All Things Must Pass WAS NOT REJECTED by the BEATLES part 1|
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- In this video (part one) I do a deep dive on George's ALL THINGS MUST PASS. Despite lots of work by the group on this song, the Beatles never recorded a proper version of it. This fact led to the assumption by many overly creative writers and lazy researchers that this and other George Harrison songs "were REJECTED" by the Beatles." Upon closer examination of the hours of rehearsals - most of which were recorded - we can hear a different story emerge regarding many of George's songs.
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Yoko's presence not only caused the end of the Beatles, it caused the outbreak of WW2, the '91 riots, and the decline of Western Civilization.
Also caused me to stub my toe when I got up in the middle of the night last night.
you forgot to include covid-19.
And we all said"Tee Hee"!!!
You forgot the Irish Potato Famine,she was totally responsible for that,oh yeah, and she assassinated both of the Kennedy brothers,she was a bloody nightmare man,phew, thank god they don't make 'em like that anymore,ay,ay.
Seriously, Yoko has honored Her late husband by supporting the cause of Peace. When the Ann Arbor, MI chapter of Veterans for Peace wanted to put on a JL
- Is this a Harrisong?
- Yeah
- Oh, there's no solo or anything complicated
Prince: “hold my beer”
@@Sean-me4fv lmao good one
Damn, when John holds that vocal note and Paul pitches in, it's what's really missing. So sad.
Listening to Paul's bass on this song, I am reminded of his work on Something as well. If Paul didn't think much of George as a songwriter, it sure is strange that Paul put so much effort into creating really lovely basslines that add to the songs and do not overpower them. Regardless of what words from conversations during those sessions have been recorded, Paul's basslines speak volumes about how much he appreciated George as a songwriter and fellow bandmate.
Great point., I totally agree, plus Paul’s piano on While My Guitar Gently Weekends, and his backing vocals on George’s songs, especially If I Needed Someone, are sublime!
George kept telling Paul, You've got to do better" on "Something"...
@@davian8641 Your typo is hilarious. 😆Also, I agree.
I think Paul is just a genius that would play great on ANY song
@@ScarletVoodoo Auto-correct looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
It's amazing that The Beatles recorded all their work (12 albums and 20+ singles & e.p.'s) in just 7 years!!
Daft Punk made one album EVERY seven years :)
@@sterbus79 Ed Sheeran releases his new album FOUR years later!!🤭🤭🤭🤭
@@candelise probably for the best, lol
Naaa, not hard. If I had 3 music buddies, and we finally made it big, and writing, playing, recording was our only job, nothing else, and money was not an issue, the 4 of us could easily write and record multiple albums in a handful of years. Wahi' Valleys
Well it's not 12 albums and 20 singles because the singles came off the albums
I really like how you can hear in all these recordings how easily Ringo can break in and the flow is amazing haha
The review you read from 'Get back' book about "a band in shambles". What a crock. Clearly whoever wrote this has never been in a band rehearsal. Those harmonies start sounding so good; and John and Paul are clearly working on the song. Love your channel.
I believe it was in The Beatles Documentary George Martin said "when you have Lennon and McCartney spewing out so many songs one after another, I did tend to dismiss George's writing talent". You can probably find his exact words on the web.
George Harrison........ My favorite Beatle. My God what a monumental talent.
Yes he was amazing, l agree on that!
ATMP is one of the best albums ever. So good.
A bit of an exaggeration. He wrote a handful of good songs after watching John and Paul do it for eight years, and did a lot of flagrant lifts (My Sweet Lord from He's So Fine, What Is Life from Spencer Davis' Keep On Running, Savoy Truffle from Lulu's Chocolate Ice, It's All Too Much from the Merseyside's Sorrow, etc.).
@@steveconn , i agree fully. hes incredibly average.
My favorito too
I love how you do the subtitles to the Beatles talking. I could watch that stuff for hours and hours. Really fascinating!
