million covers and originals stuck in commercials and movies. The later albums still give a lot of surprises and you would have never heard before.
Okay, i get it that you're not really a Beatles person but i like the fact that you were honest enough to share your true thoughts and feelings with all of us f-ing peasants out here in cyberland. What i like about your video is that ABBEY ROAD grew on you and that you liked it better and better the more you played it. That says more about The BEATLES and their last record than anybody else could ever hope to say.
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"Post 1969, every rock song is the son of a Beatles song." - Mike Pachelli
Yep
No wiser words have ever been spoken.
Yeah, but unfortunately this girl is just too dumb to realise that.
Absolutely
It's amazing the number of people who don't hear anything "different" in "The Beatles" because the "Beatles" innovations opened the door for all that followed -- they set the standard, and no one since has equaled them.
Same here. It makes me laugh when people call them “generic” when they were literally the first ones. Like when people hear Hendrix and say things like Kirk Hammett or some metal dude is better. The Beatles were the blueprint for modern pop and rock.
It's like the guy who routinely puts new wheels on his car and has no appreciation for the guy who actually INVENTED the wheel!
I have often had same argument with my brother. He thinks The Rolling Stones were/are better. he doesn't understand the Stones wouldn't have done what they had, if the Beatles didn't do what they did.
@@jaymes7521 Your brother wouldn't have heard of "The Rolling Stones" if "The Beatles" hadn't kicked the door down for all that followed -- and told "Ed Sullivan" to book them.
@@jnagarya519 Damn right.
The whole LP isn't like "Oh Darling" because "The Beatles" didn't repeat themselves.
This is true, so many songs yet no two were the same, incredible, no other band has matched this let alone their innovations in recording and showing that anything can be done and they were really good an catchy.
Also she has a boring music tastes. Oh darling is one of the least inventive tracks on the album.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek As soon as I saw the halsey album at the start I knew her taste wasn't going to be the best lol
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek it doesn’t need to be inventive to be good music also Paul’s vocal performance is one of the best in all of music. Her music taste is fine
@@ewest14disagree.
FYI: The Beatles completely influenced Pink Floyd! In 1967, they came into the studio and listened to them recording their masterpiece Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Pink Floyd borrowed lots of The Beatles' recording technique and style.
They saw some of it on a day both bands were recording at Abbey Road Studios. It isn't like they had tea or anything though.
I hear they may have had tea, too!
@@porflepopnecker4376 There's always a good cuppa involved!
Alan Parson was the assistant engineer in the studio in 1969. You know who he is...
Sometime around 1968 (I was 13 then), my older brother asked me who the top three bands were. I said "The Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Doors." He asked, "What about The Beatles?" I looked at him with a quizzical look on my face. Of course, the Beatles, but they were so far beyond anyone else that they defied classification.
The Abbey Road medley is one of the most iconic music events in history. Abbey Road is so good all over it.
Maybe learn what the word "iconic" means. You kids keep using it incorrectly.
@@docsavage8640 Kids? It's not iconic? Then what is iconic?
The separate bits of the so-called "medley" were played separately, then edited together. It was not played straight through.
@@jnagarya519 Incorrect. Almost all of the backing tracks were played live as a medley.
There were a couple of edits but the concept of the medley was planned, rehearsed and recorded as a complete take.
@@gerrycoogan6544 I have a bootleg of it: each fragment -- because that's what they are -- was recorded separately.
Sometimes you just don't get into a song the first time you hear it; not every song is like the Beatles' "Yesterday", but for me as an old bloke in his eigth decade all I can say is how the Beatles made my life better and still do.👍🇬🇧
The abrupt ending to I Want You (She's so Heavy) was because it was the end of side 1 of the album. It served as your cue to get up and turn the album over.
OOOOOH that’s so cool actually! A remaining element from vinyls that’s awesome
Thank you for that insight!
@@dulcetghost Another missing element from the vinyls: Side 1 was "normal" with distinct songs; side 2 was the medley, which (just like with you) knocked out people's expectations.
Yes, and making a quiet space between the last song on side 1 and the first song on side 2 was really part of the experience. Completely lost subsequently on cd etc. Carelessness and Digital are doing a lot of damage to our cultural heritage.
Actually, John Lennon deliberately cut the end of the tape to get the reaction that everyone has when they hear it. Remember this album came out when 8 track cassette players were the standard car and home tape player. And they were notorious for eating your tapes!
The reason why "the end" is called like that, is because people who had this album on vinyl would stop the album during the pause at the end, thinking it's over. "Her majesty" is kinda like a secret-suprise track 😅
First ever bonus track
Completely by accident too!
'Something' is considered the greatest love song ever by many and 'Here there and everywhere' a close second.
There are lots of so called "greatest love song" , it is foolish to name one. Something is a great song but not even the best love song by the Beatles.
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@@fitless I agree. I prefer Here, There and Everywhere and In My Life to Something, and I really like Something.
4 musicians, 4 different styles, which translates to an album not being the same due to the individuality in each song.
