John wrote ‘I am the Walrus’ because he had found out that university students in America were analysing their songs, in order to find some deeper meanings in them, so he came out with this, while taking a few inspirations from Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’. When he finished it, he famously said, ‘Let the fuckers figure that one out’.

@kpmac1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a huge Beatles fan and consider myself pretty knowledgeable but I have never heard that before. Thanks for sharing.

@covidmyarse847

2 жыл бұрын

I dont think walrus was the song youre talking about wasnt it glass onion maybe Im wrong

@JStarStar00

2 жыл бұрын

@@kpmac1 Well, the version I have seen is that some of Lennon's old friends from Liverpool still living in the area told him his song lyrics were now being taught as subjects in school, and John was alternately amused and horrified by this fact, and in fact reacted somewhat angrily, saying he never intended songs to be micro analyzed, so he wrote "Walrus" as abstractly and nonsensically as he could, "let the fcjckers figure that one out."

@garykelly5710

2 жыл бұрын

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together

@mokrodog

2 жыл бұрын

@@JStarStar00 I heard that a student from the same highschool that John went to, wrote a letter to Lennon, and said that a teacher was making his students analyze Beatles lyrics

In my opinion Johns I Am The Walrus is one of the most unique and original music compositions ever. It borrows from nothing. Love it

@analogblues

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I'm always blown away by its creativity.

@danielrockmyer949

2 жыл бұрын

The version of I Am The Walrus without the added sound effects I really love. On the Anthology album. Just the Beatles playing it live in the studio.

@mike60510

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielrockmyer949 Forgot about that one. Listening to it now!

@stapler942

2 жыл бұрын

I kind of wish more popular artists would experiment with unexpected chord progressions and arrangements.

@analogblues

2 жыл бұрын

@@stapler942 Agreed! The Beatles spoiled us with their creativity and boundry-pushing.

"Why are his melodies always so beautiful?" I can't imagine how many times I've had that same thought about Paul over the years.

@paulopinheirosc

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's because - in addition to having a monstrous talent - he was exposed to all kinds of music as a child. They all listened to the radio a lot (not like today when people only listen to what they want to hear) and they absorbed all that material from so many different genres. This gave him a lot of material to mix in his brain and produce something new. Also, he understood early on that - no matter how talented you are - you have to work hard to write good music. Did "Yesterday" appear in a dream? The first motif did. But it took two months of hard work to get it done just the way he thought it was good.

@jippyhound

2 жыл бұрын

That is his thing. Paul isn't the best lyricist in the world (though they are almost always exactly what the melody requires them to be), but no one, not Stevie Wonder, not Smokey Robinson, not Joni Mitchell, not John Lennon, not Prince, not nobody had a better instinct and ear for melodies. Just amazing.

@julessabio

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulopinheirosc He also came from a family involved with music. His fatther had a ragtime band, was a jazzist pianist and trumpetist. His grandfather played an E-flat bass.

@oldsensei8350

2 жыл бұрын

@@jippyhound yeah but John Lennon was a pretty damn good Melody Guy 2

@carl_anderson9315

2 жыл бұрын

​@@oldsensei8350 I absolutely love Paul's work but it pisses me off a little that he's constantly praised as "the most talented". The only reason for that is because John got tired of writing love ballads and feel-good songs, thing that he could do just as well as Paul. Again, not to disrespect Paul at all, I love both, but I agree with John getting pissed off for having Strawberry Fields and I Am The Walrus as B-sides, and Paul having Penny Lane and Hello Goodbye as A-sides.

She is absolutely adorable to watch. The fact that she doesn't simply enjoy The Beatles, but she truly hears the music. The majority of people listen to music, but they don't hear the music. To me, that is the reason that after all these years of listening to The Beatles I still find the movements; arrangements; lyrics....everything in their music as genius. To be able to produce the vast quantity of songs with each one being unlike any other is magically genius.

@gnoogie

Жыл бұрын

there are plenty of beatles songs where you can tell they're distant cousins of each other. I agree it's impressive they discovered so much and added so many tools to their bag of tricks in such little time, but there are plenty of moments/concepts they recyle across multiple songs. Still, it's incredible how unique most of their songs are

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

Жыл бұрын

​@redlightflash what? Your comment does not make grammatical sense... explain again.

@user-xc9mw4ol7y

9 ай бұрын

@@redlightflash9315 … how typical that you can take something so innocent, a compliment..’adorable’ and turn it into something bad…or make it about …being a female…As John sang in I am the Walrus… ‘oompa oompa stick it up your jumper’ …Its her innocence in showing her appreciation of some of the most amazing music ever created… it’s wonderful and beautiful to watch! Fantastic how she breaks down the songs… love learning a thing or two as well even after hearing them a thousand times… thank you Caroline, thoroughly enjoyed watching you experience the Beatles…great stuff! Adorable indeed!

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

​@@redlightflash9315💩

The Fool On the Hill is one of McCartneys most beautiful and underappreciated songs from the Beatles era.

@JStarStar00

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's kinda gotten lost in the flood of great songs of the 67-68 period

@rubygreta1

2 жыл бұрын

Even disliked, for some strange reason.

@breft3416

2 жыл бұрын

Fool On The Hill hits me so emotionally-high and low. Every time for 50 plus years.

@genomaru

2 жыл бұрын

@@rubygreta1 I'd assume it's the recorder lol. I personally liked the song tho

@beatlebrian4404

2 жыл бұрын

@@breft3416 it's the same for me it's both sad and uplifting at the same time, l love it

Caroline, like thousands of other songwriters over the past 60 years : "Why are his melodies always SO beautiful?" lol

@analogblues

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! The man is a genius at melody. Probably the best ever.

@JC-wr7mu

2 жыл бұрын

Paul probably even passes gas with better melodies than most can come up with.

@jamesthompson316

2 жыл бұрын

@@JC-wr7mu 🤣

@Scottie_S

2 жыл бұрын

@@JC-wr7mu winning the internet with that comment, Johnny.

@mmdurante1616

2 жыл бұрын

@@JC-wr7mu I think Billy Joel said the same.

Caroline: “I don’t think I am going to delve into the meaning of “I Am The Walrus”. That is exactly what Lennon wanted and you got it right away! :)

@fredkruse9444

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, John was beginning a phase of lyrics with no meaning. Others are Happiness is a Warm Gun (intro section), Come Together, Glass Onion. But you knew that!

@schuckdaddy1318

2 жыл бұрын

Speechless at the end too lmao

@jamiewilson3599

2 жыл бұрын

I remember an interview later on where he said it was written after he learned of a school course analyzing Beatles lyrics for deep meaning, so he did a deliberate nonsense lyric song with zero meaning, so people would just enjoy the song for what it was.

@gribwitch

2 жыл бұрын

Yellow matter custard...mmmmm just what I could do with right now....delish !

@michaelfishman3976

2 жыл бұрын

And the music video for I Am the Walrus is also totally worth checking out. It seriously complements the song in the best way possible.

