@@paulleach3612 John never said that, that was said in 1985 by comedian who was impersonating Lennon, John had already been dead for 5 years. John held Ringo in high regard.
I always wondered if thats a comment on people being blind to the world around them or a reference to the "eyelid movie" visual hallucinations of LSD when you shut your eyes. maybe both ofc.
Every other band, once they found their sound rode it out as long as they could. The Beatles created a sound, made it great and were wildly successful with it then moved on to something else. They were not afraid to change.
"Strawberry Fields" was an orphanage in Liverpool, I think. This song is actually put together from two different takes - being recorded in slightly different keys! So George Martin (their producer and recording wizard) had to slow down the speed on the first part of the song, in order for it to match the pitch of the second part. That's why John's voice suddenly changes into a lighter sound color, in the second part of the song. The epilogue is probably just something being played backward. At that time, The Beatles really loved experimenting.
Written by John Lennon The song was his commentary on his childhood, with the name taken from playing as a kid on the grounds of an old Orphange named "Strawberry Field". Expressing both his feelings of isolation as a kid, and also the feeling that everything was ok while playing there as an escape. Lennon talked a lot about this song in his 1980 Playboy Interviews.
One other comment. John sings the words: "No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low". John explained this lyric as expressing his observation growing up that he was always "different" from the others. He saw through or perceived other people's hypocrisy, or falseness, or lies around him when no one else seemed to be able to. And he wondered ... either I must be crazy or I must be much smarter than everyone. So that is his offhanded way of expressing that sense of isolation -- it must be something "high or low".
@@FreeSociety1 Thanks for the explanations! I figured someone in the comments section would offer some enlightenment. I was five when this came out and I always heard it was drug related. He really does capture that dreamlike quality that also works for this kind of childhood memory. Not easy to pull off, which may be why people thought he must have been high when he wrote it. I don’t know that he could have done it stoned. It would probably have been a hot mess. I could be wrong. Reading your second comment made me wonder what personality type he was. I just looked and many think he was an INFJ, using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. That’s what I suspected, being an INFJ myself. Others disagree but I’m pretty sure he was one of the more rare types, which is why people didn’t understand him. Those types also tend to notice things that others don’t and we’re pretty good at reading people, which is not always appreciated. It does make it hard to figure out ourselves, our families, and the world in general, unless we have a parent or another adult in our lives who is the same or similar and can validate and guide us.
The reason John's voice sounds so different is because this is actually 2 different recordings that were spliced together. They were in 2 different keys so producer George Martin speed up the first part slightly & slowed down the 2nd part slightly so the keys would match. It's also the reason why the songs arrangement changes so radically as it progresses from part 1 to part 2.
Experimental Beatles, they taught everyone how to think outside the square, think Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and so many more, this is where it started. Also you can realy hear Ringo doing improvisional drumming.
love it or hate it ... the beatles brought it all to light . maybe they all dropped at a certain function and talked about a new wave of music .........john , paul , ringo and george brought it .... we loved it and now we think back and wonder about it .
@@jamesfitzgerald6636 It did start with the Beatles. Pink Floyd were heavily influenced by the Beatles. When Sgt- Pepper came out they instantly bought it, gathered around and could not believe what they heard.
My favourite Beatles song! It starts off with minimal instruments, then instruments are added each chorus, until it has brass and string instruments. Basically an orchestra. Listen to it again.
The Beatles, at this point in their careers, were THE BEATLES! They could do whatever they wanted…and after Sgt. Pepper’s continued getting experimental…the accomplishments they made in a 7-8 yr span is mind blowing!
This was the first song recorded after their " Revolver " album. It was so far removed from what was on the charts at the time. They opened another door, ushering in psychedelic music. The video was groundbreaking as well.
Also The Temptations went into their Psychedelic Soul Phase in 1968. The Beatles were big fans of them and sent them a Welcome Telegram when they first went to Europe in 1964.
That "one last little trip" to end it off was actually a huge part of the Beatles's catalogue. I think I read that George Martin (producer) suggested that they should end their songs with something completely different, as the surprising contrast would keep the whole song more firmly in everybody's mind. I think we can conclude that it worked. Many times!
Just imagine listening to this song in January 1967; there was NOTHING else like this on radio. The Beatles were by far the most popular act in music then and instead of the usual thing, they issued this song. The song went to #1 but half the people were scratching their heads, just like you guys. 55 years later, may people still are.
I 1st heard strawberry fields in 1968, I was 9 yrs old & my twin brother bought the album (his 1st album ever) My favorite tunes on the album were magical mystery tour & baby your a rich man. but my fave beatles album is abbey road.
I reckon this was the first Beatles single since Love Me Do in 1962 that didnt get to number one - in the UK anyway. It had Penny Lane as the B Side - great songs both. I remember it on Top of the Pops as a 6 year old!
Understanding the Beatles in their progression and evolution over their time make better sense than just listening to a song here and there from different years!!
Awesome song. And let’s not forget the fifth Beatle, producer George Martin who incorporated the diverse orchestral elements owing to his background in classical music. Five brilliant minds.
I think the Beatles really do offer something for everyone and we all have our unique fav for our own reason. Their catalog is so great and so diverse if you can't find something in there to love you just arent paying attention.
The story behind the making of this recording is fascinating. They actually recorded the song twice in 2 different tempos, 2 different keys and 2 different arrangements. John didn't completely like either of the takes, but he liked certain things about the one, and certain things about the other. So he asked George Martin to take the two and essentially splice them together. Martin said, it wasn't possible because of the tempo and key differences. John said that he was sure George could do it. And sure enough, he figured out a way to manually sync the two different recordings. So you're listening to two different recordings combined to make a single recording. And that's part of what gives it that dreamy quality. That kind of thing is pretty much commonplace now in studios, with all the electronic and techno tools. But they were all flying by the seat of their pants back then, with only their imaginations limiting them. Also, the official video for the song is amazing. It was in 1967, 14 years before the start of MTV, and they were called promotional films back then LOL. I'm guessing this was remastered, because even though it's only in HD, it's sharp and the colors are crisp. th-cam.com/video/HtUH9z_Oey8/w-d-xo.html. At the end, after the fadeout/fadein, and before the final fadeout, you can hear a voice saying "Cranberry sauce". For the longest time, it was misheard as "I buried Paul", and was one of the big clues that Paul was dead. This was a famous conspiracy theory, that McCartney had been killed in an auto accident in 1966 and he was secretly replaced with a look-alike/sound-alike named Billy Shears, just like on the Sgt. Pepper album. If you guys haven't delved into that yet, it's an amazing journey down the rabbit hole.
@@seansinclair257 Insane. And even more insane, I believe they had to actually press EMI to be able to use their new 8 track equipment during the White Album sessions. I think that not all, but part of that album was done on 8 track, and everything before that album was all 4 track.
They actually recorded two versions of the song and they couldn’t decide which was better so they spliced the two together, hence the rewinds and reverbs, which was cutting edge and something completely unique. Best band ever.❤❤
They were recorded in different keys and tempos. It is by shear luck that slowing down the second part slightly made it fit the key and tempo of the first part.
