Imagine being called lazy and leaving the legacy of Music John has in his short life? haha

They were so awesome

Paul was a talented popsong-writer but John was a genious who came up with wery personal songs that could hit you

@patriciaedwards5183

10 күн бұрын

Paul McCartney is a musical genius hits all the points, John was a self described genius who had a unique way with words and a feel for melody who had a laugh at people taking his writing as seriously about himself. Working Class Hero from a middle class lad? Imagine about giving up all possessions from a multi millionaire who owned five apartments one of which was for his and Yoko's furs and jewelry, literally. So a hypocrite telling people how to live with no intention of doing so himself. Both men are genius but John was not truth personified and as a matter of fact was a self confessed liar. Neither of them was perfect and just because John was murdered and Paul lived does not make John Lennon some sort of demi god

@64fairlane305

9 күн бұрын

@@patriciaedwards5183 There is obviously a lot you do not see. I do not envy him his wealth. I see John as an interesting person, someone I could like to spend time with. He was wild and genious like I am, not afraid to speak his mind. Paul is not interesting as a person to me, there is no fire in him.

@patriciaedwards5183

9 күн бұрын

@@64fairlane305 Obviously John would disagree with you, he and Paul became closer than mere friends or brothers because of their similarities rather than there differences. Too many people are foolish enough to play Paul McCartney short. That's totally your loss, I feel sorry for you and of course you know John would kick your butt for disrespecting his best friend no matter what he himself might say

@patriciaedwards5183

9 күн бұрын

@@64fairlane305 Btw I owned a 1964 Fairlane 500 back in the day lol 😆

@dggydddy59

9 күн бұрын

​@@64fairlane305I would think a self-described genius such as yourself would at least know how to properly spell the word.

Just listening to Revolver right now as KZread recommend this. They're onto me

@flickingbollocks5542

11 күн бұрын

Their best ever album. Imho

The anecdotes I've heard of John out on the town is that he was a tireless partier. That he'd go on for days without sleep. Not surprising that when he crashed that he stayed down for the count.

Nice to hear real narration :)

@BeatlesBible1

8 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Iemonzinger

3 күн бұрын

@@mikespector2 He just has an accent lol

I Am just happy that they ebded on abby rooaod which was crazy good !

This song was quite the fit for my 15 year old self when this came out ! 😎

Yeah,I'm only sleeping 😴👍I like this Song very much .thank you for this Video, from Germany, Ellen ✌❤

Agreed the backwards guitar solo by Geroge in the song is brilliant but it took him many hours to nail it and that's the wonder of the Beatles' music at that time...they would commit hours to getting something just right, the way they envisioned it...good video...thank you

@michaelharrington75

11 күн бұрын

Geoff Emerick didn't seem to appreciate it? I can see why George didn't like him.

Thank you for showing ❤

Love you ringo

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend ❤❤😊❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

@BeatlesBible1

8 күн бұрын

Thank you! You too!

When you read Martin Lewison’s seminal The Beatles Recording Session you realized how hard these guys worked in a short 8 years of their career. Almost every day they were in the recording studio for a minimum of 8 hours usually overnight and in the early days the nonstop touring, shows, live and TV appearances. Today everyone makes an album every 4 years but these guys were churning out an album a year and then singles which usually were not included on the albums. John always said he loved being in bed and operating out of his bed even till the end of his life, but I truly can understand that when he achieved more in his short 40 years of life than most of us will ever achieve in a dozen lifetimes.

@louiebee6745

3 күн бұрын

That's Mark Lewisohn but good point!

According to paul he probably wrote imagine too

@lfcladeira

9 күн бұрын

That was actually Forrest Gump

@Larrymh07

7 күн бұрын

😁

@louiebee6745

3 күн бұрын

Paul wrote Give Peace A Chance too.

Amazing magic. . .💥🪄🎶

In the US this was one of three new songs on the album "Yesterday and Today" (the infamous butcher cover). Nineteen sixty-six was definitely the peak of their creativity.

@joesmith6357

12 күн бұрын

Disagree. 66-70

@piotrq7150

11 күн бұрын

​@@joesmith635767 for Lennon probably

Thanks for the background on this track. Considering the unfamiliar sounds on "Revolver", I wonder if George Martin or any of The Beatles were aware of the 1955 demonstration album "Strange To Your Ears - The Fabulous World Of Sound With Jim Fassett". Maybe it inspired songs on the 1957 album "André Popp Présente Elsa Popping Et Sa Musique Sidérante" (later released in the US as Elsa Popping And Her Pixieland Band's "Delirium in Hi-Fi" (1958) -- who is actually André Popp, with crazy engineer Pierre Fatosme. The backward recorded vocals on 'La Polka Du Roi' and instrumentation on 'La Polka Du Colonel' give parts of these recordings a ghostly quality. If only someone could have documented the effort required for this album.

paul rewriting history again

@michaelharrington75

11 күн бұрын

Yeah, and Geoff Emerick talking smack about George as a guitarist. Emerick always talked as if George was a second rate musician!

