Things We Said Today, Paul shows a maturity one usually does not see in someone so young. It is one of my favorite songs.
@peterchristiantrapp692710 ай бұрын
Sometimes we forget how young they were..John at 23 and Paul at 21 George 21 and Ringo 23, at the time the album was released. Just magic!
@reinacarbetta38810 ай бұрын
Nice analysis! “Things We Said Today” is one of my faves! Some of McCartney’s earlier, less recognized songs are the gems for me. Many are deceptively dark, covered by his sweet vocals. (More to come.) You really get the story of what was happening between him and Jane, how the dynamics of their relationship was changing, as the years moved on. Way ahead of his time, that McCartney 🫶🏽
@patticrichton1135
9 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you @reinacarbetta, I feel the same way
@debbiechang578110 ай бұрын
Hey Luke. “Things We Said Today” is a favorite of mine. I love the changes and Paul’s lead vocals with the harmonies sprinkled in at the places where John joins in. “When I Get Home” has some great vocals from John and is not bad for a song rarely ever heard apart from playing the album in its entirety. I love the rawness in John’s voice in earlier songs. Thanks for continuing this Beatles journey. 🌺✌️
@debbiechang5781
10 ай бұрын
@@beautygirl9981 I had always thought I heard George’s voice in this song. Even when I made my comment I wondered about it. I should’ve just left John’s name out of it. I just love the harmonies they created regardless of which blend of their incredible voices was used. Thanks for clearing that up. I love the little bits of Beatles’ trivia that I continue to learn even all these years later. I’m 70 years old and still feel like a teenager when I hear them. The Beatles were just an incredible gift to the world.
@ed.z.10 ай бұрын
These songs keep getting better and better, as the years roll on .
@oldiesgeek454
10 ай бұрын
My favorite Beatles album. 😊
@ed.z.
10 ай бұрын
@@oldiesgeek454 that was my first Beatles record bought as a new release in the 60s. I played it repeatedly so much my parents kept asking, don’t you want a different record. I said not yet. I had to memorize everything note played and sung of harmony.
@oldiesgeek454
10 ай бұрын
@@ed.z. I don't blame you for not wanting another record. 😊👍
@davidmullens75657 ай бұрын
Things we said today is imo one of Paul's Greatest songs.... unbelievable thoughtfulness and insight....He was in his early 20 for crying out loud! Just amazing.
@NCthorn10 ай бұрын
Love your reactions to my favorite band of ever. Give me more!!!
@kimberly313110 ай бұрын
Really enjoying taking this journey with you. It's always fun for this long time fan to see someone discovering the Beatles and their music. You are very insightful and I love your enthusiasm. I think you are finding that you've found a treasure that you will savor for the rest of your life. Sometimes you'll listen to whole albums and other times just certain songs, but it's always great to open that treasure chest again. We Beatles fans are always happy to find a new fan. I think you've listened to enough to be called one of us. Someday you should check out some of their interviews, both funny and serious.
@patticrichton1135
9 ай бұрын
I enjoy taking this journey with Luke, on the Beatles, as well. It is always fun for me to discover a new fan, after being a die hard fan from the beginning. It really makes me happy and feel like I am 17 again, like I was in 1964.
@robertszekely868610 ай бұрын
Both great songs. I really like "Things We Said Today." I think you nailed it when you mentioned the idea of the nostalgia that was going on at that moment. I love every song on this album.
@ritabrito52710 ай бұрын
Luke, I started following you because I am enjoying this Beatles' journey of yours so much. But I must say your musical analysis per se is refreshingly G-O-O-D! And evolving. Keep that awesome approach! We're loving it! :)
@patticrichton11359 ай бұрын
"Things We Said Today" is one of my very very favorite Paul songs. I just close my eyes and sing along with it. He was and IS my favorite Beatles through the nearly 60 years of being a fan. "When I Get Home" is usually considered a "deep cut" because it is so seldom heard these days, unless someone or a reactor plays the entire album, as you did. I always get excited whenever a TRIBUTE band includes "When I Get Home" in their sets.....as few Beatles' tributes or cover bands do.
