THINK FOR YOURSELF overdub session Beatles

[@stinnybones9408]

I adore this audio clip, as it not only displays the process of writing and practicing playing music before producing it, but it also displays how laid back and amiable the Beatles really were. Due to their abundant success many people consider them majorly professional, but often times it appears the exact opposite of that.

[@aldiyeo3959]

P0p0plp0p0

[@Adam_Barrett]

Definitely. When you think about the way they acted in interviews and even on stage (Royal Variety performance) it seems “edgy” even now, so back then they really must have been really shocking. Everyone was expected to be so clean cut and professional back then. They always kept that loose, fun element despite being probably the most famous people in the world

[@jameskennedy721]

Casual fans of the band wont have much interest in this . I LOVE IT . The finished song is really strong . The glance here at the creative process is both interesting and hilarious .

[@STP43FAN1]

Especially hearing how much trouble they have nailing the “close our eyes” part

[@WorseReviews]

I LOVE Beatles banter! 🔥

[@tomvernemusic]

@@STP43FAN1 I've never heard this lyric the same since I heard this 😂

[@louisj.marciano3390]

Funny to hear them mocking my uncle but there’s no need to be angry as John even pokes fun at his wife saying he should have had her lick the B.O. from hid arm pits. My point no one was off limits as a subject to be made fun of. Louis J. Marciano

[@LebanonBologna40]

It certainly blows the stupid idea they never wrote their own songs out of the water, doesn’t it LOL

[@kristinagoss6349]

Love hearing George s voice

[@winniecooper1746]

Me too

[@archangelmusic13]

@@winniecooper1746 it's winnie cooper from the wonder years haha

[@winniecooper1746]

​@@archangelmusic13Ah! Love someone recognising me ♡

[@fougee1]

Wish there was video of these early studio takes...But just listening to the genius of The Beatles is great,

[@scottfenney6910]

Doesn't work out so well IRL!

[@Halliday7895]

12:05 "do you want to hold a pen15" - JWL hahah

[@cesarmadero05]

6:51 "Aqua Marina, how come you fuck up everything that you do?" 8:20 "you just go chinga chinga ching bom, bom, bom!" 8:47 "i'm sorry, sometimes I feel less than useless at these sessions, I really do!" 11:15 this harmony is used in the 1969 film Yellow Submarine 12:17 "the bit that John finally got! Just after that, and we'll do both of the "Do what you wanna do..." but choruses.

[@vincentparrella272]

I heard this 10 years ago,So awesome to hear the beatles in a funny easy going part of the session.

[@paulboocock7253]

All the goofing around paid off because they finally found the harmony sweet spot at 11.15

[@garywood5882]

It's beautiful to hear

[@alphonsocarioti512]

Three strong voices with no autotuning!

[@Keenan716]

obviously, autotune wasn't invented til like the mid 90s

[@Ms_Semi]

They did a lot of vocal manipulation tho

[@KneeAches]

Thank you for this…..will take anything from them interacting and making magic.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

These cats were totally vibing with each other. 👌🏼😸🎸🎶

[@pocopico7409]

Lol…. John kept singing the same thing over and over and knew it didn’t sound right. Finally he found it at 11:15. 😀

[@davidarchibald3755]

I wasn’t expecting this… Brilliant!

[@princepharhung3964]

The only thing BRILLANT about the Beatles is the one and only Mr. Richard Starkey. !!!!!! There are some songs that groups don't do live on stage because of the massive amount of over dubbing, for fear that it just wouldnt sound like the studio version, agree? For instance, "Lady Madonna" the incredible DEEP driving sounds of the brass. Who were some of the Beatles " session musicisns"? Absolutely beautiful, just like "Wouldnt it be Nice" by the Beach Boys. !!!! Imaginary talent runs deep on both sides of the Pond!!!!!!

[@michaelorenstein9165]

@@princepharhung3964 No "session" musicians. The Beatles played their own instruments....except for the occasional strings & horns. McCartney played piano and organ (as did other members). Other than Clapton on one song, Billy Preston on a few songs during the Get Back sessions and Nicky Hopkins on organ for Revolution, no other outsiders. Oh, forgot about George Martin on piano on In My Life.

