How The Beatles Made "No Reply" | The Beatles for Sale Sessions
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- Everything you need to know about The Beatles' "No Reply." |
In May 1964, John and his wife, Cynthia, traveled to Tahiti for a month-long holiday with George and his new girlfriend, Pattie Boyd. John used this time-off from their hectic Beatles schedule to write a few new songs, like "Any Time at All," "When I Get Home," and "No Reply."
🗣️ "That’s my song," John said. "Dick James, the publisher, said, ‘That’s the first complete song you’ve written where it resolves itself’. It was my version of ‘Silhouettes’: I had that image of walking down the street and seeing her silhouetted in the window and not answering the phone, although I never called a girl on the phone in my life. Because phones weren’t part of the English child’s life."
Chosen as a downbeat opener for the album, "No Reply" is one of John's most affecting songs of this period, its lyric matching the sad succinctness of its melody. Almost nothing is said, the story is complete, and the sighing added ninth of the final C major is accepting of the bad news: there's no reply and never will be.
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No Reply is top ten Beatles for me. I've always loved it.
They have just got so many great songs that there's barely any need to make a top 10. Top 50 maybe, and then the top 10 would all be fighting for 1st place lol. John hits that same beatiful power in songs that are sometimes maybe overlooked. Baby it's you, this boy, Help (I always overlook their most commercial, singles), It's only love (briefly but beatiful song), I'm so tired, I'm so tired, Don't let me down. I will refrain from naming another 20 😂
I can't put a number on the song but it's definitely way up there as one of my favorites. Beatles songs to me are like sub-atomic particles. They pop in and out of existence as my favorites, although, No Reply is one of the more stable particles. The hook in the song always grabs me.
I adore "No Reply". It is the classic Beatle sound. Ringo does that anticipatory crash cymbal at the end which is a touch of genius. George plays gorgeous 6th chords and Ringo does a great Bossanova imitation. And that subtle piano while singing No Reply is pure magic. A Beatle classic. The piano then goes strong in the middle and then gets subtle again.
The chorus with the clapping ,the beat of the piano....the vocal harmonies...omg, unforgettable.a zillion times better than anything made today
I feel stronger adrenaline when I can hear the genuine sound of elbow grease
ok boomer
@@ontheruntonowhere Hi, Tay-Tay!
Wait till it's remixed,..it will be twice as good.
I was fourteen when this was released. When I heard 'No Reply' - well - I nearly died! It was so friggin' good. Still is.❤
One year older than u.....but just as FLOORED by the track...and STILL am...stay well
No Reply is a real gem and Ringo’s drumming on it is brilliant.
It is great and 1 of my top 5 fave. I love the smothered cymbal crashes. The clap track and the driving piano thats the center of the bridge.It's such a mellow dramatic song with so much heartache implied. I actually lived this song back in 1969. The events that happed to me were identical to this song. It haunts me today as my girlfriend at the time later tried to get back with me but was killed 20 years later in a car crash.
@@invoxicatedOy. Sorry.
No Reply going into I'm a loser is a great way to start an album
In 1965 my brother bought Beatles '65 (...For Sale) and to this day No Reply haunts me.
People ask, "What is your favorite Beatles song?" For me it is "No Reply". No doubt. John's voice comes out of the gate like no other. Every part of this track is golden Beatle goodness.
the ascending and descending simultaneous harmonies are pure magic., and the fact it only happens once makes you wanna listen again as soon as its over. one of my favorite Beatles songs ever
John's vocals always stand out He sounded very british on No Reply.
A great song. Beatles' magic.
I love the song NO REPLY. Love their harmonies
I love Beatles for sale album! British release! Solid album! ❤😊
I don’t know how you do it! Some of the details you present are just fantastic! I learn something new about the band from every video.
Stellar work!
Wow, thank you!
Same here🙋
Probably my favorite, No Reply. Loved the Beatles 65 album. Also Rubber Soul. After that, most their stuff just didn't grab me, but for their last,Abby Road, thanks to George's contribution.
It was the lyrics. It was the story. It was THIS song that told me that these guys were very different from the other big bands I was listening to on the radio in 1964. 60 years on. I hear this song, I'm still singing along. - I nearly diiied!
The anthology outtakes are hilarious
"Your face"
I wonder who plays drums on the Anthology version.
I consider No reply one of my most played Beatles tracks.
Over the years. This guy is pissed. & that's true to life.
Great information as always. Thank you. Fantastic Beatles music.
Glad you enjoyed it
Man i just wanna cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
This is one of my favorite Beatles’ song! It is tragically overlooked in their oeuvre.
This song was the first Beatles song that felt like a real experience to me. Still one of their very best despite what John thought.
I love looking at these old, black and white photos of the Beatles.
Hard Day's night is a fantastic album. My second favorite Beatles album, after Abbey road.
THIS CHANNEL IS FANTASTIC! Thank you so much.
To me, "Beatles For Sale" was a combination of them growing as artists and the physical and mental toll of Beatlemania . It's not Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road but still stands well on its own.
Sgt pepper bores me to tears ..Abbey rd was better
Beatles For Sale was one of the weaker albums, but "No Reply" was a standout track.
Respectfully disagree lol
I'll take it over Please, Please Me and With The Beatles.
"No Reply", my favorite Beatles song. Great lyrics and harmonies.
The best bridge by this band!
One of John’s best vocal performances. John had the ability to make the listener believes he had actually gone through the feelings the songs depicted.