@v.208010 ай бұрын
TWST is one of my favorite songs. Thank you.❤
@aBeatleFan4ever10 ай бұрын
"Someday when we're dreaming... deep in love, not a lot to say. Then we will remember - things we said today." Probably the best line written on this album. It's a great album. But this song does not generally get the recognition it deserves.
@Kathmak
10 ай бұрын
Yes! My sentiment exactly. TWST has a serenity to it--Paul was wise beyond his years.
@lilianelucas8123
10 ай бұрын
And Paul was only 21 when he wrote this song
@lennieusa7 ай бұрын
Luke, I am following The Beatles journey with you. It is so amazing and awesome. Thank you, great job and journey as well!
@gettinhungrig880610 ай бұрын
Bloody marvellous! Well said. I can hear in my head the early Bee Gees doing a good version of 'When I Get Home'. Surprised they didn't tackle it. Insane that it was just an album track for the Beatles and never performed live. Could've been a single.
@juliopalomino765410 ай бұрын
I gave you like. . Great video. Greetings from Lima,-Peru
@kevinchavey828910 ай бұрын
Thank you for your thoughtful review.
@ricardo_miguel1310 ай бұрын
Nice video, greetings directly out of the Beatles town Liverpool where I am for the first time!
@yes_head10 ай бұрын
IMO "Things We Said Today" is very progressive for 1964. The darker tone and lower vocal range are different for Paul, and then that shift to the major key for the middle 8 -- it's just an amazing piece of songwriting for '64. It's cool that they included it in their live sets at the time, although I think it was ahead of its time for the teeny boppers in the crowd. "When I Get Home" is a great rocker, but it's really all about the vocal. It also encapsulates that nasty rhythm style John brought to pop music in the early 60's.
@darost10 ай бұрын
Enjoying all your comments. When hearing minor chords, keep in mind "take a sad song and make it better." Both John & Paul did it well...
@michaelbriefs97649 ай бұрын
You should listen to Things We Said Today on the "Eight Days a Week" soundtrack from the documentary that came out several years ago! The Beatles played this at the Hollywood Bowl and the difference between the softer and louder sections DROPS LIKE A BOMB!! The Beatles crush that volume and intensity change and the audience goes absolutely wild! It's like the girls were all waiting for that change because they are relatively quiet during the verses, but they go nuts at the chorus/bridge section! You should hear it!
@spitfirenutspitfirenut483510 ай бұрын
Excellent!!!!
@edgarsnake285710 ай бұрын
TWST is a brilliant song with, exactly as you say, wonderful shifts between minor in the verses and major in the B section. Top notch songwriting. 'When I Get Home' isn't one of my fave Beatles songs but the vocals are just killer. Love your reactions.
@terrygrady76837 ай бұрын
You got it, young man.
@davidmullens75657 ай бұрын
Ive always felt this is one of Paul's best 😊
@Andytheashton7 ай бұрын
It’s very melancholy and almost insecure about what may happen in the future or the relationship. There’s a song on the same album called I’ll Be Back which to me feels like a cousin to things we said today. It’s so great listening to then one after the other
@bobbybrettel542210 ай бұрын
You know how many bands and artists copied them while they set "the new standard" of rock and roll. Thank God I lived through this time when the songs first came out
@jamescpotter10 ай бұрын
Lennon's voice was at it's peak during this recording era. BTW, cool Deathly Hallows pendant.
@michaelbriefs97649 ай бұрын
I love When I Get Home for 3 reasons: 1) Lennon's vocal, of course but 2) Paul's bass guitar is so powerful and there's so much low-end on this song! He's really laying down thick! Last, 3) Ringo's kick ass drumming! What a badass song and too bad they didn't use this song, at least in 1964, for a closer to their show. What a ROCKER!!
@lenasvensson863810 ай бұрын
Following you on ABBA and the Beatles - LOOOVE them and you!!!
