I Begin My Beatles Journey! Blackpool Night Out 1965 Live Color Reaction

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[@beatlebrian4404]

Seeing John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing side by side is one of the greatest things in life.

[@Sirala6]

With George on guitar and Ringo "Mr. Feel" you've got a HELLUVA pop quartet.

[@jnagarya519]

Note how relaxed and comfortable they are on stage. That's a result of 8 hours a night 7 days a week in Hamburg.

[@runningsuperska]

8 days a week

[@falcon215]

By the time the Beatles were only in their mid-twenties, they had toured the world several times, met kings, queens, princes, heads of state, celebrities, etc., literally conquered the world, all while cranking out two albums plus singles per year. Wherever they went on the planet, everyone knew who they were yet they still had so much more to offer that was coming. There was so much talent in that band it isn't funny.

[@pangeatruth7773]

This was after the Beatles came to the US. They were world wide stars by the time of this show.

[@jimdev81]

Don’t underestimate their early stuff, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. It’s best to start early and listen to them morph and blossom continuously during their too short career together. Enjoy!

[@patticrichton1135]

absolutely!!! JIM DEVLIN Start with their first album "PLEASE PLEASE ME" and go chronologically through their catalogue, as they were released, like those of us who were kids and teenagers then, heard their music. It is the ONLY one to APPRECIATE how their music evolved and progressed.

[@robertkern9911]

@@patticrichton1135 we did side 1 in a stream a few days ago

[@patticrichton1135]

@@robertkern9911 oh NO, I MISSED it, Is it still available to watch??

[@blackfender100]

Couldn't agree more Jim.

[@benoitrenaud519]

They started by being the best rock n roll band in the world. Then they became something else entirely. Looking forward to the rest of your journey.

[@bobtausworthe2671]

Two things I really like about this. First, I'm always impressed that in a world where most hit songs are defined by 4 chords, the Beatles songs were not simple and quite unique even when playing within a genre. Second, their playing is very tight. They did not stop touring because they couldn't play. They stopped because they were done with touring.

[@jamesdrynan]

It wasn't simply their music that struck a chord with teens in Britain and America. Their insouciance with the older press people was refreshing for youngsters. Beatlemania had already taken hold in England before they came to the States. They were unknown in November, 1963, when JFK was assassinated. Ten weeks later, they appeared on Ed Sullivan's Show to a TV audience of 73 MILLION people! Seven weeks later, the Beatles occupied the top FIVE positions on Billboard, April 4th, 1964. This will never be equalled by any group or person. And they'd just got started.

[@hungfao]

In 1965, the Beatles were very well-known in the US. Seeing the Beatles together like this always gladdens the spirit in someone as old as I am. Seeing John and Paul harmonizing in the same mic? The world is a better place for that moment. Best friends having a great time working their butts off. As John would say, 'To the toppermost of the poppermost'. And they did, too.

[@KneeAches]

Ringo: perfect drummer, great personality, singer….never discount him.

[@anthonyferris8912]

“The Beatles saved the world from boredom.” George Harrison.

[@jamesscanlan6240]

I think sometimes people tend to think of their early stuff as inferior to their later output but I find it amazing they were able to turn out so many melodious hits so quickly while continuously touring. No one else could have done it, which is why they conquered the world. And their harmonies were always heavenly. Calling them a boy band is kind of insulting actually. This was not a bunch of good looking guys assembled by a crafty producer.

[@thomastimlin1724]

It's a mentality created by classic rock corporate radio ignoring their earlier work on their stupid demographic studies driven playlists to help advertisers sell Ford trucks and furniture. Thus ignoring that music changed because of the Beatles, not the Beatles deciding they better keep up with the times. As you know their slow change over 7-8 years, leading the way, happened because they quit touring and were able to spend more time in the studio experimenting. Led Zepplin didn't come and shut them down, they paved the way for Led Zepplin

[@cuebj]

EDarly stuff bought the right to stop touring and become studio based in a way nobody else had done before. The early stuff made more money for EMI than all its classical stuff put together

[@cuebj]

​@@thomastimlin1724 And they were still touring when they came up with Rubber Soul and Revolver but couldn't play such complex stuff through crude PA systems of the time

[@patticrichton1135]

I agree, I don't like it when reactors refer to the Beatles as a "Boy Band" There is NO similarity between the Beatles and "Boy Bands" WHERE do you see the BEATLES doing a choreographed dance routine WHILE singing, and playing NO instruments? THAT is what "Boy Bands" do, NOT the BEATLES. NO COMPARISON AT ALL

[@robertkern9911]

I love how each of them got a chance to speak here and show their personalities

[@dennydowling2169]

"I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride", "Yesterday", and "Help!" were all number one hits in the USA in 1965. They had five number ones in the US in 1964, including three that succeeded in that chart position in a row. These three were "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (7 weeks at #1), "She Loves You" (2 weeks), and "Can't Buy Me Love (5 weeks)". These were followed later by "Love Me Do" and "A Hard Day's Night". This is just so you know that whoever told you they were unknown in the US at the time of this performance was quite mistaken.

[@thomastimlin1724]

And they had already made two movies, A Hard Days Night, and Help.

