The Beatles - Medley from ABBEY ROAD (REACTION) First Time Hearing It

[@SaeedReacts.]

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[@willswomble7274]

Anyone who says the Beatles weren't the very finest, most revolutionary, inventive, extraordinary 'pop' band that has ever existed badly need an education. So very glad to have lived in the UK and lived through the most astonishing times. Age 73, I am blubbing, tears running down listening to this side of the greatest album of all time, even though I know it all in my head. Don't vex yourself trying to understand it, it is like life, just be thrilled and enjoy it!

[@neillenet291]

And Pink Floyd

[@titusho2]

1000 % true... 🪲🪲🪲🪲= Beatles ❤💜🥰 I'm crazy about this band, they hypnotizing 🙏🕊

[@lipby]

I prefer Zappa and Dylan and Prince. But the Beatles impact is undeniable.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Damn Skippy! ❤✌️

[@darrenherbst5572]

Not bad for the first boy band

[@arthurcassuli]

This medley always refreshes my head on WHY The Beatles are the best.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Best 16 minutes in recorded music.

[@TheJimbo1791]

@@sourisvoleur4854 In my opinion as well. There are many greats but this is just totally outstanding.

[@ceceliarussell-jayne2447]

Side 2 abbey road is a masterwork. Think it’s Ringo’s only drum solo.

[@Cbcw76]

@@ceceliarussell-jayne2447 Of course, this remark means "I have not listened to Beatles records" and, sigh, YOU SHOULD. You are depriving ONLY YOURSELF. The Medley IS special but, at that time, 1969-70, there were hundreds of 'great guitarists' creating bands and albums. The albums could be junk, too, but their taletns would be pushed onto new bands, new collaborators, new songs and more heralded albums. The Medley's collaborative guitar work wasn't very common because most bands didn't have 2 much less 3 attentive, creative guitarists. This was a factor of The Era. And if students listen to 1966 to The Medley, they might not be shocked at the quality, but shocked that it was The Beatles. "Wow - this is THE BEST" but only the folks - students of music - understood what the value of The Best was. And then to have Paul drop off the album and reappear with a simple, silly ditty. What the - ?!!

[@ptournas]

​@@ceceliarussell-jayne2447 You're right. It was the only Beatles song with an actual drum solo. There are songs where his drumming is outstanding, but this was the only one where he had a solo.

[@AceAnnie1-7]

Christmas Day 1969, I was 12 and got this album for Christmas. While the family were watching tv I sat in my bedroom and played it from start to finish. One of my best Christmas memories ever!

[@tomhull7427]

I was 16 - same experience as you. Amazing music.

[@stanmore116]

@@tomhull7427 I was 13 in Sec modern school . Extraordinary times.

[@GaryStern-lh5vw]

I did the same 😊

[@MrJohndl]

No auto-tune, no computers, no digital special effects. Just pure TALENT.

[@GreatBigBore]

To be fair, they did mess around quite a bit with the tracks. Not digital, true, but, "t.rn me on, de.d man" (or so it sounded to me) didn't come from their great voices 😆

[@Cbcw76]

I join the other comment - the Beatles (AND ALL ARITISTS) were using special tricks and effects, and there was either learned from experienced studio staff OR thru experimentation with brand new audio "inventions" (er, is "discovery" the better word). Doubling their vocals was a mechanical exercise: "No no no - you missed the timing again - start Take 84-!!" soon became "It's okay - we'll slice up THIS recovering, tape the bits together and get that timing perfect ourselves." Folks may claim "But that's not a special effect" - yeah? TRY IT YERSELF and see how f'n special it is!! Heck, cut-n-paste on computers has been a pretty special effort for a practically invisible but audible effect.

[@Cbcw76]

Oh, and this had been done for decades. Earliest radio shows had overlays of crowd-noise (at least in 1928-29 AMOS & ANDY series, and JACK BENNY. Those are the oldest in my collection so I don't know the hundreds of others that never survived. When those old radio shows add in "from transcription", they mean the originals were recorded on WAX CYLINDERS and shipped around the country to small radio markets that couldn't afford giant repeater/transmitters, and in those wax-cylinder 'cuts', they often inserted better audio portions, or a louder "door slam" or "footsteps".

