Rappers React To The Beatles "Come Together"!!!

[@spirosoikonomopoulos2651]

Ringos drumming and Paul's bass line are from another world!!!

[@brandonio_granger]

Bass line

[@geengeklooi]

@@brandonio_granger based line

[@brandonio_granger]

@geengeklooi Bass line. Not based line. Do you understand the English language ? 🤦🤔

[@markbrubaker466]

The rooftop concert song you're thinking of was "Don't Let Me Down"

[@edwardkent]

This is almost 50 years old, and in 50 years 100/200 years from now, there will be 2 reactors reacting to the most influential group of guys who transformed popular music into an art form that nobody yet has ever been able to replicate. To be honest, they are still so far ahead of their time it is impossible to compare any other artist/artists to them, from any genre

[@loneponderer495]

It's more than 50 years old. I'm 50 years old right now, and I was born in 1974. The Beatles broke up in 1970, and this song came out before that as fare as I know.

[@JohnDoe-ol3yz]

@@loneponderer495 you are correct. This song was on the last album they recorded (1969), so its 55 years ago.

[@garyfletcher844]

No, 55 years old.

[@dannjp75]

I worked in a pub from 1996-2003, the landlady (a scouser) played her Beatles collection EVERY lunchtime for the entire time I worked there. Probably heard more of their songs than any other band in my life and I’m totally fine with that. The epitome of legends.❤❤

[@briandonovan1584]

What a wonderful story. I've been listening to The Beatles literally since my birth in 1964. They are the GOAT. Period.

[@KingOfNebbishes]

The lyrics are just John memeing on people who were always overanalyzing his lyrics. He loved trolling.

[@briandonovan1584]

Exactly!!!

[@Mojooverlord]

You may not hear a beatles song for months even years. Then one of their songs comes on and you realize again how good they were.

[@briandonovan1584]

Not good ... The greatest of all time ... Period.

[@garyfletcher844]

Months or years ,NO . How about a few days, minutes or seconds.

[@hopeklemann1]

ringo did great work on this track

[@kimzwolinski9919]

I think “Don’t Let Me Down” is the last Beatles song you guy’s reacted to. Great song 🎵 😊 This was written for Timothy Leary who was running against Reagan for Governor of California. His campaign slogan was Come Together. They asked Lennon to write a song and he did 😊

[@mikecaetano]

The Beatles fashioned their name after Buddy Holly & The Crickets and then they added a Beatnik twist in the spelling of their name. Aerosmith covered "Come Together" for the Sgt Pepper movie, where The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton played as Sgt Pepper's band. Earth, Wind & Fire covered "Got To Get You Into My Life" for that flick and did so with gusto! Abbey Road is a phenomenal record. Listen to the whole thing if you haven't already. And listen to the entire second side at one go because the songs all flow together. PS. That's BIlly Preston on keys. He was sometimes called the "fifth Beatle".

[@betsyduane3461]

The name has nothing to do with Beatniks. It's BEAT for a musical beat.

[@nthdegree1269]

How about "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando and ....Johnny and The Beetles? Look at the leather they wore in the early days....The story goes, that the UK didn't have the film Rated X until 1967 ..... Now, that might not be exactly right. The movie houses were not to show it, due to the lack of a proper rating, but they of course could still show it. I mean, after all, this was Liverpool and loads of stuff kept coming in via the sea....Paul Mccartney recently came out and said, he thought the name came from the Crickets, but even he has wondered since Stu and John loved that movie (according to his recent statement) and Harrison thought it was from the film. Derek Taylor also identified the film. It's interesting that something as simple as the name is shrouded in mystery.

[@bobwoolerOriGinal]

Preston didn't play on this one. Paul (or John) did. He did play on I Want You (She's So Heavy), Sun King and Something👍

[@betsyduane3461]

John Lennon - lead and backing vocals, guitar, handclaps, tambourine Paul McCartney - backing vocal, bass, electric piano George Harrison - lead and rhythm guitars Ringo Starr - drums, maraca

[@betsyduane3461]

@@nthdegree1269 The Beatles wore leather after the ‘Teddy Boys’ craze in England.

[@themadcow71]

Aerosmith did a cover. Probably thinking of them.

[@JohnDoe-ol3yz]

Probably. Steven Tyler and Mick Jagger have the same lips.

