I don't know why someone just doesn't ask McCart to clear that up, once and for all. Same as Revolution 1: what are those weird noises in the first 10 seconds or so (sort of like chains rattling?) Why doesn't someone just ask McCart or Ringo, while we still can.
Please, be my guest and research the claim. There is video of a take with Paul, with yellow and red patent leather shoes (or some type of tap shoe). Readily available information. Thanks guys. forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/clicking-sound-in-blackbird-what-is-it.183404/
If you play it backwards it says I'm a devil your a devil. At the chorus I always knew Billy was lying about what the chorus meant they wanted to say I'm a devil in order to do that they needed to say jibberish sly satanist
Just listened to this yesterday for the first time in a few years. So many good songs I forgot about. Lennon had a lot of great tunes on here. Love "I'm so Tired".
from 1966 to 1969 they did Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. That doesn't count Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine movie soundtracks. Amazing output from amazing, greatest band of all time.
to think a band singing she loves you and shaking their moptops could go to putting out sgt pepper, abbey road.........i mean this is madness. so amazing.
Honestly, all I could picture while listening to it for the first time was Rocket in a world of anthropomorphic raccoons and angry that Dan took his raccoon girl 😂 it’s a generational thing I think.
I've always thought "Come and keep your comrade warm" was one of the coolest lyrics in the history of Rock and Roll. There's just something so slick and badass about it to me.
This was half an hour of absolute gold. I loved how you explained some backstorys from songs and the albums story as a whole. It was awesome that you played every song! It sounded so much more alive than the digital remasters. This has got to be my favourite review from you (ok, I haven't seen every single one). You did an awesome job, really amazing!
The White Album is the darkest... I love it. Broken bent imperfect and almost perfect. Self referential but the least self-conscious of their work. Dark as fuck.
@@lordgarmadon2598 Not creepy. Just slightly haunted and grittier than anything they’ve done before. It’s off-kilter and avant-garde compositions, it can separate fans (who have no sense of humor or fun personality). With tracks like Glass Onion (especially on the eerie outro), Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, Helter Skelter, Revolution 9, Cry Baby Cry, the album seems slightly bloodstained. I still love every moment of it.
"You give her everything you own just to sit at the table. Just a smile would lighten everything." HELL of a lyric, one of the best lines on the album.
That and Yer Blues reminds me why he is regarded as one of the best Rock n Roll singers ever. He and Paul were pioneering the next decade of heavy metal and hard rock.
Cliffjumper 84 Agreed, most Queen songs sound nothing alike, Also, 70s Queen and 80s Queen sound like two completely different bands bit because of their shifting styles
Alongside Pepper it's my favourite Beatles album. I don't care if it is too long or if it does not flow as well as Revolver or Pepper, i like it precisely because it has such a variety of different songs and because it has four sides. Lennon once called it an encyclopedia of Rock, and i am inclined to agree.
@@kilgoretrout3966 I love that idea...the diverse opinions here on best and worst tracks show there's something here for everyone and that 'one man's trash is another man's treasure'. So, instead of arguing, let's go shopping! :-)
@@RollingOrmond Dude, you need to stop acting like you're fourteen. The Beatles are the greatest and there's a little you can do about it, throw away that need to feel special and alternative.
My favorite part on The Beatles Anthology video is when everyone starts talking about ‘how it should be 1 album’ and Paul says ‘ It’s the bloody Beatles White Album, it sold SHUT UP!’ Perfect!
The idea that people would prefer less Beatles to more Beatles is so weird to my brain, especially considering the number of demos made at the same time that were never made into full songs (Sour Milk Sea etc.).
There is quite a bit of filler. Take the marginal (and a few bad) songs out and it would have been a masterpiece. Many songs belonged on the Anthology project, and not on a Beatles album. It's still a great album though with some great songs.
16:21 Wow I literally had the same thought about Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon as a child! That's one of the many reasons that I love this album so much, it has songs that appeal to so many ages. Sounds like pretty generic praise but it just covers such a wide spectrum of so many things. Thanks for putting together such a great review that's almost as comprehensive as the album itself.
^^^ as much as I love Across the Universe and Dear Prudence, this is the most beautiful Beatles song imo since John wrote this being whole heartedly dedicated to his mother
Most favourite Beatles album, most creative, enjoyable and artistic out of all of the other albums including Sgt. Pepper's, encourage everyone to listen to every UK Beatles album, especially this one
Without question my favorite album of all time. Its wild diversity somehow coheres brilliantly, and it actually feels like a journey, a train ride through India, a travelogue. It was also an extraordinary time for music that allowed for such a wild panoply of sounds and ideas - no time before or since has allowed for such far ranging scope while reining in such far flung experimentation into an aesthetically focused whole. It's like the sixties in microcosm. This was the single greatest influence on me as a musician, and I think it explains why so few people seem to grasp what I'm after when I tackle many different ideas and approaches to music making. We could all use more of this kind of musical breadth and range from our musical artists today. And I think every track holds up brilliantly in context. The so called "weaker" tracks work as a kind of brilliant sorbet, freshening the palate between courses. As Salvador Dali said once about one of his paintings that had a tiny crutch rendered in the composition, if it hadn't been there the whole painting would cease to exist.
The whole Piper session was recorded in the same studio and time as Sgt. Pepper's. Even Floyd watched The Beatles recording Lovely Rita and Syd immediately wrote Scarecrow.
