I remember when this aired. I was 12 at the time. At first I kinda recognized Paul and Ringo, but who were the other two guys? The guy in the glasses, is that John? Who's the old guy (George)? Huh? What's going on?! Even at 12, I knew things had changed. I loved both songs instantly. Although we're used to it now, at the time the world hadn't heard anything like that before. We weren't in "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" territory any more. Even a 12 year old knew that. Amazing times.
it's just that the beatles were bigger than life. they were a legend in their own time. every movement they made, every breath they took was an event. hell, girls actually fainted at their concerts. not because of drugs, because of the 'beatles'. i was 10 in '64, and i'm glad i kept my head, because it would have been a shame to miss out on the hollys, turtles, zombies, spencer davis, etc.............
Wow, I remember watching this on TV when I first came out, and wondering if this was the future of the music scene (the music video). Obviously, the Beatles were totally ahead of their time, and this is a pure example of that!
Still the GREATEST BAND EVER, then and now. Miss you John & George. Never get tired of listen to the BEATLES, love all songs before and after break up.
OMG I remembe seeing this. Every Saturday night the Holllywood Palace on ABC TV. Eons ago. These might not have been the first "video" but they were probably some of the first.
I wrote these two songs!!! Only I called them "Strawberry Lane" and "Penny Fields Forever". These songs were stolen from me and then they switched the titles as a cover up.
@MrCeej9999 Yes ... but The Beatles had a much wider demographic after "Yesterday". * to 30 year olds and beyond became fans....I was a kid (7 when they debuted) and my parents became fans as did the little kids as well... Bieber will never do that,not because he isn't talented but music doesn't have as much meaning to todays kids... It is backround to their video games and there are more than 30,000 music acts vying for the same pie.
@popegeorgeringo yah, you're right, just like the movie stars of the 40s etc. like the 60s bands, fewer of them, and each and everyone, an original, never been done before. and not to mention the whole air, (atmosphere) of the 60s with change in the air, it was a vehicle for these bands to help take us through this revolution.
I agree. I think things just came to a head the next year. It affected the next few decades. I think 2008 will appear the same in a few decades as well.
the years between '65 and '79 account for about 90% of pop music I've ever enjoyed. 1967 was one of the best years of all (maybe I think that because I was born then).
Those weren't music videos though. This was a hell of a lot closer to a music video than any of those. This was so different than anything that came before it. Jailhouse rock was just Elvis dancing. This is far more unique.
This brings back that exact moment. Right on the brink of something, the tipping point. The First Human Be-in was held in Golden Gate Park in January, 1967 -- the first national appearance of the "hippie." This show was broadcast in February, 1967. In June, 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released. 1967, Summer of Love, San Francisco. Within months, "hippie bus tours" were available through the San Francisco Haight Ashbury district. Scream on, girls. It was a wild year.
This was The Beatles way of promoting their songs without having to tour, which they came to detest. They did in fact pioneer the music video concept.
Music videos were not pioneered by the Beatles.Artist as old as Rudy Valle did music shorts that were shown before movies in the theatres as far back as the 1920s.Bing Crosby,Jimmy Durante and alot of black artist in the 1930-present have done music shorts.Elvis Presleys' 33 movies from 1956-1972 were long form music videos. especially Jailhose Rock
@JohnnyTyrone77 The examples aren't music videos:filmed performances (shorts) or musicals numbers within a larger Movie, including Jailhouse Rock (a production number ). There were Video juke boxes in Europe and the US in the 1960's which fall into the same category.
Rick Nelson's Travelin' Man could argued as a proto-video, but The Beatles Rain has all the elements (intercuts, different locations, a self contained promo) that would gel into the Music Video as 14 years ahead of its MTV.
@Renshen1957 The key phrase i used was "Long form music videos" obviously Elvis' movies were motion pictures.But,basically the dialogue just filled time until the next song came up.Had Elvis recorded today he would just make videos not movies. There was no MTV during his time. He made on average three movies a year during the 60s which produced an album and several singles.Financially profitable,artistically draining.
@JohnnyTyrone77 Although most of Elvis's movies weren't "Citizen Kane," Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Charro did have real dramatic roles. The rest were Musicals (a from invented in the 1930's) "written on order by men who never really understood Elvis or rock and roll." The 30+ films Elvis films invented a genre, the "Elvis Movie." His post Army films, although sure-fire money makers, were blamed by Elvis for his decreasing popularity.
Long Form Music Video? Michael Jackson's Thriller.
@lms264t Another reason is that after John made his famous Jesus comment, they received so many death threats that John absolutely refused to tour anymore.
@glimmer2158 -- The ironic thing about the Jesus comment was that the comment was from a British magazine interview that didn't turn up here in the States till a year later (if I recall the story correctly).
@57highland The comments were published in the March 4, 1966 issue of the Evening Standard in England, and were reprinted in the July 1966 issue of Datebook in the U.S. The author who wrote the Evening Standard interview even wrote a statement explaining the comments to try to clear things up but, still, not many in the U.S. paid attention.
