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0:00 Introduction.
0:27 Yellow Submarine.
3:05 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Costs.
4:37 I've Got A Feeling.
6:11 Julia.
7:08 Dear Prudence.
7:45 Good Night.
9:00 Flugelhorn!
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11:08 She's Leaving Home.
12:24 Strawberry Fields Forever.
16:16 Love You To.
18:24 Rain.
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I bought the Beatles anthology albums back in the 90s. I was only a teenager at the time, so I didn’t know they would be demos. I heard the demos and thought they were virtually finished songs and thought to myself, ‘Why are these guys rated so highly?’ It wasn’t until I heard the album versions from an album I borrowed off a friend that I realised why they were rated so highly. I often think to myself after listening to the demos how much of an input George Martin and George Emerick had. The demo of Sexy Sadie compared to the final version is night and day. I then think how much the Kinks were hindered by not having producers and engineers of the calibre of those two. I think the sound quality of the Kinks’ records is pretty pitiful compared to the Beatles’ records. I would argue that Ray Davies had more talent than McCartney or Lennon, but he didn’t have the fortune to work with Martin and Emerick, and I would argue Dave Davies was maybe a better guitarist than George Harrison – very underrated.
David, please stop sucking the magic out of the Beatles. Maybe try some Beethoven or something.. there’s plenty of other sources of magic to plunder out there
@ili626 What are you, five years old?. It’s about time that Beatles fans stopped believing in Santa Claus. No doubt Lennon and McCartney were really talented songwriters and great melody writers, but they were diamonds in the rough polished off by two geniuses in George Martin and sound engineer George Emerick. It’s about time music lovers realise that the bands are only as great as the producers and sound engineers. I am a massive Radiohead fan, but I am fully aware that the genius producer Nigel Godrich enabled them to reach a level they never would have on their own. Anyway, if any band deserves to be stripped of their mystique, it’s U2, a total producers’ band. Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno were 90% of their sound. At the least the Beatles were proper musicians.
@ili626 As a Beatles fan myself I have no idea what you mean by sucking out the magic. The magic is surely how these songs came to life, through the writing and production of the songs we all love
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Surprised he does not have his own television programme he is that good. Ridiculous levels of attention to details.
…of all time!
One of my favs is John’s demo for If I Fell where he sings Paul’s higher part in falsetto
Yes!
Is it take 11 from the anthology or is there another demo you’re talking about?
Nvm I found it here on YouTube
@FLICK3RYTwhich is it?
@jamarwashington6419 just search Beatles – If I Fell demo. It’s just John playing an acoustic guitar.
Bruh I swear 99% of the content I consume that involves the Beatles comes from this channel lol
Sounds good to me! Add my Beatles podcast channel into the mix too!
What is a channel lol?
“Bruh”? Grow up
@jasoncdebussy actually I’m a minor
The true Mr. Beat
0:54 using his telepathic powers to hold his cigarette up in mid air
It’s on a guitar string 😊
their mind powers are off the charts
John Cipollina of QMS would stick his cigarette on a guitar string. John Lennon knew how to levitate it.
Love You To in a major key sounds like the Travelling Wilburys
And this is exactly why I want to hear all the outtakes despite what Apple or others say. I find this stuff incredibly fascinating, with simple instrumentations before their layering, changed lyrics. I want to hear it all.
I had lots of fun with this video! Thank you! Very well researched
Thanks 🎉
The Julia/Everybody Had a Hard Year melody is also used in the opening few bars of Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Yeah it’s the same picking pattern again, well spotted 😊
bro gets it! that yellow submarine demo, the DIFFERENCE between it than final version is almost eerie. rly genius tbh
Two days in a row of Beatles Songwriting Method videos? It’s our lucky week.
A superb piece of Beatles musicology. And you have to acknowledge how important Paul’s (re)arrangement skills were in coming up with the final versions.
Paul is a great arranger 😊😊
The fingerpicking pattern from Julia is also used in Look At Me from his first solo album
Also in “Octopus’ Garden”?
This is so interesting, and timely. I’m working on a song that has a timing problem. Now, I just need Paul McCartney to pop-over for a bit…
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Wish we were all so lucky. 😊
BIG CONGRATS. This series is an inspiration for writers and fans. You’ve hit hit it out of the park this time, Mr. Bennett.
This is extremely important and interesting information. My favourite video of yours yet. Could do with a part 2.
Thank you 😊
4:16 Hahahahahaha! I can just picture the confused looks on all their faces when they look around to see who didn’t get lost.
The opening guitar piece in Dear Prudence is magical.
I remember George saying in a interview once that John never really knew about the different time signatures he would sometimes write in. He would just do whatever came naturally and sounded good to him. Great video btw.
Yeah that sounds right 😊
Great video as always David. I love listening to all these demos and facts about the Beatles, I’ll have to check out your podcast.
Thank you 😊