The Beatles - live - I'm Talking About You (1962)

[gunsmoking45]

RINGO on drums!! lets your ears be the judge lol

[zapspace]

Lennon ...

[beatlesfan16]

MAN!!!! WHAT A SOUND!!!!

If this ain't hard rock n roll I don't know what is:D

[OlRetro]

Awesome audio/vid - really kool Cavern pics - thanks! Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock) 

[IXsalazarXI]

i really wish i were there to experience the wonderful sound of the beatles at the cavern

[maurostone76]

Buena y cruda version pero muy pareceida a la original. Me quedo con la version de los Stones.-

Good and raw version but very similar to the original, i prefer the version of the stones.-

saludos desde Argentina

[powergirl901]

I don't know about you guys, but I surely would buy the boys a round of Kraut suds for finishing up such a fine song as this!

[legalzinho12]

it sounds that the bass drums gonna explode ! terrific stuff man!

[Adampageee]

This Chuck Berry song is where Paul pinched the now famous bass line for 'I saw her standing there'

[hoipiepeloiification]

The who...? The Beatels? Never heard about...

[powergirl901]

@hoipiepeloiification Yeah, just exit the club you're in, follow the alley, and you'll find the Star. There's no sign, just walk in.

[nightcrawler511]

you mean rock n roll

[Appleholic1]

Lennon never did give a clean rhythm lick. He always did grind out his part. Punk for sure

[angusoose]

Totally punk!

[powergirl901]

The great thing about the Beatles career...if they couldn't figure out a chord or a lyric, they could just turn to Chuck Berry or Little Richard and ask them...eh? remember this bit in Johnny B. Goode, are you saying...?

[TheFDrScAnLoN]

@dedballoonz-There's seventh chords, and sometimes when Lennon stops his clicking him and Harrison come out with like a 13th or something, just totally amazing stuff, and it wouldn't be there if not for all the practice. There is another version of this song where Lennon is so fired up when the lead comes in he half screams half drools some insane noise, they had a magical "5th" gear that I've never heard from any other band. I'm gonna see if I can find that version. BTW you play?

[CedricFelix2009]

0:09 pete best

[TheFDrScAnLoN]

Who the hell said you can't hear a bass on this track? It's playing "I Saw Her Standing There" note for note...You can even tell the Hofner sound--Lennon is clicking along with it, maybe that's why you can't hear it. Man, they were the shit.

[dedballoonz]

@TheFDrScAnLoN Every word is true :) I just love the 7th chords. And the 9th at the end, they were "The Beatles" at heart before they were the fab four. It's all in the chords and harmonies. And the rocknroll.

[powergirl901]

@dedballoonz In this song someone's hitting a maj 7, the first three strings on the 7th fret. I don't love 7ths, but I do like how they end this.

[celt67]

If you had a time machine, you'd just have to go to the Cavern Club, Liverpool. 1963.

[dedballoonz]

@celt67 If I had a time machine, I'd go back to just after pete best died and try and be ringo :P

[Hoodzy712]

@dedballoonz Pete Best didn't die, he's still alive today. Stu Sutcliffe, the former bass player died. Pete Best was kicked out of the band by George Martin.

[dedballoonz]

@Hoodzy712 My bad. I still wanna play drums for the beatles, though :/

[OlRetro]

Way Kool audio/video! Great pics of their early equipment & Cavern days! Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock)

[drumbeato]

To those posting here unsure as to who is on drums. It's RINGO, For sure. This was before he joined the group. He was down the street playing with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes at a different Hamburg club. As was his habit, he would pop in to See his fellow Liverpudlians The Beatles, either when he was between sets or after his show was over. On this night, Pete Best failed to show, & Ringo sat in. It is a well documented fact. Ringo joined officially not long after this recording was made.

[AppleCorp3]

@drumbeato You're half right. It is Ringo, but the recording dates from December 1962. This was their last date(s) in Germany. So at this point, Mr. Starkey was a full fledged member of the band and it's him behind the kit. It's certainly not Paul, that's for sure and it sure as heck isn't Pete Best.

[drumbeato]

@AppleCorp3 Thanks for the correction. As this was December 62, & Ringo joined in August of that same year, he would have indeed been "Official" at the time of the recording.

[Hoodzy712]

I wish I could have seen The Beatles play before they were famous. They sound like they have so much more energy.

[saguaroboy]

I've heard a couple versions on Youtube, but this is fierce. With the reverb, John sounds like he's on a mountaintop calling his horde.

[Beatle2Beer]

awesome sound, man I love their early stuff.

[earussell]

This song kicks ASS!!!!

[Deadly669]

i have never heard this song til now...

[billionthbeatle]

i get this song stuck in my head all the time....

i'm always happy when it does.

[derby1884]

It was Ringo who played with the band onthis gig - not Pete.

[historiadorderock]

amazing!!!!!!!

[EloiWeena]

i'm impressed, John's voice fit perfect with this sound, incredible! Thye could record heavy meatal during the 60's if they wanted to do

[yowzephyr]

This 1962 song "I'm Talking About You" is dedicated to Pete Best.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

This concert is shallow and pedantic.

[letitbe1988]

@AnonymousWhitePerson Okay family guy.

[THeMaskedBlogCritic]

THE SAVAGE BEATLES!!!!

[sbha88]

great song; that lick sounds like " i saw her standing there"

[rockerr12595]

does anyone know of they every recorded this?

