In 3000 years

I couldn't have said it any better! Agree 100% Those songs were just pure happiness! Great Harmonies, I get chills listening to "Tell Me Why" and one of my all time favorites "If I Fell", those songs hit me in the heart and can't help almost shed a tear of how their music just captured my attention back then and now. It happens with a lot of their songs! No one will ever come close to the Beatles! Love them as a kid and love them even more now! Beatles Forever!

Ad infinitum

Without a doubt they were the BEST.Just raw talent and back then we had no idea their music would last .this long.There is still no band that compares to the Beatles.

What they did was not human. They wrote their songs, recorded them, helped in their production, toured around the world playing nearly every night then having to travel (often from 1 country to the next to play the next gig that night), did media, made movies and tried to actually have some time off for themselves which was a rarity. It's mind blowing the sheer genius of these guys. Will never be repeated.

Exactly. They can get a small taste of the almost embarrassment of cultural/musical riches we lived in then.

Very true,that’s what music is all about

Pure joy.

I loved watching the girls going crazy over them? Some girls actually passed out. WOW! Can you imagine how they felt?

The swooning is over, there are still new fans and older fans alike...

By light years!

It was magical or it came from God. That these 4 young kids from Liverpool came together. Greatest talent ever! Thank you, Lord.

I’m 60 yrs old lol and can listen to them all the time.

Wow…just wow! I play that recording a lot and still have the vinyl too! How amazing to have been there- thank you for sharing ❤

“The joy and innocence” that said it all!

Thankyou for sharing your story.

I am the only person I know who got to see them live twice. Perfect age too: 13 & 15. Luckiest coincidence of my life. My favorite cousin was the head sports announcer at the stadium.

I'm a few years behind you but I have to agree it seemed a much more innocent time. We had not long come out of a world war, and the Cuban missile crisis wasn't much fun so I do sometimes wonder if we're just looking at the past through rose tinted spectacles. The general feeling did seem to be one of hope though, and a positive attitude towards the future. How times have changed. 😢

Not liking The Beatles is akin to not liking the sun.

They'll still be listening to Zeppelin and pink Floyd too

and the Rolling Stones will still be givins live concerts...

@@darylfoster7944 But there won't be college courses on Zep & Floyd. Anyone can argue who's #2 all time.....that's fine. But # 1? That will ALWAYS be the Beatles, because they were amazing composers...far beyond just being a rock band. ZEP and Floyd writing Eleanor Rigby? LOL! Nope. Strawberry Fields, NOPE! Penny Lane? Nope. You can put another 100 songs on this list. It's too overwhelming. Go ahead and fight over who's #2, ha ha. And # 3..... But #1 is a done deal.

@@darylfoster7944 Not quite so sure.

@@MusicMan73790 you Beatles fans are obsessed. They were the best pop rock band, I'll grant you that. But if you think Penny Lane is a better song than Comfortably Numb, you're nuts. And the first half of their career, they wrote pop drivel. Quantity of songs doesn't impress me.

I agree, John's voice was so fine. I still cry when I hear John. I remember the night he was murdered. I was with my roommate in college and we were shattered..crying all night. She woke me up to tell me. I thought it was a nightmare and it still is one.

John's voice is my all time favorite

I was around three years old when these songs were released. The first Beatles song I ever heard was let it be being played by my neighbours and I guess I was around nine. Looking back at this footage what impresses me apart from the innovative musicianship and harmonies is John’s incredible magnetism.

And Kinks, Stones, Faces…😎🎸👍🏼

Now that I think of it, John was so great that nobody even hated the guy who killed him.

😅

As a grandmother, I can confirm that statement. 😊

Ditto

It would be my mother as she was the same age as The Beatles

Absolutely. In 300 years the Beatles will still be listened to like Bach.

In your opinion

@z512345.Your Opinion is So right. Other Folks don't count. All Beatles is Great.🇬🇧🎼🎸

My 16 yr old granddaughter is obsessed with the Beatles. Of course I played them for her since her childhood.

Quality lasts.

My daughter's music teacher is supplementing my "home schooling" on the Beatles. ;-)

I always thought the Beatles would be known as classic music 100s of years later. The way these geniuses keep getting rediscovered always gives me a kick.

