Drummer reacts to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" & "Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles

Thank you SO MUCH to our patron Clay for sending me the "butcher cover" of "Yesterday and Today" you are the best my man. And thank you for these awesome looks into Beatlemania. Those girls were legit in a state of religious fervor... no wonder they stopped touring. But, while they did, they were on top of the world. And they never left until they were ready.
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[@genecase9464]

You have NO idea. They really did change EVERYTHING!

[@jimmoore8951]

The world, at least the music world, would never be the same

[@margarettaylor8107]

​@@jimmoore8951Elvis changed everything.Lenon said that before Elvis, there was nothing.McCartney said the Beatles bought a guitar because of Elvis. He said Elvis was the reason they created a band.Sure, they were popular, but they originated nothing, but Elvis was more popular.Today, Elvis has the most visited home in the US, behind the White House.He, not the Beatles won Entertainer of the 20th Century.Elvis was so popular that more people saw the first live satellite, his concert, than the moon landing, for about 1.2 billion from the then population of 3.5 billion in forty countries.The Beatles did one, not live, and in contrast, seen by 200 million.Nobody has repeated Elvis' success.Elvis was so popular that the US government even today credits Elvis with ending the polio epidemic.So popular that both political parties wanted Elvis as their VP candidate. Elvis has sold by himself, and not in a foursome, over 4 billion records worldwide, according to Sony Also the Beatles popularized illegal drugs, they sang under the influence, were heroes to the hippies.They are responsible for the sloppy dress youth took up into adulthood.If you watch their interviews, you can see how arrogant they are, no humility whatsoever.Their music lives on, mostly among the woke generation.Not one is considered to have an amazing voice, good, yes, not unique.Paul even had to have his voice overdubbed because he missed the notes.Elvis was the complete entertainer, the highest paid actor if his time..33 movies.He still lives in his movies.Sang 4.2 octaves, all three bass, tenor, baritone, viice like butter, 50 different singing voices, produced his iwn songs, play every major instrument, had a photographic memory.Johnny Cash amomg multitudes said Elvis was the greatest entertainer and rhythm guitar player he ever saw.Yes, he saw the Beatles.George Harrison loved Elvis playing the rhythm guitar. Glad you like the Beatles but you should know what really happened and who is unique and original, who almost every singer wants to be according to Barry Gibbs, who the Beatles wanted to be like.When they first saw Elvis, they were almost in a stupor, sat on Elvis' floor at his knees, and stared in awe.Elvis liked some of their music, but he had a much more talented, unique band.

[@johnnyfrederick01]

You gotta understand, nobody had seen hair like that. The British accents. The chord changes. All were revolutionary. Plus in the US John Kennedy had been killed the end of November 1963 and the country was in a BIG depression. Then the Beatles arrive (at JFK 😮) barely 2 months later (February 7, 1964) and we needed them !! A breath of fresh fresh fresh air on the airwaves and in our living rooms. It marked the end of the ‘50’s and the beginning of a new age. Little wonder people went all hysterical…..

[@L33Reacts]

that makes total sense, johnny. thank you for the historical and cultural context. it always help me with ACTUALLY understanding what i'm listening to, past the music. The climate of the times it was created ALWAYS matters. In ways we don't even understand, probably.

[@robabiera733]

They knew how to work that hair, too! There are clips of performances where Paul and George would flip their hair while they're playing and the girls would scream every time!

[@mikefannon6994]

The Beatles in February 1964 gave us a reason to smile again after JFK assassination. I was 12, all the boys I knew wore crew cuts, that Monday hair began to grow. They changed the world in so many ways!

[@stevedahlberg8680]

​@robabiera733 Yes, they would shake their heads and their hair in unison when they did the high falsetto yells, lol. To me, it's almost a very early precursor to when guitar players in metal bands would sometimes headbang in unison and whip their long hair around in circles and then reverse direction and so forth.

[@AirDOGGe]

The first mop tops.

[@johnniekight1879]

The Beatles lifted us out of the sadness of JFK's death. Perfect timing.

[@L33Reacts]

another comment mentioned that as well. i didn't put two and two together until now but that makes total sense.

