The Beatles George Harrison: Paul McCartney Ruined Me As A Guitarist
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- George Harrison talks about how he believed Paul McCartney ruined him as a guitarist. This is Let It Rock Around the World interview with Alan Freeman on 18 Oct 1974. #johnlennon #paulmccartney #ringostarr #georgeharrison #thebeatles #beatles #1960smusic #liverpool #liverpoolmusic #thewhitealbum #revolution #rubbersoul #yokoono #georgemartin #petebest #nowandthen #freeasabird #abbeyroad #revolver #sgtpepper #sgtpepperslonelyheartsclubband #yellowsubmarine #beatles #wings #seventiesmusic #seventies #sixties #sixtiesmusic #1970s #1960s #70s #60s #plasticonoband #magicalmysterytour #heyjude #strawberryfieldsforever #strawberryfields #emirecords #80s #eightiesmusic #eighties #80smusic #apple #bandontherun #1980s #1980smusic #lindamccartney #brianepstein #interview
Imagine being George Harrison in the mid 70s and having more complimentary things to say about the guy who stole your wife than one of your oldest friends from childhood because he used to tell you how a guitar solo should be played
Good point ... And the guy who actually got you into the Beatles ... Seems a little confused in my opinion
Yeah, he actually says in this conversation that Eric 'treated him like a human;' quite bizarre!
Or sleeping with your best friend in the bands wife (Ringo)
Look, it was a fair trade. A good wife for a great guitar!
Their marriage was dead, by the time Clapton got in
"In what way?". "Well, I don't know"
Exactly George would've been an electrician in Liverpool if not for Paul
@@billysequinshe was really really jealous of Paul
He explained many times why Paul was bad for him and his playing. Paul liked to tell guitarists exactly what HE wanted or would play. Thats not the best approach for George and he just told you. Just listen and you will hear.
@@charleshendrix232 I promise to listen properly next time
@@charleshendrix232 He doesn't say though, he trails off and gives another guitarist as an example when asked to say in what way.
Looking at them in Get Back sessions, Paul was the one really putting in. John was virtually a non-starter by then, George seemed petulant and Ringo standing by his drums waiting for someone to play something. Paul was dragging the others along like he was taking them to the dentist. Definitely the last hurrah vibe.
> Paul was dragging the others along like he was taking them to the dentist
You've got a great way with words, love that phrase. Will steal it.
Paul was the one who saved them after Brian Epstein died. The others slacked off and it was Paul who forced them back into doing the hard work of being a band again. The Beatles might have died with Epstein if it weren’t for Paul.
That’s an unfair assessment. George was bringing in some decent songs that the band didn’t want to use. Shortly after those sessions he wrote 2 of the best songs the group ever released.
@@mikeshannon1452 "...that the band didn't want to use". That's not correct! There are dozens of takes of "All things must pass", recorded while the Get Back project. Look also for infos at the "Pop Goes the 60s " channel, if you like, about that subject
Exactly
It must suck being a Beatle and having Paul McCartney and Lennon in your band and you still get to play lead guitar.
Isso foi ironia certo? Kkkk
@@danieleddf79must be.
Because he was a better guitarist than either of them. They knew it.
It must suck being a beatle with uncountable zillions in the bank .
Paul was better than George it seems. Paul played a lot of solos and never got credit according to the man who recorded them.
George was the self professed “I don’t practice” guitarist. If he lacked in confidence, he had himself to blame. He admitted that from 1966-1969, sitar was his passion. He barely touched the guitar except for recording. His contemporaries, Hendrix, Page, Clapton, etc were redefining rock guitar during that period.
Now, around 1969, he really took off after learning and perfecting slide. I love the way he played from that point.
He pretty much played by ear, some of their cover songs are on the wrong notes but actually absolutely beautiful at the same time.
he brought some great rockabilly arrangements to the table nothing too impressive....his solos were crappy in the old days....Still he was the Right guitarist for the Beatles
Practicing isn't everything. You have to take time away to recharge your sense of creativity and fun with something like that. Paul might've taken those things away from him by making him feel like it was just a job.
Interesting point. But on The Beatles recordings, George certainly played a valuable role as lead guitarist providing a lot of tasty and creative guitar parts. He doesn't explain in this short clip how Paul "ruined" his guitar playing. Was it simply that Paul was constantly criticizing or asking him to play better or what? Paul supposedly got on Ringo many times about his inadequacy as a drummer as well.
What about Heh Bulldog? What about the flamenco, jazz and blues influences and licks George was putting into a 2 min pop song at 16 years old?
What about the fact he launched Gretsch Guitars in Europe?
George DID practice previously and he taught John how to play 6 string. Look at the photographs of that age, rarely is a guitar out of his hands.
If George became deflated as a guitarist at 24, and stopped practising, maybe there was a reason for that.
As he is saying.
If you’re the lead guitarist in the biggest band in the world it really goes without saying that you’re probably Paul’s favorite lead guitarist and shouldn’t need to be told that. I get the impression none of the Beatles went around patting each other on the back for being musical geniuses. That said, every time I’ve heard Paul talk about George and his ability he has only ever said how amazing he was and how much he rated him.
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nah, I think Paul was Paul's favorite lead guitarist. Part of the Beatles "mystique" is the band lineup. Just firing a guy because he wasn't pulling his weight wasn't possible. And in fact George was as good as he needed to be to play the stuff live.
@@lqr824 No Paul said he’s a terrible lead guitarist. He tried it in the early days and his fingers froze and he fluffed the solo.
I cannot understand who "he" is. Paul? George?
@@lqr824dude, I’m sorry, but this really isn’t a complicated text
Let's see, Paul recommended George to John because George was a good guitarist. John accepted George even though he was a couple of younger because George was so good. Even when George had to leave Germany, because he was under age to work in a bar, the other Beatles didn't replace him. The other Beatles accepted him back after he quit the band, abruptly.
George must have known they liked his guitar playing.
George suffered self-esteem problems.
Yeah I mean where I feel bad for Paul here is that he brought George into the band, without Paul, there is no George
Paul was a bully...
Period
Paul had an incredible gift of hearing what he wanted in a song. Maybe he didn't know how to relate those tones exactly to George. George maybe on the other hand was offended more so because he wasn't given enough opportunity for composing that many songs.... maybe?
I think George was a continuous sook. Always feeling self-pity and being gloomy and down trodden. George was a contradiciton in life. Mr. Spirituality always whineing about everything. He should have grown up.
What does that have to do with what George said?
Paul and John made him a rich man too
True but for some integrity is more important that money. I disbanded my five piece band bc the other members except my drummer wanted to do pop commercial swill and the two of us wanted to do hard-rock prog; so now the two of us are doing our own thing bc for us artistic integrity trumps money.
To those people who prevented you from playing prog-rock - we salute you.
GEORGE ! ,,,,, WE LOVE YOU BUT,,,,,, WHAAAAAAA!
COUNT YOU'RE BLESSING'S WHILE YOU ARE SITTING IN YOU'RE LIL OL CASTLE PRETENDING TO BE A HUMAN FARMER !
