What Makes This Song Great? - THE BEATLES (Live Analysis)

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In today’s livestream we do a live “What makes this song great” analysis of a famous Beatles tune.
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@RickBeato 4 года назад

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@AgelessIlluminate 4 года назад

Have you ever listened to any Beggar's Opera? If so, what do I gotta do to get you to cover one of their songs?

@yarlando 4 года назад

Okay, I saw that you correct that on the video, sorry hahaha

@misterschubert3242 4 года назад

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@jackryan5548 4 года назад

@@1960taylor Very well known that John and Paul used each other to shape their songs. They would create a song, and then go to the other to get feedback and such.

@kwixotic 4 года назад

@gerardskowronski3774 4 года назад

Favorite Beatle Song, Played at our wedding, played at my wife's funeral...….married 25 years and 4 days. I miss her.

@cm-jz8qr 4 года назад

Sorry for your loss man ! You couldn't have picked a better tribute

@suzramuse 4 года назад

I'm sorry for the loss of your beloved wife. You sound like a lovely person, one who would say, "My wife was 10x better than I." While you cherish her memory, I hope you'll find some solace.

@RedDogMamaHD 4 года назад

This was "our song" so much that it was engraved in our wedding rings. In my life I live you more .... It's on his gravestone, too We were married 48+ years. He passed away a bit more than 1 year ago.

@eroc4686 4 года назад

Sorry to read about that. My mom wanted it played at her memorial but I got nervous to play it so never learned it. Now Rick is helping me with it...

@mvp019 4 года назад

Condolences Gerard.

@lordprefab5534 4 года назад

I think the time is right for a Rick Beato / Paul McCartney online interview.

@ryanstark2350 4 года назад

But then McCartney would tell him that he doesn’t have a clue how he wrote any of the songs. However it would still be interesting.

@Holobrine 4 года назад

bobbysbackingtracks Can you ask him to let Rick Beato make a proper What Makes This Song Great with a Beatles song and not block it?

@NolalanD 4 года назад

Then we can finally see what he really has to say about any authorship of IML. From what I remember he composed Here, There, Everywhere as a competitive piece to IML. That's one of the great secrets of the Beatles, their collaboration was more of a friendly competition which pushed and motivated them to approach similar type songs differently to see who could come up with the best version. In this case they were both trying their hands at Brian Wilson type introspective songs ala Pet sOunds.

@Holobrine 4 года назад

NolalanD What’s IML?

@Phil_Trujeque 4 года назад

Holobrine ... lol... *In My Life*

@patrickpoeschl2966 4 года назад

The people that can't stand the Beatles think all the music that was predicated on the Beatles was always there. They don't realize how revolutionary they were.

@fernandoreynaaguilar1438 4 года назад

Exactly

@TheDivayenta Год назад

I really notice that with Andy and Alex of all people.

@jamespenny9482 Год назад

Yeah, and they probably haven't heard their whole catalog.

@leonardoiglesias2394 4 месяца назад

Yesterday, Michelle, For no one, Blackbird, Let it be, Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, And I Love her, Things we said today, are not revolutionary music. They are just masterworks. Some revolutionary music is not THAT good. McCartney is actually a Retro composer. Closer to Schumann and Gershwin than to Stockhausen.

@Beebo 4 года назад

The Beatles are my favourite band of all time! I own every Beatle record! In My Life is definitely in the list of my Top 10 Beatles songs.

@rayraymond2952 3 года назад

I used to own all of the Beatles albums through Sgt. Pepper. Sadly however, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina acquired all of those albums. Richard

@fernandoaldekoa2436 3 года назад

@@rayraymond2952 Katrina & The Waves. 😁

@rayraymond2952 3 года назад

@@fernandoaldekoa2436 LOL. In New Orleans with Katrina, the was lots of rising water, but not a whole lot of "waves". Richard

@ArthurPJohnson 3 года назад

They are also my favorite band of all time -especially if "favorite" = "times I have listened to their albums and songs!" I also own all the Beatles Albums with the exception of Anthology III, and have the original vinyls of Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles (aka The White Album), Meet the Beatles (Capitol) , Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol) and Abbey Road.

@alanhardman2447 3 года назад

@@rayraymond2952 - I do hope Katrina appreciates what she acquired!

@donclark4685 4 года назад

Rick! I'm never sick of the Beatles.

@zesvo 4 года назад

The meat and potatoes of music!

@JuannyBoy2023 4 года назад

I've spent countless hours listening to the Beatles... I go out and listen to other stuff then come right back almost like it's "home"

@dr.johannesmunch891 4 года назад

They made Helterskelter...

@DMSProduktions 4 года назад

@@dr.johannesmunch891 And U2 stole it back from the Mansons!

@jazziered142 4 года назад

I call my phone The Beatles player.

@ivanwolfson4355 4 года назад

Hey Rick Beato, I love how you’re sort of on a rant, but your “rant” is a totally positive one, not tearing anyone down, just talking about how great the Beatles were, or Little Richard, or whoever. Keep up the great work.

@zingkhe 4 года назад

Dude his rant is better than my grade 8 music teachers vocal course training.

