Drummer reacts to "Happiness is a Warm Gun" & "Martha My Dear" by The Beatles

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Ай бұрын

Well, Beatles Sunday was a bust. So, a rare Beatles Tuesday has appeared! What a set of tracks. One highlights John, the other highlights Paul. Both play to their strengths immensely. I loved "Happiness" and I enjoyed "Martha". I guess that shows who I prefer. Even though I haven't gotten into John's solo work (coming soon)... I love Paul's solo work so much. It's so hard to pick between the two lol.
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@TheReaperMan275 Ай бұрын

There are no two Beatles songs that sound the same; that's the versatility of this legendary group.

@rbking9296 Ай бұрын

Dear prudence and Helter skelter and the rest of this double white album is an absolute masterpiece

@jamesw.5855 Ай бұрын

'Oh Darling' should be a must on your Beatles/McCartney list. Will blow you away.

@stevedahlberg8680 Ай бұрын

Yes!

@mamared56 Ай бұрын

I'm a 68 year old grandmother and I love hearing much younger people react to music from the sixties and seventies. You do a great job!! Keep doing what you do❣

@jackpearson1110 Ай бұрын

Paul's endless beautiful melodies. Decades later, I find Martha My Dear to be one of the best. As far as the first song.....I love that too.. always have....forever.

@stephenriggs8177 Ай бұрын

It almost sounds like music for a tap dance recital, but I unapologetically adore this song.

@kevtruth Ай бұрын

That run of albums they had between 1965-69 is just nuts. So damn good

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

Yeah it's scary how fucking good these guys were. And they were MAINSTREAM. I don't know how. But the biggest band of all time not only doesn't suck, they fucking ROCK 😅😅🤣

@rogerhennie8939 Ай бұрын

Add A hard day’s Night from 1964. A Perfect pop Record.

@alrivers2297 Ай бұрын

Beatles For Sale from 64 has some great tunes on it as well, minus the covers

@sarahfullerton6894 29 күн бұрын

Two absolutely beautiful ballads from the early days are from the "Hard Day's Night" album, "If I Fell" & "And I Love Her".

@larryh.5229 Ай бұрын

The entire White Album is fantastic 👍

@2407paul Ай бұрын

In a time of 8 years the Beatles gave us so much music and so many genre's to explore. These guys were just fantastic!!

@GabrielSoares-lj9rv Ай бұрын

The greatest of the great!!!

@SimonRHoule Ай бұрын

These guys were shitty. The genius was George Martin and he was sitting BEHIND the studio console. Proof? The Beatles never could give a live performance good enough to be released on an album.

@GabrielSoares-lj9rv Ай бұрын

@@SimonRHoule Did George Martin produce only one band, only The Beatles???? You , me, the whole world knows the answer is NO! George Martin produced several bands! Well, if the genius was him, and just him, how came there were no several Beatles - as many as he produced??? G. Martin was a hell of a producer! A real genius in his "business". And he did a really good job with other bands/artists. But, if he never crossed path with the boys, the Fab Four, the greatest band ever (by far!!! No comparison to any other band or artist), NOONE, nobody (outside his closest circle) would have heard about him! A complete Unknown, a perfect Anonymous! As he was before The Beatles!!! He did NOT "make" several Beatles because there were/was/is just one Beatles!!! The boys gave him, provided him with THE BEST material a producer could ever get to work with! And he did "polished the gems". Polished, ONLY! Because it was jems what the boys provided him, as no other band/artist ever could/did! GEMS! Just in need of a little polishing. But gems!!! If G. Martin was just my producer, or Milli Vanilli´s producer - never the boys... George who???

@pradeepsen5780 Ай бұрын

George Martin had other groups under his charge. If he was the genius, how come those bands didn't make it.

@chriswood1661 26 күн бұрын

Happiness is a warm gun is songwriting on a next level. Astonishing composition.

@louisme5411 Ай бұрын

Dear Prudence is a perfect song imo

@david_aloni 25 күн бұрын

Makes me happy to hear you giving George Martin his props. A lot of people have never even heard of him, but he made such an enormous contribution to their sound and their efforts to push the boundaries of what could be done in the recording studio, it would be justified to think of him as a fifth member of the band.

