THE BEATLES - TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS REACTION

[@lipby]

They went from "I Want to Hold Your hand" to this in three years. The 60s was a rocket blast of change and creativity.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I see love it

[@fardass3535]

it was the lsd

[@Revolver1981]

@@michaelm6948 What you talking about you fool?

[@James-wj8eq]

​@@michaelm6948 you trippin' ...

[@tryharder75]

It's mental!

[@nigellangridge1975]

This is where the sh*t got REAL!!! Still ahead of its time… still fresh… still got me goosebumpy with “WTF” GENIUS.

[@mavjimbo]

The drumming is beyond ridiculous

[@Torrentialdownpurr]

Kaleidoscope is a perfect word to describe this song. It's amazing! They were doing this in the 60s!!

[@MisterWondrous]

Kaleidoscope, yes. And brilliant analogy. It was a musical kaleidoscope. Perhaps their most psychedelic (and underappreciated) song.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Oh wow

[@christhornycroft3686]

Revolution #9 backwards trumps this one, I think. This one is wild, but #9 is terrifying when you're 16 and have to get up for school the next morning.

[@MisterWondrous]

@@christhornycroft3686 How could I have forgotten that one. Their most avant-garde piece by far. Yoko saying "You become naked." was a favorite part.

[@cmonman3639]

@@michaelm6948 What are you talking about? This is the Revolver track.

[@mikecaetano]

"Tomorrow Never Knows" kicked the psychedelic era in rock music into high gear. John Lennon pinched the lines in the first verse from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which LSD guru Timothy Leary translated into English as part of the manual for taking acid trips he published back in the sixties. "She Said She Said" and "I'm Only Sleeping" are the other two psychedelic classics on The Beatles Revolver album.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

It’s so awesome I love the sound

[@garyfletcher844]

@@michaelm6948 Actually. it is. It was reingeneered with some kind of a filter. The singer is definately Lennon

[@garyfletcher844]

@@michaelm6948 Yes it is. It is just a different mix. It sounds exactly like John.

[@thegamingmachine9316]

@@michaelm6948 it literally is. This is literally the song they released. You have no clue what you're talking about

[@thegamingmachine9316]

@@michaelm6948 I guess your lack of literacy prevents you from understanding what *I* said, which is that this IS what was released. This not a butchered or manipulated version or whatever, it is LITERALLY what they released. Try and get that through *your* thick skull

[@Boatzilla2]

Great point on the kaleidoscope, Jayy. Now that you've said it, I can't unsee it. Great reaction as usual. Love you.

[@allanwhite5747]

This is what I like to call a chill out song. After a heck of a day you just need a moment of time for yourself 😊

[@doplinger1]

That’s some trippy shit, Jayy! That’s exactly what you’re supposed to do - lean back, close your eyes and let the music just carry you away.

[@ricknbacker5626]

Tomorrow Never Knows was written by John and has only 1 chord from start to finish. A Beatles first, and last. A Ringo malapropism furnished John with the title. John wanted to leave the heaviness of the subject matter out of the title. He also wanted the song to evoke the vibe of chanting Monks. Great reaction JAYY, RNB

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Oh wow how creative

[@michaelm6948]

@@THEJAYYSHOW it would be even more creative if you listened and reacted to the actual Beatles track from their album Revolver.

[@garyfletcher844]

No, that's a myth. It has 2 chords. C chord and C/Bb chord when the french horn comes in.

[@ricknbacker5626]

@@garyfletcher844 True. It was flown in via tape loop by George Harrison during the mix. But John nor Paul ever play the ghost Bflat chord/note. Straight C from start to finish. Anthology 2 shows Paul telling the story of John playing TNK the first time for George Martin and Brian Epstein. J & P (thanks to George) understood Indian music often revolved around only 1 chord. So that was cool with them. Cheers, RNB

[@garyfletcher844]

No. Two chords. C & C/Bb

[@Mike-rk8px]

You need to listen to the original version that’s on the “Revolver” album from 1966, this one is nothing like the original.

[@nahoj234]

@@cmonman3639 not the original mix!