@sapphiretaurus -- Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure of the details. The sad thing is that something like that could easily happen here again today (so eager are some in this country to be offended).
@glimmer2158 Touring got to be tiring and boring for them, plus they could not hear each other and the audience could not hear them. They were performing in large stadiums with amplifiers meant for small theaters and nightclubs. The fans screamed too much, and could not even play their instruments at the right times. They wanted the fans to hear them as well as see them.
@sapphiretaurus -It was george who suggested they just fake the singing,because fans couldn't hear them.I loved the SHEA STADIUM show because John is so funny laughing and playing the organ with his elbow-the four of them just let it all hang out at that show.It is fun to watch!
@hitchiker441 What else could they do? I wish loudspeaker technology had been more advanced back then, but it was not to be. It's ironic that the technology did improve by the time the Beatles broke up, but John Lennon said he wasn't interested in touring anymore. I remember the organ-playing. John was going wild, but enjoying himself.
@glimmer2158 -maybe but the death threats were nothing new to them at this point.It was George who was didn't want to do them because our country was in such a mess.
I'm surprised we haven't had comments for the end of Strawberry Fields like "John says "I'm very bored"" and somehow have turn it into "I'm absolutely of my tits, Frankenstein".
He says "Cranberry Sauce".
More trivia for you all.
This was a double A-side single release, which is why might explain why both were shown together on the show.
fascinating-just say Beatles and they went nuts- my old man wood say 'turn that sh// off! If they didn't like the screaming all they had to do was say so-but there's no money in it!
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On the end of I am the Walrus there are 2 different background vocal tracks. One is sayinf "Everybodys f---ed up everybodys -ucked up everybodys fu-ked up and the other track is saying smoke pot smoke pot everybody smoke pot over and over. Listen to it and you will hear it! Lots of people know of this.
Yes I saw the Beatles anthology and they said that they hated playing live after a while and made this sort of video to show rather than to be drowned out with screams. They said it was because thier music was important to them and they felt that the fans jus didnt care if they sucked live but they cared and decided not to do it any more. Yes its too bad . I am a Beatles fan for life. WHat can I do?
By this time the Beatles had moved miles ahead of and away from their audience. I doubt the screaming teens we hear could have had a clue what these videos were about.
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I don`t agree! Without Rock and Roll Music the Beatles would be nothing at all. The just copied many songs from Chuck Berry or "Skinny Minnie" from Bill Haley.
has anyone ever released a "best of the hollywood palace" dvd set? I remember watching it when i was little. they had some great talent on their shows.
Well, they had stopped touring(8/29/66, I think) and that was probably the first many had seen the Beatles since that announcement. And they apparently weren't taken aback by their new look.
Magical Mystery Tour didn't deserve these songs, but that was their prerogative. It might have been responsible for some extravagant, dated drek like "200 Motels," and maybe even the "Sgt. Pepper" movie.
You still make no sense. I'll give you Magical Mystery Tour, but what does it have to do with Strawberry Fields Forever? Other than both songs being on the same single (feb. 67), they were both written and recorded in late 1966, almost a year before Epstein died. An obscure album called Sgt. Pepper happened somewhere in between...
Not quite. Brian was still around this was early 67. Paul wrote Penny Lane John Strawberry Fields. The end game started in India Lennon said himself thats when it started and it was a slow death.
I agree with that but John siad he wanted out of The Beatles in 1966 but was too scared to walk away, but India was definatly the end as far as the band went.
Thanks I forgot about Johns views/commets just after Aug 66 that's why he went and made the film How I Won the War I suppose to compose himself again and it worked because he wrote Strawberry Fields!
I remember the era well, too, and it had to do with that The Beatles' influence went beyond their music, but also affected pop culture. They were the 1970s before the '70s even started. They were influcenced by so many who came before them, and took it and made it innovative in music in a way that was a first and in turn influenced so many other bands, trends, media, fashions, attitudes, and styles. Funny, though, to see that classic late 60s era old-style clash, here Van meets Beatles. lol
what a total dork! go back to watching your Sara palin videoss, you NEO-CON nut job! The Beatles and the Stones were friends, you idiot! what an immature little dweeb you are!
the screaming probably went on through out the performance they faded it out so people could hear no other hollywood palace performance featured screams form the audience for a musical act
I don't think that the girls screaming was live. I think it was just canned and the shows producers faded it in and out during the broadcast (They where certainly out of touch with who the Beatles where by this time). I am sure that the Beatles would not have approved of having the screams played over the video.
After all their concerts, the video format ensured The Beatles would actually get watched and even more importantly listened to. This was one of their statements of true musical artistry arriving and pop idol status departing. Their "screaming" audience has yet to digest this evolution. Great time capsule. Thanks for posting!
