More than 50 years later, The Beatles remain one of the most beloved groups in music history. But there's a world of mysteries, anomalies and hidden ingenuity in their extensive set of memorable songs. In each episode, we'll dissect their classic hits and reveal more than you might have known about their legendary catalog.
And as a fair warning: you can't unhear this.
Created and Produced by Raymond Schillinger.
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What Goes On - The Beatles Anomalies List: wgo.signal11.org.uk/ Recording the Beatles: www.curvebender.com/rtb.html The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: amzn.to/2JnWEox Beatles E-Books www.beatlesebooks.com
An outstanding and fascinating documentary. For me this song tells the physicality of an experience better than any I know. It just feels like the sun seen emerging.
I remember very clearly along with millions of other kids waiting for the next album. There has never been anything like it before and since in my opinion.
I've never thought of Helter Skelter as controversial. It's only the Manson stuff that made people think that. I gotta tell you that dude was on his own trip. It has nothing to do at all with Manson. He was a delusional drug addict. Schizophrenia is a hell of a mental disorder
My father passed away two years ago after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer's. As he lost his abilities, music was the one thing that always sparked a reaction, especially the music of his favorite band, The Beatles. Even when he could barely respond to anything, just a few chords from the Fab Four would light up his eyes and bring a smile to his face. On the day of my father's funeral, unbeknownst to my mother and me, my sister asked the choir to sing Here Comes the Sun as they carried his coffin. It was one of the most joyful and heartbreaking moments of my life. After two years of longing, this will always be our song.
Ringo at the end! I’ve always suspected this for years. The drumming is too fluid. Although Paul is a good drummer, his drumming is rather stiff compared to Ringos.
@@ellisclarkstudios9797 LOL, first, it's not me who has to prove anything! It's the OFFICIAL canon that it's PAUL on ALL the drums! Ringo wasn't there when they recorded it, and NOBODY involved in the actual Beatles EVER claimed that he returned for any parts on Dear Prudence. Nobody. Ever. It's just a popular fan fiction theory, and it fits many people's false narrative that Paul was a "bad drummer". But the fact is: THEY don't have any actual proof it's Ringo, all they can say is "He secretly returned and overdubbed the end". And that is just ridiculous! First, Ken Scott himself confirmed they didn't do later overdubs on Dear Prudence. Second, Ringo returning and overdubbing drums would have been a huge deal so it definitely would have been noted or mentioned by ANYONE. No. Nobody. Nothing. Also, the whole "It must be Ringo" conspiracy theory is based on the claim that the part is sooooo incredibly amazing that Paul could NEVER have done it! Ridiculous again, because not only was Paul already quite good on the drums, but more importantly - the part isnt even THAT great! In fact it's quite messy and rhythmically all over the place! It only sounds so amazing because it's several drum tracks, all recorded and overdubbed by Paul! And there's absolutely no denying there are massive similarities in sound and style to what Paul played on his solo album! So every actual evidence we have is pointing towards Paul, and all tje Ringo-folks have is their fan fiction theory! 😂
If its been established that the bass was overdubbed after the initial backing track was laid down, this then does not rule out that Paul played it. Although It’s cool to think that it might be John. It does sound like a guitar player playing bass. And if it is John, then a non bass player has put down one of the coolest bass parts ever laid down in the history of rock!
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No mystery at all. Not if you've studied the Beatles voices for 50 years like me. The cough is definitely Paul. His cigarette-cough is in evidence on many of the studio tapes we're privy to these days. The slow count-in is John, goofing off on mic, as he is known to do. That tape was slowed down. Speed it up and see for yourself! The REAL count-in is George, cos it's his song.
Wow, you got one out of three, what a great expert you must be!! 😀 Dhani Harrison said he DEFINITELY recognized his father's cough - and he should know! It's been very well documented for decades and again confirmed most recently in the new liner notes by Kevin Howlett that it's PAUL doing the slow count with a "croaky voice". Sounds NOTHING like John! Amazing that it should be possible to study something for 50 years and still be clueless about it...
@@gutgolf74 I appreciate your opinion. If everything is so well-documented, what is the purpose of this video? I will file your opinion where I file everything that comes out of Donald Trump's mouth.
