Classic Reactions Ep. 29: The Beatles Vs. Deep Purple - Help!
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In 1960's stereo records were a fairly new thing, and producers were experimenting, so having vocals on one channel only was something even The Beatles tried early on. I was a huge Beatles fan way back when... If fact the very first songs I remember singing from when I was four years old where two Beatles songs, She Loves You, and I want To Hold Your Hand, both were early radio hits!!! #THG
That is an awesome memory to have for such a young age!
#THG for me! I ranked them the same. The Beatles first all day and I was really waiting for that board to break from them bouncing. The studio version from Deep Purple was way better, even with the awkward left channel only vocal, than the supposedly live version which really did nothing at all for me.
lol @ breaking the board... You and I had the same thoughts apparently 😂
Don't get me started on the Beatles. All due respect to Deep Purple, the Beatles are better. I sent you a Beatles song with the first ever metal baseline, played by John Lennon on Helter Skelter. You know I like Deep Purple, but in 1968 they were just finding themselves, you have done 2 covers from the 60's, this one and Hush. The Beatles changed music and they played in so many different styles and wrote so many great songs. A Day in the Life was proto-progressive metal, I could listen to the Beatles all day, definitely not over-rated. #THG. ☕️☕️☕️☕️
Yes, Helter Skelter is on our list very soon! It's just they're painful for youtube as they get blocked and ends up taking waay too much time and effort to just get the damn thing visible (this video here took more than 2 hours of just editing and re-uploading), let's see 🫡
I had the chance to see Sir Paul McCartney live last November and he and his band played "Help" as part of their set--it was great to hear him perform Beatles songs in addition to his solo work at the show. I prefer the Beatles version simply because of the wonderful harmony parts sung by Paul and George which weave in almost seamlessly with John's lead vocal (there wasn't any of that in the Deep Purple cover), but of course other people's opinions may differ...