Ten Interesting Facts About The Beatles Happiness Is A Warm Gun

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  • @JamesMaharajOfficial
    @JamesMaharajOfficial  4 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    She's not a pup who misses much
    Do do do do do do, woof woof
    She's well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet leash
    Like a kitten on a window pane
    The man in the crowd with the multicolored treats
    at the old dog park
    Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy
    given scrithes
    A soap impression of his chow which he pet
    And discovered at the National pound
    I need a scritch cause I'm going down
    Down to the pit bulls I left uptown
    I need a scritch 'cause I'm going down
    Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
    Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
    Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
    Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
    Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
    Labrador Retriever jumped the pup
    Happiness is a warm pup (boop boop snoot snoot)
    Happiness is a warm pup, momma (boop boop snoot snoot)
    When I hold you in my paws (ooh, oh, yeah)
    And I feel your scritchers on my tummy (ooh, oh, yeah)
    I know nobody can do me no harm (ooh, oh, yeah)
    Because
    Happiness is a warm pup (boop boop snoot snoot)
    Happiness is a warm pup, momma (boop boop snoot snoot)
    Well, don't you know that happiness is a warm pup momma?
    Happiness is a warm, yes it is, PUUUUUUUPPPP
    OWOW OWOW ROWOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!

    • @hairbear2009
      @hairbear2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Furry?

    • @oscarnerio5494
      @oscarnerio5494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For me John was the best making up lyrics and Paul with the music.
      Check out our Beatles-inspired songs and tell us what you think!
      th-cam.com/channels/ehDvhdKzlLvT9oz9BLWD1Q.html

    • @Alex-gn9px
      @Alex-gn9px 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And 12 years later "happines is a warm gun" an exalted madman shot John and killed him. Cruel irony of fate.

    • @ariagloaming
      @ariagloaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hi

    • @Alex-gn9px
      @Alex-gn9px 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jason Brown you're right double cruel irony of fate

  • @TeatroGrotesco
    @TeatroGrotesco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +713

    After John was shot a local radio station played Beatles songs all day.....with the clear exception of happiness is a warm gun.

    • @hyp539
      @hyp539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It wasn't funny

    • @davidthe16th90
      @davidthe16th90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i think you mean with the exception of lucy in the sky

    • @TeatroGrotesco
      @TeatroGrotesco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      @@hyp539 I think the sad part is that you don't realize it wasn't supposed to be funny.

    • @chris-um2sh
      @chris-um2sh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      a strange part of me feels John mightve appreciated the irony of it...

    • @roblund6919
      @roblund6919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Some people would argue that was his best beatle song,i think he would have been ok with it

  • @deathshead357
    @deathshead357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    "The man in the crowd with the multi-coloured mirrors on his hob-nail boots" was about some guy in Liverpool who had mirrors on the toes of his boots that he would use to look up women's skirts.

    • @joecommie4890
      @joecommie4890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The days when women wore skirts

    • @manladan5929
      @manladan5929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Unpaid Troll ??????? They still do ?????????

    • @oxkit0katxo413
      @oxkit0katxo413 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @mikepatrick5909
      @mikepatrick5909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember when boys would sit at the bottom of a staircase to look up women's skirts..lol

    • @ToneSoCooL3
      @ToneSoCooL3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my favorite line is about the soap impression I dont know the meaning but I imagine some man who lost his mind after a divorce, carving a soap impression of his lover because he cant stop thinking of her

  • @Beantbeantbeant
    @Beantbeantbeant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    My 2nd favourite Beatles song, just behind *I Want You (She's So Heavy)* ... how about a fact video about that one? ;)

    • @zacri9434
      @zacri9434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ay same

    • @jmartin4550
      @jmartin4550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cool, that's my favorite too!

    • @rolfeppler7573
      @rolfeppler7573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Endlich jemand der i want you (she's so heavy) als seinen favoriten bezeichnet!!!

    • @crampystiltson7253
      @crampystiltson7253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out “I Want You (She’s So Heavy) by Black Paint. It’s pretty sick

    • @OMRnOn
      @OMRnOn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      never met someone with the same top 2 beatles songs! i am in awe

  • @bodolfhalvgud1269
    @bodolfhalvgud1269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I'd love to see one of these videos on "I've got a feeling" such a raw beautiful song

  • @namesurname8904
    @namesurname8904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    You pulled a McBeardy. Now all you have to do is sing Get Back. Or get a baby and put it on your leather coat.

