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I actually like to believe that on every Beatles song with a fade-out ending, they just continue repeating the last line infinitely until George Martin tells them to “SHUT UP!”
John’s reaction when Ringo says Tomorrow Never Knows is so instantly giddy, you can tell he’s just waiting for him to drop some gold every time he opens his mouth
According to the Beatles Anthology, it was Paul's idea to use tape loops instead of a guitar solo and, since he was the one who was proficient and most experienced in making the loops, George Martin said Paul showed the others how to make them. Martin also said Ringo and George brought loops in but he doesn't say that John did. It didn't matter because in Revolution in the Head, the author says they ended up using Paul's loops. Whenever anyone says Tomorrow Never Knows is a breakthrough in music and it was John's song I always have to point out that what is innovative and revolutionary about the song is what Paul contributed to it. In the same way that the bassline Paul came up with and plays on John's Come Together pretty much defines the song.
Before you said anything about the guitar sound in the Tomorrow Never Knows, it sounded to me like the lead guitar (backwards) in the Sargent Pepper opening of that album.
@HollyHobs Technical question for you: did Paul, John or George use (or even know about) open tunings e.g. E major, E minor, DADGAD, on their guitars and use them on any songs?
John was very insecure about his awesome singing voice, because of his past. The overlooked genius of Emerick, made this song, and album the great album it was. Greatest band ever!
John was a highly creative musician who was always on the ragged edge between agony and ecstasy. This is the price that creative people of all kinds pay, wrestling with the creative process. It doesn't "just Happen", you have to drag it out of your mind and body. I have always considered TNK the best song from their psychedelic era.
In the early 70's John and George Martin met for dinner. John told Martin if he had the chance he would go back and re-record all his songs. Martin said he was shocked. He always thought John was happy with the recordings. I guess not so much.
The reverse guitar solo in TNK is located at roughly the same location as the guitar solo in Taxman, around the 1:20 mark. Closing song mirrors opening song, guitar in reverse, but same time location. Genius again.
Actually the backwards guitar was an accident when they decided the tape on backwards. The Beatles actually liked how it sounded and said it sounded Indian and so they left it
@@garyhynes Friedrich Nietzsche didn't believe in free will where Lennon and Leary where into freeing the mind and expanding that w/ LSD which was a major influence. Anyway good rumination.
As far as the "Taxman" solo it could be something recorded for that song and not used. They often tried different approaches on songs and had bits that they did not use. There is a video of Dhani Harrison with George Martin at Abbey Road and they are listening to the master tape of Here Comes the Sun. Dhani pulls a fader up and there is a completely different guitar part. Giles Martin (George Martin's son) says something about it never being used on the final mix and George Martin says, "I forgot all about that". So yeah they had "bits and bobs" (as the English say) of stuff that could be used.
I really love the revolver album, I mean in all honestly I like all of the beatles albums. But in my opinion, the Revolver, Sgt peppers and even the magical mystery tour albums are very optimistic and one of the most interesting, yet inspiring albums ever that changed the perspective of music
I can't believe there's footage of Ringo uttering the words 'tomorrow never knows'!!! I'm a massive Beatles nerd - can't believe I'm only discovering this now.
Squeaky McBeal Yeah, but seeing what was done with Come Together.....Eeesh! I just thought someone would put a little more thought and mood to the video. It’s not terrible, but...come on! Yellow background cartoon Beatles characters? Doesn’t the song rate better than that? Even if you were to try and encapsulate the time period of ‘69-70 somehow.
Revolver was the first rock album I ever heard at about 9 yrs old. I didn't even know who the beatles were. Tomorrow Never Knows was my favorite song right off the bat. Imagine having the greatest album of all time be the first one you ever heard. I still can't fathom it.
@@adrianokury though the beatles who were called as a pop grp bcuz at that time, genres like rock were not defined yet in the music industry, but if we hear their songs esp from revolver etc, they are actually a rock band😊😊👍👍
The first Beatles album and the first album in general I ever heard was Rubber Soul, at age 11. I think it was the perfect one to introduce me to the world of the Beatles and rock. And that's because it wasn't one of their earlier, very simple albums (I think I would be kinda "meh" if Please Please Me was my first one), and it wasn't one of their later experimental/mature ones (I think I would be shocked and confused if the White Album was my first one!). It was RIGHT in the middle. It is simple, it's still the Beatles they were when they started, but at the same time, it's melancholic and mature, and just different. I felt like I listened to something really great that day. Because I did. But yeah, Revolver comes very close. It's just a little bit (or probably, a lot!) trippy for the first Beatles/rock album for a kid to listen to, I think.