C'MON GEORGE
NUFF'S ENOUGH ,,,,,,,
YOU WERE BLESSED TO BE IN THE GREATEST BAND THAT
EVER WAS & ARGUABLY EVER WILL BE ,,,,,,, IF ANYTHING ,,, THE MAHARISHI TWISTED YOUR INSIGHT IN MUSIC & MORE IMPORTANTLY , LIFE ITSELF ! ,,,, REMEMBER ,,, YOKO TRIED TREATING THE REST OF THE BOYS AS HUMANS TOO AND LOOK WHAT THAT GOT US ! 🎉 ,,,,,,, IT TAKE'S A VILLAGE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE GEORGIE BOY ! ,,,,,, MAYBE RINGO WILL GIVT YOU THE BEST DRUM SET HE EVER HAD AND YOU CAN BLAME SOMEONE OTHER THAN SIR PAUL FOR RUINING YOUR UN- BELIEVEABLE BEST AND BEYOND BLESSED LIFE ! THERE'S JUST "SOMETHING" IN THE WAY IT WORKED OUT FOR YOU THAT I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO ALLOW SIR PAUL TO RUIN MY LIFE TOO !
BLESS YOU GEORGE !
❤🎉😎😎😎😎🎉❤
YesI was going to say what you said, only I'm sure you say it best but, integrity and the goal of superb muscianship was George's goal rather than money, and for sure, fame.@@danebrackvitch4901
Poor bastard, his life was a misery. But, wasn't his father an alcaholic, his mother had tio support the family leaving poor little George on his own.
Blimey he really could whine. As a fan of George, he would have driven me bonkers to work with.
Without a doubt, he would have been a peach to work with compared to John and Paul. The results they got speak for themselves, but they gave him plenty of good cause to whine.
I was thinking the same thing! Constant whining.
A dour G-dless man.
George is an EXCELLENT guitarist for sure. But would he have been SO successful without the HUGE talent of Lennon/ Mccartney.??????? Absolutely not.
@@margaretstewart2575 I think this is true. I also think the same could be said about Paul and John needing each other for that initial success. It's doubtful either would have gone so far without the Beatles phenomenon.
George became very resentful. At the same time, Paul was very controlling and overbearing, especially towards George and Ringo. So George had the right to be frustrated, I just think he dwelled on it too much and made it a huge thing. The John-Paul fight was short and intense, then they moved on.
Looks like George doesn't know how to forget and move on. He holds grudges. But it's not something I expected from a "spiritual" person
George being
Bitter!
Ringo said that without Paul’s work ethic and leadership getting them all in the studio all the time, the Beatles probably only would have made three albums.
George for sure had the right to be frustrated. He was fucking George Harrison! He wasn’t some non talented scrub, he was a rock god in his own right. Look at any list with greatest lead guitarists listed, and he’ll be in the top 50 if not top 20. McCartney is a great musician, savant even, but it’s not hard to see him doing the same to Hendrix or Clapton.
Some would say (by which I mean me) that George proved to be the best of the 4 best musicians ever to play together. He was humble, spiritual, wonderfully inventive and looked back honestly at the past. And he could call any musician to play with him and they would all jump st the chance. See The Traveling Wilburys and endless live concerts
McCartney was literally one of the two human beings who enabled George to be a multi-millionaire and be loved the world over from 20 yrs old until his tragic passing. The mere fact George was invited by John and Paul to be in their band should’ve been the only thing George “needed” to know he was a darn great guitarist. Heck, Paul is on record in the mid-60s, with the Beatles at the height of their power, saying that George was a better guitarist than either he or John and that George’s “solos” in many Beatle songs is the highlight of those songs.
I know Paul was an egomaniac at times, but George I think was not looking at the “big picture”. The fact is, had George been writing songs as great as “Here Comes the Sun”, “Something”, and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” back in the early years of the band, he would’ve had more songs of his included on those earlier Beatles’ albums. But at that time (1963 - 1967), John and Paul had become master songwriters, while George was still “finding his way” as a songwriter.
You're spot on! And that always stuck in George's craw. And then after the Beatles, all his "backed up songs" came out on All Things Must Pass. I have a very hard time listening to that album. He was a MUCH better guitarist under the influence - and perhaps direction at times - of John and Paul. And they were ALL better as a BAND where the total was far greater than the sum of the parts.
Great point and you’ve nailed it. Isn’t it hard to fathom they only made music together for barely 7 years? And the transformation over those years. I’ve been a Beatles fan since I had memory in the early 80s. As you get older you realize 7 years is nothing, it’s such a short amount of time. Yet look at what they accomplished, changed, and the music they made. It’s just always fascinating to me.
Just give George the ability to draw his opinions and conclusions on his own about his relationship with Paul. The facts are the facts. George felt slighted mostly by Paul, but also by John to a much much lesser degree. George was much better off out of the Beatles and it worked out very well for him.
@@RRW276you nailed it on the head. Very true!
Agree completely. His early songs were bland and sub-standard. It was only due to the grace of John and Paul that they made it onto the records at all. He even confessed years later that he rarely practiced his guitar. From Rubber Soul onward he was more interested in the sitar than the guitar.
If McCartney contributed to driving George, to create those beautiful masterful solos that maybe he did not get ruined. McCartney was dictatorial but you can argue with the results and you should really point out that his contributions to Harrison songs were astounding
McCartney brought Harrison into the band in the first place. George's insecurity was not anyone else's fault.
Not sure about that...he was a kid when they got famous.
Macca would often turn up to the sessions for the Beatles and play the lead guitar without allowing George.
Lennon would always allow George to play..not macca
Exactly right, such a powerful statement then won't even say why, just gives a silly answer involving somebody else.
Knee-jerk judgementalism from someone who wasn't there.
does that entitle him to mistreat him as a musician???
@@oliverbird6914 - Where did you get that from ???
No George Paul didn't ruin you, you were a great guitarist, you had the best apprenticeship from two of the top songwriters ever,
, you learnt how to write great songs from them, so much so your songs are some of the Beatles best, if it wasn't for Lennon & McCartney you would have maybe been just an ordinary musician, they helped bring the best out of you and you shone brightly. R. I. P. George , your music will forever live on.
You’re really gonna define the guy’s experience for him?
You sound incredibly ignorant
George is a bit of a whiner
When the Beatles recorded a George song, he had Lennon and McCartney as his backup singers. No one ever had such a luxury and all George could do was bitch
That’s….completely and utterly not the point he was making. You’re talking about songwriting. That’s different than guitar playing.
It's very interesting reading the autobiog of Geoff Emerick, the Beatles engineer. He acknowledges McCartney's overbearing tendencies, but identified Harrison as a negative surly presence, who frequently couldn't hack it on his solos, frustrating both McCartney and Martin.
This rings true. In Get Back, whenever Paul was rejecting a George idea, Paul was right on the merits.
The real problem was - that as much as I love George's playing - Paul was as good a guitarist as he was and George knew it. Lots of examples like Taxman, And Your Bird Can Sing, their dueling parts on The End - Paul could hang with George on guitar. But... in the end (pun intended!) The Beatles were truly best as a BAND with the four of them balancing each other out for the good of the music. Just compare their great solo music to their brilliant creations as a BAND. Better together.
For an interesting look at their creative process and how they came together watch the making of Hey Bulldog!
Geoff has always been more of a Macca fan.
@@shavedfish Mac was the best man at Geoff's wedding
@@Bella-nt7ec figures. 😉
Well he also said in another interview I am not that good at playing because I NEVER PRACTICE SOMETIMES I CAN STAY A YEAR WITHOUT TOUCHING A GUITAR...but ok that's Paul's fault....
@@11235butthat’s funny, because in Peter Jackson’s Get Back, I distinctly remember George saying he hadn’t picked up his guitar in a very long time because he was too busy learning the sitar, and that he no longer had the proper calluses on his fingers to play guitar. And later on, while they were playing at Apple, he said his ability to play was starting to come back. And the flower pot conversation between John and Paul at twickenham in which they are complaining about George’s guitar playing. All this was during the Beatles time together as a group.
