"This is the Beatles?!!" Yep, that's the thing -- the Beatles offered so many different sounds and performed in so many different genres (some that they invented) and you could never tell where they were going next. But wherever they went, it would be great!
This song gets overlooked because of the name of the song by casual fans but tbh this is probably one of the best songs by the Beatles ever. Lennon wrote the song but Ringo had the most difficult part trying to keep that slow of a Tempo for that long of a song. Paul jumped in with the tambourine to help Ringo keep Tempo. I hate that people don't give Ringo the recognition he deserves. The man was definitely the backbone of the band. Awesome reaction🤘🏼🤌🏼🔥
@davidbradley2294 for someone that doesn't know how to use Google you sure are certain you think you know what you're talking about. You can't put links in TH-cam comments. Are you new to TH-cam? It's a CultureSonar article. Use that big brain to find it.
This song was in response to the critics saying that their lyrics were gibberish and made no sense. So they made a song that was gibberish and made no sense. Trolling at it’s finest
@@robertsupers1150I'll have to check that out, but its pretty famous that John was told by a friend that beatles lyrics were being studied in school so he wanted to make the most nonsense lyrics ever so they couldnt decipher them.
This song was partially inspired by John learning that his old school had a class for studying Beatle lyrics so he concocted something nonsensical to really challenge them. Another avenue of inspiration was Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter". In addition, he took all sorts of inside jokes/situations and added them. For example, according to Patti Boyd, who was George's wife at the time, "semolina pilchard" (a 'pilchard' is a type of sardine) was a reference to Sergeant Pilcher of the London Drug Squad who made it his mission to bust as many rock stars for possession as he could. The "egg-man" was a reference to Eric Burdon, singer for the group The Animals who recounted to John a story of a raw egg being used during a sex act. The "yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" came from John asking his childhood friend, Pete Shotton to remember the words from a nonsensical children's rhyme they used to recite. It went: "Yellow matter custard, green slop pie, all mixed together with a dead dog's eye, slap it on a butty, ten foot thick, then wash it all down with a cup of cold sick" (a "butty" is UK slang for the word "sandwich"). Near the end, what sounds like people reciting lines is from a recording of the play King Lear that was taken directly from the radio broadcast by the BBC. FYI, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' title was inspired by a drawing that John's son, Julian drew a picture of his classmate, Lucy with starbursts around her. Julian himself called the picture that and John (and Julian) had always maintained that was true. The Beatles weren't too afraid to talk about drugs in general during that time, so I can't see John trying to play coy and needing to use Lucy in the Sky as code for LSD. If he did try to use it as code to pass censors, it failed because the BBC banned it anyway due to the alleged "LSD" reference.
Great comment, I did not know all of this. I would like to add that during the hectic end of the song, there two choirs--one of boys singing "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper" and the other of girls singing "everybody's got one." The bit of "King Lear" is the death of Oswald, from act IV, near the end of scene 6.
@@JPMaddenWhen this first came out my mates and I were convinced the second line went: "Get f#cked, get f#cked, everybody get f#cked..." Try it - it works. Maybe a job for an AI investigation.
There's an interview with Paul where he's asked if he ever takes LSD and he says yes. The reporter admonishes him and asks if he feels responsible for spreading that message to kids, and Paul basically schools him, says "You asked me a question and I answered, so really it's up to YOU as a journalist how far this message goes." I'm paraphrasing, but you get the gist.
Once the Beatles decided to stop playing live and they didn't have to worry about reproducing their songs in concert they went wild with their creativity. Their producer George Martin played a huge role in all the experimentation. He was essentially the fifth member of the band and the entire Abbey Road studio was his instrument. Almost every song they recorded from 1965 until their breakup featured new recording techniques and tricks that George invented on the spot. He's one of the most important people in the entire history of music recording.
@@thomasmcdonough6642 I didn't make any statements about why they decided to stop playing live but you're correct. I was just making the case that their decision to become studio-only band gave them total creative freedom with their music.
Paul's view is different - so many of the ideas were from John and him, the strings on Eleanor Rigby, the orchestral crescendo and putting two songs together on A Day in the Life, the sitar on Norwegian Wood, Tomorrow Never Knows was all John, they were pioneering a lot of stuff and George M was just figuring out how to implement it. And they were also having ideas about how to do it too. Paul said, George got a lot of credit but we were bringing the ideas, he wasn't doing anything like this with anyone else. - Source: Paul biography "Many Years from Now" Not saying he's 100% correct, but J&P were definitely creative powerhouses, we'll never know how much of a difference GM really made, vs any other competent, open minded producer.
The song you were trying to think of is "A Day In The Life", from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Yes, The Beatles are *factually the biggest, most iconic, most influential, and most innovative band of all time. They actually changed culture itself.
There's a GREAT documentary that PBS aired in June of 1987 called "It Was Twenty Years Today." It's all about the release of Sgt. Pepper's (June of '67) and how it basically changed EVERYTHING. I highly recommend it, if you can find it!
Oh man I still remember when I first dove into the Beatles' music and saying "This is The Beatles?!" over and over again haha Their catalog is so diverse and good, they really could do no wrong and pioneered so much by experimenting nonstop! If you guys can, I highly recommend "Tomorrow never knows" it was released in 1966 but it sounds waaaay ahead of it's time!
@billythedog-309 no, both could be true at the same time. Just cause the Beatles and that song are popular doesn't negate the fact how groundbreaking "Tomorrow never knows" was. It's ahead of its time because of the way it was made and obviously because of the way it sounds, I still haven't heard a song from anywhere prior to 1966 that sounds anything like it
@@Sunking210 That's not ahead of its time, unless it's by a few weeks - it's of its time. Saying something is ahead of its time is an excuse for why something flopped - the audience wasn't ready for it. Maybe if the Beatles weren't ahead of their time they'd have sold a few records, eh?
They did trip but for a short time and never in the studio, they were utmost professional in that realm and took it seriously, it was a 9 to 5 for them and they worked their asses off at it, and it shows.
There was one instance where either Paul or John was tripping in the studio & one took the other up to the roof for "air" & to calm them down. Not sure if it's true, but I've seen this described somewhere.
@@systerkenoWhen Paul first met John in 1957, John had been drinking. Later, especially during their marathon gigs in Hamburg, they took some form of speed to keep up their energy (as well as alcohol). Then Dylan introduced them to weed; then their dentist introduced them to LSD; then John had a brief fling with H. And, since they were young, they all smoked (nicotine fix). So, yeah, they did drugs all the time in some form. Paul and Ringo cleaned up their acts in the early 1980s (though they say Paul continued weed use for some time later).
Fantastic reaction. I loved the way you both just let the music take you on a trip. I'm from Liverpool , the home of The Beatles, and I'm glad you did it. That album is fantastic. Nice one gents!
The term 'boy band' does not apply here. They were four friends who got together to WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS and PLAY THEIR OWN INSTUMENTS by themselves. They didn't even have a manager until they started playing clubs in Germany. They were not a band that was arranged and created by some rich promoters to have a pre-selected image and sound for the sole purpose of marketing. (that's what a boy band is)
Thank you! “Boy Band” for the Beatles is one of my triggers! They were nothing like a boy band. Boy bands are manufactured bs with backup dancers and somehow dancing spastically without their voices moving. Backtracks are not talent.
