I've never listened to The Beatles... | Gen-Z Music Producer Reaction

[@berdeter]

They didn't define music for 20 years. They influenced any music you've listened in your life.

[@gandharvarock3977]

sir, I loved your comment

[@CyberDwarf1949]

Yup

[@sebastianmellen6784]

Well, except for any music made before ~1960

[@lisacorman9171]

I had a co-worker who once commented he was not a big fan of the Beatles, I asked what bands he liked. He told me some band names, I was like get your learn on kid - since ALL of those bands will tell you they were 100% influenced by the Beatles. He came back a week later and realized that every band he liked cited the Beatles as their biggest influence. He went down a Beatles rabbit hole and came back with a changed opinion

[@alisonheppell9748]

Yes

[@justasurfer8596]

There is absolutely no way you can form a solid opinion of the Beatles on 3 songs.

[@rdrrr]

You'd struggle to form a meaningful opinion after listening to 30!

[@RahulPatil0]

It's a journey from Cavern Club, the very first album, through their movies, stadium performance, the studio hours, concept albums, TM & India, rooftop performance, breakup. Without this context any opinion is garbage

[@JamesHippe-wy9qh]

I tried to guess which 3 it would be.. all wrong

[@rdrrr]

@@JamesHippe-wy9qh If I had to give someone who'd (somehow) never heard The Beatles a musical education, I'd just tell them to spin "Revolver". Probably their strongest album song-for-song, perfect mix of pop songwriting, hard rocking and psychedelic experimentation. And only 35 minutes!

[@soumilghosh5156]

I've listened to 20 of their songs and don't know whether they are funny, serious, solemn, weird, upbeat, or heavy-rocking.

[@vzshadow1]

"The most popular band of the 60s". Wrong. The most popular band, ever.

[@rustedcrab]

The most popular band of the 20s!

[@WillTheTurtale]

Fr

[@stephenw3]

Exactly!!

[@paulpetrick297]

That's what I thought when he said that. Kinda hurt his credit right off the bat with that statement.

[@johnbeynon3007]

Quintessential about sums it up.

[@magdlynstrouble2036]

You sweet summer child. You have no idea how the Beatles revolutionized pop music. Each time an album dropped, the world would stop as everyone got their copy and got high and listened to the album over and over, glorying in every note and lyric and spiritual sense and insight.

[@fordajunck2899]

The more this producer releases videos about music he hasn't listened to, the more I understand why today's music is so wanting.

[@YTSucksMyAss]

"Producer"

[@davidcaron4790]

Just telling people you are a record producer is nowhere near what a real producer is. What a joke...

[@cjay2]

And this guy had ZERO curiosity or interest, and he calls himself a 'music producer'?

[@bobtaylor170]

​@@cjay2it is incredible.

[@stecumo6459]

you're spot on mate

[@kenennis6287]

Dude. It's 2024 and the Beatles are still the standard

[@stephenw3]

Exactly!!!!!

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Yep. The gold standard.

[@DJcool-tr1tk]

There’s a difference between trend and timeless. A tremendous difference.

[@LuigiBeat-n1v]

That's the correct answer

[@DAVID-ks9vp]

When J S Bach heard Penny Lane He said "Wow,that trumpet,I'll use that!".

[@patricksimnor6589]

You asked what people were used to hearing before the Beatles. Ozzy Osbourne said "When the Beatles showed up, all of the sudden the world went from black and white to color. It changed everything."

[@jdenino6022]

Elvis Presley was one of the first breakthrough rock n roll artists who was a white man, you also had Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc. (they are before my time my parents listened to them).

[@jairocaceres1815]

​@@jdenino6022si pero lamentablemente a esos grandes músicos rocanroleros los neutralizaron y esa chispa se incendio nuevamente con la llegada de los Beatles.

[@str.77]

@@jairocaceres1815 They weren't neutralized. They just all were quite one-dimensional. As were the Beatles when they first arrived. It took them quite a few years to get to the level observed in this video.

[@tonyyeatropoulos6829]

Being a lifelong Beatles fan, I wouldn't hold "Hey Jude" in too high a regard. "A Day In Life" is amazing! Don't overlook "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and "I Am the Walrus".

[@jairocaceres1815]

@@str.77 Elvis reclutado, Buddy Holly y Richie Valens muertos, Little Richard lo atrapo la religion, Jerry Lee Lewis escandalo por su relacion con una prima que ademas es menor de edad, persecucion de las autoridades al rock and roll, etc. Si eso es no ser neutralizados entonces no se que paso ahi.

[@paulwright9749]

I recently got a PHD in physics. Apparently there are some people I need to take a look at - a Mr Newton and a Mr Einstein. Not sure I’ve heard of them but when I read what they did, I’m sure I’ll have enough self confidence to comment on their work!

[@diddiefree]

OMG Perfect analogy! 😎

[@takeyourheart1]

😂😂😂

[@RamblingGenX]

It will take more than Three songs to define who the Beatles are musically.

[@JohnnyMegabyteCanada]

if it wasn't for 63/64 songs, there would be no legacy. those early years recording on 4-track were quite an achievement.

[@randywoods67]

Agreed. To broaden it a bit but limit it to one album, I would recommend a close listen to Revolver to get the best mixture of all the genres these lads covered and reinvented.

[@erwinerwinson5941]

They have developed more than three types of music, so it may take more than three songs to understand them. They wrapped tapes around tables and chair legs and manipulated the control of the motors to achieve effects that were completely impossible at the time. Maybe listen to Helter Skelter for a big contrast.

[@keithbate9405]

Agreed but those 3 totally different and superb tracks reveal the creative genius of the Beatles.

[@drex23100]

My Beatle playlist is called The Beatles top 100. It has 102 songs on it.

[@jasontaverner391]

A "music producer" that has never listened to The Beatles is akin to a writer that has never heard of vowels and consonants.

[@davidcaron4790]

Calling yourself a "music producer" had gotten to be a generic term loosely based on someone who has no freaking idea what a producer is or does. George Martin was a producer when the word had some real meaning. Making your own music in your bedroom is not it....

[@cjay2]

And this guy had ZERO curiosity or interest, and he calls himself a 'music producer'?

You deserve the "fucking cringe" and more. It's laughable you consider yourself a "music producer" and not know about the Beatles.

[@jasontaverner391]

Nonsense... this is part of a much larger problem with the 'copy-and-paste' generation. When there is no natural curiosity, there is no natural historical curiosity. Try living in the real world.

[@AlexA-nd3yy]

@jasontaverner391 The problem with this guy is he thinks buying a few music plugins for his laptop makes him a "producer".

[@Pwecko]

I find it extremely difficult to believe that someone can be a musician and music producer for ten years without ever listening to the Beatles.

[@niemann3942]

It does rather sound like taking pride in one's ignorance. One thing that made the Beatles so unique and creative was that they were intellectually curious and interested in many different kinds of music.

[@user-ej5gx7ph7q]

It is the 21st century

[@Pwecko]

@@user-ej5gx7ph7q So what? Being involved in popular music and not knowing the Beatles is like being a classical musician and not knowing Beethoven.

[@martmakesmusic]

It's been decades guys. Music changes, the mainstream changes.

