FIRST TIME HEARING The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (REACTION)

[@johnandrews3151]

The guy on bass is Paul McCartney. The Guinness World Book Of Records in the early 1980's certified that Paul McCartney is the most successful recording artist in music history and he still holds that record today😮😊!

[@WandaPashe]

😮 Wow! Never knew. Thanks.

[@tool_fighter]

The guy singing the lead wrote the song , and it’s the most viewed video of all Beatle songs on KZbin. His name was John Lennon. He created the Beatles and wrote the most hits for them. Sadly he was assassinated at age 40 so we will never know how much he would have gone on to produce . A true genius and visionary and one hell of a musician.

[@shanelawson5072]

John & Paul... Equal parts of the overall picture‼️

[@ssirfbrorsan]

"SIR" if you please. ;)

[@JamesLachowsky]

Wow. This guy wasn't born yesterday. He was born about 20 minutes ago.

[@IamKingReacts]

😂

[@papercup2517]

It feels a bit like that, doesn't it! "What? You mean there are other countries and other times in history, of which we have film footage, and other police uniforms and other ways people dressed and wore their hair?" The revelations were flowing thick and fast! Don't worry, young man, we're laughing WITH you, not at you. 😀

[@GkIrel]

💯

[@jennifer3735]

How sad are you to go on reaction channels just to be rude. Grow up 🤡

[@jasong.5165]

Fake

[@VoicesfromtheSwamp]

The Beatles were not JUST a band, they were THE BAND that started it all. Every rock, blues, hip hop, rap, song you hear today are all because of The Beatles. This was in 1968-69. This was the last time they ever performed live. And they did it on the rooftop of the studio where they did their last album. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings director) did a phenomenal documentary about The Beatles on HBO/MAX.

[@reneeborovitch7585]

I hope once you’ve read these comments you’ll go back and check out these ‘guys’. The Beatles are responsible for any music coming afterward. They revolutionized music as we know it today. I am old enough to have seen the change in music before February of 1964 and after February 9th,1964 which is the day they were on The Ed Sullivan Show, look that up too. You’ll blow your head right off once you learn what The Beatles are to music. Do some homework I guarantee you won’t be sorry. Listen Learn Enjoy!

[@norguz7777]

He doesn’t realize he’s looking at an iconic scene in music history.

[@clydester2677]

He doesn’t realize a great many things I think.

[@AAK1954]

@@clydester2677 ¡Jaja! Right.

[@jax4538]

He doesn’t realize anything. It’s embarrassing

[@Lilione111]

How can he realise. He’s not from that generation. He’s delving & experiencing now. You probably don’t know a lot about the classical music scene in the 1800s. He will learn as he goes. At least he’s interested in finding out. I know it seems a bit crazy for us, but we lived through it. He didn’t.

[@davidarmstrong1617]

Yeah, I turned it off halfway through... How do you live on this planet, with English as your native language, and not KNOW that the Beatles are the English band from the 60's who transformed rock n' roll into a completely new sound? If you don't already know that, you're not qualified to discuss music with any kind of authority.

[@jamescanole3940]

You've heard far more of the Beatles music than you can imagine. Their work permeates the culture from movies, commercials, etc.

[@CharlesWalker-sf8td]

They were on the roof of a building giving a free concert for everybody around

[@Dej24601]

“The Beatles are the best selling artist of all-time with over 420 million equivalent album sales. Michael Jackson is the best selling SOLO artist of all-time with nearly 340 million equivalent album sales. Elvis Presley is a close runner up, with Madonna completing the top 3.”

[@nthdegree1269]

Don't forget the Beatles were not fully in the album era, not until Rubber Soul... People were buying more singles and to really realize how big they were 1.6 billion singles sold in the US alone ...I don't think we'll ever get an accurate figure in the world. No one's even close

[@Dej24601]

@@nthdegree1269 Yes, true and there was an unusual system that existed concerning album titles, distribution and legal issues. However The Beatles had albums released earlier in the UK and Europe than in the US, with 2 albums before Rubber Soul in ‘63, 2 in ‘64 and 1 in ‘65, all platinum or gold.

[@nthdegree1269]

@@Dej24601 yeah that was crazy and confusing... I remember that one I was younger. UK versions were different lol

[@scottborenstein8291]

The Beatles have sold over 600 million albums.

[@andyallan2909]

You're having a job counting: Beatles, Michael, Elvis...with Madonna completing the top 3?

[@jimcarberry8262]

There famous Rooftop Performance 1969. Without the Beatles a lot of music up to this time wouldn't exist. They were great innovators of music.

[@laniwilliamson]

Without the Beatles, there wouldn't be modern music as we know it.

[@Watchman70]

You are so right.

[@Lilione111]

Yeah, a lot older music has to be taken in context. Ground breaking for its time.

[@tool_fighter]

@@Lilione111still

[@shanelawson5072]

Don't blame them❗ Music nowadays is mostly garbage...

[@shanelawson5072]

This guy is just too naive & dumb ❗

[@southernwanderer7912]

Comparing the Bee Gees to the Beatles is like comparing a Volkswagen to a Rolls-Royce.

