First Reaction to The Beatles - The White Album (Side A)
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- In this video, I listen to side A of the iconic 1968 Self-Titled album by The Beatles, more commonly referred to as "The White Album". Do I think it surpasses their other material that I've heard? Or do I think it falls short? Watch to the end to find out, and make sure to let me know what you think of the album down below!
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00:00 Intro
02:20 Back In the U.S.S.R
03:56 Dear Prudence
05:47 Glass Onion
07:34 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
08:55 Wild Honey Pie
10:00 The Continuing Story...
11:32 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
15:09 Happiness Is a Warm Gun
16:12 Martha My Dear
18:12 I'm So Tired
19:22 Blackbird
21:16 Piggies
22:35 Rocky Raccoon
26:25 Don't Pass Me By
27:46 Why Don't We Do It In the Road
28:39 I Will
29:18 Julia
30:25 Outro - Hudba
Check the album out: open.spotify.com/album/1WMVvswNzB9i2UMh9svso5?si=RFdXEcnnTNCoGaFR6EOPOg
I disagree with all these fans who seem to hate "Ob Li Di Ob La Da' I LOVE that song, it makes me happy and when Paul plays it in concert, the crowd LOVES it and sings along outloud. I have BEEN there many times and have seen it for myself. When TRIBUTE Bands play it, people get up and dance and even form a conga line, going up and down the aisles of the theater. It is a FUN, UPLIFTING song. It is ONE of my favorites on the album and in the entire catalogue. This is from a "FIRST generation fan" who was 16/17 in 1964.
It's a GREAT recording. The music alone is suffused with much humor.
The comment that ringo wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles was not something lennon ever said. Lennon loved Ringo's drumming which is why he used him on his first album. That line was from a one hit wonder comedian in the 1980's. Ringo is absolutely one of THE best rock drummers. I worked in studios during the 70's and producers would say, 'play like Ringo' . ringo was creative and played for THE SONG, not for himself. his parts always fit the song. Ginger Baker, the drummer for Cream, who i would say was the best rock drummer, said he and his drummer friends would wait for Beatles album releases just to listen to ringo's drumming. Drummers loved ringo.
Wow... not being able to pull anything from lyrics as blatant as I'm so tired is crazy....
The specialness of the “White Album” is that every song is unique. They did songs in nearly every style.
There were The Beatles and then every one after built on their ground work.
“Yeah I’ll just talk over the record and that makes it bad” sick reaction man
Almost every song got an 8 or higher, that is in no way "bad". Also, talking doesn't affect my score, I've relistened on my own and my opinions remain unchanged
@@humanreviewsstuffBut interrupting an audio piece and talkng over it ahows little interest in intricacy of the music, the Beatles are wonderful for their complex chords progressions, harmonies, great acustics sound, great production and catchy melodies . In order to fully comprehend every detail you must pay attention
"The Beatles" were ALL ALONG about having fun.
They ALWAYS had a sense of humor.
"The Beatles" kicked the door down and made possible all that followed.
They matured the music.
And those subsequent had the advantage of their innovations and more tracks to record to.
"The Beatles" impacted everything and changed the world for the better.
"Wild Honey Pie" is an instance of their humor -- the only LP that included their humor.
It ucks when young people whoknow nothing about "The Beatles" pontificate about the relative merits of their songs.
"Back in the U.S.S.R." is a tribute to such as Chuck Berry -- "Back in the U.S.A. -- and Ray Charles -- "Georgia On My Mind" -- and crushes "The Beach Boys" at "The Beach Boys'" own game.
You need to start at the beginning, and listen to their releases -- singles and LPs -- chronologically.
Lennon didn't say he wanted to "confuse" people. In fact, Beatles "fans" dissected "Beatles" lyrics for "hidden meanings" that weren't actually there. So when Lennon heard about that he decided to throw in bits of nonsense for their "enjoyment".
