THE WAS UNEXPECTED!! The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album Reaction FIRST TIME

[@rodneygriffin7666]

This album was a masterpiece in 1967 and still is a masterpiece in 2022. Incredible.

[@Isleofskye]

...and as someone who has popped back to his London home from the future ,let me tell you that it was still considered a masterpiece in another 55 years in 2077 :)

[@ottocarson]

I would say, now it’s better than in 1967

[@pereira9107]

His biggest inspiration came from pat sounds (Beach boys), considered by many to be the best album in the history of modern music.

[@sadracjaramillotapia6762]

​@@pereira9107 That's partly true, but The Beatles released "Revolver" without performing a live show, people assumed they would break up, the Beach Boys released "Pet Sounds" and everyone thought that now the most popular thing was coming from them, but McCartney suggested to create this whole amazing idea of releasing something progressive and new, not inspired by the Beach Boys, but to "top" the Pet Sounds album, and so Sggt Peppers was born.

[@josephscally6270]

When listening to this album, it is important to note that no one had heard anything like this when it came out. Both fans and fellow artists were stunned. It signaled that rock and roll could be anything that a mind could conceive.

[@Unlitedsoul]

The closest thing to this at the time was the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. In fact, this was basically the Beatles' response to that album after they'd heard it for the first time. This is basically the start of the prog-rock movement.

[@jnagarya519]

@@Unlitedsoul Hogwash. "Pet Sounds" was inspired by "Rubber Soul". "The Beatles" inspired Brian Wilson to think and imagine beyond his provincial California-centric supremacy.

[@LeChaunce]

@@jnagarya519 You're both right. Wilson heard Rubber Soul and realized pop music could be about more than just inane love songs. The Beatles heard Pet Sounds and were inspired to go on to the next level beyond the experimentation of Revolver.

[@jnagarya519]

@@LeChaunce "The Beatles" didn't need the "inspiration" of Brian Wilson -- they made "Rubber Soul," which inspired him. And when they made "Sgt. Pepper's" it CRUSHED Wilson. After that Wilson spent decades curled up in a fetal position.

[@LeChaunce]

@@jnagarya519 Dude, I’m just repeating what Macca’s said in numerous interviews.

[@RadCenter]

I must have heard "She's Leaving Home" a thousand times in the past 50 years, and it still makes me cry every time.

[@nflr92]

Every. Single. Time 😞

[@nessaseetah1805]

It's got me right now.

[@mlong1958]

Sgt Pepper is consistently rated as one of the top rock albums of all time. It changed the world of music.

[@RS-ni3lj]

A rare example of a KZbin reactor understanding the symbolism in the song lyrics. Most tend to take things very literally, thinking that Paul's actually singing about painting a house 😂

[@StillColour]

Hahah makes me feel validated that I'm keeping up. I always think i'm wrong!

[@brittanygarrison8030]

Well said. Couldn't agree more.

[@Unlitedsoul]

This... so much this! I first bought a cassette tape of this album back when I was 10 years old. I expected the same stuff my dad had been playing me from the Love Songs compilation album and other "hits" collections. I was shocked by this album, but took it in stride. I had no idea of the references and symbolism that was going on with this album. I thought Paul was talking about repairs to his house. I took much of this album literally, as I would the White Album when my father played it for me a bit later. A few years later after I'd begun playing and learning music myself, as well as begun writing poetry... I returned to this album after not listening to it for several months, perhaps even a couple of years. I couldn't believe how naive I'd been before, but I guess it required a few more years of maturing to genuinely understand it. "Life goes on within you and without you..." George intended for the double meaning there. Fixing A Hole would actually become one of Rogers Waters's influences for his concept of The Wall. She's Leaving Home spoke to me in ways that no one or nothing else could at the time, and even sparked me running away from home when I was 16.

[@Unlitedsoul]

@@vandalayindustries3057 Go home, Costanza, you're drunk.

[@daveking9393]

@@StillColour This is my first time to your channel and I really enjoyed this You did a very good job. Enjoyed. Thank you for sharing.

[@aleatharhea]

Paul was/is an optimist. John was a pessimist. Paul wrote "You've got to admit it's getting better." John wrote, "It couldn't get much worse. "

[@loungejay8555]

A man called Jimmy Nicoll temporarily replaced Ringo during an Australian tour while Ringo had an operation. Ringo returned and Nicoll was relieved of his duty's - with thanks of course. Later, people and journalists would ask Nicoll how he was doing after being a temporary Beatles drummer - how's life, etc, and "It's getting better" is something that he would always say in reply. This is where Paul got the line from, and John's response is a bit harsh.

