The Beatles - Rubber Soul｜Vinyl Monday

[@abigaildevoe]

what’s your favorite song on rubber soul? comment below!

[@MrWayout74]

I don't know about a fave song on Rubber Soul, but haircut wise? Paul is knocking it out of the park.....Gun to head? "You won't see me".

[@davidellis5141]

In My Life

[@rayweeboy]

Nowhere Man

[@pinkfloyd.appreciation]

In My Life...the song means so much to me 🎶

[@andrewyoung4844]

In My Life. It hits a lot more the older you get.

[@carlostello1736]

She’s back with her high heel shoes and her turtle neck sweater

[@carterschoenly5227]

This is great 💀

[@ilovefacebookandebay]

Low neck sweater.

[@zenmaster7734]

@@ilovefacebookandebaywas gonna say

[@mosquerajoseph7305]

@@zenmaster7734can’t get everything

[@jimmymelendez1836]

​@@mosquerajoseph7305🙄

[@baberoot1998]

Ahhhh yes...."Rubber Soul". It never gets old, and will always be relevant. Kids, 500 years from now...will be listening to this album...praising it's greatness. Quality...never goes out of style.

[@JesusGomez-ob2qt]

I think this is the first truly great beatles album and the beginning of what I think to be their classic run as mature artists

[@Withcare11]

A Hard Days Night is a great Beatles album.

[@josemaria8177]

I think you can start to see this more mature Beatles sound in Hard Days Night (Things We Said Today comes to mind) and on Help (Help, Yesterday, I've Just Seen a Face, It's Only Love etc) but I agree that Rubber Soul is the first truly extraordinary Beatles record just because of how cohesive it is

[@alanclayton9277]

the reaction to the photograph slipping and the band going that one just shows there creative thinking. the quality of your new sixties cover is pristine like, what a wonderful gift.

[@chrismorgan7494]

@@Withcare11 Was about to say that. Early masterpiece.

[@Mackerdaymia]

I used to agree with you, but I actually think Help! is the first one where they moved beyond Merseybeat/RnR and made thoroughly modern pop music.

[@stevewturnbull]

I've never heard anyone speak with such wit, intelligence and insight about the Beatles, not to mention genuine affection. Love it :)

[@peterlaffey6328]

Leisure in England does rhyme with pleasure . That's how we say it ! I enjoy all your reviews , keep them coming .

[@OrchestrationOnline]

You can tell it's a well-loved copy when the record has sliced its way through the cardboard and is slipping out of the bottom . Total respect.

[@ikesters6697]

Rubber Soul is still my favorite Beatles album next to Revolver. They are two completely different experiences. Whereas Revolver feels like a collection of individual genre pushing songs, Rubber Soul feels like 1 completed piece front to back with a flow that is unmatched. It is to me Sgt Pepper before Sgt Pepper

[@mikeevans4585]

Good take...to George's perspective he said Rubber Soul blended into Revolver (as Sgt Pepper continued on into Magical Mystery Tour)

[@WillieSimpson777]

My Beatle fandom has evolved to the point of me thinking "Beatles for Sale" is so underrated and that the experience of listening to it is just as lovely as anything you'd get from them, regardless of how advanced.

[@nvm9040]

Beatles for Sale is so good and its underrated for sure plus there is a few gems 🙂

[@mathiaskarayan3561]

