Teenager Reacts to The Beatles - White Album (All Tracks!) (Beatles Journey Ep.15)

[@dcfan2020]

The waiting was the hardest part. Thanks Lyric!

[@james---b]

tom petty

[@270yis7]

They told Paul that he wrote too many ballads...so he responds by inventing heavy metal.

[@moviemaestro800]

And, conversely, John Lennon, after being known for largely writing edgy and/or ironic songs, writes an even more schmaltzy song than Paul usually would, as a lullaby for his son Julian, complete with shamelessly corny orchestration, albeit donating vocal duties to Ringo.

[@debjorgo]

Cry Baby Cry is one of the best songs on the album. I'd bump it to the playlist.

[@AdaedA1]

This is meant to be Listened to continuously !

[@NehemiahRyan]

Another quick comment to give you a heads up when you get there; Abbey Road has an 8-song medley on the second side of the album so those songs should all be listened to together in one listen if possible.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

I'll second this 👌

[@dcfan2020]

Check out the way the guitars build in "Dear Prudence" from subtle to blistering. Underrated.

[@rockeyrocket1224]

best drum ending ever on that track

[@jadebel7006]

@rockeyrocket1224 ...nah the end drumming In long tall sally gets you so hype

[@ewest14]

@@rockeyrocket1224 Great drum ending and it’s Paul on drums

[@jeanmichel6255]

Rocky raccoom one literally was the inspiration for the Marvel characther Rocket raccoon lol If you search for the first comics in wich he appears, the beginning is literally equal to the beginning of the song

[@LyricReactsYT]

Fun fact

[@cuchulainx3125]

Ringo’s whispered words at the end are ‘Goodnight everybody, everybody everwhere’, simple and lovely

[@costerluver]

Do I like Revolution 9 and enjoy listening to it? Fuck no! Do I think it's awesome that in 1968, the most popular band in the world included an eight and half minute avant-garde sound collage on their album, have millions of people listen it and expose them to a type of music that they normally never would? Fuck yeah!

[@Steve_Stowers]

Over the years, plenty of people have expressed the opinion that the White Album is too long and should have been limited to just a single disc of the best songs-but there isn't a consensus over which tracks should have made the cut. The songs you don't like are someone else's favorites. Here's what Paul had to say: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmrbdXWKpbGtY5o

[@dennydowling2169]

a few months ago I went back an listened to all of th 'fiiler' tracks on this album' an I found something to like in each of them. because of course they areBeatles songs.

[@jadebel7006]

You have a few ppl that like some of those songs I'm going to mention but the majority agree that ob la Di, wild honey pie, bungalow bill, Martha my dear, p!ggies, rocky raccon, I will, birthday, Sadie, honey pie and rev 9 are the weaker more filler tracks on the album..some.ppl may have a soft spot for one or two of those songs..I do for rocky raccon and wild honey ..but overall they're clearly the weaker songs..altho I agree in it staying as it was because a double album is a iconic concept all on its own

[@dcfan2020]

@@jadebel7006 No majority agrees on any of that. The 'White Album" defies consensus and it's part of the charm.

[@jasongress8764]

The album is perfect exactly the way it is.

[@themadcow71]

I love that they put Revolution 9 on the album. It's so gangster. We're the Beatles and we'll do what we want.

[@suileol]

Revolution 9 has become one of my favorite Beatles songs because of just how different and bold it is

[@Grithron2]

@@suileol Which begs the question - is Lumpy Gravy your favorite Zappa album?

[@AB39]

this but also with wild honey pie

[@shadshowadradna]

I loved your added comments at the end. The longest ever Beatles session was the one John and Paul spent working together sequencing the tracks for The White Album. It is, in a way, a mix tape, except all the tracks are by the same band. The sequencing is vital to making it cohere - it is kind of a work of art in itself.

[@anthonyromagnole2807]

You have great taste in music. That is why you will be successful in this endeavor. Another great reaction.

[@jadenpina3989]

2:25:01 “probably the longest song title I’ve seen period” if you ever listen to pink floyd, be hyped for the incoming banger: “several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict”, best song by the band

[@santanamauricio]

the beatles don't have bad albums, they were the best albums in their year, compared to other bands materials for the same years

[@costerluver]

This album holds a special place in my heart. It was the first Beatles album I listened to that wasn’t a greatest hits/compilation album and was therefore the first time I felt like I was discovering hidden gems and getting to know and love the Beatles more than every other person knows and loves them. It’s still my third favourite Beatles album all these years later (behind Revolver and Abbey Road). What’s fun about The White Album is that every Beatles fan will agree that there are “filler songs” on it but no Beatles fan will agree what the “filler songs” are. One Beatles fan’s filler will be another Beatles fan’s favourite and vice versa (with a few exceptions). While I don’t think it’s the Beatles’ best album, I do think it’s their most interesting and the best at starting conversations and debates amongst Beatles fans. Enjoy!

