Ozzy is a Beatlemaniac and I love him for it. The Beatles are a masterclass in songwriting, chord progressions, counterpoint and creativity. Ask Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel, any of them who did grow up listening to them.
@@globalpunkreview if you can watch the movie The Complete Beatles you will get a great overview of their music and cultural impact. I think it’s on TH-cam now
John and Paul were asked to write songs about growing up. Paul wrote "Penny Lane" and John wrote "Strawberry Fields Forever". They were released as a double a-side single. Maybe the greatest single release ever.
I used to have an original Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine forty-five, but I can't find it anymore. I probably left it on a friend's turntable in the distant past. It's been a long, long, long time...since I saw it.
The Beatles created modern recording. First to creatively use multi-track. First to use a sample loop. First to break free from rock's boundaries and use the studio as an instrument. Also, no two Beatles songs sound the same except for their earliest songs, which are brilliantly composed tight little rock anthems. They're not just a classic rock group. They invented everything you hear today.
Agree with all comments. I'd also give a nod to mid-1960s Beach Boys, and the debut album by Pink Floyd (recorded same time, same studio as Sgt Peppers), for experimental sounds.
@@MikePhillips-pl6ov True The Beach Boys Pet Sounds kicked off a lot of experimentation. "God Only Knows" is one of the most perfect songs, in general.
Penney Lane is a street in Liverpool, most of the things they sing about really exist, fire station, bank, train station and the barber. It's where the Beatles grew up.
Penny Lane is in Liverpool 18. The fire station is on Mather Avenue; there's no train station on Penny Lane. The bank and the barber's shop are not actually on Penny Lane, neither is the 'shelter in the middle of a roundabout' - that was a small building that was the bus terminus for bus crews of the 46 bus. Lived a couple of hundred yards from Penny Lane from 1975 to the end of 1986.
@@Pokafalva I’ve never heard that. Interesting. It’s pretty cool to be able to say you lived in Liverpool, and that you were so close to Penny Lane. Not impressive to the locals there but still cool to those of us across the pond who have never been anywhere close to it.
@@terri2494 The bank (it was Martins Bank at the time, later Barclays Bank) and the hairdressers are actually on Smithdown Place, which is across the traffic lights from the top of Penny Lane. I lived in Hillside Road, with Menlove Avenue at the top of the road. Lennon' house was about 800 yards along on Menlove Avenue from where we lived. Something else: I started gigging in the Liverpool nightclubs in January 1969, and played on the original Cavern and several other venues that were still going that the Beatles and other Merseybeat bands played at, like the Iron Door, All Fours, Litherland Town Hall, New Brighton Tower Ballroom, Aintree Institute, Blair Hall. I'm 74 in a couple of months time, but I have the memories and photos...
If you want the lowdown on Penny Lane -- and other Beatles trivia -- James Cordon did a Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney -- in Liverpool -- and Paul gave James an amazing tour. It's here on TH-cam and thoroughly worth checking out.
That line more than any other sounds like it’s coming from a kid’s perspective, which of course is true because Paul is reminiscing about his hometown.
Good to explain that, because young people today might think that was how Apple Computer referred to their iPhone in those days - tied in to their "Mac" (Macintosh) computer line! (Yeah, I realize this song was a bit before those items came out....) 😀
@BritIronRebel Fun fact John Lennon murdered Paul McCartney and buried him in his cousins garden in Penny Lane sometime around 66-67 and if you listen closely to the end of "Strawberry Fields " Lennon whispers " I buried Paul"
The beauty that Paul wrote in this song is that his childhood will never leave him. It's in his ears and in his eyes. It formulated him into who he is. Genius.
He also played a flawless bass, and asked for the trumpet and other orchestrations. And, btw: PAUL MCCARTNEY NEVER LEARNED TO RAD OR WRITE MUSIC. It's all by ear, folks. No net.
@TexasMagnolia Great song with a lot of insight. "FOOL ON THE HILL" and "She's Leaving Home" are 2 songs I think have a lot to them,too. I have never seen them really covered by reactors. Truth be told, I haven't looked for reactors doing them. Now I have to. Plus, the simple beauty of "The Long and Winding Road" always gets to me.
George was the quiet Beatle I think because he was always the calmest Beatle. He seemed to me to be the most (internally) contemplative and the most spiritually centered.
Sgt Pepper was a moment in music history where pop music became seen as an art form. The Beatles changed music forever and they did it as well as could be done.
Paul McCartney was sitting at a bus shelter waiting for John Lennon to meet him on Penny Lane, a street near their houses in Liverpool, England. While sitting there Paul jotted down the things he saw, including a barber's shop with pictures of its clients and a nurse selling poppies for Remembrance Day (November 11th, marking the day World War I officially ended). He later turned these images into the song we now know, which celebrates this time in his life.
Cute story..I'm Canadian but my whole family is British..on a trip to England, went on a short road trip ( by Canadian standards) and my Uncle stopped after an hour , pulled a small table out of the trunk of the car, little fold up stools, a tea pot and cups and sandwiches and we sat and had lunch....too funny..the British love their tea
That was a pretty regular occurence back in the day before things changed like the invention of motorways and more multi-national franchise eateries started. Before then was just pubs and tea rooms....and of course a cuppa by the road side
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool. John & Paul lived nearby and used to travel along it on the local bus. The roundabout at the end of Penny Lane was a meeting point for John, Paul, George & Ringo. Paul wrote Penny Lane as a remembrance of his youth spent watching the world go by whole waiting for the rest of the lads. Paul & John didn't live too far away from each other and very near to John's house is Strawberry Fields (a local chikdrens home) which is another Beatles song written by John Lennon. If i remember correctly both songs were released on a double A side single together. Thanks for the reaction 😊
This takes me back to 1969 and the 13 year old girl that loved the Beatles and listened to them on my record player constantly! The other dude is George Harrison! My favorite. Penny Lane is in Liverpool, their hometown!
What made the Beatles popular was their range when it came to writing and performing songs. Their earliest songs were pretty basic, but were inspired by American rock and roll artists ( think like Elvis, Buddy Holly and Little Richard ). But they started experimenting with their sound and adding layers , using orchestras, using elements of psychedelic and Indian music, blues and ballads, at times on the same album. Another thing that's amazing was the amount of music they recorded in such a short period of time. They were together for less than a decade, and all four members were not even 30 when they broke up. Over 50 years later and the Beatles' music is timeless. You should check out all four members solo careers and even some of the covers of the Beatles. Joe Cocker- With a Little Help from my Friends is a great example.
Ringo starr's real name is Richard Starkey, got the nickname from all the rings he wore. George Harrison was the other member. He was "the quiet" Beatle and always my favorite. Check out his solo career and the traveling wilburys!
Mr. Harrison also helped to produce a movie or two for Monty Python - an English group who had a half hour comedy show on American television back in the day. :D
George Harrison is the Beatle that you forget… He was also in the Traveling Wilburys. That is a supergroup I am sure you would enjoy. Also, if you like bagpipes, Paul McCartney was in the group called Wings. Mull of Kintyre is a great bagpipe song of theirs.
The Beatles, the best band this world has ever seen, heard, and the coolest name and the most well loved members ... Can't say enough good things about them, and I am so glad I loved them first before any other band growing up.
What is the significance of Penny Lane? The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership.
