The Beatles - The White Album | vinyl album review

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  • In his longest video review to date, The Vinyl Geek tackles The Beatles, the self-titled, double LP from 1968, affectionately known as The White Album. #TheBeatles #WhiteAbum #vinyl
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  • @parkermaciejewski4671
    @parkermaciejewski4671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    Maybe Paul really wrote “why don’t we do it in the road” as a response to where they should do the Abbey Road photo shoot

    • @Neilious
      @Neilious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Lmao imagine

    • @linknowhereman
      @linknowhereman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Neilious all the people

    • @adrielfrom2190
      @adrielfrom2190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@linknowhereman living life in peace

    • @dout0rm942
      @dout0rm942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@adrielfrom2190 uh uh uhhh

    • @lardtarts
      @lardtarts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't think that's why he wrote it. It was uh...something else....

  • @vinnyreed723
    @vinnyreed723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    We need to hear the 27 minute
    version of Helter Skelter

    • @halloweenjack95
      @halloweenjack95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hobo Jones babe hopefully on the Anniversary edition

    • @Turtl289
      @Turtl289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That sounds amazing. Unfortunately doubt thatd ever see the light of day til like all 4 are gone

    • @Turtl289
      @Turtl289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @michael fitzgerald i had a feeling it wouldn be. But itd still be pretty cool to hear it

    • @joseffgronkowski2638
      @joseffgronkowski2638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dennis Moore well there’s a twelve minute version of you look it up on youtube

    • @flippy7035
      @flippy7035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      *blisters on fingers intensifies*

  • @NoOne-yp8ot
    @NoOne-yp8ot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    The best part of Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da is John and George yelling "ARM", "LEG", "FOOT!", at various times.

    • @jeremyb5468
      @jeremyb5468 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      If you play it backwards it says I'm a devil your a devil. At the chorus I always knew Billy was lying about what the chorus meant they wanted to say I'm a devil in order to do that they needed to say jibberish sly satanist

    • @lordgarmadon2598
      @lordgarmadon2598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jeremyb5468 By Billy you mean Billy Shears. Yeah that guy ''replaced'' Paul.

    • @jeremyb5468
      @jeremyb5468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Alec Frawley I'm sorry bro some folks like living in the bubble of safety I'm not trying to scare you. It's all true tho

    • @gonzothompson8118
      @gonzothompson8118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      JeremyB shut your dumb ass up

    • @lekangaroo
      @lekangaroo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "DICK"

  • @tragiclifeform347
    @tragiclifeform347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    “A slight rattle could be heard...”
    *rtrtrtrtrtrtrtRtRtRTRTRTRTRTRT*

  • @GhostFace_OG
    @GhostFace_OG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +909

    The tapping in "Blackbird" is actually Paul's feet, with tap shoes. Not a metronome. Sorry, just thought I'd clear that up! :)

    • @GhostFace_OG
      @GhostFace_OG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      But great review nonetheless.

    • @cajunqueen5125
      @cajunqueen5125 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I don't know why someone just doesn't ask McCart to clear that up, once and for all. Same as Revolution 1: what are those weird noises in the first 10 seconds or so (sort of like chains rattling?) Why doesn't someone just ask McCart or Ringo, while we still can.

    • @MrRawilson
      @MrRawilson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      No debate. That's a metronome.

    • @brickman409
      @brickman409 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've always heard it was a metronome.

    • @GhostFace_OG
      @GhostFace_OG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Please, be my guest and research the claim. There is video of a take with Paul, with yellow and red patent leather shoes (or some type of tap shoe). Readily available information. Thanks guys.
      forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/clicking-sound-in-blackbird-what-is-it.183404/

  • @steven_heron
    @steven_heron 7 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    I've always thought "Come and keep your comrade warm" was one of the coolest lyrics in the history of Rock and Roll. There's just something so slick and badass about it to me.

    • @dutchgoing
      @dutchgoing 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You do realise that the song is an impersonation of The Beach Boys.

    • @steven_heron
      @steven_heron 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Inspired by The Beach Boys who were in turn inspired by Chuck Berry. Yeah. But they didn't write that lyric. Paul did.

    • @TeekiesPlace
      @TeekiesPlace 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That IS a great line, Steve :)

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mike Love gave him the idea of the Ukraine Girls.

    • @steven_heron
      @steven_heron 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Touché, Farrell McNulty.

  • @vict4451
    @vict4451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Told my daughter that Rocky Raccoon was about Rocket's grandfather and now she is getting deep into the Beatles.
    Whatever gets them, right.

