Judging the Beatles after only listening to one or two songs is like judging a boxer after seeing footage of him throwing one or two punches or a footballer scoring one goal
Hey my brother...yes we all have to admit it. What the Beatles accomplished in less than a decade is unprecedented. No band will ever accomplish what they did. The world would have to blow up and start over...lol... A few fact about the BEATLES...when they broke up in late 69, the 2 oldest Beatles were only 29(Ringo and John). So all of the BEATLE CLASSICS were done in their 20's. Crazy right? The Beatles have the greatest collection of songs and they were not even 30 when they broke up... The Beatles had over 200 hits that will never be forgotten...
Michael Garza yea I've been a fan since the late 60s when I was a kid & just realized when they broke up none of them were even 30 years old so yeah no one has even come close to what they did for music and most likely never will
The Beatles' greatness can't be measured in just one or two or three songs. The Beatles changed the trajectory of popular music in America and throughout the English-speaking world (and in several non-English-speaking countries as well). They changed the way boys wore their hair. They changed fashion. They opened the floodgates for what became known as "the British Invasion," a cascade of UK-based bands to come to America and conquer the top 40 charts here. The Beatles, along with their amazing producer George Martin and the engineers at Abbey Road Studios, invented multi-track recording just so the Beatles could realize their creative visions. (Now consider that prior to the Sgt. Pepper's album, music was recorded on 2-track "stereo" tape machines, and that Sgt. Pepper's was recorded on a whopping 4-track machine. Not the virtually unlimited number of tracks we now have available in today's digital world.) Another little tidbit: Back when the Beatles were popular, the most listened-to music radio stations here in America were all on AM, not FM. So we mostly grew up hearing all their music in MONO, not STEREO. On low-fidelity AM radio (where nothing above 10 KHz gets through) It's hard for people today who weren't around back then to appreciate just what a big deal the Beatles were...and still are. Name one other band that could repackage 25 of their old hits and release them today and have that album shoot up to #1 on the album charts. But the Beatles can...and they did when they released their album "1" several years ago. Paul McCartney played the Super Bowl halftime show back when he was around 50 or 55 years old and the fans of all ages went crazy (not many artists in history could do such a thing). There is really not much debate that the Beatles were the greatest band ever.
Yep and by doing all that they largely contributed to the expansion of English language through out Europe were before many people listened to French songs.
The Beatles had many styles. They have evolved over the years. Eleanor Rigby, Things We Said Today, She Said, She Said, Rocky Racoon, Rain, And Your Bird Can Sing, Kansas City, Black Bird...there are hundreds
You have no idea how deep and diverse their catalog is. About 210 songs. All different styles. If you like positive feel good music, this is the band. They invented the art of studio recording and album making. And they wrote perfect songs.
Keep in my that this was written by a guy who had just turned 25 years old. You usually don't get this kind of sophisticated retrospective unless it is someone much older.
The Beatles have literally a hundred songs that would be most band best songs. Magical. Every album they did seemed to get a litte better until they broke up.
Their spectrum is unlimited. If you have an open mind you will enjoy it because they did everything, and when I say everything I mean... EVERYTHING 👌🎸🥁
The Beatles and George Martin were on a musical journey. You have to listen to their early stuff and then listen to the progression of were they wound up. Six years was all it took. This will never happen again
They are the best ever. The thing with the Beatles is that they have so many different types of songs and they evolved so much through the short 8 years that they really were around. You need to listen to a lot of their songs to really appreciate how versatile they were and how much they changed and how much they changed music forever.
The Beatles were my first favorite band when I was a child. 40 years later, they are still, hands down, my favorite band of all time. I still listen to them to this day. They have tons of great songs, that I gradually discover over the decades. Most fans will tell you how difficult it is to suggest what songs to react, because they do have literally hundreds of good songs. Also, it seems to be difficult to react to the Beatles because of the copyright issues. So, good luck and enjoy your journey into the most influential and greatest band😊😎.
You are just beginning to scratch the surface. The evolution of their music from their first album to their last is just unbelievable. They changed music forever.
