Listening to ABBEY ROAD for the first time in 2022 - THE BEATLES REACTION & Commentary
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- I can't believe I'm finally listening to Abbey Road by The Beatles for the first time!
This album was released in 1969 and is considered by many to be one of the best albums ever made. I'll be reacting to every song on the album, I hope you enjoy the video!
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00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Come Together
03:42 - Something
05:24 - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
07:08 - Oh! Darling
09:05 - Octopus's Garden
10:55 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
13:33 - Here Comes the Sun
15:05 - Because
16:24 - You Never Give Me Your Money
18:11 - Mean Mr. Mustard
18:54 - Sun King
21:36 - Polythene Pam
22:43 - She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
23:34 - Golden Slumbers
24:44 - Carry That Weight
25:57 - The End
26:56 - Her Majesty - Hudba
I learned of the Beatles by buying their albums one at a time and listening to them in their entirety. I feel that people today just listen to random songs from different periods in their career and they are missing out on their greatness. If you listen to each album, in order of their recording, you can see how far they progressed as a band in a short period of time.
Thanks for sharing your perspective, Bob! There’s really nothing like listening to entire albums!
To be exact they were a late 1950's band (formed in 57') from that to Rubber Soul to Revolver into Sgt Pepper' is truly Amazing! Magical! Feat! In music.
Still today 2022 Beatlemania is still alive and now black people of today are thrilled by their music..great!
@@BrunaClaas Great Reaction and Frank Sinatra called "Something" the greatest love song ever :)
@@BrunaClaas Hi Bruna. I love your reaction and have Subscribed from London.
If you ever review Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd, please remember this English Group's Album was in THe USA Charts for a World Record 761 Weeks or over 14 years and one track flows into the next thru' the whole Album.
Ideally it is to be listened to in solitude,in the dark with headphones without breaking the flow and momentum of the music:)
I can say for myself that this approach worked well even in the 80s and early 90s (still with vinyl). Luckily, due to my young age at the time, I first liked the early Beatles hits and therefore got the early albums first.
After a while I was finally ready to get all the original albums, and my experience was exactly as you described. Each album opened up a new world of experience for me and took my musical development a step further.
It took me the longest to warm up to the “White Album”. But with each re-listen it got better and better (and has since become my favorite album alongside Abbey Road).
Unfortunately, these days the album concept is completely shredded by social media. Maybe someone will develop an algorithm that only plays entire concept albums in a row. 🤔
My favorite album. The medley still blows me away
Abbey Road is the band's final record. The Abbey Road medley, and specifically The End is a rollicking farewell to the band. Ringo gets a drum solo, and the 3 three guitar players trade solos (George, Paul, John, George, Paul, John, George Paul, John, then piano out. It was magic while it lasted, and it was over before any of them had turned 30.
Thanks for sharing this with me!
The order is Paul, George, John
Eric W whispers words of wisdom.
The Beatles final album was Let It Be...1969
@@free..to..air.. Let It Be was recorded in early 1969 and released in 1970. But Abbey Road, released in mid-to-late 1969, was recorded after. Diehard Beatle fans consider it the last album.
Great reaction Bruna! Yes, the back side from You Never Give Me Your Money onward is their classic medley, which is intended to be listened to all at once without stopping. This album ranks #1 on my list! Thank you.
Thanks for confirming that to me, Patrick!! And for watching the video, I appreciate it!
@Sevenoaks Kent Are you replying to my comment?
McCartney's scream - he's got the best voice of the Beatles
Certainly the most versatile!
You took the finest example of songs flowing seamlessly together and put in seams
Abbey Road is hands down my favorite album of all time, by my favorite band of all time, the Beatles!!
So glad you're choosing such classic albums! Hope to see more coming soon! Great job
Thanks for checking the video out!
For me, Paul McCartney's voice is a tour de force on this album. His vocal range and variety of singing style is the strongest he's ever sounded. And George's guitar work on this album is his most creative and perfectly matches each song. And, of course, Ringo's drumming is divine as always. John gets in a couple of great tunes on this album, too, with Come Together and I Want You (She's so heavy). For the first time ever on one of their albums, they made George's Something an A side single ( for 45 rpm records- look it up!) along with Come Together, which could be considered the B side. John himself said that Something was the best song on the entire album!