    • @tavadaardendrian319
      @tavadaardendrian319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly, all I could picture while listening to it for the first time was Rocket in a world of anthropomorphic raccoons and angry that Dan took his raccoon girl 😂 it’s a generational thing I think.

    • @ssonicdeafmonkey
      @ssonicdeafmonkey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's the lie that tell the truth, my friend.

    • @pinball-wizard
      @pinball-wizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean, Stan Lee reportedly was inspired by the song for the name at least

    • @Vinyl_guy
      @Vinyl_guy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      gonna use that with my kid

    • @beatmet2355
      @beatmet2355 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, Rocket Raccoon was inspired by that song…at least according to Wikipedia

  • @farrellmcnulty909
    @farrellmcnulty909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "You give her everything you own just to sit at the table. Just a smile would lighten everything." HELL of a lyric, one of the best lines on the album.

    • @tlatosmd
      @tlatosmd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Keep in mind that line originally referred to the Maharishi collecting donations from his devout followers.

    • @JimHugg-gl9bs
      @JimHugg-gl9bs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where would we be without women?

  • @rhill109
    @rhill109 7 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    John's voice on "Everybody's Got..." is the best.

    • @kimcringson7106
      @kimcringson7106 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And the bass...

    • @jameshey6061
      @jameshey6061 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That and Yer Blues reminds me why he is regarded as one of the best Rock n Roll singers ever. He and Paul were pioneering the next decade of heavy metal and hard rock.

  • @Jbones72
    @Jbones72 7 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    I love the remastered mono vinyl. Just insane that they put out Pepper & this a year apart, what a band.

    • @cameronhill7769
      @cameronhill7769 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      They recorded the Let It Be album in this period as well, but it wasn't mixed and released until 1970.

    • @edised71
      @edised71 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Under 2 years they have recorded Pepper, magical Mystery Tour, the White album, Let It Be & Abbey Road :)

    • @tonylaughlin6663
      @tonylaughlin6663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      from 1966 to 1969 they did Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. That doesn't count Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine movie soundtracks. Amazing output from amazing, greatest band of all time.

    • @thegirlinquestion
      @thegirlinquestion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      to think a band singing she loves you and shaking their moptops could go to putting out sgt pepper, abbey road.........i mean this is madness. so amazing.

    • @youtoo2233
      @youtoo2233 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah and Magical Mystery Tour between the two!!

  • @woismith5899
    @woismith5899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    The White Album is the darkest... I love it. Broken bent imperfect and almost perfect. Self referential but the least self-conscious of their work. Dark as fuck.

    • @bernardosantos8020
      @bernardosantos8020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ironic...
      *get it?*

    • @lordgarmadon2598
      @lordgarmadon2598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everyone says the album is scary or creepy, i don't get it. Because of Manson?

    • @_PuppetMaster86
      @_PuppetMaster86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lordgarmadon2598 Not creepy. Just slightly haunted and grittier than anything they’ve done before. It’s off-kilter and avant-garde compositions, it can separate fans (who have no sense of humor or fun personality). With tracks like Glass Onion (especially on the eerie outro), Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, Helter Skelter, Revolution 9, Cry Baby Cry, the album seems slightly bloodstained. I still love every moment of it.

    • @lordgarmadon2598
      @lordgarmadon2598 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@_PuppetMaster86 How is The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill creepy?

    • @themangoman9315
      @themangoman9315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean revolver does have the darkest song in my opinion which is Eleanor rigby but yeah white album is pretty dark at some points

  • @Bill5298
    @Bill5298 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    The amazing thing about The White Album? ......They showed the world they could do any genre masterfully...Can't think of another group that can.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      great point

    • @cliff1634
      @cliff1634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I’d say Queen is also great at shifting genres

    • @dondamon4669
      @dondamon4669 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cliff1634 what genres did queen do?

    • @cliff1634
      @cliff1634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Don Master progressive rock, hard rock, pop rock, synth pop, synth rock, and funk. There’s probably others but those are the basics

    • @Kirbyisdagoat
      @Kirbyisdagoat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cliffjumper 84
      Agreed, most Queen songs sound nothing alike,
      Also, 70s Queen and 80s Queen sound like two completely different bands bit because of their shifting styles

  • @downtherabbitholephotograp6552
    @downtherabbitholephotograp6552 7 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Just listened to this yesterday for the first time in a few years. So many good songs I forgot about. Lennon had a lot of great tunes on here. Love "I'm so Tired".

