When I was growing up it was Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. That album always brings a smile to my face. Lately, I have been on a Revolver kick, but I think Abbey Road is coming up on the outside! If you catch me on a certain day, it could very well be Rubber Soul, which is another John dominated album with some amazing lyrics by Lennon.
My two favorite Beatle albums are their very first ("Please Please Me") and their very last ("Abbey Road"). Or maybe "A Hard Day's Night." I really can't decide.
It used to be Yellow Submarine, when I was obsessed with the Beatles as a teenager in the early 2000s, followed by Sgt. Pepper's. But I think, now Abbey Road beats it. I just really love the songs on this one, and how they fit together to form a greater whole.
Fun Fact - Oh! Darling was written by Paul, followed by Octopus's Garden which was written by Ringo, followed by I Want You which was written by John, followed by Here Comes the Sun written by George. The only time in their career this kind of thing happened.
I love how accurately each song represents them. Paul: romantic, John: heavy and cynical sounding, George: whimsical and hoping for the best, Ringo: having a good time and enjoying the music
that is interesting. kind of the opposite of "hard days night" where all 13 songs were written by lennon/mccartney. that's the only time that happened too.
@@platinummouse60 ... i don't think i ever noticed that before. it wasn't long before mccartney was as prolific a songwriter as john. as beatles i always credited lennon with writing better rockers and mccartney writing better ballads. but in their solo careers it became the opposite. lennon seemed to lose interest in writing r&r songs while mccartney really rocked out. most mccartney solo ballads i can't stand while lennon's ballads were just beautiful and even haunting. but in actuality both of them, as beatles, wrote real good rockers and ballads. never a big a ballad fan. with a few exceptions beatles' ballads are about the only ballads i like on a consistent basis. i just love talking about the beatles. i never tire of it. in 10 short years they created a varied history, musical catalogue and a mystique that will never be equaled in music history.
Because is actually Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played backwards! John Lennon asked his wife, who was a classical pianist, to play it that way and he came up with the lyrics.
@@betsyab121 great nugget and i can't believe I didn't know that. Maybe I did and forgot. I once thought I knew everything there was to know about the Beatles. I even wrote an enormous research paper about them as my project in HS junior English. Basically I went against instructions and discussed, and "analyzed" to some amateurish extent,, all of their studio albums as a sort of chronogy of their career. This I exactly the kind of thing I tried to include, but if I had that one I lost it!
5 of their albums are considered classic masterpieces and some of the greatest albums of all time. Between Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, The White Album and Abbey Road. And all of their other albums are considered fantastic albums too.
You're the one reactor who gives himself the full pleasure of listening to entire albums. You have blessed yourself with an experience tens, hundreds of millions of fans gave themselves in years before. Congrats - it seems like a small thing to most of us Beatles fans but, seeing so many others cherry-pick a song here or there, I can't help but applaud your willingness.
Uh... the lyrics were often on the liner-notes inside album covers, or on the back. And when they weren't (like ABBEY ROAD), this is why we 'studied' the albums over and over.
Those songs were the "medley" that you read about at the beginning of the reaction. Also, in case you didn't realize it, on the song The End, Ringo had his only drum solo ever on an album. Plus, that prolonged guitar is all three, John, George and Paul trading off guitar riffs!
It was great being able to grow up with this kind of music as a kid when it was brand new. Beatlemania was literally an addiction and I always craved the next fix.
I love Maxwell's Silver Hammer just because it feels like someone dared Paul to make a song about a mass murderer that sounds like the intro to a children's cartoon. And he nailed it....so to speak. :)
This was the last album they made as a group… “And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love… you make.” That’s how they went out. It was a contentious split so that ending gives me chills then makes me cry. Every time (and I wasn’t even alive at the time.) 💙 BTW, I hope you’re well!
Great observation from someone who was born AFTER the Beatles broke up. BUT, on the bright side, U just made my ( and other Boomers ) day, reminding us that each generation is a continuum of those that come before -- and come after.
@@peersen-m2e Awe, glad I made your day! And absolutely! Each new generation continues to discover The Beatles. I’m Gen X but I follow and see thousands upon thousands of Millennial and Gen Z fans and it makes me happy. And artists my age and younger continue to cite them as an inspiration and influence. The Beatles were the best and will always stand the test of time. It will never happen again. Thank you for your lovely reply! Take care 🫶🏽
Respect to you young fella for going through these Gods catalogue. I'm sure your musical ear has grown listening to these geniuses,who in my opinion,raised the bar to such a height that the following bands had to maintain that extremely high standard,and we then had the greatest era for music,the 60's and 70's. British music,our greatest gift to the world,among many gifts. Pride.
good to see a young man that will keep the flame alive when us original fans are gone .... so good to see the respect for this magical band being kept alive - nice one young man
I’ve seen several reactions to this album, but yours was my favorite: I could tell in your eyes the journey they were taking you on. I love the immediate contrast in Paul’s voice from “Maxwell” to “Oh Darling,” and yes, “Because” is an underrated song, but it’s also one of my absolute favorites. Glad you enjoyed the album!
Don't really have a favorite; they're all great. Jony, I LOVE how you appreciate The Beatles; you notice how their main message is LOVE. Abbey Road came out in '69 btw. I would recommend you listen to George Harrison's album "All Things Must Pass." It's absolutely beautiful. It could have been "The Parent Trap" where you heard "Here Comes the Sun."
