Paul wrote it probably about the loss he felt about of the end of the Beatles...they were about to break...he was very depressed after the end of the Beatles
@peterschleh9382 Жыл бұрын
You have it exactly correct
@patclinker6587 Жыл бұрын
Don't you LOVE the way the strings build and build 3 minutes into the song????
@dirtylemon3379 Жыл бұрын
Actually I don't. Have you heard the stripped down version from Let it Be Naked? I prefer that one without all the strings overdoing it..
@thetruthfornow6045 Жыл бұрын
@@dirtylemon3379 this version was their last number one hit. The naked version sounds like lounge music. Even Paul played the song similar to this in concert. Even this guy said "wow".
@michaelhuttig6596 Жыл бұрын
@@thetruthfornow6045 Paul hated the strings like hell and even said so time and time again. But he realized that it was part of the way people knew the song and therefore recreated it (or better sort of, cause he hated the choir even more and never had a huge orchestra with him) when doing it live. The version on Let it be naked was made with him being involved, but not so the famous original. That was given to Phil Spector to "finish" it after the Beatles actually split up. That also explains why George Martin wasn't involved. I think Paul was very right about it. But yes, Phil Spectors arrangement still makes up a good song. You know why? Because it's a great song 😁
@spdodger Жыл бұрын
Paul didn't.
@thetruthfornow6045 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelhuttig6596 Paul never finished the song. He never suggested what he would do to take the song from naked to a finished product. He was just hurt that he did not have any say in its completion. So we will never know how it would have sounded if Paul finished it.
@aasja7739 Жыл бұрын
The Beatles are the Best Band Ever.
@dagmar.6954 Жыл бұрын
"The Long & Winding Road" is from The Beatles' last album "Let It Be" in 1970. It was written by Paul McCartney & was released a month after the Beatles' break-up. It became the group's 20th & last number one hit.
@acordybs Жыл бұрын
The last album is Abbey Road. Let it be just came before
@dagmar.6954 Жыл бұрын
@@acordybs Technically yes. But Let It Be is considered the 12th & final studio album completed before the break-up. Abbey Road is considered the 11th.
@beatlebrian4404 Жыл бұрын
@@dagmar.6954 It was never released here in the UK, because McCartney hated by over production on it by Phil Spector!
@alanr4447a Жыл бұрын
@@dagmar.6954 Then you have to define "considered". It's very true that _Let It Be_ was the final album they RELEASED, but it was RECORDED months *_before_*_ Abbey Road,_ making _Abbey Road_ their final *_creation,_* the last work they did together, which is fundamentally more significant to count as "their final album".
@reneestewart94252 ай бұрын
Phil Spector put the Orchestra backing the long and winding Road. Paul was furious and you can find the original the way that Paul wanted it to be done. But the other three Beatles this was during their time that they were all arguing and just blew him off. If you can find the other version it's absolutely beautiful. And it's also interesting how Phil specter did work with the Beatles. But John is the one that got close to him Phil shot a gun off into the ceiling. Then he took all the tracks and John had a heckuva time getting them back it was after they split
@davidvornsand9551 Жыл бұрын
My love passed four years ago and I'm still standing here.
@michaelwduffy Жыл бұрын
So sorry to hear that david !! Hope you’re keeping well 🙏
@davidvornsand9551 Жыл бұрын
Wanted you to know how this great song means something to many people when I was young it was a lost love now it’s losing the love of your life!☮️❤️🙏
@GoldenClays15 ай бұрын
I'm sorry that you lost someone you loved so very much. I hope you find happiness again. This song means much to many people, that's why it's so beautiful
@LindaCharles-sg6mz4 ай бұрын
So sorry you are still feeling the grief so much.
@denisemiller56543 күн бұрын
Still gives me goosebumps - and he even sounds emotional himself - his voice cracking. Another masterpiece!
@donnabrockable Жыл бұрын
Still gives me chills
@stevedahlberg8680 Жыл бұрын
That is such a great song but then again I pretty much like all Beatles songs from the very earliest to the last ones and then a lot of their various solo careers as well. They were such a force.