  • @mandymoore5774
    @mandymoore5774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Gotta say I always loved George the most tho, he was the “silent beatle” and that’s what I loved about him. It was hard for awhile for me to go back and forth between John and paul bc their both so equally talented, but it came down to who George was as a person.

    • @Jolluna
      @Jolluna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Been a fan 40+ years and still keep going back and forth between Paul and George. Expect your mind and artistic inclinations of the moment not to settle as well!

    • @loganroark3916
      @loganroark3916 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah. I liked George because he produced a Monty Python film.

    • @crazyantny9161
      @crazyantny9161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, this song was left on the album about heroin, while so many of those beautiful songs that appeared Harrison's on All Things Must Pass where left out. Imo, a song written and vetoed as not being a Beatles song in 66' would have fit this side even better, not to mention it was extreamly deep.... The Art of Dieing. Jmo

  • @jordanhunt4788
    @jordanhunt4788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    ”We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight."

    • @mobiditch6848
      @mobiditch6848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...we’re almost there. In calif you can shit in public with impunity.

    • @CBrolley
      @CBrolley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mobiditch6848 Fads always seem to start on the Left Coast and move their way east. So watch out, America. Californians may soon start screwing and crapping at the same time.

    • @mobiditch6848
      @mobiditch6848 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CBrolley I think there’s already a variation of that called a dirty sanchez.

    • @fku952
      @fku952 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Would you prefer a world where people have sex in public and the only time violence is practiced in daylight is in third world countries

    • @jordanhunt4788
      @jordanhunt4788 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fku952
      Lennon's quote just seemed to be an interesting commentary on culture. We embrace violence but are ashamed of sex. We treat sex as if it's worse than violence, like it's a bad thing.

  • @st.beatles7283
    @st.beatles7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I lost it at “woof woof”

  • @billjacobs5577
    @billjacobs5577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Interesting facts, for sure. You missed one: Window pane, or windowpane, was a street name for acid in the 60s and 70s.

    • @hippydippy
      @hippydippy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Johnny Morphine No... It was liquid LSD formed into a thin gel, cured, then cut into tiny pieces. Here we had 4 way amber & brown windowpane. You could see through it (hence the name.) If you were brave enough & put one in your eye, it would dissolve in less than 2 minutes & you would sky rocket off to Mars instantly. It was the good shit. Trees would turn into cartoons, you'd feel yourself melt through walls, everything was alive etc. I did a lot of it & loved it!

    • @TupDigital
      @TupDigital 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What hippy said- they are translucent gel tabs, a form of conveyance for Uncle Cid. I can attest that windowpane was still readily available for dissolving on (someone who isn't you) tongues in 2004, as thats the last time I had the quixotic pleasure of seeing it in person(PA, USA). But being its just a vehicle, im sure that as we speak some trays of it are congealing somewhere in a town near you. Cheeahs

    • @rick4electric
      @rick4electric 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe. But windowpane came into usage much later than '68. At least where I lived in Philadelphia.

    • @schrodingersgat4344
      @schrodingersgat4344 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      By the 90's that was reduced to a printed pattern ;rather the the original gel type.

  • @BritishMusicVault
    @BritishMusicVault 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    HIAWG is one of the few tracks that the Beatles used the Bartell Fretless Guitar. On the track Happiness is a Warm Gun, the characteristic timbre of a fretless guitar is unmistakable (0’:44”- 0’:58”). it was also on Helter Skelter and Savoy Truffle

  • @saturnstar718
    @saturnstar718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Can you do a 10 Interesting Facts about the Carnival of Light.
    As much as I would love to hear the song, I feel it is best left unheard. Think about it, the majority of the song's intrigue is because it is unheard; if it is heard, it loses that.
    1) The master reel should be pressed up.
    2) Fitted w/ a sleeve of beautiful artwork; befitting the time it was created.
    3) And exhibited in a museum, behind impenetrable glass, in perpetuity.
    *This would be a lovely marriage between art & music; a marriage The Beatles have long adored
    *The song is an experimental song
    *The presentation would be experimental: "The unheard song."; like the bottle of wine not meant to drink.

