Whiskers B, Mincir avec mon coach & Mo Punch Studio - For the record - I worked my ASS off (and still do) for over 50+ years to get here! Been my childhood dream to live on the French Riviera. My dad was a janitor. We grew up pretty poor. I didn't "win" anything. I'm living proof that if you're willing to put in the work - you can obtain nearly anything you desire.
@@MPfrance hey Mike, I'm also from a poor family and I did experienced that if you do work hard at something you can get unexpected results. That's how I succeeded to get hired in Guillaume Tell a top recording studio in Paris where I met great artists, musicians and producers like Michel Legrand, Maria Carey, The Rolling Stones or Nile Rodgers. So many magic moments !
I walk away from most Beatles tributes disappointed but never with you ! Your research , playing and singing are absolutely top notch, Thank you so much Mike !
On this particular album, George's contribution is highly significant. Lennon and McCartney provided the super-models (the songs) and George was the designer who dressed them to realise their true excellence.
In interviews I've heard both George and Paul saying they liked sitting around and figuring out "naughty chords" to spice up their songs. I think I learned all of my diminished and augmented chords from learning Beatles tunes.
😂 the way mike gets such a kick out of the things that the beatles did is so contagious. I find myself smiling and laughing along with him, brilliant stuff 😊
It is nice to see and hear someone else get geeked by the little twists the Beatles had in their songs that would seem insignificant when explained but is pure genius when you hear them. It gave them their whole sound and it makes you sit in the car for another couple of minutes until the last note of the song is played.
When i first heard The Beatles, i knew there was something special about their sound. Everything they played seemed to be new...like they were inventing their own brand of music!
Hello, Fil. "When I first heard the Beatles I knew there was something special about their sound" Your words remind me of my own experience on hearing the Beatles for the first time. It was "I wanna hold your hand", right from the 1st chord, playing on a valvular radio in my bedroom. It was a shock of beautiful sounds. What impressed me most was the audacity of the bass player using the bridge pickup throughout the entire song. Thank you for your comment, 'cos I can subscribe every one of your words. No doubt we had very similar feelings at the moment.
Basically its what they did, kind of like how U2 didn't know how to play & got in a garage & made up their own style, not to equate the two but your right about the Beatles.
Yes, it is exactly what I felt about Beatles sound. Something special on every song and on every album. That special touch that makes the song sound different,
I hear you. It may sound tame now, but back in 1964 Please Please Me just seemed to explode off that record in a fresh and powerful way that sounded so different from anything else I had ever heard to date.
Like the rest of the World's youth it made me reach for a guitar,they brought me rock+roll + being 12 when they hit,I had little of the late 50's stuff.
Hey mike, Im 71 from New Orleans and remember breaking this album down with my cousin back in i guess 1963. glad to see that we were about half right!!!!!!!
The Beatles were still very young when they put these wonderful harmonies together. It is not only the exotic chords, especially the ingenious melodies with great polyphonic vocals that connect these songs and make them so unique. Even after decades, I can still hear these songs with enthusiasm and admiration and they will remain milestones in pop music. Mike, you are a great musician, at the same time you can see in every part of your clip the joy and respect for the work of the Fab Four. Thanks for that and Greetings from Germany !
You're right dude, we don´t need crappy stuff like taylor swift, beyonce, my chemical romance, bruno mars, jay z or garbage like that, we need more rock.
So many people who are casual Beatles fans rate their later stuff as far superior - because the lyrics to the early songs were simple (some called them childish). Many people put "With The Beatles" at the bottom of the list because of this. But the fact is the musicality in a lot of those early songs was pure brilliance!! A lot of the stuff pre "Revolver" needs a closer examination, as Mike Pachelli has done here. Well done Mike - the internet needs more people like you!!!! Tiger.
“With the Beatles” was a masterful album within the panorama of early ‘60s pop music, and very innovative. Every album was a step-up from the matrix of the previous one, except maybe “Beatles for sale”, because it was made in trying circumstances with little original material to speak of. Everyone mention “Rubber soul” as the album of the change, but to me “Help!” Is already there: “Yesterday”, a song of its kind, the Bob Dylanesque rumination of “You’ ve got to hide your love away”, the heaviness of “Ticket to ride” (Lennon, with a bit of exaggeration, called it “proto-metal”, but we understand what he means), the skiffle-bluegrass “I’ve just seen a face”, “The night before” and its syncopated electric piano, I could go on an on.....
