When The Beatles Refused To Play To Segregated Audiences

[@frankdiscussion2069]

Ringo: "we just played to people"...exactly.

[@allroundlad]

@Faigornx don't say 'woke' like that, it sounds stupid.

[@human8612]

allroundlad I think he was saying it sarcastically

[@TheOnlyHollywood1]

@@human8612 Who? Definitely not Ringo

[@a-lie-n]

Anand R. Misir good grief

[@TheOnlyHollywood1]

@@a-lie-n What?

[@PogieJoe]

So glad they had the guts to be on the right side of history back then.

[@cbfall]

Agreed.

[@PogieJoe]

Anna-Clara It's propaganda that black people should be allowed to see concerts with white people? haha What planet are you from?

[@ernestoricardez]

Anna-Clara you wild lol

[@elvisleeboy]

Mark Mullins The Beatles refusing to be involved in the stupidity of segregation has nothing to do with the political correctness nonsense of today. There is a difference between urging us all to be decent to one another and telling people what they can and cannot say.

[@Harvester236]

A lot of white people did, but they weren't heard until the mid 60s.

[@SteveShaha]

As if I needed another reason to love The Beatles.

[@megatoonzebra794]

thomas Day more of a stones guy?

[@thomasday5215]

depends on the era

[@mattorto2815]

Ooo

[@blankfaceduser3596]

Perfect Comment.

[@thomasday5215]

had to say it again, comment must have gotten deleted

[@tommywilliams4073]

As a Black child growing up in Memphis,TN during the 60s, I absolutely loved The Beatles and their music. I thought they were cool as hell! After seeing this I have grown to love and respect them even more.

[@davidrynberk3675]

Right on Tommy ,growing up white I loved R & B , Disco and Rock and Roll and know we are better together.

[@davidrynberk3675]

@Angelccyn King Music is universal ....when we really think about it ,there is more we all have in common.My point is we shouldn't be divided,much progress has been made.

[@slippin62]

that's what hateful people want you to believe.

[@davidrynberk3675]

@Angelccyn King Well you probably don't care but my experience to Tommy's is relevant ,we may be different colours ,but it doesn't matter we both loved the music.Underneath we all bleed red,come from the same God.It may be hard to believe but I also have friends of different nationalities.You and I are one person each,we never control everyone,but know there is more about us that is similar than divide.

[@davidrynberk3675]

@Angelccyn King I understand you more than you know, okay ...yes today I agree we are slammed on the politics ,and the left is afraid to see anything or better yet upset anyone.By the way ,Bob Marley had some of the best get in the groove kinda of music.If I told you how many times I played Papa was a Rolling Stone its embarrassing.The messages are say not truth driven,so it actually hurts us more than improve us.Angelccyn King thank you.

[@RiggyRonnie]

Not only was their music ahead of their time, their morals were too!

[@mushypeasplease8872]

They weren't ahead of their time. America was behind the times.

[@mushypeasplease8872]

@@usuk9316 - ha ha. Love your sarcasm ;)

[@G11713]

@@usuk9316 The USA could have produced the Beatles if they weren't so racist. Both Elvis before them and the Beatles benefited from exposure to black music that was kept from the radio in most of the US. Elvis heard it as child growing up near black bars, from what I gather, and the Beatles grew up in the UK.

[@FeelItRising]

It's the Southern US that had no morals or empathy. To this day still....

[@tiffanitoenail840]

No americas morals was just behind

[@jarredcole8854]

How could you possibly dislike this video? Four iconic white men refusing to play in segregated audiences in the 60s?

[@markm3706]

+Forever Stoke from an American perspective, definitely. But back home they weren't making a political stance when they played in front of mixed audiences, as it was simply the norm.

[@electricmohair]

+Mark M exactly...as much as I love the beatles, this wasn't particularly progressive of them. they had never come across segregation before; even paul said it was just common sense, not a political statement.

[@MrMatthiasSchneider]

As of right now, 11 jerks dislike this video.

[@japsley6172]

“Back home” wasn’t an issue and they weren’t trying to be “progressive” they were trying to be fair!

[@E3ECO]

MrMatthias: Nah. It's just bots. Kids program them to downvote vids.

[@gitanoespana7694]

"We just played to people" Yes you did Mr Starr and the world is a better place for it.

[@claudemcwhorter]

PREACH !