[@slickjames2541]

This was the height of Beatlemania

[@bookcraver1]

No other band in history has even come close! The Billboard Hot 100 ranking on April 4, 1964: 1. Can't Buy Me Love 2. Twist and Shout 3. She Loves You 4. I Want to Hold Your Hand 5. Please Please Me

[@spottss]

They were here based on hits unlike the stones who 1st came over only with covers. So the Beatles gave the stones. A Little help from their friends with what was it at least one or two songs that were successfully recorded by the stones?!

[@brooos]

You mentioned them being considered a bad influence, and even though they're all wearing suits and ties, their hair was considered outrageous by parents. No one had long hair like that combed down in the front and over their ears. It was scandalous!

[@thomastimlin1724]

You nailed that for sure...parents were struggling with their sons to "Get a haircut, you look like a girl."

[@tonymorielli7158]

It's one of the many influences left by the Beatles . If you're in a band , no matter the genre , you probably have / had long hair

[@cuebj]

Which was odd, even then, to me as a boy. Our parents' grandparents almost certainly had long hair and beards. WW1 for my grandparents and WW2 for my parents led to short hair to stop lice. Mum always said to keep hair clean, not to worry about length, and her dad had been policeman after WW1 trenches. Suddenly, anything longer than a crew cut was deemed unmanly, demonic (in certain church circles), 'artistic'

[@tonymorielli7158]

@@cuebj When I was growing up everyone had a crewcut ..no exceptions ..I remember one of the older kids coming into school with a Beatles wig ..got sent home ...different times

[@spottss]

My father called the young people who hung out at the corner with long hair beatles because he put them all into the same category and this was probably late 1960s when he said it. He and others of his era blamed the Beatles for everything he considered bad lain society.

[@matthewhetzler4912]

No matter how many times I listen to their live performances, I am always surprised at how well they get the rhythmic FEEL of each song.

[@Codex7777]

They LOOKED like, what we would now call, a boyband but they were anything but... They weren't 'created'. They'd been gigging and touring, in the UK and Germany, for years, before getting a record deal. They wrote their own music and played their own instruments. I'm not sure that any genuine boyband will ever be described as, 'the best songwriters of the modern era and potentially the greatest of all-time' as the Beatles are. :)

[@meditationlifeskills]

Abby Road is still a masterpiece even in 2022, it will bow your mind!

[@robertkern9911]

the finest work ever put to vinyl

[@meditationlifeskills]

@@robertkern9911 Agreed, Robert! Paul almost melts the face off of his bass guitar on "She'd So Heavy."

[@glenndespres5317]

Very rare to see I’m Down being performed live. Keep going, you won’t be disappointed.

[@patticrichton1135]

You can also see them play it in the 1965 SHEA STADIUM concert. They always ended their concerts with either "Long Tall Sally" or "I'm Down"

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

The Beatles performed "I'm Down" at their live shows in 1965 and 1966. And they did it on the Ed Sullivan TV show in 1965.

[@luvlgs1]

these songs were all world-wide, smash hits at the time of this show. at this point they were still riding their initial tidal wave of fame and artistic success, and had already toured america and played the ed sullivan show. great times. keep on rockin

[@Richard2003]

You have a long way to go discovering the genius of the Beatles. I grew up with them and listen every day still.

[@andrewcole3736]

Yesterday came to Paul in a dream. The music was completely formed in his mind. He played it for many people because he thought that it was somebody else’s song, but whatever, but he told him that it wasn’t, he wrote the lyrics and the rest is history. It’s the most covered song in history.

[@dynjarren8355]

I agree with your critical assessment. I’m so pleased to see someone younger get it. The Beatles made sophisticated pop rock songs. They progressed beyond the primitive early style of rock n roll and changed it forever. They always were able to do the foot stomping tunes like I’m Down, or Helter Skelter or Back in the USSR but they added the social commentary like Eleanor Rigby and took Rock in higher directions than before. They were just as Revolutionary as the first wave of Rock n Roll was. I’m so glad you get the quality of the Beatles! That’s a good reason why they are still listened to 50 years later. And you haven’t heard anything yet! Starting with Help, then Revolver, then Mystery Tour then Pepper and then the White Album. There’s some great music coming up! Watching you react to this is like hearing it new again! Fantastic! 👏🏻

[@patticrichton1135]

He CAN'T IGNORE their earlier music and albums, that is ridiculous to do that, as if their early stuff doesn't matter. It DOES, because their earlier songs/albums were NOTHING like what we had been listening to pre- 1964. It is IMPORTANT, THAT earlier music is what struck a chord in all of us back then and why we all went so crazy for them, PLUS they LOOKED different, they had a different accent, they were attractive to us girls, they were intelligent, witty, funny, each had their own great personality....they were the WHOLE PACKAGE!

[@dynjarren8355]

@@patticrichton1135 Ok, I get what your saying. I became a fan when Help came out. I can still see the film but I can’t see them live ever so I missed the originals. The quality of the albums after that is what impresses me. So we all have different reasons for being fans. I’m into the music mainly. Not the Haircuts or Suits or Beatle Boots.

[@reinacarbetta388]

They played their first performance in America in Feb 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show (to 73+ million viewers, still the 2nd most watched TV show in history.) A full year before Blackpool. So, your Beatles journey should start a little earlier lol. And their early shit is fantastic. Wayyyyy ahead of it’s time (And btw, they were considered rebels with the long hair and rock n roll.)