@knowhereman1 4 года назад

Not to take anything from George Martin, I think John and Paul, by Rubber Soul, had the writing sophistication to find chord changes with melodies and harmonies that were pleasing to them without knowing musical theory or how to read or write music. They used to get kicks out of others analyzing their songs. Martin tried to talk them out of singing that last harmony “...yeah” in “She Loves You”. They stuck with it. Martin had brilliant arrangements (like Yesterday), I just don’t think he tampered with their writing.

@chrisgrant7450 4 года назад

All very true. But on this track George did compose and perform the piano (sped up to sound like a harpsichord, I just learned) solo.

@FreeSociety1 3 года назад

Listen (Rubber Soul) to John Lennon's sophisticated melody and chord progression for the song "Girl". Very much like a classical music approach. Lennon did a lot of harmonically complex stuff...listen to John's song "Because" (on Abby Road), or "Julia" (White Album)

@rscottenglish 3 года назад

I believe that Paul composed quite a bit on the piano. This song is quite east if you play it on the black keys starting with C#, Then they just transposed it for the guitar and voice.

@sallyduros 3 года назад

This song is a John Lennon song not a Paul McCartney song. It came to John as he was grieving Stu Sutcliff and others.

@milestrotter6844 3 года назад

I am 15, and I am super into The Beatles! They are a spectacular band, I do not think they're out of fashion, we'll no one else in my entire high school now them but hey I think they're phenomenal.

@i_am_the_eggman Год назад

You gotta choice kid!

@The5thGen 8 месяцев назад

We all can’t have great taste in music.

@anjishnu1812 5 месяцев назад

You have awesome taste, little bro! I'm 27 and can't get enough of The Fab Four. I wish John and George were living today!!

@joelfontenot9293 4 года назад

My 23 year old likes The Beatles. My 11 year old likes The Beatles. I think that little band will do fine for a while. :)

@zesvo 4 года назад

They've got a good beat.

@mr.groove5352 4 года назад

@@zesvo ...and they're easy to dance to.

@davearonow65 4 года назад

I predict great things for this up and coming band.

@marcsullivan7987 4 года назад

My 10 and 13 year-olds love the Beatles

@fm00078 4 года назад

They never did pass that audition.

@youngbloodk 4 года назад

Paul and John were both in church choirs as children. These were old-school, traditional Latin mass choirs, and even if not well trained, they were exposed to some pretty serious compositions. Paul also learned a lot of stuff from his dad who played dixieland and swing I believe.

@MrAschiff 9 месяцев назад

Paul was in a Church choir, not John.

@CupidStunt72 4 года назад

Had this beautiful song played at my younger brother's funeral. He went missing for 6 weeks, & was found in a small stream of water. The very place i had searched previously. He was only 37. Always loved this song Rick & now it's more powerful than ever.

@Yesica1993 4 года назад

I want this at my funeral or parts of it on my tombstone as well. I am sorry for the loss of your brother. Very sad!

@CupidStunt72 4 года назад

@@Yesica1993 thanks !! I'm ok now, time heals. How John wrote this at 25 i don't know !! What a classic. Im my life lyrics on your tombstone would look great !

@Yesica1993 4 года назад

@@CupidStunt72 Music is magical, the way different people can have a different (and yet similar) connection to the same song. Take care.

@CupidStunt72 4 года назад

@@Yesica1993 agreed ! Love how a song changes through the ages, even though it's the only thing that doesn't change

@sanzen1234 4 года назад

used the song for my first dance the only decision I faught for at my wedding and was allowed by the boss lol.

@rome8180 4 года назад

Why couldn't Paul or John (who wrote most of this, btw) have thought of that chord change? Look at "Blackbird" with all its inversions and chromaticism. It seems much more complex to me than "In My Life." There's a video where Paul explains how it derived from a Bach piece. The Beatles learned so many tricks from other music, even if they didn't know what those tricks were called or why they worked. For example, they were using the Picardy third in the early '60s. I doubt Paul knows what it's called even now.

@bernardjharmsen304 4 года назад

Exactly

@TheDwarfInvasion 4 года назад

Agree 100%. I'm sure the writing process was much closer to playing around with chords for a long time until the Beatles heard the sounds in their heads. One thing I noticed as I learn more theory, it's harder to forget it and just listen without analyzing what you're writing with theory. I'm amazed what my friend who knows no theory comes up with. Or what I came up with before I learned. Or things I write without understanding even now. Our ears know more than we give them credit for. If it sounds right, it is right.

@greengrass811 4 года назад

Without a knowledge of musical theory, you can only go so far . I have heard the demos of Beatles songs . They weren't that good . It was Martin and sound engineer George Emerick who made them what they were.

@endi3386 4 года назад

ROLLING STONE That’s absolute rubbish. Musicians like Paul and John know everything that theorists might know in music; but they feel intrinsically rather than have a name for it. They were amazing songwriters and George Martin was very helpful; but they would still have been the best band ever with the same amazing songs

@greengrass811 4 года назад

@@endi3386 Oh shut you ignorant fool . I guess you know more than Rick Beato who fully understands musical theory . Rick has said no way could Lennon or McCartney has come up with such complex harmonies . A friend of mine who is a big beatles fan and knows musical theory says the same . But some beatles fan boy like you who knows jack about music theory knows better.

@martynspooner5822 4 года назад

This was way over my head but I really enjoyed the bits I grasped. I am an avid Beatles lover and believe their music is still relevant.

@judetorpey-aldag7507 3 года назад

Well said.

