I’m a huge Beatles fan, The number of classic albums. The number of classic songs. The number of hits. The growth and diversity of their music. And what blows my mind is Ringo joined in ‘62. John left in ‘69. They did all that in 7 years.
Anyone who grew up in the 60's memorized every single detail of Beatle trivia. We had Beatlemania, which was so deep and profound, that here it is 60 years later and we still are fans.
I was not even alive in the 60s yet I'm sure I know at least as much Beatles trivia as anyone who grew up then. Kids being born today will probably know more than I do because The Beatles are forever.
One of the things that is missing from this video is that it wasnt just the music or their style but also their personalities. They were all very funny, cheeky , quick witted, charming boys. The US press were ready to skewer them , when tbey first got to America, but were won over by how lovable they were.
That ‘Revolver’ cover was designed by Klaus Voormann, who also did the artwork for ‘The Beatles Anthology’, one of their artist friends from the early Hamburg days who, because of them, became a musician, an excellent bass player, and played on albums by Lennon, Harrison, and Starr, Manfred Mann, Lou Reed, Carly Simon, etc. He’s still alive today.
No band had more influence on popular music and on popular culture than the Beatles. Some may say they like other groups more, but, The Beatles stand alone above all other groups. They were the most versatile and influential band of all time. Many of the greatest rock bands came into existence because of The Beatles breaking so many glass ceilings and inspiring so many young musicians who followed after The Beatles. I don't know how anyone can argue with that.
I don't think any band has had so many memorable-groundbreaking hit records in a row. From 65-69, In just 4 years they released Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road. Those 4 years alone changed music forever.
They came they saw, they conquered but just as quickly, thankfully collapsed because of John’s ego and the later music was horrible IMO. Sargent Peppers was awful and never liked the band from 67 on. My midteen tastes matured and they sounded awful to me. The music went to Blues/Rock and the Beatles thought the sitar was a good sound
Pink Floyd 1972-1979(DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, and The Wall) comes close. Led Zeppelin 1970-1975 is also great. Stevie Wonder 1972-1976 is legendary. The Beatles still reign supreme though.
@@antonioiniguez1615 I agree. It doesn't get enough love for showing how the Beatles moved in a different direction. It is the album where you can see a new chapter being written.
@@nthdegree1269 same wit The Pepper album .. I think they were gonna out Strawberry Fields but some producer or mixer .. someone from the label decided not to .. I think it was George Martin .. I think he said it was one the biggest regrets of his career… that would’ve been even better too 😂
The Beatles!!! There's so many reasons why they are my favorite band and just so crucial to music history in general. They were a powerhouse of talent and creativity, from day one right to the end in 1969-1970. I could watch every video about them and still be impressed
Pete Best, their first drummer, was sacked on August 16, 1962, the very day I was born. So, the Beatles as we know them are EXACTLY as old as I am! Peace and Love Brother Jamel and Beatlemaniacs across the universe!
I was a highly traumatized and depressed child, the Beatles were like the sun coming out for me !! It was GLORIOUS !! They changed the world more than you will ever know !!
I grew up in that era. I saw their Ed Sullivan appearances with all of the girls screaming their heads off. I watched them grow in their short time span as a band, '63-'70. They were such a huge influence, not only on all of the fans but on other groups who tried to copy their style, music and fashion. They truly are the best group to ever exist. I don't see another group coming along that can match what the Beatles accomplished. Especially with the music world as it exists today. Great job reacting to this piece of history!
That was a good summary of their entire career, especially considering it was 30 minutes!! Having seen Let It Be, and also the new Peter Jackson "Get Back" 3-episode re-work, Yoko is definitely NOT what broke them up. It was coming anyway. They were all getting tired of "being Beatles" and the expectations that come with it. I remember the newspaper article in the Philadelphia Bulletin when they broke up. My sister and I were sad, for sure. But seeing each one thrive on their own, and later overcome the legal battles and hard feelings and become brothers in spirit, if not in togetherness, again, was beautiful.
The Beatles were not just a band, they were responsible for an entire cultural revolution! They changed everything, which is what I think made them the GOAT! Were it not for the Beatles, there would never have been a Led Zeppelin, or a Rolling Stones, or Rush, or any great rock bands of the 70s and beyond. Thanks for this reaction, Jamel! 💙✌
@@willduffield7226 I didn't say they weren't. I love Rush, but the Beatles were around long before Rush ... actually long before most rock bands. You would know that if you had grown up during that time.
@@faithnyou1732 Actually, you did say they weren't, by virtue of implying that they wouldn't have been capable of doing anything they did, if it weren't for the beatles having been around first. That's not true. There is no relationship or correlation there. And don't patronize me; you don't have to be alive during a specific time to be aware of what happened then. That's what history is for. Besides, it's not like your generation ever stops talking about your history. But what you may dread to realize, however, is that there are fewer people in the world who care about the 60's and all of its idolatry than you may think. What a massive swathe of your generation calls things like "innovative" and "revolutionary" is actually just mere, esoteric ramblings of a spoiled, unenlightened group of people who are too afraid to have any responsibility or maturity to admit that they have no idea how the real world or human nature actually work. You want to waste your life by lying to yourself? Go ahead. That's no skin off my nose. But don't think that you've won some sort of contest of wisdom here. There is no wisdom in thinking the beatles will have any impact in the vast scheme of things. That is not their purpose. You can do whatever you want to do to pacify your insistence that they be valued as such. But as soon as you try to impose that fantasy onto my purview, I'm going to put a stop to it. You may not care about reality, but I do. There is no contest here. Rush is beautiful. They make music. The beatles are an idol; nothing more. Oh, and speaking of who's actually unaware of what's been going on in history, how much do you really know about the generations that came after yours? Do you have *any* remote idea what we've been through? I would *love* to hear this. Wait right there. I'll get the popcorn.
@@willduffield7226 In reality you should have said Rush wouldn't be here if it wasn't for The Beatles! That would be much closer to the actual truth of the matter if you knew anything about Rock history. Which you obviously don't. As Neil Young said "there's more to the picture than meets the eye".
Revolver had the John Lennon classic Tomorrow Never Knows. A masterpiece ahead of it's time in 1966. Drum loops, samples and other things that weren't common back then
I live in Vegas, but I am from Liverpool. As a teenager, in the 1980s I worked for a permanent exhibition called Beatle City (now The Beatles Story). We owned the actual bus from the Magical Mystery Tour and I was an official Beatle Guide. I love my hometown and was so happy to see so many people from all over the world who took the time and money to visit Liverpool, and still do. Our universal language is The Beatles’ music, I swear if we could blast it around the world all at once, we would have world peace.
Video failed to mention that “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love” were released as singles after Lennons death and were demo tapes that got updated and remastered with Jeff Lynne of ELO. They were originally recorded by Harrison and Lennon respectively.
It's funny, since he mentions McCartney and Starr reuniting to record "Grow Old With Me," and completely overlooks the more significant reunion from the early 90s.
Those Lads were/are the greatest band ever!! After they broke it big anything before them (like Elvis) was how things WERE done & the Beatles represented how things ARE! RIP John & George 🙏😔
My dad was stationed in Germany when they had their residency there. He saw them a few times but not to seek them out. Its just where he was hanging out. Of course he had no idea what he was watching at the time and a few years later ....
The gator bowl in Florida I believe 1964 they said we play to people each member of the band were unanimous in saying that they wouldn’t play if the audience was segregated. They not only broke the class barrier in England they helped with the race barrier America.
In 1964 that was a very controversial move - so awesome that it was not up for discussion with them. Their music will be held on par with the greatest composers and music of all time, like Beethoven or Mozart are today. Such an amazing phenomenon.
And, not only that, but they had it written into their contracts with all US venues after that, that they would not be required to play to segregated audiences. They made that stand for civil rights before most people outside of America even knew the term. Later, Paul wrote 'Blackbird' - 'Blackbird, fly... you were only waiting for this moment to arise..' inspired by a newspaper article about a group of African American women who were the first to make it into a formerly segregated/ whites only college. 'Birds' was an English expression for girls/young women back then. (Someone please correct me if I've misremembered any of the details of this story.)
@@dolphinsrr If you look it up, you should be able to find the photograph - taken some years later, after they'd graduated, IIRC, of Paul posing with those ladies, and the story being told. I apologise I can't provide a link off the top of my head. Don't forget Paul has a tendency to remember bits and pieces of his life differently at different times, so not all his statements are in total agreement with each other. (Probably like most of us!)
@@pdog547 Only in America. The boys couldn't believe that the Americans would try and exclude the people who had inspired them from day one. These were Liverpool lads from the 50's, who came from the most important Port City in the British Empire. Foreigners didn't bother them in the slightest, the colour of your skin was utterly irrelevant. Not a racist bone in their bodies. A few German jokes excepted, but that was personal, so to speak. I knew George well since I was 14 years old and first visited the States in 64 just like him. Years later we swapped notes on the things that blew us away about how black people where treated in the Southern States in general, it was so offhand and just nasty. I spent a lot of the 60's in and around South Africa, and the US and the Florida of 1964 particularly surprised me as well.
They may have made heavy metal, too. "Helter Skelter", "Revolution", and "I Want You/She's So Heavy", all have a leaning into the loudness. I know, John, and Paul had seen Jimi Hendrix perform, in England. It is conceivable, that Paul recommended Jimi to be on the list of performers, that were at The Monterey Pop Festival For The Arts, in 1967. In my view, The Beatles created bridges, into many emerging genres, through studio experimentation, progressive concepts, introspection, and became the heart of expression for the whole era.
