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[@RustyBuzzard-pv2ce]

In the universe of music there are The Beatles, and then... there's everyone else.

[@gudlisner501]

The Beatles had talent, lots of talent but we should never ever forget how hard they worked to hone that talent.

[@DaBadger354]

I'm reading this book called "Outliers, by Malcom Gladwell, and he has section in the book that talks about the Beatles when they were in Hamburg Germany before they came to the US and how they played together for 8 hours a day sometimes 7 days a week for a year. So by the time they came to the US they had played together over 1200 times that is more than many bands play together in their entire careers. Yes John Lennon and Paul McCartney were talented songwriters but the worked hard at their craft for hundreds of hours before they were an overnight success!

[@steveschaff4620]

That's right! The Beatles are THE BEATLES because they WORKED HARD and were FEARLESS in the studio!

[@solrosenberg4529]

Best band in history.

[@impudentdomain]

The lyrics of this song are so damn important, more so today than ever before

[@AliasMark69]

In 1964 my mother "Dotty" worked at Rickenbacker Guitars. She built 4 guitars for The Beatles. George's 360-12 string (first ever) John's 325 - 6 string(first ever) John's 325-12 string(first ever) Paul's Left handed Bass (first ever). Ten years later…..In 1974, I worked for “Fender Musical Instruments” in Fullerton California. I made two Fender Rhodes Electric Pianos for John Lennon/Apple Studios. The one used on “Walls and Bridges” “Well if they’re gonna send one, send two cause I’d like one as well” John Lennon ordering a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano at the Apple studios. (Elton John recorded “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” with the same piano) My mother and myself are the only mother/son that both built an instrument for John Lennon.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

That's amazing.

[@AliasMark69]

@@stevedahlberg8680 My mom “Dotty” made most of special order famous RIC guitars of that era. Harrison‘s, Lennon’s, Townsend’s & McGuinn’s 12 strings. The first time she had to put strings on a 12 string with the double tuning head style she had to ask Ward (GM) how to do it and it took him three tries to get it right. Harrison’s 360/12 was the second 12 string ever made, but the first with new tuning design and the model the rest were made after making it the real first Production Model. At their New York meeting, Lennon asked Hall to make him a twelve-string model to match his 325, and in March '64, Rickenbacker shipped a 325-12 Jet-glo guitar to him in London. Dotty made Bass guitars for Paul McCartney, Paul later painted his left-handed 1964 4001S FG Rickenbacker bass psychedelic. McCartney’s bass was the first left - handed ever made in January 1964. It was given to him in August 64 at the Hollywood Bowl concert. John Entwistle, Chris Squire, Roger Waters, Maurice Gibb and many others. “Dotty gives our guitars the woman’s touch, that’s why they are so sexy looking” - Ward Deaton GM at RIC 1964

[@looneygardener]

That is sooooo incredibly amazing!!!!

[@patdonnelly9392]

Very cool!

[@barryw2659]

Very cool!

[@gordonallen7638]

they did this version live because all the haters were saying they could not rock . They rock

[@abc456f]

They're singing over the instrument track.

[@f.murphy8340]

You have to remember how rare it was to see them, at all, live/on television at this point in their careers. They had stopped touring two years earlier. No social media. Maybe a picture on an album cover. So, this David Frost appearance was more than special.

[@melissa9375]

Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the US.

[@jonathanlund590]

Absalutely! I've never seen this and I've seen alot

[@AliasMark69]

John gets right to the point, as he always does. His "Style" is my favorite writer and singer.

[@OldSkoolDad23]

The Beatles are Gods gift!✌🏻

[@leovannoord9286]

Amen,,👍💪

[@lawrencefrey1174]

no - they're a freakin' miracle

[@cynergy4]

I would recommend pretty much their whole catalog!

[@patdonnelly9392]

Great reaction! Every Beatle song is different, they were ever evolving, and they had 3 writers with different styles. They provided An endless supply of amazing songs. Best band ever!

[@TheCornishCockney]

Without a shadow of doubt. Gods of music.

[@HamiltonRb]

Actually four writers, because Ringo did write Octopus's Garden & What goes on

[@looneygardener]

No two Beatles songs sound alike. It's unbelievable! Rocky Racoon for example. So many amazing albums. They started the concept album in the 60's. Total innovators.

[@robertherman1146]

You are absolutely correct, no two Beatles songs sound alike- yet each and every one is instantly recognizable as a Beatles song!

[@simonagree4070]

And yet "Rocky Racoon" was only saved from being the worst Beatles song by "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"', another McCartney composition.