@kostasjazz 4 года назад

Another amazing video professor. We are so lucky. Young musicians are privileged to have this nowdays. It is definitely not an accident that this channel is one of the most successful music youtube channels.

@zedxxx9 4 года назад

Who could ever be sick of The Beatles?

@emrahu1327 4 года назад

@jchis9852 4 года назад

Apparently John Lennon was.

@Veowkane 4 года назад

No, never get tired of the Beatles

@arturomacias0309 4 года назад

The Beatles are respectfully fucking garbage

@gwmitchell1980 4 года назад

Arturo Macias May God have mercy on your soul.

@vecernicek2 4 года назад

0:28 There is no such thing as being sick of Beatles. Sick from beetles - possibly. I guess. But sick of Beatles? No. Just no. Nope. Nada.

@WellMefisto 4 года назад

They should SEEK for the Beatles!

@jasongress8764 4 года назад

Totally dig the Beatles chord structure/theory. Strawberry Fields is what got me into music production in the first place. It's still amazing how their more "simple" songs were really quite complex. You can never stop learning from the Beatles.

@grooveduststudio 4 года назад

this is music history that needs to be saved and learned from.

@TheUnmitigatedDawn 4 года назад

What makes this song great? "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen

@frankmerendino1855 4 года назад

The melody and chord progression were not changed or in any way written by George Martin...although he often helped them work out vocal harmonies in studio. That was Lennon, with a little help from McCartney. George Martin composed the keyboard solo which he performed at half speed and then sped up to mix it into the track...his music box effect, as it came to be called. That's his main contribution to the song. While much would not have happened without him in the same way, Lennon and McCartney were songwriting geniuses.

@chuckdunlap470 4 года назад

I agree about George Martin being important in ways that are often overlooked, but I think that Paul had far more to do with their harmonies than anyone else involved - including Lennon and Martin. Not only was he a natural, but he in particular had a thing for the Every Brothers. During the time that In My Life came out, Macca was putting out multiple songs a day. And he was (at least then) nothing less than a genius. I'd guess that his piano playing (although some would argue technically not great) gave him the mental makeup for the unique chord structures he came up with. He almost always sang the high harmonies - even though John in his competitiveness said that he could sing higher - and made each of the others songs that much better for it. Listen to him harmonize with John on If I Fell - fantastic! - or the high parts on Ticket to Ride. Another song, one of my all-time favorites is George's Something. The song wouldn't be quite the same without Macca's harmonies. Love your channel Rick!

@garysanning3208 4 года назад

As far as Paul's piano playing being: "although technically not great"... Sorry, dude, guess you've never heard "Martha, My Dear".

@chuckdunlap470 4 года назад

@@garysanning3208, yes Paul is a great musician. Even he has said that this piece was "above my competency"... but nonetheless, he played it as he heard and wrote it. I wasn't bashing Macca at all, he plays very well for someone with no formal training. I was just pointing out where his ear training and interest in different chord progression likely came from. I would also add that had he not been self-taught, he would have been less likely to explore interesting modes and progressions.

@garysanning3208 4 года назад

@@chuckdunlap470... On the "had he not been self taught" part, I'd have to say you made a good point, being self taught, myself.

@HBSuccess 4 года назад

Totally agree. Well said.

@GuilhermeSilva-rp2it 4 года назад

@@garysanning3208 The piano solo in this song was played by George Martin. He played it in a slower tempo, then speeded it up in the studio.

@cullenderoche1589 4 года назад

This is the Music Theory class I WISH they taught back in high school

@jp2times998 4 года назад

Yes yes !! Facts ! 💯💯💯

@stephenderry9488 3 года назад

I hated music lessons in high school. Music teachers were just so dull and only seemed interested in students who were learning instruments. I didn't learn anything about music theory. Now I can sit and read about it on Wikipedia for hours.

@guitardudeguy3139 4 года назад

The greatest band in history! They wrote ridiculously beautiful songs. Most to me were perfect structurally, melodically and lyrically.

@justgivemethetruth 4 года назад

The thing I notice about Beatle's music is that the thing that attracts one to it is that it always plays with your ears. The sequence of the melody seems to switch off between voices leading to an unpredictable quality that teases your ears and makes it very fun to listen to and seemingly different every time you listen to it. The Beatles were as far as I can think were the first ones to really pack this into their music. There is a real difference between writing the lyrics, writing the music, and then producing the song that you point out in your videos. And this is seemingly such a simple song, but there is so much in it that it seduces the ears and is really pleasant to listen to ... not to mention the harpsichord solo.

@scottbrown635 4 года назад

4:26 OK, I have no idea what Rick had to be thinking here. Paul and the other Beatles used that I7 to IV cadence ALL THE TIME. When I'm 64 follows up the exact same way with I7 (C7) to IV (F) to iv (Fm). George Harrison uses it in Something - C7 to F. Paul uses it in Michelle - Ab7 to Db. It's in the bridge of From Me To You - C7 to F. It's in Hey Jude - F7 to Bb. It's in Hold Me Tight - F7 to Bb. It's even in their first #1 hit Please Please Me in the bridge - E7 to A.

