FIRST Listen & Analysis to Yellow Submarine, Hey Jude, Lady Madonna & Revolution - BRASS!! 

I had the privilege of watching McCartney perform live and I can assure you when they play Hey Jude, it's just something that can't be described with words.

I saw Paul McCartney in 1989, in peak form. he did hey Jude just as the sun was going down. 70,000 people singing the chorus at the end was magical.

Paul's isolated bass on Hey Bulldog is really worth a listen. It propels the tempo whilst also carrying the melody.

If there was a poll of what is the most underrated Beatle song of all time, It's All Too Much would be one of the top contenders. One of the greatest psychedelic freak-outs of the 60's

"Hey Bulldog" is such a rocker. I play it when I'm on the highway and just feel like going fast.

Hey Jude has a special place in my heart as my Mum, who passed away in 1998, and I went to see Paul McCartney in London in 1993 and we were both singing the na na na's together and it is a beautiful memory of my Mum.

Hey Bulldog is a lot of people's pick for most underrated Beatles song (despite what some others on this board say!) THe dog at the end is Paul. He is an excellent voice mimic.

I always loved the hey bulldog “you can talk to me” build up, something about the timing and harmony works very well going into the riff

This version of "Revolution" is one of my all-time favorite Beatles tracks. There's just something so energetic about it as compared to Revolution 1 that makes it feel more "revolutionary". The opening guitar and the distortion is just amazing.

I appreciate you dressing up for the event.

Hey Jude absolutely blew the world's mind when it came out. Yellow Submarine's got some way underrated gems: Hey Bulldog and It's All Too Much. Lady Madonna features some of Paul's best piano work. This whole period is firmly in the Beatles' prime roundhouse.

Paul's scat at the end of Hey Jude is the high point of 60s rock. Also, the chords at the end - a lesser mortal would have played it out on F, E flat, B flat, but he replaces the E flat with Cm with the bass playing the E flat, and it's a gorgeous sound that totally lifts the song. Hey, why didn't we get to hear Lady Madonna b side- The Inner Light?

Hey Bulldog is the hidden gem if the Beatles has a hidden gem.

Hey Jude live was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

I used to sing all together now to my son when he was a toddler. He had so much fun running ina circle as the song sped up. One of my happiest memories. My son reacting to music with joy.

Always loved Hey Bulldog - it perfectly showcases that awesome rasping mid-range of Lennon's voice, and it's a lot of fun too...

Don't forget about George Harrison's 'The Inner Light' single from '68 as well as his other under-popularized 'Sour Milk Sea' and 'Not Guilty' songs from the same year. These three songs alone show that Harrison's song compositions, by this point of the game, were truly beginning to find their niche in the Beatle's album catalog more and more. He was truly beginning to define his style as a true musician, in his own right, by '68 and he would thus receive more notoriety for his contributions from this point forward.

I wanted to bring attention to the electric piano on "Revolution," played by Nicky Hopkins. Hopkins was a studio musician who played with a number of bands including The Who and the Kinks, but may be most famous for his work with The Rolling Stones. He recorded with them from 1967-1981 and played on many of their most well-known songs. Sadly, he died in 1994.

Remember that some of these songs were originally intended for the Sgt. Pepper album. Also remember that this album is a motion picture soundtrack. You REALLY need to see the film, and see how the music fits with it. It's one of the greatest animated feature films ever made, and also one of the greatest musical films as well as rock films.

I’ve long believed It’s All Too Much is a hidden gem! Only in The Beatles’ discography would it be considered a throwaway, it would be any other band’s masterpiece that they’d spend months tweaking to sound like that, and the Beatles just knocked it out in a couple of afternoons. A true testament to their immense talent! There’s a full cut of the song on RU-vid that hasn’t been officially released by their label yet and it’s absolutely amazing! George Martin’s son Giles needs to get to remastering it in its full 8 minute glory ASAP lol

Kudos for acknowledging George Martin's work in arranging and playing on some of the songs. He was integral to the sound and arrangement of parts of many of their songs. He will forever be known as the 5th Beatle.

I love that George quotes from the Merseys big hit “Sorrow” in “It’s all too much”- "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue"....David Bowie had a hit with a cover of “Sorrow” in 1973.

The trumpet in "Only A Northern Song" was played by Paul. I think his quote was "There were a lot of sad faces as I played that trumpet".

Hey Jude will remain one of my favorite songs forever.

