Harmonies on Nowhere Man need an extra level of respect when you realise that they had no way to hear themselves.

Two great songs from their "middle" phase when they had started writing more personal songs. Nowhere Man is John talking about being lost in Beatlemania - being lost in being a Beatle - being lost as John Lennon - being lost as we all sometimes feel - 'till somebody else lends you a hand".

It’s always strange to me to have someone say they’ve never heard Yesterday or Nowhere Man before.

There were no stage monitor speakers when the Beatles played and sang live. They had great talent for singing in key with no reference monitors and screaming fans.

The three part harmonies on “Nowhere Man” are incredible! Paul has said in interviews that it was hard in studio. I can only imagine how hard it must have been live when they can barely hear each other!

He had the melody figured out, but wasn't sure on the lyrics, so the working title and chorus was scrambled eggs... A song written by a 23 year old

The studio version of Yesterday is transcendent. It's just Paul and a string quartet.

The Beatles live were so in synch with each other because they had been playing clubs with multiple shows each night since like 1960. They had a famous run at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and before that at the Star Club in Hamburg. So many shows! They knew their material and they knew each other. Nowhere Man was a track on 1965's Rubber Soul album which was the first where they really expanded their songwriting and their sounds/production with Sir George Martin.

McCartney is a brilliant and prolific person. Melody, lyrics.... and vocals. So young and sweet.

What a polite and quiet crowd for those years.

I love Paul’s bass line in Yesterday. He’s really underrated as a bassist (but properly celebrated everywhere else).

John wrote Nowhere Man and Help, about himself. Biggest star in the world and this is how you feel? Touring and stupid photo shoots weren't helping; 1966 was the year they were attacked physically in the Philippine Islands and told their manager they were done with touring. They finished in August 66 in Candlestick Park , S.Francisco. Another great loser track is Hide Your Love Away (hear I stand head in hands, turn my face to the wall..)

Nice to see the Beatles - as always. Nice to see your taking it in relationship to sports. To the tune of "Yesterday". "Yesterday, the World Cup was so far away. But now our loss is here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday"

You must listen to the studio version of Nowhere man, a great song.

Both of these singles are from 1965. Yesterday was released in August in the UK, and Sept. in the US. Nowhere man was on the RUBBER SOUL album released about a month later.

Nowhere man is my second favorite song of theirs. Number 1 for me is : She's Leaving Home from The Sgt. Pepper's album. Both speak about truthful things in our lives.

I still listen to the Beatles almost every day. They had a good influence on my life and I respect them for that. Everyone can relate to this song and so many others by these four guys.

Perfect song for your mood. Most covered song in music history

Beatles music 🎶 🎶 will always make you feel better. Greatest. Band. Ever.

Probably should listen to the studio version on "Rubber Soul". I think you'll appreciate it without all the extraneous noises. The a capella beginning was brilliant and would show up in a lot of harmony bands later on (CSNY, Eagles, etc.)

I discovered your videos, and am so glad. You have a singular, empathetic and totally refreshing insight into what made the Beatles 'tick'. Your reactions and assessment make me hear them in a new light. Insightful analysis and a respect for the high level of musicianship is something that is lacking in many reaction videos. Not yours. Best of luck in all that you do. I am a huge fan.

Glad it cheered you up. (I’m a Cleveland Browns fan so I’m always depressed lol.) Btw, Paul and John were pretty evenly split on leads. Looking forward to more.

Imagine being a us mens soccer fan, our song every four years is “ I’m a Loser”

I think you would really enjoy doing an 'original/cover' reaction to the Beatles song "with a little help from my friends". First hear the original version from the album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, and then listen to a legendary live version as covered by Joe Cocker at the Woodstock Festival. It's very hard to improve on a Beatles song but Joe manages to do it.

