INTRO - THE BEATLES ROCK BAND (VIDEO GAME)

AWARDS
Imagina Awards 2008
Holland Animation Festival 2008
D&AD 2010
Annecy 2010 - Advertising/Promotional
Webby Awards 2010
DIRECTOR
Pete Candeland
CLIENT
Harmonix
The Beatles: Rock Band is a 2009 music video game developed by Harmonix. The intro for the game features virtual portrayals of the four band members performing the songs throughout the band's history, including depictions of some of their famous live performances, as well as a number of "dreamscape" sequences for songs from the Abbey Road Studios recording sessions during the group's studio years.
"The Beatles: Rock Band Intro, el cinematic que no podemos dejar de ver" cinemasaturno....

[@strawb3rry_fi3lds17]

0:14 Twist And Shout 0:23 A Hard Day's Night 0:50 Back In The U.S.S.R 0:52 Paperback Writer 1:20 Here Comes The Sun x Within You Without You 1:31 Here Comes The Sun 1:43 I Am The Walrus 2:25 A Day In The Life

[@joshuagraham2762]

I WAS WANTING TO FIND OUT THE DIFFERENT SONGS THANK YOU

[@HuevoHour777]

People like you are gifts to planet earth.

[@kkmac7247]

Pinned 3 days ago?

[@abbeyniner]

at the beginning you can also hear a tiny sliver of From Me To You

[@MeesterTweester]

Thank you!

[@harrykemma]

I would buy a ticket at cinema if that was a movie

[@shit_beat3868]

A ticket to ride

[@brianjonestownmassacre]

Same thoughts

[@isaiah.fabela]

@@shit_beat3868 I was planning on saying the same thing LMAO

[@shit_beat3868]

@@isaiah.fabela lmao

[@yesil_kalem]

it's a game intro like guitar hero (I'm sorry for my bad english)

[@The_RedVIII]

This is definitely the best intro of any videogame ever.

[@bradrichardson3539]

Battlefield 1

[@oliviabrennann]

HELLO I LOVE YOUR PFP

[@spongeOfMystery4]

I loved that game

[@santiago4864]

Super smash bros melee is great too, but I love this one

[@varon1269]

You forgot super smash bros

[@ivanreiss]

I love how it’s George who leads them into the mystic universe

[@1krani]

Like how he led them to India.

[@DunnesBag]

@@1krani I laughed so fucking hard at this

[@leobojangles1994]

George: i know u may see as the quiet one but i own India and some typical universe

[@Harryson6]

George also did write Here Comes The Sun, which precedes it. Only makes sense he leads during that song

[@goncalofreitas2094]

george wrote here comes the sun

[@desiderium3243]

I love how the plane sound is from the start of Back in the USSR

[@troliskimosko]

Jake Malin damn I didn’t even notice that!

[@willcrump]

I noticed that ... good detail

[@lenisa1299]

Is the sound of a plane

[@joshshrum2764]

Jake Malin That makes sense.

[@MrPretzel6000]

Paperback writer

[@AllPileup]

2012: 2020: *HERE'S THE ANIMATION OF THE GREATEST BAND IN THE HISTORY*

[@leolizard3152]

*”Queen” would like to know your location*

[@urmomlovesangie]

@Private joker You rlly know a lot

[@agbag8185]

@@leolizard3152 why you bring Her Majesty here ? She's old.

[@sushitraxh6736]

@@leolizard3152 Queen is great too but nothing and no one can surpass how great Beatles is. almost all of the bands idolize the fab four including the Queen

[@OscarHernandez-il8tv]

Mj Singson I disagree but their both great let’s leave it at that.

[@drewlbers]

The art style is so subtle yet you can tell exactly who’s who just by minor details and face structure

[@jaredf6205]

I’m always impressed by an artists ability to capture the essence of a face with such a simplified depiction. One that alway comes to mind is that famous scribble of John, it’s like 4 squiggly lines and you can still tell who it is.

[@mr.tostinos198]

it looks like scooby doo

[@vrichelle]

@@mr.tostinos198 LOL WHAT

[@mr.tostinos198]

@@vrichelle it does doe andddd with everything there saying it just make a funny meme that I’m just like JEEEZ SCOOOBS THIS VIDEO SURE LOOKS LIKE A SNACK

[@uzoamakaebin259]

This comment is so scary to me because this was exactly what I was thinking about through the entirety of the vid. How do ppl do that? It's so impressive to kinda study those little things ppl do in their art that makes it stand out. I wanna learn to do that with mine

[@LehmannSimRacing]

That transition from A Hard Day's Night into Paperback Writer is fucking beautiful

[@SomethingoldenYT]

The moment those wheels hit the ground and paperback writer started playing i was just like "fuck yes!!!"

[@mackboy2040]

Do you mongrels think you're cool when you cuss? Serious questions.

[@voiceofreason7856]

Accept it isn't accurate. They released Paperback Writer in 1966 and the 'concert footage' was from Shea Stadium, 1965, etc.

[@LehmannSimRacing]

@@voiceofreason7856 so? It still rocks!