I absolutely agree! (I'm 72). I remember seeing their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in '63 or '64. Wow!! We were hooked right from the start!

Just after Kennedy was killed, we had no hope. Then the Beatles came along.

how does it feel to live my DREAM 😭😭

I am 70. My dad was the coolest dad on the block because he bought their albums. We kids formed a band with pretend instruments, put the stereo on really loud, opened the door and spent the afternoon with our Beatles Kareoke, before Kareoke was even a thing!

I am much younger but my dad played their music frequently. I loved their songs so much I begged for a guitar and they gave me one. I learned all their songs and studied music. This led me to research how this all happened and then I found out how their impact changed society and helped re-erect classical music. They revealed that there was still a huge amount of tonal music 'on tap' ready to be exploited. This is now our mainstream of music, with dozens of genres all because of what The Beatles gave us.

And that is an understatement.

Well Put Joe❗ They were a PHENOMENON.

Agree. I love Paul’s walking bass in this song. A Hard Day’s Night is a great album from start to finish. The group at the height of Beatlemania.

I totally agree, and will never understand how so many people dismiss "Tell Me Why" as just a run-of-the-mill album track. It has everything that makes the early Beatles so great...great playing (drums in particular), a passionate lead vocal from the greatest singer to ever sing rock 'n' roll, incredible full harmonies, and an energy level that's over the top. Just magnificent in every way. I have performed this song many, many times in my lifetime, and I never tire of it.

@@BigStar303 It's great fun to do at karaoke, and really gets everyone out on the dance floor. It's my favorite of the early songs as well.

Saw the at Shea

They are Beatles with an A, not insects.

Absolutely! I first heard them when I was four, so exciting and new!

@@kellylappin5944I did too! ❤

I had the coolest parents. We watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and Mama, as well as my siblings and I, were hooked. I was 8 years old, and I still love their music. John's and George's deaths at such young ages were tragic, but I'm grateful for what they left behind, that endures.

We are sisters in our love for The Beatles. They’ve had my heart since I saw them on Ed Sullivan, sixty years on now! This was long before I had any concept of music, of cute boys… they are my gold standard. I’d just turned 7 the day before JFK was murdered. We needed them. ❤❤

@@catherinefrazier2478 I remember being sent home from school that day JFK was murdered. It was 2nd grade

Me, too!

Me too

A new Beatles fan

Me too. As we speak. (I'm 60. I never lived a day without hearing the Beatles in the radio... for a good first party of my little life. Now my son (20 y/o) wants to get 4 beetles tattood on him, in honor of the Fab 4. I'm so happy to have been able to introduced them to him by the time he was 3 or 4. He's a big admirer, and a musician himself.

Yea ..I'm 73 Grew up in my teens ..singing and playing Beatle songs on my guitar in a band ..Best times of my life...Together , they were pure chemistry , unequalled in their talent ..I still pick up my guitar and play their songs..

Patty-I saw them in concert as well. I totally share your feelings about it, too. 74 years old, and the memory still gives me shivers.

👍👍👍👍

And never will be. I'm 70 years old and they've been my favorite musical artist since 1965.

All the Beatles fanatics must be in this comment section. Their early stuff is pop rubbish, but their later stuff is good.

@@darylfoster7944 The Beatles pop rubbish was awesome!

​@@darylfoster7944So you know nothing about music. Thanks for sharing.

right? even the 'minor' ones from our time were so much better...

And the Bee Gees.Never forget the Bee Gees.They started performing,in public even before their friends,the Beatles,and they were brought up not far from each other,in the North of England.Well,until the Gibb brothers were 9 and 6,and a baby.

@@eh-i1841 never cared for them very much, but yeah, some of their performances as kids really surprised me.. never would have known it was them

And Led Zeppelin of course!

And I'll bet your ticket was under $10

@@rogerthomas169 my dad bought them for my friend ànd I. We didn't have a lot of money so they probably were under $10. They came once more and my dad was going to get tickets again and every day I bugged him about it. When he went to get them they were sold out. I cried do hard. When I look back on it I think he had to wait until pày day because he couldn't àfford it,then it was too late.

I love reading stories of fans who saw them. I was not even a year old when they came here.

