If you think this is good, just wait til you hear the actual final version as released on the album. This is just an outtake, a practice version in the studio.
Alex Gitter YES! You must listen to the final finished version on the “Let It Be” album. Sir Paul McCartney wrote this in memory of his mother who died of breast cancer when he was a teen. When he was born n such pain and despair over his mother’s illness, she would comfort him by telling him to “let it be. Everything will be alright. For him to not grieve and live his life” He also lost the love of his life, his wife, Linda to breast cancer as well and the deaths of his best friends, John Lennon to murder and George Harrison (the Beatles guitar player whom Paul considered his little brother) died of cancer as well. He sings this at every concert to pay homage to them and to lift up his audience for their own personal losses. Sir Paul is a treasure incarnate. Bob Dylan has said that the only musician he truly admired and was jealous of was Paul McCartney for his seemingly easy way he can write melody and write songs throughout nearly 6 generations of old, young, and for those not yet born who will love The Beatles for the finest musicians a band could have. ♥️
@@georgeprice7922Not the movie version which is really sparse. Not sure if it's the ANTHOLOGY version as I haven't heard that in ages. Definitely not the single,album or film version though.
I was fortunate to live all of my teen years during the 1970s. At that time, nearly every genre of music was blooming. With so many fantastic artists, we were blessed by the sheer amount of choices available to us. It was truly a great time to be alive; and I really enjoy watching younger people discover that music for the first time.
Amen the 70s has to be one of or the best decade for music it was so diverse and revolutionary and so much of it really stands the test of time.....love watching these guy's discover all this great music....♡
The 65 to 85 was the best. From the Beattles and the Beach Boys to the Stones and the Animals. Don't forget early Motown with Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and more. I loved everyone from The Who to Elton John to, Sly and the Family, Parliament, Earth Wind and Fire, Also great folk music like Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Carol King and Crosby Stills Nash and Young. I even think there was some great Disco music like The Commodores,, Kool and the Gang, etc. The 70s produced also so many great bands. Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, The Clash. I could go on and on. Definitely explore that era.
Interesting how this song came to be! John Lennon has just told the band that he is done. He is going solo. Paul McCartney is so shook up over this, he is depressed and wondering how life will be without the Beatles. One night he is laying in bed and he hears the voice of his mother. She tells him to let it be, everything will be ok.
Every Beatles song is great...they could not miss. And as to music, the sixties and early seventies were powerful, creative, original, energy-packed for a generation that was going through it.
The Beatles are the absolute pioneers of much of modern rock and pop music. They have influenced artists all over the world, and artists all over the world have covered their songs, hundreds of times. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, two of the band members, wrote nearly all their original songs, and sang the bulk of them, too. The other two band members, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, wrote and sang some, as well. There is no one else like them. Try listening to and reacting to "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "All You Need Is Love", "Revolution", and their iconic early live performances on the Ed Sullivan Show. They also made a few popular movies, "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" being the best, both loaded with their songs. You won't be sorry!
Today my dad past away a year ago. Now i consider myself a hip hop head but i was raised on this music. Seeing somebody react to it for the first time and really appreciate it, brings me great joy. Thank you man!
It's real cool to see someone listening to and enjoying the Beatles for the 1st time after so many decades ago. The first song or time I got into the Beatles was listening to their song "If I Fell" when they aired their movie on TV. I couldn't have been more than 6 years old. I sat close to the TV and my mom turned it up when she saw that I stopped playing with my toys and moved closer to TV so I could listen. I never forgot that moment in time.
The Beatles opened the door to the British Invasion. Where you hear Queen, the Who, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd , Supertramp and so many others. When Paul is talking about Mother Mary he is referring to his own mother Mary who died when he was a teenager. He used to ask her for advice, when he was troubled. John Lennon also lost his mother as a teenager. There is a song called Julia he wrote for her, and his oldest son Julian is named after her. So glad to see you enjoying the Beatles! Try A Day in the Life very interesting song filled with changes in tempo and rhythm.
The Beatles are in a class by themselves. Each album is filled with iconic tunes. Try a day in the Life, Strawberry fields, oh Darling, Something, Imagine, Back in the USSR, Get Back, Glass Onion, Across the Universe, so many others. Enjoy!!!
When I was a kid, it was like an anthem to me. I remember sitting on the curb in front of my house repeating the words "let it be, let it be" over and over.
One of the Beatles greatest accomplishments ever, "Sgt Peppers Lonely heart Clubs Band". Recorded on a 4 track tape machine. There is so much to that album, it's hard to believe that it's done on just 4 tracks.
Elenor Rigby is another "not your everyday rock and roll' song. It's about two losers, one is a woman that lives in a fantasy world, not what you would call 'grounded'. The other is a Priest that has lost his way and his following. Gives me the chills!
Song started to be toyed with by Paul between recording other material on 19 Sep 1968. Single, master take 27-A, 3:52 released 06 Mar 1970 and album (4:01 version) released 06 Mar 1970. See Wiki for full details - it was complicated with the slow breakup of the band.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's, the music was pure, heartfelt songs, not like today's music. I actually stopped listening to the music in the late 80.s, I couldn't understand it, yelling, screaming, it gave me a headache, I still listen to this kind of music, my generation. My 18-year-old grandson will call and ask me about certain songs and I'm more then happy to answer his question. If I remember right, the Beatles only lasted 7 years then they broke up.