@anitapaulus937 Жыл бұрын
This was the song my 1972 Graduating High School class entered the auditorium to.
@groundscoresteve4964 Жыл бұрын
Fab-4 / 4-Ever!😊
@Imagine9339 ай бұрын
It was mine in 1978.
@anitapaulus9379 ай бұрын
@@Imagine933 That’s great!
@andrewschreiber112 Жыл бұрын
I think this is one of their best songs. It's just SO BEAUTIFUL!
@justinherbert9146 Жыл бұрын
When Ray Charles heard this recording for the first time he cried -- I hope Paul McCartney knows that anecdote. Paul did not like the choir and orchestral arrangements that Phil Spector overdubbed onto this track, normally Paul would have had input. I happen to love the orchestra and choir, what a beautiful haunting melody.
@p0llenp0ny Жыл бұрын
3:19 I think it's a song about both. It's obviously about John and how he feels about him and the history they have together. He knows they will always be friends (The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear.) He seems to allude to the stormy and crazy times of being in the Beatles and how it caused them to drift apart eventually, and this makes him very sad. (The wild and windy night that the rain washed away has left a pool of tears.) Finally he accepts that things will never be the same between them but needs to be reassured that he will never be far away. (Don't leave me waiting here. Lead me to your door.) Beautiful song.
@peterschleh9382 Жыл бұрын
you got it exactly
@sarahfullerton68947 ай бұрын
It has always sounded to me like, at one point in "The Long and Winding Road ", that Paul has tears on his voice. This song has always made me feel sad for the Paul McCartney of that time.
@JeffMartinEquinox Жыл бұрын
I don't know why but one of my favorite songs of the Beatles is Paperback Writer.
@Pluggit1953 Жыл бұрын
Mine’s No Reply. ❤
@knightscroftsquire-muldoon Жыл бұрын
Mine has to be _"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"_ or _"She's Leaving Home"_
@dougallen83053 ай бұрын
The lasting beauty of this song is found in the orchestrations. The strings, horns, and placed a just the right moments. Beautiful. A masterpiece.
Such a beautiful song.That's why the Beatles are the greatest ever
@rickmitchell9655 Жыл бұрын
I always thought this song was for John, and knowing that the end of the band was near.
@angelatheriault8855 Жыл бұрын
You can always tell who contributed the most to writing the song because they will be singing the lead.
@herrdocjdm10 ай бұрын
Really? “Bridge Over Troubled Water” entered the chat.
@stevejoshua9536 Жыл бұрын
I listened to this when I was young(18), and I totally understood.
@daletwin1 Жыл бұрын
I think you got the message of the song and have a great appreciation for this masterpiece. I have listened to this song for about 50 years and I( do appreciate more now than when I was young. And I loved it when I was young. It is like a fine wine. It gets better with age.
@philipsmith5088 Жыл бұрын
I've always thought that the song was about dealing with loss, but that you eventually have to go on living your life; the long and winding road.
@deborahanderson86823 ай бұрын
My favorite Beatles song. Absolutely beautiful.
@6jd.85 Жыл бұрын
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@martinrenzhofer8241 Жыл бұрын
I find it interesting that McCartney hated this version, and all of the songs Phil Spector produced on the album. McCartney later re-mixed all of the songs, taking out the heavenly choirs and Spector's "wall of sound" production and released a very stripped down, "Let It Be - Naked" album that I quite enjoy.
@stephanieeverett2461 Жыл бұрын
The Beatles do not have any bad songs!
@charliemac64 Жыл бұрын
"Revolution #9" says "Hold My Beer!"
@p0llenp0ny Жыл бұрын
Thank You Girl is a stinker.
@robertspino521 Жыл бұрын
AMEN!!!!!
@fireandicedrumming Жыл бұрын
Wild honey pie 😅
@Fulcrum_287 ай бұрын
Number 9 number 9 number 9 number 9
@threekidzmom045 ай бұрын
This song always touches my soul and makes my eyes teary.