When I was maybe four my mother bought my sister and me our first albums. Karen got the American version of With the Beatles, called Meet The Beatles, and I got "The Beatles Second Album" and we played them and played them and played them until the Groves wore out. And it was "on" for us. Beatle freaks ever since. I'm 62 now and sitting here with my guitar in my lap learning those cords from you. Thank you man! Excellent!
Great vlog Mike I was 13/14 in the UK when The Beatles came on the scene and straight away I was a big fan of their music I got myself a Beatle jacket went to see them when they played at our local big theatre but didn't have a ticket but hung around outside til they came out just to get a sight of them in person, I already had a cheap guitar having been a fan of Hank Marvin and started try to play their music, over the years my wife and I have most if not all of their albums so a big Thank you to you for the vlogs, also we used to holiday in the South of france throughout the 70s and 80s with the kids and they also loved it there too so I really hope your future there is a happy and safe one thanks again mike all the best.
Whenever you talk Beatles, one might be forgiven for believing you were really one of their roadies or techs from the very start of their careers! You know all the details and its a fantastic education to listen to you teach. Keep up the videos please. Nice studio btw.
Thanks for your great video. I'm a huge Beatles fan (67 yrs. old) and your great video shows how advanced the Beatles were...and so very young...early 20's! Amazing...their early music was a real audio treat for the ears regarding their advanced guitar work.
Tbf the Beatles have a massive fan base of all ages who are enthusiastic about the Beatles. It’s hardly refreshing to see another person who’s enthusiastic about them
everyone thinks its simple until they try and play them. They had been polished in the clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool from 1960 before releasing their early LPs, and were very accomplished at performance....next, to learn the Studio, then re-invent it, becoming more and more dense and complicated with their songs. they started difficult, and kept notching it up...uncanny.
@@maxtempany3058 actually it is in a thankfully dying world of autistic-tune, literal cloned "artists", with the same prefix to their name - lil this, lil that, lil...basically insert ANYTHING as long as its a word after the word lil or EVAN if its not, satanic puppets and mk ultra controlled prepackaged false idols to deceive the masses and as MUch as they too have been playing and those still publically alive continue to play the "game" in its final death throes, 4 (and more😉😉) working class lads from Liverpool inspired by Hometown Pride, their Love of Black MUseic & just plain MUseic in general along with their :Destined:Dream of something 8eyond and @ the same exact time AFFIRMING everywhere they come from and TAKe1INg over the world to bring more Light, Love, Joy, Power, Passion, Purpose & PEACE (to it) is a MUch 8etter proposition from where I AM standing and I will take it anyday over what I reluctantly reminded U about above...MUch Love to U🙏
@@maxtempany3058 you are missing the point here mate! Will is not saying it is refreshing to see someone excited about the Beatles. You are correct in your assertion that they have a huge fan base worldwide. What he is saying is that it is refreshing to see someone like Mike, recognize and get excited about the “genius” of the Beatles in how they used unique chord structures and sophisticated harmonies. The average Beatles fan would not appreciate them at this musical level. Mike is amazing in not only recognizing this, but also articulating it in a fascinating and compelling manner and then actually showing us why!
Jesus, Mike, you’re right on, so right about their collective genius. Those chords are what stuck home and gave their tunes depth and meaning, acutally. They hit me in the gut. And I play drums. Nice to see someone who really “gets it”.
There's something special about the Beatle arrangement of Til There was You. Took me a long time to learn it and do it justice. George did it as a young pup...on stage... on Sullivan.
I started playing guitar at 12. I don't even want to know how many years ago that was but it was way before RU-vid. Most of my skills were learned by ear except for what I learned out of music books because that's what they had back then. I never could play a Beatles song and I could never pick them out by ear. Impossible! I have progressed more in the last 7 ears are so then I have in all of the years that I've been playing. Even learning Beetle Songz! I can play a whole bunch. Julia is fun to play. I am grateful for my Travis picking on that one.
I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SAY ''THANKS FOR HANING OUT WITH ME'' and it true you do answer every email. i was so humbled to get a answer from you. your still the same down to earth guy as when you started out on youtube. one thing that stand out about you videos is you never talk down to us and keep it lots of fun to watch. thanks for the view of your studio. people are very interested in you life without getting nosey but if you made a new friend off camera they would be interested in your life too. so as the years pass watching your videos thanks for the tid bits we learn about you. I hope France will offer you much peace and tranquility something thats vanishing here in the states.
I would also like to say, in the midst of all of this deeply troubling political drama in the US, how nice it is to have a peaceful musical respite that provides an escape from the madness. You are very much appreciated.
