Couple of things - I said Chet AIKENS when I should’ve said ATKINS. Apologies. Also Bert Lahr was the cowardly lion - not Frank. I hate getting things wrong. So sorry. Also, after doing more research, I’m going to change my thoughts about George Harrison and Mama You Been On My Mind. I think he was familiar with the Joan Baez recording, now that I’ve listened a bunch more. His playing and phrasing sound way more like hers than Dylan’s. Also much thanks to my son, Miles who said “Mom, instead of just listing these songs and giving their timestamp, composer and who you think they learned it from - why not make a longer video where you sit at your piano and talk about each song more in depth.” ❤
I'm so glad you added this comment. I thought for a moment I had gone through my whole life mispronouncing my hero Chet Atkins, and I saw him introduced live in the 1970s and took guitar lessons from a guitarist who used to tour with him. Also George started playing Gretsch guitars because his Duojet was the first decent american made guitar he could find, he bought it from a sailor in Liverpool.
A small gaff, and adorable given that you are a pianist and not really a guitarist. I had no idea that you were as much a Beatles nerd as my twin brother (drummer) and me (guitar/vox) have been our whole lives. I loved everything about this deep dive. It was just so bloody excellent. Thank you!
I really L O V E how much time and effort you put into this, Aimee. The fact that you care that George Harrison (in the "Get Back" documentary) was most likely more influenced by Joan Baez's recording of "Mama You Been On My Mind"... than Dylan's - makes me very happy. Thanks again for sharing all of these wonderful thoughts on this one small part of the documentary.
That was a very interesting video, Aimee, and I really appreciate all the effort you put into making it. My only complaint is that I don't think you ever directly addressed the question posed in the title: "How Did The Beatles Write Such Great Songs?" I certainly enjoyed watching, and yet I'm still left wondering... How DID they do it? 🤔
since it´s first release in 1970 ,also later released in dvd ,if the first was boring with Peter `Boring`Jackson one misses most of the moments , only fell asleep 3 times in a theatre in all my life , first that film about the pass to INDIA (in portuguese they change the names of the movies) other was AFRICA something with robert redford and merryl strip ,the others were the ring towers elfs 3 movies to fell a sleep ,the all documentary made by peter jackson ,i first thought they would add pointy ears to the beatles ,but no , only killing us with borethem. In Portugal movies have diferent names to make people understand better the meaning og the title,they say , but what i´ll never understand is a movie that as many references made to it in sitcoms or even movies, the scene where john cusack(?) put a boombox over his head while playing Peter Gabriel ,in English the movie is called "say anything" and in Portugal that i only saw the movie in video ,don´t know if it came out on theatres is called "say nothing" ,i can one understand better the name of the movie wuith this translation , other teen movies that i only saw them on video was that one with winona ryder and christian slater who wants to blow up students and the school and wisdom with emilio estevez and demi moore before it had the surgery , also the breakfast club , this to say that in some movies or sitcoms they refer to this movies and in Portugal no one understands and i only saw them because my sister at the time we were living in the same house, and the movies were there because she rented them up to see with her girl/ friends wich were many , one could choose diferent types of girls already in the house, free of emotional charge
@@AimeeNolte I think adding likes to Hi-five's and your comments might be part of what will do it. I have an interest in your video, as opposed to a bad guess by an exorcist. "John Lennon sold his soul to the devil for musical talent" - eh, sorry, but wasn't Macca the main talent?
@@RUfromthe40s I fell asleep in the theater during a Rings movie. It's the only time I fell asleep sitting up. I was afraid that I might have been snoring so I got up and left. Those Ring movies were terrible.
Yes, Ringo was always there with the beat the entire time. George Martin was quoted once, “I cannot recall ever having to stop a recording take during any session because Ringo missed a beat.“
You did a great job on this! In August of '79, I had the pleasure to meet John Lennon and Yoko Ono when my band was playing in Tokyo. They stayed for 3 hours. Before they left John bowed and told us "All musicians are my friends" He was a musician first and also a very cool guy.
I too watched 'Get Back' at least three times. For anyone who's ever been in a band, - the repetition, the sometimes tedious process of collaboration, the goofing around, are all so familiar. But I also found it incredibly moving at times. That moment where Paul is working on the music for what would soon become 'The Long And Winding Road', and Ringo, fed up with yet more badgering from Michael Lindsay-Hogg about the proposed concert, wistfully says, "See, I'd just watch an hour of him, just playing the piano", - honestly brought me close to tears. Such a beautiful moment.
@karlferren. I cried multiple times on my first viewing. Sometimes from being moved by the music, sometimes by feeling such deep gratitude that they ever met each other and gave us all of this amazing music, and sometimes from the sadness of them breaking up, and losing John and George.
Might've been staged for the camera. Wouldn't put it past him. Paul may have got the 'Get Back' bit...been inspired by...from George's 'Sour Milk Sea'.
Love what you have done here. I'm 77 years. I lived through this era. I use to dance to these songs on American Bandstand when it was in PHL. I am also jazz pianist and play many of these song in my band. I have learned so much from you Amy. Thanks.
This is huge, a dissertation, and brilliantly augments the Beatles documentary. One of the things I found most interesting was how important their playing around was to their creative process. Jazz musicians need to spend more time engaging in child-like play, and not only goal-oriented “practice.”
The creative process is described as "the play-impulse". And musicians "play" music, they don't "work" music. And, the creative process is about bringing chaos into order. I can see a spontaneous jam of a bit of a song by John, as example, being thoroughly recognized by Paul, as example, so they are on the same wavelength, and the goal is writing a song.
Regardless of how long the doc was most musicians would never get bored... and all musicians who are also Beatles fans certainly wouldn't. That is one of the special things about the Beatles. They always kept us wanting more.
it was very inspiring to see that one of the greatest bands in history spent a great deal of their time enjoying the music of other people. loved this analysis of it
I saw The Beatles live 1964 in Stockholm. I was 12 years old. All my life Beatles have been my best friends through all events, good and bad. Thanks for your great work with this video. You are such a great musician and music lover, and I will follow you! Lots of love from Stockholm Sweden, and happy Christmas!💥
Thank you for this Aimee. Your heartfelt, genuine curiosity drives this and makes it a significant contribution to my life-long appreciation of the Beatles. - Paul
What a great video, Aimee! Loved it! Especially liked your closing insights about the dynamics in the group. I saw a video on CZcams where an aging Joni Mitchell was asked what her musical influences were as a child. She replied that her family had very few records in the house at the time. I can relate. BUT, I realized years ago that, despite many fewer options to listen to music, for my generation born smack in the middle of the 20th century -- we were exposed to a much wider range and diversity of music through television variety and movie musicals (because you watched what was on!) and even at school. So, I was exposed to the music all the way back to Stephen Foster to “the Gay 90s” to George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin -- to Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor -- to, of course, the music of my parents’ era (Sinatra, etc.) -- and then the early days of Rock ‘n Roll (Buddy Holly, et. al.). As an educator, I found that many young people today, despite streaming music, don’t even know who the Beatles were, not to mention the likes Sinatra and beyond.
My god Amiee! well done! as a Beatles fan of about 57 years give or take, I can’t thank you enough for this… I must say that I had never put that much time into contemplating the music that they listened to…oh sure, I was aware of their influences, but never stopped to consider how much, or what that looked like. As a musician myself I’m a bit embarrassed…but more than that I am in this moment, feeling grateful that you have taken us by the hand on this journey… I have been following you for about 5 or 6 years. Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Well, that was fun. This should have more views - thanks for posting the reminder... I was busy all day, and was looking back thru my feed tonight, and saw your follow-up about the Beatles vid being published earlier. It was cool to see their cover jams cataloged like this, one after the other. And it was especially nice for John to give the project his approval, in that early quote about how you can listen for the Beatles' influences in their music: Will do, John... thanks for the invitation! And thanks, Aimee, for putting this together.
