The Beatles stopped touring in 1966 and this took place on top of the Apple building in London in 1969 (Apple was their own company, nothing to do with iPhones lol). This was the last time they ever played live together.
These guys hadnt played live for 3 years before this, decided on a whim to record a gig on the rooftop, went out and did it into a cold cold wind. Amazing musicians as well as songwriters. Also, a big nod of appreciation to Billy Preston on Keyboards, he really makes this song swing, you can see him in the background.
Yeah, like Billy Preston playing the electric piano during that very performance. Ain't nothing new under the Sun, and it's all there for anyone with the ears to hear.
There's no such thing as time or 'fashion', just good music and enjoyment. The Beatles knew that very early on. And they're still with us with their music today. Black/white doesn't matter when you hear a good sound. Thanks again
Yeah, lead vocal would almost always be sung by whoever wrote the song, although they would often double up on the lead vocal regardless. This was obviously John's song.
I've been listening to this since it came out in 1969, and even now it still me goosebumps everytime I hear it. I've played it numerous time with a band I was in, Mal Evans Memorial Band and for each and everyone of us it was a soul moving experience when played.
This is a great song and a magical performance. And even though the camera never really captures him, Billy Preston on the keyboards is a great addition to this song.
Fun fact in case you didn't know; that guitar that John is playing was originally a sunburst finish, that he stripped down to the bare wood. The company that makes it (Epiphone) got so many requests for it, that that they decided to offer that as a factory finish.
He don't got credit??? dude, he and *Paul* were seen as the protagonist *Beatles* and the only important ones, while *George* and *Ringo* always were the underrated ones..
Did you hear the organ in the background? That was a young black man named Billy Preston. The Beatles were working with him in the studio and we're planning on taking him on tour with him he would have been the fifth Beatle if they hadn't broken up shortly after this performance.
The way John and Paul are screaming the words "don't let me down" to each other, they KNEW the end of the band was coming and they also knew it would be one of them who would be the one who ended the band. So they're screaming that line to each other "Keep me from being the bastard who ends the band!" In the end, it was Paul who ended the band. He had recorded a solo album and was told by the band's management that he couldn't release it as long as he was part of the band. At which a light went on in his head "Bye you guys!"
They on the rooftop of the abby road studio and crouds are gathering ! They are awesome ! Oh yeah , by the way the song strawberry fields forever was about being on acid ! Enjoy ! Keep up the great work !
Are they on top of a roof top? 😳 I've always been such an enormous Beatles fan it's shocking to me that people don't know about their famous rooftop concert, or everything else there is to know about the Beatles 😁. They almost got arrested for this. Anyway, great reaction Glad you liked it!
he wasn't a beatle and appeared on like 2 songs. if you know anything about john lennon's politics, you'd know the beatles are anything but a racist group.
Both John and Paul could play keyboards so most of thier studio tracks had one or both doing some part if not then just a good studio musician. It had nothing to do with color. As said if anyone knows the Beatles, John’s in particular, view on civil rights they should know they would refuse to play anywhere it was segregated. Remember that was before MLK made his march on Washington. If blacks weren’t allowed the same seating and tickets as whites they wouldn’t agree to do it.
Hey ....now you're talking.....love , love, love this !! Take it away John lad...... awesome. !!!!! You gotta check out "Norwegian Wood", "Something" and "In my Life". Loving your reactions
@@jinsk4 Glad you agree!!..But my favourite has to be "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" some of George's lyrics are amazing!! Poor George.... the gentle one of the Fab Four
The rooftop session was especially touching in the later years, as they knew they were about to break up as a band (in fact, it's said that Paul glared at Yoko everytime the lyrics of "Get Back" was specifically sung, as he heald her responsible for the breakup) So, in essence, they said, "Let's go on top of the studio and perform together one last time." It shut down part of the city, and some stuffy Brits sent the constables (police) up there to shut them down, but all they did was take a front row seat. Also, nobody played like my man Billy Preston on the keyboard!
John sang many songs too, as well as George. The only one of the four who didn't sing a lot was Ringo, because he often wasn't very comfortable with doing it, but his few songs are fun to listen to (like Yellow Submarine, which is also the title of a very weird animated movie they did).
On the rooftop of Abbey Road studios. The Beatles were the first rock band to perform on a rooftop. The Beatles were the biggest rock group in the world at this point. No other band on either side of the pond had ever had such a distinction, and the British media/tabloids were obsessed with them.
