Figured you'd like this one with John and George messing up their parts here and there lol! Love where Ringo is 'making a salad' with his air drumsticks 😂 The album Help! is a good sort of almost turning point for their music, right before Rubber Soul.

@MrKeychange

Ай бұрын

I really dig how they're messing around in this video. They're basically mocking lip syncing.

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@MrKeychange They really are! :D

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

you rock for this one laura. thank you. so, so good. i loved seeing them just screwing around at points lol they were such hard working dudes! and so talented. so, so talented. i'm so glad i took the dive. Rubber Soul is gonna be like (insert giant movie reference depending on era) for the channel.

@James-hd6ez

Ай бұрын

​@L33Reacts I believe John and Paul made up months before the horrendous night in 1980,The Beatles all came from the South end of Liverpool the same area iam from in Liverpool, it was believed John and Paul had discussed the band reforming and performing on a ship in the River Mersey the River which the city was built upon, sadly us younger scousers never got to see this happen 😢 .

@stevedahlberg8680

Ай бұрын

​@James-hd6ez how great that you are from there. And I believe that John and Paul had been talking on the phone really not long before John's assassination about doing some sort of reunion thing like you described. I just hadn't heard that much detail, and that would have been so appropriate!

This song is 59 years old. 59. The damn thing still holds up!

@wendyryder2708

Ай бұрын

Of course it does! What do you expect! It’s the Beatles! lol!

@robber_h

Ай бұрын

Released the month of my birth. Hard to believe 59 years have passed!

It says something when a pop song is nearly 60 years old, but still sounds catchy and fresh.

Stoned out Beatles just sitting around not giving a F and being the absolute coolest people around.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

exactly!! just sitting around and they just exude pure charisma. it's so cool.

@scottamichie

Ай бұрын

Yes. And this was released less than one year into the height of Beatlemania. How many bands would be issuing songs like this and a song called Help as they rode to the heights of stardom?!

What always staggers me is that they did it all in only 8 years, 13 albums dozen singles 4 films - just astonishing

@cuebj

Ай бұрын

Well... they had a few years of slogging it around church fetes, then youth clubs, then Hamburg red light district, then concert halls and town halls around northwest England then UK then Europe learning and playing hundreds of songs from USA before Love Me Do at tend of 1962. But the foundations were laid in the years before where they learned so much to handle audience, play different styles, sing harmonies, arrange their own material

@SpuzzyLargo

Ай бұрын

And did all that before they turned 30.

People hardly ever talk about the groups sense of humor and all the slap stick comedy they did.

Every time John and Paul look at each other mischievously and smile, it gets me.

@rhinohoudini3320

Ай бұрын

they really did love each other like brothers

As a drummer I’m sure you noticed how Ringo never does the same fill twice - love the final wham!

Lennons lead vocal on this still , still gives me the chills every time

Liverpool,the Beatles came from Liverpool. Working class families and the 4 were so real and down to Earth. They were us,boomers and other's.We grew up with them and changed because of them. the Beatles became an entity. Still are and always.

"Yesterday" is the one song that even grandparents who hated the Beatles liked.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

for all i know, i've heard that one somewhere. i can't wait to find out!

@MrKeychange

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts It'll be one of the best melodies you've ever heard in your life.

@fineasfogg1461

Ай бұрын

Oh absolutely you've heard this unless you lived under a rock. Regardless you rock ❤ ! ​@@L33Reacts

@annakermode6646

Ай бұрын

I can’t stand Yesterday

@b3stanga697

Ай бұрын

Paul McCartney said he dreamt the melody. The original title was”Scrambled Eggs” before he wrote the lyrics to Yesterday. I believe he said he dreamt “Scrambled Eggs, how I would love to touch your legs”

The Beatles: Lennon for the Mind, McCartney for the Heart, Harrison for the Soul and Starr to keep your feet moving.

They hated lip syncing… and deliberately made a mess of it to express their displeasure.

