THE WAS UNEXPECTED!! The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album Reaction FIRST TIME 

This album was a masterpiece in 1967 and still is a masterpiece in 2022. Incredible.

Sgt Pepper is consistently rated as one of the top rock albums of all time. It changed the world of music.

When listening to this album, it is important to note that no one had heard anything like this when it came out. Both fans and fellow artists were stunned. It signaled that rock and roll could be anything that a mind could conceive.

I must have heard "She's Leaving Home" a thousand times in the past 50 years, and it still makes me cry every time.

A rare example of a RU-vid reactor understanding the symbolism in the song lyrics. Most tend to take things very literally, thinking that Paul's actually singing about painting a house 😂

Paul was/is an optimist. John was a pessimist. Paul wrote "You've got to admit it's getting better." John wrote, "It couldn't get much worse. "

Rubber Soul, Revolver, The White Album and Abbey Road are all equally good albums by the Beatles but each one has a "feel"of it's own. So MANY classic songs in such a few years of the 60s !

The best thing I ever read about Sgt Pepper was that the Beatles had created a work of art in a medium that previously wasn't considered art

She's Leaving Home gets my vote for most under-rated Beatles song.

These boys were like 25 when they recorded 'shes leaving home' insane

So great seeing someone experience the Beatles for the first time. It is hard for you to understand how ground breaking this group was . Nothing like them since.

This is probably the most important album in music history. Up until its release, albums were traditionally collections of different tracks with a smattering of one or two hit singles. Then, The Beatles dropped this bomb in which they become their alter-egos Sgt Pepper and the whole album is based on a single idea or theme. It blew everyone out of the water at the time and heralded the arrival of the concept album which showed you could do things differently.

The real beauty of this album is that you can listen to it for the next 50 years and it only gets better.

"Lucy" was inspired by a drawing John's son had brought home from school of his classmate and called it "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". John decided to write a psychedelic song about it. Coincidentally, the capital letters in the title spell LSD.

She's leaving home is a real story that McCartney had read on the newspaper. Researching this song, is really really impressive. It's beyond imagination. The Beatles always asked those around them to have the latest newspapers in the studio when they were working there. Several songs, or lyrics, are inspired directly by the news of the day. A day in the life, Mean Mr Mustard, She's leaving home ...

You're exactly right this is a self-help album! Sgt. Pepper's has such good vibes and is like emotional therapy via pop music. A perfect concept album for "Lonely Hearts" it began the summer of love and is so colorful in all its various textures and moods. It's just brilliant, it's always been my favorite Beatles album. It always puts me in a great mood

I grew up with The Beatles and this album was a revelation in their development as songwriters and recording artists. I really enjoyed taking the journey with you and rediscovering the joy they gave me in my youth.

When this album came out I was in grade 11. My English teacher devoted the entirety of our next class with him to playing this album and waiting for the stunned reactions of our class. He was rewarded with our dumbfounded looks.

I still remember pulling out this gem from my hippie mama's stack... and her explaining a whole lot of the background and how much it blew the world's collective mind! So neat to see the next gen experience this! ♡

BEATLES in flowers on the 'grave' is the message. A NEW Beatles arrived with this jaw=dropping change in their music.To be a teenager when this came out was THRILLING. Love from rural Ireland☘☘BTW this is whenthe Beatles smuggled glorious technicolour into Britain!

I grew up with this stuff, and my reaction to your reaction? Delighted!

The Beatles are EVERYTHING. Created rock music as we know it. Lennon and McCartney won the prestigious George Gershwin Award for songwriting. Hit after hit. Paul's rolling bass line, Ringo's style and swagger.. all great musicians.

Yes man ,you have to listening to the albums in order, so you can appreciate and understand how Beatles change the music,and why they re the best ones ..in 3 years..from Love me do to A day in the life..it's really a big jump..amazing ❤

A 'self help' album, that is brilliant. I've never looked at it that way, but I will now.

She's Leaving Home is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

Keep listening : free your mind

She's leaving home. Your take is perfection!!

Yes, this album was slightly beyond the middle point of their famed years('63-'70). A Day in the Life is maybe the best song ever composed.

