There is a video here on YT. Where Eric Clapton was with George walking in the garden and Mr.Harrison starting playing this. Genius. Georges son was attending Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. I stopped into a small coffee shop there. And George was sitting at a corner table.He was with another person. I wanted to go over and thank him for his music but respected his privacy. On my way out our eyes locked I nodded and he returned with a smile. I think I did the right thing.Always loved George it's a shame he suffered so much in his last years RIP Mr.George Harrison.
Beautiful story. I congratulate you on the way you handled it. As an absolute Beatle maniac, I would have had a hard time not talking to him, but I wouldn’t have either. I did see him briefly in his car. I was walking on the sidewalk just past Friar Park and he was returning home. He was driving fast, naturally! But he looked at me and I thought he was scowling, but I think I was just paranoid! 😄 I have met Paul and Ringo twice and George Martin and others, but I wish I’d met George and John.
I hate to give away my age, but I actually saw this broadcast live on Saturday Night Live when it originally aired. We were all so blown away to see these two together on one stage. The breakups of The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel were still relatively fresh at that point. They also did S&G's "Homeward Bound", again singing beautiful harmonies. Thanks for bringing this back!
I saw it too with a couple of friends. We just finished smoking a number when they came on. I was speechless at the end. It ranks as one of the greatest live performances ever on television.
@@pamalaalford1081 Me too and I'm sure glad I was. They did Here Comes the Sun, and Homeward Bound. They were great together. We're talking 2 of the greatest guitarist/singer/songwriters in the business here. Below is the full clip. Enjoy th-cam.com/video/KEgBMTMUanU/w-d-xo.html
And that they did come along for so many years..but then it imploded within two years after they stopped live performances as the creative energy turned into destructive one.
I have always been amazed at the coincidence of 4 young geniuses from a small city, indeed some living blocks apart, should wind up together in the same seminal band, vying in their own way to put forward their own individual talents within the 4-piece band while contributing to the band as a whole. I always felt that the overwhelming personas of J-P&R pushed George into somewhat of the background despite the brilliance of his musicianship and song-writing capabilities. He should never have laboured under the J-P rule of "two songs per album". I always felt, of the four, that the break-up must have been incredibly liberating for him. The Travelling Wilburys and other entities allowed him to show his own brilliance.
The problem for George, in my opinion, was his age. Being the youngest he just got to “tag along “, not intentionally. Realize that John and Paul aren’t elder statesmen at this point and they’re just finding their sea legs if you will! You could make the point that J&P pushed George to become who ended up being. Ultimately they are best example of the whole being better than the sum if the parts.
Given their musical stats and influence the Beatles were either very very lucky or very very good, as a musician of 50 yrs I know which one I believe to be true
That is still one of my most favorite performances. Paul Simon and George Harrison rocked the universe that night on the SNL stage. It's a video all humans should witness in every generation.
I think that's part of why it's so hard to hate on him. Plus, since he wasn't able to get much of his stuff onto Beatles albums, he had a massive amount of stuff to release afterwards.
Who doesn't like the sun. I found George to be the most harmonious and sophisticated of the Beatles with his song writing( and without the POP element) which is great. You are absolutely correct, he had his own style. Seems like a great song to learn on the guitar. Thanks for sharing.
I wish the Beatles had stuck around for a few more years. George's songs were really starting to stand out among the last few albums especially Abbey Road. I'm not too familiar or particularly drawn in to each of the member's solo careers. As a musician myself (hobby), I seem to come up with the most interesting compositions working with other people... the kind of stuff I wouldn't have come up with otherwise. I guess it depends who you are playing with. Imagine if George still had the rest of the Beatles to influence his compositions for a few more years.
I don't know about sophisticated. HIs musicianship was more subtle, for certain. The chord progressions he used were, from the very beginning, were most dissonant and least easily assimilated by a popular audience.
@@SRMoore1178 I love all of George’s solo albums. His music was so unique and interesting with its Indian influences. He was so stifled with the Beatles. Their breakup was the best thing that could have happened to him at the time.
@@SRMoore1178 I agree with you completely when composing or writing music alone, or with someone. I've been playing guitar and other stringed instruments, for many years, but my (seemingly) best moments were always jamming and pulling from another musicians, style and skill. One of my good friends in College was a linguistics major, not a musician at all, but he would try to decode, dead or archaic, rarely spoken languages. He would grunt and growl, trying to revive words, not spoken for maybe a thousand years. I would try to put musical sounds to his guttural attempt at a thesis. I'm pretty sure we brought beauty and life to many dead and forgotten Gaelic rhymes. Or perhaps...... we contributed to their 'earlier demise'. LOL That being said, it was always a learning experience. Many a great musician or songwriter, is only as good as the sum of their part's. Every song about love was written before any of us was born. All we do, is find a way to rephrase, the love that we feel. It's amazing how many ways we keep finding a new twist or turn, or a melody, that catches us all off-guard and makes love, new again.
Wow. . . so good! Such a gentle delivery. These two blend together so well. They also performed Paul's song, "Homeward Bound." They did a great job on that song too. I love the gentle delivery. . . beautiful. Thanks Fil.
George was always my favorite. I loved his voice and guitar playing. Paul Simon is perfect with him. But now I understand the wonderful guitar playing. Because of your videos I always now have a new way of hearing songs and understanding of the music.
This is as powerful seeing/hearing this now as it was when I saw it live on TV (I think this is from SNL) when I was just 13 years old. Another fantastic anaysis, Fil! Thank you kindly.
Particularly and surprisingly when he introduced slide playing to his repertoire. That was totally unexpected and his style was unique to him and instantly recognisable. Not for him any swampy or sloppy blues playing. He seemed to target those notes with his slide melodically with absolute perfection.
