Beatles "This Boy" Lesson by Mike Pachelli

[@jeandassie4024]

There are other analyses of this great Beatles track ou there on KZbin - but this is by far the best due to your musical insights, analytic ability and talent. Like many, I was scarred for life as a 17 year old in Liverpool in 1963 by the Beatles music - and I still play them. They've never been bettered. Keep up the good work, Mike!

[@petercouz]

DEf one of my fav ever Beatles songs - beautiiful harmonies, gorgeous tune all over - John's vocals are sensational

[@rwmiller9062]

The bridge is my pick for "best Beatles bridge of all time". John's emotion is off the charts!

[@mkpratt58]

100%

[@IamTabu]

I think I would put "Something" as my favorite Beatles bridge, but this is a close second

[@Jerry_England1]

I totally agree!

[@jeffj318]

I wish they would have done a second bridge. I always wait for it, however, it never comes.

[@badgasaurus4211]

@@IamTabu Something is 2nd place

[@davechapman7735]

its your talent that make me realize just how brilliant the Beatles were, cheers NZ

[@greggdavis7356]

You are a great teacher, Mike. Thanks

[@JamesBryson-e8c]

Remarkable Mike, great job I'm a big Beatles fan and a guitar player and love learning from you.

[@philb1649]

So inspiring Mike to have it explained so clearly and simply. Gold

[@michaeloberly6129]

Good god, what a great lesson, on one of my favorite early Beatles songs. Thanks so much for deciphering exactly what George is doing here. And the vocals are crazy good. And your demo is so good!

[@dannyhullihen966]

Very cool! Excellent rendition.

[@koontzman123]

Another brilliant guitar & history lesson

[@michaelchappell6570]

I am a great fan of The Beatles and played in a few cover bands during the 60's as a drummer and now in retirement i'm learning all their songs on my guitars and your demos and lessons are really good and i'm happy to have found you here. From Downunder in Oz.

[@MPfrance]

Very cool!

[@savinglivesofourown]

Nathan says it all. You are keeping the flame alive Mike. Good on ya!

[@terrybailey2430]

I always loved this song I have started playing on the piano

[@johnmarcuslee8815]

I love how you teach us Sir. Every little details did by the beatles make this lesson very amazing!!!

[@vins1521]

Awesome Mike as always...beautiful job, you love the Beatles as much as I do for sure...

[@netoh.5390]

you just got a new suscriber, there are not a lot of people that break down beatles songs like this, congrats!!

[@neilcrowesongs9768]

Love George's harmonic choices. Great explanations and performance, man. Sharp jackets too 👌

[@Glovesman54]

That was Great as usual!!! I have learned a lot from your video's, All your Beatles lessons are spot on and so are your performances!!! Thanks!😊👍👍👍

[@vidyaranyabellur]

Great explanation and excellent narrative mate. Thoroughly enjoyed every bit of your post. Will try this out myself; but in harmonica, Sir! Thanks once again

[@MrRoadster100]

Wow . . all those maneuvers George made on lead guitar . . and he wasn't even 21 until early '64. Great chord knowledge and dexterity for a 20 year old!

[@miramarensis]

Wonderful lesson, MIke.

[@MPfrance]

Miramarensis - Thanks for saying that!

[@MackAxyzz]

outstanding...awesome harmonies; God bless you brother Mike

[@timmcmaster6435]

Mike! recent subscriber... so great, and the enthusiasm n positivity is wonderful thx man

[@MPfrance]

Tim - thanks for the sub!!

[@indefence007]

Just awesome! Thanks Mike.

[@Bassman46]

Mike didn’t know you were from Youngstown, my hometown great video’s. Makes me want to get out the guitar and start playing again.

[@deegplanking]

What a great analysis of a fab song - thanks so much.

[@deegplanking]

.. should have added that I'm in Melbourne, Australia

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Bravo….Absolutely Brilliant…Thank You

[@phillipwalsh7648]

Nice! Very, very nice! Thanks for that one, Mike.

[@howardwilson5625]

Whatca beautiful perfect performance Mike you really are a multi instrumentalist and I like the way you breakdown all the songs and then do the whole thing yourself, absolute genius,I also like John Lennon style ok f playing they were all super talented guys makes you proud to be an English man.