Thank you! More to come.
agree
Yes the subtitle feature was top notch would LOVE to see more of that.
you got your wish now! lol
I have been a Beatles fan since they made their debut on the Ed Sullivan show. This is the first time I have heard this guy talk about them and I am impressed; very thorough and in-depth anaylsis.
Me too. I was 5, they have been a major part of the soundtrack of my life. I am grateful.
Full of shit!
Can You imagine 'Beatles unplugged' would have been awesome
always liked the way George played guitar...
Even before he primarily played slide.
Excellent. I like it when these tired "truths" that get mindlessly repeated get a little light shone on them. These fellas were friends and great collaborators far more than they weren't.
That whistle by John was so beautiful! :D This was just fascinating to behold. Legendary musicians in the midst of putting together a legendary song.
The session tapes also show Lennon and McCartney greatly helping Harrison to compose 'Something.' The idea that Harrison was mistreated has been greatly exaggerated, especially by Harrison himself, who had a giant chip on his shoulder. 'Not Guilty' is another example where the band did 100+ takes of a song and then Harrison himself decided he didn't want it to be on the album.
That' why I like George the best
Later days were little biased as Harrison grew up as a song writer ...In later days, I think George had much more to say than 1/2 songs in the album ...that's why he was fast to release the song after beatles broke up
George Harrison SHOULD have had a COLLOSAL chip on his shoulder. George was THE lead guitarist in the greatest rock and roll band to ever walk the face of our planet. He had a great deal of talent and was stifled! Lennon needed McCartney. And to a lesser extent, McCartney needed Lennon! Lennon's solo work, although his life was cut so tragically short, paled in comparison to that of McCartney and Harrison! Now just think, with your measly feeble lil brain, what songwriters Lennon, McCartney AND Harrison altogether could have achieved. It is absolutely mind boggling!!! George has a wonderful catalog of music. He’s my favourite musician! I love McCartney's music with a passion but there are some songs I’m not as crazy about but I totally love almost ALL of George's work. Your thinking is way too shabby. You don’t understand the Beatles AT ALL!
@@terriok1 You're perfectly entitled to your opinion, as I am to mine, but there is absolutely no need for personal insults where we could just have a civil discussion instead.
@Mr Right Paul has so many songs that are as good as his Beatles songs.
Hearing the beautiful Beatles harmony vocals at 9:15 on this song made me feel so wistful about what might have been.
Those backing vocals, for me, really elevate the song. I love it!
Yep...my favourite fantasy is how the Beatles and Billy Preston could have done so many of Harrison's songs from all things must pass...
George's take on how his material was treated was similar to Lennon's take on some of his stuff. I remember him saying that the band short shrifted Across the Universe while they spent endless hours perfecting a throwaway song like Maxwell's Silver Hammer. They were just ready to go their own ways for a while ... I actually got more sympathetic to Paul after watching Get Back. He's brilliant and really turning out some top-notch songs toward the end and the others maybe resented him and his pop sensibilities. Paul was and always will be a damn good entertainer and the other two were headed necessarily in a different direction to separate themselves from the whole "Beatles thing" that Paul (and Ringo) were all too happy to continue for longer.
couldn’t agree more with this statement. John had fell in love and was heading down the more political route, while George was more interested in composing his own music and further delving into his new found connection with eastern religions. When you really think about it, if ur a true beatles fan, you’ll understand there wasn’t much left for the beatles to do anyway. They had already explored every possible outlet they could as a singular unit. revolver, Sgt peppers, the White album are true testaments of that.
I totally agree with you on that. You may have watched the Geoff Emerick interview where he was asked about Paul. For the benefit of those who haven't seen the interview, Geoff said that Paul was his favorite Beatle to work with, that he was a musicians' musician, very talented, organized, and cooperative in the creative process.
@@dylanharter5039 BTW, John talks here about what the Beatles would have been like if they stuck together talking about the "Son of Beatles": th-cam.com/video/DOBm8hcvWDw/w-d-xo.html
I dig it with the harmonies. I wish one of those takes had made it to the Anthology albums.
Like a rolling stone?
