My goodness, was that ever a fresh, funny, and compelling take on an album I’ve known bc for most of my life! I loved this, and you had me by the jewels when you backhanded Roger Waters! Awesomely hilarious ❤
I have no idea how old this very charismatic woman is, but she speaks with the wisdom and insight of a 108 year old sage who’s seen and heard it all. This is one of the best Beatles analysis videos I’ve seen out of hundreds. Bravo!
Abbey Road is the Beatles’ 9th Symphony. A final masterpiece achieved in difficult circumstances by the greatest composers of their time. Both the 9th Symphony and Abbey Road have amazing and joyful finales that put a giant exclamation point on the artists’ magnificent career. Despite the struggles, Beethoven and the Beatles finish with a triumphant masterpiece. Excellent video - as always.
Agreed! Beethoven and Beatles each had styles that evolved and unique sounds galore. And worked their compositions incessantly until perfection, I’m waiting for and B and B comparison video - some day.
Abigail, you have an old soul. I don't know if this is what you're going for, but you look like a cool 60's chick. You are gorgeous! Loved the video, and your rendition of "Her Majesty".
Beautiful Abigail, we grew up believing that John was the preacher, Ringo was the undertaker, Paul was the corpse and George was the grave digger - I'll bet it's different in other regions of the country : ) your videos are always so well done and informative thanks
yep, i hate it when people get that wrong. the vw beetle in the background was the REAL fifth beatle everyone's been looking for. it played the magical tamborine on all the beatle songs and finally got its place in the sun and allowed to show itself on the last beatle album cover. MYSTERY SOLVED!
@@AlBarzUK... its just a game. its one of the things that makes the beatles legendary and fun. the "paul-is-dead' nonsense is just another dimension to the beatles' mystique. you don't have to believe it to have fun with it.
You grew up believing that thanks to Fred Labor, student reviewer of Abbey Road in 1969 (he admits he made up most of the 'clues' that went around at the time!)
Abbey Road is tied with All Things Must Pass as my if-necessary one-and-only "desert island recording". I've saved it to play it through my great ear buds with an MP3 player at the end of several trips on the way home, either on the airplane or in the shuttle/Uber/Lyft. It just transports me to a wonderful different place and time and eliminates any negativity from the rigors of travel. Several times, the album has still been playing when it's time to land or arrive at my house, and I want the journey to last a little longer, even if its hot or bumpy or uncomfortable, in order to let the album finish - that's how powerful and enjoyable it is. Thanks Abby for your perspective on it!
Thx, Abigail. What I enjoy the most is that youth, like you, is still discovering/enjoying the Beatles still at present. Sorry to my lovely daughters who were unknowingly indoctrinated from berth, but is was for their best.
Yowza, with that replica blue dress! The Beatles are my favorite group. This is one of the albums of my lifetime. Thanks for making a video celebrating it!
New to the channel. I've had an opportunity to go back and watch a number of these Vinyl Monday episodes. Your research is outstanding, and your writing is excellent. I can't imagine how much time you invest putting each of these episodes together. Just know it's appreciated. I watch primarily for the in-depth analysis and interesting factoids, but your reviews are really the gravy on the mashed potatoes. Keep up the great work! Subscribed.
My daughter just gifted me a copy of the remastered vinyl version of Abby Road for Christmas. It sounds better than ever and is in my top 3 favorite Beatles albums.
John Lennon (yawns) : "What are we going to do about the cover, lads?" Ringo Starr : "Well, why don't we go outside and walk backwards and forwards over the zebra crossing and take a few snaps?" Paul McCartney : "Okay. And I'll take my shoes and socks off to make it look a bit more interesting!" George Harrison : "I don't want to go outside 😞"
Paul said the reason he took his shoes off and walked barefoot was because it was too hot. How many of you thinks that black asphalt and white paint would be cooler barefoot? Does that even make sense to you?
Next two albums predictions: - In The Court of the Crimson King - Led Zeppelin II - Then Play On - The Band - Arthur (Or, The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
Abi you are a wordsmith! You nailed it on “Here comes the sun” - “So much of the Beatles most iconic moments were rooted in joy. This is the most joyful of all.”
For me this album is a summary statement of everything The Beatles ever did and every idea they had. They didn't even need to record full songs to prove it. Genius
Hello Abigail. I love your videos. I just want to say that Nikki Hopkins played with both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles as well. Nikki plays keyboard on Revolution.
I've always preferred late era Beatles. The White Album was probably the first that I bought for myself and I definitely got a lot of mileage out of it, but Abbey Road is a masterpiece. There are numerous points in it that reduce me to tears and I make a point to give it a proper uninterrupted listen once a year.
