George Harrison Responds to Ray Davies' Review of "Revolver" by The Beatles (1966)

[@8DeathFromBelow8]

I was born in 88. I discovered Revolver when I was 15 and immediately bought the rest of their albums. Incredible stuff.

[@home2624]

DFB Well done mate. At least you haven't missed out on some truly great music. It's sad that many people will never listen to a Beatles album. They're missing so much but each generation to their own.

[@Vingul]

1992 here, I first heard "A Hard Day's Night" on the radio at about 6 or maybe 8 years old and asked my parents for a Beatles CD. Eventually got the "1" record. My first grown-up (not The Smurfs etc) CD, life-changing.

[@humblehashmaker4114]

Same bro! Also born in 88 and fell in love with them at 15

[@SDPBALLCOACH]

@Home, Virgil, etc.. Welcome to the Club....

[@youtubehastakenovermylife4979]

Dude! I was born in 87! And it was very similar for me. I was 14 and the first Beatles CD I bought was abbey road. And from there I couldn’t stop. It made me feel so good. And with every album I bought after (even With the Beatles and Beatles for Sale) I just fell deeper and deeper in love.

[@peggyolson6511]

George's response to Ray Davies's diss of Revolver was so classy. That's the Beatles for ya.

[@pse888]

ego and jealousy, pure and simple.

[@Cream1968]

The elephant swats the fly! 😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@MichaelJames-mg3xx]

@@pse888 Exactly. Nostalgic cognitive dissonance is very real

[@jameshancock6455]

He kind of sounds like Pete Townshend. Criticize everyone who has eclipsed you in popularity, influence and audience

[@apexjoe4769]

@@jameshancock6455 Yeah agree, musicians like Townsend and Davies are great in their own right but always ruin it with their criticism & jealousy of other contemporaries.

[@happyron]

I never seen anything that gets you in the spirit of what the 60s were like more so than these videos. Thank you

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@NxDoyle]

Newspaper archives are good.

[@SpiritsOfAnotherDay]

Hear Hear!!

[@TheChadTI]

They're so good

[@3butalcomp3]

Hell yes! To much its great sh'...t. } :)-√ )~

[@jcw3195]

Revolver was a life changing album for those in my age group who had just graduated high school, found pot and acid, and were dreading the death draft to Vietnam. Tomorrow never knows... Everyone else was blustering bullsh*t.

[@finianlacy8827]

Right on !!❤️

[@j.c985]

Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream 🧖🏻‍♂️

[@doctorbohr1585]

It was a life changing album for me too in 1997 ! (ish)

[@Jjstier]

My father loved revolver and that was in the late sixties he didn’t like rock n roll but them two Beatles albums revolver and soul he liked

[@paulgentile1024]

Revolver was great..but.there was a ton of incredible stuff out there..

[@symbiosisai]

I first heard Revolver in 2014 and i couldn't believe it was from 1966, it is a timeless masterpiece that keeps getting better with age

[@SenorZorrozzz]

I was a Beatle fan since 1964. Revolver surprised me in that rubber soul was so acoustic and revolver was so electric. Rubber soul was laid back and revolver was aggressive . Rubber soul used simple, conventional instruments. Revolver was experimental using backward tape loops, strings, distortion, etc. Loved both albums. But it is amazing how the Beatles kept changing their sound.

[@somethingelse5746]

I credit Lennon for that ..

[@drutgat2]

I agree that the overall sound of 'Rubber Soul' seems to be acoustic, but there are a fair amount of electric instruments used on there, too. And in terms off conventional instruments, don't forget that George's sitar made its appearance on 'Norwegian Wood', on 'Rubber Soul'. I do basically agree with you, though.

[@somethingelse5746]

@@drutgat2 dident Georges sitar make an appearance on revolver. Love u too

[@dirtyratjim]

Another growth spurt. Instead of remaining "one" sound, the Beatles "evolved" by experimenting/creating/exploring new sounds. Rubber Soul graduated into Revolver which, in turn, graduated into their careers of masters of their time!

[@JimDeferio]

More so than John it was Paul who was the experimenter for REVOVER. George saved John's song, SHE SAID SHE SAID by coming up with the electric guitar riffs when he walked in during John attempting to get the right form and sound for this song. George should have been credited as co-writer. John became more experimental after Revolver.

[@knickd1979]

As a guy born in ‘79 but who grew up listening to 60s music, it’s fascinating listening to stories, reading articles, interviews from this era when all the rock gods were in their 20s and competing

[@michaelsena7445]

I did and I still dig corduroy n velvet colors Mods are still alive and well. The 60's was best for sure

[@kabiam]

Yes the sixties had more in common the the 1920's than the 2020's. I found the 1980's to be my 1960's. Not for all the commercial music but the underground scene with the evolution, of punk, metal, hip hop, etc. It also depends on your age at the time. Like Eric Clapton said about the peak years. Although I thought 27 was the peak.

[@frankmarsh1159]

@@kabiam Yeah and the nineties were more like the Seventies.

[@michaelsena7445]

A@@kabiam that's a choice you make for yourself every year just gets better with me

[@kabiam]

@@michaelsena7445 Including the last couple years? Can't say it's been the best time ever.

[@scottguerin5741]

Hilarious! "I'll pack it in when I start to go downhill" says Clapton...Must've changed his mind about that somewhere along the way!

[@pabloperez4063]

I have the pleasure of enjoying his whole career, for me, alongside Neil Young, the most prolific ever in Rock. There has never been somebody who can stay at his best forever

[@wildman9922]

Eric's a wanker. Beck the better guitarist and most folks wouldn't stoop to make money off their dead kid by releasing tears in heaven. The tears in heaven were from laughter that who would leave a window open in a highrise with a toddler.?

[@joetowers4804]

@@wildman9922 you're the kind of person who would find Jeselnik's joke actually funny.

[@jeffreylombardo782]

About 50 years ago!

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

The only thing that I have cared about Clapton is Cream. Besides that I never really cared about him and I guess I do care about Cream since it also has the great musicians Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker without whom Cream would be a much less interesting and enjoyable entity. He is a sort of "god" for the US "classic rock" format but after 1969 I tend to skip directly to the late 70s new wave and post punk scene and so I am well outside the tastes that appreciate his solo career. I also heard that at some point in the 70s he was supporting racist and xenophobic bullshit, that recently he released an anti-vaccine rant song and that he sued someone for owning a bootleg of his music. Terrible stuff. Makes me care even less about his music

[@grokeffer6226]

I remember as a kid thinking that one of the things that was so good about the Beatles was that they could do songs that were a little silly, like Yellow Submarine, and serious songs, like Yesterday or Eleanor Rigby. They all had catchy melodies and interesting lyrics. I still whistle Yellow Submarine every now and then. 🫖

[@mikem668]

Yes. I've always said Dylan could sing the phone book. Lennon and McCartney could do it too, though maybe more like the newspaper, being for the benefit of Mr. Kite.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

Yes, they were also correct about Yellow Submarine, I was at primary school in the early 70s and we were already singing it along with a piano. It has since continued to be sung by children around the world as one of the first singalong songs they ever learn. That is an incredible thing for a rock band to achieve. It is part of the reason The Beatles are a part of the DNA of everyone that loves music.