As far as I can remember, there were no 'boy bands' at that time. There were 'Teen Idols'. On the other hand there was some amazing singing talent coming out of Detroit. Some were male some were female. I suspect bands like 'The Imperials, Temptations,, Jackson 5, Staples, Supremes and others , served as inspiration for the corporately produced music that was cobbled together after the success of Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls. Money seems to be a very motivating force to corporations.
I never was surprised by new Beatles songs because they established the standard for that time. Just like most accomplished artists, they kept reinventing themselves. 😊❤
The lyrics are results of two LSD trips John Lennon had, and inspired by the narrative poem by Lewis Carroll "The Walrus and the Carpenter". In the poem, which was featured in "Through the looking-glass" where Tweedledee and Tweedledum recite the poem to Alice. The poem itself is as much an acid trip as the song it inspired. Lennon told the press it was a response to over-analyzation of Beatles lyrics. So he gave them non-sense and waited to see how they would interpret it. Brilliant!
Hey Bulldog is a lesser known Beatles song but probably my favorite. Also Dear Prudence, Tomorrow Never Knows, Norwegian Wood, Here Comes the Sun, Blackbird, Across the Universe, Penny Lane, For No One, I’m Only Sleeping… I have that Abbey Road picture framed in my dining room There definitely was tension in the band toward the end. And yes Yoko was part of it (they had a bed brought into the middle of the studio for her to lay in while they were recording at one point).. but it was more than that. There’s a famous clip of George sarcastically telling Paul during recording “I’ll play whatever you want me to play. Or I won’t play at all if you don’t want me to. Whatever it is that will please you, I’ll do it” (not an exact quote but close enough lol) “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make” 😊❤️
Trying to pick a favorite Beatles song is like trying to pick a favorite time of day or kind of weather or footstep on a 10 mile hike: there's a different kind of beauty and vibe in all of it, and it can all be your favorite depending on your "set and setting" at any time in your life.
They did all do LSD. Paul even admitted it to the press (which caused a bit of a stir..) - they were not straight laced at all... Bob Dylan introduced them to pot in the early days and they moved to LSD a few years after. Paul, John, George did coke and John got into heroin in the late 60's. They were constantly stoned also
That’s right, there was a girl named Lucy in his sons class at school. he drew a picture of her like she was flying around in the sky with stars around her that shined like diamonds.
Don't forget that LSD was legal at first. It wasn't outlawed until late 1966. They were introduced to the drug by their dentist. That was immortalized in the song, Dr Robert.
Helter skelter....you will love it. Paul still does it live. Beatles are part of our growing up...I argued with my cousin who was a Rolling stones fan,he was 16 I was 8. My 23 yr old daughter loves them too. Thanks for the memories keep diving love & light from Wales UK 💜🏴🌻🦄🤟
First im gonna say spoon bending space monkey os probably the greatest handle ive ever heard, second whether you like the Beatles or not you have to respect them. If it wasnt for them we probably wouldnt have metal today. My mother was a huge Beatles fan as a teen and it brought massive arguments in her household growing up. Finally my grandfather calmed my grandmother saying "let her listen to those mop heads" i think that has to be the reason my parents never hated me listening to my metal growing up. 90s metal were the beatles for my generation.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was written by John after his son Julian came home from school with a drawing and told John that was Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy was Julian’s classmate. She was definitely a real person who passed away a few years ago from lupus
Morning guys!! My step dad always played the Beatles and their movies. I particularly like this song a lot! They definitely were ahead of their time for sure!🤓
I listened to this whole record front to back a bunch of times a couple of weeks ago and remembered just how good it is. I always liked Revolver and Rubber Soul but their "psychedelic phase" was so good too.
That’s not what they’re saying. That’s a myth. They’re actually saying two different things. One is “umpah umpah stick it up your jumper.” The other is “got one got one, everybody’s got one.”
The Beatles were pure musicians because they couldn't do anything else in Liverpool, England... The heard rock n' music of Elvis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry in the 50's and they never wanted to do anything else, except for some other activities... Believe it or not, when The Beatles broke big in 1964 in America, their biggest competition was The Beach Boys from America... 😂 The Rolling Stones started to break big in 1965... The Who got huge by 1967... Cream was around only briefly... From America, The Doors made an impact by 1968... so did Jimi Hendrix Experience... The Grateful Dead... Jefferson Airplane... These were the big acts of the 1960's. Pink Floyd debuted in 1967 but were slow to break after Syd Barrett was out of the band by 1968... After David Gilmour joined, Pink Floyd persisted in recording and touring into 1970 and became moderately successful w/ albums like 'Atom heart mother' ... 'Meddle'... It wasn't until 'Dark side of the Moon' in 1973 when Pink Floyd broke big internationally and rose into a major band. Status Quo is another UK band that gets overlooked in America... They started as The Spectres when they were kids in the early 60's, and then changed the name to Status Quo in 1967 and had a hit single 'Pictures of Matchstick men' in 1968... a psychedelic song. But success was brief... The band's duo of guitarists (and vocalists) Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt saw The Doors and loved the song 'Roadhouse blues'... so, they went for that 3-chord boogie rock n' roll delivery and finally had a hit record in 1972 ('Piledriver')... and became known as the "Frantic Four" w/ John Coghlan (drums) and Alan Lancaster (bass & vocals) ... Status Quo became one of the most successful UK acts in Europe w/ classic hits like - 'Down down' ... 'Paper plane' ... 'Roll over lay down' ... "Rockin' all over the world" ... 'Whatever you want'... 🤘🤘 Status Quo nearly broke up by 1984 after Francis Rossi quit the band, but after a successful set at Live Aid 1985, Rossi and Rick Parfitt decided to carry on w/ new members John 'Rhino' Edwards (bass) and Jeff Rich (drums) w/ longtime keyboardist Andy Bown... The new Status Quo had another hit record 'In the Army now' in 1986... They kept recording and touring til today... Sadly, Rick Parfitt (guitar/ vocals) passed away in 2016 and Francis Rossi (guitar/ vocals) is the only original member w/ Bown, Edwards, new guitarist Richie Malone and current drummer Leon Cave. After The Beatles broke up, the backlash was immediate in 1970 - "who was to blame for the split?" Paul McCartney was blamed initially, until the facts came out that it was John Lennon who had left the band... so, the fans blamed his wife Yoko Ono for breaking up The Beatles... The music press adored The Beatles, which made them hate new bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith... in the 70's. They always praised the solo Beatles - Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon...(and Ringo Starr) as well as The Rolling Stones and The Who... and they mocked and ridiculed Led Zeppelin at every opportunity, even though they were the biggest band of the 70's. But it was Paul McCartney who became the big star after The Beatles breakup... George Harrison also enjoyed solo success... John Lennon took a break from music in 1975. He finally came back w/ a new album 'Double fantasy' in 1980, just before he was murdered. His song 'Woman' became a hit from that record after his death.
John wrote this song to confuse the people trying to decipher Beatles lyrics. John wrote a song about nothing but word play to prove every song does not have to have cryptic meanings.
During their last album session, they pretty much hated each other. George walked out and quit the band twice. In Feb 1970, they held their last concert on the roof of the recording studio. They broke up after that. Smokey said, "John went solo after awhile" They ALL went solo after breaking up. I believe George was the first to release a solo album in 1970 or 1971. Some of those songs were ones John and Paul had rejected for Beatles albums. (which they did that a lot to George).
