The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (REACTION)

[@gregcable3250]

The GOAT Band. Period. End of discussion. Great bands during and after, but only one Beatles.

[@suesebree8670]

Amen.

[@lperea21]

Two words... Justin Bieber

[@FeanorLives]

The Beatles actually have the most recordings ever sold in history. The second most is Led Zeppelin but it isn't close lol.

[@mattr272]

It was ok 👍

[@timpafundi6321]

The band that launched a million musicians and hundreds or thousands of bands…

[@pdag4685]

The masterpiece that is Strawberry Fields Forever. All done on 4 tracks!

[@KennyCamaro2364]

Ringo shines out in this one!

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

True that!

[@Mickraut-xe5im]

After hearing Tomorrow Never Knows on Revolver in August 1966, we heard nothing from them until this song and Penny Lane were released February 1967. We were blown away.

[@danmayberry1185]

Think you've uncovered yet another Beatles fact. Not only did they improve quickly, but also continuously, to the end (The End). We didn't expect them to keep up to Revolver standards, that would be impossible. And then ..

[@Straydogger]

Lennon remembers his hometown, Liverpool. Penny Lane was McCartney remembering his version of Liverpool. Amazing stuff. 🙂

[@richardwilley3246]

The Beatles recorded this song several times. Lennon wasn't happy with any one recording, so he asked George Martin to use one recording as the first half and another recording as the second half of the song. The problem was that the two recordings were in two different tempos and two different keys. Martin slowed down one recording and sped up the other to get them in the same tempo and same key. That gives the song an otherworldy vibe.

[@gizmo5925]

And, hence, the key of the song is somewhere between A and B-flat.

[@davidpeters44]

This album is nothing but top hits. No filler.

[@KennyCamaro2364]

Yeah brothers! Beatles blew everyone’s mind. Remember this was late 67-68, nobody was makeing music like this Laa and Chee. This brings back the first time I heard it! Thank you!

[@alrivers2297]

This was actually recorded in late 66 and released in February of 67

[@lipby]

There was a ton of heady psychedelic music in 66/67

[@brianmcdonald1776]

Fact.....Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005...........John Lennon grew up near it.........Great song....!!!

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Strawberry Fields was a orphanage in Liverpool.

[@peterjoslyn1]

It's a genius editing part by George Martin/Geoff Emerick - 2 completely different versions at different tempos, in different keys, slowed down/sped up, so they meet - see if you can spot the edit!

[@TheodoreWeiser]

Additionally, the weird fade out/fade in at the end was because someone goofed up, and so they added the fade to hide it and give it some of that Beatles special sauce (as if this song wasn't "saucy" enough already)

[@danduntz2539]

@@TheodoreWeiser I thought the fade was due to one version went on for a long time ala jam, and they faded to cut it down and faded it back up to the end.

[@TheodoreWeiser]

@danduntz2539 I think it was George Martin who told the story I was referring to. That said, both original takes were included on the Sgt Pepper box set released in 2017. They are an interesting listen regardless. They are takes 7 and 26 respectively and you can probably find them on KZbin

[@davidharward8908]

The 2 versions that were spliced together were recorded in different tempos and different key signatures. They slowed down one and sped up the other to make it work. The splice happens at the 1 minute mark.

[@andrewcole3736]

The Beatles recorded three versions of this song, but John wasn’t happy with any of them. He asked George Martin to put all three of them together, and he did. The rest is history.🕊️❤️🎼

[@mariaportengen2959]

Another masterpiece from the Fab Four. 🎶🎶🎶👍🙋‍♀️

[@TexasMagnolia]

This song! This song makes me mourn the loss of The Beatles.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

One of my favorite Beatles' tracks. And that say alot!

[@kengregory6026]

ridiculously brilliant production/engineering.....nice one chaps👍

[@rogerfleming6354]

At the end, John say as “ cranberry sauce”. This was misinterpreted as “ I buried Paul” which started the Paul is dead rumors.

[@neilmartin99]

John said it was "I'm very bored." I've heard rumors of all three. Who knows for sure. 😁

[@rogerfleming6354]

@@neilmartin99 The I’m very bored is a new one on me but certainly sounds very John!