[@NightBazaar]

Dammit! Now I've got that song in my head! "We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow subm..."

[@mariuspoppFM]

​@@Rugmunchersauce3 the circus called, said they want you back

[@jamesdrynan]

You know what they say about imitation and flattery. I was sixteen when Revolver came out and had formed my own band doing covers. It was mind-blowing the first time we listened to it. The first two tracks, ( Taxman and Rigby, ) were phenomenal and so different. Another astonishing accomplishment by this band at the vanguard of pop music.

[@alihart]

"...the singers don't even grasp what John and Paul meant in the lyrics" - I had no idea that Day Tripper might be about drugs. It took me so long to find out. But I found out. Happy New year

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

"Nobody attempted to cover ' Tomorrow Never Knows.'" Ha. Damn Straight.

[@crusadeagainstgreedyentert4865]

Phil Collins's version is far better.

[@somethingelse5746]

Always thought hendrix should have covered that song

[@kzinful]

@@crusadeagainstgreedyentert4865 + Oh please, you voted for Brexit, didn't you?

[@wayneelliott7011]

WTF! You've never heard the 801 Live version?

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

David lee Roth also covered it, calling it "That beatles song" a number of years back, I never heard his cover and i can hardly imagine what he did to it. maybe it's weirder then She trinity's cover of yellow submarine.

[@paulcadogan7153]

I am of an age when I was lucky enough to get into the Beatles from the beginning from their Meet the Beatles album. Rubber Soul blew me away. It was all their tunes, no covers. Loved it...and then came Revolver. They just kept getting better! The tunes were original, beautifully performed and they continued to improve. Sgt. Pepper was unlike anything going on in pop or on the charts. The White Album was great as well. Pop acts tried to cop their tunes but couldn't come close. I don't blame them for trying but I suspect that it was just a bunch of lousy producers and record companies trying to suck up a few bucks. I mean when you have the best, why go for the rest? I don't think they made a cent and I hope not. I feel badly for the bands/performers who had a wack at those tunes. Thank you Beatles!

[@bigtwit799]

Black Lace though!

[@solsol1624]

Amazing to hear how quickly others put out covers.

[@SmartCookie2022]

I can't say I remember the 1966 release of Yellow Submarine but I can still recall the release of the movie in 1968. I even bought the bubblegum cards with my own pocket money that coincided with the movie's cinematic release. I really love these time capsule videos that show a glimpse of our musical past. Keep up the excellent work.

[@MrQuispx]

The BBC had a replay of Ray Davies talking about various opinions and some of his influences, this was about 10 years ago and I think the original production was in the early aughts. He did talk highly of tracks on the Revolver LP and he said it was the Beatles 'very best album'. Of course the BBC only had it up for a week to 10 days and then took it down. Bit of a bummer because it would be nice to have the text at least as a reference.

[@로열위드치즈]

this channel is so precious. thank you for uploading

[@johnmc3862]

The voice over is 🤢🤢🤢

[@murrayscott3513]

Fantastic, great episode. I did not know anything about the Beatles being covered so soon after songs release real eye opener. Thanks. Cheers!

[@nicholaswatson8119]

Yellow Submarine and Love You To on the same LP not to mention Eleanor Rigby and Tomorrow Never Knows. It was the breadth and variety of The Beatles output that made them unique. I think Revolver is the finest Beatles album of them all.

[@mattgoldberg4335]

All great in different ways, but my favorite combo is probably And Your Bird Can Sing followed by For Noone.

[@paulcadogan7153]

I think it's one of those cases of 'apples and oranges'. The Beatles just kept growing and getting better during their time on the planet. I think everything up to and including the white album were wonderful.

[@IMeMineWho]

It is one of my favorites. My two faves are Help and Revolver.

[@hansonzhang8431]

In fact every single song on side 1 of Revolver was the best or well-known song of The Beatles, this is just...LEGEND!

[@John-d9e4x]

The most ground breaking,

[@dennisberceles7387]

I also liked the Kinks, but the Beatles were (and still are) the greatest - and the kinks can't surpassed REVOLVER (or RUBBER SOUL) in #1 position.

[@bigtwit799]

I think Rev and Rub Soul are the Beatles best 2 albums. One would struggle to change my mind. Pepper was disappointing after all the hype, Abbey Road a bit dirgy and Let it Be was meh, White album was generally all over the place with one or two [not enough] good ones.

[@KieroUnasBotasAGoGo]

REVOLVER wins. Rubber Soul 2nd

[@bigtwit799]

@@octavius8562 Cos the Beatles gave value 4 money they did not have many singles as album tracks. I was expecting the Pepper tracks to be up there with PennyLane/Strawb Field. I confess I can't recall the tracks much on Let it Be. Need to revisit to be objective. Used to love Abbey but it don't rock me much now. White has a few/not enuff gooduns.

[@allbottledup9513]

Love the Beatles (Revolver, Rubber Soul, SPLHCB, White Album) but I’d take the Kinks any day if it was one or the other. Kinks Kontroversy, Something Else, TKATVGPS, and Arthur easily stand side by side with the best the Beatles had to offer. Both were insanely influential on the future of music. Ray Davies was just as good of a songwriter as John and Paul. He just didn’t get the notoriety and respect back then. Dave Davies was an amazing guitarist who could hold his ground with George any day. I have intense love and respect for the Beatles, but the Kinks deserved better. They were absolutely unfairly cut out from the mainstream success that the Beatles enjoyed and still managed to put out of some the most important, timeless music to ever be released. Absolute champions and I stand by that. The Kinks will always have a special place in my heart and that’s why I choose them over the Beatles, even though I love the Beatles as well and recognize their importance/accomplishments.

[@MarianoBeatlero]

​@@allbottledup9513 nah. Only Village green is really a good album

[@cliffmcginnis3231]

I always knew that artists did covers of other artists songs, but until I saw this video I had no idea that it was so prevalent back then. And before the original was even released! The again, I was just 5 or 6 years old when Revolver came out. I enjoy this channel.