@TheChristOfRockNRoll 4 года назад

I also see George Martin's fingerprints all over this song. Sure Lennon wrote the song and lyrics but in my view George Martin refined it as he often did being the producer and also musical mentor of The Beatles. If I remembered correctly from the 1990s released Anthology DVD series Martin did say he was involved in this song and not just because he played the harpsichord solo but also in making Lennon's abstract ideas into much more concrete musical form. Martin stated that Lennon was no doubt a musical genius but Lennon's genius was much more intuitively inclined along abstract lines which meant when Lennon communicated musical ideas to Martin Martin had to speculate to get a sense of what Lennon truly meant. Martin then with his much superior and more sophisticated musical knowledge and music theory then gets to make Lennon's abstract ideas into much more concrete musical terms. On the other hand Martin also stated that Paul McCartney was a also a musical genius and much more along the lines of Martin himself being more knowledgeable on the theory side of music than Lennon and hence being able to express his ideas to Martin along concrete musical terms in a way that Martin can much more easily understand. It's all in that Anthology DVD series.

@lightsandmotionphotoandvid1984 4 года назад

Nothing more than just like an interpreter..

@ThelSuperlKing 4 года назад

I'd say Martin was the brains of The Beatles and the true 5th Beatle (instead of Brian Epstein). Without him The Beatles would have been much the poorer and much less influential as well less sophisticated in their musical outputs. Martin was so influential in creating that Beatle sound much more so than Brian Eno was responsible for U2's sound in the mid 80s to the early 90s.

@sylvainpaquette6485 4 года назад

@@ThelSuperlKing Hahahaha

@nikshmenga 4 года назад

@@ThelSuperlKing Epstein was - at most - the 6th Beatle and you could even argue that Martin was 3rd or 4th. The harpsichord solo was played by Martin on a piano and "sped up" (which is why it sounds so wonky.)

@autistichead8137 4 года назад

HE who IS like GOD they didn’t write their songs. George Martin wrote it

@matthewszymanski7037 4 года назад

The best songs sound simple and inevitable, but you peel away the layers and they have so much depth. You only figure that out when you go from a casual listener to trying to learn and play the song.

@Sweetish_Jeff_ 4 года назад

Rick, I think John Lennon was the principal writer of the song and Paul McCartney might have helped with the bridge and some of the melody, but overall it was Lennon’s song. It always amazes me that he and McCartney wrote this while young men in their early 20’s. Such a beautiful, thoughtful song. And, to those who are anti-Beatles, shame on them. However, I think more young people are turning to this music. I have seen a lot of videos where hip-hop and R&B fans react to Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, The Who, and they are loving it. Great music is great music and doesn’t have an expiration date. Excellent video, Rick!

@justgivemethetruth 4 года назад

I have to think that eventually in time it will be understand that these young men usually were talented but that they were the fronts for a whole production company or very talented and educated older people who all were part of an effort to seduce young people. No doubt Lennon McCartney and countless other musicians were great, but they must have had a production crew behind them at least at some points that were adding things and teaching them and developing their talent. How do 20 year olds come up with stuff like this ... I don't believe it.

@MsAppassionata 4 года назад

justgivemethetruth Everybody has a production crew behind them, but not everyone was as creative and influential as The Beatles. For example, George Martin was a great and indispensable part of their sound, but he never had the same success with any other band. Think about that. Without their own innate talent, all the production crew in the world would not have produced what they achieved musically.

@MsAppassionata 4 года назад

@justgivemethetruth 4 года назад

@@MsAppassionata I did think about that.

@proudfootz 4 года назад

There will always be some who turn to the Beatles, as there will always be some who turn to Sinatra, Miles Davis, or Robert Johnson. But not everything appeals to everyone's taste, so there will always be those who dump on artists that others appreciate. As you say, great music has no expiration date and we are lucky to have the auteur's own interpretations of their material to listen to. Imagine if we had recordings of Bach or Beethoven!

@ronaldganze8965 4 года назад

When a man is tired of The Beatles, he is tired of life.

@TheUnmitigatedDawn 4 года назад

When a man is tired of Queen, they never had any life

@suzramuse 4 года назад

"When a man is tired of The Beatles, he is tired of his wife." 😅 Because she won't stop cranking out George, John, Ringo, and Paul -as they were as the 'Beatles Boys' or the whole lot of their great solo canon. He does indeed complain!😊💘

@jacobadams905 4 года назад

Schismatic Audio i get tired of queen.

4 года назад

You know what they say - too much of a good thing. We need the downs (gap with no Beatles) to 're-'appreciate the ups (well hello again, Beatles)

@GabrielFelix-zl4sq 4 года назад

Marley Hendrix they are most definitely not limited to that. I understand if you don’t like them and I agree with what you said, but you’re just straight up wrong if you’re boiling them down to opera rock

@davidisrael9799 4 года назад

Thanks for doing this Rick! The Beatles are one of my favorites and despite having played guitar for about 15 years, I don't know how to read a lick of music! But I'm learning a lot from your show.

@DanielEBruno-ne9dm 7 месяцев назад

I'm 67 and I'm still in love with the Beatles. The first time I listened to them I thought to myself :They sounded like Angels and I didn't know any English back then in Argentina. It was BECAUSE and blew my mind. I thought I was in heaven.

@eightbars1 4 года назад

Little Richard was the architect of rock and roll. He really turned it up about ten notches. He wasn't first, but without him it wouldn't be recognizable as what we love today.