@ronturner9850 Жыл бұрын
McCartney didn’t like the way Phil Spector produced this song or the album in general. He remixed it and the result was ‘Let it Be Naked’ a stripped down version. Either way it’s a wonderful collection of songs.
@petermachare5711 Жыл бұрын
This^ McCartney wrote a fairly scathing letter to those responsible for screwing up his song. "Don't ever do it again."
@ceisiwrserith2224 Жыл бұрын
The Naked version is _so_ much better!
@sarahfullerton6894 Жыл бұрын
I really have always loved the orchestral sound, because that's the way I have always heard this beautiful song.
@Stefan- Жыл бұрын
Spector may have been a madman but i have always absolutely loved the production on this song and even though i have been a huge Beatles fan for over 40 years and as much as a musical genius Paul is i dont agree with him regarding the production, strings and choirs, i think its just wonderful.
@LarchmontLady Жыл бұрын
My favorite Beatles song 🎶 and unfortunately the last one 😢
@TheHillingdon24 ай бұрын
I think it’s a prayer 🙏🏼
@sdolsay Жыл бұрын
The amazing thing is the did all they did before any of them were 30 when they broke up.
@wpollock1 Жыл бұрын
I love the scene in the movie "Yesterday" when they have a music bet and he wins the bet against Ed Sheeran with this song......Ed walks out.
@nflr92 Жыл бұрын
This song is used so well in the movie Yesterday. It holds up 50 years later vs. any song you can name
@buixrule Жыл бұрын
This and Let it Be are my two favorite Beatles tunes.
@Lee-tq4si4 ай бұрын
Hard to believe you never heard this timeless song before. Composed by Paul at his farm in Scotland, during an emotional time, knowing the band was nearing an end. I read somewhere that the "long and winding road" lyric was inspired literally by scenic view of his farm along coast. The original recording did not have the orchestra and choir. Producer, Phil Spector added that later, which infuriated McCartney and accelerated the band's breakup. Both versions were released.
@gailsgig Жыл бұрын
You are such a deep and Feeling man…wish I was younger. I enjoy watching you so much.
@michaelwduffy Жыл бұрын
Wow thank you so much I appreciate that Gail!! 😁
@simonfawkner3236 Жыл бұрын
love the orchestrial waves that come and go , a simply beautiful song , a gem
@teensymom1420 Жыл бұрын
You really ought to hear George Michael sing this song live. It was at a concert in memory for Paul's wife Linda who died of breast cancer. Paul said that George sang the song better than he did. I always loved this song when Paul sang it but George to it to a new level. Check it out.
@deegomez2089 Жыл бұрын
💯agree 🎶🎵
@gillcawthorn7572 Жыл бұрын
Yes ,I have always thought that . The Phil Spectre effect ruined it ,I find the orchestra overpowering and the `Ah,Ah,Ah` voices unnecessary . This song is like `Nowhere Man` and `Blackbird`, all it needs is Paul`s voice with perhaps muted strings or just a cello.
@Brandi6666 Жыл бұрын
Why?
@brittahlander1043 Жыл бұрын
They are so great
@jman32544 ай бұрын
Its a song about someone who you lost, and you're begging them to come back, but they never will. It's a song about my dad. I miss him every day and it's been almost three years now. What a mythological, melancholy song.
@user-ym1iz5wy9n Жыл бұрын
They are genius in their own way when it comes to music.70 years old now still never get tired listening to them.
@Octavian7771 Жыл бұрын
The Let it Be, while the project was in disarray, it represents Paul's most personnel writing. Paul was typically always writing from a second person or third person perspective. But with Let it Be, he was writing his most personal reflections; Let it Be, Two of Us and Long and Winding Road.
@danielmesery2904 Жыл бұрын
The BEST☮️🎶
@mibeatleman6767 Жыл бұрын
You used the phrase "Love is the answer", ironically, John used that line in "Mind Games" in 1973.
