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Some of Ringo's best drumming I always thought

Saying Timothy Leary was kind of involved in the LSD movement is like saying Santa is kind of involved with Christmas. 😆

"kinda involved" may be the understatement of the year! LOL. Thanks Beth.

Paul was fantastic on this too, his bass is perfect and really drives it along from 10:00 onwards. His solo on the Rhodes was brilliant too!

The song shows why they were so good together; McCartney's sliding bass Ringo"s tasteful drums and John's stream of consciousness lyrics, and George's spare guitar; a magic track

Wonderful talk on a loved song. The intro of Come Together takes all of me back and into playful spaces where friends and I would listen to entire albums and enjoy talking about them for hours after. 🌸🥰

Paul’s backing vocal on this is particularly inspired. I don’t think it would have occurred to anyone else to sing that harmony in that voice.

If you listen to Lennon's vocals isolated its a combination of hand claps and him saying "shoot me".

Paul made this track what it is. John brought it in as a 50s rocker song that was similar to Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me.” Paul recognized and suggested changing it. He suggested making it swampy and then added his iconic bassline and the piano solo

Beth, you are amazing. So right on. And I loved to see you rock out at the start of this landmark tune. I think the "Shhh" is a vocal although it could be produced in lots of other ways. Those were the days!

When this song first came out, I was really taken aback by how different the introduction was - bass and drums, which are normally in the background. The Beatles were masters of the intro. You can tell the song right away.

Nice one again, Beth. What a studio masterpiece. Every single element is perfectly deployed, including John's playful, lightly satirical lyrics and inimitable vocal. Such a contrast to Chuck Berry's notoriously 'rough and ready' approach to recording. And you're right, it sounds just as good now as it did then. The copyright claims were a total, audacious scam. The end result does not resemble Chuck in any way, not even 'You can't catch me'. Nice animation too,

The "Shoot me", which is still a tad alarming after all these years, is clearer on the alternative take on Anthology 3.

I recall the “bed-in” at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal when I was living there. It was televised live on all the local News channels.

Try, "Oh, Darling," from the same album, to hear Paul unleashed.

Love your reactions, the depth of knowledge you impart, but more than that you communicate so much with you facial expressions and your whole body! You are amazing! Looking and hearing this song with new eyes and ears.

Bless you for this astute analysis.

Since Beth mentioned early multi-track recording. There is a great book "Here, There and Everywhere" by Geoff Emerick, who was the recording engineer on a lot of Beatles records. It has some technical details and describes some of the - back than - crazy stuff they had to do back in the days to get the sounds the wanted. But it's not a "technical book", nowhere near a "how to record music"-manual or something like that. It's more like a biography that's easy, entertaining and very interesting to read, if you are remotely interested in the Beatles and the music business of the 60s in general. Highly recommended.

I think when something is good, it becomes a little part of all of us and we find a way to use it in our lives. That to me is the ultimate “influence”. I love the Beatles and I love Chuck Berry(an original influencer)

I get a bit bored with reaction videos but yours was great Beth, I loved it. I also loved your enthusiasm for this great Beatles song and your understanding of what was going on musically. My favourite line is "got to be good looking coz he's so hard to see". True for so many throw-away celebrities. You have a great personality Beth and I'll definitely watch more of your stuff.

How fun. And in the stat about covers, I don't think I saw Aerosmith listed but unless my memory is totally faulty, they did a killer version of it for the Sergeant Pepper's Hearts Club Band movie. It's a fantastic performance. Alice Cooper also does a totally killer version of Because for that soundtrack. But both of them have that portion of the movie featuring them to go with it, so there are visuals to go with it like music videos, and it's really creative.

What a beautiful analysis of this wonderful song❤

Great analyse of a great piece of music. Some of their most groovy songs in my opinion. And such a joy to see you sharing your thoughts about it. And you are wonderful as always Beth 😃

Thanks for the lesson Beth !!!!!!

Amazing!! Great reaction.

so good thank you please do more beatles

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I never tire of this!

John had an unmistakably unique vocal tone. That was his magic vocal ingredient ! And the wit and intelligence behind it.