@jamessomers8808 Ай бұрын

Whenever someone asks me, what is my favorite Beatles song, I always say “happiness is a warm gun”, and I was still a child when I decided that, when I had addiction problems years later the song really hit home. I still love the beginning part the best, very poetic.❤

@spooley Ай бұрын

Warm gun is yet another Beatles song I wish was about 2 minutes longer. Too many are just starting to cook then it ends.

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

I feel the same way, bro. More then a few, I wish just went on for another 4 minutes lol. These guys are so damn good.

@OroborusFMA Ай бұрын

The Abbey Road medley addressed that issue.

@glennmaillard5972 Ай бұрын

The success of most Beatles songs is that they were never quite long enough fur total satisfaction, you just had to play them again hoping to get the full fix. No time for boredom, craving for more. ✅

@glass2467 Ай бұрын

Happiness is a Warm Gun is one of my favorites on the White Album, and is actually among my favorites in the entire Beatle's catalog.

@P.Galore Ай бұрын

You will love " Dear Prudence" for the bass and minimalist production.

@Buzz_Purr Ай бұрын

Dear Prudence, the Escher Demo recording in particular.

@alanoliver5762 Ай бұрын

minimalist production? it has strings!😂

@thomaspappalardo7589 Ай бұрын

@@alanoliver5762No, it doesn’t. It has multiple guitars, bass, drums, piano, flugelhorn.

@annakermode6646 Ай бұрын

another Lennon masterpiece

@inmundo6927 Ай бұрын

AND the drums

@stephenduffett8340 Ай бұрын

George Martin was rightfully called the 5th Beatle

@junkersish Ай бұрын

another example of music from nearly 60 years ago that as aged better than music from more recent decades

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

You are so right it's kinda scary 😨 where did we go wrong. Well, I know. But still. Where?

@ohfour-seven6228 Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts I think money is at the root of our current music situation. Money spoils everything.

@carrerlluna66 Ай бұрын

Hey Ned here to say that here are some great bands from then and now who put out tons of re-listenable great songs. The problem is who controls your access to it and what the corporations want to smash into your eyes and ears. Don't give in, keep diggin turn people on to the good stuff and support artists as much as you can.

@ednieto05 Ай бұрын

I totally agree with you! Great point. I also still keep hearing new things in their songs all the time, and the appreciation for their amazing musicianship and innovation is really coming strongly from younger people these days which is so cool to see. The Beatles are that good. Timeless. Looking forward to more great videos like this one as you continue your journey with the Beatles.

@carrerlluna66 Ай бұрын

@@ednieto05 Yeah, their melodies and lyrics are so strong that it takes repeated listening and patience to catch the "stuff" in the background. I see my young students and the 20 year olds flip out when they see and hear people play music like this for the first time. It's like they were starving for something and didn't know it. Another reason to say thanks to people like Lee.

@user-pf7jm9go6o Ай бұрын

Winter of 1968. When this album was released, it was such an eclectic mix of styles and genres, from folk to psychedelic, it was revelatory. Could never get into Revolution #9, but other than that, every song is a gem in its own way. The Beatles were well into their experimental phase, leading into Abbey Road. Surprised that no one has reacted to Birthday, a great rocker anthem with absolutely meaningless lyrics other than celebrating a birthday, but so rousing! Also Julia, Lennon's gorgeous tribute to his mother whom he hardly knew. It is spellbinding.

@garyhamalainen1651 Ай бұрын

I would like you to dance(birthday) take a cha cha cha chance(birthday) you couldn't find any meaning in there? : )

@tommathews3964 Ай бұрын

As someone who followed along from the beginning, The White Album always felt like a grand hodge podge of their entire careers to that point. There is absolutely a little bit of everything on this masterpiece! From the beautiful ballads of “I Will”, “Julia”, and “Martha”, to ripping rockers like “Glass Onion”, and “Helter Skelter”, to quirky tidbits like “Piggies” and “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” to great lyrical stories that defy being pigeonholed into categories, like “Rocky Raccoon”. The White Album and Abbey Road are always in my car with me! I may not listen for months but they’re always there!