Beatles For Sale” … a skip in the record? It's easy to put “Beatles for Sale” routinely as the second worst album … It was certainly a marked departure from the upbeat tone that had characterized the Beatles' previous work. And yes it is so that every ones taste is different. Yet, a little context here wouldn't hurt. The band was exhausted after a series of world tours that had established them as a worldwide phenomenon in 1964. And speaking of exhaustion, the songs for “A Hard Days Night” album (which it was) were going to be all 14 tracks written by them during their French and American tours … so they could do the movie. In this time period they also did 4 American covers, two in March and two in June. Now, they are going back into the studio two months after finishing “A Hard Day's Night” to make “Beatles For Sale.” Yikes!! They got to be feeling pretty bankrupt. With their backs to the wall, The Beatles tapped into their Hamburg and Liverpool repertoires to complete “Beatles For Sale.” 6 of the 14 tracks were covers. Yes, John is dark on No Reply, I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black and I Don't Want To Spoil The Party. With “No Reply,” John's recorded voice is a dramatic and intense melody line. With “I'm A Loser,” John is certainly a good rhymer. His alternating up and down melody on the verses becomes a bit much after a while. Like always, his chorus line with Paul harmonizing above and the rolling bass below, is a blow away WOW! By the time of making album #4, “Beatles for Sale,” the Beatles had a lot of nice songs to pick from, on a 45 minute 11-12 songs performance tour. It is interesting to note that after Baby's In Black recording (August 11, 1964, the first one for the Album), every Beatles tour from Christmas of 1964 up until their last world tour in the summer of 1966, had Baby's in Black on the list of songs to perform. Don't ask why, cause I don't really know. But John and Paul did a nice job with the melody and harmony. Paul up on top during the chorus is like he does in I'll Get You ...”I've imagined I'm In love with you” puts me in heaven, while John sounds like “I'm So Tired” yet to be recorded 4 years later. “I Don't Want To Spoil The Party” is a nice folk rocker with a nice lead by George, and Ringo on the bottom during the chorus beating out a low syncopation beat. “I'll follow The Sun” is a melancholy beautiful tune by Paul. It's what Paul does best over and over again. Don't forget “I Will” to be 4 years later. On the bright side, I wonder how many times John did that opening on “Mr Moon Light” until he got it to his satisfaction? “Eight Day's A Week;” I'm biased here. This song was the hand clapping hook that brought my attention to them. “Every Little Thing” is a light rocker that can hold you all the way through. Look “What You're Doing;” again, Paul has a great full melody sound with that voice that rises … to the occasion! It's not for sure if the piano is Paul or George Martin. But it is simple enough to be Paul's at that time of his piano skills and reminiscent enough of “Good Day Sunshine,” yet to be two years later. The 45 recorded at that time was I Feel Fine / She's A Woman. A double A 45. The EMI listing of songs released the album on December 4, 1964. This is how amazing these guys are ... up against the wall … Is this album a skip in the record? A little short on original material, but not a skip. - Matt

[@BobG-pi8bb]

It’s not that Beatles for Sale is bad, it’s just that it’s not as strong as Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magic Mystery (maybe), White Album (another maybe) and Abbey Road. So the later albums were better, mostly, some by quite a bit.

[@mathiaskarayan3561]

I would not disagree on it's lack of strength. What I am saying is to look at the context of the 8 originals within the context of their exhaustion. Of course it would be easy to see it as lacking up against the 14 energetic originals previous on a Hard Day's Night, or as lacking in their following albums as they mature musically. It would be hard to put A Hard Day's Night up against Rubber Soul and those that followed. Magical Mystery is strong because of the three 45's added. And the White album is strong because of its depth of diversity with a number of great songs. PS-nice conversing with you.

[@nvm9040]

@@BobG-pi8bb most people prefer Beatles for sale over yellow submarine

[@ponzo1967]

Rubber Soul is not only one of my favorite Beatle albums its one of my favorite albums period. In my Life, Michelle, Norwegian Wood, etc. The Peak of that early period.

[@defaultuser1447]

She's rested. She's refreshed. She's back in fighting trim. Ladies and gentlemen, in the red corner, your reigning champion, Abigail Devooooooooe!

[@ScarlettFire341]

In 1966 my mom bought a 66 Impala SS convertible in Marina Blue, in 68 my brother put a 8 track player under the dash with just 2 rear speakers in the rear seat area in boxes. For the next 4 years Rubber Soul was constantly played in that car by my brother & sisters NON STOP. When I got my license in 72 I too could not stop listening - the Quality of the recording and the Distinct Stereo separation was gorgeous - then I found Marijuana and LSD and it seemed Exactly PERFECT ! and still is !

[@xImSp3ncyurdx]

This album has come a long way and now I think it’s in their top 3 best albums😎

[@robertbanden8117]

Your comments on this album are spot on. It has always been one of my favorites, as well. I'm speaking here of the UK version. The Capitol version is a great folkish music experience but I prefer the eclecticism of the UK version. I think it was Ringo who said that the Beatles were never in one 'bag', as it were. They were equally comfortable with hard-driving r&b, country, pop standards from an earlier era, folk music and were always looking for ways to add new sounds to their recordings. By the way, the line in Run For Your Life that you're referring to was John quoting one of his early heroes, Elvis Presley, in the song Baby, Let's Play House from the 50's. So I guess he can be forgiven. As another side note, I really enjoy your sense of humor in your videos. Great job!

[@ze4699]

What I love the most about things like the Get Back documentary or these Rubber Soul tapes is how they show that the Beatles worked in a chaotic, non-linear way, bantering and "wasting" a lot of time, and they used that entirely to their favor. It's like when we were kids doing some group schoolwork together and spending 90% of the time doing silly kid stuff before realising that the assignment is due the next day. The key difference is that we would deliver some stupid diorama made of cardboard, they would deliver Rubber Soul. As for the album, it's just that: it's simple, warm and makes you feel so much at home whenever listening to it. For us that got introduced to the Beatles with the "1" compilation, this was an elusive gem. There are no Rubber Soul songs in "1" and, being some years away from easy music downloads, it was amazing to find a copy of this mysterious album and finally getting to know it for the first time.

