Almost nobody knows "you won't see me" but I think it's so underrated. I always enjoy listening to this song.

That was my first Beatles album (I was 12 when it came out) and it stayed my favourite album until Revolver came out. It still is one of my most beloved albums 😊👍

Yeah ! I was greatly anticipating this and lwas not disappointed. Great reactions. Don't be afraid of Revolver as it is not scary. You will have a great time with it. It is my personal favourite. See you on the next Beatles album

“Run for Your Life” is one of a few Beatle songs where the upbeat tone of the music contrasts sharply with the dark tone of the lyrics. The French lyrics in “Michelle” are merely the translation of the English words “these are words that go together well”. This was a song, in a simpler form, that Paul used to sing to impress girls at parties when they were young. Paul resurrected and fleshed it out for this album at John’s suggestion.

@dennydowling2169

2 жыл бұрын

@Fab4 Yes, and the Grammy Awards changed greatly beginning with the music revolution inspired by the Beatles with the various Rock music formats eventually becoming the dominant genres.

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Paul began writing this when he was only 17 years old!

@jaredf6205

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I never really noticed the issue with run for your life because I tend to ignore any meaning behind lyrics, vocals are more about sound for me, but Jesse is very lyrics focused.

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaredf6205 But lyrics are often what lifts a song from being merely good into a great one. I guess you don’t listen to much Bob Dylan.

@jaredf6205

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsAppassionata I honestly haven’t listened to too much Bob Dylan yet, though the last song of his I heard and got really into was Hurricane. I can certainly appreciate great lyrics, but I don’t listen to music for meaningful storytelling and poetry. I don’t see a reason to judge a musician on their poetry skills and I probably shouldn’t anyway as I don’t really get it, seems silly to limit what you have to say. I’m interested in the melody and rhythm and sound of the vocals, they’re an instrument. Oftentimes the meaning is completely distracting from the song and I’ll avoid the lyrics altogether. Sometimes I know the lyrics just because they’re easy to hear or because I like to sing that song, but I’d never consider the meaning of the song because it has nothing to do with music. Stories and music are different things. I’m sure people who don’t understand English are more likely to enjoy Run for Your Life better than people who do.

What Goes On is the first songwriting credit for Ringo. (Lennon-McCartney-Starkey).

Been waiting for this…you definitely picked up on the maturity in both the lyrics and music…the legacy of this album is the crossing of the barrier between popular music and “serious” music. After Rubber Soul, no one ever dismissed them as “teeny-bopper” music again. Been loving your journey. I call Rubber Soul the inflection point in The Beatles evolution, because everything changes from here out. Revolver kicks that into another gear, and Sgt Pepper blows the lid off. Your next few Beatles reactions are going to be interesting…cheers…

Jesse, great reaction, your best yet! This really was the album where The Beatles diversity and an unending search for new sounds began and from this point, they were like a giant snowball rolling down a mountain, getting bigger and bigger until they split. I think some milk I was drinking came out of my nose when the electric guitars came in on I’m Looking Through You and you made that sound. I think you’re really going to enjoy listening to all of the albums to come, and you’ll be a life long Beatles fan!

Rubber Soul is one of my favorite Beatles albums. Even the weakest songs are not bad at all, and the whole thing is pleasant to listen to in one go. Considering how you seemed to enjoy this record, I'm sure you'll come back to it regularly afterwards !

You are low-key the best Beatles reaction KZreadr.

Unrelated to the reaction but still Beatles related. A very important Beatles documentary was just released on Disney+ called "The Beatles: Get Back". It's basically just footage of them making their last album Let It Be and it was restored in 4k. It's to celebrate 50 years of the album. It was originally 150 hours of footage but it was minimized to a 3 part 8 hour long docu-series. It's extremely eye opening, even for hardcore Beatles fans like myself who thought they knew everything about them. It's a very deep dive into their genius creative process. You almost feel like you're writing the songs with them. It's also a very deep dive into their authentic personalities and who they were as just plain human beings when not being interviewed. Seriously a must-watch. Currently the first 2 parts have been released in the last 2 days and part 3 will be released tonight. But anyways I obviously don't recommend you watch it until you get to Let It Be lol, but just thought I'd let you know in case no one else did.

@EnlightenJesse

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen advertisements for this. I’ll check it out once I’m done all their albums 😁

@mgonzales56

2 жыл бұрын

@@EnlightenJesse Their last album was actually "Abbey Road". "Let It Be" was the last released, but "Abbey Road" is considered by all to be the last Beatles album...and what a way to end it. Amazing album.

