The Beatles - Drop-in Swedish TV

[vettefool]

wonder what the name of the poor band that had to follow the Beatles? lost forever.

[TheFylleimperiet]

They where like 30-40 years ahead of there time.

[lookhear49]

I saw this on telly. When I was 4 years old!

[wojiaokatya]

kill the cameraman - where's JOHN?!?!? miss his visual presentation of "clapping hands" and "stamping feet" but I love how his mike is turned up real strong

[wojiaokatya]

kill the cameraman - where's JOHN?!?!? miss his visual presentation of "clapping hands" and "stamping feet"

[patologiakomix]

dobre

[pucken70]

liverpools finest

[corkpopfrance]

As if any more proof is needed to conclude they were the tightest, most talented and spontaneous group ever.

[vettefool]

only one month before the jfk killing. I was a junior in hs. so long ago.

[daddyseek67]

awww man this preformance is shiznit haha you know why haha its beacause lennons amp is louder than georges haha and lennon can rock no offense to george who is also can rock but dude we are talking john lennon haha awww its classic

[XxLikeAstarlightxX]

The audience make an applause after the songs and not always while they're playing, and that must be really nice for them that sometime can hear they self playing :)

[XxLikeAstarlightxX]

Swedish people didn't know who they were back then, but look how they treated they like normal people with talent :) They didn't scream as much as they did in for example America, and you can tell that the Beatles really enjoys this ;)

[sottythesecond]

i liked the Beatles but not when they were in this form,this garbage like"i wanna hold your hand" and the early crap never did nothing for me

[nightcrawler511]

@sottythesecond 0_o the early beatles are the best drugs ruined them

[Busanbusan]

@nightcrawler511 They drugs were what helped them through their Hamburg period. And fueled fucking Sgt. Peppers....

[nightcrawler511]

@sottythesecond do you mean hamburg in 59 or 66?

[giles422]

Here's what I dig about this vid- it's October 9163 but they are so 1964 it's not even funny- the hair appreciably longer than earlier that year, the mood and swing and confidence is so apparent- they are the conquerors who would slay America and the world but that is still some 4 months away. And John at 5:45 does something unusual- surprised and delighted at Ringo's slightly different accents on the off-beat he turns all the way around to grin at him.

[carkenny2]

Thank-you for posting this video. As if the world needs me to repeat the fact that they were the best band there ever was. In any other band, George would have been the leader. So much talent in one band, INCREDIBLE!! Never before, and Never again!!

[12starwarsfanatic]

wow! where did u find this? its awesome!

[sam0xin]

Swedish people probably the MOST unemotionally people on the Planet...(watch & compare..) : So this was 11 years before ...... ABBA's triumph with  Waterloo...

[woodstock196999]

Can someone please help me? I recognize the girl to the left of Paul at around 1:15 but I can't remember who she is and it's driving me crazy!

[plankan1995]

could it possible be Lil Babs?

[ToolsnFire]

Great performance, at their best

[teerome1]

A beatles video with no screaming females?Anyway, One of the Best groups ever!

[danorisa]

thats Scandinavia for you:)

People say theyre cold, I think theyre down to earth and they understand that these ppl are humans just like them, who can play good music.

Scandinavians were never enfatuated by celebreties

[petereuropa]

Evaelisabet: It is true, I promise. I don't remember how much they wanted us to pay. But they had tickets to the TV-show. You had to have tickets to enter. Try to remember. Why lie about such a thing? I can also inform you that I saw Rolling Stones´ 1st concert in Stockholm (they wondered what it was all about. And my parents wanted to see (because I had changed my personality too much). I felt ashame for my friends. Father's ticket was in front of a big loudspeaker, couldn't hear for two days.

[petereuropa]

I was hanging around outside a School in Stockholm when two girls offered us to buy cheap 2 tickets to this TV-show. We said no, because we had never heared about the Beatles. I regret that all my life.

Love the Beatles!

[evaelisabet]

I don't believe you. They didn't sell any tickets, the TV-programme was for free. I know, I was there.

[12starwarsfanatic]

@petereuropa I feel so bad for you!

[altfactor]

@petereuropa I thought that in Sweden, as here in the 'States, TV show tickets are free of charge.

Perhaps these persone looking to sell the tickets knew the Beatles had become huge in Britain and wanted to make 100% profit on those tickets.

If only you could go back to October of 1963...........

[petereuropa]

@altfactor The tickets were probably free of charge here too. But they wanted us to buy them. Anyway, I was 13 then, I haven't heared about the Beatles then. I was more interested to play football after school in that schoolyard. By the way, my elder brother was Elvis fan and I Tommy Steele (forgotten now?).

[amosnews]

Like me. In high school, a friend offered me a ticket to see Wings in concert on their first tour because his girl friend could not go. I asked how much. It was a premium price for the time - $6. My words still echo in my sleep: "Six bucks! I'm not paying six bucks to see an ex Beatle!" I kick myself in the ass every time I think about that.