This is one of my favorite songs by The Beatles and is considered a significant turning point in their career. The backstory to this song is equally phenomenal. The band had decided to no longer perform live about six months before this was released. For The Beatles to deprive the public of no new releases for a period of six full months was unheard of in those days. This got all of the critics abuzzing with many of them declaring that the group was washed up and all of their creative juices had run dry. The Beatles originally wanted to rebut the critics with Sgt Pepper, but they were reluctantly convinced to release this song and Penny Lane as a double A-side single. Needless to say, this blew the critics away. Not only were both songs far beyond their previous recordings, but the physical appearance of the band had changed drastically. The Beatles were now grown men, they were sick of the Beatlemania label and they desperately wanted to leave the 'boy band' days behind them. Now with their music being entirely different than anyone had ever expected, the critics were left stunned and had trouble trying to define them. I trust by now that others in the RSR Family have urged you to view the official music video for both this and Penny Lane. These two songs are credited as being the first ever music videos in that they were produced as stand-alone 'promo films' which were intended to specifically showcase newly released material. They were distributed to the market in lieu of the band having to appear live. Yet again, The Beatles broke the mold in the music industry and left the competition scrambling to catch up.
It’s such an absolute masterpiece of a song that whisks you away like dandelion tumbling through a breakbeat breeze. And I read the book on this groundbreaking recording sessions in the studio, they turned the recording studio itself into another sentient character, like an instrument in & of itself. I truly believe this was the threshold into modern technological music.
The reason John wrote this song was that he and Paul wanted to pay tribute to their home town of Liverpool. Strawberry Fields was a park where John liked to hang out with friends. Paul’s song was called Penny Lane which was the name of the street they used to ride the bus on the way to school.
Keep in mind that this is all analog recording... meaning edits, merging of takes, etc. was all done by manually splicing pieces of (audio) tape together. For example, there are some sounds on this track that are actually a cymbal crash played in reverse. So it was recorded normally, then that recording was cut, flipped, and spliced back in manually. The support team behind the Beatles' recordings, especially as their sound evolved, were absolutely key. Sir George Martin and everyone else involved deserve a lot of credit for making such magical music with extremely limited technology compared to what sound engineers have at their disposal today.
It's hard to describe the beatles. You had to be there. They actually changed the culture of the world for the youth. They didn't start the change but we're so influential even bands already in business were in awe, not to mention all the kids that started playing guitars and drums in they're garages. They started as rockers but they're music was so intelligent it raised the level of everybody else. They were a phenomenon.
Lennon's vocal was recorded with the tape running fast so that when played back at normal speed the tonality would be altered, giving his voice a slurred sound.
From that same Magical Mystery Tour album, check out Baby You're a Rich Man and pay attention to the bass (Paul is amazing really on all the Beatles songs) and John's lyrics are cool the way they roast shallow Hollywood types. Every song on this album is great, check out Hello, Goodbye, Your Mother Should Know (delightful), and Penny Lane. Also, this is can't miss, you gotta hear, from Sgt. Pepper, the opening song and the lead in to With A Little Help From My Friends, and also at the end of the album, the Reprise and the lead in to A Day In The Life. The diversity of sound and creativity of the Beatles is simply extraordinary, no other band comes to within a million miles.
This is one of my favorite songs. I'm always impressed when someone who may not be a Beatles fan remarks that they like this song. Most underrated, I believe. The recording of this song is a saga done twice at different speeds but somehow edited together. Nice job, George Martin and crew. :) The mellotron played in the intro plays different recorded orchestral instruments from the keyboard. The musician's union tried to sue them! What a song, though!
Ya'll have gotten so good at active listening and analyzing. You even mention it in this video how earlier in the days of the channel you might not have dug this, but you do enough active listening and learning to let things in and a lot more of the world opens up to you. So cool to see. Great job.
The Beatles evolved over time. Their debut, second, third and fourth albums were their pop/rock ’n roll albums. Their next two were their songwriter albums (the first where they really got into the art of crafting a song), their next three were sort of their psychedelic phase. Then their final two kinda combined everything.
Kind of jest, I've also heard their periods described as: first they were a speed band, then a marijuana band, then an LSD band. So for you to say they then "kinda combined everything" made me laugh lol
The Beatles were all about musical exploration and experimentation. You see how they're always coming up with a different sound, well, in 1968 they really came out with a unique sound, it was dubbed heavy metal, the song, "Helter Skelter", it was definitely ahead of it's time.
The bottom line is this, where the Beatles went all others followed. Each new Album, each new Single set a direction at that moment in time. No other group/artist has managed to do that so consistently. That's why they really are, without question, the greatest.
From the greatest club band, to the greatest pop group, to the most prolific songwriters, to the greatest studio band...they just kept growing. The height, width and depth of their catalog is boggling; no one came close. Other bands made entire careers out of moments from the Beatles. Please check out "Dear Prudence"!
J, Amber you guys dive deep into every song you react to it is amazing the way you break each song down and your interpretations are pretty much spot on but the reason the Beatles are considered the best is not only their compositions and the use of different instruments and their lyrics but because the Beatles pioneered so many different recording techniques that are used by most artists today: over dubbing, back masking, feedback noises for more Beatles songs, if you haven't already, listen to Revolution, Back in the USSR, Penny Lane, Helter Skelter, I Am The Walrus, Ob-La-Di Ob La Da, With A Little Help From My Friends and so so many other their catalog is endless
I grew up listening to the Beatles and was nine years old when seeing them for the first time on Ed Sullivan. Yes I’m that old. Even at the age of nine they floored me. They will always be the greatest rock band.
You can hear the Beatles leading music into the psychedelic period and they even sound like a progressive rock band in this. Going to India really improved the music.
This was originally recorded in two different musical styles and at different speeds The Beatles then told their genius recording engineer George Martan to somehow combine the two music tracks. Using some completely analog recording tricks that Martin invented, he did just that. Then, The Beatles dubbed the vocal over it . This is what gives the fished recording its most unusual sound. BTW, at the very end, barely audible, one of The Beatles said, " I'm very board'. which some misheard to say to say " I buried Paul" which gave rise to the false rumor that Paul was dead .
Particularly, it was John Lennon that was not satisfied with both versions he did. It was really John's song alone, credited to Lennon/McCartney as usual. He discussed it with George Martin and they decided they could combine both takes, and add things. They sure did add things, lol. No one heard "I buried Paul" until some idiot DJ in Detroit in 1969 started all this "Paul is Dead" rumor stuff with alleged clues in their music, and someone decided "I buried Paul" was what was said at the end instead of "I'm very bored.". Ridiculous. Now generations believe all that garbage as fact, what a sad commentary on the gullibility of the masses thanks to the metaverse...
I have a picture in front of myself in front of the actual Strawberry Fields in Liverpool England. I am a huge Beatles fan and my Dad took me to England after I graduated college (gift from my Parents). We, of course, went to the birthplace of the Beatles. Love hearing others appreciate the greatness of The Beatles. They were before my time but I love how their music is beloved by all different generations!
Great reaction. Lennon's voice was distorted by speeding up the tape when recording his voice, then when it is played normal speed, his voice sounds deeper. I heard this song when it came out when I was 7. In the station wagon with my Dad. I had never heard anything like it. I asked my Dad who they were, and he said "The Beatles"
One of the watershed moments in psychedelic music.If you notice,John's voice is dubbed over with his own voice and the arrangement is faster paced than the vocals,which they pioneered and almost all after were inspired by,especially Jimi Hendrix.
At the end of the song, the Beatles sing "cranberry sauce" but many fans believe the Beatles sang "I buried Paul" which was cited by some as an indicator that Paul had expired. This song consists of two versions stitched together, a soft and harder take. An early take with just an acoustic guitar is also terrific. It was released as a single with "Penny Lane", another pop masterpiece. Were the Beatles space aliens?
