As the sun begins to sit on my generation that grew up along side of the Beatles, it’s good to know that people that weren’t even alive when they broke up continue to discover them and realize what a treasure they were. We were right.
The first time I heard the Beatles was in 1963, I was 10 years old. Their music has been the soundtrack of my life. I totally agree that it brings me joy to see younger people realize how magical and impactful they were - not only as a group, but individually.
@@nanook8721 I think I probably heard The Beatles for the first time in 1963 too. I lived in the Los Angeles area (Long Beach/San Pedro) at the time and used to ride all over the place on my bike with a transistor radio plugged into one ear, listening the the latest hits. Boy, the summer of 1963 was a great time in Los Angeles at the time. I was only 8. I later learned that "From Me to You" was a local hit in Los Angeles in 1963, before they took America by storm the following February. That's always been one of my favorite early Beatles songs.
We knew that we were hearing great music but we didn't waste our time fretting about where and how it fit into the history of music and we were much more aware of and appreciative of the music that preceded it than today which is evidenced by so many reactors posting on CZcams these days...
@@L33Reacts The Beatles are supposed to make you happy and feel love and be silly and feel joy (and refject your sadness) but most of all fun. They didn't always take themselves seriously, nor did they always take us (the fans) seriously, but it was a good time all round. That's how I hope you feel their music.
Teacher here. I showed this to my 7th grade class the last week of school. They weren't exactly sure who the Beatles were. They are now! #Beatlesforever.
To me, this is the best example of why they should have continued playing live shows. Yes, they needed a break by ‘66, and yes, the PA and stage gear was inadequate then…but a year or two later, the rock touring business had caught up. But the main point…you can see how much fun they still had performing together! Despite the personal/professional differences they were going through then, they were still a great rock band. 😞
This performance wouldn't be special if there were hundreds more. Quantity can sometimes betray quality. Also, they had to stop for their music to evolve.
@@MrKeychange a valid point for sure…but the Stones and The Who found that balance between touring and studio creativity, and that helped their longevity : )
@@jazzzman8050 Did they though? I think the Stones & Who became largely formulaic, outside one or two exceptions. You kind of knew what to expect. That's just my opinion of course. What about touring do you think would have improved the Beatles?
@@MrKeychange the joy of playing together, the continued appreciation of the rapport they’d built onstage over the years. They wouldn’t have to have gone mega tour, but a steady diet of playing together for a live audience would’ve helped imho.
In the Get Back documentary there were times when Lennon wasn't really engaged but they set up on the rooftop and he stepped up to the microphone in front of the live band and suddenly he was on fire.
In April of 1970 when at long last The Beatles announced they were splitting up-it literally brought tears to people's eyes and when on the horrible day just over 10 years later people were heart broken and crying tears by the millions -the dream was truly over. The joy-full sound the Beatles made has echoed ever since !
The rooftop touches me every time I watch it. Just incredible. There’s The Beatles and then everyone else. Not the Stones. Not Zeppelin. Nobody touches them
Give this a thought. Can you imagine any other group in history having anything close to this, be their last ever performance and appearence? What a fire way to go out, and on top of the world, to boot!!!
As you know, their live act was severely limited by the technology of their time. On occasions like the Rooftop Concert, where they weren't impeded by deafening crowd noise, they excelled just as well as in the studio!
Ringo said he was let down by the cops. Since they were being filmed he wanted them to drag him off his drums for the film, but they just stood there going "you got to turn that sound down"
As being an American and I had wondered how come the cops were so docile. Definitely aren't here and the Bobbies definitely didn't carry firearms over there then.
@@L33Reacts it wasn’t done so much for the level, but to shorten the ringing of the head to give it a very short, dry sound. You can hear this technique all over the later Beatles catalog - I personally love the dry sound, it’s very late 60s/70s.
ABBA was offered one-billion to reunite for 100 concerts, but declined. I guess once you are worth so many millions, additional money becomes meaningless.
They worked so well live, it was what they enjoyed the most and were never as narky to each other when playing live as they were in the studio. They "got back to where they once belonged" and loved it.
You will notice the BASSMAN sticker on Paul's Hofner. At the start of this project he got a new Fender Bassman Bass Amp, which had this sticker. He removed it and stuck it on his bass.