[@isaiah5323]

Hidden in the yard Underneath the wall Buried deep below a thousand layers lay The answer to it all Yeah

[@PaulFormentos]

@@isaiah5323 The Standing Stone

[@dougsusie2319]

Sounds as weird and wonderful in 2024 as it did 57 yrs ago way back in 1967 and as Forrest Hump would say, "That's all I got too say about that". Peace ❤ Happy Thanksgiving!

[@AirplayBeats]

Happy Thanksgiving!!

[@stevecass19]

Cranberry sauce! (The bit at the end)

[@Ben-sq6un]

I buried Paul, very clear.

[@brianparker663]

@@Ben-sq6un No! 😆 It is "Cranberry Sauce" (twice) - just Lennon riffing on the title and slowed down by a few i.p.s. on the tape. Get hold of the re-issue with take 24/25 in full - it is quite clear that the "Paul" idea is nonsense. There's also a funny bit where Lennon says "calm down Ringo" in an exaggerated northern accent. They were clearly having fun. 😄

[@PaulFormentos]

@@Ben-sq6un It's both, Crowley taught say two things at once

[@thorzzz1z]

said it before, i'll say it again, you guys are the best, the way you break down these songs

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Yay! I've been waiting for you guys to get to this. Strawberry Fields (and Penny Lane to come) are stone masterpieces. Both songs were recorded for Sgt Pepper, when it was conceived as about their childhoods, but that theme was dropped when the songs were released as singles, making them ineligible for the album. What a miracle that the four Beatles found each other AND George Martin. Shout out to Ringo, for his monster drumming anchoring the psychedelia. And at the end of the final fadeout, you can hear John saying "cranberry sauce", which at the time was mistaken for "I buried Paul", as part of the "Paul is dead" rumor. Aren't you glad you didn't skip MMT? 🤣🤣🤣 Longtime subscriber here--you are by far my favorite reactors for your insights and enthusiasm! 🙏

[@AirplayBeats]

Thanks for rocking with us for so long my friend. Ringo is the MAN!!!

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

@@AirplayBeats Thanks La and Che. Yeah, Ringo doesn't get enough credit for drumming tailored to enhance every song. Rock on with your own bad selves! ✊✊✊

[@KennyCamaro2364]

This track and Walurus changes your whole outlook look on John, doesn’t it guys!

[@AirplayBeats]

Yes indeed!!

[@AirplayBeats]

Che was already on board with John. I had to catch up

[@KennyCamaro2364]

@@AirplayBeats I love you guys channel.

[@ivanjulian2532]

But.... by the time John wrote Cold Turkey in September 1969, the rest of the band were so disillusioned with where John had had drifted to at a personal level, they rejected the song point blank. And to be frank, I can't blame them. They were probably thinking "Dude, you're the guy who wrote A Day In The Life... what happened?"

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@ivanjulian2532 'Cold Turkey' was as great as the earlier stuff, just very different, tragic and dark. The most effective honest and pained anti drug abuse song IMHO and it sure beat the Velvet's Lou Reed calling heroine 'his wife' or the immoral Stones glamorizing it as 'Jumping Jack Flash' being 'a gas'. I lost two of my best friends to that evil drug. You just DON'T GET IT do you???! Lastly 'the band' were getting tired of 'Bossy Paul' not John!

[@jamesnorrisbarrett8927]

Ringo worked overtime on Strawberry Fields

[@AirplayBeats]

He sure did!!

[@badsherrey]

If you read my other comment, you'll know the truth of The Beatles. Quote from Bernard Purdie "I played on 21 tracks..Ringo never played on anything." Look it up.

[@badsherrey]

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[@dougs78records64]

@@badsherrey George Martin called Purdie's claim "bizarre" as did other people who were in and around the studio where they were recording at the time and were eye witnesses to Ringo playing on said tracks.

[@badsherrey]

@dougs78records64 of course Martin said that. Dig deeper.

