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Some of Ringo's best drumming I always thought

@daveman_50

2 ай бұрын

I love the way he shifts to the ride cymbal for the outro. @10:02

@Sandy-dd4le

2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of his sound is that odd left hand lead he does, it's the weirdest thing to watch, but it works, and makes him difficult to copy.

@nickbarber3315

2 ай бұрын

Ringo is one of the most underrated drummers

Saying Timothy Leary was kind of involved in the LSD movement is like saying Santa is kind of involved with Christmas. 😆

@x_trio_3_po333

2 ай бұрын

Or that The Beatles were kind of involved with the rock and roll scene in the 1960's.😂

@sourisvoleur4854

2 ай бұрын

Really Christmas existed for over a millenium before Santa.

@zoeherriot

Ай бұрын

@@sourisvoleur4854 yeah, but it only became good when Santa arrived. He's much more believable than Jesus.

"kinda involved" may be the understatement of the year! LOL. Thanks Beth.

Paul was fantastic on this too, his bass is perfect and really drives it along from 10:00 onwards. His solo on the Rhodes was brilliant too!

The song shows why they were so good together; McCartney's sliding bass Ringo"s tasteful drums and John's stream of consciousness lyrics, and George's spare guitar; a magic track

Paul’s backing vocal on this is particularly inspired. I don’t think it would have occurred to anyone else to sing that harmony in that voice.

@karaamundson3964

2 ай бұрын

Actually John sang all the harmonies himself, and neither Paul nor George so much as volunteered. This incredible tune perfectly showcases each bandmember at the top of their game, a brilliant Beatles gestalt. John frequently overdubbed his vocal tracks. Incredibly, he thought he had a weak voice, especially compared to Macca. In my estimation, John's raw, driving rock & roll delivery is right up there with all the major greats ...and his delivery of tender ballads is unbelievably gentle and velvety. Just a wonderful performer of course... Deeply, woefully missed 💔

@peterschleh9382

2 ай бұрын

yes thx this is correct 😊

If you listen to Lennon's vocals isolated its a combination of hand claps and him saying "shoot me".

@fishboy91

2 ай бұрын

I think George Martin said that there is no way "shoot me" was going to get on the radio. So they played with the words and now we just have the word "shoo". Hence, it got on the radio

@christoh711

2 ай бұрын

On the Anthology Vol3 album, you'll hear what John is singing

@ErCrunchy

2 ай бұрын

Well he got what he asked for I guess

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

2 ай бұрын

​@@ErCrunchyno need for that.

@rodbrewster4629

2 ай бұрын

His live performance in New York it's pretty clear.

Paul made this track what it is. John brought it in as a 50s rocker song that was similar to Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me.” Paul recognized and suggested changing it. He suggested making it swampy and then added his iconic bassline and the piano solo

Wonderful talk on a loved song. The intro of Come Together takes all of me back and into playful spaces where friends and I would listen to entire albums and enjoy talking about them for hours after. 🌸🥰

When this song first came out, I was really taken aback by how different the introduction was - bass and drums, which are normally in the background. The Beatles were masters of the intro. You can tell the song right away.

Beth, you are amazing. So right on. And I loved to see you rock out at the start of this landmark tune. I think the "Shhh" is a vocal although it could be produced in lots of other ways. Those were the days!

The "Shoot me", which is still a tad alarming after all these years, is clearer on the alternative take on Anthology 3.

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 ай бұрын

John Lennon explains "Come Together" song in his own words: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4yuxqWKnbGTmKg.html at 1:10

@birdec765

2 ай бұрын

Went to the used record store, got Anthology 3, listened👍

Try, "Oh, Darling," from the same album, to hear Paul unleashed.

I recall the “bed-in” at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal when I was living there. It was televised live on all the local News channels.

@michaeldowson6988

2 ай бұрын

That room is fitted up like a museum piece.