Doesn’t sound to me like George took his obligations to the band seriously. Everyone says the band started to gell during the LIB sessions when Billy preston showed up, and that’s partially true. But a larger factor was George re-learning his own instrument because he spent almost no time playing it after the Beatles stopped touring. It’s hard for a band to function if the lead guitar player no longer knows how to play. This is an overlooked reason why the LIB sessions got off to such a rocky start and later improved over the course of the LIB sessions as George gradually got his chops back.
I find it disgusting to listen to George always complain about Paul. If not for Paul writing the vast majority of their hits, the Beatles wouldn’t have been nearly as successful as they were, and George would not have had nearly the fame or fortune he had. He was ungrateful and jealous of Paul.
But ok? You're literally making up stuff as you go. Listen to the video again.
@@sekulrtsnfnugg6126 He said it many times then he blames it on Paul.
I think it's interesting that Henry McCullough was eventually signed by George to his Dark Horse label
@@Henry-z1y1cof course history cannot be rewound and done over but I feel that the Get Back project should have been postponed. They had just come off of recording The White album which according to the reports I've read was not a very pleasant experience. And George had just come back from visiting Bob Dylan in New York and hanging with him and the Band. And then he came back to where The Beatles left off from recording The White album. They kind of put the cart before the horse by scheduling a live performance with a deadline that put everybody on the line. And would it have been better if they have the songs first all written and worked out and then schedule the live performance. It would have been better if they also included other Apple artists. I think I read one promotion that indicated that the show would have included other Apple artists. But like I said you can't rewind
Paul McCartney is a perfectionist as a musician , Paul McCartney doesn't mean to be inconsiderate , he's just a perfectionist.
That's what broke up the beatles. Having Yoko there saved John from Killing Paul. Paul was a genius and with Geniuses like him and Brian Wilson, they would do a crazy amount of takes until their satisfied
@@CelebFactsQuotes Facts: the Beatles songs with the most takes were predominantly John and Georges'. The Guilty song George wrote took about 102 takes and then George refused to let them put it on Abbey Road and he saved it for ATMP.
@braemtes23 I'm sure those excessive takes wouldn't have occurred if Ole Mr perfect Paul wasn't satisfied with what was being out out. He frustrated George to make him think his stuff wasn't up to his standards and made it difficult for George to get his songs in. But Overall, because Mccartney was so domineering and insisted most of his material got put in the later albums, he'd naturally have more takes than anyone as a whole
@@braemtes23It’s the difference really of John (and especially George) couldn’t tell Paul how to play on their songs
There are perfectionists who are not inconsiderate too.
I love George’s music but he always seemed so bitter. It’s the little brother syndrome essentially. Sure, Macca is a perfectionist but the guy is one of the greatest most prolific songwriters of all time. He’s allowed to be overbearing. Especially on his own songs.
No he is not. Nobody gets a special pass in this life .
whats little brother syndrome?
what about big brother syndrome?
You expect someone to have the right to tell a band member how to play like he’s a session musician?
McCartney is an incredibly talented musician but he was also a ham. Some of his bass lines on their earlier work really had the vibe of wanting people to not forget to pay attention to him.
SPOT ON, I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT IN MY OWN FAMILY, AND OTHER'S.
Harrison never really explains
Watching Get Back on Disney+ makes it really clear. Everything George tried to add to a song, Paul would react to with "no, no, do it like this..."
@@gnosnaz Yes,I get it, but he used the word "ruined"which simply doesn't apply
@@gnosnazbecause it was his song .. and George couldn’t hack any criticism or instruction whatsoever
@@bobbyhulll8737 It was a band, not a solo project. *That* was the issue, and if you watch Get Back, you see the other Beatles agree. Let's not forget Ringo walked out of the White Album sessions for the same reason ...
Yes. Because he would have to say Paul took his guitar And played most of the guitar solos himself for at least a good chunk of them according to The man who recorded it
I’ve always liked George’s guitar playing, he has a very recognisable sound & style that’s quite different from other guitarists. Fab Macca is SO talented it’s actually unfair… I was watching a clip of him & his band playing Matchbox during a sound check with Macca on lead guitar… it’s unbelievable how good he is, he’s basically a multi instrumentalist one man band!
I totally agree. I think George wished he could be Eric Clapton but he was playing in the wrong band for that!
@@annanikia7949 SO, WHY NOT GO HIS OWN WAY ?
George was a finer lead guitarist than Paul, at least in the Beatles.
@slide4180 Good point. Paul as a lead guitarist often had a certain tone and style, as in Taxman, Good Morning, Good Morning, Maybe I'm Amazed. Very good solos but that sound would have been way too much after a while if used in too many Beatles songs. Harrison's different styles, from the rockabilly inspired early solos to his later 'yearning' kind of sound and style provide a different voice, a counterpoint to what the other two are putting in. That's what collaboration or a group sound is all about.
@@annanikia7949well, I recall Eric telling George how he was impressed by the chords George knew and incorporated into his songs, as well as how the Beatles in general were using "jazz" chords before most other bands in the early 60s. I believe there was probably a lot of mutual respect.
If George wanted to be a better guitarist, even when he was a Beatle, then why didn't he practice more? Nobody, including Paul was stopping him. Especially as they got more popular and richer, the Beatles spent a lot of time away from each other. I am pretty sure that Paul wasn't threatening George to not play the guitar.
Here’s my opinion. There was no way he could catch up with Hendrix or Clapton put him in a terrible box and further clamped down on his own self esteem.
@johnheath4305 No. The only difference between Jimi, Clapton and Harrison is practice. That's it. Jimi slept with his guitar. That's why he was so good. If you really want to get good at music then you put in the work. George didn't want it enough.
It was about Paul telling them what to do and play. Not about practice, its that Paul wouldnt like what George did for a solo and would tell him what to play
@@Nick_ETH Question: do you like the albums that came after Rubber Soul? Because I hear all the time that their best work came then. I even hear people saying that Abby Road was their best album. If that is true then pretty much everything should be credited to Paul. He was a huge reason why any of those albums were ever made. If it were up to the others the Beatles would have went off into the oblivion and been nothing by 1969.
Having said all of that George would confess during those days later as a Beatle that he would go months without picking up a guitar. Then during the Let it Be sessions he said that during the month of January 1969, it was the most he ever played guitar since the early days. He even said, "I can feel myself getting better" at playing the guitar.
So, if Paul is responsible for the Let it Be album for even existing, and George wound up playing more guitar then ever, how exactly did Paul ruin him?
Exactly. It’s his own fault I like Goerge I love his music, but he’s kind of a whiner.
Always sad to hear so many bitter comments from George… paul invited him into the greatest band ever and I only heard Paul ever say lovely things about George.
Sure that Paul was a workaholic and a perfectionist but still, no need to spit in the soup (French expression)
“Paul, I’ll play whatever you want me to play, or I won’t play anything at all”
Paul thinking: "George, you're acting like a little bitch"...
And?
@@drubbus
Watch the movie
Paul: "Don't worry about it, George, I'll play every bloody part myself"...
In that particular example it's clear that Paul thought that George's trying to come up with lead guitar elaborations before they had all nailed the basic backing was throwing things off. I can understand George wanting to get a head-start as he was often left to come up with melodic lead guitar parts at the last minute for songs which had far from standard changes etc. I can also see the good sense in Paul's desire to get the simpler things right first before complicating them.
I am sure that this all came about as a culmination of tensions. Often a flare-up (which this barely was) seems silly or misguided because it's over something apparently minor when it's not really about that particular incident and would probably have come to nothing if it was an isolated event.
Loved George but he was a strange dude. Constantly pissed on McCartney but stayed friends with and couldnt say enough good things about the guy that stole his wife!
