Drummer reacts to "I Am The Walrus" by The Beatles

[@davelouis4004]

This isn’t the original recording , this is missing a lot !

[@mikaelzakrisson5514]

Yes, this mix sounds kind of strange.

[@fjpapp7952]

@@mikaelzakrisson5514 Sounds like somebody playing it on cassette through a megaphone picked up by a cheap mic in their basement. Terrible. I wish people would stop butchering these songs

[@GeoffCB]

Maybe it's from the film's soundtrack?

[@lowerfreq2873]

Spot on... this version is kinda weak ;( Plz do the original if you can sneak it through the youtube censors...

[@clayanthony7989]

This is the movie version of the song. The Beatles added more insane goodies to the song after the simpler version got locked into the soundtrack. The version on the MMT album and the single release contain the crazy background vocals from the 'Mike Sams Singers' (arranged by George Martin) and it is this version that you need to hear... don't miss out! The Shakespear dialog on the fade out was recorded live off the radio at the time of mixing and could not be duplicated with a second take! Shows you how magical & lucky The Beatles were. Also, you mentioned you have heard 'Goo Goo Ga Joob' somewhere before. You actually heard it last week without knowing the original source; "Goo Goo Ga Joob, Mrs. Robinson'. Paul Simon included the phrase as a nod to The Beatles as 'Walrus' was in the charts when Paul Simon was writing his song! Small world, eh?

[@JaySpangler]

This is not the official audio. Somehow you have a link to a much inferior version… produced very sloppily… not at all the same experience as their original recording. In fact, whoever tried to “reproduce” this ruined it enough to make it crap in my opinion.

[@jonathanroberts8981]

Maybe just one of the sides? Backing vocals and other instruments are missing.

[@pvank1799]

They cut the outro and the mix is strange. Not your fault. You never know what you're getting anymore.

[@Y-two-K]

The Beatles needs to upload the music video because people see this one (the uploader even put "official video" ugh) and every reaction channel reacts to this version of the song. So annoying.

[@RobertERensch]

Maybe the poor Giles Martin mess from the new “Blue Album”…

[@debjorgo]

@@RobertERensch Yeah. This isn't the alt version that's been around for a while. This is Giles version. I wanted the first good mix for this song from Giles but it's the one song he decided to get daring on.

[@braudabo]

Wrong track. People fall for it all the time. This is a take of the song in combination with the scenes from the film. But it's not the official version of the song. The original is longer and contains more song gimmicks.

[@BaccarWozat]

And sounds much better. Then there's the recent remix of the song which adds some new stuff but subtracts some as well. It's a musical minefield trying to get the right one to listen to it for the first time.

[@MichaelEBrown-wo4zb]

This sounds like a demo version. This isn't the version that appears on the Magical Mystery Tour album.

[@timbriere2325]

Not even the Beatles.

[@jhaduvala]

@@timbriere2325 Check your ears.

[@kierstenridgway4634]

I don't care what the haters say. I love this video! The visuals are super cool. We are lucky to have this. What a gift!❤️❤️❤️✌️

[@youtoo2233]

Unfortunately NOT the original audio of the song

[@Eric_Dokhan]

Strange sonic version of this song on your video. The real sound is far much rich and deeper

[@HT-io1eg]

From ‘she loves you yeah yeah yeah’ to this in 4 or 5 years. They moved at light speed

[@ccollins2890]

Drugs are a hell of a drug.

[@TheReaperMan275]

"Let the fuckers figure that one out." -- John Lennon, on the lyrics for "I Am the Walrus".

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Stupid song

[@waynebenedict5785]

Todays music listeners don't really appreciate how impactful The Beatles were in the 60's, sad really.

[@ezclappoggers]

yeah I feel you there I'm 21 and don't know anyone else who loves the beatles like me. I'm British as well! also thought you'd find it funny that my name is Jude.

