The Beatles - I'm Talking About You

[newallthestars100]

I'll be your bride Johnny!!!! If I can have George too....hmmm...I can't make up my mind. :(

[MayLennon94]

This cover its just... Amazing :) I love the Beatles, and I will love them forever :D

[ritecliqer]

This is Chuck Berry

[wildbeasttamer]

where did you get the picture at 1:05 ? im in love with George's smile!!

[lennonsdoll]

oh my GOD john i can't handle your hotness!

[TheFDrScAnLoN]

@CommieCotch--yeh, me. He put together a pretty good band, don't ya think? Is he fired up on this version or what? What the hell does he scream during the lead? Some kind of medieval rock@roll language I guess. No, I can't think of anybody cooler, except maybe when he went berserk with the heroin and nakedness w/Yoko, don't know how cool that was...but the early years, fuhgetaboutit.

[petnurse2007]

Oh yes, John IS a sexy beast, yeah!

[fabyleoful]

the beatles and the stones, despite their invented and stupid rivalry, have many songs recorded in common

[60Macushla]

Now THIS the raw,rockin' Beatles we should grow our kids on!!I did!!...sorry,I gotta do the twist,C-YA!!

[pikagirl01]

John's such a sexy beast! I love him, but I can't handle itttt! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[indotravis]

i've never heard this before , thank you whoever who put this!! love it!

[musicAnat1234]

Thumbs up if in 2011 you listen to the Beatles

[Scouslan]

@musicAnat1234 thumbs up if in 2012 you still listen to the beatles. they will always be awesome ♥

[thesillyone42]

@musicAnat1234 2012 already and still listening!

[missbeatleforever]

Oh my god!!!!!!! John sounds so sexy!!!!!!! It's just too much XD

[BeatleJohnGeorge]

That shout singing rocks specialy when Lennon sings

[sherom]

They 're rockin !

[CommieCotch]

Anyone else think John Lennon is the coolest guy ever to have lived?

[cippalippa4]

@CommieCotch

yeah yeah yeah!!



[ImKissingJohnLennon]

@CommieCotch He's the hottest guy to have ever lived too ;)

[caw5951]

Or "I Saw Her Standing There" inside out! too cool

thanks for posting

[KB19001]

He's talking about me.( ;

[sergioadrianalvarez]

yo tengo esta canción en cassette

[historiadorderock]

This could have been another huge hit for The Beatles!!!

[ONdorch]

background to saw her standing there pretty much haha

[wojiaokatya]

is this a Lennon-McCartney number? So pure and beautiful

[Ubeans2001]

@wojiaokatya Actually it was written and released by Chuck Berry... I prefer this version though.. Drums compliment it better!

[beatlezrawesome]

never heard this, and i thought id heard all their songs...

[kenfig]

Best voice in Rock Music yet he was the only one who didnt like it !

[EnglishAirship]

At 1:05 who is the Beatle down on the left side? ;-)

[OnkelPeters]

@EnglishAirship Our beloved Ringo! :)

[miss9starr7]

I would let John fuck me

[BeatlEPMJo]

Johnny oh Johnny how I love you <3

[kimberlyestoque13]

I can't get enough of Ringo Starr's smile<3

[thomasjamesphoto]

This could be from the BBC tapes. Check out the version on the Hamburg double album set, great energy!

[rughekhhi]

its the same bass line from i saw her standing there

[r6chrisk]

COOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!

[r6chrisk]

COOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL!!!!

[TEIXEIRAnJETER]

did anyone else notice the red strip-tease sign in the baxkground at 1:04!?! XD

[treehugger1980ful]

ya

[chopper462]

@TEIXEIRAnJETER Yes I saw it , wonder if that's in London or livypool ?