@dawnschneider1823 Ай бұрын

The White Album is my favorite from them! Great reaction!

@Humb7757 Ай бұрын

I’ll say it again…imagine yourself at 11 yo coming back from summer camp (1968) discovering your elder brother bought this album… The Beatles’ White Album’ is a stamp of my teenage years and still is!!still have the double vinyl version! ❤

@jamesdrynan Ай бұрын

I love Lennon's esoteric lyrics here. "...like a lizard on a windowpane. "

@lipby Ай бұрын

I like the "Martha my Dear" that you hear on the Get Back documentary, which is kind of a master class in creativity.

@alanoliver5762 Ай бұрын

it’s interesting to hear the reflections of people two generations younger about music that is the fabric of my life.

@mattreynolds612 Ай бұрын

Revolver and Rubber soul are their best albums to my tastes. So F'n Tasty!!!🎶🎶🎧🏆🤷‍♀️✌️

@pdxgrl1 Ай бұрын

Both of my favorites!

@mattreynolds612 Ай бұрын

Loveme some Martha my Dear. So eclectic, so Beatles.

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

I agree. Very different but very beatles. I love those kinda tracks. They really were the best.

@maximobenatti6110 Ай бұрын

happiness is fantastic !!!

@jef444 Ай бұрын

Dear prudence is a masterpiece, brilliant bass line.

@stevenblock9712 Ай бұрын

Listening to the White Album from beginning to end is a real experience, since it is 1:53 of thought-provoking songs and no two are alike. It starts with the rousing Back in the USSR and ends with the beautiful lullabye Good Night with Ringo singing like we have never heard him before. There are beautiful ballads and then there's Helter Skelter. Hearing it for the first time in 1968 was truly overwhelming.

@stevedahlberg8680 Ай бұрын

Are you kidding? The last one you reacted to is a fan favorite!

@roberttee9790 Ай бұрын

Good show! After Martha my dear ended, in my head I heard the opening of I'm so tired. 😮

@StanSwan Ай бұрын

Jim Morrison was in England and it is said he was at the session the Beatles recorded Happiness is a Warm Gun. There is a rumor Morrison might have contributed to the background vocals. They were still recording on 4-track in 1968 so it would have been hard to mix them down if he took part at all other than attending the session.

@jimholt1888 Ай бұрын

All roads lead to Beatles.

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

They sure fucking do. It's kinda wild 😳

@matthewhetzler4912 Ай бұрын

Yes, they are the keystone to all of it.

@charliecochran3035 Ай бұрын

This is really where they went into the studio unsupervised and did whatever the hell they wanted. Its glorious, fun, funny, and eye opening. "Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime" is one of my favorite song lines ever. The white album is full of gems that few non Beatles fans know. Im So Tired While My Guitar Gently Weeps Dear Prudence Yer Blues Helter Skelter Long, Long, Long Mother Nature's Son Thats just a small sampling of some of my favorites.

@orchidwave2574 Ай бұрын

I like that Martha My Dear doesn't even reference anything that suggests that the song's addressing Paul's sheepdog. Yet listening to it you can almost see visuals of a big playful fluffy dog, tongue hanging out, ears flopping around...

@carrerlluna66 Ай бұрын

Hey Lee from ol Spanish Ned. Happiness is a Warm Puppy was a collection Peanuts cartoons by Charles Schultz featuring Snoopy on the book jacket. The title was used and abused by a lot of different people. Now talking to your drumming self, the part which is the " Mother Superior Jumped the Gun.." is a 1 triplet 2 triplet then six hits followed by 1 triplet 2 triplet seven hits. Just like in Here Comes the Sun, Ringo plays it straight n simple to keep it all on track. Yeah, I'll say it... he is a genius drummer.

@kweile4339 Ай бұрын

I think they were an interesting team, John pulled Paul into artistic creativity and Paul has the mainstream pop talent that sells records. Great alone, better together. I am team John.

@betsyab121 Ай бұрын

Martha My Dear is one of those pithy little tunes that gets stuck in my head every so often!