This is a song that Paul wrote about his fond memories as a child and young teen growing up in and around Penny Lane. Literally a series of every day images in his mind, that he converted into and upbeat, positive, and nostalgic song.
I love the detailed imagery of just the ordinary, mundane life this paints. The photo of them crossing a crosswalk is the album cover for _Abbey Road._ So they are walking across Abbey Road.
Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles album. They put their all into it instead of just getting it out of the way like many other bands have done when they broke up. They were a class act all the way around. That just doesn’t exist anymore. That’s what happens when satan gets involved. Now, it’s rumored that he runs the whole entertainment industry. I used to be able to sing pretty well and thought about doing it professionally. Then I started looking at the lives of the people who were doing it and I saw that they were not really happy at all. They were doing music that they didn’t want to do because of the money and their managers. They were spiraling down into a world of drugs.
@@Niteowlette I am by no means gullible. I am 69 years old and I have watched the rock and roll music industry all my life because I used to sing. I was not living a Christian lifestyle at the time but I could easily see the unhappiness of the performers. Now, Hollywood is in a total mess because of pedophilia. Almost all of them are into it. satan has indeed taken over Hollywood. Even the preachers are getting sucked into it. It’s an evil world we are living in and it’s not getting any better. They are all into the child trafficking and the production of adrenochrome for their youthful appearance. It’s what the movie “Monsters Inc” was all about. Look up adrenochrome if you don’t know about it and how it is made and used. All of today’s musicians in Hollywood are caught up in it.
The Beatles were so British and 'Penny Lane' is about a street... capturing the British public atmosphere. The Beatles were the people's band, not some hype created by the music industry... This was why. It wasn't about a girl or about romance or heartbreak to sell records (There were plenty of their songs on those topics)... It was about capturing the moment of inspiration; and inspiration can come from anywhere - even a casual street. Paul McCartney wrote 'Penny Lane'... John Lennon wrote 'Strawberry Fields forever' about a place in Liverpool he used to frequent as a kid... Paul McCartney wrote a catchy song "Ob-la-di ob-la- da"... which was just a nonsense title w/ a feel-good melody like a children's nursery rhyme... like "Do-ray- me..." The iconic photo of The Beatles crossing the road was their 1969 album 'Abbey Road'... which was the last studio album they recorded. It was a tribute to the street where Abbey Road Studio was located - it was the legendary London studio where The Beatles ... Pink Floyd ... later, Kate Bush, Radiohead, Oasis, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, etc. all recorded music. The Beatles were mainly John Lennon (guitar/ piano/ vocals) and Paul McCartney (bass/ piano/ vocals)... the other 2 were: Ringo Starr (drums/ vocals) and George Harrison (lead guitar/ vocals) John Lennon was murdered by a deranged fan in late 1980. George Harrison survived an attack by a deranged man and was stabbed repeatedly in 1999... he passed away in 2001 from cancer.
The first time I saw the Beatles was on television on the Ed Sullivan Show was when I was seven years old. 60 years later, I still love John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Me too. I still love them. In the process of rebuilding my vinyl collection of all their albums. Magical Mystery Tour is next. Still iffy about the White Album, unless someone can talk me into it.
I was only 4 years old and watching them on the Ed Sullivan show is one of the very early memories of my life, and now 60 years later, I still love The Beatles just as much as I ever did, which is A LOT. Cheers!
The first time I saw them it was autumn of 1963 on the Royal Verity Show,when John "Twist & Shout" at the time I was 9 years old in all that time I have not gone at least a week without playing any of their music,never ever get bored 💞 from 🇬🇧
Penny lane is a street and and area and what that called the bus station there. John and Paul used to hang out there because it was half way between their homes.
David Mason recorded the piccolo trumpet in A solo at Abbey Road, summoned by George Martin, the day after Paul saw him on TV playing Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto. He studied at the Royal (London) College of Music then went to the Royal Opera House orchestra, then two famous London orchestras. There is always more to learn, BP!
@@bkm2797 Yeah, they didn't really "sample" others' music in the modern sense, but he means they used taped sounds in tracks like Tomorrow Never Knows, and they did use cut-ups of pre-existing taped music here and there, such as in Yellow Submarine and Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite.
The connection between The Beatles and Penny Lane is primarily tied to Paul. Back in the very early days of The Beatles, in the late 50s and early 60s, Paul would have to travel by bus to get to John’s house, and the bus journey would involve changing buses at the bus shelter on Penny Lane. The song was written by Paul and is essentially just his own personal recollection of the observations that he remembers making whilst sitting at the bus stop on Penny Lane, waiting for his connecting bus towards John’s house. There is also a church on Penny Lane, right beside the bus shelter, called St Barnabas’ Church, where Paul was a member of the choir when he was a young child.
The Beatles were the most eclectic band in rock history. After their 1st two albums; all genius breaks thru🤘❤️ big ups to the brilliant mind of george martin to make their visions of how to put the music to the beatles ideas
I was just in Liverpool, doing a Beatles bus tour, taking us to all the important places and our bus drove down Penny Lane. The tour guide told us how Paul wrote this song as he sat on the bus going to school one day.... he is describing what he sees out the window. Very cool, and I now understand the song.
This black Detroit 60's chick loved the Beatles so that when l got my first paycheck l went to England. Loved it! Penny lane is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Figured out the line the banker never wears a mac as slang for a raincoat. Loved all the British invasion groups of the 60s and the humor and hospitality of the English people when l went there in 1978.😊
Try to remember when listening to the Beatles they were full of life. The majority of their songs preached positivity. They had a wicked sense of humour, and I'm convinced there were certain lines in certain songs meant to meet you with a nudge, nudge, wink, wink. They were young and having the times of their lives. The music was a celebration.
The trumpet in the song is called a piccolo trumpet. It's smaller and therefore gives a higher pitch. Paul had other instrumentation in the solo (that version is on the Anthology CD's), but was looking to kick it up. He was at home listening to the Brandenburg Concerto and heard the trumpet. He loved it, told George Martin their producer, and they got the trumpet player to come in and record the solo. Another case of the Beatles going above and beyond for perfection! GREAT REACTION! Get ready for a VERY deep rabbit hole! Peace and Love!
L😊It's important to understand the Beatles signifigance in the evolution of popular music, because every popular style in the last 60 years is built on the foundation built and follows the path forged by the "Fab Four." They began as a late 50s- early 60s Skiffle band (black leather jackets, slicked back hair, Elvis wannabes learning their music from Black performers like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bo Didley) Some of their contemporaries were the Rolling Stones, The Hollies, BeeGees, Herman's Hermits, The Doors, The Animals. They started what's called The British Invasion of the American music industry when their manager, Brian Epstein, put them in new style suits and they copied a hair style given to former member Stu Sutcliff's girlfriend, Astrid, who did the definitive early photography that set them apart. The 1994 movie BackBeat shows their beginnings in the Hamburg music clubs and, IMO, tells the story of two of the greatest romances of the 20th Century. As the 60s progressed, the Beatles began to follow Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (who popularized Trancendental Meditation) and to experiment with psychedelics which were not illegal yet. From that, they evolved to their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band stage, which musicologists say is the point where RnR went from being tribal/ritual dance music to a legitimate form of Art. W/O them, we have no David Bowie, No Led Zeppelin, Emmerson Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, etc, or anything after. John Lennon's political activism probably helped end the Vietnam war. They influenced every part of society. They're more than just a band, they were a cultural force.