The films show, locals down on the street -some interviewed "OH, the Beatles, new music" or "this is groovy" or "this is interrupting work" - Young Women in mini-skirts, old gent's smoking a pipe, taxi drivers, Business Gents' - who were on the street, looking out windows, on other roofs. The London Police arrived, and they did turn off an amplifier - got turned back on -Ringo later said that he wanted to be pulled off his drums, as it was being filmed, yet the Police let the band finish. I was born 19 days after this. (In Ohio) Yet, I've done pilgrimage in Britain to Liverpool, to Abbey Road, and to this building on Saville. Have been a fan since 1978,
FYI, that's not the album version they did on the roof - or the full song. Really recommend watching all 9 hours of "Get Back" on Disney+, man. To be able to watch them as a fly on the wall as they record an album and hang out together, for a fan, is just an incredible experience. The only thing that breaks your heart after finishing it is the disappointment that they didn't continue the filming during the making of "Abbey Road" afterwards, as seeing them record "Abbey Road" would have been an incredible insight to the STUDIO side of what they did, as a companion to the more "just play" project of what became the "Let it Be" album.
Great tune! Lee, be sure to watch the Peter Jackson-directed miniseries called "Get Back"! It's a great re-work of the "Let It Be" film from 1970. It's great! It's a documentary of the making of the Let It Be album and, wow, it's amazing!
I always love it when someone who reacts to Beatles songs gives a mention of Sir George Martin. It shows they understand how instrumental he was to their growth. His fingerprints, along with the engineers', are all over the Beatles catalog. He was a facilitator, mentor, and teacher who saw the vision and helped make it happen.
230 songs and 12 original UK albums were completed in an eight-year span before any of the Beatles were 30 years old. They were the Mozarts of their era-the best of the best.
Have you seen Paul‘s recent performance of I Had a Feeling at Glastonbury where they incorporated John from the rooftop? When John’s face appeared on the big screen, it brought tears to my eyes.
For me one of the things about the rooftop concert is it was so good it just left us all heartbroken that that was the end of it. I was 14 when the first Beatles song came out. So I grew with the Beatles. And what a sign off.I remember getting the Sergeant peppers album and opening it and passing the album cover around the room as we were just having our minds blown. I was 17. One thing that I've often thought though. Of course their music would always stand for itself but I think the break up is why they became an obsession even more of an obsession than they already were to the world. We just couldn't believe it!!! Those of us that grew up with them being the soundtrack of our youth. Just could not believe they broke up. How could a bandlike that break up. Of course they had great solo careers which we were all grateful for
George's all rosewood Telecaster is one of the most valuable guitars in the world. He gave it away Delaney or Delaine and Bonnie was repurchase by George's widow in auction. It sounds so good thru the Fender Twin Reverb amp. Ringo is the father of 10,000 drummers. Boys saw him on the Ed Sullivan show and decided that is what they wanted to do. Including me and it served me well as a professional drummer for 50 years and made me a very good living.
They all play off each other so incredibly well - it's the classic sum being greater than the total of the parts - Paul's bass in this is wonderful, those runs, and the accents before the chorus. George plays that descending lead line in the verses, Ringo is just perfect. Everything just gels, and it's got soul too. 🙂 I agree with the others suggesting I've Got a Feeling (take 1) next. And that's not just being pedantic on the "take 1" - they nail it!). Also love I Dig a Pony, but anything from the roof is a joy to behold.
Ringo often uses tea towels for recording. Dampens the sound a bit. John is wearing Yoko’s fur coat and Ringo is wearing Maureen’s red raincoat or plastic Mac. Other CZcamsrs are posting this concert all the time so it shouldn’t be a problem. I can’t wait till you do the rest . 🕊❤️🎼
everything may have been said already, but it's really beautiful that you are seeing it through fresh eyes... and finding a new appreciation of your own.
I saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show on a Sunday night in February 1964, their very first performance in the United States, I was 8 years old. I watched with my parents and my 13 year old sister and her friend, the two of them were sitting on the carpet in our living room, screaming and crying, watching them in Black and White TV. I watched as everyone in the theater, (including the boys), were doing just what my sister and her friend were doing,......screaming and crying. i thought to myself,... I'd like to do that, and I decided that night to learn guitar, and I did, and I still play every day.
It was a real eye opener watching the recent Let It Be documentary, especially in regard to this performance. Earlier on they had been getting a bit annoyed and bitchy with each other (except for good old Ringo, of course) and even when they moved to the Apple studios, the spark wan’t really there, particularly with John. But when they got on that rooftop, everything changed. The life came back into them and they were the Beatles of old again. They really were an epic live band
They were such a tight band! Hundreds of nights in The Cavern and the clubs of Hamburg let them hone their craft to a fine edge. John, Paul and George started playing together in their mid to late teens and became young men with each other. We'll never see their like again.
