THE BEATLES GOOD DAY SUNSHINE REACTION (First time hearing)

[@alixvandurand]

The first time I heard this, I thought the piano sounded like a ragtime style from the 1800's. I absolutely love it.

[@cathyortiz1280]

Great song to wake up to un the morning! Very happy.

[@supasoulproductions]

This is indeed a happy sounding McCartney song. He began writing it at John's house on John's piano, and has said it was inspired by the Lovin' Spoonful's 'Daydream' single. It was not an ode to Linda, however, because they did not meet until 1967.

[@alanr4447a]

At least his idle speculation isn't as bad as when Paul & Linda appeared for a live interview on _Good Morning America,_ and host David Hartman interrupted the ongoing train of thought to say what a beautiful song "Yesterday" is and ask Paul if Linda inspired it. Do a *_little_* homework maybe, David?

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@alanr4447a That's David Hartmann, with 2 "n"s.

[@alanr4447a]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Not according to other sources, like IMDB.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@alanr4447a Well, who am I to argue with IMDB. I stand corrected. Coulda sworn it was two "n"s.

[@debbiechang5781]

How can one hear this and not feel good? It’s just another example of the incredible variety found in their body of work. Another winner Harri! 🌺✌️

[@robynmatheson7687]

Revolver and Rubber Soul are my 2 favorite Beatles albums

[@dsusan17]

The piano sounds like a old style piano. It is a cheerful song. Good pick and analysis Harri!

[@jnagarya519]

It's never been underrated. That you hadn't heard it only means you hadn't heard it.

[@Cynthia...]

Oh I’m so sorry you already reacted to this one. I wanted to have you react to it from me. The song has such memories for me I was about 15, I had to leave home and moved in with my brother into a house in Yorkville and this was playing full blast throughout the whole house. It was a big rooming house of hippies. And I was kind of a greaser girl from Regent Park. My introduction to Yorkville. ☮️✌️💜

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Harri, there's a lesser known song on Revolver which is terrific called, "I'm Only Sleeping". A Lennon track, it features one of my favorite vocal performances by John.

[@tommessner3502]

One of my favorite Lennon songs.

[@fidge54]

and famous for its backward guitar part

[@brachiator1]

Paul McCartney and George Martin played pianos. Martin played in a barrelhouse style to give a vaudeville, bluesy feel. Barrelhouse is similar to stride, a piano style you can hear in some Fats Domino songs. Good Day, Sunshine is a great, fun, tune with a dash of musical subtlety.

[@Rkw772]

I think the piano makes you feel like you’re walking in the sunshine with him. I think they could have made a video of them walking and singing and everyone they pass starts walking with them and singing along. Would have made a good bit for Magical Mystery Tour.

[@russellmorash3816]

Paul said he grew up on his father's music from the twenties and thirties so it was a big influence on him before rock and roll came along

[@John_Chu]

Paul hadn’t met Linda yet when he wrote and recorded this. He was still with Jane Asher then.

[@rodneygriffin7666]

Yes he was.

[@andythrush3341]

Definitely a Paul written song! He can be so uplifting at times. His use of old and new sounds and rhythms is what makes him a genius! Harri, thanks for the sharing this tune for us. (It's raining here today, so it gives me hope for some sunshine before the end of the day.)

[@BabbleBebble]

This is a very wonderful song and honestly I just loved to hear it here!

[@donw804]

"You think you've got them in a corner, and then they try something else". If there was ever a band that this applies to, it was definitely the Beatles. I don't think there was any style or genre they didn't explore..... and excel at.

[@moonbeam2062]

The "Revolver" album was released in Aug 1966, Paul didn't meet Linda until May 1967. But we get what you're saying about the song. Good reaction Harri! Paul was still involved with Jane Asher, sister of Peter Asher who you ought to do a reaction to at some point, Peter & Gordon. They did a song that McCartney wrote called "A World Without Love"

[@stellaandes9622]

Such a wonderful, upbeat song. I love the album it came from.

