🎧 She Unpacks The Beatles - 'Eleanor Rigby': First Listen, Pure Shock!

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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
  • Hey y'all! So here we are with another Beatles tune for all of you RABID Beatles fans out there! This time we're hitting up the Revolver record and are reacting to the song 'Eleanor Rigby'. Watch as Steph watches this short masterpiece of a song, and compares them to Backstreet Boys?!?!?! Watch it and see!!
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    00:00 Intro
    01:21 Reaction to The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby"
    03:24 Discussing the Song
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    The Beatles, an iconic English rock band from Liverpool, revolutionized music and culture worldwide during the 1960s. Comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, their innovative approach to music and mastery in songwriting led them to become one of the most influential bands in history.
    "Eleanor Rigby," a song from their 1966 album "Revolver," stands out as a poignant masterpiece in their discography. Unlike their earlier love-themed tracks, "Eleanor Rigby" delves into themes of loneliness and despair, set against a backdrop of a string quartet-a departure from the band's typical rock instrumentation. Paul McCartney's narrative lyricism paints a vivid picture of the titular Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie, weaving a tale that resonates with the existential angst and social isolation of modern life. This groundbreaking track not only showcased The Beatles' artistic evolution but also highlighted their willingness to explore complex emotions and experiment with new sounds, cementing their legacy as pioneers of pop and rock music.
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Komentáře • 94

  • @garyfletcher844
    @garyfletcher844 Před 3 měsíci +33

    Comparing the Backstreet boys to the Beatles is like comparing Mickey Mouse to Superman

  • @gregpusczek4473
    @gregpusczek4473 Před 3 měsíci +24

    Brilliant The Beatles changed modern music forever

  • @reinacarbetta388
    @reinacarbetta388 Před 3 měsíci +19

    The Beatles were among the first to write their own music - and Miss Stephanie, they are responsible for all the music that came after.

  • @colinbirks5403
    @colinbirks5403 Před 3 měsíci +13

    It's about people who pass through the world unnoticed, and lonely.

  • @melissacronecarvell
    @melissacronecarvell Před 3 měsíci +12

    Love this song! In an October 2021 article in The New Yorker, McCartney wrote that his inspiration for "Eleanor Rigby" was an old lady who lived alone and whom he got to know very well. He would go shopping for her and sit in her kitchen listening to stories and her crystal radio set.

    • @keithworsfold2689
      @keithworsfold2689 Před 3 měsíci +6

      And he said in one documentary that “keeping her face in a jar”related the old ladies putting on face cream to stop the wrinkles.

  • @bennyfactor1
    @bennyfactor1 Před 3 měsíci +13

    They also wrote hits for many others. The first big hit for The Rolling Stones-I Wanna Be Your Man-was written by Lennon/McCartney. As for the Eleanor Rigby grave, it's a coincidence according to Paul who wrote it, but her grave is next to the hall in Liverpool where Paul first met John and joined Johns band

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m Před 3 měsíci +6

    Yes- the grave marked “Eleanor Rigby” is in the churchyard where John and Paul first met.

  • @antifax8434
    @antifax8434 Před 3 měsíci +12

    My friends, after playing a song by Lennon, one by Paul and another by both of them, now it's George's turn. I think Something or Here Comes the Sun would be a good example. Thank you.

    • @B.R.0101
      @B.R.0101 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Inner Light too!

    • @MsAppassionata
      @MsAppassionata Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@B.R.0101 Love that one too. Wish it would get more attention from reviewers.

  • @dennysmall9155
    @dennysmall9155 Před 3 měsíci +11

    The Beatles started out as a cover band. They started to write their own songs out of necessity when other acts on the same bill performing before them would play popular songs that the Beatles intended to perform. Thus, the best solution was to write their own songs ensuring other acts couldn't play them. Many early Beatle albums contain several covers from people they admired, including Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins among others. What they accomplished in a relatively short time, {62-70) will never be matched. Their influence went beyond music, from the way they wore their hair, their fashion and bands playing their own instruments to name a few. Name a band that is still as popular as the Beatles 60 years on. The Beatles were, are and will be the greatest band to ever exist.

