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  • I saw this live in 1963 and thought they seemed very nervous. It was such a stuffy occasion and I think they were surprised how well they won over the flunkies. After this, the Royal Variety Performance became less formal and poncy.

  • looks like John was very nervious before saying that line... he was brave to say that in that time

  • lOVE HM THE QUEEN!

  • Well, it proves one thing and that is how so much younger we all were in 1963 (I was 16 and a half when this went out on television and I'm 64 and a half now). We thought The Beatles were totally fabulous and when they broke onto the pop scene like a huge tornado, there'd never been anything like them before...ever. They all had talent with a capital "T" and we'll never see their like again. There's nothing remotely like them today, that's for sure!

  • If I were a singer, I'd rather my fans singing along me too loud than polite people in silence. =/

  • Yay, the Queen doing... thumbs up? Hehe 

  • Well people - by watching this video you are looking at one of my first memories - it was a big deal in my house ...and I remember - despite being 5 years of age - everyone was around the TV waiting for the show to finish and the Beatles to come on. I banged my little tin drum all the way thru!! Yes it was a bit theatrical, that's the way it was then - it was of its time. BTW is the Prince of Wales Theatre the same as the Palladium? I still dont get the "Sophie Tucker" joke - can anyone explain?

  • They dont half like to wiggle! Paul's head goes crazy, ringo nods to his beats, Georges guitar is up and down up and down, johns the only one that seems to be able to keep still!

  • Also: Paul gasps a lot. Which makes sense, since From Me to You is a really forceful song.

  • Paul w/ Rickenbacker > Paul w/ Hofner. 'Nuff said.

  • Their manager always made them play the slow "Till there was you" whenever older people would be there...

  • @cluciano63 Now when older people are there, I tie them into their seats, and force-feed them Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" at 300 watts. That rings their bells for sure.

  • the very special way of mac cartney , very diplomatic and very flattering atitude towards the crown and the revolutionary behaviour of LENNON.

  • @zidane1s Yeah, good cop, bad cop, I get it!

  • Goddamn Paul is the man

  • After John says his witty line about the jewelry at 4:59, what is the queen's reaction? She just lifts her hand in response and laughs?

  • @danslatente that is dubbed in.

  • George looks like he feels shunned, poor George. :(

  • sofie tuker??

  • I've never seen anyone move their head so much while singing to a slow song.

    (Paul - There Were Bells)

  • I bet there were loads of girls dying to scream during this!

  • They really vent the extra mile to get on youtube back then.

  • It wasn't in front of the queen, but the queen mother. still a queen, queen dowager to be precise...

  • @macmaghnusa im pretty sure the queen was there as well

  • @nowhereman665

    No, sorry, she wasn't. On that day duties fell to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, not Elizabeth II. It's the QM we see acknowledging Lennon's comment.

  • kkkkkk...O Lennon nem tá chapado....olha a tela flagrosa do rpz: 4:45

  • A perfect performance by a perfect band makes me proud to come from Liverpool - Great shout from John - please check out my new song "Hero In The Hearr" written for all the british soldiers on my channel Subscribe - Like - Comment please... Thank You

  • Paul has an amazing voice oh my god

  • They don't bother to bow all the way down to the left angle. xD

  • @WazziBerry and Ringo is especially like fuck it

  • No, I never sawR them at'll...

  • @WazziBerry

    scouse accent FTW

  • Beatleboy well ill answer for our queen, before the Beatles we only had a queen but now we have four kings as well what you got to say now not a lot i bet.....they don't sing twist n shout they sing (pissed on stout) i hope that answered your ?....... Allen. UK..(England)

  • WHADDYA MEAN "A BIT LONG"? SOOOOOOO? This was probably the most important performance of their early career! AND you could actually hear them!!

  • When "Twist and Shout" first came out some of us kids could only play it when our parents weren't home. It was too raunchy for them. So tell me about your "totally uncool" parents. Haha!

  • fucking class and charisma to say some like this in front of the best monarchy in the world, the english one, this april big time wedding in london, 29th april, john wiston lennon class man, elvis is the king but the beatles the best r&r band in the universe.

  • Sick shit!! the best rock&roll band for life!!! just came back from london, abbey road studios, abbey road street, crazy man, in my blood for life, the beatles, going to liverpool again next week. got to get beatles oxigen once again. I can die in peace now.

  • Oh Paul, were you expecting to be knighted "Sir Paul"...I'm thinkin' John was thinkin' "really? I got to do this gig???"

