The Beatles - Yesterday Paul McCartney Live From NYC 1965 (REACTION) 

Till 2017, this song was the most covered of all times (Guinness world records)

I saw the Beatles live at the Cavern club in Liverpool 1962 just before they became the world wide phenomena. The girls still went crazy even then! Great memories!

One of the most famous songs of all time and possibly the most covered by other artists.

I love when people react to Yesterday. This song written by Paul McCartney and In My Life by John Lennon was to me the turning point in their music. Both were very deep and meaningful and have stood the test of time. Before most critics and the press dismissed the Fab Four as somewhat of a novelty pop act being mostly known as the first band from England to make it big. Yesterday to me changed all that,you can hear this song at different times in your life and though your interpretation might change the feeling stays the same. Even though Paul and John wrote many more songs as the Beatles and as soloists, Yesterday made Paul immortal

One of the most recorded songs in history. The original working title of this song was called "Scrambled Eggs"

Paul had dreamed the melody to this and woke up singing it and quickly went to the piano. To help him remember this tune he had no words for yet (he thought it must be someone else's song, that he got stuck in his head). Over the next few weeks, the song was temporarily called "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs, oh and yes I love scrambled eggs, ohhh ohh ohhh Scrambled eggs'

I grew up with the Beatles music & had most of their records. They were part of the British Invasion. You can't go wrong with any of their music. They had so many great songs in the 60's-70's. "Yesterday" is one of my favorites & is one of the most recorded songs in history.

I think you're underestimating Paul's guitar playing performance: bass runs, chord inversions, melody notes, for example.

Paul told an amusing story about this performance. He was behind the curtain and a stagehand asked him if he was nervous. He said, " A bit. " The stagehand replied, " Well, there's 73 million people watching, so good luck. " And the curtains parted. Just Paul, his guitar, a mike and a string quartet delivered an amazing rendition of what has become a timeless classic.

Great song! He is multi-talented. He often played bass, and other various electric guitars. This is an acoustic 6 string, and he also plays piano. You should check him out doing "Oh Darling"-It's amazing! He's really kick-ass in it! His style is always movin' and so is his songwriting!

Yes! Good old Beatles classic. Great music. Great lyrics. They don't make these songs anymore. Keep at it, Mayoman.

YES, we were in LOVE "with those guys" and for me, especially Paul. They were quiet because "YESTERDAY" hadn't been released yet in America, so had not been heard yet. George, said it in his introduction that "it will be out in America shortly" SO, the girls there listened quietly. As for their OTHER performances, the songs they sang were already on their records, which we fans already knew VERY WELL, because we had those records and played them over and over and over again.

I've always thought this was one of the most perfect songs ever. Heartbreak, regret and acceptance beautifully conveyed in only TWO MINUTES. Another for your list is John Lennon's best (IMHO), In My Life.

THIS was the point where the Beatles became so much more than a simple 'pop band' with more introspective lyrics of longing and reflection. What was to follow was even MORE... and nothing in pop culture was ever the same. Not just music, but fashion, television & movies, the way we talked to each other, our collective social consciousness... EVERYTHING changed.

So much history about this song. It plays differently live, but always good to hear.

"Michele" is another soft ballad that Paul sings although they are different like all Beatle song are. Once you've gotten a bit further into their music and know more songs like "The Long and Winding Road", watch the movie "Yesterday" from 2019. It really made me smile.

This is the most covered song in music history, being recorded by over 3,000 artists to date and counting!😮😊😊

Every time he has performed that song people still stop to a halt.

Paul had a dream with this tune and woke up with it on his mind and wrote it down. He had no lyrics but the song came to him a dream.

Yesterday is the most covered song of all time, and the 3rd most recorded song in history.

Great song and reaction. Paul McCartney was always my favorite. Try his songs Let It Be and Hey Jude

This is one of those songs that was just grabbed from the air . Like it ALWAYS existed and he just took it in.