Your vids keep getting better - and they started out excellent. Must salute the Queen of Lovely Rita Fans on a (I insist!) near perfect "I Want You" scream and completely perfect end-of-episode. Glad I stuck around 😅 Your vids keep getting better - and they started out excellent. Must salute the Queen of Lovely Rita Fans on a (I insist!) near perfect "I Want You" scream and completely perfect end-of-episode. Glad I stuck around 😅 Edit- Wait, what happened to the "chord crash" you had (of course) included, immediately preceding Her Majesty??! You edited it so well, cracked me up. Probably (incredibly enough) a TH-cam/copyright issue FFS? Oh well 😢 Glad to see you're doing so well btw! Utterly deserved 😎
Dear God! Who are you? Ive spent at least 50 odd years reading books ,articles and reviews. And this thing you done here.... Im crying really sobbing. Someone has come along with wit and a waaaay deeper understanding of this (and possibly more when I get to it). album. And I go way back to Ralph J. Gleason as far as critic reviewers go. I mean who needs other people's opinions (well I guess we do). This is pure platinum content. Now Im looking for the Patreon. Or coffee. Where do I spend money. I need to give you money (😅). Seriously Thank you sooo much you made my very existance worth it.
george is undeniably magnificent and is strutting his stuff on this record but lennon and mccartney performing songs they wrote from 63 to rubber soul especially are what set the stage for george to shine as bright as he did later. i think you're an old soul, a wordsmith, a gorgeous replica of women george had at his disposal constantly, a woman who hopefully takes care of herself when relating to the tragic figures of rock but lennon and mccartney writing and singing those songs is the heart of the beatles. long live the fab 4 and soon may people start shipping you the records you're missing from your collection....pamela des barres' copies of stones records, etc..
Great video, Abby. I'm 60 years old and have been a fan of The Beatles since the mid 70s. I would love to have had a daughter like you that I could listen to/discuss The Beatles with. My 19 years old son has no interest in the Beatles or classic pop/rock music. I love him but I wish he was a bit more like me in terms of musical taste.
My introduction to your channel and I'm SO all about it. You are doing something unique in the TH-cam music nerd genre and thanks for that! Yea....... sometimes I toy with referencing this album without Maxwell and adding Don't let me down where you did and moving Money is a great solution that I hadn't thought of well done! That said I relistened recently and had a "oh I guess I like Maxwell afterall" moment so maybe it should stay as is. Lock it in boys!
when I was 14 this album came out and I wrote a 24 page epic poem listening for 5 days to only the melody on side 2. I just got a copy of it last year. To the lads...!
So I'm thinking, what do you know about anything youngster? Then you slap me with your knowledge, insight, thoughtful critique and easy confident sway. Well done you. Please keep it up.
Definitely my favourite & most played Beatles album. Such a great insight, thank you. 1969 was a Great year for music. The amount of great album tunes & vinyl 45's I have from that year is over 50
I agree with you about Billy Preston. It's a British thing instilled into us as children that when you have an important visitor you have to be on your best behaviour. Billy was a great musician with a real soulful feel, and a genuinely nice guy. His influence held them together in that final year.
Great analysis of probably my number one Beatles album though both Revolver & the White Album run it close. Your knowledge of the band is very impressive and I have to say this is probably the best analysis of a Beatles album I've seen on TH-cam. I was born in 1969 and would love to go back there just for a few days.
It blows my mind to hear such great reviews of the bands and music I grew up with as a teenager in the UK from a young American! A refreshing lack of reverence! Just wanted to say that we don't say crosswalk, we say zebra crossing. It's not important, but it is sort of funny.
I've always been under the impression that each verse of COME TOGETHER was about one of the Beatles . . . obviously, the verse with "Ono sideboard" and "bag production" and "walrus gumboot" is the verse John wrote about himself.
I'm about to start your video. I'm little afraid, because for me this is like your "Layla", it's been my favorite album of all since I first heard it in 1975 at age 12. Ok, Abbey, ooh I mean Abigail. You nailed it. Abbey Road is an experiential album. Long after we all agreed we loved it, we started to examine why we loved it. Maybe examined it too much. Just let it be. Hey...
First, I'd like to tell you that I just discovered your channel and I love it. Now my comment has to do with what you said about George writing the hits. I think it has to do with the fact that most of his compositions were rejected by Lennon-McCartney. He was allowed a couple of songs per album at most so whatever got through had to be excellent. This is also why, after the breakup, he was the most productive former Beatle. No wonder he needed a triple album for All things must pass.
First time watching your channel, and this video has hooked me. And now I'm obsessed with the idea of moving "...Money" to side one and having "Don't Let Me Down" replace it in The Long One. Brilliant idea. Looking forward to delving into your past Vinyl Monday videos, keep up the great work.