[@waynebenedict5785]

@@ezclappoggers Hey, Jude! I grew up in the 60's so I got to hear The Beatles when they were new and have never stopped loving their music. I say often to my music friends that there are only two bands in all the years I have listened to different genres of music that I like all their songs, they are The Beatles and Band-Maid, although I might have to add The Warning to that list as their catalog gets bigger!

[@jessicalee7119]

I can totally understand why they don't ~ ~ they weren't there, like we were, to Live in it. I'm thrilled that some of the younger generation is open to listening to them and learning about their music and the history of the 1960's. Thank goodness for reactors, like Lee, that provide the path for younger people to travel down ~

[@scottgoehlert6052]

Where did you get this version...re listen to an album version from the pre 2024 remix..although it is good earlier mixes are better ..in my opinion..especially the latter half of the song..listen closely..you hear a radio play of king lear...

[@scottgoehlert6052]

Hello goodbye does have a video

[@G-MAN1958]

It's definitely not the original album release, but any version of a Beatles' song is worthy! ☮

[@fineasfogg1461]

It was a person who said on a social media about how John Lennon wrote the most beautiful words for all the songs that he ever wrote, and she was just so enthralled with him. But we also know John Lennon wrote “yellow matter custard dripping, from a dead dog’s eye ‘ … So there’s that.😂 I love these guys so much since I was a teeny bopper, watching them on Ed Sullivan, and listening to their music on the radio, and getting records when I could. I lived in the barrio, so we didn’t get much. At that time I had as many 45s as I could get, many of those singles were not even on albums. I have not enjoyed a reactor as much as I have enjoyed you. Thank you so much.

[@heartoftherose]

The real version will shock you, after this. Try 2003 or the 2009 remaster (not remixed) from a streaming service.

[@grahamthompson2594]

The first worldwide international TV broadcast was The Beatles and friends singing All You Need Is Love. Amazing historical moment.

[@kimberlyturk3915]

That was from the movie, Magical Mystery Tour. I like the chant, smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot.

[@leighloutreedore8926]

NO they DO NOT!!! It's everyone has got one!!!

[@mikeloomis687]

Yes! You are absolutely right without directly saying they were ahed of their time. Thus, their influence into rock music and pop culture. Hearing John sing brings me sadness once again.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

IMHO arguably Walrus is their greatest artistic achievement.

[@tmountain1]

Only matched with Tomorrow Never Knows.

[@fattypneumonia]

A Day in the Life imo

[@slavaukraini404]

I won't argue, but it's Strawberry Fields for me, if I had to pick one.

[@psychedelicpiper999]

“Revolution 9” imho

[@frglee]

'The Magical Mystery Tour' is a 52 minute long film about a surreal bus tour featuring the music of the Beatles and was first shown on national British television late in the afternoon on Boxing Day (26th December)1967. My family all watched it together on the black and white telly (all there was then). As a 13 year old lad who loved the Beatles I was quite captivated. The adults less so, my father muttering 'load of rubbish' at regular intervals! Newspaper critics were fairly cruel too.

[@TheCornishCockney]

Don't try to make sense of the vid,it was the 60’s and they were tripping,but it made perfect sense to us who were youngsters on this release. What an era.

[@digdew]

My second favourite Beatles song, it’s so trippy and random but somehow coherent in composition it’s completely bizarre

[@larryh.5229]

🎶🎶🎶🎶Smoke pot smoke pot everybody smoke pot... Smoke pot smoke pot, everybody smoke pot 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ianlaker9161]

It's so out there yet so mainstream. It sure as hell wasn't mainstream at the time.

[@ccollins2890]

It sounds mainstream to "today's ears" because of the Beatles's lasting influence on so much of the mainstream music that came after. What's familiar in the present was groundbreaking when originally made.