The amazing thing about this song, and so many Beatles songs, is the words are simple, concise, and to the point, yet they are deep and evoke a universe of feelings (and launched a thousand sound-alikes with more complicated and less meaningful lyrics). In math, the genius is the person that writes the original proofs that determine the meaning of certain area, like geometry, or complex numbers. For the next 50 years others will come and riff on the original proofs until another genius comes along and creates new proofs that determine the meaning in a new area. The Beatles were Rock and Roll's genius and their songs are their proofs.

the song so good it caused teenaged Beatlemaniacs to stop screaming.... it was just Paul, but also Ed Sullivan's house orchestra in the background

hi michael. hope you're good. when i was about 10 or 11, there was a show on that featured the beatles. i didn't take much notice until they all crowded around one camera saying they could see us. well me, i shot behind the sofa so fast and didn't come out for 2 days. i really believed they could see us. that was a very long time ago, lol. great reaction again. try help or we can work it out, 2 of my favourites. if you fancy something different try jimmy nail - love don't live here anymore. beautiful voice. c u soon.

You should hear the screaming when they played a stadium. And try the studio version of this because the music is beautiful and swirls you along. 🇬🇧❤️🎶

my favorite Beatles song

As a TV broadcast it wasn't actually "live". They (he) performed it live in front of an audience, but that was in August 1965; it was broadcast in September. And in addition to Paul and his guitar, there is a string accompaniment. It's possible that the break in screaming was due to the audience's unfamiliarity with the song.

It was the most-played song on American radio for 8 consecutive years and remains the most covered song in history 💙

I saw Paul in Boston last summer on his tour…..still magical to see him. Even a week shy of his 80th birthday, he put on a tremendous show!!

If you loved this one, here are a few more beautiful ballads from the Beatles, all very different: "And I Love Her" (Paul McCartney); "Something" (George Harrison); "If I Fell" (John Lennon, with McCartney); "Here, There, and Everywhere" (Paul McCartney); and "Because" (John Lennon). Just to start!😂😅 P.s.: There were cellos and violins accompanying McCartney, as well.

My dad was stationed in Scotland so, as a very young teenager, I had the privilege to witness The Beatles take the UK by storm and then come back home to the US and watch it all over again. They music helped me through some rough times.

There were strings backing up Paul, as well! Beautifully written, right?

I was always sorry that I missed them when they came to Toronto way back in 64 I think but you wouldn't have heard much anyway with all that screaming. 😱

This song is in the Guinness Book of World records as THE MOST COVERED SONG in the world….2200 recordings by other artists. Paul wrote this song in his dreams. He woke up with it in his head! Crazy! Are these guys touched by Angels, or what?

If I'm not mistaken there are fourteen different chords used in the song, some of them are not easy. Check 'em out! Beautiful song, great reaction!

There were so many covers of this song. One of Paul's best. Although Paul wrote this, it is attributed to both him and John. That was their agreement while they were the Beatles.

No other Beatle appeared on this track but Paul. It's said to be the most covered song ever

Just before 23 year old Paul walked out to sing this song on this live performance, he was told there were 50million people watching...about 15-20% of the USA population.....so no pressure! Most covered song in history.....over 3,000 covers.....timeless unforgetable classic!

Paul actually dreamed this tune. Thankfully, there was a piano next to his bed and he got to play it before it faded. He didn't think he could be that lucky ( apparently he didn't realize he was Paul McCartney) and played it for everyone he met to find out if he'd heard it somewhere. He hadn't. The working title was Scrambled Egg. George Martin helped him add strings and the rest is history!🧠💗

It was called "Beatle Mania"!!!

Another beautiful Paul McCartney solo Beatles song: "Blackbird".

Give a listen to Here, There, and Everywhere by the Beatles....it's one of their best!

Release date 1965, 3 years after first stepping into a recording studio. Those screaming girls is the sound of Beatlemania. Police were stationed at venues to stop girls rushing the stage and to carry out the girls who had fainted. Seriously. By 1966, it was so loud that when they played Shea Stadium the band could not even hear themselves. That's when they gave up touring; what's the point if people can't hear you?