[@juliaevelyn11]

yeah!! I can't also believe. I disliked his video 👎

[@jessicanolen8511]

"I'm hearing them do riffs that people still do today. " Because they are the f"n Beatles.

[@BenjWarrant]

As a professional producer, you should probably familiarise yourself with Mr George Martin, who was the Beatles' producer from start to finish. His impact was such that it wouldn't be unreasonable to call him the fifth Beatle. The orchestrations were his; it was his idea in the first place to have orchestra music in some Beatle's songs. He was a genius.

[@MsArtemis64]

Yeah, and I think Strawberry Fields is a good example of this talent. My understanding is that they did multiple takes and in the end blending two takes.

[@bradanderson1802]

Phil Spector produced Let It Be

[@captaincarl8230]

@@bradanderson1802 That was the only one that he did, and the songs were actually recorded before Abbey Road. George Martin produced all of the other ones, including the last album that was recorded, Abbey Road.

[@captaincarl8230]

@@MsArtemis64 You are correct. It is a blend of two takes, possibly three.

[@DrJake108]

Sir George Martin

[@ThursdayNext67]

If the Beatles aren't your favorite band, they're your favorite band"s favorite band. If any musician says they're not inspired by the Beatles, they're lying

[@skiptrailer7048]

Stuart took the Art School amplifier to Hamburg

[@thumbsaloft]

Are you joking, there are plenty of musicians who don't listen to the Beatles!

[@larrybremer4930]

@@thumbsaloft Maybe not, but so many studio recording techniques were invented by the Beatles, George Martin, and the engineers at EMI and Apple and all of their bag of tricks (along with those by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys) are still very much in use today so in that regard every band today was influenced for sure by what these guys did.

[@KeithSpinneyMusic]

@@thumbsaloft Name 5.

[@garyr8739]

​@@thumbsaloft I have to believe, that anyone who doesn't know how much ALL rock music was influenced by The Beatles, aren't worth listening to anything they could do. Just too ignorant to understand music to begin with. Everyone from Billy Joel, Queen, Black Sabbath, and U2 (and many, many others) were all influenced by them. So, if they don't understand that the bands they did listen to were influenced by them then they do NOT understand rock music at all. Now, if you were referring to someone that only listened to and plays classical they maybe okay, but not by much - well actually, that is not okay either.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

I don't know how anybody can call themselves a music producer without having listened to the Beatles. Not just because of the great music they made, but because their own producer, George Martin, was himself, one of the greatest producers of all time. He was sometimes even called the Fifth Beatle.

[@Stefan-]

Yeah The Beatles should definately be at the top of the list for learning about producing .

[@brandonmason388]

It’s almost painful to think about but it makes sense. Young people have SIX DECADES of pop (in the broadest sense) music to sort through going back to the British Invasion. The Beatles have unfortunately receded behind a mountain of music, some of it really great, mostly just due to the passage of so much time. They have to consciously seek them out to really hear them. It’s a shame but it’s true. And we can’t shame them for it. There is just so much choice today that I know I didn’t have as a kid.

[@skiptrailer7048]

@@Stefan- George Martin, this guy is talking hairstyles!

[@ronalddobis6782]

He's a poser.

[@amyz2837]

The arrogance of youth. They think they know better and what came before is outdated and, therefore, not worth the time.

[@elizabeth9674]

It wasn’t ‘classic’ when they did it. They invented these sounds.

[@violetflame23]

Dude, that's akin to a classical composer saying he's never heard Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc.

[@swanvictor887]

he probably hasn't.

[@baskervillebee6097]

Beethoven used to sit and read Bach sheet music.

[@swanvictor887]

@@baskervillebee6097 ....Salieri used to copy Mozart's....lol...

[@martmakesmusic]

It's not. When talking about good production, you don't talk about the beatles. You talk about them, when talking about songwriting and experimenting

[@swanvictor887]

@@martmakesmusic think I have to disagree here: George Martin was perhaps, the best record producer in the industry, in the early to mid-60s, others Followed him, i.e. Wilson, Spector, QJ....

[@nicholasalese738]

That song is the reason you even know the word “Mellotron”.

[@highpath4776]

Got my knowledge fron The Moody Blues

[@stefynik]

@@highpath4776yes, then Genesis and others too

[@TecoloteOne]

Yes--Moody Blues & Genesis are post-Beatles music, so there's that too. . .

[@richardfletcher8922]

They made the Mellotron known!

[@richardfletcher8922]

If you like gritty vocals, check out Paul’s vocals on early Long Tall Sally and later Oh Darling… awesome!!!

[@youngwrenzo]

Listen, the Beatles built the house. Everybody else is just trying to rent a room.

[@susiehulcher1494]

excellent!!!

[@JRLNeal]

Excellent but I'd say they built a palace and everyone else just peered in through the windows.

[@youngwrenzo]

Hmm… Crackerbox Palace?

[@ptrinch]

In fairness... the great blues musicians from the 20's to the 60's built the house. The Beatles moved it to a white neighborhood. Not to take anything away from them. Just putting some credit where it is often forgotten.

[@johnshultz3009]

Fantastic description

[@strangesignal9757]

"Led by Paul McCartney" Oh boy. I can hear John spinning in his grave lmao

[@navareeves8976]

hes definitely doing backflips rn

[@thomasbenck9525]

Just my thoughts when he came out with that😂😂😂

[@jcxz100]

Lol 😂

[@jilllucas2198]

Had the same reaction.

[@PamelaLow-o4b]

I am from that era. They were very clear they had no leader. John and Paul were one of the best song writing teams ever. Later George and Ringo later contributed songs they wrote. Their 3 appearances on Ed Sullivan. Prior to the Beatles we had Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard.

[@ronturner9850]

Someone has probably already said this but the Beatles have been influencing music for 60 years.

[@subobing3551]

I’m 60, the Beatles came to America for the first time the week I was born. They shaped my idea of music and my tastes for a lifetime.

[@yourhighness4-20]

....either that or he's under the age of 40. I am seeing 35 year olds who haven't listened to the Beatles other than unknowingly in passing hearing one of their songs. There is a cut off age where people will likely never be exposed to 60's music.

[@thebillryan]

Sorry to tag on your comment. JHC. It's fucking live. What ears does this guy have. I am so sick and tired of music reactors. They don't know jack. As for digital recording, he maybe right. I am an anologue guy. But this boy is clueless.

[@jamesdrynan]

I agree, Ron. Beyond the music created by the Beatles, they influenced hundreds of people to take up instruments and write and perform. Joel, Elton, Bowie, Jagger and scores of others.

[@jasonmonroe9018]

@@yourhighness4-20 I don’t know, most people my (29) and my wife’s (26) age that actually listen to music have at least spun Revolver, Abby Road and Sgt. Peppers. The thing is there are a lot of people that don’t “listen to music” they just throw the radio on. It’s crazy that he didn’t play anything off of any of their first few records and thought that he was getting a good sampling of the Beatles. his Dark Side reaction was hilarious to me as well.

[@magillanz]

That 60s drum sound is real drums unlike the awful fake drums you get now.

[@nickface55]

I'm glad you said it!

