Who else is addicted to these "Deconstructing Beatles" videos? Man, thank you so much for these videos, they are music classes!

@Ms_Drake

3 жыл бұрын

They're certainly better than the tutorials because you can hear what they play.

@joaovaz_

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ms_Drake Exactly! It is such a trip

@sloppyjoehillups

3 жыл бұрын

Yep!!!

@connorvlogs3711

3 жыл бұрын

Me I know I am

@elirosen1391

3 жыл бұрын

Who the hell wouldn't be?

George Martin was a genius. Talk about the perfect blend of orchestra and Rock and Roll. It always worked. No doubt the fifth Beatle. He earned that title.

@Brennanprojects

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the fifth Beatle was that Volkswagen on the Abbey Road album cover !

@soulagent79

3 жыл бұрын

The tight drums and bass on this track are mostly Geoff Emerick's work.

@mjt11860

3 жыл бұрын

thank goodness for george martin! what a talented genius he was.

@paulsmith8212

3 жыл бұрын

George Martin was a genius as was Brian Epstein but I always thought the fifth Beatle was Billy Preston . Loved listening to this .

@olivierjunkar1253

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, what such arrangments ! Wow

the orchestral arrangement is so expressive it could be released as a track on its own

@DLD2Music

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@ewetoo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's brilliant, really honing in on the 7ths and there's a good deal of chromatic swirls from the strings and that striking middle section that George M totally saves by a combination of safari music from the violins and another chromatic effect by the cellos and violas of a record "speeding up", its sheer trickery and very effective. When it comes back towards the chorus it breaks into staccato, reminiscent of Strawberry Fields (those cellos again!). Just a great bag of tricks used where most effective, he should be taught in music schools because here is real-world successful composing and scoring.

@robertdabler6349

Жыл бұрын

@@ewetoo wow

@hw343434

Жыл бұрын

Paul said John sang the orchestral parts to George Martin

@shawnriffhard

Жыл бұрын

@@robertdabler6349 Right?!

Give me another band that has ever gone from a “Love Me Do” to a “I am the Walrus”. And all within only about 5 years!

@skinovtheperineum1208

2 жыл бұрын

KMFDM

@10dennis10

2 жыл бұрын

XTC

@steveconn

Жыл бұрын

Living in an age of Dylan and psychedelic drugs helps...

@jkf9167

Жыл бұрын

The Clash. Not exactly, but in terms of sophistication.

@tomglase5333

Жыл бұрын

in five seconds ringo time

The orchestral arrangement is incredible. It sounds Psychedelic, Indian, played with the confidence of a British Naval anthem.

Ringo never ceases to impress me. Nothing ever out of place.

@jkf9167

2 жыл бұрын

He was the best. One of the two dumbest myths about the Beatles are that Ringo just got lucky. He was brilliant. Songs like this one and "Strawberry Fields Forever" would have been such a mess without Ringo. And then if you add his cool parts and fills, he was totally rad.

@jaelge

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkf9167: I couldn't imagine beastly drummers like Moon or Bonham playing on any Beatles tracks. Though I'm sure they would've been perfectly adequate for some of them, there are others that they just weren't sensitive enough to have played to the song like Ringo. Ritchie was a versatile artist that could, (and, in fact, did) play in any genre. He was a songwriter´s/producer´s dream drummer.

@jkf9167

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaelge when the music would start to get weird, RIngo would buckle into a really assertive rock beat that would hold it all together, but it would still have that sensitivity and that swing. Most of that 60s generation of rock players didn't have the insight and experience to know that you could take a simple backbeat anywhere if you just listened closely enough.

@polytheneprentiss1534

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkf9167 so what’s the other dumbest myth for you? Paul is dead? Totally agree about Ringo, BTW!

@jkf9167

2 жыл бұрын

@@polytheneprentiss1534 Yoko broke up the Beatles.

The orchestra track is a masterpiece by itself.