Wow, this is my first viewing of this show. I enjoyed it so much that I watched all of it in one sitting. Thumbs all the way up. You did your homework. A true fan would only care about the details you mentioned. I cared. I am now a fan of "Vinyl Rewind". Thank you, Colby Pollard
My ultimate favorite Beatles album ever, first heard it on Capitol Stereo Cassette when I was 5 years old, totally changed my life, my favorite song Bar None is Back In The USSR. I think this is the only Beatles album that I have more than 10 copies of, and I can't wait till next year when Giles Martin remixes the album
The White Album is by far my favorite Beatles album. There's just so much variety that you can't help but be amazed by it all. For a long time, I steered clear of it due to Charles Manson's tarnishing of it (especially Helter Skelter), but now Helter Skelter is one of my favorite Beatles songs.
This is my favorite Beatles album. I love the way you touch on each song. I recently watched another review of the white album and the reviewer totally tore apart Cry Baby Cry. Since it is one of my favorite songs I was glad to see that you appreciated it.
@@eggboi8475 But they probably won't know the artist. When somebody says the name Led Zeppelin, most people will know what that band is. Not as much with Queen. And besides, Queen is pretty much known for only Freddie Mercury. If someone says Brian May they'll be like "Who's that?" When some says Jimmy Page they'll be like "Oh I know that guy!" And it's not different for other people, most people will be like this.
I was a freshman in college when this was released and all of us in the dorm were mesmerized by this album. We spent hours in our rooms analyzing each and every track. You just can't imagine the power and influence the Beatles had on us all....here, there and everywhere. Terrific review.
great work man! I didn't plan on spending 33 minutes listing to a review of The White Album. But I stumbled on this video and was glad I did. In full disclosure I've always been somewhat displeased with the White Album. I feel it's very unfocused and somehow you made me sort of see the organized chaos in it all now. I sorta gree with George Martin it should have been one album but I think allowing more material to be released helped do away with some of the stress built up within the group. I almost think this album made Let It Be an Abbey Road possible.
Thank you. Yeah there's a part of me that could see it as a single album release, but it's so hard to go back now, like what would you take out, so many great songs
Love your channel. As a 62yr old that longs for the very special time that rocks and my evolution coincided. There was so much fertial ground to still explore in rock. The White album is a classical tribute to that time. Albums were art through sound and there is a good reason that the Beatles were and always will be the best. As you state, all the songs have to be taken in context of an album. Its hard to imagine the songs individually. Its sad to see her rock has gone. All I can say , its better to love and lost than never to have loved at all. Thank you for all your work and effort to showcase these timeless works of art. Rock N Roll will never die!
this was such a great introduction to the white album for me! after only hearing helter skelter, blackbird, and while my guitar gently weeps from this album in particular, i’m glad i was able to hear the whole thing and become so in love with it! thank you.
great timing, just listened to this album again last night from start to finish. probably my favorite beatles album. logic, longest album which means more beatles. that and I love the diversity yet with a scaled back approach.
The open ended sessions started with the Rubber Soul sessions when they were up against the clock, to release an album for Christmas in 1965, and they continued from then on. As they were EMI artists in an EMI Recording Studio, all studio time was free.
The perfect antidote to Sgt Pepper the White Album. Every track is completely different to each other. Brilliantly diverse songs by the greatest band of all time.
I love the album. It's one of my favourites and I can't wait for the 50th anniversary box set, I really want to hear the outtakes from the sessions. By the way, have you heard the LOVE version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? It's the acoustic version from Anthology 3 with strings added by George Martin. I think it's my favourite version of the song.
Jakub G I don't know if they are planning to release a 50th anniversary edition, because there hasn't been one of neither "Rubber Soul" nor "Revolver"😭
Jakub G they should release a 52nd anniversary deluxe of help rubber and revolver next spring... then white album let it be with movie Blu Ray at Christmas and 50th of Abbey road in 2019 then call it a day.
this is the best Beatles album imo and one of the greatest albums of all time for me probably second only to houses of the holy by led zeppelin Martha my dear and Cry baby cry are my favorite tracks
Nice vid! Last night I visited the concert of The Analogues in Rotterdam. A precise Beatles coverband with original instruments of those days. My White Album copy ( I own it for 50 years now) has been revived for me. Love it! Now buying a vinyl playing device (again). Thanx!!
Great review of one of the best albums ever recorded, in my opinion. I've been a huge Beatles fan since their iconic appearance on Ed Sullivan when I was 9 (yeah, I'm old! lol) and the White Album is one of my favourite albums of theirs. So much really good material on it -- as you point out in your review, Side One alone is worth the price of admission. Very well done review!
Great review! I enjoyed it a lot, thank-you. It always surprises me how many people are unfamiliar with this album. I think this is/was for two reasons: 1) they had started to go a bit weird (although still great) and 2) people just didn't buy double albums. Their loss - it's a great album!
Excellent review and analysis of the album. Thank u so much. This was truly enjoyable. My personal favorite song of the White Album would b While My Guitar Gently Weeps. A real master piece. God bless and have a great week.
Even though i know the Beatles from pop culture, i never really listened to their music. Thanks for doing a detailed review of one of their biggest albums. :D
This album is a classic on all four sides. I might prefer this to even Sargent Pepper’s. The gentleness is the many selections that are offered by The White Album. I am still impressed! What an amazing work of art!
Berj. A Matter of fact! Did you know? Pink Floyd was recording there first album in a abbey road studio? When The Beatles were recording there last album Abbey Road in the next Studio at Abbey Road Studios!