[@thewkovacs316]

bands like three dog night became huge by covering other people's material

[@brianthomas2434]

It was standard practice in the US back in the thirties and forties for multiple versions of the same song to chart at once. Never realized it happened in the sixties in the UK.

[@tt-du6vc]

The same thing happened with Something.

[@thewkovacs316]

@@brianthomas2434 happened in the states too. with rock and roll, it was usually white acts covering songs put out by black artists.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@thewkovacs316 and in the 50's I think some of these white artists' covers outsold the black originals even though they were pale copies. Pat Boone covering Little Richard comes to mind

[@knickd1979]

Love love love Yesterday’s Papers!!!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@terrythekittieful]

It's probably safe to say that the Beatles have been the most covered recording act of all time but what would be interesting to find out is how many covers of Beatles songs were released worldwide while they were an active band. 15 covers from one album that had 14 songs,..incredible.

[@fnjesusfreak]

I know Aretha Franklin released covers of Eleanor Rigby and Let It Be on "This Girl's In Love With You" (1/15/1970) and Barbra Streisand released covers of A Little Help from My Friends, Honey Pie and Goodnight on "What About Today" (7/1969)...

[@sfsandman4489]

Ya, but trying to beat the Beatles release to be first to hit the airwaves is just wrong on many levels! I didn’t know they were covered like that! It’s one thing a couple years later someone liked a song and put their own spin on it to waiting and panting for John and Paul to let scraps fall off the table so the dogs could lick it up. Wow!

[@AC-gw4qu]

in Shakespeare's day people would go into the plays and literally remember as many of the lines as they could and then come out and write out the play to publish it as a "Quarto" edition--quarto meaning that the page had been folded into four and would be relatively small (and cheaper to produce). Hamlet had 2 separate quartos published that are very different from each other. Shakespeare never published his plays in his life time, but members of the acting company did 7 yrs after his death--to set the record straight. The Beatles, it seems, were the Shakespeare of their times.

[@rca88]

@terrythekittie "Yesterday" was the song with the most covers ever in the mid 1970s. It's still true today.

[@lyrebird9749]

@@AC-gw4qu They certainly were. Shakespeare's work is still being performed 400 years later. If the human race survives, I expect the same will be true for the Beatles. Who will remember most of those other bands who copied them?

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Another excellent episode! This is a great part of history in British music for us Yanks! So alive it was!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, glad you liked it!

[@peterporker7803]

Revolver turned out to be on the all time top Album's list I think the band got it right.

[@wyliesmith4244]

Wow! This is a great channel, and this is the best bit that I have seen! I just stumbled on this posting and I was blown away by how much info you fitted in, and all in less than 6 minutes. I had just entered college in the fall of '66 when I heard "Revolver," and I knew that college would be amjor step up from high school. Being American, of course I had the US version of "Revolver" which was my favorite album of the year. The guy next door introduced me to "East West" by Paul Butterfield which opened my eyes about where blues could go, and then the Blues Project played on campus in the fall of '66, and the sound was amazing, complete with full amplification, and suddenly I started liking live music. The Blues Project's "Progressions" was in top five of '66 along with Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" and the Kinks "Face to Face." Ray what where were your ears if you didn't like "Revolver"? I would say that the single had my least favorite tracks while I was tempted to play 'Taxman' over and over.

[@mikaelsjoberg1894]

This is a truly great channel. Many thanks for the work put into this!!

[@robertdillon6821]

Yes this is the coolest channel on the internet. I feel like I'm in a time machine every time I check it out!!

[@phatato]

Thanks for posting all these videos it's really fun hearing all these things

[@NewFalconerRecords]

What a classy rebuttal by George. I'm one of Ray Davies' biggest fans, but he was unnecessarily harsh on this great album.

[@anthonycrawford9873]

Probably a bit of artistic or personal insecurity at play on Ray's part. He was what, 22 at the time? I'm sure he feels differently now

[@Alien_Observer_]

@@anthonycrawford9873 He is still insecure with an overinflated ego.

[@archiefury]

Classy! I think Harrison is being snarky here, and not for the first time! He was obviously ticked that Ray Davies was critical of some of the tracks on Revolver, and yet he was critical of the Hollies version of his own If I Needed Someone. If your'e going to throw bricks George, you must expect some back!

[@christopherfletcher5384]

I don't know why he said that. You really got me😁

[@mikerathmell6271]

@@archiefury You might be right in your thoughts but I cant detect him being snarky in what was read out. George sounded respectful of Ray's views and concilliatory to me.

[@AG-6969]

I was not into the Beatles until I bought Revolver. Bought it after Ellenor Rigby was a hit in the USA. But once I heard Tomorrow Never Knows I was blown away by it. I was 15 yr old then. It started me down a long road towards my deep love of Prog or Progressive rock music. Years later in interviews, come to find out most of my favorite artist were also heavily influenced by that song including the king of Prog music, Peter Hammill.

[@wiretamer5710]

Before pop branding of the generations, the gen X's lived for years in the shadow of the boomers. I was born in 1966 and I had boomer cousins which meant that the Beatles were an unquestioned religion. It took me forty years to gain some perspective on the quality of their work, and I remain surprised how well they stand up to a widened perspective of their work and their cultural significance. Today I hear their accents and I can listen to their music as 'regional UK pop music of the period' rather than some mystical orthodox phenomena by which all other pop music must be judged. The bottom line is the Beatles were a great four piece band, who happened to be very charismatic and extremely good song writers. But any retrospective study of the Beatles is profoundly different for how people experienced their work in real time. The average Beatle fan today knows INFINITELY more than the most ardent fan could know at the time. Setting aside the MAJOR issue of fake news, is the way the music industry responded to the Beatles cash cow, and the rushed covers of the period are a very interesting aspect of the Beatles that remains unexplored. Its very difficult to gain a true understanding for the hyperbole surrounding the Beatles sound, without looking at contemporary expectations of pop music at the time, particularly before Sargent Pepper and the Psychedelic era exploded.

[@Borella309]

...and Option B is to just play their recordings - ain't nothing better ever been made.

[@russallert]

Well.......I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsey, but I changed my mind.

[@weeooh1]

Heard Revolver when it was first released in 1966. Was 10 years old then and this kid on our block was playing it outdoors on a portable record player. He said listen to this and first song he put on was Taxman.

[@duffbaker9554]

@@theyrekrnations8990 Acid is groovy, kill the pigs.

[@michaelmakes1225]

The lead guitar on Taxman was McCartney...