Yes!!! That's what she missed...no one wants an album of similarly sounding songs.
Listen to the (any) album 3 times before you make up your mind. At the end of the third listen, you will know if it's for you. With the first listen, listen to the music. Second listen, read the lyrics. Third time, listen to both. You may change your mind. One listen just won't do. (just heard your final thoughts.) Works every time.
The Beatles inspired everyone from the 60s till now. But the true experience would be if you were born in that era . Beatles influenced everything!
I disagree with being born in the era. I'm probably younger than she is and can definitely get the true experience of the beatles.
@cunt320 I can understand that. But although I'm 66 years old, and that kind of sucks, I wouldn't give up growing up in the 60s for anything. It was more than their music. It was the sight, sound, and even taste in the air. An excitement unrivaled in the decades after.
. @JillVALENTINE320 The 60's were my teen years and living through that era was a different experience than listening to the Beatles 50 years later. I'm sure you and other young people can be very appreciative of their artistry.
But it wasn't just their music. Yes, they changed/grew their music throughout the decade, leading the artform through a maturing of the rock genre. Each new album seemed to inspire other artists to follow their lead. But for us Boomer fans, they influenced us in cultural change - hair, clothing, politics, etc. And we didn't tire of them - we anticipated each new album for their next innovation.
@@bckelley1 That's the difference: they were the center and cutting edge of the music. But they also changed everything outside music.
Imagine their every LP being #1 on BOTH the AM radio LP and Singles charts, because every track of every LP was played on the radio, to which listeners responded with requests.
Imagine walking through a neighborhood in Summer, 1967 and hearing "Sgt. Pepper's" coming out of EVERY window.
Imagine the major FM radio station, WBCN, playing the entire "The Beatles" (all four sides) without commercials or other interruptions except to announce the next of the four sides to be played. And doing that every weekday night for two weeks before the LP was released.
And then on those weekends playing all the tracks from that LP randomly, mixed with earlier "Beatles" tracks.
And "The Beatles" never peaked: they kept evolving, and growing, and getting LARGER -- which is BIGGER than HUGE -- until they broke up.
@@jnagarya519 I love this comment.
Basically, you had to BE there to truly appreciate how massively The Beatles impacted and influenced an entire generation of people who were prepared to reach out to great art and allow it to expand their appreciation of life's possibilities.
The silly girl who is reacting to this album simply doesn't have the capacity to dig into how profoundly this musical culture affected a more intelligent generation which had an attention span of more than fifteen seconds.
I get a kick out of a new generation discovering the Beatles.
I do as well. Every generation should discover the Beatles. I'm not sure younger generations can begin to appreciate how the Beatles turned the world upside down. If you didn't live through it, if you weren't a teenager in 1964...the magnitude of the times will escape you.
@@tombodensick4437 That's true. However there are SO MANY videos, films, documentaries and their concerts that were filmed where they can at least get a SENSE of what we teenagers felt in 1964 which the press called "BEATLEMANIA" Lots of films of fans reactions wherever the Beatles went. NOTHING has equaled the enormity of fan reaction to The Beatles, before or since. Truly!!
I’m 25 years old and don’t even trust anyone who isn’t a Beatles and Led Zeppelin fan 😂😂
Fun reaction. Thanks for posting
That's a bit melodramatic.
Trust me, lol, those two are THE best bands ever!
I like pink Floyd better than zeppelin.. but I also have a bias because zeppelin ripped off a lot of people without giving them their due.
@@cletusmorraies9370 Either it was “melodramatic” or someone needs to GAFSOH
One or the other 🙄
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Howlin Wolf once said “the blues was built on people stealing from each other. Why do you think Robert Johnson had to play with a handkerchief on his hand?”
The blues is riddled with theft. 🤷♂️
"Something" was considered by Frank Sinatra as the greatest love song ever written. It was a big hit for Shirley Bassey and was also covered by Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and Smokey Robinson (all legends in popular music). Interesting to see others' reactions - we all feel music in different ways. The Beatles really were revolutionary and creative.
Oddly enough, Sinatra referred to Something as his favorite Lennon and McCartney song.
@@lurx2024 He assumed it was a Lennon-McCartney song because it was a Beatles song. Later on in his career, after he'd been better advised, he introduced the song in his live shows as a song by "George Harrison of The Beatles."
Oddly enough, Frank and George became personal friends and George stayed at Sinatra's house as a very welcome guest on a number of occasions.
Also covered very nicely by Joe Cocker!!
"Abbey Road" was released in September, 1969. "The Beatles" opened the door for ALL THAT FOLLOWED.
Its true. The Beatles were the trail blazers, while other artists tried to keep up !
Nice job. You commented a few times why can't the whole album be like this? With the Beatles ALL their songs are so different, they had no "genre" that is what made them what they were, still the greatest selling band by far. If you listen to all their stuff, you'll see its soooo different every time. Thanks for the review. My son is 14 yrs old and thinks the Beatles are the best band ever. He got me into them even more.
