Those people obviously have no knowledge at all when it comes to music. Like them or not there's no denying their talent. How many bands are still having their music played and recorded all these years later
I've never heard anyone say the Beatles are overrated. I know there are some who may not like them. My dad for example liked their post Beatles solo stuff better. But with the unprecedented success they had considering they started as a cover band playing in dive bars for beer money the fact they become essentially the most famous people on earth, and then just by number of hits and record sales alone, cultural influence and that they are still so popular and loved over 1/2 a century later objectively demonstrates a lot more people like them then not and they did something very right. Side note. Paul wrote "Yesterday" at 22 years old.
Just last week someone told me they were super overrated and I just promptly stopped talking music to them. They then continued their conversation about Slipknot and Stained with someone else lmao
I am now a man of 70 years; I lived in the time of Einstein, Yuri Gagarin, Elvis, Kennedy, King, Ali and the Moon Landing; but nothing can compare to the amazement, delight and joy of living in the time of The Beatles. I have had a great life with music that travels Across the Universe.
And I’m a lady 😊of 70yrs age, ‘Dave’? Lol Can’t believe I was only 10 😮when this took place, 😳 So glad I found this bit of footage!!! Wonderful 😱😱 I miss those days, I really do!!! 😢🙏🙏🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️take care! 🇬🇧
What a wonderful, and fitting, tribute sir! I am 68, born and bred in Speke, Liverpool - where Paul & George both lived for parts of their young lives. We were so lucky to have them in our lives. 🎸🎸🎸🥁
I loved that song when it came out and I was a tot. I loved the B side of the 45 just as much "I'll Get You". Think it came out when I was three or four years old. I would jump up and down in excitement when it came on the radio. At 63 yrs old in 2022, I still love it. I often wonder if I would have remembered by toddler/early childhood years if it wasn't for the music of the day and especially The Beatles.
The song in incredible in this performance. What remarkable and unfamiliar harmonies! What a beautiful driving performance. We sometimes forget that the Beatles were not just great in their later more "sophisticated" records -- they were already great early on, and this performance of She Loves You proves it, in spades!
This was their mega hit and was the biggest selling record of all time in the UK, only outsold by wings mull of kintyre. If you remove charity records, band aid and bohemian rhapsody which was a charity record when reissued. So sales for these don't count on merit. And take into account for the population size, a higher percentage of the UK population bought she loves you than any other record,
People are always saying how cheeky it was of John to make that jewelry quip but how cheeky was it of all 4 of them to play / sing 'shake it up baby now / come and work it on out" to the Queen Mum ? It went way beyond 'cheeky' all the way to total BALLS. It was a totally different world back then.
Look up the urban dictionary meaning of 'twist and shout'. It was more than cheeky. It was downright subversive. The whole song is about...well, you'll figure it out. lol
@@catnc1 They may have suggested he doesn't say it, or that they are bigger then Jesus lol. Granted the rest went along when they sang "I get high" instead of "I can't hide" on the Sullivan show. That was a family show. No way they were supposed to sing that back then but they were not afraid to push limits
This video is outstanding for a couple of reasons. For one, the microphones and recording are calibrated so that you can really hear the miracle of the harmonies. Second, both John and Paul are captured here showing the full genius of both their voices. In Twist and Shout you can hear John's vocal genius. Paul's vocal genius you can hear in Till There Was You. And you can hear the genius of their duets in this video, too. If you don't understand why the Beatles are so loved, this is a good video to listen to carefully. To me this performance is so beautiful it almost makes me cry.
I'm almost 62. Sigh. Don't remember a time without the Beatles. And every single time I have ever heard She Loves You I feel the same giddiness and joy.
George was the only Beatle who was classically trained to play guitar as his mother sent him to guitar Lessons and enforced it. The other Beatles trained themselves...
Every time I watch one of these early videos I say to myself: Three amps, four microphones,m one drum kit and absolutely nothing else. Perfect musicianship, perfect harmonies, a killer drummer and amazing songs...mostly writeen by them. It's 1963, I was eight years old. Has any band been anything close to this good?