Great song! If you want to give a chance to the other two Beatles besides Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I recommend reacting to "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" by George Harrison, as well as "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "Yellow Submarine" by Ringo Starr. Or if they get blocked, you could listen to them on your own anyway, :-)
Just caught up with this after a long time being blocked and lo and behold, you mention three of my favourites! This boy actually makes my all time top twenty and that’s no mean feat.🥂
Catching up after a long time blocked. Filmed at the top of the Apple building (no, NOT that one!) in Saville Row, London, the Beatles played a great live set to the delight of the crowd gathered down below. Literally stopped the traffic! It was broken up eventually but is a great thumbnail picture of ‘Swinging London’ in the late 60’s. And how cool to have Billy Preston on keyboards too - 5 great musicians doing their thing. You can’t claim to know music if you don’t know the Beatles.😎🥂
HOW do four Northern British boyz sound so funky, groovy, and soulful??! In 19 farkin' 69?!! It's GENIUS. Also, they come from the Northern English town of Liverpool, which is a multiracial port town like Oakland, CA. But, yeah, that John Lennon has IT and they were, the four of them, "WOKE" in knowing, finding out, feeling, giving back, way the phucke back in 1969 in ways that millions of White folks are just NOW getting around to considering TODAY, FIFTY YEARS LATER. Makes me cry watching and listening to Lennon sing IT -- and how George plays the sweet, jazzy guitar fills, Ringo swinging it like he's a néo-soul drummer, and Paul and Ringo coming in on the ONE. SHOUT OUT, can we puuleeeze, to BILLY PRESTON (see him playing keyboards at 1:30) , the American soul brother on keyboards--he was a longtime friend of the Beatles and played organ and keys on their late period classics (Let It Be, Come Together, Don't Let Me Down, etc.); PRESTON would became a famous funk-R&B rock star in his own right during the 1970s with Top Ten hits like "Nothing from Nothing," "Will It Go Round In Circles," "Space Oddity," etc. EASTER EGG: Billy became a star in his own right after the Beatles had broken up, but George Harrison, the Beatles lead guitarist, often played on Billy's records under an assumed name, and Billy and George often played together live, including the iconic Bangladesh Relief Concert together (1971)
Try finding the beatles roof top concert 1969 which is on TH-cam which lasts for 22 minutes which don't let me down that you've shown, there are another 5 songs that accompany that tune and there's some great footage of the crowds gathering below along with the police who finally make there way to the rooftop🤣
This wasn’t blocked surprisingly
JayveeTV Not yet anyway.
JayveeTV don’t jinx it
it's the Beatles why do it. Queen fan forever. Just became Beatles fan.
@ALAN H hmmm. Will do
Ok, you got me there!
The Greatest band ever.
Agreed, but just want to make sure that no queen fans dig into your comment. 👍
@@ringostarr8034 Beatles Kings over music/ Queen : the knights of the kingdom of music.
In my opinion Pink Floyd is in another level, but I get where ur coming from
YES
Without question.
The Beatles stopped touring in 1966 and this took place on top of the Apple building in London in 1969 (Apple was their own company, nothing to do with iPhones lol).
This was the last time they ever played live together.
Check out the whole rooftop concert - a classic! (JayveeTV, enjoying your reaction videos enormously!)
It was like minus 12 degree and in the street a crowd came together and looked up to the roof.
@@alpenhuhn1 Those pictures you are watching are not (like) -12c. Infact it's not - anything. You would be seeing the breath from their mouths.
@@affalaffaa True!
Yeah they thought they'd finish on top!
These guys hadnt played live for 3 years before this, decided on a whim to record a gig on the rooftop, went out and did it into a cold cold wind. Amazing musicians as well as songwriters. Also, a big nod of appreciation to Billy Preston on Keyboards, he really makes this song swing, you can see him in the background.
Big props to them for playing in the cold. I can't do it lol. My fingers get stiff and they dont cooperate one bit.
recording is cool as hell, but i really do miss playing with my band. just a whole nuther thing, musicians here will know.
You know man, I never cry at music. Only at this song, bro. When the ''hee hee'' at the end comes in I always break into tears. Beautiful, beautiful.
So good to see a young black man digging the Beatles!
Yeah, like Billy Preston playing the electric piano during that very performance. Ain't nothing new under the Sun, and it's all there for anyone with the ears to hear.
