They’re the best-selling artists of all time (not just biggest rock band) and responsible for every piece of music your friend likes or listens to today. They made some 215 songs in just 7 years (as a band) and changed everything. Their invention, innovation, experimentation, and influence can’t be overstated. He might not “get it” from 2 songs but he better learn 😎
They were the first band to record in tracks, "layer-caking". which changed engineering and production forever. Their songs include hundreds of standards. Frank f***ing Sinatra recorded one of their songs ("Something"). You guys really are philistines.
No Matter what you play obviously this guys going to say he don’t like it. He’s obviously a beatles hater so nothing will ever please this guy I wouldn’t even waste my time with him. MoveOn beatles, Vita Greatest group and the universe. Nobody’s even close this guy knows nothing about music sorry to say. He should stick to rap
The Beatles were as good as it gets. They've never been matched for the volume and consistency of their brilliant output over such a short period - and also the shear creativity.
Yep - it's impossible for someone born today to understand the impact of the Beatles on the world, because they live in the world that the Beatles created. The only way to truly know the Beatles influence is to have been alive as it happened.
They experimented. They pushed boundaries, sometimes ignoring them. "I Am the Walrus".....insane!!! I'll admit that there are bands I think are as good (Yes; XTC) but you can't be better than the Beatles, anymore than you can break the speed of light barrier. And what makes them so exceptional is that they already had a VERY successful career of cranking out pop hits, but they wanted to do more, and they risked their fan-base to do it. When Sgt. Pepper came out, some dj's refused to plwy it. Us kids taught them a lesson.
To really understand why The Beatles are the best-selling artists of all-time and appreciate them you must listen to a lot of songs--as the variety of styles and THE NUMBER of great songs is truly amazing. There recording history was, also, only about 7 1/2 years!
Rolling Stones almost 50 yrs. Beatles dominate in song writing, arrangements and vocals. Oh yeh and the greatest ever Melody writers, the hook these days.
Thanks for this . The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
Great stats, and yes you could go on with enough stats to fill a book.....several have!! In the few short years they were together as a group, they took us through the 60's pop era to the late 60's - early 70's psychedelic, to the mid 70's and beyond rock and roll. It was one of those "you had to be there" things in life to believe the impact they had upon life!!
When it comes to bands and not single artists like Elvis and Michael Jackson Beatles has had the most nr1 hits but the nr 2 BAND are actually ABBA they have had almost as many hits on hit lists all over the world during he 1970s and in to the early 80s in probably more different countries then Beatles,who where uge in Germany UK Scandinavia and the US ABBA had top 10 hits in almost Every European country as well as Australia and US over a a period from 1973 to 82 The newer songs from the latest album reached the top ten lists in over 40 countries worldwide and that was over 40 years after their last album was released Björn and Benny was inspired by no other then the Beatles and they inspired Björn Ulveus to pick up and learn to play the guitar as a teenager and join a band and write lyrics as well it is amazing that a small country as Sweden can produce music on the same level as the Beatles
@@styrelsefksu4463 Yes, Abba has been fantastic and I was tearful when they returned and sounded great although it would be difficult for any Band to match the 230 songs of The Beatles and, remember,The Beatles did not just change the world of music but the whole world,my friend:)
In the 60s I was in a band that was signed to The Beatles management. It was great to know The Beatles and you only had to listen to their songs to understand the beauty of their melodies, lyrics, vocals and musicality.
OK, I've looked up all the bands Epstein managed and your name doesn't appear in any of them. If you were referring to the Beatles having signed you up for an Apple recording contract, I couldn't find your name in there either. Please elucidate or I will have to call BS.
I cannot lie.....Eleanor Rigby is probably my favourite Beatles song ever (I know there's a big choice!) I'm left wondering was she a spinster who died sad and alone. Haunting and beautiful it's pure class.
Me too, or at least it is "up there". I cannot imagine anybody not liking it. Something not quite right in the musical brain. Or perhaps, as Woody Allen once said "Your standards have been systematically lowered".
...and a few other things, too. They changed fashion; everybody imitated their hair and clothes, and when they changed it, so did everybody else. When they wrote about Indian spirituality, everybody listened. and when they started obviously taking acid, it just so happened that everybody else was, too. They released "Sgt. Ptter" and it hit exactly what was happening in American society. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds....*sigh*.....
Oh dear! That guy on the right has heard that BS false story about Paul dying then being replaced (made up in the 60s), but doesnt know the Beatles music 🤧. But credit to him willing to learn 👍 To answer his question: In the USA the Beatles breakthrough single was 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' in 1964. The whole body of music of The Beatles is what makes them great.
Through the 60s, recording techniques were being discovered every year. Most by the Bealtes. With each recording you can hear them get more and more sophisticated and professional. Most acts have their most popular stuff on the first album. Their best stuff just kept coming. Michael Jackson was a popular "dancer", but never came close to the Beatles.
@@loosilu Well, a lot of his fans would probably strongly disagree with you. While I believe that Lennon/McCartney were two of the most gifted songwriters ever, I still think that MJ exhibited a genius all his own.
The Beatles covered so much ground musically, that it's hard to have a favorite. A day in the life is one of my favorites but so is Yellow Submarine, I am the Walrus, Come together, Obladee Obladaa, so damn many. To be a young person when The Beatles first hit, was amazing. Michael never wrote the kind of music The Beatles wrote. Their songs are still sung. The Beatles are the best band ever!
I was an American teenager living in Scotland when they hit it big in the UK. When we moved back to the States, and before their first introduction to the US, I had all my new friends listening to and loving the albums I brought home with me.
That's one of the things i always loved about Born in the USA. I love that Bruce disguised progressive, critical commentary against war and the lack of social services in an upbeat-sounding, pro-USA song. t's always funny how right-wingers play that as a flag waver, as though no one has ever listened to the lyrics before.
@@trekkiejunk But it's even funnier that left-wingers think that right-wingers don't know this. 99.9% of songs are left-leaning, so the intelligent half of the population just ignore the childish lyrics and enjoy the music. Lol, a musician singing an anti-war song? Wow, that's only ever been done fifty thousand times before, what a genius.
Jackson was a huge Beatles fan, he covered 'come together' and bought the rights to the Beatles catalog. Beatles are the greatest artist of all time because they shat out classic songs and timeless melodies.
Shat? That's the past tense of someone taking a sh....t. You can correct the word by clicking on the three little dots in your post and then hitting the word "edit".
@@marxlover100 It was a light hearted way of saying they produced so many great songs with seemingly little effort, in some ways like taking a dump is little effort.
I first saw the Beatles at the Cavern club in Liverpool in 1962, just prior to their worldwide fame, fantastic memories. Their music still sounds amazing today!
Not only that, but in the early 1960s, they only used a limited number of cameras that were so big that they had to be mounted on wheels. The performers of the day had to remain in the one spot whilst it was the cameras that moved around them. The Beatles film, A Hard Days Night actually references this. So, even in this The Beatles tried to introduce something different and as the 60s progressed this would be another area in which their screen presence evolved.
The Beatles are not my favorite band of all time but the influence they had-they can not be denied. It definitely started a total revolution of music and they started such a change in music.
To appreciate the Beatles'you need to travel through the year's and understand the significant catalogue of musical genre's they achieved, and their experimental aspects no other band has come near.
I was born around the time that the Beatles got their start so I literally grew up listening to them. I can’t imagine a world without them (just like in the movie Yesterday.) Their music seriously helped me through some family tragedies when I was growing up….especially songs like Hey Jude, Let It Be, and The Long and Winding Road, just to name a few. On the rare instances when I have encountered someone who has never heard of the Beatles, I simply feel pity for them cuz they are missing out, big time. And on the even more rare occasion when I meet someone who doesn’t like the Beatles, well, let’s just say that I immediately know that that person and I will never be friends cuz we clearly perceive the world so differently that the chasm between us is simply too large to cross. Good luck with your channel!
In the autumn of 1969 I was in 7th grade. Waiting in line in the school cafeteria the mood was subdued. Noticed some of he older girls in small groups crying. My friend Cindy rushes in choking out the words "Paul is dead! Paul McCartney is dead!" It was an urban legend that ran rampant among the school girls of my generation. He had supposedly died in 1966 and been replaced by a look-alike to keep Beatlemania going. There were supposed to be clues on some of the songs and on LP covers. My older sister and I went through our albums trying to play songs backwards where the clues were supposed lurk and we scrutinized the cover photo of Abbey Road trying to make sense of it. We agreed it was probably just a rumor - but I had many friend who insisted on it.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is not an obscure Beatles song. And two songs are not enough to judge the Beatles. Both of those songs were from around 1965 and 1966. By 1966 through 1969 they hit their most creative peak. They were incredibly diverse in style. Helter Skelter was the first heavy metal song. They were the beginnings of prog rock. Many genres came from them.
Everyone has a different favorite Beatles song. They put out over 200, in all different styles, and more than 100 of them are some of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Hurts my head that Gabe has heard so little of the Beatles but doesn't surprise me even amongst my peers (I'm 55) when I play all my favourite tracks they love the song but didn't know it was the Beatles, There will never be another band like the Beatles, their influence, creativity, impact not just on the world of music but the world itself there's something for everyone in their back catalogue, Last year I managed to get hold of a programme at auction when they played a concert in 1963 in my hometown (Guildford) and on the same night you could have watched the Rolling Stones playing at a local pub a couple of miles away! Think we need to put Gabe in isolation for a bit so he he can appreciate some of the music we couldn't have lived without! Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Bowie etc etc Cheers Jim, Surrey, UK X
@@luvmusicutb Technically no it's not a Beatles song but it is a song by a Beatle because once a Beatle, always a Beatle; it's like being in the US Marines. They just needed a few good men. They found four great men. Btw, there is a new Beatles' song to be released soon due to the miracle of AI. It's gonna be something! Course you'll probably call it something else.
@@luvmusicutb Getting back to the original point, I bet if he heard I Want You (She's so Heavy) by Lennon from the Abbey Road album, he would "get" the Beatles or maybe Tomorrow Never Knows. Who knows?
@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 since AI is artificial intelligence I’m gonna assume you mean a song put together in a similar way to Free As A Bird and Real Love. If it’s a song that all Beatles have a hand or say in then yes it’s a Beatles song if not it isn’t.
A couple of years ago, I gave a young co-worker a ride home. I had a Beatles CD playing and told him this was old school music. He replied "This is the Beastie Boys isn't it?".