[@weeooh1]

@@michaelmakes1225 yeah, George apparently wasnt too happy about that, but he was taking too long to come up with his lead part so McCartney quickly did it on the behest of G Martin, their producer. McCartney was also the original lead guitarist for the Beatles until bassist Stu Sutcliffe's untimely death.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

Far out

[@JoeCarpenter]

@@weeooh1 Not 100% accurate there on the Taxman solo (and fade-out); It was the same solo George was playing, but he simply wasn't playing it well that day. He told Geoff Emerick he would come back and do it the next day. After everyone had left, Paul asked Emerick if he could stay while he (Paul) had a crack at it. Paul nailed the solo in one take. Just FYI, George Martin wasn't even in that day. (from Geoff Emerick's book "Here, There, and Everywhere").

[@paulnoth1281]

Yesterday’s Papers has become my favorite thing on KZbin.

[@louisnewton4292]

2021 was a rough year, but there were nonetheless quite a few highlights. Discovering this sub was one of them. Keep up the good work!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much! Really appreciate your words. Happy New Year!

[@pabloperez4063]

@@YesterdaysPapers I agree. Congrats and we want more! Thanks for the effort

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@pabloperez4063 Thank you, Pablo!

[@DeeckyRizzo]

I've got Ray Davies at the same level as Lennon and McCartney, so, listening yo George talking about Ray, it's marvelous to me.

[@garrettramirez428]

This was totally a backhanded swipe-- Davies had definitely met the Beatles by then, but George is saying he doesn't remember him.

[@DeeckyRizzo]

@@garrettramirez428 I don't see it that way. I think he really meant it, and by "know them" he meant at a personal level. Because they all obviously know each other, Beatles and Kinks played together more than once in the early days.

[@adammartin7007]

I just don't think Davies wrote enough great songs to be comparable to Lennon and McCartney.

[@DeeckyRizzo]

@@adammartin7007 Well, I actually think Ray's very underrated. I don't say It's your case, but a lot of people who think that, don't even listen more that the Kinks' hits, and It's like judging The Beatles by listening Yellow Submarine.

[@etamommy]

@@adammartin7007 How many is enough.... He definitely wrote as many great songs but they did not become as well known. In my mind at least, he is on par and I prefer his body of work over that of the Lennon and McCartney, though I know it is just a matter of personal opinion. I also to an extent think his songs are not so overplayed and that is a factor too.

[@johnprince5931]

I spent the day with Linda Mccartney as an extra filming tv series Bread. She revealed that The Kinks were her favourite band from the time.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

We Americans were blissfully ignorant of those Beatle's covers. I never even heard of them, much less actually hear any of them. The music business was always like that. Back in the 40s, as soon as one band put a song out, other bands and singers would rush to get a version out to cash in. Or I should have said the record companies would.

[@pawelpap9]

I grew up in the 60s in continental Europe and never heard about these covers. So no need to be a self-deprecating American. I assume these covers were strictly British phenomenon. I never heard about these performers either. I don’t think I missed much.

[@Adam_Barrett]

This was a fantastically put together video. Thank you

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@nickrobertson7853]

Hearing Clapton talking about packing it in when it goes downhill is too grand. Coming from the guy who put out stand and deliver last year. He should have packed it in by 73 lol.

[@BazookaToe]

Exactly.

[@geneobrien8907]

He should have packed it in before 461 Ocean Boulevard.

[@389383]

@@geneobrien8907 Before Blind Faith.

[@geneobrien8907]

@@389383 I liked BF

[@pabloperez4063]

Thanks God, we have been able to enjoy one of the largest and best musical careers in rock, from somebody who has been a pioneer musician, a introductor of the blues for many people, then an - excelent- singer, then a more than good composer, a band leader, a musician who almost never gave up touring extensively, who was involved in different bands and proyects, and always in his band surrounded by THE BEST MUSICIANS in the world

[@rbrookswilliams1689]

"Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "Can't Buy Me love", "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!", "Ticket to Ride" were all released as singles, and then wound up on their respective albums.

[@youtubehastakenovermylife4979]

I am a massive Beatles fan. Have every album. Every song. Can SING every song(still practice in the shower to keep me sharp) even obscure songs like Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey! I just love these guys! And I found this video to be so enlightening and entertaining. I mean this is NEW info to me I did not know! So thank you! I’ll sleep well tonight. I’ll memorize and share it as my own now.

[@danieleyre8913]

I like Revolver a lot. The only song I'm not so big on is "here there and everywhere" but the rest are all solid tracks. But I really love the Kinks' album that was released a month or two later: Face to Face. It's maybe not as avant-garde as Revolver was in 1966 but I think the songwriting is of a higher quality as is the musicianship. But now I want to listen to both albums. I think Harrison is right; Davies would've been good friends with him and Ringo. Not so sure about with Lennon or McCartney tough, it would've been a massive clash of the ego's.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

"Face to Face" is one of my all-time favourite albums.

[@John_Fugazzi]

In the U.S. after the mid 50s it was very rare to have two artists releasing a single of the same song simultaneously. Sometimes someone might release one years later. But there were usually many covers of Beatles songs as album tracks, often by pop artists, but occasionally by folk artists like Judy Collins (In My Life) and Joan Baez (Eleanor Rigby). And everybody covered Yesterday.

[@katbela3971]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, YESTERDAY'S PAPERS! 🥂✨🤗 The Beatles and The Kinks in the same video! That's the way to start the year! Thanks for this! You can read between the lines the respect that George Harrison feels for Ray Davis 1:06 It must have been hard for George to hear comments like: ''If I was sure that everything George Harrison play was his own ideas, I'd say he was good. But I got this feeling it's Paul telling him what to do''. (Eric Clapton) 2:47

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Happy New Year, Kat!

[@katbela3971]

@@YesterdaysPapers 🤗🤗🤗

[@pabloperez4063]

And coming from a friend

[@katbela3971]

@@pabloperez4063 OH, YES! Eric, George, and Patty were very close friends.

[@tubergetrude333]

Fascinating. I will bet bottom dollar that Ray Davies changed his view of the album, seeing as it has aged incredibly well.

[@Slamit88]

YP's are posting up some of the BEST STUFF on YT now.....PURE "Retro" GOLD, so.....Many Thanks (From Across the Pond' here) & "Good On Ya" Gentlemen!!🎸🔥🍻😎

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@borntogazeintonightskies]

"Thank God nobody decided to cover ''Tomorrow Never Knows.'" Smart choice on behalf of everyone doing Revolver covers at that time because there's no way in hell any of them could've covered that behemoth of a song and done it justice.

[@soarornor]

The Helio Sequence did a great cover of that song. Superb band from Oregon, US.

