The Beatles - Yellow Submarine FILM & SOUNDTRACK Review｜Vinyl Monday

It’s the Yellow Submarine EXTRAVAGANZA!
Welcome to the first Vinyl Monday of 2024! This is my weekly series where I (usually) chat about classic albums in my collection that I love. But this week is a little different...to celebrate this channel reaching 25K subscribers, I’m reviewing The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine film AND soundtrack! Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday and vintage fashion!
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Timestamps:
intro - 0:00
Yellow Submarine - 0:59
release - 14:53
FILM REVIEW - 21:54
the songs - 32:21
thanks for watching! - 39:57
Music:
Intro Music: Yeah Yeah Yeah (Long) by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Artist: audionautix.com/
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[@abigaildevoe]

what’s your favorite beatles movie? comment below!

[@LiGht-Youtube-0309]

Everybody's gonna be talking about Get Back for the millionth time isn't It? (great doc btw)

[@Sutty17]

hard days night

[@ryleytaylor6063]

Hard days night, easily

[@davidellis5141]

A Hard Days Night !

[@cyphershock9712]

Yellow submarine! Such a soft spot in my heart

[@Mrvictorfernandes]

"It's All Too Much" is easily the best and most underappreciated Beatles/George song in their back catalogue. There's an indescribably transcendent quality about it that brings me close to tears... Steve Hillage and the Flaming Lips have respectively done excellent covers of this masterwork... 🎶 "The more I learn, the less I know, And what I do is all too much..." 🎶

[@patrickmcevoy5080]

Journey - pre-Steve Perry, when they were a lite-prog band - did a cover of it on their second album. And I think that version was really successful, too. (Well, I think early Journey was much better in general, but that's another discussion...)

[@marcyfan-tz4wj]

"magical mystery tour" is easier to take on blu-ray where the idea of a color film shown to the world in black and white is fixed. i enjoy your yellow eye shadow and devotion to george!

[@RebelScum312]

Always loved the uplift above the clouds with this soaring song at the triumphant end of the movie, the brilliant Australian band The Church have an excellent version of George's anthem

[@67Pepper]

Journey covered this song when Greg Rollie was lead vocalist.

[@flannigan7956]

I remember it on a 90s grateful dead show tape before hearing the orig

[@WillieSimpson777]

I was 17 in 2001 and dropped acid after my parents went to sleep, put on a VHS of Yellow Submarine and set the volume to the lowest setting on my TV...it was still waaaay too loud. I proceeded to watch the movie with my cat...the scene where George is introduced in that gorgeous upwards pan possibly lasted 49 years and I somehow absorbed 2000 years of Indian culture through the snippet of sitar music unfolding all around me...at this point, watching the movie became too much and I went into the next room, somehow hearing this movie blasting (again, volume set at 1) and experienced the rest of it in my mind...a delirious alternate version, just as vivid and incredible as what was on the TV...what else can I say?

[@michaelcooley4553]

What color were the Meanies in your world?

[@WillieSimpson777]

@@michaelcooley4553 I don't know what color they were but they sounded blue.

[@WattisWatts]

Well, good thing you didn't drop any acid on the videotape. That stuff can burn

[@jeffreydaigle5917]

Hey there! I thought I heard you exclaim in a video last year that you would, never in a million years, do a Yellow Submarine breakdown! Taunting us, I guess! 😉 This was the first album I ever bought. Actually I never bought it with my own money as I was too young to do so. So the story goes... My brother and I would hang out with a couple of cousins from down the street. Two girls, about our same age, six, seven or eight. I'm guessing here as it was half a century ago! So anyway we would play house. The girls had this whole set up in the basement. You know, the one with the easy bake oven that used a lightbulb to "cook" the cake? Yeah, good fun. We had tea parties, played Candy Land and hung out with Barbie and Ken. I was the husband and the older sister the wife and my younger brother and cousin where the kids. Good stuff in the early seventies! We would spin records too. The older cousin had some sort of record player resembling a Crosby suitcase and one of our favorites was Yellow Submarine. Specifically that song and All Together Now because we loved how the tempo cranked up and we would sing along and get wildly spun up on tea and easy bake cakes and fall about the room. Good times. I had to obtain my own copy. I was already a Beatle fanatic and had The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits. That Alvin was quite the trouble maker! Ah, memories! 😁

[@olivergiggins7931]

Yeah but what did your cat think of it?

