GEN-Z Listens To THE BEATLES ‘Strawberry Fields’ (BRITISH REACTION)

[@bradmenpes809]

"Strawberry Fields" came out in 1967, and it was like listening to the future of music. As it turned out, we were. Everyone is still trying to catch up.

[@timbaker6540]

Ringo’s Drumming !!

[@garyhamalainen1651]

Ringo's drumming?..... abso-efn-lutely!!!! This song weighs a mega-ton, thanks not only to Ringo's drumming but the way the drums are recorded. Out the Beatles lengthy catalog this is probably in my top 5....... John Lennon at his best as a lyricist. Having been around when this first came out, I've heard it hundreds of times and never tire of it. Just an incredibly unique song in every way and really interesting to see someone hearing it for the first time.

[@DanOneMillion]

I verbally attack anyone who shits on Ringo, I just get triggered in such a way because they refuse to even type his name into google because of a meme or some dumb crap like that

[@DayTripperrr]

Don’t forget his umbrella

[@TheDylls]

Came here to say... There's something about it that's, like, perfectly offbeat every single time? I dunno. Love it

[@reggievangleason9511]

In my opinion, Ringo is the catalyst that propelled the Beatles to greatness.

[@johncheney950]

Strawberry Fields was the name of a Salvation Army Childrens home near where John Lennon lived.

[@michaelparks6120]

All of the girls wore black the day after John was murdered. ...it was a sad time for all of us.

[@PaulPullen-i3p]

Strawberry field.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

We toured the whole area there. It's a huge strawberry colored iron gate... John used to always send money to them after he got famous.

[@HellsBells1710]

It was the name of a park in Liverpool where he was taken by his Mum

[@johncheney950]

@HellsBells1710 in the salvation army children's home

[@stephenridley1153]

It still sounds sooooo different, even after all these years

[@warrenhughes911]

Good one..

[@spoonerfive]

There's no doubt that the Beatles were the greatest rock band of all time. They killed it every way you might want. You want a rocker? Try "Help" or "Revolution" You want a beautiful ballad? Try "And I Love Her" or "Something" You want a perfect pop song? Try "Ticket to Ride" or "Paperback Writer". You want artsy songs? Try "Across the Universe" or "Norwegian Wood". I could go on, but you get the point. Three genius singer-songwriters and an awesome drummer, now that's just too hard to beat, and why they are the GOATS!

[@andercoyote4170]

🎯

[@shelq3814]

Same reccomendations I was thinking of! But it is hard to go wrong with the Beatles.

[@suzandouglass5241]

first prog too with side 2 of abbey road

[@zirontheimpaler]

One of my moms favorite songs was Norwegian Wood, she passed in 2022. Song hurts a bit now but I'm reminded of so much from my enjoyment of the song to imagining her hearing it for the first time with her cousins on a radio after school while doing homework, maybe it was later in a smokey college dorm.

[@stevens5541]

Better bands than the beatles

[@wallysmith9261]

I grew up with the Beatles and I'm getting a kick out of the kids today learning about the GOATS!

[@ianmorral870]

GOATS, I see what you did there, cool.

[@michaelparks6120]

Once, when Ringo was feeling down on himself, Paul went to his house and told him there would be no Beatles without him...though he quit the band 2 days earlier, he immediately rejoined. THANKS, PAUL!

[@nancydenis8059]

Psychedelic for sure. Experimental at the time. 😁

[@Scarlet3241]

It’s best to listen to the song without the video. Just put the headphones on shut your eyes and because that’s the way it was suppose to be experienced. What you saw was actually film because video had not been invented yet and it was just a promotional film that was made because the Beatles had stopped touring and people wanted to see them. 🕊❤️🎼

[@Mess2012Z]

Absolutely! I first heard this song as a toddler on 8 track!

[@MrsColumbo823]

Remember getting a fresh album and everyone, or alone, just lying on the floor, eyes shut, just experiencing and listening? That was how I truly experienced Sgt Pepper. And Tea for the Tillerman, Tapestry, Jesus Christ Superstar…., it’s endless really but I applaud this fine young man for not sneering at such wonderful music just because it’s “old”. Seems like yesterday to me.