[@voiceofreason7856]

@@LehmannSimRacing If they're showing a snippet of musical history - which they are - it should be accurate. Even 'accurate' can still rock. I know - I was there. :

[@eggman0291]

0:24 The UK meet the Beatles 0:52 The Beatles meet America 1:21 The Beatles meet drugs

[@renzolanfranco2051]

Actually, "The Beatles meet India and transcendental meditation... and drugs."

[@alezito9489]

JAJAJAJjJ Lpm

[@DaddyFett2]

Lmao

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

@@renzolanfranco2051 Beatles wanted to visit india to get peace of mind, to meditate. but accidently they came to Punjab

[@qua8imodo658]

“…meet themselves”

[@BrandonBryler]

The FACT that Paul still uses this intro in his concerts is INSANE. God bless his soul ❤

[@alonenjersey]

"If it isn't broken, do not fix it."

[@F_G_R_Y_T]

Que haces aqui

[@Robo_R0k]

God bless Ringo and Paul

[@TheBlockyNCheesyfan]

Hola

[@NaaHva]

He is not Paul McCartney. He is William Shepherd (Billy).

[@melvilcousin9526]

When you realize, 7 years after spending all your time as a kid on this game, that this intro as been directed by Alberto Mielgo, who is now known for having directed spiderman into the spider verse, the short film "the Witness" from love+death and robots, and more recently the trailer for watch dogs legion. This man is a fucking legend

[@The_RedVIII]

WHAT? Mind blown.

[@swisslord2478]

I didn't recognize the artstyle But I'm really impressed

[@clorotch3259]

Holy shit I love mielgo and I didn't even recognize the art style

[@axelgumilar7141]

Wait so both Jamie Hewlett from Gorillaz AND Alberto Mielgo were working together for this?? Damn that's impressive.

[@clorotch3259]

@@axelgumilar7141 Hold on, Jamie fucking Hewlett worked on this too?!

[@russellschwartz9687]

That heartbreaking moment when you realize John and George are the only ones who stare into the light because they’re the two who are dead.

[@SacredBlasphemy]

I just noticed that- OUCH- that hurt-

[@pablocesarhernandezanaya8497]

Paul looks at it too

[@1krani]

@@pablocesarhernandezanaya8497 *I BURIED PAUL*

[@puszkacoli470]

When they are in light?

[@hi_carebear_hi]

Ouch, that hurts..

[@OlisGarden]

i would pay absurd amounts of money to see a beatles biopic in this animation style.

[@prithivirajphukan8403]

I swear dude

[@fatcat1]

Forreal

[@TheDanksNewGroove]

Show this video to someone who has never heard of the Beatles

[@hu1902]

EmperorsNewnewGroove impossible

[@Lqw17]

Who tf?

[@ale.s_folly]

To someone who says they don't like the Beatles

[@sashanilssen]

So nobody?

[@chaoticproductions3922]

Who has never heard of the Beatles I’m pretty sure even my classmates know who the Beatles are

[@officialmaxrebo]

1:36 I just noticed that ‘Lucy’ is written in the sky with diamonds. The people who made this deserve pyramids for graves.

[@2chickenbone]

ive watched this sooo many times and never even noticed!!! good eye!!

[@submersedsoap1631]

acidic minds Where? I can’t see it

[@ferretneedssleep8451]

Omg lol

[@konradio4255]

I know!

[@michaelabe4040]

Good eye jeez didnt even see that

[@mellowyellow360]

1:24 the fact that john and george looking straight to the light heartbroken me.

[@Jason-ft9gg]

I didn’t even notice that. Very sad indeed.

[@woahtherebuddy5173]

Great eye!

[@azzystillborne9125]

Stolen comment

[@Paccyd33]

@@azzystillborne9125 more then one person can realise the same thing

[@noep8043]

Dorian is is the one I have 64 so so

[@TheDude4077]

I always felt like they built it up to the final chord from "A Day in the Life" at the end, and am always expecting to hear it even though I know it's not coming

[@zookacchi]

Oh man... what a missed opportunity.

[@mysterycowgirlstudio]

Damn shame

[@jasontheredfox]

If the song were in the base game it probably would have

[@dustycomputer1806]

that’s what i expected too

[@Punttipate62]

@@jasontheredfox it's only as dlc

[@cactusgreen4449]

If they made a movie like this I would actually watch it. EDIT:Got to say never expected this many likes thanks!

[@aidand.7911]

Dude what if they did a biography of john lennon in his wirey art style like how they made a van Gogh's movie in his painting style? Or just did a film about the beatles in this animation style? Dude I would die to see that

[@aidand.7911]

@The Mystic Fez yeah that's why I said the second part lol

[@sarahhoneycomb]

The Mystic Fez lmao u know he didn’t quit lying

[@inaminuteanimations8430]

Lucas Zelnhefer OMG YES

[@ale.s_folly]

I would watch it til my eyes bleed

[@The_Return_of_JoyBoy]

Now I am fully convinced that there needs to be an adult animated movie about The Beatles, I myself would absolutely love it and I think millions of other Beatles fans would too, especially if the animation was in this style, it would be epic. In my humble opinion anyway.

[@largelatte7320]

0:52 That has to be the most simplest yet cleanest and coolest song transition ever

[@surennarimanyan868]

Whats the name of this song?