1. I think you should listen to Let It Be album before Abbey Road, because they recorded Let It Be earlier 2. When you listen to Abbey Road listen to songs 9-16 as one song

Do you want to know how good The Beatles were? This is a bit of a throw away album, not even close to being considered one of their best, but if any other band, any of them in the 60's released this kind of album it would have been their signature work.

"Hey Bulldog" it's probably the best rock 'n' roll song ever. Magnificent

The line "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue" in "It's All Too Much" was taken from the song "Sorrow", which was a hit in 1966 and would become a hit for David Bowie in 1973.

I’ve seen McCartney 3 times. The last was in 2019…. While my Grandad was in hospital fighting (a losing battle with) cancer. When Paul started playing “Hey Jude” I immediately started to bawl my eyes out like I had never done before. There were 60,000 other ppl there but it was like he was telling me everything is gonna be alright.

The backing vocals on Hey Jude. Like angels from heaven.☺️

Yay!! Always excited for your new uploads!

Nicely done again. Continue to look forward to each album of theirs you do.

Do you know the story behind Hey Jude, about how Paul wrote it for Julian Lennon because he was going through a hard time when his parents were splitting up. The "her" in the song was Yoko Ono, and the song was just about accepting her as a stepmother. When Paul first started the song, it actually began "Hey Jules" but for whatever reason, it got changed to Jude. Also, the line "The movement you need is on your shoulder" was a placeholder lyric Paul wrote and wasn't meant to be in the song, but John insisted on keeping the line the way it was.

Fun fact: About 10 years ago, my assistant manager was a Millennial, and she never heard Lady Madonna before. I played it for her in the car when the crew and I were going to a job (I played other Beatles songs too) She REALLY liked it! I think she began to appreciate what she was missing by not hearing any "old stuff"

Your videos brighten my day. Thank you!

great as always Caroline. Many thanks!

You mentioned the differences in feeling that can be brought about by arrangements. If you want another Beatles example, the acoustic version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps is beautiful in an entirely different way.

Yay a new Caroline vid!! Your joy and and surprising reaction to the songs is so much fun!

Thanks for doing these, Caroline. So fun to watch your reaction. 👍🙂

Thank you for all of your uploads. You are doing an awesome job and it is appreciated!

Hey Jude was # 1 worldwide when I was born late Sept. of '68. I love that song & saw McCartney perform it live in Hershey, PA (Chocolate City, USA) a few years ago. Tears aplenty from yours truly..... 🚬😎

Brilliant video as always Caroline. Your definitely one of the best things on RU-vid.

Sailor, this is like a voyage, so nice. You too seem to have turned a corner with the new year-excellent! I’m really enjoying this.

I do love your joy in exploring the Beatles and their back catalogue, Cazza 😊

Great insight -- and then explanation -- of the "James Bondey" element in "Bulldog." Hey, the James Bond films were one of the great sensations of the Sixties and certainly part of what we would today call "Cool Britain," maybe even as much as the Beatles themselves.

Brings me such joy to see you 'fall' into the music. Your face and expressions say it all.

A new analysis is most Welcome! Thank you as always, your videos alway brighten my day

Oh yay! I wasn't sure if you were going to do these! I actually really enjoy all of these, so I can't wait to watch. So I won't wait.

Caroline, completely and utterly forgot to listen to "THE INNER LIGHT" the `B` on the original `Lady Madonna` Vinyl single. Hope she might review it later, as I, personally think its a lovely song. PLEASE DON'T ABANDON "THE INNER LIGHT" CAROLINE!!

I love this channel and Caroline....greetings from the land of the rising sun!

Always love the personality and joy you bring to even the songs that don't click with you!

You are awesome. A breath of fresh air. Thank you again Caroline.

The Beatles as we know/ knew them would not have existed without George Martin He was a treasure. Hey Jude was written for John's son Julian who was going through his parents divorce. How awesome is that? It also shattered the standard for radio songs having to be 2-3 minutes long.

Yes indeed, Caroline, being in the audience for "Hey Jude" is a life experience much to be desired. When this .... little public health situation.... is over, Macca is likely to resume touring. But as he turns 80 this year, who knows for how long? If you can get yourself to a live concert while such is still available, you must! You really must, simple as that. 💕🙏🌎🎶☮🕉

Lovely reaction, thanks. Insightful as ever. Your other videos are great too.

what a great video :) again, thanks for sharing

Caroline I'm sure we all would like to see your TOP 10 from RUBBER SOUL TO THE WHITE ALBUM too !?!