@@julianbarber4708 yes, and who could also play left handed, look totally like him, sing like him, plus keeping his entire FAMILY ( and Paul had a very large extended family) friends, business associates, etc QUIET about it? SERIOUSLY??? Plus KEEP it QUIET until TODAY? Get REAL folks, those of you who believe this nonsense.
He's right about the conspiracy. It's about Paul. As mentioned by others, it's supposedly why he's barefoot on the Abbey Road album cover which was the first album after he "died". And if you check the car's license plate it says "28 IF" which is what he would be at the time if he hadn't died. This is the conspiracy, not me 😄. Haven't checked if the numbers adds up though. The song "a day in the life" is said to be Lennon writing about it. And, again supposedly, there's some hidden messages on the white album if you play it backwards.
At the end of "Strawberry Fields" when the music is being played backwards (those flute sounds), you hear John allegedly saying "I buried Paul". John denied saying that. He claims he said "Cranberry Sauce".
"A Day in the Life" is NOT Lennon writing about it. The lines John wrote were from ACTUAL ARTICLES from the NEWSPAPER. Tara Brown, the heir to the Guinness fortune, who was killed in a car crash, when he didn't observe the traffic light changing and he was also a fried of John's, That is the "he blew his mind out in a car" line. It had nothing to do with trying to give "clues" about Paul being dead. This was ALL started by a college kid in Ann Arbor Michigan back in '69. NONE Of it is TRUE, it's ALL nonsense and the Beatles had better things to do than to think up ways to put "clues" in their music or album covers. They CERTAINLY DIDN'T NEED to do something like that to promote themselves. There records sold JUST FINE without anything dumb like that.
Try listening to "1". It has the 27 #1 hits, in order. Their progression is phenomenal. You can't possibly get their impact with only two songs. Oh, and those 27 were "singles". There are probably another 27 from albums where the songs weren't released as singles; Norwegian Wood for example.
Nick, a few suggestions to show Gabe. The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965, You might find a complete song, or just the start of the concert with Ed Sullivan introducing them. This was the first major stadium concert, and was the largest concert crowd at the time (~55,000 people). A Day in the Life Strawberry Fields Forever Helter Skelter Also, watch the video for "I Fell Fine" - Geroge Harrison masters lip syncing!
The more I look back on the Beatles the more I appreciate them. Beatles were the first group to write their own music where most artists were backed by songwriting teams and with their sound engineer George Martin developed many recording techniques that shaped the future of music. They were the first stadium rock band when they performed in the Shea stadium in 1964 and were also fashion icons with their own self styled hair cut and suites a style copied by many bands throughout the 60's. In short no other bunch of musicians has influenced pop culture throughout the years like the Beatles and you can stil here their influence in bands such as Oasis, Tears for fears and many others.
Paul was the one that was supposedly killed in a car wreck. They were told they needed a theme song to open the movie "Help" and the next day they had this wrote.
I agree, he should ask them, "CAN YOU NAME A SONG BY THE BEATLES?" When someone asks ME what is my favorite Beatles' song, I tell them it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to do that, I CAN'T pick one, It changes depending on my mood any particular day. I love ALL their "periods" , I just LOVE ALL their music. I have all my original albums that I bought back in the '60s, plus ALL their SOLO albums, which were all on vinyl at the time. When all their albums were released on CD, I bought those too.
@@patticrichton1135It's also very hard for me to pick my favorite Beatles song. They had so many great songs that I couldn't tell you which one is my favorite. What I can say is that the Beatles have more songs that I like than any other musical artists ever.
The rumor you referred to is “Paul is dead” that PUl had died and was replaced, they would leave clues on their albums. On Sgt. pepper they referred to their new singer, Billy Spears. The next voice was unrecognizable because it was the first song sung by Ringo
The Beatles' massive shot to fame can't be attributed to one song, as different songs of theirs had blown up in different countries, generally several songs at a time. Early songs by The Beatles which had definitely made them international superstars are Love Me Do, P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, their cover of the Top Notes' Twist and Shout, their cover of Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, and their cover of Chuck Berry's Rock and Roll Music. Between 1962 and 1965, there hadn't been an artist who could've touched their shot to being the top band, and they'd become better and better for five years after. I'd hedge Twist and Shout being the most iconic early song by The Beatles, as well as one of the most iconic songs by The Beatles. Once they'd covered it, it had become the most well-known cover of arguably any song in history. Hearing it is what I imagine would make most people aware that they're listening to The Beatles. If the main aim is to impress with songs by The Beatles, five go-tos which I recommend for reactions are: The trilogy of Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, and The End Strawberry Fields Forever Revolution 1 Something We Can Work It Out While My Guitar Gently Weeps isn't an obscure song by The Beatles, to clarify. It's one of the three most popular songs by The Beatles which had been written and sung by George Harrison, and one of its guitar solos had been played by Eric Clapton. Obscure songs are most songs on early albums and soundtracks by The Beatles. Nearly every song from Rubber Soul to Let It Be on a studio album is well-loved and consistently praised. I look forward to more reactions to The Beatles from you two!!! Please keep it up!!! 😄💙
I get that he was unimpressed with Help, it's a poppy tune. I would've gone to A Day In The Life for the next one just to blow his mind. Now you've heard the Beatles do Help, I suggest you see what John Farnham did with it with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. A John Lennon approved cover.
I've always liked Elanor Rigby, a very poignant song. We can thank George Martin for all The Beatles' orchestrations. He was the behind the scnes master
Hey guys the Beatles when they came to Australia in 1964 they had 300,000 people crowding the streets in Adelaide which is the capital of South Australia. Just think about 300,000 people! and this was in only their second year as a band. I would love to see any band today have that many people show up in only their second year.
Anyone who hasn't seen the images will be blown away if they search for Beatles in Adelaide. The population of Adelaide at the time was in the 700,000's, so it was nearly half of the entire population who lined the streets from the airport to their hotel to catch a glimpse. There were similar scenes in the other cities in Australia, too.
It was the "Paul is dead" rumor. And the Beatles met Elvis, literally sitting at his feet until he said, "I thought we were going to play together." And then they jammed. Play him "Let It Be," "Tomorrow Never Knows," and "Helter Skelter." Show him how much they could do.
@@patticrichton1135Mainstream music, for the most part, sucks. If you want to find anything really good you have to dive deep searching for it. Only the most commercial, formulaic music gets mass exposure by music promoters nowadays.
I was in the car with my then 7 year old nephew Josh. I was playing the Beatles “Help” and singing along. When it was over Josh looked up at me and very seriously asked “Hey, so did he get any help?” A new Beatles fan was born.
People don't understand the incredible journey of music that the Beatles made in less that ten years. They figure these guys must have been around for forty years to create such a list of completely divine songs.
Years ago, when my daughter was 10 years old, I stopped into a music store and saw that they had the Beatles "Red" album (their hits from 1962-1966), and their "Blue" album (their hits from 1967-1970), on CDs. I bought them took them home, and played them for my daughter. After she heard the songs, she asked me if she could have the CDs. I gave them to her, and went back to the store and bought a second set of them for myself. Seeing my daughter really enjoy their music, really made me happy, because it showed me that their music was timeless. I'm sure that Gabe knows a lot of rap music, or what I call crap music, because it all sounds the same to me. What Gabe doesn't understand was that, back when this music came out, the Beatles type of music was the "IN thing", I mean, that's what was popular back then. If you played rap music back then, no one would have listened to it, so music preferences are a generational thing. In the 50's, there was Doo-Wap music, the 60's and 70's was rock and roll, the late 70's and 80's it was disco, now it's hip-hop and rap. What I have found over the years (I'm 70 years old), is that, all generations like rock and roll music. If a rock and roll song came on the radio today, a young person would move to the beat of the song, even though they probably wouldn't know who the artists were. Rock and roll was considered the devil's music by parents when it came out because it made young people want to get up and dance.
@@BoringReviews Good Reaction.. That Paul tale was just a load of nonsense. The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
Yeah in a car accident in 1966, so a year after this. It’s so crazy anybody would believe the Paul who took more control of the band as John met Yoko and wrote all his songs on Pepper, MMT, The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road was someone else.
@@BoringReviews l was 13 when this first hit the air that Paul was possibly replaced. There was even a magazine entirely about it that l bought and agonized over. People scrutinized hundreds of clues and are still discussing it online on various channels.
He wasn't impressed, but I think y'all should keep going. There's so much to choose from. I feel pretty confident you'll hook him eventually with one of them.
Beatles are the greatest. Bottom line I can’t listen to reviews from someone who doesn’t get it. Michael Jackson loved the Beatles. He bought their entire catalog.
That was Paul on the cover of Abbey Road walking bare foot but it was all just a myth. Still alive and so underated. So much about John? Without Paul no Beatles. You bettlr believe. Legend. ❤👍🙏
'Underarted??? Paul was never underated and John has been dead for over 40 years now. It is only fools on social media who forever stoke up the flames in the great Paul vs John debate.
The Beatles pioneered the music video. As they could no longer tour as a group, they had to find a way for their fans to see them. They created these film shorts to accompany their music.
The Beatles were, are and will be The GOATS .....because you can name 10 favorite songs from them today....and then next month, name a different 10 favorite songs.....and then repeat the process...and still be correct with your choices each time. NO other artist, not even the great Michael Jackson, had such a multitude of high quality songs.
There are other names which are worth mentioning: Rolling Stones David Bowie Elton John Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple Aerosmith Queen Judas Priest AC/DC Iron Maiden Prince Metallica Megadeth Faith No More Nirvana Pearl Jam Soundgarden Alice in Chains Green Day blink-182 Foo Fighters Avenged Sevenfold
@@chrismeadows4216 You missed a few my friend, think the Who, Kinks, Hollies, Moody Blues, King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, The Doors! I could go on Chrismeadows4216, but you get the point. Lennon & McCartney wrote The Stones first charting hit and gave it to them to record. Others including the Beatles also recorded "I Wanna Be Your Man". The Beatles considered the tune a throw away. The song convinced "The Glimmer Twins", (Keith & Mick), they could also write their own songs & music. I'd say they've proved their point over the last 55 years or so! Long Live Keith! The Amelas One
@@davidjennings1771, I agree with the first six artists, though there's limited range of the rest, as awesome as songs are. I understand why songs of theirs which aren't general favorites aren't general favorites, whereas with the first six artists, it feels slighting if they aren't recognized for nearly every song which they've ever released. They're beyond being influential. All of their music is high quality, recognizable, and captures excellent dynamics. It's easy for nearly all of their songs to be general favorites, should they be experienced.