I remember seeing this segment with my mom when it first aired back in '66 or '67. The Beatles really changed this time as well as their music. My mother thought they were more ugly than before! Ha Ha! What struck me was when they showed the drum kit. I was thinking, "yeah I remember when they played as a band on stage...,that was a long time ago." Even though it was a year or so.
'Snoopy' is right; the seven piccolo trumpet notes originally heard at the end of "Penny Lane" were ONLY on DJ copies of the single at that time, and were "lopped off" when the "commercial" single and album tracks were released. When "Penny Lane" was featured on "Rarities", the notes were restored onto a stereo master recording...
This was from the February 25, 1967 edition of the "PALACE", when Van Johnson was guest host that night (apparently, he was under the impression that the "1964 Beatles" would appear, not realizing that girls were screaming less and listening more). The Beatles only appeared on film {in an earliest incarnation of what are now considered "music videos"}, months before they started work on "Magical Mystery Tour", 'glimmer'.
One of the more interesting things I find about this segment is how it shows the stark contrast between the youth culture of the 60's and the much more formal and straight-laced culture of the 'establishment'. Such a distinction is almost nonexistent anymore.
man, oh man!! This song was so ahead of its time. I mean, these screaming girls had no idea what the hell the Beatles had evolved into. It's almost ludicrous, almost laughable to see this video and to hear the girls scream.
Very good point. I'm sure it would have been more of the mindless screaming either way. But they weren't cute mop-tops anymore, so who knows? I'm sure it would have shocked them nonetheless. Dick Clark also showed those clips on "American Bandstand", and he interviewed kids afterwards. Most of them thought they looked 'weird'. One guy said they looked cool and that was it....lol.
So amazing to see the Beatles in their psychedelic period when the audience is still so innocent. Makes you realize how ahead the the game the Beatles actually were at the time!
I guess part of it was that they obviously had seen world enough for 8 people at least. Also in spite of less than being enthusiastic about they had a bit more of the formal education than the obligatory comprehensive school level. I wonder had they performed live after year off would the audience reacted other way than mindless screaming?
Por que gritan?...son los nuevos Beatles presentando la musica que marcara epoca...ojala yo hubiera tenido el privilegio de haberlos visto grabando estas canciones
LOL!!! I guess I was one of the retards back in the 60s. Just seeing them made us scream. You had to be there. Obviously you were not born till years after. Too bad. You missed something huge.
I don't think the screaming is retarded, I just think the girls didn't care that their music style was changing and treated the Beatles like they did when Beatlemania was around
Great video! Love the reaction of the audience each time he says "Beatles", hehe. At the start of the Penny Lane video the people were silent for some seconds, thought they were going to see the fab four, like they had seen them earlier, with their hair, suits and that. Then they see these guys and go like "What?!", and after a while "Whatever, it's The Beatles *Screams*".
This is a wonderful film, but they showed it TO DEATH back then. Even Dick Clark ran this on American Bandstand, and he hated the Beatles! It was a case of too much of a good thing...sort of like Santana's Black Magic Woman on the radio. Still a great film!
So funny how The Beatles had moved on into their own psychedelic world but teenyboppers still screamed as if it was 1964 all over again, even with The Beatles now sporting facial hair!
Oh my goodness is that Liberace introducting the video. Damn he looks so different with out all his rings and rhinestone clothes. Most differently the most unusual introduction to a song ever.
"...and believe me, these strawberries are really wild."
Van Johnson is seriously the cutest thing ever! What a wonderful pairing, Vanny and the Beatles...SFF is one of my favorite songs and videos of theirs. Thank you for sharing this!
Took b&w Polaroid pictures of this when it was first shown on TV. Still have 'em! Couldn't remember what show it was on 'til now. Thanks for the extended version.
PS I remember "Penny Lane" as having a seven note ending. Is there another version?
The seven-note ending was on a special DJ promotion single that is hard to find. I like it the best of all! I think you can find it on a Capitol album called "Rarities." It's also on a lot of bootleg albums. FYI: A musician friend once played it for me on a piccolo trumpet, the instrument used in the studio recording.
Anyone see where they were going to change the names of all these streets in Liverpool? It's because a lot of the streets were named after men who were involved in the slave trade. It was later discovered that Penny Lane was named after one such slave trader. I believe his name was James Penny. While I believe some of the streets were renamed, Penny Lane was not renamed.
This episode aired in Feb/1967. About these two songs: Penny Lane was recorded between Dec 29, 1966 - Jan 17, 1967 and Strawberry Fields Forever was recorded over several sessions dated November 24, 28-29, December 8-9, 15, 21, 1966. Ushering in the Beatles most creative period, IMO.
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EJ160E 2 months ago
I remember when this aired. I was 12 at the time. At first I kinda recognized Paul and Ringo, but who were the other two guys? The guy in the glasses, is that John? Who's the old guy (George)? Huh? What's going on?! Even at 12, I knew things had changed. I loved both songs instantly. Although we're used to it now, at the time the world hadn't heard anything like that before. We weren't in "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" territory any more. Even a 12 year old knew that. Amazing times.