I was 10 when the Beatles hit the US. It's almost impossible to convey how they literally changed the music world seemingly overnight, and the worldwide cultural revolution they brought with them. Like every person now over 65-ish, I will never forget that first US tv performance on the Ed Sullivan Show Feb. 9th,1964. Almost every time, each new album was impossibly better than the last, as they kept evolving and maturing in songwriting, instrumentations, production, and use of studio techniques (that they themselves pioneered). I truly feel blessed to have had their music as the soundtrack of my youth. (by the way, as much as Billy Preston perfectly contributed to the Let It Be album, the true fifth Beatle is/was Sir George Martin. His genius was an integral and invaluable part of the Fab Four's growth and success from day (album) one.)
I was 9 when the Beatles arrived & I agree with everything you said, 100%! Both of my daughters were raised to love The Beatles, & now, my 3-yr-old granddaughter is already a big fan, too. ❤
23:20 It’s interesting you ask that question. When Apple Computer was formed, Apple Corps sued them for the use of the name Apple. The case was settled under the condition Apple Computer doesn’t operate in the music business. Apple Corps sued Apple Computer, now just Apple Inc, when the released iTunes and started selling music. Eventually, tensions between Apple and Apple Corps were resolved and Apple Core made The Beatles’ entire catalogue available through iTunes.
Other way around, Apple Corps refused to let iTunes handle their music because of the obvious trademark infringement, eventually settled after years. And the Americans complain about the Chinese.
Rory, the crux of the issue was more than just the Corps catalogue. It was operating in the music industry with that name at the heart of it. I don’t know what the Chinese have to do with this matter. In this case both parties did what they felt best. I never detected animosity between each other beyond the dispute. They weren’t out to destroy another.
I've read all 1,600 plus pages of "Tune In" by Mark Lewisohn - the first of three volumes dealing with the history of the Beatles. The full story is more amazing than you can imagine.
My mother made John Lennon’s, 1964 Rickenbacker Guitar. My mother... Dorothy J. Tandle was working at RIC back in February 1964. When Francis C. Hall got back from Miami, after talking to John, Paul and Ringo. F.C. Hall presented Lennon with a new 325 to replace his road weary 1958 one during the group's first trip to New York City. John used the new guitar on The Beatles second Sullivan appearance and on the group's subsequent tours and albums. My mother was asked to follow Lennon’s Custom guitar from start to finish. This was the Black & White semi-hollow bodied “Miami” model (serial number db122, d=1964, b=Feb.). She sanded the body, then worked on the neck & fret board, then she assembled the guitar after the finish was applied. She did all the work herself. She did the same for many custom orders at that time. She was trained in all areas except the wood shop and finishes. She did all the sanding, fret board assembly, and put all the other pieces on John Lennon’s Custom 325. After finishing the guitar, she gave it to the tuner/inspector. He asked my mother “Since you built it, what song would you like to hear?” My mother said…“Peanut Butter And Jelly”. That was a song she wrote and the tuner knew the cords. My mother sang the song as it was being played. SO… The very first song ever played on John Lennon’s famous 325 was a song my mother wrote about the messes I made as a child. There is a “GREEN” check mark inside the guitar. “Our guitars are so sexy because Dotty gives them the woman’s touch” - Ward Deaton GM at RIC My mom made virtually all the famous guitars of that era. Lennon's, Harrison's & McGuinn's 12 strings. Pete Townsend & John Entwistle's Bass, Chris Squire and Paul McCartney's Bass and many others. In the seventies, I worked for “Fender Musical Instruments” I made a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano for John Lennon. The one used on “Walls and Bridges” My mother and myself are the only mother/son that both built an instrument for John Lennon. My mother made guitars for many famous Rockers, including the red guitar that was smashed by Peter Townsend of the WHO and is in the Rock HOF. I have built pianos for “You name it” just about everyone IE: “Pink Floyd” on “Dark Side Of The Moon” It is our little contribution to Classic Rock. I’m very proud of that fact.
Yep. A Hard Day's Night is considered one of the hundred best films of the twentieth century. Help is a great album but the film was just a throw away money grab although because of Beatle charisma has its charms.
Wonderful reaction. I was 6 years old when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. After that, you couldn't walk down the street without hearing a Beatles song playing on transistor and car radios.
Sometimes some people tend to overestimate his contribution as well. I’m not saying that he wasn’t an integral part of their development, mind you, but some people say that he wrote most of their music, or that their songwriting would b nothing without him which is definitely not the case.
Greatest album of all time is indeed a bold statement. Revolver is fantastic, and definitely up there, but I think it would neither be possible nor make any sense to pick any single album as "the best ever". Hell I couldn't even pick a favourite Beatle album.
It all comes down to being pioneers,being the one who dared to do something new,innovative and risky and then get away with it because it worked and all the others followed the path set out by the one who dared first.Thats the definition of genius,wheter in art,science or any human endeavour.Becoming the best selling musical act of all time in spite of an experimental approach is just an unlikly bonus that makes it even more impressive.
Not mentioned is the fact that Rory and the Storm played in Hamburg at the same time as the Beatles. So they sat in and watched Ringo perform and when Best couldn't play for them they asked Ringo to sit in with them. They immediately knew he was far superior to Best. When Martin recommended to them that they find a new drummer they wanted to ask Ringo.
Plus, Best did not really fit in with the others, not in terms of personality or even his hairstyle. Look at the press photo shown in this video of the four of them. His hair looks really out of place next to the others.
@@BuffaloC305 I think maybe Brandon meant the longevity of Paul's career. He started playing shows as a teenager, and now as an 80 year old he's still playing shows and writing new songs.
I highly recommend reacting to their movies, esp. A Hard Days' Night. Gives you a real good idea of Beatlemania, what it was like back in 1964, and it's a fun movie anyway. Lots of humor and songs. "Revolver" - the single Yellow Submarine was also a big hit although some thought it an awful song at the time. It was meant as a children's song....morons....To be clear, as much as I love Billy Preston, producer George Martin should be considered the fifth Beatle, and Billy the sixth. George Martin took them, let them work creatively, contributed much to their recordings, and stuck with them for 8 years. Billy was merely an acquaintance invited to play on a couple of albums as a guest. So Eric Clapton played on one song. Orchestras played on many later recordings. But it was Martin who facilitated the orchestra musicians, wrote arrangements, spent hours in the recording studio with them. And frankly, put up with their shenanigans and drug use. And never earned the millions they did on their records and stuff. No, George Martin should be the fifth Beatle in title. He frickin' earned it for years.
Pretty comprehensive, but a few things they left out: Stu Sutcliffe fell in love with a German girl and left the band to stay in Germany and go back to his art studies. He died in Germany, very sad. The Beatles made Brian Epstein fire Pete Best, because they didn't want to face him. When they said the Beatles threw some songs together for Yellow Submarine, I was surprised they didn't also mention that the whole second side of the album was instrumental music from the movie by George Martin.
Thanks for posting this Jamel! The Beatles occupy a unique place in the stratosphere of our musical world. There are other bands and singers that have captured my heart. But the Beatles resonated in a way like no other. Thanks to CZcams for giving me access to so much biographical material and commentary by specialists and reactors like you Jamel. Cheers!
bit late here - couple points , first Revolver is my fave Beatle album. (I'm 73 ) best of all time includes Opera etc etc so that is style /taste influenced. point many may not agree with - eight minutes in, the Beatles 2 nd Album released in England. date Nov. 22 1963. the day Pres Kennedy was murdered. the US went into a serious funk. things were very hyper anyway, Cuban Missile Crisis, racial strife..... I maintain something was needed bad in this Country. this group of guys from Liverpool was it.
I highly recommend that you listen to each album side one then side two in the order that they were released along with the singles that weren’t on albums.
Their creativity and foresight is open door for bands like Zepplin, Black sabbath, deep purple etc. etc. if it wasn’t for the Beatles we might not be where we are today here’s a little fact when the Beatles came out popular music was Doo-wop, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Dion and the Belmonts etc. etc. some people say they are the best in a lot of ways they are they set the bar !!!
The singer, Elvis Costello, once said that Revolver is the album that every rock band is trying to make thirty years later (he said this in 1996). Compared to the music that was being released at that time, Revolver is a revelation. It is as close to perfection as you can get. However, for me, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is my favorite Beatles album. It always makes me 😃.
No other band's music has ever had the impact on me that the Beatles had. They will always be the greatest in my book. I have loved a lot of other bands and musicians since then but, like i said, their stuff consistantly floored me and made want to listen to their records over and over and over.
Thanks for doing this. I ❤️ The Beatles. They were really my mom’s generation. I was just telling her the other day, if I were to ever meet Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr, I probably would scream, cry and faint just like the Beatlemania back in the day.
The first time I saw them live was in Cambridge, at the then Regal Cinema. Must have been very early in the day '64 or thereabouts, but Beatlemania was in full swing. The venue had a screen behind the band where they projected the words of every song as the did it, with a bouncing ball to let you know where they were in the song. You couldn't actually hear the band really, they were completely overwhelmed by the screaming & wailing girls. My over riding impression of that first experience of them was the entire place smelled of girls peeing themselves. One of main reasons they stopped touring was the concerts were no fun for them.
Due to a cousin 7 years older than myself, I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 65'. I was 12. Revolver is in my top 3 Beatles albums. I'll be 70 in Dec. 😃
My Head Mistress at school dragged my brothers and me to the concert the first time I saw them. Any excuse, I think she peed herself during the show. All the other girls did.
Still keeping great music alive! Thank you, Jamel. I've been with you on your journey since almost the beginning and have loved it all, brother! As for this video, a brief history, indeed. The narrator glosses over some important facts in the interest, I'm guessing, of speed, but then wastes time trying to be cute and funny. He's also mixed up a few events in their order as well as gotten a few things completely wrong. I tried watching this video before and gave up about five minutes in. Take care and good luck with more videos, Jamel. I appreciate all the time and work you put into your channel and your open mind is both refreshing and an example we should all follow.