I definitely can't hear this song anymore without picturing in my mind's eye Billy on the keyboards playing his heart out❤ I don't know how you'll ever find time to watch the get back sessions. But if you want to see The Beatles creativity this is where to see it. Also when Paul was trying to figure out how to do get back.... Priceless I hope you see at least that clip
Great Song. It wasn't on the original Let It Be album (It was the b-side of the Get Back single) and was only partially seen in the film's rooftop gig. Fortunately, when Paul pushed through the Let It Be , Naked album, this song was restored to it's rightful place. And thankfully Peter Jackson has it more inclusive on the rooftop gig. Even with all their drama and disagreements, you can see on the rooftop that when they got down to playing music, all their self-egos took a backseat to just making good music. The only drawback to Jackson's film is he omitted most of the Two of Us, Let It Be and Long and Winding Road performances they did in their studio, which became promo films for these tracks.
Although I had the Spring Single of Get Back and this song, one of my fav recollections of this track was shopping in a department store that summer in the clothes dept and the lady's section had a juke box with this record and the ladies were playing this song over and over for the entire time I was shopping. It wasn't on the radio much and I thought these women know what's good.
The Beatles shook the world, more so in the U.S. where they landed in 1964. They went on The Ed Sullivan show, you couldn’t hear them sing, the audience was screaming too loud. The other British bands followed & we loved them all…what a gift to our ears! 🎸🥁🎹🎵🎤🎶🎼👏👏👏👏👍♥️
The fact that they got up and played live like that after a few weeks rehearsal, writing songs as they went and almost falling apart - it pleases me no end. Just a great unit to watch live.
By this point, they had not performed live (except for All you need is love on broadcast) since Candlestick Park in 1966 when they stopped touring. They focused on LSD, Pot, new technology and recording in the studio at night, sometimes solo, duo, trio,..........and writing new songs. This was an impromptu, "oh shit,....let's just do it on the roof and be done with it." moment where they were planning on Mt. Everest, the Pyramids, the Collesium or something big, but at the last moment, do the simplest thing they can think of.
This is my second favorite Beatles song (my favorite is 'I've Got a Feeling,' also from the rooftop concert). There's such an ease about this. They're just so laid back and comfortable playing together. Despite whatever professional and personal differences they had going on, you see them here smiling at each other and loving what they're doing. You see this a lot during the Get Back documentary. Despite everything, they really liked playing together
you gotta think that, since they had last played live, they had created some of the greatest recorded material ever. but BEFORE all that, they had become a live band that just KILLED onstage. now, they felt they just WANTED to play live, in a controlled environment (forget all the big plans) and just GROOVE together. and they did... all so happy to play this simple song so beautifully, like they used to in the Cavern when Brian was still telling them that they could be big.
Two things, I think, should be noted and is rarely considered. The Beatles wrote melodies. John, Paul, and George all wrote melodies. The music and the arrangements were there to support the melodies. All of the breaks were written, they were not jams. Ringo would not suddenly do a round-house where there wasn't one before, and George would not suddenly hit an overdrive box just for the hell of it. And, whatever their method, it seems to have worked well.
If you haven't watched the documentary about the album and rooftop concert, I highly recommend it. Actually, Ron Howard did a documentary on the early years (touring, etc) so if you watch that doc followed by the documentary with the rooftop concert, you'll get a great overview of their career as a band. Interesting stuff.
These rooftop tracks seem to be easier to post here than other Beatles stuff. When John and Paul grin at each other after the last verse I think they're smiling because it was the first time John got the lyrics right. He did something different on every take of that song during the Get Back footage.
This song is up there as one of my favorites of the Beatles. What's great about that rooftop concert, it shows that they could still go out & do it live if they wanted to. Lee, Ringo used towels on his drums for a sounds. Like on Come Together all the time are covered. You can see him using them on the Let It Be & Get Back films.
Woohoo! Rooftop gig! I'm sure you'd agree that everything this gig is just perfect! And the sound man! Whenever I record anything outside it sounds like a bag of spanners😅
The greatest band there ever will be. I feel so blessed to have been born in the 1950s and raised on The Beatles. Thank you,Lee, for keeping the flame alive. Love and respect, young bro.
That last roof-top performance WAS a big deal at the time. I was 10 yrs. old and I recall so much chatter onTV for days!! They showed the performance on the news (edited, of course). Every news station referred to the news that the Beatles broke up for at least 2 news cycles. Oh, yeah, it was big. And we all pretty much all blamed Yoko for their break-up....
I saw The Beatles in Jacksonville, Fla in 1964 at the Gator Bowl stadium at the end of a hurricane. It was my first concert ever...and my girlfriends mom, drive us 175 miles to attend. I was 13 years old. She pulled up to a massively crowded parking lot ( nightime). Karen and I jumped out, promising to meet up at that spot, and went in. 2 little girls in a crowd of tens of thousands. We screamed the whole time, like most everybody and I bought an "I Love Ringo" big button pin. Karen bought "I Love George". College girls behind us laughed at our giddiness and were protective. Then we left, driving 3 hours home on the 95. Surreal.
