Same here, except I am 73. Those who were not listening then can ever understand how impactful this and other Beatle songs were. Lying in bed at night, listening to this and "Day Tripper" on the transistor radio. Impossible to explain how it felt.

Good to hear that from you lads learning these tunes from the record on your guitars I have the luxury now having people like Mike sharing their knowledge although I’ve been learning a guitar for nearly five years I’m doing it through this medium It’s a great pastime Good luck to you both and greetings from east coast of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@@gdholmfirth Same here also 73. To me this was such a great period in the musical evolution of the Beatles. The fantastic songs reflect that and also how quintessentially English they (still) were at that point. Thank you, Liverpool, not just for the Beatles, but all the great bands you gave us..

Ditto, I bought by brother's Burns electric guitar off him for £14, I think Dad lent me the money. That was also in 1964. How I regret selling that for a song some years later. I've been playing Beatles songs ever since but regrettably could never justify buying a Rickenbacker or Gretsch. Pity us oldies can't get together for a session. Mind you if we had KZfaq and Mike back then I'd probably be a much better musician than I am now. However I've now got the time to get better.

I got my first guitar in January '65 sort of a belated 14th-year-old birthday present. There were no charts, tabs, or youtube. Some of us were lucky enough to have 16 rpm on our turn-tables.

PS I want a tambourine tutorial!

Spot on

Folks make a big deal with modern Taylor Swift's naming-names/pointing-fingers but Paul's were done with a publicity level that Taylor only can aspire to; she's not the only kid on the block, I mean.

giuste osservazioni !!

Indeed!

@@Cbcw76 To her credit, Jane Asher has never "dished" and it looks like she will carry her secrets to the grave. Classy.

Maybe that's why I could never write lyrics, not enough drama in my life.

Glad you like them!

Ooooooo! I second this! That would be fantastic!

kram - Thanks and yeah, I think the backstory helps us to 'hear' the song in its proper light.

Sapele - Thank you kindly! Very nice of you to say.

SJ - Awesome, thank you!

Yes, Mike's got an incredible ear for dissecting every little thing and nuance going on. So great he is doing this. A true Beatles fan and an incredible guitarist in his own right.

Close your eyes, and, it,s John singing

jelau - Wow, thank you! I'm humbled by your very kind words.

Randy - Glad you enjoyed it!

MrOldhoot - Thanks very much for the kudos but with all due respect, why is it SO difficult for folks to be ok with the fact that the lads made mistakes? They were human and working under time restraints. They certainly would NOT have wanted to make these mistakes. It wasn't on purpose. It doesn't create a "very unique sound." It was a mistake! It creates an unpleasant sound that certainly doesn't fit the genre of pop music. And they sing out of tune on many occasion. I'm SURE they would have preferred not to. The reason mistakes were left in (besides deadlines) is probably because nobody thought they would be heard due to the lousy quality of record players in the 60's. It wasn't until the songs were re-released on CD that we could actually hear most of those mistakes anyway...

@@MPfrance Point taken. I'm glad they weren't perfect. I've never tried to be perfect at playing any of their songs, I certainly don't copy John's strumming patterns exactly, just happy to hit the right chord and have fun doing it my humble way.

@@MrOldhoot their Imperfection was perfect to us

Buddy - lol - "period costume." Actually that shirt just arrived in the mail moments before I attempted to sing the song. So I wore it...

Hey, thanks!

bryde - EVERY single thing you'd ever want to know 'bout the lads is available on line. That's where I get the info. And from half dozen books.

Buskers of the world bring their accordians. Not only for this song, but almost especially for it.

This would be interesting instrumentation because it's a cover-song and a relatively different set of instruments from the original. I suspect this was a Beatles' club song and they worked out the arrangement themselves (ie, pre-George Martin). It would be interesting to see if G-Martin then modified their arrangement. Since George probably wasn't listening to a lot of Motown music himself prior to the Beatles' arrival in 'his' studio. these must have been interesting times.

Thank you! Cheers!