[@anthonyromagnole2807]

You definitely need to watch the live version of Yer Blues that John Lennon did with Eric Clapton and Keith Richards (on base!). The group, named Dirty Mac, did this one-time performance as part of a Rolling Stones special. It is on KZbin.

[@eleanorredhead9646]

I just wanted to say that I’ve been watching your videos since the start of your Beatles journey and ever since you mentioned that George might be your favourite, I’ve been waiting for you to react to this album. Like you, I’m a younger Beatles fan and it’s so nice to see people our age appreciate their music, so thank you for all of your videos and it only gets better from here!

[@chardywork]

You saved it at the end with that intelligent epilogue! Great reaction, as usual.

[@edgarlazaro859]

On regards of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, the lead weeping guitar was played by the one and only Eric Clapton (although he was originally uncredited for it). George and Eric were best friends for the most part of the former’s life, and collaborated numerous times over the years. There are two versions of this song that I encourage you to check out: one sung by Eric Clapton at the Concert For George in 2002, accompanied by a superstar band including Paul, Ringo, and George’s son Dhani; and other at George’s induction into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004 sung by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne (from ELO), also featuring Dhani Harrison, Steve Winwood and fellow inductee Prince playing a stellar ending solo.

[@karlofgalovsky]

Wild honey/bungalow/while my guitar are meant to be listening without pauses in between, as it was originally on the vinyl.

[@dougdoesall]

Being a boomer, and one of "those who were there", I can tell you that haters were all over paul because he got really bossy and egotistical around or before this period. The White Album was very difficult. The engineer quit on them for the abuses they threw at each other, they often recorded by themselves...Paul especially was by himself much of the time..playing drums instead of ringo...playing guitar instead of george..on his own songs. The other three were mad at him all the time. This is where their breakup really began. They got sick of paul while recording 'Obla-di" because he kept on and on and on doing take after take. Even Ringo hated it. So, it really gained a bad reputation. Fans and basically the industry tagged the song to paul's ego and passive/aggressive bullying (which was a blend of that, but also he had been the one holding the beatles together, and he then resented their hate of his control, yet he did start to think his shit didn't stink. It's a mixed bag of truths and half/truths. Lennon had his own egotistical faults. Then McCartney sneaked and bought a bunch of their publishing company shares, or whatever that was, behind Lennon's back. It was a mess). But even through that, as Ringo and really the other two have admitted spottily later...there were some good moments recording the album. In the end, they all sooner or later admitted they like the album. When it comes to wanting to do a good job on putting an album out, and saving the brand, they all come together and make it happen. [note: I am a huge fan of 'revolution 9'. I felt Lennon, and felt why he did it. It was a perfect "song" to put on the album. It was one of the leftover psychedelic moments, and a huge one...worthy of Magical Mystery Tour album. I also am a huge fan of McCartney's 'Wild Honeypie". You need to give "Savoy Truffle" another listen.

[@ewest14]

I think you should do more research on what really happened during the Northern Songs shares situation. Paul had a negligible 1,000 shares more than the 750,000 he started with, which is 0.133%. They both started at 750,000 shares and John lost 100,000 (14%) in his divorce. So the 1,000 shares Paul bought was nothing compared to the 100,000 John had already lost. Paul was just investing in himself and the extra shares didn’t gain him any extra power. I think you’re completely off about who Paul was at the time and what he did. He was not any more egotistical than someone like John. He was just a perfectionist and cared the most. That doesn’t make him an egotistical tyrant.

[@tappanoot]

HI!!! i've been watching this series since you started with please please me, i've adored this entire series and this was my second most anticipated video (next to revolver, which is my personal favorite beatles album) i'm commenting to point something out, i'm not sure if anyone else in these comments has cleared it up: what you heard at the end of cry baby cry is a track called "can you take me back?", which was never listed on the actual album, and was just put on the album in between cry baby cry & rev 9. that's why there's such a switch up!! it's a neat hidden-ish track that was never officially listed in the track listing

[@shermanmi]

One of the most fun parts of the White Album is constructing your own single album out of the 30 songs either by your own preference or, if you're a studious and silly Beatle-maniac like many of us are, based on how you think the band might have done it (example: you might not include "Don't Pass Me By," but maybe the Beatles would have given Ringo a spotlight anyway for one of their 12-14 tracks).

[@dcfan2020]

Add "Hey Jude" is a great idea. A common comment is that this is a 'Desert Island" record because of the variety and the artistic value.

[@simostuff2079]

eric clapton on guitar in While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[@johnwedgbury6817]

Hello again young man, welcome to the greatest and most diverse double album of all time. So many different genres on this one. We told you they exploded from rubber soul onwards didn't we?

