Poll: What is your pick for the BEATLES Greatest Song?

@peterd.9978

17 күн бұрын

Revolution

@Code.Name.V

17 күн бұрын

The Long and Winding Road

@Sweet--Richard.4981

17 күн бұрын

That suite on Abbey Road

@rogerdeahl9629

17 күн бұрын

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Honorable Mention -- Eleanor Rigby.

@thetitleisours1

17 күн бұрын

Probably not the best but my personal favorites are "I Feel Fine", "Paperback Writer", and "A Day in the Life". "Elenor Rigby" and "Long and Winding Road" are up there too

I owe my existence to the Beatles, My Mother and Father met on a blind date at the Cavern club in Liverpool during a Beatles show in 62' I was born a little over a year later. I was weaned on the Beatles and they've always held a special place in my heart. I remember we had a promotional copy of Help I listened to over and over, my Mother said she got it at the movie premier, unfortunately it was destroyed in a flood when I was a teenager. All this I learned about 5 years ago when my father was asked by a hospice nurse how he and my mother met, a story that was never related to us kids for almost 50 years. Still love the Beatles and now I know why their music was so prevalent in our household as I was growing up. I always thought it was just because my Mother was from Liverpool (My Father was an American merchant marine) Thanks for letting me share! Keep on rockin my man I really enjoy your videos.

@maryarnold1426

16 күн бұрын

Beautiful story about your parents. My condolences on your loss.

@resurrectionsunday

15 күн бұрын

GOD Bless brother Kurt .. great story and you have a Beatle connection

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

Wonderful story Kurt! Thank you for sharing - you were blessed with a Beatles upbringing!!🤗👍😁

@sunspots6077

11 күн бұрын

How How How COOL!

@mollkatless

9 күн бұрын

Did you grow up in the US or the UK?

Reporter: "How did you find America?" Ringo (Edit, it was John): "Turned left at Greenland."

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Ha ha! Love it.

@josephblue4135

17 күн бұрын

It was John who said that in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT.

@danielolson5378

17 күн бұрын

it was their sense of humour and foremost charisma that George Martin "fell" for when he signed them. He wasn't impressed by their music at least not then. However he most surely had a sixth sense and realized they were a diamond in the rough. He loved working with them during their most creative years 1965-67.

@marktait2371

17 күн бұрын

yes was my favorite ringo george whats it like to be a beatle idunno whats its like not ro be one other reader may ne john hsrd dsys night but havent seen in many years

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

HA! Good one.

Impossible to pick one. Different tracks for different moods. Being from London and now 71, their songs bring back memories now like "In My Life."

@TheWorld_2099

Күн бұрын

That’s beautiful, totally felt that

My aunt was a huge Beatles fan. She came to visit us a when she was a teenager. When the Beatles played their (last) concert at Candlestick Park in SF, she sat on our balcony in Berkeley, looking over the Bay, and cried all night because she was not there. I was very, very young, but I remember Auntie Beth's tears. It brings back both good and sad memories. I still love The Beatles' music. I send my love to Auntie Beth in the afterlife.

@sallyfuller5645

13 күн бұрын

My 4 sons were at that show. It was historic for them. Sorry your Aunt couldn't be there.

@monyx2926

12 күн бұрын

@@sallyfuller5645 Wow!! That is so cool!

@wrightmf

6 күн бұрын

Life magazine had an article about this concert at Candlestick, a photo shows a girl with some lawn in her hand and she is crying, "Ringo walked on this grass!" It must have frustrated your aunt as she missed the last Beatles concert. Some years ago I met an older lady who said she was one of those young girls screaming at the concert. She laughed telling that story.

@monyx2926

3 күн бұрын

@@wrightmf Thank you so much!

But the "Ticket to Ride" verse line "She said that living with me was bringing her down" implies a cohabitational relationship.

@phucknuts

7 күн бұрын

haven't you ever lived with a prostitute...at least for a week to 10 days?...I have

@dobythedog

6 күн бұрын

I thought exactly that!

@howlingwaters2741

5 күн бұрын

Or maybe you just inferred it😂

@JudgeJulieLit

4 күн бұрын

@@howlingwaters2741 I think the podcast overinferred the "prostitutes" interpretation, despite the T. S. Eliotean "objective correlative" of contraindications in the lyrics. Methinks she just bought a transit "ticket to ride" out of the relationship.

@alanfriesen9837

4 күн бұрын

It's possible to cohabitate with a prostitute. Many have done so.

My best memory as a child is when I heard "good day sunshine " for first time on the radio. And it was a very sunny morning.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Awesome memory!

@ChrisTian-rm7zm

16 күн бұрын

I first heard that song as a kid in a honey commercial on TV.

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

One of my favorite Beatles tunes! Like "Penny Lane", it evokes happy feelings!🤗😁

@davebroad642

9 күн бұрын

I remember when Hey Jude was a US hit. Sounded great on my folks Fisher Hi Fi receiver!

@hfjjor3681

7 күн бұрын

I have a similar memory: Running around the playground in first grade singing “I Want to Hold Your Hand” because the other kids were. At the time I didn’t know who the Beatles were. My parents didn’t listen to them, and I was an oldest child - so no exposure to Fab Four yet. But the song was popular at the time. So my first exposure to the Beatles was through the mouths of other children, not the Beatles themselves.

I would turn 4 yrs old in June of 1964. I remember sitting on my dads lap as we watched the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show! He was cool Dad RIP dad, love ya and miss ya.

@georgecullen759

13 күн бұрын

I turned 5 in 64. I remember my dad sitting in his recliner calling my brother and sister to come into the living room to watch Ed Sullivan and the Beatles.

@johnglielmi6428

12 күн бұрын

@@nurknanker6105 Mine was 44

@josephjuno9555

10 күн бұрын

I was 2 yr old and remember watching it too! All those Silly teenage girls fainted and now grand mothers!

@RestingBeachFace

10 күн бұрын

I turned 6 that year, but was not allowed to watch that because my parents thought they were a bad influence. Lol 🤷‍♀️

@Foxx413

9 күн бұрын

I was 4 & my late bro Jerry was 6.

Davy Jones from the Monkees was on that same Ed Sullivan show performing a song from Oliver that he was doing on Broadway at the time (he had a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Artful Dodger). He saw the reaction to the Beatles and decided he "wanted a bit of that-"

@GyppoMarx

5 күн бұрын

And he got it and deserved it too❤

@deekenny602

5 күн бұрын

@@GyppoMarx Yes he did!

@dorseyjack3206

3 күн бұрын

My wife went to the same school as Davy Jones, (Varna St Openshaw Manchester, England) he was a couple of years older. I have a school photo with him on it.