It’s the last album they worked together as The Beatles and ‘The End’ was the perfect way to end their careers, specially with that final sentence. And those transitions were obviously on purpose, it was a medley!
George Harrison's guitar work on this album is a revelation. It's so perfect. John said that the song Something is the best song on the entire album! It was the only time George had the A side of the 45 RPM single and John's Come Together was the B side.
"Something " was written for his wife Pattie B. who later became Mrs. Eric Claton, which wrote a few songs about her. "You look Wonderful Tonight ",Layla ,Bulebottom jeans" and a few more. I think George wrote a few more about her also.
When this album came out me and my friends were probbably got the biggest kick out of Maxwell's Silver Hammer, the goofiest song on the album along with Octopus Garden. Oh Darlin' is oneof my all-time Beatles faves. Maybe my fave Beatles album.
Last album, Ringo 29, John 29, Paul 27 and George 26 and the end of their Beatles career. What have the rest of done in eight years before our 30's? "Her Majesty" is the same "Her Majesty" 52 years later!
“Because” is so SO lovely!!!! “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” is the happiest murder song ever! It’s meant to be cheeky, some people think it’s in “poor taste” but it’s harmless and just makes me laugh 🤷🏻♀️ I absolutely ADORE the entire side 2 of Abbey Road, which begins with “Here Comes the Sun”, I can’t even pick a favorite song.
Since I haven't seen anybody comment this yet, Her Majesty was supposed to be between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam, but Paul thought it didn't fit, so he said to scrap it. But the guy he told to scrap it was told to never get rid of anything, so he decided to put it at the end, which Paul thought was good, so he kept it.
Good point on how 1970s this albums sounds, despite being made in 1969! So many hallmarks of 1970s music (soft rock love ballad, 1950s music revival, drum solos, guitar solos, synthesizer use, multi-song suites, etc.) are present on “Abbey Road”.
I think I can say you experience the Beatles as they should be heard than most youtubers because you sat there listening to the whole album in one sitting as intended. Unlike most who choose songs in any order.
The songs in the medley on side 2 were all fragments of different things they were working on so they just strung them together. It's so refreshing to see this music still has IMPACT on new listeners. It was great to have been around when this stuff was new.
I like your review, very genuine. The medley on side two is meant to be listened to as one overarching song. The transitions between the songs were cut to carry into the next, and when you breakdown the structure you can tell they build an upward tempo into the next song. I like to think there are two distinct medley on side two. #1 Sun King - She Came in Through The Bathroom Window, and #2 Golden Slumber - The End ( this one is even more of a fusion that makes it one overall song). Interestingly, in a way to connect the songs, Carry That Weight shares the same middle section as You Never Give me Your Money. The song you really liked, Because, has John, Paul, and George tripled tracked on the vocals to produce the effect of nine voices. I enjoyed your review 👍
Great reaction young man. I heard you say seventies vibe, it's 1969 when this album was recorded and there last as a band, quite the way to go out. In 1970 Frank Sinatra declared that Something was the most beautiful love song written in the last 50 years, when big Frank speaks, you listen. Octopus's Garden is one of those rare occasions where we get to hear John, Paul and George harmonizing together in their career, listen again, it's wonderful and a catchy tune with great little guitar solo by George. George's Here Comes The Sun is absolutely beautiful, this song always makes me feel it's good to be alive. I feel bad for anyone that gets nothing from this song, they're emotionally dead. Because is again all three singing, it's beautiful. I loved your face on this one, it was like a stone, I couldn't read you. Sun King all three again, three songs on one Lp, wow ! The language at the end is Lennon's brilliance, it's a combination of what Is.called cod - Spanish, Italian, some Portuguese nonsense and with the odd English phrase thrown in. The medley is crazy and then on Carry That Weight how they went back to You Never Give Me Your Money, it's brilliant. We hear Ringo's little drum solo , the only one as a Beatle and finally The End, what a beautiful little thought to leave the world 🌎 🌍 to finish their career. Side two of this album started with Here Comes The Sun 😎 and thru the rest easily makes this the greatest side two in history. Maybe the greatest side of any side in history. Take care you man.☮️
Abbey Road: Jazzy, Bluesy, Funky, Brilliant, Majestic, tragically Beautiful. And, oh, those harmonies, George Harrison's fluid, elegant guitar solos, Ringo's funkified rock-steady rock: What a way to say Farewell -- and become a band and social statement For the Ages.
Well interesting, seems like you've listened to the 2019 mixes, which are much better than the 2009 remasters, even though it has less views than the older ones (yt comes with them first when you search for the title). That may explain why the few views. But yeah 'Because' is certainly the most underrated track on the album. Great reaction ;)
“Because” is indeed a beautiful song. The Beatles have so many, it’s easy for some of them to be forgotten or slip into obscurity. I agree with you about “Within You Without You” which is amazing. You should check out some of the cover versions of it, especially one recorded by singer Patti Smith on her album “twelve”. It is a gorgeous cover of a gorgeous song.
I live this album. Been listening to it for 40 years now. The “medley” on the second half was quite radical for its time. I think Golden Slumbers is a gorgeous song. Also, a lot people would listen to these Beatles records while smoking pot which explains some of the psychedelia and strange lyrics. But you don’t need to be high to enjoy them.