I feel privileged to have been a teenager in 1967. Best year ever!

@titusho2

18 күн бұрын

Me too 🎉❤ beautiful year..Beatles ruled 🍏🪲🪲🪲🪲

Going through the catalog this way, she'll get all the references in _Glass Onion,_ when we get to the White Album

@RDRussell2

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Another clue for us all!

@fergalhughes165

2 жыл бұрын

"The walrus was Paul"

@1monki

2 жыл бұрын

@@fergalhughes165 Plot twist

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

That’s one of the reasons why new fans should listen to their music chronologically.

As you're heading into The Beatles' final albums, I recommend you listen to Let It Be before Abbey Road, despite Abbey Road coming out first. They recorded all of Let It Be before Abbey Road, and they meant for Abbey Road to be their Goodbye album. Many Beatles fans agree that Abbey Road is their true final album, and me and many others recommend you listen to that one last.

@wwekane2468

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like abbey road is a better song off to the band ending though

@shadshowadradna

2 жыл бұрын

I Me Mine was recorded after Abbey Road, and of course all of the strings on Let It Be were recorded after Abbey Road. I mean, I don't really care which one is done first, but if Let It Be is put first then by the same logic Yellow Submarine should come before The White Album.

@57too

2 жыл бұрын

Yep you're right. Abbey Road was the last stuff they did.

@aleg2716

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadshowadradna Harrison's solo on Let it be was also recorded after Abbey Road, but what most agree on is that the majority of Let it be songs were recorded before Abbey Road even started. That's why many of us agree that hearing Let it be first is a better approach because it really is their last album even if it was released first

@stevekaspar1396

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.. do Let It Be before Abbey Road

I think "Walrus" is one of Lennon's best tracks. Once you get past the shock, it's actually a heck of a lot of fun to listen to and sing with. Seriously.

@Tuning_Spork

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! It's a great campfire sing-along after you and the marshmallows are well-toasted. 🙃

@phistoltv5196

2 жыл бұрын

It's the best nonsense I have heard, it's stuck on my head , when I sing out loud that "I am the eggman...I am the eggman...I am the Walrus" my friends think I am going insane.

@ezclappoggers

Ай бұрын

super super underrated. I'd personally put this over day in the life for just listening to in general

1:11 Magical Mystery Tour 3:58 Fool On The Hill 8:46 Flying 11:11 Blue Jay Way 14:30 Your Mother Should Know 16:22 I Am The Walrus 19:20 Hello Goodbye 22:08 Baby, You're A Rich Man 23:43 All You Need Is Love

@tupac1971ever

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Coolyeeeee

2 жыл бұрын

Thx

@dennisberceles7387

Жыл бұрын

Magical mystery tour album also includes: 1. Strawberry Fields Forever 2. Penny Lane For your info, reference and guidance.

@LanceRED58

Жыл бұрын

What an amazing line up of beautiful Beatles music !

@georgedavis-stewart4225

Жыл бұрын

@@dennisberceles7387 Not on the original soundtrack EP which had only the first six tracks when released in the U.K. The original sequence was: 1. Magical Mystery Tour 2. Your Mother Should Know 3. I Am The Walrus 4. The Fool On The Hill 5. Flying 6. Blue Jay Way Everything else is part of a compilation made for the rest of the world, using singles not released on original albums, so it does make a useful gathering together.

"I Am the Walrus" is one of my favorite Beatles songs -- which is saying a lot! I find that I can listen to it again and again over years and years, decade after decade, and it never ages but just gets better.

@adrianhughes7515

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me Michael. I'll hear it, then listen to it a lot for a month or two, then not hear it again for a long time. Then, suddenly, rediscover it again.

@Malacandra

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed… there's something about the urgency of Lennon's vocal shouting out this evocative but irrational stream of imagery while the melody swirls up and down that makes this an explosion of phantasmagorical color. It is, in itself, a psychedelic experience.

@illbebad

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite song of theirs! Just not like any other song

@Cromeyellow66

2 жыл бұрын

I am the walrus is an absolute gem Loved it right when I first heard it at the age of 11. Love it to this day

@jamesthompson316

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it has a timeless quality to it whereby you never get tired of hearing it

“Lady Madonna/The Inner Light” and “Hey Jude/Revolution” were both released before the White Album in 1968. I really like the fact that you are listening to the singles associated with the recording sessions of the albums. The singles are very much a reflection of where the albums were going sonically.

@gchristopherklug

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment. You really need to look at both.

@onlywasooo6006

2 жыл бұрын

And the songs from Yellow Submarine soundtrack too... She could do another long video before The White Album

@terryyung7688

2 жыл бұрын

@@onlywasooo6006 yes good plan since the songs on Yellow Submarine were recorded before the White Album.

@ricardo_miguel13

2 жыл бұрын

YES PLEASE. Listen to Yellow Submarine, then the singles Lady Madonna/The Inner Light, then Hey Jude/Revolution and THEN the white album. The vibe of Yellow Submarine is still psychedelic, then later in 1968 it changed so thats the better order..

@kingdancekiller

2 жыл бұрын

Lady Madonna has such a great piano part

That chord progression is so beautiful because McCartney. The dude simply has a gift.

@kennethmarshall306

2 жыл бұрын

He seemed to know what I liked before I knew it myself

@thesilvershining

2 жыл бұрын

I listened to “Little Willow” for the first time a few weeks ago and burst into tears. Damn. That man STILL has the gift.

@MrOasis316

2 жыл бұрын

His gift for creating melody’s has never been matched before or since.

@curtisandersongayle7435

2 жыл бұрын

He has a serious gift ....and the world has known that since about 1963. Same for Lennon....he also had a serious gift. They also worked perfectly together and that made it all the more history-making and eternal.

@rja1165

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrOasis316 I think Mercury had that gift. But it's easy to wonder why. 3 out of 4 members of Queen are openly and deeply inspired by The Beatles.

All you need is love was the first song to be transmitted via satellite globally, broadcast on television and seen by more than 400 million people in the world. Lennon said, "I'm ready to sing to the world."❤️

why are his melodies so beautiful? Andrew Lloyd Webber was called a musical genius. He said, "Oh I'm not a musical genius." The interviewer asked him "Who would you say IS a musical genius, alive now? Baron Lloyd-Webber answered "Maybe Paul McCartney. Some of his melodies are SUBLIME."

@thesilvershining

2 жыл бұрын

This quote made my day

I feel like Magical Mystery Tour is an underrated psychedelic pop rock album just because it was released at the tail end of 1967. The Fool On The Hill is probably one of my favorite songs of all time, always gets me emotional because I related to the lyrics so much when I was younger of being overlooked for having a “different perspective” from everyone else

@tubularap

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you expressed feelings to the album, and The Fool on the Hill, that I have as well.