He might be thinking of Stuart Sutcliffe, the fifth Beatle who was in the band's early years but then left the group in July 1961. He died of a brain hemorrhage in April 1962.
No he's thinking of the prank they played by saying that Paul McCartney died in a car crash and they replaced him with Billy Shears. Wasn't true but there are those conspiracy theorists that believe it. They also think Elvis is still alive and living in Michigan. Under an assumed name. Not true either!
A little trivia: McCartney once stated that the chopping cello sound and beat used in Eleanor Rigby was inspired by the Main Title theme from Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) composed by Bernard Herrmann.
It is influence that is measured here and the staying power of that. How many bands/musicians/performers name Michael Jackson as their prime influence. Personally, I don't hang in pop circles, so I can't speak for MJ's influence there, but I guaranty that there are not many full bands that would say MJ inspired them to make music, yet you can go to any genre (Black Sabbath, REM, Dolly Parton, David Bowie, Kiss, Nirvana, Byrds, Beach Boys, Micheal Jackson, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, etc.) and have the bandmates speak about how the Beatles influenced them to make music. That is the real litmus test for the legendary status of the Beatles, not to mention each of their individual influence as solo performers after they broke up in 1970. For a band that released albums from 1963 to 1970 (8 years) they have been the touchstone in most genres since, and probably for the rest of rock and roll history. MJ just does not, and will not ever, come close to that.
The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
The Beatles were the most influential band ever and the most diverse band ever . It's not even close. They were pioneering with every new album . As far as what was their big hit that made them famous . That's funny to a Beatles fan that saw it at the time.. It wasn't 1 or 2 or even 3 hit that made them famous . It was an avalanche of hit songs .They held the top 5 pop hits at one time and had 14 songs on the U.S. pop chart..They were competing with themselves. This is when you needed to buy a physical record not just down load a song for pennies. They were the first non American band to break into the U.S.and in their first 3 years had 8 number one albums ,countless hit , made 2 movies , had a Beatles cartoon show. on T.V. and toured around the world, where there was Beatle's Mania everywhere . The Screaming was so loud that they couldn't hear themselves. It was so insane that they stop touring and just did studio songs. .
@@wallacecallow2255 Until the Beatles came along, songwriting and performing were seen as two different skills. The big studios employed songwriters, and they matched recording artists with songs that the studios thought would suit them. The idea that the performers would write their own songs was frowned upon, and big artists were only allowed to play one or two of their own songs on an album as a way of keeping them happy. The Beatles began by doing covers of other songs, like every band of that era. The first two albums were a mix of their own material and covers, but their own material was the stuff that captured the imagination of fans. Their third album, A Hard Day's Night, was the first mainstream album ever to feature 100% their own songs. People today don't think twice about artists writing all their own material, but it was just another of the many things that were pioneered by the Beatles.
@@daleviker5884Don’t forget that both Chuck Berry and Little Richard wrote their own music in the 1950’s but you are correct about most performers in the early 1960’s.
@@rogervondrasek5677And use pitch correction and auto tune. Often the audience is not aware of the difference. They think that they are listening to the actual voices of the people on stage.
Paul McCartney was the Deadman. Sergeant Pepper's cover is the funeral scene, Abbey road cover is the trip back from the graveyard to the studio to begin recording again. The first song is called come together It's about Paul's resurrection.
ONE of my favorite songs is "In My Life". I first heard the Beatles when I was 6 (1965) years old. I instantly fell in love! I even had the Beatles lunchbox. I still love them.
Michael Jackson as big as the Beatles? 😂😂😂 There’s a road crossing in London that attracts more tourists than 90% of American cities because the Beatles once walked across it. Americans don’t get it.
In fairness, Thriller has sold nearly twice as many copies as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the best-selling album by The Beatles, and it's the best-selling album of all time.
@@chrismeadows4216 In the interests of complete fairness though, comparing the album sales of Thriller with Sgt Peppers is comparing apples with concrete. The 1960s and 1980s were worlds apart economically and technically. When "Beatlemania" was at its peak from 1963-65, the average person could not afford albums, and it was only about singles. Throughout the Beatles career their most popular songs weren't on the albums. They sold more than 1.6 billion singles, which was dominance like never seen before or since. Without acknowledging that, saying that Sgt Peppers (with no singles on it) "only" sold 35m copies compared with 70m for Thriller (which had three of MJ's most famous singles on it, Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller) is a meaningless comparison. It was the Beatles popularity that actually changed the way music was sold. Their 5th and 6th albums, Rubber Soul and Revolver, were the first albums to become mass market purchases (10m+ copies), simply because they were so good that people saved to buy them. When Sgt Peppers then sold the numbers it did (30m+), it was extraordinary for that era. Most people who bought Sgt Peppers were buying an album for the first time in their life. As a result of the Beatles success, studios and artists saw the commercial potential of albums, and they began their rise as the dominant format in place of singles, which eventually disappeared. And in the Beatles era understand that it was vinyl records and nothing else. Recorded music sales overall really only took off in the 1970s when cassettes became affordable, because for the first time people could take music out of the house, and even into their cars. Then in the early 1980s came CDs, which made music even more portable, and coincided with the launch of MTV. Michael Jackson was talented, and Thriller was a great album, but he was in the right place at the right time, with the videos being perfect for the start of the MTV era.
@@daleviker5884, your points are well-reasoned, though it needs to be considered that once CDs had become accessible and affordable to everyone, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Thriller had both been available on equal footing in an age of the world having a much larger population, and as newer generations have been able to trace classic albums back and buy them, Michael Jackson's Thriller sales have been exponentially more notable, likely more due to his death and public circumstances than due to it being more recently released than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Forty years is a very long time ago, not much more than toward sixty years ago. The Beatles hadn't had much competition in their era, even of Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones. Michael Jackson had competition of David Bowie, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Queen, U2, Madonna, Prince, Phil Collins, and Janet Jackson, and had crushed everyone with Thriller. Thriller has everything on it which is essential listening in pop, r&b, soul, funk, and hard rock, including Paul McCartney. It isn't the greatest fairness that album sales aren't closer, but it's Thriller.
@@chrismeadows4216 No one is arguing that Thriller wasn't a good album, but some of your points are really stretching it a bit. You say that The Beatles had no competition other than Elvis and The Stones, which conveniently omits - just in the year of Sgt Peppers alone - Hendrix, the Who, Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Cream, the Supremes, Jefferson Airplane, the Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, and countless others. It was actually a far more competitive era than the early 1980s. And you can't refute the point I made about singles being the popular form of record sale in the 1960s as compared with albums. The Beatles top 20 hits weren't even on their albums, they were only released as singles, and if you look at the total sales of everything, the Beatles sold more than 2 BILLION records of all types, way out in front of anyone else. The other thing I charitably didn't point out is that while Sgt Peppers was the Beatles top selling album, it wasn't that far in front of Revolver, Rubber Soul, the White Album and Abbey Road. If you look at any critical or fan list, you will find widespread differences of opinion on what the Beatles best album was (let alone the singles). MJ was more than a one-hit wonder, obviously, but he sure didn't have five or six other albums of similar stature to Thriller. You're comparing an artist who had a great career, with one standout album, to a band that revolutionized music, changed the way it was consumed, and defined a generation.
As someone who hails from Liverpool, it gives me a great sense of pride that I am from the same city as the most well know band that has ever existed. Songs for Gabe: Penny Lane Come Together Here Comes the Sun Twist and Shout She Loves You A Hard Days Night Paperback Writer Hey Jude Ticket to Ride Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds And the list could easily go on further. Also, ringo is a knob head of the highest order and the song Yellow Submarine is awful.
No, those videos were made for the UK and Europe, we never SAW them here, except when they showed up on bootleg video tapes, that were not great quality. The only videos that were shown on the Ed Sullivan show was for "RAIN" and "PAPERBACK WRITER" but not the earlier videos like "HELP!" Before "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" they appeared live on The Ed Sullivan Show Stage, last time was in September 1965
Just to set the facts straight, the Beatles did not have hits off of every single album. With the exception of some a few instances, most of their hits were released as singles and those hits were not typically included on their albums. That's how good they were. That fact alone is an important distinction between them and the rest of their competition. The Beatles did not build an album around their hits like most other artists were accustomed to doing at the time. It may interest you to know that their first seven LPs were issued between March '63 and August '66, which equates to an album every six months and none of them were duds. That's how good they were. Another fact worth noting: more LPs were released in the US in contrast to what was released in the UK. This was due to scrupulous record executives at Capitol Records who manipulated record sales in the US market to achieve greater profits. It was all the same material, except the music was packaged differently by eliminating fewer songs per album. The UK market saw 12 studio LPs released with 7 of them reaching #1 in the UK charts. Fans in the US were presented with a total of 17 LPs in which 14 earned the #1 spot in the charts. I think the reason that Gabe does not 'get it', is because he is unable to see the forest from the trees. Evidently, he cannot grasp the enormity of their artistic influence or the revolutionary changes made in the music industry at just about every level. From having complete artistic control of their material, to supervising the design of their album covers (a decision previously allotted to record executives), to enjoying unrestricted studio time, to the continuous progression of their compositions with each successive LP, to name a few. What Gabe apparently fails to understand is the degree in which the Beatles changed, both in artistic style and musical innovation, in only 6-1/2 years as recording artists. Nobody, not even Michael Jackson, has ever progressed that rapidly in the same amount of time. Lastly, you selected one of the worst music videos the Beatles ever participated in, IMO. The live version of Help (Blackpool Night Out, August 1965) would've been a far better choice. Still enjoyed your double Beatles reaction. May I suggest another double-header? Consider Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. These two videos represent the leap the Beatles made in terms of music and physical appearance, from being a boy band (I used that label with extreme reluctance) to being grown men. Both are excellent videos.
Paul was rumored to have died in a car crash , which would have ended the band . Supposedly the British government panicked at the idea of losing the money that the Beatles generated in taxes . And they came up with a Paul impersonator to replace him . In the song “ A Day In a Life “ they tell the story of a car crash & at the end of Strawberry Fields you’ll hear what many believed to be “ I buried Paul “ there’s more to it & you can read it on the internet .
How good were they? After the band broke up all four of them went on to have successful solo recording careers. This song was written by John who was really reaching out for HELP! he was having a difficult time with the level of fame they had achieved, loss of privacy, everyone wanting something from them.
According to the conspiracy theorists it was Paul that died and it was covered up and he was replaced with a lookalike somehow, then they point to the iconic abby road cover where Paul is bare footed as some sort of secret message.