@graemejones6530 Ай бұрын

Dear Prudence & Helter Skelter next please off the White album. Love your work ❤

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

I've actually done helter skelter! It was my second beatles song EVER. BUT... it got blocked 🚫 so its on patreon only sadly

@MJW2157 Ай бұрын

I think I like Martha My Dear so much because Paul wrote it about his Sheepdog Martha. So sweet.

@brianvernon249 Ай бұрын

My two favorite White Album Disc 1 Songs. Im glad I memorized this double album at age 9. The trombone solo in Martha My Dear is so smooth. I love the medley that Happiness actually is.

@GratefullyDead Ай бұрын

Happiness changed my life forever the very first time. Every thing different after this song

@1ABELOVE Ай бұрын

HeARD THIS FIRST WHEN IT CAME OUT , I WAS 13 -14,,..SO many great songs and it was the other albums,,, Ground breaking , and many instruments.

@nancyjameson7545 Ай бұрын

Oh Darling is a must. Vocals are incredible

@johnathanstruble1064 Ай бұрын

Martha My Dear, to me is a preview, of Paul McCartney and Wings, years before Paul would have ever thought the Fab Four would separate.

@connieb4372 Ай бұрын

Lee... glad that you touched on these two songs from one of my favorite albums... A man named John Voss turned me onto these songs in the late 70s/very early 80s. He worked for my husbands family's company and he could purse his lips and blow some of the best tunes. He was a fun guy and he was taken from us due to violent crime that has never been solved. I miss him and think about him every time I hear a tune from the White Album. RIP my friend!!! Keep up the hard work, glad that it is paying off for you. Take care all!

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

I am sorry to hear that... terrible world we live in sometimes. Thank you for your support it truly means the world to me 😁 ❤️ I'm glad yall turned me on to these legends. I would have continued to remain ignorant if not for yall.

@marcribe6483 Ай бұрын

Martha is the name of Paul's sheepdog. John saw the line Happiness Is A Warm Gun on the cover of a gun magazine that somebody brought to the studio one day.

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

I bet they got inspiration from weirder places than just that in their catalog 🤣 thank you for that tidbit. Sounds like John. Gotta love him.

@orchidwave2574 Ай бұрын

I sometimes wonder what sort of fantastically weird songs we'd have gotten from John if he'd seen a poster of something other than that Mr. Kite circus thing, if Julian had drawn a picture of something other than Lucy in the sky with diamonds, if the gun magazine had a different byline, if the newspaper from Day in the Life had different headlines, etc etc... What crazy memorable songs went unwritten, that only exist in some other alternate reality, where the Beatles found different inspirations and wrote different songs than what they ended up doing here? I mean, we're pretty lucky with the Beatles reality we did get...but I still wonder....

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

@@orchidwave2574 you think like I do 👀😅 alternate universe beatles. Imagine the timeline where Paul actually did die :(

@ignatzmuskrat3000 Ай бұрын

Yeah Phil Spector had a gun fetish. It's about Phil. Prescient song.

@SpuzzyLargo Ай бұрын

Didn't that gun magazine article title originally come from a Peanuts comic strip that said "Happiness is a warm puppy"?

@stephenstrudwick8095 Ай бұрын

"Back in the USSR" with its beach boy harmonies. First track on the White Album. Not sure if you've covered it, but if not, it's a rocking tune. 😊

@mikefetterman6782 Ай бұрын

Martha was Paul McCartney's famous sheepdog. John wrote most of Happiness in a waiting room when he picked up one of the magazines (sporting mag) and it had the title Happiness is a warm gun on the cover.

@mikefetterman6782 Ай бұрын

He was mocking people who are in love with guns and gun culture.

@mikefetterman6782 Ай бұрын

Having the London Philharmonic orchestra available for great strings and horns, really helped fill out a lot of the Beatles sounds on a lot of their later work.

@danielcarroll3ify Ай бұрын

For early Beatles When I Get Home is a rocker.

@zendt66 Ай бұрын

Yes, George Martin is / was a genius. An integral part of the group.