@bluepeng8895

2 жыл бұрын

Magical Mystery Tour is very underrated. It is basically Sgt Pepper 2, yet it gets nowhere the same amount of recognition

@kirklandmattison707

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100 percent. The title track is a fun tune and there several other gems here

@Kabup2

2 жыл бұрын

Man, that was really a high trip in their career. Still today, nobody do what they did.

@joebloggs396

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluepeng8895 Because it wasn't conceived as an album, though I also think the soundtrack wasn't that consistent anyway.

How do you think she will react when she hears the same guy who sung Yesterday and And I Love Her when he sings Helter Skelter. McCartney was a man of 1000 voices, pure genius. What a vocal range. Get ready Caroline, hold on tight!!!

@Turtledove2009

2 жыл бұрын

And Oh Darling, which I absolutely love.

@bobbybrettel5422

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@bobbybrettel5422

2 жыл бұрын

@@Turtledove2009 agreed

"Flying" is my favorite off of Magical Mystery Tour. A long time ago, I was taking a nap on my couch with my dog on my chest. That song came on and I remember dreaming that I was holding him as we we're actually flying... Hang gliding if you will. I felt the wind against us as I was cradling him in the dream... His fur blowing and his mouth open... The ending slowly woke me up with him on my chest sound asleep, twitching... I often wonder to this day if he was having a similar dream. The ending when it fades away often makes me tear up now. Such a beautiful moment between animal and owner.

@phistoltv5196

2 жыл бұрын

Its sad that a lot of hardcore Beatles fans dont like "Flying & Blue Jay Way". I like the moody atmosphere Blue Jay Way brings and 'the nostalgic feeling "Flying" brings in fact you described perfectly to be honest

@ConglomerationCat

2 жыл бұрын

@@phistoltv5196 Thanks! It's a shame that a lot of music in general these days doesn't really have that kind of creativity and quality. You have to dig much deeper now.

@WillieDuitt1

Жыл бұрын

Flying is the only Beatles song that had songwriting credits to all four.

@Chatta-Ortega

7 ай бұрын

​@@phistoltv5196 Love both songs. Atmospheric and ethereal.

*I Am The Walrus* and *Strawberry Fields Forever* make this my favorite. I can listen to them endlessly.

@Kanjo_Bazooie

2 жыл бұрын

Jim Carrey does the best cover of I Am The Walrus

@Malacandra

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Kanjo_Bazooie Have you heard Frank Zappa's? For that matter, there's Crack the Sky…

@Kanjo_Bazooie

2 жыл бұрын

@@Malacandra I’ve heard Zappa’s but not Crack The Sky.

Can I just say how much I love this channel and its community? I'm a second-generation Beatles fan: I was born after they'd broken up, and was only three when John was murdered. But my dad was an amateur musician in the 60s, and had a Hofner bass, so he introduced me to the fabs early on. I'm getting so much sheer joy out of seeing Caroline discover the same songs that shaped my musical outlook, and also from hearing from the people who were actually there and can talk about what it was like to hear stuff like Strawberry Fields Forever on the radio for the first time, or buying a brand-new copy of Sgt. Pepper. Caroline and fellow fans, thank you so much!

@fidge54

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't she great? And absolutely lovely too

@eddiewilbury1666

2 жыл бұрын

¡Hola, Ricardo! Si aún tienen ese Hofner, poseen un tesoro. ¡Saludos Beatlémanos!

@theju3939

2 жыл бұрын

I was born 31 years after they broke up. I discovered the beatles 2 or 3 years ago and I became a huge fan

@tiggerpoohist

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, Ricardo, what a beautiful heartfelt comment. Really touched me.

“Strawberry Fields Forever” and “I am the Walrus” are two of my all time favorite songs. I still vividly recall how revolutionary they were when released. They were game changers and they hold up still as great songs and great recordings.

@coeburnett

2 жыл бұрын

LOL! Big DITO on that! Me n' me Mates would feel like dukein' it out with the preppies who thought "I Am The Walrus" was silly-boys..music. It was angry radical!

@maestrokaizer5133

2 жыл бұрын

Yoooo same, i got them recommend to me from the song 10538 overture from Electric light orchestra, so i recommend you to give 10538 overture a listen and see if you like it because you like AITW and SFF;)

@dennismason3740

Жыл бұрын

Yup! Walrus and Fields, Lennon once again discarding every musical cliche and coming up with brilliant (some accidental) chord progressions. I excuse myself by saying "yeah, John had a bloody piano so unique chord progressions come easy!".

@Kermit_T_Frog

10 ай бұрын

Two boundary stretching songs by Lennon. But the guy who was the MOST experimental and LEAST commercial was George Harrison. "Blue Jay Way" is an extraordinary song. Dissonant harmony from start to finish. But it would never have gotten listened to if it were not in the mix with Paul's conventional ballads and "granny songs."

The "airplane" sound is the sound of the Magical Mystery Tour bus driving past. It make sense if you've seen the movie.

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

It might have coincided with the bus (I’ll have to have a look) but I’d be pretty certain it’s a train.

@cpj93070

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffholmes8173 No it's defiantly a bus, a coach actually.

@B.R.0101

2 жыл бұрын

One of the technicians of abbey road was 'forced' to record a bus along the highway, he spent hours to get a good audio because that day really few busses went down the road

@fiddleandfart

2 жыл бұрын

Of course it's a bus! (or coach) It's about a mystery bus (coach) tour. What else could it be?

I think that the "aeroplane" sound on the title track is supposed to be the sound of the bus going past

@stevesstuff1450

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! No 'think' about it! ;-) I guess Caroline doesn't have the album booklet to look at (which is a shame), as that shows the film in cartoon snapshots, and also has the lyrics.... Bus tours back then in the late 60s were a big 'thing' , and the concept of the EP (LP in the USA), and film was based around that 'mystery' bus tour that was also common... ;-)

All You Need Is Love went out as the worlds first 'global telecast' I remember watching it when it first went out, in black and white (actually mostly just grey) and I still think it has the most powerful message for the whole world.

@garrettnorth3771

2 жыл бұрын

It was called “Our World” and It aired on June 25th, 1967.

@betsyab121

2 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, Your Mother Should Know was also in contention for the broadcast, too. In the end, John Lennon's message of love won out, which I think was the perfect choice.

@loosilu

2 жыл бұрын

Something like 100 million people watched it live, world wide. John was a bit nervous, which I think shows. What an amazing collection of people they had with them!

@user-hu3iy9gz5j

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great song, but I think the song structure is weird. Preferably should the second verse been as long as the first one. It was a summer of love anthem if I've understood things correctly

@stapler942

2 жыл бұрын

Weirdly enough, I kind of think of it as a lesser Beatles track, it's kind of schmaltzy and the message of universal, unconditional love is kind of naive in hindsight. The real world is a lot more complicated.

I think the most remarkable thing about walrus is that you get sucked into the lyrics without realizing how sublime the music is. It is one of their greatest songs.

