"Oh, this is gonna get stuck in my head." 87% of my brain is taken up by Beatles songs. 😄

John was on fire on this album. Nowhere Man, Girl, in my life, Norwegian Wood. This album stands up.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Boom!

@bodsnvimto

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Two of my favourite all John songs - Norwegian Wood and Girl - are in this album. Also one of his supposedly best ever, In my Life, though it doesn't do it quite as much for me. And don't forget the album's opener by his songwriting partner. WOW! And then the next album saw Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow Never Knows, Got to Get You Into my Life and She Said, She Said. Yet another step up before the best album ever IMO. Cheers Sgt.

@KevinMyers0619

Жыл бұрын

Just watched this reaction and your comment appeared and struk me because I used to play those by heart on guitar. Mind you, that was 30 years ago . These reactions and comments want me to try again. Thanks.

@autistickakarot

5 ай бұрын

I know this is old, but it is interesting to note that the melody for "girl" was made by Paul. It is a true lennon/mccartney, and it is brilliant.

@annakermode6646

5 ай бұрын

@@autistickakarot I’ve never ever heard that. May I ask your source?

George didn't start out as a songwriter. He was brought into the band as a lead guitarist. It took a few years for him to catch up to John and Paul. But when the band broke up, he put out a triple album called All Things Must Pass that is pretty damned amazing. It is worth listening to.

@bodsnvimto

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, the title track especially, but I always skip that series of long-winded, self-indulgent instrumentals he and his mates subject us to.

@MsAppassionata

6 ай бұрын

@@bodsnvimto That’s just a jam album. The meat is in the other two discs.

This is the album that changed EVERYTHING.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

I can definitely see why

@tonyhemphill5366

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage have you done Revolver yet Andre? The album after this and after abbey rd i think its their best album.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyhemphill5366 yes! One if my favorite albums

@tonyhemphill5366

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage i was watching your Abbey rd reaction today and saw that you had done it ages ago

@scottamichie

8 ай бұрын

Yes changed pop/rock going forward, but…don’t denigrate their original 62-64 breakout stuff. It too was groundbreaking-a complete breakout from the tired old 1959-62 corporate solo singers w backup bands. There’s a REASON WHY they took the world by storm in ‘63-64.

"Oh, those harmonies!" How many times have I said that to myself when listening to the Beatles?

Wow..when John sings lead and Paul+George are on harmonies ..oh my word!!!!

@wallacecallow2255

Жыл бұрын

You are aware that George sings lead on this, I assume?

In My Life is one of the most popular Beatles songs. The keyboard part in the middle is not a harpsichord but a piano recorded at half speed and then played back at regular speed so as to match the rhythm of the rest of the instruments. It gives it a harpsichord sound.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love it

The crazy thing is there is only FOUR YEARS between Rubber Soul and Abbey Road! The Beatles made 11 or 12 albums in the span of 8 years. And all of them are pretty damn good. Not many bands have that kind of output- back then or even now!

@colinebied-charreton1343

Жыл бұрын

Incredible. So many great sounds and voices in such a short span of time. Truly unique.

@vickjr98

Жыл бұрын

They'll always be the greatest

@guitarguy7487

11 ай бұрын

When u actually think about the fact that it was that short of time makes the Beatles even more legendary. It’s hard to make such great music to become with, let alone the fact it was all in such a short time.

Its a little harder to spot the growth in this album because you were exposed to their later stuff first. I wish i had seen you react from their first album onward to really track their evolution but still great to see you be introduced to their music nonetheless. 👍🏼

@ArniePorter

Жыл бұрын

It’s definitely the best way to be introduced to The Beatles music.

@debborahpollard9436

Жыл бұрын

George Harrison was lead guitar.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

I think I’m the time since this album has grew on me more

@johannesvalterdivizzini1523

Жыл бұрын

Good point. It's the path of logic to see progression. I LOVE their early songs, don't get me wrong, but when they decided with Rubber Soul to spend more time in the studio instead of grueling live concert tours, they went through a major evolution of creativity. I honestly didn't understand it all at the time (I was 9) and had gone through 3 years of listening to the incredibly catchy "Beatlemania" era songs as what I expected--and this was so different.

Yes, Rubber Soul is definitely not an experimental album compared to their later ones, but as an exercise in the craft of songwriting, it is unparalleled in its elegance and beauty.