This is soul man.
The Beatles belonged to the WORLD and music is for EVERYONE!! :-)
They should, considering the Beatles were all about black rights and also had a goth black beatle for a short time… and he’s in this video.
I don’t get why you bring colour into it.It’s great music,isn’t it.Everyone loves great music.
The Beatles are a deep part of our humanity. Pass it on through ALL generations.
Jay, there is never enough Beatles. You know that now, and trust me...John has his fair share of greats and hits. You will find them.
The Beatles incorporated a lot of styles in their music at different times.
What a pleasure it was to see such a young dude enjoy such a great band.
There's no such thing as time or 'fashion', just good music and enjoyment. The Beatles knew that very early on. And they're still with us with their music today. Black/white doesn't matter when you hear a good sound. Thanks again
The Beatles are still my number one.
No one reacting ever clock Billy Preston, yet he's there in full view and his keyboard makes this song!
I love these Beatles tracks where you can really hear McCartney’s bass talent. Perfection 👌 For example, the song “Something” is their best!
You gotta checkout Get Back. They also played that on the rooftop
Billy Preston has a great solo on that one, too.
"I want more!" - Jay- 2019, after hearing "Don't Let Me Down"
"i want more!" - me- April, 1970 upon hearing the Beatles had split up.
You should react to I've Got A Feeling by The Beatles, they have a great rendition of it on the rooftop.
Yes!! My favourite song from their rooftop set, and probably in my top 5 Beatles song! GREAT video, glad I found your channel! :-)
Listen to how tight they are as a band playing live on that roof. Quality. Pure quality.
Don’t let me down is a great song if you react to more Beatles lisen to something the song by the Beatles
Emphasized "Don’t let me down is a great song if you react to more Beatles lisen to something"
Maybe the song Something from Abbey Road written and sung by George Harrison.
I remember this. "In my Life" is by far my favorite song. John sang lead as much as Paul.
Yeah, lead vocal would almost always be sung by whoever wrote the song, although they would often double up on the lead vocal regardless. This was obviously John's song.
That's what we all thought when we listened to them the first time: "We want MORE" lol
I've been listening to this since it came out in 1969, and even now it still me goosebumps everytime I hear it. I've played it numerous time with a band I was in, Mal Evans Memorial Band and for each and everyone of us it was a soul moving experience when played.
All your vids and reactions are great man. It's almost like I'm enjoying some of these tunes for the first time again. Keep killing it bro.
Erik Grossnickle thank you
Very refreshing seeing these videos, keep up the great work my man!
All The Beatles songs are very well arranged. Awesome.
The Beatles are a forever band, 100 years from now young people, all people will be listening to their music and talking about their legacy
This is a great song and a magical performance. And even though the camera never really captures him, Billy Preston on the keyboards is a great addition to this song.
The greatest concert of all time...and their good friend, Billy Preston, on the keyboards, rockin' out
Great song, great reaction! Loving the Beatles reactions keep em coming.
Please react to A Day in Life by The Beatles it’s great
The best band of all time.
Fun fact in case you didn't know; that guitar that John is playing was originally a sunburst finish, that he stripped down to the bare wood. The company that makes it (Epiphone) got so many requests for it, that that they decided to offer that as a factory finish.
I had the 45 of this song and I played it to death when I was a kid. Thank you so much for this one.
John Lennon was a great singer. I don’t feel he gets the credit for that that he deserves.
💯💯
He don't got credit??? dude, he and *Paul* were seen as the protagonist *Beatles* and the only important ones, while *George* and *Ringo* always were the underrated ones..
The most credited set of people to ever walk the earth.
Lennon, one of the greatest voices in rock.
All of them were!!
I love it when you say "thats it?" I totally feel the same way with every great song . Love you videos
Your channel, especially with the Beatles and Elvis, keeps me awaken too late! Lol.
I always want more when I hear a beatles song too! Love them.
Thank You....love it! John had a great voice with great range. One of my favorite singers ever! Always made it look effortless.
Beatles have so so so many good tunes!
I love how smooth this song is.
My all time fav song!!
Brother... my favorite review by you. My favorite Beatles song. Thank You.
Idk why I love watching you see their songs for the first time. Keep it up! Also I second the comment that A Day in the Life should be next
This reaction made me *happy*
Now dats tuff lol
@@JayveeTV 😅😂
Did you hear the organ in the background? That was a young black man named Billy Preston. The Beatles were working with him in the studio and we're planning on taking him on tour with him he would have been the fifth Beatle if they hadn't broken up shortly after this performance.
