How The Beatles Recorded "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (REACTION) 

Please react to the Rooftop concert. Last beatles live concert and it was amazing!

Yes, whenever the lightbulb comes on and you realize, what is the phrase: how can something so wrong feel so right? Then you get the genius of this song and all the pain McCartney inflicted (with some satisfaction, no doubt) on the rest of the band. I loved it, once I stopped fighting it.

@labajadaman And I LOVE EVERY ONE of those songs that Paul did, and it always upset me that so many people would make fun of them. WHY? The Beatles were always known for their versatility in their music and songs. THAT is what made their albums so interesting and fun. All the songs on them were different....something for EVERYONE, and not just the same style of song over and over again. For me, their music NEVER got boring. I couldn't wait for each new album to come out, and to see what each track would "have to say." Paul gets a bad rap sometimes that I don't really think he deserves. A lot of time was spent on songs that WEREN'T Paul's as well, so no one should be pointing fingers.

BUT John would get very angry with them if they complained about Yoko always being at the recording sessions. Before that they always had a rule that no wives or girlfriends would be allowed into the sessions unless they needed them to contribute something to the vocals. SO it bothered the other 3 when Yoko was always there, and they COULDN'T say anything negative to John about her being there. John wouldn't hear it. John and Yoko were joined at the hip, I heard they would follow each other every where, even to the bathroom if one of them needed to go. She was always sitting right next to John. John could also be very jealous too, which would cause him to be grumpy. He was a complicated guy, and a lot of it had to do with his rough childhood. Paul and George were lucky enough to grow up in a loving family atmosphere. Yes, Paul lost his mother to cancer when he was 14, just as John's mother was killed when he was 17, but Paul had a LARGE extended family who helped Paul's dad Jim take care of Paul and his brother Michael. John had a lot of trauma in his formative years, which stayed with him through adult hood. No matter what, they still would have broke up eventually, even if not when they actually did. They were all growing up, had their own families now, they had lived in each others back pocket for years when they were in their late teens and through the touring years. THAT is when they were really tight with each other, because they were the only ones who KNEW what they were going through during the "Beatlemania" years. Stuck in cars, hotels, and touring while having to write songs, do TV and radio appearances, countless interviews, and squeezing in recording sessions and making their two movies and all those promo films. They never had much time off. It's lucky they were so young while doing that, I can't imagine if they were in their 30s or older and trying to maintain that whirlwind and jammed packed schedule. They were exhausted and naturally growing apart after they stopped touring and constantly being together. SO I don't see it continuing on as a group at that point. They all wanted to do their own thing. Look at the amount of material they gave the world in just 7 1/2 years as a working band. It's amazing.

Appreciate it! After i get through both sides of The White Album I will drop reviews for those two albums + Sgt. Pepper's. I love discussing music just as much as experiencing it

got it✅

And dubbed them. Overdub 😊

@BT405, yes I agree. How about "WHAT"S THE NEW MARY JANE" that they did. That is way more "goofy" than "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and it is HILARIOUS, Paul and John doing different voices, and "lounge lizard" type singing, Some people think HOW could they put out something like THAT? Well, that tells me right there, that those people don't really know much about the Beatles and their sense of humor, and how they could be silly and do silly songs if they wanted to. ANYONE who watched Peter Jackson's "GET BACK" can see all the goofy things they sang and did in the middle of those recording sessions. It was part of their CHARM....not always taking themselves seriously.

A Day In The Life is basically Lennon's song. McCartney added the middle bit.

@@Revolver1981McCartney also had the idea for the avant-garde horn sections!

@@kidneycel Avante Garde?🤣

@@Revolver1981 I know. I was using it to point out the differences between John & Paul.