Most people underestimate the importance of the lead riffs in Beatle songs. For example, what would "And I Love Her" be without those opening four notes on the guitar? Or imagine how bare "In My Life" would be without that lead guitar intro. Or how about that lead guitar drop in "Help!" Or the intro to "Day Tripper". Or listen to the intro to "Michelle", where Harrison combines lead and rhythm guitar to "set up" the rest of the song (very much the same way he does in "Here Comes The Sun"). These guitar riffs are the connective tissue of almost every Beatle song. They're hugely important in making the song memorable, yet they're rarely mentioned in analyses of the Beatles' music.
Totally - even as a kid - I always looked forward to those short but creative solos and riffs in my favorite Beatles tunes - such as the small solo in "Good Morning Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper. I was never a fan of rock bands with interminable lead guitar solos that added nothing to the song.
So many memories. The Beatles were amazing and they will always be my favorites. I have to add that I see the enjoyment in your face when you play these wonderful recordings again. ☮️💖
Could not love this any more, thank you Fil! Aside from your amazing analysis, what stands out to me is Paul Simon's signature vocal harmony trill during the Sun-Sun-Sun, Here it Comes phrase, emphasis on the "comes" note. Paul's a brilliant guitarist as well. It's lovely how he allows George to really shine in this performance.
Beautifully melodic, understated, and surprisingly sophisticated (for rock) player: George Harrison bequeathed an entire vocabulary of stylings that one can hear in artists ranging from Fogerty to Prince, Honeyman Scott and even to Page (the arpeggios and restrained, narrative-driven, and motif-oriented soloing on Stairway echoes Harrison's late-period Beatleisms on albums such as Abbey Road). In a circa 2001-era joint interview with Page, Jeff Beck said of Harrison, "Now THERE'S the guy..." Indeed. And given Harrison's uncanny, Indian-influenced bottleneck slide guitar -- and Beck's own masterfully idiosyncratic bottleneck stylings-- I'd say Jeff had it just about right: every note in the right place, Jeff, in that praise for "THAT guy" whose work embodied, well, every note in just the right place.
Sweeeeet! It's so refreshing to hear a real musician break down and explain real music. Now here's a challenge for you... Wes Montgomery. Solo's, jazz, or big band, what makes his music so incredible? I heard "Bumpin' On Sunset" in 1967, and listened to nothing but jazz for the next 25 years. From Detroit... Rock on dude!!
Hi Fil, long time since I last commented. George wrote my favourite Beatles songs especially Something and While my Guitar Gently Weeps. Paul Simon right up there with the Beatles for song writing. Can you believe that Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zep, Black Sabbath et al played a small rugby club in W Wales in Briton Ferry in the 60's and early 70's. I was 10 yrs too young to see this, people forget superstars from that time had to go out and play. Tommy Emmanuel was also a regular player in S Wales pubs before he made it.
Thank you for this video! My husband and I grew up with the Beatles, but it's great to see a younger guitarist really appreciate how excellent George was, esp this performance with Paul Simon. I've played bass since I was 40, husband plays guitar, now just for fun in our home, so we love learning more about why a song esp Here Comes The Sun, can be so emotional for us. Too bad the video was blurred by copyrights. And their vocals blended so soft and beautifully. Again, thanks!
If pressed to name my choice for Greatest Song from the classic rock era, I usually call a tie for 1st place between "Here Comes The Sun" by Harrison, and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon. I love this pairing of these two masters in this video, and would love to hear hours more from the duo. I was a young lad and fanatical music lover when both of these men reached their creative prime in the late '60s and early '70s, and I am eternally grateful for that blessing.
Thanks for a George Harrison video. My absolute favourite artist of all time. His guitar work is truly underrated (and undervalued) when I can clearly hear the man was a meticulous perfectionist about guitar. And what he played, and did not play. I dare anyone to find a more flawless guitar recording than "Your Love Is Forever" from 1979. There may be one, but I know there is not one missed note that entire song on what is the basic "riff" of it. Flawless. Every chord change is struck the same. I don't know. Being a musician, and hearing his guitar part on "Your Love Is Forever", makes me say I have a LONG way to go before I get as good as George Harrison.
Fil, this was fantastic. Even the original of the video (which I went to after about 1 min 30 seconds of the song) was hideously blurry. But, all the same, the analysis of the guitar playing was very interesting. I don't play and don't know the terms so I was getting a bit frustrated while you were verbally prepping the guitar lesson. Then, I got it. I was extremely impressed with Paul Simon's playing and singing with George. Major WOW. Love it when you look at anything related to the Beatles!!! Thank you!!!!
I've never seen this performance before, and wow! They sounded great together, both vocally and instrumentally. Makes me wish they had collaborated more!
My fave beatle everything George did was magical, & the most spiritual. Beautiful acoustics, in fact his whole best of album is brilliant🎼🎵🎶 Thanku Fil, inspired to play this ~
I had this recorded on VHS from a retrospective of Paul Simon's appearances on SNL (I think it was a celebration of his entry into the 5-timers club) and this is how I learned to play the song. It's also how I learned what a capo was. Watching this and figuring out what was going on was one of my breakthroughs as a guitarist, and maybe the first time I really learned a song without looking at any sheet music. One of my happiest memories. :)
I'm so old I saw them do this duet live on SNL. ... I was a teenager but already a Musician and I was in AWE seeing the two of them play live together. Muchos gratias for bringing this great moment back!!
George was my favorite Beatle. When I took up the ukulele, I played more Beatles songs than anything else. When I found out that George also played the ukulele, I was over the moon!
Great analysis. "It seems easy but it is not". For us, young kids trying to play guitar in 1969, this song was a challenge. So great and so easy at first hearing but also so complex. I must add that the vibe in the guitar playing needs to be a little mellow while the singing needs to be a little more intense. Seems easy but it is not. That's why the Beatles are still in the top.
George and particularly this song have always been pure delight. The smiles returning to the faces make me think of your beautiful face when listening to a particularly lovely piece. You have a beautiful smile Fil. :) This is the style video I just adore.