@jnagarya519

10 ай бұрын

It's their "pot" LP -- so certainly experimental.

Got this album for Xmas and drove my parents crazy, listening to it over and over and over again. Thanx Santa!

my dear, there will come a time in your life when hearing IN MY LIFE will bring you to tears.

Ringo's timing on "Run For Your Life" is amazing". He's a machine.

About the "albums of the time," Rubber Soul was a huge breakthrough. Hear how many different directions they are exploring, how many incredibly innovative things are going on here.

Early Beatles were all about the joy. You picked the right word out of the atmosphere: 'joyful'. Rubber Soul was their first step into serious exploration, so you have the album here where they were just opening the door to their later development, but there is still that pop magic from the early years. After this album the sky was the limit. And Paul's voice and songwriting gets me right here too! In In My Life, the musical interlude was George Martin - the producer - playing a piano, and it was sped up.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Just absolutely amazing music!!!

George is awesome on guitar.. He's really underrated..

You gotta listen to the white album

@alittlebitoflight

Жыл бұрын

And then the Grey Album, just for fun.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Next up!

@deborahdean

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree, the White Album is groundbreaking. It may be my favorite Beatles album.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

@@deborahdean it’s a beast, but still editing it!

@Kos0818

Жыл бұрын

@@deborahdean same here

Yes, the instrument in Norwegian Wood is a sitar, and that song is the first time an Indian string instrument had ever been recorded in western music. Yet another innovation from the Beatles!

The solo on In My life was producer George Martin playing piano, the tape sped up so it sounds like a harpsichord

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

That’s so freaking cool!

What a fun reaction to watch!! I am a Beatlemaniac since I was 10 yo and it was such a pleasure watching you react to the Beatles’ magic! +1 sub! :)

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

fully agree that Girl is a super sexy song, not enough people acknowledge that in my opinion lol

Rubber Soul is my favorite album! I was a teenager when the Beatles hit the scene. So awesome to grow up during the 60’s and 70’s! Best music generation!! Thanks for your reaction ❤️☮️👵🏼

I’ve listened to this album 1,000’s of times, but it was a real treat listening to your initial reaction. You are a very articulate and perceptive listener and music critic. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks.

@rjisasavage

10 ай бұрын

This comment made my day! Thank you so much for watching! This is such a good album! I’m excited to get back into filming more

"If I Needed Someone" has always been my favourite track from Rubber Soul. "Norwegian Wood" comes a good second

About the concept album thing, I'd call it a naturally occurring accidental concept album. Their songs before this point were mostly bubble-gum sugar-coated love songs somewhat pandering to the pre-teen girls who were obsessively in love with them, and this was the moment that they matured and more artistically broke away from conventions, expectations, and superficialities, so it's almost like them subconsciously going "Actually, no, here's the opposite side of all that BS, all the perspectives you don't want to think about-- relationships are often also dark, ugly, soul-crushing, self-interested, distant, manipulative, and even outright abusive."

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

This is amazing!

@jnagarya519

Жыл бұрын

"Their songs before this point were mostly bubble-gum sugar-coated love songs" You mean, of course, the songs you haven't heard and ignore because others mischaracterize them from an uninformed view of fake sophistication. IN FACT, "The Beatles" hit the US at #1, booked it, and everyone else chased them but never caught them. From the beginning their songs were SUPERIOR to all others. Clue: When "The Beatles" first walked into the studio they were just another unknown pop group. That view persisted through their first LP. It took time for them to sufficiently prove themselves -- their first LP was #1 in England for MONTHS -- to be replaced at #1 by their second LP. And sufficient time to learn the ropes and have sufficient power to begin to have their way. Meanwhile, their songwriting was SUPERIOR from the beginning. Between their first LP and "Revolver" were THREE YEARS. You won't have the least clue their astonishing evolution during those three years if you can't be bothered to begin at the beginning with their first LP and singles.

@richardkhchang

Жыл бұрын

@@jnagarya519 Holy rabidly defensive Beatles fan. First, I said mostly. They certainly had flashes of these kinds of themes present in Rubber Soul before then, but it was usually the exception, not the rule. It was a gradual process, but Rubber Soul was certainly a liberating explosion of sorts. Second, you seem to be making an argument about how the stuff before Rubber Soul was good (not sure why you're using popularity as evidence, though-- obviously they were popular). Bubble-gum sugar-coated love songs can still be good, charming, and well written. But they were clearly playing to their audience and careful not to alienate them TOO much, as well.