@lorendigiorgi

2 ай бұрын

You're not kidding!

Ringo just doesn't get enough credit for being a brilliant drummer, you know it's him, he has his sound and it always works

@dog1net

3 жыл бұрын

During the summer of 1967, a couple of my friends and I were playing Beatle's records. One of my friends said, "I really love the drumming by Ringo. It feels like he's driving the song." He then said it just made you want to listen to the song even more, and then play it again and again. And again and again, it has been that I still keep listening to the Beatles now and forever.

@LJarvo

3 жыл бұрын

@@dog1net Aye I know what you mean

@kavousniamir2375

3 жыл бұрын

@@LJarvo I love his drumming on Penny Lane... so simple but perfect

@israelrico5076

3 жыл бұрын

That drum sound reminds me of Pink Floyd's DSOTM...LIKE THE SAME DRUM SOUND!....EPIC

@niggato23

3 жыл бұрын

@@israelrico5076 Pink Floyd was so damn influenced by The Beatles in fact The Abbey Road Medley influenced Pink Floyd to do that thing where each songs segues into another song afterwards lol

No Ringo would be no Beatles without his AMAZING drumming. Deconstructing Beatle songs shows the immense talent that these four young men had. I firmly believe that history will come full circle on giving Mr. Starkey his proper due....

Listening to John Lennon’s voice is like listening to Hendrix ‘s guitar I don’t know why every move they made was Royal.

@DLD2Music

4 жыл бұрын

john lennon in this song stands out

@hw343434

3 жыл бұрын

Cause John is the best Rock singer of all Time!!! Every time he stepped on the mic it was Gold. Can’t say that for almost any other singer

@edwardadams8489

3 жыл бұрын

@@hw343434 I second that he could do whatever he wanted with his voice too bad he's lost interest later on

@dallasbrubaker6054

3 жыл бұрын

@@hw343434 and yet he hated the sound of his own voice

@dr.willyvan2116

3 жыл бұрын

Dallas Brubaker I catch myself hating things about me. Specially when I was younger. I hated my voice my hair.... even if other people liked it. Always trying to prove something they call that these days, extra . now I don’t give a shite.

18:31 man that soud, incredible

Ringo’s hi hat work is vastly underrated, it’s a living thing in its own right.

The orchestral section in this song is just outstanding! Sir George was an absolute genius!

Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne heard this in 67 and went, 'OK then'.

@johnnyd63

5 ай бұрын

10538 Overture by ELO took I Am The Walrus to another Avenue for sure.

Ringo! The swing in his drumming is just mesmerising. No one else like him.

@Churd84538

3 жыл бұрын

People overlook another aspect of drumming. Creative playing/writing while keeping it appealing to the general listener. He was the master. He also was the Beatles click track according to Paul. First rule of drumming... keep time. He did so well.

@kavousniamir2375

3 жыл бұрын

So simple and yet so powerful... a master in disguise

@richarddunne9802

3 жыл бұрын

I've been drumming for twenty years now and I notice every time I play drum fills there's a good amount of Ringo's swing in there. It's just feels so good!

@jbognap

3 жыл бұрын

Ringo never rushed through fills - listen to the snare fills - swinging but never rushed

@jaelge

3 жыл бұрын

@@Churd84538: You could set a clock by Ringp´s absolutely perfect timing. He also had the most casual sounding but creative drum fills and embellishments you could ever hope to hear. What can anyone say, except that Ringo was the best?

Horns and strings are from another planet! Amazing arrangement.

Surely the greatest piece of music of the twentieth century.

@dawalt009

3 жыл бұрын

Easily the greatest piece of music ever.

@jbognap

3 жыл бұрын

This and Day In The Life are probably my top 2 Beatles tunes.

@lucky_spyke

3 жыл бұрын

Here, here!

@julianciahaconsulting8663

2 жыл бұрын

Surrealism in music does not get any better than this, a capital M Masterpiece.

Five Geniuses at the top of their game!