One of the absolute best examples of Lennon-McCartney harmonies is on their 1964 song, 'I Don't Want to Spoil the Party'. Even though I grew up listening to their songs for +55 years and intimately know all of their voices and the nuances between each, I never realize how finely crafted the singing was on this song until about 10 years ago. With the exception of the occasional solo line sung by Lennon, both Lennon-McCartney sing together throughout the entire song. What makes it so enjoyable is that they keep exchanging lead vocal parts. In the 1st, 2nd, and 4th lines, Lennon sings lead and McCartney sings lower harmony. For the 3rd line, Lennon sings solo. This vocal format is then repeated. After that, they seamlessly pull off a vocal switch, whereas for the next four lines, McCartney takes over the lead and Lennon sings the lower harmony. To me, this is yet another example of their brilliance. Being that their vocal ranges mesh together so perfectly, it is often quite difficult to distinguish one from the other. This holds true into their solo careers. There are a few Lennon songs where I swear it sounds like McCartney is singing and vice versa. Since Day 1, their vocal talents were an irresistible feature that made them stand tall when compared to all others. Best wishes to your adventures with The Beatles.

Beatlemania was in full swing, their lives were a continual schedule of interviews, performances and studio sessions. They travelled the world but mostly only saw it from car, plane and hotel windows, unable to go out on the street for fear of being mobbed. Lennon summed it up on the song 'HELP!' . Their talent, camaraderie, dry humour, and drug use helped them survive what would have simply crushed other bands.

See the thing about Ringo is he didn't have to be a fancy drummer, he was just the right drummer for The Beatles! The first drum set I had I always played along with Ringo. I actually didn't play the drums much past 12 years old though.

@irrefudiate

Ай бұрын

Ringo (Richard Starky) had some seasoning in other professional bands. The Beatles had to find a more professional drummer for studio work than Pete Best, which they absolutely hated to do. But, the producer and engineer insisted.

The drum pattern in this was repeated in Tomorrow Never Knows. Brilliant

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

Yes! Haven't seen anyone else notice that before.

@se6369

Ай бұрын

It's not really the same I'd say

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@se6369 It's fairly similar though, sounds like... the syncopation, time sig - something is very same about it. Can't put my finger on it though.

@walrus1300

12 күн бұрын

Nah not really

I was a teenager in the sixties - these four lads from Liverpool changed my life. Also, I agree John and Paul singing together is so good.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

their harmony is one of a kind! they worked so well together even though they were polar opposites it seems.

It was curious when Mick Jagger introduced The Beatles to the rock'n roll hall of fame and said: "When we listened this guys for the first time and knew that they came from a place called Liverpool, we thought that nothing good could come from over there... but they had a records contract... " the he said "Anyway, We actually thank them for being our first openner band in the USA"

@AlBarzUK

Ай бұрын

Haha. I saw the Rolling Stones just before they or the Beatles hit ‘Big’. They closed the first half for Gerry and the Pacemakers concert at Fairfield Hall, Croydon. G&PM’s first record (How Do You Do It?) had just gone straight to No.1 The Beatles had recorded that song but turned it down as a first release, opting for Love Me Do which only reached No.17 in the UK charts. The Stones were playing US rhythm and blues numbers back then, way before they developed their own style and before the time John Lennon advised Mick Jagger how to write songs.

What people miss is how good a live band they were (this isn't') but you can still feel the influence THEY WERE TIGNT before recording their first album

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i think these lads were inspired. absolutely inspired. i would have never taken the jump into their catalog without y'all, so thank you! i can't wait to finally hear rubber soul.

John was also down to earth. Most of the last five years of his life he gave up show business to take care of his son. He baked bread every day. It wasn't 'till 1979 when Paul released a live version of his song "coming up" that upon hearing, John said, "Well I got to get in the studio. Paul's just done something good." The old competitive rivalry was still there.

PS. what we did in the day was just set the 45 to replay we listen over and over

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

lucky bastards. but at least i can listen to them on the go.... i guess.... lol

@fineasfogg1461

Ай бұрын

That is absolutely how I listened to most of The Beatles except for the few albums I have. Plus being autistic I love playing things over and over and over and over and over again(comforting). I didn't know that when I was a kid.

A ROCKER IS "YOU CAN'T DO THAT" JOHN SINGING, VERY GROOVY, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💛💜💙💚❤💛💜💙

@danielsyvarth7469

Ай бұрын

That song is amazing! My favorite 'unheralded' Beatles song. Like you said, very groovy, and the excitement level is off the charts!

Even though we've known The Beatles from the beginning, we're still discovering new tidbits about them and their music. The fun part is hearing their deep cuts and outtakes. The Lads are from Liverpool, England.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i have the anthology dvd's so i bet it would be fun to watch that and see all the different versions and such. i've been holding off so i dont ruin any songs for myself.

