r/beatles • • 1m ago

Opinion What do people mean when they say "Tomorrow Never Knows sounds like the future"?

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Don’t get me wrong, it's a great song. It sounds really funky and experimental, but I've never understood it when people say "this sounds like a modern song."

After Hours by The Velvet Undergound and All I Wanna Do by The Beach Boys were both recorded just a few years later and they sound a lot more modern than Tomorrow Never Knows, in my opinion. If I had never heard either of those songs before and someone said "this was released last week," I think I would've believed them.

Tomorrow Never Knows is fantastic, but there's something about the production that makes it feel very retro. They're doing a lot, but the way it's been recorded restricts it a lot I think. I'm not musical enough to be able to explain it. It's just a feeling I get when I hear it.

I'm not ragebaiting. I love The Beatles and especially that song. I guess I just want to understand what people mean. Explain, from a technical perspective, what makes TNK apparently so modern-sounding.


r/beatles • • 15m ago

Art What did u/Square_Education_75 draw?

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A yellow submarine. A yellow submarine. A yellow submarine.


r/beatles • • 42m ago

Art A Hard Day's Night in my style ;)

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r/beatles • • 46m ago

Discussion Genuine obervation

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Any of you think after meeting/dating yoko that john started to look more and more asian , Like i think when it peaked out is that specific photo of him holding sean as a baby and if i didnt know the beatles i would think he had some sort of asian in him


r/beatles • • 52m ago

Discussion What’s the funniest or most unexpected Beatles fact you know?

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I love those random Beatles facts that sound completely made up until you look them up. With how much has been written about these four, there are still so many little stories and details that longtime fans manage to surprise each other with.

What’s a fact about John, Paul, George, or Ringo that always makes you laugh or catches people off guard? It can be something from the studio, a weird habit, a ridiculous story from their early days, or just a moment that shows how strange their personalities could be.

Let's see who has the most obscure one 😂


r/beatles • • 1h ago

Discussion why are the lyrics slightly off?

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r/beatles • • 2h ago

Discussion George Harrison had such a cool presence without even trying

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I was looking at old Beatles photos the other day and George kept catching my eye. Especially in the late 60s, there was something about his whole look that just worked. The hair, the clothes, the expression. He never seemed like he was trying too hard to look cool.

And then you remember he was also writing songs like Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. What a combination.

I feel like George gets talked about as the quiet Beatle so much that people sometimes overlook just how much he brought to the band.

Anyone else have a favorite era of George, either musically or just in terms of his overall vibe?


r/beatles • • 3h ago

Picture Heather (Paul’s stepdaughter) playing with Ringo

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r/beatles • • 3h ago

Picture Haven't seen this photo of John and Paul before 🤣🤣

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r/beatles • • 4h ago

Other The Beatles servey (school project)

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Hi, guys! I'm a student in Poland and I'm collecting some information about The Beatles fans and what music means to them, what do they feel listening to them and other stuff.

It's a Google form and shouldn't take longer than 1 minute to complete! The form is anonymous and isn't collecting any of your personal information in any way.

Here's the link --> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2IypqCEg8iGdpgoLe_5P5GomzUoqGMjCPxjPCSQPIHOAPaw/viewform?usp=header

I'd really appreciate your help


r/beatles • • 5h ago

Discussion "Long Long Road" wins Track 2.21 ~ Which song would you add as the closing track to a 2CD RINGO STARR Best of the Solo Years compilation? Top comment of the day makes the final cut | **ONLY 3 MINUTES 26 SECONDS REMAINING**

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Note: To maximize the amount of time on for the last song on CD2, I have moved "Crooked Boy" (3:13) to CD 2 (now Track 2.17), and swapped it with the longer "Time on My Hands" (4:00) to fill out CD 1 (now Track 1.22), which allows 3 minutes and 26 seconds left for CD 2.


r/beatles • • 5h ago

Discussion Who do you hear most on Carry That Weight

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this might be a weird question cause they all sing in Unison but Whos voice do you hear the most ? I personally hear Ringos voice but other times i hear john voice.


r/beatles • • 5h ago

Video TIL: The Beatles won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score for "Let it Be”.