[@plenary123]

Comparing any group to The Beatles is unfair.

[@Nickel1147]

There is nothing to compare to The Beatles

[@bwilson5401]

To be fair¡ The Bee Gees are one of the biggest selling acts ever.But nowhere near The Beatles.This twerp is the most annoying reactor ive ever seen.Literally.

[@Nickel1147]

@@bwilson5401 The Bee Gees made me cringe

[@cuebj]

Comparing anyone to Beatles will pale into comparison. But, if this chap really is hearing Beatles for first time and he has heard Bee Gees, it's a reasonable starting point for him. Bee Gees were massively successful in their own right from young age from mid 1960s when they came to UK from Australia. They were also very successful songwriters for other people in many styles. some people knocked them because they had a second success era with disco. That's a pity as the incel disco-haters just revealed themselves to be nasty little racists who hated other people having fun and sex. There's plenty of place for Volkswagen cars from Beetle through Golf GTI, Buzz, etc. In that period, Rolls Royce was dull status symbol for board members of a bank. We had some very wealthy neighbours in about 1968 to 1975 who had a Rolls Royce and Jensen Interceptor. They called the RR 'The bus'. RR cars were definitely innovative like both Beatles and Bee Gees were.

[@kathy1013]

Oh wow. Where do we begin?? First, this rooftop concert was 1969 and was the last public concert by the Beatles. The group released their first album in 1963 and hit America in 1964. I was 11 years old and fell hard. Total Beatlemaniac! In a nutshell, they changed the world with their music. There had never been anything like them. I'm a huge BeeGees fan but The Beatles came first and definitely inspired the BeeGees with their music. The Fab Four (as they were affectionately called) were made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr on drums. Their impact on music and culture is impossible to explain. Their music genre is impossible to describe because it is so varied and complex. If you jump into this rabbit hole, you will never reach the bottom. I've been there over 60 years!😳😀 Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, The Long and Winding Road, Let it Be, Strawberry Fields, Elenor Rigby, Norwegian Wood, I Saw Her Standing There, Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolution, A Day in the Life, A Hard Day's Night.., That should get you started. 😀

[@stlmopoet]

The Beatles influenced everyone who followed. They went in so many different directions, creating whole genres of music. The guy in the left is Paul McCartney, considered one of the best bass players in the world.

[@colemanjr]

Yes "Elenor Rigby" was my favorite

[@Bigdong-kl2fh]

Like Tom Petty and so many other musicians stated....There are the Beatles, and then everyone else.

[@dianedarby442]

This was a regular workday in London. The Beatle went out onto the roof of their office/studio building and started playing. If you watch the movie, there's all kinds of chaos going on out in the streets - traffic stopped, people climbing fire escapes to get up there - thus, the cops arrive to get them to stop playing. I've been listening to the Beatles since the 60s - it's so much fun to see you discover them for the 1st time. Modern music owes tribute to The Beatles, and many other bands that paves their way. . . enjoy!

[@robperry5293]

LOL... This is Rock And Roll. You are probably the first person ever to compare the Beatles to the Bee Gees. The Beatles were the greatest band of all time! The Bee Gees were not even close. The Beatles put out so much great music, you could listen nonstop for days without playing the same song over. They had 32 #1 hits. Their top selling album sold 27 million copies. I would recommend "a" song , but where would I start?

[@thomastimlin1724]

Start from the beginning, before the Beatle Haircuts, with leather jackets and even before they had long hair...like backing Tony Sheridan on My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, John singing Ain't She Sweet, the instrumental Cry for a Shadow, , with Pete Best on Drums, before Ringo The Decca Audition Tapes, and some BBC radio shows. They came from total nothing in Liverpool to worldwide fame. that's what reactors need to fricken understand, not individual songs picked at random.

[@newms69]

The Bee Gees loved the Beatles, said they were the best. And they were and still are and will forever be.

[@Kieop]

They had 20 Billboard no 1 hits. Where did they have 32? Paul McCartney has 32 No 1 songwriting credits...

[@ssirfbrorsan]

Come on! No point in 'laughing'. As true Beatles fans, we follow John Lennon's message of peace. Let's help the young guy discover one of the greatest 'wonders' in music history.

[@robertszekely8686]

You are not disrespecting the Bee Gees. Actually it's a disrespect to the Beatles. I like the Bee Gees, but they are not really in the same league as the Beatles.

[@reneestewart9425]

Forrest Gump was years later I think you should do your homework I'm not gonna watch your shit anymore I love to watch young people discover 60 and 70 music. But I think you should just have a little clue before you do this again you are making comments about the best band in the world and your ignorance to this subjectmakes me not really want to listen to you anymore

[@reneestewart9425]

Forrest Gump was years later I think you should do your homework I'm not gonna watch your shit anymore I love to watch young people discover 60 and 70 music. But I think you should just have a little clue before you do this again you are making comments about the best band in the world and your ignorance to this subjectmakes me not really want to listen to you anymore. Comparing the Bee Gees to the Beatles shows your absolute lack of any knowledge or at least taking a second to educate yourself before you go on and insult the greatest band of all times. There is not a musician in the world that won't tell you without the Beatles we would not have the music we have today. Geez Louise bye-bye

[@olmanrock5381]

These lads are the widest deepest rabbit hole on the internet- dig in a enjoy

[@thecreepyllama]

Not quite the widest or deepest rabbit hole - that title belongs to The Beach Boys and their - frankly - unbelievably fucked up story. The Beatles are solidly in second place though.

