Drummer reacts to "Happiness is a Warm Gun" & "Martha My Dear" by The Beatles

Well, Beatles Sunday was a bust. So, a rare Beatles Tuesday has appeared! What a set of tracks. One highlights John, the other highlights Paul. Both play to their strengths immensely. I loved "Happiness" and I enjoyed "Martha". I guess that shows who I prefer. Even though I haven't gotten into John's solo work (coming soon)... I love Paul's solo work so much. It's so hard to pick between the two lol.
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[@TheReaperMan275]

There are no two Beatles songs that sound the same; that's the versatility of this legendary group.

[@rbking9296]

Dear prudence and Helter skelter and the rest of this double white album is an absolute masterpiece

[@2407paul]

In a time of 8 years the Beatles gave us so much music and so many genre's to explore. These guys were just fantastic!!

[@GabrielSoares-lj9rv]

The greatest of the great!!!

[@SimonRHoule]

These guys were shitty. The genius was George Martin and he was sitting BEHIND the studio console. Proof? The Beatles never could give a live performance good enough to be released on an album.

[@GabrielSoares-lj9rv]

@@SimonRHoule Did George Martin produce only one band, only The Beatles???? You , me, the whole world knows the answer is NO! George Martin produced several bands! Well, if the genius was him, and just him, how came there were no several Beatles - as many as he produced??? G. Martin was a hell of a producer! A real genius in his "business". And he did a really good job with other bands/artists. But, if he never crossed path with the boys, the Fab Four, the greatest band ever (by far!!! No comparison to any other band or artist), NOONE, nobody (outside his closest circle) would have heard about him! A complete Unknown, a perfect Anonymous! As he was before The Beatles!!! He did NOT "make" several Beatles because there were/was/is just one Beatles!!! The boys gave him, provided him with THE BEST material a producer could ever get to work with! And he did "polished the gems". Polished, ONLY! Because it was jems what the boys provided him, as no other band/artist ever could/did! GEMS! Just in need of a little polishing. But gems!!! If G. Martin was just my producer, or Milli Vanilli´s producer - never the boys... George who???

[@pradeepsen5780]

George Martin had other groups under his charge. If he was the genius, how come those bands didn't make it.

[@davidwestphal3469]

It’s a pretty well known fact that Sir George Martin’s taught the Beatles as much as they taught him. When he came on the scene, he was producing comedy records.

[@tommathews3964]

As someone who followed along from the beginning, The White Album always felt like a grand hodge podge of their entire careers to that point. There is absolutely a little bit of everything on this masterpiece! From the beautiful ballads of “I Will”, “Julia”, and “Martha”, to ripping rockers like “Glass Onion”, and “Helter Skelter”, to quirky tidbits like “Piggies” and “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” to great lyrical stories that defy being pigeonholed into categories, like “Rocky Raccoon”. The White Album and Abbey Road are always in my car with me! I may not listen for months but they’re always there!

[@louisme5411]

Dear Prudence is a perfect song imo

[@SupernalOne]

a funny thing - in Martha My Dear there's a bar where the piano plays a suspended chord 1-2-3-4 and goes on - after the line "be good to me" it goes on "Martha my love" and those four repeats of that suspended chord - and to me it's always like time stops and I'm gazing down the sky through the slanting afternoon light, realizing something profound - and the the song goes on again. Presumably the song was written to give that effect, but it always works :)

[@josephmango4628]

The Beatles produced a catalog of 230 songs and 12 albums in eight years. None of them were 30 when they broke up. 60 years later they are considered the greatest band of all time. Mozarts of the modern era.

[@mattreynolds612]

Hard to pick absolute favs with these blokes. But this whole album is 🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎵🎶🔥🔥🔥

[@shiannesmith6877]

I LOVE THE BEATLES!❤

[@stevenblock9712]

Listening to the White Album from beginning to end is a real experience, since it is 1:53 of thought-provoking songs and no two are alike. It starts with the rousing Back in the USSR and ends with the beautiful lullabye Good Night with Ringo singing like we have never heard him before. There are beautiful ballads and then there's Helter Skelter. Hearing it for the first time in 1968 was truly overwhelming.

[@charliecochran3035]

This is really where they went into the studio unsupervised and did whatever the hell they wanted. Its glorious, fun, funny, and eye opening. "Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime" is one of my favorite song lines ever. The white album is full of gems that few non Beatles fans know. Im So Tired While My Guitar Gently Weeps Dear Prudence Yer Blues Helter Skelter Long, Long, Long Mother Nature's Son Thats just a small sampling of some of my favorites.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Are you kidding? The last one you reacted to is a fan favorite!