Glad you enjoyed Maxwell Silver Hammer I do too, one of my Favorites Oh Darling of all time and absolutely love the the Medley. Both Abbey Road and Let It Be my favorites but love ALL the Beatles albums. Genius.
Abbey Road was last album recorded by The Beatles, but Let It Be, which was recorded before Abbey Road, was released after it due to movie production delays. Paul, George and Ringo did get together for one day, a few months after Abbey Road completed, in order to do some last minute work on George's Let It Be song, I Me Mine. The last song all four worked on together was The End.
Hey Jony! Haven't seen your vids in a while. This popped up and so glad you are doing the whole album here mainly because of its famous Side 2 medley you read about, those transitions. You know it now! 😁 And just so you know, Side 2 starts with Here Comes The Sun as it is on the original LP released in 1969. Back in the day, occasionally a radio DJ would put on Side 2 to play the whole thing uninterrupted while he and a few others would take an extra long cigarette break, if you know what I mean! 😁 Abbey Road is considered an excellent album, like all of theirs really. What makes this one so special is it's the last album they produced mostly together while as The Beatles. They broke up shortly after, and although the 'Let It Be' album was the last album released and after Abbey Road, AR was their last awesome jam session together. It's pretty cool you recognized Here Comes The Sun. Seen other reactors say the same that they heard it a movie or TV show, not sure which one but many say The Bee movie. Jony, I have a link for you that's a brief 26 minute highlight history of the Beatles. A reactor did a react video to it, and you could do the same if you wish. If not you'll find it very interesting to watch anyway... th-cam.com/video/UEmSjDuTxyc/w-d-xo.html Cool reaction and review of Abbey Road here! ✌️😎
The second side is comprised of a medley. The songs are short and lead into one another because they were songs that were never actually finished. The Beatles had fragments, bits and snippets of ideas and threw them all together into a side-long compilation of tracks. It's a very old idea, but they did it better than pretty much anyone else ever has.
Thank you so much for enjoying the songs without stopping them a thousand times to comment on it. Appreciating the work fully is the true way to appreciate the music, it doesn't break the mood of it. Love it
Abbey Road is my second all-time fave Fab album.....right under Revolver. A very strong first side.....yes, Ringo's Octopus' Garden is adorable......and the side two medley is still mind-blowing. There really isn't a weak spot. Great video!
I enjoyed going through the album with you in this video, seeing what you liked, and your thoughts about the music. Great to see Beatles continue to be appreciated for their amazing contribution to music.
This is my favorite. It edges out th white album and Revolver. Because is also one of my favorite Beatlea songs. "Love is old love is new. Love is all love is you". It makes me go aaawwww too. Also, you have to hand it to Ringo. Octopus's Garden is a cool ass song and that guitar solo is one of George's best.. Good grasp of She's So Heavy.for a first listen. It's also up there for me.
The songs that are all together is called a medley. That is the famous "Beatles Medley. Songs were usually separated by a few seconds on vinyl so having a medley was not the normal. This album was huge when it came out. I loved your reaction throughout and after "Because". Your reaction was priceless. Lol.
This is considered by some, their best album, and they may be right. It always seems to me that whatever album I am listen to of theirs is my favorite. This, Rubber Soul, and Revolver are in the top 20 albums of all time, Revolver has been called the best album of the last 50 years of the 20th century. They may be right too.
This isn't exactly an album recommendation, but I was thinking that you should check out The Beatles' most popular song, "Hey Jude". Absolute anthem of a song, no Beatles reaction series is complete without it.
Hey I know that you haven’t posted in a while, but the band Phideaux (pronounced Fido) is a band very much like Pink Floyd and the album “Infernal” is a double concept album about the biblical end of the world and they touch on a lot of topics that Pink Floyd did and more, and their instrumentals and lyrics are incredible also if you do want to do more albums by them Infernal is 1-3 of an album trilogy about the end of the world and all of them in order are The Great Leep, Doomsday Afternoon, and finally with a killer end is Infernal which I recommend you star with Infernal and work your way backwards, but I thought you would love them because of your reaction to Pink Floyd. Love your Chanel ❤️
This lp doesn't get old! Got it over 30 yrs ago & still love it. Right off the bat, you have "Come Together." That was covered by both Michael Jackson & Aerosmith. But original still the best. "Something" is beautiful, etc. Not a bad song on it. But highlight is side 2 with all the songs merging together. Just brilliant!
It's important to note that this was their last album before they broke up ... well they kinda already were breaking up, and got together once more for this album. But that was it.
The progression from their first album Please Please Me to Abbey Road is astounding and all in 7 years. Patti Boyd (George's girlfriend), must have been some Woman. She inspired Something and Eric Clapton (who stole her off George) wrote Layla and Wonderful Tonight about her. Amazingly Eric and George still remained friends. The medley on side 2 is why God invented music, and in the song The End they wrote their own perfect epitaph 'And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make'.
The rabbit hole begins when Paul McCartney sings "you only give me your *funny paper*... in that double tracked, angelic reverb that sucks you into the "Medley..."
i haven't seen a comment explaining this yet, so I'll jump in!! the song Her Majesty that was at the very end of the album and only 20 something seconds long was originally intended to go in between Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam in the medley!! (if you look up the originally intended medley on youtube, you can see how well it flows) they took it out last minute and stuck it right on the end. the only thing i dont know is why lol, but i LOVE listening to it in its original state, because The End has a bigger impact in my opinion. absolutely loooove this album 🫶
The "Abbey Road Medley" is what the end of the album is called. They had a bunch of snippets of songs that they had been playing around with but had never formed in full songs. So they decided to put them all together with clever transitions between them and they created a masterpiece. The last recording the Beatles made together. "The End."