[@mapegatkinson92]

I am 74 yr old woman. I was 14 then. My whole life was the Beatles. Absolutely NOTHING else mattered. Great memories.

[@johndavids4780]

I am 75. I get it.

[@GinMae]

Thanks! I'm just a bit younger.. my older step-sister introduced me to the Beatles when I about 9 yrs old.. love them!

[@gold98gtp]

I'm 69, still remember watching their Ed Sullivan debut.

[@TheCornishCockney]

I’m 70 and an old fella from London,the impact these boys had on us in Britain cannot be put into words. Changed absolutely everything.

[@MsAppassionata]

I completely understand. I’m 72.

[@toot0913]

It’s called Beatlemania. Nothing like them before. Brand new everything. An awakening. I was 7 when I saw them on Ed Sullivan for the first time. Life changing.

[@dalemcmillan7231]

I was 8 years old and watched the Beatles in 1964 on Ed Sullivan. The next day everybody at school was talking about it, including the teachers ❤

[@angelakelly4763]

This was called “Beatlemania”. Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965 at 8pm, the cost was $5.65. I still have my ticket stub.

[@woverby1963]

How wonderful that must have been! Keep that stub forever its a treasure in my book!

[@davidporter3469]

That’s about 56 dollars in 2024

[@wendyryder2708]

WOW! Can I go back in the Way Back Machine to that concert in 1965? Absolutely PHENOMENAL!

[@johncrookston6111]

February 9 1964 My 10th birthday Grew my hair long taught myself to play guitar Gotta gig this Saturday A lot of Beatles covers I'm getting old!

[@johndavids4780]

I brought a set of drums. Grew out my hair, brought Beatle style boots and started mu career in music, They saved me from some dingy factory somewhere. Feb. 9th is my birthday and they remain my best present.

[@wendyryder2708]

Aren’t we all? lol!

[@AlBarzUK]

Good luck with the gig Saturday! ✌️

[@johncrookston6111]

@@AlBarzUK thanks brother Canton Ohio Stop over

[@MaxWindshear]

That's almost my story too but no gig Saturday. I gotta mow the lawn 😕

[@heartoftherose]

If you haven't seen A Hard Day's Night - watch it, it has the Beatles magic! You will see what we saw.

[@olmanrock5381]

I was at their last concert at Candlestick Park in SF. I was 11 years old.

[@StevenW1958]

This was from February 9, 1964 airing of The Ed Sullivan Show at 8pm. I was 4 years old and in kindergarten and living in East New York, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Both my older sister and I would sing I Want To Hold You Hand all the time. My entire family waited with much anticipation to see The Beatles live and singing our favorite songs. What a time to grow up in, the late ‘50’s and ‘60’s. The Beatles sang “Eight Days a Week” at Shea Stadium, located in Flushing, NY, borough of Queens. This was the home of the New York Mets baseball team, and the New York Jets football team.

[@alpetrocelli4465]

The February 9, 1964 show was a milestone in my life, marking the beginning of what would become my lifelong love of music. And this performance still gives me chills. ✌️❤️🎶

[@patticrichton1135]

The Beatles also changed and altered OUR lives too, Lee, those of us, like me, who lived through that from the beginning (I was 16/17 in 1964)

[@bentighe4811]

They called it Mania for a reason.

[@Linda-y9h]

I remember watching them on Ed. A very vivid memory. I was 10. Instantly fell in love. ❤😊

[@RandyHall324]

I was 5. The whole family watched, and it's among my earliest memories - not even sure if I really understood what was going on, but the reactions alone clued me in to something special happening.

[@nthdegree1269]

The Beatles brought joy and happiness to many. Their early music was an expression of that. They came right at the right time, and they were phenomenal songwriters, able to meet the crazy demand of hits and songs on time. Younger people have no idea on how big they were. They were not just a pop/rock band, they were in fact a pop culture phenomenon. Remember, singles (45's) were the rave back then, and they sold approx 1.6 billion singles in the US alone! Their first Ed Sullivan show had a tv audience of over 70 million. People were constantly talking about them non stop and they were evolving rapidly. The echo of all of this is still reverberating to our time.