This is for me the greatest song of theirs, just love it. When you think this is almost five years on from their debut single Love Me Do back in '62, their musical evolution was staggering, no other band have ever evolved as fast or as well as these four lads from Liverpool..... You guys ever come to England, go visit Liverpool and go visit Strawberry Field and see the place that inspired this awesome song.
i AM late to this party but glad i found you. I just got back from Liverpool May 2024. Hey Jude/All You Need Is Love until we went to Strawberry Fields with the song in the background. SF was John's backyard and he would climb the tree and watch the children play as it was an orphanage. He would imagine what it would be like, but always resonated with it because he was abandoned by his Dad and then Mom Julia. He lived with his aunt MIMI who raised him. All along he thought his mom lived far away only to find out later that she lived a couple of miles away. The stepdad never wanted him in the house. So I think that is why he wrote the song and had such a connection to the orphans.
In '66 & '67 The Beatles pioneered so much of what would come to be known as psychedelic rock. While in Texas, The Thirteen Floor Elevators had their initial burst of psych rock on their 1st two (and only true studio efforts as a band) albums, The Beatles would use their expansive imaginations, creativity, studio innovations (w/ Martin's production skills), and instrumental options, to take psych to places sonically it had never gone before. Over the course of Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, and Magical Mystery Tour, along with singles, they wrote and recorded a good number of psychedelic songs, which would add on significantly to their already massive influence on other musicians.
Listen to the first Beatles album and go through to their last and you will be amazed at the quality and growth to a group that was together a relatively short time. They were brilliant.
Check out the video with James Corden and Paul McCartney driving around Liverpool visiting these sites, including Paul's boyhood home, where the current owner let them in and Paul explained how he created some songs and a surprise appearance at a local pub!
Strawberry Fields was a park where John & Paul used to hang out . And about the recording of Strawberry , U must not forget that the Beatles were the kings of dubs & overdubs in studio.
Manipulating sound and speed is now common practice in the music industry, but back then the idea of editing together two different takes - in slightly different keys - was a very tricky business. This song went through multiple takes, some faster and some slower, with sound effects added. It really is a prime example of how groups at the end of the 1960s began to view the process of making a 'composition' as more important than whether it could be reproduced live. It was a trap that musicians eventually had to back away from in order to take their music on the road.
This is EXACTLY Beatles vibes! This song was released in 1967. They were constantly growing and evolving, so their music is a variety of different styles and sounds. But at that time, their songs always had a quality and style that you always knew it was The Beatles. Great reaction! Thank you!
I just love that Amber closed her eyes and drifted away with the music... The song was inspired about a Salvation Army children's home in Liverpool that John knew ... Have you listened to any of the BEATLES Indian inspired songs, John's TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, from the Revolver, or George's WITHIN YOU, WITHOUT YOU, on St Peppers... plus the B side Baby Your A Rich Man....
Ringo is a guy who knows exactly what a song needs, he never adds too much, he never adds too little, his contributions are just right. If you want to hear some of Ringo's best drumming I suggest Tomorrow Never Knows off of the Revolver album, Rain which was a single but it's on the Past Masters volume 2 album and of course A Day in The Life, off of Sergeant Pepper's. Ringo's TomTom fills off of that track is just tremendous!! One more track to check out is Ticket to Ride off of the Help album. I I've seen Ringo play live about seven times with different incarnations of the all-star band and I have to say he actually really has some good swing to his playing. I had really great seats every time and observed his drumming style, he almost hits the high hat with his drumstick like a windshield wiper, not up and down but side to side. He really is a great drummer and he has the most important aspect of drumming and that's feel, it's actually the most important aspect of all instrument playing
God bless and RIP, George Martin. The Beatles + George Martin are beyond brilliant. For some fun facts, look up the recording sessions for this. I was 15 when this came out and it still gives me goosebumps! Thank you and peace, out.
Can you imagine what we 16 year old kids thought when this hit the airwaves. What we were listening to was nearly beyond our comprehension. No one knew what to think or say. We just listened in absolute awe.
Strawberry Fields was a children's home in Liverpool where John used to play in the large grounds of the house and climbed trees and played games there as young children do.
Often forgotten is the importance of the cooperation between the band and their producer the late, great George Martin. Martin was a classical musician, who had been employed to make comedy records. He got to work with The Beatles because, at the beginning, they were not regarded highly by the record company. It was an amazing piece of musical happenstance putting them together. Bringing together all that raw creativity and skill led to an incredible soundtrack for my teenage years.
One of my absolute favourite songs. After the 2 to 3 minute classics of their early period, and then the lyrics getting more personal and the musical palette getting much broader in the middle period, this is maybe the start of their final period where anything seemed possible. Sgt Pepper wasn't far away. This was John's reflections on Liverpool, with Paul's "Penny Lane" on the other side of the double A release. The best pop single of all time ? There are other contenders, but quite possibly.
This is why no other band has been able to repeat The Beatle's Billboard's Hot 100 chart: On April 4, 1964 they held: the top 5 spots plus many more for a total of 12 songs on a single week! 1. Can't Buy Me Love 2. Twist & Shout 3. She Loves You 4. I Want To Hold Your Hand 5. Please Please Me 31. I Saw Her Standing There 41. From Me To You 46. Do You Want To Know A Secret 58. All My Loving 65. You Can't Do That 68. Roll Over Beethoven 79. Thank You Girl
I don’t know what Beatles songs you’ve done, but their albums Magical Mystery Tour, Sgt.Pepper, Yellow Submarine, all had allot of psychedelic sounds to them. This is another example of The Beatles LEADING and guiding popular music in a certain direction. We’d never heard anything like it, but because it was The Beatles, we HAD to absorb it…..They were cultural icons, and in that way, popular music was morphed and “guided” if you will by this incredibly influential and seminal band.
Can't ever go wrong listening to more Beatles!!!!!! The had 53 different "vibes" - they were musically variable and adaptable. There was a whole subculture around them that you really had to be there to fully understand. They made worldwide news constantly before there was worldwide news. Sometime listen to the whole White Album.
This is basically the birth of psychedelic music right here. Nobody had ever done a song like this before. John's voice is slightly toned-down in pitch in the mix which made his voice sound unusually lower. Probably the first song to ever fade back in after it faded out. The Beatles were the first to do everything. Since this was a double sided single, you should listen to Penny Lane next. By the way, you just reacted to Raspberry Beret by Prince, now you're hearing its influence.
MAGNETO - Yeah that is true nobody had done a song like this at that time but there were other psychedelic music played and released before Strawberry Fields like the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd song 'Interstellar Overdrive', this song was written and played in 1966 before its release on their 1967 debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
@@78yestor93 Tomorrow Never Knows was recorded in April of 1966 and a lot of people consider that the first psychedelic song, especially the version that wasn't released. But when I say the "birth," I'm really talking as far as popularity. Strawberry Fields was definitely one of the most bizarre songs that first became a hit, with the exception of any novelty songs.
I love how you guys close your eyes and let yourselves become entranced by this brilliance. Notice how, as the song progresses, less and less instruments are used.
The Mellotron loop of the backwards flute was from Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues. I find it very cool just how much the earlier artists in England collaborated and influenced one another. It never hurts that they are two of my all-time favorite rock groups.