[@DJBilodeau]

One of the "childhood" songs by the Beatles-the other being "Penny Lane", mainly a Paul McCartney song. Background and context for this one is deep. Both John and Paul lost their mothers as teenagers and were "trauma bonded" with each other. In addition, John's childhood and upbringing was incredibly dysfunctional and tragic. I would highly recommend you watch the movie "Nowhere Boy" to give you the incredibly complex story of his childhood upbringing which would affect him for the rest of his life. "Strawberry Field" (no "s" on the actual place) was an orphanage that John used to sit outside as a little boy and watch the children playing. Can you feel the sadness from just that alone? You guys are the best. Really looking forward to watching this reaction program.

[@nyifnbr18]

The Mellotron intro is to die for.

[@richardedenfield5167]

There is a line in this song that has an interesting/funny backstory: "Nothing to get hung about." I've heard the song a lot, and I just thought he meant "hung up" about. But it's not. As you know, it is a song about an orphanage called Strawberry Fields. The orphanage was just up the street from where he lived as a boy, and he would go there and climb over a stone wall to play with the kids. Sometimes, he did this with his friends or by himself. And they tried to stop him from doing it, but he kept doing it. One day, they got so exasperated that the headmaster walked him home by the arm and told his aunt Mimie that if he came there again, they would hang him. Obviously, they were not literally going to hang him, but it illustrated how frustrated they were with his constant trespassing.

[@kentocco7059]

Strawberry Field (with no s) was an orphanage in Liverpool. John had a troubled childhood, his mother gave him away to his aunt causing all sorts of identity issues. As a child, John would sometimes leave his aunt's home and sleep at the orphanage because, as he said, it was the only place he felt like he fit in.

[@leannmiller7153]

@kentocco7059 John never slept at the Salvation Army orphanage. He would climb the wall and explore their gardens, Strawberry Field. He did feel at home in those gardens.

[@billadkins5150]

Just think, four years before that they were singing, I wanna hold your hand!

[@varmitjackd]

John playing this acoustic demo is so good

[@Airborne76]

Beatles forever 💪💪💪💯💯💯😎😎😎

[@cazkain]

You guys are great listening on head turned too 100 learned alot more how good beatles were!!

[@bobdelp2023]

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVERRRRR!!! 👍😊WHAT'S UP YOU GUYS!

[@SamuelGriffin]

This may be the greatest rock song of all time IMO. So beautiful.

[@DJ-bj8ku]

Every note of every song of theirs is perfect. John sang about what it means to be human. Try listening to his solo Plastic Ono Band album. Man, I miss him.

[@bobblethreadgill4463]

What a group of musicians

[@FABIO_MARTINSS]

The opening flutes were tapes Rolling on a melotron keyboard, Just like "stairway to heaven" by JPJ. The First samples ever played

[@paxonearth]

A true masterpiece. I can't wait for y'all to get to the White Album.

[@johndrx165]

Great album and eternal music.

[@TeresaMount-t9o]

The great Beatles, what can I say? Thank you both

[@scottcoleman9710]

Best psych album of all time.

[@waynemoon5359]

Really cool stuff so so many Masterpieces.

[@Kiln99]

Hi fellas... Take one of this masterpiece is THE version. Can't wait till you do the White Album 😎

[@daveman15]

When this was released ... I was 11 ... it had been six months since the last Beatles single release ... which was a long time for the Beatles ... the fans were all waiting and primed for the next one ... and this blew - our - minds. A major step forward in the evolution of pop music.

[@James-c8s9z]

Pure genius!!

[@marklecuona8889]

Imagine this back in the 60's when it was released. It's hard to describe how it seemed they invented a new form of music.

[@Bassman2353]

John at his finest - Sir George at his most masterful. Martin's description on how this was pulled off in his book on the making of Sgt. Pepper is worth the price of admission. A gob smacking accomplishment, considering the available technology at the time.

[@williamlovett619]

One of the best

[@peterjoslyn1]

Lennon's masterpiece. Nothing else to add!

[@Agi420]

COULD HAVE NOT SAD IT BETTER MY SELF, YOU NAILED IT MAN, JOHN'S TRUE MASTER PEICE AND MY FAVORITE LENNON SONG......

[@josephtedrick7706]

Have you guys heard the soundtrack for the Vegas show Love? George Martin’s son and the remaining Beatles worked together on it and it has some really great mashups that now l like as much as the original ones. The live show was incredible and I have to say, I was with my family in tears at the end. It was that beautiful.