[@jadebel7006]

Deffo not the greatest beatles album..most rank it 4th or 5th..5th for me...alot of great tracks and good variety but no songs comes close to some of the masterpieces of the last few albums..NONE compare to strawberry fields, penny Lane, Lucy in the sky, a day in the life, tomorrow never knows...helter-skelter and while my guitar gently weeps comes close as does yer blues and long long long but they don't compare to the previous masterpieces

[@blake_lively_matters6553]

@@jadebel7006 - John Lennon himself called 'Lucy' 'abysmal'. It is garbage. Elton John did a much better cover.

[@jonunderscore]

@@jadebel7006 Julia is the best song Lennon ever wrote

[@johnwedgbury6817]

One more thing, the reason the white album is so many tracks, the beatles wanted to get out of a contract with a label, and it was based on how many songs they released, not on the number of albums. I heard george martin in an interview reveal that.

[@moptop7944]

The song Birthday is a great song to play on your birthday!!! 🎂

[@kentclark6420]

Oh bla di, Oh bla da topped the single's charts in many countries, and was 49 on the Billboard's top 100. It was performed by Paul more recently in his concerts.

[@dougdoesall]

As concerns 'revolution 9', I don't know if it is because you are young, or unexposed to various abstract art forms of many kinds, or if you simply are narrow in your scope of enjoyment, or you simply don't know, out of lack of experience, how to listen to something without thinking and talking. Number 9 is to be listened to without examination. It is a sound journey. You cannot...simply cannot find anything in it unless you listen with virgin ears. In the 60s it was all about letting go and letting your mind expand. A lot of "head stuff".was popular, or became popular at this time. Listen to early Pink Floyd albums. The Beatles, paid attention to all the abstract "out there" "underground" stuff, and they in turn influenced other people to DO their 'out there' stuff. It was a "thing", and has value. You just haven't discovered that yet, or maybe won't. Anyone who has done hallucinogenic drugs understands, but you don't have to have done that to see the value. Open your head, or "feed your head", as the Jefferson Airplane said.. AND...perhaps you will find your meaning in the art form you have opened up to and let flow through you without judgement or conventional thought (if you can. No insults here. Just stating sojmething about certain Avant Garde stuff. Conventional thinking only hears and sees "trash" in most such art, whether it's visual or audial}. A musician doesn't have to record or write a traditional conventional "song" in order to have interesting sounds to hear. Again...Pink Floyd.

[@moptop7944]

I've heard in order to understand Revolution 9 you have to listen to it in its entirety 9 times in a row! Maybe you could make a video of that and see what happens?? 😂

[@dcfan2020]

"Cry Baby Cry" is not as bad as the others on side 4. Give it another chance. "Good Night" is a good come down from the freak out of "Revolution 9".

[@gpxo11]

Revolution 9 is what's known as a sound collage-not a song-if you listen to it backwards, the Number 9 sequence says "Turn Me On dead Man" and it supposedly is the sound of Paul's death in a car wreck and fire while hearing it frontwards depicting the confusion of a revolution.

[@pranav7762]

The moment we all have been waiting for ;)

[@LB-yh2bj]

When I first heard this album I thought the same and now that I have been a fan for a few years now i only skip maybe 3 or 4 of them. Especially dear prudence it is now one of my favorite songs ever

[@LyricReactsYT]

The only unnecessary songs I think now are wild Honey pie, savoy truffle, cry baby cry, and revolution 9

[@dcfan2020]

@@LyricReactsYT "Cry Baby Cry" is not unnecessary. It is too close to "Revolution 9" and caught it's cooties. Really it is much more like "Sexy Sadie" and just needs to sink in a little.

[@psychedelicpiper999]

@@LyricReactsYT”Cry Baby Cry” and “Revolution 9” are the climax of the album. I’m willing to sit through the entire album, just to experience those tracks in the album’s context. I’m often looking forward to them when I hear the entire album.

[@blake_lively_matters6553]

@@LyricReactsYT - Unbelievable!! You'll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffle!

[@blake_lively_matters6553]

@@dcfan2020 - Could you take a minute out of your busy day, Hon, and learn when to use the apostrophe in its? Thanks!

[@gregorydahl5489]

Exceptional reaction ! Thank you ! Your synopsis at the end of your commentary was very enlightening. This was my number one album when I was 15, with just about the same likes and dislikes as you. Now things have changed drastically while still liking my first picks, my new favorites are Sexy Sadie, Savoy Truffle and Cry Baby Cry, which I was more dismissive of at the start. Revolution 9 is still low on the list. You really pick up on things so fast ! I never thought of John Lennon recording instruments backwards ! That is how he got “ Turn me on dead man”, when Revolution 9 is played backwards. Again, thank much for going through this Beatles reaction you’re doing ! You lift my spirits, in doing so.

[@jaymiller8222]

Your day-after video is an excellent analysis of the White Album as art. As people re-listen to Beatles albums, the tracks they initially dismiss (Dear Prudence, Rocky Raccoon, I Will, etc.) often become favorites, so do yourself a favor and don't skip too many. As for Hey Jude, try updating the side four playlist to include all 3 White Album tracks that were omitted and instead released as singles (Revolution, Hey Jude & Lady Madonna). Its amazing.