[@pantheon777]

No compression

[@mattandrews8502]

@@pantheon777 Extreme compression on the drums, just hammering a Fairchild 660, then multiple generations of tape. It's a great sound.

[@daverice2426]

@@mattandrews8502 Seriously, on stuff like "Tomorrow Never Knows" it's practically it's own instrument

[@troubleondemand7703]

Yes an no. Little reverb and compression to be sure, but Ringo used to put towels over his drums to deaden them.

[@Sam66305]

The Beatles changed EVERYTHING. That's not an exaggeration. There is no band more influential in the history of Rock and Roll.

[@steveneardley7541]

There's a book called "How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin." The Beatles had a huge effect within Russia, despite being banned. Albums and songs were smuggled in on x-ray film sewn into shirt sleeves. The Stones weren't banned but the Beatles were because they "created a feeling of freedom" that might lead to demands for reform. It's a very good book. It's a film too, I think with the same title.

[@stephenw3]

@@Sam66305 while I appreciate diverse music genres and acknowledge the sophistication of classical music in my opinion there has never been any musicians more influential in the history of music - all / any music. Their music has “roots” in certain genres of music that came before their time but no musicians have ever introduced so much genius and diversity into their repertoire than The Beatles. I should also acknowledge the fifth Beatle in my opinion also. George M had as much to do with their music as the actual band did.

[@PaulFerguson-t2x]

@@Sam66305 They changed the world, glad to be alive in the 60s

[@YvesBigoud]

Yes, there is one : Kraftwerk.

[@YvesBigoud]

​@@steveneardley7541 The Beatles banned from SSSR ? Never heard that. Are you sure ? Not distributed in music shop, yes, probably. But you mean that after a trip abroad your Beatles discs were confiscated at the customs ? Anyway, in many eastern socialist countries there were clones of the Beatles. Just try "Olympic", great czech band which until recently was still active, as older as The Rolling Stones, or Or older...

[@ggmiethe]

When one considers that by the time they parted ways the oldest one of them had not yet reached their 30th birthday, it says something of their brilliance.

[@redgreen82]

Right? And the last time they were all in the same room, George was only 26.

[@lyletuck]

If John Lennon heard you say that Paul McCartney "led" The Beatles, I believe you'd probably find yourself in a fist fight. This band started out as, essentially, a boy band (long before that term was used.) They did teeny-bopper bubble-gum pop. At first. But they changed. They changed a LOT. You really should listen to their entire catalog in release order so you can hear what they did bit by bit, song by song, album by album.

[@zeppelinmexicano]

It was definitely John's band but Paul was the driving force behind their work ethic. As Ringo said, they never would have made half their albums if Paul hadn't driven them with a whip. It was a strange mix of ownership that must have been quite difficult to deal with. Maybe Billy Shears was the ultimate owner!

[@emilyplunkett6034]

The Beatles created the mold that we now call "boy band", and then promptly smashed it to pieces.

[@tubewacha]

Not a boy band. Lol.

[@johnnyskydog5603]

don't forget to advise that the order of listening should be the Brit releases, not the American, and include the singles.

[@Dekoherence-ii8pw]

That's not how they "started out". They started out as a '50s rock & roll band. Then they played seedy clubs in Hamburg. It was when they got a record deal that they went down the 'teeny bopper' direction for a couple of years before they started becoming experimental and psychedelic. Paul very much led the Beatles in the second half (although the others somewhat resented him for doing this). John led them in the first half.

[@bvscfanatic]

Yes, the technology was limited. And that's just part of why the music was SO much better.

[@briandeeley1599]

All technology is limited.

[@unvergebeneid]

"Back in my day..."

[@sylvanaire]

If I could “Like” this comment 10 times, I would, lol.

[@kroakie4]

It is the incredible number of things the Beatles (and many other musical artists) did with such limited technology that makes music from the 50’s-70’s some of the greatest.

[@dcg4mn]

@@bvscfanatic No. THEY were better, and played the available technology like the masters they were.

[@karenperry5422]

You can't appreciate how the Beatles changed music without hearing how they evolved. Listen to early Beatles and compare the difference.

[@ptrinch]

Exactly. The iconic images of female fans loosing their minds was not from when they were playing "Hey Jude". It was from songs like "Love me do" and "I want to hold your hand".

[@briandonovan1584]

Absolutely. Cheers, my friend!

[@nigelwalker6103]

I agree. Look at the earlier stuff influenced by Chuck Berry and Elvis etc. As a producer you should understand the history of music.

[@tylergagnon4850]

the Hey Jude video was recorded live actually, kinda. It was a live vocal track placed over prerecorded instrumentals. Its a 50/50, it gives a unique feel to the song while letting the audience still feel and anticipate the beats of the song they know.

[@AdrianHall-k3c]

I was in a ski bar in Austria in the mid nineties. There was an extraordinary performer who could play pretty much anything. He was requested Hey Jude, he played it, the crowd joined in, he went for a break, the crowd carried on singing the chorus, he came back 15 minutes later, we were still singing, he joined back in and eventually ended the song. One of the most magical nights of my life.

[@vidviewer100]

wow sounds like a lot of fun

[@magdlynstrouble2036]

That chorus does something seriously magical to the brain. Pure alpha waves ... 😍

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

@@magdlynstrouble2036 apparently not to this "producer"

[@rubroken]

During this time, artists had to rely on talent, not technology

[@laurentguyot3362]

The beattles were pretty tech savvy for their time

[@rubroken]

@@laurentguyot3362 Not the early Beatles, my point was, before all the technology, talent was key in producing hits

[@kennywalden683]

Having recorded in both worlds I will tell you there is a big BIG difference between "punching in" on tape to fix a mistake, than copy and paste. It takes less talent to be "talented" today.

[@AdamsOlympia]

During the 60s, artists were always looking for cutting edge technology to push their music further. The Beatles were among the first bands to use synthesizers, elaborate use of new multitrack recorders, effects and novel mastering techniques. This is nothing new... Of course more musicians back then could play instruments and keep pretty good time, which was a requirement since they didn't have the luxury (or curse) of quantized grids or midi.

[@laurentguyot3362]

@@rubroken I believe its still the case, today we are flooded by garbage we have just lost the means to discover true talent

[@watchmanonthewall14]

The tech may have been limited back then, but the talent is limited NOW.

[@11June22]

Absolutely correct!

[@aldofromsf]

Ouch that hurts. 😂

[@perlman7376]

Thank you. As far as popular music goes, it's taken a definite downhill decline from the 60's onward.

[@rdrrr]

I think we lost something when touring stopped being vital to a band's success. The Beatles arrived in Hamburg as just another group of hopeful lads from Liverpool. They played 8 hours or more a night, non-stop. They learned to write songs by messing around on stage to alleviate the monotony; changing bits of songs, swapping chords, adding new instrumental sections until the songs were so different they were entirely new. When the Beatles left Hamburg, they were the world's best rock 'n' roll band. John Lennon said "I was born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg". If you get famous from your bedroom, you'll never "grow up" like that.

[@jensen5160]

The irony is that's because of tech

[@roberthewer88]

Don't let this man anywhere near a mixing desk and a beatles song.

