The strange thing about the song is: Paul McCartney and the girl coincidentally met a few years before he saw the article and decided to write a song about it. He didn't realise he met her at a dancing contest where he appeared as a judge and the girl won the contest, getting the prize from McCartney himself, until years later he found out it was the same girl from the song. The girl's name was Melanie Coe. Look it up.
Yes, I read about Paul saw story that was in the paper decided to write a song. But thank you adding more to the story. Didn't know about that. So awesome. Everything they did was amazing.
Yes! What an odd occurrence, I found out about that last year after all these decades. Like taking a photo with people in the background passing by, and years later one of those persons in the photo you meet, and becomes your spouse. Weird!
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Yes he was and yes he did. The contest is on TH-cam. McCartney picked her as the winner and she was the girl in the paper who ran away about which he wrote this song.
Lennon's bye buy by bye buy bye by is triple meaning perfection about the nature of parental love. If your child doesn't leave you've failed, doesn't mean it doesn't break your heart.
Delivered in 1967, this was a year when soooo many teenagers and boomers were coming of age, and most of them had these thoughts: "I just want to have fun, be free" and constantly heard replies "How can you be so thoughtless? We've given you everything! Why are you doing this TO ME?" And the hippie moviement of teens and young 20-somethings were all nodding their head. "Exactly." And fittingly, a couple of decades later, they were saying singing chorus-background pleas.
Always love your genuine reactions. The Beatles were such prolific songwriters and wrote such beautiful arrangements of instruments and voices. One of a kind talents for real 👍💕
The woman who played the harp was a professional well known harpist. She said she didn't know what Paul was trying to achieve musically and did her best. Only after the record was released she said "I can see now what he was trying to get me to achieve. He must have had it in his head what the sound should be."
In the story, it was a just a shame that the family had to break up like that - but the daughter had to do it, and the parents had to suffer - a maladjusted family dynamic, an only child, duty and obligation and poorly-expressed love - a cautionary tale, in the end
There’s a recent interview with the harpist that did the harp at the beginning of the song and she was just called in she didn’t even know until the last minute she was playing for the Beatles and doing a Beatles song and she just had a short session Paul McCartney told her what to do and then she left and that harp sound at the beginning is an iconic sound
You should do the Abbey Road Medley. It's musical GENIUS. "You Never Give Me Your Money" "Sun King," "Mean Mr. Mustard "Polythene Pam" "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" "Golden Slumbers" "Carry That Weight" and "The End." There is even a hidden track "Her Majesty" after a bit of silence at the end.
The full story is the girl was underage and ran away to be w an older man. That's why her parents were upset. This was a true story Paul saw in the newspaper and wrote a song about it. (The girl returned home safe a few months later)
The times were different. A lot of older people still expected the children to look after them and the business. But the world was changing and people were thinking for themselves. She wanted to get out in the world and be her own person. Bands like the beatles released folk from the clutches of parents who weren't being horrible, they just never knew any different.
I agree that she really did nothing "wrong", by leaving. As you said, she needed to get out to become herself. There is one thing in how she handled her leaving though, that might 'seem' selfish to her parents.... being as their family relationships seem a little dysfunctional.... maybe she could have left while they were there to say their goodbyes. Then again, maybe this was the best way. The parents may well have made a big deal of it and made it harder for all of them, had she not simply left unannounced.
Do you know when this album came out just before I graduate high school it expanded all of our minds as far as the musical genres go because we’re kind of just stuck in the car the hard rock ‘n’ roll or the iron butterfly heavy metal crap but this music expand their minds in a different directions because I used all kinds of different techniques and expanded our musical taste
Man, you is on a Beatles Binge! HAHAHAHA. She's Leaving Home, from the famous groundbreaking Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, released in June 1967: About the saddest song they did, even more than Yesterday. This song is so poignant about relationships between parents and child, and having to let the child go, leave the nest, find themselves, make their own mistakes to grow. Also about how the parents seemingly provided for, but did not show love and affection [how dumb can you be...they are your child, not a domestic employee]. Yes, as a father I cried in private when both my children at separate times moved out of the house. They .were ready, but I wasn't...I was gonna miss seeing them every day. That's "poignant," not "pregnant" for crying out loud...
The parents worked hard all their lives, didn't think of themselves, gave her everything they could. She wanted to have more fun, walked out while they were asleep and left an insufficient note behind. That was a selfish, cowardly way to treat her parents. Yes, it would not have been easy to sit down and tell them, but she owed them that much. Whenever people remark on this song, if they are young, they see it from the daughters perspective. I did. When they are older and have older children, they see it from the parents perspective. I do.
You have to remember that it was a different era. There was a large number of people who were taught that there was only one right path. If you were in your late teens almost all your choices were made for you. If you think we haven’t come that far in the last fifty years you’d be really wrong. All the cultural norms, like if you were a woman in a small town and got a divorce you would probably have to move out of town to avoid the stigma. Not everything about the good ole days were good. Still better than today though.