[@psychedelicpiper999]

This definitely wouldn’t be considered mainstream in today’s landscape. MGMT made a song in this vein called “Alien Days”, yet most critics trashed it, because it sounded nothing like their hits. That was 2013, and nothing much has changed since then in terms of acceptance. The Beatles get a pass for their reputation, because they can do no wrong in most people’s eyes. (Which they’re right, The Beatles essentially have a perfect catalogue.) But I’ve also noticed a lot of those same people recoil when you point them to experimental psychedelic music from other artists.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

If I had to pick ONLY FOUR Beatles' songs: "I AM THE WALRUS" "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS," "STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER," and "A DAY IN THE LIFE".... They're all Lennon compositions (which tells you which way I lean)... but I also adore McCartney and Harrison songs, too. ...and yeah... Ringo, was a fantastic drummer and PERFECT for them. What an incredible band that actually lived up to the hype.

[@betsyab121]

Those are good picks! But, I might sneak I'm Only Sleeping and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in there!❤

[@MIKA3056]

As Everyone is saying this is not the original album Track ...... This version is second rate, compared to The Original. Even if you don't react to the original .... You do need have a listen ..... .... I really dig your reactions Cheers mate 😎

[@timr3563]

Magical Mystery Tour, first album I bought with my own money when I was 14. I can still sing along and not miss a word. Love the lyrics to this one.

[@audiofile8833]

The evolution of the music of the Beatles is an astonishing thing.

[@BroadwayJosh]

Awright! Magical Mystery Tour! My favorite Beatle album. Every song is a classic. Listen to the whole album man... you will not be disappointed.

[@berniecosta348]

There's so much in this song that you couldn't hear because of the mix. It was panned to one side and the Beatles were known for separating elements strictly to the left or right channel. Go back sometime and listen to the correct version and I'm sure you'll love it.

[@L33Reacts]

I already listened to it this morning after yall so graciously recommended and yes it is almost totally different lol

[@gillwaugh7212]

Hmmm yes this isn’t the version I know and love… where are all the “Whoooooo!”s in the chorus? Anyway nice words as usual Lee, so sad to hear about Mike Pinder. X

[@Hernal03]

NOT the original version (sounds close but it's off) --- do yourself a favor and listen to the official version off of the Magical Mystery Tour album. It is a strange and wondrous song --- this is not the studio version.

[@RobertRich-y6d]

Beatles ahead of their time still the greatest

[@blitztim6416]

Paul Simon added ‘Coo Coo Cachoo’ to Mrs. Robinson. You may have heard it there. That track was missing some things or mixed weird. I thought it was just me. But others noticed it also.

[@barryderby]

Wow! One of my favourite Beatles songs from my favourite Beatles albums! When it first came out, London was a place of technicolor wonders. Hippies were everywhere, dressed like ceremonial tribesmen in crushed velvet pants, tie-dyed or Indian shirts, beads, the works. We shopped at Kensington Market - a huge department store which had been taken over by dozens of small Hippie businesses. We had the International Times and Ink, our own newspapers, and Oz magazine. British psychedelia was in full swing, and the music told us we were changing the world! This song, and the whole Magical Mystery Tour album, takes me right back to those amazing days! I'm looking forward to your reaction!

[@heartoftherose]

Andy Edwards just ranked MMT #2 Beatles album yesterday on his channel, behind Abbey Road, but ahead of Sgt. Pepper.

[@barryderby]

​@@heartoftheroseI agree. Mind you, I'm prejudiced. I just love British psychedelia - so different from American. The only records of that genre to come close to it are Odgen's Nut Gone Flake by the Small Faces, and S.F. Sorrow by the Pretty Things. But they are both concept albums and need to be taken as a whole, whereas MMT is a collection of brilliant stand-alone songs.

[@psychedelicpiper999]

@@barryderby”The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” is #1 to me. Syd Barrett was a phenomenon. “Piper” smack dab captured the British psych pop music of the time, along with the sound of heavier bands like Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Yardbirds, together with the freak-out nature of Soft Machine and AMM. A smorgasbord of every corner of psychedelic music at the time. I wasn’t there, I’m a millennial, but I’m certainly obsessed with the music for the past 15 years now.