  • Damn, this is historic! John Lennon so looks the part of the leader of the Best Band in the World doing his bloody best for Her Majesty The Queen of England. He looks so professional and relaxed and powerful yet remote. He looks as if he is actually controlling everything.

    Dig George playing octaves on the From Me To You solo. What an innovator!

  • I love The Beatles!!! But I thank the day Paul decided to stop shouting his head while singing xD How could his neck bear it!!!

  • Paul seems scared to death but of course his performance is flawless

  • the beatles made suits look good with guitars and drums

  • how is the song at the beginning called

    

  • @Ardityeah "from me to you"

  • sophie tucker :D

  • where is the she loves you

  • everytime john lennon sang twist and shout his face always had a specific look almost like a cry for help , well clearly we couldnt help him :'( RIP john you will be forever loved and missed !!

  • @pll741 What?! he pulled that voice because twist and shout's vocals are quite high pitched and he 'kinda' struggled with them, unfortunately.

  • President Kenedy was assassinated 18 days later

  • George is SO CUTE.

  • The Royal Variety people are much politer than the regular fans, waiting till the Beatles are done to applaud and all that.

  • @taiyo888 Yeah lol thats a huge difference when you compare this to their other performances.

  • suberb

  • Thanks for posting, its great to actually hear the early Beatles perform without the teenybooper screaming.

  • "for those of you in the cheaper seats clap you hands, and the rest of you rattle you'r jewlery." Now would you say that to the queen of england!!

  • @beatleboy903he wasn't that the queenmother that smiled and waved when lennon made the "rattle your jewelry" comment?

  • Hehe...Paul and that Sophie Tucker line was funny. Till There Was You was an interesting choice of song but considering the audience a wise choice because it signalled to the "parents" of their fans that they are not just a rawcus electric rock group...then follow it with Twist & Shout...brilliant!

  • Starting @ 4:44 - Love his looks and humor!!!

  • the rest of you just rattle your jewelry... awesome

  • Lennon The Best! <3

  • Lucky Hollywood never got a hold of them, they would've made them all blonde

  • @wikiriwhi I totally agree !!!

  • 1963 ~  The Beatles and their music still / always finds new fans!

  • Paul looks so nervous during Til There Was You.

  • aww Ringo is so cute when he shakes his head and stuff :]

  • Ive been playing guitar for many years and grew up on zeppelin, rush, etc... always loved the beatles but never thought of them as a technical band....until I saw this version of till there was you. George was a very very talented player, he earned every dime of being in that group. Excellent chords and playing inversions, suspended chords, etc....

  • @baronsting When Till There Was You was first released, many thought they had hired a session musician. George was voted best guitarist in England when he was 17!

  • @baronsting good eyes, mate! God Bless

  • Justin Beiber wrote all these songs thats why they steal Justins haircut

  • @JamesTKirkCobain are you a mother fuckin retard Justin beiber wasn't even born yet!

  • @JamesTKirkCobain hahahaha good job troll ;)

  • @JamesTKirkCobain I believe it was unlike. ¬_¬

  • Is It From the disc 2 of the anthology 1 ??

  • Paul is in his moment during "Til There Was You." It's like he was auditioning for his chance to be a member of this audience. He won. He's now rattling his jewelry. It's been well earned. Very well earned. Well done.

  • John Lennon was actualy threatening Brian Epstein that he was going to say rattle your f**king jewlery!

  • Maybe I'm missing something, but John's guitar doesnt sound like its plugged in. Especially in Till There Was You, I can only hear George's lead guitar work

  • Ei brothers and sisters

    look and listen Oghi "Dance Balance"

    enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Most famous John's joke, I guess... I love his "bad boy" smile toward the Queen

  • George is 20 in this vid... John, Paul and Ringo are 22...

  • I have the anthology album I didnt know It was the royal proformance, I just thought John said that alot

  • Just take a look at John's face when he makes his famous remark about the jewelry. I think noone before dared to say something like that in front of The Queen.But they were already on top and got away with anything. Also watch how George plays the "Gretty chord" in his solo for Till there was you......

  • Studio quality without the screaming fans. Their amps would be more at home in a nightclub.

  • how old are them at this time?

  • @carlosbettanin John had just turned 23, Paul was 21, George was 20, and Ringo was 23.

  • @deb90566 jeez they are like my age :O

  • @carlosbettanin George would be 20, Paul would be 21, and Ringo and John would be (John only just, his birthday is in October, Ringo's is July) 22. Just kids, really.

