First Listen to BEATLES' Yellow Submarine Album | Reaction, Analysis & party *crazy*

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SOOOOOO MUCH FUN! This was a much shorter one but it's still very enjoyable!
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[@CrystalShannon4]

Hello!!! I just wanted to give a huge thank you and virtual hug from the bottom of my heart to all my fellow hardcore Beatle fans! I also wanted to give a quick sorry & heads up that I had already recorded my reaction to Abbey Road before checking any of the comments! I’m sorrry :( don’t hate me ❤️ Unfortunately I will have to do Let It Be after.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

There are a bunch of singles that didn’t appear on albums, some of their best songs too. Maybe hit those at some point.

[@CrystalShannon4]

@@Hartlor_Tayley Yes!! And I am plan to take a look at the Past Masters as well!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@CrystalShannon4 that’s wonderful news. Looking forward to that too. Great content.

[@jeremyb5640]

@@CrystalShannon4 Excellent news! :)

[@jwb932]

I take the blame for this if the fans think you should have done Let It Be first, since I suggested Abbey Road first. However, I think what's most important is that you do both Abbey Road and Let It Be (as you will) as opposed to what order you do them in.

[@bluepeng8895]

George: Makes acid rock song while high on LSD Crystal: "It was really cute"

[@CrystalShannon4]

HAAAAAAAA! Lol, it really was!

[@BlinDefender]

George Harrison is rolling over in his grave.

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

Of course, there's no reason it couldn't be both things.

[@waynej2608]

@@BlinDefender I doubt that. I believe that George would appreciate this. I mean, it's only a Northern song, after all. 😏

[@YN97WA]

Hey Bulldog is a hidden jem. I've always loved it. I set it as my Ring doorbell. Your musical intellect provides some great insight to these songs. I'm really enjoying your reactions.👍👍

[@Rowlph8888]

The promo video is hilarious

[@sexysadie1]

Love "Hey Bulldog". So groovy!. The whole album is good!. No surprise, it's The Beatles!

[@CrystalShannon4]

yesss love it!

[@novanights2chevy597]

I hope Crystal decides to react to Harrison's solo album All Things Most Pass at some point.

[@CrystalShannon4]

hey!!! I definitely intend on hopping into each of their solo careers after being through with The Beatles content !

[@Nerkin610]

It’s such a joy to watch your entertaining and highly competent reactions! You’re really putting yourself into it and working fast on this. Best KZbin series as of now, hands down :-)

[@CrystalShannon4]

Wow!!! Thank you sooo very much! I am having the most fun on this musical journey! I appreciate you taking it with me!

[@Dave_D.]

Abbey Road will be difficult to stop for analysis given the outstanding medleys it contains.

[@MrKeychange]

YES! Side 2 at least.

[@mljrotag6343]

Yeah, side 2 is one song (I think) followed by a continuous medley of songs until the end.

[@marcribe6483]

@@mljrotag6343 You mean The End (it's the song title) ;P

[@mljrotag6343]

@@marcribe6483 Yes, I know. I saw as I typed but was too lazy to go back to capitalize. Lol

[@analogblues]

My goodness, I LOVE your reviews of Beatles albums! You've quickly become my favorite music reactor on all of KZbin - and I've seen dozens. Your insights and enthusiasm for the Fab Four's music are a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to hear your Abbey Road review. Btw - I love how you replayed parts of a song a second time to really appreciate or absorb it. Excellent approach! It's difficult to catch everything on a first listen. You're fantastic!

[@CrystalShannon4]

Wow!! That is such a great honor!! I appreciate you very very much! You are too kind!! I think I could do this forever!

[@davewhite5450]

Amen

[@JDGB.]

Wow! It was so beautiful to hear you say "número cuatro", for all of us your followers who speak Spanish too, it is a very nice detail. Excellent reaction and analysis as always. Gracias!!

[@CrystalShannon4]

Claro!! Soy Salvadoreña y nací en Miami! De donde eres??

[@Obloblorb]

​@@CrystalShannon4 Saludos de Chile 👋

[@JStarStar00]

George Martin had years of experience doing comedy and novelty records with Peter Sellers and the Goons (kind of ancestors of Monty Python) so he knew how to do sound effects.

[@markcollins730]

Love your voice... and the way you break down each song!

[@lutepalsenberg7397]

Love your take on these songs, especially George's songs, they are mostlt underrated. Spot on!

[@pablovandyck]

I think Crystal has a crush on George ;)

[@lutepalsenberg7397]

@@pablovandyck well, he was a

[@lutepalsenberg7397]

Well he was a very kind and loving person...

[@bjornerikroth]

"Show me that I'm everywhere" - most of George's songs from this time on are heavily influenced by Indian religion and eastern mysticism. "Get me home for tea" is the grounding englishness that would never leave, I guess... The heavy rock sound wasn't particularly noteworthy when the album was released, but it was actually recorded in the summer of 1967 and sat on the shelf for 18 months while the movie was made.