And Revolver is by far my favorite album of all time, to answer your question. I think it's one of the best album ever made but not THE best, that may be Sgt Pepper's
The Beatles have the most number one singles than any other artist, sold more than any other artist and did that all in 7 - 8 years . Also the the only artist to have the top 5 singles on the billboard charts and the same time , 14 of the top 100 and 12 of those in the top 20 including those top 5 at the same time
Not in Britain they don't and Elvis has sold more singles Worldwide than the Beatles and Elvis has sold over a billion records which is more than the Beatles.
@@mariogmajner6549 You have to cite the source of where you got these statistics from (especially the singles stats). In general, these numbers are difficult to determine and must also be integrated into the further development of the distribution of music with streams and downloads. The fact, that Presley has 21 No.1 hits in the UK also results from the somewhat dubious release tactics in 2005-2007, when each week one track from the samplers "18 UK's No.1" and "18 Of The Greatest Singles Ever" came out as a single and usually dropped out of the top 10 again after a week. Nothing like it was ever thought necessary for the Beatles. Theoretically, one could also count EP's among the singles, of which 8 pieces by the Beatles achieved No.1 honors in the UK. But one can also overdo it with statistics cheese. The main thing is, that these gifts to the world for many people, Elvis Presley and the Beatles, are what they are and who have made large parts of the planet better, at least in some aspects.
@@braudabo In terms of numbers, The Beatles have sold 36.5 million more albums in the U.S. than Elvis, yet Elvis sold 25.5 million more singles than The Beatles.
@@braudabo Elvis has had no less than 149 songs to appear on Billboard's Hot 100 Pop Chart in America. Of these, 114 were in the top forty, 40 were in the top 10, and 18 went to number one. His number one singles spent a total of 80 weeks at number one.
@@mariogmajner6549 Yes, I know these stats, but they don't answer the question about the worldwide numbers. I come from Germany. Here had Presley only 2 No.1 hits, the Beatles 12 (long time record until 2017 a rapper called Capital Bra released a song every three weeks and was able to place many at No.1). In addition, when the music industry goes by sales figures, it calculates by units. A single = 1 unit, an album with 12 tracks = 4 or 5 units, I don't know exactly. These single stats are very difficult to research and record companies, whether it's the Beatles or Elvis Presleys, or whatever, sometimes like to "juggle" the numbers for PR reasons. Tell me, if you find anything really concrete in this jumble of numbers.
Ed Sullivan happened to be at an airport in England where The Beatles were flying into after concerts in Europe. He saw hundreds of fans waiting for them and asked about just who were The Beatles? He based his decision to book The Beatles for his show on the size/frenzy of the crowd. When The Beatles appeared on the show it was written into the contract to spend a given % of time showing the audience reaction. The Cultural Revolution was already well under way before Sgt. Pepper's came out. The Beatles were just a bit ahead of the curve.
Thank you sweetie ❤️, the Beatles story is almost like a fantasy. Truly magic. I’m glad you are learning facts I’ve known now for, 40 years? Oh my lol. 💕
12:50 sad in that is how it used to be, it was disgusting. But how many bands would do this at the time (refuse to play)? They were groundbreakers in so many ways. Great video, hard to have even more respect for this band, but there you go. I was born two years after they broke up, but my parents played them all the time. As a kid Abbey Road was my favourite, but over time that's changed to Magical Mystery Tour. It's incredible how short a time they were together, and the amount and range of music they produced is unbelievable. I was lucky enough to see McCartney live back in '93, he was awesome!
Highly suggest you check out The Beatles Anthology (It is on DVD because I have the boxed set. Not sure if it's still in print but you might be able to get it from a library) and the more recent Beatles: Get Back, which was released on DVD and Blu-ray a couple months ago. Both are too long for reactions but you would definitely enjoy them. If you do another movie reaction A Hard Day's Night would be a great one, and I'm still hoping for a full album reaction to Sgt. Pepper.
Yes, THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY is STILL available on DVD, And it is DEFINITATELY the most in depth biography on the Beatles as told by themselves, it's fantastic. This video did gloss over some really important aspects, and did get quite a few things wrong and mixed up. There are other documentaries on You Tube, but I feel that the "BEATLES ANTHOLOGY, " Ron Howards "EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: THE TOURING YEARS,," "THE BEATLES FIRST U.S. VISIT," and Peter Jackson's most recent "GET BACK" 3 part series on DISNEY + or DVD, are the BEST informational films on the BEATLES. PLUS their MOVIES "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" and "HELP!"
You really should watch A Hard Day's Night and Help, along with Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour. Paul later starred in the movie Give My Regards to Broad Street. Of course, you also should watch Let It Be if you're interested in the behind the scenes dram in making the album.
If he is going to watch LET IT BE, he ALSO needs to watch Peter Jackson's "GET BACK" which PROVES that that period wasn't all dark and looking like the Beatles were nothing but tense the whole time. BOTH need to be watched.
Jackson's "Get Back" is a much more honest take on the "Let It Be" album and the break up. It tells the story in their own words and deeds. Its much more "real life" and you understand why they had to go their separate ways. Yoko isn't some monster, she's a bright, surprisingly fun, intelligent lady. George had more to do with it than Paul, who sort of acted as the glue in truth. Though he pissed everyone off doing it. John had grown up and didn't want to be tied to a Rock n Roll band all his life. I feel for Ringo because he just wanted to be the best drummer he could be and loved every minute of being a popstar. He's good at it too.
@@tawnieriekena7 No, none of the band members were thirty by May 1970 (Ringo turned 30 later in July, John in October of that year). If you mark it done when John walked away from the group the previous August George was 26, Paul was 27, John was 28 and Ringo was 29
@@mikeevans4585 My timeline is based on when they officially dissolved the partnership, and the release of the Chritmas album. Not on Duncan's assertion that they broke up in 1968. You are dating the breakup to the McCartney self-interview, not when it was made official.
When 5 back in the 90s, i listened to the beatles all day. I used to watch an afternoon marathon of their music videos on tv. Until now, even though my music appreciation changed. The beatles is still my favorite band. The have a unique sonic sound that will lqst for generations to come.
No surprises for this fan from their beginning. But very glad u took the time to see it, as brief as it was. As for Apple, Jobs admitted the connection of name. Also the documentary didn’t cover their full impact on recording technology, graphic arts, fashion n taking the world from black n white to psychedelia! Whose music did Jobs first try to secure for the iPod?! Yep! They WERE NOT just a band or even just the top/best/biggest band. They were a phenomenon.
In my book, Revolver is one of four albums that are candidates for best rock album of all time. The other 3 are The Beatles' Rubber Soul, and 2 Bob Dylan albums - Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.
As Doc Loco pointed out about "Paperback Writer", "Strawberry Fields" was a stand alone single (with Penny Lane) and not included on Sgt Peppers because Capitol in the US was pressuring for something, so those two songs were released a couple of months early.
The Beatles changed the coarse of popular music, and it wasn’t just the music. That’s something that those who like to diminish them do not understand. The day after they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show countless young men and women began to buy and learn how to play the guitar, bass, and drums. Many stores sold out of these musical instruments, virtually overnight. Many of those kids later began making influential music of their own. This cannot be emphasized too much. Kids also began to wear their hair like them, dress like them, sound like them (musically), even talk like them. I can’t think of any other band that had that kind of profound influence on culture. That is why they are the G.O.A.T.
I have all the US released albums. For an insurance inventory I had a record guy come in to let me know what my rather extensive album library was worth. He was looking through the albums - saw my White Album and offered to buy it, of course I said no. 😆
@@krissmgvlogs Not that much. I have around 600 albums. Some I purchased, others I inherited from my parents/grandparents. It's a very eclectic collection. Most just ordinary. He gave me a range of prices that one could get. It was between 1200-1400. The only one that caught his eye was my White album. He offered 25$. I asked why the difference from all my other "non" rare albums. He wasn't to clear. I think he just wanted to add it to his personal collection. He did check the inside label on the record. There was something about the label that would have made it rare. I guess that was not the case with mine, but he still wanted it.
Imo the Beatles were always destined for greatness. There’s so many old photos, audio, video that survived from a day & age where someone recording video or audio was a rarity. I mean there’s a photo from the day John met Paul… HOW?!?!
Exactly, sometimes you think there is a higher power at work. Sure it could be coincidence but the story of The Beatles is literally littered with them.
There IS no photo of the day Paul met John (them actually meeting, I mean) but there IS the photo they showed in this video of John and the Quarryman [laying on the back of the flatbed truck in the parade, which was the day Paul met John
The Beatles story is so much deeper and more interesting then this quick take of it. For instance Billy Preston met the Beatles in Hamburg Germany ( Billy was 16). Billy was touring with Little Richard and the Richard was headlining and The Beatles played on same bill before they had made it in America. The Beatles hero’s were the black artist from America like Little Richard and Chuck Berry. They learned their craft by playing almost 1000 in Hamburg Germany. Sometimes eight hours a day and and seven days a week.
The Beatles didn't just change music they changed EVERTHING music, clothes, hair!!! the way young people looked at themselves, thought about their selves and how they had the power to change the world and it nearly worked, but of course the rich and powerful just took back over and we have let the world forget just how awesome the 1960s were, we may have more "stuff" but that not it is it?? we need to be brothers and sisters the world needs People like The Beatles. ☮n ♥from Scotland
I remember first hearing "This Boy" or "All My Loving", and thinking, this is my favorite song. This is the best song ever. I believe Paul was being interviewed. And the song, This Boy,(Lennon) came up in the conversation. And Paul said it was a good song at that time. For that time. But he wouldn't write it now. And I can see that. Music has changed. Or the style has changed. I like lots of music. Lots of genres. Some I don't. Even some Beatles songs. But they were so profusely active and adaptive. Pushing the envelope. That there is at least one song that will hook the most ardent skeptic. Now, my favorite Beatles song, is the one I am listening to at the moment.