@@Revolver1981 i mean dressing 40 horn players in funny hats and getting them all to go from their lowest note to theie highest at whatever speed they want is pretty avant-garde imo

Everything's not always black and white bro. Yeah John had largely checked out in the latter years because of finding Yoko his true love and mother figure, and Paul almost singlehandedly kept the band together. But you can't ignore that his complex personality was majorly formed by his bitterness toward his horrible upbringing and his conflicting feelings toward his mother who had abandoned him. Am quite sure that because of this and the fact that he was a genius perfectionist made him pure hell to work with times. But you can never deny that his genius combined with Paul's and George Martin's with huge assists from George and Ringo, made pure magic happen the likes of which will never ever he seen again. You don't have to be a Lennon "apologist" bro, but please don't be a Lennon hater either.

Oh also if you never heard his first solo Plastic Ono Band you really should. It will give you great insight into how tortured he was over his mother and his fame with the Beatles and how his live for Yoko helped heal him. Easily the most bare bones personal albums anyone ever did and one of great ones ever recorded.

@@RicoCosta317 Hi. I’m well aware of John’s sh*tty childhood. It was horrible BUT not unique to him. Many, if not most, people have crappy childhoods. In fact, I’d say my Dad’s childhood was even worse than John’s. He didn’t beat people up, didn’t hit his wife, and didn’t intimidate people to the point where they walked on eggshells around him. At some point, we have to grow and let the chip on our shoulders go. I’m not a hater but I will not excuse how he treated others, especially Paul. Especially in the early 70s. It took him way too long to stop taking his issues out on others, and he even admitted that. And it wasn’t self-serving Yoko who actually helped him, it was May Pang. That’s when the real change happened. I’ve listened to all their post Beatles music (except Ringo’s.) I’m not a fan of much of John’s solo work but that has nothing to do with him being tortured. I just don’t like the music. I wasn’t alive for The Beatles but I grew up listening to them because of my Beatles-loving family. And I started actually studying them 4 years ago. I cherish them and all of their contributions to it, but Paul was in fact the driving force. I would also recommend you watch the ‘Understanding Lennon-McCartney’ series here on RU-vid. 5 parts, all in their own words. Take care.

@@reinacarbetta388 Yeah I don't have to watch that I know all about it. Yeah they had a stormy relationship at times and John could be a prick but so what, don't you think that all genius creative types who collab go through that same typa thing and that Paul was man enough to handle it and truly loved and respected John in spite of all? You need only watch the Now and Then video to see his utter joy and delight in bringing him--and George--back to life so to speak and it's clear that John had the same feels for Paul. And I'm sorry, I've never been the biggest McCartney fan in the world but I or anyone would be a damn fool not to acknowledge his greatness both with and after the Beatles, and what a truly great man he became, a chance that btw John never fully had because his light and life was snuffed out by some murderous psycho. And to just brush off his tormented upbringing like he should have just manned up an got over it, and to flat out refuse to admit even grudgingly his equal greatness is classless and clueless and really just massive disrespect to the millions who were touched by his artistry and miss him deeply. And that sad to say is the exact definition of a hater for real. Peace, you could use some, and maybe you could pick up some much needed wisdom along the way as well.

@@RicoCosta317 I’m not a hater, you’re an apologist. And Paul’s a Lennon apologist! You know all about ‘Understanding Lennon-McCartney’ but won’t watch it? Interesting response. It’s in THEIR WORDS, so perhaps you don’t want to hear it? Like I said, I have empathy for John’s upbringing, but don’t excuse his behavior. It’s not a “man up” response, it’s a “don’t take your mommy issues out on everyone in your life or anyone around you” response. Of course it probably fueled his musical genius, and I’ve never denied that he was, but it doesn’t make it right. Yes, the magic was in the 4 of them together. I cherish them (and come on now, I have watched ‘Now and Then’ and everything Beatles related dozens, if not hundreds of times.) I know Paul and John loved each other, of course, and that their relationship was complex and complicated. It’s a story so fascinating that people are still analyzing it 60 years later. But if the truth about John as a man, or my feelings about it, “disrespect” your feelings about John, that’s a you issue. Also, your assumption that I’m not wise because I won’t praise or excuse abusive behavior is 🤨 Take care.

2024 and people are still blaming Yoko for everything, hate to see it :/

John was on heroin.