Watching the documentary it is both obvious and incredible that none of these guys were even 30 yet - they had incredible depth and breadth of music knowledge, such pure love and joy for all of it, and yet a sadness and weariness that punched through on occasion. Thanks for this amazing video! ❤
Nail it George has just turned 27.. when the Beatles broke up.. imagine his age January 1969.. um is it 25.. oh my God.. now every time you see someone 25 think and say to them or just keep it in your thoughts George Harrison is 25 during the making of the Get Back film.. 2 f#cking5 years of age and he is yet to write Something and Hear Comes The Sun, let alone the Triple Set All Things Must Pass... please.. stop it.. nothing compares.. nothing.. now tell me why The Beatles are overated and tell me why some other flash in the pan is the GOAT.. stop it.. there is The Beatles and daylight second...don't attempt to embarrass yourself.. it won't end well.. don't..l just presented you one of THE GOATS 🐐. 1, now do your research on the other 3.. In fact Ringo chart wise is huge prior to 76.. then you have the other 3 to deal with.. remember sunlight.. Here Comes The Sun.. do your homework
I've listened to the Beatles since the Ed Sullivan show and throughout their career. They were the first band to give me chills up and down my spine and still do to this day. In my heart a musician is good, really good when they can do that. You gave me a similar feeling with your video. I will now consider you the 6th Beatle.
What you have done here is wonderful! So, a friend of mine asked me what I thought of GET BACK DOC….My reply was ITS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. In the end I watched it on Disney plus 5 TIMES THROUGH ALL 8 hours of it. It was as close as I could get to my dream of being in the room when the Beatles recorded. The Beatles are the reason I started playing music when I was 12 in 1965, I am still playing gigs. I consider them in a class by themselves. Also even further my Father and his whole family was from Liverpool….my uncle was what they called a “Cunard Yank” merchant sailors bringing American records back to England. Anyway this showed the vast knowledge of music the Beatles had. Well done , fantastic! PS…ITS CHET ATKINS with. T , not Aikens.
Radio stations in the UK in the 1950’s and early 1960’s did not play rock n roll music. At least not in Liverpool. Brian Epstiens record store had some rock records , but American record companies had little interest in exporting the music. Mick Jagger told a story about being a twelve year old boy and hanging out at the docks and trading 45 rpm records with American sailors. He said “ as a youngster who ever had the latest records was the coolest kid. “The biggest influence on the members of the Stones, Beatles et al , was Radio Luxembourg. After midnight the station would play the newest rock records from America, but only folks on the English coast could hear the station. I can only imagine what it must have been like , as a teenage English boy hearing Johnny B. Good for the first time. Thank you for your in depth research and archiving the early influences on the Beatles. I am 70 years old and have followed their music since their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, way back in 1964. Even then I knew this was a different kind of pop band. They changed my life and the world.
The Get Back documentary was such a treat after living with the Let It Be film for 50 years. As a musician and Beatles fan since the beginning it was inspirational to watch. Anyone who has rehearsed and gigged in a band will recognise a lot of what is going on. Thanks for your views I really enjoyed it.
One thing I noticed when I watched the Get Back film is how they found time to actually write and complete any songs with all the messing about they did in such a short time like two weeks, it just shows how they managed to write so many songs in the 7 years they spent recording.
I think the prevalent notion that you either "mess around" or "get stuck in" is a false binary. It might be true for washing dishes, but I'm pretty sure that it pays to change the "or" to an "and" when creative inspiration is required.
So amazing the “fake” substitute McCartney was even more talented than “original Paul”!! I’m being sarcastic! It is very hard to appreciate sarcasm through text!
@@Geezer-yf8hvyes it really shows the gullible niave people who still claim its a fake paul. It's Mainly non musicians or musically challenged people anyways. I mean the chances of an exact clone that looks like him , is a genius and also plays the bass guitar with a left hand is too ridiculous to even believe that debunked hoax
I have a great personal Ronnie Hawkins story. I was 18. Working on a show called, Secret Service. I was on a n hour break amd sat down to eat. This old guy cokes in amd I assumed he was crew. He sat down with me and we talked for over an hour. The first ad came in and says, Mr. Hawkins they are ready for you. He gets up says how much he enjoyed talking too me. And got on stage and started to play. They were shooting a scene that took place at a Ronnie Hawkins concert.
I haven’t seen the documentary yet but am a serious Beatles student (arranging 50 songs for solo guitar at the moment). Very impressed at your detailed research. I agree with your perceptive observations at the end. One of the big ‘what ifs’ is how would the Lennon/McCartney catalogue have differed if they had involved George earliern; it cannot go unnoticed that a 3rd of the Beatles most frequently downloaded songs are Harrison compositions. Serious respect Aimee!
You put a huge amount of work into this, Aimee. If anyone ever doubted your passion for music and sharing insights to enable us to grow musically, this would dispel any such thoughts. Thank you for creating a separate documentary, which is what the results of your efforts are.
Mike, please allow me to use your words to tell her, Yes It is. Thank you, thank you very much for taking the time to prepare this video for us. Warm regards from Mexico
'AIMEE, what you going to do? We will be waiting to HEAR from you, maybe longer if you CHO-OOSE..." I expect your NEXT video will be equally as GREAT! Well done!
This is a brilliant piece of work you have done. Such a wonderfully researched assessment of this astonishing documentary. Congratulations on all you have done here and thank you.
What an absolutely wonderful video with so much fascinating information. By the end I was in tears when you gave your heartfelt assessment of the Fab Four. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much, Aimee for this video and of course all your videos. I didn't know the depth of your admiration for The Beatles. I do now know that we both are true fans. Bless your kind heart!
“Hamburg Made the Beatles,” Lennon famously said - and it was those 8-hour sets where they learned the range of song styles and arrangements that infused their craft. “We were the biggest song thieves ever,” was something McCartney once said. They knew how to use inspiration as the foundation.
You know what you left me captivated on your presentation and more so at the end. Thank you so much! It is what I have felt like for a long time inside about the Beatles and Music my whole life! You are Phenomenal in bringing this forth!!
Aimee, you are just the BEST! I love so much how you DUG in with your research on these songs. Love too your deep appreciation for the Beatles 'process.' Your comments are touching and wonderful...
Aimee, I just discovered you yesterday because Rick Beato was raving about you in one of his videos. I watched several of your videos these past two days and really love them! You speak my language and discuss music the way I like to discuss it. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing you thoughts and talents with us!
“Wiggles like a glow worm, dances like a Spinning Top” Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry (also covered by the Beatles) Maybe it’s a goof take after 1 too many jazz cigarettes? Great Video. Thank you Aimee!