I love all the reactions to beatles albums, good reaction

my god, you're hitting so many points here. its great. the cover, "like a funeral." the cover is supposed to be the beatles portraying sgt pepper's band, as on a gazebo, preparing for a concert in the park with all their friends and idols, AND YOU, as the audience. but the cover also depicts one of the earliest clues in the "paul-is-dead" myth. this myth ads to the overall mystique of the beatles. there's so-called clues on every album cover and in every album's songs, that point to paul being dead from sgt pepper's to abbey road. the sgt album cover has been noted to, indeed, resemble a funeral. but that was on purpose. this album represents the death of the "OLD" mop-top beatles and the introduction to a new era, a new direction for them, and society in general. thanks for the video. you did a great job!

This album was released at the height of the hippie culture. Very creative times.

You're so tuned into the artists and fully understand what they meant when they wrote the songs. It's fantastic to hear your breakdowns of the songs.

This is a strange album to begin listening to the Beatles in the respect that when it was created, they were trying to NOT sound like the Beatles. They'd already pretty much ruled the charts by 1966 and had the unprecedented privilege to be allowed to do whatever they felt like in the studio. They were guaranteed hit makers. So, they took a bit of a risk delving into crispy psychedelia. There were already a few other groups at the time touching on this genre, but the Beatles grabbed even this musical styling and raised the bar higher than anyone else could go. Back then, it was common for pop groups to constantly pour new tracks into the market every other month or so. So, when the Beatles retired from concerts and disappeared for several months, the speculation was that they had broken up. Their prior album was 'Revolver' which is on many critics list as the best pop album of all time just as 'Sgt Pepper's...' is. 'Revolver' only hinted at what was to come but was still mostly rooted in pop tracks. Then this comes out. No one expected this. This album was preceded by what is considered by many to be the best '45 of all time containing a double A-side containing 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever'. These two songs were supposed to go on the Sgt Pepper album, but there was pressure to put out a single. Instead, both sides qualified as a hit. They seemed to put out hit singles as easily as breathing. Anyway, they flirted with psychedelia for a few more songs for the movie 'Magical Mystery Tour' then went back to making more natural sounding music. So, to fully appreciate a band of guys who had no idea how to read or write music and the complete remarkable evolution of their sound, you should start at the beginning.

You get it completely...you heard what the Beatles were saying on every song! Kudos!

Man, I never really caught the theme of optimism in this album till watching this. Brilliant.

I love your take on Fixing A Hole. From a personal standpoint, it's spot-on. There is a bit more to it. This album marked the end of their almost nonstop touring and the Beatlemania phenomenon. They'd all burned out from working endlessly and came to the decision that there would be no more concerts. The records would be their performance. Paul has dealt with anxiety most of his life, just as John was more of a pessimistic realist who dealt with depression. George had been the victim of a variety of press scandals. And the whole lot of them were pretty much tired of being famous and of society in general. Note the bridge runs and how Paul talks about the people. "See the people standing there, who disagree and never win, and wonder why they don't get in my door." Then later, "Silly people run around. They worry me and never ask me why they don't get past my door." Kind of fitting with today's use of social media and the like, isn't it? But kind of the same issue here. Paul was basically expressing that he (and the rest of the band for that matter) just wanted to be left alone for a while so they could be themselves, be creative, and write their music. They didn't want to be bothered by the usual things, discussions, and arguments that they had no more power to change than anyone else did.

As for Beatles singles, the double A sided 45 rpm Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever has been described as the greatest single ever recorded. I can get to Penny Lane in Liverpool on a bus route 62 very easily so I agree totally! Lol

Love watching your reaction to listening to the Beatles great album, Sgt. Pepper. This album blew away fans and musicians alike. Nothing like this had ever been heard before. The genius and musicianship of the Beatles and George Martin showed the world a new form of rock music. This changed music forever. Arguably the best album ever. You need to listen to what came before and after. Greatest band ever!

The Beatles didn't shy away from surreal lyrics and experimental music.

