Howard Goodalls 20th Century Greats - The Beatles (Part 6)

The final part of a great documentary on the beatles and how they changed the face of popular music.

Original Airdate: 11-27-04

Full info here: http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/0-9/20thcenturygr eats/lennon.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• beatles
• howard
• goodall
• 20th
• century
• greats

[positivespin1]

I've finished watching the 6 parts of this show - a spine tingling experience! As a youngster who grew up during the 60s, mesmerised by the Beatles, I always suspected that I was an unwitting witness to something very special, but Howard Goodall's passionate and persuasive essay gloriously confirms it. Thank you Howard for weaving together the evidence so eloquently and to sych0 for posting it so that people outside of Britain could view it.(For my own tribute to the Beatles, please click above)

[sych0]

...6 months later (hey, youtube stopped emailing me when people add comments!)

Welcome all. Glad you all loved it as much as I did, which is why I posted it. I just adore the beatles and could watch Howard deconstruct every single song of theirs. And agree, that it's a nice change from the countless other docs about their lives.

[stethebee]

I played Tomorrow Never know i a shop u sed to work in and all the lads thought it was the Chemical brothers!!! LOL Beatles are the greatest band ever!

[JNagarya]

@ProducShuns The Beatles were cutting edge with every single, every LP, they released, from first to last. We couldn't wait for their next -- and had no idea what it would be. "Tiicket to Ride" was gigantic.

Everyone else chased them -- but never caught them.

[1rtwilson]

So what went wrong with music? I think that should be in the next episode :P Modern music is honestly pretty poor compared to music by the beatles, it only sounds good nothing else.

[MrJohndl]

The greatest band in history.

[pigeonshouse]

1:34 - 1:53 = YT Poop anyone?

[ProducShuns]

I must say I love the Revolver album with all my heart and Tomorrow Never Knows is one of their 'forever contemporary' sounding songs. It sounds new, not like it was made by a band in the 60's... simply amazing. Although I prefer other songs on Revolver to it I have to agree that the experimental quality of it must have been absolutely mindblowing for the audience to hear in the 60's... just amazing stuff

[12G295]

Thanks for posting. I remember when this was first broadcast and having my breath taken away thanks to Mr. Goodall articulating in words the reasons why this music affected me so profoundly. Magic.

[watergun7]

Radical idea NUMBER FOURRRRR44444!!

[jocegir]

absoutely astounding. I've never heard their music explained so precisely and clearly before. This should be reqired learning in music courses.

[hayden50]

thanks for posting this..simply brilliant documentary on the greatest most innovative band of all time

[Dios67]

The Leslie used on Lennon's voice was the idea of Geoff Emerick; the Beatles sound engineer. John wanted to be held by a rope and spun around the microphone. Hear the slight speedup in Strawberry Fields about half way through? They are two different takes that John liked 1/2 of each one. Geoff Emerick had to figure out how to marry the two even though the tempos were different. He did a pretty good job :]