Hearing you talk about this, it's apparent you're very knowledgeable about music and how it's recorded. Well done! You've got a subscribe out of me. haha

WOW !! I seem to learn something new every time I watch/listen one of your videos. When I was an adolescent listening to The Beatles, I thought the "whispered lyric," as U describe it, was their improvised sound of someone "dialing up" on a rotary phone 📞 -- the whispered sound, the sound one might hear when one's inserted index finger travels on the phone body , along the alpha/numeric "face" of the dial, followed by the return of the dial back to its resting position (0), or Ringo's drumming (which I used to refer to as his "patted drumming" style for THAT song.) In my kid's mind, The Beatles were simply creating a stylized sound of someone making a phone call, using a rotary phone. But, through your video, we learn not only how John's "shoot me" gets muted by the bass line to "shoot" but that one of Chuck Berry's songs You Can't Catch Me (1965) provided some of the inspiration for Lennon's lyrics !! THEN, Berry's Big Seven Music sues Lennon? WTF ?? It's sooo sad and disenchanting, when we learn about the behind-the-scenes business side of the music industry. AND to learn there is something called Compensation Songs ? 💰💰 Another BUMMER. Is "compensation songs" a music industry term or is that YOUR description ? Either way, THAT is sooo sad to know that Lennon had to record two songs, one on an album in 1974, then another in 1975, plus a third, titled Angel Baby, released after his death : To know three songs were recorded to satisfy a legal suit, to financially compensate Chuck Berry (or his record label ??)😟☹ BUT, I will say, hearing the excerpt of Chuck Berry lyrics and his song in your video, that The Beatles Come Together stands on its own, regardless. Maybe I'm biased in favor of The Beatles b/c Chuck Berry was popular long before I was a young child. HIS music doesn't do much for me. I see him the same way I see a lot of his contemporaries -- black and white footage of performers on a stage with curtains, reminiscent of Vaudeville of the 1930s, or early TV of the 1950s. BORING. I recall the transition from black and white TV to color. AND I was keenly aware of the BIG difference in sound quality between the old, scratchy 78 rpm records my dad had, in his collection, alongside the more recent 33 rpm STEREO LPs. So, I came along at a time when I could truly appreciate the differences his generation had versus my generation. Likewise, I'm sure there are LOTS of followers of your channel who appreciate YOUR well thought out, insightful, inspirational instruction and "groovy" appreciation of music across the generations. Like at :20 to :29 and :40 and 3:03. YOU GET IT. Speaking of Which : The animated cartoon someone created, to accompany Come Together, seems to have been simply thrown together, with out much thought. 👎👎 THEY DON'T GET IT. Thank you, just the same. Your inspired -- and inspiring. 😄👍👍 peace, love & happiness ✌ 3/26/2024

That "Shht" is "Shoot me".

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In view of what happened to John, the subliminal "shoot me" is almost horrific

That sound you're asking about, from what I read years ago. Is one of Ringo's cymbals played in reverse. I hope it helps. Great channel btw. 😎

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you might know this, you might not, someone might of already said but "here come old flat top" is from a Chuck Berry song, i think it's called "you can't catch me" "Also i said this at the start before watching so now i know you already know" my bad

Finally an earnest reaction for a Beatles song, excellent!!

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The opening lyric is "Shoot me" It is a constant within the song. He knew!

The sound of shoop is really John Lenno singing Shoot ! . Just to let you know.

Two other interesting Beatles vocals are A Day In The Life (lots of spooky vocal slides in the verses then staccato in the bridge) and Got To Get You Into My Life (just a great vocal overall).

Hi Beth. Great analysis of a great song. I just imagine what the boys could of accomplished if Yoko was never in the picture

Oh yes, Mr. Leary lived on a large estate in Millbrook, NY. He along with a number of his followers were politely told to leave and return to CA. There's an awesome amount of power in that village. Come together somewhere else. Interesting because I saw it first hand. Back to Berkeley boys. O eer me dead body.

That shoop sound could be a vocal or …..the Beatles and George Martin were very good at manipulating sound by slowing or speeding up tape. So it could be a cymbal sizzle speeded up or who knows . Love this one. When I first heard this when I was 14, I played it over and over and over.

John Lennon is saying "shoot me" in between the verses.

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Ringo is wearing the ring from 'Help!'

Didn't see it the comments so I'll take a shot at it. Something recorded and played backwards, possibly a percussive instrument and/or a synthesized sound?

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Talent has evovled so much since the beatles era it's crazy

Like no one else has been “heavily influenced” by Chuck Berry in their song writing! 😂

If you haven’t already you should do Here Comes the Sun, same album

The Beatles made no secret of their admiration for Chuck Berry. They covered at least 2 Chuck Berry songs, and John Lennon famously said, "If you need another name for Rock'n'Roll, you could call it Chuck Berry."

Absolutely one of my favorite songs. That funky groove of the intro with a great bass-ling and kick drumbeat, I just have to turn it up to 11 when it starts. Learned early on to not take the lyrics too literally and not worry about the meanings and was told that they were open for interpretation. With the reference to Coke-a- Cola and the BBC, remember the Kinks had to do a different version of "Lola" switching to Cherry Cola so it would get air play in the UK. One of the best covers was from Aerosmith, which some folks say they like better.

