Drummer reacts to "Hey Jude" by The Beatles 

How lucky we are to live in a universe that created the beatles.

Only the Beatles could get people to sing na-na-na for 4 minutes.

Ringo finally had enough of the arguing and said he was leaving. He went home and told his wife "I'm not a Beatle anymore". The guys persuaded him to come back to the studio and when he got there his drum kit was covered in flowers. No matter how the other 3 fell in/out with each other, no-one fell out with Ringo, he was their heart.

Paul and John definitely reconciled before John’s death. The last thing that John said to Paul was “think of me now and then my old friend.” 🕊❤️🎼

Paul first played this in public in a little country pub when he got lost. The pub had a piano so he led a sing along of various songs and premiered Hey Jude. Imagine being in that boozer.

Most 45's "B" sides were throw away junk, The Beatles were the king of the double "A" side 45's.

You're right. The Beatles were like a family. Ringo once said, "I'm an only child with 3 brothers." They were and always will be the greatest ever.

Just when you think the Beatles won't be able to amaze you again, you watch them perform Hey Jude!

EMI told The Beatles they needed to edit " Hey Jude " down to under 4 minutes or radio wouldn't play it. The band refused issuing the full 7 minute plus version. John Lennon told EMI " They'll play it because it's US!"

You go "Oh here comes Hey Jude again and the nana, ok.." And then little by little you get sucked in, and you are all smiling, and a bit of crying too. A thousand times after the first time, still goosebumps. It's in the DNA, what can you do right?

These people in that audience would never forget being invited to join in with that.

The Beatles' songwriting is arguably untouchable. Following their evolution through the years, the evolution of their music is amazing.

Imagine being in the room singing along as the greatest rock band in history performed one of their most popular hits.

No band like them, never will be.

Interesting note. Paul presented the song to John and when he played the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" he told John he was still working on it and he would fix that line. John said he thought it was the best line in the song. Paul says he tends to tear up when he sings it as it makes him think of John.

Just the human race, singing and clapping, what the hell happened to our world folks? So glad we have their music and videos in our lives.

They did reconcile. John and Paul visited at the Dakota Building in New York City several times. Paul has said their last call was all about kids and discussing family lives.

I recommend The Beatles when one is feeling low. They helped me get back to the light.

George was known as the quiet Beatle. His first album is a masterpiece, you'll love it.

The song was written by Paul to give comfort to John’s son Julian, after John and his first wife and Julian’s mother Cynthia, were divorced. That last Na Na part is evokes such positivity and Paul’s vocals are spectacular. Thanks Clay for the suggestion.

Watch John make Paul laugh by making a funny face at him.

John and Paul definitely reconciled in the mid 70s. In 76 or 77, someone tried to get the Beatles to re-form for a big benefit concert ($100 million was the estimate for how much they could raise). SNL did a parody of that , and offered the Beatles $1000 each if they would come play on live TV. Paul was actually hanging out at John’s place in New York that night, and they considered for a moment grabbing their guitars and heading down to the TV studio. It’s too bad they decided against it.

Like I’ve said before: There were the Beatles and there was everyone else.

The Beatles biggest selling song ever nine weeks at number one in America

Saw the Beatles ( from afar at Miami Airport ),in 1964. 9 of us squeezed into 1 car in 9th grade.All 15 year olds then The driver was 16 and owned the car. About 15,16 wanted to go. Glad he and I were friends. He picked me to come along to watch history. I believe it was their 2nd stop ( after NY ) in America. Girls were screaming and running everywhere down the corrodoors. What a memory. No band ever to this day were as big or created such a huge impact in America as the Beatles. They were talented , got along, were witty, funny and had charisma that s never been seen since.

Way after the Beatles broke up, there’s John in a video interview, referring to Paul as his “best friend”❤

For your (eventual) consideration: "All You Need Is Love." The song was Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link. "There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It"s easy." -All You Need Is Love Thanks for sharing your leap of faith into the endless Beatles' rabbit hole.

Four guys from Liverpool. What is the chance that four people of this depth and talent meeting and creating what they did. One of the top very few greatest gifts of my life. Don't worry about the comments or speculation. If they didn't speculate their music would never have happened. George played a very special 6 string bass/guitar. That instrument is for me the holly grail of memorabilia second only to Ringo's grey white pearl drum kit.

For Julian Lennon to comfort him after his father John's divorce, written by Paul McCartney❤

Ringo's happy smile kinda made my morning.