[@dannyg3890]

:')

[@perkarnofficiel8808]

And now Ringo is the only Beatle alive. God bless his heart. He misses John, Paul and George❤

[@fabfourfever674]

The Beatles didn't see color.. they saw *people*. It doesn't surprise me at all that they refused to play to segregated audiences..especially when you know that many of their musical heros and influences were artists like Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Smokey Robinson. They even covered Chuck and Smokey's tunes and met Fats early in their career. I remember reading how excited John was to meet him backstage when he toured the UK. It's a terrible shame that their going against the grain (so to speak) would even upset "most Americans" per Larry Kane. What is upsetting is that segregation happened at all.

[@comanchio1976]

FabFour Fever They even met little Richard a few times in Hamburg, and is where they got their trademark "Oooo" from their early records. Also, when John Lennon was asked what his musical ambition would be, he said that it would be to play guitar like BB King. So their reaction to segregation was almost inevitable - given all of the aforementioned.

[@gillehrer2824]

And at that some some Americans used to say South Africa's apartheid was a cruel system... How come? -- (gilberto lehrer from brazil)

[@susieq9801]

@@jeffrutt5292 - Religion needs to be uprooted.

[@Petemonster62]

Don't Forget Arthur Alexander, The Isley Brothers, The Shirelles, Larry Williams, & " Dr. Feelgood & The Interns " A.K.A. " Piano Red "!

[@controllandrysecuritas8184]

@nimrodian Yep, you "Lol" now....do not think you will laugh when you stand before GOD Almighty oneday.

[@Gwen-joyful-light]

I was a black teenage girl who was madly in,love with them and I'm 63 today and still jam to their music. My youngest daughter bought their greatest hits for me for my birthday :)

[@dd-bq3xv]

god bless u sister. i love beatles too

[@raulmacias1311]

Quote by RINGO STARR ~ "Segregation is a load of rubbish. As far as we're concerned, people are people, no different from each other. We'd never play South Africa if it means a segregated audience. What a load of rubbish."

[@colinwilliams553]

BRAVO to RINGO!!.....and of course to George, John and Paul!

[@SuperAnimelover100]

raul macias Scouse is the most !

[@isabelnat1683]

What makes it even better is that they weren’t trying to make a political statement they just did what they thought was right

[@gopstench1883]

Well said !

[@jeffreyrogers8151]

Best comment on this video. You are on point.

[@karlconnolly3994]

They were obviously making a political statement..it was an anti racist action.They are obviously leftist. I love the politics of The Beatles.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Refusing to support racism is a political statement.The Beatles are all leftist.

[@maggiemae7749]

They did what they were told

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

All the Beatles adored black musicians - Little Richard, for example, was a hero to the guys. No way they'd put up with racism.

[@lenini056]

Don't forget Chuck Berry also.

[@keepinitkawaii]

Lol same with Elvis but what did he do for racsim....you can like black music and not give a flying crap about black people. The Beatles and the majority of the British invasion bands had backbones and weren't going to stand for something they didn't believe in

[@violetrose674]

@@keepinitkawaii That's why he said musicians and not music

[@bcfcbluenose8812]

@Eddy Hep are you being sarcastic

[@bcfcbluenose8812]

@Eddy Hep i would imagine your being sarcastic but some people have called me racist just for being white

[@TheGirllovesdog]

I hadn't watched all of Eight Days a week but when I saw this, my heart lifted. As Paul says, "Segregation is stupid."

[@margomason4889]

In the 60's this was a very bold and brave stance to take in America. Yeah Beatles!👏👏👍💪

[@me5969]

They’re English though so they probably genuinely were taken aback by it because Britain never had segregation. I remember my grandad used to tell me they’d get into fights with the American soldiers posted in the UK because the American soldiers didn’t want black people in the pubs but although there was racism back then in Britain, it wasn’t quite the level of separating people.

[@MXgpRoGaming]

Me yeah i agree

[@drasticwillb]

@@me5969 Reginald Hunter does a comedy bit on class discrimination in England. Racism for people who look like you. No segregation, but I hear people voted for Brexit to get immigrants out of the country. Anyway it would be the height of hypocrisy to play Johnny B. Goode, Long Tall Sally, Roll Over Beethoven to a segregated audience.