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

I must be the only person who loves “It’s Only a Northern Song” 😢❤

[@charleslipscomb2567]

No, you're not. I Iike both of George's songs and Hey Bulldog is one of my all time favorites.

[@michaelcooley4553]

I think it's a very underrated song, perhaps one of the cheekiest in their catalog.

[@JuanJesusCarandellMifsut]

Sorry: I think "Only a Northern Song" is an exceptionally good song with a very clever lyric but, you know: "You're correct there's nobody there".

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

@@JuanJesusCarandellMifsut 😂

[@johnurban7333]

I love it’s only a northern song

[@mattrobbins2268]

The final scene of Yellow Submarine is, along with Side Two of Small Faces Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, a perfect image of hippie idealism. When John calls after the vanquished Blue Meanies "Hello blue people! Won't you join us?" it gives me hope for humanity. Because somewhere, in some dimension or plane of existence, it really is like that. It's all in the mind, y'know.

[@BlueSky...]

Hey Bulldog _absolutely_ belongs on the White Album. Well played, Abby! 💯

[@HansonZhang-ri2lj]

The White Album is perfect. No more no less.

[@rickkiebiech6088]

Hey Bulldog shoulda been a single!

[@SurferJoe1]

Here's a sixties story for ya: one of my animation colleagues, a legendary guy, ran away from home as a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT and caught on with the LA unit of "Yellow Submarine"- his first job in animation. Unknown to anyone else, as a runaway, he was also living in a broom closet at the studio. One Friday night after he had slipped out to buy his canned dinner at a convenience store, he snuck back in and was locked into the closet for the whole weekend by the janitor, who didn't know he was there.

[@RadioConelrad]

My favorite fun fact about this movie: the guy who was doing George’s voice was arrested for army desertion before he was done, so the guy who did Ringo’s voice finished up for him.

[@MaceGill]

I was a teen in the mid 80s, and a huge Beatles fan. Hey Bulldog was a very obscure track then. When we'd gather instruments and amps set to eleven to jam some heavy metal, I'd pull that riff out of my pocket and the others would say "Whoa! That's a sick riff! Whose song is that!" And to their shock, I'd delightfully exclaim "The Beatles!" 😄

[@paulmartinson875]

I always liked Northern Song

[@benjamingk567]

Another really great video! One thing that's often overlooked is in "It's All Too Much". The lyrics "with your long blonde hair, and your eyes of blue" are taken from The Mersey's underrated 1966 song "Sorrow", that David Bowie later covered on the PinUps album.

[@JuanJesusCarandellMifsut]

And the solo trumpet from "The Prince of Denmark's March" of Jeremiah Clarke, it's absolutely incredible

[@patgalvez4563]

I've heard that John says "To Jorma" of JA fame..

[@LedSubmarine93]

When my niece was around six years old, she watched "Yellow Submarine" and loved it! When we played "Nowhere Man", she used to imitate the way The Beatles were walking during that scene!

[@smaz9]

As a Liverpool-born guy I'm so thankful that the most famous band in the world come from my city Liverpool (The team I support) once had a chant in the tune of Yellow Submarine during the 70s & 80s. Can't wait for more content this year!

[@sugadelicsavagesoul8623]

Y.N.W.A!!! 🙌🏽❤⚽

[@nedsatterfield6113]

One memory of this I had was riding the school bus to my junior high in 1967 the kids broke out into a very loud rendition of Yellow Submarine… on a yellow school bus!

[@abigaildevoe]

that's so cute omg

[@evilscientistrecords]

21:54 The true magic in this video are those yellow cowboy boots!

[@juggernautomnimedia1038]

The throw away songs on this album have created the opposite effect for me. I love this album. It’s All Too Much and Hey Bulldog are some of the bands best tracks and the classic hits also included somehow make this a must have album. I’m not sure that was the intention. It’s like the bastard child that wins the lottery.