[@patticrichton1135]

There first single recording was "LOVE ME DO" and was released on Oct, 5, 1962 in the UK. Their first album was "PLEASE PLEASE ME" in the UK, released on March 22, 1963 in the UK. SO he needs to start with LOVE ME DO from 1962

[@v.2080]

It seems that you're listening to them without ever having heard their albums...? Anyway, that makes it interesting to hear these insights. To tell the truth, their voices basically sound the same as they do on the albums. It's just that the instruments are a little bit more intricate and finished, of course. Yes, they rehearsed a lot. They had already been a band for a few years before this point. Wished I had seen them in person but, at 10 years old or so, my mother was quite protective. It was such an exciting time! Thanks. 🌷P.S. Yes, "Yesterday" was entirely Paul's song. Supposedly, he received this song in a dream. He said at first he called the song "Yesterday" "Scrambled Eggs." "Help" was their second movie. "A Hard Day's Night" was better and depicted the beginnings of "Beatlemania" worldwide in 1964. For its time, it was considered quite a clever movie. Worth a watch!

[@patticrichton1135]

they didn't have to rehearse a lot, those 7 hour gigs they did in the clubs in HAMBURG, Germany in 1960 through 1962 was their rehearsal. Once they got a record contract and became famous, they didn't have much time to rehearse (new songs a bit) because they were so busy touring, doing TV shows (especially in the U.K and Europe, much more than in the U.S.) It didn't leave them a lot of spare time, and when they did get days off, they usually traveled somewhere to get away from it all and relax.

[@scruffyalice-ff5pz]

Ringo is one ofvthevbest drummers, ever. He doesnt play long, show off drum solos, but his drumming is actually very complex and his style fitted the group perfectly 😊 great reaction.

[@tomwareham7944]

Their song HELP was the title song from their film by the same name ,it was covered here in Australia by our legendary singer John Farnham who slowed it down and recorded it with a rock band and a Symphony orchestra it is amazing and John Lennon said in an interview that it was the best version he'd heard from all the covers produced . At one time in the early 60s the BEATLES had 7 songs in the top10 in Australia and had written the other 3 for other artists , if this is the start of your BEATLES journey do it chronologically and you will observe at least 4 differet phases not only in their music but their lifestyle and fashion . Speaking of fashion the clothing industry made a killing copying every thing that they wore and there wasn't many young men in the western countries that didn't wear something influenced by the boys , the girls loved to go out with guys who were just like their favourite BEATLE . I had all the gear from the chelsea boots to the mop top haircut and was devastated when they swapped into their hippie phase .

[@dggydddy59]

The Beatles hardly qualify as "boy band" even though they had screaming young girls at their appearances. They weren't manufactured by somebody just looking for money. They came together naturally. They played their own instruments, they weren't singing dancers like boy bands. They wrote their own songs. Also, they were innovative, from the beginning to the end, they never stopped being inventive. And they were, more than anything, original! They set trends, they didn't follow them. Also, people who make fun of Ringo are just ignorant and don't know what the hell they're talking about.

[@patticrichton1135]

@dggydddt59 WELL SAID!!

[@sqonk21]

As many Beatles songs I've listened to and videos I have watched...I've never seen this one before 😊...and I very much enjoyed your reaction John...I was right there with you enjoying the show...❤

[@dodytris6708]

John's raspy voice !!!!! so lovely!!

[@davidd.perata2085]

Hi. My wife and I saw a couple of your videos last night. She's 72 and I'm 69. For what you are showing I was there. Not in person. $5.00 a ticket was too much for my parents to spring for. The Beatles permeated the air during my childhood. You have no idea what it was like waiting for their next single. I, like yourself, zeroed in on John. To this day it is very hard not to ignore him. When I was 10 it was equally as difficult. I remember when I was ten, he wore a black & white pokadot shirt with black pants and jacket on the back cover of Beatles IV, I believe. They were in the studio. Of course , he had on his sun glasses. I found that shirt and pants/jacket when I was in eighth grade. I wore it to school and thought I was soooo cooool! I eventually became a singer/songwriter in L.A. If you could hear my studio stuff, you'd laugh at John's influence. Hey, I was very impressed by your reaction to their music. We were watching as you played their Blackpool set which, by the way, was their standard set at that time, playing it on Ed Sullivan with nowhere near the competence and spirit, and sound quality. George's guitar is out of tune on Act Naturally and I cringe every time I hear it. As matter of fact, Ringo's singing was out of tune as well. He was amazingly in tune at Blackpool.The Blackpool performance of Help just rocks. Perfect! Amazing. Identical to the album with far more drive. I found that quite awhile ago on KZbin and play it every now and then for a jolt of joy. Anyway, I told my wife "He gets it!!" And you do. I could see it on your face. And because you do, I have some vintage Beatles stuff that I don't need at 69. If there's somewhere I can send it's yours.

[@TeleNikon]

Best journey you could be on. I admire you for taking it.

[@AntonyFleck]

What a fantastic piece of musical history!! Don't think that I've ever seen this film before !! Absolutely Wonderful!!!... Thanks!!