The rooftop concert was in late January 1969… George Harrison had to be talked into doing it, but once playing began the whole band relaxed and enjoyed the experience, if not the freezing winter weather. It was the last time the Beatles played live in public.
As a 13 year old, before I discovered the Beatles around 5 months ago, I thought they were this random old typical slow 60s band. Now that I discovered the Beatles, and pre-90s music as a whole, I can say that the Beatles were the best musical act that ever walked the earth, and the fact that their music could go from boring old 60s(before 1963) to fun and energetic( The Please Please Me album) to pure pop(Tomorrow Never Knows and Paperback Writer), to something that is straight out of imagination, creativity( and LSD), that sounds like something straight out of a dream, and later pioneering heavy metal with a completely hard rock track in 1968(Helter Skelter), I now realise that not only were they, George Martin and Geoff Emerick the perfect combination to changing music, but they had changed music entirely in just 5 years. Hats off to the most talented, legendary and modern band of all time!
Paul got busted with 8 oz. of weed while going through customs in Japan...and Pink Floyd ironically were not drug users. They started in 1967, not the 50's. The original singer, Syd Barrett was a heavy LSD user, which made his mental illness worse. At most the rest of the band drank and smoked a little grass....
“coo-coo-ca-choo!” 😂 My favorite Beatles song is “Come Together” because it’s the first one I heard that sounded completely different from what I had heard of them previously as a kid -which was mainly from Full House. (Also heard a lot of Beach Boys for the first time on Full House) anyway, check out “Come Together” sometime.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds title came from John’s son who came home from school with a drawing. When John asked him what the drawing was he replied it’s my friend Lucy in the Sky with diamonds. Note : Pink Floyd became poplar after the Beatles broke up.
It's awesome to see your reactions to the Beatles. Both of my parents, along with most of my family, are Beatlefreaks. My musical vocabulary is pretty diverse, but when it comes to the Beatles, there's none better. It would be fantastic to see more reactions to them! Free As A Bird would be a great one to react to!
The lyrics were a prank by Lennon. He received a letter from a student who told him that their teacher had given them Beatles songs to interpret the lyrics. Lennon was fed up at the time with their lyrics being overanalysed and misinterpreted so he wrote this lyrics (high on acid of course.) 'Let them try to interpret this'. There are references in the text to Lewis Carroll's 1871 poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, the dramatic reading in the mix is from Shakespeare's King Lear and the lyrics also included the phrase 'Lucy in the sky'. So yeah, interpret this.
Other than Grass they started off straight-laced then thanks to a dentist got laced. It's hard for many young viewers to understand the impact the Beatles had on the entire world. They empowered the youth movement of the Soviet Union (USSR) into becoming a major force in tearing down the Berlin Wall. The Beatles were reportedly the first rip in the "Iron Curtain". The Soviet youth claimed nobody loved the Beatles more than they did, because they risked their lives to have their music. Their records were obtained through the Black Market and Soviet youth had to avoid informants and the KGB. It was said Marxist-Leninism was ultimately replaced by McCartnist-Lennonism. Check out a mini documentary called How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin
@Xcris_crosX Thanks for bringing that up, that is totally true! That documentary "HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN" is fantastic, and it 's so tried. They could be jailed for having a Beatles record. Most of the Russian Beatles fans also said that was one of the ways they learned English, by listening to the Beatles.
@@patticrichton1135 I love that it’s said The Beatles🎸 did what the threat of American missiles🚀 could not. The British Invasion “invaded” the minds of Soviet people. I’m not sure but I think it was Pukin🤮 in an interview who admitted that as a young kid he got himself a banned Beatles record
I fucking LOVE this song. I was a bartender in this shitty little dive bar in AK. If this song came on the Jukebox it meant I was gonna kick sonebody out.
That song you were singing was A Day In The Life and it's on Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. I love that song and I LOVE this song. Thanks guys!
Look at the time they were around and the album sales they made! Add to it they’re the most influential band ever, easy to see they’re the greatest band ever.
Because Beatles nuts,I was one of them,were delving a bit too much into Beatles lyrics,John decided to write a song with gibberish words and said “let them analyse this” I always thought JOHN was the walrus!! Yellow matter custard?!? Eh?
If you want to hear a Beatles song that really doesn't have that Beatles sound, that would be "Helter Skelter". It's been dubbed, the birth of heavy metal. It's truly a unique song. I remember back then, there were people who didn't really care that much for it, but I think it was because they weren't ready for that kind of sound, not from the Beatles, anyway.
As others have said, the Beatles dosed on many occasions, albeit most likely separately. Even their producer George Martin who was straight laced, referenced the fact of them experimenting and definitely spoke about their use of pot. Great reaction!
You must react to "Helter Skelter" which is considered the birth of Heavy Metal. Another trippy psychedelic song from 1966 is "Tomorrow Never Knows", mind blowing.
Each album is an experience - a total mood as the kids might say - and this one was all about audio experimentation. If you want a sense of how they created, watch the Max miniseries. This was likely more crafted than it sounds.
The Beatles are amazing. Anther reference to LSD is in their track 'Doctor Robert' which says "If you're down, he'll pick you up, Doctor Robert. Take a drink from his special cup, Doctor Robert". Well worth a listen.
The “Walrus” came from Lewis Carrol’s The Walrus and the Carpenter from Through the Looking Glass. John Lennon and George Harrison were “into the game.” Pink Floyd recorded their first album in the same studio and during the same time as the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper.
The Beatles are the biggest band ever. Period. Take it a step farther and add McCartney’s solo stuff and you’ll find he’s the best selling artist in history. Also, the Beatles were into natural highs. Quite a lot. McCartney has always been a very vocal pothead.
The Beatles aren't just the biggest band ever. They are the biggest selling musical artist (of any genre) of all time, by far, and nobody else even comes close. Cool reaction! Peace
The lyrics aren't meant to make sense. It was a response to a review that said their lyrics made no sense. They fired back with these lyrics! More Beatles sounds like a good plan! 🤘
and John was fed up with people always trying to analyze what their lyrics meant, so he loved to write a song like "I Am the Walrus" and as he said, "let's see them analyze this. I am sure he would have LOVED to have heard what people would come up with!
When the Beatles wrote Rubber Soul, they started experimenting with weed. They did a sojourn with some Tibetan monk, and that's when they first took acid.
Trivia: The intro was inspired by a London siren. The spoken words at the end ("Oh untimely death", "Sit you down father") are from a BBC broadcast of Shakespeare's "King Lear" which was playing in a radio in the studio while they were doing the mixing.
For years every one thought that at the end the word said everybody smoke pot. John said in an interview that it was egg fart. Paul kept eating scrambled eggs for the long time working on the songs for the record.
Ok men finally The Beatles have appeared. You really need to check out Helter Skelter. It is said that it's the 1st heavy metal song ever recorded. Paul's vocals are amazing. Hoping to see your reaction to it very soon.
Check out Tomorrow Never Knows from the 1966 album Revolver. It was so ahead of times in 1966. They used tape loops which was not done so much back then
The Walrus is of course from ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. John Lennon had been an avid reader as a child and immersed himself in the writings of Carroll, drawing later influences from ‘Alice and her adventures in Wonderland’, and its above-named sequel. LSD was also an influence!
