The Beatles - Now And Then | REACTION / BREAKDOWN ! (Real & Unedited)

[@therealfronzilla]

The last thing John said to Paul was "Think about me every now and then, old friend.'”

[@Tonystony1984]

😎

[@kingstumble]

The only audio from the 70s was John's vocal. The rest was newly recorded by Paul, Ringo and the orchestra plus George's guitar part lifted from the 1995 sessions. The only AI used was that to separate John's vocal from piano on the original demo.

[@JCourts2k23]

Ya’ll need to go to the Beatles KZbin channel and watch the 12 minute documentary again this song, how it came about, made it, video, etc. and Ringo is the drummer.

[@sabbracadabra7503]

The AI was only used to separate John's vocal from his piano part on the original demo. When recording it, he did it all in one take by putting a tape recorder on top of his piano, and just noodled around. Since it wasn't actually mixed, they were unable to use the demo until the AI technology developed to a stage that it could separate it.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Well said. There seems to be a lot of misconception floating around about the use of AI in making this.

[@normanmeharry58]

AI wasn't. Jackson had his own tech to lift John's voice out of the demo tape.

[@fan4ever411]

In John and Pauls last phone conversation before John died, one of the last words that John said to Paul was, "think of me every now and then, old friend. When John made this demo song on cassette of Now and Then, it was marked, "for Paul".

[@SueProv]

It wasn't when the Beatles broke up, it was closer to when John died It was their last phone conversation.

[@fan4ever411]

@@SueProv Thank you, I will change my comment. I don't want to post wrong information.

[@johnsalvatore2449]

When The Beatles light goes out at the end.....it got me

[@papapigeonfpv6971]

It's Ringo playing drums with Ringo!! And NO - it's not AI! It's previously unseen film from 1967

[@stlmopoet]

I appreciated your review. All the video is real, just spliced together. To me it sounds like a Beatles song, a bit newer of one. I've listened to it many times and it keeps growing on me. The fade out at the very end is very moving

[@danielhead8123]

The john vocals were extracted from a john solo demo

[@timothybush9633]

I'm an ex-Musician who started my journey when I saw them on Ed Sullivan at 6 years old in 1964. I've been into Beatles Music throughout my 65 years and have listened and played Many styles & genres and instruments and I just want to say Thank You too Music. Everyone has their opinion but I'll insert my own and keep them close to my Heart♥ because I was there😎

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

its a haunting melody combined with bittersweet lyrics accompanied by nostalgic video imagery. my teen years was spent in the 70s and i turned so many people on to the beatles in the 70s and 80s i lost count. (yes, as early as the 70s the beatles were beginning to be unappreciated and forgotten.) many would thank me later if they ran into me. many people said when john died in 1980 the first thing they thought of WAS ME! like all good things the beatles will eventually fade entirely into history. i just thank my lucky stars i was alive to enjoy the wonderful musical and social phenomenon known as "the beatles." thank you beatles for a lifetime of pleasure, great music, controversy and FUN! you helped make my life worth living.

[@jumperking368]

The young Beatles are taken from outtakes from the 1967 Hello Goodbye promo

[@papapigeonfpv6971]

John wrote it about his regrets after the band split. He wrot it for/about Paul. In the present day, the same lyrics resonate for Paul and Ringo of course for completely different reasons. It's incredible - so poignant - it's by and for all of them!

[@victorcowboywest]

Check out the mini documentary ( about 12 mins. long) to get the back story on how this became possible to do.

[@jomac2046]

Maybe watch the mini Doco on the making of the song, just a thought.

[@snotwurfit]

Not sure how many Beatles songs you've heard but it does sound TOTALLY Beatles! Ref John playing too fast for that clip and they might have chosen a better clip of him? No! That WAS John... Always goofing around... So it made total sense 😂

[@unserhaus684]

It spunds like the Abbey Road days. You will find parts of all years. It is a love song for Paul.He wrote it seven years after the Beatkes ended. Tgey began to miss each others.

[@G-MAN1958]

🏆Really appreciate your reaction to this song and video, Don't worry about not knowing every single detail about a band that has a 60 plus year history. You knew more than enough to give an honest and heartfelt reaction. I found James' comment about Yoko not being in the video quite interesting. But to be fair, none of the other Beatles' "partners" appeared either. 😊☮

[@RobertDavisAdman]

It is NOT AI. As you yourself read, AI was only used to separate John’s actual voice on the demo cassette.

