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[@carolyncappitelli1460]

John Lennon received a letter from a student who told him that their teacher had been assigning them Beatles songs so that they could interpret the lyrics. Lennon said, "Let them try and interpret this

[@topgazza]

Helped that he had been tripping on LSD. And in terms of confusing anyone who listen to the lyrics including those tried to interpret their lyrics 10 out of 10

[@TheGroucho66]

Correct...although his exact words were "Let the fuckers work THAT one out!" according to Lennon's friend Pete Shotton who was present at the time the song was being written.

[@jadehill2001]

I thought that’s why he wrote Glass Onion?

[@erinhansen9522]

Explains it: www.mentalfloss.com/article/30523/who-was-walrus-analyzing-strangest-beatles-song

[@bonysminiatures3123]

i like it )

[@joansmith1195]

Still can't understand why record companies and the artist aren't thrilled that an entire possibly new group of listeners are being exposed to old music. Your breathing life to these ancient tunes.

[@spaceorbison]

they're trying to hide the past

[@larrywt656]

@@spaceorbison They should be trying to hide the present. I'd rather listen to this 24/7 than most of the absolute CRAP that passes itself off as music today.

[@Russ-gy7tx]

@@larrywt656 Absolutely, the music industry and labels are cheating this generation. Everybody gets an award for auto tune and cookie cutter sound.

[@traherne6726]

Agree

[@stevewebster973]

Totally

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

"I am the Walrus" remains one of the most innovative original songs ever recorded in the 20th century....a John Lennon masterpiece of audio surrealism that will surely blow people away 300 years from now. This is what pure genius sounds like.

[@blood9903]

John Lennon really wrote this and said "let those fuckers figure that one out" after a professor claimed he had his students study Beatles songs.

[@JohnSmith-hw1vv]

Top five. Classic with a capital C.

[@Blitz-dm3kv]

The whole point of the song is that you're not meant to read too much into it

[@yougotmossed3592]

Not only unlike any other Beatles song, unlike any other song I’ve heard. Bizarre, but great.

[@warrenburroughs3025]

Many people don't realise that the song changes key 4 times in the opening, it's superbly executed.

[@vovindequasahi]

You know it is superbly executed when the average listener doesn't even notice that!

[@warrenburroughs3025]

@@vovindequasahi absolutely, it doesn't sound weird or contrived, it just works.

[@Brimp555]

Four years after I Want To Hold Your Hand was released I Am The Walrus was released. This is a giant leap lyrically, musically, intellectually, and technically in those four years.

[@RayRay-zt7bj]

Ain't that true!! That's why I told Jayvee, I was shocked to hear him say that he thought I Am The Walrus was their early music. The time for the Beatles between 1962-1967 was like 26 years time-lapse for most other bands.

[@BetterGreta13]

I think about this a lot. Four years between the "II Wanna Hold Your Hand" years and THIS? HOW? It has to have been a shift decreed from some higher power!!!!

[@spaceorbison]

they probably became a government project and were thrown all the resources of the country

[@63saruman]

Don’t forget Tomorrow Never Knows

[@elizabethscott7660]

They found drugs

[@warpwoofwimble]

This was 1967, at the height of their psychedelic period. They had stopped touring and were seeing how much craziness they could get out of the recording studio. You really can't go wrong with the Beatles, but every album represents a pretty big leap forward and a new evolution in their sound - they didn't stay in one lane for very long.

[@vincentlussier8264]

Actually it was on 1968 because Seargant Pepper was released in 1967 unless both were released the same year!

[@samuelcastillo7179]

​@@vincentlussier8264 was produced on 67, for the beatles movie magical mystery tour

[@aviadilo]

One of the Beatles' most brilliant songs. No other group could pull off something like this!

[@davidvornsand9551]

The Beatles opened every window and every door incorporating every style of music inspiring the the world to open their minds and especially musicians to embrace anything is possible. That is why they are the greatest band!☮️❤️

[@JustManic]

The Beatles’ musical evolution was and remains unprecedented. In the span of less than four years, they went from “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” to THIS. They invented a lot of what we know and understand to be progressive rock, starting with their “Revolver “ album (1966) and continuing through “Sgt. Pepper” (1967) and “Magical Mystery Tour” (1967), which is the album that “Walrus” is from. The rate at which they progressed as songwriters is unbelievable, and their producer George Martin was an integral part of their development in the studio.

[@rwh2559]

The fact they stopped touring was awesome . They gave us so much.

[@andresquiroga8061]

The lyrics were partially inspired by Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter". And the song is from 1967.