  • @carlosbettanin In November of '63, George would be 20, Paul would be 21, Ringo and John just 22 (Ringo's birthday is in July, and John's is in October, I believe).

  • actually they played for the queen mother and Lord Snowdon. I bet the Queen wishes she was there though!

  • @5COT5MAN She was pregnant with Prince Edward at the time, and it wouldn't do for Her Majesty to be seen in a "delicate condition" in front of her subjects! In fact, the Palace press office put out an announcement saying that the Queen was in an "interesting" condition and would not be undertaking any official engagements for 6 months.

  • pure magic <3

  • I love how nervous they are when they're doing their introductions. If they're not nervous, and out of breath, they're horrid people. I'm glad that they're not. (This is just one of the many pieces of proof out there.)

  • She is a lucky queen.

  • Paul was god damn nervous when he sung till there was you :)

  • They look like they had so much fun singing "Twist and Shout."

  • well the beatles do kinda look nervous in this video

  • This was the biggest British gig in those days.

  • lol i was just kidding

  • cheaper seats???

  • john lennon desafinando en el 0:11 y en el 0:24

  • Smiling at nothing.

  • The Queen wasn't there... she was pregnant!

    Princess Margaret and The Queen Mother were in attendance!

  • Sophie Tucker was a very fat woman, hence their fav group

  • they are performing for the queen so if they messed up its to the dungeon. you can sorta tell that jhon is nervous cause if you look carefully he is sweating

  • @owned1778 is that true?

  • Are you serious?

  • lmao....this wasnt midevil times...im kinda doubting they would have gone to the dungeon

  • A Brilliant song by my greatest group and a great friend of mine love Shirls xx

  • @shirls2 which one are u friends with? coz id like to be ur friend.

  • can some1 explain pauls joke?

  • when did he say a joke?

  • sophie tucker was a big girl and American, hence the American group. Rumour has it her car even had stretch marks.

  • I love how Ringo's always smiling in the songs :)

  • I don't get the joke

  • love John!!!

  • Brilliant Song and i am glad to have known them all and my brothers and glad me and Paul our still friends love Shirls xx

  • are you a friend of paul or what're ya say'ng

  • Really?

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  • he?

  • "The Beatles were the best thing that ever happened to us..."

    Thank you forever... The Del Zorros

  • I know that that is the urban legend but at this stage in their career Lennon would never have said that:He knew he was on to a good thing and it was only a year or so since they had decided to wear suits.I dont doubt that he said that he was gonna do it in the dressing room for a laugh and to wind the others up.

  • Well Paul certainly looked nervous during the first two songs. And John threw him a a sly grin as if to say "You didn't think I would, did you?"

  • This is a great Beatles video - whoever managed to save this for us should be 'knighted' - watch it all and particularly at 4:45 when John makes his famous "rattle your jewelries" comment - classic John Lennon humor. Then he proceeds to lead the band in a rockin' out version of 'Twist and Shout'. Never better.

  • I FUCKING LOVE YOU JOHN LENNON, truly the first rebel, and artist of the century!!!!!!

  • @Revollving don't u mean all time

  • and the Queen said "off with his head".

  • @vxenon67 ..NO SHE SAID ''i'd Give that LAD SOME GOOD HEAD'''....

  • HAHAHA rattle the jewerly... John was great

  • what´s the name for the firts song!!!???? ist brilliant IoI

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  • the song is called FROM ME TO YOU

  • From Me To You

  • i LOVE the jazz guitar solo by george around 3:40-ish...it's very rare to hear something like that from him, and it was BEAUTIFUL. :D

  • jany 1954 FUCK UR OLD ASS PAPPY THE BEATLES R THE BEST!!!

  • i dont get the joke paul made

  • the joke is that sophie tucker was fat

  • And Ringo :* ♥♥♥ 6:20 great solo :) :*

  • I Love Paul when he is Shouting :*♥ He's so lovely

  • I remember watching them on Ed Sullivan - my grandpa called them "hippies" -look at them, short hair and wearing suites and ties - LOL - how times have changed! hehehehe

  • dude this was before they turned into hippies

  • bullshit

  • @Jany1954 I'd be surprised if he called them "hippies." "Hippies" didn't come into use until '67 and the Haight-Ashbury scene in San Francisco.