[@RP_Williams]

"It’s best to listen to the song without the video" - i couldn't disagree more...i saw this (before ever hearing the song) as a child in the mid 80s on PBS (they were showing Magical Mystery Tour) and the imagery of the video had the song haunting me (in the best way) til i finally saw this again when the Anthology came out in 95. It's really simple (and weird), but a great video!

[@Mess2012Z]

@@MrsColumbo823 I remember listening to Led Zeppelin's IV for the first time at a new friend's house...the girls were laying down on the floor in front of the speakers for i guess what they thought was optimal listening stance...stands out in my memory all these years later

[@Mess2012Z]

Led Zep 4 i'm talking about

[@cshubs]

One of the 1000 reasons I love them is their use of orchestral instruments.

[@genebaughbba]

These four guys Are the epitome of music. You should review every piece of video they put out which is a lot The concert where you can see them on the mic for phone. Be a part of it all and welcome to Beatlemania.

[@cshubs]

@@genebaughbba I've been a fan as long as I can remember. I was born when they still existed.

[@MrsColumbo823]

Thank George Martin and Lennon for that. 😀

[@topcatwarrior]

It was the ‘60s, you really had be there to fully understand where the Beatles, and other groups, were coming from at that time. This brought me back a few decades, thanks!

[@KenFullman]

Yet here we are going on 60 years later and it's still being appreciated by youngsters. Yet back in the 60s, I don't recall having any appreciation for music of the first decade of the 1900s. Maybe some of the 1940s or 50s but that 1900s stuff was just... no thanks.

[@watchmanonthewall14]

Ringo's drumming is masterful.

[@genebaughbba]

Oh but you must listen to all the Beatles songs all 210 of them. You have no idea how important they are.

[@Isleofskye]

I think the figure resembles a Chinese Dental Patient......."Tooth hurty"........230 Songs..

[@genebaughbba]

@@Isleofskye I have the white book The Beatles complete scores and it lists I think it's 214 or something That includes all the covers that they released. I've heard Beatle musicians say that the scores aren't always perfect but it's practically like opening to the book of John or the book of Paul is The Beatles Bible. And I still suggest that any person wishing to expand their musical knowledge should listen to at least 214 of these things and some The Beatles did after they were the Beatles. You might as well listen to George and his Wilburys.

[@Isleofskye]

@@genebaughbba Good Advice,My Friend..

[@tmountain1]

Wait till you hear Tomorrow Never Knows!

[@stevens5541]

That's a boring song

[@jack-uv6mt]

@@stevens5541 wouldn't say it's boring haha, it's the craziest shit ever.

[@timwanwick6503]

​@@stevens5541bull shite 😅

[@charleswagner2984]

​@@jack-uv6mtWhat's The New Mary Jane! From Anthology 3. That's even crazier.

[@hempluva]

you will never regret going down the Beatles rabbit hole. I love it down here.... For like the last forty years. I wasn't even born when they broke up.

[@robbiejohnson554]

I’m happy you’re experiencing the Beatles. I guarantee they’ll broaden your musical taste. Keep tripping.😊

[@beckygrant2258]

The Beatles spent 55 hours creating this piece of audio artwork…that’s what it really is. Art for your ears. There are so many layers to this song, you can’t possibly hear it all the first time. It almost requires you to listen to it a few times and just pick out different sounds or instruments each time. John Lennon viewed "Strawberry Fields Forever" as his finest work with the Beatles. And it probably was. Strawberry Field was a garden that John used to play in as a child in Liverpool. After Lennon's murder in New York City, a section of Central Park was named after the song, near where his apartment was. There are always people playing and singing Beatles music at that area in the park, if you ever visit.

[@Fuzcapp]

Yeah - you need to take numerous listens just concentrating on different elements - like George Martin's strings and brass. Just one listen (at least) simply concentrating on that. Then another listen just concentrating on Ringo's drumming. Then another listening to the keys or John's vocals. There's so much for the ear to analyse.

[@dcg4mn]

Well described. Sound art. (Revolution 9)😊

[@Nickel1147]

The Beatles - Genius at work.