[@javiersmith7027]

@@cmonman3639 No it is not, it sounds nothing like this. This is a karaoke track where people try to recreate the song. But it's too much treble and the instruments are really off. The original is hard to replicate because they manipulated tape reels for the effect.

[@daseguin]

​@@cmonman3639 You're crazy

[@christinawoolley6206]

I was a little girl when this came out, my sister bought the album. I still play it in my head when I have difficulty sleeping, works like a charm! It almost didn't make the album because "the powers that be" said it didn't constitute a real song. wtf???? True, there isn't a classic structure but what a shame it would be had it not been released! Thank you for sharing! 😽💋🎶

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Glad it was released

[@christinawoolley6206]

@@THEJAYYSHOW oh sweetheart, me too! 😻

[@vicvega9194]

Best listened to when tripping on LSD with headphones

[@paulmillar3162]

Love this song !!! Way ahead of it's time

[@mitchmitchell80]

Incredible! So ahead of its time!!

[@joannparker1977]

I think this is a song to just close your eyes to and take it all in

[@timbaker6540]

One of my favorites

[@joe6096]

The “whirling” effect in the background was made by George Harrison on his tamboura. It’s an ancient Indian guitar with 4 strings similar to a sitar. But it is designed to emit long drones instead of melodic music. Since John was pretty much strumming an A chord through the whole song George just kept hitting the equivalent of the A note on the tamboura giving that constant whirling effect in the background. The Beatles weren’t just playing Love Me Do on regular guitars anymore lol

[@futurereflections4097]

Music from 2066 played in 1966.

[@Bigdong-kl2fh]

It is June 2024 and this song is still 40 years ahead of it's time.

[@alejandraperez3034]

I 💛 Beatles since my childhood !!!! 💋

[@alexdasliebe5391]

Haha. This is a hell of a psychedelic intro. Stereo was new back when this 1st came out. 😄

[@alexdasliebe5391]

If you’re thinking why are the “seagulls” panning left to right … because you couldn’t do that at all before

[@teri7398]

Kaleidoscope right or 1960's Psychedelic sounds. A trippy song, where the Beatles used tape loops to replay sounds over such as the seagulls and guitar and I think violins etc. John's voice put through a Leslie speaker to get that sound.

[@josephmilitello647]

The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" contains the lyrics, "the girl with kaleidoscope eyes." See the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine, which provides kaleidoscopic visuals for some of their most psychedelic songs. And yes, get a kaleidoscope and a lava lamp.👍

[@brucemedanich9209]

Jay, I dig your show ! Me, a 74 year old guy in the upstate N Y HILL, this is so good BEATLES THAT TRANSITION FROM, INTO, MEDATATIVE. & Physodelic , enjoy the trip ! Peace… ……kalidescope !

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

❤️

[@michaelm6948]

@@THEJAYYSHOW 👎🏼

[@onsesejoo2605]

One chord wonder to raise the flag to the mast for the start of psychedelic era. The swaying effect would be the so called leslie speaker on slow setting. I has rotating cones over the speaker elements which cut and increase the volume and other elements of the sound. Back then someone jokingly suggested that they should have singer guitarist John Lennon set hanging on the ceiling and rotate him in front of the microphone while singing.

[@richardhargrave6082]

Kaleidoscope! You're right💖 It reminds me of the Kaleidoscope I had as a child, awesome!

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

🔥

[@michaelm6948]

@@THEJAYYSHOW 👎🏼

[@georgeharrison5362]

Birth of DRUM and BASS

[@christhornycroft3686]

If you think this is trippy, try Revolution #9 - backwards. Or don't. You may have nightmares.

[@Bigdong-kl2fh]

I like trippin to Revolution #9. You will understand afterwards. It is a masterpiece

[@stevetreloar3129]

I want this at my funeral!

[@KarenLWhiting]

The Beatles at their Zen best. A lot of experimental stuff. Backwards loops. George Martin at his best. Yes the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Great reaction!

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I love how their not afraid to experiment and expand their style

[@michaelm6948]

@@THEJAYYSHOW Id love to watch your reaction to the actual Beatles track...

