The Beatles - Michelle | Opera Singer Reacts LIVE

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[@vincentvancraig]

Thats 1 billion % Paul:) ...luv ur channel, btw:)

[@vincentvancraig]

The man of a million voices.

[@88pjtink]

A very good rule of thumb- whichever Beatle wrote the song, sang the song.

[@warrenhughes911]

React to Bob Dylan.. Bob turned the BEATLES onto WEED..(true story) I like 'Hurricane'..but Bob has hundreds..lol

[@MusicLover-dt7ic]

My favorite Bealtles song. It really erks me when they keep spelling it like this...on the original albums, it is spelled Meshell...i named my daughter after this song with that spelling...I saw it spelled this way on original albums. Pronounced Me Shell.

[@Phat23a]

That sounds exactly like Paul. Unmistakable.

[@BobGeogeo]

Simple starting rule: a little gravel means John, smooth means Paul.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@BobGeogeo What about “Helter Skelter”, “Oh! Darling”, “Long Tall Sally”, etc. Paul could get very gritty himself.

[@romanfedrich6967]

@@MsAppassionata I vividly rememer him leaving the Nitty Griity Dirt Band with gravel rash.

[@BobGeogeo]

@@MsAppassionata that's why it's a starter rule - exceptions are expected.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@BobGeogeo Those aren’t exceptions. That gravely voice was an important part of his vocal repertoire.

[@susanliltz3875]

Want to hear another sound from Paul you have to listen to him singing: “OH, DARLING “

[@hollyjoann]

Yes, I love Oh Darling!

[@AlBarzUK]

She won’t believe that’s Paul as well. 🤭

[@garyr8739]

Absolutely. One of my favorites - if that is even possible to have a favorite with them.

[@NigelThompson-hb5jg]

Lead her gently on to Helter Skelter........... , then be there to hold her hand when she recovers :)

[@NigelThompson-hb5jg]

This was Paul's party trick as a young teenager. He used to play this in a room at a party and hope it impressed the girls because he could sing in French! John and George tend to have the same voice when singing , but Paul has many different voices. His Little Richard is amazing.

[@janinebedfordl]

Yeah, what's so great about John's voice is that it always sounds exactly like John and what's so great about Paul's voice is that, at least in his heyday, he could make it sound pretty much any way he wanted it to

[@kurben2550]

You know he used to be callled the man of a 1000 voices. In his prime he could sing anything.

[@sp-xq2id]

Exactly.

[@kevinstarr516]

Yes, Paul wrote, sang lead vocal and played the bass guitar solo on this song.

[@NGT-eb2oy]

It's not a bass guitar solo. It's George on an Epiphone 'Casino' guitar.

[@Stefan-]

@@NGT-eb2oy Yeah definately just a guitar solo but with the tone knob rolling off the treble. I have played guitar for over 40 years and also bass.

[@rparret]

Some people say the Beatles are overrated, but when a band’s hits are still heard in elevators and grocery stores 50+ years later, that speaks to the timelessness of their melodies.

[@robertrouse4503]

59 years later.

[@user-rw7qb1ef1o]

Так говорят недалёкие люди с плохим музыкальным вкусом и мало понимающие в музыке. Я могу понять, если Битлз кого-то не цепляет, но если человек не понимает их значение в развитии рок-музыки, то это его характеризует определённым образом. ---------------------------------------------------------- This is what narrow-minded people with poor musical taste and little understanding of music say. I can understand if the Beatles don’t grab someone’s attention, but if a person doesn’t understand their significance in the development of rock music, then this characterizes him in a certain way.

[@sleepingwolf_8]

In my opinion, coming from someone who grew up with the Beatles. When people including the band started worrying who sang what (and who wrote what) it tore them apart. I listened to "The Beatles" not the individuals (until they broke up). I also remember a poster in my music teacher's room. The 3 Bs in music, Bach, Beethoven and the Beatles. I still go by that theory.