Man, I love watching you do these. You dig so much deeper than other reactors. I can’t pick one Beatles album as my favorite (because I just have so many favorite songs, from all of them) but this is a super strong album!

Rubber Soul is an album that really highlights The Beatles 3-pt harmonies. Especially Nowhere Man with its a capella opening. Others include The Word and Wait. It's really a lovely sound when John, Paul and George sing together.

This is where they really started to turn a major corner and grow at a Huge rate, changing and innovating as they went forward...

John “borrowed” the line “I’d rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man” from the Elvis song “Baby Let’s Play House”.

@debjorgo

2 жыл бұрын

A very, very, very important point!

John Lennon always said that this is where it started for them creatively. They knew how the studio worked, and their producer, George Martin, let them experiment. Some blinders on here, including Nowhere Man and Norwegian Wood.

Lol....great reaction. Don’t know if you really caught what happens lyrically in Norwegian Wood. Norwegian Wood was a very popular wall paneling in the 60’s. The character in the song goes over to sleep with the woman, she shows off her Norwegian Wood walls, she doesn’t sleep with him, he wakes up in the tub, and she’s gone, so he burns down her place lol. “Isn’t it good Norwegian Wood?” Lennon was a nut :)

Great review. Just a tip to listen to the single Paperback Writer/Rain before the album Revolver. Will give you a taste of what’s to come.

As good as Rubber Soul sounds on first hearing, it rewards repeat listenings as each song is crammed full of little magical moments... and by repeat listenings, I mean every few days for 56 years!

One thing to note is that the British/international version of RUBBER SOUL (which you reviewed) and the U.S. version of the album had a slightly different tracklist that made it seem more uniformly acoustic than the British/international version. Hence, American fans from the 1960s tend to think of RUBBER SOUL as the Beatles' folk rock album while those who are more familiar with the original British/international version do hear it as, indeed, "rubber soul."

Rubber Soul is definitely the bridge between the 2 eras of Beatles. Early 60s rock n roll vs late 60s psychedelia and you can hear both in this album which is awesome. Fittingly this bridge album came out in 1965, the exact middle of the 60s. My favorites on the album are Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, In My Life and If I Needed Someone. Rubber Soul is in my top 5 favorite Beatles albums. My favorite is Revolver and I'm excited for that reaction! Get ready!

Great reaction(s)!! I like it how you look up background information. It adds a lot to the review! I saw you wondering about You won't see me and I saw comments on Wikipedia how McCartney didn't like his girlfriend to pursue a career. It's made him the target for many as it makes him look very chauvinist. But.... he never stated this in interviews, nor did his girlfriend at the time. The comment or the book it came from must have been written by a McCartney hater! Many couples break up and you could give the valid reason that you broke it of because you saw little of eachother because you both had careers. That's something different than stating the guy didn't allow the woman to have a career. This song is from 1965 and the couple stayed together into 1968, both having their careers. So... if McCartney forbid her a career, she obviously didn't listen and he didn't break it off. What then is the credibility of this statement? It would've been different had she given up her career because he wanted it. But in that case: she had means, she was independent. A decision to stop acting could've been her own choice that also suited his needs. No... I don't get the statement and it sheds a negative light on McCartney... That's an injustice in my opinion

Paul played all 10 instruments on I'm looking through you

Act Naturally is arguably better than What Goes On.

@mahkimahkila6396

2 жыл бұрын

100% But i don't think either work on this album personally

I can't believe that the info you read on Norwegian Wood DIDN'T metion that is was their first use of a SITAR on their recordings.

I love watching you go on your Beatles journey 😊 I have to go back to the late 80s to when I heard these songs for the first time when my Dad played them constantly in the car. Something that started my life long passion of all things Beatle. My Mum really doesn’t lie when she says my brother and I know every word to every song they ever recorded 😂 But anyway, I always put this album as being on a par with A Hard Day’s Night when I’m ranking my favourite albums. There’s no doubt that this album is where they really start using the studio as an instrument and their lyrics become more sophisticated. The only song that I wish I didn’t like is Run for Your Life, because the lyrics are brutal and even John Lennon disowned it in later life, despite it being intended as a parody of an earlier Elvis track which had the line “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man.” Like you say, it’s annoyingly catchy 😂 In My Life really is a big deal. Whenever I try and compile my list of top 10 Beatle songs, 2 of the 3 Lennon compositions in that list are from this album; In My Life and Nowhere Man. So, next you have Revolver. I’ll try not to big it up, but there’s a reason it is Numero Uno on my album ranking list. Music is subjective, but in my opinion you’re about to listen to the greatest album of all time! Ok, so I failed not to give you high expectations 😂 By the way, if you think you needed to be high to listen to Rubber Soul… 😉

You’ll want to be as stoned as possible for revolver, sgt peppers and magical mystery tour. It’s their psychedelic period. Groovy man!

not overrated at all! Also, take the wikipedia write-ups with a grain of salt. There's crazy stuff in there!