To me « I'm so tired » is a masterpiece. Using the second of the chords to paint the unsetteldness is a stroke of genius and the song is the best description I know of burn-out. It's a signature of Lennon to have made songs on subjects never approached before in that art
Sexy Sadie has grown on me more and more over the past few years. The wobbly piano riff at the beginning is one of my favorite Beatles moments. And the line "she came along to turn on everyone" gives me goosebumps. Dunno why.
My favorite Beatles album. It's is diverse, but there's also a sound to it that runs through everything, a kind of deep sound, especially in the bass lines- even when it's just guitar, it still has this deep sound.
My fave in the catalogue. The sheer brilliance and depth in song and styles is what makes it exceptional. I love it as a double and wouldn't have it any other way. It's a storybook of 20th century musical styles that was never before done and never will be. Greatest rock album of the 20th century..
You talk a little about how each cover of the album must now be unique thanks to the aging process. A few years ago in 2013, a guy opened what he called a record store that only stocked The White Album. It was really an art project that showed just how unique each cover was: hyperallergic.com/65570/we-sell-white-albums/
Every note in this album is a dagger in the heart that feels so good. Childhood nostalgia. Growing up with the Beatles music is the best way to grow up. Parenting not necessary.
That's the thing about this album - the variety is so overwhelming that it's impossible for most folk to have one favourite. 'Happiness...' is one of mine but so too are 'Dear Prudence,' 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' 'I'm So Tired,' 'Blackbird,' 'Yer Blues,' 'Sexy Sadie,' 'I Will,' 'Julia' and so on. It depends on what day it is. And by the same token, when people say it should have been condensed into a single album, there is absolutely no consensus on which tracks would need to have been left off. Ask a hundred Beatles fans to pick 45 minutes worth of material from these sessions and there will 100 different tracklists; no song will feature on every selection and no track will be absent - not even 'Revolution #9'!
First Record/disc: Back in the U.S.S.R, Dear Prudence, Blackbird, Don’t Pass Me By, I Will, Julia Great songs, fun and beautiful songs too Second: Birthday, Yer Blues, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Helter Skelter, and Good Night I love my Hard Rock 🤷♂️ and Good Night is a gorgeous song
I can't say the 'White Album' was one of my favorites, but I always thought it was good. You've convinced me to go back and have another listen. I know this is a double-album, but i think this longer format is better suited to your style and laid-back listening room. You should tack on your drink-mix suggestion and perhaps talk with a guest or give some background and make it an even 45 min. (Album length)
Agree VeryUs....the White Album could have been GREAT if half of the songs had been cut. There are some EXCELLENT songs on this album, but they are dragged down by some truly AWFUL songs.
To be honest, the only cut I'd make from this album is no. 9 the others may not be the best, but i can live with them. The problem with the Beatles is they are the band that made the ALBUM important with Sgt Pepper, but they were always forced by record companies to release a single that would've been better on the album. Strawberry Fields was supposed to be on Sgt Pepper. Hey Jude was supposed to be on the White Album. The flipside of Hey Jude was the other fast-version of Revolution. What could've been... etc..
Some of all this is a matter of just personal taste, of course. I wouldn't cut a single note from it: the double-format was the right decision. I know a *lot* of Fab Nuts, and none of them thinks there ANY awful songs here. I can't even imagine what ones you'd be thinking of.
Perfect video, through and through. I've always had a love-hate relationship with the White Album, but I love how in depth you go into with songs that I don't even like much (I.e. Birthday, Why Don't We Do It In The Road). Thank you for opening up my eyes and allowing me to appreciate his as an album and not just having to pick out which songs I like.
I don't care much for the lyrics of "Birthday," but I'm sure they were quick 'n easy; mainly I love listening to it for the rock 'n roll the Beatles played, and the great production, which I love all across this album.
I came across this channel yesterday and have been binging videos since then. Seriously the production quality, the song breakdowns and the backstory you add to the albums is all awesome. And let me say the vinyl geek is a really great host. Just wanted to give some appreciation for the hard work thats put into this channel and man I wish I had found it earlier.
I can go on a Beatles jag and listen for 2 hours straight no problem. My favorite Beatles tunes have always been John's, like "I am the Walrus," "Looking through a glass onion," and "Strawberry Fields." But there are so many more. We used to wait anxiously for these albums to come out in the stores then we'd go down and buy them. The Beatles meant so much to the '60s. They got us through a lot of rough times.
I stumbled upon this....I'm not even sure how, but I really enjoyed it. It also reminded me of one of my greatest concert-going experiences. This was the first album that Phish performed as a "musical costume" for Halloween 1994. I drove out to upstate NY just to see the show, and nobody knew what they would play until they actually played it. I can't explain how thrilling it was to hear Back in the USSR, and then immediately start going through my mental rolodex to anticipate what other songs they would play. There was a real collective sense of anticipation for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," because we expected a truly special interpretation of the guitar solo. Trey did not disappoint.
Hey man just wanna say a big thanks for this, at first I was kinda daunted by how long the album is but having you break down every track helped me understand it and now I love this album so much ❤️❤️❤️ long live the Beatles
Surprised you don't think I'm So Tired and Sexy Sadie are great songs.Julia is the best Lennon song on album? Not Happiness is a Warm Gun? I don;t think Yer Blues was meant to be a parody.Or even a comment on blues rock.
I’ve only heard this bad boy on CD so thanks for the opportunity to breathe in how the album sides actually split up. Album sites meant everything in those days.
