Eleanor Rigby Reaction: I'm Speechless!
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My favorite Beatles song is I am the Walrus...it was written to mock people trying to discover hidden meaning in their songs
Since you enjoyed the cello and other stringed instruments in this one, and Christmas is just around the corner, may I suggest you react to "Carol of the Bells / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by The Piano Guys, from their album 'A Family Christmas'-- it's not your run-of-the-mill Xmas music 😉
It is fascinating to me that this was all played by people. No string synths, no synths at all. Mixed and mastered on reel-to-reel tape. This is a rock and roll band putting a song with no guitars, no drums, no rock and roll instruments at all on their rock and roll album.
If the internet had existed in 1964. The Beatles would have had a billion views in the first year.
Probably more lol, almost every major hit gets a few hundred million views on youtube fairly quickly. By the end of '64 they were already the biggest band in the world and had 12 top 10 hits in America alone
@@BT405by far the biggest in Europe in 1963 and would have reached a billion streams allready. USA came a bit late to the Party. But with THAT 1963 back catalogue They hit Even Harder in America.
Indeed
first DAY
Thank God it didn't exist and I came up without it.
And btw, the music of the counter cultural revolution of the 1960's and 70's would not have happened had the musicians of that time lived in a culture similar to today's.
Life is better when you’re a Beatles fan.
There are so many great songs by the Beatles. Norwegian Wood is a favorite.
One of my favorites 😊
Imagine a pop group in the 1960's writing a song about loneliness and despair with a classical vibe, the genius and innovation of The Beatles.
And George Martin...
And they were in their mid-twenties then!
George Martin, their producer, was formally educated in classical music. He wrote and arranged the strings for this. Brilliance.
Paul McCartney didn't want a sentimental string arrangement but wanted the violins to sound spiky, like the soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". That's what George Martin wrote for him.
Many call George the fifth Beatle. It's unarguable that their sound would have been quite different without him, and some masterpieces like this, wouldn't be.
@@stevewest4994 This. The musical _ideas_ were Paul's, and George wrote down the music notation.
@@stevewest4994 Yes the strings definately have a Psycho-like sound to it. It fits this song so well. Much better than sentimental strings.
@@stevewest4994
yes thank god the strings are not sentimental - those ruined Long And Winding Road
The reason it doesn’t have a billion views is because many of us still have the album 😂
😊😊😊😊😊😊
Absolutely
Once you become a Beatles fan, the whole world smiles 😊❤ Good choice, Polo
Try A Day In The Life from Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Yes! A masterpiece, with contributions from both John and Paul.
@@rjross1087And banned from all airwaves because of the cannabis reference on the bus.
I'm 71 and from Liverpool and eternally blessed that I was able to cherish their ever evolving musical journey. Their music will be immortal like the voices of Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
Muhammad Ali and Lennon were my heroes
Agree, the best
I read the news today oh boy…
That's what I would have suggested. At 72, I just laughed to hear you refer to Paul McCartney as "the lead singer."
"Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" . Amazing.
I know, that line is just phrased awesomely. I first thought of it as just an oddball thing to say, then as I was a little older I used to think of it as makeup but now I think of it as the mask she wears when she goes out in public.
We studied the lyrics to this song in school. Nobody complained about listening to a Beatles song during English Comprehension class but it is pure poetry.
I first heard this age 8 or 9.. and that line totally freaked me out ... I pictured it literally... lol
In my junior year of HS, we also spent a semester of English literature studying their songs as poetry. Our teacher was about 10 years older than us and a huge fan. What a great class it was!! ❤❤❤
@@babu357 I always thought it was the mask she wore in public too, but Paul has said in interviews that it is cold cream. Still a brilliant line
There is nothing like The Beatles. They cracked the world open and we still feed on their discoveries.
Beautifully put. Thanks
there truly is no one that comes close. modern musicians say 'the Beatles didn't influence me at all'. but they don't understand that the Fab Four influenced the people that influenced them and the people that influenced them etc etc...
