Singer/Songwriter reacts to THE BEATLES - HELP! (LIVE AT BLACKPOOL NIGHT OUT, ABC THEATRE)

[@AlBarzUK]

Not everybody screamed. My wife went to see them in concert back then. She was 16. She didn’t scream. She cried with utter joy, all the way through, buckets of tears. 😂

[@sadcat1370]

🤣

[@jamesdrynan]

There are literally thousands of groups that have the same instrumentation as the Beatles. Two guitars, bass and drums. But because of the way they each played, they created a sound that was incomparable. Add to that their harmony counterpoint in this song and it's still remarkable how remarkable they were to this day. ( No stage monitors either! )

[@donaldlacro7627]

There's no such thing as "over hyped" when you refer to the Fab 4's music. The record sales will never lie.

[@jnagarya519]

By 2012 more than one billion albums sold.

[@warrenhughes911]

Yessir.. 800,000,000.albums sold and counting!!!

[@nogunnofear6703]

I remember the world before the Beatles and the world after the Beatles was very different. It was a hell of a lot more fun! Their music was initially better than any thing we were hearing from the formulaic music industry in America. After the initial success where they were mixing covers with their own music, they started doing just their music (rubber soul) and that's when their genius really started to shine. There was no looking back and they still can't be beat for their awesome versatile creativity. Long live the Beatles. I still miss those guys. I was lucky enough to get to see and hear them in 1965. August 18th Atlanta Georgia. They had a good sound system and we could hear them unlike many of their shows.

[@danilleblanc7487]

Beautiful. Just incredible how great they are live! The greatest band that ever was or will be! Great reaction , your love for them shines through and adds to the excitement! More please!

[@debbiechang5781]

Hands down, the greatest band ever to grace this planet. They definitely got to the point where they were “tolerating” the audience but it was no longer enjoyable. I don’t blame them at all for deciding not to tour anymore. And then we had the gift of their amazing studio work from then on. I think we benefited from that decision! 🥰🌺✌️

[@jnagarya519]

The fans drove them off the stage.

[@Bill_Jones.]

Back in 1964 The Beatles spread goosebumps wherever they went. There’s no cure or vaccine to this day.

[@JohnSmith-fr7js]

And they had the humility to bow down to their audience at the end of the song.

[@williebee7324]

Just when I thought I could NOT enjoy the Beatles any MORE? I see YOUR reaction, and "MORE" enjoyment - Go figure?...:-) Cheers and thanks for that!

[@avlisk]

I was 12 when they first appeared on the Sullivan Show in 1964. Nearly 60 years later, it still feels like magic to watch their early performances like this one.

[@lipby]

Overhyped? Listen to each of their albums as a whole, starting from their latest--Let it Be--back to Rubber Soul. No one in pop music ever created more create songs with more variety, hitting every imaginable style: psychedelica, blues, 1920s dancehall, folk-rock, hard rock, musique concrète, string quartet, bubblegum, classical guitar inspired, gorgeous love songs, songs that would work in musical theater, rock anthems, R&B. There has never been anything else like it.

[@genshi.]

Watch the video first dude

[@jnagarya519]

Should listen to them in order from the first. In other words, stop ignoring their recordings before "Rubber Soul".

[@cuebj]

Not clever. Last LP they made was Abbey Road but released before LiB. The big difference was the exuberance and surprising depth of their early records compared with what else was going on.

[@270yis7]

The Beatles were one of those rare entities wherein the hype, as overwhelming as it is, somehow doesn't do them justice.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction!!!

[@kacemkafi1455]

They did everything before everybody out there, way before..and better than everybody

[@REN4eva]

Great reaction. I have loved the Beatles since I first heard them back in 1963 if I remember correctly. They are still, until this day, among the greatest of great. Thanks for bringing them up!

[@richardjacobs7632]

The Beatles were so dynamic when I first heard them as a 10 year old in 63. Been a fan ever since! It was destiny for them! Thanks

[@kerrywolfert5095]

Your point regarding live vs record back in the day was point on. As an example, I held an ambivalent opinion of the 70's group Kansas until I saw them in concert. It was the most amazing thing I ever heard. Incredible musician ship! Brian May, of Queen no less, said that he and Freddie were watching them play and " I said to Freddie 'these guys are playing this?' Unbelievable music and they sounded like a record'". Those were the days, weren't they?