[@damonhines8187]

Incredible, isn't it? Astonishing. Watched in England from '62 to '64 when we came to Toronto a couple months after the Sullivan Show blew North America's doors off.

[@barbarjinx3802]

Not even 2 years, only 18 months between performances. But yes they dragged us into the color and modern age. It’s only 2 years after Shea that they did the first global satellite performance, representing England, singing ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.

[@GJRight]

If Rock and Roll were the Universe then the Beatles were the Big Bang. - Bono

[@AirDOGGe]

I wanna hold your hand is the first Beatles song I heard as a kid in the 1960s. It defines them for me. This is where it all began for me, the whole music world.

[@robertstoner8244]

I was 4 when they were on ed Sullivan. My older sister was 14 she turned me on to the Beatles. Love all of them

[@astroteech]

I was 6 years old when this came out. I also have a steam removed version of the original album cover of "Yesterday and Today". It will never be for sale. I'm a life long Beatles fan. Elvis was a poser, but he was the original poser (never wrote a song of his own). My wife who is 5 years older than me is a die hard Elvis fan, while I am a Beatles fan. The Beatles were the first rock supergroup, though their early work depended heavily on American black blues, which was the case for the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Animals, etc. But the Beatles pointed the way for a new generation of rock artists, writing their own music. Lennon and McCartney might be the most prolific song writing duo of all time. I was there for and loved the musical revolution of the 60s, 70's, 80's, 90's, and early 2000's, but the Beatles will always stand alone in my mind and experience. I was raised by a jazz musician mother (piano) and have dabbled with or learned to play 8 different instruments, from trumpet to bass and drums.

[@panktendeez5548]

"Dragged the world out of black and white and into color...". Well said.

[@stephenclarke4675]

We will never see anything like this again.

[@501625abc]

Keep in mind that there were no stage monitors back then. They harmonized without hearing what each other were singing. The din of the screaming drowned everything out. As a band, their playing was amazingly tight again without stage monitors. Their Hamburg shows in the Reeperbahn was their training grounds.

[@Russ-gy7tx]

We watched their Ed Sullivan debut, and they amazed the world from then on. They held the top 5 spots to number One, I don’t believe any band has done since.

[@johnnyfrederick01]

Yes! 5 songs in the Top 5 April 4, 1964

[@dannygriffith6185]

@@johnnyfrederick01 ...and 14(!!!) in the Billboard top 100 at the same time! Amazing!

[@Fuphyter]

I remember that too. My older sister was a fan. I was born in 57. More into the Stones in my teens but no one beats The Beatles.

[@binxbolling]

The second video showed the first stadium rock concert ever.

[@TangoEliott]

I saw the Beatles the following year, Aug 23, 1966, at Shea Stadium, their final year of touring. My friend and I had press box seats due to my father's work connection at Shea. Nothing fancy, literally their laundry! Anyway, in 1966 I had turned 14. My friend and I swore we were going to listen to the music. No crying, no screaming, just listen and learn. I had binoculars with me. When the Beatles came out of the 3rd base dugout I heard a roar, a sound I can only equate to a jet engine. So loud. I turned to my friend and saw tears falling down her face, her mouth opened wide. Apparently she saw the same thing when she turned to me. It was nothing we controlled. It wasn't because we were female. I saw guys screaming too. Then, due to the lack of technology, their music came over the PA system. I could hear but it was nothing spectacular. Nevertheless I loved it and it was so short. 30 minutes. These days Paul is out there 3 hours. Anyway, that was Beatlemania.