@HANSMKAMP

29 күн бұрын

There won't be any music band that will be better than the Beatles, who consist of musical geniuses. I am musically pretty talented, I can compuse beautiful music, but no way I can beat Paul McCartney, John Lennon or George Martin (rightfully called the 5th Beatle).

17:31 Oh my God those brass and strings playing in armony, so f... good.

Orchestral arrangement is impeccable, George Martin, pure unadulterated genius.

The orchestral,part is amazing isolated. So is Johns voice again those little inflections

@jaelge

3 жыл бұрын

I always considered this song to be Ringo´s and George Martin´s (orchestral arrangement). They´re the two things that have always stood out to me in this song.

@marguskiis7711

2 жыл бұрын

Orchestra is a independent piece alone.

@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv

10 ай бұрын

@@jaelgewhat about John’s voice?

@jaelge

10 ай бұрын

@@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv: What about it? Lennon´s vocal quality never particularly impressed me other than finding it unique and interesting in a handful of songs, and most of that was due to his demanding the engineers use a lot of compressions and effects on it because he didn't like the sound of his own voice. But his range was severely limited and he lacked diversity. Not his fault, a voice is a physical attribute and you have to work with what you have.

@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv

10 ай бұрын

@@jaelge what about it? John’s vocals and lyrics made the song. Try to put those compressions and effects on an average singer and see if the result is good.

John received a letter from a student at Quarry Bank High School which informed him that their professor was making his class analyse Beatles' lyrics. So John intentionally made the most confusing lyrics he could. Hence, the complete jibberish of this song! "Let the f**kers work that one out!" -J. Lennon

@dallasbrubaker6054

3 жыл бұрын

and yet if you take several hits of a joint it makes perfect sense.

What a score from GM, I love the way he gets inside Johns head and transcribes it, remarkable.

@tyrannosauruszeppelin2205

2 жыл бұрын

''the way he gets inside Johns head and transcribes it'' Exactly. The Beatles often had these beautiful melodies, ideas and themes in their head, but since they didn't know theory, they couldn't really transcribe these into an orchestral arrangement. That's where the brilliant George Martin came in. He realised the Beatles' genius.

I never really appreciated how brilliant the string arrangement is on this until now.

The genius of this song is that it sounds as if it's in an "angry minor key". Yet every chord is a major chord of a white key on the piano, and its root key can't really be ascertained as it seems to be constantly changing. I can't think of any other song like this one harmonically or otherwise.

@iamtheralwus

3 жыл бұрын

This song was John at his creative best. Similar to Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, John plays with the chords like a child playing in the sand yet produces a complicated, swirling, stunning piece of music. He had a great gift.

@WorldInANutshell

3 жыл бұрын

The song is in a major key and it only changes key once - 'sitting in an english garden waiting for the sun" - This middle 8 section is actually the intro of the song, but one full step up. It resolves back to the home key with "if the sun don't come you'll catch a tan from standing in the english rain" - this section is actually the 3rd leg of the verse. In the key of C, this is an abrupt move from G# to D. When Lennon uses it in the 3rd leg of each verse, it doesn't product a key change. But true to Lennon's ingenuity (and love of double entendres: think please please me) he uses the ambidextrous chord change to produce an exit from the key of D (at the end of the middle 8) - the reason why its a key change here and its not in the verses is because the middle 8 section which is born from an intermission comes in a launch pad of D. Whether the listener realizes this consciously or not doesn't matter, the subconscious detects it. Martin's string arrangement during this G# to D extensively softens that jagged jump and makes it sound natural as a circle of fifths. Anyway, it's important to understand that the song does reside squarely in one key; it just makes use of the derivative chords (modes): A# (flat 7), D# (flat 3), G#(flat 6) quite often. Many of Beatles songs use these chords but Walrus uses them all often.