    • @normandavidtidiman9918
      @normandavidtidiman9918 Před 3 měsíci +2

      They didn't start out as a "covers band",they were writing songs before they even performed. McCartney wrote 'When I'm 64' at around 14 for instance.

    • @Dolores-mu9vo
      @Dolores-mu9vo Před 3 měsíci

      Thanks for getting this out there. It blows me away how much misinformation can be found on social media. ​@@normandavidtidiman9918

    • @alflazz2443
      @alflazz2443 Před 3 měsíci

      Totalmente! de acuerdo dennys, la mejor banda de todos los tiempos.

  • @tedr3586
    @tedr3586 Před 3 měsíci +3

    From Quora: John Lennon loved “Buddy Holly and the Crickets" so he and the boys toyed with insect names. John came up with beetles. He changed it to “Beatles” because if you turn it around, it was “Les Beat" which sounded French and cool. They settled for “Silver Beatles”.
    The boys had a regular gig at local clubs and nightspots twice a week and John was certain that music was his future. He and the boys were longing for the big break, and while they waited they dropped the “Silver" and the group became known as “The Beatles

  • @marcuspi999
    @marcuspi999 Před 3 měsíci +3

    The Beatles name came from the Liverpool slang for the music genre of young bands playing the local clubs in the late 50s, early 60s, largely influenced by American rock, blues, soul, and country music, combined with a really dirty, poor, post war, blue collar city vibe. It was dubbed "Beat Music" taken from the local printed rag called "The Mersey Beat". It was a magazine listing band Showtime's and articles. Bill Harry, the founder, was a school friend of John's, so the Beatles were featured a lot. That and the fact that they were the best band, especially after their two year stint in Hamberg, Germany.

  • @braudabo
    @braudabo Před 3 měsíci +5

    Well, the Backstreet Boys and the Beatles have very little in common... The Beatles were not virtuosos, but very tricky instrumentalists, who played all night long in dark clubs and basements years before their breakthrough. Thus created a rock-solid basis on guitar, bass and drums. Later they also developed into multi-instrumentalists.
    In the studio, they were also joined by numerous professional musicians under the direction of George Martin, to record special orchestral sounds or certain instruments, as here in "Eleanor Rigby", in which the Beatles can only be heard singing.

  • @nonrepublicrat
    @nonrepublicrat Před 3 měsíci +7

    How (and why) do you avoid the Beatles your whole life? "A simple song"?? lol "Like the Backstreet Boys"?? BARF!!

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 Před 3 měsíci

      🙄 There are no words....to describe....this.....incredibly....dumb...moment.... 🤪

  • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
    @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 3 měsíci +7

    Eleanor is a common name in england, especially back in 20th century. And Rigby is an english surname. Would make sense why there's a grave.

    • @nonrepublicrat
      @nonrepublicrat Před 3 měsíci

      whatever

    • @papercup2517
      @papercup2517 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Yes indeed, there were probably quite a few Eleanor Rigby's. The main coincidence I think is that her gravestone in Liverpool is in a churchyard that Paul is known to have walked through - IIRC, I think it was St Peter's in Woolton, where the Quarrymen performed at the church fete where John and Paul first met.

  • @alfredoramirez1022
    @alfredoramirez1022 Před 3 měsíci +6

    More Beatles pls

  • @zer0tzer0
    @zer0tzer0 Před 14 dny

    The Beatles took their name from Buddy Holly and The Crickets. Tha played the Ed Sullivan Show in '64. They played Shea in '65. But still recorded at Abbey Road in the UK.

  • @altar964
    @altar964 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Miss Stephanie, when you will know their whole work (from "Please please me" to "Abbey road" and all in between) you will see they were not a band but a miracle.

  • @Shortstring5
    @Shortstring5 Před měsícem

    You should buy her the Beatles Anthology....A huge collection of all the Beatles music.

  • @northnsouth6813
    @northnsouth6813 Před 3 měsíci +1

    McCartney attributed the name to a combination of the actress Eleanor Bron, and the name of a store in Bristol, “Rigby & Evens Ltd however Lennon and McCartney would regularly take short cuts through the church grounds in the early days before they became The Beatles. In the cemetery at St. Peter’s, a gravestone bears the name of Eleanor Rigby.