[@RadCenter]

"Yesterday" is the greatest pop song ever written. It's been covered more than any song in history. Paul is a genius.

[@jnagarya519]

Their first record releases were in 1962-63, typically two LPs per year. Their 3rd LP, "A Hard Day's Night," was entirely songs written by them -- but mostly John.

[@patticrichton1135]

and Paul

[@jnagarya519]

@@patticrichton1135 The MAJORITY of the song writing was by John through at least "Rubber Soul". See Ian MacDonald's _Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties_ for fact-based evaluation of the songwriting.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

The Beatles influenced music in so many ways even from this earlier period, which I don't think of as early really, it's kind of their between early and middle periods. They were incredibly tight because when they played in Liverpool which is where they are from by the way which is one of the most blue collar places you'll find in that part of the world at that time, at the so-called Cavern which was an underground club and a pretty rough place by all accounts. Having been a part of the punk scene here coming of age in the late 70s and through the 80s and playing in bands myself, I really do imagine it as totally a punk venue. And what was happening sounds so traditional to us musically now, but based on the skiffle beats that also influenced Jimmy Paige of Led Zeppelin for example and many others, they were playing in hardcore venues and then they made the move to Hamburg Germany and I forget how long they were there but at least a year I think if not longer and that's when they picked up Ringo and replaced their original drummer Pete Best. Ringo was actually a hot commodity at the time. But anyway, that experience of playing in Hamburg? They played hours every night then they took speed to stay awake and then crash in the daytime and then go right back to it over and over and over. And they had increasingly big draws and got popular and made a lot of money for the club owner who also leased an upstairs room for them to live in while they were the house band there, but that kind of live playing that is so frequent and intense like that? That's like a crucible that fires you; it bakes whatever you're doing totally into you. You can mind-read your bandmates and you just know how to do this stuff and how to deal with any kind of audience. That's really what made them who they are and so we can't say enough about their really early days, that's what made them great later on. It truly is. Not to mention they are incredibly bright and creative and just broke barriers right and left. They just kept doing whatever they wanted and it was always fascinating.

[@stuartingersoll9163]

They created volumes of quality and original music in a very short span of time. Imagine what they could have created if they had stayed together for a few more years. Check out some of their solo work.

[@chetcarman3530]

They had already done a US tour, a US mini-tour, had been all over US tv, I had met them in Dallas, TX, been kicked out of school for my Beatle haircut, had first gotten US radio play in late 1963, Beatlemania was a worldwide phenomenon, had released 2 feature movies, conquered every continent... yes, they were in fact "known in America." Most of your commenter are well-intentioned but unaware or just too young to know.

[@mikewarker4445]

Thanx John, just found your channel. I’m a Beatlemaniac since 1963. They were the soundtrack of my youth. Enjoy the journey, they will rock your world. Don’t forget their solo stuff

[@RustinChole]

Man that was a rocking performance of “help.”

[@yes2day100]

They were breaking free from the beginning. What you may not understand is that the music they blasted out starting in 1963 was brand new. I Feel Fine was considered way ahead of its time, and it featured feedback as part of the recording. Their early music sounds 'normal' now because it has been 65 years and virtually all pop music is borrowing from the Beatles' early work on some level or other. I was 10 years old in my bed one night in late November 1963 listening to my clock radio, and suddenly - I Want to Hold Your Hand came on. It was like music from another planet. As for their stage attire - their manager persuaded them to get out of their leather outfits and into matching suits because otherwise they would never have been signed by London record companies, or allowed on British television. They continued to match until they stopped performing, but each year of performing their suits became less traditional and more funky. They were breaking through step by step from the very beginning. They didn't suddenly have a break through!

[@patticrichton1135]

@ yes2day 100 That was VERY WELL SAID, and you are 100 % correct! Your reaction to "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" was similar to MINE, and you are the first person I have seen on ANY Beatles reaction site, that mentioned that same experience! I WOKE UP to my clock radio on the morning ofDec. 26th, 1963 to "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND." Now I was never the type of person who could just immediately jump out of bed upon awakening, I would turn over and try to go back to sleep, etc. But when I heard that song, I quickly sat up straight (as if someone at the foot of my bed, had tied a rope around my chest and jerked me into that position. I LOOKED at my clock radio and literally said OUTLOUD to my radio, "WHAT is THAT!!!" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The DJ didn't identify who it was, but he may have said it before he played it...I didn't hear the very beginning. I had to listen to my radio for a few more hours until I heard it again all the way through. I was HOOKED!!! It was SOOOO DIFFERENT from what I was used to hearing and I LOVED it. Then with each new single that would come out, it was again, an "experience"!! People today that weren't around then will never understand what if felt like, and it is even harder to completely explain that experience. We were lucky that rock and roll music was still very young then, and there were so many directions it could go in. Nowadays, it's all been done. 98 % of the music today, does nothing for me, it just leaves me cold.

[@yes2day100]

@@patticrichton1135 We are kindred souls, clearly. And you're right. Each of their songs was like a step in an unknown direction. I'm glad I experienced it, and I feel a little sorry for the ones who haven't.

