WE DIDN'T EXPECT THIS!..The Beatles - Come Together | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION
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John Lennon got so tired of people dissecting their songs to find deep, meaningful lyrics that he wrote this. "Just let them try and find symbolism here," he said.
Yet, it's been said the other band members have said this song is just John's narcissism showing through. The song is literally all about him.
I'm with John. I cant stand people theorizing what lyrics mean. Everyone suddenly becomes a philosopher. Just shut up and enjoy the music.
He actually did that with "I Am The Walrus". He was well-aware that people were looking for hidden meanings in their songs, so he wrote "I Am The Walrus".
@@rocknroller77 what's the issue there though? I can't think of a reason that's a bad thing.
That was “I Am The Walrus”.
Lennon originally was writing a song after Timothy Leary asked him to make one for a political campaign. Come Together is what we got.
They weren't called the greatest for nothing.
The Beatles broke up by the 70's. But by that time they had already influenced generations of youth from the 50's 60's 70's and beyond.
John may be gone but his legacy carries on through time.
There will never be another band like the Beatles.
They were culture changing
They were revolutionary
They are timeless
They ARE The Beatles.
Can we just acknowledge, for a minute, Ringo and Paul's heavy backbeat that keeps this song moving, deliberately and with real purpose throughout?
Yes. Yes we can.
Hence, “BEATles”.
There is just something about this song that reaches deep into the primordial soul of man.
There is a CZcams video that isolates the bass on Come Together. When you hear Mccartney's bass part alone, you realize that everything on their recordings had a purpose and that it helped to make the song 'come together'. Pardon the pun. This was true of just about everything they were doing.
Ringo’s drumming is fantastic here.
Here, there and everywhere!
It's the only bloody time it was... !
When was his drumming not fantastic?
@@andrewft31 Whenever he played for the Beatles.
RAIN! You could listen to either Paul or Ringo in isolation and identify any of their songs. How many groups have that ability?
imagine buying "Abbey Road" when it came out in 1969, putting it on and this is the first thing you hear. it still sounds cool 50 years later. easily their best album.
Yup. That was me. 🤣🤣 And I still love it just as much 50+ years later!
yeah, I still have my vinyl copy I bought in '69. It's worn out, But I have a 2nd copy I bought
10 years ago. It's a masterpiece.
It is an amazing album. Although I would make a case for Revolver as their best, most groundbreaking album.
@@toxsickdog right on man! Abbey Road is right up there for me with Rubber Soul
or possibly the White Album coming in a close 2nd . . . . and I still play them all,
on vinyl as you do, but on a Thorens TD 160 manual turntable. This for me,
playing these old albums, and remembering when they were new,
has got to be a kind of religious experience . . . . {-.-} enjoy
@@jailaye6929 those old thorens tables are fabulous. I have a thorens TD124 mk I that I paid $10 at a yard sale many years ago. . I also have a custom table that I built about 15 yrs. ago & lots of old rock records from 60's 70's & 80's that blows away modern day "music".
The Beatles came out of darkness. They brought light to teenagers. You won't understand, if you weren't there. They changed the world.
That is an accurate assessment.
They arrived a few months after we lost President Kennedy. America was in a dark place and the Beatles brought light and joy. ❤
I am so glad teenagers are discovering them again. They're just what we need right now.
This was especially true after they decided to stop touring. With the time they were spending on the road, they only had bits and pieces to write short pop songs. Once they started concentrating on studio work, the Beatles experimented in so many ways. A totally different group of guys.
Before The Beatles, the world was one way. After The Beatles, the world was another way. They were a cultural phenomenon.
The Beatles. They are the G.O.A.T. No question
... and running ahead of the rest by light years.
@@joan2671 That's not true.
Sorry that would be MJ
I just love how Amber always immediately intuits the heart of a song, now matter what genre. She just feels the music and understands it viscerally every time!
yesterday, here comes the Sun, let it be, all you need is love ❤🇦🇺🙋🔥
Yes... She is always the first to get the emotion of the song
That is John. Probably because I was growing up in the '50s& '60s it always a surprise to learn that folks your age are not familiar with certain artists or songs. Then of course, I don't think my musical tastes have changed since the early '80s. I really do enjoy your reactions, to music new and old.
The Beatles. Six years that changed the music, the culture, the world.
8 actually, Love Me Do came out October 1962
8
We can grant some grace and count from the 1964 Sullivan show :)
Yeah, America only knew about them for about six years
Absofuckinglutely from England.
The Beatles are the most versatile band EVER! They could do it all, and brilliantly. Will always be my all time favorite band.
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The variety of musical sounds, structure, and style is absolutely stunning. Breathtaking.
@@Jackson_PlopThe Beatles like me came from the South end of Liverpool, and this part of the city had the oldest Chinese Community in Europe and a large African community amongst others, but the Beatles were influenced by the black American blues records brought into the port city of Liverpool....so it all makes sense.
@@James-hd6ez The breathtaking part about the Beatles is how far they surpassed their original influences, with the massive input of George Martin, of course. You look at a song like "A Day in the Life," and it transcends genre.
you forgot to mention with no COMPUTERS....
