This is where the fun really begins for me. While I will always say that the Beatles were just as creatively sophisticated in their early days as they were in their later days, here is where they truly begin to stretch themselves and explore new and unusual sounds. The Beatles had a knack for creating iconic moments in their intros, the body of their music or their outros (aka codas.) Sometimes all three. James and I had a great time talking about this pivotal song in the Beatles repertoire.
For Paul Ostrander's Quora article which I cited, regarding the opening chord of this song, go to this page and scroll down until you find his name:
https://www.quora.com/What-guitar-chord-opens-Hard-Days-Night-It-is-so-distinctive?no_redirect=1
(Sorry for the scathing critique, Paul. If you'd like, you can email me regarding this subject.)
To watch the Randy Bachman's entire breakdown of the first chord with audio demonstration based on their source tapes, go here:
https://youtu.be/ENpvMdda8fA
Then there's the always awesome Mike Pachelli guitar lesson on how to play the various parts exactly like the Beatles did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4AHtwnA_mo
Another go-to for Beatles lessons regarding how they sang the harmonies, look to, Galeazzo Frudua's Hard Day's Night vocal deconstruction:
https://youtu.be/1ZcDaKyfvKg
James Corbett's website:
https://www.corbettreport.com/
Also, James Corbett's (Goodbye-YouTube) Odysee Channel:
https://odysee.com/@corbettreport:0
And always a big shout out to James Corbett's video editor, Broc West. Here's his Odysee Channel:
https://odysee.com/@brocwest:d
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVR6WF48tM
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Rob, my keyboard/drummer took me entirely by surprise when he quoted the guitar part for Stairway To Heaven on the piano. It blew my mind and I had to go for it. This was purely spontaneous outrageousness and I just had to go with it!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWvvzlXKPQw