The Day The Beatles Broke George Martin’s Trust

[@fittobetiedyed5315]

In the early days, George Martin was the adult in the room, and The Beatles would come to understand how great a blessing that was.

[@MarkRoberts-bj2me]

According to Lewisohn, Martin never wanted to record The Beatles initially. That was the intital reaction by almost all adults except Brian Epstein. "But there was something in there worth listening to" is total and complete horse manure. Martin was forced to schedule a studio sesion after he had refused them a recording contract by the original owners of the copyright to "Love Me Do" who happened to wield some power in the London music scene. They obtained the first Parlophone session for the boys through Martin. Martin was not even present during that session until an assistant he had assigned to get the thing over with came running to Martin informing him he better come and listen. Martin insisted The Beatles record "How Do You Do What You Do To Me" as their first single and told them to work up a version. The Beatles insisted on "Love Me Do" an original. Martin would not even double-track John so he could properly sing lead as well as play his mouth organ. Consequently, the world heard an inferior version with Paul singing lead although he has said this caught him totally by surprise and he considers his own vocal rendition inferior. Gerry and the Pacemakers would take HDYDWYDTM to #1 although The Beatles version is far superior. Never forget, the acknowledged musical genius was John Winston Lennon (the main composer of several masterpieces, best R & R singer of all time and an extremely underrated and gifted rhythm guitarist) and although Martin came up with some production ideas of note, The Beatles were the artists. Their music changed the culture of the world which is why they are still acknowledged as the #1 Pop/Rock group of all time 55 years after they broke up.

[@markbrooks4522]

@@MarkRoberts-bj2me this was an informative comment - thanks!

[@EJP286CRSKW]

@@MarkRoberts-bj2meVery good but the Beatles were the copyright owner, something seriously wrong there.

[@scottrichmond3548]

@@EJP286CRSKW it's an AI tuned to high school level competence.

[@kentduryea7109]

​​​@@EJP286CRSKW None of the Beatles owned anything regarding their music in the beginning. They were not savvy business people and got contractually screwed financially. It took decades before Paul was able to get his music back through the courts. If only Dave Clark, drummer for the Dave Clark 5, had been asked to replace Pete Best instead of Ringo as their new drummer things would have been significantly better. Even at age 24 Dave was very well educated in business. He knew how to negotiate contracts and owned all DC5 music from the start. The Beatles did not. They were more interested in just getting famous.

[@davidmorse3190]

George Martin was being interviewed awhile back and towards the end the interviewer basically said he was the Simon Cowell of his day. Without missing a beat he said, "God I hope not."

[@Julian-xs8nc]

Yeah George Martin wasn’t a pedo

[@ndogg20]

@@Julian-xs8nc And Cowell was ?

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Hardly. For a start, Cowell hasn’t a bone of musical ability in his body. If there’s any comparison, it’s with Larry Parnes - another impresario well known for naff music, and exploitation of his pool of talent.

[@Julian-xs8nc]

@@ndogg20 yep kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKu3ioVjmpaDhdEsi=wcELtZn-a5WnAhdu

[@iaminsfiredbytrustfration8502]

that’s like comparing gold and pebbles

[@MapleJames76]

George was SO much more than a producer. He brought class as well as talent and experience to include large instrumental parts to their songs the boys never would have thought of.

[@Truthasvictim]

George was at least as much a genius as the band itself. They were incredibly lucky to have crossed paths with him and seriously doubt they would have achieved what they did artistically without him.

[@HEADLINEZOO]

Uh, no. He was a fantastic producer. They each had incredible success after the Beatles, especially Paul McCartney, but Martin did not. The band drove the experimentation.

[@Vingul]

As the band itself? As the band as a whole? Lol. Lmao.

[@johnwatts8346]

john and paul were a easily more talented than martin (coz writing amazing songs is the most difficult thing in music), but id say martin was far more talented than george and ringo,

[@RadicalCaveman]

George Martin was a tremendous producer for them, but judging by his side of the "Yellow Submarine" album, he wasn't nearly the musicians they were. All four.

[@johnwatts8346]

@@RadicalCaveman yellow sub was b grade crap all round, the beatles did not care baout it at all, and so they only offered up their lesser b grade songs for it. im not judging them or martin on that nothing literally throw away record.

[@Historian212]

They were also *very* young, in their early 20s, so Martin was smart to be patient with them.