So, how to explain this song? The genesis of this song came to be when The Beatles were introduced to Bob Dylan. Not his music, the guy himself. Dylan was full of praise about the Fab Four's music, but he was less enamoured with their lyrics. of which he stated "Made no statement." Since the Beatles' songs were "Love me do", "She loves you", "It won't be long" and all the rest of "Boy loves girl" songs. He urged them to write about real feelings about real things happening in the world. Likewise the fab four who were also full of praise about Dylan's songs urged him to branch out and go beyond The-guy-and-his-acoustic-guitar. For Dylan this encounter resulted into the album "Blonde on blonde." Where he ditched the Singer Songwriter format for a full electric band and songs like "Like a rolling stone" which had a raw Rock N Roll sound to match the even rawer lyrics about falling from grace. For the Beatles, the encounter meant that they started to write more introspective lyrics but doing so in very different point of views. - Paul started writing about the common man, the guy on the street that nobody paid attention to. Songs like "Eleanor Rigby", "The Fool on the hill", "Getting better" and "Fixing a hole" - John However started to look in the mirror and started writing about the guy staring back at him, songs about the madness of being a Beatle. The first song he came up with was "Help" and describing it to the others as "It's autobiographical." And the others nodding, they knew exactly what John was talking about, they have been going through the same thing. Songs such as "Nowhere man", "You've got to hide your love away", "I'm only sleeping" were all about John going "You have no idea how crushing it is to be a super star!" "Strawberry Fields forever" is about an Orphanage where John used to go to as a child, just to hang around in its garden, looking for some peace and quiet. The lyrics are clearly saying "You guys have no idea what I'm going through!" but also blaming himself for the whole ordeal. During the shooting of the music video, John broke down in tears, expressing how unhappy he was with being this rock star and part of the band who ruled the world.
Strawberry Fields is the orphanage near Johns house where he used to play as a kid. The song is about wanting to go back there and its sung from the childs point of view.
Actuallly they quit touring because of the craziness of the fans just screaming over their playing. Quitting touring allowed them extra freedom to create in the studio because they didn't have to worry about reproducing their sound on stage. There are the Beatles and then everyone else. No other group comes close.
@@artprince9163 another typical triggered beatles fan spouting fake stories...........you are grossly incorrect. sure, the boy band beatles had the typical 15 year old girls screaming , that was their main audience. teeny bopper girls. ... they quit touring because the music became too reliant on Martins studio tricks....1966’s Revolver, Eleanor Rigby does not have any of the beatles playing anything. they could have arranged it, but it would have sounded like a completely different song. "Got to Get You Into my Life" uses plenty of horns. "For No One" is a piano based song with a French Horn solo. And the backwards guitar solo in" Tomorrow Never Knows" is purely a studio gimmick. Their last concert setlist is a good indicator. Although it happened in August 1966, most of the songs hail back from their first albums. Only Paperback Writer (released as a single) was a ’66 song, .... the last tour, after the release of Revolver, only included ONE SONG off of Revolver. and only TWO SONGS off of Rubber Soul . no more evidence is needed.. you are dismissed .
@@artprince9163 beatles most over rated band in history. classic " BeatleBoomerBoy" that will never admit that the beatles got rich and lazy , and the DAY pathetic coward lennon met that insane witch oh-no was the day he was never allowed by "mama" to tour ever again. Their last concert was August 1966, they met Nov 1966 and "that was that". the "screaming was too loud" story was 100% false , unless you are talking about yukko oh-no and it's horrific unbearable shrieking. They let George Martin carry the load after that. with their little walrus dress ups and lazy, clownish yellow submarine garbage, Paul McCartney was the most talented beatle. he was also the smartest.
With the Revolver album through Magical Mystery Tour albums, the Beatles showed that the sky was the limit as to what can be explored with regards to musical creation and expression.
Love how much you’re loving the Beatles, and that you didn’t let your early impressions stop you! I was lucky enough to see Paul McCartney in concert this weekend…incredible even with age, makes you wonder how they would’ve sounded if they’d all been around to tour together now. When you decide to really go for it, try reacting to the long medley of Abbey Road (the string of songs that finish the album). You’ll be blown away!
Wish you could have experienced The Beatles like I did and the progression from the early pop sounds to the evolution into the greatest band of all time. The ride was amazing.
I grew up with the music but when I was 19 or 20 I listened to each song progressively while reading books about their history. While you know what they accomplish, you can still take crazy amount of appreciation for the growth no matter what.
This song is actually quite strange, in that it's a compilation because John wanted to use parts of different versions, and unfortunately they were recorded either in a different pitch or tempo, so they were 'engineered' to try and create a workable average, but it doesn't quite work perfectly with the sheet, sounding either flat or sharp at any point.
Yes and remember this was analog, not digital. Recorded on tape. As the recordings were made on different days, the tempo of the first did not match the second. The engineer had to slow down one and speed up the other. The splice is not noticeable. George Martin added more instruments to the second part of the song to fill it out. John's vocals are ethereal. My favorite Beatle song from one of my favorite albums.
Ringo's drumming on this track is next level. He was shamelessly under-regarded as a rock drummer, but this is right up there with the best of them.
agreed,one of my favorite ringo tracks!
@ James Rowe Ringo was all about good taste first
"Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?"
"He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles..."
@@paulleach3612 Yes that was circulated. Is there proof ? Who in the Beatles was better ?
@@paulleach3612 John never said that, that was said in 1985 by comedian who was impersonating Lennon, John had already been dead for 5 years. John held Ringo in high regard.
Love the lyrics. " Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see "
It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me. 😊❤️
Such a genius lyrics
The greatest line in rock history.
@@JamesBeam420 Let me take you down.
I always wondered if thats a comment on people being blind to the world around them or a reference to the "eyelid movie" visual hallucinations of LSD when you shut your eyes. maybe both ofc.
Every other band, once they found their sound rode it out as long as they could. The Beatles created a sound, made it great and were wildly successful with it then moved on to something else. They were not afraid to change.
"Strawberry Fields" was an orphanage in Liverpool, I think. This song is actually put together from two different takes - being recorded in slightly different keys! So George Martin (their producer and recording wizard) had to slow down the speed on the first part of the song, in order for it to match the pitch of the second part. That's why John's voice suddenly changes into a lighter sound color, in the second part of the song. The epilogue is probably just something being played backward. At that time, The Beatles really loved experimenting.
Correct. 100% correct.
Written by John Lennon
The song was his commentary on his childhood, with the name taken from playing as a kid on the grounds of an old Orphange named "Strawberry Field". Expressing both his feelings of isolation as a kid, and also the feeling that everything was ok while playing there as an escape. Lennon talked a lot about this song in his 1980 Playboy Interviews.
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You beat me to it my friend. Well explained!!
One other comment.
John sings the words: "No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low".
John explained this lyric as expressing his observation growing up that he was always "different" from the others. He saw through or perceived other people's hypocrisy, or falseness, or lies around him when no one else seemed to be able to. And he wondered ... either I must be crazy or I must be much smarter than everyone. So that is his offhanded way of expressing that sense of isolation -- it must be something "high or low".
@@FreeSociety1 Thanks for the explanations! I figured someone in the comments section would offer some enlightenment. I was five when this came out and I always heard it was drug related. He really does capture that dreamlike quality that also works for this kind of childhood memory. Not easy to pull off, which may be why people thought he must have been high when he wrote it. I don’t know that he could have done it stoned. It would probably have been a hot mess. I could be wrong.
Reading your second comment made me wonder what personality type he was. I just looked and many think he was an INFJ, using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. That’s what I suspected, being an INFJ myself. Others disagree but I’m pretty sure he was one of the more rare types, which is why people didn’t understand him. Those types also tend to notice things that others don’t and we’re pretty good at reading people, which is not always appreciated. It does make it hard to figure out ourselves, our families, and the world in general, unless we have a parent or another adult in our lives who is the same or similar and can validate and guide us.
The reason John's voice sounds so different is because this is actually 2 different recordings that were spliced together. They were in 2 different keys so producer George Martin speed up the first part slightly & slowed down the 2nd part slightly so the keys would match. It's also the reason why the songs arrangement changes so radically as it progresses from part 1 to part 2.