[@strawhousepig]

If you think they wouldn't have used all that if it were available to them you weren't paying attention.

[@PeterMay-q5e]

Who needs computers and auto tune when you have George Martin.

[@jvs333]

The Beatles were a phenomenon that will never happen again. They not only changed music, they changed the world

[@hungfao]

Basically, the best goodbye from any band ever.

[@davidfeltz8697]

True!

[@Cbcw76]

Of course, to the consumers, they were hit with the LET IT BE album...

[@rsdemarco]

@@Cbcw76 Must have been a nice surprise.

[@strawhousepig]

I dunno. In the spots where you don't hear John harmonizing with Paul, like Golden Slumbers, to me it punctuates the conflict they were going through at the time.

[@beanfaded]

u mean artist not just band

[@501625abc]

Keith Richards once told Paul that the Rolling Stones have one front man, The Beatles have four. I believe Paul just nodded, "Yea"!

[@daveman15]

"You Never Give Me Your Money" is about their crooked manager Allen Klein! He never gave them money, he just gave them papers to sign. A humorous take on a business disaster.

[@ErnestPJay]

@@daveman15 ohhh

[@sharkbjs]

The entire album is one giant masterpiece. This was released when I was 11-years-old and even at that young age, I was knocked out. There's The Beatles and then there's everyone else. No one will ever accomplish the genius of this group.

[@lorilxn1597]

I was 4 years old but by the time I was 11 I was listening to it. 5 older siblings who played a lot of music

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

and with that the Beatles rode off into the sunset... the Greatest Of All Time

[@andi17ish]

Unfortunately yes but what a way to go

[@thedogwoods5716]

No no no, never stop the medley. It must play from beginning to end Nonstop

[@eterneh489]

I told him to go back on his break and listen to it without interruption. I guess he had to interrupt to comment, given the format of the channel. But I know--I said "NO!!" out loud several times. Don't worry. I'm sure he will listen without interruption, and so will we! Peace.

[@Stereoheadx]

Increíble, justo pauses were longer than the songs 😂😂😂 what a dumb reaction

[@FireiskLtd]

There have been books written on where this Medley came from and how it was constructed. You should have carried out a bit of research and your comments might have been less rubbish.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

@@thedogwoods5716 …thinking the same thing. You never get another first experience with this, and he blew his. I’m thinking maybe the pausing is for reasons of copyright issues, but it’s a crying shame, downright criminal how he diminished his own experience.

[@richstrobel]

well now I'm just going to listen to it uninterrupted.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

71 here, and like below, so glad to have lived through the Beatles' era. You can imagine how sad we were when the word broke that the band broke up. And then how stunned we were to hear that John was killed. I never did get to see them live but they live on in their music and in our hearts.

[@PauTay942]

this may be hyperbole , but i think i can be argue that this is the best side two of any album ever made.

[@jasoncrimp8938]

Probably right

[@eddriver7815]

absitively and posatively .... \beatles could go slumming and do stones ..... but never in a million years could stones e v e r do the Beatles

[@jameskinchen2148]

@@PauTay942 Except it’s trumped by the first two songs on side 1.

[@rdouthwaite]

No doubt about it.

[@silvesterlanga5374]

Many people say that's a lot garbidge.. They are wrong.

[@johndavids4780]

I am 75. I grew up with the Beatles from the very start and they inspired my music career. The beauty of their music was that everyone can get from their music what they already have in themselves but didn't realize was there. We hear the same thing but they inspire different emotions in different people. Ask 5 different people what they felt and you will get 5 different answers.

[@TheCornishCockney]

The Beatles ALWAYS gets me emotional. I was 10 in 64 and lapped up every note of that magical,wonderful decade and the 70’s followed suit. They WERE the sixties and influenced everything and everybody. Wouldn’t swap my time with any other in history.

[@Floyd78]

🎶 And in the end the love you take Is equal to the love you make 🎶 Perfection

[@JeanetteFaith]

One good line out of a lot of gibberish. IMHO..........

[@brianalmeida1964]

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window is based on an actual event. A female fan broke into Paul's house through the bathroom window and stole some of his clothes. Great reaction. Stay safe 🤘 ✌️

[@tomenrico6199]

Followed by Ringo's only drum solo as a Beatle. He believed in playing the drums in service to the music and felt that drum solos were self-indulgent. But the others persuaded him to add this brief solo to their last studio sessions together.