[@thoughtman]

first-i'm glad they released it as an album. i love the orchestral music. i saw the movie in the theatre the week it was released. i liked it. that was the only time i saw it. i bought a lot of sheet music when i was a kid. this portfolio was one of them. i remember a lot of verses for 'it's all too much', more verses than the album or the movie. the 8 minute version perhaps? i remember an article that claimed when abbey road finally got an 8 track recorder, the beatles would do crazy things things like use chair cushions for drums. maybe something like that was behind the hand-claps. i always wondered. and talk about serendipity-could you even imagine 'only a northern song' on sgt pepper instead of 'within you, without you'? i can't. unfortunately, these tidbits were plucked from my memory, and we all know how dangerous that can be. thanks for all your work. one more thing. i hate to be THAT guy, but segue is pronounced SEHG-WAY, not SEHG-YOO. but you know that. thanks

[@Gearhart_Music]

I love the yellow eyeshadow.

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you, my silly new years resolution is to get out of the makeup rut and do some fun stuff

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Hi Abby, 10:50 it’s John, and he’s saying “To your muff” - check out the Songtrack remix, it’s much more discernible there. It’s Liverpool slang for… I forgot what, but I’m sure someone below will know the right answer.

[@davidlee6720]

Great synopsis of the album: with your arts background, you paid close attention to the symbolism of the colours as well which other album-cover commentators tend to neglect - or even to notice at all; this is an important addition as a lot of Rockers begin as artists themselves and so when creating a work have very often taken this into account as well. Pink Floyd of course solved this problem by the use of that iconic prism! So much going on here I will have to return to ensure I took it all in! You do not stint to say the least!

[@martinbroten9467]

Great, as usual. Another film/album combination that might be fun to do is "Quadrophenia". Probably my favorite Who album and a really good movie as well.

[@patrickmcevoy5080]

You added a lot to your review with your art-historian's expertise. That's such an important part of that Beatles project, and your insights help to add depth to the experience.

[@paulmccharmly9]

I remember playing this movie for my friend and we didn’t watch it all because she said she was getting a “migraine” and I was like “bro, I would get home from preschool and put this movie on every day”. I don’t know, maybe I was on drugs when I was little.

[@15chipshops]

Steve Hillage does a wonderful cover of "It's All Too Much".

[@dabhidhm4093]

Well spotted!

[@davidellis5141]

Steve Hillage Produced the excellent Sons & Fascination for Simpleminds in 1981

[@patgalvez4563]

So does Journey

[@denverexec2000]

After 50+ years, i realize how brilliant the George Martin side of the soundtrack is, just fantastic. So effective in supporting the film scenes, such sophistication and skill. I listen to it on occasion and I'm always pleasantly surprised. Another huge bit of Fortune for the lads, stumbling on Martin. The Beatles were charmed.

[@monkeyface131]

Pepperland is such a beautiful song

[@ErnestIII83]

Paul's first instrument as a kid was the trumpet, so it makes sense. And according to Paul, John's mother played the ukulele, so.

[@abigaildevoe]

it all makes sense now!

[@ErnestIII83]

@@abigaildevoe 😊

[@goldenager59]

In my boyhood, I was delighted whenever *Yellow Submarine* was shown on television; being a draftsman-artist since the age of three, for me the anticipation factor was on a par with the annual telecast of *The Wizard of Oz.* While the "Hey Bulldog" sequence, when it was added, made for an absorbing first-time experience of discovery, repeat viewings made me consider it a detriment to the film version I grew up with. It just doesn't fit comfortably with the flow of the film, for me. It's too long, it slows the battle sequence, the animation is slipshod-seeming, and the song itself is uninspiring in the film's context. With the arrival of the Beatles' final live-action sequence, I always feel like a balloonist come back down to earth after an exhilarating flight. Seeing the flesh-and-blood fellows (all together then) is like stepping onto terra firma once more. Of course it's great to get back where one belongs - but, oh, the heights we attained... 😎

[@gregorytu100]

"maybe time's gone on Strike" G. Harrisong............. I Don't blame it! .......blue meany thumbs up! Well done Abby!

[@Nazz1967]

I love 'Its all too much " . I remember when my daughter was born 8 years ago i played that so loud in my car cause i was so happy and scared at the same time .