[@me5969]

What are you talking about? People who look like me? I’ve got a picture of the Para insignia from my old jumper as a picture. How have you peaced together what I look like from a jumper from 2008/9ish? And out of curiosity what do you think I look like? Also black people (me) aren’t immigrants. I was born and breed in this country. I’m as English as anyone with Anglo-Scandinavian DNA so I don’t know what brexit has to do with my skin colour. Beside two ISIS lads had just run over and hacked a British soldier to death in the street and people didn’t like the idea of us just letting ISIS roam around killing people which it was stated (correctly or incorrectly) that we had to let them in because if EU immigration rules. Even if everyone hated me and I was constantly being chased around Liverpool by National Action then it still wouldn’t invalidate my point.

[@drasticwillb]

@@me5969 No, not you personally, the generic "you". Sorry for the misunderstanding. He was talking about white people in England discriminate against other white people of different social classes.

[@maxhess3151]

Queen played in South Africa at the height of Apartheid and demanded an integrated audience.

[@lesterpaul9657]

That caused the start of the" I ain' t gonna play Sun City" movement.

[@seantobin684]

They should demanded an integrated country. What a disgrace. As if their vile music wasn't enough...they chose to support apartheid.

[@maxhess3151]

@@seantobin684 Wow, guys, I think we found the one guy on Earth who dislikes Queen.

[@da4127]

Max Hess I think I found the one guy on earth that didnt get the joke

[@1986verity]

@@seantobin684 a rare specimen here. One with a heightened level of stupidity

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

I'm a Black Beatles fan from Jacksonville FL. I can't believe my town was so ignorant back then. Ah well. Things are getting better all the time...It couldn't get much worse. Also I am the walrus goo goo goo joob

[@PogieJoe]

Peace and Love from Ohio 🙂

[@TameTones]

TB.PF No one cares

[@Berliner7654321]

Everyone who casually says "also I am the walrus" has my immediate sympathy :-) Now that I think about it, I might very well be one of the most sympathetic sentences ever built in the English language

[@markmullins5822]

Some Guy They weren't, that's what Fake News CNN Clown News Network tells you

[@vincentm614]

Some Guy florida was part of the south in 1964. African Americans died so you have the freedom of mobility that you have now.

[@alanrendon664]

Oh my god, one more reason to love The Beatles

[@anthony4513]

thomas Day Damn chill you almost cut me on that edge

[@vincentm614]

I think The Beatles being european and outsiders immediately saw how ridiculous having a segregated audience was. Lots of Jazz African American jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon for example lived in Europe for years to escape the segregation in the United States.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Interest that Jimi Hendrix, a Seattle born musician had to go to Europe to finally get recognition.

[@vincentm614]

indy_go_blue60 Yeah he was misunderstood here because of the filter of race. Chas Chandler saw it diffrently. He encouraged Hendrix to cultivate his bohemian nature and put him with two white sidemen and put them in psychedelic clothing. Hendrix came back here to the Monterey Pop Festival in 67 totally repackaged as a rock guitarist on par with Clapton even though his playing was even more directly influenced by the chitlin circuit and chicago blues.

[@7Sinai7]

@@indy_go_blue6048 amen

[@hotwax9376]

@Vincent M I'm pretty sure racial segregation existed in some form in Europe as well.

[@herseem]

@@hotwax9376 Yes, it wasn't all sweetness and light here at times, by any means, unfortunately people's prejudices can occur all over the world - in Africa it tends to be one tribe versus another in cultural perspectives, at least. But at least it wasn't so extreme in the UK. And during WWII, American GIs had to have it explained to them with informational videos that things such as drinking in pubs and British citizens weren't accustomed to segregation and would push back against it

[@namesareoverratedlol2229]

As a black Beatles fan I am the most proud inoculate be of them.

[@Ariel-T-Friesner]

What?

[@jayallen486]

I have always thought the Beatles were amazing. But to hear this, as an African American it truly touched my soul. They could have taken the money an ran, but they were about so much more.

[@JustinHaglerMusic]

This is what music is all about...busting down barriers!!!

[@Oly1y]

Justin Hagler no its not. It's entertainment.

[@useyournogos6845]

@@Oly1y shithead

[@actormanic]

@@Oly1y Not exactly a deep thinker, are you?

[@dogman5028]

@@Oly1y Haha! Got em'.

[@thema1998]

@@Oly1y Music is about entertainment *and* breaking down barriers.

[@nilen8676]

Just one of the countless reasons why one can't help loving the Fab Four

[@LACraig621]

The song "Black Bird" was a Beatles song about black women fighting segregation.

