My Cousin And I React To The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[@dawnpatrol700]

This is one where you HAVE to listen to the whole album start to finish. You'll see why after you do, even this song leads into the next with an incredible transition

[@brandon9909]

I think Abbey Road is miles better with the Medley of side 2

[@dawnpatrol700]

@@brandon9909 true, side 2 can not be played song by song. I programmed my mp3 player to play " oh darling" immediately after " her majesty". Try it, since her majesty ends abrupt, it sounds better segued with the beginning chord of oh darling

[@williamstlouis3368]

@@dawnpatrol700 IMHO, side 2 of Abbey Road makes it the

[@stevejames2234]

@@brandon9909 Are we here to debate what is better or to comment on this particular song, and be grateful these kids are taking interest. We all have our opinions. Another argument for another day! JMO!

[@FrankWirth-ij4rq]

"I am the Walrus, Koo, koo, a chew. What a fun album. The movie is silly.

[@johncheney950]

Listen to the whole album from beginning to end. It's an experience!

[@brianmusson2789]

I was 17 when this album first came out and it blew our generation away. I played it so much it wore out and I had to buy another copy . We were such a blessed generation with the amount of good music like this being produced at the time!

[@showmoke]

One of the greatest rock albums of all time! Nuff said!

[@jackbottomley-clift]

Albums*

[@paullynn473]

In 1966 The Beatles stopped playing live concerts. From 1967 onwards their albums would be their only statements. This album is a concept piece of art to be consumed in one sitting as though live🏖️

[@pammickle3935]

The album tells a bit of a story based on a festival-like environment, opening with the band playing on a stage to a crowd, then moving on to songs about all the different people and friends, and thoughts about life and the meaning of life, in general. Also, its fun to note that in the video they made for "Hello, Goodbye" they are wearing their Sgt. Pepper outfits. Also, the movie "Yellow Submarine" is an animated story involving Sgt. Peppers Band, played by animated Beatles. In the movie, the "Lucy in the Sky" animated video is really quite beautiful.

[@ronaldlafave2248]

The Beatles are just so amazing today as much as way back then. I just love em.

[@adrianwright1702]

I was a teenager but Mum helped me buy two albums. Rubber Soul and Sgt. Peppers. I still have the original vinyl which I got the first week out and it is in Mono. Absolutely brilliant.

[@cshubs]

When I really started to listen to music around the age of 11 or 12 (around 1980), I spun this record a hundred times. I couldn't get enough of it.

[@dcg4mn]

I was 13 when Sgt. Pepper was released and I immediately became a Beatles fanatic😉 I heard this and every subsequent album 1000 times and know every damn note 😆

[@laurab391]

Not a live version. They just made it to sound that way. Listen to the entire album.

[@jeffreythaw3333]

This was just the foreplay to the main event!

[@magicbrownie1357]

Howdy! The Beatles! One of the all time greats.

[@justme2]

Check out 'a day in the life' off that same album....it's freakin awesome!

[@ReesieandLee]

I took my mom to her 55th class reunion last weekend, everything was about the Beatles. It was so fun to watch all the old people giggling and showing off ❤ My husband got his 1955 Pontiac Star Chief running just in time to take her to it so she could make an entrance 😂

[@tjdomerny4847]

I like that younger people are doing things like this on KZbin, getting to kow some of the best stufff ever

[@beare55]

this was when rock & roll became sophisticated, great music!

[@robynhurley5119]

I am 55 now. Still listening and love new generations listening

[@mjwaldrep]

Definitely one of the greatest albums ever made, you should react to the whole album!

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

I have to warn anybody to do so! This record is poison. And if you are a musician in the southern part of the US, it could cause a lifelong mental disturbing. It happened before to one of The Beach Boys songwriter named Wilson, who still can not believe that he didn’t write this record. They were trying to hard with the record named “ Animal sounds “ but it become a flat! So, they went to surf! LOLOLOLOL

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

You gotta do the whole album!

[@carol-mariefleming8689]

You must listen to next song that goes into, With A Little Help From My Friends. Then, of course, the entire album is a must. This is one the best albums in rock history....that's not opinion, that's fact. Thanks for the reaction!