[@surennarimanyan868]

Thank you bro

[@Xavier_Creighton]

I think the transition from twist and shout into a hard days night was brilliant

[@underscorefin]

@@surennarimanyan868 went from hard days night , to back in the ussr, to paperback writer

[@Tyrant.162]

was thinking it was about to be back in the USSR

[@nobyra]

This makes me so emotional, how can a band change so much. They feel like such a big part of my life, there when i felt happy or sad. Im so grateful a good friend introduced me to them

[@kojeta3200]

Oh no, is Futaba

[@metallicakixtotalass]

you have good taste in best girls as well as music

[@idkwutimdoinokey1413]

righhht i feel the sameee

[@diegodevars4618]

Every stage of my life, my favorite beatles album changes with me, my experiences resonate with different songs and my love for the beatles fades and comes back again

[@eisenkrahe7125]

I have to thank Felipe Castanhari.

[@JMcCaffery02]

Imagine being a band so amazing they make a video game about you almost 50 years later

[@guighs6477]

You're wrong' they made the band because of the game

[@Kicker201]

@@guighs6477 no way

[@thatguythatdrawzz749]

@@Kicker201 It’s true, I read it on Wikipedia

[@robking1240]

It's false, I wrote it on Wikipedia. MoooWaaahahaha!@@thatguythatdrawzz749

[@sampleslayabr]

​​@@guighs6477Since what The Beatles was K-ON?

[@jeb_thesheep3961]

petition for someone to make a beatles movie that has this type of animation

[@luckyluke4276]

Yess please

[@cz9923]

If you look closely from 0:59 They even got Paul's little head bob on point. Amazing work guys!

[@samcarroll6210]

@Ace Visconti well no because they were on Ed Sullivan in 1964, two years before Paul apparently "died"

[@bobthebrick1988]

@@samcarroll6210 we all know he didn't die it doesn't deserve even the allegedly

[@samcarroll6210]

@@bobthebrick1988 I didn't realize it made me sound like a believer in the myth so my bad

[@garret16]

@@bobthebrick1988 paul died, Faul is alive now

[@gr8-expectations-pip]

He said "I'm very bored" not "I buried Paul"...

[@Thejigholeman]

I love the implication that the Beatles are these interdimensional gods that warp reality to their liking.

[@Bebe-rn2fh]

1:22 That transition made me emotional. Ffrom their Shea Stadium clothes to the Sgt.Peppers.. It’s incredible How they changed so much between years, from “She loves you yeah yeah yeah!” to “Nothing is real”.. The Beatles lives in a special place in my heart

[@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753]

You know is up to You i think is only fair Pride can hurt You too Apologise to her 1963

[@nadiachristiansen7599]

That's because Paul died in 1966 and was replaced with William Campbell

[@The_Zenauh]

@@nadiachristiansen7599 Why everybody is thinking in this stupid theory?

[@NaaHva]

​​@@The_Zenauh Why don't you do some research and stop denying what you see?

[@Jackson-9mk]

1:23 Faul/Sgt Peppers Paul Cosplays As A Dead Man(James Paul McCartney 1942-1966)Miss Him Miss Him MISS HIM!

[@scouthamrick4197]

1:06 that was such a Paul move lol

[@pandylol9112]

Yeah!

[@somegirl8007]

It may be stupid to ask, but what exactly do you mean?

[@bloodsugarsexmagik4594]

EXTREMELY

[@matteofanari7291]

Lol

[@XPMelon10]

@@somegirl8007 his movements lol

[@Prubkoopa]

0:39 George looking at himself in the future thinking OMG *iS tHiS mEee*

[@Aidencool2]

Ikr he like ‘this me?’ Lol 😂

[@NaaHva]

It's not the same "George Harrison". From 1962-66, George was played by Terry Johnston. After 1966, a double took over.

[@aebhosor4835]

I always feel disappointed by that bit. Like, them not moving on the crossing just feels off. They could've done that bit slightly fun by looking back at their former selves and trip over the ensuing crowd.

[@matilde_5]

@@aebhosor4835 I always thought they didn’t move because they were playing the “statues” to avoid the attention of the crowd, honestly

[@TheTankCommando2376]

​@@NaaHvaso we think all of them were replaced by doubles? Alright

[@TitusFFM]

I have no fucking clue what I just watched but tears of joy ran down my eyes.

[@Scarab6King]

Fun Fact... Alberto Mielgo was the Art Director for this intro. The creator of "The Witness" and "Jibaro" from the Love Death & Robots Netflix series. Also art Director for "Tron:Uprising". His art style is amazing.

[@jira6423]

Robert Valley. He also animated and directed “Dima Blue” and “Ice” from love death and robots.

[@sergiocruz162]

Pretty reflective of the Beatles’s whole career and personality: Starts off as a pretty-normal rock band that’s really good, ends as an insane acid trip That’s even better

[@mmasque2052]

The Beatles were truly a band of their decade, the 1960’s. Their music changed and evolved right along with world’s societies.

[@emilyhsmith]

Such is life!

[@Tobson.]

Me and a friend played this game on 250ug and holy shit it was an experience, highly recommend

[@MariOmor1]

And then they turned into businessmen around the White Album period

[@evanblount8711]

0:07 : Pan down from Liverpool (Yellow Submarine Movie) 0:12 : Posters - Come Together, Benefit of Mr Kite, Hard Days Night, St Peters Parish Church (Original meeting place of Paul and John), Twenty Flight Rock (song Paul played to John to join The Quarrymen), Rocky Racoon, Maggie Mae, The Meanie Blues (play on the Blue Meanies), The Semoline Pilchard (I Am The Walrus), Jeremy (Yellow Submarine Movie), Mr Moonlight, Carry That Weight, Blue Jay Way 0:26 : Beatles leaving building (A Hard Days Night) 0:32 : Surgery (Dr Robert), Maxwells Silver Sundries (Maxwells SIlver Hammer), Fireman and Barbershop (Penny Lane) 0:35 : Mean Mr Mustard, 1 & 1 is 2 (Early Paul song), Fish and Finger Pie (Penny Lane), Honey Pies (Honey Pie), Creme Tangerine Montelimar (Savoy Truffle), Ginger sling with pineapple heart (Savoy Truffle), Coffee Desert (Savoy Truffle), Coconut fudge (Savoy Truffle), Savoy Truffle, Cool cherry cream and a nice apple tart (Savoy Truffle) 0:42 : Meter Maid in the background (Lovely Rita) 0:44 : Ringo holds a crate from strawberry fields farm (Strawberry Fields Forever) 1:03 : Typewriter on the floor (Paperback Writer) 1:33 : Sign says "Hello" and "Goodbye" (Hello, Goodbye) 1:36 : Lucy (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds) 1:40 : Yellow Submarine (Yellow Submarine) If I've missed any easter eggs, please let me know!

[@j.a.m.1876]

That weird looking thing near the Tuesday sign has "Hello" and "Goodbye" switched around

[@j.a.m.1876]

Wait nvm you found that

[@travismeares4880]

A cool Easter egg I found was a horse in the background of the abbey road cover with a red H. This is probably a reference to being for the benefit of mr kite and the Henry the horse line

[@inukrasmussen7753]

1:43 Tuesday sign (I am the walrus)? "stupid bloody tuesday"

[@inukrasmussen7753]

In 2:03 u can see they have ´different masks on, and later on we can see Paul had the walrus mask on.

[@nicoleus862]

1:20 Their transition from a pop-rock band to a more legendary rock band that will change popular music in the decades to come.

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

No thats just drugs

[@charlie1234500]

​@@self-proclaimedanimatorThey were doing drugs long before that transition kek

[@NaaHva]

That's thanks to Billy Shepherd.

[@abbymartin554]

If John lived to see this, I think he would’ve absolutely loved it and appreciated the artistry and magical quality. It’s outstanding. Who knows, he might’ve played the game too lol.

[@senseispud2197]

I've been scouring the internet so long for "Actual Guitarist Tries Guitar Hero". It's incredible how it hasn't really been done as a proper video.

[@viviennediodato2730]

I don’t think he’ll know how to

[@Dashie04]

If it’s any consolation, Paul McCartney owns this game and his grandkids actually are much better than he is at the game.

[@Orlak3lly]

So would George

[@laurentbergeronmusic]

@@senseispud2197 The guitarist of Dragonforce regularly used to stream guitar hero.

[@CobraChick]

This is literally the coolest video????? Holy crap

[@marlameg]

in an alternate universe where all four beatles were still alive and touring, this would make a great thing to play on the big screens at concerts before they’d play live

[@kpoary5307]

Paul McCartney use this video as background in his 2016 tour, when he plays Golden Slumbers/carry that weight/The end

[@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909]

Yeah, that’s right!

[@d1gitalduck]

Yo send me the link

[@daddydiesel2496]

LINK!

[@laracletteanimee7050]

Here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2nGZJ9sqbaGndE

[@NaaHva]

He is not Paul McCartney. He is Billy/William Shears/Campbell/Shepherd (Stanshall according to 'the nine-after 9-09 memoirs).

[@oyitsaustin3120]

0:57 I absolutely love the attention to detail in this one small part, because their mannerisms and the way they move is a near *perfect* recreation of how they used to perform in their earlier days, particularly the live performance of “I wanna hold your hand” on the Ed Sullivan Show. It’s spot on

[@joeschmo7834]

That transition into Paperback Writer was art incarnate

[@ajosuql7468]

I remember being completely oblivious of their existence... Four years ago my now best friend invited me to play games to his house, I remember reading “The Beatles” on the Screen wondering what it was, I remember very vividly how the how I felt when the first song started... It was “Sgt.Pepper/With a Little Help From My Friends” and oh boy did I just discovered a new world, that was the moment I falled in love with music. They inspired me to be a better person, now I play the drums in a little garage band I have with my friends

[@pandylol9112]

