The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night | REACTION

[@thomasogrady8899]

A Hard Day's Night is also a very enjoyable movie. Helping spread the "Beatlemania" that raged worldwide in the mid-1960s was A Hard Day's Night (1964), a semidocumentary comedy about 36 hectic hours in the life of the Beatles -- George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.Guest appearances by mega-producer and great mentor to the Fab Four, George Martin. GOATS4EVER.

[@teensymom1420]

So, so many great songs. From their early songs I love Ticket to Ride and Drive My Car.

[@LynneConnolly]

One of the "secrets" behind The Beatles' success was that they were not an overnight sensation. They'd been together for years, and they were a tight band before they hit the studio.

[@rayeckert242]

The GOAT. Nothing comes close. The title is a “Ringoism”, as were a number of other titles and lyrical snippets of Beatles songs. Did I mention.. The GOAT.

[@richardjacobs7632]

One word: dynamic!

[@leelee6683]

I was one of those girls screaming at their concert in Pittsburgh 1964.

[@bedazzled64]

You were so lucky! I was too young then and had no idea about them until I got into my teens. The 70s were my Beatle days. I still love them. So many good songs but if I had to pick one favorite it would be I Feel Fine

[@leelee6683]

It was a great concert, but you couldn’t hear a thing….the screaming never stopped!😂 I still love them, too.

[@glammafabulous5600]

I am 54 and still to this day thier birthday song still stays with my boys and I love them.

[@spoonunit03]

@@leelee6683 Apparently, their amplifiers were about as powerful as todays home music systems!..and I'm from Liverpool but never got to see them,(only 8 in 1964) so kudos to you.😊

[@leelee6683]

@@spoonunit03 Well that explains it. Between the crazed teenage girls, and less than powerful sound system, they never stood a chance! 😂☮️

[@patticrichton1135]

I was one of those women (girls) who went crazy for them, at 17 years old in 1964, I just turned 75 and I am STILL a diehard fan and will ALWAYS BE. ON APRIL 4, 1964 they had the TOP 5 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and 12 MORE songs on that Hot 100 chart the same day. NO ONE ELSE has EVER done that. Have you ever watched their first MOVIE, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" ? You should, it's great! They were together LONGER than 10 years, John, Paul, and George were together since Feb. 6, 1958 when George joined Paul and John in their group "The Quarrymen" (named after John Lennon's school Quarry Bank). John met Paul for the first time at St. Peter's Church Fete (festival) on July 6, 1957 when Ivan Vaughn (a mutual friend of John and Paul's) brought Paul to meet John who was playing with his group The Quarrymen, at the church fete, that afternoon. In the evening the Quarrymen played in the church hall, and after Paul played "TWENTY FLIGHT ROCK" for them. Lennon was impressed because Paul knew all the words to the song. Later he asked if Paul would like to join the group. About a week or so later, Paul joined. Paul was friends with George, so he brought George to meet John in 1958 (George was only 15 years old at the time. John was impressed by George playing the instrumental rock song "RAUNCHY" so even though John felt George was so young (3 years younger than John), he invited him into the group. They only had a drummer now and then during those days because most teens couldn't afford a full drum kit. That was until they met Pete Best who DID have a kit, so Pete joined the band in August 1960. At that time there were FIVE members, John, Stu Sutcliffe (John's friend from Art college), Paul, George and Pete. Before they became 'THE BEATLES" their name went from The Quarrymen, to Johnny and the Moondogs, to Long John and the Silver Beetles, to The Silver Beetles, to The BeatALS (yes, spelled THAT way ending in ALS) to finally THE BEATLES. Stu Sutcliffe , after a second trip to Hamburg, Germany where the Beatles played for several months, 8 hours a day (which is where they really improved, honed their skills and got very tight), LEFT the group because Stu fell in love with a German photographer Astrid Kirchherr (she took those iconic black and white photos of the leather clad Beatles, while they were in Hamburg) who he was to marry and also finish his art studies in Hamburg. Stu never returned to Liverpool. Unfortunately he died shortly after of a brain hemorrhage at 21 years old. They knew Ringo who was the drummer for another Liverpool band "RORY STORM AND THE HURRICANES" who ALSO played in Hamburg the same time the Beatles did. Sometimes Ringo would sit in with them if Pete wasn't able to play. They got along with Ringo very well, liked his drumming and he had the same sense of humor that John, Paul and George had. Pete, on the other hand was very quiet and never really hung out with them after a gig like Ringo would. Pete was "fired" a few months before they were to record their first song (Love Me Do) in Oct. 1962, and Ringo became a Beatle in August 1962. SO, if you start with John and Paul who were the foundation of what would become the Beatles, it really began in 1957, with George in 1958 so 12/13 years they were together. They were legitimate recording artists from Oct 1962 to 1970 when they broke up as a band.