@@nancybeckett890 LOL, at least we share our disdain for Trump! 😀 But it's quite inappropriate comparing me make a factual statement with Trump's incoherent lies. This is not the only "mystery" video this guy produced that is not mystery at all! He should call it "commom mistakes" instead! Mark Lewisohn mentioned it decades ago, John C. Winn confirmed it 20 years ago and Kevin Howlett in the official liner notes confirmed it AGAIN last year - if this guy had just waited ONE week longer with his video he could have included the quote from the deluxe book. Again, it sounds NOTHING like John, so your claim makes you look a lot like Trump, who loves to brag about stuff he doesn't understand. Compare it to "Listen to what the man said", especially the second "one, two" - it's definitely Paul! So you think you know George's voice better than HIS OWN SON??!! Wow, you're really a LOT like Trump, who always loves to make himself appear superiour to everybody else when he doesn't have a clue about anything! 😀
Here Comes The Sun has always been my all time favorite Beatles song, followed by Norwegian Wood and the closing half of side 2 Abbey Road with Ringo’s flawless, but too brief, drum solo (Golden Slumbers and Carry That Weight).
I was 5 listening to The Beatles on the radio … I started to cry and my mom came rushing in and asked what’s wrong ??? Sniffing I told her The Beatles broke up ! She asked if I even knew who they are ? I quickly named all 4 of them 😢 That was the saddest day for a 5 year old (sniff sniff).
Like all the best Beatles songs, 'Here Comes The Sun' is musical perfection. The acoustic guitar, the Moog, Ringo's drumming augmented by handclaps, the orchestration, and those beautiful vocals are highlights within a killer track from my all-time favourite album. I'm glad George had the foresight to not include the lead guitar overdub as it wasn't an elegant fit. I liked this mini-documentary very much, thank you! :)
“Helter Skelter” was everything Paul envisioned it to be… Loud, raucous, heavy metal!! And I love the story of the late night/early morning mayhem session! The Beatles created the “mood” to produce it!
LOL, it's literally impossible to be John! 😀 - It's too high for him to do in a chestvoice - It sounds like Paul and it's during his part - no cut between the "dream" and the "aaah", so that's still the same lead singer, Paul - It's JOHN''S voice that you can hear in the background (plus George and Ringo, btw), he's doing EXACTLY the same high nasal falsetto he does on "Sexy Sadie" Always funny when people who are absolutely clueless are so full of themselves! 😀
It's not really lead, mate. They're also not on a stage. This is the most synthetic album created up to that date. However, I can now hear it is John. So I'm not going to fight about it.
@@Jaxy451 LOL, as I pointed out, it's literally impossible to be John, it's Paul! I'm not sure you know what "synthetic" means, but I can guess what you are trying to say. But the voices were recorded at once, definitely no overdub. Remember, they were still using 4 (four!) track when they made Pepper, so there's no way in hell they would go such lenghts to create a multitrack recording of vocals you can't even hear and bounce it down...
this is not Lennon or Mccartney, is JOHN PERRY FROM GRAPEFRUIT "I look around to see who he’s talking to, and seeing only a wall concluded quite brightly that he must be talking to me. I get up and start to walk towards the mic (which J, P, G and R are standing around) - the track is still recording. Paul once again gestures at some headphones lying on the floor. I reach down and put them on, they are SO LOUD that I shout out ‘f**king hell’ (to my eternal shame or glory depending on your standpoint!). I then (nervously) sang along with the Beatles, the first layer of na-na-na’s (after the better better part) going right to the end of the song. You know I can hardly believe I was there myself but I guess the proof that I was, unless Paul or Ringo can confirm, is that my expletive (undeleted) can still be heard on the record at about 2.59 where the line ‘Remember to let her under your skin, Then you begin, to make it better, better better, AAAH!’ under the word ‘BEGIN’. It’s clearly not a Liverpudlian accent - and as I was the only cockney in there…" from:www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/artist/john-perry/
When my music theory teacher told me U2's cover wasn't the original... IT WAS A BEATLES SONG, I literally stopped speaking for 5 minutes stareing at the wall. I couldn't believe this was them.
I'm guessing it's from reusing the tape and recording over it. Remnants from what was previously recorded. Anyone who lived when recording tape or cassette tapes were around understands this.