[@DaveMcIroy]

Tracks like It's getting better are mediocre. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@carol-mariefleming8689]

@@DaveMcIroy that's definitely not one of my favorites....lol

[@edbluez99]

First album I ever bought as a kid. (giving away my age). And I still have it.

[@MattJaissleFilms]

The songs are connected. You need to do the whole record

[@jch13213]

As others have said, this is def a whole album listen

[@DaniiXerr]

It seems that the song is alive but it is not, they added the sounds after making the song, at that time this was incredible it is one of the many things that the Beatles innovated in music that is why they are brutal

[@2715bunky]

Great reaction, gentlemen! 🤘

[@g.e.5723]

Silas, the thing about the Beetles is "context". If you have access to SXM radio, listen to the 50s & 60s stuff. The popular music and radio play was, really "square". The Beetles changed music completely, (especially this album, recording tricks etc). Their first hits in 63 & 64 were unlike anything else. Add to that the "Beetle haircuts". Anyway, enjoy. I think some reactors hear The Beetles and think "I don't get it". It's context.

[@brenthenderson3983]

There is mountain of things to learn and read up on The Beatles, especially from Rubber Soul and onward, as many tracks have meanings that fly over peoples' heads, so it is good to look up before listening to appreciate and understand what the hell the songs are referencing.This is common with some other classic rock bands as well.

[@patticrichton1135]

spelled wrong it's "BEATLES" not like the insect "beetles"

[@papercup2517]

'BEAT-les' - ie the insect thing, after Buddy Holly and the Crickets, but with a new twist, referencing the 40s-60s Beat Movement in poetry, literature, music and anti-fashion/style. The lads were actually hired on at least one occasion (probably c1960-62?) to play back-up for a Beat poet in a live performance/event. They had to listen to the words and improvise whatever musical sounds they thought would fit!

[@gkiferonhs]

This is a concept album; you really want to listen to the whole album continuously,

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I also like how raw it is and yet it is this really majestic arrangement, laugh. It's really strange to hear it stop right there because it goes smoothly into the next section, which in some ways is almost like an extended part of the song. I'm not sure I've ever heard it stopped there before. I bet you would really get a trip out of the Beatles song Helter Skelter. It's largely regarded as a precursor to heavy metal. And Paul McCartney does some crazy stuff with his voice. Very guitar-heavy. And raw.

[@ursgeiser6570]

The song is the opener of a whole concept album, consisting of mostly 3'-songs that are totally different musically and which you have to get involved with in order to enjoy them. Really awesome (not just me saying) is the prog 5:38 song A Day In My Life, the then parent-panic Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds/LSD (later US no.1 by Elton John; played live with Lennon played at Madison Square Garden in 1974) and for me psychedelic Indian Within You Without You (sitar, composed by George Harrison).✌

[@hungfao]

This is the album that left everyone in the dust. The band's original intention was to produce a concept where they are alter egos, aka Sgt Pepper's LHCB. Like others have said here, you should listen to the whole thing. It was and still is revolutionary.

[@SpotWorksLNC]

This is the worst thing about streaming services… that they list this song as a stand alone track but it’s incomplete without the second half. You’ve only heard half of the piece.

[@robinconcannon4345]

Glad to have Clark back.🎉

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

While it is generally fine to sample individual Beatles songs from throughout their career, the Sgt. Pepper album and side 2 of the Abby Road album are the exceptions to this rule. These two should be heard in their entirety from beginning to end without interruption.

[@StillPlaysWithModelTrains1956]

There was this rumor floating around in the late 60s when I was a young teen growing up in Texas, that Paul McCartney was dead and if you opened the Sargent Pepper's album to the lyric section inside, you would see a photo of the Fab Four, but Paul was standing with his back towards the camera. If you look to Paul's left, George Harrison's has his finger pointing towards the lyric line "Wednesday morning at five O'clock..." The story was that somewhere embedded in the album there was a secret phone number. If you found it, you were to call on Wednesday morning at Five O'clock and someone would tell you the time and place of Paul's funeral... Genius marketing in my book!

[@visarr]

This is the first time I've ever heard or seen this song stopped before With a Little Help from My Friends.

