Inside a Beatles Record 3: Tomorrow Never Knows

[benzaseeadoneitall]

It's hard to pick one Beatles song as a favorite but, this would be the one that had the earliest and most dramatic change in my musical life.. I mean Good Day Sunshine sing alongs to this? Nothing sounded close to this in 1966!

[Guitcad1]

George actually worked out how he wanted the notes of the guitar solo to go and then played them in reverse order, then they reversed that recording so that it came out in the right order but sounding backwards.

[Gooseberry51]

Interesting.. however the text part of the video runs much to fast

[Vpmatt]

@Gooseberry51 That button with the two vertical lines below the video is a pause button. If you press it, you'll be able to read the info at your leisure.

[TheMrloftus]

@Gyphia

I know, it's amazing isn't it?

[CatfishHodges]

sitting on a hillside watching the sun go down-the many stars I count after its gone-- wonder where Ill go when it's time to move on but most of all I wonder where I really come from--closer and closer to the dawn--as the stars above me fade--where do I look what will I find--where do I go looking for a sign--closer to the center inside a labyrinth of time--

[Geekman333]

GREAT video. Thanks a bunch.

Peace.

[ryan49er1]

great songs and info...things i never knew but i must ask if Vpmatt is more fascinated with beatle songs that have lennon singing the majority of the song....nothing wrong with favoring the other but it just seems the case

[MyRecycledBalls]

Often Imitated, never duplicated!!!

[doglover52]

you forgot to mention how this was another Ringo title, like a hard days night

[hibd]

8 arms to hold you was the original title for Hard Day's Night

[Vpmatt]

@hibd Nope, it was the original title for "Help".

[hibd]

Yeah, I know.... I was tired.... What made me think that is now beyond me.

[Izaroth]

Never heard this song before but this one... sounds like it belongs to some modern "we play's the latest pop songs" radio station.

[antonyvt]

heres a fact beatle lovers, they got the idea for this while taking acid,in Glasgow Scotland,John and Paul loved Scotland as did ringo and Geo.

[karrongeiger]

This is clearly my favorite song. It was so far ahead of its time. I knew it took a lot of effect to create but I was shocked just how much mastery was used to create this innovation. Thanks so much.

[DETROITBULLET]

First of a multi track with loops on several machines 8 at least with people holding them while it was being fed into the control counsel .this is also Phil Spectors wall of sound ideas being used by Paul and John ,coupled with drums getting close up recorded lots of new innovations in one occasion ,George Martin said it cannot be reproduced and i believe him

[fweefwee91]

u forgot the fact that the wierd guitar at 1:07 was a nother REVOLVER song's guitar solo(taxman)just slowd and choped up...i prove my point gooday...

[MegaObserver1]

In the Beatles Anthology DVD there is a bonus feature where Paul, George and Ringo join George Martin at Abbey Road studios to discuss this track, along with Golden Slumbers.

[marvy1118]

Sheer creativity straining the capabilities of machine and man.

[chard6788]

the beatles were the macguvers of music

[mario64guy]

Damn, you could have given these guys a string, two paper clips, and an empty stapler and they somehow would have found ways to manipulate them and create a masterpiece.

[GeorgeHarrison00]

EMI - Emerick and Martin Incorporated haha

[Vpmatt]

@GeorgeHarrison00 I love it!!

[Doppeldiva22]

This song was so ahead of its time. The drums sound like a loop, although they are live. This severely predated electronica and hip hop music of the 80s and beyond, which used drum loops and samples. Even today this does not sound dated. One of my all time favorite Beatles songs.

[dippey]

(At 1:06) Early photos show that Geoff Emerick's predecessor Norman Smith had in fact been close mikeing Ringo's drums since 1963 particulary the bass drum, what Geoff did several sessions into 'Revolver' was to add a further mike below Ringo's snare drum reinforcing the drum sound.

[Vpmatt]

@dippey That's the eaxact opposite of what Emerick said, who claimed i nhis autobiography that it was against EMI policy to place mics any closer than 2 feet to the drums, and that "Norman's standard mic positioning might have been fine for just any Beatles song, but somehow it seemed too ordinary for the unique nature of this particular track". And having worked with the Beatles since their first ever recording session at EMI when Norman Smith was engineer, Emerick would know.

[SeverineGREY]

@Vpmatt man that was pro. how u shut him/her down. LOL. i believe you over it

[RMCKIE]

fantastic.

[AvuncularFeldspar]

Excellent!

[Drumric305]

I love these videos. can you tell me what the relation of this and within you without you is.

[stockcar5472]

These are great excellent videos - please do more!

[TheCheeese000]

idk, i guess its just me......but i dont like this song........

[peteflcn]

God if you're up there please give us the beatles back and we'll give you lady gaga and justin bieber . :)

[superbeatlesfanPJGR]

how do you know all this stuff??

[auburn1716trob]

my favorite Beatles song!!!

[bigdunk9]

It scares me how innovative this song was. How anybody could even envisage such a monumental musical experiment. Excellent, excellent video by the way.