Yes, there was a disc jockey from Detroit that started the "Paul is Dead" conspiracy....anyone can type in that in TH-cam and the videos will bring you through the clues that supposedly the Beatles left in songs and album art to back this up. Hilarious.
@@wpollock1 It was a rumour in London, briefly, and then it crossed the Atlantic and was presented as a joke, with all the 'clues', etc. Of course, some people took it seriously and once someone gets hooked on a conspiracy theory, it's very hard to unhook them. There are still people lurking on YT etc touting all sorts or flimsy and increasingly absurd 'proofs'... Not hard to dismantle if you have the time and energy. But what's the point? Believers want to believe and don't care about logic and facts.
I’m a little mad that there’s someone who either doesn’t know or doesn’t appreciate the greatest band of all time. (Second best - Queen) Show him more range Oh darling Octopus’s garden Let it be Hey Jude Get back Day tripper Twist and shout Here comes the sun Man just make him listen to them all. There’s almost no point making a list.
Anybody over the age of twenty who says they have never heard The Beatles, unless they have spent the vast majority of those years living under a rock I can guarantee they will have done, they just don't realize it yet.
Eleanor Rigby was a real person , she was a lonely old neighbour of Paul McCartney's who lived on her own & Paul would run errands for her to get her shopping etc and sit and chat with her to give her some company . when she died she had no family who attended her funeral .
@@MrPercy112 , Yes she died before the beatles were formed , Paul knew her when he was a boy & he told the story and the inspiration to the song in a interview in 2021 to the New Yorker .
Sorry, but Eleanor Rigby dies in 1938, aged fourteen. She is buried in Wooton (?) cemetery, Liverpool. Poetic licence - McCartney transposed the name, and sentiment, between two different people. McCartney is on record, stating both origins.
How can anyone go through life without the Beatles music to enhance their life, is beyond me. Most influential group in the universe! You guys gotta get out more! 😮
For a beginner to 'get it', you might start with "Here Comes The Sun", "Come Together", "Nowhere Man", "Let it Be", "And I Love Her", "If I Fell" or "Ticket To Ride".
I would have not known the Beatles, or cared, if my older sister had not bought the red album and blue album and had them in the house. I ‘ discovered’ them at the age 16 in 1977. The Beatles were already over. But , man, I LOVED the music. None of my classmates were listening to them. But the Beatles became one of the most influential things in my life. I cannot imagine life without them. The movie “Yesterday” made so much sense to me.
I don't know if 'She Loves You' was literally the Beatles' first big hit, but it was certainly one of their biggest for a long time. The 'yeah, yeah, yeah' from the chorus was so stereotypically associated with them that in at least one European country, I believe, they were almost better known as the 'Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs', and I've seen comic book appearances they made at the time that feature them just randomly saying 'Yeah!' when they're not saying anything else. So in terms of an early 'defining' song for the Beatles, that's a pretty good candidate - later, maybe 'Hey Jude'.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the first Beatle song to hit America. It was backed with the excellent "I Saw Her Standing There", which only whetted the appetites of American listeners for more Beatles songs. The second blockbuster released in the U.S. was "She Loves You" backed with "I'll Get You". But the Beatles had earlier hit songs in England, such as "P.S. I Love You" and "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me". These songs made their way over to America very shortly after "She Loves You." In a flash, the U.S. was flooded with Beatle music.
Actually "PLEASE PLEASE ME" was their FIRST NUMBER ONE song in the U.K. and Europe. and was only their SECOND single. "LOVE ME DO" was their FIRST single in the charts in the UK and it made it to number 17. This was in 1963 for both. In the U.S. "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND b/w "I SAW HER STANDING THERE" was their FIRST number 1. It was released in the U.S. the day after Christmas in 1963, that was when I first heard it on the radio, I was 16.
It was the Paul Is Dead rumors that came out in 1969-the story is Paul allegedly died in a car crash in 1966-if you look at the album covers-particularly Abby Road and Sgt.pepper there are clues to his "death" On Sgt. Pepper there is the red the guitar on the grave in which the flowers spell out "Paul?" On Abby Road where they are crossing the street-John is dressed as a minister-George as a gravedigger , Ringo as a pallbearer and Paul who is barefoot like a corpse as dead people don't wear shoes-he is out of step with the others and is having a last "cigarette." Also the volkswagon in the back has a licence plate of 28IF-which would have been his age if alive. The hoax was even perpetrated by the Beatles as a passage of gibberish on the White album one can hear "Paul is dead miss him miss him. Revolution 9 on the album where it starts off with the engineer repeating the phrase number 9-played backwards sounds like "turn me on dead man". The cut Revelation 9 played backwards one can hear a car crash, a person gasping for air before fire sounds. Also on the album, the song glass onion has a lyric that says "here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul." In some Scandanavian countries, the walrus was considered to be a death symbol. Just a few of the many clues which date from 1966 (Yesterday & Today" cover Paul is in a trunk) to their breakup in 1969. Have the Yankee dude listen to Tomorrow Never Know,Strawberry fields Forever, Penny Lane, Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds, A Day In The Life then the single version of Revolution-he'll change his tune. At this point the dude doesn't get it because he's never lived through the times. Michael Jackson was one dimensional one sound-doesn't even measure up to Ringo-his music knowledge is extremely limited but at least he's branching out-his mind just needs to be more open-showing him the Beatles in concert from their early years and their Shea Stadium concert where the girls are feinting might waken him up.
Help!, from the album and movie of the same name, was recorded in April/May 1965. Eleanor Rigby was recorded for the album Revolver in April-June 1966. There was another album between those two, Rubber Soul.
Omg, Gabe must of lived under a rock , first LZ and now the Beatles, whilst thinking Nirvana are huge 🙈🤣...definitely think his school is poor on education, but he is a lovely guy, bit of a Ronaldinio ...bless him 😂
Hard to believe that someone has never heard of the Beatles
I agree, where has he been hiding🤔
No, he's heard them but just never listened to them.
It should be law for every toddler to listen to the Beatles, hopefully the future will be better !
Well, look at them. 😆 🤣 😂
@@michaelwaugh357 under a rock in some dead-end dump probably!
They’re the best-selling artists of all time (not just biggest rock band) and responsible for every piece of music your friend likes or listens to today. They made some 215 songs in just 7 years (as a band) and changed everything. Their invention, innovation, experimentation, and influence can’t be overstated. He might not “get it” from 2 songs but he better learn 😎
Well said Reina! They were the greatest of all time! There is zero chance now of anyone getting anywhere near their standard.
They were the first band to record in tracks, "layer-caking". which changed engineering and production forever. Their songs include hundreds of standards. Frank f***ing Sinatra recorded one of their songs ("Something"). You guys really are philistines.
I absolutely love The Beatles,always have, but they didn’t hide they’re heavily influenced by American Blues
They are indeed the gods of music and as John Lennon once said bigger than Jesus
No Matter what you play obviously this guys going to say he don’t like it. He’s obviously a beatles hater so nothing will ever please this guy I wouldn’t even waste my time with him. MoveOn beatles, Vita Greatest group and the universe. Nobody’s even close this guy knows nothing about music sorry to say. He should stick to rap
It always blows my mind whenever people haven't heard of the Beatles songs, then i recall that I'm an old man 😲😂
The Beatles were as good as it gets. They've never been matched for the volume and consistency of their brilliant output over such a short period - and also the shear creativity.
Yep - it's impossible for someone born today to understand the impact of the Beatles on the world, because they live in the world that the Beatles created. The only way to truly know the Beatles influence is to have been alive as it happened.
Yes, they wrote close to 300 songs in 7 and a half years, and a LOT of them are all-time classics. That's unheard of before or since
They experimented. They pushed boundaries, sometimes ignoring them. "I Am the Walrus".....insane!!! I'll admit that there are bands I think are as good (Yes; XTC) but you can't be better than the Beatles, anymore than you can break the speed of light barrier. And what makes them so exceptional is that they already had a VERY successful career of cranking out pop hits, but they wanted to do more, and they risked their fan-base to do it. When Sgt. Pepper came out, some dj's refused to plwy it.
Us kids taught them a lesson.
To really understand why The Beatles are the best-selling artists of all-time and appreciate them you must listen to a lot of songs--as the variety of styles and THE NUMBER of great songs is truly amazing. There recording history was, also, only about 7 1/2 years!
Rolling Stones almost 50 yrs. Beatles dominate in song writing, arrangements and vocals. Oh yeh and the greatest ever Melody writers, the hook these days.
Thanks for this . The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
Great stats, and yes you could go on with enough stats to fill a book.....several have!! In the few short years they were together as a group, they took us through the 60's pop era to the late 60's - early 70's psychedelic, to the mid 70's and beyond rock and roll.
It was one of those "you had to be there" things in life to believe the impact they had upon life!!
@@johnnymartin49 Very True, Johnny..
When it comes to bands and not single artists like Elvis and Michael Jackson Beatles has had the most nr1 hits but the nr 2 BAND are actually ABBA
they have had almost as many hits on hit lists all over the world during he 1970s and in to the early 80s in probably more different countries then Beatles,who where uge in Germany UK Scandinavia and the US
ABBA had top 10 hits in almost Every European country as well as Australia and US over a a period from 1973 to 82
The newer songs from the latest album reached the top ten lists in over 40 countries worldwide and that was over 40 years after their last album was released
Björn and Benny was inspired by no other then the Beatles and they inspired Björn Ulveus to pick up and learn to play the guitar as a teenager and join a band and write lyrics as well
it is amazing that a small country as Sweden can produce music on the same level as the Beatles
@@styrelsefksu4463 Yes, Abba has been fantastic and I was tearful when they returned and sounded great although it would be difficult for any Band to match the 230 songs of The Beatles and, remember,The Beatles did not just change the world of music but the whole world,my friend:)
@@styrelsefksu4463 I adore ABBA! they deserve every accolade they get! they cannot touch the beatles.
In the 60s I was in a band that was signed to The Beatles management. It was great to know The Beatles and you only had to listen to their songs to understand the beauty of their melodies, lyrics, vocals and musicality.
interested to know which one that was, did you make any singles or was it tour work ?
Love the hat
OK, I've looked up all the bands Epstein managed and your name doesn't appear in any of them. If you were referring to the Beatles having signed you up for an Apple recording contract, I couldn't find your name in there either. Please elucidate or I will have to call BS.
@@highpath4776 Hello. The band was THE RUSTIKS. We recorded on Decca label. We were on THE BEATLES 1964 UK tour.