[@ronaldiii9416]

Thank you for showing the excerpt of the Beatles cartoon at 8:45 min's. I always thought I had remembered watching Beatles cartoon in 1968 waiting to catch the school bus, but you never hear about it in Beatles history shows! Whenever I brought it up in social conversations about 'The Beatles', people would say "What Cartooons?" , and I found myself doubting my own reality ... But you have proven that "yes it was real" and righted some of the wrongs! Thank you again!

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

The classical music is some of the most soothing, inspiring compositions I’ve ever heard. I’d love to hear it live someday.

[@cabinessence_timely_hello]

10:52 idk if anyone else said this, but what George says is "to Jorma", guitarist of Jefferson Airplane

[@stitchgrimly6167]

It really isn't.

[@cabinessence_timely_hello]

@@stitchgrimly6167 it is

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

​@@cabinessence_timely_helloExcept that it really isn't and blatantly John's voice.

[@cabinessence_timely_hello]

@@scottandrewbrass1931 clearly sounds like George to me

[@max199511]

The best explanation I’ve heard for what is said at the beginning of Its All Too Much is “To Jorma” in reference to the Jefferson Airplane member. All the Beatles were spending a lot of time in California exploring their hippie scene at the time, and musically the song sounds like their tribute to San Francisco style psychedelia.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

💩

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

Help! is my favorite Beatles movie. If anybody is familiar with the Britcom Are You Being Served?, Short-lived role of Mr. Goldberg was played by Alfie Bass. He was in Help! A Hard Day's Night had a future star in the audience of a concert scene. Phil Collins.

[@alanclayton9277]

the response to the movie is so perceptive here and the recognition of the many influences goes beyond what i've seen myself. the eleanor Rigby sequence is sensational. the possibility of other vinyl monday forays into film and music doubles is another enticing development in a channel that just seems to twist and turn, keeping us unbalanced, and surprised at every new step. I watched the film at the weekend and though altogether now is an inconsequential thing i sang along. the cropping of it's all too much is savage. hey bulldog, yeah I need closure now from that riff for a little while ( that bass that bass). I loved the glow of this gorgeous episode. vinyl monday only has the limits that you Abby choose to impose upon it (well obviously, what a twit i am) so much work so much inventiveness. i just don't know what to expect next.

[@davidellis5141]

George expressed some frustration in Only A Northern Song .

[@michaelcrawley7597]

One of his many whiny little beyotch songs.

[@abigaildevoe]

he could be sassy and whiney sometimes - he was the baby of the band after all!

[@bakerzermatt]

"Too Much" is a great song, I love it. All the world's a birthday cake, so take a piece but not too much. This album to me is that song plus "Hey Bulldog", and that's pretty much it (though I do also enjoy "Only a Northern song".

[@richierugs6544]

Within u and Without u is one of my favorites---the time will come

[@josemaria8177]

Only The Beatles could make a song as good as Hey Bulldog and just stick it in a soundtrack record (also aplies to Only a Northern Song). Also, If you don't tear up a bit in the Nowhere Man scene you don't have a heart

[@treadman28]

Hey Bulldog should have been in the White Album instead of some of the dross that did make that double album.

[@johntabacco]

I suspect the reason George Martin re-recorded the soundtrack was to make sure the performance and sound were the best they could be. He had the time to review what he composed and refine it. Not many composers have that opportunity especially for recordings of new orchestral music. I think the music he composed here is his best compositional work. He knew the Beatles were going to be historic so it had to be as perfect as perfect can be. I think the composition "Pepperland" is a gorgeous work, so elegantly composed and orchestrated. As the Beatles learned from him - Mr. Martin learned from them. Great review Ms. Devoe. You're a character.

[@epobirs]

I was born in 1964, so 'Yellow Submarine' was really my introduction to the Beatles. I didn't become aware of the earlier cringe-inducing cartoons until the early 80s. Which made the movie look much better by non-association. I suspect the people responsible for shortening the US release considered it as being for children and thus their concern about the audience's endurance. If you'd like to take on another movie with an amazing soundtrack that expertly covers a bunch of genres, check out 'Phantom of the Paradise'. Brian de Palma directed and cast Paul Williams as the Phil Spector that few outside the business knew existed then. Williams also created the soundtrack and it is a wonder. The underlying theme, that signing a big label record deal is making a deal with the Devil, is just as real today. Joe Bob sez check it out.