[@africanfartingfrog]

It was also partially inspired by LSD

[@Beevaldi]

​@@africanfartingfroglol for sure

[@catenystrom6506]

It's just CLASSIC Lennon. He liked to keep people second-guessing and his sense of humor was unique. I still own a book authored by Lennon called "In His Own Write" that I bought in high school, this song reminds me of some of the poems in that book. He was hilariously off kilter.

[@lloydmckay3241]

I had that book. Loved it. Surrealism mixed with quirky English wit. Did he put out another similar book?

[@c00l0]

Hilariously off kilter lol. Perfectly said

[@richardhall916]

Way ahead of their time. And on the cutting edge. The Beatles left us with music that is timeless! I could listen for hours. And still not catch everything, John. Paul, and George, were brilliant writers, and musicians, along with Ringo, it was the perfect Storm, amazing! So many great songs!

[@relaxingwoody05]

This recording from the Beatles a pure psychedelic masterpiece..

[@podiumguy100]

they had several !

[@relaxingwoody05]

@Roger White I stand corrected if written to confuse and divert thoughts, thats even better! but no mention of being nonsense, its a masterpiece in my opinion as i said!

[@jnagarya519]

It is "The Beatles" having fun. The idea that it's "psychedelic" is blown 'way out of proportion -- especially by those who known nothing about drugs.

[@relaxingwoody05]

@@jnagarya519 totally agree, people know nothing about drugs who claim they do, and lets face it only the 'Beatles' would know why they wrote such songs? fun or not??

[@emanonfox1709]

This song is a perfect example of why the Beatles are masters, and not just "a really good band." The key shifts between B-Major and A-Major and E-Major, the disparate chord progressions, the backbeat from eights to quarter march...these men were musicians in the truest sense of the word.

[@p.millard557]

This song is GOLD. I love it because it is great music and because it shows us how witty John was. I can picture him having a laugh at seeing us trying to find a hidden meaning to the lyrics. John had an incredible sense of humour. I don't know if you have noticed at the end of the song the words "Everybody smokes pot, everybody smokes pot"

[@marxlover100]

John denied that the verse was "everybody smoke pot". He claimed that the words were "everybody's got one". And he didn't identify what that "one" is supposed to be. He sort of left that up to the listener.

[@EtienneCK]

I don't know if someone pointed this out earlier in comments, but I remember when I first heard this song 30 years ago, I realized that the song starts in stereo, then switches to mono during the radio frequencies break until the ending. So basically it's like they wanted us to have the impression of going from listening to the song in your room to listening to it on a mono car radio. It's a trully inventive song in terms of production and very unique. My favorite from The Beatles!

[@Retroearthling]

NOW you know why the Beatles were the best that EVER existed and it took me a long time to realize this. I grew up and took them for granted. Now i have discovered their genius.

[@evan1430]

were? nah they are the best to ever exist

[@fallofcamelot]

Everyone on first hearing this song: 30 seconds in: what am I listening to? End of the song: that’s a masterpiece

[@DIMP11]

I think it is really "WTF am I listening to ?" You are too polite, LOL. It is indeed a masterpiece however once it ends. John toying with the poetry class.

[@anthonyharris7226]

💯 right on, dude!

[@michaelserby7697]

Acid ... ...

[@karennichols6973]

They are legends, Extremely talented, And everyone had there own style. This band is extraordinar .

[@beth2398]

This was their psychedelic faze. My parents listened to this music when I was a kid. Later I listened to it on my own stereo in my room borrowing their records and memorized all the words to this and other songs. They are so dang good. My favorite rock band. Magical Mystery Tour is my favorite album of theirs. My parents was Sargent Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.

[@JPMadden]

John Lennon learned that a poetry class at his old school was analyzing the lyrics of Beatles songs. He decided to write crazy lyrics that meant nothing. The end of the song is very hectic, because there is a choir of boys singing "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper," a choir of girls singing "everybody's got one," and a scene from a Shakespeare play that Lennon taped off BBC radio. (It's the death of Oswald, from King Lear, act IV, near the end of scene 6.)

[@TodayImMaking]

I was reading King Lear and listening to this song when I figured this out. Gotta love synchronicity!

[@phildavison319]

The bits that go, "ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha", "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper" and "everybody's got one" were all done by the Mike Sammes Singers. Look them up. They were involved in some big hits and famous (in the UK, at any rate) TV themes.

[@HarlequinsKiss]

Would that make that section from Lear the first sample?