[@gerardhodkinson2334]

Best group ever and always will be

[@jonathanquickly7957]

The Beatles are perennially underrated

[@paulsullivan1650]

"Michelle" written and sung by Paul McCartney, and performed by the Beatles, won the Grammy Award for Best song in 1966...

[@mumbles215]

Written in 1959 by Macca. Not sure if the lyrics were complete but the music was.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Maggie, discovering music from 50/60 years back. Plenty of really good stuff to find. If Paul singing "Yesterday" does not bring tears, you have no soul.

[@letsgomets002]

Sounds exactly like Paul....you haven't listen to enough Beatles ❤❤

[@threethymes]

Her response was amusing. So certain she was right!

[@PeterBuwen]

It's Paul singing. The man with the thousand voices.

[@darrellwhitman4756]

Trust us, it's Paul.

[@user-oq4jx8mc6r]

I’m happy that you were so enthralled with Michelle. It’s certainly a Beatles classic. Paul was only 23 years old when this was recorded. It appears that you’re only familiar with Paul’s vocals as a seventy something year old man. ( I don’t have to tell an opera singer what age does to a voice, do I?) To get a better handle on on the difference between John’s ( Beatle) voice, and Paul’s, I suggest that your next Beatles reaction should be “It’s Only Love “. Recorded by a 24 year old John Lennon around the same time as “ Michelle “. One of John’s greatest vocal performances.

[@markragus7030]

I absolutely love the Beatles. I’m so happy I was born when I was! To hear them when they existed was magical. So now I’m older but wouldn’t give up any of those years.

[@parkermills3328]

Here, There and Everywhere......is a perfect Paul song.

[@user-pf7jm9go6o]

He's met a French girl who doesn't speak English and he's trying to get through to her. That's why the French. The only words he says in English that she can understand are "I love you".

[@garyr8739]

The French actually translates to "(ma belle) my beautiful (Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble) Are words that go very well together (Très bien ensemble) Very well together" In whole it translates to "my beautiful, Are words that go very well together. Very well together"

[@antifax8434]

The Beatles are eternal, centuries will pass and their music will always remain current.😊

[@user-qv1bj2kb2c]

This brings back memories of 1968 my eight grade dance and my first slow dance with Cynthia. I have no Idea what happened to that girl but that moment comes back to me whenever I here this song.

[@luisfernandomunoz6315]

You are the first person to react to this gem. Yes, it's Paul on vocals. I enjoyed your comments. As coincidence, I am wearing a Beatles T-shirt. An opera singer reacted to Hey Jude as well. Early and late Beatles today. ❤

[@braudabo]

By far not the first. There are many reactions for Michelle.

[@braudabo]

Every Beatles fan will recognise the voice straight away. Especially since his singing in Michelle is very typical for his quiet love songs. Others are e.G. And I love her, Yesterday. In general, McCartney and Lennon are very versatile with their voices and at home in many different genres, from love songs, distorted psychedelic tracks to hard-hitting rock ('roll).

[@papercup2517]

No-one could sing a gentle love song in quite the way Paul did it, always so simple and sincere, pitch perfect, every little inflection and nuance perfectly judged to serve the song, not draw attention to the singer. I think that's what makes them timeless in their appeal. Try 'And I Love Her', or 'For No-one' (original recordings) for other examples of Paul singing in this style. In contrast, listen to his rendition of 'Helter Skelter', or blowing the roof off with a Little Richard cover like Long Tall Sally/ Have Some Fun Tonight'.

[@sandrak.robbins6305]

Yay! Thank you. I sing along to all Beatles songs :) It's Paul. I grew up with the Beatles. I know there voices really really well.

[@mikenolan8044]

That is Paul singing. He also wrote most of the song with some input from John. Love your reaction!

[@lovesmusic0845]

I was 10 years old when this was initially released. Since my name is Michele, I was immediately in love with this song. My family and friends would always say, “there’s your song” when it played on the radio. I jokingly told people for years Paul wrote it for me. Even my dad who wasn’t a Beatles fan would sing the first line occasionally to make me laugh. Good memories!