@deekenny602

3 күн бұрын

@@dorseyjack3206 I am convinced that Mark Owen (Oldham Manchester) is the missing link between Davey Jones and Harry Styles.

@bob7975

2 күн бұрын

I could be wrong, but I think he was the original Artful Dodger.

I remember when the Beatles performed on Ed. My Dad couldn’t stand them, long haired noisy deviants, I believe he referred to them. Still we boys got to watch. My brother thought they were ok (?). I was enraptured. I became a committed Beatles fan. My Mom thought they were good and might have a future. The Beatles have been my favourite band since and I still listen to them at least once per day. Another great break down, Professor.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@hurdygurdyguy1

Күн бұрын

Same! My babysitter said I had to go to bed (I was, like, 9) but I was able to stand on my bed and could see the living room TV through my nearly closed bedroom door... that's how I watched them on Ed Sullivan! 🤣

I was 7 when they came to NY, it was NUTS!!! I carefully sneaked out of my bedroom and watched from behind the couch. My parents were both oblivious to my presence and transfixed by what they saw. A truly unforgettable experience.

@patriciamillin1977

11 сағат бұрын

I was 8 when they first came out in England. No one had ever seen haircuts like that before, and my parents kept saying “They look like beetles”. That never got to us, though, we were hooked. I remember walking all the way to the closest village to watch the movie Hard Days Night because the army base we lived in didn’t have a cinema.

@hughb5092

7 сағат бұрын

@@patriciamillin1977 How awesome an experience to be at ground zero for the “British Invasion” which changed music forever!

@patriciamillin1977

4 сағат бұрын

@@hughb5092 It was a good time, for sure. I generally loved the sixties, the music, the fashions, it was like everything was new.

I never knew this! Now I'm laughing because when I was stationed in Germany AFN used this song in their version of a commercial to inform soldiers about public transportation in Germany.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks travis!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Haha! Thanks for your service.

@ralfp8844

16 күн бұрын

That must be the reason why the 9€ Ticket was such a huge success.

@scottgetty5547

15 күн бұрын

haha...youre right I forgot all about that commercial....Ramstein 99-00...the red light 20 mark strasse...haha

@teresajcosgrove

9 күн бұрын

@travismiles5885 I was in Germany in 1979 and they still had red light districts then. I knew the Beatles had gone to Hamburg first before they came big and thought, yeah, that all makes sense. This is afterwards, of course but I do remember going through those districts on the bus to work.

True story: I was 4 years old when The Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show. We always watched Ed Sullivan. My older brothers were interested in seeing The Beatles that night, and my parents--very strict religious people--were there to provide parental guidance if needed. I sat on the floor-- too close to the teevee as usual--to see what the hubbub was about. I didn't hear any music when The Beatles came on. It was just hundreds of girls screaming. Years later, I learned that The Beatles had the same experience I had. They couldn't hear their music, just screaming.

@beeonthyme5760

17 күн бұрын

I have the same exact memory you had. I was 9.

@billhorstkamp98

17 күн бұрын

That’s why they quit touring. It wasn’t about the music. It was an event for teenage boppers to scream.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Haha, the screaming was so loud you could become deaf!

@scottburton9701

17 күн бұрын

I was five years old when The Beatles made their initial appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on 2/9/64-60 years later,i'm still a huge fan.

@billhorstkamp98

17 күн бұрын

@@scottburton9701 I was a month and three days old. But by the time I was for I was running around the house singing I want to hold your hand.😂

It's impossible to overstate how the Beatles changed popular music from the beginning to end of their time together. They one upped themselves every single album and agree completely Ticket to Ride was the beginning of their complete evolution in innovation. I still can't get enough Beatles information and breakdowns, so many firsts it is amazing to look back on. Great episode More Beatles!! I believe another turning point was Tomorrow Never Knows

@mikespearwood3914

17 күн бұрын

@@marktait2371 what?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Constantly reinventing themselves every album.

Lol! Ticket to Ride absolutely one of my favorite Beatles songs, and I loved many of their songs!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for watching.

A "Ticket to Ride" was slang for the health certificate required of German sex workers at the time the Beatles were in Hamburg. Aaannnndddd.....John Lennon was John Lennon.

@oldiesgeek454

15 күн бұрын

@brynhilde. Thanks for mentioning that. I had no idea it was a reference to that subject matter. On a sidenote, I'm still not sure what Day Tripper is about. 😊

@scottweissensee3717

15 күн бұрын

That does make sense

@brynhilde8543

15 күн бұрын

@oldiesgeek454 According to McCartney, a "day tripper"was slang for someone who wanted to do something a little, but are never fully commit to whatever idea or activity in which he or or she wishes to dabble. i.e. I would be interested in going to an event one town over that only takes one day, as opposed to planning a 3 week vacation to another country. McCartney used the term for people that wanted to take one puff from joint, engage in petting but not sex, invest $100 but not $1000. These people could make a song out of ANYTHING.😊

@oldiesgeek454

15 күн бұрын

@@brynhilde8543 Thanks so much for the explanation. So from now on, I'll know what they mean by "She took me half the way there now". 😉

@brynhilde8543

14 күн бұрын

@@oldiesgeek454 💯 🤪🤪🤪

My sister rushed into our living room pushing her manual typewriter on its little stand. Ended up crashing it hurrying to see the second appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

@Anon54387

3 күн бұрын

Why couldn't she just have left her typewriter behind?

@gregorymoore2877

2 күн бұрын

So much for being a paperback writer. 😉

@TheWorld_2099

Күн бұрын

@@gregorymoore2877😂

Paperback writer was their bridge to another level.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Agreed. So good!

@007ndc

17 күн бұрын

With Rain as the B side , an even more ground breaking record

@BeeWhistler

17 күн бұрын

@@007ndcI love that one, but wasn’t really aware of it until I’d been a fan for years. Not sure why it’s so far under the radar.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Love that one!

@ahcapella

17 күн бұрын

I like to think that George’s “If I Needed Someone” from _Rubber Soul_ was the bridge to the next level… _Revolver._ The “Paperback Writer/Rain” single was a product of the Revolver sessions.

I remember going to a theater with a couple of friends to see the Beatles movie "Help". The screaming from the audience made it impossible to hear the sound. We were very disapointed.

@LadyWolf6692

4 күн бұрын

I seriously do not understand the screaming whenever The Beatles or Elvis or whoever was popular appeared on stage, at the airport, etc. But to be honest I also don't get the fascination of them (or Taylor Swift for that matter). I do like some of their songs but never liked John Lennon, and it seemed he got all the glory along with Paul McCartney, almost while George and Ringo were ignored. Yes, I know it's blasphemous to admit to not being a Beatles fan.