I am a ardent, loyal Beatles' fan since December of 1963 when I was 16 years old. As I write this, it is now July 19, 2022 and I am 75 years old now, and STILL a fan, I turn back into that 16/17 year old girl that I was, when I play their music. "IN MY LIFE" is a song that I want played at my funeral. I LOVE IT,
It's not just the incredibly diverse range of songs they created for themselves; they provided songs for half the other groups of the sixties. Lennon & McCartney were so prolific even they couldn't record everything they wrote.
It’s hard for people now to understand how revolutionary the Beatles’ music was for their time. And they didn’t come up with a sound and stick with it. They were always at the vanguard. Every album had a new sound. Sgt. Pepper blew the minds of a whole generation. They changed music forever.
Rubber Soul is a great album to explore The Beatles' development. Lennon wrote this song about Stu Suttcliff, a close friend and early member of the band who died at 21. Check out "Run For Your Life" and ""I'm Seeing Through You" on the same album (American release)
Thx! I think it helps to put your mind in that time. Whenever they came out with something new, it was REALLY new! Also the sheer multitude of fans and scoffers was phenomenal! -Terry Canoga Park
Their music progressed the pop world so much in just a decade, not just in what you could do in song writing but in recording techniques too, their influence was a global phenomenon. Their songs have been covered hundreds and hundreds of times by all genre of artists and still continue to be reinterpreted by modern artists to this day. You probably know more of their songs than you think you do, you just won't have realised who wrote them. Their influences were eclectic and they could do sweet ballads, silly kids songs, funky tracks and full on rockers. One track on an album does in no way represent the rest of the tracks, variety of style, instrumentation and musical genre with a sense of melody that has yet to be equalled, was their long lasting genius. I'd recommend you check out some of the later material which is a better starting point for modern ears... 'Come together', 'Don't let me down', 'Let it be'.
They just don't write songs as beautifully crafted as this one anymore. Deceivingly simple but so deep and amazingly done. You also need to know that each year brought us a different sound. They never sounded the same as they evolved. They changed music forever. They were very innovative too. The contributions they made are enormous. Can't go by one song here or there. Their body of music tells an epic story on so many levels.
To understand the greatness of the Beatles early songs, you have to hear what was playing on the radio just before they hit the scene. It was nearly dead. Music was so tightly controlled by the labels there was almost nothing new or fresh happening. As simple as the early Beatles songs were, they were a breath of fresh air. They put out their albums very quickly, and every one was better than the one before. They explored, learned, and grew at an amazing rate.
I went into The Beatles as a doubter. Over the course of listening to their Greatest Hits CD “1” I went from being that doubter to absolute awe at their talent and influence. Just off the CD “1” were so many songs that are perfect tunes. Those tunes had been covered by so many people that I didn’t realize they were originally by The Beatles. And, that’s only a Greatest Hits CD. The band’s true full album catalogue is legendary.
7 years 13 albums and 20+ no.1 songs. The best. Nobody comes close. Would love to see you react to what I think is probably their most underrated song..."Hey Bulldog".
Simply the greatest most influential group of all time. Check out their entire music catalog and then compare to any other group. The Beatles reside in a different galaxy.
They are must likely the most diverse band of all time. Understand the era, and what they did. Abby Road amazing...but huge changes to Sgt pepper and then to white album. While my guitar gently weeps is sooo good.
TRUST ME - The Beatles have SO MANY unique, varied songs, from heavy metal: "Helter Skelter", to love songs "Yesterday" or "Something", to emotional "Let It Be", psychedelic "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds", to rock "Don't Let Me Down". Songs that make you happy "Here Comes the Sun" or sad "The Long and Winding Road". TRUST ME. The BEST band that ever existed, and influenced ALL who came after. They sold 300 million albums and are changed music forever for a reason. Dive deeper.
The Beatles (mainly Lennon and McCartney at first) started their careers crafting great commercial pop songs. The music and lyrics were perfect. Their live shows were finely honed from constant performance. By the time they released Rubber Soul, their sixth studio album, they had become so popular and had sold so many records that they no longer needed to resort to the formulaic (though superbly written) songs of their early days. They were then given the artistic freedom that allowed them to reach into their souls for some really personal and totally original music. If you listen to Rubber Soul and later albums...Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Abbey Road, Let it Be...you'll find that music to be a real treat for your ears and mind.