[@smokeyrameriz478]

​@@JohnDoe-ol3yz😆 Right

[@brena4856]

Look at you guys just feelin the flow, love it

[@NeverTrustGhost]

Fun Fact: - The Beatles recorded this on July 21, 1969 and it was the first session John Lennon actively participated in following his and Yoko's car accident 3 weeks earlier. John was so insistent on Yoko being in the studio with him that he had a hospital bed set up in the studio for her right after the accident, since she was more seriously injured than he was. - Also, This Song Was On The Video Game The Beatles Rock Band. This Game Was About The Whole History And The Rise To Fame Behind The Beatles.

[@LimeGuy101]

*Autistic banshee screaming intensifies*

[@60sbaby456]

Same day moon landing! 7/21/69

[@steveschaff4620]

Unlike many 'Stars' today the Beatles took their responsibility as the WORLD'S BIGGEST STARS seriously, and tried to use their WORLDWIDE fame to do GOOD!

[@markbrubaker466]

John Lennon was asked to write a campaign song for Timothy Leary who was attempting to run for President. He dropped out of the race. John Lennon liked the hook of "Come Together....Right Now.....Over Me...," and just threw some non sense lyrics on it because people were always trying to dissect their lyrics. I heard he told insiders something to the affect of " Let them try and figure these ones out."

[@carol-mariefleming8689]

He said the same thing about "I Am The Walrus" as well.

[@donjackson5522]

Kind of like the last couple of bars from Smokey on their latest video.

[@MTB-Idle]

They called themselves the Beatles as a play on beetles which in itself was a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets and other insect named bands of the 50s who were key influences on them.

[@garyfletcher844]

Don't forget the obvious BEAT in their name. Beat as in music

[@lennon1482]

your right about the crickets but also the marlon brando film, think it's the wild one? where he is in a motorbike gang called the silver beetles and then they changed it to beatles cos of the beat group scene in liverpool and also because god came down on a flaming pie and said "you will be beatles with an A"

[@AmberPearcy]

Yay! My fave Beatles song!

[@ioogy]

Just vibin' yall... just vibin'~

[@annierossi3589]

He was thinking of “Get Back”.

[@joycekunzelman7435]

Think the song they were linking about was "Don't Let Me Down"

[@betsyduane3461]

They were the Quarrymen , then the Beatals, then the Silver Beetles, then the Silver Beatles, then the Beatles.

[@johnbyrnes7912]

And Johnny And The Moondogs and at first briefly The Blackjacks too ! 🤡

[@tammyphxaz]

it is spelled beAtles referring the BEAT of the music, also , back in those days hippies were referred to as BEATNIKS for the same reason the "beat"

[@KenBober]

I love the trivia switch up. I have a suggestion, play a game of rock paper scissors to see who does the trivia each episode? Just a suggestion.

[@KostasHolopain]

@14:22 Long time musician here- not a great one, but hey, it's fun! "Simple" stuff like this are the most difficult to come up with, or execute properly! Simple doesn't mean simplistic or easy- sometimes it's the way it fits the song, sometimes it's the way it's performed that is unique, sometimes it's the conception of the part itself that requires a leap of imagination or a bendíng of the songwriting rules- an out of the box thought proccess if you will! And thank whatever power you believe in that it is so, otherwise we wouldn't have bands like Ramones, AC/DC or Mötörhead!

[@RobGamesOn]

It was Aerosmith you were thinking of... not Rolling Stones.

[@SnowDogisVictorious]

Never lied about Santa Claus to our boy, but he just assumes I'm kidding him.

[@paullacroix527]

I can see my great great great grandson listening to this as his spaceship cruises toward Mars. Timeless..

[@Z_TPI]

Yo the Godsmack cover of this track is fire! It is a must listen haha 🤘

[@innertube47]

Great fun lads! Ono was a furniture brand in the UK around that time, it was not cheap but not expensive - sort of “aspitational”. John was always looking for word plays, in this case with Yoko’s name

[@LemmyGibbler]

The first bukakke anthem

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

They took a cue from Buddy Holly and the Crickets. A bug name, you know.

[@slavaukraini404]

Cool Heilung T-Shirt dude. Eivor who tours with them is my favorite artist in the world today. I'm a Beatles fanatic also.