[@jaysonpida5379]

The earlier George & John is from 'outtakes' from their 'Hello, Goodbye' Beatles music video (film) c. 1968. Yeah, YT has it. Peter Jackson just separated them from that performance and placed them in this one.

[@mlong1958]

Most of the younger Beatles clips were outtakes from their Hello Goodbye promo video, around the time Sgt. Pepper came out. The 1995 clips have Paul and George playing guitar on this song and Ringo playing drums on it in 1995. He also recreated the drums in 2022. Paul added his bass and also the slide guitar.

[@DjOdyssey1971]

Free As A Bird, Real Love, and Now and Then was All John demo's from the 70's that Yoko gave to the remaining Beatles during the Anthology sets. Free As A Bird and Real Love was included in the Anthologys. Now and Then took till now to beable to finish. They did include Georges guitar parts that was attempted from 95.

[@83redshadow]

John wrote this for Paul.

[@tdeb79]

John (and the others) acting goofy is from the Hello Goodbye video.

[@johndavids4780]

It is sad to me that you can never know them like I do. I was 13 in 1963 and grew with them. They were so much more than any individual song. They were life and culturally changing. I went from a factory working future to being a musician and making it a fulfilling career. You noted an imperfection but you should know that they all felt that perfection stripped away the humanity. They deliberately inserted minute imperfections. It is like hand made furniture and machine made furniture. It is the very subtle imperfections that give the human made products character.

[@SalGomez]

The clips of John & George were taken from outtakes from footage of The Magical Mystery Tour Film & Sgt Pepper film shoot in 1969. Peter Jackson restored the footage and then inserted them into this video

[@laurab68707]

I grew up with The Beatles. Loved them. Still do. This song and video brings tears to my eyes. I love this song. So amazing and so spot on for it being the very last Beatles song.

[@russelldye3751]

You should check out ahead of time! Yoko found the demo marked on it “ For Paul” so she gave it to him to see what they could do! After attempting in the 90s they finally were able to with the help of a process used by Peter Jackson! One of Johns last conversations with Paul was now and then think of me old friend !They used the technology to clean up Johns voice and separate Johns voice from the piano and background noise!

[@antifax8434]

If John tried to make us all cry with this song, he succeeded. A tear for every word and every note of this song. 😢😢😢

[@danielgrubb9668]

The 1967 video was the promo video for the single “Hello Goodbye”.

[@DougEngalla57]

In the integrated footage of the earlier Beatles, much of it was from different takes of the their film for the song "Hello, Goodbye." The final bow is from the movie "A Hard Day's Night."

[@Deyan_B_Travels]

If they were all still here, do you think they would record a song sounding like something from the sixties? They were evolving throughout their career, always trying new sounds and technology. This is a perfect ending to their musical evolution.

[@roymatthews8500]

Guys why not do some research before making the reaction video then you wouldn't need to be looking stuff up on your phone. It's basic stuff to be prepared.

[@astrotherapist]

I agree. If people don't know who they are or what was going on, it sort of makes you look ignorant. That's what I don't get? Did these two young people do this just to get some views on their youtube channel? It sucks when the people in the comment section has to educate the ones doing the reaction video.

[@G-MAN1958]

In all fairness, the reason we watch "these two young people" is to see their spontaneous reactions and listen to their comments to what they are viewing and listening to, probably for the first time. We don't expect them to know all of the history that older viewers and reactors would have. The only things they weren't really sure of was the very young photos, which didn't detract at all from their honest reaction Just my opinion. ☮☮ @@astrotherapist

[@davidnorton6400]

Is it true about blonds?.Not a clue no offence but if you attempt to react to a song learn about it first otherwise you'll get confused.

[@otisroseboro5613]

The Beatles Are The Best 👍💯 & Great Reaction Guy's 😊

[@LawofAttractionIdeas]

Some videos are from Hello Goodbye music video

[@softshallow7435]

A.I was only used for seperating John Lennon’s vocals from his piano playing as it was too loud and drowning out his vocals and it sounded muffled. The song now and Then is John Lennon’s new music demo not Paul, Ringo’s or George’s. Supposedly it was meant for Paul as he wrote on the cassette ‘For Paul’. Them vocals are real and ALL John’s.