George Harrison was the Beatle you could not recall. His more well known songs are While My Guitar Gently Weeps (which Prince famously played alongside Tom Petty, on stage were Jeff Lynne ELO and Steve Winwood) for Georges induction into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. My Sweet Lord is one of my favourite songs. He was also part of the Travelling Wilburys supergroup with Jeff, Tom, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison.
You said this gives you a sunny day vibe. You should listen to their song “Here Comes the Sun”. It was written by George Harrison, whose name you couldn’t remember. (Don’t worry. You already got three of the four. You’re almost there!) It’s one of my favorite Beatles songs. Another great song by George is “Something”, which is absolutely beautiful.
"Paperback Writer", "Eight Days a Week", "She Has a Ticket to Ride", "Yesterday", "Yellow Submarine", "Lady Madonna" and many more, Checkout the titles on their No. 1 Album, as these are all big hits.
Aka: The Beatles invent doom metal. A friendly reminder before the comments come for me: "Abbey Road" was released almost five months before "Black Sabbath".
Mull Of Kintyre is a song Paul McCartney and Denny Laine wrote during Paul's Wings Band days. It is full of bag pipes playing.It has become a staple song of his love of Scotland.
One of my top 5 favorite Beatles songs. I can always picture Penny Lane in my mind. I always wanted to go there and people watch and catch glimpses of what has always gone through my head.
Everyone has a Penny Lane. It is a place from your past which brings you peace. For the Beatles it was Penny Lane they could escape to when life got too complicated.
This song and Strawberry Fields Forever came out of an early concept for what became the Sgt Pepper album. At the time, they thought they were going to do an album about memories of their childhood. This one is Paul's. Strawberry Fields was a facility whose yard children were occasionally invited to play in, but John loved it so much that he used to sneak in even when he wasn't supposed to be there. The concept was eventually dropped, however, and these two were released only as singles... though they were eventually used as filler on the Magical Mystery Tour album.
Tears in my eyes ... it's about memories for me! The place I grew up, 40 years ago, is not avaible anymore! It's a different place now! I don't even feel at home, when I go to the streets I grew up in ... My street was this and this and that and there was a garden and this and that ... oh, and look at this houses! At this place was my grammer school ... oh and at this house, there was a large field where we used to play soccer! And you see this homes? ... When I was a kid, there was a forest we used to play and hide! The backery is gone, the corner shop is gone, ... when I do visit the "penny lane" I grew up! Memories, times are changing just like everything else. "I sit and meanwhile back, Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes..." - but it doesn't exist anymore :-/
@@JohnHazelwood58same with my neighborhood, a suburb of Los Angeles. Whenever I go back there, its bittersweet. Much has changed, and most everyone from my childhood and teenage years has either moved away or passed away. The Bowie song Changes is very true.
Yep it's in Liverpool, I left Ireland with my family & I went to Liverpool to live at the age of 2!!! So I'm more or less from Liverpool. Love Penny Lane, have been there too!! Fantastic group - the best!!!!!
The Beatles did Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields at the same time (2 songs about a mythical version of where they grew up in Liverpool) and released them as a single in 1967. Then in 1985 Prince did Paisley Park,-which I always heard as his version of Strawberry Fields- a great happy place.
I'm back for any Beatles songs. My Mom was born in 51 and experienced Beatle Mania so i grew up listening to them. Thank God for my parents great taste in music.😂 April Wine please 🙏 Great reaction as usual my friend and Peace out ✌️ ☮️ 🙏
This was once my favorite Beatles song until I heard Revolution. I dated a Scouser for 5 years from Liverpool, where Penny Lane, (the actual street), is located. I got to know the area vicariously through him but I never got to England.
You have to watch Now and Then, the offical video on Vevo. It’s a rearranged version of a tape that was recorded by John Lennon back then with only his voice and piano. The remaining Beatles, Paul and Ringo added their voices to it and made a genius and very emotional video.
You should listen to My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. I think it’s a song you would really enjoy and it’s the 4th Beatle that you keep forgetting. He had such a great music catalog after he left the Beatles and he wrote some of the most iconic Beatles songs and doesn’t get enough credit in my opinion.
When the Beatles first started making records, music video didn't exist. The way you promoted your music (besides touring) was to appear on TV shows and either play your song or mime to the studio recording, depending on the show. The Beatles grew tired of having to make all those TV appearances (between their touring schedule and the insane rate the record company expected them to produce new music, not to mention that they were under contract to make movies at the same time) so they started making little films for the TV shows to play instead of making an actual appearance. It was really low-effort stuff, just to have some clips of the guys mucking about while the music played.
George Harrison -Her comes the sun I believe the crosswalk was Abby Road. My husband and I use to play the Rock Band/Guitar Hero version of the Beatle music. He omplained I knew all the words to ALL the songs. I had a crush on George at age 6
Yes,the Zebra Crossing was Abbey Road in North West London where the studios were, where they made so many of their Albums. This is Penny Lane in Liverpool where 4 Beatles were born and raised.
The other Beatle is George Harrison, the youngest one. You'll remember him from The Traveling Wilbury's. He also wrote "Here Comes the Sun", Lennon & McCartney took the writing credit. On the crosswalk photo that is Abbey Road. Apple Studio is directly in front of them. If you look at the album cover, you'll find a fifth Beatle on it. enough trivia for one day BP. Enjoy the Journey! Consider some Electric Light Orchestra or for short "ELO", Another member of The traveling Wilbury's, Jeff Lynne runs that whole show. He's quite a writer.
No, Harrison got the credit for writing the songs he did, including Here Comes the Sun and Something, 2 of the Beatles' most-downloaded songs to this day. Also While My Guitar Gently Weeps and a bunch of others. But Lennon & McCartney would only allow him 1-2 songs per album and did not recognize his songwriting genius (and were jealous).
My recommendation to you if you want to understand the Beatles' music is that you listen to an entire album at a time. Their songs are so eclectic that you cannot get a true feeling for them unless you listen to each album as a whole as it represents a segment of their musical growth which was quite radical and rapid over a very short period of time.
Yes, an ode to Penny Lane, a street that Paul McCartney travelled along by bus every day and saw the barber shop, fire station, banker etc. If you ever go to Liverpool and go to Penny Lane, many of the things referred to in this song are still there, and you realise how amazing the Beatles were and fall in love with them even more! 🥰
Penny Lane is , err, a Lane, not a street. In The Beatles home city of Liverpool. It still exists today and is still an extremely busy area. As it was when I drove down it a few days ago on my way to the Catfish and the Bottlemen concert in the local Sefton Park.
"The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city. The Beatles began recording "Penny Lane" in December 1966, intending it as a song for their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
I love the way this song is just a string of observations of life on a busy Liverpool street. Any song writer (or rapper) could do that, with any style of music, just looking at details of what is going on around them. It's a great thing to do.
Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever were written to be part of an album about their early lives. Was released as double A side single instead. The Bus Shelter in the roundabout is still there, I visited it a few years ago.
George Harrison usually on lead guitar, backing vocals, and sometimes the lead vocal. Picillo trumpet, so it's a higher register. The walk is Abbey Road. John and Paul both grew up going to Penny Lane, creating memories.