Check out Helter Skelter, Happiness is a Warm Gun and Let it Be. they did everything man, from early metal to the love songs to the stuff that i honestly dont know if you can classify it as anything other than "Beatles." Like there's also ob la di ob la da which means nothing but its just so damn catchy
The shortest path to seeing the beatle's impact in music is to just listen to the last track on their Sgt. Pepper's album, A Day in the Life. Arguably, one of if not their best song in terms of technicality and structurally.
Here's the thing: look at what music, specifically pop music, was before The Beatles, then look at what it was after The Beatles. That is why they are still the most greatest band of all time.
They have so many amazing songs in many different styles. So in order to really get a feeling of what the Beatles are like one must listen to more than just a few songs. Some of my favorite songs are: -Here comes the Sun -Tomorrow Never Knows - Let it Be (the version from "let it be.. naked") - Across the universe (the version from "let it be.. naked") - You've got to hide your love away - Lucy in the sky with diamonds - Back in the U.S.S.R - While my guitar gently weeps - Yesterday - All my loving - I'm a loser - the whole Abbey Road medley (many songs that beautifully flow into one another)
Rubber Soul ... their best unsung album. You need to realize.... every song you hear today, in any genre, started with them. Not the actual music but the youthful answer to our parents music. Up until the Beatles, we listened to music that centered around 40s-50s music from our parents. This was ours! And it was in your face loud and proud and they hated it. We loved it even more! As far as the rabbit hole .... you need to be prepared. The journey is long and so amazing. If you follow chronologically through their stuff, you will literally relive the 60s. I hope you try! What a great ride it can be.
When the Beatles wrote a song in the early years they told a story, in the later years it was psychedelic it was understanding things about yourself when you get that feel
Best place to start IMO are their first singles like "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "She Loves You" etc. Listen these three in the same video, they are just 2 min. long each!
When I was in school back in 1964, I was staring out the window when a blackboard eraser hit me on the head. 'What the hell are you dreaming about today'? Screamed the teacher ! 'The Beatles Sir' I replied. The whole class erupted & the world suddenly changed from Monochrome...to color.
You had to be there. The Beatles were our life. Everything, their music, culture, clothes. As a huge and I would like to think fairly knowledgeable listener of popular music, a lot of younger people cannot understand the impact they had on our lives, they were everywhere. I was there with them back in the '60's and since then there has not been a band or artist as huge or influential as The Beatles. They were a hit machine and were the soundtrack to my and millions of music lovers early lives. They hold a special place in my heart. Suggest, listen to everything they ever did, you are sure to find songs which resonate with you personally. Enjoy the journey.
Keep in mind how huge their catalogue is, and that of all the albums they released over their 8 years together, no two were the same. They kept changing and innovating and many consider their last one to be their best. If you check their history, sales, chart positions etc, you'll see a little more evidence of why they're ranked so high. They had about 20 US #1 songs. Many of their best songs aren't even among them.
Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles, have such large music catalogs, that it may be best to start with their early stuff, and see what the big deal was in the first place!
Great video again! I love watching your reactions, I always feel you’re being genuine and not just stating popular opinions. You should check out the songs “Tomorrow Never Knows” and “A Day in the Life”. They are both so unique and way ahead of their time.
What do you want to hear? A soft and touching ballad or some shredding guitars and screaming vocals? A man singing about his long, lost mother or a call to action? The inside of your mind or the outside? You can find all these songs and more in The Beatles library. The rabbit hole goes deep.
The Beatles are so diverse, there is no one sound, they were constantly changing it up. They started of with early rock n roll like I want to Hold your Hand, Twist and Shout, Back in the USSR, Hey Jude, Here Comes the Sun, She Came in thru the Bathroom Window, and tons more. Start from the beginning early 60's stuff to later 60's psychedelic stuff to my favorite album Abbey Road
Old Man best you still have hundreds of songs to listen to of the Beatles they were the Best I was nine yrs old when they came to the US my favorite today I'm 64
Oh man you're gonna have a blast discovering this band!! I checked out a ton of their songs in quarantine and now I totally get why they're considered the best ever! I recommend “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, the album version (th-cam.com/video/bI8P6ZSHSvE/w-d-xo.html)
Hi,Enjoyed your reaction to in My Life(By the way you have a great radio type voice),I know you would like these other Beatles classics"Nowhere Man","I'm A Loser","Day Tripper","I Feel Fine",there are so many.Thank's.