    • @ledflaplin2001
      @ledflaplin2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s a crap song the remaining Beatles are embarrassed about. From all accounts it’s disjointed and leads no where. Yes, it’s Paul’s attempt to get into avant garde prior to John. I just feel it’s a huge build up to nothing. Would I love to hear it? Yes! But based off of everything I’ve read it’s not very worth while. Including said testimony from other Beatles. I agree it’s best left unheard. You do know at some point it will be released. I find it impressive that it hasn’t been released in some form by a bootlegger or someone with access to the master tapes. What more interesting to me is the bootlegs of the songs the Beatles gave away. Like A world without love, and early songs they gave away.

    • @kaiguitarguymenard
      @kaiguitarguymenard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ledflaplin2001 they recorded Tip Of My Tongue as a full band and it might still be in the EMI vault.

    • @dalybaz
      @dalybaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ledflaplin2001 th-cam.com/video/A5p6z8QAVYU/w-d-xo.html

    • @ledflaplin2001
      @ledflaplin2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Baz Daly that’s not the real Carnival Of Light!!! Come on man. It’s never been released!!

    • @saturnstar718
      @saturnstar718 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dalybaz fake

  • @patrickchubey3127
    @patrickchubey3127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I miss those days when pop music was still evolving. That all came to an end somewhere around 1990 or so and every since then, pop, rap, hip hop, it's all remained essentially unchanged for 30 odd years, the 1990 Grammy awards sounds just like the 2019 Grammy awards, and young people, teenagers and 20 somethings may not know this, but there was a time when pop music sounded different from year to year, it was always changing and evolving and so you could always expect a " new sound ", something different on next year's records. The Beatles were masters at this, every record was different than the previous. Now it's all the same thing over and over and over again and if I were a teenager today I'd be really pissed about that and these days, the phrase " new sound " is something the music industry carefully avoids.

    • @tonyastacio233
      @tonyastacio233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re on point. It saddens me witnessing how anemic pop the music has become.

    • @1nelsondj
      @1nelsondj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why so many reactors on You Tube are rediscovering prog rock and classic rock. Many are amazed at the craftsmanship, the hooks, the thought-out lyrics.

    • @astralbluefish
      @astralbluefish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1997

  • @Johnny-lr5jt
    @Johnny-lr5jt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The song also shows John's interest in strange time signatures.

  • @baltpit2439
    @baltpit2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    This has to be the most underrated Beatles track. It’s just so good

    • @Adam-ro8vj
      @Adam-ro8vj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Baltpit 243 nope, only underrated by people who just discovered it

    • @pepoloco27
      @pepoloco27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not underrated ,it's just not popular...

    • @jakewenttocolorado
      @jakewenttocolorado 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All Beatles music is overrated if anything

    • @Adam-ro8vj
      @Adam-ro8vj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aaron Heaton I will agree people go out of their way to appreciate it more because their the Beatles.

    • @jakewenttocolorado
      @jakewenttocolorado 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Adam-ro8vj the beatles are one of my favorite bands but still.

  • @beatleshomie6954
    @beatleshomie6954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Please do glass onion.

    • @daviddockery8962
      @daviddockery8962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s one of those songs that you just wish went on longer than it does. Great song.

    • @dannyvine3605
      @dannyvine3605 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glass Onion was a deliberate attempt by John to mislead all the conspiracists who were looking for hidden meanings in the Beatles songs. Thus the reasons for references to previous Beatles songs. John was not a fan of the song calling it "a throwaway" John had done this previously on ' I am the Walrus' - "yellow matter custard" for instance was just a reference to a rhyme John and his mates used sing as children in Liverpool - as John said to his friend Pete Shotton - "let the f****ers work this one out" lol

  • @ciaranmurray6623
    @ciaranmurray6623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song finally starts making sense thanks to your great video.

  • @MichaelDBauer
    @MichaelDBauer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'll never hear the song the same again. Always wondered about the words in this song because I knew John was a master word crafter. Wonderful video. Loved it.

  • @HalfassDIY
    @HalfassDIY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Wow, I had no idea Derek Taylor was so lyrically involved.

    • @jbognap
      @jbognap 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "A soap impression of his wife which he ate
      And donated to the National Trust" 🤣

    • @SailorsGirl1957
      @SailorsGirl1957 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me either. Who's Derek Taylor? I could Google, but...