Before the Beatles, people said "That is my favorite song". . . After the Beatles. . . it became "That is my favorite ALBUM".
Great point!
"Come Together" is timeless badass song. It doesn't matter what age/generation you belong too, this song is an anthem. The Beatles were probably the first group that concentrated on hit albums not just hit singles. They were masters at changing their sound with every album, and wonderfully creative. Give a listen to John sounding like an old bluesman in "I want you (She's so Heavy)"
She's So Heavy, WOW! Giving the world chills since 1969. 🎸
"She's So Heavy" has that MONSTER guitar riff - incredible...
I remember Jordan reacting to I Want You: She's So Heavy during the first week or so of the channel- and surprisingly he didn't like it! But I bet if he listened to it now he would love it. It seemed like Jordan's taste really opened up after a couple of weeks, and I wish he and Amber would listen again to the songs from his early reactions.
Troy Jefferson I like to disagree a bit. To me this is a goodass song
They've already did I Want You (She's so Heavy).
Ringo’s drumming is phenomenal, full stop. But on this song it’s particularly good. One only has to hear a few notes from the drums to know it’s Come Together. Great reaction!
The lead guitar by George Harrison is so sharp and crisp and it was George's guitar work in "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" that sent shivers down my spine and tears to my eyes. The headphones pumped level 10 volume directly into my brain. By far the Beatles greatest album.
This album went to #1 the first minute that the first stores opened. It had been sold out weeks before release. I knew a girl who had ordered it months before, she had it first day, the rest of us had to wait. They couldn't press enough records to keep up with demand. The radio station suspended all normal programming and spent the entire day just playing songs from this album on rotation. There has never been a record release from any other performer with a recording that was treated like that. I stayed home from high school just to listen to the album on the radio. It was worth it.
Aerosmith does an incredible cover of this song. In fact when my mom was still living if you asked her who Aerosmith is she'd say the guys that did a Beatles song,
Yes, great story! And LOVE their cover- Surely hoping they react to it...🤞🏼🤞🏼
Have you heard Michael Jackson’s cover? It’s awesome. It’s the official video, it’s on CZcams.
Horrible cover 🤮
They are still considered the most influential band of the 21st Century and yes...Amber... it's because they put out more hits in 7 years than all other bands in a lifetime!
I’d debate the most influential in both centuries, there hasn’t been any band like them ever since who literally changed the landscape of music.
@@andreshernandez1180 Thanks for your feedback. I agree with your reply so i've edited my original statement.
The Beatles grew right before our eyes, their music changed with every album
Every member of the band shines on this track: one of Paul's best-ever bass lines, Ringo's fabulous drumming and George's delicious guitar lines.... and of course, John's incredible voice and the whole vibe of the song. "Come Together" just gets better and better every time you listen to it! The Beatles were the masters. You two nailed it!
The Beatles catalog is so deep that they have an album (One) that is entirely their number 1 songs... And it has 27 tracks. 27!!!! Not every version of themselves suits everyone, but if you can't find an era to like there's something wrong. 😃
The greatest and most influential band ever , PERIOD!
Yep.
Yep.
Yep.
I wouldn't say "the greatest "....
It depends how you define the word "great" but for me The Beatles are the most significant and influential band in history without question.
Ringo is genius on this track. Amber looked like she was digging this deeply . You may want to play this again later Rob.
absolutely loved their reaction haha.....
Again, it was Paul, not Ringo. Ringo has confessed that he was too drunk in those days to play well.
@@Frankie5Angels150- That’s Ringo. 🥁
@Frankie5Angels150 You are so idiotically wrong. Paul and John both complimented Ringo for his drumming on this track.@@Frankie5Angels150
As always, Ringo is spot on. He has such a great feeling for what a song needs, and nothing more.
Oh so true! For whatever reason (maybe because he's over shadowed by the greatness of the other three) Ringo tends to get a bad rap with some people. Not giving him the props he deserves. But Ringo was/is awesome. Eclectic, intuitive, immersed. Ringo was/is as much of a god as the other three. Peace and love, Ringo!
Exactly. I often think that. Never flashy, never showy, just inconspicuously being fantastic.
Ringo Starr had the knack of coming up with the perfect drum beats for every song. This song is no exception.
That is why John Bonham sent his son to Ringo to learn the play the drums.
@@johnmelone8424 A fact I didn't know!! Thanks!
Exactly this why he was so good, he always knew how much or how little to put down on tracks a master.
That’s because he was left handed drummer 🥁 he played with his shoulders
Ringo Starr wasn't even the best drummer on the Beatles ;-)
The evolution of The Beatles is almost the history of the 60's. Thanks Kids!
Every song is a trip. No one trip is a like! That’s what makes the Beatles so great!
John and Paul's harmonies are haunting, and the most spine-tingling riff ever.
@@jk4675then who did?
@@randywhite3947 John did his own backing vocals. Paul was hurt that he wasn't asked and said so in a later interview.
himself@@randywhite3947
@@Robertj64You are very wrong.