[@ashleysoulard7397]

This intro always makes me want to listen to money but pink Floyd

[@terryhargrave6478]

Love yhe Acid Bath shirt!!

[@cyclops60]

The Beetle was a nickname for the VW 'folks wagon', the 'Beat' in Beatles could refer to the 'MerseyBeat' music that developed in 1950's Liverpool (a port on the river Mersey). I don't think there is any link to the car.

[@jorel80]

If you love the Beatles, you gotta check out "Dear Prudence" from the White Album. It's a beautiful, chill song with a funky backbeat.

[@annekayser8042]

Hey bulldog is another one funky baseline similar to dear prudence

[@matthewmoody4924]

Damn Floods, Dogs, and Come Together this week....this channel rules!

[@ShanLH5]

Y’all are silly 😆 I was always conflicted about how I’d handle the Santa Claus thing, so I just never had kids lol. I never believed in Santa Claus myself. My parents tried but I wasn’t having it. ‘Here Comes the Sun’ is still my favorite song on Abbey Road. It’s just so pretty it makes me cry… as does ‘The End’ and that final line (‘and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make’). And yes I have a print of that album cover hanging in my dining room, Hollywood 😊

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

The Beatles were named after The Crickets, the backing band of 50s legend Buddy Holly.

[@noelsmith9184]

Such a tune...🤘 The Aerosmith cover of this track is also excellent 👌

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

Set a remarkably subtle little track here I mean of course it's kind of impossible to listen to it without all the gazillion years of Impressions being heaped upon it because it does jump out at you from The Abbey Road album which is Iconic to say the least. But that Baseline is just silky and the Beautiful musical way in which Ringo embellishes the drums is just a very unique way to serve the song. His drum fills are almost lyrical and because he was left-handed playing a right-handed drum set he kind of does things upside down in terms of tonality and it just makes this so unique. Throw on the basic R&B meets Blues phrasing of John Lennon's vocal vocal and you just have something that is with the test of time over and over. I never get tired of hearing this song which is really saying something. Side note, the Aerosmith cover of this tune is one of the few redeeming features from the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie that was made in the 70s, along with Earth Wind & Fire's "Got to get you into my life" and Alice Cooper's cover of "Because"

[@allengator1914]

Chuck Berry's record label sued John Lennon over "Come Together" for copyright infringement as they owned the rights to Berry's 1956 song "You Can't Catch Me" which they claimed Lennon plagiarized. Lennon settled the suit out of court.

[@joylee6968]

I wish he hadn't of settled because those two songs sound NOTHING ALIKE.

[@tomheim9516]

While Lennon was definitely inspired by Chuck Berry’s original, the two songs are vastly different. If Lennon hadn’t borrowed a few lyrics like the ‘flat top’ line, I doubt the lawsuit would have been successful. You can’t win a lawsuit based on a blues chord progression. The courts would be clogged up for decades.

[@morrisgautreau6704]

I shared this with my good friend Larry Graves, he's a Beatles fan and loves this kind of stuff and he has a greal channel too!

[@snap2snip]

The BEATles, it’s a play on words

[@donjackson5522]

"He got walrus gumboot"? John, pass it down and share my brother.

[@sumonjamal1653]

John Lennon was very artistic - both as a songwriter and a sketch artist... He would come up w/ nonsensical or abstract lyrics like "I am the Walrus" ... 'Come together'... 'Happiness is a warm gun' ... 'Across the universe'... and somehow it worked. Decades later, UK rockers Oasis (who were heavily influenced by The Beatles) used that same formula... guitarist Noel Gallagher admitted that he wrote one of their biggest hits 'Supersonic' by Oasis... practically w/ nonsense lyrics he put together w/ a powerful riff... and that was followed by other Oasis songs w/ similar lyrical delivery - "Don't look back in anger" ... 'Columbia' ... 'Be here now'...

[@hopeklemann1]

don't let me down

[@richardtaylor8595]

I have heard a lot of covers to this song. The only one I like is AEROSMITHS version, but the Beatles is by far the only version to listen to. Please do Frank Zappa with Captain Beefheart song Hot Rats. The band actually had an inside joke that Pual was dead in most of their albums. The bare feet on Abbey Roads, the license plate on the car going over the bridge on Sgt Pepper was Pual's and so many more if you look for them. Every album hinted it. I remember when I was a kid, they broadcast on tv a trial to decide if he was dead or not.