I love how in 'The Fool On The Hill' when it switches to minor it mirrors the lyrics 'sees the sun going down'

I remember hearing McCartney talk about Hello, Goodbye. He said that everything was opposite. The lyrics wrote themselves (hello/goodbye, hi/low, stop/go, etc.) and as his voice went up, the bass goes down, etc. If writing a song was only so easy ... for the rest of us mere mortals.

@SheepOnDrugz

2 жыл бұрын

McCartney wrote Hello Goodbye after a conversation he had with a friend when McCartney was explaining to the friend how he and Lennon wrote lyrics and music together… whatever one of them contributed, the other would offer up something contrarian, both lyrically and musically.

Plot twist: it's Mr. Kittle who invites people to run up for the Magical mystery tour

@tangerinecarrots4282

2 жыл бұрын

magical mr kittle

The fact that the Beatles and Magical Mystery Tour songs sound beautiful and compelling decades after this record came out is a testimony of just how good, great, ingenius they were. It goes on. This album will probably be just as popular one hundred years from today.

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine says to any naysayers that denying the genius of the Beatles is like denying The Holocaust.

You have single-handedly defined what music reaction videos should be. You get it .

I don't think there's anyone in the world that makes beautiful melodies Like Paul McCartney

@jprg1966

2 жыл бұрын

But there is also something gratifying about hearing his influence in other songwriting. "Don't Ask Me Why" by Billy Joel and "No Matter What" by Badfinger come to mind. 🙂

@AW-xj3so

2 жыл бұрын

@@jprg1966 And Heal the Pain which was George Michaels attempt to write a song in the style of Paul, which he then sang with Paul. I think he does a pretty good job.

@la7dfa

2 жыл бұрын

John and George are up at that level , but they did not work 15 hours a day like Paul probably did for the most of his adult years.

@tcollingscollings9299

2 жыл бұрын

Yesterday is a song worthy of Cole Porter...or George Gershwin...it is seamless and timeless

"I am the Walrus" is just great for it's outpouring of slapdash lyrics...a lot of which are Liverpudlian slang, and some of which are double entendres. As a kid in the 70s this was the highlight of the Beatles' Blue album, a greatest hits compilation released in the States.

@jamesthompson316

2 жыл бұрын

As the song fades they sing umpah umpah stick it up your jumper’…we used to sing that as kids in Liverpool in the 60’s, I can’t recall if it was part of a longer rhyme as that’s the part that’s stayed with me.

@tcollingscollings9299

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah...the catahhr custard refrain was always to be heard in Liverpool schoolyard in the fifties

@SamHarrisonMusic

2 жыл бұрын

He wrote I am the walrus because his old school wrote to him and told him they were analysing his lyrics in English Class...

The backing vocal effects on “I Am the Walrus” were done by an ensemble called the Mike Sammes Singers. At the end of the song the men chant “Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumpah,” while the women chant “Everybody’s got one, everybody’s got one.”

Magical Mystery Tour has always been my secret favorite Beatles album

I love the ‘Your Mother Should Know’ scene from ‘Magical Mystery Tour’, it’s the Beatles in white tails doing a simple step with people waltzing around them.

@tubularap

2 жыл бұрын

When I saw the film as a boy I was struck by the fabulous style of the white tails, and to this day I love that song, and the whole atmosphere about it.

@RayRay-zt7bj

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! That was classic.The song and the dancing was like something out of a Broadway show.

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a magical scene, one of the best in MMT.

@BadfingerBoogieBarb

2 жыл бұрын

It really needed another verse or two.

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

When I first heard it, I played it backwards a couple of times to see if there was any hidden meaning. Nope - just something about coffee! 😂

I think the "airplane sounds" were meant to be the sound of the bus rushing by.

There's no two ways about it-the Beatles were absolutely amazing

What did we THINK about it (in 1967)? Check the record sales. They were at the height of their popularity. HUGE. This album was 1-of-a-kind, dripping, seething, and glittering with creativity and NEWNESS - before any digital effects, sampling, or anything else. What we take for granted now, was completely new. It was a revelation and a revolution in music. It opened up everything. And they meant it to. We were stunned, and it felt as though, on some level, we had been waiting lifetimes for this music.

I love that I Am the Walrus is beyond evaluation. It doesn't mean anything, and it was designed that way. But it sounds and feels amazing, because it was designed that way.

@johnb2422

2 жыл бұрын

So you're saying it's a song about nothing? Everybody's singing songs about something, let's sing a song about nothing!

@spaceshipsongs

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnb2422 It was the Seinfeld of its day!

@berretta9mm17

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnb2422 No song; no communication of any kind, is about nothing. Dreams are not about nothing - they are pieces of memory, impressions, feelings. Songs that are not narrative-based, but imagery-based, are like dreams put to music, where the music doesn't frame the dream - it's part of it. When you look at an impressionist painting, it's about evoking a feeling - songs are art, and so no different. What is an instrumental? It evokes a feeling, or feelings, but has no words.

@johnb2422

2 жыл бұрын

@@berretta9mm17 cool but I was just doing a spoof of Seinfeld

@spaceshipsongs

2 жыл бұрын

@@berretta9mm17 Then tell us: What is I Am the Walrus about? And that's my point. However much it might could be about something, John designed the lyrics in such a way so as to defy explanation.

*All You Need Is Love* was done outside the recording studio, played live for a worldwide television audience, so it was done with one take, and it was done, amazingly without mishap because there were dozens of other people sort of interacting with the band as they played. At one point towards the end of the song, someone nearly knocks over a microphone, and you can hear Paul shout "Woah," but he catches it. The whole video of this is on KZread if you're interested.

@sphericalharmony1603

2 жыл бұрын

They did play with a prerecorded backing track, and I believe Paul redid his bass part later, but a lot of it was, indeed, played live.

@tbeau6663

2 жыл бұрын

The basic recorded track was started at Olympic Studies and completed at Abbey Road, prior to the live recording/ tv broadcast

@cjmacq-vg8um

2 жыл бұрын

you know, they rehearsed the song before the live satalite broadcast. there was no mishap because they're professionals and know what they're doing. the beatles practiced and rehearsed almost non-stop. that's what made them so good. "practice makes perfect" is more than just slogan or a soundbite. ITS REALITY!

@bluepeng8895

2 жыл бұрын

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were in the audience

@imkluu

2 жыл бұрын

There was one mishap where either John or Paul accidentally hit a microphone stand and knocked it out of position. There is a place in the song right before one says, "She loves you, yeah, yeah yeah" where one of their voices is lost for a brief time.

In the late 70's, when I was 8 or 9, my much older Brother had lent me his singles collection, complete with his old record player but only *1* speaker. And one of those singles was 'Fool On The Hill' - 'Blue Jay Way' - 'Flying', and I quickly became obsessed with 'Blue Jay Way' and played it over and over and over - much to my Sister's displeasure, who was creeped out by that song's atmosphere 😆 This was enhanced by the fact that I had only one speaker, so the proper lead vocal was missing and all you *could* hear was spooky whispering. But I realised this only decades later, when listening to 'Blue Jay Way' on YT and actually getting a fright when hearing for the first time how it's *meant* to sound! 😄 Greetings to all from Wellington, NZ! 😀👍

1967 was probably the most important year in Rock & Roll history.