@BeatlesBible1

8 күн бұрын

In what way?

@michaelharrington75

8 күн бұрын

@@BeatlesBible1 John waa interviewed by Hit Parader Magazine in 1972, and said he wrote I’m Only Sleeping,by himself. When Paul's biography came out after John died he said he helped John write it.

@notoriousbid3169

7 күн бұрын

​@@michaelharrington75John misremembered a lot of things... I think John did this purposely to be "contrary." Beatles were on a very hectic pace from '63-'66... It is "possible" to unintentionally get things wrong as you recall them... Take any family gathering and re-tell a story, and you will be corrected... By someone who may NOT recall it as well as you do... And none of us were on the hectic schedules that The Beatles were (touring-performing/movies/song-writing/recording)!! When you work as a group, musicians contribute bits and pieces, here and there... George has been given credit for the intro to "And I Love Her." I'm sure a lot of that may occur in studio!! As a musician, I know... You have a standard way of playing a tune and one day, you make "a mistake," of which you would never have envisioned, which turns out to be an improvement on a key or pivotal part!! This is what music is (for creative folks)... I don't think that any rivalry gets that bad where you actually want to steal the credit of a Beatle "co-worker." Money's still gonna be the same!!

@notoriousbid3169

7 күн бұрын

​@@michaelharrington75You could argue that Paul contributed to the writing of "Something" with the fantastic bass-line which George DIDN'T prefer!! It's a great sound!!

Nice vídeo! I think by "timbre" you mean "tone". Took me a while to learn that one too.

Now that you mention it, it makes sense that John would compose "Watching the Wheels" as a sequel to I'm Only Sleeping". Previously, partly because of being gifted with an Alan Aldridge volume of Illustrated Beatles lyrics, I thought the sequel was "I'm So Tired". It's great to take stock in the idea of "I'm Only Sleeping" being the inaugural instance when the Beatles Incorporated tape manipulation as pioneered by John Cage and Karlhentz Stackhouse into their production style. I always knew that was something they learned from those two composers.

@alexlifeson6917

12 күн бұрын

It's not a sequel.

@user-jb4uj9jm9s

11 күн бұрын

All pop songs are reash

@ericbgordon1575

11 күн бұрын

Do you want to play think that's true, @@user-jb4uj9jm9s?

@patriciaedwards5183

10 күн бұрын

Paul was the one doing the tape loops, etc and yes he was an admirer and acquaintance of Cage and Stockhausen

Oh please!

Lenny in his prime.

@michelottaviani3296

11 күн бұрын

Who is Lenny?

I grew up with the American LP version of Revolver, which didn’t even include I’m Only Sleeping. I didn’t hear the song until years later. Incomprehensible decision by the label.

@davidjordan2336

10 күн бұрын

Capitol had already issued it (along with And Your Bird Can Sing and Dr Robert) as part of the Yesterday and Today LP, so it wouldn't have made sense to also include it on Revolver. What's less understandable is why they didn't replace those songs with Paperback Writer and Rain.

If you haven’t already, please do a “making of” video for Nowhere Man ❤ If you have, please give me the link 🙏

@BeatlesBible1

8 күн бұрын

I already have!

One of my favorite Beatles songs, but I never heard this song until Revolver came out on CD. I'm Only Sleeping, Dr Robert and And Your Bird Can Sing were not on the original American vinyl release in 1966.

@rossdelain1645

6 күн бұрын

Are you Sleeping, Are you Sleeping, Brother John , Brother John...

Final comment worth a thumbs up!

Including their Hamburg days they were just tired from 5 years of non-stop touring, filming, and recording etc, etc. Not to mention smoking pot makes you sleepy.

K. Scouser here. about to comment. No bias man. 'Cept for the fact that..................

I think John's laziness is why Paul 'took leadership' of the band (John probably thought that Paul had). In short, John couldn't necessarily be relied to carry the band forward like he did before.

