Remember that within the span of 4 years, the Beatles went from songs line I Want to Hold Your Hand to songs like this… There will never be another group with the combination of talent, cultural impact and legacy like the Beatles.

When The Beatles were together they changed and evolved in their look and sound. Listening to their progression over the years, you'd think you were hearing many different bands. They released this during the Vietnam War.

Part of the reason that they were so great is that they could do anything.

They ARE the world's greatest ROCK band. Thanks for your reaction.

The Beatles reinvented themselves over and over again. Each time they amazed us and inspired millions!

"Helter Skelter" with Paul McCartney on vocals will blow your mind, too! One of the first Heavy Metal songs! Paul said he was inspired to write it after reading an interview with The Who's Pete Townsend, who said their song "I Can See For Miles" was the loudest, rawest song Tho Who ever did at that time. Another hard rocker from The Beatles is "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey". I love the title!

The whole hippie/youth movement of the 60s and 70s was a revolution..anti-war and free your mind. My generation has the best music!

Amber's smile when she hears John's intro and Paul's scream is priceless! Beautiful smile Amber!!!

One of my favorite songs from the Beatles is; "Paperback Writer". I'm not sure how "Rockin'" it is but, it is definitely one of their more uptempo songs. I love it. 😃

Back In The USSR is another of their hard-driving rock numbers... Can never go wrong with The Beatles.

In 1968 when this came out of your transistor or car radio, it was like an air raid siren, it made people's jaws drop and the hair on your arms stand up. People were absolutely shocked. Especially because their previous single had been "Lady Madonna" kind of an old timey Fifties piano rocker.

I love how you reacted exactly like they wanted people to react lol. "THIS SOUND OUT OF THE BEATLES?"

The Beatles were so diverse in the music they played. You still haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg of their catalog of music. A hundred years from now people will still be playing their music, while today's most popular musicians will long be forgotten.

There's a reason they are considered the best rock band in history. They did it ALL. and TONS OF IT. The ouput in 8 years in unmatched in history. The evolution of the sound.....EVERYTHING.

their use of reverb and distortion is wicked cool on this track. innovative in every which way it can be with the lyrics, too. this truly was a revolution. a 1960's revolution in the sound of music to our hearts, minds, and ears. God bless these fellows from across the pond.

The Beatles didn't have a rock side. They were a rock band who had a softer side.

Have y’all heard She’s So Heavy? Helter Skelter? Happiness Is A Warm Gun? They definitely have a Rock side!

"Oh Darling", "Dear Prudence", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "A Day In The Life", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "She's Leaving Home", "Eleanor Rigby", "Here, There, & Everywhere", "We Can Work It Out".

It's amazing to think that a "music video" (before that term was invented) for a song with such energy and tight editing could've been made way back in 1968!

And John actually says "You can count me out, in." He said that he might be counted out or counted in on the fight, depending. Love that.

The Beatles not only played songs in every genre, THEY INVENTED GENRES!

This song addressed the mood of the times in a very mature and level headed way. The war in Viet Nam was such a divisive issue that many young people were being radicalized to the extent that overthrowing the government was a serious consideration for many. "Revolution" was a wake up call that that wasn't a realistic solution. It's difficult for folks today to get a real grasp of how important The Beatles were to not just the music, but also to the culture and politics of the times.

Beatles are GOAT. They hit the scene like an atom bomb and blew everything that came before them out of our consciousness They led an entire generation through a decade of music, style, and culture - everyone tried to be like them. They constantly reinvented themselves too - they were highly innovative and pioneered many sounds and techniques of modern music. As soon as you thought you had them figured out, they released another single or album with all new styles and sounds. Nobody since has had that kind of impact.

It's been over 20 years since Beetlemania, and I've heard Revolutions countless times, but today I found another attraction of Revolutions. That's amazing, Beatles😇

This band does everything. The greatest band of all time

You guys should do "A Hard Days Night" on your movie channel. Their personalities are hilarious.