@MarkMcPeak5895 4 года назад

I agree! Who could ever be sick of some of the best music ever created.

@newwavepop 4 года назад

one of the top two songs that makes me break out into absolute blubbering tears.

@tiktokisthescumoftheearth1530 4 года назад

What's the other one?

@zesvo 4 года назад

What's the other one?

@marissagurney5285 4 года назад

We played this at my dad’s funeral so it always makes me cry.

@VMBFV 4 года назад

@@marissagurney5285 This is a common comment here. Many people have chosen this song to send off their loved ones. Great choice. I wonder if some people explicitly tell their families that they want this song played at their funeral...

@francelaferriere6106 2 года назад

My favourite song.

@miltonyannis3719 2 года назад

People say they never get tired of listening to the Beatles. I also never get tired of reading people's commentary on the Beatles because they constitute a huge and knowledgeable audience, with a variety of perspectives from which we can learn so much.

@GByePorkPieHat 4 года назад

May be my favorite Beato vid to date (and I have many Beato vids/lessons in my favorites list). Thank you, Sir!

@kennethpayne5758 4 года назад

An incredibly beautiful song. My Uncle asked me to sing this at my cousin's funeral. It was ...rough and the song still hits me every time I hear it. Not so much with sadness, but more warmth and reflection. Just a beautifully done song.

@stevecoffey7396 2 года назад

My minor in college (after Navy) was Jazz. A MAJOR chunk of the Jazz Theory Course was Beatles/George Martin use of MODES and their influence of Fusion and rest of contemporary music. That's when I found out WHY we really couldn't play the Beatles in/at High School band ('67 - "71). We just could not figure out what they were doing. What Rick is doing here IS what Whik (professor) did in that class. RICK fabulous job here!

@stockvaluedotcom 3 года назад

When my daughter was about 12 years old she took several of our Beatle CD's into her room, unknown to me. They are still one of her favorite bands over 20 years later. I don't know why that makes me so happy, but it does.

@guydouglas6094 4 года назад

I play this on acoustic - playing open drone strings/altered chords with the melody popping thru. Love this music analysis Mr Beato - I got this pretty good with the music theory. George Martin was a big musical influence on them BUT Paul and John always pushed the musical boundaries. This song, along with A Day In The Life will be talked of ( and listened ) for many more years to come. Love my Beatles.

@jelau4851 3 года назад

Rick, Imagine being in Liverpool, in the high Fifties, with the Music being played then, Four lads just in their Teens, listening and swallowing every piece of music they could learn approximatly, mostly not knowing what they were doing, but in their Guts, lived a magic brute musical Diamond, This is what we saw happen, right in front of our eyes, just like a Butterfly spread its wing and Fly. I guess, we,ll never see this kind of mix rehappen in our living time, this was really a Gift from Life.

@tooxicfox5245 2 года назад

Astonishing song, one of their best if I had to choose. Both music and lyrics hits me every single time, in fact it gets only better the more you hear it.

@shcoopsarasota 3 года назад

Love the way Rick make little mistakes that prove he is only human. As a teacher I know this is real and his passion for the music comes through.

@iamrichrocker 4 года назад

never get sick of the Beatles..so prolific..genius on all accounts..

@disturbunce2335 4 года назад

Rick, you have answered all of the questions I had about this song (and much more). thank you so much for clarifying this. Its been bugging me for years! Amazing work, thank you so much.

@AxCYeR 4 года назад

rubber soul is a great album

@kenikoop 4 года назад

This is one of my favourite Beatles tunes! Man, I can't get over how much you care about music. You are a gifted and talented educator.

@douglasj.arcuri1370 2 года назад

The level of maturity written by a mid 20’s songwriter Lennon is truly remarkable. This song reveals his genius.

@ΠασχάληςΠλησής 4 года назад

So Rick is human after all. But carries on regardless. And his enthusiasm is so uplifting that mishaps misconceptions or plain old mistakes are forgiven. We are so lucky to have him. Thank you sir!

@MohamedHany-ph8kj 3 года назад

PLEASE MAKE A “what makes this song great” on “ I want you ( she’s so heavy ) “ by the Beatles ....PLEASE

@stevegray2091 4 года назад

As many have noted, this song was written by John Lennon. Apparently the tune came to him nearly "whole cloth" while riding a bus to his whole neighborhood. John always felt that the song came "through him", as it expressed a sentimentality that he rarely expressed. Martin may or may not have suggested some harmonies, but Lennon and McCartney both experimented a lot with harmony themselves. (They were known to become aware of a chord or a progression from something they heard or saw on television or the radio, and then write a song around that.) Martin recorded the "harpsichord" solo at a slower speed in the middle of the night to get the song finished. (I personally feel that the keyboard solo doesn't quite reflect the Beatles and it's a bit overblown for this song.) I find that many songwriters who haven't had formal harmony training tend to often drift into modality.

@stevegray2091 4 года назад

Martin's keyboard solo reflects Bach, because it reflects his training as a musician. I really think he came up with it because the band members were being slow in coming up with an idea for the instrumental and he wanted to get the song finished. You may disagree with me, but to my ear, it's a perfunctory keyboard performance.