@TheWorld_2099

Күн бұрын

Haha, that’s hilarious… But having not been there myself, it is pretty epic that you were there watching it at the time. Must’ve been very exciting.

My mom went to one of the Shea stadium shows. She said between the hysterical girls screaming & poor sound it was almost impossible to even hear the Beatles. She thinks it was cool to be there tho. She still has a copy of the Daily News announcing "55,000 Scream For The Beatles".

@joermnyc

17 күн бұрын

Thankfully they recorded the show from the mixing board, so it is possible to hear the band. It wasn’t until the Grateful Dead started touring with truckloads of speakers and gear (which cost them a fortune) that live venues started working on better sound for concerts.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I've heard the same thing!

@jakeoncall

17 күн бұрын

I saw them at Comiskey Park in Chicago that same year. Yeah, all you could hear was screaming. Sounded like a jet plane taking off. My girlfriend and I were sitting just over third base which was where they exited. We got a pretty good look at them.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Theory: The girls were just excited to see their faces, not hear their music. 😆

@Au60schild

17 күн бұрын

​@@joermnycFascinating. Pure melodic energy.

Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your channel, Professor. Love the rotating vinyl behind you, and seeing the Muppet Movie soundtrack there made this GenXer happy!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Very cool! Such a classic!

@marktait2371

17 күн бұрын

i haveuppets john denver giving to nephew packed with 70s nashville legends ba king and james burton on electric guitar

"Rubber Soul" was the single most transformative album in the history of forever. "Help" was the first movie I ever saw when I was maybe 7 years old. Sitting in the back seat of a '55 Ford at a drive-in movie theater, it's one of my earliest memories of life. The Beatles breathed life into everyone and everything and the positive energy was infectious.

@johnbiggerthan2798

9 күн бұрын

Rubber Soul, I agree!

@koleberdinoch926

8 күн бұрын

The single most transformative album? Most people say that was Sergeant Pepper.

@pi-sx3mb

8 күн бұрын

@@koleberdinoch926 Only my opinion of course, not a declarative statement of a hard truth. Sometimes "most people" include those who hop on a band wagon because they heard the sentiment expressed, not because they've actually thought about it. If you look at the progression of the Capital releases, each successive album is an evolution, but you can connect the dots and say yes, that's the newest version of the Beatles. It's true of all their earlier albums, and it's true of Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, etc. and so on. Except for the jump from Help! to Rubber Soul. That is such a light year leap forward that you can't believe it's the same group who two albums prior (Beatles VI) was churning out tepid forgettable ditties like "Tell Me What You See". Rubber Soul didn't just catapult the Beatles forward, it influenced countless major bands who followed, and more to the point, busted the mold into smithereens and redefined the very word "transformative".

The story I'd heard about the basis of Ticket To Ride is that it was a reference to a home for unwed mothers, likely on that island Paul referred to. Basically, having a "ticket to Ride" meant you'd gotten pregnant out of wedlock and your family wanted it kept quiet.

@norcalsportsguy

16 күн бұрын

Now it's commonplace.

Help is one of my earliest musical memories as a young boy in the 70s I played the single on my little record player in the box and I was just mesmerized by the melody and the emotion in John's voice. Causing me to miss the school bus one day. So I just stayed home listening to The Beatles all day... I was 8 years old and I got into a bit of trouble for it, but it truly happy musical memory indeed.

I was 7 year old the night they were on Ed Sullivan. We lived close enough to the US border to get several America. None of the adults were impressed, but we weren channels. We the whole family was gathered in my grandparents living room to watch their first North American performance. The crowd was screaming so much my dad couldn't make them out

Love your show and the in-depth reporting on all the great artists and their songs. Keep up the great work! You ROCK!!! 🎸

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thank you dearly!

Back in the early 1980s, on the radio one DJ introduced this song after playing "I know what Boys like" (The Waitresses) and said it gave new meaning to the song "Ticket to Ride". And to a naive 20 year old, it did. But now you confirmed it really did mean that.

it’s crazy how ‘Help!’ and ‘Rubber Soul’ were released the same year, just a few months apart

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Masterworks!

@LorenIpsum75

17 күн бұрын

Loved the "Help" soundtrack. Disliked the script because of the "brownface" subplot. 🙄

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Considering they’re so wildly different.

@carlmoore3215

17 күн бұрын

U.S. version of Rubber Soul? That's the version Brian Wilson had in the run-up to Pet Sounds. The British Rubber Soul represented not-as-sharp change.

@allrequiredfields

15 күн бұрын

​@@LorenIpsum75 Oh God, go pretend to be offended somewhere else

5:18 ADAM! You are the BEST! I love this smiling out take of the Beatles for Sale cover. I'm surprised no one's ever thought to put this on a bootleg. In all my years of buying "Imports", I'd never seen such a design. Thank you - three chords and the truth, my friend.

And The Beatles didn't need the help of social media to make them popular.

@cosmicraysshotsintothelight

11 күн бұрын

And now there are many many tens of millions of folks out there, so gauging true popularity or musical depth is harder now than then.

@kathyraygoza3299

10 күн бұрын

Born in 1943, when I was in second grade we learned Buffalo Girls this song was in our hard back text books. Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight,come out to night ,come out tonight. Well her chair kept a rocking and her toe kept a knocking..who knew we wresing about prostitutes sitting on a balcony advertising there wares. Now I have two good stories to tell. Thanks.

@JoshMaxPower

10 күн бұрын

Ahhh but Bach and Mozart didn't have anything but sheet music - no haircuts, no good looks, no TV or radio to play their songs 100 times a day. The only way to hear their tunes was if someone played them right in front of you. And here we are, 200 years later, and the music of the masters is still all over the place, in movies, on radio, on sheet music in front of a child's face on an upright piano, or at an elementary school recital. I think that's a pretty good testament to breaking music by word-of-mouth, eh? "Dude, Brahms is totally kicking it out tonight in the village square. Let's get some ale and dig. Maybe some chicks there." PEACE

@gregsears-iy6in

10 күн бұрын

The media was enough. Magazines covered every move the Beatles made.

@GH-cp9wc

8 күн бұрын

And...don't forget, they had actual great competition, unlike today.

This channel is beautifully done. With such quality, most episodes would only post weekly. You and your crew amaze me with the quality of content and knowledge that you share. You make it look effortless, when we all know that it's a lifetime of work and passion. Thank you Adam and crew.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you!