@lawrencesmith653610 ай бұрын
1964; I was 12 yrs old. Went for a train trip with my family from TX to Chicago. On a cab ride from Dearborn Station, we noticed this line of people MANY blocks long, leading to the theater where the marquee announced premier of A Hard Days Night movie. That scene of kids in a seeming never ending line has stayed vivid in my mind all these years later
@kevinmoss642810 ай бұрын
"Things We Said Today" is one of my favourite early songs from Paul. I first heard it on the B side of there "Hard Days Night" single. In 1970 I started collecting all there singles and EPs at a market stall.
@JohnLennon997919 ай бұрын
Mr Lennon's vocals Are Insane. My favorite vocalist of all time . He's Bloody Marvellous. You are so right Luke!
@mitchmitchell8010 ай бұрын
I may have told you this before but my 15 year old thinks the Beatles are the best ever! I am enjoying your reviews with him very much (he's teaching me LOL!)
@christinerobinson937210 ай бұрын
Hey, why don't you review the movie? I think you'd enjoy it.
@cathyortiz128010 ай бұрын
"Things we said Today" is sweet. But it's not my favorite. I love "When I get Home!" It's fast, catchy & I can relate to time I wanted to get off work & go home to talk to my lover or even just a close friend. "Bloody" isn't a curse word here in the USA. Just sounds very British & kinda cute - no offense.
@vt553310 ай бұрын
TWST I would term wistful....
@JohnLennon9979110 ай бұрын
My Goodness, Mr Lennon!
@RicoMusap-te3om4 ай бұрын
I never heard when I get home I thought I heard them all
@johnshannon96569 ай бұрын
Good Lord. Smoking rock music.
@jackkilman872610 ай бұрын
In WIGH, I would say the line "I've got no business being here with you this way" actually does imply infidelity, or at least temptation.
@williamadamson260716 күн бұрын
Pinched a guitar lick from Guitar Tango by The Shadows.
@danielk282910 ай бұрын
Next album is the change album before the big hitters from then on. While it has some happy songs, the mood is definitely different from the first few songs! Enjoy. (Ps don’t forget the non album tracks from this time - on past masters)
@juanita647910 ай бұрын
*'Things we said today'* is very poignant if we actually think those things happen to anyone, someday we will remember good, or why not bad things we said today to someone we love and then we have happy memories, or regrets. *'When I get home'* that long for arriving home is poignant and the vocal performance wonderful, his raw voice is exceptional 7:42 'tonight' awesome!!!
@christinerobinson937210 ай бұрын
Paul was a fast learner. I don't think I ever heard "When I Get Home" before.
@rodhatley9427
10 ай бұрын
"When I Get Home" is one of my favorites. It's what George Martin called a "potboiler".
@Kieop16 күн бұрын
I think of When I Get Home as a companion piece to A Hard Day's Night. They are both about coming home to a loved one after working/touring long hours. But the infidelity reading might have some merit as well.
@tylerthompson18425 ай бұрын
Always loved Paul’s phrasing on this, and that the double is a little off
@saboteur100110 ай бұрын
IMO, Lennon songs' domination made this album best of the Beatles. Though the only next one contains no McCartney songs that annoy me (except for Kansas City, but it's a cover). At least, thanks god, "A Hard Day's Night" has no equivalent of some "Honey Pie". P.S. About Lennon. It's interesting how many really great singers hate their voices. I think this is related to the character trait, when some people do not value what they got. Forever dissatisfied with themselves.
@geraldharkness883010 ай бұрын
when you attempt to play beatles music you realise how hard it is to get the same sound!ask me how i know lol
@markydh8310 ай бұрын
Things We Said Today is my favourite song on the album. It’s beautifully melancholic and it has an almost haunting sound to it which is more usually associated with John but which Paul dips into several times over the next few years. Despite it only being 1 of 3 Paul songs on the album, for me it’s by far the most mature. PS - John *was* a total dog. Constantly cheated on Cynthia.