The thing is that if you take 30 songs by the Beatles and listen to them randomly...you still would be only scratching the surface. WHo else can say that
I like you and your reaction to the biggest selling Singles AND Album Group of all time by a Country Mile. This Song will take on much extra meaning when, like me, you are 66 years of age, and your experience the sights, sounds, people, and places that you grew up with change or disappear altogether. Parts of where I was brought up are totally unrecognisable aesthetically and culturally and even in the last 2 months in THe UK we have lost 12 icons of Movie, Theatre, and Music as I was growing up. They wrote this when they were in their early 20's. Even 2 of THe 4 Beatles are no longer with us...
The Beatles are a deep rabbit hole, indeed. This list is just scratching the surface, you really need to listen to the whole albums, particularly with the later ones. Something Eleanor Rigby Norwegian Wood Help! Yesterday While My Guitar Gently Weeps Revolution Hey Jude Come Together Here Comes the Sun And Your Bird Can Sing Strawberry Fields These are from the Let It Be album, which are worth comparing the the 2013 remaster Let It Be..Naked with much simpler mixes and production - for some I much prefer the Naked version: Let It Be The Long and Winding Road Get Back Across the Universe I Me Mine
This is one of their loveliest, you picked a good one :) . There's a very broad range of moods, experiences and storytelling with the Beatles, depending on which era/album you listen to and which of them wrote the song. It can be good to check out their compilation albums (the blue and red collections) to get a taste and find the era of theirs you're connecting with best at that time to then go check out albums from that period.
You need to listen from their beginnings to how they finished. Near 8 years, wow. Very good bands could never get near this in 30 years. None will equal.
One of the times John had rough things going on in life, he wrote "Help", and "I'm A Loser". In some ways it was good that he dealt with things by writing...
The Beatles aren't a rabbit hole, they're an underground complex with hundreds of beautiful rooms.
like wow dude...that was SO deep
Never better said
@Pure Boi acres
FACTS, couldn’t have said it better meself🤣
I’m 43 now, as I age I imagine In My Life will make me cry harder and quicker than it does now. The Beatles, best band ever.
Judging the Beatles after only listening to one or two songs is like judging a boxer after seeing footage of him throwing one or two punches or a footballer scoring one goal
making 1 play, not even a goal lol
Great comment....
Hey my brother...yes we all have to admit it. What the Beatles accomplished in less than a decade is unprecedented. No band will ever accomplish what they did. The world would have to blow up and start over...lol... A few fact about the BEATLES...when they broke up in late 69, the 2 oldest Beatles were only 29(Ringo and John). So all of the BEATLE CLASSICS were done in their 20's. Crazy right? The Beatles have the greatest collection of songs and they were not even 30 when they broke up... The Beatles had over 200 hits that will never be forgotten...
Most Rock Musicans write their best stuff in their 20s. By age 40 most are done.
They broke up on April 10. 1970.
@@jnagarya519 Yes but never actually recorded anything after 1969. They just officially broke up in April of 1970
Michael Garza yea I've been a fan since the late 60s when I was a kid & just realized when they broke up none of them were even 30 years old so yeah no one has even come close to what they did for music and most likely never will
They accomplished more in 8 years than Stones did in 50
The Beatles' greatness can't be measured in just one or two or three songs. The Beatles changed the trajectory of popular music in America and throughout the English-speaking world (and in several non-English-speaking countries as well). They changed the way boys wore their hair. They changed fashion. They opened the floodgates for what became known as "the British Invasion," a cascade of UK-based bands to come to America and conquer the top 40 charts here. The Beatles, along with their amazing producer George Martin and the engineers at Abbey Road Studios, invented multi-track recording just so the Beatles could realize their creative visions. (Now consider that prior to the Sgt. Pepper's album, music was recorded on 2-track "stereo" tape machines, and that Sgt. Pepper's was recorded on a whopping 4-track machine. Not the virtually unlimited number of tracks we now have available in today's digital world.) Another little tidbit: Back when the Beatles were popular, the most listened-to music radio stations here in America were all on AM, not FM. So we mostly grew up hearing all their music in MONO, not STEREO. On low-fidelity AM radio (where nothing above 10 KHz gets through) It's hard for people today who weren't around back then to appreciate just what a big deal the Beatles were...and still are. Name one other band that could repackage 25 of their old hits and release them today and have that album shoot up to #1 on the album charts. But the Beatles can...and they did when they released their album "1" several years ago. Paul McCartney played the Super Bowl halftime show back when he was around 50 or 55 years old and the fans of all ages went crazy (not many artists in history could do such a thing). There is really not much debate that the Beatles were the greatest band ever.