ElmozGhost 3 months ago
I give Van Johnson credit for being fairly respectful for something that was completely changing the map into a world that he didn't understand.
elvis4all 3 months ago
They were so far ahead of their time.
tighttritenight 5 months ago
This Van Johnson was a Faggot ; saw this promo film in Feb '67 on Top Of The Pops....on black and white t.v. of course !!
TheKenfig 9 months ago
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why would you say that?? jesus...
cherylbeee 8 months ago
@cherylbeee My name's not Jesus ! ; whaddya mean ? ; I DID see the original promo film on tv as a small child
TheKenfig 8 months ago
@TheKenfig
i guess i should say some of my best freinds are faggots...
cherylbeee 8 months ago
@cherylbeee Why do you 'guess' you should say that ?
TheKenfig 8 months ago
@cherylbeee I guess I should say that no one on earth gives a healthy shit regarding whom you choose to associate with.
JeffersonDinedAlone 6 months ago
it's just that the beatles were bigger than life. they were a legend in their own time. every movement they made, every breath they took was an event. hell, girls actually fainted at their concerts. not because of drugs, because of the 'beatles'. i was 10 in '64, and i'm glad i kept my head, because it would have been a shame to miss out on the hollys, turtles, zombies, spencer davis, etc.............
m1kewithaone 9 months ago
@m1kewithaone Hollies
TheKenfig 9 months ago
What year was this? Could this be considered the first music videos?
aimeemannfan2010 10 months ago
Wow, I remember watching this on TV when I first came out, and wondering if this was the future of the music scene (the music video). Obviously, the Beatles were totally ahead of their time, and this is a pure example of that!
trux04 11 months ago
Host is American actor Van Johnson who passed away last year.
RicardoRMedina 11 months ago
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m1kewithaone 9 months ago
@RicardoRMedina was he in any movies?
m1kewithaone 9 months ago
Still the GREATEST BAND EVER, then and now. Miss you John & George. Never get tired of listen to the BEATLES, love all songs before and after break up.
a51hawks 1 year ago
They`re wasted at 2:08-2:18...lol
spacegasp 1 year ago
OMG I remembe seeing this. Every Saturday night the Holllywood Palace on ABC TV. Eons ago. These might not have been the first "video" but they were probably some of the first.
Swampgirly 1 year ago
Was not filmed in Strawberry Fields (Liverpool), dumb-ass presenter. It was filmed in Knole Park in Sevenoakes, Kent.
crapple009 1 year ago
When was this shown ? 1966 or 1967 ?
Musclevideofreak 1 year ago
I wrote these two songs!!! Only I called them "Strawberry Lane" and "Penny Fields Forever". These songs were stolen from me and then they switched the titles as a cover up.
leafyutube 1 year ago
That's why I find it amusing that "Musos" mock guys like Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber fans scream at TV screens as well................Teenage girls
It's classic now, but The Beatles were essentially a pop group that 13 year old girls liked. As were the Rolling Stones
MrCeej9999 1 year ago
@MrCeej9999 Yes ... but The Beatles had a much wider demographic after "Yesterday". * to 30 year olds and beyond became fans....I was a kid (7 when they debuted) and my parents became fans as did the little kids as well... Bieber will never do that,not because he isn't talented but music doesn't have as much meaning to todays kids... It is backround to their video games and there are more than 30,000 music acts vying for the same pie.
popegeorgeringo 1 year ago
@popegeorgeringo yah, you're right, just like the movie stars of the 40s etc. like the 60s bands, fewer of them, and each and everyone, an original, never been done before. and not to mention the whole air, (atmosphere) of the 60s with change in the air, it was a vehicle for these bands to help take us through this revolution.
m1kewithaone 9 months ago
@MrCeej9999 No, they were a rock & roll band w/ a pop sensibility & worldwide mass appeal.
The same goes to the Rolling Stones. Both of those groups influences were steeped in early
rock & roll, blues, folk & country. Yes, of course, there are pop elements but to a lesser degree
than one might expect. I will agree though, as far as the Beatles image from 1963-66, they were
certainly the archetype for pop bands. Now, Herman's Hermits, that was a pop band.
mcjayc100 11 months ago
that was really far out !!
nirvgardengod 1 year ago
This video probably helped to bring lots of tourism money to Liverpool.
vitoduval 1 year ago
kids havent changed idiots! lol
mrbob424 1 year ago
The peak, IMHO of the Beatles. This was 1967 which was a great year for music and movies. All hell broke loose the next year.
hankaaron1961 1 year ago
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I agree. I think things just came to a head the next year. It affected the next few decades. I think 2008 will appear the same in a few decades as well.
the years between '65 and '79 account for about 90% of pop music I've ever enjoyed. 1967 was one of the best years of all (maybe I think that because I was born then).