I just stumbled onto your channel & I’ve been watching for an hour now😃 I’m so glad that you’re listening to different kinds of music now. I believe music can bring people together especially when you may not otherwise have much in common. I don’t know if you ever learn what each song is about before you react but it’s nice to at least know what year they wrote it or sang it so you can understand what the atmosphere was like in the world at that time. Pretty cool! Love when you play Zeppelin!! My favorite band of all💕
Here I sit weeping. I did not expect that this would still affect me so. It is now more than 18 years since the organ played Let It Be as we carried my brother out of the church. He had loved The Beatels, and our mother requested that a Beatles tune be played during the funeral.
Hello, as a 74 year old man. This brings me to tears to see this touching young people today. The Beatles are so important to everything we hold so true and dear. You made an old mans day. The world is cursed and I blame the children my generation raised. It brought lazy crazy young youth and forever we are sorry.
The Beatles - Hey Jude will blow you away. Paul McCartney wrote it for his bandmate John Lennon's son Julian when he was having a tough time with his parents divorce.
In 1989 there was a terrible disaster at a football ground I was in work but some of my mates went as the terrible news was filtering out from the ground the local radio station none stopped playing only 2 records eternal flame by the bangles and let it be by the Beatles I can’t listen to both of them without that dreaded shock fear and utter sadness for my fellow supporters cut down in the prime of their lives , you’ll never walk alone 96 Angels it hurts to hear this tune as beautiful as it is
You know me and the backstories to songs that I know there are back stories too.lol First, a lot of people think this is John Lennon's song but is actually Paul McCartney's song. People also think that he is talking about Jesus' mother Mary but he is not.His mother's name was Mary In 1968 or around that time Paul was going through a difficult time. The Beatles either were in the middle of making an album or just finished it. The Beatles started having problems within the group and he thought they might be breaking up, he was drinking, doing drugs, going to clubs. He was the only one in the band not in a committed relationship. Here is a quote of what he used to think when he would wake up “Good job I woke up just then or I might have suffocated.” One night he had a dream about his mother who died when he was 14 years old. She was a nurse, and very hardworking because she wanted the best for her children. They were not a well-off family- we didn’t have a car, we just about had a television - so both of my parents went out to work, and Mum contributed a good half to the family income. At night when she came home, she would cook, so we didn’t have a lot of time with each other. But she was just a very comforting person in his life. After she died he could not remember what her face looked like very easily. In the dream she said the words LET IT BE. The Dream happened 10 years after her death. He also said It was lovely. I woke up with a great feeling. It was really like she had visited me at this very difficult point in my life and gave me this message: Be gentle, don’t fight things, just try and go with the flow and it will all work out. He went over to the piano immediately and started writing. “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me”… Mary was my mother’s name… “Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” There will be an answer, let it be.” It didn’t take long. I wrote the main body of it in one go, and then the subsequent verses developed from there: “When all the broken-hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.” Not very long after the dream he got with his wife Lindaand he said it is as if his mom sent Linda to him.
Whilst everything else is true, as a Beatles nerd, this is literally the first time I have ever encountered the concept of people thinking 'Let it Be' is a Lennon song. I have never heard this from anyone, ever. The fact that you say that "a lot of people' think this is Lennon's song makes me consider the possibility that you live in another dimension altogether as I have NEVER encountered anyone say that. Me hearing you say that is like hearing someone say "First, a lot of people think 'Imagine' is a Paul McCartney song but it's actually a John Lennon song"i.e. something nobody has ever said. I'm not criticising you by the way, I am just utterly bewildered by that statement - as though people mistakingly thinking that Lennon wrote 'Let it Be' when actually it was McCartney is such a widely held mistaken belief that you presented it as a "Did you know" factoid in the same 'famous widely-held mistaken beliefs' ballpark as "Did you know in Empire Strikes back, Vader never says 'Luke, I am your father' but actually says 'No, I am your father?'". Please, I want to know, where have you heard that people think 'Let it Be' is a Lennon song.
Used to listen to this song on repeat in high school in the 90s. It was my first intro to the Beatles. I always interpreted it as let your mind be at rest and the answer will come to you. :-)
This came out in the 60s if I recall correctly. Me and all my friends used to just WAIT for their next record came out. I remember watching them live on the Ed Sullivan show. Dang. That was great.
Paul came up with the lyric 'let it be' when his mother had passed over , he was having a hard time in many ways , and she came to him in a dream and said 'son , let it be ' when he woke he remembered the dream and thought of what his mother said , said to himself let it be , hmm ive never heard that before , and wrote this song , but if you get in to the beatles you will have alot of listening to do , paul mccartney , his band wings , and lennons solo stuff , their musical back catalougue is stupendous xo
Such a great song. The album version is my favourite with the more agressive e-guitar but youtube blocks almost every track of them. But thank you for reaction to this!
I’ve seen Paul McCartney twice in Detroit! Freaking amazing!! If he comes to your town, I highly recommend! He plays 43-44 songs in a row.. strap in and hold on..
Wow, you have so much to look forward to in terms of discovering the works of the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, The doors, Janis Joplin, The Stones, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, the Supremes, Little Richard, Elvis, BB King, Chuck Berry, ..and hundreds of other phenomenal musical artists..you have a great future as a music educator if you want it....your appreciation of music is beautiful to watch. Watching you I realize how important art education is in our schools and how we mis educate generations when we do not thoroughly expose youth to the arts...
