You really owe it to yourself (and us fans) to do a reaction to their first movie A Hard Day’s Night. You’ll really get a solid glimpse of each of their personalities. And the music is stellar. Please! It would make this fan smile.
I was about to urge the very same thing. Hard Day's Night was groundbreaking and captures the Beatles, their irreverent personalities and astonishing music, at the height of Beatlemania in 1964. A classic film that itself was a critical smash hit.
Great Beatles film, along with the next one, "Help!". Both movies are full of great music and antics from the lads. My daughter grew up on the "Help!" movie and still loves it today at 29 years old. Also, check out a couple of great Beatles-related movies, "Yesterday" and "Across The Universe". These are full of Beatles covers and are a joy for any Beatles fan to watch.
This my recommendation as well… “A Hard Days Night”. They are soooooo funny in this movie…but be sure to put your closed captioning on as the accents are really thick 😉
According to Giles Martin(George Martin’s son) the Beatles wrote 250 songs in 7 1/2 years, and most of them good. That’s absolutely incredible and extremely productive.
John was proud of this lyric as it was emotionally honest and self-aware. He knew he was in trouble. I think it's the sincerity of the lyric that gives it that feeling of sweetness. And brilliant harmonies, as always.
A lyrical plea like this wasn't exactly the norm then, either. Asking for help was something you did for yard work or a move. It was a pretty bold move for him/them to put this one out there.
My nephew & his wife have a band and did a cover of this song. They slowed it down, which made the lyrics that much more powerful. They put out a video during the pandemic and included titles for mental health resources. The Beatles' song will always be my favorite but I was amazed at how relatable the song remains after all these years.
@@okcdog5439 That's the mark of a great song that it can be reimagined and adapt to so many styles. Their songs will be reinterpreted for decades to come, every new generation recognising the strength of The Beatles catalogue and their melodies, emotion and inventiveness.
@@3tonzovim and I think Brian Epstein and a few others were worried about the move away from the traditional boy / girl lyrics of the early classic singles. But lyrically, and musically, they were starting to stretch themselves - for which I think we are all grateful....
This is really smart observation. Today, looking back, it's easy to see the wise champion of peace that Lennon became by the end of his life. The man who had his bed-in with Yoko, who recorded "Imagine" and meant every word of it, is not at all the frantic smart-ass in his early twenties who was suddenly under a ton of pressure and celebrity scrutiny. He was not kind to his first wife and family, he was not well-adjusted to the Beatles' huge level of fame, and you can hear the conflict in his lyrics in these early years. It's hard to remember just how much of a journey the Beatles were for John, and how much of a transformation he underwent over 10 years or so from a troubled, somewhat mean-spirited guy into the beautiful wise man we prefer to remember. You can hear Lennon's autobiographical self-evaluation as a recovering abuser and an "angry young man" in "Getting Better." Even though Paul sings lead on the song, you can tell it's very much one of Lennon's lyrics stylistically, right down to his snarky call-and-response "it can't get no worse."
This was released in 65 making John and Ringo 25 Paul 23 and George 22ish. John wrote it as literally a cry for help. Saying he was 'eating and drinking like a pig.' Also being very strained from the rigors of touring having a young son and wife. That's the short version more or less
Exactly! John Lennon was definitely one of those rock stars who loved the idea of being famous, but once he got there, he quickly realized it wasn't all rainbows and unicorns.
Please keep delving more into the very early Beatles. Jordan, when you said that if it wasn't for this channel you would have gone your entire life without hearing the Beatles, I was so overcome with such a sadness I started crying. I can't even imagine that.
@@Lovejazz01 Yeah, and it's so powerful from the first note/word, it's almost scary. I've seen reactors jump in their seat when this song starts ... literally.