As to Ticket to Ride being early metal, I think that's overplayed. Steppenwolf's 'Born to Be Wild', or Arthur Brown's 'Fire' would be far better candidates.

@odditiesparanormalmysterie1723

17 күн бұрын

I'd say The Velvet Underground's White Light White Heat album or even I'm waiting for my man, Run Run Run, Heroin, or Black Angel's Death Song from The Velvet Underground & Nico.

@davidrandall4182

17 күн бұрын

The Hollies, Long Cool Woman

@Chapps1941

17 күн бұрын

Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" predates them all

@josephblue4135

17 күн бұрын

You have to include HELTER SKELTER from The White Album 1968 !

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Or maybe even Led Zeppelin early stuff.

As an undiagnosed kid with ADHD and a severe phonological learning disability, my difficulty spelling was legion, especially in the days before “spell check”. I was in my 40’s before I realized “Beatles” wasn’t how you spelled beetles.

@rubyredtootsies8371

17 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@FATmonkeyCHRIS

17 күн бұрын

❤ love that! Thank you for that sweet story.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

I have ADHD too, and it’s confusing.

@galenswenson9785

17 күн бұрын

I thought there was 8 days in a week until 3rd grade.

@twalrus1

17 күн бұрын

dyslexia Beatles joke: "Number 6" "Number 6" "Number 6" "Number 6" "Number 6" "Number 6" "Number 6"

I watched The Beatles on Ed Sullivan on a Black and White TV when I was about 4 years old. At that point they were the coolest thing I had ever seen. It profoundly affected my life. It wouldn't take me long to have all of their albums. I would spend weekends with my grandparents, and they would surprise me with a new album when I went there. They liked the fact that I liked their music because it kept me occupied, and I would listen to them for hours rather than complaining about being bored. I would eventually become a life long musician because of the Beatles. I learned to play drums by playing along to Beatles records. I also begged my grandmother to take me to Shea for the concert. I was told my grandfather had to get up early for work the next day, and we couldn't go. It would have been epic. I did what little kids do. I cried because we couldn't go see the Beatles. That would be my one and only chance. I'll be 65 in October. I remember these things vividly as if it was yesterday.

@TheWorld_2099

Күн бұрын

That is a tragic and epic story, thank you for sharing that…

I always assumed this was about a girl with a ticket to ride the short bus, since she didn't care.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

The real meaning... is crazy.

@CowGirlKat8691

17 күн бұрын

🤣😂

@ratagris21

17 күн бұрын

Now we know and she still doesn't care to this day!

@einerreklov4304

17 күн бұрын

I always thought it was about a girl the Beatles were tired of, they bought her a ticket to get lost and she felt the same thus '...she don't care'.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Me too! Turns out…it’s more complex than that.

All of them are great songs. I grew up with them, I was 5 when I met them (1962). My elder brothers and I usted to listen to the radio shows. In México there were 3 shows daily. We still have 1 radio show at 6 a.m. I love them! She's leaving home is probably my favourite. Thanks for sharing. Hugs!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

You met these guys? Seriously!

My brother was born in 1962 and I in 1967. He was old enough to know the Beatles by the time they broke up, but he became fan thanks to my dad and I tagged along for the ride through the years. They both "made me" listen to their records, but it wasn't long before I joined along with their fandom whole-heartedly. Sgt. Peppers was my first full-blown dive into any of their albums and I have been hooked ever since. I don't think any band has come close to generating every emotion there is while listening to their music, but despite much of their message being heavy, the most common emotion I had was that of pure joy. To this day when I listen I still find something new and exciting even after all these years. Fools call them overrated, those of us in the know understand why they are considered the greatest band of all time. Thanks PoR for another tremendous video to add to your vast catalog of learning and celebrating the joy of rock and roll.

@fractalelf7760

7 күн бұрын

Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields always give me a mystical feeling. I was born in 1965, so I missed every bit of them together sadly.

Why is Ringo such an underrated drummer? Its ridiculous. What he accomplishes on his trademark small drum kit with Ticket to Ride is unbelievable.

@optimisticpessimist484

17 күн бұрын

Ringo is a remarkable drummer.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Such a talent.

@FATmonkeyCHRIS

17 күн бұрын

Many of today's drummers site Ringo as major influence. Dave Grohl, Stewart Copeland, Phil Collins, Carime Appice, Chad Smith, and Mike Portnoy, to name a few

@Gekokujo76

17 күн бұрын

It reminds me of that Futurama quote when God says to Bender "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all ". Keith Moon and John Bonham were GREAT drummers, but that wasnt what "Ticket To Ride" or many other Beatles songs needed. Ringo was able to put what was "needed" into the soup....a recipe he probably had little say in creating while John and Paul wrote the song and George fought to add some ingredients too. Ringo didnt fight...didnt let his ego get in the way...didnt need a Moby Dick drum solo...and added the perfect ingredient to the soup.

@FATmonkeyCHRIS

17 күн бұрын

@Gekokujo76 ❤️ perfectly said. Moon and Bonham couldn't have played in the Beatles and made it work, though they were exactly what their bands needed. Could you imagine the Who or Zep with Ringo on the throne? Each were the perfect chefs for what they were cooking.

Always learn something about the times I grew up in from The Professor. Watching the Beatles as a kid (I was born in '59) and as a teenager I just thought they were a famous rock band. Only now and when the Professor gives the back story like this do you begin to learn about the interesting times you grew up in. Thanks, man. And though my older sister still has most of her Beatles albums, I was able to score Rubber Soul from her. On original vinyl of course.

For a very long time "Ticket to Ride" was my favorite Beatles song. It's my #2 now; I raised "Here Comes the Sun" to the #1 spot.

I was about four years old and I remember being at my aunt’s house sitting with my cousins watching the Ed Sullivan Show anxiously waiting for the Beetles to come on. I was a rock and roll fan even then, and they didn’t disappoint.

I’ve enjoyed music from the Beatles throughout my life, but because I grew up in a family that loved the Fab Four I rebelled and only listened to The Who.

Ah there'll never be another group like these guys. They were innovative in so many ways you would need a series of videos just to discuss them. "Ticket To Ride" is such a great song. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁

When Ticket was released, it was originally listed as from the movie 8 arms to hold you

The Beatles were one of the first rock groups that said that they will never play a concert (which was mostly in the southern US at the time) in a segregated concert venue. If they had a segregated audience they would not play at that venue. Pretty awesome!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Doesn't surprise me!

@LaManteca76

17 күн бұрын

That's so awesome! 😀

@marktait2371

17 күн бұрын

yes theres a account of that in my mojo book

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

And now I love them even more.