John did not sing more songs than Paul. I went to three Beatles concerts, and John and Paul sang an equal number of songs alone, two together in harmony as leads, Ringo would sing one, and George would sing one. They only were on stage for about 35 minutes. You sat through about 6 other acts before you got to hear the Beatles. Saw them at the Hollywood Bowl twice and at Dodger Stadium once. Nowhere Man - 1965. It was a new song when they performed it in this film. It was state of the art at the time. And 'Yesterday' won the Ivor Novello songwriting award for 1965. It was a huge hit in America. Re: the sound. They were playing in mostly baseball fields, and they had to - believe it or not - go thru the tannoy systems! The system where they announced the action on the field! It's amazing they could maintain their harmonies under the circumstances.

The technology available at the time made it very difficult to sing and reproduce a song like Nowhere Man. The technology for live performances was not up to what could be done in the studio.

I feel for you and England’s loss. The U.S. got bounced too, so I know how you feel. The Beatles always help. Your reactions are always good.

So glad you are trying to get around the copyright issues. They really are worth it.

The rooftop concert on January 30 1969 was the last time The Beatles performed together. Don't Let Me Down would be a good one to react to. Great concert, but cut short by the police.

Rare footage! I've only seen them play yesterday live with Paul solo or in their Budokan concert in Japan.

Hi, new subscriber. Thanks for your vids! Yes, the intro to "Nowhere Man" is considered one of the best three part harmonies. Keep up the good work!

Paul has an amazing voice, if you ever watch a full concert. all 20-30min of it, he will actually sing lead on a heavy rocker and then a couple of songs later he'll sing Yesterday, just amazing!

It wasn’t long after this concert that the Beatles stopped touring.

For us who grew up with the Beatles it is inconceivable you have never heard Nowhere Man lol. Girls are screaming, Paul cannot hear himself at all. Paul admitted decades later Yesterday was in part inspired by his mother's death from cancer when he was 14. they sing flat on Nowhere Man in spots, again, because they cannot fricken hear each other, no monitors, all that screaming...

John Lennon once had a bad case of writer's block, and he overcame it by writing a song about himself with writer's block! And that song is "Nowhere Man." ("Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to . .. ")

That's the sad thing when you hear live stuff of that era is that the PA didn't keep up and some of the harmonies did fall apart a bit because they just couldn't hear themselves on stage!!

"You've got to hide your love away" is one of my favorites, the emotion will twist your heart into a knot...my favorite version from the movie "Help" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7yImtN9yqfKcY0.html

Thanks for the reactions, Syed! I don't know where this was performed (Nowhere Man), but thank God there was fairly decent security around the Beatles. Some of the fans were absolutely out of their minds.

England getting kicked out.... I was working in a pub in Scotland at the time, so you can imagine how that felt.

very cool reaction. man revolution dig a pony are both great beatles live

Now , check out " The Analogues " they do the studio albums of the Beatles live , Abbey Road , The White Album , st Pepper etc . The Beatles never played these albums life . They also try to get all the old instruments the Beatles used for making these albums . And " st Pepper 50 years later" gives you a peek of how The Analogues are making their music .

You should watch their movie "Yellow Submarine" as a lark.

You're a bright boy (I'm getting older). You really pick up on subtleties. Good ears.

The mid-period sound is really characterized by the jangly, chimey tone of those Epiphone Casino guitars: thin hollow-body guitars with single-coil pickups. It's a very distinctive sound -- listen to George Harrison's solo on this live cut.

Please listen to the studio recording of both these songs. The quality is so much better! I could hardly hear the voices on Nowhere Man in this video, especially John's lead vocals. It's so much clearer, and you can hear the harmonys much better on their recording. Unfortunately, the live concerts weren't always the best for sound quality in those days especially.

You need to listen to “Oh! Darling” and “Helter Skelter”. You’ll see how insane Paul’s voice is on those tracks and it will amaze you for sure

Paul McCartney had the music for Yesterday in his head, but couldn't find the title and lyrics - so he used "Scrambled Eggs" as the title until inspiration came !!!