Nice video! Always great to hear George and Paul performing on one of Harrison's finest compositions. This will always be a classic performance that never grows old that will always capture the magic that these two unique artists possess.
When I watched this, tears ran down my face because I miss the REAL song writers. What a beautiful moment. Both really talented acoustic guitar players. Although they weren't known for that. Being a guitar player 51 plus years, I recognized their chord content and melody melted within it. Both in their own right. I truly miss this time.
Thanks for this Fil. I saw this live on SNL and it helped inspire me to get more serious on Guitar. I think George was one of the best ever at knowing when to play and more importantly when not too. He just added so many little licks, runs that filled out those great songs. His lead playing was the perfect style for that great music. I also thought Lennon was one of the best Rhythm Guitar players of that era. His time changes, accents I still struggle with now 40 some years later . I have been trying to watch at least two of your videos each day. Keep them coming your variety is off the charts. Thanks again Fil
this is my favourite song ever :-) I am 54 and i dont play music but love it :-) I love listening to you fella, not much of what you say will log in my brain i think but its so meaningful as i listen and adds to my appreciation of the music that is part of my (our life) You are a fab musician and character and nice wonderful bloke (and teacher) Thank you X
p.s. i just listened to the full performance from the link, thank you. What goes wrong in the second song (if anything) do you think? I think the Brit accent clashes with this song?
p.p.s. i just listening again, i think it might that George might not be using his own voice but trying to change it (i prob. wrong, had beer) i should go to bed Thanks again :-)
This was an SNL performance and I remember watching it. Amazing how good George sounded with Paul Simon. Great harmonies. This Paul could hit the highs of the “other Paul”.
I think people want to compare Paul with Artie, and since Artie is otherworldly, they conclude Paul wasn't a great singer. He had a great voice and excellent control.
George Harrison was a master of his craft! That is why all the other musicians and bands requested he played on their tracks in a supporting way! The man knew what he was doing and everyone knew it too! R.I.P. George you and your talent are sorely missed!
Hadn't seen this live version before. Such a classic uplifting song, and Paul's voice is well matched with George's. A detailed and thoughtful analysis as always, Fil 🙂
George found his own style of playing guitar in a very unique way. To me, he's always been the finest musician of Fab Four. Paul here playing and singing so comforting.
I saw this live on tv as a 12 year old boy feels like it was just yesterday. No vcr to save this at the time thought I would never see it again. So grateful for it being saved for all to enjoy
What is so obvious to me, is that you have George Harrison, in microcosm... frozen in time, yet so current with the beauty and poetry and simplicity of what seeing the sun rise, actually means. So very simple, but so all encompassing at the same time. This is where one sees the true genius of an artist, and the timelessness of the moment, George and the Beatles gave us. Never.... to be duplicated because, yes, the sun will rise again and again and again, but the one sunrise you watched with your girlfriend's head, nuzzled into your chest, happens only once. Etched upon every aching fiber, that makes us everything we are........ Memories. You mean so much to us Fil. I hope you know that.
Oh come on TH-cam ffs, surely this doesn't need blocking and should be under fair use. It's a small screen size and not great audio so chill out youtube and copyright holders. Great video BTW....just annoying when youtube does this. Surprised they even left the music alone tbh. 😋
I love when there is great part to a song and you smile. Your smile always comes at the perfect time. I adore your analysis of music and the special musicians that fill our lives with joy.
The recent documentary on George Harrison has a really funny part where Ringo talks about George coming in and telling him he had a song with 7 1/2 time. The "sun sun sun here it comes" part is incredibly rhythmically complex. I've seen the official published written version of the song (I learned to play guitar from the Complete Beatles songbooks when I was about 12) and the transcribers had to jump through hoops to figure out how to write that rhythm out. I can't really link a picture of it but if you count it out in your head it jumps out of 4/4 into a kind of 9 (or 12)/8 measure, a 2/8 measure, a 4/4 measure, a 2/4 measure, then back into 9 (or 12)/8 and repeats. You don't notice how complex it is because of George's skill at writing the song so that it sounds completely smooth and natural. The song flows over this incredibly complex rhythmic structure so smoothly you don't consciously hear it. You'd think it would be jarring, but it isn't. A true genius at work.
Greetings from Guatemala. Love your videos. I use this sun song to teach English to Maya children in the public schools in the rural highlands of Guatemala. The children love singing this song, although many have not heard of the Beatles.
Hey Fil....new subscriber here. I just wanted to add my thoughts on the autotuned videos of yours I've been watching, 6 mths late, but I just wanted to tell you I have learned a ton about auto tune / pitch.....so I'm not one of those comments that doesn't get it. I TOO wish after watching uour explanations ppl would understand your pro artist especially good artistry / " great " singers. It's great to make ppl aware of this so maybe it wouldn't happen anymore because our favorite singers doesn't need. Especially bad are the ideas that producers and or mixers apply auto tune when we rather listen to our favorite artist in their natural state! Thank you for doing those videos. I KNOW THIS isn't that topic but I'm hoping my comment will be seen knowing this video was just released a few hours ago. 🤟🤟
The most impressive things about Georeges guitar playing is how willing he was to let the other guy really shine. Really seemed to love playing with people "better than him" and Paul seems delighted at singing with George such a lovely laid back preformance.
I watched this the night it aired . It was very exciting being it was right after the Beatles break up . One of my favorite songs to play and people still want to hear it . All the best to you .
One tricky part of the “Sun, sun, sun…” section is the seamless time signature change to 3/8 (I think). George, like the rest of the Beatles would do this type of thing all the time. Sometimes a time sig change, or just some times a quick bar of 2/4 thrown into a pre-chorus or bridge. They would do them so well that they become hard to notice. When most other musicians do things like that, they usually are noticeable, not with the Beatles.