I can’t imagine. I was in love with a lot of music before I discovered my favorite album. It was The Wall, sometime in the mid eighties. I wonder what it would have been like to listen to it before anything else.
They replayed the solo and altered the vari speed. For those interested, the stereo and mono versions have differences on the sound loops. It is worth checking out. It is also a cool topic...the differences of the mono to stereo mixes
The two released monos and the 1 stereo released and the unreleased Alt.stereo all have differences throughout the mixes.All 4 are included in the Capiphone project.
OK, I must say as a Beatles fan I love this channel. But then you drop the bomb. You are from Trinidad. Well so am I. This made me smile. Respect meh brethren. Then you told me John Lennon came to Trinidad in 1966. This is the first I ever heard of this. Simply mind blowing. I wasn't born yet by the way. But this stuff is cool. Keep the Beatles education coming and I'm looking forward to your next video.
The old recording studios made musicians, engineers, and producers use their imaginations instead of pushing buttons and flipping switches to get sounds. Today's productions are as boring as the songs. The lack of experimentation is depressing. Zappa said that Art Rock was the work of old record company executives who admitted that they were clueless about what the kids wanted and were willing to try anything. Today's music industry is run by smartassess who think they know everything.
When the beach boys heard this track they knew they would never reach the Beatles talent and innovation This song well ahead of its time no other writer can equal John Lennon ideas or ideas
The one chord thing is a very Indian thing. As an Indian who is learning Carnatic Music, most songs (or verses as we call it) would be in one chord. I'm happy that the fact that The Beatles embraced this and decided to implement them on to their songs.
I don't think you can say one chord accurately, the notes are moving all the time and improvised, but they use a drone of one or two notes in the background so *part* of the chord doesn't change.
I am an info-nut that has studied the Beatles most of his life, but you never fail to include at least some information (and photos) I didn't know. I agree with the people that think that the reverse solo is from "Taxman" rehearsal tapes. It was a clever, subliminal connection to the opening track, done quite intentionally, I believe. I am a fan of one-chord pop songs. "Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley has one chord, as does "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by the Temptations. Such songs focus on the groove, rather than the melodic structure.
And if you doubt John's soloing chops, listen to the Blues solos in, I Want You. . ., I read that they were, in fact, which surprised and pleased me greatly, played by John, and they're gorgeous. I thought it might be Clapton, for obvious reasons. But one of the guys who was there said it was John. The tone is beautiful.
@@wilhelmhagberg4897 I'm only relating what I read in the book. The book is clear and certain that it's only John, but I can't legally vouch for the claim.
I love your videos, This is where I get all my Beatles Knowledge from, without you I would only know a little bit about The Beatles as from today. You are the reason why I love The Beatles so much! Thank You! :]
And the way....John laughs, after hearing Ringo say, "Tomorrow Never Knows". Priceless. Goes to show...just how much the genius John, had, for the genius of Ringo.
Big Beatle fan here but...this is by far my favourite. I will go so far as to say this is my favourite tune ever. I would,and have, listened to this countless times. I’m not inferring that I’m an expert in any way. Just my zeal for this song. Ringo’s driving drums and sound. Classic, will always be a classic.
I'm like you my friend. Imo this is the greatest song the Beatles ever did & one of the greatest songs of all time. It's my onsidered opinion that Revolver is their finest album ever!!!
To my ears, the TNK solo sounds recorded specifically for the track. If I remember Mark Lewisohn's book (Recording The Beatles) correctly, this was the first song recorded for Revolver, so Taxman would have come later. Taxman is in D. Tomorrow Never Knows is in C...not that that couldn't have been pitched. The Taxman solo WAS lifted however, but placed again at the end of Taxman.
According to Lewisohn, p. 70-72: 'Mark I' (initial title of Tomorrow Never Knows) was first tracked on April 6, this being the take heard on Anthology 2. They had a better stab at it the next day, complete with tape loops. Taxman wasn't tracked until much later, on April 20, with the guitar solo recorded on April 21, highly unlikely that it was used in TNK, although the similarity is striking
Rain and She Said as songs aswell as lyrics goes along with TNK as statements that initiate a revitalising process to inner truth and pure innosence from childhood, that John had long lost and wanted to regain - direct tread to the lyrics such as Across the Universe, Imagine and Beautiful Boy...