[@timorean320]

To think 4 kids achieved what they did, all before age 30. Crazy.

[@tonym994]

@@timorean320 as long as we're talking GM, I distinctly recall hearing an old friend of mine, who taught me my 1st guitar chords(but it's not his fault!), say "I just can't believe they wrote everything that they've been credited w/".he had nothing against them, but he was clearly wiser than me. I recall clearly that he was only ever referred to as a producer of comedy records. as time went by it started to leak out slowly that he'd composed string arrangements for 'Elanor Rigby', and played a much larger role in their music. not just turning dials .my friend John was right.

[@timorean320]

@@tonym994 Oh, no doubt. It was a marriage made in heaven. I have 0 doubt without him, they would not have achieved success they did. Thats what makes them so special. The time, the supporting cast, it will never be duplicated.

[@soundtreks]

Martin was a real producer. Through and through. 🎵🎶

[@EJP286CRSKW]

Martin was a lousy producer, as his subsequent record shows, but a good A&R man and arranger. Just compare the congested sound he itt with almost anything from the West Coast in the same era.

[@skywoof7]

Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom; now THOSE are producers!

[@lynnglidewell7367]

Things were very different in those days you must remember. The record companies held all the cards till The Beatles came along. Even The Beatles knew that. If you wanted a recording contract you played by their rules. The suites and ties they wore to recording sessions in the early days reflected their recognition of the studios status. They weren't there to challenge it. It wasn't until they had success as recording artists that they became more independent, they had become aware of their worth to the the recording company. It was a new discovery for the record company as well they'd never dealt with a cash cow the likes of The Beatles before and they wanted to keep them happy so indulge them a little. If they're a little unpredictable and ignore the rules so what just keep them churning out those records! Both sides were learning new ways of doing things. George Martin was good for The Beatles and The Beatles were good for George Martin. It was a successful partnership.

[@langreeves6419]

No, they wore suits and ties cause of their manager Brian Epstein. And...they insulted Martin's tie on day one, before recording the first album.

[@ericlitts9917]

It was serendipitous that the one guy they needed was a guy with a funny tie.

[@MrGman2804]

Nice story. Seeing snippets of Brian Epstein in this video led me to reflect on how tragic his story was despite his success with The Beatles. It would have been great if Brian, John, George and George were all still with us. The Beatles were such a gift to music lovers.

[@PaulFormentos]

And a gift to funeral homes, ya forgot Linda, Mal and Mo

[@johnwatts8346]

so the beatles share the rutles penchant for tea, fancy that. ...and biscuits.

[@johna8973]

🤫 shh ❗

[@grokeffer6226]

In my opinion, George Martin was a very big part of The Beatles success. They'd have still been great, but the production quality was a very big part of how good their music was. 🪲🪲🪲🪲🫖☕🍪🎼

[@P.Galore]

George Martin is the 5th Beatle. We worked in the same office in LA between 1975 and 1980; He was very tall, extremely charming and had the most brilliant blue eyes I've ever seen. His upper class accent was the icing on the cake.

[@seltonk5136]

He belched constantly are you talking about the office near Fairfax

[@jayvee873]

Fake accent, apparently

[@craignewnes5148]

He was actually the 3rd most important Beatle.

[@SIDCIAVIC]

George Martin was not the fifth Beatle, George Martin was the first Beatle.

[@Randall1001]

This was hilarious. It's amazing that the Beatles found George Martin and vice versa. George had a sense of humor and saw their potential, and if the Beatles were like four brothers, then George was like an uncle.

[@rogerm4310]

Hahaha, there is always room for fun and laughter in life............ and respect of course. They all had it in spades, including fifth Beatle, George Martin.

[@oliverpearson1577]

'As soon as I entered, they exploded in all directions'. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@davidclifford5393]

Martin did some amazing work on some of the Beatle songs after they started working solely in the studio. I love 'I am the Walrus', but when Lennon presented Martin with a first draft, there was virtually no melody to it. 'Strawberry Fields', 'Lucy in the Sky', most of 'Sgt. Pepper' all owe a lot to Martin.

[@stayclean777]

George Martin told the story of when John first introduced his new song Strawberry Fields in the studio, just accompanying himself with an acoustic guitar. George said he'd always kicked himself for not recording it, it was so beautiful. As a matter of fact, "Walrus" and "Lucy" also came into the studio melodies intact, as the outtakes show, before they were dressed up w/production. Lucy in particular sounds great played on just an acoustic guitar.