@dondamon4669

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant analysis! You would definitely think the song was in a minor key and with the chords it uses it should sound happy but it doesn’t

@julianciahaconsulting8663

2 жыл бұрын

exactly....there is no song that even with the passage of halfa century sounds like this...in terms of original concept this could be the fabs' masterpiece...

@PeterStrachanMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@WorldInANutshell zzzzzzzzzzz Sorry mate.. I love the Beatles as much as the next, I am also a musician.. This comment is just too much... Have a great day..

This is honestly my #1 favorite Beatles song. It’s so whimsical nonsensical fun, and funky. I taught myself to play every part of this song except for the drums in high school.

@daleeloph6888

2 жыл бұрын

This song is why I picked up the guitar.

@louisxiiii

Жыл бұрын

It's interesting that you hear it as whimsical, fun. I can certainly hear that, but it always struck me as a dark forboding song, kind of scary sounding.

@Lioness4cyn

Жыл бұрын

@@louisxiiii i feel like it’s whimsical in an Alice in Wonderland kind of way if that makes sense

@barryhicks2827

Жыл бұрын

@@louisxiiii Kinda scared me as a young kid. LOVE it now!

What a f... brilliant orchestral arrangement !!! It's a masterpiece on its own !

@allenf.5907

3 жыл бұрын

EVERYTHING - the sliding cellos, the horns, the strings going up from the lower register in the beginning heading up to English Garden where the full orchestra is there. It TRULY makes this a psychedelic masterpiece along with John's vocal and lyric AND the ending with the walrus sounding horn. As usual, ahead of their time.

The orchestra section is incredible. What would The Beatles have been without George M, who was always dressed for the office while around the hairstyles grew more unkempt.

@DLD2Music

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaa youre right

@robertstitches9517

3 жыл бұрын

They still would have been The Beatles, as in the most profound artistic moment of the 60s but they would have been lesser no doubt

@allenf.5907

3 жыл бұрын

Wondering if George M. was dabbling in psychedelics now? It is incredible. It make the song the incredible piece that it is. Musical depth. Incredible score.

@PC4USE1

3 жыл бұрын

@@allenf.5907 Paul tells the story of The Lads having to sneak off away from George Martin like schools boys hiding from their school master when it came to smoking herb or other things. I seriously doubt George M. partook.

@loosilu

3 жыл бұрын

@@allenf.5907 George Martin admitted he was blissfully unaware of their chemical experiments,

When Lennon presented this song to the group and George Martin (after declaring that it was going to be their next single), they all hated it. It was just him on an acoustic guitar and singing. Martin in particular was completely dismissive of it, and said it would be impossible to actually make a record of it. The words were nonsense and there was no melody to speak of. Lennon insisted, so Martin said he'd do his best to work up an arrangement that would add some musical interest to it. And he came up with that amazing orchestral arrangement, which in many ways really makes the song. Interesting how diligently he worked to prove himself wrong in his assessment of the song. Having said all that, there's still something intrinsically catchy about the actual song. It really shouldn't work, but for some reason it does. When I was little I just absolutely loved this song. I think it was a combination of the absurdity of the words (which I have since learned would seem less absurd to Englishmen given that they reference some popular children's songs) and the melody that just seemed stuck on those two notes before finally getting set free in the chorus.

@JoshMaxPower

3 жыл бұрын

Emerick didn't like it either. But I learned the damned lyrics by heart when I was 6 years old, and GM and GE can bite me! :)

@mjt11860

3 жыл бұрын

great info. thanks!

@crucifiedthief

3 жыл бұрын

where you get that story from? if you wouldn't mind.

@davidjordan2336

3 жыл бұрын

@@crucifiedthief It was in Geoff Emerick's book.

@davidjordan2336

3 жыл бұрын

@Bill Badford People can use different words to say the same thing, and well-respected people like George Martin or the Beatles tend to get particularly diplomatic in public settings. "Hated" was my characterization of the scene that Emerick described. But yes, I would agree that the lack of enthusiasm for the I Am the Walrus demo was significantly less than that for Revolution 9. It was more no-one seeing any merit in it than displaying active hostility. But still, they only moved forward with it because it was John's. Had it come from George, it would never have been spoken of again.