Extraordinary keyboards by the 5th Beatle Billy Preston. The song started as a slow song by John for the White Album. Then the video for the Smother Brothers Show was this version.

I’m 58 and my children love the Beatles. And my grandchildren. Funny how certain bands cross several generations flawlessly.

Hey guys, I'm a Beatles fanatic and I've said one time before, you really need to do a deep dive on the Beatles and listen to their entire catalog in chronological order so you can see the growth and change in just 8 years (1962-1970).

The craziest part about the beatles is that john, paul and George were childhood friends. Three teenage friends started a band and they became the damn beatles. Not sure you'll ever see magic like that again.

That’s why John sings “And when you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out…in.” He didn’t want to be seen as espousing violence but he also didn’t want to be seen as not behind the cause.

The thing with the Beatles is they knew how to end a song . genius

THE BEATLES' SONG "REVOLUTION" I am a 72-year-old, Oklahoma-born member of the Baby Boom generation. So, I'm happy you guys made your way to the Beatles, and that you like them so much. I'm also a retired history professor, by the way, so I can explain the social context of "Revolution." You were right to ask questions about that song in relation to the wider society. The Vietnam War stirred up lots of controversy, as you know. The US Government was drafting college kids like me to go fight in an unpopular war in Asia. There were demonstrations, large and small, on virtually every college campus in the US. At Kent State University in Ohio, the National Guard fired on student demonstrators, killing some demonstrators, but also killing students just walking to their classes. But even off-campus, there was a general atmosphere of hostility toward college students all over the country. The Hippies, or flower children, were just one reaction on the part of college students. They were a peace-loving group, as you know. They believed that marijuana is a kind of sacrament that helps create a sense of inner peace just by smoking it. Instead of fighting back, they believed in dropping out of society, and building communes in rural areas where everything was shared equally. But there were also student radicals who wanted to wage war against the US Government. The radicals sometimes trashed, and even bombed, campus buildings that housed ROTC programs, or anything to do with the military or national defense. You could see the radicals at anti-war demonstrations. Some wore jeans jackets with Mao Tse Tung buttons bearing the profile of the Chinese Communist dictator. They also favored rimless glasses like John Lennon's. The radicals sometimes tried to whip the crowd into a physical confrontation with police at peace demonstrations. So, the Beatles produced their song, "Revolution," at that political moment. They recorded it in 1968, an historical turning point in the US, and many other countries around the world, as well. That was the year of the Tet Offensive when North Vietnamese forces broke into Saigon, the capitol of South Vietnam, the country the US supported. Until that time, many believed that President Johnson was sincere when he kept saying the war was almost over. US forces would soon win. But American TV news crews filmed the North Vietnamese forces running wild in the streets, executing people right in front of the cameras. Many Americans turned against the Vietnam War at that point, and stopped believing what the US Government told them about the war, and anything else for that matter. That same year, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were murdered, and President Johnson declined to run for president again, even though he had won by an historic landslide just four years earlier. Many young people became highly radicalized. Some draft-age men fled to Canada. Others dropped out of society and joined communes. A few joined violent groups like the Symbionese Liberation Army, or the Students for a Democratic Society, or the Black Panthers, all of which committed violent acts, especially bank robberies, to finance their "revolution." The Beatles first version of their song "Revolution" addressed that situation peacefully, repeatedly emphasizing in the chorus that "you know, it's gonna be alright." In other words, "You don't need to overthrow the government, things will eventually calm down." Then, there's the heart of the matter: "When you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out." And they put the radicals down by saying that, "if you're carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you're not gonna make it with anyone anyhow." It may seem strange today, even unbelievable, but in 1968, millions of college-age youth not only hoped that the US Government would be overthrown, they were counting on it. They could not imagine living in a society in their adult years like the one they grew up in; and neither the government nor their parents had any influence on them. The youth could have gone in any number of terrible directions; but in the late 1960s many looked to the Beatles as their leaders, believing that they could guide them into a new era, a complete change in society. The Beatles knew that, of course, but they did not want that responsibility. McCartney gave an interview at that time, saying that the Beatles didn't want political power, they just wanted to create some positive influence in society through their music. Nonetheless, the Beatles could not escape from the expectations of so many millions of young people, and with "Revolution," they tried to steer the youth in a positive direction. The young radicals put so much pressure on the Beatles, though, that they had to release a second version of the song, the one you played on your channel. Listen to the lyrics closely when Lennon says, "You can count me out." After that, he turns his head away from the mic, and in a softer voice says the single word, in." In other words, "You can count me out of the destruction, but also possibly "in," depending on the circumstances." By that time, even many Hippies, the peace-lovers, would not criticize the radicals. The world looked so bad to them that it wasn't reasonable, in their minds, to think that peace alone could bring reform. The Hippies didn't want to be violent themselves, but if violence was the only solution, then the radicals just had to go that way. If the Beatles had not inserted the word, "in," they would have lost credibility with many young people. "Revolution" is more complex and subtle than some might imagine. You were both taken aback by the song's heavy metal groove. But you may also have noticed the electronic distortion. The radicals loved that kind of music, so the Beatles were opposing the radicals' extreme views by using the same style of music they, themselves, preferred. You know, the Beatles were not a band by any normal definition of that word, even though their music had no rival, and is still much admired. They were a global force. At their peak, the establishment news media often referred to them as "the most famous people in the world." President Nixon was so afraid of John Lennon's influence with young people that he tied him up in court for years when he first applied for a US visa. And when Lennon was killed, every major government in the world issued a press release mourning his death, even the Soviet Union. No other human on the planet had his stature at that time. Even now, there are statues of the Beatles in countries all over the world, including some obscure ones most people never heard of.