[@blake_lively_matters6553]

The faster, horrid, single of 'Revolution' sucks dog dick.

[@NehemiahRyan]

This is my short comment about the White Album album. I'll post a longer one separately. The thing I love about this album is that this is the most Beatley album. Most of the songs on it came from them being isolated in India and away from the influence of other music. These truly are their own songs. "The Beatles" is a perfect name for the album. It's also cool that even though the cover is blank, the songs are so colorful. Dear Prudence is my favorite song of all time.

[@MaceGill]

I love this album! And yet I think of it as the least 'Beatley" album 😅 To me, It's less an album by the Beatles, and more of an album by Johnm Paul, George and Ringo. And it's a fantastic album! ❤

[@NehemiahRyan]

​@@MaceGillI can see where you're coming from. Alot of it was definitely recorded as separate band members. I was thinking more along the lines of the songwriting.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

The way Back in the USSR transitions into Dear Prudence is one of my favourite musical moments of all time... and the song pairing of Helter Skelter and Long Long Long is my favourite song pairing of all time

[@jadebel7006]

Long long long..is so underrated..3rd best track on the album behind helter-skelter and while my guitar gently weeps

[@edwardthorne9875]

No, you don't have to listen to all 4 sides at once. In order to understand 'Honey Pie', you have to go back to the 30s for what was called Music Hall. Paul's father played Ukelele, and this type of fun tune is very old fashioned indeed. John called it 'granny music'. Personally, I love it. Revolution 9 is a gas in a dark room, and eyes closed. It is actually quite scary and powerful. Yes, such a wonderful diversity in these tracks.

[@Grithron2]

I have zero patience for people who don't get instantly fascinated by Revolution 9 when they hear it - instantly determined to unravel its mysteries: not just the obvious (where do all those samples come from?, what were John & George "really" saying throughout the track?) but the eternal question of what was John's intent at the time, as opposed to how he tried to rationalize it years after the fact. In a way it's the most important thing the Beatles ever did, merely on a technical/meta level.

[@vendelayindustries]

Definitely one of their best albuims. My favourites always shift between Abbey road, The white album and Sgt. Pepper. Liked your added 12 minutes at the end of this reaction. Trust me; This album will grow on you over time.

[@julianrizzotti2429]

Damn sexy sadie, dear prudence, and happiness is a warm gun are three of my favorite songs of all time. Surprised u didnt like sexy sadie at all

[@jadebel7006]

I wholly disagree..sadies one of the worst songs on the album..b0ring instraumental..nothing new cor creative..nothing that feels emotive..or that makes you want to dance..nothing philosophical or catchy about it..doesnt tell a great story.. it essentially does nothing lool

[@iamtheshed2584]

If you listen to the Rolling Stones recordings at the same time you need ear plugs . . . GOD BLESS ALL 4 I AM THE SHED ! ! ! ! !

[@paulknight9998]

There's a lyric video to Revolution 9 being played backwards. Scariest shit I've ever seen.

[@eclecticdog2k901]

This is absolutely my favorite Beatles album. (I’ve always preferred longer media, so this is extremely on brand for me lol.) Everything’s so unique and fun, and there’s so MUCH of it! I really enjoyed hearing your updated thoughts at the end; you had some points I’ve never really thought about, like yeah, this really is just “the Beatles”! And I do imagine just about everyone would like at least one song from it. I’m looking forward to hearing how you think Revolution compares to Revolution 1 in your Past Masters reaction; I personally definitely prefer the single version. Admittedly I wasn’t expecting love for Revolution 9, but I hope you enjoy the three right before it more on relistens, I love all of those. Sexy Sadie & Rocky Raccoon too, they’re such fun. Savoy Truffle did take me a while to warm up to to be fair, but it’s a firm favorite now. And I have to admit I really like Revolution 9 too-it’s an experience! When you’re shuffling the Beatles in the car when it’s dark out and it comes on, that’s an eerie, atmospheric, wild listen that feels like you’re eavesdropping on a horror/sci-fi story from an alternate universe. For that alone I think it absolutely deserves to be considered music/art.

[@garyfletcher844]

You must hear "You Know My Name/ Look Up The Number"

[@garyfletcher844]

If you understand what blues is about you will know that it is just a lyryc. Blues is suppose to have a sad undertone

[@moptop7944]

Also, one last comment... Your add on at the end, I hope that wasn't because you read stuff telling you the white album should be rated higher. Personally, I have no problem if you like Rubber Soul or Magical Mystery Tour better. Its a subjective thing, and they're all quite different albums. If you prefer a certain style or sound that's a personal decision. I'm not saying you changed your mind because of that, or just from repeated listens or more thought. Just to let you know there's no pressure, no wrong answer. We all just want your honest feedback and feelings. For example, I have a niece, 14, she LOVES the Beatles, but only up to Rubber Soul. She's not into anything after that, but she's obsessed with the early stuff. Anyway, love your videos, fun to watch, and look forward to more! After you finish the albums, you should check out their movies! A Hard Days Night, HELP!, Yellow Submarine, and Get Back.

