@@kitharley6159 I'm calling your bluff -- more, your lack of thought. And you certainly don't address my question. Why not simply admit the fact: when "we" don't understand a thing but approve it we throw the word "genius" at it.
kinda makes you tear up doesn't it? the beatles went from pop to experimental, from ballads to r&r, from psychedelic to blues to c&w, from kids songs to love songs to protest songs. they were forever growing and evolving. and all 4 members were instrumental in this mixture of talent and innovation. and so was their producer, george martin, who encouraged and even helped them on this path. such a special journey, one i will be eternally grateful for being invited, BY THEM, to join. thanks for the video.
When this song was released in 1966 or so, no one had ever heard anything like it. This was probably the first progressive rock song. We didn't know what to make of it, but it led the way for dozens of other artists.
This song is a trip to John's childhood...!! The place was an orphanage, where he used to play..., and as he once commented..., he used to go in his dreams..., a portrait, a masterpiece..., made of music...✨🎶💖
The genius of The Beatles also includes the genius of producer George Martin, who was instrumental putting two different recordings of this song together, even though they were recorded in slightly different keys. His wizardry brought it together into this classic tune. Absolutely NO cover of this tune can do it justice. THIS is the version you want to know and love and remember.
Wow, I didn't know that, about him mixing the two versions....that *is* wizardry, for that time. He also did a lot of the arranging, if I'm not mistaken.
@@magicbrownie1357 I met the great Sir George once and asked if he’d sign his In my Life album for me and he gently replied ‘sure’…just a small moment in my life but the one word he spoke to me was positive, which is what the Beatles music was all about …happy listening 🎶
I used to walk my dog in that park every day! It's at Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent. The same day, John Lennon found in an antique shop in the town the poster on which he based Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite.
For me, an original English 60's Hippy, this was a great tune, good trip & an anthem for many of us, the Beatles at this time were a spectacle indeed. Welcome to our world. Love & Light.
Sarah, I love how you appreciate this brilliant music so intensely and with such awe and reverence, especially because this is all new to you. Your reactions help me to hear the music with your ears, and it feels magical. Thank you for that.
I heard this "Song" - or Composition rather - as a Teenager guitarist in Sweden, together with a couple of my band members when the Record was just released, and our Jaws just dropped, collectively. Today 57 years later, I'm still Equally impressed, And I can finally Enjoy it also. No longer feeling "crushed" as a pop musician as we actually felt Then, when this Magical Masterpiece from some Otherwordly Galaxy visited us tiny Humans. In Short: You summarized it Perfectly: Goosebumps. That's The Eternal Gift The Beatles Left for us with their Music, never to be Superseded. And - I Love Your Reactions, they Take me back to That Jaw dropping Magic day 1967. Thank You Sarah!
Beginning with a childhood sense of wonder, it gets darker and scarier, culminating in fear and dementia. This song is simply put: life’s journey. Genius.
Sarah you are so delightful ... I think everyone can see it We share your love of the Beatles. I've been there since 1964 when they first came across "the pond""
Beautiful reaction, Sarah. I love how quickly you fell in love with the song. And you are right when you say it had psychedelic overtones. When this song was released in 1967, it represented an immense departure for them from most of what had preceded it. Or perhaps it was just them pressing up against the creative envelope they had pushed in their immediately preceding tracks and blowing right through it. It just turned the music industry on its ear, and the fans loved it. Words simply can't describe the impact these four had on the world ... and their legacy continues, through gripping reactions such as your own. ❤
These wonderful songs are a vision of an inclusive, happy society. It is vision that we need to elevate. Sarah Dengler, thank you for being a part of this future vision. You are making a wonderful contribution. Every Beatles song is a gift of goodwill towards our common future, you are helping us to see that. ❤
Strawberry Fields / Penny Lane was a double A side single, a sort of ying and yang thing. Both places are in Liverpool. It’s wonderful that the young people of today are rediscovering their music. It will never fade away.
John Lennon wrote this song. Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It opened in 1936 as an orphanage for girls, and later included boys. Due to structural problems in the early 1970's the orphanage was closed, and demolished around 1973. John lost his mother when he was 17, while Paul lost his mother at age 14. Thus they both being rather close in their ages losing their mother, felt like they were orphans. Strawberry fields is about having those feelings, pretending to be someone else, and all that.