[@PenelopezA]

This is legend!! Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@patticrichton1135]

I am not sure if you were replying to me or not, but if you were, you are welcome!

[@lisaparsons4124]

The Beatles a awesome group alot of great songs 1964,.They sung Elenore Rigby and nowhere man and paper back writer 1966,year I was born 💖

[@jlascala03]

You are so lucky to have been able to live through that, I’m sure you are but if you aren’t I pray you understand how fortunate you are you basically lived many young people’s dreams

[@mgonzales56]

That jangly sound at the end was George's 12 string guitar. First time many artists heard that. That started many bands to use it, especially The Byrds, who made a career out of it.

[@mgonzales56]

They started recording in 1962, so they recorded all their amazing music in just 8 years.

[@barneymiller6204]

And they were all a mere 29 yrs. old when they quit.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@barneymiller6204 John and Ringo were 29, Paul & George were about 27, depending on what time of the year you’re talking about.

[@Realbillball]

It's a classic for a reason.

[@thewalruswasjason101]

They were so ahead of their time. Brilliant genius band

[@waynemarvin5661]

How could you say they were ahead of their time? The Beatles MADE their time.

[@chrislofotos]

I first saw the Beatles in the Cavern club Liverpool in 1962, great atmosphere and it was obvious then that they were something special. These were great days for iconic music and still great memories for me!

[@MsAppassionata]

You lucky bastard! 😂😂😂

[@benjiarehart2878]

Oh man, I would had loved experience that. Thank you for sharing. That is an amazing thing to even be able to say!

[@Zoonjse]

Thanks for the detailed intro to The Beatles. Not everyone know itl It interesting. keep it up boys.

[@garyneilson3075]

"And I love her" . It's also an extremely classically beautiful instrumental.

[@guarddave]

Seven songs had been written by Lennon and McCartney for the movie soundtrack. But they were asked toward the end of filming to write a song called "A Hard Day's Night" because the movie title had just been chosen. They wrote it overnight; played it next morning in its entirety; it was accepted and recorded. An overnight hit upon request!

[@lisaparsons4124]

A great song, the Beatles a awesome group

[@mjsmcd]

Ringos title

[@denisediamond293]

Two friends & myself watched the screening of 'A Hard Day's Night' at the The Penn Theatre in Plymouth, MI on Sun 8/20/23. It had been remastered and the music in stereo was mind-boggling 😂 Couldn't remember if I had seen it when it first came out in the mid sixties. If any of you Beatles lovers get an opportunity to see the film, take it. Such a B x W retrospective of the band that changed the trojectory of rock & roll and culture forever. The original fresh faced Fab 4 🎉

[@laural.enright4780]

Thank you so much for doing your homework. I see so many reactions to Beatles songs where the person/people have no clue who they are, or what they meant to culture, etc. It's refreshing to see one start a reaction with information on the band. I often tell people, start at the first album and go through the last and it is amazing how these four young men (who couldn't read music, by the way, and often had to learn a chord by tracking down someone who knew that chord) evolved and grew in so short a time. They were geniuses.