You always do a great job explaining what's happening. I love all your videos.. And this is a Great song, I remember watching it for the first tie back in 1976 on SNL.. Originally with The Beatles, George played with capo on 7th fret. That how I learned the tune. 🌞 🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂❤
Always considered this to be a perfect song. Literally perfect in every way - lyrics, vocals, guitar - each component in symbiosis with the others. Very insightful analysis of how George and Paul interacted with this performance as well as the nuances in George's playing. Thanks, Fil, and keep on...
You started out the video being blurred, and I thought that Wings of Pegasus was blocking Fil!! It's too bad, I'll go look at the video. Great analysis of my favorite song for when I'm down.
Paul Simon came to my parents house it must have been 1980. Because I still had a 71 Camaro and a Mr Coffee. Paul and I sat upstairs and we looked at lyrics. One of the four songs he's particularly proud of was entitled "Days of Miracles and Wonders." I told him if he went with that title he might have copyright problems. He asked me why. I said "because the titles too good odds are somebody already has it." So we changed it to what we call "A coffee table book title." A coffee table book is a book you leave out on your coffee table that people can look at and it stimulates conversation. Often time the book is about something people know a little bit about or have heard about but makes for interesting discussion. It would be as though everybody knows exactly what you're talking about. The title we came up with was "The Boy In The Bubble." The wonderful thing about Paul is with him everything is possible. He is so laid back you never have to worry about catching an edge with him. That Paul was even willing to talk about lyrics with me was very flattering. He knew my uncle Peter Heine through Billboard Magazine in LA. I was very into lyrics because everybody else played guitar. To me visiting with Paul was like building race cars and Mario Andretti shows up at your doorstep and wants to take a car you built for a ride. He was interested in four songs that I had written. He took his pick out of a pile. He was only there for about an hour. He was on a diet and was talking about heading out to Japan. I remember walking him to the door and wishing him good luck. His manners are impeccable- same with Elton John and Paul McCartney. A lot of really wonderful people came through Billboard Magazine at 9000 Sunset in LA. There was a feedback loop between musical production, record companies, advertising, and the radio stations. Radio Programming conferences at the Century Plaza Hotel were kind of a backside grind. One of the strangest things I've heard is that all the music you've ever heard was probably created by a thousand musicians total. TSL stands for time spent listening and that's what determines the value of advertising on a radio station. It's measured in 15 second intervals. What sells records is how whatever is on the record increases the value of TSL. You have 12 seconds to get their attention after which you are wallpaper. How music works is not the same as how music is employed. I know this sounds strange but it is a consumable product just like everything else. How do you create a product that is worthy of Premium shelf space? Once you understand that you'll understand a hit. Then you can write one.
I thought TH-cam was censoring your image when the video started lol. I was wondering, if you had a monitor on the wall behind you, to play the video you're critiquing, maybe, the video would fly under the radar?
There is a video here on YT. Where Eric Clapton was with George
walking in the garden and Mr.Harrison starting playing this. Genius.
Georges son was attending Brown University in Providence Rhode Island.
I stopped into a small coffee shop there. And George was sitting at a corner
table.He was with another person. I wanted to go over and thank him for his
music but respected his privacy. On my way out our eyes locked I nodded and he
returned with a smile. I think I did the right thing.Always loved George it's a shame
he suffered so much in his last years RIP Mr.George Harrison.
Thanks for your little nice story.
George was and is my favorite Beatle.
You absolutely did the right thing. Your nod said it all.
Wow! Aren’t you lucky. I’m jealous, lol.
Beautiful story. I congratulate you on the way you handled it. As an absolute Beatle maniac, I would have had a hard time not talking to him, but I wouldn’t have either. I did see him briefly in his car. I was walking on the sidewalk just past Friar Park and he was returning home. He was driving fast, naturally! But he looked at me and I thought he was scowling, but I think I was just paranoid! 😄 I have met Paul and Ringo twice and George Martin and others, but I wish I’d met George and John.
I hate to give away my age, but I actually saw this broadcast live on Saturday Night Live when it originally aired. We were all so blown away to see these two together on one stage. The breakups of The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel were still relatively fresh at that point. They also did S&G's "Homeward Bound", again singing beautiful harmonies. Thanks for bringing this back!
Ah, go ahead and show your age - I was there too!
I saw it too with a couple of friends. We just finished smoking a number when they came on. I was speechless at the end. It ranks as one of the greatest live performances ever on television.
@@pamalaalford1081 Me too and I'm sure glad I was. They did Here Comes the Sun, and Homeward Bound. They were great together. We're talking 2 of the greatest guitarist/singer/songwriters in the business here. Below is the full clip. Enjoy
th-cam.com/video/KEgBMTMUanU/w-d-xo.html
So did I!
@@JackFalltrades I was there for that too ... good times!!
Crazy how much talent was in the Beatles. John , Paul , George , and Ringo.
Who is this group, Beatles, you speak of?
Lol
By the end of it Ringo said he was sick of it. They were no longer a band.
Ringo?
@@pateagle7191 He also said he would have carried on with the Beatles.
And that they did come along for so many years..but then it imploded within two years after they stopped live performances as the creative energy turned into destructive one.
Glad your giving a nod to George Harrison. A beautiful artist, one that is difficult to over appreciate.
I have always been amazed at the coincidence of 4 young geniuses from a small city, indeed some living blocks apart, should wind up together in the same seminal band, vying in their own way to put forward their own individual talents within the 4-piece band while contributing to the band as a whole. I always felt that the overwhelming personas of J-P&R pushed George into somewhat of the background despite the brilliance of his musicianship and song-writing capabilities. He should never have laboured under the J-P rule of "two songs per album". I always felt, of the four, that the break-up must have been incredibly liberating for him. The Travelling Wilburys and other entities allowed him to show his own brilliance.
@@tomb2315 ?
Great 5 chord rock pop artists. None were musical geniuses. Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Mozart were musical geniuses.
