Taxman - The Beatles

[LadyDaGa1995]

I love the beginning. It shows that they were just people and it helps to see that they are not perfect, and this means that they are simply human.

[LiquidDnb4Ever]

AGENDA 21

[PERROORION19]

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[imalovedrunk]

THE JAM START lol

[ChristineTheAmerican]

George was legendary.

And hot, for the matter.

[BeatlesForever1998]

love Paul's face in that picture with Pete Best

[TheGaffa99]

Awesome riff

[joedalton155]

I just realised that all the greatest music of the world comes from the UK (iron maiden, led zeppelin, deep purple, the beatles...)

[xina1992]

peace and love...george.

[theEman232]

@RockMstr13 Not really.

[gplunk]

Beautiful job on the pic selection mate!

[fab4fan4ever64]

Rest In Peace, George.

[IFeelFine2011]

George Harrison Forever 1943 - 2001

[willowzorro4]

LUV YA GEORGE YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTEN!!! R.I.P GEORGE HARRISON

[fancyNancy112]

[*] to już 10 lat jak nie ma z nami Georga, kochany George... ;* [*] These are as many as 10 years how there is with us no George, sweet George... ;*

[mddbassdude727]

*we

[mddbassdude727]

ugh. people going "im 12 and i listen to the beatles" just annoy me. were all like the beatles on this page, and were of all ages. It doesnt make crap for difference

[albertodelrio0712]

im 12 almost 13 and i like these guys, sorry, GODS

[RushLimborg]

"Don't ask me what I want it for..."

Hmm...sounds like the Beatles knew more about the evils of big government than they let on....

[tilemachos009]

my favourite of all



[ratfink702]

Taxation is theft.

Public property is fraud.

End the fed.

End the state.

[relyt85]

@ratfink702 oh...ok

[MaxRaincloud]

11 misfits must hereby further enrich the Taxman

If you give thumbs down, I'll tax your hand...

[cheriansrule]

@TheTrippybutterfly sorry if i sounded overbaring, just don't like the word, sorry again. lol

[cheriansrule]

@TheTrippybutterfly shouldn't hate

[TheBeatles78dinos]

Was there always that count in??? b/c it's not on the rockband version...

[nooneleavesorwill]

@TheBeatles78dinos revolution 9 not revolution

[undeadzeppelin]

I just listened to revolution 9, and that count in scared me a bit lol

[jahezeeus]

@Gyphia You just repeated the same thing I called into question. Doooooesn't really help. Anyways, if anything that is a reason to watch. Afterall, you don't want to dislike it without knowing anything about it. One should test their own beliefs sometimes. But yeah my original statement still stands.

[BurnThePr1esT]

America's new National Anthem??

[MJRiley878]

cause i'm the taxman !

[jahezeeus]

Why does everyone say "if you don't like it don't watch it"? Why does someone have to like something to watch it?

[elwin38]

I.R.S.

[TheAtomicSam]

Perfect song to play slap bass too.

[emdeth]

If you speed this kind of guitar and bass up You get something Thrash sounding .Ahead of its time. \m/

[imalovedrunk]

@emdeth the jam "paul wellar" START

[nayrniak]

Wow!! What a scorching guitar solo by George Harrison!!

[Fatstratmatt96]

@nayrniak Believe it or not, Paul actually played that one! XD

[nayrniak]

@Fatstratmatt96 Really? Thats sick!!

[InkVlog]

0:41

???

[TheBeatlesTB]

They are the best.

[beatlesfan111111]

does george sing this song?

[roncram]

According to John Lennon’s last personal assistant John Seaman (in the new documentary “Beatles Stories”), Lennon was a fan of Ronald Reagan. I just don't get why people support Democrats. Even the Beatles did not think Democrats were cool.

[mauriciogalvis100]

@roncram yes sure we must support the ones who think that was very cool to invade another country just sor oil and that kind of stuff

[exil7]

lol..... four little weirdos who came together to make the best music in history, and, yes, I play cello and even Beethoven couldn't come close to them.

[chemicalblowout12345]

If you get to cold i'll tax the heat. Lol

[codemonkey732]

Does this mean that the Beatles were conservative? But, wasn't one of their songs about a commune?

[samsamsammysam1]

@codemonkey732 No George is criticizing a senator.

[XmissfabulosfameX]

Wheres the part that goes "monehunymoneymoneyhunmoney"?