[@TodayImMaking]

@@HarlequinsKiss The Beatles sampled a Sousa march a year before on the Yellow Submarine album.

[@HarlequinsKiss]

@@TodayImMaking And still a good 20 years before it became fashionable

[@dipsydoodle7988]

"I haven't got the meaning of the lyrics yet.." 😂 No worries..

[@B.R.0101]

The lyrics are beyound anyway, the music as well!

[@timkvenland1885]

They have no meaning. LSD stuff.

[@B.R.0101]

@@timkvenland1885 No way, lyrics here actually have a deep meaning. If you wish I can write here all the meaning of those lyrics but it'd be the longest comment on KZbin ever!!

[@meganstewart6318]

Yes and you never ever will!

[@jkt4748]

@@timkvenland1885 Uh, yeah the Beatles and this song and the entire album of Magical mystery tour have significant meaning if you take the blinders off😏. Check out the Travis Stock Inst. in the U.K..

[@Brucemcleod2345]

This song is one of the most creative songs ever written and I have loved it for years. The Beatles were years ahead of the time and had the unexpected factor

[@AB-zc8ps]

As a teenager in the seventies in the UK, the Beatles was seen as a bit of old news..🤣...to (glamrock, punk, soul,) but having older brothers who loved them, I must have taken in some of their songs without realizing, it was listening to what I didnt know was Beatles covers by artists like Bowie, Earth wind and Fire, the Flying Lizards and many more, till my brothers would say that's a Beatles song!... so I didn't come to them till much later, but boy was it worth the wait...so much influence on many artists, I now understands their part in Music history, this is one of those song that shows their talent...Brilliant, it is a shame they get blocked🤞 keep up the great work Jay..peace man✌

[@j.jennings1722]

Tremendous song. John wrote it after hearing about an old teacher he had, who was analyzing the lyrics to his songs in class. It upset him and decided to write this song to make his old teacher's mind melt from trying to figure out the lyrics, along with some music critics who did the same thing. Legendary!

[@brandonhaygood5286]

I think it's a bit much to say he was upset by it. He was probably amused more than anything.

[@timlenard1646]

And this during their heavy use of LSD days, he even mentions (L)ucy in the (S)Ky with (D)iamonds...

[@cwegers3]

The power of psychedelics .

[@johnkochen7264]

Spot on. That is what I heard too and Lennon had a wicked sense of humor so I would not put this past him.

[@directdebit6078]

@@timlenard1646 that song isn't about LSD. It was a just based off a drawing of a girl his son, Julian, made. The initials (LSD) are only a coincidence

[@culture_creature]

I first heard this song in my 20s and my mind was blown because it was so different from anything that I had heard and I loved it. John Lennon was simply a GENIUS

[@donnagonatas3155]

Thats how brilliant John is. Almost 60 years later and people are still trying to figure it out! Just brilliant!!✌❤

[@michaelg7456]

The Mellotron was the keyboard instrument used in the opening. It was an early day "sampler" that used a tape loop. The dialogue at the ending was recorded live from the radio just tuning back and forth and stopped on a play being broadcast. If you're confused about the lyrics, the video will really confuse you.

[@milosit]

I am The Walrus: I'm going to blow people's minds Revolution #9: Hold my beer.

[@Lancefer66]

OMG, I died laughing!

[@nottydread]

100%

[@phildavison319]

I was in a band with a couple of Beatles nuts and I was told I was weird because I like Blue Jay Way and Revolution 9 as well as a their more normal stuff.

[@jp3813]

Huge difference between blowing minds and just blowing.

[@patrickschrag3200]

Just wait till some hear it backwards sounds like an actual song

[@nuimaleko7]

This is Psychodelic Rock, which would heavily influence Prog. Bands like Yes, did not seem so confusing to people of my generation because we had already been exposed to this.

[@TheBlackQueen]

This was more leaning to Avant-garde in the sense that it was intended to throw off the listener, but yes, it definitely inspired a lot of Prog.

[@jillipepper5353]

And by then we were all stoned and so were they. Lol

[@mrnobody3161]

Excellent Point. I heard Rod Argent from The Zombies comment that The Beatles invented Progrock. The Zombies loved and admired The Beatles who inspired them to try new ideas which spawned their 67 uk release of the Odyssey and Oracle Album, which in turn inspired countless other successful musicians around the world to become musicians without the general public really knowing about The Zombies. Just one example. The Beatles had inspired 5 teenage lads from the ancient town of St.Albans UK to record an album that would grow in popularity by word of mouth from one musician to another building momentum to The Zombies being inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame on the 50th anniversary, to the day of the release of O&O album in 2019. The Zombies management in the 1960's sucked, so they broke up 2 years before their song Time of the Season became a world wide hit. But that's only one part of a story of one band that The Beatles inspired.✌

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

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[@MsAppassionata]

@@mrnobody3161 I love The Zombies. They were a great band.