[TheBeatlesluvdaisy]

i'm dancing lol

[GORFF987]

This song was recorded in " Live in Hambug "(1962) Album

[Pete1961a]

Where is this song available? It's not in the Anthology series or The Live BBC album. It's got to another rarity. It's really good. The Beatles were really great performers in 1962-1964 before the whole thing got out of hand along with the drugs. By 1966 their live shows got really bad. Understandable because no one was listening and the screaming along with what happen in Manila. It's too bad the british Invasion era ended so soon. It was only four years from 1963-1967.

[AJJKRRR]

@Pete1961a This is from a bootleg. I have it on a 2-CD bootleg set called "Anthology Plus".

There are, in fact, many Beatles live BBC performances that never made it onto the official "Live at the BBC" album. Most can be found right here on YouTube.

Somewhere out there you can get the entire collection of surviving Beatles BBC performancess on one CD packaged set.

Good stuff.

[Pete1961a]

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. I will keep my eyes open but I know it's going to hard to find. I live in Canada. We get everything after Britain and the U.S. and everywhere else. Thanks again AJJKRRR.

[IWANTTOMEETGERARD]

Oh my gosh! I've heard this song before. But I didn't know that they covered this! (: Sounds great!

[EloiWeena]

Wow, never heard this before, amazing, is this I saw here standing ther sung by John?

[Toady373]

Funny I was playing guitar and randomly started playing the bass part for "I Saw Her Standing There" and then this song was a suggestion and I was playing and it sounds pretty close lol.

Great song, all of their songs are great though.

[krissyjeshi]

Goege looks amazing in that Striptease photo at 1:00!

[wookyhollow]

Which was first, Jerry Lee Lewis`s `Sticks and Stones` or this? Both good.

[AllWeNeedIsTime]

Nothing else is rock - this is

[princeofthemods69]

They look like full on mods in the picture at 1:01 lol

[krissyjeshi]

@princeofthemods69 Whats a mod? I always wanted to know.

[princeofthemods69]

@krissyjeshi

So many different answers!lol But in a nut shell the mod movement exploded in Britain in the sixties. It is used to describe well dressed/smart youngsters, who had a love of American R&B/Blues. Certain items of clothing were considered mod, sharp suits, knitted ties, turtle neck jumpers, hair cuts like in the picture mentioned. Check out the film Quadrophenia, it will explain it better than me!lol :) Take it your not a brit?hehe

[krissyjeshi]

@princeofthemods69 Whoa, thanks. I kinda had an idea of it but you made it very clear now and yeah, not a brit ;) lol and let me guess, Rockers would be the opposite?

[princeofthemods69]

@krissyjeshi

Indeed pretty much the opposite...or you could be as the beatles said....a Mocker! Best of both worlds!lol

[krissyjeshi]

@princeofthemods69 Yeah! Ive seen that! Just a question, how did you get to know The Beatles?

[PookaDude42]

Very cool! Is this from a BBC performance?

[JetBlack327]

What does John sing at about 0:57, right after he screams? I just can't understand it

[v1cious]

@JetBlack327 pretty sure he says, "act a fool!"

[wrightchix]

Was this recorded at the BBC?

[jpdel31]

Coooooooooooooooooolllllllllll­ll!

[buzonperiodista]

Don't get me wrong, but this could easily be a Rolling Stones record.

[blutocampbell]

@buzonperiodista They also did a version of it themselves

[MmeSophie96]

Już zdecydowałam. Rzucam szkołę, przenoszę się do Liverpoolu. Zaczynam tworzyć i zostaje Beatelsem. xD

[legopfw620]

are these singles that were never released because i never heard this on an album

[Beatlemania67]

This is so much better than the Rolling Stones' version...

[saguaroboy]

@Beatlemania67 Any of the overlapping Stones/Beatles songs of the time: No competition. The Beatles were SOLID. Listen to Stones 'Money', then the Beatles. It's OK to HIT the drums, Charlie!

[ChrisBetti06]

I love when John sings *_*

[blutocampbell]

Is John singing lead vocals on this?