[doglover52]

@XmissfabulosfameX thats the anthonlgy version. this one was the final cut

[XmissfabulosfameX]

@doglover52 thanks

[XmissfabulosfameX]

@XmissfabulosfameX I KNEW IT!

[Saffie090]

This song is actually alot more phsycadelic than I thought. Amazing :)

[Mrpenademonterrey]

Ringo s....u...c..k...ssssssssssssss­sssssssssssssssss !!!!

[XmissfabulosfameX]

@Mrpenademonterrey your name must be Ringo too, because Ringo Starr doesnt "suck"

[violinchick89]

The lyrics are simply amazing. :D

[nessi8225]

Haha love this video and love your comment, poet =)

[BrentHutchinson1]

can't get enough

[awesomegirls6]

@hippiepeacechick1970 go 11 year old Beatles fans (thts me )!!

[hippiepeacechick1970]

@awesomegirls6 cool! *high five* everybody likes fake music. but this.. THIS IS REAL!

[AmonCOCO]

@hippiepeacechick1970 what are you trying to prove? that ur smarter than ur generation? great. whoopie. no one cares about ur age.

[hippiepeacechick1970]

@AmonCOCO look who's cranky! just enjoi the music

[AmonCOCO]

@hippiepeacechick1970 that goes for u too.

[DIExFORxAxCOOKIE]

@hippiepeacechick1970 i hate comments like those...

im 17 so what o-o I like it..

[MrXXDRAKEXx1]

@hippiepeacechick1970 i am a 10 year old almost 11 that really likes them so whats your favorite song

[McKey1998]

@hippiepeacechick1970 I hate comments like that..I'm 13 almost 14 and I really like them..one of my old friends completely loves them, a lot of kids like them....

[88Lyndsie]

@hippiepeacechick1970 yay for you!!! :D the beatles will never die with young people!!! the beatles rock!!!

[zednebula]

@hippiepeacechick1970 Agreed times 500000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­00000000000000000000000000

[MurrayyMint]

@hippiepeacechick1970 Age doesn't come in to it. People should listen to what they want.

[JdanEm]

fuck the ten people that disliked anything to do with The Beatles.

If you don't like it, don't watch it.

[88Lyndsie]

@JdanEm tell it!

[babylonIZfallin]

it's interesting that John didn't sus that money is an imaginary concept. "imagine theirs no money what WILL people do"  .

EQUALMONEY-dot-ORG.

equalmoney. org

[martykean1967]

What a great song! Simplicity at its finest.

[njriley55]

LOVE Paul's guitar solos in this!!

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

@njriley55 Pauls?

[njriley55]

@GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep Yes, that is Paul on the solos!

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

@njriley55 So did George just stand there and smoke cigarettes?

[njriley55]

@GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep LOL! Well, he did sing and play guitar!

[rattattat100]

10 people owe money to the taxman.

[UltimateBeatlesFan13]

0:35 Ringo is totally better. Ha.

0:44 Bad George!! :)

2:10  Love that part in the movie. Look at John<3

[itsbridgetlogann]

FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. I just had a bassgasm.

[Stevo343]

The marginal tax rate in the UK at that time was 95%, so when George wrote,

"Let me tell you how it will be,

There's one for you, nineteen for me",

he was literally telling the truth.

Great song.

[naztisupermarket]

stones  rule

[naztisupermarket]

stones  ruke

[teveve31]

@naztisupermarket It must be fun. How do they do that?

[Queenaholic97]

Omg I love this pic XD 0:30!!!!!

[MrCo0gi]

faul mccartney



[teveve31]

@MrCo0gi Stupid.

[Stairwaytoheaven06]

TAXMAN !

[ScorpioBornIn69]

April 15 closing in! Anyone done their taxes yet??

[GuitarBouch123]

what.a.solo.

[shanatp]

First punk/new wave song in history

[Isotec1]

I haven't heard this song in a long long long time and it is one of their best.

[psalms62]

so many great groups out there , yet the beatles will never be touched !!!

[saykarpaudel]

‎(if you drive a car, car;) - I’ll tax the street;

(if you try to sit, sit;) - I’ll tax your seat;

(if you get too cold, cold;) - I’ll tax the heat;

(if you take a walk, walk;) - I'll tax your feet.