And it's interesting because by this point and really for years at this point, he had switched from guitar to being the bass player. And for this he plays that six string acoustic and you can see at the end he doesn't really do a bow or anything; he goes back and he's already switching out guitars to get his bass strapped back on.

Yesterday is unuisual in that it is a Lennon and McCartney song, written entirely by McCartney without any contribution by Lennon, and recorded as a Beatles song without any of the other three Beatles performing on the record. It was just Paul with his guitar and an orchestral support, basically as you see here in this TV performance.

Remember, Paul was the bass player...but originally played guitar before the Beatles era.

There are more than 4 chords in this song and his guitar is tuned down. The intro and verse alone have over 10 different chords. He is playing in the key of G but it is in F because he is tuned down. Plus Paul had a say in the 4 piece string section and what they played to accentuate what he was playing and singing.

Beatles are my all time love

The screams were why the Beatles stopped doing live shows. they couldn't believe anyone, including themselves could hear their music

I missed that, Michael. Great sharing bro. Congratulations, you rock 👍👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸

Part of the reason that the Beatles stop touring was that nobody could hear them when they were singing with all of the screaming. I have to admit I was one of those screaming teenagers…🤪

If I was there, I’d cry too ❤

This is the vasetomy song. Suddenly, I am not half the man I use to be, there is a shadow hanging over me. Oh I believe in Yesterday. Why they had to go I don't know, they wouldn't say. lol

Mental Floss article: 25 most covered songs, 4 by The Beatles 1.Yesterday 5. Eleanor Rigby 10.And I Love Her 16.Imagine (John Lennon-solo career) 21.Blackbird -Someone could probably host a RU-vid channel solely devoted to The Beatles 💙

His guitar was tuned down a whole step so it would be in a good key for the background strings. So a G shape is sounding as F and so on.

Good sound quality and performance!

I’ve watched this clip many times and the original clip has no strings but on this version it’s easy to hear that the strings from the original recording have been added to the live performance.

Interesting fact- when the Beatles performed live on Ed Sullivan show (which was Sunday evening) the crime rate in the country during their performance time actually dropped. This is how influential their music was.

Im sure there's a subconscious element of his mother's death in this song

Some times minimal is best, especially for an emotional song. If you haven't heard it yet, also highly recommend "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

Check out Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - from Abbey Road and the last song(s) they recorded. Many consider it one of their best

Exactly, the, that crowd went quiet. MTV added a series, with small live audience. "MTV Unplugged" Stars/Superstars doing an acoustic set. You saw them connect with live audience. You saw real talent, separate from the hype, display full talent, it was great. Nice to see George doing a nice intro, not to be mean, wonder if John could have done intro for Paul without, brotherly rivalry, sarcasm.

Most guitar players back then in rock/pop writing songs would never use a jazz turnaround chord pattern with key change leading chords patterns from Em to A7 to Dm, and then he immediately follow the melody with more complicated chord pattern of Dm-C-Bb-Dm-Gm-C-F___songwriters like Carol King could easily do this. If some players/writers could to this they would not be willing to take risks like the Beatles and would stick to formulatic chords of pop music the pre-teen ears were used to in order to sell to their market. As early as Buddy Holly though, some were willing to take the risk . With the George Martin written string quartet accompainiment though, [played by a larger string section here] this became an all time masterpiece. Many, not all though, who only like only metal music or country music do not "get" this kind of music and run back to their safety zone and give a thumbs down. That's their loss....

This was as they were just starting

This version/video was edited and has not the original recorded live sound. At the original footage you hear screaming and shouting girls all the time and no (!) strings in the background - where do they even come from!?... but anyway: Great, amazing song for sure! A classic! :)

Excelente. Congratulações. Abraços desde São Paulo - Brasil .

YESTERDAY is THE SONG!!!!