Not saying you're wrong at all, but to me the star of the album is Paul's bass playing.
@@sourisvoleur4854 The bass on Come Together, Something and I Want You ( She's so Heavy) is pretty spectacular. I can't argue with your opinion in the slightest. :)
@@sourisvoleur4854 "Yes it is, yes it is, oh yes it is, yeah..." unquot...
Songs within songs - that´s what Paul´s bass lines are! And... on "Something"???... Jesus!!!... Unfuc...gbelivable!!!
@@GabrielSoares-lj9rv I consider "Something" a duet -- between George's voice and Paul's bass.
@@sourisvoleur4854 I can´t argue with that!...👍
This is a great video. Love the genuine reactions, taking the time to read up into the background of songs. I hope you continue down the classic album rabbit hole, there is so much amazing yet forgotten music of the 20th century waiting to be rediscovered.
Thanks so much!!
You should react to more Beatles. They have some of the best albums of all time. Their musical evolution is amazing. Anyways, enjoyed the video!
Thank you! I for sure will ❤️
@@BrunaClaas If you do decide to go on a Beatles journey- you should start from their beginnings and work your way through their later masterpieces- so you can see their progress and maturity
Very nice reaction here but from "You Never Give Me Your Money" through to "The End" are meant to be listened to as a medley. The sound you wondered what it was on "I Want You (She's So Heavy) during the instrumental part on the last few minutes of the song was "white noise" that they pumped in. Pretty unusual and very cool.
I heard you say a several times about songs that they were pretty simple but we'll done. Actually, Beatles songs are a little more complex instrumentality then you might think. They were pretty much genius's the way they structured their music.
I don't have a lot of use for Rolling Stones top 500 albums anymore. For many years "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was ranked #1 Revolver #3. Rubber Soul" "The Beatles" more commonly known as "The White Album" and "Abbey Road" were always in the top 15 only "Abbey Road" at #5 is a joke. You don't take all time great albums and knock them out like that. What we have is a new guard voting and trying to rewrite history. All time great albums are all time great albums. There is no way Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" is the greatest album of all time. The song is great, but greatest album ever is laughable. This record was never even in the top 10 on the list. Joni Mitchell at #2, what the hell is going on here? Marvin Gaye was propped up to #1 because of the "Black Lives Matter" protests in 2020 and 2021 because the song was very relatable to that movement but not the album. Bumping this up to #1 was certainly a marketing decision.
Only one Bob Dylan album is in the top 10 with "Blood On The Tracks" at #10. He should have at least one more in the top 10. The big debate was always if The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's" released in 67 or their "Revolver" album released in 66 was the greatest Lp ever. Now they've both been knocked out of the top 10. You might want to react to The Beatles chronology starting with "Please Please Me" through "Let It Be". The growth of this band between 1963-69 is nothing short of amazing and unparalleled in the history of recorded music. After that you want to do "Past Masters" which is a double disc of all of their singles and Ep's between 1962-70.
Do these and watch your comments literally explode and if you want more subscribers increase a lot. I saw two young ladies like yourself do the chronological thing and it exploded for them. I don't think either was prepared for what hit him. They both dropped a Beatles every two to three weeks which was a great way to do it. People don't want to wait months for Beatles reactions. You do know that your dealing with the most influential, creative, experimental, smartest and beloved band in history. Their fan base is 🌎🌍 worldwide and a rabid one. These guys split up in 1970 and 52 years later are still a top 3 selling act worldwide every year which is astounding. They have sold close to 900 million albums and close to 2 billion singles sold and yes that's billion. Sit back and let that all sink in for a moment from record sales and still a top 3 act. You seem pretty cool so I will subscribe now but if I don't see more Beatles in the future, I'm out. ☮️✌️💕👌
So agree with everything you just said!