@@camillep3631 You got that right and well put!
Beatles are so popular, that contrarians purposely don't listen to them. Like it's cool or hip to dislike them. That's a mistake. They were truly geniuses, whether you like their music or not. Listen to their whole library, and there's probably 20 different genres they're in. They're not writing songs by pattern, they're inspired to create, create, create. And so many songs, should be called compositions. This composition is amazing.
Contrarians, what a wonderful word for them, fits like a glove
Yeah, contrarian. Makes me think of people that don't believe in Shakespeare
Correct. Same with Led.
@goldbug7127 who "believes " in Shakespeare? Not I.
@@JoeandAngie I recently mentioned Shakespeare to a Hutterite youngster in that it was the same age as the j
James Bible. He'd never heard of him but he talked about it. It came back to me that he thought Shakespearianism was a religion.
That's Paul McCartney, with their GENIUS producer, George Martin, providing the string arrangements
This is just the tip of a MASSIVE iceberg of brilliance. In ten short years, they made more amazing music than any other band in history- facts! Keep on digging- they're 'The Beatles' for a reason.
Seven yeara with Ringo. 22aug62-69. In studio less time.
Eleanor Rigby is staggeringly good.
Yes and it’s underrated
@@ronnielarson9603 only by under 12 year olds
@@alland1241 Long long ago there was a Beatles cartoon series, and lots of under-12-year-olds knew that this song was great.
@@JohnBolender I'm talking about today, every over 12 knows it's great thus it's not underrated
They were so original. Inventing sounds and recording techniques. Many of the classic riffs comes from Beatles tunes.
What a profound message in this song. Loneliness is an epidemic.
It's part of the human condition.
In light of the pandemic, this song is so spot on.
Paradoxically the internet that connects everybody has led to much more loneliness
True
Yes
It is difficult to explain what it was like to live through those years when they were creating their music. They took us all places where we had never before been. As they evolved, so did we. Can't pick and choose. It is a musical journey.
Yes each album was a step ahead of us and they brought us forward with them.
An incredibly fast evolution (as were the 60s) they were releasing albums on average what - every 10 months?
Paul McCartney won a Grammy for this vocal performance.
He won because he wrote the whole soundtrack for an english tv serie in those days and Eleanor Rigby was on the same line of thise his own new style
@ Eleanor Rigby is from Revolver (1966). He won the Grammy for his performance of that song. It had nothing to do with whatever else he had worked on.
@GrandManor I see, ok. For sure there was a soundtrack he wrote for a TV serie in UK. Probably the award he won was just for this performance
When GRAMMY's were real
@@georgesheffield1580
yes, my grammy died about 35 years ago
I was 14 when this song was released. Like most girls my age, I was obsessed by the Beatles. My dad didn't think much of them -- until he heard this song.
My mother asked me “What do they mean by ’keeps her face in a jar by the door’?” 😆
I had to reply “I don’t know”
I couldn’t articulate that for some reason it FELT like it made sense regarding her loneliness looking out the window, like her public face vs her private face or something…
I was 12 😃
My older sister filled up a chest with clippings of Paul. She's a retired minister now...
The Beatles were together for a total of 7 years, 7 months, and 24 days. None of them were 30 yet when the band broke up. In that short time they charted with 64 songs, averaging a new hit single every 43 days. They invented the rock album, out of a need to get their music out as fast as they could make it, without waiting for each single to run it's course. Before them, the 33 1/3 speed on a record player was used mostly for educational records.
The Beatles were together quite a bit longer than you have stated, although, the time you state relates to their time together when they were recording for Parlophone and then Apple. They had all been together as friends and in a band with several name changes since 1956. John Lennon and his band the Quarrymen, joined by Paul McCartney in 1957 and then George Harrison in 1958, by then they had used several band names after the Quarrymen, Johnny & the Moondogs, The Silver Beetles, Silver Beatles, and finally as The Beatles by 1960. In 1962 although very well known to them, Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey), since their early days playing in Liverpool clubs/pubs and all over the North West of England and in Hamburg, Ringo formerly joined them in 1962. They were signed up to Brian Epstein as their manager in Jan' 1962. They were signed up to George Martin as their Record producer April 1962. They had had a short recording contract with Polydor records in 1961, signed up by Bert Kaempfort in Germany, with Tony Sheridan, and known as the Beat Brothers. So they were together a lot longer than 7 years.