"I tell you, Larry, there is no other band, there will never be any band like them ever, for eternity. They are the best, I say to you Larry, here in 1965, that the children of 2000 will be listening to the Beatles." -The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein during an interview with Larry Kane
I grew up with them. This was recorded in 1965. John and Ringo were 25 years old, Paul 23 and George 22. It was considered a revolution. Finally a breath of fresh air out of the sluggish music from the 50ties my father liked. I was still a toddler but I remember singing along with it and dancing in the living room while my father grumbled about long haired scum and terrible noise.🙉😂
If you like the Song, you might enjoy the MOVIE by the same name. This was their SECOND Movie together (the first being "A hard day's night"), and they played "Themselves". SYNOPSIS: Help! sees the group struggle to protect Ringo from a sinister eastern cult and a pair of mad scientists, all of whom are obsessed with obtaining a sacrificial ring sent to him by a fan.
Yeah, it was sixties movies like "Help!" that made me as a child in the seventies feel like I had just missed a very exciting era. I now see that I was also lucky to have lived in the seventies, too, but at the time the sixties seemed just super-exciting.
And has Eleanor Bron, a wonderful actress from the 60s and beyond, and an amazing comedy writer and performer. It's said her name was the inspiration for Eleanor Rigby.
I was 13 when the Beatles went on Ed Sullivan for the first time. My family had moved from N. Dakota to Massachusetts in Jan 64. We were living in my grandparents apartment and we would sit around the tv(I think on Sunday nights)and watch Ed Sullivan. My grandmother would always call them the Beagles. We thought she was going senile. 40 years later, my older brother told me that she was teasing us, and loved our outbursts, "no Grandma they're the Beatles". Love the memory
I watched this when I was 3! And was never the same! Meet The Beatles was my first album I ever received. Santa brought it to me that Christmas! I still have it!!
RUBroken, you have to go watch "The Fab Four"!! Their show is a Beatles cover and they do a phenomenal job. Their show starts with a guy who is a splitting image of Ed Sullivan as they reenact the iconic Beatles introduction you mentioned.
I was 12 when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. My first album was "Meet the Beatles" which was a birthday gift for my 13th birthday. Not sure what my life would have been like without them.
The Beatles on Sullivan is one of my first concrete memories. The Sullivan show was a cultural touchstone for middle class America and had massive viewership on Sunday evenings. (Of course, we also watched Lawrence Welk every week.) We always gathered as a family to watch this show. I was four, and what I chiefly remember is the contrasting reactions of my 14 year-old brother and my conservative father--let's just say it was one of the first of their many disagreements over the next decade. The Beatles were an explosion of joy and I still feel the ripples of that joy to this day when I listen to their music.
I'm telling you, The Beatles meant SO MUCH to so many people that, when they broke up, I remember seeing people CRY, they didn't even want to believe it! I wish you would listen to the first heavy metal song and it was recorded in 1968 by The Beatles titled "Helter Skelter", you won't believe it's The Beatles! Thank you so much for this awesome reaction!
Yes please do Helter Skelter. Two other spectacular songs from the psychedelic Era, Tomorrow Never Knows which will completely blow your minds. Way ahead of it's time. And the closing track to Sgt. Pepper A Day in the Life.
Seria Eiramasil - We all knew they were breaking up. Many rumors and news stories at the time. Yes, when they actually broke up it was sad. But I woke up one morning and found myself to be in Vietnam. The Beatles breakup didn't seem so important at that point.
@@GoldenShellback Unfortunately, this may come across as disrespectful but, I made this comment on a music reaction channel, not a war history channel. My father was a Marine in WWII. He never wanted to talk about his experiences he had. I'm sorry for all of the traumatic things you may have went through. I simply made a comment about how the fans were back then around the time of their break up. They were the ones who put importance on the matter, not me. I wish you well, I've heard horror stories about that war, may you find peace.
Since you're liking the Beatles from 1965, you're ready for their first movie 'A Hard Day's Night' from 1964. It's a fun little thing where you really get to see the goofy side of the Beatles. And a bunch of great music of course. A 'must see & hear' which you will enjoy a tremendous lot.
A Hard Day’s Night was the beginning of a new kind of cinema. Planned as a purely commercial enterprise designed to introduce the individual Beatles, director Richard Lester mixed documentary techniques with jump cuts and visual puns to create a new kind of film making. Some of it may seem dated today, but at the time it was quite different.
This was 1965, John and Ringo were about 25, Paul was 23 and George 22. Their first record came out in 1962 and their last came out in 1970. It's truly staggering what they managed to achieve in such a short space of time and how their music constantly evolved.