@jnagarya519

Жыл бұрын

@@richardkhchang I was 15 when "The Beatles" hit the US at #1. They booked it, everyone -- including "The Beach Boys," which until then had been the bee's knees -- chased them, but none ever caught them. And I'm not talking about "themes"; I'm talking about sheer quality of both lyric and music. Classical composer Elmer Berstein made a TV special defending them and praising their music. I believe it's available on youtube.

@richardkhchang

Жыл бұрын

​@@jnagarya519 If you're not talking about themes, then you're literally arguing with phantoms, because themes were the only subject that the comment you replied to was about (the "concept" of an arguable unintended concept album). I agree that musically, and in terms of technical writing ability, they were sound from the beginning.

This was the first album I ever bought. Still love it. I hope they remix it soon and give it the proper stereo treatment.

This album is a stand out for great John Lennon songs: Girl, In My Life, Nowhere Man...but we start to see Paul coming into his own with songs like Michelle and I'm Looking Through You. In my opinion, when we get to Revolver, Paul has caught up to John and really shows his versatility in vocals and melody.

@skiptrace1888

Жыл бұрын

I think the Beatles peaked musically with these 2 albums!

@betsyab121

Жыл бұрын

@@skiptrace1888 But they won the Grammy for their most experimental album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! For me, this is their summit. However, Abbey Road is damned terrific, too!

@ewest14

5 ай бұрын

Paul was on par with John from the beginning. Please Please Me - Many would say I Saw Her Standing There is the best original song on the album With the Beatles - All My Loving is the best and most would agree A Hard Day’s Night - John has more songs but Paul’s three songs are just as good as any John song on the album Help - Yesterday

Just found you and subscribed. Love your personality, you see much more genuine in your reactions than many others. I grew up with the earliest Beatles and Rubber Soul is one of my favorites, I liked mostly the same songs you did, for their harmony and soulfulness!

Your reaction to ‘In My Life‘ was beautiful, I wish I could see myself the first time I heard it, the most beautiful song my ears have heard.

@rjisasavage

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

You cried,..... because your know BEATLE LOVE we All cried ❤

@rjisasavage

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Paul McCartney has a really soulful voice he is also able to pull of a really cool rock voice like on Long Tall Sally, Got to Get You Into My Life and Oh! Darling

I grew up to their music starting in 1964. I love to see the younger generation discover their greatness. Best that ever was or will be!

My favourite album. Great job reviewing!

The Nowhere Man is used in the Yellow Submarine Movie

In my life is such a Beautiful and Meaningful song that it can be played at a wedding or a funeral

IMO their greatest album, my personal favorite.

The way they split the instruments had to do with the limitations of the equipment. This is recorded on a four-track tape, which means that you're very limited in what you could do in the mixing. Stereo was also very new technology and they were still "inventing the vocabulary" of it, if you know what I mean. Besides hearing the Beatles innovate musically through their career, they were also pushing the limits of the technology as well.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Going down this journey continues to blow my mind

@jasonremy1627

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage if you really want to hear an album where they make masterful use if stereo technology, from only about 5-6 years after this, check out "Led Zeppelin II"

In my life is a masterpiece. It’s so calming 😌

One the best Beatles reaction I’ve seen bro.

There is not a bad song on Rubber Soul but I think "In my life" is a standout!

If you haven’t already, Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour are another two amazing albums by them :)

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Love Sgt Pepper

@samguberman2288

Жыл бұрын

Magical mystery tour is up there with Sgt Pepper

I also suggest that you look at all the TV and film footage of these guys playing live so that you can watch them on stage performing this watch how they share the mics how crisp and perfect they are. You get a real sense of how professional they are.

timeless genius...and In My Life is just beautiful in every way.

By far my favorite album as a whole! I know we don't consume music in that format much anymore, but this one is the full package.