@@BaccarWozat Hello - the band was THE RUSTIKS. I can send you photos and information. Thank you.
It was Paul that supposedly died. Rumor was that if you played the end of Strawberry Fields, the singer says "I buried Paul".
I think John says “Cranberry Sauce “. It’s a clue as we said during that time.😝
I cannot lie.....Eleanor Rigby is probably my favourite Beatles song ever (I know there's a big choice!) I'm left wondering was she a spinster who died sad and alone. Haunting and beautiful it's pure class.
Me too, or at least it is "up there". I cannot imagine anybody not liking it. Something not quite right in the musical brain. Or perhaps, as Woody Allen once said "Your standards have been systematically lowered".
The Beatles had 244 songs most of which had gone number 1 at the chart.They are incomparable they are genius when in comes to music.
Not most of them; that would be unrealistic even for the Beatles!
Totally agree 👍👍😎
...and a few other things, too. They changed fashion; everybody imitated their hair and clothes, and when they changed it, so did everybody else. When they wrote about Indian spirituality, everybody listened. and when they started obviously taking acid, it just so happened that everybody else was, too. They released "Sgt. Ptter" and it hit exactly what was happening in American society. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds....*sigh*.....
Oh dear! That guy on the right has heard that BS false story about Paul dying then being replaced (made up in the 60s), but doesnt know the Beatles music 🤧. But credit to him willing to learn 👍 To answer his question:
In the USA the Beatles breakthrough single was 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' in 1964. The whole body of music of The Beatles is what makes them great.
If Paul was replaced, the next guy was a prolific song writer. Hey Jude was their greatest song. But the story was BS.
Typical conspiracy theory, all BS no facts, just what abouts. 🤣☮🖤🤘
Through the 60s, recording techniques were being discovered every year. Most by the Bealtes. With each recording you can hear them get more and more sophisticated and professional. Most acts have their most popular stuff on the first album. Their best stuff just kept coming. Michael Jackson was a popular "dancer", but never came close to the Beatles.
MJ was also a very talented songwriter.
@@MsAppassionata Yes he was. And he still never came close to Lennon McCartney
@@loosilu Well, a lot of his fans would probably strongly disagree with you. While I believe that Lennon/McCartney were two of the most gifted songwriters ever, I still think that MJ exhibited a genius all his own.
@@MsAppassionata I agree. That doesn't mean he came close to Lennon/ Mccartney
The Beatles covered so much ground musically, that it's hard to have a favorite. A day in the life is one of my favorites but so is Yellow Submarine, I am the Walrus, Come together, Obladee Obladaa, so damn many. To be a young person when The Beatles first hit, was amazing. Michael never wrote the kind of music The Beatles wrote. Their songs are still sung. The Beatles are the best band ever!
I was an American teenager living in Scotland when they hit it big in the UK. When we moved back to the States, and before their first introduction to the US, I had all my new friends listening to and loving the albums I brought home with me.
On behalf of my parents (whom we kids drove nuts with playing those singles over and over), I must say: -So it was all your fault! : )
To get a better appreciation of The Beatles, listen to their entire catalog. Then you’ll gain a better appreciation of how they evolved as a band.
I'll bet Big Gabe will know several Beatles songs without knowing it was the Beatles!
While my Guitar Gently Weeps is far from an obscure song. It’s one of their masterpieces
Exactly
I think he meant it wasn’t a hit
Yes, George was one of the greatest song writers of all time, but only 3rd best in The Beatles.
he had Eric Clapton in to play that guitar rift.
“Help” is peppy and high-spirited, but the lyrics are anything but. That’s the genius part.
That's one of the things i always loved about Born in the USA. I love that Bruce disguised progressive, critical commentary against war and the lack of social services in an upbeat-sounding, pro-USA song. t's always funny how right-wingers play that as a flag waver, as though no one has ever listened to the lyrics before.
@@trekkiejunk But it's even funnier that left-wingers think that right-wingers don't know this. 99.9% of songs are left-leaning, so the intelligent half of the population just ignore the childish lyrics and enjoy the music. Lol, a musician singing an anti-war song? Wow, that's only ever been done fifty thousand times before, what a genius.
@@daleviker5884What’s childish about Vietnam veterans suffering from trauma they endured during that war?
8oo million albums and 2.5 billion singles sold since 1962. 20 #1 hit with an additional 13 top 10 hits in a 7 year period between 1964 and 1970.😊😮😊
*it's 27 #1 hits.
You got to play him Yesterday (most covered song in history) & Let it be. Everybody loves them :)
Jackson was a huge Beatles fan, he covered 'come together' and bought the rights to the Beatles catalog. Beatles are the greatest artist of all time because they shat out classic songs and timeless melodies.
Shat? That's the past tense of someone taking a sh....t. You can correct the word by clicking on the three little dots in your post and then hitting the word "edit".
@@marxlover100 It was a light hearted way of saying they produced so many great songs with seemingly little effort, in some ways like taking a dump is little effort.
@@thefowlyetti2 Oh, I thought it was a typo! Not many people use or even know the past tense of that word!
@@marxlover100 You are quite right but it does not need any correction unless it is not understood in the US.
@@thefowlyetti2 unless you're Elvis
I first saw the Beatles at the Cavern club in Liverpool in 1962, just prior to their worldwide fame, fantastic memories. Their music still sounds amazing today!
Wow. That is awesome to hear. Lucky you
My Mum was there too
@@beatlesgirl2782 perhaps she’s the one that refused to dance with me ?😀
@@chrislofotosI would love to hear a followup to this! 😂
@@oliverkalamata2753 I’ve had an inferiority complex ever since😂🤣
They're having fun making this promo video for the song. The Beatles had huge sense of humor.
Not only that, but in the early 1960s, they only used a limited number of cameras that were so big that they had to be mounted on wheels. The performers of the day had to remain in the one spot whilst it was the cameras that moved around them. The Beatles film, A Hard Days Night actually references this. So, even in this The Beatles tried to introduce something different and as the 60s progressed this would be another area in which their screen presence evolved.
The Beatles are not my favorite band of all time but the influence they had-they can not be denied. It definitely started a total revolution of music and they started such a change in music.
To appreciate the Beatles'you need to travel through the year's and understand the significant catalogue of musical genre's they achieved, and their experimental aspects no other band has come near.
I was born around the time that the Beatles got their start so I literally grew up listening to them. I can’t imagine a world without them (just like in the movie Yesterday.) Their music seriously helped me through some family tragedies when I was growing up….especially songs like Hey Jude, Let It Be, and The Long and Winding Road, just to name a few. On the rare instances when I have encountered someone who has never heard of the Beatles, I simply feel pity for them cuz they are missing out, big time. And on the even more rare occasion when I meet someone who doesn’t like the Beatles, well, let’s just say that I immediately know that that person and I will never be friends cuz we clearly perceive the world so differently that the chasm between us is simply too large to cross. Good luck with your channel!
In the autumn of 1969 I was in 7th grade. Waiting in line in the school cafeteria the mood was subdued. Noticed some of he older girls in small groups crying. My friend Cindy rushes in choking out the words "Paul is dead! Paul McCartney is dead!" It was an urban legend that ran rampant among the school girls of my generation. He had supposedly died in 1966 and been replaced by a look-alike to keep Beatlemania going. There were supposed to be clues on some of the songs and on LP covers. My older sister and I went through our albums trying to play songs backwards where the clues were supposed lurk and we scrutinized the cover photo of Abbey Road trying to make sense of it. We agreed it was probably just a rumor - but I had many friend who insisted on it.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is not an obscure Beatles song. And two songs are not enough to judge the Beatles. Both of those songs were from around 1965 and 1966. By 1966 through 1969 they hit their most creative peak. They were incredibly diverse in style. Helter Skelter was the first heavy metal song. They were the beginnings of prog rock. Many genres came from them.
Everyone has a different favorite Beatles song. They put out over 200, in all different styles, and more than 100 of them are some of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Hurts my head that Gabe has heard so little of the Beatles but doesn't surprise me even amongst my peers (I'm 55) when I play all my favourite tracks they love the song but didn't know it was the Beatles, There will never be another band like the Beatles, their influence, creativity, impact not just on the world of music but the world itself there's something for everyone in their back catalogue, Last year I managed to get hold of a programme at auction when they played a concert in 1963 in my hometown (Guildford) and on the same night you could have watched the Rolling Stones playing at a local pub a couple of miles away! Think we need to put Gabe in isolation for a bit so he he can appreciate some of the music we couldn't have lived without! Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Bowie etc etc Cheers Jim, Surrey, UK X
Play him a few more Beatles songs. There is such a variety that he will like some of them.
Yes he might like ARROW THROUGH ME. by Wings in 79. Has a very Stevie Wonder vibe. Is it possible he has never heard of Mr Wonder?
Paul McCartney being in Wings doesn't make it count as a Beatles song.@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815
@@luvmusicutb Technically no it's not a Beatles song but it is a song by a Beatle because once a Beatle, always a Beatle; it's like being in the US Marines. They just needed a few good men. They found four great men.
Btw, there is a new Beatles' song to be released soon due to the miracle of AI. It's gonna be something!
Course you'll probably call it something else.
@@luvmusicutb Getting back to the original point, I bet if he heard I Want You (She's so Heavy) by Lennon from the Abbey Road album, he would "get" the Beatles or maybe Tomorrow Never Knows. Who knows?
@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 since AI is artificial intelligence I’m gonna assume you mean a song put together in a similar way to Free As A Bird and Real Love. If it’s a song that all Beatles have a hand or say in then yes it’s a Beatles song if not it isn’t.
The Beatles changed very very fast these two songs were released barely over a year from each other.
A couple of years ago, I gave a young co-worker a ride home. I had a Beatles CD playing and told him this was old school music. He replied "This is the Beastie Boys isn't it?".
🤣🤣Oh dear, you weren't driving him home to Brooklyn were you and if so did he get any sleep 🤣✌️
Hope you told him to get out & walk and/or punched him?!
😮
Beastie Boys!? They sound absolutely NOTHING like The Beatles. 🤦🏾♀️
He's absolutely right!
In 1966, rumors started that Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash and replaced in the group with a lookalike.
...And replaced with another musical genius!...what's the odds?
@@julianbarber4708 yes, and who could also play left handed, look totally like him, sing like him, plus keeping his entire FAMILY ( and Paul had a very large extended family) friends, business associates, etc QUIET about it? SERIOUSLY??? Plus KEEP it QUIET until TODAY? Get REAL folks, those of you who believe this nonsense.