Little correction to this guy's narration: It wasn't "United Artists Records" that gave them a contract for movies, it was simply United Artists, which was a movie studio that also happened to have a record label, something that was common at the time. Ironically, UA Records was eventually bought by Capitol.
You are spot-on correct, though I don't think it was ironic that Capitol bought United Artists Records. UA was not only distributing the US version of "A Hard Day's Night," but the US "Let It Be" album as well. The Beatles were worth so much to Capitol that this could have been the sole reason for the purchase.
Steve Jobs was sued by The Beatles at least 3 times for using the name Apple, using an apple as a logo, and having a music app called Apple on his cell phones. Jobs paid millions of dollars each time in order to use the name and logo. Jobs was a HUGE Beatles fan, and wanted his creation called Apple to honor the Beatles.
There is a movie called "Backbeat" starring Steven Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe & the guy who played Professor Quirrell in the 1st Harry Potter as John Lennon's. It covers their time in Hamburg.
Ian Hart has played John Lennon three times: in “Backbeat”, “The Hours And Times”, and “Snodgrass”. Coincidentally, he also played Ludwig Beethoven in another film (“Eroica”). He is from Liverpool, England himself, which is probably one of the main reasons why he has played John so many times.
The Beatles changed everything, without them there would probably not of been a Led Zeppelin. They changed mindsets, broke down barriers and prejudices, they made everything possible because they disregard all current boundaries and limitations. Anything and everything was now possible!!! So yes, the Beatles were and are the greatest band ever!!!😁🇬🇧🇬🇧
Listen to what was released in 1966, then listen to Revolver. They just kicked the door down and blew everyone away. Revolver was the game changer, from that moment forward, every one else was playing catchup.
Paul McCartney said that when they were trying to think of a name for the album, somebody asked the question “what does an album do?“ And somebody said “it revolves.“ And he was dead serious. These guys wrote about love and kissing and dating and spending the night. They never mentioned any kind of subject that’s not loving. You’ll notice rubber soul was spelled SOUL because they were influenced by Motown sounds and the girl bands. I saw them live in Atlanta stadium when I was probably 15. Ha ha ha. They were unbelievably tight. Peace and love from Florida
John Lennon was jamming w/ his school mates when he met Paul McCartney in 1957... McCartney brought George Harrison into the band... Of course, like most people who leave school, the other members left & went on their own paths, because none were musicians... In the end, there was only Lennon, McCartney and Harrison going into 1960, who wanted to keep playing rock n' roll music in a band. Lennon asked his friend Stuart Sutcliffe to join on bass... Pete Best was a drummer who agreed to join the band for their first residency in Hamburg, West Germany. They met photographer Astrid Kirchherr there, who fell in love w/ Stuart Sutcliffe... In 1961, The Beatles returned to Hamburg for another residency, but Sutcliffe was not interested in playing w/ the band anymore... He told the band he was going back to art school and settling in Hamburg w/ Astrid. Paul McCartney took over playing bass when they returned to Liverpool. Tragically, Stuart Sutcliffe died in 1962, likely from a head injury from years prior that would cause an aneurysm. By 1962, The Beatles were regulars playing Hamburg and Liverpool, under the management of Brian Epstein. They began recording their songs w/ Pete Best on drums, but Best was losing interest in playing w/ The Beatles... they were still not signed, and money was not coming in... According to drummer Ringo Starr, he met the Beatles during separate residencies in Hamburg... he was from Liverpool, and in 1962, he was being called to fill in for Pete Best at shows at Liverpool's Cavern Club... Apparently, Best was not showing up for shows anymore. Frustrated, Epstein finally offered Ringo Starr the job as the Beatles' drummer, and Starr agreed to join because he felt that the Beatles were the best rock n' roll band in the scene... When that news was announced, the fans of Pete Best gave Ringo a hard time at Beatles' shows. According to the producers, Ringo Starr was not much better musically than Pete Best in the studio... but w/ a record contract on the table, the Beatles had no choice. That was the Fab Four (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison & Starr) going into 1963. There were a number of bands that had early members bail or get fired, before the bands became huge... some musicians do not cut it. Others quit... Pink Floyd had a guitarist named Bob Klose who left the band in 1965... Genesis had guitarist Anthony Phillips leave early in their career... Rush had to replace their original drummer John Rutsey w/ Neil Peart in 1974... Aerosmith fired guitarist Ray Tabano and Brad Whitford became their permanent guitarist... Van Halen had bassist Mark Stone before bassist Michael Anthony joined the band... Thin Lizzy's early guitarist Eric Bell left the band, was replaced by Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson... AC/DC's early bassist was Mark Evans, who left the band in 1977 (their early singer was Dave Evans before Bon Scott replaced him in 1974)... Motorhead replaced original members Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums) for 'Fast' Eddie Clarke on guitar and Philthy Taylor on drums... Iron Maiden went thru so many members from 1975 to 1983 - only Steve Harris (bass) and Dave Murray (guitar) remained. Even after they were signed, guitarist Dennis Stratton was fired in 1980, original vocalist Paul Di'Anno was out in 1981... and drummer Clive Burr was fired in 1982. Metallica sacked both original bassist Ron McGovney and lead guitarist Dave Mustaine in 1983... Anthrax sacked both original bassist Dan Lilker and original singer Neil Turbin... The Rolling Stones replaced guitarist Brian Jones w/ Mick Taylor in 1969; guitarist Ronnie Wood replaced Taylor in 1974...
The first vinyl album ever I bought was a Beatles album, an Australian Compilation album called The Essential Beatles, the first cassette and CD I bought was Led Zeppelin IV, for both. But I can say with confidence The Beatles are and, probably, forever will be the greatest band of all time. Led Zeppelin wouldn’t even be close! As others have said The Beatles changed a generation or two and pulled us into a pretty cool time to live, the time that Led Zeppelin took full advantage of too. As did many other great bands and musicians. We owe The Beatles a great deal of gratitude, still.
Jamel: I am old white guy (70) - big Beatles fan. And "Revolver" is probably the groups Best Album. A masterpiece - still relatively young men (on pot and a little acid) stretching the bounds of popular music (or any music!) like Never Before. Song "Strawberry Fields Forever" (by Lennon) another masterpiece (but shit - there were dozens of great ones BTW almost all their later songs were about real stuff in their lives - or what happened to them as kids - etc. While based on American RnR -- with heavy props to black American pioneers like Chuck Berry!) they were - and are - "The Best Ever"
There is no denying their talent as songwriters. There is no denying their commercial success. And there is no denying that they changed the face of music so I kinda agree they were possibly the best band in the world. When I discovered Got To Get You Into My Life by Earth Wind & Fire was a McCartney cover suddenly I had mad respect for him. And big up George Harrison, Something is one of favourite songs of all time!
I’m a huge Beatles fan, The number of classic albums. The number of classic songs. The number of hits. The growth and diversity of their music. And what blows my mind is Ringo joined in ‘62. John left in ‘69. They did all that in 7 years.
Anyone who grew up in the 60's memorized every single detail of Beatle trivia. We had Beatlemania, which was so deep and profound, that here it is 60 years later and we still are fans.
And we still know all the deets!
Yessir yessir!!!
I was not even alive in the 60s yet I'm sure I know at least as much Beatles trivia as anyone who grew up then. Kids being born today will probably know more than I do because The Beatles are forever.
I am 68 and still have my Beatles cards.
Born in '01 and still have it memorized. Gotta keep good music alive.
One of the things that is missing from this video is that it wasnt just the music or their style but also their personalities. They were all very funny, cheeky , quick witted, charming boys. The US press were ready to skewer them , when tbey first got to America, but were won over by how lovable they were.
TOTALLY TRUE, they were TRULY the WHOLE package!
That ‘Revolver’ cover was designed by Klaus Voormann, who also did the artwork for ‘The Beatles Anthology’, one of their artist friends from the early Hamburg days who, because of them, became a musician, an excellent bass player, and played on albums by Lennon, Harrison, and Starr, Manfred Mann, Lou Reed, Carly Simon, etc. He’s still alive today.
Not to mention produced Trio's "Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)". xD
He also played The Concert for Bangladesh.
No band had more influence on popular music and on popular culture than the Beatles. Some may say they like other groups more, but, The Beatles stand alone above all other groups. They were the most versatile and influential band of all time. Many of the greatest rock bands came into existence because of The Beatles breaking so many glass ceilings and inspiring so many young musicians who followed after The Beatles. I don't know how anyone can argue with that.
I don't think any band has had so many memorable-groundbreaking hit records in a row. From 65-69, In just 4 years they released Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road. Those 4 years alone changed music forever.
Between august 6th 1965 and august 5th 1966, Help, Rubber Soul and Revolver. Just ridiculous!
They came they saw, they conquered but just as quickly, thankfully collapsed because of John’s ego and the later music was horrible IMO. Sargent Peppers was awful and never liked the band from 67 on. My midteen tastes matured and they sounded awful to me. The music went to Blues/Rock and the Beatles thought the sitar was a good sound
@@Oxmustube absolutely insane. Help is a fantastic album
Pink Floyd 1972-1979(DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, and The Wall) comes close.
Led Zeppelin 1970-1975 is also great.
Stevie Wonder 1972-1976 is legendary.
The Beatles still reign supreme though.
@@antonioiniguez1615 I agree. It doesn't get enough love for showing how the Beatles moved in a different direction.
It is the album where you can see a new chapter being written.