[@MusicLover-dt7ic]

The original albums actually have it spelled Meshell...I named my daughter have this song with that spelling when I seen it on the original albums.

[@lovesmusic0845]

@@MusicLover-dt7ic That’s cool. I never thought my name was the actual spelling of the song. I just loved it because it sounded like my name. In Kentucky in 1965, my name was uncommon. Hearing it on the radio was a treat. Simple fun. 😀

[@umpdaddy1]

The story is that Paul did a LOT of screaming in the days leading up to recording "Oh Darling" because he wanted his voice to have a ragged sound. It worked. For more of his sweet voice listen to "Yesterday". It's beautiful and one of, if not the, most covered songs in their catalog.

[@barakbalestrery4138]

Yesterday is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most covered song

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Paperback Writer and Rain would be a great combo to react to because they were both on the same single release and were not album tracks .They were very different than anything before then until Revolve was released

[@creationsbychancecan]

I actually saw the Beatles live in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1963. Even with speakers right by our heads it was almost impossible to hear them with all the screaming going on. It was such a thrill and they still are one of my all time favorite bands of all time

[@thumbsaloft]

I just don't hear how you're confused, it sounds ABSOLUTELY LIKE McCartney!

[@johnrussell6620]

Paul is Dead!

[@thumbsaloft]

@@johnrussell6620Your mind is a terrible thing to waste!

[@ronaldwilliams6927]

In​@@johnrussell6620wanna bet?

[@steelers6titles]

McCartney called the Rubber Soul album "the beginning of my adult life".

[@gaizkasalazarrodriguez5054]

Michele’s chords are really BEAUTY and inusual like most Beatles harmonies!

[@steelers6titles]

McCartney love ballad, complete with schoolboy French. The group didn't release it as a single, but it was a hit for the British duo David and Jonathan in 1966.

[@stevecausier4299]

Definitely Paul on Lead here !

[@steelers6titles]

With the great middle-period albums Rubber Soul and Revolver, the group left Beatlemania behind and began creating more complex music which wasn't peformed while touring, which they gave up in the summer of 1966.

[@rubroken]

I like your description of "middle period," it seems like they did less "pop" and more rock, before they went psychedelic, my favorite Beatle times

[@7around1]

Grammy Award for Best Song of the Year, 1967

[@waynebenedict5785]

I was hard core into the Beatles in the 60's and early 70's! Still listen to them often!

[@garyjackson8757]

Yeah, Paul. I was a teen when the Beatles hit so I know the voices fairly well even after all these years lol

[@philharris5848]

I recommend you react to Paul singing "Got To Get You Into My Life." It's from the Beatles "Revolver" album. I think you'll hear another side to his voice.

[@Stefan-]

Not to speak of Helter skelter.

[@franchk8372]

Oh, I used to just love this song when it came out when I was a starry-eyed young teenager. 🤩⭐⭐⭐

[@gaizkasalazarrodriguez5054]

Paul is One of the Best musicians ever!!! His Songs are pure musical art and his musical taste so fine!

[@edgarsnake2857]

Paul is absolutely the lead singer. Listen to 'Yesterday' for reference. Loved your reaction.

[@morenostgo9]

If you want to know John's voice well, you can listen to Revolution, The Ballad of John and Yoko, A Day in The Life, Help, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, etc.

[@EdWilson-zj7uf]

After doing two covers on the first two LPs, Paul produced one showcase ballad for each of the next five albums: And I Love Her, I'll Follow The Sun, Yesterday, Michelle and Here, There And Everywhere. If that was all he did , that would be a very impressive career.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

what many still don't understand about the beatles is that they invited EVERYONE to enjoy them. they wrote songs in french, they wrote a song about the soviet union, they wrote kids songs, they wrote songs about old people, they recorded german versions of 2 of their biggest early hits ("she loves you" and "i want to hold your hand"). they added indian instruments to some of their songs, sometines horns. they wrote songs for hippies and squares, they covered motown songs appealing directly to blacks. they delved into country and western and even comedy songs. they wrote love songs and protest songs. acid rock and tin pan alley type songs. they were hard core rockers and melodic balladeers. the WHOLE WORLD was invited to enjoy the special talent and charm the beatles had offer. they were very special indeed.