Great review, of one of the most iconic albums of all time. Abbey Road...is...a masterpiece. It is simply joyous and fantastic, that the younger generation recognize and respect just how great The Beatles were. It truly is mind boggling...how many today, have, yes...heard of The Beatles...but do not really KNOW their catolog very well. Good on you for listening to the whole thing. By the way...this was the last recordings...The Bearles did together...as The Beatles. What a fitting way for "The End' to be the last track. (And yes...I know, 'Her Majesty', was the last 'sounds' on the album), but that was just a Beatles quirk. The story is Paul said not to add it, and the engineer did anyway. So who knows. The point is...The Beatles had beautiful harmonies, melodies, lyrics...etc. And their catolog was so innovative, it influenced nearly ALL genres of what we hear today.
I don’t think I’ve seen the contentment and joy I saw here anywhere else, an honest reaction and a great job young man. Be yourself and nobody else. I enjoyed watching your reaction and compare it to mine in 1969. I’m glad you liked it too.
The second half minus Here Comes The Sun and Because, is normally called “The Big One” and is usually considered one large song with several different parts
No sabía que Our Prayer de Los Beach Boys también había sido inspiración para Because. Our Prayer salió en el album 20/20, cierto? Pues Smile no salió y esa composición es de esa época. 20/20 salió antes que el Abbey Road?
You ought to review The Beatles rooftop concert that happened during the recording of This Album. They went up on top of Abbey Road Studios and did this live just for the passers-by, then he drew a large crowd.
The problem with counting views it really doesn't matter how good a song is from these oldies it's a matter of when someone sings it on a Got Talent Show or it's in a movie then it gets lots of views. I was hoping you wouldn't cut short the guitar section of the Medley and you did. I'm convinced The Medley inspired Freddie to write Bohemian Rhapsody
i loved your analysis on the Sun King, and the detail about Christianity!! I'm a Christian but I'd never thought of it that way before, you shed new light on that song for me 😊
What’s your favorite Beatles album ?
When I was growing up it was Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. That album always brings a smile to my face. Lately, I have been on a Revolver kick, but I think Abbey Road is coming up on the outside! If you catch me on a certain day, it could very well be Rubber Soul, which is another John dominated album with some amazing lyrics by Lennon.
My two favorite Beatle albums are their very first ("Please Please Me") and their very last ("Abbey Road"). Or maybe "A Hard Day's Night." I really can't decide.
Gun to my head I'm going to always pick Abbey Road, but honestly any of them Rubber Soul or later are my favorite albums. They're all my favorite.
Todas, pero si tengo que escoger una sería Abbey Road
It used to be Yellow Submarine, when I was obsessed with the Beatles as a teenager in the early 2000s, followed by Sgt. Pepper's.
But I think, now Abbey Road beats it. I just really love the songs on this one, and how they fit together to form a greater whole.
Fun Fact - Oh! Darling was written by Paul, followed by Octopus's Garden which was written by Ringo, followed by I Want You which was written by John, followed by Here Comes the Sun written by George. The only time in their career this kind of thing happened.
I knew that all 4 beatles had at least 1 song on this album, but I did not know that. That is really cool though
I love how accurately each song represents them. Paul: romantic, John: heavy and cynical sounding, George: whimsical and hoping for the best, Ringo: having a good time and enjoying the music
that is interesting. kind of the opposite of "hard days night" where all 13 songs were written by lennon/mccartney. that's the only time that happened too.
@@cjmacq-vg8um 10 of them by Lennon. McCartney didn't become prolific until 65.
@@platinummouse60 ... i don't think i ever noticed that before. it wasn't long before mccartney was as prolific a songwriter as john. as beatles i always credited lennon with writing better rockers and mccartney writing better ballads. but in their solo careers it became the opposite. lennon seemed to lose interest in writing r&r songs while mccartney really rocked out. most mccartney solo ballads i can't stand while lennon's ballads were just beautiful and even haunting. but in actuality both of them, as beatles, wrote real good rockers and ballads.
never a big a ballad fan. with a few exceptions beatles' ballads are about the only ballads i like on a consistent basis. i just love talking about the beatles. i never tire of it. in 10 short years they created a varied history, musical catalogue and a mystique that will never be equaled in music history.
Commented this yesterday but I can’t be the only one who was mesmerized by “Because”
Because is actually Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played backwards! John Lennon asked his wife, who was a classical pianist, to play it that way and he came up with the lyrics.
@@betsyab121 Yup, you know your Beatles ;)
I know, that song is mesmerizingly beautiful!
Many years ago when I was a child I listened that song so many times that I felt like I could see the sky above the roof...
@@betsyab121 great nugget and i can't believe I didn't know that. Maybe I did and forgot.
I once thought I knew everything there was to know about the Beatles. I even wrote an enormous research paper about them as my project in HS junior English. Basically I went against instructions and discussed, and "analyzed" to some amateurish extent,, all of their studio albums as a sort of chronogy of their career. This I exactly the kind of thing I tried to include, but if I had that one I lost it!