What you have to realize is that there were no music videos when The Beatles were making music. The whole music video concept came about just before MTV hit the airwaves. This clip must have been taken from an appearance on a tv variety show. We're lucky some of these have survived. This song was from the days The Beatles ruled the radio charts. It was common for them to have 3 or 4 songs in the top 10 at once. These early songs are perfect pop masterpieces. A favorite of mine is Eight Days a Week, a wonderful dance song. I'm so glad you're discovering their earlier songs, again, they may be short, but they are so well crafted. Great reaction y'all!
But they did have promo(tional) films, the '60s equivalent of a music video. The Beatles were among the first to make them, seeing them as a means to satisfy demand when they couldn't appear on every TV that wanted them. This is one of ten promo films they shot at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965 -- the others being "Day Tripper" (3 versions), "I Feel Fine" (2 versions), "Ticket to Ride", and "We Can Work It Out" (3 versions). Ironically, while most of their promo films were shot on 35mm film, these were filmed on videotape.
@@markamos1911 True, what is believed to be the first promotional music video is Tony Bennett's 1956 "Stranger in Paradise". It was sent to TV stations to be played on variety and music shows like American Bandstand.
On April 4, 1964, The Fab Four owned the Billboard charts, as they held the top five spots on the Billboard Hot 100. After only two weeks on the charts, "Can't Buy Me Love" hit No. 1, while "Twist and Shout (This one owns the record for most weeks at number 2 without ever going to number 1)," "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please Me" round out the top five.
They actually did make music videos, one of the first artists to do so, mainly because they couldn't be bothered turning up to mime live performances on TV shows. Although they didn't make them for every single. Most are of them are of the group miming performances, but Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane both very much had proper music videos in the modern sense.
The high harmony is always Paul. At his peak, he had a vocal range of four and a half OCTAVES, not a typo, which is absolutely insane. And of course the sound of John and Paul singing together is heaven.
They definitely loved being goofy, but also clever and hip. They were the sunshine to the Rolling Stones' darkness. Watch the movie "Help!" and "Hard Day's Night" for more background to their personalities.
The whole soundtrack to the movie Help is absolutely brilliant. I love “You’ve Gotta Hide Your Love Away”, John Lennon has a gravelly touch to his voice & honestly it’s awesome!
Recorded and released in 1965, and then just 2 years later they released Sgt Pepper, no band in history could evolve that quick, that is why they were and still are the greatest band this world will ever see and hear.
The early Beatles material is criminally overlooked by some people when really it is such an important part of their development. Listening to them develop with each album and song is such a joy. Very personal lyrics here from John and unique harmonies make this another shift in their varied back catalogue.
I can't easily express how much I agree with you! I graduated high school in 1967 in Maryland, and the early Beatles songs were a huge part of my life. Their music and singing were unlike pretty much anything I had heard on the radio.
Drummers are often overlooked as just the rhythm section. But listen to Ringo’s drumming in Come Together, for example. IMHO, That song wouldn’t quite work without his drumming.
Weeeeellll, sorry have to greatly disagree anyone can play a Beatles song on drums but give them a Led Zeppelin song and no one but Jason Bonham can. Taught to play by his dad John Bonhan hence Bonzo is still named the greatest drummer of all time!!
The amazing thing about this band is that they created all that incredible music in literally 7 years, basically from 1963 when they hit the charts to 1970 when they broke up.. There music is covered and played to this day. If you examine there catalogue of music for that short of period is incredible, they ideas and influence in today's music is undeniable
The thing is how much they enjoyed each other and how much fun they had playing music. The way they arranged their background vocals to repeat the main lines of the song. Pure Genius.
I'm 70 years old and still love the Beatles. Timeless is the word I would use for their music and their fun personalities. Maybe you should watch the movie, "HELP!"
Help! was also a very fun movie. But the earlier Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night might be better to watch first. A Hard Day’s Night is kind of a fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles in 1964. Their personalities, comedic talent, and music just shine. Help! is a farcical comedy with another great soundtrack of Beatles songs. You would have so much fun with either film. I still remember the involuntary screams my friends and I let out when the Beatles suddenly showed up on the big screen in Help! in the movie theater. I think I was 9 years old. What a magical time. Those of us who were around then were so fortunate.