Preach brother preach!,
Lol. Very accurate comment. Nobody, but nobody comes anywhere close the The Beatles in song writing, singing, creativity, production (George Martin), sales, or anything for that matter. In my opinion, The Beatles should have the top 16 albums of all time.
I hope she read all of that, because I know I certainly won't.
@@stevejoshua9536 Personally, I could give two shits whether you read it or not.
Peace
Bruna, the Beatles are the world's greatest band. Not just Abbey Road but all their albums are great.
About the songwriting credits: Due to a deal Lennon and McCartney made early on, all of their songs are credited to "Lennon-McCartney". In the early days they usually did write their songs together, but later on, like on Abbey Road, they wrote their songs separately but they were still credited to Lennon-McCartney. For example John wrote Come Together while Paul wrote Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
My favorite album of all time.
Thanks Bruna. Great reaction.
I adore your reactions to the lps of my youth MsClaas! There's so much insight, so much enthusiasm, so much joy...
Please do some more some day soon, Bruna!!! 🥰
Hi Bruna and greetings from Puerto Rico. You've made a great choice to do the reaction of Abbey Road which was recorded from February 22 until August 19, 1969. In August 20, it was the last day of them recording as a group. Another info that I want to share with you is about the recording engineers: Geoff Emerick, Glyn Johns, Barry Sheffield, Jeff Jarratt and Phil McDonald. These guys were the recording engineers of this fantastic album. The recording sessions started in Trident Studios with I Want You (She's So Heavy) George Harrison made the wind effect using a Moog Synthetizer, Billy Preston played the organ. I hope that this information could be useful for you!
All of the songs from "You Never Give Me Your Money " through "The End" are supposed to be listened to as a medley, as they all transition one to another. Try listening to it again like that, and you'll enjoy it much more.
Great reaction, I loved it!
Thanks so much for watching!
Loved your reaction, Bruna, to this album!
Thanks so much, Bob!
Great reaction ! Thank you.
Nicely done :) Good journey...Peace!
the medley is where it's at..gotta listen without splitting it to get the full effect
We would LOVE it if you reviewed all of the Beatles albums, I think there was about 13 of them. Your reviews are awesome!!!!!!!
Absolutely love your reaction to this album ❤
I always make time for Beatle reactions, every chance I get to hear another song, I take it!
Very nice reaction to a fantastic album! Thanks!
Thanks so much!
This is just one of so many great albums from The Beatles.....
Well done Bruna. Nice reaction to this classic. It's so funny and interestingto watch someone listen to an album for the first time, that I've heard at least a thousand times and treasure so mush. A shame you are not allowed to play longer bits. Beatles forever!
Thanks so much for your kind words!! I appreciate your comment!
Loved your reaction, your insights are impressive, and your English is perfect! This was the final album they recorded. Please consider reacting to The Beatles from the beginning and watch the progression of the greatest band of them all.
That is very sweet of you to say, thanks so much, Jim! ❤️
Excellent reaction. I don't know if you figured out the gentle puns in "Because" on your own, or if you read that... that is something that other reactors never get. It makes it seem like you have a better grasp of English than most people born in English-speaking countries.
Now that you've listened to the Beatles' last album*, I recommend you do more Beatles reactions. You could definitely react to the group's albums chronologically, which will highlight their amazing growth. When the Beatles started in 1962, rock and roll was considered to be "children's music" and not worthy of serious attention. By the time the Beatles finished in 1969, rock and roll was definitely acknowledged to be an art form. The moment in time that rock music switched from "not art" to "art" was the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album. If you react to no other Beatles' albums, you should at least do that one. It was astonishing in its time, and it is still pretty astonishing today.
* Why the asterisk (above)? Anyone who studies the Beatles for 15 seconds knows that "Abbey Road" was recorded last, but "Let It Be" was released last.
Bob, thanks so much for taking the time to write this comment! You’re very kind, and thank you for sharing all of this. Im excited to continue listening to more of their music!
*most of let it be was recorded before. They left the project and then came back in January 1970 with finishing Let It Be, I Me Mine and later with the orchestral production.