Great song. Probably Lennon's best. I always held out hope that the Beatles would one day get back together but that was ended by one man's idiocy. I will not mention his name because it doesn't deserve to be mentioned.
If I had to choose my favorite song of all time it would be this song. Its simplicity, its emotion, its faith, its vulnerability, is unmatched. "Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."
The Beatles, from my hometown of Liverpool, man you’ve got one hell of a mountain to climb!! I don’t think there is one song I don’t like, being born in 1962 the Beatles have always been there 👍❣️
Paul wrote this at the time the Beatles were on the verge of breaking up. He was very depressed and sad. He had a dream about a talk with his mother Mary who had passed away. He woke up after the dream and wrote this gift to us.
So great that people in your generation are being exposed to real music like this. it really brings these songs and these artists to life again. This is why I love reaction videos. Through you it makes it new to us again in a way. I applaud people like you for expanding your experiences. It makes life better and brings us all together. Keep up the good work.
I agree Pamela! I think it's great to be exposed to all kinds of music. Plus it makes think back to the times I heard something new and having the same feeling! Good times, good times! 💚🦅🏈
"Mother Mary" is Pauls mother who died when he was young. She came to him in a dream. Paul was troubled over things going awry in his life from problems in the band to problems in his personal life. Paul said that his mother stood over him and just said; "Let it Be, things will be alright". Kinda gives me chills.
A few other great Beatles songs you might enjoy: "Here Comes the Sun", "Hey Jude", and my absolute favorite of theirs is "Blackbird". (Also, just for the fun of it, check out "Yellow Submarine".) Even if you don't show reactions to these, you should still check them out sometime. :)
A Day In The Life Strawberry Fields Forever While My Guitar Gently Weeps Something Hey Bulldog Helter Skelter I Am The Walrus Tomorrow Never Knows Across The Universe Come Together Dont Let Me Down Rain I Want You ..
As it was, I do remember singing n dancing to Yellow Submarine. I think I was about 2 or 3, but I DEF rem it. It used to come on the radio n my mom told us time after time that I knocked the radio off the sh e lf it was on, like all the time. Lol I guess I was BORN a rocker. 1961!!! YEAH! I've always loved The Beatles. I can't ever know any time when I wouldnt. As a mof, when I was preggers with Mt 1st-born, we went to Central Park with my big sis (yeah, a whole 11.5 months older. Lol) n we saw n heard Simon & Garfunkel. She's STILL an all-around music liver. I don't think she's ever heard a genre she doesn't like or love! My sister is late with us now. I'm sure she's always with me n her 1st niece.
I am glad you like it. Ironically, this isn't even the official version. This was a practice take, before the final recording. There are two officially released versions of this song. There was the version released as a single, and the version that was on the album Let It Be. The differences between those two versions are slightly different backing vocals and a different guitar solo, but both are probably 30% better than this version. I prefer the album version.
Yikes... I'm the same age as this song. Dang I'm old! But I absolutely love it when new generations discover that there are DECADES of wonderful music out there if you'd just give it a chance. Thank you for taking that chance man, ya done good!
So glad to hear you're feeling better. I love your videos and reactions. They make me want to come sit next to you and just go through song after song. There are sooooo many you need to hear. I think we may even have to go back to the 40's and hear some swing...I think you'd like it a lot. I'll find some songs for you. Till then, thanks so much for sharing.
Dude....this is the first time I’ve seen your channel. I’m honestly hyped you enjoy The Beatles, I have to be the same age as you, or there about, I don’t understand why very few people from our generation enjoys this music. Billie Joel-Piano Man, just give that a go. It’s as good as a song can possibly be.
Now I was only five when it was released, but I heard it played on the radio years after. There was a purity, a simplicity, and yet a majesty to this song. I hate to sound like the typical, "Oh you don't know what music was" sort of person that crops up every generation. But the reality is that everything is so "auto-tuned" and manipulated now that you can't really appreciate what it was like to listen to the radio in the 60s, 70s. or even the 80s and hear music that wasn't calculated down to the nearest cent. For example, here's some of the songs released that same year: Ain't No Mountain High Enough; Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head; I'll be There; War; Bridge over Troubled Waters; and American Woman to name a few. The diversity of music is amazing. And something sadly, you don't get a lot of today. As to the Beatles, they were geniuses. When consider what they produced in the short amount of time they were together, when you consider how they evolved and experimented with new sounds and new ideas, when you consider how their experimentation led to other groups having the power to try new things, it is really amazing.
Nice reaction. This almost sounds like a mono recording. The later stereo version is even more emotional and the harmonies highlights Paul's vocals better. A one of the best things about the Beatles was they were never afraid to experiment. To hear that listen to Revolver.
No one person or band can change the world. You can't change the minds of stubborn or stupid people. Just, whisper words of wisdom, let it be. Or vote. Keep up the good work it is a pleasure to watch you expanding your horizons.
My first record album....I want to hold your hand, by the Beatles. My aunt did not know what she started when she bought the album for me. It got me started on a long road. Perfect music back then, and for decades after. Hope you can catch up.
The story behind the song: Sir Paul McCartney mother used to say ( whenever Paul was having troubles) to let it be. Meaning the troubles would work themselves out any everything would be ok. When she passed Paul was having a rough time and one night she came to him in a dream saying let it be. He wrote the song the next morning. Aslo see James Cordon carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney he talks about it
JB - As wonderful as live performances are, please treat yourself to Studio versions so you get to hear the genius of the artists and the way they intended them to be heard. You will be exposed to masterful effects that are amazing considering the limited technology available at the time. Queen and The Beatles were wizards in the studio. Take care and enjoy your journey.