[Mati1992]

What's the last song?

[Syndicate93]

I saw her standing there

[spaps2]

The last song (the incomplete one) is Long Tall Sally

[mackszzz]

Those longhaired bastards!!!But god, they where tight.Trust me.

[tdeb79]

At 3.27, Paul is glancing at John, who's probably ready to do his spastic act again.

[fraGGion]

eargasm

[piniorek]

Drop In was recorded on 30.X.63 in Stockholm and aired 3.XI.63.

[amanwithamission]

Can somebody put the performance in context please? What is the date, venue, e.t.c.?

[mycapatmytoes]

swedish TV 1963-A show called "drop in" kicking ass 45 years on.

[BytteBob]

"Fortfarande gör pengar på det..." Vafan SVENGELSKA. Redan då. Fy tusan. :P

[piddorhonsa]

the toppermost of the popermost swedish tv production ever.I think this is the beatles first apperence outside the UK after Epstein polished them up a little bit. The damn was about to burst afterwards I really like the footage when the band thats about to play after the boys takes the scean ca 8.19 - that

[cocoskanin]

That was when they could play like that without getting raped xD

Wonder if the audience, or anyone could have known how big they were going to be.. I mean people in the U.S doesn't know who Lill-babs is, and she was the "huge" star in that episode, even dough She loves you was on the top-list of singles at that point.

[BytteBob]

Haha heja LillBabs!

[MonsieurMal]

and WOW just look at Paul's hands on that bass in "i saw her standing there"... anyone who doubted his talent as a bassist will be proved wrong by this video.

[LODGE4444]

They will really be proved wrong when the remasters come out in September !!

[MonsieurMal]

this looks like one of the very intiment concerts/ tv performances that would have been GREAT to be at... gotta love Paul in these songs.

[MichMichMichelle]

The good part is, the swedish audience doesen't scream the shit out of them self, and they dont cry :) They just clap among the song and you know, chill! I think this is the first video i've seen that the beatles fans are not hysterical.

[kungknas1]

At this time in Sweden, we didn't barely knew which they were :P

[MegaSmurfen]

lol my dad told me about when they first came and was playing beafor the reall " band " came witch was lill babs :)

[Sukriti]

John loks happier and more enthusiastic than normal!

The performance is PERFECT< but I also have to aknowledge (however you spell that) the audience! What a great audience! Thei didn't scream during the songs, and clapped in all the right places! They were brilliant!

Gotta love Paul's head bangs at 5:44 to 5:55!!

Just love when paul goes "OH YEAH!" at 7:54 and the swedish girls behind him freak out! He's so adorable!!

George's GREAT solo at 7:57

ANd John's lil "OW!" 7:32

[whotles]

This is a very good performance except George's guitar could have been louder, and so could have Paul's microphone.

[tokyoisfun]

"Specifically John Lennon liked the Karlaplan recordings. He said often that the seven songs that they recorded at Karlaplan were the best live recordings that The Beatles ever made, as well as for the sound and for the feeling.

- I wasn't satisfied with the recording and I apologised The Beatles for the high distortion. But they seemed very delighted, says Hans Westman.

[ringodreammer]

Hey .......,

Your the Beatles video is great! Thanks for the good humour.LoL

The Beatles are the greatest!

[JennyBurke33]

when the guy is announcing them it sounds like he says george harrison is a retard :(

[tokyoisfun]

Haha, no, he says "George Harrison, lead guitar".

George is really on the roll here. Love him.

[JennyBurke33]

well oviousley he said that if he plays lead

[bluemeanie81]

This proves The Beatles were GREAT live performers but screaming fans would soon suck that energy out ...

[Beatlesfreak1395]

Hah, Beatles in my country !!!

Love Paul McCartney <33

[Ari721]

Paul says clap your hands or stomp your feet, so they do both :)

[johnnydallacosta]

Brithish

Loves

[thomsund]

GREAT!!!

[yeahrnesund]

Where and when is this?

[thomsund]

Sweden 10.24.1963

[yeahrnesund]

Well.. I meant more were in Sweden, but I guess it's at the end of their first little tour abroad. So it's probably in Stockholm..

[BrianChidester]

What kind of fuck-stick would exclude the entire "Long Tall Sally" from Sweden? Jesus Christ! Paul goes cross-eyed from screaming so hard during the bridge and Ringo is the perfect unit-in-unison, with his hands, feet and hair all a well coordinated machine. It's truly godhead.

[thomsund]

amazing!!!!!!thank you chanfrado

[JulianLennon1]

Just stumpled upon this clip, and I'm glad I did. You can see even in Paul's early days just how much he enjoys performing. I love John's sense of humour echoing Paul when he said 'join in'. Fun is what they had. Isn't that what life is all about anyway?