Thank you so much for breaking this all down. My respect has grown for The Beatles since Get Back was released.
So we're waiting for Peter Jackson's reimagining of the Let It Be movie, which apparently shows that things weren't so bad during those sessions.
I think that while the stories that many people know from the let it be sessions are too negative, Peter Jackson's movie will only take the better parts, to make it look better than it was.
@@reinjouke9743 true...something tells me that WHILE AMAZING Peter will be mostly showing a 1963 version of the beatles pasted all over to the let it be sessions...i think there should be a more honest version of those sessions, i hope the doc doesn't gets tooo shiny...ying yang you know? A balanced version of how things happened...bad times or good times should be shown...not just the ugly parts mostly or the optimistic parts mostly...my two cents.
@@reinjouke9743 negative or not when you are quoting and reading Timothy Leary u not in a good place
But even the original 'Let It Be' movie shows things weren't as bad as some are wont to claim.
@@reinjouke9743 Wrong. Peter Jackson said he is aware of this and he is going to show everything. For example he's going to show the whole argument between Paul and George. It's going to show that their "big" arguments weren't really as big as people thought.
I saw (and commented apparently) on this video ten months ago. Now, having seen most of the "Get Back" documentary, it really is interesting how dead on he was here. And how everyone now can see that The Beatles didn't really reject the Harrisongs, but he even says it straight to John that he wants to make his own solo project to "get [his] songs out of the way"
Something that is evident and revelatory is hearing these recordings of The Beatles working together as a unit with ideas being brought to All Things Must Pass and its very interesting and facinating on how the group brings out together these ideas of the crafting of a song.
This guy is good. Had insight and is good at being objective and getting down to facts.
..and the hair
I'm excited about a new fun channel
I agree
Haven't seen Part 2 yet, but fact is "All Things Must Pass" didn't make the LP so for some reason it was in fact rejected by George or the Band collectively. Been a musician in bands for 54 years and in the studio. My take is there is not a lot of enthusiasm period. Sounds like they are all tired and don't want to be there. In the development of a new song generally there is more excitement. Let's face it, it was hard to be a Beatle and live up to that expectation, much like Elvis living up to his image. My opinion is it sounds better on George's solo album than any take here.
Some of the stuff is BS though, Ringo the depressed Beatle etc.
A key point which I've never seen really emphasised is that we are hearing, in the Let it Be sessions, the entire progress of a song. We are going from first presentation of the basic song by the writer to the other Beatles right up to, often, a finished product. We have never heard this before at such length. The studio tapes of previous sessions are being recorded ONLY to capture what might end up in the final record. At the point at which we first hear previous songs they have already gone through the clumsy learning and trying out dead ends stage and are at a point where a take might possibly be useful.
Most of what we hear in the Let It Be sessions is being recorded ONLY for use in the film and the Film sound tapes were running for many hours during which the Music sound tapes were not running - and wouldn't have been on previous records.
On their first few records The Beatles mainly came in to the studio with rehearsed songs but after that stage I suspect that many sessions would sound similar to the Let It Be sessions - but they weren't recorded.
Because we only hear the full sessions for Let It Be we assume that they are dramatically different than those for other records (leaving aside that being filmed added it's own problems). But that isn't necessarily the case.
Sound reasoning
Wow, John was so good hearing the key by ear! You can hear him when he is commenting about it during rehearsal.
Another example of Wikipedia's lack of dependability.
I desperately wish we could get a non Phil Spector version of “All Things Must Pass” the Horns really kind of mess up the whole vibe for me, and I feel I’m not totally alone in that.
I wish we had a more fleshed out Beatle rendition of that song as well. That spontaneous harmony that they pulled was absolutely angelic.
The Early Takes Volume. 1 version was the first I ever heard. It's a really good, Acoustic folk rock arrangement.