[@howardwilson5625]

Love how you work all this out, "this boy" is one of my favourites, and when you put it all together, your a great harmoniser too, very well done sir, please do more, cheers.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Fab!!!! Especially the bridge. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@markmoscatello9461]

Huge fan. Thanks for doing the work.

[@MPfrance]

No problem!

[@markmoscatello9461]

@@MPfrance wow man. Thanks for replying. I think your amazing. The beatles alive and passed must be so proud. The real deal you are. Hope to meet one day.

[@mariosergiovieira7623]

Thanks a lot Mike! Great Job as always 🙏❤️

[@johnlumwhal155]

Great job on all the guitar parts of the different split screens. Very good job on the singing with the harmonies as well. I noticed in another Beatles chord book that it uses a Dmaj7 at the beginning of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd verses instead of a regular D chord. Also, it did use that banjo style D chord that you referred to in the intro, but right after that it uses a Dadd9 chord then immediately goes back to the banjo style D chord which really doesn't seem to add much to it as far as a difference in sound. The Dmaj7 chord does give it a little different flavor. Thanks for putting all of this together. It looked like it was quite a project and required a lot of effort. I have a vintage squier 50s style guitar which of course has a very different sound from the gretsch that you were using. Again, thank you and have a great day!

[@edmelihe]

Thanks Mike!!.your videos are excellent!!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@MPfrance]

Glad you like them!

[@dexrus7659]

Thanks, Mike! Nice to see your new video )

[@malcolmbrewer]

Hey Mike I really loved this as I do for all of the few that Ive seen so far, great memories, terrific research.

[@MPfrance]

Awesome, thank you!

[@PeterMusik1]

Hi Mike, I am Peter from Stuttgart Germany, Thank you for the great hours and inspiration. You´re unique, Thank you.

[@samevans1903]

Great job!

[@wavelength7503]

Beautiful job.

[@MPfrance]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@chrissnape9537]

Gee you must love your job, you seem to get so much joy. Well done from me and if I may Canada 🇨🇦

[@broncodeviltexas]

Seeing the Beatles on video singing this one does make me a little teary eyed. And not because of the lyrics. 😎

[@TheUberjonny]

Wonderful!!!!!

[@MPfrance]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@SurferJoe1]

Wonderful, as always. I love the combined history and music lessons. For that last bit of Beatle accuracy, though, I think you should have done the vocal with all three of you singing live into the same mike. Simultaneously.

[@weebgrinder-AIArtistPro]

You're the man, Mike!

[@onyourmarkphoto]

this was so cool. Thank you.

[@Jdizzle6969]

Brilliant!

[@MPfrance]

You are welcome. Please subscribe to my KZbin channel. My new posts will appear in your KZbin feed. Thanks.

[@MaithriSanitgun]

Terrific. First album I ever bought was Meet the Beatles I bought from Schwegman's supermarket in Metairie, Louisiana in 1964. Incredible. Was $2.59 !

[@niconesta8566]

Wow that performance with just guitars and singing was dang good.

[@gioknows]

"That blood curdling scream" LOL very true but not in a negative way. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.

[@camilasofiatoloza1737]

I love that song❤️🇦🇷

[@juanlossantos6062]

Congrats u play great and u should be proud of yourself

[@fishgazoo5851]

I had a similar Gretshe from the 60's, and sold it off because it just didn't work well on stage. I loved the old, Vintage stuff....but this guitar had a floating bridge, and I didn't want to modify it to ruin the value of its history.

[@donaldkelley5885]

I think I get why the guys played short,clipped chords at the end of each verse. It was jarring and got our attention.

[@rcbloke778]

Nailed it!

[@johnlennonade5869]

Hello mike are you doing a lesson for each 1# hit in order? Thanks

[@MPfrance]

Hi Mr. Lemonade - I don't really have a plan. I just go on what songs folks suggest to me most often (that I think I can do some justice to) and songs that I like. It's a whole lot of work!

[@johnlennonade5869]

@@MPfrance ok thank you I was just wondering since your uploads kinda lined up with the Beatles 1# album

[@dirtock]

If I can ask where can I find the solo and alternative ending? I would love to hear it!