At seven minutes long, The Beatles were told that Hey Jude would never be allowed to play on the radio and John said "Sure it will." When asked why he would say that, he answered "Because we're The Beatles."

John and Paul were best friends and that never changed. He was on the Mike Douglas show and was asked about his relationship with Paul. I think John realized he had gone too far with his lyrics because of all the flak he was getting from it. He said we had a little spat, but it gets so blown up in the media. Paul's my best friend; he is still my best friend. According to May Pang, the woman John was with after he and Yoko broke up for a couple of months in 73 or 74, Paul was the one John turned to try to get him out of his drunken binge depression because of being away from Yoko. One Saturday night in April 1976, Paul was visiting John and Yoko at the Dakotas. John and Paul smoked a joint together and decided to watch SNL for some giggles. It was the night Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles $3,000 to perform on SNL, which got huge laughs since some billionaire had just offered them $50 million for one concert. John and Paul were so high, they actually talked about going to the studio and showing up. But ofc they were high, and they probably dawdled too long. But it would have been great if they had.

This video says the 60’s better than anything else I can think of. Incredible!

They hired a half orchestra (at great expense) just to play four chords over and over, The Beatles always got what they want. This record marked the end of psychodelia from the year before.

When my son was a baby, newborn, he wouldn't sleep. My wife told me to sing him a lullaby, I didn't really know any, but I'd sing Yellow Submarine, and it would usually work. My wife thought I was insane. She still does 17 years later, and she's right.

Imagine a 7+minute song in 1968 that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 9 weeks. 9 weeks. The Beatles' best performing song, and possibly altogether best.

Happy Father’s Day

Stop worrying about the Beatles break-up. We only have two Beatles left. Any of this stuff is DECADES in the past. "Hey Jude" is so long, only the Beatles could have gotten it on the radio. The only song Paul did totally alone is "Yesterday." They brought stuff in, and worked on it together. The greatest band ever! Seven minutes long!

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After they recorded Hey Jude ,George Martin said that they would have to cut the 7 minute song down as the radios won't play a song that long and John said , if it's the Beatles they will and they did of course .

Paul's voice has always been my favorite of the four. Awesome reaction!

My favourite part is late in the coda where McCartney throws in "Take a load off Annie. Take a load off Annie put it back on me, yeah" starting at 8:50, a snippet of "The Weight" by The Band. Not a bad nod to a band who's debut album had only been out a couple of months.

6 minutes of " na na na na" and you would still go on! They are the BEATLES ...what else?

They also did 'Revolution' on the same. Like that song, this was essentially LIVE to a backing track to fill out the sound. Can you believe that some people were actually annoyed by them having EVERYBODY in that show of togetherness at the end?

They also recorded the "Revolution" demo single (you have shown before.) Both this Hey Jude and the Revolution demos on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS, In fact the Smother Brothers replayed Revolution a second time a week later and George came on stage to announce it.

Your Beatles reactions are what brought me to your channel and I haven't looked back. I look forward to your reactions every day. You keep the music of my youth alive. Music and reading have been my salvation, an endless source of teachers and emotional release. I'm glad you have this community giving you these treasures. I can feel that you feel them. Keep em coming!

love it when Paul smirks when he doesn't sing ' is on your shoulder' along with the recorded vocal in sync...@5:56

I'm a subscriber, but not a paid subscriber. You really need to react to John's (still Beatle) song Across The Universe. Lyrically amazing. Just an awesome but somehow seemingly overlooked song from a "reaction" point of view. Trust me, you won't regret the listen. Or the reaction.

Paul said that in his last phone call with John, they talked about baking bread. He said it was a good conversation, and that they reconnected.

I’ve been on this planet for 68years..never saw this video until now! Have loved this song, and the whole catalog for decade after decade.

That's the Mount Everest of British cultural moments, so much in those 8 minutes. Those first 2 words though, nothing transports me back to the breakfast table in 1968 like those do, such impact.

you'll never really know just how cool the beatle are having not lived in the 60s 😂 Here comes the son ✝️🌅

The world needs more drummers stylish enough to play in that suit.

I saw Jude Law on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week, and he said when he saw Paul McCartney perform in Australia, Sir Paul dedicated this song to HIM! And he said it's one of the greatest moments of his life!