[@rubroken]

What I heard AND my take on the album cover is.......The Beatles were saying(jokingly) that Paul was dead(in song lyrics), so John, in front, is dressed like a minister, then Ringo, is dressed like an undertaker, Paul is dressed as though he's in a coffin, and George is dressed like the grave digger

[@PeeWeeGerman1313]

I lie to my kids when I don't want to share food. "You wouldn't like this ice cream. It's very spicy." 🤣😜🤣😜

[@MikeWalsh-f1g]

I don't think the Stones ever did this, but Aerosmith sure as hell did!

[@2atan]

A Bronx Tale.

[@MrGmonkeywillruleyou]

That’s a good idea about Beatles name. They also started out in German bars

[@msfoodiediva]

The inspiration was for campaign song for lsd guy Timothy leary who was running for political office

[@T-ShirtMagic]

*"Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out"*

[@josephclark5054]

Ringo puts towels over his drums to get that deep drum sound incredible engineering considering it's actually cost nothing to use a towel on a drum

[@johnsrensen3366]

Music gods ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@harryhager4128]

Frog Leap Studios does a great cover of the song.

[@BeeKnown]

loving your channel, the most entertaining reactions! great song to chose to listen to. would love to hear your thoughts on Vignette from twenty one pilots new album, enjoyed your last reaction to them.

[@bobciampaglia9432]

Not sure if anyone posted this.....The cover was once thought to depict the death of the Beatles. John in white as the preacher/priest, Ringo in an undertaker's tux, Paul the body (the brits bury their dead without shoes), and George in denim as the gravedigger. This has not been confirmed either way.

[@gingergirl1122]

The conspiracy weirdos said it was the death of Paul, not the band.

[@RockinMamaT]

Musically this my favorite Beatles song. I don't know if you've done Get back .You might consider reacting to. Great reaction as usual my friends and Peace out ✌️ ☮️

[@gregroberts8240]

john originally wrote this as a campaign song for California Governor candidate dr. timothy leary (the L.S.D. guy) who ran against Ronald reagan!

[@ameyer1970]

The original version of this song was for a political campaign for Timothy Leary’s gubernatorial race in 1970. Leary didn’t see the value of the song, so he turned it down. John then reworked it into what you hear now. “Come together and join the party” was Learys campaign slogan.

[@pmv1969]

Please do Spotlight by Future Leaders of the World and more Badflower. You did ghost by them already quite some time ago so I would love you to do Family.

[@damonhines8187]

One rooftop concert song you should do because no-effing-body else does is 'I Dig A Pony'. A Beatles song the Stones DID cover was 'I Wanna Be Your Man', which John and Paul gave them. It was one of their first hits in England, and I didn't even hear the Beatles' version with Ringo singing 'til 6-8 years later!! Brian Jones' slide guitar makes the track, as much as Mick's vocal and the band's innate swagger and swing. Enjoy!! 😉🤙🏼🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊

[@craigproctor9560]

You should listen to you can’t catch me released in 1956

[@GorillaMansoon]

The Stones never did Come Together. You're probably thinking of Aerosmith.

[@MRHEEL-ys2rq]

How do you not groove when you hear Paul putting lyrics out like this

[@markbrubaker466]

Too bad Paul didn't write them....John Lennon did.

[@MRHEEL-ys2rq]

@@markbrubaker466 does it matter who wrote them? No

[@markbrubaker466]

@@MRHEEL-ys2rq it does when these guys are trying to learn about this stuff. Saying stuff like "Paul putting lyrics out like this" sounds like it matters to you somewhat. Give proper credit where it's due. This song is 100% John lyrically. Paul gets credit for that wonderful bassline.

[@tomheim9516]

@@MRHEEL-ys2rq Yes. John both wrote and sang the lyrics. Your comment is inaccurate which is why it was corrected.

[@daviecleland9698]

Gary Clark Jr does an amazing cover of this

[@OriginalLictre]

Don't ignore the music pun at the heart of the Beatles' name. The insect (or Volkswagon car) was the beetle. The music pun... the BEAT -les.

[@robinfla52]

They took the name Beatles on a take from Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

[@nim4464]

14:54 this reminds me of the Primus song that came out in 2022 called "Follow the Fool"

[@DJ-bj8ku]

John’s edge 🔥 Love too the double entendre of the title.