    • @50ShadesOfEndo
      @50ShadesOfEndo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The One and Only Billy Shears I love that song as well

    • @michaelsands442
      @michaelsands442 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Yer blues"
      Yes I'm lonely
      Wanna die
      Yes I'm lonely wanna die
      If i ain't dead yet; girl you know
      You're the reason why

  • @kainefreunde4615
    @kainefreunde4615 7 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    This was half an hour of absolute gold. I loved how you explained some backstorys from songs and the albums story as a whole. It was awesome that you played every song! It sounded so much more alive than the digital remasters. This has got to be my favourite review from you (ok, I haven't seen every single one). You did an awesome job, really amazing!

  • @brgreg8725
    @brgreg8725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    My favorite part on The Beatles Anthology video is when everyone starts talking about ‘how it should be 1 album’ and Paul says ‘ It’s the bloody Beatles White Album, it sold SHUT UP!’ Perfect!

    • @allenf.5907
      @allenf.5907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two beats one.

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The idea that people would prefer less Beatles to more Beatles is so weird to my brain, especially considering the number of demos made at the same time that were never made into full songs (Sour Milk Sea etc.).

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@experi-mentalproductions5358 I do wish a few of the filler songs swapped for the really good songs on yellow submarine hey bulldog and

  • @Lmclean89
    @Lmclean89 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Happiness Is A Warm Gun and Sexy Sadie have probably been spun at least 9000 times for me. Absolute classics.

    • @RollingOrmond
      @RollingOrmond 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Self-indulgent tripe. The Beatles could pawn off anything to their zombie fans.

    • @christiancristof491
      @christiancristof491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@RollingOrmond Dude, you need to stop acting like you're fourteen. The Beatles are the greatest and there's a little you can do about it, throw away that need to feel special and alternative.

    • @davidcalderon7724
      @davidcalderon7724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmclean89 sexy sadie is the best song ever. When our doggie sadie passes on i will play it on loop for ten years

    • @stancruz4809
      @stancruz4809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RollingOrmond calm down millennial, your opinion means shite.

    • @stancruz4809
      @stancruz4809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ Lmclean , without a doubt these are two of Lennon's finest. Even in the depths of despair his genius came shining through.

  • @alanrios9349
    @alanrios9349 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    *scratches left arm* i need more beatles videos man

  • @MichaelCorleone654
    @MichaelCorleone654 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Alongside Pepper it's my favourite Beatles album. I don't care if it is too long or if it does not flow as well as Revolver or Pepper, i like it precisely because it has such a variety of different songs and because it has four sides. Lennon once called it an encyclopedia of Rock, and i am inclined to agree.

    • @kilgoretrout3966
      @kilgoretrout3966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      precisely. its like a Beatles flea market. :)

    • @papercup2517
      @papercup2517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kilgoretrout3966 I love that idea...the diverse opinions here on best and worst tracks show there's something here for everyone and that 'one man's trash is another man's treasure'. So, instead of arguing, let's go shopping! :-)

    • @mysty1353
      @mysty1353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @PaperCup Haha that’s right.

  • @OrbitronFactory
    @OrbitronFactory 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    16:21 Wow I literally had the same thought about Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon as a child! That's one of the many reasons that I love this album so much, it has songs that appeal to so many ages. Sounds like pretty generic praise but it just covers such a wide spectrum of so many things. Thanks for putting together such a great review that's almost as comprehensive as the album itself.

  • @DarthLore00
    @DarthLore00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I always thought that the end of "long, long, long" was really similar to the ending of "Bike" from Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

    • @grimblegrumble3192
      @grimblegrumble3192 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, the end of 'A Day in a Life' is closer to Bike's end

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The whole Piper session was recorded in the same studio and time as Sgt. Pepper's. Even Floyd watched The Beatles recording Lovely Rita and Syd immediately wrote Scarecrow.

  • @timee3221
    @timee3221 7 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Not only is this your longest review, it's also your best :D

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      thank you

    • @timee3221
      @timee3221 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You truly deserve so many more subs

    • @richardlevin4488
      @richardlevin4488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kind of like the album itself

    • @DC-js4gk
      @DC-js4gk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Really appreciate this. And now the 50th anniversary edition

    • @behindthemask5477
      @behindthemask5477 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Laughs in Demon Days*

  • @nathanardern373
    @nathanardern373 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Most favourite Beatles album, most creative, enjoyable and artistic out of all of the other albums including Sgt. Pepper's, encourage everyone to listen to every UK Beatles album, especially this one

    • @lawrence-yx1ew
      @lawrence-yx1ew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always felt like this album was a great look into what we would see from the Beatles after their break up.

