They’ve actually commented on the fact that they couldn’t hear themselves play. They had just played together so intensely that muscle memory carried them through. But it ceased being enjoyable. And so they stopped being a touring band. Perhaps that’s good….they concentrated on the studio and creativity. And took us all on an incredible ride.

The weird thing is that this stuff was just as radical in 1963 as their psych stuff was in '66-'67 or their mature stuff was in '68-'69, maybe more so. If you listen to it next to what other bands were doing at the time, it's just so far beyond. But you're right, it sounds very of its time now, where the later stuff is timeless.

You can tell they spent thousands of hours playing in small clubs to disinterested audiences. Their energy is propelled to the audience. Also, in She Loves You, starting the song with the chorus just grabs you from the first listen. Brilliant.

Ringo was left handed drummer playing a right handed kit. He was like a metronome, perfect meter and timing. Thats part of the reason why Ringo's fills are odd, he started them out with his left hand

“She Loves You” is the most important song in music history. It changed everything. It really stirred the mania, which put them on the map and allowed them to evolve. It changed and influenced music forever. BTW, most artists, including those in Hip Hop (douchebag Kanye, Dre and Jay) all cite The Beatles as an influence on them! Why the mania? As I’ve researched, it was a combination of things. They were doing stuff musically that had never been done (even the early stuff, which is more complicated than it sounds,) uniform suits, haircuts (which was considered long and rebellious at the time,) even the synchronized bows after every song all added to the mystique. It was also timing. There was a lot of bad shit happening in the world, including JFK’s assignation. The world needed The Beatles. As for the mania itself, they couldn’t hear themselves throughout Beatlemania - and the crowd really couldn’t hear them either. The equipment back then just wasn’t up to par for this type of mania. Ringo watched their body movements to see where they were in the song. Check out their Shea Stadium performances, the first ever stadium show. 56,000+ in attendance, listening through the sports PA system lol.

"I Saw Her Standing There" by the Beatles would totally be worth checking out. Total bop.

From everything I've heard, Paul McCartney definitely elevated the status of playing bass guitar.

I've been around for a long time (I'm 72). and a musician myself. I loved the Beatles from their first song to their last and afterwards. I call it evolution among the musicians and the consumers of their music. They led the way and we followed. BTW, I was backstage watching them from the side and I couldn't hear them either. All I could hear was people screaming. I did however get to be part of their press conference beforehand. I was very close along with my sister. John winked at her.

I was one of those girls.... saw them live in '64, '65, and '66. I cried through the whole thing. Lol

I grew up with the beatles and as they grew and chsnged so did i. As a 10 year old their esrly simpler more poppy sound appealed to me. As i grew and matured, their music also matured, and got more complex. mirroring my own inner complexity. I was, am, and will continue to be a Beatles fanatic.

Twist and Shout was famously recorded in one take. They recorded the entire album in one day. John’s voice was shot after being I’ll and singing all day. He said he had one more take and absolutely nailed it

Simply Outfuckinstanding! And the crowd never stopped screaming til they stopped touring

The Beatles where the ones that stretched the music industry. They started with basic songs and just progressively evolved and took music in New directions. They where very different than the average American musicians of the 60s. They launched hundreds of copycat bands. Thier musical library is deep and varied. To explore it takes a journey.

don't underestimate how good these earlier songs are... the main reason the Beatles became so popular is their talent for writing catchy songs that are remarkable earworms.. these songs came on the radio and they were irresistible, and a few cuts above everyone else.. .first and foremost they were talented songwriters, and right from the start

Ringo was a human metronome and he had a great shuffle beat. He never tried to take over a song, his goal was to compliment the others. He was just steady and consistent. And yes. The head shaking had the girls swooning. They were excellent showman.

If you really want to hear some tight bassline grooves check out "Taxman", "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy). Definitely launched a few bass careers.

You’re not alone as a younger person in appreciating The Beatles later songs. Songs like this which are really Rock and Roll songs that came out of them listening to American 50’s singers like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis. It wasn’t until later records in 65/66 where they really started to develop more unique and experimental songs on albums like Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sergeant Peppers.

If you listen to the music that was on the radio in the early 60's you can see how different The Beatles were from the other acts.

I really appreciate how you're digging into the history if the band. Most of their best music, in hindsight, happened after 1965, but it's a lot easier to appreciate where they ended up when you understand how it started.