@edwardthorne9875 Ай бұрын

'Martha My Dear' works so well as an opener to side 2. It is so cheerful and rhythmic - and Martha makes her appearance in so many videos and photos. I used to love it as a precursor to the amazing rest of the albm side.

@user-ll2yj3hy4c Ай бұрын

This album was great, especially John and George's tracks.

@davidmckenzie420 Ай бұрын

I love Martha My Dear--and was so happy when I taught myself to play that intro on piano.

@charleswagner2984 Ай бұрын

Yes, it is a magnificent song. Amazing piano melody.

@TheNordicharps Ай бұрын

Me too 😂

@atrus3823 23 күн бұрын

Any musician would kill to write a progression as awesome as the HIAWG intro (honestly one of my favs). To only play it twice and never go back to it was friggin bold move 😂

@TodayImMaking Ай бұрын

Once you've reacted to all The Beatles songs, then you need to have a listen to each album all the way through. Their music is a gift that keeps giving.

@L33Reacts Ай бұрын

I'm definitely down for that. I've done a few albums all the way through in one sitting on patreon but I had To pause that because my schedule completely changed once my girlfriend's mom passed last month 😢

@TodayImMaking Ай бұрын

@@L33Reacts I'm so sorry for your and your girlfriend's loss.

@Chess8548 Ай бұрын

Happiness is a Warm Gun is one of my favorites. Music and lyrics are 🔥. First heard it in 1968. Perfect then and now.

@keithdf2001 Ай бұрын

I love Martha my Dear

@hudahekizzy8402 Ай бұрын

I consider it my third favourite Beatles song after Dear Prudence and Strawberry Fields Forever.

@brianhenson4128 Ай бұрын

The Beatles are the best. Gonna see Ringo and his all star band in September!

@ralpholson7616 Ай бұрын

Back in the day we interpreted the warm gun to be a loaded syringe.

@chris...9497 Ай бұрын

Not all of us... Also, some went off the deep end with things like: -"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" being a drug reference when all four Beatles insisted it was a song about John's son's drawing. -"Helter Skelter" being about demonic subject matter (thank insane murderer Charlie Manson) instead of an amusement ride metaphor. -"I am the Walrus" and the Abbey Road cover being about Paul's alleged death and replacement instead of a fam magazine's contest to guess which Beatle was which animal in the then-upcoming Magical Mystery Tour film. John even made fun of it in "Glass Onion".

@michaelbadyna1715 Ай бұрын

JHON SAW THAT TITLE ON A FIELD AND STREAM MAG WHILE WAITING TO SEE RTHE DOC REST IS HISTORY.

@bendbadgersteve 2 күн бұрын

That's John fixing some smack with Yoko (Mother Superior). The "gun" is the rig.

@johndavids4780 Ай бұрын

If you have never heard the Beatles and just picked 3 songs at random there is a pretty fair chance you could think that all three were by different bands, especially post Rubber Soul. Some diminish their pre Rubber Soul work but I have great admiration and appreciation for it. Why? Because the power of their influence and popularity among their target teen audience gave them the artistic freedom to do everything since. As I am sure you have heard before Beatlemania was not a myth or an exaggeration. You had to be there in those times. I was and they inspired me to become the musician that has supported me and my family for over 50 years. They saved me from life in a factory.

@dalemcmillan7231 Ай бұрын

White Album was in 1968. Bought it then when l was 12 years old. Played it to death. Huge #1 Album of course. ❤

@secolerice Ай бұрын

I don’t know why critics didn’t like the white album. I love it. When I was about 15 (1972) and couldn’t afford the double album set, I rented it out of the library and taped it onto my dad‘s big reel to reel tape set.

@olmanrock5381 Ай бұрын

As an ex-junkie, you might know a warm gun is a heroin rig, the trigger is the plunger, so happiness is getting the fix.

@bobg6638 25 күн бұрын

GREAT songs. So different.

@douglasbarrera951 Ай бұрын

They were in a studio in NY and Paul found in the lobby a guns and ammo magazine with Happiness is a warm gun on the cover. He thought it was amusing so he brought it to John and he thought it was hilarious. And that was the genesis of that song

@HeckleCat Ай бұрын

My friend's dad took the album away from her when he heard that song HIAWG back in the 70s 🤣 we were listening to it and he was passing by her room...