[@aalexjohna]

GSXR 600 it was about Shirley Bassey and The times they took having a go at her arse

[@jeperstone]

No it wasn't. That's McCartney myth making after the fact. It's a narrative he started peddling only a few years ago. Showbiz folks, showbiz!

[@richardlee1972]

Correct. McCartney wrote it.

[@offrampt]

It was about how McCartney wanted to give all his money to charity.

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

John said it was about Diana Ross and the breakup with the Supremes.

[@LW7333LW]

As a black man who was raised in Jamaica, Queens and grew to LOVE "The Beatles" in '95 when I first saw the Anthology on ABC....I approve and LOVE this message! 😄😍😊❤

[@dttkku3954]

the song, blackbird is about african americans struggling in america. beatles really cared about everyone Xd bless them

[@willkirkoff1333]

I cannot believe that segregation was in action only a few decades ago. When you think about it that's not long at all! It blows my mind.

[@guitarsrcool4922]

Legally speaking it ended in 1964 when the Civil rights act was enacted.

[@soupeater7417]

@PsychoDieter91 I take it your joking?

[@750count]

@PsychoDieter91 you would have to say something serious for me to take you seriously

[@spookym123]

One thing that I don't think a lot of people realize either, is that it took another 99 years after slavery ended for segregation to be made illegal. Yet some people have trouble understanding that yes, it's possible that things haven't come that far since then (at this point, 2020, it's only been 56 years). Laws can change, but deeply entrenched attitudes are the biggest obstacle. Will it take 43 more years for change to come?

[@vega21]

In all honesty I can hardly believe slavery existed. Hard to wrap my brain around owning a person or persons.

[@dannyhernandez265]

Beatles are the best.

[@bernardomedrano1446]

THE BEST

[@wickedhouston5538]

Pink Floyd: hold our pudding

[@polopolo547]

Were

[@AA-pv6mi]

The Rolling Stones: Hold my balls

[@veggito13]

I liked your comment so you would have 666 likes, you're welcome

[@fineartist7710]

...The Beatles were ahead of their times... and not just in music.

[@2011littlejohn1]

To be honest with you they were only ahead of their time for U.S. people. It wasn't normal in the U.K to have segregated public facilities. There was racial prejudice around - still is but it was not openly approved or catered for within society.

[@mickeye6428]

@@2011littlejohn1 Bullshit.

[@Price70]

Ernest Withers was a photographer for the civil rights movement in the 60s, back in the 50s he took multiple photos of Elvis on Beale st with B.B. King and his sister. Once a white reporter asked Elvis why he called Withers Sir when he's just a tar boy and Elvis said because he's man. Elvis stood up to the racism of a white photographer for a publication back in 1956. When asked about his singing he gave props to his black influences on record saying no one can sing like the colored folks. (Blacks went by colored in the 50s and 60s) Elvis was of course one of the Beatles heroes along with many black artist. One of Elvis' biggest fans in the 50s who became great friends with him in time was Muhammad Ali. A young Cassius Clay (Ali) adored Elvis as a teenager in the 50s because of his authentic delivery of black music and his willingness to be in public with Jackie Wilson, B.B. King etc.

[@ibusugih7765]

have you heard of the tielman brothers?

[@shizukagozen777]

fineartist They were EUROPEANS. There has never been segregation in Europe.

[@totaltwit]

To some extent it reflected British culture at the time. We were "digging" USA music as it happened, made by black folks, we just got the groove and loved it. Most people in the UK had no idea of the situation in the US. When Motown hit we in the UK we went nuts! Luv it!

[@Keniz99]

@The Truth hurts definably they enslaved half of the world from Afghanistan to China.

[@avzarathustra6164]

@@Keniz99 True, and that was terrible, but by the time of the Beatles it had gotten better, to the point that segregated audiences weren't the norm in Britain.

[@topsecret1837]

Avzarathustra Right, as by then even Britain was partially against the Apartheid movement in their former colony of South Africa. By partially I mean they still had some colonies and provinces but for the most part many colonies would attempt independence and if I recall nearly all of them won.

[@YorkyOne]

@The Truth hurts I suggest you seek out the reactions of the members of the Tamla-Motown Review during their 1965 UK tour and their astonishment at being able to use the same hotels, bars, restaurants, toilet facilities etc etc as the white population without being threatened with arrest or violence. Also, during WW2 the British were utterly appalled by the blatant racism of the US Army.