The problem for George, in my opinion, was his age. Being the youngest he just got to “tag along “, not intentionally. Realize that John and Paul aren’t elder statesmen at this point and they’re just finding their sea legs if you will! You could make the point that J&P pushed George to become who ended up being.
Ultimately they are best example of the whole being better than the sum if the parts.
Given their musical stats and influence the Beatles were either very very lucky or very very good, as a musician of 50 yrs I know which one I believe to be true
@@jamesthompson316 Not mutually exclusive. It's both.
That is still one of my most favorite performances. Paul Simon and George Harrison rocked the universe that night on the SNL stage. It's a video all humans should witness in every generation.
Edit; that is an edited video, or they took out the breakdown. "Sun Sun, Sun, here it comes" - that part.
George Harrison is a legend..... the quiet Beatle....love his music and song writting.
I think that's part of why it's so hard to hate on him. Plus, since he wasn't able to get much of his stuff onto Beatles albums, he had a massive amount of stuff to release afterwards.
He was the best of them in all ways.
Michael Palin thought calling George “the quiet one” was funny. Said George “could talk for England!”
Who doesn't like the sun. I found George to be the most harmonious and sophisticated of the Beatles with his song writing( and without the POP element) which is great. You are absolutely correct, he had his own style. Seems like a great song to learn on the guitar. Thanks for sharing.
I wish the Beatles had stuck around for a few more years. George's songs were really starting to stand out among the last few albums especially Abbey Road. I'm not too familiar or particularly drawn in to each of the member's solo careers. As a musician myself (hobby), I seem to come up with the most interesting compositions working with other people... the kind of stuff I wouldn't have come up with otherwise. I guess it depends who you are playing with. Imagine if George still had the rest of the Beatles to influence his compositions for a few more years.
I don't know about sophisticated. HIs musicianship was more subtle, for certain. The chord progressions he used were, from the very beginning, were most dissonant and least easily assimilated by a popular audience.
@@SRMoore1178 I love all of George’s solo albums. His music was so unique and interesting with its Indian influences. He was so stifled with the Beatles. Their breakup was the best thing that could have happened to him at the time.
@@SRMoore1178 I agree with you completely when composing or writing music alone, or with someone. I've been playing guitar and other stringed instruments, for many years, but my (seemingly) best moments were always jamming and pulling from another musicians, style and skill. One of my good friends in College was a linguistics major, not a musician at all, but he would try to decode, dead or archaic, rarely spoken languages. He would grunt and growl, trying to revive words, not spoken for maybe a thousand years. I would try to put musical sounds to his guttural attempt at a thesis. I'm pretty sure we brought beauty and life to many dead and forgotten Gaelic rhymes. Or perhaps...... we contributed to their 'earlier demise'. LOL That being said, it was always a learning experience. Many a great musician or songwriter, is only as good as the sum of their part's. Every song about love was written before any of us was born. All we do, is find a way to rephrase, the love that we feel. It's amazing how many ways we keep finding a new twist or turn, or a melody, that catches us all off-guard and makes love, new again.
Harry Nilsson.
George is such a joy to hear. He was the equal of his brethren in songwriting, and a proper guitarist. Plus he gave us "Life of Brian"! What a hero.
Wow. . . so good! Such a gentle delivery. These two blend together so well. They also performed Paul's song, "Homeward Bound." They did a great job on that song too. I love the gentle delivery. . . beautiful. Thanks Fil.
I wish George would have formed a band with Paul Simon. Can you imagine ?
Fil, you are a great guitar instructor !
George was always my favorite. I loved his voice and guitar playing. Paul Simon is perfect with him. But now I understand the wonderful guitar playing. Because of your videos I always now have a new way of hearing songs and understanding of the music.
This is as powerful seeing/hearing this now as it was when I saw it live on TV (I think this is from SNL) when I was just 13 years old. Another fantastic anaysis, Fil! Thank you kindly.
His playing was so clean and precise, so…….impeccable.
Yes. My brother, also a musician, described George's playing as elegant.
Particularly and surprisingly when he introduced slide playing to his repertoire. That was totally unexpected and his style was unique to him and instantly recognisable. Not for him any swampy or sloppy blues playing. He seemed to target those notes with his slide melodically with absolute perfection.
Most people underestimate the importance of the lead riffs in Beatle songs. For example, what would "And I Love Her" be without those opening four notes on the guitar? Or imagine how bare "In My Life" would be without that lead guitar intro. Or how about that lead guitar drop in "Help!" Or the intro to "Day Tripper". Or listen to the intro to "Michelle", where Harrison combines lead and rhythm guitar to "set up" the rest of the song (very much the same way he does in "Here Comes The Sun"). These guitar riffs are the connective tissue of almost every Beatle song. They're hugely important in making the song memorable, yet they're rarely mentioned in analyses of the Beatles' music.
Totally - even as a kid - I always looked forward to those short but creative solos and riffs in my favorite Beatles tunes - such as the small solo in "Good Morning Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper. I was never a fan of rock bands with interminable lead guitar solos that added nothing to the song.
And chords-like the one that starts “All I Got to Do.”
my fave in that area is Ticket to Ride. And then we can't forget what Paul claimed was the first fuzz guitar in pop - I Feel Fine.
So many memories. The Beatles were amazing and they will always be my favorites. I have to add that I see the enjoyment in your face when you play these wonderful recordings again. ☮️💖
Another excellent analysis of the chords and melody Fil, now I know why I like this song so much
It's so great hanging out with you Fil, listening to tunes and learning guitar too. Thanks for being there.
Absolutely love this song. You do a fantastic job !!! Would enjoy hearing you play the whole song. Thank you for a fantastic analysis!!
Could not love this any more, thank you Fil! Aside from your amazing analysis, what stands out to me is Paul Simon's signature vocal harmony trill during the Sun-Sun-Sun, Here it Comes phrase, emphasis on the "comes" note. Paul's a brilliant guitarist as well. It's lovely how he allows George to really shine in this performance.