[@PaulSongas]

❤️❤️❤️ Thanks guys

[@jenniferfoster1692]

I played this album over and over when I was really little. Beatles were the first records I ever touched, ever put on the turn table...very carefully, lol. This album is amazing & this song is iconic. Love your reaction, La & Che!

[@Swam0811]

I can’t wait for your reaction to Rain. It’s an amazing track!

[@alrivers2297]

Maybe my favorite song of theirs. It's close between this and I Want You

[@john-daviddennison2862]

Listening this and album and " Sgt. Pepper" I always felt like I was in a dream,... or at a carnival,... or dreaming about being at a carnival lol.... Not to bad for almost 60yrs old... its simply amazing what these 4 lads from Liverpool created. Total brilliance..... This !!!, gentlemen is the difference between an artist(s), and a stage-act. Thanks guys great work!!

[@billadkins5150]

I got real stoned and watched you guys listen to this. Awesome!

[@SMHannon100]

Producer George Martin can't be ignored. Without his orchestrations who knows what the Beatles would have sounded like.

[@rubroken]

What's nuts, is that back then, the established view was that Ringo was not a very good drummer. Over time, I've heard drummers say that it's hard to duplicate his drumming style. I believed the hype back then but I'm changing my opinion of his importance to the band.

[@jamesspanglet6702]

Ringo was overlooked because he wasn't flashy. Oddly, he is more appreciated in the 21st century as more people really listen and learn to appreciate his greatness.

[@rubroken]

@@jamesspanglet6702 Agreed

[@youropionmattersnot]

So nice to see people's appreciation for this music so many years after conception.

[@willblood7082]

Great reaction guys! From a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John he gives insight to some of my favorite lyrics in this song… “No one I think is in my tree.” Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius - “I mean it must be high or low,” the next line. There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things other people didn’t see. I thought I was crazy or an egomaniac for claiming to see things other people didn’t see. As a child, I would say, “But this is going on!” and everybody would look at me as if I was crazy. I always was so psychic or intuitive or poetic or whatever you want to call it, that I was always seeing things in a hallucinatory way. It was scary as a child, because there was nobody to relate to”. RIP genius 🙏🏻

[@timbaker6540]

Great reactions, Fellas.

[@Jules-um4yy]

Have always loved this Beatles song. It instantly relaxes me🍃🍂Thanks guys for continuing to react to these great tunes.🧡🧡

[@ed2kou1]

You guys make my Mondays! God bless happy Thanksgiving. Beatles are Gods Gift. Can’t wait for your reaction to blue Jay way!

[@dianel222]

Because of full album plays, I can never identify the cuts released as singles. 💜💜💜

[@wendyt7958]

"No-one I think is in my tree" was a reference to a tree that John played in when he was a child.. One of my favorites...so good in every way! Thanks guys

[@stevedahlberg8680]

As usual, what a great reaction. And I was able to crank it up in my headphones and just really get lost in it. It's so cool and so ahead of its time in so many ways but mostly it just feels good and interesting.

[@DavidMerles-n2h]

there is a small area in central park that is a memorium to lennon called srawberry fields

[@zenpuppy6025]

Beatles made a great video for this song

[@terrencemcginnis7221]

At the very end you can hear John saying, "I'm very bored", which was mistaken for "I buried Paul" which became part of the supposed clues that fueled the rumor that Paul was actually dead. Another supposed clue was the cover pic of the Abbey Road album showing all four Beatles crossing the street, but Paul is barefoot, so that somehow meant he was dead. There were other "clues" for fans to mull over and it was interesting at the time.

[@Bururaian]

I think he's saying "cranberry sauce"

[@isaiah5323]

Hidden in the yard Underneath the wall Buried deep below a thousand layers lay The answer to it all

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

The end of this song help start the "Paul is dead" rumor. People thought he says "I buried Paul" when what he really is saying is "I'm very bored."

[@danmayberry1185]

Pioneering conspiracy theories (thanks, lads).

[@Blue-qr7qe]

​@danmayberry1185 Mmmm, pioneering? No. We already had the Bay of Pigs, the Lone Assassin, and the Gulf of Tonkin (and a thousand more).