[@randykasky7120]

Thanks Lee! The Beatles had a charm about them that drove the girls insane lol I went and saw ' A hard days night" when it was released at the show and there were girls fainting there! And all I could hear was a bunch of hysterical screaming 😱 And that was only the beginning, what they accomplished over the next seven years was nothing short of miraculous.. Thank God for these reactions bringing all this musical magic back to the surface for younger generations to experience. It was breaking my heart watching it fade away into a forgotten era. Great reaction buddy! Your daughter is adorable ❤️

[@mgonzales56]

Very first stadium concert. Nobody else at the time could attract a crowd large to warrant a stadium. Also, the young man standing at the side of the stage was their manager, Brian Epstein. The Beatles were sooo huge that everyone talked about them every day for years. This is a great concert. I just wish Apple would eventually release it on Blu-Ray. They finally got to release "Let It Be", at least on Disney, hopefully Blu-Ray soon. The only one I am waiting for is the Shea Stadium Concert and then I can consider my Beatles video collection complete. I still have my fingers crossed. I was 7 in 1964, I am now 67. Hope they hurry before I die. Lol.

[@mr.macbeevee498]

The mic level's had been marked in grease pencil on the board during rehearsal. But John's mic level was wiped off by cleaning people. So his mic was set low cuz they didn't know where to set it. That's why you can hardly hear him. 8 days a week was just set to film from the Shea Statidum concert in August 1965. The screaming girls would hyper-ventalate and faint.

[@jimcomvideos]

Beatlemania was real. Take your cutest "boy-band" and arm them with amazing song writing talent and you've got a recipe for hysteria. It was insane. And yes, they were still maturing as songwriters.

[@L33Reacts]

They were so talented it kind of boggles the mind. And they were the biggest band in the world. What an enigma.

[@Bill123058]

I watched this live. it was pretty incredible at the time.

[@ronnie237]

I was 16, watching the Ed Sullivan Show that Sunday night when they performed this. Wow, that was 60 years ago.

[@olmanrock5381]

From Hamburg clubs to stadium tours in less than 2 years

[@jameskelly8586]

The Beatles came here to Vancouver, Canada, and played at the Empire Stadium in late August of 1964, just before they played at the Hollywood Bowl. Us five kids all wanted to go, but Dad said no (he did take us to see their movie as compensation). There was absolute pandemonium at that performance, with girls going crazy, pushing past the barricades and fainting--so the police stopped the show before the Beatles had finished their set, and the four had to rush off the stage and make their escape. The papers the next day were full of outraged commentary on the scene.

[@franksullivan1873]

They were amazing!

[@michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz]

This is why they were so good. All their songs sound different. They went from genre to genre They never stood still. Magical

[@barrymuller5131]

There was a time in the early 60s that they had the top 5 songs on the billboard top 10 list.

[@davidmckain7674]

I want too hold your hand is the most iconic song of all time

[@sourisvoleur4854]

What you can't see, beyond the passing out and fainting, is the wet seats.

[@mattleppard1964]

Point of note: when Bob Dylan heard the lyric “I can’t hide” he thought it was “I get high” and thought they were cool. True story ❤

[@elisabethaxelsson4736]

It was great to be a young kid and love music, so hear this .I is so happy to ben born 1956 and live throu the 60,s what great music and all great memorys I has to the 60 music, so happy you like this type of music too .

[@artiewithers6980]

George on that Country Gentleman. We all wanted one.

[@THOMMGB]

On the Ed Sullivan show, something happened to John's mic and he can't be heard. John was the lead singer on I Want To Hold Your Hand but you can't hear him. Good thing Paul's mic was working.

[@gettinhungrig8806]

After the first two songs the dickhead sound engineers thought Paul was the lead singer and had turned down John's mic. They weren't used to groups with multiple lead singers.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

Other British bands, The Rolling Stones, and the Yardbirds, who were heavy into the Blues, atom the US, went to see The Beatles, in concert to see if these guys were real, and they could play,....respect, friendship, comeraderaie followed. The Lads from Liddypool were talented!

[@richardrehschuh5241]

The Beatles resurfaced the mirror in which we see ourselves.

[@lindataggart9076]

I really like the front room look you have. Home, comfy..The best , The Beatles no matter what decade..

[@davebrooks2385]

Lee… you Must! Watch the Beatles groundbreaking first theatrical release ‘A Hard Days Night’…fantastic film and a great way to understand the way they interacted with the media, fans and each other. Fantastic songs, beautiful cinematography and an intelligent script with superb directing. Not to be missed bro!!!!!