[@donrichards271]

Back in the USSR is a bit ironic given that at the time The Beatles were banned in the Soviet Union. This had the result of driving their music into an underground and creating an atmosphere of anti establishment and even rebellion. Some credit this as being a non-trivial contribution to the eventual downfall of the USSR and the fall of the Iron Curtain.

[@LambLiesDownOnBroadway]

Masterpiece. One of the BEST albums ever made! ☺

[@garylee3685]

Dunno why reactors have to dissect lyrics when there is nothing there to dissect. Some songs are more sound with lyrics as an afterthought. The monkey was Yoko. I believe in the hate mail someone called her a monkey. Revolution was the b-side of Hey Jude which was released before Revolution 1.

[@larshenrikfabrin7640]

I have been waiting for this, because - it's actually my favorite Beatles album (can you believe it?). I enjoyed your reaction a lot, and agree with a lot of your comments. I loved your final comment, it is not far from my own assessment. I also don't like Revolution 9 - although it makes more sense to me than it did 50 years ago, it is what a revolution would sound like in art form. I don't often listen to it. The rest of the tracks (al 29 of them) I really like, and a lot of them are masterpieces. Thank you for a great reaction, and I look forward to the next ones also, especially 'Let it Be' and 'Abbey Road'

[@jadebel7006]

That mayb what rev 9 is supposed to be but it sounds nothing like that..if u have to be told it sounds like a revolution instead of realising it yourself..then it doesn't sound like it lool

[@nicklenz7030]

I love your reactions and I agree that the last tracks lack a bit of wow elements. Revolution 9 is sth I listen to every maybe tenth time I listen to the album. I always had a soft spot for Honey Pie thoug, because of its nineteentwenties vibes. What I like about this video: Your additional comments at the end show a certain depth. Your willingness to change your opinion after some hours of "pondering" are praiseworthy.

[@LyricReactsYT]

I like Honey pie more now because it adds more versatility with the 20s element

[@Davi-yj2ht]

​​@@LyricReactsYTTrue, it adds the old timey vibe. I would reccomend listening to the 2018 stereo remix of Honey Pie, that version makes the background woodwinds section more prominent and makes the song better in my opinion Also, I love watching your videos, so cool seeing you react to all The Beatles music :)

[@jadebel7006]

Honey pie sucks lol its just a blander version of Martha my dear and even that's not very good lol

[@Davi-yj2ht]

@@jadebel7006 just a matter of taste. I much prefer Honey Pie to Martha My Dear, and I don't find it bland at all. To each their own. Cheers mate!

[@ricardo_miguel13]

@@jadebel7006how old are you?

[@dcfan2020]

As edited, this video may leave some viewers believing that Rocky Racoon died after he collapsed in the corner. But, very good news from the next verse: "Doc, it's only a scratch And I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able!" Ps. Thanks Lyric for the shoutout, "Liverpool, Tennessee" stuck right in your brain.

[@Grithron2]

Lyric may not be aware that when the White Album was released originally on vinyl, the sides were unbanded - just like Sgt Pepper - making it very difficult to pick out individual tracks, and thereby signalling that you were meant to listen to each side as a piece. (Therefore interlude tracks like WIld Honey Pie, Can You Take Me Back and Why Don't... function as part of a larger whole and should never be analysed as gesamstkunstwerker).

[@5opkauniverse]

You should try to listen 2018 mix, it’s really good

[@mysterymac38]

I've discovered that after you hear Yoko sing, Revolution 9 doesn't sound that bad after all.

[@eclecticdog2k901]

This one’s my favorite Beatles album (and I’ve always favored longer pieces of media so this is very on-brand for me lol). I really appreciated hearing your extra thoughts at the end! It really is just “the Beatles”. And I never thought about the idea before that anyone would likely enjoy at least one song from it, that’s such a cool thought. I’m interested to hear how Revolution compares to Revolution 1 when I get to your Past Masters reaction; I much prefer the single version myself! While I wasn’t expecting love for Revolution 9, I hope you enjoy the three right before it more on later listens, I love all of those. Sexy Sadie & Rocky Raccoon too, they’re such fun. (now Savoy Truffle did take me a while to warm up to to be fair, but it’s a firm favorite now!) And I have to admit I do really like Revolution 9 too-it’s an experience! When you’re shuffling the Beatles in the car when it’s dark out and it comes on, that’s an eerie, atmospheric, wild listen that feels like you’re eavesdropping on a horror/sci-fi story from an alternate universe. For that alone I think it absolutely deserves to be considered music/art.

[@SK-lk3iu]

I agree with your ranking of the different Sides!

