Reacting to The Beatles is like walking an icy tightrope, so much copyright surrounding them you end up listening to a edited version someone was able sneak on youtube…i appreciate the video going live and everyone who stops by to check it out, you never know with these reactions but always appreciate you guys with the expertise and guidance.

This song is more than a half century old and it STILL sounds like the future!

1966, just think about that. Its absolutely nuts

The Beatles psychedelic masterpiece

The MIND of Lennon. What a trip!

If The Beatles did no other songs they’d still be legends for this one

Beatles are a musical food group all its own . Greatest band there ever was or will be

There isn't any band ever that had such a diverse range of sounds than the Beatles. Even their later, psychedelic albums had plenty of bubblegum-pop songs. But then you take something like this, that's so cutting-edge and post-modern that it would sound perfectly in place on one of Radiohead's experimental albums from the '00s. They have songs that my 96-year-old grandmother loves, and songs that my metalhead friends love too. What a band.

people who know not what they speak , still call The Beatles "too Pop "........does this sound like pop to anyone in their right mind...pun intended ! Peace and love.

This was just three years after "Love Me Do," which was teeny bopper bubble gum. It's incredibly how quickly music changed in the mid 1960s. LSD was a big part of it--this is an acid song--but there was also just a sense that society had become stale and plastic, and a new world needed to be created. It was very similar to the 1920s, when writers, artists, and composers suddenly threw out all of the old rules because after the horrors of WWI European civilization seemed dead. It's no coincidence that the weirdness of the 60s exploded right along with the expansion of the war in Vietnam, which really took off in 1965. This song is a very early example of this change.

Your silence after the song is exactly the correct reaction :). It's a trip

I love it when someone not only gets it but brings a new take on a song. You are blessed indeed.

This may be their greatest composition. More than a song, a revolution.

Revolver! "And your bird can sing" .."I want to tell you" She said She said, " I'm only sleeping"...& that whole LP. Is Stellar.. Pope! This here, A day in the life, what a Fantastic pick! Enjoy 😉💙

Honestly, at this point, you're becoming one of my favorite reactors :D!!

They wrote 328 songs, you are on the tip of the iceberg...this boy.. great song, enjoy the greatest of all tome. Enjoy your reactions..

This is for sure their trippiest song. One of Ringo's best drum fills.

They changed the way music sounded. How we perceive sounds musically. Nothing like this was heard before.

They can also Rock out with the best. The Beatles did not have a genre, they created genres. Check out the video for "Revolution". You will see them Rock hard while giving a great message against violence. Their song, "Blackbird" was about the struggles of The Black community during the 1960s. They were simply the best.

Wayyy ahead of their time! It was outrageous for 1966 doing loop taping and creating something different outside of Rock music, today you can label it as drum and bass with a bit of techo. They re created a new style that push music to a new level creativity in the music studio. It’s a sound that cannot be re created.

First EVER drum loop in popular music. There are monks chanting in the background, backwards guitars, sample of sounds - it was miles ahead of its time.

Great reaction. Incredible song. Try “Dear Prudence” it’s outstanding. So many songs to listen to from the Beatles = endless !

I was a little girl when this came out. My eldest sister bought every Beatle album. To this day I play this song in my head when I have trouble sleeping. Every sound is imprinted on my brain. (lucky me!) 😺 They had to fight for including it on the album because ( some powers that be) insisted it was not, technically, a song. ie: no chorus or structure. Thank goodness creative control won! You will find a cornucopia of styles in their creations. So happy you are exploring them. Thank you for sharing young man! 😽💋🎶

Last song from REVOLVER . Later albums got more fame , but psychedelic music began here , with this song . If you listen carefully to Hendrix , he plays this melody at one of his NY shows .

Thank you for playing my favorite all time band!! I grew up listening to all this when it first came out!! It was other worldly!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

One of my favorite songs.