@michaelparks6120

12 күн бұрын

Ko ruined John

@BeatlesBible1

12 күн бұрын

True

5:09 Incredible to think the idea of taking a whole day to record the first backward guitar solo on a masterpiece song on a masterpiece album still regarded as such 60 years later was regarded as "internamable". Bands ended up taking a week to get the snare drum sounding right

I can certainly understand the who is the boss of the band type malarky....who is will become apparent 😊

I quit smoking so yo do this to me ???

@BeatlesBible1

12 күн бұрын

😂 Sorry

Not sure if inspired by the Beatles, but Led Zeppelin released a song completely in reverse. Don't remember the title atm, it is b-side of a single.

I thought it was Rain that John played backwards ?!

This was John lennon's song 100% .... the guitar, the concept, the lyrics, the whole thing. Paul may have helped with the harmony vocal on the bridge - but this was JOHN's song. Harrison's backward guitar solo was a far greater contribution than anything Paul did here.

To hear Paul tell it John Lennon never wrote jack shit all on his own. He takes full credit for everything he ever sung lead on. And poor John just couldn't finish anything without him.

@hw343434

12 күн бұрын

Paul rewriting history as usual

@mevdinc

11 күн бұрын

Such comments are so unnecessary. Everybody knows John Lennon was every bit as good as Paul and personally I think even better. Paul certainly didn't help Lennon with Imagine, Jealous Guy, How Do You Sleep, Beautiful Boy etc.

@piotrq7150

11 күн бұрын

Fortunately, McCartney didn't deny one thing. Lennon was the leader of the band, Paul admitted as much.

@CraigMalon-xw9th

11 күн бұрын

​@@mevdincinstant karma... starting over...merry Xmas....ALL his songs in the Beatles and outside are ORIGINAL music ideas. When Paul was asked about Johns MUSICALLY SOPHISTICATED "IF I FELL", the bastard sarcastically replied "oh- the one with a million chords in it" HOW IS THAT A BAD THING, PAUL?!?!

@patriciaedwards5183

10 күн бұрын

That's ludicrous, Paul has never said any such thing. The reality is he has usually taken less credit than his due. John Lennon did however claim to have written 90% of Eleanor Rigby while everyone else present in the studio, including Pete Shotton, say his contribution was nil.

I thought the sequel was I'm So Tired.

You forgot, "I'm so Tired". Ha, ha, ha. If I was a millionaire, I would love to have a nap in the middle of the day and have a great sleep at night. Nothing wrong with it.

The basic formats in humans seem to be: Physically Lazy/Intellectually Active Intellectually Lazy/Physically Active Intellectually Lazy/Physically Lazy Physically Active/Intellectually Active And a midway balanced half and half

John wasn’t lazy, he was a night crawler. They would wake up, do dinner and hit the town or do gigs. After a while it catches up with you. 😅

Seems like Paul has a lot of these comments since no one is around to say any different !

@gretchennelson7056

10 күн бұрын

Convenient isn’t it?

@elizabethfonseca922

9 күн бұрын

​@@gretchennelson7056so you think he should be mute.....convenient, huh?

2:46 is that Jagger ?

@BeatlesBible1

12 күн бұрын

Yes 😃

@Bartonfink3434

8 күн бұрын

Meister?

Sounds more like ADHD to me, with a bit of manic depression tossed in. At least that's what it'd be if a 20-something John Lennon existed in current times.

@donquixote3927

12 күн бұрын

Must be an element of coming down from the speed drugs they started taking in Germany. They didn’t have to tour anymore.

Ike??

It would be impossible to be lazy at the height of Beatlemania even if you wanted to be

Lazy like Lennon I wish I was

This and Strawberry Fields, are absolutely my favorite John Tunes

“Interviewer:”When was John Lennon at his best?” Paul:”When he was asleep”😎

@JDubs114

10 күн бұрын

Tbf Paul wrote 2 of his biggest songs while he was asleep

He was sleeping while his first wife was trying to get scraps from him and a few dollars for his young son. The guy was worth $800 million and Julian got scraps. Lennon was not a nice guy. McCartney carried that band when they went into oblivion. Paul was a hit making machine and performer as a solo artist . I saw Paul four times on the 80s and 90s. He was a monster live performer back then anywhere in the world he went

As a not so great Songwriter, I can understand why Lennon was thought to be lazy. However, when your income originates from your own mind, you must be ready for the great ideas when they come.. I am a lifelong Songwriter but, have not made much money at it. It became obvious I would need a job, to continue eating!!

Geoff Emerick's thoughts on George's musical abilities were rude and unfair. It's clear that he didn't like him, but he didn't have to be so mean.

This channel is 100% AI

@BeatlesBible1

7 күн бұрын

This is very much my real voice.