The song "Julia" makes me always feel ill as the first time I used snus (extra strong white, Odens to them who know) I had to go and throw up while "Julia" was playing
Maybe Paul really wrote “why don’t we do it in the road” as a response to where they should do the Abbey Road photo shoot
Lmao imagine
Neilious all the people
@@linknowhereman living life in peace
@@adrielfrom2190 uh uh uhhh
I don't think that's why he wrote it. It was uh...something else....
The tapping in "Blackbird" is actually Paul's feet, with tap shoes. Not a metronome. Sorry, just thought I'd clear that up! :)
But great review nonetheless.
I don't know why someone just doesn't ask McCart to clear that up, once and for all. Same as Revolution 1: what are those weird noises in the first 10 seconds or so (sort of like chains rattling?) Why doesn't someone just ask McCart or Ringo, while we still can.
No debate. That's a metronome.
I've always heard it was a metronome.
Please, be my guest and research the claim. There is video of a take with Paul, with yellow and red patent leather shoes (or some type of tap shoe). Readily available information. Thanks guys.
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/clicking-sound-in-blackbird-what-is-it.183404/
We need to hear the 27 minute
version of Helter Skelter
Hobo Jones babe hopefully on the Anniversary edition
That sounds amazing. Unfortunately doubt thatd ever see the light of day til like all 4 are gone
@michael fitzgerald i had a feeling it wouldn be. But itd still be pretty cool to hear it
Dennis Moore well there’s a twelve minute version of you look it up on youtube
*blisters on fingers intensifies*
The best part of Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da is John and George yelling "ARM", "LEG", "FOOT!", at various times.
If you play it backwards it says I'm a devil your a devil. At the chorus I always knew Billy was lying about what the chorus meant they wanted to say I'm a devil in order to do that they needed to say jibberish sly satanist
@@jeremyb5468 By Billy you mean Billy Shears. Yeah that guy ''replaced'' Paul.
@Alec Frawley I'm sorry bro some folks like living in the bubble of safety I'm not trying to scare you. It's all true tho
JeremyB shut your dumb ass up
"DICK"
Just listened to this yesterday for the first time in a few years. So many good songs I forgot about. Lennon had a lot of great tunes on here. Love "I'm so Tired".
The One and Only Billy Shears I love that song as well
"Yer blues"
Yes I'm lonely
Wanna die
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
If i ain't dead yet; girl you know
You're the reason why
A sequel to his "I'm Only Sleeping".
I love the remastered mono vinyl. Just insane that they put out Pepper & this a year apart, what a band.
They recorded the Let It Be album in this period as well, but it wasn't mixed and released until 1970.
Under 2 years they have recorded Pepper, magical Mystery Tour, the White album, Let It Be & Abbey Road :)
from 1966 to 1969 they did Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. That doesn't count Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine movie soundtracks. Amazing output from amazing, greatest band of all time.
to think a band singing she loves you and shaking their moptops could go to putting out sgt pepper, abbey road.........i mean this is madness. so amazing.
yeah and Magical Mystery Tour between the two!!
“A slight rattle could be heard...”
*rtrtrtrtrtrtrtRtRtRTRTRTRTRTRT*
Told my daughter that Rocky Raccoon was about Rocket's grandfather and now she is getting deep into the Beatles.
Whatever gets them, right.
Honestly, all I could picture while listening to it for the first time was Rocket in a world of anthropomorphic raccoons and angry that Dan took his raccoon girl 😂 it’s a generational thing I think.
It's the lie that tell the truth, my friend.
I mean, Stan Lee reportedly was inspired by the song for the name at least
gonna use that with my kid
Actually, Rocket Raccoon was inspired by that song…at least according to Wikipedia
I've always thought "Come and keep your comrade warm" was one of the coolest lyrics in the history of Rock and Roll. There's just something so slick and badass about it to me.
You do realise that the song is an impersonation of The Beach Boys.
Inspired by The Beach Boys who were in turn inspired by Chuck Berry. Yeah. But they didn't write that lyric. Paul did.
That IS a great line, Steve :)
Mike Love gave him the idea of the Ukraine Girls.
Touché, Farrell McNulty.
This was half an hour of absolute gold. I loved how you explained some backstorys from songs and the albums story as a whole. It was awesome that you played every song! It sounded so much more alive than the digital remasters. This has got to be my favourite review from you (ok, I haven't seen every single one). You did an awesome job, really amazing!
thank you
Side 4 is garbage.
CZcams is compressed digital.
Mitchell side 4 rocks
The White Album is the darkest... I love it. Broken bent imperfect and almost perfect. Self referential but the least self-conscious of their work. Dark as fuck.
ironic...
*get it?*
Everyone says the album is scary or creepy, i don't get it. Because of Manson?
@@lordgarmadon2598 Not creepy. Just slightly haunted and grittier than anything they’ve done before. It’s off-kilter and avant-garde compositions, it can separate fans (who have no sense of humor or fun personality). With tracks like Glass Onion (especially on the eerie outro), Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, Helter Skelter, Revolution 9, Cry Baby Cry, the album seems slightly bloodstained. I still love every moment of it.
@@_PuppetMaster86 How is The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill creepy?
I mean revolver does have the darkest song in my opinion which is Eleanor rigby but yeah white album is pretty dark at some points
"You give her everything you own just to sit at the table. Just a smile would lighten everything." HELL of a lyric, one of the best lines on the album.
Keep in mind that line originally referred to the Maharishi collecting donations from his devout followers.
Where would we be without women?
John's voice on "Everybody's Got..." is the best.
And the bass...