[@laural.enright4780]

And to add to their talent, their movies are great too, A Hard Day's Night particularly so.

[@davidschecter5247]

The Beatles have another 150 songs every bit as good, exciting, inventive, and influential as this one. The opening chord is the most famous chord in rock music history. John and Paul wrote more memorable melodies than anybody else. Endless invention.

[@tinamakaneole8866]

It’s almost 60 years later, and I still get goosebumps! Beatlemania was real 🥰. And I was only 4 years old when they came to America. ❤️

[@michaelbriefs9764]

You should watch the film! Great movie; the lads are really funny and the film is really well made. It's a great Rock music film. Their movie called "Help!" is also great! The Beatles are the best!!

[@alfredristan3445]

A great view into the Beatlemania craze and entertaining as well .

[@nellgwenn]

This song was done specifically for the movie. When they were all finished with shooting and had all the songs for the movie, they didn't have a title,. John suggested one of Ringo's sayings. His Ringoisms A Hard Day's Night. It was perfect. So they asked them to come up with a song to open the movie. They wrote the song in one night, then recorded it.

[@213227]

Best band ever !

[@thomascamara8398]

Arguably the greatest rock song ever recorded

[@pscelzo]

I was 10 in '64 and there had never been a sound coming from a group like this. The songs were short for radio airplay. John and Paul writing their own songs was very influential since song writers were mostly separate from performers at the time. I went to see the movie A Hard Day's Night and was in a theater filled with girls standing and screaming so loud that I remember not being able to hear the dialogue for the first part of the film!

[@donnakubiski5572]

You and I are the same age and I had a similar experience. My mother took me to see the movie at the theater and the same thing happened. Everytime they sang everyone was screaming and you couldn't hear anything coming from the screen. And then everyone was trying to hush everyone up so you could hear the dialog. I really didn't get to enjoy the movie until it came out on VHS tape.

[@pscelzo]

@@donnakubiski5572 ...and it was really a 6-year journey with them from the beginning of '64 (5th grade) when they came to America to the beginning of '70 (11th grade) when they broke up. At that age those years seemed like an eternity. Compared to then six years now goes by in a snap.

[@raymondmanderville505]

I too was 10 when I first heard the Beatles on a Sunday evening on the Ed Sullivan Show . You heard it like magic & the next day at school all the kids were talking about the show .My mother was an opera fan , but she went out & bought the album to listen to . It was definitely a once in a lifetime phenomenon

[@thomastimlin1724]

@@pscelzo For sure! I was 8 in 1964. I still am but my body got old, lol.

[@tompellar3008]

I agree, was also 10 in 64 and these Beatles songs landed like bombs in the music landscape. We were lucky to grow up with this awesome music. It was a sad day when the Beatles broke up, but what a legacy they left.

[@brianmusson2789]

I was 14 when this song came out and already a massive fan of the Beatles. It wasn’t just the girls who loved them but us guys as well. We got annoyed with the girls screaming because we could not hear them properly. No wonder they got fed up with touring ! How lucky to grow up in this era and still appreciate this wonderful music nearly 60years later!!

[@t.r.1708]

Thx! Don’t forget that George contributed much to many vocal harmonies! Not to mention his innovations and influence on guitar!

[@willynilly_in_Ohio]

You’re right, they never took themselves too seriously. They set the goofball standard for ALL boy bands 👌🏻

[@claudiatrusel2616]

Your dance move with the fingers across the eyes was the 60’s!

[@lindastafford9548]

Here comes the sun is another great Beatles song, really enjoyed your reaction, thank you !