The trumpet solo in Penny Lane is played on a piccolo trumpet, I.e. the trumpet with the highest range. “Penny Lane” was written by Paul as a tribute to the area in Liverpool where he was raised. Its companion piece is “Strawberry Fields Forever” written by John.
His name is GEORGE HARRISON!! His most famous song "llMY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS" was a part of the EOCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME celebration for George Harrison when they had Tom Petty, a few members of Tom Petty's band "The heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne (of ELO), STEVE WINWOOD, George Harrison's son and the one and only PRINCE who did a killer guitar solo during the performance. T
Wikipedia-Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected: "Penny Lane" was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story. Lennon's original lyrics for "In My Life" had included a reference to Penny Lane. Soon after the Beatles recorded "In My Life" in October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. A year later, he was spurred to write the song once presented with Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever". McCartney also cited Dylan Thomas's nostalgic poem "Fern Hill" as an inspiration for "Penny Lane". Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with McCartney. He recalled in a 1970 interview: "The bank was there, and that was where the tram sheds were and people waiting and the inspector stood there, the fire engines were down there. It was reliving childhood."
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool, England where they are from. George Harrison is the 4 th Beatle. He passed a couple of years ago. You might be interested in this video of Paul with James Cordon. Cordon had a segment in his tv show where he did karaoke in his car with celebs. while driving around. He picked up Paul and they drove around Liverpool seeing the sights and places where the "Fab 4" lived and grew up. The last part of the video is of Paul stopping at a local pub and doing an impromptu mini concert. It's quite fun.
Penny Lane is a love note to an area these boys grew up in, you’re damn right. The everyday business put to music. After a lifetime of listening to this band the key is to simply enjoy the songs and not worry too much about the meaning. The songs speak for themselves. There is no hidden meaning, they just loved making music.
The thing about Beatles videos is that they began producing them as promo clips to circumvent the industry norm of having to make numerous personal appearances on television shows. And later because they had moved away from personal appearances in concerts and touring. So when the Beatles began producing them, they were breaking new ground as a way to promote their singles. These videos were very much in their infancy as new form of musical communication. MTV, which really drove the explosion of music videos as an art form, didn't start up until 9 years after the Beatles broke up. So when you watch a Beatles video, you have to take the video elements with a bit of a grain of salt. Creating a fully produced music video was not a thing yet, and I suspect many of these early videos were driven mostly by studios publicists and a bit of an annoyance for them. To me the first real rock-music video in the form we would think of today, was A Hard Days Night. A fully produced video-music production with artistic rather than promotional intent.
I really enjoy watching you listen and react to so many songs that are part of my life. Especially enjoy my favorite group, The Beatles. I highly recommend listening to all of their albums, chronologically. Even if you don't do it for us to see, do it privately for yourself. It will bring a deeper knowledge and appreciation for their earlier material when you hear it that way. It brings more context. I think most people who are not yet immersed in their music, have a hard time appreciating their older songs individually because they have very little context. If you want to share your journey and whole albums are too long, try doing it a few songs at a time. Songs were pretty short back then. You will find many treasures, if you embark on this journey.. You will probably even find yourself listening to their whole albums because you're in the mood for Rubber Soul or A Hard Day's Night, etc. Stick with it. It may take a bit to feel committed.
When I went to England I went to Liverpool and it was one of the highlights of my trip. I hit Penny Lane just to say I'd been there. I went where the Cavern Club used to be (it's a small shopping center now) and they did have some displays about the Beatles playing there. Rode the ferry across the Mersey River (like in the Gerry and the Pacemakers song). It was cool just to walk the old streets of the city where so many famous musicians were from. Plus the people there were the most down to earth and friendly of any I met during my vacation. I'd go again.
That iconic photo of them crossing the street was at Abbey Road. I'd know this song for years before I gradually came to see it as a masterpiece of poetic nostalgia.
Both songs, 'Dust in the Wind' and 'Carry on Wayward Son' by Kansas were spiritual songs written by guitarist Kerry Livgren,(the blond straight-haired guitarist) They are STILL touring, even with 3 or 4 original members, I believe. Their 2024 schedule is published. Thanks.
A really enjoy the version where Elvis Costello sings Penny Lane to honour Paul McCartney and the Beatles at the White House. Worth a listen and he says his Mum came from this area in Liverpool apparently. It meant a lot to him to do this with Paul there.
Ozzy Osbourne said pop music today sucks, because artists did not listen to the Beatles growing up.
Good for Ozzy..............interesting observation ? Could very well be true !
I agree.
Word !!!
Interesting observation.
Ozzy is a Beatlemaniac and I love him for it. The Beatles are a masterclass in songwriting, chord progressions, counterpoint and creativity. Ask Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel, any of them who did grow up listening to them.
"Is there stuff I should know about The Beatles that I don't know about The Beatles?" The answer to that question is always yes.
Even if you grew up listening to them. More than half a century later, yes.
Nah. Just switch to the Bee Gees and dive into their catalog.
@@globalpunkreview if you can watch the movie The Complete Beatles you will get a great overview of their music and cultural impact. I think it’s on TH-cam now
John and Paul were asked to write songs about growing up. Paul wrote "Penny Lane" and John wrote "Strawberry Fields Forever". They were released as a double a-side single. Maybe the greatest single release ever.
Without doubt. And that it why the Beatles are the greatest band - ever.
I used to have an original Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine forty-five, but I can't find it anymore. I probably left it on a friend's turntable in the distant past. It's been a long, long, long time...since I saw it.
It's got competition... From only The Beatles of course. Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out... & Something/Come Together.
The Beatles created modern recording. First to creatively use multi-track. First to use a sample loop. First to break free from rock's boundaries and use the studio as an instrument. Also, no two Beatles songs sound the same except for their earliest songs, which are brilliantly composed tight little rock anthems.
They're not just a classic rock group. They invented everything you hear today.
And they were blessed to work with George Martin.
Thanks to George Martin
IMHO The Beatles were to modern music like Bach, Beethoven, and the rest of "those guys" 😀were to Classical music.
Agree with all comments. I'd also give a nod to mid-1960s Beach Boys, and the debut album by Pink Floyd (recorded same time, same studio as Sgt Peppers), for experimental sounds.
@@MikePhillips-pl6ov True The Beach Boys Pet Sounds kicked off a lot of experimentation. "God Only Knows" is one of the most perfect songs, in general.
Penney Lane is a street in Liverpool, most of the things they sing about really exist, fire station, bank, train station and the barber. It's where the Beatles grew up.
Penny Lane is in Liverpool 18. The fire station is on Mather Avenue; there's no train station on Penny Lane. The bank and the barber's shop are not actually on Penny Lane, neither is the 'shelter in the middle of a roundabout' - that was a small building that was the bus terminus for bus crews of the 46 bus. Lived a couple of hundred yards from Penny Lane from 1975 to the end of 1986.
@@Pokafalva I’ve never heard that. Interesting. It’s pretty cool to be able to say you lived in Liverpool, and that you were so close to Penny Lane. Not impressive to the locals there but still cool to those of us across the pond who have never been anywhere close to it.
@@terri2494 The bank (it was Martins Bank at the time, later Barclays Bank) and the hairdressers are actually on Smithdown Place, which is across the traffic lights from the top of Penny Lane. I lived in Hillside Road, with Menlove Avenue at the top of the road. Lennon' house was about 800 yards along on Menlove Avenue from where we lived. Something else: I started gigging in the Liverpool nightclubs in January 1969, and played on the original Cavern and several other venues that were still going that the Beatles and other Merseybeat bands played at, like the Iron Door, All Fours, Litherland Town Hall, New Brighton Tower Ballroom, Aintree Institute, Blair Hall. I'm 74 in a couple of months time, but I have the memories and photos...