  • @singlesideman
    @singlesideman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Without question my favorite album of all time. Its wild diversity somehow coheres brilliantly, and it actually feels like a journey, a train ride through India, a travelogue. It was also an extraordinary time for music that allowed for such a wild panoply of sounds and ideas - no time before or since has allowed for such far ranging scope while reining in such far flung experimentation into an aesthetically focused whole. It's like the sixties in microcosm. This was the single greatest influence on me as a musician, and I think it explains why so few people seem to grasp what I'm after when I tackle many different ideas and approaches to music making. We could all use more of this kind of musical breadth and range from our musical artists today. And I think every track holds up brilliantly in context. The so called "weaker" tracks work as a kind of brilliant sorbet, freshening the palate between courses. As Salvador Dali said once about one of his paintings that had a tiny crutch rendered in the composition, if it hadn't been there the whole painting would cease to exist.

  • @YourFriendlyOnlineStranger
    @YourFriendlyOnlineStranger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The White Album is by far my favorite Beatles album. There's just so much variety that you can't help but be amazed by it all. For a long time, I steered clear of it due to Charles Manson's tarnishing of it (especially Helter Skelter), but now Helter Skelter is one of my favorite Beatles songs.

  • @TheReverantChoir
    @TheReverantChoir 7 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Julia might be the most beautiful song John wrote for the Beatles

    • @vinnyreed723
      @vinnyreed723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cough dear prudence Cough

    • @perrymason8670
      @perrymason8670 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheReverantChoir h

    • @thomascars1
      @thomascars1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ^^^ as much as I love Across the Universe and Dear Prudence, this is the most beautiful Beatles song imo since John wrote this being whole heartedly dedicated to his mother

    • @daisynieves1644
      @daisynieves1644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well, I think the song : "Because" is quite beautiful.

    • @TheReverantChoir
      @TheReverantChoir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Charles McBrian
      That’s a close one

  • @GreenDayDookieDemos
    @GreenDayDookieDemos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This review made me go up to my local record store and buy this album, hell yea dude you're the man

    • @TeekiesPlace
      @TeekiesPlace 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought it was just me...I wanna go buy it too..lol

    • @jrh11254
      @jrh11254 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Yeah,” not “yea.”

    • @nathanroy9102
      @nathanroy9102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jrh11254 who cares

  • @tonybates7870
    @tonybates7870 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair
    You were in a car crash and you lost your hair" is the greatest lyric in rock.

    • @thezenitsufan1249
      @thezenitsufan1249 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tony Bates The lyric "and you lost your hair" references "When I'm 64" (When I Get Older Losing my Hair) and also the Paul is Dead myth

    • @tonybates7870
      @tonybates7870 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Craig Willis
      I just think it's funny - is that the usual outcome of being in a car crash, losing your hair? Beautifully silly.

    • @wayne909
      @wayne909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it's a lot more horrifying than silly if you see it in the right context

    • @MrAdriaxe
      @MrAdriaxe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a combination of two unrelated excuses, which is why it's so funny.

  • @jacksonkeeler
    @jacksonkeeler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Gotta disagree with you about I'm so Tired. One of my all time favorite beatles songs :)

  • @carlospadinmartinez
    @carlospadinmartinez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    you just simply can't have enough of the Beatles. thank you very much for this review 😀👍

  • @colpol1
    @colpol1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Wow, this is my first viewing of this show. I enjoyed it so much that I watched all of it in one sitting. Thumbs all the way up. You did your homework. A true fan would only care about the details you mentioned. I cared. I am now a fan of "Vinyl Rewind".
    Thank you,
    Colby Pollard

  • @aquin3066
    @aquin3066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah, yes. I too appreciate the Ringo Starr ASMR at the end of "Good Night".

  • @TheGamer-br2gm
    @TheGamer-br2gm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    You seriously make fantastic content and deserve way more subscribers and views

  • @aboutsoundandvision
    @aboutsoundandvision 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I literally listened to this album right before I went to bed.

    • @TooCooFoYou
      @TooCooFoYou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      M1Garandstudios How did Revolution 9 faired?

  • @PaulinaAngel
    @PaulinaAngel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    My ultimate favorite Beatles album ever, first heard it on Capitol Stereo Cassette when I was 5 years old, totally changed my life, my favorite song Bar None is Back In The USSR. I think this is the only Beatles album that I have more than 10 copies of, and I can't wait till next year when Giles Martin remixes the album

  • @toxic_teaaa7810
    @toxic_teaaa7810 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Honestly, how have you not hit 1M subs yet.

