What You're Doing - The Beatles - Full Instrumental Recreation (4K)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 เม.ย. 2022
- A severely underrated Beatles tune. One of dozens of Beatle album tracks that could've been a hit single.
I LOVE this song. Something about it brings tremendous joy. The chiming Rickenbacker, Paul's motown-esque melody and thundering bass chords, Ringo's rat-a-tat drumming. Not a single song didn't get 1500% effort in 1964.
Also, doesn't that riff sound remarkably like The Byrds' cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man"? When anyone tries to underemphasize the influence of The Beatles, let this be another example. They basically invented folk rock.
Instruments:
- Rhythm Guitar: Gibson J-160E Custom Shop 1962 Reissue (Pyramid .13 flats)
- Lead Guitar: 2018 Rickenbacker 360-12c63 (Pyramid .11 flats)
- Bass: 2020 Hofner Contemporary Series (Labella Beatle Bass flatwound strings)
- Drums: Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl 1969 No. 980 Super Classic 9x13 / 16x16 / 14x22
- Piano: Yamaha P-121
Recording Equipment & Miscellaneous:
- PreSonus Studio 1824C Interface (6 microphones used on drums)
- Cad Audio Stage7 7-Piece Drum Microphones
- MXL V250 Condenser Mic
- Shure SM57
- Recorded and mixed with PreSonus Studio One
- Beatles Drop-T #4 drumhead courtesy of Russ Lease (beatlesuits.com)
- Track assembled in Audacity
Plugins used on this track:
- Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor Stereo
- Abbey Road Plates Stereo
- EQ
Video Equipment:
- Camera: Canon M50
- Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro on HP Envy 32'' All in One - เพลง
![บุษบา - วงชานเมือง [LiveCoverVertion] Original : เมนทอล](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dm81sKcd9rs/mqdefault.jpg)
For a version with some very special guest vocalists - vimeo.com/695364938.
it’s like you posted the original song.. fantastic cover✌️
Those guys aren't bad. I think you've had them on a few others. Hopefully you can get them to sing on more.
Hell yeah!
Thanks for including that. Couldn't you get those guys to all sing the correct word at 1:05? Bunch of amateurs!
Love these mixes! Show more drum features like Twist and Shout. Those are the best!
The interpretation, the mix, the sound, the recreation note by note ... it's just the 4-in-1 Beatle man!!.. Congrats to the BEST beatle-musician!!
I often think that George's opening riff was the inspiration for Roger McGuinn's 'Mr Tambourine Man' introduction. They are similar when you listen to the side by side. It was around this time The Byrds really starting digging The Beatles. Agreed.
That’s for sure.
Your a very good drummer, Ringo has no sense of rhythm
@@joesephsizian9113 what? Are you crazy?
@@Caifo Ringo sucks, I’m 62 very very spoiled from listening to Sir Charlie Watts since I was 7.
@@joesephsizian9113 at your age, you should’ve learned to say ‘I don’t like this or that’ instead of ‘it sucks’. Millions of people and thousands of drummers disagree with you.
The "up strum" on the Rickenbacker makes such an impact with this song.
The fact that you look like you're enjoying yourself so immensely, makes these even more fun to watch.
That Rick sounds gorgeous. Great job as always!
Are you and Michael collaborating on a new cover?
@@EliteOneTV no comment 😎
@@MichaelSokil 😁
@@EliteOneTV that’s classified information 😐
Absolutely the best recreation I've ever heard. Spot on mate!
I have never understood why Paul didn't think much of this song of his. A pleasure to listen to.
I Love this song. Nice Job Michael!!!
This is incredible as always Michael!!!
One of my favorites for sure. Thanks for doing what you do…. Love it.
“What You’re Doing” is an underrated track. And Michael, you knocked it right out of the park like you always do.
And since I’ve shared this with some other TH-camrs, I’m going to share it with you: guess who has two thumbs and a Fender George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster on preorder? Yep, ME! By the time it comes in, I’ll have no fingernails left because I’m anxious to get it. Just thought I’d share with you.
post a video when it arrives! the rosewood tele is a dream guitar of mine. so gorgeous.
@@MichaelSokil With your number of views, it won't be long (and it will be well deserved!)
@@MichaelSokil that’s the plan! Sam Popkin (Hey, Sam!) has also asked that I post a video with it when it comes in. I paid the guitar off in full three weeks ago, now it’s just a matter of it getting from the factory to the dealer.
This is such a calming song to listen to! You did a good job with it
Great rendition Michael. As ever, you’ve got the musicianship spot on 👍
LETS GOOOOO! Thank you so much. This is probably my favorite beatles song. You nailed it. It sounds amazing
Unbelievably accurate, really good job on this one man ❤️❤️
Love Love Love This song ! You do it much justice !