@@ricardo_miguel13 And that is why I referred to "Abbey Road" as the Beatles' last album.
Her Majesty was actually a hidden track. It's like a little surprise sign off at the end.
It was originally meant to between Mustard and Polythene Pam [hence the line 'Takes him out to see the Queen' in Mustard]. Paul decided he wanted it taken off and left a message to do so. Beatle's techs were under strict instructions not to throw away anything so one of them tagged it on to the end of the original tape. On later listening they liked it there and told them to leave it there.
Yes, flowing together. The last part of the album is an amazing medley.
When it says Lennon /McCartney whoever sings the song wrote the song Come Together Lennon Mawxwlls Silver Hammer McCartney etc.
One of the things that makes me smile about Come Together is that so many people who missed out on the era of rotary phones miss that the opening sound replicates in slow motion the noise made by dialing a rotary phone. They were absolutely wild in their sonic experimentation.
Oooo that’s what it replicates!! Lol definitely remember those from my childhood!
😮 George Harrison and Eric Clapton were best friends and as a matter of fact George's first wife Patty Boyd divorced him and moved in with Clapton and they still remained friends and Harrison on a visit to Clapton and he and Eric were walking around the grounds of Clapton's estate and George who was never far away from his acoustic guitar wrote the whole song right in front of Clapton and to his amazement and Eric said that was George Harrison who could write a very good song from just a walk around nature he was often overwhelmed and overshadowed by his more famous and acclaimed band mates John Lennon and Paul McCartney but was eventually the one who sold the most records of any of the Beatles after they embarked in solo careers
And I never did tell you that the song hewrote that day was Here Comes the Sun
And I just love your child like enthusiasm in your reaction videos as I just basically stumbled on your reaction video after searching for new people who are doing reaction videos of the Beatles 👍
My most favourite album of all time. Musical perfection! Great reaction.
The medley was another great creation by the Beatles. No other artists came up with such a bold medley.
That was Paul, wasn't it?
Your reading of Octopuses's Garden is spot on. An inspired song from Ringo. Like George, he saved the best 'til last.
Nice reaction Bruna!
You should also listen to the white album. It is the most extravagant and creative of the Beatles' records and one of the greatest of all time.
Such an influential band. I always liked them more than the stones. My fave album by them is still Sgt. Pepper because of the production (and the obvious drugs💀). I am a sucker for great production values.😀😀😀
I’ll have to listen to that one as well!
Thematically Sgt Pepper works well as an album, while at the same time being at least as colourful and characterful as Abbey Road. Just after they'd quit touring they had a load of fun in the studio and it was probably the last time Lennon and McCartney worked closely together so much. I think it started Harrison on a new path and gave Ringo his most famous vocal.
Gotta do "Magical Mystery tour" or "SGT Peppers Lonely hearts club band" for the beatles!
George 😂sings many great Beatles songs and two of their best! Here Comes the Sun and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
The Traveling Wilbury’s were the incredible too!!!👌👍✌️😁
it and they are simply as advertised. actually this is like 3 on my Beatle list ( I'm 73 ) after Revolver & the White Al.
1. Please react to the other Beatles albums!!! Maybe since you started with Abbey Road, you can do them reverse chronologically haha
2. I've listened to I Want You (She's So Heavy) literally dozens of times in my life, maybe hundreds, and I have never once noticed that he doesn't finish the last line of the song and just leaves off at "she's so--" !! Thanks for teaching me something new about an old favourite :)
Great reaction !!! If you think " Oh Darling" was heavy ...try " "Helter-Skelter" from the White album ..recorded a year earlier ( 1968) many consider this song the BEGINNING OF HEAVY METAL !! including OZZY OSBORNE !! and he should know !!1😊😊😉
Try, "Birthday," "Hey Bulldog," "Helter Skelter," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey," "Tomorrow Never Knows," etc, etc, - the list is endless.
Ju ju eyeball is also old slang for the morning crust in your eye. I got to get to juju out of my eye
Thank you Bruna for reacting and commenting on the very best album of my most favorite band ever! Growing up in the 1960's my older brother had all the Beatles albums and 45's, so The Beatles were a part of my daily diet.