[@luisacata04]

I love the instrumental songs, the songs have something magical

[@zsatsfm]

Great review Abby, not many people talk about this album, as it's a bit of a mess, and it really should have been released as an EP. The best of the four new songs, Hey Bulldog, is a real standout and was rightly added to the recent Blue album track listing. It's All Too Much has grown on me over the years, I just love that opening burst of guitar feedback, Jimi Hendrix would have been proud of that!

[@glennandadriansrocktalk]

I've always liked "Hey Bulldog" as well as "It's All Too Much" - so under-rated. Yes, those dancing figures are creepy, no escaping that! Appreciate your research habits- they work. Thanks Abby.

[@MacgyverMike1]

Great review i live the film and the soundtrack is fun its not ky go to beatles album but its fun to spin every once in a while my favorite scene in the film is the part when george takes ringos car great video abby ❤❤❤ keep ot up and i enjoyed the beginning of the video that was hilarious

[@scotttaylor7767]

Actually I enjoyed the Beatles cartoons back in the 70’s. It exposed me to a lot of Beatles music you didn’t hear on the radio. For example “Devil in her heart” hearing 1950’s do wop ! Or a vocal free “and your bird can sing” over the opening titles. So it was still worthwhile from that perspective. Incidentally I always thought of “ only a northern song” as George having a go at Dick James and the publishing company. Also a bit of a sly dig at John and Paul and George Martin in the lyrics. “ if you think the band is going wrong. Your correct we just wrote it like that “😂. Perhaps George felt around the time of recording Sgt Pepper that all three men were allowing their egos to get out of hand.

[@johnurban7333]

If you want to see the White Album played live, in song order, perfectly, check out The Analogues on KZbin. These guys are unbelievable and use the same instruments that The Beatles used. Their attention to detail is amazing. They also play Sgt. Peppers album live and A day in the Life is done to perfection

[@abigaildevoe]

one of my buddies showed me those!

[@stevehoran5595]

They should've put the four songs on Magical Mystery Tour when it was first released on CD. Though, in my perfect world, Revolution #9 would be replaced by Hey Bulldog and Beatles versions of Sour Milk Sea and Goodbye on "The Beatles" or white album or whatever you want to call it. So easy to make a great album greater. PS I also love It's All Too Much but it wouldn't be right on the post-psychedelic white album.

[@mikemccarthy1352]

My first indication of the existence of the Beatles was a Yellow Submarine watercolor set that my father bought me around 1969. Thanks for this.

[@dannymathews475]

The bass line oh Hey Bulldog is off the chain. Love your videos.

[@wanderingeldest5627]

I watched Yellow Submarine for the first time in 2016. My art teacher put it on for our class and I was the only one who really enjoyed it 😭💛

[@derekroberts6654]

That’s a famous story about Yoko’s are with a ladder and the word “Yes”, in fact i heard that’s where the prog band Yes got the idea for thier name…

[@johnclarke851]

I like to think that It’s All too Much begins with John yelling “ Sue your Mother! “ . Prove me wrong😄

[@robintownrobintown]

