Rubber Souls 1965 00:00 Drums and Tambourine 02:26 Bass and Tambourine 04:45 Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, Guitar and Organ 07:15 Vocals Personnel Drums and Matchbox tapping and Hammond RT-3 Organ: Ringo Starr Tambourine:George Harrison Bass (Rickenbacker): Paul Mccartney E. Guitar (Fender Stratocaster): George Harrison A. Guitar (Gibson J-160E): John Lennon Vocals: Paul Mccartney and John Lennon
When it came out in 1965, I did. The American version had all instruments other than overdubs on the left, and all vocals isolated on the right, along with the few overdubs. Made for some great listening.
My girlfriend hates the fact ive been enamored by the beatles since my birth in 1967... She considers them overrated.... Ive always been of the school that says, YOU try to reproduce what they did... How they played... It can't be done. When even music professors marvel at the music, creativity, and talent , you know they were the best there ever has been or ever will be. Period. 👍😁
I had no idea that John was such a talented guitarist. His rhythm guitar often got lost between George's lead and Paul's bass. This deconstruction is brilliant - thank you.
Earl Slick who played guitar on John Lennon's last two albums, said that John was one of the best guitarists he ever played with. He said he had a great feel.
@@MrAschiff Because it was Paul's song (main writer and sang lead), combined with the fact that the bright energy that rings out of the acoustic guitar is so prominent that I assumed the song was written on an acoustic guitar... which led me to assume that if Paul wrote it and is singing it, he'd be playing the instrument he wrote it on. Basically lots of assumptions.
@@ChicagoSteve It still doesn't make any sense, John played rhythm guitar on a ton of McCartney's song and was the lead guitarist on Get Back. It may have been written on acoustic guitar, many songs are, but that doesn't mean that Paul plays it on the record.
You don't realize how important the bass line is in this song until you hear all the subtle little ways it complements the melody and progression. Unreal.
spent years wondering why the main lick lacks so much oomph and bounce when my friends or i play it. and there it is! paul's not even anything flashy or showy, it just _helps_ the song become more than the sum of its parts.
@@kcuhc84 Clever isn't it? You don't really notice it until it's isolated. Perhaps that's why. frustratingly all the tabs/chord books, online tutorials have it wrong. Even Macca doesn't play it live the way John did on Rubber Soul. It's basically an Em7-Am7 progression on the upstroke.
Yeh compared how Paul plays the song and John has his own version I can hear here. He goes - if you count out the capo on the 1:fret - the open chords ..G C Em ( Paul does not play that ) Am / - Em / D /; then You don't look different Em7 / A7-sus4-preparing for Am / G C D, then on "you're not the same" bit, he takes the C with G on the low E string, the first time, then he goes with G and C with the pinky on the G on the top E string, which also Paul does, a big part of the sound, the G chord is always played with only the pinky at G on the top E string, with the B string open. Those are the differences I find. I see Yassassin here in the comment field prefer Em7 to Am7, but to me it sounds like Em7 to A7 sus4 to Am...I think of that John also has a habit of skipping colorations, especially if George are doing them in a song ( which is not the case here but...), but sometimes it's the other way around, that if John plays the coloration George don't need to, it's like it becomes too much of accentuating, but of course they sometimes both play the coloration, it use to happen on major 7( the blue 7) chords, but then they use to take the chord differently. I have always liked this song somehow, I do not know why. I can hear the melody on "disappearing over night" being reminiscent of " from all of us to all of you ", but I do not mind, it fits so well in this place here.. So and so...
If ever there was a Beatles song that deserved a remix, this is it. It's such a gem of a tune and it's criminal how rushed it was during the recording. Thank you for the chance to listen to the isolated tracks and hear those genius bass and acoustic guitar lines. Just another reason why the Rubber Soul/Revolver period remains my favorite phase of the Fabs.