[@LeChaunce]

Quick point of order -- On the line "Won't you PLEASE please help me" in the refrain, it's John on that high falsetto... much as they did on the bridge of "I Saw Her Standing There". There are enough bootlegs and officially released outtakes of them working on both songs that we can tell who's singing what in the harmonies. John loved taking a lot of those falsetto harmonies when he was able to pull it off, though given Paul's tendency to break out the Little Richard impression in those days it's easy to confuse the two.

[@AnglOsAxOn2]

I was lucky enough to grow up in an era where there were no tuners. The documentary series The Beatles Anthology revealed that Lennon wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress after the Beatles' quick rise to success. "I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for 'Help'"- Lennon

[@shannoncarlson6960]

That's an interesting quote from John. I always think he looked much better early on then his too skinny later years where he looks sick. I suppose we all have a spot where we feel happy with ourselves though. Thanks for the info

[@warrenhughes911]

The HARMONIES... Paul + George..omg!!!

[@camillajonsson6819]

It's like that for every artist/band/group. You'll hear they are underrated or overrated and when it gets as big as Beatles, you gonna get more of it. Like 'em or not. They did so much, inspired so many in a short period of time and people still listens to Beatles. That's all you need.

[@MikeGarland22]

John wanted out and this was his cry for “Help”!

[@bartonbagnes4605]

I'm pretty sure they wrote this before they got heavy into drugs because their movie Help was made when they still had short hair, so it had to be earlier in their careers. It's a great movie, if you haven't seen it yet you should.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

They were high all the way through filming Help. Maryjane was in da house.

[@dianaskrutskie7314]

Beatlemania was so crazy! I remember going to see "A Hard Day's Night", in the theater, when it first came out and not being able to hear the movie at all because of all the screaming. It was a movie for heaven's sake and they were screaming like it was a live concert. I was 10 at the time and I remember going home with a terrible headache. I loved the Beatles, still do and am so grateful that I got to experience it all from the beginning. It's something that people will never truly understand unless they were there. The anticipation of waiting for the next song to come out and then playing the 45's and albums we did have until they were scratched and skipping. It was magical!

[@justmaitake5910]

Not for anything brother, but that's John Lennon who takes the high note on the word "Pleaseee please..." He usually took the high note in the early days between he and Paul, same with the song "Please Please Me" and "I Saw Her Standing There" and other songs. Those were all Lennon taking the high note. McCartney does attempt the high "Help" note in the intro, and you can hear the difference between McCatney's voice cracking on that high note and Lennon's smooth, clean high note on the word "Please..."

[@dougsusie2319]

When John wrote this song he called it his fat Elvis period, he said he was eating and drinking like a pig. He was feeling very constricted by the whole Beatlemania thing and it was beginning to depress him. These guys did 3 world tours 64-66 and could never see anything but hotel rooms. They couldn't move about anywhere, they would have been crushed by fans, that would suck after a while. They also never played a show longer then 30 minutes for fear of riot conditions. Like Ringo said on the Anthology series, "we played for thirty minutes, 25 if we didn't like you" very Ringo, great sense of humor like they all had. I saw The Beatles in Pittsburgh when I was six years old, it was absolutely crazy, and one of the greatest experiences of my life to this day. You couldn't hardly hear a damn thing from the count in on the first song it was sheer pandemonium. They only had 25 watt amps in those days, could you imagine that? They were just way ahead of the technology back then for those types of audiences. I forgot, I saw them in September of 64.

[@jnagarya519]

"The Beatles" consolidated at the top by mid-1965. And they kept growing, breaking up at their peak.

[@jnagarya519]

No one else was so relaxed on stage. And everyone else "obeyed" their pre-planned and -rehearsed "choreography".

[@genebrenner855]

No fold-back monitors in that time period and with the girls screaming, I'm sure they couldn't hear themselves. Yet, yet, the vocals and harmonies are perfect.

[@steveneardley7541]

This was a real-life breakup song for John. He was very proud of the lyrics, because it was deeper than what he had done before. They sound great because they were ambitious, and their ambition was to be the greatest rock and roll band in the world. They succeeded but it didn't come easy.

[@johnbrinkman6150]

Before the Beatles life was in black and white. The Beatles turned it into technicolor over night!.

[@edgarsnake2857]

What a great performance. Thanks for the reaction.

[@accam6734]

Every performance of The Beatles - John, Paul, George and Ringo, is from the 60's.

[@MikeGarland22]

John's voice sounded the best here I believe. Incredible!

