We React To The Beatles - Hey Jude

Today we dive into legendary English rock band THE BEATLES. "Hey Jude" was released as a non-album single in August 1968 with the B-Side "Revolution". The clip was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and first appeared on David Frost's UK television show, Frost On Sunday.
What Do Ya'll Think?!

[@davidschecter5247]

The only song in history where you hear the same thing over and over for about five minutes and you want it to go on even longer. What a melody!

[@RS-ni3lj]

This song was meant to be performed live. Been a staple of Paul's shows for over half a century!

[@coachtomas]

For some reason this concept came to mind, that if we could broadcast one song to the universe - what would it be ? Maybe it could be Hey Jude. Tells us everything about us humans. Love, friendship, support and positivity. A simple song too really. Is it the harmonies of the band that lift it up to a higher level ? I think so - especially during that last quarter. Personally, I listen to this song when I think the world is dark. There is always a light ❤❤

[@reactionextraction]

Fab comments Stephen 😎 there is always a light ❤️

[@amandaruth9566]

I firmly believe if the world was ending, this is the last song we would play, all singing together.

[@groundscoresteve4964]

The Beatles are the WHOLE WORLDS band!! Fab-4 / 4-Ever!!

[@eduardooscar309]

what a beautiful surprise today none other than the iconic "Hey Jude" by The BEATLES for August 1968 THE BEATLES launched their new recorder: Apple Records and the debut single has two impressive songs: McCartney's "Hey Jude" and Lennon's "Revolution" "Hey Jude" is a typical optimistic song by the genius Paul McCartney created by him thinking of Julian Lennon, John's 5-year-old son, who was suffering from the divorce of his parents and the appearance of Yoko Ono in Lennon's life give a song of comfort and hope for little Julian (later Paul changed the name to Jude) This is the first single that, with a long duration, reached #1 in numerous countries around the world, especially successful in the United States. (the radios did not use to play such long songs) The Beatles present it in these special TV program, and for the choir you can see the public enter sharing with the 'Fab Four from Liverpool' face to face the importance of the song "Hey Jude" is that it is an universal hymn Paul McCartney in his recitals gives him the most prominent place, people wait for the moment of the choir and there all together, twinned, without distinction of race, creed or political opinion, we sing the epic 'la la la lalalala lalalala Hey Jude' (I leave you in another comment a link from when he played it on his last visit to my Buenos Aires in 2019, and I was vibrating with emotion standing on the playing field, very close to the stage) I hope you continue to gradually get closer to the music of The BEATLES and that unforgettable decade of the 60s that had them as central and revolutionary protagonists. Another good suggestion is the other side of the single, the rockier "Revolution" (also has a video) I think that... "Hey Jude/Revolution"... is the Best and Most Important single in rock & pop music history blessings for both and a warm hug from Buenos Aires (Argentina) South América

[@mikewarker4445]

The ending of this always gets me. Imagine the memories these people have had for the rest of their lives. What musicians today would dare bring their fans up with them like this? None would! That’s why the Beatles the GOATs!

[@braudabo]

The guy with the flowers in his barely-there hair is Billy Davis, a street busker, who ran into the Beatles while they're filming "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967) - and got allowed to stay with the Beatles. The audience for this studio recording was partly sought with flyers, partly recruited from the fans constantly lurking at Abbey Road Studio. Everyone who attended, surely had a day to remember, not knowing, that it would be the last time, the Beatles would launch their new single in this way.

[@waynehauser3611]

This clip alone today, as you pointed out also shows an amazing gathering of people from all cultures and back grounds, and still breathes a message right now, of peace and standing next to anyone anytime is just another person with no labels, just a fellow brother or sister. What a message, it's just a shame that the message is still needed today. The beatles are more than just music, it a feeling ! Cheers from down under, lads !

[@ClearTheRubble7]

That's exactly what I think and feel whenever I see this clip. When the Beatles played here in the US, they insisted on having a clause in their contract saying that they would only play in integrated venues, not segregated ones.

[@waynehauser3611]

@@ClearTheRubble7 The sixties was still so bad in your neck of the woods, and even here in Australia . Its good that they stood up for basic human rights. They still thought back then that all you did really need was love !

[@sheilagimino6685]

So lucky to have lived thru this time!! The best in music ever!

[@pfarden5836]

On the same David Frost show the Beatles played the hard version of Revolution. It was awe inspiring.

[@alphaomega7191]

David Frost did a lot of comedy in his shows - Monty Python, The Goodies and The Two Ronnies comedy groups all spun out of his show. That explains the sort of odd beginning and also the Beatles kind of joking at the start. George Harrison went on to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian and he's actually in the film in a cameo.