[@alanoliver5762]

it’s interesting to hear the reflections of people two generations younger about music that is the fabric of my life.

[@derekthomson4043]

Martha my dear, way ahead of its time. 70s stuff in the sixties.

[@jef444]

Dear prudence is a masterpiece, brilliant bass line.

[@mattreynolds612]

Loveme some Martha my Dear. So eclectic, so Beatles.

[@L33Reacts]

I agree. Very different but very beatles. I love those kinda tracks. They really were the best.

[@stlmopoet]

There was a point in my life where I was having a lot of court appearances. Was not a happy time, but it's almost 25 years ago.

[@brewstergallery]

Hey Lee from ol Spanish Ned. Happiness is a Warm Puppy was a collection Peanuts cartoons by Charles Schultz featuring Snoopy on the book jacket. The title was used and abused by a lot of different people. Now talking to your drumming self, the part which is the " Mother Superior Jumped the Gun.." is a 1 triplet 2 triplet then six hits followed by 1 triplet 2 triplet seven hits. Just like in Here Comes the Sun, Ringo plays it straight n simple to keep it all on track. Yeah, I'll say it... he is a genius drummer.

[@MichaelDengler-pt4yj]

You need to put your headphones on and listen to the whole White Album. The most diverse album in history and the number one seller out of all their albums.

[@walterfleury3840]

It's funny because it is not sexual or a drug reference the song is very literal. John saw an article in a gun magazine entitled happiness is a warm gun. He decided to write a song about it. The Magazine was sitting on a table in the Abbey Road studios when John came in one day.

[@olmanrock5381]

As an ex-junkie, you might know a warm gun is a heroin rig, the trigger is the plunger, so happiness is getting the fix.

[@TheBeatlesMan96]

This song has nothing to do with heroin. You can find the gun advert online that the song title was taken from.

[@bobg6638]

GREAT songs. So different.

[@TodayImMaking]

Once you've reacted to all The Beatles songs, then you need to have a listen to each album all the way through. Their music is a gift that keeps giving.

[@L33Reacts]

I'm definitely down for that. I've done a few albums all the way through in one sitting on patreon but I had To pause that because my schedule completely changed once my girlfriend's mom passed last month 😢

[@TodayImMaking]

@@L33Reacts I'm so sorry for your and your girlfriend's loss.

[@stephenstrudwick8095]

"Back in the USSR" with its beach boy harmonies. First track on the White Album. Not sure if you've covered it, but if not, it's a rocking tune. 😊

[@maximobenatti6110]

happiness is fantastic !!!

[@Grizazzle]

Two great songs!

[@Chess8548]

Happiness is a Warm Gun is one of my favorites. Music and lyrics are 🔥. First heard it in 1968. Perfect then and now.

[@ralpholson7616]

Back in the day we interpreted the warm gun to be a loaded syringe.

[@chris...9497]

Not all of us... Also, some went off the deep end with things like: -"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" being a drug reference when all four Beatles insisted it was a song about John's son's drawing. -"Helter Skelter" being about demonic subject matter (thank insane murderer Charlie Manson) instead of an amusement ride metaphor. -"I am the Walrus" and the Abbey Road cover being about Paul's alleged death and replacement instead of a fam magazine's contest to guess which Beatle was which animal in the then-upcoming Magical Mystery Tour film. John even made fun of it in "Glass Onion".

[@jamessomers8808]

I can’t think of one Beatles song that I don’t like, and I think I’ve heard the majority of them, especially if you really listen to and dive into the BBC compilation of them when they were still like a 50s rock band❤ I think there’s 50 songs on it. It’s really amazing, it gives you a lot of insight to their musical whatever.

[@JohnLancaster-b5x]

This album was great, especially John and George's tracks.

[@Russ-gy7tx]

Thanks, L33, Great reaction, and review.

[@Grizazzle]

George Martin - yes, a genius and legendary producer!! The Beatles wouldn't have been the same without him.

[@thetoadsong]

The Beatles had two producers: Martin and McCartney. Agree George Martin was a genius and The Beatles wouldn't have been the same without him, but once Paul learned in the first few years, he became The Beatles lead producer and never given the credit for it. Tomorrow Never Knows.... John's song, Paul's production. Something.... George's song.... Paul's brilliant bass production makes it a classic. Helter Skelter.... Paul's song.... Paul's insane production that George Martin couldn't even fathom. Applies to entire catalog after Rubber Soul. Master McCartney.... Beatles best producer.

