The Hidden Quirks in Abbey Road's Side Two Medley
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- The Beatles' final recorded studio album, Abbey Road, is one of the most iconic albums of all time. While all of its songs are memorable, the medley of songs that makes up most of the album's B-side is frequently cited as one of the most impressive achievements of their musical career. But you might not have noticed the anomalies and oddities that are hidden throughout the songs of the medley - some of which were removed in the 2019 remix of the album by Giles Martin.
In this video, I dissect the anomalies and explain their possible origins. And as a fair warning, once I point them out, you can't unhear this!
Full Medley Track list:
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr. Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty
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D, A, E rip rip D,A,E rip rip Yesterday was two Who Songs E D A We Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'Reilly (not the auto parts store).
Then if you play it fast you throw in a boogie back & forth it's Jojo
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Nothing overcomes the "I've got blisters on my fingers" said by Ringo.
You mean that wasnt on the original lyric sheet?--- ( " ok Ringo, once more with feel!!")
¿In what song he says that?
@@rafaelmendezgarcia2817 at the end of "Helter Skelter"
Τhat was John, not Ringo.
@@theo9952 it was Ringo, getting blisters from the sticks! The song went on and on...( I'm a drummer, I know)
Those little “errors” or “ghost vocals” were what was cool about the Beatles. Anti perfection
zebonaut smith Exactly. It’s raw perfection, real art. Modern music is so polished and computerised, sounds fake, not human enough.
RobinTJ You’re so right. The ‘Human Factor’ is very important, I believe...
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Definitely. As I mentioned above, I hate all of the remixes.
James Guy I will do exactly that, and right now. Thank you very much
" Oh listen to that Mal...he he he...oh look out ! " Lennon
Friggin ' great stuff.
The "oh, look out!" right before "She came in through the bathroom window" seems like he's warning about the girl which always makes me laugh.
Just before John says I'm out, ,. Oh look out !!
@@ScarletVoodoo no it's McCartney John is saying it about,. Oh look out, here comes Paul!!!
I thought he said “Oh, mow mow”; what the hell?!
To Mal Evans. Their roadie since their beginning.
All the anomalies should be left in and not removed. It's part of the magic of what happened.
And they were left for that purpose ! ;)
That's right -- these were real people in a real studio making REALLY amazing music.
It's good you have a choice and something to talk about.
There's literally no harm in creating a remix. No one is erasing the originals, and sometimes preferable versions of certain tracks comes out of a remix for some people. Having different mixes is beneficial and harmless.
@Evan Moyer Yes. It's like prettying-up houses of famous people, now museums, neatening them to an unreal sheen. Since overproduced/over-uniform is valid criticism of a lot of today's music, revisioning, tempting to show-off with spotlessness is risky. When tracks were truly messy and staticy unintentionally, then re-mastering, re-mixing can greatly improve them. But removing tiny cool-dimensions... well, i'm with you, none of these 'fixes' of what wasn't broken are useful -- except to hear what John Lennon was really saying, then go back to the mysteriousness (hear-it-different-ways) of the original.
The original recordings were approved by the band and producer. The anomalies provide a certain charm and window into the workings of the group. To remove them also removes authenticity and history.
@@qgholway How did that philosophy work out with McCartney when Phil Spector arranged and added his brand of production to 'The Long And Winding Road'? Paul was livid and all Phil had to say was, 'You have the original, right? Just listen to that. Sorted'.
Agreed
Plus , its more Fun ! all those Odd unintentional Bits make it Tons more enjoyable
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Yep, that sums it up. When anyone starts making editing decisions because they think George Martin made a mistake, it’s reasonable to assume they’re making a mistake. In many cases that extends to the musicians themselves, who were different people when they made the original recordings.
Embrace the imperfection. It gives everything authenticity and a deeper beauty.
Yes, brother.
Jean Cocteau pointed out that only in imperfection is there any possibility for growth, hence life depends on it. Perfection only means the end of everything.
Well said!
Like in"Here comes the sun"where George sings " It SEALS like years since its been here".
@@roypryer7358 I’ve never caught that! I’ll listen closely tonight. Is this in the final delivery of the chorus?