He was preachy about materialism and talked up his faith, yet he lived like the multi millionaire he was and his faith didnt stop him from indulging in hard drugs.
Eric ended up with is wife, sure. not sure "stole her" but he also helped him with his self actualization as a guitar player and as a person.
you can always get another wife.
@@theoverunderthinker lmao are you really trying to justify stealing your bestfriend's wife or are you joking? 😂
@@klums7651 neither. he didn't take a lamp from him, she is not property. she was a a person and made a choice.
if George got past it, who the hell are you?
if you ever heard her interviewed, like she was on the BBC when she had some exhibit or book of her letters from both men, even if Eric never came along, she would not have still been with George.
Eric didn't sneak into George's house and kidnap her. we are not Neandertals. they are people. they made choices. why do you care so much about a "bro code" violation?
@@klums7651 by the way.. you know that George had an affair with Ringo's wife before Patty left him, right?
I don't think there was a lot of room to be judgy in that marriage.
not slamming anyone, and George may have been betrayed on some level, but he was also the betrayer of one of his bandmates, so probably easier to forgive and move on.
@@theoverunderthinker that thing about Patty and George, yeah that was bad but in nowhere does it justify cheating moving forward. Cheating is bad period and what George and Eric did is impossible to justify.
Despite his hare krishna peace and love bit...George was actually a very bitter man who didnt exactly live the way he preached. Mccartney all the way
Yeah both Harrison and Lennon spent many moments in the 1970s, attacking McCartney who hardly said anything negative about those two.
They would have lost every penny if Paul hadn't stood up against Klein, and didn't John later say on tv that Paul was right? I suppose the dynamic was always going to be Paul "the big brother". George died in a house belonging to Paul and saw him towards the end. I hope a mutual love won through.
Yes, I agree with this. George seemed so lovely with everyone but Paul (and ocassionally John too). I get that being in a band like that, they would each have issues with each other, but don't air your dirty laundry in public, keep it within the 'family.' Not a good look.
George was a whiny brat. and Paul was a stoic perfectionist. I would personally choose Paul to be my band mate over George because Paul would always be pushing me to be more musically out of the box and thats something I admire. If I had a friend like Paul to take me under their wing I would be so grateful.
Yeah Paul really ruined his career!! 😂
Yeah but we all say stupid things. I think that Harrison only said this once.
The Beatles got everything they ever wanted - suddenly. Cars, travel, women, adulation, millions. But there had to be an impact on their nervous systems. All the success that they achieved together as a group of brilliant young men somehow got changed into jealousy and resentment and competition with each other. Watching "Get Back" I wished someone had suggested they take a year apart from each other and then came back together.
“Come together, right now, er, in a year.”
That's what happens when you sell your soul for materialistic gain. It never brings happiness 😊
@@pennywollett3953 As George himself sang, “Don’t know what I’m doing here, but I hope to see much clearer after living in the material world”.
And drugs.
It's over. me.
George would not practice. He said it himself. Paul was demanding. He demanded excellence. George was a talented guitar player, but he could have been so much better if he had honed and cultivated his skills. George spoke about his own insecurities in regard to his guitar playing. He was always willing to take a backseat to Eric Clapton and Eric’s abilities instead of improving his own. He even allowed Eric Clapton to play lead guitar on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” RIP George. With all said and done, George was still very talented.
Paul didn’t wanted him to play better, on fact he wanted George to play more simple and less, it is in the documentaries. You can see it. That was really the issue they had, a matter of taste, not a lack of skill from George.
@@seres-de-luz Why would Paul want George to play “more simple and less” when George played lead guitar? I don’t agree with your statement. However, it is your opinion and your summation of whatever you have viewed documentary wise. I am basing my statements on fact and factual comments from the members themselves. George stated himself that he did not relish practicing. Paul is known for his perfection and dedication to his craft. Even though Paul is a multi-instrumentalist, he was originally a guitar player. He pushed himself (in regard to his talents), and he was known to push others, Ringo attests to this. Even the dual guitar playing between Paul and George on “And Your Bird Can Sing” can been seen as an exercise in stretching his and George’s talent(s) by playing simultaneously. Paul is similar to that teacher who knows you have the talent and pushes you to do better. I believe he did this with George, and George saw it as pressure (once again his own words).
I love George but I think sometimes he had a young brother jealousy of Paul and John and I heard him saying in interviews: "John and Paul was just being John and Paul." The fact is that Paul had a kind of work ethics unequalled and he pushed them to be the best they could be, Ringo often said that he and John would be sitting in the garden and the phone would ring and they knew it would be Paul asking them to come to studio and do some work and that, they would not have produced half the work they did if it wasn't for Paul. That's is true because even now Paul is driven who else would go around the world giving concerts in their 80's.
Ringo too. There was a phase that John and George seemed to be bitter about everything and their aim was always Paul. Who else would say:"I'm not a good guitar player because of that person?" practice and you will be better, no one can stop you from achieving it, not even Paul McCartney. And Paul was always so complimentary about George's playing. He said And I love her was that good because of George's intro. I'm glad George grew up and made peace with his brother and I'm certain that the four of them loved each other dearly. I love them and forever I will 🙏
That’s true. I managed to become a bad guitar player all by myself.
Agreed. George really had a bee in his bonnet about Paul in particular. I kind of understand that feeling of thinking you're not good enough - especially if you've got someone like Paul who was so sure of what he wanted, but it disappoints me that George was so vocal about his issues with Paul. And you're right, Paul was always so complimentary towards George, Ringo and John. Sad.
I think other people are forgetting that he eventually grew up like you said then moved on with paul and ringo. So while I don’t agree with some stuff he said, it’s also understandable why for a period of time he was bitter about the beatles in general. It just took time for him to move on. Even John had the same problem for some time.
A second generation beatlemaniac here: despite all respect for George’s immense importance on creating the perfect musical machine that The Beatles were, the inconvenient truth for him and his revisionist cult- who swears he’s the best and most prolific Beatle - is that, had he not been one of the Fab 4 - whose true geniuses were John and Paul - he would most likely be as important to the history of music as the lead singer of Procol Harum or Herman’s Hermits - great musicians, no doubt, but unknown to 98% of people.
I think that statement may be a bit unfair at least Bro! I mean with musicians it’s hard to rightfully use certain words like “The Best/who’s better/more important…..” George on his own had some wonderfully written songs! SOMETHING IS AN Amazing piece worthy of praise just in itself! Every musician is different! That’s what makes words/phrases like the above kinda goofy!
The real reason is Paul and John are on a different level and he just need to accept that .
he was talking more about Paul but ok
@@scuffedcovers Paul alone is still wayyyy ahead of george but ok...
@@klums7651 either way, paul was still a douche towards george
If he could make Clapton his best friend AFTER EC ATE HIS FOOD AND STOLE HIS WIFE, then Paul's perfectionism is no big deal.
well. george slept with Ringo's wife guess he can't complain about that.
Ate his food? You mean chocolates?
He didn't steal he's wife George was banging Ringo's wife years later she left him than married Eric
You know that what you eat you are.
As a musician, if you're not happy with your own playing, the answer is to study and practice more, and to perhaps jam with some different players than you usually do to get out of your rut or comfort zone, whatever it is. But ultimately it is on you to just work at it.
Both George and Ringo admitted in interviews they didn't like to practice much. Of course they practiced when they were kids to learn, but Ringo has said he didn't even like to do that, just play with others and get better that way.
Yes Macca is probably a type A àapersonality with all the benefits and sometimes downsides that can bring. But by George saying Paul "ruined" his guitar playing, he's unintentionally knocking himself as a guitarist.