An extremely rare photo of George playing his second Rickenbacker 360/12 in the studio which was presented to him during the 1965 US tour. As the photos appear to be Rubber Soul period, you have to wonder what song was George playing it on. Without the capo on the 7th fret, it can't be If I Needed Someone.
I think I heard that it is an organ, maybe not a Hammond, rather another kind of organ, with a guitar similar sound, maybe througha fuzz box, that makes that raw sound...and to that a rather fuzzy guitar is played...it's like you can't hear what is coming from where, they mold together. That's what I have heard about it, I think that's true, because it cuts so edgy.
I'm looking through you, where did you go I thought I knew you, what did I know You don't look different, but you have changed I'm looking through you You're not the same Your lips are moving, I cannot hear Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear You don't sound different, I've learned the game I'm looking through you You're not the same Why tell me why did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight You're thinking of me, the same old way You were above me, but not today The only difference is you're down there I'm looking through you And you're nowhere Why, tell me why did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight I'm looking through you, where did you go I thought I knew you, what did I know You don't look different, but you have changed I'm looking through you You're not the same Yeah, oh, baby you've changed I'm a'lookin' through you, yeah I'm looking through you You've changed, you've changed, you've changed...
My second comment on this video (because it's so great!) That photo of Paul that starts at 2:19 with his Rickenbacker 'Rose Morris 1999' blows me away. I think he had this bass in 1964(?) but never used it (officially) until the RS sessions. (I think?) That's why I keep thinking this has got to be (one of) the first photos of him with this guitar. I'm a guitar collector & fanatic. Can't you tell? Ha ha. [:-)]
For Beatles guitar info, try Andy Babiuk's book, Beatles Gear: The Ultimate Edition Book. It really is the ultimate! He covers all of the instruments, including keyboards, but acoustic pianos get scant mention.
John’s brilliance on guitar…I’ve studied him for decades, plus his harmonies under Paul’s, like on if I fell, this boy…wow, his tone on his voice. I recently discovered the C chord he plays on the bridge of goodnight…jeez.
These 'deconstruction' series videos -- it's not only the music that's cool -- but WHERE are they getting all the cool photos I've never seen before?? Wwowww. [:-)]
Alright folks, I think it’s Paul McCartney on acoustic guitar. It’s more his style of playing. It sounds similar to his demo for Goodbye (and I’ve just seen a face). John didn’t really do the strumming folk thing so much.
The photo of John playing the J160e - always wondered what was being recorded here. Undoubtedly a Rubber Soul session but there is no song involving and acoustic guitar featuring the capo on the fifth fret. From memory, 'It's Only Love' was, but obviously that was recorded earlier that same year. Perhaps when this was taken, he was simply experimenting with different voicings?
@@DLD2Music I should have specified in my OP, there's no song on Rubber Soul *_involving John's acoustic playing_* with the capo on the fifth fret. That's very interesting. It sounds very feasible since the song was played by McCartney - indeed with the capo at the fifth fret, which renders the song from F major into a more finger-friendly C major voicing. They did indeed go out on tour in December in the UK, but Michelle was not on the setlist but of course that doesn't mean that it wasn't considered. I'd be most interested in your source for your claim, or is it simply your own conjecture? It strikes me that this photograph involves recording although this could be very exploratory for the Beatles.
McCartney's excellent bass is rather "buried" on the record.....strange, since Rubber Soul is their first album where his bass usually leaps to the fore....
My best guess is that they just forgot to take mistakes out of the guitar track. This is shown through the false start that made it into the master version in the US mono.
That one at 6:17 sounds like the organ just had some sort of hiccup and caused weird overtone distortion. But i also notice it happens another time at the during the outro. Really weird song
This one always felt like a demo to me. A great demo, but a demo nonetheless. The mix is a bit rougher than other songs on Rubber Soul and the odd noises here and there are left in.
I always thought that gave it a really natural "wooden" feel if that makes sense. Almost organic and leafy. It seems to ooze the colors of the album cover for me. If you compare the demo version from Anthology 2, it shows you how polished this track is.