Thanks!
@@neiljumpinjackflash7551 I think you’re addressing the original poster, but if you’re addressing me I thank you (although I only paraphrased what someone else said).
Back in 2002 I told an old friend that I generally prefer films made many years ago over the films of today, and when he asked the obvious question “Why?” it amazed me to discover that I couldn’t articulate my reason. This annoyed me for a long time, and then I saw a documentary about Cocteau in which he makes this observation. I almost jumped out of my chair in my eagerness to phone my buddy, because now that it had been pointed out to me by a genius the truth seemed so obvious; the artifacts in early cinema which testify to their being made by human hands are beautiful to me, and are precisely what contemporary cinema deliberately obliterates.
Should never mess with a Masterpiece
Agreed. Although i can't help feeling that it was the correct decision to edit out the dog whistle and babbly out groove noise from the vinyl remaster of Sergeant Pepper. Now it ends with the slow fade out from that last dramatic chord at the end of A Day in the Life.
I’m not gonna lie it’s gonna be pretty easy for me to unhear literally all of these
Probably need hearing aids
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"You Never Give Me You Money" is one of my three favorite Paul tracks, and I don't want even two seconds of it altered from what I grew up with. I always listen closely for those incidental vocal bits and bass runs at the very end, so no thank you, Niles.
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No Body Can Change That Much in five months after smoking a few spliffs and taking a little bit of LSD.
Even Stevie Wonder could see the difference between these two completely different individuals.
When it comes to this music, I too am not a Nile-ist.
Giles...
@@jamesguy1030 He could probably also see your gulability from several miles away.
Why rewrite history?
Always heard these all, and like by far more the original: the "dirtyness" is what makes Abbey Road unexpected, unpredictable, wonderful.
dario son d'accordo
The Beatles Rockband actually had the talky parts listed out as lyics. Its pretty accurate!
Yup, they used original isolated tracks to create the game, so there ya go. Before the remasters came out, the game was actually one of the best ways to hear a lot of details in the music otherwise unheard.
Beatles rock band rules
My only complaint was that the whammy bar was disabled!
@@Justin_Kipper you could still use it but it wouldn't change the pitch
Which talky parts? Love that game!
If you listen closely you can hear the sound of the band breaking up
… in 4.0 Surround.
I didnt hear yoko shrieking
You can even hear Yoko becomming unnecessarily involved with The Beatles and John
fuck you!
@Donnie Berry Epstein? I guess you meant George Martin.
5:40 on the isolated drum track from Come Together, you can hear John's vocal guide clearly, with different lyrics and all
Five forty right now
The Beatles always had rough edges to everything they did. It's what gave them so much authenticity and character. Music now days is so clean and formulaic. It actually breaks my a heart a little that their recordings need to be analyised this way at all.
they don't
There's no harm in taking a look at these interesting little details, what a silly comment.
As George Harrison would have said: "Wilbury it in the mix"
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James Guy No
This deserves to be top comment
Boom-Tish!!!
LOL
Those little anomalies helped make the records more personal to me. There was always something to find on every listening.
I got as far as "You never give me your money..." and now I'm off to listen to this McCartney gem.
I still remember bringing it to my cousin's house and the both of us hearing it for the first time! The Beatles had outdone themselves and when the song left you hanging like that, you could really feel the space that the song created. We were so blown away that we just started at each other until a minute later I finally flipped the record over to begin side two. I'll never forget it!
Me too…. Rest his soul! Ron Annunziata!
This segment of Abbey Road is sheer brilliance. Can't imagine that the ambiance created by the band and master producer George Martin was anything other than intentional. The Beatles were always experimenting.
6:05 I always thought he said “Oh listen to that, Mal” referring to their roadie Mal Evans
Good point! Could definitely have been "Mal" instead of "now."
i thought it was " hold still to that now" as john giving instructions to hold the tempo of the beat or something
I have also heard it as “oh listen to that Mal”
I always heard, after "OH, LOOK OUT" right before the actual lyrics start, it sounds like he says "because" very quickly
Louis Cypher Mal was their roadie.