[@dannyvine3605]

As stayclean has mentioned your facts are incorrect. All Martin added to I Am The Walrus was the orchestration which he worked on with Lennon at Lennons Surrey home. In fact Lennon sang a guiding vocal (the melody) to help the others master the song. All the songs on Sgt Pepper had melodies prior to the studio and Martin first hearing them.

[@parsonj39]

This incident didn't come anywhere near breaking George Martin's trust in the Beatles. Clickbait title.

[@seltonk5136]

The Beatles were stupid scorpions rock

[@nickgerow]

thank you for saving me from watching another damn beatles clickbait vid lol

[@robinf3817]

"clickbait" - bravo! - that's all you get on YT anymore.

[@julioamaral4391]

Nice video, thanks, lots of good information! All the Best from Brazil!

[@PaulFormentos]

Does yer police force still use the :parrots perch"?

[@landonfinnerty2391]

Sadly, to sensationalize this, you try to add embellishments, not attributed to the Beatles. Trashing of hotel rooms came after the Beatles, with bands called the Who, and Led Zeppelin. That was never their style, though, it does spice the story up.

[@PaulFormentos]

Keith Moon king of the hotel wreckers

[@ericbgordon1575]

2014 was an interesting year for me personally regarding these German translations of the Beatles. That year, I was drafted into a New York underground-based cover band called The Meetles. At the end of one Sunday night when I wasn't playing but showed up to listen, they played "I Want to Hold Your Hand" which they always closed with - and I started singing "Kom gib mir deina han" off to the side. The leader (whose name is also Eric) started ribbing me for it. That was Circa March. About 2 months later, I was in a private singing workshop in a friend's apartment and tried my hand at singing the full-length version of that translation. It was kind of surreal.

[@jwbmania]

It was 1964. Martin wasn't expecting drugs, debauchery, and a trashed hotel room.

[@drutgat2]

George Martin was not always "steadfast" in sticking by The Beatles. During the making of the White Album he was so upset with the band that he went on holiday, leaving his new assistant, Chris Thomas (later to produce 'Never Mind The Bollocks', and Pretenders, among many others) to supposedly produce the band. I am not blaming George Martin here - just saying that he was needed less and less as Paul, George and John had learned how to make records, that tension often arose between all parties. Their (then) main recording engineer, Geoff Emerick, felt things were so strained that he quit engineering for the band, also during the making of the White Album (although he retuned later).

[@andrewmunn1724]

I once heard George being interviewed. He said that although many of the songs credited Lennon & McArtney as the writers, in fact the song really belonged to whichever of them sang the lead vocal, they had the original idea for the song.

[@PeterBren]

I can understand that. Once a northerner learns how to do something from an expert, the northerner will copy and so it themselves. I am a northerner. 😊

[@gipperbanana]

I disagree , Martin was always essential and apart from the Plastic Ono band I find all beatles solo production inferior to the work done with GM .The Plastic Ono band is in fact the almost total absence of production . Most of the Beatles classics would not have been so memorable without this man's touch.

[@WaterShowsProd]

On surpassing language barriers, around 10 years ago I played a DVD of a Beatles concert, either The Budokan, or else it was a compilation from The 1965 Tour, to a Thai teenager who hadn't heard The Beatles and doesn't speak English. Watching it she said, "I really like this. I don't know what they're singing, but I can tell it has meaning." They surpassed not only language barriers, but generation barriers as well.

[@tomh9473]

sus

[@andrewashdown3541]

You forget the parting of the ways at 'Let It Be' when Klein & Spector took over ...

[@Vingul]

Two of the usual suspects

[@ginghamt.c.5973]

As much as I love them all to bits, they always seem determined to play down George Martin’s influence and crucial role in shaping the structure and aound of their music. John in particular seemed to find it impossible to give him George Martin the credit he deserved. For me, in the studio, he was Beatle Number Five.

[@deanronson6331]

John was the Beatle with the largest number of human frailties. Despite his own global success, he was envious of other artists' achievements.

[@VictorianDad]

For me, the biggest revelation in this video is that the original recording of "She Loves You" had been wiped.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

I almost forgot that there were German versions of "She Loves You" and "I want to hold your hand". I first heard them when they were included in the "Rarities" album.

[@paulkweiner6577]

Excellent plus ! Interesting, entertaining and informative !!!