Enjoying your joy of discovering these sonic treasures. So much innovation combined with deep respect for the history of composition and the blending of cultures that became the many variations of 20 th century popular music. As others have suggested, A hard day's night and Help are early albums by them with many outstanding songs. Also, Jimi Hendrix and Rush would be good to discover and analyze. Lots more of the classic era that will blow your mind. Thanks for sharing.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

Hey Andre. This my second Beatles album reaction I’ve watched of yours and I joined your Patreon so I could see you react to the complete songs. I’ve really enjoyed your reactions especially how much you get into and appreciate the music. I grew up with the Beatles from a very young age of eight and would listen to my teenage sisters albums as soon as they came out. This by the way has turned out to my favourite Beatles album although Revolver is a close second. It seems like older Beatles fans like me seem to have a greater appreciation for their earlier albums 1964-66 than younger fans who seem to like the Sgt Peppers through Abbey Road period more. This album has the great song writing that you mentioned and is also so diverse in it’s song mix. The album was known for it’s marijuana influence and acoustic guitar sounds. It’s amazing to think how many musical genres they covered with these songs: Drive My Car - Rock and Roll, Norwegian Wood - Folk, You Won’t See Me - Motown/Soul, Nowhere Man - Folk Rock with Jangly Guitar, Think for Yourself - Folk Rock w/ Fuzz Base, The Word - Funk, Michelle - Pop Ballad, What Goes On - Country and Western, Girl - Folk with Klezmer/Arabian influence, I’m Looking Through You - Folk Rock, In My Life - Pop/R&B, Wait - Soul/R&B, If I needed Someone - Folk Rock, Run for Your Life - Country and Western. Rubber Soul is one of the first records to be have used the album as an art form rather than just a collection of songs. You have mentioned that is a bit unfair to have listened to their later albums first as they were using more sophisticated recording techniques, experimental sounds and imaginative lyrics in their music. It probably isn’t the best way to understand the musical progression in their music especially since their early music which does may not sound that sophisticated today was still a huge leap from the pop/rock and roll songs that proceeded it. My suggestion would be to go back earlier still to their first album of all original songs A Hard Days Night and go forward from their to better understand where they came from and where they were heading. Enjoying taking this journey with you.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Hello Arnie, sorry it’s taken me so long to get back. First, thank you for watching and joining me on Patreon. It means the world. I’m so excited to go back and listen to their older albums, as well as some other albums from the time period. Thank you for all of this info around the album. It makes it so much better. I really love living in the artists world and this helps me to get into that mind set. Thank you for getting into the music with me and I’m happy to share more moments and even later down the line, react with y’all, so thank you. The Beatles really are one of/if not THE BEST bands of all time.

@ArniePorter

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage No problem Andre. Enjoy the journey man.

Nah, "If I needed Someone" is fire. And you're right, "You Wont See Me" is such an underrated track. And "In My Life" is one of the Beatles great tracks of all time. On most fans top 10. Another great review. Watching your reviews brings me back to listening to this stuff when I was a kid. (I'm only 43, grew up listening to the beatles in the 90's). Nowhere Man is such a great track too.

You're bloody fantastic. I think i only find 1-2 great channels per a 6 month period

How did I not see this until just now?

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

They blocked until today!

@garretteulett8600

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage Ah

@buddyneher9359

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage been waiting!

@lancelot771

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage damn that sucks. No wonder the views are so little compared to your other beatles reactions 😭. Just keep doing the videos no matter what pls

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

@@lancelot771 thank you! New video this week! ❤️

I would go home and listen to this album when I was in elementary school and my sister came home later so I've heard it like a thousand times. These songs really grow on you You think you like them now. Keep on going don't give up listen to them all. We're right there with you.

21:58: *groovy ahh piano solo* "Is that a xylophone?"

Great work ❤️

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for tuning in and listening with me!

I love the twist at the end of Drive My Car.

Paul is def the most soulful ❤ You are also correct in that you should have listened to their albums in order to understand and appreciate the growth. This was experimental at the time. It will def grow on you as you listen, trust me :) I’ll find your other Beatles reactions but know that George ended up writing 3 of their best songs!

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Which do you think are the best three?

@reinacarbetta388

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage My favorite 5 songs (no way to pick a “best” Beatles song) are: #1 “Something” (George song) #2 “Here, There and Everywhere (Paul song) #3 “All My Loving (Paul song) #4 She Loves You (Lennon-McCartney song) #5 Hello, Goodbye (Paul song) “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (George song) is in my top 10. And “Here Comes the Sun” (George song) is the most streamed Beatles song on Spotify. I’m def a Paul gal but George really started giving Lennon-McCartney a run for their money. He became a fabulous writer.