[angelaangeal]

@blutocampbell that he is

[jeffkahl]

@blutocampbell yes

[gordonbennet]

paul said he got the bass riff from this song for saw her standing there...its in his book many years from now !

[blutocampbell]

I wonder how many 60's british bands covered this?

[emmarob82]

@blutocampbell My dads group did. The Sapphires also on youtube from 1963 under Sapphires morton a real toe tapper. They were from Northeast of England where The Animals were the only group to become famous. Not much on Radio and then Radio Caroline came to the rescue, other than that it was groups like my dads that helped promote records.

[SilverKiddd]

wow, been looking for it for a while now..

[thomasjamesphoto]

Check out the live version on the Hamburg tapes! Rock&Roll!!!

[60Macushla]

Now...THIS is the BEATLES!!!!!

[jenzeppelin]

wow...i've never heard this before and i thought i'd heard them all...this is like getting a Christmas present for a longtime Beatles fan like myself...thanks so much for posting!

[GUILMON44]

This is the song that inspired "I Saw Her Standing there" Has the same guitar base and bass line.

[OtherTwin]

the redcaps even better than stones check them out .all the uk bands played this classic chuck berry song back then brilliant

[daubreyjaneweirdsley]

The Rolling Stones version is better.

[addylewis]

First time I've heard this - was kind of looking for it for ages a few years ago...

The sound quality is better than I was expecting - I read somewhere that apparently it wasn't a good enough quality recording to stick on their bbc album...hmm, someone screwed up there didn't they? "Keep your hands off my baby" isn't good either - actually I think this is better...

[VonDazzle]

oh my god its perfect!!!!!!

[McJay48]

good to hear rare songs from the fab 4

[sakuranor]

i loveee it when he scream.. whooooh!

[supermd4589]

That awesome John scream. :D

[MissMileysFan1]

@sakuranor same <3

[elinmagg]

wow, I'm hearing this song for the very first time! it's excellent, where'd you find it? BBC recordings? please tell :)

[Khultan]

Same here, never heard of this and others before-really rockin'

[talldrinkofwater70]

I'm a bit blown away I've never heard this song before! Gotta wonder if the starting/underlying bass line wasn't the inspiration for I Saw Her Standing There.

[agbz]

Right on! I can hear what you mean by this. I'm glad it's out there for us Beatles fans to hear. Thank you!

[marvy1118]

Good call there.

[benreturns]

@talldrinkofwater70 It was, in Pauls autobiography 'Many years from now' he actually says he lifted the bassline directly from this song.

[rockerr12595]

@talldrinkofwater70 this bassline is I Saw Her Standing There..lol

[watersong111]

@talldrinkofwater70

Paul admitted that he copied it...said he was surprised taht no one noticed or cared.....

[powergirl901]

@talldrinkofwater70 No, but the drums here are in many early Beatles songs.

[fguka]

@talldrinkofwater70 the bass line here and in i saw her standing there is a basic r and b bass line. its used in a lot of songs

[PadreVideo7709]

@talldrinkofwater70 About this song as inspiration for "I Saw Her . . ."--Yes, apparently in an interview with "Beat Instrumental" Magazine, McCartney acknowledged that the bass riff was from Chuck Berry's original 1961 recording of "I'm Talking about You." A great book titled, "A Hard Days Write: The Stories behind Every Beatles Song," cites this interview, with Paul saying that in "I Saw Her . . ." he "played exactly the same notes as [Berry] did" in "I'm Talking . . ."

[societyforrealmusic]

@talldrinkofwater70 Yes it is a Chuck Berry song from a (1962?) album.

[timjmoran]

@talldrinkofwater70 WOW.. YA THINK ?? I would say it's pretty much a direct cop offa this track. Still,

a rockin' lil' track. Tho I think the Stones version might rock just a touch harder.

[watersong111]

@talldrinkofwater70 Paul has admitted this.... he just copied it. He said he found it ironic that people get upset about ripping off words or melody, but a bass line was fair game...