[@johnckelly88]

When you stopped on the two cops, you see Billy Preston playing keyboard. He brought a great sound

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

Too bad they didn't show him when it came time for his solo.

[@Brandi6666]

So nice to point that out. What is the sound engineers name. Or the first cop they showed? They werent members of the band either

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

@@Brandi6666 Billy Preston is arguably one of the finest session keyboardists the sixties ever saw. His work with The Beatles is renowned.

[@rhondaocallaghan4413]

Love Billy❤❤

[@cuebj]

@@LonghopeBro-ju6jl And he knew The Beatles from Hamburg when he was barely 16 and backing Little Richard. Beatles were just a year or two older

[@anthonyv1719]

Beatles were the base and bedrock of all modern music. The video of what you are watching is the last time the Beatles performed live (they stopped touring a long time ago) on top of the rooftop on their studio in London. People stopped in the streets wondering what the noise was, and the cops came - Beatles on Rooftop - shitty little amplifier, cold, and still put in a hell of a performance -

[@troidva]

African American keyboard player Billy Preston (sitting at the keyboard in front of the two London cops) first met the Beatles in Hamburg in 1962, Germany, when the Beatles were an unknown club band and Preston was a 16-year-old prodigy organist playing on a European tour with Little Richard's band. In January 1969, the Beatles were on the verge of breaking up over artistic differences on their latest album. Guitarist George Harrison brought in Billy for a quick visit with the band and the effect was magic: the Beatles buried their differences while their guest was there and asked Billy to join them for this rooftop concert. The Beatles stayed together long enough to complete two more albums.

[@marksterner7532]

And, Billy went on to have an amazing music career, as both a solo artist and as an invitee to perform in many of the most iconic concerts ever presented (and recorded)! "Will it Go Round In Circles?" must have kept his head spinning for years from all that he experienced! It is so cool that he earned his chops with the greatest band in history!

[@kirbyk7370]

Here's an important note. Some of these rooftop songs made it onto the record. At this point in time, they didn't have huge multi track tape decks, to allow engineers to remove or add instruments later. The band had to perform the whole song perfectly to make it onto an album.

[@tjlynch9594]

If this is your first time hearing them you are in for a long lasting treat .

[@jax4538]

He’s way too dumb to realize.

[@Dej24601]

Best-selling artists worldwide as of 2022: British rock band ‘The Beatles’ are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales.

[@Yooper2024]

Just looked it up. Units are different than albums. But you are correct stating 183 million units. Their actual album sales are now over 500 million. and if you add total albums and singles and EP's their total is greater than 1 billion.

[@taramahoney2412]

I had read Beatles sold over 800 million records worldwide.

[@Jaseph2]

Bro, don’t worry about people that are a bit harsh in their comments. I understand you don’t really know The Beatles so you don’t understand, but these 4 guys were so popular that they even stopped touring because they couldn’t even hear themselves play because of the screaming women and teenagers. And their catalogue is huge and includes a vast range of music. Their music dominated the 60s and it really just made people happy. Most of their stuff was just super catchy and upbeat and would put you in a good mood. I’m 63 so I wasn’t very old when they broke up, but there’s never been anything like them since. And young people discover them and love them. They were just that good.

[@BobSperber]

Thanks for saying well what I couldn’t, politely.

[@colemanjr]

I totally 100% agree. I am a 61-year-old black man from Texas and I even LOVE these guys. @Jjaseph2 was right, the Beatles started it all.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

The Beatles changed many things around the world. They influenced music, clothing styles, hair styles, art and ideas and opinions. They were witty and innovative.

[@robinmessing530]

As an old-timer who was listening to the Beatles when their music first came out, I am confident saying the Beatles were the most influential band in Rock History. This song came out in 1969. The Beatles broke up in 1970. And though the Bee Gees weren't slouches, comparing them to the Beatles is like comparing the hills in San Francisco to Mt. Everest. The Beatles were as popular in their day as Beyonce or Taylor Swift is today--maybe even more so.

[@richardmartin9565]

Forget the Bee Gees, the Beatles were the best of all time! Genre? They did it all!