Your son is so right. Jim
I don't think even the Beatles liked hearing their own music on modern day stereo speakers I think George Harrison sed something in a interview like their music is is meant to be listened to in mono sound playing out of a lofi sounding record player depending on how you listen to their music can make all the difference
Yes. George Martin remarked how amazed he was that the Beatles never repeated themselves. I mean, 13 albums in 7 1/2 years? No one will ever do that again with the quality the Beatles maintained.
@@ugotacigarette7286 According to George Martin -- in his _All You Need is Ears_ -- when they began recording in stereo, they didn't comprehend TWO speakers. It initially made no sense to them.
@@jnagarya519 That's a great book!
It's one of my very favourite Beatles books in my ludicrously expansive and ever expanding Beatles library!
In case you didn't know, Abbey Road was that last album that the Beatles recorded together.
I bought all the albums as they came out in 1987, and I can tell you, the later remasters sounded clearer. Early CD's just don't sound as good as newer CD's. Now the remixed versions I would stay away from. There are slight differences from the original versions, but they all sound great. I've bought them all, from original albums on vinyl to the MOBILE FIDELITY Original Master Recordings vinyl from 1983, to all versions of CD's. Enjoy.
The medley on side 2 has reached the pinnacle of Beatles recordings history. Even though Lennon has said he thought much of the album was throwaway garbage, it is The Beatles' swan song. When they sung "The End" they knew it was the end of the band and they wanted to go out on a high note. Abbey Road achieved that.
John was not a fan of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and I agree, it comes close to sounding like a tune for children.
@@treetopjones737 "Yellow Submarine" was a song for children. What's wrong with that? Anyone else writes songs for children and there's no puzzlement.
@@treetopjones737 And yet, while they were making this album, Paul was bringing in songs such as "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Come And Get It" while George offered up classics like "All Things Must Pass" and "Isn't A Pity", none of which John was interested in working on.
John can moan all he likes about having to work on "granny songs" such as "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" but what was he bringing to the party instead?
During the Get Back sessions, Paul was offering classics such as "Let It Be", "The Long And Winding Road", "Get Back" and George was throwing in the likes of "For You Blue", "Isn't It A Pity" and "I, Me Mine". John was producing next to nothing apart from "Don't Let Me Down" (which was going nowhere after days of John's farting about. Then Paul took command of it and made it a classic. Meanwhile John eventually coughed up the vacuous filler track called "Dig A Pony".
John was just jealous and lazy.
Paul was ambitious and hard-working and John couldn't or wouldn't rise to the challenge of matching him (unlike in the early years when John wrote most of the A-sides of the hit singles.)
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" isn't the greatest moment in the history of The Beatles but it's a million times better than the "Two Virgins" or "Life With The Lions" utter shite which John was putting out as "art" at that time.
@@jnagarya519 I agree!! I get annoyed when people "rag" on "Yellow Submarine," "Octopuses Garden" or "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and think they are just children's songs. SO WHAT? Other than "Yellow Submarine" the other two weren't. The Beatles could be light hearted and also loved to have fun with some of their songs. That was the beauty of The Beatles, there was always something for EVERYONE.
@@gerrycoogan6544 Across the Universe? Everybody had a hard year?
The Beatles have written so much music.
So there is so much to listen to.
The Beatles were so great cause their ability to experiment, see variety and push innovation like no other band. And of course their talent as musicians and composers.
As a singer/songwriter/audio engineer, I can assure you that the digital form of the "Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition," which came out in 2019, is the best that album can possibly ever sound. Nothing else comes close.
Definitely the remixes that Giles did are great
The second half of the album is a medley, so the songs are attached. The album is a masterpiece. If you like Pink Floyd, then you clearly have good taste.. anyone with good taste loves the Beatles. You should give their catalogue a proper listen.
I’m definitely going to listen to more of their catalogue! I think this album has grown on me a lot over the last couple days
@@dulcetghost fantastic that you have listened to it again. I take a few listens of any new music to appreciate it.
Yes it’s always good to give music a couple more listens!
@@dulcetghost Us older folk appreciate that, kiddo! Love the comeback at the end of the video. Very Beatle-like, in fact!
@@dulcetghost If you have, (I am writing this on Jan. 22, 2024, I hope you started with their first album "PLEASE PLEASE ME" and worked your way chronologically as they were released from 1963- 1970. It is the ONLY way you can appreciate how there music in each single and album evolved and progressed in just 7 1/2 years. WE couldn't WAIT for their next single and album come out to see what they were going to do next. It was exciting and they NEVER got BORING, they were so versatile and did all sorts of music.
Listen to the album with your eyes closed and with headphones and listen (Sun King) to the far away crickets as the music gets louder and louder as if you are walking up to a building and then opening the door. Listen as the music and guitars go left to right in your brain and then right to left. It was mind blowing at the time.
That's how the Beatles sounded in 1969. The Let It Be album was recorded in early 69, then Abbey Road. They were done after that. A year earlier, they made the White Album. One of the most influential albums ever.