[@chelsea747]

😂

[@andrewbrockhoff2976]

You have so much to learn, the Beatles changed the world, not just the music. They started as teenagers, their parents have the co sign their contracts. By the age of 21 they had changed the world. They changed their music style many times and that reflected other changes world wide. In America they MADE the organisers let all race of people into their shows, or they would go on. Never limit yourself to one type of music, it make you boring.

[@kathy1013]

As an avid Beatles fan since 1964, this was painful to watch. I have absolutely no confidence in the future of music and that makes me sad. Thank God The Beatles came along during my generation and for a few glorious decades, because of their impact, the future of music looked bright. Today we have "music producers " who have never even listened to them. 🥹

[@tedparkinson6892]

I'm an avid Beatles fan and I enjoyed this and learned a couple of things. I understand that the amount of music that is "out there" a grown several times from "back in the day" when the Beatles were popular. We've had over 50 years of -other- music since their last album was released. There is lots to listen to! When the Beatles played we'd had less than 15 years of 'rock and roll'.

[@musicismyfriend7919]

Not painful to me because now this music producer has listened to three of their songs. Maybe he'll go down the Beatles rabbit hole, which will change the way he thinks about music.

[@CJ-oi7zm]

It's beyond belief that anyone in the music industry for 10yrs and never really listened to the Beatles. He should look for a new profession.

[@dcg4mn]

@@kathy1013 You have to get out more😉 If you go see live music at smaller venues your faith in contemporary music will grow. Top 40 is very rarely innovative. There are nearly unlimited, astonishingly talented musicians out there performing every night across genres and fusing genres for $12-25 ☺️ Enjoy!

[@tonilharmon]

Check out the Beatles "I am the Walrus" and "Revolution."

[@randywoods67]

As a late-stage Gen-Xer (age 56), it's very easy to make fun of this kid's ignorance of the evolution of rock and the influence of the Beatles, but it's fascinating to see someone's fresh reaction having never grown up with it. As a side note, the confused initial take from this guy is something I wish they'd explored in that Danny Boyle film, "Yesterday," about the only man in the world that had heard of the Beatles. That film assumed that everything they ever did would be instantly be regarded as genius completely out of historical context. I would love to see a remake of "Yesterday" based on tabula-rasa Gen-Z guys like this who were raised with hip-hop and intensely overproduced pop music.

[@kengwallgmail]

Kudos for eschewing the “get off my lawn” snobbery of these other self-important commenters. Respect to this guy for being a creator, putting himself out there, and being willing to go in cold to let us share in his visceral experience and leaving himself open to the fathomless dickery of commenters. Thank you for elevating the conversation. Everybody starts somewhere. I appreciate his technical commentary from someone who clearly has some experience producing music (as opposed to someone just appreciating the song holistically) but who isn’t so steeped in it that he’s heard it all before. Great to see his wonder and recall my own.

[@Andy_Byrne]

Couldn't agree more, love watching his reaction, I'm 56 and love most music!!

[@foxchasejrt1]

Loved that movie Yesterday. The scene with John had me bawling

[@Vaylash]

That'd make for a great watch -- but I think the presumption of the film is that without the Beatles modern music, as we know it, wouldn't and couldn't have come into being. That said, I take your point re peoples' reactions to their music - though the songs used in the film tended to be more "easy listening" type tracks so it's more understandable that they're instantly loved and less of a shock.

[@lockedowng]

To me, it's like the first time I watched "some like it hot". I didn't find it funny because so much humor was derivative in the years since. It was ripped off until there was no edge.

[@ice_hok]

0:25 bro really thought the Beatles was lead by Paul McCartney 💀 Bro, nobody lead The Beatles

[@Mdd099]

John Lennon was the leader

[@DrewZepp]

Paul was the one leading the charge towards the end of their run. John had checked out after awhile.

[@markolson9526]

@@DrewZepp It was John Lennon's band and to the very end he declared his love for his time playing in it. Sadly, the world wide media celebrity culture beast their music spawned killed his joy in it. Just look at the history. Hiding in bed for a week to escape the cameras and reporters and still they came. Becoming a junkie to cope. On tour having a woman leave her terminally ill child alone with them in their dressing room thinking that just being around them would somehow heal the child. There were almost no guardrails to control what people did. It was insane. That said, The Beatles weren't over until Lennon said they were over because it was his band. I'm trying to think on which album Lennon sounds or is checked out, though.

[@Turtledove2009]

@@DrewZepp But he couldn't do it because he wasn't as respected as John was. When John checked out, the Beatles were over and Paul knew it.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

@@Mdd099 no, he was the founder

[@thetalyx3032]

Please keep in mind that all this was produced only with analogue equipment. No sampler, no digital loop, no computers. They built long tape loops in the studio - with broomsticks! - and were way ahead of their time. Regards from Germany YEAH !!

[@Mattchu44]

Additionally, they recorded most of their complex songs on 8 track recorders. Which is absolutely mind blowing when you hear how colorful and musically interesting their songs are.

[@dustyolmanolman9933]

And no autotune!!

[@BassMatt1972]

@@Mattchu44 original Abbey Road REDD.51 featured eight mic input channels and, on the output side, can feed a four-track recorder. So 3 working channels and a master mono main.. And bouncing channels together.. What they did was amazing.. all analogue..and mostly never done before (or since?)

[@sperl42]

@@Mattchu44 The eight track available for Abby Road and Let It Be. St. Pepper was recorded on a 4 track though.

[@treetopjones737]

They did not invent playing tape loops. And a Mellotron was used, the grandfather of modern sampling ( it was a mechanical keyboard that played recorded tapes ).

[@Murdo2112]

To be honest, it's hard to appreciate the true glory of Hey Jude, until you've played it in a bar, with the entire audience singing their hearts out on the "nana nah nahs", heads back, eyes closed, big smiles, just full of joy in the moment. That's when that song truly finds its place.

[@TerryInUSA]

Your comment made tears roll down my face. I remember........

[@thewolfdoctor761]

My least favorite Beatles song.

[@alisonheppell9748]

And entire football crowds

[@magdlynstrouble2036]

When Paul performs it he has just the women sing the chorus, then the men, then this side of the stadium, then that side, then finally all together. It's like an orgasm.

[@NancyDavis-Foss-ok7to]

Yes!- The car Karaoke with James Corden!- Excellent video of them cruising London and ending up in a bar where the whole crowd sings...mini concert !❤❤❤

[@bradamato5497]

I think you should listen to the Beatles albums chronologically, at least once, to give yourself a sense of how though from the moment they came on the scene, they were the biggest thing on the planet, they never rested on that. They evolved exponentially with every album, leaving most of their contemporaries in the dust, and as other bands altered their sound to imitate the Beatles, they had evolved yet again into uncharted territory. They were a once in a lifetime phenomenon, and influenced modern music more than any other single band.

[@atgdcommish608]

I did that during the pandemic, listened to everything in order. It was eye-opening. I had always liked the Beatles and knew they were great, but if you listen to one LP after another, you realize how much they improved and how much they changed with every album. And you hear many sounds that seem familiar, because so many bands copied the styles they invented.

[@libertyresearch-iu4fy]

They also have four full CDs of singles that never actually made it onto an album.