[@gettinhungrig8806]

His bass on 'Something' was irrelevant. I hear George's demo of the song and his performance at Concert for Bangladesh, both with McCartney nowhere in sight, and I still hear a masterpiece. Also you got off track there, bass playing and producing are two different things.

[@gettinhungrig8806]

George Martin didn't produce 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun'. He was away on holiday. Chris Thomas was listed as producer - though in reality they were pretty much doing it themselves - see Lewisohn book and Lennon's Rolling Stone interview.

[@poptart4260]

You can’t duplicate the original guitar sounds , between the band , the studio and G Martin it’s a home run every time

[@dalemcmillan7231]

White Album was in 1968. Bought it then when l was 12 years old. Played it to death. Huge #1 Album of course. ❤

[@GratefullyDead]

The orchestra in Matha. Amazing

[@dianedavies8291]

My favorite Beatles album which I still have. Great reaction. ✌️♥️🎶

[@L33Reacts]

So glad you enjoyed Diane! I definitely did as well. The lads don't miss. 😁

[@fromtheblonx]

I love your Beatles vids man! I played this album to death when I first bought it. Its a crazy mixture of everyone's consciousness in music form, and various walkouts😆

[@Chess8548]

Have to say that even though I heard the White Album when I was 16, but never really heard it until I smoked weed for the first time a couple of years later. Layers upon layers !

[@danielcarroll3ify]

For early Beatles When I Get Home is a rocker.

[@danielperezcabezas109]

Great how they could build a song!

[@genegarrett3372]

all started from a gun ad on the back of a mag that george martin showed john

[@michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz]

Don't forget to search for the secret telephone number hidden with songs and albums... and the message it leaves

[@robinstarkey6071]

Dear Prudence us a must Lee. I promise !!! Also, you should watch ' Across the Universe'. An interpretive movie using a group of their songs to make a cohesive movie. Warm gun is one of them. I loved the movie 😊

[@dennishuxley747]

Stunning compositions

[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

I cannot help myself; It so much stronger than me. Even if I don't want to do it, I do it. At the end of 'Martha My Dear' I HAVE to say/sing "I'm Soooooohooooho Tired....". Anyone else?

[@MJW2157]

I think I like Martha My Dear so much because Paul wrote it about his Sheepdog Martha. So sweet.

[@lauraallen55]

I pretty much love everything John did, and liked everything Paul did (but loved a lot of it too).

[@alrivers2297]

Love these deeper cuts

[@Lwize]

Check out The Breeders' cover of Warm Gun from 1991.

[@michaelbadyna1715]

JHON SAW THAT TITLE ON A FIELD AND STREAM MAG WHILE WAITING TO SEE RTHE DOC REST IS HISTORY.

[@blakkat4126]

"Martha My Dear" was written about Paul's dog, Martha.

[@hurricane1951]

Martha My Dear would've been a big hit for another artist, but it's just buried among all the other marvelous songs by the Beatles.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Taxman! Wow, and that was George Harrison rocking out early on. Lots of innovative stuff in that song for that early time. Boy I'm so glad you tackled these cuts, and both of them are amazing. So much to be said. I would also point out about the John Lennon track at front that it's definitely prog rock until it hits that almost parody of 1950s do up music and yet it carries the same sarcastic scathing suggestive playful influence.

[@s.c.6367]

I think Giles Martin, George, Martin's son, does the anniversary albums and remasters from the original analog tapes if I'm not mistaken.

[@joannparker1977]

It's really hard to remember the sequence of their albums.

[@kjellcarlsson5639]

Great reaction. Helter Skelter man, Helter Skelter.

[@L33Reacts]

I've done it but it's only on patreon sadly. They blocked blocked that one lol 😆

[@strathman7501]

"Maybe it [Martha] was a sad song and George Martin said, ''We've gotta add some strings, liven it up a bit.'" No way. You can bet your house that by this time in 1968 Paul had a good idea of what he wanted and tasked George with writing a certain type of score. It's quite a sophisticated tune, switching around between 3/4, 2/4 and 4/4 with key changes, but they recorded the rhythm track (Paul, piano; George, guitar; Ringo, percussion) semlessly in one take. Interestingly the whole thing from writing to piano demo to recording seems to have been done in a matter of a few days.

[@backbeat44]

Happiness is a Warm Gun was the influence for Radiohead's Paranoid Android. They marvelled at how so much could be covered in such a short period of time and that it flowed so effortlessly. The song is only 2:44 at it changes constantly. It's simply brilliant. also Sexy Sadie on the White Album was the influence for Radiohead's Karma Police.

[@joelliebler5690]

Another couple of standout tunes done later on when the Beatles were involved in producing their own music. George had taught them well!