Yep and by doing all that they largely contributed to the expansion of English language through out Europe were before many people listened to French songs.
The Beatles had many styles. They have evolved over the years. Eleanor Rigby, Things We Said Today, She Said, She Said, Rocky Racoon, Rain, And Your Bird Can Sing, Kansas City, Black Bird...there are hundreds
You have no idea how deep and diverse their catalog is. About 210 songs. All different styles. If you like positive feel good music, this is the band. They invented the art of studio recording and album making. And they wrote perfect songs.
Keep in my that this was written by a guy who had just turned 25 years old. You usually don't get this kind of sophisticated retrospective unless it is someone much older.
The Beatles have literally a hundred songs that would be most band best songs. Magical. Every album they did seemed to get a litte better until they broke up.
Their spectrum is unlimited. If you have an open mind you will enjoy it because they did everything, and when I say everything I mean... EVERYTHING 👌🎸🥁
Top selling musicians of all time.
Happiness is a warm gun from the white album will definitely change your perspective on just how innovative these guys were.
That song describes what it’s like to shoot up on a heroin withdrawal better than any. Except “heroin” by the velvet underground.
The Beatles and George Martin were on a musical journey. You have to listen to their early stuff and then listen to the progression of were they wound up. Six years was all it took. This will never happen again
listen to while my guitar gently weeps from the white album then youll definitely see why they are the best ever!!!
Yes
They were definitely the best. Listen to early and middle and later. They will amaze you.
They are the best ever. The thing with the Beatles is that they have so many different types of songs and they evolved so much through the short 8 years that they really were around. You need to listen to a lot of their songs to really appreciate how versatile they were and how much they changed and how much they changed music forever.
The Beatles were my first favorite band when I was a child. 40 years later, they are still, hands down, my favorite band of all time. I still listen to them to this day. They have tons of great songs, that I gradually discover over the decades. Most fans will tell you how difficult it is to suggest what songs to react, because they do have literally hundreds of good songs. Also, it seems to be difficult to react to the Beatles because of the copyright issues. So, good luck and enjoy your journey into the most influential and greatest band😊😎.
To “check them out” you need to listen to their albums from please please me to abbey road. Not just listen to a few songs imo
"Norwegian Wood" "She's Leaving Home" "I saw her standing there" " Eleanor Rigby" "Imagine" and there must be hundreds more.
Imagine is a Lennon solo song, but IMO, the best song John ever wrote.
Here There And Everywhere
Listen to Abbyroad the Album from start to finish!!! GENIUS.
This song is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written.
"I know I will often stop and think about them, in my life I love you more"
You are just beginning to scratch the surface. The evolution of their music from their first album to their last is just unbelievable. They changed music forever.
I walked down the aisle to this song. It's poetry. And it says everything that can be said about love in less than 90 seconds.
I am a ardent, loyal Beatles' fan since December of 1963 when I was 16 years old. As I write this, it is now July 19, 2022 and I am 75 years old now, and STILL a fan, I turn back into that 16/17 year old girl that I was, when I play their music. "IN MY LIFE" is a song that I want played at my funeral. I LOVE IT,
It's not just the incredibly diverse range of songs they created for themselves; they provided songs for half the other groups of the sixties. Lennon & McCartney were so prolific even they couldn't record everything they wrote.
It’s hard for people now to understand how revolutionary the Beatles’ music was for their time. And they didn’t come up with a sound and stick with it. They were always at the vanguard. Every album had a new sound. Sgt. Pepper blew the minds of a whole generation. They changed music forever.
While vacationing on a houseboat in Sausalito CA, Otis Redding wrote "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" after listening to the Sgt. Pepper's album.