[@cherylalexander1948]

Very trippy and mystical...beautiful.

[@SG-js2qn]

IMO, this is one of the more advanced songs the Beatles produced. Psychedelic and progressive ... back when both ideas were first being created. "I Am The Walrus" is another good one from this era.

[@Emondotcalm]

@SG-js2qn, Actually "Tomorrow Never Knows" from the Revolver album was arguably the very first "psychedelic" song ever! That one is still blowing my mind 60 years later!! The production is other worldly!! Absolute genius!

[@treetopjones737]

This one he listened to must be a remaster, as it doesn't have the lowered pitch in one part of the original album version ( the band chose two different sections of different recordings and to put them together, George Martin wanted them to be somewhat in the same key, but the limitation of technology then, the only way to do it was to play the tape slower, which gave it that psychedelic feel in the vocals.

[@imkluu]

@@Emondotcalm Arguably is an important word as there were songs released before 'Tomorrow Never Knows' by other bands, and even the Beatles own 'She Said, She Said' that could be argued were Psychedelic.

[@Emondotcalm]

@@imkluu, Yeah you're probably right. Also the genre "psychedelic" is "arguably" subject to interpretation. All I know is when I first heard "Tomorrow Never Knows" back in the day when it first came out there was no doubt whatsoever it was psychedelic!!

[@deborahjesser2028]

Eric Burden was the eggman.

[@tonrap123]

They were, are and forever will be mind blowing

[@kylebakke594]

Next recommended Beatles song: “A Day in the Life” It’s not as much of a head-trip as this song. But I think you’ll enjoy its change-ups and the lyrics show their cynical humor. Enjoy!

[@junegeraci5130]

You beat me to it!

[@revenantband1]

A Day In The Life was a multilevel song taken from several different news stories, starting with a story about he automobile death of Tara Browne, a friend of the band. He was a hereditary member of the House Of Lords. Then there was the story about potholes supposedly being so numerous they could fill the Albert Hall! Being for The Benefit Of Mr.Kite was another song off the same album that Lennon lifted pretty much verbatim from a vintage circus poster he'd found in a shop in London.

[@catenystrom6506]

Greatest band ever, they influenced all who came after them. I've loved The Beatles my whole entire life, a little before my time, but NOBODY surprises you like The Beatles. Only David Bowie comes close to surprising me as much as The Beatles do.

[@rodrigomartins4104]

Strawberry Fields Forever was recorded about 4 years after I Wanna Hold Your Hand, which is a massive evolution considering how many bands continue to play the same style over decades - as Rolling Stones have done since the beginning, if I may dare.

[@intelligenthorsemanshipwit1330]

That’s a bit harsh. “Ruby Tuesday”? “wild horses”? “Miss you? “

[@60Cyndy]

They had a great sense of humor generally

[@jadebel7006]

Except they were never nasty to ppl or put them down or were judgmental

[@Arkinals]

Glad they turned left at Greenland :)-

[@northnsouth6813]

John Lennon based the song on his childhood memories of playing in the garden of Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children's home in Liverpool.

[@matt-f1c]

The drumming and echoes 😮 just incredible

[@scottcunningham1135]

I remember listening to the Beatles for the first time in the late 1970's and having the same reaction as you. Ive been a fan for over 40 years and it makes me smile to know that young people, today, can love it too.

[@GaryMarkley-h3z]

ditto

[@DDD-wx4bo]

Love it!!! They were so ahead of their time. The music is timeless and real. Thanks for reacting for Gen Z.

[@MS-zv4bf]

Can't find the emojis...😂 That made me laugh. This 70-ish woman can. Great reaction. I agree that the video distracts from this legendary masterpiece. We just heard it on the radio or record. ❤

[@rheailiarome2287]

It is difficult to express the feelings of joy when listening to this song when it first came out. Just wonder. Every new album was an experience of going down that rabbit hole of imagination and wonder. The genius that were the Beatles will last to the end of times 🙏 I love them and I will love them forever ♾️ and ever grateful for the joy they brought into my life. Thank John, thank you Paul, thank you George, thank you Ringo 🙏💐 Love oo

[@scottyg8310]

You seem to have an ear for this! It is great to experience the Beatles chronologically. You can see their growth in a relatively short amount of time. It's really a brief history in music production.