@Kieop16 күн бұрын
I am a bit disappointed that you have also succumbed to the traditional notion of Paul as romantic and John as rocker, though at least you come at it from a vocal performance POV, since that is its origin. We have been conditioned to believe this because of who was selected to sing which rendition in the early years. It was determined that Paul's voice was best suited to ballads and John's to rockers. But in terms of natural sensibilities, they are of course, both, and any look at their careers would show that John's love songs are more heartfelt and Paul's rockers are more rocking. Paul's love songs are more romantic in that they cater to a sense of romance; they're idealized and chauvinistic, very much a part of their cultural context. John's are more personal and insightful about relationships. Though in songs like Things We Said Today, Paul does show a real maturity and insight as well. I didn't mean to suggest he was less insightful, not at all. I was just trying to say that he is more sentimental, while John is more sensitive. People love Paul's love songs because they are universal. People love John's love songs because they are personal.
@marrkhicks10 ай бұрын
It’s the Beatles and everyone else
@christinerobinson937210 ай бұрын
I heard that too, and, well, he actually was a dog.
@gettinhungrig8806
10 ай бұрын
They were all lads as the girl in the mini-skirt on the street said in Get Back
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Things We Said Today, Paul shows a maturity one usually does not see in someone so young. It is one of my favorite songs.
Sometimes we forget how young they were..John at 23 and Paul at 21 George 21 and Ringo 23, at the time the album was released. Just magic!
Nice analysis! “Things We Said Today” is one of my faves! Some of McCartney’s earlier, less recognized songs are the gems for me. Many are deceptively dark, covered by his sweet vocals. (More to come.) You really get the story of what was happening between him and Jane, how the dynamics of their relationship was changing, as the years moved on. Way ahead of his time, that McCartney 🫶🏽
@patticrichton1135
9 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you @reinacarbetta, I feel the same way
Hey Luke. “Things We Said Today” is a favorite of mine. I love the changes and Paul’s lead vocals with the harmonies sprinkled in at the places where John joins in. “When I Get Home” has some great vocals from John and is not bad for a song rarely ever heard apart from playing the album in its entirety. I love the rawness in John’s voice in earlier songs. Thanks for continuing this Beatles journey. 🌺✌️
@debbiechang5781
10 ай бұрын
@@beautygirl9981 I had always thought I heard George’s voice in this song. Even when I made my comment I wondered about it. I should’ve just left John’s name out of it. I just love the harmonies they created regardless of which blend of their incredible voices was used. Thanks for clearing that up. I love the little bits of Beatles’ trivia that I continue to learn even all these years later. I’m 70 years old and still feel like a teenager when I hear them. The Beatles were just an incredible gift to the world.
These songs keep getting better and better, as the years roll on .
@oldiesgeek454
10 ай бұрын
My favorite Beatles album. 😊
@ed.z.
10 ай бұрын
@@oldiesgeek454 that was my first Beatles record bought as a new release in the 60s. I played it repeatedly so much my parents kept asking, don’t you want a different record. I said not yet. I had to memorize everything note played and sung of harmony.
@oldiesgeek454
10 ай бұрын
@@ed.z. I don't blame you for not wanting another record. 😊👍
Things we said today is imo one of Paul's Greatest songs.... unbelievable thoughtfulness and insight....He was in his early 20 for crying out loud! Just amazing.
Love your reactions to my favorite band of ever. Give me more!!!
Really enjoying taking this journey with you. It's always fun for this long time fan to see someone discovering the Beatles and their music. You are very insightful and I love your enthusiasm. I think you are finding that you've found a treasure that you will savor for the rest of your life. Sometimes you'll listen to whole albums and other times just certain songs, but it's always great to open that treasure chest again. We Beatles fans are always happy to find a new fan. I think you've listened to enough to be called one of us. Someday you should check out some of their interviews, both funny and serious.
@patticrichton1135
9 ай бұрын
I enjoy taking this journey with Luke, on the Beatles, as well. It is always fun for me to discover a new fan, after being a die hard fan from the beginning. It really makes me happy and feel like I am 17 again, like I was in 1964.