[@qasanoba]

take a listen to the 2018 mixes, man they are mind blowing trust me

[@louisspeciale]

IMO every Beatles song is good. EVERY!!

[@genegarrett3372]

he called yoko "mother superior" or sometimes just "Mother" ; some thought a "Warm Gun" referred to a hypo needle

[@juanfranciscomunozolano8110]

Martha my dear is pure McCartney

[@Y-two-K]

Regarding your "definitely sexual" comment, one thing I love about this song is it's a sort of triple entendre. Literally ("Happiness is a warm gun" is from a gun advertisement that John saw) Drugs ("trigger referring to heroin needle") Sex ("trigger referring to the clitoris") And what I love about Martha My Dear is how much the song builds. First it's just piano, then piano and trumpet, then electric guitar, then a full band. Though not a fan of some of the panning of the original release of the white album.

[@jamesm.3967]

Mother Superior jumped the gun.

[@WoodlandGoblin2030]

I’m not sure if he had don’t I’m So Tired from the White Album yet but the drums in I’m So Tired are incredible.

[@ozmaile7938]

They set the bar so so high that even there very good stuff was a was a let down to critics

[@827dusty]

This song is about shooting Heroin ""When I hold you in my fingers..." "I know no one can do me no harm..." Obviously, the gun is the Hypodermic needle, still warm from the cooked Heroin inside.

[@L33Reacts]

Lennon writes in a way that makes multiple meanings possible. I definitely see it. I felt a more sexual connotation but my opinion could have been swayed by the wiki article. And yes, happiness is certainly a warm gun in that respect lol I know. But the sorrow comes once your "down" lol

[@joannparker1977]

Suggestion: React to "Why Don't We Do it in the Road". The Beatles were something else.

[@rockpaizis4088]

Lennon is playing that great guitar riff before, "I need a fix.."

[@gavinmallett9331]

I honestly see this album as the first album by each of the members as solo artists. Its just a case of other Beatles appearing on each others songs as musicians rather than them working start to finish as a foursome.

[@WilliamWiest1959]

exactly !

[@courtneywallace871]

My second favorite Beatles album behind Abbey Road. Played the shit out of it summer of ‘85 after graduating high school. Yes, there is no such thing as a bad Beatles song. IMHO, the only other band you can say that about is Zeppelin.

[@KCHanson100]

That 'Edge' you referred to? There's a bunch more hidden on this album.

[@russallert]

I like Happiness Is A Warm Gun, I get the humour, and I get all the different interpretations of it. Still, I also can't help getting a creepy feeling about it, thinking about how John died. No to mention Charlie Manson's numerous misinterpretations of White Album songs that led to his murder rampage.

[@robertsaul234]

The Beatles went to India to meditate and came back with a ton of songs. Lennon said he snorted Heroin because he hated needles, so I think "gun" is a sexual reference.

[@L33Reacts]

I said the same thing at first but eventually you give in and try it and then it's game over from there.

[@L33Reacts]

Needles, that is. Not John Lennon. 🤣

[@robertsaul234]

@@L33Reacts He said he "sniffed" in a 1970 in interview with Rolling Stone. He did a song in 1969 called Cold Turkey about his experience. Harrowing

[@darost]

(A minority interpretation of Happiness is abt shooting up... "I need a fix...downtown downtown to the buts that I left uptown: etc) John was a user at the Time...

[@OroborusFMA]

These two songs are a great illustration of how the Lennon/McCartney partnership was increasingly defunct. John's hooked on drugs, loves wordplay even if it makes sense only somewhat, is too lazy to finish songs so he stitches kibbles and bits together. Paul is sober, isn't terribly interested in words (a song about his dog), is focused and driven to polish even a mediocre song to a high polish. What keeps it in check is that they are still in the same band.

[@anarcovision]

George Martin was kind of a genius, but at this point, it's McCartney asking for the strings and metals, and arranging much of it (he sang or pianoed the parts to Martin)

[@headpeace1018]

Is there any other band that uses a Tuba as much as the Beatles.

[@phreffable]

This guy’s hair -1979s Phil Oakey.

[@chitownlee]

The White Album changed my life. It's an incredible journey, start to finish.

[@L33Reacts]

So far, so Beatles. So, it's excellent in almost every way 😆 still blows my mind that the most popular band of all time is actually AMAZING. The way the world works it usually is the opposite. They really are the exception to the rule.

[@chitownlee]

@@L33Reacts great music is timeless.