[Thei909s]

@talldrinkofwater70 - it was. This was a very common bass line in all the r&b songs they loved, that came before them. Give Bo Diddley's "Road Runner" a listen. Its there too. And if you're impressed by this recording, search for the Beatles take of this in Hamburg, way more upbeat and intense, that one will just blow you away, promise.. ; )

[dwoac6595]

@talldrinkofwater70 i heard the "I Saw Her Standing There" bassline was basically copy&pasted from a chuck barry song

[ROLLMOBskateboarding]

@talldrinkofwater70 yeah, when i first heard this song at the first seconds i thought like strange version of saw her standing there!

[PsiDeltaWye]

@ROLLMOBskateboarding HA! I must not have paid much attention at first, but you're right, it does sound like "I saw here standing there"!!!

[CommieCotch]

@talldrinkofwater70 "Here’s one example of a bit I pinched from someone: I used the bass riff from 'Talkin’ About You' by Chuck Berry in 'I Saw Her Standing There'. I played exactly the same notes as he did and it fitted our number perfectly."- Paul Mccartney

[thevivos]

it's true the hamburg version is better, but i had never heard this version, where is it from?

thannks a lot for posting it!

[marvy1118]

If you like this version, check out the Beatles' version from the Star Club in Hamburg. It's got tons more raw power.

[rascal63]

Great song! I've never heard this before now; thanks for posting!

[bassbeatle]

1:05 , they just came out of that stiptease back there

[nogoodsnookeroo]

The Beatles kicked ass. Is this song an any beatles album?

[jmasplymouthbruce2]

very young here- i never heard them sing this before.. they really rocked it out !

[loeza3176]

ILU ALANISINA FROM CHARLES R.M.S. MUACKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

THANKS MIKE!!!!!! Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!

[loeza3176]

i love the beatles 4ever! charly!!!

[mrchitown29]

Wha?!!! From Live at the BBC?

[lindsaykb9]

like every other comment.

where do you find these pictures?!?

haha, tell us you're secret :P

[Unicycles4eva]

haha 1:21 .... whered u get all these pics?

[5ken7]

coooooool. it reminds me a little, too, of dylan's "if you gotta go, go now".

love the beatles!

love the beatles!!

love the beatles!!!

love love love!!!!

[beatles099]

cool

it is the i saw her standing there bass

[BeatlesTributePage]

omg, where did you get the pictures at 0:31 and 0:57? they're so hot!

[StaggerLay]

The Stones' version of this song is even better

[squid30]

great song, it is from a British tv show called Ready, Steady, go

[Revolver8566]

same bassline as "i saw her standing there"

[mariwana92]

It's a great song!! I love the beatles!!

[GeorgeHarrison7]

It`s so great!

One of my favourite Beatles song!

P.S.I´m a really big Beatles freak(and fan)!

[happylittleEStar]

Nice!!! =) Is the first time I listen it!!! Very great!!!

[kfoster009]

Awesome!!!

[MimiMarquez21]

What great pictures! I like the song too, haven't heard that one before. Love it, love it.:-)

[AlternativeIdiot25]

this song is too short!

[judsons]

If you like this rocker, try The Animals (with the always great Eric Burdon on lead vocals) version. The Animals version is a bit harder. Of course the Beatles weren't refined yet so....it's still the Beatles. Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!

[PIGGIES22]

who sing a song please???

[saxm]

John is singing lead.

[JimmyWapwa3]

the true meaning of christmas

[beatles518luver]

aw how cute.

[Fluffets]

Another one I'd never heard... WOW! Thanks!

[citybeat60]

Great rendition by John, of course!

[Captlafl69]

thanx

[ballsoutballistic]

This has probably already been asked, but since I'm not going to bother to go back through all the comments...is it me or does this sound like the "When I saw her standing there?" I mean it's a great beat no matter what and it's the Beatles either way...just curious.