@odoherty9434 4 года назад

Never sick of the Beatles Rick !!! ♥️

@ranatlas 4 года назад

Excellent video. I love how Rick analyzes songs, note by note, chord by chord, etc. Very educational and entertaining. Thank you so much. I can read music playing clarinet but not while playing guitar. I mean, I can identify the notes but can't translate them to guitar. Looks like I have a lot to learn! Anyway, thanks again. I think this is one of the best videos ever. :-)

@pmberry 4 года назад

Never noticed that A7/G before. *Listens to IML again.* Yep, there it is. Always learning.

@frankmerendino1855 4 года назад

B Major functions as secondary dominant, skips the V chord to a minor iv, then tonic. Ear bending and brilliant!

@soulvaccination8679 4 года назад

Never get sick of The Beatles

@JustPlayingBass 4 года назад

Another great show. It is so important that you keep doing these in depth analysis. It keeps the music alive and will go down in history as majorly significant. Thanks again for all your vids. Stay safe man.

@JohnSparksScotland 3 года назад

I believe that the note you say was a George Martin addition was in fact McCartney as it was in the bass line and was the sort of thing he did with the bass right through the Beatles.

@jeremydemingkassman560 4 года назад

Great stuff, thanks for all the highly informative videos. Can't wait to read my new Beato Book!

@tyrannosauruszeppelin2205 2 года назад

I think John and Paul could have written that chord change. They often used innovative, rare, outstanding and weird chords and changes and scales and everything. This is partially because the Beatles knew no music theory and so they unknowingly created chord changes and sequences that were genius and mindblowing. Songs like Penny Lane, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Michelle, Blackbird, Something, A Day In The Life, Strawberry Fields Forever etc feature such complex and chromatic chord changes that are just as complex or even more complex than In My Life. They were geniuses and I think that they would have come up with this chord sequence, unknowingly or not.

@althealligator1467 11 месяцев назад

Not only did the Beatles know quite a lot of music theory, they just lacked a lot of the established academic vocabulary for it, but the chord progression in this song is far from weird, it's pretty standard, though it makes all the right interesting choices at the right moments. Literally every single song you listed is far, far weirder.

@frettedlogic72 4 года назад

I love this song, it reminds me of my mother who now has passed. My brother and I played it at her memorial. Thank you for deep diving it, it’s a timeless piece.

@dudeatx 3 года назад

You know that scene in Wayne's world when Wayne is talking to Cassandra in Cantonese and eventually just stares into space because he's lost the plot - that's me from about 5 minutes in.

@treblehookmusiccollaborati8405 4 года назад

What a timeless band! Excellent song choice for an analysis to help inspire songwriters

@johnballantyne3458 4 года назад

Thanks for the amazing video as usual, Rick. I'd really love to know your thoughts on the song "Ask Me Why". For such an early Beatles song (the b-side of "Please Please Me" in the UK), it strikes me as being strikingly sophisticated. There's an early recording of them playing it at the Star Club in 1962 and it's exactly as they recorded it later. It blows my mind that John Lennon wrote that when he was only 21, or even younger. I'd love to know where he got the idea to use those chords and harmonic ideas, because he had to hear them on someone's records.

@larrybrown1597 2 года назад

Great presentation. I'm a Berklee alum and harmony was my favorite course. Harmony 1,2,3,4 and modal Harmony. I enjoy the analysis and I agree, it had to be George Martin that jumped into the mix and said let's try a few things, to make this song a bit more sophisticated. The poetry of the lyrics was always there but the musical influence of George Martin was where the magic was found. I remember taking a chord scales for arranging course, and the Beatles were always being used as an example. Also the influence of Little Richard's vocals was everywhere especially with Paul.

@alveydoug 4 года назад

Back To School; love this Rick! For those who don’t already have the Beato Book, Chapter 1 is Thick! It’s the first two terms of College Theory. Of course, you’d get the Ear Training Class in parallel with the theory. Chapter 2 is beyond what we got in second year; it would have been years 3 or 4. And there’s more. I’m having so much fun with my copy. BTW: We didn’t have portable keyboards in the 70s, when I studied, so I used the guitar that I had. Rick made me smile (I used to get critiqued on my voice leadings, that didn’t work on the piano.)

@velvetsteele 4 года назад

This class is such a great lesson. Wow. Please please do more live deep theory diving what makes this song great videos. Great, useful, jam packed with content that is really unique and practical - Thanks Rick!!

@idsschiere 4 года назад

How can anyone ever get tired of the Beatles?

@hallongrotta9114 4 года назад

Their early stuff, they are a 60s popband, much of their stuff sounded pretty much the same, there are alot of bands from that time that sounded like that, and i hear many popsongs now have a simular form as they did, love songs, i have never liked love songs, it just tells me it has unimagineative lyrics, it wasnt until after Norwegian Wood and Yesterday they started making better songs, this is my guess why many people dislike The Beatles

@ShadowoftheRisingSun 4 года назад

@@hallongrotta9114With the Beatles has lots of melodic and song variance to my ears.

@ThisBirdHasFlown 4 года назад

@@hallongrotta9114 Totally disagree. I've never understood this opinion. Their early stuff is very clever... far from generic and unexceptional.

@hallongrotta9114 4 года назад

@@ThisBirdHasFlown i far from agree to that statement

@primahermawan4186 3 года назад

Because they don't really listening, just ignorant

@ianreany3486 4 года назад

Easily my favourite channel. Rick's channel shows off the true power of the Internet! Thank you so much, Rick!