The whole album doesn't sound the same is because you have three composers (John, Paul & George) writing their own songs and still have varying styles in each of their own compositions.
Exactly ❤
And Ringo.
The great thing about the Beatles is that they didn’t repeat themselves that much.
Unlike most artist that have come since.
Good honest review. The Beatles music is different in many ways and very diversified. The more you listen to it, the more you will understand it, and generally the more you will like it. Many younger reactors are not familiar with the way The Beatles are able to make different transitions within a song, which they are masters at, but once they get used to it they love it. Also, uninterrupted listening with headphones on with reveal the musical magic they include in their songs. That being said, some don't like transitions and some only like harder rock, so they will never appreciate a good percentage of The Beatles catalog. Hope you will be able to listen to more of their catalog, especially Rubber Soul onward.
Thank you! I will definitely listen through the rest of their catalogue now. I’ll try to do it with headphones next time to get that better sound. Thank you for the tip!
@dulcetghost Do some srooms, and listen to Tomorrow Never Knows with headphones. Life will never be the same afterwards.
You might appreciate the newer remixes (youtube!) if you're listening on headphones. As has already been said the originals were mixed for lo-fi record players and radio. The average person did not have headphones in the 60's.
Hell, listen to all the Beatles songs in every way possible! Life is long.✌
@@dulcetghost I think you will eventually like/love their music or at least appreciate how diverse their music is. It doesn't hurt to broaden your horizons in music even more. Just think of how you will have more to choose from depending on your mood.
This was so chaotic and perfect. Well done.
Thank you!!
Yes, Beatles influence lots of music including Pink Floyd and Queen. The multi-part songs on the second half of Abbey Road started even further back on the 1967 Sgr Pepper song "A Day in a Life". Go back to earlier Beatles album like Revolver and Sgt Pepper and you''ll hear their influences on many future pop and progressive music.
To be fair. 'Tommy' beat them on the connected theme by about 4 months.
The Beatles influenced basically everything after them.
Sounding like Pink Floyd.... yeah...like Pink Floyd sounded 4 years later... and that's the problem with young people commenting on the Beatles. It's never in the context of what was around at the time. There were always bands doing things more extreme than the Beatles, yet they were always on the forefront. Everyone wanted to know what they would do next.
@@johnstegmeier3758 If Pink Floyd was influenced, cool. But their biggest albums sound nothing like The Beatles. Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall are very unique. Pink Floyd may be the best musical group there was. The Beatles had the best songs, The Who had the best and loudest concerts. I suppose The Rolling Songs had the best longevity.
@@putinscat1208 "Tommy" was released in 1969. But try to figure out what it's about -- "freedom"? A "spiritual leader" who becomes a dictator and leader of a fascist cult?
As someone old enough to have collected 100s of albums (many more than my CD stack) I still rate this as being the very best side 2 ever. EVER!
I agree.
Whether or not it's the best album ever can be debated but it's indubitable MY favourite and listening to it invariably uplifts my spirits.
Something won the Ivor Novello for the best song musically and lyrically of 1969 and was covered by over 150 artists by the end of the 1970s. Widely regarded as one of the greatest love songs ever written, so probably quite successful.
George Benson's "The Other Side of Abbey Road" is a cover of "Abbey Road." It's very jazzy, and is very much worth a listen.
Perhaps you sitting in the car is not the best context for getting the vibe. Try hangin with a few friends - putting your dam cell phone down so you can actually pay attention. Grab a glass of wine or two - sit back and get comfortable, dim the lights etc
You gave about 5 or 6 songs a thumbs up - most albums have one or two good songs - puts the Beatles ahead of the crowd
Also most albums get better with a few listens - You might find yourself getting into it a bit more on listen 4 or 5.
Some peoples lack of knowledge on the Beatles and their weird opinions on them just really confuse me
I don't trust people that don't like the Beatles 😅
Every album is quite different, especially starting with "Rubber Soul." Many consider "Revolver," the album preceding "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," to be their best. For someone not growing up during that time, it's almost impossible to understand how revolutionary, impactful, and influential they were. There are magazines that even include them in their lists of the greatest events in human history, editors thereof, obviously headed by baby boomers.
I can see that for sure. There must have been some kind of divine intervention that made The Beatles come into being. I really wish I could have grown up during that time!
@@dulcetghost John & Paul met before they were teenagers.
@@dulcetghost The Beatles, and the public's love for them, was described as "the greatest romance of the 20th century" by one writer /social critic.
You seem like you might like one of my favorite bands called *"The Jesus and Mary Chain"*
If you don't know them, and you choose to look into them I would start with "Darklands" (which is their 2nd album).