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right! Some of their opinions are off the wall.

I might be in a minority here, but I actually prefer Rubber Soul to Revolver. I kind of consider Revolver a continuation of Rubber Soul. This always sits at number 2 of my Beatles albums behind Abbey Road

@a.k.1740

2 жыл бұрын

I also consider Revolver as a continuation of Rubber Soul but more sophisticated. I love them both equally and for me these two are an inseparable pair.

@tomcochran6616

2 жыл бұрын

I like both but I also would choose Rubber Soul.

Well, you’ve just listened to the ‘Pot Album’ (as John Lennon famously declared ‘Rubber Soul’), next we move on to the ‘LSD Album’ with ‘Revolver’.

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

Revolver is also a pot album as well as an LSD one. “Got To Get You Into My Life” is about marijuana, not a woman.

You Won’t See Me was a cover hit in the 70’s for Canadian Goddess of Song, and just music in general, Ann Murray!

Well done.as always . Cheers.

The end line of Norwegian wood is " I lit a fire. Isn't it good ? . Norwegian Wood. " He is setting light to the furniture. This was what John did in their student "digs ' to keep the place warm. That is t,urn the furniture into fire wood. John's tenure at this art college address did not last long !

This album was definitely a turning point for the Beatles. An indication of bigger things to come.

This was a good listen and watch.

And you're right about the being high part, bro!

Revolver will blow your mind

- I love Ringo's vocal too! I strongly recommend you to listen the first three solo albums by him (Sentimental Journey, Beacoups of blues, and Ringo (1973)) - There is a great great great version of "In my life" recorded by Ozzy Osbourne, you should check it out - This is just the beginning of the experimental songs by the Beatles. From now on, it's always a blast and a brand new thing

@patticrichton1135

2 жыл бұрын

And there is a GREAT VIDEO that goes with OZZY OSBOURNE'S version of "IN MY LIFE"....it's on You Tube. OZZY is a HUGE BEATLES' FAN.

Why did you move the painting behind you?? It was perfectly positioned as it was!!

In My Life is my favorite song on the album.

Wait is actually my favourite of the last three tracks.

"Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble Tres bien ensemble" literally means, "These are words that go together well, together very well"...this is a reference to the phrase, "Michelle, ma Belle." ( "Michelle, my beauty", or "my beautiful one" )

@IvorPresents

2 жыл бұрын

When it came out, you can bet my High School French teacher picked up on it and had us sing it daily.

Thrilled you love it - how perfect is In My Life? You wait til you hear REVOLVER!

another thing to know is that the version you listened to is the UK version of Rubber Soul.. the North American version that Americans and Canadian grew up with is a little different.... it only has 12 tracks... It's missing What Goes On, Drive My Car, Nowhere Man, and If I Needed Someone, which are replaced by two other songs... I've Just Seen A Face, and It's Only Love... the UK version has more variety, but the North American has a more solid mood about it.... most people would say they like the UK version better, but I've always preferred the North American version because it puts me in a certain zone... whereas What Goes On always rips me out of that zone... the songs removed from Rubber Soul were included in a separate North American release called Yesterday and Today

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I’m used to the American version.

@patticrichton1135

2 жыл бұрын

And I like the "false beginning" at the start of "I;m Looking Through You" on the U.S. album which is NOT on the UK Rubber Soul.