[@janelledelaney4428]

Thank you John, Paul, Ringo and George.

[@haydoncruikshank1616]

@@janelledelaney4428 and george martin

[@eileendobbs8009]

You have to listen to their medleys from beginning to end without interrupting to truly get their genius. I highly recommend it.

[@kenhoyer8601]

No video should be interrupted.

[@louiscrispino10]

Sometimes they have to do it for copyright reasons, otherwise it might get blocked by KZbin

[@gabe2869]

Reactors don't care about music, they care about building a channel because everyone in our society wants to be loved by as many people as possible.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, I was getting into it & he stopped it, which almost made me click off. At least he went back a bit & allowed the songs to progress from one to another.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@gabe2869I generally agree. If a reactor really cared about music, they’d have already heard 90+% of the music they react to for the ‘first time.’ There are exceptions though. Kids who are relatively young, or people who grew up in strict households where that kind of music wasn’t allowed. There are also classical musicians who have been in a bubble.

[@dalemcmillan7231]

Abbey Road is a Masterpiece!!❤

[@Octavian7771]

There is an exceptional elegance to George Martins production. His orchestrations never overshadow the band, but served the band. The records were of exceptional clarity and depth, where instrument and vocal had its precise, intentional place in the sonic spectrum.

[@rebeccasimmers3107]

The whole album is fire. Needs to be listened to in order. Enjoy!

[@titusho2]

Absolutely all fire 🪲🪲🪲🪲 ❤ Love them since 1964 😂🎉

[@Cbcw76]

WIthout stopping and pausing, etc. sigh...

[@threekidzmom04]

oh yes! I had forgotten how wonderful it is.

[@PauTay942]

yes it does. thats the only thing about Beatle reaction that bothers me. the works are complete front to back.

[@Cbcw76]

@@PauTay942 I approve of reactors who say, "Well, I can't do whole albums BUT I have listened to this one, or I'm in the process of listening to this one." I see NO PROBLEM with 2nd-time listenings. Good grief - even my most dreaded Beatles tracks get dozens of listen's. Not because I'm a masochist, but there IS an expectation of "And the next note is... " I think having the album forced us to listen in track order mostly because it was kind of a pain - and damaging to the vinyl to pickup and drop. (I'm got some opening groove-finding pops on originals; I've replaced the vinyls even twice - oooh, those are so pristine. BUT THEY SOUND WRONG. My expectations are WAITING for those pops! What a sicko, eh? ha ha) I think all of these reactors who only listen to a few Greatest Hits - and ONLY SELECTED BY OTHERS - are robbing and mugging themselves of the richness of the hidden gems. YES IT IS, for example. I hear those cheating, tortured newbies remark on "fabulous harmonies" and I think, "They ain't heard nuthin' yet!" sigh

[@AbigailJrney-1]

The Beatles are the GREATEST EVER!!. "Abbey Road" is one of the greatest albums ever! Hell of a way for The Beatles to bow out!

[@threekidzmom04]

I agree 100%

[@kingbeauregard]

Watch out, you're going to start the fist fight over "Let It Be". (BTW, I would agree that "Abbey Road" is the last Beatles album proper. "Let It Be" is more additional material than a proper studio album.)

[@stevesm4]

@@kingbeauregard Well, also it was recorded before Abbey Road but released later. After Lennon had given the tapes to Phil Spector and asked him to do something with them. Much to Paul McCartney's annoyance.

[@eddriver7815]

uhhhhhh .... one of the best ??? who the heGG IS WAS BETTER ?? ... YOU SHOULD RE WRITE THAT .

[@eddriver7815]

IT WAS THEM AT THEIR VERY BEST ... they were the Muhammud ALI OF MUSIC Sgt Pepper was more proclaimed ... but Abbey Is them at t heir absolute best

[@ellencourtney7187]

I’m a bit jealous to see you experience this for the very first time. But I’m glad I’ve been able to listen to it so many times over the decades. What an incredible group indeed-they changed music forever

[@waynecox3958]

IT'S NOT A MEDLEY. IT IS A SUITE.