Paul definitely helped make playing the bass cool. At this stage he's still playing functional bass lines, but from 1965 on, his playing is on another level and combines the functional with lead melodic instrumentation. It's also important to remember that they were always experimental and inventive. She Loves You obviously sounds less so than what came after, but has to be thought of in the context of the time it was written and recorded. There was always a lot going on musically and something as simple as saying yeah instead of yes, along with the clear regional accents was every bit as revolutionary as the later material in its own way.

Great choice! This is an extremely rare film, shot in color, not colorized. I think it really shows off their incredible on stage charisma. You mentioned how loud the crowd was. I guarantee it was turned down. During all of those hours in Hamburg, they really really learned how to play to the crowd and engage them. THis is a master class in engaging the audience.

What you call simple stuff was unique for the time. The reason for their huge popularity worldwide was that no other artist had ever made music like that before. Also no other artists at that time wrote their own songs. They insisted from the start that every single that was released was their own composition. That may well be the norm now, but it certainly was not in 1963.

That’s part of the reason the Beatles stopped doing live shows. The crowds were so big and so loud, they couldn’t hear themselves. It stopped being fun for them! In defense of the crowds, we had never had their kind of music before. I remember just being in awe of them. It brought out a feeling of freedom in a sense. A newness and excitement for the future of music in our lives!

The head shake, with "Oooo!", was something they took from touring with Little Richard, who was one of the founders of Rock & Roll. That wild charisma, combined with body language, and cues to break free, were absolutely revolutionary in the 50's. It had taken about 7, or 8 years, to brew to the potency you see, on display here. It was no passing fad. It was here, to stay. It's, partially, a commentary on the repression of the world the audience had endured, and a deep feeling of needing to press through, to new horizons. It gave permission to seek the realm of expression. Liberation was the flavor, and boy, did they ever get the pressure cooker going.

"She Loves You" is another early catalogue tune, that really highlights Lennon's amazing skill on rhythm guitar. He's actually playing triplets on guitar ( usually drums). The tone that he created on that big Rickenbacker was pretty great.

My wife and I went to see Paul in the 1990s and from the first notes of "Can't Buy Me Love," one of the Beatles' big 1964 songs, she stood up and started jumping and mindlessly screaming. I looked around and dozens of other women in their 30s and 40s were doing exactly the same thing. When the song ended, she was sweating and unsteady on her feet. She plopped back down in her seat and turned to me, saying, "What the hell just happened to me???" I'd bet all those other women were wondering the same thing. Didn't happen for any other songs...just the one from the days of Beatlemania.

I was 10 years old when the Beatles first came to America. They arrived here in New York City on February 7th 1964. two nights later they made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Three months before, we lost a President and our country was in deep mourning. In December of 1963, Phil Spector, (nicknamed the 5th Beatle), introduced their new hit I want To Hold Your Hand. It sold out almost overnight. By the time the boys arrived here, they were already the number 1 group in America. It was their unique sound their fresh youth, their humor and most of all, their hair style that drove this country and eventually the world absolutely crazy. Why you ask, because they lifted us out of a deep state of mourning and gave us hope. The Beatles had a certain magic that was so captivating, they were close to being worshipped by millions of teenage girls. In fact, one reporter asked a young fan why she loved them so much, she couldn't understand why, she just knew she did. Syed, it was a time like no other and will never be repeated again. You thought you knew why they stopped touring, yes, part of it was because it was hard to hear themselves, but the real reason was they were just tired, it wasn't fun anymore. Three years of endless touring, being cramped up in hotel rooms like prisoners, no privacy, no peace, constantly under scrutiny, and so many other factors, plus the endless screaming. after the last concert in San Francisco, in 1966, John walked out and he said, "I'm done", and that was it.

I grew up with the Beatles and still listen to their music, all of it. One of my favorites is THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD.

I was 4 years old when She Loves You came out. Whenever I hear it today a little nostalgic tear stings my eye. Brings back so so many memories of a long lost childhood.

Ringo is probably one the most underrated drummers in music's history. There have been some the so called best drummers who tried to play the drums to some of these songs who then said they give hats off to Ringo.

And of course they were incredibly uber-talented.

The second clip was their Washington DC concert from 1964-after each song they would turn Ringo's drum kit a quarter turn so each side of the audience could see them perform from the front-in this video they were turned towards the press reporters and photographers-note the police presence separating the band from the audience as they performed very close to the crowd-this was at the very beginning of Beatlemania in the US (February 1964).