Their first album (Psychocandy) was regarded as very groundbreaking and important but it is a bit intense and takes a little getting used to...One critic said it "was as close to noise as music can get and still be music"
@@treetopjones737 Not before they were teenagers, Paul met John first when Paul was 15 and John was almost 17. Paul was already friends with George and shortly after, introduced George to John. John was skeptical at first, to let George in the band because he was so young ( a year younger that Paul) until George played an instrumental rock song called "RAUNCHY" all the way through. Paul got into the band when Paul played "20 Flight Rock" for John. John was impressed because Paul knew ALL the words to it, AND he knew how to tune a guitar properly.
Appreciate your honesty! Good video.
Abbey Road was the last recorded Beatles Album, that's why it's special.
By the way, Beatles fans: "Here comes the sun", although never a regular Beatles single, is now the 1st song of the "Fab Four" in spotify, which is in the 1,000,000,000 club, which 400+ titles have achieved so far. Special honor for the late great George Harrison.
Which is completely bizarre for such a banal song. Says a lot about the music listening public today.
Most of the songs on side 2 are a medley. They move one to the other with no breaks. This was a first for the Beatles and not common with any rock band in the 60s. It like a precursor of the rock opera.
Some many of these reviewers don’t listen to side 2 as a medley which is essential.!
Growing up in the 60s, the Beatles were the 60s! I have listened to all of their albums thousands of times over the decades and get something new from them every time. Abbey Road, in particular, is like a drug addiction -the more you listen to it, the more you want to listen to every single note!
To me The Beatles are the greatest band of all time. Abbey Road is one of the greatest albums of all time, along with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I think the entire album is great! all of the songs from it are great! In my opinion no o e will ever be better than The Beatles!
This album is an example of why I still buy physical media. You Never Give Me Your Money through Bathroom Window are essentially one suite and Golden Slumbers through The End are a second, but each portion gets a track. In fact portions of each medley were in fact recorded together as one song but simply listed separately on the track listing. When they are played on the radio though, they are played as the medleys (some stations paly both medleys straight through as one whole song instead of two songs.. or eight songs).
ITunes has a feature that when you rip a CD into your music library, you can join tracks so suites can be played as intended. It was a feature probably intended for classical music, but there are so many songs in rock that are multiple tracks that are almost always played together as one song. Just off the top of my head:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-With a Little Help From My Friends, also by the Beatles
Happiest Days of Our Live-Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd
Empty Spaces-Young Lust, also by Pink Floyd
Moving in Stereo-All Mixed Up by The Cars
Brain Stew-Jaded by Green Day
Heartbreaker-Living Loving Maid by Led Zeppelin
We Will Rock You-We Are The Champions by Queen
The Beatles are like peeling back an onion...it's incredible how many layers there are in their music and their story. The best way to APPRECIATE The Beatles is to examine them in their own time and understand their journey as it unfolded, all the while being conscious of the music of the time. You really can't begin to understand their impact judging their music by everything that has come since. They paved the way in a MAJOR way regarding the entire industry. They developed organically and untrained. Incredibly clever, inventive buggers.
Also, as is true with most music as voluminous as the Beatles catalog, there is an acclimation period. Certain songs have to sink in, sometimes after repeated listens. I've found many times that songs that didn't grab me the first few listens ended up being favorites. Also, ponder this one. The time span between recording their first album and their last was about 6 1/2 years. THAT is unfathomable and will never happen again. Explosive!
@@tatvidprod close 7 1/2 years. From late 1963, their first album "PLEASE PLEASE ME" through very early 1970 when they broke up
@@patticrichton1135 well, technically speaking, sept of '62 to August/September of '69 would be pretty close to 7 years. I was going from the recording of PPM in Feb '63. I don't believe all 4 were together in the studio beyond Abbey Road but did show in smaller numbers to work out some kinks in Let it Be.
David Gilmour has done a lot of collaborations with Paul McCartney over the years, starting in the 70s up to the 2000s. They even made an album and live dvd together with Run Devil Run. On numerous occasions he's called The Beatles 'geniuses'. That says a lot coming from a musician like him.
Thumbs up for the review! I used to dislike The Beatles when I was younger, but as soon as I started to learn to play instruments and, because of that, gained a better understanding of their music, they have now been one of my favorite bands for a long time. And songs that used to be favorites are still being shuffeled around for other ones out of their massive collection, repetitive listening will make you discover all the nuances. And yes, with headphones...
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make. The Beatles
So cosmic
beatles aren't just background music you should really listen to it. pay attention to lyrics instruments
Yeah, I can’t remember a reaction video in which the listener seemed more distracted.
What's a lyrics instrument?
Abbey Road is my favourite album. It's hard to imagine listening to it for the first time. I bought it when I was 10-12 yrs old (maybe), and it took me some time to get into it. At that time I only bought Beatles albums (and my older brother bought them too - till we had them all), and I probably only bought 3 a year. So when I got a Beatles album, I'd hammer it. Basically Abbey Road took the longest to get into and gave the most back. It's weird to think now that most people will only hear something once or twice and decide it's not for them. Incidentally, it took me some time to get into OK Computer, but it was one of the few tapes I had in my car at the time. First album I bought was Sgt Pepper, purely because they didn't have Help, which I'd heard on a tape from the library (can you even imagine such a time?). My favourite song at that point I think was Another Girl, though The Night Before I also liked a lot. Probably not in my top 50 Beatles songs nowadays, but I still like them. The White Album is also often my favourite album - it switches with Abbey Road
If I may be so bold, I think you should do more reactions, you have a knack for it, and it would direct people towards your own music on the channel :)
Thank you so much!! I might do some more reactions I think that’s a pretty good idea!