[@danmayberry1185]

@Blue-qr7qe Yes, put down the clipboard. I'm sure they're found in Shakespeare, Greek Mythology, etc.

[@isaiah5323]

Hidden in the yard Underneath the wall Buried deep below a thousand layers lay The answer to it all

[@johncampbell756]

A single recorded before Sgt. Peppers. Magical Mystery Tour was an EP (just side one) in the UK. The US added several non-album singles. Wikipedia: "Starting in November 1966, the band spent 45 hours in the studio, spread over five weeks, creating three versions of the track. The final recording combined two of those versions, which were entirely different in tempo, mood and musical key. It features reverse-recorded instrumentation, Mellotron flute sounds, an Indian swarmandal, and a fade-out/fade-in coda, as well as a cello and brass arrangement by producer George Martin. For the promotional film, the band used experimental techniques such as reverse effects, jump-cuts and superimposition."

[@JosephHuntelvisnspiders]

In 1967, when Brian Wilson (he had just started work on SMiLE) first heard Strawberry Fields, he pulled over in his car, broke down in tears, and said, 'They got there first.' Legend! Personally I think Brian got there first in 66' with 'Pet Sounds'

[@m4r4d0n4p3l3]

They only recorded Pet Sounds after hearing 'Rubber Soul'... He'd already written an album but decided he couldn't release it after hearing what The Beatles did and went back into the studio to record Pet Sounds..

[@JosephHuntelvisnspiders]

@@m4r4d0n4p3l3 Yes, Pet Sounds was an answer to Revolver, imo Brian won that one. It's SMiLE he couldn't finish.

[@123jkjk123]

My favorite of all the great Beatles songs!

[@billadkins5150]

I was around when they put this shit on AM radio! The 45 had this on one side and Penny Lane on the other!

[@dab_family9405]

I watched a YT interview of harpist from She's Leaving Home. It was Paul, not George Martin, that was directing the orchestra to get their parts to incorporate into the song. It was a dynamic process, and not set pieces to play. I'm sure there was collaboration with Martin in melding it together, but Paul was in there. He is a genius.

[@ML-un1oi]

A masterpiece!! Thanks fellas!!

[@kentzepick4169]

Trippy Beatles

[@whamptonr]

I am a huuuuge fan of your doc review channel and, man, there was a "Making of Sgt. Pepper" doc that came out in the Nineties that I wish you could review. I can't find it anywhere, but it was fantastic. Parts of it have George Martin just sitting at the board, soloing out tracks, explaining what he did. It is one of my favorites. I think some of it was re-used in the Beatles Anthology doc. But that little doc was so producer/engineer focused that I know y'all would love it. On that note, a couple of great options for your movie channel are "Twenty Feet from Stardom" (about backing vocalists) and "Sound City" (about the legendary recording studio). You should definitely look into those two. They would be perfect for that channel. Best,

[@Bekka_Noyb]

absolutely ♥ this song!

[@DannyD714]

i've seen beatles tribute bands do this,and when you see ringo's part played live it's amazing what he achieved. sounds so simple,but it is so complex. george martin was a wizard in the studio,always pushing the boundaries. in "being for the benefit of mr. kite" he took several recordings of calliopes,cut the tapes into pieces and spliced them back together randomly to get the sound during the "henry the horse waltz" portion of the song. genius!

[@James-hd6ez]

Henry

[@DannyD714]

@@James-hd6ez correction made,thnx. i think i had harry and the hendersons on my mind.

[@James-hd6ez]

@DannyD714 No problem, had many a dance stoned with Henry lol.

[@Kuesel68]

This song was written and recorded in 66 after Revolver. The Beatles didn't know yet where they wanted to go next and the double A single SFF/PL gave them the idea to do a concept album about their childhood memories but Paul took a different direction with the Sgt Pepper concept.

[@got2soar]

That one never gets old!

[@artharrison9586]

It was all tape. Layers and layers of tape. Amazing work for the time.

[@joelliebler5690]

The sounfs they created are incomperable!

[@gchampi2]

What is even more mindblowing about Strawberry Fields, is that it's a mash-up, with the two parts recorded on different days, in different KEYS. Varispeed to the rescue! The Edit is at 4:23-ish in the vid, between the "'cause I'm" and the "going to". If you listen closely, you can hear the edit, as John's voice goes slightly flat when compared to what came before... Edit:- You Can't Unhear This has an excellent breakdown of the details on their channel...