  • @austins.2495
    @austins.2495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love vinyl

  • @MWM_YT
    @MWM_YT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Thank you so much for more Beatles content! :)

    • @MWM_YT
      @MWM_YT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ooo a shiny heart

    • @davidgena2667
      @davidgena2667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was a freshman in college when this was released and all of us in the dorm were mesmerized by this album. We spent hours in our rooms analyzing each and every track. You just can't imagine the power and influence the Beatles had on us all....here, there and everywhere. Terrific review.

    • @polaroyds
      @polaroyds 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      the Beatles are still badly missed. No one fills their part anymore in any way. Too baaaaaad....

  • @joshuastephenward5316
    @joshuastephenward5316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    great work man! I didn't plan on spending 33 minutes listing to a review of The White Album. But I stumbled on this video and was glad I did. In full disclosure I've always been somewhat displeased with the White Album. I feel it's very unfocused and somehow you made me sort of see the organized chaos in it all now. I sorta gree with George Martin it should have been one album but I think allowing more material to be released helped do away with some of the stress built up within the group. I almost think this album made Let It Be an Abbey Road possible.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you. Yeah there's a part of me that could see it as a single album release, but it's so hard to go back now, like what would you take out, so many great songs

    • @joshuastephenward5316
      @joshuastephenward5316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vinyl Rewind yeah especially since a single vinyl record would have forced them to cut A LOT of songs.

  • @thewalrus5198
    @thewalrus5198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    "They were literally the biggest band in the world" they are the biggest band in the world

    • @RollingOrmond
      @RollingOrmond 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like McDonald's, billions and billions of Happy Meals served. Not appealing to everyone means your band has edge.

    • @eggboi8475
      @eggboi8475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2 most famous bands in the world are Queen and The Beatles and there’s a reason for that

    • @Meemaw567
      @Meemaw567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eggboi8475 Nah I think Led Zeppelin's more famous.

    • @eggboi8475
      @eggboi8475 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      From birth everyone knows we will rock you and we are champions

    • @Meemaw567
      @Meemaw567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@eggboi8475 But they probably won't know the artist. When somebody says the name Led Zeppelin, most people will know what that band is. Not as much with Queen. And besides, Queen is pretty much known for only Freddie Mercury. If someone says Brian May they'll be like "Who's that?" When some says Jimmy Page they'll be like "Oh I know that guy!" And it's not different for other people, most people will be like this.

  • @albertvaninwegen601
    @albertvaninwegen601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your channel. As a 62yr old that longs for the very special time that rocks and my evolution coincided. There was so much fertial ground to still explore in rock. The White album is a classical tribute to that time. Albums were art through sound and there is a good reason that the Beatles were and always will be the best. As you state, all the songs have to be taken in context of an album. Its hard to imagine the songs individually. Its sad to see her rock has gone. All I can say , its better to love and lost than never to have loved at all. Thank you for all your work and effort to showcase these timeless works of art. Rock N Roll will never die!

  • @david_g_barron
    @david_g_barron 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The open ended sessions started with the Rubber Soul sessions when they were up against the clock, to release an album for Christmas in 1965, and they continued from then on. As they were EMI artists in an EMI Recording Studio, all studio time was free.

  • @lockboxrecordclub880
    @lockboxrecordclub880 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is my favorite Beatles album. I love the way you touch on each song. I recently watched another review of the white album and the reviewer totally tore apart Cry Baby Cry. Since it is one of my favorite songs I was glad to see that you appreciated it.

  • @nicoletrsk4382
    @nicoletrsk4382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this was such a great introduction to the white album for me! after only hearing helter skelter, blackbird, and while my guitar gently weeps from this album in particular, i’m glad i was able to hear the whole thing and become so in love with it! thank you.

  • @harryemmott8597
    @harryemmott8597 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sexy Sadie has grown on me more and more over the past few years. The wobbly piano riff at the beginning is one of my favorite Beatles moments. And the line "she came along to turn on everyone" gives me goosebumps. Dunno why.

  • @jeffjuhl3886
    @jeffjuhl3886 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    great timing, just listened to this album again last night from start to finish. probably my favorite beatles album. logic, longest album which means more beatles. that and I love the diversity yet with a scaled back approach.

