Can you guess the Beatles song from the guitar part?

[@josephkarl2061]

When you listen to the isolated part of Helter Skelter, you really can understand why it's considered the first metal song 😮

[@vividslow]

I totally agree

[@andrewpappas9311]

And it was written because Paul McCartney heard that Pete Townshend described The Who's song I Can See For Miles as "the heaviest thing we've ever done" so he wanted to record one of his own, and thus the first heavy metal song was born

[@paulhaynes8045]

This is pure McCartney revisionism. It's a good song, in fact one of my favourite from that LP, but it's far too clean and neat to be 'heavy metal'. It's McCartney - he couldn't write a dirty, rough song if he wanted to. Lennon does much the same when he claims the B52s are copying him and Yoko when they were at their worst (sorry, I meant 'experimental'). Is it not enough just to be a Beatle, just to be one of the two most important song-writers in history?! What next - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da the first reggae song?

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

⁠@@paulhaynes8045 alright man, time for your meds.

[@bshaddo]

And listening to the bass part highlights what an awful bassist John Lennon was.

[@MrBitflipper]

Looking forward to your next installment, "Guess the Beatles Song Based on the Tambourine Part"

[@buddyneher9359]

You know..... that could be interesting!

[@Hernal03]

@@buddyneher9359 Not sure if you've done it already, but it would be wild to try and identify Beatle tunes from backwards snippets of their songs. You can try and trick everyone with a couple of already backwards sections that seem to come out normal when played backward. Would be quite confusing.

[@miniflem1]

Based on kick drum.

[@CL2-]

From first millisecond

[@rozzgrey801]

Based on the cowbell! (But you can't have Baby You Can Drive My Car).

[@cdprince768]

I'm a huge Beatles fan. Well, I thought I was until I took this quiz.

[@stickydrummer1.0]

I Skipped all this easily for 12/12. That was really easy that I took for every song like 2 Seconds to quess it

[@dkimuk]

8 out of 12 too 😁

[@IggyPelman]

Ive not listened to Now and Then so there's that. 9 out of 12. Did not get Nowhere Man and Ticket to Ride. Sun King was a challenge because I tend think of it as more of the intro for Mean Mister Mustard.

[@violintegral]

@@IggyPelmansame, except I got 10/12 because I have listened to Now And Then

[@IggyPelman]

@@violintegral Kudos

[@us-Bahn]

If this quiz tells you anything it’s how masked the underlying guitar parts can be in the complex structure of very iconic songs.

[@ahha6304]

that "All My Loving" part is so easy to me, as a fan of the late Chet Atkins (which is the reason George play that style and used Gretsch because George is a big fan of)

[@edwardpoe7323]

I thought it was "act naturally" just cause it was so Chet

[@ahha6304]

@@edwardpoe7323 also that one

[@lennonhartung]

5 I say all my loving or I know a secret

[@TippiGordon]

Had the exact same results going into the final song, which I only knew because I've listened to "Now And Then" approximately seventy-billion times since it came out.

[@tockita]

i literally thought: "it's Something but it's interesting how it sounds like Now and Then... oh! it's Now and Then!!"

[@sjduges67]

@TippiGordon, well done! Now I can hear it!

[@StormofCrows]

I've listened to it twice. Not such a fan. 😂

[@procrastination2204]

I recognized it immediately and then started cracking up when he said "it's slide guitar so that leads me to think George Harrison" 😂

[@ManubibiWalsh]

Same. And also, Now & Then crushed me and keeps crushing me to the point of tears every time, so yeah… my brain and my heart know it very well by now. 😭😭😭

[@josephmcphee9143]

I really like these quizzes. Could you consider playing the bit with all the parts after each question to put it in context? I would find it helpful and it wouldn’t add too much time to the video. Thanks

[@jegoy68]

I got "now and then" instantly…prolly because I got addicted listening to that since it came out 😊

[@king_supreme1102]

True

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

I love these videos where you break a song into specific instruments.