Thanks for sharing! Visiting Liverpool and doing a Beatles trek is #1 on my bucket list.
@@Niteowlette Totally recommend it. I've done it 3 times now and it was a different experience every time.
Penny Lane a street in Liverpool England.Primarily written by McCartney mentions sights,sounds and characters from Paul’s upbringing.
It is where the recording studio is
It always feels like it’s coming from a boy’s perspective.
@@billboth6572 no you’re thinking of Abbey Road. Penny Lane is where Paul would catch the bus to go see John and vice versa
No, that is Abbey Road in London where EMI Abbey Road is located. Penny Lane is in Liverpool.
If you want the lowdown on Penny Lane -- and other Beatles trivia -- James Cordon did a Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney -- in Liverpool -- and Paul gave James an amazing tour. It's here on TH-cam and thoroughly worth checking out.
“The banker never wears a Mac in the pouring rain, very strange”. A Mac is slang for Mackintosh; a type of raincoat first sold in 1824
That line more than any other sounds like it’s coming from a kid’s perspective, which of course is true because Paul is reminiscing about his hometown.
Good to explain that, because young people today might think that was how Apple Computer referred to their iPhone in those days - tied in to their "Mac" (Macintosh) computer line! (Yeah, I realize this song was a bit before those items came out....) 😀
Continue on the Beatle Journey. You will not be disappointed.
You can deep dive forever. The more innocent the music seems, the deeper the meaning.
it will be a magical mystery tour for sure
Just remember John, Paul, George and Ringo
DROVE DOWN PENNY LANE TODAY HELLO FROM LIVERPOOL
Aye Scouser ✌️
@BritIronRebel Fun fact John Lennon murdered Paul McCartney and buried him in his cousins garden in Penny Lane sometime around 66-67 and if you listen closely to the end of "Strawberry Fields " Lennon whispers " I buried Paul"
Next time say Hello, Goodbye to it and give it my best from America.
I live two streets away. Love seeing the tourists from all over the world.
@@James-hd6ez Fun, yes. Fact, no. But I guess, how do I know, really?
I don't know why - but for 50 years I've loved the line - *_He likes to keep his fire engine clean - it's a clean machine._*
It's sexual innuendo. So is the other line "for a fish-and-finger pie".
@@user-pf7jm9go6o I didn't think the fire engine thing was innuendo, just being cute.
@@user-pf7jm9go6o My understanding is that an innuendo is an Italian suppository.
The beauty that Paul wrote in this song is that his childhood will never leave him. It's in his ears and in his eyes. It formulated him into who he is. Genius.
He also played a flawless bass, and asked for the trumpet and other orchestrations. And, btw: PAUL MCCARTNEY NEVER LEARNED TO RAD OR WRITE MUSIC. It's all by ear, folks. No net.
The Beatles changed music forever
You’ve got to hear the story of: Eleanore Rigby.
Very powerful and most reactors don’t “get it”. You will.
@@TheDredConspiracy Do you KNOW what that song is actually about?
@TexasMagnolia Great song with a lot of insight. "FOOL ON THE HILL" and "She's Leaving Home" are 2 songs I think have a lot to them,too. I have never seen them really covered by reactors. Truth be told, I haven't looked for reactors doing them. Now I have to. Plus, the simple beauty of "The Long and Winding Road" always gets to me.
George Harrison is the fourth Beatle. He’s the quiet one who incorporated the sitar into the Beatles’
music.
BP, listen to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and you'll never forget the great George Harrison again.
Now find the Travelling Wilbury's supergroup. George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn and the incredible Roy Orbison.@MS-zv4bf
George was the quiet Beatle I think because he was always the calmest Beatle. He seemed to me to be the most (internally) contemplative and the most spiritually centered.
Sgt Pepper was a moment in music history where pop music became seen as an art form. The Beatles changed music forever and they did it as well as could be done.
Childhood memories of their home city of Liverpool. Mixed with the psychedelia of the 1960’s, what’s not to love here?
Paul McCartney was sitting at a bus shelter waiting for John Lennon to meet him on Penny Lane, a street near their houses in Liverpool, England. While sitting there Paul jotted down the things he saw, including a barber's shop with pictures of its clients and a nurse selling poppies for Remembrance Day (November 11th, marking the day World War I officially ended). He later turned these images into the song we now know, which celebrates this time in his life.
Cute story..I'm Canadian but my whole family is British..on a trip to England, went on a short road trip ( by Canadian standards) and my Uncle stopped after an hour , pulled a small table out of the trunk of the car, little fold up stools, a tea pot and cups and sandwiches and we sat and had lunch....too funny..the British love their tea
That was a pretty regular occurence back in the day before things changed like the invention of motorways and more multi-national franchise eateries started. Before then was just pubs and tea rooms....and of course a cuppa by the road side
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool. John & Paul lived nearby and used to travel along it on the local bus. The roundabout at the end of Penny Lane was a meeting point for John, Paul, George & Ringo. Paul wrote Penny Lane as a remembrance of his youth spent watching the world go by whole waiting for the rest of the lads.
Paul & John didn't live too far away from each other and very near to John's house is Strawberry Fields (a local chikdrens home) which is another Beatles song written by John Lennon. If i remember correctly both songs were released on a double A side single together. Thanks for the reaction 😊
@Black_pegasus-z5j Hi, thanks for responding to my little input of knowledge. What would you like my opinion on? 😂
You should definitely react to “Something” by the Beatles! One of the best love songs ever. I also recommend “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer “
@@150mcl150 Or as George Harrison called it - Maxwell's Silver Bloody Hammer. It took so many takes to get right for the perfectionist Paul.
This takes me back to 1969 and the 13 year old girl that loved the Beatles and listened to them on my record player constantly!
The other dude is George Harrison! My favorite. Penny Lane is in Liverpool, their hometown!
This is a Paul song. He was the genius of melodies and harmonies, more hit songs both with and without the Beatles than anyone in history.
What made the Beatles popular was their range when it came to writing and performing songs. Their earliest songs were pretty basic, but were inspired by American rock and roll artists ( think like Elvis, Buddy Holly and Little Richard ). But they started experimenting with their sound and adding layers , using orchestras, using elements of psychedelic and Indian music, blues and ballads, at times on the same album. Another thing that's amazing was the amount of music they recorded in such a short period of time. They were together for less than a decade, and all four members were not even 30 when they broke up. Over 50 years later and the Beatles' music is timeless. You should check out all four members solo careers and even some of the covers of the Beatles. Joe Cocker- With a Little Help from my Friends is a great example.
Its a hymn to smalltown life in surburbia. A hymn to the everyday people. Genius!
Ringo starr's real name is Richard Starkey, got the nickname from all the rings he wore. George Harrison was the other member. He was "the quiet" Beatle and always my favorite. Check out his solo career and the traveling wilburys!
Mr. Harrison also helped to produce a movie or two for Monty Python - an English group who had a half hour comedy show on American television back in the day. :D
George Harrison is the Beatle that you forget… He was also in the Traveling Wilburys. That is a supergroup I am sure you would enjoy. Also, if you like bagpipes, Paul McCartney was in the group called Wings. Mull of Kintyre is a great bagpipe song of theirs.