One of the Beatles greatest songs I think! Great post and thank you for what you do! Happy New Year!
Rubber Soul is a great album to explore The Beatles' development. Lennon wrote this song about Stu Suttcliff, a close friend and early member of the band who died at 21. Check out "Run For Your Life" and ""I'm Seeing Through You" on the same album (American release)
YES more...they influenced everyone that came after whether you love them or not and I love them
Thx! I think it helps to put your mind in that time. Whenever they came out with something new, it was REALLY new! Also the sheer multitude of fans and scoffers was phenomenal! -Terry Canoga Park
Their music progressed the pop world so much in just a decade, not just in what you could do in song writing but in recording techniques too, their influence was a global phenomenon. Their songs have been covered hundreds and hundreds of times by all genre of artists and still continue to be reinterpreted by modern artists to this day. You probably know more of their songs than you think you do, you just won't have realised who wrote them. Their influences were eclectic and they could do sweet ballads, silly kids songs, funky tracks and full on rockers. One track on an album does in no way represent the rest of the tracks, variety of style, instrumentation and musical genre with a sense of melody that has yet to be equalled, was their long lasting genius. I'd recommend you check out some of the later material which is a better starting point for modern ears... 'Come together', 'Don't let me down', 'Let it be'.
They just don't write songs as beautifully crafted as this one anymore. Deceivingly simple but so deep and amazingly done. You also need to know that each year brought us a different sound. They never sounded the same as they evolved. They changed music forever. They were very innovative too. The contributions they made are enormous. Can't go by one song here or there. Their body of music tells an epic story on so many levels.
To understand the greatness of the Beatles early songs, you have to hear what was playing on the radio just before they hit the scene. It was nearly dead. Music was so tightly controlled by the labels there was almost nothing new or fresh happening. As simple as the early Beatles songs were, they were a breath of fresh air. They put out their albums very quickly, and every one was better than the one before. They explored, learned, and grew at an amazing rate.
I went into The Beatles as a doubter. Over the course of listening to their Greatest Hits CD “1” I went from being that doubter to absolute awe at their talent and influence. Just off the CD “1” were so many songs that are perfect tunes. Those tunes had been covered by so many people that I didn’t realize they were originally by The Beatles. And, that’s only a Greatest Hits CD. The band’s true full album catalogue is legendary.
7 years 13 albums and 20+ no.1 songs. The best. Nobody comes close. Would love to see you react to what I think is probably their most underrated song..."Hey Bulldog".
Simply the greatest most influential group of all time. Check out their entire music catalog and then compare to any other group. The Beatles reside in a different galaxy.
They are must likely the most diverse band of all time. Understand the era, and what they did. Abby Road amazing...but huge changes to Sgt pepper and then to white album. While my guitar gently weeps is sooo good.
TRUST ME - The Beatles have SO MANY unique, varied songs, from heavy metal: "Helter Skelter", to love songs "Yesterday" or "Something", to emotional "Let It Be", psychedelic "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds", to rock "Don't Let Me Down". Songs that make you happy "Here Comes the Sun" or sad "The Long and Winding Road". TRUST ME. The BEST band that ever existed, and influenced ALL who came after. They sold 300 million albums and are changed music forever for a reason. Dive deeper.
They are the best. You need to keep going I promise you won’t regret it. They are by far the most versatile band ever.
There are 79 Albums between them, so many styles of music to choose from, Great video Old Man!
The song IN MY LIFE is an old soul song. It becomes more relevant as one gets older, and like fine wine the song gets better with age.
There are so many great Beatles songs
I knew in my life would get him lmao.
Definitely the GOAT of music and the best of all time
Incredible harmonies. No autotune.
In My Life is an amazing song. Lyrically so precise.
The Beatles (mainly Lennon and McCartney at first) started their careers crafting great commercial pop songs. The music and lyrics were perfect. Their live shows were finely honed from constant performance. By the time they released Rubber Soul, their sixth studio album, they had become so popular and had sold so many records that they no longer needed to resort to the formulaic (though superbly written) songs of their early days. They were then given the artistic freedom that allowed them to reach into their souls for some really personal and totally original music. If you listen to Rubber Soul and later albums...Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Abbey Road, Let it Be...you'll find that music to be a real treat for your ears and mind.