Um...I'm gonna dispute the accuracy of your claim that they "invented" the rock album. My personal record collection would prove that rock albums were issued before the Beatles. The band was absolutely hugely influential. They were culturally significant in that fashion, language, popular music were all changed because of them. LP records were first produced in 1948. There was pop music, classical, country & western, and yes...rock music that were issued on 33 1/3 rpm records. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Big Bopper, Elvis, Buddy Holly, and more were all on LP 33 1/3 rpm records beginning in the mid to late 50s. Many bands such as the Beatles, Stones, and more were influenced by listening to the American rock and roll artists. Any questions?
It always amazes me how young all these great musicians and singers were when they made their music in the 60’s and 70’s not just the Beatles…just because there was so much innovation and new ideas plus outstanding songs and talent.
@@brendahhstiles9992 I fear for the future of music, when so few young people play instruments. Those bands in the 60s and 70s had thousand of hours of experience, before they were even old enough to drink.
@@brendahhstiles9992 I think that in the same way that John and Paul were both collaborators AND competitive, which pushed them both to greater heights creatively - the fact that the Beatles and the Stones and so many, many more young bands were happening at the same time, also pushed these bands to be more creative. The competition was fierce, and if you wanted to stand out you had to be really good.
I don’t think that sort of competitiveness exists now. Everything is kind of formulaic, so no one needs to get very creative.
The lyrics are so provocative. You can envision everything he's singing. Love them!
"She's leaving home" has always been a favorite Beatles song for me
Oh God, YES.😢
Yup! That’s a good one!
THIS.
Yep
As a father that one hits hard. And Paul wrote it as a practically a child. Like “When I’m SixtyFour”
So, I took a music class in middle school. The teacher was cool, taught us a lot. For the final exam, he played Eleanor Rigby and asked us to list and discuss every musical concept and instrument demonstrated in this song. I don't remember what I wrote, but I still remember the class, all these years later.
I played it with acoustic guitar for a final exam freshman year in high school ❤
The best way for anyone to experience the Beatles is to start with their first album (1963) and work your way forward to their last album (1970). The amount of artistic growth in those few brief years is astonishing. In between, they experimented with skiffle, rockabilly, psychedelic rock, Indian raga, hard rock, straight pop, and country, among other genres-sometimes all on the same album. As a bonus, they revolutionized music production and marketing, while setting trends in fashion and hairstyles and exploring Eastern religions and social justice. And they did it all with a wicked sense of humor.
It's just frikking amazing...
No one has ever touched the Beatles and that’s saying a lot considering how many epic bands were around at the time.
It's incredible to find four young, under thirty guys showing such intense compassion for two poor, forgotten people, for the least among us, as they say...a song as beautiful as it is heartfelt...
She’s Leaving Home. I’m excited about your Beatles journey!
Few people notice or point out the there are no drums, guitar, bass, piano or horns. They just shifted gear and put out a rock/pop song that went to the top of the charts in the 1960's using no modern instruments. It was quite a remarkable part of the evolution of the Beatles.
This, and Fool on the Hill are my favorite two Beatles songs. (And considering I love almost everything they did, that's saying a lot.) -- Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door. --- Pure poetry.
Every time you hear a new Beatles song you’ll find it’s your new favourite.
That’s how it worked for me 60 years ago.
✌️
You are spot on with this comment. I’m 68 years old and have listened to the Beatles for 61 of those years. I tell my grandson that if he asked me everyday what my favorite Beatles song is that I would probably give him a different answer everyday. There are just too many to choose from.
I'm nearly 70. Best Beatles song ever: "Here Comes the Sun"
It's a good'un
Yes! It always makes me happy.