It's You Cant Catch Me slowed down! McCartney talks about it quite frankly as a rip off on the documentary he did with Rick Rubin. Part of the genius of The Beatles I guess...as Ray Manzarek of The Doors used to say," Genius borrows, talent steals" Good analysis! Consider doing Alice Russell, an incredible Soul singer from the UK, she does a version of Gnarls Berkley's, Crazy, that'll make you wonder why he bothers! She's super technical, great control, you'll love her!

Thanks for your positive response to music from this old Aussie nutter 😂❤

John did sing this song live and you can see and hear him do the shoo sound (it sounds the same)

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Yes, John is doing that "shhhh" vocally, He's actually singing "shoot me" while clapping his hands. Which is a chilling thought when you consider...well, I think you get what I'm saying. Lennon was later sued by Big Seven Music for this song because some of the lyrics are lifted from Chuck Berry's song, "You Can't Catch Me" ("Here come ol flattop", etc) as well as the melody is very similar if you speed it up. In fact, it was Paul McCartney's idea to slow it down because when John submitted it to the band to record, he recognized it as sounding like Chuck Berry's song.

Beth this is John going Shttt! In the mic 🎤. Great song opening Abbey Road.

Paul's harmonies are genius. Is your album available in the States?

John is saying "Shoot me." a very sad irony now.

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John, under pressure to write a song for the new album, came in with basically, a Chuck Berry tune that he revamped. Paul claims it was too much just like Chuck's song (Can't catch me) and decided they had to change the tempo, Ringo came up with a catchy drum fill line, and George added some spooky guitar solo. They saved lennon from being almost cover song.

I heard Ringo said this was his favorite Beatles song. I have to admit that I never heard that John was singing shoot me. Considering how he died it kinda casts a pall over the whole song.

I always heard that sound as a vocal “shook”, maybe with the “oo” shortened, maybe more like “shuk"

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This really stoked the fire on the rumor it was about Paul being dead.

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the shhing sound is john lennon whispering (ironically) shoot me......

*whispers* "Shoot me" (You can hear me more clearly on the Anthology rehearsal) and the irony is he got shot to death.

He's saying " shoot me" but the bass covers me

Yeah, as you stated the sound is vocal. But, the inspiration is from Pink Floyd Pow R Toc H from 1967, check it out, its both Syd Barrett and Roger Waters making mouth and throat noises over the song, and the Syd part is very similar to what John is doing here.

Just asking... would you mind telling your headphone brand/model, please?

Lennn was a master of feels

Chuck Berry's music publisher sued John Lennon for copyright infringement because of the melodic similarity between Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" and "Come Together", written by Lennon, and because the Beatles' song used some of the lyrics of Berry's song ("here come old flat-top"). The suit was settled out of court. As part of the settlement, Lennon included a rendition of "You Can't Catch Me" on his 1975 album of cover versions,

Oh, I so love your reviews... ;-) Emotional, educative and uplifting. And props go out to George Martin, the 5th Beatle!

" Timothy Leary is outside looking in. " Great video Beth.

is a chuck berry influence. the godfather of rock n roll

11:45 "The Silver Bealtes"?

😎👍 To the best of my knowledge, the only time John Lennon ever sang with a pronounced vibrato is during the first five seconds of "Mr. Moonlight." 🌜

He's literally saying " shoot me". I kid you not

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"Shoot me" is the vocal effect Lennon is doing.

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The shhh sound is John saying "shoot me" but the drums drown out the last part of it.

John intended this to be a simple song recorded live in the studio. It was recorded on a 4-track machine but George Martin and Paul wanted to add more layers. The 4 track tape was transferred to a 16- track machine so they had 12 more tracks to add layers and punch in and out vocals. When the songs were remixed in the digital world they were able to match up the 4-track tape with the 16-track tape so the basic track is from the source tapes with no transfers. It make it so much brighter and speed corrected for the old 4-track machines that would speed up then slow down based on if they were recorded tails up or down. They used a mechanical breaking system that could not 100% correct for the tape speed as one reel was moving faster as there was less tape on it.

I'd always be careful about analysing Johns lyrics as he was well aware of folks doing that and would sometimes write 'nonsense' words for the fun of it and have a smile at what people made of it....still very clever and witty stuff..

John and Yoko were never doing protests "for" the Vietnam War. They were protesting against it.

He is ironicly saying shoot me.

Did you notice? John Lennon is humming "shoot me" at the beginning and middle of the song!

Funny, I don’t think weird was a word from the Beatles creative vocabulary. They were a perfect example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. 😊🙏

.. he's saying "Shoot me"

Worth pointing out, McCartney's input totally transformed this song. That bass is just the bollocks.

3:29 someone took that too literal

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