The album that ended The Beatles

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[@MakingoftheBeatles]

Welp...yes, I said that Moonlight Sonata was Bach instead of Beethoven. There is no going back. History has been rewritten.

[@jamesholland8057]

Yes. Do you think he makes mistakes to get comments?

[@johnaquillo3397]

@@jamesholland8057 Ummm, maybe....??

[@rubyy.7374]

@jamesholland8057 Making a comment clarifying it would defeat the purpose, wouldn’t it? True engagement baiting means never acknowledging blatant mistakes and watching people freak out in the comments.

[@MVrockersPS3]

The fact that Abbey Road happened after Let It Be and they got together to discuss another album shows that in their heart of hearts they didn't want to break up. But the fact they broke up shows that they kinda needed to. I've always thought if the business problems and deals weren't so bad they probably still would have broken up but perhaps a reunion even if just at a concert would have had a much greater chance of happening.

[@ansibarius4633]

I don't know. George might have been happy to combine a solo career with his 'job' as a Beatle maybe. As I have understood it, John apparently really wanted out by mid-1969, and Paul really wanted to continue his career specifically within the framework of The Beatles. And The Beatles would be over the minute either John or Paul would decide to quit.

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

If not for the falling out I could’ve seen them going separate ways for a bit and then coming together to make an album every couple of years. I enjoy some of their solo work (mostly Paul, though All Things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band are strong works) but they really did have a special magic together, like perfect puzzle pieces.

[@MVrockersPS3]

@@MakingoftheBeatles Whenever I listen to their solo work there's some kind of subconscious sadness or incompleteness I feel when backing vocals come on and it's not the other Beatles. And it's more boring listening to a whole album with just one lead singer. I think the Beatles having multiple singers is why even in the modern playlist age listening to a whole Beatles album still really works.

[@MVrockersPS3]

@@ansibarius4633 I do think they still would have broken up. Just the fact they never played again even after an entire decade just seems more extreme than the life forces that pushed them to go their separate ways.

[@ansibarius4633]

@ I have a feeling (deep inside) that John maybe wouldn't have been 'allowed' to by Yoko even if he had wanted to, but, well, alternative history and speculation. Maybe they would. It might have diminished the magic somewhat if they had done so. The 'Beatles myth' is good as it is, for me.

[@KingBobCat]

Great video, Man! Thanks for posting!! 😸

[@invertanchoress]

Moonlight Sonata is Beethoven, not Bach. Otherwise, thank you for this amazing video!!

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

THAT’S EMBARRASSING geeez, but thank you!

[@AurelianusRex]

​@@MakingoftheBeatles understandable mistake cause Bach did influence Blackbird

[@gj8683]

Glad to see that someone else "baroque" the news to you.

[@cherylwestbrook5407]

Well done, as always! Almost feel a touch of sadness at the end. :/

[@philspear73]

Great job, you really captured the mood of the final days it seems.

[@papalaz4444244]

the bed in the studio is the point I would have left

[@jcespana7237]

Superb, the second part is here, your videos are glorious for beatles fan

[@TheGlassman63]

This is a really good Beatles channel. Im learning a lot more about the band through your videos.

[@robomalley2690]

Such a brilliant video, the research you’ve done really pays off, I’d have to say your videos are some of if not the best Beatles documentaries ever. And I’ve send them all so thank you again and can’t wait for the next one

[@davidbowman4259]

Then, now and always, the greatest band in history. Just saw an exhibit of Paul's photos from the early days. Fascinating -- and so poignant. Brought back so many memories of listening to the lads all those years ago.

[@crispy_bongomapping2344]

Well done, mate. Really well edited and told.