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

It definitely has an Indian influence as it’s in one key (G) and has that drone sound.

[@Cbcw76]

George bought one of the first Moog synthesizers IN THE WORLD and was experimenting with it. It's keyboard-based but has 'blocks' of circuitry that can be sort of mixed-and-matched, and it's almost a musical kaleisdescope - a twist of a knob here opened up whole new sounds, a punch of a button, a connector for another wire, etc, etc.

[@aviadilo]

Crystal, you're doing a great job reacting to the Beatles' post-1966 albums! You're so perceptive and musically knowledgeable. The song "Yellow Submarine" is originally from the Revolver album (from 1966), which you should definitely react to. Revolver was the album that preceded Sgt. Pepper.

[@Goodall10]

Gonna throw this out there.....You should do the "Let It Be" album next, and do "Abbey Road" last. Let It Be was written/recorded first. Abbey Road was written/recorded afterward with the intention of being the bands farewell.

[@jeremyb5640]

Agreed. On 'Let It Be', only 'I Me Mine' was recorded after 'Abbey Road' and even then there's a version of them playing it in the movie. The accepted story that 'Abbey Road' wasn't intended to be the last album has been debunked in recent years though. There's a tape of a meeting between John, Paul & George in autumn 1969 where they discuss the next album and a Christmas single. Sadly, it never happened.

[@TTM9691]

It doesn't really matter. All the songs on "Yellow Sub" was recorded before "The White Album", right? And "Abbey Road" was not recorded with the intention of being the band's farewell, that's completely erroneous. Both "Abbey" and "Let It Be" act as apt "last albums", you can do it either way.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Agreed. Abbey is like fabulous encore.

[@beatmet2355]

Why not listen to abbey road first? Everyone in the free world listened to abbey road and then let it be. And despite the fact let it be was recorded first, the overdubs and I Me Mine weren’t recorded until after Abbey Road was released, so in a way, if you reverse the listening order, you’re still not hearing their recorded output in chronological order.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@beatmet2355 yes it could be justified either way. I think Abbey Road sounds more like the intended final album to me.

[@thJune-ze7dn]

These videos are so much fun! Really loved this

[@musicaficionado2974]

Please watch the movie. Everything clicks into place after that. This is like a sound track of the Yellow Submarine movie.

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

i'm tellin u music bruh that's facts. i'd say watch all the movies. and every piece of Beatles footage and documentary to really get into their heads. And even other similr acts of their time especially the Monkees. lmao.. Then listen to all their music. it just makes me smile. no words lol

[@musicaficionado2974]

@@DarkMetaOFFICIAL I am not sure I caught your drift. Hence, cannot respond intelligently. But thanks, anyway.

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

@@musicaficionado2974 ? I was pretty specific lol idk

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

@@musicaficionado2974 if u watch everything i said, u get a whole different perspective of their music .

[@musicaficionado2974]

@@DarkMetaOFFICIAL OK then.

[@parissimons6385]

Nicely done. And you may choose to watch the 1968 animated movie, "Yellow Submarine", in which these songs are featured. Very much of the time, and also still entertaining. Btw, I suppose you have recognized that in George Harrison's songs, he is using a fairly constant drone, a sonic element borrowed from Indian classical music, which he was exploring with help from Ravi Shankar.

[@stlmopoet]

Glad you started reviews of Beatles albums. You do a great job.

[@stevejoshua9536]

For those of you who remember, The Beatles' recording of "All You Need Is Love" was used as part of the closing scenes in the Series Finale' of the British TV Series "The Prisoner".

[@borntogazeintonightskies]

Timestamps 1. Yellow Submarine 0:15 2. Only a Northern Song 2:08 3. All Together Now 3:44 4. Hey Bulldog 6:07 5. It's All Too Much 8:39 6. All You Need is Love 13:02

[@Archipelington]

It’s All Too Much is the most underrated Beatles song of all IMO

[@bluepeng8895]

And Hey Bulldog

[@niggato23]

Only A Nothern Song too underrated

[@jefflarkin9619]

The best Harrison guitar freak-out. On my version of the White Album, I substitute All Too Much for Revolution #9 because it’s more musical and still chaotic.

[@bluepeng8895]

And Old Brown Show

[@floramay7007]

I kinda wish she would listen to Let It Be before Abbey Road...it was recorded before Abbey Road but was released after. Plus, the "last song" on Abbey Road is "The End" ... just seems like the perfect ending. Idk, call me crazy

[@carlosbuscatore]

Actually not entrirely true

[@floramay7007]

@@carlosbuscatore Let It Be was recorded: February 1968 - April 1970 The sessions culminated with the rooftop performance in January 1969 and then Phil Spector got his slimmy hands on the tapes. It's because of him that we don't have "Don't Let Me Down" on the album. Abbey Road was recorded: February - August 1969

[@jnagarya519]

"Hey Bulldog": Lennon was also a visual artist. Lennon being gritty.