For me this is the point where George comes into his own, not on All Things Must Pass. He really shines throughout this album, not only as a songwriter on Abbey Road but with his amazing guitar work.
I actually love the ghost vocals and I'm glad there's still the ghost vocal of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" after John's scream at 4:29 in the 2019 Mix
Art is not supposed to be perfect, it supposed to make you feel something.
Overall, these recordings were more than 40 years ago. I am sure they would have done better, if they had the technology; nevertheless, with everything, the beatles mixing and producing was top notch comparing to the era they came from
I've been listening to these for the last 50 years and I don't prefer the cleaned up new fixes. It would take me another 50 years to unhear what I trained myself to hear and I don't have that much more time.
As a gen z, I'm thankful to have these albums remixed to today's standard. It's boosting their popularity around my age group
@@bradyj4576 While the remix is "good", some of us first generation fans prefer the original mix. It's what we've known for 50 years and are used to hearing. Hard to "untrain" your ears. I "know" every inflection so well, hearing the slightest change throws me off. I don't get your theory that the remix is good for your age group. You should enjoy and appreciate the original for what it is: GREAT.
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I agree. Sometimes it's like having a cleaned-up version of the Mona Lisa where you can't see the marks of the brush any more. Sometimes it's just a little *too* clean.
@@sharigreen9252 Most young adults my age can't get past the 'unpolished' sound. (I appreciate the originals as much as the next fan), but i believe hearing the music remixed clearly with today's technology makes it easier on younger ears who are used to the clarity of today's music.
In no way, shape, or form am I picking favorites, i just appreciate the remixes outcome.
A little thing I always heard was on “Her Majesty” was the little “Laa” in the first few seconds while Paul is singing
You seriously believe that.
That got removed in the 2019 Remix, interestingly enough
Yes! I'll cover Her Majesty and The End in future videos...lots of little interesting anomalies in those brief snippets.
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@@olskzeri2723 William ? Shakespeare ?
I loved it when it first came out... didn’t know then that the curtain had closed on this most beloved quartet... timeless in its replay, sounds great today 50 years after
You can mess with a lot of things, but perfection isn't one of them.
The original is better in all cases.
E.g., the ambient sounds give the impression that night is passing, and that the sun ("Sun King") is coming. It provides a thematic link to the song that follows.
The talking gives the impression of people sitting around a campfire. I always liked it.
I always supposed that the count-in to "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" was left in deliberately, rather like the ringing alarm and Mal's counting in "A Day in the Life." It supports the transition in a way.
Regarding the tambourine that changes volume, I always thought they did that during mixing for the reason you stated -- so as not to drown out the vocal.
I find the drums on the remaster extremely distracting now. Its like they mixed it for sound check so when they get too loud they become the quietest thing in the mix.
I personally disagree but opinions are opinions
Sounds like the tambourine is sidechained with the vocal track.
@@MrSpencerMcIntosh The drums in 2019 mixes sound like they double-tracked the original mono track, expanded the stereo field and panned to left/right. It's awful, distorted, out of places and can't be more distracting.
Yes
Night is passing.
Talking around a campfire.
Remix is the new coke .
Remix is cherry coke dumped in 100 year old whiskey .
In She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, I believe Paul said "easy" instead of "here she". Also John said "Mal" in regards of Mal Evans, imo. Anyway this song will remain in my top 5 Beatles songs
Aiman Lutzka i always thought paul was going in to “you should see polythene pam” again but it got cut off
I think Paul does say "Easy"
I also immediatley thought he said "Mal" instead of "Now".
it sounds like john was about to say "here she comes" but was cutoff either in mixing or when paul started singing she came in through the bathroom window.
I always thought it was John saying 'Bloody hell!' in exasperation at having to sing '1234567 all good children go to heaven' so many times! I still do. I noticed it at the fade out when I first bought the album.
I always thought it was George. Lol
Was always under the impression it was John shouting out something far more explicit than ‘bloody hell’
The tambourine thing is called sidechaining. It's not really an anomaly
Yeah I was about to say that. The "probably wouldn't have slid by in a modern recording studio" bit is only true in the sense that it wouldn't have "slid by" in the first place. It's an intentional technique often used to keep tracks from competing for the same frequency space.