Dude U Rock, There is sooo much really good music from that time 60's 70's . Back then you could heal Bachman Turner Overdrive, followed by Stieve Wounder, or Blood Sweat and Tears followed by Elton Jon. Peace Keep on discovering
This songs about Paul’s mother who passed away, coming to him in a dream when he was all stress out... she told him Paul just let it be. Paul got up saying let it be and wrote this song that day
This song is about Pauls mum Mary (an Irish woman from my area) who had died when Paul was young. Paul apparently was distressed and his mum appeared to him in a dream and said 'let it be' 👍
Beautiful song. I always thought "Mother Mary" meant the Blessed Virgin Mary, but Paul McCartney said it was his own mom, Mary McCartney, who came to him in a dream. Mary died when Paul was 14. ... Just for your own listening, here are some more Beatles songs you might like, including one from each of the four Liverpool lads on lead vocals. 1. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1964) sung by Paul McCartney and John Lennon: czcams.com/video/v1HDt1tknTc/video.html 2. "Help!" (1965) sung by John Lennon: czcams.com/video/2Q_ZzBGPdqE/video.html 3. "Yesterday" (1965) sung by Paul McCartney: czcams.com/video/fCV9oqtwyVA/video.html 4. "With a Little Help From My Friends" (1967) sung by Ringo Starr: czcams.com/video/PPelLzokgMg/video.html 5. "Something" (1969) sung by George Harrison: czcams.com/video/UelDrZ1aFeY/video.html I also recommend these solo songs after the group broke up in 1970. 1. "Imagine" (1971) by John Lennon: czcams.com/video/JVHxpHmDjEY/video.html 2. "Live and Let Die" (1973) by Paul McCartney and Wings (from the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"): czcams.com/video/784k3EEuZYA/video.html 3. "My Sweet Lord" (1971) by George Harrison: czcams.com/video/8qJTJNfzvr8/video.html 4. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971) by Ringo Starr: czcams.com/video/bvEexTomE1I/video.html
Dude, talk to some folks you know that are 50 and over. They can put you on to some awesome music. The 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were awesome musical decades. The British Invasion, Motown, New Wave and pop. I recently saw a t-shirt that said... “ I may be old but, I saw all the cool bands.” It’s very true. If you like blues try Led Zeppelin, everybody classifies them as heavy metal but they’re so much more. Listen to the smooth sexiness of Lou Rawls baratone voice or the happy songs of K.C. and The Sunshine Band. Young people today missed some of the coolest times in our history. I wish I could take folks your age back in time to the 70’s and 80’s. It was just a cool time to be alive in America. God bless.
If you think this is good, just wait til you hear the actual final version as released on the album. This is just an outtake, a practice version in the studio.
Alex Gitter YES! You must listen to the final finished version on the “Let It Be” album.
Sir Paul McCartney wrote this in memory of his mother who died of breast cancer when he was a teen. When he was born n such pain and despair over his mother’s illness, she would comfort him by telling him to “let it be. Everything will be alright. For him to not grieve and live his life” He also lost the love of his life, his wife, Linda to breast cancer as well and the deaths of his best friends, John Lennon to murder and George Harrison (the Beatles guitar player whom Paul considered his little brother) died of cancer as well.
He sings this at every concert to pay homage to them and to lift up his audience for their own personal losses.
Sir Paul is a treasure incarnate.
Bob Dylan has said that the only musician he truly admired and was jealous of was Paul McCartney for his seemingly easy way he can write melody and write songs throughout nearly 6 generations of old, young, and for those not yet born who will love The Beatles for the finest musicians a band could have. ♥️
Harrisons solo is everything
i wake up to the sound of music.mother mary comes to me
Especially the remastered version. The guitar there is so crisp, it never gets old
@@cindy084tee7 and then some
I love it when you young people finally discover real music.
Wish I could love rather then just like!
In My Life - Beatles
My favourite Beatles song
@@paulr.8105 YESSS
@@paulr.8105 For sure.
Hey this is actually an outtake - note the way-up-front falsetto in the choruses but great to hear a different mix !
Edward Meradith Not an out take. What he's listening to is the version from the "Let It Be" movie.
George Price the movie version is not this version. Note this one has no third verse while the movie version has a third verse;
Edward Meradith George is right, note the part where John says “fucked it”
its an outtake not live?
@@georgeprice7922Not the movie version which is really sparse. Not sure if it's the ANTHOLOGY version as I haven't heard that in ages. Definitely not the single,album or film version though.
I was 15 when this came out. Dozens of great groups; golden age of rock.
The Beatles' music reaches across generations. Timeless.
Paul McCartney wrote this when troubled with things. He had a dream from his mom telling him to
"let it ber"
Yes, Mary was his mother who died when he was only 14.
I was fortunate to live all of my teen years during the 1970s.
At that time, nearly every genre of music was blooming.
With so many fantastic artists, we were blessed by the sheer amount of choices available to us.
It was truly a great time to be alive; and I really enjoy watching younger people discover that music for the first time.
HERE HERE! Tap the keg!