[@charlesbronson4282]

This is my favorite Beatle album. My dad was a college radio station dj back in the day when he went to college. This is the first album he gave me from his dj collection. I have an original. The American version...even though it has fewer songs and fewer singles...it is MUCH STRONGER than the English version. It's a masterpiece...hands down

[@MountainDewComacho494]

I love all the Beatles albums!

[@johnbyrnes7912]

Me too and my favorites are Past Master's , Live At The BBC & Love ! 🤡

[@josemaria8177]

Rubber Soul fills me with the nicest melancholy. Drive My Car encapsulates the mentality of the young who dream of Big things and don't let reality bog them down, Nowhere Man is the anthem of all of us who feel completely lost in this word. Think for Yourself was the perfect prelude to the hippie age, Norwegian Wood introduced the sitar and John's dark sense of lyricism, Girl and Michelle perfectly incorporate french and greek influences and In My Life is to this day One of (If not the) most mature love song I've ever heard. George Martin's harpsichord makes that song. As you can probably tell I've spent a lot of time listening to Rubber Soul, and frankly I would not trade it for the world

[@frugalseverin2282]

I hope we get a vinyl Monday for Donovan, love his work. He was magical/mystical.

[@progrockdude2691]

She already did an episode on Sunshine Superman if you wanna check that out!

[@Purpleracehorse]

Loved your review of this! As a lifelong Beatles fan I’ve noticed an ongoing pattern of the fans sort of claiming this and Revolver as basically the two untouchable, perfect albums of the bunch, which made your more straightforward review super refreshing. I do like RS a lot but admittedly it’s taken a long time to grow on me, unlike basically all of their other albums which took no time at all.

[@davidgratton8869]

I am a long time pure Beatles fan. I once had a friend challenge me that if I listened to nothing but Beatles songs for six months I would never listen to them again. So, equipped with every album (UK and US), every single, every EP, and every Compilation extant in 2005, I set the challenge to listen to no less than two hours per day, every day, of Beatles music. If I listened to music more than two hours on any day, it could only be Beatles music. I read nearly every Beatles book about their songs and studied the official scores of every song. I blew past the six month mark easily with no lull. Finally, after 16 months without missing a day, I decided t there was other great music I was missing and expanded out to other Bands. However, I never grew tired of the Beatles. In fact my appreciation and enthusiasm grew by magnitudes. After the 16 months I was also fairly decided that Dear Prudence was my favorite song, and Rubber Soul was by far the best LP (UK version).

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

You should challenge Macca to a Beatles quiz, you'd win hands down and not because of his age.

[@simonschreyer4559]

“The crystal-clear guitar on If I Needed Someone feels like cold rain when the sun is out”. Well put!

[@splitimage137.]

NICO (of Velvet Underground and Fellini and Rolling Stones fame) used to cart her HARMONIUM around various concert halls, singing her weird ballads, like the one to her one-time lover, Jim Morrison. She is featured in Oliver Stone's movie THE DOORS as a denizen of ANDY WARHOL'S famous factory of the 1960s.

[@DannerPlace]

George was also great friends with Jeff Lynne. Maybe his best bromance, because of how it affected Dhani's life after George passed.

[@adamfindlay7091]

I wonder a bit how Lennon gets overlooked by certain 'experts' upon Norwegian Wood, melodically so beautiful. Oh well. Go out to the woods, sing or hum this melody, it does something to you and the surroundings. No I'm not a lost SF hippy.

[@alwylie4252]

Over here in England, we do say "leisure" so it rhymes with "pleasure"...John didn't change it! Really enjoyed your take on such a great record....went and listened to the UK mono and stereo back to back, going to do the American iteration now! Thanks for doing what you do ❤ ✌️ x

[@LThrap100]

Of all the vinyl record shows, this one is the most entertaining. Thanks for sharing! ✌

[@michaelmalone306]

Rubber Soul’s SO stupid loaded with great tunes(both UK&US editions),but In My Life ‘s GOTTA be my fave on the record

[@stevengornall934]

YES IM SO HAPPY YOU MENTIONED THE NANCY SINATRA COVER!!

[@davidellis5141]

Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album with my favorite track In My Life & ironically least favorite Run For Your Life. An innovative album it is.