[@patticrichton1135]

@@yes2day100 Indeed we are kindred souls. I TOO am glad I was a teenager then and able to experience if first hand, and have always felt a little sorry too, for ones that haven't. I think that is why it is so difficult to explain how we felt back then, to younger people who aren't familiar with the Beatles. BUT there are a LOT of younger people who are children, teens and all ages after that, these days, who ARE fans of the Beatles and know their music. However, because they didn't experience it first hand, as we did, it is still hard to explain the "what was it like to be there back then" question that they often ask.

[@yes_head]

They were VERY well known in the USA by the time this was broadcast in August of '65. They'd scored many number one songs, had released a half dozen albums or so, their second movie was just coming out, and they were about to return to tour America playing baseball stadiums.

[@nicklenz7030]

Unlike other bands all the Beatles sang and played their instrument at the same time.

[@inspectorguymn]

Parents hated their hair to start. Watch a vid of Ringo double drumming Ticket to Ride. Yesterday came to Paul in a dream. It started out as "Ham and Eggs" Guessing you didn't know John blew the lyrics in "Help"

[@tomeisenmenger7048]

John Lennon - greatest rock singing voice ever.

[@smashstuff86]

7:07 The Beatles were absolutely known in the US at this point. Beatlemania kicked off in February 1964. The song Help was the title track from their 2nd movie.

[@jean-marcevans1439]

Help! Was from their fifth album so you’ve got four albums and a pile of singles to listen to to be at the start of your Beatles journey. The reason their music kept changing was that they were constantly experimenting rather than just repeating a successful formula like so many bands do. And BTW anyone who downplays Ringo’s drumming is the idiot. One of the greats!

[@patticrichton1135]

My eldest son was the drummer in a Beatles cover band for 10 years and he will totally agree with you, and his drumming was unique and not always easy to learn from listening to the records, but my son did a fantastic job recreating Ringo's drumming on all the songs, my son's group performed, which was a LOT. They would often play three 40 minute sets....that's a LOT of Beatles songs.

[@janetmueller9195]

The title song, "Help," was from their second movie. Their first movie was "A Hard Day's Night." Their first appearance on TV in the USA was in February, 1964, on the Ed Sullivan Show, the biggest, most important variety show for any talent to be featured on! If you think the girls screamed a lot in this video, try listening to that one, and also their appearance at Shay Stadium. (Sp.?)

[@lv67890]

I’m Down is a great song. God, what a treat to hear it live!

[@aviadilo]

Great concert. They were about to release their "Help" album in a few days and this concert appearance was a promo for it. All but two of the concert songs were from the album. Yes, they changed dramatically within a couple of years!

[@brianwhitney5441]

I'm 65 and this was game changing for us in the late 60s

[@patticrichton1135]

THIS was not in the late '60s....this is 1965 and we in the States had them since the day after Christmas 1963 when their first single IN the U.S. "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" was released.

[@macca1146]

It will never be this good ever again.EVER.

[@blitztim6416]

This is the way to do it. Their manager cleaned them up. Got them suits. Told them to bow after each song. They used to wear leather jackets before. Paul wrote Yesterday but it’s still credited to Lennon/McCartney.

[@patticrichton1135]

and leather pants too, along with the leather jackets and black t-shirts underneath

[@skiptrace1888]

Thanx for posting, bro! Prim & Proper was the standard back then in England. Brits have had that rep for a long time! Lol Anyway, it was a dress code stipulated by their manager, Brian Epstien. He rescued them from their funky all- leather gear. So it wasn't silly or funny at that time.😀😃😄

[@DavidGigg]

This was filmed about 18 months after they became a sensation in the US, this is mid 1965.

[@leeb.9905]

Ringo's drumming was very... simple and primitive, but we still love him!

[@sharonsnail2954]

"Help" was released in the UK on 23 Jul 1965. So it was their new record 🙂

[@ButternutGOLD]

You’ve checked out some of the strangest music in the the world , now check out the best …

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

The Beatles were probably the biggest stars on the planet in August of 1965. They broke huge in early 1964 around the world. But they had been giant stars in the UK since early 1963. Their first album went to #1 in the UK in the spring of 1963 and stayed at #1 for 30 weeks. It was only replaced at the top - by their second album which also stayed at the top for another 20 weeks - so they had the top spot on the UK album chart for nearly a full year (50 weeks) right out of the gate. By the time they did this show - they had been world famous for a year and a half. They had released two world wide hit movies "(A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!") before this show took place. Lennon-McCartney had also written songs that went to #1 for other acts by this time. At this point in time - pretty much everything they did... turned to gold.

[@pestbsn]

You should really see the Shea Stadium performance. He did break 2 keys on the organ. But he and George were cracking up and John was standing up, really wailing on the organ. The performance on KZbin is really good. They were able to get their performance and cut down the screaming from the audience - 56,500 people. They couldn't hear themselves. That's one reason they quit touring.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

The Beatles were well known by this time in the States, having had many #1 singles and albums on the Billboard charts.