More Beatles please.
Nicola Lodge-Bruce just for you. Thanks for watching all my videos and supporting my channel
The legendary late great Billy Preston on keyboards....The 5th Beatle !!
Oh my these 4 are the love of my life John Lennon is a god brilliant 💙
Love your enthusiasm man.
Best reaction online.
Cool Dude
One of my favorite Beatles songs ☺️👍
One of many great Beatles tracks 💜
Great reaction brilliant song 👍
and you should hear the first metall song was played on this planet,1968 written by Paul: "Helter Skelter"
i'm amazed this doesn't have tons more views....just too good.
10 years old, and grandma took us to see a Beatles movie 💖💖💖💖💖
Beatles are my forever love ❤
Last time they played together, I believe. Great song! Stellar band!
The Beatles rooftop show is truly magic. I can't wait for Peter Jackson's take on the "Let It Be" footage.
i was born in 1950,,,,,a blessing to be alive when the beatles came along when i was 13
The way John and Paul are screaming the words "don't let me down" to each other, they KNEW the end of the band was coming and they also knew it would be one of them who would be the one who ended the band.
So they're screaming that line to each other "Keep me from being the bastard who ends the band!"
In the end, it was Paul who ended the band. He had recorded a solo album and was told by the band's management that he couldn't release it as long as he was part of the band. At which a light went on in his head "Bye you guys!"
FYI, that is Billy Preston on keyboards. He wasn't shown in this song but you can see him in the background during his solo just to the left of Paul.
Please react to A Day In The Life by The Beatles, one of their best songs (and wait till the end 😏)
They on the rooftop of the abby road studio and crouds are gathering ! They are awesome ! Oh yeah , by the way the song strawberry fields forever was about being on acid ! Enjoy ! Keep up the great work !
Are they on top of a roof top? 😳 I've always been such an enormous Beatles fan it's shocking to me that people don't know about their famous rooftop concert, or everything else there is to know about the Beatles 😁. They almost got arrested for this. Anyway, great reaction Glad you liked it!
The Beatles are simply the best.
My favorite group of all time! Try the song If I Fell. It's a slow song with great harmonies.
El gran Billy Preston en los teclados, genial!
Great song. Also from the rooftop concert is Get Back, also great.
to bad they didn't show that much billy preston on keyboards, the only black Beatle
joe bennett don’t confuse him. Billy was a helper. He was never an official member
he wasn't a beatle and appeared on like 2 songs. if you know anything about john lennon's politics, you'd know the beatles are anything but a racist group.
Both John and Paul could play keyboards so most of thier studio tracks had one or both doing some part if not then just a good studio musician. It had nothing to do with color. As said if anyone knows the Beatles, John’s in particular, view on civil rights they should know they would refuse to play anywhere it was segregated. Remember that was before MLK made his march on Washington. If blacks weren’t allowed the same seating and tickets as whites they wouldn’t agree to do it.
I feel so happy when I remember John wanted Billy to be an official member because the work he did on Let it Be and Abbey Road was fantastic.
The reason for that being that Billy was under contract with a different record company, so they weren't allowed to show him.
John has a gem of a little solo album where he covered early rock n roll standards called Rock N Roll Music. It’s definitely worth a listen.
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Hey ....now you're talking.....love , love, love this !! Take it away John lad...... awesome. !!!!!
You gotta check out "Norwegian Wood", "Something" and "In my Life".
Loving your reactions
Pauline Maclellan - Agreed! 3 of their best tracks!
@@jinsk4 Glad you agree!!..But my favourite has to be "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" some of George's lyrics are amazing!! Poor George.... the gentle one of the Fab Four
Watched again your reaction, wish I was able to give another thumbs up
My favorite Beatles song.
The rooftop session was especially touching in the later years, as they knew they were about to break up as a band (in fact, it's said that Paul glared at Yoko everytime the lyrics of "Get Back" was specifically sung, as he heald her responsible for the breakup)
So, in essence, they said, "Let's go on top of the studio and perform together one last time."
It shut down part of the city, and some stuffy Brits sent the constables (police) up there to shut them down, but all they did was take a front row seat.
Also, nobody played like my man Billy Preston on the keyboard!