So true. Really amazing. How many times have I heard She Loves You. Many many. Yet I still love it after all these years! It's still magical and fresh and strangely phenomenally pleasing to the ear! And this video is a really great performance of the song.
This is perhaps their very best concert, free of screams and noise, we really get to hear them live! For once! and they played and sang it flawlessly being able to hear themselves. It’s perfect.
@@reginaldoduchas8095 that was a good one too! I don’t know if it’s audio quality or maybe because the songs were getting so complicated to do them live at that point, but Japan was still a little chaotic in my opinion, not because of the screams but because of the vocal harmonies, the volumes of the instruments vs. vocals (Paperback Writer) it was amazing nonetheless, but in my opinion this one right here was TIGHT, could have been released as a record.
This is phenomenal. Never even knew this footage existed until today. So grateful to those who recorded it so well. Hearing Paul's voice solo and then John singing "Twist and Shout" ----- pure joy.
I agree, and would add how well Geoprge sounded on guitar. Especially on Til There was You, not one of my favorites, but some nice chord changes. Not simple guitar, but he made it look so easy.
And that was sixty years ago. It seems a bit strange now, I was in London back then, when the men screamed their Ba**s off and girls screamed their ti*s off for the Beatles. I don't think that's ever happened since. Not for any other group of singer.
What's amazing is as young as they were they had already performed for years honing their craft. They were seasoned professionals in their early twenties.
Four guys, two guitars, one bass guitar and a drum kit. No special effects, no auto tune. This is what being in a band is all about and it sadly has been lost to history,
Don't forget the Scouse Auto Tune - they had to apply that, else nobody would understand what they were singing. Custom built into their microphones, especially George, but he didn't sing that much.
Partly true partly false. There’s a reason why technology had to be improved at concerts. Take their Shea Stadium performance where no one can hear a damn thing. But for autotune, I agree to some degree yes.
The Beatles change society. Set the standard. Fabulous! Will never be another band like them. Great songwriters. From my hometown. God bless The Beatles!
I saw that concert, on the telly. John's remark about 'just shake your jewels' was delightfully irreverent and the subject of quite a lot of scandalised comment. Those were different times.
In just 2 years they rose from dirty bars and caverns, to the heights of popularity, and in 3 years, world fame, and after 6 more years, they were legends. They will be legends forever.
3:57 - Paul remarks: 'We'd like to carry on with a new song, "She Loves You".' Being one of the oldest Beatles mega hits, 'She Loves You' pops up here as 'a new song', which is really refreshing to me.
That was their 'if we can play this sophisticated, we can play anything' song, though when they played it for Decca, Decca didn't get it, and didn't sign them...
They would have been better off playing anything by Buddy Holly or the Everly Bros for Decca instead of this sappy show tune. And this is coming from a huuuge Beatles fan.
What needs to be recognised is that we young teenagers got about 1/3 of the price of a single record per week. They still sold millions. Today success is measured differently. We never saw these performances. We made do with radio and live TV performances.
"For our last number , I'd like to ask you for some help" ( pause ) "would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands "(audience laughter) "could the rest of you rattle your jewellery '( audience laughter and applause) Priceless footage!😅
9:22 John's famous jab at the royals: "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help: for the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewelry."
That was planned, and supposedly he had threatened to say "rattle your fucking jewelry" which had everyone pretty concerned. Unfortunately I can't remember where I read that. Obviously it would have turned a harmless joke into front page news, and is what the sort of knowing grin that he gave to Paul was all about.
@@robertbruner7429 It's an old Vaudeville joke. The Sofie Tucker line is just as pithy, but didn't take the mick out of the gentry. That's why John's use of an old standard is so legendary. Both jokes sort of encapsulate Paul and John's respective personalities.