[@corleth84]

@@simonagree4070 I always thought the worst was 'Wild Honey Pie'.

[@k.ferguson2982]

@@simonagree4070 Not to dis, Agree, but Rocky Raccoon is a GREAT song. Tells a Wild West story, with some nice bouncy, Honky Tonk pianee. Lol. I will agree with the comment above, that Wild Honey Pie was pretty much filler. (a rare occurrence, imo.)

[@stonehobson2487]

@@k.ferguson2982 Rocky Raccoon was very popular when it came out. Kids could relate to it so parents let them listen to that one. Us teens thought it was clever. Wild Honey Pie is scratchy and harsh and gives me a headache to this day.

[@vixybanker]

This is one of my favorite Beatles songs ❤️

[@FreeSociety1]

John Lennon played lead guitar on a bunch of Bealtles songs, but he usually gets overlooked & underrated. On "Revolution" Lennon plays this blistering Intro Lead Guitar Solo to begin the song, and also plays the Lead break in the middle as well (on the recording). And then ... there is also that great cool guitar riif that follows chorus to transition back into the verses too. What is amazing about Lennon's guitar playing here is the feel and intonation of his playing. That Intro guitar solo has been performed by hundrerds of guys "covering" Beatles songs......but they never, never SOUND anywhere as good as John Lennon does because of the precise way that John bends up that note (as well as the manic "attack"). This really is one of the "Classic" Rock-N-Roll guitar moments in History here ... John's "Revolution". But .... few people give John credit for his unique and very powerful guitar playing.

[@newerafrican]

Yeah, this song rocks from beginning to end. They could cover any genre.

[@TheCornishCockney]

They could do any genre without any effort. Amazing that the stars aligned to cause a series of tiny coincidences to bring these geniuses together. Soundtrack of me being a kid in the magical 60’s.

[@tonydelapa1911]

I had this on 45 (JM that is a small vinyl record, played at 45 RPM). Probably paid a dollar or less for it. This was the “B” side. Hey Jude was on the other side. Probably the best dollar I ever spent on myself. Loved your reaction, JM. Awesome song and vibe - exactly the wake up call our country needed at the time - and I was glad to see you liked it too. So very much different than any of their other songs but fits right in.

[@CindyNavarro]

I had that 45 too. It was one of my favorites.

[@tonydelapa1911]

@@CindyNavarroAwesome. Just making sure you know he did the “A” side tonight, and it was great.

[@judyduduks7022]

Me too. Bought at Woolworths

[@shirley3371]

I had that one too. We shopped at a dime store and in their basement they allowed shoppers to listen to their 45's in a cubicle. , went crazy for these two songs and bought the 45. I love these classic songs still, they never ever get old.

[@michaelgill2105]

You got some good music taste Revolution is an amazing song 🎵 🙌 ❤️

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Love that one. What about Hey Bulldog? That's a fun one. It's built around a heavy piano and it's extremely catchy and it's hilarious at the end when they are making dog sounds over the music, lol.

[@seanjockel43]

The piano solo in the middle of the song was legendary session man Nicky Hopkins The vocals were Live but the music was dubbed from the recorded version.

[@impudentdomain]

I just listened to Nicky Hopkins in the reaction to Quicksilver Messager

[@seanjockel43]

Nicky performed with so many great artists

[@daveenyart]

Ever since I first heard this song back in 1968, I had always assumed it was Harrison covering lead. About five years ago I viewed this video and was totally blown away. Pure magic.

[@clarenceworley3714]

I've never been sure what it is about this song that puts a smile on my face, a pep in my step and a tear in my eye all at the same time. It's just an awesome arrangement and kick ass tune.

[@rghilino6734]

Simply the greatest rock song of all time.

[@bobbygempton5669]

In those days it was recognised that the Beatles were amazing as a live group.

[@AliasMark69]

NOW YOU DID IT.... TOO COOL. John had something to say...again

[@jjflash1645]

They are the Beatles. Nothing more needs to be said. Listen to ALL of their songs you won’t be disappointed. Props to you for being one of the BEST reactors on You Tube because you listen to the song and give your reaction at the end, unlike those losers who have to stop every few seconds to say something dumb.

[@johnandrews3151]

There are three versions of the song Revolution! The live video version you just watched, the studio version and a laid back version from the White Album called Revolution 1!

[@Peter.48]

Helter Skelter 👊

[@stevegreen5552]

I've never heard this version (with different live vocals) before. A great experience. Thanks!

[@soundshaper]

Beatles were the first to use loops, too. Innovators all around. It's no wonder they are praised above most other pop/rock bands, they brought a lot of new sounds no one thought to try before.