Amen the 70s has to be one of or the best decade for music it was so diverse and revolutionary and so much of it really stands the test of time.....love watching these guy's discover all this great music....♡
The 65 to 85 was the best. From the Beattles and the Beach Boys to the Stones and the Animals. Don't forget early Motown with Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and more. I loved everyone from The Who to Elton John to, Sly and the Family, Parliament, Earth Wind and Fire, Also great folk music like Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Carol King and Crosby Stills Nash and Young. I even think there was some great Disco music like The Commodores,, Kool and the Gang, etc. The 70s produced also so many great bands. Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, The Clash. I could go on and on. Definitely explore that era.
Interesting how this song came to be! John Lennon has just told the band that he is done. He is going solo. Paul McCartney is so shook up over this, he is depressed and wondering how life will be without the Beatles. One night he is laying in bed and he hears the voice of his mother. She tells him to let it be, everything will be ok.
yes she passed away a few years before
Wow, I did not know that. Makes it so derp and personal. Thank you
Every Beatles song is great...they could not miss. And as to music, the sixties and early seventies were powerful, creative, original, energy-packed for a generation that was going through it.
There is an endless list of classic Beatles songs. I really hope you'll do more reactions to them. Their talent will blow you away.
I think songs people can relate to last forever. People can feel the passion even many years later. Beautiful!
The Beatles are the absolute pioneers of much of modern rock and pop music. They have influenced artists all over the world, and artists all over the world have covered their songs, hundreds of times. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, two of the band members, wrote nearly all their original songs, and sang the bulk of them, too. The other two band members, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, wrote and sang some, as well. There is no one else like them. Try listening to and reacting to "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "All You Need Is Love", "Revolution", and their iconic early live performances on the Ed Sullivan Show. They also made a few popular movies, "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" being the best, both loaded with their songs. You won't be sorry!
Today my dad past away a year ago. Now i consider myself a hip hop head but i was raised on this music. Seeing somebody react to it for the first time and really appreciate it, brings me great joy. Thank you man!
You can never have Hate in Your Heart when you listen to The Beatles! It is true love conquers all.
It's such a pleasure to hear my old favorites through your ears! And big heart!
You NEED to hear the final studio version!!! You are too much of a music lover not to hear the best version of this amazing song.
It's real cool to see someone listening to and enjoying the Beatles for the 1st time after so many decades ago. The first song or time I got into the Beatles was listening to their song "If I Fell" when they aired their movie on TV. I couldn't have been more than 6 years old. I sat close to the TV and my mom turned it up when she saw that I stopped playing with my toys and moved closer to TV so I could listen. I never forgot that moment in time.
The Beatles opened the door to the British Invasion. Where you hear Queen, the Who, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd , Supertramp and so many others.
When Paul is talking about Mother Mary he is referring to his own mother Mary who died when he was a teenager. He used to ask her for advice, when he was troubled. John Lennon also lost his mother as a teenager. There is a song called Julia he wrote for her, and his oldest son Julian is named after her. So glad to see you enjoying the Beatles! Try A Day in the Life very interesting song filled with changes in tempo and rhythm.
The Beatles are in a class by themselves. Each album is filled with iconic tunes. Try a day in the Life, Strawberry fields, oh Darling, Something, Imagine, Back in the USSR, Get Back, Glass Onion, Across the Universe, so many others. Enjoy!!!
Interesting practice version and just proves the unbelievable talent in that band ... you'd be blown away by the final version
Songs like this are magic . They can reach back and take your hand as a good friend.
My favorite Beatles tune … got me through more than one tough time.
When I was a kid, it was like an anthem to me. I remember sitting on the curb in front of my house repeating the words "let it be, let it be" over and over.
Mine is strawberry fields forever
welcome to the world of real music
The one and only beatles. Sold an amazing amount amount of records. Your love the long and winding
Road.
One of the Beatles greatest accomplishments ever, "Sgt Peppers Lonely heart Clubs Band".
Recorded on a 4 track tape machine.
There is so much to that album, it's hard to believe that it's done on just 4 tracks.
Try Hey Jude
Keep discovering. I'm 68 and love your reactions.
20 number one hits in 7 years. Undisputed heavyweight champs-- The Beatles.
Elenor Rigby is another "not your everyday rock and roll' song. It's about two losers, one is a woman that lives in a fantasy world, not what you would call 'grounded'. The other is a Priest that has lost his way and his following. Gives me the chills!
Listen to the Across the Universe version...chills.
Song started to be toyed with by Paul between recording other material on 19 Sep 1968. Single, master take 27-A, 3:52 released 06 Mar 1970 and album (4:01 version) released 06 Mar 1970. See Wiki for full details - it was complicated with the slow breakup of the band.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's, the music was pure, heartfelt songs, not like today's music. I actually stopped listening to the music in the late 80.s, I couldn't understand it, yelling, screaming, it gave me a headache, I still listen to this kind of music, my generation. My 18-year-old grandson will call and ask me about certain songs and I'm more then happy to answer his question. If I remember right, the Beatles only lasted 7 years then they broke up.
Songs used to be a form of poetry! I miss that!
I just stumbled onto your channel & I’ve been watching for an hour now😃 I’m so glad that you’re listening to different kinds of music now. I believe music can bring people together especially when you may not otherwise have much in common. I don’t know if you ever learn what each song is about before you react but it’s nice to at least know what year they wrote it or sang it so you can understand what the atmosphere was like in the world at that time. Pretty cool! Love when you play Zeppelin!! My favorite band of all💕
Here I sit weeping. I did not expect that this would still affect me so. It is now more than 18 years since the organ played Let It Be as we carried my brother out of the church. He had loved The Beatels, and our mother requested that a Beatles tune be played during the funeral.