[@JoeKentMagic]

This shows what a great little LIVE combo they actually were ...

[@carlosrobertoramirezfuente2524]

Wonderful reaction, but I believe I should better say, great comment on a beautiful, classic song. You perfectly grabbed the essence of the Beatles magic: there you see four regular lads (wearing suits on a scenario, I grant that), just fooling around, just like you, just like me, just like any other guy, and then, suddenly, they started playing the most wonderful music anyone had ever listened to on that moment. You're right, there's no one like the Beatles. Thanks for your reaction.

[@larrydavis8249]

I’m not sure of the main reason of where the lyrics came from; but I did hear (at the time of its release) that after the director for the movie wanted a better title John and Paul created the song that evening and it was ready the next morning. That really demonstrates just how amazing they were as song writers!

[@holydado]

It was how John was feeling at the time.

[@jamesscanlan6240]

I'm pretty sure that was for a Hard Day's Night. But, yes, it took them all of an evening to come back with a hit song.

[@hw343434]

John wrote the song. About how he was feeling overwhelmed with BeatleMania

[@rodroller6634]

Not them, John. He wrote this song, when he was in his ‘Unhappy Fat Elvis stage’. He was miserable in his marriage, didn’t know who to trust and was growing tired of the grind. The fun was gone and he was eating, drinking and drugging to excess. The most amazing part is this cry for help was a worldwide #1.

[@luckylady7542]

I loved this song. I loved them during their "mop top" days. I really couldn't understand their songs later after they grew their hair long. I was still chewing bubble gum and in high school.😂🤣

[@teresarodriguez-cd5qh]

John wrote it because his marriage to Cynthia was ending

[@lancelot771]

@@teresarodriguez-cd5qh bullshit. He wrote Help! because of how he felt at that time, which led to him being fat

[@jnagarya519]

The "drug use" is 'way overblown -- especially by those who know nothing about drugs.

[@boosuedon]

John wrote this song and did it as a cry for "HELP!" He felt control of his life was slipping away, the demons of fame and money were taking a toll on him, drugs and affairs were calling to him. The song really was a call for someone, ANYONE, please "HELP ME"! I'm sure Paul and George had a hand in the arrangement, but the song was all John.

[@thedogwoods5716]

When there’s like 8 different eras for a band that wasn’t even around for a decade. No they weren’t overhyped

[@philipmorgan6048]

It's pure talent with a heaping of genius.

[@patticrichton1135]

what you said about today's concerts with all sorts of things going on up on stage, is something I have always said. Sometimes I think it's to distract you from voices that MIGHT not be as good as they are on the records. Whereas the Beatles didn't have any distractions on the stage while performing...then again NO actsback then had what you see happening on stage now, it was very simple.

[@user-man-now80]

Just to put the screaming into perspective, you need to check out the period when Sinatra was the man, and listen to the youngsters screaming in the audience. And also Elvis with the utter joy and screams from his fans. Decades before in the UK, audiences were enchanted by the duo Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth and the music of Ivor Novello. Audiences will react and the reaction is quite involuntary at first, becoming a required behavior. I was there when the Beatles period began. Their music was a revelation, it was exciting and listening to it was like an electrical stimulus taking over your body. It affected all age groups and the world became a better place. Their contribution to popular music is unparalleled. The question for me is ' are the reviewers qualified for the job ?' Sheffield South Yorkshire.

[@margaretkichenama2040]

❤️❤️❤️This and need More. Thank you Brad🙏

[@jnagarya519]

They occupied the #1 spot on the charts for 137 weeks.

[@jacquesatlantis4352]

Excellent bravo !

[@jnagarya519]

In Hamburg they played 8 hours a night 7 days a week. They were totally comfortable on stage.

[@ajmillendez478]

But there was no Noisy Fans so they are totally comfortable, not like when Beatlemania is strongest, after Candlestick Park they given up on Touring. The Rooftop concert they are comfortable because it's not noisy.

[@jnagarya519]

@@ajmillendez478 They were totally comfortable on stage because they played 8 hours a night 7 days a week in Hamburg for weeks on end. The screaming fans didn't affect that.

[@ajmillendez478]

@@jnagarya519 ah but what is the main factor of why they stopped touring?

[@jnagarya519]

@@ajmillendez478 They couldn't hear themselves. And touring is exhausting. But they were already pushing the technology in the studio.