[@barryderby]

​@@psychedelicpiper999I agree with you about Piper, but Floyd created their own genre! Their two successful singles from that era - Arnold Layne and See Emily Play were much more typical. Generally British psychedelia was playful, childlike and wistfully nostalgic. Probably Odgen's Nut Gone Flake album by the Small Faces was the best example of this. Even fashions looked back. I remember wearing a Victorian frock coat, and we bought Victorian jewellery from Portobello Market. It was an amazing time to be young and carefree, living in London!

[@JB-Deadskins]

John's fuck you to those that overanalyzed their songs.

[@L33Reacts]

Love it. I love the fuck you energy lol

[@ezclappoggers]

@@L33Reacts people still overanalysed this song later on. led to people thinking Paul died and was replaced.

[@JB-Deadskins]

@@L33Reacts a video about how and why he wrote it kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ7cppyIoq-bipIsi=xfRDyPyIs30zxoCz

[@jellyrollnorton]

@@ezclappoggersTotally forgot about that. I could hear "Bury my body" a bit more clearly in this video version. (Or maybe it’s the much better earphones than I had in the day :-)

[@Cheryworld]

Koo-Koo-Ka-Chooo. the key to the meaning of all things

[@WendyDarling1974]

Never noticed before how well this song AND video fits in with the whole vibe and style of Yellow Submarine.

[@AlexWalshMusic]

You’ve got to do this one again with the right track.

[@Bluewizard7131]

This is actually one of the alternate versions released in the 80's. Check out the original studio recording.

[@fastcakes]

There IS a video to Hello Goodbye

[@shiannesmith6877]

I love these guys so much❤ so much fun ❤😊

[@briankaufman7293]

I love your “WTF!”s … hilarious!

[@jamescostigan3721]

The sound mix sounds a little off on this, unless it's my speakers. You can't hear a lot of the orchestration or background vocals.

[@laurateall8847]

This is not the original song. It's dubbed or messed with but John's voice is messed as well as all the music. Sorry this happened to you.

[@kovie9162]

And yes, you are absolutely having the correct reaction to the song, lyrics and video, even though they're not the original versions. It was meant to elicit WTF reactions. John Lennon really got off on doing that to people. Of course being based on a Lewis Carroll work, it was bound to be weird yet delightful. In an era where music takes itself so seriously, we need more of these kinds of songs.

[@RichardSchaefer-zx9ig]

This isn't the sound I remember from the LP/single in the '60s. Check out original. Also worth a listen is Oasis version from Live @ Kenworth. Incredible live arrangement, didn't think k it'd be possible but they kill it

[@DerekArmsden]

When I was doing English in high school in the 70's, we were doing Shakespeare and after reading some of King Lear the teacher asked if the passage we'd just read reminded them of anything. "It's the talking bit on I Am The Walrus!", I said. "Yes!" he exclaimed. I was the first student he'd ever had who answered that correctly. This is my favourite song ever.

[@chris...9497]

Another one for you: The harpsichord bridge in "In My Life"...is straight out of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. Check 1:38 of this version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYqxoGt8a9CfasU

[@mattleppard1970]

My obsession with this track began at age 13 when I first heard it. A massive song and one of my absolute favorites of all time ❤

[@ptolemyauletesxii8642]

So... you're obsessed with this song...but somehow didn't notice that this isn't the original version?

[@mattleppard1970]

@@ptolemyauletesxii8642 Of course I did: as soon as I joined the premiere/live chat and watched it. What point are you trying to make? That comment went up before the reaction was even shown.

[@tigerpinky]

Magical Mystery Tour was a real freaky film. Fun song with nutty lyrics.

[@L33Reacts]

I'll have to go and watch it. If this is any inclination of the full film, I bet my sanity will be tested lol

[@tigerpinky]

@@L33Reacts I will not be liable for nightmares!

[@charleswagner2984]

​@@L33ReactsThis might be helpful in giving some context to those crazy lyrics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ7cppyIoq-bipIsi=6lbPXfroM2shk9CP

[@bluesrock1]

It was the beginnings of Psychedelic Rock, The Summer of Love in 1967. They had stopped touring by this time, and concentrated on exploring what they could do in the studio.