This was the next to last song they did that day. They had performed Don't Let Me Down early in the concert as well. Get Back was the final track and it as interrupted by roadie Mal Evans turning off George and John's amp, George just reached over and turned it back on and Mal turned John's back on. After a few seconds their guitars and voices came back up. Meanwhile Paul and Billy just kept playing on. Get Back was the first two tracks in the concert. The first of these as abbreviated as it was a soundcheck for the tape engineers downstairs. Get Back take no, 2 was the best.
Ringo used towels to get that muted sound. He's done it before. They were so happy knowing this was their last performance. The whole concert was this good.
I saw the entire rooftop concert in high fidelity sound at the R&R Hall of Fame in Cleveland last year. It was so unbelievably good. After not playing together for a few years, they could pull off such a great concert.
Lee, yes, Ringo had towels on the floor tom and the snare, He also was wearing his wife's red raincoat because there was some light drizzling rain at the time. You also need to check out the rooftop performance, "I've Got A Feeling" Take 1
It's very natural to be a fan of the Beatles, in fact they are great musicians and bands too, on the list are Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Yes, Ozzy Osbourne and much more.
THIS IS THE MUSIC FROM MY GENERATION! I'M SO HAPPY TO SHARE IT! I REMEMBER MAKING OUT TO THIS SONG WITH A GORGEOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER NAMED LANCE! AHHH WONDERFUL MEMORIES...
Great reaction Lee. You're the first person I've ever heard point out how they didn't rely on their amazing harmony abilities as a crutch. They used them beautifully, but rarely made them the focus, which made the focused efforts sound more unique in their catalog (like Because, Yes It Is, This Boy, If I Fell). Great stuff and love seeing that you recently started delving in to their solo stuff also. Enjoy!
As the sun begins to sit on my generation that grew up along side of the Beatles, it’s good to know that people that weren’t even alive when they broke up continue to discover them and realize what a treasure they were. We were right.
Yeah you were
I feel the same.
The first time I heard the Beatles was in 1963, I was 10 years old. Their music has been the soundtrack of my life. I totally agree that it brings me joy to see younger people realize how magical and impactful they were - not only as a group, but individually.
I'm only 64. The sun isn't setting on me anytime soon! But I will say I was only 9 when this came out.
@@nanook8721 I think I probably heard The Beatles for the first time in 1963 too. I lived in the Los Angeles area (Long Beach/San Pedro) at the time and used to ride all over the place on my bike with a transistor radio plugged into one ear, listening the the latest hits. Boy, the summer of 1963 was a great time in Los Angeles at the time. I was only 8. I later learned that "From Me to You" was a local hit in Los Angeles in 1963, before they took America by storm the following February. That's always been one of my favorite early Beatles songs.
Believe me, we DID know how blessed and lucky we were
We knew that we were hearing great music but we didn't waste our time fretting about where and how it fit into the history of music and we were much more aware of and appreciative of the
music that preceded it than today which is evidenced by so many reactors posting on CZcams these days...
There’s a reason the Beatles skyrocketed as soon as Ringo joined. As you said, he fit like a glove.
He really did. Such a unique sound he got and it fit the duality of pop and psychedelic so well
While I agree he was perfect for them, they were about to sky rocket anyways as he was brought in after they got signed
Lee the smile on your face is the best thing you can add
I appreciate that my friend. They really do make me happy lol
@@L33Reacts Love it! It's the best part.
@@L33Reacts The Beatles are supposed to make you happy and feel love and be silly and feel joy (and refject your sadness) but most of all fun. They didn't always take themselves seriously, nor did they always take us (the fans) seriously, but it was a good time all round. That's how I hope you feel their music.
Watch the rest of the rooftop. All the songs are 🔥 🦱🦱🦱🦰🐞
Billy Preston made big contributions to this album.
Teacher here. I showed this to my 7th grade class the last week of school. They weren't exactly sure who the Beatles were. They are now! #Beatlesforever.
To me, this is the best example of why they should have continued playing live shows. Yes, they needed a break by ‘66, and yes, the PA and stage gear was inadequate then…but a year or two later, the rock touring business had caught up. But the main point…you can see how much fun they still had performing together! Despite the personal/professional differences they were going through then, they were still a great rock band. 😞
This performance wouldn't be special if there were hundreds more. Quantity can sometimes betray quality. Also, they had to stop for their music to evolve.
@@MrKeychange a valid point for sure…but the Stones and The Who found that balance between touring and studio creativity, and that helped their longevity : )
@@jazzzman8050 Did they though? I think the Stones & Who became largely formulaic, outside one or two exceptions. You kind of knew what to expect. That's just my opinion of course.