[@Unlitedsoul]

As John described it in 1979. "Paul said 'Come and see the show', I didn't. Instead I said, 'I read the news today, oh boy.'"

[@MsAppassionata]

“It can’t get no worse”.

[@jnagarya519]

@@loungejay8555 John's response was based on his life experience, and his pragmatism. It was he who kept the others' feet on the ground as concerned how long their fame would last. And that was from the beginning. When they were asked that question during their first US visit, John responded, in part, "America spits out a pop star every 6 months." John was a realist. Paul was the romantic fantasist.

[@aleatharhea]

@@MsAppassionata Thank you

[@kenennis6287]

The best thing I ever read about Sgt Pepper was that the Beatles had created a work of art in a medium that previously wasn't considered art

[@dcg4mn]

That IS great and concise - and true. The only tiny tweak I’d make (yeah I’m a nerd)😅 is that there’s a ton of great music that ARE works of art. It’s the GENRE -pop music - that was never considered art before. (In great retrospect of course many consider the best pop before was art too but you’re right: not at this time)

[@danlayne9436]

"Lucy" was inspired by a drawing John's son had brought home from school of his classmate and called it "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". John decided to write a psychedelic song about it. Coincidentally, the capital letters in the title spell LSD.

[@SueProst]

Julian Lennon's friend Lucy also had lupus and her family asked Julian to sponsor and become a spokes person for lupus. Lucy died at the age of 46 from this terrible disease. Julian is quite a man.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@SueProst Ooh. That’s so sad. Sorry to hear that. I used to work with someone who had lupus. It is a terrible disease.

[@marceloliberatodesou]

I think that's a story John made up at the time, just to say "oh no, of course it's not a song about LSD". When it's clearly a song about LSD. just because john once said his son brought a drawing etc, it doesn't mean it's true.

[@danlayne9436]

@@marceloliberatodesou that's what's so great. You're entitled to your opinion no matter how wrong it is. 😋

[@marceloliberatodesou]

@@danlayne9436 and you are entitled to think "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" spells lsd COINCIDENTALLY and feel good about it

[@stephenqualtrough7322]

Rubber Soul, Revolver, The White Album and Abbey Road are all equally good albums by the Beatles but each one has a "feel"of it's own. So MANY classic songs in such a few years of the 60s !

[@futurereflections4097]

1967 has as many classic albums as the next 50 years combined. It was a musical explosion

[@MaryJoMuserOneLove]

Always something unique with the greatest pop rock n roll trippy band ever The Beatles. They loved Chuck Berry their first two albums has Little Richard song too

[@CaptainNemo1701]

This is probably the most important album in music history. Up until its release, albums were traditionally collections of different tracks with a smattering of one or two hit singles. Then, The Beatles dropped this bomb in which they become their alter-egos Sgt Pepper and the whole album is based on a single idea or theme. It blew everyone out of the water at the time and heralded the arrival of the concept album which showed you could do things differently.

[@bookman7409]

I respectfully disagree, but only regarding "Up until its release, albums were traditionally collections of different tracks with a smattering of one or two hit singles". The Beatles had thoroughly smashed that formula well before Sgt Pepper, with album after album filled to the brim with hits preceding it. You are correct about it bringing in the era of the concept album, and correct enough in spirit (I think), in that this is likely where the standard of what constitutes a great album crystallized. Sure, they had several albums loaded with hits before this, but to take the pretense that it's about performance acts, and producing a continuous rendition of that with no "filler tracks" was stunning at the time. It raised the entire bar, so in that, you are right. What can I say, I'm a stickler for details, and optimistic enough to hope you'll take this in the spirit of two people kicking concepts around over a beer or three. May fortune favor you! (Yeah, I'm extravagant, elaborate, and dramatic when I write on topics like this. I have a vocabulary, and I'm not afraid to use it! ;) )

[@vacaura]

@@bookman7409 considering that your username is "book man" i would assume you have quite the vocabulary lol

[@dwgrly]

And the concept albums in turn grew fm radio listenership, where they began playing entire album sides, and deep cuts, and music listening changed on radio then.

[@davidwhite8220]

She's Leaving Home gets my vote for most under-rated Beatles song.

[@sherryfish7067]

As a teenage girl who was not happy at home,"She's leaving home"expressed my feelings perfectly. I love it to this day. The Beatles understood my young girl heart! Thank you boys!

[@scottyd5614]

These boys were like 25 when they recorded 'shes leaving home' insane

[@Misteryowl]

Similar to 25? They weren't anyway.