[@skinovtheperineum1208]

I can think of a dozen of theirs worse than Run For Your Life. The nerve-jarring 'Getting Better' off Pepper is one example. ugh

[@chrismcgovern1647]

Happy to have u back Abby! I watched the MC5 episode again this morning while getting ready for work

[@flannigan7956]

Yes anybody rewatching the abh is among me blummin' repeat offenders, hard chargin' mofoes, spo-arns, and born hellraisers that don't give a damn lol

[@peteza4893]

And we’re grateful that you’re back

[@whosyourbuddy33]

Boy, did you nail this album right on the head. Very intelligent and insightful review...And I'm sure it'll be the next box set we get to fondle. My faves on this one are 'Norwegian wood', 'Michelle', 'In my life', 'Girl', and 'You won't see me'. YWSM is very underrated imo. It's just a tad repetitive but the melody is so unbelievably precious that it really doesn't matter. The Hammond organ and fuzz bass just whoop ass. And the lyrics most certainly had Jane Asher in the hospital with 3rd degree burns. Such a burn on her. Wonderful work, and I adore those bangs....

[@1rwjwith]

I grew up with the original U.S. version…in MONO..1965 vintage. BUT I am glad you are doing the UK version, it really expands the Album, one of the greatest albums in history.

[@mathiaskarayan3561]

The gist of existential change going on in Lennon's head from his cry for HELP (recorded April 65) to Nowhere Man (which is a highly underrated lyrical and musical song), through Tomorrow Never Knows, to Rain (Recorded April 66, after Tomorrow Never Knows), is an amazing shift in one year ... putting Rubber Soul (released EMI, December 3, 65) right in the middle. _ Right on Abigail, you did good with some good humor "You got to have a song threatening to kill someone" and the psychedelic Revolver mind set. You are right on with the albums wonderful texture and warmth - unique. There is so much I could say about the context of each song that brings together the soul of Rubber Soul ... the hinge on the door between the Beatles musical worlds. Though I love them all, none of the other Beatle records have a glimpse of this kind of change - COO COO Ca Chew! - Matt April 66

[@jameseason8206]

My parents had Rubber Soul on 8-track. As a little kid I’d listen to it on a constant loop. It’s the best.

[@beready992]

This is part of a very special trilogy of Beatles verks that made them great. Revolver, Rubber Soul, and Sgt. Pepper’s. Set the tone that they really are among the best of musicians.

[@TheElvire96]

Funnily enough these 3 albums are the very first I’ve bought when I started my own collection of vinyls

[@jimmymelendez1836]

​@@TheElvire96*vinyl

[@ronny-2112]

I love this album, I first saw and heard it on Vinyl in my mother's record collection, she still has all the Beatles LPs, some 7 inches and some music magazines. "Rubber Soul" was actually one of my first 10 CDs when I was a child, the first was also The Beatles' "A Hard Days Night", this one was given to me by my mom on one of my birthdays, and I treasure it dearly, just the same all my records in my collection. I still remember when I bought "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" in the record store back in 1990, yes 33 years ago this november. All three in the various CD editions from Parlophone, Capitol, EMI, and Apple, later I took on the task of getting the discography in the 2009 reissues. The Vinyl and CD versions in Mono sound great. Thanks to those albums by The Beatles, The Byrds, The Who, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things, Donovan, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & The Papas, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, etc, I was introduced to Psychedelia, Folk Rock, Soul & R&B, Progressive and the entire British Invasion of the 60's and 70's . All that music was for years my reference to understand, love and appreciate music as I have done since then.

[@tdaggett]

So glad to hear that Nowhere Man is one of your favorite Beatles songs as it is one of mine. Not mentioned in many best song lists. ❤

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

Ah, I love this channel! Your insights, love of music and wit keep me coming back for more. Thank you, from one Beatles lover to another.

[@anifsky1065]

Great Album, especially when in the middle of album (one of the songs) Lennon, morphed as Paul McCartney, turned back into John Lennon and said “DO YOU UNDERSTAND?”. The amount of yellow temperance in this album was amazing 🥹😃😃🙏

[@amarijayamari]

I love your show and Rubber Soul/ Revolver are my 2 fave definitive Beatles discs. They seem to be the albums in which the band was developing and expanding their abilities. Thank you for the good times!

[@alanclayton9277]

the reaction they gave when the photo slipped saying that one shows their creativiy. that is a pristine looking sixties cover. what a gift. I think it's an album that is very easy to turn to and play. you don't have to be in a particular mood. in the uk if i needed someone was given to the hollies and they had a hit with the song but george wasn't pleased with their interpretation. so much to be pleased with in this vinyl monday return and the double wave bye came back. the icing on the cake.