@Grizazzle Ай бұрын

Two great songs!

@fhenderson1307 29 күн бұрын

I strongly disagree with the post prior to mine. This is exactly what youtube should be. People sharing their experiences and giving others the opportunity to comment. it is a community of people coming together in a common interest, Thank you youtube, and thank you L33. and yes the white album was amazing. By the way it is actually called simply THE BEATLES. Happiness is a Beatles tune.

@dennishuxley747 22 күн бұрын

Stunning compositions

@estoote Ай бұрын

True it's not a "concept album," but a great deal of care has been taken with the sequencing of the songs, so you really will benefit from listening in order. Several times there are fades from one song into the next (first example, Back in the USSR fading into Dear Prudence), but even when there's a clean break it can be delightful how the beginning of one cut gives a remarkable contrast to the ending of the previous. Everybody's Got Something to Hide is at its absolute best when you hear it right after the cut that precedes it.

@GratefullyDead Ай бұрын

The orchestra in Matha. Amazing

@1monki 14 күн бұрын

I believe the ending of _Happines_ was Lennon's satirical take on American's love of guns. Pretty accurate take.

@robertleh9306 Ай бұрын

One of the unheralded gems from this album is George Harrison''s lovely, haunting Long, Long, Long. It's a prelude to the genius that show itself on Abbey Road and fully flower in his solo work. Also, Ringo's drumming is positively lyrical - perfect support for the song. Give it a listen. Love your station!

@rghilino6734 Ай бұрын

The White Album is just incredible.

@whizspry1 Ай бұрын

Any Beatles fan should check out the movie "Across the Universe". It is about the sixties and somewhat of a musical with all Beatles covers. The artists perform brilliantly. It is a great snap shot of the turmoil of the sixties. A must watch!

@TeresaMosby-sm4js Ай бұрын

Love that movie!

@user-gu1zb6cw6t Ай бұрын

😂Thanks Lee! I never thought I'd see a Happiness is a Warm Gun reaction. Well played.

@marcuspi999 22 күн бұрын

Funny, when you said Paul singing instead of John, I immediately looked at the time stamp and thought, okay two hundred people already pointed it out already.

@carlosbuscatore 29 күн бұрын

GREAT SONGS!

@aldo34 Ай бұрын

I always forget what a cracking song Martha My Dear is. The beginning always puts me off a bit.

@alrivers2297 Ай бұрын

Love these deeper cuts

@veevintage2619 Күн бұрын

The real deal with Happiness is a Warm Gun is the INSANE tempo signature changes. At some point the boys are playing 3/4 (during the spoken interlude), but Ringo's tempo is still 2/4 throughout.

@fromtheblonx Ай бұрын

Also, love the "bang bang shoot shoot" backing😂

@ozmaile7938 Ай бұрын

They set the bar so so high that even there very good stuff was a was a let down to critics

@Grizazzle Ай бұрын

George Martin - yes, a genius and legendary producer!! The Beatles wouldn't have been the same without him.

@thetoadsong Ай бұрын

The Beatles had two producers: Martin and McCartney. Agree George Martin was a genius and The Beatles wouldn't have been the same without him, but once Paul learned in the first few years, he became The Beatles lead producer and never given the credit for it. Tomorrow Never Knows.... John's song, Paul's production. Something.... George's song.... Paul's brilliant bass production makes it a classic. Helter Skelter.... Paul's song.... Paul's insane production that George Martin couldn't even fathom. Applies to entire catalog after Rubber Soul. Master McCartney.... Beatles best producer.

@gettinhungrig8806 25 күн бұрын

His bass on 'Something' was irrelevant. I hear George's demo of the song and his performance at Concert for Bangladesh, both with McCartney nowhere in sight, and I still hear a masterpiece. Also you got off track there, bass playing and producing are two different things.

@gettinhungrig8806 25 күн бұрын

George Martin didn't produce 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun'. He was away on holiday. Chris Thomas was listed as producer - though in reality they were pretty much doing it themselves - see Lewisohn book and Lennon's Rolling Stone interview.