[@1011425]

She's leaving home is a real story that McCartney had read on the newspaper. Researching this song, is really really impressive. It's beyond imagination. The Beatles always asked those around them to have the latest newspapers in the studio when they were working there. Several songs, or lyrics, are inspired directly by the news of the day. A day in the life, Mean Mr Mustard, She's leaving home ...

[@moishepinkhus5854]

It wasn't just a real story -- it was a real story about someone Paul McCartney had met, though he didn't realize that at the time he wrote the song. Three or four years earlier Paul had judged a lip-syncing contest, and Melanie Coe entered it. Paul named her the winner, shook her hand, and gave her a Beatles album as a prize.

[@1011425]

@@moishepinkhus5854 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKWQeoitiqpsaJY

[@lynette.]

So great seeing someone experience the Beatles for the first time. It is hard for you to understand how ground breaking this group was . Nothing like them since.

[@artistnyc123]

The real beauty of this album is that you can listen to it for the next 50 years and it only gets better.

[@basinstreetdesign5206]

When this album came out I was in grade 11. My English teacher devoted the entirety of our next class with him to playing this album and waiting for the stunned reactions of our class. He was rewarded with our dumbfounded looks.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

I grew up with The Beatles and this album was a revelation in their development as songwriters and recording artists. I really enjoyed taking the journey with you and rediscovering the joy they gave me in my youth.

[@thesilvershining]

You're exactly right this is a self-help album! Sgt. Pepper's has such good vibes and is like emotional therapy via pop music. A perfect concept album for "Lonely Hearts" it began the summer of love and is so colorful in all its various textures and moods. It's just brilliant, it's always been my favorite Beatles album. It always puts me in a great mood

[@BobSperber]

I grew up with this stuff, and my reaction to your reaction? Delighted!

[@StillColour]

I'm delighted that you're delighted!! thank so much for giving this a watch :)

[@Barb5001]

About Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ...LSD You get it...... you nailed it. It is not about a girl "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid, is a psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily visual, as well as auditory, hallucinations" The song depicts an "acid trip" and it could now be any clearer. Of course, The Beatles eventually denied this and made up a story about a picture a girl drew but everyone with an IQ over 10 knew that was BS. After all,The Beatles had a wholesome image they wanted to maintain

[@hungfao]

This is a strange album to begin listening to the Beatles in the respect that when it was created, they were trying to NOT sound like the Beatles. They'd already pretty much ruled the charts by 1966 and had the unprecedented privilege to be allowed to do whatever they felt like in the studio. They were guaranteed hit makers. So, they took a bit of a risk delving into crispy psychedelia. There were already a few other groups at the time touching on this genre, but the Beatles grabbed even this musical styling and raised the bar higher than anyone else could go. Back then, it was common for pop groups to constantly pour new tracks into the market every other month or so. So, when the Beatles retired from concerts and disappeared for several months, the speculation was that they had broken up. Their prior album was 'Revolver' which is on many critics list as the best pop album of all time just as 'Sgt Pepper's...' is. 'Revolver' only hinted at what was to come but was still mostly rooted in pop tracks. Then this comes out. No one expected this. This album was preceded by what is considered by many to be the best '45 of all time containing a double A-side containing 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever'. These two songs were supposed to go on the Sgt Pepper album, but there was pressure to put out a single. Instead, both sides qualified as a hit. They seemed to put out hit singles as easily as breathing. Anyway, they flirted with psychedelia for a few more songs for the movie 'Magical Mystery Tour' then went back to making more natural sounding music. So, to fully appreciate a band of guys who had no idea how to read or write music and the complete remarkable evolution of their sound, you should start at the beginning.

[@nessaseetah1805]

I still remember pulling out this gem from my hippie mama's stack... and her explaining a whole lot of the background and how much it blew the world's collective mind! So neat to see the next gen experience this! ♡

[@tupojohn1509]

I love all the reactions to beatles albums, good reaction

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much!

[@maggieobrien892]

BEATLES in flowers on the 'grave' is the message. A NEW Beatles arrived with this jaw=dropping change in their music.To be a teenager when this came out was THRILLING. Love from rural Ireland☘☘BTW this is whenthe Beatles smuggled glorious technicolour into Britain!

[@corvus1374]

She's Leaving Home is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@scottwatson9453]

You're so tuned into the artists and fully understand what they meant when they wrote the songs. It's fantastic to hear your breakdowns of the songs.

[@stangovers7441]

Love watching your reaction to listening to the Beatles great album, Sgt. Pepper. This album blew away fans and musicians alike. Nothing like this had ever been heard before. The genius and musicianship of the Beatles and George Martin showed the world a new form of rock music. This changed music forever. Arguably the best album ever. You need to listen to what came before and after. Greatest band ever!