That and Yer Blues reminds me why he is regarded as one of the best Rock n Roll singers ever. He and Paul were pioneering the next decade of heavy metal and hard rock.
The amazing thing about The White Album? ......They showed the world they could do any genre masterfully...Can't think of another group that can.
great point
I’d say Queen is also great at shifting genres
@@cliff1634 what genres did queen do?
Don Master progressive rock, hard rock, pop rock, synth pop, synth rock, and funk. There’s probably others but those are the basics
Cliffjumper 84
Agreed, most Queen songs sound nothing alike,
Also, 70s Queen and 80s Queen sound like two completely different bands bit because of their shifting styles
Alongside Pepper it's my favourite Beatles album. I don't care if it is too long or if it does not flow as well as Revolver or Pepper, i like it precisely because it has such a variety of different songs and because it has four sides. Lennon once called it an encyclopedia of Rock, and i am inclined to agree.
precisely. its like a Beatles flea market. :)
@@kilgoretrout3966 I love that idea...the diverse opinions here on best and worst tracks show there's something here for everyone and that 'one man's trash is another man's treasure'. So, instead of arguing, let's go shopping! :-)
@PaperCup Haha that’s right.
Happiness Is A Warm Gun and Sexy Sadie have probably been spun at least 9000 times for me. Absolute classics.
Self-indulgent tripe. The Beatles could pawn off anything to their zombie fans.
@@RollingOrmond Dude, you need to stop acting like you're fourteen. The Beatles are the greatest and there's a little you can do about it, throw away that need to feel special and alternative.
Lmclean89 sexy sadie is the best song ever. When our doggie sadie passes on i will play it on loop for ten years
@@RollingOrmond calm down millennial, your opinion means shite.
@ Lmclean , without a doubt these are two of Lennon's finest. Even in the depths of despair his genius came shining through.
Not only is this your longest review, it's also your best :D
thank you
You truly deserve so many more subs
Kind of like the album itself
Really appreciate this. And now the 50th anniversary edition
*Laughs in Demon Days*
My favorite part on The Beatles Anthology video is when everyone starts talking about ‘how it should be 1 album’ and Paul says ‘ It’s the bloody Beatles White Album, it sold SHUT UP!’ Perfect!
Two beats one.
The idea that people would prefer less Beatles to more Beatles is so weird to my brain, especially considering the number of demos made at the same time that were never made into full songs (Sour Milk Sea etc.).
@@experi-mentalproductions5358 I do wish a few of the filler songs swapped for the really good songs on yellow submarine hey bulldog and
There is quite a bit of filler. Take the marginal (and a few bad) songs out and it would have been a masterpiece. Many songs belonged on the Anthology project, and not on a Beatles album. It's still a great album though with some great songs.
16:21 Wow I literally had the same thought about Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon as a child! That's one of the many reasons that I love this album so much, it has songs that appeal to so many ages. Sounds like pretty generic praise but it just covers such a wide spectrum of so many things. Thanks for putting together such a great review that's almost as comprehensive as the album itself.
*scratches left arm* i need more beatles videos man
Julia might be the most beautiful song John wrote for the Beatles
Cough dear prudence Cough
TheReverantChoir h
^^^ as much as I love Across the Universe and Dear Prudence, this is the most beautiful Beatles song imo since John wrote this being whole heartedly dedicated to his mother
Well, I think the song : "Because" is quite beautiful.
Charles McBrian
That’s a close one
Most favourite Beatles album, most creative, enjoyable and artistic out of all of the other albums including Sgt. Pepper's, encourage everyone to listen to every UK Beatles album, especially this one
I always felt like this album was a great look into what we would see from the Beatles after their break up.
Without question my favorite album of all time. Its wild diversity somehow coheres brilliantly, and it actually feels like a journey, a train ride through India, a travelogue. It was also an extraordinary time for music that allowed for such a wild panoply of sounds and ideas - no time before or since has allowed for such far ranging scope while reining in such far flung experimentation into an aesthetically focused whole. It's like the sixties in microcosm. This was the single greatest influence on me as a musician, and I think it explains why so few people seem to grasp what I'm after when I tackle many different ideas and approaches to music making. We could all use more of this kind of musical breadth and range from our musical artists today. And I think every track holds up brilliantly in context. The so called "weaker" tracks work as a kind of brilliant sorbet, freshening the palate between courses. As Salvador Dali said once about one of his paintings that had a tiny crutch rendered in the composition, if it hadn't been there the whole painting would cease to exist.
I always thought that the end of "long, long, long" was really similar to the ending of "Bike" from Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Oh, the end of 'A Day in a Life' is closer to Bike's end
The whole Piper session was recorded in the same studio and time as Sgt. Pepper's. Even Floyd watched The Beatles recording Lovely Rita and Syd immediately wrote Scarecrow.
Wow, this is my first viewing of this show. I enjoyed it so much that I watched all of it in one sitting. Thumbs all the way up. You did your homework. A true fan would only care about the details you mentioned. I cared. I am now a fan of "Vinyl Rewind".
Thank you,
Colby Pollard
you just simply can't have enough of the Beatles. thank you very much for this review 😀👍
Gotta disagree with you about I'm so Tired. One of my all time favorite beatles songs :)
Same
"Sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair
You were in a car crash and you lost your hair" is the greatest lyric in rock.
Tony Bates The lyric "and you lost your hair" references "When I'm 64" (When I Get Older Losing my Hair) and also the Paul is Dead myth
Craig Willis
I just think it's funny - is that the usual outcome of being in a car crash, losing your hair? Beautifully silly.