It's All Too Much has always been kind of a hidden gem for me. No real airplay or talked about that much, but when you find it on the album, it's an immediate standout.

Another great one. I love hearing your first listens.

You reaction is such a joy to react. Just how you pick apart the instruments and chords, insight to how it affects the mood and feeling of the song are spot on, and your energy! It's perfect

I'm so glad you took a moment to mention Sir George Martin. In my opinion, his contributions to many Beatles songs were genius. I've often wondered how the Beatles path would have gone without him. I seriously doubt that any other producer of the day would have been so instrumental to their growth and success. He truly was the 5th Beatle.

"Revolution 9, traumatizing..." Ha! I'm really enjoying your Beatles adventure. Keep up the good work!

looking even better than usual!!

Superbly analyzed my friend! Congratulations, you are quite brilliant.

Something that you might find neat about Revolution - while the studio ver. of the song doesn't have the background "shooby-doo-wops" from Revolution 1, the live-promotional-video version does (you can find it on RU-vid).

If you get a chance be sure to watch the live performance of Hey Jude, even in your own time. Love all your videos, I'm always learning something new. Keep up the great work!!!

Great video again, loved it!! I agree Only a Northern Song is too much for me, even though loads of fans seem to really love that one for some reason!

I'm really loving this series. great work

For me, "It's all too much" is one of those hidden gems. Love that song.

It's all to much is the song that makes the album even though the Beatles were not so keen on making this album this track makes it worthwhile, in my opinion. Thanks for another great vid.

Thanks, Caroline! It's always great to listen to great songs with you. And those are some of my favorite Beatles tunes, especially "Hey Bulldog", "Only a Northern Song" and "All Too Much".

Hey Jude.... I like how Ringo had to go to the bathroom on the take they put on the album. So, Paul was playing and singing along. Then, Ringo came back from the bathroom, sneaked into the studio, sat down at the drumkit and came in right at the perfect moment! 👌😁

There is a video of Hey Jude performed live in the midst of an audience that's amazing, you should react to that. Actually there are a lot of amazing videos of the Beatles performing live you should react to.

I think you do great breakdowns of these tracks, especially since many of them are your first listen; great content! A few quick comments. 1) You're comments about George Martin, were bang on - he was the 5th Beatle. He really helped not only scoring but the development of their harmonies; he was a King!. 2) Their Engineers literally changed music history. All of their albums, were recorded on Two and Four track machines, until Abbey Road. We have more tracks on an IPAD available. 3) All of this great volume of music was created in less than 8 years. They only recorded as a band between '62- mid '69, and then Lennon was gone. Keep up the great analysis Caroline! P.S. The Key's of E and A are common keys that guitar players use, due to the way the instrument is set up. =)

Beautiful Sailor. Love your reactions.

Your reactions are PRICELESS!! I smile like a butcher's dog and occasionally tear up when memories of my youth overcome me! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Peace & Love 😎✌❤

Looking forward to your reaction on this one. Especially one of my top favorite Beatles songs "Hey Bulldog". : )

All the world's a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. WHAT. A. LINE!

You have now heard two of my top three favorite Beatles songs: Hey Bulldog and from the Rubber Soul album - In My Life. I love how Hey Bulldog is just so mysterious and at the end, so playful. I've read that it was the last song they recorded before the "troubles" started that would eventually lead to them breaking up. Anyhow, your analyses are quite fun and I appreciate that you spend so much time analyzing the music and then explaining how some of the interesting bits work. Thank you for all of your efforts to date!

All of the instruments on Hey Bulldog just work so well together. One of my favorites

I saw Paul McCartney live on his 1989-90 world tour. When he sang Hey Jude the crowd was singing along as loud as they could and most everyone I saw had tears in their eyes. (There is a pretty good chance I did too.) It was joyous and jubilant. I was on a high from that song more than any other that night.

The Yellow Submarine songs were mostly "contractual obligations" that they owed to United Artists for a soundtrack to a movie (except one song that was a legitimate outtake). "Only A Northern Song" was the last song published by Northern Songs Ltd, at one time the Beatles publishing company. George Harrison supplied this song that he was pretty certain wouldn't generate much publishing dollars for Northern. All Together Now was a Macca throwaway and Hey Bulldog was a "made on the spot" song. It's All Too Much is a Sgt Peppers outtake and could have easily made that album.