[@robertvaughn6646]

This was strictly a studio recording. They never did this in a live show, It was supposed to be Sgt. Pepper's Band playing live.

[@johnandrews3151]

Not live. Audience sounds added. This was the first multi-layered album and the band wanted to create an album that would be impossible to perform live since they had decided to stop touring and performing live. This album completely changed the way the recording industry recorded music as all the other artists wanted their albums to also be multi-layered after hearing this album. It became the best selling album in history when it was released and in England, it still holds the record for the top selling album in the history of the British Album Chart!😮😊

[@stevejames2234]

The beginning intro. is a not live. It is a canned recording of a concert an orchestra tuning up, mixed with another canned recording of an audience chatting among themselves, as what usually happens at the start of any show, waiting for the show to begin. Then bang, the show starts with the punchy intro, with McCartney playing the iconic opening guitar riff. As the poster below pointed out, listening to the whole LP is a must. I could go on and on with more info., but will stop boring you at this point. Glad to see youth appreciate the genius of this legendary band!

[@th.burggraf7814]

Twist and shout would be another great Beatles song to listen to. 👍🏻

[@tjdomerny4847]

Studio with intended effects. One of the all time funniest movies was A HARD DAYS NIGHT

[@gidion4004]

Ahhhhhhhh you made me feel better with THE BEATLES (and with your cousin whose name I don't remember but I like him so much).Please go on with your tour trough the beatles.There is a lot of songs you will appreciate but with your cousin they are much better! HI always from Italy (sorry for my english).I love you both !!!!!😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@mattbailey9396]

His name is Clark! And, he almost moved to Italy last year! Anyway, your English is excellent! 👍

[@gidion4004]

@@mattbailey9396 Hi Clark!I hope you will come more often to make reactions with your cousin! He makes me feel the music with his reactions!

[@mattbailey9396]

@@gidion4004 likely won’t see Clark for a good while. He’s in South America now. Then Europe…. Then Asia….before back to his current home in Florida! 🤪

[@gidion4004]

@@mattbailey9396 Wow...all over the world! Have a good journey Clark! I Had uncles in Tampa (they are dead now), five cousins and about 15 nephews in the U.S. Hi Matt!

[@mattbailey9396]

@@gidion4004 Yes! He loves travel! 15 nephews?! Wowzer!! 👍

[@futurereflections4097]

"We hope that you enjoy the show." We did. Best album of all time

[@dalemettee1147]

First Silas, you didn't hear the next measure of this song. It changes tempo and goes in another direction. Second, your cousin is really good looking. haha

[@mattbailey9396]

👌

[@HappyHammer55]

Young man. Try this Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Alchemy Live). You will not be disappointed, Hello from the UK by the way.

[@mattbailey9396]

Heck yes!! And hi UK!

[@thomastimlin1724]

Not live, the crowd noises were recordings placed on the tape as a sound effect to make it seem live. We all knew it wasn't back in the day.

[@Cheshirecat-nx9zn]

1967. Let that set in. We had the best music in the 60-70's.

[@charlesshepherd2004]

Love it!

[@kenhoyer8601]

This came out the month I graduated from high school

[@gailg2327]

Great, thank you.

[@RobertVaughn-z1i]

this was all done in the studio.

[@dougsusie2319]

I've seen a couple of others do what you did. This song transitions right into "With A Little Help From My Friends" you don't cut it off. Big no, no, it's a vibe man! Listen to the whole album in it's entirety, it all flows one into the other. Take it up a notch and take a couple hits off a reefer and enjoy the ride. The big debate for years now has been. What is the greatest album of all time. Is it Peppers or is it their previous Lp "Revolver"? Which is an incredible Lp. Either way, it's a pretty good position to be in as a band, wouldn't you agree? John Lennon + Paul McCartney + George Harrison + Ringo Starr = The Beatles which = The All Time GOAT'S and it ain't even close! All other nominees are pretenders to the throne. Period, end of story. Peace ❤

[@davidpisachubbe7869]

Hi Silas, I'm a new subscriber, as of last night, and I have a request/suggestion. I think that, since you really liked Boston, you should check out a group called Kansas and specifically their song Carry on Wayward Son. They have a few other songs that are really awesome as well. But I would prefer to wait until we see how much you like this first request before I suggest anything else from Kansas. Thanks and good luck with this channel. Your reactions are great when you really like a song.