Yeah I was about to say that. The "probably wouldn't have slid by in a modern recording studio" bit is only true in the sense that it wouldn't have "slid by" in the first place. It's an intentional technique often used to keep tracks from competing for the same frequency space.
It's a very common practice in mixing. In those days, they often manually pulled down the fader to duck the instrument down below the vocals, sometimes during tracking.
Riding faders is a totally normal recording practice
Yes, you are all right!
The tambourine part was ABSOLUTELY on purpose, that’s the charm of it!!! If you don’t understand that you really don’t get what The Beatles were all about.
@3:45 the lowered tambourine volume is in fact lowered by a compressor, but the missing detail is that the compressor is effectively side-chained by the much louder vocal signal. This process is sometimes call "ducking". The reason it sounds like an engineer is controlling it is: the attack and release times are quite slow compared to modern uses of ducking. I doubt this is an accident, but if it was, it's a happy one and many of us do this on purpose.
Re: Slide Into Sun King
I like the cool-down into Sun King, as the chimes, bells, and crickets calmly take over. I think the organ note is a bit too rowdy for it.
These exploration of the building blocks of Beatles songs are like x-rays of masterpiece paintings that reveal the layers, all the revisions that came to pass before they became the final work.
Thank you for all you do to bring these to light! :)
A while after watching this video, I listened to I Want You (She's So Heavy) and believe me, I can't unhear the yelling after and before John's scream
I was born & bred in Liverpool in 1963 and, like everyone else in this city, I was indoctrinated from a very early age. If you think The Beatles had a lot of exposure in the rest of the world, you can imagine what the local press and radio was like! Obviously, I was too young to be aware of this...but it's like a kind of cultural osmosis. Effectively, I've been listening to (or at least "hearing") The Beatles, literally since the day I was born. I firmly believe that Side 2 of Abbey Road is not only the lads at their VERY best, but it is the best piece of popular music EVER written.
Awesome. As kid born in 1980 and raised in South Carolina, i share your opinion (abt the Abbey Road medley) which is very interesting.
As an aside, i think they're probsbly about done now but I loooove Gomez. Do you like them?
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@@WashellEntertainment That's very generous of you, Thank you! However it took me over an hour to put together the comment above! The thought of writing a book is WAY beyond me! I'm just a fan who, by an accident of birth, was in the right place at NEARLY the perfect time! I always think I was born maybe 10 or 12 years too late.
There's a game me and my friends play.. What year would you like to have been 16 years old? For me it is always mid 1960's Between say Revolver and Sgt. Pepper.
Christ, I can't imagine being an Evertonian and having lived through all of those decades from Shankly on.
@@philgallagher1 I would have to loved to be 16 in 1964..."British Invasion" time. I was only 4 then BUT my sister...10 yrs older than I...said I watched the Beatles with my family on Ed Sullivan that night in Feb!
BTW~~you could tell the story to someone and record it over time and they could write it for you!
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"Oh listen to that now" Thank you for that! And I legitimately can't unhear that on the original mix, which for me, is a good thing!
Great tune, Great Performance, Great Mix.. The white noise crescendo at the end followed by the cut tape end is magical.
In any event , this was the greatest continuation of music ever , it could never happen again. they were the masters of masters.
I agree it's a masterpiece
The Wall, starting from "Nobody Home" is pretty epic.
Generations of people are going to listen to and study this music, that I grew up on.
I always heard them and love them. I just call them Beatle quirks and it's endearing.
2:53
I agree with you. They sound best combined.
The organ combined with the ambient sounds is so good!
In Polythene Pam, the tambourine level drop is actually an automated function called side-chaining and has been used in mixes for many years post Beatles. Today it would be in the form of a plugin in a recording/mixing computer software. The side-chain filter is activated in a compressor (the device that controls peaks and lowers an instrument's level when it gets past a certain threshold - so you are right in saying that a compressor is being used). The signal of John's mic is fed into the tambourine's compressor, thereby becoming the "controller" of the tambourine's level. Everytime he sings, the tambourine is lowered by a set level. This way, the vocal is never overpowered by the tambourine and "sits" better in the mix. The focus has always been on the vocal, so the listener does not notice the tabourine lowering, with everything else playing in the background. I see it as an enhancement to the mix, and I have no problem with it.