[@FloridaRocks]

I saw Paul McCartney at RFK Stadium on July 4th (can't remember the year) and was floored when the medley began ... I had been a bit too young when they came to America and my dreams of one day seeing them live was shattered upon John's horrific death ... and as Paul sang "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" I let go with such happy tears!! I'll never forget that moment and how it made me feel. ❤

[@jtcrunch]

I believe it was 1990. I was there, too. Closest thing to a religious experience I've ever had listening to music, when Paul started playing Beatles songs in this concert. I believe this tour was the first time he publicly played the old Beatles songs since the band's breakup. I've never seen so many middle-aged people happy weeping at the same time since.

[@FloridaRocks]

@jtcrunch Just thinking back to that day gets me every time!

[@lucatironi2956]

I get goosebumps every time! Ladies and gentleman: THE BEATLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tdgallagher218]

Her Magesty was originally part of the medley, situated between Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam. If you take another listen, you will hear the initial chord for Her Magesty is in fact the final chord for Mean Mr Mustard. McCartney didn't feel Her Magesty sounded right in the medley and had it removed. At the time, the engineers at EMI Studios were instructed by George Martin never to discard anything the Beatles recorded, so Her Mastry was extracted and saved at a random spot on the reel. The track was unintentionally included on the final acetate. True to the nature of most artists, the Beatles would often embrace incidental errors and would leave it 'as is', provided it complimented the situation. Needless to say, they agreed to include it on the album.

[@richardmartin9565]

Your 2024 mind thinks differently than my 1969 mind. I'm not sure I tried to analyze the lyrics. I just went with the flow.

[@rogerdarby908]

Their final masterpiece. Still brings a chill and a tear to my eye.

[@stuBdoc]

You can sprain your brain trying to figure out the meaning of the lyrics, but there probably isn't really one. They were playing with our heads by this time in their career. But the lyrics were very memorable anyway, if not just because they were so nonsensical. A very fun musical trip.

[@wpollock1]

Well, Sun King and Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers are pretty straight forward.

[@garylee3685]

Throughout their careers, more emphasis was on the feel of the music, with lyrics taking a back seat to that.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Billy Joel was inspired by this medley to write his S"cenes from An Italtian Resturant" story song. Must mention that the Bealtes went back to George Martin and asked him to produce this album, they knew it was going to be their last one, and Martin was allowed to put his stamp on it with writing all the string and brass parts, which shine beautfully throughout the album. But the brass and strings in the reeprise of You Never Give Me You Money to the end of the medley just sends shivers up and down my spine. He truly was the fifth Beatle. It was Martin who believed in them from the start and gave them their chance and rode that train for very little reward but his salary to the very end.

[@meditationlifeskills]

This album almost gave me a spiritual/musical expansion. It propelled me to a life of playing music 69 years later. I am still listening and playing every day. "And in the end, the love you take Is equal to the love you make".

[@top40researcher31]

The beatles didn't just made music they made magic

[@richardrobinson4020]

The Beatles were known for their remarkable ability to perform a vast repertoire of songs live without relying on sheet music or other aids. During their career, they played hundreds of songs, including their own compositions and covers. It's difficult to pinpoint an exact number of songs they could play by heart, but it's safe to say that their extensive catalog of hits and popular covers made them one of the most versatile bands of their time. They famously played over 200 songs during their residency at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and during their concerts, they often varied their setlists to include many different tracks. Additionally, their recording sessions and live performances showcased their impressive musical memory and proficiency.

[@pablovandyck]

Malcolm Gladwell wrote that it takes 10,000 hours to become expert. The Beatles did their 10,000 hours in the Cavern Club and clubs in Germany, before breaking out. What an amazing few years in the 60's -- they were finished as a band before any of them had even turned 30 yo. Abbey Road is the only Beatles album where you hear a Moog synthesizer (seems almost archaic to consider -- four guys who couldn't read or write musical notation, in an 8 track studio, playing instruments).

[@davidwestphal3469]

More than likely the greatest 16 minutes of incredible pop/rock music ever recorded. It sounds like it was recorded yesterday, not almost 56 years ago. Incredible. Ever band that came after them owes them a huge debt of gratitude for showing the music world how well it could be done. That goes for you as well, Led Zeppelin.