Aimee as a Producer/writer and musician I found this to be so entertaining, and I have to congratulate you for your warmth and charm as you deliver your insights with such humility...thank you 🙏
I really enjoyed this. I am currently watching 'Get Back' for the third time, and really noticed how they all seemed to really light up playing the old songs, so this was a perfectly timed video for me to come across in my recommendations. Thanks so much for taking the time to put it all together! I do really appreciate how much work went into it, and seriously, everyone should watch it to the very end! 'Liverpool was a fishing/merchant town'. Liverpool was granted city status in 1880 and was a *major* Port City in the UK. By the time The Beatles were growing up it was in decline, but still had many large ships docking from the States and elsewhere, and kids who were into music did indeed skive off school and go down to the docks to see what 45's they could get hold of from ship's crew members. Liverpool had a huge and long-settled Irish population by the time of these recordings, and their influence was everywhere, particularly in the Liverpool humour, and love of music, so even when I watched the 'Let it Be' film as a kid it came as absolutely no surprise to me that John broke into Danny Boy during the rooftop concert. P.S I have just finished the first episode so I don't feel able to comment on what I feel was overall a great/fascinating coda as it relates to John and how he behaved toward's George after George returned to the band, but I will definitely bear it in mind as I go forward. I also think your English friend John gave you some accurate/great insights. E.G I went 'YES!' when you mentioned the radio show 'Family Favourites' which he told you about.
Thank you for speaking so clearly. I don't need hearing aids or headphones most of the time, but some people don't enunciate clearly, so even when loud, I struggle to follow them. You are crystal clear over my phone speakers so I can easily take in your sentences. Ok - 5 minutes in - for me, this is probably the most interesting and brilliant CZcams video I have ever seen.
What a wonderful piece of musicology you have performed here.. thank you so much. Amazing commitment in time, analysis as well as presentation. Thank you Aimee.
🎙 Thank You very Much for taking so much Time & Love giving this insight of music ~ Getting into the musical minds of four great musicians and where the creative note came from is fascinating 📻 💕 i💕
Hey Aimee. Thank you so much for taking the time to research these songs. You are so smart to have grabbed this information. It’s a snapshot in time when the Beatles took what they knew and passed it on in various forms but it will be watered down over generations. Your work should be a recognised footnote to the Get Back documentary. Many of your observations and appreciation of their talents brought a tear to my eye. You too are a musical sponge and long may you continue to share you knowledge 🎶😊
First and foremost... thanks for making this video. An amazing idea... done so well. 1. I don't think you can read anything into the way Paul is singing that Bobby Darin song. He clowned around with ridiculous vocal styles quite often - with old songs that he loved as well as with his own songs. 2. Chart info on "Blue Suede Shoes". In the US... Carl Perkins released his "Blue Suede Shoes" in January of 1956. By April it had sold over a million copies and peaked at #1 on the country chart and at #3 on the Billboard top 100. It was the first million selling country song to cross over to both the rhythm and blues and pop charts. The first four songs that Elvis released on singles in 1956 all went to #1 on the Billboard hot 100 ("Heartbreak Hotel" #1 for 8 weeks in April - June), ("I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" #1 for 1 week in July), ("Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" #1 for 11 weeks in August - November). The Elvis version of "Blue Suede Shoes" was released on September 8th, 1956... and peaked at #20 on the Billboard hot 100. So in terms of chart success and record sales - Carl Perkins' original version did a LOT better than Elvis' version... in the US. However - in the UK... the two versions were on the charts at the same time. Perkins' record first charted on May 24th, 1956 in the UK - and Presley's version first charted on May 31st, 1956. Carl's peaked at #10 while Elvis' peaked at #9. So John, Paul, George & Ringo were listening to both versions at the same time in 1956. 3. "Shake Rattle and Roll" was also on Elvis Presley's first album in the UK (it was not on the US version of his 1st LP). So The Beatles may have heard the Elvis version just as much - or more than the others. They all LOVED Elvis when he came on to the scene. Interesting side note: McCartney purchased the rights to "Blue Suede Shoes" in 2003. 4. While McCartney used some of the lyrics from the old Dekker poem - he did add some new ones as well. There are just 8 lines in Paul's "Golden Slumbers" song. Four of them are from the old poem - and four of them are his own new lyrics. He starts the song with his 4 new lines: "Once there was a way To get back homeward Once there was a way To get back home." The other 4 lines that come from the poem are... "Sleep pretty WANTONS, do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Golden slumbers KISS your eyes Smiles awake you when you rise." There were three other lines from the poem that Paul did not use at all: "Rock them, rock them, lullaby. Care is heavy, therefore sleep you, You are care, and care must keep you" Paul also changed two of the words in the 4 Dekker lines that he did use. He changed "wantons" to "darling" - and he changed "kiss" to "fill". And the music and melody for this Beatles track was entirely Paul's creation. So I'd put the song writing credit at perhaps 75% McCartney - 25% Dekker.
as an old guy it always makes me smile to see young folks discover the Beatles. in 1964 I got to see the Beatles at the cow palace in San Francisco. ticket price $6.00 (not a typo). everything you heard about the screaming girls is correct. they opened with "well, she was just 17"....... and from that point on all you heard was this freak show of screaming girls. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, and I did get my $6 worth. lol
A price increase of 33% in one year. I paid $2 in 1965 in Cleveland and didn't know I was allowed to go a second time! I was the perfect age to see them, 16, and yes, I added to the screaming maniacs! Best time I kind of ever had. Could have been 1966 tho, didn't know I'd need the exact year almost 60 years later.
This is now a valuable resource for me Aimee. I too watched the series a few times and take notes on movies sometimes so this is really great contribution to my Beatles research. Thanks!
There's a good reason why the Beatles were so good and so special, and you illustrate so spectacularly well one of the main reasons... how the four of them just absorbed the history of popular music. Having that at their fingertips gave them an advantage in their songwriting and musical arrangements that few others had or have since. Thanks for this wonderful and informative video.
Wow... thank you so much, I watched right through to the end. Great, highly detailed research, and I gained a great deal from your insights at the end. The question is how on earth I missed so many of these details myself? I only watched the entire documentary once admittedly, but seeing these excerpts made me realise how much I'd actually missed! Many thanks, this was very valuable and I now have a far greater appreciation of the early influences upon the Beatle's catalogue.
Thank you Aimee. I very much enjoyed what you have done. Like many others, I lived through it and feel incredibly privileged to have been born to live through the 60's as a child, and the 70's as a teenager and grasp the influences these 4 men gave to those who followed, and follow. But hearing younger people (musicians or not) publicly explain The Beatles gives me a new insight I'd not considered because of growing up through it. You kind of help me relive those times as if it is all sort of new. Thank you :-)
Great work, research, and insight. I'd like to throw this out: being a bit older (born '65) I can tell you that through/until my generation, we knew standards through performance more than recordings. Television variety shows were inescapable, as present as reality TV today, and we saw old movies not only on television but on the big screen, as they were in constant re-release. At school we sang every song from "The Music Man" and "The Sound of Music" in music class (every day!) and at Sunday dinner at Morrison's Cafeteria an old blue-haired lady played the Great (and Not So Great) American songbook on a spooky organ. (When I asked her for the Beatles once, she responded with "Michelle" and "Yesterday"). And of course, Muzak (actually the "Beautiful Music" radio format) was everywhere, though not when the Beatles were coming along. So I knew the music of Sinatra or Dean Martin or Ella Fitzgerald right through my skin long before ever really hearing their records, even on the radio. By seven or eight I'd have known "Tea For Two" very well without knowing a recording of it. Really enjoying your channel!
Wonderful review Aimee! We visited Liverpool for the first time in June 2022. After getting back, watched GET BACK (3X) and learned more in the last 6 months than the last 58 years. Thank you for your contribution.
Fabulous work! I do mean serious work. I watched every moment hoping to hear .....my favorite moment. During "Commonwealth" the connection between John And Paul was magical, the way John suggest "yes" and "common' and it simply works. Ringo jumps in perfectly. Some of his best work. Suddenly we have a full melody. This was a new song for all of us.