About your comment on Maxwell's Silver Hammer and its upbeat melody in contrast to its dark lyrics. It reminded me of Elton John's similar dark song: "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself". A song about teenage suicide but with an upbeat melody which includes tap dancing.
About your sister and her love of the sun. Tell her to check out The Beatles songs: "Good Day Sunshine", "I'll Follow the Sun", and "Dear Prudence". Also check out "Sunny Days" by Lighthouse. And ""Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. And also the song, "Sunshine" by Nazareth. Additionally, there is Elton John's song, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me"
Lastly, I would recommend Paul McCartney's first post-Beatles live Album from 1976 called "Wings Over America" which includes live concert versions of some Beatles songs such as Blackbird, Yesterday, Lady Madonna, and I've Just Seen a Face.
Thank you for the great reaction to this amazing album. Abbey Road is a masterpiece and the "symphony" on side 2 is a fantastic finish to their career as a band.
Thanks for checking out the video!
Bruna darling... Maybe you missed it on " I want you (she's so heavy) ..its really beautiful work from the boys, the climax is the buildup into the Wind storm with Billy Preston on church organ. And remember this was a late 1950's band ! They were simply Magical Artist who doesn't love The Beatles and they a magnet for children.
late 60's not late 50's
Some perspective: How old is Abbey Road ? The Beatles final album was the first time they used a Moog synthesizer in recording.
The medley was mostly a bunch of loose ends of incomplete songs that John and Paul had been playing with, not knowing what to do with them. They were combined into one piece of beautiful, fun music. Probably the best example of the whole being more than the sum of its parts.
I just discovered your channel and u have to say you are like a spectacular beam of sunshine.
Thanks so much for letting me know about that and for your kind comment!
Paul be shredding his voice on "Oh! Darling".
I'm sure others will say it, but ...from "You never give me your money" to "The End" are not really separate songs, but a medley (meant to be listened to without stopping). Because it was their last album recorded, these were unfinished songs, thrown together as a medley...another brilliant creation of the Beatles.
Great reaction, this was the last album The Beatles recorded.
I would love to see your reaction to The Beatles 1967 album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the album that changed popular music amongst other things.
Thanks so much, Jack!
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a comedy piece... and it is hilarious.
The Beatles were on vacation on a yacht in the Mediterranean Sea. The crew would fish and dive for food. They explained to Ringo that octopus would build gardens around their lairs. They would collect trash and other items that were organized like gardens. That's where the idea of octopus's
Garden originated.
This is quite the swan song album. Although Let It Be was the last album released, this was the last album they recorded. A couple of them worked on "I Me Mine" after this for the Let It Be album, but this was the last time they were all together.
Abbey Road being the last Beatles album would have been absolute perfection with a song called 'The End' with the words 'the love you take is equal to the love you make' to finish it. 'Her Majesty' is like a boil on the bum.
Can you react To Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
The medley, starting with You Never Give Me Your Money, is supposed to be listened all of the way through but not as separate songs
There is a great lesson to be learnt from the story of 'Come Together'. At the start of the break up Lennon went off on one of his regular rants to a journalist and said that the song had nothing to do with MacCartney despite the 'Lennon/MaCartney' credit and that Paul did not have the mindset to write such a song. When the plagiarism lawsuit from Chuck Berry's lawyers came in, guess who was the only one of the two to be sued? :)
Did you catch that the middle section of "Carry That Weight" is a reprise of the melody from "You Never Give Me Your Money"? It seems a lot of people don't notice that.
Her Majesty originally went between Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam but got removed. Then an engineer added it back on the end.
I like it better where it was originally as it flows right from Mustard with that chord. I think I'm in the distinct minority, though 😞
I started my Beatles journey spring winter 2022. I worked my way from the first album. I loved it all, mostly. I thought nothing can top what I've already heard. Then I listened to Abbey Road, and it's without a doubt one of the greatest things I've ever heard. And I always placed Pink Floyd at the top. But without this album, there'd be no Pink Floyd as we know it.
i just love all of your video reactions! please i really want you to react to harry’s house;)
Thanks so much! I’m excited to listen to it this week!