Yes, “Help” was more of a James Bond spoof, with a bunch of loosely connected scenes. Not as great as “A Hard Day’s Night”, with its mock-documentary style, but it is good fun & IN COLOR!
You mentioned (Amber) that they were kind of goofy on that video. Oh girl you want goofy watch there first two movies, A Hard Day's Night and then the even goofier Help. You will get a good view of their sense of humor. Also Google any of their older press conferences like the one they did when the first came to America in NY.
They did this as a promotional film to be shown on TV where they weren't going to reach on tour. That is, this was made before the highly produced videos we knew with MTV. They were only a year into their world-wide fame so they were still playfully young and funny. Great review. I'm always thrilled to see young fans discover the Beatles and their peers from the 60s.
Glad your loving the Beatles. Those of us that grew up listening to them still love their music. Listen to 8 days a week and a great love song I want to hold your hand.
Now try "Rain" or "Paperback Writer". Or "Goodnight" with Ringo singing. You may want to check out the movie "Help". It received rave reviews (pretty much) back in the day. Fun, right? There was a DJ named Dan Ingram on WABC NY who quipped at the end of the song, " Yes, help me ooh! It's not an easy thing to do!". He was crazy. Amen, Amber! Amen Jay! 'Goofy' led to the cartoon show. Nice reaction guys. See, these reactions take me back to first hearing a tune, at listening parties with good friends, now at another listening party, shared with you guys. Thanks. 🙂🙂🙂
The Beatles are one of the pioneers of Rock n' Roll and are among the gods of Rock n' Roll.....the group started in the 50's when I was born and became worldwide popular in the 60's and early 70's.....10 years together and then separated out of artistic differences. I grew up with The Beatles and they really started the Invasion of Rock n' Roll!!! Legendary!!!!
The Beatles were heavily influenced by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and other Pioneers of Rock N Roll. In fact, some of the documentaries show them being rejected by record companies of sounding too much like them. The whoops and yeahs are very Little Richard.
@@salbuda6957 I strongly disagree....Rock n' Roll an Billy Joel said in his song....."It's still Rock n; Roll to me" 😎And at that time that's what th music critics called it and the label still sticks.
@@knoahbody69 It was Little Richard that gave the Beatles a spot on his tour. The truth is, Little Richard was responsible for getting the Beatles started in the US.
I was the same age as you during this same incredible era. Words can't describe it. I wish it had continued forever. The music today is pitiful. I listen to nothing but oldies.
EVERYone had a favorite back then! The girls especially. The arguments went round and round among us teens. It was sooo much fun!! They were SOoooo different than the earlier Am rock n roll.
That's my song! Getting older, losing my health and becoming dependent on others in ways I never imagined when I was younger, i can totally identify with it. So much more than when I first heard it as a child. It's so great to hear you guys aporeciate the music I grew up with! The Beatles had a lot of very deep songs. For further listening I'd recommend "In My Life", "Eleonore Rigby" and "When I'm 64". They're all in the vein of cries for help and pleas for understanding. "When I'm 64" has a cheery melody, but it's really about the insecurities of growing old. It's hard to believe these guys were in their 20's when they sang it, yet they nailed it so well. Cheers, you two! Keep up the great work! 😊 PS: Talk about goofy; if you watch their films, you'll see that they were great at screwball comedy!
One of the crazy things about the Beatles was the speed they could write and record hit after hit. Sometimes two or three a day. And the songs are great. They always make you feel something and you want to sing along.
Just so you know there are also five Beatles movies: A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Yellow Submarine (1968) and Let It Be (1970).
You're right, Amber. There's just something about their sound. They draw you in. You can't get away from it. It's a combination of many things; their iconic voices, ability to write catchy and memorable melodies, their influences on culture, music, indeed all the arts. Perhaps Richie Unterberger, writing for AllMusic, put it best: "So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and they introduced more innovations into popular music than any other group of their time. Moreover, they were among the few artists of any discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did and the most popular at what they did. Relentlessly imaginative and experimental, the Beatles grabbed hold of the international mass consciousness in 1964 and never let go for the next six years, always staying ahead of the pack in terms of creativity and never losing the ability to communicate their increasingly sophisticated ideas to a mass audience. Their supremacy as rock icons remains unchallenged to this day, decades after their breakup in 1970."