“They don’t adapt. People adapt to them.” True worlds! You get it. 😎❤️
Revolver is absolutely in the conversation as the best album of all time. It was revolutionary
Dam .. I love Rubber Soul but I always end up on Revolver as my favorite album by them …
Could have had Paperback Writer and Rain on it...Making it even greater
@@douglasmijangos3327 Those are my 2 favorite Beatles albums.
@@nthdegree1269 same wit The Pepper album .. I think they were gonna out Strawberry Fields but some producer or mixer .. someone from the label decided not to .. I think it was George Martin .. I think he said it was one the biggest regrets of his career… that would’ve been even better too 😂
Abbey Road has been my go to Album for the last 45 years or so
The Beatles!!! There's so many reasons why they are my favorite band and just so crucial to music history in general. They were a powerhouse of talent and creativity, from day one right to the end in 1969-1970. I could watch every video about them and still be impressed
They are my favorite band too!
Same
They are my favorite band of all time, as well and for so many reasons.
Pete Best, their first drummer, was sacked on August 16, 1962, the very day I was born. So, the Beatles as we know them are EXACTLY as old as I am! Peace and Love Brother Jamel and Beatlemaniacs across the universe!
I was a highly traumatized and depressed child, the Beatles were like the sun coming out for me !! It was GLORIOUS !! They changed the world more than you will ever know !!
I grew up in that era. I saw their Ed Sullivan appearances with all of the girls screaming their heads off. I watched them grow in their short time span as a band, '63-'70. They were such a huge influence, not only on all of the fans but on other groups who tried to copy their style, music and fashion. They truly are the best group to ever exist. I don't see another group coming along that can match what the Beatles accomplished. Especially with the music world as it exists today. Great job reacting to this piece of history!
That was a good summary of their entire career, especially considering it was 30 minutes!! Having seen Let It Be, and also the new Peter Jackson "Get Back" 3-episode re-work, Yoko is definitely NOT what broke them up. It was coming anyway. They were all getting tired of "being Beatles" and the expectations that come with it. I remember the newspaper article in the Philadelphia Bulletin when they broke up. My sister and I were sad, for sure. But seeing each one thrive on their own, and later overcome the legal battles and hard feelings and become brothers in spirit, if not in togetherness, again, was beautiful.
It’s honestly probably a good thing the broke up. If they’d stayed together they may have developed irreconcilable differences.
The Beatles were not just a band, they were responsible for an entire cultural revolution! They changed everything, which is what I think made them the GOAT! Were it not for the Beatles, there would never have been a Led Zeppelin, or a Rolling Stones, or Rush, or any great rock bands of the 70s and beyond. Thanks for this reaction, Jamel! 💙✌
Rush was just fine without the beatles.
@@willduffield7226 I didn't say they weren't. I love Rush, but the Beatles were around long before Rush ... actually long before most rock bands. You would know that if you had grown up during that time.
@@faithnyou1732 Actually, you did say they weren't, by virtue of implying that they wouldn't have been capable of doing anything they did, if it weren't for the beatles having been around first. That's not true. There is no relationship or correlation there. And don't patronize me; you don't have to be alive during a specific time to be aware of what happened then. That's what history is for. Besides, it's not like your generation ever stops talking about your history. But what you may dread to realize, however, is that there are fewer people in the world who care about the 60's and all of its idolatry than you may think. What a massive swathe of your generation calls things like "innovative" and "revolutionary" is actually just mere, esoteric ramblings of a spoiled, unenlightened group of people who are too afraid to have any responsibility or maturity to admit that they have no idea how the real world or human nature actually work.
You want to waste your life by lying to yourself? Go ahead. That's no skin off my nose. But don't think that you've won some sort of contest of wisdom here. There is no wisdom in thinking the beatles will have any impact in the vast scheme of things. That is not their purpose. You can do whatever you want to do to pacify your insistence that they be valued as such. But as soon as you try to impose that fantasy onto my purview, I'm going to put a stop to it. You may not care about reality, but I do.
There is no contest here. Rush is beautiful. They make music. The beatles are an idol; nothing more.
Oh, and speaking of who's actually unaware of what's been going on in history, how much do you really know about the generations that came after yours? Do you have *any* remote idea what we've been through? I would *love* to hear this. Wait right there. I'll get the popcorn.
@@willduffield7226 Good for them. I'm so proud! NOT. Did you ask them how they felt? What did they say? lol
@@willduffield7226 In reality you should have said Rush wouldn't be here if it wasn't for The Beatles! That would be much closer to the actual truth of the matter if you knew anything about Rock history. Which you obviously don't. As Neil Young said "there's more to the picture than meets the eye".
Should be known that Abbey Rd was actually the last album recorded, Let It Be came out afterward, due to much delay over production & kerfluffels.
Revolver had the John Lennon classic Tomorrow Never Knows. A masterpiece ahead of it's time in 1966. Drum loops, samples and other things that weren't common back then
It took me many years to be able to appreciate that song. These days, it's sounding great to me.
The guys who made up the original group The Quarrymen later reunited and they still perform as The Quarrymen.
I live in Vegas, but I am from Liverpool. As a teenager, in the 1980s I worked for a permanent exhibition called Beatle City (now The Beatles Story). We owned the actual bus from the Magical Mystery Tour and I was an official Beatle Guide. I love my hometown and was so happy to see so many people from all over the world who took the time and money to visit Liverpool, and still do. Our universal language is The Beatles’ music, I swear if we could blast it around the world all at once, we would have world peace.
...and you've put down another statue. This time for Brian Epstein. I'm waiting for a statue for Yoko Ono... 😄
@@braudabo not funny troll
Video failed to mention that “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love” were released as singles after Lennons death and were demo tapes that got updated and remastered with Jeff Lynne of ELO.
They were originally recorded by Harrison and Lennon respectively.
That video is really only the tip of the iceberg.
It's funny, since he mentions McCartney and Starr reuniting to record "Grow Old With Me," and completely overlooks the more significant reunion from the early 90s.
Those Lads were/are the greatest band ever!! After they broke it big anything before them (like Elvis) was how things WERE done & the Beatles represented how things ARE! RIP John & George 🙏😔
My dad was stationed in Germany when they had their residency there. He saw them a few times but not to seek them out. Its just where he was hanging out. Of course he had no idea what he was watching at the time and a few years later ....
The gator bowl in Florida I believe 1964 they said we play to people each member of the band were unanimous in saying that they wouldn’t play if the audience was segregated. They not only broke the class barrier in England they helped with the race barrier America.
In 1964 that was a very controversial move - so awesome that it was not up for discussion with them. Their music will be held on par with the greatest composers and music of all time, like Beethoven or Mozart are today. Such an amazing phenomenon.
And, not only that, but they had it written into their contracts with all US venues after that, that they would not be required to play to segregated audiences. They made that stand for civil rights before most people outside of America even knew the term. Later, Paul wrote 'Blackbird' - 'Blackbird, fly... you were only waiting for this moment to arise..' inspired by a newspaper article about a group of African American women who were the first to make it into a formerly segregated/ whites only college. 'Birds' was an English expression for girls/young women back then.
(Someone please correct me if I've misremembered any of the details of this story.)
@@papercup2517 Paul always denied that song had nothing to do with race
@@dolphinsrr If you look it up, you should be able to find the photograph - taken some years later, after they'd graduated, IIRC, of Paul posing with those ladies, and the story being told. I apologise I can't provide a link off the top of my head. Don't forget Paul has a tendency to remember bits and pieces of his life differently at different times, so not all his statements are in total agreement with each other. (Probably like most of us!)
@@pdog547 Only in America. The boys couldn't believe that the Americans would try and exclude the people who had inspired them from day one. These were Liverpool lads from the 50's, who came from the most important Port City in the British Empire. Foreigners didn't bother them in the slightest, the colour of your skin was utterly irrelevant. Not a racist bone in their bodies. A few German jokes excepted, but that was personal, so to speak.
I knew George well since I was 14 years old and first visited the States in 64 just like him. Years later we swapped notes on the things that blew us away about how black people where treated in the Southern States in general, it was so offhand and just nasty.
I spent a lot of the 60's in and around South Africa, and the US and the Florida of 1964 particularly surprised me as well.
They may have made heavy metal, too. "Helter Skelter", "Revolution", and "I Want You/She's So Heavy", all have a leaning into the loudness. I know, John, and Paul had seen Jimi Hendrix perform, in England.
It is conceivable, that Paul recommended Jimi to be on the list of performers, that were at The Monterey Pop Festival For The Arts, in 1967.
In my view, The Beatles created bridges, into many emerging genres, through studio experimentation, progressive concepts, introspection, and became the heart of expression for
the whole era.
No.The kinks are credited with that
Come Together? Was them blowing everyone else into the weeds ... it took one track.
All the more remarkable when you consider that they were still in their 20's when they broke up!
I was 10 when the Beatles hit the US. It's almost impossible to convey how they literally changed the music world seemingly overnight, and the worldwide cultural revolution they brought with them.
Like every person now over 65-ish, I will never forget that first US tv performance on the Ed Sullivan Show Feb. 9th,1964. Almost every time, each new album was impossibly better than the last, as they kept evolving and maturing in songwriting, instrumentations, production, and use of studio techniques (that they themselves pioneered). I truly feel blessed to have had their music as the soundtrack of my youth. (by the way, as much as Billy Preston perfectly contributed to the Let It Be album, the true fifth Beatle is/was Sir George Martin. His genius was an integral and invaluable part of the Fab Four's growth and success from day (album) one.)
I was 9 when the Beatles arrived & I agree with everything you said, 100%! Both of my daughters were raised to love The Beatles, & now, my 3-yr-old granddaughter is already a big fan, too. ❤
Revolver is no doubt in the top 3 if not the best album in history.
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It’s interesting you ask that question.
When Apple Computer was formed, Apple Corps sued them for the use of the name Apple. The case was settled under the condition Apple Computer doesn’t operate in the music business.
