my reaction to tomorrow never knows by the beatles #thebeatles #tomorrowneverknows #reaction #psychadelicrock #
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@paulcash8160 Жыл бұрын
57 years old and it STILL sounds like it comes from the distant future
@russellmarch18126 ай бұрын
Probably because this does transcend time.
@pete388316 күн бұрын
Time travel song , c'mon Man.
@ericanderson8886 Жыл бұрын
Pure brilliance from The Beatles. If you listen to all their stuff you'll see why they were the best ever. No band evolved like they did and kept the level of greatness so high.
@jameskneubuhl911511 ай бұрын
This was the moment rock & roll crossed into another dimension. It wasn't a grand gesture, it was just The Beatles being playful and creative, but it resulted in something unlike anything else before or since. Often imitated, never equaled.
@rhondarees94886 ай бұрын
Yes !
@76JStucki11 ай бұрын
This is my favorite Beatles song. Also, Ringo is underrated as a drummer.
@antoniomv66812 ай бұрын
So is mine!
@wilsonbrownofficial2828 Жыл бұрын
If you like Ringo as a drummer, check out ‘Rain’, which I think was the B side to Paperback Writer. Ringo himself has said it’s some of the best drumming he did in the Beatles.
@jamesgorski7551 Жыл бұрын
U r correct.
@pizzarellayt Жыл бұрын
He's already checked out Rain a few months ago. I don't remember if he mentioned the drums though.
@ilabelle111 ай бұрын
Ringo was an amazing drummer. Another good example of Ringo freak out drumming can be found on Strawberry Fields Forever. Very cool.
@michaelbailey139510 ай бұрын
Also, "She Said She Said" on Revolver showcases Ringo's drumming.
@donaldbarton69107 ай бұрын
Ringo's work on ' It's All Too Much" is also underrated.
@christopherellis60995 ай бұрын
Ringo was the heart and soul of The Beatles. No one else could have played the drums for this band. Ringo played to the song and was not interested in showcasing his skills. Of course, this was the hallmark of The Beatles...they all played for the song. This is the greatest band that ever has walked on this planet and no one will ever top them. Enjoy your experience in listening to them.
@chrisofnottingham Жыл бұрын
Around this time they embraced a lot of avant-garde ideas but unlike the avant-garde movement itself, the Beatles managed to keep it accessible and actually sounding good :-)
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
Good point that is their genius I think. Taking something differnt but finding a way to commercialize it
@mrsuperger542911 ай бұрын
The Beatles were singing Love Me Do just 3 years before this. Quite a leap.
@jaguarnordestino11 ай бұрын
In fact, a stupend advance!
@danyelaru4895 ай бұрын
Beginings of drum n base Lennon masterpiece
@walterfechter8080 Жыл бұрын
From my point of view, "Revolver" is a transitional LP for the band. This tune is a prime example. "Revolver" is like a candy sampler -- there's something in it for every taste. Early psychedelia by The Beatles. Memories...Trips, baby -- trips.
@imkluu11 ай бұрын
Rubber Soul was the transitional record. Revolver was the refining of their greatness.
@CSMuffin11 ай бұрын
Excellent review! The second greatest song ever for me, after "A Day In The Life". Imagine this came out in 1966!
@christopherellis60995 ай бұрын
BTW, Ringo is left-handed but he is playing on a right-handed kit, which adds to his unique style. And, too, thanks for playing the songs all the way through. It's really the only way to listen to these geniuses. Can hardly wait for you to hear "I Am the Walrus," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," "Glass Onion," "Eleanor Rigby," "Because," and the medley at the end of Abbey Road (which must be heard without pausing between songs. (And yes, Ringo does sing...try "Octopuses Garden" and "Yellow Submarine." Keep going!
@sergrod111 ай бұрын
I love the seagull sounds. So ahead of its time. So fitting. It’s the start of Psychedelic Music
@0975345 ай бұрын
Genius brilliant all on a four track.
@jamesdrynan Жыл бұрын
This was the first song the group did for " Revolver. " Tape loops and droning Indian instruments over a repetitive drum pattern. Lennon's voice recorded through a Leslie rotating horn. A new direction in exploring music.
@elisaabolafia95423 ай бұрын
RINGO'S DRUM PATTERN ON THIS SONG 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@mvjonsson Жыл бұрын
One of Brian Eno's favourite songs. He did a cover of ut with Phil Manzanera's 801.
@dilandilanjoao43108 ай бұрын
Hi there. This was a huge turning point for the music planet. There's a before and after about it. Also some words from "the book of the death ". If you find this strange or weird imagine it playing on your radio station in 1966?/7? The Beatles went for a retreat in the Himalayas were they learn transcendental Meditation,mantras, etc this is one of the side effects 😊
@thejoyofthemusicinmylife78978 ай бұрын
With Tomorrow Never Knows as the last song on Revolver, it is like the Beatles signaling that they are entering a brave new work in their recordings which turned out to be very true with Sgt. Peppers, Strawberry Fields, I am the Walrus and so on. Ringo is a great drummer who gave the songs what they needed for the drums. He was just not some happy go lucky drummer who ended up at the right place. He is one of the greatest drummer of the classic rock period.
@apocketfulofheep8 ай бұрын
The more I listen to The Beatles I am really enjoying listening to Ringo the most at this moment
@heyskipj11 ай бұрын
Great pick. Love the experimental Beatles stuff. One of my faves. And yes to Ringo! I used to dust him off all the time. No more!
@ilabelle111 ай бұрын
I love The Beatles. Always have, always will. Even the songs I don’t like I love. What amazes me is that just 3 years earlier they were singing Love Me Do. Think about that. 🤘😳🤘
@renepeterse188411 ай бұрын
Revolver is one of their absolute best albums. I think it radically opened up rock and roll, at least as much as sergeant pepper
@jeffmartin1026 Жыл бұрын
John told the producer he wanted his voice to sound like it was drifting down from a mountain side. The lyrics were based on John's use of LSD and from the book The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert and Ralph Metzner.
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info.
@walrus130011 ай бұрын
@@apocketfulofheep the mic was put through a Leslie speaker, which as you know spins around. Giving it a slight Doppler effect.
@bluesrock111 ай бұрын
This album, and Rubber Soul before it, is when the Beatles were transitioning away from dance/love songs, and started making music to be listened to. The beginnings of 60s Psychedelic Pop music.
@mikenaykki313311 ай бұрын
Ringo is excellent Drummer! Great song!! 👍👍😎
@apocketfulofheep10 ай бұрын
He is fantastic. I am growing great admiration for his drumming style
@fjcara4 ай бұрын
Best first time reaction I've ever seen. He listens to the song all the way through! Before reacting. Any "first time" that stops after ten seconds is bunk. And that's 90% of them! The most hilarious? The classical harp player who listens to "She's Leaving Home"; and stops two seconds in to say; "... it's a harp..." Great reaction tune by Pocketful; I'll be looking for more.
@imkluu11 ай бұрын
One of my favorite Beatles songs.
@astroteech6 күн бұрын
Yes! Ringo is one of the most undercredited drummers. By his own admission in an interview, he stated he was not a great technical drummer, but that he had perfect rhythm. Because of that he gave us some of the most profound drum sequences.
@rodneygriffin7666 Жыл бұрын
Left handed drumming on a stanard kick evokes different types of rhynms with the drummer's Strong Hand. It's hard to play as a Right handed drummer. It's like playing backwards. Ringo Starr is one of the greatest drummers of all time. All us Drummers should toast to that!
@willrohan72565 ай бұрын
Ringo is left-handed.
@FredGarnett11 ай бұрын
Great to hear you praising Ringo's drumming on this track! I agree he's really great about this time. Ringo actually reckons that his drumming on Rain, recorded as part of the Revolver sessions but released as a B side to the single Paperback Writer neither of which are on the album. Check that out if you like Ringo's work about this time. I always say that his under- rated drumming "served the song" and was never flashy... Ah! you have reviewed Rain. So try Ringo singing Boys live at the Hollywood Bowl (it's in the Eight DAys A Week movie)
@rickc661 Жыл бұрын
Revolver. my fave - I'm 70 + full strength jr high Beatlemania. it's every bit as 'experimental' as Sgt pepper with more focus , to me, on instruments. I'd say the album most influenced bey George. which is +++++ this tune - backwards guitar, etc. to me , with no scientific backing - it is the TV show 'Twin Peaks' 20 years before.