[rockerr12595]

ever*

[Ottoboy111]

All the Star Club songs available were recorded the same night in December 1962 with Ringo playing his brown Premier kit which was traded in late April '63 at Drum City London for the 1st of 5 Ludwig Kits.

[JackHauss]

My father saw them in Hamburg when he was in the Navy and he said they never topped sounding like they did back then, and the funny thing is Lennon said the same thing. Rememeber, they are not talking about the songs they woud later write, but how they played together as a band.

[timotastic]

@JackHauss And in the early days was Pete Best playing the drums before Ringo. Did your dad saw that line-up back then?

[marvy1118]

SAVAGE

[powergirl901]

The Beatles sure do a better version of this than Chuck Berry ever did. Also if you hear different bands doing the song, everyone adds something or subtracts something from the lyrics.

Not so with another Berry song, "Johnny B Goode"!

[fogg1264]

Sorry bout that just looked it up on the internet was defo Ringo in Hamburg 1962. Surprised me that but thanks for posting!!!

[fogg1264]

Thats awesome the beatles in Hamburg only one mistake tho. Where you say Ringo Starr thats surely Pete Best on drums? Otherwise my favourite off the Hamburg tapes raw rock n roll!!!

[elinmagg]

0:39 looks like Paul? who is it? at least it's not Ringo

[4everIR]

It's Paul for sure.

[elinmagg]

hehe, yeah of course, it just confused me that he was sitting behind the drums ;)

[iplaymusic369]

@4everIR paul was the drummer for the band at one point. Also paul plays drums in the balled of john and yoko

[dedballoonz]

@4everIR Agreed.

[smautomat]

That's Paul, alright. Before Pete Best joined the band, Paul very nearly became the Beatles' drummer, having accumulated a half decent kit from various items left behind by other would-be drummers. This plan fell through when they discovered that the club owner in Hamburg expected a five-piece band. Pete Best was added to the group, and Paul went back to guitar.

[Ottoboy111]

@smautomat This was recorded by Adrian Barber on a Telefunken tape recorder late December 1962 at the Star Club with Ringo on Drums as he joined the band the previous August.

[altersachse]

@Ottoboy111 Sorry "King Size" Taylor did the recording

[Ottoboy111]

@altersachse No.. Sorry, Barber did the actual recording for Taylor.

[altersachse]

@Ottoboy111 Take a look at The Beatles "Ask me why" "King Size" himself, says it was his recorder, and he pushed most of the buttons, Adrian Barber helped him, hanging up the mic. etc

[blutocampbell]

It is Paul

[blutocampbell]

@elinmagg Sir Paul McCartney

[viceisthename]

@elinmagg It's Paul, and he played the drums on some later songs such as "Back In The USSR"

[elephantinazoo]

@elinmagg Yes it''s definitely Paul

[Beatlelover7]

@elinmagg It is Paul, he could play drums too.

[8008AA8008]

@elinmagg

That is Pete Best, the drummer before they replaced him with Ringo

[xX60sMusic4ev3rXx]

@8008AA8008 Pete Best was kicked out by record producers in 61 and was recommended by the George Martin (their record producer) that they have Ringo in their band. listen the Sliver Beatles, which was with John, George, Paul, and Pete. listen to song like hello little girl or like dreamers do. then listen to songs with Ringo in em like i saw here standing there (live) then you'll tell the difference.

[something1963]

@elinmagg it probly is paul, he played the drums for a while because they couldn't find any one else.

[saguaroboy]

@something1963 This is Ringo. Paul's good, but he doesn't beat those bastards like Ringo.

[PyePye7]

@something1963 - Paul played the drums as there is not a hint of a bass guitar sound on this recording!

[MickeyYahoo]

@elinmagg Paul likes to drum and he's good at it.

[fernandociprianopms]

@elinmagg Billy Shears ;)

[tanoliam]

pete best in the drums...

[RevolverAnthology]

@tanoliam  ringo on drums, NOT pETE bEST

[loeza3176]

john lennon was rigth when he said they do punk sound in their early days.......just listen.......very punk!

[Khultan]

But this is much better than punk though, Loe.

[dubbly1]

@loeza3176  I think it's rock.

[loeza3176]

@dubbly1 yes its rock but lennon said they play like punks, because they played very fast and hard with a heavy sound......just like punks do later.

[kainthevampireduck]

@loeza3176 yeah, long tall sally, roll over beethoven, everybody's trying to be my baby, even the place, mood, or whatever you may call it, the guys were drinking beer on stage, I bet they smoked something too :) , their performances were raw, savage, hard rocking, they were on the brink of skipping the 60s altogether and inventing 70s rock or even punk, haha, too bad they sold out and became the mop tops :/

[smoore8807]

@kainthevampireduck yeah too bad they had to "sell out" and go and change the world and rock music forever, rather than staying musically stagnant and fading into obscurity. Face it if they never "sold out" as you put it, you or I would have never heard of them. And can you imagine what music would be like today? I don't want to.

[kainthevampireduck]

@smoore8807  I like to think they could have made everything and perhaps more without the suits, just being themselves. imagine the impact on music and culture if they rocked this hard and wore leather clothes on the ed sullivan show!. I didn't mean it like "I wish they never became famous",

I meant it like "there was no need for the suits and the mop tops, they were awesome and people would have accepted them anyway!"

[RoxxHoffner]

@loeza3176 Great raw punk Beatles sound

[Romo1212]

Great vid thanx !!!!!

[ElisaWest]

Thanks for uploading!