[@levin448]

Great synopsis of their progression. All that creativity was compressed in 6 years of recording.

[@WillemAlexandervanBuren]

Calling yourself a music professional and then saying you never listened to the Beatles is like calling yourself a chef and saying you never tasted food...

[@jaygardnertenor]

The Beatles were pioneers! How can you say you thought they were boring! Please do your research and listen to all their albums. They changed EVERYTHING.

[@quantanglement]

Most of today's music is borrrring! Absolutely drab Cookie cutter ,life sucking, computer aided , pitch corrected boringness. (I'm saying this in a Michael Palin chartered accountant sketch voice)

[@jazziered142]

I bet he thinks Floyd sucks too. 😂

[@cjay2]

And this guy had ZERO curiosity or interest, and he calls himself a 'music producer'?

[@11June22]

Well, he never bothered listening to any Beatles songs. What he needs to do is to LISTEN to every single one of their albums, in the order they were released. Believe me, he will be blown away if he does. To even say they were boring reveals that he never listened to their songs.

[@laurenrowell9251]

Also, the song, "Strawberry Fields Forever" is NOT hiphop! He needs to listen to the entire album, "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and he might get it!

[@littlemissmello]

It's genuinely worth listening to all their albums in order. They were only recording for like seven years or so but made hundreds and hundreds of songs and they're almost unrecognizable at the end. Their massive development was insane and you hear it so clearly album by album. I dont think I'm overstating anything if I say that the world, and certainly the music world, would be different if it werent for them. Absolute legends, the four of them.

[@Streamingstuff-qq3vw]

Hundreds and hundreds 😂

[@jerryb1439]

Exactly. I respect that you decided to sample three songs that are considered to be their highest achievements. However, as you probably can imaging, that is still very subjective. They had 64 songs in the US Hot 100 between 1964 and 1970, with 20 hitting number 1. They were a phenomenon. Another group from the period that you need to pay attention to is the Beach Boys.

[@peterwilson9165]

​@Streamingstuff-qq3vw 211

[@KenOtwell]

You have to experience their musical genius the same way they did - one song at a time, in order, as they mastered their craft and changed the world of music with each one.

[@gryphonvert]

Yeah, even if all you do is listen to their #1s, that will give you a taste of the way they developed. (I think there's something to be said for doing that, since it gives you a glimpse of what they were doing that audiences were reacting most strongly to. On the other hand, if you do that, then you miss some key songs along the way. It's a tough choice! I find it interesting to listen just to their #1 in order... but perhaps that's because I have the context of having been listening to them for 50 years.)

[@lsbill27]

Bro, you don't know what you've gotten into. To paraphrase another reactor 'in their later albums with almost every song they invent a different genre". Even their early pop songs were fantastic. They took over the world with the early stuff then became fine artists with their later work. And it's all fantastic, from their first pop hit to their last album.

[@SpuzzyLargo]

And they did all that and called it quits while still on top while still in their 20s.

[@solongkingb3057]

Of course he knows it, its just to make the video appealing...

[@meanderer06513]

In 50 years, nobody will ever know what you've 'produced' or 'written', and your opinion will mean nothing...but in another 50 years, people will still be listening to The Beatles. Be humbled.

[@Billp19733]

I graduated from Emerson where I graduated with a BA in music production. I have no idea how someone would become a music producer and not learn about the Beatles. The Beatles invented all the studio tricks they use today. Also, The Beatles didn’t have a central leader. They’re the biggest band ever and will always be.

[@kevinedw2002]

He hadn't heard Queen, either.

[@Billp19733]

@@kevinedw2002 wow!!! Ya, I don’t know if it’s a generational thing but I grew up in the 90’s. I still knew who Chuck Berry, Sinatra, Beatles etc. were. it’s like Gen z only think things happened in the last 10 years

[@kevinedw2002]

@@Billp19733 Indeed!

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

I'm sure there are huge artists outside of your preferred genres that you don't know.

[@kevinedw2002]

​@@Jeremy-hx7zj possibly. But to be a music producer and not have listened to groups such as Queen, Pink Floyd, and the Beatles - groups that are not only significant from a pop culture perspective, but which also pioneered many of the techniques and processes used in music production today - is remarkably blinkered.

[@lrye-xyz]

You've listened to three. There's another 210 songs they recorded between 1962-70. And, unlike today's bands they don't all sound the same... each song has a distinct melody.

[@calebfuller4713]

AND a distinct drum groove!

[@michaelbenner4735]

AND none of it is bad. Zero.

[@paulonhisphone]

@@michaelbenner4735 wild honey pie

[@diamonddave2622]

Not knowing The Beatles and being a Music Producer is like not knowing who Michael Jordan is and calling yourself a basketball fan

[@dustyb58]

who?

[@danniboi7490]

he said he doesn't listen to them not know them

[@apostrofe2531]

Damn, as a Beatles fan, I should say that reading apparently is not a skill Beatles fans are used to have, based on this stupid comment

[@dustyb58]

@@apostrofe2531 writing isn’t a skill either.

[@JuliR-songs]

Do You think You could be a professional basketball player and not know who Michael Jordan is? We are talking about professionals.

[@redstreak1969]

You're a music producer and never listened in depth to the Beatles? Incredible. your lack of music history is stunning.

[@dexstewart2450]

Bit of context - there are lots of things that they were the first ones to do: they were not copying anyone.

[@nineofive.2573]

Well sorta they were influenced by there contemporary’s at the time like the beach boys in the way they harmonized on let sounds and the out there nature of the stones.

[@allengray5748]

​@@nineofive.2573Don't think so. They were influenced by music way earlier, not by their Rivals except to out do them!! Many Doo-wop bands and Barbershop quartets and early Rock and Roll (Little Richard, Fats Domino,etc) and then weed and LSD showed up!! 🕊️☮️

[@zitabraun1176]

​@@nineofive.2573on certain songs

[@braudabo]

Of course, the Beatles also had their influences and musical role models. There are also some songs, in which they vary or quote well-known riffs / lyrics from other artists.

[@ropersnoop]

Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry...

[@SatsumaTengu14]

The computer is precisely why most modern music is just septic spooge.

[@davidw7]

Yes and we had High-Fidelity and Stereo on vinyl in the 50s... Just not all was recorded with top tier equipment of evolving artist in Country and early Rock. Yet for symphony yes... we had it in HF and Stereo. We are hearing more from a TV show also... and the Beatles did not use heavy reverb either though we had it in the 50s. Now as the 70s and especially 80s. The reverb and synthe was common. Studios had more than though here. Just Pop was not put out to be that... and the 60s brought basic cheap record players for 45 RPM records of single songs each side and not really mean to be for playing High Fidelity recordings. I also think today... some are so use to the autotune HIGH Level and Pitch-Correction that to even those who were use to past eras.... That super Autotune now for Country artist just make them sound like Hip Hop Rap Artist just with a twang accent. I do not think reactions are for picking aspects of what we have on KZbin and from TV shows sometimes live sometimes backings not live and some singing live etc. Perhaps it is a lack today of actually APPRECIATING some that are live playing live instruments as if it should be autotuned and enhanced to AI may-as-well just have a computer create it all songs. Who needs real when all can just be AI generated...voice chosen and any song done to that voice computer generated in perfect pitch and also AI writing the songs.