@littleogeechee223

17 күн бұрын

Well, the South probably didn’t want them around anyhow.

I was a senior in high school at the time. Some of my friends started singing their songs and went to a local radio station and sang one on the air. People today have no idea the effect they had on music back then. Guys were styling their hair after them, bought shoes like they wore, started playing guitar, etc. Even my aunt loved the Beatles.

I was 5 when my parents ushered me into our basement to see them on Ed Sullivan , 8yrs later I had to get their approval to buy Let It Be album for a friend's birthday gift. It might be too subversive 😅

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for sharing Richard.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Haha!

This was where the Beatles went from solid pop act to legends.

Taylor Swift is talented, but she cranks out 5:39 what I call formula music. And she writes songs with dozens of other people. The Beatles had 4 songwriters. They played their instruments. Today's "music" doesn't come close.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Agreed. The Beatles started everything.

@RBS_

17 күн бұрын

"...today's Music..." !??? ...what's THAT!?? ...ha-HAAA!! 😆/ 😁

@tristramcoffin926

17 күн бұрын

I remain confounded as to why TS is so popular. I'm not dumping on her. I would sincerely like to understand

@floepiejane

17 күн бұрын

​@@ProfessorofRockwell, they'd mention tons of others, but Dylan's influence took them from a pop boy band to cultural heroes.

@RBS_

17 күн бұрын

@@tristramcoffin926 .....I'LL tell ya... 1. Privilege 2. shares of stock in the Target Stores 3. She's the ONLY 'Pop' chick out 4. She's the Only one CONSIDERED 'Pop' 5. she owns the G-ys...who own, 'Pop' 6. BLONDE ....did that help!? ..ha-HAA!

If the pot back then was as good as it is now I don't know how much Beatles music we would have had. Beatles were always good from the first time my older sister started listening to them. Rubber Soul, which I just call their love songs album would be my favorite though. Every song on the US album is still incredible. I still listen to them 2-3 times a month while smoking a joint at 68yrs old and recall the days of my life back then. That in itself is the essence of music for me. The ability to time travel back in life and experience it again and again. My first concert was Credence Clearwater Revival, my first festival was California Jam 1. Music was incorporated in every aspect of my life so I have just a ton of memories that any given song can recall from me. With the diversity of great music back then before genre was really a term I am not locked into just one style of music. It's what I have grown to love about music as I near the end of my 7th decade, the transition of me to my younger self.

Among my favorite Beatles songs, probably my favorite of their earlier work. The combination of “dark” guitar parts, tempo & melody changes with slow powerful drums, this is DEFINITELY a pioneer to hard rock & metal!! 🤘🤘

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks my friend. I agree.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

It’s such a memorable song. They make it so complex yet so simple.

I was 2 years old, when I saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show, and that was 14 days before my third birthday. , told my mother I wanted a Beatles Wreck-It and I wanted the hairstyle. My mom got me the record " She over You", and she explained to me that there was no way that I couldn't get a Beatles hairstyle because I had a different hair texture and it was going to be impossible for me to get that hairstyle. I've always had John Lennon, thatls my favorite Beatle. It's also rare that each member of a band will all have number one hits after that band disbanded.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

The Beatle, I call this hairstyle.

@transformationgeneration

17 күн бұрын

Even more rare is that every member of the band sang lead on at least one #1 hit as a Beatle. George "Something - Ringo "Yellow Sub" - John/Paul all the rest.

@artguti1551

16 күн бұрын

I was two years old when the Beatles played Ed Sullivan in 1964. But my Mom and Dad didn't watch the program.

@doaver2.125

16 күн бұрын

@artguti1551 I'm sorry to hear the reason you missed The Beatles performance on The Ed Sullivan was because of your parents. That moment was and probably still in the top 10 of Great Moments in history.

I had all the original albums, even a copy of the Butcher cover. Sadly some were stolen and the rest of my collection of albums (wild fires in Northern California are unforgiving) that consisted of almost 1500 pieces of vinyl (33's, 45's and even 78's) went up in flames. One of the reasons I miss albums so much was a I was one of those that paid attention to liner notes. I love your shows and your in-depth history you bring!

@marktait2371

17 күн бұрын

sorry for your loss my brorher and i sold our 1000 07 todsy wed be rich friends oldest brother had butcher numbered white peppers soul his dad put them in a shed we cleaned out ahhh all ruined water damage we never had any stolen but a upd box got misplaced moving last 40 50 maybe

@sdriza

13 күн бұрын

hate to hear that, but the most important thing was your enjoyment of them the stuff will all be dust in the future anyway - our time here is brief

Professor, I just want to say I love your channel and what you do. As time goes by and both the classic rockers and their original fans begin or sometimes are at the end of their walk into that final sunset (some are dead and some are living!) we can come to your page and just hear a regular guy talk with a lot of respect, joy and enthusiasm for this very special music that changed my life as a boy, and interview legends. I'm sure people in years to come who are newly enamored of the Beatles, Stones, Who, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Floyd and all the rest will appreciate your work long after we've all moved onto other realms! Perhaps to"Tangerine trees and marmalade skies." ir maybe it'll be a places where "The leaves are falling all around/It's time I was on my way/Thanks to you I'm much obliged/For such a pleasant stay. PEACE!

... You did them justice .... growing up as a teenager in the UK at that time was unforgettable, everything was new and fresh, especially the music, fashion, and the future, and the Beatles forged the way ahead, as they constantly changed their music with every new song

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

It was like that in Canada too, where I grew up at that time! EVERY day was a "Beatle" day!!🤗

I was one of the millions watching The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was that moment that I went from a casual fan to obsessed. Even my mother, who never watched TV, had to stop what she was doing to see what all the excitement was about. The thing I remember most about that, was the phone ringing right after The Beatles performance and my mother answering and saying something like, "I know, they look like girls with that long hair!" For years, when it came time for a haircut, my brother and I begged my mother to let our hair grow and cut it like the Beatles. Unfortunately for us, she never gave in. I was so jealous of my friend who had "cool" parents who let him do it. Years later in 1976 I got to see McCartney and Wings in Boston. It was an amazing show, and when they did Lady Madonna, The Long and Winding Road, and Yesterday, it was by far some of the best stuff I have ever seen. The laser light show during Live and Let Die blew me away. The only thing that ever beat that was ELO's light show, but that's another story.