Let me start by saying I'm a big Beatles fan & as a rule I prefer the original song performed by the original artist but occasionally I will come across a cover version that I can appreciate as much if not better than the original. I found one here. th-cam.com/video/3Arbcgt2Klc/w-d-xo.html This cover is by another musical genius, Stevie Wonder. Credited to his first wife Syreeta it was Stevie who produced her 1st album. He had just discovered the synth and he was about to bust out with his run of record breaking, history making albums of the 70's. I thought you might enjoy this version as well. Keep up the good videos I really like your reactions.
She didn’t do anything wrong, but her parents in some ways will always see her as their little girl. Maybe she left secretly to avoid all the guilt causing remarks by the parents.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be independent and to be by yourself. But don't you think her parents deserved more of an explanation than only a letter left on the kitchen table, to explain why she was leaving home. After all they did sacrifice their lives for their daughter.
The strange thing about the song is: Paul McCartney and the girl coincidentally met a few years before he saw the article and decided to write a song about it. He didn't realise he met her at a dancing contest where he appeared as a judge and the girl won the contest, getting the prize from McCartney himself, until years later he found out it was the same girl from the song. The girl's name was Melanie Coe. Look it up.
Yes, I read about Paul saw story that was in the paper decided to write a song. But thank you adding more to the story. Didn't know about that. So awesome. Everything they did was amazing.
Yes! What an odd occurrence, I found out about that last year after all these decades. Like taking a photo with people in the background passing by, and years later one of those persons in the photo you meet, and becomes your spouse. Weird!
Paul was never a judge at a dancing contest. He never knew the girl.
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 It wasn't a dancing contest, it was a lip sync contest. There is a video of this incident on TH-cam.
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Yes he was and yes he did. The contest is on TH-cam. McCartney picked her as the winner and she was the girl in the paper who ran away about which he wrote this song.
My daughter started college this year and I thought of this song a lot when she was getting ready to go. Made me very emotional.
The lyrics + the strings….an under appreciated Beatles song!
"They dominate every song they do" - perfect!
and every chart they were on back in the day!
Must admit, that's a good quote. :)
Lennon's bye buy by bye buy bye by is triple meaning perfection about the nature of parental love. If your child doesn't leave you've failed, doesn't mean it doesn't break your heart.
Lennon only says Bye.
Something I always remarked upon, myself, daryoushhaj. The homophonic use of buy, bye, by is superb.
Thankyou for all these Beatles reactions, love them so much.
Gives me goosebumps, every time listening to this song. ❤️❤️
Lennons background is heartbreaking
Another great Beatles reaction. 👏
I remember listening to this song as a young person and had one interpretation. Now as a grandparent I hear it so differently. Don't we all??
Such a beautiful and sad song
I love your deep dive into the Beatles! Keep it up. Love your insights 🌺✌️
Delivered in 1967, this was a year when soooo many teenagers and boomers were coming of age, and most of them had these thoughts: "I just want to have fun, be free" and constantly heard replies "How can you be so thoughtless? We've given you everything! Why are you doing this TO ME?" And the hippie moviement of teens and young 20-somethings were all nodding their head. "Exactly." And fittingly, a couple of decades later, they were saying singing chorus-background pleas.
Always love your genuine reactions. The Beatles were such prolific songwriters and wrote such beautiful arrangements of instruments and voices. One of a kind talents for real 👍💕
I teared up immediately...😢
Incredible. What storytelling.
you got this song spot on!
Great Track
You nail the Beatles all the time!and I believe it's based on a true story.
"There's no such thing as a bad Beatles song." Truth.
I mean there is revolution 9.
🥰 Amazing, truly masterpiece.
The woman who played the harp was a professional well known harpist. She said she didn't know what Paul was trying to achieve musically and did her best. Only after the record was released she said "I can see now what he was trying to get me to achieve. He must have had it in his head what the sound should be."
There is a WONDERFUL interview with her on YT.
@@loosilu And she meets Ringo after decades, and he was thrilled to meet the lady who played the harp on that.
@@thomastimlin1724 I loved that!!!!
In the story, it was a just a shame that the family had to break up like that - but the daughter had to do it, and the parents had to suffer - a maladjusted family dynamic, an only child, duty and obligation and poorly-expressed love - a cautionary tale, in the end
There’s a recent interview with the harpist that did the harp at the beginning of the song and she was just called in she didn’t even know until the last minute she was playing for the Beatles and doing a Beatles song and she just had a short session Paul McCartney told her what to do and then she left and that harp sound at the beginning is an iconic sound
The harp is playing the whole song, not just in the beginning, i agree its great though.
@@Stefan- Yes and the interview with her is very revealing and very interesting
You should do the Abbey Road Medley. It's musical GENIUS.
"You Never Give Me Your Money" "Sun King," "Mean Mr. Mustard "Polythene Pam" "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" "Golden Slumbers" "Carry That Weight" and "The End." There is even a hidden track "Her Majesty" after a bit of silence at the end.
@@loosilu Yeah. I still want to see The Medley too. Hardly any reactors have done it.
You nailed it.
