BOOGEY MAN!!! | THE BEATLES - Taxman (Prodijet Reacts) 

I love that solos Paul nailed it George wrote a Great one !

The Art for the cover was drawn by German session guitarist Klaus Voorman who was a friend of the beatles and. Often played with them on recordings

Edward Heath was elected Prime Minister in 1970, not during the 1960's

John was not voting for Heath.

Yes. For every 20 Pounds they earned the government took 19 Pounds. Ahhhh the price of runaway socialism.

Klaus Voorman is actually on that cover - hiding in Georges hair, just below John's mouth.

@@BiteYerBumHard Oh yeah! And his name is right above him. Back in the day when I originally got Revolver it was -3 John Lennon songs. it's a lot better with those songs included. Thanks brother. I love yer screen name.

@@truthmonger5791My dad bought Revolver when it first came out. He never played it as I did - to death! It was the UK first edition so I'm not sure what it would or would not have contained. I know the US had two versions.

@@BiteYerBumHard I'm a yank and back in the day “I'm Only Sleeping,” “Doctor Robert,” and “And Your Bird Can Sing” were excluded from the US version. All great tunes.

@@truthmonger5791Wow. Never knew that. As you say - great songs.

Didn’t know that but now you mention it yes it is very close to heart full of soul

The inspiration more likely came from the 1965 Motown hit "Shotgun" by Junior Walker & the All Stars.

It's NOT an inspiration from Batman, the time lines don't match up. STOP spreading false folklore narrative.

@@smartenuphumans The series went on air in January 1966. The Beatles began working on Taxman in April 1966. It's entirely possible, that this one-liner was an inspiration. It's also conceivable, that Jr. Walker's Shotgun played a role. It was from time to time the case, not just with the Beatles, that a passage or a riff from an existing song was taken, to create one of their own. An example: Watch your step by Bobby Parker, from whom Lennon got his inspiration for I feel fine. There are more. It's also hard to assume, that people like the Beatles, who had an open ear for everything, didn't know the Batman theme or the Jr.Walker-Track. If I'm wrong about anything, I'd be happy to be corrected.

@@braudabo sigh! The Jr Walker track was music not TV, which meant it raveled faster, and had about 7 years for Lennon to discover. ..Beatles began recording Revolver in April '66 to early June - Taxman being one of the early recordings. Now in 1966 less than half of America owned a TV, and the practice of watching TV was done an hour or two a week, and not a daily event outside of maybe the news hour - think of the internet in the 1990's. In all fairness, TV was considered by many to a "bad influence" back in 1966. The show Batman had mega low ratings in it's first year, then finally appeared in Britain a few months later in June of 1966, after the Revolver recordings were all but wrapped up. In January to late February of '66, Harrison was on his honeymoon in Greece, and the other Beatles had daily busy schedules with appearances, and interviews, as they were at the height of Beatlemania and this meant flying around Europe to fulfil these contract obligations, plus had to squeeze in rehearsals for their upcoming Japan tour, plus McCartney was in the studio working with another artist (can't remember who) - all between Jan-April of 1966. So they had four months during this busy time where they could have heard the theme song from a low rated unpopular American TV show, during a time when TV's weren't the number 1 media platform. This means someone would have had to record the song on 8 mm tape in America, fly across to England and give it to someone to give to The Beatles, and then The Beatles would have had to be interested enough to listen to this nothing TV theme of a television show, then Harrison would have to be convinced to incorporate it into his song knowing the copywrite laws but not caring and willing to ruin The Beatles mega success. All within a few weeks. Could have that happened, sure, but highly highly doubtful. You can't think of "today's" technology practices, as it was tremendously different 60 years ago.