The whole album is great! All 3 of us siblings would sing, “Your mother should know.” We’re all older now, 60’s-70’s, and I cherish those times. Great reaction guys!
George Martin was the producer for The Beatles and played a vital role in their success. He helped them finalize the structure of many of their songs in the early stages of their career and continually offered valuable musical advice. Being a classically trained pianist, he often contributed piano fills to several songs and would occasionally write orchestral pieces when needed. Since he was older than the rest of the group, they jokingly referred to him as their schoolmaster. So when Lennon played/sang 'I Am The Walrus' for Martin to show him the basic idea of the composition, Martin was taken aback when Lennon sang the line, "boy you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down." Right away, Martin turned to one of his recording engineers and said, "did he just say what I think he said?" Just the thought of how that all went down and imagining his facial expression makes me laugh everytime. Of course, in 1967, it was practically sacrilegious to say 'knickers' on public radio in England, so the BBC promptly banned the song from playing on the air.
Two things of Note 1 - All the interplay of the audio segments that they laid into this song are totally an example of early sampling, without a doubt. And secondly what really brings this track to life is the Audio production, I mean try and wrap your head around the fact that this song was recorded in what 67? 68? On an 8-track machine. That combined with their producers brilliant score for the strings and whatnot really add such an incredible dynamic. It is purely by luck that they got George Martin as a producer when the Beatles signed ... as George had previously mostly done comedy records and things of that nature but he had a background in symphonic composition and he was also relatively young so he was the perfect balance of being able to bring the Beatles ideas into the classical realm and not be judgmental about it or anything like that. It's uncanny but George Martin can't be understated as a huge component in the Beatles later sounds.
Classic John Lennon writing here. "She Said" She Said", "Dear Prudence", and on and on and on, and classic George Martin producing. Also, whoever sang the song is typically wrote it. For most songs whoever wrote it would go into George Martins office and play the song on an acoustic guitar while sitting on a stool. George would record it on a tape player and listen to it over and over while thinking of orchestral arrangements, timing changes, etc., to add to it
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The Beatles are the best!!!! Such diversity. They laid the groundwork for all bands that followed. Pure artistic expression they could play any genre. They could play multiple instruments and were unafraid to experiment.
I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old hearing this on the radio getting angry saying "What are they talking about.. "Sitting on a cornflake, Waiting for the van to come". Then I grew up and now totally understand where they were coming from.
According to the boys, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was just coincidence. However, songs like "Got to get you into my life" was absolutely about a substance
As a junior in high school, I was in a typing class. Yes, a typing class! We would warm up when we first got to class and I would type the lyrics to “I am the Walrus “. Great memories especially when my teacher read it and thought I was nuts!😝
To me, this is the greatest Beatles song. So by default, it might be the best song of all time! Either way it’s a frickin masterpiece!
"A Day in the Life" was the song hollywood was thinking of.
My favorite Beatles song
Mine too
Makes me cry every time I hear it.
One of the best songs ever made imo… sounds out of this world to this day still.
A million of us said that.
"This is the Beatles?!!" Yep, that's the thing -- the Beatles offered so many different sounds and performed in so many different genres (some that they invented) and you could never tell where they were going next. But wherever they went, it would be great!
This song gets overlooked because of the name of the song by casual fans but tbh this is probably one of the best songs by the Beatles ever. Lennon wrote the song but Ringo had the most difficult part trying to keep that slow of a Tempo for that long of a song. Paul jumped in with the tambourine to help Ringo keep Tempo. I hate that people don't give Ringo the recognition he deserves. The man was definitely the backbone of the band. Awesome reaction🤘🏼🤌🏼🔥
@davidbradley2294 or I read it on Google straight from an interview with George Martin, the bands producer.
@davidbradley2294 for someone that doesn't know how to use Google you sure are certain you think you know what you're talking about. You can't put links in TH-cam comments. Are you new to TH-cam? It's a CultureSonar article. Use that big brain to find it.
This song was in response to the critics saying that their lyrics were gibberish and made no sense. So they made a song that was gibberish and made no sense. Trolling at it’s finest
Dammmmn ok that's cool
That's completely false. Don't spout gibberish, unless you know for sure.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek that was from an interview Paul McCartney did on the Howard Stern show.
@@robertsupers1150I'll have to check that out, but its pretty famous that John was told by a friend that beatles lyrics were being studied in school so he wanted to make the most nonsense lyrics ever so they couldnt decipher them.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek that's the story I've seen more than twice
Welcome to the psychedelic Beatles. You need to listen to Helter Skelter. The most non Beatles song ever and trippy as hell. Pure banger
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not trippy, just straight forward hard rock
There was no such thing as a non Beatles song in their repertoire. They did whatever they wanted. That’s what made them unique.
Helter Skelter- when The Beatles created heavy metal.
@@dathorndike4908 False.
This song was partially inspired by John learning that his old school had a class for studying Beatle lyrics so he concocted something nonsensical to really challenge them. Another avenue of inspiration was Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter". In addition, he took all sorts of inside jokes/situations and added them. For example, according to Patti Boyd, who was George's wife at the time, "semolina pilchard" (a 'pilchard' is a type of sardine) was a reference to Sergeant Pilcher of the London Drug Squad who made it his mission to bust as many rock stars for possession as he could. The "egg-man" was a reference to Eric Burdon, singer for the group The Animals who recounted to John a story of a raw egg being used during a sex act. The "yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" came from John asking his childhood friend, Pete Shotton to remember the words from a nonsensical children's rhyme they used to recite. It went: "Yellow matter custard, green slop pie, all mixed together with a dead dog's eye, slap it on a butty, ten foot thick, then wash it all down with a cup of cold sick" (a "butty" is UK slang for the word "sandwich"). Near the end, what sounds like people reciting lines is from a recording of the play King Lear that was taken directly from the radio broadcast by the BBC. FYI, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' title was inspired by a drawing that John's son, Julian drew a picture of his classmate, Lucy with starbursts around her. Julian himself called the picture that and John (and Julian) had always maintained that was true. The Beatles weren't too afraid to talk about drugs in general during that time, so I can't see John trying to play coy and needing to use Lucy in the Sky as code for LSD. If he did try to use it as code to pass censors, it failed because the BBC banned it anyway due to the alleged "LSD" reference.
Great comment, I did not know all of this. I would like to add that during the hectic end of the song, there two choirs--one of boys singing "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper" and the other of girls singing "everybody's got one." The bit of "King Lear" is the death of Oswald, from act IV, near the end of scene 6.
@@JPMaddenWhen this first came out my mates and I were convinced the second line went: "Get f#cked, get f#cked, everybody get f#cked..." Try it - it works. Maybe a job for an AI investigation.
Or “smoke pot smoke pot everybody smoke pot”
Pretty sure it's oompah oompah stick it up your jumper.
There's an interview with Paul where he's asked if he ever takes LSD and he says yes. The reporter admonishes him and asks if he feels responsible for spreading that message to kids, and Paul basically schools him, says "You asked me a question and I answered, so really it's up to YOU as a journalist how far this message goes." I'm paraphrasing, but you get the gist.
Once the Beatles decided to stop playing live and they didn't have to worry about reproducing their songs in concert they went wild with their creativity. Their producer George Martin played a huge role in all the experimentation. He was essentially the fifth member of the band and the entire Abbey Road studio was his instrument. Almost every song they recorded from 1965 until their breakup featured new recording techniques and tricks that George invented on the spot. He's one of the most important people in the entire history of music recording.