Apple Corps sued Apple Computer, now just Apple Inc, when the released iTunes and started selling music.
Eventually, tensions between Apple and Apple Corps were resolved and Apple Core made The Beatles’ entire catalogue available through iTunes.
Thanks for this added info.
Other way around, Apple Corps refused to let iTunes handle their music because of the obvious trademark infringement, eventually settled after years.
And the Americans complain about the Chinese.
Rory, the crux of the issue was more than just the Corps catalogue. It was operating in the music industry with that name at the heart of it.
I don’t know what the Chinese have to do with this matter. In this case both parties did what they felt best. I never detected animosity between each other beyond the dispute. They weren’t out to destroy another.
I've read all 1,600 plus pages of "Tune In" by Mark Lewisohn - the first of three volumes dealing with the history of the Beatles. The full story is more amazing than you can imagine.
TOTALLY AGREE!! I LOVED it!
My mother made John Lennon’s, 1964 Rickenbacker Guitar.
My mother... Dorothy J. Tandle was working at RIC back in February 1964.
When Francis C. Hall got back from Miami, after talking to John, Paul and Ringo.
F.C. Hall presented Lennon with a new 325 to replace his road weary 1958 one during the group's first trip to New York City. John used the new guitar on The Beatles second Sullivan appearance and on the group's subsequent tours and albums.
My mother was asked to follow Lennon’s Custom guitar from start to finish.
This was the Black & White semi-hollow bodied “Miami” model (serial number db122, d=1964, b=Feb.).
She sanded the body, then worked on the neck & fret board,
then she assembled the guitar after the finish was applied.
She did all the work herself.
She did the same for many custom orders at that time.
She was trained in all areas except the wood shop and finishes.
She did all the sanding, fret board assembly, and put all the other pieces on John Lennon’s Custom 325.
After finishing the guitar, she gave it to the tuner/inspector. He asked my mother “Since you built it, what song would you like to hear?” My mother said…“Peanut Butter And Jelly”.
That was a song she wrote and the tuner knew the cords. My mother sang the song as it was being played. SO… The very first song ever played on John Lennon’s famous 325 was a song my mother wrote about the messes I made as a child.
There is a “GREEN” check mark inside the guitar.
“Our guitars are so sexy because Dotty gives them the woman’s touch” - Ward Deaton GM at RIC
My mom made virtually all the famous guitars of that era.
Lennon's, Harrison's & McGuinn's 12 strings. Pete Townsend & John Entwistle's Bass, Chris Squire and Paul McCartney's Bass and many others. In the seventies, I worked for “Fender Musical Instruments”
I made a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano for John Lennon.
The one used on “Walls and Bridges”
My mother and myself are the only mother/son that both built an instrument for John Lennon.
My mother made guitars for many famous Rockers, including the red guitar that was smashed by Peter Townsend of the WHO and is in the Rock HOF. I have built pianos for “You name it”
just about everyone IE: “Pink Floyd” on “Dark Side Of The Moon”
It is our little contribution to Classic Rock.
I’m very proud of that fact.
Now this is going down memory lane!
If you're going to see a Beatles movie, see "A Hard Day's Night." It's by far their best.
Yep. A Hard Day's Night is considered one of the hundred best films of the twentieth century. Help is a great album but the film was just a throw away money grab although because of Beatle charisma has its charms.
@@ronalddobis6782 I like “Help!”too. I still think it’s pretty funny, though not as good as AHDN.
The more you study about them, the still amaze you with their talents.
Wonderful reaction. I was 6 years old when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. After that, you couldn't walk down the street without hearing a Beatles song playing on transistor and car radios.
Don’t underestimate George Martin’s contribution to their success.
He was the all time fifth Beatle.
Brian Epstein tho
Yes, Martin was at least the fifth. He was the trained musician that helped them craft their creative genius.
Sometimes some people tend to overestimate his contribution as well. I’m not saying that he wasn’t an integral part of their development, mind you, but some people say that he wrote most of their music, or that their songwriting would b nothing without him which is definitely not the case.
Greatest album of all time is indeed a bold statement. Revolver is fantastic, and definitely up there, but I think it would neither be possible nor make any sense to pick any single album as "the best ever". Hell I couldn't even pick a favourite Beatle album.
They Reinvented themselves 4 to 5 times always innovating none of their songs sound identical to each other.
I'm proud of the beatles for insisting on no segregation. Ringo was hip to South Africa, thus they never played "Sun City"
Revolver has always been my favorite Beatles album. It's a perfect mix of pop and psychedelia.
It all comes down to being pioneers,being the one who dared to do something new,innovative and risky and then get away with it because it worked and all the others followed the path set out by the one who dared first.Thats the definition of genius,wheter in art,science or any human endeavour.Becoming the best selling musical act of all time in spite of an experimental approach is just an unlikly bonus that makes it even more impressive.
Not mentioned is the fact that Rory and the Storm played in Hamburg at the same time as the Beatles. So they sat in and watched Ringo perform and when Best couldn't play for them they asked Ringo to sit in with them. They immediately knew he was far superior to Best. When Martin recommended to them that they find a new drummer they wanted to ask Ringo.
Plus, Best did not really fit in with the others, not in terms of personality or even his hairstyle. Look at the press photo shown in this video of the four of them. His hair looks really out of place next to the others.
Revolver has to be one (if not the one) of the best albums ever made!
Paul mccartney might just have the greatest longevity in music history
Beethoven... Schubert... etc. But in 400 years, let's see.
@@BuffaloC305 I think maybe Brandon meant the longevity of Paul's career. He started playing shows as a teenager, and now as an 80 year old he's still playing shows and writing new songs.
Revolver is to me the best album of all time. It’s been my all time best album for some years now
The Beatles friendships forged before they were "famous", tended to stay friends for life.
I highly recommend reacting to their movies, esp. A Hard Days' Night. Gives you a real good idea of Beatlemania, what it was like back in 1964, and it's a fun movie anyway. Lots of humor and songs. "Revolver" - the single Yellow Submarine was also a big hit although some thought it an awful song at the time. It was meant as a children's song....morons....To be clear, as much as I love Billy Preston, producer George Martin should be considered the fifth Beatle, and Billy the sixth. George Martin took them, let them work creatively, contributed much to their recordings, and stuck with them for 8 years. Billy was merely an acquaintance invited to play on a couple of albums as a guest. So Eric Clapton played on one song. Orchestras played on many later recordings. But it was Martin who facilitated the orchestra musicians, wrote arrangements, spent hours in the recording studio with them. And frankly, put up with their shenanigans and drug use. And never earned the millions they did on their records and stuff. No, George Martin should be the fifth Beatle in title. He frickin' earned it for years.
I think that Brian Epstein should be considered the 5th or the 6th Beatle. Both he and George Martin were integral to their history.
Pretty comprehensive, but a few things they left out: Stu Sutcliffe fell in love with a German girl and left the band to stay in Germany and go back to his art studies. He died in Germany, very sad. The Beatles made Brian Epstein fire Pete Best, because they didn't want to face him. When they said the Beatles threw some songs together for Yellow Submarine, I was surprised they didn't also mention that the whole second side of the album was instrumental music from the movie by George Martin.
Thanks for posting this Jamel! The Beatles occupy a unique place in the stratosphere of our musical world. There are other bands and singers that have captured my heart. But the Beatles resonated in a way like no other. Thanks to CZcams for giving me access to so much biographical material and commentary by specialists and reactors like you Jamel. Cheers!
bit late here - couple points , first Revolver is my fave Beatle album. (I'm 73 ) best of all time includes Opera etc etc so that is style /taste influenced. point many may not agree with - eight minutes in, the Beatles 2 nd Album released in England. date Nov. 22 1963. the day Pres Kennedy was murdered. the US went into a serious funk. things were very hyper anyway, Cuban Missile Crisis, racial strife..... I maintain something was needed bad in this Country. this group of guys from Liverpool was it.
I highly recommend that you listen to each album side one then side two in the order that they were released along with the singles that weren’t on albums.
Their creativity and foresight is open door for bands like Zepplin, Black sabbath, deep purple etc. etc. if it wasn’t for the Beatles we might not be where we are today here’s a little fact when the Beatles came out popular music was Doo-wop, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Dion and the Belmonts etc. etc. some people say they are the best in a lot of ways they are they set the bar !!!
The singer, Elvis Costello, once said that Revolver is the album that every rock band is trying to make thirty years later (he said this in 1996). Compared to the music that was being released at that time, Revolver is a revelation. It is as close to perfection as you can get. However, for me, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is my favorite Beatles album. It always makes me 😃.
No other band's music has ever had the impact on me that the Beatles had. They will always be the greatest in my book. I have loved a lot of other bands and musicians since then but, like i said, their stuff consistantly floored me and made want to listen to their records over and over and over.
Thanks for doing this. I ❤️ The Beatles. They were really my mom’s generation. I was just telling her the other day, if I were to ever meet Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr, I probably would scream, cry and faint just like the Beatlemania back in the day.
The first time I saw them live was in Cambridge, at the then Regal Cinema. Must have been very early in the day '64 or thereabouts, but Beatlemania was in full swing. The venue had a screen behind the band where they projected the words of every song as the did it, with a bouncing ball to let you know where they were in the song.
You couldn't actually hear the band really, they were completely overwhelmed by the screaming & wailing girls. My over riding impression of that first experience of them was the entire place smelled of girls peeing themselves.
One of main reasons they stopped touring was the concerts were no fun for them.
Revolver was pretty damned special. Classics from back to front.
You can't have a bad day while listening to it.
Due to a cousin 7 years older than myself, I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 65'. I was 12. Revolver is in my top 3 Beatles albums. I'll be 70 in Dec. 😃
My Head Mistress at school dragged my brothers and me to the concert the first time I saw them. Any excuse, I think she peed herself during the show. All the other girls did.