Andre I love the way you reatck to the Beatles ✝️☮️

Killin' it Andre. Totally agree

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yet another marvellous album of the Beatles. So... so Beatles

IN MY LIFE, ONE OF 2 BEST BEATLES SONG IN MY HO

"Drive My Car" is not on the North American version of this album. It's not my fave song either, and I grew up with a different track listing that I prefer. The American album opens with "I've Just Seen a Face" which I love 🙂

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

I’ll do a quickie to that!

@miguelgalindo4529

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage if you listen to the album before this, “HELP”, you can hear it there. It is originally on that album but US record companies were weird and always messed with how albums were initially.

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

Жыл бұрын

Whenever I hear the UK version, I miss the false start on I'm Looking Through You.

In My Life--What the fuck, indeed! Simply amazeballs.

Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out was the corresponding single released on the same day Rubber Soul. Recorded at the same time. As with Paperback Writer/Rain and it's corresponding album Revolver.

Absolutely agree with your ranking. I’ve been listening to the Beatles for 25+ years

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I can definitely relate to the feeling of listening to Abbey Road for the first time and having it quickly become a favorite! Great video!

The reason for the goofy mix on Rubber Soul, vocals all the way to the right on Girl for example, is because this album was only supposed to be heard in mono. They only had a 4 track tape deck so if they wanted to use 8, 10 or 32 tracks they had to use primitive sound-on-sound recording. Now that Revolver has had each of it's tracks separated by Peter Jackson and remixed for the 21st Century, Rubber Soul will most likely get the treatment next. It should be a revelation.

George Harrison really came into his own songwriting-wise around Abbey Road and Let It Be.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Gotta check out Let It Be!

@MsAppassionata

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage He came into his own before that. He wrote “Taxman”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and other songs before either of those albums.

@ripped181

Жыл бұрын

​@@MsAppassionata Even his songs on Rubber Soul are amazing.

One of my favourite albums of all time.

I like hearing an interpretation from another generation you are so right on thank you I was just a 10 year old when I first heard it and it is still just as fresh

Maybe my favorite Beatles album.😍

Very good point! Compare this music to what else was available. This stood Head and Shoulders above everybody else.

This is my favorite Beatles album. Revolver close second. Glad you have had a change of tune on the Beatles :)

Andre, it was John who had the true soulful voice in The Beatles. He brought the Motown covers into their set - Isley Brothers, Smokey Robinson, Barrett Strong, Arthur Alexander, The Marvelettes, The Shirelles. Check out the early Please Please Me and With The Beatles albums from 1963. George Harrison sang covers of hits by The Donays and The Cookies on those albums as well.

@ewest14

5 ай бұрын

Paul’s voice was definitely the most soulful

A couple years back I was driving back from a show we'd gone to see with a friend of mine who's also a musician. He's more into punkrock and casually aware of the Beatles but not a hardcore fan. Anyways, the album came up in the playlist and he quickly pointed out how fresh it sounded! Such a great album!! Also, about What Goes On... If you come across a drummer saying that Ringo sucks, get him to play that and if he gets through the piece without setting his forearms on fire from that shuffle ask him what he thinks of him then....

Yes you have to listen to it again ✝️☮️💯

Andre, don't sweat it. Your reactions are authentic and well thought out. BUT! Believe me, you will probably grow to love the songs you were initially ambivalent about because The Beatles are just great song-writers. Albums like Rubber Soul just grow on you and it starts to become like a "soundtrack for your life", so to speak. Keep going! Please listen to the album "Help!" It's really great!

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

I have definitely grown to love it! Thank you for your kind words!

Oh and another thing about the Beatles is this music back then they just sounded so much more mature and more real than other artists of the time There was something really different about them very personal lyrics and experiencing life and sharing it with us.