Hello, as a 74 year old man. This brings me to tears to see this touching young people today. The Beatles are so important to everything we hold so true and dear. You made an old mans day. The world is cursed and I blame the children my generation raised. It brought lazy crazy young youth and forever we are sorry.
The Beatles - Hey Jude will blow you away. Paul McCartney wrote it for his bandmate John Lennon's son Julian when he was having a tough time with his parents divorce.
This song is about Paul's mother, whose name was Mary, came to him in a dream years after she died.
In 1989 there was a terrible disaster at a football ground I was in work but some of my mates went as the terrible news was filtering out from the ground the local radio station none stopped playing only 2 records eternal flame by the bangles and let it be by the Beatles I can’t listen to both of them without that dreaded shock fear and utter sadness for my fellow supporters cut down in the prime of their lives , you’ll never walk alone 96 Angels it hurts to hear this tune as beautiful as it is
You know me and the backstories to songs that I know there are back stories too.lol
First, a lot of people think this is John Lennon's song but is actually Paul McCartney's song. People also think that he is talking about Jesus' mother Mary but he is not.His mother's name was Mary
In 1968 or around that time Paul was going through a difficult time. The Beatles either were in the middle of making an album or just finished it. The Beatles started having problems within the group and he thought they might be breaking up, he was drinking, doing drugs, going to clubs. He was the only one in the band not in a committed relationship. Here is a quote of what he used to think when he would wake up “Good job I woke up just then or I might have suffocated.”
One night he had a dream about his mother who died when he was 14 years old. She was a nurse, and very hardworking because she wanted the best for her children. They were not a well-off family- we didn’t have a car, we just about had a television - so both of my parents went out to work, and Mum contributed a good half to the family income. At night when she came home, she would cook, so we didn’t have a lot of time with each other. But she was just a very comforting person in his life. After she died he could not remember what her face looked like very easily. In the dream she said the words LET IT BE. The Dream happened 10 years after her death. He also said It was lovely. I woke up with a great feeling. It was really like she had visited me at this very difficult point in my life and gave me this message: Be gentle, don’t fight things, just try and go with the flow and it will all work out. He went over to the piano immediately and started writing. “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me”… Mary was my mother’s name… “Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” There will be an answer, let it be.” It didn’t take long. I wrote the main body of it in one go, and then the subsequent verses developed from there: “When all the broken-hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.” Not very long after the dream he got with his wife Lindaand he said it is as if his mom sent Linda to him.
Whilst everything else is true, as a Beatles nerd, this is literally the first time I have ever encountered the concept of people thinking 'Let it Be' is a Lennon song. I have never heard this from anyone, ever. The fact that you say that "a lot of people' think this is Lennon's song makes me consider the possibility that you live in another dimension altogether as I have NEVER encountered anyone say that. Me hearing you say that is like hearing someone say "First, a lot of people think 'Imagine' is a Paul McCartney song but it's actually a John Lennon song"i.e. something nobody has ever said. I'm not criticising you by the way, I am just utterly bewildered by that statement - as though people mistakingly thinking that Lennon wrote 'Let it Be' when actually it was McCartney is such a widely held mistaken belief that you presented it as a "Did you know" factoid in the same 'famous widely-held mistaken beliefs' ballpark as "Did you know in Empire Strikes back, Vader never says 'Luke, I am your father' but actually says 'No, I am your father?'". Please, I want to know, where have you heard that people think 'Let it Be' is a Lennon song.
Good background info on the song composition, but I have never heard of anyone anywhere who thinks this is a Lennon song
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darcyann66 Who the fuck would think this is a Lennon song?! 😂
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THEY ARE A MASTERPIECE OF GREAT MUSIC.
Try the Beatles, "Elenor Rigby" from their " Revolver" album, 1966
I'm gonna have to give that honor to "Something"
Used to listen to this song on repeat in high school in the 90s. It was my first intro to the Beatles. I always interpreted it as let your mind be at rest and the answer will come to you. :-)
This came out in the 60s if I recall correctly. Me and all my friends used to just WAIT for their next record came out. I remember watching them live on the Ed Sullivan show. Dang. That was great.
Nope, 1970.
Paul came up with the lyric 'let it be' when his mother had passed over , he was having a hard time in many ways , and she came to him in a dream and said 'son , let it be ' when he woke he remembered the dream and thought of what his mother said , said to himself let it be , hmm ive never heard that before , and wrote this song , but if you get in to the beatles you will have alot of listening to do , paul mccartney , his band wings , and lennons solo stuff , their musical back catalougue is stupendous xo
There is so much music out there for you to enjoy!
Try penny lane, yesterday, strawberry fields forever etc.
Yess and "a day in the life"
I second that
By the way Paul's autograph is on Pennylane wall in Liverpool UK
I'm so pleased you did the Beatles, my Dad is from Liverpool and it reminds me of him. 💗🇬🇧
You have just begun...Your journey into the Beatles and Rock music. Keep reacting. I Love it!!
Such a great song. The album version is my favourite with the more agressive e-guitar but youtube blocks almost every track of them. But thank you for reaction to this!
The Power of music will live on Forever!!!
THE BEATLES WILL FOREVER ROCK!
I’ve seen Paul McCartney twice in Detroit! Freaking amazing!! If he comes to your town, I highly recommend! He plays 43-44 songs in a row.. strap in and hold on..
