-frst time women screamed at public events

October 1963
-I want to hold your hand written and recorded (frst use of 4 track tape machine)
-terch: sounds broken down into channels. you can have all instruments one
channel/singing next
-one week tour of sweden: hie concerts, radio and TV
-return to London 10/31: hundreds of screaming fans, 50 photographers from
newspapers and the BBC
-Ed Sullivan Show: TV appearance Beatles
Nov 4: Royal Command performance
-met Princes Margaret and the Queen Mother
2nd album: With the Beatles. November 22, 1963
-cover Robert Freeman. No color, blank expressions. Half face visible. Faces
appear to foat (no body). Designed by the Beatles. Still super young.
photos by Astrid Kirchher (Stuart Sutclife) similar to John Lennons room in Hamburg
-John wanted picture where Stuart was standing
-looks like album
-also did oortratits of their faces with similar half lighting
year later: used these astrid pictures as album basis
Meet the Beatles: new development with visible turtlenecks. Also can see front/back
formation.
-another shot: grinning. Diferent formation.
Side 1
-songs directly address me to you
-all loving songs. to women listeners in positive terms.
-teenage girl: songs are about how important you are
1. It Won;t Be Long (Lennon-McCartney)
-similar to please please me
-long vs belong similarity
2. All Ive got to do (Lennon-McCartney)
3. All my loving (Lennon-McCartney)
4. Dont bother me (George Harrison) (me being alone) (girl left him and hes sad)
5. little child (Lennon-McCartney)
6. till there was you (Meredith Wilson)
7. Please Mr. Postman (Motown girls)
Side 2:
1. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck berry)
2. Hold Me Tight (Lennon mcCartney)
3. You really gt a hold on me (motown) (smokey robinson)
4. I wanna be your man (Lennon mcCartney)
-written for ringo to sing
5. Devil in Her Heart (girl group) (changed from his to her)
6. Not a second time (Lennon mcCartney)
7. Money (Thats what I want (motown)
Not a 2nd time:
-woman more powerful, but negative
All my Loving
-double tracked pauls voice. live = 2 singers (paul/john). recording: sometimes
double track, sometimes both sing
-fast triplet rhythm guitar (3 strums per beat)
-bass line is diferent notes
-song is more complex lyrically. each verse: 2 rhyme (yu-true-you) and (away-
day)
-kissing-missing, true-you, away-day
-melody can be same pitch or up/down. also, steps vs skipping some to
higher/lower. its really tight. moving stepwise.
-you can also sing harmony with yourself (close your eyes verse).
I Want to Hold Your Hand
-21 weeks top 50
-1 million preorder
-John and Paul Sing together
-basic rhyming again
-middle eight: john double failed by paul sing harmony
-uitar after some lines in verse
-next middle eight all in harmony
one of the rings about the beatles: mix up textural elements. can mix up rhythmic things
I Want to Hold Your Hand
-250k copies frst 3 days
-#1 US 15 weeks.
-5 million copies US
1964
-after: did shows in the US on TV. Ed Sullican in NY to Miami Beach. 3 Ed Sullivan
shows. Washington Coliseum/Carnegie Hall concerts.
July: Hard Days Night released, album and movie premier
January 10, 1964
Introducing the Beatles (Vee Jay)
Meet the beatles January, 1964
-Capitol. Same photograph as with the Batles.
-for most US fans, this was the frst album they got.
-artistic/big deal vs frst album cover.
-back of album: autograph. Essay about their phenomenon.
-Capitol rearranged songs. 3 original lennon-mccartney and put on second side.
Start with 3 singles. Started with I want you hold her hand, I saw Her standing there,
and this boy. They skip out the covers. 12 songs.
Beatles arrive in NYC
-police/barriers
Maysles brothers: documentary flm makers
-flmed Beatles visit
-includes Ed Sullivan show performances
How to make a documentary
-make it experiential, flm experience directly, unstated, uncontrolled.
Audience should be THERE.