Paul doesn't sing at all on this,it's only Lennon's voice in the whole song.
Anyone who thinks Ringo wasn't a great drummer needs to listen to this. His concept and execution of this drum part is masterful, and unlike anything coming before it. Simply brilliant!
Beatles "Helter Skelter" is a must listen if you think this song is good in a different way!
Yep and Motley Crue covered that one. Aerosmith this one obviously. Yeah they need to check out the original Helter Skelter.
That song may or may not have created heavy metal
@@pjm8395_ I don’t like the whole metal thing and Helter skelter. It’s distorted and screamy. But it has nothing in coming with even early metal. It’s way closer to a punk or garage rock sound.
A masterpiece! John’s nonsense lyrics, Paul’s groovy bass, Ringo’s brilliant drumming. This is off the iconic Abbey Road album.
And one of my favourite loves songs ever, written by George Harrison.
@@leemerewether Aren't you confusing "Come Together" with "Something"? That is a love song written by GH on the same album.
John's lyrics are not nonsensical if you listen to it while you are blasted!🤣
@@IwasInThe60s “ nonsense” refers to the Lewis Carroll form of writing with wordplay, not “ nonsensical “ which means ridiculous.
@@TheDivayenta I stand corrected.
I am 73yrs I grew up listenting to the Beatles , for me there is no iconic number , they were all individual and brought feelings that I knew but could not express , but made me feel normal !!
I was not alone !!
I am seventy 1 sending appreciation from Canada thanks reliving this song
The key to the Beatles is that their music is all over the spectrum. You can't pigeon hole them to just one style, and say that is the Beatles sound. They were so experimental over their "short" time together, and they made a wide range of different types of songs. Please check out A Day in the Life, Don't Let Me Down (live rooftop), Revolution, Penny Lane, Eleanor Rigby, Let it Be
THIS!!!
THEY were a style of their own!!!
Not only were they all over the map stylistically, but in many cases they were the first, and others copied their style and became known for it. But the Beatles were the catalyst.
Stay tuned you will see Don't Let me Down eventually.
They even let Ringo sing lead vocal on a couple of country tunes.
The Beatles catalogue is huge and deep. I couldn't even recommend songs because there are SO many great tunes. OK how about a song the Beatles HATED but fans loved "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Ew! Definitely not one of my faves but to each their own.
Lennon: “granny shit music”
@@scottelement LOL...I said that in my "John Voice". LOVE him. RIP...
That's kind of partially true. Paul of course, loved this song but because of his obsessive perfectionism in recording it the other Beatles got very, very sick of it. The truth is, amongst the Beatles if they really hated a song, anybody could veto it. So, they didn't start out hating the song but the recording experience was so unpleasant they came to hate it ( except for Paul)
I like it. it's barrel-house piano music, which is definitely an old-timey genre, but a good one. You don't have to be ultra-cool all the time. it's just a fun song, and very well constructed. I play it on the piano. The syncopation is not easy.
The Beatles. Hit after hit. Anything they did was gold. I own almost every song they published. You can play any one, it rocks.
This is one of their masterpieces. I remember when it was released so well….the Beatles were GOAT.
Yes, The Beatles are definitely all they're cracked up to be. They broke so much ground with their recordings, so much that we take for granted today. I'd suggest checking out Tomorrow Never Knows, one trippy trippy song! Also I Am the Walrus and Strawberry Fields Forever are must hears.
Don't forget Uncle Albert. lol
90% of their catalogue is a must hear
Tomorrow Never Knows and I Want You (She's So Heavy), John had a thing for heavy improv to say the least! I still get goose bumps from these guys, the human race at its most musically creative.
Now do the " flip side"....It was a single ...back when vinyl ruled the air waves.."Something" written by George is the gorgeous ballad that accompanied Come Together & followed it on their great Abbey Road album.
@@vicprovost2561 Jordan already, way back, reacted to “I Want You, She’s So Heavy” and he panned it.
Paul’s beautiful, enormous bass, to me, is what really gives much of the power to this “John song”. Whole band sounds so perfect on it though.
Ringo nailed it on drums!
John brought this song in as a demo that sounded way too similar to Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me. Paul recognized this right away and suggested making it swampy and then added his bass and piano. This song is as much Paul's as it is John's IMO
@@ewest14 Nice! Thanks for the details. Yeah, I put "John song" in quotes because... Paul, too.
True, likewise Looking through a glass onion off the White Album
Exactly, I wish more people realized that Paul acted like a producer next to George Martin in their last few albums. His skills in composition are next to none.
Ringo. What would other drummers have come up with? Ringo just so sublime.
Absolutely. He was one of the most imaginative drummers in rock.
I was born in 1954. I grew up with the Beatles. Every release was an event. The were so HUGE they could not be in public. They pull you in to every single they wrote and that is nearly 200. And everything they did was absolute genius.