Still keeping great music alive! Thank you, Jamel. I've been with you on your journey since almost the beginning and have loved it all, brother!
As for this video, a brief history, indeed. The narrator glosses over some important facts in the interest, I'm guessing, of speed, but then wastes time trying to be cute and funny. He's also mixed up a few events in their order as well as gotten a few things completely wrong. I tried watching this video before and gave up about five minutes in.
Take care and good luck with more videos, Jamel. I appreciate all the time and work you put into your channel and your open mind is both refreshing and an example we should all follow.
And Revolver is by far my favorite album of all time, to answer your question. I think it's one of the best album ever made but not THE best, that may be Sgt Pepper's
In my opinion Revolver is the best, but SPLHCB is the greatest.
The Beatles have the most number one singles than any other artist, sold more than any other artist and did that all in 7 - 8 years . Also the the only artist to have the top 5 singles on the billboard charts and the same time , 14 of the top 100 and 12 of those in the top 20 including those top 5 at the same time
Not in Britain they don't and Elvis has sold more singles Worldwide than the Beatles and Elvis has sold over a billion records which is more than the Beatles.
@@mariogmajner6549 You have to cite the source of where you got these statistics from (especially the singles stats). In general, these numbers are difficult to determine and must also be integrated into the further development of the distribution of music with streams and downloads. The fact, that Presley has 21 No.1 hits in the UK also results from the somewhat dubious release tactics in 2005-2007, when each week one track from the samplers "18 UK's No.1" and "18 Of The Greatest Singles Ever" came out as a single and usually dropped out of the top 10 again after a week. Nothing like it was ever thought necessary for the Beatles. Theoretically, one could also count EP's among the singles, of which 8 pieces by the Beatles achieved No.1 honors in the UK.
But one can also overdo it with statistics cheese. The main thing is, that these gifts to the world for many people, Elvis Presley and the Beatles, are what they are and who have made large parts of the planet better, at least in some aspects.
@@braudabo In terms of numbers, The Beatles have sold 36.5 million more albums in the U.S. than Elvis, yet Elvis sold 25.5 million more singles than The Beatles.
@@braudabo Elvis has had no less than 149 songs to appear on Billboard's Hot 100 Pop Chart in America. Of these, 114 were in the top forty, 40 were in the top 10, and 18 went to number one. His number one singles spent a total of 80 weeks at number one.
@@mariogmajner6549 Yes, I know these stats, but they don't answer the question about the worldwide numbers. I come from Germany. Here had Presley only 2 No.1 hits, the Beatles 12 (long time record until 2017 a rapper called Capital Bra released a song every three weeks and was able to place many at No.1). In addition, when the music industry goes by sales figures, it calculates by units. A single = 1 unit, an album with 12 tracks = 4 or 5 units, I don't know exactly. These single stats are very difficult to research and record companies, whether it's the Beatles or Elvis Presleys, or whatever, sometimes like to "juggle" the numbers for PR reasons. Tell me, if you find anything really concrete in this jumble of numbers.
Ed Sullivan happened to be at an airport in England where The Beatles were flying into after concerts in Europe. He saw hundreds of fans waiting for them and asked about just who were The Beatles? He based his decision to book The Beatles for his show on the size/frenzy of the crowd. When The Beatles appeared on the show it was written into the contract to spend a given % of time showing the audience reaction.
The Cultural Revolution was already well under way before Sgt. Pepper's came out. The Beatles were just a bit ahead of the curve.
Jamal on that night of the tv show, for it's duration, not one crime was reported in New York City!
And did you know that future Monkee Davy Jones appeared on that same show?
Thank you sweetie ❤️, the Beatles story is almost like a fantasy. Truly magic. I’m glad you are learning facts I’ve known now for, 40 years? Oh my lol. 💕
Much respect to Elvis The Beatles and they mentioned Rush rest in peace professor one of a kind like Ringo
No words that have not already been said, other than the Beatles WERE my childhood
12:50 sad in that is how it used to be, it was disgusting. But how many bands would do this at the time (refuse to play)? They were groundbreakers in so many ways. Great video, hard to have even more respect for this band, but there you go. I was born two years after they broke up, but my parents played them all the time. As a kid Abbey Road was my favourite, but over time that's changed to Magical Mystery Tour. It's incredible how short a time they were together, and the amount and range of music they produced is unbelievable. I was lucky enough to see McCartney live back in '93, he was awesome!
Highly suggest you check out The Beatles Anthology (It is on DVD because I have the boxed set. Not sure if it's still in print but you might be able to get it from a library) and the more recent Beatles: Get Back, which was released on DVD and Blu-ray a couple months ago. Both are too long for reactions but you would definitely enjoy them. If you do another movie reaction A Hard Day's Night would be a great one, and I'm still hoping for a full album reaction to Sgt. Pepper.
Yes, THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY is STILL available on DVD, And it is DEFINITATELY the most in depth biography on the Beatles as told by themselves, it's fantastic. This video did gloss over some really important aspects, and did get quite a few things wrong and mixed up. There are other documentaries on You Tube, but I feel that the "BEATLES ANTHOLOGY, " Ron Howards "EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: THE TOURING YEARS,," "THE BEATLES FIRST U.S. VISIT," and Peter Jackson's most recent "GET BACK" 3 part series on DISNEY + or DVD, are the BEST informational films on the BEATLES. PLUS their MOVIES "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" and "HELP!"
Hi Jamel, Record sells sound be what determines the BEST BAND. PERIOD. Love watching you.
You really should watch A Hard Day's Night and Help, along with Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour. Paul later starred in the movie Give My Regards to Broad Street.
Of course, you also should watch Let It Be if you're interested in the behind the scenes dram in making the album.
Help is awesome! I have all their movies, plus their music & got to see them when they came on the Ed Sullivan's show!
If he is going to watch LET IT BE, he ALSO needs to watch Peter Jackson's "GET BACK" which PROVES that that period wasn't all dark and looking like the Beatles were nothing but tense the whole time. BOTH need to be watched.
Jackson's "Get Back" is a much more honest take on the "Let It Be" album and the break up. It tells the story in their own words and deeds. Its much more "real life" and you understand why they had to go their separate ways. Yoko isn't some monster, she's a bright, surprisingly fun, intelligent lady. George had more to do with it than Paul, who sort of acted as the glue in truth. Though he pissed everyone off doing it. John had grown up and didn't want to be tied to a Rock n Roll band all his life. I feel for Ringo because he just wanted to be the best drummer he could be and loved every minute of being a popstar. He's good at it too.
Loved this. A great overview of a story that no one could make up.
six years man, they created everything dance music , heavy metal pop , everything John was 28, Paul 26, Ringo 28 , and George 25 when they split ?!!
They split in 1970. John and Ringo were 30, Paul was 28, and George was 27.
@@tawnieriekena7 No, none of the band members were thirty by May 1970 (Ringo turned 30 later in July, John in October of that year). If you mark it done when John walked away from the group the previous August George was 26, Paul was 27, John was 28 and Ringo was 29
@@mikeevans4585 My timeline is based on when they officially dissolved the partnership, and the release of the Chritmas album. Not on Duncan's assertion that they broke up in 1968. You are dating the breakup to the McCartney self-interview, not when it was made official.
When 5 back in the 90s, i listened to the beatles all day. I used to watch an afternoon marathon of their music videos on tv. Until now, even though my music appreciation changed. The beatles is still my favorite band. The have a unique sonic sound that will lqst for generations to come.
Starr was the best musician of the 4 when he joined, having drummed professionally for a successful band for a while.
Yes this video FAILED to mention that!
All bands considered to be the best, will tell you that it's the Beatles!
No surprises for this fan from their beginning. But very glad u took the time to see it, as brief as it was.
As for Apple, Jobs admitted the connection of name. Also the documentary didn’t cover their full impact on recording technology, graphic arts, fashion n taking the world from black n white to psychedelia!
Whose music did Jobs first try to secure for the iPod?! Yep!
They WERE NOT just a band or even just the top/best/biggest band. They were a phenomenon.
In my book, Revolver is one of four albums that are candidates for best rock album of all time. The other 3 are The Beatles' Rubber Soul, and 2 Bob Dylan albums - Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.
Totally agree with you there, Blonde on Blonde and Revolver are untouchable.
Beatles are my favorite band. "Rubber Soul" is my favorite Beatles album.
How they have changed over the years
Love your reactions man!!! Been bingin'!!
This is awesome!! Ring that bell y'all....lovin' this!
The album cover they show for Yellow Submarine is actually the cover to the Yellow Submarine Songtrack, which didn't come out until 1999.
As Doc Loco pointed out about "Paperback Writer", "Strawberry Fields" was a stand alone single (with Penny Lane) and not included on Sgt Peppers because Capitol in the US was pressuring for something, so those two songs were released a couple of months early.
Yes, the video was mostly very accurate, but there were a couple of places where it said that songs were on albums that they weren't really on.
@@otisdylan9532 I was also going to point that out. Paperback Writer was one of them that this video said was ON an album, it wasn't
The Beatles changed the coarse of popular music, and it wasn’t just the music. That’s something that those who like to diminish them do not understand. The day after they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show countless young men and women began to buy and learn how to play the guitar, bass, and drums. Many stores sold out of these musical instruments, virtually overnight. Many of those kids later began making influential music of their own. This cannot be emphasized too much. Kids also began to wear their hair like them, dress like them, sound like them (musically), even talk like them. I can’t think of any other band that had that kind of profound influence on culture. That is why they are the G.O.A.T.
What strikes me is that the songs stay fresh and good, no matter how many times you have heard them. So, in a way they made ´classical´ music.