I am glad you enjoyed doing all that work and sharing it so brilliantly because that had to be tons of work. I sure missed alot when I watched the documentary! Thanks alot Aimee!
Another, often over looked, element that separated the Beatles from nearly all other groups at that--or any other time, is the sheer number of hours, days, weeks, months and years they put into their musical career. They were hard working day and night boys from Liverpool. Thank you for this.
This is how they played on stage for 8 +hours in Hamburg this documentary opened my eyes to this, they actually remind me of a human iPod on shuffle. Show me a band that can do this! Great video, watching all the way from UK.
Amazing work, Aimee. I have been on a Beatles research binge the past few months (which is how I found you). Commemorating forgotten music is so important for the future of our culture.. I spend much of my free time transcribing old songs (of any genre) for a guitar music sharing site. Appreciation of old music is a dying art, but you are helping inspire a revival. Thank you for sharing your passion.
I really appreciate the work you've put into this video, Aimee. I loved the Get Back documentary - there was something magical about it for me, totally immersive, like travelling back in time and being there. I love hearing your thoughts about it and that you've chosen to single out the non-Beatles songs in this way, and that you've tried to identify which versions of the songs the band would've most likely been familiar with. Regarding the Gilly Gilly Ostenfeffer song- I don't recall noticing it when I was watching the documentary, but I was very familiar with that song when I was a child. I was born in 71, in England, and I haven't thought about that song in decades - until now! But as a child I knew that song - everybody knew it- and now you've got me wondering how, why, where did I know it from? Max Bygraves was a very popular TV personality in the UK in the 70s so I'm assuming it must've been from him. Anyway, thanks for a great video, and as I said at the beginning, I have a huge amount of respect for the amount of work you've put into it.
Aimee! I've watched 5mins of your vid and already I'm compelled to say thanks for this. I felt exactly the same way watching it... Totally fascinated. I grew up listening to The Beatles due a Mum who was a Beatles nut and followed them around in her teens. They've been with me and an influence through all musical styles from early days and later forays into jazz. I still love them. Like you the film totally floored me. I haven't watched it for a bit but still think about it from time to time. It's incredible to think that loads of the footage and audio would have been unusable before this digital age. I'm really looking forward to checking out your whole vid. Thanks for deep, thoughtful and inspirational commentary. Peace and love as Ringo would say. ✌️😉
Aimee: I too watched this with great enthusiasm. It opened my eyes to this great individual talent. Your introspection was detailed and well analyzed. I came away from the video with a different view of each Beatle, namely Ringo, what a cool dude he is, so quiet, focused and always adding rhythm when needed. As you pointed out when he tapped out a riff, I enjoyed when he clapped out one and his expression when the discussion involved Yoko said what we were all thinking. Paul is my favorite with a new respect for Lennon and Harrison. The roof top concert when they played Get Back was my favorite, played it since many times. The dude with the cigar didn’t seem to do much. Billy Preston, wow what a talent. Linda and her daughter added to the series and Paul’s love for both of them. Good work! I know that you spent a lot of time on this. PS: Get with Rick on this for a follow up. You pointed out how much Paul was influenced by his father was enlightening. The 19 year old London Bobby didn’t have a clue, his video today is of an old man, still clueless.
Levon Helm and 😂crazy Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly legend! I loved how they lured George back! That showed class. Would love to see Ringo shaved! He’s so much better looking without it.
Thank you so much for putting together this video. Great work...! One of my first conscious memories here on mother earth was watching the Beatles play for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show. I had just turned 3years of age, and what they generated on TV was unbelievable. In their time together what they created was simply astonishing,and no person or group has, or will ever get anywhere close to what they (officially) recorded between September 1962 and August 1969. They were simply "the best ". Thanks again 👍🙏🎆
So very glad I got sidetracked when this popped up on my late night CZcams scroll. I was born in 1948 England, so many of those early influences were also in my domain, and familiar to me although my experience was as a youngster in Croydon, Surrey rather than Liverpool. Radio plays and record shop listening booths were hugely important. Additionally, dance halls and coffee bars. Thanks for this great delve into those details that also took me in when I watched Get Back. Bloody marvellous! 👍 ✌️
I think another reason they knew so many older songs is from John, Paul and George's time playing in Hamburg (Ringo wasn't in the group yet). They had to play ungodly sets (eight or twelve hours a pop) without any breaks six days a week, so they had to know a LOT of songs to keep from repeating themselves too much. I can't even imagine how grueling that would have been, but they came out of the other side of it with an enormous library of old songs to use as inspiration later in their career.
Couple of things - I said Chet AIKENS when I should’ve said ATKINS. Apologies.
Also Bert Lahr was the cowardly lion - not Frank. I hate getting things wrong. So sorry.
Also, after doing more research, I’m going to change my thoughts about George Harrison and Mama You Been On My Mind. I think he was familiar with the Joan Baez recording, now that I’ve listened a bunch more. His playing and phrasing sound way more like hers than Dylan’s.
Also much thanks to my son, Miles who said “Mom, instead of just listing these songs and giving their timestamp, composer and who you think they learned it from - why not make a longer video where you sit at your piano and talk about each song more in depth.” ❤
Agreed.
I'm so glad you added this comment. I thought for a moment I had gone through my whole life mispronouncing my hero Chet Atkins, and I saw him introduced live in the 1970s and took guitar lessons from a guitarist who used to tour with him. Also George started playing Gretsch guitars because his Duojet was the first decent american made guitar he could find, he bought it from a sailor in Liverpool.
A small gaff, and adorable given that you are a pianist and not really a guitarist. I had no idea that you were as much a Beatles nerd as my twin brother (drummer) and me (guitar/vox) have been our whole lives. I loved everything about this deep dive. It was just so bloody excellent. Thank you!
I really L O V E how much time and effort you put into this, Aimee. The fact that you care that George Harrison (in the "Get Back" documentary) was most likely more influenced by Joan Baez's recording of "Mama You Been On My Mind"... than Dylan's - makes me very happy. Thanks again for sharing all of these wonderful thoughts on this one small part of the documentary.
That was a very interesting video, Aimee, and I really appreciate all the effort you put into making it. My only complaint is that I don't think you ever directly addressed the question posed in the title: "How Did The Beatles Write Such Great Songs?" I certainly enjoyed watching, and yet I'm still left wondering... How DID they do it? 🤔
I just wanna say that no matter how the algorithm treats this video, I absolutely love that this video exists
The fact that you left a comment will help! Thanks so much!
This comment will have a thousand likes after this video blows up ;)
since it´s first release in 1970 ,also later released in dvd ,if the first was boring with Peter `Boring`Jackson one misses most of the moments , only fell asleep 3 times in a theatre in all my life , first that film about the pass to INDIA (in portuguese they change the names of the movies) other was AFRICA something with robert redford and merryl strip ,the others were the ring towers elfs 3 movies to fell a sleep ,the all documentary made by peter jackson ,i first thought they would add pointy ears to the beatles ,but no , only killing us with borethem. In Portugal movies have diferent names to make people understand better the meaning og the title,they say , but what i´ll never understand is a movie that as many references made to it in sitcoms or even movies, the scene where john cusack(?) put a boombox over his head while playing Peter Gabriel ,in English the movie is called "say anything" and in Portugal that i only saw the movie in video ,don´t know if it came out on theatres is called "say nothing" ,i can one understand better the name of the movie wuith this translation , other teen movies that i only saw them on video was that one with winona ryder and christian slater who wants to blow up students and the school and wisdom with emilio estevez and demi moore before it had the surgery , also the breakfast club , this to say that in some movies or sitcoms they refer to this movies and in Portugal no one understands and i only saw them because my sister at the time we were living in the same house, and the movies were there because she rented them up to see with her girl/ friends wich were many , one could choose diferent types of girls already in the house, free of emotional charge
@@AimeeNolte I think adding likes to Hi-five's and your comments might be part of what will do it.