over the last few months I've been working hard on creating/extending certain Beatles albums in order to include all their extra tracks but still have them be cohesive sequenced albums! I've really put a lot of love into these and I hope it shows. Magical Mystery Tour follows the tracklist for the UK EP (cause it really flows bc the band sequenced it themselves) and then I've extended it after that with the rest of the 1967 songs, and I've been enjoying this album like a farther out but nearly as excellent Sgt Pepper. I feel ok desicrating it since the band weren't very involved in the US albums' creation. The Beatles Again is them doing a shorter white album with different songs imo. Get Back is the 1970 Glyn John's sequence but with *much better* Naked mixes - it really works better as an album. Collection Of Beatles Oldies is all their non-album tracks up to Revolver sequenced to sound close to an album. I recommend listening to all except Get Back in mono: Magical Mystery Tour: 1. Magical Mystery Tour 2. Your Mother Should Know 3. I Am The Walrus 4. Fool On The Hill 5. Flying 6. Blue Jay Way 7. All Together Now 8. Hello Goodbye 9. Strawberry Fields Forever 10. Penny Lane 11. Only A Northern Song 12. All You Need Is Love 13. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) 14. Baby You're A Rich Man 15. It's All Too Much The Beatles Again: 1. Revolution 1 2. The Inner Light 3. Lady Madonna 4. Not Guilty (Take 102 with studio chatter removed and faded to match the rough mix on bootlegs) 5. Hey Bulldog 6. Come And Get It (1969 Mix) 7. Across The Universe (WWF Version) 8. What's The New Mary Jane (3:10 1969 single mix only found on bootleg) 9. Old Brown Shoe 10. Hey Jude 11. The Ballad Of John And Yoko Get Back: 1. One After 909 (Naked Version) 2. Don't Let Me Down (Naked Version) 3. Dig A Pony (Naked Version) 4. I've Got A Feeling (Naked Version) 5. Get Back (Naked Version) 6. Let It Be (Naked Version) 7. For You Blue (Naked Version) 8. Two Of Us (Naked Version) 9. I Me Mine (Naked Version) 10. The Long And Winding Road (Naked Version) 11. Across The Universe (Naked Version) A Collection Of Beatles Oldies: 1. She Loves You 2. From Me To You 3. We Can Work It Out 4. She's A Woman 5. Day Tripper 6. This Boy 7. I Feel Fine 8. Rain 9. Paperback Writer 10. Bad Boy 11. Thank You Girl 12. I'll Get You 13. Yes It Is 14. Cry For A Shadow 15. Ain't She Sweet 16. I Want To Hold Your Hand 17. I'm Down *also included is this 'core catalogue' is the official UK Long Tall Sally EP.

[@moodringcinema839]

Wonderful review, Abby. I have always loved the Yellow Submarine film, but nothing prepared me for when I got the Blu-ray disc and watched it in 5.1 surround sound. It completely immerses you. Unbelievable way to experience this film, I highly recommend it!

[@jasonsenator6144]

Its funny you can see when george started writing on the organ.

[@wifflewiffle]

Love the channel, love the rundowns! I’m so glad you covered this album. I’ve preached “it’s all too much” for the longest time. Trippiest “60sest” thing they ever put out and just plain fun. Check out the Steve Hillage cover. He takes it out into some wild new galaxies

[@shelleylyme6402]

23:27 Oh, your teapot looks gorgeous - what a Wonderful present! 🤗 I have two hand-embroidered Alice wall decorations - each about 10" square, one depicting a composite scene from "Wonderland" and the other a composite scene from "Looking-Glass". I got them at the Canterbury Cathedral gift shop about four years ago, so presumably they're from a local parishioners craft society or something like that and raising funds for the upkeep of the Cathedral. They're very intricate and incredibly well made, and they're two of my most cherished possessions. Best Wishes PS. "I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date!" 😉

[@KenLieck]

I don't know if there's a currently available version, but the coolest thing ever ever ever was the original DVD release of the "Yellow Submarine" movie, because there was an option to play it with just the musical score and songs -- in other words, the spoken dialogue was pulled out but the rest of the movie visually and audibly was there so it was just the coolest thing to have on in the background, or to look at, or to not look at!

[@hunterjulian98]

I love how the movie looks

[@RGRG3232]

Oooh...Jeepster is in our very near future...NICE!

[@farrellmcnulty909]

17:28 - I loved the speeded-up All You Need is Love. Maybe Giles should put that out as well. 😆😆😆😆

[@dechanteluv]

HAPPY BELATED NEW YEARS🎉🎉🎉 So good to see you back!

[@TeleNikon]

Tzu Yun Mop! -- Dear Abby - Congrats on possessing the pluck, fearlessness and good taste to review this gem. "Ad hoc, ad loc and quid pro quo. So little time, so much to know."