I saw the Beatles play live at the Sheffield City Hall for 17 shillings & 6 pence on the 9th of November 1964, I have their autographs with provenance & still have everything including the show tickets. I will be 71 this year, & can remember all the details.
I can remember this as if it was yesterday, sitting with my two elder sisters screaming their heads off, only a Beatle could have got away with rattle your jewelry in front of royalty, although by then they were royalty in the eyes of us Brits.
"Till There Was you"....what a beautiful rendition!! It proved that The Beatles "..(a) could actually play live...and reproduce their "Sound " almost better than the @Recording Studio Version...(b)ALL of them were genuinely gifted Musicians and weren't reliant on Session Musicians...(c)...and could also fall back on Standards which required more than 3 Chords!!...Just Fab Gear!@
Loved Harrison's guitar work on "Till There Was You". His rhythm guitar work, background fills and solo were top notch! And McCartney's vocals were superb as well.
One of the most delightful Beatles performances I’ve seen. Could Lennon look any cuter than when he made the infamous “audience participation” remarks? 😍
@@peterbothwell9005from what I’ve heard, that moment was actually the Queen Mother greeting the audience earlier in the night, but it was edited in after John’s quip on a later print. So this is probably more what the original broadcast looked like.
I do believe this is one of the best live recordings of them there ever was. This is obviously completely live, and it sounds pretty much just like the records. No forgetting of lyrics or screwups. They did admirably! And considering the time, the sound was very good here. 😄
its so nice to hear the guys actually playing their instruments in a live show.without all the screaming hysterical girls.the guys were playing pretty tight.as opposed to the shea stadium concert.you couldnt hear much at all.
The fact that you could barely hear them at Shea wasn't their fault...They had only little 100-watt amps and the sound was pushed through the stadium's crappy sound system that was used for announcing the baseball players...
Their BBC recordings are the best example of their live playing. Granted it was in a radio studio, but they were doing single takes with that stuff, so it's an accurate example of their rock solid consistency. George Martin desperately wanted to record their live performances, but even the Hollywood Bowl stuff is heavily edited. I've never understood why nobody ever had the idea of spitting the microphone signals, or adding additional mikes, feeding them to another amplifier and sending that to stage monitors. As electronic amplification goes, it's pretty basic stuff. If nothing else, I'm surprised Vox didn't...maybe they didn't complain loudly enough at the time. In post Beatle interviews though sound is sighted as being one of their primary reasons for stopping touring. Anyone have an opinion about this?
@@robertbruner7429 I love the clips from the Swedish concert on Anthology 1...This was December 1963, just before the 1st U.S. visit...There was screaming, but it hadn't reached the orgasmic, 747-jet volume that the American fans unleashed...What I enjoy is listening to John tear up "Money" & "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," with Paul's "Ohh yeahhh"'s and jubilant answering vocals...They were young fellas having a blast as they were about to explode into the stratosphere...
@@robertbruner7429 My take is at first no one expected the screaming would not only be so loud but through the entire performance. They just didn't have monitors back then and the Beatles could not even hear themselves and hence didn't want any live recordings so no one really pushed for it. But they didn't just stop playing live because of that but also because it was getting too dangerous. Between an incident in some other country and the mayhem... they were actually getting too afraid.
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306George Martin did push for it---he totally wanted a live recording, he was just unable to get anything deemed worthwhile, eventually choosing his heavily edited Hollywood Bowl material, and there was also the snippet at the beginning of "The Beatles Story." My point with sound monitors is they could/should have been developed. They were already pushing the sound feeds from the stage amps into the house PA's and splitting and adding a line out to stage speakers, I shouldn't think, would have been too difficult. But obviously history can't be changed.
I'm almost 66 and I can remember knowing a couple of weeks ahead that the Beatles were gonna be on telly and the anticipation and excitement was immense, so immense I still remember it
I am also near 66, and likewise I remember the excitement of the Beatles appearing on the Royal Variety Show. Although we were young, we were lucky to have lived through such a magical time in musical history.