@@patticrichton1135 The scary part is that half the world bought it!
He's right about the conspiracy. It's about Paul. As mentioned by others, it's supposedly why he's barefoot on the Abbey Road album cover which was the first album after he "died". And if you check the car's license plate it says "28 IF" which is what he would be at the time if he hadn't died. This is the conspiracy, not me 😄. Haven't checked if the numbers adds up though.
The song "a day in the life" is said to be Lennon writing about it.
And, again supposedly, there's some hidden messages on the white album if you play it backwards.
At the end of "Strawberry Fields" when the music is being played backwards (those flute sounds), you hear John allegedly saying "I buried Paul". John denied saying that. He claims he said "Cranberry Sauce".
@@marxlover100 The number on the car doesn't fit and John clearly says Cranberry Sauce. There are isolated vocal versions.
If they replaced the "Original" Paul, it was an upgrade. He kept getting better.
@@marxlover100 It IS 'Cranberry Sauce" if you listen to it closely.
"A Day in the Life" is NOT Lennon writing about it. The lines John wrote were from ACTUAL ARTICLES from the NEWSPAPER. Tara Brown, the heir to the Guinness fortune, who was killed in a car crash, when he didn't observe the traffic light changing and he was also a fried of John's, That is the "he blew his mind out in a car" line. It had nothing to do with trying to give "clues" about Paul being dead. This was ALL started by a college kid in Ann Arbor Michigan back in '69. NONE Of it is TRUE, it's ALL nonsense and the Beatles had better things to do than to think up ways to put "clues" in their music or album covers. They CERTAINLY DIDN'T NEED to do something like that to promote themselves. There records sold JUST FINE without anything dumb like that.
Try listening to "1". It has the 27 #1 hits, in order. Their progression is phenomenal. You can't possibly get their impact with only two songs. Oh, and those 27 were "singles". There are probably another 27 from albums where the songs weren't released as singles; Norwegian Wood for example.
Nick, a few suggestions to show Gabe.
The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965, You might find a complete song, or just the start of the concert with Ed Sullivan introducing them. This was the first major stadium concert, and was the largest concert crowd at the time (~55,000 people).
A Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
Helter Skelter
Also, watch the video for "I Fell Fine" - Geroge Harrison masters lip syncing!
The more I look back on the Beatles the more I appreciate them. Beatles were the first group to write their own music where most artists were backed by songwriting teams and with their sound engineer George Martin developed many recording techniques that shaped the future of music.
They were the first stadium rock band when they performed in the Shea stadium in 1964 and were also fashion icons with their own self styled hair cut and suites a style copied by many bands throughout the 60's. In short no other bunch of musicians has influenced pop culture throughout the years like the Beatles and you can stil here their influence in bands such as Oasis, Tears for fears and many others.
The first Shea Stadium concert was in 1965 on Aug. 15th, they also had one there in 1966, but it was the 1965 concert that was filmed.
Paul was the one that was supposedly killed in a car wreck. They were told they needed a theme song to open the movie "Help" and the next day they had this wrote.
The teachers may not name a fav song, but if you tell them the popular Beatles songs, they will recognize at least a few.
I agree, he should ask them, "CAN YOU NAME A SONG BY THE BEATLES?" When someone asks ME what is my favorite Beatles' song, I tell them it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to do that, I CAN'T pick one, It changes depending on my mood any particular day. I love ALL their "periods" , I just LOVE ALL their music. I have all my original albums that I bought back in the '60s, plus ALL their SOLO albums, which were all on vinyl at the time. When all their albums were released on CD, I bought those too.
@@patticrichton1135 It's had to pick an album never mind a song.
@@patticrichton1135It's also very hard for me to pick my favorite Beatles song. They had so many great songs that I couldn't tell you which one is my favorite. What I can say is that the Beatles have more songs that I like than any other musical artists ever.
The rumor you referred to is “Paul is dead” that PUl had died and was replaced, they would leave clues on their albums. On Sgt. pepper they referred to their new singer, Billy Spears. The next voice was unrecognizable because it was the first song sung by Ringo
Yes biggest band, biggest selling artists of all time
This is almost like watching Abbott and Costello talk about the Beatles lol. "Abbott and Who?" would be the next question from the guy on the right...
The Beatles' massive shot to fame can't be attributed to one song, as different songs of theirs had blown up in different countries, generally several songs at a time. Early songs by The Beatles which had definitely made them international superstars are Love Me Do, P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, their cover of the Top Notes' Twist and Shout, their cover of Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, and their cover of Chuck Berry's Rock and Roll Music. Between 1962 and 1965, there hadn't been an artist who could've touched their shot to being the top band, and they'd become better and better for five years after. I'd hedge Twist and Shout being the most iconic early song by The Beatles, as well as one of the most iconic songs by The Beatles. Once they'd covered it, it had become the most well-known cover of arguably any song in history. Hearing it is what I imagine would make most people aware that they're listening to The Beatles.
If the main aim is to impress with songs by The Beatles, five go-tos which I recommend for reactions are:
The trilogy of Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, and The End
Strawberry Fields Forever
Revolution 1
Something
We Can Work It Out
While My Guitar Gently Weeps isn't an obscure song by The Beatles, to clarify. It's one of the three most popular songs by The Beatles which had been written and sung by George Harrison, and one of its guitar solos had been played by Eric Clapton. Obscure songs are most songs on early albums and soundtracks by The Beatles. Nearly every song from Rubber Soul to Let It Be on a studio album is well-loved and consistently praised.
I look forward to more reactions to The Beatles from you two!!! Please keep it up!!! 😄💙
I get that he was unimpressed with Help, it's a poppy tune. I would've gone to A Day In The Life for the next one just to blow his mind.
Now you've heard the Beatles do Help, I suggest you see what John Farnham did with it with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. A John Lennon approved cover.
To blow his mind? You mean like, "He blew his mind out in a car"? Lol.
I've always liked Elanor Rigby, a very poignant song. We can thank George Martin for all The Beatles' orchestrations. He was the behind the scnes master
Hey guys the Beatles when they came to Australia in 1964 they had 300,000 people crowding the streets in Adelaide which is the capital of South Australia. Just think about 300,000 people! and this was in only their second year as a band. I would love to see any band today have that many people show up in only their second year.
Anyone who hasn't seen the images will be blown away if they search for Beatles in Adelaide. The population of Adelaide at the time was in the 700,000's, so it was nearly half of the entire population who lined the streets from the airport to their hotel to catch a glimpse. There were similar scenes in the other cities in Australia, too.
@@daleviker5884 that's what I'm talking nobody realizes how popular The Beatles until they look at the clips of the crowds around then
Gabe, Eleanor Rigby is supposed to sound like a headmaster! It's about a lonely, and probably old, woman who is remembered by no one after she dies.
It was the "Paul is dead" rumor. And the Beatles met Elvis, literally sitting at his feet until he said, "I thought we were going to play together." And then they jammed.
Play him "Let It Be," "Tomorrow Never Knows," and "Helter Skelter." Show him how much they could do.
The Beatles started in 1958 and continued to 1970. You could name me 100 acts from this past year and I would not recognize 1.
Same with ME, I don't know 95 % of the music acts today. PLUS, when I hear many of these current acts, they just don't cut it.
@@patticrichton1135Mainstream music, for the most part, sucks. If you want to find anything really good you have to dive deep searching for it. Only the most commercial, formulaic music gets mass exposure by music promoters nowadays.
I was in the car with my then 7 year old nephew Josh. I was playing the Beatles “Help” and singing along. When it was over Josh looked up at me and very seriously asked “Hey, so did he get any help?” A new Beatles fan was born.
Anyone who has studied music knows who the Beatles are. They literally were musical geniuses.
People don't understand the incredible journey of music that the Beatles made in less that ten years. They figure these guys must have been around for forty years to create such a list of completely divine songs.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is in Beatles top 10
Years ago, when my daughter was 10 years old, I stopped into a music store and saw that they had the Beatles "Red" album (their hits from 1962-1966), and their "Blue" album (their hits from 1967-1970), on CDs. I bought them took them home, and played them for my daughter. After she heard the songs, she asked me if she could have the CDs. I gave them to her, and went back to the store and bought a second set of them for myself. Seeing my daughter really enjoy their music, really made me happy, because it showed me that their music was timeless. I'm sure that Gabe knows a lot of rap music, or what I call crap music, because it all sounds the same to me. What Gabe doesn't understand was that, back when this music came out, the Beatles type of music was the "IN thing", I mean, that's what was popular back then. If you played rap music back then, no one would have listened to it, so music preferences are a generational thing. In the 50's, there was Doo-Wap music, the 60's and 70's was rock and roll, the late 70's and 80's it was disco, now it's hip-hop and rap. What I have found over the years (I'm 70 years old), is that, all generations like rock and roll music. If a rock and roll song came on the radio today, a young person would move to the beat of the song, even though they probably wouldn't know who the artists were. Rock and roll was considered the devil's music by parents when it came out because it made young people want to get up and dance.
He doesn't get it , he's a lost cause ,give it up .
You ain’t wrong there.
Some people claim that Paul died in the mid to late 60s and that he was replaced by a look-alike.
I’ve never heard that. That’s crazy to me
@@BoringReviews Good Reaction.. That Paul tale was just a load of nonsense. The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
@@BoringReviews It's rubbish, but a funny running gag of the Beatles-legend.
Yeah in a car accident in 1966, so a year after this. It’s so crazy anybody would believe the Paul who took more control of the band as John met Yoko and wrote all his songs on Pepper, MMT, The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road was someone else.
@@BoringReviews l was 13 when this first hit the air that Paul was possibly replaced. There was even a magazine entirely about it that l bought and agonized over. People scrutinized hundreds of clues and are still discussing it online on various channels.
He wasn't impressed, but I think y'all should keep going. There's so much to choose from. I feel pretty confident you'll hook him eventually with one of them.
Beatles are the greatest. Bottom line I can’t listen to reviews from someone who doesn’t get it. Michael Jackson loved the Beatles. He bought their entire catalog.
That was Paul on the cover of Abbey Road walking bare foot but it was all just a myth. Still alive and so underated. So much about John? Without Paul no Beatles. You bettlr believe. Legend. ❤👍🙏
Paul's not underrated. One of the top five most successful musicians/composers of the 20th century. First pop star to become a billionaire.
'Underarted??? Paul was never underated and John has been dead for over 40 years now. It is only fools on social media who forever stoke up the flames in the great Paul vs John debate.