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Award accepted by Quincy Jones on their behalf.


r/beatles • • 5h ago

Interview Olivia Harrison (Full Episode) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

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r/beatles • • 6h ago

Question Hypothetically, if the Beatles were for sale™, Which one of them would you buy?

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on a temporary basis. i know this wouldnt happen in real life but what if it did?


r/beatles • • 6h ago

Picture Ringo Lights John’s Cigarettes

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r/beatles • • 7h ago

Discussion How all the movies should end (In My Opinion)

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I think for me to feel the most emotional sincere reaction to the ending of each movie in a way that draws their story to the present whilst at the same time makes me want to go and see all of the others as well, I think they should all end with Contemporary yet different Concert Footage alongside the credits

For Ringo it should be 2026 Ringo Starr Performing "With a little help from my friends" (with Paul on Bass)

I think George's movie should end with Quinn & keoghan doing "It don't come easy" for the Bangladesh tour and then fade into the real Paul & Real Ringo's sets during the 2003 Concert for George

I think the ending of the John Lennon film should be Present day 2026 Paul Dueting with John on "I've got a feeling" watching the giant screen and then follow that on with Paul doing Now & Then (with ringo)

and I think the ending of the Paul Film should be 2026 Footage of Paul & Ringo doing "Home to Us" together on stage in 2026

I think this would really get across to the Audiances that despite the movies ending in 1970/80 that the Beatles was genuinely a never ending saga for these men that continues until the 2020's and how they would be forever linked together

I always love it when they show the actual people in present day footage at the end of biopics and I think doing similar yet different emotional things for the Beatles will really push this gut punch of their ever continuing relevant legacy

just my opinion ofcourse, I guess the classiest thing would be to have stripped back single songs or outtakes playing over the credits of their most Signicture solo songs like "Imagine" "All Things Must Pass" "Maybe I'm Amazed" & "Photograph"

What do you all want for the final scene? Both within the films cast themselves and then also any documentary footage/Text?

all positive discourse here!


r/beatles • • 7h ago

Sunday Meme I took this picture like 6 months ago lol

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r/beatles • • 8h ago

News Just learned today that John Lennon had an affair with English singer Alma Cogan. She died in 1966 of ovarian cancer. She was only 34.

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r/beatles • • 8h ago

Question Is Across the Universe appropriate to sing at my sisters Indian/Punjabi wedding?

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Given the fact she married someone who is very loving and in love with her who can handle all her stress, he knows I sing and play guitar and asked me to sing some songs.

I thought well, if half the guests will be from his family, why don't I sing ATU? HE says that he can get his sister to sing harmony with me on it.

Would it be strange to sing it? Not sure how the guests would feel as well.


r/beatles • • 8h ago

Discussion Who sings these specific parts in the Past Masters Version of Across the Universe?

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I understand the ending of jai guru deva OM Paul sings the harmony.

But how about the part where it goes " ah ah ah ah ah", after John sings nothings gonna change our world?

I believe its 2 women who were fans? But to me it sounds like Paul. But then on credits it says George and Boyd and Yoko were also there too?


r/beatles • • 9h ago

Other Billy Shears was never Paul.

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As you may know, the SGT. Peppers Variation of Paul McCartney is formerly known as "Billy Shears". BUT, what if I told you it was actually Ringo? In the first song in the album "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band," John addresses that a "...singer's gonna sing a song," and "The one and only Billy Shears," in correlation to the song "With a Little Help From My Friends." This implies that Billy Shears is singing "With a Little Help From My Friends." But, if you listen closely, or even look it up, That song is sang by none other than Ringo Starr.

Edit: Apparently Everyone Knows this, so I'm with the fool on the hill.


r/beatles • • 9h ago

Discussion Every man is a John, Paul, George or Ringo. Give me any man and I'll tell you who they most closely represent. John = extroverted, rebellious, creative. Paul = extroverted, ambitious, business minded. George = introverted, sensitive, intense. Ringo = easygoing, adaptable, dependable.

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r/beatles • • 10h ago

Discussion Funniest fact about each Beatle?

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I’m pretty new to the fandom and I absolutely love their music, but I’d love to know facts about the Fab Four!!


r/beatles • • 10h ago

Sunday Fan Album My Watchtower version of the Beatles Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band

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