So cool! Something similar happened to me So almost a year ago my best friend became obsessed with the Beatles (in a healthy way lol) and sometimes she would send me random Beatles pics or videos and I’ll watch them (they were more memes cuz she was afraid that I’ll started hating them) and I really liked the memes. Before her I only knew three Beatles songs (yesterday, hey Jude and Eleanor rigby) so one day I went to KZbin to listen some of their songs bc I was curious why she loved them so much. I didn’t *love* their songs as my friend did, but some months later our music teacher stopped with our normal classes (about classical music and that) and he said that we should listen more to good music so he send us a homework to listen Beatles song and record ourselves singing. I noticed that I already knew some songs, but I didn’t want to sing the most mainstream songs, so I dig more into their music and felt in love with them. That’s how I started listening more to rock music, cuz I was actually more into classical music lol

[@ajosuql7468]

@@pandylol9112 That’s awesome :D Listening to them completely changed me in more than one way My english improved and now I have a personality and i’m no longer a byproduct of social pressure I hope they do as much good to you as they did to me :D

[@ajosuql7468]

@Grace Fornier We are currently saving so that we can release a full album Although we have an instagram account with very few covers they are pretty old so it’s not like it sounds great

[@pandylol9112]

@@ajosuql7468 yeah they changed some aspects of my life and also helped me to improve my English (now whenever I start speaking English, I’ll do it with a weird British accent lol) And lol whats that ig account with the covers, lol I’m curious

[@ajosuql7468]

@@pandylol9112 My accent is a bad fusion between hispanic and British not only because of The Beatles but also because Doctor Who became my favourite show during the pandemic The IG is Mac’n Cheese yes... that’s the name But I warn you... Don’t expect much :/

[@sambeast1979]

The ending is definitely what it’s like to be on LSD.

[@frempy4426]

More like shrooms, I'd say

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Dmt

[@frempy4426]

@@GrosvnerMcaffrey Looooool true

[@l.100]

Lucy in the sky with diamonds

[@random_guy746]

"i think paul might be having a stroke"

[@sasquatsch9673]

0:05 you can hear the beginning of the song “Can‘t Buy Me Love“ (“CAN‘T“) 0:28 there is an old brown shoe in the street. Maybe a reference to their song “Old Brown Shoe“? 0:36 look at the menu card: there are “Honey Pies“ and „Savoy Truffles“ 0:43 in the background there is a meter maid. Maybe her name is Rita? ;) 0:44 Ringo holds a chest with the title “Strawberry Fields Farm“ 0:49 the sound of a plane is the beginning of “Back In The U.S.S.R.“

[@SVJ1127]

Around 0:33 u can see “Maxwells Silver Sundries” which is and Easter egg for the song “Maxwells Silver hammer”

[@saraharlia4065]

@@SVJ1127 good observation

[@bigboydinges6043]

I wished they had put Paul’s grandfather as a reference to hard days night

[@mgf909]

I appreciate you for this

[@sasquatsch9673]

@@mgf909 just wanted to share some observations :)

[@OGMagaro]

Could we have gotten this instead of yesterday

[@ohno7044]

OMFG YES👏

[@jakobknudsen4453]

That movie was pretty good tho

[@jeb_thesheep3961]

AMEN 🙏

[@hometv4166]

Yes...prefer this..

[@sestearion5538]

Yeah I hated yesterday

[@grrggrrg4805]

I'd be ok with it if the Beatles had Gorillaz music videos

[@DeeEveeoh]

I absolutely agree😂

[@olli1259]

Agreed😳😳

[@williandealmeidaalmeida3783]

They almost did a song togethe tho

[@d1gitalduck]

Same and I’m saying this as an avid fan of the Beatles and Gorillaz

[@Douche_bag420]

Two of the best bands ever

[@cgaussie]

I never did play the game but this intro is ingrained in my head and I don't think it's ever going to leave it. The animation is so wonderful depicting their rise from their small underground beginnings to being one of the biggest bands in the world. Wonderful, always wonderful.

[@johnp515]

I’m not even a fan but trust me, they were by far THE biggest entertainment act in the world and were the figureheads of a social revolution.

[@arianahans3318]

The transition from Shea Stadium to Sgt. Pepper...CHILLS.

[@Vincent-se7dr]

I like how they showed the moment where they stop being human

[@joshybratwurst1398]

Whoa, when is that?

[@ikusttya2427]

@@joshybratwurst1398 they are being elevated when they put on their Sgt pepper clothes

[@hingusdingus3451]

Julien Becker *john puts on glasses and grows a mustache* THIS ISNT EVEN MY FINAL FORM, ya know.

[@joshybratwurst1398]

@@hingusdingus3451 I love how in real life he went from Fat Elvis to Owl Jesus

[@tmntandptxloverthefirst1039]

@@joshybratwurst1398 Owl Jesus

[@DSMChip]

the way twist and shout ends and the opening chord of a hard day's night is sneakily hidden behind it is so perfect

[@ringocharmley3941]

They absolutely nailed it. I like the details of Paul's head shaking, John's wide leg stance. George's leg tapping and Ringo's head banging. Just brilliant.