Part of the deal is this: back in the early 60’s, “proper” girls were supposed to be “ladylike”…. Soft-spoken, act with decorum. the Beatles, and bands like them…..It was the first time we could let ourselves go….get a little crazy….but still in an “innocent” way. The parents thought the Beatles were clean cut nice boys…. So you had permission to go to those concerts snd let lose. It’s hard to explain still how straightlaced society was for most of us coming out of the 50’s. The Beatles either started that big change, or rode that wave. It’s hard to separate them from all the cultural changes that happened over just five short years. It was immense

dude, I haven't even started watching it yet but it came up in my feed and I'm like yeah I'm going to go watch this right now. The Beatles were part of my childhood, and by the time I was able to start buying records and Junior High man I bought every one of their albums. and I love all of their stuff but I know so much about them now and I'm a musician my whole life so I can appreciate the history of you know playing in a small band with shitty equipment back at that time and just working your ass off especially during that stent they did in Hamburg for a while which made them really hard and also playing in the cavern in liverpool. and so by the time this stuff is being recorded I just think they are really blossoming even though they are still doing half covers and half original at that point. I just love it though. this stuff is amazing to me so I can't wait to watch this.

The fantastic Revolver album is due out again in a new mix in November . This, as the title suggests, was a revolutionary album on which that metamorphosis you said about really began to show itself

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Twist and Shout was a cover of a song that was a hit for The Isley Brothers before the Beatles did it.

This was soooo innovative, so different than the music before. It was shocking music because there was nothing like this before on an international level. And they evolved musically and their audience did too. This music said: you can have fun!

Kudos to your channel. One of the few music reaction channels that actually adds value. I appreciate your musical and historical perspective, and your appreciation of the lyrics and the art of the music, and the message that the artist is trying to convey. Well done.

Paul being left handed and George being right handed made it perfect for shaing a mic for harmonies and still playing their instruments. Their early image was very much influenced by Brian Epstein who was their manager, he picked out all their early outfits and helped shaped them into a well drilled unit on stage.

There's a live performance of "Revolution" by The Beatles on KZfaq that'd be a good one to react to. It's a much later song, I think recorded in 1968, and the music and look of the band are in sharp contrast with how they sounded and looked in their early years.

Excellent brother!!! I still love those songs - they are just epic - great great job 👏

I wish you could hear The Beatles as my generation did. They were so radically different from anythng we'd ever seen or heard. Feeling chills was a natural phenomenon to hearing their unique sound - and for its time, it was so LOUD! When they first came out, if you told us The Beatles had just dropped down from Mars - we might have believed you. They were that revolutionary.

They adopted the suits and neat haircuts for mainstream acceptance. Even so, at the time they were considered to have long hair with their “mop top” styles. When the Stones came along they became the anti-Beatles. Long messier hair. Casual clothes. And the promoters for both bands pushed that comparison. Everyone was in the Beatles or Stones camp. It helped both bands become even more famous.

I went to one of the first concerts they performed in the United States in Houston Texas in 1965 and the girls were screaming so loud I could barely hear any of the music. But it was still neat to be in attendance in what turned out to be an iconic legendary band.

About the way they performed...oh, they totally knew what they were doing with the head shaking, that it drove the girls crazy. Paul was, and is, a powerhouse as a performer and song writer. To watch him compose Get Back is awesome. If you haven't seen that it's in the Peter Jackson version of the documentary. Really worth watching. And they knew what they were doing when they developed as a band. But I still love their earlier stuff, even if it is simple compared to their later albums. The later albums built on their earlier songs. Did you catch the harmonizing in She Loves You? 😉

Ringo is left- handed, but he set up his kit just like a right- handed drummer would. This gave rise to some really unique rhythms and fills. You don't hear him mentioned with Peart, Bonham, etc., because Ringo is not much of a technician, but his genius shines in his inventiveness and pocket play. He customized his playing to fit each song, and some of his licks you won't hear anywhere else.

Beatle Mania !!. Watch out !! It's contagious !! Before you know it, you will be listening to all their music in a major binge.

Ringo has a great interview on YT where he talks about playing the incredibly loud venues. He said he would watch John's backside for the rhythm, because John would just stand there, feet shoulder width, and bounce up and down on his toes in time to the music. Later in the songs, Paul would usually throw in a "Woooooo!" and Ringo would think to himself, "Oh, that's where we are!". Hysterical!