[@davidececcarelli950]

I cried during the last one, the tears kept me guessing. I've heard it a thousand times

[@andrewpappas9311]

I got all 12/12 so I'm happy about that, George Harrison was my first major guitar influence growing up and is still one of my biggest heroes and he definitely wrote a number of great guitar parts during the band's run. I also do like that Now & Then was the final song in this quiz since it was the final song they released so that's also pretty fitting, great fun as always David

[@stickydrummer1.0]

same but I guessed them all in like 2 or 3 seconds and skipped the rest of it so almost all since I play Drums and Guitar its much easier but I am a very huge Beatles fan with only almost 17 years

[@martinanetikova1630]

Thank you, David, I love all your contributions to the Beatles topic, it' s so amuzing and so fun ❤ I had the same wrong guess as you of You can't do that (Ticket to ride)- interesting.., I did not get Yellow Submarine and also found Sgt Pepper difficult! But Now &Then I got after one second of hesitating 🥰 I got 9 of12 😇

[@karaamundson3964]

❤❤❤

[@sjduges67]

@andrewpappas9311, that's fantastic! One of these days for me!

[@user-oq7ti9um5l]

Woohoo, I was 11 of 12! The only miss was the same as yours thinking “Ticket to Ride” was “You Can’t Do That.” Though, now that I think of it, I remember when hearing the Atmos mixes that there were similarities to those parts. I love geeking out over these quizzes you do. Between things like this and Atmos mixes, I get a whole new appreciation for music I’ve loved all my life. Thanks!!

[@hedbband]

10 out of 12. Ticket to Ride, I also thought was You Can't Do That. Probably because the bridge section of Ticket to Ride was played as the clue. The other one that threw me off was Now and Then.

[@mrguide]

Same. I was certain it was You can’t do that lol

[@sjduges67]

@hedbband, awesome!

[@sjduges67]

@@mrguide nice job!

[@tasujturlaj5272]

Here the same

[@umangu]

Me too, right at the end it is exactly the same riff

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Vincent has made a great sound for his recordings. Nice Job

[@notme5744]

I get strong Bowie vibes. Sounds pretty good

[@gustavodias4879]

10/12. And Your Bird Can Sing and Ticket to Ride got me. I was kind of proud of myself to recognize Nowhere Man, since I don’t know how to play any kind of instrument. Always fun to play, waiting for more!

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Pepper's was so loud ; I had to cover My ears.

[@rome8180]

Playing instruments doesn't help. Trust me. You're either good at this kind of thing or you're not.

[@Darth_Niki4]

Almost identical results, but instead of Ticket to Ride it was Sun King (which I only listened once) that got me.

[@Darth_Niki4]

@@rome8180 Idk. It's easier for me to pick up on piano parts.

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

'twas fun!@@Darth_Niki4

[@briang768]

12/12 the best I've done my far. I think it helped being a guitarist.

[@stevej1154]

Helter Skelter was the only one I was 100% certain about.

[@helterskelterband62]

You rang!?

[@edwardpoe7323]

Same here

[@ordjk4797]

Now and then has a different sound to other Beatles songs, so for me it stood out right away

[@gutgolf74]

Exactly, the reverb sounds very much like today, not 60s.

[@aidanhickey9845]

11/12, Ticket To Ride threw me for a loop.

[@dudstep]

This is the first time in these quizzes I've got 100% correct. I was gutted I didn't get the drum one right.

[@rome8180]

I only got 5/12. I always suck at these type of quizzes though. This was actually a good result for me. BTW, I think it's really cool that you get musicians and bands to sponsor your videos. I like that model better than an ad for a product. Not that some of the products aren't cool, but I just think it's a great way to bring new art to people's attention.

[@karaamundson3964]

Me too

[@jamesdrynan]

Thanks for another enjoyable quiz! I missed Ticket to Ride, too. Got all the rest. Amazing the different genres covered by the Fab Four, isn't it?