This content is created by AI, no, including an AI narrator? Is the "Beatles Bible" all AI content?

Shame we only have one side of the story

Excellent video Beatles Bible. John said "I said a lot of things." Many times his statements were 180 from each other, effectively making both statements meaningless. Cleave may have been right that he was lazy. But as he also bitterly complained years later (and was supported by the other three Beatles) "I did enough work for three life times." Perhaps, when he wasn't unheathilly overworking dramatically - he was spending every possible moment recovering. AKA, sleeping.

Prolly not apathetic, just run down🤷

@williamfox8795

12 күн бұрын

Prolly? As in “prolly wanna cracker?”

@bluehorizons2508

11 күн бұрын

@ultrakool Who's 'Prolly'? 🤷‍♂️😉

It is amazing to me how many songs McCartney takes credit for writing or inspiring. Almost every song written primarily by Lennon only came out the way it did because Paul was the real creative genius behind it all. Nice work, Paul. Especially now that John and George are both gone and your assertions can go unchallenged.

@williamfox8795

12 күн бұрын

That’s not the conclusion I’ve come to…

@gailg2327

12 күн бұрын

Don’t be ridiculous, triggered much! Thx.

@pavanmamidi7705

12 күн бұрын

Spot on @yataybala4902. Paul is systematically rewriting history, and somewhat deviously taking advantage of the fact that John or George are not there. Historical distortions can arise in several ways. Paul is telling one version of the story, with a great bit of asymmetry in reporting the contributions made by the members. John's solo works are being redescribed as joint pieces, while Paul's solo works are described as byproducts of his individual genius. Paul take great efforts to mention how much he contributed to John's songs, and systematically omits to mention how much John contributed to his songs (except that little "the movement is on your shoulder" of Hey Jude he mentions every now and then). He is even implicitly trying to take credit for the opening bits of strawberry fields (that he plays on the melatron) - when there is another earlier video of John playing the tune on a new instrument. Not only that, Paul's estate works very hard to support this asymmetric narrative...

@CraigMalon-xw9th

11 күн бұрын

Even if that of Paul's credit grabbing is true, his getting Asides vrs. GREAT John songs as Bsides....plus Paul's demeaning of George's songwriting.... Also, there's a rumor Paul went after hours to rerecord some Ringo drum parts....The way he treated Wings members so that 2 quit before Band on the run.... CONTROL FREAK BASTARD.

@steveconn

11 күн бұрын

John had alot of personal trauma, was wearing out on drugs by 66, and Paul had the energy to explore new sounds and the London scene and make things happen. I believe him.

Emerick never had the proper respect for George Harrison, very odd.

I prefer AI commentary

Lol The Beatles didn't write that music it was handed to them they were a boy band they only did the vocals One word: Tavistock!

This song is about acid...

@jchunter21

11 сағат бұрын

It literally says only sleeping

It’s about heroin ?

Not sure why you're making it a competition!! John and Paul were kind of opposites who fed off one another... That's not good enough for you? How 'bout writing a song SO good that you don't even want to take credit for it? 40 years ago, there had already been 200 versions recorded of "Yesterday." That made it, then, the most popular song recorded!!

This is nonsense. John Lennon was the genius who created and led the Beatles to becoming the biggest band of all time. Paul was just not talented enough a songwriter to write a great song about anything (even “that sleepy feeling”) like John did. John could take a magazine title, a poster, a newspaper article, a children’s drawing… anything at all and write an epic song about it. Nobody has ever been able to do that at that level (quality and quantity) ever again

@TheKipperedOne

11 күн бұрын

I don't know why people think Lennon OR McCartney, when Lennon and McCartney are both geniuses. They composed different mataerial but I think that's one of the many things that make the Beatles fantastic, the sheer variety. Not to mention Harrison's amazing songs. Take one Beatle out of the mix and the band is no longer the Beatles.

@user-jb4uj9jm9s

11 күн бұрын

Yes this what l know to be true, Lennon sings most of the songs in the early days,once Yoko arrived on the scene,John no longer had interest in the group,

@CraigMalon-xw9th

11 күн бұрын

@hw343434 You have a brilliant observation there on how he grabbed whatever interesting objects with some message attached and "listened" to it and then interpreted/responded with a musical masterpiece.

@thehomefront1905

11 күн бұрын

Paul was the driving force of the band, John was always strung out on cocaine

@susilgunaratne4267

11 күн бұрын

​@@TheKipperedOne Yes, whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Not the greatest song, just a nice nap song.