[@spinynormanbest6410]

Soaromor.....yes they did 😊😊

[@ukammonite]

Phil Collins did a version on Face Value

[@aquamarine99911]

Chemical Brothers based their whole career on TNK, and covered it in concert.

[@gregcaz1124]

Junior Parker did a killer cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows," which the Chemical Brothers used to play as the intro music at their concerts.

[@EmilianoCanal]

Pauline Moran, the bass player for The She Trinity, became an actress and played the part of Miss Lemon in the Poirot series.

[@thelakeman5207]

The Beatles were so good that they could take a cake recipe and turn it into a #1 song!

[@classiclife7204]

Happy New Year, YP. Starting off 2022 with a bang, I see. What an interesting video - the "tiff" between Davies and Harrison being the least of it! Given what we've seen on "Get Back", Clapton's remark about Paul maybe telling George what to play sounds rather familiar! And let's face it, the music industry was even more criminal back then than today: record companies passing out as-yet-to-be-released LPs to their own stable of artists to cover album-tracks and make a small fortune before people even realized the songs were by the Beatles or Stones. I wonder if this sort of thing was eventually outlawed.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Happy New Year!

[@paulfitz61]

The greatest period in modern music, never to be repeated Eric's view on it all being over by the time your 30 makes me laugh, I can understand why they thought like that they could not see the legacy they were creating at the time something that will last forever

[@waynej2608]

Exactly, it's all about the context. Not sure why tf, there's all this Clapton bashing. I, for one, am thrilled that he, and other similar rock artists, have stayed around, to enjoy all these years. After all, 'tomorrow never knows'.

[@pabloperez4063]

When Eric "came back" in 1974 with 461 Ocean Boulevard and extensive touring, #1 and sold out arenas, R Stigwood said "I think he has got power to keep on making music for at least 5 years"... 5 years was from 65 still yard birds to Layla. Quite a long time!! Years happened very slooowly in the 60,s (as when you are at school, and every year is a big piece of life). Nobody could ever imagine in those years that those musicians could be playing 10 or 15 years later... Let alone 55, as in Eric, s case, who must be rehearsing now for his upcoming European tour (if pandemonium allows... 😔

[@jammin6816]

Reminds me of my parents not letting me buy jeans in the 60’s because they were certain it was just a fad. 😂🤣😂

[@theyrekrnations8990]

I agree with Clapton the most prolific period is when the bands are fresh and young. It would be hard to experience good success and fame and then just quit though. Anyway music can be played at all ages

[@gmb858]

You must understand the the rally cry in the 1960's was "don't trust anyone over 30." There was a distinct "gulf" between the 1950's "greasers" and the "greatest generation" that fought WWII who were our parents, and teenagers in the 1960's. People over 30 wore business suits, designed elaborate plans for fighting in Vietnam which kids born after WWII were sent to fight. They drafted us, cut our hair off and put us under the tyranny of a profane drill instructor. So, for all intents and purposes, you could no longer be "cool" after you turned 30. You became "one of them." Childish? moronic? Yes and yes... and more... but as Cheech and Chong relayed to us, "only dopes use dope." Weed drove a lot of perception in the 1960's.

[@asharpmajor6740]

Happy New Year Yesterday's Papers. Keep up the good work!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Happy New Year!

[@garethjenkins6273]

Revolver was revolutionary. The massive leap in just 3 years from She Loves You to Tomorrow Never Knows is incredulous

[@Sirharryflash82]

Incredible not incredulous.

[@garethjenkins6273]

I would say incredulous was a fair word to use. If you listened to Tomorrow Never Knows for the first time, at the time it was released, you would have a feeling of incredulity listening to John Lennon recite part of the Tibetan Book of the Dead through a megaphone when just 3 years earlier they were a boy band. Incredible is also a good word, though.

[@Sirharryflash82]

@@garethjenkins6273 It's the wrong word. The fact that you used a paragraph doesn't make it correct.

[@garethjenkins6273]

@sirharryflash82 I think I am using the correct words to describe you - condescending, pedantic that.

[@garethjenkins6273]

Haha, predictive text - twat, not that.

[@pcno2832]

4:18 I've never seen a clip of a record pressed by hand before; here in the USA, 45s were often pressed in such big lots that they used polystyrene (which had its pros and cons for the consumer), to keep the dies from wearing out, rather than vinyl. I imagine that in 2022, with records being more of a limited specialty, the kind of hand pressing shown here is a larger portion of the business than it was in 1966.

[@radiocameron]

Clapton obviously didn't heed his own advice.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Haha. Yeah. Off by at least four decades.

[@gj8683]

Yes, there's no need to stop once the mojo calms down. There are other avenues, such as heroin addiction, alcoholism, and even clean and sober.

[@pabloperez4063]

@@OuterGalaxyLounge haters will hate... Due to their own personal lack

[@pawelpap9]

@@OuterGalaxyLounge I would love to see the summary of your accomplishments when you turn 70. But it is much easier getting old if one never accomplished anything in the first place.

[@walterfechter8080]

Well, no matter what George and Ray had to say about this or that, 1966 was a phenomenal year for sound. Some might think that "covers" of a particular tune stem from a lack of originality. Some say that imitation is the best form of flattery. Either way, there were some truly incredible song lyrics back then. It's how those lyrics were set to music and then delivered. Carlos Santana's later version of The Zombies' "She's Not There" was incendiary! To be sure, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Small Faces, The Who, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers, and various solo artists -- all had it going on back then. Still, in the long run, I'll go with what Eric Clapton had to say about it all. Thank you, YP!

[@joeking433]

Clapton wrote a few good songs. Then he got writers block for 40 years and just did covers. Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison had more creativity in their little fingers than Eric Clapton had in his whole lifetime!

[@doctorbohr1585]

You might be right.

[@aisle_of_view]

Clapton got obsessed with JJ Cale

[@joeking433]

@@aisle_of_view I never heard that. It was funny how Clapton could write a few good songs but couldn't do it consistently. Layla and Bell Bottom Blues were exceptional. Tears in Heaven and Wonderful Tonight were pretty sappy and banal.

[@chriskroll4166]

I have every kinks album and I think Ray Davies is an incredible musician and songwriter. But let's face it The kinks never let out an album as good as any Beatles album so Ray is just a little bit envious I would say. Revolver is a masterpiece and every song on there is worth its weight in gold. I'm glad to hear that Eric Clapton had nice things to say about revolver. And look at what was just about to come around the corner for the Beatles so they just kept getting better and better and better and not too many bands can keep getting better after each album. They usually let out a couple of great albums and then start to go on the downward slide. Because it's not easy to keep up that pace. Long live the Beatles. And long live the kinks. 😁

[@edyb2097]

Face To Face is a masterpiece.