I remember watching your videos when I was 11 or 12, and being fascinated with how you mastered the nuances of every song… You made want to get close as possible to the original recordings. You did it once again so I Thank you!
simply perfect.... my favorite Beatles song... 😍😍
A perfect playing of the song. Thanks for uploading. It's always a joy to revisit these songs by listening to and watching you play them. This and "Eight Days a Week" simply made the "Beatles VI" album. And since you just played them you know they were of the same mood and feel. George's guitar was still important to the Beatle sound, and the music was simple, but perfect. I'm glad you can recognize the pure joy this song could have brought to teens listening to it back then. You have great insight. Now, I'm going to listen again.
Awesome job on this and cool instruments!
You have a really great ear and understanding for what goes on in all these recordings. Very well done.
Thank you Michael, it was superb! I think this song has forecasted the feelings and atmosphere of Rubber Soul, so it was one of the first steps of the transition of the Beatles that finally culminated in Revolver.
Hi Mr Sokil, this was for sure not one of my favorite beatles-tracks but - funny as it is - you show us again again the brilliance of the Beatles. What a joy.
Great sounding Rickenbacker.
You're great, mate... And this recreation it's the best in the world!.
Genial. Incrível o que você faz. Parabéns!
I've run out of superlatives for your playing and execution so that leaves only the song to comment on. This was the best Side one, song one on any album that I know of. Like many Beatles tunes, what was being played was sometimes, pretty basic but add those vocals and lyrics and then, masterpiece!
Great recreation!! The Rick and the Gibson sound wonderful!!
Amazing as always!
excellent excellent version..!! great sound note for incredible note, it's my favorite song of theirs and you executed it to perfection..!! greetings from Buenos Aires
This is just toooo much! Thank you! Love the swinging drummer like Ringo!
At a great early song and the drums well oh all instruments! Thanks!
One of my favorite Beatle songs! Excellent execution as always! Love the sound of your 12 string!
thanks, perry! 🙏🏻 can’t wait to see your next video!
Instantly recognisable drum intro captured perfectly 🙌
I appreciate how perfect and cool that was!
I'd smile like that too if I could play the greatest music ever made like you do. Great job! God bless you.
How is it possible just listening to this song can feel so good? Literally, it feels good!
The reverb on those drums is the best.
Simply brilliant 😁👍
Wow, this is fantastic! This song is a Beatles deep cut that somehow I missed the first time around. In North America, it was released on the Beatles VI album, which I never owned, but lots of my friends did. What You're Doing never got as much attention as other tracks on the same album, such as Eight Days a Week, Bad Boy, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, etc. That's a mystery to me, since this is a wonderful song that is probably one of the templates for all of the melodic, jingle-jangle guitar pop that followed it, up until this day. Thank you for showcasing this song...great job!
I too think it was a template and still is, you're absolutely right!
Amazing work as always - I always thought that Em before the chorus was an E but listening back now you’re right. Amazing how the mind creates its own narrative sometimes
Mike's still doing every Beatle album, it's just that he's doing it one track from each album at a time. Seriously though I'd be interested in hearing songs from the later albums recorded like this, with the twelve string especially. 😀
That Rick is beautiful, beautiful sound! Man I love this. Like a tutorial.
Great! Love this song.
Wow! Note for note right on it ! Fantastic .
I love Beatles for Sale. Such an underrated album. I personally consider it stronger than A Hard Day’s Night and some of the songs on Help!
I like it better than A Hard Day's Night as well
@@thesilvershining For sure!! Way better than AHDN!!
Really nice work man!.
Very nice! Accidentally stumbled on this and I thought you looked familiar, turns out you are mjsokes - I still remember those old videos! :)
sounds great, can’t wait till the revolver stuff..
And this is what a perfect recreation sounds like.
Very well done.
Wow so cool !!!.. thanks man
It sounds so real Michael, what Great song by an early Paul song. Take care of yourself and the family and Georgie. Doug
Perfection. Well done. : )
I would love it if you did another slightly obscure masterpiece. "I'm Only Sleeping" The backwards guitar would be a challenge that I think you would definitely be up for. Such a great song. Thanks for posting!
Excellent work!!
Yet again a complete knock out, love the vocals ( whoever they are) keep it up Michael. Have you had any reaction from either number 2 or 4 that would be the ultimate.
That sounds amazing, like how could a cover be that perfect. I mean I told Ryohei Kanayma to listen to the bass line in the original version in the comments section in his videos yet I’ve told him about your cover that he should listen to for the bassline references, but he said that’s none of my business LOL
I always thought there was a timpani in this song. I've had a lot of thoughts that were wrong. Another excellent recreation!
I've thought that for nearly 60 years now!
There is timpani in this song...
Very impressed with your musicianship, ever since I heard your rendition of the police’s synchronicity 2 several years ago
Incredible!! I love all of the authentic instruments. It just shows one how little tech one would need to make a great song. Nowadays, it doesn't matter what the instruments, tech, studio, etc. Music today just stinks and people make clowns think they are actually good!
The bassline is outstanding.
Well done!
I'm loving the Beatles For Sale appreciation
Another 5 star video!!!!!
THIS SONG IS A CLASSIC!
Really nice!
Bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Awesome...
Absolutely, this song was revolutionary, and a huge influence on not only the Byrds, but on most bands of the mid-1960's. The riff was all George.
Awesome!!