    • @jimbob2980
      @jimbob2980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he wasnt

  • @timrobinson7373
    @timrobinson7373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When i heard the news that john Lennon was shot and killed I felt too numb to believe that is was really true that he was dead. I went to my radio in my bedroom and the station was playing all the Lennon solo and Beatle songs like all the other rock stations around the world. But when they played Happiness is a Warm Gun I snapped and smashed my fist into the radio and broke it I was so pissed off i cried for over an hour my brother his girlfriend and my father all came into my room to console me they understood what the Beatles and Lennon's music meant to me. So nobody got mad that i busted the radio they all understood and cried with me. And if my mother were alive then she hated John Lennon for his JESUS comments she would have cried too that night.

    • @ingridfong-daley5899
      @ingridfong-daley5899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      o my god, that literally made me cry.
      i get exactly what you're talking about. Thank you for sharing :)

    • @timrobinson7373
      @timrobinson7373 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ingridfong-daley5899 Thank you for your comment yeah the emotion for me that night was so bad hurt me for years I could not listen to Beatles or Lennon music for like 2 years till i found some other Beatle people that got me through my funk and now really love to listen to the music all the time

    • @angiethebeatlesgirl228
      @angiethebeatlesgirl228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I truly understand you because I love John Lennon since I was 6
      Found out he was in Heaven about a year after I started loving him
      Even though I know he is happy now, it really hurts that he isn’t with us anymore
      Wish I would have met him but unfortunately I was born 7 years after God decided to take him with his angels
      That makes it hurt even more
      He was a beatiful person

    • @tats5880
      @tats5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My friends mother felt the same, after John comment about Jesus. It was around 67, and I mention the Beatles while visiting my friends. and I was ask not to talk about the Beatles, for exactly that reason. And it was years before I heard the exact recording of the interview, where I realized if she ( friends mother ) would have heard what he was pointing out to be true, I might have been able to speak of the Beatles again, at least in their house, but I was only 9 years old at the time, and she was very religious and catholic. and at the time it did seem like the kids were paying more attention to their music, than Jesus, and like he said he wasn't saying they were greater or better. The man is definitely a legend..

  • @andrewdeehan6292
    @andrewdeehan6292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I always thought the "gun" was a metaphor of a hypodermic needle full of warm liquid heroine...and the "trigger" was the plunger of the needle...

    • @rjsmith6698
      @rjsmith6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too.

    • @lordtrimly
      @lordtrimly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re right

    • @seamuscannon4603
      @seamuscannon4603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both of John and Yoko say that the used but never injected because they were scared of needles. I think those lines are sexual, but that’s a great interpretation that probably isn’t to far from truth given a line like a day in the life has is a similarly doubly suggestive meaning

  • @aquamarine99911
    @aquamarine99911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This was a lot of stuff I didn't know about one of the Beatles' best songs. Thanks! Hearing how many takes it took reminds me of an interview George gave in the 70s when he was asked what made the Beatles so good. He replied "We worked harder than anyone else". And "Happiness ..." is proof of that.

  • @JakeCuster
    @JakeCuster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Probably one of George Martin’s greatest productions as well as one of the best Beatles songs. The man was splicing and pasting before the technology was even available!
    Excited for the channel to reach 100K! So happy for you and the rest of the HollyHobs team!
    Edit: Chris Thomas took over, my bad. Needless to say the talent of every person working with them did the final product justice

    • @JakeCuster
      @JakeCuster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Justin Puga I knew he took over at some point, I took the chance of not checking, but thank you! My luck was against me lol

    • @dalybaz
      @dalybaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Splicing music or speech with 1/4 Inch tape, a White Chinagraph, and a razor blade is not all that difficult if you are organized and without distractions. You get into a sort of zone where all you can think about is the editing task at hand. Bits of tape held onto the tape machine (Usually a Tandberg machine for spoken word, or maybe an Otari MTR10 or a Studer A80 for music as they could hold NAB spools) with words like "Breath" or "Um", "Er" or stuff like "last 4 bars of take 1" or "Alternate ending" in White Chinagraph pencil were valuable tools to get it just right. I learned how to edit with tape but tape is sooooo expensive these days, that I don't bother with it.. and after re-learning on digital, I figure that it's made editing that much easier so any untrained kid can do it.

    • @kibakillz666
      @kibakillz666 ปีที่แล้ว

      George Martin is aie John did most of the work read his letter to sir George and you'll see for yourself

    • @burcubiricik1838
      @burcubiricik1838 ปีที่แล้ว

      what does george martin have to do with this song?!

  • @Supersphere455
    @Supersphere455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song is the best on the white album in my opinion 👌

  • @cheekibreekiivdamke2973
    @cheekibreekiivdamke2973 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always start my day listening to this song. Makes me think more clear :) Great videos HollyHobs!

