How The Beatles Made "No Reply" | The Beatles for Sale Sessions

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How The Beatles Made "No Reply" | The Beatles for Sale Sessions

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Everything you need to know about The Beatles' "No Reply." |
In May 1964, John and his wife, Cynthia, traveled to Tahiti for a month-long holiday with George and his new girlfriend, Pattie Boyd. John used this time-off from their hectic Beatles schedule to write a few new songs, like "Any Time at All," "When I Get Home," and "No Reply."
🗣️ "That’s my song," John said. "Dick James, the publisher, said, ‘That’s the first complete song you’ve written where it resolves itself’. It was my version of ‘Silhouettes’: I had that image of walking down the street and seeing her silhouetted in the window and not answering the phone, although I never called a girl on the phone in my life. Because phones weren’t part of the English child’s life."
Chosen as a downbeat opener for the album, "No Reply" is one of John's most affecting songs of this period, its lyric matching the sad succinctness of its melody. Almost nothing is said, the story is complete, and the sighing added ninth of the final C major is accepting of the bad news: there's no reply and never will be.
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@joeybonin7691 Ай бұрын

No Reply is top ten Beatles for me. I've always loved it.

@Talisman09 Ай бұрын

They have just got so many great songs that there's barely any need to make a top 10. Top 50 maybe, and then the top 10 would all be fighting for 1st place lol. John hits that same beatiful power in songs that are sometimes maybe overlooked. Baby it's you, this boy, Help (I always overlook their most commercial, singles), It's only love (briefly but beatiful song), I'm so tired, I'm so tired, Don't let me down. I will refrain from naming another 20 😂

@ray_ray_7112 Ай бұрын

I can't put a number on the song but it's definitely way up there as one of my favorites. Beatles songs to me are like sub-atomic particles. They pop in and out of existence as my favorites, although, No Reply is one of the more stable particles. The hook in the song always grabs me.

@julian65886 Ай бұрын

I adore "No Reply". It is the classic Beatle sound. Ringo does that anticipatory crash cymbal at the end which is a touch of genius. George plays gorgeous 6th chords and Ringo does a great Bossanova imitation. And that subtle piano while singing No Reply is pure magic. A Beatle classic. The piano then goes strong in the middle and then gets subtle again.

@hollywoodjoe123 Ай бұрын

@@Talisman09 Talisman I know what you mean - every song is wonderful -

@TelegraphRoadWhittier Ай бұрын

The chorus with the clapping ,the beat of the piano....the vocal harmonies...omg, unforgettable.a zillion times better than anything made today

@Talisman09 Ай бұрын

I feel stronger adrenaline when I can hear the genuine sound of elbow grease

@ontheruntonowhere Ай бұрын

ok boomer

@duffbaker9554 Ай бұрын

@@ontheruntonowhere Hi, Tay-Tay!

@terrythekittieful Ай бұрын

Wait till it's remixed,..it will be twice as good.

@ss51-857 29 күн бұрын

IF I WERE YOU....

@BenPikeTheActor Ай бұрын

No Reply going into I'm a loser is a great way to start an album

@franraya4697 Ай бұрын

I was fourteen when this was released. When I heard 'No Reply' - well - I nearly died! It was so friggin' good. Still is.❤

@thomasfisher5742 Ай бұрын

One year older than u.....but just as FLOORED by the track...and STILL am...stay well

@johnfrei9057 Ай бұрын

No Reply is a real gem and Ringo’s drumming on it is brilliant.

@invoxicated Ай бұрын

It is great and 1 of my top 5 fave. I love the smothered cymbal crashes. The clap track and the driving piano thats the center of the bridge.It's such a mellow dramatic song with so much heartache implied. I actually lived this song back in 1969. The events that happed to me were identical to this song. It haunts me today as my girlfriend at the time later tried to get back with me but was killed 20 years later in a car crash.

@shuroom57 Ай бұрын

@@invoxicatedOy. Sorry.

@dennismason3740 Ай бұрын

In 1965 my brother bought Beatles '65 (...For Sale) and to this day No Reply haunts me.

@shuroom57 Ай бұрын

People ask, "What is your favorite Beatles song?" For me it is "No Reply". No doubt. John's voice comes out of the gate like no other. Every part of this track is golden Beatle goodness.

@KRW628 Ай бұрын

It was the lyrics. It was the story. It was THIS song that told me that these guys were very different from the other big bands I was listening to on the radio in 1964. 60 years on. I hear this song, I'm still singing along. - I nearly diiied!

@jamesmanon3000 Ай бұрын

John's vocals always stand out He sounded very british on No Reply.