The Beatles, the best band this world has ever seen, heard, and the coolest name and the most well loved members ... Can't say enough good things about them, and I am so glad I loved them first before any other band growing up.
I love them! My HS grad song in 1976 was the Beatles song, The Long and Winding Road. A Great Band probably one of the Greatest.
Yes more Beatles, the catalog is huge. As previously stated , they changed music in so many ways
All the Beatles have amazing solo songs.
This is my favourite Beatles song. It just takes me to another place, a simpler time.
You were correct. Paul wrote about his memories connected to the street Penny Lane in Liverpol
What is the significance of Penny Lane?
The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership.
This is a song that Paul wrote about his fond memories as a child and young teen growing up in and around Penny Lane. Literally a series of every day images in his mind, that he converted into and upbeat, positive, and nostalgic song.
I love the detailed imagery of just the ordinary, mundane life this paints.
The photo of them crossing a crosswalk is the album cover for _Abbey Road._ So they are walking across Abbey Road.
We call it a zebra crossing.
Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles album. They put their all into it instead of just getting it out of the way like many other bands have done when they broke up. They were a class act all the way around. That just doesn’t exist anymore. That’s what happens when satan gets involved. Now, it’s rumored that he runs the whole entertainment industry. I used to be able to sing pretty well and thought about doing it professionally. Then I started looking at the lives of the people who were doing it and I saw that they were not really happy at all. They were doing music that they didn’t want to do because of the money and their managers. They were spiraling down into a world of drugs.
Abbey Road is in London. The picture was taken near the studio where they recorded most of their songs.
Oh stop! Satan ?!? Lmao! 😂🤣🤣 Don't be so gullible!
@@Niteowlette I am by no means gullible. I am 69 years old and I have watched the rock and roll music industry all my life because I used to sing. I was not living a Christian lifestyle at the time but I could easily see the unhappiness of the performers. Now, Hollywood is in a total mess because of pedophilia. Almost all of them are into it. satan has indeed taken over Hollywood. Even the preachers are getting sucked into it. It’s an evil world we are living in and it’s not getting any better. They are all into the child trafficking and the production of adrenochrome for their youthful appearance. It’s what the movie “Monsters Inc” was all about. Look up adrenochrome if you don’t know about it and how it is made and used. All of today’s musicians in Hollywood are caught up in it.
Phew! I am so delighted you liked this Beatles song, one of my favourites, from first listening to it in the 60’s .
The Beatles were so British and 'Penny Lane' is about a street... capturing the British public atmosphere. The Beatles were the people's band, not some hype created by the music industry... This was why. It wasn't about a girl or about romance or heartbreak to sell records (There were plenty of their songs on those topics)... It was about capturing the moment of inspiration; and inspiration can come from anywhere - even a casual street. Paul McCartney wrote 'Penny Lane'...
John Lennon wrote 'Strawberry Fields forever' about a place in Liverpool he used to frequent as a kid...
Paul McCartney wrote a catchy song "Ob-la-di ob-la- da"... which was just a nonsense title w/ a feel-good melody like a children's nursery rhyme... like "Do-ray- me..."
The iconic photo of The Beatles crossing the road was their 1969 album 'Abbey Road'... which was the last studio album they recorded. It was a tribute to the street where Abbey Road Studio was located - it was the legendary London studio where The Beatles ... Pink Floyd ... later, Kate Bush, Radiohead, Oasis, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, etc. all recorded music.
The Beatles were mainly John Lennon (guitar/ piano/ vocals) and Paul McCartney (bass/ piano/ vocals)... the other 2 were:
Ringo Starr (drums/ vocals) and George Harrison (lead guitar/ vocals)
John Lennon was murdered by a deranged fan in late 1980.
George Harrison survived an attack by a deranged man and was stabbed repeatedly in 1999... he passed away in 2001 from cancer.
The first time I saw the Beatles was on television on the Ed Sullivan Show was when I was seven years old. 60 years later, I still love John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Me too. I still love them. In the process of rebuilding my vinyl collection of all their albums. Magical Mystery Tour is next. Still iffy about the White Album, unless someone can talk me into it.
I was only 4 years old and watching them on the Ed Sullivan show is one of the very early memories of my life, and now 60 years later, I still love The Beatles just as much as I ever did, which is A LOT. Cheers!
The first time I saw them it was autumn of 1963 on the Royal Verity Show,when John "Twist & Shout" at the time I was 9 years old in all that time I have not gone at least a week without playing any of their music,never ever get bored 💞 from 🇬🇧
John sang
Penny Lane is just one of the 20 #1 hits the Beatles has in the USA. Try their song called If I Fell😊
Penny lane is a street and and area and what that called the bus station there. John and Paul used to hang out there because it was half way between their homes.
No it isn't. Trust me, I live by Penny Lane
Thanks for sharing @@shkeen57
David Mason recorded the piccolo trumpet in A solo at Abbey Road, summoned by George Martin, the day after Paul saw him on TV playing Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto. He studied at the Royal (London) College of Music then went to the Royal Opera House orchestra, then two famous London orchestras. There is always more to learn, BP!
they were on of the first bands to truly use the studio as an instrument, they were one of the first to use sampling in songs
Say what??? Used the studio as an instrument! All their music is original. Yes like all musicians they met their heroes, but their music is original.
@@bkm2797 Yeah, they didn't really "sample" others' music in the modern sense, but he means they used taped sounds in tracks like Tomorrow Never Knows, and they did use cut-ups of pre-existing taped music here and there, such as in Yellow Submarine and Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite.
The connection between The Beatles and Penny Lane is primarily tied to Paul. Back in the very early days of The Beatles, in the late 50s and early 60s, Paul would have to travel by bus to get to John’s house, and the bus journey would involve changing buses at the bus shelter on Penny Lane. The song was written by Paul and is essentially just his own personal recollection of the observations that he remembers making whilst sitting at the bus stop on Penny Lane, waiting for his connecting bus towards John’s house. There is also a church on Penny Lane, right beside the bus shelter, called St Barnabas’ Church, where Paul was a member of the choir when he was a young child.
The Beatles were the most eclectic band in rock history. After their 1st two albums; all genius breaks thru🤘❤️ big ups to the brilliant mind of george martin to make their visions of how to put the music to the beatles ideas
I was just in Liverpool, doing a Beatles bus tour, taking us to all the important places and our bus drove down Penny Lane. The tour guide told us how Paul wrote this song as he sat on the bus going to school one day.... he is describing what he sees out the window. Very cool, and I now understand the song.
That's probably my favorite Beatles song!
This black Detroit 60's chick loved the Beatles so that when l got my first paycheck l went to England. Loved it! Penny lane is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Figured out the line the banker never wears a mac as slang for a raincoat. Loved all the British invasion groups of the 60s and the humor and hospitality of the English people when l went there in 1978.😊
Try to remember when listening to the Beatles they were full of life. The majority of their songs preached positivity. They had a wicked sense of humour, and I'm convinced there were certain lines in certain songs meant to meet you with a nudge, nudge, wink, wink. They were young and having the times of their lives. The music was a celebration.