[@1011425]

Good analysis, and nice reaction. Continue with the Beatles.

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much, do you have any recommendations?

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

The White Album . Double album.

[@windsorSJ]

This album was released at the height of the hippie culture. Very creative times.

[@taniaPBear]

A 'self help' album, that is brilliant. I've never looked at it that way, but I will now.

[@christopherselva8683]

Awesome reaction man, keep it up. Can't wait for the next parts and other albums!

[@StillColour]

Thanks dude! Part 2 is out on Thursday :)

[@bobschenkel7921]

This album was the true beginning of showing how far a rock and roll album could go. It was the first major recording to be released in Stereo, even my Mom bought a copy, I was only nine at the time, and she favored Broadway Show music. Sgt. Pepper's influenced EVERYTHING that came after it, in a variety of ways. Production, content, instrumentation, lyrics, cover art, sales, etc. Great reaction as well.

[@scottandrewbrass]

Except The Beatles didn't give a shit about the stereo mix. They didn't attend one single stereo session for Pepper.It was only the mono version they- George Martin- Geoff Emerick and Richard Lush really cared about.

[@susanryan2451]

She's leaving home. Your take is perfection!!

[@DJBilodeau]

Dude, your programs are blowing me away! It’s like we are transported into a time machine where we are hearing it again for the very first time! So excellent that we all together can do this with a simple shift of conscious awareness. Brings it all alive and makes everything new.

[@SG-js2qn]

"Lucy" is describing a child's world. Sailing little boats made from folded sheets of newspaper, fake flower decorations, sweets, shiny things ... everything of the mundane world having kind of a supernatural charm when seen through the fresh eyes of a child.

[@stephenqualtrough7322]

As for Beatles singles, the double A sided 45 rpm Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever has been described as the greatest single ever recorded. I can get to Penny Lane in Liverpool on a bus route 62 very easily so I agree totally! Lol

[@martynhill3479]

Also these were recorded at the same time as this album

[@aviadilo]

The greatest single ever recorded was followed by the greatest album ever recorded, Sgt Pepper!

[@ticonderoga7764]

Man! This was a great analysis on your part, like you really get this album! After you finish this album, you should totally react to, “fly by night” or “closer to the heart” by Rush. I think you’d definitely like those songs and what they’re about

[@StillColour]

That is much appreciated :) thanks so much for giving this a watch and thanks for the suggestion, I'm adding Rush to the list!

[@davidwillett7194]

This album is a great way to chill out after a had day of work!

[@dcg4mn]

Man what a great, joyful response ☺️ The arts are about what it FEELS like to be alive, about the human soul, JOY, and love -the Beatles nailed all that like no other ☺️

[@boochu8690]

This was my childhood one of the things i found in school was no not every child had listened to nearly all the beatles songs or know who these people are at all since kindergarten when my father shared their 1 album ive been growkng my collection of everything beatles since the times i would have to explain my t shirts and cd player in my pocket and explain what the beatles are haha to see people interested and learning and talking about them in youtube therefore exposing them to a more younger audience i love it!! thank you so much for reaction to The Beatles! it means so much 🎶💗 Thank You

[@christophercobb6352]

I was 10 when this album came out. Thank you for letting me hear it again with new ears.

[@StillColour]

Thank you for joining me on my journey!

[@robertasirgutz8800]

The Beatles are EVERYTHING. Created rock music as we know it. Lennon and McCartney won the prestigious George Gershwin Award for songwriting. Hit after hit. Paul's rolling bass line, Ringo's style and swagger.. all great musicians.

[@ESyshej-gf2eg]

It’s nice to hear someone so well spoken talking about my favourite band. I really loved your interpretation of the album. Not even my favourite beatle album but I always listen to this one when I want to feel better.

[@rickmitchell9655]

You get it completely...you heard what the Beatles were saying on every song! Kudos!

[@Stacy55ish]

The Beatles didn't shy away from surreal lyrics and experimental music.

[@torkelstenqvist1279]

Actually these old rock albums, particularly this one, were intended to be listened to in one go, and avoid pauses between the tracks. Note how each new song follows the last, bridges, but different rhythm and feel in each song.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Man, I never really caught the theme of optimism in this album till watching this. Brilliant.

[@annalenuzza7888]

Yes man ,you have to listening to the albums in order, so you can appreciate and understand how Beatles change the music,and why they re the best ones ..in 3 years..from Love me do to A day in the life..it's really a big jump..amazing ❤

[@kentclark6420]

Yes, this album was slightly beyond the middle point of their famed years('63-'70). A Day in the Life is maybe the best song ever composed.