And the engineers too. George Martin was surrounded by very inventive people.
Not true. They stopped because the fans would scream through the whole concert
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@@thomasmcdonough6642 I didn't make any statements about why they decided to stop playing live but you're correct. I was just making the case that their decision to become studio-only band gave them total creative freedom with their music.
@@thomasmcdonough6642 - Dude, your reading comprehension and/or attention span is NOT GOOD! You oughta get that checked out.
Paul's view is different - so many of the ideas were from John and him, the strings on Eleanor Rigby, the orchestral crescendo and putting two songs together on A Day in the Life, the sitar on Norwegian Wood, Tomorrow Never Knows was all John, they were pioneering a lot of stuff and George M was just figuring out how to implement it. And they were also having ideas about how to do it too. Paul said, George got a lot of credit but we were bringing the ideas, he wasn't doing anything like this with anyone else. - Source: Paul biography "Many Years from Now"
Not saying he's 100% correct, but J&P were definitely creative powerhouses, we'll never know how much of a difference GM really made, vs any other competent, open minded producer.
The song you were trying to think of is "A Day In The Life", from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Yes, The Beatles are *factually the biggest, most iconic, most influential, and most innovative band of all time.
They actually changed culture itself.
There's a GREAT documentary that PBS aired in June of 1987 called "It Was Twenty Years Today." It's all about the release of Sgt. Pepper's (June of '67) and how it basically changed EVERYTHING. I highly recommend it, if you can find it!
Oh man I still remember when I first dove into the Beatles' music and saying "This is The Beatles?!" over and over again haha
Their catalog is so diverse and good, they really could do no wrong and pioneered so much by experimenting nonstop!
If you guys can, I highly recommend "Tomorrow never knows" it was released in 1966 but it sounds waaaay ahead of it's time!
I looove Tomorrow Never Knows!
lf it was ahead of its time it wouldn't have been as popular as it was at the time, would it?
@billythedog-309 no, both could be true at the same time. Just cause the Beatles and that song are popular doesn't negate the fact how groundbreaking "Tomorrow never knows" was. It's ahead of its time because of the way it was made and obviously because of the way it sounds, I still haven't heard a song from anywhere prior to 1966 that sounds anything like it
Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream, it is not dying . . .
@@Sunking210 That's not ahead of its time, unless it's by a few weeks - it's of its time. Saying something is ahead of its time is an excuse for why something flopped - the audience wasn't ready for it. Maybe if the Beatles weren't ahead of their time they'd have sold a few records, eh?
They did trip but for a short time and never in the studio, they were utmost professional in that realm and took it seriously, it was a 9 to 5 for them and they worked their asses off at it, and it shows.
Except when Lennon was all H'd out
There was one instance where either Paul or John was tripping in the studio & one took the other up to the roof for "air" & to calm them down. Not sure if it's true, but I've seen this described somewhere.
John dropped it accidentally before he went to the studio he said. Not sure the roof top was a good idea.
Nah. They did drugs all the time in some form.
@@systerkenoWhen Paul first met John in 1957, John had been drinking. Later, especially during their marathon gigs in Hamburg, they took some form of speed to keep up their energy (as well as alcohol). Then Dylan introduced them to weed; then their dentist introduced them to LSD; then John had a brief fling with H. And, since they were young, they all smoked (nicotine fix). So, yeah, they did drugs all the time in some form. Paul and Ringo cleaned up their acts in the early 1980s (though they say Paul continued weed use for some time later).
Fantastic reaction. I loved the way you both just let the music take you on a trip. I'm from Liverpool , the home of The Beatles, and I'm glad you did it. That album is fantastic. Nice one gents!
John Lennon once said that he took that much LSD around this time that when he came down he could only see in black and white. 😵
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The term 'boy band' does not apply here. They were four friends who got together to WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS and PLAY THEIR OWN INSTUMENTS by themselves. They didn't even have a manager until they started playing clubs in Germany. They were not a band that was arranged and created by some rich promoters to have a pre-selected image and sound for the sole purpose of marketing. (that's what a boy band is)
Thank you! “Boy Band” for the Beatles is one of my triggers!
They were nothing like a boy band. Boy bands are manufactured bs with backup dancers and somehow dancing spastically without their voices moving. Backtracks are not talent.
Yes. Thats exactly the truth!
Thank you! It makes me cringe to hear anyone refer to The Beatles as a " boy band."... Not. Even
. Close!
Yeah, really stupid to say that The Beatles were a Boyband.
As far as I can remember, there were no 'boy bands' at that time. There were 'Teen Idols'. On the other hand there was some amazing singing talent coming out of Detroit. Some were male some were female. I suspect bands like 'The Imperials, Temptations,, Jackson 5, Staples, Supremes and others , served as inspiration for the corporately produced music that was cobbled together after the success of Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls. Money seems to be a very motivating force to corporations.
I never was surprised by new Beatles songs because they established the standard for that time. Just like most accomplished artists, they kept reinventing themselves. 😊❤
The lyrics are results of two LSD trips John Lennon had, and inspired by the narrative poem by Lewis Carroll "The Walrus and the Carpenter". In the poem, which was featured in "Through the looking-glass" where Tweedledee and Tweedledum recite the poem to Alice. The poem itself is as much an acid trip as the song it inspired. Lennon told the press it was a response to over-analyzation of Beatles lyrics. So he gave them non-sense and waited to see how they would interpret it. Brilliant!
This is one of those songs that when you park, you sit and let the song finish before getting out of the car.
Hey Bulldog is a lesser known Beatles song but probably my favorite. Also Dear Prudence, Tomorrow Never Knows, Norwegian Wood, Here Comes the Sun, Blackbird, Across the Universe, Penny Lane, For No One, I’m Only Sleeping…
I have that Abbey Road picture framed in my dining room
There definitely was tension in the band toward the end. And yes Yoko was part of it (they had a bed brought into the middle of the studio for her to lay in while they were recording at one point).. but it was more than that. There’s a famous clip of George sarcastically telling Paul during recording “I’ll play whatever you want me to play. Or I won’t play at all if you don’t want me to. Whatever it is that will please you, I’ll do it” (not an exact quote but close enough lol)
“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make” 😊❤️
When people ask me my favorite, my default answer is "In My Life", but in reality, it's "Hey Bulldog". Such a great vibe.
@@danlayne9436 Hey Bulldog is one hell of a groovy song!
Trying to pick a favorite Beatles song is like trying to pick a favorite time of day or kind of weather or footstep on a 10 mile hike: there's a different kind of beauty and vibe in all of it, and it can all be your favorite depending on your "set and setting" at any time in your life.
I totally agree with you!!
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100%.