[@davidfeltz8697]

It iscinsane

[@davidwestphal3469]

@ Not sure what that word is.

[@mungo0211]

The greatest band ever and a masterpiece. They knew it would be their last and they put everything they had into it.

[@claudec2588]

I'm 70 years old. I don't know how many times I've listened to this album, well over 100. Sometimes I concentrate on listening to George's guitar. Sometimes I concentrate on John's guitar, sometimes Paul's base. Sometimes I just focus on the drums. There is always something fantastic to enjoy here. George's Martins orchestration the harmonies as a group or when they double track one of the guys voices. And, despite all the times I've listened to it there is always something new to discover. There's an organ piece on this new remix that I don't think I'd noticed before. This is by far my all time favourite album. Left alone on a desert island this is the album I'd want to have with me. I get emotional every time during the last piece when the orchestration comes in because I know that this is the last new piece of music these guy will ever create together. Don Maclean wrote about the death of Buddy Holly, the day the music died. For me and millions of others when the Beatles announced their break up this was the day the music died. I have goose bumps when I listen to the last tracks on this album. Despite their individual successes they never again came close to creating anything as beautiful as this album.

[@eterneh489]

Claudec--you put it beautifully. Thank you for expressing what so many of us feel. I used to go to Beatlefests as a kid in New Jersey and they were such Lovefests! Fans know.

[@IvorPresents]

It was released 1969. I was 21. My parents brought the album back from England where they had been touring, The album sounded great. It was a return from their psychedelic excursions. There had been tensions that signaled the end. This album was like a farewell note. encapsulating them at their best. together like the old days.

[@lorilxn1597]

Golden Slumbers brings me to tears every time 💔😭

[@skywalkersbutido6375]

same here 🥹🥲😭✨

[@ursobr1961]

The most Paul-esque of all of Paul's songs IMO.

[@NigelGibson-z8e]

Yes.

[@glass2467]

The entire album side should be listened to without stopping. Just for yourself, listen on your own to the complete album. No stops.

[@eterneh489]

100% I'm sure Saeed will on his own time. Otherwise, this would have been titled: "The Abbey Road Medley with no reaction". ha! It would have been interesting if he did that, and just let his facial expressions and sounds be his reaction. I bet his core listeners would be cool with that.

[@TigerRogers0660]

This IS the greatest album of all time!! No question about that.

[@elainevario1174]

@@TigerRogers0660 I love WHOS NEXT from the Who or Elton John Yellow brick Rd album.... 🤔 Yeah the British invasion!!!

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@elainevario1174 Elaine, these are 2 iconic albums for sure!!

[@daveman15]

The guitar solos in "The End" are Paul, George and John taking turns.

[@cameronmccaskell5024]

...in one take

[@CindyNavarro]

It's been 55 years and I still love this album now as much as I did then.

[@jons3808]

One word…. Masterpiece

[@eximusic]

One of the best album sides in the history of music.

[@mungo0211]

Got that right!..total masterpiece

[@bethphillips9693]

This entire album is a book.

[@rubroken]

A friend saw that I was having a "bad trip" on LSD. He sat me down in a big overstuffed chair, put Abbey Road on the stereo, put headphones on me, and my love of Abbey Road was born. Not endorsing any drug use but back then I was a dumb kid

[@michaelbeckwith6177]

I was 17 and had quite a few acid trips and almost always had a hard time for a while but always would asked someone to please play The Beatles and they ALWAYS had a calming effect especially Revolver!!

[@sarahfullerton6894]

You really should have started with the early Beatles up to the end, to see their transformation.

[@SpuzzyLargo]

Then your friend should have put on some Firesign Theatre😊

[@umpdaddy1]

@@SpuzzyLargo That's funny!

[@NBKenC]

It's such a pleasure to see the facial reaction to something I first heard over 50 years ago. It makes me wonder how I looked on my first listen. This album remains one of my favourite ones ever, and I probably listen to this medley more than the rest of it because it remains so special to me. So glad you have experienced it!

[@jons3808]

I can’t think of any guitar player with better tone than George Harrison

[@dagmar.6954]

The whole "Abbey Road" (1969) album is great. Love all the songs on it. George Harrison wrote 2 of the beautiful songs "Something" & "Here Comes The Sun".