  • i love john's voice in twist in shout.

    it's unique :)

  • @JohnLennonPlusMe I love the roughness, hardly noone could do that kind of voice

  • ahhhhhh<3

  • This event happened 18 days before the assassaination of President John F. Kennedy. One month later, Capitol Records decided to release "I Want To Hold Your Hand", and in January 1964, Beatles manager Brian Epstein, decided to bring the Fab Four to the USA in order to help the country get over the loss of President Kennedy. Although they appeared on a clip of "The Jack Paar Show", it wouldn't be until the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show that Beatlemania took off.

  • @Jaybird1103 "manager Brian Epstein, decided to bring the Fab Four to the USA in order to help the country get over the loss of President Kennedy." That's nonsense. Ed Sullivan happened to be going through Heathrow airport in Oct. 63 when The Beatles were returning from Sweden and he saw "Bealtemania" first hand. So Sullivan booked them after their trip to Paris in Jan. '64. The reason for The Beatles success was because "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became No. 1 and the country was coming out of

  • @Jaybird1103 out of mourning for Kennedy.

  • I like the moment, when they pull the cables out from the guitars, and taking the microphones, two steps back.

  • pauls facial expressions are fucking funny. our bands guitarists dad has been a roadie for paul for ages, i use his bass amp all the time

  • wow i wonder if they had to win britains got talent to get on this in 1963 :D haha only joking, love the beatles! :D

  • I can't say anything!  ♥

  • Who's Sophie Tucker?

    John's brilliant, poor Paulie!! Bless 'em all!

  • Enjoy this while you can. With a release of the Beatles remastered catalog coming in September, the powers that be are sure to shut down most of YT's posted Beatles videos. It's a shame really. It's not like fans won't buy them just because there here.

    Fuckin' corporate morons!

  • Seriously, YT is the best free advertising ever, I don't get why they have to take the videos down.

  • Wait this is from the Anthology! I recognize the beginning of "Till there was you"

  • Yeah,poor Paulie is nervous! lol

  • Notice how John pauses just before making his famous "rattle your jewelry" remark. To sing a line such as "...Shake It Up! Baby..." in 1963 was a pretty daring thing to do before royalty - let alone before H.M.The Queen Mother. John might have sought to diffuse the tension - both Paul and John look nervous on the video. An example of John's wit at his best - he didn't offend anyone, and managed to get away with it. You can even see The Queen Mother glancing away... it took her by surprise!

  • Paul was very nervous because back stage before the show John told Paul that he intended to say "and will the rest of you just rattle your f_ _ _ _ _ _ jewelry" so Paul nearly had a heart attack back stage before the show and was not sure John would not do it-And actually the Beatles were all big fans of the 3 Stooges and took the Ah, Ah,Ah with the John, Paul and George in Twist and Shout from the Stooges-

  • where did u get this from?

  • No Jaybird, the haircuts came from a German girl named Astrid Kercherr who cut their hair for them in 1962 during their stay in Hamburg-Stu Sutcliffe, the Beatles bassist at the time who was no good but a great pal of John's fell in love and married Astrid-It was she who introduced the hair styles to the Beatles-John was the last to accept it-

  • wasnt paul the bassist tho

  • @BOZO32851 Stu didn't marry Astrid, he died from a rare condition that caused his brain to expand, he was rushed into hospital but died in the ambulance in Astrids arms. :(

  • @BOZO32851 That's absurd, the AH, AH, AH vocal part is in the original version by the Isley Brothers, which the Beatles covered. Your explanation is BS. Honestly, i can't believe some of the patent nonsense people subscribe to when talking about The Beatles. If anything, John loved Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, and the Goons-(who George Martin also produced)-which is one of the reasons why The Beatles liked George Martin.

  • They sang far away from the mics. As a sound man I can say the mics prolly picked up alot of the drums and guitars too. Today, that's a no no. But, I wasn't even born then, so what do I know, But, the Beats rule.

  • Haha!

    ""I'm gonna ask you for help on our last number. The people in the cheap seats, Clap your hands. The rest of you, Just rattle your jewelry""

    Damn that's cheeky to say infront of the Royal court and the Queen!

    They really had balls, More than what people dare to do today.

  • the beatles are the best band in the world forever! ! !

    i love them...

    i love you beatles

  • wooooops never mind!

  • OMG RINGO IS SO CUTE

    Look at 0:52 when ringo gets a boost of confidence and shows off with a loud drum beat at 0:54 or 0:55 . THEN look at paul and george they can tell hes showing off and cant help but smile at it. OMG RINGO IS ADORABLE