[@MaryJoMuserOneLove]

I was young 12 yes old later we listened for life lessons Beatles changed everything mentally

[@wpollock1]

Looking forward to the next installment....You have a very keen sense for the lyrics. I enjoyed this!

[@fazzfoodjoint5380]

When the strings come in on Shes Leaving goosebumps Everytime

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

my god, you're hitting so many points here. its great. the cover, "like a funeral." the cover is supposed to be the beatles portraying sgt pepper's band, as on a gazebo, preparing for a concert in the park with all their friends and idols, AND YOU, as the audience. but the cover also depicts one of the earliest clues in the "paul-is-dead" myth. this myth ads to the overall mystique of the beatles. there's so-called clues on every album cover and in every album's songs, that point to paul being dead from sgt pepper's to abbey road. the sgt album cover has been noted to, indeed, resemble a funeral. but that was on purpose. this album represents the death of the "OLD" mop-top beatles and the introduction to a new era, a new direction for them, and society in general. thanks for the video. you did a great job!

[@jamesdrynan]

Like millions of other Beatle fans,( and non-fans, ) I put this record on the spindle of my Zenith stereo and listened from start to finish. Among so many firsts, it was the first to have the lyrics printed on the album cover. It astounded and astonished everyone.

[@aviadilo]

"Fixing a Hole" is my favourite song from side 1. I really liked your analysis of the lyrics - the vocals and music are fantastic too.

[@ButternutGOLD]

Keep listening : free your mind

[@aviadilo]

After finishing work on the album in the early hours of April 21, 1967 (a month and a half before its release), the Beatles went over to the London apartment of Mama Cass (of the US group the Mamas and the Papas). It was around 6 am. They opened the windows, put on an acetate disc of Sgt Pepper on Cass's record player and blasted it out at full volume across that part of London. People started opening their windows and listening. Must have been amazing!

[@Julian-to7ro]

You are a very cool and intelligent bruh, respect to you for being open minded aswell. There's so much to explore but you are amazing 🙂

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much Julian, that is very encouraging. I hope you continue to follow me on my journey!

[@Julian-to7ro]

@@StillColour Yes I will and thank you too 😃

[@lorddaver5729]

The song is more emotionally profound than you seem to understand. It is a very sad moment for the daughter as well as for the parents. Did you not hear the lyric that she went downstairs "clutching her handkerchief"? The decision to leave home wasn't a "yippee, I'm free!" affair. She was upset at the pain she knew her leaving would cause her parents. But she also knew she had to get out because although she was living with her parents, she had been - emotionally - "living alone for years". In other words, she wasn't a rash teenager running away from home, but rather an older woman, perhaps in her early twenties, who had become frustrated living at home with her parents who she clearly felt didn't understand her.

[@patticrichton1135]

I wish you hadn't cut up FIXING a HOLE, that is one of my fav on the album and other people who may have never heard it before are missing out on the whole song. I hope they will seek it out and listen to the entire song. I hope you will play the COMPLETE "She's Leaving Home" you just CAN'T cut any lyrics out from that one, as the order of each verse needs to be there to make sense. LOVE your reactions to Sgt. Pepper!!!!

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

It is a to satisfy Copyright Conditions of You Tube.

[@Unlitedsoul]

I love your take on Fixing A Hole. From a personal standpoint, it's spot-on. There is a bit more to it. This album marked the end of their almost nonstop touring and the Beatlemania phenomenon. They'd all burned out from working endlessly and came to the decision that there would be no more concerts. The records would be their performance. Paul has dealt with anxiety most of his life, just as John was more of a pessimistic realist who dealt with depression. George had been the victim of a variety of press scandals. And the whole lot of them were pretty much tired of being famous and of society in general. Note the bridge runs and how Paul talks about the people. "See the people standing there, who disagree and never win, and wonder why they don't get in my door." Then later, "Silly people run around. They worry me and never ask me why they don't get past my door." Kind of fitting with today's use of social media and the like, isn't it? But kind of the same issue here. Paul was basically expressing that he (and the rest of the band for that matter) just wanted to be left alone for a while so they could be themselves, be creative, and write their music. They didn't want to be bothered by the usual things, discussions, and arguments that they had no more power to change than anyone else did.

[@DaniiXerr]

*I liked how you analyze the songs keep it up, I'll tell you an idea you should react to their albums from the beginning progressively how they were released what I love about them is that they all sound different and each time they improve in song technique I recommend you do this, there are already several youtubers who did it and it looks great*

[@macschomo]

I listened to that when I was 6 or 7 years old in the 60s... Made me wanna make music. And I made it. LOVE...