[@joebloggs396]

67-8 The Kinks were a genuine rival.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

The Kinks released 'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society' on the very same day that the Beatles released the self-titled 'White Album', and while I love the White album to bits, Village Green is just super-special to me -- I even had Ray Davies sign my vinyl copy when I saw him live in 1995. If I was forced to keep just one of the two albums, it'd be the Village Green every time. Then there's 'Arthur', 'Face to Face', 'Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround Pt 1', 'Muswell Hillbillies'... even 'Something Else' is always better than you remember it. The Kinks were a great album band too. Of course they couldn't ultimately compete with the Beatles, nobody could, but Ray Davies handled virtually all of the writing duties by himself. The Beatles had three writers.

[@lloydclaussen3925]

The kinks are England and the Beatles are the world

[@lloydclaussen3925]

@@NewFalconerRecords what does Australia have in common with the UK? That was colonialism at its best.

[@thebadloser]

I appreciate what the critics were saying about the various cover versions but Roy Redmond's version of 'Good Day Sunshine', with it's Otis Redding-style treatment is one of my favourite covers of any Beatles song. Check it out on KZbin if you've never heard it.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I actually heard it a couple of days ago when I was making this video and I agree, it's a brilliant cover. I read that even Paul McCartney said it was one of his favourite Beatles covers.

[@thebadloser]

@@YesterdaysPapers It was released in the UK on the Warner Bros label but sank without trace and is very hard to find. I have a very good friend who's a lot older than me and has an original UK copy. He's bequeathed me his record collection when his time comes - but please don't think I'm willing his demise!

[@lippemuniz]

Thanks for this gift in my birthday!

[@jimmywhy]

It was the misleading, sensational headline that created the controversy, as Ray Davies was not trashing the entire album, but only dissing "Yellow Submarine", calling it "rubbish". A harsh critique, but YS is rather trite, relative to the usual Beatles high standards Sir Ray was generally positive about the other songs. No wonder he often referred to the NME as "the enemy"; the music press could not be trusted.

[@pcno2832]

I liked the comment about the pensioners going for it. My father, who was born in 1925, though no pensioner at the time, didn't much notice pop music by that time, but he asked for it for his birthday and my mother was horrified when she heard it. They both liked "Elenor Rigby", however.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

yellow submarine is a sub level garbage beatles song so Ray Davies was correct on that one. IMO

[@joebloggs396]

I agree, people read too much into what he said. He was mainly puzzled about what their audience was now because of the varying styles, it would have been hard to workout the identity/style of the group now. Some of that is because of the divergent paths of the songwriters.

[@goplad1]

Yellow Submarine by The Beatles is bad enough. That girl group singing it? Horrendous! Ray Davies was spot on. It's rubbish.

[@matthewdunley6398]

Tin Solider Man is just as trite as Yellow Submarine and not nearly as good of a song.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

I think that’s the only time I’ve ever heard Eric’s thoughts on Peter Green, nice that he dug him!

[@breathspray]

2:46 is the same thing John Bonham said about Ringo Starr playing on Abbey Road..even the top musicians in the business know about Paul McCartneys creativity

[@CowmanUK]

And the new Get Back documentary shows this, scenes where Paul is directing Ringo as to how the drumming could be done. A lot of people hate McCartney for that, but to me it comes across as him just giving his 100% input to try to make the songs as good as can be. It wasn't Paul being too bossy imo, but the others being too laid back about the recordings

[@thesilvershining]

As far as I know, Ringo made up all his own drum parts. He said "I just tried to be as creative as I could." Paul was never "You must play THIS like THIS" unless he had a certain thing in mind for one of his own songs. Like for "Hey Jude" he did not want the guitar to come in until later, and George didn't like that. The song does work better that way--Paul knew what he was doing. Ringo said years later in an interview that (at the time) it annoyed them all how knowledgeable Paul was and how pushy he could be, but then he said "it usually always turned out Paul was right."

[@sd31263]

Well, jeez, with a mammoth talent like Macca doing everything, I don't know why they even bothered to keep Lennon around! /s

[@joeoconnor5400]

Ray Davies did an interview quite a few years ago on the Hawksbee & Jacobs Show TalkSport. He said at one point he admired The Beatles and that they were a great, tight band live. Davies also said I think in his biography that The Beatles were better then The Kinks at the NME Poll Winners Concert in 1965.

[@joeguajardo5092]

Not even close

[@freelywheely]

Great to hear Clapton give Peter Green props. "Green is God" became a familiar graffiti tag around town..

[@freelywheely]

.. for a good reason.

[@quadrophrenia]

Clapton = God = Green? Or...Clapton is Green?

[@ovalvox7888]

Eric was right about Paul telling George what to play. The Disney plus documentary proves that. George was ready to punch Paul’s lights out by then.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

George had the patience of a saint. Bless him.

[@waynej2608]

It wouldn't be too much later that George got the last laugh, as All Things Must Pass, was better received than McCartney.

[@pabloperez4063]

@@waynej2608 10 times. "All things..." and "Bangladesh..." were George, s revenge... The most epic revenge in rock history

[@flewawayandaway4763]

@@pabloperez4063 and yeah those who shit on George's guitar playing listen to the guitar duel between Clapton and Harrison at the end of While my guitar gently weeps at the Concert for Bangladesh. Clapton was stoned as fuck so it fell unto George to carry it and he did it beautifully

[@eargasm1072]

Oh give their momentary working "beefs" a rest...Paul & George were mates since grade school. The love & friendship they had superseded any pettiness and animosity they had in the studio

[@greendragn]

It's not just old age pensioners who liked Yellow Submarine. Kids loved it and they also got Ringo's sense of humor.

[@radiator-gb7pk]

Clapton typically talking absolute codswallop checks out ✔

[@lightningstrikes7314]

You can spot soy boys nowadays even more easily than before: they love Clapton bashing even more than they do cuck porn

[@somethingelse5746]

Codswalop. Great word.

[@somethingelse5746]

@@lightningstrikes7314 I'd rather bash you if you know what I mean ?

[@brucemarshall3446]

I never knew that so many bands did covers simultaneously with the LP release. Just goes to show the UK record biz was just as crass and cutthroat as U.S.. GREAT vid!

[@pablocaira8240]

Imprecionante cantidad de información poco conocida sobre aquella época. Este canal es Fantástico. Saludos y felicitaciones!!!