[@lauraallen55]

A few of us have said this. He should do a reaction or a live stream of it!

[@NRBQLou]

Love it when your adorable daughter interrupts! ♥️👌😊

[@L33Reacts]

She loves butting into daddy's videos and saying hello 🤣😅

[@hmrueggi6420]

That's how girls react, just Beatlemania 😅😅😅

[@davelang7541]

The one guy was the Beatles manager. He was studying them and audience. He'd heard the song before. LOL You still have whole categories of music you havent found yet By the same band. Enjoy.

[@AliasMark69]

My Mother "DOTTY" assembled the Rickenbacker Guitars used by John-325 and George-360-12 string while working at Electro-Strings Rickenbacker in 1963-1967

[@lauraallen55]

Yeah, Beatlemania is what happened the second they set foot in the US and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Kids, but mostly girls were losing their sh*t over them apparently. They just took the world by storm out of nowhere. The songs were simple but engaging and with hooks that were impossible to resist. John and Paul, when they started writing their own rather than doing mostly covers (like in the Liverpool and Hamburg years) decided they should use titles and lyrics that included 'you', 'me', 'she' and 'love' a lot, and they were evidently correct about that. If you look at the titles of their earliest songs, a majority of them contain a lot of those words. Knowing all the music you know, and I know now, and thinking about how these simple melodies had such an impact, it's hard to understand, but back then? Their music was very different even the early simple pop stuff. Yes, they had that many #1s at a time lol!

[@ohfour-seven6228]

It's hard to understand the hysteria The Beatles caused where ever they went. I can remember my parents talking about them from the news how they were sweeping Europe. We all sat around the tv for the Ed Sullivan show debut and people went nuts. They ruled the airwaves, their songs were on constant rotation on all the radio stations. I read their harmony came from the songs of the Everly Brothers. Amazing!

[@lauraallen55]

I know you! :)

[@ohfour-seven6228]

@@lauraallen55 Yes you do, so good to see you here!!! Eight Days a Week is one of my very favorite Beatles' cuts, I remember them playing it on Rate a Record on Bandstand. They all gave it a 98 because it had a good beat and you could dance to it! 😁

[@lauraallen55]

@@ohfour-seven6228 I left the place I used to see you, but I miss talking to you and others there. :) I sometimes wish I had been around in those days of the Beatles, especially! Bandstand sounds like a lot of fun, too! Love Eight Days a Week. Apparently, at least John didn't like it much, and maybe Paul, too. What do they know? lol!

[@ohfour-seven6228]

@@lauraallen55 Things are getting pretty sad at the other site. A few have turned it into a zone of negativity that's becoming tiring. But yeah, those early Beatles days were amazing! And I think most people seem to forget The Stones were cranking out great songs as well. Hopefully we can chat here on Lee's site, always great to see you!!!

[@lauraallen55]

@@ohfour-seven6228 Yeah, I noticed the negativity and other issues there for some time now, although I left for reasons unrelated to that. First time I've left a Patreon because of the reactor directly. Not worth going into, but I hope things get better there for those of you who are trying to just enjoy yourselves. That's true that the Stones were putting out quite a bit of music at the time as well. Then, there was the whole 'British Invasion' that occurred in the mid-late '60s. I'm a sucker for some Brit pop! I hope to see you around here more :)

[@pscelzo]

At some point you need to watch their 1964 movie 'A Hard Day's Night' which showed the world their personalities and humor. I saw it in '64 when I was 10 in a theater filled with screaming girls going crazy. They were so loud that I wasn't able to hear the dialogue for the first 20 minutes. Every girl back then was in love with one of them and, yes, it was a big part of the motivation for guys to learn to play guitar or drums and grow their hair longer.

[@lauraallen55]

The girls wanted them and the boys wanted to be them! Yes, Lee should watch A Hard Day's Night. Maybe even a reaction!

[@alanbraun1187]

You have to remember they were in their early 20's just really beginning musically and they just got better and better they never stopped getting better. They experimented so much with different instruments to get all the different sounds. The Stones were the same, if they stopped and kept doing the same thing they would of got stagnant and we wouldn't have the catalog of music that we have from them.