Nice to see this reaction. As the venues grew it got to the point where the guys couldn't hear themselves. The sound systems were primitive. The hair blew people's minds because it was much longer than average men's hair. Look at the men in the crowd - they're wearing ties and have short hair. I like the second twist and shout - It rocks harder. I agree with your ideas about personal music tastes. As a band writing their own material - that was revolutionary. She Loves You - when John and Paul finished writing it at Paul's parents house they played it for his dad. His dad liked it but suggested they change "Yeah, yeah, yeah" to "Yes, yes, yes". LOL One other thing to mention: Just imagine being a young person when the Beatles first came out. They looked different with their long hair. They sounded different - and better. They rocked with great material that THEY wrote - with 3 and 4 part harmonies. They were witty and fun. But beyond that was the incredible journey they took us on. Remember, when they hit the scene nobody had any idea what was to come. There were these two songs from an album recorded in ONE DAY. There was no Yesterday, no Blackbird, no Strawberry Fields, no Hey Jude and no Here Comes The Sun. All of this unfolded over the years. We never knew what they would do next. Eventually, on first listen to an album, you didn't even have any clue what the next song would be. Revolver went from rockers like Dr. Roberts to full on Indian pop "Love To You", to the unclassifiable Eleanor Rigby, to Tomorrow Never Knows which is truly Avant Garde to this day. All on one album. Because they changed, and grew, so quickly it was an amazing journey we all got to witness unfold in real time.

Their early music is still fresh today. They were miles ahead of everyone else. Their early stuff takes a backseat to no one.

I heard Ringo say that he worked things out by the way the other 3 were moving about on stage. and by the way they bobbed d around or shook their ass lol. You were right. Ringo could not hear a thing

My dad bought this home as an Easter gift for my mom. We all loved it and played it constantly until we got the next one.

A couple of thoughts on your comments: Paul was a guitarist first and played bass because they needed one. He brought a lot of his guitar sensibilities to the bass and changed the way it was played . He was a pioneer of using the bass as a melodic instrument instead of just part of the rhythm section. Prior to their final concert in San Francisco no one used monitors on stage. Their crowds were so loud that they pretty much invented the idea of using monitors -- speakers pointed back at the band -- so they could hear each other. The fact that they could play like this without monitors is a tribute to their musicianship. The three out front could only hear Ringo. You are spot-on about their popularity being tied to their uniqueness as well as their talent.

Their performance of 'Twist and Shout' on I'm pretty certain Ready Steady Go in b&w one Friday evening in late '63 and particularly John's vocals were what finally turned the switch from Standby to full On. I'd played on the street in front of our house probably before turning 3, likely inspired by the Pearlies in London where I was born. But that performance cemented my determination to play music. Edit: I'd been a staunch fan since '62, when they first burst onto the scene. I'd drawn a picture illustrating my dad's weekend labours building a trellis for climbing roses in our back garden and added a line about watching the Beatles on TV and the sow of a nun overseeing our class(Class 1) equivalent to Kindergarten at the time marked my spelling as wrong, noting the insect spelling in red pencil

I remember we were having a discussion about the Beatles at work when a female colleague remarked, 'My auntie had Paul McCartney once.' That was a show stopper!

I grew up with them. I was 13 in 1863 and I cannot explain it myself but the Beatles changed my life from black and white to color. You HAD.to be there to know their impact. It is like combat in war. You can think you know what it is like but unless you have been in it - you have no real idea.

Ringo used to watch their heads for when they went ‘whooooo’

You're just telling me that you love the more musically impressive of the old pieces, as opposed to the purely popular ones. Same for me and i grew up with my dad playing the lot of it on vinyl. Songs like A Day In The Life stood out. Or Battle of Evermore by Zep, which isn't one people mention too often.

It's good to see you checking out their early work and be able to appreciate their evolution in such a relatively short time. Brian Epsten cleaned the boys up and put them in suits. He knew how to package and promote them. They were victims of the technology - they have so few amps on stage they could never be louder than the audience. "Beatlemania" was not the first - women screamed and swooned over Elvis, Frank Sinatra and even silent film star Rudolph Valentino.

On KZfaq, the Greatest 20 hits of 1963 would explain the appeal of the Beatles First two Albums...a breath of fresh air

I was 13 when they first hit. I became a professional musician (bass player) because of Paul and the Beatles.😊

Allegedly when John Lennon met Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan told John that he loved their music but they don't say anything. Presumably shortly afterwards John Lennon wrote Nowhere Man.