It's funny how most people overlook "Because", but what a great song!
In top 3 on the album alongside Something and Oh Darlin.
I think "Because", is a great song!
Nobody overlooks Because
@@Rudromukherjeenerv yet I sing in a vocal group and out of 8 people only two of us know it.
@@Rudromukherjeenerv yes they do
Abbey road is considered a classic masterpiece and one of the greatest albums ever by music critics and fans
Absolutely no doubt about that.
Yes, it never gets old.
And the last one!! What a band!!
5 of their albums are considered classic masterpieces and some of the greatest albums of all time. Between Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, The White Album and Abbey Road. And all of their other albums are considered fantastic albums too.
Because it is. Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper are tied I think. Nobody has ever topped The Beatles.
You're the one reactor who gives himself the full pleasure of listening to entire albums. You have blessed yourself with an experience tens, hundreds of millions of fans gave themselves in years before. Congrats - it seems like a small thing to most of us Beatles fans but, seeing so many others cherry-pick a song here or there, I can't help but applaud your willingness.
Uh... the lyrics were often on the liner-notes inside album covers, or on the back. And when they weren't (like ABBEY ROAD), this is why we 'studied' the albums over and over.
Hey, your not Paul McCartney, but you can sing.
You Never Give Me Your Money I always imagine Paul singing to a
woman. Bathroom Window was a true story, silver spoon means money.
Her Majesty the Queen of England.
Jimmy is important
One of the best albums ever created.
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...that must not be played on shuffle AT ALL COSTS 😂
@@thurstarca4995 yes
abbey road, the dark side of the moon and Thriller!
I agree with you about 'Because'. It's an oustandingly beautiful well constructed song with amazing harmonies.
Your joy singing along with Here Comes The Sun is why the Beatles impacted us all so much.
Those songs were the "medley" that you read about at the beginning of the reaction. Also, in case you didn't realize it, on the song The End, Ringo had his only drum solo ever on an album. Plus, that prolonged guitar is all three, John, George and Paul trading off guitar riffs!
Don't forget the drum solo on Birthday
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The Beatles: the most prolific creative brilliant innovative musical genius EVER!
I'm an old guy who grew up with the Beatles. After all these years, this still gives me chills!!
It was great being able to grow up with this kind of music as a kid when it was brand new. Beatlemania was literally an addiction and I always craved the next fix.
You can't go wrong with the Beatles.
Because...IS that beautiful....They must have worked on these harmonies for days to achieve....perfection!
I love Maxwell's Silver Hammer just because it feels like someone dared Paul to make a song about a mass murderer that sounds like the intro to a children's cartoon. And he nailed it....so to speak. :)
Some people literally only dislike it because John disliked it. It’s actually really fun to play and sing, I’m sure recording it wasn’t as fun LOL.
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i love those paul songs like Martha My Dear and When I'm Sixty Four
I love Maxwell's silver hammer , such a jaunty melody with a dark side yet it makes you laugh.
This was the last album they made as a group… “And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love… you make.” That’s how they went out. It was a contentious split so that ending gives me chills then makes me cry. Every time (and I wasn’t even alive at the time.) 💙 BTW, I hope you’re well!
Great observation from someone who was born AFTER the Beatles broke up. BUT, on the bright side, U just made my ( and other Boomers ) day, reminding us that each generation is a continuum of those that come before -- and come after.
@@peersen-m2e Awe, glad I made your day! And absolutely! Each new generation continues to discover The Beatles. I’m Gen X but I follow and see thousands upon thousands of Millennial and Gen Z fans and it makes me happy. And artists my age and younger continue to cite them as an inspiration and influence. The Beatles were the best and will always stand the test of time. It will never happen again. Thank you for your lovely reply! Take care 🫶🏽
Respect to you young fella for going through these Gods catalogue.
I'm sure your musical ear has grown listening to these geniuses,who in my opinion,raised the bar to such a height that the following bands had to maintain that extremely high standard,and we then had the greatest era for music,the 60's and 70's.
British music,our greatest gift to the world,among many gifts.
Pride.
Absolutely, I agree!
good to see a young man that will keep the flame alive when us original fans are gone ....
so good to see the respect for this magical band being kept alive - nice one young man
Love these BEATLES Albums they were the BEST no doubt
Half the 2nd side was the medley. A collection of partial songs strung together into one. They were the first band to do that.
Love how much you loved "Because." It is a beautiful song, such harmonies. You're a good listener and responder. Aloha! 🤙👍😘
I’ve seen several reactions to this album, but yours was my favorite: I could tell in your eyes the journey they were taking you on. I love the immediate contrast in Paul’s voice from “Maxwell” to “Oh Darling,” and yes, “Because” is an underrated song, but it’s also one of my absolute favorites. Glad you enjoyed the album!
"OMG!! The Beatles made this"? Loved his reaction!!
22:00 loved watching your reaction to 'because'...you were in the zone.
Was groundbreaking, a masterpiece by the greatest band ever. Young folks as yourself finding and appreciating these classics is so wonderful.
Don't really have a favorite; they're all great. Jony, I LOVE how you appreciate The Beatles; you notice how their main message is LOVE. Abbey Road came out in '69 btw. I would recommend you listen to George Harrison's album "All Things Must Pass." It's absolutely beautiful. It could have been "The Parent Trap" where you heard "Here Comes the Sun."