I love their subdued vocal delivery at the 2:31 mark when they’re singing the “Sun Sun Sun” part in the chorus.
Beautifully melodic, understated, and surprisingly sophisticated (for rock) player: George Harrison bequeathed an entire vocabulary of stylings that one can hear in artists ranging from Fogerty to Prince, Honeyman Scott and even to Page (the arpeggios and restrained, narrative-driven, and motif-oriented soloing on Stairway echoes Harrison's late-period Beatleisms on albums such as Abbey Road). In a circa 2001-era joint interview with Page, Jeff Beck said of Harrison, "Now THERE'S the guy..." Indeed. And given Harrison's uncanny, Indian-influenced bottleneck slide guitar -- and Beck's own masterfully idiosyncratic bottleneck stylings-- I'd say Jeff had it just about right: every note in the right place, Jeff, in that praise for "THAT guy" whose work embodied, well, every note in just the right place.
You rock keep it up,this was unbelievable awesome 👌
I am always impressed with your demonstrations and explanations of the music, which enhance my enjoyment of the performances you analyze. THANK YOU!!
This happens to be the most streamed song by The Beatles. Such a joy to listen to. This was awesome ❤️
Sweeeeet! It's so refreshing to hear a real musician break down and explain real music. Now here's a challenge for you... Wes Montgomery. Solo's, jazz, or big band, what makes his music so incredible? I heard "Bumpin' On Sunset" in 1967, and listened to nothing but jazz for the next 25 years. From Detroit... Rock on dude!!
Thanks Fil.. beautiful rendition ..George under rated on guitar, very melodic in his solos, like Clapton or James Burton or Glen Campbell and others
Fascinating! I only learned recently that ALL the guys were amazing musicians and ALL wrote songs.
Hi Fil, long time since I last commented. George wrote my favourite Beatles songs especially Something and While my Guitar Gently Weeps. Paul Simon right up there with the Beatles for song writing.
Can you believe that Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zep, Black Sabbath et al played a small rugby club in W Wales in Briton Ferry in the 60's and early 70's. I was 10 yrs too young to see this, people forget superstars from that time had to go out and play. Tommy Emmanuel was also a regular player in S Wales pubs before he made it.
Every time you break out into that awesome smile, your joy of music spreads to everyone watching your videos!
Great performance by two very talented musicians. Enjoyed your chord demonstration as well.
Thank you for this video! My husband and I grew up with the Beatles, but it's great to see a younger guitarist really appreciate how excellent George was, esp this performance with Paul Simon. I've played bass since I was 40, husband plays guitar, now just for fun in our home, so we love learning more about why a song esp Here Comes The Sun, can be so emotional for us. Too bad the video was blurred by copyrights. And their vocals blended so soft and beautifully. Again, thanks!
If pressed to name my choice for Greatest Song from the classic rock era, I usually call a tie for 1st place between "Here Comes The Sun" by Harrison, and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon. I love this pairing of these two masters in this video, and would love to hear hours more from the duo. I was a young lad and fanatical music lover when both of these men reached their creative prime in the late '60s and early '70s, and I am eternally grateful for that blessing.
Thanks for a George Harrison video. My absolute favourite artist of all time. His guitar work is truly underrated (and undervalued) when I can clearly hear the man was a meticulous perfectionist about guitar. And what he played, and did not play. I dare anyone to find a more flawless guitar recording than "Your Love Is Forever" from 1979. There may be one, but I know there is not one missed note that entire song on what is the basic "riff" of it. Flawless. Every chord change is struck the same. I don't know. Being a musician, and hearing his guitar part on "Your Love Is Forever", makes me say I have a LONG way to go before I get as good as George Harrison.
Fil, this was fantastic. Even the original of the video (which I went to after about 1 min 30 seconds of the song) was hideously blurry. But, all the same, the analysis of the guitar playing was very interesting. I don't play and don't know the terms so I was getting a bit frustrated while you were verbally prepping the guitar lesson. Then, I got it. I was extremely impressed with Paul Simon's playing and singing with George. Major WOW. Love it when you look at anything related to the Beatles!!! Thank you!!!!
Another fascinating video detailing one of my favorite Beatles songs. Very nicely done!
What a delight! ☀️🎶
There's hope.
Thank you, Fil 🖤🤘🏽
I've never seen this performance before, and wow! They sounded great together, both vocally and instrumentally. Makes me wish they had collaborated more!
Great artists, great song, incredible guitar playing and analysis! Thank you, Fil! 🙂
oh my god im so glad you did this vid. i love this performance
My fave beatle everything George did was magical, & the most spiritual. Beautiful acoustics, in fact his whole best of album is brilliant🎼🎵🎶 Thanku Fil, inspired to play this ~
I had this recorded on VHS from a retrospective of Paul Simon's appearances on SNL (I think it was a celebration of his entry into the 5-timers club) and this is how I learned to play the song. It's also how I learned what a capo was. Watching this and figuring out what was going on was one of my breakthroughs as a guitarist, and maybe the first time I really learned a song without looking at any sheet music. One of my happiest memories. :)
I always get a chuckle when people say George was over rated as a guitarist. I honestly cant think of anyone that was more under rated
No doubt. Keith Richards has been playing the same three Chuck Berry riffs for 62 years.
AKA
Mr slide
I'm so old I saw them do this duet live on SNL. ... I was a teenager but already a Musician and I was in AWE seeing the two of them play live together. Muchos gratias for bringing this great moment back!!
Great Fil!!!!!! I love your classical musical analysis the best!!!!!!!
Fil, I love watching your videos. I should add that I know nothing about music, but your tutorials are so good that I feel like I am learning a lot.:)
This song always makes me smile. Thanks Fil.