[@arturnienartowicz7213]

About the lying to children question. I've got a lot of resentment for all the lies I was told as a kid "We're not fighting" "I don't know where your Dad is" "One must always tell the truth" "of course I'm listening to you" ... Plus many very specific ones. I believe we should tell children the truths, but in terms that won't be harsh to them.

[@acb9231]

Great song, great band! Next, check out Hey Bulldog (69), Paperback Writer (66), Taxman (66), and A Day in the Life (67). ✌️

[@tonitemperance9960]

4 of some of my favorites. Yes!

[@cygnus62]

This song is about each member of the band. Hair down below his knees is Ringo sitting on his drum seat his hair would be below his knees. He got to be good looking is Paul. Toe jam football is George walking around without shoes. Feel his disease is about John's angry personality.

[@Andrew-e7w3d]

Worthy freestyle Hollywood 😂 That was cool

Public Enemy - "Harder Than You Think" (lyric breakdown) Michael Franti and Spearhead - "Good To Be Alive Today" (lyric breakdown) Nelly / Tim McGraw - "Over And Over" Just for the vibe

[@vivnoname]

I love your enthusiasm ❤️🥰

[@JonHammerHeart]

The meaning of this song is the title. Bringing people together is what John Lennon was about. Beatle fans can tell you what most of those lines refer to, but none of that is what the song is about. "Ono sideboard" referring to Yoko, "he bag production" speaking of Bag Productions, a company that he and Yoko started and so on. The only thing John really wanted to say in that song is "Come Together". Always fun to spend a little time with you guys thank you.

[@mtzoar]

i think you are right about the lyrics being about the members. i believe the monkey fingers is a references to harrison's guitar playing. i read about the lyrics once but of course ive forgotten most of it. you guys are entertaining and incisive!

[@PuddlePirate55]

The Beatles took their name As a reference to Someone that influenced them Among among others buddy holly Is Is been recalled the crickets. They also use the word beat As in keeping time rather than the insect name which is double E.

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

Excellent reaction. The Beatles are the best!

[@The_Philosopher_King701]

Great Video today! I was surprised to hear in an earlier video that you guys didn't know Lady Madonna. I highly recommend you check that one out.

[@scottdolby]

AEROSMITH - Live Bootleg album. They took it up a few notches.

[@Linda-y9h]

Got to be good lookin cuz he LOOKS LIKE ME...the way we used to sing it. ❤😂

[@steffurness]

😎🧘‍♀️✌️💛

[@GrinnSkull]

If you want more of a visual check out the movie across the universe version with the acting and portrayal of the characters mentioned in the song

[@Andrew-e7w3d]

Writing is easy to play, incredibly hard to write and still be dope af. Paul merked this baseline

[@denniswright2233]

Hippy slang brothas. Here comes ole flat top (nickname for buzzed cut person) He comes grooving up slowly (slow stoned strut), think about california in 1969.

[@msfoodiediva]

Aerosmith did cover of this song.

[@nim4464]

so did Godsmack

[@msfoodiediva]

@@nim4464 sully!

[@laapache1]

The beatles had a cartoon show

[@skullionchild]

Be honest to your kids from the get go. It’s all on the delivery.

[@trenchy1990]

Bush did a cover of this and I think they did a pretty good job imo. Nothing beats the OG though.

[@josephclark5054]

John Lennon did it with the Rolling Stones on the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus show

[@patriciacloix71]

Salut de France les gars superbe chanson et une très bonne reprise de Michael Jackson je vous la, recommande merci pour vos bonnes réactions groupe mythique soyez béni 🙏👍👏💖🎸

[@blakelejeune368]

Shout out to the Acid Bath shirt bro. Louisiana based band

[@Sechott12]

The song is very fitting for a funeral.

[@russellburress6240]

The insect beetle is spelled with EE the band The Beatles spell their name with EA signifying their music had a beat

[@michaelmccreedy8240]

The original name was the Silver Beatles, and they worked Germany as that.

[@PuddlePirate55]

Aerosmith covered it They 1st did it in the movie called sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band based on the Beatles album and song Also feature featuring the BG's Also feature featuring the BG's and peter Frampton

[@brianvigneau2074]

Listen to Bread... guitar Man! Please

[@bodato5760]

That sounds right😊