[@waynestark2457]

That look of confusion while reacting is priceless. Thanks for listening to the Beatles. They are a trip.

[@jeffmarkwood8351]

Dude, as a lifelong Beatles fan, I love your reaction to this. I encourage you to dive into their catalog from the very beginning. You'll see amazing progression in their abilities in every album. I hope you do, and hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

[@meeshelle1397]

Beatles: Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come... J : 🤨🤔

[@TrojansOwl1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@VivacityTS]

The thing about sitting on a cornflake depending on the fabric you have on, when you get it will dangle like a dangling chad.

[@annother3350]

Laying on a cornflake in bed though = 👎🏼

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Beatles : Any lyrics from "I Am The Walrus" J : ???????????????????????

[@MsAppassionata]

@@haranbanjo8024 John loved that book.

[@davidfisher8821]

You nailed it with the Alice in Wonderland reference, Lennon was highly influenced by Lewis Carroll. Lennon loved wordplay, there is no real meaning, just freeform lyrical fun!

[@politirel2]

The ending is from King Lear by Shakespear: Slave Thou hast slain me Villain, take my purse If I ever Bury my body The letters which though find'st about me To Edmund Earl of Gloucester Seek him out upon the British Party O untimely death I know thee well A serviceable villain, as duteous to the vices of thy mistress As badness would desire What, is is he dead? Sit you down, Father, rest you

[@mikecavaretta2621]

The spoken part at the end was from a BBC performance of King Lear that happened to be played on the radio when they were recording the song. Ringo was instructed to randomly go through different radio channels and they’d record whatever happened to be playing on the radio at that time. That’s what he landed on! It happened live, in real time. It’s perfect for the song.

[@robertJ14]

Amazing you made the Alice in Wonderland connection when Lennon was a big fan of the author (Lewis Carroll) and the walrus is a character from one of his poems.

[@marvinc9994]

Indeed ! John absolutely loved word-play.....................a very ENGLISH trait, going way back to our Anglo-Saxon past.

[@ronwilcox7716]

The Beatles ARE progressive rock! They did more than any other band to move rock forward!

[@jp3813]

Yes, though gotta remember that they did a lot of covers early in their careers as well.

[@chaipup7045]

Pop

[@jp3813]

@@chaipup7045 Both.

[@sexysadie2901]

@@chaipup7045 And rock.

[@jnagarya519]

The label "progressive" as applied to music didn't occur until the 1970s. "The Beatles" evolved, though we were two jaw-dropped and flabbergasted to even think of that word. "The Beatles" MATURED" rock.

[@James-StJames]

I love how the words seem almost irrelevant but the Soul in Lennon's voice is so real. The George Martin score is a wonder too, I don't know how he knew where to start. What a sound they made.

[@MrBendylaw]

It's the sound of the Beatles kicking the crap out of art, melody, and reality itself.

[@paulbakerma61]

One of the greatest songs ever.

[@zibbezabba2491]

A masterpiece.

[@mikejones-go8vz]

@@zibbezabba2491 the strings make it even better if that’s possible

[@zibbezabba2491]

@@mikejones-go8vz The strings are what makes it a masterpiece IMHO. Without them it wouldn't be as dramatic.

[@jameshiggins1990]

A day in the life, strawberry Fields, lucy in the sky with diamonds

[@alrivers2297]

Also Tomorrow Never Knows, She Said She Said, Blue Jay Way, Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite

[@durv13]

all acid songs :-)

[@lasciethiesing2219]

Im just glad you are listening to the Beatles, regardless of it going on youtube. This band inspired all bands. Their music is also timeless. Just keep listening to them.

[@joseantoniolarrea7152]

This song is taking it to the next level. Not just following what everyone else has done but going into a totally different direction. And I dig that.

[@frankrios9926]

This was when The Beatles were in their LSD peak time ! They were completely psychedelic !

[@dalebaker9109]

Silly words but musically fantastic, the Beatles were always the best! They won’t scared of doing different music! Abbey Road is astounding! Damn it’s all astounding. Can’t you hear ELO in this!

[@betsyab121]

I believe ELO started up where this song left off, so you are right that I Am the Walrus inspired Jeff Lynne and ELO!