@Russ-gy7tx

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts and maybe those outtakes and cuts could be new L33 episodes. Just like you did with John’s laughing track,

That was fun seeing the young lads doing a popular song

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i bet young cora was all over this one, aye??

@corawheeler9355

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts yep ... poster on the bedroom wall lol

Paul announced to the press that he had left the group on April 10, 1970. At the time, Paul was 27, John was 29, George was 27, and Ringo was 29.

@stevedotwood

Ай бұрын

George was always 1 year younger than Paul "even now he's 1 year older than me" - George Harrison

They're all from Liverpool, Lee. Paul and John grew up about a mile apart, separated by a golf course. Paul met John for the first time at a church summer fete in 1957. Paul and George went to the same secondary school in Liverpool and although in different years Paul and George used the same bus route into town. Ringo was from a more working class district but also in south Liverpool. He met the other three in Hamburg in 1960 when he was the drummer with another Liverpool group.

One of my favorits songs from Beatles ,this song is still as good as when it came love it

Fun fact about John before he was famous: His family and relatives said: "You can strum your guitar now while you are young, but, boy, don't think you ever going to make any money out of it!"

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

It was Mimi, and John later got her a sign to hang that said that. I think it was 'The guitar is all right as a hobby, John, but you'll never make a living with it''

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

LOL that sounds like john. he's petty like i am lol

@mikkomfi8643

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts He was so witty!

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts Mimi was super strict and no nonsense. John was all nonsense lol!

My little 9 YO self loved this song.

The lads were all from Liverpool, England. In 1965 the year Help! was released their ages were: Ringo 25, John 25, Paul 23, George 22. Great reaction!

It seemed like every week during the 60's ,a new Beatles Song would climb the Charts. Every song I hear of theirs, unlocks memories of my childhood. George Martin was able to polish each of their musical ideas into Gems that have more than withstood the test of time

@pjg58x

Ай бұрын

If songwriting credits were given back then as they are today, producer George Martin probably would have been given a songwriting credit on a lot of the Beatles songs because of how he helped craft some of the songs. Back then it was just considered part of producing.

@robinreiley1828

Ай бұрын

@@pjg58x Producers took their Percentage off the "Front End" while the artists pay all expenses, the limos, hotels, travel, ..... everything. A good example is Bill Wyman from the Stones. From when they signed their first record contract, until they finally fired their producer around 1970, Bill, who was older and had a wife and family to support, kept track of actual payments he received, and it amounted to about $30,000! The house he lived in, the cars he drove, everything was a rental , charged against his potential earnings. It became a cliche, that New Bands with #1 Hits , after their first album and tour would owe the Record Companies so much they would be forced to give up their publishing rights. Even if they had a great follow up 2nd or 3rd album recorded that could potentially lift them out of debt, the producers would delay releasing the album, or not give it the marketing support that it needed to climb the charts

"Help" was a scripted movie in the style of the Marx Brothers/Three Stooges doing a James Bond storyline. Best joke that I can remember: George stops by to watch Ringo cooking a big pot of soup. Suddenly Ringo starts pulling all sorts of items out of the soup -- a pair of glasses, a watch, this that and the other -- when Ringo pulls a ticket out of the soup, George quips, "Must be a season ticket."

Such a great riff on that Rickenbacker and Ringo's drum pattern on this, it's all so damn great! Nobody had heard anything like that, that chime of the guitar, the melodicism...they were so far ahead of every other artist out there in their peer group.

I saw the Beatles in 1964…can never forget❤

The drumming mimics the sound of train coaches (at that time) going slowly over the points in or out of a station. Eventually the train picks up speed as the record plays out, as presumably the girl leaves.

It's hard to convey to yoiung people just how culture changing The Beatles were. They were a lightning bolt into Western culture. Music, fashion, attitude, philosophy, politics. All were influenced by them. It's actually amazing when I think back on it.

Help and A Hard Days Night are both fun movies worth watching.

It's okay that these songs are short because they sound just as fresh after hearing them a thousand times. I've been there, literally

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

they really do. i just recently relistened to a day in the life after a few months and it was just as good, if not better, then my first listen on the channel. these guys are the realest of deals.

@Saab901

Ай бұрын

I just listen (again) to Day in the Life yesterday on my way to Lowe’s. Had to sit quietly in the parking lot for a few when it was over.