[@tomeasley3538]

your love and enthusiasm for the Beatles in doing these lessons is so infectious, im a big fan

[@paulhaapanen989]

Awesome

[@slipcheck5]

me as well

[@hollywoodjoe123]

Yes indeed Mike's enthusiasm is wonderful ,Joe

[@tomlynntigard]

Enjoyed it very much!You really demonstrate the genius that went into this composition.

[@richardbayles3120]

Mike 50 years ago we would have given a lot for this information! Back then the sheet music was often not in the key recorded (E flat for A, B flat for D etc.). The chord voicings were awkward to finger. We gave up and tried to learn it off the record , but we would all hear different things. We also didn't have vocal monitors so the harmonies were random. Crank it up, hold a steady beat and smile!

[@ronniechilds2002]

Oh man, I don't know how many books came out back then with incorrect chords to Beatles songs. I couldn't afford to buy them, so I would just copy the chords down in the bookstore and go home and try them and they rarely worked. So I would head back to the turntable--play, stop, back up, play, stop back up...driving my mother crazy.

[@1taylorgibson]

And we tried to learn Yesterday in F#😅 because that’s what the sheet music said.

[@philovance1940]

My guitar partner would say : you sang and played it beautifully but it’s not in that key. Me : ‘but the book said’

[@hbarwickjr]

One of my favorite Beatle songs. You did a good job playing and singing it. 👍

[@nongthip]

"Released 29 November 1963" I was 3 days old then. This boy.

[@PaArmyVet]

I was 8 1/2. Getting old 🥵

[@famatu]

@@PaArmyVet You're only getting old if you stop caring, otherwise enjoy your life mate

[@famatu]

@@PaArmyVet Also hey the 50s were a fantastic time to be born

[@Cybecow]

I was minus 352 days! 555

[@jenny6692]

I wasn’t even born until 66 🥴

[@jaelge]

This isn't the first, nor the last, time I've watched this particular lesson, Mike. I like playing this song during my just-for-me sessions and occasionally need a refresher course. You might be one of the few in the world that love the Beatles as much as I do. Thanks for being here for us, Brother, your tutorials are absolutely invaluable. (peace ✌and love 💟 as Ritchie would say).

[@NateWard394]

Great lesson Mike! My name is Nathan. I’m a 17 year old intermediate guitarist from North Carolina, USA 🇺🇸. It’s so fascinating to see exactly how the Beatles played their music. These guys are my favorite band and it always makes me happy to see someone else with the same passion for them as me! George and John were the whole reason I started playing guitar. The first time I heard Johns rhythm guitar on the song All My Loving, I was mesmerized. Same thing happened when I heard George play on The Beatles version of Words Of Love. Could you do a lesson on that song? I would love to learn it. I have Vinyl copies of almost every Beatles album (I’m only missing 3) Like I said these guys are my favorite band and I love to see people who love them like I do! Abbey Road is my favorite album of all time and my favorite song of all time is Here Comes The Sun. That was the first song I ever heard from them. Thanks for all the great lessons Mike! Hope to see more in the future!😊

[@sofarsogut]

Good for you Nathan

[@thomasmarengi2951]

That was great, Mike. Can’t believe I found someone who likes the Beatles as much as I do! Take care, bro.

[@snowfiresunwind]

It's great to hear that young people still listen and are inspired by The Beatles. They achieved so much in their short 7/8 year history that it is right that they are still celebrated.

[@jackmcdouglas4126]

You're a very fortunate fellow. When I was your age all we could do was just listen to the records, we had no idea how the songs were put together, or maybe some magazines with chords written on, but they didn't make any sense at all. You're on the right path, studying the Beatles is going to make you a super musician.

[@space4322]

I’m a teen as well, absolutely love the Beatles, and also live in NC!

[@arlosdad]

Mike's love and admiration for The Beatles is very apparent. It's infectious.

[@apace003]

Very nice job with this song. The simplicity of their early music was just magic.

[@truthstillmatters59]

I have been listening to the Beatles since 1964 when I was 4 years old and my brother bought the Meet the Beatles album, yet I have learned more about the Beatles music from Mike Pachelli then I have listening for all those years. Love it!

[@videogeekin]

“ Doo- wop chords, jazz octaves along with Hawaiian lad steel sounding outro.”

[@jackmcdouglas4126]

Such a beautiful song. I've thought that the most discernible strumming was played by John but it's not. It's amazing what only two guitars played by two creative guys can do.