I consider the studio version one of there best sounding recordings

love nowhere man. was brought up on Beatles Music. I had no choice, I used to be dragged into my brothers bedroom and made to listen to all his records. lol Also love Norwegian wood

My condolences by the way. But yeah man and think about this, no auto-tune, the equipment they were playing through including the PA system, almost any band playing in shitty bars today on a local or Regional level, we'll have much much better equipment than that. Much better. They will actually also have monitors which is a big deal. Laugh. These guys are just so damn good and it's so strange that you chose nowhere man. That is so bizarre. Around 11:00 this morning, I was headed out my front door to go to the grocery store. I have no idea why, but the song nowhere man, and of course in my head I was hearing the studio version, just popped into my head and I couldn't get it out in fact I started singing it out loud and then I actually started jumping up to the harmony parts. I think it's an incredibly brilliant song early on by John lennon. It's beautiful. I really can't remember what album it's off of but it might be either Rubber Soul or Revolver. Either way it's absolutely brilliant and it's lyrics and it's feel and it's emotion and in its musical construction. A lot of wonderfully complex harmonies with whole step dissonance and so forth, but still just being dreamy and beautiful. Like a guy that's just lost drifting off away in his head somewhere. Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

You need to hear Paul singing "Oh Darling ".

An interesting performance, but the song is much better as a solo performance on acoustic guitar, which is the way Paul has played this live for decades. Being a bit technical for a moment, Paul usually plays this song in the key of G, but has his guitar strings tuned down a whole tone, it then makes it sound in the key of F. F is the key on the original studio recording, and sheet music for decades transcribed it in F, as most transcribers were keyboard players and that is what they heard. For guitarists though the chord progressions are much simpler, and sound better, played using the chords Paul wrote it in, in the key of G with a detuned guitar. In this concert George Harrison and John Lennon, for obvious practical reasons, were not going to de-tune their guitars just for one number, so Paul is having to sing this version a little higher than the original track, and he does an admirable job here but the lower register of the original has a more sombre and appropriately intimate feel.

1966 was the last year they toured. Said they couldn't hear themselves play.

John wrote Nowhere Man while in the midst of having writers block. He was frustrated bcuz he couldn't focus his thoughts on a particular topic. He gave up feeling that he was getting nowhere--that's when the idea hit him. All the words basically fell into place.

It's about John Lennon sharing his feelings about being lost and depressed during this period of their fame

Johnny wrote this about himself when was feeling lost. (Listen to the studio version.)

Listen to Paul on bass. He is an amazingly melodic bass player. Later tracks, he evolved even more. Keep your ears peeled to this in your future reactions.

McCartney gets the words of the first verse wrong in this performance of 'Yesterday'. The third line he sings is "Now I need a place to hide away" but that is a line from the third verse. The actual first verse line is "Now it looks as though they're here to stay". To those of us who have heard this song hundreds of times it really jumps out as wrong.

you can kind of see an element of Beatlemania here too. The girls screaming the whole time. It got so bad that they couldn't even hear themselves play. They started changing the lyrics to cuss out the crowd. And then they stopped playing live because of it.

They where the best band ever

Nowhere Man was part of the soundtrack for their animated movie Yellow Submarine. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it. It’s very witty and funny. It might be a cure for your blues ( The villains in the movie are actually called blue meanies) 😁 I am very sorry about England’s loss btw! ☹️

Don't worry Syed, tomorrow, today will be yesterday too.

They where so young

For a rare “live” rendition, check out “Revolution” from the David Frost show in 1968.

If you want a good mood, you should listen to Mr Blue Sky by electric light orchestra or Walk of life by the dire straits.

I've listened to the Star Club record (Hamburg) and have watched clips from later concerts in Germany. It's always Paul who speaks German to the audience, and George on rare occasions. 4:33 to hear Paul

Try the George Harrison track, Cheer Down. Will not disappoint!

Nowhere man Was on the album rubber soul and that was a new type of album for The Beatles. Before this album, they always made sure they're Songs was also a little message to the girls like she loves you And I want to hold your hand. But The Beatles got tired of that type of song. So with that album they began the right more songs that They themselves Would want to Here.

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The whole is greater than the parts...

How they played and sang in time and in tune when they had no foldback monitors or in-ear monitors to hear themselves or each other with all that screaming. Ringo famously never heard a thing.