What about touring do you think would have improved the Beatles?
@@MrKeychange the joy of playing together, the continued appreciation of the rapport they’d built onstage over the years. They wouldn’t have to have gone mega tour, but a steady diet of playing together for a live audience would’ve helped imho.
In the Get Back documentary there were times when Lennon wasn't really engaged but they set up on the rooftop and he stepped up to the microphone in front of the live band and suddenly he was on fire.
In April of 1970 when at long last The Beatles announced they were splitting up-it literally brought tears to people's eyes and when on the horrible day just over 10 years later people were heart broken and crying tears by the millions -the dream was truly over. The joy-full sound the Beatles made has echoed ever since !
Your comments brought tears to my eyes, bringing a flood of memories, good and bad. I'm 71, hopeless Beatlemaniac since age 10!!!
How can it get any better. 4 musicians letting their hair down & giving us a last look at them live with some great tunes. Epic.
It doesn’t. You are so right. This is the end but also the beginning of everything that followed :)
Actually 5 musicians, including Billy Preston on keyboards!!
Minus the police would be better.
The rooftop touches me every time I watch it. Just incredible. There’s The Beatles and then everyone else. Not the Stones. Not Zeppelin. Nobody touches them
Give this a thought. Can you imagine any other group in history having anything close to this, be their last ever performance and appearence?
What a fire way to go out, and on top of the world, to boot!!!
Something that will never be duplicated
As you know, their live act was severely limited by the technology of their time. On occasions like the Rooftop Concert, where they weren't impeded by deafening crowd noise, they excelled just as well as in the studio!
Ringo putting tea towels over his drums is where that started to improve their sound
Paul's bass sounds so thick and supple. He's always been so instinctive and melodic. It's like his bass lines thread under and within the sound.
Ringo said he was let down by the cops. Since they were being filmed he wanted them to drag him off his drums for the film, but they just stood there going "you got to turn that sound down"
Haha poor Ringo… never gets respect lol
@L33Reacts poor Ringo, he can't even get arrested.
As being an American and I had wondered how come the cops were so docile. Definitely aren't here and the Bobbies definitely didn't carry firearms over there then.
If you watch the Peter Jackson GET BACK documentary, the cops acted very decently.
I found it amazing that they hadn’t performed live in almost 2 years when they hit the rooftop. They made it look so easy.
We didn't think at the time, "This stuff is going to be timeless" - at least I didn't. We just dug it. Now we know.
Some did!
The Beatles showing they could still perform live great. Definitely do more of this rooftop concert
So glad to be a Boomer, born in '53, we had the best music ever, from the 1940's to probably 2000's!!😂
Putting t-towels on his drums was a trick the engineers started to help Ringo's drum have a balanced level.
Plus he was trying to get a drum sound similar to that of Levon Helm (The Band).
Ahhhh ok makes sense. Thank you! 🙏
@@L33Reacts it wasn’t done so much for the level, but to shorten the ringing of the head to give it a very short, dry sound. You can hear this technique all over the later Beatles catalog - I personally love the dry sound, it’s very late 60s/70s.
This is so good .... well, it is the Beatles
lol right??
The fact you can’t stop smiling during this says it all. You have to watch the Get Back documentary at some point - 9 hours of pure Beatles joy.
One thing I love about this is that you can see that ultimately, they still really love when they're actually out there performing in front of people.
The Beatles were on their own and still are. Really a miracle of a band
The thing that's mind-blowing is you're probably not even halfway done with songs that will blow you away.
Not even close to halfway!
The Beatles were offered 50 million dollars in 1973 to do a concert and they turned it down can you even imagine that
And that is when 50 million dollars was real money!
@@cjsm1006
Not compared to 50 years earlier 😁😉
That’s $343 million today (😮)
@@dcg4mn True!
ABBA was offered one-billion to reunite for 100 concerts, but declined.
I guess once you are worth so many millions, additional money becomes meaningless.
They worked so well live, it was what they enjoyed the most and were never as narky to each other when playing live as they were in the studio. They "got back to where they once belonged" and loved it.
You will notice the BASSMAN sticker on Paul's Hofner. At the start of this project he got a new Fender Bassman Bass Amp, which had this sticker. He removed it and stuck it on his bass.
Here Lennon was singing "Hee-hee", long before Michael Jackson. lol
But not before Little Richard 😎
The films show, locals down on the street -some interviewed "OH, the Beatles, new music" or "this is groovy" or "this is interrupting work" - Young Women in mini-skirts, old gent's smoking a pipe, taxi drivers, Business Gents' - who were on the street, looking out windows, on other roofs. The London Police arrived, and they did turn off an amplifier - got turned back on -Ringo later said that he wanted to be pulled off his drums, as it was being filmed, yet the Police let the band finish.