[@theappreciationsociety1960]

Yes The Beatles were TRENDSETTERS, they were MAGNIFICENT, and I LOVE them to bits, BUT The Brothers Gibb aka. Bee Gees were GENIUS SINGER SONG WRITERS ❤ Beatles wrote hundreds of songs❤ The Gibb brothers wrote over 1000 songs, a great many of them hits ❤The rest were of IMMENSE QUALITY, and their attention to detail in post production were SECOND TO NONE ❤Even the Beatles´ own producer George Martin said that The Brothers Gibb had THE SINGLE BEST THREE PART HARMONY OF ALL-TIME, and Barry Gibb even more meticulous with regards to post-production details, than himself ❤ They are still the 5th biggest selling global artists of all-time, so to forget them, will be an OVERSIGHT PAR EXCELLENCE!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ LOVE, HUGS, PEACE, GOD BLESS & STAY SAFE ❤ ❤ ❤

[@johngriswold2213]

@@theappreciationsociety1960 All time? You would have to put CSN in that mix;)

[@theappreciationsociety1960]

@@johngriswold2213 , if you by CSN is referring to Crosby, Stills and Nash, they were great US artists indeed ♥ If you re-read my comment, you will find that it was George Martin that said it, but I must admit that I agree with him ♥ CSN sounded fabulous, but their harmonies are not quite as tight, as The Brothers Gibb ♥That is a tightness that you can only obtain between siblings, as their tones are very similar ♥ Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Graham Nash were FABULOUS, but I must say I prefer the material Graham Nash did with The Hollies ♥ I suppose it is a matter of preference, and I happen to prefer the British sound over the US sound, but both sounds are FABULOUS, just different ❤ My favourite singer of all-tme actually happens to be an US artist ♥ The LEGENDARY singer-songwriter: Sam Cooke ❤ ❤ ❤ LOVE, HUGS, PEACE, GOD BLESS & STAY SAFE ❤ ❤ ❤

[@johngriswold2213]

@@theappreciationsociety1960 I have long loved the Bee Gees, their fantastic songs and lush production values. From what I understand there were hard feelings in GB when Nash left the Hollies for Laurel Canyon and the California music scene, well deserved given his talent and the impact the Hollies had. That said, he needed more agency and creative freedom, and with CSN he helped create a new musical genre and the model of the self produced, counter culture artist. The often unsung genius of CSN's harmonies was David Crosby, who knit together their sound with indispensable but hard to tease out vocal parts. Helplessly Hoping is a great example of this, a unified and gorgeous sound that is difficult to sing...though the melody sounds clear, picking out a solo line to sing through it is difficult. What exactly is the lead, and what is David singing? He was key in crafting the harmonies on the Grateful Dead's two mostly acoustic albums, Workingman's Dead, and American Beauty, and then Jerry Garcia turned around to add the singular pedal steel guitar work on Nash's Teach Your Children with CSN. So much great music in those days, Good Thoughts, Peace and Blessings right back;)

[@theappreciationsociety1960]

@@johngriswold2213 The craftmanship of CSN is undeniably AMAZING, no doubt about that, and yes Graham Nash did find the creative freedom in the US, that he did not find in the UK ❤The craftmanship of David Crosby and Graham Nash is undeniable, and well balanced by the talents of Stephen Stills ❤ I also ENJOY the harmonies created by (another sibling/cousin combo) The Beach Boys, whom I was fortunate enough to experience in concert, and meet afterwards ❤Guess, who Brian Wilson admirers even over his own musical endeavours? The Brothers Gibb SURPRISE, SURPRISE ❤ That is why it was him that inducted the brothers into Rock´n´Roll Hall of Fame ❤The brothers have also been inducted into The Singer-songwriters Hall of Fame ❤Another US band that I have ENJOYED is The Eagles, so much talent in that group ❤There are so much FABULOUS music to be ENOYED globally, thank Heaven ❤Thank you ever so much and right back at you ❤ ❤ ❤ LOVE, HUGS, PEACE, GOD BLESS & STAY SAFE ❤ ❤ ❤

[@Laliquino]

The most famous and well respected music act of all time, this guy must live under a rock

[@Dej24601]

January 1969. The Beatles had stopped performing live in 1966 due to the complications of massive crowds and media attention, and only released studio albums after that. This was on the rooftop of the building in London of their company - Apple Corps, as a sort of goodbye to the public since they were in the process of splitting up. Police were called due to complaints about noise, but they didn’t do much, and just watched. There is a film called “Let it Be “ about the event. However the 3-part series about the Beatles on Disney, by Peter Jackson (director of Lord of the Rings) called “Get Back” has even better and lots more footage about this event in part 3 of the series. The Beatles started the trend of wearing their hair however they liked, wearing whatever clothing they liked, which today is taken for granted.

[@cuebj]

And crowds in the street below were a serious safety hazard. I know the area well and lived there for 15 months 10 years after this concert. Narrow streets clogged by people or road works... ambulances and fire engines can't get through and the whole area comes to a log jam halt. At least one of the policemen is still alive, they were both pretty young at the time and, of course, unarmed

[@lynnerapping7725]

I first saw the Beatles in 1964 on the Ed.Sullivan Show. I was almost 3 years old and they have been my favorite band ever since. They are the GOAT. They inspired everyone that came after.them. Even the Bee Gees!