In the words of Woody Allen "It's incredible how subjective these things are." The White Album is very divisive to modern listeners. It is a love or mostly don't like it thing. I can tell you this with certainty, it is warts and all the clearest snapshot of the Beatles on record. There is a lot of internal stuff going on in these songs. It is undeniably unique not only for them, but also for it's time (you are too young to know this). This album was an event, there wasn't anything that remotely sounded like it. I have always thought it was best listened to as a whole, as one thing not a bunch of singles.
It's interesting to see most of the reaction to the lyrics be theres not much substance. I think its more down to the fact that the beatles lyrics were always a bit more poetic than modern music with lots of room for interpretation. The lyrics were always crafted with a lot of room for the listener to project their own meaning, which is something I think is much rarer in modern music. Modern lyrics are much more literal and specific, which must make old lyrics seem a lot more meaningless than they actually are, to me a beatles song can mean different things to me on different days depending on my mood/outlook/age, and that feels pretty magical.
Er..what? They famously made a point of not often putting much effort/consideration into the lyrics - even after discovering Dylan and drugs, McCartney and (especially) Lennon remained instinctively opposed to anything with pretensions to poetry. And it shows.
Hellow from Brazil!
This album is sort of the antithesis of Sgt. Pepper in some ways. The Pepper album was a little self-reverential and pretentious and it’s taken an almost mythical status as a masterpiece, especially as time has gone on. All the arrangements, elaborate recording techniques and psychedelic lyrics were them at their most ambitious.
The White Album’s relative simplicity and more stripped down approach to recording is completely different to everything they did the previous year. It’s not meant to be taken seriously, and really no rock album should be. It’s light hearted approach to songwriting and the eclectic mix of genres is why I love it the most.
Blackbird is considered a classic masterpiece. Beyoncé has covered the song on her new album
This LP is post-LSD.
"Martha My Dear" is about Paul's pet sheep dog.
And you're still wrong about what they were doing on this LP. All the songs were written while they were in India.
Not "all" but about 70% Also, I don't think Martha is "about" the dog - he used the name but I think it's not meant to make sense.
@@Grithron2 Paul's sheep dog's name was "Martha". Paul said it was about his dog Martha.
I was 15 when "The Beatles" hit the United States. I grew up with them, followed everything they did.
So these young people come along with their know it all -- unsupported speculations asserted become "fact".
Criticism often gets in the way of just enjoying the music for what it is.
Historical context, back in the USSR was at the height of the cold war. It is in the style of the beach boys and gives the middle finger to American patriotism, apple pie and love it or leave it attitudes. Monty python was on the telly and Vietnam vets we're growing long hair.
The second half is *way* more experimental. You'll see things you would never expect from them and really unique things. I kinda prefer the second half
I recorded Side A and Side B back to back, and I absolutely agree. Side B is incredible
@@humanreviewsstuff where could I see the second half reaction?
@@jeanmichel6255 that will be out either tomorrow or Tuesday
He's the best example of what a rock drummer was at the time , because nobody at that time was like him everybody what is simply do it a straightforward beat that are the changes that the Beatles are doing was almost like Rush before rush, Neil Peart
Ringo Starr could change it up and play to the song and not subscribe to adding drum roll crap something subscribe to buy later .
Drum rolls completely hide the fact that a person can't hide the beat do you not know that or do you just talked about aspiring to be like the best drummers of nowadays this guy was the only example all the other rock and roll drummers were coming from jazz and country to record with what was considered rock and roll musicians.
Yelp Ringo Starr. did exactly what was offered to write or inscribe or induct a new style of drumming into rock and roll which was very much close to a bass players playing lyric style and it changed up the songs and how a song could be interpreted that's an artist artist don't do the same straightforward thing because it's going on in the early sixties know he wasn't innovator.
Can I play drums of 55 I've been playing drums at the age of 10.
Pic of a base at age 13 and guitar at age 13 and also I can play piano please don't tell me that you what you think because what you think is complete nonsense
I recommend do The Smiths - S/T album, absolute classics
You should put chat in more videos btw
Human Reviews obviously doesn't have enough background knowledge about the Beatles in general and specifically about the various tracks, which makes this reaction seem superficial.