A couple of things here, "Run For Your Life" was a throw away that he hated, they needed a song. He nicked the lyric "I'd rather see you dead little girl than too be with another man" right off Elvis Presley's "Baby Let's Play House"so for anyone that says this line is very dark then blame Elvis. Lennon didn't like this song at all, he said it was garbage by him to fill a track. "Wait" was from the Help sessions, again they needed a song and were out of steam, they had a deadline too meet. You must realize up through "Rubber Soul" The Beatles released two lp's a year plus three to four singles plus Ep's up through "A Hard Day's A Night" and this was all through Beatlemania. If you weren't alive at the time one could never appreciate what they accomplished up through 66. No artist from that time through now could never accomplish what they did. These guys had too beg for a day off. Everyday it was a photo session or interviews with the press or magazine's or meeting some stupid politician or the mayor. There tours were filled with this crap especially when in America. The mayor's daughter or the congressman's daughter wanted too meet The Beatles . That's why they quite touring after 66, they couldn't take the insanity of Beatlemania anymore. I would suggest that if you want too see Beatlemania at it's peak, the craziness of it all then go on u tube and bring up the film The Beatles Live At Shea Stadium, 1965. Stadium rock was created that night by them. 56,000 screaming maniacs out of their minds. This was the first time anyone ever sold out a stadium. Today it's commonplace but they were the first as they were with everything. I was fortunate enough too see them in September, 1964 in Pittsburgh when I was six years old, it was crazy. The Beatles only ever played for 30 minutes at their shoes because anything after that would have not been safe for them or the crowds, it was like near riot conditions and not out of anger but out of love. The Shea Stadium film is actually in really good color and the sound is very good for 1965 technology. They couldn't hear a note they played because they had no fold back speakers on stage. They also had box make them special 100 watt amps for the dhow, could you imagine that, they went up from the normal 25 watt amps too 100. They were just ahead of their time as always. The technology just wasn't available yet for large shows like that. The Beatles were four very special young men and there will never be another and Rolling Stone should be ashamed at what they did too The Beatles on this 2021 revised list of greatest LPs ever. They will never get another dime of my money. This new guard young hipster bunch are a joke. They actually have a Biggy Smalls Lp as the second greatest Lp of all time (excuse me a second while I puke in my mouth) what a joke and I'll leave this list at that. The nerve of these little pricks. The Beatles, hands down the greatest too ever do it and it ain't even close. You're in for a hell of a journey the rest of the way you man. Fasten your seatbelt ! Oh and I meant the Ep's we're up through 64, the 3 to 4 singles a year were right up through 65. ✌️☮️💕

Nowhere Man is my most favourite song from beatles. John wrote that song about himself

@aominedaiki5629

2 жыл бұрын

Замечательная песня,одна из любимых.Моя любимая песня с этого альбома In my life.

@user-kj1pq6zh3x

2 жыл бұрын

@@aominedaiki5629 трогательная песня)

@aominedaiki5629

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-kj1pq6zh3x да,трогает до души, вызывает приятные,минорные чувства.

I can't believe that you were watching JOJO RABBIT!! ( I saw it too a few weeks ago) WHEN I was listening to your reaction to Past Masters Vol. 1, and you didn't want to listen to the 2 German versions, I WAS going to TELL you that the GERMAN version of I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ( KOMM GIB MIR DEINE HAND) was played at the beginning of that movie. BUT I didn't cos you didn't sound interested in even listening to them.

My favorite album, Lennon is in another level

The name "Rubber Soul" is *probably* not anything more than a play on "rubber sole"- which describes the construction of an average shoe. If you were clever, you might change the word "sole" to "soul", and name a mid-60's, game changing album after it. You might also take the name of an insect, and spell it with "beat--", because you were looking for a name for your rock band...

Can't wait until you get to Revolver!

Norwegian Wood is "Appalachian Waltz with Sitar".

At last ! Try and listen to those songs omitted from records such as Goodbye (now on deluxe Abbey Road) ! Enjoy Jesse 🤠

@patticrichton1135

2 жыл бұрын

"GOODBYE" was written by Paul for Mary Hopkin to record. He produced it and became a big hit for Mary. She was a young Welsh singer and one of the Beatles first artists that they signed to their Apple records label. I don't know why it was put on the deluxe Abbey Road ( I don't have it yet). Is it sung by them? Or is it Mary Hopkin's version. I know Paul sang the demo for it, maybe that is what they put on the deluxe Abbey Road.

@johnbyrnes7912

Жыл бұрын

@@patticrichton1135 yes it's his simple work just like Blackbird! 🤡

Next up is REVOLVER, which is like RUBBER SOUL on steroids. :)

It could be that sound on Girl was the four Beatles toking up inhaling.

Yes Rubber Soul was cool but we're you in love with Maryann from Gilligan's Island? I was . I was there . Maryann was so beautiful ❤️. Yes she was. I love her today and every year.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

28:56 - Yep... 64 times in one song, no less! ;)

I think Nowhere Man is the first song that isn’t about love!

its a sitar NOT guitar :D

❤❤

check out ultra shield - new shield

In My Life is widely considered the greatest song ever written, along with a Day in the Life.

Why there's so much fuss about "Run For Your Life" lately? Such a great closing track for a great Beatles album. Can't you see the lyrics are satirical there? C'mon, folks, it’s only a rock'n'roll!