This and "Eight Days a Week" were the 2 songs on "Beatles VI" that I played over and over. Two fantastic songs on an otherwise disappointing album. The cool thing about this song on the US album was that while extreme echo was used on the right channel, the left channel was basically left raw. By listening to just that channel I could pretty much hear what it sounded like in the studio as it was being performed live. It actually helped prepare me for a job later as an engineer at a record company.
Hi Michael, i think you are adding so much compression to the instruments, IT's just my thinking. Nice job on this!
I think so too! That's what The Beatles did, too!
If you were only gonna do 3 from this most under-rated of Beatles albums, these would be the three! But it'd sure be nice to have the other 11. Even Mr. Moonlight has that cool bolero stuff and No Reply has a super cool drum arrangement that shifts gears several times just on the verses. The vocals are probably the most memorable parts of Baby's in Black and Spoil the Party but Kansas City is packed with cool guitar stuff. On the other hand, Rubber Soul and Revolver ... !
That rickenbacker 12 string sounds so good.
Really nice job!
wow, thanks mitch! means a lot coming from you! all the best.
@@MichaelSokil I like the Vimeo stuff with the vocals. "Yesterday" too. Can't wait to dig into the rest.
Yeeeeiiiiii i love it
Solid
Super!
Wonderful as usual :) Greetings from Ukraine!✌💪💪
Grreaat Drum acoustics!! A
Yeah Yeah Yeah !
NO WAY I'M WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS ONE. I was playing this on my acoustic guitar approximately 19 hours ago. Who knew that this song could be the indication? I could've sworn that Paul really is my soulmate XD. Paul is my favorite, by the way!
Wow - I just got a fancy huge monitor and tried this one at the maximum resolution - incredible. I may have to get a huge hard drive and go back and do them all this way. There's an almost conversational aspect to the editing, with various choices seeming to say thing like "oh, and check out *this* little gem". It's interesting that the maximum res produces a ".webm" rather than an ".mp4" file type.
YES. 1000x like this comment. Thanks so much for noticing the editing. I seriously put way too much effort into it, lol.
I listened to the original just now, and then this cover, and this is actually better. I prefer the mix. And that's saying something, considering how long I have enjoyed the original and how many times I've listened to it.
Super
There are several minor songs that got elevated by their placement on the Capitol albums... in a prominent spot either at the start or end of a side. I've Just Seen a Face... Honey Don't... It's Only Love... Every Little Thing. And this one. The drum intro will always sound to me like the opener of Side 2.
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Is increíble how he play all the instruments, the wait of a new song is not lose time
How do you remember all those little nuances? It's incredible: do you have some notes in front of you that point out those nuances, or is it all stored in your mind like some robot?
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Lovely cover, as usual. The 12 string sounds gorgeous. However, for the last 40 years my ears have always heard an E major in the middle 8. And E major is there in the alternative takes. It perplexed me when I heard your E minor because it does work, but doesn't have the same melodic sense of movement that occurs in the ascent from the F sharp note in the Bm chord, to G in the G chord, to G sharp in E major, then the final step being the A in A major.
Do you hear it?
Big respect from Cambridge UK. I'm loving all your covers!
OK...edit...having scrolled down to see what others think, and also am sensitive about correcting a fellow musician so I wanted to make damn sure...was led to an isolated track...and in the first middle 8 I hear a strong E major right on the first beat where its clearest. But then on the second middle 8 I'm hearing Em7 (pinkie playing 3rd fret B string). That is infuriating. They can't have it both ways. It's not right! 😂
I cant wait for Giles Martin to remix this one. It’s amazing sounding on the Love soundtrack.
2:12 first drums solo in the beatles
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I DIDNT MEAN TO DISLIKE I CHANGED IT TO A LIKE
THANK YOU CHIP
Please do a 'Words of Love', drum cover. That'd be amazing.
Hey Michael, I too have a studio built around Beatles instruments etc. I'm curious where you found your 1969 BOP kit? I have a 1965 kit with a 1964 BOP Jazzfest. Keep having fun recording these awesome songs!
Reverb! Here's the original listing: reverb.com/item/39511955-ludwig-3pc-ringo-drum-kit-shell-pack-black-oyster-pearl-1960-s.
I am amazed how much Reverb has taken over from eBay. I have a large collection of vintage Ludwig drums/hardware etc. It use to be very easy to find great deals on this stuff yet since COVID the availability has dropped dramatically. I hope to start posting my own Beatles videos for fun as well. Not sure how I am going to format it, yet I hope to make it fun for others to enjoy. You're doing an excellent job sharing your work. Keep having fun!
Dear Mike, what cymbals are you using, old Zildjian A's, Stambuls, Super Zyns/Not So Super Zyns, a combination of the 3 or none of the following? Big fan of yours going back a long while and i hope you saw my comments on the gear there and everywhere channel as well!! can't wait if you guys ever do a drum episode of some kind!
Hi, well done. How many mics were on your drums?
too many, lol. I think 6?
Nice one dude, looks like you're gonna go random with the song choices.
for now, yep. might go back to the full album approach eventually. but not yet :)