I really loved the genuine reaction you have to this 🙂
Because they were and are master pieces!
The Beatles are so different in every album, in every song......listen to more.
The Beatles were before my time and I always wished I could’ve been there.
Wow, you have so much to look forward to in terms of discovering the works of the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, The doors, Janis Joplin, The Stones, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, the Supremes, Little Richard, Elvis, BB King, Chuck Berry, ..and hundreds of other phenomenal musical artists..you have a great future as a music educator if you want it....your appreciation of music is beautiful to watch. Watching you I realize how important art education is in our schools and how we mis educate generations when we do not thoroughly expose youth to the arts...
Beatles songs, Rain and Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Band.
Gotta do John Lennon “imagine”!!!
Jennifer Zahnow for sure! Great request!
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Great song. Probably Lennon's best. I always held out hope that the Beatles would one day get back together but that was ended by one man's idiocy. I will not mention his name because it doesn't deserve to be mentioned.
I hate "Imagine." I think it's one of John's worst songs.
If I had to choose my favorite song of all time it would be this song. Its simplicity, its emotion, its faith, its vulnerability, is unmatched. "Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."
The Beatles, from my hometown of Liverpool, man you’ve got one hell of a mountain to climb!! I don’t think there is one song I don’t like, being born in 1962 the Beatles have always been there 👍❣️
Paul wrote this at the time the Beatles were on the verge of breaking up. He was very depressed and sad. He had a dream about a talk with his mother Mary who had passed away. He woke up after the dream and wrote this gift to us.
Love you loving these old & classic songs & music!!! Keep enjoying your trip down music memory lane :)
So great that people in your generation are being exposed to real music like this. it really brings these songs and these artists to life again. This is why I love reaction videos. Through you it makes it new to us again in a way. I applaud people like you for expanding your experiences. It makes life better and brings us all together. Keep up the good work.
I agree Pamela! I think it's great to be exposed to all kinds of music. Plus it makes think back to the times I heard something new and having the same feeling! Good times, good times! 💚🦅🏈
Well said Pam, I love watching the younger generation enjoying these classics.
You are the best reactor. Greatings from Argentina
The Beatles started a revolution in music in the UK and influenced so many that followed.
Beettle is in whole different level in soul music. They will work u into memory journey
their is so much music out there to catch up on really glad you are enjoying it all tell all your friends what they are and have been missing
You can tell this is a rehearsal. The version on the album is amazing.
"Mother Mary" is Pauls mother who died when he was young. She came to him in a dream. Paul was troubled over things going awry in his life from problems in the band to problems in his personal life. Paul said that his mother stood over him and just said; "Let it Be, things will be alright". Kinda gives me chills.
A few other great Beatles songs you might enjoy: "Here Comes the Sun", "Hey Jude", and my absolute favorite of theirs is "Blackbird". (Also, just for the fun of it, check out "Yellow Submarine".) Even if you don't show reactions to these, you should still check them out sometime. :)
Divhreaza , agree would love his reaction to Hey Jude.
A Day In The Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Something
Hey Bulldog
Helter Skelter
I Am The Walrus
Tomorrow Never Knows
Across The Universe
Come Together
Dont Let Me Down
Rain
I Want You
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Here Comes The Sun😃😃
Yesterday
This song is just the tip of the iceberg, my friend. Enjoy.
As it was, I do remember singing n dancing to Yellow Submarine. I think I was about 2 or 3, but I DEF rem it. It used to come on the radio n my mom told us time after time that I knocked the radio off the sh e lf it was on, like all the time. Lol I guess I was BORN a rocker. 1961!!! YEAH! I've always loved The Beatles. I can't ever know any time when I wouldnt. As a mof, when I was preggers with Mt 1st-born, we went to Central Park with my big sis (yeah, a whole 11.5 months older. Lol) n we saw n heard Simon & Garfunkel. She's STILL an all-around music liver. I don't think she's ever heard a genre she doesn't like or love! My sister is late with us now. I'm sure she's always with me n her 1st niece.
I consider myself extremely lucky to have been a part of that musical era- classic rock, rockabilly, hard rock, heavy metal, all fantastic genres.
I am glad you like it. Ironically, this isn't even the official version. This was a practice take, before the final recording. There are two officially released versions of this song. There was the version released as a single, and the version that was on the album Let It Be. The differences between those two versions are slightly different backing vocals and a different guitar solo, but both are probably 30% better than this version. I prefer the album version.
Yikes... I'm the same age as this song. Dang I'm old! But I absolutely love it when new generations discover that there are DECADES of wonderful music out there if you'd just give it a chance. Thank you for taking that chance man, ya done good!
Aww Jennifer , you're still a young'un . I got 4 years on you , 50's are the new 30's lol
They are masterpieces!
So glad to hear you're feeling better. I love your videos and reactions. They make me want to come sit next to you and just go through song after song. There are sooooo many you need to hear. I think we may even have to go back to the 40's and hear some swing...I think you'd like it a lot. I'll find some songs for you. Till then, thanks so much for sharing.
Dude....this is the first time I’ve seen your channel. I’m honestly hyped you enjoy The Beatles, I have to be the same age as you, or there about, I don’t understand why very few people from our generation enjoys this music. Billie Joel-Piano Man, just give that a go. It’s as good as a song can possibly be.