I get chills listening to the vocal and orchestra tracks

just a genius part of the orchestra made by George Martin, the fifth Beatles without a doubt. continue with the work this is perfect the sound quality i'm from São Paulo Brazil and follow your channel directly.

@DLD2Music

4 жыл бұрын

Oww thank, grettings from argentina, yes, youre right george martin, the fifth beatles without a doubt

@bienlizardo5288

3 жыл бұрын

@@DLD2Music didn't u know.

@hw343434

3 жыл бұрын

That part was John’s idea, according to Paul, John SANG the string parts to direct George Martin

@fullcircle3357

3 жыл бұрын

4 Beatles one producer all it was

@TDLF

3 жыл бұрын

@@DLD2Music argento y beatlero papa

George Martin really knew how to reinforce the overall feel of a song. His orchestration in Walrus is so unsettling and just perfect! 😎👍🏼

What a masterpiece...the art of music

Liam Gallagher is trying to emulate this performance of John's in every single Oasis song

Masterpiece.... one of the greatest songs of all Time

Let’s just take a minute to appreciate the electric piano.

@rusmiller816

3 жыл бұрын

The lower notes are so weird and brilliant. The chord voicings too.

@duffbaker9554

3 жыл бұрын

@@rusmiller816 That's because they fed the electric piano LSD before the session.

@ewetoo

3 жыл бұрын

It's such a great texture isn't it, it's haunted me all my life, and I'm certain it influenced a lot of 70's music.

@javiersilva5409

3 жыл бұрын

John. The second third and fourth chords are deceptive. Brilliant.

@uniform1731

3 жыл бұрын

How does it sound like that?! And the electric piano in this song is absolutely beautiful, so is the orchestra!!

That Fairchild compression on John's voice is butter.

@mumbles215

3 жыл бұрын

And the drums too. The crashes are sublime because of it.

@cheallen1626

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the lead vocal was sped up a little, too.

The orchestral work here by George Martin is otherworldly. Amazing. Thank you so much for this

Ringo's drumming is excellent!

@yassassin6425

3 жыл бұрын

Yours wasn't too shabby.

Paul and Ringo locked in tight groove

Paul’s bass sounds really Motown-y on this track. Like James Jamerson is playing or something. Super creative and grooving

@chezzer58

3 жыл бұрын

Paul was a great lover of James Jameson so yes the link is there.

@fredo4070

3 жыл бұрын

@@chezzer58 Yeah it sounds great. Paul’s a fantastic bass player in his own right. I love the percussive quality to his playing here.

@jamescastelli

3 жыл бұрын

Why does it sound so quiet, muted and, I dunno, like they recorded from behind a door?

@funkymusic2k1

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescastelli Jamerson went direct. Paul was miking an amp. The tightness and clarity are always much better "direct" (Direct Inject Box) But the bass sits in the track very well! The electric piano is the "glue" for me in this song with it's distortion, compression and ADT. Wow!! With all of the bouncing, doubling ADT effects and orchestral and choir arrangements and performance it is in fact a masterpiece! And the tracks hold up 50+ years later!! > When you walked out of the Record Store with THAT album you really had something special!!!

@MsAppassionata

3 жыл бұрын

@@chezzer58 James Jameson was a great bass player! Love him and Paul.

The real revelation is Martin's orchestral score. Incredible. It works in it's own right.

I really enjoy listening to George Martin's incredible orchestrations. They reached incredible heights in their psychedelic period...it's my favorite era.

@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy

3 жыл бұрын

what did george composed here, is probably better than anything that lennon or mccartney wrote, think about also the piano solo in In My Life, or the strings on eleanor rigby, a creative genius

@chrismanjaro6229

3 жыл бұрын

@@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy No. George Martin never wrote anything better than L&Mc, or GH for that matter. He complemented them, contributed and added to their sound, but they are the source.