Gene Clark of The Byrds also possessed this quality.
This a stunningly good track in every way. Five-star.
A great travesty this was not a single. One of the greatest lines and delivery ever 'I tried to telephone, they said you were not home, well that's a lie'. Lennon at his greatest
The first Beatles song i heared. 'I saw the light' became an actual experience for me.
"I saw fireworks" became mine!
Beatles For Sale remains one of my favorites.
"There is no reply, and there never will be" excellent way to sum up that final chord.
Nicked from Ian McDonald's book.
Loving these 👍🏻
So glad!
A reporter mentioned that quote about the Beatles never having any time off to Mick on Top of the Pops and he replied, grinningly, "That's not what I heard."
love this vids so much❤
Thanks!
Thanks for the account of this great and underrated song! I also read all the comments so far and one major question, IMHO, has been left away from that however wide discussion: who has been singing the verses of the song? Yes, I am aware that in the sleeve of the LP "double tracked John" is reported for this song, but I always had the suspect that the facts have been a little more complex. a) In the rehearsals of the song, Paul's voice who is singing unison with John is clearly detected. b) The raspy timber of the reportedly DT John's voice in "No Reply" is quite unusual (cf. the following "I'm a Loser" where DT John's gets a completely different timber) and rather resembles that of many other Fabs hits including "Eight Days a Week", "Every Little Thing" and, in the following album, the section where the two singers shout simultaneously and in unison "She's Got a Ticket To Ride". c) AFAIK, then there were no device to automatic double tracking the singer and we all know how lazy John was to repeat singing of his songs. Therefore I am quite sure that Paul has been singing the unison along with John (when he does not harmonise) and faking his timber to resemble John's, at least in the first verse of No Reply. If you carefully listen to the verse, you can occasionally feel Paul's voice when John's briefly stops.
I sung 'No Reply' at a midnight karaoke in the early 90s. I doubt anyone knew the song.
I did a decent job. Beatles4Ever (free food at midnight)
I was waiting for the track to be played.
Always treated Beatles for sale like a black sheep. I knew how to play love potion number 9, and recognized the C Am D7, looked up the bridge, and played it through then and there, first time hearing it, and it is one of my favorite arrangements ever.
Em
Love Potion Number 9? What do you mean?
A great band playing as a band, under heavy time pressure but having a great time. There are better songs on other albums but the vibe of this whole album is wonderful
its quite foggy and dreary
Wow. Had no idea.
Beatelmania, a great time.
Thanks 🙏
Do you have anything about:
‘I Call Your Name’ ?
Now I know where that Rutles "McQuickly" idea came from
According to Ian MacDonald, Ringo played drums on No Reply.
One of my fav Beatle records ,pity it did't last for one more verse ,it was to short,but still a classic.
No re-fly or no replay ?
The bridge with Paul's high harmonies is some Pro singing.
Among his other secret weapons, yes! Seek on TH-cam the isolated vocals on the bridge of George's "Something". You'll get the chills; Paul just makes it gleam out loud.
The song sounds like old songs from Naples Italy.
I don't know exactly, but it happened once before.
You should make a patreon to back up all your videos that got taken down or removed.
No replay.
Cause I know where you been and I saw you walk in, No Reply, better known as the stalker song.
It happened once before
when i came to your door
Who is the narrator?
@@gdholmfirth My name is Gus 👍🏻
Elvis Presley also.
There is no such thing as "British albums". There are Beatles albums, and then there are foreign releases.
Since the Beatles are British, that makes their American albums foreign releases, according to that logic....
America always changed albums around . It's like an ego thing
誰が言ったか、「扁桃腺」。
Listen to the Anthology No Reply work in progress final version and you hear Lennon say seriously "Now we know what to do; it's good". So they cared about NR as a musical piece, but not so much as a deep instrospective soul searching undertaking. Witness Lennon's witty and irreverent word substitutions through the rehearsals - "in your face" instead of "in your place". This is just a brilliant Beatle piece which does not need your pretentious and meaningless post to assert itself as a true gem in their catalogue.
No Replay/I’m a Loser
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Poor John.According to Paul he never could finish any song alone.
I don’t think John wrote anything - all songs written by Paul :-)
Paul is just about to finish rewriting history :)
Paul said that John wrote the majority of the song but that he probably helped with the middle or last verse. This was a time when they typically wrote together. Lennon has made many similar claims about "probably helping" Paul but I doubt you reserve any animus towards that.
@@piotrq7150 The term "rewriting history" implies objective knowledge of the history in question, which no one actually has. The only reason it was "history" in the first place is because Paul didn't answer Beatle questions in the 70s. Then John died, which means Paul should never stray from the Gospel According to John for the last 50 years of his life? Seems reasonable.
@@Byzantinian was he silent because he was afraid of the response and exposure? If someone after 40 or 60 years (!!!) reminds things, you always have to keep your distance
AI narration voice = non-starter 🙉
This is AWFUL!! BOO!!! Three thumbs down! Treating Beatles tines like crap!
Not there best
I they could have broken the habit of no singles on an LP, here's a better BFS:
1
I Feel Fine
She’s a Woman
What You’re Doing
Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
I’ll Follow the Sun
Words of Love
2
Eight Days a Week
No Reply
I’m a Loser
Rock n Roll Music
Honey, Don't
Mr Moonlight
Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey
Baby's in Black is throwback shite, and Every Little Thing needs more Spector in the production, if It's going to go up against the Walker Brothers' singles.