Exactly the same here. Do you remember seeing them in Life magazine? my first view was that photo of them walking as a foursome. I think Paul was holding a book. Its true that the anticipation of that night was unique in my life. Second to that would be finally seeing Paul in 1990ish with the opening film of his history and the playing of A Hard Day's Night. I cried for 90 minutes straight.
@@jv-ep2tc can't remember that to be honest but do you remember that paper magazine that I can't remember the name of I think it used to come out monthly and just had all the lyrics to chart songs. I remember buying one because it had the lyrics to can't buy me love
Anyone who tries to tell you that the Beatles were not the best band in the World, show them this, Remember that they had no modern technology. Three guitars, a set of drums and a couple of amplifiers, oh and a mouth organ which they didn't need here . This was done live, on TV. Superb is the only description of this performance. Give any of todays bands the same equipment and I challenge them to be as good. They would all fail. Lovers of modern 'music' don't appreciate the pure talent of the Beatles. Shame on you.
Ellos se lo pierden mientras nosotros disfrutamos de lo que es calidad, de todas formas cada vez más gente joven va conociéndolos y apreciando y diferenciando lo que es música pasajera del momento de lo que es música de leyendas.
I'd say they were pretty well rehearsed. They really sounded flawless. Of course history demonstrates at some point they could not even hear themselves perform anymore over the screaming and between that and the mayhem had to stop performing live. They did prove they still had it live in that rooftop performance in 69, last time they all played together live. But overall what a legacy and library of great material they left us. Just unprecedented.
Exactly. But we all must ask why no one has come close since. Not really. Bits and pieces of outstanding talent. But originality, consistency and confidence like this?
@@Bmwguy2011 they rode the wave of a monumental shift in culture which created the backdrop and counter which gave their tremendous talent so much more meaning which created a feedback loop which generated their creativity, besides that their involvement with drugs and the emerging culture also created a catalyst for creativity
They played 500 shows from August 5, 1961, to August 5, 1963. What band today would ever put in that much practice in just 2 years? They were pros before most ever heard of them around the world.
For those who don't enjoy The Beatles, that is up to them. Lots of great music out there. However, in my opinion, The Beatles are the greatest agents of joy in human history. Who is their rival in this...?
That's the first time I've actually seen and heard John deliver that famous line. He does so with marvellous aplomb, and is fully aware of the impact it would have.
It’s been almost 60 years since I first “discovered” the Beatles, and recorded their performance on the Ed Sullivan Show using my dad’s old reel to reel tape recorder. The sound quality was lousy due to the studio full of screaming girls, but I really didn’t mind. It just showed how America was just as crazy about the Beatles as the rest of the world was. This is my first time seeing this 1963 Royal Variety Performance, and I’m just amazed at the poise and musicianship of the boys, especially without the deafening screams. They truly were wonderful!
Yes, amazing. They honed their skills early on in England and Germany with shows where they had to perform for many hours daily. So they became like an incredibly well-oiled machine. Watching them in this performance is like watching a highly skilled feat of dynamic physical coordination and strength all musically expressed.
In addition to being a tremendous songwriter, Paul was blessed with a golden set of pipes. He's nailing everything here, lead vocals, harmonies, falsettos.
@@BT-kc3ee there's no need for that. Saying Paul is doing great doesn't need some stupid remark that John was a better songwriter. We were talking about Paul. You can make your own remark about John. The original songs they perform here, Paul and John wrote together. Stating that (in your opinion) John was the better songwriter has no relation to this clip. So stop that petty Paul or John is better nonsense. It looks like you want to start some argument. Stop hyjacking other people's posts, keep your opinions to yourself and grow up!
@@BT-kc3ee I mean when it comes to range snd control Paul was the better singer. Some just enjoy johns voice more. I always did, but I do understand Paul’s voice was usually in key for live performances more often
I wish I could understand it, they have affected me, I got into them in 94 when I was ten and anthology was on TV and I didn't know who they were but became obsessed
How true, they were just so different to anything that had happened before weren’t they, we’d never seen or heard a group of four guys all singing pop/rock in harmony, it sounded amazing to us then!