[@mikenaykki3133]

Love the song and video! 👍👍🎸🎸🎸🥁😎

[@dougsusie2319]

The bits of John and George next to current Paul and Ringo along with John directing the orchestra and the four moving equipment around were all culled from their 1967 video for their song "Hello Goodbye" where at the end they were clowning around. I heard the young lady say that it was cool when Ringo at the drums and a younger Beatle was playing the drum that was young Ringo from that video. Also, after the instrumental in the middle of the song when they show them in red from right to left Ringo, George, Paul and John, that was them from their 1967 video for the song "Penny Lane." Younger generations today don't realize that starting in 1966 they began making promotional videos for their singles that they shipped out around the world. This was long before the advent of MTV in 1981. From film to how they changed technology in the recording studio they were way ahead of their times. Greatest and most influential band in history. Peace ❤

[@Tonystony1984]

It's legit because all 4 are on it 😎

[@jarimaki-runsas4861]

It is a very very much Beatles song in 2023. Lennon's demo was made 1977. Of cource it's clear that Lennon would prove modern sound from year 2023.

[@ChaseArkansas]

john lennon is imposed from the hello good bye music video

[@jnagarya519]

John wrote on the cassette with this demo "For Paul".

[@neilgoldsmith482]

I've been a Beatles fan since I was 3 years old in 1963 on Ed Sullivan. This was a great song reminiscent of The Sgt. Pepper era.🎸😎🎼

[@cyciumx]

All the video is real. The footage of them dancing and clowning around are outtakes from prior work. They did post-production techniques such as adding shadows so they appear in the same "realm". You'll see that when John has his guitar and pointing - his shadow is on Paul's mic. They also added frames to interpolate between preexisting frames and make the shots last longer. An example is when John is twisting in the composure's lectern. The real footage is just a few twists so its played in forward and reversed and repeated a few times to extend the sequence.

[@RobertDavisAdman]

Obviously, John did not write this as a tribute to himself. The last words he ever said to Paul were “think of me now and then” so it is quite possibly a tribute from John to Paul and the other band members of the Beatles.

[@markrinehart8813]

The only AI used was to separate John's voice from his piano in his '78 demo, the rest is video's combined together from past and current. Paul eliminated the 3rd verse John wrote, which was obviously about about a woman he missed.

[@roydavis5222]

John left this song to and for Paul

[@aron9368]

The Slidesolo guitarr on this track is made by Paul McCartney as the piano too, only as information

[@Honkersification]

G'day folks. Based on my reading of the evolution of this song, John had originally written if for Yoko. She, in turn, gave it to Paul, thinking it could be about the group as a whole. Anyway...

[@user-pb8vc8vp8w]

George in the satin uniform is 1967 Sgt Peppers period. The song is John Lennon about Paul & to Paul......after the Beatles split........

[@SalGomez]

They worked on the song in 95. Shelved it because Lennon's voice was muddied by the piano. In 2020 Peter Jackson and his team worked on the "Get Back" film and needed to CLEAN UP the dialogue and fix the music that was recorded an a two track MAG recorder. They developed a program called MAL, which is a machine learning software(NOT A.I.) which does just one thing, they taught it to learn what John Paul George & Ringo's voices sound like as well as all their instruments. Then it can separate all those elements onto separate tracks which can then be cleaned up and remixed. Paul then send Peter the cassette demo for Now And Then so John's voice could be isolated away from the piano. Once that was done Giles Martin was given those tracks while Paul & Ringo re-recorded their parts from the 95 sessions and added some new elements along with guitar parts that were saved from George from 95. Giles then wrote an orchestration which was recorded in L.A. at Capitol Records.

[@davidtaylor351]

Peter Jackson also directed the video.

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

Very awesome analysis

[@noelmooney1362]

From a old. Video

[@noelmooney1362]

George Ringo with curly hair

[@danstanley7060]

You guys are so melancholy about their last song. You just like to hear yourself talk.

[@explorer1968]

The young John and George playing along with old Paul and Ringo are from 1967 Hello, Goodbye. Not AI at all.

[@SueProv]

It was Ringo playing the drums with himself. The dance moves are from You Say Goodbye I Say Hello video from the 60s. The Only AI is when they separated John's voice from the piano from the original cassette.