Michael O'Florida turn off your phone, your computer, and the TV and the world is a fucking wonderful fucking place to live. Media and technology makes life shitty!
And we wouldn’t be having this moment without technology. I wouldn’t be enjoying lessons from the south of France. Do you realize how much that would cost.
Wow, that studio! And more Beatles goodies too! Not much has put a smile on my face recently but this video sure did. So glad to hear there's more Beatles on its way du sud de la France.
Geez! Thanks. Amazing cool look at the "unknown" details of the Beatles second album. I was laughing with you when you were showing the subtle but fully recognizable cool chords (when pointed out - for the first time by you) . You had me remembering when I first heard the album with my mom and sisters when we lived in England back in Nov 63. Played on a giant console stereo set - hi tech back then. Unique for the day, the stereo separation of the instruments was almost perfect - sometime that added to the innovation of the record. It helped start my guitar playing.
It was a revelation when I first heard that Paul wrote the lyrics to All My Loving before the music. If you just say the lyrics freely they come out naturally in triplet rhythms. And suddenly you realize where the constant triplets in John's guitar accompaniment came from.
Congratulations, Mike! Your hand-built studio utterly terrific and absolutely terrific! Ok... my ears are on and digging the music and history!!! We love you Beatles oh yes we do!
That was great Mike! You hit the nail on the head when you said that the Beatles were the Bomb! Pure musical genius that can't be taught. They obviously had the ear for all of those chords & just naturally used them in their songs. John was definitely one of the greatest rhythm guitar players of all time. Hope that you are doing well & staying safe...... 😉😉👍👍🎸🎸👍👍
Hi there! Thanks for video and not only this one! I've been listening to The Beales since I was 5 thanks to my dad. Then he was and still is a big Beatles' fan. I don't play the guitar but my dad does and I often share videos with him. Now I'm 38 and my kids (all 3 of them) like this music! We're from Russia and live not far from Saint-Petersburg.
Mike, for a year or so my wife and I have talked about visiting Nashville. I intended to look you up during that visit. Then Covid hit and things got wierd. I guess I'm gonna have to visit the south of France now. I've always been a tremendous Beatles fan. You've take my appreciation of them to new heights. Thank you.
Mike, your enthusiasm for the BEATLES is still contagious. glad you're happy w/ the new studio. Nashville to France. quite a trip. keep up the good work, Paisan.
Mike, so good to see you again, playing such wonderful tribute to the greatest band ever. Been listening to your great Beatle solos whenever I need cheering up. Your studio is beautiful! And, the South of France...good for you. Love this new video. Keep it up. Missed you. Bless you and your family. Keep well.
Grew up listening and playing these songs. Kids today may have missed the fun of living through all that firsthand but they have videos like this to compensate. Thanks for the love and meticulous work you've put into this great lesson. Cheers!
Yes it was quite a great musical experience growing up in the 60s. So much diversity. And people actually playing music together -at the same time -in studio and being able to re-create it perfectly live!
Mike, I started playing guitar at age 13 because I flipped when I saw them on Ed Sullivan and I'm still trying to figure out how to play their songs. I, like them, rejoiced when I learned how to play a B7 chord but then they went into orbit and I'm still on earth trying to figure out some of the guitar parts. I'm 71 now and I still love playing Beatle songs and I still try to figure out the chords or licks that I haven't mastered. I always knew what I'd say to a Beatle if I had a chance to talk to one. I'd ask what this or that chord was or something like that. No one ever asks them stuff like that and it drives me crazy. So, I just want to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. It is SOOOO gratifying to finally get some more of these positions, tricks, chords finally.
Ha me too. I still watch them on Sullivan and wonder WTF they were playing. Back in the day we had a band and wanted to do beatles, but couldnt figure out the songs. Everything else was so easy.
At 9 years old, as Lou Reed wrote in song, my "...life was saved by rock and roll." Heard about "Beatlemania" in the UK on a USA news report in either late December 1963 or January 1964. (can't recall exactly) I was fifteen then. When I heard the drum roll and the first strains of "She Loves You" on the news story, it was like hearing r'n'r for the first time all over again. In February 1964, I was glued to the TV entranced by the Sullivan Show performance. Not long after, I picked up my father's f-hole acoustic and began picking out Beatle melodies. And here I am, 57 years later still learning things about them. BTW, Mike P. love your channel & instruction. Can follow most of what you are teaching here, ie. no stranger to °chords, +chords and their inversions, as well as maj7, 6th, 9th & +9 chords. In my retirement, I dabble in music theory. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Bonne chance (buona fortuna) with your studio & move.