[@rubbersole79]

The album was released on a Friday. The lads went out to celebrate by taking in a Jimi Hendrix show in London on the next evening, Saturday night, and Jimi opened his show with the "Sgt Pepper" title track.

[@randyranson84]

In the 60's when people were tripping out on LSD,, they used to say, if you're having a bad trip, listen to the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's album, as it would get you out of your bad trip and make you begin to feel good. That was the word on the street in those wild days.

[@bigdaddyromance6692]

Fact.

[@mercurywoodrose]

people dont understand what this album did. it created a new musical space, that so many other people have played in. the total concept album. its not a collection of hot singles. its completely produced, from start to finish, including the packaging. i dont even know how i can listen objectively, having listened to it for 50 years. glad you get to hear it fresh. i wish i could. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. LSD.

[@alanyoung261]

A great reaction Jarvis. I remember buying this album for 10 shillings and some pence, but I was shocked in a beautiful way as NOTHING was ever like this album. It was Art, Literature and Music all in one package. It was the first album ever (NOT SINGLES) that was not full of love songs about girls. It looked at both sides of life (like she's leaving home) and life in general. It was an awakening. A questioning of much that was happening and gone past. It had very few answers but had questioned much of what is happening then and what had happened in the past to lead we the people to this point of 1967. Enjoy your journey Jarvis. Remember life is MORE than you can Think. PEACE.

[@StillColour]

I can only imagine the feeling you felt when you listened to such a unique album for the first time! Thank you so much for sharing your experience Alan, I hope to see you again on my Journey!

[@alanyoung261]

@@StillColour PEACE.

[@stevefreary7449]

hey cost me 27 and 6 ...where you get it that cheap lol

[@alanyoung261]

@@stevefreary7449 at Dico Jays 1967.

[@marvinc9994]

Super-intelligent 'reaction' to one of the greatest albums of all time, Mate !!

[@StillColour]

That's much appreciated!! Thanks for giving this a watch

[@mikefetterman6782]

In the late 60s and through most of the 70s, it was customary to listen to whole albums in one sitting. Bands designed the sound to work from one song to the next for good transitions. Headphones and a vinyl with Hi fidelity was all most kids needed then, no video games.

[@mikefetterman6782]

That is Ringo singing With a little Help from my friends. He always had at least one song written for or by him on each album. Some of his are very popular like Yellow Submarine, Boys, and Octopusses garden.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Lucy is a girl from John Lennon's son Julians class at school. Julian had come home with a crayon drawing one day and told John, "That is Lucy, she is in the sky with diamonds." The song was written within a day or two. It was later they discovered that many took this as a "Code" for LSD. The Beatles were still in the LSD phase of their career (1966-1967 +- a few months). It was their most productive writing time.

[@mikefetterman6782]

George Harrison (enamored with Indian philosophies and religion) took to the Sitar while visiting Ravi Shankaar, one of the best Sitar players in the world. George would play this a lot during that later parts of 1966 into early 1968, almost abandoning guitar. When he picked up the guitar his sound was completely matured and different.

[@aleatharhea]

You know, a lot of teens ran away in the 60s. Hippies getting away from uptight parents. A lot of them ended up in San Francisco during the summer of love. They did drugs, they had sex, that lived in communes or flop houses or on the street, they protested the war, they played and listened to rock and roll and psychedelic music, some of them followed bands from city to city, some got into Eastern religions. All the stuff their parents didn't approve of... including girls getting jobs and interracial dating. Maybe she had hopes and dreams beyond being a housewife. But they had that typical (from the song's perspective) parent reaction, "after all we've done for you!" I always thought that's what She's Leaving Home was about, just a hippie running away from parents who didn't understand her (hence the line, "after living alone for so many years"). I don't know, that's just what I thought.

[@jeremyb5640]