I had never heard this until I saw The Beatles: Get Back on Disney+ last night. Less than 10 seconds into when they hit that chorus I closed my eyes, put my hand up and shook my head. A masterpiece…in the making and they never fully actuated it. I. Did hear his version done on his solo album, but completed by The Beatles would have cemented it to legend. I get why they maybe passed over it. You can tell John and Paul clearly liked it, because of the work they were putting in on it. I can see all of them later passing on it, though, as it was more of a sad slow song about death or loss. To clarify the song is about religion and prayer, but the perception lends itself to something dark.
It's a shame they couldn't get it together on this one. I like John's vocal contribution with George. The Anthology version is good. I prefer it to the produced solo George version from his LP
I always felt like the demo version with just George and an acoustic was THE version of the tune. Not sure what else its on, but its on the soundtrack (and used wonderfully in the film) to Scorsese's Living in the Material World.
Maybe goes on a little too long and is rough around the edges but it's got an aching beauty to it that I feel is lost in all the (over) production by Spector.
You can really tell how distant Ringo was from the rest of the band at this time, it was also depressing herring him say he’ll have six drinks knowing he was depressed
YET after the break up he was the one missing the band mostly.
@@cinematicpassages8884 thats just understandable, when you're depressed you need good friends surrounding you, and even at that time, He felt like it just didn't work, he wanted it to be like in the old times, having fun and stuff ya know
Could also be because Ringo was an alcoholic.
You may be reading too much into his comment, mate. That could just be Ringo's wit on display. Any one of them might have said that, come to think of it.
Nice video! I've always felt that "All Things Must Pass" is a beautiful song, arguably George's best composition. It's a shame that The Beatles didn't continue to work on it and release a proper version on either Let It Be or Abbey Road. The harmony vocals of John and Paul backing George would've sounded so nice.
The beatles wanted george to sing it on the roof, george refused. George was insecure lacking confidence.
@@lindakelly9552He literally said "I don't want any of my songs, they're never played right". Paul actually wanted to play one of George songs.
You know your stuff.
Exactly what any historian should do- checking the source material.
I had a bias that Paul was being the ‘bossy’ one for years because of the George confrontation in Let It Be movie and Magical Mystery Tour film especially after Pepper. But there were times that the other three were low on energy, motivation or where drugs had slowed them down and Paul was the motivator and energizer. Never gave him enough credit for that though he could still be a little bossy. But they all developed a bit of ego as time went on and success kept happening
If Paul wasn't the way he was nothing would have gotten done--Ringo Starr
I'm excited for the upcoming Peter Jackson film on the Let it be sessions... it will show that it wasn't as doom and gloom as it's always been cracked up to be
As long as he picks and chooses, it will appear that way. He needs to have both….the good and bad where needed
this film is starting to feel like the Durham report that never seems to come
@@RichusRkr that's because they turned the damn thing in a docu series instead of a movie
@@TheTreyBlue yeah but you get 6 hours of content instead of 2. I would watch 12 hours of I could.
@@bodyrot2794 I bet we’ll see a lot of high-def footage afterwards
I have always known from listening to Let It Be session outtakes that All Things Must Pass (as other songs later put on individual Beatles' albums) was played in an early version of the song at that time. But I never knew how much time an effort was put into trying to get it produced. How cool it would have been if it was played live on the rooftop performance or made it onto the Let It Be album. Thanks again for this video and the part 2 video on this song. So crazy cool that you put all this information together. Amazing!
Harrison very clever and smart. Like mini band members he put aside really good music knowing that at some point he would be doing albums of his own. He proved to be the equal of the other two Writers and there is no disputing that when you look at his career.
13:05
John reflecting on the fact that live music technology has evolved a lot (since they stopped touring in '66). Indeed, as he states, their concert career did not change that much since the Cavern days. They are now a studio band that looks from the window and says "Oh, cool, you can do that now?!?".
Thanks a lot for the video, cheers from Switzerland!
Welcome Switzerland! I appreciate your comment - more to come!
“Time for a beer” 😂😂🤙 love your vibe and insight on the 60s revolution, massive fan of The Beatles since I was 19, I’m 27 now and that shows how much influence and inspiration those 4 men brought to the music world
Welcome, Blake! Those 4 guys still bring me joy 45 years on.