I Am The Walrus was written to confuse scholars and others who would interpret their songs. I he was said to have have commented " let's see them work this one out" of words to that effect. It was also inspired by hearing a police siren going past his home and also by Lewis Carrolls poem The Walrus and the Carpenter. Pure genius.

@strawberrysoulforever8336

2 жыл бұрын

I think John said jokingly later in an interview that he only realized after that the Walrus was the villain and it should have been "I am the carpenter".

@roddymorrison1437

2 жыл бұрын

@@strawberrysoulforever8336 Yeah I saw that he had mentioned that. Maybe that's why he said the Walrus was Paul in Glass Onion. Another song he wrote to mess with the people who read too much into their lyrics.

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

It was clearly an important song to John as he referenced it twice more (Glass Onion and God). Next to Day In the Life, it is one of my favorite Lennon songs. The “fire alarm” backing is just amazing and George Martin’s strings are beyond compare.

@roddymorrison1437

2 жыл бұрын

@@patricknelson5151 Ah of course yeah he mentions it in the song God. Obviously couldn't let the Walrus go lol

Love how stumped you were by "I Am The Walrus". Ha - I felt exactly the same way when I first heard it back in the 60s as a child. I loved it though. Nothing sounds like that song . . . just crazy.

@jamesthompson316

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

As an American, first hearing these songs as a teenager, it took me years to understand what John was going on about in that song. Kind of wonder what my parents thought when they heard 13 year old me listening to a song that referenced a “pornographic priestess”…

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

And to think THAT was on top of the charts! WOW!

"I Am the Walrus" is a classic! Lennon's nonsense lyric's combined with the intricate and spacey sound of the music created one of the greatest "Psychedelic" songs of all time.

@phistoltv5196

2 жыл бұрын

that song refuses to leave my head, its the best nonsense I have ever listened to

Music that was made 60 years ago with that technology and the fact that the Beatles were in their twenties during this whole time...When they broke up...no one was thirty or older. Unreal !

I remember "complaining" to my singing coach that I didn't like songs with nonsensical lyrics; that they ruined the song for me. She played me "La Vie En Rose" - sung by Edith Piaf and asked me if I hated it even though I couldn't understand the lyrics. From then on I realized that a song is much more than lyrics.

@Malacandra

2 жыл бұрын

And nonsensical lyrics can be very evocative. Just because something isn't a linear narrative doesn't mean it isn't saying something. Dreams may strike very deep chords within us and make no sense whatsoever.

@berretta9mm17

2 жыл бұрын

A song can be a dream put to music as well as a narrative. You had a very wise music teacher.

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

2 words: Cocteau Twins

The magic in Fool On The Hill is where Paul suddenly flips to a minor key or D min, E min on the lyric fool on the hill then reverts so effortlessly to D6 or major again. He was a master of suddenly playing the parallel minor chord. It's one of my fav songs ever.

@feedigli

2 жыл бұрын

Fun song to play, that one.

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

Those bass harmonicas with the recorder are magic.

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

Also, watching Get Back, Dick James tells the Beatles that Vera Lynn has recorded Good Night and Fool on the Hill (to which John, of all the Beatles, replies “The Great Vera Lynn!”). I found the Vera Lynn tracks on Apple Music and they reminded me once again just how beautiful and complex these melodies are.

The amazing ride with the Beatles is that if anyone else had written songs like I Will, Oh Darling, I'LL follow the Sun, Think for Yourself, And your Bird Can Sing, Fixing a Hole, Hey Bulldog, etc all would have been top sellers. With them, it was just "another song". The greatness is that the next song you hear is even better. The quality depth of each album is unreal. FOR THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BEATLES!!!! Good were we lucky!!!!!!!

The Fool on The Hill has always been maybe my favourite Paul song, love it so much. Paul if about to start my favourite period of his career for you, Paul on the white album is just amazing, so many good tunes coming your way. And if you like songs referencing old songs you’ll enjoy ‘Glass Onion’

I am the Walrus was a reaction to John hearing that Beatles lyrics were being analysed in school lessons. So I think his attitude was…ok analyse and get meaning out of this one!

Your face during a first hearing of "I Am The Walrus" was truly a picture!

My fav album. 🌷RIP J.L.+ G.H......thank you...🎸😁🎄I bought this album, the day it came out,, as a kid . I still play it all the time, I am 66 now. Wow .

As I child I loved Baby you’re a rich man. Still do. But as a child I found it magical.

@nickperkins8477

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about Yellow Submarine.

Maybe someone already noted this: In the opening song, the plane sound is actually a passenger bus sound, as a bus was used to transport them and others on the so called magical mystery trip about England.

@scottski51

2 жыл бұрын

Are you certain about that Noel? It sounds very much like a roller coaster rushing past with metal wheels on rails.

@qwerty30013

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottski51 I hear the sound of rubber tires on asphalt 🤔

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a tour bus. It’s meant to evoke the bus in the movie. Also, apparently, mystery bus tours were a thing in the U.K. at the time.

@noelnewlon

2 жыл бұрын

@@patricknelson5151 When writing this, I had trouble accurately terming the type of bus. My main point was to generally identify the source of the sound. Originally, I was going to write travel bus, but changed it. Thanks for your input.

@FiremanSam60

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottski51 the song's about a mystery tour and the film is the Beatles and friends literally on a mystery tour bus.

The Get Back documentary is fascinating-I think you’ll really enjoy watching the songs come to life before your eyes. The songs they work on in the film appear on Let It Be and Abbey Road, so I’d recommend listening to both of those before you watch . Knowing how the songs turn out makes it an experience that’s almost magical. Your thoughts on the documentary could be a great coda to your album reviews, which are outstanding by the way. Excellent work, and enjoy The Beatles (or the “White Album”)-it’s a wild ride. Hope you enjoy the holidays, too!

@donnastanger3430

2 жыл бұрын

P0

@TTM9691

2 жыл бұрын

She should only watch it once she's seen much more footage of them, be it "Anthology", or "A Hard Day's Night" or lots of clips. She's going to be completely lost as to who, say, Dick James is, or George Martin is. She should absolutely NOT watch it until she's got a lot more Beatle info under her belt.

@casemaker1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'd definitely recommend "Get Back". It brought the group to life in a way the original movie "Let it Be" simply didn't. In fact, "Let it Be" made it all appear a bit fractious and was portrayed at the time as a movie showing a group about to break up. "Get Back" shows them as the great friends they all were (yes even George after his row with Paul and walkout). In fact, it makes you realise that what went wrong with the Beatles was the advent of Allen Klein and, later, Phil Spector.

@gribwitch

2 жыл бұрын

"Take this, brother. May it serve you well".

@peterx1957

2 жыл бұрын

@@casemaker1 I think it's safe to say that "Get Back" has made the "Let It Be" movie redundant.