[@morenostgo9]

With this Beatles masterpiece I fell in love with them forever at 14 years old., congratulatons Maggie!

[@michelelane4662]

I haven’t heard this for a while. I was 10 when this came out. You have no idea of how little brothers can change this song. No one’s name was Michele back then. Growing up I ran into two while moving around the country as my dad worked for the military. I love the song now and thank you so much for reacting to this. All my girlfriends were jealous that I had a song with my name by Paul McCartney. It was an interesting time. The Beatles are still my favorite group. Beatles Forever! ❤️🍀🙏🏻😇❣️

[@sourisvoleur4854]

This is very Paul. It amuses me that you don't hear it. Of course I grew up with them since I was 3 years old in 1964. (Thanks Roy)

[@user-rw7qb1ef1o]

Это Пол, несомненно Пол. Его узнаваемый тембр с чуть заметной хрипотцой. Я почти никогда не ошибался. А может быть вообще никогда. А тут у меня никогда сомнений не было. ------------------------- This is Paul, undoubtedly Paul. His recognizable timbre with a slightly noticeable hoarseness. I was almost never wrong. Or maybe never at all. And here I never had any doubts.

[@jimbo92107]

Oh heck yeah that's Paul. He had the most pure, tender vocal nuances, perfect for love songs. John had the natural vocal fry.

[@williamnettles6149]

The Beatles and the Beach Boys inspired each other to greater heights. Paul particularly liked the Beach Boys song from their Pet Sounds album God Only Knows. You might want to give it a listen.

[@lostinmybackyard2006]

Or just listen to "Back in the USSR", a Beach Boys parody that's about RUSSIAN girls at the height of the cold war.

[@kingztaph]

Paul, the man of the thousand voices.

[@shortaybrown]

Great reaction! I love how you sing along perfectly. Thanks!💜💜💜

[@WindsurfMaui]

I enjoy watching you do these reviews and discovering this music. I also enjoy when you sing a few bars along with the song. It adds to the experience. However, I do feel bad for people who haven't had this music in their lives. Those of us who have lived through those early days of music have heard some of these songs play in our heads hundreds of times a day. When days are going good, when days are going bad. It is this music that keeps us smiling and going through the day.

[@iqbalhussain9526]

Of course it’s Paul’s! Have you listened to any George’s songs yet?

[@elifino200]

Paul had one of the most versatile voices in rock and roll Listen to Yesterday, and then Listen to Oh Darling to get both ends of his versatility.

[@sarahfullerton6894]

To hear another couple of earlier Paul ballads, pleaseisten to "I Will", and "And I Love Her". A fun early Paul song, "Can't Buy Me Love", shows a similar timbre to his voice. Also try "Blackbird", and "Yesterday".

[@michelepaccione8806]

Couldn’t sound more like Paul, lol. He is able to do many different things with his voice, but this is pure Paul. He used to sing this as sort of a joke at parties, mumbling pseudo-French, hoping girls would think he was a cool French art student (before fame, obviously). John suggested he write some real lyrics and make it a real song. He doesn’t speak French, so he asked someone (I can’t recall who) to write a line in French that rhymes with “Michelle.” In interviews around that time I’ve seen reporters interviewing John and being impressed that the Beatles were writing standards like “Yesterday” and “Michelle,” which must have ticked John off a bit since they were both written and sung by Paul. He brought “Yesterday” up repeatedly, most famously in his dismiss track to Paul, “How Do You Sleep,” released soon after the band’s breakup. (“All you done was Yesterday, and since you’ve gone you’re just Another Day,” “Another Day” being a hit song for Paul after the breakup.