The trumpet in the song is called a piccolo trumpet. It's smaller and therefore gives a higher pitch. Paul had other instrumentation in the solo (that version is on the Anthology CD's), but was looking to kick it up. He was at home listening to the Brandenburg Concerto and heard the trumpet. He loved it, told George Martin their producer, and they got the trumpet player to come in and record the solo. Another case of the Beatles going above and beyond for perfection! GREAT REACTION! Get ready for a VERY deep rabbit hole! Peace and Love!
L😊It's important to understand the Beatles signifigance in the evolution of popular music, because every popular style in the last 60 years is built on the foundation built and follows the path forged by the "Fab Four." They began as a late 50s- early 60s Skiffle band (black leather jackets, slicked back hair, Elvis wannabes learning their music from Black performers like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bo Didley) Some of their contemporaries were the Rolling Stones, The Hollies, BeeGees, Herman's Hermits, The Doors, The Animals. They started what's called The British Invasion of the American music industry when their manager, Brian Epstein, put them in new style suits and they copied a hair style given to former member Stu Sutcliff's girlfriend, Astrid, who did the definitive early photography that set them apart. The 1994 movie BackBeat shows their beginnings in the Hamburg music clubs and, IMO, tells the story of two of the greatest romances of the 20th Century.
As the 60s progressed, the Beatles began to follow Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (who popularized Trancendental Meditation) and to experiment with psychedelics which were not illegal yet. From that, they evolved to their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band stage, which musicologists say is the point where RnR went from being tribal/ritual dance music to a legitimate form of Art. W/O them, we have no David Bowie, No Led Zeppelin, Emmerson Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, etc, or anything after. John Lennon's political activism probably helped end the Vietnam war. They influenced every part of society. They're more than just a band, they were a cultural force.
George Harrison was the Beatle you could not recall.
His more well known songs are While My Guitar Gently Weeps (which Prince famously played alongside Tom Petty, on stage were Jeff Lynne ELO and Steve Winwood) for Georges induction into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.
My Sweet Lord is one of my favourite songs. He was also part of the Travelling Wilburys supergroup with Jeff, Tom, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison.
You said this gives you a sunny day vibe. You should listen to their song “Here Comes the Sun”. It was written by George Harrison, whose name you couldn’t remember. (Don’t worry. You already got three of the four. You’re almost there!) It’s one of my favorite Beatles songs. Another great song by George is “Something”, which is absolutely beautiful.
"Paperback Writer", "Eight Days a Week", "She Has a Ticket to Ride", "Yesterday", "Yellow Submarine", "Lady Madonna" and many more, Checkout the titles on their No. 1 Album, as these are all big hits.
“I Want You/She’s So Heavy”. - You’re welcome!
Top notch work
Aka: The Beatles invent doom metal.
A friendly reminder before the comments come for me: "Abbey Road" was released almost five months before "Black Sabbath".
You mentioned "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles. Yes, ,you need to hear that. It's a landmark Beatles song.
Mull Of Kintyre is a song Paul McCartney and Denny Laine wrote during Paul's Wings Band days. It is full of bag pipes playing.It has become a staple song of his love of Scotland.
One of my top 5 favorite Beatles songs. I can always picture Penny Lane in my mind. I always wanted to go there and people watch and catch glimpses of what has always gone through my head.
Everyone has a Penny Lane. It is a place from your past which brings you peace. For the Beatles it was Penny Lane they could escape to when life got too complicated.
This song and Strawberry Fields Forever came out of an early concept for what became the Sgt Pepper album. At the time, they thought they were going to do an album about memories of their childhood. This one is Paul's. Strawberry Fields was a facility whose yard children were occasionally invited to play in, but John loved it so much that he used to sneak in even when he wasn't supposed to be there. The concept was eventually dropped, however, and these two were released only as singles... though they were eventually used as filler on the Magical Mystery Tour album.
Tears in my eyes ... it's about memories for me! The place I grew up, 40 years ago, is not avaible anymore! It's a different place now! I don't even feel at home, when I go to the streets I grew up in ...
My street was this and this and that and there was a garden and this and that ... oh, and look at this houses! At this place was my grammer school ... oh and at this house, there was a large field where we used to play soccer! And you see this homes? ... When I was a kid, there was a forest we used to play and hide! The backery is gone, the corner shop is gone, ... when I do visit the "penny lane" I grew up! Memories, times are changing just like everything else. "I sit and meanwhile back, Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes..." - but it doesn't exist anymore :-/
Me too in Waterloo 1948. I feel you! It's not just the places that are gone. So Sad. Now a Scouser in USA left in 79. Oright La!
@@JohnHazelwood58same with my neighborhood, a suburb of Los Angeles. Whenever I go back there, its bittersweet. Much has changed, and most everyone from my childhood and teenage years has either moved away or passed away. The Bowie song Changes is very true.
Yep it's in Liverpool, I left Ireland with my family & I went to Liverpool to live at the age of 2!!! So I'm more or less from Liverpool. Love Penny Lane, have been there too!! Fantastic group - the best!!!!!
One of their best and most memorable songs is “Black Bird”❤
They painted an every day picture of an every day street through musical lyrics. It captures a place in time with a catchy little tune. 🎶
The Beatles did Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields at the same time (2 songs about a mythical version of where they grew up in Liverpool) and released them as a single in 1967. Then in 1985 Prince did Paisley Park,-which I always heard as his version of Strawberry Fields- a great happy place.
The song Penny Lane is about childhood memories. Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool, where the Beatles grew up.
I'm back for any Beatles songs. My Mom was born in 51 and experienced Beatle Mania so i grew up listening to them. Thank God for my parents great taste in music.😂 April Wine please 🙏 Great reaction as usual my friend and Peace out ✌️ ☮️ 🙏
They’re popularly known by their first names in the order they joined the band. John (founder), Paul, George (Harrison) & Ringo.
This was once my favorite Beatles song until I heard Revolution. I dated a Scouser for 5 years from Liverpool, where Penny Lane, (the actual street), is located. I got to know the area vicariously through him but I never got to England.
You have to watch Now and Then, the offical video on Vevo. It’s a rearranged version of a tape that was recorded by John Lennon back then with only his voice and piano. The remaining Beatles, Paul and Ringo added their voices to it and made a genius and very emotional video.
You should listen to My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. I think it’s a song you would really enjoy and it’s the 4th Beatle that you keep forgetting. He had such a great music catalog after he left the Beatles and he wrote some of the most iconic Beatles songs and doesn’t get enough credit in my opinion.
Beatles are here forever, they were magic.❤
When the Beatles first started making records, music video didn't exist. The way you promoted your music (besides touring) was to appear on TV shows and either play your song or mime to the studio recording, depending on the show. The Beatles grew tired of having to make all those TV appearances (between their touring schedule and the insane rate the record company expected them to produce new music, not to mention that they were under contract to make movies at the same time) so they started making little films for the TV shows to play instead of making an actual appearance. It was really low-effort stuff, just to have some clips of the guys mucking about while the music played.
George Harrison -Her comes the sun
I believe the crosswalk was Abby Road.
My husband and I use to play the Rock Band/Guitar Hero version of the Beatle music. He omplained I knew all the words to ALL the songs. I had a crush on George at age 6
Yes,the Zebra Crossing was Abbey Road in North West London where the studios were, where they made so many of their Albums.
This is Penny Lane in Liverpool where 4 Beatles were born and raised.