Another amazing group
You could do 24/7 of Beatles reactions and not be disappointed. Best ever. Ask your grandpa about them
Now I was only five when it was released, but I heard it played on the radio years after. There was a purity, a simplicity, and yet a majesty to this song. I hate to sound like the typical, "Oh you don't know what music was" sort of person that crops up every generation. But the reality is that everything is so "auto-tuned" and manipulated now that you can't really appreciate what it was like to listen to the radio in the 60s, 70s. or even the 80s and hear music that wasn't calculated down to the nearest cent. For example, here's some of the songs released that same year: Ain't No Mountain High Enough; Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head; I'll be There; War; Bridge over Troubled Waters; and American Woman to name a few. The diversity of music is amazing. And something sadly, you don't get a lot of today.
As to the Beatles, they were geniuses. When consider what they produced in the short amount of time they were together, when you consider how they evolved and experimented with new sounds and new ideas, when you consider how their experimentation led to other groups having the power to try new things, it is really amazing.
Real music is nearly dead bro and YOU are helping younger peeps get into it. Respect. 👍❤
Nice reaction. This almost sounds like a mono recording. The later stereo version is even more emotional and the harmonies highlights Paul's vocals better. A one of the best things about the Beatles was they were never afraid to experiment. To hear that listen to Revolver.
No one person or band can change the world. You can't change the minds of stubborn or stupid people. Just, whisper words of wisdom, let it be. Or vote. Keep up the good work it is a pleasure to watch you expanding your horizons.
You have to start at the beginning and go forward to appreciate their genius and see how they changed not only music but the world
My first record album....I want to hold your hand, by the Beatles. My aunt did not know what she started when she bought the album for me. It got me started on a long road. Perfect music back then, and for decades after. Hope you can catch up.
Dude. Give your grandma a big hug, and tell her she was right about the Beatles!
The story behind the song: Sir Paul McCartney mother used to say ( whenever Paul was having troubles) to let it be. Meaning the troubles would work themselves out any everything would be ok. When she passed Paul was having a rough time and one night she came to him in a dream saying let it be. He wrote the song the next morning. Aslo see James Cordon carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney he talks about it
JB - As wonderful as live performances are, please treat yourself to Studio versions so you get to hear the genius of the artists and the way they intended them to be heard. You will be exposed to masterful effects that are amazing considering the limited technology available at the time. Queen and The Beatles were wizards in the studio. Take care and enjoy your journey.
Listen to " something " by the Beatles it's a beautiful love song
Dude U Rock, There is sooo much really good music from that time 60's 70's . Back then you could heal Bachman Turner Overdrive, followed by Stieve Wounder, or Blood Sweat and Tears followed by Elton Jon. Peace Keep on discovering
This songs about Paul’s mother who passed away, coming to him in a dream when he was all stress out... she told him Paul just let it be. Paul got up saying let it be and wrote this song that day
The Beatles another rabbit hole. I say pioneers in music all sorts of styles. Life goes on. Still my guitar gently weeps. Oh you ll see.
This song is about Pauls mum Mary (an Irish woman from my area) who had died when Paul was young. Paul apparently was distressed and his mum appeared to him in a dream and said 'let it be' 👍
Beautiful song. I always thought "Mother Mary" meant the Blessed Virgin Mary, but Paul McCartney said it was his own mom, Mary McCartney, who came to him in a dream. Mary died when Paul was 14. ... Just for your own listening, here are some more Beatles songs you might like, including one from each of the four Liverpool lads on lead vocals.
1. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1964) sung by Paul McCartney and John Lennon: czcams.com/video/v1HDt1tknTc/video.html
2. "Help!" (1965) sung by John Lennon: czcams.com/video/2Q_ZzBGPdqE/video.html
3. "Yesterday" (1965) sung by Paul McCartney: czcams.com/video/fCV9oqtwyVA/video.html
4. "With a Little Help From My Friends" (1967) sung by Ringo Starr: czcams.com/video/PPelLzokgMg/video.html
5. "Something" (1969) sung by George Harrison: czcams.com/video/UelDrZ1aFeY/video.html
I also recommend these solo songs after the group broke up in 1970.
1. "Imagine" (1971) by John Lennon: czcams.com/video/JVHxpHmDjEY/video.html
2. "Live and Let Die" (1973) by Paul McCartney and Wings (from the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"): czcams.com/video/784k3EEuZYA/video.html
3. "My Sweet Lord" (1971) by George Harrison: czcams.com/video/8qJTJNfzvr8/video.html
4. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971) by Ringo Starr: czcams.com/video/bvEexTomE1I/video.html
Dude, talk to some folks you know that are 50 and over. They can put you on to some awesome music. The 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were awesome musical decades. The British Invasion, Motown, New Wave and pop.
I recently saw a t-shirt that said...
“ I may be old but, I saw all the cool bands.” It’s very true. If you like blues try Led Zeppelin, everybody classifies them as heavy metal but they’re so much more. Listen to the smooth sexiness of Lou Rawls baratone voice or the happy songs of K.C. and The Sunshine Band. Young people today missed some of the coolest times in our history. I wish I could take folks your age back in time to the 70’s and 80’s. It was just a cool time to be alive in America.
God bless.
Less than 50 as well😎😘
50s and up? im 18 and primarily listen to 50s, 60s and 70s
@@brittanypoe7637 I n all generalities there are few exceptions, you are one ♥️♥️
Brittany Poe wonderful. It's great music.
The Beatles were my first obsession. OBSESSION. In the 90s :)
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