Twice at the very end of the song's outro coda, John is heard saying 'Cranberry sauce'. This was a reference to the fact that the song was being recorded over the Christmas Holiday season in Great Britain. The music scene never looked back after SFF hit the turntables and radio stations on 13 February 1967. Fun Fact. For the Beatles masterpiece A Day in the Life, recorded 19 January 1967, John's count into the song is "Sugar Plum Fairy-Sugar Plum Fairy. It is impossible to take this whole song in on the first listen. But you did great young lady, RNB
Strawberry field was actually , an orphanage for girls back in the 50s and 60s. John live next to the property would, climb over the fence , made the fun of them , and play in the Gardens . There on the property has a iron gate painted red. That was stolen one time ,but was recovered . The property today, is run by the Salvation Army, helping disabled people.
you know when they started ,record execs had them covering 50s stuff which did infact produce some big hits. but the beatles said "no more"w"we can write our own stuff and do it better" and over the next 7 yrs they penned some the greatest music ever recorded!
A masterstroke in the history of rock and roll. A game changer. John lays down a marker for excellence heading into the second half of the decade, where psychedelic rock becomes a genre. The video is interesting but it is not about the video. It's about the song.
Fantastic reaction! I believe "The Inner Light" by the Beatles would be a song you'd really appreciate (It's in the same kind of style as "Across the Universe "). This one is a George Harrison composition written around the same time as Strawberry Fields. Enjoy!
George Martin did their arranging and intoduced them to the use of all this instriuentation. John Lennon was a poet who had published books of poetry and he wrote and sang this. It's other-worldly.
I'm not sure if you have reviewed it, but listen to "Within You and Without You" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club. And then, look up that song performed by the best Beatle's cover band, The Analogues. They may not sound vocally like the Beatles, but they have the exact same models of guitars, keyboard, percussion, sitar, tabla, amplifiers, the Beatles used in their recording sessions.
You asked after the song... Where did this song come from? From the brain of John Lennon, that's where. He was one of a kind. John could be a bit weird at times. Paul McCartney's brain could have never come up with something like this. No disrespect to Paul at all, he's an incredible songwriter too. John's brain was one of a kind in the history of recorded music. Peace ❤
in central park in new york yoko built a spot and called it strawberry fields,,,,every year on dec 8th ( the day lennon was murdered ) crowds gather and sing his songs...most popular is "give peace a chance
I mean you can imagine how an older generation reacted to this. And, by an older generation, I mean anyone over 30. The margins by which pop (or rock as it was becoming known) was alienating itself from a mainstream audience were getting wider at this point. I think psychedelia (which is still influential) was really the intense creativity of the time crashing and burning itself out.
“WOW!” is right, Sarah! Forever a masterpiece. And, I love your reaction, it’s so great! Also, their instrumental segments are genius, always. IMHO, part of the genius is they CREATED the song, not just sing it. So, I am not impressed at all with the copy band.
The Beatles are the very best of the very best. Here we are 50-60 years later in awe of their music and other work. Check out I Am The Walrus for another psychedelic adventure.
Strawberry Fields is a real place in London England. The song is by the Beatles. Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005. The house and grounds had originally been built as a private residence in the Victorian era, before being acquired by the Salvation Army in the 1930s. The house was demolished in 1973 due to structural problems and replaced with purpose-built units. After being closed as a children's home, the site has continued to be used by the Salvation Army for other purposes. The location gained worldwide fame following the release of the Beatles' 1967 single "Strawberry Fields Forever". The song's writer, John Lennon, had grown up nearby and played in the grounds of the home as a child. In time, the old red-painted entrance gates on Beaconsfield Road became a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans. In 2019, Strawberry Field was opened to the public for the first time, with an exhibition on its history, cafe, and shop, alongside a training centre for young people with special educational needs. The gates were stolen on 11 May 2000, allegedly by two men in a transit van. The gates were sold to an unsuspecting antiques dealer who never realised they were the actual gates from Strawberry Field. He returned them to the police upon request, and they now stand in the grounds of Strawberry Field.
what sounds like a flute and other strange sounds my be a mellotron, widely used by 60s Beat bands. In the original song of Procol Harum " A Wither face of pale" is a mellotron to hear too...
This is a good one ! Run For Your Life (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles Released on: 1965-12-03 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yzHXtxcIkg4.html
Of all the bands of the past 60 years, of how many can you name the first and last names of every member of the group? For me it’s just one. Guess which one!
Glad you played the original and then the cover. The cover sounded to much like the original, they didn't make the song their own. Karaoke at it's finest but not quite as good as the original. Good job on your reaction.😎👍