Same

60. But who's counting.

I was 13 when Beatlemania hit and have been hooked every since!

No. THE best group of all time. There are no others.

Yes... That was a massive understatement... "One of the best...".🤦🏼‍♂️ There's no doubt they are the Number 1 group of all time❗

Well, that's not to say there were zero production tricks. Even in this video, you can hear John double-tracked (I Should Have Known Better), and of course you've heard Strawberry Fields. These guys led the way in recording techniques, but I still prize them above anything on the charts today for the same reasons as you all.

One of???

They often recorded live and could do an album in a day. These days it could take weeks just to do a song and sometimes years to complete an album. They were very well rehearsed from playing several live shows a day for years in Germany when they started.

What was unusual for any music group at the time was how experienced and polished they were. They'd been playing together for years by this time, thousands of hours, and they had their chops down pat. No one could touch them on the basis of professionalism alone, leaving talent aside.

I grew up with the Beatles and their music. I was a fourth grader when I saw "A Hard Day's Night." I have always thought that of the Fab Four, John Lennon changed the most as a result of their massive success and fame prior to his tragic death.

WOW! Lucky you!

the greatest band in history without a doubt!!

You're the one who needs to remember. Listen to the Magical Mystery Tour album again and tell me there weren't any studio sound tricks back then. Of course there were, they just weren't the high tech digital effects of today, but they definitely had ways of doctoring sounds in the studio and through mixing boards back then. In fact, the Beatles and their Abbey Road Studio were pioneers at the forefront of it during their time! It may interest you to know that the first guitar effects pedal, a.k.a. sound trick, was invented in 1948, long before the Beatles even existed.

i think it was from 'rubber soul' onwards that the beatles began to use 'sound tricks' 'eleanor rigby' was a real game changer, as was 'strawberry fields forever'!!@@allengator1914

Yes and no monitors of any kind. They could NOT hear themselves because Linda and her friends were screaming too loud lol. but she saw them live, she's one of the very lucky ones...

Don't forget the fantastic singles and EPs !

Exactly! Indescribable 😊❤

What you’re hearing here is their early sound, before they started experimenting with studio effects. They were already miles above anyone else, and just skyrocketed from there. Up there with the greatest musical artists of the twentieth century, in any genre.

This early stuff is pop rubbish. They did some good stuff later on.

about to blossom? wtf?

No love for Ringo?

@@theuserthatishere Right. According to John Lennon, all there best stuff was BEFORE they started recording in their various live performances in the early days.

@@theuserthatishere This clip is from A Hard Day's Night, in 1964. At that time, George hadn't written much. Over the next five years he'd become spectacular, writing (in my opinion) the best two songs on Abbey Road.

Me too

You are too gullible for words😂

No doubt she will.

Yhey changed the world!!!

I agree with you... perhaps it's why I have never understood the Taylor Swift phenomenon except that it's a similar thing sixty years later...so glad I grew up in the sixties.

@@jdobbs7700 my sentimemts exactly!

You are so right ! To bad it ended for me when I had to go to Nam.

Unparalleled., imo.

All my friends were crazy over Paul, I think I was the only one whose favorite was John. That never changed:)

@Dagmar The HDN soundtrack is my favorite Beatles album. 😊

They never used I'll Cry instead in the movie. they were also going to use :You Can't Do That, but they cut it because the director felt the movie was getting too long. There is a video of You Can't do That taken from the "cutting room floor."

I realized when I saw "Paul's grandfather" in the seats. He's a clean old man.

They were and are The Greatest Rock and Roll Band of All Time! No one else can touch them, including The Rolling Stones!

did nobody see Wilfred Brambell cheering along in the crowd? He of 'Steptoe and Son '. He was also in 'Hard Day Night' as well?

Yes so did I. What a beautiful young lady.

yes, but don't stop there. Play each record from meet the beatles until abbey road and figure out which songs you like the best.

The day he died I cried And I cried

@@silverstem2964 as the original poster said, it was "how" he died that matters so much. Had he passed from an illness, there would still be a sadness, but it wouldn't hit quite as hard as to the reason of how he actually died. So senseless. I can't even refer to December 8th as an "anniversary"; sounds too happy. To me it's an observance. Even David Bowie dieing on my birtday (as he did) doesn't make me bow my head as deeply as remembering the night John Lennon was murdered. And I do remember it.