[@garyr8739]

Actually, I think you are being too polite.

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Absolutely

[@laurentguyot3362]

I dont know I use computers 16h each day and never ever put my failings on "computers"

[@jyjjy7]

There's tons of great electronic music, this is old man shakes fist at cloud level stuff

[@CowmanUK]

Also, be aware that the vast majority of The Beatles songs were done on 4-track tape. They had 4 tracks. That was it. Imagine that.

[@lindseyh6913]

Can you explain what that means 😅lovee the beatles 🙌

[@ranica47]

Nah the last four or five had more than that, probably 8 tracks.

[@thijsdijkstra6609]

@@ranica47 indeed for the let it be album they had 8 tracks. You can see more than 6 hours of the making of that album on Disney. It is really great to see how they work together and come up with songs.

[@labajadaman]

Only two tracks for the first year or so! That’s why the stereo separation is so funky on the early albums.

[@j.j.c.s2802]

Oh dear ... "The technology then was so limited." - It's not your fault ... but you struggle to see (and hear) what's right in front of you. I feel for you. And, unfortunately, you're not alone.

[@michelepaccione8806]

The Beatles were indeed the biggest band in the sixties…but they remain, to this day, the most successful band of all time. They’ve sold more records than any other recording artists, still, today. McCartney is the most successful recording artist in history. After all this time nobody has outdone them.

[@nonrepublicrat]

Is that so??

[@braudabo]

@@nonrepublicrat Yes. All known statistics point to this.

[@jenscee7679]

@@nonrepublicratyes that is so by a long long way.

[@debjorgo]

By some figures (Nielsen SoundScan), Beatles 1 was the best-selling album of the 2000s.

[@dionysiacosmos]

She Loves You was the record holder top song in England, by The Beatles, from 1963 until Paul McCartney bumped himself off of number 1 with Mull of Kintyre a couple of decades later.

[@Ontir]

Ozzy Osborne said of the Beatles, "I went to bed in black and white and when I woke up, the world had turned to colour." They changed pretty much everything in 8 years. Rock & Roll was considered a fad which relief upon the untalented. The a Beatles brought credibility to the genre, themselves & other musicians.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

It is difficult to understand how anyone in the music industry can not have listened to the Beatles. One of my 14-yr old grandsons had to make a compositional analysis of a Beatles song for his Year 8 music project. My youngest son, a member of a uni rock band, has had to make new arrangements of over a dozen classic rock songs, incl two by the Beatles. He's just 19. You look much older than them.

[@solongkingb3057]

Of course he knows it, its just to make the video appealing...

[@rdrrr]

Nowadays, anyone with a copy of FL Studio thinks they're a producer...

[@steviekc9057]

I made a mix CD called "Beatles for Babies" and played it often while I was still pregnant. My son listened to that disc for years ❤

[@rdrrr]

@@steviekc9057 What's the tracklist? Did you use all 74 minutes? I've got a playlist ready to record onto a 90-minute cassette, I won't bore you by listing all 29 songs but it begins with "A Hard Day's Night", end of Side A is "Tomorrow Never Knows", beginning of Side B is "Come Together", end of Side B is "A Day in the Life".

[@Deu_terio]

Hi everyone, I'm a professional mathematician, I've been teaching math for ten years, and today I'm looking up for a guy named Pythagoras, he influenced the math for a whole century I believe

[@MrMac1138]

The Beatles are easily the greatest creative force in modern music. They also had no computers and recorded most of their work on 4-track tape. Their engineer found ways for them to have limitless overdubs on 4-track (which is what everything you listened to was recorded on). They would sing into fish bowls, pump their voices through oscillating organ speakers, bang rubber mallets on piano strings, and all kinds of other things as they experimented while also using unconventional chord structures. No Pro Tools. No Logic. All editing was done on tape. Many of the conventions of stereo mixes were pioneered by them. Read Mark Hertsgaard's A Day in the Life. It will blow your mind when you discover the creativity of The Beatles and everyone that worked with them. Music would not be what it is in the modern era without them. No one has been more influential.

[@avlisk]

"I thought they were boring".. made me laugh. They pushed the boundaries of what popular music is with every new record release.

[@joe-xg3pt]

This guy is boring. He 😢 makes me sad for today's world

[@irish66]

Where does he call them "boring"

[@barbaraacard9729]

@@irish66 did you actually watch the video?

[@irish66]

@@barbaraacard9729 i did. As far as i could make out. he had complimentary thimgs to say about all three songs

[@irish66]

I asked the wrong person

[@bryanf.1996]

I'm a podcaster who interviews musicians and songwriters from across eras, and when we talk about influences, the vast majority point to the Beatles. Their influence is massive.

[@slowly-but-eventually]

Just out of curiosity, have you ever interviewed a single musician/songwriter that had NEVER listiened to The Beatles?

[@HankD13]

The most successful band that the world has ever known, with over 200 songs released. Timeless music and lyrics that will live forever. RIP John, RIP George - and thank you all.

[@maleake56]

Since you aren't really familiar with the Beatles' music, but you've had a preconceived idea about what a typical Beatles song might be, it's worth diving in and listening to their albums. Each album is different. On average, they were releasing an album about every six months, which is astonishing by today's typical standard where bands often go a few years between releases. The Beatles continually reinvented themselves and pushed the envelope, which is part of what made them so groundbreaking and so lauded. Their music spans the spectrum. There are elements of pop, rock, music hall, folk, classical, and electronically experimental stuff. Through the "Sgt. Pepper" album, they were working with only four tracks on tape. (That includes "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "A Day in the Life.") They had to bounce and consolidate tracks to be able to do additional overlays beyond the four tracks, and that accounts for some of the panning choices. By the way, one thing the Beatles definitely weren't is boring.

[@randyjordan5521]

On top of that, when all four Beatles went solo, they were all releasing an album per year, or more. And many of those songs were just as good as Beatles songs.

[@rdrrr]

What's your favourite Beatles album? There are no wrong answers. Mine's "Revolver". It has the perfect blend of pop songwriting and experimentation, and I think it's the strongest song-for-song. But I'm also very partial to "Abbey Road".

[@splitimage137.]

@@rdrrr I'm sorry, mate... but LET IT BE is the wrong answer!

[@rdrrr]

@@splitimage137. Okay, I'll give you that. I'm not a big fan of Let It Be either. There's another, better album with the same name, actually. Let It Be by The Replacements! They named it like that on purpose to piss off their Beatlemaniac sound engineer.

[@splitimage137.]

@@rdrrr Oh, The Replacements. I've heard of them. I WILL DARE and BUNDLE UP are pretty good songs of theirs.

[@lulabela1]

In my opinion, you have to listen to The Beatles in chronological order to really see how they progressed through the years. The jump they make from their first single to their last is astounding.

[@billboth6572]

THIS!