[1400deadwood]

Awesome video.

[DrPidi]

@CatchDude if you've actually studied electronic music properly u'd know that binary numbers has only expanded music beyond that what that was imagined to be possible.

[CatchDude]

Mindbogglin, this! So sad we've passed this station and went almost completely digital. Thank god some studio's still have taperecorders lying around and the right equipment to experiment like a true explorer without those hard binary limits...

[princeatom3121]

great lyrics!

[FenderGibson1997]

My Favorite Beatles songs

1)Tommorow never knows

2)Strawberry fields forever

3)Eleanor rigby

4)ticket to ride

5)Yellow Submarine

[MrKite053]

Watching this piece and reading the text is ALMOST and I specify ALMOST as good as getting off. (and sometimes it even has that beat) Brilliant post. Geoff Emerick is incredible!

[reports12002]

Brilliant!....I love these 'inside' videos you've made....excellent work and insightful, I've learnt a lot from them. Are you planning on making any more?

[Vpmatt]

Thanks for the feedback. Might do "I am the Walrus" if I get some time.

[bruceleeC64]

@Vpmatt these are excellent they are well appreciated thanks

[Zickcermacity]

All the modern recording studio technology and computers could not HOPE to recreate the sound effects swirling about in that song! Equally important was the state of mind existent during the era in which TNK was produced.

Never again will something this awesome come about - intentionally or unintentionally.

[HTprods]

brilliant. i love you're 'Inside a beatles record' videos. i would love to see you do i am the walrus.

[Vpmatt]

Stay tuned.

[magzyou]

at 1:40 there are the words ERASE HEAD... FYI... there was a band here in the philippines named ERASERHEADS... the philippine version of the beatles...

[GregoryGraveyard]

i read that the crazy guitar solo in this song is actually the solo from taxman, chopped up, run backwards and slowed down from the key of D to C.

[joychristiane]

amazing how they create this kind of sound..

[vonbontee]

Yeah, you read this everywhere, all the time, but it's actually NOT true! Even reversed, slowed down and transposed from C to D, the only thing the two have in common is a single 6-note bit - and even that is phrased slightly diffrently. It's fairly likely that the guitar parts were taken from an alternate take of the "Taxman" solo, but they certainly didn't come from the take that appeared on the released version.

[Robkenn]

Thx for this treasure :)

[delacote60]

One aspect of the recording that you may only have absorbed subliminally rather than noticed consciously: the exact mid-point of the track (1:29 on this video) is marked by a beep or tone.

[TeddySea]

Thank you for these insides. Wonderful!

[pablotoscano06]

you said that emerick had to turn the faders down to prevent mic damage.. but there's no way to damage a mic from the console.. i think that instead of it, he had to worry about the clippings, product of the high dB power hitting the mics, this didn't affect the mic neither, but ruins the take of audio

[happylittleEStar]

Great work, great video, and of course nice great song!!!

Thanks for all you write...noe I now more XD =)

[x24z26]

Great video. I've always loved this song and your commentary is very interesting and makes the song even more enjoyable.

[frereslumiere]

The commentary is very informative. Thanks! Lots of happy accidents in the studio, rather than formulas from some producer. One difference between then and now.

[firstchairs]

I got Recording the Beatles by curvebender - an amazing compilation of photos, notes, documents, interviews, etc. I have to say that your videos are a great addition to understanding the innerworkings of the beatles studio sessions. I can't tell you how many times while reading my book I played a Beatles mp3 to get the feel of the sessions being described.

[dazedcola]

taht was really cool, great job

[PilingProductions]

Is the Tape Loops Like The Squeaky Things?

[Pacolikespie1967]

what do you mean by squeaky things?

[vwtch]

And, Ringo, thanks for your contribution.

[goldhat3]

Hello vpmatt, these videos are great! Please do more when you have time.

[Vpmatt]

Thanks! "A Hard Day's Night" on way.

[Pacolikespie1967]

AWESOME!!!

[Pacolikespie1967]

I always love the Organ at :40, it sounds futuristic and then the crazy organ solo that playes later! Keep it up!

[akenaton97]

Una cancion revolucionaria. No es simplemente una cancion sicodelica más

[frankensteinik]

Probably the best piece of popular music ever.

[elchingon0522]

These are pretty tight... keep up the good work, can't wait to see the next installments.

[LibbyAH]

Am enjoying the first 3 you've done a lot and very glad you are planning a few more.

Thank you.

[agentsarahjane]

Hi VPMatt,

I really liked watching , I hope you will continue making these. It is really interesting to see how innovative the Beatles really were to music and for their time.

[Vpmatt]

Thanks for the feedback. I have plans for at least a couple more. There's quite a few Beatles' songs with an interesting story of how they came about.

[alternativeglasto]

Hi mate, I loved the first two, as I told you - but this seemed a bit rushed!

[Vpmatt]

Much shorter song than the other two! So much to say!

[sorbix]

I noticed that too :P

[vimaxreview]

very cool.. except I can't read quite fast enough to keep up with it. :)