New to you, love your reaction for such a young woman.

Sarah...I am 70 years old now in 2024 . I grew up with the Beatles in my elementary school years. The tragedy of John Lennon's murder in 1980 was a sign of things to come in that we have evil people among us who want to destroy greatness and steal the happiness of others. Sadly after 1980 we have seen more (and too much of it) mayhem. In watching your reaction to the Beatles, I can only say that I wish I had met a young woman like you in my youth. All best wishes to you!

What are you talking about - "Brings us a lot of consolation"? I don't give two hoots about a black woman's reaction to white culture, seeing as she's been locked tight in her own culture as to 'never heard the Beatles'.

to me a supergroup is an ensemble made up of already successful headliners.

Yes I believe that other supergroups were. The first one is this one…. Rubber Soul was my fave❤

@@TheShootist Abba often get described as a supergroup.

they were the only super group the rest was junk,they changed the world

@@Dan-mi7hn Thats a bit dismissive of the 60's, tons of great music.

Maybe there was something in the soft drinks?? 🙂 Lucky you! An experience to treasure.

My late Aunt was only a couple of months younger than you are, she saw the Beatles with a high school friend of hers exactly two weeks before that (unknowingly) last San Francisco show was performed at the big league multi-use D.C. Stadium in Washington, D.C., it hadn't been her only Beatle concert as she had also been to see their only Baltimore tour stop two years before. An interesting connection of the Beatles and the two towns, D.C. and San Francisco, in the late 1960s there was a baseball pitcher that played in Candlestick Park for the Giants named Mike McCormick, although before the 1967 season began he belonged to the Washington Senators team the previous year while the Beatles were finishing out the concert tour. His Senators team (also alternately called the Nats in shorthand form) were playing a game in Cleveland on the night of the Wash., D.C. Beatles show, but before the team left town late Sunday a day earlier for the road game in Cleveland, McCormick asked the team's clubhouse manager (the person that keeps all the players uniforms and equipment cleaned and organized), who was a guy by the name of Fred Baxter, if he would get him a baseball that he could have all the Beatles autograph for him. So Baxter had all the Beatles sign two baseballs, one for him and the other for McCormick. Around 2006 the now late Mr. McCormick had his Beatles signed baseball auctioned off for a very large sum!

i should've went to it too since i lived in san jose. would've been a great birthday present for me since my bday is 8/28.

@@joelanderos23I saw the Beatles at Balboa Stadium (no long there) in San Diego and at the Hollywood Bowl.

@@u4riahsc that Paul mentions in the "venus and Mars/rock show" song.

I remember that show. Ed Sullivan turning saying "The Beatles". Like " Yesterday." Also one of their best.

The Ed Sullivan Show always had the bands on for the last act. You had to sit through all the other acts first.

Just two weeks to the day..after my 14th birthday haha..best group ever

Same for me (I'm 72). It was a great time to be a teen. We knew they were good and different from the start, but I never imagined that they would become the best of all time.

I was in high school then, The next day, Monday, our teachers could not teach because we could not stop talking about the Beatles.

We are the same age. Aren’t we lucky to have lived through the entire arc of rock and roll?

@@harveyfarr9604 yes indeed 😊😊

I do too.

Yes, I as well. ❤

'68 here. Same love.

Are

Indeed. Always amazes me how people have not heard the Beatles. How is that possible ? I know she’s young, but still ! I was born at the height of Beatlemania, they broke up before I was five. They will always be the greatest band ever for me.

It's all an act all these 1st music reviewers, all this music has been on the net for the last 18 yrs.

This music is over 60 years old. When you were a teenager or in your 20s, did you know music that was 60 years old? I don’t think so. She might have heard some Beatles songs in the past and soundtracks and stuff like that, but never heard all of these types of tunes. Unless you were tune to an oldies station, you’re not gonna hear the Beatles on the radio.

It’s because they don’t play these songs on the radio wnymore

@@cbiancardi9233Yes i did my old movies, I didn't ave the internet where there is a ton of ways to listen to the old stuf