[@bigdaddy4069]

Exactly right on ELO. I always thought ELO were what the beatles would've become if they'd carried on.

[@dalebaker9109]

@@bigdaddy4069 probably true case is the Beatles were incredible

[@betsyab121]

@@bigdaddy4069 I believe John Lennon said that The Beatles would have gone in ELO's direction if they had stayed together, too!

[@steveshattah]

After all the years and tabulations we have a winner. The 5th beatle is Jeff Lynne.

[@jeffmcdonald5901]

1967, my friend. Awesome year for music. Blows my mind when I think just 3 years earlier they were doing stuff like I Want To Hold Your Hand. They were the pied pipers of great music who showed the way to all the others of just where music could go and how far it could go. True geniuses.

[@babybe16]

😁😍🥰can’t tell you how many hours and days my bestie and I spent on top of a car singing the Beatles and Aerosmith! They weren’t our generation, but that’s what good music and bands do. They’re legendary and transcendent🙌🏼😁

[@thebaobabs206]

Awesome!!THE BEATLES the best band of history!!

[@TheBlackQueen]

The Beatles not only did Progressive Rock, but they essentially invented it! As early as Eleanor Rigby from Revolver in 1966, The Beatles kickstarted much of the experimentation in Rock music that lead to Prog. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which they released the the year after, is sited as one of the first Progressive Rock albums, as is Magical Mystery Tour (which this song is from) and Abbey Road. All of these were released before the debut of King Crimson, which many claim was the beginning of the genre back in 1969. But The Beatles were doing it it several years earlier!

[@chaipup7045]

Sgt. Pepper wasn't prog.

[@TheBlackQueen]

@@chaipup7045 It was Progressive for its time and what it did for popular music. Also, A Day In The Life is quite easily one of, if not THE first true Prog Rock song. Not all Prog is about complexity and odd time signatures, otherwise people wouldn't consider Pink Floyd the biggest Progressive Rock band of the era.

[@Azoria4]

@@chaipup7045 boom

[@jnagarya519]

The label "Progressive Rock" didn't exist until the 1970s. Gad, are their suckers for labels! "The Beatles" made music -- they did not do "genre".

[@jnagarya519]

@@chaipup7045 "Prog" is bloated crap.

[@jayballard27690]

Thanks for another quality vid bud, enjoyed listening to it with u. One of my favourites.

[@gimbrere]

‘It eat’s you at your toes.’ Well put. It’s great fun to enjoy this song with you.

[@or8m8]

Yes! Back doing Beatles reactions, do ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ whenever you get the pleasure

[@AndyHarrisGoogle]

Tomorrow Never Knows is the greatest song the Beatles ever produced.

[@philljenner4045]

Definitely get on this one J......you'll float downstream

[@whatchutalkinaboutwillard6547]

I'm afraid it'll melt his brain

[@johnroop9625]

"Tomorrow never knows" is a GREAT psychedelic song!

[@GanjaGirlSF]

I love the beautifully creative musical journey the Beatles took us on, not only with this song but with their entire body of work. 💖

[@guywakeford3259]

When you said this must be really early, it's actually from one of the Beatles mid era albums. Whereas most bands tend to turn more commercial over time, probably due to pressure from record companies, the Beatles were almost the other way round. They started off making commercial hits, then went more progressive as time went on. That's what happens when the band ends up being bigger than the record company, they do what they want 🙂

[@jessejordache1869]

This was my favorite song when I went through my pre-school Beatles phase. Because you don't have a cannon, and nothing makes sense to you anyway, and you're always asking your parents what this or that means and they give you something like "nothing" or "you'll get it when you're older". So it's not weird, it's just a good song with a good beat, although I did like the line "sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come you get your tan from standing in the English rain." I got that -- that was funny!

[@Russ-gy7tx]

You should listen to “Tomorrow Never Knows” released in 1966, and “It’s All Too Much” released in 1968, also “Hey Bulldog” in 1968 John considered a throw away song.

[@clashfan26]

Tomorrow Never Knows is my favorite Beatles song.

[@thedvguy]

…and, and, and… Such a great band with such a huge and random catalogue of pure genius

[@nedscruddermann6059]

"I didn't know what was coming up next. . . . I was just sitting back and enjoying the ride" Exactly what it was like growing up with the Beatles all those years ago. Your reactions help take me back to when this music was brand new and hearing it for the very first time. Love your reactions! Have you reacted to "Tomorrow Never Knows" or "It's All too Much"?