I have an interest in your video, as opposed to a bad guess by an exorcist. "John Lennon sold his soul to the devil for musical talent" - eh, sorry, but wasn't Macca the main talent?
@@RUfromthe40s I fell asleep in the theater during a Rings movie. It's the only time I fell asleep sitting up. I was afraid that I might have been snoring so I got up and left. Those Ring movies were terrible.
Yes, Ringo was always there with the beat the entire time. George Martin was quoted once, “I cannot recall ever having to stop a recording take during any session because Ringo missed a beat.“
Have you ever seen a video of them recording besides Seth (is) Back? Their music was written by either George Martin or Theodor Adorno. Wake up!
@@iracknads huh?
@@iracknads 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@iracknads Hmm, ya got me --- are you a legitimate nutcase or just a troll?
@@iracknads Eh? What does that mean?
You did a great job on this! In August of '79, I had the pleasure to meet John Lennon and Yoko Ono when my band was playing in Tokyo. They stayed for 3 hours. Before they left John bowed and told us "All musicians are my friends" He was a musician first and also a very cool guy.
I too watched 'Get Back' at least three times. For anyone who's ever been in a band, - the repetition, the sometimes tedious process of collaboration, the goofing around, are all so familiar. But I also found it incredibly moving at times. That moment where Paul is working on the music for what would soon become 'The Long And Winding Road', and Ringo, fed up with yet more badgering from Michael Lindsay-Hogg about the proposed concert, wistfully says, "See, I'd just watch an hour of him, just playing the piano", - honestly brought me close to tears. Such a beautiful moment.
Loved the extra song - 'GET LOST'. A tribute from each of the Beatles to each other.
@karlferren. I cried multiple times on my first viewing. Sometimes from being moved by the music, sometimes by feeling such deep gratitude that they ever met each other and gave us all of this amazing music, and sometimes from the sadness of them breaking up, and losing John and George.
Watching Paul come up with "Get Back" while noodling on the bass gave me goosebumps.
Happened to me when John played Child of Nature. (Jealous Guy)
Might've been staged for the camera. Wouldn't put it past him. Paul may have got the 'Get Back' bit...been inspired by...from George's 'Sour Milk Sea'.
@@gettinhungrig8806 Sure Sparky, get your thumb out of your mouth. And the wool out of your ears.
Love what you have done here. I'm 77 years. I lived through this era. I use to dance to these songs on American Bandstand when it was in PHL. I am also jazz pianist and play many of these song in my band. I have learned so much from you Amy. Thanks.
This is huge, a dissertation, and brilliantly augments the Beatles documentary. One of the things I found most interesting was how important their playing around was to their creative process. Jazz musicians need to spend more time engaging in child-like play, and not only goal-oriented “practice.”
The creative process is described as "the play-impulse". And musicians "play" music, they don't "work" music.
And, the creative process is about bringing chaos into order.
I can see a spontaneous jam of a bit of a song by John, as example, being thoroughly recognized by Paul, as example, so they are on the same wavelength, and the goal is writing a song.
Creativity often comes from combining different things in new ways. Hearing lots of different styles can help writers find a new style of their own.
@@atgdcommish608 "The Beatles" were open to good songs regardless "genre" or era. And they hearkened back to the 1930s-40s.
This is beatlemania at it’s peak after 53 years of their breakup.
Regardless of how long the doc was most musicians would never get bored... and all musicians who are also Beatles fans certainly wouldn't. That is one of the special things about the Beatles. They always kept us wanting more.
it was very inspiring to see that one of the greatest bands in history spent a great deal of their time enjoying the music of other people. loved this analysis of it
I saw The Beatles live 1964 in Stockholm. I was 12 years old. All my life Beatles have been my best friends through all events, good and bad. Thanks for your great work with this video. You are such a great musician and music lover, and I will follow you! Lots of love from Stockholm Sweden, and happy Christmas!💥
Thank you for this Aimee. Your heartfelt, genuine curiosity drives this and makes it a significant contribution to my life-long appreciation of the Beatles. - Paul
You have just created an amazing document. This needs to go viral. I'm going to watch it over and over. Thank you so much for creating it.
I'm sorry, GREAT JOB!!!!!!!AMAZING WORK!!! Yes, I agree this should go "viral"!
What a great video, Aimee! Loved it! Especially liked your closing insights about the dynamics in the group. I saw a video on CZcams where an aging Joni Mitchell was asked what her musical influences were as a child. She replied that her family had very few records in the house at the time. I can relate. BUT, I realized years ago that, despite many fewer options to listen to music, for my generation born smack in the middle of the 20th century -- we were exposed to a much wider range and diversity of music through television variety and movie musicals (because you watched what was on!) and even at school. So, I was exposed to the music all the way back to Stephen Foster to “the Gay 90s” to George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin -- to Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor -- to, of course, the music of my parents’ era (Sinatra, etc.) -- and then the early days of Rock ‘n Roll (Buddy Holly, et. al.). As an educator, I found that many young people today, despite streaming music, don’t even know who the Beatles were, not to mention the likes Sinatra and beyond.
My god Amiee! well done!
as a Beatles fan of about 57 years give or take, I can’t thank you enough for this…
I must say that I had never put that much time into contemplating the music that they listened to…oh sure, I was aware of their influences, but never stopped to consider how much, or what that looked like.
As a musician myself I’m a bit embarrassed…but more than that I am in this moment, feeling grateful that you have taken us by the hand on this journey…
I have been following you for about 5 or 6 years.
Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Thank you for taking the time to do this. Loved this video.
You madam, are a complete Beatles nerd, and it takes one to know one, great video!
Amazing research, Aimee! You knocked this one out of the park!
Well, that was fun. This should have more views - thanks for posting the reminder... I was busy all day, and was looking back thru my feed tonight, and saw your follow-up about the Beatles vid being published earlier. It was cool to see their cover jams cataloged like this, one after the other. And it was especially nice for John to give the project his approval, in that early quote about how you can listen for the Beatles' influences in their music: Will do, John... thanks for the invitation! And thanks, Aimee, for putting this together.
Watching the documentary it is both obvious and incredible that none of these guys were even 30 yet - they had incredible depth and breadth of music knowledge, such pure love and joy for all of it, and yet a sadness and weariness that punched through on occasion. Thanks for this amazing video! ❤
George was 25!
@@scottamichie Insane isn't it?
Nail it George has just turned 27.. when the Beatles broke up.. imagine his age January 1969.. um is it 25.. oh my God.. now every time you see someone 25 think and say to them or just keep it in your thoughts George Harrison is 25 during the making of the Get Back film.. 2 f#cking5 years of age and he is yet to write Something and Hear Comes The Sun, let alone the Triple Set All Things Must Pass... please.. stop it.. nothing compares.. nothing.. now tell me why The Beatles are overated and tell me why some other flash in the pan is the GOAT.. stop it.. there is The Beatles and daylight second...don't attempt to embarrass yourself.. it won't end well.. don't..l just presented you one of THE GOATS 🐐. 1, now do your research on the other 3.. In fact Ringo chart wise is huge prior to 76.. then you have the other 3 to deal with.. remember sunlight.. Here Comes The Sun.. do your homework
And none of them could formally read music.