  • @bellodrade
    @bellodrade Před 3 měsíci +3

    A lot of Monkees songs were written by Boyce & Hart, the very light Lennon/McCartney.

    • @debjorgo
      @debjorgo Před 3 měsíci +1

      Mike wrote "Papa's Gene's Blues" and co-wrote "Sweet Young Thing" on the first album and Pete played guitar on both songs.

  • @shelq3814
    @shelq3814 Před 3 měsíci +1

    John chose the name Beetles as an homage to Buddy Holly and the Crickets, both insect names, then decided to make a musical pun by spelling it as The "Beat"les!

    • @stephanie4205
      @stephanie4205 Před 3 měsíci

      Ha! That's interesting. Thank you for sharing that.

  • @dobythedog
    @dobythedog Před měsícem

    I find it hard to believe that anybody in their 20s to 30s hasn't heard Elanor Rigby.

  • @user-mo6tz6oh9i
    @user-mo6tz6oh9i Před 20 dny

    The Beatles DID cover some songs when they first started out.

  • @papercup2517
    @papercup2517 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ooof! Looks like this could be a long and difficult education programme. So many misconceptions to get through here before one can even start to appreciate the music and the cultural phenomenon of the Beatles.
    With this complete absence of cultural / historical context, perhaps it might help Steph to watch a couple of documentaries that would at least give some idea of what and who she's listening to.
    A Brief History of the Beatles, (a brief but almost 100% accurate outline of who they are in the time frame they were active as a band),and
    How the Beatles Changed the World (I think??) (this is a much longer one, going more into their cultural significance)
    I think these two together would provide at least the beginnings of that missing framework for understanding and appreciating the most influential musical group of the 20th century.

    • @patticrichton1135
      @patticrichton1135 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I was looking for the "A Brief History of the Beatles" video to give them the link, but I couldn't find it, it had been on You tube for years. So I saw one that had the title "How the Beatles Changed MUSIC" so I clicked on it to see what it was, as it had a similar running time as "A Brief History of the Beatles" WELL, someone CHANGED the NAME of it, so it IS "A Brief History of the Beatles" but NOW it's called "HOW THE BEATLES CHANGED MUSIC" (there IS a video out there that is called "How the Beatles Changed the WORLD" but it's longer and not the same thing." What they REALLY need to watch is the "BEATLES ANTHOLOGY" series which is on 6 DVDs, which was done by the Beatles themselves. Plus there are a LOT of longer Beatles documentaries here on You Tube, that they could watch.

  • @Telephonebill51
    @Telephonebill51 Před 3 měsíci

    Guys, it was a two minute song because in the 60's era of A.M. radio, none of them were much longer than 3:00. FM in the 70's led to entire album sides being played (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Chicago Transit Authority), etc, and FM SimulCast followed not long after. Music changed to fit the allotted time.

  • @bobbybrettel5422
    @bobbybrettel5422 Před 3 měsíci +6

    I think she is watching yhe video more than concentrating on the song......would be better if she heard from the album without the videos.........try Oh Darling next

    • @aviewfromthestage
      @aviewfromthestage  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Interestingly enough, there wasn't a video. It was taken from the Beatles 1 record... Here is the video :) czcams.com/video/6gluNoLVKiQ/video.html

  • @alanbeaumont4848
    @alanbeaumont4848 Před 3 měsíci +3

    It may well be partially a comment of the state of Britain in the 60s, which was only just emerging from post war austerity. Many of the previous generation were still traumatized by losing family and friends in WWII and it had a profound effect (as had WWI) on religious faith.
    It is used in the opening to the cartoon "Yellow Submarine" set on the streets of Liverpool and some of this mood is reflected there.

  • @Jeff_Lichtman
    @Jeff_Lichtman Před 3 měsíci

    The name Beatles was inspired by Buddy Holly and The Crickets.

  • @Gekokujo76
    @Gekokujo76 Před 3 měsíci +2

    The Beatles are named in homage to Buddy Holly and The Crickets. Although the Brits invaded and took over US music, the UK scene was influenced by US RandB and Blues artists. Jimmy Page's favorite guitar solo as an aspiring guitarist was from "ooh My Head" by Richie Valens. You should do a reaction to "American Pie" by Don Mclean and give her the full story of The British Invasion and The Day The Music Died....otherwise she's going to think that the US only response to The Beatles was The Monkees!