I’m a total hack on the guitar but love watching you break down Beatles songs and play them like I never could. You area major talent on the guitar and on camera as a teacher.
Mike, I first met you back in the late 80s and into the 90s ran into you a lot in the St Pete/Tampa areas where I used to live. Always loved your sense of humor and musicality. In fact, I opened for your band twice and envied your talent on guitar. I was BLOWN AWAY to see this latest video and learn you're now in So France. Good for you! That studio is killer. The Beatle stuff is great! Keep it coming!
Great stuff, Mike! I got this album for Christmas, '63, as well as my first guitar, a Stella acoustic. I was thirteen. The Beatles were the soundtrack of my youth and I became a professional at 19 playing in Toronto. I was always intrigued by the chords they could come up with having no formal music training, just great ears! Fascinating!
Have two left hands and could never play the simplest chords, though I did make it to first chair in band on clarinet. What a cool breakdown Mike. Love and will always love the Beatles. Thank you!
One of the 1st books I purchased was the Beatles Complete. I foolishly didn't think the book was right because the chords seemed silly and outrageous to a beginner. went through my life using mostly power, minor, major and bar chords. What a grave mistake! Now I'm 63 and thanks to you I am going to revisit that book (I still have it) and I will be donating to your website and checking out many more of your videos!! A HUGE THANK YOU
As I always think, "the Beatles were a musician's band, just that lay people also loved listening to them," you can see how this musician - Mike Pachelli - is able to break down their guitar work. Excellent stuff, Mike.
The Beatles were also a band/recording artist for the non musicians/music lovers. I they were just a musicians' band they would not have been as popular.
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I am glad you came back-I loved your previous Beatles videos. Just read "Tune In", Beatles almost quit three times before recording a single tune-hard to imagine a world without them. Great analysis, you are a real Beatles scholar.
Like your lesson. Fun and you illustrate the chords clearly. Back around 68, I picked up a copy of "Down Beat" which had an article claiming the Beatles must have studied jazz because of all those "uncommon" chords used in jazz, not seen in rock.
What a video man, was hoping someone would make this about those chords, I spent the last 3 years or more learning all the beatle stuff and iv learned and grew so much as a player because of these kind of songs.
Mike - love when do this sort of analysis. These are the things that made Harrison along with others such brilliant and innovative musicians/songwriters.
I believe that one thing that gave the Beatles their special sound was musical placement on the guitar. George or john would have a lower chord structure while the other took the same chord higher up on the neck.
John and Paul's voices blending together were amazing, but when you pay attention to the John/George symbiosis on guitar, especially on the early albums, there's also a lot of amazing stuff going on. I love it!
You show how the Beatles got their unique sound so well. To a Very unknowledgeable guitarist, who never knowingly played a 6th, 9th chord in his life, it is mind blowing. I taught myself, as a lefty, who just turned a r/h guitar 180 and off I went playing by ear, ha.
Wow, that was fun! As a guitarist, early Beatles were my favorite. I can't say if they were ahead of their time (probably were), but they sure took their time crafting each beautiful song. That was certainly uncommon. Thanks for the look back at, and into early Beatles. Warmest regards.
Mate, you nail everything Beatle wise, I thought I had it sussed as a kid with the 7th Beatle chords, but No! I knew nowt, thanks for your brilliant lessons, from an old bastard I’m loving playing through it won’t be long and til there was you, absolute blinder
I'm really enjoying these unusual chords. It explains why, in the days before RU-vid and the internet, it was difficult to work out what chord to play as we hadn't heard of F aug 7 Maj for example. I must admit our band knew major, minor and 7th and that was about it. This what what gave the Beatles their edge - not that their audience was aware of their musicality and fortunately neither was ours.
Hi Mike, South of France is such a beautiful place to live, congratulations. I hope to have sometime the privilege to meet you. We are quite near. I love your tutorials, your enthusiasm and your great skills as guitarist. I learn a lot watching your videos.
Always enjoy your videos! You're my favorite channel on RU-vid. I'm 69, and trying to learn Beatles songs as a kid before RU-vid was difficult. I was aware then just how complicated and brilliant their songs were.
@Mike Pachelli- I love your enthusiasm for the Beatles music, I bought my 1st Beatles album when I was 7 back in '74 and still enjoy their music as much if not more than I did then. They were a main influence on me picking up the guitar. Thanks for your videos I enjoy watching them all!