Great analysis, Jervis. Colourful, kaleidoscopic, Sgt Pepper probably isn't a typical Beatles album (but then which one was is - they developed so, so much in just seven or eight years!). It was intended as a concept album. Retired from touring and freed from having to recreate the album on stage in front of screaming teenagers, they adopted a stage persona, Sgt Pepper's band, giving them licence to experiment and use the studio as an instrument. Lucy was named after a painting John's son Julian brought home from school of his friend Lucy. Of course, the initials just happen to spell L S D. John always insisted the painting inspired the song. While he was tripping a lot at the time, the song is heavily influenced by the works of Lewis Carrol (Alice in Wonderland). John loved those books as a kid. That's a Tanpura, an Indian instrument on Getting Better. The cover art is supposed to represent Sgt Pepper's band (aka the Beatles) just after playing a concert in the local park, surrounded by the crowd who'd just watched them perform. Only they just happen to be some of the most famous people in history! Each Beatle was allowed to pick an image of a person for the crowd scene. You're right, She's Leaving Home was written about a daughter leaving home. It was based on a real newspaper story when Melanie Coe went missing. The crazy thing is three years earlier, Coe met Paul when he presented her with a prize for winning a TV dancing competition! I can highly recommend Rubber Soul, Revolver, the White Album (aka 'The Beatles') and Abbey Road. Let It Be is also being reappraised after Peter Jackson's brilliant 'Get Back' series on Disney+ which shows the Beatles actually writing and recording the songs on the album. Looking forward to the rest of your Sgt Pepper listen. Afterwards you might like to check out Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane, the first two songs recorded for Sgt Pepper, but pulled off for a double A sided single before it was released, because the record company were getting impatient for new product. Arguably the greatest single ever made.

[@datavalisofficial8730]

Shoutouts from maceio, brazil ! This is one of my all time fav albums of all time, i'm not into reactions that much bur yours was great for today's rain, keep it up man, you rock 👌

[@StillColour]

Much appreciated dude! Happy I could help with the rain. Love from London

[@falcon215]

'The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album was released. In every city in Europe and America the radio stations played [it] ... and everyone listened ... For a brief while the irreparable fragmented consciousness of the West was unified, at least in the minds of the young.' ...Rolling Stone magazine's Langdon Winner recalled. Really cool seeing people hearing this amazing album for the first time. Great reactions.

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much for giving this a watch!

[@Billiousful]

A daughter who received everything from her parents but love. The clue is in the lyrics it says "She leaves after living alone for so many years".

[@llw1361]

John always maintained he wrote the song based on a drawing by his son, Julian. Julian called the drawing 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds.' Actually, an interview Larry King did with Julian, seen on KZbin, says this is the correct view. Julian's friendship with Lucy continued until she died of Lupus. He was visibly upset that people still thought it was a drug song.

[@bobwoolerOriGinal]

That story about the title is undoubtably true (which means the LSD acronym is a coincidence). But then, let's put it this way; the rest of the lyrics would not have been written before he started using LSD.

[@patticrichton1135]

@@bobwoolerOriGinal Not necessarily true, because John was always a huge fan of Lewis Carrol's ALICE IN WONDERLAND and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, which had images like this in the books and in the movies made about Alice in Wonderland.

[@bobwoolerOriGinal]

@@patticrichton1135 Yeah, I think Alice in Wonderland also may have contributed to the lyrics, along with John's acid experiences.

[@Oceantreasures24]

@@patticrichton1135ok but the title of the song and the name the song revolved around was inspired by his sons drawing

[@Kieop]

Wow, your analysis of Fixin' A Hole was so insightful. So good. The album cover is both funeral and rebirth ceremony. Sgt Pepper as self-help album... cool.

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much for this comment, it means a lot also thanks for the insight on the cover!

[@Nina5144]

Start where you like - Abbey Road is great (Golden Slumbers Carry That Wright). All of Let It Be album PLUS all their earlier work, Revolver .....

[@knevil753]

if artists held themselves to a beatles standard or even listened to these guys we would have much better music today. the blueprint is right there for over 40 years. everyone that loves music (or are artists) should watch the get back documentary. these guys are on another level. most would just retire.

[@futurereflections4097]

The best music gives you therapy without you realizing it. You got it off the bat though lol.

[@futurereflections4097]

They owned minds. And they used this power to help people. You might think “she’s leaving home” is a depressing song and it is, but my aunt had a daughter run away as a teen and she rarely keeps contact. That song helped them out of panic and depression. The Beatles have a way of helping you cope with everything.

[@chefskiss6179]

That was beautiful, not going to lie, I had some tears listening/watching you in this vid. Thanks for that. There is a wonderful doc on them that you may like, it gives you just enough to get the jest of them if that's all one wants and it's perfect, but also gives enough in a sense of chapter headings, so you could go look up more on a specific period or album if one chooses to. It's called The Compleat Beatles (no typing mistake, try googling it). There is a full one on vimeo as well as on facebook. In fact, you could listen/play the first minute of the doc alone, and you will get so much about them as artists. One minute :)

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Nicely done - i'm enjoying your discovery, 'reminds me how it felt way back then

[@StillColour]

Thank you for joining me on my journey!

[@Kieop]

It's so strange to hear the bass so prominent. When I was kid, it was so deep in the mix.