@mileswalcott7241 Жыл бұрын
Life is a long and winding road
@ceedoubleyou Жыл бұрын
at the time as a 15-16yr old, I absolutely loved the production of the this song with all the orchestra and choir, who knew Paul hated it. If you watch Get Back, they hoped to make a, unplugged", version of the songs for LIB.
@thereunionparty Жыл бұрын
This is the version that Paul McCartney didn't like, because Phil Spector over produced (in George Martin's words) the orchestral strings. However, my late mother, who never really had a good word for the Beatles (she was an Elvis fan) used to love this track. So what does Paul McCartney really know about music? 😉
@reneblom21606 ай бұрын
Mother knows best, eh? 😉
@blueycarlton Жыл бұрын
Yes, watch the Get Back sessions. You'll see Paul create the hit song Get Back from scratch in front of your eyes. Amazing.
@slezakvit6 ай бұрын
Yes, one of Paul's best... amazing, so heartbreaking
@marksmall4618 Жыл бұрын
"Yesterday" another Macca song. The most covered song...ever.
@petejones879 Жыл бұрын
Was actually recorded as just paul and a guitar... The orchestral backing and harmonies were added after before release
@jeanmyers1787 Жыл бұрын
Paul’s range is incredible. This was his song & more a ballad.
@ian824111 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful song 🎵 and always enjoy your thoughtful reactions:)
@RoyalBlue1475 ай бұрын
This is a love song to his mates The Beatles when they were splitting up.
@deborahdean Жыл бұрын
No one can write a ballad better than Paul McCartney.
@patclinker6587 Жыл бұрын
Michael, you seem to enjoy the songs with emotion and meaning. Listen to Barbra Streisand's duet with Bryan Adams I Finally Found Someone, and her singles Evergreen, Somewhere, and her duet with Neil Diamond, You Don't Bring me Flowers. If you watch that duet, make sure you watch them sing it live at the Grammys. Simply amazing.
@elizabethfranco1284 Жыл бұрын
From their Let It Be album. Yea it’s good as they say even better
@photo161Ай бұрын
When you left me, I was determined to prove I could find another happy place, a fulfilling person. But no matter what road I try to escape down, it only leads me to understand inescapably that you are the only one I will ever love.
@chris...94973 ай бұрын
Release date 1970, 8 years after first stepping into a recording studio. Released after their breakup.
@myjokeworld Жыл бұрын
The spector's version❤
@IsaacWale20049 ай бұрын
The 2021 mix is the best version.
@FuturologyTheMusical Жыл бұрын
The last Beatles number 1.
@slezakvit5 ай бұрын
As mentioned it's about his relationship with John... similar like Oh, Darling is for George, when he left them for a week during Let It Be recording...
@joankisloski6972 Жыл бұрын
It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney.
@andrewschreiber112 Жыл бұрын
I have to ask - what's the significance of the Hellman's mayonnaise jar?
@davidvornsand9551 Жыл бұрын
Yeah Yeah Yeah, Yeah!
@jmweed1861 Жыл бұрын
Listen to Revolution by the Beatles... and I Want to Hold Your Hand, which propelled them in the US market in 1964....
@carlosbuscatore2 ай бұрын
Paul knew somehow that the end was almost coming...so sad
@juanfllv7 ай бұрын
A couple of maybe real stories about this wonderful song. First it is said PM composed this in minutes to win a bet. Second, he disliked the involving orchestra sound from Phis Spector that was impossed by Lennon and this was one of the disputes that marked the end of the group. Actually he managed to publish an accoustic version of the whole album many years later.
@harrietmiller3982 Жыл бұрын
Hey👋🙌👏 I've been enjoying your channel and just landed here cuz I love your discovery of the Beatles who came up while was in high school, a long, long time ago😉. I noticed your Hollister hoodie~ is that where you live? I grew up in Pacific Grove and our schools competed in the same sports league. Made me a little homesick to see it🌻✌️
@michaelwduffy Жыл бұрын
I live in New York!! Appreciate you though Harriet!!! All the best my friend!! 😁
@petejones879 Жыл бұрын
Michael Duffy you remind me of Scottish actor Ewan McGregor
@wilpri3 ай бұрын
Sounds like strings and vocals.