[@caronspeas2888]

The Beatles ushered in the era of free style dancing - the boy and girl danced together only in the sense that they faced each other. But their moves were strictly individualized - they were doing their own thing, together. Prior to that, most dancing on a dance floor was very choreographed with the boy and girl moving in synchronized steps with the exception of certain gender specific moves. By the time Woodstock happened, individuals were dancing with themselves, eyes closed, in ever more creative free styles. Wow. Such freedom for self-expression. The 1950s were a very restrictive, contracted, narrow-minded, segregated time. The 1960s and 70s saw cultural norms shattered.

[@1950G1950]

Little Richard was asked what he thought about The Beatles. He said, "I love The Beatles, they were like four Everly Brothers."

[@ScottDeBerg]

"A Hard Day's Night" was also their first movie. Ringo came up with the title...he had a very long day, very busy, etc. He said "gee, it's been a hard day's night". The opening chord was a revelation back then. The Beatles were SO far ahead of their time, and the music stands the test of time, obviously. I'm glad you got to the Beatles - it's a pretty long rabbit hole.

[@lisaparsons4124]

The Beatles a awesome group alot of great songs,1964,two years before I was born May John Lennon and George Harrison RIP 💐

[@robertrouse4503]

A Hard Day's Night was their first movie in 1964. In 1965, they appeared in the movie, "Help!" They did a TV special in 1967 called "Magical Mystery Tour", their music was used in the animated film, "Yellow Submarine", and their final film was the 1970 documentary, "Let It Be". Of course they broke up the year before.

[@patdonnelly9392]

They made music on demand...needed it for the movie title.They showed up with that magical song the next day. That's how genius this group was! Four guys from the same town (3 of them meeting by the time they were 15) being that talented and changing the world of music within 8 or 9 yrs. What are the odds???

[@vania1917]

"cause when I get you alone ... feeling you hold me tight, tight, yeah!" Their biggest hit of 1964. They slipped that cheeky innuendo into all pop AM stations.

[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

My favorite Beatles album, for what it's worth......

[@oldiesgeek454]

@marc. My favorite also. 😊

[@jimdev81]

Great reaction…the Batman dance, fingers forming a V over your eyes along with other movements, debuted in January 1966, certainly not 10 years later during the height of disco. Beatles and Batman facts are important to me.😉

[@colindebourg9012]

It's nearly 60 years old !! Not bad is it.

[@mgonzales56]

The Beatles got their first recording contract in 1962, recorded as a band till the very beginning of 1970, disbanded in April of 1970. They stopped touring in 1966 because they couldn't hear themselves play over all the nonstop screaming, and they got bored with it. The rest of their years together they concentrated on making the best music they could in the studio. They were, and are the greatest of all time, never to be equalled in the history of music. It was a once in a lifetime occurrence.

[@mikeguerrero72]

Watch Twist and Shout by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. This is what America saw when they came to the U.S.

[@genecase9464]

I was only 5 years old when this album came out (58 years ago!) but my sister was 14 so I have a little recollection of how they changed music and pop culture. You can't imagine just how huge they were by simply reading about it. You had to experience it first hand. Even as a 5 year old. I'm sorry but the 60's and 70's were simply the best. I've been so lucky.

[@TheCornishCockney]

I was 10 in ‘64 and lived and loved it all. The vibe was always there and everything was so colourful,and the music!! People SMILED at each other,and of course,The Beatles were front and centre. Great great days.

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

Same here

[@JoseDiaz-so6hf]

I hear you! I turned 4 in 1964, and yep, the 60s and 70s were the best decades for music in the entire century.

[@darrinlindsey]

I watch a lot of music reactions. You guys are the first to react to this song.