[@evanleehome2178]

Perfect selection. Great song, great Lennon, great take. Originally John wrote this as a slower, more expressive statement of where he was personally (what he later called "my fat Elvis period").

[@DNGINFORMANT]

I believe the Audio of this recording is on the Anthology album. It’s definitely on a album because the intro I heard.

[@joesmith6524]

elvis and the beatles started lots of trends and opened up music!

[@jnagarya519]

"The Beatles" had and were FUN! No one else was.

[@charleskelly1887]

The abrupt count-in showed you how long these guys had played together.

[@paulsullivan1650]

You've really got it down my friend. You're knowledge of the Beatles is spot on. Yes, John did write this song about his life spinning out of control a bit. He thought he was over-eating a bit, and referred to it as his "fat Elvis" period! Which is why if you notice in the 70's he was so thin. He counted on Yoko to feed him only nutritional food. He was always concerned about his weight. Like I said, your Beatles knowledge is right up there my friend. Keep em' coming! Love to see more. Thanks.

[@jnagarya519]

"The Beatles' broke things up physically on stage. Everyone else was like robots.

[@shannoncarlson6960]

Back then, bands had to tour or at least play live in one spot like Elvis to earn more money. Now a band could live stream or sell digital copies of music for instant happiness for fans. It's not the same experience but they have so many ways of earning money without touring. Back then you had concerts, and records until the store ran out. Seeing a band live was so magical because you knew very little info about them. Now you see celebrities posting their dinner plates and daily events online. It's too much exposure. There's no real mystery.

[@michaelgentiluomo5385]

I met a person once who said he didn't like the Beatles. I thought how could NOT like them? Obviously, he must not been educated enough to appreciate them. It's up to us who grew up with the Beatles to inform the younger generation why they were so important!

[@personalcheeses8073]

If you ask people that say they don’t like The Beatles to critique one of their albums, they gaze at you open mouthed. They know nothing of their music

[@jeffreykennedy1266]

I’m a huge Beatles fan and not usually into people doing covers of their songs…but you really should check out a cover of Help sung by an Australian artist by the name of John Farnham, it’s insane… 👍

[@alexwalker8440]

first Oh, how I long for the Beatlemania days!! Just radio and vinyl, never saw them in concert, but I would have loved to! 💖🔥🥰👏 To me, the lyrics point more to the personal side than the fandom, but what do I know? I still love to listen to them, and do so every chance I get!

[@lkreinmiller-author]

I just went through my husband’s record collection. I have 2-3 original Beatles records. Can’t remember the titles. I’ll probably never listen to them but he loved them.

[@alexwalker8440]

@@lkreinmiller-author Original records? Hold on to them, they're probably worth a lot!!

[@lkreinmiller-author]

@@alexwalker8440 , yeah. I have them right next to his Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers etc. He was big into music.

[@chips1889]

I saw them twice live but didn't hear them. But I wouldn't have missed either.

[@user-man-now80]

The Beatles were certainly NOT overhyped. How on earth do you overhype the greatest and most influential band of all time. Revisionists need to get an education. Criticism for its own sake, which is endemic these days, is an affliction of the mind brought about by social media, and the seeming necessity to have an opinion based on everything without having the necessary knowledge or experience to back it up. Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

[@williamjordan5554]

Top selling musicians of all time. Consensus most influencial band of all time. 20 number ones in 7 years. Second best sales from 2000 to 2009 to Eminem.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

If anything I think John sounded more vulnerable on this recording than on the album/single. There's a real plaintiveness in his voice.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Just so you know -- a title like this is the OPPOSITE of "click bait."

[@charlesbecker6305]

Awesome...... If you weren't there ... because it wasn't just the music ~but it was the music ... and it was them ... and the ~times! Thanks!!!

[@michaelbedford8017]

To think that the most successful band in the world ever, ironically, were the least pretentious. They never forgot where they came from. Must be a lesson there.

[@mikephalen3162]

Oh, please. The mania was a sign of the times. As for the cultural phenomenon known as The Beatles, there's no question they're the greatest rock/pop band ever. The real question is, "Who's number two?"

[@jeffreypayne9235]

Zeppelin

[@jnagarya519]

There were "The Beatles". And then there was everyone else.

[@jnagarya519]

You can tell who wrote a song or part of song by who sings lead on it.

[@jnagarya519]

John was in his "fat Elvis period" and he was depressed. That's the origin of the song.