@@smartenuphumansThe Beatles were actually extremely inactive in the first three months of 1966. Yes, Harrison and Boyd got married, Starr and McCartney, who was probably also doing something with Peter+Gordon during this phase, traveled and they had several parties in this time... And there were certainly days, when the Beatles acted incognito. But I have no idea, how that worked out in detail. But: during this time, Brian Epstein traveled to the USA several times (January, 2x in March) to plan the tours. Also the upcoming one in Japan. Incidentally, there was no preparation whatsoever for the concerts in Germany and Japan - that's what some of them sounded like... It cannot be ruled out, that Harrison was presented with the Batman theme, however and wherever - or that he simply heard on the radio. By the way, if one were really mean, one could accuse Harrison of thinking in 1970, I made it with Taxman (or Shotgun), so I try the same with He's so fine by the Chiffons for My sweet Lord... Shotgun, recorded in 1964, was released in 1965 and has nothing to do with Lennon. I think, you meant Watch your step? Basically, it's all secondary. In the history of music there are definitely songs from 40, 50 years earlier, I don't know, that could also be associated with these tracks. But that doesn't change the fact, that the Beatles produced a hot track, that can still be enjoyed today.

*taxation

I think raxation works. It sounds like an invasive surgery with no anesthesia

Fun fact: The Beatles are the only rock band where every song they recorded has its own Wikipedia page.

Those aren't the ONLY videos they had that you mentioned. They also made videos for "HELP!" "I FEEL FINE" 4 VIDEOS for "WE CAN WORK IT OUT," 2 for "DAYTRIPPER" 2 for "PAPERBACK WRITER" 2 for "RAIN" "PENNY LANE" "STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER" 3 for "HELLO GOODBYE" "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" "TICKET TO RIDE" "HEY BULLDOG" "SOMETHING" "HERE COMES THE SUN" I may have left some out (Oh and the most RECENT one, released on NOV. 4, 2023 "NOW AND THEN"

This album came out in the spring of '66, and they stopped touring later that summer.

The screenwriter hung out with the band for a few days to get a feel for the banter. A Hard Days Night was written using their own language, and it sounds ad-libbed. Almost like Spiňal Tap.

In 1966 due to the Beatles and Rolling stones making millions, the British govt. enacted a law that anyone making over 250,000 a year would pay nearly 90% tax on their earnings. The Rolling stones moved to France, the Beatles wrote this song.

Someone pointed out that the Beatles were getting a small fraction of their earnings after the Suits skimmed their share, but George was in the 95% tax bracket so he was only getting a nickel out of each dollar that was left. 🥺

This is based off the song that George had stuck in his head. The theme to Batman in the 60s.

No it's not! Paul plays lead guitar on this track...

Wrong! That's Paul.

...and from every dollar that George got for his share, the Taxman took 95 cents.

According to Wikipedia, the first episode of Batman was broadcast January 12, 1966. Revolver was released August 5th 1966

Seriously. It's like the whole "John claiming Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles" thing. Or the "Paul Is Dead" idiocy.

@@johntree6425 Sigh! ..Beatles began recording Revolver in April '66 to early June - Taxman being one of the early recordings. Now in 1966 less than half of America owned a TV, and the practice of watching TV was done an hour or two a week, and not a daily event outside of maybe the news hour - think of the internet in the 1990's. In all fairness, TV was considered by many to a "bad influence" back in 1966. The show Batman had mega low ratings in it's first year, then finally appeared in Britain a few months later in June of 1966, after the Revolver recordings were all but wrapped up. In January to late February of '66, Harrison was on his honeymoon in Greece, and the other Beatles had daily busy schedules with appearances, and interviews, as they were at the height of Beatlemania and this meant flying around Europe to fulfil these contract obligations, plus had to squeeze in rehearsals for their upcoming Japan tour, plus McCartney was in the studio working with another artist (can't remember who) - all between Jan-April of 1966. So they had four months during this busy time where they could have heard the theme song from a low rated unpopular American TV show, during a time when TV's weren't the number 1 media platform. This means someone would have had to record the song on 8 mm tape in America, fly across to England and give it to someone to give to The Beatles, and then The Beatles would have had to be interested enough to listen to this nothing TV theme of a television show, then Harrison would have to be convinced to incorporate it into his song knowing the copywrite laws but not caring and willing to ruin The Beatles mega success. All within a few weeks. Could have that happened, sure, but highly highly doubtful. You can't think of "today's" technology practices, as it was tremendously different 60 years ago. Time lines and probably don't line up or make sense.

@@LeChaunce ..just have to keep debunking them so that they go away! lol

What I have been saying for years...sorry!