Yes!!!!!!!!
Blackbird.
Check out their song “I want you (She’s so heavy)” and witness the Beatles inventing metal at the same time Black Sabbath was.
See to me that one is very blues, but then Helter Skelter really solidifies that metal sound.
Yes! One of their greatest songs
Still gives me chills
Two minutes eight seconds of absolute bliss.
Beatles "In my life" will get one thinking , Fun fact The Beatles red album 1962 to 66 every song is 2 minutes long and pure magic
This song is my favorite. Can still make me weep.
I NEVER get tired of hearing the younger generations react to the foundation of ‘medicinal/magical music for the soul’ - from my era…it’s a gift🪶
Another timeless Beatles masterpiece from the 60's.
My late son's favorite Beatles song. He named his daughter Eleanor after this song. One of my all-time favorites as well.
There is a movie on Prime called Across the Universe. It's a musical that tells a story using Beatles songs. It simultaneously demonstrates the changes in their music over time using the cultural context of the story to show why their music changed. I highly recommend it to any Beatles fan.
Yes!!
I thought they did an awesome job at blending the music to the visuals. And weave story line.
Considering she could not get the rights to even mention the Beatles in any of the promos for the movie (she had to resort to epithets like "featuring songs from the Fab Four"), the director pulled off an amazing film that eventually even McCartney admitted he liked. The young actors singing their parts did a great job interpreting the music without ruining the originals. I grew up in that era and the movie absolutely nails the whole vibe of the 60s, both the peace/love and horrors of Vietnam. I recommend it to any Beatles fan who missed it thinking it could never be as good as the original Beatles songs.
You need to listen to the last note, my friend. You learn to do that with Beatles music. The endings are always perfect too. Glad you are on the Long and Winding Road. Another one you might like.
I'm a retired music teacher and ABSOLUTELY recommend the film. Record producer Rick Rubin interviews McCartney pulling faders up and down on Apple. Scorsese just put out '64. I watched the Sullivan show. I was 8. Year of piano and then my first guitar. I made my living putting together and playing in bands. These lads were kind of sacred. I never learned their stuff, save Birthday. Beatles Anthology is great too. Peace ✌️ n Love to us survivors!
I have been a Beatles fan since February 1963. I still am in awe of their lyrics, composition, and unlimited creativity. This is one of my favorite Beatles song, Polo. There is so much vast variety in their catalog that you might find another song and say, "This one is now my favorite!
"Starting on my Beatles journey" - what an awesome thing to be able to say!
Accompaniment was a string quartet arranged by George Martin who was the Beatles producer from day one. He was sometimes called the fifth Beatle.
Billy Preston was the 5 Beatle
@@georgesheffield1580 There have been at least 5 people who have been called the fifth Beatle but George Martin was the original.
The Beatles touch every inch of your soul. I will always love them.
She's Leaving Home next.
It’s really crazy how many GREAT songs they have, great Albums really
Yes, a masterpiece. Have heard this song hundreds of times over 50+ years and it still makes me cry. Other favorites of mine are "In my Life" and "Across the Universe", plus many others I can't list.
over the course of their run, they had 27 chart topping hits. there is an album titled "1" that contains them all. all are worth a listen here
You need to hear Come Together and definitely the live performances of Don’t Let Me Down and Get Back. Two of their best.
The Beatles were my first concert! The 1965 US tour, Atlanta.
Start at their beginning and see how far they progressed!
We couldn't wait for their next AL um!
Brilliant lyrics too. "wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door. Who is it for?" Really captures the profound emptiness lonely people feel. Welcome to your Beatles journey. Mine has been going strong for 55 years ♥️
One of their best definitely, a tune that moves you in many ways.
My favorite will always be "Let It Be." It starts simple and then adds as it goes on. And it's just beautiful.
One thinks how the hell they did this and then?
Unassuming and not rock and roll ish?