[@dwilborn1257]

Ticket to Ride is one of my favorite Beatles sons and even I thought it sounded like You Can't Do That! But I rewound and listened again after the reveal and can hear it in context now. Very tricky one!

[@jacquescousteau217]

You have to remember Lennons attack on the guitar . That gave it away to me in two bars . Had it been any other rhythm player it would have been a different story. Lennon plays like he’s always pissed off on the edgier songs …

[@buddyneher9359]

That was fun. I did get "Now and Then" - nice that you thought it was George 🙂

[@staffankarlsson520]

Wasn’t it George on Now and then? I thought it was? I heard he recorded his part back in… hmm… -95 or something? Must have confused that with something else then.

[@buddyneher9359]

@@staffankarlsson520 they kept George's rhythm guitar part from 1994/5 but the slide guitar solo was done in 2022/3 by Paul

[@danielp157]

I can't believe i finally beat David!!!! 🤯 ✌🏻🥇🏆 We were tied until the last song. I heard it was Now and then!

[@tsekubbaloyan2100]

Same here

[@didierbion8056]

9 out of 12 ! And i was sure you'd drop Now andd Then lol. Keep up the good work.

[@em4665]

our 5 yo daughter is a great fan of your videos on The Beatles. She knows their music from you. ❤

[@link19942013]

Hahahahahah they got you in the end with "Now and Then"!!! Only one I didn't get was Ticket to Ride, the guitar though took me back to their early years... and so I picked the same one you picked! "You Can't Do That"! That and "Nowhere Man" were the only ones that made it difficult for me and I was really surprised I got "Nowhere Man"

[@omaid482]

10/12 Sgt. Pepper and Sun King got me. I was proud of my score. Another one that I was really good in. I love these quizzes

[@mrkite89]

Hi David, interesting test! I'm a guitar player and I studied the Beatles for 20+ years: I'm not totally satisfied with my result, 9/12, but not too bad either I guess...

[@alexanders562]

I guessed Eleanore Rigby for all of them

[@Katt-._.7.]

😅

[@Rickywwx]

Lol I literally guessed love you to on the last one even though love you to is just Indian instruments. Oops.

[@Fuzcapp]

1. Martha My Dear. 2. Love You To. 3. Tomorrow Never Knows. 4. Revolution 9 5. Because Then repeat. How am I doing?

[@Windupchronic]

The song with no guitar. Bold choice.

[@althealligator1467]

Nice! Keep making those videos for as long as you can, they're awesome. Also have you heard of the band Sir Chloe? I think the most interesting songs to check out are Untie You and Mercy.

[@michaelpdawson]

I got fooled by "Now and Then" too, but interestingly it had me thinking of Pink Floyd's "Us and Them," which is both melodically and phonetically close!

[@musicfromthegreatbeyond2024]

thank you for the great content!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

My pleasure!

[@kan33amanawa2BvaleurZero]

I've recognized five. Others unfortunately not - but it was still a lot of fun. And yes.. Vincent Has a pleasant voice and easy, good music I would like to send him a compliment, namely that he reminds me, vocally, partly of David Bowie,who is still my great love 🙃 Greetings from Germany and please excuse my bad English 🖖🏾

[@DavidLPeel]

11 out of 12 for me. I too was fooled by the guitar part for Ticket To Ride, and like you David, I thought it was from You Can't Do That.

[@cal.anonymous7970]

David, because you got 11, I must say, I am mostly a harmonica player, but I see these intros, as a soft entry into, the major note, playing the scale around the bottom of the top note, so that the beginning of the song starts off with a bang, boom, frontal aggression on the vocal line....

[@DavidLPeel]

@cal.anonymous7970 I don't really understand much about what you are talking about. For me I'm a massive Beatles fan and it's the challenge of recognising parts of familiar songs that have isolated. What key they are in or what the scale is, is all beyond me.