[@felagund87]

Arguably the two best songs on the album, and top 5 Beatles songs. Wish he had contributed more!

[@steveschaff4620]

Behold the GREATEST of the BEST EVER!!

[@andreakeehn1765]

From 1964 to the present, every single record was Beatles inspired. They created a revolution and it is still relevant.

[@catherinerivard7287]

The Beatles were innovative. The key to listening to this side of Abbey Road is to forget about the meaning of lyrics and traditional ways of listening. Treat it as a sort of symphony with many variations. The lyrics seem to me to be created to suit the music rather than the other way around. Very, very important with listening to Beatles music in the later albums: always play the entire album in its exact order. Do not separate the songs. Because these works are meant to be heard as a "piece," not bits out of a piece. That might help. Enjoy the lyrics but don't worry over what they might mean.

[@RockandRollWoman]

As John would have said, they're just words, man. But take that, from the man who penned Across the Universe, with a shaker of salt.

[@beckygrant2258]

The medley is meant to be played without stopping. You must go back on your own and listen to it that way, on your own! So many bands were influenced by this medley. You mentioned Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody. But also Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin…and other Progressive Rock bands. Beatles created the Prog Rock genre with this medley. And songs like Day in a Life.

[@GinnyRobertsonLLC]

I bought the cassette when it came out in 1969. I had just started college. One of the highlights of my 70+ years on the planet was seeing Paul McCartney in Baltimore in 2022. And I've seen some amazing concerts over the years. They did 31 songs plus 6 encore songs. Before the encore: Let It Be, Live and Let Die (Wings song) with fireworks (we were in Camden Yards Stadium), Hey Jude (which had the entire stadium singing and many of us crying). After encore I've Got a Feeling (virtual duet" w/video & vocal tracks of John Lennon during The Beatles rooftop concert in 1969). More crying. Birthday then Helter Skelter. Then they ended with Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End. So I was a puddle on the floor. I think what you just shared is the best 16 minutes of music, ever. "And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make." Thank you.

[@SharilynBratton]

I was 7 years old when this album came out, much too young to really have any mature understanding of the lyrics; but I heard my big brother 9 years older than me playing this album in his room and I was instantly mesmerized. I kept sneaking it to my room to listen to it on my sister’s record player and I knew every song on it and would stand on my bed with a hair brush for a microphone wailing out the lyrics to “Oh Darling” with every bit of passion in my 7 year old body ha. I am 62 now and this is still one of my favorite albums ever.

[@Mediawatcher2023]

The love you take is equal to the love you make is a hidden message thanking their fans for buying their albums as Abbey Road is their officially their last album ever to be recorded

[@elainevario1174]

❤

[@atgdcommish608]

George Harrison slayed it on this medley.

[@erinbedard6374]

I love the beatles

[@swami1]

Paul’s bass playing on the second verse of “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” is otherworldly.

[@virginiahello]

Feel honored you sat and listened to this. Yes. Nothing b 4 and since. Nothing will ever b equal. I lived it.

[@icetech6]

I have heard this over a 1000 times in my life as most people in the comments probably have.. and it not once doesn't just amaze me.

[@Serai3]

"Her Majesty" was a little surprise song. On vinyl records, the tracks each occupied a set of grooves, with a short blank space between them where the needle traveled to the next set, and you could see the separations on the disc. The end of the record would have a long blank space where the needle would eventually hit the end right next to the label in the middle and just stay there, spinning until you picked it up. Most people would pick up the needle when the last song ended, before it hit that end point, because it was believed it was bad for the needle to let it sit there. So the Beatles put that little song at the very end, after the long black space, as a reward for anyone who left the needle spinning. It was so short that you couldn't see it there unless you looked closely, as it only occupied a couple of grooves. I think they may have been the first group to utilize that space at the end to hide something. :)

[@tedburke8187]

I just listened to this for the first time with headphones and wow!!! Mind blown haven't heard this in decades

[@SaeedReacts.]

So good!

[@DarrenLoPrinzi]

Yeah, during the end of Golden Slumbers, I was over here repeating to myself, "PLEASE don't interrupt the medley...PLEASE don't interrupt the medley...PLEASE don't interrupt the medley..." I'm a big believer of taking the entire piece in all at once to capture the true flow, then go back and analyze. The Beatles are simply the greatest. They transcend generation and genre. I watch a lot of your reactions and very much enjoy your vibe, you seem like a good human. Especially all the Jacob Collier and Dirty Loops stuff. Please do more!