I love discovering all these anomalies. It's a raw, interesting aspect of the creative process.
Had no idea what John was saying in the transition into "She Came In Though the Bathroom Window" other than "Look out". Keep them coming!
"Look out" was actually Paul
Sounds like l was mistaken...on here it most definitely sounds like John...always thought it was Paul. Red-faced apologies😞
I agree, I was grinning listening to the isolated words! I always wondered what he was saying!
The side 2 medley is one of my favorite pieces of music altogether. I always play that side preferably.
I became a Beatles fan during the seventies when my dad got me the Abbey Road 8track. I spotted all of these things easily back then because I listened to this album constantly with a high end set headphones.
The tambourine getting quieter when vocal steps in is totally normal. It is called parallel compression. The purpose of it is, as you pointed out, to make audio space for the vocal. It is automatically done by a compressor plugin. Take for example any Bob Dylan's recording where there is only a guitar and his voice. You will notice the same phenomenon.
Thanks for the clarification! Can you explain how it would have worked in an analog environment? I'm sure others would find it interesting as well.
@@YouCantUnhearThis Well, you use an analog compressor. :-) These are very old devices. That's why I mentioned Bob Dylan's songs. They were written decades before the DAW era. You'll notice his guitar getting quieter whenever he starts singing. I think that probably about 90 percent of music ever recorded in a pro studio has parallel-compressed tracks in it.
@@Dubravko_Sabolic Fascinating, thanks! I still wonder why they only used it for the latter verses in the song...it's one of the little organic touches that make recordings from this era so special.
@@YouCantUnhearThis Well, it's totally up to the producer's or mixing engineer's decision. It's about their taste, nothing else. It's how they hear the music and want to present it to the listeners. There's really nothing more to it.
It definitely sounds like heavy compression to me, but I'm not sure it's parallel compression on this track because that has a different sound and is generally used to bring up the level of quieter parts and ambience etc. Maybe they recorded the tambourine on the same track as the harmony vocal: tambourine somewhat in the background, and heavily compressed vocal causing the tambourine to drop in volume each time the singing comes in. Interesting effect anyway, but not sure if it was intentional or just a happy accident!
I knew, “Oh, look out!” but nothing else. Thank you for answering that unknown that was in my head lol
I always assumed the "anomalies" were either artistic choices or happy accidents left in on purpose. For fans they were like Easter eggs. So then they remove some in the remix? Lame.
pmvoice88
I must agree!
Yes, quite rite!!
seems like they didn't intentionally remove it but rather used a track without an anomaly like that
I agree, definitely paid special attention to that "bloody hell!" at the end of YNGMYM in my right earbud every time I listened to it high school. It's sad to hear they removed it from the latest mix. Similarly, there's famously an exchange of "I played the wrong CHORD!" "Fucking hell!" hidden in the middle of Hey Jude; it's unmistakeable if you know when to listen for it. You think it would be a priority to get rid of that one, but nope, it's been there smack dab in the middle of one of The Beatles' most famous songs for 50-odd years.
Thank you for this video man cant stop listening to the medley please do another video about that
Just discovered the channel... and subscribing! I prefer the original as we heard it since day one.
Nothing to unhear ...it's perfect just like the Beatles
Very interesting, but my favorite moment on Abbey Road is in You Never Give Me Your Money, when the "One sweet dream" verse kicks in. John's guitar comes in strong and then subtly plays the notes that accompany the "Soon we'll be away from here..." line, which is a great lyric from Paul, aimed at Linda, saying it's almost over, we'll be ok by ourselves.
at 4:00 : tambourine softens when Paul sings. it's a sound /space issue -- the space around the mic shrinks when Paul sings, so less space available for the sound of tambourine around the circumference of the mic. i couldn't tell you who played the tamb. could have been John, Paul, George, or Ringo -- sometimes in the studio one gets bored, or interested in the band laying something down that doesn't involve everyone. sometimes the magic between certain bandmates during certain moments / songs / group dynamic shifts / brief absences or other hiccups. sometimes the bandmates 'just listening' are pulled into that for the moment. the special charge. or maybe an extra presence for encouragement, of some reason, or, or, or...
so, yeah : sound / space thing
The anomalies occur in the songs that go from one into the other without a break.
