I love this song and the album. When you listen to Mike describe how the song was made and produced you would expect to hear a half hearted mashed up throw away fill in song but for me it’s still a great song and that’s the magic of what the Beatles can do with their songs.
For a throw away, it is one of my rock'n favorites! I thought the slightly out of tune vocals sounded very cool and different. It sounds and feels so right!
I've always enjoyed this song, as for the slightly off key parts I could not care less, this is Rock N Roll after all and imperfection is fine and can actually add to the organic nuance and feel. In my opinion this is a good song, I've seen many criticisms of it before but I think it is fun, hooky and has good momentum and levity. thanks for the lesson!
Started playing guitar 2 years ago when I was 18. Immediately loved Beatles song. Now I’d say I know 50+ Beatles (Lennon,McCartney, Harrison solo) songs and I just wanted to say thank you for the great guitar and history lessons
Even with all the issues with the song I have always liked this song. Especially the energy and the ending of the song where Paul sings . . You . . . oh . . oh! I just love the sound of the vocal harmony and the chord changes as the song winds down.
I watched this video when it was released. Also, I seldomly comment on RU-vid videos, but this video made me leave a comment. I want to thank you wholeheartedly, Mike, for clarifying that it was George who did that busy guitar part on this song. I watched a couple of tutorial videos regarding this song, and guess what. All of them said that it was John who did that busy part! I believed that one. And yes, thank you for breaking the myth I believed in! :) P.S.: 'Hold Me Tight' is one of my favorite songs by The Beatles! A great rocker. 😎Certainly not old enough to know these smaller details (I'm 15, by the way). However, I'm glad to know there are people like you! I enjoyed watching this video. :) I want to learn this someday. :) Hopefully, you're doing well, Mike! ❤
Yet another fantastic Beatles song lesson by Mike. I never get tired of watching and learning exactly how these Beatles songs were arranged and recorded. TY Mike for keeping the music alive. Hope that you are doing well. 👍👍
Love the history info. Nothing like a Gretsch around the C position. We forget how the bass sound was in the 60s, nothing like hearing a T60 , Vox Foundation or Selmer Goliath giving it what for in songs like Kansas City, standing outside the Cavern it sounded like all you wanted to be was the bass player. Nice to see the zero fret.
Mike, I'm so glad you you have covered this song. I totally agree the Beatles recording is so poor, which is a pity. I really got to love the song when it opens the film 'Across the Universe'. Mind you I play it in G but I'll play about in E or F just to check Ive got the chords dead on. Thank you far all the work that goes into your videos.
I play most of these tuned a half step down on my epiphone Les Paul studio with 11 gauge strings. Sounds absolutely beautiful. Your video’s definitely help fill in some of the blanks so to speak on the voicing of the chords and things.
Mike, I really enjoy your videos, I learn new songs and trivia on each. Hold Me Tight is one of my favs from their early years, I was immediately hooked when I heard George's "chunking" guitar throughout the song, it was soooo cool! Thanks again for all you do to create these videos AND I just want to say I'm a Drummer who's been attempting to play guitar for many, many years - you do a great job capturing Ringo's grooves on all your sound-alikes!
How does Mike know all this stuff? I mean what guitars they used, amps they plugged into, and who did what! This is a treasure trove of Beatles info! I wish he was around when I was younger. I would buy these books at the music store but they seemed to be on piano. Then my old turntable would spin a bit slow sometimes making the song seem to be in a different key. Humbling to realize I had a lot of these songs wrong although we got through them.
Sympathy John, back in the day I would spend a long time trying to tune my Strat copy with a pitch pipe only to find the turntable would run a bit slower on the outside of the record and a bit faster towards the middle - never really in tune!
Well, I guess I must be a musical ignoramus, then ! LOL... I've been a fan since 1963, and it's one of my favorite early songs of theirs. It absolutely rocks, and, to me ? It's a pure joy to listen to, complete with their enthusiastic clapping tossed in for good measure - SO full of life, and fun ! :)
Man, that Rickenbacker sounds like garbage! It's like a damn toy guitar (w/that tiny neck. Heh!) My first student guitar in 1977 had more balls. And man, the whole "leaning out of tune" bit had me cackling. What was John smoking. To have any serious interest in using a Rickenbacker just seems like clinical insanity. No matter, it worked. And it's all part of the Beatles tapestry of delight. Mike, you're awesome. Thanks for all the fantastic instructional videos! Great vocals too. 😎 Your "I AM THE WALRUS" clip is still my favorite. Brilliant break down of utter genius. Not ironically, my favorite Beatles song too. Marc ⚡ p.s. re: "Hold Me Tight"... I know you know, but capo on the first fret would make this less of a slog, methinks.
Congrats on the 100k subs. Very well deserved. I remember getting my first bootleg many many years ago and it had an early alternate take of Hold Me Tight without the vocals and I was wowed by the guitar parts.