I was born 19 days after this. (In Ohio) Yet, I've done pilgrimage in Britain to Liverpool, to Abbey Road, and to this building on Saville. Have been a fan since 1978,
The Beatles are the best My favorite band of all time ❤
FYI, that's not the album version they did on the roof - or the full song. Really recommend watching all 9 hours of "Get Back" on Disney+, man. To be able to watch them as a fly on the wall as they record an album and hang out together, for a fan, is just an incredible experience. The only thing that breaks your heart after finishing it is the disappointment that they didn't continue the filming during the making of "Abbey Road" afterwards, as seeing them record "Abbey Road" would have been an incredible insight to the STUDIO side of what they did, as a companion to the more "just play" project of what became the "Let it Be" album.
Not blocked Beatles Sunday! Yay!
Great tune! Lee, be sure to watch the Peter Jackson-directed miniseries called "Get Back"! It's a great re-work of the "Let It Be" film from 1970. It's great! It's a documentary of the making of the Let It Be album and, wow, it's amazing!
Yeah, watching George walking out when John and Paul weren't interested in his songs was like trying to not look at a car wreck...
I always love it when someone who reacts to Beatles songs gives a mention of Sir George Martin. It shows they understand how instrumental he was to their growth. His fingerprints, along with the engineers', are all over the Beatles catalog. He was a facilitator, mentor, and teacher who saw the vision and helped make it happen.
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This was absolutely fantastic
230 songs and 12 original UK albums were completed in an eight-year span before any of the Beatles were 30 years old. They were the Mozarts of their era-the best of the best.
Have you seen Paul‘s recent performance of I Had a Feeling at Glastonbury where they incorporated John from the rooftop? When John’s face appeared on the big screen, it brought tears to my eyes.
Apple Corps, pronounced core. The pun is clearly intentional. Good to see this again! It has been a while since I watched Get Back.
For me one of the things about the rooftop concert is it was so good it just left us all heartbroken that that was the end of it. I was 14 when the first Beatles song came out. So I grew with the Beatles. And what a sign off.I remember getting the Sergeant peppers album and opening it and passing the album cover around the room as we were just having our minds blown. I was 17. One thing that I've often thought though. Of course their music would always stand for itself but I think the break up is why they became an obsession even more of an obsession than they already were to the world. We just couldn't believe it!!! Those of us that grew up with them being the soundtrack of our youth. Just could not believe they broke up. How could a bandlike that break up. Of course they had great solo careers which we were all grateful for
George's all rosewood Telecaster is one of the most valuable guitars in the world. He gave it away Delaney or Delaine and Bonnie was repurchase by George's widow in auction. It sounds so good thru the Fender Twin Reverb amp. Ringo is the father of 10,000 drummers. Boys saw him on the Ed Sullivan show and decided that is what they wanted to do. Including me and it served me well as a professional drummer for 50 years and made me a very good living.
He did the towel thing on his toms to get that kinda muted sound... very signature Ringo.
They all play off each other so incredibly well - it's the classic sum being greater than the total of the parts - Paul's bass in this is wonderful, those runs, and the accents before the chorus. George plays that descending lead line in the verses, Ringo is just perfect. Everything just gels, and it's got soul too. 🙂
I agree with the others suggesting I've Got a Feeling (take 1) next. And that's not just being pedantic on the "take 1" - they nail it!). Also love I Dig a Pony, but anything from the roof is a joy to behold.
Ringo often uses tea towels for recording. Dampens the sound a bit.
John is wearing Yoko’s fur coat and Ringo is wearing Maureen’s
red raincoat or plastic Mac.
Other CZcamsrs are posting this concert all the time so it shouldn’t be a problem. I can’t wait till you do the rest . 🕊❤️🎼
Ringo started "tea-toweling" his snare in '69 including on Abbey Rd
everything may have been said already, but it's really beautiful that you are seeing it through fresh eyes... and finding a new appreciation of your own.
I saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show on a Sunday night in February 1964, their very first performance in the United States, I was 8 years old. I watched with my parents and my 13 year old sister and her friend, the two of them were sitting on the carpet in our living room, screaming and crying, watching them in Black and White TV.
I watched as everyone in the theater, (including the boys), were doing just what my sister and her friend were doing,......screaming and crying. i thought to myself,... I'd like to do that, and I decided that night to learn guitar, and I did, and I still play every day.
For almost 8 years they were pioneer ground breakers . After the Beatles broke up, they all had many # 1 singles and albums .for years .