The smile fading in the beginning of girl 😭😂

@rjisasavage

9 ай бұрын

Right

The best way to go with Beatles is listen to their first album first, and then just go chronologically. That's what I did this spring. Listened to Please Please Me a couple of times, then moved to the next. Then the next. At the point I reached Abbey Road, it blew my mind. I discovered the Beatles THIS YEAR! - I'd heard a few songs here and there, but never fully. I thought they were overrated. How wrong I was.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Wish I would’ve done that

Both Paul and John were very influenced by Black music, but their focus is definitely in slightly different places. Like you noted, Paul was the biggest soul guy, while John was heavily into blues. And obviously they all loved Chuck Berry and other early rock'n'rollers.

I like seeing you react to things I know are coming and all the parts I really like, too, as you go, " whaat was that???!!! Wow!! Thats so cool!" Etc.

@rjisasavage

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! That means a lot!

epic songwriters, epic vocals, epic musicians, all wrapped in one album that was way ahead of its time. Superior even today against anything produced since it was made.

What incredible is that most of the singles they released (most of which went to number one) are not in the albums. So as rubber soul was released that had hits with a songs like ‘Day Tripper’ and ‘We can Work it Out’

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Oooooo. I’ll make videos to these

I thank my father for introducing me to The Beatles. I also want to say that Rubber Soul is hands down my favorite Beatles album from start to finish

@yogasoce

6 ай бұрын

My late father was always hates the beatles.. but he loves Elvis Presley 😅

Dude, you need to hear the Beatles "Second Album". It will give you the excitement of early Beatlemania

Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album! there’s a warmth to it like you said, but it’s also complex and the songs are so expertly crafted. It’s that mid point where their music was still sweet but was starting to get into the incredible instrumentation and production that would be the trademark of their career into their later albums (they even quit touring just to focus on making studio albums not long after this). In My Life is timeless and still brings tears to my eyes. Norwegian Wood is my most played song of all time because it’s such a unique vibe, and immediately I knew it was so different from any of their previous music and just sounds so modern: Abstract lyrics about an affair, the sitar, the unusual structure and syncopation. It sounds like an alternative/indie song that could come out today! Think For Yourself has such biting lyrics and really brings George’s lyricism to the forefront. I’m Lookin Through You is the same for Paul. I was born in the 90s so obviously I wasn’t around to witness how they evolved in real time, but it’s a fun exercise to listen to all their discography in order to hear the progression. Everyone says that if you had to cut the Beatles’ career in half in terms of really doing groundbreaking stuff, it started with Rubber Soul. They pulled in influences from folk music (Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, I’m Looking Through You), soul/motown (Drive My Car), Even country western (What Goes On) and still made it something uniquely them that would carry on throughout the rest of their career. And maybe part of my love for it is because I’ve done some reading on it that has colored my view of it as a historically significant album too. Not even a year after this comes Revolver and you can hear hints of that huge leap in production/instrumentation/experimentation. You even hear the beginnings of psychadelia in here too. That’s why after this album came out people like Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson took notice and stepped their game up. It forced a lot of people to realize The Beatles weren’t just a pop band topping the charts because they were cute and made catchy songs, they were also serious musicians and trendsetters. They were bringing new things to pop music that meant the entire world had to rethink what pop could be.

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

As someone also born in the 90’s, I love this analysis and your love for the music. It’s just incredible that these soundscapes that they made in the 60’s still hit and transcend even today. For someone who use to make fun of them, I get the hype and have thoroughly enjoyed every album

@alexd6154

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage ha, same I always thought they had to be overhyped but once I made my way through their catalog I really “got” it. I already watched some of your other react videos on them and it took me back to when I was first discovering them too! Trust me, the more you listen the more cool sonic things you discover in the music, especially since they have such a wide variety of music styles. I think that’s what truly sets them apart from other bands of the era (and in history) because while I love other music from that time like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc., some of it does end up sounding kind of “same”-y. The Beatles were genre-bending before that was even a thing! They had the balls to try out different stuff and not box themselves into what their label thought would sell, THEY decided what would sell. And I think that effect has trickled down to artists even today. for example, Beyoncé wouldn’t be able to do what she does without that precedent! Same goes for Kanye, Kendrick and any number of innovators out there. And speaking of, I know you’re covering the White Album soon but also have to say they kind of put “sampling” as we know it today on the map with that too! Except back then they had to physically splice together tapes. Just another example of how they really changed the landscape of music. That’s why their legacy remains so huge after so many decades later. Anyway love these videos and hoping to watch more!