Syed - I love your journey of discovery and your genuine love of music. And i wanted to share this with you. If you want a master-key to the harmonies of the best groups of the 60's, 70's, and beyond, here it is: The Everly Brothers. They have been cited as a main influence by The Beatles, Simon And Garfunkel (they even brought them along on a tour), The Kinks, CSN, The Beach Boys, The Zombies. Nora Jones did an entire cover album (Foreverly) of songs they'd recorded in 1958. I'd love if you would react to this song from their reunion tour, and give an ear to their harmonies Thanks - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8CJo8Ro2pich4k.html

How many times did my sisters and I run down to our basement radio because there was a new Beatles song in 5 min! Our Dad didn't like them..( what did he know, right?)

Imo, I think the key for yesterday is set too high for paul in this performance but, he pulls it off. They do a great job of nowhere man also without the benefit of on stage monitors in those days. Great vid!

the best live version of Yesterday is from the Ed Sullivan Show... you should definitely listen to the recorded version of Nowhere Man

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 played well but France 🇫🇷 has better strikers so the better team won. But I know how it is when you are emotionally involved. Too bad you don’t have Beckham anymore. He was great and good at scoring with Free Kicks! You could have used him well! A class act! England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 can hold their head up this time. They battled well! My team Wales didn’t even show up! Bale couldn’t do anything and now I’m bummed out about Brazil getting knocked out! Neymar finally got his goal but it wasn’t enough! Losing on Penalties stinks! I wanted to see Brazil play Argentina but we won’t see it now. I think France will win it all!

Normally Paul would play Yesterday alone with an acoustic guitar.

Sucks The Beatles catalogue is so strict with this stuff. Nowhere Man has some of The Beatles greatest lyricism, but you can’t really hear that well here.

Watching Paul play bass in Nowhere Man is amazing - like he's playing a guitar (not bass)

The music, the harmonies, those voices. I'm so glad I got to live through those magical years! Stills brings chills today, even when I'm singing along in my car and everyone around me thinks I'm nuts! What they don't know is that I'm still that young boy in the psychedelic shirt, stove-pipe pants, and Beatle boots, hanging on every word, every lyric, every note. Magic times...

John's mic was way too low on Nowhere Man.

This version of Yesterday is 2 semitones higher, btw.

To have never heard Nowhere man before means you have never seen the animation movie Yellow Submarine before!!!! If so, then man oh man don;t dare die before you watch it!

The performances of these two songs are better from the Budokan, Japan IMO. Check them out!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaawwwww!!!! Go On ahead and Cry Bro........Let it all out!!!!!

It's ironic that people can be impressed by the singing and harmony in this clip while I know there are much better live performances on KZfaq. It's all relative, though, isn't it? There's also a few TV lip-synchs that seem to fly under copyright. Thanks for this one!

Sound systems during that period were typically basic. "Ed Sullivan Show" had the best production.

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“Early” is kinda a funny term when you consider they were only actively releasing records for six measly years. I think they did something like 100 songs in their first two years? But these tracks are from their… middle period? Just barely post Rubber Soul era.

Lennon sang lead on the songs he wrote, and McCartney on his.

Perfect song for 'what might have been'. Here's to looking forward to 2026.

Just about remember 1966 world cup when this was recorded in Munich. Mostly remember 1970, Mexico. Didn't watch this one due to ethics of playing there and not veyr interested in international football. The cricket in Pakistan has been great - not just the transformation of the England side from last spring but playing in Pakistan after the break due to terrorism and the attitudes of both sets of fans and players.

Don’t worry about the World Cup. You guys know the spirit of cricket and morally you win everything 🤣🤣🤣

You need to do Rocky Racoon. They were a perfect storm.

John felt trapped in his fame

Die Fraulines lieben Paul!

It's sad that whoever did the sound really messed up John's microphone. Also, sound systems have improved by leaps and bounds in the years since.

I'd not seen these videos before although

The German commentary criticised the refereeing and that England were the better team . And I can assure German football commentary is usually anything but England friendly,

Sound technology was primitive and they were way ahead of it.