[@alanmusicman3385]

I honestly think it's impossible for anyone who was not alive then to fully comprehend the level of fame that the Beatles had, because it's simply not possible for anyone to be as famous now as the Beatles were. By the mid 1960s you could go through any shopping area in the UK or the US and other places and pretty much every outlet would be selling some kind of Beatles related Merch. Framed Beatles photos, books about the Beatles history, records of course, Beatles shirts, Beatles lyrics books, Beatles Quiz games, Beatles colouring books, Beatles dolls, mantlepiece ornaments, Beatles rings, Beatles haircuts - every kind of business wanted to be in on it - and their pictures were everywhere for several years. My grandma, my mother, my sisters, my friends all owned multiple Beatle records like I did. Indicative of that is that their 4th single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - in the UK alone - had over one million advance orders, ahead of its release in November 1963. Nobody is that famous now - but they managed it because at the time there were so few TV channels and generally there were far fewer media oulets than there were later on. Fewer than there were in the 1970s and certainly FAR fewer than we have now - but The Beatles were taken up by ALL of them in the 1960s and the whole thing snowballed in a way that will probably always remain unique. In the UK we had just two national TV channels in the UK and in the mid 1960s the Beatles were on them both - on the news maybe, or guesting on a show or being intervewed at least once every night. People get famous now, but fame ain't what it was then - and probably only Elvis was ever as famous as The Beatles. Immense talent + Right product + right approach + right time + luck.

[@jk4675]

nah Michael Jackson was on the level of Elvis & Beatles fame as well

[@alanmusicman3385]

@@jk4675 He perhaps came closer than anyone else did - but by the time of his peak fame media fragmentation was already well started so I would say that his fame was never quite as universal.

[@robbielux8353]

@@jk4675 not as universal..he is still not at that level after his death. I always say there are only two acts that will be remembered, studied, and imbedded in youth culture in the far future and that is Elvis and The Beatles…that’s it

[@keithbrown7685]

One thing to note about that opening chord, something I haven't seen or heard mentioned anywhere. People, even the experts, seem to be under the impression that it's just one guitar that is involved. It's actually 3. John's axe, Paul's Bass, and George's gtr.

[@jimcomvideos]

I liked your reaction (s). I liked that you gave a bit of history about them. I would like to hear more Beatles. I was 8 in '64, so I was right there witnessing it all. You couldn't turn on the radio without hearing them. I know it's hard not to get blocked, but I see a lot of other "reactions" getting through so don't give up.

[@tedr3586]

Check out "Helter Skelter" 1968 They went quite a ways in 4 years!

[@youngbloodk]

They were together 10 years, but only recorded for 7 years during which they recorded and released about 220 studio tracks.

[@cjpew]

Love that entire album but my favorite track is I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (because George Harrison, always my favorite, sang lead on that one).

[@mgonzales56]

What more can I say...The Beatles were and are the greatest of all time. I do want to add that, that dance you did was around in the 60's. It was called the Bat Dance because Batman did it first in an episode of Batman the TV series, back in 1966.

[@rjaraneta913]

That dance with the hand motion by the eyes is from the 60's. It was popularized by the '66 Batman TV show, on a scene where Batman was dancing at a club. It's called the "Batusi". The reason why songs were so short in those days was that radio stations would not play anything more than 3 minutes. Radio airplay back then was the main way to get a song heard, resulting in more sales.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Doesn't it seem ridiculous we have to keep explaining this to reactors? Jeez...and how they roll their eyes when they discover old movies and TV shows were in black and white. They go "Oh no, it's in black and white" [like they're going to get a social disease from it or something] and use repetitive phrases like "old school" and "retro."

[@ViewsFromThe502]

Older films are fantastic. You can take that stereotype elsewhere, doesn't apply to us.

[@rifyrafi]

I like the way you all analyzed this song. Especially how you read their history first. Great job. You 3 are a very likable bunch of guys. The Beatles were a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and left us with so many classic songs for every generation to enjoy.

[@GrouchyMarx]

@ 8:48 No, that's not a lead into the next song, just a cool way to end the song like that strum at the beginning. They, nor anyone else were doing lead-ins as yet. It would be the 1967 Sgt. Peppers album where they pioneered that technique used a lot in progressive rock like Yes and Pink Floyd. Check out the first two songs on Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band for probably the first lead-in song duo in rock history, which are both iconic. And you'll get to hear Ringo sing too! ✌😎

[@alanmusicman3385]

The leadout from the song is used well in the film though.