InsertName125 1 year ago
@InsertName125 I was 15 then but you are still right-1967 WAS one of the best music years ever!
hitchiker441 1 year ago
check out ringo at 3:24 lol
15yeraoldhippie 1 year ago
Jeez, all these girls screaming like The Beatles are singing She Loves You or something! Screaming and Strawberry Fields Forever just don't mix well!
cumbco 1 year ago
Those weren't music videos though. This was a hell of a lot closer to a music video than any of those. This was so different than anything that came before it. Jailhouse rock was just Elvis dancing. This is far more unique.
powerhouse345 1 year ago
@powerhouse345 maybe you should look up Scopitone. its a form of music video the was way before this.
CenaTv2 1 year ago
@powerhouse345 Quite right, these two videos didn't even have the Beatles playing instruments or miming (lip sync) a performance.
Renshen1957 1 year ago
Great to see Van Johnson doing the intro.
clefmmann65 2 years ago
This brings back that exact moment. Right on the brink of something, the tipping point. The First Human Be-in was held in Golden Gate Park in January, 1967 -- the first national appearance of the "hippie." This show was broadcast in February, 1967. In June, 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released. 1967, Summer of Love, San Francisco. Within months, "hippie bus tours" were available through the San Francisco Haight Ashbury district. Scream on, girls. It was a wild year.
fragileindustries 2 years ago 3
I wonder if any of them got hurt riding the horses. Looks like George and Ringo are not used to riding at all. Love it!
kungfudoggie 2 years ago 2
This was The Beatles way of promoting their songs without having to tour, which they came to detest. They did in fact pioneer the music video concept.
lms264t 2 years ago 14
Music videos were not pioneered by the Beatles.Artist as old as Rudy Valle did music shorts that were shown before movies in the theatres as far back as the 1920s.Bing Crosby,Jimmy Durante and alot of black artist in the 1930-present have done music shorts.Elvis Presleys' 33 movies from 1956-1972 were long form music videos. especially Jailhose Rock
JohnnyTyrone77 1 year ago
@JohnnyTyrone77 The examples aren't music videos:filmed performances (shorts) or musicals numbers within a larger Movie, including Jailhouse Rock (a production number ). There were Video juke boxes in Europe and the US in the 1960's which fall into the same category.
Rick Nelson's Travelin' Man could argued as a proto-video, but The Beatles Rain has all the elements (intercuts, different locations, a self contained promo) that would gel into the Music Video as 14 years ahead of its MTV.
Renshen1957 1 year ago
@Renshen1957 The key phrase i used was "Long form music videos" obviously Elvis' movies were motion pictures.But,basically the dialogue just filled time until the next song came up.Had Elvis recorded today he would just make videos not movies. There was no MTV during his time. He made on average three movies a year during the 60s which produced an album and several singles.Financially profitable,artistically draining.
JohnnyTyrone77 1 year ago
@JohnnyTyrone77 Although most of Elvis's movies weren't "Citizen Kane," Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Charro did have real dramatic roles. The rest were Musicals (a from invented in the 1930's) "written on order by men who never really understood Elvis or rock and roll." The 30+ films Elvis films invented a genre, the "Elvis Movie." His post Army films, although sure-fire money makers, were blamed by Elvis for his decreasing popularity.
Long Form Music Video? Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Renshen1957 1 year ago
@lms264t Another reason is that after John made his famous Jesus comment, they received so many death threats that John absolutely refused to tour anymore.
glimmer2158 1 year ago
@glimmer2158 -- The ironic thing about the Jesus comment was that the comment was from a British magazine interview that didn't turn up here in the States till a year later (if I recall the story correctly).
57highland 1 year ago
@57highland The comments were published in the March 4, 1966 issue of the Evening Standard in England, and were reprinted in the July 1966 issue of Datebook in the U.S. The author who wrote the Evening Standard interview even wrote a statement explaining the comments to try to clear things up but, still, not many in the U.S. paid attention.
sapphiretaurus 1 year ago
@sapphiretaurus -- Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure of the details. The sad thing is that something like that could easily happen here again today (so eager are some in this country to be offended).
57highland 1 year ago
@glimmer2158 Touring got to be tiring and boring for them, plus they could not hear each other and the audience could not hear them. They were performing in large stadiums with amplifiers meant for small theaters and nightclubs. The fans screamed too much, and could not even play their instruments at the right times. They wanted the fans to hear them as well as see them.
sapphiretaurus 1 year ago
@sapphiretaurus -It was george who suggested they just fake the singing,because fans couldn't hear them.I loved the SHEA STADIUM show because John is so funny laughing and playing the organ with his elbow-the four of them just let it all hang out at that show.It is fun to watch!
hitchiker441 1 year ago
@hitchiker441 What else could they do? I wish loudspeaker technology had been more advanced back then, but it was not to be. It's ironic that the technology did improve by the time the Beatles broke up, but John Lennon said he wasn't interested in touring anymore. I remember the organ-playing. John was going wild, but enjoying himself.
sapphiretaurus 1 year ago
@glimmer2158 -maybe but the death threats were nothing new to them at this point.It was George who was didn't want to do them because our country was in such a mess.
hitchiker441 1 year ago
One of the first music videos? The boys were so ahead of their time!