Great GM shout-out!!! Your hair is gorgeous today!!!

Thank you for another excellent and educational video. Your explanation of why Hey Bulldog sounded “James Bond-y” gave me a new insight into a song I’ve listened to many times. Thanks!

Hey Caroline! Hope you’re doing well. I know people were giving you a bad time for the other content you post. Hope you continue to do whatever makes you happy, and let’s just finish these Beatles albums with a bang! Oh and by the way, you should check out “The Beatles Live at the BBC” Volumes 1 and 2 No reaction video needed, but it’s got a handful of songs that never made it to albums that I think you might enjoy. Ex. “Soldier of Love” And some really good live performances of great album songs from like 63-65 Cheers!

SO glad your back! (1)"Only a Northern Song" was written to fulfill a contractual obligation to George's publisher, Northern Songs Ltd - he was apparently short one composition. (2) Hey Jude was written by Paul to comfort Julian Lennon when his Dad, John, divorced his mother for Yoko. This song is over 7 minutes long snd 'singles" were generally half that length. Their record company wanted a shorter version done but the band refused. The Beatles were told "NO ONE WILL PLAY YOUR 7 MINUTE RECORD!"...to which John responded " They will because it's Us." ...and he was right. (3)In Lady Madonna, "See how they run" refers to both the children and her stockings! - just brilliant. THANK YOU!- And now comes the masterpiece ABBEY ROAD!

Your videos always cheer me up and put me in a good mood keep them coming dear sister.

Your listen of Hey Jude is the moment I'd been waiting for.

Omg you're so right about hey Jude live. Lots of versions of macca doing it on RU-vid. His performance in red square is one of my faves, you see all these Russians who grew up behind the iron curtain and who loved the beatles finally being able to hear the music live. There are so many teary eyed people in the crowd

Wonderful video yet again, Caroline, though you missed the B-side of Lady Madonna, George Harrison’s “The Inner Light.” All the songs you listened to today were recorded in 1967 or early 1968, before they went to India and before they recorded the White Album. You mentioned seeing how awesome it would be to see them play Hey Jude live. Well, there is an awesome video of this from The David Frost Show from 1968. The Beatles play amongst a huge crowd who supply the Na Na Nas at the end. There is also fantastic semi-live video of Revolution from the same broadcast. The band is singing live with a pre-recorded instrumental backing (though they mime playing, without the organ). The interesting thing about that version is that they keep the Do Wops from Revolution 1. Finally, there is an awesome video of Hey Bulldog that is one of the few films of the band in the studio prior to what now appears in the Get Back film. The film crew had arrived to make a video for Lady Madonna but John had introduced Hey Bulldog that day and that’s what The Beatles ended up playing. The footage was edited to look like the band was playing Lady Madonna but many years later it was discovered that it was really Hey Bulldog and the sound was restored. The best part is watching John and Paul at a single mic at the end of the song ad-libbing the howls and cackling. The dog sounds are all Paul while the crazy laughing is John. The “American” sounding voice (“Clap, boy, clap!”) is Paul. It’s a really fun video to watch and is available on RU-vid.

It's so gratifying to experience someone else's mutual joy in experiencing Beatles' music for the first time as we did. Now you'll listen to this brilliant stuff for the rest of your days, and it will never let you down.

Love these videos of yours so much 👌👌👌

It’s All Too Much is such an underrated song. One of the best in my opinion…

For some reason, couldn't sleep all night, and now I wake and find out that about 100 minutes from now Caroline continues the journey! Keep on keeping on Caroline. Your presence makes RU-vid a better place to visit always! After you are done with the beatles, have you given any thought of listening to any of the former Beatles? McCartney is my favorite and I would go with him just so you know, as he continues with all the different musical styles that the Beatles always brought to the musical table. I love 'em! Let 'em in! (Macca joke), Ha-ha!

Yea you're back!

Very cool insights, Caroline! Wow! The James Bond riff is now the only thing I hear in "Hey Bulldog" and it's even more awesome now! Great video!

RE: Only a Northern Song--George's dig at the industry. Northern Songs was the publishing company. Another great one Caroline-cheers!

Melody master McCartney! I’ve admired George Martin ever since I learned of his contributions to their ideas!

This is sooo awesome!! Thank you, thank you, thank you...✌🏻😁

It’s All Too Much! What a blast. Good take on it.