@Beragon11 ай бұрын
The lyrics are inspired by timothy leary's commentary on the Tibetan book of the dead.
@backbaconnbeer11 ай бұрын
This was the 1st song recorded for Revolver and is a precursor to the next album Sgt Pepper's
@roldo236 ай бұрын
That's not a Sitar that opens the song its a Tampura, the instrument that creates the hypnotic drone in Indian music. It plays the same four notes repeatedly throughout the raga.
@LanceHall11 ай бұрын
The original 1966 mix of Tomorrow Never Knows is the real deal. The Giles mix is OK (for a Giles remix) but it looses the impact of the original. This track has one of the best original stereo mixes of the ENTIRE Beatles catalog... full stop.
@nepesilva2284Ай бұрын
Agreed. This mix is fine, but it loses a lot of the original mix’s edge and raw psychedelic feel
@gigatoob11 ай бұрын
Thanks. I'm glad I got to grow up hearing the Beatles from start to finish in the real timeframe. Seems so odd to see a reaction of someone only hearing 2 songs. Their growth in their career was the most thrilling thing. Hope you hear more..
@apocketfulofheep11 ай бұрын
I will be listening to quite a bit more.
@marvinc999411 ай бұрын
ONE of the reasons that certain people don't 'check out the Beatles sooner' is the constant refrain from certain _other_ people that they should, er, check out the Beatles!
@jonhoward4884 Жыл бұрын
People say this was the first psychedelic song of the genre.
@gloablist_elite967511 ай бұрын
Would love to see more beatles reaction
@apocketfulofheep11 ай бұрын
There definately will be more from the beatles
@lurx202411 ай бұрын
John Lennon has said that this song was based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Chemical Brother's "Setting Sun" was inspired by this song.
@apocketfulofheep10 ай бұрын
I will have to check it out.
@john059711 ай бұрын
Well I just want to say I think Tomorrow Never Knows it's probably my favourite song of John's at least on revolver
@digmacdiggydoo Жыл бұрын
The Mission UK does a great version of this song on their First Chapter release.
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
Thank you gor the suggestion I will check it out.
@therealtwiggyleaf Жыл бұрын
Hey Wayne, I want to just say that although "Supper's Ready" is my favourite epic, this is actually my favourite "normal length" song of all time, for all the reasons you mentioned. I could listen to it forever and a day. Even cover versions, like by Eno's 801, Phil Collins and Danielle Dax, are all great as well. It is a fantastic song, at once catchy, unique, experimental and memorable, and I am glad you seem to feel the same. As ever, thanks for the review! 😎😎
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
It is an amazing ear worm that just never leaves
@papercup251711 ай бұрын
Yes, you were right abut it being philosophical; the lyrics are taken from the Tibetan Buddhist classic "The Tibetan Book of the Dead"/ aka "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying", but via Timothy Leary's acid-oriented take on it in his own book, "The Psychedelic Experience", which John had been reading. The original is of course about preparing the soul for that journey through death we all must take, while in this life. Leary used that as an analogy for how to best handle an acid trip, thus: "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.." IIRC, Leary, a Californian academic, believed that if you could just turn the whole world on, via acid, you could create a far more enlightened world and thus solve most of its problems. I kind of doubt that, since my understanding is that for practically everyone it also takes personal discipline and some theoretical philosophical understanding in order to integrate and firmly establish a fully enlightened state of mind/ heart, even after one may have experienced profound insight states into the fundamental nature of reality/ existence via e.g. NDEs, drug-induced experiences, or through meditation/ mind-training, etc.. Nevertheless, there are promising experiments going on around the world today into the use of psychedelics - in combination with therapy/ and with a guide - to resolve certain mental illnesses, such as long term treatment-resistant depression.
@thesoundship11 ай бұрын
That song was the start of a new musical era where you could do anything. First song with guitar played backwards?
@richardfurness755611 ай бұрын
It's fascinating to chart the Beatles' evolution from pop music - which they changed beyond recognition with their first two singles - to progenitors of psychedelia and progressive rock. I'm not their biggest fan, but the quality of their songwriting between 1962 and 1966 has never been surpassed, and probably never will be.