Tallent = genius and the Beatles had it in spades that's why we're still listening 🎶👌
Check out Helter Skelter, Happiness is a Warm Gun and Let it Be. they did everything man, from early metal to the love songs to the stuff that i honestly dont know if you can classify it as anything other than "Beatles." Like there's also ob la di ob la da which means nothing but its just so damn catchy
The shortest path to seeing the beatle's impact in music is to just listen to the last track on their Sgt. Pepper's album, A Day in the Life. Arguably, one of if not their best song in terms of technicality and structurally.
Here's the thing: look at what music, specifically pop music, was before The Beatles, then look at what it was after The Beatles. That is why they are still the most greatest band of all time.
Lost my mom in 2020... this was her memorial song.... she was the biggest Beatles fan ever!! ❤ possibly won't make it through the whole song
They have so many amazing songs in many different styles. So in order to really get a feeling of what the Beatles are like one must listen to more than just a few songs. Some of my favorite songs are:
-Here comes the Sun
-Tomorrow Never Knows
- Let it Be (the version from "let it be.. naked")
- Across the universe (the version from "let it be.. naked")
- You've got to hide your love away
- Lucy in the sky with diamonds
- Back in the U.S.S.R
- While my guitar gently weeps
- Yesterday
- All my loving
- I'm a loser
- the whole Abbey Road medley (many songs that beautifully flow into one another)
Rubber Soul ... their best unsung album. You need to realize.... every song you hear today, in any genre, started with them. Not the actual music but the youthful answer to our parents music. Up until the Beatles, we listened to music that centered around 40s-50s music from our parents. This was ours! And it was in your face loud and proud and they hated it. We loved it even more!
As far as the rabbit hole .... you need to be prepared. The journey is long and so amazing. If you follow chronologically through their stuff, you will literally relive the 60s. I hope you try! What a great ride it can be.
When the Beatles wrote a song in the early years they told a story, in the later years it was psychedelic it was understanding things about yourself when you get that feel
Best place to start IMO are their first singles like "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "She Loves You" etc. Listen these three in the same video, they are just 2 min. long each!
Check out “I’m Down.” It will take years to get through their catalog of classics.
When I was in school back in 1964, I was staring out the window when a blackboard eraser hit me on the head. 'What the hell are you dreaming about today'? Screamed the teacher ! 'The Beatles Sir' I replied. The whole class erupted & the world suddenly changed from Monochrome...to color.
You had to be there. The Beatles were our life. Everything, their music, culture, clothes. As a huge and I would like to think fairly knowledgeable listener of popular music, a lot of younger people cannot understand the impact they had on our lives, they were everywhere. I was there with them back in the '60's and since then there has not been a band or artist as huge or influential as The Beatles. They were a hit machine and were the soundtrack to my and millions of music lovers early lives. They hold a special place in my heart. Suggest, listen to everything they ever did, you are sure to find songs which resonate with you personally. Enjoy the journey.
Keep in mind how huge their catalogue is, and that of all the albums they released over their 8 years together, no two were the same. They kept changing and innovating and many consider their last one to be their best.
If you check their history, sales, chart positions etc, you'll see a little more evidence of why they're ranked so high. They had about 20 US #1 songs. Many of their best songs aren't even among them.
Something by the beatles, lovely.
Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles, have such large music catalogs, that it may be best to start with their early stuff, and see what the big deal was in the first place!
It’s an evolution with their music
Great video again! I love watching your reactions, I always feel you’re being genuine and not just stating popular opinions. You should check out the songs “Tomorrow Never Knows” and “A Day in the Life”. They are both so unique and way ahead of their time.
'A Day in the Life' is considered The Beatles' masterpiece by many. I think you would be impressed!
Good album cut...Rubber Soul perfect album!
Early songs..."Help", "Tax Man" and "Day Tripper" is a great place to start...
Guitar starts playing...
"Its got a good beat so far."
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This is my all time favorite Beatles song! And I'm not a real fan, but I want this played at my funeral. BTW - Rubber Soul was their BEST album, IMHO.