I've been to Penny Lane. What a trip!
iambeatle1 2 years ago 4
The best album they ever released was. . . . this double a side single.
ironbuttermilk 2 years ago 4
The second music video after Rain/Paperback Writer' 9 months earlier in August 66
weenyone 2 years ago
Try listening for "Umpa Umpa stick it up yer jumpa" at the start. Betcha Sgt pepr 65 will back me up on that.
McHaggis62 2 years ago
It,s actually...."everybody's got one"
sgtpepr65 2 years ago
Right on!
I'm surprised we haven't had comments for the end of Strawberry Fields like "John says "I'm very bored"" and somehow have turn it into "I'm absolutely of my tits, Frankenstein".
He says "Cranberry Sauce".
More trivia for you all.
This was a double A-side single release, which is why might explain why both were shown together on the show.
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punkrockefeller 2 years ago
The Beatles discover acid.
songwritervideos 2 years ago
fascinating-just say Beatles and they went nuts- my old man wood say 'turn that sh// off! If they didn't like the screaming all they had to do was say so-but there's no money in it!
musicmanregina 2 years ago
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On the end of I am the Walrus there are 2 different background vocal tracks. One is sayinf "Everybodys f---ed up everybodys -ucked up everybodys fu-ked up and the other track is saying smoke pot smoke pot everybody smoke pot over and over. Listen to it and you will hear it! Lots of people know of this.
Nato61 2 years ago
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actually Nato61 i think they are saying, "smoke pot... smoke pot... everybody smokes pot"
csparise 2 years ago
Yes I saw the Beatles anthology and they said that they hated playing live after a while and made this sort of video to show rather than to be drowned out with screams. They said it was because thier music was important to them and they felt that the fans jus didnt care if they sucked live but they cared and decided not to do it any more. Yes its too bad . I am a Beatles fan for life. WHat can I do?
Nato61 2 years ago
So The Beatles never really played at the Palace?
puzleman1 2 years ago
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this is so lame
iboz75 2 years ago
By this time the Beatles had moved miles ahead of and away from their audience. I doubt the screaming teens we hear could have had a clue what these videos were about.
aimtrue45 2 years ago 4
Unfortunately, today the "record" industry only promotes acts who stay miles BEHIND their potential audience.
InsertName125 2 years ago
Screaming at a video,unreal.
f01863 2 years ago 2
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Penny Lane is like Barry Manilow.
steveconn 2 years ago
Penny Lane is ALL Beatles!!!
The101177 2 years ago 2
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I know - lame, Perry Como elevator muzak. Nothing to be proud of!
steveconn 2 years ago
The greatest rock band of the 20th century is definately THE BEATLES.
yogafan6500 3 years ago 5
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I don`t agree! Without Rock and Roll Music the Beatles would be nothing at all. The just copied many songs from Chuck Berry or "Skinny Minnie" from Bill Haley.
Weidenberg 3 years ago
has anyone ever released a "best of the hollywood palace" dvd set? I remember watching it when i was little. they had some great talent on their shows.
owg59 3 years ago
How great to see Van Johnson! He was such an elegant man.
iwanagaa1919 3 years ago 2
People screaming at a video hahahah, never happens now.
peoplecan1965 3 years ago 12
Well, they had stopped touring(8/29/66, I think) and that was probably the first many had seen the Beatles since that announcement. And they apparently weren't taken aback by their new look.
Magical Mystery Tour didn't deserve these songs, but that was their prerogative. It might have been responsible for some extravagant, dated drek like "200 Motels," and maybe even the "Sgt. Pepper" movie.
fgldnglbs 2 years ago
Very true, it must have bben wow what the hell has happened to them hahah.
peoplecan1965 2 years ago
@peoplecan1965
I miss the days of real audience participation.
InsertName125 1 year ago
I was referring to "strawberry fields" and the film Magical Mystery Tour
tedsmith45 3 years ago
You still make no sense. I'll give you Magical Mystery Tour, but what does it have to do with Strawberry Fields Forever? Other than both songs being on the same single (feb. 67), they were both written and recorded in late 1966, almost a year before Epstein died. An obscure album called Sgt. Pepper happened somewhere in between...
dennis90214 3 years ago
The beginning of the end. Brian Epstein has passed on and Macca tries to fill in dominating this video of a song written by John.
tedsmith45 3 years ago
Not quite. Brian was still around this was early 67. Paul wrote Penny Lane John Strawberry Fields. The end game started in India Lennon said himself thats when it started and it was a slow death.