It was a real eye opener watching the recent Let It Be documentary, especially in regard to this performance. Earlier on they had been getting a bit annoyed and bitchy with each other (except for good old Ringo, of course) and even when they moved to the Apple studios, the spark wan’t really there, particularly with John. But when they got on that rooftop, everything changed. The life came back into them and they were the Beatles of old again. They really were an epic live band
They were such a tight band! Hundreds of nights in The Cavern and the clubs of Hamburg let them hone their craft to a fine edge. John, Paul and George started playing together in their mid to late teens and became young men with each other. We'll never see their like again.
I remember this being on the 6 o clock news on the night it happened. I think everyone outside of central london was so jealous. I certainty was.
I’ve got a feeling you’ll love the rooftop performance of I’ve got a Feeling!
You should watch I’ve got a feeling and get back from that same concert.
"Talk to me like I'm a four year old" Love it!
Billy Preston, Paul and George create such an intricate melodic universe in the verses. George's lines in this are simply beautiful.
I definitely can't hear this song anymore without picturing in my mind's eye Billy on the keyboards playing his heart out❤
I don't know how you'll ever find time to watch the get back sessions. But if you want to see The Beatles creativity this is where to see it. Also when Paul was trying to figure out how to do get back.... Priceless I hope you see at least that clip
Great Song. It wasn't on the original Let It Be album (It was the b-side of the Get Back single) and was only partially seen in the film's rooftop gig. Fortunately, when Paul pushed through the Let It Be , Naked album, this song was restored to it's rightful place. And thankfully Peter Jackson has it more inclusive on the rooftop gig. Even with all their drama and disagreements, you can see on the rooftop that when they got down to playing music, all their self-egos took a backseat to just making good music. The only drawback to Jackson's film is he omitted most of the Two of Us, Let It Be and Long and Winding Road performances they did in their studio, which became promo films for these tracks.
Although I had the Spring Single of Get Back and this song, one of my fav recollections of this track was shopping in a department store that summer in the clothes dept and the lady's section had a juke box with this record and the ladies were playing this song over and over for the entire time I was shopping. It wasn't on the radio much and I thought these women know what's good.
The Beatles shook the world, more so in the U.S. where they landed in 1964. They went on The Ed Sullivan show, you couldn’t hear them sing, the audience was screaming too loud. The other British bands followed & we loved them all…what a gift to our ears! 🎸🥁🎹🎵🎤🎶🎼👏👏👏👏👍♥️
The fact that they got up and played live like that after a few weeks rehearsal, writing songs as they went and almost falling apart - it pleases me no end. Just a great unit to watch live.
Watch the Get Back documentary. It's the Beatles theirselves showing their creation process during their last weeks together. Awesome.
When you think George Harrison was still only 25, Paul 28 and John and Ringo 29.
John was 28. Paul was 26. George's birthday was a short time away when they performed on the roof.
You should find I've Got A Feeling, too.Paul screaming his guts out. 👍🙂
The lads. No bigger superstars in the world.
By this point, they had not performed live (except for All you need is love on broadcast) since Candlestick Park in 1966 when they stopped touring. They focused on LSD, Pot, new technology and recording in the studio at night, sometimes solo, duo, trio,..........and writing new songs. This was an impromptu, "oh shit,....let's just do it on the roof and be done with it." moment where they were planning on Mt. Everest, the Pyramids, the Collesium or something big, but at the last moment, do the simplest thing they can think of.
This is my second favorite Beatles song (my favorite is 'I've Got a Feeling,' also from the rooftop concert). There's such an ease about this. They're just so laid back and comfortable playing together. Despite whatever professional and personal differences they had going on, you see them here smiling at each other and loving what they're doing. You see this a lot during the Get Back documentary. Despite everything, they really liked playing together
you gotta think that, since they had last played live, they had created some of the greatest recorded material ever. but BEFORE all that, they had become a live band that just KILLED onstage. now, they felt they just WANTED to play live, in a controlled environment (forget all the big plans) and just GROOVE together. and they did... all so happy to play this simple song so beautifully, like they used to in the Cavern when Brian was still telling them that they could be big.
This video always makes me cry ~ It's also the only way they could have ever performed in public without causing chaos!
Two things, I think, should be noted and is rarely considered. The Beatles wrote melodies. John, Paul, and George all wrote melodies. The music and the arrangements were there to support the melodies. All of the breaks were written, they were not jams. Ringo would not suddenly do a round-house where there wasn't one before, and George would not suddenly hit an overdrive box just for the hell of it. And, whatever their method, it seems to have worked well.
If you haven't watched the documentary about the album and rooftop concert, I highly recommend it. Actually, Ron Howard did a documentary on the early years (touring, etc) so if you watch that doc followed by the documentary with the rooftop concert, you'll get a great overview of their career as a band. Interesting stuff.
These rooftop tracks seem to be easier to post here than other Beatles stuff.