You can't listen to this album, or any album, and talk all the way through it, or be on your phone. The thing about any Beatles album is that they inspired just about all musicians that came after. Their music was so new and different every band of that time and even up to this day were inspired by them. The Beatles were and are the greatest of all time, and there will never be another band that was as creative and influential as The Beatles. You are wrong when you say you don't think anybody listens to Abbey Road all the way through. Millions of people listen to it every day, especially the medley on the second side. You just think nobody listens to it because you don't listen to it. Abbey Road is a masterpiece from beginning to end. You should listen to it without talking...close your eyes and just listen. It really is amazing. Ok. Just saw your ending and I'm glad you took the time to listen. Many young people don't ever give older music a chance. So thanks again.
Part of why i love the Beatles so much, is that they made something like Maxwell's Silver Garden, and then they also made Proto-Metal with Helter Skelter.
Octopus's hammer?
I was 10 when The Beatles were on Ed. The first movie I ever saw was; "A Hard Days Night". I grew up with the Beatles defining the world. I have every album they ever made....now hanging on my wall. At 70+ yrs now, I often weep as I watch others enjoy listening to "The Beatles".... grateful I got to hear their music right out of the sleeve. They were incredible...and oh so special. With each one's passing, my heart breaks and weeps. I'm so glad the younger generations are still enjoying The Lads from LIverpool. Peace....!
The White Album might appeal more to you . Sprawling double album with loads of stuff on it .
Yes, they pretty much invented or formulated the genres that were the jumping off points for all those later bands and artists you love. You'll find very few of the great musical acts of the 70s that didn't get inspired in the first place by the Beatles to take up music, and to experiment with all the possibilities they heard in their ever-evolving, ground-breaking music.
As Brian May (of Queen) put it, "The Beatles opened the doors and we all just walked through."
you had to grow up with the beatles to know how good they were.every tune has a surprise of some type either instruments or vocals or a unique hook. genius.
If you don't get it I get that. I started listening to the Beatles in '64 when I was 11 and listened to them for 6 more years until they broke up in 1970. The music that they produced played on the radio and it was the the soundtrack of my teenage years along with everyone else I knew. They grew musically and so did I as each new album came out. We listened to this music and lived with it for years. So we kind of hoped and thought that it would never stop but then in '69 it did and it was like loosing a friend. Now you can go to a store and buy all the albums and listen to them in a week. We lived with this music and listened to it and waited months or years for the next album. So I guess my point is you had to live with this music and experience all the wild stuff that was going on while this music was being made. It really reflected the times but those times are gone now. So for someone of your generation it's like someone showing you a faded photo of some forgotten time and trying to explain what was happening at that time from just that old photo. It's like listening to the soundtrack to great movie but without the movie itself. It's just not the same.
Wow thank you for this comment! You described it very well I think I understand now why so many people love The Beatles so much. Next time I listen to their music, I’ll be thinking of this. Thank you! I can see the photo a little better now
The Beatles set the trend for every band that came after them.
Love this…what mic and camera are you using in your car ?
Thank you! The mic was just the one in the camera and the camera is an Olympus Pen E-PL9. It’s a pretty good camera and definitely gets the job done with good audio, & great contrast and color in the image, however a downfall is that the selfie camera flips down rather than to the side or above. I don’t know why that is and it’s been difficult for vlogging on tripods and also in the car like this video because I can’t see the viewfinder. So it’s got pros and cons but has done me well for about 3 years now.
@@dulcetghost awesome! Thank you for your reply. Love your content !
Roger Waters said that the Beatles, during their SGT's Peppr's Album, were god-like to the young Pink Floyd, because the Beatles were creating sounds never heard before, in 67... So, Roger Waters and David Gilmore are definetly fans of the Beatles, they've always been and still are! Oh, I loved this reaction and also I loved the connection with the book!
Thank you!! This is great insight into Pink Floyd, thank you for sharing :)
@@dulcetghost Fan Fact: the title of last song, Her Majesty, didn't appear on the back cover of the first edition as a track, so the song The End was actually the last one that you could read of the album. The was a ghost song. So nobody was expecting that song would played 'at the end'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty_(song)
He also said without John, George and paul he wouldn't have started to write about life and society.
I think it'd be fun to give a try to the earlier Beatles album like A Hard Day's Night, Help or Rubber Soul... Even if probably the White Album is more for your taste!