The anomalies are actually part of the final recording and part of the mix.
False
Polythene Pam actually has a clearer acapella from Beatles rock band. You can hear the speech at the end much better.
I noticed that too
"Oh listen to that, Mal" Sounds like he was talking to Mal Evans
@Evan Moyer Could be. The Beatles often had Mao Ze Dong sitting in on their sessions (although NEVER carried pictures of him).
Organ and ambient are brilliant together. Thanks for that
I know where every skip and pop was on my LP after 50 odd years. Now that I have really good headphones and channels like this, I am discovering more nuances and some happy accidents - what a treat!
I have also learned a lot about production - which I find satisfying, but my friends see a completely useless waste of my time.
I am looking forward to wasting more of my time watching your videos! 🎵🎵🙏
I wonder .... Isn’t John actually saying “Oh, listen to that Mal” [instead of ‘now’] ? As in Mal Evans, the Beatles assistant who was almost always with them in studio? They always called him Mal and in other studio chatter bits his name is heard a lot.
Ive always thought the White Album was often like listening in on peoples conversations or like ambient people in a living space sounds....the conversation before #9...the wine bottle shaking on top of the Leslie speaker at the end of Long Long Long....many others. They had the ability to add what I can only describe as "magic" to their albums...like this video describes and countless other examples. It started around Revolver (the coughing, whirling, multiple people counting off of Taxman) and carried out to all their albums thereafter. As someone who records music, there is no blueprint or process....that mood at the end of the title track off Magical Mystery Tour is what I always strive for and have never even come close - they are the true wizards of music.
The “bloody hell” was yes, probably picked up by a microphone that being used for an overdub, and left open (ie that track was not muted after whatever was on it finished being played). Back then they weren’t working with automated consoles so more than one engineer’s hands were needed to actually work all the faders. Someone forgot to “dump” the fader after the final useful note, or run an “erase pass” to eliminate the sounds before mixing. That track was being faded along with the entire mix so they may not have cared as well. The Beatles were not into pristine mixes anyway. It’s well known they loved the jangly bits and twice dubbed harmony mixes that had to be done on the 2, four and even 8 track recorders of the day.
‘Oh listen to that now!’ I’ll never I hear that and I’m glad. Great video!
Unsirprisingly, Lennon was talking through his arse when he said the medley was junk. It's one of the best things they ever did. Thought he said "listen to my mouth". The later mix'es are better
Englishman inFrance When did he ever say the medley was junk?
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@@JeffaHensley About a billion times. He mostly shat on the Beatles legacy once he quit the band.
I think because they were unfinished songs they pieced together, and he didn't care much for them lyrically.
Your videos are excellent and tons of fun, and I always learn something new. This is coming from a person who has been studying every Beatles release- especially from Revolver on- obsessively, backwards and forwards, slowed down, sped up, out of phase and however else I could slice and dice them on turntables, reel to reel tape, and digitally, since they came out. I LOVE THIS STUFF! Thank you!
That's great! For years I thought John was saying "You can come out now." Those fellas were amazing.
I'm sorry, but give me the original recordings, every time.
I agree. I'm not a fan of the remixes and I'm not a fan of the unfinished, "alternate" versions. It spoils the magic trick, IMO.
@@lynnturman8157 - And I likewise agree.
Lynn Turman I disagree very much so
@@jaydenwhitlen1489 It's all a matter of taste, I guess
This is no reason to be sorry
Omg I just started watching this channel and I was sad when there was only like 8 videos am so happy to see a new one! Please upload more of these
Sometimes those oddities or mistakes are what the listener remembers the most and loves!
Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles album, and I have often wondered about some of the things pointed out in this great video! Thank you for this!
I’m gonna say it now it is the most incredible album there is.
Have you heard Loveless?