[@winsfordtown]

It's funny that the same session also produced the Beatles next single "Can't Buy Me Love". So not an entire disaster.

[@JohnLennonReturns]

Great story, thanks!

[@yourguidetorights3909]

George Martin was an important part of the Beatles. Without his imput they may never had become as great as they did.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Undeniably fabulous. I hadn't heard this part of their Paris trip and I thought I knew everything! Maybe I did know, once, but my memory is sometimes not so great even though I know the knowledge is there. I did enjoy your story telling so, new sub. Hi, I live on the far, far East coast of England. And you are..?

[@davidcrincones8948]

Love the four. Give them all the credit in the world. However, my real world accepts George Martin as Beatle #1. What he had to put up with!

[@erikspooner6518]

According to the “lore”: the Beatles first smoked pot with Dylan on 8-28-64. The recording of the German lyrics was on 1-29-64. This session was still 7 months before the “lads” indulged in the “herbal jazz cigarettes”.

[@newguy6935]

I have always considered George Martin to be the fifth Beatle.

[@billdescoteaux]

The German versions were hardly flops, however. "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" did top the charts in West Germany and even hit #7 in East Germany, when the country was still divided. ."Sie Liebt Dich" reached #7 in West Germany and even cracked the Top 100 in the US, peaking at #97.

[@flynnlizzy5469]

1:17 Ringo wearing his own Ringo T shirt, lol Not many could pull that off without looking egotistical, but Ringo can !

[@roncarlson7682]

Sincere question, would you accept a bit of music as an alternate to the background music you're currently using? I can send you a looped version of something you may or may not like. No worries either way. Thanks for this video by the way. Appreciate your work.

[@neilshenton1834]

Great story! Cheers man. ✌️❤️👍

[@StuffnSuch]

The German version of “She Loves You” sounds just as ridiculous as I thought it would 😃👍

[@strawhousepig]

That painting of the band @10:15 with apples on their heads, but an arrow through John's is fairly chilling. They should have stuck to their guns. Did the label even try to stock English versions? And I doubt this "broke" his trust in them. Sounds more like he knew it was going to be a struggle on way or the other. He was probably glad they got it out of their system outside the studio rather than in it.

[@shuddupeyaface]

Imagine, coming up from the grime of Liverpool and finding yourself in a studio with people in white coats. It was, thankfully, a happy experiment. If only we could all learn from it today.

[@andyallan2909]

Ah! Yes, the men on white coats. Enough said . . .

[@shuddupeyaface]

@andyallan2909 Yes ✌️

[@jimmygee5673]

Planetary alignment.

[@rogerskillin8385]

Dave Dexter Jr. was the best producer the Beatles had. He corrected all of Martin's mistakes

[@grahamthompson2594]

The Goons were great forerunners of British comedy. The Beatles the most influential in popular music. Both produced by George Martin, which makes him most influential on 20th century culture.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

AI videos are getting better, but the giveaway here is calling it George the Fifth hotel

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

At least it wasn't "George Vee".

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

⁠@@marcmcreynolds2827😂

[@kaboomerty1638]

what’s the actual hotel?

[@borisrandall666]

This video was so dark and gut wrenching. How they destroyed George Martin's trust that day. And the growing dread and suspense of the events leading up to that final confrontation. I can't take it.

[@jonhowe2960]

I always thought nothing could be worse than that fiasco with the Cowsills....but then , this

[@OneCharmedLife]

@@jonhowe2960 and @borisrandall666... thank you both for helping me relieve some of the pain from the breakups of both of these Super Groups due to these bastards, George Martin and Artie Kornfeld. Geniuses both of them, but it's hard to look beyond the wreckage and ruined lives everywhere around them without wondering, "if only..."

[@johnsharman7262]

George Martin as Producer was a must for the unruly Beatles; they required structures, limits, ideas.

[@tedtimothy9074]

It is like a young man who wants to leave his parents and see what he can do on his own.

[@XE1GXG]

Big difference between music for the masses and music for the few. The fusion of talents created the Beatles.

[@TheVoodooVegetable]

They also recorded "Can't Buy Me Love" that day after making the German songs.

[@tomsvideosoup]

"Sie Liebt Dich" got heavy airplay on WLS in Chicago when I was a kid.