Because is simply one of the most beautiful recordings I have ever heard...
It’s the last album they worked together as The Beatles and ‘The End’ was the perfect way to end their careers, specially with that final sentence. And those transitions were obviously on purpose, it was a medley!
George Harrison's guitar work on this album is a revelation. It's so perfect. John said that the song Something is the best song on the entire album! It was the only time George had the A side of the 45 RPM single and John's Come Together was the B side.
Slight correction: it was a double A sided single, so both were the A Side, George’s first!
I can’t think of one Beatles’ era George song that isn’t “Perfect “.
Everybody shined so brightly in this Album. George with the guitar. Paul with the bass and Ringo with the drum. Unbelievable.
@@scotteralus8188 Imo his songwriting wasn’t good until “Within You Without You” but he was golden from there on out.
"Something " was written for his wife Pattie B. who later became Mrs. Eric Claton, which wrote a few songs about her. "You look Wonderful Tonight ",Layla ,Bulebottom jeans" and a few more. I think George wrote a few more about her also.
When this album came out me and my friends were probbably got the biggest kick out of Maxwell's Silver Hammer, the goofiest song on the album along with Octopus Garden. Oh Darlin' is oneof my all-time Beatles faves. Maybe my fave Beatles album.
Last album, Ringo 29, John 29, Paul 27 and George 26 and the end of their Beatles career. What have the rest of done in eight years before our 30's? "Her Majesty" is the same "Her Majesty" 52 years later!
“Because” is so SO lovely!!!! “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” is the happiest murder song ever! It’s meant to be cheeky, some people think it’s in “poor taste” but it’s harmless and just makes me laugh 🤷🏻♀️ I absolutely ADORE the entire side 2 of Abbey Road, which begins with “Here Comes the Sun”, I can’t even pick a favorite song.
Her Majesty means Her Majesty: the Queen. Perfect little joke song to end with (after the end). The Beatles were always jokesters.
I loved the album then and I still love it just as much today - that's what a classic album means!
Since I haven't seen anybody comment this yet, Her Majesty was supposed to be between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam, but Paul thought it didn't fit, so he said to scrap it. But the guy he told to scrap it was told to never get rid of anything, so he decided to put it at the end, which Paul thought was good, so he kept it.
Very cool - and envious - to see people discovering this album for the first time..
Good point on how 1970s this albums sounds, despite being made in 1969!
So many hallmarks of 1970s music (soft rock love ballad, 1950s music revival, drum solos, guitar solos, synthesizer use, multi-song suites, etc.) are present on “Abbey Road”.
I think I can say you experience the Beatles as they should be heard than most youtubers because you sat there listening to the whole album in one sitting as intended. Unlike most who choose songs in any order.
Great reaction as always. Radiohead would be a great band to check out.
This is the best album I've ever heard. Straight up.
The songs in the medley on side 2 were all fragments of different things they were working on so they just strung them together. It's so refreshing to see this music still has IMPACT on new listeners. It was great to have been around when this stuff was new.
The medley starts with you never give me your money finished with the end it all played like a rock opera on the abbey road album
I like your review, very genuine. The medley on side two is meant to be listened to as one overarching song. The transitions between the songs were cut to carry into the next, and when you breakdown the structure you can tell they build an upward tempo into the next song. I like to think there are two distinct medley on side two. #1 Sun King - She Came in Through The Bathroom Window, and #2 Golden Slumber - The End ( this one is even more of a fusion that makes it one overall song). Interestingly, in a way to connect the songs, Carry That Weight shares the same middle section as You Never Give me Your Money. The song you really liked, Because, has John, Paul, and George tripled tracked on the vocals to produce the effect of nine voices. I enjoyed your review 👍
Love that you are enjoying this just as much as I did back in the day, when it first came out. So exciting to discover new Beatles fans.
Since it came out when I was still in high school, I agree with you.
Great reaction young man. I heard you say seventies vibe, it's 1969 when this album was recorded and there last as a band, quite the way to go out. In 1970 Frank Sinatra declared that Something was the most beautiful love song written in the last 50 years, when big Frank speaks, you listen. Octopus's Garden is one of those rare occasions where we get to hear John, Paul and George harmonizing together in their career, listen again, it's wonderful and a catchy tune with great little guitar solo by George. George's Here Comes The Sun is absolutely beautiful, this song always makes me feel it's good to be alive. I feel bad for anyone that gets nothing from this song, they're emotionally dead. Because is again all three singing, it's beautiful. I loved your face on this one, it was like a stone, I couldn't read you. Sun King all three again, three songs on one Lp, wow ! The language at the end is Lennon's brilliance, it's a combination of what Is.called cod - Spanish, Italian, some Portuguese nonsense and with the odd English phrase thrown in. The medley is crazy and then on Carry That Weight how they went back to You Never Give Me Your Money, it's brilliant. We hear Ringo's little drum solo , the only one as a Beatle and finally The End, what a beautiful little thought to leave the world 🌎 🌍 to finish their career. Side two of this album started with Here Comes The Sun 😎 and thru the rest easily makes this the greatest side two in history. Maybe the greatest side of any side in history. Take care you man.☮️
Great album review, Jony. You have a wonderful open and enquiring mind. Top chap.