Amber NEEDS to hear She's So Heavy, another all time Beatles Banger that still rattles my cage 53 years later. Those guys could flat out rock and they prove how potent they could be on tunes such as these. Come on, play it for her!!! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

I was born in 1954 "Baby boomer". I love your show. Any time that you listen to music from 1964 to 1972 you have to remember that the Vietnam war had a huge impact on the writing. What a decade of turmoil. As for the Beatles, they were the biggest icons and voices of their generation and the youth looked to them for guidance, especially Lennon who was out spoken and very intelligent (at least until Yoko came along) and the people listened to him. Lennon said that if you saw who the the lead singer of each song was he was usually the primary writer of that song. Revolution was John Lennon's answer to the many voices calling on him to come out and be a leader of the movement.

Guys, so pleased you’re enjoying The Beatles, they are truly amazing and their legacy will live forever. Just like to add this is a LIVE performance 😊 there’s also a slower tempo acoustic version on the Beatles “White Album” for you to contrast 😊 enjoy guys

They were geniuses---the next one you need to react to is "Tomorrow Never Knows", it was groundbreaking in the sounds they used

The Beatles ROCKED!!! They basically could play/sing anything from jazz, to pop, rock, ballads, you name it and they adjusted their style and vocals to match. As previously stated, check out Helter Skelter, She's So Heavy, and many others.

This is my favourite Beatles record today, then it will be something else tomorrow, and so on, they wrote music for every day and mood, the perfect band.

Nothing like a Paul scream is there. They could change their sound anytime they wanted from song to song on the same album it just amazes we just how good they really were and far they came in 8 short years.

You guys want to hear a really rocking song by them listen to the song Helter Skelter. It rocks so much Motley Crue did a cover of it .

Oh more Beatles!!! Can never ever have too many Beatles songs. ✌️💜🇨🇦

The Beatles, Revolution is off the hook!!!! Great song!!!! Powerful Message!!!!

"I saw her standing there" rocks and it showcases Paul's voice.