Both great songs. I really like "Things We Said Today." I think you nailed it when you mentioned the idea of the nostalgia that was going on at that moment. I love every song on this album.
Luke, I started following you because I am enjoying this Beatles' journey of yours so much. But I must say your musical analysis per se is refreshingly G-O-O-D! And evolving. Keep that awesome approach! We're loving it! :)
"Things We Said Today" is one of my very very favorite Paul songs. I just close my eyes and sing along with it. He was and IS my favorite Beatles through the nearly 60 years of being a fan. "When I Get Home" is usually considered a "deep cut" because it is so seldom heard these days, unless someone or a reactor plays the entire album, as you did. I always get excited whenever a TRIBUTE band includes "When I Get Home" in their sets.....as few Beatles' tributes or cover bands do.
TWST is one of my favorite songs. Thank you.❤
"Someday when we're dreaming... deep in love, not a lot to say. Then we will remember - things we said today." Probably the best line written on this album. It's a great album. But this song does not generally get the recognition it deserves.
@Kathmak
10 ай бұрын
Yes! My sentiment exactly. TWST has a serenity to it--Paul was wise beyond his years.
@lilianelucas8123
10 ай бұрын
And Paul was only 21 when he wrote this song
Luke, I am following The Beatles journey with you. It is so amazing and awesome. Thank you, great job and journey as well!
Bloody marvellous! Well said. I can hear in my head the early Bee Gees doing a good version of 'When I Get Home'. Surprised they didn't tackle it. Insane that it was just an album track for the Beatles and never performed live. Could've been a single.
I gave you like. . Great video. Greetings from Lima,-Peru
Thank you for your thoughtful review.
Nice video, greetings directly out of the Beatles town Liverpool where I am for the first time!
IMO "Things We Said Today" is very progressive for 1964. The darker tone and lower vocal range are different for Paul, and then that shift to the major key for the middle 8 -- it's just an amazing piece of songwriting for '64. It's cool that they included it in their live sets at the time, although I think it was ahead of its time for the teeny boppers in the crowd. "When I Get Home" is a great rocker, but it's really all about the vocal. It also encapsulates that nasty rhythm style John brought to pop music in the early 60's.
Enjoying all your comments. When hearing minor chords, keep in mind "take a sad song and make it better." Both John & Paul did it well...
You should listen to Things We Said Today on the "Eight Days a Week" soundtrack from the documentary that came out several years ago! The Beatles played this at the Hollywood Bowl and the difference between the softer and louder sections DROPS LIKE A BOMB!! The Beatles crush that volume and intensity change and the audience goes absolutely wild! It's like the girls were all waiting for that change because they are relatively quiet during the verses, but they go nuts at the chorus/bridge section! You should hear it!
Excellent!!!!
TWST is a brilliant song with, exactly as you say, wonderful shifts between minor in the verses and major in the B section. Top notch songwriting. 'When I Get Home' isn't one of my fave Beatles songs but the vocals are just killer. Love your reactions.
You got it, young man.
Ive always felt this is one of Paul's best 😊
It’s very melancholy and almost insecure about what may happen in the future or the relationship. There’s a song on the same album called I’ll Be Back which to me feels like a cousin to things we said today. It’s so great listening to then one after the other
You know how many bands and artists copied them while they set "the new standard" of rock and roll. Thank God I lived through this time when the songs first came out
Lennon's voice was at it's peak during this recording era. BTW, cool Deathly Hallows pendant.
I love When I Get Home for 3 reasons: 1) Lennon's vocal, of course but 2) Paul's bass guitar is so powerful and there's so much low-end on this song! He's really laying down thick! Last, 3) Ringo's kick ass drumming! What a badass song and too bad they didn't use this song, at least in 1964, for a closer to their show. What a ROCKER!!
Following you on ABBA and the Beatles - LOOOVE them and you!!!