Abbey Road: Jazzy, Bluesy, Funky, Brilliant, Majestic, tragically Beautiful. And, oh, those harmonies, George Harrison's fluid, elegant guitar solos, Ringo's funkified rock-steady rock: What a way to say Farewell -- and become a band and social statement For the Ages.
And opening the door to 50 years of mind bending musical exploration!
No mention of Paul's amazing bass lines, especially on Come Together and Something? He took those songs to another level.
Well interesting, seems like you've listened to the 2019 mixes, which are much better than the 2009 remasters, even though it has less views than the older ones (yt comes with them first when you search for the title). That may explain why the few views. But yeah 'Because' is certainly the most underrated track on the album. Great reaction ;)
“Because” is indeed a beautiful song. The Beatles have so many, it’s easy for some of them to be forgotten or slip into obscurity.
I agree with you about “Within You Without You” which is amazing. You should check out some of the cover versions of it, especially one recorded by singer Patti Smith on her album “twelve”. It is a gorgeous cover of a gorgeous song.
The word “heavy” in 60’s Hippie terminology means serious; intense..
Where did you go man come back
By the time I get to the melody, I'm in full weeping mode
Me too 😭
Kudos for listening to the whole album!! When I went to England in my honeymoon, I had to go to Abbey Road to get my pic crossing the street too! Lol!
I live this album. Been listening to it for 40 years now. The “medley” on the second half was quite radical for its time. I think Golden Slumbers is a gorgeous song.
Also, a lot people would listen to these Beatles records while smoking pot which explains some of the psychedelia and strange lyrics. But you don’t need to be high to enjoy them.
The Beatles are simply the best.
Omg, no te imaginas cuanto soñe por este momento, increible reaccion como siempre sigue así maquina
Glad you enjoyed Maxwell Silver Hammer I do too, one of my Favorites Oh Darling of all time and absolutely love the the Medley. Both Abbey Road and Let It Be my favorites but love ALL the Beatles albums. Genius.
this is their best album. "never give me your money" is my fav beatles song
Abbey Road was last album recorded by The Beatles, but Let It Be, which was recorded before Abbey Road, was released after it due to movie production delays. Paul, George and Ringo did get together for one day, a few months after Abbey Road completed, in order to do some last minute work on George's Let It Be song, I Me Mine. The last song all four worked on together was The End.
Here Comes the Sun was the most downloaded of their songs when their catalog hit iTunes.
Yep , just checked , unfinished songs put together for Medley, amazing
Hey Jony! Haven't seen your vids in a while. This popped up and so glad you are doing the whole album here mainly because of its famous Side 2 medley you read about, those transitions. You know it now! 😁 And just so you know, Side 2 starts with Here Comes The Sun as it is on the original LP released in 1969. Back in the day, occasionally a radio DJ would put on Side 2 to play the whole thing uninterrupted while he and a few others would take an extra long cigarette break, if you know what I mean! 😁 Abbey Road is considered an excellent album, like all of theirs really. What makes this one so special is it's the last album they produced mostly together while as The Beatles. They broke up shortly after, and although the 'Let It Be' album was the last album released and after Abbey Road, AR was their last awesome jam session together. It's pretty cool you recognized Here Comes The Sun. Seen other reactors say the same that they heard it a movie or TV show, not sure which one but many say The Bee movie. Jony, I have a link for you that's a brief 26 minute highlight history of the Beatles. A reactor did a react video to it, and you could do the same if you wish. If not you'll find it very interesting to watch anyway... th-cam.com/video/UEmSjDuTxyc/w-d-xo.html Cool reaction and review of Abbey Road here! ✌️😎
I really enjoy hearing people's thoughts on this album. There's something on there for everyone and it touches everyone in a different way.
Love watching people realize this is a medley
21:45 is the best part. He’s in a straight trance.
We been waiting damn long for this 😍
The second side is comprised of a medley. The songs are short and lead into one another because they were songs that were never actually finished.
The Beatles had fragments, bits and snippets of ideas and threw them all together into a side-long compilation of tracks.
It's a very old idea, but they did it better than pretty much anyone else ever has.
Thank you so much for enjoying the songs without stopping them a thousand times to comment on it. Appreciating the work fully is the true way to appreciate the music, it doesn't break the mood of it. Love it
It's my favourite Beatles album
Abbey Road is my all time fave album by my all time fave band - and it has my all time fave song (Something)
Because is one of my favorite songs by them, its so ethereal. It doesn't get enough love
Love the "Because" appreciation
Abbey Road is my second all-time fave Fab album.....right under Revolver. A very strong first side.....yes, Ringo's Octopus' Garden is adorable......and the side two medley is still mind-blowing. There really isn't a weak spot.
Great video!
At the beginning of Come Together, John is saying, "Shoot Me." Ironically, eleven years later, some son of a bitch would! R.I.P. John.
"Because" is my favorite song on the record too...
I enjoyed going through the album with you in this video, seeing what you liked, and your thoughts about the music. Great to see Beatles continue to be appreciated for their amazing contribution to music.
This is my favorite. It edges out th white album and Revolver.
Because is also one of my favorite Beatlea songs. "Love is old love is new. Love is all love is you". It makes me go aaawwww too.
Also, you have to hand it to Ringo. Octopus's Garden is a cool ass song and that guitar solo is one of George's best..
Good grasp of She's So Heavy.for a first listen. It's also up there for me.