[@YorkyOne]

@@avzarathustra6164 Segregated audiences were never the norm in the UK.

[@SYSBMFOREVER]

Wow, I never knew that. I just became a Beatles fan! I like people that stands for what's right. Now I'm going to go back and listen to all their songs 😀

[@PatMdriver]

you won't be disappointed enjoy

[@Kpop-eye-f7t]

Talk about being on the right side of history lol I'm actually impressed.

[@autry33]

African American fan of the Beatles here. As if I needed another reason to love me some Beatles! Pioneers!Times were hard back then but hey... it's getting better all the time right? It couldn't get much worse.

[@MannyQuacioua]

Autry Welch HECK YEA BRO!!!

[@YorkyOne]

@Marta Wítch María Can't be bothered to, enlighten us.

[@stanford-nf4jk]

Paul was really tight with Jimi Hendrix. If you see Paul in concert live he plays a snippet of “Foxy Lady”! Talk about fire! 🎸 🔥

[@pam1574]

😃

[@nozecone]

@Enjoy and Travel The World! Touchy, aren't we? His post would be pretty meaningless, in the context of this video, if he didn't tell us he was AA. Now: "both sides" ... why can't you just be an american?

[@gopstench1883]

Most of the people who influenced their music were Black. The Beatles' respect for Black musicians helped mold them on the correct path.

[@stephaniedic1963]

I totally agree with your statement. The loved our music.

[@lawrencedaniels2758]

The "British Invasion"...were mostly "poor white boys". Born during the Hitler bombing London, during WW2!

[@YorkyOne]

@@lawrencedaniels2758 What a bizarre comment.

[@lawrencedaniels2758]

@@YorkyOne How is that a "bizarre" statement?...What wasn't true?

[@YorkyOne]

@@lawrencedaniels2758 That they were all poor and apparently came from London. Some were, some weren't. In the Beatles only Ringo came from a poor family. And they came from Liverpool (which admittedly Hitler was bombing).

[@NotUrBiz]

I was about seven when they played the Ed Sullivan show. I recall feeling that they were the most exciting thing I'd ever seen on the TV...of course that sense of excitement was held by millions of others. I built a guitar out of a peach crates and rubber bands from my dad's grocery store....never stopped playing.

[@jeniferdivine]

you're same age as me; and although i was already playing instruments from the age of 3, didn't start guitar until i was 12- but yeah, their appearance(s) on the Sullivan show changed my life too...

[@NotUrBiz]

They certainly influenced a lot of people, not many can say that.

[@cindymorose6673]

I was the same age and remember the excitement and anticipation of watching them on our old black and white tv.

[@maylightbewithyou]

A guitar made out of peach grates? That's super cool

[@hughmanatee7657]

The Beatles were the best example ever in music history of how to live and work together and love each other as brothers. It would have been inconceivable for them to play before a segregated audience.

[@CaptainAmaziiing]

They loathed each other by the end. Paul and John barely spoke after the band broke up.

[@hughmanatee7657]

Dave Cooke Nothing lasts forever. They burned brightly for seven years or so.

[@superman1972us]

But deep down inside they still loved each other.

[@donaldleider7382]

As if you needed another reason to LOVE the Beatles! They were always innovators and ahead of the curve!

[@Alexmay-kg7ye]

Main reason I have respect for them

[@jaddison1112]

I had never heard this story, and I was 13 when The Beatles first came to America .... I'm so proud of their decision.

[@edwardjones8919]

As a BLACK MAN. SO AM I.

[@Gwen-joyful-light]

@@edwardjones8919 As a black woman I am too :)

[@normandecaesen286]

Then and now, the Beatles were ahead of their time. "All You Need is LOVE.

[@jeffs2400]

Ever notice you can never see that live worldwide broadcast anymore?

[@rachelgarcia4301]

Very good pointing out it would have been HYPOCRITICAL to sing of love then hate blacks.

[@crazynighthawk]

Things were different in Britain compared to segregated America, so they only seemed 'ahead of their time' by standards in the USA at the time. They did well to stick to their principles though, hopefully inspiring others in America.

[@jonathancineus6424]

I never even knew this. Now I just gained so much more respect for The Beatles.

[@finnmccool684]

And fifty years later, the Four Geniuses from Liverpool continue to amaze me. How I love them.