She is absolutely beautiful.
With the Abbey Road album, The Beatles went out in a blaze of glory.
Mine time, mine favorite band, from day one!
Most people listen to the same half-dozen "Beatles" songs. They actually had dozens of hits. And their entire LPs are worth hearing -- not all their great songs were singles.
The End was the last song all four members played on together before John left the band.
No less an authority than Frank Sinatra called Harrison's Something "the greatest love song of the last 50 years." Sinatro should know. He made a career out of singing love songs better than anyone before him.
In the 1960s, "heavy" meant "fraught with significance." He's not referring to the woman's weight.
one thing the beatles are known for are their suprise endings on their songs. on abby road they offered a suprise ending on each side. just a wonderful album. the song i don't like is "golden slumbers." thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing this!
Hi Bruna. I love your reaction and have Subscribed from London.
If you ever review Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd, please remember this English Group's Album was in THe USA Charts for a World Record 761 Weeks or over 14 years and one track flows into the next thru' the whole Album.
Ideally it is to be listened to in solitude,in the dark with headphones without breaking the flow and momentum of the music:)
The white album next 🥰
Sgt Pepper was the greatest album of all time! Eagles greatest hits #2
For the Beatles usually the author also sang the song. So listening to the vocals is enough to find out about the author.
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I hope for your own sake that you did get a chance to listen to the whole 16 minute medley of the short song sections because it does sound absolutely phenomenal together. Maybe you might consider some early Beatles like the album from their first movie A Hard Day's Night, way back in 1964, the days of Beatlemania when they were the biggest thing in the world, unlike anything ever seen before or since. Cheers!
Please continue your Beatle album adventure. Should make your way back and start with Let It Be next.
Thank you!
Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles Album. I think this album is carried by George and Paul.
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The song "something' you should listen to it live at the concert for George with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, George Harrison's son abi Shankar, Billy Preston and so many others on one stage
Next let it be album by Beatles
Stopping the album inbetween the medley is a crime. But you didn't know any better, so you be forgiven. XD
Hahaha There should be a warning for new listeners: heey this is a medley, no stopping allowed!! Lol
Abbey Road was the last album The Beatles recorded together. But it wasn't the last album released. That was Let It Be, which was actually recorded before Abbey Road.
Revolver is the next one you should react to, in my opinion it's their best work.
I watched several reactions to this album and they always miss the Mean Mr Mustard reference of his sister Pam, which leads into Polythene Pam.
I hope you went back and listened to the entire Beatles Medley without interruption to get the full effect
Really great reaction but had to stop cause the final songs are meant to flow together and listened to without interruption. Awesome vid though!
Thanks for watching!
You should do Rubber Soul
"Because" was actually George Harrison's favorite song on the album
John was playing with language as a kid. It isn't a drug song.
George wrote Something about Patti Boyd.
Dear, you've listened to a Milestone. Differently than any other artists, before and after, the Beatles' albums are in two categories: masterpieces and milestones. A point of detail; "quando para mucho mi amore" is spanish, not italian. Obrigado 😉
my favourite part of maxwell silver hammer is that you can hear paul laugh at some point which means he thought this song is as funny as it sounds
Originally, Her majesty was not supposed to be on the album. It was supposed to end with the end. An engineer wanted to save Her Majesty so he put it at the end of the tape after some silence. It accidentally found itself onto the first vinyl pressings after some silence and the Beatles, who tend to like happy accidents, decided to leave it on.
So interesting!! Thanks for sharing that with me
you didnt expect yelling? try Helter Skelter from the white album ;)
The person we 'come together over' is Richard Nixon. That's the best theory I've heard.
Similar style with a medley of short songs flowing into each and the same era (late 60's) you might light like it, Frank Zappa - We're only in it for the money.
And now, listen to the album a couple of times without any stops and breaks and talk. Maybe a pause after side A.