Great reaction Man, thanks :)

The Beatles were magical. As I see it, they were a gift from God. There is no other explanation for it. I thank God everyday for his gift. How could four people come up with so many distinct melodies, that were so well written, and so catchy, that they were all hits? It is so amazing, and so difficult to try to explain, it makes you dizzy thinking about it. Lol. I have been a fan since Feb. 9, 1964 when I was 7 years old. I am now almost 68, and still listen to them everyday, and I am still in wonder of them, and still thank God I was born in time to experience all the Beatles' years. Thank you Lee for reacting to them.

Delighted to see you finally get to this, as it's one of their best songs and the performance on the David Frost show is really special. (incidentally, the brief snippet they play at the start is the theme tune from the TV show ). Only out as a single (with Revolution on the B-side!). Not on album until much later.

I couldn't find but one occasion where Ringo left the band (Aug 22 1968) which was nine days before recording Hey Jude. Of course, sometimes one of the guys would be absent for appointments (business, Dentist, etc) during their recording sessions, but this was the only time Ringo left the band. That is if you exclude a 1964 tour when he had his tonsils removed and Jimmy Nichols became a stand in drummer for tour dates in Holland Denmark and Hong Kong. Ringo rejoined them in Austrailia.

Thanks for your appreciation of The Greatest of All Time. They were Gods.

I love the opening of the clip and how they go from a casual send-up of the show's theme song to being a solid band in the blink of an eye. And that Lennon guy - playing guitar, singing AND chewing gum all at the same time!! I remember the first time I heard this song. The local radio stations were hyping the premier like mad and that they would play it at 5:50. I was 16 and I had just started my first job. 5:50 came and the song was played, longer and longer. My father was yelling at me to hurry up or I'd be late for work, but I had to listen 'till the end. When I got to work the girls there asked me if I had heard it and peppered me with question after question about it. What a time it was.

To answer your question, L33: in the months before John was killed, he and Paul had resolved their differences, and all four were secretly planning a surprise reunion concert for the spring of '81 in Central Park, followed by them beginning work on a new album. All that came crashing down, when a mentally ill person shot John, which then pushed another mentality ill fan to shoot Reagan, because, as Hinkley, the shooter, said, "How can the world go on with John Lennon dead?" John's death affected the world in ways that still ripples through it today. If only he had lived, the dream would have lived as well.

At just over 7 minutes the track was technically too long for a 45 single and besides George Martin told them radio wouldn't play it as radio songs were usually 3 minutes. "They'll play it if it's us," replied John. "But it's still too long to put on a 45," George Martin pointed out. "Well, you figure it out," John said. So,. the mastering engineers found out that if they recorded some section at regular volume and others at lower volume, they could cram it all onto a 45 single and that's how it came out. And Radio did play it as this song was number one for 9 weeks.

Love the sixties

When Giants actually roamed the Earth.

"The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart (15), most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (20), and most singles sold in the UK (21.9 million). The band received many accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards." -Wikipedia "Half a century after their breakup, The Beatles were still the biggest rock band of 2020, shifting 1.094 million album-equivalent units through the first six months of the year, 326,000 units ahead of the genre’s second-place finisher, Queen. The Fab Four also had the fifth-bestselling vinyl album of the year, selling 54,000 copies of their 1969 opus Abbey Road. They had good company in the vinyl category, including fellow classic rock icons Queen and Pink Floyd, pop supernova Billie Eilish and retro-rock heartthrob Harry Styles. The Beatles also perform exceptionally well on streaming services, with many songs racking up hundreds of millions of plays." -Forbes

Walk out your front door and get shot. That was the reality. I'm still shaken to the core......

Thousands of England fans were singing the chorus in Germany tonight when Jude Bellingham scored the winning goal against Serbia

George on the Fender six string bass. Song just brings tears to my eye still. I was 20 when it came out.

How could you have not heard this song before?

I got to see Paul and his band on my 60th birthday in San Francisco with 40 thousand of my closest friends! They did Beatles songs,wings songs, and his solo stuff too!It lasted around 3 hours and everyone sang along young and old!