@lopeetoom01

2 ай бұрын

They had also a "bed-in" in the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

@ricardo_miguel13

2 ай бұрын

@@lopeetoom01 where they recorded Give Peace A Chance. But that was after they recorded Ballad Of John And Yoko

Since Beth mentioned early multi-track recording. There is a great book "Here, There and Everywhere" by Geoff Emerick, who was the recording engineer on a lot of Beatles records. It has some technical details and describes some of the - back than - crazy stuff they had to do back in the days to get the sounds the wanted. But it's not a "technical book", nowhere near a "how to record music"-manual or something like that. It's more like a biography that's easy, entertaining and very interesting to read, if you are remotely interested in the Beatles and the music business of the 60s in general. Highly recommended.

@jjbsnak95096

2 ай бұрын

Geoff Emerick's book is fascinating!

@x_trio_3_po333

2 ай бұрын

Another great book is "Summer of Love: The Making of Sgt Pepper" by George Martin and William Pearson. One of my other favorites books is "The Last Days of John Lennon" (1991) by Frederic Seaman (Lennon's former personal assistant -1975-1980). This latter title is not to be confused with a more recently published book with the same title by James Patterson.

@mrtveye6682

2 ай бұрын

@@x_trio_3_po333Haven't read those two yet, thx for the recommendations.

Nice one again, Beth. What a studio masterpiece. Every single element is perfectly deployed, including John's playful, lightly satirical lyrics and inimitable vocal. Such a contrast to Chuck Berry's notoriously 'rough and ready' approach to recording. And you're right, it sounds just as good now as it did then. The copyright claims were a total, audacious scam. The end result does not resemble Chuck in any way, not even 'You can't catch me'. Nice animation too,

Love your reactions, the depth of knowledge you impart, but more than that you communicate so much with you facial expressions and your whole body! You are amazing! Looking and hearing this song with new eyes and ears.

How fun. And in the stat about covers, I don't think I saw Aerosmith listed but unless my memory is totally faulty, they did a killer version of it for the Sergeant Pepper's Hearts Club Band movie. It's a fantastic performance. Alice Cooper also does a totally killer version of Because for that soundtrack. But both of them have that portion of the movie featuring them to go with it, so there are visuals to go with it like music videos, and it's really creative.

@Revolver1981

2 ай бұрын

Yeah Aerosmith definitely done the best Live cover version of this song. Michael Jackson done the best studio cover version of this song.

I think when something is good, it becomes a little part of all of us and we find a way to use it in our lives. That to me is the ultimate “influence”. I love the Beatles and I love Chuck Berry(an original influencer)

What a beautiful analysis of this wonderful song❤

Great analyse of a great piece of music. Some of their most groovy songs in my opinion. And such a joy to see you sharing your thoughts about it. And you are wonderful as always Beth 😃

Cada vez que veo este tipo de vídeos me da NOSTALGIA bien Gran Beth 👏👏🍀🍀 gracias cabellos de girasol 🌻💜💙

I get a bit bored with reaction videos but yours was great Beth, I loved it. I also loved your enthusiasm for this great Beatles song and your understanding of what was going on musically. My favourite line is "got to be good looking coz he's so hard to see". True for so many throw-away celebrities. You have a great personality Beth and I'll definitely watch more of your stuff.

Bless you for this astute analysis.