[@reidbishop4371]

Can we assume that after thrashing Revolution 9 to death you'll now listen to its namesake Revolution, the B-side to Hey Jude? If you do, and you watch the excellent video clip of it, it might be just the thing to heal your bruised ears!

[@PeterBuwen]

Maybe the White is sometimes my favourite. Probably.

[@dcfan2020]

Challenge: Make your own 'Single Album". Keep it under 50 minutes for vinyl. Post it here as a comment. Side 1: Back in the U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence Glass Onion Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Wild Honey Pie The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is a Warm Gun Side 2: Birthday Cry Baby Cry Blackbird Piggies Sexy Sadie Helter Skelter Mother Nature's Son Julia My choice includes the original side 1 intact plus 23.5 minutes of my favorites for side 2. Very tough choices had to be made. We will see that no consensus exists.

[@jadebel7006]

Really? Birthday over the beautiful long long long? Birthday is the single handed worst song on this album lool

[@dcfan2020]

@@jadebel7006 I always play "Birthday" with cake at every birthday party. It has to be the first song on the side. I did include "Piggies" for more of George's music.

[@dennydowling2169]

Apparently Lennon was in spired by CharlesShulz of 'p'Oeanuts' fame whose first book was named 'happiness is a warm puppy'.

[@garylee3685]

The walrus was Paul refers to the costumes on MMT, not a death clue. They had no ideas about death clues since those started as a DJ in Detroit's imagination in 1970.

[@anthonyromagnole2807]

I had heard about the clues before 1970. When Sgt. Pepper came out, people were talking about the lyrics page where Paul was turned around, and George was pointing to the time of Paul's death (Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock as the day begins).

[@garylee3685]

@anthonyromagnole2807 maybe, but it wasn't widely known til the DJ started the publicity is all I'm saying. Certainly, the Beatles had nothing to do with the clues that fans imagined.

[@anthonyromagnole2807]

@garylee3685 All I am saying is that my oldest sister and her friends were talking about it in 1967. It may not have been known to the casual fans, but the hard core ones knew about it long before a DJ talked about it. Buying, sharing and discussing albums were major activities in that period.

[@garylee3685]

@anthonyromagnole2807 since McCartney supposedly died in Nov. 66, I find it hard to believe your sister was talking about it in '67. There were very few "clues" out at that time.

[@jadebel7006]

I've heard them talk about it in interviews before 1970..they were very much aware of it and I've heard John say himself that was part of what glass onion was about

[@kentclark6420]

How do you get around the copyright thing? The distortion is insane. You sound really smashed. My bad- I must have skipped the beginning.

[@davidfisher8821]

Now everyone can play the old parlor game, make the White Album a single not a double album. Choose seven songs a side, fourteen total. Make the White Album a 14 song masterpiece !

[@moviemaestro800]

And what's amusing about this game is that if you get 30 different people to make a tracklist for a single disc White Album, you'll get 30 different White Albums.

[@Grithron2]

And now...Comment #3: The title of "Ob-la-di-ob-la-da" is a garbled Yoruba phrase that Mac had picked up from percussionist Jimmy Scott. "Martha My Dear" in its finished form is no more about the dog than "Hey Jude" was about Julian by the time he'd finished that. "Helter Skelter" isn't about a slide either: if it means anything at all it has to be a sex song. (Instead of guitar feedback, the jam-out section has Lennon and Mal Evans aimlessly honking around on brass instruments). The "what is this?" in Yer Blues - it's George showing off his new Leslie cabinet. George claimed "Me and My Monkey" was inspired by the Maharishi's bizarre sayings. The coda to "Long Long Long" (preceded in the religious stakes by "Within You..." and arguably "The Inner Light") has a vibrating wine bottle (perched on an amplifier) as percussion. The album version of "Revolution (1) " predates the single version but was released second. One final comment - If he finds R9 so perplexing, I just hope this guy never listens to an early Nurse With Wound album.

[@phadde]

I agree with ranking it below Rubber Soul, good call! 28 amazing filler tracks, I mean the best filler tracks ever compiled on one album.

[@garyfletcher844]

first metal song

[@kentclark6420]

I disagree with you on sides 3 and 4- my favorite sides, especially 4. I'm surprised you liked Strawberry Fields and I am the Walrus, but didn't get the eccentric British vibe of Sexy Sadie, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, and Cry Baby Cry. I like Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, While my guitar, and Julia, but even they don't capture the surreal nature of the last side. Plus, Helter Skelter isn't my thing. Maybe you'll have a different take on it the more you listen. Ok, now that I just caught your last few minutes, I see that I may have been right. Anything that's as strange as this album can be an acquired taste.

[@jaredf6205]

Make sure you listen to Let It Be before Abbey Road, Let It Be was released after Abbey Road, but Abbey Road is their actual last album made and makes for a much better ending anyway.