[@jordn1]

I knew a young film student who did not know who Truffaut was. I knew a young actor who thought Hitchcock was corny. A young musician who thought the Beatles were nothing more than a boy band. I have aspired to all three of these fields and know every inch of every history of every genre. I’ve been a writer, a screenwriter, had my own band, am now learning to be a mix engineer. I knew all this history as soon as I was old enough to become passionate about them and started to soak it in at around ten years old. Even as a new mix engineer I’ve already studied and grown to admire the greats in the field from the first wax cylinder recordings to the latest DAW. There is no excuse for not ever listening to the Beatles. Period.

[@susanhaney3437]

True, so at least he is starting now. Better late than never!

[@shaun374]

I'm not a music producer, writer, band member, or anything. I dabble with some drums here and there. But I genuinely cannot conceive how anyone can be a music producer (unless you're just straight up 2010 and later hip-hop) and not have some healthy experience with The Beatles. I literally don't know how it's possible. Imagine trying to be a chef but you've never even heard of French and Italian cooking. Or being a director but never having watched a Spielberg, Scorsese, Ford, Kubrick, Kurosawa, or Welles. I honestly don't understand how it's possible. Outside of Brian Wilson, they basically pioneered almost every concept and idea a music production or pop song has. You can even get out to the 80s and early 90s and hear "new" things that are directly inspired by The Beatles.

[@NSnicket]

My ex is a music teacher and thinks the Beatles were horrible at harmonizing. Somehow I don’t think she should be teaching music.

[@cecaju9516]

Did she ever listen to Because?

[@NSnicket]

@@cecaju9516 I don’t know and we don’t talk anymore so I can’t ask.

[@candidaburrows9425]

That's insane! Their harmonies were incredible. Perhaps precisely because they didn't know what harmonies 'should' be.

[@NSnicket]

@@candidaburrows9425 yeah, I could never understand it. I don’t think there was ever an artist better at harmonizing.

[@Imw101]

She never listened to “That Boy” or “If I Fell”

[@sharonelliott2366]

I've never heard anybody say that the Beatles were "led" by Paul McCartney. They were "THE Beatles". A band. I know these days everyone thinks that the most important thing in a song is the singer. They all were virtuosos on their instruments, too.

[@rdrrr]

After Brian Epstein's death Paul sort of became the defacto leader, although Lennon would have thrown a fit if anyone said so.

[@athanasiuscontra000]

George had a joke: How many Beatles does it take to change a lightbulb? Four.

[@timcardona9962]

No they were not virtuosos….do you even know what that means? They were pretty good as players and really great at songwriting

[@sharonelliott2366]

@@timcardona9962 I know what virtuoso means, I've been a musician for 70 years and grew up in that era of rock n roll, I stand by my comment,

[@maxwurr713]

Virtuosos? Not even close. All great and innovative musicians, but none of them were virtuosos as instrumentalists. McCartney's vocals might be the closest to that standard - he remains unmatched for versatility and range.

[@jazziered142]

They went from Please Please Me to Abbey Road in like less than 8 years. The transition in such a short period of time is phenomenal. People forget that.

[@libertyresearch-iu4fy]

One of the things that blows me away is they had about 24 songs that they gave to other artists.

[@aquelpibe]

No we don´t.

[@jazziered142]

@@aquelpibe obviously they do

[@aquelpibe]

@@jazziered142 If by "people forget" you mean "many people are not aware of" you are right . But actually forgetting? No. Those who witnessed it don´t. 👍

[@jazziered142]

@@aquelpibe Okay troll.

[@woodspirit98]

My son is 26 and im a baby boomer born in the fifties. His favorite music has always been the beatles since he was ver young.

[@antringwood]

Don’t forget that a lot of the techniques you use in a daily basis were rather developed for or invented by the Beatles. Eg automatic double tracking, pitch shifting, They were the first to use feedback in a song and also the first band to use a drum loop.

[@aquelpibe]

Ah, but our man is a musical producer. 😁😁

[@dth92301]

Since your a drummer you should appreciate that Ringo is left handed but he learned to drum on a right handed kit. Makes for a very unique sound.

[@dirtylemon3379]

But the Hey Jude video was backwards. John was playing left handed.

[@stealthbastard8837]

No other band will ever compare to The Beatles.

[@Lwize]

The evolution in popular music from 1960 to 1970 was a 100 foot wave, and The Beatles were surfing the top of the wave.

[@lukelarsson]

How? How? How is this even possible? My 4 year old has been listening to the Beatles for almost 5 years.

[@chriswest8389]

Eight Days a week! 😊

[@irishgator]

Probably because his parents didn't listen to it? It's been 50 years since the Beatles broke up. They aren't ubiquitous anymore.

[@lukelarsson]

@@irishgator I’m not sure about the numbers for 2024, but in 2022 or 2023, I remember seeing that The Beatles were around the 105th most streamed artist on Spotify. Peter Jackson made a very popular documentary that streamed on Disney+. They’re the most covered band of all time. They’re still ubiquitous. Even if they weren’t, this guy is in his late 20s/early 30s and is a music producer. The Beatles are required listening for people like him.

[@chriswest8389]

And Nirvana.’ In utero.’ Rounding off.

[@highendservicesbarrieont8347]

Don't home school their math😂😂😂

[@claymor8241]

All this shows is how amazingly uninformed someone can be about anything but the shallow surface of the creative field they get involved in. Like thinking there was no drama before the latest TV soap and basing an acting career on it.

[@umpdaddy1]

Ringo doesn't get enough credit as one of the best ever rock drummers. He was always in the pocket and he always played for the song. As a lefty playing a righty kit he had a different sound..He was perfect for them. I'd recommend Get Back from their rooftop concert video. . The great Billy Preston on keys and their last public performance.

[@ImnotgoingSideways]

An often overlooked example is "Act Naturally". Find an isolated drum track and listen to how long he maintains a steady shuffle on the hihat. Ask any drummer to hold that shuffle, for two minutes, without a click, while singing.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

that was one of their greatest performances..... I just doubt he'll get it because these guys haven't gut any feel for groove, it's over their heads

[@christinefougere]

The Beatles changes everything Not just music but their clothes and of course the haircuts

[@grunge_rocker]

“I’ve been a music composer and producer for 10 years” and yet he’s never listened to the Beatles 💀

[@simplytom1213]

Yeah that is incredibly strange, he also only recently has listened to Pink Floyd

[@grunge_rocker]

@simplytom1213Or queen, He can’t call himself a music producer at this point

[@wolfgangfalcore]

One word. Revolver. Changed everything forever in music and music production!

[@Mattster8159]

i agree, i believe revolver is where modern music started to become more familiarized

[@wolfgangfalcore]

@@Mattster8159 Absolutely!

[@isaacc7]

These songs were done with 4 tracks, razor blades, and virtuoso production. Strawberry Fields was assembled from two takes in different keys. They sped up the first and slowed down the second so that they matched. That puts it into a weird microtonal key. Can you imagine doing what they did using just 4 tracks at a time on tape? If you are into production you absolutely need to read up on their studio techniques.

[@jdogg3737]

Thank you for saying this better than I ever could. This kid should WATCH an instructional video about how these songs were actually made instead of making a video of his own “expert” commentary. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jdogg3737]

And the absolute beauty of their music is that you do not need to know any of the technical details. A child can absolutely love it without having any idea how it was done. I know that from experience. It all sounds so simple and perfect on the surface. And as you dig deeper and learn more it gets more fascinating. But I guess it’s harder to hear from Self Righteous Mountain.