They did Homeward Bound the same night. Also awesome
George was my favorite Beatle. When I took up the ukulele, I played more Beatles songs than anything else. When I found out that George also played the ukulele, I was over the moon!
I think they all did, as they were all fans of George Formby.
@2wayplebney Yeah but George was a master ukulele player. Anyone can strum a uke
Great analysis. "It seems easy but it is not". For us, young kids trying to play guitar in 1969, this song was a challenge. So great and so easy at first hearing but also so complex. I must add that the vibe in the guitar playing needs to be a little mellow while the singing needs to be a little more intense. Seems easy but it is not. That's why the Beatles are still in the top.
George and particularly this song have always been pure delight. The smiles returning to the faces make me think of your beautiful face when listening to a particularly lovely piece. You have a beautiful smile Fil. :) This is the style video I just adore.
Two real Legends together...fantastic.
Nice video! Always great to hear George and Paul performing on one of Harrison's finest compositions. This will always be a classic performance that never grows old that will always capture the magic that these two unique artists possess.
When I watched this, tears ran down my face because I miss the REAL song writers. What a beautiful moment. Both really talented acoustic guitar players. Although they weren't known for that. Being a guitar player 51 plus years, I recognized their chord content and melody melted within it. Both in their own right. I truly miss this time.
How in the world is Paul Simon not known for playing acoustic guitar. That is exactly what he is known for
Congratulations for getting on today’s Google home news feed!❤️
Thanks for this Fil. I saw this live on SNL and it helped inspire me to get more serious on Guitar. I think George was one of the best ever at knowing when to play and more importantly when not too. He just added so many little licks, runs that filled out those great songs. His lead playing was the perfect style for that great music. I also thought Lennon was one of the best Rhythm Guitar players of that era. His time changes, accents I still struggle with now 40 some years later . I have been trying to watch at least two of your videos each day. Keep them coming your variety is off the charts. Thanks again Fil
this is my favourite song ever :-) I am 54 and i dont play music but love it :-) I love listening to you fella, not much of what you say will log in my brain i think but its so meaningful as i listen and adds to my appreciation of the music that is part of my (our life) You are a fab musician and character and nice wonderful bloke (and teacher) Thank you X
p.s. i just listened to the full performance from the link, thank you. What goes wrong in the second song (if anything) do you think? I think the Brit accent clashes with this song?
p.p.s. i just listening again, i think it might that George might not be using his own voice but trying to change it (i prob. wrong, had beer) i should go to bed
Thanks again :-)
Possibly the best musical performance ever on SNL. They also did a version of "Homeward Bound."
Cool video of a great classic 👍🏻 . Hats of to you Fil
Great content FIL! Both very talented musicians. Love that song
I remember watching this live and thinking what a treat it was. I think they also did Homeward Bound
Great video, Fil. Love your breakdown of the guitar playing. I actually remember seeing this when it was first broadcast live. Great times.
This was an SNL performance and I remember watching it. Amazing how good George sounded with Paul Simon. Great harmonies. This Paul could hit the highs of the “other Paul”.
I think people want to compare Paul with Artie, and since Artie is otherworldly, they conclude Paul wasn't a great singer. He had a great voice and excellent control.
George Harrison was a master of his craft! That is why all the other musicians and bands requested he played on their tracks in a supporting way! The man knew what he was doing and everyone knew it too! R.I.P. George you and your talent are sorely missed!
Another absolutely fabulous analysis of a classic. Thank you Fill ❤️🙏
"George & Paul make it look easy"... now THAT'S an understatement. oh to have the talent they have in their pinky
Way to go, this was fantastic. Thank you for your insight and analysis
Hadn't seen this live version before. Such a classic uplifting song, and Paul's voice is well matched with George's. A detailed and thoughtful analysis as always, Fil 🙂
The middle “sun sun sun here it comes” part is in 7/4 time, too! Super analysis!
George found his own style of playing guitar in a very unique way. To me, he's always been the finest musician of Fab Four. Paul here playing and singing so comforting.
I saw this live on tv as a 12 year old boy feels like it was just yesterday. No vcr to save this at the time thought I would never see it again. So grateful for it being saved for all to enjoy
What is so obvious to me, is that you have George Harrison, in microcosm... frozen in time, yet so current with the beauty and poetry and simplicity of what seeing the sun rise, actually means. So very simple, but so all encompassing at the same time. This is where one sees the true genius of an artist, and the timelessness of the moment, George and the Beatles gave us. Never.... to be duplicated because, yes, the sun will rise again and again and again, but the one sunrise you watched with your girlfriend's head, nuzzled into your chest, happens only once. Etched upon every aching fiber, that makes us everything we are........ Memories. You mean so much to us Fil. I hope you know that.
That was sublime. Thanks!
Oh come on TH-cam ffs, surely this doesn't need blocking and should be under fair use. It's a small screen size and not great audio so chill out youtube and copyright holders.
Great video BTW....just annoying when youtube does this. Surprised they even left the music alone tbh. 😋
Thank you. Excellent breakdown. Hope you enjoyed your time seeing Valli.
The best thing that came out of Beatles breakup was George got to shine, and shine he did.
I love when there is great part to a song and you smile. Your smile always comes at the perfect time. I adore your analysis of music and the special musicians that fill our lives with joy.
I love to see your smile when you like a song. I’ve loved this song since I heard it as a kid. Never saw this performance and it was great! Thanks. ;)
The recent documentary on George Harrison has a really funny part where Ringo talks about George coming in and telling him he had a song with 7 1/2 time. The "sun sun sun here it comes" part is incredibly rhythmically complex. I've seen the official published written version of the song (I learned to play guitar from the Complete Beatles songbooks when I was about 12) and the transcribers had to jump through hoops to figure out how to write that rhythm out. I can't really link a picture of it but if you count it out in your head it jumps out of 4/4 into a kind of 9 (or 12)/8 measure, a 2/8 measure, a 4/4 measure, a 2/4 measure, then back into 9 (or 12)/8 and repeats. You don't notice how complex it is because of George's skill at writing the song so that it sounds completely smooth and natural. The song flows over this incredibly complex rhythmic structure so smoothly you don't consciously hear it. You'd think it would be jarring, but it isn't. A true genius at work.