Last week I sat having dinner opposite the cavern club where Epstine first met Lennon, I love having these places on my doorstep.
They forgot to mention all the great hits they all had after the Beatles, and Paul McCartney's and the Wings Great Hits!
I have all the US released albums. For an insurance inventory I had a record guy come in to let me know what my rather extensive album library was worth. He was looking through the albums - saw my White Album and offered to buy it, of course I said no. 😆
what is your library worth? what was he offering for the white album?
@@krissmgvlogs Not that much. I have around 600 albums. Some I purchased, others I inherited from my parents/grandparents. It's a very eclectic collection. Most just ordinary. He gave me a range of prices that one could get. It was between 1200-1400. The only one that caught his eye was my White album. He offered 25$. I asked why the difference from all my other "non" rare albums. He wasn't to clear. I think he just wanted to add it to his personal collection. He did check the inside label on the record. There was something about the label that would have made it rare. I guess that was not the case with mine, but he still wanted it.
Imo the Beatles were always destined for greatness. There’s so many old photos, audio, video that survived from a day & age where someone recording video or audio was a rarity.
I mean there’s a photo from the day John met Paul… HOW?!?!
Exactly, sometimes you think there is a higher power at work. Sure it could be coincidence but the story of The Beatles is literally littered with them.
There IS no photo of the day Paul met John (them actually meeting, I mean) but there IS the photo they showed in this video of John and the Quarryman [laying on the back of the flatbed truck in the parade, which was the day Paul met John
The Beatles story is so much deeper and more interesting then this quick take of it. For instance Billy Preston met the Beatles in Hamburg Germany ( Billy was 16). Billy was touring with Little Richard and the Richard was headlining and The Beatles played on same bill before they had made it in America. The Beatles hero’s were the black artist from America like Little Richard and Chuck Berry. They learned their craft by playing almost 1000 in Hamburg Germany. Sometimes eight hours a day and and seven days a week.
The Beatles didn't just change music they changed EVERTHING music, clothes, hair!!! the way young people looked at themselves, thought about their selves and how they had the power to change the world and it nearly worked, but of course the rich and powerful just took back over and we have let the world forget just how awesome the 1960s were, we may have more "stuff" but that not it is it?? we need to be brothers and sisters the world needs People like The Beatles. ☮n ♥from Scotland
I remember first hearing "This Boy" or "All My Loving", and thinking, this is my favorite song. This is the best song ever. I believe Paul was being interviewed. And the song, This Boy,(Lennon) came up in the conversation. And Paul said it was a good song at that time. For that time. But he wouldn't write it now. And I can see that. Music has changed. Or the style has changed. I like lots of music. Lots of genres. Some I don't. Even some Beatles songs. But they were so profusely active and adaptive. Pushing the envelope. That there is at least one song that will hook the most ardent skeptic. Now, my favorite Beatles song, is the one I am listening to at the moment.
Little correction to this guy's narration: It wasn't "United Artists Records" that gave them a contract for movies, it was simply United Artists, which was a movie studio that also happened to have a record label, something that was common at the time. Ironically, UA Records was eventually bought by Capitol.
You are spot-on correct, though I don't think it was ironic that Capitol bought United Artists Records. UA was not only distributing the US version of "A Hard Day's Night," but the US "Let It Be" album as well. The Beatles were worth so much to Capitol that this could have been the sole reason for the purchase.
Steve Jobs was sued by The Beatles at least 3 times for using the name Apple, using an apple as a logo, and having a music app called Apple on his cell phones. Jobs paid millions of dollars each time in order to use the name and logo. Jobs was a HUGE Beatles fan, and wanted his creation called Apple to honor the Beatles.
Meet the Beatles was the 1st Lp I bought. I have a copy framed on the wall. Yes Greatest band ever
There is a movie called "Backbeat" starring Steven Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe & the guy who played Professor Quirrell in the 1st Harry Potter as John Lennon's. It covers their time in Hamburg.
Ian Hart has played John Lennon three times: in “Backbeat”, “The Hours And Times”, and “Snodgrass”. Coincidentally, he also played Ludwig Beethoven in another film (“Eroica”). He is from Liverpool, England himself, which is probably one of the main reasons why he has played John so many times.
The Beatles changed everything, without them there would probably not of been a Led Zeppelin. They changed mindsets, broke down barriers and prejudices, they made everything possible because they disregard all current boundaries and limitations. Anything and everything was now possible!!!
So yes, the Beatles were and are the greatest band ever!!!😁🇬🇧🇬🇧
Listen to what was released in 1966, then listen to Revolver. They just kicked the door down and blew everyone away. Revolver was the game changer, from that moment forward, every one else was playing catchup.
Paul McCartney said that when they were trying to think of a name for the album, somebody asked the question “what does an album do?“ And somebody said “it revolves.“ And he was dead serious. These guys wrote about love and kissing and dating and spending the night. They never mentioned any kind of subject that’s not loving. You’ll notice rubber soul was spelled SOUL because they were influenced by Motown sounds and the girl bands. I saw them live in Atlanta stadium when I was probably 15. Ha ha ha. They were unbelievably tight. Peace and love from Florida
John Lennon was jamming w/ his school mates when he met Paul McCartney in 1957... McCartney brought George Harrison into the band... Of course, like most people who leave school, the other members left & went on their own paths, because none were musicians... In the end, there was only Lennon, McCartney and Harrison going into 1960, who wanted to keep playing rock n' roll music in a band.
Lennon asked his friend Stuart Sutcliffe to join on bass... Pete Best was a drummer who agreed to join the band for their first residency in Hamburg, West Germany. They met photographer Astrid Kirchherr there, who fell in love w/ Stuart Sutcliffe... In 1961, The Beatles returned to Hamburg for another residency, but Sutcliffe was not interested in playing w/ the band anymore... He told the band he was going back to art school and settling in Hamburg w/ Astrid. Paul McCartney took over playing bass when they returned to Liverpool. Tragically, Stuart Sutcliffe died in 1962, likely from a head injury from years prior that would cause an aneurysm.
By 1962, The Beatles were regulars playing Hamburg and Liverpool, under the management of Brian Epstein. They began recording their songs w/ Pete Best on drums, but Best was losing interest in playing w/ The Beatles... they were still not signed, and money was not coming in... According to drummer Ringo Starr, he met the Beatles during separate residencies in Hamburg... he was from Liverpool, and in 1962, he was being called to fill in for Pete Best at shows at Liverpool's Cavern Club... Apparently, Best was not showing up for shows anymore.
Frustrated, Epstein finally offered Ringo Starr the job as the Beatles' drummer, and Starr agreed to join because he felt that the Beatles were the best rock n' roll band in the scene... When that news was announced, the fans of Pete Best gave Ringo a hard time at Beatles' shows. According to the producers, Ringo Starr was not much better musically than Pete Best in the studio... but w/ a record contract on the table, the Beatles had no choice. That was the Fab Four (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison & Starr) going into 1963.
There were a number of bands that had early members bail or get fired, before the bands became huge... some musicians do not cut it. Others quit...
Pink Floyd had a guitarist named Bob Klose who left the band in 1965... Genesis had guitarist Anthony Phillips leave early in their career... Rush had to replace their original drummer John Rutsey w/ Neil Peart in 1974... Aerosmith fired guitarist Ray Tabano and Brad Whitford became their permanent guitarist... Van Halen had bassist Mark Stone before bassist Michael Anthony joined the band... Thin Lizzy's early guitarist Eric Bell left the band, was replaced by Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson... AC/DC's early bassist was Mark Evans, who left the band in 1977 (their early singer was Dave Evans before Bon Scott replaced him in 1974)... Motorhead replaced original members Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums) for 'Fast' Eddie Clarke on guitar and Philthy Taylor on drums...
Iron Maiden went thru so many members from 1975 to 1983 - only Steve Harris (bass) and Dave Murray (guitar) remained. Even after they were signed, guitarist Dennis Stratton was fired in 1980, original vocalist Paul Di'Anno was out in 1981... and drummer Clive Burr was fired in 1982.
Metallica sacked both original bassist Ron McGovney and lead guitarist Dave Mustaine in 1983... Anthrax sacked both original bassist Dan Lilker and original singer Neil Turbin...
The Rolling Stones replaced guitarist Brian Jones w/ Mick Taylor in 1969; guitarist Ronnie Wood replaced Taylor in 1974...
The first vinyl album ever I bought was a Beatles album, an Australian Compilation album called The Essential Beatles, the first cassette and CD I bought was Led Zeppelin IV, for both. But I can say with confidence The Beatles are and, probably, forever will be the greatest band of all time. Led Zeppelin wouldn’t even be close! As others have said The Beatles changed a generation or two and pulled us into a pretty cool time to live, the time that Led Zeppelin took full advantage of too. As did many other great bands and musicians. We owe The Beatles a great deal of gratitude, still.
The "White Album" is random awesomeness.
That's a pretty good description ... 😁
Jamel: I am old white guy (70) - big Beatles fan. And "Revolver" is probably the groups Best Album. A masterpiece - still relatively young men (on pot and a little acid) stretching the bounds of popular music (or any music!) like Never Before. Song "Strawberry Fields Forever" (by Lennon) another masterpiece (but shit - there were dozens of great ones BTW almost all their later songs were about real stuff in their lives - or what happened to them as kids - etc. While based on American RnR -- with heavy props to black American pioneers like Chuck Berry!) they were - and are - "The Best Ever"
There is no denying their talent as songwriters. There is no denying their commercial success. And there is no denying that they changed the face of music so I kinda agree they were possibly the best band in the world. When I discovered Got To Get You Into My Life by Earth Wind & Fire was a McCartney cover suddenly I had mad respect for him. And big up George Harrison, Something is one of favourite songs of all time!