This was my childhood one of the things i found in school was no not every child had listened to nearly all the beatles songs or know who these people are at all since kindergarten when my father shared their 1 album ive been growkng my collection of everything beatles since the times i would have to explain my t shirts and cd player in my pocket and explain what the beatles are haha to see people interested and learning and talking about them in youtube therefore exposing them to a more younger audience i love it!! thank you so much for reaction to The Beatles! it means so much 🎶💗 Thank You

Like millions of other Beatle fans,( and non-fans, ) I put this record on the spindle of my Zenith stereo and listened from start to finish. Among so many firsts, it was the first to have the lyrics printed on the album cover. It astounded and astonished everyone.

Man what a great, joyful response ☺️ The arts are about what it FEELS like to be alive, about the human soul, JOY, and love -the Beatles nailed all that like no other ☺️

Man! This was a great analysis on your part, like you really get this album! After you finish this album, you should totally react to, “fly by night” or “closer to the heart” by Rush. I think you’d definitely like those songs and what they’re about

I was 10 when this album came out. Thank you for letting me hear it again with new ears.

Great analysis, Jervis. Colourful, kaleidoscopic, Sgt Pepper probably isn't a typical Beatles album (but then which one was is - they developed so, so much in just seven or eight years!). It was intended as a concept album. Retired from touring and freed from having to recreate the album on stage in front of screaming teenagers, they adopted a stage persona, Sgt Pepper's band, giving them licence to experiment and use the studio as an instrument. Lucy was named after a painting John's son Julian brought home from school of his friend Lucy. Of course, the initials just happen to spell L S D. John always insisted the painting inspired the song. While he was tripping a lot at the time, the song is heavily influenced by the works of Lewis Carrol (Alice in Wonderland). John loved those books as a kid. That's a Tanpura, an Indian instrument on Getting Better. The cover art is supposed to represent Sgt Pepper's band (aka the Beatles) just after playing a concert in the local park, surrounded by the crowd who'd just watched them perform. Only they just happen to be some of the most famous people in history! Each Beatle was allowed to pick an image of a person for the crowd scene. You're right, She's Leaving Home was written about a daughter leaving home. It was based on a real newspaper story when Melanie Coe went missing. The crazy thing is three years earlier, Coe met Paul when he presented her with a prize for winning a TV dancing competition! I can highly recommend Rubber Soul, Revolver, the White Album (aka 'The Beatles') and Abbey Road. Let It Be is also being reappraised after Peter Jackson's brilliant 'Get Back' series on Disney+ which shows the Beatles actually writing and recording the songs on the album. Looking forward to the rest of your Sgt Pepper listen. Afterwards you might like to check out Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane, the first two songs recorded for Sgt Pepper, but pulled off for a double A sided single before it was released, because the record company were getting impatient for new product. Arguably the greatest single ever made.

After finishing work on the album in the early hours of April 21, 1967 (a month and a half before its release), the Beatles went over to the London apartment of Mama Cass (of the US group the Mamas and the Papas). It was around 6 am. They opened the windows, put on an acetate disc of Sgt Pepper on Cass's record player and blasted it out at full volume across that part of London. People started opening their windows and listening. Must have been amazing!

This album was the true beginning of showing how far a rock and roll album could go. It was the first major recording to be released in Stereo, even my Mom bought a copy, I was only nine at the time, and she favored Broadway Show music. Sgt. Pepper's influenced EVERYTHING that came after it, in a variety of ways. Production, content, instrumentation, lyrics, cover art, sales, etc. Great reaction as well.

Actually these old rock albums, particularly this one, were intended to be listened to in one go, and avoid pauses between the tracks. Note how each new song follows the last, bridges, but different rhythm and feel in each song.

This album is a great way to chill out after a had day of work!

Awesome reaction man, keep it up. Can't wait for the next parts and other albums!

Good analysis, and nice reaction. Continue with the Beatles.

people dont understand what this album did. it created a new musical space, that so many other people have played in. the total concept album. its not a collection of hot singles. its completely produced, from start to finish, including the packaging. i dont even know how i can listen objectively, having listened to it for 50 years. glad you get to hear it fresh. i wish i could. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. LSD.

*I liked how you analyze the songs keep it up, I'll tell you an idea you should react to their albums from the beginning progressively how they were released what I love about them is that they all sound different and each time they improve in song technique I recommend you do this, there are already several youtubers who did it and it looks great*

I was young 12 yes old later we listened for life lessons Beatles changed everything mentally

Super-intelligent 'reaction' to one of the greatest albums of all time, Mate !!