Just wait to till you hear the next albums, and I know "run for your life" 's lyrics have aged like milk lol

@mahkimahkila6396

2 жыл бұрын

You mean Fromage? That's good

They admitted Wait was a throwaway.

@jaredf6205

2 жыл бұрын

I think wait is amazing!

@johnbyrnes7912

2 жыл бұрын

Wait was from Help! period and I must admit I would've prefered they swapped it with Yesterday ! And I do think the yanks got it right too saving I've Just Seen A Face for their Rubber Soul! 🤡

@patticrichton1135

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaredf6205 I AGREE!! I LOVE "Wait"

Women were expected to put their careers second (or have no career at all) prior to the woman’s movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. That was the common attitude, not just his.

Lennon called Rubber Soul "the pot album". You definitely picked up on that.

Would love for you to listen to Abbey Road…

@EnlightenJesse

2 жыл бұрын

I will! 😁 not till February though (roughly)

It was originally planned for Rubber Soul and Revolver, along with the singles "Day Tripper," " Paperback Writer," "We Can Work It Out," "Rain," & "Elanor Rigby" to be released as a double album. Unfortunately, George Martin shot the idea down. They would have created the greatest album of all time. In my opinion, Revolver and Rubber Soul are already superior to Sgt. Pepper.

@ronalddobis6782

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, there is absolutely no evidence of that. That sounds more like someone's wishful thinking.

@a.k.1740

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronalddobis6782 Yes, the production work on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is superior to Rubber Soul and Revolver but overall I prefer the compositions of these two to some of the tracks from Sgt. Pepper (not a fan of "Fixing a Hole", "She's Leaving Home", "Lovely Rita" and "Good Morning Good Morning").

@johnbyrnes7912

2 жыл бұрын

Yes wishful thinking! They were all basking in contentment after releasing such a good album just a few months after Help! when Paul said come on let's do another!? (as Ringo revealed).

The thing I don’t like about the Beatles is a lot of there tracks sounds to alike

@johnbyrnes7912

2 жыл бұрын

Oh come on ! Drive My Car sounds like Wait , Girl sounds like What Goes On , Think For Yourself sounds like Run For Your Life or for that matter Yesterday sounds like She's A Woman ! If you want even more variety check out The White Album or were you just being funny?

@drbannter

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbyrnes7912 not trying to be funny, just a lot of there songs sound one alike

@aominedaiki5629

2 жыл бұрын

@@drbannter nonsense

@drbannter

2 жыл бұрын

@@aominedaiki5629 its true though

@Jackson-jd1um

2 жыл бұрын

@@drbannter I mean you’re hearing ONE album which has a specific mood to it, go to a different album from this one forward and none of it sounds the same

I like that Paul dedicated and sang Michelle to Michelle Obama when he was honored in the White House.

@robertmartin1807

2 жыл бұрын

I like more that she’s no longer there thank god

@Hudson112

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmartin1807 Ok, let’s not argue about politics when we’re just here to enjoy some music.

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmartin1807 What have you got against her? Her husband was the one who was President.

@thoroakenshield7283

2 жыл бұрын

Waste of a good song.

Jesse: "why would she put her acting career 2nd" You realise women were heavily objectified prior to the 70s... As for Johns sexist lyrics on Run for your Life - as bad as John's Misogynistic lyrics were, he became a big feminist activist in the 70s. And one of the most important.

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

And the line “I’d rather see you dead…” was borrowed from an Elvis song.

@thoroakenshield7283

2 жыл бұрын

Oh shut up.

@MsAppassionata

2 жыл бұрын

@@thoroakenshield7283 Who are you talking to and what is your problem anyway? She didn’t say anything that was incorrect.

@mahkimahkila6396

2 жыл бұрын

@@thoroakenshield7283 lol everyone pay attention: this is what happens when people jump to conclusions to virtue signal, rather than take time to read properly. If you had, you would have noticed I was defending both Paul and John for their sexist actions due to being from a different time. And if you're telling me to shut up because I called John a feminist icon of the 70s, I suggest you look into the vast differences in 1st, 2nd and 3rd wave feminism. I am not any of the above mentioned, nor am I - for example - Muslim. However I recognize Muhammed Ali as an icon of the Nation of Islam.

@thoroakenshield7283

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsAppassionata Not to you. Can you read?

I honestly don’t place this album very high on my list. John’s songs are among his finest, ever, but the other tracks just don’t measure up to his contributions, IMO.