[@andynator501]

Harri you mentioned the song sounded like an "earlier era" which is exactly right. Paul's father led a jazz band in the 1920's. While growing up both Paul and his brother Michael were encouraged to learn music and played their family's upright piano. Jazz and music-hall songs were the music they grew up hearing and learning. John Lennon hated this style of music and participated only grudgingly. Songs like "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Your Mother Should Know" were derisively called "more of Paul's granny sh*t" by Lennon. I recall the piano solo on this track was written and recorded by George Martin when the lads were out for a smoke break. Sir George could only play haltingly, so he stepped down the key and recorded it at half speed. When the tape was played back at normal speed the solo was then mixed to the master track and Paul was pleased with the result.

[@brianparker663]

Leonard Bernstein (no less) liked this song. Listen carefully on headphones at 1'26 - just after Paul sings "She Feels Good" you can just hear John saying "she looks fine" in a comic voice.

[@gregpeterson7946]

A good song, but my favorite from Revolver is "I'm only sleeping", replete with some great harmony, guitars recorded backwards, and catchy beat. You might like that one too.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Also my favorite track on that album, and a song that's not nearly as well known as it ought to be.

[@ricknbacker5626]

This is the 2nd of 3 times George Martin uses tape speed manipulation to lay down a piano solo. The first time being In My Life from Rubber Soul and the 3rd time being Lovely Rita from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. This song also has an ultra Beatle rarity, a half step raised key change (for the outro fade). Cheers Hari. Any chance you're related to Pete Best? :-) RNB

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

The piano always reminded me of the old "barrelhouse" piano style of the 1920s, but The Beatles were always careful to remind one of other musics rather than just play in those styles. It's more about creating an atmosphere than it is about actually revisiting old genres of music.

[@thomastimlin1724]

That's good description rather than ragtime [1899-1917 era].

[@johnj2763]

What can be said? Simply impeccable.

[@DaveHof]

Listen to "Honey Pie" one day - that one sounds like it came out of the 1920s.

[@cletushouse906]

Always liked this one, makes you feel good. Thanks.

[@ronpotter9810]

That is George Martin on piano. Here is the story of the origin according to Paul "It was really very much a nod to The Lovin’ Spoonful’s ‘Daydream’, the same traditional, almost trad-jazz feel. That was our favourite record of theirs. ‘Good Day Sunshine’ was me trying to write something similar to ‘Daydream’. John and I wrote it together at Kenwood, but it was basically mine, and he helped me with it." Paul McCartney

[@lisayoung4987]

Always love this tune.

[@thomastimlin1724]

The influence is from Mccartney's father Jim, who was a trumpet player until his teeth went bad, and piano a player in his own Dance Band early in life. 1920's old time dance band jazz/swing music. Songs like this, and When I'm Sixty Four, Honey Pie, Your Mother Should Know and even Maxwell's Silver Hammer have that old time swing style. Later in Wings he did a couple of more like this, like You Gave Me the Answer on the Venus and Mars album.

[@abc456f]

What a voice on Paul!

[@rogerkelly7988]

The Beatles never get old the first album that I bought myself in 1965 was a Beatles album I was in the 7th grade

[@garythomas4914]

Beatles favorites for me depend on what I have last heard!

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

I could imagine Fats Domino singing this beautiful track.

[@brianfisher6165]

There is nothing usual about any Beatle song Harry!!! Never be suprised!!! I'm sure it would apply to Linda, however he hadn't met her yet!!!👍👌✌😎

[@bryanhale5254]

Hey harry you know it's so damn cool about that right at the very end here that symbol and George Martin Snips off the sound of the symbol maybe he switches it off when they mixed it so that the background harmonies you know goes on and on Good Day Sunshine and then the other ones take over, like a row row your boat kind of thing it's so cool man. I love that when I was a kid I just my dad bought me this album and I brought it back from the Midwest course they got warp so I had to put it between glass to straighten it out but man I really really enjoyed that record and that song to you know cuz it was nice it was like during the summer or the end of summer and it was still hot out and we're going to the beach and just that whole feeling and listening to the song I always felt so happy man

[@braudabo]

Song was used for a "Langnese Honey"-commercial in the early 70's.

[@triciasomogyi5431]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍

[@almostfm]

It's fairly easy to get that kind of sound from the piano-just don't mic it closely, and you'll pick up more room noise, and it "muddles" the sound.

[@stephenqualtrough7322]

So many good tracks on Revolver it is not surprising that some do not get the attention they deserve. What about John's triptych of She Said, She Said, Dr Robert r And your Bird Can Sing and the sad McCartney of For No one ?