[@stephanieo2509]

Definitely listen to studio versions. They sound incredible.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

John, so glad you are embarking on your Beatles journey! I grew up with The Beatles, back in the 1960s (I was born October 1963). To say I am a huge fan is a wild understatement! I highly recommend starting with their early stuff and progressing forward, to see the amazing changes they went through, from 63 - 66. In 1967, of course, they got into their Psychedelic days, which demonstrated how progressive they were, which is great. But, I really bonded with their earlier, guitar/drums/vocals-driven music. They started out pretty Pop-forward, with their "Please Please Me" record. But as they got into the second-half of 1963, they really started to blossom as a guitar-oriented ROCK band. Their songs became much more confident, rocking and hot! By 1964, they had literally taken over the world as a Rock band. I highly recommend their "With The Beatles" (the U.S. version was called "Meet The Beatles" and their "A Hard Day's Night" albums, as a good start. And be sure to CRANK the volume because you will definitely hear the raw, rocking chops and energy they brought to those early songs! Keep going!

[@patticrichton1135]

I was 16/17 years old in 1964 and their earlier music is what STILL is special to me, possibly because it was the first we had heard from them, and it was very different from what we were used to hearing at the time.

[@robertkern9911]

@@patticrichton1135 I was also 15/16 in 64 we were the perfect age to catch Beatlemainia Everytime a new song or album was released it was like Christmas to us. I love seeing the younger generation discover the music of the past. The Beatles will live forever and their record sales will never be topped

[@patticrichton1135]

@@robertkern9911 I agree with all that you said, and that we were the perfect age then and not a child. Did you see them in concert? I saw them on Sept.15, 1964 and again on Aug. 14, 1966 here in Cleveland, Ohio. They didn't come here in 1965 because our stupid mayor BANNED them, after the 1964 concert! I can't tell you how many times me and my friends sat in the movie theater from the first showing through the last showing watching "A Hard Day's Night," and then the next year watching "Help!" You could do that here back then, only paid once to get in, and just stayed. After all these years and watching those movies so many times over and over (have the DVD's now of course), we all know the entire script and can recite it along with the movie! I MISS those days it was so fantastic being a teenager then. I HATE it when he called them a "boy band" That term began with "New Kids on the Block," "The Backstreet Boys," "INSYNC," etc, from the 1990s on. They were SINGING Groups who played NO instruments, therefore NOT a "band" (which DO play instruments). The BEATLES were NOTHING like the "BOY BANDS" that started in the '90s, who just did CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE ROUTINES while SINGING at the same time. John fails to understand that the Beatles WERE DIFFERENT THEN. Yes, in 1962 through 1964, they were. But by 1965 when this TV appearance John is watching from Blackpool, the Beatles were already world famous, and other "BRITISH INVASION" groups, some American groups, plus teenage boys were wearing their hair like the Beatles in this concert. John seems to think that the Beatles were forced to have songs like that, especially when they came to the U.S. in 1964. Songs about love and girls/women were usual subjects of most songs as far back as the beginning of the 20 th century. Plus it was mainly aimed at the teenage girls at the time (like I was then). Besides that, NO male in the U.S in 1964 had HAIR like the Beatles did. It was considered OUTRAGEOUS by the adults. The adults, believe it or not thought they looked shaggy and dirty with that hair (even though you could tell how CLEAN their hair was. I am so glad I wasn't a boy then, because my dad would have NEVER allowed me to grow my hair like theirs. Also can't figure out WHY he compares them to "Punk" WHAT?!! Geez. Ok, I am through with my "rant" now (and yes I was one of those screaming girls too)

[@paulcollins7185]

So you were very conscious, at a matter of a few days to a few weeks and months old, being born late '63....of the Beatles as a rock 'n' roll band when they were happening..?! I find that incredible when you were with eyes closed, sleeping 19 hours a day and drinking your mothers milk and making poopy in your nappy, wow Mike it's amazing.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

@@paulcollins7185 stop your bullshit, Paul. Just stop.

[@beckygrant2258]

The Beatles songs were all SO GOOD and every one was different from the last. They had 21 Number #1 hits on the Billboard charts. 34 more got into the Top 10. And 71 got into the Top 40 rotation on the radio! Unheard of now. They created 14 albums while they were still a band. All went Gold. Most went Platinum. Some went Double Platinum and 1 went Diamond! And they did it in only 8 years. They broke up in 1980. But they still sell more than anyone else! Promoters offered them millions and millions to get back together for just one concert! When that didn’t work, they started offering millions for them to get back together for just ONE SONG performance. Nope. John was killed in 1980, just 10 years after they broke up. Fans were devastated. Promoters were devastated because now they could never get back together. Believe me, everyone in the generation who grew up listening to them could sing every lyric to every song…because when a Beatles song was released, they played it ad nauseum on the radio because it was requested by fans every hour! The Beatles would release a single 45 with two songs, one on side A and one on side B. Most groups put their best song on side A of a single and a not-so-great song on side B. Not the Beatles. They would pick their best 2 songs. Both would shoot up the charts to number #1 within weeks of each other. Fans were nuts for them! They released one single record every 3 months and 1 album every year! Most groups would release an album and the single records would also be on the album. So sometimes fans would not buy the single. They would wait for the album to come out. The Beatles did it like that, too, sometimes, but not all the time. Sometimes, the Beatles album would come out and the hit singles were not on the album. The only way you could own a recording was to buy the single. Then the album would be much anticipated because every song would be so awesome and in many cases every album cut would get up into the top 10, too…and multiple album cuts would make it to the top 40 radio rotation! It was insane! Beatles fans had such reverence for the band. Most cities had more than one rock and roll station. We changed stations back and forth all day long, listening to rock and roll in the 60’s. If we weren’t crazy about one song that was playing, we just switch it to the other station. In cars there were push buttons on the radio. But if a Beatles song came on…no one ever switched the station till the song was over! The cars and roads back then were filled with kids, 6-8 kids piled into a car. Everyone singing with the music on the radio in unison. We knew all the bands, all the songs. All of us. We had portable radios…we took to the beach and laying out in the sun at our friends houses, and the boys listened while they were tinkering with their cars and motorcycles. Music was everywhere and everything to that generation. And the Beatles just came out with their “last song,” 60 years to the month when they recorded their first song, Love Me Do! They released a single with the new song, Now and Then, and the other song was a remastered Love Me Do! How fitting. Now and Then is a song John wrote before he was killed…a love letter to his old Beatles songwriting partner, Paul McCartney, and his band mates, George and Ringo. WOW! A tear-jerker, for sure. It was so important that it was a message to Paul. Paul took the blame for breaking up the Beatles. And John was angry with him for awhile. But they did reconcile before he died. Paul left the Beatles to “save” the Beatles fortunes and their place in history. It’s quite another story. But the other Beatles didn’t realize this till much later. In this new song, it appears John is admitting that he knew. Sweet! It has to be cathartic for Paul, this song!