[@yes2day100]

The middle 8 was written and sung by Paul McCartney, by the way, so this song was written by both Lennon and McCartney. Also: John and Paul met and were in a band called the Quarrymen since mid 1957, when Paul was 15 and John was almost 17. George Harrison joined the Quarrymen in early 1958, just after he turned 15. They played together in bands with different names for a few years, before they settled on 'Silver Beatles', which was shortened to 'Beatles', which happened in 1960. Ringo didn't join until mid 1962. So, in fact, John, Paul and George had played together for more than 10 years.

[@Pokafalva]

Thanks for reacting to these four lads from my home city. The Beatles wrote the musical score to my teenage years in the 1960s.

[@sandrastorer5628]

The shortness of the songs then were due to the fact that radio was king, and airtime on the radio was the primary way to get your songs heard so that people would buy your records. Before FM radio was developed, AM radio stations would only play shorter songs, so artists had to pack a lot of punch in a short amount of time.

[@johncrookston6111]

The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan February 9 1964 my 10th Birthday my hair got long and i've been playing and singing ever since I now do a solo act filled with Beatles songs and they never get old or boring

[@inspectorguymn]

You have to realize there was nothing like this sound ever before.

[@patticrichton1135]

That is the opening scene and song to their First MOVIE "A Hard Day's Night," and the songs ends that way as it fades out from the opening scene, as they get on the train...WATCH THE MOVIE, it's GREAT!! You know Paul ALSO has grit in his voice (he has many voices, and can sound like a different guy depending on the song. To HEAR Paul's grittier, heavier vocals, PLEASE react to "HELTER SKELTER," "OH DARLING" to name a few from the Beatles years, and from his solo years try the LIVE version from his 1976 WINGS OVER AMERICA tour, "MAYBE I'M AMAZED," "CALL ME BACK AGAIN," "BEWARE MY LOVE," "BAND ON THE RUN," (all live from that '76 tour) and from his solo lp "RAM" you will REALLY hear him SHRED his voice on "MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT" These PROVE that Paul doesn't always sing silky, smooth. He can rock with the best of them.

[@Nina5144]

Love love love The Beatles

[@susanpolice8465]

I will stand by the truth that I know the lyrics to every Beatles song ever....Got to see them for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show...my Pop almost turned it off because I was SCREAMING!!! I think it scared him because I was 9 years old...Damn!

[@annettemoore7264]

I was a scrawny 8 year old with a massive crush on Paul..🥰 my mother used to go to the bingo with Ringos mum..😳 I grew up at the top of Penny Lane which leads onto Smithdown road👍it's a small place Liverpool 🤗

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction.yup..800,000,000, records sold (and counting..lol)

[@IvorPresents]

I was more classically inclined at thirteen I did not particularly like them when they first came out. I changed my mind when I saw, A Hard Days Night. From there on out, I was hooked.

[@joannerichards1750]

I was 14 when Beatlemania hit the U.S. and I wasn't convinced that they had real chops until this movie, A Hard Day's Night, was released (I actually snuck into the back door of the theater to see it). I was then convinced that they were a great talent.

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

George's work on the 12 string Rickenbacker is awesome! From the opening chord, to the cute solo, to the interesting outro riff. There's a live TV performance of this, and it sounds so much like the album (practice, practice, practice) that the host asks George to turn his volume back up and replay the outro by himself...that guitar sounds SOOOO good! Look it up.

[@leealtman]

I was only 97 when this song came out in 1964 and I am still alive, mainly thanks to this song.

[@glenndespres5317]

So you’re 147 years old. What’s your secret?