[@petergiere2737]

Absolutely incredible! Fantastic work. By far and away my favorite Beatles content on KZbin 💛 literally was brought to tears at the ending. Cannot wait for more 🤘

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

Really appreciate it❤️

[@perpetualmotion357]

I was a hard rock/metal fan growing up and Abbey Road was the first album I bought by them in my late teenage years. I knew Come Together was a killer track but the one I really liked was I Want You(She's So Heavy). That ending would've fit right in on Black Sabbath's Vol_4 album. They were one heck of a diverse band.

[@canalesworks1247]

The Stones don't have anything as heavy as I Want You/She's So Heavy. You're right. That song is heavy enough to be on a Metallica album.

[@steven_uk]

These videos are great. Very interesting and informative. Keep up the good work!

[@theofficalfrin2035]

great video as always, I hope to see you go back to pepper, mystery tour, or revolver even if they're shorter videos.

[@williamtynertyner1425]

Really, Really, Good video, I enjoyed the heck out of it, awesome photos as well.

[@Homecastlefoundation]

I've been waiting all week for this part 2

[@goldenboy8167]

Great work on both parts. Enjoyed them!

[@JeffreyStock]

"Golden Slumbers" is based on a poem, not prose. Also, Ruth was his half-sister, not his step sister.

[@RedVynil]

I have recordings of the entire Get Back sessions and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" was run through DOZENS of times over several days, if not weeks!! The others were SICK OF IT by then, and then, they were forced to do it again for the Abbey Road sessions! No wonder they hated it!!

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Good stuff! Always perfectly insightful

[@seanmchugh2709]

Yes, thank God that George Martin agreed to produce Abbey Road.

[@benstafford8206]

Beatles deciding on an album cover: *"Why don't we d-do it in the road?"*

[@AlexandreCésarLobo-z8o]

Great video, as usual! I know you share every once in a while in your videos the different sources you reference, but I'd love to know if there is a list of books/interviews or any other media that you use to make your videos. I really want to dive deep into Beatles literature. Cheers!

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

I really need to add a bibliography of sorts. So because Beatles fans are so obsessed (like me) there are a ton of good resources. But my workflow kind of goes like this : on the Beatles Bible website, there is a day by day recounting of pretty much everything the Beatles do. So I start with the very basic outline from that, then try to find all the information they reference, whether it be from books or interviews. It’s hard to say just one thing because there are so many! (And many contradict each other too)

[@smo-k1b]

Would you consider making videos about the Beatles' solo work post break-up? For example, I've heard about the revolving door approach to All Things Must Pass, and it would be so great to have a video made about it in the style of this one. Great stuff!

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

Yep! That day will absolutely come!

[@easiecat]

I love your video so much!! I super love in depth dives like this! Do you know when Paul's acoustic demo, "Goodbye" mightve been recorded on the timeline?

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

It wasn't included in the studio notes, but if you look closely in some of the photo's of Paul, you'll see Mary Hopkins in the background (who he gave the song to!)

[@agatha_lorraine]

I love your videos omg

[@BomChickyBowWow]

Until now I had no idea that Lennon’s Rock n’ Roll album was just the result of a court settlement.

[@MarkBarna1]

Interesting how, as John and Paul's relationship ended, they both became co-dependent with women. Yoko on a bed during the Abbey Road sessions is crazy. But not crazier than Paul having Linda in his band. I've read the first two volumes of "The McCartney Legacy" and Paul and Linda are always together to a seemingly unhealthy, co-dependent degree. It is as if both are afraid to raise their head above the cloud, fearing what they will find.

[@OroborusFMA]

Both John and Paul had mother issues. It's quite clear.

[@smolderingtitan]

So many psychologists in the comments sections of Beatles videos.

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

If The Beatles had split all royalties, four ways equally. The Beatles would still be together.

[@davidbowman4259]

The Medley is one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded.

[@OroborusFMA]

I have yet to see a full accounting of when Lennon offered "Cold Turkey" as the next Beatles single and got turned down. When was this? Before Toronto or after? Who did he pitch it to? The whole band? Or just Paul? This was what drove him to quit the band.