Listen to the round robin trading of solos they did at the end of Abbey Road. The order is Paul first, then George, then John. Paul's opening lick is dynamic and George answers with an equally dynamic lick. John's licks are kind of bluesy or grungy. Paul's have a sharp attack and are rhythmically driving. But George's are ultimately a bit more melodic and subtle. He comes across sounding like a lead guitarist. John sounds like a rhythm guitarist, which of course was his central job when they were a live band. It's interesting that George's parts seem to be answering or in sync with Paul's, while Lennon sounds more off in his own corner.
Of course Paul did some great solos with the Beatles and acoustic guitar work as well. But there's a reason he said in interviews that George was the best guitarist in the band. It made sense that while Paul and John were so occupied being superbly creative writing songs, to have another guy focused on the guitar solos. Most of the time that was George. If anything he found his own voice as a lead player and got better toward the end of the band's run. But some of those early solos like on Can't Buy Me Love are great too.
Harrison is the most jilted of any of them. If you read Mccullock's comments about Paul later on, you find that he respected Paul a great deal and appreciated him a great deal, unlike George. too bad
Everyone in the comments is misunderstanding him and proving they're fake fans ...
"Without Paul he'd be nothing! What a whiner!" "He's lead guitarist of the best band how can he doubt himself?!" He's more than a Beatle ... he's allowed to be upset at how he was treated. It doesn't mean he isn't thankful or hates Paul.
John and Paul didn't let him put more of his songs on albums and when recording his songs they didn't take it seriously until George Martin would make them. Because of their contract when George's songs did get put on the album and become hits, Paul and John made more off of them than he did. Why would anyone want to stick around in that?
He actually explicitly stayed pretty silent on this matter because he didn't want to sound like he hated Paul. He said in another interview how reporters kept trying to get him to badmouth Paul, but he wouldn't give them that story because he obviously loves Paul and didn't want personal feelings to be turned into drama for the press to make money off of.
Believe me, I understand George's frustration. But for all his not wanting to sound like he hated Paul, and trying to avoid talking about him, we sure have a lot of interviews and quotes of George bad mouthing him. Same with John criticising Paul too. It's unfortunate, but George does come across as bitter and whiny when it comes to Paul. I have no doubt in my mind that deep down they all loved each other like brothers, but it's a shame that a couple of them were so public about their quarrels.
I don’t agree with all he’s said but it was just that period of time and I understand why he was bitter about the Beatles, except Ringo. But that’s where the two could relate. And while he would preach about spiritual growth, he has also said himself that during this period he was doing a pretty bad job lol. So yes he should’ve let it go but I’m just glad he eventually did after a while and just moved on with Paul and Ringo.
How far you progress as a guitar player is your own responsibility
Sometimes the only way to progress is to leave. You can't play everything with everyone, especially if you're being micro-managed. Excessive criticism is crippling.
Any artist needs honest feedback in order to progress, not harsh criticism or gushing flattery.
@@ofrabjousday1 He also needs room for expansion. All criticisms say "Don't go that way." Repeat: "Not that way either." "Or that way..." "Or that way..." All criticisms impose limits. Eventually the terrarium soon gets too small to grow a tree.
All he had to do was to diligently practice his guitar every day, which he did not.
Exactly. He mentioned it many times that he never practiced or picked up a guitar unless he was in the recording studio.
Harrison could not answer the question of how McCartney ruined him as a guitar player. His answer made no sense and said nothing specific. It basically amounted to he didn’t treat me like Clapton did or give me the best guitar I ever had like Clapton did. Well, McCartney also wasn’t a wife stealing drug addict like Clapton was, so how does that fit in?
So true. He did not explain.
It seemed clear enough to me. Working with Macca was difficult because George wasn’t allowed as many artistic licenses as he felt he needed to progress as a player. With Eric a lot more liberties were encouraged, so he felt more included and less like just a session musician
His answer sounded like something Biden would say
George may have felt overshadowed by Paul, but the truth is Paul and John were already fully formed song writing talents by the time the Beatles hit it big in 1963, George on the other hand was still finding his feet.
@@toorare2live Ha! "Liberties were encouraged" - yeah, Clapton probably encouraged George to be very liberal, with all his practices and relations...
"Paul ruined me as a guitar player."
Meanwhile Paul knocks out The Taxman solo in one take.
MOVING ON BOYS!
you were there ?
one guitar solo out of nearly a hundred of them in a band's whole discography doesn't make of you a great lead guitarist. Seen Paul live several times, he doesn't know how to improvise a solo, while harrison did it all the time during his concerts. Moreover, Harrison is one of the masters of slide guitar. And McCartney trying to emulate him on Now and Then is nothing less than amateurish. Paul could never have played solos like the ones on One After 909, Hey Bulldog or Old Brown Shoe, let alone the one on Something. No rock/pop artist has ever asked McCartney to play a guitar solo on an album, while there's plenty of them asking Harrison over the years (Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, Ron Wood, Belinda Carlisle, Splinter, Badfinger). Even Deep Puple invited him playing Lucille on stage with them in 1984.
@@alessandrodicroce496 and i have seen him live to and your talking rubbish ,paul can play guitar as good as anyone ,stop making up stories to fit your agenda
@@alessandrodicroce496 Who ever said he was a great guitarist?
@@drewcipher666 - Yeah! I'm the ghost of Geoff Emerick. Booo!!
Ruined you?!! Reminder, it was Paul who virtually begged John to let YOU join The Beatles, you would be nothing now without Paul. How quickly people forget good friends and past favours 😞🇬🇧🙏🌈♥️
George was a jerk. I don't know how Paul tolerated him all those years. Harrison could barely play. Kudos to Paul for putting up with George.
😢😢That's sad.Yet, I love both Paul and George.
It’s terribly sad that certain people can make a person feel that way. I’m truly glad that George found the ability to go on performing.
It takes two to tango. Paul probabably wasn't the easiest leader and George sounds like he likes to be a victim. So the claim he was "ruined as a guitar player" for playing with Paul McCartney inThe Beatles? I Don't think so...
I think partly what George was saying was that he didn't develop toward being a famous "guitar hero" because he was just playing his little part that they wanted him to play. But he WAS great and inspirational to millions of guitarists, almost everyone after 1963. Except a few unfortunate ones
@@christianmeyer9560 It was more to do with Paul dictating how he was to play, and not allowing George to do his own thing or bring in his own material for the band to play. All Things Must Pass material existed long before George went solo.
@@tdunster2011 Boo hoo. George did not finish his "many" songs for the Beatle albums. The had bits and pieces. He finished them after the Beatles.
I near-worship Beatles music and George was a big part of that. That said, and good soul though he was, he could also be a world-class whiner.
After becoming rich and famous for being a part of the Beatles , he noticed all the glory for the fame and fortune was directed to John&Paul , Ringo was happy with the fame and money George wasn’t .
Paul McCartney never really did a collab with John after they broke up, that's why George is quite cocky against him, but they did meet again in 1991, which was absolutely great.
Mecca was elite , you have step up if you're in a band with him, genius.
George is my favorite Beatle. Yes George, you are an amazing player. RIP.
Yoko is my favorite Beatle.
😊
Paul is and always was a perfectionist. Anyone would have a hard time. But in the end they all became incredible solo artists.
George could be a bit of a sucky baby sometimes! Meeting Paul McCartney was the best thing that ever happened to George Ringo and John!
it's like saying someone who is born into massive wealth should be happy about everything, never complain, not entitled to have any negative feelings of their own. It's often harder for them than it is for someone who came from nothing.