  • @st.beatles7283
    @st.beatles7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I don’t know how you always manage to post when I need it the most but thank you

  • @silentsam6521
    @silentsam6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I don’t have any favorite moments I smile every time I watch any of your videos

  • @robertsansone1680
    @robertsansone1680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You can get more out of people with a kind word & a gun than you can with a kind word alone". Al Capone

  • @DD-hy1nl
    @DD-hy1nl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John had a way with words..They had hidden meanings only John, Paul, George and Ringo only knew what they meant...I love those guys, there will never be a John, Paul, George or Ringo ever again in this world...They are truly treasures of the music world and beyond.

  • @kentcarter835
    @kentcarter835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'd love to see a video about Across the Univers, and why such a beautiful song was never truly finished and properly recorded. Thanks, I enjoy your video very much.

  • @michaeldematteis3409
    @michaeldematteis3409 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the white album..would love to see footage of them making that

  • @lyndatrones1787
    @lyndatrones1787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    John Lennon, Paul McCartney AND George Harrison....ALL GENIUS. 💛

    • @lyndatrones1787
      @lyndatrones1787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @John Caulfield YES I AGREE...I will change my post now. Thank you John!!

    • @PenguinBooks365
      @PenguinBooks365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Macca ❤

  • @kathrynschimpf8957
    @kathrynschimpf8957 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't finish my comment. John continues to do take after take despite the painful blister on his finger! The last line in Helter Skelter is, " I've.got blisters on my fingers!"

  • @OisforOreo-w2w
    @OisforOreo-w2w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    One of their many masterpieces

  • @hairbear2009
    @hairbear2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    There are so many different parts in this song! It’s so cool

  • @petermcgarrymusicandflying
    @petermcgarrymusicandflying 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just discovered your channel. Wow !

  • @DiegoGonzalez-kh3eb
    @DiegoGonzalez-kh3eb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it just me or does the first part of the song sounds like John is rapping ? Lol he’s spitting some bars.

    • @hw343434
      @hw343434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Come Together”’ and “I am the Walrus” even more so

  • @MikulRobins
    @MikulRobins 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a great-lookin bass you have on your wall. I have one like it

  • @st.beatles7283
    @st.beatles7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Congrats on almost 100k

  • @MrBecker666
    @MrBecker666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lennon was some sort of a poet that could come up with a great melody on top of his words

  • @acledfloyd
    @acledfloyd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really enjoy your videos. I learn so much. And it gives me more appreciation for songs I’ve listened to my whole life.

  • @jimmyberry4451
    @jimmyberry4451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My favorite Beatles song thank you !

    • @MICKEYISLOWD
      @MICKEYISLOWD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There's just too many to choose from. They are like a Labyrinth with magic everywhere. They were and still are untouchable and we are gleefully overwhelmed in their wake. What a treasure, what a gift to last a lifetime and a really big shoutout for ''Hollyhobs'' for always painting a beautiful picture of their phenomena for each new generation to be amazed that this actually happened during the 60s. Thanks to everyone who admired The Beatles because their magic still brings so much happiness to those who just have a listen. The Beatles had it all and heaps more:)

  • @Mad_Ancient_Computer_700AD
    @Mad_Ancient_Computer_700AD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love the vid! Peace and love!!

  • @anthonymilinchuk3945
    @anthonymilinchuk3945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome content! I love your channel. Can you do an interesting facts video on Donovan! Thanks mate cheers!

  • @Alex-gn9px
    @Alex-gn9px 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    And 12 years later "happines is a warm gun" an exalted madman shot John and killed him. Cruel irony of fate.

    • @MJ-ix7wm
      @MJ-ix7wm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Been a Beatles fan for almost 30 yrs and never thought about that. That's like super irony, what a great song tho. Cheers mate.

    • @Alex-gn9px
      @Alex-gn9px 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MJ-ix7wm When ha was a teenager, John had had fights with other guys and in 1963 beat up a guy who claimed that John was Brian Epstein's lover. In short, he was not a saint, but he truly believed in peace, in non-violence and he hated weapons, he did not deserve such an end.

    • @badmanskill1112
      @badmanskill1112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If by madman you mean CIA/ FBI hit then yes, very disturbing.