WOW !! I seem to learn something new every time I watch/listen one of your videos. When I was an adolescent listening to The Beatles, I thought the "whispered lyric," as U describe it, was their improvised sound of someone "dialing up" on a rotary phone 📞 -- the whispered sound, the sound one might hear when one's inserted index finger travels on the phone body , along the alpha/numeric "face" of the dial, followed by the return of the dial back to its resting position (0), or Ringo's drumming (which I used to refer to as his "patted drumming" style for THAT song.) In my kid's mind, The Beatles were simply creating a stylized sound of someone making a phone call, using a rotary phone. But, through your video, we learn not only how John's "shoot me" gets muted by the bass line to "shoot" but that one of Chuck Berry's songs You Can't Catch Me (1965) provided some of the inspiration for Lennon's lyrics !! THEN, Berry's Big Seven Music sues Lennon? WTF ?? It's sooo sad and disenchanting, when we learn about the behind-the-scenes business side of the music industry. AND to learn there is something called Compensation Songs ? 💰💰 Another BUMMER. Is "compensation songs" a music industry term or is that YOUR description ? Either way, THAT is sooo sad to know that Lennon had to record two songs, one on an album in 1974, then another in 1975, plus a third, titled Angel Baby, released after his death : To know three songs were recorded to satisfy a legal suit, to financially compensate Chuck Berry (or his record label ??)😟☹ BUT, I will say, hearing the excerpt of Chuck Berry lyrics and his song in your video, that The Beatles Come Together stands on its own, regardless. Maybe I'm biased in favor of The Beatles b/c Chuck Berry was popular long before I was a young child. HIS music doesn't do much for me. I see him the same way I see a lot of his contemporaries -- black and white footage of performers on a stage with curtains, reminiscent of Vaudeville of the 1930s, or early TV of the 1950s. BORING. I recall the transition from black and white TV to color. AND I was keenly aware of the BIG difference in sound quality between the old, scratchy 78 rpm records my dad had, in his collection, alongside the more recent 33 rpm STEREO LPs. So, I came along at a time when I could truly appreciate the differences his generation had versus my generation. Likewise, I'm sure there are LOTS of followers of your channel who appreciate YOUR well thought out, insightful, inspirational instruction and "groovy" appreciation of music across the generations. Like at :20 to :29 and :40 and 3:03. YOU GET IT. Speaking of Which : The animated cartoon someone created, to accompany Come Together, seems to have been simply thrown together, with out much thought. 👎👎 THEY DON'T GET IT. Thank you, just the same. Your inspired -- and inspiring. 😄👍👍 peace, love & happiness ✌ 3/26/2024

Hearing you talk about this, it's apparent you're very knowledgeable about music and how it's recorded. Well done! You've got a subscribe out of me. haha

@BethRoars

8 күн бұрын

Much appreciated!

Thanks for the lesson Beth !!!!!!

Amazing!! Great reaction.

so good thank you please do more beatles

This Is My Favorite Song Of The Beatles, Their The Best 💯 & Great Reaction Sweetheart

That sound you're asking about, from what I read years ago. Is one of Ringo's cymbals played in reverse. I hope it helps. Great channel btw. 😎

I never tire of this!

Two other interesting Beatles vocals are A Day In The Life (lots of spooky vocal slides in the verses then staccato in the bridge) and Got To Get You Into My Life (just a great vocal overall).

In view of what happened to John, the subliminal "shoot me" is almost horrific

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 ай бұрын

John Lennon explains "Come Together" song in his own words: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4yuxqWKnbGTmKg.html at 1:10

you might know this, you might not, someone might of already said but "here come old flat top" is from a Chuck Berry song, i think it's called "you can't catch me" "Also i said this at the start before watching so now i know you already know" my bad

The opening lyric is "Shoot me" It is a constant within the song. He knew!

Oh yes, Mr. Leary lived on a large estate in Millbrook, NY. He along with a number of his followers were politely told to leave and return to CA. There's an awesome amount of power in that village. Come together somewhere else. Interesting because I saw it first hand. Back to Berkeley boys. O eer me dead body.

John, under pressure to write a song for the new album, came in with basically, a Chuck Berry tune that he revamped. Paul claims it was too much just like Chuck's song (Can't catch me) and decided they had to change the tempo, Ringo came up with a catchy drum fill line, and George added some spooky guitar solo. They saved lennon from being almost cover song.

BETH acdc touring soon in uk probably there now just giving you the scoop 😂❤

The Beatles forever

Absolutely one of my favorite songs. That funky groove of the intro with a great bass-ling and kick drumbeat, I just have to turn it up to 11 when it starts. Learned early on to not take the lyrics too literally and not worry about the meanings and was told that they were open for interpretation. With the reference to Coke-a- Cola and the BBC, remember the Kinks had to do a different version of "Lola" switching to Cherry Cola so it would get air play in the UK. One of the best covers was from Aerosmith, which some folks say they like better.

@jonncockrell3606

2 ай бұрын

Aerosmith sux.