It's awesome that you've 'discovered' them. I can't imagine what it's like to be hearing so much of their music for the first time all these years after it was released. Now picture being a 3 1/2 year old kid who's starting to listen to the music his parents and six older siblings are listening to on the radio and record player. You're really starting to like some of the stuff you hear, and then Meet The Beatles comes out and The Beatles go on The Ed Sullivan show. They came along right when I was just starting to appreciate music, and they were there throughout the 60's. Less then two years later they had advanced to Rubber Soul, and then Revolver, then Sargent Pepper... Just amazing. I didn't truly understand how lucky I was back then to grow up with their music, and a whole lot of other incredible music that was in large part inspired by them. It was just the way it was. It doesn't even seem possible that there could be such an incredible music revolution in such a short time, and that four friends from Liverpool (which most of us had never heard of back then) could change the face of music the way they did.

This song had its own listening protocol when it came on the radio. The volume went up and everyone stopped talking for the first part then sang the fade out at the top of their lungs. 🧓💖🎸

This song and yesterday were my moms and my favorites of early beatles.

They also did Revolution on this show with David Frost. Great version.

Paul grew out his beard from this point for a while as we see him in Let-it Be or GetBack sessions. I thought this was very very popular well because we hadn’t seen anything by them for a long time, and as far as performing together

Yes, John and Paul spent some time together in the last year of his life which, Paul said he was appreciative of.

Listen to the studio version, Paul’s ad libs over the coda are legendary. Yes, they all pretty much reconciled. There may have been a little friction between John and George, but the love is always there.

"Like brothers fighting" is a great analogy. And I think they had reconciled, at least to some degree, because they would talk to each other on the phone sometimes. And I think there was some talk of maybe doing a one-time only Beatles reunion show, and then not long after that discussion, John got assassinated.

After all these years, still inspiring music.

Thanks for this! Don't think I've seen this version. I'll always love the Beatles, every one.

To be able to say you sang with the Beatles..... priceless!!

Paul recorded "Too Many People" in early 1971 - in response to numerous negative comments that John had made about Paul in magazine articles, after the break up of the group. John then attacked Paul in his later 1971 album with the song "How Do You Sleep". Paul put out a song titled "Dear Friend" in his December 1971 album... and the two spoke soon after - and agreed to stop the negative stuff between them. Their relationship was decent from then on. They jammed together in the summer of 1973 - and John was very close to working again with Paul (while John & Yoko were separated). Paul actually helped John get back together with Yoko. And then when they got back together - Yoko didn't want John to work with Paul... and they never did. Paul & Linda would stop by and visit John & Yoko whenever they were in NY. John actually got along much better with Paul than with George in the last 8 years of his life. George had played guitar on John's "Imagine" album which they finished recording shortly before George put on the Concert for Bangladesh. So George expected John to return the favor and perform at his Bangladesh concert (but he did not want Yoko to perform with him). This offended John greatly and he refused to be in the show - without Yoko. The relationship between the two was never really good after that. George barely mentioned John in his auto-biography "I Me Mine"... and that hurt John as well. When John was killed in 1980... George felt bad that they were not on good terms - and he would never have a chance to fix it. In regard to George's song writing... John & Paul were the song writers for the group right from the time they two got together in 1957. George had zero interest in song writing for a long time. He decided to try and write a song for their second album in 1963 ("Don't Bother Me", which I like) but he thought it was bad - and he didn't try again for quite a while. He loved being a Beatle in those early days - and he was quite happy being the lead guitar player and getting to sing a cover song now and then. It was two years later (in 1965) when George finally tried his hand at writing a song again. George, himself, says that his early songs were not very good - and he was lucky that they (John & Paul and George Martin) let him continue to try and contribute as a song writer in those early times. I also believe that Harrison was very lucky to have the John & Paul right there next to him all those years - where he could absorb everything they were doing in regard to song writing - and creating a record. George got 2 songs on each of the group's two albums in 1965. In my view, his two songs from the December 1965 album were noticeably better than his two from the earlier 1965 album. He was getting better. The group put out just one new album in 1966 - and George got THREE songs on it. He went from 14% to 21% of the songs... and he also got the new album opening track with "Taxman". This was a big jump forward for Harrison's song writing. It is my view that George was very happy with the song writing situation in 1966. He could not have expected more than he was getting at this point. This year was also the first of Harrison's eastern "Indian" type songs ("Love You To"). The group had some very bad experiences with their live tours in 1966 - and decided to quit doing live shows. So in 1967 they spent a lot more time in the recording studio - making the Sgt. Pepper album. George had immersed himself into trying to become a good sitar player - and his songs from this period were pretty much all of that eastern style. He got just 1 song on the new LP ("Within You, Without You") and this was probably the first time that he may have begun to feel somewhat under used. It's my view that George had a very difficult task - to try and get songs on in place of the material that John & Paul were creating. It is very understandable that George got just 1 track on the Pepper album. I can't think of a Harrison song from that period which would be deserving of taking the place of any of J&P's The group followed George's intense feelings for eastern philosophy, music and pretty much everything India... and they all went to India in early 1968. Before they left, they put one of George's new Indian style songs ("The Inner Light") on the B side of their new single. This was a new first for George. When they came back from India - they recorded a new double album ("The White Album") and George got 4 songs on it. He had some other songs from this period that might be considered as worthy candidates. But he had FIVE Beatles songs released in 1968 - which was the most he ever had. During the "Get Back" project in January of 1969 - George continued to come up with some good quality material. "I Me Mine" and "For You Blue" would be the two songs that would eventually end up on the "Let It Be" album. he also worked on "Old Brown Shoe" during that time - and it would be released as the B side to "The Balled of John and Yoko" at the end of May, 1969. And he finished his career with The Beatles with two of the best songs on the "Abbey Road" album... ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"). These two songs were pretty much universally seen as magnificent tracks. And He finally got an A side release on the new single - just as the group was coming to an end. George had FIVE new songs recorded in 1969 that would be released on Beatles records. For me... his 1969 material was easily his best work as a Beatle. He improved tremendously over the few years he had been working to become a song writer (really just 1965-69). One more note... You should listen to the studio version of "Hey Jude" some time. Paul's vocal that he belts out during the last half of the song - during the "Na na na na na na" section is a highlight of the song for me.