Wow! Really?
Underrated ??? Could you be the reason there are directions on shampoo bottles ? Did your IQ test come back negative ?
The Beatles pioneered the music video. As they could no longer tour as a group, they had to find a way for their fans to see them. They created these film shorts to accompany their music.
The Beatles were, are and will be The GOATS .....because you can name 10 favorite songs from them today....and then next month, name a different 10 favorite songs.....and then repeat the process...and still be correct with your choices each time.
NO other artist, not even the great Michael Jackson, had such a multitude of high quality songs.
There are other names which are worth mentioning:
Rolling Stones
David Bowie
Elton John
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Aerosmith
Queen
Judas Priest
AC/DC
Iron Maiden
Prince
Metallica
Megadeth
Faith No More
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Green Day
blink-182
Foo Fighters
Avenged Sevenfold
@@chrismeadows4216 You missed a few my friend, think the Who, Kinks, Hollies, Moody Blues, King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, The Doors! I could go on Chrismeadows4216, but you get the point. Lennon & McCartney wrote The Stones first charting hit and gave it to them to record. Others including the Beatles also recorded "I Wanna Be Your Man". The Beatles considered the tune a throw away. The song convinced "The Glimmer Twins", (Keith & Mick), they could also write their own songs & music. I'd say they've proved their point over the last 55 years or so! Long Live Keith!
The Amelas One
@@davidjennings1771, I agree with the first six artists, though there's limited range of the rest, as awesome as songs are. I understand why songs of theirs which aren't general favorites aren't general favorites, whereas with the first six artists, it feels slighting if they aren't recognized for nearly every song which they've ever released. They're beyond being influential. All of their music is high quality, recognizable, and captures excellent dynamics. It's easy for nearly all of their songs to be general favorites, should they be experienced.
The guy in the black cap.
I can see the eyes lights up,
but no one is home???
He might be thinking of Stuart Sutcliffe, the fifth Beatle who was in the band's early years but then left the group in July 1961. He died of a brain hemorrhage in April 1962.
No, he's clearly thinking of the Paul Is Dead conspiracy theory.
No he's thinking of the prank they played by saying that Paul McCartney died in a car crash and they replaced him with Billy Shears. Wasn't true but there are those conspiracy theorists that believe it. They also think Elvis is still alive and living in Michigan. Under an assumed name. Not true either!
that was pete best their first drummer.. stuart was their first manager
A little trivia: McCartney once stated that the chopping cello sound and beat used in Eleanor Rigby was inspired by the Main Title theme from Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) composed by Bernard Herrmann.
Not even close to beihg true..
Your stuttering mate needs help
@@paulgallacher5384I also heard that it was.
It is influence that is measured here and the staying power of that. How many bands/musicians/performers name Michael Jackson as their prime influence. Personally, I don't hang in pop circles, so I can't speak for MJ's influence there, but I guaranty that there are not many full bands that would say MJ inspired them to make music, yet you can go to any genre (Black Sabbath, REM, Dolly Parton, David Bowie, Kiss, Nirvana, Byrds, Beach Boys, Micheal Jackson, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, etc.) and have the bandmates speak about how the Beatles influenced them to make music. That is the real litmus test for the legendary status of the Beatles, not to mention each of their individual influence as solo performers after they broke up in 1970. For a band that released albums from 1963 to 1970 (8 years) they have been the touchstone in most genres since, and probably for the rest of rock and roll history. MJ just does not, and will not ever, come close to that.
I shared your incredulity. I despair, I really do .... sighs ...
The Beatles outsold, both in Albums and Singles,the next TWO Worldwide Acts COMBINED(Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley). They performed 230 TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY different songs. between 1962-70. These 2 songs were only ONE YEAR apart(1965-1966). Before The Beatles, just solo Artists and they not only changed the face of music, worldwide but CHANGED THE WORLD. First Band to have ALL THE TOP 5 in THe USA Charts and 14 in THe Top 100 at the same time. The first band to play outdoors(55,000@ Shea Stadium) In Adelaide, Australia 500,000 greeted them from the Airport to their hotel. WORLD RECORD for over 3,000 other Artists recording "Yesterday". I could go on...lol
The Beatles were the most influential band ever and the most diverse band ever . It's not even close. They were pioneering with every new album . As far as what was their big hit that made them famous . That's funny to a Beatles fan that saw it at the time.. It wasn't 1 or 2 or even 3 hit that made them famous . It was an avalanche of hit songs .They held the top 5 pop hits at one time and had 14 songs on the U.S. pop chart..They were competing with themselves. This is when you needed to buy a physical record not just down load a song for pennies. They were the first non American band to break into the U.S.and in their first 3 years had 8 number one albums ,countless hit , made 2 movies , had a Beatles cartoon show. on T.V. and toured around the world, where there was Beatle's Mania everywhere . The Screaming was so loud that they couldn't hear themselves. It was so insane that they stop touring and just did studio songs. .
The Beatles also WROTE their own songs. Their creativity sets them apart.
Some of their earlier songs were covers.
@@wallacecallow2255 Until the Beatles came along, songwriting and performing were seen as two different skills. The big studios employed songwriters, and they matched recording artists with songs that the studios thought would suit them. The idea that the performers would write their own songs was frowned upon, and big artists were only allowed to play one or two of their own songs on an album as a way of keeping them happy. The Beatles began by doing covers of other songs, like every band of that era. The first two albums were a mix of their own material and covers, but their own material was the stuff that captured the imagination of fans. Their third album, A Hard Day's Night, was the first mainstream album ever to feature 100% their own songs. People today don't think twice about artists writing all their own material, but it was just another of the many things that were pioneered by the Beatles.
And they played their instruments while singing those songs. Today, a singer may hold a guitar and strum it a little while they lipsynch.
@@daleviker5884Don’t forget that both Chuck Berry and Little Richard wrote their own music in the 1950’s but you are correct about most performers in the early 1960’s.
@@rogervondrasek5677And use pitch correction and auto tune. Often the audience is not aware of the difference. They think that they are listening to the actual voices of the people on stage.
Paul McCartney was the Deadman. Sergeant Pepper's cover is the funeral scene, Abbey road cover is the trip back from the graveyard to the studio to begin recording again. The first song is called come together It's about Paul's resurrection.
Life's easy when you know nothing.
ONE of my favorite songs is "In My Life". I first heard the Beatles when I was 6 (1965) years old. I instantly fell in love! I even had the Beatles lunchbox. I still love them.
Michael Jackson as big as the Beatles? 😂😂😂
There’s a road crossing in London that attracts more tourists than 90% of American cities because the Beatles once walked across it.
Americans don’t get it.
In fairness, Thriller has sold nearly twice as many copies as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the best-selling album by The Beatles, and it's the best-selling album of all time.
@@chrismeadows4216 In the interests of complete fairness though, comparing the album sales of Thriller with Sgt Peppers is comparing apples with concrete. The 1960s and 1980s were worlds apart economically and technically. When "Beatlemania" was at its peak from 1963-65, the average person could not afford albums, and it was only about singles. Throughout the Beatles career their most popular songs weren't on the albums. They sold more than 1.6 billion singles, which was dominance like never seen before or since. Without acknowledging that, saying that Sgt Peppers (with no singles on it) "only" sold 35m copies compared with 70m for Thriller (which had three of MJ's most famous singles on it, Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller) is a meaningless comparison.
It was the Beatles popularity that actually changed the way music was sold. Their 5th and 6th albums, Rubber Soul and Revolver, were the first albums to become mass market purchases (10m+ copies), simply because they were so good that people saved to buy them. When Sgt Peppers then sold the numbers it did (30m+), it was extraordinary for that era. Most people who bought Sgt Peppers were buying an album for the first time in their life. As a result of the Beatles success, studios and artists saw the commercial potential of albums, and they began their rise as the dominant format in place of singles, which eventually disappeared.
And in the Beatles era understand that it was vinyl records and nothing else. Recorded music sales overall really only took off in the 1970s when cassettes became affordable, because for the first time people could take music out of the house, and even into their cars. Then in the early 1980s came CDs, which made music even more portable, and coincided with the launch of MTV. Michael Jackson was talented, and Thriller was a great album, but he was in the right place at the right time, with the videos being perfect for the start of the MTV era.
@@daleviker5884, your points are well-reasoned, though it needs to be considered that once CDs had become accessible and affordable to everyone, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Thriller had both been available on equal footing in an age of the world having a much larger population, and as newer generations have been able to trace classic albums back and buy them, Michael Jackson's Thriller sales have been exponentially more notable, likely more due to his death and public circumstances than due to it being more recently released than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Forty years is a very long time ago, not much more than toward sixty years ago. The Beatles hadn't had much competition in their era, even of Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones. Michael Jackson had competition of David Bowie, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Queen, U2, Madonna, Prince, Phil Collins, and Janet Jackson, and had crushed everyone with Thriller. Thriller has everything on it which is essential listening in pop, r&b, soul, funk, and hard rock, including Paul McCartney. It isn't the greatest fairness that album sales aren't closer, but it's Thriller.
@@chrismeadows4216 No one is arguing that Thriller wasn't a good album, but some of your points are really stretching it a bit. You say that The Beatles had no competition other than Elvis and The Stones, which conveniently omits - just in the year of Sgt Peppers alone - Hendrix, the Who, Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Cream, the Supremes, Jefferson Airplane, the Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, and countless others. It was actually a far more competitive era than the early 1980s. And you can't refute the point I made about singles being the popular form of record sale in the 1960s as compared with albums. The Beatles top 20 hits weren't even on their albums, they were only released as singles, and if you look at the total sales of everything, the Beatles sold more than 2 BILLION records of all types, way out in front of anyone else. The other thing I charitably didn't point out is that while Sgt Peppers was the Beatles top selling album, it wasn't that far in front of Revolver, Rubber Soul, the White Album and Abbey Road. If you look at any critical or fan list, you will find widespread differences of opinion on what the Beatles best album was (let alone the singles). MJ was more than a one-hit wonder, obviously, but he sure didn't have five or six other albums of similar stature to Thriller. You're comparing an artist who had a great career, with one standout album, to a band that revolutionized music, changed the way it was consumed, and defined a generation.
The guy that died was supposed to be Paul in ‘66. Geez guys…😜
Jackson bigger star. Beatles so much better musically. They literally changed music. Their early work to later work journey is incredible.
Jackson a bigger star? Study some history. Then check the list of best selling musicians. The Beatles were bigger in 7 years than Jackson was in 40.