[@jamesmills4850]

As a Scot, I can assure you that most Scottish country roads are not built for comfort or easy driving. At best, they are extremely winding uphill and downhill single track roads built like a rally cars wet dream. Which is apt because the speed limit on these treacherous single track winding roads is 60 mph.

[@llewellynGS1]

Nice job and seems true to the story as well.

[@natem966]

Love you videos

[@johnaquillo3397]

It's Beethoven! Photo is wrong too as it's of Bach but should be Beethoven (of course). Nevertheless you can overlay a correction over that particular bit, like add - * Beethoven! - over it. Or something similar. It's been done many times in other KZbin videos, so it's very possible, and often done to correct mistakes.

[@hobbayne]

The clip of Roysten Ellis playing with The Shadows, reminded me of Georges song Cry For A Shadow which itself, was a parody of The Shadows guitar instrumentals.

[@c.a.t.732]

John saying Paul did everything to make Maxwell's Silver Hammer a single but it never was and never could have been is odd, given that I remember it being all over the radio back then.

[@lamelame1779]

The biscuit shit is hilarious.

[@charlesbronson4282]

So...if they ended up calling the album "EVEREST"..i could totally see the artwork for the cover...it would be a picture of the tallest mountain, and the Beatles walking down the side of it...just like they were walking across a street like on Abbey

[@JeffreyStock]

"Bach's Moonlight Sonata"?? Come on man, you're better than that.

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

Had it in my script as Beethoven and everything…. maybe one day I’ll have another editor to catch these things ;-)

[@JeffreyStock]

@@MakingoftheBeatles It's still a great video anyway!

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

I am in gratitude of your forgiveness of my amateurish mistake haha

[@halwiseman9420]

Why is everyone still on about the White Album and Let It Be being fueled by tension? The Beatles during that time where becoming a band again with full reigns over the studio.

[@wazhazhe4091]

Moonlight Sonata was written by Beethoven, not Bach.

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

embarrassing mistake on my end…

[@johnaquillo3397]

@@MakingoftheBeatles It can be corrected...

[@ministerofdarkness]

Abbey Road is pure, musical Masterpiece. PLAY LOUD

[@mnemot]

it's not normal that you can have a drum solo other people can sing. it is easy when you make an spectacle about it, but when it's i a studio album that comprises the final songs of a band... how do you even consider Ringo to be "just the drummer"? I bet you can follow along the solo as if you loved drums as much as Ringo loved being a beatle.

[@mr.g1758]

The reason the Beatles broke up was because of a key personnel change. It was oil and water after that. And the real story (which is revealed already in a book on Amazon-- but not in any other bookstore in the world) will become public after a famous person passes away. Trust me.

[@johnaquillo3397]

Why trust you? You were there? Or are you yet another conspiracy theorist?

[@mr.g1758]

@johnaquillo3397 It's in a book he co-wrote with a ghostwriter. There are five editions of it on Amazon going back twenty years ago. He admitted it would be revealed. So just be patient...you'll know it when it is announced.

[@franktreppiedi2208]

What about "Something"?

[@MakingoftheBeatles]

Covered in part one! Chronological order :-)

[@papalaz4444244]

The village of Tongue, could not possibly be further away from the studios, staying on mainland Britain :) 650 mile drive, one way

[@viatcheslavkalashnikov1397]

Where is "Something"?

[@philspear73]

Check Part 1

[@philspear73]

Check out part 1

[@ltngrk]

Great, though Beethoven composed the Moonlight Sonata, not Bach.

[@BrettMcMahon-e2j]

I think 🤔 I killed a Beatle? I'd better keep driving and get out of the area then the country...

[@Maccabee444]

You almost sound Scouse

[@robmarshall9026]

boy, you're gonna carry that weight - a long time

[@TheScoutPlay]

LET'S GOOOOOOO

[@billiswillis8293]

Down to Junior's farm?