[@MegaPlexy]

Funny how they are struggling with George's extraordinary chord progressions 🤣

[@hiroehayes593]

Finished song has the greatest Fuzz bass of all time !!!

[@jaimetabilo2005]

The music fragment between 07:30-07:37 is so good, The Beatles really rock, sadly was not the definitive edit in the song Think For Yourself.

[@Alpha_7227]

I heard Think for yourself on a reaction video. I have always overlooked it. The bass tone is so gritty. I am really curious how Paul achieved this sound. Don't know why it isn't on more compilations. Would have inspired many contemporaries of the era and bass sound I am certain inspired many bands of the 90's

[@bethetraveler7123]

That bass toned was achieved with the use of a bass fuzz pedal, one of it's first uses.

[@richardjacobs7632]

Too, they used a bass driver as a microphone to a bass amp, but it does sound like a fuzz pedal.

[@tymime]

Specifically it's a Vox Tone Bender

[@archangelmusic13]

two bass's on this song, the regular bass and then the fuzz bass.

[@rickcurtis2983]

Great friends making great music...I love it, thank you!

[@sallykohorst8803]

Absolutely loved this video!

[@magneto7930]

At first I'm thinking if the Beatles had today's technology with multitrack digital recording, copy and pasting, etc., this whole process would have been a breeze. But then we would not be able to experience this history in the making!

[@TheBlueCream]

would have wrecked it with auto tune etc like todays tasteless artists

[@magneto7930]

@@TheBlueCream no doubt!

[@SeanmanBand]

The constraint of the old process is part of what led to the magic.

[@magneto7930]

@@SeanmanBand absolutely! In fact, I believe that they were partly influential in technology being what it is today.

[@aidenmarple6437]

I thought 7:00 was a blooper from the white album, I was wrong, it was from rubber soul

[@WorseReviews]

I LOVE Beatles banter!

[@pikabirul1975]

Maaaann!! This harmonies sounds so heavenly 11:15 ✨

[@jltrem]

Paul singing the "Aqua Marina" theme from "Stingray" is priceless.

[@jensandersen7011]

You mean Billy Shears.

[@Caifo]

@@jensandersen7011 🙄

[@fougee1]

@@jensandersen7011 Go away with that stupid Crap..

[@nachalnikkamchatki]

LMAO HELP

[@INDYOSKARS]

@@jensandersen7011 No, this is ´65, Beatle Paul died in September ´66.

[@spockboy]

Thanks so much for posting. The "bible" bit 5:18 had me in tears laughing.

[@lillypena4105]

The bass sound , incredible

[@josefcosta8267]

so creative with everything they did, light-hearted, clever...they were the fucking BEATLES weren't they?!?! hahaha

[@danielcruz8347]

GREAT HARRISON..LYRICS..PAUL IS EXPERIMENTING WITH FUZZTONE BASS.. THE FIRST USE OF BASS FUZZTONE 63 SUGAR SHACK JIMMY GLIMER FIREBALLS 500. FUZZTONE USED TOO FULLEST KING OF FUZZ DAVIE ALLAN & THEE ARROWS 66 68....SCRATCY 66

[@Топаз190]

Даже не сразу вспомнил оригинал, ещё и поискал ,эта композиция в альбоме Резиновая Душа! Такой драйв!! А сырую не узнал))) Вот это волшебники! Довели до ума песню! Да ещё какого!!!

[@antoniomartinez9840]

The world will never be the same with music like that... come on kids, please try!!!

[@MrGiorgioud]

Come on, you can't compare the moral fibre of that generation born during or right after WW2 who went on to create basically the Reinassance Mark 2 with this bunch of kids (Millennials and Z-ers) who are: ignorant, self-entitled, illiterate, narcissistic, self-obsessed, solipsistic, superficial, vapid, vacuous, feeble, feeble-minded, churlish, petty, vengeful, talentless, greedy, materialistic, empty, cretinous, plain retarded (I could go on and on and on) etc. etc. etc. Not all their fault, it must be said. I mean, their parents (the Generation X-ers, my generation) have been such lousy educators, irresponsible and embroiled in worldwide mass neglect, they didn't realise they had created a monster. You will realise it fully when the kids will grow up and will occupy positions of responsibility for which they have never been primed for, not alerted. The Western world will look like the set of the prescient movie "Idiocracy":: everything fucked-up, crumbling buildings.....a mess....