The channel “You Can’t Unhear This” did a great analysis of who sings “She Loves You” during “All You Need Is Love.” When you listen to that passage, it sounds like Paul at the beginning but like John at the end. This is because they were both singing it during the live broadcast, but someone bumped into Paul’s mike boom and the microphone rotated away from him so he could no longer be heard. Interesting trivia.

You mentioned something about McCartney's melodies. If you continue on a path of discovering his extremely prolific solo career you'll find that he is a master of melody. It's one of those things he's most known for.

@zdvxr

10 ай бұрын

He is the master of Melodies and Ballads

@nl5828

5 ай бұрын

…and yet at the same time, he is arguably one of the pioneers of heavy metal (helter skelter)!

The Fool on the hill shows that Paul can write clever 'thoughful' lyrics just like John. Not that he needs to prove himself. After all, all you need is love.

@harrylazard805

2 жыл бұрын

That was one of Paul's songs John really liked...

@SM-dt1pr

2 жыл бұрын

It, like She's Leaving Home, is standing on the shoulders of Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby.

On "Flying" ? The strings you mentioned was actually a Mellotron, as was the flute sound at the end. 🚬😎

@josephhebert6356

2 жыл бұрын

The Mellotron works on 8 second tape loops for each note. When a note gets to the end of the 8 seconds it rewinds rapidly. You can hear the click of the rewinds in flute passages.

Magical Mystery Tour is a seriously underrated song

@jimcarlson6157

Жыл бұрын

I roll up whenever it comes on!!

@johngalt6838

Жыл бұрын

Turn that puppy to level 11...crank it!

@zdvxr

10 ай бұрын

The whole album is underrated. It’s gets overshadowed by Sgt. Peppers

the Walrus was Paul

Your Mother Should Know was always the track that stood out the most to me. It's so catchy and I can honestly play that song on an endless loop. Also the fact that both John and Paul lost their mother at such a young age makes the track a bit eerie.

@aidanhickey9845

2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought of it as a darker side to 'When I'm Sixty Four'. In fact, if you look at the 6 'Double EP' tracks you can view them all as a darker Pepper. The Outro of MMT, the chorus of FOTH, the end of Flying, the entirety of Blue Jay Way, YMSK is minor key and Walrus is just crazy. Interesting stuff.

@a.k.1740

2 жыл бұрын

I agree ! "Your Mother Should Know" is one of my favorite Beatles tracks. The piece is rather playful but tinged with a kind of indefinable melancholy, especially in the parts where we hear John's organ.

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

MMT is a bit sinister like a lot of that period of English psychedelia. Saucerful of Secrets, In search of the lost chord, even the Stones 2000 Light Years from home all have a similar vibe too. Although psychedelic in name only now, Tame Impala’s first album also has that vibe too.

@phistoltv5196

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffholmes8173 I am new to Tame Impala and I smell a lot of Beatles influence, don't know if I am wrong

Why do I savor your Beatles reactions? I often stop and take a smoke break and think about what you are saying and return. Maybe it's me, but your reactions are like Xmas gifts from 'Down Under' the tree. Thank you, for making me smile, Caroline!

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

But then she can move onto, at least, the McCartney solo stuff!

Baby You’re a Rich Man is one of the cool songs where John and Paul joined two different songs they hadn’t finished together. The verses were John’s “Beautiful People” and Paul had the spare anthemic chorus. The result is a full collaboration of the kind you don’t hear much of from them after Help.

I went to a primary/elementary school where, instead of traditional songs or hymns, we exclusively sang Beatles songs.

To answer question on what that one sound on "Baby, You're A Rich Man" was, it was a clavoline; a sort of forerunner to the synthesizer that had different voice settings to choose from. Lennon set it to its 'oboe' setting and just played crazy runs on it to replicate the sound of an Indian instrument called a shehnai.

@cdog9559

2 жыл бұрын

"Baby You're A Rich Man" from what i recall was a scenario in which they were being asked questions by an interviewer. "Beautiful People" was a term used at the time for the "Jet Set" or Upper Society crowd...60's .

@johnb2422

2 жыл бұрын

was that the little thing being used in the Get Back doc?

@mudman3371

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnb2422 That was a stylophone.

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t it speeded up stuff? Trumpets? Your source please!

@mudman3371

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffholmes8173 What are you talking about im confused

It's really dumb, but "I Am the Walrus" makes me cry. The power and ferocity of it, the collaboration between Lennon and George Martin (he wrote and conducted the score), the nonsensical cynicism of the lyrics being spit out with John's acerbic, distorted snarl... Damn! Fantastic! "Um-pah, um-pah, stick it up your jumper" "Ev'rybody's got one, Ev'rybody's got one"... 🤪🤣😋

@kenttheaker7904

2 жыл бұрын

"up your joompah" to rhyme better, but yeah, still some of the silliest things a choir has ever sung!

@deepermind4884

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I was told they were saying "Everybody smoke pot! Everybody smoke pot!" 😂😅😁

@coeburnett

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, me also! John is angry at the fakes! People who make a pretense. To me, this song is up there, on par with Strawberry Fields. The worst thing you could do is listen to "I Am The Walrus", for the 1st time, while watching the video. Just listen to the music.

@scotpens

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepermind4884 I always thought it sounded like "Everybody upchuck! Everybody upchuck!"

@phistoltv5196

2 жыл бұрын

@@coeburnett In fact it's advisable to listen to the album first before watching the movie as much as I enjoyed that gibberish of a movie (because I am a stoner), you will appreciate the movie more after listening to the album

Caroline. I'm sure you're getting lots of praise, but as a life long Beatle fan I just have to say, these are the most fantastic videos. Your fresh, honest, and INFORMED reactions remind me what amazing songs and recordings these are. (Especially the mid-period stuff, from Rubber Soul through to this record, Magical Mystyery Tour). Because of your obvious classical training I wonder if you're familiar with George Martin? He was the producer on most of their records and did most of the classical arrangements. If you can you should listen to the score for Yellow Submarine which he did all himself. Underrated for sure. Keep these going! Can't wait for you to hear the White Album and Abbey Road!!

I am the walrus is possibly the most insane song every written, even Pink Floyd could not be that insane.

@barneymiller5488

2 жыл бұрын

All abstact absurdism. But amazing none-the-less.

Even though technically the next album released is The Beatles, I strongly recommend doing Yellow Submarine first. All the songs were recorded before in this period and it’ll throw off your sense of musical progression to wait.

@spaceshipsongs

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh. I second this.

@keith1222

2 жыл бұрын

Good shout!

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

Very much second this. The psychedelic stuff on Yellow Submarine will sound like a step back into an older style after the White Album.

In Blue Jay Way I like how Harrison plays with the words Don't Be Long...which I think can be interpreted as "Don't Belong" later.