@1967PONTIACGTO Жыл бұрын
"Wow" pretty much says it all. All of the Beatles are in top form here... with this and Rain the Beatles were inventing psychedelic rock.... another great song is "And Your Bird Can Sing"
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
I will check it out. I love thus songs.
@James-hd6ez11 ай бұрын
@@apocketfulofheepI agree with the above post, I come from Liverpool and the Beatles were the first band I ever listened to, and although all Beatles music is fantastic, for me this is their best album collectively as a band,and possibly John Lennon's best Beatles song.
@jarrhoo7 ай бұрын
They had the idea to write a song with just 1 chord...Tomorrow Never Knows was the result. (I believe it's a C chord)
@jimgreen208025 күн бұрын
It's Lennon's song, but everyone else made his own contributions. McCartney was big on using similar tape manipulation to musique concrète, and George Martin helped them get what they wanted. Ringo's drum pattern is derived in part from him being a lefty playing a right-handed kit, and largely because he was all about the song, every time. Brilliant. By the way, this was recorded on a 4-track analog tape machine. Amazing.
@36karpatoruski11 ай бұрын
Enter the mind of John Lennon.
@cojaysea7 ай бұрын
So glad you appreciate Ringo . His drumming is incredible. So moody .
@bradhardisty16523 ай бұрын
What's crazy is Tomorrow Never Knoes, 1966 and no computers, Synthesizers
@bobbybrettel5422 Жыл бұрын
Rain ......or Helter Skelter.....would be great choices
@dixiechatty95811 ай бұрын
There is a story you run across from time to time that before this was released, Paul McCartney played this for Bob Dylan. After hearing it, he paused for a few seconds, turned to him and said, "So, your not going after the teenage girl market anymore, eh?" I don't know how true this is but I sure hope it is.
@hungfao11 ай бұрын
Having grown up with the old original mix, this mix seems off. However, this entire album is considered by many, including myself, to be the best popular music album of all-time. Others would choose their next album as the best. By this point in their career they had pretty much been hinting at the direction that music would take. Other artists were finding it difficult to keep up. By the next album, 'Sgt Pepper...', they would leave everyone in the dust permanently.
@mikenaykki313311 ай бұрын
Lennon got the idea for that song from the “Book of the Dead “
@beholdmessiah65267 ай бұрын
Great song and great review, Cheers.
@billalbritton497211 ай бұрын
Ringo rock the skins on this.
@wilsonbrownofficial2828 Жыл бұрын
Phil Collins did a pretty good cover on Face Value
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
I will have to check it out
@stevenboettcher4796 Жыл бұрын
Btw, the seagull sound is actually Paul McCartney laughing.
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
Ok thank you for the info
@inkey22 ай бұрын
The chirping are "seagulls" played backwards
@mikefetterman6782 Жыл бұрын
There were some tape loops run backwards for effects. John used double tracked vocals on this, like many of his songs.
@mikefetterman6782 Жыл бұрын
Ringo has unique patterns for each song, a song drummer, not a technical showy drummer.
@mikefetterman6782 Жыл бұрын
John's lyrics are straight from the Tibetan book of the dead. He was always writing songs that were literal phrases from books, circus posters, and the newspaper for song ideas.
@landiahillfarm65903 ай бұрын
I cant think of another DRUMMER who has nothing but full respect for Ringo, it's only wanna-be singers/guitarists/whatever that for some reason want to rag on him. I have no idea why, I dont play drums and I have great respect for his skills. As the saying goes, "We'll take him on our team anyday"
@jamespuleo32697 ай бұрын
"Sampling" in the form of tape loops ~~~ all analogue, mechanical, and "played" via the mixing board ~~~ and everything brought together on a 4-track recorder. Amazing. 24-tracks were commonplace by the late 70's, but few bands got results as creative or innovative as this despite the relative ease of production.
@JohnDoe-ol3yz10 күн бұрын
I don't know why people insist on remixing classic songs and albums. The original is usually the best. The best mix of this song was released in 1966.
@danielolson5378 Жыл бұрын
This song was ground breaking it was actually the very first drum loop!! They created it by literally copy and paste parts they had recorded. If you had to pick only one song to define psychedelia this is definetely the one!!