But would you leave John's "Kill!" intact after the 9th repetition of one two three four five six seven, all good children go to heaven, or would you delete it to save all the Manson gossip?
12:44 The Les Paul: "Lucy" OK, so... She started as a 1957 gold top Les Paul with a Bigsby, it seems (Gibson has some doubts about it). She belonged to John Sebastian then Rick Derringer. She was refinished to a natural red. Derringer felt it changed the guitar too much so he sold her to a guitar shop. Eric Clapton bought her, but didn't use her much, then gave her to George Harrison. During the recording of the 'White Album', Harrison was focused on sitar, so he asked Clapton to come in and record a solo for 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' on Lucy. Harrison also used her for the solo on the album version of Let It Be. Later, she was stolen from Harrison's home, sold to a guitar store, then bought by a Mexican musician who took her to Mexico. Harrison had to trade another red (or maybe sunburst) Les Paul and a P-bass to get her back. George apparently kept her after that, but I can't find any info on where she exactly is currently. In 2013, Gibson released a limited edition (100) copy of Lucy. It came with a copy of the 'White Album'. I saw one had been re-sold for $17,000.
thank you!! if only i could pin two comments! what a story those instruments have! the most surprising thing to me being a les paul would survive a fall like that. the head stocks on those models are fragile like bird’s wings - a breeze in the wrong direction could break it
@@abigaildevoe When I saw Lucy fall it physically hurt me. 😖 Extra cool points for knowing about the headstock. 👍 I had researched Lucy a few years ago, I feel it's all pretty accurate.
I just want to get this quick thought in about Abbey Road. Abbey Road is a much better album for The Beatle to go out on than Let It Be. Abbey Road is the nice beautiful bow that is wrapped around a box of amazing body of work. It is the finally of a firework display. You can say they went out on a blaze of glory and a wonderful way to end the most remarkable work of artistical music expression in modern popular music. Now each every member of the band can go on to their solo work after having climb the Mt. Everest of what an artist can reach. The Beatles showed that not only the heights of Mt. Everest but the sky was the limits in music creativity.
Aabb(e)y Rhoads.....it's one of my favorite album covers. So damn sunny and positive. Lennon and Macca should've had The Beatles do Cold Turkey. Instead of, say, Maxwell? Yoko in bed in studio 2. Is 'I Want You' the prototype doom metal riff? I love Paul. And that voice on Oh Darling. Excellent. See you in court. 😊
I've only recently heard Pauls bass lines isolated on "Something". He's doing some very inspired playing indeed. I had the opportunity to meet Robert Moog in the Ninties. He lived in Black Mountain NC just outside of Ashville. He was more an engineer than a musician, but he was a very nice and considerate man.
Beautifully played but a bit busy for a song like "Something". George Harrison once commented that it was a bit much for the song's sentiment. A bit of a showoff on McCartney's part.
@@abigaildevoe and I'd also like to add that Don't Let Me Down would've fit WAY better onto Let it Be than Abbey Road and Her Majesty should've been on McCartney I.
Agreed about the back cover shot Abby----really helps give the album a summery feel and the person photographed had good taste. A moment in time well captured. I'm glad to to see you giving it props.
Thanks for the great review/analysis. I like your Maxwell’s Silver Hammer theory of the break up, but if that was the case, the reported 100+ takes of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da would’ve done it a year earlier. 😂. Also, because nobody else has asked, did you wear that shirt to match George’s on the cover? And with your hairstyle, you’ve got a Pattie Boyd look going on (I can see her picture just over your left shoulder). Well done.
You make 30 minutes feel like 30 seconds! Bravo 🎉🎉🎉. I would love for you to give a course on TH-cam presentations(How To Do Them). Great job. So incredibly expressive and easy to listen to!!❤❤❤
The End..."I love how you can tell who played what"...well congratulations, sport! Because after decades of listening I've never really figured it out. I've always assumed John played the overdriven one...the other two are really similar. This is how I think it goes... Paul George John...repeat in that order until they finish. If I'm wrong, somebody that KNOWS for sure come in and set me straight. Perhaps you, Abigail?
You are gorgeous!!! Amazing woman. If I was young… but no. I grew up with the Beatles. All those albums when they came out!!! The singles (in mono except the last few).
Just a note Abbey, on The End, John Paul, and George all take turns playing lead guitar parts, showcasing different styles in musical approach adding fun and depth to this track. Nice review!👏👏 Check out Badfinger Wish You Were Here. Another masterpiece like Abbey Rd, and Sgt. Pepper. Thanks for posting.🤘
"She's So Heavy" for me is the greatest moment of the album. The two versions of "I want you..." make a very pleasent contrast, and the noisy-long end is simply marvelous (yes, I'm a huge fan of Sonic Youth!). A solo, Harrison's or Hendrix's, would have lost its magic feeling.