[@craigs8375]

A true masterpiece in almost every way. What a great album cover. Nearly impossible to not get the gist of their message here even at a glance. This album influences so much after it. It changed the pop world to say the least. George starting flexing his musical muscles here too. This album should be heard in mono for sure. The British release as always too. If I needed someone is my favorite. It's all great though.

[@tomedmonson501]

I liked the addition of the snippets of the songs. I know including more of the music is a copyright pain in the @ss, but the music you have added really does help the overall experience of the video.

[@cbond1c113]

Thanks for giving us your take on Rubber Soul." Needless to say, those of us whom are long-term Beatles fans where expecting "Rubber Soul" to be the next Box-Set, and feel more than a bit peeved over the decision to release a redux of the Red & Blue compilations. Thankfully someone out there recognizes what we would've really wanted. Until then, your video is a more than welcome consolation prize! WE LOVE YOU ABBY!!!

[@alvillanueva2525]

The false start on "I'm Looking Through You" was only on the US stereo version. That's the version I heard as a kid, and I miss hearing that mistake.

[@sdw2is]

I went through all of this. As a HS teenager and college student. I smile and laugh at your costumes on every video. They're nearly perfect. Try to imagine going to class in high school and college in chicks walk-in looking exactly like that.

[@chaytondarst4143]

This is one of my favorite albums !!

[@splitimage137.]

If you read Hunter Davies' authorized biography of THE BEATLES (published in 1968), you'll learn that in late 1965, John, George, and their wives were dining with George's dentist at his home when then were unknowingly dosed with LSD. The dentist most likely didn't know how powerful the drug was, because at that time, it was like a designer drug that few were in the know about (outside of Haight-Ashbury, naturally). After many misadventures, the four make it back home, where John starts a line drawing of a submarine (not yellow! it's pen-and-ink) with everyone inside saying "WE AGREE WITH YOU!" This, ladies and gentlemen, I submit was when ALL popular music suddenly "grew up," as Abigail put it. Just check the lyrics to songs from 1966 onward! Here's one, the SUPREMES had a 1967 hit called THE HAPPENING (for a movie of the same name) - and listening to it, you MIGHT think Diana was singing about falling in love. Far from it! The lyricist, Eddie Holland, no slouch! Take a listen, and see of you don't think it's about getting dosed for the first time!

[@peterjetnikoff]

My sister's boyfriend Andrew was the best role model I knew outside of my own family. He was bright, witty and a good musician. He was pleased to hear, when me met, that I was a young Beatles fan but was concerned when I didn't list Rubber Soul in my favourites. I told him I'd only heard of it rather than heard it. He lent me his copy (mid '60s UK pressing) and it just opened worlds. I knew Abbey Road, MMT, and Pepper by then but the only song I knew from Rubber Soul was Norwegian Wood. That sounded fresh in context but surrounded by pure '60s pop like Drive My Car and You Won't See Me lifted everything a little higher with each track. The whole album is only about half and hour long but felt like about twenty minutes. It was exhilarating. Not even as the punkiest punkermous punk I ever was kept me from listening to it regularly. It's still a favourite. Another great video. Very glad you spent some time on the US version and how differently it comes across as a folk rock record and how that was the one that got to Brian Jones, not the original. Briliant stuff. Thanks!

[@denniswood1437]

I have both the USA Capitol & UK Parlophone versions of Rubber Soul and I love them both, but I actually prefer the American song listing and cover art. With "I've just Seen a Face" & "It's Only Love", it gives the album a very Byrds/ Bob Dylan acoustic, folk-rock feel that really ties the songs together with even more musical continuity. I really enjoyed your insightful, informative & fun review of this great recording!

[@franco426]

You brilliantly explained how groundbreaking and ahead of its time Rubber Soul was. Love your Sixties look too!

[@abigaildevoe]

thanks! glad i could do this album justice

[@anthony_dimaggio]

In My Life is my favorite song of all time, great video as always.

[@NowhereMan2710]

Totally agree - Rubber Soul remix now!!

[@marcelbr815]

Super insightful. I'm listening to the lp with your notes in mind and it's another kind of enjoyment! Thanks, Abby!