[@sitbone3]

amen...

[@RandyGabbert]

This whole album was some of the absolute best tripping music ever and this medley perfectly wrapped it up, all the changes playing with your head! They were great musical innovators throughout their time together, opening the door for other performers who followed.

[@9Ballr]

Abbey Road has always been my favorite Beatles album.

[@trespatines8698]

You NEVERstop the Abbey Road Medley!😂

[@user-rb5il9zo5f]

@@trespatines8698 Copyrights, you tube takes it down if you dont make pauses.

[@trespatines8698]

@ I understand that, but keep them to a minimum.

[@kbrewski1]

You're missing out on the natural flow of the Medley when you stop at each part.

[@IAMCAVE]

It’s a KZbin thing about copyrights.

[@kingcassius2586]

@@IAMCAVE he can listen to the whole thing straight and then edit the video later.

[@gonzalofuster6491]

Pleaae do not interrupt the medley it is a whole unity

[@richardrobinson4020]

I still can recall the emotions that went through me as I first listened to this as a teenager... sublime

[@christianmarler2253]

I think the effect at the end that sounds like a guitar is panning left and right, front to back, is actually 3 guitars, with George, Paul and John each taking turns playing a riff. What may sound like panning is actually supposed to be their placement, where each man is sitting or standing, in the room. And the prior drum solo is Ringo's only Beatles drum solo.

[@JM-iv1ke]

@@christianmarler2253 it was actually Paul, George, then John. And that is where I was committing the other day on another post that John's guitar here might be the 'birth' of Grunge Rock!

[@JM-iv1ke]

On the guitar parts I meant

[@lawrencesmith6536]

I still remember the exact place and friends I was with when we all first heard this together. It was a happening. All the Beatles records (as well as some rare others too) were happenings upon first listen. There was no place to hear the record in it's entirety except at home on the turntable; usually with a bunch of friends on first listen. Mind blowing events of a time gone by. Pouring over the album cover for tidbits and facts. Listening from first song to last

[@eterneh489]

I relate. The 60's and 70's were like that i think. There was no downloading. You either listened to singles or a whole album. And there were no cell phones, texting and video'ing concerts while they were happening. People just were together as a group and taking it in. Amazing vibe.

[@josephdsnell56]

To me, this Medley and Abbey Road album is the epitome of The Beatles' creativity. It's a wonderful recording.

[@88pjtink]

Used to play that chord progresion endlessly on guitar- from "Oh, that magic feeling...". It's so good. Absolute brilliant musicianship, and vocals, and writing, and everything. 5 star album. Perhaps their best.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

This is the first album I ever bought with my own money when I was just a kid. @ 5:03 That bell you're hearing is gently pulling you into the next song. *That's* what happens when you play the entire side at a time. Some artists use an entire album to tell their story, like Pink Floyd did on their album "Time". Dim the lights a little, maybe light a candle or two, adjust your attitude a bit and settle into your comfy chair and spend the next 40 minutes or so letting your mind wander with the music. Can't hurt..... :D

[@donraydonziegler]

Interesting note...Her Majesty was orginally placed between Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam. That is why when you hear Her Majesty at the end there is no final note because it sigued into Polythene Pam. Geoff Emerick didn't like Her Majesty so it was intended to be left off the album completely. It was tagged on to the very ended intended to be deleted. When Paul heard it tacked on to the end he decided to leave it on as a surprise track ala Innergrove on Sgt PLHCB....a surprise track.

[@rghilino6734]

Polythene Pam is the one Beatles song I wish was much longer.

[@eterneh489]

Hey Saeed, The fact that you got 5,094 views as of 11:22pm Eastern from 10 hours on your channel says something! Thank you so much for playing my special request. It was wonderful to watch you close your eyes and listen and "be surprised at each turn". Their music is really too sublime for words. It is in the listening. Cheers.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing piece of music! Thanks again for this request!

[@RadCenter]

"Golden Slumbers" remains one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@alanglover9117]

Engineer Glyn John will have played a major role in knitting these snippets of joyous music together into a coherent whole. In my mind the medley is really the whole second side even though the earlier songs are more complete.