[@bobturnley2787]

When they started out together, George Martin told them to make every song sound like a Hit. They did and it made them the biggest band in the world. But as the biggest band in the world, you no longer have to listen to a producer or anyone. By the time of the White Album you can hear that John wanted George Martin to have nothing to do with his songs. Then they recorded the Let It Be album without a producer until Spector was brought in later on after Martin had been brought back to produce Abbey Road.

[@goplad1]

"The Get Back Sessions" is unequivocable proof that the Beatles were not very good at producing themselves. They needed guidance in the studio and George Martin was the Svengali who helped to put the musical pieces together. Anyone who thinks the Beatles were geniuses needs to rethink it. They were brilliant songwriters but were never geniuses. Had they been there would have been no need for a George Martin or anyone else. Beatles fans take this forgranted.

[@bobturnley2787]

@@goplad1 Martin was a huge part of their success. They needed him because none of them wanted Paul to run things. They may have felt the same if John had tried to take control of producing and arranging an album. Their chemistry didn't allow one of them to be the boss.

[@dougim]

The Beatles + George Martin were lightning in a bottle.

[@Tony-c2w]

the greatest band ever what reall music sounds like

[@ironcurtainsteve]

i consider martin to be the 5th beatle. even though he didn't write their songs, his talents and cooperation brought out the best of in their music. and that's partly why they they gave up performing concerts: they couldn't reproduce the magic of the studio with the 4 of them playing alone.

[@brianamon817]

Sounds like they're singing "She licked it, yeah, yeah yeah" (She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah). You can't convince me that that wasn't noticed at the time.

[@angelomisterioso]

Knowing the Beatles, I wonder... In German ''dich'' isn't pronounced ''dick'', as it sounds in the recording. If you can understand German, Sie liebt dick, is a whole other story. 😂

[@lemming9984]

I'm gay - I love "dich" too!

[@rogerskillin8385]

I love Paul's poodle eyes

[@WaterShowsProd]

I particularly like Sie Liebt Dich because they needed to re-record the backing. They were on tour and their performance on that track has more, or at least a different, polish and confidence than on the original. It was a silly idea, but we fans got 2 extra tracks out of it, so all's well that ends well.

[@alanparmenter]

German rock bands are singing in English to this day

[@davecrooks2609]

Good video but missleading title.

[@D800Lover]

I never bought the "fifth Beatle" tag. George Martin was a great producer. All great recording acts need one and The Beatles got the right one for them, and in that sense George Martin was the best!

[@handlessbeggar11]

Would this be the only time they would have a studio recording session outside the UK ?

[@doctorstreamspunk9996]

Between George Martin Brian Epstein as parents the Beatles were creative indulged children. I think the loss of Brian really hit them hard. Time to grow up.

[@adamcarrey9115]

8:52. Wow. I didn't know that Paul McCartney was that short.

[@toddkurzbard]

This French appearance occurred the day after I was born (January 15, 1964; I was born on January 14, when they were in the air heading to France).

[@MikeGervasi]

This is an odd story. Brian would have handled ALL of this and would have been the one telling them where to be and when.

[@Nina5144]

What the heck does John look like in that cap 😂😂😂

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

they got away with it since they were the beatles. its in the beatles anthology, where the beatles mention that at first everyone including Martin were really strict on them , regarding studio time, gigs etc. and acted like really cold calculating people to the Beatles. once they became a money train, then all those producers, promoters, and others were like "oh, heey boys!" really enthusiastically. success definitely helps you get away with things. if that group had not been the beatles and did that Germany stunt, we would've never heard from them again.

[@kitrichardson5573]

I’ve met a number of Germans, who all prefer the English version. The assonance, the alliteration, all of the things that go into making a good lyric completely disappear when you put it in a new language. The rhymes don’t even match. And it’s interesting to see how much that stuff matters over the actual words in translation

[@danielhayes7967]

Surprising they never understood German because you'd think they would've learned some in Hamburg.

[@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653]

8:09 Although there are regional variances, the German word "deine" is pronounced closer to "diner" than "dayner".

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[@indigohammer5732]

Lies

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

@@indigohammer5732dude what’s your deal

[@MrDaiseymay]

EXCELLENT, VERY WELL RELATED.

[@trimatch-king6103]

nice video!!!! thanks!

[@harperwelch5147]

Broke his heart maybe. They were kids! It’s like teenagers breaking the trust and hearts of parents.