Thanks for the breakdown Mike. Top notch as usual. There are only a handful of bad Beatles songs and this is one of them. It’s amazing how fast they developed into great songwriters.
Great job Mike. It’s a strange little song. I always noticed the “Now” and “So” conflict on the vocals. I think John did it on purpose sometimes! As usual George’s part adds so much.
I dont know how long you spend on producing these lessons but know this, l appreciate it and thank you. Although l am an ordinary guitar player, l love having a crack. Cheers Jenno
Man, sell that 325 and shop for another. Mine has zero issues of tuning instability but it is on the slightly heavier side. Running RickySounds compressed 12-54 strings eliminated all buzzing and bridge rattle as well. Plays and sounds great! Killer lesson as always Mike!
Great stuff Mike. Again you are so meticulous. I'm glad that you mentioned that it was actually done in E. I have a "take" where you hear an open E just before they start playing the song.
I don't care what ANYBODY says, this song is rockin'. I honestly don't believe the flaws are near as egregious as everyone seems to think. One of their most underrated songs, if you ask me.
Hey Mike, you've just made this song a lot more interesting to listen to! And George always comes up with great accents and textures that add so much. 👍👍 But a Marshall on a Beatles track???😮😄
I love the With The Beatles album but Hold Me Tight was my always my least favorite. Paul's vocals were all over the place! Your version gave it what it needed! A short note - many years ago, me and my two friends got to record some songs at a studio, and one of my friends insisted we do Hold Me Tight. It came out nice though - I played a a nice digital bass part throughout and did a little singing!
I like this song, It's got it's quirks but it had a lot of potential that was never quite fulfilled. Most bands couldn't hold a candle to the Beatles and would've killed to have a song like this.
Damn, the lead George plays is a hell of a workout on the hand first time trying that pattern of playing. I usually play chords but have been branching out to incorporate some leads into my style of playing too.
I really enjoy these detailed evaluations and demos by Mike Pachelli. This one is no exception, enjoyable. I might add far more enjoyable that the Beatles recording of this song. I was drawn to this video because I always have had "Hold Me Tight" as my #1 song on my personal list of all time worst Beatles songs. As Mike alludes to, a lot of the disappointment in this song is probably related to production issues. The tune has potential and I have heard some live versions by others that were pretty decent, but the Beatles recording of this is pretty sub-par. I agree with John Lennon on this one.
Hey Mike. Thanks for your great tab. I always loved this song and also the album. A while ago you did a video on uncommon chords of the With the Beatles album. For almost every song you did meanwhile an own video. How about doing a video of the two missing songs: "All I've Got To Do and Don't Bother Me ... Devil In Her Heart has also some uncommon chords. Stephan
This is the first of your videos I've stumbled upon! I'm a guitar player, played this song in several bands, since 1964 when we first heard it. You are amazing! I love all the history and details! I have always known the Beatles recorded it in the key of E, (and Paul and John both considered it an album filler, neither never really liked it) and (George Martin?) or someone pushed the recording up to "F". I would never attempt to play it in "F"! But, you do! I'm impressed! Now.. at 17:36, you provide us with an amazing compilation of you playing all the instruments. My big question: (having never seen any of your other videos which must be outstanding!), DO YOU REALLY PLAY the Hofner Bass LEFT HANDED??? Or do you play a right hand bass, and flop the video for us to make it look like you play it left handed, just like Paul? If you do play it leftie, I'm blown away!
There is a short snippet of the original Please Please Me version on one of the sessions bootleg. It almost sounds like the song There's a place. It has the same drum beat and it's not as heavy as the version that was released on With/Meet The Beatles. Story has it that they used the same reel of tape to record the new version over the old one, wiping the old one in the process, as they claim that it was done to save on tape cost. A fresh reel of tape is a small price to pay in exchange for having the old version available.
Love this thanks! I’ve got a couple of Ricks with flat wound strings and set up right by a Rick guy. They never go out of tune. Maybe it’s a problem with the short-scale?
Another great lesson Mike--thank you! I love everything on this channel, but the Beatles song lessons are the best lessons OF ANY KIND out there. Is "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" on your list for any time soon? Or perhaps I've missed it... Thanks again!
Ed - Glad you like the lessons, thanks. I hadn't considered "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" 'cause I couldn't get anywhere near that era of George's singing for my sound-alike.
@@MPfrance I’m so sorry to hear it-such a great tune and one of my all-time favorites of theirs. I didn’t even know it was George singing lead-just assumed it was John-so I’ll have to start paying closer attention. Your sound-alikes are all awesome, so I’m sure you could pull it off wonderfully!
Mike, awesome lesson here. I always loved this song and thought it had some heavy guitars for the time. Can you point out where you feel the singing is out of tune?