[@bmwheeler1atverizon]

“I can’t quit you baby, so I had to put you down for a while.” Welcome back! Great episode. 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤ Love Rubber Soul not only is it my favorite Beatles album, it is also my favorite brewery. ;-). So glad you do this. Your are an incredible music historian. You’re opening up so many people to music they wouldn’t normally listen to unless they came across your channel, so thank you. Keep up the good work. Oh, 10:50 into the video…❤

[@amandagerrish5892]

Thank you so much for reviewing my favorite Beatles album! In 1964 I turned 11 years old, I got my first record album, 'Meet the Beatles', and for the next couple of years I was a total Beatlemaniac. (Yes, Beatlemania was a real thing.) I remember how exciting it was whenever a new Beatles album was released, and 'Rubber Soul' was a particular favorite of mine. With that album, they elevated pop music to an art form, IMHO. I think my favorite track on the US release was "In My Life" (and probably "Nowhere Man" on the UK release). However, I pretty much love every track on this album. I mostly agree with your favorite track selection, however, I think I like 'Girl' better than you do. Also, it's interesting how "Run For Your Life" is so contentious nowadays, but I never heard any complaints back in the 60s. I think that fans felt like John was just writing the point of view of a fictional character, kinda like Paul's "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". Anyway, I love this channel. Thanks for reminding me of all the music I've loved over the years, and I plan on checking out the "Vinyl Friday" channel as well.

[@MrModelworx]

My first and favourite Beatles album, I bought this when I was about 14 (1991) loved it then and it's still played regularly. Fav tracks If I needed someone Nowhere Man The Word. In my life Awesome as always Abbi

[@duggles4735]

Coincidentally, I've been thinking about this album a bit since the recent Beatles new song release. It really pains me to admit, but I think Capitol did us a favor with their version of this one as far as the track listing and sequencing goes. It has that Byrds/Laurel Canyon folksy vibe and just really flows so much better for me. Of course, it helps that I grew up hearing the Capitol version quite regularly!

[@diegocruz5637]

When i listen "in my life" i think of my dog who passed away a few months ago, when i listen to the piano solo in the middle of the song i picture him running and playin in the garden in a sunny day.

[@dennismason3740]

Yes, Abbey, you do sing. It took me literally 58 years to "find my voice". Finding one's voice is an ever changing process, it never ends. Yes, you do sing and surprise...you have perfect pitch. That is an advantage when it comes to "other people". About 2011 I began hearing MY voice in my head, an unknown entity at that time. I learned to imitate Ray Charles in the 60s however I thought I was shite and so did not sing in front of people. By the eighties I could imitate most of the vocals that I could hear. By 2011 I had mastered Robert Plant's style, which was a huge leap for me as it took me decades to figure it out. I'll type the formula - How to Sing Like Robert Plant, upon request as it's a lot of typing (one little paragraph). Abbey, sweetheart, you have a voice, I'm absolutely certain that you hear your "authentic" voice in your head. I had heard it all my life and didn't know it. After imitating dozens of artists my real voice began to manifest. If you come to L.A. I will offer you a minimum 3-hour seminar to help you find your voice, it's a zillion times easier with an impeccable vocal coach. George shot Paul's Rolls. That makes me happy. I'll type my story of "singing in front of people for the first time" upon request, it's a great story (1973). Rubber Soul, like other Beatles albums, owned the (radio) airwaves in 1966. I'm 70 and my singing gets "better" everyday, as well as my guitar playing (not fast or fancy except as a joke impersonation of other guitarists. "Clapton, 1966, the Beano record..." and I rip a perfect Clapton riff for a few seconds (that's all I can handle, Clapton's style that year was primarily a muscular (and a bit macho) style). You literally sing on the videos. Please, no more vocal modesty. You know how and you intuit that. Be well.

[@leslieromanovega8870]

I think it was Paul that said the title was a pun of 'rubber sole.' So it worked its way from plastic soul to rubber soul..

[@cindyurban150]

My favorite Beatles album changes yearly...but, Rubber Soul is always # 1 or #2. My favorite song is "In my Life", it sums up my feelings for all the friends,and Lovers we think about as we reach a certain age, so melancholy, but so beautiful.Paul and John were so young when they wrote this beautiful song. Norwegian Wood reminds me of a "New Wave" French Film as John tells us the story of a romantic encounter. Michelle is Paul's romantic song for us. Such a great emotional album. Love it ! Happiness, Cindy🌻

[@hello_mate8974]

wuh oh, i think ive found a new channel to binge every video from, long videos about like my entire music taste????? plus the FASHION???? omg

[@abigaildevoe]

welcome to this long strange trip, binge away! glad you appreciate the fashion

[@fredkrissman6527]

Great epi, as always, Abigail. AND, a very generous and VERY well deserved shout out to Nancy's amazing VinylFriday channel! Nancy's channel is linked in your description, above, and everyone that wanders there will be very well rewarded by the talent, knowledge, and enthusiasm that Nancy displays in every epi. I wish I'd had a music teacher like Nancy back in 7th grade; perhaps I'd of kept up with the trumpet? Cheers!