It's enlightening to hear John encouraging George to include ATMP in the rooftop set. Thank You for correcting this misperception.
Great video. After watching Get Back, and having been in several bands myself working on original material in much the same manner as is shown in the film, I'd like to add a few quick comments. What struck me the most in the film was Paul's role in the band. I had always considered John to be the backbone of the band and Paul to be second fiddle, but the opposite is true. Paul clearly is the backbone and driving force of the band. And for good reason. The film demonstrates his genius in action. It was amazing to see how many great songs he brought in to the sessions and to watch them work on them and flesh out the details was inspiring. And my favorite song on the album, Get Back, was written on camera. It was great to see this. Every rock songwriter has done the same, playing a riff and trying out vocal melodies on top of it until you get something great, but to watch Paul come up with those great vocal parts on camera was just a joy to behold.
I agree Paul was the backbone of the band, the true driving force. I also think it’s just easier for some people to want to hate Paul because they consider him the “least cool” of the four and John and George are dead now and can’t defend themselves. It’s a shame that fans have to choose sides… all four lads were brilliant and made wonderful music together. The Beatles wouldn’t have been The Beatles if any one of them hadn’t found each other.
@@thesilvershining to me, there's nothing more cooler than a guy who didnt give a fuck about the critics and got his wife into the band, he said he couldnt care less...and every person who met the beatles have generally said paul is the most charming and cool, the only ones who still hold onto the old mentality are boomers who just cant admit being wrong lol
@@sharmisthachakraborty287 You were right until your comment about boomers who couldn't llrtho. There are plenty of all generations who have perceptions based on the persistence of the anti John or anti Paul myths perpetuated by second hand or third hand accounts and conclusions drawn by either camp blaming the other for the band 's demise. Generational bias has little to do with perceptions of the dynamics of the group. We all have some kind of bias.
This was fascinating, thoughtful, well-informed, patient and balanced.
Really enjoyed listening. Nice work.
Thank you for the warm comment. More to come!
They all have their own gifts and they are all great and loved Miss you John and George and Love you Paul and Ringo
this is very interesting information; I never get tired learning about the lads
I am so thankful you took your time to present it. Amazing. And what amazes me even more is...it really had everything to sound much better than George solo version. The backing voices added a special magic that doesn't exist in solo album.
Thank you. I was impressed with the backing vocals especially. I hope we see some of this footage in the new Peter Jackson film! Thanks for the comment.
They did harmonies very well. Few bands that are not biological brothers are as good at harmony, vocally & interactions. The fights other bands had which often lead to members replaced- their closest was having Clapton play the solo on “My guitar gently weeps”. Harrison maintained forever that he thought they would all behave & cooperate with Eric as a witness.
@@kathypiazza7228 Great point about the harmonies. Their voices really blended well together.
John could whistle, man!
This is really interesting, they really put a lot of time into it.
Oh, yes--"Jealous Guy" is more proof.
I think the Beatles had a great instinct for what could ultimately work on an album and what wouldn't. They would explore avenues to find out before rejecting a work and moving on to the next idea. It was a George song and went very well on his All Things Must Pass album. Just like 'Silly Love Songs' or Uncle Albert song were a post Beatle Paul marshmallow pop song and wouldn't go well on a Beatles record or John's primal scream 'Mother'. Everything worked out for the best and that's what makes the Beatles the number 1 show business act of the 20th century (and beyond at this point).
I was really thinking I wouldn't appreciate this video, but it's phenomenal!! You really put a lot of time and effort into this and it shows.
What a precious analysis this is, thank you, my compliments.
I really like the format that you use for showing the Beatles conversations. I would love to see more of that. For example, the fly on the wall side of the Let it be... Naked record - I can't follow a lot of it and would love a translation in this format. Anyway, great job, I came away convinced.
Thank you again! I
enjoyed this as well as your episodes on The Association. So glad I found your channel about a month ago. Keep up the great work. Much appreciated 😎
Great video... very well done. Can't wait to start the next one.