[@Gell1967]

Revolver is The Beatles best album IMO, I wish instead of Yellow Submarine they'd have included either Paperback Writer or Rain. The original Mono vinyl version sounds the best, there's also a different Mono version of the time with a different matrix on the catalogue number with an alternate version of Tomorrow Never Knows

[@TheHSIHP]

The 2014 mono sounds great too

[@mattiassvanberg8292]

"Rain" is my fav. Beatles song

[@markhunter8554]

@@mattiassvanberg8292 Mine too.

[@markhunter8554]

Totally I agree about Rain. Sadly the British record industry in the sixties kept singles and albums separate. I find this irritating since Rain is my favorite Beatles song (Ringo's favorite as far as his drumming is concerned) but the only way I can own it is by buying the single or a greatest hits compilation, neither of which I buy. Rain belongs on the Revolver album, it is very similar to Lennon's other songs of the period. At least, EMI could have included it as a bonus track on the CD version.

[@mattiassvanberg8292]

@@markhunter8554 Yeah. It's irritating. Because of that I wasn't even aware of "Rain" my first years as a Beatles fan, since I only heard the albums, and this was late 90's, early 00's, right before you could hear and look up about everything on the internet.

[@thedonwesley5279]

Yr channel is great , it's like being there thanks lots I still remember in '66 when my sis and I went down to the corner store and bought Revolver , I was just barely 10 yrs old and on my Stingray bike , we heard it for the first time on our mothers record player that summer afternoon. I grew up east of East LA

[@thedonwesley5279]

Poor Ray Davies didn't have a song writing partner and resented the Beatles fr that

[@adifferentpointofview105]

Famous last words from Eric Clapton. I guess his virility hasn't started declining yet.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

"I hope I die before I get old." The foolishness of youth.

[@pabloperez4063]

@@JonFrumTheFirst I say it now that I am 55

[@laurence5063]

Really interesting to hear. I especially like Clapton assuming that it was Paul telling George how to play. Well, was that kind of true having watched the Get Back film? Perhaps doing a disservice to George. The review at the end about the covers was very accurate and true. Definitely diluted the song. Few covers ever do it justice. Put your own spin on it so it stands out like Joe Cocker's With a Little help from my Friends or Jimi's All Along the Watchtower.

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

Paul didn't tell George what to play, just when not to, if it was his song. George played what he wanted, unless there was a specific idea he wanted to get across. You can listen to hours of audio of them doing demos, and I never hear Paul tell George how to play something.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

I'm a weirdo. I kinda like the She Trinity version of "Yellow Submarine." lol. Makes me wish The Shaggs had tried it.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha! It's funny you mention that because I instantly thought about The Shaggs when I heard the She Trinity's cover for the first time.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

sounded pretty good to me

[@oleplanthafer7034]

@Outer Galaxy Lounge: If the She Trinity were teasing then The Shaggs would have been full-on perverted, and you know it! 😄

[@singlesideman]

Great reporting. I love these videos, even though that version of 'Yellow Submarine' with the "yel-" of 'yellow' sung on the third degree of the scale is absolutely maddening.

[@Gardosunron]

Interesting what Clapton said about McCartney telling Harrison what to play as that would be a contentious issue in the years to come..

[@carlweaver3243]

Get Geoff Emerick's book, Here, There and Everywhere. He was the Engineer for many of the Beatles recordings. From what I gathered from the book, Emerick was not very impressed with George Harrison as a Lead Guitarist. I think he referred to his playing as "Ham Fisted" on occasion. On the other hand, Paul McCartney was starting to play more of the Leads on his songs, as well as John's, by the time they were recording Revolver. Paul's took the Solo on Taxman because George was having too much trouble coming up with something to play. I believe Paul also came up with the Solo for And Your Bird Can Sing. He was becoming a much better Guitar Player than George, largely because George was more interested in Eastern Music than Western and also because George didn't "Work" at his craft, meaning he didn't practice his Guitar playing. There is no doubt that Paul McCartney was a more gifted Musician than both John and George and probably why he started to "Take Over" the studio sessions from Pepper onward.

[@gmb858]

​@@carlweaver3243 I've read Geoff Emrick's book and agree with 100% on everything you said. Add to that John Lennon had taken some pretty hard licks from the media and the backlash over his off-hand statement of being more popular that Christ. I think when he made that comment that he saw something out of kilter in British culture that wasn't necessarily good. But, that interpretation didn't resonate and John didn't have the fortitude to explain himself fully which I think bothered him immensely. What it did was kill his interest in the Beatles and being a "pop star." He wasn't happy in his marriage, may not have been mature enough or emotionally equipped to be a father and longed for a more bohemian existence. He found it in Yoko. Lennon's dive into LSD left him intoxicated on psychedelics. When he took his eye off the ball and abandoned his leadership role with the Beatles, Paul, with the stronger talents and drive to continue, filled the vacuum. Reviewing the first 4 albums by the Beatles, they belong to John Lennon. You can see the driving force at play. The cross over probably occurred with "Tomorrow Never Knows." From that point forward, the tone of the Beatles' songs flowed eventually into the Wings catalog after the breakup. It's been said that George Martin signed the Beatles because of Paul McCartney's potential. Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records said he signed Cream because "I got Eric Clapton." I'm not saying the two music men had the same motives or that Martin's assessment was as clear Ertegun's in his instance. But, on the surface, Paul had more lyrical experience under the influence of his father and could play a wider range of instruments than John did. And, it appears that George Martin and Paul had the same thought pattern and had a natural inclination to collaborate with each other. In a nutshell, the two got along better and liked each other. I saw a video clip of Ringo saying that Paul had the work ethic. He related that he was at John's house one day when the phone rang. It was Paul telling the guys that it was time to get back to work. "I don't think we would have put out any of the later stuff if Paul hadn't pushed us," Ringo said in effect. George was never an "entertainer." John had the spark doused by the Jesus comment. Paul WANTED to be an entertainer. He was a show-off that wanted to be a showman... and he did it in spades. The motivation, the drive, was either not in character with George or, like John, got lost in the LSD trips and the constant haze of smoke from expensive weed. Either way, McCartney's influence turned into McCartney's dominance. It turned off the others completely to the point of hatred. Yet, John is said to have been talking about the next record after Abbey Road when the split between Allen Klein and Paul's father in law Lee Eastman occurred. The last resort was Paul going to court to negate the contract that Klein had negotiated, and in the process, broke up the Beatles. McCartney's influence will be felt and talked about more simply from the volume of work and his longevity. John Lennon will always be feted as the patron saint of Rock & Roll. Emblematic of his generation, his life was cut short from misunderstanding and from a form of madness. That mark may have more cultural impact than his work could say on its own. We'll have to leave that to future generations to decide although the Beatles are slipping from contemporary culture into the history books every year.