Other great psychedelic songs 😁 - Echoes - Pink Floyd In a Gada Da Vida - Irin Butterfly Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - Pink Floyd 2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones Journey To The Center Of The Mind - The Amboy Dukes Eight Miles High - The Byrds I Had Too Much To Dream- The Electric Prunes No Quarter- Led Zeppelin Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath Smell of Incense- The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Incense And Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock

Did my phone mess up because i couldn't hear John singing. Just the music. Gorgeous yes. I know this song well. 🔥

I was 10 when this came out and my sisters bought it. These incredible sounds and ideas have been in my head for 56 years! How lucky am I? And you are lucky to discover The Beatles' immense and amazing catalogue! Keep on it and your mind will continue to expand! Peace. 🎵❤️🎵

The development of the Beatles from 1960-1970 is remarkable and their influence on different music genres was enormous.

I LOVE this song. So much going on. You sure go for the songs that test the limits.

Listen to the color of your dreams. It is not leaving. It is not leaving.

Best band in history. There's years worth of amazing and awesome material here so it's hard to narrow it down for reactions. So, maybe try ,"I Am The Walrus", "Because," [which is stunning], "Oh, Darling", "I Want You [She's So Heavy]", "We Can Work It Out" and "Strawberry Fields Forever", to suggest, for starters!. Btw, this version of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is not the original, which is better. Cheers Pope!

Great reaction, my man! It's awesome to see you so moved upon first listening to these epic tracks. 😁👍

You got it young man they created the imagery of music Bravo great review😊

"Tomorrow Never Knows" kicked the psychedelic era in rock music into high gear. John Lennon pinched the lines in the first verse from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which LSD guru Timothy Leary translated into English as part of the manual for acid trips he published back in the sixties, The Psychedelic Experience. This mix, however, buries a lot of the crazy backwards sounding tape loop effects in the song. "She Said She Said" and "I'm Only Sleeping" are the other two psychedelic classics on The Beatles Revolver album. "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am The Walrus" from The Magical Mystery Tour album top them.

Blows my mind they were making music like this back in ‘66. If it came out today it would still be interesting. Highly recommend checking the Wikipedia on this song because the whole background and recording of it is fascinating.

1966. One of the first songs to use extensive tape loops, both forward and backward, to produce the psychedelic sounds! Some of the techniques were developed on the spot by the recording engineers. As inventive as they turned out to be, I bet they were happy to be "set free" as it were to do crazy inventive shit.

That ignorance and hate May mourn the dead It is believing It is believing

No other band did so much in only 7 years.

Last song on the album but first one recorded...April 1966. Still amazed.

I liked your descriptions of those sounds. It's a great example of the power of The Beatles and how they can spark the creativity of their listeners.

This song has lyrics inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. As others have mentioned, they used tape loops; each Beatle brought in instrument/sound loops that could be used forwards or backwards. Paul brought in 16 tape loops of guitar sounds and bits of vocals and people stood around the room holding pencils for the tapes to loop around as they were feed into the recording machine to help create some of the effects. In fact, the bird-like, seagull sounding noise is a loop of Paul laughing that got sped up. John's voice was put through a Leslie speaker, which helped give it the vocal effect. John was always after producer George Martin to change the sound of his voice in production. This song is psychedelic, haunting, and a little spooky. They were advanced, they were avant-garde, they were art.

Essential listening.

You definitely need to listen to the real studio version. And check out Monsoon’s beautiful cover version.

My favourite beatles song, timeless magic

it was 1966 as i recall and this song ended the new album, revolver, there was no doubt we all knew they were tripping =set the stage for the psychedelic revolution

the beatles ,,,,they be getting big....again

Hey there. If you think this "song " it's strange or weird, imagine when in 1966, passing on your radio for the first time. It wasn't ever played live because there wasn't technology enough to do it 😊

When I was about 12 years old (I'm now 56) I compiled a rating chart of the 172 Beatles songs I knew ( I had too much time on my hands); this was no.1

That was one reason the beatles got tired of touring because there's no way you could reproduce this Song on stage live in1966. Now it would be simple A computer Could be as many extra instruments as you would need. But on stage, the beatles were three guitars and a set of drums, and that was it.

im so pleased you realise just how life changing or @ least attitude changing it s to ones life....when ever you get F@@ked off with life...this removes the problem....

Paul’s bass sounds unreal on this song.

...and only two years earlier they sang about holding hands with girls.