Plenty of Paul's stuff was "rejected" and left off Let It Be. What say you about that? No mention of that? No less than 3 songs were put on McCartney. Sure we're talking about George here, but it's worth mentioning.
I mention that in part 2 of the video.
That's a very good point.
Due to Typical Music Industry Business and Legal Reasons, plus "Failed Legal & Business Background Negotiations", any words written, or spoken about those "Always On Going Background Negotiations", would Not Have Benefited, John, Paul, George, or Ringo's "Incredible Popularity"! And then, subsequent again, "Incredible Popular & Business Success" as "Single Stars, Each With Their Own Fantastic Bands"! Exactly like Paul's Lyric line in "Hey Jude", "Take A Sad Song And Make It Better". George Harrison, when asked about His Moment Of Inspiration for "Here Comes The Sun", made a glimpsing short reference about, "An all day long Business & Legal THE BEATLES meeting, that was very depressing for them all."
That doesn't fly. McCartney is a very half-baked album, which was a let down when released. To compensate Paul very obviously made a huge effort with Ram, his best solo album imho. In contrast, ATMP was a huge success from day one. George was much more consistent than Paul as a songwriter in 1969.
@@neilpemberton5523 They are very different albums. Paul is an indie do it yourself thing while Harrison's is a massive production with contributions from some of the greatest musicians of all time. Acting like the only difference there is the songwriting is ridiculous. We are not really comparing apples to oranges here.
Seems like maybe Peter Jackson was onto something.
please keep these coming! Fantastic job. And thank you so much for the uploads.
Great video! I like your narration as well as the audio snippets with captions. Going to watch part 2 next!
A classic for the ages. It wasn't meant for the Beatles. It was meant for George alone as a solo artist
Very true, but the lyrics are so fitting for the final Beatles album. A tear jerker in the context of thier flowing break up.
Thank God Bobby Whitlock came along and knew how to play the pump organ!
Dont forget Clapton... he was on All things must Pass
Agree 100 percent. Best for ATMP one of my favorite albums.
@@jigglchoo8858 I Dig Love and Isn't It A Pity version 2 are underwhelming, but every other song on ATMP is just fantastic. Your opinion is just that, and doesn't mesh with the critical reception at the time. I'll give you that ATMP was overproduced.
SUCH a wonderful look into the brilliant genius of the The Boys. Much appreciated by myself learning more about all the complexities during all those years and making the FF both collectively and individually what Bono said (and here a bit of a paraphrase): "Ever thing you need to know about Life [in a positive way] is to be found in their music.
I think this was really nicely done and quite interesting. And I think had really valid points. And nice delivery. Ok now onto part 2.
This is EXCELLENT-Thank you Pop Goes the 60s
What a great video. Very deep and thorough research.
Great job on this. They don't come off as guys at each other's throats here at all. If there is a problem it's in a lack of a common theoretical language that would have sped the process up. The guys were naturals, not studio musicians. George Martin would have gotten a finished song out of them here if given the opportunity.
Great video. Looking forward to watching them all. We will never truly know what was going on but it’s nice to have a more balanced view on events.
Great video! I just discovered your channel and have thoroughly enjoyed the issues discussed, your research, your objectivity, and your analysis. I love everything ‘Beatles’ and being able to delve deeper into these topics has been a real joy. I’m looking forward to your next video! Great Job!
Thank you, Daniel. I have a couple more Let It Be/Get Back era videos coming where I continue to eavesdrop on Beatles meetings. Plenty more other Beatles related and band history videos to come~
Not only does this dispel myths but this is a fascinating look into the Beatles songwriting process!
Great episode. I really like your deep dives and with the Let It Be box set coming out next year, I'd like to hear more from this period.
I will be focusing on the end days quite a bit. They gave us a lot of material to work with!
Good work. You were ahead of the curve here. Peter Jackson's movie validates what you're saying.
This was revelatory. Thank you so much!
A wonderful gift to us of the sixties. Thank you for your scholarship and your very entertaining deilivery!
