Not much from the Beatles can be under or over rated. Sure like any art form music is subjective but masterpieces stand out on their own by consensus. The level of success by the percentage of people who love and enjoy it is self evident.
Lennon said this was his first attempt at writing a ballad. The Intro started in Db, chromatic walk-down from Ebm to Db Major to the 6 minor chord. From there it used a simple half-step modulation into the Key of D for the rest of the song. You call it Jazz; I call it Pop. It was very modal and planned out, no Jazz improv to it. It sure sounds like McCartney contributed the Intro-with its modulation-and the rest is all Lennon. True Jazz is an improvisation genre. Big Band music was called Swing; and it was arranged and written out, that’s why those bands had names like: Joe Schmoe and His Orchestra. There was nothing improv that qualified Swing music as Jazz, purely speaking. Are chord “changes” all it takes to qualify a song as Jazz (a nod to Gershwin there)? That’s a question for Another Day, if you catch the reference. 😅
Will, this is an outstanding tribute to John Lennon. Good onya mate. He may have underrated his own guitar playing but don't forget he also didn't like his own voice. Its funny because many say he had one of the best voices in rock n roll. Whatever he lacked in technical skills he surely made up for in creativity and originality. The world was better for having this genius and I'm sure had he lived we could have seen at least another 25 years of good stuff. He put a lot of heart into his music.
There's a little more backstory to Frank Sinatra and the song "Something." Originally, Frank said that "Something" was the best Lennon-McCartney song he ever heard. Frank assumed that Lennon-McCartney were the songwriters because George wasn't widely known then as an accomplished songwriter among those weren't closely following the development of the Beatles. As can be seen here, he gets George's authorship right, of course. Frank's praise of "Something" probably irked Paul a bit, as Paul was a Sinatra fan, while John was not.
I mimicked the spirit of this song's intro in one of my own (my intro: Bbm Dbm A B D), which was a variation on a chord sequence that would arise later (A C A B D).
I've always loved this song and it nearly always makes me cry as does In My Life. It's probably one of the most complex Beatles' songs too. So much variation in one song. I know The Beatles did a lot covers early on in their career like Please Mr Postman but I love those too. Yes I agree that the Beatles wrote lots of great songs before Rubber Soul came along. Another Lennon classic is Ask Me Why which is way back in 1962 I think but such a great song. All the songs on Hard Day's Night and Help, are fantastic and these both preceded Rubber Soul.
To the guy with the name netter style Who hated something And suggest people not get on the bandwagon just because your friends are I would suggest to him to not jump off the bandwagon just because so many people are on it and you wanna feel like you're oh so different and also smarter and all that nonsense It's a great song if you didn't like it in fact if you hate it means you got some serious aesthetic awareness problem buddy
Beautiful song by McCartney, beautiful performance by you, Will. You've gained a subscriber. I think this is the most covered song of all time, or so I heard.
Well explained especially as George is not here to tell the story well actually its better that someone else highlights how good this is thanks. alos blue eyes said it was good they are not here \. so well done you and the ukalale interestingly the most downloaded Beatles song is What ? here comes the sun by George Harrison
The first hits proved these guys were great. Think SLY, IWTHYH, AML, for example. If I Fell proved that rhey were consistently great - until Number 9 came along. 63 to 67 were gifts from across the universe, in the midst of a despicable, military-industrial-fuelled war. The best and worst of times. Imagine how bad that period would have been without this musical gift.
I love how people who understand music reveal the beauty and intelligence behind so many of the Beatles songs. For many years I thought I was one of just a few who who appreciate them this way.
Nice video. yes you’re right Donovan showed john these picking styles. Donovan also came up with the lyric ‘Sky of blue and sea of green’ from yellow submarine.
Keep in mind that at this early stage of their working relationship, George Martin played a major role in refining and arranging the Beatles' self-written songs to make them commercially appealing: "I taught them the importance of the hook.”
This seemingly "simply" song has 13 chords in it, 5 of which are not in the songs primary key of D. But the true genius is the way they are made to blend together so beautifully and melodicly, with no sense of discord.
the amazing thing about the beginning is, Sinatra was very critical of the Beatles for a long time. To have him praising George's song like that shows their rrange as musicians
It isn't jazz. It wasn't jazz. Nobody gives a shit if you can try to vainly turn it into jazz by polluting it with a bunch of extra "very hip extra notes" that absolutely don't make it any better. It's a brilliant Paul McCartney song with original ideas. The intro is brilliantly expected harmonically and melodically. It absolutely doesn't need your extra notes.
It's very hard to pick a favorite Beatles song, but if pressed, this is mine. Always has been. And I bought every Beatle album as they were being released.
Title is clickbait. I was a teenager for the whole British invasion. This song was underrated by whom exactly? Since you were not born yet who is your source for this?