They did so much and friggin wide ranging for the time!👍❤️
I like songs with a strong personality, songs that are like nothing else and the Beatles catalogue is filled with songs that are uniquely their own world, Come Together, Something, Hey Jude and so many others.
Maybe the most amazing thing about the Beatles vast catalog, Polo, is the fact that virtually every song sounds different from the last.
Exactly!
This song had several Baroque-style structures and polyphony
Dear Prudence is peak Beatles. If that’s even possible. Every album is amazing.
Yes their very most beautiful of a great many beautiful songs.
Every moment, every choice: instruments, building drama and pure joy, the production - every aspect is a master class.
A PERFECT song.
"Let it be" is another one which was under appreciated
If people matter to you this one is a bullet through your heart. Perhaps the most powerful song of the 20th century.
Great new look, Polo!
The arrangement was by the “ fifth Beatle”, their genius producer, George Martin.
In my lit class we studied the lyrics in the poetry unit.
Here, There and Everywhere has to be one of the best love songs ever written. Second best is Talking Heads This Must be the Place.
Out of ALL the great Heads songs, if forced to choose one favorite: that’s it ✊🏽
Absolute masterpiece
Beatles great tracks, Strawberry fields forever, cvome together, heay jude, dont let me down, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE THE WALRUS, hello goodbye, I wanna hold your hand, and i love her, Lucy in the sky with. Diamonds, I saw her standing there, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and so many more!!
I'm a huge Beatles fan. You can't go wrong with any of them.
The Beatles very sympathetic about those who lost in the lottery of life!
It's astounding to consider Paul McCartney wrote Eleanor Rigby when he was 20 and "Yesterday" when he was 22.
They did all that, in just 7 or 8 years as well. None of them were even 30 yet when they broke up.
I've always felt those songs shared the same beautiful melancholy atmosphere with Paul's 'She's leaving home' .These essays on loneliness were a recurring theme for him, along with such tracks such as 'For no one' , 'The fool on the hill', and on into his first solo hit 'Another day'.
@@MrDiddyDee John as well. If you haven't heard John's demo for Yellow Submarine, go find it. It's a sad song about a lonely little boy no one cared about. Paul took it and made it into a happy song about a bunch of friends who lived together forever.
@@Tijuanabill 🤯
@@jeffcobb2734 I don't know what that means, TBH.
Incredibly sad, beautiful song. Lonely people.
Well, George Martin did not “come up with” the string parts in this song. Paul knew what he wanted, but didn’t have the musical knowledge to provide that information to the classical musicians. Paul tried to convey what he wanted to those musicians, but they basically told him to bugger off (in a classical way of course😉). Remember back in those days, classically trained musicians wouldn’t be very open to working with a “rock musician”, especially being “directed” by one. In fact, initially Martin felt the same way about working with the Beatles, until he realized they actually were very musically talented. So Martin “translated” what Paul wanted into charts that the musicians could follow, (and would, due to Martin’s credentials). Not to say Martin didn’t have a large influence on Paul and John’s musical education, but his contributions were usually in direct response to Paul and John’s ideas/direction.
I love that song. Masterpiece is the correct word.
They started to use a string quartet, which consists of a violin, second violin, viola and cello. They actually used an octet with two each of the aformentioned instruments. The stabby sounds are call staccato strokes. It’s a great song sung by Paul McCartney.
I am a defo Beatles fan for soooo many reasons - the lyrics, the harmonies, the invention, the synergy of the band....thanks for reacting to them! I have tried to think of one quintessential song that captures them...but to no avail because of how many GREAT songs they put out!! Any Beatles songs, I will listen to and watch reactions!
This song is incredible! It just gets better every time I hear it. So glad you love it too. ❤
I grew up with them. Their early simple stuff was OK but tracks like this were the ones that really hooked me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
We analyzed this song in my high school music appreciation class…lot of Pink Floyd, too. Thanks Mr. Klinckman!
There are a ton of great suggestions here in the comments. My contributions / suggestions are 'If I Fell' (the harmonies are insanely good) and 'No Reply' (a lesser known song, but catchy).