Experimental Beatles, they taught everyone how to think outside the square, think Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and so many more, this is where it started. Also you can realy hear Ringo doing improvisional drumming.
Didn’t start with the Beatles, I saw Pink Floyd early 1967, they were out there for the time
love it or hate it ... the beatles brought it all to light . maybe they all dropped at a certain function and talked about a new wave of music .........john , paul , ringo and george brought it .... we loved it and now we think back and wonder about it .
Nah dude, Pink Floyd had been around for years before this song. This came out the year Syd left Pink Floyd.
@@jamesfitzgerald6636 This song was recorded in 1966 though
@@jamesfitzgerald6636 It did start with the Beatles. Pink Floyd were heavily influenced by the Beatles. When Sgt- Pepper came out they instantly bought it, gathered around and could not believe what they heard.
You cannot overstate the Beatles’ talent or influence. They were constantly evolving and we were right there with them
My favourite Beatles song! It starts off with minimal instruments, then instruments are added each chorus, until it has brass and string instruments. Basically an orchestra. Listen to it again.
The Beatles, at this point in their careers, were THE BEATLES! They could do whatever they wanted…and after Sgt. Pepper’s continued getting experimental…the accomplishments they made in a 7-8 yr span is mind blowing!
In my opinion, for many reasons, this is the best song of all times. Nothing is real, John discovered it soon.
They say imitation is a compliment. The inability to replicate this musical style speaks volumes for the unique gift that was The Beatles.
This was the first song recorded after their " Revolver " album. It was so far removed from what was on the charts at the time. They opened another door, ushering in psychedelic music. The video was groundbreaking as well.
I really really love Pink Floyd
Also The Temptations went into their Psychedelic Soul Phase in 1968. The Beatles were big fans of them and sent them a Welcome Telegram when they first went to Europe in 1964.
Revolver had a bit of a psychadelic theme on a few songs, also.
No, it was the first song recorded for Sargent Pepper
@@jackarmstrong1838not on revolver but rain was their first real psychedelic track
It would be easy to dismiss this as absolute craziness but in my opinion it is them pushing the boundaries of music. I love it.
I love it also!
The Drumming on this, is next level. Best way to describe Ringos style of Drumming....falling down a flight of stairs, with style 👌
“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” is another psychedelic masterpiece by The Beatles. ✌️
And I am the Walrus, you can tell that was penned with a lot of help from Lucy 😅
The best I think is the one that they were shy to release - Tomorrow Never Knows ! 🤡
@@Strider_JM Should we tell them who “Lucy” is?😂
OK with you all. But "rain", from my point of view, is the best (and may be the first) lsd song
Listen to Elanore Rigby w/o vocals.....trippy just hearing string instruments 😂
I love the contrast between the mellow music and Ringo's energetic drumming in parts.
That "one last little trip" to end it off was actually a huge part of the Beatles's catalogue. I think I read that George Martin (producer) suggested that they should end their songs with something completely different, as the surprising contrast would keep the whole song more firmly in everybody's mind. I think we can conclude that it worked. Many times!
Just imagine listening to this song in January 1967; there was NOTHING else like this on radio. The Beatles were by far the most popular act in music then and instead of the usual thing, they issued this song. The song went to #1 but half the people were scratching their heads, just like you guys. 55 years later, may people still are.
I 1st heard strawberry fields in 1968, I was 9 yrs old & my twin brother bought the album (his 1st album ever) My
favorite tunes on the album were magical mystery tour & baby your a rich man. but my fave beatles album is abbey road.
The song didn't actually get to #1.
Engelbert Humperdinck kept The Beatles from the top spot. Unbelievable really.
I reckon this was the first Beatles single since Love Me Do in 1962 that didnt get to number one - in the UK anyway. It had Penny Lane as the B Side - great songs both. I remember it on Top of the Pops as a 6 year old!
So true.
@@paulmartin7737 There was actually no B side They were both A sides
Understanding the Beatles in their progression and evolution over their time make better sense than just listening to a song here and there from different years!!
Awesome song. And let’s not forget the fifth Beatle, producer George Martin who incorporated the diverse orchestral elements owing to his background in classical music. Five brilliant minds.
"I am the Walrus " is over the top different and amazing !!
I think the Beatles really do offer something for everyone and we all have our unique fav for our own reason. Their catalog is so great and so diverse if you can't find something in there to love you just arent paying attention.
The story behind the making of this recording is fascinating. They actually recorded the song twice in 2 different tempos, 2 different keys and 2 different arrangements. John didn't completely like either of the takes, but he liked certain things about the one, and certain things about the other. So he asked George Martin to take the two and essentially splice them together. Martin said, it wasn't possible because of the tempo and key differences. John said that he was sure George could do it. And sure enough, he figured out a way to manually sync the two different recordings. So you're listening to two different recordings combined to make a single recording. And that's part of what gives it that dreamy quality. That kind of thing is pretty much commonplace now in studios, with all the electronic and techno tools. But they were all flying by the seat of their pants back then, with only their imaginations limiting them. Also, the official video for the song is amazing. It was in 1967, 14 years before the start of MTV, and they were called promotional films back then LOL. I'm guessing this was remastered, because even though it's only in HD, it's sharp and the colors are crisp. th-cam.com/video/HtUH9z_Oey8/w-d-xo.html. At the end, after the fadeout/fadein, and before the final fadeout, you can hear a voice saying "Cranberry sauce". For the longest time, it was misheard as "I buried Paul", and was one of the big clues that Paul was dead. This was a famous conspiracy theory, that McCartney had been killed in an auto accident in 1966 and he was secretly replaced with a look-alike/sound-alike named Billy Shears, just like on the Sgt. Pepper album. If you guys haven't delved into that yet, it's an amazing journey down the rabbit hole.
Yessir! All on four tracks!!!!!
@@seansinclair257 Insane. And even more insane, I believe they had to actually press EMI to be able to use their new 8 track equipment during the White Album sessions. I think that not all, but part of that album was done on 8 track, and everything before that album was all 4 track.
@@mikeking7710 Crazy, right?! People have no idea!!
Good camera and good film and good development (and shooting in focus) and you can get ridiculous resolution. It was analog!
Yeap. George Martin had to really work on this song plus Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite.
Anyone that didn't grow up with the Beatles probably doesn't realise how progressive they were.
They actually recorded two versions of the song and they couldn’t decide which was better so they spliced the two together, hence the rewinds and reverbs, which was cutting edge and something completely unique. Best band ever.❤❤
They were recorded in different keys and tempos. It is by shear luck that slowing down the second part slightly made it fit the key and tempo of the first part.
I was 10 years old when this came out. My older brothers turned me on to the Beatles. My generation was very lucky 🍀
This is one of my favorite songs by The Beatles and is considered a significant turning point in their career. The backstory to this song is equally phenomenal. The band had decided to no longer perform live about six months before this was released. For The Beatles to deprive the public of no new releases for a period of six full months was unheard of in those days. This got all of the critics abuzzing with many of them declaring that the group was washed up and all of their creative juices had run dry. The Beatles originally wanted to rebut the critics with Sgt Pepper, but they were reluctantly convinced to release this song and Penny Lane as a double A-side single. Needless to say, this blew the critics away. Not only were both songs far beyond their previous recordings, but the physical appearance of the band had changed drastically. The Beatles were now grown men, they were sick of the Beatlemania label and they desperately wanted to leave the 'boy band' days behind them. Now with their music being entirely different than anyone had ever expected, the critics were left stunned and had trouble trying to define them. I trust by now that others in the RSR Family have urged you to view the official music video for both this and Penny Lane. These two songs are credited as being the first ever music videos in that they were produced as stand-alone 'promo films' which were intended to specifically showcase newly released material. They were distributed to the market in lieu of the band having to appear live. Yet again, The Beatles broke the mold in the music industry and left the competition scrambling to catch up.