[@darrenmaxwell1085]

Ok La & Chi, this will go back down a 10x watcher! They’re were just so great. All this, Sgt Peppers & Revolver are late 65 thru early 67. Theirs just nothing like them. So far ahead of every body else and their time and it still blows anything away today.

[@sagan666]

I remember the first time listening to this as a kid - the line "Always know sometimes think its me, but you I know when it's a dream - I think I know, er, yes, I mean it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree". That line absolutely blew me a away as a kid - To be able to put those lyrics in a song is nothing short of genius.

[@henriettaskolnick4445]

As some have already mentioned, this song was a combination. They (the Beatles & producer George Martin) were doing takes of the song. John Lennon finally found 2 takes he liked and told George Martin. Martin was perplexed because the takes were in two different tempos so combining would be difficult, if not impossible. John, either not understanding (or not caring) about what it would take to do this, just told Martin to "figure it out". One night, in a drug-infused state, and unbeknownst to Martin, who was still trying to "figure it out", the Beatles and some friends (such as Mick Jagger and Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithful and others), went to the studio and recorded a bit for the song. It was a hodge podge of cacophony (did I mention drugs were involved) that John would present to Martin, telling him to include it. Martin was flabbergasted - what the hell was he supposed to do with THIS? Immense credit goes to George Martin who figured if he slowed one take down a bit, it would match the other in a near-perfect blend and he even managed to use the bit John gave him; it's near the end and is the part with the really rapid-fire drumming.

[@jennythescouser]

The 'dragged tape' sound was caused by joining different takes at different tempos and speeds together by slowing them down and speeding them up until the matched. The flute and brass on this song are made by Paul playing a Melotron.

[@Billp19733]

No computers, no synths, nothing digital, no drum machines and no samplers. All creativity

[@tonytony5380]

They were experimenting a lot during this period Slowed down tapes You mentioned no computer They would cut parts of the tape and splice them back together backwards and upside down to get the sound they wanted Very creative

[@curtadams7406]

At the time this came out the Beatles were riding on the crest of a wave. Of course they were extremely talented, but they were not afraid to be innovative and experiment such as on this song. Truth be told, they were so hot during those times that absolutely any album they put out would have sold like hot cakes.

[@christianwilliamson9752]

You can hear at least 250 other bands sound within the past 50 years on this album amazing songwriting and experimentation here. Crossing musical boundaries. Rock. Rap. Pop. This has to be in the top 100 of all time. Maybe 50

[@lesblatnyak5947]

You guys are the best 😂 put a smile on my soul. 57 yrs lve loved this song ✨️🎶✨️

[@TedMason]

Yes cellos! great incredible track. I love these guys thanks guys its great

[@grahamharley4895]

Can't believe you didn't know this track inside out? One of the first to change the world!

[@redtim3690]

What a tune from the wizards of popular music.

[@RazzleDazz72]

Psychedelic heaven.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

Many people consider this the greatest Beatles song... there are lots of candidates, but it is hard to argue with that assessment

[@paulcalder2792]

It’s incredible how they progressed as songwriters in a little over 3 years from “She Loves Me” to “Strwberry Fields Forever”. Equally incredible is that they recorded this album using only 4 track recording equipment.

[@williambill5172]

George Martin was the first to admit that most of the many special techniques invented and used by the Beatles came from the boys!

[@MrDiddyDee]

Well, the initial vague ideas would often come from them, but it's Geoff Emerick and the EMI engineers who had to innovate studio practises and experiment with equipment to create new sounds for the band, John and Paul would be enthused when presented with some new sound or development, but neither were technically knowledgeable, they loved novelty and being at the forefront of music and pushed EMI staff into new areas oblivious of how they might achieve things. The orchestrated arrangements, and often the vocal harmonies, were the influence of George Martin, and the ground breaking soundscapes were mainly down to Geoff's experimental nature. Strip all that away and you still have genius song writing, but, particularly from the Revolver album onwards, they would not have sounded they way they did without that fortuitous extended team.