It should have probably been something like "You never know what tomorrow will bring" and the word "You" is the subject of that sentence. Ringo instead personifies Tomorrow as a thing that could actually know anything at all in his statement. It's just a cute way of saying the future is unforeseeable.
This term was coined by John though unknowingly. The artificial double tracking technique was being explained to him and how it goes around the flange wheel. he didn't understand any of it so he just said flange my vocals. this bit of information comes from the Beatles recording sessions by Mark Lewisohn. one of the best books ever for anyone interested in recording and audio production.
But they definitely re-recorded the end solo or maybe they were both from the same tape loop Paul provided with one cut short and the other is just a continuation of it.
This is my absolute favorite"The Beatles" songs to me it is original and it is not the run of the mill as no doubt John and the boys all felt like the albums up to this one being they hey let's make another album maybe a movie maybe not touring and hey let's go avant gard. It would have been such a different album had all the tracks been made like this one. The drumming on it is very unique. Ringo was so very original as every song has it's own distinct signature. Not one of them exactly the same and this one is no different but perfect. Bye the way the Hard Days Night was what Ringo said after an all night session of tracks and over dubs and so forth and John was like this is a song. And the name of the Movie.
The guitar solo quandary: We all know that Paul does the guitar solo on Taxman because as the story goes he was frustrated with George’s inability to pull it off the way Paul wanted, or something to that effect. Which leads to the logical assumption that George had in fact laid down on tape his attempts to get it right. Maybe what we hear on Tomorrow Never Knows is one of George’s attempts at the Taxman solo. just a wild thought, not likely but maybe a possibility. I’ll refrain from saying what obviously comes to mind ‘cause I don’t want tomatoes thrown at me. 😂😂👍
What? You dare to have your own opinion that goes against the majority? How dare you? Hey, I know, let's go back to when people could be different, eh?
The fact that the Beatles were constantly in evolution and re-evolving, requiring more techniques in every album is what I so admired about their music. No two songs they sang or performed ever sounded alike or close to any other song they wrote before. One could never tire of them. What True Magic✨ Beatles
I have been a Beatlemaniac since they were on the Ed Sullivan show the first time. My older Sister turned me onto their music shortly before that, so, I had a little bit of a head start... but each time I watch one of your videos, I pick up more and more things I did not know of the boys. I'd like to ask you. what is your name? Also, I want to thank you for these videos. I love your passion about "The Gods of Rock n' Roll", it shows in your face and how you speak of them... so, THANK YOU!
Another great background vid. Thank you! On the solo, I'd guess they were trying any different ideas and that they were unhappy with them all.... until someone accidentally played that bit of tape in reverse and it became a "moment of inspiration born of hours of perspiration" so to speak...
Great upload and thanks. The colour vision is the outside miming of Paperback Writer and predominantly Rain. Unfortunately RU-vid only shows the black and white film of them inside a studio setting these days.The colour film clip was taken in and around Chisweck House mid 1966. Very heady days indeed. I was 5 and they continually blew people away with their music. Other bands/groups were great, the Beatles were astonishing.
So JL took acid and tripped on flight from Europe to Trinidad and Tobago. It may be just me, but if I ever did want to trip, I don't think I'd do it on a plane. Maybe that's what Connie Francis and Peter Buck did too.
At that point, where there's no privacy in public life for the lads, popping LSD for a long flight, might've been the most ideal time for him. Me, personally, I'd rather have a far more open experience. But then, I'm the kind of guy whom likes smoking weed and walking about and when I last did mushrooms, I as well, took a walk. Regardless, peace and love to you and yours.
paul: *introduces tape loops- the thing that started this song* *makes the tapes- does the seagull cries himself* *introduces john to the indica scene- takes him to the bookstore* *observes that Indian music used one chord throughout* *his guitar solo reversed in the begining* everyone: woah john 😮👏
@@skysmindgarden He did! He's also done cat calls for cat call by Chris barber band (along with writing it) and played celery for beach boys' vegetables ! it's really cool how he does these wacky little music things, he clearly loves it a lot
I believe that while still in the recording studio John was very happy with the song and bragged out loud about it being the very 1st song in rock history that had music in it being played backwards...