[@tonyshay7722]

You have to watch the short video about the movie. This is not about Yoko. That was the last words John Lennon said to Paul McCartney. Think of me now and then. You can't say it doesn't sound like a beatle song. 68 years old So you can guess how old I was when it came out. Like they said this is the last one.

[@larrycom]

They used John Lennon from the Hello Goodbye video in 1967. That's what you're seeing.

[@georgeharrison5362]

Jackson has cleverly taken the repetitiveness of the lyrics and used selected video that shows " its all bcz of you"....paul to john...paul to george...ringo and paul to john and george...then...had the group to the fans...then the fans to the group as the outro has audience footage screaming...then the group bow..to the viewers And to the Audience in HDN.

[@nenisguevaragomez8122]

The images of George and John were taken from the bloopers of the videoclip of the song "Hello Goodbye" of 1967.

[@Jacobde13e]

There is NO AI in the song or in the Video !

[@shannonbolden1174]

All the video of John and George, as well as Paul and Ringo, from 1967 is from the Hello Goodbye music vide and video outtakes. The only AI used at all was to separate John Lennon's voice from the Piano in the original demo. The original demo piano drowned out John's vocals.

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

1977 old audio. I was 10

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

The footage of 60's George & John is unreleased outtakes from the 'Hello Goodbye' promo. All REAL,just AI inserted it into the new video.

[@Rick-or2kq]

When John wrote it my guess it was for Yoko.

[@Sanddreams33]

All the goofy bits come from this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4qkm6qwn9R9hpo . The Beatles were at the height of their fame. They did not behave as snobs or had a better-than-you attitude. They remained true to their characters and personalities we had previously seen in the movies "Hard Day's Night' and 'Help' and countless interviews. George though is a bit serious. Lovely Lads ! So the video sub-text of 'Now & Then' is 'Hello & (final) Goodbye. Now weep ! 😂&😭

[@CharlesHarris-cy6sl]

HOW DARE YOU YOU ARE NOT A BEATLE FAN I'M BIG BEATLE FAN !!! CHARLES

[@seansinclair257]

You truly don't have a clue!!!

[@michaellawrence588]

John wrote it for Paul, I believe. Their fruendship was not always the best.

[@philipodd3378]

you need to do more research there is a short documentary on how it was put together and the timeline involved and yes of course it sounds modern because it is it is meant as a new recording from the Beatles which it is . All the footage is made from new and old video recordings by peter jackson who also developed the software to seperate the vocal from the demo made by John Lennon watch the documentary

[@geoffmower8729]

As far as using AR The Beatles were always on the cutting edge of technology and experimentation so I think it's appropriate.

[@eddiemoore6216]

Tradition of love by the pretenders a very much underrated gem

[@geraldharkness8830]

this is beatles music this is a beatles masterpiece enjoy it dont pick holes in it ok?

[@robertscola4762]

The only thing that is AI is the extracted voice separated from the bad quality cassette recording all the images are from the hello goodbye video

[@steveschwartz9771]

All the sections of John, being John. None of that is AI. The video is all outtakes from previous film sessions.

[@ChaseArkansas]

yoko and john did break up for 18 months in 74. it was his most productive solo music period

[@bryanjohnson8796]

The pictures at the end WAS THEM WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG BEFORE THEIR FAME! aND JOHN WAS NOT A I it's previous footage.

[@debbrunette650]

It sounds exactly like a beatles song.

[@user-mo6tz6oh9i]

It doesn’t sound modern to me. It’s nostalgic of the 60s to me. I’m 74 and I’ve loved them since I was 13.

[@ronaldalagia9211]

I think it sounds like a beatles' song. neither old or modern just beatles.

[@kk-om5zm]

❤❤🖤🖤😥😥

[@DjOdyssey1971]

The original song was John singing it about Yoko. Yoko and John did split up for a while during the 70s. Yoko gave the song to the remaining Beatles during the Anthology. George put the end to it during that session because they couldnt seperate the piano from John back then.

[@Chinachik]

John recorded this demo in 1978, 3 years after having already reconciled with Yoko, and labeled the cassette "For Paul", which is why Yoko gave it to Paul in the early 90s along with recordings of Free As a Bird and Real Love.

[@DjOdyssey1971]

@@Chinachik No, if you listen to the original demo, the missing lyrics not included into this song it was obvious that it was to Yoko.

[@Chinachik]

@@DjOdyssey1971 I did listen to it, a million times and that is not obvious at all. It’s fine if you disagree.