[@timarmstrong3251]

Without the Beatles Martin would have remained a producer of comic ditties like The Ying Tong Song. That's a certainty. The Beatles would probably have become exactly as they did - the world's greatest pop group. There were plenty of great producers around. Martin spent 40 years bigging himself up.

[@RingaDingDingDong]

The title of this video makes it seem like the incident was so much worse than it was. But, I wouldn't have clicked on it otherwise.

[@carlfisher3924]

Their German recordings were NOT forced on them by EMI to break into the german market, but rather to satisfy a legal situation they found themselves in from their time in Hamburg. Please check your facts. I could only watch 4.00 of this...

[@fsilber330]

Recording those two songs in German were worth it, because the English versions would not have been useful for the opening to the movie "Jo Jo Rabbit."

[@Johnconno]

Pegboard is wonderful.

[@sargentoinkwinson4888]

Lennon lies: They had been in the studio for Decca. Plus, people forget that Martin produced those novelty songs. Martin lies: He wanted a rock n roll band to produce, the Beatles were available, it was just a gig, he didn't "see" anything in them. They were a novelty band themselves, being the backing band on Sheridan's "My Bonnie".

[@neilforbes416]

7:59 Actually, the German lyrics for "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand" were penned by Nicholas & Hellmer while the German lyrics for "Sie Liebt Dich" were penned by Nicholas & Montague. So whoever this Daemler character is, he had zero to do with writing either song. If he was a language coach, that's his *ONLY* tenuous claim to fame.

[@OroborusFMA]

If you wonder what a Martin/Beatles collaboration in the 1970s might have sounded like just listen to "Live and Let Die". While it's only Paul and not the other three Martin's production takes the song to another level. I only wish he had been able to produce Ram, because Ram is such a hot mess of bad production decisions I can't stand it.

[@HEADLINEZOO]

Martin was a fantastic producer but the Beatles had incredible success after the Beatles, especially Paul McCartney, but Martin did not. The band drove the experimentation.

[@MikeJohnson-oz7uk]

Wrong. George produced Jeff Beck, cheap trick, and several others. He was in constant demand in the 70's and after he quit EMI and went independent he produced others including Paul's Tug of War album.

[@HEADLINEZOO]

@ He was a fantastic producer but he himself made the point that I did about their respective success post Beatles. Paul McCartney alone had the second most high charting songs in the 1970’s, barely losing out to Elton John/Bernie Taupin. Add in the other 3 ex-Beatles and they dominated the 1970’s.

[@mustardegg2]

They should have been called George Martin’s Beatles. Or Martin and the Bugs.

[@InCaveEntertainment]

None of them except Paul ever used George Martin to produce any of their records post-breakup

[@MrMjp58]

George with The Beatles was similar to Galton and Simpson with T Hancock.

[@michaelnannestad7399]

I have read that Martin never really benifited financially from their success.I have no idea if this was true,amongst so many untruths around this group.

[@mikewilson3581]

I wonder if this story was an influence on the Rutles scandalous love of tea. And biscuits.

[@SFDestiny]

"caught in their orbit" ?? I find this a remarkable view 😅

[@bmkbmk4469]

Without George Martin ,the Beatles would be playing in a pub

[@kai_johnsonn]

You portray George Martin in this video as if this scenario was in an episode of The Crown or another period drama, such as Lord John Grey in Outlander. 😆 "You really are Bastards, aren't you?", cried out Martin, incredulousy exasperated, half laughing, half serious, doing his best to retain his anger. The Beatles ran about like school boys in a scene of pure farce, a humorous footnote in their career.

[@lylecampbell9036]

The Beatles weren't anyone's employees.

[@frankhainke7442]

Many artists in these days recorded versions of their best songs in several languages. It is not funny that the Beatles produced two songs in German. It's funny that it was only two and that they never did French, Spanisch and Italian versions.

[@richardmckrell4899]

They did the same thing with Pete Best, not surprising.

[@jimangela4589]

The assumption that Germans in the 60s didn't speak English is nonsense. At that time West Germany was crawling with US military and English was taught in the schools. My guess is that the band knew this.

[@neilforbes416]

4:00 *WRONG!* EMI's German subsidiary was, in fact *Electrola GmbH!* Odeon was merely one of the labels. Odeon served as the German and French equivalent of Parlophone. GmbH stood for *Gesellschaft mit beschrankte Haftung,* or in English, Society with limited holdings.

[@c.a.t.732]

"Early 1964, the height of Beatlemania"?