@@kentclark6420Oh, I wouldn't count on it Jerry Weber has at least 2,000,000, Val Shively has at least 4,000,000 and there's a guy in Brazil that wants to own the biggest collection in the world and has quite a few million.
I would have really loved it if you could have lust mentioned the other two albums of the “trio” from 1969 that had so much influence. I’m assuming it was Zeppelin II, which came out in the fall of 1969…….and I guess, from the “hint” at the end, King Crimson? 🧐
She's So Heavy made this album; grunge before grunge. It's why Paul fronting a new Nirvana song felt so right. The rest of the album is a drunk man tugging on beards at a bar singing Octopus Garden directly into your ear. You're enjoying everything about the experience except that there's a drunk man tugging on your beard while singing in your ear.
Enjoyable as usual. A few thoughts. DON’T LET ME DOWN was never going to be considered for this because it was from different sessions at the beginning of 1969…too different in sound etc… as far as the often maligned MAXWELL…. I maintain that if that song was written and done by say RANDY NEWMAN or WARREN ZEVON it would have been praised by critics to the heavens! They both wrote songs with similar dark comedy themes, check out Excitable Boy by ZEVON. Anyway I think this is one of the best albums ever made , a high point of the RnR era..and it’s not even my favorite Beatle album! They went out on top. Some nit picks….another keyboard player besides Billy Preston recorded with both the Beatles and Stones…NICKY HOPKINS…Hopkins is on Revolution . Ok thanks great job!
who was on the back cover of abbey road? (WRONG ANSWERS ONLY) (or right if you think you know)
Queen Elizabeth.
Abigail Devoe.
Marianne Faithful
Lovely Rita, the meter maid
Time travelling AD looking for George.
Abby does Abbey Rd. 🍿
Sounds like a porn film 😂
😯
My goodness, was that ever a fresh, funny, and compelling take on an album I’ve known bc for most of my life! I loved this, and you had me by the jewels when you backhanded Roger Waters! Awesomely hilarious ❤
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About Maxwell's Hammer, my Dad did not like rock and roll but when he heard Maxwell's he changed his mind and became a Beatles fan lol
I can't lie, I'm 23 and Maxwell's Silver Hammer made me a Beatles fan
I have no idea how old this very charismatic woman is, but she speaks with the wisdom and insight of a 108 year old sage who’s seen and heard it all. This is one of the best Beatles analysis videos I’ve seen out of hundreds. Bravo!
A very generous compliment ...
Abbey Road is the Beatles’ 9th Symphony. A final masterpiece achieved in difficult circumstances by the greatest composers of their time. Both the 9th Symphony and Abbey Road have amazing and joyful finales that put a giant exclamation point on the artists’ magnificent career. Despite the struggles, Beethoven and the Beatles finish with a triumphant masterpiece. Excellent video - as always.
Agreed! Beethoven and Beatles each had styles that evolved and unique sounds galore. And worked their compositions incessantly until perfection, I’m waiting for and B and B comparison video - some day.
did beethoven have a sense of humor?
I love Abbey Road. In fact it's not only my favorite Beatles album but my favorite album period. It's a masterpiece.
Second that. See me new comment.
My fave Beatles album, and would certainly feature in my all time Top 10 albums.
me too
Abigail, you have an old soul. I don't know if this is what you're going for, but you look like a cool 60's chick. You are gorgeous! Loved the video, and your rendition of "Her Majesty".
Beautiful Abigail, we grew up believing that John was the preacher, Ringo was the undertaker, Paul was the corpse and George was the grave digger - I'll bet it's different in other regions of the country : ) your videos are always so well done and informative thanks
Some of us never ever gave credence to that bonkers trope. 😅
yep, i hate it when people get that wrong.
the vw beetle in the background was the REAL fifth beatle everyone's been looking for. it played the magical tamborine on all the beatle songs and finally got its place in the sun and allowed to show itself on the last beatle album cover. MYSTERY SOLVED!
Religious thinking ultimately
@@AlBarzUK... its just a game. its one of the things that makes the beatles legendary and fun. the "paul-is-dead' nonsense is just another dimension to the beatles' mystique. you don't have to believe it to have fun with it.
You grew up believing that thanks to Fred Labor, student reviewer of Abbey Road in 1969 (he admits he made up most of the 'clues' that went around at the time!)
What can I say Abby.. just about the best ever Side 2 ever in the history of rock music. 😍
As witty as ever and it was a really nice touch singing 'Her Majesty' before the end. Pure class from beginning to end.