[@dcfan2020]

Rocky Raccoon from Liverpool, East Dakota, UK

[@smokeylonesome4328]

The album definitely has some filler. It’s a fun game among Beatles fans to make their own single albums, keeping only their favorite songs. Here’s mine: Side One 1. Back in the USSR 2. Dear Prudence 3. Glass Onion 4. Ob-la-di Ob-la-da 5. Wild Honey Pie 6. Yer Blues 7. Mother Nature’s Son 8. Long Long Long 9. Happiness is a Warm Gun Side Two 10. Helter Skelter 11. Im So Tired 12. Blackbird 13. Julia 14. Rocky Raccoon 15. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except me and my Monkey 16. While My Guitar Gently Weeps And then I run out of room for the album. Maybe release Martha My Dear and Piggies as a single.

[@LyricReactsYT]

You're a mad man for keeping wild Honey pie

[@smokeylonesome4328]

@@LyricReactsYT Well it’s only ~50 seconds, and I like the way it transitions from Ob-la-di. I guess I understand why it gets hate, its pretty silly. It also transitions into Don’t Pass Me By really nicely, but I don’t like that song too much.

[@jadebel7006]

But really Martha my dear n piggies as singles..absolutely not 2 of the worst songs on the album lol

[@smokeylonesome4328]

@@jadebel7006 Well we can agree to disagree there :-] I’d put ‘em both in A-tier.

[@dcfan2020]

The best track on the album by far: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - you can listen to the next 23 songs and it still will be.

[@jadebel7006]

For me it's helter-skelter..then while my guitar gently weeps second

[@dcfan2020]

"Happiness Is Warm Gun" had multiple meanings. The three Lyric mentions plus it's the NRA motto.

[@NehemiahRyan]

Here's the long comment that's unnecessary now since you've already got your schedule posted, haha. Let It Be should be next, Abbey Road should be last. Here's why. [This may be more than you care to know, lol] The White Album was released in November 1968. The Beatles went into the studio in January 1969 and recorded all the songs that ended up on Let It Be, except for one - I, Me, Mine - although they rehearsed the song 40+ times during the same time as the other songs. The Beatles filmed the sessions for a TV special that was dropped and eventually evolved into a feature length film. At the end of January, the band took a break while Ringo filmed a movie for a couple months. During these months, the Beatles gave the recordings of the January sessions to producer Glynn Johns to make an album/soundtrack for the upcoming film. After Ringo finished filming his movie the band returned to the studio to work on a new album, which would become Abbey Road. During the Abbey Road sessions, Get Back/Don't Let Me Down was released as a single in April 1969, intending to accompany the Get Back film and soundtrack to be released shortly after. In May 1969 the Beatles did a photoshoot for the Get Back album cover, and George Martin and Glynn Johns finished a final mix of the album. The release date for Get Back was announced to be in June 1969. But the Get Back film was taking longer than expected to be finished so the album release kept getting pushed back, even though the songs were all recorded and the album was produced and ready for release. Over the months that followed, a couple bootlegged copies of the Get Back album were taken and it became the most bootlegged album ever. It was even played on a few radio stations in Canada and the US before Abbey Road came out. By the end of 1969, the film was almost ready for release but the director wanted to have I, Me, Mine on the soundtrack since there was a scene that had the song. So Paul, George and Ringo recorded the song for him. John was on holiday and had already privately left the band. By the time I Me Mine was recorded the Beatles weren't a band anymore but just three solo artists who were working on their solo careers getting together to record a song. The Get Back album of the January 1969 sessions was retitled "Let It Be" to correspond to the Let It Be single that was just released, and the album tapes were handed over to producer Phil Spector to reproduce a soundtrack. Because the Get Back album couldn't be released until the film was ready, the Beatles decided to release the album they had just finished, Abbey Road. Just one month after the Beatles finished recording Abbey Road, and a few days before it was released, John told the guys he was leaving the band, which ended the Beatles career together as a band. Abbey was indeed the final album The Beatles recorded, which is why it should be last.

[@michaelt6218]

No successful band ever put as much *variety* on their albums as the Beatles. It's why you really can't place them in any particular genre, because they could do anything they wanted, and they did, better than just about anyone else.

[@james---b]

i'm pretty sure the monkey, in everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey, is a reference to lennon's girl, soon to be wife, yoko ono.

[@dcfan2020]

At this time John & Yoko are sniffing heroin.

[@dcfan2020]

Are those new headphones?

[@dcfan2020]

"Yer Blues" that's the Hero&n talking. Conflicted as F. Pair this song with "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" (Monkey means monkey on my back or addiction.) Also "Cold Turkey" from John & Plastic Ono Band. (1969)

[@SK-lk3iu]

Nothin' wrong with Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, I saw that poll & thought it was ridic.

[@jadebel7006]

It's not bad..its just OK at best..its catchy but it does have an element of cringe to it

[@IvorPresents]

I am no fan of Revolution #9. After repeated listening one knows the cues by heart. I still feel it was a wasted filler. On the White album you do get some of their best works. some light hearted works. kids songs. music hall songs. Variety. I do not see the Religious tie in to Long, long, long. Not like in Let it Be.