The song is from the album Revolver (1966). They just put it on the Yellow Submarine movie album (1968?) because it was ... the movie.
I believe there were two string quartets playing on the song (a string quartet consists of two violins, a viola and a cello). George Martin, the Beatles producer, who was a graduate of a music conservatory, arranged the strings.
This song was so unique - for the Beatles, for the genre, for popular music in general. I loved it when it came out, had it on a 45. I appreciate it even more after all these years. A work of genius. That string arrangement! The melody and lyrics! Just amazing.
BTW…Eleanor Rigby is a track from the album “Revolver” (not Yellow Submarine). It's my favorite Beatles album.
This is a great piece. The strings really make it profound. The lyrics speak to the futility of the human condition. The only problem is its brevity, just like our lives.
Top selling musicians of all time.
Long time Beatles fan and it never fails to impress me how they went from writing relatively simplistic but catchy songs to complex compositions with intricate melodies and lyrical depth in such a short time and influenced so much of the music that came after. True innovators whose music will forever be remembered.
It's "The Beatles." Two genius High Schoolers became one of the Greatest songwriters of the millennium.
They were their own and it was beautiful
For every song that was either written or performed by the Fab Four, there is a background story, a great melody and a reflection of life in the way it was actually lived at that time. It’s worth checking out the Lennon/McCartney songs recorded by other performers, too. You’ve a deep but satisfying musical dive ahead of you Polo. 👏🏻
If you want to understand the Beatles, you have to start from the very beginning. It is the maturation process of the band and the sounds and styles THEY CREATED in the studio. They invented so much of what we take for granted now. They didn't change with the times as much as they changed the times.
That steady constant rhythm is actually the bass. Paul McCartney was a master of bass rhythm.
There is no bass in this song. Only strings, cello, viola, violin. The sound you're referring to is probably the cello.
@amyz2837 In classical music it is considered the bass track.
@jimnicosia5934 It's not classical music, it's rock/pop music using classical instruments. The cello has the bass tones. George Martin did the string arrangements. I don't dispute that McCartney is a master. I don't dispute he wrote the song. I do dispute your words "constant rhythm is actually the bass". It's not, it's the cello.
Nowhere on this song does Paul play bass. Session musician's only: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos. That's it and it's a masterpiece.
@dougsusie2319 I didn't say he did.
Pure poetry
British poetry
This song hits so hard... jesus.
Also, its pretty cool when reaction videos start the music over, or replay the highlights... it kind of allows us to process it with you.
Music is wildly subjective. Thank God for all of it!
How many rock band singers have the balls to sing as exposed as Paul does here? Not many. Sets such a perfect somber mood. Talk about truly serving the song. Killer voice.
First thing to know about The Beatles. There two distinctly diff periods of their incredible, yet short, career. There is the "Pre-Dylan" and the "Post-Dylan" eras. Dylan, being of course the legendary Bob Dylan. Before they met Bob, they were the pop, almost bubble gum rock band. I love those young lads with the funny haircuts. Their music was great. But when they met Bob, he introduced them to his friend Mary Jane and it was game on. I'm guessing it was around 1965-66 bc that's when their music began to take a turn toward the surreal. This song is Post-Dylan, of course.🤣🤣Their creativity just exploded and they kept getting better and better. Damn shame they had to break up, but we got a lot of incredible music from all four of them solo.
I visited the Eleanor Rigby grave in Liverpool. Paul saw her name on a tombstone in a cemetery he was walking through and it stuck with him.
One would never be disappointed by exploring The Beatles. The Beatles have the ability to dissect the human condition and present it in way that is troubling, yet beautiful.
This is a true gem! Thanks for doing this one. They have so much music and people miss out when they don’t dive deeper! I’ll be here for the rabbit hole
You have to understand - Eleanor Rigby brought in a sea-change to popular music. At a time when the Supremes were singing, "Baby, Baby, Baby," The Beetles wrote lyrics and arrangements like this. music changed.