What do you want to hear? A soft and touching ballad or some shredding guitars and screaming vocals? A man singing about his long, lost mother or a call to action? The inside of your mind or the outside? You can find all these songs and more in The Beatles library. The rabbit hole goes deep.
This is my favourite beatles song.
The Beatles made modern rock music. Arguably the first modern rock band.
The Beatles are so diverse, there is no one sound, they were constantly changing it up. They started of with early rock n roll like I want to Hold your Hand, Twist and Shout, Back in the USSR, Hey Jude, Here Comes the Sun, She Came in thru the Bathroom Window, and tons more. Start from the beginning early 60's stuff to later 60's psychedelic stuff to my favorite album Abbey Road
Old Man best you still have hundreds of songs to listen to of the Beatles they were the Best I was nine yrs old when they came to the US my favorite today I'm 64
I plan on going deeper into the rabbit hole
You do that one of my favorite albums is The White Album .
My favourite song...ever.
Their sound changed over the years because of updated technology a lot of which they were instrumental in helping to create and develop.
Try Helter Skelter. lol. Great seeing all these summer children reacting to songs I've lived my whole life to.
This song is like the definition of nostalgia.
Stereo and headphones. Absolutely
We played this song at my wedding. I love it, but their White Album is my favorite album from them and one where they did some interesting things.
Quantity, quality and consistency -The Beatles
There will never be another band like the Beatles.
More Beatles son, you will enjoy 😎 yes go down the rabbit hole dude 💪
Oh man you're gonna have a blast discovering this band!! I checked out a ton of their songs in quarantine and now I totally get why they're considered the best ever! I recommend “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, the album version (th-cam.com/video/bI8P6ZSHSvE/w-d-xo.html)
Hi,Enjoyed your reaction to in My Life(By the way you have a great radio type voice),I know you would like these other Beatles classics"Nowhere Man","I'm A Loser","Day Tripper","I Feel Fine",there are so many.Thank's.
The thing is that if you take 30 songs by the Beatles and listen to them randomly...you still would be only scratching the surface. WHo else can say that
The Beatles wrote over 200 songs. There’s something for everyone!
I like you and your reaction to the biggest selling Singles AND Album Group of all time by a Country Mile.
This Song will take on much extra meaning when, like me, you are 66 years of age, and your experience the sights, sounds, people, and places that you grew up with change or disappear altogether. Parts of where I was brought up are totally unrecognisable aesthetically and culturally and even in the last 2 months in THe UK we have lost 12 icons of Movie, Theatre, and Music as I was growing up. They wrote this when they were in their early 20's. Even 2 of THe 4 Beatles are no longer with us...
The Beatles are a deep rabbit hole, indeed. This list is just scratching the surface, you really need to listen to the whole albums, particularly with the later ones.
Something
Eleanor Rigby
Norwegian Wood
Help!
Yesterday
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Revolution
Hey Jude
Come Together
Here Comes the Sun
And Your Bird Can Sing
Strawberry Fields
These are from the Let It Be album, which are worth comparing the the 2013 remaster Let It Be..Naked with much simpler mixes and production - for some I much prefer the Naked version:
Let It Be
The Long and Winding Road
Get Back
Across the Universe
I Me Mine
This is one of their loveliest, you picked a good one :) . There's a very broad range of moods, experiences and storytelling with the Beatles, depending on which era/album you listen to and which of them wrote the song. It can be good to check out their compilation albums (the blue and red collections) to get a taste and find the era of theirs you're connecting with best at that time to then go check out albums from that period.
You talking about the best of all time!!!
This song made me cry
You need to listen from their beginnings to how they finished. Near 8 years, wow. Very good bands could never get near this in 30 years. None will equal.
Dude! you don't need to look too hard, out of 10 Beatles song 9 are stunning perfection.
You have 200 + songs to go through, Old Man, and that's not counting each of their SOLO works!
The shear volume of great songs puts the Beatles ahead of the rest.
Buy and listen to their first LP, "Please Please Me". Lots of R&B.
They changed music...and evolved over a very short period of time...
oh! darling would be pretty cool ngl
One of the times John had rough things going on in life, he wrote "Help", and "I'm A Loser". In some ways it was good that he dealt with things by writing...
Come together, day tripper, dear prudence, while my guitar gently weeps, something
Love Dear Prudence