[@ericanderson8886]

Just too hard to pick a favorite Beatles album. Think they were all classics.

[@tommessner3502]

John Lennon said bout Paul "Paul is a great story teller".

[@newms69]

I belive that was gGeorge Martin on Piano

[@renatomantovani6871]

Ringo shines in this

[@gpxo11]

The Tremeloes did a good cover of this song. The 59th Street Bridge song (Feelin Groovy) by Simon & Garfunkel or the Harper's Bizarre is also similar in sound as is spanky And Our Gang's Lazy Day, the Young Rascals Groovin and Lovin spoonful's Daydream-better known as Sunshine Pop.

[@zayortagus9953]

the producer George Martin played the piano on this song

[@Swede1066]

Small point... Paul was not with yet Linda at the time this song was written or released.

[@Gravel-Idle]

Try reacting to Lady Madonna, you will love the piano in this

[@paulhanson5164]

Probably my favourite Beatles album and if I'm having to pick a favourite track from it I might just about opt for I'm Only Sleeping. The piano on this track is influenced by Les Dawson😎

[@bryanhale5254]

I don't know if you've ever heard baby elephant walk but it has this boogie woogie look little Riff on the piano 1 2 3 4 1 2 do do do do do do do do do it's hard to explain but you know when he's singing the little verse burning his foot on the ground you hear that little boogie woogie piano and then you hear the Ragtime on the other parts of it

[@bryanhale5254]

It's kind of a Ragtime Style you're hearing there with the piano I believe for all I know it might have been George Martin he threw in a lot of piano parts which I think is awesome

[@damonhines8187]

No, I think that'd be 'And Your Bird Can Sing'. Underplayed, anyway.

[@stevevasell429]

I'm pretty sure this was before Linda. More likely he was still with Jane Asher.

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

Like the songs played home on the piano pré war?☯️✌

[@bryanhale5254]

Oh you know what that's so funny I just realized what it was he was a backwards symbol and that's why it cuts off all right now I got it got all these years my whole life I didn't even notice that that's too funny all right my man I'm going to go listen to the raksha now I just had that little afterthought to crazy man alrighty

[@bryanhale5254]

Shake it off for no one on this album that's another Paul McCartney masterpeace Maybe you already have I don't know but pretty amazing I think I think it's one of the really breakthrough songs for Paul McCartney

[@rodneygriffin7666]

Each song by the Beatles at this point didn't sound like any other.

[@danielvolk237]

Paul had 3 better songs on Revolver IMO. Got to get you into my life, For No One, and my favorite Here,There,and Everywhere. Oh yeah I forgot a fourth song. Eleanor Rigby. Great choice Harri. 🕊️💟👍🔥🙃

[@thomastimlin1724]

Uh, you missed Eleanor Rigby....

[@danielvolk237]

@@thomastimlin1724 Yeah you are right, sorry. 👍🙃

[@jnagarya519]

He was still involved with Jane Asher. Groupie Linda had yet to get opportunity to prey on Paul.

[@stuarthastie6374]

Sounds like a pub biano. This is befoore Linda. His girlfriend was Jane Asher, a very freckly actress. He was a border in her famlies home. Ner family turned him on to classical music.

[@j.jennings1722]

I've always heard a bit of Ragtime influence in this song, and even earlier influences in some of Paul's other songs with the Fab Four, like Maxwell's Silver Hammer.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Not really ragtime, but 1920's dance music which led to 1930's swing era music with a swing or shuffle beat. Most ragtime was a straight march beat with offbeat or what musicians call syncopation patterns.. Ragtime was an earlier era from 1899 to around 1917. Listen to some Scott Joplin for an example.Many took ragtime tunes later in the swing era and turned them into swing style, thus causing the confusion of what real ragtime is. I can't help myself, I was a music teacher lol

[@tsap571]

this song is long before Linda

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

Hello. Could you react to the WEIRD Beatles songs? "Tomorrow never knows " Revolver CD /"the inner line" (compilations only ) "Within you Without you "Sgt peppers CD. or "Across the universe "☯️✌Peace

[@richardmartin9565]

George Martin probably played the piano.

[@countrygirl1635]

Can you please react to Angelina Jordan singing Endless Love by Lionel Richie? Thank You!