John sang many songs too, as well as George. The only one of the four who didn't sing a lot was Ringo, because he often wasn't very comfortable with doing it, but his few songs are fun to listen to (like Yellow Submarine, which is also the title of a very weird animated movie they did).
Last time they played together live. Billy Preston, who you don't see, was on keyboards.
John will always be my favorite Beatle.
Con The Beatles se acabo el aburrimiento, saludos...
On the rooftop of Abbey Road studios. The Beatles were the first rock band to perform on a rooftop. The Beatles were the biggest rock group in the world at this point. No other band on either side of the pond had ever had such a distinction, and the British media/tabloids were obsessed with them.
It was actually 3 Savile Row, ontop of the Apple Corps headquarters.
4 minutes in..."That's it?"
That's how you know it's a great song.
Great song! If you want to give a chance to the other two Beatles besides Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I recommend reacting to "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" by George Harrison, as well as "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "Yellow Submarine" by Ringo Starr. Or if they get blocked, you could listen to them on your own anyway, :-)
“With a little help” and “yellow submarine” are Lennon/McCartney songs btw, but ringo singing
That's why I suggested those two, so that he could hear Ringo sing lead on a Beatles song if he was unfamiliar with Ringo's singing voice.
Marcus Oh-really-us ahh, sorry man. Got it wrong
Very emotional song
the sad thing is that John Lennon hated his voice. He always wanted effects added, or double tracked, when he recorded his albums
billy preston was awesome for that album , his keyboard work was so awesome
"Are they up on a rooftop?"!!!!!! LOL
Complete genius!
John actually had the lead in more Beatles songs than Paul. React to "If I Fell" or "Because" or "This Boy" if you want to hear amazing harmonies.
'Because' is an amazing song! :)
Just caught up with this after a long time being blocked and lo and behold, you mention three of my favourites! This boy actually makes my all time top twenty and that’s no mean feat.🥂
Catching up after a long time blocked. Filmed at the top of the Apple building (no, NOT that one!) in Saville Row, London, the Beatles played a great live set to the delight of the crowd gathered down below. Literally stopped the traffic! It was broken up eventually but is a great thumbnail picture of ‘Swinging London’ in the late 60’s. And how cool to have Billy Preston on keyboards too - 5 great musicians doing their thing. You can’t claim to know music if you don’t know the Beatles.😎🥂
LOVE!!
This video did it, I subbed, don't let me down! ;P Keep up the good vids yo!
HOW do four Northern British boyz sound so funky, groovy, and soulful??! In 19 farkin' 69?!! It's GENIUS.
Also, they come from the Northern English town of Liverpool, which is a multiracial port town like Oakland, CA.
But, yeah, that John Lennon has IT and they were, the four of them, "WOKE" in knowing, finding out, feeling, giving back, way the phucke back in 1969 in ways that millions of White folks are just NOW getting around to considering TODAY, FIFTY YEARS LATER. Makes me cry watching and listening to Lennon sing IT -- and how George plays the sweet, jazzy guitar fills, Ringo swinging it like he's a néo-soul drummer, and Paul and Ringo coming in on the ONE.
SHOUT OUT, can we puuleeeze, to BILLY PRESTON (see him playing keyboards at 1:30) , the American soul brother on keyboards--he was a longtime friend of the Beatles and played organ and keys on their late period classics (Let It Be, Come Together, Don't Let Me Down, etc.); PRESTON would became a famous funk-R&B rock star in his own right during the 1970s with Top Ten hits like "Nothing from Nothing," "Will It Go Round In Circles," "Space Oddity," etc. EASTER EGG: Billy became a star in his own right after the Beatles had broken up, but George Harrison, the Beatles lead guitarist, often played on Billy's records under an assumed name, and Billy and George often played together live, including the iconic Bangladesh Relief Concert together (1971)
Congratulations on your trip to Hippytown, JayveeTV.
If you really want to hear John rip into a song, listen to their version of Twist and Shout!
That's a great suggestion.
Try finding the beatles roof top concert 1969 which is on TH-cam which lasts for 22 minutes which don't let me down that you've shown, there are another 5 songs that accompany that tune and there's some great footage of the crowds gathering below along with the police who finally make there way to the rooftop🤣
That's an underrated song that I like more and more as time goes on.
BEST BAND EVER 💜💜💜💜
One of my favorite Lennon songs is "The Ballad of John and Yoko".
This Boy❣
You have to listen to all their albums! They're too good.