The cinema equivalent of this is Fabrizio Federico's films. Avant-garde, LSD & Eastern philosophy. The Pick-A-Mix style: Backwards tapes, jump cuts, subliminal messages, montage, phasing, cut-up's, tape loops, smash cuts, musique concrète, sound fx, varispeed, surrealism & electronic absurdism. These kinetic experimental films, poetry, happenings and be-ins are all associated in an anti-establishment state of mind.
For the Tax Man Solo, You can ask to Paul Mac Cartney or Ringo Star . It's my Favorite BEATLES song from My Favorite Album of THEM, THANK YOU for the Informations !!!
I do not normally do this, but I created a song called 'Tommorows Unknown' inspired by this classic by the beatles itself, if you do check it out, let me know what you think! (IT'S the 5th TRACK IN THE INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM)
It is most likely the 'Taxman' intro was used in 'Tomorrow Never Knows', on Friday the 22nd of April 1966 they continued working on Taxman (tape reduction take 11 into take 12) and afterwards worked on 'Mark I', which was the working title of 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. They did a SI (I think super imposition) onto take 3. (source is The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn, 1988).
Tomorrow Never Knows ----------------------------------------- Now Yesterday may know but Yesterday won't say Where the Anunakis go when the mariachis play Far far away in a play within a play Where the nay-sayers bow and kneel Before a god who is as real as a banana without a peel A toe without a heel or a wheel-without-a-wheel Playing Let's Make A Deal with a feeling we can't feel: For the wise may be fools and the fools may be wise And the blue of the skies may only be the blue behind your own too dewy eyes Seeing how sorrow may be joy and joy may be sorrow And a rainstorm today may be a rainbow tomorrow: Singing: Sometimes a lender may really be a borrower And sometimes a borrower may really be a lender Sometimes a lumpy bumper may only be an unbent fender And sometimes a Public Defender may be a Private Sex-Offender And a ruthlessly uncouth truth-bender who's a dues-paying member of rather dubious gender And your friendly neighborhood bartender may be a great pretender Pretending she's a big-spender pretending to be a trans-gender Waring Blender singing Love Me Tender to a Venezuelan Peanut Vendor Singing Return To Sender to Glenn and/or Glenda Singing: Something may be nothing And nothing may be something A Christian may be a Jew and a Jew may be a Christian A question may be the answer And the answer may be a question Still the answer is as clear as the air in your nose A rose is a rose and Tomorrow Never Knows... Whatever the day and whatever tomorrow may say Tomorrow may say but Tomorrow Never Knows... Tomorrow may delay the rain and the snows Whatever games Tomorrow may replay The fact remains Tomorrow Never Knows Whatever prayers Tomorrow may pray; Tomorrow may pray but Tomorrow Never Knows That the answer is as clear as the water in your hose Today may be here now but Tomorrow Never Knows And Yesterday may disappear now Still Tomorrow Never Knows...Tomorrow Never Knows... Tomorrow Never Knows what Tomorrow Never Knows... Although wedding bells may be cracked And opposites may attract to fill in all the cracks With all the love they may have lacked: Sometimes a dove may be a hawk And sometimes a hawk may be a dove Sometimes love may be true hatred And sometimes hatred may be true love Strife may be joy And joy may be strife A wife may be a husband and a husband may be a wife Life may be death and death may be Life Still the answer is as clear as a bear without any clothes Singing: A bear may be bare but Tomorrow Never Knows And a bear may be a Nowhere Bear Without any hair between his nosey-nose and his toesy-toes But however long the old Nowhere Bear's hair grows The Akashik Record always clearly shows That Tomorrow Never Knows What Tomorrow Never Knows Today may be here now But Tomorrow Never Knows And Yesterday may disappear now Still Tomorrow Never Knows...Tomorrow Never Knows... Tomorrow Never Knows what Tomorrow Never Knows... Never Knows...Never Knows...Never Knows...Never Knows... Tomorrow Never Knows what Tomorrow Never Knows... Never Knows, Never Knows,Never Knows, Never Knows... Tomorrow Never Knows what Tomorrow Never Knows...... Wordmusic by the late-great John Lennon, channeled thru Ronnie Kahn (C) 2018 peacelovejoymusic@yahoo.com Please feel free to write for more details about my close encounters with Brother John in real-life and in the after-life...
Still a miracle how the Beatles went to a metamorphosis in only three years. They were a Golden Ratio.John Lennons Tomorrow Never Knows is in my opinion the most important track in history of pop. 👍❤