The concept is, that the Beatles are consciously or unconsciously - it's hard to judge - citing a high number of genres and musicians, that influenced them. This ranges from Beach Boys/Chuck Berry in Back in the USSR, to country (Rocky Raccoon), Blues (Yer Blues), music of the 1920s (Honey Pie), Bee Gees (Cry Baby cry) to the sound collage (Revolution 9) a la Stockhausen and others. Happiness is a warm gun has some Frank Zappa-Ingredients. And in the slow-motion-like track Long, long, long, they seem to stop time.
By the way, one can't say they invented the heavy metal genre, but they popularized it and encouraged other musicians to go down this path through the kick ass track Helter skelter. This all happens with a remarkable virtuosity and versatility, that is second to none.
The question, of whether Ringo Starr is the greatest drummer is irrelevant. In general, there are no useful standards for something like this. However, any other drummer would have been a foreign body, as was the case with Jimmy Nicol on the sensational Australian tour in 1964, when he replaced the ill Ringo Starr for two weeks.
One fact is, that he has played with a ton of other musicians of various genres. The list ranges from Manhattan Transfer to Blues Rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd. So far in 2024 he has been drumming for Mark Knopfer.
By the way: to rate the high-class uptempo rocker Back in the USSR lower than Ob-la-di, ob-la-da and some other tracks, is somehow strange...
I feel like I enjoy The Beatles a lot more than lots of the younger people here because I listened to their entire discography before getting into any more "experimental" or "impressive" bands like King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard or more recently Animal Collective (the latter of which I barely enjoyed for their first few albums and have only recently come around on). I would listen to an album, think it's alright, and listen again a few times throughout the coming weeks and think it's the best thing I've ever heard (this happened with Rubber Soul, Revolver and Abbey Road in particular, but it took me a while to really "get" Sgt. Pepper of all albums).
I personally don't think any of these songs or any of the musicians involved have to be technically impressive or do something new or experimental. I don't really care if the song is cringey or anything (and I think a lot of people are too harsh on Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - it looks like they just hate anything that sounds happy). Paul was probably the most technically skilled Beatle, but they were overall a more simple group.
And I do think that Ringo is considered the best drummer in the world because his style fits The Beatles. You say if he were in another band he wouldn't be considered the greatest, I say if another drummer played for The Beatles instead of Ringo the drums would either be boring or far too complicated for a lot of the music, especially since The Beatles were rather vocal focused. A lot of people say he's the greatest because he doesn't overplay or underplay, and he only does what fits the song and nothing more. He never liked being "flashy" and had to be convinced into doing the drum solo on The End (its the only drum solo in his entire career). He also apparently rarely went put of time, people call him the human metronome. Also that song about a sixteen year old was a cover, still odd he decided to record it though.
All in all, I find it insanely difficult to give anything a rating, but I do generally hate criticism of anything I like no matter how true the words are, and I'm saying that genuinely. Good album, I don't care if it's poorly paced or messy, and I think it's stupid to compare it to modern albums as if they're supposed to be similar.
Sorry for the wall of text!
Not sure if you have done Abbey Rd or not, but ine thing to consider when you do, is side 2 is a medley and to me not really individual songs ans best listened to right through to get the full impact
U gotta do black sabbath - paranoid album
That is one I definitely want to get to soon, everything I've heard from Sabbath has been great
Beatles had a friendly feud with The Beach Boys. So...Back in the user vs California girls
You’re an English music listening adult who has never listened to The Beatles White Album?
Holy crap… what happened to this world.
Coming from a 29 year old American.
Edit; I see that you have bad takes all around in regards to music in general. I don’t know how the hell this was pushed onto my feed, and I’ll make a point to avoid your channel.
It's titled first reaction for a reason bud. I haven't listened to a Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, or Beatles album and I turned out fine. Simply because I don't care or don't have time.
Also it's called having an opinion, anyone and everyone can have them whether or not you agree with them is completely up to you but it's not up to you to push your opinion onto others and shun them out.