What he says is very plain to see if you watch Let it Be. He has 0 interest in any of the songs George played for him and was micromanaging George's playing on I've got a feeling" so much. It would have been incredibly insulting to any guitarist.
You’re ABSOLUTELY wrong little dude !!
John was the BRIGHTEST of the Fab Four.
In Paul’s words every Beatle was fan of John, (included Paul himself that’s clear).
That should ring you some bells 😲
@@ROWBRONCO John was a genius, Paul is a super genius! I am a big fan of all the Fab Four, you really don’t need to be so rude to a fellow fan!
Yeah they were so lucky Paul asked them to join his band
Before Paul was the bass player, he was a guitarist with the Beatles. Stu Sutcliffe played the bass and he was a poor bass player relative to Paul - and their relationship was fractious because of that.
When Sutcliffe left the band both George and John refused to play bass, so they ought to have both been grateful that Paul stepped up for them. Sure Paul was probably domineering, but without Paul, no one would have ever heard about George.
I’ve heard some bootlegs of the recordings of I Saw Her Standing There. There were quite a few takes before the finished product. George’s solos were not at all inspiring. I can’t see how he could blame Paul for that. Didn’t George admit that apart from band practice, he rarely practiced on his own?
Blaming Paul for being a hum drum guitarist isn’t fair. If George had more fight in him he might have practiced more on his own, or tried the techniques of better guitarists.
Having said all that, the most popular Beatles tune played on Spotify is George’s Here Comes the Sun.
Here comes the sun : succès sur spotify incompréhensible !
Lennon & Mccartney ont fait tellement mieux !
Yes, Paul agreed to play bass. Couldn’t expect John to do it, it was his band. And George refused. Paul could have made him, I suppose, but he wasn’t pushy then, apparently. Maybe George should have been happy he was playing in the band at all.
They played for hours practically everyday. I'm sure he spent MANY HOURS practicing on his own to be able to play everything he did at the beginning, FLAWLESSLY! And he learned everything by ear and by feel, which is the result of individual PRACTICE.
@@BarkerTI’ve not seen any commentary about who typically played lead when both Paul and George were guitarists (while Stu Sutcliffe was playing bass).
Many of George’s studio works were exquisite and his styles evolved tremendously. However, much of the solos I’ve seen from concerts were borderline garage band quality. I was stunned when I learned that Paul had done so much lead work in the studio.
George, are you saying Paul ruined your career? I once heard you say that you weren't very good because you didn't practice. Paul brings musical inspiration to the world. But still. So. Which is true? George, you were a great beatle. You were a member of a great band. R.I.P.
Sad to hear that about Paul, especially coming from George.
Georges had great difficulty recording the guitar solos, causing the impatience of the sound engineers who turned to Paul to play them for him. This is what we learned from them with amazement. Most of the Beatles guitar tracks are Paul's even when Georges wrote the song like "Taxman" which opens - Revolver - it's Paul on guitar not Georges. We can understand his resentment towards a friend who frowns at each of your mistakes and who makes you feel like you are playing under his watchful supervision. At the end he told him directly the contribution he wanted from him, he guided him into his playing and played in his place when he had difficulty executing the pieces. Georges was the first to want to stop performing in public and was opposed to playing live even if only on the roof of their offices.
@@abdelkrim179no lol most of the gray Beatles guitar parts are George and John, then Paul lol he was the bass player for the most part, Paul didn’t even ever play guitar live other an acoustic for Yesterday lol
@@hw343434Before bassist Sutcliffe left the Beatles, Paul played guitar and, when there was one available, piano.
Paul was also playing the drums frequently when Ringo wasn’t around. But Ringo wasn’t resentful. ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’ was just recorded by John and Paul. Paul on drums and bass. I do t know which one was playing all the guitar licks. My money is on Paul.
@@hw343434He’s talking about the recordings 🤦♂️
@@abdelkrim179 a handful of guitar solos out of nearly a hundred of them in a band's whole discography don't make of you a great lead guitarist. Seen Paul live several times, he doesn't know how to improvise a solo, while Harrison did it all the time during his concerts. Moreover, Harrison is one of the masters of slide guitar. And McCartney trying to emulate him on Now and Then last year was nothing less than amateurish. Paul could never have played solos like the ones on One After 909, Hey Bulldog or Old Brown Shoe, let alone the one on Something. No rock/pop artist has ever asked McCartney to play a guitar solo on an album, while there's plenty of them having asked Harrison over the years (Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, Ron Wood, Belinda Carlisle, Splinter, Badfinger). Even Deep Puple invited him playing Lucille on stage with them in 1984. In 1966, George hadn't been trying all day, he just wasn't allowed to take the right time to compose his solo, like every normal guitarist usually does. Rockabilly era was over, so you can't improvise a good solo from scratch on a song like Taxman, when you're already in charge of all the other lead parts on the album (i.e. I'm Only Sleeping, Got To Get You get you into my life). The truth is McCartney didn't feel the same pressure because he had the right to do it as leisure every now and then, Not as a job in Harrison's case.
Paul McCartney didn't ruin him! His response when asked why was pathetic!
For being "the quiet Beatle" George sure had a lot to say about his "friends." I can understand his statements about John because John was not a great guy in so many ways. But his statements about Paul are just utterly dumb. Paul wanted George to get better and instead of realizing it, he bitched and whined about it. I also would like to point out that George was able to remain friends with Clapton despite breaking the "Bro Code" and stealing his wife Patty. How George could forgive him for doing something that evil says so much.
So, George Martin asked you to do the guitar solo on your song “Taxman” and you couldn't do it. Paul steps in,nails it and you resented him every since 😀
a handful of guitar solos out of nearly a hundred of them in a band's whole discography don't make of you a great lead guitarist. Seen Paul live several times, he doesn't know how to improvise a solo, while Harrison did it all the time during his concerts. Moreover, Harrison is one of the masters of slide guitar. And McCartney trying to emulate him on Now and Then last year was nothing less than amateurish. Paul could never have played solos like the ones on One After 909, Hey Bulldog or Old Brown Shoe, let alone the one on Something. No rock/pop artist has ever asked McCartney to play a guitar solo on an album, while there's plenty of them having asked Harrison over the years (Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, Ron Wood, Belinda Carlisle, Splinter, Badfinger). Even Deep Puple invited him playing Lucille on stage with them in 1984. In 1966, George hadn't been trying all day, he just wasn't allowed to take the right time to compose his solo, like every normal guitarist usually does before recording a song. Rockabilly era was over, so you can't improvise a good solo from scratch on a song like Taxman, your song, when you're already in charge of all the other lead parts on the album, on somebody else songs (i.e. I'm Only Sleeping, Got To Get You get you into my life). The truth is McCartney didn't feel the same pressure because he had the right to do it as leisure every now and then, Not as a job in Harrison's case.
@@Kite-sx7uh once again, there's no bloody kind of relation with being multiinstrumentalist and being affected on live proficiency when switching in instrument. Lots of musician are like this and they don't suffer any issue in quality playing while changing instrument : Roger Hodgson, Stevie Winwood, Brian May, Stephen Stills, Brian Jones, Rory Gallagher.. and the list could go on forever. Besides, since you keep on mentioning 'Taxman', if Paul had come out so easily with that solo, then why didn't he play it during the Concert for George, that he attended on stage, while the track was being performed ?
@@alessandrodicroce496 Because it wasn't the "Paul" show. All George's friends played on all of the songs performed.
Maybe he felt that way because Paul was so much talented and also could play George's parts on the guitar
As much as we love the Beatles,George was much happier with the traveling Wilburys.