Glad you guys enjoyed this one! Some other really good early-Beatles songs are “She Loves You”, “Eight Days A Week”, “Please Please Me” and “I Feel Fine” :)
What about: "Yesterday", "Girl", "I've just seen a Face", "And your Bird can sing", "Nowhere Man", "Blackbird", "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" "I Will", "Here, There And Everywhere", "She' leaving home", ... ... ...
“If we had not started this channel, I would have gone my whole life without ever listening to the Beatles”. Gave me chills . Truly shows the power of your channel and of exploring, discovering and being impacted by amazing music.
You are right. They could be extremely silly. Find some old videos of reporters asking them questions. They never took it seriously and would give silly answers or just make jokes. They were having a lot of fun with the whole business. Watch their movie ‘Hard Day’s Night’ as a perfect example of silliness.
I was a freshman in college when I first heard the Beatles in the early 60s. Students were going around saying "Hey, have you heard that new band from England?!" I think I had about 4 or 5 of their albums by the time I graduated, and of course I continued to get others after that. They've been one of the principal bands in the soundtrack of my life.
I recommend "Hey Bulldog" , it was one song that signified their change from love songs to rock. Also, it is from the Yellow Submarine album and animated movie.
All 4 of The Beatles had Amazing Personalities and were very Humorous. George was considered the "Quiet Beatle" but as you can see in this video he loves Showing Out! 🤗😎🤔
Jay and Amber - I hope you can appreciate how different the John Farnham version of this song is and how it brings the emotions those wonderful words deserve.
The Beatles were all funny and they liked to clown around. The movie A Hard Day's Night is a Must See!! Help isn't as good a movie but the music is so great. I was about 8 years old when I fell in love with the Beatles, I was so sad that I had just found out about them and they had already broken up. I bought every one of their albums, saving my allowance for a month to get the next one in the collection. So fun to watch you discover the greatness of the greatest band ever.
I was 13 years old girl when Beatles hit America. I was crazy for them. Still have all albums. Thank you for sharing and finding "old" music rocks! Sending love to Oneness ❤
I think before they check out the movie Yesterday, they need to react to more Beatle songs. Heck, they haven’t even reacted to the song Yesterday yet. 😮
Jay and Amber, just a reminder that this was the original song of John Farnham's version you did a few months ago with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra which made Jay teary eyed at the end.
Their harmonies were utterly exquisite. (They were early-mid twenties here.) You MUST see the movie HELP! It's hilarious. The arm movements at the end are actually a nod to the premise of the movie.
So much of their earlier work was like this. two of their first hits were "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand". You should also see the movies "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!"
When you watched Ferris Bueller, the song that Ferris danced to on the float, was the Beatles “Twist n Shout” John actually wanted this song done slowly, like John Farnham did live with the Melbourne Symphony. It’s also on RU-vid.
They "reacted" to Farnham's live version a couple of months ago. Everyone in the comments told them it was a Beatles cover, (but they don't read 99.9% of the comments, so they still haven't got a clue), and they obviously didn't recognise this being the same song as the Farnham version.
Great Reaction Guys😀 The Beatles did not just change the World of music but changed the whole World ! When they visited Adelaide in Australia over 500,000 greeted them from the airport thru' the 7-mile route to their hotel 😀
I was 15 when the Beatles first came out and there were Billboards everywhere in Kansas City Missouri advertising"The Beatles are coming!" NO one knew what that meant & they didn't tell us until they appeared on Ed Sullivan ( which EVERYONE watched@ that time) & the whole world fell in love!!!
You can see how different the rendition John Farnham did of this song that you got quite emotional about recently. A great Beatles track is "I saw her standing there". 😊
"The Long and Winding Road" was the last song that they recorded together. It's last lyrics were "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah." Just like their hit years earlier "She Loves You".