1964; I was 12 yrs old. Went for a train trip with my family from TX to Chicago. On a cab ride from Dearborn Station, we noticed this line of people MANY blocks long, leading to the theater where the marquee announced premier of A Hard Days Night movie. That scene of kids in a seeming never ending line has stayed vivid in my mind all these years later
"Things We Said Today" is one of my favourite early songs from Paul. I first heard it on the B side of there "Hard Days Night" single. In 1970 I started collecting all there singles and EPs at a market stall.
Mr Lennon's vocals Are Insane. My favorite vocalist of all time . He's Bloody Marvellous. You are so right Luke!
I may have told you this before but my 15 year old thinks the Beatles are the best ever! I am enjoying your reviews with him very much (he's teaching me LOL!)
Hey, why don't you review the movie? I think you'd enjoy it.
"Things we said Today" is sweet. But it's not my favorite. I love "When I get Home!" It's fast, catchy & I can relate to time I wanted to get off work & go home to talk to my lover or even just a close friend. "Bloody" isn't a curse word here in the USA. Just sounds very British & kinda cute - no offense.
TWST I would term wistful....
My Goodness, Mr Lennon!
I never heard when I get home I thought I heard them all
Good Lord. Smoking rock music.
In WIGH, I would say the line "I've got no business being here with you this way" actually does imply infidelity, or at least temptation.
Pinched a guitar lick from Guitar Tango by The Shadows.
Next album is the change album before the big hitters from then on. While it has some happy songs, the mood is definitely different from the first few songs! Enjoy. (Ps don’t forget the non album tracks from this time - on past masters)
*'Things we said today'* is very poignant if we actually think those things happen to anyone, someday we will remember good, or why not bad things we said today to someone we love and then we have happy memories, or regrets. *'When I get home'* that long for arriving home is poignant and the vocal performance wonderful, his raw voice is exceptional 7:42 'tonight' awesome!!!
Paul was a fast learner. I don't think I ever heard "When I Get Home" before.
@rodhatley9427
10 ай бұрын
"When I Get Home" is one of my favorites. It's what George Martin called a "potboiler".
I think of When I Get Home as a companion piece to A Hard Day's Night. They are both about coming home to a loved one after working/touring long hours. But the infidelity reading might have some merit as well.
Always loved Paul’s phrasing on this, and that the double is a little off
IMO, Lennon songs' domination made this album best of the Beatles. Though the only next one contains no McCartney songs that annoy me (except for Kansas City, but it's a cover). At least, thanks god, "A Hard Day's Night" has no equivalent of some "Honey Pie". P.S. About Lennon. It's interesting how many really great singers hate their voices. I think this is related to the character trait, when some people do not value what they got. Forever dissatisfied with themselves.
when you attempt to play beatles music you realise how hard it is to get the same sound!ask me how i know lol
Things We Said Today is my favourite song on the album. It’s beautifully melancholic and it has an almost haunting sound to it which is more usually associated with John but which Paul dips into several times over the next few years. Despite it only being 1 of 3 Paul songs on the album, for me it’s by far the most mature. PS - John *was* a total dog. Constantly cheated on Cynthia.
I am a bit disappointed that you have also succumbed to the traditional notion of Paul as romantic and John as rocker, though at least you come at it from a vocal performance POV, since that is its origin. We have been conditioned to believe this because of who was selected to sing which rendition in the early years. It was determined that Paul's voice was best suited to ballads and John's to rockers. But in terms of natural sensibilities, they are of course, both, and any look at their careers would show that John's love songs are more heartfelt and Paul's rockers are more rocking. Paul's love songs are more romantic in that they cater to a sense of romance; they're idealized and chauvinistic, very much a part of their cultural context. John's are more personal and insightful about relationships. Though in songs like Things We Said Today, Paul does show a real maturity and insight as well. I didn't mean to suggest he was less insightful, not at all. I was just trying to say that he is more sentimental, while John is more sensitive. People love Paul's love songs because they are universal. People love John's love songs because they are personal.
It’s the Beatles and everyone else
I heard that too, and, well, he actually was a dog.
@gettinhungrig8806
10 ай бұрын
They were all lads as the girl in the mini-skirt on the street said in Get Back