[@MaceGill]

I consider "It's All Too Much" an unparalleled joyous cacophony.

[@dylandenney3980]

My favorite George song

[@MaceGill]

@phillydisco no, but folks have isolated it on line

[@MaceGill]

@@dylandenney3980 hard for me to choose, George has great songs, but this one hits my #1 spot most days!

[@dylandenney3980]

@@MaceGill same. Ur right it is hard to pick just one tho. If I Needed Someone is giving me side eyes for not picking it...

[@gribwitch]

@phillydisco Here it is, the 8 minute 13 second extended version ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6XYfpuFmtSgqNU ( there are creative ways to download it with the appropriate software )

[@doplinger1]

Two of my favorite songs are right here - “Hey Bulldog” is such fun, and “It’s All Too Much” is my absolute favorite (this week anyway).

[@garylee3685]

"With your long blonde hair and and eyes of blue" that Harrison sang in All Too Much is a line from the hit song Sorrow by the McCoys.

[@erikdolnack2737]

Sorrow by the McCoys: covered brilliantly by David Bowie.

[@darrylmcgarry5780]

Sorrow by The Merseybeats.

[@thomastimlin1724]

only a Northern Song was a joking reference to the Beatles' publisher, Northern Songs. remember this was the soundtrack of children's cartoon movie, Yellow Submarine. Was really great in the theater on a big screen. ELeanor Rigby and other songs were also used on the movie, Nowhere Man, etc. Beatles Producer George Martin's score with orchestra was fabulous, especially "Pepperland," "March of the BLue Meanies," and "Yellow Submarine March."

[@darp0z5]

Another wonderful reaction, thanks! You might want to listen to 'Let it be' next, and then 'Abbey Road', because 'Let it be' was actually recorded before 'Abbey Road', but released after it. 'Abbey Road' was actually the last album the Beatles made together.

[@Cbcw76]

You should also consider hearing LET IT BE NAKED first... then use the murderer Phil Spector's vomitorium LET IT BE album so you'll have heard the original songs before their mutations.

[@NehemiahRyan]

@@Cbcw76 agreed. The "Naked" versions are the way the band originally wanted them. Spector's versions are ok but they aren't true to what the band wanted.

[@jeffcobb2734]

Makes you want to tear your hair out thinking what they would have done together in the 70s. All that great solo work, think what the others would have contributed to the compositions! Imagine what John would have added to "Band on the Run," or what Paul would have added to "Imagine." George and Ringo collaborated so much and just think how great Ringo was with George's songs. Not to mention the stuff George and Paul gave away to other artists such as Badfinger.

[@Cbcw76]

@@jeffcobb2734 I still get SO ANGRY listening to FREE AS A BIRD and REAL LOVE, thinking how much music you, I and the rest of us LOST because those guys had to get into a pissin' contest! Sheesh. I just wanna smack 'em in the faces - "GET IT TOGETHER!!" Go take off for a month or a year, but don't break up-!!

[@vincegonzalez6804]

@@Cbcw76 well the problem is that they were also feuding regarding money and their management. With Apple Records and Allen Klein. It became a huge cluster and Paul and John’s egos/feelings got hurt along the way

[@alextakacs768]

Hey Bulldog is a gem. The most underrated and least played song!! Its my favourite Beatles song its been recorded same day as Lady Madonna and the two songs share lots in common. Lady Madonna been an instant hit Hey Bulldog not so much. "You can talk to me if you lonely you can talk to me" Love it!!

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

Crystal, if you love this you will definitely love ELO. Very Beatles-influenced and so many great tracks.

[@MrKeychange]

Eh, maybe. I''m obsessed with the Beatles and like some ELO, but Jeff Lynne has such a homogenized sound. With everything he produces, you know it's him without having to check.

[@carolineurban4920]

If she loves ELO, that will make two of you.....

[@MrKeychange]

@@carolineurban4920 haha 🙌

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

@@MrKeychange I think the homogenized sound came later, but their stuff in the 1970's is fantastic. Even John Lennon said that had The Beatles not broken up, they probably would have sounded like ELO and he loved their song, "Showdown". And, Harrison really liked them, too, which is one of many reasons why he later collaborated with Jeff Lynne.

[@Elias_Veine_Wiig]

At 3:25, that sound is actually the Beatles (John, Paul & George) trying to play trumpets themselves.

[@jeremyb5640]

The Beatles got together in the studio to film the video for their upcoming single Lady Madonna, a song that had already been recorded. Rather than just mime to the song, they decided to record a brand new song while they were there! John had Hey Bulldog (originally Hey Bullfrog), so they were filmed recording that instead. Years later, the Lady Madonna video was deconstructed and put back together with the proper audio from Hey Bulldog! Now available on the Beatles' official KZbin channel.