[Gargansieber]

Yes, Paul McCartney admitted to lifting the bassline to this for "I Saw Here Standing There"

[mojoscary]

very interesting!!!

and very true!!!

[powergirl901]

John wrote this? It's fab; it must've been on one of Ringo's early seventies albums.

[julyman08]

its a chuck berry song go to live at the bbc

[addylewis]

nope - chuck berry...and its not on an album, search for beatles bbc sessions...it was only recorded once there and the quality (although better than the "Star club" tapes) was never good enough to be released officialy

[722erodz]

BEATLES RULE!!

[stan30068]

Very Beatle-like ending--same ending as "Think for Yourself" and "Savoy Truffle" which came later.

[piratenbanditen]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA :D Good i havent lived then so i saved my throat ;) well.. if there was a free access to the media in Poland :/

[HoneyLilac]

So I wouldn't knock them for a reason as hypocritical as that. Could Chuck Berry have made his music the NEXT in the line of historical artistic development if he had nobody to learn from that came BEFORE him?? I doubt it. It must go all the way back to the first cave-man that decided to hit a stick to a hollow log and noticed it made a good beat to dance to. The Beatles INSPIRED other musicians as much as they were inspired BY other musicians.

[HoneyLilac]

VERY cute!!! Lovely song (first time i ever heard it. Love the ending picture :D lol

[NewspaperTaxi11]

Did the Beatles write this?

[cgboomer]

chuck berry wrote this. his is a little faster.

[NewspaperTaxi11]

Did someone else originally sing this song or did The Beatles write it?

[GrazySystem]

John is ssexxy in last pic! Agree?

[XxSkeletronxX]

OMAHGAWD AGREED! :0P

[MyStars72]

Hey! Nice!! I've got on a bootleg vinyl but now I don't have a way to listen to it. Thanks for uploading this great BBC gem!

[JustaSideOrderOfLove]

LOVELY!!!!!!!!:-D

[jillian51894]

1:41 is just the cutest!

[jillian51894]

I absolutley LOVE how "rough" John's voice sounds here...dammit that's sexy

[beatlequeen06]

Great song and vid!! Love all the pics!!

[tettestagg]

Gee, I thought I knew everything by the beatles...

[melinOH]

There's an amazing amount of stuff out there! The official albums are just the surface of it.

This is a rockin' lil number, really fun!!

[thelmasss]

fantastic¡¡¡¡

and great pictures selection

[lakefloor]

Great BBC recording! They also do a much faster version of this on the Star Club recordings. Thanks for sharing.

[powergirl901]

It's much faster, the guitars are thicker and louder, and Lennon's vocal completely blew me away. The ending of the Star Club has the boys all strumming 7th chords together until the key slacks off, then they ask for more beer or other noise. That's total, wonderful rock. I hope somebody posts it.

[lakefloor]

I couldn't agree with you more. The raw energy of the Star Club performance captured the real excitement. And yes, Lennon ripped on those vocals! Would have loved to have been there.

[Adalusia]

It's not a suprise that in rock-n-roll things are pretty much the same. However, still very-very impressive)))

[stan30068]

They left more than they lifted. The Beatles version is better than Chuck Berry's version.

[lakefloor]

I agree. I wouldn't say they lifted the bass pattern either. That was pretty much a standard bass riff for back then.

[HoneyLilac]

This is for jeminijem1: I've heard this arguament before. And that time it had been about 'Twist and Shout.' All I have to say is, thats the way it is for ANY artist. They look to the people that came directly before them and follow in their ways until they get to a point where they begin to diverge and make something distinctly original of their own. Its natural. I'm sure thats what people who came AFTER the Beatles did with The Beatles music. And Chuck Berry must've done that too...

[dizzymisslizzylane]

Gosh I'm finding myself favouriting almost all your videos haha, they are amazing, truly. ^^

[MissBeatles88]

Aww thanks :) I'm glad you like it!

[mongrelhead1]

This is great! You have a great site. Thanks for sharing!!