Absolute genius…every song? Including the early stuff? Really? I was born in ‘56. Watched them on Sullivan. Love The Beatles. But no somehow songs such as “Love Me Do” or “Do You Want To Know A Secret” or should I continue? Neither was every song from their studio years “absolute genius”. This is your opinion, I know, but fanatical comments deserve a rebuttal.
Unlikely I’ll easily find your comments again, should you chose to reply to me, but I’ll try should you do so.
The flip side of the 45 record "Come Together" was called "Something". It's another very awesome song too! And yes. I still have the original Apple 45 vinyl release!
A George song, too 🙂
Imagine having possibly the greatest ever love song,Something on a b-side!!
My God,I’m SO fortunate to have been born in ‘54,I had it all.
The 60’s was magical,and these boys were driving it.
They United the planet.
Most singles had a "A" side (the song the group wanted you to hear) and a "B" side (often a minor throwaway). But "Come Together"/"Something" was a double-"A"-side single. One just as important as the other.
(They'd done this before with "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Field Forever", back in 1967. That was Paul and John's respective salutes to the Liverpool of their boyhood. Also amazing, of course.)
I have a 45 under Capital Records that is I Wanna Hold Your Hand on one side and the flip side is I Saw Her Standing There.
Hey guys what's up. Surprised you say it's your favourite. Have you done "Something" it's a beautiful song. Also try "The Long and Winding Road" "Yesterday" "Help" so many classics to choose from. Much love from England 🏴
It's ejaculate over me. Wow wake up.
Beatles are pretty much the foundation for a shit ton of songs from the 60's to now. They were progressive, innovative and so far ahead of their time. amazing
I remember seeing Paul McCartney in concert years ago, and when he began this song, the whole stadium erupted in cheers. It doesn't matter whether you first heard it in the 1960s or the 2020s, this song is IMMORTAL! Fun and funky for the whole world.
I grew up with The Beatles. I remember seeing them on Ed Sullivan in 1964 when I was 5. My eldest sister was a Beatles fanatic. She would listen to their albums all day long. "Come Together" is one of John Lennon's finest songs from the second era of the band (1967-70).
After the Beatles discovered psychedelics and they visited India, the songs shifted from simple "happy go lucky" pop tunes to songs with deeper, cryptic meanings. All 4 members wrote songs with John Lennon and Paul McCartney writing 80% of their music. Please don't ignore the quiet, spiritual guy, George Harrison (Here Comes the Sun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Something) and the fun dude, Ringo Starr (Octopus' Garden, Yellow Submarine and With a Little Help from My Friends).
Oh if only I could have that joy of hearing the Beatles for the very first time! 50 years later, I've heard every song, every note probably a thousand times, and they have never failed me. Lift my spirits, clear my mind, help me think.....RIP John and George.
I am with you on this. Listening the The Beatles is my safe space, happy place!
Couldn't have said it better
I WAS THERE!! When the BEATLES stormed America, I was 13yrs old!! And they shook us teens and others to our very core!! They were a sheer breath of fresh air, PURE DELIGHT!! The music was SO, SO DIFFERENT and EXCEPTIONAL!! We COULDNT get ENOUGH of them, and the Fab Four just kept pumping the songs out!! It’s like they couldn’t help themselves!! They just had SO MUCH over flowing talent!! IT was a fantastic ride, and I’m still on it!!
@@foofookachoo1136 absolutely. The Fab Four rule 4ever! 🎶💕
@@buddyneher9359 👍👍👍👍
John Lennon was awesome in this song as the lead. He did a tremendous job in writing this piece.
I remember they used to fly BEA which was British European Airways and they would have TLES added to the logo and on being interviewed after their first gigs in the USA the reporter said how did you find America John replied turn left at Canada .
I usually don’t comment on Beatles reactions because I can’t stop. I just want to say I’m thrilled at your genuine reaction to this song. Enjoy.
Great reaction! And yes, the Beatles are so talked about, I'm sure many people have just never bothered to listen to them. But the fact is...in the 7-8 yrs. they were together their talent, growth and influence really was a one of a kind music miracle that we'll never see again.
Love Paul McCartney's bass line in this. This song kicks off the Abbey Road album.
The bass and drums definitely drive this song.
I’m recently noticing that Paul’s bass lines are consistently outside the box and utterly sick. Pay close attention to him next time you hear Hey Bulldog. It’s like……wtf?
But who stole Paul's shoes? Oh, that's right. He was the walrus.
Paul McCartney is still considered one of the world’s best bass guitarist.
@@demonhoopa Yeah, Paul is not only a great songwriter, he is also a really great bassplayer, his bass lines are often extremely musical and intricate and really adds to the song.
My favorite Beatles song too, and I'm 67. Thank you.
Keep in mind the Beatles developed and improved as time went on . Their early music is simple straight rock and ballads , short 3 minute songs , feel good kinda tunes. Then the music became more complex and diverse, you can literally experience their journey if you listen to the albums in chronological order.
they refused to cruise, evolved constantly, kept us guessing and loving them more each album. So grateful that they are now in my soul. Bet you were thinking we were over loving on the Beatles. Nah, keep diving you have LOTS more to experience and love, my sweets.