[@natmanprime4295]

Love the editing very amusing

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Yellow Submarine was a fun soundtrack for a fun movie. Abbey Road is said to be their best work by many. Looking forward to your reaction and analysis.

[@CrystalShannon4]

Yes!! I have heard such wonderful things!! Excited to upload!

[@shad6644]

I love watching your reactions… (for many reasons, music theory which I know nothing but admire and your spot-on poetic interpretations) …as I see familiar songs as I’ve never seen them before. Listening to ‘It’s All Too Much’ took me to a beloved shoegaze ‘Spiritualized/Spacemen 3/Ride’ space I never thought about or connected.’

[@seanriley199]

Wow these are coming thick and fast

[@FolkSongsEtAl]

Good to see you grooving with "It's all too much". It was a real revelation for me when I came across that song. It doesn't affect me quite as much these days, but a truly psychadelic sounding song.

[@DevlinDomini]

Got this LP for Christmas when I was a kid and trying to collect all their albums. Thankfully this wasn’t the only Beatles record I got that year. Even though it only had those 4 “new” songs, Bulldog and Too Much really made it worthwhile to me. Nice video. Really enjoying the series so far.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Here's a parody of "Yellow Submarine" that I wrote, entitled "Smell Of Wolverines": In the woods, a cabin lies Spend our weekends, 'neath the skies Lately though, it always seems There's a smell of wolverines So we sat up through the night Playing checkers, and eating beans Till at last, we caught the sight Of a herd of wolverines We all live with the smell of wolverines Smell of wolverines, smell of wolverines We all live with the smell of wolverines Smell of wolverines, smell of wolverines And they march right through the house Quite a few of them, on my spouse On the furniture they spray (band music while wolverines urinate on furniture) We all live with the smell of wolverines Smell of wolverines, smell of wolverines We all live with the smell of wolverines Smell of wolverines, smell of wolverines (Full streams ahead, Mrs. Bertram, full streams ahead! Pee-pee in bed, on my shams! Oh the table, my new table! Why, Fred, why? Happens, happens) Now the cabin's mighty rank (it's mighty rank) Every wolverine (every wolverine) Has spent his tank (has spent his tank) Pungent spray (pungent spray) Of urine streams (of urine streams) With the smell of (with the smell of) Wolverines (wolverines, ha ha!) We all live with the smell of wolverines Smell of wolverines, smell of wolverines We all live with the smell of wolverines Smell of wolverines, smell of wolverines

[@anthonys.2365]

With Hey Bulldog, I love how John purposely had his vocal offset from the rhythm of the piano which was unheard of at the time. I would listen to Let it Be first, having been recorded first as the Get Back project and shelved for a year. Save Abbey Road for last, as you will also hear the difference between the two.

[@Cbcw76]

This was also a rather standard Beatles "Guitar vs Piano Riff" song, similar to LADY MADONNA (which was recorded in the same time frame), as well as earlier RUBBER SOUL efforts. I think, today, HEY BULLDOG is recognized as one of the 'great' Beatles' songs, which is would have been THEN if only it'd been given airplay.

[@darkandstormie]

Great analysis! Always fun to watch :) As others have pointed out: the Yellow Submarine" EP was really just a soundtrack of songs that had either been previously released (or unreleased) and were cobbled together for the film. So, in that sense, Yellow Submarine isn't a Beatles album proper.... Lastly: among Beatles purists, the *final* Beatles album is Abbey Road, *not* Let It Be. This is because: Abbey Road was recorded after Let It Be. However, Let It Be was shelved & only released in 1970, *after* The Beatles had broken up. So, to consider Let it Be their last album is dubious, at best. (Considering Let it Be to be their last album would be like saying The Beatles "Anthology" albums are their final albums simply because they were realized after Abbey Road & Let it Be... but clearly, that simply wouldn't be accurate.) Also something to note about Let It Be: the "real" Let It Be will likely never exist. This is because Phil Spector was given the shelved project to "produce" & did a rather slapdash job of choosing random songs and then lazily applying his "Wall of Sound" production values to a Beatles record... and it was a record that was somewhat meant to be an R&B, "back to the basics" rock 'n roll album. Not "boisterous & schmaltzy". Big mistake. Like, who needs a choir on "Across the Universe"? Nonsense. Regardless, love your reviews, analysis, and your enthusiasm as you continue your journey through The Beatles' albums, all the best!

[@dylandenney3980]

Have you heard Let It Be: Naked? It's different mixes and some totally different takes, and they scrapped the 2 goof around songs and put Don't Let Me Down on instead. It's as close as we'll probably get to what it was supposed to be

[@gpu213]

Great vid as always, love ur shirt btw!