John Lennon's voice is really tearing the house down. He gave his guts out. Ringo was the glue who keep it all together

With "She LovesYou" there was something wrong with Paul's microphone as you can barely hear him singing the melody, instead you hear John singing the harmony part so you don't get to hear how the song really sounds. Thanks for doing these reactions. Your insights are very good🙂

Beatles A-Z dude. They are the most eclectic and brilliant act of all time. Four guys and a phenomenal producer. Have fun exploring!

Just to let you know that Twist & Shout was never officially a single. Their US record company had a free hand in releases stateside and they released it as a single. In the UK it was an album track although it was issued later on an EP. Some of their most well known tracks were only an album track, another one being I Saw Her Standing There.

Paul is so wired up on T&S in Manchester. They personified the basic joy and excitement of performing like no other. Even stoic George lets out an impromptu Woooo at 2:18.

The second version of Twist and Shout was from the Washington Coliseum concert in Feb 1964. It was broadcast by closed circuit TV to a bunch of theaters in America, and I watched it live in a theatre in Los Angeles at the age of 11. This looks like it was colorized, because we saw it in black and white. They had to move the drum stand every few songs because the audience was in the round. It was funny. And they'd carry their mikes with them as they moved from one side of the boxing arena to the next. LOL. But they kept smiling, talking, and playing no matter what. Everyone was throwing jelly beans at them because George said he liked them. They all of them said it was like projectiles hitting them from every direction. And yes, Paul made the bass sexy. As for why they were so special - you have to go to KZfaq and listen to their interviews with the press in '64 and '65. They were sassy, irreverent, funny, outspoken. Trust me, NO ONE talked like that back then. They were a gigantic breath of fresh air.

Remember back then you there was no internet the only time you could see a band Live was in person or on TV rarely they're also was no cable they were basically three television networks or channels and that was it

Lennon once said he never thought of singing anything beyond "Yeah, yeah, yeah" until he heard Bob Dylan. That was the catalyst for them... and everyone else around that time.

These early songs may sound dated now, but when they came on the scene this was a new fresh sound that no-one had heard before.

I recently saw that there are compilations online of the top songs month by month per decade (50s, 60s, etc.). Listening to that, you can get a pretty good sense of how pop music sounded pre-Beatles (and Beach Boys) versus after they both came on the airwaves (1964). The compilations don't play the songs entirely, so it's a pretty good short-hand way to hear how the music changed. You could even do a reaction to one of these.

It's fashionable these days to dismiss the impact The Beatles had on pop music. But they truly revolutionised music in the 60s. Even before they hit 'the big time', John, Paul and George had played live together over 1200 times - that's how they 'exploded' onto the public consciousness so amazingly well because they weren't a 'new' band, they were a band who had put the hours in. Ringo just completed the deal - and (like musicians who have perfect pitch) Ringo had 'perfect rhythm. When you look at video compilations which splice together various live performances of the same songs, the footage and the sound is almost always spot on accurate, which is almost always down to Ringo setting the beat. Not sure if you’ve mentioned it already (haven’t seen all your Beatles videos yet) but Ringo was a left-handed drummer playing a right-handed kit, which made his unique sound. The more you watch them, the more you listen, the more you realise that The Beatles (with George Martin’ were just ‘one of those moments in musical history - like Mozart, Beethoven, Cole Porter, Rogers and Hammerstein etc. - that punctuate the wider history of music.

This is very intelligent and thoughtful analysis. Keep up the great work.

I agree with the suggestion below to check out the live version of Long Tall Sally and there are actually a couple of them but I would also check out the studio cut too because it absolutely just blazes. I feel you are one step away barely from understanding why this stuff sounded so new and communicated so much energy even to me as a kid when this came out when I was in infant. It wasn't till I was in grade school or even Junior High that I was able to blast this stuff and really rock out to it. It has so much energy but it's not as simple as you think. They're doing all kinds of complicated stuff musically but that was the huge news story at the time. The critics were saying oh my God they're using aeolian cadences and this and that and the other and you talk to The Beatles and they're like we have no idea what you're talking about man. We never learned to read music. They were just really gifted in that direction and so it's not like they were a simple band and turned into a gifted band, they were a gifted band that worked their asses off for several years before they really broke big. And it's on a continuum.

From 8 to 18 my musical taste was shaped primarily by my older brother and my mother: Dylan, the Stones, and the Beatles from my brother; Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach from my mother.

I remember music I heard beginning when I was two-years-old.

Paul was a guitar player. Fell on the sword for the band and became the best bass player in pop history.

Listen to twist and shout royal variety performance - in my opinion their best version of that song.