They literally could do no wrong. Consider also that this was only about 4 years before Sgt Pepper. Within 8 years of this they were gone. It still blows me away 😊

@alrivers2297

Ай бұрын

Actually only 2 years. This is 65 and Pepper is 67

@mattleppard1964

Ай бұрын

@@alrivers2297 Thanks for that 👍

@robertsaul234

Ай бұрын

Their entire discography was recorded within a eight year period. None were even 30 at the time they split.

All from Liverpool & all within half an hour from where I live. The best band, the best music, so groundbreaking.

This clocked in at 3 minutes. Their first one to do so

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i wish it was 30 minutes. such a shame lol the modern bands get all the time in the world to do nothing but the damn beatles had 2 minutes to perform pure magic. i guess that tells you something right there lol.

I was a preteen growing up on this at the time. I'm 67 and still "dig it" so much forever!

Oh Lordy. I loved Ringo so much. They had him as odd men out and that was always me. Even though I was only 10 when I saw them on the ed Sullivan show. What great fun singles they had. I had so many singles and just a few albums because of finances as a kid in the 60s. I will always treasure The Beatles as my favorite band of all time even though I love music from 7 decades.

This was a time when they could do no wrong, everything they did was gold. My local radio station had the top ten on Sat. Mornings and the lads had the entire top five. John was such an enigma, he always had that "I know something that you don't" smile. I long ago internalized Ringo's rapid fire rolls on Ticket to Ride, I can play them at will. You don't see them here. Poor Ringo always got the short end

@pjg58x

Ай бұрын

True. There’s a video (I forget the song) where Ringo is just on an exercise bike instead of on the drums. Looks a little silly.

@debjorgo

Ай бұрын

@@pjg58x John, Paul and George could bring their guitars. It was hard for Ringo to pack the drums around.

"I'm trying my best". Dude... you're doing great!! I love seeing young people discover the Beatles. I was blessed to be a 10 year old kid when the Beatles hit America in 1964 and lived to witness the way they not only changed the music world, but also the global impact they had on pop culture and beyond. Unfortunately, this is one of those "you had to be there" things that is just impossible to fully relate to those born years later. I appreciate the genuine reverence you show them.

Great song structure. Master class.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i agree. they were such finely crafted tracks, that they spit out one after the other. it's insane.

The treatment this song gets in HELP! is fantastic, and funny. Do yourself a favor and watch the film. It’s bloody delightful!

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i really want to watch a hard days night and this one. somehow i will have to get it on the channel. i would need a new pc to render a video that long lol

@markcorcoran482

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts Though It'd certainly be a kick to watch your reaction to them, if you get the hankering to treat yourself to non-reaction viewings, I'm sure we'd all "forgive" you. ;)

The boy's were all from Liverpool, England!

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

working class lads. no wonder they stayed so tight, even though they were the biggest thing since sliced bread.

As you will see they are miming hence the messing about, especially John and Paul trying not to laugh😄

Danica and The Beatles, it’s a good day. Thanks Laura and Lee.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

she loves saying hi to y'all! she thinks y'all are the best lol.

Thoughtful and interesting reaction. Lee, you've got to check out some history about them going up and their evolution as a band even in those early days. It's actually a fascinating story. They all came from Liverpool, which at the time anyway was mostly really blue collar, and it was a "rough and tumble" port shipping town. If nothing else, think about the environments they played in and how much age difference matters at that age. They started playing together in junior high, John and Paul, in a band called the Quarrymen. John was the oldest and the leader, and thankfully for them, could be a bit of a bully when defending them or just in general if he felt something really unfair was happening. George was the baby of the bunch and came from the poorest family, and he wanted to play guitar from early on but his family couldn't afford a guitar, so his dad made him one out of a cigar box. He was also known as pretty scrappy when it came to street fights, which is really amazing when you think about them in later life. Pete Best was their original drummer, but never really quite fit in, and just the story alone of how they ever even came to move to Berlin in Germany to play there is amazing, which is where they were already pretty seasoned from playing hardcore places like the Cavern in Liverpool, but by the time they were playing at the Star Club and other clubs in Hamburg, and even became the house band at one such club, with a ton of fantastic stories from that experience, that's when they got really hard and right and really good. And that's when they picked up Ringo to replace Pete Best. They were called the Silver Beatles at the time, but Ringo was a highly sought-after drummer in the thriving scene there. He was already playing for a band that was more popular than the Silver Beatles, and there was another popular band that was actively recruiting him, but then the Beatles nabbed him, and history changed.