The original Abbey Road is the best That’s how The Beatles wanted it
Yes! Let It Be!! 😂
But the restored versión opens the álbum to the new generations
@@salvsmith9564 They can always listen to the original. All the new one does is clean up the audio a bit and add treble. The originals is how George Martin intended them to sound.
John Lennon told George Martin he’d re-record every Beatle song if he could. The original is NOT how the Beatles wanted it, they were not recording engineers nor were they producers. They did not make these choices, only collaborated.
Both still exist, calm down.
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This is my fave channel as its leaving me thinking and going back and listening to the tracks. I am of an age when I actually saw the beatles live before they were fab! John Lennon gave me a head pat when they did a gig at my home town and I saw them come out of the side of the gig venue.
That’s incredible! Where did you hear them play?
the ghost vocal woo and bloody hell should b there why would they remove it?
"Oh, listen to that now." All these years I never understood what the hell he was saying. Now it seems so clear.
I never had any trouble hearing that. Weird.
First time listener here, that was absolutely a fantastic dive into the intricacies of Abbey Road particularly I Want You/ She’s So Heavy. Masterfully produced segment, you’ve done your homework. I am a huge Beatles fan and have been since 1964 and I learn things today I never knew. Thank you so much for this extraordinary episode.
with the tambourine it’s basically side chained to paul’s track causing the tambourine track to lower in volume whenever paul’s singing
Amazing stuff. Your channel is amazing.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
@@YouCantUnhearThis Anytime, my friend! As a music nut, I eat content like yours up. So fascinating.
This organ on Sun King reminds me of transition between Money and Us & Them
Definitely
me too
Just foun out your channel and binge eatched everything. Amazing work, subscribed, crying
John's "Oh Look Out" is part of the song to me. Just like the "Ey Oop" that leads into While My Guitar Gently Weeps. and the weird count in to Tax Man.
Maravilloso trabajo, me gustan mucho tus videos, gracias por compartir.
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I’m glad im not the only one who noticed changes
I always thought John said “Let’s listen to that now!”, so I came really close. Always loved that bit. :)
Old recordings are full of humanity and soul. Modern recordings are like distilled water. I love how crazy a lot of the recordings were, spontaneous and full of personality.
Modern recordings are too sterile. Everything is looped, quantized and pitch corrected. It sounds mechanical.
Such deconstruction sucks the magic right out the vinyl!
I got blisters on my earlobes!
hey so im typing on my mac and idk how to do emojis on this so just pretend I put a laugh emoji
1:20 can't believe thats not "help me out"
ITS BOTH :o
Let me out. (Paul is dead clue.)
5/22/2021
Don't wanna rain on anyone's parade, but those of us who had the unique, quasi-spiritual experience, at 17, of having a friend plop a set of non-audiophile headphones on our ears, and sticking a joint in our mouths, and letting us meld with Abbey Road, in its ORIGINAL format, realized that it was the most perfect, transcendental musical experience ever had on this plane of physical existence, notwithstanding the ensuing 60 years of chasing the addiction. Remixes are a way of pretending that you can make the very first love-making sessions with the love of your life somehow better by revisiting them with "fresh", technicolor, high speed cameras, when, in truth, it really was in black and white, and it really was a vinyl record played on a crappy Garrard turntable with closing lid, and a one-knob Tone control, and that's how we will always remember it, and those images will NEVER be improved by subjecting them to the high fidelity imagery of contemporary high definition cinematic Photo-shopping, either musically or graphically. You can dissect this all you care to, and I acknowledge that it's an interesting pursuit for those who lack the "I was there" experience and who therefore don't understand the desire to just "Let It Be". Abbey Road was more than the sum of its parts in so many ways. My first listening to it was not some friend saying, "Man, you gotta hear these guys..." but a true, awe infused sharing of a moment of such musical magnitude that 50 years on it's apparent that the required framework for appreciating this phenomenon has completely disappeared. The pilots who flew the F4Fs and F16s and A-10s in the Iraq war were totally magnificent, but have not a whit of the grit that it took to face down a BF-109 coming straight at you with 20mm cannon blazing as you turned your P-40 head on into a balls-to-the-wall struggle of 1940s valor, skill and luck. And even today's high tech cinema cannot recreate the experience for us. By all means, carry on with the analysis and digging to find the "hidden gems" locked away in those original sessions. But, just maybe, the magic that was there when it was all new, and poinient, and mind-blowing, and was a gift for those of us who were there to experience it, fresh and new has dissipated into the ether with only our memories to recreate it correctly. And, maybe exhuming the original recordings and "remixing" them is a valid exercise, but it is not an improvement in any real sense, of the words and music, and will never resurrect the Muses of that music which have long since moved on to inhabit some other deserving creations. Can you recall the Muse back into the music just by replaying the DVD or CD remixed version of the original 4 or 8 track recording that included the genius of so many engineers and musicians, and girlfriends, and lovers?