    • @MJ-ix7wm
      @MJ-ix7wm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Alex-gn9px Your right he was no saint and had a mean streak. He was in like a famous folks drinking club in the 70's and theres a pic of him getting tossed out of a pub for fighting and what not. So no doubt he wants peace like most of us but he could be mean. I still love him and the Beatles. As you say he didn't deserve that end. ✌

    • @Alex-gn9px
      @Alex-gn9px 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MJ-ix7wm unfortunately, we often think that people who are very talented are also good people. But they are exactly like us "normal" people, with their strengths and their defects. And John didn't have an easy temper. Although he had been enormously lucky to become famous and rich doing the job that was also his passion, the musician, John had not erased his existential malaise, even if he tried to hide it by joking often. This malaise was caused by not having had a father and being raised by his aunt and losing his mother at 16 shortly after they reconciled. John was also insecure, he felt like a "nowhere man" even though he behaved as a leader and had become famous. You ca see it in the lyrics. Songs written by Paul almost always have optimistic solar lyriscs, those written by John were more pessimistic and cynical. I recommend 2 movies: "Nowhere boy" about John when he was a teenager and "Two of us" which tells the last day John and Paul met in New York in 1976. They say a lot about John. Have a nice day.

  • @martinweir4007
    @martinweir4007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I don’t mind your videos being too long! Others, likely. The info is worth the time. I’d be interested of how the band influenced each others’ writing as they evolved from “Lennon & McCartney” to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison. Songs such as Mr. Kite to Elenor Rigby or Strawberry Fields to Penny Lane. Love your vids and research/knowledge. Thanks!

  • @ronnienaidoo3249
    @ronnienaidoo3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great Video !!! Appreciate all the research you put into this video & others. One of the most Powerful songs on the White Album - both lyrically & vocally !!! John at his Best !!!

  • @erikpate8370
    @erikpate8370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe my favorite Beatles song

  • @lioness8872
    @lioness8872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i love all the stories about George and his song writing , i also would like to know what George's song Apple Scruffs is about.

    • @seldonsinq
      @seldonsinq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The fans who hung outside EMI Studios were called Apple Scruffs.

  • @TheMelodyShawtysLike
    @TheMelodyShawtysLike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOAH IVE NEVER BEEN THIS EARLY, thank you for these videos, i enjoy them tons, it’s nice to see great content on the fab four💙✌🏼

  • @toucan1262
    @toucan1262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s about shooting heroine. John was hooked during this time. But he certainly wasn’t going to say that publicly at the time.

    • @halweiss8671
      @halweiss8671 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      John and Yoko didn't inject his heroin.

    • @toucan1262
      @toucan1262 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hal Weiss there is a wealth of information on this subject and Lennon himself speaks of it in interviews where he says that Yoko’s miscarriage was a catalyst for them trying heroine.

  • @DavidRFerguson61
    @DavidRFerguson61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy these!

  • @pabsgantan1334
    @pabsgantan1334 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    keep it up man great research

  • @Dontblamethemonkey
    @Dontblamethemonkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Peace and love

  • @charlottegough1616
    @charlottegough1616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is one of my all time favourite Beatles songs!!!!

  • @Fantumh
    @Fantumh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A masterpiece of a song, but let's not get too hyperbolic about it being one their last collaborative efforts. They were in the middle of recording a double album at the time, doing over a hundred takes of several songs on that album, including a George song that didn't even make the album, and they would go on to record two more albums. Yes, there was tension, yes, they were on a path which had only one ending, their breaking up, but you can also tell they're having a lot of fun as well.

  • @finkaiser3994
    @finkaiser3994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always look forward to your videos man! It’s always nice to find people who appreciate this incredible band as much as I do!! Great work 🤙🏻

  • @saeba2393
    @saeba2393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey The HollyHobs, i was watching the Hello Goodbye video last night and I saw that Paul wasn't wearing the exact Sgt. Pepper outfit that is seen on the album cover. Would you know why this is?

  • @doughartwell3684
    @doughartwell3684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG! 80 takes??!!! Wow! Well, the song IS a masterpiece...

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Incredible vocals. Great song!

  • @DavidLeeAndrews
    @DavidLeeAndrews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have an idea for you, mate. How many times the Beatles have appeared in a comic book. If you like this idea And need a hand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

  • @bredmon
    @bredmon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i hope you do my favorite song soon! within you without you forever

  • @the_scarletta
    @the_scarletta ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @neilc1803
    @neilc1803 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was convinced McCartney sang that last part 😳 good singing by john for sure, never heard him hit those high notes before.