[@EddyMetal60]

Brace yourself for a wonderful journey that only the Beatles can provide. In 66, the Beatles started their hippy faze, and redefined modern rock. Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt Pepper's are 3 legendary albums from the psychedelic era

[@patticrichton1135]

Their "hippie" phase did not start until 1967

[@dggydddy59]

Also, you can hardly call Rubber Soul "psychedelic"! Magical Mystery Tour is the other psychedelic album, along with Pepper's.

[@papercup2517]

@@dggydddy59 According to them, RS was their 'pot album', IIRC. You could perhaps see it as the initial opening of those 'doors of perception'.

[@lancewolf2451]

I can't think of any other song where the chorus leads the singer as is the case in Help...

[@robertkern9911]

always loved that part. Im sure there are others

[@sorrystaunton]

The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan in February of 1964….everyone knew who they were in 1965 at the time of this show.

[@jacquigriffin5973]

Feb 1963

[@allie2703]

Beatles were well know 1963 on the ED Sullivan Show with 72% of all TV viewers in the country watching

[@richardjacobs7632]

This gig was well recorded and performed!

[@jnagarya519]

"Act Naturally" was a cover of a Buck Owens recording. And every bit the equal of anything coming out of Nashville at the time.

[@jnagarya519]

They were at this point consolidating at #1 world-wide. So "opportunity knocks" was obviously tongue-in-cheek.

[@patticrichton1135]

It was also the name of a UK Talent Show at the time, "Opportunity Knocks" predates "American Idol" lol.

[@jnagarya519]

@@patticrichton1135 And while Paul wanted Jane Asher to be a house frau, while she wanted to pursue her acting career, Paul exploited his opportunities by keeping a separate apartment where he engaged in his affairs with other women.

[@wbmstr24]

just in those first three songs, I Feel Fine, Im Down, and Act Naturally, you can see the beatles covered, pop, rock, and country, seamlessly. They did it all, and continued to do it all, every genre and style until they disbanded in 1970

[@richardrobinson4020]

When they split in 1970 George was 27. Ringo was the oldest at 30. At 30 or younger each of them could look *back* on being the Beatles and changing pop, folk, rock, metal, alternative, most everything. They could look back on

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

Hithere. Just subscribed. In 1965 they had been in USA. I bielive in 64 . The last song was ( Help)the new one, was from the film HELP and the 6th record from the band , they were already big , but the best was yet to came. ☯️ takecare

[@groundscoresteve4964]

The Beatles John... The BEATLES!!

[@robertbehling5918]

Dig Ringo's high hat and how relaxed he is!

[@MichaelJThompson]

This concert was recorded 2 years after they were introduced in the U.S. with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Many of these songs charted in the U.S. between '63 and '65.

[@benoitrenaud519]

I had never seen this performance. Thanks for that! Paul had the most powerful rock voice of this time. Maybe any time.

[@jamesleblanc7437]

The new album and movie was “Help!”, their 5th album in 2.5 years!

[@richardrobinson4020]

The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide.[4][5] They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart (15), most number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (20), and most singles sold in the UK (21.9 million). The band received many accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and each principal member was inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2004 and 2011, the group topped Rolling Stone's lists of the greatest artists in history. Time magazine named them among the 20th century's 100 most important people. All of this based on what they had done by the age of 30 or younger. Rick Beato says they could play any of 1000 songs perfectly from memory.

[@robertbehling5918]

What an amazing video!

[@DrewJimmy]

Love that performance!

[@daniellittle830]

They were just so f****** good natural, and Heather time and didn't even realize it

[@janetmueller9195]

They came to the US in 1964. I remember it well!!!!!

[@ritagryphon222]

I'm really looking forward to this..!!!

[@russelldye3751]

Please don’t compare them to boy bands! These guys paid there dues playing clubs in Germany where sometimes played up to 8 hours a day! They played their own instruments all multiple instruments except Ringo on drums! Also wrote their own songs for the most part after mostly covers done in clubs to begin with!