They all hated to pantomime to the studio tracks, and so did I... (Keith Moon is hilarious in the old Who videos)

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i've seen a few and i concur. he looks like he would rather be anywhere else LOL he always had fun with it though

The Beatles were a cultural phenomenon not just for their music, but the whole package: the haircuts, the sleek modern suits (and later fashion statements), the Liverpudlian accents, the cheeky sense of humor, the thoughtful lyrics...I could go on. You should listen to some of their interviews to get an idea of how funny they were. Or watch one of their movies-"Helps!" or "A Hard Day's Night"-or the Peter Jackson documentary "Get Back," which gives you 9+ hours of watching their creative process as they record the tracks for the "Let It Be" album.

People usually say Ringo looks bored in all the videos. It's funny. They were working their bums off. When they finally got a day off, they'd just have photo shoots to do. They started looking serious, tired, in all their photos. All the other bands started doing the same thing in their photos because they thought the Beatles were just looking cool.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

trend setters by damn accident. what else have these guys done?? cure cancer? find out what dark matter is?

@MrDiddyDee

Ай бұрын

Yup, not so much bored as being on a treadmill, they must have been utterly exhausted.

@debjorgo

Ай бұрын

@@MrDiddyDee Yeah, they definitely stopped smiling for the cameras.

@alanbeaumont4848

Ай бұрын

Well, they're miming and possibly this is just a test shoot for a guest spot on somebody's show. If you want to see how they are when enjoying themselves find them appearing with Morecambe and Wise; eventually, in the 70s, Britain's top comics.

@debjorgo

Ай бұрын

@@alanbeaumont4848 This is a promo film, made for Top of the Pops. I actually like these lip-synced videos. The music is the studio recording and you get to see the band. I think the thing was, they couldn't go on a show and pretend to play live by lip-syncing, but they could do anything they wanted in a promo film. That would usually end up being lip-syncing while pretending to play live. Subtle difference.

Ringo's drumming on this reminds me of his hypnotic drum beat on "Tomorrow Never Knows". I believe Ringo came up with the title for "Tomorrow Never Knows".

@pjg58x

Ай бұрын

My favorite Ringo drum performance is on Rain

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

Rain is so, so good. i just recently "promoted" that vide so more folks will see it because i loved it so much.

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts There is a great music video to Rain that is really hard to find. Paul has a chipped tooth, and they all look so cool. The video goes backwards when they sing backwards.

It is very satisfying to watch a young man like yourself walk through the epic era of "THE BEATLES" I was blessed to live it, being 13 years old in '64 when "Hard Days Night" the movie came out. Our theater only cost $1 for showing, I saw it 12 times, and still love watching it. Only a handful of people ever effected life in the world as much as the Beatles, especially John Lennon, the greats rock voice of all time, IMHO. Don't know if you have done it already, but Yer Blues is an epic Lennon song, you should check out the THE DIRTY MAC version ( John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell on drums).

Great song. Almost everything they did was great. They were all from Liverpool, a port city that had a stronger connection with Ireland than many cities in Britain.

I saw the Beatles in person in 1964 at the Hollywood Bowl Their recorded music was much different and much greater

Another stunning Lennon song

The different drumming patterns through the song were fab. Some other drummer might have done the same thing all the way through, but Richie mixed it up and kept you guessing. Even the little roll at that one pause he didn't keep the same, and reduced it to a single snare hit the last time. Ringo is such a great song drummer.

Thanks, Lee. When you do “Yesterday” there is a great early live version (before it was released in the US), “Live at Studio 50” where all the screaming girls get deathly quiet to hear it for the first time, just Paul and his guitar, with string accompaniment on tape, I think. Really really good.

@MrKeychange

Ай бұрын

No way should he listen to that before the original studio record.

Oh No! Your exclamation as it ends too soon Lee. Although staged & silly it is so good to see those YOUNG guys havin' fun & spoofing to their great song. Happy Daze.

"Help" was the first album I ever bought... right after seeing the movie.

One of their best songs. I never noticed the drums before, go Ringo go.

@gillwaugh7212

Ай бұрын

Ringo is a total metronome!

Two things. This song really demonstrate the influence that the Everly Brothers had on their harmony. When they both yell YEAH!. That is classic Everly Brothers. Second. watch them perform this at Shea Stadium. Insane.