[@williamsherwin9492]

There is something wrong with Birthday. That's not proper. You could not hear the vocals

[@DiamondTaoDT]

Absolutely. Maybe it has to do with using the 2009 remix, I have not actually listened to it. But the vocals were unnaturally low.

[@thisishere]

I agree, this album is bloated, their producer Geroge Martin said they should have relased it as two separate albums but I think they should have just kept the best 14 and scrapped the rest, it's a lot of filller. It's still and intriguing album with lots a variety and great moments, lookin forward to the next album reaction/review.

[@marcuspi999]

How is Rocky Racoon confusing? It's the only song that doesn't have a hidden meaning. Paul wanted to write an American style folk song. It's just a story.

[@dennydowling2169]

The Beatles ar probably th most self-referential group ever. Thr mmost common of evwch is the use or'yeah, yea,yeah' 'yeah,yeah,yeah'tryea Lrnnon even vcontinued to use it as late as his final album in his love letter to Yoko Ono(titled 'Woman')

[@mikesweeney263]

If you think Mother Nature's Son is beautiful, you should listen to Harry Nilsson's version.

[@DanielDurnbaugh]

I know you did not care for I Will, however the bass on the song are vocalizations by Paul.

[@wishingb5859]

Laughing. Around the time that you liked the doing it in the road song and didn't find anything special about "I Will" I became very aware that males and females still think very differently. If you ever have a gf and want to cause her to swoon, play, "I Will"

[@jadebel7006]

Female here..I will is one of their worst songs ever lool

[@markydh83]

Revolution 9 is awful. Paul McCartney absolutely hated it and was completely against it being on the album. It’s meant to be a sound collage and it’s meant to be a sound representation of what a revolution would be like. It’s still fecking awful, though. It’s funny that you don’t like I Will. It’s one of my absolute favourites! This was the album where each Beatle did their own thing and there are a lot of tracks that only had 2 or 3 of them playing on it. 5 are effectively completely solo; Wild Honey Pie, Julia, Blackbird, Mother Nature’s Son & Good Night (though the final two do have unnamed instrumentalists. You’re right that this is the “we’ll do every genre there is” album (and in the case of Helter Skelter, almost invent a brand new one; heavy metal). Fun fact about Why Don’t We Do It in the Road. John was really upset that Paul didn’t include him in the recording process as it’s his kind of vibe. Anyway, it’s also the album where they fought the most. Recording Let It Be has always been believed to be a terrible experience, but the recent Get Back documentary series has really challenged that view. They actually had a lot of fun being a proper band again for the majority of the time. There were moments of tension but that’s the same for any band. Sadly the contributions to the album by John and George aren’t up to their usual standard. Paul was prolific as hell, though, with two of his songs arguably being in the top 10 he wrote during his time as a Beatle.

[@Grithron2]

McCartney eventually revealed he didn't hate it - he just resented the fact that Lennon froze him out of the creative process, and agitated for its release despite having a year earlier rejected McCartney's own experimental piece (Carnival Of Light)

[@cuchulainx3125]

Interesting that Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da was voted one of worst ever songs. Tastes change and it was popular at the time. The Beatles didn’t release it as a single, thank god, but it was covered by Scottish band Marmalade in 1969 and their one-hit-wonder version topped the UK singles chart, the first Scottish band ever to do, before they sank without trace.

[@UESide]

No need to rank albums. They are all special

[@jadebel7006]

Yh but it's fun lol

[@SK-lk3iu]

I agree that Revolution 9 is horrific unless you're on serious drugs. Rev. 1 is OK but I do love the rock version so much more!

[@jeanmichel6255]

Two things: you have to react to let it be first, and then move to abbey road, once the second one, even being released before, it was recorded later

[@dennydowling2169]

onsome copis of this album(lile mine) only have the title printed om the spline the title 'Tthe Beatleswas" wasembossed rather than printred ilwith ink Tthis ws moe mystrious as at frtst slook it seemed the slbum had no name.

[@briandonovan1584]

After over 40 years since the death of my beloved Tanya, a large black female standard Poodle childhood family dog I was finally in a living place perfect for a large female dog ... A wonderful blonde labrador I got just 2 years ago ... And her name is Martha. Martha My Dear is "our" song- I love singing that song to my Martha and it really fits. Paul is really special.

[@wpreite]

I stop to watch when he almost dislike Dear Prudence

[@moptop7944]

I wrote a comment before but now I don't see it, did it get deleted?

[@LyricReactsYT]

@moptop7944 I did not delete or see your comment did you put a link or any words in it that KZbin might automatically delete it? I definitely did not I don't delete comments even if they are negative

[@moptop7944]

Ok, thanks. I didn't think so. Sorry I didn't mean to blame you. Just stinks it took me an hour to write it and I don't feel like doing it again! FWIW my favorites on the album are While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter, Blackbird, Dear Prudence.