Starting this channel is probably the best thing that ever happened to you, musically speaking. It’s really a shame that most people do not go beyond their comfort zone, or what they were raised to hear. There is a wealth of beautiful music out there and I mean in every field, including classical music. It’s good that you have both learned to broaden your musical horizons. 👍🏾❤️
I grew up with my parents' big band and my brother's surf and the Platters and Temptations. The radio played a wide range of music. I listen to the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s channels on SiriusXM. I still know the words to most of the songs. 🙂
I turned 15 in 1964 when they landed in the U.S. kids at my school were in Beatle mania, boys wearing their hair like them, & the teachers were freaking out, making the boys comb their hair back. LoL! I had just met my boyfriend, ( married to this day! ) our favorite song was, “ I Want To Hold Your Hand. “ so many hit songs that year came out… Beatle mania was everywhere!!
Now that you do movie reactions, and you're going back to the beginning of the Beatles, you should watch their 1st movie A Hard Days Night and their 2nd. HELP! You will love them. You really get to know their cheeky personalities!! Lots of fun and 🎶🎵 music!!
I grew up with the Beatles. I think it's wonderful when people discover their music. It's like finding a Russian egg. Within each egg opened, there's another facet of the group. And it keeps on and on and on.
I also loved the Beatles when I was young! I was 13 when I bought my first album Meet The Beatles! That was in 1964! I owned every album they recorded!
This is my favorite song of theirs. This was John Lennon's folk rock phase when he was very influenced by Bob Dylan. The song writing and the execution are superb.
Search john farnham help with the Melbourne symphony orchestra. Our Aussie legend absolutely kills in his slowed down emotional version of this song. I think as good as this song is, next to farnhams it feels out of context the lyrics to this weird pop version
I first heard this song back in 1965 and saw the movie "Help" as well when I was an 11-year-old boy. I never really paid much attention to the lyrics back then. Never realizing that it's about a youth who has gone awry thinking he can get ahead in life without any 'Help' from his parents, family, friends or mentors. "When I was young so much younger than today. I never needed anybody's Help in anyway. Now these days are gone I'm not so self-assured. Now I find I change my mind and open up the doors. "Help me if you can I'm feeling down. And I do appreciate your being around. Help me get my feet back on the ground. Won't you please, please, Help me."-John Lenon
I remember when I was a kid the movie HELP came out. I watched it in the movie theatre . The Beatles were not just another 60s band. They literally started “Pop” music and influenced music and bands from that time on.
The great Australian singer John Farnham did a cover of "Help" at a live performance, that is absolutely extraordinary. It was a slowed down version, which is how John Lennon originally intended it to be. But the Beatles record company wanted the song to be faster, and more upbeat, to be the title song of their second movie. John Farnham's version is amazing. I hope you can check it out sometime.
They have already reacted to John Farnham version . I was waiting for them to recognise the lyrics but I think the versions are so different its not that obvious to spot I guess
As you continue to listen to their early hits, you can understand how the Beatles became such a huge sensation. McCartney had a brilliant knack for writing melodic hooks and Lennon had mad skills in arranging and song construction. These songs would get into your ears and not leave - you just had to hear them again and again. I feel grateful every time I hear any Beatle song - grateful to have grown up during the time they were releasing such wonderful music continuously.
Since you have a movie channel you should check out a couple of Beatle movies if you want to see more of their personalities...A Hard Day's Night and Help! You'll see the early Beatles and what they were dealing with...Beatlemania
Lennon described this song as his own cry for help from where he was at that time. They were in the mid 20s at this time; Lennon, the oldest, would have been 24-25 - he was born in 1940 and his birthday was October 9.
Thank you. Hey, maybe for your movie reaction channel - you guys can check out "Yesterday." The Beatles' music feature heavily there. It's a light-hearted comedy.
It's truly amazing what they did in only 8 years! The most influential band in history. No other person of group has been able to produce as many hits and dominate the pop rock culture like the Fab 4 did. Like occupying the top 5 songs on the top 40 play list. Incredible! All that and so much more in 8yrs! They didn't make it to the states until 1964. It's just a shame that young people haven't explored their music? That just seems crazy to me. Young people like you can help change that. Keep on reacting to the Beatles. Great job!