Why. Why am I not surprised by ANY of this?
Well said.... Cranberry Sauce!
It’s such an absolute masterpiece of a song that whisks you away like dandelion tumbling through a breakbeat breeze. And I read the book on this groundbreaking recording sessions in the studio, they turned the recording studio itself into another sentient character, like an instrument in & of itself. I truly believe this was the threshold into modern technological music.
Love your description
The reason John wrote this song was that he and Paul wanted to pay tribute to their home town of Liverpool. Strawberry Fields was a park where John liked to hang out with friends. Paul’s song was called Penny Lane which was the name of the street they used to ride the bus on the way to school.
Keep in mind that this is all analog recording... meaning edits, merging of takes, etc. was all done by manually splicing pieces of (audio) tape together. For example, there are some sounds on this track that are actually a cymbal crash played in reverse. So it was recorded normally, then that recording was cut, flipped, and spliced back in manually. The support team behind the Beatles' recordings, especially as their sound evolved, were absolutely key. Sir George Martin and everyone else involved deserve a lot of credit for making such magical music with extremely limited technology compared to what sound engineers have at their disposal today.
It's hard to describe the beatles. You had to be there. They actually changed the culture of the world for the youth. They didn't start the change but we're so influential even bands already in business were in awe, not to mention all the kids that started playing guitars and drums in they're garages. They started as rockers but they're music was so intelligent it raised the level of everybody else. They were a phenomenon.
Lennon's vocal was recorded with the tape running fast so that when played back at normal speed the tonality would be altered, giving his voice a slurred sound.
From that same Magical Mystery Tour album, check out Baby You're a Rich Man and pay attention to the bass (Paul is amazing really on all the Beatles songs) and John's lyrics are cool the way they roast shallow Hollywood types. Every song on this album is great, check out Hello, Goodbye, Your Mother Should Know (delightful), and Penny Lane. Also, this is can't miss, you gotta hear, from Sgt. Pepper, the opening song and the lead in to With A Little Help From My Friends, and also at the end of the album, the Reprise and the lead in to A Day In The Life. The diversity of sound and creativity of the Beatles is simply extraordinary, no other band comes to within a million miles.
Magical Mystery Tour wasn’t an album, it was an EP (extended play). Everything else is spot on.
This is one of my favorite songs. I'm always impressed when someone who may not be a Beatles fan remarks that they like this song. Most underrated, I believe. The recording of this song is a saga done twice at different speeds but somehow edited together. Nice job, George Martin and crew. :) The mellotron played in the intro plays different recorded orchestral instruments from the keyboard. The musician's union tried to sue them! What a song, though!
I remember when it first came out!
Ya'll have gotten so good at active listening and analyzing. You even mention it in this video how earlier in the days of the channel you might not have dug this, but you do enough active listening and learning to let things in and a lot more of the world opens up to you. So cool to see. Great job.
The Beatles evolved over time. Their debut, second, third and fourth albums were their pop/rock ’n roll albums. Their next two were their songwriter albums (the first where they really got into the art of crafting a song), their next three were sort of their psychedelic phase. Then their final two kinda combined everything.
YES. I've always thought the Beatles had four phases. You've described them perfectly.
Kind of jest, I've also heard their periods described as: first they were a speed band, then a marijuana band, then an LSD band. So for you to say they then "kinda combined everything" made me laugh lol
This was their trippy phase … beautiful and made for listening intently .. still hearing stuff decades later I’d not noticed before 👍🏴
This song is often overlooked, but the lyrics, vocals & instrumental are all on point, certainly one of the best songs ever made.
The Beatles were all about musical exploration and experimentation. You see how they're always coming up with a different sound, well, in 1968 they really came out with a unique sound, it was dubbed heavy metal, the song, "Helter Skelter", it was definitely ahead of it's time.
The bottom line is this, where the Beatles went all others followed. Each new Album, each new Single set a direction at that moment in time. No other group/artist has managed to do that so consistently. That's why they really are, without question, the greatest.
From the greatest club band, to the greatest pop group, to the most prolific songwriters, to the greatest studio band...they just kept growing. The height, width and depth of their catalog is boggling; no one came close. Other bands made entire careers out of moments from the Beatles. Please check out "Dear Prudence"!
Mind Blowing album...they were constant innovators. This has always been a favorite song....Long And Winding Road is great too.
They were creative geniuses.
No computers to make being creative easy. They had to use their heads to make such beauty.
The Beatles - A Legendary Group, Love these artist...They take you on their Journey!!!
J, Amber you guys dive deep into every song you react to it is amazing the way you break each song down and your interpretations are pretty much spot on but the reason the Beatles are considered the best is not only their compositions and the use of different instruments and their lyrics but because the Beatles pioneered so many different recording techniques that are used by most artists today: over dubbing, back masking, feedback noises for more Beatles songs, if you haven't already, listen to Revolution, Back in the USSR, Penny Lane, Helter Skelter, I Am The Walrus, Ob-La-Di Ob La Da, With A Little Help From My Friends and so so many other their catalog is endless
I grew up listening to the Beatles and was nine years old when seeing them for the first time on Ed Sullivan. Yes I’m that old. Even at the age of nine they floored me. They will always be the greatest rock band.
I was 15 when they were on Ed Sullivan. Instantly adored them from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" onwards.
You can hear the Beatles leading music into the psychedelic period and they even sound like a progressive rock band in this. Going to India really improved the music.
This was originally recorded in two different musical styles and at different speeds
The Beatles then told their genius recording engineer George Martan to somehow combine the two music tracks. Using some completely analog recording tricks that Martin invented, he did just that. Then, The Beatles dubbed the vocal over it . This is what gives the fished recording its most unusual sound.
BTW, at the very end, barely audible, one of The Beatles said, " I'm very board'. which some misheard to say to say " I buried Paul" which gave rise to the false rumor that Paul was dead .
I believe all the guys and Sir George Martin said it was, “cranberry sauce” just slowed down. It’s on the Beatles Anthology series. :)
@@CBGB_1977
you believe wrong
Particularly, it was John Lennon that was not satisfied with both versions he did. It was really John's song alone, credited to Lennon/McCartney as usual. He discussed it with George Martin and they decided they could combine both takes, and add things. They sure did add things, lol. No one heard "I buried Paul" until some idiot DJ in Detroit in 1969 started all this "Paul is Dead" rumor stuff with alleged clues in their music, and someone decided "I buried Paul" was what was said at the end instead of "I'm very bored.". Ridiculous. Now generations believe all that garbage as fact, what a sad commentary on the gullibility of the masses thanks to the metaverse...
Lennon's Voice is so underrated , so fantastic
I have a picture in front of myself in front of the actual Strawberry Fields in Liverpool England. I am a huge Beatles fan and my Dad took me to England after I graduated college (gift from my Parents). We, of course, went to the birthplace of the Beatles. Love hearing others appreciate the greatness of The Beatles. They were before my time but I love how their music is beloved by all different generations!
Great reaction. Lennon's voice was distorted by speeding up the tape when recording his voice, then when it is played normal speed, his voice sounds deeper. I heard this song when it came out when I was 7. In the station wagon with my Dad. I had never heard anything like it. I asked my Dad who they were, and he said "The Beatles"
One of the watershed moments in psychedelic music.If you notice,John's voice is dubbed over with his own voice and the arrangement is faster paced than the vocals,which they pioneered and almost all after were inspired by,especially Jimi Hendrix.