@sobaydrummer666 Ай бұрын

the ascending and descending simultaneous harmonies are pure magic., and the fact it only happens once makes you wanna listen again as soon as its over. one of my favorite Beatles songs ever

@ge1saman Ай бұрын

I love the song NO REPLY. Love their harmonies

@wisdomhunter3797 Ай бұрын

I don’t know how you do it! Some of the details you present are just fantastic! I learn something new about the band from every video. Stellar work!

@BeatlesBible1 Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@LucyLennon20 Ай бұрын

Same here🙋

@kingdicelille Ай бұрын

A great song. Beatles' magic.

@xtheunknown4662 Ай бұрын

I consider No reply one of my most played Beatles tracks. Over the years. This guy is pissed. & that's true to life.

@Dwightpower88 Ай бұрын

The anthology outtakes are hilarious

@danielfitzgerald2561 Ай бұрын

"Your face"

@rossdelain1645 Ай бұрын

I wonder who plays drums on the Anthology version.

@emmettmckenna4565 Ай бұрын

One of John’s best vocal performances. John had the ability to make the listener believes he had actually gone through the feelings the songs depicted. Gene Clark of The Byrds also possessed this quality.

@lostinthought4354 Ай бұрын

Probably my favorite, No Reply. Loved the Beatles 65 album. Also Rubber Soul. After that, most their stuff just didn't grab me, but for their last,Abby Road, thanks to George's contribution.

@andrewmcinnis1123 Ай бұрын

I love Beatles for sale album! British release! Solid album! ❤😊

@Alexander-tj2dn Ай бұрын

One of my favorite Beatles songs, I like it more than many other more famous Beatles songs.

@doctorstreamspunk9996 Ай бұрын

This song was the first Beatles song that felt like a real experience to me. Still one of their very best despite what John thought.

@chriscampanozzi6516 Ай бұрын

Great information as always. Thank you. Fantastic Beatles music.

@BeatlesBible1 Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@chuckdade3043 Ай бұрын

No Reply was the first real song I learned on the guitar. My first lesson was the two chord wonder "Skip to my Lou" then I took on "No Reply" which had a lot of chords for my second song but I did it.

@emmettmckenna4565 Ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite Beatles’ song! It is tragically overlooked in their oeuvre.

@dennisberceles7387 16 күн бұрын

i love john's melodies when he sung "no repla ha ha hi"..and "that' a la ha ha hi".. As a young boy, i felt the beauty of John's vocals!

@woodrowmagnus2535 Ай бұрын

"No Reply", my favorite Beatles song. Great lyrics and harmonies.

@robulele Ай бұрын

A great travesty this was not a single. One of the greatest lines and delivery ever 'I tried to telephone, they said you were not home, well that's a lie'. Lennon at his greatest

@theobrouwer6661 Ай бұрын

THIS CHANNEL IS FANTASTIC! Thank you so much.

@tomx.y.1954 Ай бұрын

Man i just wanna cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

@user-iv5gy3rc2b Ай бұрын

Beatles For Sale remains one of my favorites.

@51512601 Ай бұрын

To me, "Beatles For Sale" was a combination of them growing as artists and the physical and mental toll of Beatlemania . It's not Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road but still stands well on its own.

@ACDZ123 Ай бұрын

Sgt pepper bores me to tears ..Abbey rd was better

@paulinewhite3273 Ай бұрын

I was waiting for the track to be played.

@sunshinecoolwater9528 Ай бұрын

Beatles For Sale was one of the weaker albums, but "No Reply" was a standout track.

@dbking13 Ай бұрын

Respectfully disagree lol

@LP-hs6yz Ай бұрын

I thought NoReply was on Beatles 65

@duffbaker9554 29 күн бұрын

@@LP-hs6yz It is, as well.

@Rob-pv4zc 26 күн бұрын

@@LP-hs6yzBeatles For Sale is the British release and packaged as the Beatles had intended. The Capitol Records releases (such as Beatles ‘65) were the “re-packaged” U.S. versions of the Beatles albums (complete money-grabbing tactic by Capitol to release more albums in the US/Canada). Growing up as a kid in the 60’s/70’s and living in the U.S., all I ever knew were the U.S. Capitol released albums. It wasn’t until the late 70’s in college that I realized that the “real” Beatles albums (recorded as the Beatles originally intended) were the UK versions. For instance, I grew up thinking that Rubber Soul’s first track was “I’ve Just Seen a Face”. Didn’t realize till years later that the Beatles “official” Rubber Soul album’s first track was “Drive My Car”. Those UK albums track lists are how the Beatles originally recorded them.

@gwynnielsen5081 Ай бұрын

I love looking at these old, black and white photos of the Beatles.

