Mad Men - Tomorrow Never Knows

1966 when the sixties were going through a transition.

funny piece of anachronism + beatles trivia:
the original releases of revolver were in mono. the stereo tracks were included in the remaster from long after mad men takes place. in other words, don truly is listening to the music of his future

I don't think he likes it very much.

Never noticed this detail: Beth drawing that heart and the car window rolling down and up erasing the heart is a clever foreshadow of what we later learn about her.

What a perfect scene. I’m not sure if there is a single song that represent’s today’s youth as well as this one did for baby boomers. For my generation (millennials), my picks might be Wake Up by Arcade Fire and Alright by Kendrick Lamar. But there isn’t a single song from the past 20 years that can compare to Tomorrow Never Knows. Absolutely groundbreaking

What psychopath plays the last song on a vinyl record they've never heard before, let alone straight-laced, tight-ass Don?

Don's needle work is on point. Sub 1 second of dead wax crackle.

Don wasn't having that shit

Still. The greatest show of ALL. I can’t count the number of times I get chills from a shows scenes

Awesome song. Decades ahead of its time. However you’d never drop the disc directly out of the outer sleeve! At least he then handled it correctly.

In Webster's Dictionary under the term Masterpiece" it should say; "Listen to the "Revolver" LP.

Watching this for the first time in like 2012 or whenever it came out, the minute I saw Don remove the record from the sleeve I said out loud, “no WAY are they gonna play an actual Beatles song. Are they?!?!” And they did!!!!! Worth every penny for this incredible scene

You could release this song today and it would still be fresh. Just four working class lads high on acid...

Esta serie es un clasico y la escena resume la serie , como un publicista de new york tendra que adaptarse al cambio cultural y los derechos civiles que ocurriran en los 60s en norteamerica , con musica de los beatles iconos de la

Pete Campbell would have got it!

"Start with the last song on the album" no wonder he doesn't like it

What is the album which cover can be seen behind Don?

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, one of the very best moments of this great show.

Too many people don’t realize, this is really what the Beatles sounded like in 1966. This is 1966 music you are listening to. Those aren’t edits.

Music is a character and the lyrics are dialogue. This song choice was perfect in that it showed how the world was changing and how Don Draper was behind the times. The fact that he abruptly ended the song shows his frustration over the realization that he was not part of the new wave and that he was not willing to let go of the old guard. HBO chose to pay $250,000 to use the original and it was worth the investment. For anyone who thinks that the Beatles were just "She Love You" or "I Wanna Told Your Hand", this song changed the music world. This was electronica 25 years before it became popular. You can play this at a club today and it would move the crowd. Think about it. This came out in 1966 and this must have sounded like alien music at the time. This is why the Beatles are and will always be the greatest force in music history. The concept was pure Lennon, but McCartney was responsible for the "loops", due to his penchant for hanging out in London during the time when London was the Mecca of music, art and culture. The fact that Lennon was living in the suburbs removed from the hustle and bustle of the city, it shows how brilliant he was to create this in his head. He was a very flawed man, but you can't dispute his genius.

Pure genius

worth the licensing fee. what a scene

Peggy dando um pega.

This song is still miles ahead of its time

One of my favorite scenes from this show!

Utterly brilliant scene.

This is my favorite needle drop in the show, mainly because of how the scene is edited. You'd expect the episode to just fade out to black at some point during the montage of the other characters, but Don abruptly stops the song and the scene cuts back to him, perfectly illustrating his anxieties of a world changing at a faster pace than he can comprehend. It's a brilliant violation of the show's established visual cues. And then the song inevitably returns in the credits, for change is often beyond our control.

I also love that the song - itself a radical, abrasive, avant-garde reinvention of the Beatles' sound - accompanies transgressive moments in the other characters' lives, like Peggy smoking weed at the office, Megan following her acting dreams against Don's wishes, and Pete entangled in an affair. The Pete clip is my favorite because of the contrast between the innocent, teenage-romance vibe of the scene and the song's aggressive, unfamiliar sound. In Pete's case it seems to represent him not realizing what he's getting into, on top of his existing angst over feeling powerless and unable to entice Beth to his whims.

I just seen this episode and I swear to god I thought this was Tame Impala

Think of this, from 1966 to 1969, John Lennon wrote probably 50% of the top ten most groundbreaking songs of the whole rock period. Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields Forever, I am the Walrus, A Day in the Life, Dear Prudence, Don't Let Me Down and I'll throw in Come Together for a topper!

Don thinking, "What a crock of shit" 🤣

My favorite Beatles song and I love every single remake and redidition of it. I cannot get enough.

Don meditating while sitting, trying to discover his future coke ad

Did they really play this song in the show? I've never seen it.

Peggy must be related to Bill Clinton. She didn’t inhale either.

Incredibly, this song was released just 2 years after the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. Gone were the boy band loveable moptops and on to a whole different world in music and culture. The Beatles

This was the first track recorded for the " Revolver " album, released in August,1966. The sounds, lyrics and recording techniques in this song created a seismic shift in music and musicians.

That’s a damn heavy record sleeve! Based on the sound when setting it down.

Between this, and the use of baby blue by badfinger at the end of breaking bad, what else do we need? Maybe somebody should go re edit the sopranos ending to include one of these cool yet forgotten songs?😂😂😂

60 years later and Tomorrow Never Knows remains perhaps the most innovative and groundbreaking recording ever. Hearing this in 1966 must have been mind-shattering.

Other than Cadillac using Led Zeppelin's song Rock and Roll, yep. Great use of money.

No other show even comes close to the absolutely legendary endings so many episodes of Mad Men has. This episode, "You Only Live Twice" at the end of The Phantom, the series finale ending with the Hilltop commercial, the ending of The Suitcase, Waterloo with Bert singing "The Best Things in Life are Free," The Strategy with Don, Peggy, and Pete sharing a meal at Burger Chef, A Tale of Two Cities with Pete smoking the joint while the Janis Joplin song plays. Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Ringo’s finest work here, those snares are killer to listen to on LSD

My new favorite show

Best needle drop in television history

The seagull sounds are Paul's laughter sped up. For real.

When this song was written, man hadn't stepped foot on the moon and yet The Beatles were taking us to another galaxy!

Who’s giving Zoey drugs?

Watching this show, was my first exposure to The Beatles. For the longest time I thought “They were just a boy band of their time” and listening to this threw all of that out the window.

Revolver was recorded in 1966, and this was probably written as early as 1965. I wonder if they realised they just pioneered sampling, vocal effects and invented dance and hip hop? 😂