    • @josephnobile7728
      @josephnobile7728 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's hit higher no disrespect or as high which is his best trates

  • @joshuap6949
    @joshuap6949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Could you do 10 interesting facts of the silver beatles

  • @shoorayner1
    @shoorayner1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After I watch these videos I immediately have to go listen to the full song at least once

  • @harolddburke4726
    @harolddburke4726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love hearing about the Beatles story. It is the love of their music. Also when they noticed how good each other were. And appreciated each others talent. So much talent cannot be tied down so it was only a matter time for a breakup. I only wish they had found time to get back for on more tune together.

  • @Medddler
    @Medddler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    12:28 I always thought it was Paul's voice! I love these insights.. Great video as always!

  • @padgemahaj3167
    @padgemahaj3167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey love yore videos wondering could you do one for zep 4

  • @tecumsehhughes618
    @tecumsehhughes618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    #1 George Harrison, #2 John Lennon!

  • @bnastali
    @bnastali 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Please Please Me" by talking about the unique way John and Paul often sang together in harmony rather than on the same key. Very huge aspect of their appeal to me.

  • @danvol3835
    @danvol3835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my favorites--both the song and your 'interesting facts' videos. Well done, again.

  • @alexhatfield2987
    @alexhatfield2987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Do do do do doo-doo.....Woof-woof"?!!😄

  • @Mamelouk_Z
    @Mamelouk_Z 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    About the economic tension, listen to "not guilty" of George Harrison... it's like a history book about this period

  • @JohnnyArtPavlou
    @JohnnyArtPavlou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Loved it. You’re having more and more fun. The content is great in every way.

  • @Riffmaster227
    @Riffmaster227 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the song but certainly eerie considering what happened. Reminds me of the “ swear I don’t have a gun” in come as you are. Rip John and Kurt. Please no replies that disrespect Yoko or Courtney.

  • @tomoleary7935
    @tomoleary7935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There you have it .... "Donovan SAYS...."

  • @josephmarshall6599
    @josephmarshall6599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Just sub'd

  • @Snoopy7666
    @Snoopy7666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Happiness Is ... The HollyHobs unique take on my favorite band, THE BEATLES."
    The HollyHobs is one of my favorite sources for informative and totally delightful info and trivia about all things BEATLES... I love this place, and I hope you never stop giving us all The Beatles as no one else can.

  • @sydparrott8552
    @sydparrott8552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lyrics are always subjective of course, but this song is littered with references to heroin. "She's not a girl who misses much"- when you shoot any drug, sometimes you "miss" the vein and inject into the muscle. She's well acquainted with the lifestyle and attached to it like a lizard on a window pane. "I need a fix cause im going down" is an obvious reference to heroin withdrawal. No need to mention the redundant shooting a gun/shooting heroin metaphor.
    But listen to the melodic trajectory of this song; it starts out dark and oblique. Goes from "I need a fix" and "jumped the gun" while the tempo ascends to the climax. The last leg of the song goes from dark undertones to an ecstatic resolution, juxtaposed with the lyrics "Happiness is a warm gun" "When I hold you in my arms......I know nobody can do me no harm"
    Happiness is the gratification of bliss after the chase. Happiness is fleeting and always requires another go around. Of course these lyrics parallel with sex and attachment, but he associates them with being one in the same. If you think about it they really are

    • @petermanuel6703
      @petermanuel6703 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I worship the B's, and this song. Your interpretation may be right, but I disagree. I think these are some (fantastic) fragments, including nonsense lyrics, that have been thrown together, as the B's did several times (another example: "A Day in the Life", with Paul's irrelevant fragment ["Woke up, fell out of bed..."] separately composed, thrown in -- it doesn't cohere.). John has admitted that some of his lyrics ("holes to fill the Albert Hall etc) are nonsense, and he laughed at ppl interpreting them. For me it is frustrating that the lyrics don't cohere. Wonderful images -- lizard on a windowpane etc -- but I think it is a mistake, however rewarding, to attribute coherence here. That's my opinion.

  • @bintangbenua
    @bintangbenua 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song had connection with Nirvana's song, Come as You Are

  • @ktwo.photography
    @ktwo.photography 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Favorite moment:
    Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatle Bunch

  • @smks3638
    @smks3638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really enjoyed the low-fi “something” and “Norwegian wood”. They really helped me cram for my exams.