[@DrStrangelove3891]

You will like Rubber Soul I think. It's their turning point, where they changed from a boy band with good songs about girls, to serious songwriters. Especially Norwegian Wood and In My Life are songs where Lennon starts to write more in the melancholic, personal and self-reflecting style he would become known for.

[@craighawkins3137]

In reality, the Beatles were never a boy band. They went from raw, dance hall rockers, to a pop/rock band who wrote their own hits, to the most innovative and influential musical group that has ever existed. I shouldn’t even use labels like that to describe their evolution as they were beyond labels. Theirs is a journey that will never be emulated.

[@L33Reacts]

lennon and mccartney truly grew into fantastic songwriters. so did george. and ringo! they were all such musical geniuses. i'm so glad I gave them a chance. now they are one of my favorite bands lol

[@DrStrangelove3891]

@@craighawkins3137 I'm not saying they didn't write good songs in the early years. Help in particular has great lyrics, and so does You've Got To Hide Your Love Away. And the music has always been great. But it's undeniable that, under the influence of Dylan, their writing changed from 1965 on. Especially the topics about which they wrote. Also, I didn't mean it in a condescending way, it's just, when teenage girls are screaming, and magazines publish articles about who is the cute Beatle or the smart one or the quiet one... then you have become a boyband. I know John wanted to wear leather jackets like they did in Hamburg, but their manager made them wear matching suits, so they would sell more records.

[@lauraallen55]

I think Help! was a turning point. That song is not about girls, but rather an actual cry for help. I think a. lot of the songs from that album were a turning point or at least a foreshadowing of a very different sounding band.

[@stlmopoet]

Glad you got this through the copyright police. If you listen to what was in the US top ten in 1962 and 1963 and compare it to what the Beatles brought to the table, you'll start to understand what a revolution they were.

[@davelouis4004]

So cool that you have become a fan of the Beatles , I saw them perform on Ed Sullivan,was amazing , it was great to see them progress each album / year , lots of great tunes before Rubber Soul and after !

[@itcouldbeclark]

Yes, there really were fainting girls. It is so hard to communicate what a cultural force they were. I'm very glad that you're looking at the music and the times of my childhood.

[@LivingWatersUtube]

Claps in rock songs....I"m telling you!

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

There's images of a very young Meryl Streep going wild on a Beatles show somewhere in USA.

[@robertlear2712]

You were witnessing Beatlemania.

[@annheckenbach9396]

Ever watch Happy Days? The slicked back hair, tee shirts, old time rock and roll? This was so totally new and different. English mods. They stayed in the vanguard, too. Here, there followed groups like Jefferson Airplane, and Haight Ashbury, San Francisco; at that time the Beatles began producing things like the album Rubber Soul, the song Strawberry Fields, and psychedelia took over. Many "mod" groups faded away then, we became the "counter- culture" as did the Beatles. So innocent then we were in the start of that time, the Beatles too. My mother sang along with "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". She did not sing along with " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

[@MsUrbangirl]

They fainted from Beatlemania!!!!

[@alanFconrad]

great memories

[@Ports2]

The Who wrote a line about Beatles concerts during that time in their song 5:15 on Quadrophenia, “The Ushers are sniffing (Eau de Cologning) which they had to spray to cover up the smell of the hysterical teenagers urine running down the aisles.

[@TheSoundOutside]

If you weren't there, it's awfully hard to understand what this was like. Just look at the charts immediately prior to the mop tops and you'll see how moribund things had become. As the saying goes, timing is everything and these lads' timing was impeccable. I saw them live in August of 1966 in Portland, Oregon. They played 11 songs in 33 minutes and you could not hear anything for the screaming. Regardless, it. remains one of the highlights of a life spent listening.

[@ScottDeBerg]

That gentleman in the suit that you see a couple of glimpses of was their manager, Brian Epstein. He has a tragic story all his own. Thanks for reacting to earlier Beatles.