[@aviadilo]

Fantastic performance by the Beatles!

[@blitztim6416]

Ringo was killing it.

[@robertbowman7395]

Can you believe that Hey Jude and Revolution were released as the a and b sides of a single!!!!

[@valedslinger6290]

Was 5 when they were on The Sullivan show. It was magical to me.

[@paulharrold]

Great song ! But more important are the Lyrics and the message, The Beatles were warning people . Applies Today. At 66 damn i grew up with Great Music !

[@hungfao]

The original version of this song is on what is affectionately referred to as 'The White Album' where it is a slower bluesy acoustic number. John wanted it to be their next single but was talked into hyping it up into the amplified rocker you hear in this video. As was fairly common with Beatles's singles, it was another double A-side sharing the the spotlight with 'Hey Jude'. Keep in mind that no one expected this kind of noise of the band. In fact, when people heard 'Revolution' and a guitar sound that had not been heard previously, many would try and return the 45 thinking that the record was damaged somehow.

[@kevinkhoy7171]

1968 before Billy Preston it was Nicky Hopkins who Made the whole Song! Playing His Solo on a Fender Rhoades 🎹 "GREAT!" Sound.

[@Hessulo]

Nicky Hopkins...

[@kevinkhoy7171]

@@Hessulo You we're absolutely Right Heikki? It was 1968 before Billy Preston. Nicky use to Hangout in the studio. With both the Stones & the Beatles!

[@pizzarellayt]

This song is great, love that crunchy guitar intro. This is a mimed live version, they're not actually playing the instruments (excluding maybe Ringo), but they are singing live. I prefer the studio versions intro scream to this version. I'd love to see a reaction to their song Helter Skelter. It's considered the first heavy metal song and/or punk song, depending on who you ask, and doesn't even sound like a Beatles song to some people.

[@LeChaunce]

I'm with you -- the studio version's scream is John, not Paul, and it's more visceral.

[@gettinhungrig2]

The fast Revolution is heavy metal if anything ever was and was recorded several weeks before Helter Skelter.

[@Michele-rt5he]

I had the privilege to see them on stage at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1964 when I was all of 14 years old

[@johnniekight1879]

There's a quiet version of this on the White Album (AKA "The Beatles"

[@MsZepfreak]

They're from my home town and I love them. Thanks for your reaction. 😊

[@stonehobson2487]

You look just like I do when I'm watching this video. Engrossed from beginning to end. Glad to see you enjoy it so much. Mid-March and it's still up.

[@ijonny25251]

this version is a combo of Revolution and Revolution #1-my favorite!

[@cheeseypeas]

I love watching you listen to these songs I feel like Im sharing them with you ❤

[@marthayoung2308]

Always loved this one! Absolute Banger!!! Thank you for your reaction.

[@julieperkins7077]

That's the one that you have to crank up real loud when it comes on I love hearing the songs from my school days Beatles were so big then played a lot of their songs on the radio and at school dances

[@mickavellian]

THIS WAS SO EPIC SO PERFECT.. AND it was played LIVE JUST listen to RINGO.. A groove that will never play on ANY other song

[@binxbolling]

Top selling musicians of all time.

[@lindylufromoz5111]

Great reaction! Thanks.

[@SoulmateParis]

Lol ! Brings back good memories … thank you !

[@AliasMark69]

REVOLUTION.... You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out (in) Don't you know it's gonna be All right? Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) You say you got a real solution Well, you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well, you know We're all doing what we can But if you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is brother you have to wait Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) You say you'll change the constitution Well, you know We'd all love to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well, you know You better free your mind instead But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) Don't you know it's gonna be (all right) All, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all right All right, all right, all right, all right, all right

[@carolynnaayem6251]

The Beatles rule...FOREVER

[@jimjosemusic5325]

This song is light years beyond Imagine. An anthemic Libertarian masterpiece ! Possibly the best of his/their entire catalog.

[@wpl8275]

Not libertarian at all. Libertarian is about having no state intervention in the free market. Allowing everyone to do whatever they want to do including commit all sorts of crimes. Revolution is a song about what is the revolution? What should it be? It's the pre chorus lines that say so much. "But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out" and "But if you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is, brother, you have to wait. And then comes this part of the third verse "You tell me it's the institution Well, you know You better free your mind instead". His revolution is one that isn't violent or filled with hate but one that results in a free mind and an understanding that "It's gonna be alright" in the end. He wasn't down with political ideology like Maoism. "Another influence on Lennon was his burgeoning relationship with avant-garde artist Yoko Ono and her espousal of sexual politics as an alternative to Maoist ideas and other hardline philosophies adopted by the political left." For the song he got a lot of criticism from the New Left. Which was very different from the hippie movement. Libertarians in many regards take more from the hippie movement than anything else but they would never admit to it.