[@d.j.starling3559]

Beatles first arrived in America in February 1964. On Feb 9, they made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, a national Sunday night mainstay for generations on TV, & the world changed. By 1970, the group broke up & each went out on their own with great success. In Feb of '64, John Lennon was 23, Paul McCartney, 21, George Harrison, 20, & Ringo Starr, 23. Just so you realize how young they were when they started out, at least 2 years earlier than 64, & how short of a time they were actually together to create so many timeless gems.

[@carolmeindl8973]

I remember reading a Shakespeare play once and came across some lines and froze “ that’s it! That is what is being said at the end of ‘I am the walrus’ it is these lines from King Lear !!! It was such a trip to make the connection!

[@kevinmcinnis2453]

As soon as i saw the title...lol...i knew im staying here for this

[@Firepea]

😂 love the facial expressions trying to work this one out!

[@DaBadger354]

Check out "Tomorrow Never Knows" by The Beatles, which came out in 1966. I grew up listening to the Beatles it's always amazing to me how much their music changed over the 7 years that they were together writing music. The very early stuff was simple but cleverly written love songs like "This Boy" or "No Reply" but their music matured and became more innovative using tapes, loops, backward guitar chords and synthetic sounds mixed in. Ringo's drumming matched perfectly filling in the gaps where needed . There is something very subtle and inventive about Ringo's ability to place drops and fills, despite what his detractors say, in the sweet spot of the song making the music more robust adding a sweetness to the musical phrasing. People claim that at the end of "I am The Walrus" they are singing "Everybody Smoke Pot", the Beatles denied but...

[@GrouchyMarx]

Hey Jayvee. It's been a week and your vid is still up.👍 @ 2:32 What you said right there means the song is working! LOL! It's an abstract form of music and lyrics. Like a Salvador Dali surreal painting or a Picasso, but in music form. And you're assessment right on. @ 3:27 The line "like Lucy in the sky..." is a throwback to a hit song off the previous Sgt. Peppers album "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" a song inspired by his young son. Definitely do that one Jayvee, another awesome Lennon psychedelic song! @ 5:20 The 1967 album your listening to, and Sgt Peppers, Yellow Submarine are the ones with many like Walrus. There's another very important one you should do first though from Revolver, "Tomorrow Never Knows" the last song on the album. It is regarded as the first such psychedelic song that really blew our minds back then, because it was very different from all the other songs on it. Looking back, Revolver is the last of their early era works, but "Tomorrow Never Knows" was the hearkening of a whole new era of sound and style coming out them on following albums. In fact, we couldn't wait to see what they came up with next! @ 7:04 That's why Walrus is one of my favorite Beatles songs because it IS so different. @ 7:53 Here are songs much like this, ones to do along with "Tomorrow" and "Lucy". "It's Only A Northern Song", "It's All Too Much", "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite", "Within You Without You", "Magical Mystery Tour", and "Strawberry Fields" and "A Day in the Life" which you've done. ✌️😎

[@lauriecornell6169]

I've been listening to this record for 45 years...yes record.

[@cynthiaahern9081]

Your record lasted 45 years? Much respect!

[@florenciaalvarez3213]

By some miracle I found an original pressing of this record. I’ve been collecting for years and then to stumble upon this in near mint condition, I couldn’t pass it up. I’m lucky as well, as my mother gave me her first three Beatles records.

[@grumpynanny7402]

I have 3 copies. All battered lol. My fave is Revolver.

[@NateWard394]

Finally!! More Beatles!! These guys are my favorite band and I’m really happy to see them back on the channel. A very odd one this song. John Lennon found out that teachers in schools were making kids analyze Beatles lyrics to find a certain meaning in their songs so John wrote this and it made no sense so they couldn’t analyze the lyrics!!

[@monica11760]

This song was in their movie Magical Mystery Tour. A lot of people hated that movie. I love it. It is quirky and crazy just like this song. It's definitely different from their beautiful harmonies and lyrics

[@notvalidcharacters]

The two-tone piano intro came from a police car that happened to be going by while Lennon was at the piano, and from that he developed the rest. The actors' voices in the back toward the end was a radio broadcast of Shakespeare's "King Lear" that they tuned in at random and just put it in there. Because the Beatles, especially Lennon, were always about doing things that had never been done before. "I Am the Walrus" was the most incredible creation Lennon ever did. Nobody has ever come up with anything like it since.

[@billiewhyers2823]

I’m 63 years old, a big Beatles fan, but I have never listened to this. I love it! Anything they do is epic! Love your show J.