I've listened to the Beatles since the Ed Sullivan show and throughout their career. They were the first band to give me chills up and down my spine and still do to this day. In my heart a musician is good, really good when they can do that. You gave me a similar feeling with your video. I will now consider you the 6th Beatle.
I second that!
Great work! One of my favorite moments was Ringo saying he could just watch Paul play piano for an hour.
I will never tire of intense analysis of Beatles work. I share your love of this group that will never have an equal.
What you have done here is wonderful! So, a friend of mine asked me what I thought of GET BACK DOC….My reply was ITS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. In the end I watched it on Disney plus 5 TIMES THROUGH ALL 8 hours of it. It was as close as I could get to my dream of being in the room when the Beatles recorded. The Beatles are the reason I started playing music when I was 12 in 1965, I am still playing gigs. I consider them in a class by themselves. Also even further my Father and his whole family was from Liverpool….my uncle was what they called a “Cunard Yank” merchant sailors bringing American records back to England. Anyway this showed the vast knowledge of music the Beatles had. Well done , fantastic! PS…ITS CHET ATKINS with. T , not Aikens.
What an amazing musical document you have created here. Fascinating! Thank you!
Radio stations in the UK in the 1950’s and early 1960’s did not play rock n roll music. At least not in Liverpool. Brian Epstiens record store had some rock records , but American record companies had little interest in exporting the music. Mick Jagger told a story about being a twelve year old boy and hanging out at the docks and trading 45 rpm records with American sailors. He said “ as a youngster who ever had the latest records was the coolest kid. “The biggest influence on the members of the Stones, Beatles et al , was Radio Luxembourg. After midnight the station would play the newest rock records from America, but only folks on the English coast could hear the station. I can only imagine what it must have been like , as a teenage English boy hearing Johnny B. Good for the first time. Thank you for your in depth research and archiving the early influences on the Beatles. I am 70 years old and have followed their music since their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, way back in 1964. Even then I knew this was a different kind of pop band. They changed my life and the world.
The Get Back documentary was such a treat after living with the Let It Be film for 50 years. As a musician and Beatles fan since the beginning it was inspirational to watch. Anyone who has rehearsed and gigged in a band will recognise a lot of what is going on. Thanks for your views I really enjoyed it.
One thing I noticed when I watched the Get Back film is how they found time to actually write and complete any songs with all the messing about they did in such a short time like two weeks, it just shows how they managed to write so many songs in the 7 years they spent recording.
prolific
I think the prevalent notion that you either "mess around" or "get stuck in" is a false binary.
It might be true for washing dishes, but I'm pretty sure that it pays to change the "or" to an "and" when creative inspiration is required.
@@Gottenhimfella it was just a general comment it didn't need analysing either grammatically or any other way.. False binary??
They were young, full of juice & incredibly bright, in an era when writing really gorgeous $ongs mattered. Thank you for the detailed analysis!
Great video Aimee.
Love the video. Personally, the documentary helped me to realize how great McCartney is as an artist. Out of this world.
So amazing the “fake” substitute McCartney was even more talented than “original Paul”!! I’m being sarcastic! It is very hard to appreciate sarcasm through text!
It's amazing how one so accomplished is considered an "over achiever" when he has combined his innate talent with a ton of HARD WORK!!!
@@Geezer-yf8hvyes it really shows the gullible niave people who still claim its a fake paul. It's Mainly non musicians or musically challenged people anyways. I mean the chances of an exact clone that looks like him , is a genius and also plays the bass guitar with a left hand is too ridiculous to even believe that debunked hoax
I have a great personal Ronnie Hawkins story. I was 18. Working on a show called, Secret Service. I was on a n hour break amd sat down to eat. This old guy cokes in amd I assumed he was crew. He sat down with me and we talked for over an hour. The first ad came in and says, Mr. Hawkins they are ready for you. He gets up says how much he enjoyed talking too me. And got on stage and started to play. They were shooting a scene that took place at a Ronnie Hawkins concert.
I haven’t seen the documentary yet but am a serious Beatles student (arranging 50 songs for solo guitar at the moment). Very impressed at your detailed research. I agree with your perceptive observations at the end. One of the big ‘what ifs’ is how would the Lennon/McCartney catalogue have differed if they had involved George earliern; it cannot go unnoticed that a 3rd of the Beatles most frequently downloaded songs are Harrison compositions.
Serious respect Aimee!
You put a huge amount of work into this, Aimee. If anyone ever doubted your passion for music and sharing insights to enable us to grow musically, this would dispel any such thoughts. Thank you for creating a separate documentary, which is what the results of your efforts are.
Mike, please allow me to use your words to tell her, Yes It is.
Thank you, thank you very much for taking the time to prepare this video for us. Warm regards from Mexico
Her observations are genius level. Not many can make the connections she makes and it shows that she has a vast memory bank of musical references.
'AIMEE, what you going to do? We will be waiting to HEAR from you, maybe longer if you CHO-OOSE..." I expect your NEXT video will be equally as GREAT! Well done!
Thank you Aimee. So much background information. Much work to do this. Good job!
This is a brilliant piece of work you have done. Such a wonderfully researched assessment of this astonishing documentary. Congratulations on all you have done here and thank you.
What an absolutely wonderful video with so much fascinating information. By the end I was in tears when you gave your heartfelt assessment of the Fab Four. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much, Aimee for this video and of course all your videos. I didn't know the depth of your admiration for The Beatles. I do now know that we both are true fans. Bless your kind heart!
Your comments at the end are so apt and insightful. I really enjoyed this.
“Hamburg Made the Beatles,” Lennon famously said - and it was those 8-hour sets where they learned the range of song styles and arrangements that infused their craft.
“We were the biggest song thieves ever,” was something McCartney once said. They knew how to use inspiration as the foundation.
"In Hollywood, we call it the fine art of paraphrasing" --- Abraham Laboriel, Sr.
Lennon once said he was "The King Of Knick" - taking riffs & lyrics mostly from obscure records.
I was hesitant to watch this video but once I started watching it I couldn’t stop. This was great! Thank you!
It really pleases me to see others love The Beatles like I do. Thanks for this video.
Yes, this video was made with LOVE!
You know what you left me captivated on your presentation and more so at the end. Thank you so much! It is what I have felt like for a long time inside about the Beatles and Music my whole life! You are Phenomenal in bringing this forth!!
Wow, thank you!
This is such a treasure! So well made. Thank you!
Aimee, you are just the BEST! I love so much how you DUG in with your research on these songs. Love too your deep appreciation for the Beatles 'process.' Your comments are touching and wonderful...
Great video, hoping the algorithm will be merciful
Aimee, I just discovered you yesterday because Rick Beato was raving about you in one of his videos. I watched several of your videos these past two days and really love them! You speak my language and discuss music the way I like to discuss it. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing you thoughts and talents with us!
This video is a work of love and a necessary reference to appreciate the Beatles’ rich musical background. Excellent.
“Wiggles like a glow worm, dances like a Spinning Top”
Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry (also covered by the Beatles)
Maybe it’s a goof take after 1 too many jazz cigarettes?
Great Video. Thank you Aimee!
Thank you. that's why I read the comments. Was going to look it up myself then realized someone would have it in the comments, lol.
It still didn't seem quite right so I did look it up. Jenny Jenny by Little Richard has, "Spinnin', spinnin', spinnin'
Spinnin' like a spinnin' top."
i’m also leaning towards LITTLE RICHARD’s Jenny, might be a bit of both??