That shoop sound could be a vocal or …..the Beatles and George Martin were very good at manipulating sound by slowing or speeding up tape. So it could be a cymbal sizzle speeded up or who knows . Love this one. When I first heard this when I was 14, I played it over and over and over.

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 ай бұрын

John Lennon explains "Come Together" song in his own words: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4yuxqWKnbGTmKg.html at 1:10

Paul's harmonies are genius. Is your album available in the States?

It's You Cant Catch Me slowed down! McCartney talks about it quite frankly as a rip off on the documentary he did with Rick Rubin. Part of the genius of The Beatles I guess...as Ray Manzarek of The Doors used to say," Genius borrows, talent steals" Good analysis! Consider doing Alice Russell, an incredible Soul singer from the UK, she does a version of Gnarls Berkley's, Crazy, that'll make you wonder why he bothers! She's super technical, great control, you'll love her!

John did sing this song live and you can see and hear him do the shoo sound (it sounds the same)

Beatles é a melhor banda de rock de todos os tempos

Hi Beth. Great analysis of a great song. I just imagine what the boys could of accomplished if Yoko was never in the picture

@ricardo_miguel13

2 ай бұрын

yes, for example this song would have never happened

Finally an earnest reaction for a Beatles song, excellent!!

John intended this to be a simple song recorded live in the studio. It was recorded on a 4-track machine but George Martin and Paul wanted to add more layers. The 4 track tape was transferred to a 16- track machine so they had 12 more tracks to add layers and punch in and out vocals. When the songs were remixed in the digital world they were able to match up the 4-track tape with the 16-track tape so the basic track is from the source tapes with no transfers. It make it so much brighter and speed corrected for the old 4-track machines that would speed up then slow down based on if they were recorded tails up or down. They used a mechanical breaking system that could not 100% correct for the tape speed as one reel was moving faster as there was less tape on it.

That "Shht" is "Shoot me".

Yes, John is doing that "shhhh" vocally, He's actually singing "shoot me" while clapping his hands. Which is a chilling thought when you consider...well, I think you get what I'm saying. Lennon was later sued by Big Seven Music for this song because some of the lyrics are lifted from Chuck Berry's song, "You Can't Catch Me" ("Here come ol flattop", etc) as well as the melody is very similar if you speed it up. In fact, it was Paul McCartney's idea to slow it down because when John submitted it to the band to record, he recognized it as sounding like Chuck Berry's song.

I heard Ringo said this was his favorite Beatles song. I have to admit that I never heard that John was singing shoot me. Considering how he died it kinda casts a pall over the whole song.

Talent has evovled so much since the beatles era it's crazy

@henrysmith3701

2 ай бұрын

You mean devolved 😊

@jdspencer60

2 ай бұрын

@@henrysmith3701 no I do not. The songwriting and musical talent are objectively better now.

@loutowers6529

2 ай бұрын

@@jdspencer60 Nonsense.

@jdspencer60

2 ай бұрын

Oh ya, i forgot. I am the eggman. I am the walrus. Goo goo ga choo. yea that was peak songwriting

@bossfan49

2 ай бұрын

@@loutowers6529 This guy is not even worth an argument.

I always heard that sound as a vocal “shook”, maybe with the “oo” shortened, maybe more like “shuk"

@oliverbird6914

2 ай бұрын

It's " shoot me" honestly

Didn't see it the comments so I'll take a shot at it. Something recorded and played backwards, possibly a percussive instrument and/or a synthesized sound?

Hola hermosa😊 que buenos clasicos .Podrias reaccionar a Urgent de Foreigner "deer creek 1993 " es la mejor versión de esa iconica canción .

Hi Beth, I recently discovered you and I'm marathoning your videos. Make a video of the Mexican band called Maná: Vivir sin aire.

If you haven’t already you should do Here Comes the Sun, same album

The Beatles made no secret of their admiration for Chuck Berry. They covered at least 2 Chuck Berry songs, and John Lennon famously said, "If you need another name for Rock'n'Roll, you could call it Chuck Berry."

Hey Beth, give a listen to "July Morning" by Uriah Heep with David Byron on vocals, ...you will ROAR!!!