I was 8 years old when the Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan, and my sister was 15, and we knew that night that nothing was going to be the same! No two albums sounded the same, they never got stuck in a rut, they evolved so quickly into masters of their craft. Ticket to Ride was never one of my favorite songs, but I can't think of a song that I hate either. My husband and I raised our girls from in utero on the Beatles, they used to steal my cd's to listen to them growing up, and now we're building up their vinyl Beatles collection for them (because we're still using ours!) We got to see Paul in concert when I first found out I was pregnant with my youngest, and now she's a lawyer for a nationwide entertainment promotion company and goes to concerts all the time!😉

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

You're family is blessed!🤗

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

...your...

What a coincidence. I just got back from my parents. I recently bough "Help" on vinyl as a gift for my dad and today we sat down and listened to it from start to finish. What an album! Thanks for the video!

How did they do it? The demand for them especially from 1963-66 was eminence. They were so busy…. Yet they still continued to write those unbelievable songs . They were only in their 20’s. Unbelievable. They set the bar for sure.

@skxj

12 күн бұрын

Theodor Adorno and Tavistock is how they did it.

@michaelharmon5991

5 күн бұрын

Speed and weed.

I love Paul’s clever version, “She got a railway ticket because she moved to Ryde” (on the Isle of Wight)😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Haha, love it!

@ralfp8844

16 күн бұрын

Perfectly out of sight.

@gregorymoore2877

2 күн бұрын

...if it's not too dear.

The pace and quality of their music still blows my mind. I always assumed her "Ticket to Ride" was her lady parts Lol

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Gotcha! Thanks Ponzo!

@ponzo1967

17 күн бұрын

Or John was her ticket to ride through life, seeing how he was a massive success by that time, and his woman doesn't even appreciate him.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Now that’s pretty raunchy!

@ponzo1967

17 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I know 🤭😕

Professor, you really are absolutely AMAZING!!! Your videos never disappoint.

I love anything Beatles… Thanks Adam!❤🎉

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Yellow Submarine was such a crazy movie.

@astralclub5964

17 күн бұрын

Blue meanies!

@marktait2371

17 күн бұрын

yes the blue meanies i have the cutout of movie artwork logo they showed the movie at midnight whem we were in school

@black_rabbit_0f_inle805

17 күн бұрын

40000 leagues beneath the sea it lay or lie. Pepperland

Rubber Soul was the first Beatles Album I ever heard, and I fell in love with it. On a side note...I must say, I get a kick out of seeing what albums you stash behind you for each episode...

I remember seeing Yellow Submarine in the neighborhood movie theatre. I was 3 when they were on the Ed Sullivan Show & I'm sure we probably had it on our old black & white TV at the time. This was a time we all played our little 45's with the little yellow centerpiece and I recall The Beatles being part of our collection at the time. We had 3 speeds, 33, 45, & 78. Oh the memories. lol

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Great memories! Thanks for sharing!

@LazyIRanch

17 күн бұрын

We are the same age! I was also three when the Beatles were on "Ed Sullivan". I don't remember, but my older sister was a huge fan of the Beatles, and our family always watched Sullivan's show. There was some great entertainment on that stage! I was eight years old when I saw the stunning Miriam Makeba perform "Pata Pata" on Ed Sullivan's show in 1969. I'd never heard or seen anyone like her and fell in love with her sound, she sang in an African dialect (Xhosa) aka "click" language. I still love her music, and "Pata Pata" is one of my favorite antidepressant songs. Sullivan seemed like an unusual man, but one who knew talent when he heard and saw it. I love that he brought a world to us from outside the USA that we may not have experienced otherwise.

@LazyIRanch

17 күн бұрын

Wow, Bob, there are still music stores? That makes me happy! I'm going to look up that Fifth Dimension album now. I always get great recommendations from other music junkies in the comments!😉 I spent many hours in my youth at "Bill's Records and Tapes" and "Half Price Books and Records", searching for forgotten treasures. When I was a teenager, I bought a Bo Diddley album just because I loved the album cover and the song titles. The gentleman behind the counter grinned when he saw it, and I asked him if this guy was "good". He grinned even more and told me he wished he could be me for a few minutes, hearing Bo Diddley for the first time. He wasn't exaggerating! I couldn't believe such wonderful music had never crossed my path before. I still have that album, hanging on the wall next to my autographed "Rockpile" album. I was sad when a friend told me that "Bill's" was closing. I had moved 1500 miles away from Dallas, so I couldn't pay a last visit to the store I loved. However, he was selling items on eBay from the store, and I spotted the Nick Lowe wall poster, a rare one with him surrounded by Joshua Trees, and snagged it with the highest bid (which wasn't much, fortunately). Bill wouldn't sell me that poster back in the 80s when it was on the wall of his shop.😊

@jakeoncall

17 күн бұрын

I remember seeing them on Ed Sullivan. I also remember listening to Hound Dog by Elvis on a 78 rpm my mom bought me.

@marktait2371

17 күн бұрын

​@@LazyIRanchyeh lazy we have a large indie store new used vinly used cds cassettes gift shop tshirts posters books huge selection a tiny one man shop 60s 70s 80s all used other indie new used vinly used cds another punk hio hop stores thriving i go to large indie surf recent bin one record get inner sleeves outer protectors brushes wipes cleaners i got there they can special.order also

Another great story behind the music!! 🤠

I presumed it was about a girl leaving on a bus, probably from the terminus at the top of Penny Lane, instead of staying with a Beatle. Johns explanation is most likely tongue in cheek

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I don't know. Could be!

@AshleyReynolds-vc6ly

17 күн бұрын

Not a bus. A train.

@BeeWhistler

17 күн бұрын

The beauty part about music, and all art, is that you can take it any way you want. Bus, train, prostitute, girlfriend, whatever. I get that music can be used to send an intended message (which is why I roll my eyes at gatekeepers who sometimes say you can’t understand what a song is saying unless you’ve experienced it… isn’t that what art is for?) but you can also hear a song with a fairly neutral set of lyrics and read it however it hits you. And this song never gets too specific.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Maybe they hadn’t even thought of Penny Lane yet?

@sugarnads

16 күн бұрын

​@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980penny lane is a real place.

1963 Dingwall Town Hall, Scotland. Only 19 people attended a Beatles concert The Melotones, were playing on the same night at the nearby Strathpeffer Pavilion, (5 miles away) and drew a crowd of over 1,000. A plaque hangs outside the door of the concert hall to commemorate the Beatles and their 19 fans in Dingwall to this day.

Entertaining and informative. I didn't realize they were the artists of some of the songs I was familiar with. An episode on the difference between albums from the continents has my interest.

How, precisely is Ticket to Ride a happy song? It begins with "I think I'm gonna be sad. I think it's today, yeah. The girl that's driving me mad is going away."