[@EdselMike1980]

This was January 1969. The last live performance of the Beatles. This band is pretty much responsible for ALL popular music that came after them. They started out as a pop phenomenon known as Beatlemania, beginning in 1963 and becoming famous in America in 1964 on the Ed Sullivan variety show. They began progressing their musical style and song writing to a level unheard of at that time. They put out about a dozen albums in less than 10 years and their music catalogue is considered to this day, some of the best and most influential music ever.

[@DP-ep8cl]

The beatles are generally known as the world's greatest band ever. This video was recorded on January 30, 1969 where they performed their final public concert. The police were dressed in their uniforms of the time and were there to stop the concert due to nothing moving around their building. I don't say this to criticize you.. just offering a bit of advise. Research the video's you review to obtain some basic information on what you're watching. You'll have a better understanding overall.

[@marciaoh7056]

I'd like to see King's reaction to the Christmas classic Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth duet sung by Bing Cosby and David Bowie. Two big stars from two different generations come together singing a duet. It was recorded in September 1977 and Bing died three weeks later. They were going to cut it from that years Christmas special due to the death but changed their mind and kept it in. It's become a Christmas Classic. Fun Fact: Bing had never heard of Bowie when he was told who he would sing with and they had to explain him. Unbelievable?? No. why not? Bing was 74 and Bowie was like 20. Bing was American and Bowie British. Fun Fact #2: Bowie thought the Drummer Boy song was all wrong and stupid. So he quickly wrote the Peace On Earth accompaniment for himself to sing. They did it in one take. You can see the look of surprise and admiration on Bing's face when Bowie belts out his part. The rest is history.

[@mitchellbatchelor1594]

No auto tune. No Computers. This is live. They are outside in the English cold.

[@ronspalding6946]

On 30 January 1969, the Beatles performed a concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, in central London's office and fashion district. Joined by guest keyboardist Billy Preston, the band played a 42-minute set before the Metropolitan Police arrived and ordered them to reduce the volume. It was the final public performance of their career. They performed nine takes of five new songs as crowds of onlookers, many on lunch breaks, congregated in the streets and on the rooftops of nearby buildings to listen. The concert ended with "Get Back", and John Lennon joking, "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we've passed the audition.

[@patriciolegett1757]

Your shortcomings in contemporary music knowledge is truly remarkable! Had The Beatles not existed there would not have been anything that you would recognize as popular music today.

[@PatriceCortes]

That guy in the black suit is Paul McCartney. Dude.

[@lexyabby9]

If this is your first time hearing Beatles then please listen to some of their biggest hits. You'll appreciate them even more!

[@IamKingReacts]

will do!

[@Khalid-mf3iu]

My dad introduced me to the Beatles when I was 10yrs old.....it didn't take me 5mins I just fall in love with them....thank you dad for this treasure

[@brucey86]

You need to do some research, but as a 75 yr old male who lived thru the Beath'es time, they have gone down in history as the greatest rock band of all time. If you doubt that, which is totally understandable, begin by checking the views on their songs. They hve had the biggest influence on all rock music following their legacy. By the way, they did this rock concert on a London roof, and the police, funny hats, finally made them stop.

[@badplay156]

He is a reacter not a musicologist. I'm 70 and find the ignorance both forgivable and understandable. Where would he hear the Beatles? No one listens to radio anymore and it wouldn't be on the Playlists even if they did. We had it easier than he does because of the radio. You probably can remember Buddy Holly but can you name or even remember more than a couple of his songs. Who was called the King of Rock n Roll before Elvis? Until he did what was considered the unforgivable it was Jerry Lee Lewis (the unforgivable was he married his 14 year old cousin).

[@brucey86]

@@badplay156 Thank you for your insightful response.

[@suepall5425]

This is the 60's. Remember this is live on a rooftop. The greatest band in history. They started it all.

[@inkey2]

started it all ????????? There would be no Beatles without Elvis, Buddy Holly, chuck berry, Little Richard, . The Beatles were standing on the backs of the famous rockers that came before them.

[@RobertSmith-iw2kb]

Probably 70.last concert by this great group. Had to be there to understand.

[@RobertSmith-iw2kb]

Don't forget everly brothers.

[@BillyMccue]

The Beatles were the biggest selling band of all time. Bar none. This was late 60s and their final concert. They have many MANY songs starting in 1963.

[@tdgallagher218]

It is literally the other way around: you would be disrespecting The Beatles by comparing them to The Bee Gees. The Beatles owned the 60s in #1 hits and record sales. While they were always into rock-n-roll band, they started off in the early 60s playing mostly pop music, but turned everything on its head in 1966 when they quit touring and focused their creative efforts in the recording studio. They were untouchable at that point. They officially disbanded in late 1969, but they are still regarded as the GOATS by many muscians.

[@cuebj]

Not quite. They recorded pop music from 1963 onwards. But as teenage boys they were a trash skiffle then rock and roll group. Then they went (George Harrison underage) to play 8 and 12-hour sets in the reddest red light area of post WW2 port town gangster Hamburg. Far tougher than any punks at CBGBs in 1970s. They lightened up to get radio play and acceptance and a recording contract. We tend to look down on pop now but, back then, there was just classical, jazz, folk, and pop. Rock and roll was a sub-genre of pop. Beatles were largely responsible for turning pop into an art form in its own right and for subsequent development of many sub-genres including rock, prog, etc.