[@michaelshiflett4835]

You’re back 😁👍🏻

[@stevesstuff1450]

I love the film, and I love your review! 😊 👍 I was still young/early teens when I finally got to hear and own the album (UK early '70s pressing) in the early 1970s. I loved the new songs for the LP, but when 'Hey Bulldog' and then 'It's All Too Much' exploded out of my record player, I was astounded by the sheer power (Bulldog), and the incredible guitar feedback chaos of "All Too Much"...Two songs that have stayed with me for all these years as something rarely heard, but absolute masterpieces! Especially "It's All Too Much"; that song is just wild, and goes all over the place with vocals and instruments, and all the while behind it is that incredible distorted guitar and flowing feedback... Majestic!! 😊 I've long, long, long loved George's later Beatles songwriting style; very powerful rock anthems.... "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is just one of those songs that can still take your breath away, and in that vein, "It's All Too Much" just RIPS the breath out of your lungs for you!! 😂 I even like "Only A Northern Song".... 😉

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

Now I know more details about this beautiful meandering train wreck than I did last night.....thanks bunches...The Blue Meanie Brigade from Pepperland..

[@jltbass56]

Another fabulous episode, Abby!😘💕💕💕

[@1rsalc]

Great review Abby! I liked the way you compared "Hey Bulldog" to a sort of more mature "I Am the Walrus", and "Only a Northern Song" as an extension of "Blue Jay Way". 👍

[@phil4208]

Well thanks for clearing up the art work, I always thought it was done by Peter max , I recently watched the movie casablanca and the bar scene of dueling national anthems , the French national anthem is the beginning of all you need is love , I will never stop learning, and you help with your extensive research, the list of singers on all you need is love is an eye opener, Patti boyd , mick and Keith among other celebrities, now I wanted to re visit the yellow submarine film , Amazon prime has it but it's not available in the US, but July 13 its available to prime members for free , I've never seen it , so its on my list , I did watch the Woodstock and the last waltz films both excellent especially the last waltz , thanks for all you do Abby, new york

[@robertmills8640]

I completely agree with you on All too Much. 👍👍👍

[@IozziEric]

Well done, Abby! This was fun to watch! You make 40 minutes seem like 10.

[@danielfuentes3226]

"Yellow Submarine" is a fun movie and soundtrack,you feel like returning to your childhood seeing this animated cartoon movie.

[@jake105]

Your 40 min YS Extravaganza was more "Watchable" than the movie. Lots of history and insight. I loved it.

[@scotttaylor7767]

Well done Abbey I can see your art history really came in handy doing this one. Love your cute dress too by the way.

[@BamThwok76]

impossible to stop watching till it's over

[@Lambert1386]

I saw Yellow Submarine on the big screen as a kid in the sixties. Still love it. We have it on Blu-ray. My favorite Beatles movie is HELP!

[@DannerPlace]

This is a great review. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@jamesgorski7551]

"It's all in the mind you know."

[@rustyrobinson8027]

Thanks again Abby

[@franco426]

Even if people prefer Pete Best as a drummer, I don't think the Beatles movies, including the animated one you just reviewed, would be the same if Best was the drummer. Great review of the music and movie!

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

Nothing would exist if Best was the drummer.

[@Polarbarrywhite]

Sorry for being pedantic, but segue is pronounced seg- way. Don't be embarrassed; I was older than you when I realized misled wasn't pronounced "missle- d" Love your show. I'm amazed at the depth and detail of your research, as well as your presentation

[@cidDraGonFly]

Hey Bulldog was on the Capitol release Rock and Roll 1977. First time I had ever heard it then, I was 16. The Beatles became my obsession. Love this channel!!

[@neilmassey2932]

Love the album ,love film, love your your reviews . Really brilliant.

[@RayGalindo]

I have only one word for you and for this presentation...AWESOME...Thank you!

[@ianemery4355]

Great stuff! As an 8 year old I loved Ringo singing yellow submarine! I didn't like the film that much but hey I liked Magical mystery tour which is insane! Oh T Rex Next week Abi wonderful choices!

[@IamSkullrules]

" the Beatles used 4 drummer and Ringo wasn't one of them " Bernard Purdy fact Pete Best played more hours as drummer for the Cheatles than Ringo ever did this is a fact

[@WillisFilms1]

I was obsessed with the Beatles in middle school. They were the first rock band I fell in love with and Yellow Submarine was a movie I watched over and over at that time in my life.