Vietnam era rock. What times! Lennon was the edge to Beatles. This song has the Lennon signature. Great reaction folks.

My favorite Beatles song. Love Revolution...You need to do A DAY IN THE LIFE. Trust me

Howdy Jay and Amber. I love you two and enjoy the music of my favorite band The Beatles. I'm in Tampa Florida and used to listen to this song every morning at home room in high school. Over flow put home room in the cafeteria and they had a juke box , This was 1968. They always played Revolution and Bee Gees Got to get a message to You. No one can touch the Beatles for their genius and ability to change the world through their music. Now at 70 years old I still can never stop listening to them. Keep on Rocking. I appreciate each day of life because tomorrow is not promised. Peace and Love.

You say you want a revolution? We'd all love to see the plan. Great freaking line.

The Beatles were larger than life, to the generation who grew up with them. From mild to wild. They and the Rolling Stones are the soundtracks of the lives for those of us that grew up in the sixties. There were lots of great bands and artists, but those 2 bands were the greatest.

"Revolution" and "Helter Skelter" are the most rockin' Beatles tunes. Great choice!!! This is the first time I've ever heard those adlibs. They aren't in the original version.

The nicest thing about watching you guys (as someone who already lived through a whole bunch of your discoveries), is the joy they bring you too. I’m beginning to think I was lucky

Again ... the Beatles had about a billion radio hits because they were SO VERSATILE! (incredible writes and musicians, too)

I agree that Helter Skelter rocks out but so does Birthday. They also do a version of Revolution that's way slower, but I like it and is worth a listen to hear the difference.

Never saw this exact version before -- what fun to see them rock out. That final 'All Right!' always reminded me of someone's mother screaming at their kid to turn that noise down.

At the start, when John starts singing, you can lip read George saying to Paul “johns mic sounds shit”😂

One thing about the Beatles was that they was trying to develop all the time, they didn't want an album to sound like the previous one.

The early Beatles took jobs working in pubs and clubs in Germany. They ended up playing 10-12 hours a day with few breaks. This made them a really tight band and also made them into great musicians who were very in tune with each other. That is why they were so fun to watch live and why they were so tight.

This sounds slightly different than the studio version, but with the Beatles, any version (live or studio) is going to be awesome...so it doesn't matter.

you don't see him here, but that great electric piano was played by Billy Preston, who you have listened to here beore. He is also on Get Back among others, he ws sometimes called the "fifth Beatle".

And, What most people do not know, there was a Fifth Beatles, his name was Billy Preston, and he was black. Preston played on 10 records songs, some of their biggest hits. Like "Get back", and "Let it be."

The Beatles had many different sides, and that was part of their brilliance. Other more rockin' songs to check out: Back in the USSR, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, Rain, She's So Heavy, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Birthday. Just to name a few.

"I'm Down" is a hard rockin early Beatles track that I really like ( I think it was the B-side to Help) . For some strange reason it gets ignored , but it's original and really great !

most of their songs came out before i was born ,but The Beatles and their other individual groups are a big part of my music collection

The Beatles went from "rock n roll" to "pop" to "raga rock" to "electropop" to "psychedelic rock" to "hard rock" to "heavy metal" to all of them combined in just 7 years. And the crazier part is that other than rock n roll and pop, all those genres were invented by the Beatles themselves. And that's only ONE of the reasons why they are the best band ever.

I love Revolution. The single version is my favourite. To my taste, one of their best ever songs.