[@R68A5050]

Not only are parts of the video backwards, but so is some of the instrumentation!

[@hungfao]

Unpredictable? Man, are you in for a ride. They are the G.O.A.T.s, after all. There is a reason for that. They accomplished what genre there were and even created a few along the way.

[@gileshalliwell3591]

As a 62 year old I’m glad your discovering the Beatles just a I’m happy that I’ve just discovered a new artist to me, Steve Lacy… The Beatles whole back catalogue should keep you busy and entertained!

[@cshubs]

Nothing like Beatle textures.

[@SPOCK_TALK]

Some of my favorites/ HELTER SKELTER / THINK FOR YOURSELF/ ELEANOR RIGBY/ IF I FELL/ HOLD ME TIGHT/ AND I LOVE HER / YOU CAN'T DO THAT/ THIS BOY/

[@axiomist4488]

You're the one of the very few reactions that I stay to listen to all the way thru. Your explanations are intelligent and I enjoy them. Keep enjoying yourself as you continue your trip thru the universe of the Beatles. Listen to RAIN and WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU . They'll take you to new places .

[@craighawkins3137]

Strawberry Fields is a masterpiece - one of many by The Beatles

[@stevens5541]

Your opinion not mine

[@pennymccabe6989]

😂😂😂😂😂 🤦‍♀️ oh look, I found the emoji board! I grew up with this music! 60s - 90s were the greatest years ever! Many of the bands from then are still performing! I love that all these reaction videos are introducing this music to the next generations!

[@michaelparks6120]

The Beatles are without a doubt, my favorite band.

[@stevens5541]

Not mine

[@michaelparks6120]

​@@stevens5541you must have sustained some sort of mild gear trauma then.

[@alvindimes4729]

​@@stevens5541Why are you even bothering to comment? 😮

[@vickirecord5534]

"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see". A great John Lennon quote; truers words were never sung.

[@TorchTheWitchbaby]

This was one of my favourite songs to dance to - I was transformed every time

[@Gill3D]

The Beatles were under pressure from their record company to release a single because they had adopted a low profile after their final live performance in Candlestick Park. At the time they were working on the ground-breaking "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album and its nature had been kept secret. They chose to realease the double-A single, "Strawberry Fields/ Penny Lane" and blew away the music world! Many people say these songs really should be on Sgt Pepper and it's hard to hear them without thinking about Sgt Pepper, just as it's hard to listen to Sgt Pepper without wondering how they would have included these tracks. Ultimately, I think the Beatles made the right decision in releasing the album and the double-A side in the way they did. It's just that I remember how, as a six year old, I first heard "Penny Lane" when it played over the radio in my aunt's house and all the children froze in the middle of a game to listen. I wonder if Gen-Zers have had similar experiences with nodern music? I hope so.

[@daudder]

Just one of those…’what…how…genius Beatles’ tracks…smooth, simple, complex and it only took you about 20 seconds for the smile to appear in your face. Great stuff.😂

[@johneverett3617]

HI I'm really enjoying your reactions, 'tomorrow never knows' is a must!

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

Many of their songs end abruptly while others seem to be ending, like this one, then come up in volume and continue. They’re always surprising!

[@sarablack2547]

Psychedelia of the late 60's early 70's. Beatles known for creativity,, experimenting. You mean this heart emoji?❤️😊omg me a gen x think I've found them yay😮😁🎵🎶

[@skiptrace1888]

Don't let them bang on you, man! There is a first time for everything. I am a musician, and Beatles are my fav group. I appreciate you diving into their music & life. I think your commentary is great! So keep on doing what you want to do! You will be enriched by every Beatle song you hear (except when Ringo sings! 😊😅😊😅). You know they came out with a new song last year called, NOW AND THEN. John wrote it and sang it while playing piano and recorded it on a cassette tape. After he died, the tape was given to the other 3 Beatles. They worked on it together, but didn't have the technolgy to make it work. Then George died. So Ringo and Paul worked on it last year and finally made it happen. So that one is the last Beatles song. Check it out!.