But even their early feel good songs were very catchy and much better than most imho!
But oh I love those early, feel good songs. :)
They definitely did evolve, but they were complex at the beginning as well here, there and everywhere and the song yesterday try playing those on guitar crazy cords and a lot of them!
This one is from the "Trying to Figure Out What They Meant" phase of Beatlemania...
When the Beatles quit touring (because the sound systems of that time were not adequate and they were unable to be heard over the crowds sceaming), they put their time into the studio fine tuning their songs, using the best production techniques of the '60s. There is a definite change from pop to almost experimental.
You two have many more suprises coming.
I saw them in '64, '65 and'66. SAW them, didn't HEAR them. Couldn't hear a damn thing for the screams. It was like a jet engine in your ears. Top ticket price $5.50.
@@susieq9801 Can you imagine a group nowadays that just QUITS touring? I don't think any band in this day and age could survive without 'supporting' their album sales.
@@nickmitsialis - Touring didn't make them much money back then. Album sales did and they knew how to make great albums. They sold whole albums full of great songs. Most groups sold LP's with one or two good songs and a bunch of fillers.
@@susieq9801 Oh I bet! These bands would bust their "hynies" to drive interest in their albums but the genius of the Beatles is that they made truly amazing albums.
I just bought "!" their collection of number one hits, and it still doesn't include many of the Beatles songs I loved. I keep telling myself: the Beatles had 27 NUMBER ONE hits; some bands don't even have 27 worthwhile songs in their play lists.
@@susieq9801 If you haven't seen it yet, check out the documentary from Ron Howard "Eight Days A Week-The Touring Years"
It's very well done using a lot of never before seen footage and shows exactly the limitations of the time. There is a point where the four guys knew it was over, as they slid around in the back of a delivery truck to be snuck out of a venue so they could escape the fans.
What;'s amazing is that they were only big for 8 years before they broke up and still they produced so many hits in so many different styles.
My nomination for the most underrated band ever. I've been listening to them for 50 years and I'm hearing things and thinking, wow.
I don’t think The Beatles would ever be considered underrated. They were the greatest band of all time and will remain so because young people are now discovering their music. I grew up listening to The Beatles and only now realize I lived and grew up with bands like this!
Guys, you really need to do YOURSELF a favor and listen to everything the Beatles did in Chronological order to hear the growth and progression. They changed the world of music during their 8 years together putting out music, and they changed the world in so many ways. As a diehard fanatic, they were together before 1962 when their 1st single was released. There is sooooo MUCH great music in the Beatles catalog. You will find many, many, many more "favorites" if you listen to the entire catalog. Great reaction.
Yes!! Come Together is a banger!! This was a different sound for them when I first heard it.....I was so use to "Strawberry Fields" and "Help" vibe....it has a funk feel to it.
wow, I can't in any way compare the vibe of "Strawberry Fields" to "Help". For me it is different universes.
Heard this all the time growing up in my dads car on the radio in the late 00s early 2010s
Ringo's drumming on this track is simply chill AF. The fills on the HH and toms hit my soul each and every time
The Beatles could do no wrong. They had something for everyone. I remember when this song came out on AM radio it was over 4 minutes long! That was un-heard of back then.
It was never that long.
"Like a Rolling Stone" released July 1965, made no.2 Billboard, over 6 minutes long. Going by it's chart position and record sales it was heard back then.
@@octurn Hey guys, I was 10! Any song that didn't begin with a 1, 2 or 3 was a long song! LOL
1964 - Animals "House of the Rising Sun" was 4:29 and the longest #1 to that date (UK only - the Yanks thought it was too long so cut it to 2:59 to fit under 3 minutes for radio play).
They absolutely could not do any wrong! Hey Jude, in 1968 went to number one pretty unheard of
Yes, The Beatles can surprise you with their musical diversity. From Eleanor Rigby to Yellow Submarine and Help! to Helter Skelter. Glad you liked this one. It's one of my favorites!!
I put Yellow Submarine on repeat in my car and sing along every word, I must look crazy.
“can”??
Will.
MACCA's bass playing was revolutionary
"Give Peace a chance" - Girl ;)
What makes them great, in my opinion, is their musicality. I don't mean musicianship, but their ability to write the tastiest music. If I want musicianship, I listen to my top 3 bands; Led Zep, Rush, Pink Floyd. But it's just magic when those 4 lads 'come together'. They literally changed the music landscape. And you can listen to that panorama; everything from Eleanor Rigby or Norwegian Wood to something like Helter Skelter. And they all had successful solo careers as well. Truly an original, life-changing coming together of beautiful musical souls.
EXACTLY!!
Synergy.
I agree, but what was amazing to see in the "Get Back" documentary was that they were all polymaths, if that's the right word. Each of them was proficient in piano, guitar, bass, and drums. Ringo came in and randomly started playing the piano, so Paul took the drum kit while John played bass. Or George would sit in on drums while Ringo strummed a guitar. I think that breadth of talent from *every* member HAD to have been a key element to their songwriting genius.