Beatles/The Word and also The Word Remixed😊

I remember watching this live on Ed Sullivan with my mother. She couldn't believe the song and said lthat obviously someone else was singing and wrote the song.

Like your insightful comments.

Watch the movie " YESTERDAY"

With all respect - “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written in human history - more than 1,600+ recorded cover versions. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. Although it was never released as a single in the UK “Yesterday” was voted the single best song of the entire 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners - and in 2000 “Yesterday” was voted the number 1 Pop song of all time by both MTV and Rolling Stone Magazine. If you haven't heard this song, I find that startling and you really need a lesson in music (pop) history...

the chords he uses in this song sound subtle but are far from it! those chords are so beautiful in the sequence they are jaw dropping on there own, let alone the vocal melody and lyrics. love this song so much! as a side note he came up with the song from a dream, pretty nuts

Change the word love to "life" was such an easy game to play and the song becomes universal for any situation. This is the song that parents back then pricked up their ears and said "that's very good....it can't be the Beatles." This was out of their disdain for loud guitar and drum music and the NEW long haired look the Beatles started. This song for many older folks like me is now even more meaninginful as we lose family members....[mom, dad and younger brother are gone and I am the only one left]....the stupidity of today's situations are not new, but more prevalent in society accepted as "normal"with the mass media's help. "What stupidy?" you might ask.. Well with that question, if you have to ask...then I rest my case. Time will show you the answer...

I wish it really were just Paul and his acoustic guitar. The backing strings are intrusive here because they're pre-recorded.

Okay… so I’m new to your channel. I’ve watched several reactions and subscribed. Please! Please! Please! What is the deal with the jar of Hellman’s on the back of the couch? I’ve got to know what that’s about. Please? 😂😂😂

Regarding the line you singled out, "I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday," it took McCartney some time to realize that he wrote a song not about an unsuccessful romance, but about the death of his mother when he was 14. "I said something wrong" refers to what Paul blurted out when he was told his mother had died: "What'll we do without her money?" (Mrs. McCartney, a registered nurse, outearned her cotton salesman husband) Instantly Paul was horrified at himself, but he couldn't take the words back

The screaming was why the stoped touring.

It was because of the constant screaming that the Beatles quit performing. They couldn't hear themselves and no one could really hear the music...which was their whole reason for performing.

By the way, the lost Mayonese jar you were looking for is right behind you on top of the couch....

Listen to the song of the betles, Shes leaving home

Try putri ariani cover yesterday.she is 17 yrs old she got golden buzzer in agt2023

Paul played left-handed At the time the Beatles came out the majority of artists were either single people, or an identifiable lead... so you had Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc... so there was a 'band' but really as backing for a guy. The Beatles came out as a complete unit. And they also sang their own songs. No leader of the band. Sometimes John sang, sometimes Paul, a few times George, and at least one track per album given to Ringo to sing.

Are we gods...but then i look at Rlngo😅 said Lennon

They probably had to block out the screaming after awhile.

The comment below says it all.

I was a Stones fan because I thought all the screaming was a total turnoff. Owned their early albums but not a fan till Sgt Pepper.

Don't tell me that you heart for first time? Seems to me impossible... maybe the most famous song of rock music till now...

It's not 3-4 chords song :-) and not usual rhythm... not so easy to play it and not feel ashamed :-)

I always feel more drawn to the songs by Paul and George, there's something about John's sense of self-righteousness that leaves a bitter taste and that I don't notice with Paul and George

What are and why all of the PRIVATE VIDEOS?

What's the mayonnaise is doing behind you?

And Paul was very much against using strings in any song... as they are guitar band...

You know the original Paul died in a car accident, can’t remember when, but fairly soon after they became popular!

Can you not hear the violins and the orchestra?

Yesterday isn't THAT easy to play. Just saying.

No point in watching a live version without having heard the studio version first. there are some exceptions, but not this one. Thanks

You are so fake. You referenced Ernest Hemingway, right but you don’t know yesterday. You’ve heard this song 1 million times. and your reaction to music videos.😂