Ringo's introduction to 'Act Naturally' is hilarious and very clever.
... and self-deprecating ... Which is a big piece of the charm....
Your take at the end of your video hit home and gave me new perspective. Thank you!
Aimee as a Producer/writer and musician I found this to be so entertaining, and I have to congratulate you for your warmth and charm as you deliver your insights with such humility...thank you 🙏
Thank you Aimee Nolte Music. Truly a labor of love.
What a quality video, is amazing, thank you so much Aimee!
I really enjoyed this. I am currently watching 'Get Back' for the third time, and really noticed how they all seemed to really light up playing the old songs, so this was a perfectly timed video for me to come across in my recommendations. Thanks so much for taking the time to put it all together! I do really appreciate how much work went into it, and seriously, everyone should watch it to the very end!
'Liverpool was a fishing/merchant town'. Liverpool was granted city status in 1880 and was a *major* Port City in the UK. By the time The Beatles were growing up it was in decline, but still had many large ships docking from the States and elsewhere, and kids who were into music did indeed skive off school and go down to the docks to see what 45's they could get hold of from ship's crew members.
Liverpool had a huge and long-settled Irish population by the time of these recordings, and their influence was everywhere, particularly in the Liverpool humour, and love of music, so even when I watched the 'Let it Be' film as a kid it came as absolutely no surprise to me that John broke into Danny Boy during the rooftop concert.
P.S I have just finished the first episode so I don't feel able to comment on what I feel was overall a great/fascinating coda as it relates to John and how he behaved toward's George after George returned to the band, but I will definitely bear it in mind as I go forward. I also think your English friend John gave you some accurate/great insights. E.G I went 'YES!' when you mentioned the radio show 'Family Favourites' which he told you about.
Great work. Congratulations and thank you!!!
Thank you for speaking so clearly. I don't need hearing aids or headphones most of the time, but some people don't enunciate clearly, so even when loud, I struggle to follow them. You are crystal clear over my phone speakers so I can easily take in your sentences.
Ok - 5 minutes in - for me, this is probably the most interesting and brilliant CZcams video I have ever seen.
Wonderful, just love your deep dive here!
Looked at it about 5 times by now, and will see it many many times more. Loved your take on it, thanks!
Thanks for the incredible research! SO enjoyed this!!!
What a wonderful piece of musicology you have performed here.. thank you so much. Amazing commitment in time, analysis as well as presentation. Thank you Aimee.
🎙 Thank You very Much for taking so much Time & Love giving this insight of music ~ Getting into the musical minds of four great musicians and where the creative note came from is fascinating 📻 💕 i💕
Hey Aimee.
Thank you so much for taking the time to research these songs. You are so smart to have grabbed this information.
It’s a snapshot in time when the Beatles took what they knew and passed it on in various forms but it will be watered down over generations.
Your work should be a recognised footnote to the Get Back documentary.
Many of your observations and appreciation of their talents brought a tear to my eye.
You too are a musical sponge and long may you continue to share you knowledge 🎶😊
🥰3 times so far for me too. I got chills watching Get Back come to life. 58 years ago I became a Beatles fan, love them more than ever!
First and foremost... thanks for making this video. An amazing idea... done so well.
1. I don't think you can read anything into the way Paul is singing that Bobby Darin song. He clowned around with ridiculous vocal styles quite often - with old songs that he loved as well as with his own songs.
2. Chart info on "Blue Suede Shoes". In the US... Carl Perkins released his "Blue Suede Shoes" in January of 1956. By April it had sold over a million copies and peaked at #1 on the country chart and at #3 on the Billboard top 100. It was the first million selling country song to cross over to both the rhythm and blues and pop charts. The first four songs that Elvis released on singles in 1956 all went to #1 on the Billboard hot 100 ("Heartbreak Hotel" #1 for 8 weeks in April - June), ("I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" #1 for 1 week in July), ("Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" #1 for 11 weeks in August - November). The Elvis version of "Blue Suede Shoes" was released on September 8th, 1956... and peaked at #20 on the Billboard hot 100. So in terms of chart success and record sales - Carl Perkins' original version did a LOT better than Elvis' version... in the US.
However - in the UK... the two versions were on the charts at the same time. Perkins' record first charted on May 24th, 1956 in the UK - and Presley's version first charted on May 31st, 1956. Carl's peaked at #10 while Elvis' peaked at #9. So John, Paul, George & Ringo were listening to both versions at the same time in 1956.
3. "Shake Rattle and Roll" was also on Elvis Presley's first album in the UK (it was not on the US version of his 1st LP). So The Beatles may have heard the Elvis version just as much - or more than the others. They all LOVED Elvis when he came on to the scene. Interesting side note: McCartney purchased the rights to "Blue Suede Shoes" in 2003.
4. While McCartney used some of the lyrics from the old Dekker poem - he did add some new ones as well. There are just 8 lines in Paul's "Golden Slumbers" song. Four of them are from the old poem - and four of them are his own new lyrics. He starts the song with his 4 new lines:
"Once there was a way
To get back homeward
Once there was a way
To get back home."
The other 4 lines that come from the poem are...
"Sleep pretty WANTONS, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden slumbers KISS your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise."
There were three other lines from the poem that Paul did not use at all:
"Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you"
Paul also changed two of the words in the 4 Dekker lines that he did use. He changed "wantons" to "darling" - and he changed "kiss" to "fill".
And the music and melody for this Beatles track was entirely Paul's creation. So I'd put the song writing credit at perhaps 75% McCartney - 25% Dekker.
Interesting Thanks for insights into this song.
as an old guy it always makes me smile to see young folks discover the Beatles. in 1964 I got to see the Beatles at the cow palace in San Francisco. ticket price $6.00 (not a typo). everything you heard about the screaming girls is correct. they opened with "well, she was just 17"....... and from that point on all you heard was this freak show of screaming girls. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, and I did get my $6 worth. lol
A price increase of 33% in one year. I paid $2 in 1965 in Cleveland and didn't know I was allowed to go a second time! I was the perfect age to see them, 16, and yes, I added to the screaming maniacs! Best time I kind of ever had. Could have been 1966 tho, didn't know I'd need the exact year almost 60 years later.
This is now a valuable resource for me Aimee. I too watched the series a few times and take notes on movies sometimes so this is really great contribution to my Beatles research. Thanks!
Thank you for brightening up my day Aimée. You really enjoy this music. Great video.
There's a good reason why the Beatles were so good and so special, and you illustrate so spectacularly well one of the main reasons... how the four of them just absorbed the history of popular music. Having that at their fingertips gave them an advantage in their songwriting and musical arrangements that few others had or have since. Thanks for this wonderful and informative video.
Wow... thank you so much, I watched right through to the end. Great, highly detailed research, and I gained a great deal from your insights at the end. The question is how on earth I missed so many of these details myself? I only watched the entire documentary once admittedly, but seeing these excerpts made me realise how much I'd actually missed! Many thanks, this was very valuable and I now have a far greater appreciation of the early influences upon the Beatle's catalogue.
Thank you Aimee. I very much enjoyed what you have done. Like many others, I lived through it and feel incredibly privileged to have been born to live through the 60's as a child, and the 70's as a teenager and grasp the influences these 4 men gave to those who followed, and follow. But hearing younger people (musicians or not) publicly explain The Beatles gives me a new insight I'd not considered because of growing up through it. You kind of help me relive those times as if it is all sort of new. Thank you :-)
That care/carry/heavy/weight connection is awesome! This is wonderful, Aimee.