The Beatles - ' I Am the Walrus '
LP: ' Magical Mystery Tour '
©1967
🎼" GOO GOO G'JOOB ... "🎶
Here's the ' lyrics':
I Am the Walrus
I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun
See how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a corn flake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long
I am the egg man
They are the egg men
I am the walrus
Goo goo g'joob
Mister City policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard
Dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down
I am the egg man
They are the egg men
I am the walrus
Goo goo g'joob
Sitting in an English garden
Waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come you get a tan
From standing in the English rain
I am the egg man (now good sir)
They are the egg men (a poor man, made tame to fortune's blows)
I am the walrus
Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob (good pity)
Expert, texpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you (ho ho ho, hee hee hee, hah hah hah)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide
I'm crying
Semolina Pilchard
Climbing up the Eiffel tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe
I am the egg man
They are the egg men
I am the walrus
Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob, goo
Joob, joob, jooba
Jooba, jooba, jooba
Joob, jooba
Joob, jooba
Umpa, umpa, stick it up your jumper (jooba, jooba)
Umpa, umpa, stick it up your jumper
Everybody's got one (umpa, umpa)
Everybody's got one (stick it up your jumper)
Everybody's got one (umpa, umpa)
Everybody's got one (stick it up your jumper)
Everybody's got one (umpa, umpa)
Everybody's got one (stick it up your jumper)
Everybody's got one (umpa, umpa)
Everybody's got one (stick it up your jumper)
Everybody's got one (umpa, umpa)
Everybody's got one (stick it up your jumper)
Everybody's got one (umpa, umpa)
Slave
Thou hast slain me
Villain, take my purse
If I ever
Bury my body
The letters which though find'st about me
To Edmund Earl of Gloucester
Seek him out upon the British Party
O untimely death
I know thee well
A serviceable villain, as duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire
What, is is he dead?
Sit you down, Father, rest you
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney
I Am the Walrus lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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They did all do LSD. Paul even admitted it to the press (which caused a bit of a stir..) - they were not straight laced at all... Bob Dylan introduced them to pot in the early days and they moved to LSD a few years after. Paul, John, George did coke and John got into heroin in the late 60's. They were constantly stoned also
George was also on Heroin during at least the latter half of 1968 and through the ‘Let it Be’ film sessions.
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds had nothing to do with LSD. It was based on a drawing done by John's son Julian....
Yeah, really?
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 yeah, Really.
That’s right, there was a girl named Lucy in his sons class at school. he drew a picture of her like she was flying around in the sky with stars around her that shined like diamonds.
if you believe that well uh nevermind
@@billyhancock7851 And you were how old when that song was released?Unless you were round in those days, you have no idea.
Don't forget that LSD was legal at first. It wasn't outlawed until late 1966. They were introduced to the drug by their dentist. That was immortalized in the song, Dr Robert.
This is one song I never get tired of listening to
John's voice at it's best IMHO
Helter skelter....you will love it. Paul still does it live. Beatles are part of our growing up...I argued with my cousin who was a Rolling stones fan,he was 16 I was 8. My 23 yr old daughter loves them too. Thanks for the memories keep diving love & light from Wales UK 💜🏴🌻🦄🤟
First im gonna say spoon bending space monkey os probably the greatest handle ive ever heard, second whether you like the Beatles or not you have to respect them. If it wasnt for them we probably wouldnt have metal today. My mother was a huge Beatles fan as a teen and it brought massive arguments in her household growing up. Finally my grandfather calmed my grandmother saying "let her listen to those mop heads" i think that has to be the reason my parents never hated me listening to my metal growing up. 90s metal were the beatles for my generation.
I grew up in the '60s & luckily my folks liked them "mop heads" so playing their music on my record player was cool with them ✌💖☮
Lol mop heads! Love it!🤣🙂
@kristaspecht lol I'm just repeating what my grandfather said. He had that ww2 navy veteran mouth lol.
@@KenBober haha I know🙂
They were the 'mop tops' in the UK 🧹🪣👦👦👦👦🙏
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was written by John after his son Julian came home from school with a drawing and told John that was Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy was Julian’s classmate. She was definitely a real person who passed away a few years ago from lupus
Morning guys!! My step dad always played the Beatles and their movies. I particularly like this song a lot! They definitely were ahead of their time for sure!🤓
"Everybody smoke hasch everybody smoke hasch" 😅 Beatles song mentioned - A day in the life.. Great song and I love this channel
Frasier was a spin-off from Cheers. 👍
Yes yes, fuck yes! One of my top 5 favorite Beatles songs! It's actually my wife's #1 favorite(Tied with Across the Universe) AND her name is Abby lol
I listened to this whole record front to back a bunch of times a couple of weeks ago and remembered just how good it is. I always liked Revolver and Rubber Soul but their "psychedelic phase" was so good too.
Like a description of an acid trip,love love love it.
"Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot. Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot." Best ending of a song ever!
Hahahaha thats they way we always sang it & smoked it...puff puff pass ✌💖☮
That’s not what they’re saying. That’s a myth. They’re actually saying two different things. One is “umpah umpah stick it up your jumper.” The other is “got one got one, everybody’s got one.”
John had said in interviews Everybody's got one means everyone has a penis or a vagina." To me it means, there should be no hangup about sex.
Everybody got one and Everybody smoke pot if you listen closely
At the very end of this Tune , You can hear the chant - SMOKE POT SMOKE POT EVERYBODY SMOKES POT - over and over ...
Peace Brothers !! ✌️✌️✌️
Legend has it, John Lennon said “We are so big that we can make a song that makes no sense and people will still love it.” Here is the proof.
The Beatles were pure musicians because they couldn't do anything else in Liverpool, England... The heard rock n' music of Elvis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry in the 50's and they never wanted to do anything else, except for some other activities...
Believe it or not, when The Beatles broke big in 1964 in America, their biggest competition was The Beach Boys from America... 😂
The Rolling Stones started to break big in 1965... The Who got huge by 1967... Cream was around only briefly... From America, The Doors made an impact by 1968... so did Jimi Hendrix Experience... The Grateful Dead... Jefferson Airplane... These were the big acts of the 1960's.
Pink Floyd debuted in 1967 but were slow to break after Syd Barrett was out of the band by 1968... After David Gilmour joined, Pink Floyd persisted in recording and touring into 1970 and became moderately successful w/ albums like 'Atom heart mother' ... 'Meddle'... It wasn't until 'Dark side of the Moon' in 1973 when Pink Floyd broke big internationally and rose into a major band.
Status Quo is another UK band that gets overlooked in America... They started as The Spectres when they were kids in the early 60's, and then changed the name to Status Quo in 1967 and had a hit single 'Pictures of Matchstick men' in 1968... a psychedelic song. But success was brief... The band's duo of guitarists (and vocalists) Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt saw The Doors and loved the song 'Roadhouse blues'... so, they went for that 3-chord boogie rock n' roll delivery and finally had a hit record in 1972 ('Piledriver')... and became known as the "Frantic Four" w/ John Coghlan (drums) and Alan Lancaster (bass & vocals) ... Status Quo became one of the most successful UK acts in Europe w/ classic hits like - 'Down down' ... 'Paper plane' ... 'Roll over lay down' ... "Rockin' all over the world" ... 'Whatever you want'... 🤘🤘
Status Quo nearly broke up by 1984 after Francis Rossi quit the band, but after a successful set at Live Aid 1985, Rossi and Rick Parfitt decided to carry on w/ new members John 'Rhino' Edwards (bass) and Jeff Rich (drums) w/ longtime keyboardist Andy Bown... The new Status Quo had another hit record 'In the Army now' in 1986... They kept recording and touring til today... Sadly, Rick Parfitt (guitar/ vocals) passed away in 2016 and Francis Rossi (guitar/ vocals) is the only original member w/ Bown, Edwards, new guitarist Richie Malone and current drummer Leon Cave.