[@RadCenter]

John Lennon? Libertarian? LOL

[@jimjosemusic5325]

It’s difficult (but not impossible) to “free your mind instead” whilst being subjugated communist-style state-ist authoritarianism. Just ask Eric Clapton and Van Morrison (who have spoken out against it). Would Lennon argue with them ? St. Lennon is not the same as the real Lennon (ask Julian).

[@RadCenter]

@@jimjosemusic5325 Clapton and Morrison are a-holes.

[@michaelst7680]

@@wpl8275 "Allowing everyone to do whatever they want to do including commit all sorts of crimes. " wow... you really need to get informed on what libertarianism is. Your statement is utterly false.

[@donnasavage6703]

Love the smile on ur face. Same way we felt 50 yrs ago

[@charlesking4780]

Great reaction 👍

[@rodpope7838]

Helter Skelter is a must

[@gandalfshakur8235]

By far the superior version of this tune (noting the demo-lishness of it and the backing vocals including the um shooby doo wah bits). I wish I had a proper audio-only version of this.

[@genebaughbba3479]

The more you listen to these songs and completely understand the message that they are sending the better they get.

[@davidsmith5899]

Bro that was cool

[@williamabrams9882]

The drums!

[@nickdoughty518]

This was playing all the time in the Students Union at the University of Birmingham in England in 1970 when I was there studying engineering.

[@mattbyrd302]

GREAT REQCTION ROCK ON

[@randallschroeder8993]

Check out Beatles oh darlin Paul's best vocal performance

[@shezarae8827]

So you know, Ringo is left handed, playing a right handed kit. He often gets a different sound than other drummers have because of that. There are two left handed band members, Paul is also left handed and that is why he plays a Hoftner because he was able to put the strings on up-side-down and play it left handed. I think left handed people are more artistic than the average.

[@susieq9801]

I'm a rightie but agree.

[@k.ferguson2982]

@@susieq9801 Aaaalrighty then. 👍

[@ardentynekent2099]

Yay! Brilliant!

[@annemariewaugh9042]

Awesome reaction!!! The Beatles are just out of this world!! Recommendation for you- react to Joe Cocker at Woodstock - With a Little Help From My Friends! The music runs right through this man!!!

[@fernandoramirez8501]

The best...

[@jeraldkimball494]

It has always been an argument about how good of a drummer Ringo was. A lot of people talked trash saying Ringo wasn't a great drummer but other drummers tried to play to these songs and found out how hard it was. Not just any drummer could play to most the Beatles songs.

[@ildobaccega2648]

Best band ever.

[@brucenenke-vk5nk]

Yes we know George Harrison could play 'Ranchy' but back in the 60's John Lennon was Q; "If your talking about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out.........in". This was a message to Charley to start 'Helter Skelter".

[@jchow5966]

They were revolutionary! ☮️💟

[@JayCross]

The distorted guitar/amp sound from John's guitar was borrowed from an idea Dave Davies of the Kinks had and used on "Really Got Me"... which you should also listen to.

[@georgestevens1502]

Much more distorted than Dave Davies "Really Got Me" track, but Dave did that several years earlier. John's distortion on this track is one of the earliest heavy metal distortion tones, a few years before Randall Smith of Mesa Amps invented cascading gain. Jimi H was cranking distortion at this time too, but I don't think the American label copy of The Jimi Hendrix Experience hit the market in the US until just after Revolution was on tv in the US the summer of '68. The crackle in John's distortion for Revolution was unique at the time. Deep Purple and Black Sabbath distortion had more of a buzzing type tone, as opposed to the crackle by John IMHO.

[@joncalvo3591]

Dude ! I just watched, like 3 Dylan, Lennon alone, and Beatles. Where have you been! Social construction by Bob Dylan, and Beatles. Holy Cow. I'm 71 and you young man are listening to Amazing Shit. MOTHER was about his lonely life w out his parents and it's a song he played from his Soul, in Primal Scream Theraphy. I am the Walrus was a song to mess up a critic, and was pretty cool for a song that had no real meaning. Hurricane, was a true story. I just found you and listen to 5 reactions straight. Dude, if you can groove to Dylan, wow, you are a pretty smart insightful man. And yes I Subed ya. Tomorrow I'll watch more of you're reactions, especially Dylan's. Cheers Man.

[@briangeraghty3190]

Thanks!