[@456012]

I think it’s cool that the Beatles didn’t take themselves so seriously that they didn’t mind putting something silly like yellow submarine on an amazing record like Revolver and octopus garden on abbey road.

[@CrystalShannon4]

very very true!!

[@evesapple]

They also constantly pushed themselves. They could have easily carried on writing the love songs of their 'ed sullivan' time- they were the biggest band in the world, there was 0 reason for them to change. And yet, they did. The amount of work they created and how different it all is---- if I didnt love them, I'd hate them for their sheet talent and hard work

[@scottski51]

Every song. Is so different! Always one of the things that made them attractive to listen to. They never got stuck in one style or genre. And everything they tried... they killed it !!

[@walterpanovs]

Nicely done, as always!!!

[@keymack2477]

You're doing an amazing job on your reactions, Crystal - really top notch stuff!! I have enjoyed your channel for every reaction I have seen. When you react to Abbey Road please remember that while you may break down your reactions song by song remember most of side 2 is a medley and supposed to be listened to that way!! Looking forward to your excellent analysis and your thoughts on "Because"!!

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

Great job. I highly recommend the “Yellow Submarine Songtrack”, too. It came out in 1999 and was one of the earliest remixes of Beatles tracks.

[@TTM9691]

....because that's what the Beatles need: remixes. Those mixes suck and are totally not essential. "Only A Northern Song" is particularly mutilated. Even the re-masters are completely inconsistent and all over the place (as most 2000s-era remasters are. Listen to the original mixes that the Beatles all signed off on.....not the cash-grabs of the 90s and 2000s. I can tell you that at least one of the Beatles (McCartney) did not like the "Songtrack".

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

@@TTM9691 I respectfully disagree. I thought the remasters sounded great and the remixes brought out elements of the songs that were buried or hidden in the earlier mixes. Besides, I love anything that has “Beatles” on it.

[@TTM9691]

​@@Sweetish_Jeff_ Some of the remasters are great! Some of them are not great. And worst of all, some of them are inconsistent (some songs great, some songs not great). The reason: they didn't remaster them as albums, they remastered them song by song. Which is absolutely idiotic (and short-sighted). I'm also not into bringing out the bass drum and the bass at the expense of the guitar blends, which are hallmarks of the Beatles sounds. Some albums sound great (the first one, for instance). Some are wildly inconsistent (the electric stuff on White Album sounds great; the acoustic stuff sounds terrible), some are mostly ok (Magical Mystery Tour)....I think "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" sounds great.....I think "Come Together" and "Something" sound like s**t. As far as those moronic remixes, at best they are for someone who knows the originals....they are in no way substitutes for the original mixes and quite frankly, I prefer rough mixes of all those songs that are already available on bootlegs. I'm not into, say, removing the double track of George's vocal on "Only A Northern Song" so you can feature an absolute tuneless, not-particularly great vocal performance. It was double-tracked for a reason. The entire "Yellow Submarine" movie was completely ruined by the remixes and, even worse, re-recording the original score (abysmally). The absolute crappy remasterings plague ALL of the music from that period, not just The Beatles. For instance, they have totally destroyed the Moody Blues catalog, de-"pyschedelicized" it, destroyed the blends of the instruments. It's great that they bring up the bass on this stuff (the easiest thing to do in mastering), but I'm not so into low-end that I want it to destroy the mixes that greater artists and engineering staff did back in the day.

[@cremetangerine82]

2:08 -The in-joke to “Only a Northern Song” is: “…out of dissatisfaction with his status as a junior songwriter with the Beatles' publishing company, Northern Songs. The lyrics and music convey his disenchantment at how the company retained the copyright for the songs it published, and at how, following its public listing in 1965, the major shareholders profited more from his compositions than he did.” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_a_Northern_Song

[@wjr3013]

Thank You. Hell Yeah, "Abbey Road." Absolutely Love that album. I still listen to it at least a few times a month.

[@rollingstoneworks3183]

You should watch the movie…hell, you should go back and watch A Hard Days Night and Help! as well…we didn’t get to see your reactions to the earlier stuff, might be a good way to go through those songs on the channel…cheers

[@kcjc]

I grew up watching this movie to the point where my sister and I still randomly recite moments from it. A lot of the new (or kinda new since some were made a few years before) songs on the album very are really overlooked by some Beatles fans imo.

[@mercurywoodrose]

"show me that im everywhere" is a reference to the psychedelic experience, where one can merge with the universe and realize that its all you. george was the most affected by this experience, so much of his music orbits around this experience.

[@rydelldownward7808]

I was in grade school in the 70s: our teachers would whip out their guitars and lead us in singing “Yellow Submarine”, “All Together Now”, and “Octopus’ Garden” (as well as select Mamas and the Papas, Kingston Trio, and Woody Guthrie tunes).