@Rhiannon011 Ай бұрын

I heard the whole story about what "Happiness is a warm gun" is all about, in an interview with John about the song. Before I get into that, John said that "Mother Superior" in the song was Yoko (his wife) and how at times he felt she was "nagging and lecturing him" and one time they were in a car and she "was nagging him" and he got upset and said "Okay Mother Superior" sarcastically and that name kind of stuck when Yoko "nagged him". Now the story about how this song came to be, John said I read a story in the newspaper about a man that went on a shooting spree (did not happen on a regular basis back then the way we do now sadly) killing innocent people. After reading about this man that went on a shooting spree and about this mans' "psyche" he wrote the song about what he thought seemed to have been what this man was thinking as he held his gun and shot innocent people, the "feeling of how messed up some people can be holding that gun and how it makes them feel, giving them that since of power they felt they didn't have "without it" and how it makes them almost "gleeful" really sick I know. They could play this song now and all of us would relate to so many messed up people, using the "sense of power" to go and shoot so many innocent people. Harry Chapin also wrote and sang a song "The Sniper" and the whole song from beginning to end is this man telling his story and how all these emotional hurt feelings through his life, the way his mother treated him when he was a kid, all the built of resentments and pain, then "how he felt" going up to a high building and using that gun "to release the pain", it is a very scary tale, but I feel people should listen to it. Chapin was very wise to express the feelings of what it might feel like to be a mass shooter. Maybe we could learn something from it now.

@stefanandersson2402 7 күн бұрын

I´m sure that ´s the official version. To me it has always been obvious that he is singing about his temporary mistress at the time "mrs H". The line "I need a fix, cause I´m going down" kind of gives it away.

@Rhiannon011 7 күн бұрын

@@stefanandersson2402 Well, I'm just pretty much quoting from John Lennon's "own voice" in an interview, when they asked him what this song was about and what I wrote is what "John Lennon said" in the interview.

@backbeat44 Ай бұрын

Happiness is a Warm Gun was the influence for Radiohead's Paranoid Android. They marvelled at how so much could be covered in such a short period of time and that it flowed so effortlessly. The song is only 2:44 at it changes constantly. It's simply brilliant. also Sexy Sadie on the White Album was the influence for Radiohead's Karma Police.

@ChaseArkansas Ай бұрын

Happiness is a warm gun is a top 3 beatles song easy love that song that and dear prudence are goated af

@reinacarbetta388 Ай бұрын

I love Martha! One of my faves, for sure 🫶🏽

@jamessomers8808 Ай бұрын

I can’t think of one Beatles song that I don’t like, and I think I’ve heard the majority of them, especially if you really listen to and dive into the BBC compilation of them when they were still like a 50s rock band❤ I think there’s 50 songs on it. It’s really amazing, it gives you a lot of insight to their musical whatever.

@poptart4260 Ай бұрын

You can’t duplicate the original guitar sounds , between the band , the studio and G Martin it’s a home run every time

@mariaportengen2959 Ай бұрын

I'm glad I grew up with this fantastic music. Again another masterpiece by the Fab Four. 🎶🎶🎶🎶😍👍

@YellowJello57 Ай бұрын

Great reaction, Lee, as always

@Russ-gy7tx Ай бұрын

Thanks, L33, Great reaction, and review.

@paulehney4581 Ай бұрын

Got to love the blank album cover.

@charleswagner2984 Ай бұрын

To me, the perfect album cover and title for The Beatles only double studio album. As genius as George Martin's many talented contributions to this album. Everyone is in top form.

@Chess8548 Ай бұрын

Have to say that even though I heard the White Album when I was 16, but never really heard it until I smoked weed for the first time a couple of years later. Layers upon layers !

@phillydisco Ай бұрын

Martha My Dear is Paul playing all the instruments (i.e. the rhythm section). Watch Paul play a small piece of Martha My Dear during the get back sessions kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9Bmga54xLG7cZ8.html

@gettinhungrig8806 25 күн бұрын

No, that's been debunked. George on electric guitar and Ringo on drums as per White Album super deluxe edition book. Even has a photo of George at the session.