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

It's kinda ironic that you are listening to the Beatles for the first time and this video is (I think ) the last time they played together......................get INTO them , you won't regret it . :)

[@IamKingReacts]

thats crazy🔥, definitely going to check them out in depth. Just dropped another beatles reaction today

[@isaacvanwart-i2v]

This impromptu rooftop “concert” was bittersweet-great music out of nowhere, but the last “concert” for the greatest pop-rock band in history.

[@christinefougere]

The Beatles were everything. They started it all I was 14 when they starred on Ed Sullivan

[@warrenfoil6851]

This was the last live performance of the Beatles, a band that has shaped and influenced music FOREVER. It was an impromptu performance on a London rooftop. Traffic stopped, people came out of the office buildings nearby, and the Police were there to protect the Beatles. This is the SIXTIES. As far as genre, I find that people your age tend to be overly concerned with what box the music fits in. Just let it flow. To sum it up, you just reacted to THE best, most important band in history.

[@PatriceCortes]

Disrespecting the BeeGees by comparing them to the Beatles. Oh Geez. Thats like comparing Milli Vanilli to Beethoven.

[@keef7224]

Start with the early stuff and go chronologically so you can witness the most shocking growth and evolution of a band ever. In just a couple of years they went from being fresh-faced, smart-mouthed pop idols singing simple love songs to a mature, intelligent global cultural and political force creating the most ground-breaking and universally acclaimed music of the modern era. You have quite a musical and historical journey ahead of you! 🎸💥

[@thomastimlin1724]

Exactly right. But they wrote the cute love songs on purpose to break into the American and other markets, before that they were hardcore rock and rollers of the day in the sleazy clubs of Hamburg, Germany and Liverpool UK, taking uppers to stay awake and downers to sleep, doing 8 hour shows. Until new manager Brian Eptsein cleaned them up to be presentable to a larger market, and they got rid of Pete Best and obtained Ringo on drums...without Ringo they would have gone down the toilet, he was the missing ingrediant.

[@cuebj]

@@thomastimlin1724 Excellent comment. The pure pop (which was also very innovative at the time and deeply appreciated by classical musicologists for their use of harmony) earned the money for the record company (EMI) to fund its classical and jazz catalogues and bought them the power to demand the studio time to do their mid period and later stuff. The astonishing thing is how they remained massively popular while being extremely innovative with sounds and ideas that barely existed before they developed them

[@janetkizer5956]

Omigod! The Beatles were the greatest Rock group ever. This concert was the famous roof concert they played. It was the last time they played together in public. A huge crowd congregated, and reporters asked listeners who they thought were playing. Most of them correctly identified them, and even who happened to be singing at the time, though they couldn't actually see them from the street. When the group broke up, it was reported in the British press on the front page in the kind of huge headlines usually reserved for world wars. I kid you not. There's a documenary which I believe is still available on KZbin, which tells about how the Beatlws brought down the Kremlin. It's a serious documentary about how young people in Russia loved the Beatles so much that they risked goinf to jail over it. The Russian government had made it illegal to listen to them. But people sneaked their records into the country so people could hear them.

[@alanr4447a]

The date of the scene is January 30, 1969, in London. Bitterly cold weather, hence the coats they're wearing. "Pop" had already existed for decades, actually. In _Forrest Gump,_ of course, there's a scene where Forrest is on a talk show with John Lennon (seen here, the guy with glasses, FYI). The Beatles are fairly well-known.

[@robertrouse4503]

The Beatles are the best selling group of all time with three gimes tbe sales of the Bee Gees. they sold 600 million albums and 1.6 billion singles. The guy in black is Paul McCartney, the highest selling songwriter of all time. He plays bass. This was 1969. The Beatles were not hippies, they were their own thing.

[@sagan666]

The Beatles are a genre.

[@johnkammer4754]

The Beatles started all of the Rock bands that cropped up here in the United States!

[@reindeer7752]

Rock n' Roll was "invented" by bands in the USA such as Bill Haley and the Comets, 1947, and others long before the British Invasion. The Beatles were influenced by what came before them, but experimented and took rock to a new era.

[@cuebj]

Hardly! Beatles themselves pointed US media and fans to what they had already forgotten: Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Motown, etc.

[@michelefoucault918]

@@cuebjthe Beatles was the first 4 piece band that took over rock’n roll world wide. Buddy Holly was very influential to the Beatles but unfortunately in 1959. Who knows the heights he’d been able to achieve.

[@ronturner9850]

You made a great choice for your first Beatles record…. Now continue to enjoy the other few hundred, no two of which are the same.