And the black screen before it came on - just like on the record!
Abbey Road is tied with All Things Must Pass as my if-necessary one-and-only "desert island recording". I've saved it to play it through my great ear buds with an MP3 player at the end of several trips on the way home, either on the airplane or in the shuttle/Uber/Lyft. It just transports me to a wonderful different place and time and eliminates any negativity from the rigors of travel. Several times, the album has still been playing when it's time to land or arrive at my house, and I want the journey to last a little longer, even if its hot or bumpy or uncomfortable, in order to let the album finish - that's how powerful and enjoyable it is. Thanks Abby for your perspective on it!
I like Abigail's presentation - humorous, smart, and eloquent.
Thx, Abigail. What I enjoy the most is that youth, like you, is still discovering/enjoying the Beatles still at present. Sorry to my lovely daughters who were unknowingly indoctrinated from berth, but is was for their best.
Yowza, with that replica blue dress! The Beatles are my favorite group. This is one of the albums of my lifetime. Thanks for making a video celebrating it!
New to the channel. I've had an opportunity to go back and watch a number of these Vinyl Monday episodes. Your research is outstanding, and your writing is excellent. I can't imagine how much time you invest putting each of these episodes together. Just know it's appreciated. I watch primarily for the in-depth analysis and interesting factoids, but your reviews are really the gravy on the mashed potatoes. Keep up the great work! Subscribed.
Wikipedia. It's already out there.
My daughter just gifted me a copy of the remastered vinyl version of Abby Road for Christmas. It sounds better than ever and is in my top 3 favorite Beatles albums.
John Lennon (yawns) : "What are we going to do about the cover, lads?"
Ringo Starr : "Well, why don't we go outside and walk backwards and forwards over the zebra crossing and take a few snaps?"
Paul McCartney : "Okay. And I'll take my shoes and socks off to make it look a bit more interesting!"
George Harrison : "I don't want to go outside 😞"
george "i don't want to go on the roof" harrison strikes again
Paul said the reason he took his shoes off and walked barefoot was because it was too hot. How many of you thinks that black asphalt and white paint would be cooler barefoot? Does that even make sense to you?
Next two albums predictions:
- In The Court of the Crimson King
- Led Zeppelin II
- Then Play On
- The Band
- Arthur (Or, The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
Excellent taste. I've not seen any reaction videos to 'Then Play On', even though it's a classic.
Mean Mr Mustard sleeps in the park, shits in the dark tryin' to save paper. You'll never be able to unhear that now. You're welcome!
Paul:
"I've blistas on me...feet!"
...
Ringo:
"Bloody hell..."
Abi you are a wordsmith! You nailed it on “Here comes the sun” - “So much of the Beatles most iconic moments were rooted in joy. This is the most joyful of all.”
For me this album is a summary statement of everything The Beatles ever did and every idea they had. They didn't even need to record full songs to prove it. Genius
The backgrounds in She's So Heavy always made me think of this as a Winter album
LOL !! Love your ending !!
Hello Abigail. I love your videos. I just want to say that Nikki Hopkins played with both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles as well. Nikki plays keyboard on Revolution.
I misspelled Nicky’s name. I apologize. My bosses name is Nikki - it’s a habit
I was about to say the very same thing!
Abby,this was a very good way to sum up what and how the Beatles had recorded and released their swan song of an album.Very good video as usual!!!
I've always preferred late era Beatles. The White Album was probably the first that I bought for myself and I definitely got a lot of mileage out of it, but Abbey Road is a masterpiece. There are numerous points in it that reduce me to tears and I make a point to give it a proper uninterrupted listen once a year.
Ernie, once a year an uninterrupted listen .. what a good idea ...
Ernie...for Christ's sake, get a grip man.
This was a wonderfully informative and enjoyable video about my favorite band!
Your vids keep getting better - and they started out excellent. Must salute the Queen of Lovely Rita Fans on a (I insist!) near perfect "I Want You" scream and completely
perfect end-of-episode. Glad I stuck around 😅
Your vids keep getting better - and they started out excellent. Must salute the Queen of Lovely Rita Fans on a (I insist!) near perfect "I Want You" scream and completely
perfect end-of-episode. Glad I stuck around 😅
Edit- Wait, what happened to the "chord crash" you had (of course) included, immediately preceding Her Majesty??! You edited it so well, cracked me up. Probably (incredibly enough) a TH-cam/copyright issue FFS?
Oh well 😢
Glad to see you're doing so well btw! Utterly deserved 😎
Glad I played it to the very end - GREAT CLEVER ENDING ABBY! Brought a smile to my face!