@@Johnny_Socko absolutely. But by their own admission, there was a lot they didn't understand musically. They just, as you said, worked it out. So much creativity and ability.
"Come Together" was another in a long string of Double A sided hits from the Beatles. (Most singles released back then -- by "singles," we mean 45 RPM records -- had an A side and a B side, and top 40 radio usually only played the A side. But with the Beatles, most of their singles had double A sides, and both sides got significant airplay.) The flip side of this particular single was arguably one of the most beautiful love songs ever written (so said Frank Sinatra), a George Harrison composition called "Something."
There is a line of demarkation in Beatles music. Since most of what you've heard from the Beatles has been from 1966 and earlier, it's fair to say you've been listening mostly to songs that came before that line of demarkation. I define that line as being pre-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and starting with the release of their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. That's when the Beatles music took a serious creative turn and they got much more experimental in the studio. One could argue (and they'd probably be right) that the real line of demarkation is between the early days when they were touring, and the music they created AFTER the stopped touring and devoted themselves to creating amazing music strictly in the studio. (Both lines are around the same time, give or take. So it's probably no accident that Sgt. Pepper's seems to manifest as an apparent dividing line.). Okay, I'm getting MUCH too analytical here. Bottom line is, the Beatles were mostly 3 guitars and drums up to the Sgt. Pepper's album (with a few notable exceptions), and then the whole spectrum of symphonic sounds opened up to them starting with Sgt. Pepper's.
Come Together is a bit of a throwback inasmuch as the sounds in it are mostly comprised of what you can get from three guitars and drums (there is some keyboard and mellotron in it, too). But that muted sound in the intro that runs throughout much of the song is unmistakably a Beatles/George Martin creation. George Martin, by the way, was their Producer, and while there may have been much discussion about who the "fifth Beatle" was (was it Pete Best? was it Billy Preston?), I would argue it was George Martin all along. He's the one who they collaborated with to come up with many of the sounds that even they didn't know would be possible to get. Martin was a genius. You would do well to Google him and read up on his amazing life.
To me, the line of demarcation is the "Rubber Soul" album, followed by the "Revolver" album.
The real demarcation (spelled with a C not a K, for future reference) for the Beatles is arguably Rubber Soul, which is when their recording process changed from the strict EMI mandated 3 hour formal sessions to recording as long as they wanted to, a very big change. It's also the last album that contained songs they performed live. Revolver is another arguable demarcation point. They have a new engineer who is as full of ideas as the Beatles themselves. They're taking LSD and their consciousness is expanding, Revolver is often called the best Beatles album, as if there could be such a thing. Sgt. Peppers really continued the massive progression that began at Rubber Soul. If anything, the three of them together constitute the demarcation point of the growth and artistic progression of this singular historic phenomenon called The Beatles. IMHO, of course. Cheers!
I'd agree with the above. Rubber Soul was the first album where they started to experiment, and by Revolver, they were in full experimentation. If you want to draw a line, it's between Beatles For Sale and Rubber Soul; Revolver it's arguably their most experimental album ever.
No group or band has ever been greater than the Beatles, and I'm sure I can say with confidence, that I greatly doubt that will ever be a group or band again who will ever be as big as the Beatles From This Day Forward or at least from much much the Eon of time.
At least we had MJ who simply owned the music industry and cemented him as the biggest selling musician ever
@@Keekz123 you are right, between Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis those are the 4 largest in all of music history so far.
If you like the Beatles, listen to Helter skelter. It is considered the very first hard rock song ever written. Paul sings that John is playing the bass guitar. Ringo has a infamous yell at the end of the song is actually about a roller coaster.
The Beatles are my fave by far. However, Helter Skelter was not the first hard rock song. The internet may say that in some places, but as we all know, the internet is frequently wrong. Even the Beatles themselves admitted that Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced would be the recipient of that title. This was one year before the so-called White Album. Even the Beatles themselves admitted that Jimi was the pioneer of hard rock, and so much more. Jimi's genius in no way, diminishes the Beatles' genius. All of these folks were pioneers, who literally changed the world.
This came out about the time that a rumor was circulating that "PAUL WAS DEAD!" 😱 and supposedly this song was the "confirmation". The verse that says, "one and one and one is three" - signifying only 3 Beatles now. The "feet below his knees" is supposed to be bare feet in the coffin. The cover shows Paul crossing the road barefooted - which is supposed to be a very bad omen. The "come together over me: The Funeral, and MANY other verses, etc. that was supposed to lend credence to the rumor! It was even said that if you played the song backward it would literally say "Paul is dead!" Needless to say, it certainly HELPED album sales and there were weeping teenage girls everywhere!!
Plus their were clues going back to Strawberry Fields Forever, is he saying cranberry sauce or I buried Paul? The Sgt Pepper cover looks like a funeral
This conspiracy theory, is implying that Paul died, in an automobile accident.
There was an accident, but the rest is projection.
I looked at this theory, from many angles, and though I would think, that a clone from Pepperland, would be astounding, I don't think, the evidence supports that.