[@harvey1954]

Harrison's bit about getting beaten up had to do with their visit to Manila. He might have looked forward to the USA tour if The Beatles had bothered to learn anything off Revolver for it. They didn't do one damn tune off it. When I saw them in Philly in August of 1966 it was like watching another band. I had played Revolver all day, but that night only heard old stuff like "Daytripper". Steve Hillage did do a cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" several years later.

[@knickd1979]

Still waiting on Clapton’s promise to “pack it in” when he starts to go downhill 😂

[@gmb858]

He's still "packing in" 20,000 fans into arenas...speaks well for him don't you think? ;)

[@paulcooper8818]

Clapton is his own biggest fan

[@hv1225]

@@gmb858 I´d say that does not speak well for humanity.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

@@hv1225 Nice.

[@phillipbradford6976]

@@hv1225 why...because he has the stones to voice his opinion despite woke snowflakes trying to cancel him?

[@martakrupinska674]

Great video. Happy New Year! 😃🎇🥂🎊

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you. Happy New Year!

[@pedrogarcia8591]

SIR RAYMOUND DOUGLAS DAVIES !! GENIUS!! 🤩🤩👍👍🍷🍸🍻🥃🍺🍾👌👌

[@2011littlejohn1]

George was very kind to Ray Davies. Eric Clapton sounded immature, naive and ageist. Earth Wind and Fire's version of Got To Get You Into My Life was superb. I loved the movie Yellow Submarine but hated the song and George was right all the drunken squares asked me to play it for them when I was a beginner. I would cringe and laugh to hear a recording of my effort at the time. :)

[@tomc642]

I knew Ob-la Ob-la-da as a Beatles song, so I was mystified why Marmalade’s version reached #1. Both versions sound pretty much the same, only that Marmalade covered the Beatles song first.

[@tomc642]

@@conssuckballs Well, after Marmalade’s version already reached the charts, the Beatles probably had no reason too release the single.

[@graemeking7336]

I'm digging the new, clean look of the channel.

[@GOGOLH]

I listened to Revolver again last night in glorious mono (I must have heard it hundreds of times) and it still sounds brilliant all these years later. I love Ray Davies and his songwriting, but he could/can be a sourpuss. I suppose it must have been daunting trying to compete - if you felt you had to compete - with The Beatles. Perhaps Ray only heard the album once. He certainly would have been jealous of the production.

[@FigmentSALabel]

He wasn't down on The Beatles in his book.

[@philippeterson7503]

Just got to say how cool it was to see Al,Stewart's name.

[@wjniemi]

"Any reports that they have gone religious or changed their tune are only wishful thinking". That's priceless!

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Interesting fact: the bassist of She Trinity, went onto play Miss Lemon in Poirot many years later.

[@thewkovacs316]

it's really too bad that the clapton bloke packed it in at 30...he couldve been huge

[@subg8858]

Revolver was historically underrated in the US because it omitted three of Lennon’s songs. The US didn’t get the full proper version until was released on CD in the 80s

[@JosephScott-ct9sw]

No, it was rated highly in the U.S. in the '60s.

[@tskmaster3837]

After I watched this video, that cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" was unceremoniously added to my feed.... I'm almost afraid to click it. Here goes... They had no idea what the Beatles did and they didn't know what to do instead. That was not good.

[@kabiam]

801 with Brian Eno covered Tomorrow Never Knows in the 1970's Has a jazzed out funk feel, not the fierce magic of the original.

[@MplsTodd]

It’s on my list to checkout too!

[@mndandy]

The Mirage did some amazing tunes of their own, check out "The Wedding Of Ramona Blair" for one. Dee Murray (Elton John band) really to the fore on the vibrato bass.

[@waynej2608]

At the risk of sounding smug, I could've told you so. Call me crazy, but I Always prefer The Beatles, to do The Beatles. I'm ok, with a few covers, i.e. Ray Charles, Joe Cocker et al, but at the end of the day, you can't go wrong with the originals, esp the more John Lennon ones, like Tomorrow Never Knows. Cheers.

[@PotrzebieConolly]

Ironic that Clapton said he was getting a little tired of just blues and wanted to experiment with more pop, since he quit the Yardbirds because they were trying to do exactly that in 1965.

[@talbotsplace7316]

Certainly my favorite Beatles Album.

[@bryandawkins]

yet again yesterday's papers blew my mind, so being inspired by this video as a goof I'm going to try to get all the recordings of She Trinity. Thank you yesterday's papers

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Bryan! Glad you liked it. Enjoy those recordings by She Trinity. I think they actually had a couple of minor hits back then.

[@bryandawkins]

@@YesterdaysPapers The original members of She Trinity, Robyn Yorke, Shelley Gillespie and Sue Kirby, were Canadians who came to England around 1965. way to go Canada

[@gibbogle]

The Kinks were great.

[@ajo3085]

I'll never get into an argument with people who say Sgt Pepper was their masterpiece, but as long as I've got a copy of Rubber Soul and Revolver, I'm happy.

[@markhunter8554]

My two favorite. Both miles better than Pepper imao.

[@doctorbohr1585]

@@markhunter8554 I agree with both of you. I also rate the White Album and Abbey Road higher than Pepper. But I think Pepper is vaunted because of a) the effect it had at the time; and b) the musical and production techniques, which were technically masterful.

[@MrX-jw5yw]

I think Revolver was their best album.

[@danieltrickey9285]

Wow, all the Clapton haters below. Eric's unplugged album is one the finest recordings. He hasn't lost a step. This must be coming from non-players.

[@troytrellman5011]

Ray was a very good song writer in his own right. Probably regretted the comments shortly afterward.

[@dalegamburg8995]

he's a crabby cancer if there ever was one,never gave his brother credit,still he's a genius,even Hendrix, mr. cool was super competitive.

[@anthonycrawford9873]

@@dalegamburg8995 "Crabby cancer"? Have a word with yourself

[@dalegamburg8995]

@@anthonycrawford9873 dude in an astrologer, what are you other than an overblown critic,fyi with my scorpio rising I'm way worse than any cancer,again wT do u know astrology or kabbalah, obviously, nothing,is how I will take your remark,which I learnt nothing from,yeh and my virgo moon is wat worse,if your criticism isn't constructive, be quiet. punk.i got expelled from h.s. because of typing class

[@anthonycrawford9873]

@@dalegamburg8995 Ah, cancer as in the astrology sign! I was being dim. The rest of your reply is gibberish

[@chriscarlito6277]

Incredible stuff, once again GREAT video!