I think it's a lot more horrifying than silly if you see it in the right context
It's a combination of two unrelated excuses, which is why it's so funny.
My ultimate favorite Beatles album ever, first heard it on Capitol Stereo Cassette when I was 5 years old, totally changed my life, my favorite song Bar None is Back In The USSR. I think this is the only Beatles album that I have more than 10 copies of, and I can't wait till next year when Giles Martin remixes the album
Juat in time for Christmas 2018, for ourselves, that is :)
Who's giles Martin? Is that George Martin's son?
50 percent crap
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Yes
This review made me go up to my local record store and buy this album, hell yea dude you're the man
I thought it was just me...I wanna go buy it too..lol
“Yeah,” not “yea.”
@@jrh11254 who cares
The White Album is by far my favorite Beatles album. There's just so much variety that you can't help but be amazed by it all. For a long time, I steered clear of it due to Charles Manson's tarnishing of it (especially Helter Skelter), but now Helter Skelter is one of my favorite Beatles songs.
Ah, yes. I too appreciate the Ringo Starr ASMR at the end of "Good Night".
I literally listened to this album right before I went to bed.
M1Garandstudios How did Revolution 9 faired?
This is my favorite Beatles album. I love the way you touch on each song. I recently watched another review of the white album and the reviewer totally tore apart Cry Baby Cry. Since it is one of my favorite songs I was glad to see that you appreciated it.
"They were literally the biggest band in the world" they are the biggest band in the world
Like McDonald's, billions and billions of Happy Meals served. Not appealing to everyone means your band has edge.
2 most famous bands in the world are Queen and The Beatles and there’s a reason for that
@@eggboi8475 Nah I think Led Zeppelin's more famous.
From birth everyone knows we will rock you and we are champions
@@eggboi8475 But they probably won't know the artist. When somebody says the name Led Zeppelin, most people will know what that band is. Not as much with Queen. And besides, Queen is pretty much known for only Freddie Mercury. If someone says Brian May they'll be like "Who's that?" When some says Jimmy Page they'll be like "Oh I know that guy!" And it's not different for other people, most people will be like this.
You seriously make fantastic content and deserve way more subscribers and views
I agree
Thank you so much for more Beatles content! :)
ooo a shiny heart
I was a freshman in college when this was released and all of us in the dorm were mesmerized by this album. We spent hours in our rooms analyzing each and every track. You just can't imagine the power and influence the Beatles had on us all....here, there and everywhere. Terrific review.
the Beatles are still badly missed. No one fills their part anymore in any way. Too baaaaaad....
great work man! I didn't plan on spending 33 minutes listing to a review of The White Album. But I stumbled on this video and was glad I did. In full disclosure I've always been somewhat displeased with the White Album. I feel it's very unfocused and somehow you made me sort of see the organized chaos in it all now. I sorta gree with George Martin it should have been one album but I think allowing more material to be released helped do away with some of the stress built up within the group. I almost think this album made Let It Be an Abbey Road possible.
Thank you. Yeah there's a part of me that could see it as a single album release, but it's so hard to go back now, like what would you take out, so many great songs
Vinyl Rewind yeah especially since a single vinyl record would have forced them to cut A LOT of songs.
Love your channel. As a 62yr old that longs for the very special time that rocks and my evolution coincided. There was so much fertial ground to still explore in rock. The White album is a classical tribute to that time. Albums were art through sound and there is a good reason that the Beatles were and always will be the best. As you state, all the songs have to be taken in context of an album. Its hard to imagine the songs individually. Its sad to see her rock has gone. All I can say , its better to love and lost than never to have loved at all. Thank you for all your work and effort to showcase these timeless works of art. Rock N Roll will never die!
this was such a great introduction to the white album for me! after only hearing helter skelter, blackbird, and while my guitar gently weeps from this album in particular, i’m glad i was able to hear the whole thing and become so in love with it! thank you.
great timing, just listened to this album again last night from start to finish. probably my favorite beatles album. logic, longest album which means more beatles. that and I love the diversity yet with a scaled back approach.
oh yeah, listened to the mono version. my prized possession. The Beatles in Mono, vinyl box set 😎
The open ended sessions started with the Rubber Soul sessions when they were up against the clock, to release an album for Christmas in 1965, and they continued from then on. As they were EMI artists in an EMI Recording Studio, all studio time was free.
Best album ever made. Sorry I can't stay and listen to you talk about anymore I have to go listen to it now thanks.😎
The perfect antidote to Sgt Pepper the White Album. Every track is completely different to each other. Brilliantly diverse songs by the greatest band of all time.
I love the album. It's one of my favourites and I can't wait for the 50th anniversary box set, I really want to hear the outtakes from the sessions. By the way, have you heard the LOVE version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? It's the acoustic version from Anthology 3 with strings added by George Martin. I think it's my favourite version of the song.
Jakub G I don't know if they are planning to release a 50th anniversary edition, because there hasn't been one of neither "Rubber Soul" nor "Revolver"😭
They do. I think Giles Martin confirmed it...
I hope they will do a 55th anniversary ediitions of Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Jakub G they should release a 52nd anniversary deluxe of help rubber and revolver next spring... then white album let it be with movie Blu Ray at Christmas and 50th of Abbey road in 2019 then call it a day.
this is the best Beatles album imo and one of the greatest albums of all time for me probably second only to houses of the holy by led zeppelin Martha my dear and Cry baby cry are my favorite tracks
Brother Brace Dude this album and Houses Of The Holy are my favourite respective Beatles and LZ albums too, we have to be in the minority right?