[@Honkersification]

hahahaha! G'day folks. Great intro.

[@Honkersification]

I think you are tight on both counts in terms ft the origins of the song. John said he felt he was going through a mid-life crisis. At 25! We should from a long distance band; I would only be able to sing backup harmonies to you amazing voice.

[@BronyDanProductions]

How do you think this song would have sounded, had they done it as John originally wanted it to be, as a slow ballad?

[@jackbatts1074]

I'm sure they loved the money they made,,but people could see that they were the real deal,,they stand and delivered,,you never got cheated with the beatles

[@williamjordan5554]

John had a Roy Orbison fetish. I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one on that high note. He wrote this.

[@trumanburbank6899]

HELP! still sounds good. There are very few Beatles tunes that I didn't care for like, "Mr Postman". The problem with "Roll Over Beethoven" is that they couldn't sound better than Chuck Berry. Their great tunes are the ones they wrote themselves. The Beatles are the greatest because they just kept on maturing. Other bands got better, but they got better and better and better. There is another band that did that - Pink Floyd.

[@brentlund2272]

REMEMBER.......NO MONITORS !

[@davidglass4227]

John has said many times this was about him. He felt this was his "fat Elvis" phase.

[@richtensail]

try john farnham covering help, lennon said that it was v way that he wanted 2 sing it but v system told him 2 sing it popy. jhn was fed up wit v fame n touring by vis stage.

[@georgesmith8988]

After the show all the seats had to be sprayed with colone due the urine from girl fans. The Who mentioned this in a song called 5:15

[@lkreinmiller-author]

I first heard the Beatles when I was a freshman in high school. I thought the singing was so-so, the screaming was stupid, and the songs were meh. As I’ve aged I’ve come to appreciate the songs more, and I realize they were the pace-setters for a whole era of music. But I still think the screaming is idiotic.

[@brainsareus]

To even ask if the Beatles are Overhyped, is an idiotic construct of a question. Why? They have established quality; you can love or hate them, of course; but being seen as overhyped; is not even a remotely logical question to ask.

[@BradSteele]

Lol they’re absolutely not overhyped. Just wanting something intriguing to put in the thumbnail 😂

[@beatlebrian4404]

@@BradSteele very clever mate!

[@jnagarya519]

LENNON wrote the song. It was during his "fat Elvis" period, he'd gained weight, he was depressed. And people who know nothing about the history and drugs make a big issue of drugs when they weren't the factor they believe.

[@ChrissaTodd]

yeah i always thought it was disrespectful to do what their fans did given they even say in interviews they could barely hear themselves perform because of it.

[@jnagarya519]

The excess use of vocal trills has destroyed music by making the singer's ego central, to the detriment of song and music.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Since you're doing the old masters, would you consider doing a reaction to Chuck Berry?

[@jnagarya519]

Before they were ""The Beatles," in Hamburg -- where they became "The Beatles' -- they were using amphetamine. So did Elvis when he was a truck driver.

[@jnagarya519]

John wrote the song because he was depressed. And the only drugs by this time was booze and amphetamine.

[@petefluffy7420]

Is this a fit ?

[@michaelgentiluomo5385]

I love the Beatles. However, lately I've seen Paul McCartney in concert. He tries to hit the high notes but doesn't quite make it. It's great to see him perform but aren't there enough lower key songs he could do? After all, he will be 80 next June!

[@PhilEvans-p7f]

Also three minutes in before you react and then seconds into it you pause it. Someone likes the sound of their own voice don't they.

[@randyzeitman1354]

They did not take them so seriously on stage. Why should they be audiences 12-year-old girls. It’s not opera.

[@sethmartin9076]

Any body here from last night

[@tandbugs]

im here from next week......

[@warrenhughes911]

Stop it!!! 800,000,000 records sold and counting...

[@michaelnoviello6302]

Too choppy...let it flow!

[@kendavison9553]

Do us all a favor and don't cover any more Beatles songs, it's painful!

[@BradSteele]

Hey that’s honestly kind of mean

[@ronturner9850]

No

[@normancaguioaalayon9312]

You want Beatles? Pls. React to REO Brothers,their covers of Beatles Medleys, Beatles Love Song Medleys and many more. You'll be amazed for sure. Tnx !💙💛❤🇵🇭

[@personalcheeses8073]

Definitely not overhyped nowhere near

[@richtensail]

b screamming gulls r awful. no wonder vey stoped touring.