[@davidpearson6785]

Great reaction gents 👏👍

[@spottss]

This kid is absolutely the definition of stoic! You’re allowed to move

[@reactionextraction]

Kids today right, ha 😎

[@papercup2517]

The lucky audience members were a mixture of invitees from the group of die-hard fans that used to hang around the Abbey Road studios and (later) the Apple office building hoping for a glimpse or a few words with a Beatle, at some point dubbed the 'Apple Scruffs', and totally random people living or working in the area around the Twickenham studio where the recording took place, who were invited via leaflets handed out by students. That is how the audience came to be both so diverse, and so 'normal' - they really were just ordinary locals and ordinary fans. As others have mentioned, the older man with the flowers was Bill Davis, a street busker the Beatles had befriended while working in Soho editing their indie film project, Magical Mystery Tour. His schtick was to stand in the middle of the road with a bottle on his head and carnations behind his ears, belting out old Music Hall numbers. London used to be full of such characters, playing to the theatre queues with varying degrees of actual talent, for a few coins or the occasional bank note tossed into the hat by a more generous patron.

[@reactionextraction]

Looks like a Really Fab time and interesting music scene back in the day 🇬🇧

[@ClearTheRubble7]

Thanks for reacting to this! This David Frost Show segment brings back one of the clearest memories from my childhood. Back in 1968 I was nine years old, watching this in the living room with my mom. The only time I had ever seen or heard the Beatles before this was when they played on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, back in '64, and I remember both my mom and dad hating it and quickly changing channels. My dad was a professional jazz musician, and my mom was raised on classical music in Germany, so both were "anti-rock" people. When the Beatles played this song on the Frost show, however, my mom kept saying things like, "I can't believe this is the Beatles. I didn't know they could write songs like this..." Etc. When the audience members came up on the stage, I remember both of us being blown away. Later, my dad brought home the Abbey Road album (given to him by one of his trumpet students) and had us all sit in the living room to listen to it. While we experienced it--and I was being suitably blown away as a 10-year-old--he kept making comments similar to my mom's. He pointed out that songs like "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" were blues-based, which really resonated with him as a jazz player. Long story short, the Beatles opened up my parents to a whole new universe of rock music, from Bob Dylan to Blue Oyster Cult to Jimi Hendrix, etc.... My dad even started wearing his hair long. 😂

[@gloablist_elite9675]

One of the most iconic songs ever basically like the British second national athem

[@spoonunit03]

Watched this years ago at a party and..swear blind, someone shouted out 'There's my mum' ! Far out. :)

[@NoCanDu]

Classic! I love it! ❤ The story behind it is so sweet. Speaking of, Julian’s new album “Jude” has some great tracks on it. It’s NOTHING like Valotte, which I got in the 80s. 😊

[@reactionextraction]

Julian did have some fab albums in the 80's, "stick around" was a great tune 😎✌🏼

[@perrymalcolm3802]

The first ditty was Frost’s shows theme. It’s now or Never was an old standard that they played in the Cavern Club n in Germany. There are KZbin clips

[@gidion4004]

Thanks guys for another Beatles' reaction!

[@Miss-Katie]

Gorgeous song. ❤️

[@shaunstuart4623]

I could be wrong but I think that first little odd song they played in the beginning is their rendition of the David Frost Show theme song. Frost plays along. But I think he’s visibly a bit pissed off when he does this big build up of an introduction and they break into that zany version of It’s Now Or Never. But what’s he gonna do about it? They’re Beatles!!

[@reactionextraction]

Fab comments Shaun 😎😎

[@elizajohn5]

Yeah, was the theme music of the David Frost Show.

[@patticrichton1135]

LOL NOT "ROBERT" FROST. It's DAVID Frost. It was on the DAVID FROST SHOW, and this clip PLUS the "REVOLUTION" video were both shown in the U.S. in 1968 on "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW" I saw it on TV the night it aired on the Smothers Brothers when I was a student at Kent State University and living in off campus student apartments at the start of my Senior year there. We even had our little portable reel to reel tape recorder going while me and a bunch of my friends were watching it, to record our reactions and the song. Unfortunately I no longer have a reel to reel tape recorder to listen to it now. But STILL have the tape!

[@reactionextraction]

Fab insight Patti 😎 My Bad on that one, Robert Frost is a writer, ha. The David Frost interviews with Nixon are legendary

[@meyerhave]

@@reactionextraction The Beatles did NOT perform "HEY JUDE" in person on the actual TV studio set of and for David Frost's weekly Sunday evening television show, "FROST ON SUNDAY", when this clip of their newest 45 single premiered on Frost's TV show on Sunday September 8, 1968. On Wednesday September 4, 1968, it was actually Frost himself, who instead, went to The Beatles. On this same day they were at Twickenham Film Studios, St. Margaret's, Twickenham "... arriving at 1.30 pm and working through the afternoon and evening in stage one, on a set built over the previous three days." in order to film the promo clips on color videotape for both "HEY JUDE" & "REVOLUTION". "To fake the illusion that the Beatles were appearing exclusively on his programme, live in the LWT (London Weekend Television) studio, David Frost came to Twickenham this afternoon and was taped on the 'Hey Jude' set introducing the Beatles." "Paul sang live to his own pre-recorded vocal during the body of the song and then sang entirely live in the long refrain. (Despite the presence of the - 36 piece - orchestra and the Beatles' guitar amps, only the vocals were live, fooling the Musicians' Union into believing that no miming had been perpetrated.) " : Quoted text from Mark Lewisohn's "THE COMPLETE BEATLES CHRONICLE" (1992)

[@garylee3685]

David Frost. The tune they play at the beginning was his theme song for his show they were on. 06:50 Paul adlibs a line from the Band's song The Weight.