[@ednieto05]

When Bob Dylan first heard "I Want to Hold Your Hand," he erroneously thought they were singing "I get high!" Instead of "I can't hide" which is why he brought some weed with him when he first met the Beatles. He ended up turning the Beatles onto pot that night for the first time. After that, they quit taking speed (Preludin) which they had been taking since their days playing in Hamburg, Germany. By 1965, the Beatles were total potheads and started taking LSD as well, especially John and George who used to take acid almost daily from late 1965-1967, which led to George's spritual journey that led him (and the Beatles) to the Maharashi and Transcendental Meditation and later Hare Krishna. George and Dylan became lifelong friends and ended up forming the 1980s supergroup "The Traveling Wilburys" along with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Oribison. The Beatles story is totally fascinating to me! Love your channel, dude! Keep them coming! Oh yeah, the guy in suit they kept showing during "Eight Days a Week" was Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager who died of a drug overdose in August 1967.

[@FredGarnett]

Whoopi Goldberg and Sigourney Weaver were both in the audience at Shea Stadium - check the movie Eight Days A Week by Ron Howard...

[@marthayoung2308]

Paul McCartney has a YT channel! Hahaha! I'm subscribed. 👀😂❤

[@charlesburns1608]

President Kennedy was assassinated in November 63, The Beatles hit in February 64, they pulled the whole world out of a depressing funk. You said it well, we were in Black and White and The Beatles brought us back to color.

[@GinMae]

Thanks, L33 - such a sweet and awesome period in music.. the Beatles had all three of the "key" items needed for a great pop song.. "Melody, Beat and Message".. I always go for Melody first.. and so what if the message is just "I wanna hold your hand"... lol... (some more modern songs feature just beat & message.. like rap.. and some feature message only... like 'death metal'... IMHO.. of course, I'm old...)

[@MrHannu62]

It is a never-ending mania; The Beatles

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Electrifying

[@basilrug]

Hey Lee, the Beatles were actually a great little live band, they got their live chops the hard way in tiny clubs and dives in England and Germany. On the Sullivan clip, there are no fold back monitors to be seen, their amps are not even in the wide shot, so that means they were way off to the left and right, Ringo probably just was watching the back of their heads to keep time! They were so used to not hearing themselves live, but they still could pull it off. It was also the reason they stopped touring and focused on recording..creating masterpieces like Sgt Peppers etc. They just reached the point where the screaming and lack of technical help took the joy out of performing live. The guy standing to the side of the stage in the other clip is Brian Epstein their manager, you should look him up…his story is pretty interesting and sad. Cheers!

[@lauraallen55]

I read that Ringo said he watched John's backside in order to keep time. lol!

[@kevinpolito1529]

ANOTHER HISTORIC NOTE: After this Beatles performance on Ed Sullivan, sales of Ludwig drum kits went through the roof. I had a silver sparkle Ludwig kit.

[@SpuzzyLargo]

It seemed like within a year of that Ed Sullivan appearance every kid's neighborhood had one. 😊

[@ferpiopiogm]

I thought you were going to say something about Paul playing the drums in both songs in your previous video, pretty cool , he?

[@tomroome4118]

"What is this?" L33 asks. It's Beatlemania!!!

[@ontrack16]

In Britain 1963, the halls and venues reeked of urine after the show ❤🎉

[@lauraallen55]

Where in the world did you get that idea

[@ontrack16]

@@lauraallen55 sorry if that was too graphic. I heard it on a documentary. Maybe it was a hyperbole but the source was primary. I’m not going to look it up. The idea was conveyed of mania and uncontrolled passion. Beatles still controversial. My apologies. I really like this forum and most of the songs, mostly JOEL’s :) Thank you for allowing me to respond. ✌🏽

[@lauraallen55]

@@ontrack16 No worries, not too graphic for me. I just recall that Bob Geldof seems to have perpetuated that bit, but I haven't heard it substantiated anywhere else. I suppose it could be, but I think it was just adding drama to what was already plenty dramatic lol! I mean the fainting, crying, and screaming is hard enough to believe without adding any more to it. :D I like a lot of Joel's oldies from the '60s and '70s too! I've only been around here to request a few, but I mostly tend towards requesting Beatles and solo Beatles' songs (so far). So, you like the '60s and '70s, too, sounds like? My favorite decades! :)

[@StanSwan]

I talked to people that were at the Shay show and they could not hear the Beatles over all the screaming fans.