Dude, your programs are blowing me away! It’s like we are transported into a time machine where we are hearing it again for the very first time! So excellent that we all together can do this with a simple shift of conscious awareness. Brings it all alive and makes everything new.

I listened to that when I was 6 or 7 years old in the 60s... Made me wanna make music. And I made it. LOVE...

"Lucy" is describing a child's world. Sailing little boats made from folded sheets of newspaper, fake flower decorations, sweets, shiny things ... everything of the mundane world having kind of a supernatural charm when seen through the fresh eyes of a child.

The album was released on a Friday. The lads went out to celebrate by taking in a Jimi Hendrix show in London on the next evening, Saturday night, and Jimi opened his show with the "Sgt Pepper" title track.

When the strings come in on Shes Leaving goosebumps Everytime

A great reaction Jarvis. I remember buying this album for 10 shillings and some pence, but I was shocked in a beautiful way as NOTHING was ever like this album. It was Art, Literature and Music all in one package. It was the first album ever (NOT SINGLES) that was not full of love songs about girls. It looked at both sides of life (like she's leaving home) and life in general. It was an awakening. A questioning of much that was happening and gone past. It had very few answers but had questioned much of what is happening then and what had happened in the past to lead we the people to this point of 1967. Enjoy your journey Jarvis. Remember life is MORE than you can Think. PEACE.

Wow, your analysis of Fixin' A Hole was so insightful. So good. The album cover is both funeral and rebirth ceremony. Sgt Pepper as self-help album... cool.

Looking forward to the next installment....You have a very keen sense for the lyrics. I enjoyed this!

In the late 60s and through most of the 70s, it was customary to listen to whole albums in one sitting. Bands designed the sound to work from one song to the next for good transitions. Headphones and a vinyl with Hi fidelity was all most kids needed then, no video games.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - LSD my friend. Yours truly, a child of the 70's.

if artists held themselves to a beatles standard or even listened to these guys we would have much better music today. the blueprint is right there for over 40 years. everyone that loves music (or are artists) should watch the get back documentary. these guys are on another level. most would just retire.

First time watching your videos, and I'm enjoying your insights. I agree, though, with other comments that it's odd, in a way, that you're starting with a landmark album from halfway through their career. The Beatles evolved unbelievably from 1964-1970, and changed music and culture every step of the way. From that standpoint, I'm one of those who wish you'd back up and start with their earlier work. In any case, I applaud your enthusiasm and insights!

That was beautiful, not going to lie, I had some tears listening/watching you in this vid. Thanks for that. There is a wonderful doc on them that you may like, it gives you just enough to get the jest of them if that's all one wants and it's perfect, but also gives enough in a sense of chapter headings, so you could go look up more on a specific period or album if one chooses to. It's called The Compleat Beatles (no typing mistake, try googling it). There is a full one on vimeo as well as on facebook. In fact, you could listen/play the first minute of the doc alone, and you will get so much about them as artists. One minute :)

This is what reaction channels should all be like - you take the time to describe your thoughts about the tracks, and you really nailed it! The Beatles always maintained that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds didn’t stand for LSD, but you picked up on the trippiness of the lyrics, so make up your own mind…

Shoutouts from maceio, brazil ! This is one of my all time fav albums of all time, i'm not into reactions that much bur yours was great for today's rain, keep it up man, you rock 👌

The Beatles were very graphic with big musical strokes and a perfect use of space. No one has as of now ever come close to them.

Brother you are dead on!

You are a very cool and intelligent bruh, respect to you for being open minded aswell. There's so much to explore but you are amazing 🙂

A daughter who received everything from her parents but love. The clue is in the lyrics it says "She leaves after living alone for so many years".

John always maintained he wrote the song based on a drawing by his son, Julian. Julian called the drawing 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds.' Actually, an interview Larry King did with Julian, seen on RU-vid, says this is the correct view. Julian's friendship with Lucy continued until she died of Lupus. He was visibly upset that people still thought it was a drug song.