@jameshumphrey2345

17 күн бұрын

Well … Sing along with it. Does it depress you? Didn’t think so. The Beatles did that a lot, really - upbeat tunes with lyrics that are nominally sad.

@mournblade1066

17 күн бұрын

Next you'll be telling us "Yellow Submarine" is a sad song! 😄

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

The music is very happy.

@stephenbrown4211

17 күн бұрын

@@mournblade1066 it is, those poor Blue Meanies were so misunderstood😆

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Exactly. Thanks James!

I dunno, Professor. Great analysis. But I alway thought the lyrics indicated this song was just actually describing a relationship the writer(s) was or imagined themselves being in. And that the relationship was pretty well established before the split up. “Living with me…” was just one big indication. I imagine the likelihood he’d be describing a German hooker would require some other lyrical insinuations. I think your analysis that she’s leaving and “ticket to ride” a just a metaphor for her departure is probably what it means. Lennon, as talented as he was, I also think probably wanted to quickly distance himself from that early “lighthearted collective identity” and basically clean cut good boys persona their producers were pushing. I’m reminded of the analysis of what “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was all supposed to “mean”. And according to Corbain, the title just referred to his currents gfs friend telling Corbain it’s what his deodorant smell like and the rest of the lyrics meant nothing. Which he supposedly meant that’s what most teen’s thought process was like. A mishmash of wild convicting notions and thought processes. Hadn’t had a bunch of to comment but I’m still watching them all. And your question about their actual jumping point? I’d say the Sullivan Show. But that was really just one point. They evolved like no other band I know. In music style, personal appearance, Eastern religion exploration and even getting in trouble with the law. But Sullivan probably. Watched the original airing with my family as a wee one. My sisters went bananas.

I agree totally with your comment about their rapid maturation in less than 10 years going from innocent love songs to more complex compositions like Strawberry Fields Forever and Lucy In The Sky...truly amazing!

@deespaeth8180

16 күн бұрын

I agree. Right around Help was when I think it was becoming apparent. By the time of Rubber Soul and Revolver it was more obvious. Then there's another shift with Sgt. Pepper and MMT.

I appreciate your story behind songs format. It’s cool to know the background.

The 6 years of Beatles music from 1964 to 1970 went from the the innocent songs like "I want to hold your hand", Help and transformation to "Heltr Skelter." This short and revolutionary period transformed classic rock through the next generation of music. Sergeant Pepers was the the album that had a major impact in Rock.

@nigelsheppard625

11 күн бұрын

In the UK we had the Beatles for TWO YEARS longer 😂😂😂

@howlingwaters2741

5 күн бұрын

*After the Rolling Stones😂

No comparison, indeed. Bealemania will NEVER be matched. Four complete nobodies launched a revolution that dictated EVERY aspect of culture WORLDWIDE. Music, Art, Film, Fashion, Hair, Comedy, Literature. They were the Genghis Khan of 20th Century Pop Culture. They took no prisoners and were met with little to no resistance. Just Four Lovable lads from Liverpool who had a brilliant vision and carried it out with such rollicking pageantry.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

LOVE your comment. So true. Amen Amen Amen.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Classic example of best friends bonding over their love for music.

I remember seeing the Beatles for the first time on British TV, they were new, they were exciting, they were catchy. When She Loves You came out, you could hear young and old on the streets either singing or whistling it.

When I was growing up, the toilet in our home was (and still is) at the back of our house, and therefore the closest room to the Wade home. Gary Wade and his older brother had appropriated the shed in their back yard as the rehearsal room for their band. They played heaps of Beatles songs, and they were very good at them! I dunno where they got the songs, but they were playing Beatles hits before any of the rest of us had even heard them! Their vocals were simply perfect and I couldn't hear any mistakes in the instrumentation either. Gary really kept to himself and although he didn't initiate conversations, he was friendly enough when I encountered him on the train one Monday evening. I was going to the gym, and he was going to the recording studio. That was the last time I ever saw him. I hope he really made it big because he sure deserved it!

Thank you, Adam. You cannot do enough. Beatle shows for me.!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

More to come!

Oh, and displaying The Muppet Movie soundtrack above Mad Man Across The Water is BRILLIANT!! 🤘

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Ha ha! You get it!

@DC8091

17 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockdamn right!! 🤘

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Love that movie!

@DC8091

17 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 one of the best ever 🤘

My favourite drumming track. Besides that, a brilliant song. A ground-breaking song too really. Things seemed to change in music for them after that. But.... I DO love Ticket To Ride. (Baby). Many thanks Adam

Great song, and also a perfect example of Ringo's brilliance in coming up with creative beats. Most drummers play that beat totally straight instead of injecting some swing into it.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I agree. Ringo is the best.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Ringo likes to spice it up.

Ringo's drumming on Ticket To ride is kinda weird but perfect for the song. Ringo is an excellent and innovative drummer.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I agree 100%

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Agree! Can’t imagine it any other way.

@lorenzor2555

16 күн бұрын

Actually Paul told precisely Ringo how to play drums in this track

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

​@@lorenzor2555No he didn't!😜

Paperback writer is closer to heavy metal than ticket to ride. And the closest The Beatles ever came to heavy metal was Helter skelter and I want you, she’s so heavy on the Abbey Road album.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I'm only quoting Lennon.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

I have to agree.

Years ago my family acquired and old tube radio from a relative. The entire oak case of the radio was covered with the names Ringo, John, Paul and George. Aunt Marcella had a teen-aged daughter.

I would love a show on the different versions of albums. I am in Australia and until relatively recently I thought that all releases of albums were the same, worldwide. Being ‘down-under’ I have been relatively isolated and despite being in my mid 60’s I am still learning. I love your show, as a keen student of rock music, particularly the history of the different artists I find your shows fascinating.

I watched them on ED Sullivan. I was five or six. The Beatles wanted to play the Hollywood Bowl. No one would touch them. They wanted $25,000. You could get Sanata and others for $10000 or less. Then radio DJ Bob Eubanks and a friend went to every bank for money and were laughed out the door. Finally a mom and pop bank fronted them and they promoted the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl and for the next three years. Eubanks says drugs ruined them.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for the history Craig!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Turns out, you got to export more than you import!

@JamminClemmons

17 күн бұрын

@@captng What’s interesting about (you people) & your alcoholism is that just a few years before the potato famine, Ireland was the site of a massively successful temperance campaign led by the noted Catholic priest, Theobald Mathew. So successful was this campaign that between 1838 and 1841, national alcohol consumption was cut in half.