@hw343434

3 жыл бұрын

@@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy George Martin is a Genius! But according to Paul McCartney, it was John Lennon who sang the orchestral arrangement for Walrus to George Martin. I’m sure George elaborated but still it was not his original idea

@chrismanjaro6229

3 жыл бұрын

@@hw343434 When it comes to the Beatles and George Martin, it's the old story of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.

@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismanjaro6229 yes he did, the kind of complexity and musical inteligence of this arrangment and the piano of In My Life are things only a creative and knowledgeable person can do, the beatles melodies are basic compared to that, Lennon or macartney couldn't have written anything like that simply because they didnt have the knowdledge, im sure if the had it they could have done it, because they had the talent and creativity, George Martin could compose string quartet, which is much more complex, profound and sensible than a song, any rock song, the beatles couldn't write a string quartet or a symphony or a piano sonata, but Martin could write a song if he wanted to

Ringo was incredible...human time keeper fantastic fills!

Wow, even after all these years I never realised how much work went into the Orchestra, far more than I thought. Real eye opener :)

It would be a bloody shame if we never get an album consisting exclusively of the Beatles' orchestral arrangements (all by Sir George Martin, I believe, with the exception of "She's Leaving Home" and those on the "Let It Be" album). Martin deserves being recognized even more. We, as fans, deserve these tracks 😊😊

@loosilu

3 жыл бұрын

He was knighted.

@iamtheralwus

3 жыл бұрын

His arrangement on Yesterday is also brilliant.

@VMBFV

3 жыл бұрын

@@loosilu I'm Brazilian, so I don't really care or know about his royal status, but I added the "Sir" treatment there 👍🏼

@stitchgrimly6167

Жыл бұрын

GM did do the song Let It Be. That wasn't a Spector job - GM recorded the arrangement in early-mid '69 for the single that didn't end up getting released for a year. Also, the album version of Let It Be is by far the best, *because* of what Spector did do, which was use George's new solo from January '70, reuse it in the outro as well as the stabs in the last verse, and add Ringo's new beat with the tom rolls in the last verse.

The orchestra is very interesting to listen to. Wow! So dynamic. I thought it sounded like the score to a Hitchcock thriller.

@johnhoward9210

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting that you say that (and I agree). A year earlier, Martin wrote the score for the string section on "Eleanor Rigby", which was deliberately intended to have a "Pyscho" vibe.

@bobhelbig

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnhoward9210 when I was a kid these scores for Eleanor Rigby and especially Walrus chilled me to the bone. They became the Scary Beatles. Lennon's song had a frightening red pill quality to it.

When I listened to this and it got to the vocals I was blown away when he sang climbing up the Eiffel Tower

Ringo's first entry is unmistakeable. And those cellos just stab you right through the heart. Kudos to unsung heroes Lionel Ross, Eldon Fox, Bram Martin, and Terry Weil.

No one's talking about the guitar on this song, it's shows what made george such a good guitarist, he didn't shred, and didn't show off, but he is the greatest guitarist of all time

@ewetoo

3 жыл бұрын

He always did enough, i find myself really admiring the stuff he did on things like With A Little Help From My Friends, the simple chords on that stand out. Sure anyone could have done it, but they didn't. But check out Chris Buck, he reminds me a lot of George, has a similar feel for simplicity and emotion.

@freshbroc410-7

3 жыл бұрын

Yet it's so buried in the final mix

@pinball-wizard

3 жыл бұрын

@@freshbroc410-7 A great example of George's guitar getting buried in the mix is on Martha My Dear. I didn't even know there was a guitar part until the 2018 mix had a version of the song without brass and strings. But the guitar is really nice on the song and isolated it even sounds pretty good

@zacharycremen7545

3 жыл бұрын

@@pinball-wizard it’s actually not George on that song though, all of the instruments are played by Paul on Martha My Dear.