@Noah-gq7pq9 ай бұрын
dead on you have to have the guts to wear your feelings,,thats what its all about....
@brucelamberton881924 күн бұрын
You need to listen to "Let It Be... Naked", the re-relessed version of the album with Phil Spector's "wall of sound" (which Paul never liked) stripped away and letting your hear the compositions and the foursome's instruments better.
@Mx1600i Жыл бұрын
Another great video from you. Enjoyed it very much. Like 185! Does that cookie offer apply retroactively in some way? :)
@lisahaverluk4037 Жыл бұрын
😊😊😊
@mariateresaantona3073 Жыл бұрын
Ahahahah... sei simpaticissimo e sembri un ragazzino (magari lo sei) alla scoperta di un mondo musicale sconosciuto... e ti apprezzo molto per questo😍 "The Long and Winding Road" ha accompagnato la mia giovinezza in cui ho pianto per giovani amori non ricambiati e gioito per i balli lenti dove magari ci scappava anche un bacio 🤭 A parte le mie stupidaggini personali che peraltro grazie a TE ho rivissuto... GRAZIE ANCORA, ti consiglio due cose: a) The Beatles: "Get Back" miniserie televisiva documentario del 2021 diretta da Peter Jackson. Il documentario sui The Beatles segue la creazione artistica dell'album Let It Be e la pianificazione della prima esibizione dal vivo dopo tre anni. Il documentario contiene il celebre concerto dei Beatles sul tetto della APPLE (ai tempi la casa discografica dei BEATLES ... Bill Gates non c'entra) Nessuna band ha mai osato aprire il proprio sipario, umano e artistico, in un modo così sincero e spericolato come accade in questo film. In questo documentario c'è anche la genesi di "The Long and Winding Road" b) Il Film "Yesterday"... non ti racconto nulla ma è VERAMENTE divertentissimo... cercalo!!! Scusa se mi sono dilungata ma ho capito che sei avido di bella musica e devi ancora crescere. Con Affetto Teresa IT
@ceisiwrserith2224 Жыл бұрын
Listen to the version from "Let It Be Naked," and see how McCartney wanted it to sound, instead of Phil Spector. It's way better.
@tonyneal471623 күн бұрын
Its a love song, mangled by Phil Spector.
@Dollywood623 Жыл бұрын
Something different from the Beatles I think u would like is “Yellow Submarine” from their animated movie of the same name. It was a favorite of mine as a child🔥🔥🔥
@JackKirbyFan Жыл бұрын
It is ironic that Paul himself HATED this version with the Phil effect as he took over as producer of the album. I personally liked the orchestral effect but admit, having heard the version he prefers, I get his point. His vocals are so drowned out by the orchestra. My favorite version is the solo version on 'Give My Regards to Broad Street' using a sax.
@reneestewart94252 ай бұрын
If someone is seeing this twice it's because I thought I sent it but evidently not. Phil Spector if you remember the trial for murder. He's the one that did the orchestral background to this. Paul was furious. This was after the Beatles split or at least were just arguing that time because the three of them had gone with Alan Klein. And Alan Klein was also mainly responsible for this he turned this over to Phil Spector. Paul was furious he wanted the original version to go on let it be. You can find the original version I don't think this one is too bad but I do think the orchestra does over it because this is a beautiful song. And Paul always has the best instinct as to what's best for his songs. And FYI George Martin did not get the proper credits for this. This was a big deal back then. The public didn't know so much. We didn't have the information back then that we do today. Pardon any misspelled words I have to use the visual issues and I can't edit.
@reneestewart94252 ай бұрын
The Beatles did not write this Paul McCartney wrote it. If you can recognize the voices who's ever singing wrote it. There are the times they went in and George would do his thing and Ringo would put his drums on to it. But for the most part Paul created most of his songs
@rgjerde53 Жыл бұрын
I like these videos, only because Hellman's is my favorite mayonnaise. And the songs are good too.