What sealed it for me, that today's Paul, is the genuine article, is when Sean Lennon, asked about his grandmother, in a recent interview, and Paul's answer, could not have painted a clearer memory, of who she was, and their interactions.
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Also if you slow down the beginning it sounds like a shovel full of dirt getting tossed onto a coffin!!!
Yaa Buddy! I remember that. I played that Abbey Road album until the wore through it.😊
This entire album Abbey Road is a masterpiece, it’s like a Pink Floyd album, the songs blend into each other and it has to be played straight through.
@@hankhill1738 Abbey Road is probably the best album ever made. Then comes Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and Rubber Soul. No other group holds a candle to them.
Side B of Abby Road is the best of all.
I would sit thru an entire album review by RSR if they did Abbey Road.
@@hrussell9677 he was talking about how the songs blend. The Abbey Road experience is very different from that of Dark Side.
help, revolver and rubber soul are way better than any later album, including abbey road
In 5 years from she loves you to this no band could achieve this , love The Beatles
Another great English Band you should listen to...... The Dave Clark Five!!! Glad all over! Great song with a lot of energy and great beats!!
LOL - one day I was talking to someone and clapped my hands together and said "I'm glad all over, glad all over" Only the other boomer in the room got it.
Because, and one of my faves, you were on my mind.
not anywhere near the same level of talent
John Lennon's last true masterpiece with the Beatles. Recorded over the last 10 days of July 1969. Come Together gets brilliant performances from all the Beatles. Starting with Ringo's drumming (with towels over his tom tons). George, who applies his first slide guitar solo that would become his trademark in the 1970's. Paul, whose bluesy bass riff propels the song from the get go and his harmony vocal is outstanding. No wonder Come Together is listed by John as one of his favorite Beatles tracks. Great reaction you two. Cheers, RNB
@@northernlight2598 I struggled with that myself Northern Light. 'Because' was recorded right after Come Together. A certain masterpiece for any other band, but the Beatles set the bar so unbelievably high. So that's why (IMHO) 'Because' is a rung below Come Together on the Masterpiece Ladder. Cheers, RNB
Yeah, and it sounds like Paul used his Rickenbacker bass on this
@@northernlight2598 Without the "struggle' it would be as you say, a pronouncement. The 'struggle' is the evaluation and re-evaluation. We are having discussions in a forum where we share ideas and in turn, return comment. It is fantastic. This is the Beatles we are talking about, not pound cake recipes .A volatile topic (the Beatles, not pound cake :-) if there ever was one. If you find my statement 'arrogant' so be it. You are certainly entitled to your point of view and I will fight for your right to offer and defend it. My only request is myself and others are provided the same opportunity. Adieu, RNB
@@patty.baffert Thank you Patty. I truly appreciate your kind words. Best wishes, RNB
@@Barb5001 My understanding is Paul solely used his Rickenbacker 4001 on all of the Abbey Road songs in which he is playing bass. You have two great ears Barb5001. Best wishes, RNB
The Beatles were gifted but they were also workaholics. The perfect recipe for greatness.
Brings back so many memories from 1969. An old friend, Murph the Surf, LOVED this song thinking Lennon was brilliant for the lyrics, “hold you in his arms till you feel his disease” “one and one and one are three. Feet below his knees.
Abbey Road is one of those super gamechanger albums...maybe the superest of them all. really. needs to be listened to in its entirety, in sequence
Gotta agree, I am 70 years old and have listened to all the greats but the Abby Road Album is the GOAT of all albums. I never considered myself a Beatle freak but I have to admit that they collectively produced the best and most varied music of the whole rock era. Listen to this like I do on vynal and it blows me away.
Ringo Starr really carries this song with his drums/percussions. The Beatles all contribute in one way or another on this collaboration.
And Paul’s bass too.
The beat was awesome… but we never under stood exactly what they were trying to tell us…but one thing he wants to tell is we gotta be free!
Ringo is an extremely underappreciated drummer.
Joined by Billy Preston on the electric piano.
Ringo's drumming is so unique. If you only played me the drum track of this song and nothing else, I would still be able to identify the song. Same with "A Day in the Life" and "Ticket to Ride". He is so imaginative in creating the right beats for the song.
The beautiful thing about the Beatles is that their music is both universal and individual. Appealing to all, but also appealing to all in their own individual way. Peace and love to you.
Individually very talented artists...together they are phenomenal.
Lennon's voice, McCartney's bass and back-up vocals, Starr's drumming...it all came together!!!
A LOT of people sleep on Paul's base skills, he was the heat
And Harrison's gorgeous guitar.
Harrison's tasty guitar and I assume Billy Preston on electric piano? Gives it a little bit of Doors vamp. love it.
@@bobtausworthe2671 Actually Paul McCartney is credited with the piano
@@aitornavarro6597 Yeah thanks! I looked it up too after writing this and found that John asked Paul to overdub a "swampy" fender rhodes keyboard part. I had just assumed Billy played this as well since he played on Something and She's So Heavy.