[@manny4552]

There are no bad songs on rubber soul.. especially the American copy... A masterpiece

[@weezadam]

“I’m Looking Through You” might be my favorite Beatles song period. That paired with “in my life” makes Rubber Soul my tops Fab Four record.

[@mikeevans4585]

It certainly is in George Martin's top 4 with Revolver Sgt Pepper's and Abbey Road

[@karlschumaker]

Abby,you forgot to mention that this album was the very last album to be engineered by Norman “Hurricane” Smith. In one year, he would go on to become a producer for another Psych band(Pink Floyd).Other than that,very nice video as usual!!!

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

Love this album. Great to see another woman talking about great music.

[@scotternst7803]

There's no such thing as "having Magical Mystery Tour unreasonably high in my Beatles ranking." It's clearly their best album. Psychedelia and strawberries forever!

[@James-hd4ms]

Yeah

[@MIB_63]

MMT is not a regular Beatles album and wasn't sanctioned by the Beatles at the time. It's a collection of singles and EPs from 1967 compiled by Capitol Records as EPs weren't a thing in the US back then.

[@MrKGHunter]

I second, or third that! John said it himself, it’s just so weird and kind of an outlier in the catalogue. Love it. Flying. Fucking great.

[@MrKGHunter]

I think most fans know that. It’s fucking great, regardless....to me anyways...@@MIB_63

[@scotternst7803]

@@MIB_63 Yet when they switched to releasing all albums the UK way, MMT was kept the USA way.

[@alanclayton9277]

on the second watch I think the analysis of the music is impressively strong in this episode. new things to understand and hear.

[@abigaildevoe]

that’s all thanks to vinyl friday. nancy points things out i never would’ve heard otherwise, and breaks them down in a way that’s very easy for a non-musician to understand

[@petertrotman7708]

Fabulous as always, as always, as always, as always..... (fading into the distance)

[@jltrem]

The false start on the U.S. version of "I'm Looking Through You" was only on the stereo version not the mono. Also Abby has to be given credit for exposing her audience to the studio chatter version of Paul singing "Aqua Marina" the end theme from the 1964 puppet science fiction submarine TV show "Stingray". Yes, there was a puppet science fiction submarine TV show.

[@holbornvirginia]

In the UK the words "leisure" and "pleasure" do rhyme.

[@Adam-qi7no]

I was going to mention this as well! No mangling involved, we always pronounce it like that

[@bigtallpap]

Pleezzyure? ;-)

[@phil4208]

The Beatles are my favorite band , they were the 1st in many things , 1st use of feedback on a commercial release, I feel fine , 1st use of sampling, electronic, and tape manipulation, tomorrow never knows, 1st heavy metal song, helter skelter, they were the inspiration to millions of musicians and us fans, new york

[@drlarrymitchell]

The meaning of life IS giggling at everything.

[@willgillies5670]

Abi officially owe you one. Norwegian Wood anthology 2 Version, you changed my life.

[@MonkeyFabGarage]

I loved this. Thank you for your time and efforts.

[@31carrier]

You Won't See Me "Time after time you refuse to even listen"

[@azloii9781]

This album was such a glow-up

[@colesanlo3127]

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR SUPREMACY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelshiflett4835]

I’ve been involved with music since I was about 2 years old, but I swear you’ve become my musical guru! ✌🏻😊

[@PhilSmithRHR]

Great to witness a young person who realises that Run For Your Life is not supposed to be taken too seriously!

[@stephensorensen4477]

My favorite part is the bass rave - up on What Goes On.

[@flannigan7956]

Nowadays I'm supposed to be ready for the "and Ringo's..." parts, I was at least ready for the 60 second one. The emphasis in the "brand new Rolls-Royce" bit 😊

[@marydarko3380]

This is easily my favourite and most listened to Beatles album. I saw this album in a record store (this was a month before i purchased my turntable) and didn’t buy it, I still regret it 😭 (also, completely unrelated but I saw Robert Plant live on Saturday in a beautiful theatre and it was truly as magical as it may seem)

[@Joe-v5x7t]

Your amazingly entertaining.... I enjoyed your take on Rubber Soul . . . I subscribed and have you on my list to watch your other videos. Going over to see Now and Then ... See you there !

[@stephensorensen4477]

Cold rain on a sunny day: I never thought of that, but a perfect description.