[@CrochetIsLife54]

I got maybe two right and I was listening to these songs all my life. I’m nearly 70, and loved the Beatles since they first became famous. 8 out of 12 is impressive, imo.

[@jj-if6it]

I got about half right, have been a fan all my life (37 years)

[@nathan2084]

That’s funny. The first time I heard the piece of song 10, I also immediately thought it was You Can’t do That, but the second time I realized it was the B section from Ticket to Ride. The isolated guitar sounds a lot more bluesy than the song all together. I never really noticed the sort of Ray Charles thing with the 7th on that D chord before.

[@jenb8009]

I love these Beatles quizzes!! Keep them coming

[@sjduges67]

7/12, my best ever showing on your quizzes! I guess I haven't listened to Now and Then enough! A big curve ball at the end!

[@UnMondeRiant]

Something nice that you could do, is to play the full part that contains the isolated bit we just heard once your guess is made, so we can rebuild the thing in our head :)

[@blunderr6113]

He might not be able to do that for copyright reasons unfortunately. it would be cool

[@melaniefowler8841]

Yes that would be great!

[@leoruizdiaz9478]

Tipazo David! Gracias por estos juegos! Queremos más ❤

[@robertgosselin14]

Love these, you really have to wrack your brain. 10/12.

[@jasonsnusberry3654]

Got em all, the guitar parts are such integral parts to them and as a guitar player i know pretty much all of em.

[@composer7325]

Very interesting , thank you, David.

[@miguelarbelo5256]

10/12 that was fun! Do a video on Beatles handclaps! 😂

[@i_am_kendon]

I love these, David! Thank you for another fun video. I love it when I can hear the song and you can't and i'm pulling for you to get it 😂 I was so certain I was going to get 12/12 😂 but i got 11/12 and the only song i legitimately had no clue on was song 10. The only song i could think of was "You Can't Do That" but i knew that wasn't right. The only reason I got "Now And Then" is because (I'm pretty sure) George never played slide while they were together. I think the story goes he got interested in it when he was on tour with Bonnie and Delaney. Also, I think that was Mccartney playing slide on the song as a tribute to George. Please correct me if you're reading this and I got any of those things wrong 😊

[@EyeLean5280]

This was really difficult! Good job!

[@vicsheilahartley7404]

Hi David I’ve always considered myself as a Beatles expert on all things - to the point that if I went on Mastermind, they would be my specialist subject. On the basis of your quiz, I only recognised 5, 6, and 9 - wrong on the first ‘easy’ 4! I would be crawling off the Black Chair with a measly 3 points. Well done on your effort and score. Vic Whitchurch, Hampshire

[@nepesilva2284]

12/12. No. 11 was the most challenging, but I got it after a few more listens. Putting the vocals on top of the isolated guitar in my head really helped lol

[@UnshavenStatue]

Some of those clips were narsty editing, props to whoever put it together. I don't know some of these, some I knew and recognized, but a couple selections I knew the song but had no flipping idea what the selection was. Very well selected.

[@mustuploadtoo7543]

i prefer your original videos like the orchestration ones. i always look forward to watch them when they come up.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

8/12 for me. Song 9, the one you almost said has the same bouncy triplets feel. I missed number 7, said the same wrong answer as you on number 10, and thought 11 was "You're Going to Lose That Girl", and we both got the same wrong answer on 12 - which was a sneaky one!

[@TigerRogers0660]

8/12 for me. Good quiz David!!

[@Paul_Wetor]

Normally I'm not fond of in-video ads, but it's rather clever and appropriate to put a musician's ad after a music-related video.

[@cherry.c0kee]

THEY REALLY PULLED THE NOW AND THEN.

[@matm4331]

IMHO Helter Skelter was the first Punk song...thanks for posting an entertaining quiz!