@beatlebrian4404 Жыл бұрын
It was never released here in the UK at the time, because McCartney hated the over production on it by Phil Spector!
@reneestewart94252 ай бұрын
On the Beatles songs whoever wrote it sing it
@rongrantga Жыл бұрын
If you haven't seen the movie "Yesterday" please check it out. This song is featured in such a beautiful way!
@270yis7 Жыл бұрын
Check out the mix on LET IT BE ...NAKED and hear the song as it was originally recorded (but unreleased until 2003). You actually hear the other Beatles and keyboardist Billy Preston on that version. George's guitar parts and Billy's keyboards on that version is better than the choir and strings on this version.
@ed.z. Жыл бұрын
Yep. It’s better naked. And the music is better, also.
@fredrikjelkefors9336 Жыл бұрын
I preforme this version more. The original version
@mandypotts9090 Жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney wrote the song and his mother passed away and her name was Mary and it came to him in a dream one night and just said let it be
@mysterymac38 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but this song is called the long and winding road and has nothing to do with his mom.
@tonymaher10568 ай бұрын
Wanker! - That's my reaction
@dirtylemon3379 Жыл бұрын
I much prefer the version from the Let it Be Naked album. Just piano, bass, drum without all those strings and choir voices smothering it. Crazy ass Phil Spector added all the strings and ruined it. McCartney hated this version and had a fit when he heard it.
@beatlebrian4404 Жыл бұрын
Yes your are 100% right McCartney, hated the over production of it by Phil Spector, so much it was never released as a single in the UK at the time
@fredrikjelkefors9336 Жыл бұрын
I desagre with you...
@dirtylemon3379 Жыл бұрын
@@fredrikjelkefors9336 And Paul McCartney who wrote it disagrees with you.
@fredrikjelkefors9336 Жыл бұрын
@@dirtylemon3379 Whell its a free country we are living in
@beatlebrian4404 Жыл бұрын
@@fredrikjelkefors9336 it's true that at the time McCartney didn't know whether to add a string arrangement or not, but one things for sure he would never had a full singing choir, which Phil Spector did!
@romeosyne Жыл бұрын
When David Foster got the chance to work with Paul he hoped they would make another "Long and Winding", but Paul was being coy and nothing memorable resulted from the collaboration. Such a shame...
@despinakollas10 ай бұрын
They both had input into each other’s songs, but whomever sang it, wrote it. Always know this. ❤
@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 Жыл бұрын
One of William Campbell’s very best…
@p0llenp0ny Жыл бұрын
You guys are the herpes of any Beatles video comment section.
@mysterymac38 Жыл бұрын
Amazing that they could find someone that actually wrote better music then Paul isn't it? And just think, Paul's brother having to stay close with William even though there was no need after the Beatles broke up. Did you know that Williams brother Bruce played Ash in the Evil Dead?? Nepotism... am I right?
@nickoleterrible Жыл бұрын
If you like emotionnal you have to hear the psychopath song John wrote about her mother. It's called mother.
@julianbarber47089 ай бұрын
Do you get it now? Paul thought Phil Spector's orchestration ruined the song!
@GravinaAlexandre Жыл бұрын
🇧🇷👏🙏❤️
@tombeyerlein3813 Жыл бұрын
I love almost everything the Beatles ever did, and this is another great one. The only thing weak about it is that Lennon, who hated playing the bass, did a terrible job with it on this track. I could hear the clams even as a teen in 1970.
@toolatehello33458 ай бұрын
This song is about the break up of the Beatles.
@michaelsullivan6854 Жыл бұрын
What's with the jar of mayo behind you ?
@archistuart4 ай бұрын
This tune was unfortunately produced by Phil Spector whom over produced it with too many strings and choir. The honest version is available, or should I say the Paul approved one. This version pissed Paul off because of the over production.