As someone who hails from Liverpool, it gives me a great sense of pride that I am from the same city as the most well know band that has ever existed.
Songs for Gabe:
Penny Lane
Come Together
Here Comes the Sun
Twist and Shout
She Loves You
A Hard Days Night
Paperback Writer
Hey Jude
Ticket to Ride
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
And the list could easily go on further.
Also, ringo is a knob head of the highest order and the song Yellow Submarine is awful.
The Beatles made the videos, in England, for The Ed Sullivan Show. that was a new idea
No, those videos were made for the UK and Europe, we never SAW them here, except when they showed up on bootleg video tapes, that were not great quality. The only videos that were shown on the Ed Sullivan show was for "RAIN" and "PAPERBACK WRITER" but not the earlier videos like "HELP!" Before "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" they appeared live on The Ed Sullivan Show Stage, last time was in September 1965
Just to set the facts straight, the Beatles did not have hits off of every single album. With the exception of some a few instances, most of their hits were released as singles and those hits were not typically included on their albums. That's how good they were. That fact alone is an important distinction between them and the rest of their competition. The Beatles did not build an album around their hits like most other artists were accustomed to doing at the time. It may interest you to know that their first seven LPs were issued between March '63 and August '66, which equates to an album every six months and none of them were duds. That's how good they were.
Another fact worth noting: more LPs were released in the US in contrast to what was released in the UK. This was due to scrupulous record executives at Capitol Records who manipulated record sales in the US market to achieve greater profits. It was all the same material, except the music was packaged differently by eliminating fewer songs per album. The UK market saw 12 studio LPs released with 7 of them reaching #1 in the UK charts. Fans in the US were presented with a total of 17 LPs in which 14 earned the #1 spot in the charts.
I think the reason that Gabe does not 'get it', is because he is unable to see the forest from the trees. Evidently, he cannot grasp the enormity of their artistic influence or the revolutionary changes made in the music industry at just about every level. From having complete artistic control of their material, to supervising the design of their album covers (a decision previously allotted to record executives), to enjoying unrestricted studio time, to the continuous progression of their compositions with each successive LP, to name a few. What Gabe apparently fails to understand is the degree in which the Beatles changed, both in artistic style and musical innovation, in only 6-1/2 years as recording artists. Nobody, not even Michael Jackson, has ever progressed that rapidly in the same amount of time.
Lastly, you selected one of the worst music videos the Beatles ever participated in, IMO. The live version of Help (Blackpool Night Out, August 1965) would've been a far better choice. Still enjoyed your double Beatles reaction. May I suggest another double-header? Consider Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. These two videos represent the leap the Beatles made in terms of music and physical appearance, from being a boy band (I used that label with extreme reluctance) to being grown men. Both are excellent videos.
Gabe doesn’t get the Beatles…..just leave it at that🤓
Paul was rumored to have died in a car crash , which would have ended the band . Supposedly the British government panicked at the idea of losing the money that the Beatles generated in taxes . And they came up with a Paul impersonator to replace him . In the song “ A Day In a Life “ they tell the story of a car crash & at the end of Strawberry Fields you’ll hear what many believed to be “ I buried Paul “ there’s more to it & you can read it on the internet .
The book, "The Memoirs of Billy Shears", I've heard explains a lot, although l haven't read it yet.
Wow, you need to educate your mate on music.
How good were they? After the band broke up all four of them went on to have successful solo recording careers. This song was written by John who was really reaching out for HELP! he was having a difficult time with the level of fame they had achieved, loss of privacy, everyone wanting something from them.
According to the conspiracy theorists it was Paul that died and it was covered up and he was replaced with a lookalike somehow, then they point to the iconic abby road cover where Paul is bare footed as some sort of secret message.
Yes, there was a disc jockey from Detroit that started the "Paul is Dead" conspiracy....anyone can type in that in TH-cam and the videos will bring you through the clues that supposedly the Beatles left in songs and album art to back this up. Hilarious.
There was also the cover of Sgt Peppers.
@@wpollock1 It was a rumour in London, briefly, and then it crossed the Atlantic and was presented as a joke, with all the 'clues', etc. Of course, some people took it seriously and once someone gets hooked on a conspiracy theory, it's very hard to unhook them. There are still people lurking on YT etc touting all sorts or flimsy and increasingly absurd 'proofs'... Not hard to dismantle if you have the time and energy. But what's the point? Believers want to believe and don't care about logic and facts.
This video is pure fun in its simplicity! They were charming lads and it makes me smile to watch them!
PS How can you not love this song?!
try him on Long and winding road, and dont let me down
I’m a little mad that there’s someone who either doesn’t know or doesn’t appreciate the greatest band of all time. (Second best - Queen)
Show him more range
Oh darling
Octopus’s garden
Let it be
Hey Jude
Get back
Day tripper
Twist and shout
Here comes the sun
Man just make him listen to them all. There’s almost no point making a list.
Anybody over the age of twenty who says they have never heard The Beatles, unless they have spent the vast majority of those years living under a rock I can guarantee they will have done, they just don't realize it yet.
Eleanor Rigby was a real person , she was a lonely old neighbour of Paul McCartney's who lived on her own & Paul would run errands for her to get her shopping etc and sit and chat with her to give her some company . when she died she had no family who attended her funeral .
Her’s was a name on a gravestone in a local cemetery. She was long dead by the time of the Beatles.
@@MrPercy112 , Yes she died before the beatles were formed , Paul knew her when he was a boy & he told the story and the inspiration to the song in a interview in 2021 to the New Yorker .
Sorry, but Eleanor Rigby dies in 1938, aged fourteen. She is buried in Wooton (?) cemetery, Liverpool. Poetic licence - McCartney transposed the name, and sentiment, between two different people. McCartney is on record, stating both origins.
@@stephenroberts7593 Thanks for that most insightful and informative comment.
@@Isleofskye sorry . why have you brought me into this conversation ?
How can anyone go through life without the Beatles music to enhance their life, is beyond me. Most influential group in the universe! You guys gotta get out more! 😮
They were so underrated
For a beginner to 'get it', you might start with "Here Comes The Sun", "Come Together", "Nowhere Man", "Let it Be", "And I Love Her", "If I Fell" or "Ticket To Ride".
The Beatle invented genres! Micheal Jackson didn’t!
It could be argued that New Jack Swing exists because of Michael, but that's it.
They started the rumor that Paul was dead ,on the song Strawberry Fields Forever you listen very closely at the end John Lennon says I buried Paul
Wait,...you're lecturing HIM on knowing the Beatles and you didn't even know about the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory?...SMH
I would have not known the Beatles, or cared, if my older sister had not bought the red album and blue album and had them in the house. I ‘ discovered’ them at the age 16 in 1977. The Beatles were already over. But , man, I LOVED the music. None of my classmates were listening to them. But the Beatles became one of the most influential things in my life. I cannot imagine life without them. The movie “Yesterday” made so much sense to me.
I don't know if 'She Loves You' was literally the Beatles' first big hit, but it was certainly one of their biggest for a long time. The 'yeah, yeah, yeah' from the chorus was so stereotypically associated with them that in at least one European country, I believe, they were almost better known as the 'Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs', and I've seen comic book appearances they made at the time that feature them just randomly saying 'Yeah!' when they're not saying anything else. So in terms of an early 'defining' song for the Beatles, that's a pretty good candidate - later, maybe 'Hey Jude'.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the first Beatle song to hit America. It was backed with the excellent "I Saw Her Standing There", which only whetted the appetites of American listeners for more Beatles songs. The second blockbuster released in the U.S. was "She Loves You" backed with "I'll Get You". But the Beatles had earlier hit songs in England, such as "P.S. I Love You" and "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me". These songs made their way over to America very shortly after "She Loves You." In a flash, the U.S. was flooded with Beatle music.
@@marxlover100 All right, so not the very first one. But still one of their most iconic, I'd say, at least from the early period.
Actually "PLEASE PLEASE ME" was their FIRST NUMBER ONE song in the U.K. and Europe. and was only their SECOND single. "LOVE ME DO" was their FIRST single in the charts in the UK and it made it to number 17. This was in 1963 for both. In the U.S. "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND b/w "I SAW HER STANDING THERE" was their FIRST number 1. It was released in the U.S. the day after Christmas in 1963, that was when I first heard it on the radio, I was 16.
@@patticrichton1135 IIRC Love me Do hit #17 in Oct 1962. I have a copy of the original pressing.
Did you know that someone at Decca records rejected the beatles saying they will never amount to anything.
It was the Paul Is Dead rumors that came out in 1969-the story is Paul allegedly died in a car crash in 1966-if you look at the album covers-particularly Abby Road and Sgt.pepper there are clues to his "death" On Sgt. Pepper there is the red the guitar on the grave in which the flowers spell out "Paul?" On Abby Road where they are crossing the street-John is dressed as a minister-George as a gravedigger , Ringo as a pallbearer and Paul who is barefoot like a corpse as dead people don't wear shoes-he is out of step with the others and is having a last "cigarette." Also the volkswagon in the back has a licence plate of 28IF-which would have been his age if alive. The hoax was even perpetrated by the Beatles as a passage of gibberish on the White album one can hear "Paul is dead miss him miss him. Revolution 9 on the album where it starts off with the engineer repeating the phrase number 9-played backwards sounds like "turn me on dead man". The cut Revelation 9 played backwards one can hear a car crash, a person gasping for air before fire sounds. Also on the album, the song glass onion has a lyric that says "here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul." In some Scandanavian countries, the walrus was considered to be a death symbol. Just a few of the many clues which date from 1966 (Yesterday & Today" cover Paul is in a trunk) to their breakup in 1969. Have the Yankee dude listen to Tomorrow Never Know,Strawberry fields Forever, Penny Lane, Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds, A Day In The Life then the single version of Revolution-he'll change his tune. At this point the dude doesn't get it because he's never lived through the times. Michael Jackson was one dimensional one sound-doesn't even measure up to Ringo-his music knowledge is extremely limited but at least he's branching out-his mind just needs to be more open-showing him the Beatles in concert from their early years and their Shea Stadium concert where the girls are feinting might waken him up.
Help!, from the album and movie of the same name, was recorded in April/May 1965.
Eleanor Rigby was recorded for the album Revolver in April-June 1966.
There was another album between those two, Rubber Soul.
Omg, Gabe must of lived under a rock , first LZ and now the Beatles, whilst thinking Nirvana are huge 🙈🤣...definitely think his school is poor on education, but he is a lovely guy, bit of a Ronaldinio ...bless him 😂