[@RubyBandUSA]

Hats off to you Mike on the vocals!!! That is rarely discussed in the comments on your videos. You very effectively affect the Liverpool accent with it being a caricature. Of course the real vocal test on this song is the "cry-y-y" wail right after 20:58 -- which you did just right. Goosebumps. Have there been offers to clone you so you can form an entire band? The Pachelli's :)

[@minardot]

Mike: you are just amazing! Not only a great guitarist, but your ear for detecting just what each Beatle was doing is just beyond words. I’ve watched a bunch of your videos and every one of them has taught me something new while being totally entertained by your dedication and love of The Beatles. Finally, I’ve loved this song since I was a boy because of the bridge, and particularly because of John’s heart-wrenching vocal. I think they only did it once to make it more rare; in other words when the song came on the radio, everyone just stopped so they could hear that bridge, because it only came by once each time. Maybe it was just clever marketing in 1963. Though I’ve heard and played the song countless times, I still always stop to hear that bridge. Thanks for the lesson as always.

[@simonmarsh7529]

Brilliant lesson. Really insightful and great performance too. You nailed the Lennon vocal on the bridge which is no mean feat!

[@johnwilson7809]

One thing that may mess up vocalists trying to harmonize with the guitar chords, the first vocal chord on the verses is a Dmaj7, while the guitars are playing the D chord. Many vocalists that key in on the instruments can have issues with that. Just something to be aware of.

[@imannonymous7707]

Thank u that's a great comment

[@johnwilson7809]

@@imannonymous7707 We found that out years ago when doing that song. As we worked out the harmonies, we noticed the vocal chord clashed with the D guitar chord, in particular, Paul's note was a 1/2 step flat from the guitar chord. Easy fix, we just played a Dmaj7th during those parts. Don't know how the Beatles missed that. LOL ;)

[@joemariani2009]

@@johnwilson7809 Another sort of vocal clash happens on the word 'again' at the end of each verse.They stretch out again into 3 syllables and on the 2nd they sing an Em triad over the D chord.To my not fully trained ear at age 13 it was hard to sing that part without also playing the Em..lol

[@HanValen]

Your lesson are FANTASTIC. Thank you so much for putting in all the effort to help those of us out here that want to learn these songs...Amazing content and your vocals are equally amazing. I'd give anything to sing like that!

[@MPfrance]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jimmrvos2930]

You put together a terrific lesson Mike! I’ve tried to play This Boy for long time but have never gotten it quite right. Your video helped me understand a lot more about what John and George were doing. Thanks!

[@MPfrance]

You can do it!

[@jelink22]

I can't help but wonder how many garage bands have dreamt of the day they would be come huuuuge with that initial first hit, AND years later watch guys like Mike Pachelli put up great videos on KZbin analyzing how they played it, instrument by instrument. Bravo, Mike!

[@davidbarlow431]

One of my all time favourites. First song I leant that required a 3 part harmony and we did a half decent job of it considering we were all still in school! 😀

[@garygnu9169]

Mike, Im a huge fan of what your doing with all these Beatle segments. Absolutely fantastic! Pleae keep em coming.

[@yensilluap]

Great stuff - thanks for showing us. I have always wondered how George’s part sounded so staccato- I would play it myself trying just to dampen the chords with the hand but it didn’t sound quite right. My brothers and I used to play this song in our band and I would play Dma7 rather than D when we would sing the verses because it seemed to sound better without the clash of singing the C# against the b string D note. By the way, you kind of have a John Lennon ‘67 going on.

[@jgamb914]

Hi Mike, i play bass and would love to see you add Pauls bass parts to your lessons. Im enjoying all of them. T.Y.

[@douglasmijangos3327]

I love the Fade out of this song though 😂 fade outs feel like you’re welcomed to their world and when they’re done showing you what they wanted to share you fade away from their world of pain and love ❤️

[@tonypetrillo3488]

Still one of my all time favorite Beatle tunes... always brings me right back to hearing it for the first time when the record came out in the USA... For me it just represented the perfect early sound of the British Invasion.. plus they all looked so cool doing the song on Sullivan..

[@RonGallagher]

This Boy is magic. Thank you Mike*****

[@MPfrance]

Ron - You are welcome and yea - "This Boy" IS magical!!

