Saw Ringo live in 2019 and it was a great show. His All Star Band carried a lot of the load, but Ringo delivered. And he closed the show with "A Little Help From My Friends".
Don't forget, when this album came out in June '67, it spent 27 weeks at number 1 in the UK and 15 weeks at number 1 in the US. It was everywhere and marks a c-change in human consciosness. Great reaction fellas :)
When we returned from Congo in 66 to the USA after several years, it was an entirely different country. My dad said, "Well, while we were gone, the Beatles and the birth control pill happened. Everything we knew is gone." Wise man spoke truth. No one had any restraints, nor personal accountability after this...
I enjoy the vocal interplay within this song. In the first and second verses Ringo is asking the questions. In the second and third verses, as well as the bridges, they start to switch it up with his friends now posing the questions to him. 😊
I would include "Help!" on that list Help, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, The Night Before, Another Girl, You're Going Lose That Girl, She Loves You, Ticket To Ride, It's Only Love...
@@robbielux8353 The early albums didn't quite rise to the level of the Help though St. Pepper period. The same can be said for the White Album and Let It Be. Still those out of the top list still stood head and shoulders above the pop music of their times.
I got this album the week it came out. The first thing that hit me was the recording quality. It sounded so much richer, better than any thing before it. Then they upped that quality with the white album! I assume it was advances in studio equipment. It was '67 I think. And each song ran to the next one without a gap. That was a 1st for me too. Also, Ringo is left handed but had to learn on right handed kits. Part of his uniqueness I think.
Joe Cocker made it his own with a little help from his friends Leon Russell's arrangement and Mad Dogs and Englishmen backing. Its easy to enjoy both versions because they are so different from each other.
Probably my favorite song, from my favorite album. The harmonies, friendship, optimism, and Paul's fantastic walking bass warm my soul. Adding to the sweetness, Paul wrote the song for Ringo, and tailored it to his vocal range--he had to work to hit that last note. 🙂 I think the more your hear this track, the more you will like it. Paul's plays magnificently on this track--and the entire album. I often focus on just his bass. Thanks for doing Sergent Pepper, I hope you love it.
Another fantastic reaction La/Chee In my opinion this is a special album by the boys from Liverpool. It’s an amazing journey of their artistic style. They are all over the map when it comes to genre of music. They just did what came to their heart and soul. This album is a banger. In my opinion I could not find one bad song. Keep on doing what you are doing.
Fella's, The Beatles opporate in another Dimension. They had contemporaries but no competition. They set the pace throughout their career. Wait till you get to a "Hard Days Night". Pure craft from the #1 band on the planet.
Maybe the best cover of any song ever! Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs and Englishmen (with Leon Russell) (cut and paste) Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen - With A Little Help From My Friends
The Ringo song on the first concept album and the greatest album in the history of pop / rock. You listen to this music 55 years after you first listened to it and you still find little delicious new tidbits of musical genius.
@@AirplayBeats But in all seriousness, as much as I complain, without RU-vid how woukd we get classic things like Gene Krupa from the Sullivan show.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fyAUKU_ImNg.htmlsi=cSPpb_3R81U2eXsf
I highly recommend the Carpool Karaoke with Paul in Liverpool. It's pretty great. They visit places, including Paul's childhood home, where he lived when they started to get big. Also check out the deleted scenes.
Gentlemen, arguably the greatest Beatles song of them all , “A Day in the life” is from this album. I simply can’t wait to see you guys react to that one. Peace!✌🏽
I’m so HAPPY that you’ve gone to work on this album. When it was released I was a young fellow, not yet working, but managed to buy it myself somehow. This and Magical Mystery Tour (which you should also go through start to finish) were like cosmic psychological missiles fired into my head, by way of my ears. And now at age 68, they’ve never lost relevance or importance.
Yes, Ringo probably didn't have the vocal versatility of a Joe Cocker, but Ringo's singing is very smooth with a nice register. Ringo gave a recent interview this year where he said John and Paul sprung this song on him at the end of the day's recording session because they both knew Ringo was a bit nervous about singing a lead vocal. But he did alright in this one! Ringo said he was nervous at the end because Paul was pushing Ringo to sing that last high note he holds to end the song, and said he was relieved that he got through that take.
They definitely know it.. when they reacted to The Beatles version a couple months back they were talking about how they always knew the EWF version, but never realized it was a Beatles cover.
Joe Cocker's "Little Help" and "Bathroom Window" were the two best Beatles covers that have ever been made. Totally made them into something else, and the something else was awesome.
Such a jaunty little tune. Loved it then and still do. Joe Cocker made it so much different but both are fine. Joe and the Beatles were great friends too IIRC. I can't wait for Lucy in the Sky. A whole nother place.
When Ringo first heard the Joe Cocker version he said 'This song is officially his'. Incredible song, the Joe Cocker version is one of the great transcendental moments in rock history!
Awesome song that Joe Cocker made his at Woodstock, but the original is sublime and Ringo is perfect singing it. One of my top 5 albums ever and this song was a reason why. The Beatles forever! Thanks guys and enjoy the rest of this Masterpiece! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶🔥
Love the reaction. I never get tired of hearing this and when Ringo jumps up the octave to that E4, and it's really well supported, and he holds it, with all those incredible harmonies around it? Oh my God it's just great. The bridge pulls you up into the atmosphere to some degree, with those powerful backing vocals taking the lead, but when Ringo's voice comes back in on the answer parts, the chords and the composition and the rhythm and the words work together to insistently steer us right back to something very basic. He just wants someone to love.
Paul McCartney said after Joe Cocker covered this tune it was his. But in the flow of this album this was excellent. Ringo brought that mellow simple quality to it that lays perfectly between the tracts on this record. More genius. Full grown artists at this point.
Second comment, same album. Love how much you gets are "in" these mixes. Had to smile ... when La says, "check out that bass." Sir Paul definitely placed his bass MUCH more prominently in this album, and going forward. Before, he was more in the background. Lucy In The Sky is next up ... pretty amazing work there (and all), but Mr. Kite is extra special. Hope you guys post all your review of SP here.
Here we go...still just working on the appetizers.. wearing my AirPlay Tee to the big city today (Tucson), we're going to town!...time to start your psychedelic journey...
Peak moment, when I sang with a Beatle 😂: 20 feet from Ringo when he closed his All-Starr Band show by having the audience sing this. (Well, him, Greg Rohle, Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren ...). Ringo is a hero.
I am listening to the Beatles since 1965 when I was 8 years old. And to this day they remain etched in my heart. The greatest band ever. I was mesmerized, the sound was surreal. They changed the World. In this song Ringo Starr shines. From Ringo I like I am the Walrus, Yellow Submarine and Photograph. Thank you for the memories
Most people will (rightly) go on about how with its arrangements and complexities Sgt Pepper revolutionised music, but I think it's easy to forget that behind all that the Beatles never lost the skill of writing and brilliantly performing perfect little pop songs like this
If you weren't there, you almost can't appreciate how edgy it was for the Beatles to sing, "I get high with a little help from my friends." Same as the Stones singing, "Let's Spend the Night Together." Ed Sullivan tried to make them change the word to "Let's spend SOME TIME together." On another note, Paul's Bass part on this song is worth a deep dive.