If you liked this one, you'll probably like most of their material starting from Hard Days Night. This was a really fun watch.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i'm debating if i can do a full reaction to one of their movies or documentary about them. but lord knows its gonna be blocked lol

@MrKeychange

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts Actually, Hard Days Night is never blocked (if you cut most of the music, sadly). Someone just reacted to it yesterday. You could always cut out the song reactions and post them separately. This way you get a bunch of videos to promote from one movie. Hard Day's Night is definitely the one you want to hit. It's really funny and a quick watch As a musician, Peter Jackson's newer Get Back clips would be most relatable.

They are all from Liverpool. 🕊❤️🎼

The Beatles 1 compilation album came out in a deluxe edition called 1+. It comes with a bluray/dvd that has all promo films. It's a great watch.

@CowmanUK

Ай бұрын

I first read that as "porno films" 😬

It's amazing how they could crank such great songs on a regular basis. It's like they were a machine, yet their songs had so much feeling, there was nothing mechanical about them. Help was a great album with so many great songs, and the movie was fun too!

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

it's eerie how much they popped out in such a short time. and it was all. frickin. great. it's not fair. not fair in the slightest lol

@ohfour-seven6228

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts Yeah, the best part was they always had a song in the top 10, usually the A and B side of the single would both be hits. As soon as a song dropped out of the top 10, they'd release another that would end up on top again. It was amazing!

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts You really should do the Help! album before Rubber Soul because you will be able to hear the evolution of their sound from one to the other - Help! is where they were just starting to really write more of their own and to fiddle around with different sounds.

@steveneardley7541

Ай бұрын

I can say no more. SAY NO MORE.

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@steveneardley7541 The dreaded sacred sacrificial ring of the dread Kaili

When having to adlib they would have fun with it.

Of their first generation of hits, I always felt this was the best of the bunch.

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

I think this one and some others from Help! were a turning point in their music, or at least a foreshadowing. It was later that year that They released Rubber Soul.

@steveneardley7541

Ай бұрын

I didn't like the early Beatles. I wanna hold your hand, etc. seemed so corny. But Ticket to Ride, Help, and You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, made me start really listening. The Beatles were played at our high school dances, but I literally don't remember a single person having a conversation about music at the time. In a year or two we were practically living for the music that came out. It was at the center of our lives.

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@steveneardley7541 I wasn't around then so didn't hear the early stuff first. I think that helps me have a greater appreciation of it, as I could see the evolution of their music from a distance so to speak. It all seems so important now, even the early stuff, particularly considering how they went from A to B to C in a matter of a few years.

In 1965 - this song grew music 10 years ahead. It matured rock. Ringo's thumping drum style would later go on to influence heavy metal drumming. Lennon throaty rhythm guitar, and the "mood" could arguably make it the first ever Power Ballad in rock history. And yes those harmonies were part of the growth.

Hate it when it ends so quickly I’ve heard that before lol lol 😂

RINGO'S 83 AND STILL PLAYING!!!💚💙💜💛❤👍🏼

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

So is Paul

I love this song!

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

me too. i can tell this will be one of my favorites :)

It's been fun to take this journey with you Lee. I'm 60 and me & my best friend took this journey together when we were 14-15 years old. Keep rockin'!

FYI: all four came from Liverpool, which was a seaport town and as such had sailors bringing back records from America where they all heard rock n roll.

Vanilla Fudge did a great cover of this song, but a completely different vibe. Slow, heavy and psych.

I read on some othre post that the Beatles always had unique, change up, catchy endings.

I’m impressed seeing the King Crimson album in the background

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

He loves them, and I bought that for him!

Magical

Radio stations were happy to prioritise three minute songs because they meant they could play more advertisements per hour. Similarly, record producers were equally supportive of the concept of multiple royalties from shorter songs, since most stations paid the artists after three minutes of aired track time.

I love to see them messing around :)

I love that you appreciate Ringo's drumming. He always adds something special. In 1965 this song was considered a breakthrough drumming performance by Ringo. Unusually heavy drum sound, more aggressive, and with odd off-beat rhythms. I once read that Keith Moon's early drumming influenced Ringo here. The 1965 Who album "My Generation" was revolutionary with a new, aggressive drumming techniques. In 1965-66 Moon was the 2nd most popular rock drummer in England (after #1 Ringo). Not sure if they were already friends when Ringo recorded this? But Ringo and Moon became extremely close friends.