@andreaferrero6533 4 года назад

this is way the Beatles are probably the most covered band of all time: their songs, on top of being famous and therefore recognizable by most people, have in many cases a beautiful progression and melody, that easily leads to beautiful re-harmonizations. Some Beatles covers are stunning, ie Bill Frisell has made a full concert covering John Lennon's songs from the Beatles, and the result is stellar (Rick, you could take any of the songs in the video to make a great analysis on how to re-arrange a song).

@jmaggio909 4 года назад

More than Yesterday? (I much prefer In My Life, but I feel like Yesterday is their most covered song.)

@douglasj.arcuri1370 2 года назад

Kurt Cobain said it best: All music post Beatles are tribute bands.

@douglasj.arcuri1370 2 года назад

@@jmaggio909 It was Yesterday over 3000 covers.The most for a popular song.

@Eliguitar1 4 года назад

Great choice of song rick. The harmony is so rich on this tune. Deep. A perfect song. Sophisticated yet catchy and melodic. Genius. Lennon and McCartney publicly argued over who wrote the music. Paul said he wrote the tune, inspired by Smokey Robinson and Lennon wrote the words. The piano (harpsichord sounding due to double playback speed) was played by Martin and he wrote that melody as well.

@zero-pl3tt 4 года назад

in my opinion john wrote either most of it or all of it, it just sounds very much like a john song to me, although he said that paul helped him on the middle eight. Either way, john was really knocking it out of the park around this time, norwegian wood, nowhere man, girl and in my life, just that would make rubber soul an amazing album, but it has even more great songs on it!

@guyjerry 2 года назад

Amazing analysis. Your knowledge and passion for music is incredible. I disagree though that some of these tricks must’ve been George Martin. I’ve written plenty of songs that use some of these devices, not knowing any theory at the time, and I’m not even 5% the songwriter of Lennon/McCartney. I feel confident they could’ve just done it on their own just by following the muse that spoke so brilliantly and uniquely to them

@eroc4686 4 года назад

Thanks for making this video Rick. It helped me think harder about substitutions. Brilliant teaching.

@kevinburke6938 Год назад

Rick - I didn’t see this 3 years ago, but thoroughly enjoyed it today. I’m working on a chord melody finger style version of In My Life and this has added real value to how I’m working through it. Thank you friend. Kevin.

@burundangle 4 года назад

This episode is GOLD!!!! If you are planning to go to a "Music School", this is worth a semester at least. Rick just saved your ass some money. Thank you Rick!

@norbertk9595 2 года назад

Rick, I'd love to hear you weigh in on the controversy over *which* Beatle wrote this song. Lennon claimed he wrote it & Paul helped on the bridge; McCartney claimed in 1984 to be the principal writer of the song. I'll go with Lennon on this one.

@bunchie1966 3 года назад

It doesn't require the ability to read music to do this, all it requires is the knowledge of how chords relate to each other, which they had. Also, they had a huge repertoire of songs, including pop, folk, jazz, show tunes and much more - as George Martin said, they were magpies.

@peterfitton4529 Год назад

Spot on! The period in Hamburg where they taught themselves show tunes, jazz ballads/standards etc is key to their education as songwriters. Howard Goodall touches on this in his musical analysis of The Beatles, which is on RU-vid.

@ramohemalas7495 4 года назад

Rick all have been rewatching some of your older videos in this evening I just want you to know I have so much respect for you you are such a badd a** you have so much talent and appreciation your Passion rubs off on everyone who watches you thank God you started this channel. I'm so glad Rhett convince you to move forward with this project.. I can really you continue reading a few paragraphs but by to my daughters are getting in bed just had to get this message to you you are truly amazing really appreciate you

@RickBeato 4 года назад

Thank you!🙏🏻

@SeanAsheOfficial 4 года назад

My fav Beatles song , well, one of them

@keithcarr2053 4 года назад

you are fantastic rick you really opened my eyes to these chord progressions

@vernonsmart 2 года назад

Paul most likely would not have been able to tell what the A7/G chord was, but he definitely could have heard it in his musical imagination. It would have been up to George Martin to simply notate it.

@Uglybuttfiend Год назад

They were no doubt musical geniuses, but I'd agree with Rick that they probably didn't think of EVERYTHING, but George Martin's experience filled in the blanks, making it that much better.

@fourthtunz Год назад

Yeah, I think it’s supposition to think that McCartney could not have come up with the chords for the song by himself as we simply don’t know. But knowing that McCartney was an old-school piano player with the old school songs, he continually wrote songs with crazy chord changes. Some of it might’ve been George Martin but generally we don’t know, and I don’t think it’s right to assume.

@comedyriff5231 Год назад

Am I missing something? Why are we talking about Paul when it was John who was the primary composer of this song (as him singing the lead implies) and certainly the verse we are talking about here. Paul helped primarily with the bridge as I understand it.

@Uglybuttfiend Год назад

@@comedyriff5231 idk, maybe Rick mentioned Paul and the OP went with it. You can tell Rick's Beatles knowledge is a little shaky in some details.

@augustmoon0004 Год назад

John wrote this song!

@upsound1 4 года назад

The information from 31 min forward is pure gold! Principles of melody. Need to buy your book. Been creating music since beginning of 70´s. Never thought of these principles.