Dear God! Who are you? Ive spent at least 50 odd years reading books ,articles and reviews. And this thing you done here.... Im crying really sobbing. Someone has come along with wit and a waaaay deeper understanding of this (and possibly more when I get to it). album. And I go way back to Ralph J. Gleason as far as critic reviewers go. I mean who needs other people's opinions (well I guess we do). This is pure platinum content. Now Im looking for the Patreon. Or coffee. Where do I spend money. I need to give you money (😅). Seriously
Thank you sooo much you made my very existance worth it.
George is my Beatle too. It brings me tears of joy to hear you praise him so earnestly.
george is undeniably magnificent and is strutting his stuff on this record but lennon and mccartney performing songs they wrote from 63 to rubber soul especially are what set the stage for george to shine as bright as he did later. i think you're an old soul, a wordsmith, a gorgeous replica of women george had at his disposal constantly, a woman who hopefully takes care of herself when relating to the tragic figures of rock but lennon and mccartney writing and singing those songs is the heart of the beatles. long live the fab 4 and soon may people start shipping you the records you're missing from your collection....pamela des barres' copies of stones records, etc..
Bahaha. Maxwells silver hammer is one of my favorites.
Okay. No arguments please. Ms Devoe, you KNOW YOUR STUFF! Instant subscribe!
Abby - your conversant knowledge is stunning and admirable. I love your work..!!! Keep up the good work. You are terrific..!
The greatest musical experience from the greatest year in human history: 1969.
Great video, Abby. I'm 60 years old and have been a fan of The Beatles since the mid 70s. I would love to have had a daughter like you that I could listen to/discuss The Beatles with. My 19 years old son has no interest in the Beatles or classic pop/rock music. I love him but I wish he was a bit more like me in terms of musical taste.
All of the orchestration on this slab ‘o’ wax is amazing❤️
Great insights! You sound convincing on "Her Majesty" at the end of this.
You are the best looking reviewer on the net. If I might be so bold.
Awesome break down, Something was my wife and I's wedding song!!! Just recently found your channel, going through it now! Next up The Doors LA Woman!
My introduction to your channel and I'm SO all about it. You are doing something unique in the TH-cam music nerd genre and thanks for that!
Yea....... sometimes I toy with referencing this album without Maxwell and adding Don't let me down where you did and moving Money is a great solution that I hadn't thought of well done! That said I relistened recently and had a "oh I guess I like Maxwell afterall" moment so maybe it should stay as is. Lock it in boys!
when I was 14 this album came out and I wrote a 24 page epic poem listening for 5 days to only the melody on side 2. I just got a copy of it last year. To the lads...!
So I'm thinking, what do you know about anything youngster? Then you slap me with your knowledge, insight, thoughtful critique and easy confident sway. Well done you. Please keep it up.
She's so heavy has to be my favourite beatles tune..
Definitely my favourite & most played Beatles album. Such a great insight, thank you.
1969 was a Great year for music. The amount of great album tunes & vinyl 45's I have from that year is over 50
23:10 NAILED that "yeah!"
I agree with you about Billy Preston. It's a British thing instilled into us as children that when you have an important visitor you have to be on your best behaviour. Billy was a great musician with a real soulful feel, and a genuinely nice guy. His influence held them together in that final year.
I love this album. It's my all-time favorite, but now you got me thinking about Don't Let Me Down. Damn!
"Don't Let Me Down" should have been included on Let It Be - fits much better there.
Thank you for posting this on my birthday. I knew you still loved me. ❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜
happy birthday!!
Love your her Majesty closing❤
I sang along, heh
Abigail NAILS this. Until trying to reorganize "The Long One". Your closing is pure perfection!!!!!! The parting gift to each other.
My favorite Beatles album (followed very closely by Revolver) and one of my favorite records of all time
Nice touch at the end.
Excellent video! Thanks 😊
Great analysis of probably my number one Beatles album though both Revolver & the White Album run it close. Your knowledge of the band is very impressive and I have to say this is probably the best analysis of a Beatles album I've seen on TH-cam. I was born in 1969 and would love to go back there just for a few days.
It blows my mind to hear such great reviews of the bands and music I grew up with as a teenager in the UK from a young American! A refreshing lack of reverence!
Just wanted to say that we don't say crosswalk, we say zebra crossing. It's not important, but it is sort of funny.
I've always been under the impression that each verse of COME TOGETHER was about one of the Beatles . . . obviously, the verse with "Ono sideboard" and "bag production" and "walrus gumboot" is the verse John wrote about himself.
Whenever I hear EMI, I can't stop thinking of Johnny Rotten's snarky snarl "EMI". Just got into King Crimson a few years ago.