[@lynnarthur6586]

🤦🏻👈 Me reacting to Beatles fan never hearing “I Am The Walrus” ??? Well...as with every Beatles discovery: Better late than never 👍

[@RayRay-zt7bj]

I one way I am surprised that you had never listened to this, being a Beatles Fan, but on the other hand, what many people don't realize is that the height of the Beatles' popularity was between 1963-1966 when they stopped touring. The Fan Base did grow larger though, as the Beatles music progressed. I only wish JayVee was able to l.isten to them from start to finish, just to see the changes in style of their music and how POWERFUL their early hits were. I'm 61

[@bradmacarthur3810]

YOU NEVER LISTENED TO THIS ?

[@billiewhyers2823]

@@RayRay-zt7bj when I was younger, I wasn’t into the psychedelic rock, it wasn’t until the Internet (and I was older) I was able to appreciate it.

[@billiewhyers2823]

@@lynnarthur6586 so tru!

[@Bearfoot_boy]

This is why the Beatles are legendary

[@sendtosw]

This was recorded in 1967. The more you listen to it, the more you realize: This is the weirdest, coolest song ever on the radio.

[@AlfredSonnyPic]

You catching on Bro to the fact that The Beatles always changed their music never becoming boring or repetitive. Their individual and collective musical & lyrical genius will forever stand the test of time. Not since Mozart 200 years before The Beatles did music break creative boundaries, nor since. They were the spoke persons of my generation through the 1960s and up until a nowhere man murdered John Lennon in 1980. The Beatles made dozens of masterpieces that varied in theme, tempo, and message. Every time word came that The Beatles released a new record it was like opening a surprise gift. Humanity will have to wait probably another couple of hundred years before anyone comes along with such quality. Enjoy discovering their music. I still laugh, cry and dance in my heart and soul listening to them.

[@jennhurl]

I actually always loved this song! It's so trippy! 🤣 I loved watching you listen to it! Great song choice, Jay! 🎵✌❤ OMG your analysis of other songs that you could compare to was AMAZING! Well done!

[@thewalrus6833]

As you probably know Alice In Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll , who also wrote a nonsense poem called The Walrus And The Carpenter, which was part of the inspiration for this masterpiece. That part at the beginning was inspired by the sound of a passing police siren as he was writing the song on his piano at home. Imagine what this sounded like in 1967.

[@badworm1921]

I`m from Liverpool, you more than welcome to stay here with myself and the wife and we will show you Liverpool and all the Beatles stuff

[@vormax2007]

Thanks for continuing with the Beatles. If you want to try something that's pretty unique and probably not under copyright, how about their live 1962 performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool of Some Other Guy, which is a cover song and shouldn't give you a problem with their publishing company. It's the first professionally recorded film with sound of the band performing, and was filmed by England's Granada TV. It's kind of rough, but it's fascinating. Also, it's something that not a lot of other people have reacted to.

[@betsyab121]

This song was released in 1967. So was Strawberry Fields Forever, another Lennon classic! This period is known as their psychedelic period from mid 1966 to the end of 1967. I would say this is my favorite era of their music. I love the experimental vibe of Lennon during this time. BTW, the piano at the beginning is supposed to sound like a police siren!

[@thereunionparty]

I'm glad the video wasn't blocked. (Why do they block anyway when anyone can watch the same video on KZbin?) It's interesting you noticed an "Alice in Wonderland" vibe because Lewis Carroll was one of John Lennon's favourite authors. The song is from 1967, which one might say is mid Beatles.

[@burney7418]

My brother gave me an LP of the Beatles when I was 12 years old. It was a rare single with a picture book of this song. It was a B side. On the other side was "Octopus' Garden and "Helter Skelter"

[@adamcollins915]

Sounds as fresh, innovative, catchy, addictive & amazing as when it first blew my mind in the 80's.

[@SPPalmer01]

Once they stopped touring their music went experimental free from playing it live. Love this part of part of their career.

[@jackiesueann3476]

With listening to certain Beatles songs I feel you need to listen to the entire album to REALLY understand the vibe of the album/songs. They're my all time favorite band and The White Album my fav album! Thank you for the reaction!! Also, could you react to The Beatles "Yer Blues"? It's off the White Album. Thank you!✌💗🎶😁

[@patsloyan9755]

The government thought there were hidden messages in Beatles songs. So,, John said jokingly,, “ Let’s see them with this song.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@philld1201]

The old T.V station playing was actually Shakespeare's King Lear recorded off the radio. *Slave, thou hast slain me. Villain, take my purse. If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body, And give the letters which thou find'st about me To Edmund, Earl of Gloucester; seek him out Upon the British party. O, untimely Death! I know thee well: a serviceable villain; As duteous to the vices of thy mistress As badness would desire. What, is he dead? Sit you down, father, rest you!