[@mattbailey9396]

That is a solid song! 😃

[@davidpisachubbe7869]

@@mattbailey9396 Do you know if Silas is already familiar with it?

[@mattbailey9396]

@@davidpisachubbe7869 I would think not. Maybe heard Wayward Son on the radio, as his dad and I both like classic rock. But, I’d guess it’s unlikely he knows the band. He’s coming here to visit soon, I’ll try to remember to ask him!

[@davidpisachubbe7869]

@@mattbailey9396 ok, I hope that he hasn't yet heard it. I'd like to be able to say that I introduced him to Kansas. BTW, are you his cousin? If so, I think I've seen you on his channel.

[@mattbailey9396]

@@davidpisachubbe7869 I’ve been on his channel a number of times. I’m one of his uncles.

[@brenthenderson3983]

In the lyrics when Paul says..."so let me introduce to you, the one and only Billy Shears'' Billy Shears is the guy who supposedly took over for Paul after Paul's death, which was a publicity stunt. Many Beatles albums of the late 1960's have references to Paul's death in songs and LP album covers...

[@debjorgo]

"Publicity stunt"? It has always been stated by the Beatles and everyone associated with them, that "Paul is Dead" was all made up by fans. The Beatles did not create the rumor.

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

A lot of Beatles fans and first-time listeners erroneously assume that when "Paul" introduces the alias Billy Shears he was referring to Ringo who sings the next song on the album. Of course, anyone who investigates PID (Paul Is Dead) quickly learns that Billy/William is the name of the multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter who replaced original Paul McCartney for the second phase of the Beatles psychological operation to effect massive cultural change in the West. To my knowledge, no one in the Beatles' inner circle has ever explicitly stated that the PID clues were an intentional publicity stunt, although they certainly did help increase public interest and record sales for the band.

[@visaman]

I thought it was Peter Frampton?

[@aprilstewart5929]

You should have let that song continue....it goes straight into "A Little Help From My Friends". Oh, what a lovely album this is.

[@stevensprunger3422]

That was the first one off the long play album you got a lot more listen to dive deep into the Beatles they’re very diverse they cover a lot of genres welcome to the rabbit hole

[@steveschwartz9771]

This is the 2009 remastered version of the US release in mixed-mono stereo. Columbia thought that the US audience would prefer it in Stereo and released most of their mono recordings in this quazi stereo remix. That's why you hear the voices on one side and the instruments on the other, off and on - not true stereo but mono tracks that were broken up and remixed as left and right, sort of stereo. The 2009 mono versions are definitely better and the way the Beatles intended all but the last three albums to be heard.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Until after the Beatles were broken up for many years, None of the Beatles ever played any of the songs from this album 'Live:. The year before this album was released was the last touring the Beatles ever did. They toured extensively from 1960-1966. and then performed, all you need is love, VIA satellite for the first satellite television broadcast, and They did a concert on the roof top of EMI studios for one last show in 1968. Paul McCartney started doing Beatle numbers in his shows years later, but not with the other 3.

[@visaman]

Not until the 2000s.

[@isadona59]

Este albun supuso una transición en su carrera. Se que es muy admirado pero no es de mis preferidos porque para esta época ya había bandas mas revolucionarias en esta linea. Es buenísimo, no obstante. Sigo recomendándotelas echar un vistazo a dos canciones míticas del pasado. una THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN- by The Animals. y otra la version original de LONG TRAIN RUNNING by The Dooby Brothers. No te arrepentirás.

[@infolover_68]

Symphonic rock was born and heavy metal saw the first light, nobody had heard anything like it, musical revolution stirred the world!!... Some of the press were convinced The Beatles were done for..., WRONG!!

[@dcg4mn]

100% studio album, not live -they were having fun with the “live audience” sounds it was part of the mix ☺️

[@lukedadrumma7674]

That song rolls into with a little help from my friends

[@otisdylan9532]

If you're going to listen to this song, you might as well listen to the whole album. I don't think this is one of the best songs on the album, though it's fine as as way to start the album. I think the next 5 songs and "A Day in the Life" are all better songs.