I was there from the time they started pre Beatlemania until the Wilburys and you may be right. There was much mutual respect and camaraderie with the Wilburys .
@@darrowcelaya4310 Older and more mature by then
Yeah, he ended up playing with legends again.
Yeah the other ones Loved and respected George! Deservedly so.
Because they adored him
Thats what he wanted
“He ruined me as a guitar pla-“ “IN WHAT WAY”
To me, this sums up the bad side of George: He barely mentioned John Lennon in his book I, Me, Mine despite the fact that without John Lennon he would never have even been in a position to have a book published. Even the song it was named after would never have seen the light of day without Lennon and McCartney.
Perhaps he couldn't handle knowing that everything he had was down to them.
It's no surprise though, because people who preach to others are always deflecting the spotlight away from their own faults.
Yes, overall George unfortunately seemed very resentful, even if you can understand that he probably didn't always feel taken seriously. But you should also be able to forgive, especially as a person with a spiritual disposition.
John said he showed George on guitar what he wanted on "Norwegian Wood" and George "went off" and came back with it on sitar in 20 minutes. I'd have confidence after doing stuff like that!
They all went through something together that none of us can begin to comprehend.
And they were the first people to do so on that scale.
Elvis, Sinatra etc didn’t have to function in a group dynamic.
If there’s little quibbles here and there that’s perfectly understandable.
Hey George was a great artist...it's just that Paul was two or three times more talented
Not really, but his ego sure thinks so.
@@HalfassDIYbravo! Well said. As much as I love the four of them, Paul was allways trying to be the center of attention, making faces of "look how cute I am", and being a tyran. Look at the Beatles recording bloopers and see how he treated George.
@@cardona89
Quelle mauvaise foi !
Harrison n'était qu'un pleurnicheur et Mccartney était un bosseur qui avait évidemment des exigences.
@@HalfassDIY The man played several instruments, all well. And wrote some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
Arguably of ANY century.
So it wasn't just ego.
@@cardona89BS
Paul DID NOT ruin George as a guitar player. Sorry, but as much love, respect, and admiration I have for George, this is COMPLETE NONSENSE.
I may not be a poppy pop star, but I've been a professional guitarist for over 35 years and have taught MANY professional guitarists out there working today.
George IMPROVED his playing a great deal during the Beatles recording years of 1962-69. I would say George was the "Most Improved Beatle".
I'm sure Paul was perhaps a difficult teammate at certain times, but George was a WAAAY better Guitarist in the early-mid 70s than he was in the early Beatles years.
Emotional George was too young to be trapped with two older boys that were having a bromance over writing, playing and singing
I think you got to the nub of it.
@californiadreaming567
Not so young !
Paul is only 8 months older than Harrison
@@FishIde418 yes, but, they were very immature, and not grown up.
Well, I'd say it worked out for him pretty good in the long run.
It’s sad that he felt that Paul didn’t treat him as a human being. I thought the two abusive one were John & Yoko. I guess I was wrong😢😢😢
It always saddens me to hear how bellybutton focused George became after Beatlemania. He didn’t notice that Paul was a great musician - including a great guitarist - instead he stopped practising and wanted to suddenly become a Lennon-McCartney songwriter. That lofty achievement comes with months and years of learning the skill of writing… And both John and Paul continued their musicianship whilst turning pop music on its ear.
As far as wives go, it appears George found them to be disposable since he notoriously and infamously slept with Ringo‘s wife, Maureen, frequently in Ringo’s‘own home whilst the Beatles were still a functioning group… If only George had practised what he preached.
🫶✌️♾️.🎸👨🏼⚕️.
Sounds like sour grapes. I think they mended fences later on.
George was extremely lucky. He's had a musical career that millions of musicians with greater talent could ever dream of...
There is always a dynamic in any band, leaders and followers. George should have said something at the time. Not years later. He was happy to tow the line when all the money was flooding in. I'm surprised at this. If you are gonna say something as derogatory as that, say it to the man's face.....
George the moaner, not the quiet Beatle.
Yeah, I never really had that impression from most of the Beatles footage I had seen as an very minor casual Beatles fan most of my life, but then I watched Get Back, got more into their music and it seemed obvious.
He never got over the Taxman solo debacle.
Says who?
@@slide4180 Says me. It's just speculation based on how upset he was. Do you know the story?
@@popvinnik I’m sure there are a million stories. Neither Beatles Bible nor Wikipedia makes any mention of resentment on Harrison‘s part. The opposite in fact. If you mean that Harrison was bummed that he couldn’t come up with something, he redeemed himself on many other excellent solos.
@@popvinnikI don’t, what happened?
@@br1rocks George was having trouble coming up with a good solo and after quite a while, a frustrated George Martin suggested that Paul have a go at playing a solo which as you'd imagine didn't sit well with GH. Paul knocked it off in only a few takes.
I think George found himself in a bit of a quandary as a guitarist basically because of the timing of different styles. He was already a formed player in the early to mid-60s before the advent of more blues-infused styles incorporating more bending, vibrato and thinner strings. I think Paul may have been wanting George to compete with the Erics, Jeffs, Jimis, Jimmies and Ritchies of the scene. But when you're already a formed player, in your mid- to late 20s, it takes some time to achieve command of those styles (if you want to). But George continued to develop as a player and hone his craft. He was always melodic and came up with lines that are integral to many Beatles songs. I love his slide playing, especially as it evolved and gained finesse over the years.
And George didn't play like those others because he was just filling his part in the group, with John/Paul in command of what they did. If George was in a different band as a solo guitarist, he might have done some very different things and changed in a different way. Plus he was into the old music, Hoagy Carmichael era
George was by far the better sitar player.
😂
George's envy of Paul was unhealthy for part of his life. I think he wasn't able to process that Paul was much more talented than him. What with John was admiration, with Paul was envy and rage.
McCartney is just so amazing. What a talent.
George wrote 'Taxman' with some help from John, which featured a guitar solo that he himself just couldn't get right in the studio. Paul had a try and nailed it in one take...
This is partly true - George however wasn’t always afforded the studio time to develop his ideas etc - in 1966 he was still finding his feet as a songwriter and getting studio time - compare this to 1969 by which time he was far more assertive and confident , and held his own - he came up with a stinging guitar solo like Old Brown Show
a handful of guitar solos out of nearly a hundred of them in a band's whole discography don't make of you a great lead guitarist. Seen Paul live several times, he doesn't know how to improvise a solo, while Harrison did it all the time during his concerts. Moreover, Harrison is one of the masters of slide guitar. And McCartney trying to emulate him on Now and Then last year was nothing less than amateurish. Paul could never have played solos like the ones on One After 909, Hey Bulldog or Old Brown Shoe, let alone the one on Something. No rock/pop artist has ever asked McCartney to play a guitar solo on an album, while there's plenty of them having asked Harrison over the years (Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, Ron Wood, Belinda Carlisle, Splinter, Badfinger). Even Deep Puple invited him playing Lucille on stage with them in 1984. In 1966, George hadn't been trying all day, he just wasn't allowed to take the right time to compose his solo, like every normal guitarist usually does. Rockabilly era was over, so you can't improvise a good solo from scratch on a song like Taxman, when you're already in charge of all the other lead parts on the album (i.e. I'm Only Sleeping, Got To Get You get you into my life). The truth is McCartney didn't feel the same pressure because he had the right to do it as leisure every now and then, Not as a job in Harrison's case.
@@alessandrodicroce496 that’s not true (can’t improvise a solo).