[@jt4811]

This is another reason why these guys are amazing

[@gama6681]

I´M 36 YEARS OLD, WHEN I LISTENED THE BEATLES FOR FIRST TIME I LOVED THEIR MUSIC,I TALK IN SPANISH, IM FORM CENTRAL AMERICA AND I THINK THAT NEVER HAVE BEEN OTHER GROUP LIKE THE BEATLES.

[@7Sinai7]

Bendiciones hermano. La musica nos une a todos. God bless you

[@joshajcip]

WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING THO

[@JackSmith-bf8ll]

@@joshajcip AAAAAAAAH, THE BEATLES ARE GREAT

[@youboob6297]

@@joshajcip BECAUSE THE TRUTH MUST ALWAYS BE SHOUTED OUT, NOT WHISPERED

[@mariasbuggy]

another reason why I love the beatles

[@troubledsole9104]

The Beatles were like your neighbor or your best friend making it unbelievably big but never forgetting who they were.

[@tonyar5130]

I never understood how a person can hurt another person just by the color of their skin. We cannot control our skin tone.

[@nibirananda9381]

'cos life is a hueman race according to them.

[@dnice4335]

GEEZ i was 8 and my mom had ROOTS on the television, i was not told a thing about the movie. She had it on as sort of background noise as we were doing our chores. I have been asking the same question EVER SINCE!!! I am 50 now. I am no closer to that answer.

[@miguelconstantino-guzman7957]

Nibir yes. We are idiots. We have brains, but doesn't make us any smarter. Unfortunately, humans are fucked up. The world isn't; just the species living in it. I'm happy there are good people in this world, so that makes up for this.

[@martilives3694]

Tonya R ignorance and jealousy...notice how most of these racists are stupid, ugly and beyond talentless and bring nothing more to the world than a flat tire would...always rock on

[@Gwen-joyful-light]

@Tonya, nor would I want to :)

[@PC4USE1]

The Beatles musical heroes were black artists(among others). How could they perform if Chuck Berry,Little Richard, The Isleys and the rest could not be in their audience.I learned my lessons on racial tolerance with The Beatles and Star Trek. As if being the greatest musical act of the 20th Century was not enough.

[@bf1gamerz810]

@Julio Moreta Different Beatles had different inspirations. Paul McCartney said that Fats Domino's "Im In Love Again" was what first turned him on to Rock and Roll. Just a fun fact!

[@robertszekely8686]

As a person who is both a Beatles fan and a Star Trek fan I get you loud and clear. Racial tolerance was shown by them. The Beatles will always be great.

[@realsinisterminister]

The Stones pictured themselves as revolutionaries................the Beatles just were.....Real workin class hero's

[@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653]

There's some debate there. Ringo and George were most definitely working class. Pauls' family a little less so; John? Not really. Lived in a more classy area of Liverpool. Kind of ironic when you think about it.

[@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653]

@Benny Hill The Beatles did not have an Oxbridge education. They were not nothing!

[@juls7582]

Mom and dad played the Beatles constantly on the record player, when we where kids. . I absolutely love them. My first crush on a “boy” band!

[@2tfts]

Ben E. King has praised The Beatles for giving him more money from their cover of "Stand By Me" than he ever had received (including from his own original recording). They knew talent and did not see the color behind it, which made their music break barriers.

[@reimourrpower9357]

The Beatles knew talent & respected it. I doubt they were as blissfully ignorant "not see the color behind it"; in fact they were acknowledging the disrespected and enormously skilled Black artists that inspired them.

[@thilsiktonix]

This is wholesome. And yes, they saw the "color behind it", but didn't think skin color defined you as a person. Happy?

[@merkurii3877]

@@reimourrpower9357 Yes, I'm sure.

[@reimourrpower9357]

@@thilsiktonix yes I'm happy. Folks with white privilege do not under how racist & ignorant 'color-blindness' makes them sound. It makes it seems as if they are not aware of the bias in front of them which is hilariously stupid. Like men not recognizing our clear privilege in the workplace, please. Acknowledge the bias, like the Beatles did, do something about it as they did too. They were not activists, they just did the right thing that time. Give them their props and stop being 'blind'.

[@Rossmelanson]

2tfts Gave? They were forced to give money 💰 it’s the law, what planet are you from?