If you're even a mild fan of the Beatles, "Get Back" is something you won't want to miss. Even though the Beatles literally never existed in my lifetime, this documentary brings everyone alive, letting you feel like you're watching in the room the development of a legendary album. The blinding genius and dedication of McCartney is in full force.

All you need is love is such a feel good song. It is a celebration of love as a lifestyle and represented everything the sixties stood for.

"Fool On The Hill" is one of the top McCartney miracles, and certainly in my top five McCartney numbers. The song construction is unique and the arrangement is simply extraordinary. In such a vast canon of work it sometimes seems to be not as appreciated as some others, but my oh my it is wonderful.

@kevinmac2200

2 жыл бұрын

You listen to the chorus on "Fool on the Hill", and you learn the secret of flight.

@PeterBuwen

2 жыл бұрын

Paul loved to sing about his partner and friend John. ;-)

@richardfehlmann4593

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100% 👍

@adrianhughes7515

2 жыл бұрын

Always forget how great a song this is.

Many interesting bits in "I Am the Walrus" including snippets of Shakespeare's "King Lear" being performed live on the BBC & the sounds of a radio dial being turned as if to tune in to different stations. George Martin (their producer) thought Lennon daft when he presented this song to them (the group)...but he did a masterful job with the strings & horns.

@vinylarchaeologist

2 жыл бұрын

King Lear was actually live on the radio while they were mixing the song, so they decided to include that directly into the mixing process - quite daft! That is why they couldn’t recreate that for the stereo mix, so in that version the song’s second half is reprocessed mono.

@dogmatronic

2 жыл бұрын

According to Paul, John scatted the orchestrations to George Martin and he wrote down and arranged it - talented guy!

@kevincaselle3174

2 жыл бұрын

there's a group of jingle singers employed as orchestration...they are supposedly saying "oompah oompah everybody's got one". As 15 year olds, some of us heard that as" everybody smoke pot".

@CountScarlioni

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevincaselle3174 I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure at the end they're singing "oompah oompah stick it up yer' jumper!" which is a British expression meaning "I don't care what you say." It was the sort of thing kids would shout at each other in the playground and was still a common expression as recently as the 90s.

@mgman6000

2 жыл бұрын

After Lennon was shot it gave me shivers from this part "oh an untimely death" Almost prophetic Everyone was trying to messages from their lyrics and some like Charles Manson took it to extremes I remember trying get my turntable run backwards for hidden meanings they a tremendous amount of influence on society at the time kicking down barriers I don't the 60s as we know would have happened without them

One thing to be careful of going forward, Caroline, is that you can’t always be sure that you have heard a song before just by looking at the title. There are repeats in albums to come (Yellow Submarine, All You Need is Love) but there are other times when there are definitely different versions of the same song released at different times (prime examples: Across the Universe, Let It Be, Get Back, Revolution). Also, Caroline, you should definitely start to find versions of the albums that don’t end with each song. You missed a few great moments in Sgt. Pepper, especially the transition between Good Morning, Good Morning and the Sgt. Pepper reprise. At the end of Good Morning, there is a chicken that “turns into” the guitar that starts the Sgt. Pepper reprise. It was something the Beatles and George Martin worked hard to achieve. The second side of Abbey Road is essentially a suite and should be listened to together to truly appreciate it. (Nothing beats the transition between Polythene Pam and She Came in Through the Bathroom Window and the epic ending of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End.)

@geoffholmes8173

2 жыл бұрын

What will she make of “The Long One” - played as one piece!

@davidkeeley210

Жыл бұрын

It will be chopped up quite a few times. She loves to stop stop stop far too quickly

@davidkeeley210

Жыл бұрын

Why edit out 2 seconds here and there and all the time. Listeners may not have attention deficit disorder. Why cause it? Songs/tracks deserve better.

@dougefresh7435

Жыл бұрын

@@davidkeeley210 she said if she plays complete songs through she will get blocked .

@davidkeeley210

Жыл бұрын

Shes not even letting a song play 8 seconds let alone longer. I watch several reviews, nobody stops as often. It's just more pleasant listening to let it go a bit more.

This album was me and my cousins pool party soundtrack during the summer of '68. Fun music for fun times.

I'm really enjoying this series, and really like your introspection on the musical choices they make; as someone with no musical background, it's interesting to learn about notes and key changes. Fun fact about I am the Walrus: it's basically just John trolling the audience looking for meaning in their songs by writing a song that is essentially a bunch of nonsense to see what people would think of it. But it's still just fun to listen to.

@tubularap

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, John was asked by reporters once too often what his lyrics meant, and to baffle them he came up with I Am the Walrus.

@VinceWhitacre

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Walrus is, for lack of a better word... a shitpost. Young Beatles and Dylan would have been insufferable on Reddit. 🤣

@VinceWhitacre

2 жыл бұрын

All that said... a song doesn't need to have some "deep" meaning. "I Am the Walrus" may be a shitpost, but those words SOUND great together. The consonance and alliteration, the rhythm, the assonance as it plays off the melody... it means jack; but it sounds brilliant. And it's one of my favorite Beatles tracks for that very reason.

@Leafsdude_

2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly, when finished the song, John turned around and said, "let the f-ers figure that one out!"

Good stuff! If you liked the fleeting self-referential lines in "All You Need is Love," you might love the White Album's "Glass Onion," which is a whole song about other songs.

@strawberrysoulforever8336

2 жыл бұрын

I love referenced songs. This is basically the whole reason I bought The White Album when CDs were on the way out. Well, that and a few others I hadn't heard for years.

One of my very favorite Beatles albums. Favorite songs are Magical Mystery Tour, Your Mother Should Know, I Am The Walrus, and The Fool on the Hill.

@benkleschinsky

2 жыл бұрын

Is it crazy for me to say this is my favorite Beatles album? It's so imaginative and fun. Even though it wasn't ever considered an official Beatles album, the members themselves include it in the boxsets. Capital had a great idea.

@nickperkins8477

2 жыл бұрын

@@benkleschinsky no, it’s not crazy. I think I would put it third on my personal list behind A Hard Day’s Night (2) and Abbey Road (1).

@benkleschinsky

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickperkins8477 I'm not a fan of Pepper or White Album. I know a lot are.

@nickperkins8477

2 жыл бұрын

@@benkleschinsky I like Pepper overall better than The White Album, but both are relatively subpar. The White Album gets a little too self-indulgent for me, although its pop and rock grade very highly. Pepper is great on its pop, but the pop sits uneasily, respectfully, next to the Eastern-flavored music on Pepper. Overall, I do agree with you.

@benkleschinsky

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickperkins8477 The White Album feels like at times like I'm listening to a mix of unfinished demos randomly thrown in to make an album, just to please the record label. It's a double album when maybe it shouldn't have been. There are great songs on there but also a lot of subpar material which was unusual for the Beatles. I'm not going to say least favorite album but...

'I am the Walrus' is inspired by 'The walrus and the carpenter' written by Lewis Carroll. Lennon discovering that students at a school were studying their lyrics decided to give them a song to study :)

I love the dance hall vibe of "Your Mother Should Know". I can sing it to myself and dance too.