[@antoniomartinez9840]

@@MrGiorgioud So what we should do to perform this "bunch of kids"?... another WW!?!?... Come on parents (including me) lets do our job!!! The world must evolve without violence...

[@MrGiorgioud]

@@antoniomartinez9840 no, no, I didn’t say that....I was just making some comparisons: the boomers who grew up with food rationing and only two pairs of trousers, in the middle of bomb sites, and created a social and cultural revolution (with downsides, sure, but with so many great points), and these weaklings who had everything handed on a plate to them, and are expressively going downhill. It is worth noting that the boomers grew up with a sense of community around them, and in large families where divorce was the very last resort. These poor z-ers grew up in enclaves decimated by alienation, loneliness, endemic drug addiction and single-parent households, which nowadays is the norm. But instead of fighting all the points of the social background that shunted them into this shitty situation, they have opted for embracing the illusion: the addiction to social media, reality tv, x-factor: it all breeds aggression , ignorance, superficiality and a “fuck you Jack, I’m all right” attitude. It is very bleak and I cannot see it getting better. At least the boomers tried to create alternative, self-sufficient lifestyles funded on respect and sub-division of tasks. I cannot see it happening with this lot....

[@juanfrankazofeifagonzalez6583]

- Yes,All Your MenTioned is True...~🤨🤦🏻‍♂️🤔

[@anslagstavlan]

Record labels are no longer as generous. The old tactic was to sign as many potential artists as possible, and invest in the ones that the public threw their money at. This helped the labels weed out the shitty artists, and the consumer got the best out of it. Nowadays, a selected group of artists are cherry picked - not by the public, but by the label - and are forced to play whatever spill their producers and lyricists give them. They're picked solely for their appearence, and once they're too old, it's bye bye. That's not to say that looks don't matter, the Beatles had to be good looking guys, but looks have since then become a far more dominant factor in artist investments. Atlantic Records, the label that previously signed Led Zeppelin and Ray Charles, signed Daniella Bregoli (A.K.A the catch-me-outside-girl) not too long ago. This gives you a good idea of how the record industry has changed. And I wouldn't put too much faith into independent artists, whether good or bad..

[@elirosen1391]

At 11:15, you can hear the exact moment used in Yellow Submarine to wake up the Lord Mayor - I mean, unBONK the Lord Mayor. Gosh, you'll never hear a band have as much fun as these boys did. There was certainly an element of magic they shared in these sessions, as evidenced in what we're hearing now!

[@allkindsofcollecting]

I love how George Martin even gets in on the humour, "Jonathan, what are you doing?!" 🤣

[@Bob-f3x6w]

Wow, 59 years ago, and it sounds like it was recorded yesterday. John 24,Paul 23,George 22 and Ringo 24.

[@robroufla]

6:05 the faces on these 2 women, one dubious the other in love

[@isaiah.fabela]

Poor George😂 Paul and John don't take Georges songs in the studio serious

[@user-yz9kz6vt9y]

@13:11: It's very, very interesting to note that he is called "Jonathan"

[@televinv8062]

What do you mean?

[@BlackForestKaiser]

@@televinv8062 He means it is interesting

[@televinv8062]

@@BlackForestKaiser why is it interesting?

[@prof.emanuelpaiva]

I love this song so much!!! 😍🤩🥰

[@popguynj]

i have this to and i love it

[@jfjoubertquebec]

They really would push an idea to its limits!

[@multiverser9585]

Yeah, and the songs were difficult. Not easy to do well, but they did them well.

[@aisle_of_view]

This was deliberately recorded by George Martin in hopes of capturing some witty banter for inclusion in the 1965 Christmas Record. None was used, except a snippet was included in the Yellow Sub movie, if I recall.

[@barbiepriestley9898]

John Lennon was so funny 😆 the world has never been the same without him

[@MeanMrMayo]

@@RogerYeahmon Why always the need to interject negative stuff about John?