Voxac100b 3 years ago
I agree with that but John siad he wanted out of The Beatles in 1966 but was too scared to walk away, but India was definatly the end as far as the band went.
peoplecan1965 2 years ago
Thanks I forgot about Johns views/commets just after Aug 66 that's why he went and made the film How I Won the War I suppose to compose himself again and it worked because he wrote Strawberry Fields!
Voxac100b 2 years ago
The Beatles dominated 1963-1970 The Seventies was owned by The Rolling Stones.
tedsmith45 3 years ago
the rolling stones were not like the beatles, the beatler are 1 in a century band.
michaelpiano93 3 years ago 4
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f01863 2 years ago
I remember the era well, too, and it had to do with that The Beatles' influence went beyond their music, but also affected pop culture. They were the 1970s before the '70s even started. They were influcenced by so many who came before them, and took it and made it innovative in music in a way that was a first and in turn influenced so many other bands, trends, media, fashions, attitudes, and styles. Funny, though, to see that classic late 60s era old-style clash, here Van meets Beatles. lol
italoman9 3 years ago
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What an annoying fu%$in band these guys were for Pete`s sake!!! I wish The Stones would come walking round the corner and beat the sh&% outta them.
RideMyBMW 3 years ago
what a total dork! go back to watching your Sara palin videoss, you NEO-CON nut job! The Beatles and the Stones were friends, you idiot! what an immature little dweeb you are!
dougalmac54 3 years ago
the screaming probably went on through out the performance they faded it out so people could hear no other hollywood palace performance featured screams form the audience for a musical act
chris393s 3 years ago
I don't think that the girls screaming was live. I think it was just canned and the shows producers faded it in and out during the broadcast (They where certainly out of touch with who the Beatles where by this time). I am sure that the Beatles would not have approved of having the screams played over the video.
musictjr 3 years ago
LOL @ the audience who doesn't listen to the music, but just screams when Ringo comes into view.
taxmonkey123 3 years ago 3
After all their concerts, the video format ensured The Beatles would actually get watched and even more importantly listened to. This was one of their statements of true musical artistry arriving and pop idol status departing. Their "screaming" audience has yet to digest this evolution. Great time capsule. Thanks for posting!
novapup2001 3 years ago 5
Great vid. I absolutely love their clothes! And those sunglasses Lennon gets from Macca in the beginning?? Haha.
Beatles=legends.
wopman1010 3 years ago 3
It's almost terrifying the reaction the Beatles received during these videos, this kind of devotion is unimaginable today.
burnsybaby1987 3 years ago 2
I remember seeing this segment with my mom when it first aired back in '66 or '67. The Beatles really changed this time as well as their music. My mother thought they were more ugly than before! Ha Ha! What struck me was when they showed the drum kit. I was thinking, "yeah I remember when they played as a band on stage...,that was a long time ago." Even though it was a year or so.
libraryquiet 3 years ago
'Snoopy' is right; the seven piccolo trumpet notes originally heard at the end of "Penny Lane" were ONLY on DJ copies of the single at that time, and were "lopped off" when the "commercial" single and album tracks were released. When "Penny Lane" was featured on "Rarities", the notes were restored onto a stereo master recording...
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
This was from the February 25, 1967 edition of the "PALACE", when Van Johnson was guest host that night (apparently, he was under the impression that the "1964 Beatles" would appear, not realizing that girls were screaming less and listening more). The Beatles only appeared on film {in an earliest incarnation of what are now considered "music videos"}, months before they started work on "Magical Mystery Tour", 'glimmer'.
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
One of the more interesting things I find about this segment is how it shows the stark contrast between the youth culture of the 60's and the much more formal and straight-laced culture of the 'establishment'. Such a distinction is almost nonexistent anymore.
huntonpeck 3 years ago 2
The straight laced culture, although spuare, at least kept people in check. The free for all we have now is not working. Britney for president.
cowboysfan782008 3 years ago 5
As Lennon said they were more popular that jesus and I know why, they are the best band ever Really!!!
Rockandroll1978 3 years ago
man, oh man!! This song was so ahead of its time. I mean, these screaming girls had no idea what the hell the Beatles had evolved into. It's almost ludicrous, almost laughable to see this video and to hear the girls scream.
lavampire 3 years ago
Very good point. I'm sure it would have been more of the mindless screaming either way. But they weren't cute mop-tops anymore, so who knows? I'm sure it would have shocked them nonetheless. Dick Clark also showed those clips on "American Bandstand", and he interviewed kids afterwards. Most of them thought they looked 'weird'. One guy said they looked cool and that was it....lol.
NostalgiaBob 3 years ago
So amazing to see the Beatles in their psychedelic period when the audience is still so innocent. Makes you realize how ahead the the game the Beatles actually were at the time!