@@BabbleBebble she should start with their first album "Please Please Me" and work her way chronologically as they were released and as WE heard them, those of us who were there . THAT will be the ONLY way she can see how their music evolved and progressed in such a short amount of time. It's silly to skip around their catalogue out of order, or to totally skip entire albums. To me it's like reading a novel by starting in the middle, or at the end of the book. Missing the plot development which starts at the beginning.
For a moment, don't think in the music itself, but in the overwhelming creativity of these 4 individuals. Lucky to have live this time and heard them creating the most amazing music in human history.
Very good video. I liked your add on at the end and your honesty throughout..
Thank you! :)
The songs that are “going and going” is their medley. Originally it was called the long one, as a 10 minute song. And a little fun fact, in the song “the end” all Beatles play a solo, starting with Ringo playing a drum solo, John starts the guitar solo and then George and the Paul.
Glad you were honest. The Beatles inspired much of what came later. They have a lot of number one hits and many famous songs. And now I just heard your addition at the end. Which makes this Beatles loving heart feel better.
10:30 yes, it ended there for shock at John’s request.
David lynch loved the beatles and talks about them
I liked the honest review. The importance of The Beatles can never really be overstated, but aside from that, they're just really really good too. I think it would be neat if you gave 'The White album' a review/reaction. It's an incredible double album that has a little bit of everything for everyone-- their diverse songwriting prowess is on full display. Slight disclaimer: the album can get a tad weird (that's a plus to some of us though).
Thank you!! I’ll definitely listen to The White Album and I’ll think about filming a reaction to it too :)
It’s funny that you mention “ Pink Floyd “ because they were also recording at the same time as the Beatles at Abbey Road Studios . And the sound engineer Allen Parson worked on this album & Dark Side of the Moon .
So, from which planet did you come?
You know how those songs grew on you because they have a knack for creating catchy Melodie’s? They do it with every album and their many singles. Over 200 times in only 6.5 years of recording together. Artists today are lazy.
Also this album set the template for the 70s. The Moogs introduction into pop music is on here comes the sun.
Nice! I’ll be giving their other albums a listen for sure. I’m starting to understand The Beatles hype a bit more
get rid of the superiority complex my god! music is the best it's ever been there's so many great modern artists the beatles are great but why be snobby about it?
You might have appreciated the Beatles' Abbey Road more if you knew some of the background story behind the lyrics for each song. One in particular, "She came in through the bathroom window", is explained in detail in the novel, "The Memoirs of Billy Shears". Although the author of record for "Memoirs' is Thomas E. Uharriet, its real author is the person we know today as Paul McCartney.
From page 236 of 'Memoirs':
". . . In the song that references Jane Asher's ladder use, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window." I sing parallel lines with the identical meaning that Paul McCartney talks to me: "Sunday's on the phone to Monday; Tuesday's on the phone to me."
"I might as well explain more of that song. The silver spoon was not, as some people claim, intended to be a drug reference. It was about Jane having been born into affluence. "She said she'd always been a dancer." I called her a dancer to take listeners off her trail. Jane Asher had always been, let us set it right, an actress. She was born in 1946, and had her first movie appearance in 1952. Letting her career take priority over relationships, she was always off somewhere filming. I describe it as "She worked at fifteen clubs a day."
@Richard-sc7yq Also, the line "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" refers to one of the fans that hung around out side the gate of Paul's home on Cavendish Ave, not far from Abbey Road. While they were out, she saw a ladder leaning against his home and noticed that a window on the second floor was slightly open. It was the bathroom window, which the fan climbed through. She stole some photos and later, when she heard that Paul was pleading to the other girls that frequently hung out there, that these were very special photos and if they knew who took them, could they please return them to him, which that girl eventually did. That was the inspiration for that line. lol
The 2019 Remix is definitely a improvement! I have a good ear for music so trust me on this one! Especially the Abbey Road Medley (The Long One)
2019 fue la remezcla.
@@Manuel-gt6rz sorry, yes 2019!
Got to disagree with the purist idea that the remastered versions are not as good as the original. Just not true. The digital technology has advanced so much since the album was originally recorded coupled with George Martin's son Giles overseeing the process of the latest re-mastering has yielded a much more well balanced and EQ'ed version of the music.
No version of Abbey Road or Sgt. Pepper has pauses between songs that were originally edited together by George Martin (Producer) and the band. Those medleys come that way "from the factory"....They are meant to be together and I've heard many versions & pressings of this album, and there's no reason, even streaming, that should separate the songs that are connected.
Abbey Road is on many lists in the top 3 albums of all time probably up with Thriller and Dark Side of the Moon. What is worth noting is that after Let It Be The Beatles were as good as broken up and hated each other, but they got their shit together to do one last record despite their differences and gave us the magnificent Abbey Rd. This is the height of professionalism in any industry.
"Why isn't the whole album like this? This is good." Every Beatles album and song shows their versatility. In the 7 years and 7 months together The Beatles had 20 No. 1 hits, and 34 Top 10 hits. All total, they wrote 213 songs which equals a new song less than every 2 weeks! What other group was as prolific?
thank you for talking through all my favorite parts
Yeah, let's get distracted into talking about a movie instead of actually listening to the music.