[@patricksheridan1533]

Paul is singing!!!

[@leftcoaster67]

Check out Paperback Writer. Paul sings lead, the rest do amazing background. And they sing Frere Jacques in the background in the song. And it's incredible. The guitar and bass is phenomenal as well.

[@marknovak6498]

Great song expressing the feeling of young love from a romanticized perspective.

[@earthwizz]

At that age John, Paul and George all sounded remarkably similar.

[@williamgyles4015]

Even though it's from their earlier days, the reason why I know it's Paul, is that it doesn't sound like John, George, or Ringo, although, listening to them since the '60s , it's pretty easy to tell them apart, Michelle, is an absolute classic, among a catalog of timeless hits

[@marcellussalerni1281]

paul. . . . such unique and varied vocal qualities. . .

[@watrandy99]

Rule of thumb, whenever I hear a Beatles love song it's Paul; at least that's how I've always understood it my 61 yrs. John sings socially oriented songs, Ringo sings silly songs, George sings deep thinking, religious and philosophical songs. Not always true and generalized point of view but I think it is a good template for guessing the voice.

[@alexfletcher5192]

It later became a big singles hit in Britain, but it actually reveals Paul's ability as a romantic writer - perhaps reaching out to a country traditionally sceptical of British pop.

[@louisb5563]

As far as mellow songs go, give a listen to, "Til There Was You", "P.S. I Love You", "All My Loving", "A Taste of Honey", and "And I Love Her"...after these you'll recognize Paul's soft styled early Beatles voice. He and John's harmonies on, "If I Fell" are amazing!

[@Aussiecris214]

Olden golden Maggie would be doing a great job on this Beatles great ❤❤❤❤

[@iqbalhussain9526]

Johns voice is a bit more gritty and rough.

[@stephenriggs8177]

I had a dance instructor named J'taime. It was months before I realized I was telling her I loved her, every time I addressed her. She was beautiful, so I was cool with that. 😏

[@darreneves4060]

That’s Paul

[@NotQuiteFirst]

If you want to hear prime Paul voice do "Oh Darling"

[@samit9759]

Ringo also does sing some Beatles songs

[@johnlawless2555]

Honey Don't

[@michaeltelson9798]

The Professor of Rock on his channel did a deep dive on this song. Paul would go to parties and use the first phrase as a pick up line or such. In a song writing session with John Lennon, Lennon suggest expanding that phrase into a full song. Paul knew a French speaker and learned the second phrase to expand the lyrics. Then the song was put together.

[@tomsawyer2768]

This song was written about Michelle Phillips of the Mammas and Papas ! One of them had a crush on her and I believe actually went out with her for a short time!

[@johnshannon9656]

Just listen to every album.

[@stamatiskon3049]

Paul is actually the Man with the 1000 voices, his vocal range is A1-E6 but most importantly he could adapt to what the song needed. Best examples of that are Maybe I'm Amazed, Golden Slumbers (of course) but mostly You Never Give Me Your Money, in which he changes his voice three times. I think he is the most versatile pop-rock singer that ever lived...

[@EddieReischl]

I can definitely hear John in the backing vocals. I love their parts where they ascend, the three of them really did a stellar job singing backing vocals on this. Paul was being influenced more by the Beach Boys by this time, and I think purposely writing more complex backing arrangements.

[@armadillotoe]

The entire world melted when this was released.

[@lilsamm-cq3sl]

This is Paul, he actually knows a little French in general, when it comes to the Beatles, I know nearly everything but on about this one band, I know every song of the Beatles

[@muratomar6502]

Pure Paul - Michelle, pure John - Imagine, pure George - While My Guitar Gently Weeps, pure Ringo - Octopus's Garden 😁✋

[@user-hh2yi6fv4x]

Paul is the man of the thousand voices. He actually wrote this song. When Obama was selected president for the first time, he invited Paul and some other artists. Paul sang this song and dedicated to the first Lady. It was funny cause he said to Obama pardom him for this. They were smiling and singing along. You can find the video here of that memorable moment.