[@kimberlyjenkins8927]

THE BEST GROUP OF ALL TIME. THIS WSD THE LAST TIME THE WERE TOGETHER. YOU CAME SEE THEIR STORY IN THERE DOC. The Beatles anthology

[@stevenewcomer8837]

The spelling of The Beatles is “ea” like a drum beat, etc. whereas the bug is “ee” Beetle 🪲. This is their final live performance on the rooftop of Apple Corps headquarters (The record company, not the phone company.) at 3 Savile Row in London on January 30, 1969. The 42-minute impromptu concert is considered one of the most famous rooftop concerts in history. They split up right after. This was the Hippy era. You do know that the Beatles are the most famous and most successful band EVER, I hope. The Beatles were together for just 10 years from 1960 - 1970, yet out sold bands that have been together for 50 years.

[@markle4998]

The Beatles revolutionized popular music. Beatle firsts: invented music videos; first band to do a stadium concert; first band to perform live on tv satellite broadcast; first band to use backward track; first band to release a double album in rock; first band to win grammy for album of the year (Sgt. Pepper); first band to use fade in on a song; first band to use feedback; first band to use sampling; first band to use a Moog synth, and more. They changed modern culture.

[@19HurdyGurdyMan46]

This is the 1960s, think about it, 55 yrs ago to be exact. The Beatles hit it big around 6 yrs before this rooftop concert. Miles bigger than The Bee Gees, no disrespect to The Bee Gees. They weren't just a band, they were actually a movement, for LOVE, real love. Paul McCartney is the bassist. I was knocked off my feet by them, at the age of 6 yrs when I first heard them in the early '60s.

[@BetterGreta13]

This is Jan. 30, 1969.

[@kk-om5zm]

The Beatles man.....Best rock band ever!!!!!

[@B.R.0101]

6:10 LOL!! "I don't know if POP existed yet" exactly The Beatles invented and launched the new pop in the world!! BTW I really appreciated your reaction!!

[@lisalanza8365]

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[@jnagarya519]

"The Beatles" kicked the door down and made all that followed possible. If not for "The Beatles" you'd never have heard of "The Bee Gees".

[@vinceosborne4060]

Well the guy on Piano was an American Black Man named Billy Preston from Houston. He was considered “The Fifth Beatle”.

[@johnkammer4754]

I grew up with them-72years old

[@brandwessels8582]

The BeeGees are not in the same ball park - nobody came close to The Beatles. Your education begins now...

[@jwardbass4452]

You were close with the decade. By this point they were ushering in the 70s. They were coming out of their flower power/hippie period (which they had a big part in making mainstream). Also you said you thought you were "disrespecting" the BeeGees by comparing them to the Beatles, when it's completely the other way around. Everybody with very few exceptions at that time were influenced by and loved the Beatles. You were wondering about the genre. Pop music has been around since the early 20th century but became huge in the 50's. The genre that can be most broadly applied to the Beatles is "Pop Rock", though they drew influences from just about every genre that existed up to that point. Good job correctly guessing that it was Paul tearing it up on bass, as he tends to do.

[@brandwessels8582]

Gosh man - a new word was invented for the Beatles phenomenon. It is called Beatlemania. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania

[@dimestorephilosopher3308]

So, the 2 guys up front were friends since teenagers and formed a band and the guy on the right was a good guitar player and songwriter, too and the drummer got added. but he was pretty good and they ended up the biggest band in the world for a long time and then broke up and this is one of the songs from their last performances. Also there was a chick called Yoko.

[@kengause9259]

This song was one of a handful of songs played by the Beatles on January 30, 1969, on the rooftop of Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, in central London. The cops were there to put an end to the concert because it was causing a mob scene in the streets below. The Beatles led the British invasion of the 1960s. The Beatles are the biggest and most successful act in music history (more records sold than any other artist), and, of course, on Billboard’s charts, as confirmed by their standing at No. 1 on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Artists. I encourage you take the time to get to know them. Their music is timeless.

[@nigeltown6999]

This is from before genre - this is just what it is - fabulous!

[@suziQue]

January 30, 1969. Their last live performance. You're right it was a hot hit. You've got a lot to look forward to. Sooo many hits. John Lennon wrote this song , he's the one in the fur coat and wearing glasses. I was just starting high school when this came out.

[@michelefoucault918]

Paul McCartney was the bass guy. He has amazing vocals, listen to their releases and see the Little Richard influences. In fact , they were the opening band for Little Richard in ‘62. Paul and Ringo are the only surviving Beatles. As mentioned previously, Billy Preston was heavily involved with the Beatles at this time. I’ve read unsubstantiated claims the Beatles considered having him officially join the Beatles. It might have happened if the Beatles hadn’t broken in 1970.

[@PhilEvans-p7f]

The guy reacting is like a more intense, real life version of a character in the film yesterday lol

[@pbell44]

Saying that comparing the Beatles to the BeeGees is an insult to the BeeGees is absurd. The Beatles were the biggest band in the world.

[@PatriceCortes]

I find your reaction sweet, but so so so so so ignorant! I recommend you start with "Meet the Beatles" and listen to everything that came after that while doing some historical research. also take a look at what was considered popular music before the Beatles, they changed everything!