In the 60's when people were tripping out on LSD,, they used to say, if you're having a bad trip, listen to the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's album, as it would get you out of your bad trip and make you begin to feel good. That was the word on the street in those wild days.

It's so strange to hear the bass so prominent. When I was kid, it was so deep in the mix.

Start where you like - Abbey Road is great (Golden Slumbers Carry That Wright). All of Let It Be album PLUS all their earlier work, Revolver .....

Really enjoyed listening to you talk through your thought process about the songs. Very cool.

I loved your reaction it gave me new perspectives on theses songs. It seems like you really got the album and I look forward to see more reactions

WARNING: you'll never be the same after "A Day in the Life"....Greetings from Brazil...

Number of time it took for McCartney to get the bass part on With A Little Help From My Friends: 45. Perfectionism pays.

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is based on a drawing by his young son. And John was writing like that as a child.

Nicely done -- looking forward to Parts 2 and 3 :-) Something that really struck me on this listen is how so much of the music seems like it was meant for a child. But, I guess that is pretty common for "psychedelic" music. And, in some ways this album is the least representative of the Beatles' albums because of its (mostly) happy/child-like vibe.

You know, a lot of teens ran away in the 60s. Hippies getting away from uptight parents. A lot of them ended up in San Francisco during the summer of love. They did drugs, they had sex, that lived in communes or flop houses or on the street, they protested the war, they played and listened to rock and roll and psychedelic music, some of them followed bands from city to city, some got into Eastern religions. All the stuff their parents didn't approve of... including girls getting jobs and interracial dating. Maybe she had hopes and dreams beyond being a housewife. But they had that typical (from the song's perspective) parent reaction, "after all we've done for you!" I always thought that's what She's Leaving Home was about, just a hippie running away from parents who didn't understand her (hence the line, "after living alone for so many years"). I don't know, that's just what I thought.

I appreciate your insightfulness. Looking forward to seeing more reactions from you. ✌🎶

this was so good so thank you, i am a beates fan for ears but this has brought it back to me....mint!!

This album, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band came about after the group decided to stop performing live in concert. They wanted an album that would be impossible to perform live. The idea was that the album would do the touring for them! It was the first album to be multi-layered on every track from start to finish and took many weeks to record. This process gave the album a very polished sound that left everyone awestruck at the time and this recording process eventually became the industry standard as soon as enough multi-track recording studios could be built, which took around 10 years to achieve. This album is considered to be the first "Perfect" album ever to be recorded. Another great album to be recorded using this process is the 1970 album by the Fifth Dimension called Portrait. An excellent album which spawned four top 40 hits in the USA, it is well worth an album review also. You will not be disappointed!

I'll just add this. You are very perceptive. Excellent reaction. Ans so glad you enjoyed it.

About Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ...LSD You get it...... you nailed it. It is not about a girl "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid, is a psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily visual, as well as auditory, hallucinations" The song depicts an "acid trip" and it could now be any clearer. Of course, The Beatles eventually denied this and made up a story about a picture a girl drew but everyone with an IQ over 10 knew that was BS. After all,The Beatles had a wholesome image they wanted to maintain

Nicely done - i'm enjoying your discovery, 'reminds me how it felt way back then

Ringo playds drums and congas. Martin plays piano and pianet, which gives it that ringing sound like playing high on a guitar neck. Harrison plays the tambura, too.

Thank you for listening to the Beatles! I just subscribed!

You're not wrong- something did "die"- The Beatles as everyone knew them up until then.

First time I’ve watched you. Young man, you are brilliant. “Self help album…” Love that. ✌️

The Beatles, searching for fresh inspiration as well as competing with The Beach Boys concurrent output, created a new identity for themselves by pretending to be Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. New sub!!!

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Man o man! Listening to "she's leaving home" again watching your reaction made me fell like it was the first time all over again! It felt so incredible I got chills 🥶 hahaha thank you for that. It's just amazing watching someone discovering The Beatles

Written and sung by John Lennon, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds was written after John saw a drawing done by his son who was very young at the time. It was a crayon drawing of a girl who appeared to be floating in the air and had eyes represented by diamonds.

Hey fam - love the reaction mate.