[@hixtonweasle6169]

Very cool MS, Jayy. Cheers.

[@cesarroberto4674]

Hi pretty lady! You are back. That's was inspired in the book of the deads. Buddism, psychodelism. Very 60's

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

🔥🔥

[@RickTBL]

Kaleidoscope!

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

🔥

[@RickTBL]

@@THEJAYYSHOW I should go out and buy a kaleidoscope. Where in LA would I go, the Beverly Center? I'll ask Mr. Google.

[@josephbrenner2278]

Transient... is the word you're looking for 😂

[@krisdoggett483]

Totally Zen!! There's a song called "Chapter 24" on Pink Floyd's very first album with original founder Syd Barrett. You may enjoy it. Very Zen as well. It was recorded at Abbey Road studios in 1967 the same time the Beatles were recording the Sgt Pepper album Very psychedelic stuff. You really get the Beatles Jayy! You're pretty accurate when it comes to the lead vocalist on a track too 😉

[@ka2rwp]

That's us the mix tape the finished vocal version is on the Revolver album.

[@ricklinn8851]

This song is all about Ringo and John

[@BridewellSeniorTube]

Yes I think this isn't the original studio version because there are many musical elements that can't be heard.... and the sound quality is quite low

[@robertrouse4503]

The song is based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, so you were spot on about it being Zen.

[@mcconlogue1898]

Tibetan book of the dead is tibetan, vajrayana Buddhism. Very different from Zen Buddhism.

[@glenncox9128]

It’s called a kaleidoscope. It’s typical of psychedelic rock imagery, which is related to LSD hallucinations. Psychedelic rock began in 1966, mainly in San Francisco and also in England. Much of it was influenced by drug advocate, Timothy Leary.

[@michaelway7936]

You're right it is a kaleidoscope

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Yayy

[@michaelway7936]

@@THEJAYYSHOW If you haven't already heard it-please react to their heavy metal like song Helter Skelter with manic vocals by Paul Mc Cartney and incredible drumming by Ringo(he makes a comment at the end of it)

[@ka2rwp]

The song is describing TM Transcendental meditation experience.

[@xafaro3985]

I am not surprised to see and hear the younger generations being amazed and completely floored when they hear… sorry LISTEN to The Beatles… REMEMBER (Mufasa’s voice) they built the bridge that connected yesterday’s music to where we are now… and we owe it to them! 👏🏻

[@zunbake3]

"and ignorance and hate may mourn the dead"

[@Lifewithoutcats]

I spoke to a Dance Music Spanish DJ who said he would slip this song into his mix. He told me some punters came up and asked “Who did this Beatles remix?”. Mostly no-one noticed.

[@mr.murray263]

Every time I listen to this song, I feel like I need to turn myself in to rehab and detox after an acid trip.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Lol

[@davidzimmerli489]

Is this futuristic Beatles? Or perhaps psychedelic Beatles? Maybe acid soaked Beatles? Or could it possibly be transcendental Beatles? Frankly I don't give a damn. I just love listening to it ......

[@paulraymond959]

Good song good reaction

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Thank you so much

[@StevenMichals0812]

That is an instrumental version of the song. You need to hear the original one from Revolver

[@sleapycell7819]

❤❤

[@allanwhite5747]

You're thinking of a Kaleidoscope (Ka lie dis scope) I used to own 3 myself, but they all "grew legs", and walked away 😢

[@rickc661]

like a lot of music at the time ' mood music - turn down the lights, relax , listen, get into it. go thru whole albums, this is 'Revolver' of course their best album. see Grateful Dead 'Dark Star' etc. it's not background music to play with the dogs to.

[@GrouchyMarx]

Jayy, as you probably know this is not the original Revolver album version. You should do a react video of _Tomorrow Never Knows_ from that album where you will hear a very different, and much better vibe than this version. It'll be okay to consider doing it a "first time reaction" since you haven't heard the original version yet. And it's _well_ worth it!!

[@annother3350]

This is the one that kicked the whooe thing off...

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I believe it

[@victormagana774]

A kaleidoscope

[@josephmilitello647]

Compare some of the guitar riffs on this to "8 Miles High" by the Byrds, which in turn was inspired by John Coltrane's sax playing.