  • @catsofsherman1316
    @catsofsherman1316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video. One of my all time favorite Beatles songs. I loved your parody. I also enjoy the feeling of a warm gun in my hand. I've accidentally touched the barrel of my AR15 a couple of times after shooting a couple of 30 round mags. Not much happiness in those moments. I don't advise it. Anyhoo, you continue to make some of the most entertaining Beatles content on the youtube. Rock on.

  • @ronankerrigan7821
    @ronankerrigan7821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn this video is class, this is my favourite song by them

  • @durasaxon5131
    @durasaxon5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic insight.
    Amazing layered song!
    What a hoot.
    I always believed
    'Happiness is a warm gun'
    was a reference to -
    (Sexual content follows)
    when a man is comfortably
    positioned in a mutual
    love making position
    with his lady of love.💞
    Yes, is there anything
    more comforting?

  • @JohnHBeats
    @JohnHBeats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for uploading such high-quality Beatles-related content! I’ve got a question to ask you, though. Where do you get the video clips/images for your videos. I’d think most of this footage of the Beatles and other bands would be copyrighted. Do you get your clips from a special website, or do you just use whatever clips you find on TH-cam (is it okay to do this?), etc. Thanks!

  • @nicolash2554
    @nicolash2554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow I am really early

  • @jonaslind8123
    @jonaslind8123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are my favourite youtuber, hands down. Thanks for yet another interesting video! :-)

  • @Robisquick
    @Robisquick ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In terms of the 15 years I’ve enjoyed being a Beatles hyper-demi-mega-fan of The Beatles, there have only been 3 songs of there’s that I have never overplayed no matter how hard I’ve tried:
    1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
    2. I Am The Walrus
    3. I’m Only Sleeping

  • @jeffreyimagine7962
    @jeffreyimagine7962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fact we went from this to Cardi B getting a double plantium song for WAP is what’s wrong with the world

    • @fenhen
      @fenhen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meh, there’s always been good and bad music.

    • @jeffreyimagine7962
      @jeffreyimagine7962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fenhen yeah but the bad music never got so much praise like it does now

    • @blackspring3207
      @blackspring3207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are dusty. I love Beatles and Cardi.

  • @mathpin
    @mathpin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hollyhobs: Someone should make a parody of Happiness is a Warm Gun about puppies
    Beatles Fan: listen to "It's ok to leave a dog in a hot car" by The Beatles

    • @dietjesus7710
      @dietjesus7710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No no no it's by the Beatmywifeles

  • @webexpertcharlie
    @webexpertcharlie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if Lennon himself didn’t necessarily know what some of lyrics meant, he just knew he liked the way they sounded. For example, in another song, Lennon sings “I am the egg man, I am the walrus”. The scholars are left to interpret the meaning. Similarly, a musician may play a chord that sounds pleasing to his ear, but a music teacher would be needed to identify the chord. I feel Lennon’s genius in his lyrics was instinctive, and he didn’t always know what every line meant. It’s up to us as an audience to discover what it means to us personally. With regards to this song, I don’t know what the lyrics mean, but I love them anyway.

  • @georgeguja6155
    @georgeguja6155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always one of my favourite songs from the boys
    Glad it's finally getting some love
    Some people I would love to see 10 facts about Chuck Berry; Little Richard; Link Wray; Aretha Franklin; Buddy Holly I request can be a pain a lot of times but I would love to hear you talk about them
    And for favourite moments:
    1- The Beatles Bunch for Maxwell Silver Hammer
    2- The stoned benter from RubberSoul

  • @leonardomapache
    @leonardomapache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    05:45 Plot twist: Happiness is a warm gun was It's okay to leave your dog in a hot car all along.

  • @will_i_am_small
    @will_i_am_small 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favourite part from another video is the cover of For No One, and Helter Skelter

  • @epicdo8895
    @epicdo8895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make ten interesting facts of yellow submarine

  • @ericwillmusic_tpa
    @ericwillmusic_tpa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favorite Beatles songs! Thanks for the video!

  • @Kodaigon72
    @Kodaigon72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For a while, i thought the song was about a really weird T.V. show because of the lyrics.

  • @murrayl4715
    @murrayl4715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your videos, they give me so much more knowledge on my favorite band. And my favorite video was your maxwells silver hammer, and my favorite song of yours is mr Mortimer.