@alexd6154

Жыл бұрын

@@rjisasavage also if you’re into the concept album idea I’d recommend David Bowie’s album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars from 1972 - another artist (heavily inspired by The Beatles) who played around with music styles and genre. Amazing stuff! Maybe you could make it another reaction video.

You should listen to 'Think For Yourself' a couple more times. It's a great song. Really.

I heard these albums as they were released, so my love for this album relates to the time it was released. It was GREAT for the time!!! So melodic.. killer harmonies, drums just right. Its like "rock in the woods." Just remember how it started and how you thought every song was getting better and better. It sounds like you hit a peak and went downhill a bit, on your liking of it. Listen to the first 2/3 of this album, and you may remember how jizzed you were about it.

My favorite album

Would love to see your reaction to Magical Mystery Tour, its uhhh a real trip for sure hahaha

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

As soon as UMG stops blocking my Beatles videos, I’ll have it up!

Grewing up on beatles from day 1 of my life, rubber soul was one of my favourites. Norwegian wood and girl are outstanding. When you go through from all the beginning of their work, you'll hear them get "trickier" and more playful on rubber soul. Album happened after they met Bob Dylan. Even before they were high class artists. But here their real growth started

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

This album grows on me more and more everyday!

"Think For Yourself" is a great song - great melody, vocals, lyrics and instrumentals. I'm really surprised you don't like it. I think it's one of the best songs on Rubber Soul. It's just as good as "Norwegian Wood", "Michelle" and other well-known Lennon-McCartney songs from this album. The other George song, "If I Needed Someone", is excellent too in my opinion.

@rjisasavage

11 ай бұрын

I don't know! I just wasn't really feeling it!

Interesting fact: At the end of 1999, someone did a countdown of the best 100 songs of the 20th century. "In my life" was no.1.

Classical piano it is on In My Life. The Beatles be the GOAT!! From my City of Liverpool!!

@linjicakonikon7666

Жыл бұрын

Not the GOAT, the BEST. Goat is a silly juvenile slang term that needs to be retired.

@jefffoster7105

Жыл бұрын

@Linjica Konikon Greatest Of All Time . GOAT. Butt out.

Is really intersting how you ask if this was a conceptual album beacause it was not, but is probably the first rock/pop album that embrace that feeling back in the 60s, when this album came out one man gets that exact vibe from Rubber Soul and in his facination for repply and compite whit that idea creates the masterpiece album name Pet Sounds, his name is Brian Wilson song writer, composer and producer of The Beach Boys... for you to have an idea of the importance of this work in the Beatles career, thanks to interviews made to Lennon/McCartney and his producer George Martin is knowin that the Pet Sounds was the main musical inspiration for they to respond with singles like Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever and the Sgt. Peppers Album. You should check on that:)

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I love Pet Sounds and SRGT Pepper!

'Think for Yourself' is probably my favorite song on the album. It's a George Harrison song, and like Lennon, his songs were sometimes more mysterious and sinister than McCartney's. It will grow on you. That fuzz bass he used was an innovation, and quite a sound!

@rjisasavage

Жыл бұрын

I hope so!

Love Paul's soul songs!

Regarding the concept album discussion, Sgt. Pepper is the album that popularized concept albums, and this is not a concept album. There are quite a lot of songs about relationship issues, with the last song being about John's jealousy. However, in my mind, lots of Beatles songs take place in the same area, a large-ish town near the sea, and I imagine the lyrics taking place around this town. Even if these songs take place in different areas or don't even mention where, they could just be in a house or apartment in this town. Yellow Submarine starts off with "In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea", and I think I started thinking of their catalogue as all taking place in that town. Sexy Sadie and Cry Baby Cry from the White Album give off similar vibes to me, and I imagine Sadie as a resident of the castle(?) that Cry Baby Cry takes place around.

Huge step in Beatles progression. John's songs Girl, Nowhere Man, In My Life and Norwegian Wood alone would amount to a Hall of Fame career if he never wrote another!! By the way, the instrumental in In My Life is Beatles genius producer George Martin on piano (recorded at half speed) then played back at double to sound like a harpsicord and match the tempo!!

fun fact: run for life lyrics “id rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man" is inspired by a song called baby let's play house by elvis

@annakermode6646

Жыл бұрын

Everyone ignores that fact!

"The Beatles" ALWAYS had fun.

#11. is my daughter's fav ..