[@johnrpomeroy]

It’s extremely hard to believe that anyone hasn’t heard The Beatles before, including infants in the womb!!

[@josephtingley654]

What's hurting you is where you're starting The Beatles journey. Start from the beginning, this song is towards the end of their career together and you'll understand. This the only band that you listen to them grow from album to album. The Beatles led and everyone else followed, they changed the way music was recorded and were the cultural onset of the 60's. The Beatles are the greatest musical act of all time and a gift to the world.

[@lisalanza8365]

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[@walterfleury3840]

It was 1969 Abbey Road Studios rooftop in London England. Cops were there to stop the show, they were creating a disturbance on the street below.

[@kentaappel]

The Beatles covered a lot of genres even on the same album. I am 65 years old, so we obviously are from different eras as older generations are much less influenced by videos as it was more listening then seeing.

[@Metalphysicalpodcast]

The lead singer is John Lennon. He was tragically shot and killed in 1980.

[@Markhirsh]

You only see him briefly but the music is driven by Billy Preston on keys AKA the 5th Beatle

[@stihlhead3338]

The year was 1969 and the last live concert by the Beatles before they broke up. Without the Beatles and Elvis Presley there would not be Rock and Roll today as we know it.

[@ninoperez7250]

Very hard to explain The Beatles! No telling how far they could have gone with their innovative sound. All I know, I was heart broken when they broke up. And heart broken again! When John Lennon was murdered. No chance of a reunion. Sad world! But, their music changed lives good and bad.

[@thewizard6077]

Cool reaction. By the way, the Beatles are the biggest selling music artist of all time and nobody else even comes close. Bigger than the Bee Gees, bigger than Elvis, bigger than Michael Jackson, or Beyoncé, bigger than Prince or Drake, or any other music artist who ever breathed air and walked the face of this Earth (do a quick google search and you'll see what I'm talking about). Yeah, you would need a whole new education in music to truly get the Beatles. It is possible though. I've seen other reactors start out sketchy like you and becoming total Beatle fans. I would recommend a deep dive into the Beatles. I would start with their first album "Please, Please, Me" and go right in order until their final released album, "Let it Be". No doubt, you would truly "get it" then. Just a suggestion. I subscribed! Peace

[@MsAppassionata]

I would conclude with “Abbey Road”, since it was the last album recorded.

[@Nickel1147]

Most of McCartney's audiences are young and they know The Beatles!

[@vinceosborne4060]

Man, these Dudes invented the Hippie Movement.

[@DaveGava]

The Greatest period!

[@pgrigg]

I really appreciate your reactions - it's fun to hear people discover music. These guys sort of broke music at the time. They were bigger than Elvis Presley and MUCH MUCH bigger than the BeeGee's for their time. They were so ahead of their time that almost all other music came from them. They first came to the U.S. in around 1964 and time traveled to 1969 (when this song was recorded). I'm glad you are checking them out! This is only 1% of the variety of song styles they have traveled. I think you might enjoy doing a deeper dive!

[@edmeade9180]

This was the last time the Beatles performed together on top of Apple Studios And those two guys that you called customs were indeed police officers, and that is their uniform Not totally sure of the year around 71-73

[@rogerfrancoeur299]

I'm a big Fan of there Bee Gees ,But ....The Beatles were the Biggest and most influential band that pioneer rock music for 8 years before their spit and all 4 continues to have hits including # 1 hits. The Beatles never covered The Bee Gee . The Bee Gees covered about 20 Beatles songs. The Beatles are the most covered band ever..

[@IamKingReacts]

Wow!! That’s amazing & Thank you for clearing that up

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 this was January of 1969.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Genre wise I suppose you would call this blues-rock. Wikipedia suggests "blue-eyed soul."

[@IamKingReacts]

Thanks I didn’t know that

[@davidgagnon3781]

The guy in the grizzly bear coat is John Lennon. Never heard of him??

[@stevemanning331]

Without the Beatles you would have no reason to discuss popular music, cannot believe you have never heard of them.

[@roberthubal6278]

I heard them first on the radio in 1963. I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. I was four years old. And have listened to them since then.

[@jamesbobo]

As far as their name, the insect is spelt beetle. Music has a beat, and like a musical beat, they spell it Beatles.

[@kentaappel]

This was 1969 and it was live on the roof in London, England. As big as the Bee Gees were, the Beatles were much bigger.

[@iqbalhussain9526]

😂😂😂 to your reaction! The greatest band and artists of all time bro 1962-1970. Record number of no1s singles and more albums sold than any one in US & UK.

[@friedaprince]

I was around 10, but I really got into the beatles when their movie "Hard Days Night" did it for me. This was in the mid 60's so a long long time ago. I just bought my grandson one of their albums, he's 11, and he seems to enjoy that music

[@PatriceCortes]

Oh yeah, and just so you know the Bee Gees modeled their band, their sound, and their act on the Beatles. The bass player in the Bee Gees started out by learning every single bass guitar line that Paul McCartney ever played up til that point, and they went from there.

[@christopherbiggers7811]

It's classic rock. There was a huge variety of sounds.