[@MeanMrMayo]

@@RogerYeahmon We all know this. But in these days of social media that's all people tend to focus on. New generations are growing up thinking there's no good to the man, which is a load of garbage.

[@MeanMrMayo]

@@RogerYeahmon As I said, we know all this. It's part of who John was, but it's not "all" that he was. And the negatives don't need to be rehashed every time there's a video with Lennon in it. Julian needs to get over it already. John was immature and only 22 when Julian was born, and about to be immensely popular with The Beatles, and had no time to be a perfect father ...but he matured and was a better dad late in life. Nobody's perfect ... Ringo beat Barbara up when he drank, and George slept with Maureen, Ringo's wife.

[@terrythekittieful]

He had the best wit in rock music. He didn't see himself as an actor or comedian, his lack of confidence probably, but he had a lot of comic sensibilities. He went to a few dinner parties with Peter Cook apparently and so the legend goes it was laugh upon laugh upon laugh until people got belly sick and had to leave. You're right, since his passing the world has gone into decline, we can't interview Nelson Mandela, Carl Sagan, George Harrison, David Bowie, the genius in the wheelchair, Joe Strummer, Muhammad Ali, etc., etc. anymore. They are all on the nicer side of the universe now.

[@terrythekittieful]

@@MeanMrMayo Because he has no clue.

[@dappitydingdong1219]

9:45 no idea what’s going on but I love it 12:06 no idea this came from here!

[@JeffersonBlack]

Fab, Gear & Groovy!

[@timyoung6653]

12:04 ... oh John ... thanks but no thanks :)

[@denis1966ification]

PLAY MAJOR!!

[@aisle_of_view]

I just got back from Olympia...I lit the torch - sounds like code for getting high in the toilet.

[@johncasciello4123]

Nobody ever thought of FILMING THE ACTUAL POP SONG RECORDINGS IN THE STUDIOS AS THE GROUPS RECORDED THE 45 SINGLES AND ALBUMS!!! WE could of seen the way they looked and dressed that day and the RECORD LABELS/OWNERS/RECORDING SESSION EMPLOYEES would see it all years later as ADDED MATERIAL ON DISC AND VIDEO TAPES OR REISSUED ALBUMS!!!! I would say to this day with the TECHNOLOGY ABOUT THOSE ADDED MATERIAL DISC RECORDINGS those music session recorders and the GROUPS THEMSELVES ARE CURSING UP A STORM!!!!

[@multiverser9585]

In those days, they had 'closed sessions,' meaning no outside people, including a film crew, allowed. This was mainly due to intense competition in the industry. If it got out, what they were up to, it would be copied and rushed onto the market ahead of their own release. Also, there was no such thing as portable video recorders (hadn't been invented yet) so having a film crew in all the sessions, as in Get Back, would have been hugely expensive. Super 8 home movies with no sound is all they could have done at the time.

[@justinjames5286]

This session is the result of Paul not sharing his pot. Holy crap he was hype 😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@revensteed9539]

This song has the best beatles harmonies

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

I wonder where people get these tapes from

[@danmore7587]

Set of CD bootlegs, label Yellow dog

[@michaelpohas2608]

@@danmore7587 Unsurpassed Masters. I have it.

[@soufianenaim4222]

Time travellers

[@g1rag]

Beoderant

[@IndigenousUndergroundPrimate]

Priceless ...

[@BradyDale04]

A little folk rock going on I love it.

[@brianmansfield666]

When AI gets really good, it will be able to recreate every Beatles recording session in 3D visuals and audio …VR…you will be there in studio with them….imagine that!

[@stereofreakdude3737]

I have this on a boot, and it was a let down. Only a few seconds of a hint of the song.

[@TJamesBell]

You're missing the point. If you want to hear the song, listen to the album. There's also a Beatles 'Rubber Soul Recording Sessions' bootleg that has multiple working takes of the song.

[@GrumpyOldGit60]

Specifically recorded for editing into one of the Christmas fan club records.

[@elementalmedia8139]

I love their terrible American accents!

[@LILTONY1961]

Stoned beetles

[@petermaxwell4904]

zero comments, pt 2 yesterday pt 1 so funny..