[@nvm9040]

Thx Abbey and you got me as a viewer 😊 Honestly yellow submarine is a good album from side a to side b and i can see the criticism by the fans but its not their strongest album and its not rlly cohesive but the tracks are great. 🙂 Side A is the one fans prefer to listen to for good reason because its a great listen especially the 4 new tracks "made" for this album like Its All Too Much and Hey BullDog 🌈☮🌸💛

[@kevindeforest6489]

Thanks for another inspiring episode. I’ve always been a Stones guy, but your videos have brought new respect for them. Not to get too fussy about language here (I’ve actually learned a few pronunciations from following your channel) but I looked into the word segue (at 20:21) and discovered it is actually pronounced segway (I normally say “seeg” which is wrong I guess). I’m also glad you’re a fan of the green red combo, which is sadly only legit as an outfit choice over the December holiday season. Keep up the good work!

[@anthonypirera7598]

Thanks Abigail that was Awesome I never thought of The Yellow Submarine that much because I saw it a few times on the TV in the 70's but In my part of the world we were still with black and white TV with my Mum telling me that she Saw them live singing on stage with me trying to tell her you can't they are a cartoon

[@allancorfield8164]

Good review of my least played Beatles album. Ill give it another listen

[@idlerwheel]

We stan Abigail Devoe in this house! With that said, segue is pronounced like seg-way. Far be it from me to tell you that you can’t say sig-you tho.❤

[@JavierMoreno1]

Yellow Submarine (UK release, with mono audio mix on BluRay) is the greatest animated film of all time, in my opinion. Nothing beats it.

[@blackmichael75]

Nobody talks about the weird twenties-thirties revival that happened in 66-67. Bonnie and Clyde, Cinderella Rockefella, Bonzo Dog Band, the New Vaudeville Band... You can see the same period referenced on the cover of A Collection of Beatles Oldies But Goldies.

[@abigaildevoe]

can’t forget the fashion! biba really hit their stride with the 20s revival in the late 60s/early 70s

[@LightsPersonalAcc]

I watched the movie for the first time last year, when I had the flu and was absolutely high on a fever. So that was an experience to say the least lmao. Loved the video, It’s All Too Much is one of my fav beatles songs ever. Sounds like 2000s neo-phychedelia even though it’s 60s phych.

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

I love side 2!

[@TheSupertone1]

Hi Abbie & thanks for another entertaining video, & I love the colourful clothes you wear🎵 You're regular matching outfits & make-up are appreciated + your clear diction (but it's "seg-way")😀 Re the YS EP - The Beatles Monthly Book during 1969 did mention on at least 3 occasions that Apple were proposing a 5-track EP (to play at 33&1/3) which would have added the 1968 "Across The Universe" as lead song. Mark Lewisohn also confirms the existence of the master tape for this proposed EP, but sadly history will recall it never materialised. Best wishes x

[@micksbiggestfan4006]

Nicely done Abbey. Back in the '80,s I acquired a 8mm version YS. Was the extended or British cut. Tracked down a projector. Compared it to the BETA version of a school mate and we were stunned 😳. Have yet to compare it to the rerelease.

[@patbarr1351]

Thanks, Abzzz. I've heard the story you mentioned about the band not expecting the Yellow Sub film to be worth their while, so they didn't want to be a part of it. I've also heard that they didn't participate simply because they were not asked (I think Paul said it in the '90's). FYI: I bought the wondrous diecast Corgi Yellow Sub toy (reissue) about 25 years ago & still loving it.

[@MarsHottentot]

I saw it on TV in '74 or '75. My mom had us JAZZED. I don't think I stayed awake for the whole thing (I was 4 or 5), but I loved what I saw. As a young adult I had to watch it while tripping on four way window pane (both provided by an old hippie dad of a friend). I remember thinking "man, I totally get this!" only to later, after coming down, realizing my epiphany was just more acid gibberish😂

[@fuzzlewit9]

Reminds me of when I was on acid and watched the best movie I'd ever seen with a fantastic script, only later realising it was just a 1 minute TV ad (can't remember what it was advertising, probably coffee)