[@beatlesarebest]

OMG!!!!! BUTCHER COVER!!!!!!!!!!!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!

[@julianbarber4708]

'Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts'. Joni Mitchell.

[@jpmnewyork]

Actually, that's Paul Simon, "The Boy In The Bubble."

[@julianbarber4708]

@@jpmnewyork You're absolutely right!....I'm thinking of a line from 'Free Man In Paris'....'Stoking the Star Maker Machinery, Behind The Popular Song'. Thanks!

[@jpmnewyork]

@@julianbarber4708 Both great songs!

[@RadCenter]

Not only did Beatlemania cause girls to faint; they also lost control of their bladders, so the floors of theaters and stadiums would be covered with pee after a concert.

[@JaniceChampion]

You need to watch shea stadium concert

[@SnowEfaust]

Monkees gave me life...Beatles confirmed that life

[@gold98gtp]

Around 55,000 were at that show. I saw their Ed Sullivan debut, there was no music even close to The Beatles at that time.

[@stevevalkos6308]

all my life, anyone who has ever said to me they didn't get what the big deal about the Beatles was, I never wanted to hear another opinion from them

[@genegarrett3372]

This concert is available on CD if can rent it.

[@josephbruno6111]

Then add 2 more years to 1967 and we have Sgt. Pepper.

[@Upe-f9c]

Even if they just came out of a airplain, it was on the news.

[@hongfang2348]

The similar thing happened with Elvis in the 1950s with girls freaking out.

[@grahamharley4895]

I doubt if you'd have heard anything if it was really live. Shea Stadium was the end of big venues for them.

[@lauraallen55]

Candlestick Park was the end of their touring a year later in San Francisco. Pretty big venue....

[@88pjtink]

Okay, I know you aren't dumb. So you know that second one was simply the album version of the tune, with footage of their famous Shea Stadium performance (where a great number of girls actually did faint). They said they could barely hear themselves playing/singing over the crowd noise. And it was just this kind of thing that made them stop performing live.

[@goonbelly5841]

Leemania? Maybe it's not too late !

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

At 4min 23 sec the key change isnt in the studio version

[@johnshahbazz8945]

That dude in the suit and tie, looking somewhat bored, was their manager Brian Epstein. Love your fresh eyes and heart. Blessings on you and family - no matter how crazy they are.

[@fightman49]

Yes and he looked somewhat overwhelmed and a bit trepidatious at the sheer magnitude of the energy projected by the crowd.

[@jimmoore8951]

I don't think anyone expected the magnitude of Beatlemania. I'm not sure Epstein was simply amazed at the reaction or if he had $$$ on his mind knowing he just hit the jackpot

[@TheCybertiger9]

yes I noticed that too

[@kevinpolito1529]

HISTORIC NOTE: I was in 5th grade, and 11 years old, when I watched this performance on TV. Before this, I was a Beatles skeptic. The girls in my class were crazy for The Beatles. Most of the boys, like me, were into The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, and instrumental surf music by Dick Dale, the Ventures, etc. After this appearance on Ed Sullivan, our resistance to Beatlemania was blown away.

[@annheckenbach9396]

Me, too.

[@Richard2003]

Me too same age. I remember it like yesterday.

[@gsparkman]

Same age, same experience except I was on board from the start. Probably because I had a sister 3 years older than me. I’m sure I was influenced by her enthusiasm. The reality is the Beatles were unmistakably something very different in that early 60s era of music. Their musicality was on a different level, even if they were singing adolescent love songs.

[@tpatrick44]

Same! 5th Grade 11 years old!

[@tpatrick44]

FIRST Rock Concert in a Stadium! They Could NOT hear themselves! Ringo just looked at their feet and butts to keep the beat!

[@timr5490]

From mop tops to Abbey Road, the best there ever was.