[@Ron71997]

Respect for so many reasons for these guys, ground breaking, talented, funny, amazing and strong enough to take a stand against segregation when it would have scared any young artist or group trying to succeed. I don't know if we understand how much courage this took. Frank and Elvis also did the same.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

To the Beatles, Elvis was the King

[@h96573]

So,this is not only a really great band, but these four guys need our respect as well

[@Kohl423]

Must admit that despite following The Beatles for so many years it wasn't until Ron Howard's movie that I heard about them refusing to play segregated audiences. Possibly because I am English it is something that would never enter our minds.

[@TheMaineSurveyor]

Britain ended slavery without a war. Would that we had been so fortunate in the States.

[@taylortripp8598]

@@TheMaineSurveyor Yea but that's not the reason the war started.

[@subg8858]

Taylor, bull shit

[@crimsonking440]

@@subg8858 Saying the civil war was entirely about slavery is just as ignorant as claiming it had nothing to do with it. History, ironically, is not as Black and White as history books make it out to be.

[@rosspenny3069]

@@TheMaineSurveyor Britain ended slavery by paying a fortune to slave owners In Compensation

[@Wambleeman]

This give me a whole new level of respect for one of icons of my youth. No wonder, the whole world love them. People of integrity, principles and are the real deal. Thanks.

[@exclamationpointman3852]

LOVE YOU 4 GUYS! THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH MY PEOPLE!

[@ashercanmakeapun4554]

How many reasons are there to love them?!

[@Truth72500]

They are the foundations to music today..

[@josecandal9412]

They will never be praised enough. Thank God for The Beatles.

[@rachelgarcia4301]

Well, I like them , but I wouldn't go so far as to thank God for the Beatles. They did NOT serve Jesus.

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@rachelgarcia4301 Get a life

[@rachelgarcia4301]

@@CoolDude-jp1kj is that the best you can do? I loved Beatle music, but we must never speak of them as gods..

[@colleenhayes4643]

The best band ever

[@juliuspolaris1665]

Pink Floyd

[@destrokes1534]

@David Osterberg who cares about album sales? the velvet underground were better than both!

[@destrokes1534]

@David Osterberg every velvet underground fan agrees with me genius

[@destrokes1534]

@David Osterberg you're the one arguing with people who don't agree with your dumbass opinion dude hahaha

[@wickedhouston5538]

Pink Floyd always outsold The Beatles

[@karajones4638]

Ive been a Beatles fan from eversince this story makes me love them more

[@PrincessofKeys]

I love to listen to some of their songs, glad to see that they wanted everyone in their audiences to be together!

[@pjmoseley243]

they wrote songs that fit every situation, songs that can be sung on every occassion they were once considered the pop equivalent to classical composers of the past. They wrote over 300 songs between them. they were / are role models for every age, they never took advantage of their fans. They respected everyone. No scandals they were all gentlemen. They were the first to do concerts for the poor, the weak and the hungry, it was Bangladest, others followed be it rock concerts or comedy they were first to raise money for other countries.

[@dalorriesther444]

this makes me so happy... they really do have a kind heart

[@potdog1000]

this shows just how brilliant they were both musically & morally

[@oo131193oo]

They were such clever young men!

[@tonnyyv4057]

Idk why this popped up on my recommendation but I’m happy it did

[@galaxyride4944]

Same here

[@OverweightTrucker]

Thank you for being on the right side of history! Very classy and ahead of their time!!

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Important to know your history. Thank you Beatles for standing up for what's right!

[@MrRCDarkAngel]

I never knew this as much of a Beatles fan I am.

[@supergeeky7529]

I never knew about this. This rocks!!

[@KareemHillJr]

The Beatles were even against racism. This cements them as the greatest band of all time.

[@cubicinches18]

You need to understand that post war England was full of refugees from all over the Commonwealth. We were born, grew up with, played and went to school with people from all over the world. In the north of England we had a heritage of supporting Lincoln during the American civil war. Segregation and racism was something we had to learn outside the home and outside of where we came from. Our friends and neighbours were of all colours but we just couldn't see a difference in skin colour.

[@kingsman428]

@@cubicinches18 America is top of the stack for racism but racism was and is in the UK, the idea that it wasn't is a view from rose glasses

[@cubicinches18]

@@kingsman428 Yes you're right we were kids too young to know Our parents would have different views which were passed on to kids.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@cubicinches18 And England was thoroughly racist to those refugees then and now. Only right wing white nationalists would claim otherwise.

[@Greenballoffire]

Absolutely

[@idiotsandwich115]

One of the many reasons why I love the beatles.