[@alansmith1989]

Some `Rubber Soul` Chart data. In the USA it topped the `Billboard` charts from 8th January to 12th February 1966 (Six Weeks). On `Cashbox` it was top from 1st January to 12th February 1966 (Seven Weeks). On the `Record World` chart, it was No 1 from 15th January, to 19th February 1966 (Six Weeks). On the UK album charts, it was No 1 on the `Record Retailer` listing from 25th December 1965, to 12th February 1966 (Eight Weeks). On the `New Musical Express` chart it was No 1 from 11th December 1965 to 26th February 1966 (12 Weeks). On the `Melody Maker` chart it was Top from 11th December 1965 to 5th March 1966 (13 Weeks). On the `Music Echo` chart, it was Top from 11th December 1965 to 5th March (13 Weeks); then for Two more weeks, 19th and 26th March 1966, making 15 Weeks in total. On the `Record Retailer` chart it entered at No 12 on 11th December 1965. It then rose to No 2 on 18th December, then reached No 1 on 25th December. On `New Musical Express`, `Melody Maker` and the `Music Echo` charts it entered straight at No 1 on 11th December 1965. Sales in the UK were well over 500.000, very big for that market in the mid 1960s.

[@dennismason3740]

Of course In My Life. Johnny, I love you.

[@Austin-31557]

Finally, I love this album

[@grandmotherproductions9380]

I love Norwegian Wood, always have, always will but I never gathered the final verse was talking about burning the house down! I looked it up and Paul confirmed it! WHOA!!

[@georgemathie8123]

This is becoming one of my top 5 Beatles albums and in a way is the end of the first chapter of their career after rubber soul tbe experimental part of the Beatles will take on whole new levels

[@dennismason3740]

In 1966 I called it "folky Beatles". All of these songs can sound transcendent with simple guitar (or ukulele, George!) and voice, sung from the heart.

[@starshiptrooper7670]

That was Capitol Records idea. Chop up the British version (as usual) to match up with the American folk scene. Revolver was the last LP that Capitol got their little greedy hands on. Thank god! ☮

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

It's more folk rock. The white album has their most pure folk on it.

[@markzutkoff1800]

Great review, as usual! Thank you so much for covering the track listings of both the U.S. and UK versions, and the differing impressions from each. I, too, have never been able to figure out the counting for the intro of "Drive My Car" - UNTIL TODAY. The first guitar note is a pickup note; the second starts a full measure, and when you count it like that, it fits straight 4/4 time just fine. (I had previously heard a live version McCartney performed where I understood the rhythm of the second half of the intro, but the first half never made sense until I counted it today!) I also wanted to mention that the finished version of "I'm Looking Through You" includes the "middle eight" (as the Beatles described a break, whether it had 8 bars or not) that you partially quoted in your video ("Why, tell me why did you not treat me right / Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight"), whereas the earlier version on Anthology only has a 12-bar instrumental break. (However, I've liked that Anthology version ever since I heard it, maybe more than the released version, EXCEPT for the omission of the break.) Looking forward to next week's review, as I am a HUGE fan of Cream! If possible, please note that "Passing The Time" had a fade-out during the instrumental section originally, but later releases included the full instrumental section which ended suddenly, only to pick up with the slow part again. And "White Room" had a single edit (which also showed up on "Best of Cream", which is how I first heard it) that omitted the entire third verse. See you then!

[@abigaildevoe]

on the one hand, the red album remixes are (for the most part) pretty good! i'm generally happy with what i've heard but on the other hand, giles remixed half a dozen rubber soul songs. why not just...remix rubber soul?? make it make sense giles!

[@SomOsog]

You did an excellent job with this video in more ways than one. To highlight only one area, you did your research well.

[@bigtallpap]

Another great video, and the first I've managed to catch on day of release, woo! Love Rubber Soul - and that thing you said about Wait (kind of forgetting about it until actually listening to it) applies to the whole album for me. I listen to Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour quite a lot, but i so rarely go back to Rubber Soul. Yet every time I do I wonder why I don't listen to it more. Great stuff - and all that jangy guitar has me hoping we might get an R.E.M. review sometime - Reckoning, maybe?

[@joegordon2915]

I totally agree with you on the rubber soul revolver thing. As someone who has been a fan since the mid seventies, I’m so tired of the whole revolver is the best album and especially the downgrading of sgt pepper as well. FYI many of the songs on rubber soul were recorded with Stratocasters not rickenbackers(except Paul’s bass)

[@ReeceChapford]

Rubber Soul is the best! I've purposely stopped listening to it so when the remix comes out it'll sound even better.