[@imfranki]

Psychedelia

[@davekurcz48]

Kaleidoscope

[@ka2rwp]

The version your listening to is good for karaoke.

[@Chaudette-Le-Soir]

Do more Beatles song please great reaction

[@raoufbasit]

It's called tripping on LSD

[@ka2rwp]

It's a Kaleidoscope

[@ka2rwp]

That version is for dancing and tripping out.

[@crownedful]

Written by Lennon and inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Other worldy.

[@Sonia-tf4og]

❤💪💪💪

[@TheGroucho66]

Love your reaction, however I must recommend something when reacting to any Beatles song: use only tracks that the official Beatles youtube channel has uploaded to ensure that you're listening to the real thing and not some knock-off, cover, or some bootleg outtake or something. As you must know, attempting to upload a video with a significant amount of Beatles song audio onto youtube without it getting taken down is difficult. One then has to ask, how did this random channel/person upload a full song of The Beatles and it remain up there for you to be able to react to it? My guess is because it's not the official song. As a Beatles nerd, to my ear, it sounds like the original vocals, bass, guitar, and percussion tracks have been synced to some homemade initiation of the organ and tape loops samples/background effects. Luckily, save for the imitated background noises/samples, it's close to the original. But, as I said, I recommend using/reacting to songs from the official Beatles youtube channel as 99.9% of the time, any beatles song you find on youtube that isn't uploaded from the official channel is some cover or knock-off imitation. Keep up the great content!

[@debbiechang5781]

This has a lot of “backwards music” done by playing taped music in reverse. It set off an entire era of experimentation with music and sounds. Definitely John Lennon all the way. Interesting and weird for sure. 🌺✌️

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I love it

[@Leo-sd3jt]

The sounds aren't music just played in reverse. It's Paul recording his guitar then making literal tape loops which he would then poke and prod with a pencil as they were playing back thus making the crazy violinesque noises.

[@michaelm6948]

@@THEJAYYSHOW Lets hope someday you get to the actual Beatles version.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

You need to do the original. Where's the singing by Lennon ❓ The lyrics are 🔥

[@dougsusie2319]

Again respectfully Javy, you may want to do this one over. This may be an early alternate take or some type of cover but it's definitely not off of their "Revolver" album. You might want to pull it directly off of the album, track 14. This version is a total disservice too the one on the album. This was plain old bad but not through any fault of your own. Try again, you won't be disappointed as this song rewrote in 1966 what could be accomplished in a recording studio and was so far ahead of it's time that it still might be ahead of it's time, it's that revolutionary and out there. There's zero music out there today like this. Give it a proper listen, you will have an orgasmic eargasm. ✌️☮️💕👌

[@stonebringer1]

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

🔥

[@Pauba1946]

This is very early Beatles.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I like it

[@Pauba1946]

@@THEJAYYSHOW Not saying it isn’t good, All Beatles songs are great. Just saying you should react to the other songs on this album.

[@TomGorham]

The music was played backwards. So it sounds strange. This was a great song if you were into LSD or drugs. You are right, it was like a kaleidoscope of sound and when you would close your eyes, you would see it.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Yep

[@michaelm6948]

@@THEJAYYSHOW not the Beatles version, sorry...

[@stevensprunger3422]

“The inner light” By George Harrison is your next choice to make

[@Divocwax]

It only sounded radical in the West. If you were an Indian in India you might not think it so way out. The West got in touch with the East, and that is what seems to have happened.

[@hippiejoe969]

Beatles in their psychedelic phase

[@aidenmcnatt6113]

That's the wrong one. Do the one on revolver

[@leonardshevlin7260]

1:12 THAT you may see ...

[@timbaker6540]

Hooray for George Martin !!

[@Pauba1946]

The album this comes from “Revolver” had 15 really good songs. This was not even in the top 10.

[@rickc661]

but then it's the best song on their best album.

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

Indian rhythms. Influence

[@jessithanks8082]

This is not the original version. It's ok, but you have to look up the version from the Revolver album.