[@petermaxwell4904]

so good at funny voices, they could have been anything ! john and paul and george, ringo did go into acting! im not a beatle fan, did they record this ? ringo playing green tambourine in background ..

[@jaimetabilo2005]

@@petermaxwell4904 Yes, they recorded Think For Yourself, and it was released on the album Rubber Soul

[@miguelfernandez2288]

Jonh forever

[@billbailey695]

Around the 41 second mark it briefly goes all Father Ted. My Lovely Horse indeed.

[@CzlowiekDrzewo]

close our eyes close our eyes close our eyes close our eyes

[@artiefisk5291]

Paul's just come back from Olympia. He apparently lit the torch while he was there.

[@essbo53]

It's not so much goofing around as much as they are still working out the song. They don't even know the right chord(s) at this point.

[@festersuncle6298]

Sounds like Jimmy Campbell from the Kirkbys was influenced a bit by this sound.

[@RedArrow73]

Ringo is on the vocal team.

[@MSYNGWIE12]

"There were no flies on Frank that morning..." J. Lennon, Monday in Canada is General Erection Day.

[@richardjacobs7632]

Is that alright in the studio? That could play havoc with electronics when it clicked on!

[@mikenorledge4110]

mark chapman was a manchurian candidate, John was so funny it hurts

[@hiroehayes593]

Dont mention marks name, may he burn in hell !

[@GoodBoy-ve7pu]

8:21 thank me later

[@PhilRounds]

Wow!

[@azloii9781]

4:18 Paul McCartney using his iPhone

[@iutubsacs]

What is the source of this? Vintage bootlegs?

[@tatetym4301]

Paul said the f word!

[@0flan]

Who playing the music if the band don't know the song yet?

[@archangelmusic13]

they had already laid down the basic track for the song, and were just trying to add the vocals to it here. they would later add fuzz bass to it as well

[@MrSeb81]

12:06

[@starr-collector]

0:45 john sounding like a dying cat 😭😭

[@mr_bassman6685]

That's Paul.

[@starr-collector]

​@mr_bassman6685 i thought paul was talking, no?

[@zeezrawesome132]

12:05 😂

[@davidellis5141]

This is for 🤓 like me 👍

[@sowphya]

You and I both, David.

[@gdholmfirth]

Nice to listen to, but not exactly an overdub session, is it?

[@mathmusic1490]

They are silly likely because they're on weed. George is trying to get them, especially John, to be serious, but........................

[@louisj.marciano3390]

Funny to hear them mocking my uncle but there’s no need to be angry as John even pokes fun at his wife saying he should have had her lick the B.O. from hid arm pits. My point no one was off limits as a subject to be made fun of. Louis J. Marciano

[@Dex619]

Nine times out of ten Lennon’s attempts at humor are just annoying.

[@lelandalejandro8608]

John Lennon obviously believed in Christ and The Bible ....He even thought of comparing himself to Jesus....which most people thought was his greatest blunder in his entire life. This was an audio recording which clearly proved He had his mind on Jesus and the Bible while he was doing music. He knew Jesus Christ is great, that is why he compared the Beatles to Him ...

[@starr-collector]

Pretty sure in this recording him and John were just doing a bit hence the funny voices. He has said on multiple occasions he didn't believe in God or heaven.

[@Dante-nn2zm]

Jesus christ great? Haha okay

[@Trev0r98]

The entire "Think For Yourself" should be an outtake. Dreadful song...way down there with "Mister Moonlight".

[@HankFinkle11]

Nonsense

[@Dante-nn2zm]

What are you talking about? Are you okay? What's wrong with you?

[@TheMkarr]

I'm done. John was an idiot. I am a believer. I have loved The Beatles since, 1964. No more after him kicking Christ once again. The 1st time I did not want to believe what he had said.

[@TJamesBell]

Sensitive much? Offended much??

[@johnnyhartley4330]

So let's see, he was saying the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, which at the height of Beatlemania was correct. How exactly does an idiot like you consider that to be kicking Christ?

[@-NguyenKienHao-CA]

haha yes i also don't like John Eric Armstrong

[@johnthompson2956]

Atleast the Beatles are real

[@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand]

So then forgive him, be like Jesus.

[@notsure4508]

genius prevails ,close our eyes back to the A minor