@LanceHall11 ай бұрын
Sorry, NO drum loop. The sound effects are loops but not the drums. People keep repeating this misinformation..
@sub-jec-tiv11 ай бұрын
There was no such thing as copy paste. The sound effect loops were physical loops of audio tape. Digital audio technology didn’t exist until the early 80s. This song is from the mid-60s.
@danielolson537811 ай бұрын
@@sub-jec-tiv So you assume i don't know this song came out in 1966? You think i believe it came like yesterday? Did i say they used digital technology? They recorded stuff then litterally cut off the tape with a scissor. Then they put the pieces together again. More or less cut and paste.
@sub-jec-tiv11 ай бұрын
Best psychedelic track of all time. Invented psychedelic loop music with Paul’s bizarre tape loops and Ringo playing the same pattern for the entire track.
@rayubinger978011 ай бұрын
Lyrics are from the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
@timwestcott3612 ай бұрын
When music really took off ..
@markb31866 ай бұрын
ALWAYS do original NEVER a remastered for accuracy -the original is ALWAYS what people heard EXACTLY not a remastered
@sidewinder30008 ай бұрын
Where do you think Zappa got that stuff from?
@jimmiller86877 ай бұрын
The most important moment in popular music is when, about the same time but separately, Brian Wilson and John Lennon dropped acid.
@lizzardwizard2000Ай бұрын
Yeah- they are an ok band. You might want to listen to a few of their hits. They had a couple. 😂
@thomasclarke82204 ай бұрын
Lennon told the producer he wanted to sound like a monk on a mountain top.
@jrsinsf Жыл бұрын
A good followup to this song would be The Chemical Brothers song, Let Forever Be... an amazing re-imagining of Tomorrow Never Knows. I'm sure you'll like it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZt2rMmCqbWZl2Q.html
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the link I will check it out
@erikahlander3489 Жыл бұрын
I agree that it is a Zappa-like weirdness in it, but due to chronology Beatles hardly got inspiration from Zappa, and Zappa's interest for Beatles was low, at least before "We're only in it for the money". Cooperation with John Lennon wasn't until 1971.
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
I would say Revolution No 9 was as close to Zappa as the band would go
@rk41gator11 ай бұрын
This Beatle tune is quite edgy and weird. Have you heard Phil Collins' cover from his 'Face Value' album? It is quite true to the original and I like it better (blasphemy). He was a big Beatles fan and his adding 'somewhere over the rainbow' at the end was a nice tribute to John Lennon. Of course Phil was really high on Ringo's drumming. Some have mocked him for praising Ringo so much. Here is his version: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJ6XirhjqK6XYok.html
@taknothing489611 ай бұрын
I just checked that out and, uh, no. Totally lacks the complexity of the original, instead focusing on Collins' vocals.
@rk41gator11 ай бұрын
@@taknothing4896 Huh? Collins' music behind the vocals is MORE, not less complex. Listen again.
@user-ky6vw5up9m11 ай бұрын
It is a one-chord song a C I think
@okantichrist Жыл бұрын
It’s never not bever 😂😂😂
@jabberbone1 Жыл бұрын
I would suggest, rather, that it's always not bever.
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I didn't notice that thanks for the heads up
@LanceHall11 ай бұрын
The Giles remix of the album is horribly over-EQ'd and compressed in most places. That's not the sound they intended. It's not even good on an objective level. At least it's not as awful as the Pepper remix.
@vovindequasahi2 ай бұрын
When The Beatles lays it out so clearly, yet you keep on living in misery... Mmmm how about that?
@monovision566 Жыл бұрын
I believe credit for this drum groove (as with many) actually goes to McCartney.
@oliverbird691411 ай бұрын
Ringo gets sort shrift ....macca suggested ticket to ride n this maybe...Ringo was lyrical all the way through
@taknothing489611 ай бұрын
Listen with some good acid....
@hansgjerstad8895 Жыл бұрын
Beaver has an a.
@apocketfulofheep Жыл бұрын
🤣
@steveneardley75413 ай бұрын
For a first time reaction to this song, you should have gotten blitzed on acid.