@pinball-wizard

3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharycremen7545 No, actually, according to notes from the songs recording sessions and many accounts, Paul played everything EXCEPT, the orchestra, horns, and guitar

I can't get over how good the drums sound!

in my view, the orchestral work is what's best in this song, along with .. Lennon's vocal work ofc.

@DLD2Music

3 жыл бұрын

Youre right, the orchestral work is very sofisticated

@MsAppassionata

3 жыл бұрын

@@DLD2Music Sophisticated. Sorry, but I thought you just might want to know.

@thesilvershining

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I love everything about this song **except** John’s vocal 😅

@pedrosantiago812

2 жыл бұрын

The vocal is the best part

Masterpiece. From writing, arranging to recording. The orchestral arrangement is astounding.

All of this is why it’s my favorite Beatles song.

Paul's bass is already in the wonderful, impressive style of "Dear Prudence", recorded a year later!

@vandenro

3 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@AB-mt9nf

3 жыл бұрын

Because Lennon used a similar bass note progression on keys/guitar.

@daleeloph6888

2 жыл бұрын

Dear Prudence is my favorite bass line of all time.

Without a doubt the most worked GM arrangement. Mindblowing

Ringo’s drums are excellent! He “ paints “ with each stroke to the drums !

That was John's best voice period ever!!......

I had never heard the orchestra part separately. It's a fun and dizzying psychedelic musical trip to hear those cello, violin and horn arrangements. George Martin is a genius.

14:55 "See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide" I had never actually heard the pig noise until this video lmao wow

I never realized how great that vocal take was. Plastic Ono Band vibes, almost.

Martin working his ass off...genius!

I cannot believe how perfect and beautiful this is. The orchestral part at the end feels like a mathematical universe. Every time I catch this video, I hear LOTS of things I've never heard before. I'm just Astounded, man.

14:53 I freaking love those little giggles

Probaboy the quintessential psycodelic rock piece of all times...

@skinovtheperineum1208

2 жыл бұрын

Wtf is psycodelic?

I always loved how Ringo used his high hat just magical.He’s the best.

Ringo`s work always great.

" I heard the news today, .Oh Boy, about a lucky man who made the Grade ! " George M. you certainly made the grade on this fine piece. It's as much yours as it was John's .

@middarklight

3 жыл бұрын

read not heard

Easily the greatest piece of music ever.

@spactick

3 жыл бұрын

ha!

Another Beatles' masterpiece.

I typically don’t like orchestra but it fits in and flows so well. My compliments to the songwriters

@katslayter4533

Жыл бұрын

Well that would be lead singer John Lennon of course

@JanPBtest

Жыл бұрын

Try Mahler's 2nd Symphony sometime (preferably live).

Like hearing it again for the first time. The term "genius" gets thrown around so easily these days, but the collaboration and creativity here are still stunning some 53 years later.

lennon had a great voice.

@MsAppassionata

3 жыл бұрын

Amazingly, he didn’t think so.

The thing about The Beatles is that they’re were so organic, they never really cared to make it as perfect but that’s their magic is so human you can feel the instrument you can even taste them musically of course 🤪 like there’s something when you hear the individual tracks that make them so beautifully magical ✨

@skinovtheperineum1208

2 жыл бұрын

What does that they're were so mean?

Dealing with a whole Orchestra....Impossible, incredible work and genius of all of them...Thank you, George..!!!!!!

I love how you can hear John’s vocal in the background throughout the drum track

I have a harmless addiction to the Deconstruction Videos! Please, let's have more. Yes!

@DLD2Music

2 жыл бұрын

Any request?

@sylviaelizabethclarecholic2073

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks., TY, I will think about it....."darlin'...." jaja...

@donfellman9712

11 ай бұрын

By way of requests ------ Any songs that the stereo lps of the time cheatingly gave that awful **altered mono** treatment to. This was done, as you recall, by even the biggest record companies to even the biggest artists. *Watta rook*!