Haven't seen you in a good while Fil, great analysis as always ☮️☯️
Thanks!
Love it Fil, sincerely I thank you.
Liked the return of the video analysis of the performance through and with guitar emphasis.
Greetings from Guatemala. Love your videos. I use this sun song to teach English to Maya children in the public schools in the rural highlands of Guatemala. The children love singing this song, although many have not heard of the Beatles.
Love that song -Here comes the sun”. Always loved it, one of my favorites❤️💞
Keeping in mind that the Abbey Road version is in A while this version is in G. Great video and a drag about copyright issues with the visual.
Capo in 7th.
Hey Fil....new subscriber here. I just wanted to add my thoughts on the autotuned videos of yours I've been watching, 6 mths late, but I just wanted to tell you I have learned a ton about auto tune / pitch.....so I'm not one of those comments that doesn't get it. I TOO wish after watching uour explanations ppl would understand your pro artist especially good artistry / " great " singers. It's great to make ppl aware of this so maybe it wouldn't happen anymore because our favorite singers doesn't need. Especially bad are the ideas that producers and or mixers apply auto tune when we rather listen to our favorite artist in their natural state! Thank you for doing those videos. I KNOW THIS isn't that topic but I'm hoping my comment will be seen knowing this video was just released a few hours ago. 🤟🤟
I'm remember watching this on Saturday Night Live, back in 1976!!!! George was SO MUCH FUN on that show!!!!!
I remember, that same night, George debuted his music video, Crackerbox Palace, which also featured his future second wife!
The most impressive things about Georeges guitar playing is how willing he was to let the other guy really shine. Really seemed to love playing with people "better than him" and Paul seems delighted at singing with George such a lovely laid back preformance.
Every Beatle song is a testament to Harrison's virtuosity.
I love both these artists, each a master in their own right. They sound wonderful together. Thanks Fil for analyzing rhis performance.
I watched this the night it aired . It was very exciting being it was right after the Beatles break up . One of my favorite songs to play and people still want to hear it . All the best to you .
One tricky part of the “Sun, sun, sun…” section is the seamless time signature change to 3/8 (I think). George, like the rest of the Beatles would do this type of thing all the time. Sometimes a time sig change, or just some times a quick bar of 2/4 thrown into a pre-chorus or bridge. They would do them so well that they become hard to notice. When most other musicians do things like that, they usually are noticeable, not with the Beatles.
Wow. I have a pretty good vocabulary, but am at a loss for words to describe how much I love this analysis video...every single thing about it.
You always do a great job explaining what's happening. I love all your videos.. And this is a Great song, I remember watching it
for the first tie back in 1976 on SNL.. Originally with The Beatles, George played with capo on 7th fret. That how I learned the tune. 🌞 🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂❤
Always considered this to be a perfect song. Literally perfect in every way - lyrics, vocals, guitar - each component in symbiosis with the others. Very insightful analysis of how George and Paul interacted with this performance as well as the nuances in George's playing. Thanks, Fil, and keep on...
George may not have been able to play very many notes very fast.
But, like Ringo, he had a gift for playing the RIGHT ones, and that's more important.
You started out the video being blurred, and I thought that Wings of Pegasus was blocking Fil!!
It's too bad, I'll go look at the video. Great analysis of my favorite song for when I'm down.
Always loved this performance from the first night it aired. Lovely version.
Paul Simon came to my parents house it must have been 1980. Because I still had a 71 Camaro and a Mr Coffee. Paul and I sat upstairs and we looked at lyrics. One of the four songs he's particularly proud of was entitled "Days of Miracles and Wonders." I told him if he went with that title he might have copyright problems. He asked me why. I said "because the titles too good odds are somebody already has it." So we changed it to what we call "A coffee table book title." A coffee table book is a book you leave out on your coffee table that people can look at and it stimulates conversation. Often time the book is about something people know a little bit about or have heard about but makes for interesting discussion. It would be as though everybody knows exactly what you're talking about. The title we came up with was "The Boy In The Bubble." The wonderful thing about Paul is with him everything is possible.
He is so laid back you never have to worry about catching an edge with him. That Paul was even willing to talk about lyrics with me was very flattering. He knew my uncle Peter Heine through Billboard Magazine in LA. I was very into lyrics because everybody else played guitar. To me visiting with Paul was like building race cars and Mario Andretti shows up at your doorstep and wants to take a car you built for a ride. He was interested in four songs that I had written. He took his pick out of a pile. He was only there for about an hour. He was on a diet and was talking about heading out to Japan. I remember walking him to the door and wishing him good luck. His manners are impeccable- same with Elton John and Paul McCartney.
A lot of really wonderful people came through Billboard Magazine at 9000 Sunset in LA. There was a feedback loop between musical production, record companies, advertising, and the radio stations.
Radio Programming conferences at the Century Plaza Hotel were kind of a backside grind. One of the strangest things I've heard is that all the music you've ever heard was probably created by a thousand musicians total. TSL stands for time spent listening and that's what determines the value of advertising on a radio station. It's measured in 15 second intervals. What sells records is how whatever is on the record increases the value of TSL.
You have 12 seconds to get their attention after which you are wallpaper. How music works is not the same as how music is employed. I know this sounds strange but it is a consumable product just like everything else.
How do you create a product that is worthy of Premium shelf space?
Once you understand that you'll understand a hit. Then you can write one.
I thought TH-cam was censoring your image when the video started lol. I was wondering, if you had a monitor on the wall behind you, to play the video you're critiquing, maybe, the video would fly under the radar?