The Beatles - Hey Jude LESSON by Mike Pachelli

[@BWMcT]

Mike your work is invaluable. You are a musical archaeologist digging up treasures from the Beatles’ song recordings, in pursuit of a broader understanding of their genius. We can’t thank you enough.

[@jaydrfish]

Very well said! I agree!

[@sapelesteve]

Yet another amazing back story & rendition of a classic Beatles tune Mike! That sound alike was incredible! Thank you for keeping their music alive & well! 👍👍

[@RightWingPolitics-MAGA]

Nothings better than seeing a Mike pachelli video waking up on a Saturday

[@Exsluka]

What fun you are all having. Keeping the legacy alive. I am sure Macca and Ringo appreciate what you are doing.

[@roncaruso931]

Always a treat to view your new Beatles lesson.

[@Gnarly45]

I really appreciate the bass lessons that you've added to your channel. Nobody did it better than Sir Paul.

[@MPfrance]

I appreciate that!

[@codetech5598]

Nobody does it better than Mike P.

[@juliosanchez8263]

@@MPfrance I think what George would have done is something like what he did on the fade out of isn't pity. I personally think the song needs it. I know this is a well loved classic but it is one that I listen to rarely.

[@simonmarsh7529]

Fantastic lesson as always Mike and what a brilliant soundalike - and so good to see Cecile and Miles too!

[@user-kt6qh7lp5c]

I always really liked John's harmony on the final verse. He seems to weave around Paul's vocal in a way that's a bit different than usual. It's also amusing that the powers confused this to be a recording of the band. It's a testament to how accurate you are in your playing.

[@RightWingPolitics-MAGA]

Thanks for this lesson. This is the only channel that shows both Lennon and George so I new this would be good

[@westfield90]

I’ve always noticed and was fixated on John’s frantic and rhythmic upstrums in the first few bars of the ending part. Love it

[@rongoringo]

I'm so happy you included the "f*cking hell" in the sound alike Mike, amazing work as ever

[@RightWingPolitics-MAGA]

I know!!!! He gets it as close as he can!

[@matcoffidis1135]

Absolutely love this song: Paul's lead vocal, the backing vocals, John and Paul's short harmony part, the uplifting lyrics.... Paul played it for John. He said he'd fix the movement you need is on your shoulders. John said, No you won't, it's the best line in the song. After John passed and he was performing it live, he'd admit to getting emotional when getting to that part of the song.....❤

[@juliosanchez8263]

Thank you for telling the story that we are all sick of Paul telling yet again. You are quite the Beatle historian.

[@igrvasil]

That’s a great job!!! Amazing! You are incredible musician Thank you for your lessons! Best of luck!!!

[@MsIbelin]

Very well done Mike😊

[@johnthompson5034]

Blown away by the fabulous sound alike Mike. Please keep them coming.

[@annamariaisland1960]

Wonderful class today! A few months after the Beatles' release, Greg Allman recorded an incendiary guitar solo for WIlson PIckett's cover of Hey Jude, perhaps indicating what George could have done if Paul had only been a little more generous.

[@javierjain4882]

It was Duane Allman

[@ElectricLotusBand]

Never clicked faster !! We appreciate you man

[@martyros1234567]

Your sound-alike rendition was so touching that it brought tears to my eyes at the end. Thank you for these feelings!

[@MPfrance]

@marty - wow - what an amazingly kind comment. Thank you!

[@mikeopdenaker5573]

Wonderful detail from the back story to the end!

[@andrewpappas9311]

I've been waiting for a lesson on this song for awhile now so this is definitely great, absolutely loved it and your piano playing was beautiful as well

[@kenschachsieck1357]

Wow Mike, another great breakdown of a Beatles classic! When you put it all together it sounds very close to the four cheeky lads..Best wishes!

[@studio1954thereflections]

Great video! ...your lessons are so easy to follow 🇨🇦❤🇨🇦

[@MPfrance]

Glad you like them!