They tried every genre, and even made up some new ones!
Their songs were so varied that everyone could find something they like in their catalog… and that hasn’t changed.
From Rubber Soul in ‘65, they had a tremendous ally and mentor in Sir George Martin, who produced their albums.
Billy Preston became the “6th Beatle” because Martin was already the “5th”.
Imagine being 13 years old when this album came out and your older brother puts it on the turntable for the first time. i spent a lot of time trying to understand the words, and concluded it was Dylan Thomas-esque free verse. I had never thought of it being bluesy, but you are so right, Jay, it is the Blues. 55 years later, and you opened my eyes up!
John had heard funk down in the Caribbean on vacation and started to come up with this song. He explained on several occasions that each verse is about one of the Beatles.
They changed music as we knew it and I got to witness the transition and diversity of their sound. Part of my childhood. Truly great!
This was the stage the Beatles went through when they were experimenting with different “substances”. This is why the Beatles covered so many different topics, lyrics, instrumentations, etc. They were masters and changed everything.
Recognize most of the Beatles you don't know. From the wholesome, mop-topped "Liverpool Lads" to the heroin addles hippie mystics, they mirrored the changes in the world culture. There are SOOOOO many more songs you really need to hear by the Beatles.
The greatest band in the history of the world. And that is not subjective. It is objectively a correct statement.
Another one of The Beatles masterpiece’s. Another track of theirs you never tire of hearing. Each and every member of the band at the top of their game.
I Want You (She's So Heavy) is another great "darker" and "harder" sounding Beatles song. They were just some wildly talented dudes, capable of producing a wide variety of sounds that became influential for a broad range of musical genres.
He did that one a while ago and didn’t like it. It wasn’t the right first Beatles song for him to start off with
Definitely listen to I Want You (She's So Heavy). You'll love it. It was fun watching you guys dig this song.
Very much John's song until the rest of the Beatles join in and you have a killer bass, knock out drums and staggeringly good lead guitar. This is why they are not overrated. Just the best ever
I was very privileged to see the Beatles live
In the Summer of 1963 live in Llandudno
I will never forget it, I was just 15 years old
Y'all, I love watching you guys discover old music, and it genuinely brings tears to my eyes to see people younger than me getting into this old, yet somehow timeless, music. I just recently started diving into the Beatles myself, after dismissing them for years, and you guys are going through the same feelings i went through discovering these songs. It's really beautiful. And you've barely scratched the surface. In just 8 years of recording music, these guys completely changed the face of music. It's so awesome to see more young people like us getting into them.
Ringo's drumming and Paul's bass really make this song what it is.
their(Beatles) Psychedelic period started in 1966 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, I am a Walrus, Rain, and 12 others but Come Together really has that vibe.
I actually prefer the psychedelic Beatles.
Ringo new how to lay down a perfect beat. Never over did it because he accompanied the the three best singers and writers in rock history.
Abbey Road is an absolute masterpiece best listened to front to back as loud as you can handle
When this song was released as a single the song on the flip side of the record was "Something." Possibly the best Side A/Side B combo ever.
Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane is in that conversation as well
Best A/B side ever is If I fell / And I lover her
Paperback Writer/Rain ? Hey Jude / Revolution ?
Actually, I always thought that the"I wanna hold your hand" single was the best A/B combo they put out." I saw her standing there" was the B side. Two hit songs on one 45. This was unheard of back then.
She loves you and I'll get you.
Love the Beatles. My favorite is "In My Life". You might want to listen to Steven Tyler's version of Come Together. Lots of grit. We also had Bealtemania. This group created a fan base unlike anything you have ever seen. When fans heard they were at a hotel, there would be a sea of people waiting outside for a glimpse. If they saw them on the street, they CHASED the Beatles. So deep was the fan base, it has endured for 60 years. Watch the movie "Hard Days Night" for a glimpse (plus really good music).
❤ IN MY LIFE!! IT'S MY FAVORITE by the BEATLES also!!
In My Life is a wonderful song ... I even love Ozzy Osbourne's cover of it!
Steven Tyler's tribute to Paul at the Kennedy Center with a great mix of Beatle tunes was great! Not to be missed for any Beatle fan...❤️
They seem to enjoy Steven Tyler.
Yes, Aerosmith's cover of this song is great.
Yes they could do anything. Beatles Forever.
The Beatles are the blueprint of music. I love what you said, Amber about eating your words comcerning them. There will never be a band as diverse and innovative as they were, that includes Pink Floyd. Like my t shirt says, I may be old, but I got to see all the great bands. and i did! tHANKS FOR INCLUDING US IN YOUR jOURNEY. tRY MORE hARRY nILSSON AND TRY bLOOD sWEAT AND ttEARS.
This is the first song on arguably The Beatles greatest album, Abbey Road. And you are correct they are everything they are cracked up to be... and more. If you liked Come Together, you should check out I am the Walrus. VERY trippy.
The Beatles are simply amazing, on these songs Billy Preston joined them to add a whole new vibe. So good