I dunno if it's patronising, more just that we've been misled over time to believe that the Beatles were gifted but musically illiterate on a technical level. Of course it isn't true
My guess is, thinking how most things in life go, is that the Beatles were journeymen absorbed 8+hrs/day in Hamburg playing and picking up from other bands. They were ambitious and creative to put these to good use. They simply had no need for theory beyond the basics and again what pros will pick up along the way. Their technical prowess was developed to fit what they wanted to do. They'd have done more if needed but had no need to. No theatrics, no gymnastics because they got what they wanted. PLUS, a lot of what they did was insanely ahead of their time, trailblazing tech in technique and recording. That's a definition of genius in my book.
Mike: Sorry to hear of our loss to the US to France, but you must have had a good reason. As a total admirer of the Beatles choice of chords and voicings its such a pleasure to view your exhuberence and that you so appreciate all the wonderful nuances. Thank you for taking the time to do the videos. I don't say this often but I am a big fan and so appreciate your careful and very clear instruction. If you come to LA, happy to take you to lunch. Great success for your new studio!
Very refreshing and optimistic just like the Beatles music. Thank you very much for this nice moment ! It reminds me of the first Beatles song I learnt, putting tape on the frets to guide my fingers 🙂
is that first examples' flat9 a.k.a. a diminished 7 chord? that's what I had assumed. Nice studio and living choice. Hal Leonard makes a great Complete Beatles Chord Songbook which seems the most accurate chord book for Beatles. A great resource for all Beatles guitar fans. Thanks for your' great Beatles videos.
I never understand when some compare their later stuff as progressive as though the early stuff was less sophisticated. The progression in my opinion wasn't in chord or music structure but mainly how they approached the sound of the recordings. Even in their early days where others would use a minor chord they would throw in a 6th - the minor would have worked but the 6th adds that little bit of colour - just for a split second. A good example would be Come Together which is a much simpler song than If I Fell. But by then you could rely on the sustain effect on the chord - musically speaking the former is the easiest to play but considered ''progressive''.
So true. Their earlier stuff had some complex chord progressions, especially for kids in their early 20s. It astounds me John and Paul were able to write some of these chord progressions with no training.
No he was not. From Revolver on he found himself on guitar playing. On Abbey Road he made an excellent job. Something’s solo is pure finesse, and his guitar playing on I Want You is incredible, kinda jazzy stuff. I think all guitarists appreciate his work during the Beatles and after the split. He is not underestimated
@@animalgeo I dunno y'know, I dont think hes as appreciated as a guitarist and as a songwriter as he should be. He said himself that he always felt like john and paul saw him as the 'junior member' of the band. Hence why he drafted Eric Clapton in when they didn't take any interest in while my guitar gently weeps...
@@jakek201 yes, Lennon played the blues leads on I want you but Animalgeo is referring to the jazzy rhythm guitar chords that harrison plays on the track.
Mike, so glad not hear you are settled in and back “on the air”. Like many have said, I love your lessons, and your enthusiasm for “the lads”. It reminds me of myself. I have made the attempt to turn many others on to you and hope that there is a good result. Good luck with the new studio, and hope that you continue to be as happy with your move, as you seem to be. “Everybody’s greeeeeeeeeeeen...” ✌🏼/❤️
Dearest Mike ! (dearest because you appreciate classy music). I was in my early teens when I first heard the Beatles. I think they were ahead of their time, (and you said so too!), Their great music will go on & on. I have never seen you on RU-vid before but I am so glad I saw your channel today. By the way you are so good on that Gretsch playing the Beatle's lovely, difficult & unusual chords. Thanks Mike !
You are literally playing on my favorite guitar (country gentleman) which is just a country classic with mutes and my favorite amp (the vox AC30) instant fan of your videos.
I enjoy your singing along with the guitar as you go through a song. That helps a lot in the timing and placement of Chording with the Lyrics, during your breakdown of a song.
Carl Perkins and Scotty Moore were huge influences on JP&G, and George Martin had real knowledge of chord structure, and all kinds of ideas up his sleeve. I think we’ll never know just how much George Martin contributed on those early records. Nice work:)
George Martin has said numerous times, as well as his son Giles saying George Martin was an arranger. The Beatles would tell him what they wanted, as in what melodies go where etc but without being able to write it down. So I although Martin was a key part of Beatles music and success, I would not give him the credit for much of the musical genius the Beatles.
Jon - Absolutely! You said it perfectly. George Martin gets FAR too much credit for the success of the Beatles because - for some reason - folks can't accept the fact that four kids from Liverpool could possibly be pop/rock musical geniuses.