Occasionally the stars are aligned, the time is right, and the boys are ready. God save the Queen and God bless the Beatles. They were the perfect template for all those great bands that followed them. Thank you gentlemen for making this life better.
In these depressing times we are all living in, we need a repeat of The Beatles aka an extremely relatable, talented musical group with a touch of innocence and an enormous amount of hope.
Have always wondered why they chose that song to sing and record. It wasn't even the best song in the film, The Music Man. But it was a ballad and sweetly done. Even as a 12-year-old who bought the Meet The Beatles album, I kind of cringed when hearing Til There Was You.
I remember watching this as a small child with my family. My father for some reason found it incredible that John Lennon was already married to his first wife Cynthia at the time and had a young child. It was marvellous to see those famous stars on the stage. I remember all of them, especially Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett and Harry Secombe, and of course the Fab Four. Lovely memories of a simpler time long gone.
Great post!! My intro to the Bearles was the Hard Days Night movie. I was 8 years old. It was 1974. A friend of mine told me it was on tv. I was late turning it on and caught it when they were already on the train. First song I ever heard and still one of my all-time faves I Should Have Known Better with Lennon on harmonica. It's their later stuff you always hear on radio but their early stuff is even now still fresh and tineless. I mean c'mon Lennon singing Twist and Shout does that ever get old?? Great post!! Thanks for sharing!!
@@GeoZeppelin1979 Revolutionary, innovation, experimental, versatility...have you heard about these concepts? The fact that The Beatles are the filter by which every other artist is measured is something you should try to understand.
A lot of people could relate to many songs by the Beatles. That alone is a testament to their versatility. led zep ain't bad but i don't hear Frank singing whole lotta love.
@@sharonboot478 siempre es una bendición escucharlo tocar la batería, escucha la canción que le dedicó a George cuando murió y mas canciones de él y verás que si podía cantar.
This was great!! Sitting with my grandson who is 11 and listening to this video. Took me back to when I 1st heard them in my parents living room and I was in the 2nd grade. The Beatles brought a lot of love and good to the world. Each a very talented musician. Thanks so much Mark.
These boys had talent but worked incredibly hard to get so slick that no one could touch them. They then went and changed the whole landscape of popular music.
My 20 year old niece sang "In My Life" while I accompanied her on my guitar for my younger brother's funeral. I hope someone will do the same for me when my number is called up...
These old videos take me back when I was a young teenager! They were so young and gorgeous and very funny! There will never be a band quite like The Beatles again! They were so talented!
So amazing and wonderful to hear them play their songs live without the screaming. Let's you really hear and comprehend just how good they really were as a singing instrumental ensemble. Best ever in my humble opinion. Thanks much for the upload!
Once upon a time the Royal variety performance was worth watching. With regard to the Beatles In my humble opinion after their initial success as they become more confident in their own songwriting and aided by their producer they matured into the most influential musicians in popular music. Thats why they were probably the greatest.
I looked this up on the intertubes. Royal Variety Performances are arranged annually to raise money for royal charities and are always attended by members of the royal family. They've been produced since the 1920s. The 1963 event was attended by Princess Margaret and the Queen Mum. The ITV-pre-recorded event attracted 21+ million viewers. The Beatles were just on the verge of their huge career break so the timing was perfect.
He seems like something from a bygone age (but then this clip is over 60 years old!); the man doing the introduction was Harry Secombe - quite appropriate, really, as John Lennon loved the Goons, the comedic group of whom Mr. Secombe was a member. It looks now like a kinder and gentler age, and, of course, those living through it had the Beatles, too.
4:02 Si no me equivoco creo que esta es la mejor interpretación de She Love You en vivo, cuando la escuche por primera vez sentía que era playback, hasta que note pequeñas diferencias, pero suena prácticamente igual a la grabación en el estudio, simplemente perfecta .