Why? 3 songwriters and 4 singers, although Ringo wrote one on here. Taylor Swift just released a 31 song album and she is all alone.
If it was the black album by Weezer you wouldve given it a 10.
USSR Jeez!
this would have been a way better experience without the chat
Can’t believe you hated this album as much as Abbey Road
The songs were written while they were in India. "Bungalow Bill" is a comment on English colonialism.
No it's not😂
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek You don't know the history of English colonialism in India.
@@jnagarya519 i do, obviously. I know there was absolutely ZERO english colonialism in India, there was British colonialism in India, it's called the british empire for a reason.
And the song is about an american man that went tiger hunting during the meditation retreat in India, just google it😂
@@jnagarya519 Complete and utter rubbish, for one it was not ENGLISH colonialism it was British, so no one can take you seriously if you can't even get the country right.
@@cpj93070 The Founders used "English" and "British" interchangeably. I speak my native language.
It doesn't change the fact that the song is a comment on British colonialism in India, the peak privilege of which was safari.
Things like Wild Honey Pie and Why Don't We... can be attributed to McCartney's habit of insisting that every last spare riff and song-fragment be used somewhere-or-other. Which gets much more annoying on his '70s and '80s solo albums. (Don't study his post-Beatles catalog - or George's - it's not worth the effort, I've found that out the hard way).
I'm sorry Oasis should not be compared to anybody that's great they are ripoff artist pure and simple I listen to a few hours but yeah I heard too much beetles having known who they were and listen to a lot of the music no Oasis please I'm anti Oasis
I can't stand Oasis either, I made a video on What's the Story (Morning Glory), and hated the album
@@humanreviewsstuff yeah I know you know I can definitely stand by a band like say ELO or queen.
These bands put their own spin and didn't actually rip off the band.
You can definitely hear an influence but they did not turn their songs into their songs.
Most definitely I agree with you though.
Excuse me Swans SMH,, whatever reason why they are touted as the best they're already seated anyway we don't have to get your opinions and know who the best is I don't think that you're going to have a bunch of listeners go over and listen to swans because it's probably the same stuff that was been going on in cycles since the 80s nothing new to report here with anything that's come out after 85. 0 nothing. looki it's not about popular, I like underground music I've never heard of swans and I don't think I ever want to hear it if it's that long because I'm sure it's all the same stuff over again there's nothing better than the Beatles when they came out and everyone is taken from their lead and subscribe to the belief that they created that you can actually get out of context of what it is that people listen to and actually play music that my piss off your own fans none of the songs on this album or even the same or remotely close to the same..
And bang bang shoot shoot shoot is a reference to heroine.
Minivans why would Queen even decide to do a continuance of what the Beatles did in The White album why would ELO do a continuance of Sergeant pepper and also the magical mystery tour why would these great bands do this because they are the first to do it silly man.
You talk too much.. too soon
You should stop reacting to songs, there isn't a minimum of music culture and feeling for that
I stand by the point that this on one of The Beatles worse albums. It's such a load of nothing, and half the songs on here make me want to jump off a building because of how depressing majority of them are. People praise this album like it's the second coming and how it's superior to Abbey Road, but I just don't see it. Abbey Road; as overrated as it is, being praised as one of the greatest albums, is miles better than this bore, and that's saying something. It's just another Beatles album, nothing special to write home about.
Sgt Pepper brainwashed bet you love dark side too
It's a spectacular album, especially given its release in 1968, because the versatility and stylistic confidence, with which the Beatles confidently present a number of genres here, is unparalleled. There are certainly a few weaker tracks, not bad ones, but that's easy to deal with given this firework of music.
were you on crack in the live stream btw?
What in the world, it seems you understand absolutely nothing about songwriting and music bro, this album is literally one of the best.
When you learn to play instruments and play the tracks on this album you'll understand what I mean
Also even if it fails to deliver a cohesive meaning it's still awesome music
I absolutely Disagree