[@youtubefan1313]

1. Twist and Shout 2. A Hard Day's Night 3. Paperback Writer 4. Here Comes the Sun/The Inner Light 5. I Am the Walrus - Love Version EDIT: Wow... 281 likes..?! Thanks a lot 😆 EDIT #2: WOOOOAAAHH!!! 1.8K LIKES??!?! I CANNOT BELIEVE ITTTT!!! EDIT #3: I have gone through maturity and did you comments honestly think I'd freak out over- *WHAT THE HECK FIVE THOUSAND LIKES OHMYGOOOOOOOOD!!!!*

[@Sakura-nf3so]

Twist & Shout (Please Please Me) - John A hard days's night (A hard Day's night) - John Paperback writer (single release) - Paul Here comes the sun (Abbey Road) - George I am the warlus (Magical mystery tour) - John

[@harrylane4]

Sometimes I forget that not everyone went through a Beatles phase in high school and that these comments are important

[@Skizze37]

Don't forget the real #1! "Can't Buy Me Love" for a millisecond, on scanning the radio!

[@plasticnoodles9678]

Skizze As well as "Within you Without you" remixed with "Here comes the Sun", and the plane sounds from "Back in the USSR"

[@Marked2429]

@@plasticnoodles9678 the remix of here comes the sun is from the Remix/Soundtrack album LOVE its track 18 on the album

[@ANNIHILISTIC]

Does anyone else feel like The Walrus is even better with that extra bass hit from the stomping elephant?

[@baronvonpiano7625]

My whole family, especially my mom’s side, including myself, big Beatles fans. New Year’s Eve 2009 party. My uncle and his step kids brought over The Beatles Rock Band for Wii, along with all the instruments as we didn’t have them ourselves. And the whole family, even my grandfather, who’s the biggest Beatles fan out of everyone, played all night long. Midnight happens, and we continued for at least a couple more hours. Definitely the best possible way to kick off the 2010s. I would buy all the instruments myself just to get this game if I had the chance.

[@Jamesharveycomics]

I have a feeling that we'll be watching this long after everyone has forgotten was "Beatles: Rock Band" was.

[@althealligator1467]

I GOT A FEELING

[@thurkk44]

We need something like this for NOW AND THEN!

[@carletonfisher824]

I SAW THIS CUTSCENE SO MANY TIMES AS A KID WHY OH GOD WHY DID I EVER SELL THIS GAME

[@1krani]

Quick! Buy it back! Physical copy, though: no telling when the licensing for the songs will expire.

[@deathbypotato5030]

when i step on lego 1:17

[@avi_s0ncin0]

Bruhhh

[@hugeclockowner7949]

LMAO

[@octanemain1988]

Yes

[@FKMDC]

Everyone stepped on a Lego in that part

[@alanatalksalot]

Lego stadium

[@jaynixon3129]

I have my mom and this game to thank for getting me into The Beatles. Now I’m learning Bass left handed and getting ready to start doing shows playing Paul for Britain’s Finest Beatles tribute. It was also wonderful meeting Ardy and Gavin from the Fab Four, and finding out they did a lot of the motion capture for this game.

[@DarkNaomi]

I really wish I could go back in time to rediscover the Beatles again. It’s truly a magical experience once you start to listen to their very early songs, their last album, and then start a new journey to listen to their solo career songs.

[@Mrk00k00dud3]

26 years old here, I never gave the Beatles a full chance to like them. BUT, I got the chance to learn about them at my school, literally studying and listening about the Beatles. There are classes about them. Now, I FREAKIN' LOVE THE BEATLES!

[@thesilvershining]

So very glad you saw the light 🥰

[@henriquetraetta]

2:27 I just noticed that everyone is wearing white except John, this really hits hard cause it referred to John’s unfortunate death, Rest In Peace John Lennon.

[@d1gitalduck]

But why isn’t George wearing one then?

[@henriquetraetta]

@@d1gitalduck oh! I just noticed, I don't know why though.

[@d1gitalduck]

@@henriquetraetta hm, interesting

[@chaseywoot]

Or because he was the walrus and that's why he's wearing the walrus outfit. BuT WhO KnOwS?

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@@d1gitalduck because George more or less died a timely death yes it was too soon but be wasn't straight up murdered like John and it was much after his career rather than John's

[@andrewcox9914]

1:22 that transformation from pop to psychedelic is mad

[@peytondoesthings]

This was animated by Robert valley. He’s cool and animated the Dance Central Intro too!

[@jeremiahperez6413]

That dude made the animation for Tron Uprising I knew this animation looked familiar.

[@very_many_days9710]

He also worked on a lot of gorillaz music videos

[@yellowfuzz292]

He also helped with Motorcity too! What a rad guy, truly an inspiration😍😍😍😍💕

[@m0ckyzo185]

@@yellowfuzz292 he really is one of my favorite artists. His ability to warp anatomy in such a aesthetically pleasing way goes to show his mastery of the human form

[@kerobop]

Plus Alberto Mielgo, who most will recognize for his LD&R episode and being key to the core design and style of Spider-Verse

[@mathewcipriano4794]

I believe we can all agree on just how iconic and important the Beatles were in the 20th century and how much they influenced various generations of music. I don’t think there will ever be another band or musician that will have that much of an influence on the world itself today than that of the Beatles.