[@MrPretzel6000]

No this was after the old love rock songs. LSD and drugs were some of the inspiration 🤣🤣

[@AnthonyMaccaline]

At 4:20 the song switches from stereo to mono. The first half of the song is in stereo, the second half is mono.

[@MrPretzel6000]

@@AnthonyMaccaline no, it alway does that, he sing on one side

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

The Beatles experimented with lots of Psychedelic drugs so this song makes perfect sense for them 😎 that’s why it’s called the magic mystery tour

[@thaddeuswilson654]

The bit about the English rain, made me think back to when I lived there. It rained all the time, wettest place I've ever lived.

[@raymondmanderville505]

There was a stage play being heard over the radio while this was being recorded . It was King Lear being recited towards the end of the song .So they slowed it down & did some Martin magic to it & in it went

[@paulbakerma61]

So glad you heard this. The Beatles recorded between very late 1962 - 1970 and this followed Sgt Pepper and is taken from their 3rd film Magical Mystery Tour.

[@traveller112]

This song scared me when I was little. Creepy voice. I got over it though.

[@betsyab121]

That creepy voice is John singing through a Leslie speaker!

[@brianstockwell4069]

So you think! Wait until you get deep into your seventies, stalked by your own shadow, when it will return and haunt you. In the meantime enjoy the interlude! Cheers!

[@traveller112]

@@brianstockwell4069 highly unlikely I live to my 70s between the type of cancer I have and the damaged kidneys from several years of chemo. But thanks.

[@brianstockwell4069]

@@traveller112 Sorry to hear that and hope you defy the odds. Best wishes!

[@kelleysweat6516]

John also said he wrote the beginning as the sound of a British siren. And the end bit (with all the speaking) is Laurence Olivier reciting various passages from Shakespeare.

[@ricchardo]

"If the sun don't come, you'll get a tan from standing in the English rain" It's partly true:- It DOES rain a lot in the country (it's raining as I type) but I've never EVER know it to rain so hard it tans the skin. You'd probably need hale stones for that!!

[@fgrady1]

1967 began with their Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields single. The Sgt Pepper album came out June 1 which in effect, began the Summer of Love. On June 25, the first international cable hook up “Our World” was broadcast simultaneously around the planet and the Beatles offered “All You Need is Love” in it. They next worked on their own TV special “Magical Mystery Tour” which was released late in the year, along with the single “Hello Goodbye”/“I am the Walrus”. Only a few years after She Loves You and I Want To Hold Your Hand, the Beatles gave us a full year of psychedelic wonder!

[@pbrock4321]

Hi Jayvee, Quick note to say I really like your channel. Don’t really like other reaction vids on KZbin but you do an awesome job! Not far off 200,000 subscribers now 👌👍

[@KianCortada-Covarrubias]

I just heard this the other day while on .8 of some cubensis. Beautiful

[@bravetherainbow]

"Even got a dog barking" Hahahaha, that sound at the end is just one of the female vocalists in the session choir yelping "Everybody's got one!"

[@danholmesfilm]

"I did not know The Beatles did progressive rock" They basically invented it haha

[@richommenicolas6165]

Progressive rock is the direct sequel of Psychedelism 😉

[@donnabennett8546]

The Beatles has a song titled: Because. I absolutely LOVE this song...but I have never seen anyone react to it. In fact..I don't ever hear anyone even talking about that song. I don't get it! I'd also love to see reactions to Because! Anyone else? In my previous comment to this reaction...I mention the movie, Across the Universe. It is featured in that film. Such a lovely song, IMO. Induces good vibes....warmth. It's wonderful~

[@covatembelmusic]

Great reaction. Interesting that you wore an ELO tshirt. John Lennon said that ELO is what the Beatles would have been if they stayed together. That kookookechoo part was later borrowed by Paul Simon in Mrs. Robinson.

[@R2BMusicCH]

Trippy is the right word mate. I first heard this track when I was 8. It was one of those seminal tracks that got me into making music. It's avant-garde tripped out on LSD but they are basically just having a laugh. The Beatles were experimenting with tape recorders and sound fx during the later years. One of the reasons they couldn't bring a lot of their music live on stage anymore, apart from general stage fatigue.