The other Beatle is George Harrison, the youngest one. You'll remember him from The Traveling Wilbury's. He also wrote "Here Comes the Sun", Lennon & McCartney took the writing credit. On the crosswalk photo that is Abbey Road. Apple Studio is directly in front of them. If you look at the album cover, you'll find a fifth Beatle on it. enough trivia for one day BP. Enjoy the Journey! Consider some Electric Light Orchestra or for short "ELO", Another member of The traveling Wilbury's, Jeff Lynne runs that whole show. He's quite a writer.
No, Harrison got the credit for writing the songs he did, including Here Comes the Sun and Something, 2 of the Beatles' most-downloaded songs to this day. Also While My Guitar Gently Weeps and a bunch of others. But Lennon & McCartney would only allow him 1-2 songs per album and did not recognize his songwriting genius (and were jealous).
E.L.O. songs yes
The trumpet in that solo is a piccolo trumpet, essentially a scaled down trumpet that plays a full octave higher than a standard trumpet.
My recommendation to you if you want to understand the Beatles' music is that you listen to an entire album at a time. Their songs are so eclectic that you cannot get a true feeling for them unless you listen to each album as a whole as it represents a segment of their musical growth which was quite radical and rapid over a very short period of time.
Yes, an ode to Penny Lane, a street that Paul McCartney travelled along by bus every day and saw the barber shop, fire station, banker etc. If you ever go to Liverpool and go to Penny Lane, many of the things referred to in this song are still there, and you realise how amazing the Beatles were and fall in love with them even more! 🥰
These guys are in their mid 20's writing amazing music.
Penny Lane is , err, a Lane, not a street. In The Beatles home city of Liverpool. It still exists today and is still an extremely busy area. As it was when I drove down it a few days ago on my way to the Catfish and the Bottlemen concert in the local Sefton Park.
They went through so many iterations .... their song catalogue is the finest I have heard.
"The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city. The Beatles began recording "Penny Lane" in December 1966, intending it as a song for their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
“…Is there something I should know about the Beatles I don’t know?”
I’ve been asking the same question since 1964. And I’m a Beatleologist.
I love the Beatles so much! Penny Lane, It’s a street in Liverpool where they are from. My oldest daughter also has a dog named Penny Lane 😘❤️🎶
I love the way this song is just a string of observations of life on a busy Liverpool street. Any song writer (or rapper) could do that, with any style of music, just looking at details of what is going on around them. It's a great thing to do.
Yep, Penny Lane is my go to song to give me warm childhood fuzzies, one of my very very favorites, so classy!
The Beatles were such cut-ups! Always something surprising in their videos.
Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever were written to be part of an album about their early lives. Was released as double A side single instead. The Bus Shelter in the roundabout is still there, I visited it a few years ago.
George Harrison usually on lead guitar, backing vocals, and sometimes the lead vocal. Picillo trumpet, so it's a higher register. The walk is Abbey Road. John and Paul both grew up going to Penny Lane, creating memories.
The trumpet solo in Penny Lane is played on a piccolo trumpet, I.e. the trumpet with the highest range. “Penny Lane” was written by Paul as a tribute to the area in Liverpool where he was raised. Its companion piece is “Strawberry Fields Forever” written by John.
They did more with 4 - track analog machines back in the 60's than you can shake a stick at.
His name is GEORGE HARRISON!! His most famous song "llMY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS" was a part of the EOCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME celebration for George Harrison when they had Tom Petty, a few members of Tom Petty's band "The heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne (of ELO), STEVE WINWOOD, George Harrison's son and the one and only PRINCE who did a killer guitar solo during the performance. T
Wikipedia-Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
"Penny Lane" was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story.
Lennon's original lyrics for "In My Life" had included a reference to Penny Lane. Soon after the Beatles recorded "In My Life" in October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. A year later, he was spurred to write the song once presented with Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever". McCartney also cited Dylan Thomas's nostalgic poem "Fern Hill" as an inspiration for "Penny Lane". Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with McCartney. He recalled in a 1970 interview: "The bank was there, and that was where the tram sheds were and people waiting and the inspector stood there, the fire engines were down there. It was reliving childhood."
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool, England where they are from. George Harrison is the 4 th Beatle. He passed a couple of years ago.
You might be interested in this video of Paul with James Cordon. Cordon had a segment in his tv show where he did karaoke in his car with celebs. while driving around. He picked up Paul and they drove around Liverpool seeing the sights and places where the "Fab 4" lived and grew up. The last part of the video is of Paul stopping at a local pub and doing an impromptu mini concert. It's quite fun.
Penny Lane is a love note to an area these boys grew up in, you’re damn right. The everyday business put to music. After a lifetime of listening to this band the key is to simply enjoy the songs and not worry too much about the meaning. The songs speak for themselves. There is no hidden meaning, they just loved making music.
The thing about Beatles videos is that they began producing them as promo clips to circumvent the industry norm of having to make numerous personal appearances on television shows. And later because they had moved away from personal appearances in concerts and touring. So when the Beatles began producing them, they were breaking new ground as a way to promote their singles. These videos were very much in their infancy as new form of musical communication. MTV, which really drove the explosion of music videos as an art form, didn't start up until 9 years after the Beatles broke up. So when you watch a Beatles video, you have to take the video elements with a bit of a grain of salt. Creating a fully produced music video was not a thing yet, and I suspect many of these early videos were driven mostly by studios publicists and a bit of an annoyance for them. To me the first real rock-music video in the form we would think of today, was A Hard Days Night. A fully produced video-music production with artistic rather than promotional intent.
I really enjoy watching you listen and react to so many songs that are part of my life. Especially enjoy my favorite group, The Beatles. I highly recommend listening to all of their albums, chronologically. Even if you don't do it for us to see, do it privately for yourself. It will bring a deeper knowledge and appreciation for their earlier material when you hear it that way. It brings more context. I think most people who are not yet immersed in their music, have a hard time appreciating their older songs individually because they have very little context. If you want to share your journey and whole albums are too long, try doing it a few songs at a time. Songs were pretty short back then. You will find many treasures, if you embark on this journey.. You will probably even find yourself listening to their whole albums because you're in the mood for Rubber Soul or A Hard Day's Night, etc. Stick with it. It may take a bit to feel committed.
When I went to England I went to Liverpool and it was one of the highlights of my trip. I hit Penny Lane just to say I'd been there. I went where the Cavern Club used to be (it's a small shopping center now) and they did have some displays about the Beatles playing there. Rode the ferry across the Mersey River (like in the Gerry and the Pacemakers song). It was cool just to walk the old streets of the city where so many famous musicians were from. Plus the people there were the most down to earth and friendly of any I met during my vacation. I'd go again.
Glad you enjoyed our city
That iconic photo of them crossing the street was at Abbey Road. I'd know this song for years before I gradually came to see it as a masterpiece of poetic nostalgia.
Both songs, 'Dust in the Wind' and 'Carry on Wayward Son' by Kansas were spiritual songs written by guitarist Kerry Livgren,(the blond straight-haired guitarist) They are STILL touring, even with 3 or 4 original members, I believe. Their 2024 schedule is published. Thanks.
A really enjoy the version where Elvis Costello sings Penny Lane to honour Paul McCartney and the Beatles at the White House. Worth a listen and he says his Mum came from this area in Liverpool apparently. It meant a lot to him to do this with Paul there.