[@marc-yv7cu]

Every time I listen to this medley (so often for more than 40 years), the emotion seized me by the genius of this musical assembly . There are so many "legends" of rock and grandiose icons, but they dominate all and everything ! And at the end, I still cry in front of this totem that are the Beatles...

[@PauTay942]

i hope you listen again without stopping. its the complete song cycle tha work so well.

[@roygriffin2754]

Completely agree. Just listen to it all the way through. Then reflect on Paul’s genius.

[@JohnLancaster-i2o]

the lyrics for "You Never Give me Your Money" was Paul's refusal to make Allen Klein his manager like the rest of the Beatles. There was a lot of infighting over that.

[@RockandRollWoman]

To say the least 🤣🤣🤣

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

Hi there 👋 it's me again 😊 THE FIRST SONG OF THE MEDLEY IS "BECAUSE " inspired on a Beethoven sonata. Thank you again ✌️ peace

[@FavoriteMovieDate]

Enough to break my heart now that I am in the last half of my life. ❤

[@debbiehanson3096]

Never, ever stop this medley! Sacrilege!! Best music in the world. I am 68 years old and i still get chills listening to this.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I have done worse things, but i understand your point. The link to the original song is always in the description of the video for uninterrupted listening

[@Dej24601]

Their producer, George Martin, was an experienced, accomplished studio music producer who had made classical music recordings of symphonies, etc and knew how to blend the Beatles music into forms that rock or pop music had never tried, adding instruments, creating the perfect balance of sounds and compositions and silences.

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” This line is brilliant, and I always thought they should’ve ended the album with that song, The End. I discovered The Beatles well after they disbanded because my mom and older brother loved them.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing line! Such a great band. Slowly been discovering them. Also just watched the Get Back documentary. Awesome!

[@BrentSmithline]

Best if you listen to it in one stretch without any pauses. Okay with these reaction videos except of all of the stops to the flow. Also works great when your stoned....

[@sourisvoleur4854]

I always love it when reactors overthink the fake Spanish part.

[@jaywysard]

Fake Spanish mixed with faux Italian. I mean, it fooled me the first few times I listened to it, but then I finally realized...it's nonsense. And it made me both laugh and say, "But it sounds cool" which was totally the point.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@jaywysard also just plain English like "cake and eat it."

[@glass2467]

Here Comes the Sun is the first track on side 2. Followed by Because and then the medley. Don't miss Because!

[@normanmeharry58]

Golden Slumbers words are those of 17th century writer John Kydd. Macca acknowledged that.

[@willswalkingwest7267]

Do you know how many tears have been shed over the last couple bars of "The End"? Over the entire medley?

[@danathompson4210]

My bonus room upstairs is totally Beatles memorabilia! I love those guys to this day! I saw them live in 1964 - screamed the whole time. They will ALWAYS be the BEST!!!

[@danathompson4210]

Check out Chicago Live at Tanglewood - “25 or 6 to 4”

[@Dej24601]

Lucky you!!

[@johnr8095]

Sun King is giibberish. it was a joke. As Lennon explained : ""When we came to sing it, to make them different we started joking, saying 'cuando para mucho'. We just made it up. Paul knew a few Spanish words from school, so we just strung any Spanish words that sounded vaguely like something. And of course we got 'chicka ferdi' - that's a Liverpool expression; it doesn't mean anything, just like 'ha ha ha'. One we missed: we could have had 'para noia', but we forgot all about it. We used to call ourselves Los Para Noias." if you try to translate it means roughly "When for much my love of happy heart, world paparazzi my love green for warm sun, hill as much much that small carousel." in other words, gibberish. Lennon was a master troller.

[@ZZaughtONE]

@@johnr8095 Great observation: Lennon was a master troller.

[@scottwelch9044]

Only the Beatles could take snippets from half a dozen songs and make it cohesive and enjoyable.

[@Dej24601]

Part of what is happening at the end with those guitar parts, is the 3 of them reacting to each other, like jazz musicians do when they improvise, sometimes known as a “call and response” where they build upon each others’ musical input, (altho this was not improvised) while Ringo keeps the structure intact with his drums.