@johnsilva9139

Ай бұрын

And then Ringo's son took Moon's seat on the drum kit for The Who.

@jraben1065

Ай бұрын

@@johnsilva9139 Ringo didn't originally want his son to be a drummer. But then "Uncle Keith" bought him his first drum kit for his birthday. Ringo's son was also greatly influenced by hearing Moon's drumming on the "early greatest hits" Who album "Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy". Keith was also a much loved "Uncle" to all Ringo's kids, and apparently was not dangerous or crazy, except for the wild "glint in his eye". Sadly, Moon died while Ringo's son was 13 years old. It was kind of nice, that he got to sit in with The Who.

@steveneardley7541

Ай бұрын

@@jraben1065 I read a book about the Who which painted the bandmembers as major assholes, and Keith Moon as a violent psycho. I told my brother not to read the book, since he is a massive Who fan. I love the Who's music, and saw them twice in concert in the sixties. They failed to connect with the audience both times, I'm not exactly sure why. Neil Young was the opposite. He had a giant audience in the palm of his hand within five minutes.

@jraben1065

Ай бұрын

​@@steveneardley7541 Hi Steven. Yes, there are awful stories about Keith, particularly later in his life. I was relieved to read from Zak Starkey that "Uncle Keith" was a positive memory for Ringo's kids. But Keith had massive substance abuse, and serious undiagnosed mental issues. The Who often characterized themselves as the 4 most awful people you could ever meet. But there was also camaraderie and creativity mixed with disfunction. The Who often destroyed their gear if they "thought" an audience was "disinterested". Neil Young was occasionally called an A-hole too, but not a psycho.

I love your love for the Beatles. ✌❤

Thanks Laura!

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

laura is the best. she know's her beatles!!

yes I listened to this song a lot as a kid...hmm well of course everything they did. I was looking for when the Beatles were playing on Radio Luxembourg. The channels were hissing but that was for the best. Back then there was no internet, only LP / Single / EP.

#1 single, of course. Great song. ❤

Love how cheakie they were for this. We appreciate how much you love them too. ❤😊

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

i really do love them. it's crazy how fast it happens LOL y'all werent kidding on those first couple videos. i'm gonna get addicted.

John, Paul and George took the same bus route to school, Paul said that he was aware of John. Imagine?

Help is a great album! I remember listening to this song on my transistor radio.

Watch the movie sometime. Silly but a lot of fun. Directed by Richard Lester who did their first film. Ringo's drum [part was written by Paul. When this Capitol single came out, the label had the notation from the upcoming film 'Eight Arms to Hold You' " It was a working title as the film had a statue of an eastern god with 8 arms. Yes, it was a silly film which The Beatles kind of hated but it did have a lot of jokes in it.

Ticket to Ride was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the health card Hamburg prostitutes had to carry to conduct "business".

This has always been No. 1 on my Beatles list. Always felt like this song was the bridge between the simple, early stuff and what would come later. Btw, anyone who loves this sound, I'd urge to listen to anything on the Bangles' first major album, All Over The Place. It may be the most Beatlesy album since the Beatles. Folks who only know the Bangles from the novelty hit Walk Like An Egyptian or the mushy Eternal Flame, that album will be a revelation. If you just want to try a sampler from it, try Dover Beach or Hero Takes A Fall.

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

Help! and a few other songs on that album have always struck me as the foreshadowing of a turning point in their music.

@steveneardley7541

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation. I like the Bangles sound, so I'm interested.

I always loved Ringo's drumming on this number. Talk about playing to the song! And he even did a drum roll or two!

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

My favorite part of this song, and I love everything else about it.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

yeah ringo and then john and paul's harmony were the best part of this

@zetmoon

Ай бұрын

And he changed the drum pattern halfway through the song!

@lauraallen55

Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts Right? Their harmonies were stellar, always.

Ticket to Ride is featured in HELP, a very entertaining visual of the lads on skis... Sort of 😉

Lee, put your headphones on and crank A Ticket to Ride and really listen to Ringo's playing. Besides the cool, Beach Boys-esque rhythm for the verses, he does these fills on the transitions from the Bridge back to the verse and then during the chorus' that are sweet. He switches them up each time and he comes up with really tastey patterns and accents!

John Lennon - what a voice.

The Carpenters did a great cover of this. Love anything Beetles!