[@danilleblanc7487]

That dance move was popularized by the 'Batman' tv series that debuted in 1966. It wasn't associated with The Beatles but that kind of 'off the cuff' improv that The Beatles inspired in almost all cultural events definitely had a lot to do with it being created!

[@artguti1551]

The film was released in the spring of 1964. At that time, John was 23, Paul was 21, George had just turned 21, and Ringo was 23.

[@somthingbrutal]

born the year they broke up but i still grew up on the beatles , we even learned their music in primary school as they used a beatles song book for music lessons

[@sonnycrockett2079]

The movie, “A Hard Day’s Night!” is the greatest rock n roll film ever made. Very funny and great music….

[@philwillett9102]

What's even more mind boggling, they were only a recording act for a little under EIGHT years!

[@arnoldcox9128]

You can tell why they were so great

[@michaelbriefs9764]

If you want to hear an early-Beatles song that Paul McCartney sings, check out "Long Tall Sally"!! He rips it up! Great rocker!

[@guarddave]

...and John rips up "Slow Down" from the same EP!

[@j.8804]

Yes, but it is a Little Richard song

[@michaelbriefs9764]

@@j.8804 I know, but it’s a killer example of Paul’s vocal ability and the band’s ability to Rock TF out!!

[@thomastimlin1724]

@@j.8804 So is I'm Down [1965] when you listen to it, but it was written by them and not Little Richard. They did a lot of cover songs from their nightclub days in the first 2 years because of so little time to write an entire album while touring, making films etc. once they quit touring they had more time to put in the effort.

[@warrenhughes911]

Hello..800,000,000 records sold and counting...G.O.A.T.. GREAT REACTION .P.S.Beatles DID influence most everyone..EXCEPT .. Bob Dylan..he turned the Beatles onto weed..!!! True ..He influenced them !!!! Bob is G.O.A.T..

[@Bekka_Noyb]

♥ The Beatles!

[@hpb5495]

Big time roller skating music! (I want to hold your hand)

[@debjorgo]

The fingers across the eyes thing was called the Batuzi. It was done by Batman, in the first '60s Batman show in Jan 1966.

[@IllumeEltanin]

That and the Monkey would have been seen on the dance floor around the same time.

[@dickcnormis1444]

Yes and he cried into his batkerchef when Cat Woman died

[@YvonneMartinez-t2h]

If you listen to the very last chords of the song, they’re playing the notes to “Here Comes The Sun.”

[@davidkyle5017]

You guys are so young! The Batman dance move was from the '60s, the "Saturday Night Fever finger point" was from the '70s and made famous by John Travolta. Cheers.

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

Beatles Forever.

[@dougsusie2319]

John was 17 in 1957 and Paul 15 when they met and hooked up. Four months later they brought in Paul's 14 year old school pal as their lead guitarist. The three bounced around together around Liverpool until 1959 or 60 and they brought in Pete Best as their first permanent drummer and they also enlisted John's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe as a bass player. They went to Hamburg in 1960 and this is were they cut their teeth playing on stage twice a day doing 4 hour sets. Sutcliffe wasn't very good and soon dropped out. This is the year they came up with the bands name too. For me they really became The Beatles in 1962 when they enlisted Ringo. In late October they laid down the first 4 tracks that would become part of their debut album "Please Please Me" released in March of 1963. For me their recording career was from 1963 to 1969. The "Let It Be" Lp was released in 1970 but was recorded between January and February of 1969.Their Lp "Abbey Road" recorded in the summer of 69 and released in September of that year is actually their last album. What they accomplished in the studio between 1963 and 69 will never be equalled, ain't gonna happen. This is the one band that surpassed all hype after they hit it big. Even with the insanity of Beatlemania they just kept progressing from record to record. I'll soon be 64 and I've never seen anything close too the creativity of this band and they did it all in just seven short years between 1963 and 69.By the way, Paul's 14 year old school pal was one George Harrison which I forgot too mention earlier. Hard too believe that a 17,15 and 13 year old would get together and be the nucleus of what would become a band that would not only change popular music but also pop culture that can't be fully measured to this day. Without these 4 young men popular music and culture would look quite different today. ☮️✌️💕👌

[@pestbsn]

John was still 16 when John and Paul met. It was in July and John's birthday wasn't until November.