[@andrewr311]

Not the main version

[@andycrook3571]

Just one channel playing......

[@pete3883]

Met a helmet on

[@bscott5965]

Phil Collins covered this tune on his first solo album Face Value. I gotta say, his cover is better than the original

[@robbielux8353]

No way man..are you kidding??

[@bscott5965]

@@robbielux8353 I heard Phil's version first before realizing it was a Beatles cover. I think he did justice to the original and after the fade out him doing Somewhere Over the Rainbow acappela is a nice touch.

[@josephbrenner2278]

LSD

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

I'm getting only one channel here with no vocals,and even then it sounds strange.

[@JJTricksProductions]

This is not an official versions sounds awful

[@sendtosw]

Lennon.

[@SK-lk3iu]

I don't get it....what happened to the singing and lyrics?! Lyrics are posted but no singing, is this an alternative track or what, and why is nobody mentioning this?

[@Archipelington]

I heard the singing perfectly well

[@benjohnson1633]

Had no issues at all. Everything was fine throughout the entire clip.

[@SK-lk3iu]

@@benjohnson1633 Wow, my computer must be screwed up! :P

[@dougsusie2319]

I mentioned it last night and again now. I hear no vocal by John and it's only one channel. I played my CD this morning, twice the left channel and twice the right channel and neither sounded anything like what she played. The only things that were pretty much on point we're Ringo's steady drumming and the tambourine. The rest was like nothing I've ever heard and it's either an early alternative take or a cover and a pretty bad one. I've been listening to this song since it's release in 66 and although I'm getting older my brain is not gone yet. I know what my ears here. ✌️☮️💕👌

[@michaelm6948]

It's not the Beatles track. It's a really bad cover.

[@davidfromamerica1871]

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[@davidfromamerica1871]

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[@nickb5391]

backward guitars & tape loops

[@klauss1995]

This is not the original version..

[@gazt8926]

It is, from the revolver album

[@davidfisher8821]

The mix is different, not bad, but not the original mix

[@michaelm6948]

It's a completely crappy cover version. The majority of the lightweights commenting can't distinguish the Beatles from the Rutles.

[@garyfletcher844]

Zen is BS

[@davidcohen7146]

@Jayy- Just wasn't feeling this Beatles song.

[@michaelm6948]

It's not even the Beatles version.

[@Pauba1946]

You need to watch the movie “Across the Universe”. It is all Beatles songs.

[@dougsusie2319]

Sorry Javy but this was in no way The Beatles but some type of cover and a bad one at that. Make sure you do official U Tube content on their songs. The original is mind-blowing so way ahead of it's time musically. Please check out the original one by The Beatles, not this badly interpreted crap here. You and we out here deserve better. ✌️☮️💕👌

[@KarenLWhiting]

It definitely is The Beatles

[@dougsusie2319]

@@KarenLWhiting Thanks for your input but this is all out of whack to my ears. Maybe it's not coming up on my phone properly. I hear only one channel and zero Lennon singing the lyrics. The only thing that sounds in order is Ringo's steady drum beat and the tambourine. After that, I'm lost. I've been listening to this song since it's release in 1966 and take this stuff very serious. I actually put on headphones this morning to listen to my CD. I played the left channel twice and then the right channel twice and they sounded nothing liked what she played. First off on the CD you can hear John's vocal on both channels though more prominently on the right. I heard zero John vocal and the backwards guitar solo was way out of whack if even present at all. All of the tape loops sounded quite different, like quite out of phase or balance. From what I've heard I'm gonna stick with a cover and not a very good one. Just my opinion and until I can hear her reaction properly or until someone can show me differently, I'm sticking with cover as it sounds nothing like the channel by channel I heard on my CD. ✌️☮️💕👌

[@michaelm6948]

@@dougsusie2319 You're totally sane. It is a crappy cover of the Beatles track. Most of the lightweights commenting can't tell the difference between The Beatles and the Bay City Rollers.

[@patticrichton1135]

WHY am I ONLY hearing the music??

[@michaelsampley3418]

Man for crying out loud you need to check out the original version

[@isabelsilva62023]

This is not the original.