NostalgiaBob 3 years ago 2
I guess part of it was that they obviously had seen world enough for 8 people at least. Also in spite of less than being enthusiastic about they had a bit more of the formal education than the obligatory comprehensive school level. I wonder had they performed live after year off would the audience reacted other way than mindless screaming?
konked 3 years ago
Por que gritan?...son los nuevos Beatles presentando la musica que marcara epoca...ojala yo hubiera tenido el privilegio de haberlos visto grabando estas canciones
PublioIII 3 years ago
The screaming didn't go along with Strawberry Fields.
rjkahlon 3 years ago 5
LOL!!! I guess I was one of the retards back in the 60s. Just seeing them made us scream. You had to be there. Obviously you were not born till years after. Too bad. You missed something huge.
Hyemoonie 3 years ago 5
anyone else thinks the audience is retarded screaming along with such songs?
what do they think this is, 'She Loves You'? :))
Rawego 3 years ago
I don't think the screaming is retarded, I just think the girls didn't care that their music style was changing and treated the Beatles like they did when Beatlemania was around
Spork0419 3 years ago
this is the only band you'll see where the audience are screaming and its just a video!
hoppuss44 3 years ago 4
Great video! Love the reaction of the audience each time he says "Beatles", hehe. At the start of the Penny Lane video the people were silent for some seconds, thought they were going to see the fab four, like they had seen them earlier, with their hair, suits and that. Then they see these guys and go like "What?!", and after a while "Whatever, it's The Beatles *Screams*".
Good songs, Beatles ftw! =)
beat68 3 years ago 3
This is a wonderful film, but they showed it TO DEATH back then. Even Dick Clark ran this on American Bandstand, and he hated the Beatles! It was a case of too much of a good thing...sort of like Santana's Black Magic Woman on the radio. Still a great film!
Bennypincher 3 years ago
So funny how The Beatles had moved on into their own psychedelic world but teenyboppers still screamed as if it was 1964 all over again, even with The Beatles now sporting facial hair!
MattHatter 3 years ago 6
Oh my goodness is that Liberace introducting the video. Damn he looks so different with out all his rings and rhinestone clothes. Most differently the most unusual introduction to a song ever.
gratefulzeppelin420 3 years ago
"...and believe me, these strawberries are really wild."
Van Johnson is seriously the cutest thing ever! What a wonderful pairing, Vanny and the Beatles...SFF is one of my favorite songs and videos of theirs. Thank you for sharing this!
claraquick 3 years ago 3
Van Johnson and The Beatles, my two favorite things.
iheartgeorgeh 3 years ago 2
Beatles get very little credit for inventing the contemporary style video..
kringles4 3 years ago 4
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and as gay as they make them !!
outlook98 3 years ago
These films were also shown on the Ed Sullivan Show. I believe by this time the Beatles had stop making television appearances and live concerts.
MarvDETROIT 4 years ago
Yeah. From Sgt. Peppers on they didn't do any live performances except for the unexpected roof top performance.
acidtones1 3 years ago
Took b&w Polaroid pictures of this when it was first shown on TV. Still have 'em! Couldn't remember what show it was on 'til now. Thanks for the extended version.
PS I remember "Penny Lane" as having a seven note ending. Is there another version?
perrimeno 4 years ago
The seven-note ending was on a special DJ promotion single that is hard to find. I like it the best of all! I think you can find it on a Capitol album called "Rarities." It's also on a lot of bootleg albums. FYI: A musician friend once played it for me on a piccolo trumpet, the instrument used in the studio recording.
snoopy1648 3 years ago
Anyone see where they were going to change the names of all these streets in Liverpool? It's because a lot of the streets were named after men who were involved in the slave trade. It was later discovered that Penny Lane was named after one such slave trader. I believe his name was James Penny. While I believe some of the streets were renamed, Penny Lane was not renamed.
Candlestickpark1966 4 years ago
This episode aired in Feb/1967. About these two songs: Penny Lane was recorded between Dec 29, 1966 - Jan 17, 1967 and Strawberry Fields Forever was recorded over several sessions dated November 24, 28-29, December 8-9, 15, 21, 1966. Ushering in the Beatles most creative period, IMO.
Soujurn 4 years ago
Paul wrote this one, yet in the film, John gets most of the screen time.
Soujurn 4 years ago 2
Were these filmed before or after Magical Mystery Tour?
glimmer2158 4 years ago
Before. You can tell by the facial hair innit. They grew their 'taches in 66 and Paul and John chopped em off for MMT.
wrightylew 4 years ago
Van Johnson was indeed cool. Very good actor also. Great performance in "The Caine Mutiny" with Bogart.
LashBridges 4 years ago
Outstanding !
wideher 4 years ago
what more we can say of a beatle song "goooood"
55102 4 years ago
Great Video!
jch195400 4 years ago
Yep...Van Johnson was very hep!
KKD1247 4 years ago
good vid.
kingmixer 4 years ago
hurry up and puts some comments on before this gets taken down people
argentinarama 4 years ago