'Cause I’m the taxman. Yeah, I’m the taxman.

lol xD beatles

[MrSilvaed123]

These photos are incredible. Great Job!

[1113stve]

I have the same birthday as John Lennon. When I found out who he was, I was little, now I know to be thankful and take pride in this, and most music now sucks ass.

[BigSackOfWeeD]

Americas new Nation Anthem.

[talypollywaly]

cause im the taxman! hahaha 

[kzubrini]

best beatles song ever

[djoakley2099]

Paul Weller liked this riff from the START!

[CorvetteStingray75]

i ALWAYS have the solo for this song in my head X) reason: ITS FUCKIN BEAST!!!!

[125guitargeek]

george was definantly the best beatle.... he was the real music artist paul and john just followed along

[JohnnysGurl4Ever95]

i first heard this song while watching the Beatles Cartoon's xD i loved it after hearing it on there :D George was [for all you Bedtime Stories fans!] underdemeciated by a lot of people! he was just as great a writer as Paul and John :)

[mybrucespringsteen]

for paul in chicago

[ofir4222]

I love this song !!!

[T3HLOLZORZ]

My favourite Jam song

[dialga265]

The Beatles WERE THE BEST!!! AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST

[mluvsPaulMcCartney]

no one in their right mind wouldn't like this video, nice work by the way to whoever made it. Paul McCartney all the way baby.

[GPischke]

@dialga265 We don't need a Youtube comment to tell us that.

[dialga265]

@GPischke i know but holy shit im the top comment

[nintendobeatleman14]

8 people were working for the Taxman, bitch.

[theonlyantony]

Paul McCartney played the solo. I'd always thought it was George!

[silverysongs]

This is amazing.

[magichoboLuv3r]

like this if u hate all of people who dislike this song

! :@

[Coshka77]

One of my favourite Beatles songs!

[TheBeatleManiac101]

Gah, I wish I was alive in the sixties... but, at least I have American English. (: The best tribute I've ever seen.

youtube.com/watch?v=VXMTAmnL31­A

[llorensl]

Theme song for the Democrats!!!!!!!!!

[TheLuckyBambi]

let's settle this, every person who works in D.C has this for a theme song.

[machinimafan27]

8 lost souls...

[AceOfSpadez412]

BARACK OBAMA'S Theme Song !!!!!!!

[doh344]

@AceOfSpadez412 no! NO! ITS NOT!

[ninjalover33]

@AceOfSpadez412 this is more like George W. Bush's theme song..just sayin

[doh344]

@ninjalover33 thank you!

[ninjalover33]

@doh344 no problem!

[Richard2003]

Love Paul's bass line and great drums from Ringo.

[histre101]

@Richard2003 that guitar solo you hear is Paul btw, just in case you didn't know.

[histre101]

@histre101 oh sorry didn't realize that his version eliminates the solo....god forbid Paul should get any mention on lead, even if George liked it as well.

[Claudiobenyossef]

MORAISITO - music AMETISTA = the best

[MJRoxMySox58]

I <3 0:33!

[beatles6080]

does anyone notice if you take out the words, and its just instrumental, you can sing along, using the lyrics from "the word"!

[babygore0599]

Paul actually played lead in this song written by George, who played bass on this song as well as others.

[abcdefg23226]

just wanted to say this is one of my favorite beatles tracks even tho its only short.. listen to it again when you feel "the pinch" and it makes a lot of sense :)

makes me feel better too :D

[jricketts1]

lets be honest here Paul Weller and his song 'start' sounds just like the main riff in this song however, does it really matter that he stole it because Paul is just pure awesome and so are the Beatles. So two awesome people/bands taking ideas from each other can't be a bad thing can it?

[Claudiobenyossef]

MORAISITO  karina, ametista, luzes - the best...

[Smudgefizz]

@Matildamothers

1) Sigh... As I stated, musicologists acknowledge Beck as the first guitarist to play East Indian style lead guitar in rock. Simply listen to songs like Shapes of Things, Heart Full of Soul, & Over Under Sideways Down. They even had East Indian musicians on an earlier take of Heart Full of Soul, but decided to go with just the guitar emulating the style. This is before Harrison started playing sitar. Many guitarists were influenced by Beck, including George, Paul, & Hendrix...