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

Each new track was: "and now for something completely different". They made it sound so easy. Ringo's drumming this one , for example. And the bonus coda at the end! The video almost distracts , though.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction again.. BEATLES, obviously,.#1.. Keep digging..

[@hopeklemann1]

you're doing great , dude.. I love your sense of humor

[@JonathanMarshall-b2m]

Thank you,. great to hear through new ears ")

[@stealthbastard8837]

Nothing more mesmerizing than John's voice on this track.

[@victorcornet21]

So tickled you're exploring The Beatles! I grew up hearing them through my parents' record collection, and even now, in my 50's I'm still stunned by their genius. I hope you'll check out Van Morrison's music sometime, too. He did wonderful songs like Brown Eyed Girl, Wild Night, Into the Mystic, Fair Play, & Hymns to the Silence and so many more. Cheers!

[@copferthat]

Pure genius this song. When it first came out I thought the Beatles had flipped, it was so strange, weird for the time but two listens later and BINGO. Just listen to those cellos and violins, so radical

[@fatovamingus]

Yeah I wish that he listened to it without looking at this video that I think was pieced together long after the fact. But the reaction that you had kid was priceless

[@tenjed4224]

The Beatles were the first group i learned, very well the words of most songs they wrote. This, while I was in elementary school. In Junior HS band class, the teacher was a huge The Beatles fan, and had us practice songs, each semester we would play at the school gatherings. They were one or two jams, each time (in a collection of 8 - 10 songs). And it lit me up each time we played them.

[@DavidSumeray_BassGod]

The Beatles had a 7 year recording career. Listen to tracks off Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Help, A Hard Days Night, Rubber Soul, Revolver, White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road. Notice the huge variety of styles and quantum leaps of development from album to album

[@scottamichie]

Yes. And Magical Mystery Tour: a reissue of #1 hits plus gems like Baby You’re a Rich Man.

[@vs13231]

Your comments are always so soul deep and genuine for a Gen-Z and i love & appreciate that🧡🧡♥♥

[@jeanmyers1787]

Strawberry Fields is where John used play, it was between John & Paul’s house in Liverpool. Penny Lane also about Liverpool, the barber’s shop is still there & there is a photo of John cutting Paul’s hair.

[@christianperspective9527]

It's good to see you explore the Beatles , you're in for a treat, they have so many different sounds. Try 'Oh darling'

[@craberlocker]

I bought the single early 1967 and still get goosebumps listening to this track. Magic!

[@edgarsnake2857]

Love your reaction to this crazy, amazing masterpiece. The Beatles worked hard to make their soundscapes.

[@hopebgood]

Well done Jay mate. That was a good watch seeing Strawberry Fields Forever making you smile. Have fun finding and enjoying new sounds. 😉

[@jamesswindle5253]

When this first came out it was probably the most talked about piece of music ever. Can you imagine hearing this for the first time in 1967 . Nothing like it then or since

[@crustaceanPeanut]

As a fellow Gen Z, you won’t regret getting into The Beatles! They were also much more than their music. They were charming, witty, and funny, and took the world by storm in the early 60s. Reacting to their hits or albums in order would be cool I think.

[@franchk8372]

Wonderfully trippy. >☮☮🕊🕊💕💕

[@scotmax8426]

Great reaction. cheers.

[@unexpectedartists1676]

Tomorrow never knows pls or A day in the life. So glad you are exploring the awesomest band ever

[@clivelogsdon1492]

I was 13 when this was filmed in a local park to where my family lived and where I still live, my older brother took me watch the filming, it started my love for music😊

[@anonamoose5673]

This song was a first in back mastering. Music like we never heard, when it was new

[@crofootski]

I was a teenager in the 60s and the Beatles were my favorite band. It was really cool listening to them change through the decade. After John Lennon was murdered in NYC in December, 1980 , a 2.5-acre landscaped section in Central Park, New York City was dedicated to his memory. It was named Strawberry Fields. John and his wife Yoko Ono lived next to Central Park and were often seen walking in the city and walking to and from their recording studio. The song “Strawberry Fields Forever” was inspired by Lennon’s childhood memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army children’s home called Strawberry Field in Liverpool, England.