At the end of the song, the Beatles sing "cranberry sauce" but many fans believe the Beatles sang "I buried Paul" which was cited by some as an indicator that Paul had expired. This song consists of two versions stitched together, a soft and harder take. An early take with just an acoustic guitar is also terrific. It was released as a single with "Penny Lane", another pop masterpiece. Were the Beatles space aliens?
This is for me the greatest song of theirs, just love it. When you think this is almost five years on from their debut single Love Me Do back in '62, their musical evolution was staggering, no other band have ever evolved as fast or as well as these four lads from Liverpool..... You guys ever come to England, go visit Liverpool and go visit Strawberry Field and see the place that inspired this awesome song.
Imagine being a teen girl with The Beatles dropping new sounds with every album 👵🏼☮️❤️😂
Why did they add that ending? Because they could baby!! 🫠
Im a TOTAL BEATLES fan. You can not got wrong reacting to any song! Love ❤️ the music 🎵🎶
i AM late to this party but glad i found you. I just got back from Liverpool May 2024. Hey Jude/All You Need Is Love until we went to Strawberry Fields with the song in the background. SF was John's backyard and he would climb the tree and watch the children play as it was an orphanage. He would imagine what it would be like, but always resonated with it because he was abandoned by his Dad and then Mom Julia. He lived with his aunt MIMI who raised him. All along he thought his mom lived far away only to find out later that she lived a couple of miles away. The stepdad never wanted him in the house. So I think that is why he wrote the song and had such a connection to the orphans.
In '66 & '67 The Beatles pioneered so much of what would come to be known as psychedelic rock. While in Texas, The Thirteen Floor Elevators had their initial burst of psych rock on their 1st two (and only true studio efforts as a band) albums, The Beatles would use their expansive imaginations, creativity, studio innovations (w/ Martin's production skills), and instrumental options, to take psych to places sonically it had never gone before. Over the course of Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, and Magical Mystery Tour, along with singles, they wrote and recorded a good number of psychedelic songs, which would add on significantly to their already massive influence on other musicians.
The Beatles have their own planet and no other artist is worthy to live there. Even Justin Hayward said it.
Listen to the first Beatles album and go through to their last and you will be amazed at the quality and growth to a group that was together a relatively short time. They were brilliant.
And let's not forget Ringo's fantastic drumming driving it all on.
Strawberry fields was a park in liverpool. The b side is penny lane. John and Paul wrote about they're experiences growing up.
Check out the video with James Corden and Paul McCartney driving around Liverpool visiting these sites, including Paul's boyhood home, where the current owner let them in and Paul explained how he created some songs and a surprise appearance at a local pub!
It wasn't a park. It was a salvation army orphanage
Strawberry Fields was a park where John & Paul used to hang out . And about the recording of Strawberry , U must not forget that the Beatles were the kings of dubs & overdubs in studio.
Manipulating sound and speed is now common practice in the music industry, but back then the idea of editing together two different takes - in slightly different keys - was a very tricky business. This song went through multiple takes, some faster and some slower, with sound effects added. It really is a prime example of how groups at the end of the 1960s began to view the process of making a 'composition' as more important than whether it could be reproduced live. It was a trap that musicians eventually had to back away from in order to take their music on the road.
just trying to keep up with the Beach Boys as strange as that is but true.
@@richardmead5969 not strange, Pet Sounds and Smiley Smile are brilliant albums
Pure poetry: "Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstanding all you see."
True Emily, one of the greatest lyrics written 🥁🥁🥁
This is EXACTLY Beatles vibes! This song was released in 1967. They were constantly growing and evolving, so their music is a variety of different styles and sounds. But at that time, their songs always had a quality and style that you always knew it was The Beatles. Great reaction! Thank you!
Love the drums on this whole song, and especially at the end.
The Beatles were unique in that no two songs sound the same or even similar. Growing up with their music in 60s London was Heaven sent.
There never was a "typical Beatles sound."
The Beatles led the world with their innovations.
I just love that Amber closed her eyes and drifted away with the music... The song was inspired about a Salvation Army children's home in Liverpool that John knew ... Have you listened to any of the BEATLES Indian inspired songs, John's TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, from the Revolver, or George's WITHIN YOU, WITHOUT YOU, on St Peppers... plus the B side Baby Your A Rich Man....
Ringo is a guy who knows exactly what a song needs, he never adds too much, he never adds too little, his contributions are just right. If you want to hear some of Ringo's best drumming I suggest Tomorrow Never Knows off of the Revolver album, Rain which was a single but it's on the Past Masters volume 2 album and of course A Day in The Life, off of Sergeant Pepper's. Ringo's TomTom fills off of that track is just tremendous!! One more track to check out is Ticket to Ride off of the Help album. I I've seen Ringo play live about seven times with different incarnations of the all-star band and I have to say he actually really has some good swing to his playing. I had really great seats every time and observed his drumming style, he almost hits the high hat with his drumstick like a windshield wiper, not up and down but side to side. He really is a great drummer and he has the most important aspect of drumming and that's feel, it's actually the most important aspect of all instrument playing
God bless and RIP, George Martin. The Beatles + George Martin are beyond brilliant. For some fun facts, look up the recording sessions for this. I was 15 when this came out and it still gives me goosebumps! Thank you and peace, out.
Strawberry Fields, Raspberry Beret, now all we need is Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino and we have a perfect trifecta!
Tutti Fruiti you forgot that one
I love seeing you both react and having appreciation for the Beatles. Their music is awesome. And both of you are great to listen to your reviews.
Can you imagine what we 16 year old kids thought when this hit the airwaves. What we were listening to was nearly beyond our comprehension. No one knew what to think or say. We just listened in absolute awe.
I was 13 . . . and WOW!
The entire Magical Mystery Tour album was amazing...
Except for Blue Jay Way 🙂
@@michaelnordan8603 Blue Jay Way is awesome.
@@oneeyedmonster9460 I've been listening to that album since it was new. I can't make myself like that song; believe me, I've tried.
Strawberry Fields was a children's home in Liverpool where John used to play in the large grounds of the house and climbed trees and played games there as young children do.
Often forgotten is the importance of the cooperation between the band and their producer the late, great George Martin. Martin was a classical musician, who had been employed to make comedy records. He got to work with The Beatles because, at the beginning, they were not regarded highly by the record company. It was an amazing piece of musical happenstance putting them together. Bringing together all that raw creativity and skill led to an incredible soundtrack for my teenage years.
George Martins' strings arrangement on this are so fantastic.
One of my absolute favourite songs. After the 2 to 3 minute classics of their early period, and then the lyrics getting more personal and the musical palette getting much broader in the middle period, this is maybe the start of their final period where anything seemed possible. Sgt Pepper wasn't far away.
This was John's reflections on Liverpool, with Paul's "Penny Lane" on the other side of the double A release. The best pop single of all time ? There are other contenders, but quite possibly.
The instrumentation, choices and arrangements are brilliant’
This is why no other band has been able to repeat The Beatle's Billboard's Hot 100 chart: On April 4, 1964 they held: the top 5 spots plus many more for a total of 12 songs on a single week!
1. Can't Buy Me Love
2. Twist & Shout
3. She Loves You
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Please Please Me
31. I Saw Her Standing There
41. From Me To You
46. Do You Want To Know A Secret
58. All My Loving
65. You Can't Do That
68. Roll Over Beethoven
79. Thank You Girl
I don’t know what Beatles songs you’ve done, but their albums Magical Mystery Tour, Sgt.Pepper, Yellow Submarine, all had allot of psychedelic sounds to them. This is another example of The Beatles LEADING and guiding popular music in a certain direction. We’d never heard anything like it, but because it was The Beatles, we HAD to absorb it…..They were cultural icons, and in that way, popular music was morphed and “guided” if you will by this incredibly influential and seminal band.