I love vinyl
Nice vid! Last night I visited the concert of The Analogues in Rotterdam. A precise Beatles coverband with original instruments of those days. My White Album copy ( I own it for 50 years now) has been revived for me. Love it! Now buying a vinyl playing device (again). Thanx!!
You really deserve to have a million followers. Thank you, dude 🎶
Honestly, how have you not hit 1M subs yet.
Good review, Buddy. Hey, I was there and heard the initial impact and you nailed that part too. Good work.
thank you
Imagine if "Hey Jude" was included on The White Album.
Definitely your best video yet. Thank you.
Agreed.
Dylan Duffy if this is his best I would not like to see his worst. .....whiff whaff and piffle yawn
Great review of one of the best albums ever recorded, in my opinion. I've been a huge Beatles fan since their iconic appearance on Ed Sullivan when I was 9 (yeah, I'm old! lol) and the White Album is one of my favourite albums of theirs. So much really good material on it -- as you point out in your review, Side One alone is worth the price of admission. Very well done review!
Great video, why not review an album by The Doors. :)
I like the doors,so why not?. Go commit
If he does, I hope it's LA Woman.
Great review! I enjoyed it a lot, thank-you. It always surprises me how many people are unfamiliar with this album. I think this is/was for two reasons: 1) they had started to go a bit weird (although still great) and 2) people just didn't buy double albums. Their loss - it's a great album!
Excellent review and analysis of the album. Thank u so much. This was truly enjoyable. My personal favorite song of the White Album would b While My Guitar Gently Weeps. A real master piece. God bless and have a great week.
Even though i know the Beatles from pop culture, i never really listened to their music. Thanks for doing a detailed review of one of their biggest albums. :D
Thanks for the up load Eric. This was my favorite album growing up in the late 60'S.
without a doubt, The White Album is the finest Beatles album ever released. my all time favorite alternative recording
This album is a classic on all four sides. I might prefer this to even Sargent Pepper’s. The gentleness is the many selections that are offered by The White Album. I am still impressed! What an amazing work of art!
Amazing content!!!!!! loving the Beatle stuff!!!!! Still waiting for the Pink Floyd Animals reviewww!!!!! love this channel
Berj- same here. love that album
Berj. A Matter of fact! Did you know? Pink Floyd was recording there first album in a abbey road studio? When The Beatles were recording there last album Abbey Road in the next Studio at Abbey Road Studios!
SR 0 WOWWWWWW NO WAYYY THAT'S AWESOMEEEE
Wrong, it was Pepper..... Piper and Pepper 1967....Abbey Road 1969
SR 0 actually the Floyd was recording Piper during Pepper... by the time of Abbey Road the Floyd were releasing UmmaGumma
Glad you brought up the sequencing. Alot of bands should use this model when they sequence a long album. Not a wasted moment.
To me « I'm so tired » is a masterpiece. Using the second of the chords to paint the unsetteldness is a stroke of genius and the song is the best description I know of burn-out. It's a signature of Lennon to have made songs on subjects never approached before in that art
This is hands down my favorite Beatles album, so much content and great compositions. You deserve more subscribers for this fantastic video sir👏
Best Beatles album review I have ever watched. Thank you.
Here's a fun game - watch this review and pick which other Beatles album each song would best fit on
Sexy Sadie has grown on me more and more over the past few years. The wobbly piano riff at the beginning is one of my favorite Beatles moments. And the line "she came along to turn on everyone" gives me goosebumps. Dunno why.
My favorite Beatles album. It's is diverse, but there's also a sound to it that runs through everything, a kind of deep sound, especially in the bass lines- even when it's just guitar, it still has this deep sound.
I remember cracking up when I found out he was singing about Clapton and a candy box.
great review of a fantastic album
My fave in the catalogue. The sheer brilliance and depth in song and styles is what makes it exceptional. I love it as a double and wouldn't have it any other way. It's a storybook of 20th century musical styles that was never before done and never will be. Greatest rock album of the 20th century..
You talk a little about how each cover of the album must now be unique thanks to the aging process. A few years ago in 2013, a guy opened what he called a record store that only stocked The White Album. It was really an art project that showed just how unique each cover was: hyperallergic.com/65570/we-sell-white-albums/
Yes, I remember that, it must have stay in my subconscious
The Beatles are the Full Band. Their catalog encompasses so many different types of emotions.
Every note in this album is a dagger in the heart that feels so good. Childhood nostalgia.
Growing up with the Beatles music is the best way to grow up. Parenting not necessary.
I'm really glad to hear the backstory for Sexy Sadie, because I was never sure what it was meant to mean, and now I get it.
Guys, What is your favorite song on the White Album?
mine: " Happiness is a Warm Gun"
That's the thing about this album - the variety is so overwhelming that it's impossible for most folk to have one favourite. 'Happiness...' is one of mine but so too are 'Dear Prudence,' 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' 'I'm So Tired,' 'Blackbird,' 'Yer Blues,' 'Sexy Sadie,' 'I Will,' 'Julia' and so on. It depends on what day it is.
And by the same token, when people say it should have been condensed into a single album, there is absolutely no consensus on which tracks would need to have been left off. Ask a hundred Beatles fans to pick 45 minutes worth of material from these sessions and there will 100 different tracklists; no song will feature on every selection and no track will be absent - not even 'Revolution #9'!