[@robertashton1853]

About 10 years ago I bought the I Am The Walrus CD single. I would play it every day in my car and try to hear something new in it each time.Only then did I fully appreciate what a genius drummer Ringo Starr was. The other Beatles said to him, we have no guidelines to tell you how to drum on this track, do what you think fits the song the best. And he did just that. Every man you mentioned who worked on this song, including the 2 Moody Blues members, were musical geniuses in one way or another.

[@lukedub9670]

Thank you for reacting to this song. I really enjoyed your take on this masterwork. And I do love seeing a reaction that gives kudos to Ringo Starr and his unique style that is integral to what makes the Beatles sound like the Beatles... it just cannot be overstated. Also, you were very perceptive in describing his style as being structured 'backwards'. Ringo is a left hander playing a right handed kit set up, giving him his signature rolls across the toms. It's interesting to consider that also means that half the Fab Four were left handed (Paul and Ringo) and that also means that all the living Beatles are left handed. thanks again for the react

[@steevenfrost]

That line"Yellow Matter Custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" was a playground chant in Liverpool at the time. Though our version was yella belly custard green snot pie. The "Egg Man was an actual person they met.

[@erickvermeulen9734]

I used to hear Yellow Mustard Custard and that sounded gross

[@Jimi-DV]

Reminds me of reading it in Raymond Briggs' "Fungus the Bogeyman": Scab and matter custard, Snot and bogey pie, Dead dog's giblets, Green cat's eye. Spread it on bread, Spread it on thick, Wash it all down. With a cup of cold sick. Got in trouble for reading this out in school as a young man in a lesson we were meant to bring in and read a poem for.

[@steevenfrost]

@@Jimi-DV thanks for that. I hadn't known that. It's great. the playground rhyme went on as follows...all mixed together in a dead dog's eye. Kids chants were sometimes shocking to adults!

[@rodglasgow1643]

On its release, everyone said, "Wow," then "WTF?, then "Wow."

[@clueingforbeggs]

I'm surprised that you couldn't find the Hello Goodbye music video.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

yeah its strange how reactors find the bad fan made videos of other people but not the officials that pop up at first when I google it

[@grahamharley4895]

They blitzed the music scene for ...........ever! So much development in 10 years.

[@stevestrickland934]

Both of my sons born a couple of decades apart reconize Ringo as groove master.

[@Ferretbomber]

"So you guys are done messing around, huh?" - Bob Dylan

[@jimholt1888]

Lee...I'm enjoying your reactions. I appreciate your honesty and insight. You get it, and are getting in. You've still got a lot of learning ahead of you, especially in regard to psychedelia and "the game." ✌️😉 I'm a 54 year old English teacher who still feels 17 in his soul....my trip started with The Beatles "all those years ago." I look forward to watching you take the journey.

[@brotherbob3569]

Spooky Tooth did an outstanding version of this on their 1970 album The Last Puff.

[@JosephCampos-g9j]

The Beatles are everything 😊

[@LVVMCMLV]

This song always took me on a trip when I was lit...

[@lsbill27]

In the 60s they didn't have writers and directors for music videos. They just had the band and a camera crew show up and do goofy things.

[@Russ-gy7tx]

It kept them up at night, lol. This was the "Promo Video" for the Magical Mystery Tour movie and is missing multiple layers of the final recording.

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah I went and listened to the real version this morning and this is a cheap imitation of it lol but the video was fun to see.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

its not even the official video for it, some parts are cut out

[@chitownlee]

Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder were both in The Moody Blues.

[@tdgallagher218]

You are correct about the 'you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down' line. As you probably know, with George Martin being the elder gentleman in the studio and being more conservative, the group regarded him as the schoolmaster. I've read that when Lennon played a demo of the song, Martin turned to one of his assistants and asked, "did he just say what I think he said?"

[@Manni59]

When I was around ten years old, I heard the song for the first time and it was the first song that totally blew me away. It was my favorite song for a long time ("Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin replaced it). Nobody, absolutely NO ONE around me could understand my love for this song. But what other band of the Beatles' fame at the time could afford to record such a freaky song without losing their status? No one!