'When you talk about destruction .. don't you know that you can count me out .. (in)' .. that line still gets me. #theMasters

All I did during this reaction was smile and enjoy "my old friends" doing what made them the legends that they are. Thank you!😊

This is one of my favorites, The Beatles wrote "Back in the U.S.S.R." (White album) as a parody of Chuck Berry's song "Back in the U.S.A."[58] and the Beach Boys

This song was paired as a single with “Hey Jude” when it was released in 1968. That was the most tumultuous year of the 1960s, one of the most turbulent decades in modern history. In that one year, both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated within two months of each other. The war in Vietnam escalated with the Tet Offensive (which proved that America was not going to win the war), and the anti-war movements in America started to become more militant. The Black Panthers and Black Power movements began to eclipse MLK’s traditionally non-violent civil rights ideology, and race riots broke out in cities across America (largely in response to his assassination). Young people across the country were shutting down and taking over their college campuses to protest the draft, most famously at Columbia University in NYC. And on top of it all, it was a presidential election year and outside of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the police beat down, brutalized and bloodied anti-war protesters live on national television. Similar unrest was unfolding around the world as the baby boomer youth population started to rise up against the establishment. It was against this backdrop that John Lennon wrote the song “Revolution”. He was acknowledging the need for change, but saying he wouldn’t support violence as a means of achieving that goal: “When you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out.” Just to give you guys historical reference to what was happening in the world at the time.

This (and Hey Jude) was performed for British (and later US) television. The vocals were "live" but the instrumental backing was from the record. On the record John did the opening scream, but for this John felt that he wouldn't be able to go from the scream to the first verse, so Paul filled in. BTW, this is the single version. There is a slower version on "The White Album".

It's great to see and hear younger generations really appreciating what all of us 'oldies' have known since about 1963. Glad I stumbled on this today - but this song, in particular, blows me away every time I hear it and watch the video. There goes my afternoon - I'm putting it on repeat (again, again......)

This is the song that turned me on to The Beatles way back in 1968. I was just a kid and my Dad gave me the 45 RPM record with "Hey Jude" on one side and "Revolution" on the other. I was hooked when I heard the guitar at the beginning. I played it so many times on my portable record player, I'm surprised that I didn't wear a groove in it. I still have that 45.

A particularly perfect drum pattern by Ringo, I doubt that many people recognize his wonderful contributions to their sound and power.

The Beatles are a music genre unto themselves.

I could honestly watch the two of you discover music all day long. You have a great appreciation for artists across all genre. Keep doing what you are doing and thank you! I especially loved your reaction(s) as you discovered some of Bruce Springsteen's performances - it was like sharing music with my daughter as she was growing up.

You know; part of Ringo's craziness in playing the drums is because he's left-handed. I think he did a video talking about it.

Can never go wrong with the Beatles!

“She’s leaving home” is an underrated masterpiece. If you don’t cry to this you ain’t got no soul.

Such a cool, follow up: The very bass guitar that Paul is filmed with here was stolen in 1972 and was just returned to him in December 2023 !

After listening to you guys reacting to many records, I have to say, that you have the best KZfaq channel out there. I'm a musician who is 71 and have listened to and watched hundreds of videos, no other channel is as entertaining and sincere as you guys. Love you both. Keep it up my young friends. I know this video was posted almost a year ago but, I still had to comment. Like I said "Love you both !!!!

There is a message in every Beatles song. Some more obvious than others, but that's one of the things that made them so great. They were speaking for a generation that wanted the same things they did. Completely antiwar, always. Peace, Love & Rock & Roll 💓Amber~ I so love your hair!

My mother had the first album Meet the Beatles. She would always play That Boy. It is a great song. John Lennon voice is Excellent in this song. My mother is no longer with us, she passed on 12/22/2006 yes 2 days before Christmas. I had people at work who said God calls on more Angels at Christmas time. I say AMEN!!

That’s the 5th beatle Billy Preston on those keys. He was basically a in the studio Beatle.

If you want to see these guys have goofball fun, watch their movie, Hard Days Night. It is a landmark film, not just for them, but the industry as well. And for some screaming rock-n-roll - Helter Skelter.

You should listen to "Helter Skelter" and "Oh Darling". The Beatles had it all ... you can never go wrong with them! I was lucky enough to grow up with them ... what a great time to be alive!!