Thank you sir! More to come.
Great video. Damn I love this song. Can listen to it all night long.
Whenever I hear them on this I get bitter that we never got to hear them finish it. Same with across the universe.
I LOVE THIS!! Great analysis. One thing I've always taken in to consideration when listening to recordings of these sessions, where there is no accompanying video, is that you can't see the faces nor see the body language. On the surface, it seems like the group approaches the tune the same as the John and Paul songs. Almost. Paul's not in charge here, is he being supportive, or is he asking a bunch of questions that he knows George doesn't have answers for yet? I really can't tell. I did notice that after George states the song is simple, Paul proceeds to attempt a severely complicated bass part, rather than just follow the chord changes. I haven't watched part 2 yet, but I do know that George has stated he started saving up songs for himself, probably since 1967 or so. I can't blame him for that, especially since John and Paul never invited him in to "the house of Lennon & McCartney songwriting group." Clearly though, John and Paul seem to start caring a bit less once the booze comes out.
Interesting to put this video in context after the Get Back documentary was released. I think they gave George his chance, but they also messed around quite a bit almost at all times. George came off as far more serious than John and Paul generally and was probably annoyed by the joking when it was his turn to play his songs. Also I think maybe John and Paul weren’t as collaborative when George was playing his songs, not because they didn’t want to help, but because I think they were just better at collaborating with one another (meaning John and Paul). I think it was just time for everyone to do their own thing, George leading the pack on that idea.
its disappointing that the new disney film mostly skips over this detail, this really changes my view of George in the band for the better - as in he was more valued than portrayed
I'm srry but I thought Peter Jackson did a terrible job editing the film
Well done. Terrific analysis. It’s thoughtful, insightful, and balanced commentary that treats each of the members of the band fairly and avoids the typical scapegoating clichés and limping stereotypes. Looking forward to Part 2.
Thank you sir! Much appreciated.
George stated later -- after his successful solo project -- that he did NOT like being the front man. Sure, Paul was too domineering, but it had come to the point that no one else cared enough anymore to step up, so they were stuck with him taking charge.
Thanks for the research. Things in history are never it seems as easily made into a simple sentence or partial phrase. From what you show George was wary of his voice and the song in general. George not wanting an unfinished; not quite the sound he, George , wanted.
I watched this video last year and just had to take what the authors cited had to say about it.
Now that I've seen the Peter Jackson docuseries, it's plain those authors didn't know what they were talking about. There was plenty of tension to be sure, but John wasn't so strung out that he couldn't play, and Paul, while indeed bossy, wasn't particularly overbearing.
This video fits the Get Back series much better than the decades of commentary that was written to sell books.
Thank you Flag Coco. I appreciate you making the comparison.
The best channel on the music of the sixties..Thanks man
Thank you, Bjorgvin! More to come.
This is awesome, thankyou for doing this. Great to hear the beatles talk and discuss these things like human beings
History looks a little different when you hear them going through the day to day stuff. Thanks for the comment, Bonno!
Its a damn shame John and Paul could not back off and let George lead a bit after 1969...I believe the Beatles could've survived and continued.- George even says" there is no one better to put my stuff out then us "
John did back off to the extent he contributed much less, especially to George's songs.
as proven by this video, they did try to let him lead, but Harrison was insecure about his songs, who wouldn't be when you're in a band with Lennon and McCartney ?
I think George Harrison had a confidence problem not because Lennon or McCartney were mean to him but because he was simply intimidated by their success, his insecurities held him back, not John or Paul, he simply needed to ascert himself but chose not to and blamed them for his feelings of inadequacy. George was by far not the quiet beatle he had a lot to say but he still was insecure.
@@lindakelly9552 He was insecure and envious of the partnership between John and Paul. He learned a lot, he was good but not great. Didn’t he say he had Something for six months and was still on attracts me like a pomegranate.