Love how you know which Beatle is singing, not easy
Can't ever go wrong listening to more Beatles!!!!!! The had 53 different "vibes" - they were musically variable and adaptable. There was a whole subculture around them that you really had to be there to fully understand. They made worldwide news constantly before there was worldwide news. Sometime listen to the whole White Album.
This is basically the birth of psychedelic music right here. Nobody had ever done a song like this before. John's voice is slightly toned-down in pitch in the mix which made his voice sound unusually lower. Probably the first song to ever fade back in after it faded out. The Beatles were the first to do everything. Since this was a double sided single, you should listen to Penny Lane next. By the way, you just reacted to Raspberry Beret by Prince, now you're hearing its influence.
MAGNETO - Yeah that is true nobody had done a song like this at that time but there were other psychedelic music played and released before Strawberry Fields like the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd song 'Interstellar Overdrive', this song was written and played in 1966 before its release on their 1967 debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
@@78yestor93 Tomorrow Never Knows was recorded in April of 1966 and a lot of people consider that the first psychedelic song, especially the version that wasn't released. But when I say the "birth," I'm really talking as far as popularity. Strawberry Fields was definitely one of the most bizarre songs that first became a hit, with the exception of any novelty songs.
I love how you guys close your eyes and let yourselves become entranced by this brilliance. Notice how, as the song progresses, less and less instruments are used.
The Mellotron loop of the backwards flute was from Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues. I find it very cool just how much the earlier artists in England collaborated and influenced one another. It never hurts that they are two of my all-time favorite rock groups.
Do you mean Mike Pinder? He was the mellotron player. Ray was the flutist.
@@gargoyleontheroof No, I mean Ray. He recorded a flute track to be used on the Beatles Mellotron.
@@gargoyleontheroof I think you meant flautist
So, how to explain this song?
The genesis of this song came to be when The Beatles were introduced to Bob Dylan. Not his music, the guy himself. Dylan was full of praise about the Fab Four's music, but he was less enamoured with their lyrics. of which he stated "Made no statement." Since the Beatles' songs were "Love me do", "She loves you", "It won't be long" and all the rest of "Boy loves girl" songs. He urged them to write about real feelings about real things happening in the world. Likewise the fab four who were also full of praise about Dylan's songs urged him to branch out and go beyond The-guy-and-his-acoustic-guitar.
For Dylan this encounter resulted into the album "Blonde on blonde." Where he ditched the Singer Songwriter format for a full electric band and songs like "Like a rolling stone" which had a raw Rock N Roll sound to match the even rawer lyrics about falling from grace.
For the Beatles, the encounter meant that they started to write more introspective lyrics but doing so in very different point of views.
- Paul started writing about the common man, the guy on the street that nobody paid attention to. Songs like "Eleanor Rigby", "The Fool on the hill", "Getting better" and "Fixing a hole"
- John However started to look in the mirror and started writing about the guy staring back at him, songs about the madness of being a Beatle. The first song he came up with was "Help" and describing it to the others as "It's autobiographical." And the others nodding, they knew exactly what John was talking about, they have been going through the same thing. Songs such as "Nowhere man", "You've got to hide your love away", "I'm only sleeping" were all about John going "You have no idea how crushing it is to be a super star!"
"Strawberry Fields forever" is about an Orphanage where John used to go to as a child, just to hang around in its garden, looking for some peace and quiet. The lyrics are clearly saying "You guys have no idea what I'm going through!" but also blaming himself for the whole ordeal.
During the shooting of the music video, John broke down in tears, expressing how unhappy he was with being this rock star and part of the band who ruled the world.
Strawberry Fields is the orphanage near Johns house where he used to play as a kid. The song is about wanting to go back there and its sung from the childs point of view.
unlike the Rolling Stones, beatles recorded music that they could not play live like this song, , so they quit touring in 1966. cheers
Actuallly they quit touring because of the craziness of the fans just screaming over their playing. Quitting touring allowed them extra freedom to create in the studio because they didn't have to worry about reproducing their sound on stage. There are the Beatles and then everyone else. No other group comes close.
@@artprince9163 another typical triggered beatles fan spouting fake stories...........you are grossly incorrect.
sure, the boy band beatles had the typical 15 year old girls screaming , that was their main audience. teeny bopper girls. ... they quit touring because the music became too reliant on Martins studio tricks....1966’s Revolver, Eleanor Rigby does not have any of the beatles playing anything. they could have arranged it, but it would have sounded like a completely different song. "Got to Get You Into my Life" uses plenty of horns. "For No One" is a piano based song with a French Horn solo. And the backwards guitar solo in" Tomorrow Never Knows" is purely a studio gimmick. Their last concert setlist is a good indicator. Although it happened in August 1966, most of the songs hail back from their first albums. Only Paperback Writer (released as a single) was a ’66 song, .... the last tour, after the release of Revolver, only included ONE SONG off of Revolver. and only TWO SONGS off of Rubber Soul . no more evidence is needed.. you are dismissed .
@@artprince9163 beatles most over rated band in history. classic " BeatleBoomerBoy" that will never admit that the beatles got rich and lazy , and the DAY pathetic coward lennon met that insane witch oh-no was the day he was never allowed by "mama" to tour ever again. Their last concert was August 1966, they met Nov 1966 and "that was that".
the "screaming was too loud" story was 100% false , unless you are talking about yukko oh-no and it's horrific unbearable shrieking. They let George Martin carry the load after that. with their little walrus dress ups and lazy, clownish yellow submarine garbage, Paul McCartney was the most talented beatle. he was also the smartest.
With the Revolver album through Magical Mystery Tour albums, the Beatles showed that the sky was the limit as to what can be explored with regards to musical creation and expression.
Love how much you’re loving the Beatles, and that you didn’t let your early impressions stop you! I was lucky enough to see Paul McCartney in concert this weekend…incredible even with age, makes you wonder how they would’ve sounded if they’d all been around to tour together now. When you decide to really go for it, try reacting to the long medley of Abbey Road (the string of songs that finish the album). You’ll be blown away!
You can never go wrong with a Beatles song. ❤️🇨🇦
I love her analogies of the music she's hearing! well said!
I was listening and thinking, "Are they going to listen to the WHOLE song?" and you didn't let me down. Good job!
Wish you could have experienced The Beatles like I did and the progression from the early pop sounds to the evolution into the greatest band of all time. The ride was amazing.
I grew up with the music but when I was 19 or 20 I listened to each song progressively while reading books about their history.
While you know what they accomplish, you can still take crazy amount of appreciation for the growth no matter what.
Love watching you two fall in love to my fave band. Beatles forever
This song is actually quite strange, in that it's a compilation because John wanted to use parts of different versions, and unfortunately they were recorded either in a different pitch or tempo, so they were 'engineered' to try and create a workable average, but it doesn't quite work perfectly with the sheet, sounding either flat or sharp at any point.
Yes and remember this was analog, not digital. Recorded on tape. As the recordings were made on different days, the tempo of the first did not match the second. The engineer had to slow down one and speed up the other. The splice is not noticeable. George Martin added more instruments to the second part of the song to fill it out. John's vocals are ethereal. My favorite Beatle song from one of my favorite albums.
Strawberry Fields and A Day in a Life are Beatles Goat songs