[@ordjk4797]

I appreciate your attempt at the vocals, those are hard to nail!

[@boguszasmann6844]

Great lesson, great background Info

[@cernaruka]

I always love to watch your videos - great work

[@jaydrfish]

Hey Mike, Another great tutorial for all of us wanna be players!! Just sent along a donation on your web site. Please keep up the good work. You're a real musical treasure!

[@MPfrance]

@jaydrfish - Thank you VERY much for your support! I really appreciate it!!

[@willmaeinssagen2117]

You nailed it, Mike! The song sounds easy, but is hard to sing. Fantastic!

[@gregjhart]

Spectacular Mike, massive achievement! Fabulous as alway

[@MPfrance]

Thank you so much 😀

[@allenallen5040]

Wow great vocals! You got way up there!!!

[@rob_in_stowmarket_uk]

The band may have seen some drop in popularity in the States around this time, but I don’t think their reputation or popularity diminished in the UK. It certainly wasn’t the case for myself, nor the wide range of people I knew at the time even though, as you say, Jimi, Cream, the Kinks, Stones, Who and many others were surging in popularity. The Beatles were still seen by them and most others as the band to aspire too. Nevertheless, great analysis, Mike. Another excellent video. 👍

[@AlbieSol560]

Great lesson Mike, simple but beautiful song!

[@MartyBright-b3x]

Another fantastic lesson. You are my guitar hero.

[@Hammerman48]

Great job Mike! You even kept the expletive in! Lol

[@MPfrance]

@Hammerman - Yeah - it's an important part of recording history!

[@Hammerman48]

@@MPfrance Haha....indeed it is. I always loved the little bits that The Beatles left in, accidentally or otherwise. Something that is polished out in modern mixing.

[@182-n7h]

Amazing Mike!

[@MPfrance]

Thank you kindly!

[@liamjh81]

Love that you left the “fucking hell”buried in the mix! Excellent work as always Mike

[@MPfrance]

@liam - That's an integral part of the song!

[@liamjh81]

@@MPfrance very very true

[@stephenhyder4659]

You got Ringo spot on !

[@MPfrance]

@stephen - Thanks! I worked on Ringo's part quite a lot. And if you look closely at the video you'll see me reading the chart I wrote (on that black music stand to the left of the mounted tom tom) to get the fills properly placed and played!

[@patrickkelly5004]

Bravo, Mike! ✌

[@Jim5150jvc]

And John was a genius on acoustic guitar for this tune!

[@hudsonrilke]

Great rendition. Nice one.

[@MPfrance]

Thanks for liking

[@anthonyrothwellsingletary587]

You my friend have a gift from God.

[@Kmaczzz]

Top drawer. Thanks Mike.

[@MPfrance]

2Km - You bet!

[@stryderaaa]

Fantastic !!

[@erict1917]

Fabulous.

[@johngillen275]

Great video of one of their best songs. And nice to see the next generation of Pachellis; is this their background vocal debut?

[@MPfrance]

@john - Thanks and no - my wife and son have added BGV's to a few other songs.

[@1rwjwith]

Great job as usual. I always thought they could have kind of compromised and let George play fills and licks say over the last verse and the endless coda! Duane Allman proved how that could work when he played on Wilson Picketts version.

[@MPfrance]

@1 - I agree!

[@paulzulmira694]

Your soundalikes are phenomenal!

[@MPfrance]

@paul - That's very kind of you to say. Thanks! But the real talent is in composing the song. Copying it isn't that big of a deal. You just gotta take your time doing it.

[@paulzulmira694]

@@MPfrance Sure, the real talent is in the composition, but for us mere mortals a great copy IS a big deal - your versions, the Analogues' versions, these have revealed to me just how original and musical the originals are.

[@JGmedia18]

Absolutely brilliant video Mike. Is that a tea towel also placed on the floor Tom your playing? I can’t quite see but perfect sounding drums too.