Ringo is solid as a rock, never misses a beat and he barely touches the hihat!

That is one hell of a groove, too! 😀

Incredible.. especially John's vocal track...wow

Wow, really amazing, especially the Orchestra! I have never heard these details, thanks for your effort!

@DLD2Music

3 жыл бұрын

Youre welcome 😎

@charlesoneill8389

2 жыл бұрын

That's what made the song work imop

Amazing how Ringo makes the song

John was a big fan of Lewis Carroll who of course wrote Alice In Wonderland. But when the musical scholars started dissecting Sgt. Pepper, John decided to write something that would drive them batty trying to figure out what the lyrics meant. Great word play. Also, let's not forget John's impeccable pronunciation throughout this magical song.

You'd never suspect Paul's bass was so bogeyin'.

@nicholastosoni707

2 жыл бұрын

One can even hear the seeds of modern rap in Paul and Ringo's bass and drum. It's almost beat(le)boxing.

@nepesilva2284

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholastosoni707 I’ve been noticing this a lot lately with their songs. The Sgt. Pepper Reprise, the last 30 seconds of Lovely Rita (especially if you listen to the 2017 remix), and some parts of the drumming on Strawberry Fields Forever all have that proto-rap style and vibe to them. And of course, this song, as well. No one else in rock was playing beats or basslines like that, both bouncy and aggressive. These guys were definitely something else.

@Bella-nt7ec

Жыл бұрын

@@nepesilva2284 also Paul's singing on Rocky Racoon take 8

You are so perfect Ringo!

Oompah, oompah, stick it up the oompah. I would have never known but for this deconstruction.

the drums are so soothing. like rhythmic ASMR

The orchestra.... A genius....

Definitely in the top 5 beatles songs ever...50 plus years later I am the Walrus is staggering in its originality ....a few years ago I had a 19 yr old photo copier temp worker in my office who would always play the radio while she worked...one afternoon I came back late from lunch and she was sitting in front of the photocopier with the most stunned confused expression on her face....the radio was playing I am the Walrus and it was the first time she had ever heard it....It was clear that with just one listening to this one beatles song that her brain was never going to be the same...just like I dont think mine was ever the same after when i heard it the first time at age 5 in 1967 when my older brothers played it on a record player the size of a coffin...this is pure magical stuff

Ringo's cymbal crashes are sooo fucking good. Listen to them man!!!!

The group, ELO based their whole sound on this song. Amazing!

I find these deconstructions more interesting than the demo's & outtakes on the deluxe sets. Thanks for posting.

Wow! This is incredible. Listening to the orchestra arrangement in isolation is a revelation. I’d always thought that it was mixed too low. I’m tempted to rip this and do some ferkling in Audition...

I love this song so much. It is the weirdness of John's lyrics and electric piano, the very groovy bass of Paul, the precision of George's guitar, the very cool Ringo (American Indian) drums and British style snare, and George Martin's brilliant direction of an orchestra. Everything you want!!!

never realized how really good the drum parts are . Ringo and what he called his " funny little fills "

Sit you down father, rest you

@artnanne

3 жыл бұрын

From a BBC adaption of "King Lear" that Ringo managed to find on the radio as they mixed the track! Finally, Shakespeare and The Beatles meet!

@chezzer58

3 жыл бұрын

Always thought it was, Sit you down Father, Bless you. You live and learn.

@bapples

3 жыл бұрын

chezzer58 I thought for 25 years it was “Turn off the old mind relax and float downstream” 🤣

15:03 the understated yet powerful and gritty tone on the “semolina pilchard climbing up the eiffel tower” line is amazing isolated. a testament of how good lennon was vocally.

The had the orchestra playing riffs. Oh how they must have enjoyed that!

Pink Floyd, Robert FRIPP, David Bowie, Radiohead, Oasis, Blur, The Smile...all YET in this masterwork

Wow, never realized how truly amazing this song was.