Notice at 5:20 John and Paul swap looks with each other when John forgot to sing and then again at 6:06 Paul gives the eyes at John to make sure he doesn’t forget again.

Watch the 8 part anthology, you won't be sorry

This television show is the best way to hear this song. The song that The Beatles start doing is the theme song for the TV show that they're on You can see that the host of the TV show has got his orchestra back there behind the Beatles The most wonderful thing is to observe the crowds reaction when the Beatles stand up and ask them to stand up and start singing with them.

Always cool to see them playing. Check out their video for All You Need is Love. It has a similar vibe to this video

If you´ve missed it, the Rutles (Monthy Python) Beatles parodies are really well done and fun. Try "Piggie in the Middle" wish is a pastishe of "I am the Walrus".

Best band ever hands down ❤

When I was a girl I loved watching Yellow Submarine (it's an animated film of Beatles music with the grooviest artwork). My kids also loved it when they were young, and of course we all still love it. You might want to watch Yellow Submarine with your kids one day. My dad introduced me to their music, and I am forever grateful for this and his memory.

Why did a wonderful band like The Beatles have to end? I will never conform now I get sad every time I hear this song.

Damn. Missed the premiere. No point adding more superlatives ❤ The crowd of everyday folk again shows how ahead of their time they were. We may be The Beatles, but we are just people like you❤❤❤

The old man forgot the moment, he woke up the next morning in an alleyway🤣😂🤣😂

Almost every day I come in from my gardening or outdoor work, make a light lunch and sit down and watch whatever I can find that you’re doing. BTW I say Yoo-hoo in the garden frequently just like your baby does in the intro. My fav band of all times The Beatles4ever! Thank you

You are so so right in your comments about George. He has always had my heart. x Linda.

The video for All You Need is Love is amazing too: "The song was Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link, for which the band were filmed performing it at EMI Studios in London on 25 June. The programme was broadcast via satellite and seen by an audience of over 400 million in 25 countries."

Ringo has remarked that all little kids get into the Yellow Submarine Movie. He says kids still ask me "Why did you press the button?" (In the movie he presses a button inside the sub and gets shot out of the sub. Apple is not releasing new artists anymore. Their original four Apple singles they had mounted together in a big frame and presented it to the Queen since it was the beginning of their company.

Lennon singing while chewing gum, priceless!

I saw this on TV and it was just as amazing then in those crazy 60s as it is now

John and Paul were watching SNL in 1976 when Lorne Michaels, the shows producer, made an offer on live TV for a Beatles reunion. They almost went down to the studio and did it, but didn't. So as of 1976, they'd reconciled.

You should watch some of Paul's live shows when he does Hey Jude. At one point he has the Boys and the Girls do the na na na's separately and then alltogether. I wasn't in Mexico or Brazille but he had concerts of a quarter million and half a million. Amazing.