John Lennon is saying "shoot me" in between the verses.

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 ай бұрын

No. John Lennon explains "Come Together" song in his own words: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4yuxqWKnbGTmKg.html at 1:10

Yeah, as you stated the sound is vocal. But, the inspiration is from Pink Floyd Pow R Toc H from 1967, check it out, its both Syd Barrett and Roger Waters making mouth and throat noises over the song, and the Syd part is very similar to what John is doing here.

HELLO BEAUTIFUL BETH ROARS ❤️😍💋

Beth this is John going Shttt! In the mic 🎤. Great song opening Abbey Road.

Ringo is wearing the ring from 'Help!'

@rainblaze.

2 ай бұрын

And McCartney is playing an upside-down EB1 instead of a hofner lol

Chuck Berry's music publisher sued John Lennon for copyright infringement because of the melodic similarity between Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" and "Come Together", written by Lennon, and because the Beatles' song used some of the lyrics of Berry's song ("here come old flat-top"). The suit was settled out of court. As part of the settlement, Lennon included a rendition of "You Can't Catch Me" on his 1975 album of cover versions,

@bossfan49

2 ай бұрын

She covers all that in the video.

John is saying "Shoot me." a very sad irony now.

❤

Just asking... would you mind telling your headphone brand/model, please?

Like no one else has been “heavily influenced” by Chuck Berry in their song writing! 😂

@deeliciousplum

2 ай бұрын

* cough * * cough * The Rolling Stones * cough * *cough * 🤭

This really stoked the fire on the rumor it was about Paul being dead.

Oh, I so love your reviews... ;-) Emotional, educative and uplifting. And props go out to George Martin, the 5th Beatle!

Thanks for your positive response to music from this old Aussie nutter 😂❤

@BethRoars

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@oscararzate7956

2 ай бұрын

Siempre que veo. este tipo de vídeos da NOSTALGIA bien por tus reacciones gran Beth 👏👏🍀🍀 gracias cabellos de girasol 🌻💜💙

😎👍 To the best of my knowledge, the only time John Lennon ever sang with a pronounced vibrato is during the first five seconds of "Mr. Moonlight." 🌜

the shhing sound is john lennon whispering (ironically) shoot me......

11:45 "The Silver Bealtes"?

I know you won’t see this, but please check out “part of me” by cian ducrot Amazing and powerful song and singer.

He's saying " shoot me" but the bass covers me

is a chuck berry influence. the godfather of rock n roll

He's literally saying " shoot me". I kid you not

Worth pointing out, McCartney's input totally transformed this song. That bass is just the bollocks.

*whispers* "Shoot me" (You can hear me more clearly on the Anthology rehearsal) and the irony is he got shot to death.

" Timothy Leary is outside looking in. " Great video Beth.

Lennn was a master of feels

I love you

"Shoot me" is the vocal effect Lennon is doing.

😊👏👏👍

Im a fan of yours and even tho i never met you i will have your song played at my funeral 😞🙏💯

Please react to Pavarotti 🙏

Hello beautiful greetings from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico 🇲🇽 please react to the video of por mi Mexico remix

Did you notice? John Lennon is humming "shoot me" at the beginning and middle of the song!

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 ай бұрын

John Lennon explains "Come Together" song in his own words: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4yuxqWKnbGTmKg.html at 1:10

Funny, I don’t think weird was a word from the Beatles creative vocabulary. They were a perfect example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. 😊🙏

I'd always be careful about analysing Johns lyrics as he was well aware of folks doing that and would sometimes write 'nonsense' words for the fun of it and have a smile at what people made of it....still very clever and witty stuff..

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My three year old twin grandchildren love this song. When they want to hear it they ask for "Ship" lol.

.. he's saying "Shoot me"

@fernandoaldekoa2436

2 ай бұрын

No. John Lennon explains "Come Together" song in his own words: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4yuxqWKnbGTmKg.html at 1:10

John and Yoko were never doing protests "for" the Vietnam War. They were protesting against it.

3:29 someone took that too literal

I believe John Sings... Shoot me and the start ..so its a very shhhhh sound