[@robertbowman7395]

You gotta be kidding me….. I could recognize Paul’s voice since I was like 10 or 12…… usually the main writer of the song is the lead singer

[@johnrussell6620]

At 7:50, If you want to find MORE PAUL, consider if it is a love song, it is probably Paul. He was accused of writing too many love songs, so he wrote "Silly Love Songs" (PM&Wings)

[@Paulo19540927]

As a Juilliard trained opera singer , You probably could have noticed the French chanson touch in the whole song ~Right from the intro music …

[@micheleburch5410]

Maggie, I am trying to make my peace with this song. Here is why: A boy that had a huge crush on me in high school used to follow me around and sing this song to me. It was so embarrassing. After watching your reaction, I can really see what a beautiful song it is.

[@arkhsm]

The first ever song I remember as a TODDLER !!

[@stellapolanco6860]

"Everyone thinks this song is Paul's, it's not true, we wrote it together" - John Lennon

[@12Spiffy]

Hell YES that's Paul! You obviously haven't listened to the Beatles much. All their voices were very distinct. Paul had a great range of singing styles, but this is his "pretty Paul" love song voice.

[@eduardocervantesaca]

During Beatle times Paul came with many many difrerent tones on his voice. He was literally the man of 100 voices. The Helter Skelter-Ive got a feeling voice is very different from the Get Back sound. Shes a woman has a voice that is so unique and then even with Wings you have things like Monkberry Moon Delight or My Love.

[@terryhunt2659]

In that era, British pupils were usually taught French for a few years in Secondary school, and of course France is only 20-odd miles from England, plus we were conquered by French speakers in 1066 and much French became part of the English language. In the 60's (and probably today), basic French like this was/is understandable to most Brits.

[@ChrisFreund-rt8rf]

Sir Paul rules!!

[@sp-xq2id]

I think you don't quite recognize how incredibly vocally versatile Paul is. It's ridiculous. Listen to this, and then to Oh Darling, and then to Monkberry Moon Delight and Magneto. He's just out there like f***ing Pluto. He can do pretty much anything, and he's possibly the greatest songwriter in the history of Earth.

[@sp-xq2id]

Oh, then do I've Got a Feeling. Unbelievable.

[@sjd5750]

That's is SO Paul..They all have very distinctive voices. It's funny, I have listened to them since the beginning, and I remember not being able to pick them out, at first..After a while it's so obvious, because they really don't sound alike, at all..I guess your ear has to build up a callous, over a short while...That's a guitar finger joke.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

I had three sisters. I was the second oldest. My older sister's name was Michelle, and so when this came out, she was impossible! So I made up other lyrics for the song.

[@jrneff1]

Its Paul on lead Vocals.

[@AdaedA1]

The Beatles along with producer George Martin were continually experimenting in the studio speeding up slightly slowing down slightly changing things all the time and their voices double tracked in order to achieve completely different sounds on every song

[@rvponto]

michelle - french sun king - italian she loves you - german (have a german version by the beatles)

[@JohnnyC60]

Great reaction. My suggestion for comparing lead vocals from the same time period would be these three from Abbey Road: Come Together (John), Oh! Darling (Paul), and Here Comes the Sun (George). Throw in a fourth, Because, to hear all three in flawless harmony, and a fifth, Octopus's Garden, to hear one of Ringo's best as a Beatle.

[@johnkochen7264]

Absolutely Paul.

[@MrRandyv]

Paul has many voices; I can attest, to that. I had to emulate him, in a band; in which I played. For an example; listen “Here, There and Everywhere, “Oh Darling” and “Lady Madonna” ( to point out just a few )of his numerous songs, in which, his voice varies.

[@wordreet]

I hope, no I'm sure you re-listened to this wonderful song after your great reaction video!