    • @jeffjuhl3886
      @jeffjuhl3886 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh yeah, listened to the mono version. my prized possession. The Beatles in Mono, vinyl box set 😎

  • @hu9204
    @hu9204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I love the album. It's one of my favourites and I can't wait for the 50th anniversary box set, I really want to hear the outtakes from the sessions. By the way, have you heard the LOVE version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? It's the acoustic version from Anthology 3 with strings added by George Martin. I think it's my favourite version of the song.

    • @carlospadinmartinez
      @carlospadinmartinez 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jakub G I don't know if they are planning to release a 50th anniversary edition, because there hasn't been one of neither "Rubber Soul" nor "Revolver"😭

    • @SmeiliGamers
      @SmeiliGamers 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They do. I think Giles Martin confirmed it...

    • @hu9204
      @hu9204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I hope they will do a 55th anniversary ediitions of Rubber Soul and Revolver.

    • @andyjohansen5117
      @andyjohansen5117 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jakub G they should release a 52nd anniversary deluxe of help rubber and revolver next spring... then white album let it be with movie Blu Ray at Christmas and 50th of Abbey road in 2019 then call it a day.

  • @Jill_Carter333
    @Jill_Carter333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey man just wanna say a big thanks for this, at first I was kinda daunted by how long the album is but having you break down every track helped me understand it and now I love this album so much ❤️❤️❤️ long live the Beatles

  • @jamesestrada7956
    @jamesestrada7956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is definitely my favorite review from vinyl rewind. Thank you for taking the time to share these interesting facts with us!

  • @shotakuervo
    @shotakuervo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine if "Hey Jude" was included on The White Album.

  • @tommymonroe8706
    @tommymonroe8706 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This album is a classic on all four sides. I might prefer this to even Sargent Pepper’s. The gentleness is the many selections that are offered by The White Album. I am still impressed! What an amazing work of art!

  • @joshknollenberg7334
    @joshknollenberg7334 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a great review I loved how you told the backstorys of each song, but your look like your having the time of your life and seem very happy it made my day

  • @petehealy9819
    @petehealy9819 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A brilliant and fun review of big, sprawling album. Every time I watch one of your videos I appreciate your style, insights, and passion more and more. Keep up the great work!

  • @JohnCee754
    @JohnCee754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great review of one of the best albums ever recorded, in my opinion. I've been a huge Beatles fan since their iconic appearance on Ed Sullivan when I was 9 (yeah, I'm old! lol) and the White Album is one of my favourite albums of theirs. So much really good material on it -- as you point out in your review, Side One alone is worth the price of admission. Very well done review!

  • @grantmalone
    @grantmalone 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was really fun to watch, thanks! Your presenting is really engaging and your enthusiasm is infectious :) Half an hour flew by!

  • @frankspence8723
    @frankspence8723 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    For a music lover this is one of the best videos! I hope you continue with the full track by track reviews!! Fantastic, and your presentation makes it even more enjoyable - keep up the great work!

  • @gilbertg7
    @gilbertg7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To me « I'm so tired » is a masterpiece. Using the second of the chords to paint the unsetteldness is a stroke of genius and the song is the best description I know of burn-out. It's a signature of Lennon to have made songs on subjects never approached before in that art

  • @brotherbrace2303
    @brotherbrace2303 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    this is the best Beatles album imo and one of the greatest albums of all time for me probably second only to houses of the holy by led zeppelin Martha my dear and Cry baby cry are my favorite tracks

    • @50ShadesOfEndo
      @50ShadesOfEndo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brother Brace Dude this album and Houses Of The Holy are my favourite respective Beatles and LZ albums too, we have to be in the minority right?

  • @danielmaidment3848
    @danielmaidment3848 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Great video, why not review an album by The Doors. :)

    • @cynthiasmith2098
      @cynthiasmith2098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like the doors,so why not?. Go commit

    • @uhdudewhy7980
      @uhdudewhy7980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If he does, I hope it's LA Woman.

  • @jasmiller1207
    @jasmiller1207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eric, you're an amazing & knowledgable Beatles historian! The White Album was the 1st Beatles album I heard as well, as a teenager. We must be similar ages. Thanks for your show Vinyl Rewind. It's great! ..especially with this new resurgence in Beatles interest with the release of the Get Back film in late 2021.

  • @williamlangan5902
    @williamlangan5902 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for doing a great job, Vinyl Geek! You talked about ALL the songs and that wasn't easy. Not much more to be said except your review made my day!