Same 😂
I'm about to start your video. I'm little afraid, because for me this is like your "Layla", it's been my favorite album of all since I first heard it in 1975 at age 12.
Ok, Abbey, ooh I mean Abigail. You nailed it. Abbey Road is an experiential album. Long after we all agreed we loved it, we started to examine why we loved it. Maybe examined it too much. Just let it be. Hey...
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First, I'd like to tell you that I just discovered your channel and I love it. Now my comment has to do with what you said about George writing the hits. I think it has to do with the fact that most of his compositions were rejected by Lennon-McCartney. He was allowed a couple of songs per album at most so whatever got through had to be excellent. This is also why, after the breakup, he was the most productive former Beatle. No wonder he needed a triple album for All things must pass.
I'm jealous of your great record collection!!
It's right up there with my favourite albums.
First time watching your channel, and this video has hooked me. And now I'm obsessed with the idea of moving "...Money" to side one and having "Don't Let Me Down" replace it in The Long One. Brilliant idea. Looking forward to delving into your past Vinyl Monday videos, keep up the great work.
Also her record room just crawled in from 1967 lol
But would you leave John's "Kill!" intact after the 9th repetition of one two three four five six seven, all good children go to heaven, or would you delete it to save all the Manson gossip?
✨Thank you got Vinyl Monday😊
This album is a masterpiece, but I feel that way about all of them. I can’t choose!
Abbey Road is my favorite musical work.
12:44 The Les Paul:
"Lucy"
OK, so...
She started as a 1957 gold top Les Paul with a Bigsby, it seems (Gibson has some doubts about it). She belonged to John Sebastian then Rick Derringer. She was refinished to a natural red. Derringer felt it changed the guitar too much so he sold her to a guitar shop.
Eric Clapton bought her, but didn't use her much, then gave her to George Harrison. During the recording of the 'White Album', Harrison was focused on sitar, so he asked Clapton to come in and record a solo for 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' on Lucy. Harrison also used her for the solo on the album version of Let It Be.
Later, she was stolen from Harrison's home, sold to a guitar store, then bought by a Mexican musician who took her to Mexico. Harrison had to trade another red (or maybe sunburst) Les Paul and a P-bass to get her back.
George apparently kept her after that, but I can't find any info on where she exactly is currently.
In 2013, Gibson released a limited edition (100) copy of Lucy. It came with a copy of the 'White Album'. I saw one had been re-sold for $17,000.
thank you!! if only i could pin two comments! what a story those instruments have! the most surprising thing to me being a les paul would survive a fall like that. the head stocks on those models are fragile like bird’s wings - a breeze in the wrong direction could break it
@@abigaildevoe When I saw Lucy fall it physically hurt me. 😖 Extra cool points for knowing about the headstock. 👍
I had researched Lucy a few years ago, I feel it's all pretty accurate.
Miguel Ochoa a guitarist from a Mexican/American group from Guadalajara México called La Fachada De Piedra (The Stone Facade)
@@erniericardo8140 cool, thx!
Brilliant ending 😊
Great! Perfectly knowledgeable! , for sure .
Come on Abi not one single note should be changed on this masterpiece.
I don't know how the same person can love both Maxwell's Silver hammer and She's So heavy
I just want to get this quick thought in about Abbey Road. Abbey Road is a much better album for The Beatle to go out on than Let It Be. Abbey Road is the nice beautiful bow that is wrapped around a box of amazing body of work. It is the finally of a firework display. You can say they went out on a blaze of glory and a wonderful way to end the most remarkable work of artistical music expression in modern popular music. Now each every member of the band can go on to their solo work after having climb the Mt. Everest of what an artist can reach. The Beatles showed that not only the heights of Mt. Everest but the sky was the limits in music creativity.
Abby you have a great voice
Aabb(e)y Rhoads.....it's one of my favorite album covers. So damn sunny and positive. Lennon and Macca should've had The Beatles do Cold Turkey. Instead of, say, Maxwell? Yoko in bed in studio 2. Is 'I Want You' the prototype doom metal riff? I love Paul. And that voice on Oh Darling. Excellent. See you in court. 😊
“Maxwell must go free”
I've only recently heard Pauls bass lines isolated on "Something". He's doing some very inspired playing indeed. I had the opportunity to meet Robert Moog in the Ninties. He lived in Black Mountain NC just outside of Ashville. He was more an engineer than a musician, but he was a very nice and considerate man.
Beautifully played but a bit busy for a song like "Something". George Harrison once commented that it was a bit much for the song's sentiment. A bit of a showoff on McCartney's part.
What a top review. So much love and fun in it. Thanks.
I'M that diehard Silver Hammer fan, thank you very much.
i knew it
@@abigaildevoe and I'd also like to add that Don't Let Me Down would've fit WAY better onto Let it Be than Abbey Road and Her Majesty should've been on McCartney I.