I agree
The full story is the girl was underage and ran away to be w an older man. That's why her parents were upset. This was a true story Paul saw in the newspaper and wrote a song about it. (The girl returned home safe a few months later)
I missed you! So glad the algorithms decided to put you in my suggestions again!
It's a reaction all parents go through. It doesn't last.
Fun is the one thing that money cant buy! bye bye!!
The times were different. A lot of older people still expected the children to look after them and the business. But the world was changing and people were thinking for themselves. She wanted to get out in the world and be her own person. Bands like the beatles released folk from the clutches of parents who weren't being horrible, they just never knew any different.
This and Eleanor Rigby are the only Beatles songs that none of the Beatles play any instruments on
Within You Without You, The Inner Light and Yesterday are others.
@garylee3685 Harrison plays on 'Within You' & McCartney plays acoustic guitar on Yesterday.
That's Rigby...oops...
I agree that she really did nothing "wrong", by leaving. As you said, she needed to get out to become herself. There is one thing in how she handled her leaving though, that might 'seem' selfish to her parents.... being as their family relationships seem a little dysfunctional.... maybe she could have left while they were there to say their goodbyes. Then again, maybe this was the best way. The parents may well have made a big deal of it and made it harder for all of them, had she not simply left unannounced.
@@loosilu Nailed it, HAHAHAHA.
Do you know when this album came out just before I graduate high school it expanded all of our minds as far as the musical genres go because we’re kind of just stuck in the car the hard rock ‘n’ roll or the iron butterfly heavy metal crap but this music expand their minds in a different directions because I used all kinds of different techniques and expanded our musical taste
dressing gowns and bathrobes are both a thing here in the UK.
I always liked how the girl wished her goodbye note said more. That says that she did care about her parents, but hey gotta go.
Man, you is on a Beatles Binge! HAHAHAHA. She's Leaving Home, from the famous groundbreaking Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, released in June 1967: About the saddest song they did, even more than Yesterday. This song is so poignant about relationships between parents and child, and having to let the child go, leave the nest, find themselves, make their own mistakes to grow. Also about how the parents seemingly provided for, but did not show love and affection [how dumb can you be...they are your child, not a domestic employee]. Yes, as a father I cried in private when both my children at separate times moved out of the house. They .were ready, but I wasn't...I was gonna miss seeing them every day. That's "poignant," not "pregnant" for crying out loud...
I always wonder how old "she" was because that would make a big difference.
Based on an actual story the Beatles knew about
The parents worked hard all their lives, didn't think of themselves, gave her everything they could. She wanted to have more fun, walked out while they were asleep and left an insufficient note behind. That was a selfish, cowardly way to treat her parents. Yes, it would not have been easy to sit down and tell them, but she owed them that much. Whenever people remark on this song, if they are young, they see it from the daughters perspective. I did. When they are older and have older children, they see it from the parents perspective. I do.
McCartney is 24 when he wrote this ...think ...what 24 year old could think this
This is sped up a little bit, so it also is at a higher pitch than the original.
You have to remember that it was a different era. There was a large number of people who were taught that there was only one right path. If you were in your late teens almost all your choices were made for you. If you think we haven’t come that far in the last fifty years you’d be really wrong. All the cultural norms, like if you were a woman in a small town and got a divorce you would probably have to move out of town to avoid the stigma. Not everything about the good ole days were good. Still better than today though.
JAYY, you need to listen to the entire “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, it will blow your mind.
Very few reactors understand why she left
you saw it from the child's point of view....completely miss the parent's angst.
Yeah, its clearly about both sides which is also a part of what makes it so great.
There's a lovely interview with the lady who played the harp in that masterpiece. th-cam.com/video/vhC4imHiJUM/w-d-xo.html
One I'm only 2 songs that a beatle never played an instrument on the other being Eleanor Rigby
They gave her material things but not themselves
The parents gave her everything that money could buy...but they failed to LOVE her. 😒😒
Let me start by saying I'm a big Beatles fan & as a rule I prefer the original song performed by the original artist but occasionally I will come across a cover version that I can appreciate as much if not better than the original. I found one here. th-cam.com/video/3Arbcgt2Klc/w-d-xo.html This cover is by another musical genius, Stevie Wonder. Credited to his first wife Syreeta it was Stevie who produced her 1st album. He had just discovered the synth and he was about to bust out with his run of record breaking, history making albums of the 70's. I thought you might enjoy this version as well. Keep up the good videos I really like your reactions.
She didn’t do anything wrong, but her parents in some ways will always see her as their little girl. Maybe she left secretly to avoid all the guilt causing remarks by the parents.
I expected more sympathy for mummy and daddy .
Love the headphones girl ❤️
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be independent and to be by yourself. But don't you think her parents deserved more of an explanation than only a letter left on the kitchen table, to explain why she was leaving home. After all they did sacrifice their lives for their daughter.
This is the only Beatles song which none of them play any instruments
I think you are wrong, what about Eleanor Rigby ?
At least let the sung line finish. That's like putting a period in the middle of the sentence.
Relisten the lyrics without talking