[@DjOdyssey1971]

@@Chinachik I don't wanna lose you, oh no, no Abuse you or confuse you Oh no, no, sweet darlin' But if you have to go (Go), away (Ah-ah-ah) If you have to go, well you the reason... This is obviously a reference when Yoko left him for his long lost weekend.

[@Chinachik]

@@DjOdyssey1971 Could also be a reference to May, who he was still seeing between 1975-1980, which is far more likely. Thing I’m saying is why would he say he misses Yoko while she’s always right there with him? Yes, he could’ve been referring to the so-called “lost” weekend, but it’s far more likely that this is something he’d just started in ‘78.

[@problemchimp4231]

Still battling with the sponsors...any news on the song?

[@jimnfl7134]

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[@Dazbog373]

Would be nice if the guy with the binoculars didn't have his eyes on the pause the whole time

[@softshallow7435]

yum! yum! Do they sell these carnivore snacks in u.k?

[@marccoleman1315]

there is nothing made up its there real voices they just put old pics with new pics. the AI part was them taking johns voice off the old recording and adding it to new music

[@lsbill27]

My only criticism is that they made John too goofy. Yes, he was goofy at times but he was mostly serious.

[@michaeltasche2251]

Omg🙉bla bla bla🗣️🤕

[@johnstefanko9697]

Oh my God....please stop...do some research, even a little bit, before disecting a song of this magnitude. These are the Beatles.

[@misterfrugellhound]

alot is from... "hello,Goodbye'' vid........

[@ralphgomez6251]

Check out "I'm So Happy Just To DNce With You "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Filippo.buccarelli]

🤍

[@johnnywires943]

I will excuse your very poor review of the song and the video,due to your young age.The worst thing you did was to start dissecting and beginning an autopsy,without doing your homework and research.There was another verse that was not finished by John so Paul left it out.The song was worked on by the other 3 in 1995 but George vetoed the song calling it shit,mainly because of the bad quality and interfearing of other noises in the apartment such as tv,traffic and i thin Sean goofing around.He came back to it now with Ringo because Peter Jackson had the technology to clean John's voice and make it crystal clear.The video of the song is amazing and really does it matter if their are young and old images of the Beatles?You went into,oh this is young John and he is using him with old paul and Ringo and you are not too sure about that and you blabbered on and on about nothing.It's a combination of both the song and the film as a tribute to John and George who are no longer with us and the whole band,because this is the last titbit of them doing a song together and a massive thank you to their fans.The whole work is amazing and get this,its gone straight to the Billboard charts as NUMBER ONE.Its the Beatles 18th number one and that is amazing in itself.Just go over the song and the video and it just might be more clear to you as it has to millions of others.They were the best ever band.Just enjoy the final chapter.

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

Yeah I think they were goi😂ng at about 125 beats per minute John Lennon was actually going with the hi-hat when he moves back and forth he's lined up perfectly with the hi-hat actually.,,lol,; please leave the experts to their job. I promise you if I see any of your work or your credits for your work I'll take a look at it but you can't ever tell people that you're not sure about or concerned about whatever because I don't know anything about you both but I don't think you're of that level to actually critique top-notch bands and production specialist and people that are utilizing ai and yeah you just took the wind out of my own of course you always got to get these up and comers with little to no experience in non-digital recordings which actually analog is better you'll get base you're not going to get compressed sound you're going to hear the highs and lows trust me I know more about this than you both and with AI it actually matches. Play if you guys knew exactly what it is that you're trying to portray yourself as you would have come up with this technology yourselves and utilized it nowadays but I don't think yeah I don't think it would be a constant that you would be able to come with yourself just watch the experts enjoy it and try to figure out how you could do a better but right now I don't think either of you could do better.

[@normanmeharry58]

You know diddely squat. It isnt modern. It dates from 77, 95, and recent years

[@jnagarya519]

Liverpool was/is an "Irish" city. "The Beatles" were "Irish".

[@donstarke5484]

Lord help me the reactions to this song are over the top by people who have absolutely no clue what they’re talking about. Why react to the song you know zero about the people in the song

[@boosuedon]

I believe that John was inspired by his love for Yoko. John just adored her! Now it seems like a homage' to his old band mates but I think he was thinking of Yoko.

[@antoniofrias4474]

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