@AegonCallery-ty6vy Ай бұрын

The first Beatles song i heared. 'I saw the light' became an actual experience for me.

@duffbaker9554 Ай бұрын

"I saw fireworks" became mine!

@strathman7501 Ай бұрын

This a stunningly good track in every way. Five-star.

@jamescpotter Ай бұрын

The best bridge by this band!

@ric8248 19 күн бұрын

John songs are always the best..

@octavianorogesmusic Ай бұрын

"There is no reply, and there never will be" excellent way to sum up that final chord.

@magnusparsons5392 Ай бұрын

Nicked from Ian McDonald's book.

@asmukler Ай бұрын

Hard Day's night is a fantastic album. My second favorite Beatles album, after Abbey road.

@Alexander-tj2dn Ай бұрын

Common, it´s better than Abbey road.

@earlgrey691 22 күн бұрын

One of their finest.

@EGULL97 Ай бұрын

Always treated Beatles for sale like a black sheep. I knew how to play love potion number 9, and recognized the C Am D7, looked up the bridge, and played it through then and there, first time hearing it, and it is one of my favorite arrangements ever.

@jamesdavies5266 Ай бұрын

@lottaandgus Ай бұрын

Love Potion Number 9? What do you mean?

@Drew-zo9ur Ай бұрын

Loving these 👍🏻

@BeatlesBible1 Ай бұрын

So glad!

@steveconn Ай бұрын

A reporter mentioned that quote about the Beatles never having any time off to Mick on Top of the Pops and he replied, grinningly, "That's not what I heard."

@user-jl9kw9gn3m Ай бұрын

yep, Bossa Nova. I got the Yellowdog session cd back in the 80s. It's beautiful ,once you hear it, you can't unhear it I think they were crackin on a certain lounge singer. George Martin is plunking away at the 6th chords on piano.

@chrissavage1534 24 күн бұрын

BFS is my favorite Beatles record.

@apexjoe4769 26 күн бұрын

When I think of the song "No Reply" I think about "I'm a Loser" which both were released about the same time.

@RogerPeet Ай бұрын

I sung 'No Reply' at a midnight karaoke in the early 90s. I doubt anyone knew the song. I did a decent job. Beatles4Ever (free food at midnight)

@rotanal9563 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the account of this great and underrated song! I also read all the comments so far and one major question, IMHO, has been left away from that however wide discussion: who has been singing the verses of the song? Yes, I am aware that in the sleeve of the LP "double tracked John" is reported for this song, but I always had the suspect that the facts have been a little more complex. a) In the rehearsals of the song, Paul's voice who is singing unison with John is clearly detected. b) The raspy timber of the reportedly DT John's voice in "No Reply" is quite unusual (cf. the following "I'm a Loser" where DT John's gets a completely different timber) and rather resembles that of many other Fabs hits including "Eight Days a Week", "Every Little Thing" and, in the following album, the section where the two singers shout simultaneously and in unison "She's Got a Ticket To Ride". c) AFAIK, then there were no device to automatic double tracking the singer and we all know how lazy John was to repeat singing of his songs. Therefore I am quite sure that Paul has been singing the unison along with John (when he does not harmonise) and faking his timber to resemble John's, at least in the first verse of No Reply. If you carefully listen to the verse, you can occasionally feel Paul's voice when John's briefly stops.

@ronsbeerreviewstools4361 Ай бұрын

Beatelmania, a great time.

@lennon1252 Ай бұрын

According to Ian MacDonald, Ringo played drums on No Reply.

@gostrum1 Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 Do you have anything about: ‘I Call Your Name’ ?

@pcnorthumberland Ай бұрын

A great band playing as a band, under heavy time pressure but having a great time. There are better songs on other albums but the vibe of this whole album is wonderful

@grahamjarman Ай бұрын

its quite foggy and dreary

@phillipanderson7398 Ай бұрын

I don't know exactly, but it happened once before.

@GabrielMartins-gs6rr Ай бұрын

love this vids so much❤

@BeatlesBible1 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@JB19504 Ай бұрын

The bridge with Paul's high harmonies is some Pro singing.

@shuroom57 Ай бұрын

Among his other secret weapons, yes! Seek on KZfaq the isolated vocals on the bridge of George's "Something". You'll get the chills; Paul just makes it gleam out loud.

@candidodemanchuria6 Ай бұрын

Now I know where that Rutles "McQuickly" idea came from

@michaelburke9153 Ай бұрын

Wow. Had no idea.

@keithwatson8055 Ай бұрын

One of my fav Beatle records ,pity it did't last for one more verse ,it was to short,but still a classic.