Hay mucha versiones geniales, lo malo es que en varias las voces están muy desproporcionadas en volumen (en washington coloseum tenemos la voz de John muy arriba, y en el primer ed sullivan es la de Paul la que más sobresale, pero aquí tenemos un audio parejo (a pesar de la calidad de la cinta) en los audios de la bbc en vivo hay varias interpretaciones en vivo casi identicas al album, pero ciertamente en video como tal, ésta sí es de las mejores!
gajes de la época... la tecnología auditiva era irrisoria... los beatles se enfrentaron a un problema muy grave que era el ruido y el escándalo del publico, prácticamente no se escuchaban ellos mismos y el publico tampoco les escuchaba... daba igual lo que cantaran y como lo cantaran, George Harrison afirmó que todo dejó de importarles... y si te fijas lo único que no hay en este video es el escándalo y los gritos de miles de jovencitas
@@AngeloteX es que la tecnología de la época no les ayudó en nada, la infraestructura artística de aquellos años no estaba lista para un fenómeno como los beatles... prácticamente ellos inventaron los tours y fueron los primeros (que yo sepa) en cantar en estadios deportivos, lugares que NO estaban diseñados acústicamente para un show musical, al menos no con la ridícula calidad de sonido con la que disponían... no es de extrañar que todos lo artistas modernos y actuales toquen en estadios pero usando esa impresionante cantidad de pantallas y bocinas
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT THESE FANTASTIC GUYS. I WAS 7 YRS OLD WHEN THE BEATLES CAME OUT. WHEN I TURNED 11, I STARTED PLAYING THE GUITAR 🎸 & I LEARNED NOTHING BUT BEATLE SONGS. I'VE BEEN PLAYING THE GUITAR EVER SINCE. AND, 95, 97% OF MY 🎸 GUITAR MUSIC IS NOTHING BUT BEATLE SONGS. I READ GUITAR MUSIC, AND I TAUGHT MYSELF TO READ JUST SO I CAN LEARN NOTHING BUT BEATLE SONGS. I PLAY THEIR MUSIC TODAY. I WILL GO TO MY GRAVE PLAYING THEIR MUSIC. THEY WERE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING BAND, WORDS CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE. HOW I WISH THEY WERE STILL TOGETHER. LONG LIVE JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE & RINGO. A. K. A. THE BEATLES.... LONG LIVE THE BEATLES !!!!
IM 68 ,, ALWAYS LOVE THE BEATLE SONGS ,, GREW UP IN AN ERA MOON LANDING , MILK DELIVERED AT OUR DOOR STEPS ,, ELVIS BUDDY HOLLY , KENEDYS AS PRESIDENTS,, BLACK N WHITE TV, CHEAP GAS PRICES,, AFFORDIBLE HOMES ,, GOOD FRIENDS,, ALL 50 N 60 MUSIC ,, MUSCLE CARS,, ASK YOUR GRAND PARENTS I CANT NAME EVERY THING ,, BUT YOUR FOLKS NOW ITS YOUR TURN TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES ,, BLESS YOU
I was only 12 years old when I saw this on TV. We were excited all day waiting for the Beatles and they didn't disappoint. No group will ever match the brilliance of the Beatles. So young yet so incredibly talented.
Amazing how their live performances sound so much like their studio recordings! Exceptional professionalism even with their excitement showing and the fans going crazy!
Thank you for this. The Beatles performance is superb. In my opinion, now more than half a century after seeing them on The Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964, the influence and impact they had remains remarkable. I did note Wilfrid Brambell as one of the performers. Known then for his role on the BBC television series Steptoe and Son, he would later be cast as Paul McCartney's grandfather in A Hard Day's Night (1964 - Dir.: Richard Lester).
the still hungry Beatles...good to see them when they still loved playing for a live audience....three years later they where tired of it and it showed in their performances