[@JMBOYTV]

Much appreciated!

[@luvlgs1]

those are words our generation took to heart.

[@tommyzai7038]

That's how you start a tune with a bang!

[@mjeffn2]

I love the whole White Album. I love Billy Preston’s piano in this.

[@debjorgo]

Nicky Hopkins on electric piano. Billy did not start playing with them until January of the next year.

[@mjeffn2]

@@debjorgo Ahhhh. Thanks. I didn’t know this. 👍

[@BuffaloC305]

But it really IS in the style that Billy would use... or rather, that electric piano's sound. This video is angering because, in those years, artists were not allowed to even LIST contributing artists as session-musicians (!!) and Nicky Hopkins - who'd be a frequent Rolling Stones keyboard contributor - would have been sacrilege for the Beatles to include on their track. According to the publicity machine! And in even the new LET IT BE/GET BACK film, Billy Preston is is almost excised from the rooftop show. (If you're facing Paul, Billy's electric piano is shoved back to the left and he's lowered. This allows the John-Camera - which swung left to see Paul - to use Paul to block Billy's inclusion in all video. INTENTIONALLY. This was (is) so maddening.

[@debjorgo]

@@BuffaloC305 I think the issue was when the person is under contract will another record label, like with Eric Clapton and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Billy was signed to Apple Records, the Beatles own label, at the time, so there should had been no issues. I think the problem was the cramped space on the rooftop. In the movie Let It Be, Billy is shown playing on the songs when they were in the studio. The Get Back single from the album was listed as being by the Beatles with Billy Preston.

[@AliasMark69]

I worked at Fender back then. built two Rhodes pianos for The Beatles and John.

[@WKhane]

Watch​ the 1965 Shea Stadium concert of the Beatles (55000 people attended the concert) If you want to watch and listen to the Beatles going wild during a live performance, watch their last song of the concert - "I'm Down", the last timestamp of the video

[@nickdoughty518]

I think their Vox amplifiers were 100 Watts max!

[@gertrudelaronge6864]

These lyrics are still applicable to this very day.

[@Lionize728]

They went hard

[@sleapycell7819]

❤❤

[@dianesaari3034]

There was The Beatles and everyone else.

[@briangeraghty3190]

Hey bud I really enjoy the way you get into the older music. I listen to several of your Kansas songs and one you need to check out is called all the world It's not as crazy as some of the ones you've heard like Magnus opus... Another really cool song by Kansas is how my soul cried out for you Man it's a jammer It's not all crazy like some of the ones you've heard give it a shot see how you like it. I can tell you appreciate good music and it's really cool to see young dudes like yourself getting into some of the older music of the '70s and the '80s man I really appreciate it and it's fun to watch the reactions you have towards this music

[@Bill_Jones.]

At the very beginning George turns to Paul and says “John’s mic sucks.”

[@robertasirgutz8800]

I'm partial to "All my Loving".

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥🔥

[@AliasMark69]

Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey. Drummer for The Beatles.... nuf said

[@deirdre108]

"And if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow." ---always loved that line!

[@oceanhedonist265]

John Lennon was the rock n roll driver of the Beatles.

[@jeffreythaw3333]

Watch their "Hey Bulldog" video.

[@barbarjinx3802]

When John starts singing you see George turn to Paul and say “Johns mic is sh!t”. One reason they didn’t want to your was that the equipment sounded so bad back then.

[@k.ferguson2982]

*tour. 👍

[@jeffmartin1026]

You need to give a listen to the acoustic version of this as well.

[@dcg4mn]

Don’t know if you’ve revised yet but you MUST “Oh Darling” and “Dear Prudence” both will blow your mind ✊🏽😉

[@dcg4mn]

reviewed 🙄

[@TheGamecock366]

Definitely one of the early examples of heavy metal.

[@cyrilmauras4247]

Billy Preston is playing the organ in the instrumental part.

[@jchow5966]

☮️💟

[@solentbum]

The first time I played this on my expensive record player I checked the stylus twice for fluff!

[@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214]

One word......LIVERPOOL (and thats where I'm from!)

[@philipbailey2448]

Have a Listen to, GREEN GRASS AND HIGH TIDES BY THE OUTLAWS. I would love to see your reaction to this.

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

This one came out at the time of Martin Luther King Jr. & Robert Kennedy's assassinations. The Vietnam war was raging & there were protesters all over the world. My brother served 3 tours in Vietnam as I protested here at home. I supported the troops, but not the war. The Beatles felt the same way about the war & the civil rights movement & were calling for young folks to start a Revolution for change.