[dkbaker]

I have to agree...it is brilliant! :) So much fun seeing the energy of their early days and how much fun they were having. And it is so cool that the audience actually listened. And Fairly Grrl I think the screaming had already started by then, at least at the Cavern, but from what I've read they were getting great responses everywhere they performed by this time. Anyway, I loved seeing this so thanks for posting!

[nbkid]

This is as close to what the real thing was before it hit USA

[Eirikursson]

Rock musics childhood

[Lasermannen]

The viewing of this clip is extremly illegal but who gives a toss?

[raymondlang]

Exactly!

[Lasermannen]

There are so many technical errors in this recording, the worst one is that Lennons microphone is a lot louder so when they are singing together (which they did a lot in the early days) he´s the only one you can hear. This becomes extremly irritaiting in the "I saw her standing there" chorus.

[yellyman]

That happened a lot. I`ve seen clips of the Beatles live in America, and the same thing happened there. Paul drowned in John`s voice when they were singing "She loves you" and "I want to hold your hand"

[pazure]

Baloney. Anyone who has seen any of their earlier live clips knows how awful they all turned out. Leave it to the Swedes to produce what is really an awesome live recording (visual and sound). The real reason for the discrepancy in the voice is that John had a legendary set of pipes that most often blew the others away. They all learned to compensate, and in fact most of the songs you hear are the result of the performers "self-mixing". Not a bad job I'd say.

[Lasermannen]

Bollocks, have you even heard the final album version of "I saw her standing there"? In the chorus Paul sings in a relly high key, something John was´nt able to do. They did that a lot in the early years (anytime at all, hard day´s night etc).

What you also need to do is to listen to which instrument you can hear namely Johns rythm guitar and nothing else.

[pazure]

You're kidding right? Paul sang in a higher key and John the lower one? As if the world doesn't know that. As if this singing style isn't their signature (as much as Simon & Garfunkel etc). My god man, you're talking to a musician/life long Beatles fan. Your claim that technically this wasn't mixed well is nonsense. This is by far the best quality early tv recording of them singing live. This ambient hiss is the only bad thing. The mix is as good as it comes.

[challenin]

oh :) So cute. I sverige också :D

[BonJovi91]

Så COOOLLLLTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

[citybeat60]

Awesome. Great to see their energy and talent before they were overwhelmed with the screams of Beatlemania and the necessity to lip sync.

[Digitalfiends]

There are only a few lip syncing instances. All of the "real" concert stuff is truly live.

[artboy55]

it was interesting to see them play to a more reserved swedish crowd. their feet were touching the people's feet in the first row.

[stockmos]

This is awesome, i must show this to my dad.

[FairlyGrrl]

So they returned through Heathrow, met a talent scout, and the rest is history? BTW they were a warm up band here for Lill-Babs singing a Swedish cover of Leslie Gore's 'It's My Party' produced by Quincy Jones.

[dagetage]

masterviktor,

What's you native language? To be sure it couldn't be English...Not the way you write, Hoss...Du framstaar som en osedvanligt ointelligent och primitiv individ, Masterviktor

[Osquar]

Were not fat atleast, have a fat and happy life full of heartattacks primitive american!

[vajbaby]

Master Victor is a prat.

[Himarerme]

The only primitive here are you Camilo, with your bad manners.

[paerra]

Most swedes below 60 speak and understand english really good, and even if we wouldn't, we'd still have our own language, wouldn't we? Stupid. As if people were "primitive" for not knowing english.

[pls9927]

10 weeks later and the world was never the same. You can see they had already perfected playing live in this video. What a shame that very few of their concert audiences would remain calm enough to truly enjoy their live playing. One can only dream now how incredible a live concert might have been like in the 70's or 80's had they remained together.

[FairlyGrrl]

They'd already perfected playing live? You mean after four years on the Reeperbahn? You think that's remarkable? LOL.

[marti652004]

Fantastic. I've got a vinyl bootleg record of this show but never seen it. Thanks for upploading this chanfrado..awesome!

[gpc]

This is brilliant -- like the best early live performance by them I've seen. Probably because (1) the audience is enthusiastic but not psychotic, (2) they can actually hear themselves, and (3) no one is storming the stage to tackle one of them or dance in their faces. They were obviously enjoying themselves, which wasn't the case any longer just months after this.

[tmrobertson]

The funny part is, though, after about two years of hearing nothing but screaming crowds, the relative lack of noise really caught them off-guard - that's why Paul had to ask them to clap during "Twist and Shout"... it was never a problem before!

[FairlyGrrl]

OK granpa, but two years of hearing nothing is 1961 - 1963? Where were they then? When did Profumo blow? The screaming only picked up in 1963, didn't it? Methinks you're writing history creatively here? Macca's just talking to the audience.

[jimjimblund]

the presenter is baffled that they still find it fun to play even as they earn money from it-this Sweden was were i entered so to speak. Now everyone is a trademark.