I had the experience of seeing them at the Hollywood Bowl, seats up front, and it was definitely hard to hear them over the screaming. I was only nine…

Honestly something really interesting for you to do could be to react to Get Back, the recently released documentary about the making of their "last" album, Let It Be. Though, it's also 9 hours total and length, so I have no idea how you could split that up, or how well it would copyright sensors and such would react to it. You could just watch the live performance on the roof on the other hand, which would probably be more manageable. Just something to think about

You'll notice that besides the decibel level of screaming, they had no stage monitors! But they were tight and in tune vocally. Many people commented on Ringo's rock- solid tempos.

The only thing you need to know about Ringo is that he was the perfect drummer for the Beatles. He knew how to serve each song.

Paul and John played this song for Paul’s Dad on their acoustic guitars and he suggested they not use the American slang yeah, yeah, yeah and replace it with yes, yes, yes. Paul and John luckily rejected that suggestion…lol.

2:00 You are absolutely correct. Ringo could not hear the other members of the Beatles when they were playing in a concert because of the screaming. He said once in an interview he based his drumming on watching the physical movements of the Beatles from behind.

The black and white video was filmed in DC in early 1964 at about the same time as Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali ) winning the world heavyweight title against Sonny Liston. The Beatles and Ali were the new avatars of the 60's cultural shift whose reverberations are still felt today.

She Loves You was written by Paul & John at Paul’s council house. They played to his Dad who said couldn’t they sing ‘yes yes’ instead of yeah yeah

They had Cliff Richard and the Shadows... when this arrived to the USA , that's when the world was blown away and they got the Members of the British Empire medals

I was one of the girls who went crazy. Their music was totally new, radical. Their hair was long when every guy’s hair was crew cut. Look how long rockers’ hair became in the decade that followed. The Beatles started it. Shaking their heads and making their hair fly about??? What a turn on at the time!!!

I'm 68 now and grew up with the 60s and 70s music I've always believed that your music taste is set between ages 18 to 23, or thereabouts. Granted, in those days we didn't have tv in SA and we had to listen to "pirate" music stations, or more accurately, border buster stations as "modern" music was broadcast from Mozambique via LM Radio into South Africa. But to this day the bands of my late teens to early 20s still remain my favourites. And they were quite an eclectic bunch as genres weren't as defined as today - The Animals, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Kris Kristofferson, Janis Joplin, CSNY, Joe Cocker, the list goes on

Ringo has said that he had to watch their body movements to know what they were playing. It's wild. Motown made the bass cool in the States in the 60s. As Beatles fans got older and more sophisticated in their listening of music McCartney became more and more respected for his bass playing, especially after Rubber Soul. He is now considered one of the best bass players (certainly the most melodic bass player) in popular music today.

One won't find much more exciting (European) rock'n'roll from this period, than the Beatles' "Twist and shout" in particular, provided they really felt like playing (which, given the circumstances, wasn't always the case.. .). Even the opening bars set in motion a song that captivates, doesn't leave a second to catch your breath, builds up in the middle section into a swelling vocal, ear-splitting crescendo and lets the Rock'n'Roll-fan exhausted and happily fall into his seat at the end . In 1963 this style was a kind of an musically atomic bomb. And the track has, at least in my opinion, more power and dynamic, than some songs with a three minute guitar solo...

Outstanding times!

I was born in 1965, so this is before me, but the Beatles were so big that I remember when they broke up in 1970. Rock and Roll was so new that we didn’t know if people could play it or not when they got old. Old rockers didn’t exist yet. There was such a generation gap. The older generation listened to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Then came Elvis. Then from England came the Beatles. Things literally went from black & white to color in movies, television, and music. John Lennon said “Before Elvis there was nothing.” And, unlike today, in the ‘60s music changed so fast that you can listen to a ‘60s song and tell what year it came out. It was an exciting time.

Paul took a lot from R& B and loved Little Richard. When they opened for him in the UK he worked with Richard to learn how to do some of his yells.

I love Twist and Shout its one of my favorites

In the early days they were writing songs on contract with record companies. They got huge and famous and they bought their own studio Abbey Road.

Ringo SLAMMIN' in that B&W version!

I have heard that Ringo could not hear the band so he watched how they moved and reacted to the music and he was so familiar with the songs that he could follow along.

Could never score a Beatles ticket but I was able to attend an early Elvis concert in his Levis and leather days and the atmosphere was very much like this crowd. The concert hall was awash in estrogen and the screaming could peel paint off the walls, but it was great fun.