@captng

17 күн бұрын

@@JamminClemmons jealous much Jenny? I'm just saying I measured Donald j Trump with the same stick of that I would Joe Biden... Neither one completes a speech without looking at a teleprompter. Neither one has any idea what they're talking about. can you name one person that Donald Trump has ever been loyal to? The only two family members that actually why do you even be seen with him is Don Jr and Eric. I stand with Ivanka,Melania and Barron when they say "Donald was bs ing me about stolen election" he lost in 2020 has no evidence but a story. Claims that bites doj is out to get them and the doj was sent to assassinate him.. ninja please shut up and sit back down if that was true your immunity would let him go ahead and do that but he knows he doesn't have immunity. If only he gave his stolen documents back like the other smart fellas named Biden and pence. No court Case If only he admitted to the casual sex with Eugene Carroll or at the very minimum stop talking nonsense about her he would be 75,000,000 richer. Again why Donnie didn't you show up for court? Going to Ireland nonsense. If somebody accused me of rape and defamation damn well know I'm showing up for court because he said it was beneath him...nonsense. Let's go with the pornstar he paid the hooker with the wrong checkbook that was his only problem. Saying that she had light bulb tits and he never knew her while I was the yacht captain that day for the casinos. Century championship golf at Edgewood Tahoe.. what a powerful men hire hookers and he was motorboating that one. Again he just was a sleazy guy who paid with the wrong checkbook. The guys are complete walking disaster. I don't know of anything during his presidency that was positive his economy based on numbers is equal to biden's at the very best

@mossygreen2790

16 күн бұрын

Well, certainly for John, as he ended up with a bad heroin habit & was doing lots of other stuff as well. Paul, was more of a "puff" man. No wonder John & Keef Richard became close mates, though Keef has always shown a lot more respect for the people he interacted with. John seemed to show some cruelty, but it goes back to his troubled childhood.

I love the Beatles. Paperback writer is probably one of my favorite all time songs from ANY band. It rocks!

The Beatles could write a hit song about a controversial topic disguised with catchy melodies and clever lyrics. A few examples are Run For Your Life, Norwegian Wood, and Blackbird.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Love Norwegian Wood. My second favorite of the Fab 4!

@crapple009

17 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Just curious, but what is your favorite Beatles song?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

And people would never know that the topic was controversial at all!

@catherine6653

17 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Including me. 😊

@Sweet--Richard.4981

17 күн бұрын

Norwegian Wood sounds like a porn star from Norway 🇳🇴

A memory...I was about 11 or 12 when "Ticket to Ride'' came out in England, where I grew up. I was mesmorized with each new Beatles song that came out and got to know every sound in them...I sometimes would sleep in my sister's bed when she was away..Her clock had the prefect tick tock that lined up with "Ticket to Ride" . I rememeber summer bed time, still light out and I would lie there in silence listening to her clock ticking, going over and over the song in my mind..It was fun.

Great video...what an unforgettable song. It may be Johns song, but the drum patterns, the bass, the harmony and the lead guitar are all Paul! Was the Heavy Metal Metallic shirt on purpose??? Lol😂 ...also, do you have the infamous butcher cover of yesterday and today??? I figure if anyone would have a copy it would be you Adam!

I was 10 when I watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. In my mind the Stones are the greatest r&r band. But if I had to choose between Stones and Beatles for My fave band, I think it's the Beatles.

@ProfessorofRock 1.) Before coming to America, the Beatles sent Ringo on a scouting mission. The band wanted to determine how well they would be received. So, Ringo made his way to Jacksonville, IL to check things out. But why a small farm town in West Central IL? Well, it could be to find out what music average mid-Western kids liked, but there maybe another part of the story. Capitol Records had a pressing plant in Jacksonville, IL. It is more likely that Ringo came to visit the pressing plant rather than to hang out with a bunch of farm town kids . . . if this local legend has any truth to it. 2.) The scene where the band open the doors to their respective house, then revealing they are all connected, has a nod from a very similar scent in "Back To School." 3.) Many other bands found inspiration in Beatles music. Sugarloaf in their hit "Don't Call Us" not only use the same riff from 1965's "I Feel Fine," they admit in the lyrics "sound like John, Paul and George."

@frankieecanales8827

16 күн бұрын

Thought for sure that it actually was George who came to America solo to visit his sister Louise, not Ringo.

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

I sincerely doubt if this was true!😜

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

​@@frankieecanales8827Yes - George DID have a married sister in the states!

@splenderella9

15 күн бұрын

This NEVER happened! Where do you people HEAR this crap anyway??

I also went to that place in my mind, even though I was a pre-teen. She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care!

I grew up in Blackfoot, Idaho and in 67 my aunt was a big Beatles fan I got to go see the Movie Help with her and Ringo became this 7 year old favorite person on earth

Never thought of Ticket to Ride as a 'happy sing along'.

❤🎉 The Fab Four! Never made the connection between this song and "heavy metal". Hmmm. I once knew a cook who always said he had a "Ticket to Fry". 😅 Thanks Professor! Great start to the week.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks Roger!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Well take any garage rock song and compare it to heavy metal.

These were the days when we would go to our local electrical shop, order our 45rpm record, pay 6 shillings & 8 pence then patiently wait for 6 weeks for it to arrive. We were in mid-Wales so they took a time to come. My other source was the local cafe’s juke box. Used records were sold for a discount as the middle was punched out. You could buy a plastic insert, clip it in the middle & play the record on our record player. You could stack 6 records on our player and they would drop & play one after the other. Another trick was to park the middle arm & the same record would play over & over. We were in the ‘under the bedclothes club’ too. We had a small Transistor radio (Tranny) and could tune into Radio Caroline or Radio Luxembourg to catch the latest music. The DJ’s talked over the beginning and end of the record so we couldn’t record the whole tune. Often the music would fade in & out & was quite scratchy but we loved it. Then the best of all was Top of the Pops, the occasion of the week, in black & white. Fab.

I was about one when the Beatles were on Sullivan. My father related to me how he had to search various record departments to find a 45 of I Want to Hold Your Hand for me and he got strange looks from other adults since he was in his late thirties.

I thought Day Tripper was the one about the prostitute... And the opening guitar is much more like metal than Ticket to Ride

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Maybe both are.

@LazyIRanch

17 күн бұрын

I thought "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" was about a prostitute. Seems like I've read that in more than one article.

@stephenbrown4211

17 күн бұрын

Probably why Whitesnake did a cover on their debut album, Trouble

@danielolson5378

17 күн бұрын

Day Tripper i've read is about taking a trip when smoking pot or possibly doing LSD.

@halwiseman9420

17 күн бұрын

@@LazyIRanch It was reported by the press that the song was about a lesbian; Paul satirically sturck by saying "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all"