  • @Makoto03
    @Makoto03 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Even though i know the Beatles from pop culture, i never really listened to their music. Thanks for doing a detailed review of one of their biggest albums. :D

  • @MsTimothyswan
    @MsTimothyswan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    without a doubt, The White Album is the finest Beatles album ever released. my all time favorite alternative recording

  • @paulchekan3555
    @paulchekan3555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the up load Eric. This was my favorite album growing up in the late 60'S.

  • @tuangtuangthong7852
    @tuangtuangthong7852 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed your video . It makes me feel like everything you say is something new to me even though I have already heard everything about this particular album a thousand times. I love this album so much too.

  • @srenland4200
    @srenland4200 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You really deserve to have a million followers. Thank you, dude 🎶

  • @AsharellaNightAngel
    @AsharellaNightAngel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite Beatles album. It's is diverse, but there's also a sound to it that runs through everything, a kind of deep sound, especially in the bass lines- even when it's just guitar, it still has this deep sound.

  • @bowdimiller933
    @bowdimiller933 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man! You are so positive and well spoken. It's rare to see someone "critique" and give even a little credit to the creators anymore. I very much enjoy your work! (You earned a sub)

  • @harrymon6461
    @harrymon6461 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what an amazing 30 minutes! thank you for going down and explaining every single track and what you think of it!

  • @thefusions5086
    @thefusions5086 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Perfect video, through and through. I've always had a love-hate relationship with the White Album, but I love how in depth you go into with songs that I don't even like much (I.e. Birthday, Why Don't We Do It In The Road). Thank you for opening up my eyes and allowing me to appreciate his as an album and not just having to pick out which songs I like.

    • @MrDexterSinister
      @MrDexterSinister 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't care much for the lyrics of "Birthday," but I'm sure they were quick 'n easy; mainly I love listening to it for the rock 'n roll the Beatles played, and the great production, which I love all across this album.

  • @strawberrysoulforever8336
    @strawberrysoulforever8336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm really glad to hear the backstory for Sexy Sadie, because I was never sure what it was meant to mean, and now I get it.

  • @Rockoli
    @Rockoli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a well researched and edited video. Bravo!

  • @robertieraci7404
    @robertieraci7404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My fave in the catalogue. The sheer brilliance and depth in song and styles is what makes it exceptional. I love it as a double and wouldn't have it any other way. It's a storybook of 20th century musical styles that was never before done and never will be. Greatest rock album of the 20th century..

  • @berj2354
    @berj2354 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Amazing content!!!!!! loving the Beatle stuff!!!!! Still waiting for the Pink Floyd Animals reviewww!!!!! love this channel

    • @tbaker_
      @tbaker_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Berj- same here. love that album

    • @sr0242
      @sr0242 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Berj. A Matter of fact! Did you know? Pink Floyd was recording there first album in a abbey road studio? When The Beatles were recording there last album Abbey Road in the next Studio at Abbey Road Studios!

    • @berj2354
      @berj2354 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      SR 0 WOWWWWWW NO WAYYY THAT'S AWESOMEEEE

    • @SuperNevile
      @SuperNevile 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wrong, it was Pepper..... Piper and Pepper 1967....Abbey Road 1969

    • @andyjohansen5117
      @andyjohansen5117 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SR 0 actually the Floyd was recording Piper during Pepper... by the time of Abbey Road the Floyd were releasing UmmaGumma

  • @shanerod9708
    @shanerod9708 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent review and analysis of the album. Thank u so much. This was truly enjoyable. My personal favorite song of the White Album would b While My Guitar Gently Weeps. A real master piece. God bless and have a great week.

  • @jb2einziger
    @jb2einziger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The White Album has recently become my number one Beatles record, i never fully understood it at first but after a few listens it's become my favourite and i listen to it constantly ! Really great review 👍 very insightful

  • @LaVoxPentation
    @LaVoxPentation 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this! I thought there was nothing new to appreciate about this album which I've heard a million times. But you made it completely new, hearing it through your eyes.

  • @MIO_816
    @MIO_816 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really Great Review! Once I started watching I couldn't stop. I feel exactly the same way about this album as you do, but you made this music feel fresh again. Thanks, will follow you, and here's hoping for a 2018 White Album 50th Anniv Box Set!

  • @24cincyreds
    @24cincyreds 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just discovered this channel and have to say it's already one of my favorites! American Football needs to be an album you review.

  • @Robutube1
    @Robutube1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed this trip through an indisputably great album with a review that was, at the same time, respectful without being fawning. Thanks!

  • @malcolmcooper3529
    @malcolmcooper3529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great review! I enjoyed it a lot, thank-you. It always surprises me how many people are unfamiliar with this album. I think this is/was for two reasons: 1) they had started to go a bit weird (although still great) and 2) people just didn't buy double albums. Their loss - it's a great album!