[Matildamothers]

@Smudgefizz The guitar solo was influenced by George Harrison interest in Indian music. Paul admits to it. The guitar solo here is more closer in tone to Jimi Hendrix than it is Jeff Beck. This was at least 6 months before Hendrix recorded anything from his first album. I never said that Jeff Beck wasn't the first to played EAST INDIAN STYLE GUITAR RIFFS. I already knew that. But George Harrison was the first to actually employ and play Indian instruments on rock records.

[Smudgefizz]

2) ...As for the “Hendrix” chord in “Taxman”, yes, it was used, obviously before Hendrix appeared on the scene, but the point is Hendrix POPULARIZED that dominant 7 #9 chord in guitar-playing by using it a LOT, unlike the Beatles. And the chord itself had been around since the 1940’s, way before the Beatles & Hendrix, in jazz as a chord for guitar & piano, & notably by guitarist Bill Dogget in his 1958 R&B hit “ Hold It”. In fact, musicians began referring to it as the "Hold It" chord...

[Matildamothers]

@Smudgefizz

Again the Beatles employed the 7#9 chord is employed in a distorted, staccato slashing guitar riff. After "Taxman" this chord became popular in many rock and pop songs of all things in punk rock.

Again I never said the Beatles invented the chord anyhow they had been using the chord was early as "You Can't Do That". It's how the Beatles used it a new innovative way that it matters.

[Smudgefizz]

3) ...There’s no need to argue. This isn’t a clash of egos here, it’s merely me assuming that some music fans here might appreciate these tidbits of information, gleaned from me having being around 52 years, having read extensively on the subject, & having played the guitar for 39 years, professionally for a large part of that. But if it makes you feel better, you go ahead & believe what you want to believe

[LTF6161]

Well, if so, that makes Paul not only the best bass player and drummer in the band, but guitarist too. Wouldn't surprise me frankly. (When asked if Ringo was the best drummer ever, John replied "He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles" and he wasn't talking about himself. Paul really is amazing)

[marcusdolby1]

Unknown fact. The lead guitar playing is none other than........... Paul. George had trouble playing it so Martin told him to let Paul have a go. He did this solo in 2 takes.

[neolithics]

That is one fucking groovy bassline.

[Fullycharged64]

1:30 is amazing...Even better the whole song is TREMENDOUS !

[Fullycharged64]

1:30 is amazing !

[LTF6161]

I am amazed that conservative Republicans in the US don't make use of this song. I mean it is the most OBVIOUS protest song the Beatles ever wrote. And unlike most Republicans (or Democrats or Tories or Labour for that matter) the Beatles are cool. I like Cameron and Clegg btw!

[chinolines98]

The Beatles RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[goofparade]

and you're working for no one but me. A killer song, only the Beatles could make taxation so much fun to listen to.

[rockinroller7]

BTW-As I've noted each time I've seen the picture, the one at 1:35, is "The essence of cool."

Peace.

Rock

[rockinroller7]

I'm thankful for each and every song George was "Allowed," to put on any Beatle album.

Peace.

Rock

[Ynot1666]

Love this!!

[cthomann]

And the UK government is still taking it from me. Nevermind what party, they milk me.

[rhythmantic]

great groove. I covered this as well as a host of other Beatles songs on drum set. Check it out on my channel.

[carloss1960]

should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it ALL! That's 95 percent for me and 5 percent for YOU! And you're working for noone but me.....

[ImSpiFF]

this and She's So Heavy makes me wanna orgasm every time i hear it

[cisco9x]

Because of the Beatles, I'm proud of being British, add Led Zeppelin, and the Sex Pistols too.

[JumbledFilms]

@cisco9x Don't forget Pink Floyd.

[cisco9x]

@JumbledFilms your not wrong mate, Floyd were amazing

[cisco9x]

@JumbledFilms and The Police

[sirnimesni]

@cisco9x

Don't forget Pink Floyd, Yes, Deep Purple, Electric Light Orchestra, Cream, The yardbirds, Queen, The rolling stones ( the early years ) etc.... I'm not British, but compared to American rock 'n' roll at that time, they were the best. Greets

[riddinghood3]

the beatles were VASTLY respected for being musicians and for a good reason.

They are unbelievable!!!

[merseywhogirl]

@riddinghood3 Pau's bass is pure genius. totally groovy!

[chucke1963]

@merseywhogirl

who's bass?

[tyeabrzannn]

@chucke1963 paul