For the record, I find all the "Remix" songs to be lacking in some very fundamental content, hard to put your finger on it, but you know it when you hear it. Or not. Thanks for this opportunity for me to revisit the memories of these tunes and the space I was in when originally hearing them...it's the best seat in the house.
Love it guys!!!! Awesome album and input.
Timothy
The mystery as to why the 2019 remix is different is....wait for it....they want you to spend money on a new version
Mmm....so more nit-picky Beatles over-obsessive fans can make vids like this.
I'M a Beatles fan. Always have been but do I REALLY want the latest Apple money maker?
This is great stuff, and really well done.
But for that last bit ("She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"), I'm hearing, "Listen to that, Mal." He may have been talking to Mal Evans, one of their longtime equipment handlers.
It's clearly "Mal".
Can unhear it, and its all as good and magic as ever
Thank you. Great analysis of my fave Beatles album.
I knew what john was saying at thee end of polytheme pam when i first heard it
I always had the impression that the Beatles were singing to *me*, the audience. Just like in the intro to Magical Mystery Tour and Sgt Pepper's, I thought of the songs as if they were telling me what to look forward to. At the end of Polytheme Pam, I get goosebumps because the instrumental is building up this sudden drop onto the next song, and I imagined John essentially telling me to hold onto my shit.
As far as the tambourine on Mean Mr. Mustard, I don't think it's far-fetched to say Ringo manually ducked the volume to let the vocals through. It could have either been a purposeful, artistic choice (the second voice has more vocal harmony) or accidental (they intended to go back and record the first part of the song with the ducking tambourine but forgot).
It's a ducker. In radio, we had a gate device that would push program material underneath the DJ's voice whenever the mic signal reached a certain, minimum level.
Given the umber of vocal takes on any tune, Ringo didn't do this manually. It was done in the '19 remix in order to give more room for the rest of the material.
@@daveeverhart5834 Yes you are probably right. The ducking effect also occurs in the original recording tho. So could that have been an engineered effect as well? It's also possible Ringo could have been just familiar with the vocal line enough already to do it manually when it came time to record tambourine.
dave everhart 100% it was definitely limited alongside the vocals to stay out of their way. Not my favourite studio effect
@@drumdude123 It's best used as a side buss from drums. I used this often, back in the day. In effect, you're making the drums limit against themselves. Heavenly if done right.
@@drumdude123 And.... while I may not be your favorite effect....back in the day, it was necessary in order to make things work on radio, and the limitations of the broadcast medium at the time.
Realize that pretty much everything you listened to on the radio, went through a limiter of some sort (in my day, usually an UREI 1178 [of which I have two in my studio]), so if the pop mixes of the day could utilize this approach •in the realm of mixing•, the stations' circuitry wouldn't have to do the work. Ergo... mixes stood out.
TH-cam didnt notify me about this video and I am PISSED
I have seen a few of your vid's.. that make me smile.. it is amazing to me how you all these days take these things apart to "see" what it's all about.. When we listened to this music we were (most all of us) stoned and just havin' a great time.. Although some of talked about the "backward messages" in the Beatles music no one really cared unless they were trying to convince others that they where special.. We just had a great time in the sun and life was for living.. I guess I just don't see the point.. But then I am old now and the things of today's youth just pass me by.. Have fun ya all.. we did..