Y'all could disect every Beatles song! Each one was different. Best band ever!

1968!! A very pivotal year! This is a ‘live’ recording for film, a bit different than the “record” or 45-single version. The version on the album known for its white art cover as “the Beatles” is slow, groovy, more acoustic. And, yes, some callback to “doo-wop” harmony vocal, with hard Rock groove.

Love the Beatles!!! “Long and whinding road” is my favorite!!🤘🔥

This is definitely one of the heaviest guitar sounds on a Beatles recording. John Lennon wanted the guitars to be deliberately overloaded on the mixing console, which would have been considered equipment abuse back then. But they were the Beatles and if they wanted it, it was going to be done and nobody was going to argue!

"you can count me out/in" speaks of the dual complexity of the mind.

The thing about the Beatles is they really cut their teeth playing the pubs in Germany for a few years. I mean like every night. Hundreds of gigs every year. So they got really tight in those years. Which when they hit success some time later. They could easily improvise. And the Beatles grew up in the 50's and realized that everyone were just doing covers of bands that they loved. Blues R&B, Folk. It inspired them to just write their own music. And they did. This in fact inspired many young artists to write their own stuff. So the Beatles in many ways was a watershed..a motive to create rather than impersonate.

Beatles have one of the most diverse music catalogues of all time. Definitely had a rock n roll backbone to it

John Lennon got the heavily distorted guitar sound by plugging it directly into the recording console instead of an amplifier. This was strictly forbidden, and if it were anyone other than The Beatles they would have been kicked out of the studio.

They played so much. They toured so much and created so much that by 1966 they exhausted themselves and then never toured or did live gigs as the Beatles again until the rooftop thing which I believe was the last time they played together as the BEATLES. THE studio sound was great. They had and invented much of the improvements in recording studios. Like the number of tracks in a song. You know those old 8 track tapes we all had ? They didn’t have 8 tracks on older records. And stereo didn’t even exist that long before them. Mixing and layering. They tried it all. They were a rock n roll band at its core.

In the beginning Paul does that high scream like Little Richard!

The Beatles changed the world - it’s hard to imagine just how talented and influential they were unless you lived through it Best song - Golden Slumber/Carry That Weight/The End. One song with 3parts - I believe it was the last song on the last album they recorded

The Beatles were, and still are the best band to ever come along. They are the yard-stick by which all other bands are compared, or compare themselves to. They changed music. They changed the whole culture. They changed history. They influenced every band. Every genre. Every generation re-discovers them and there's no denying how great they were. A person may have a more favorite band that they like better personally, but no one has a better band. Those don't and never have existed. I'm thankful that I lived during the time of The Beatles music. And they covered so much ground in their short time. They played all the early rock & roll that they were influenced by, and did it better than anybody. They progressed so fast. They innovated in composing and recording. They innovated technology. They influenced how we dressed, wore our hair, talked, thought. It's so far reaching. They were definitely the 'classical' music leaders of their day, and whose influence is being felt here some nearly 60 years ago. They kept evolving constantly. Their goal was to never repeat themselves, where most entertainers would stay with what was a hit for them, and try to reproduce it.

This live version was essentially the single version (Revolution) with extras (the shoo-be-do part and the "out...in") from the White Album version (Revolution 1) thrown in. Also, they played live, but also had the recorded version behind them. This is my favorite version of the song!

Guys, if you listen to the original studio recording, Paul's scream at the beginning is 50x more "!!!!!"

I would suggest y’all do a reaction to the so called “Long One” medley from side two of the Abbey Road album. You have to listen to the whole thing to get the full effect of how it was mixed to make a few different songs meld together into a masterful ending to a great album. The sequence begins with "You Never Give Me Your Money," then continues with "Sun King," "Mean Mr. Mustard," "Polythene Pam," "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window," "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End." Then stay around for the little ditty Her Majesty as the album wraps up.