@leokimvideo 29 күн бұрын

Taylor Swift learned a lot about what sort of song to write from John Lennon, broken hearts club songs always have an audience

@alholdway2003 Ай бұрын

The song sounds like old songs from Naples Italy.

@alvendi2012 15 күн бұрын

In some respects, I think the American albums (and their choice of which 'pot-boiler' to open with) were better than the British albums, especially 'Beatles 65'. We also put reverb on She's A woman and I feel Fine to make it sound more alive.

@notanotherjamesmurphy5574 26 күн бұрын

Beatles for Sale is underrated. It’s definitely not a great Beatles album, but it’s better than it’s remembered in history. Help! is better though.

@chrisclarke4665 Ай бұрын

You should make a patreon to back up all your videos that got taken down or removed.

@laurencetyson7395 Ай бұрын

Has anybody here looked at the Mike Williams (Sage of Quay) channel. He claims The Beatles didn't write or play on any of their albums pre-1966. Yeah,right. 😂

@francishubertovasquez2139 Ай бұрын

No re-fly or no replay ?

@rockrobful 13 күн бұрын

Everything you ever wanted to know about "No Reply" except hearing it.

@liptonjohn9387 Ай бұрын

Listen to the Anthology No Reply work in progress final version and you hear Lennon say seriously "Now we know what to do; it's good". So they cared about NR as a musical piece, but not so much as a deep instrospective soul searching undertaking. Witness Lennon's witty and irreverent word substitutions through the rehearsals - "in your face" instead of "in your place". This is just a brilliant Beatle piece which does not need your pretentious and meaningless post to assert itself as a true gem in their catalogue.

@jarekzielonka4549 Ай бұрын

How The Beatles Made "No Reply"? They entered the studio and tried to record "Reply" but it didn't work out, so they recorded "No Reply" instead. jz

@rocktober1327 Ай бұрын

Cause I know where you been and I saw you walk in, No Reply, better known as the stalker song.

@gdholmfirth Ай бұрын

Who is the narrator?

@BeatlesBible1 Ай бұрын

@@gdholmfirth My name is Gus 👍🏻

@s4burf Ай бұрын

It happened once before

@laudarevsonhunt Ай бұрын

when i came to your door

@martinmchugh001 Ай бұрын

There is no such thing as "British albums". There are Beatles albums, and then there are foreign releases.

@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us Ай бұрын

Since the Beatles are British, that makes their American albums foreign releases, according to that logic....

@ACDZ123 Ай бұрын

America always changed albums around . It's like an ego thing

@debbiemcnamara7059 Ай бұрын

Elvis Presley also.

@astephens1963 Ай бұрын

Poor John.According to Paul he never could finish any song alone.

@mickmac2223 Ай бұрын

I don’t think John wrote anything - all songs written by Paul :-)

@piotrq7150 Ай бұрын

Paul is just about to finish rewriting history :)

@Byzantinian Ай бұрын

Paul said that John wrote the majority of the song but that he probably helped with the middle or last verse. This was a time when they typically wrote together. Lennon has made many similar claims about "probably helping" Paul but I doubt you reserve any animus towards that.

@Byzantinian Ай бұрын

@@piotrq7150 The term "rewriting history" implies objective knowledge of the history in question, which no one actually has. The only reason it was "history" in the first place is because Paul didn't answer Beatle questions in the 70s. Then John died, which means Paul should never stray from the Gospel According to John for the last 50 years of his life? Seems reasonable.

@piotrq7150 Ай бұрын

@@Byzantinian was he silent because he was afraid of the response and exposure? If someone after 40 or 60 years (!!!) reminds things, you always have to keep your distance

@central162 Ай бұрын

誰が言ったか、「扁桃腺」。

@OuryLN Ай бұрын

No Replay/I’m a Loser

@1p6t1gms Ай бұрын

test

@RonWinter335 Ай бұрын

This is AWFUL!! BOO!!! Three thumbs down! Treating Beatles tines like crap!

@TG4653 Ай бұрын

AI narration voice = non-starter 🙉

@praisethelord8592 13 күн бұрын

GREAT GREAT GREAT SONGS❤

@DrHogfan 24 күн бұрын

No kamalada i will not donate to your quest to ruin this country

@anthonymcnamee6297 Ай бұрын

Not there best

@andrews527 Ай бұрын

I they could have broken the habit of no singles on an LP, here's a better BFS: 1 I Feel Fine She’s a Woman What You’re Doing Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party I’ll Follow the Sun Words of Love 2 Eight Days a Week No Reply I’m a Loser Rock n Roll Music Honey, Don't Mr Moonlight Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Baby's in Black is throwback shite, and Every Little Thing needs more Spector in the production, if It's going to go up against the Walker Brothers' singles.