[@patticrichton1135]

And the term "Boy Bands" began with "New Kids on the Block," "The Backstreet Boys," "INSYNC", etc ---- these were all SINGING GROUPS that played NO instruments (so they are NOT a "BAND"), plus they do choreographed dance routines WHILE singing! The Beatles were NOT ANYTHING like these "Boy Bands" from the '90s on.

[@papercup2517]

@@patticrichton1135 The only real connection was that money-hungry producers/entertainment industry entrepreneurs would have loved to have been able to create a musical group as popular as the Beatles. Many analysed and tried to reproduce elements they saw as having contributed to the Beatles success, for example, putting together groups of good-looking young people with distinctive and contrasting personalities that a wide variety of fans could relate to, from the Monkees in the late 60s to the Spice Girls in the 1990s, as well as those singing/dancing acts you mention, that spawned the actual 'boy bands' genre. The fundamental difference is that with the Beatles the whole thing was 90% spontaneous and serendipitous, with just a bit of later input from Brian Epstein, to 'clean them up' enough to make them more suitable for general consumption and TV, eg swapping the bad boy black leathers for those smart, cutting edge collarless Parisian style suits, persuading them of the importance of not swearing, eating and fighting while on stage, and teaching them to do that proper theatrical bow in unison at the end.. :-)

[@jameskennedy721]

In a show called JOHN LENNON'S JUKEBOX they play an obscure single that Lennon used as a model for I FEEL FINE . This song was on his jukebox at home , and they play other examples of singles he collected .

[@michaelestabrook2018]

the were playing the cavern in 1961. also they played the ed sullivan show in feb of 1964-so they had already changed, and the us did know about them in 1965.

[@brinn-kx5wk]

My dad seen them live before they got big when they were playing in pubs

[@stevedahlberg8680]

The people that make fun of them don't have enough musical aptitude to understand why he was actually really good. He was a left-handed drummer and a right-handed world but he made the best of it and it probably actually lended to some of the more experimental stuff that he loved to get into. And I love his singing persona. He's just so sloppy and down to earth and Goofy and he doesn't care. He's funny as hell. After the Beatles he had a string of really super pop hits and they're all just so simple and so catchy and so lovable. They're just like a security blanket you just want to wrap yourself into them. So he was a genius on a certain level, he just comes off as really uncomplicated and straightforward and funny and fun.

[@jnagarya519]

"Act Naturally" is cover of a Buck Owens "country and western" song. And it is every bit as anything coming out of Nashville at the time.

[@PeterBuwen]

Not because of drugs. Because of freedom. They were allowed to do whatever tey wanted to do. So they did.

[@sandycohen9862]

Ya , Aug. 1964 I saw the Beatles in Atlantic City Convention Hall ,

[@jamescpotter]

HELP was their 4th EMI album release. If you want to see/hear how they started go back to videos of 1962-63 and you can experience their R&B influence.

[@paulcollins7185]

Help was the fifth UK (Parlophone/EMI) Beatles album release; Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Hard Days Night, Beatles For Sale and then Help!

[@TangoEliott]

Only way to really appreciate the Beatles is to start at 1962 and go to 1970. The evolution is magical. Although drugs had an influence of course their maturity and talent brought them to their journey's end. They were world stars by 1965 so your comment is incorrect. They were on Ed Sullivan in USA Feb 9 1964. This is a year later.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Absolutely correct.

[@nobodyyouknow3017]

Yesterday possibly th3 greatest Beatles song

[@keithroberts4952]

They were known in the U.S. by this point. This was from 1965.

[@benoitrenaud519]

They were big in the US from 1964 on. By the way.

[@jamesleblanc7437]

Yep, February 1964 on Sullivan.

[@beckygrant2258]

The Beatles “broke free” after touring in 1965. They had been touring since 1963. They stopped touring live because fans were screaming so loud, and they were playing in stadiums holding 60,000 screaming fans. They could no longer hear themselves play and sing! And they felt very vulnerable with so many people surrounding them. The drugs didn’t really influence them for awhile. They were told they would lose their following and their popularity if they stopped touring. So, they knew, first of all, EVERY SONG had to be outstanding. Most groups up to this point, had a one or two great songs on an Album and the rest were just “filler” songs. The Beatles knew that wouldn’t work if they were not going to tour. Paul started hanging with artists and writers. What they started doing was to create “art” on vinyl records! Starting with Rubber Soul album, followed by Revolver…the evolution between just those two albums was astonishing. Rubber Soul was a big step up from the pop music they had been doing, but Revolver was just amazing. It took them 18 months to record Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. People thought they had broken up. It really, the songs were becoming extremely intricate and they were experimenting more and more with different sounds each album became more and more evolved and artistic. The song Yesterday….Paul woke up one morning with that song in his head. He wrote it in his sleep! Yesterday is in the Guinness Book of World Revords as “the most covered song” of all time…there are over 2200 covers recorded of this song!

[@cheribarrows3219]

Check your information, sweetie. Feb. 7, 1964 the Beatles landed in the U.S. We first heard them in the fall of '63. And yes, the 'grown-ups' hated them, saw 'em as a terrible influence. They were only wrong in that it was a wonderful influence, and they totally changed the world of music. We now and forever will have Beethoven, Bach & Beatles!!