The songs that are all together is called a medley. That is the famous "Beatles Medley. Songs were usually separated by a few seconds on vinyl so having a medley was not the normal. This album was huge when it came out. I loved your reaction throughout and after "Because". Your reaction was priceless. Lol.
Love your reactions man! Keep it up!
This is considered by some, their best album, and they may be right. It always seems to me that whatever album I am listen to of theirs is my favorite. This, Rubber Soul, and Revolver are in the top 20 albums of all time, Revolver has been called the best album of the last 50 years of the 20th century. They may be right too.
This was a great cap to the 60s. The Beatles show those who came in the next decade, the 70s, how the future of music was to be done.
Because was used effectively in the movie American Beauty. Something ,was covered by Frank Sinatra. The end is connected. Ringo drum solo.
This isn't exactly an album recommendation, but I was thinking that you should check out The Beatles' most popular song, "Hey Jude". Absolute anthem of a song, no Beatles reaction series is complete without it.
Hey I know that you haven’t posted in a while, but the band Phideaux (pronounced Fido) is a band very much like Pink Floyd and the album “Infernal” is a double concept album about the biblical end of the world and they touch on a lot of topics that Pink Floyd did and more, and their instrumentals and lyrics are incredible also if you do want to do more albums by them Infernal is 1-3 of an album trilogy about the end of the world and all of them in order are The Great Leep, Doomsday Afternoon, and finally with a killer end is Infernal which I recommend you star with Infernal and work your way backwards, but I thought you would love them because of your reaction to Pink Floyd. Love your Chanel ❤️
This lp doesn't get old! Got it over 30 yrs ago & still love it. Right off the bat, you have "Come Together." That was covered by both Michael Jackson & Aerosmith. But original still the best. "Something" is beautiful, etc. Not a bad song on it. But highlight is side 2 with all the songs merging together. Just brilliant!
It's important to note that this was their last album before they broke up ... well they kinda already were breaking up, and got together once more for this album. But that was it.
The progression from their first album Please Please Me to Abbey Road is astounding and all in 7 years. Patti Boyd (George's girlfriend), must have been some Woman. She inspired Something and Eric Clapton (who stole her off George) wrote Layla and Wonderful Tonight about her. Amazingly Eric and George still remained friends. The medley on side 2 is why God invented music, and in the song The End they wrote their own perfect epitaph 'And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make'.
The rabbit hole begins when Paul McCartney sings "you only give me your *funny paper*... in that double tracked, angelic reverb that sucks you into the "Medley..."
i haven't seen a comment explaining this yet, so I'll jump in!! the song Her Majesty that was at the very end of the album and only 20 something seconds long was originally intended to go in between Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam in the medley!! (if you look up the originally intended medley on youtube, you can see how well it flows) they took it out last minute and stuck it right on the end. the only thing i dont know is why lol, but i LOVE listening to it in its original state, because The End has a bigger impact in my opinion. absolutely loooove this album 🫶
The "Abbey Road Medley" is what the end of the album is called. They had a bunch of snippets of songs that they had been playing around with but had never formed in full songs. So they decided to put them all together with clever transitions between them and they created a masterpiece. The last recording the Beatles made together. "The End."
You must do Tame Impala's Lonerism please! A psychedelic masterpiece.
Great review, of one of the most iconic albums of all time. Abbey Road...is...a masterpiece. It is simply joyous and fantastic, that the younger generation recognize and respect just how great The Beatles were. It truly is mind boggling...how many today, have, yes...heard of The Beatles...but do not really KNOW their catolog very well. Good on you for listening to the whole thing. By the way...this was the last recordings...The Bearles did together...as The Beatles. What a fitting way for "The End' to be the last track. (And yes...I know, 'Her Majesty', was the last 'sounds' on the album), but that was just a Beatles quirk. The story is Paul said not to add it, and the engineer did anyway. So who knows. The point is...The Beatles had beautiful harmonies, melodies, lyrics...etc. And their catolog was so innovative, it influenced nearly ALL genres of what we hear today.
I don’t think I’ve seen the contentment and joy I saw here anywhere else, an honest reaction and a great job young man. Be yourself and nobody else. I enjoyed watching your reaction and compare it to mine in 1969. I’m glad you liked it too.
The second half minus Here Comes The Sun and Because, is normally called “The Big One” and is usually considered one large song with several different parts
Isn't it "The Long One" in stead of "The Big One"?
"Moonlight Sonata" y "Our prayer" de the beach boys fueron inspiracion para "Because"
No sabía que Our Prayer de Los Beach Boys también había sido inspiración para Because.
Our Prayer salió en el album 20/20, cierto? Pues Smile no salió y esa composición es de esa época.
20/20 salió antes que el Abbey Road?
@@qasanoba Si salio antes
For a while pretty much every band that followed lifted that drum solo from the transition into The End.
You ought to review The Beatles rooftop concert that happened during the recording of This Album.
They went up on top of Abbey Road Studios and did this live just for the passers-by, then he drew a large crowd.
The problem with counting views it really doesn't matter how good a song is from these oldies it's a matter of when someone sings it on a Got Talent Show or it's in a movie then it gets lots of views.
I was hoping you wouldn't cut short the guitar section of the Medley and you did.
I'm convinced The Medley inspired Freddie to write Bohemian Rhapsody
i loved your analysis on the Sun King, and the detail about Christianity!! I'm a Christian but I'd never thought of it that way before, you shed new light on that song for me 😊