Lennon came up with the title of song after hearing Ringo incorrectly say tomorrow never knows instead of tomorrow never comes. Both sayings make sense to me. Very deep meaning wrapped in a rock-n-roll sandwich.

I was a toddler when this song came out, but by listening to this, I can automatically remember those days, especially Vietnam. We weren't at our A game during the 60s, but I'm glad younger generations can experience this and hopefully know the real history. Now that recreational marijuana is legal where I live, I wonder if I dare listen to this song while lighting up. Probably not; I'm worried my brain will explode.

Don't surrender to the void it opens you up to God knows what

Hello, Pope. I'm guessing this is your "first time hearing...". And yes, the first time you hear "Tomorrow Never Knows" it's a LOT to process. It did take me many listens to fully appreciate all that's going on in this song. And now it's my favorite track on "Revolver". I've been a Beatles fan since the early 1970s, so roughly 50-some years.

Best reaction ever to this masterpiece... WHAT... WHAT? Lol

The best

Written in the mid-1960's!

The vocal version describes when you do a TM(Transcendental meditation) experience.

A very important piece. Nothing like it before.

Check out "Yer Blues" and "I want you" by the Beatles.

Glad you liked it brother

very influential progressive psychedelic world fusion creativity from the band that opened up musicians imagination to the possibilities beyond the established norms! Conceptually very unique and impactful at the time instrumentally, lyrically and spiritually.

They was genius my friend

your comment at 4.20min, tells me so much haha, fantastic reaction! Keep going inward to expand outward, much love brother peace out :D

From a 'boy band' to this in a few years

First continuous loop song ever

Still my favorite Beatles song. I could loop this for days and just chill.

exactly. you're a clever guy. you get it. it's spiritual / inner alchemy

That's a jam right there.

I believe this is the first use of reverse tape loops... basically playing music backwards on a tape deck (thanks George Martin)

Beyond Music!!!! Amazing!!!

The Beatles.

Hey Pope! The Beatles on very good drugs!🔈🔉🔊

Great reaction...if ya can do, "Don't Let Me Down"...live on the roof. Have a great day!

Dude those are seagulls you’re listening to. It’s so perfect.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Love this reaction ❤

It is not leaving...not living.

Fukin-A. Great review man. It reminded me why I dig them. Cheers,

Another great review! Thank you !

1966. Unbelievable.

one of the greatest songs ever. seems to be strange audio though! one of the channels isn't coming thru! ahhh no I get it! 😉 all good!

well done in getting this one up Pope, as you say it's a challenge to get any Beatles material for reactions. Great song, great reaction (and great drugs back in the 60's !!)

Great reaction to this amazing, mesmerizing production. You got it, dude. Thanks for sharing.

This was recorded on four tracks.

This is the music track without the vocals of John Lennon the finished vocal version is on the Revolver album,this version is good for dancing,tripping and karaoke,

Just found your channel from the Joni Mitchell review. I don't know why you haven't been pulling up in my matrix. You are listening to some good jams!

Pope you need to listen to Revolver start to finish, off-channel or not. You need to do this. It was groundbreaking in 1966, even more than its immediate predecessor, Rubber Soul.

.... And the Beatles Invented Psychedelic Music!

What a great reaction !!! Thank you for getting into these classics.

POPE, i couldn't hear any of the vocals, although the music was GREAT! ☮

Amazing!

This is about the process of death as told from the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Revolver is a great album.

Pope, you nailed it just on that one listen and from what sounded like a badly mixed version at that. Who writes lyrics like that? Here’s the deal: LSD and spirituality. From Wikipedia; John Lennon wrote "Tomorrow Never Knows" in January 1966, with lyrics adapted from the 1964 book The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert and Ralph Metzner, which was in turn adapted from the Tibetan Book of the Dead. If you don’t know Timothy Leary look him up or listen to Moody Blues - Legend of A Mind Richard Alpert dropped LSD and went to India, found his guru and became Ram Dass, who wrote prolifically about mind and mediation. Ralph Metzner was the ‘third amigo’. All 3 at one time were Harvard professors and involved in the early experiments with LSD and involving students in those experiments.

PSYCHEDELIC!!! If you haven't, do "Stawberry Fields forever"!!!