@@HankFinkle11 this may be your case, certainly not Mr Harrison's. Otherwise, you surely must be deaf, for there's a whole live discography proving you wrong
@@alessandrodicroce496 you said McCartney can’t “improvise a solo” and that’s demonstrably false. Go to TH-cam and watch him soloing over “Foxy Lady.” One example.
when you have a book like "I Me and Mine" people now called it narcissist...no explanation needed!!!
George wasted so much of his life being bitter and resentful of Lennon and McCartney
I don't think he wasted it. He certainly put out a massive catalog of great music. Speaking of great music, I'd say he had pretty good reason to resent Lennon and McCartney as they never had any interest in any of his songs, some of which ended up, thankfully, on All Things Must Pass.
I wonder if that comes out mostly in interviews. The rest of the time (post-Beatles, at least), he might've not thought about them much at all.
Paul played fantastic guitar
He can’t explain WHY he was ruined by Paul as a guitar player. How ridiculous and petty/childish is that? Poor George was such a complainer/whiner. He really taints his own value by making statements like this. Did Paul also ruin him as a ukulele player?!?! Such nonsense. He needed extra meditation practice!
Idiotic commentary.
“ He treated me like a human” George Harrison talking about Eric Clapton. That explains everything and that one sentence about the relationship between Paul McCartney and the rest of the Beatles. Paul McCartney treated them like instruments. Not artists
Stay off the Internet, please
George never put the time into guitar.
He could never be a "Clapton"; he got into sitar and slide guitar
All of The Beatles were talented and The Beatles wouldn't have been the same without each of their contributions, but time has proven that Paul McCartney was the best all-around musician of the four of them. John and Paul separately were very creative song writers, but together they were the most imaginative, competitively challenging each other. Ringo has said that if it weren't for Paul The Beatles wouldn't have made so many records. The other three were content to lie around, but Paul was a workaholic and would push and motivate the others. And Paul was talented enough to fill in any gaps on any instrument in the studio sessions whenever necessary.
Paul was a powerful figure in the group and very demanding at his work , more so than the others. Someone like that can break your spirit if he doesn't approve or is always critizing your work. Paul did a guitar solo while George had stepped out of the studio, by the time George came back the guitar solo was done! That's gotta hurt.
Taxman..
Paul can play lead guitar but he does it without feelings unlike George's solos you can feel it.
@@ravenbonanza1522 Huh?? Again, Taxman. Or listen to their parts in The End. All wonderful. The problem was that Paul was actually as good or better on guitar than George. Listen to the twin guitars on And Your Bird Can Sing... That's what broke his spirit Paul was not only demanding, but damn good as well.
@@Mike-eq4kyI'm not sure what you're saying is true. In the beginning, Paul was relegated to play bass because he wasn't as good as George on lead, or John on rhythm guitar.
Paul played lead on Taxman because George played rhythm guitar on that song. George wrote the song and wanted one of the others to do lead. Paul didn't steal the job out from under him.
But it was Paul, who George asked to help him with the words for something when he couldn’t get past, “attracts me like a pomegranate,” in Get Back. Very much like John, who is my favorite, wah wah. Drives me crazy.
I'm with Paul on this one. Shove it Harrison
George does a lot of whining in retrospect. Lack of self-confidence is not somebody elses fault
Confidence is a fragile thing & easily undermined if someone, especially a highly-talented & acclaimed individual with whom you work closely, is constantly ignoring or belittling your abilities.
@@Kite-sx7uh Obviously, I'm not privy to individual examples of Paul's treatment of George, but in this clip alone, George states that Paul "ruined me as a guitarist." Also, in a YT video entitled "TRAGIC DETAILS ABOUT GEORGE HARRISON" (3:30 & 4:32), there are similar comments re. songwriting.
@@Kite-sx7uh It's not 'hearsay,' it's 'George-say!' Don't you listen to these videos, are you deaf?
@@Kite-sx7uh You sound like a very cynical person, I feel sorry for you.
I'm deaf, but I listen anyway. Beatles are my favorite!
No one ruins you as a guitarist except yourself.
George's interviews just annoy me. I would be better off not listening to them at all. Always the bitter victim . . .
My Dad met these lads 4 TIMES in Liverpool and said George and Ringo were always nice/down to Earth!
They were also extremely good musically, would be amazing to watch them in person
Knowing how good a lead guitarist Paul is, I understand why George would feel that way. I believe George is right in what he is saying. Also, the way Paul treated George. During the Rubber Soul sessions, if they were recording one of Paul's songs, Paul would sometimes complain that he wasn't playing it right, resulting in Paul kicking George out of his traditional role. "Drive My Car" might be an example, because George played rhythm guitar, Paul was in charge of the bass and the lead guitar, leaving John on the tambourines.
I love! the way George speaks. His sentences are delivered sparse and words precise just like his playing
I've heard George blame others for his own failings, perceived or otherwise. It's a very unattractive quality
but Maureen liked him....alot
This was 1974. George hadn’t fully centered himself into his reflective position he was in later in life. This was just 4 years after the full split. Tons of prolonged legal junk kept them all on edge and at odds with each other from time to time.
In other words,…George owes everything he achieved in life to the genius and vision of Paul McCartney.
In 1966 Harrison basically basically quit guitar and picked up the sitar. So from Revolver until the White Album, McCartney is looking for a guitar player to play as well as the guitar wizards coming up and he is no where to be found. And notice that some of the best solos from 1966 on Beatle albums are played by McCartney. If Harrison was a better player than McCartney he would not have put up with the crap. Harrison ruined Harrison as a guitar player.
some of the best solos from 1966 on Beatle albums are played by McCartney" For example?
@@Bella-nt7ecTaxman, Sgt Pepper, You Never Give Me Your Money, Helter Skelter..
@@HankFinkle11 You Never Give Me Your Money is from 1969 though, Pepper 1067? 1968 HS
@@Bella-nt7ecThose plus: Day Tripper, Back In The USSR, Ticket To Ride, Paperback Writer, Birthday, Sgt Pepper album (apart from Fixing A Hole), lots of Abbey Road side 2, and more
@@lukesmith6367 Oh, thanks a lot.
"Baby you're a rich man", George!! Thanks to Paul!!
George the bitter Beatle..
But his vitriol never seemed as acute as John’s.
His wife Patty said he would come home from recording sessions really angry with Paul!!
@@davidmahady8241 Apparently, one day he was upset enough to write “Wah Wah,” said to be about Paul.
@@carlbaumeister3439I think that song should be about himself, always whining, wah, wah! And btw, that song sucks!! It doesn't even make sense!! 😅
@@janiceastets5425 I like the song. It makes sense bc he uses a wah wah guitar pedal on it. All the songs the quarreling Beatles wrote about each other were good: “How Do You Sleep” (John’s song about Paul), “Too Many People” (Paul’s song about John), “Back Off Boogaloo” (Ringo’s song about Paul), and “Wah Wah.” John also thought Paul’s “Dear Boy” was about him, but it was really about Linda’s ex (“Jo Jo” from Get Back). There were probably others. 2 other songs of Paul’s that I know of were about John, but they weren’t attacks: “Dear Friend” & “Here Today.” And I think Paul’s “Friends to Go” is about Paul’s wish to see George “on the other side.”
The Sitar ruined George Harrison, after Harrison dropped the guitar to study the sitar, his contemporaries got ahead of him and unfortunately George stagnated, the only new thing George introduced to the Beatles is doing slide guitar.
George blaming everyone but himself as usual
George commented on Henry McCullough leaving Wings... regardless of the reasons, Wings was Paul's project. The rest were the musicians needed to fill out the band. So in that case, Paul is running the show, just like a boss in any other company. If you don't like it, you leave. So that's what Henry did, as well as some of the others over time. But you go into it knowing that you play by Paul's rules.