[@gloablist_elite9675]

In my life or girl next or would love to see u do album reactions first to last beatles album

[@Bill_Jones.]

What’s funny is at the 6:21 mark, the young girl in white is checking out McCartney.

[@reactionextraction]

I noticed that also 😎

[@davidpearson6785]

Great reaction gents 👏👍

[@lizmil]

Look for more live performances - they were great live, even when sometimes the primitive film/ audio equipment didn’t do their music justice.

[@ursgeiser6570]

Absolutely fantastic never seen it. I dont know, but Paul Mc Cartney was live, the chorus Im not sure - too uniform and identical( first John no near microphone); the music not - I'm almost sure: take the horns at last part or the final song fade out. Then The Beatles went to a turbulent final phase with parallel solo projects (certainly very activ) and a few changes in their private lifes. Thanks to find this show.

[@braudabo]

McCartney is first miming to a pre-recorded part, in the 2nd half he sings completely live. "Hey Jude" was recorded 3 times in the TV-studio. This is a compilation of 2 of the 3 recordings. The instruments come off the tape.

[@ursgeiser6570]

@@braudabo Thanks for these infos; had no TV (even no English), so never seen; nevertheless unique!!!

[@meyerhave]

@@braudabo McCartney is NOT "first miming to a pre-recorded part". McCartney is singing the first two words of the song's lyric - "Hey Jude..." - into that microphone "live", and continues singing a "live" lead vocal from the very first verse onward and throughout the entirety of the song. His "studio recording" lead vocal (along with the "studio recording" backing vocals of both John & George) from their 45 single is first heard "doubling" the video's "live" lead vocal in the second verse starting at "... the minute you let her under your skin then you begin to make it better." This back & forth between hearing his "live" vocal alone, and then doubled with his vocal from their 45 single continues, on & off, up until the song's "na, na, na, na" outro.

[@meyerhave]

@@ursgeiser6570 You are correct that Paul's lead vocal is "live' from the start AND throughout. Paul, unlike the backing vocal "Aaahs" of John & George, is NOT "... first miming to a pre-recorded part,", and in fact is NOT MIMING AT ALL throughout this entire KZbin clip of "HEY JUDE", regardless of the mistaken belief of "braudabo" as posted above. McCartney is in fact is singing "live" throughout the entire song from the second the video begins. (At some point the microphones for John & George ARE INDEED turned on, for John can be seen and heard (finally) singing his harmony part with Paul at the start of the last verse, and from there on in and until the video itself fades to black. The Beatles did NOT perform "HEY JUDE" in person on the actual TV studio set of and for David Frost's weekly Sunday evening television show, "FROST ON SUNDAY", when this clip of their newest 45 single premiered on Frost's TV show on Sunday September 8, 1968. On Wednesday September 4, 1968, it was actually Frost himself, who instead, went to The Beatles. On this same day they were at Twickenham Film Studios, St. Margaret's, Twickenham "... arriving at 1.30 pm and working through the afternoon and evening in stage one, on a set built over the previous three days." in order to film the promo clips on color videotape for both "HEY JUDE" & "REVOLUTION". "To fake the illusion that the Beatles were appearing exclusively on his programme, live in the LWT (London Weekend Television) studio, David Frost came to Twickenham this afternoon and was taped on the 'Hey Jude' set introducing the Beatles." "Paul sang live to his own pre-recorded vocal during the body of the song and then sang entirely live in the long refrain. (Despite the presence of the - 36 piece - orchestra and the Beatles' guitar amps, only the vocals were live, fooling the Musicians' Union into believing that no miming had been perpetrated.) " : Quoted text from Mark Lewisohn's "THE COMPLETE BEATLES CHRONICLE" (1992)

[@meyerhave]

@@braudabo RE: The September 4, 1968 "HEY JUDE" promotional film recorded on that date by The Beatles at Twickenham Film Studios. Paul did not MIME his lead vocal at all, but in fact sang "live" to (along with at the end of the second verse) his own pre-recorded vocal during the body of the song and then sang entirely "live" in the long refrain. (Despite the presence of the - 36 piece - orchestra and the Beatles' guitar amps, only the vocals were "live", fooling the Musicians' Union into believing that no miming had been perpetrated.) " : From Mark Lewisohn's "THE COMPLETE BEATLES CHRONICLE" (1992)

[@davidzenner7040]

This is slightly different from the released version. Paul’s vocals are live in the verses and fade and he sings over the recorded in the middle sections. This was to use on BBC and get around the No-miming rule at the time. Even the orchestra is fake

[@reactionextraction]

Interesting insight David 😎 Fab

[@robinbeerman4726]

Written by Paul for jullian Lennon because John abandoned him and his mom for yoko ono.

[@Miss-Katie]

I always preferred Paul's songs to John's tbh.