[@MPfrance]

@legacy - Thanks and yeah - all the drums are 'tea-towelled' for this tune.

[@antoniocarloscruz1350]

Great job but I think that the piano is the star of this music and you could teach us of your skill. Thanks

[@thomasvanreijn]

Again i learned a lot. so wonderfull! I have a question: could you make a lesson on the Beatles track Hey Bulldog. I have some difficulties inderstanding the song and i think your words could enlight me. So can you please, please help me? thank you so much

[@petet968]

Awesome! I always thought it was "Don't forget to yell" Oh well.

[@thomrossetti9554]

I've watched you for years Mike and think you are at least three times the Musician I will ever be. I am saying this completely from a loving space mate, I promise. I like the vocals, especially the harmonies but it seems to me, only my humble opinion, when you are doing the lead vocals most times, it seems you are trying to sound like, "the lads". I am betting 100% your natural vocals would sound excellent. FWIW.

[@MPfrance]

Well - 1 - they are sound-alikes and 2 - I actually learned HOW to sing by listening to the Beatles in the early 60's. So when I sing a Beatles song my "natural vocals" have a bit of Beatles DNA.

[@DrStrange1980]

Hey nice lesson mike thanks👍 Can you please do a lesson for a Day In The Life?

[@iPro3million]

I second the request for A Day In The Life!

[@TR4Ajim]

Another great job! BTW - who’s helping you with the background vocals?

[@MPfrance]

@TR4 - my wife & son.

[@TR4Ajim]

@@MPfrance Awesome!,👏

[@SnipinG1337]

Oh wow, I never thought about the capo. I always thought it was just played normally because of the music video. Today I learned! Also, what string do you use on your J160 Mike?

[@MPfrance]

@Snipin - I have no particular favorite type of strings. I usually use D'addario's 'cuz they're not very expensive. I don't hear much difference in string types. Most tone comes from a player's hands...

[@martincho731]

Puedo dar like antes de ver el video? obvio que si!

[@ramjtme]

Nice job on the effing hell. Just like the record.

[@MPfrance]

I try

[@rickkiebiech6088]

Hey, Mike! How many instruments do you play?

[@MakatiMazz]

On the David Frost video, I see John playing bar chords during the coda. Is that because he didn’t want to use a capo?

[@Sekaoh]

I'm sure either way would've been effective in achieving the sound they wanted.

[@MPfrance]

@Makati - John is NOT playing at all on that David Frost show. He is pretending to play along with a pre-recorded music track.

[@codetech5598]

​@@MPfranceHis fake playing had something to do with the musicians union rules.

[@MPfrance]

@codec - Well, sorry - but you have that mixed up. The Musicians' Union's ban (after 1966) was actually on miming the music being played on television. So the Beatles could have played the music live instead of lip/finger syncing to a prerecorded track. But the band circumvented the ban by having Paul sing live and fooling the union into believing they were playing live.

[@MrBuc128]

I know it’s odd I’m a huge Beatles fan and I like just about everything they ever put out but I can not stand Hey Jude .

[@Obloblorb]

Same for me. I mean, I like it, but the "nanana hey Jude" part is way too long, making it repetitive. I like the piano and the harmonies, though

[@toddthomas195]

Mike, you said in the hey Jude promotional film they had recorded instruments and saying the song live on Wikipedia it said the same thing about the revolution video. The instruments were taped and the vocals were saying live, but you said they dubbed the singing in the revolution video and another thing Wikipedia did was bring to my attention. I never caught it John is ending the singing well the singing is still going on in the background. I can’t believe the filmmaker. I can’t remember his name. Let that get put out that way. I can’t believe the Beatles let that get put out that way what a mistake if your people are paying attention it’s really easy to see. They made such a big mistake video and audio not in sync

[@carlotomass119]

As usual great Mike … thanks

[@carlotomass119]

It just shows how good what you’ve done is !! …… they couldn’t tell the difference !!, thank you again