@@BrendanJSmith I agree about DLMD on Let It Be. I actually rather like Maxwell's, and so did UK radio DJs in 1969...
Agreed about the back cover shot Abby----really helps give the album a summery feel and the person photographed had good taste. A moment in time well captured. I'm glad to to see you giving it props.
Nice touch with "Her Majesty" at the end.
Great episode. Thanks
Hi Abby to me this record is a masterpiece every song is beautiful
Thanks for the great review/analysis. I like your Maxwell’s Silver Hammer theory of the break up, but if that was the case, the reported 100+ takes of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da would’ve done it a year earlier. 😂. Also, because nobody else has asked, did you wear that shirt to match George’s on the cover? And with your hairstyle, you’ve got a Pattie Boyd look going on (I can see her picture just over your left shoulder). Well done.
Great video and funny homage to Lennon's Rock N Roll Circus Stones intro
Informative and entertaining.
Your channel is real quality-unbeleivable. Maxwell is Paul looking back to the glory of Pepper(I guess).😸
I love your use of "Circle Sky" as bumper music.
You make 30 minutes feel like 30 seconds! Bravo 🎉🎉🎉. I would love for you to give a course on TH-cam presentations(How To Do Them). Great job. So incredibly expressive and easy to listen to!!❤❤❤
The End..."I love how you can tell who played what"...well congratulations, sport! Because after decades of listening I've never really figured it out. I've always assumed John played the overdriven one...the other two are really similar. This is how I think it goes...
Paul
George
John...repeat in that order until they finish.
If I'm wrong, somebody that KNOWS for sure come in and set me straight. Perhaps you, Abigail?
You are correct.
You are gorgeous!!! Amazing woman. If I was young… but no. I grew up with the Beatles. All those albums when they came out!!! The singles (in mono except the last few).
Just a note Abbey, on The End, John Paul, and George all take turns playing lead guitar parts, showcasing different styles in musical approach adding fun and depth to this track.
Nice review!👏👏
Check out Badfinger Wish You Were Here.
Another masterpiece like Abbey Rd, and Sgt. Pepper.
Thanks for posting.🤘
"She's So Heavy" for me is the greatest moment of the album. The two versions of "I want you..." make a very pleasent contrast, and the noisy-long end is simply marvelous (yes, I'm a huge fan of Sonic Youth!). A solo, Harrison's or Hendrix's, would have lost its magic feeling.
Hi, Abbey! I'm Red and I've got a lot of records, too!! Over 62,000. Just got some more Beatles stuff in the mail 3 days ago!
Did you inherit a record shop?
@@kentclark6420 No, they're mostly just records I bought over the decades or, in some cases, records people gave to me.
@@RedVynil Wow! That might be a world's record!
@@kentclark6420Oh, I wouldn't count on it Jerry Weber has at least 2,000,000, Val Shively has at least 4,000,000 and there's a guy in Brazil that wants to own the biggest collection in the world and has quite a few million.
Abby crossing Abbey Road, it's about time!!
The Maxwells silver hammer bit made me snort my coffee!😂
I would have really loved it if you could have lust mentioned the other two albums of the “trio” from 1969 that had so much influence. I’m assuming it was Zeppelin II, which came out in the fall of 1969…….and I guess, from the “hint” at the end, King Crimson? 🧐
She's So Heavy made this album; grunge before grunge.
It's why Paul fronting a new Nirvana song felt so right. The rest of the album is a drunk man tugging on beards at a bar singing Octopus Garden directly into your ear.
You're enjoying everything about the experience except that there's a drunk man tugging on your beard while singing in your ear.
Enjoyable as usual. A few thoughts. DON’T LET ME DOWN was never going to be considered for this because it was from different sessions at the beginning of 1969…too different in sound etc… as far as the often maligned MAXWELL…. I maintain that if that song was written and done by say RANDY NEWMAN or WARREN ZEVON it would have been praised by critics to the heavens! They both wrote songs with similar dark comedy themes, check out Excitable Boy by ZEVON. Anyway I think this is one of the best albums ever made , a high point of the RnR era..and it’s not even my favorite Beatle album! They went out on top. Some nit picks….another keyboard player besides Billy Preston recorded with both the Beatles and Stones…NICKY HOPKINS…Hopkins is on Revolution . Ok thanks great job!
Good points made,
And Eric Clapton recorded with both too.
Pop quiz: how many murders did the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer inspire?
The soundtrack to my early childhood when everything in life seemed perfect.
Ok, your majesty! :) Maxwell, I agree, shouldn't have made the record.... but I don't skip it.