[@cal.anonymous7970]

Favorite song to sing, such a dynamic scale in ascending and descending order

[@MichaelShames]

10 out of 12. Nowhere Man really threw me. Fun video. Thanks David

[@tomc4459]

Loved how now and then was in it at the end

[@DJcool-tr1tk]

10/10 I succeeded in all these videos so far. They’re really easy, and I’m only a drummer. It would be better if he played underrated songs, which would make it more difficult.

[@ChasMusic]

3/12. And I really appreciate your lack of ego. ¡Good show!

[@jricoc3475]

It's amazing how differently the brain of a pianist works than that of a guitarist. I am often stumped on these quizzes, but (as a guitarist) these clips all seemed very obvious. That being said, I still muffed "Nowhere Man" and "Now and Then" (!?) ...

[@SnowghostFilms]

12/12! Got all of them! Haven’t even listened to 3 albums yet (Please Please Me, A Hard Day’s Night and Beatles For Sale) yet still smashed it!

[@nigelgibson2242]

9/12. Good one, David. Thank you.

[@thebeatleboi]

Got 11/12. Ticket to Ride was the one that got me, at first, I thought it was one of their early rock-and-roll tunes, with John's Rickenbacker banging away. For song 11, I wasn't sure if it was Nowhere Man or not, but it was when it revealed itself lol

[@lakrids-pibe]

Yay! Beatles quiz!

[@Henry3Studios]

4:14 Paul McCartney played that searing lead part

[@vianaernesto]

Great video and well done, got 12/12, for me it's easier to think of the tone of the guitar to clock in fast what song it is. I think the only one that made me think a little was Nowhere man, because when I think of that song I think about the jingly electric guitar

[@mdgamingtv.]

Got 11/12 missed Nowhere Man🙃 Thanks for your great videos🙌

[@jazzdad52]

I thought I was good at hearing separate parts. I was 11 when the Beatles reign started, thought I knew them. I only recognized 3, got 2 right. BUT I now have a new amazement for their work. I’ll be listening to every Beatles song again with a new appreciation.

[@fromchomleystreet]

His distinctive slide guitar style only became a hallmark of Harrison’s music AFTER the Beatles broke up, which leaves “Free as a Bird” and “Now and Then” as the only Beatles songs that include a “Harrisonesque” slide guitar part (ironically, in the case of the latter, played not by Harrison but by McCartney). Slide guitar parts do appear in pre-breakup Beatles songs, but I don’t actually think any of them are played by Harrison. Examples I can think of are “Drive my Car” where the slide work is by McCartney, and “Old Brown Shoe” where it’s by Lennon.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

and For You Blue, there from John

[@fromchomleystreet]

@@ricardo_miguel13 Ah. Yes, I actually meant For You Blue when I said Old Brown Shoe.

[@70PaulK]

10/12. Was totally foxed by numbers 7 & 10. Great quiz.

[@RLIAU]

The last one was not fair

[@dezwatson6993]

11 / 12 here and Nowhere Man was the one I didn't recognise. Good quiz David.

[@JakePicci]

I got 11/12 and missed Ticket To Ride. That one was tough! Keep making these, I love these videos

[@thesuncollective1475]

Cool..well done I only got 4

[@dilemmacubing]

I've watched all of these types of videos you've made, and this is the first time I've ever beaten you. I got 10/12 (Got Nowhere Man and Now and Then.) But for Now and Then I literally forgot the title and had to pause to remember it!

[@thgrimn]

Ticket to ride was one of the few I even got 😂 The fact that nowhere man escaped me is going to haunt me forever. Love these vids.

[@etagsibuna]

Great quizz. 10/12

[@Chris_LaFrance_MAI]

This Vincent Ryder really sounds great....

[@paulrobertson3326]

Thanks for another great one! I got 10 of 12, but tough to be sure!

[@haroldprice1030]

I thought I was pretty good at guessing Beatles tunes, but you young man know your stuff. I too was a little baffled with Nowhere man. I would had guess it if I were given the riff .