    • @aviewfromthestage
      @aviewfromthestage  Před 3 měsíci +2

      hahahaa you right!!!

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 3 měsíci

      They had plenty of British influences too. You didn't even pick the best video to make this comment.... this song had no american influence.

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 3 měsíci

      Also all american music is influenced by European music, which includes british.

    • @Gekokujo76
      @Gekokujo76 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerekBlues and Jazz arent based in European music. Grunge and Hip Hop arent European music. Brits listened to American Blues more than Americans did...and taught it to us through bands like the Stones and Beatles. There was a give-and-take made a bit one-sided after Buddy Holly died, but DOESNT AT ALL mean that all US music is influenced by European music. More correct to say it the other way...even with Punk.

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 3 měsíci

      @@Gekokujo76 False.

  • @foofghtr
    @foofghtr Před 2 měsíci

    The music is George Martin again adding a string quartet and only the Beatles vocals to the track.
    CZcams this track in strings only and you can hear how George Martin directed the string section.

  • @robertfmorton
    @robertfmorton Před 3 měsíci +4

    I thought that you weren't allowed to play Beatle music on CZcams. Not much mysterious about this song. It's all there. Like a film script. Where has this woman been?

  • @akadros310
    @akadros310 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I think the Monkees get kind of a bum rap. At first they didn't, and weren't allowed to write their own songs. But they eventually did start writing their own songs. Many artists didn't write their own music. For example, Elvis literally didn't write one song.
    Also, even though Mike and Peter actually could play instruments, they weren't allowed to play them either at first but again, everyone in the band eventually started playing their own instruments. But as you say, in contrast, many bands didn't play their own instruments.
    All that being said, I do think they had a lot of great songs but they could never compare to the greatness that was The Beatles. I personally don't think anyone could compare to them.

    • @dfo132
      @dfo132 Před 22 dny

      I agree, there were many 60s groups that didn’t play instruments and/or write their own songs. E.g. most Motown groups. But none of them were reviled like the Monkees.

  • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
    @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 3 měsíci +3

    Well they didn't do everything, George Martin wrote and orchestrated this whole song's instrumental😂😂😂😂 but i understand you needed to stop her thinking the beatles were like backstreet boys😂😂😂😂

  •  Před 3 měsíci

    You’ve got it at a faster speed than the actual recording.

  • @johnkochen7264
    @johnkochen7264 Před 3 měsíci

    It sounds like the vocals have been lifted a bit in this version.

  • @scottprentice6815
    @scottprentice6815 Před 3 měsíci

    I think she's right in one aspect, which is the appeal of both groups to the teen girl demographic. That and both appearing in the "B" section of the record bins are the ONLY points of comparison.

  • @northnsouth6813
    @northnsouth6813 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The only record they didn't play their instruments on.

    • @cmonman3639
      @cmonman3639 Před 3 měsíci

      There are a few others: The Inner Light and Good Night among them.

  • @KL-mt9yk
    @KL-mt9yk Před měsícem

    Simple song. SIMPLE SONG? Good Grief!

  • @jamesnash6101
    @jamesnash6101 Před 3 měsíci

    You mean to tell me that she has never heard of this song? Even if you don't like it. It has been played many times.

    • @aviewfromthestage
      @aviewfromthestage  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Nope.. She was raised in a Now That's What I Call Music world... She never heard hardly ANYTHING from the 60s/70s/80s... and even some nineties. I am amazed as well, but that's why she is a great person to take along this musical journey. :)

  • @siriosstar4789
    @siriosstar4789 Před 3 měsíci

    Where's the " pure shock " part ?

  • @mikeguerrero72
    @mikeguerrero72 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Don't over think it.

  • @richtensail
    @richtensail Před 3 měsíci

    its sugested that its about v crowds at ver concerts. i didint hear v comparasin 2 v bsbs as my mind instantly exploded in disbelief that my hearing had failed.

  • @lovelyandsmartcommentator5130

    The course was written by George.

    • @strathman7501
      @strathman7501 Před 3 měsíci

      You mean "chorus", but that statement is really a misunderstanding.

