For some reason, about eleven or twelve years ago, my older brother was going through a sort of “Beatles” craze and he was grabbing books, videos, documentaries, and basically any other sort of thing that had to do with that band. I had known who they were and was quite familiar with at least their most popular songs such as “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Yellow Submarine”, but I became much more acquainted with the band of the past through the influence of my brother. He began watching a VHS of The Beatles Anthology, a documentary detailing the history of the band. On that documentary was this music video.
This was the first music video that really struck me for some reason. The song is somewhat melancholy, yet not in a negative sort of way. It is a video that looks back at the past years with fondness for the good times and sadness over that bad times. It seems to be a mix of nostalgia for the past with contentment with the present. The Beatles are almost legendary, so it is a very peculiar thing to realize that the four guys were human with their own personalities, hopes, and faults. These mythic musicians were actually were now viewed from a different perspective, and this music video showed an interpretation of their vulnerability.