Did you listen to the lyrics of Maxwell's silver hammer? Not exactly happy go lucky.
Just remember when you listen to The Beatles they pretty much were the template for the rock and roll music we listen to today.
Yes I kind of started to understand that for the first time ever while listening to this album. Since I’d never really listened to them before except for the hits, I didn’t know how much they really influenced music today. I respect The Beatles a lot for that
If anyone else's wondering, the reason the last songs have seamless transitions is because they're like one, long song called "The Medley".
I've found I really need to listen to an album twice before I really know how I feel about it. My first time hearing Elton John's "Captain Fantastic" I was not really blown away like I was with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". But after the second time... Wow!!!
I see your added commentary, heard after I finished typing the above, seems to maybe have come to a similar conclusion.
Always get the CD!
"Albums matter. CDs matter." -Prince
Hi! I want to share some info about the Abbey Road album for you:
Original LP album release dates: September 26,1969 in UK and October 1 same year in the US distributed by Parlophone in UK and Capitol Records in US.
1st CD reissue: October 10th, 1987 (WW)
2nd CD reissue: September 9, 2009 (this CD is an Enhanced CD containing a mini documentary about the album)
3rd CD and LP reissue: September 26 2019, in the 50th Anniversary Edition in both Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions!
The cover was made in the morning of August 15, 1969 at 10 AM approximately while Iain McMillian was the photographer. 6 photoshoots were made!
This was the last album recorded as a group on August 20th, 1969. Abbey Road was recorded simultaneously with the 12th studio album: Let It Be.
Hope that this info can be very helpful for you and greetings from Puerto Rico!
You got it. They changed everything. They don’t sound like the albums you know. The albums you know sound like them. Also listening on a car stereo is not ideal.
Yeah I hope to get a good sound system some day
I cannot understand anyone NOT being a Beatles song
Fan !
Got to say, I love the honesty. It irks me to watch the "reactors" on TH-cam listen to a song as if it's the best thing they've ever heard, every damn song they listen to. Honesty is refreshing, it's nice to hear what you don't care for as well as what you actually like. I'm old, so I listen to old music, I love the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, etc... I got sick of watching people react to them and give those pandering "best thing I've ever heard" reviews... it's just not possible to love Led Zeppelin and something like Dolly Parton, equally, but they act as if they do.
Great comment, thank you! I agree, it seems fake when react channels say that every single song is amazing. All of my favorite bands and artists have some songs I’m not that into, so it’s definitely more realistic that someone would love some songs more than others. Thank you again for the comment!
It is entirely possible to like, if not "love" opposite things. Last but not least, the Beatles deliver many different genres, for which they have become favorites of critics. It's absolutely mesmerizing to hear e.g. "Within you, without you", "Rocky Raccoon", "Helter skelter", "And I love her" back to back. Or jazz, folk, rap, hard rock, country, van Beethoven, pop etc, back to back. Happens non-stop in my music library.
Thanks to modern technology, you can isolate the songs you like to make a smaller album of just the good songs. Back around 1980, I bought a turntable that I could program to only play specific tracks. This was the first album I tried that on. Perhaps the turntable was designed with this album in mind. You are not the only person to have that opinion. There are other people who prefer Paul McCartney's songs to John Lennon's.
while she orders her cava? what is cava?
Was a lot of fun watching you talk about this
Do their whole catalogue (13 albums, plus a collection that gathers their singles and other stray tracks) I GUARANTEE you will never regret it. 🙂
Frank Sinatra was particularly impressed with "Something", calling it "the greatest love song of the past 50 years" and did a cover himself. Beatles pioneered the concept of concept album, the reason why not every single song in the album sounds the same and might not stand out on their while playing individually, hence they are to be listened as whole, to get a comprehensive sound and feel. The Beatles taught the world that the purpose of an Album is to take you on a journey. Dark Side of the moon, The Wall are the aftermath of Beatles' influence.
Yes, Abbey Road did influence the bands you referenced.
I enjoyed this video very much.
For all the important historical context, you're still you, young and listening to music made over 50 years ago, today, in 2023.
Listen, in your own fashion and maybe with your very nice voice you'll find yourself singing some Beatles songs.
The Beatles were extremely innovative in their time.
The Beatles are all over pop culture with a million covers and originals stuck in commercials and movies. The later albums still give a lot of surprises and you would have never heard before.
"Come together" reflects "The Beatles" -- especially John Lennon's -- word-play. Unless you know more about "The Beatles" you won't get that.
The Beatles were truly ahead of their time, and inspired many other bands.
Okay, i get it that you're not really a Beatles person but i like the fact that you were honest enough to share your true thoughts and feelings with all of us f-ing peasants out here in cyberland. What i like about your video is that ABBEY ROAD grew on you and that you liked it better and better the more you played it. That says more about The BEATLES and their last record than anybody else could ever hope to say.