[@allengator1914]

This isn't a music video. It's clips from their "Magical Mystery Tour" made for British TV movie.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

yes but not the official one, because a random guy posted it he had to put some outtakes in for copyright reasons.

[@larryweekley1796]

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come........yeah, we've all done that ...

[@clueingforbeggs]

6:07 It's been quoted a few times by people, and if you're thinking of a song tou've heard it in, you might be thinking of the similar sounding 'coo coo ca choo' from Simon and Garfunkle's Mrs Robinson.

[@JettRink-b8k]

I sign my name... Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come.

[@georgeperkins4171]

It’s great no matter what the nitpickers say. It’s the Beatles!

[@jamescostigan3721]

When John wrote this, he told his friend, Pete Shotton, "Let the f***ers work that one out, Pete!"

[@BaccarWozat]

Good old Lotton and Shennon.

[@robertspitz9832]

No one but the Beatles could have done this!

[@sueprator9314]

Totally!!!

[@nordvegfigg7746]

This is my all-time favourite Beatles song. There was nothing like it before and there's been nothing like it since. It stands alone and defies description. That middle eight transition (Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun...) is just brilliant. A complete tangent from the rest of the song, but it works beautifully. The most surreal song I've ever heard. I was 11 years old when the MMT album came out, and was immediately entranced by Walrus, and have been ever since. I want it played at my funeral (not kidding, it's written into my will). Because everyone who has ever known me knows I love this song.

[@waynemoon5359]

Ringo has said he only plays what he feels to fit their songs.

[@daseguin]

There is DEFINITELY a video of Hello Goodbye, from the same movie.

[@christinemoore4478]

Great reaction . JL was a genius

[@mikeeckel2807]

I've always heard the part that includes "...pretty little policemen sitting in a row" was from George Harrison and the part "Yellow-mattered custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" was suggested by Donovan.

[@heartoftherose]

Version matters here, although perhaps less to first-time listener (or would it be more?). Anyway, this is my most listened-to Beatles song - I never tire of it.

[@patriciahunt9818]

John definitely was tripping when he thought this one up. The lyrics are mad lol

[@seancoleman5021]

My father was given a lot of early Beatles singles at the end of the 60s and this was the most satisfying musically. In their top 3 or 4. I pay little attemtion t lyrics.

[@spreet65]

Yep, not the official audio nor is it very good. It is John's vocals but backing vocals are missing. It's either an earlier take or someone's mash up. There is a 2023 Remaster of it also.

[@AndrewMcgill-j5c]

Ringo has such an unusual drumming style

[@poptart4260]

Lee , you know more about this band more than your letting on , give !!

[@waltercrain2910]

i consider the beatles "foundational" music. everyone should know them to make sense of what comes after. my 27 yr old daughter is into the beatles, thank you very much... and, she loves gardening. naturally she calls it her "octopus garden". she grows strawberry (fields), (glass) onion, (sgt.) pepper, etc... some "kids" are gettin' it.

[@efebrahim]

u got it man, about being so out there and yet so mainstream. dead on

[@L33Reacts]

They are an anomaly amongst anomalies! Such a special group that reached so many

[@pauljohnstone180]

This was a re-do for their unsuccessful movie, Magical Mystery Tour. Please check out the studio version. All the best background sounds have been left out of this version. ☺

[@doplinger1]

L33, you really gotta explore the Rutles too! 😆😆😆

[@jeffmartin1026]

Cheese and Onions

[@robbyrob0723]

Not the original recording

[@fineasfogg1461]

Oh yeah, they were actually sitting in an English garden when the sun came up most were tripping on acid. Yeah, John wrote a lot of stuff when he was high. George actually wanted to write music and do music well without drugs and that’s why he went to India to study transcendental meditation. Oh my God, I still love these guys so much after 60 years

[@groundscoresteve4964]

A dozen 'Eggmen'!

[@waynemoon5359]

Note the Rickenbacker bass Paul was using instead of his trademark Hofner.