After The Beatles broke up, the backlash was immediate in 1970 - "who was to blame for the split?"
Paul McCartney was blamed initially, until the facts came out that it was John Lennon who had left the band... so, the fans blamed his wife Yoko Ono for breaking up The Beatles... The music press adored The Beatles, which made them hate new bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith... in the 70's. They always praised the solo Beatles - Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon...(and Ringo Starr) as well as The Rolling Stones and The Who... and they mocked and ridiculed Led Zeppelin at every opportunity, even though they were the biggest band of the 70's.
But it was Paul McCartney who became the big star after The Beatles breakup... George Harrison also enjoyed solo success... John Lennon took a break from music in 1975. He finally came back w/ a new album 'Double fantasy' in 1980, just before he was murdered. His song 'Woman' became a hit from that record after his death.
“A Day in the Life”
I read the news today, oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad Well, I just had to laugh I saw the photograph He blew his mind out in a car He didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd of people stood and stared They'd seen his face before Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords I saw a film today, oh boy The English Army had just won the war A crowd of people turned away But I just had to look Having read the book I'd love to turn you on Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up, I noticed I was late Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat Found my way upstairs and had a smoke And somebody spoke and I went into a dream I read the news today, oh boy Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall I'd love to turn you on
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney A Day in the Life lyrics © Kanjian Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Word Collections Publishing
My favorite Beatles album. Jams by all members. Pure ridiculous talent.
John wrote this song to confuse the people trying to decipher Beatles lyrics. John wrote a song about nothing but word play to prove every song does not have to have cryptic meanings.
During their last album session, they pretty much hated each other. George walked out and quit the band twice. In Feb 1970, they held their last concert on the roof of the recording studio. They broke up after that.
Smokey said, "John went solo after awhile" They ALL went solo after breaking up. I believe George was the first to release a solo album in 1970 or 1971. Some of those songs were ones John and Paul had rejected for Beatles albums. (which they did that a lot to George).
The rooftop concert was in late January 1969… George Harrison had to be talked into doing it, but once playing began the whole band relaxed and enjoyed the experience, if not the freezing winter weather. It was the last time the Beatles played live in public.
As a 13 year old, before I discovered the Beatles around 5 months ago, I thought they were this random old typical slow 60s band. Now that I discovered the Beatles, and pre-90s music as a whole, I can say that the Beatles were the best musical act that ever walked the earth, and the fact that their music could go from boring old 60s(before 1963) to fun and energetic( The Please Please Me album) to pure pop(Tomorrow Never Knows and Paperback Writer), to something that is straight out of imagination, creativity( and LSD), that sounds like something straight out of a dream, and later pioneering heavy metal with a completely hard rock track in 1968(Helter Skelter), I now realise that not only were they, George Martin and Geoff Emerick the perfect combination to changing music, but they had changed music entirely in just 5 years. Hats off to the most talented, legendary and modern band of all time!
Michael Jackson actually covered The Beatles' "Come together"... Aerosmith covered the same song.
Oasis did a live cover of "I am the Walrus".
Phish did a good I am The Walrus this past summer and I was there working for it th-cam.com/video/puyQa0dwzYM/w-d-xo.html
Paul got busted with 8 oz. of weed while going through customs in Japan...and Pink Floyd ironically were not drug users. They started in 1967, not the 50's. The original singer, Syd Barrett was a heavy LSD user, which made his mental illness worse. At most the rest of the band drank and smoked a little grass....
“coo-coo-ca-choo!” 😂
My favorite Beatles song is “Come Together” because it’s the first one I heard that sounded completely different from what I had heard of them previously as a kid -which was mainly from Full House. (Also heard a lot of Beach Boys for the first time on Full House) anyway, check out “Come Together” sometime.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds title came from John’s son who came home from school with a drawing. When John asked him what the drawing was he replied it’s my friend Lucy in the Sky with diamonds.
Note : Pink Floyd became poplar after the Beatles broke up.
Finally some Beatles music.😊 The Beatles is my jam all the way.😊😊
“This is the Beatles?” Best line I’ve heard in a long time. You guys are very good.
It's awesome to see your reactions to the Beatles.
Both of my parents, along with most of my family, are Beatlefreaks. My musical vocabulary is pretty diverse, but when it comes to the Beatles, there's none better.
It would be fantastic to see more reactions to them!
Free As A Bird would be a great one to react to!
This was a fascinating and hilarious analysis of this song. Great job, guys.
If you listen closely to the high pitched voice at the end, it sounds as if they are chanting “smoke pot, everybody smoke pot” on repeat.
I remember thinking they were saying on pot, on pot, everybody’s on pot.
They're saying "Hoo-hah, hoo-hah, everybody laugh, HAH!"
I heard that it was John making a statement about egos; Got one, got one, everybody's got one.
I wonder if Paul or Ringo will ever tell us.
'Ahead of their time' -- DEFINED their time, actually, and pulled everybody along.
The lyrics were a prank by Lennon. He received a letter from a student who told him that their teacher had given them Beatles songs to interpret the lyrics. Lennon was fed up at the time with their lyrics being overanalysed and misinterpreted so he wrote this lyrics (high on acid of course.) 'Let them try to interpret this'. There are references in the text to Lewis Carroll's 1871 poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, the dramatic reading in the mix is from Shakespeare's King Lear and the lyrics also included the phrase 'Lucy in the sky'. So yeah, interpret this.
Other than Grass they started off straight-laced then thanks to a dentist got laced. It's hard for many young viewers to understand the impact the Beatles had on the entire world. They empowered the youth movement of the Soviet Union (USSR) into becoming a major force in tearing down the Berlin Wall. The Beatles were reportedly the first rip in the "Iron Curtain". The Soviet youth claimed nobody loved the Beatles more than they did, because they risked their lives to have their music. Their records were obtained through the Black Market and Soviet youth had to avoid informants and the KGB. It was said Marxist-Leninism was ultimately replaced by McCartnist-Lennonism. Check out a mini documentary called How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin
@Xcris_crosX Thanks for bringing that up, that is totally true! That documentary "HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN" is fantastic, and it 's so tried. They could be jailed for having a Beatles record. Most of the Russian Beatles fans also said that was one of the ways they learned English, by listening to the Beatles.
@@patticrichton1135 I love that it’s said The Beatles🎸 did what the threat of American missiles🚀 could not.
The British Invasion “invaded” the minds of Soviet people. I’m not sure but I think it was Pukin🤮 in an interview who admitted that as a young kid he got himself a banned Beatles record
Brilliant and haunting orchestration. Thank George Martin for helping The Beatles reach a higher level in music.
I really like the way they have both ascending and descending lines in the ending orchestration.
“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together”- greatest single line in Rock and Roll.
I Am The Walrus is a masterpiece.
I fucking LOVE this song. I was a bartender in this shitty little dive bar in AK. If this song came on the
Jukebox it meant I was gonna kick sonebody out.
That song you were singing was A Day In The Life and it's on Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. I love that song and I LOVE this song. Thanks guys!
Look at the time they were around and the album sales they made! Add to it they’re the most influential band ever, easy to see they’re the greatest band ever.
I think Magical Mystery Tour is the one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever. So underrated from their catalouge.
Because Beatles nuts,I was one of them,were delving a bit too much into Beatles lyrics,John decided to write a song with gibberish words and said “let them analyse this”
I always thought JOHN was the walrus!!