[@caroleann_2142]

Fantastic album, but you have to hear HELTER SKELTER & Hey Bulldog to name a few.😊

[@tonyrock5313]

That's it? One song!!!

[@classiclife7204]

Wonder how you got past the Strikers on this one!

[@SwyzlStyx]

Watch the movie titled the same and starring the Bee Gees

[@picolo4102]

Listen to whole albumn

[@MrGmonkeywillruleyou]

Try the band Tool! They’re amazing , maybe the song The Pot

[@dcfan2020]

NO NO NO NO..... You can't just STOP!!! Finish this album. Then you can have desert.

[@visaman]

How can you have your pudding if you don't eat your meat?

[@barbarjinx3802]

There is no live version of this. They quit touring before they made this album.

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

Although "Paul McCartney" as a solo artist has included it in his live performance setlist for several years now.

[@shaneodb]

Who sang this?, Was it paul and John?

[@BabbleBebble]

Paul McCartney's song when he was just 25 years old in order to change the Beatles again and the music for on more time again... Just to say...

[@dangatton7138]

Come on Enjoy stuff but research a little 1st . this album literally changed Rock history. Most Beatles albums prior were 2 track Live albums. They put out 2 albums /yr/ not 1 every 2 yrs or a E.P. and patted their backs..... 2 !! . Of coarse you dont know the 5th Beatle who made all of this Possible. George Martin Producer !! Could you Imagine.... Brian Wilson [AMAZING Talent ] and band....... Look them Up !.. Listening to this album for the 1st time and having their minds Blown !! along with EVERY other rock band in the world .. A little education brings alot more enjoyment. take 20 minutes and learn about what you reviewing.... and thx for your reviews ..

[@robertjohnson5796]

This should be good.

[@methampheminist]

not listenig to "With A Little Help From My Friends" after this is a crime 💀

[@mikeb3365]

Meant to be listened to from the start to the end as others have mentioned. Really won't get the full effect if you cherry pick songs, not that there is anything wrong with that.

[@jackiegerspachhas4237]

You didn’t finish the song.??????

[@60sbaby456]

They like the first half perhaps too much real stuff at once

[@robinakym2356]

Surprised this hasn’t been blocked 😮

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

REPRISE

[@danielwalker1538]

Fixing a hole

[@shanemaxwell1784]

Day two of asking for "Pisces - by Jinjer". The live session if you would. Don't look up anything by this band, it'll be much better for you to just experience it first hand without any knowledge.

[@colcollins4341]

To me your missing the best music artist. Listen to John Miles & a tune called simply Music Was My First Love.

[@raymondmanderville505]

The one & only Billy Shears was rumored to be the true name of Paul’s replacement , after he was killed in the car crash described in the song “ A Day in a Life “

[@patticrichton1135]

Stop it, enough already, it was NOT "Billy Shears or Paul" that is referred to in "A DAY IN THE LIFE" it's Tara Brown the heir to the Guinness fortune who was killed in a car accident which was in the newspapers. He was also a friend of Lennon's. LOOK IT UP and stop perpetuating stupid hoax's that was started by a college student in Michigan.

[@HeebSchlomo]

2 based Aryan chads. Don’t race mix ❤

[@paulknight9998]

You should have done the 2017 remix. Only boomers listen to the old version.

[@visaman]

I had Rubber Soul on 8-Track! 😂

[@79BlackRose]

This is a fake 'live' track. I think this is overrated. For the best Beatles, listen to the Revolver album.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO 'WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS' (THE NEXT SONG) OTHERWISE IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!

[@JohnWesleyDowney]

Are you KIDDING???? You only listened to HALF THE SONG!!!!!!

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Without the album Freak Out by Frank Zappa, this album would never have been made and the Beatles would just be another boy band.

[@bio-hazard221]

Hey, been watching some of your videos and see you a Pink Floyd fan You should check out this band called tool, like the Pink Floyd of this generation. I think a good song to start with probably be (46 & 2) Give them a listen