@Valvey789 4 года назад

I think they picked up the IV minor chord from "Till There Was You," along with augmented and diminished chords. It was their first serious cover of a non-rock song.

@jml-rj5re 4 года назад

Paul listened to a lot of jazz and big band as a child.

@OZRIC1985 4 года назад

What a great video of your analysis of this classic Beatles song! I appreciate you sharing your wealth of musical knowledge with the world, Rick! Thanks!!! :)

@stealthbastard8837 4 года назад

You'll always have something to learn from The Beatles.

@sebp1890 4 года назад

Thanks so much! It was awesome, as often. And I also liked the melody tip at the end. It enlightened my evening and makes me want to play more music! (Got the Beato book last week ! ;-) )

@Ivan-ey4cd 4 года назад

Huo!, this is more interest because defenitly is out of my comfort zone, Im not a Beatle listener, but they have so many and amazing songs. Thanks for you time Rick. Regards.

@MsAppassionata 4 года назад

Ivan 2019 Perhaps you should give them more than just a casual listen. I think it would prove to be most rewarding.

@jpincinjr 4 года назад

You're a freaking genius, Rick. Your intimate knowledge of music blows my mind every single time!

@perfectibility999 4 года назад

"In My Life" might be the best Beatles song, alongside Here Comes the Sun, Let It Be, and a few others. It's hard to pick a best, but this is definitely a contender.

@jamsams 4 года назад

@@chipgaasche4933 one of my favourites of theirs. Beautiful song.

@MsAppassionata 4 года назад

How about A Day In The Life and Tomorrow Never Knows?

@aldojosue3210 4 года назад

She's Leaving Home is one of my top 5

@miguelpereira9859 4 года назад

Too many great songs to pick a best one

@johngalt258 4 года назад

Rick, I get so much out of your videos that I wanted to support your channel. Finally bought your book, hope it’s not over my head! Decided to learn guitar at 58 years old. Am well on my way! Also have my granddaughter listening to the classics at your suggestion. Thanks

@rayraymond2952 4 года назад

Rick, Being 15 years old when the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan in Feb 64 & witnessing the Beatles first hand, & with acknowledging that the Beatles built upon those who came before them, the Beatles were easily the most influential & (because every musician after them were influenced by the Beatles) the most important group in all of rock. If you take all of their songs/albums, they have well over 200 songs that were worthy of being listened to & being enjoyed. No one, ever has ever come close to over 200 non-throw-away songs. Richard

@scottcarroll4970 3 года назад

And....if you think about it....I'll bet you like me, and thousands of other people, consciously or not...know all the lyrics to every one of their songs....

@rayraymond2952 3 года назад

@@scottcarroll4970 Yes, like you, I know the lyrics of all of the Beatles' songs from their start through Sgt. Pepper. After Sgt. Pepper, despite still remaining great, the Beatles became a bit more obtuse & less melodic. Also, I was a bit older & had to attend to other more important things, like being graduated from college, working full time, & becoming a stenographer in the US Army Reserve from 1970-76, to avoid humping an M-16 in the Vietnam jungles. Yes, Ted Nugent, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, Stevie Nicks, Glenn Frey, & I were all born in 1948. :) Richard

@crieverytim 3 года назад

Prince, Bob Dylan, Bowie

@pearloidstrat 4 года назад

Paul has said many times that Brian Wilson gave him the inspiration to play odd bass notes Rick. In fact he has said that the bassline on Michelle (which is on the same album as In My Life) was directly inspired by Brian. And that the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album was the major inspiration for Sgt. Pepper. Perhaps you could analyse God Only Knows, which is Paul's favourite song of all time?

@TheFeelButton 4 года назад

Always funny when you're covering the song I just sat down to record. Thanks for the Research and warmup time Rick!!

@zesvo 4 года назад

I might get the guts to cover this after this.

@TheFeelButton 4 года назад

It's Beatle time @@zesvo !

@zesvo 4 года назад

@@TheFeelButton Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh!

@RaymondBCrisp 4 года назад

Great analysis sir. I have been checking out a lot of your videos, and I must say your knowledge of music theory is impeccable. Thank you!

@mallorga1965 4 года назад

It's impossible to be sick of The Beatles.

@hugh-johnfleming289 4 года назад

My Grandson still has a hard time believing we went to see them as kids. My Dad, not a sentimental man, kept the stubs.

@mallorga1965 4 года назад

@@hugh-johnfleming289 Wow... Lucky you!

@derekkras 4 года назад

@@hugh-johnfleming289 been allergic to this crap all my life ,

@timmaloy8837 4 года назад

From a late blooming bassist, thank you for this video. The few minutes at the end on principles of Melody will keep me busy in the shed for many hours. We appreciate all you do. Thank you.

@merttalay9702 4 года назад

Yeaaaah Mr Beato with new video thats What people want to see.

@santinoalvarado963 4 года назад

I'd been interested in.your Beato book for a long time, but this video (and the discount lol) have sold me! Thanks for the content, and I.can't wait to learn what you have to teach.

@lopezb 4 года назад

We love you Rick!

@NothingBox 4 года назад

Another song like this is Bowie - Space Oddity. I had to Learn it to teach it to a student and I thought it was a simple, four or five chord tune. But he never plays the verse the same twice. Tons of variations. It was an etude for my ear.