[@markydh83]

This was kind of a throwaway album. They were contractually obliged to release a 3rd film, but really couldn’t be arsed, so the songs made for the soundtrack reflected that. 2 of them were old songs, Only a Northern Song and All Too Much were recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, All Together Now was recorded during the Magical Mystery Tour sessions and Hey Bulldog during the White Album sessions. They didn’t even provide their own voices in the film.

[@bjornerikroth]

The kicker was of course that United Artists didn't acknowledge it as a Beatles film due to their limited participation. "Let it be" finally completed their three film deal.

[@jnagarya519]

"Northern Songs" was one of the "Beatles' song publishing companies.

[@scottlaw8990]

Crystal others may have mentioned this but don't forget the two full CDs of singles called Past Masters 1 & 2. You do not want to miss any of those amazing songs like Hey Jude, the Inner Light etc. Love watching your enthusiasm. The Beatles changed my life forever and I am eternally grateful!

[@justinballew9716]

I have loved the Beatles for decades, and I now love your educated reaction to their work. I would love to see your reaction to their movies as well. Weird fact: All Together Now when played backwards sounds like “I Buried Paul.” One of the tons of weird references, whether accidental or intentional, to add to the Paul Is Dead conspiracy.

[@jimdev81]

Great reaction, I also always found this album charming. Most critics consider this their worst album; seems like it’s weird using that word in describing a Beatles album. I particularly love your Beatles reactions, because you seem to have a solid foundation in music for one so young, yet you combine that with a youthful passion for fun and digging a good groove. I look forward to your future reactions as there are some great albums yet to come!

[@steelers6titles]

Lennon wrote "Hey Bulldog" quickly in the studio. The number was cut from the film when it was shown on TV, as I remember.

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

The little electric signal sound in Only a Northern Song at 2:43, is morse code, a simple radio signal that was used in WWII for basic communications at sea; the call for help, S.O.S., is in morse code: ...- - -...

[@jwb932]

Great job again, Crystal! I'm glad you didn't skip Yellow Submarine. Can't wait for Abbey Road. Be sure to have some tissues handy!

[@BruceColon-BSides]

Abbey Road is beginning-to-end genius. You are definitely in for a treat.

[@stevesstuff1450]

George's songs by this time of the Beatles where some of best music - in my opinion - that they made... 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' is his masterpiece; 'Blue Jay Way' is a fabulous creepy spaced-out wonder, And I adore 'It's All Too Much', with it's high guitar feedback and distortion, and more of what I always describe as Ringo's 'baggy' sounding drumming.... ie: It's very loose and chaotic, and inventive sounding, whilst being totally tight and never missing a beat.... Ringo used it a lot on Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and the White album! George though, was always very under-rated as a Beatles songwriter, and as much as I love most of their other songs, I've always had a 'thing' for George's songs -always taking a more minor chord, or diminished chord sound and crafting it into something wonderful...... Another beauty of his is 'If I Needed Someone' off the Rubber Soul album... Oh that is magnificent as well!! :-)

[@nathan43082]

Just an FYI, even though "Abbey Road" came out first, "Let It Be" was actually recorded first, then put on a shelf. You can really listen to them in either order, depending on your philosophy of what constitutes first and last. The poetry of the situation is that the last song of "Abbey Road," literally the last song of the Beatles in the studio, is titled "The End." Also, even though I grew up with the original Phil Spector over-produced version of "Let It Be," where he annoyingly added a symphony and choirs, the stripped-down "Let It Be... Naked" remix is far superior and is how the band intended it to sound since they were trying to "get back" to their live roots without all the studio trickery. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJeVpI2Dbc-UqpY

[@debjorgo]

The original Let it Be mix is the best. Naked is bland.

[@MrKeychange]

@@debjorgo Totally disagree. To me, "Naked" was significantly better

[@MrKeychange]

Couldn't agree more! Even though it was so many years later, it's really the truer Beatles version. The band had little to do with the one released in 1970.

[@debjorgo]

@@MrKeychange John and George both liked the work Spector did on Let it Be and they both used Spector to produce their first solo albums after leaving the Beatles. The Spector Let it Be is the one getting the upcoming 50th anniversary remix treatment. Naked was never meant to replace Let it Be. Have you heard Paul's later live recordings of The Long and Winding Road? He uses strings just like the ones on the Spector version.

[@mgonzales56]

Review the album as it was released in 1970. That is what we heard back then, and that is the way it should be reviewed. Not a much later version. Original is ALWAYS best.

[@georgeorr1042]

Well done!! Crystal - when you run out of Beatle albums soon (the core set from “Rubber Soul” to “Abbey Road”), I highly recommend you tackle the core 7 Moody Blues albums from 1967’s “Days of Future Passed” to 1972’s “Seventh Sojourn”. You have great appreciation for melody - and would enjoy those. BTW: “Hey Bulldog” and “Its All Too Much” are two of the best Beatles tracks ever - and they’re hiding on this album!