  • @patticrichton1135
    @patticrichton1135 Před 3 měsíci

    I am wondering WHY you are not showing the videos that came with all the Beatles songs you have reacted to so far?

    • @aviewfromthestage
      @aviewfromthestage  Před 3 měsíci

      Copyright issues. Believe me, I would love to show her videos. But it wouldn't make sense to show it to her and not to all of you.

  • @lukedadrumma7674
    @lukedadrumma7674 Před 3 dny

    your face at 4:23 was sheer horror

    • @aviewfromthestage
      @aviewfromthestage  Před 3 dny +1

      Hahahhaha. She compared the BEATLES to the BACKSTREET BOYS. I felt the need to invoke some humor...and also like you said..sheer horror! Lol

  • @TheRjb2010
    @TheRjb2010 Před měsícem +1

    You NEVER EVER EVER compare The Beatles to The Backstreet Boys. The Beatles are the Greatest band of all time. They are History. The backstreet boys are an afterthought.

  • @sourisvoleur4854
    @sourisvoleur4854 Před 3 měsíci

    You overspeak. The Beatles played and recorded covers. Of the 213 songs they released between 1963 and 1970, 25 were covers.

  •  Před 2 měsíci

    You had it playing at the wrong speed. Too fast

  • @buddyneher9359
    @buddyneher9359 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Be fair, the Beatles weren't playing those violins.

    • @aviewfromthestage
      @aviewfromthestage  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yepppp... but it's a Paul composition, so there is the Beatles. :)

  • @garyfletcher844
    @garyfletcher844 Před 3 měsíci

    She looks like my ex when she was younger

  • @patticrichton1135
    @patticrichton1135 Před 3 měsíci

    the BEATLES a BOY BAND!? ARRGHHH! "Boy Bands" like The Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, New Kids on the Block, etc. Played NO instruments, and did choreographed DANCE routines while singing or sometimes LIP SYNCing to their music. The Beatles NEVER did that. They played their own instruments, while singing, DIDN'T dance and wrote their own music. PLEASE SHOW the video so we can ALL see it, while you BOTH REACT to the VIDEO for "EIGHT DAYS A WEEK", here is the link czcams.com/video/kle2xHhRHg4/video.html It shows the Beatles PERFORMING in SHEA STADIUM on AUG. 15, 1965, and you can see the FANS REACTIONS, the BEATLES ON STAGE, and BACK STAGE before the show, and in the HELICOPTER taking them to the stadium and them looking out the window at the stadium below. It will GIVE her an IDEA of "Beatlemania" which is MILD compared to some other videos of Beatles visiting in Australia and at other concerts.

  • @toppermost66
    @toppermost66 Před 3 měsíci

    haha....simple song????

  • @tommyhughes2264
    @tommyhughes2264 Před 26 dny

    No No No.

  • @michaelromeo1213
    @michaelromeo1213 Před 2 měsíci

    Backstreet Boys new girlfriend time

  • @normandavidtidiman9918
    @normandavidtidiman9918 Před 3 měsíci +1

    There's ignorance, then there's calling the Beatles a "Boy Band" 🙄 Firstly, that name for a band didn't even exist when they broke up in 1970. Secondly, would you describe any of the black groups (Four Tops,The Temptations, Smoky Robinson & the Miracles etc) as Boy Bands? No. And they actually DIDN'T play any instruments or write many,if any,of their songs!

  • @bbmb622
    @bbmb622 Před 14 dny

    Comparing The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys- what a joke! Insult to the Beatles. I’m sure the Back Street Boys would be embarrassed to be compared to the Beatles.

  • @toolatehello3345
    @toolatehello3345 Před 3 měsíci

    In 3 short verses an existential song about 3 people's lives. sorry, wasted on your girlfriend.

  • @cmonman3639
    @cmonman3639 Před 3 měsíci

    I'm not sure your girlfriend is doing your channel any favors.

  • @keithmaddison6877
    @keithmaddison6877 Před 3 měsíci

    Ffs wtf

  • @julianbarber4708
    @julianbarber4708 Před 29 dny +1

    You need a new girlfriend.

  • @dailyflash
    @dailyflash Před 3 měsíci +2

    She desperately needs a cultural education.

  • @87linceed
    @87linceed Před 3 měsíci

    You two are not to bright