[@teresad1234]

The people designing the animation: “Okay for their legs-“ “Yes” OOP THANKS FOR 1K

[@definetelykosakukawajiri8465]

S h t i c k

[@extravagante9578]

Every day is leg day

[@lucyk8935]

all legs no dairy baby

[@seedad117]

The characters design it's by Robert Valley He also worked on one of the love death and robots episodes

[@grugonk]

Cuz my legs are long Yes our legs are long Ya, our legs are long Yes they're very very long

[@dylanphelan3010]

Sometimes you’ve just got to love what the KZbin algorithm sends you

[@beatlemaniac8527]

0:12 Posters referencing the Beatles 0:18 Cavern club at 0:28 there is an old brown shoe on the side of the road (Old brown shoe?) 0:25 The Beatles are starting to become very popular 0:33 The Beatles pass "Maxwell's Silver Sundries" (Maxwell's sliver hammer) "Surgery" (Doctor Robert) and a place that sells "Honey Pies", "Fish and Finger Pies" (Penny Lane) and "Savoy truffles" 0:34 Person coming in through a window (She came in through the bathroom window) I think it may be a fireman (Penny Lane) 0:30 the Beatles LOVE jump 0:32 Lizard on the window pane (Happiness Is A Warm Gun) At 0:33 the cult guy from Help! (Film) comes out of the road 0:39 The early Beatles pass the later Beatles in Abbey road 0:43 Meter maid (Lovely Rita) 0:44 Ringo holds a box from "Strawberry Fields Farm" (Strawberry Fields Forever 0:49 Back in the USSR plane sound effect (Travelling to America and their world tour) 0:56 Ed Sullivan show 1:03 I think this might be the Budokan Hall, in Japan where the Beatles performed 1:11 Shea stadium 1:17 Sargent Peppers uniforms 1:39 Here comes the sun 1:36 "Lucy" is written in the sky with diamonds. (Lucy in the sky with diamonds) At 1:37 about, you see this Helter Skelter looking thing on a red and green plannet At 1:41 there is a yellow submarine just emerging from the right side of the screen 1:48 You can see a man on the moon, which just might be a reference to George on the "Midsummer Night's Dream", Shakespeare skit in 1964, "Around the Beatles" broadcast

[@Cheebsters1846]

There's also a blue meanie riding around in a scooter at the end scene

[@SomethingNowhereMan]

Y’know after playing this game a lot, I had NEVER once noticed the Yellow Submarine before the transition of ‘I am the Walrus’. And I never skip this intro!

[@mywifeleftmeandmychildrend7550]

They played this on the walls of the auditorium when I played my first concert with my school band

[@dilloncloonan1393]

I Bought this game for 3 bucks when i was in high school, and had legitimately never listened to the beatles, had only heard stuff in movies, public, etc. 10 years later they’re still my favorite band.

[@johnnymartini4989]

How did I not know that this existed

[@Apollo-hi1jj]

JohnnyMartini I feel u

[@hotcurry1108]

1:44 reference of Hello, goodbye 1:36 lucy in the sky with diamonds 1:49 strawberry fields forever piano

[@jtblcksheep3376]

You cannot overestimate the impact these four men had on the music industry, the rock music genre, and music in general.

[@Wtallent51]

Other people dreams: I made out with my crush. My dreams: 1:51

[@dadoventi]

Indy Angler LMAO

[@Prisoner]

"made out"

[@dadoventi]

Prisoner ?

[@Prisoner]

@@dadoventi don't worry I was talking to the other guy

[@Chronological_vic]

What’s that song though

[@TheGranolaForce]

This intro literally put me onto the Beatles, had never listened to them before

[@DevilDogDen1775]

This intro was produced by Passion Pictures in London. Joshua Randall was the creative director, and my good friend Rob Valley was the art director.

[@k90v85]

thats awesome :D

[@Leomatoad]

im just glad they got how john used to stand when preforming in those early days

[@vanillajack5925]

They got Paul down pretty good too

[@steveschaff4620]

I love the end of the ad when the 'Beatles Parade' is approaching the cliff as if the Beatles were going to fall but they DON'T FALL because they're the BEATLES! I teared up there!❤

[@CacoMontero13]

We actually had to study bits and pieces of this intro for a class in college, it was rad

[@allitrop]

Just love that when Here Comes The Sun starts, George leads them. Small details.

[@tragiclifeform347]

Well, they've shown that they have a very solid animation crew, now they just need to cram their whole band history into a movie... or two.

[@ホマレ君]

かっこよすぎる!!　イメージを遥かに超えたクオリティーですね！

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

Nobody: The bowling alley screen when you get a strike: 1:27

[@notpingu707]

Lol

[@kevinhixson1586]

They should totally make a movie in this style and it should be called ticket to ride or some other Beatles song name.

[@luckykennedy7364]

First one should be Ticket to ride and the second should be here comes the sun or a day in the life

[@giorgialain1308]

I will never thank this game enough because it’s what introduced me to the Beatles. Started playing it when I was 9 and I still listen to their songs as a 21 year old. Thank you for existing.

[@BlackOut3257]

I love how the video shows The Beatles as they slowly transition from a small time band to a legendary group of musicians

[@weaves22]

It's like the Beatles in a Gorillaz-style universe... I love it.