[@steelers6titles]

In the U.K., fans weren't used to shelling out for previously-released material to pad out new albums. But "Yellow Submarine" had the title tune, and "All You Need Is Love".

[@MrTexxan8]

Yeah yeah yeah my fav album abbey rd....cant wait

[@ThatGuy-bp4gz]

This is an interesting journey you're on. The first thing I did when i subscribed to Apple Music, was to listen to every Beatles album in order. It was a phenomenal experience. The musical progression and innovation that they achieved in just 7 years is mind boggling.

[@richardstjules1924]

Hey Crystal. First of all, great analysis on your recent Beatles' album reviews. I thought I'd tune in for a bit and ended up watching them all back to back. Just fantastic. Quick question; did you review Please Please Me to Revolver yet? Did KZbin take the videos down like they tend to do for whatever reason? Sorry if you've answered this in a previous thread.

[@TTM9691]

Yellow Sub is from "Revolver", "Only A Northern Song" is something that was left off "Sgt. Pepper", and "All Together Now" & "It's All Too Much" were recorded right after "Sgt. Pepper" and before recording "Magical Mystery Tour". "Hey Bulldog" was recorded about four months before they started "The White Album". By the way: the movie for "Yellow Submarine" is great and beautiful! A dazzling animated movie! ("A Hard Day's Night" is a great movie as well).

[@matthewstroud4294]

You should be eagerly anticipating Abbey Road. It is a masterpiece, and their best work.

[@MrTexxan8]

I agree

[@CrystalShannon4]

Coming your way shortly!

[@jnagarya519]

The "Yellow Submarine" LP is almost a hodgepodge, unlike their others. "All You Need as Love," as example, was original a single.

[@stereo999]

The original record had those songs on the first side and instrumental music from the movie on the second side.

[@starrynight1657]

Abbey Road was the last recorded, and it has an air of finality. Let It Be had delays so was released last.

[@MitchellDanaStewart]

Loving these reviews. Will you be going back to the earlier ones to go through those track by track? Anyway, really enjoying these. Keep up the great work. Peace and love. :-)

[@cjsm1006]

I think she has already listened to the earlier ones, and didn't decide to do reaction videos until Sgt. Pepper. Still, it would be interesting for Crystal to go through the earlier ones in order and give her thoughts, since relistening to them can bring new insights.

[@youngbloodk]

Hey Bulldog was essentially just made on the spot. They were in a studio to do video for the song Lady Madonna and said why waste time playing a song we already made, and created Hey Bulldog on the spot to be filmed to.

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

"Yellow Submarine"-it's a children's song yet so much fun to sing and it conveys a party atmosphere full of sound effects. BTW, the woman you hear laughing and screaming during the "and our friends are all aboard..." is Pattie Boyd, George's first wife. "Only A Northern Song"-it was recorded during the "Sgt. Pepper" sessions and almost wound up on "Pepper" and I think you can hear the influence. I always liked it especially the backwards trumpets, tape loops, etc. "All Together Now"-very similar to "Yellow Submarine". I agree with you, Crystal, that this sounds a lot like a campfire song. "Hey Bulldog"-one of my favorite Lennon rockers and that BASS. Wow. Lennon plays the guitar solo here, too, and it is so good. "It's All Too Much"-Years ago, I put the opening guitar feedback on that song as my outgoing voice mail message. LOL I once played this track to a woman years ago and when she heard the feedback she thought it was very similar to Jimi Hendrix. Psychedelic psycho jello. And I also love the trumpets. It kind of feels like a lost "Pepper" track, too. "All You Need Is Love"-such a simple song yet so sincere. It has been mocked and ridiculed by some which I never really understood. What is so wrong about unconditional love for all things living and non-living? It's a very spiritual song IMHO and I also love that guitar solo, but what I really love is how they incorporated fragments of "Green Sleeves", "Brandenburg Concerto", and "In The Mood" towards the end. Genius.

[@1nelsondj]

Use ad blockers, I never see any ads on You Tube. Did you notice that George had 2 new songs of the 4? That's because 'Only a Northern Song' was written for the "Sgt. Pepper's" album but their producer thought he could do better, he rejected it. He came back with 'Within You Without You'. He also came up with the glorious 'It's All Too Much' for the film, one of the most overlooked Beatles tracks I think, it's epic. In later years Apple released the Yellow Submarine Songtrack which cuts the score and replaces it with Beatles songs heard in the film.

[@bandcouver]

The title track is from their 'Revolver' album from 1966. And 'All You Need Is Love' is ,as you know, from 'Magical Mystery Tour.' 'Yellow Submarine' is an odd album as it only contains 4 new Beatles tracks. The George Martin orchestral tracks on side 2 are interesting ,but, the Yellow Submarine 'Songtrack' ,released in 1999, is really worth getting into as it has some glorious re-mixes of songs including: 'yellow Submarine' ,'Nowhere Man' and the George Harrison tracks 'Only a Northern Song' & 'It's All Too Much'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_Songtrack Hear the album here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJCtknd6mN58f7c

[@debjorgo]

I thought you were going to recognize All Together Now, as the song sung by Lizzo, for the Facebook commercials.