[@eileentaylor1691]

this was so good so thank you, i am a beates fan for ears but this has brought it back to me....mint!!

[@StillColour]

I appreciate that a lot Eileen, thanks for joining me on my journey :)

[@ose1998]

I loved your reaction it gave me new perspectives on theses songs. It seems like you really got the album and I look forward to see more reactions

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much, it's much appreciated!

[@brettv5967]

Really enjoyed listening to you talk through your thought process about the songs. Very cool.

[@johnandrews3151]

This album, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band came about after the group decided to stop performing live in concert. They wanted an album that would be impossible to perform live. The idea was that the album would do the touring for them! It was the first album to be multi-layered on every track from start to finish and took many weeks to record. This process gave the album a very polished sound that left everyone awestruck at the time and this recording process eventually became the industry standard as soon as enough multi-track recording studios could be built, which took around 10 years to achieve. This album is considered to be the first "Perfect" album ever to be recorded. Another great album to be recorded using this process is the 1970 album by the Fifth Dimension called Portrait. An excellent album which spawned four top 40 hits in the USA, it is well worth an album review also. You will not be disappointed!

[@davidwhite8220]

Number of time it took for McCartney to get the bass part on With A Little Help From My Friends: 45. Perfectionism pays.

[@petehealy9819]

First time watching your videos, and I'm enjoying your insights. I agree, though, with other comments that it's odd, in a way, that you're starting with a landmark album from halfway through their career. The Beatles evolved unbelievably from 1964-1970, and changed music and culture every step of the way. From that standpoint, I'm one of those who wish you'd back up and start with their earlier work. In any case, I applaud your enthusiasm and insights!

[@lisarainbow9703]

I appreciate your insightfulness. Looking forward to seeing more reactions from you. ✌🎶

[@StillColour]

Thank you so much Lisa, i appreciate you joining me on my journey

[@Randyrocker1]

The Beatles were very graphic with big musical strokes and a perfect use of space. No one has as of now ever come close to them.

[@1satisfiedmind]

That was the most thoughful consideration of Fixing A Hole. Very insightful.

[@StillColour]

Thank you, thats much appreciated :)

[@beckygrant2258]

Keep in mind, all the sound effects were real, not digitalized in any way. They had to find those sounds and layer them onto the recording. When this album came out, it’s all you heard EVERYWHERE for months, it seemed. It was SO innovative that Brian Wilson, main composer from The Beach Boys, shut down, didn’t leave his room or his house for two years, listening to this album over and over through headphones. He said he didn’t think as a composer that he could top that! This album is considered Art on vinyl….a type of sound Art….the very first “concept” album. These 4 guys were artists as well as musicians. And their producer, George Martin, another genius in their realm, who had to help them achieve things like dreamlike effects, and psychedelic effects, orchestral directions! This is a Masterpiece album by The Beatles…best rock band EVER! Every album in their catalog was better than the last. You should listen to them in succession. All the best bands of the late 60’s and through the 70’s and 80’s were influenced by the Beatles. They all tell us that.

[@jnagarya519]

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is based on a drawing by his young son. And John was writing like that as a child.

[@christinerobinson9372]

You will hear some heartache and loneliness, but you will hear it from a different angle than you have ever heard before. That is what kept them fresh. A Little Help From My Friends was covered by Joe Cocker. The Beatles did not let many people cover their songs, they had to be damn good to do a Beatle cover. They loved what Joe Cocker did with their song. They also let Elton John cover Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. I hope you notice Ringo's drumming style. He was not an athletic drummer, he was a musical drummer. Getting Better All The Time: this is a true confession from John. He was cruel to his wife. That marriage didn't work out. Yoko Ono wasn't one to take his shit, she shook him out, straightened him out. Threw him out. He really did have to change his ways. She's Leaving Home: heartache and loneliness like you said, but from a totally unexpected angle.

[@jamesmcquaid3274]

This is what reaction channels should all be like - you take the time to describe your thoughts about the tracks, and you really nailed it! The Beatles always maintained that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds didn’t stand for LSD, but you picked up on the trippiness of the lyrics, so make up your own mind…

[@kimberlyianaro3774]

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - LSD my friend. Yours truly, a child of the 70's.

[@kimberlyianaro3774]

Me too!

[@rodhanson7112]

A VERY beautiful SONG

[@patdonnelly9392]

Thank you for listening to the Beatles! I just subscribed!

[@StillColour]

Thanks so much for listening and for the Sub!

[@phila3884]

You're not wrong- something did "die"- The Beatles as everyone knew them up until then.

[@genebaughbba]

A positive note because of it instinctively makes you meditate