[@50gary]

The greatest Beatle song ever, the greatest so ong, fore ever. Strawberry fields forever.

[@rayberry4261]

The Beatles were genius writers and players. They wrote hundreds of incredible songs. You could study them for years. Get To it.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

They do teach college courses on their music.

[@elizabethegbe3672]

Love the show because you don’t talk and interrupt much. Your comments are good. To explain (as an old British person) Strawberry Fields is a park in Liverpool where the Beatles members grew up. It was also LSD (acid) trip in the 60s called Strawberry Fields. So this is a trippy sing. Good luck.

[@Gawainer]

This song is a masterpiece. It works as an acid trip and the video reflects the disjointed feeling the trip produces.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

A song called Roundabout by YES off the Fragile album. I've been dancing to Roundabout for 53 years. The GOATS of prog

[@kathycrocker7481]

Love the whole “Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band Album” by the Beatles!!!

[@jbartlet827]

❤Another great video! Thank you!

[@robertgrant4987]

Love this one ❤️ 💕 😊

[@robranney-blake8731]

😅First generation Beatle kid here. Glad you’re finding this old stuff fun.😊

[@lskylarbrown]

I am enjoying watching your reactions to the music I listened to when I was your age. we had Great music.

[@christinawoolley6206]

All the sounds harmonizing together is absolutely spot on with The Beatles! Welcome! Enjoy! 😽💋🎶🖤

[@trish.b]

You kind of jumped into the Beatles during their psychedelics phase. I love everything about them but they do go through different phases musically, and I love it all.

[@catw6998]

Absolutely. As we did growing up, it worth i5 to find the pre60’s stuff, then work your way up through mid to late 60’s and on. Solo careers etc too.

[@paulmcinerney5995]

Filmed in my hometown of Sevenoaks, England. Been to Knole Park so many times, always think of this song.

[@frankmastroianni2501]

the first song to have a video for it - WAY before MTV! ----

[@timkis64]

the beatles rabbit whole is deeper than the ocean.

[@maryroark4647]

I have just discovered you. First my apologies it took so long. I'm trying to see a lot of reactions and then here you are. Beatles of all the wonderful bands there are they are my favorite. I love their world. I've watched the tim McDonald The System , In The Ghetto. Tom McDonald is what caught my attention with you. Been listening to time for couple years now. He does volumes. I am a 67 year old woman I think you're amazing. Yea strawberry fields is strange. If you looked back at that time period for them it's quite unique. Peace❤❤,

[@dozydayz]

The heartbreaking Beatles song "She's leaving home" if you haven't heard it, you will love it.

[@vorkosigrrl6047]

That and Eleanor Rigby are my two favorite Beatles songs.

[@WendyS-3]

Love your reactions.🎉. Enjoy the fantastic Beatles Journey. Just pick anything from their catalogue. They're all different and will all blow you away 😊❤

[@tonrap123]

The Beatles to infinity and beyond

[@alfredoramirez1022]

More beatles pls

[@samguberman2288]

The greatest sing if all time, theres so much going on and its a feast for the ears. especially with headphones on. Yes their catalogue is huge and so varied, its a treasure chest. You should see the rapid progression from their early pop records to psychedelic and rock.

[@tonybrown4298]

your right raw music but it had to start somewhere . great to hear your thoughts

[@mikeplott4817]

Great Reaction 👍🙏😎

[@trevorveail]

great to hear the music that came out when I was a teenager back in the 1960's.

[@secolerice]

I love your reaction. You’ve got a good feel for this. Remember that back then we did not have a video for our music. We did not have the expectation of a visual link to music. So listen with your ears and not your eyes. Most of these videos for older songs were created later or were matched up with something else. I would just listen to the album cuts by themselves. And as for finding emojis on your phone, that is not the flex you think it is. Even my 89-year-old mother could do it! 😁☀️💕

[@maximobenatti6110]

the greatest of all !!

[@bellesque861]

Do check out by the Beatles ‘Here Comes the Sun”. You will feel good.