[@nedeast6845]

I'm from London, and i am old enough to remember my grandparents had a piano in their front parlour, and everyone would sing songs, you could buy sheet music, but everyone knew the tunes or made up lyrics, the main thing was to have a few beers and stand around the joanna, and no-one cared if you sang out of key, it was about family and community, just singing and laughing, and that was what both John and Paul especially loved and remembered from their childhood. Could you do Steely Dan albums sometime?

[@elizadennison7433]

It's worth mentioning that the vast majority of guitar solos on Beatles songs were by George, and several very famous ones by Paul, but the "Hey Bulldog" solo is by John and it's ***phenomenal.***

[@waynec3563]

In its "All Too Much" they sing the line "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue", which is from the song "Sorrow" by the McCoys in 1965, which would be covered later by David Bowie.

[@Dudlow]

There's a lovely version of Hey Bulldog by the wizard pianist Paddy Milner (sometimes a member of Tom Jones's touring band). I think the James Bond vibe of the song comes from the rising & descending semitones at the top of the chords (ie, Em, Em+, Em6, Em+, etc).

[@fredklein3829]

I like your content. To take the next step and become a BEATLES fan, refer to them by their first names only like the way they were introduced to North America when they first landed in New York in 1964: John, Paul, George, Ringo.

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

Some of this songs were done to fit in particular scenes of the movie (yellow sub...) others did the exact oposit. A very fun movie to watch with young children ✌☯️

[@charlesbunch8383]

The line "show me that I'm everywhere" was not a reference to Here, There, and Everywhere. It related to the meditation George was into. Being one with the universe, being everywhere, etc.

[@MarloMaravillas]

FYI, Northern Songs was a music publishing company started by John and Paul.

[@bradwilliams7198]

...which gave most of the royalties to them, and only a very small amount to George and Ringo. As George's songs were by this point increasing in both quantity and quality, he became increasingly unhappy about the arrangement. "It's only a Northern song."

[@Blinkerson55]

Your musical acumen is fantastic Shannon! Great job. I wanted to pass on the friendly, fierce rivalry between John/Paul. Paul had just written a monster hit on piano named Lady Madonna. So "Hey Bulldog" was John's response. Cheers, Chicago Ray

[@TTM9691]

You can do "Abbey Road" and then "Let It Be". Some of the songs on "Let It Be" were recorded or overdubbed on after "Abbey Road" (in fact, those songs were done after John had left the band). And "Let It Be" was released a couple of weeks after the news broke that they had broken up (front page news all over the world!), so it's just as fitting a last album as "Abbey Road". They basically have two final albums.

[@steelers6titles]

The film is very enjoyable, and contains several Beatles inside references. The producer was Al Brodax, who had done the group's TV cartoon series, which they didn't like, thinking the quality was too low.

[@Duglor1]

Let it Be was recorded before Abbey Road. Also, don’t forget PAST MASTERS with all the singles releases that were not on any albums including I Want to Hold Your Hand, Paperback Writer, Rain, We Can Work it Out, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, The Ballad of John and Yoko, etc...

[@tguagliardo]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned yet but It’s Only A Northern Song was recorded in ‘67. It was George’s original contribution to Sgt Pepper but ultimately dropped in place of Within You Without You.

[@darost]

I hope you can watch the YELLOW SUBMARINE movie someday. It is lots of fun, too! All Together Now has a line, "Can I take my friend to bed?" just stuck in there almost unnoticeable. Beatles were very subversive! Enjoying these times together!

[@jaysonpida5379]

All-You-Need-is-Love is the first 'transmission' to be 'bounced' off of orbiting satellites for a simultaneous broadcast to a global audience....13 years before MTV & cable started.

[@steelers6titles]

The movie itself also featured other older Beatle material--i.e., "Eleanor Rigby" and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", and a fragment of "Think For Yourself", along with the soundtrack album's "All You Need Is Love".

[@bluepeng8895]

Fun fact: All you need is love features Eric Clapton from Cream and Mick Jagger, and Kieth Richards from the Rolling Stones on backing vocals

[@FredGarnett]

After recording Sgt Peppers The Beatles were worried that they had lost their live performance chops so they started jamming in Abbey Road to play themselves back into being a band. It's All Too Much is all that is left of those jams in May 1967. One night they went on to 3am having been left the keys

[@mikecavaretta2621]

The layers in It’s All Too Much are all the more amazing when you consider the fact that it was recorded on a four track recorder. So there basically was no post, at least not as we now think of it.