Thank you, Aimee!!! Now, I have to see the documentary again. ❤
Great work, research, and insight. I'd like to throw this out: being a bit older (born '65) I can tell you that through/until my generation, we knew standards through performance more than recordings. Television variety shows were inescapable, as present as reality TV today, and we saw old movies not only on television but on the big screen, as they were in constant re-release. At school we sang every song from "The Music Man" and "The Sound of Music" in music class (every day!) and at Sunday dinner at Morrison's Cafeteria an old blue-haired lady played the Great (and Not So Great) American songbook on a spooky organ. (When I asked her for the Beatles once, she responded with "Michelle" and "Yesterday"). And of course, Muzak (actually the "Beautiful Music" radio format) was everywhere, though not when the Beatles were coming along. So I knew the music of Sinatra or Dean Martin or Ella Fitzgerald right through my skin long before ever really hearing their records, even on the radio. By seven or eight I'd have known "Tea For Two" very well without knowing a recording of it. Really enjoying your channel!
As another example, the Beatles (being Lucy fans) would have seen this, maybe multiple times: czcams.com/video/Z0qTN5s1ukA/video.html
Thanks for putting this all together like this - fascinating
Thanks for this, I really appreciate it, especially your thoughts at the end, made me feel sad all over again.
Thank you, Aimee. This was very informative and interesting. This is the video I've been waiting for.
Wonderful review Aimee! We visited Liverpool for the first time in June 2022. After getting back, watched GET BACK (3X) and learned more in the last 6 months than the last 58 years. Thank you for your contribution.
Fabulous work! I do mean serious work. I watched every moment hoping to hear .....my favorite moment. During "Commonwealth" the connection between John And Paul was magical, the way John suggest "yes" and "common' and it simply works. Ringo jumps in perfectly. Some of his best work. Suddenly we have a full melody. This was a new song for all of us.
WOW! Great job! You put a lot of work into this. Thank you!
I am glad you enjoyed doing all that work and sharing it so brilliantly because that had to be tons of work. I sure missed alot when I watched the documentary! Thanks alot Aimee!
This is awesome, just awesome. What a great service to music fans. Thanks!
Great work. I'm going to explore your video at length in the days to come...
Another, often over looked, element that separated the Beatles from nearly all other groups at that--or any other time, is the sheer number of hours, days, weeks, months and years they put into their musical career. They were hard working day and night boys from Liverpool. Thank you for this.
Fantastic job Aimee! From one big Beatles fan to another!
This is how they played on stage for 8 +hours in Hamburg this documentary opened my eyes to this, they actually remind me of a human iPod on shuffle. Show me a band that can do this! Great video, watching all the way from UK.
Amazing work, Aimee. I have been on a Beatles research binge the past few months (which is how I found you). Commemorating forgotten music is so important for the future of our culture.. I spend much of my free time transcribing old songs (of any genre) for a guitar music sharing site. Appreciation of old music is a dying art, but you are helping inspire a revival. Thank you for sharing your passion.
I really appreciate the work you've put into this video, Aimee. I loved the Get Back documentary - there was something magical about it for me, totally immersive, like travelling back in time and being there. I love hearing your thoughts about it and that you've chosen to single out the non-Beatles songs in this way, and that you've tried to identify which versions of the songs the band would've most likely been familiar with. Regarding the Gilly Gilly Ostenfeffer song- I don't recall noticing it when I was watching the documentary, but I was very familiar with that song when I was a child. I was born in 71, in England, and I haven't thought about that song in decades - until now! But as a child I knew that song - everybody knew it- and now you've got me wondering how, why, where did I know it from? Max Bygraves was a very popular TV personality in the UK in the 70s so I'm assuming it must've been from him. Anyway, thanks for a great video, and as I said at the beginning, I have a huge amount of respect for the amount of work you've put into it.
Very interesting! Maybe more Brits will comment about it and we will see! Thank you
I have a distant memory of of the crew on Crackerjack (u.k. kids tv) singing it.....I might be wrong...as Mr Yorke once said
Nice work here. I appreciate the deep dive. Learned some stuff too. Appreciate you, Aimee!
Great research. Gives even more depth to the documentary and The Beatles.
Aimee! I've watched 5mins of your vid and already I'm compelled to say thanks for this. I felt exactly the same way watching it... Totally fascinated. I grew up listening to The Beatles due a Mum who was a Beatles nut and followed them around in her teens. They've been with me and an influence through all musical styles from early days and later forays into jazz. I still love them. Like you the film totally floored me. I haven't watched it for a bit but still think about it from time to time. It's incredible to think that loads of the footage and audio would have been unusable before this digital age. I'm really looking forward to checking out your whole vid. Thanks for deep, thoughtful and inspirational commentary. Peace and love as Ringo would say. ✌️😉
Aimee: I too watched this with great enthusiasm. It opened my eyes to this great individual talent. Your introspection was detailed and well analyzed. I came away from the video with a different view of each Beatle, namely Ringo, what a cool dude he is, so quiet, focused and always adding rhythm when needed. As you pointed out when he tapped out a riff, I enjoyed when he clapped out one and his expression when the discussion involved Yoko said what we were all thinking. Paul is my favorite with a new respect for Lennon and Harrison. The roof top concert when they played Get Back was my favorite, played it since many times. The dude with the cigar didn’t seem to do much. Billy Preston, wow what a talent. Linda and her daughter added to the series and Paul’s love for both of them. Good work! I know that you spent a lot of time on this.
PS: Get with Rick on this for a follow up.
You pointed out how much Paul was influenced by his father was enlightening.
The 19 year old London Bobby didn’t have a clue, his video today is of an old man, still clueless.
Levon Helm and 😂crazy Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly legend!
I loved how they lured George back! That showed class.
Would love to see Ringo shaved! He’s so much better looking without it.
Chance upon your channel.. love this content. well researched, I enjoyed it. Thanks
a most fabulous video !!!...loved it !!
I really enjoyed this and just want to say that you are just absolutely lovely. Could listen to you for hours.
Really enjoyed that mate. Great vid ❤
Thank you so much for putting together this video. Great work...!
One of my first conscious memories here on mother earth was watching the Beatles play for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show. I had just turned 3years of age, and what they generated on TV was unbelievable.
In their time together what they created was simply astonishing,and no person or group has, or will ever get anywhere close to what they (officially) recorded between September 1962 and August 1969.
They were simply "the best ".
Thanks again 👍🙏🎆
So very glad I got sidetracked when this popped up on my late night CZcams scroll.
I was born in 1948 England, so many of those early influences were also in my domain, and familiar to me although my experience was as a youngster in Croydon, Surrey rather than Liverpool. Radio plays and record shop listening booths were hugely important. Additionally, dance halls and coffee bars.
Thanks for this great delve into those details that also took me in when I watched Get Back. Bloody marvellous! 👍
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I envy your ability to make the time to do something that's always been dear to my heart and good for the soul.
I think another reason they knew so many older songs is from John, Paul and George's time playing in Hamburg (Ringo wasn't in the group yet). They had to play ungodly sets (eight or twelve hours a pop) without any breaks six days a week, so they had to know a LOT of songs to keep from repeating themselves too much. I can't even imagine how grueling that would have been, but they came out of the other side of it with an enormous library of old songs to use as inspiration later in their career.
What was the schedule like for Ringo when Rory Storm and the Hurricanes played Hamburg? Did the also have the grueling hours?
I feel that must be an exaggeration! 8 to 12 hour sets? I don’t think so! Even the most desperate band would not do that!!!