  • @vashna3799
    @vashna3799 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The perfect antidote to Sgt Pepper the White Album. Every track is completely different to each other. Brilliantly diverse songs by the greatest band of all time.

  • @chillymilly6063
    @chillymilly6063 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    your content is so good. you're a cool guy! Wish I could have a drink with you

  • @tigeronthemoon9251
    @tigeronthemoon9251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's so nice to hear and see your appreciation and the value you give to music in these days of low attention span swiping. I remember taking the bus for 35 miles to buy my one monthly record. Most of those records I didn't really like at first listen but, sufficiently intrigued and considering the effort to get them and pay for them, I would listen thoroughly until I got what was going on. Suffice to say, I still listen to them today along the offerings of the incredible musical adventure of the 20th century.

  • @mikeroeder
    @mikeroeder 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic job on this one. Great balance of back story and personal perspective. I think your best video yet.

  • @canadianstudmuffin
    @canadianstudmuffin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best Beatles album review I have ever watched. Thank you.

  • @carlosvaldivia3576
    @carlosvaldivia3576 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is hands down my favorite Beatles album, so much content and great compositions. You deserve more subscribers for this fantastic video sir👏

  • @robk3596
    @robk3596 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating listen for an album which to me ranks within top 3 of all their LP's. Great to hear a review delivered with insight, intelligence & background facts, some of which were new to me. Thank you VR!

  • @rael2099
    @rael2099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every note in this album is a dagger in the heart that feels so good. Childhood nostalgia.
    Growing up with the Beatles music is the best way to grow up. Parenting not necessary.

  • @TheSotis12345
    @TheSotis12345 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The song "Julia" makes me always feel ill as the first time I used snus (extra strong white, Odens to them who know) I had to go and throw up while "Julia" was playing

  • @chrisjacek
    @chrisjacek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I stumbled upon this....I'm not even sure how, but I really enjoyed it. It also reminded me of one of my greatest concert-going experiences. This was the first album that Phish performed as a "musical costume" for Halloween 1994. I drove out to upstate NY just to see the show, and nobody knew what they would play until they actually played it. I can't explain how thrilling it was to hear Back in the USSR, and then immediately start going through my mental rolodex to anticipate what other songs they would play. There was a real collective sense of anticipation for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," because we expected a truly special interpretation of the guitar solo. Trey did not disappoint.

  • @braybeatles1
    @braybeatles1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A brilliant review. So well informed and an excellent critique of each song as well as the album as a whole. Really truly fab.

  • @bhusar1
    @bhusar1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you brought up the sequencing. Alot of bands should use this model when they sequence a long album. Not a wasted moment.

  • @gilbertg7
    @gilbertg7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One thing few people have noticed is that the bass on I Will is entirely sung

    • @feeno1188
      @feeno1188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The bass on the last part of Happiness is a warm gun is doubled with John's voice too

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even with the remix, it's hard to tell.

  • @TheBitterSweetgr
    @TheBitterSweetgr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just two words.
    A. This Album changed my world. B. This album made me a musician.
    Should I add anything else? Best lp ever.

  • @contactpinacolada
    @contactpinacolada 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the variety and cheerful creativity of this album including the perfect sleeve art

  • @Thomasgene
    @Thomasgene 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    just like this album i come back to your review often! my favorite Beatle album, for several reasons the amount of music, the different textures, so tired, yer blues, everyones got something to hide, this is the one album i take to the island, great review!

  • @dylanduffy9440
    @dylanduffy9440 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Definitely your best video yet. Thank you.

    • @eugeneaxe
      @eugeneaxe 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed.

    • @billgowland3250
      @billgowland3250 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dylan Duffy if this is his best I would not like to see his worst. .....whiff whaff and piffle yawn

  • @farrellmcnulty909
    @farrellmcnulty909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember cracking up when I found out he was singing about Clapton and a candy box.

  • @nicosmaling4702
    @nicosmaling4702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice vid! Last night I visited the concert of The Analogues in Rotterdam. A precise Beatles coverband with original instruments of those days. My White Album copy ( I own it for 50 years now) has been revived for me. Love it! Now buying a vinyl playing device (again). Thanx!!

  • @thereina7
    @thereina7 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job Dude... I was 17 years old when this record came out and I was from "I want to hold your hand" a big fan. They were a breath of fresh air thru my High school years. Keep on doing this!!! David