[@jamesdrynan]

The most recognized chord in pop HISTORY! According to Walter Shenson, the producer of the film, he said to John that they needed a song with that title. The next day, John came in with " A Hard Day's Night, " and they recorded it in one day.

[@stephensmith1343]

A comment by Ringo turned into a song by John

[@dragonflySummer09]

I think that’s McCartney singing the lead voice on the bridge section

[@elementrypenguin3116]

The ‘sound’ that encapsulates Beatlemania!

[@ButternutGOLD]

It just sounds good ! Real good

[@waldorfstatler3129]

That go-go dance with the V fingers across the eyes was THE BATUSI and became popular in 1966. It first appeared in the Batman movie (Adam West) and caught on everywhere.

[@dougreed2257]

George did a lot of harmonies also!

[@williamstroker6805]

This was a landmark album for the Beatles, as it was their first album where all the songs were written by Lennon and McCartney. Their first two albums had plenty of cover songs and were almost easy for them to record, as they had played the numbers so many times in their live performances. The factual story is that their first album was all recorded in one 10 hour session. I believe they were motivated to write all the songs on a Hard Days Night, to make it even more special with the movie coming out. A big event even for them.

[@danmore7587]

It was 600 millions album sales in the 1980s It over 1 billion today. Records sales charts weren't that reliable back then.

[@KevinM2732]

The Beatles earlier songs are just as great as the later songs

[@davidwhulbertiv5958]

And now... For something completely different... Nudge, nudge... Wink, wink...

[@laural.enright4780]

The fingers in front of the eyes was the "Bat Dance" from the 1960s Batman TV show.

[@snuggy18]

great reaction......looking forward to some Supertramp this month. Start with "Take the Long Way Home"

[@donw804]

There's a great video out there on the making of the movie, A Hard Day's Night. In the video, it tells how the title was settled on very late in the process. The producer and director asked the Beatles to write a song with that same title. The very next morning, they had this.... primarily written by John. Then they asked for an ear-catching opening along with a dreamy outro. I think they hit the mark with both.

[@bd001217]

Thanks for that comment, I was going to tell that story if no one else did. Just amazing that John and Paul (mostly John, as you mentioned) came up with a great song from a totally meaningless phrase. The director was going to use "I'll Cry Instead" for the opening number, but then decided to ask J & P for a song to match the movie title. Amazing!

[@lt6134]

Great reaction. The two fingers across the eyes dance was the “Batusi” from the late 1960s (for the Batman tv show). The finger pointing up/down dance is from the late 1970 disco era. Speaking of, if you haven’t tried some BeeGees - I highly recommend “Too Much Heaven”

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Actually, it was the mid-60s. The dance move was created for the, Batman, show in 1965 and debuted on TV very early in 1966, on January 12th. It was really only popular for a couple years, and was not something kids were doing in the late-'60s. The music--and therefore, dance--scene between 1966 and 1969 was so drastically different, that the three year span may as well have been ten years.

[@larryshults4360]

Don't forget Sir George Martin who produced ALL of The Beatles songs. A major influence on the music world.

[@dougreed2257]

Time to do some more Al Stewart,and "question" by the moody blues, I enjoy your reactions!

[@monrobby]

The album goes with an entire movie...

[@mikephalen3162]

It was great to be 9 years old when the Beatles hit the Ed Sullivan Show and then grow up with them.

[@nigeltown6999]

The Beatles were massively enhanced by their relationship this George Martin and the team of Tehnicians at EMI's Abbey Road Studio. Before the Beatles, these guys made Classical Music albums and 'Comedy' singles, they were a perfect fit.