[@YnotNomis]

BEST BAND EVER!!!!...for So many reasons!

[@milesjolly6173]

Good on them for taking a stand for what they believed in- they really were the Fab Four

[@mariajukejax9649]

Fair play to them. You either play to everybody, or nobody.

[@BillCoghlan]

Didn't know that about The Beatles. Yet another reason why they're the best band ever, in my book!

[@victoriaballard7354]

One of the many reasons we loved the Beatles.

[@carolcolose5329]

We just play to PEOPLE

[@TomSmith-gw6fn]

Very cool. In early interviews, when asked about their influences, the Beatles always cited black American artists/groups. It goes to show the ways in which music can influence your perspective, even for four guys growing up in the isolation of northern England.

[@TomSmith-gw6fn]

Yeah, I'm sure John, Paul, George and Ringo all got a lot of black culture and an interest in the burgeoning Civil Rights movement in 1950's Liverpool.

[@craigthomson3621]

Liverpool, being a port city, did have access to American records as they were brought in by the people working on the ships going to and from America.

[@michaeldeane9029]

Bless them. So ahead of their time..

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Beautiful how music in the 50's and 60's brought some people together.

[@houndofthebaskervilles]

I don’t listen to The Beatles, but man, that was awesome of them!

[@will9605]

One of the reasons why I love The Beatles.

[@mibe666]

!!! BEATLES FOREVER !!!

[@petersmith3355]

Damn they must be tired because they've been WOKE since the 60's 👍

[@macuna1995]

You, my man, are awesome.

[@petersmith3355]

Yeah its a new saying to me as well I'm an 80's baby. Just used it because i figured thats what all theses skinny jean wearing little jits would say😅🤷😂🤷

[@POB_Jules]

Peter Smith fucking love this comment

[@lynnclark7120]

Bring woke is the opposite of being awake the Beatles were awake the we woke movement is just socialists trying to take America by deception like they been doing since '48

[@marcmartinez4140]

What's wrong with being woke?

[@efrainhernandez645]

I've always loved the Beatles...but now that I know this..I love them more than ever!!What spectacular artists/human beings!!!😊👍💜💚😺👍😁👍💚💜

[@OCGal78]

They had so much integrity. Can’t love them more. ❤

[@petergreen2552]

The big name acts that played Sun City when apartheid was still law have a lot to answer for. Thank heavens for the Fab Four leading the way.

[@doyoumind9356]

Who played Sun City ? One band spring to mind .. rock n roll royalty

[@louvendran7273]

@@doyoumind9356 Quite a few. Jean Michel Jarre brings a bell. Technically Sun City was located in Bophutswana. I grew up in this era. Funniest part I was terrified to complete conscription with the SADF.

[@Mark-zq1tj]

Legendary song writers, classy human beings.👌

[@sacluvsBM]

Just four young men with a conscience.

[@curtisthomas2670]

The Beatles idolized black rock n roll, blues, rnb and soul artistes and their music, they started out doing mostly covers of black artistes, opened for visiting black artistes in their early career, and had black artistes open for them when they hit it big. Little Richard and Chuck Berry gave them valuable advice about performing and the industry.

[@pam1574]

The Beatles “started to act up” Brilliant!!!Yay!!! They played for people, all people, as it should be. SOOO ahead of their time. 😃

[@curtgreco2795]

Hey Quincy Jones...maybe now you will understand the Beatles

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

I have always been a fan of #TheBeatles. I had never heard about this story until now. Not surprising they did what they felt was necessary. Much respect & admiration for their stance regarding this. 👍✌🤘😎

[@Margie75]

I will forever love The Beatles for doing what was right at that time.

[@andresbur15]

This makes me love them even more. They stood up for what was right.

[@James-ne9gy]

That's why I love the Beatles

[@davidker8820]

I had never heard this story until KZbin recommended this video to me. Thanks, KZbin algorithm!

[@dinacamposlopes]

What we say no to is as important as what we say yes to. We missed the joy in their music too 💜👍

[@karmarinkingchameleon6582]

This is the best video of The Beatles Official Channel.

[@marionwilson8141]

This is wonderful that they stood up for humanity

[@claudemcwhorter]

a big reason God gave them something nobody else got, [such ability] .

[@randal_gibbons]

"You say you want a revolution, well you know"... The did change the world.

[@gaddyify]

I was a baby when this happened, but it's is crazy that I love this band💯💯💯