[@AP-gb3eh]

Remember they said it a million times they just wanted to make great music. The audience was always making shit up about their meanings. tremendous album

[@L33Reacts]

That's very true. Don't gotta dig that far into it. It's just great music 🎶

[@garyhamalainen1651]

The White Album was never one of my favorite but these are both great songs. I agree that George Martin may have been a genius....... he's part of the reason that the songs are always well constructed(like the midsection of Martha My Dear) And Happiness Is A Warm Gun is one of John's very best along with Dear Prudence which I'm sure you've heard. Carry On..... it's hard to go wrong reacting to a Beatles song : )

[@chris...9497]

There is recorded interview with George Martin where he says the Beatles came into the studio in 1962 knowing nothing about recording and he mentored them. By this point in their collaboration (post-touring, so by 1966) George Martin says he now felt like the student, with the Beatles in the lead.

[@garyhamalainen1651]

@@chris...9497 that makes absolutely perfect sense to me.....

[@jimholt1888]

I need a fix cause I'm going down ...Lee....you know.

[@L33Reacts]

Hahaha I sure do. 😅

[@splitimage137.]

The "harder edge" you are talking about in HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN corresponds with the harder drugs with this album... the "fix" he's talking about is heroin - a topic John would return to a year later with COLD TURKEY, a harrowing song about withdrawal... it worked, too... on me... I heard it as a kid and never wanted to do heroin... The "soft drugs," i.e. pot and psychedelics of 1966-1967 had quickly given way to the "hard drugs," meth (speed), heroin and cocaine. The shift happened right then in the Haight Ashbury too - and it's a shame.

[@lukashislop5890]

Heater skelter is coming

[@marcuspi999]

George Martin was only paid $25,000/year for most of the Beatles run. He asked for raises as the Beatles made EMI go from an insignificant little record label to a giant cash cow, largely because of him. He finally quit EMI and went independent and made millions as he now got a piece of the sales which cut into EMIs share of course. Always keep your best employees happy!

[@OneRaxy]

Please react to Beatles - "im so tired"

[@stevenspringer1599]

this album is 'acid-etched' into my dna...

[@P.Galore]

You will love " Dear Prudence" for the bass and minimalist production.

[@Buzz_Purr]

Dear Prudence, the Escher Demo recording in particular.

[@alanoliver5762]

minimalist production? it has strings!😂

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

@@alanoliver5762No, it doesn’t. It has multiple guitars, bass, drums, piano, flugelhorn.

[@annakermode6646]

another Lennon masterpiece

[@inmundo6927]

AND the drums

[@stlmopoet]

There was a point in my life where I was having a lot of court appearances. Was not a happy time, but it's almost 25 years ago.

[@stephenduffett8340]

George Martin was rightfully called the 5th Beatle

[@larryh.5229]

The entire White Album is fantastic 👍

[@kevtruth]

That run of albums they had between 1965-69 is just nuts. So damn good

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah it's scary how fucking good these guys were. And they were MAINSTREAM. I don't know how. But the biggest band of all time not only doesn't suck, they fucking ROCK 😅😅🤣

[@rogerhennie8939]

Add A hard day’s Night from 1964. A Perfect pop Record.

[@alrivers2297]

Beatles For Sale from 64 has some great tunes on it as well, minus the covers

[@sarahfullerton6894]

Two absolutely beautiful ballads from the early days are from the "Hard Day's Night" album, "If I Fell" & "And I Love Her".

[@dawnschneider187]

The White Album is my favorite from them! Great reaction!

[@mamared56]

I'm a 68 year old grandmother and I love hearing much younger people react to music from the sixties and seventies. You do a great job!! Keep doing what you do❣

[@StuartBiliack]

Winter of 1968. When this album was released, it was such an eclectic mix of styles and genres, from folk to psychedelic, it was revelatory. Could never get into Revolution #9, but other than that, every song is a gem in its own way. The Beatles were well into their experimental phase, leading into Abbey Road. Surprised that no one has reacted to Birthday, a great rocker anthem with absolutely meaningless lyrics other than celebrating a birthday, but so rousing! Also Julia, Lennon's gorgeous tribute to his mother whom he hardly knew. It is spellbinding.

[@garyhamalainen1651]

I would like you to dance(birthday) take a cha cha cha chance(birthday) you couldn't find any meaning in there? : )

[@charleswagner2984]

​@@garyhamalainen1651Yes took a cha cha cha chance on their fantastic fusion song Sound Chaser.

[@jackpearson1110]

Paul's endless beautiful melodies. Decades later, I find Martha My Dear to be one of the best. As far as the first song.....I love that too.. always have....forever.

[@stephenriggs8177]

It almost sounds like music for a tap dance recital, but I unapologetically adore this song.