[@jackadesman7143]

I highly recommend the US Mono 45!!!! To me, it’s my go to version because it has the extra bar after “I’m Crying “!!!

[@lesliespears8918]

Yes!!! RIP Pinder say HEY to Jim W.

[@jaylevy2108]

My favorite color is auburn... I recommend off the white album... Everybody got Something to Hide and off Let It Be- Across the Universe - The latter tune has arguably Lennon's best poetry and the first one Rocks...

[@Richard2003]

Hello Goodbye has a video. A good one!

[@pvank1799]

Now and Then took a lot from that video.

[@clayanthony7989]

There are 3 versions of the 'Hello Goodbye' video; #1 in the Sgt. Pepper outfits, #2 in street clothes and #3 where they are dancing wildly around the stage. #3 is the best by far and the portions used in the 'Now and Then' video (especially of John) are from this third video. It's available on the extended 'Beatles 1' collection on DVD.

[@FredGarnett]

Jeff Lynne couldn't believe The Beatles had created this unique sound, driven by strings, just for one song and so created the Electric Light Orchestra with to take the sound of this one song forward; ending up working with The Threatles themselves. Oasis were signed by ALan McGee because they did a great live version of this very song. Check their wondeful live version on the BBC music show Later... with Jools Holland. The lyrics are very layered, for example Semolina Pilchard is a typical Lennon "In His Own Write" pun about Sgt Norman Pilcher of the Met Police who had decide to make his name by arresting pop stars. As usual I think the opening line is both wonderful and meaningful. "I am he, as you are me, and we are all together" McCartney thinks you cannot criticise Magical Mystery Tour the film because it contains I Am The Walrus... Thanks for the review, take care of your daughters ;)

[@thescrewfly]

Everyone likes to forget that Roy Wood was the original motivating force behind ELO, probably because he bailed early on, essentially after one single. The Move (including Wood and Bev Bevan) split up mainly because Roy wanted a band that could play George Martin-style arrangements live. I'm not saying Jeff Lynne was not the pivot and mainstay of the band in the long run, but Roy Wood was also a major talent as a songwriter, arranger, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

[@FredGarnett]

@@thescrewfly yep totally true about Roy Wood as you can see I typed "created the Electric Light Orchestra with..." and then Roy Wood out. I saw Jeff Lynne in The Idle Race in 1968 and they weren't as special as The Move. I bought the ELO first album having been knocked out by 10538 Orchestra. Roy Wood was perhaps too multi-talented and willing to try multiple formats, whereas Lynne was more driven and out for success. I always loved their California Man performance on Top of The Pops, produced at the same time as recording that first ELO album kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXPbi4Fto6-Ae9E

[@lauraallen55]

*'I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together' *10538 Overture

[@PeterGaunt]

The movie was made by the BBC as a series of songs linked together by people on a 'Magical Mystery Tour' in a coach. It was first shown in black and white the day after Xmas 1967 at prime time on the BBC's main channel - yeh The Beatles were REALLY big at the time. It was shown again on the only colour channel available 12 days later. The audio is a remix from the master tapes. I prefer the original mix. Also in 1967 there were enough communications satellites up to do a round the world TV broadcast ('Our World'). The UK contribution to this was The Beatles recording another song from the album, All You Need Is Love.

[@dawntucker5052]

Amazing video lee❤ you really get them

[@johnbyrnes7912]

One of my favourites this! Well Lee John read that teachers were analysing with their school students Beatles songs so John wickedly came up with this. A perverse whimsy, nice one Winston! 🤡🥕😹

[@lauraallen55]

I believe he'd read about a specific teacher who had been one of his teachers before was doing this; a teacher who John was in trouble with more often than not that put him over the top!

[@johnbyrnes7912]

​@@lauraallen55thanks Laura I did not know that ! 😹

[@lauraallen55]

Never know what you read is true or not, but remembering more now, it seems that a current student wrote to John and told him about it lol!@@johnbyrnes7912

[@sourisvoleur4854]

"The Walrus was Paul" - John, from the song "Glass Onion" from the White Album.