[@JorgeMunozJr]

It's impossible to be a music producer and not have listened to the Beatles. You're lying about either or both. But you got your comment. Grats.

[@HaleksMTL]

This is a live version of Hey Jude, the album version sounds cleaner and in stereo, you hear the details much better. But structurally it sounds exactly the same, only the sound is better.

[@mtabernac]

The lead vocals (Paul) are live -- everything else is the record. The reason for this, I believe, is that it was not permitted on the BBC to broadcast as "live" performance with at least the vocals being live (otherwise they would probably have lip-synched the whole thing).

[@redadamearth]

No. That's the album version they're pretending to play to. The only thing that was "live" there was Paul's voice, singing over the record track.

[@johnmurray7905]

It was broadcast on ITV, so not sure what the BBC had to do with it, might have been something to do with Musicians Union rules though. ​@@mtabernac

[@jonmacqueen]

@@redadamearth Lennon's backing vocal is live too, cos he forgets to come in on the second verse (you can see McCartney making eyes at him and Lennon looking confused).

[@stephenriggs8177]

You thought you heard grit, on this version? You should hear the studio track.

[@parsleyqueen]

For the orchestral part in "Day in the Life" the musicians were asked to go from the lowest range of their instrument to the highest in a given amount of time.

[@grahamyates2490]

and George Martin told them, "If you're hitting the same notes as the guy next to you, you're doing it wrong".

[@Mysthral1]

I think it was a high C, so everybody would land on the same note.

[@nancyjameson7545]

You said it perfectly . You don’t have to play as well these days. Meaning you don’t have to be as skilled.

[@flavoredwallpaper]

The Beatles weren't even particularly skilled musicians. They weren't bad with their respective instruments, but couldn't compare to other musicians from the 60s. I like John and Paul's voices, but these were the years of Elvis, Sinatra, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, etc. George ain't a bad guitarist, but are we comparing him to the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Beck, etc.? You get the point. What makes the band special is the songwriting. John and Paul did something truly special.

[@tonilharmon]

​@@flavoredwallpaperI suggest you listen to "As my Guitar Gently Weeps", "Helter Skelter" an "Revolution ". Are you aware that Erik Clapton and George Harrison were best friends? They jammed together A LOT. Erik Clapton thought George Harrison was an amazing guitarist.

[@flavoredwallpaper]

@@tonilharmon I've heard all those songs of course. I love the Beatles and have listened to everything by them. I'm not saying they're bad musicians. They performed well. They're just not "the best," particularly compared to what that era had to offer. What I was trying to say is that the band was better than the sum of its parts. People don't love the Beatles because of their virtuosity. The band as a whole did something magical.

[@sandspurpatch]

The Beatles were a happening and a movement that shook up the world. I loved every minute of it.

[@user-ej5gx7ph7q]

The world at that time was shaking, rattling and rock and rolling, I remember, as well.

[@JeffSchall]

I wish I could erase The Beatles from my mind so that I could enjoy experiencing them for the first time all over again.

[@DavidGuilbaultSongs]

This was live on TV, dude. The ignorance just breaks my heart.

[@caramba10]

This explains why modern music is in such a mess, how can you take the opinions of someone who wears a baseball cap backwards indoors and drinks juice from a jam jar seriously?

[@sarahm.5356]

Not live. It's totally explained on the sites Beatlesebooks and Beatles Bible. It's well-documented from many sources. George Harrison talked about it in interviews. The people involved have talked about it. Their assistants went out into the street to grab people to be in the audience for the taping of the video. David Frost went to EMI studios for the taping so that it would appear that they were on his set. But they weren't. It was taped a day or so before the show. In fact, they made 4 different videos for Hey Jude and spliced them together to make one. From time to time you can find the different versions on KZbin. Revolution was filmed at the same time.

[@jbognap]

​@@sarahm.5356They played to a track, but Paul was singing along live.

[@Ozymandi_as]

TLDR, the instrumentals were pre-recorded, due to some issues with the Musicians Union at the time, but the vocals were recorded live, and the band and the director went to some lengths to ensure the performance had a 'live' feel when it was first broadcast on TV in 1968.

[@tonyharrison954]

This year Jude Bellingham played for the English Football team. The crowd sang 'Hey Jude' to him 56 years after the song was released. Thats endurance

[@Mirrorgirl492]

Just had an Aussie AFL player play his 400th game. Everyone sang his name 'Pendlbury' to 'Let It Be' The Beatles are Forever.

[@moniqueleroux2198]

Production was BETTER then...much more creative and the soul !!!

[@dereklauder7]

Not lead by Paul. As George said "it was always John's band, the rest of us were just lucky to go along for the ride."

[@abdulalhazred6363]

Instead of saying oh my god, you're a music producer, and you don't know the beatles, I celebrate your discovery, and hope you have fun on your journey.

[@git606]

Every time you open a MacBook and you hear that chord, guess where that comes from…the last chord of A Day in the Life 😮 Apple was the Beatles company before Mac…different company

[@cjsciandra2623]

Apple Computers if I remember correctly got sued for using that name. That’s why there was a big bite out of the Apple computer logo later !!

[@popegeorgeringo840]

​@@cjsciandra2623I think that also had to do with Turing's lore. It's the same reason the Mac apple used to be rainbow colored.

[@michaelminson7230]

They did everything first, the biggest band ever!

[@binxbolling]

A music producer with a lack of knowledge about the Beatles. That's like a literature professor with no knowledge of Shakespeare. How not to get hired.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

Thing is, he is clearly unaware that the reason he can mix orchestral stuff into his own work is because The Beatles did it first. Sad and funny at the same time. I hope this young man goes back and listens to all The Beatles.

[@deanevangelista6359]

Ringo’s drum fills and Paul’s bass on “A Day in the Life” are worth twice the price of admission.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

yes, and that totally went over the head of this "producer", since he doesn't seem to have any feel for groove.... instead gets hung up with "technology". Oh Lord!

[@idiomatika]

Back when I was the drummer in a band many years ago, it amused me to play in the style of Ringo Starr. There's a distinct style that can be copied, but is very difficult to describe.

[@johnkennettle7567]

Here's a music producer, and he's never listened to the Beatles. What a joke!

[@lynby6231]

The reason he’s never heard them before is he never stops talking long enough 😂

[@robertfreestone414]

Dude, this is when you stop talking and just do some research. I can just imagine someone saying to you:"Not really familiar with the Beatles, eh? Let's take a walk, kid. We have a lot to talk about. "

[@mamared56]

The Beatles changed music and the world. Most influential band ever...a great time to be alive.

[@Beatleslover3]

Fully agree!

[@thesecretcollector1648]

I realize the dude is analyzing the music, but he mentions the videos multiple times which have nothing to do with the music and doesn't say even a single word about the absolutely amazing lyrics of any of the three songs.

[@ajaxfilms]

You are a music producer for 10 years, who has never listen to The Beatles?....better late than never I guess. Enjoy your journey.

[@solongkingb3057]

Of course he knows it, its just to make the video appealing...

[@Vix381]

Haha calling yourself a music producer having never listened to the Beatles.