Yellow matter custard?!?
Eh?
If you want to hear a Beatles song that really doesn't have that Beatles sound, that would be "Helter Skelter". It's been dubbed, the birth of heavy metal. It's truly a unique song. I remember back then, there were people who didn't really care that much for it, but I think it was because they weren't ready for that kind of sound, not from the Beatles, anyway.
As others have said, the Beatles dosed on many occasions, albeit most likely separately. Even their producer George Martin who was straight laced, referenced the fact of them experimenting and definitely spoke about their use of pot. Great reaction!
You must react to "Helter Skelter" which is considered the birth of Heavy Metal. Another trippy psychedelic song from 1966 is "Tomorrow Never Knows", mind blowing.
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This song inspired so many other artists, and now you're ready for the track, A Day in the Life.
The song title was A day in the life.
Each album is an experience - a total mood as the kids might say - and this one was all about audio experimentation. If you want a sense of how they created, watch the Max miniseries. This was likely more crafted than it sounds.
My Dad doesn't like anything after Rubber Soul. I'm the opposite. Give me Rocky Raccoon!
The Beatles are amazing. Anther reference to LSD is in their track 'Doctor Robert' which says "If you're down, he'll pick you up, Doctor Robert. Take a drink from his special cup, Doctor Robert". Well worth a listen.
The Beatles, legendary!
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The “Walrus” came from Lewis Carrol’s The Walrus and the Carpenter from Through the Looking Glass. John Lennon and George Harrison were “into the game.” Pink Floyd recorded their first album in the same studio and during the same time as the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper.
The Beatles are the biggest band ever. Period. Take it a step farther and add McCartney’s solo stuff and you’ll find he’s the best selling artist in history.
Also, the Beatles were into natural highs. Quite a lot. McCartney has always been a very vocal pothead.
The Beatles aren't just the biggest band ever. They are the biggest selling musical artist (of any genre) of all time, by far, and nobody else even comes close. Cool reaction!
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The lyrics aren't meant to make sense. It was a response to a review that said their lyrics made no sense. They fired back with these lyrics! More Beatles sounds like a good plan! 🤘
and John was fed up with people always trying to analyze what their lyrics meant, so he loved to write a song like "I Am the Walrus" and as he said, "let's see them analyze this. I am sure he would have LOVED to have heard what people would come up with!
Believe it or not John once said "if we ever looked over our shoulders, it wasn't the Rolling Stones we were seeing, It was the Dave Clark Five".
Just listen without trying to understand or decipher the words... It's just a great song...
When the Beatles wrote Rubber Soul, they started experimenting with weed. They did a sojourn with some Tibetan monk, and that's when they first took acid.
No funk or Soul on Rappers React?
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Trivia: The intro was inspired by a London siren. The spoken words at the end ("Oh untimely death", "Sit you down father") are from a BBC broadcast of Shakespeare's "King Lear" which was playing in a radio in the studio while they were doing the mixing.
Pity you didn't watch the video to this song.
For years every one thought that at the end the word said everybody smoke pot. John said in an interview that it was egg fart. Paul kept eating scrambled eggs for the long time working on the songs for the record.
Ok men finally The Beatles have appeared. You really need to check out Helter Skelter. It is said that it's the 1st heavy metal song ever recorded. Paul's vocals are amazing. Hoping to see your reaction to it very soon.
I still get tingles down my spine at the climax of this incredible song.
Check out Tomorrow Never Knows from the 1966 album Revolver. It was so ahead of times in 1966. They used tape loops which was not done so much back then
That’s a GREAT song! One of my favorites 😊
Absolute psychedelic masterpiece. This and A Day In The Life were my two favorite Beatles songs.
The Walrus is of course from ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. John Lennon had been an avid reader as a child and immersed himself in the writings of Carroll, drawing later influences from ‘Alice and her adventures in Wonderland’, and its above-named sequel. LSD was also an influence!
The song’s ending was created by mixing in a live radio broadcast of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ which uncannily fit perfectly with the vibe…
The whole album is great! All 3 of us siblings would sing, “Your mother should know.” We’re all older now, 60’s-70’s, and I cherish those times. Great reaction guys!
George Martin was the producer for The Beatles and played a vital role in their success. He helped them finalize the structure of many of their songs in the early stages of their career and continually offered valuable musical advice. Being a classically trained pianist, he often contributed piano fills to several songs and would occasionally write orchestral pieces when needed. Since he was older than the rest of the group, they jokingly referred to him as their schoolmaster. So when Lennon played/sang 'I Am The Walrus' for Martin to show him the basic idea of the composition, Martin was taken aback when Lennon sang the line, "boy you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down." Right away, Martin turned to one of his recording engineers and said, "did he just say what I think he said?" Just the thought of how that all went down and imagining his facial expression makes me laugh everytime. Of course, in 1967, it was practically sacrilegious to say 'knickers' on public radio in England, so the BBC promptly banned the song from playing on the air.
Two things of Note 1 - All the interplay of the audio segments that they laid into this song are totally an example of early sampling, without a doubt. And secondly what really brings this track to life is the Audio production, I mean try and wrap your head around the fact that this song was recorded in what 67? 68? On an 8-track machine. That combined with their producers brilliant score for the strings and whatnot really add such an incredible dynamic. It is purely by luck that they got George Martin as a producer when the Beatles signed ... as George had previously mostly done comedy records and things of that nature but he had a background in symphonic composition and he was also relatively young so he was the perfect balance of being able to bring the Beatles ideas into the classical realm and not be judgmental about it or anything like that. It's uncanny but George Martin can't be understated as a huge component in the Beatles later sounds.
Classic John Lennon writing here. "She Said" She Said", "Dear Prudence", and on and on and on, and classic George Martin producing. Also, whoever sang the song is typically wrote it. For most songs whoever wrote it would go into George Martins office and play the song on an acoustic guitar while sitting on a stool. George would record it on a tape player and listen to it over and over while thinking of orchestral arrangements, timing changes, etc., to add to it
@waynemoon5359 But the Beatles also would suggest all that too, not just George Martin, also the engineers had a hand in it as well.
HEY! Love your reactions!
One of my favorite aspects of your videos is that you ask SmokeDog trivia questions in EVERY video. I've started my annual Christmas-themed daily trivia series on my FB page today. I'd LOVE it if you 2 could participate. If you don't have time, you could use my questions to ask SmokeDog in your OWN videos.
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The Beatles are the best!!!! Such diversity. They laid the groundwork for all bands that followed. Pure artistic expression they could play any genre. They could play multiple instruments and were unafraid to experiment.
I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old hearing this on the radio getting angry saying "What are they talking about.. "Sitting on a cornflake, Waiting for the van to come". Then I grew up and now totally understand where they were coming from.
According to the boys, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was just coincidence.
However, songs like "Got to get you into my life" was absolutely about a substance
Best band ever to exist by a country mile
John said his son came home with a picture that at the top had picture of lucy in the sky with diamonds. He said lsd did not play a part in it.
As a junior in high school, I was in a typing class. Yes, a typing class! We would warm up when we first got to class and I would type the lyrics to “I am the Walrus “.
Great memories especially when my teacher read it and thought I was nuts!😝
They ARE the greatest band ever. Beatles forever.
Thank u for delving deeper into their music. They can't be contained and it was never the same. They left on top. 💜