When John and Paul grin at each other after the last verse I think they're smiling because it was the first time John got the lyrics right. He did something different on every take of that song during the Get Back footage.
You should see the whole roof top concert.
We have Constables here too, they are called a “COP” (Constable On Patrol). In the UK they are also informally called a “Bobby.”
The public didn’t know until they showed up on the roof at lunchtime
Ringo was just right, yes, and notice his little tea towels on the drum surface.
This song is up there as one of my favorites of the Beatles.
What's great about that rooftop concert, it shows that they could still go out & do it live if they wanted to.
Lee, Ringo used towels on his drums for a sounds. Like on Come Together all the time are covered. You can see him using them on the Let It Be & Get Back films.
Woohoo! Rooftop gig! I'm sure you'd agree that everything this gig is just perfect! And the sound man! Whenever I record anything outside it sounds like a bag of spanners😅
The greatest band there ever will be. I feel so blessed to have been born in the 1950s and raised on The Beatles. Thank you,Lee, for keeping the flame alive. Love and respect, young bro.
That last roof-top performance WAS a big deal at the time. I was 10 yrs. old and I recall so much chatter onTV for days!! They showed the performance on the news (edited, of course). Every news station referred to the news that the Beatles broke up for at least 2 news cycles. Oh, yeah, it was big. And we all pretty much all blamed Yoko for their break-up....
Greatest of all time, period.
It was that good. It was chilly outside, Billy Preston playing the keyboard. Could listen to that a few more times and will. 🎸🎶
Can’t forget the U2 tribute to this concert with Where The Streets Have No Name which ended with the same result 😊
The movie HELP has some terrific "live" segments of some of my favorites songs of theirs.
I still get a lot of emotion watching these. Seeing them playing together and having a good time.
I saw The Beatles in Jacksonville, Fla in 1964 at the Gator Bowl stadium at the end of a hurricane. It was my first concert ever...and my girlfriends mom, drive us 175 miles to attend. I was 13 years old.
She pulled up to a massively crowded parking lot ( nightime). Karen and I jumped out, promising to meet up at that spot, and went in.
2 little girls in a crowd of tens of thousands.
We screamed the whole time, like most everybody and I bought an "I Love Ringo" big button pin. Karen bought "I Love George".
College girls behind us laughed at our giddiness and were protective.
Then we left, driving 3 hours home on the 95.
Surreal.
I love thousands of songs, but I love this one the most. I have for almost 50 years.
This was the next to last song they did that day. They had performed Don't Let Me Down early in the concert as well. Get Back was the final track and it as interrupted by roadie Mal Evans turning off George and John's amp, George just reached over and turned it back on and Mal turned John's back on. After a few seconds their guitars and voices came back up. Meanwhile Paul and Billy just kept playing on. Get Back was the first two tracks in the concert. The first of these as abbreviated as it was a soundcheck for the tape engineers downstairs. Get Back take no, 2 was the best.
Ringo used towels to get that muted sound. He's done it before. They were so happy knowing this was their last performance. The whole concert was this good.
Yes, he also used a blanket before on his toms!
They're just so.. perfect.. in this. They usually were.
I saw the entire rooftop concert in high fidelity sound at the R&R Hall of Fame in Cleveland last year. It was so unbelievably good. After not playing together for a few years, they could pull off such a great concert.
Lee, yes, Ringo had towels on the floor tom and the snare, He also was wearing his wife's red raincoat because there was some light drizzling rain at the time. You also need to check out the rooftop performance, "I've Got A Feeling" Take 1
He was wearing it because it was really cold. John and George were wearing wive's coats too.
It's very natural to be a fan of the Beatles, in fact they are great musicians and bands too, on the list are Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Yes, Ozzy Osbourne and much more.
THIS IS THE MUSIC FROM MY GENERATION! I'M SO HAPPY TO SHARE IT! I REMEMBER MAKING OUT TO THIS SONG WITH A GORGEOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER NAMED LANCE! AHHH WONDERFUL MEMORIES...
I enjoy your reactions. I highly recommend "Come Together" and "Get Back". They will not disappoint.
Watch them performing Get Back! It's wonderful!
I grew up with the Beatles, but I believe there are still songs that I haven't heard, from their earliest years.
Great reaction Lee. You're the first person I've ever heard point out how they didn't rely on their amazing harmony abilities as a crutch. They used them beautifully, but rarely made them the focus, which made the focused efforts sound more unique in their catalog (like Because, Yes It Is, This Boy, If I Fell). Great stuff and love seeing that you recently started delving in to their solo stuff also. Enjoy!
You genuinely love and appreciate the band that I and so many others grew up with and love and appreciate so much. It’s so much fun to watch!