Revolution 9
While my Guitar gently weeps and Happiness is a Warm gun
First Record/disc:
Back in the U.S.S.R, Dear Prudence, Blackbird, Don’t Pass Me By, I Will, Julia
Great songs, fun and beautiful songs too
Second:
Birthday, Yer Blues, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Helter Skelter, and Good Night
I love my Hard Rock 🤷♂️ and Good Night is a gorgeous song
"While my guitar gently weeps" and "Julia" .... oh and "Dear Prudence" ... and on and on .....
I can't say the 'White Album' was one of my favorites, but I always thought it was good. You've convinced me to go back and have another listen. I know this is a double-album, but i think this longer format is better suited to your style and laid-back listening room. You should tack on your drink-mix suggestion and perhaps talk with a guest or give some background and make it an even 45 min. (Album length)
Agree VeryUs....the White Album could have been GREAT if half of the songs had been cut. There are some EXCELLENT songs on this album, but they are dragged down by some truly AWFUL songs.
To be honest, the only cut I'd make from this album is no. 9 the others may not be the best, but i can live with them. The problem with the Beatles is they are the band that made the ALBUM important with Sgt Pepper, but they were always forced by record companies to release a single that would've been better on the album. Strawberry Fields was supposed to be on Sgt Pepper. Hey Jude was supposed to be on the White Album. The flipside of Hey Jude was the other fast-version of Revolution. What could've been... etc..
Some of all this is a matter of just personal taste, of course. I wouldn't cut a single note from it: the double-format was the right decision. I know a *lot* of Fab Nuts, and none of them thinks there ANY awful songs here. I can't even imagine what ones you'd be thinking of.
Yeah, that's our concept for an actual tv broadcast episode, but for CZcams, it makes more sense to break things up
Cajun Queen the only songs I would cut is honey pie revolution 9 don't pass me buy and why don't we do it in the road
i have this vinyl. this album means the world to me and is probably my favorite beatles album
The White Album sounds like it was recorded yesterday. It's so immediate. It inhabits everyone's mind, whether they've listened to it or not.
Just discovered this channel and have to say it's already one of my favorites! American Football needs to be an album you review.
Just two words.
A. This Album changed my world. B. This album made me a musician.
Should I add anything else? Best lp ever.
I thoroughly enjoyed this trip through an indisputably great album with a review that was, at the same time, respectful without being fawning. Thanks!
This is definitely my favorite review from vinyl rewind. Thank you for taking the time to share these interesting facts with us!
Perfect video, through and through. I've always had a love-hate relationship with the White Album, but I love how in depth you go into with songs that I don't even like much (I.e. Birthday, Why Don't We Do It In The Road). Thank you for opening up my eyes and allowing me to appreciate his as an album and not just having to pick out which songs I like.
I don't care much for the lyrics of "Birthday," but I'm sure they were quick 'n easy; mainly I love listening to it for the rock 'n roll the Beatles played, and the great production, which I love all across this album.
The whole album works as a collage, they spent hours and hours working on the running order. It works beautifully as a whole.
I came across this channel yesterday and have been binging videos since then.
Seriously the production quality, the song breakdowns and the backstory you add to the albums is all awesome. And let me say the vinyl geek is a really great host.
Just wanted to give some appreciation for the hard work thats put into this channel and man I wish I had found it earlier.
thank you
I can go on a Beatles jag and listen for 2 hours straight no problem. My favorite Beatles tunes have always been John's, like "I am the Walrus," "Looking through a glass onion," and "Strawberry Fields." But there are so many more. We used to wait anxiously for these albums to come out in the stores then we'd go down and buy them. The Beatles meant so much to the '60s. They got us through a lot of rough times.
your content is so good. you're a cool guy! Wish I could have a drink with you
I stumbled upon this....I'm not even sure how, but I really enjoyed it. It also reminded me of one of my greatest concert-going experiences. This was the first album that Phish performed as a "musical costume" for Halloween 1994. I drove out to upstate NY just to see the show, and nobody knew what they would play until they actually played it. I can't explain how thrilling it was to hear Back in the USSR, and then immediately start going through my mental rolodex to anticipate what other songs they would play. There was a real collective sense of anticipation for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," because we expected a truly special interpretation of the guitar solo. Trey did not disappoint.
Hey man just wanna say a big thanks for this, at first I was kinda daunted by how long the album is but having you break down every track helped me understand it and now I love this album so much ❤️❤️❤️ long live the Beatles
That was really fun to watch, thanks! Your presenting is really engaging and your enthusiasm is infectious :) Half an hour flew by!
I love the fact John called obla di obla da “granny’s music” despite the fact that song is older than my grandma.
How old is your grandma? You must be pretty young if this song is older than her
Surprised you don't think I'm So Tired and Sexy Sadie are great songs.Julia is the best Lennon song on album? Not Happiness is a Warm Gun? I don;t think Yer Blues was meant to be a parody.Or even a comment on blues rock.
I’ve only heard this bad boy on CD so thanks for the opportunity to breathe in how the album sides actually split up. Album sites meant everything in those days.
I would have to rate this as my favourite Beatles album because it's their most diverse musically... 🙂
One thing few people have noticed is that the bass on I Will is entirely sung
The bass on the last part of Happiness is a warm gun is doubled with John's voice too
Even with the remix, it's hard to tell.
The song "Julia" makes me always feel ill as the first time I used snus (extra strong white, Odens to them who know) I had to go and throw up while "Julia" was playing
Great channel buddy. This is my all time favorite album
while my guitar gently weeps was like magic when i first heard it when i was 12 back in the 90's. and still is. it's so good.