Chuck Berry referenced his own songs ALL the time, and The Beatles loved his music.

Hard to believe it's only been four years since "Love Me Do", but that's what made them so special. They evolved so quickly it was hard to keep up. I can still remember the anticipation of every new album. Incredible.

Not only are the lyrics of "I Am the Walrus" wild and evocatively non-linear, but very interesting things are happening musically. Musicologist Alan W. Pollack analyses: "The chord progression of the outro itself is a harmonic Moebius strip with scales in bassline and top voice that move in contrary motion." The bassline descends stepwise A, G, F, E, D, C, and B, while the strings part rises A, B, C, D, E, F♯, G: this sequence repeats as the song fades, with the strings rising higher on each iteration. Pollack also notes that the repeated cell is seven bars long, which means that a different chord begins each four-bar phrase.

If you want to keep in order of how the music evolves, you should next listen to the 4 Yellow Submarine soundtrack songs, Lady Madonna/The Inner Light, and Hey Jude/Revolution singles before listening to The White Album.

@JordiPujadesGirona

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@spaceshipsongs

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

The Beatles only recorded 6 songs for Magical Mystery Tour, which was a film they made for television. They originally issued it as a 2 disk EP in England. Because the 7 inch EP was not a popular format in the US, Capitol Records released it as an LP, with the movie songs on side 1, and their recent singles on side 2. George Martin, their producer had more creative input on this album than any before or after. With the exception of Flying, he arranged brass, strings, and woodwinds for every song. You can't overstate the importance of George Martin to The Beatles sound - especially in this era. Thanks for making these videos. I am enjoying reliving my first impressions of these albums along with you.

@notvalidcharacters

2 жыл бұрын

>> Because the 7 inch EP was not a popular format in the US, Capitol Records released it as an LP,

"Blue Jay Way" is a street Harrison lived on in the Hollywood Hills above the Sunset Strip. The song is about his guests getting lost in the hills, an easy thing to do before GPS. As you might imagine, the street sign itself has been stolen a thousand times. The "fog upon LA" is generally referred to by locals as "the June Gloom", a thick misty layer that moves in from the Pacific in early summer. In " I Am The Walrus" the ending features a performance quote from King Lear. I have to say again how wonderful watching your videos about The Beatles are - and I really look forward to The White Album and Abbey Road. Although I feel I know their music inside and out, hearing YOUR perspective has opened my ears to a new way of thinking about their songs. Thank you.

@TheMinisterofDefence

2 жыл бұрын

The way I recall the story was that Harrison was actually the guest, and the hosts were the ones who had lost their way. he was told to go to their house and wait for them, but they didn't show up for several hours, so while he waited he played around with an organ that they had in their house and wrote Blue Jay Way. I'm not trolling your comment (I gave it a thumbs up), and I might be wrong, but that's the way I heard the story. I'm old and my memory is bad, who knows, lol.

To me, all you need is love is one of the most beautiful and iconic songs to ever be written.

The UK releases dates are: Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane - 17th February 1967 (Sgt. Pepper - 26th May 1967) All You Need Is Love/Baby, You're A Rich Man - 7th July 1967 Hello, Goodbye/I Am The Walrus - 24th November 1967 Magical Mystery Tour (Double EP) - 8th December 1967 So this album covers 10 months and essentially contains everything released in 1967 bar Sgt Pepper. Initially, it was put together for convenience by Capitol Records for the US market but has since become part of the album sequence. The tracks exist for disparate reasons/projects. "Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane" really belongs as part of Sgt Pepper. "All You Need Is Love" was for the first live global television programme (Our World) and the flip was a stitched together song for the "summer of love". "Hello Goodbye" was released only two weeks before the EP, I suspect because EMI needed a single after three months of no releases. The fact that "I Am The Walrus" was on the flip side AND on the EP is baffling but to me indicates that both tracks should have been in the TV film. The film itself was supposed to be improvised (I think) but had a "cobbled together" feel about it. The appreciation of it was not helped when it was switched from BBC2 (colour) to BBC1 (black and white) for its first transmission. Subsequent viewings in colour did not impress though. Having said all that, this album contains some superb tracks. "Strawberry Fields" was the first Beatles record I ever bought, "All You Need Is Love" is rightly an anthem, "Hello, Goodbye" is top rate McCartney - damn, I even like "Flying" 😍😍

@patricknelson5151

2 жыл бұрын

There are two awesome videos of Hello / Goodbye. In one, the Beatles are dressed in their Sgt. Pepper gear and in another they are in more ‘plan clothes” but at one point dress up in their old stage clothes from around 1963 which looks hilarious with their long hair and mustaches. They also dance with hula girls during the ending “hey-la” section.

@sharonsnail2954

2 жыл бұрын

@@patricknelson5151 I've seen the Sgt Pepper version. I'll have to hunt down the hula girls ;0)

The Fool on the Hill is one of the most beautiful songs ever. McCartney has about ten of those!

@cbseE9212

2 жыл бұрын

McCartney has 10^2 of those!

@stapler942

2 жыл бұрын

I think part of what makes the Beatles so memorable is the smorgasbord variety of material. You have McCartney ballads right next to intense Lennon rockers and introspective experiments by George, and other combinations of the above. It's like a box of chocolates!

@kevinjane7104

2 жыл бұрын

@Leon Erin what about All My Loving? That's his first big big song

@tonybates7870

2 жыл бұрын

There's bloody loads of 'em!

Yup, you’re right. Walrus is stream of consciousness, psychedelic trip, about a mood or feeling. Like a cinematic collage. One of the most amazing pieces of music ever. No band or singer ever “painted” so much with their music. This was their most fertile period for musical and lyrical ideas making interesting music (Pepper through the White album). MMT is one of my top ten records of all time.

The most amazing thing to me is that when consider what a huge body of great work they had together as a group, it was all done before any of them turned 30. To be that prolific, that young, is just astounding.

Blue Jay Way is a street name in Los Angeles where they rented a house. Magical Mystery Tour is the only Beatles album I don't have. It definitely has a weird 60s psychedelic vibe to it.

@themoviedealers

2 жыл бұрын

George was the only Beatle staying at the house on Blue Jay Way. It's just above the Sunset Strip, the LA area chock full of rock music and innovation in 66/67.

so sad u didnt listen to strawberry fields and penny lane again. i was really waiting for it, thought that it would be a different and more understanding experience when you listen to the song you heard and now find new little details in it

I am really envious of both the opportunity and your ability to listen to The Beatles for the first time in your life, with all your musical training, hearing and ability to understand musical construction, melody building and song structure. I find it captivating to watch your reactions and emotions as you listen to this music. It brings a lot of light, hope and joy in this strange and increasingly unpleasant world. Good luck in your continued exploration of the Beatles :)

Love is All You Need was the U.K.'s contribution to the first worldwide satellite feed, "Our World (1967 TV program)! 400 to 700 million people watched!