[@XLCOR]

The allure of this song for me was always the vocals or harmonies, which had some unique twists that set quite a mood.

[@ShadRick2]

Love your work on The Beatles tunes. I’ve always tried to make small changes to suit my own playing style. For this song I use Dmaj7 instead of D. Try it sometime. All the best to you.

[@richardkubicek6905]

Thanks Mike for keeping alive the real reason why the Beatles are legendary. The music,they were all about the music. Your videos prove that the Beatles were top notch professional musicians. All doubters beware.

[@huaweismart2678]

Спасибо за хорошие уроки. Очень хорошо и понятно объясняете.

[@consumopersonal2900]

That acoustic Gibson looks and sounds absolutely gorgeous, great job as always Mike!

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

Blue Moon.. you saw me standing aloneee.. oh wait.. wrong song

[@martinwalker3088]

You've nailed it as usual. Fantastic. I love the detail, with your enthusiasm, you put in. Thank you once again Mike.

[@furball321]

*SO* excellent! Mike, you do a fantastic job on all these lessons.

[@bbbart77]

So good Mike, I'm 73 and thinking about taking up the guitar after watching you. Thanks so much!!

[@MPfrance]

bbbart - Go for it! Me inspiring you to take up the guitar is THE best compliment I could receive!

[@terset9912]

Thanks Mike, had to go and listen for myself with the headphones.... you're right, last 2 notes of Georges closing octave riff, definitely some sort of slide... unmistakable "Santo and Johnny" feel to it... love his slide playing which I first heard on " My Sweet Lord" ; think he once said he was inspired to play slide by Delaney of Delaney & Bonnie ...other than that Wild Honey Pie, and Drive My Car , and For You Blue are Beatles slide tracks that come to mind. ( "Free As a Bird", of course) . One side of George which I always suspected, as indicated with the sitar, ukulele, and slide guitar.... he didn't really want to compete with other players . Love your videos and passion for the Fab Four !

[@rickc661]

One of my faves, goingback to Jr high Beattlemania - I'm always amazed when sites like ' Rolling Stones fifty best.... ignores it, easilly one of their 50 best.

[@221btactical]

Outstanding! Your putting-it-all-together at the end and performing the complete song is exquisite. Awesome work Mike! - Brad

[@MPfrance]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jelau4851]

Mike, your rendition is Superb, thanks for keeping The Memory Alive.

[@MPfrance]

My pleasure!

[@jelau4851]

Forgot to say, And i,m learning so much from your work of love, thanks a million

[@eddiet5634]

I’ve been playing for 40 years and this is the first song I ever learned to play.....

[@richardgratton7557]

Great video, as always. Great performance at the end too! Your singing was very good, especially the back vocals on the bridge. I’ve always loved this song, the 3-part harmony, the melody and that incredible bridge. When it goes down from G to F# the melody actually goes up...wonderful! But as I get older I am struck by the lyrics themselves and the emotion that comes across. I « feel » his pain. It’s similar to « Don’t Let Me Down » that way. He’s really spilling his guts to her. Great song. And to think how young they really were too! Thank you Mike for great work and dedication. And hello again from Québec!😀

[@MPfrance]

Richard Gratton - I took a swing at "Don't Let Me Down". - here's my attempt - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH7beWOPerKYpZI

[@rodrod9212]

@@MPfrance .

[@lamper2]

1:33 "To know him WAS to love him" was on Phil Spector's Father's tombstone- so he adapted it for that Teddy Bear's hit. The Beatles of course, smartly, changed their "him's" to the more girl attractive "her"

[@kbiggs49]

I was 14 years old born in the UK when this song came out and I still have original song books from the beatles with all my scribblings on them because they were published in piano music I was still learning chords so had to work stuff out,I really enjoy your videos and your in depth work on these great songs so thanks Mike.

[@djgaryowens]

Yeah the song books were not giving what was on the records it was pretty obvious early on about that.

[@PhilKelley]

Thanks for showing us how to play one of my favorite Beatles songs, Mike. As always, your insights into the nuances of the playing, singing, and recording of the song are much appreciated.

[@MPfrance]

My pleasure!

[@steveprudell9976]

Out of the respective Park marry me John kidding 😂 love this sentimental song . Bridge me up. Cheerio I've got to practice now.