[@ThePizzaBoyHD]

these are my favourite videos

[@curtisnotestine3134]

David Bennett, how do you isolate the instruments? Vocals? This is amazing technology!

[@thegothaunt]

3/10 -- And your Bird Can Sing, I Feel Fine, and I'm Only Sleeping. I didn't expect to do well on this one because I tend to actively listen to other parts rather than guitar but some guitar parts are so good I retain them through osmosis, I guess! Thanks for the fun!

[@cristovaogomes7727]

Got them all. Nowhere man was the most difficult for me. I had to listen it more than twice to get it. This was fun

[@wolcek]

First 9 were a piece of cake. Not even a shadow of a doubt. Last 3 - no clue at all. And I really like both the Ticket to Ride and Nowhere Man. Now and Then is an oddball.

[@gogigauguin8366]

Bravo! Well done))

[@mightyal100]

I also thought Ticket to ride was You can’t do that. And mistook Nowhere man for You’re gonna lose that girl. Keep these quizzes coming!

[@1rwjwith]

I only missed two…Yellow Submarine and the Ticket to Ride segment….so I got 10 of 12! I can’t believe you did not het Now and Then David! Of course I am a guitarist. Some of them were hard but most easy.

[@danieljosephbestguy5990]

After this test, which I got every one except for "Ticket to Ride" the bridge section which was confusing and "Now and Then" which I had only listened to once after it came out and it sounds like one of those songs I would have to listen to numerous times to actually appreciate it, wasn't expecting it on here, I've just noticed an interesting paralell between the songs "Yellow Submarine" and "I'm Only Sleeping". They are the only two songs on "Revolver" to feature an acoustic guitar played by John Lennon, the rest either feature only electric guitars or don't feature a guitar at all except bass. What's also interesting is that both songs happen to be situated in the same key only that Yellow Submarine's tonality happens to be in F# Major and I'm Only Sleeping's tonality is in its relative minor, Eb minor so we get a lot of shifts to F# Major. So hearing them back to back almost sound like they could be from the same song and the exact same model and sound as well! Besides that one parallel, the two songs have virtually nothing in common!

[@alexander-renner]

got 9/12 on. I´m a bit proud of it, especially with the right answer of nowhere man :-) Great series of guessing that songs.

[@walrusgumboot]

Ticket to ride got me, also thought it was You can’t do that. That part sounded so similar. Fun challenge

[@sherlockdaniel7989]

I went 6/12 I guess it’s time to start listening to the beatles again

[@AnitaLife27]

Anyone who says “the Beatles are over rated” is uninformed. They played so many different styles, and had so many musical achievements. Fantastic stuff! I only got one. 😂

[@bourbon2242]

I got everything except Sgt Pepper's, Sun King, and Ticket To Ride. I don't really like Sgt Pepper's as an album so I didn't know what the guitar part for the opening track was. I'm not as familiar with Abbey Road so I didn't know Sun King. And the guitar part for Ticket To Ride was impossible for me to recognise without the rest of the band.

[@troubleondemand7703]

10 out of 12. Missed Now and Then and Sgt Pepper of all things 😂

[@l17___321]

Next: Guess the Beatles songs from the chord progressions

[@Charlie_Xplorer]

Also got 8/12! Really pleased with myself that I recognized that last guitar solo! 😃 Answers (SPOILERS) - - - - - 01. Hey Bulldog - ✓ 02. And Your Bird Can Sing - ✓ 03. Helter Skelter - ✓ 04. Yellow Submarine - ✓ 05. All My Loving - X 06. I Feel Fine - ✓ 07. Sgt. Peppers - X 08. Sun King - ✓ 09. I'm Only Sleeping - ✓ 10. Ticket To Ride - X 11. Nowhere Man - X 12. Now And Then - ✓

[@emilelesaffre]

10/12! Ticket To Ride and Nowhere Man caught me off guard.