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Easter eggs 0:14 posters for various beatles songs. Rocky Racoon, Hard Day's Night, Come Together, Mister Moonlight, Etc. 0:32 Maxwell's Silver Sundries (Maxwell's Silver Hammer), right above the sign there's also a lizard on a window pane (Happiness is a Warm Gun) 0:32 On the left there's a wanted poster for somebody, it's too low resolution in this video to make out but I suspect it might be Bungalow Bill 0:34 Someone's coming out of a manhole, not entirely sure who it's supposed to be though, if someone knows I'd love to hear it 0:36 On the Grape's Menu they have "Fish and Finger Pies" (from Penny Lane), "Honey Pies" (Honey Pie), "Hippy Hippy Shakes" (Hippy Hippy Shake), and the rest of them are all from Savory Truffle. They also have "Breakfast all day Price '1 & 1 is 2'" (One and One is Two) 0:44 Ringo is holding a box from "Strawberry Fields Farm" 1:03 there's a typewriter on the ground, likely referencing Paperback Writer 1:26 John and George look into the light as they're the two Beatles who've died 1:28 The pair of eyes in the background also resemble a pair of ovaries 1:35 I know I've seen that dark sun logo before but I can't place it. Again, if anyone knows I'd love to hear it. 1:36 In the left side of the sun the stars spell out "Lucy" in cursive (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) 1:38 A whole bunch of penguins, who I assume are the "Elementary penguins singing Hare Krishna" (I am the Walrus) 1:38 has two boots walking on the left side moon, likely a callback to the Yellow Submarine movie 1:39 has one of those... creatures on the right side moon. Also from the Yellow Submarine movie, I just have no idea what to call it. I don't think they ever give it a name. It's not the Suckophant. 1:40 The Yellow Submarine itself is on the right side 1:42 a sign saying Tuesday pointing left. I think this is a reference to She Came in the Window? 1:42 another weird trumpety Yellow Submarine creature, this time also referencing the song Hello Goodbye with the sign in its belly 1:48 Behind the Beatles is the Moog Synthesizer which they used to great effect in many of their numbers. It was one of the first synthesizer keyboards. 2:19 a blue meanie appears for a fraction of a second going in front of the camera Honestly there are so many easter eggs I probably missed a bunch. I didn't cover some of the more obvious ones like the freeze-frame photographs or the Cavern, but I tried to make this as complete as possible. Still a few I'm not sure about, I don't think 23 means anything, or the license plate on the taxi they run through, but I'm not sure.

[@viviennediodato2730]

Paul’s looking as well(Paul is dead theory)

[@frankie4900]

the menu at 0:35 is a list of their songs, number one says I’m a Loser and number two says Honey Pie, among others.

[@althealligator1467]

Fish & Finger Pies from Penny Lane Honey Pie The lyrics to Savoy Truffle

[@MrKajithecat]

Its always a comfort to see and hear the boys from Liverpool

[@ariykw]

I used to play this game when I was a kid, that’s why now I have an obsession with The Beatles

[@zaraevee]

This is INSANELY cool! The blends of drawing and animation styles is so incredible and the transitions are so cool I kept rewinding to watch them over and over! Damn this is a great tribute to The Beatles!

[@JBadAss98Gameing]

Without this game, I would’ve continued to listen to AKon and dirks bently and never moved on to Black Sabbath as my favorite band. Rock Band, as sad as it is, changed my entire fucking world with this game. This game being rented is one of the most pivotal moments of my entire life. I became so obsessed with The Beatles and Music I even learned to play a bass guitar, grow my hair out, and expand my horizons. This changed everything that I was thinking. No drug or Family Death changed the connections in my brain like this game did. I’ve never even thought of this untill now. This was the turning point of everything I was set out to do.

[@nameless-user]

This is peak rhythm gaming. Prove me wrong. This is the (arguably only) moment when the rhythm genre had _class._

[@waldorf2007]

I had tears streaming down my face the first time i saw this. I said "Sorry I've loved the Beatles since the crib and wasn't ready for that".

[@leejk3926]

My love of Rockband and my intense Beatles phase as a 10 year old came together perfectly when this game was released

[@mattiacastellani]

*GENIALMENTE GENIALI INFINITI ASSOLUTI BUDDA ASSOLUTI FUORICLASSE UNICI: GRAZIE DI AVERE CREATO UN GIOCO MUSICALE SULLA 🙏♾️ROCK BAND DI OGNI ESISTENZA MUSICALE 🙏♾️*

[@henrylaureano8121]

The most beautiful intro...

[@samuellazo4794]

I love this... I would like to live in the 60s when the Beatles were on the top

[@thebros.5368]

I have the game and I used to play it with my cousins all the time before COVID

[@yolitzinsanchez]

1:28 to the end - too much LSD guys

[@kayleehorak969]

Yeah well 1966 - the end *Hey John, Paul, George, Ringo, that's a lot of lsd don't ya think?*

[@getsomelife3348]

And the other question ... ¿Where is Lucy?

[@Oliver_Moonlight]

@@getsomelife3348 She is in the sky with diamonds

[@possum7656]

This is so cool. I LONG for this to be made a movie. Such a neat art style and concept. It's never going to happen, but, gosh, I wish it would.