Despite what the opinions or positive/ negative comments anyone may have about what songs written in anger between Paul and John meant, or which songs should have been on other albums, the Beatles made the most incredible music together. All of it brings so many memories to me as I was a kid of 11 years old when they split up in '70! And I wonder why this guy reminds me of John Lennon!
He looks a little bit like Noel Redding to me.
The problem that I noted, listening to segments of the session tapes from rubber soul was that “think for yourself” came out very good in the end, but it was like pulling teeth for George trying to get especially John to cooperate it. It’s amazing that they ever got there because John seemed to be fighting it, by joking around too much and not taking a serious professional approach as much as with his own ideas, or even Paul’s.
I think things would’ve went a lot smoother if the others just took a more serious professional approach to working out ideas that George had as much as theirs.
After having seen the documentary I must say, that I am surprised of not having seen much footage of the song apart from that one time. But what became obvious: The song has not been rejected in any way. Paul was in to it, like with most songs, that George presented. Even John does help out with the songwriting. And in Part 3 we got to know, that All Things Must Pass was part of the list of finished/nearly finished songs, that they planned to release/polish some time later.
On another note, I found it interesting, that at the end of January, George was considering to release solo album, parallel to being in the Beatles. So at that time, after the supposedly desastrous Let it Be sessions, he still did not consider to leave the group. I really see the Allen Klein/John-wanting-out issue as the main reasons for the split up now. I often felt sympathy with Paul, who had to hold back more and more, in fear the reactions being too sensitive.
How great was it to see Paul immediately engage with the song Old Brown Shoe? Or John with Something? It seems, that really the Twickenham phase was the time, that kept stuck in their memories. And as far as we know, the musical process for the Abbey Road sessions continued being in „friendly“ terms between them.
Yes, it is very interesting to watch this video again after seeing the Peter Jackson film. I think that - at the end of the day - we can finally conclude that it was the London police who determined that All Things Must Pass would not make the cut. If they had done it on the rooftop, most likely it would have been included on the album. Spector's other choices for inclusion on Let It Be were dictated mainly by the quality of the studio recordings - they never did perform a studio "final cut" for most of these songs.
In retrospect the perfect way for it to end would have been for Paul to join the other three when they were finalizing Let It Be and George was doing All Things... [John George and Ringo and Billy Preston were all there], and do the remaining studio takes to complete all those songs (probably no more than one weekend). Then they could have put out both as "the final Beatles (double) album" and we would not be stuck with the chaotic mess that both the original film and album ended up being.
Unfortunately, Paul -- being Paul -- couldnt just accept the reality that The Beatles were over, without telling the entire world about it. Its entirely true that George and John had left - Nothing Paul could have done would have changed that fact. But it was still possible to keep the illusion alive until the loose ends of Let it Be had been tied up properly. PAUL was the one who prevented that from happening, because he was the one who confirmed it to the press, and then was a no-show in completing Let it Be.
Thanks for this.
Kudos to his 7:33 edit. It is a remarkable passagio and chord in the birth of a new song.
Just found this channel today and it's a gem
This is some seriously good stuff, man. You know your shit.
Without Paul's work ethic and his driving energy the Beatles would've broke up way before 1970, maybe around 1967.
George wanted to leave in ‘66 after discovering his love for India and Hinduism, so it’s honestly a miracle Paul was able to keep them together after Brian died.
This helped me a lot to understand the events of the past. Thanks, man!
Love your approach to this .. the dialog illustration
The “dismissal of George’s songs” opinions always rile me. McCartney’s work on George’s latter songs is always brilliant. Paul sounds committed to my ears. John, on the other hand? Well, he seems to have been less committed.
John was mentally checked out by this time, losing interest in the Beatles, falling more in love w Yoko
@@jk4675 Dude was already releasing solo albums by this time lmao
I’m thankful Peter Jackson will release a movie that puts a lot of these negative narratives to rest. Very well done video.
Thanks for this. I enjoy your videos.
Great Content Sir... Thank You!
I'm glad you did this because I always felt that too much was put into ATMP to just have been tossed aside. I'm not sure how The Beatles worked things. I know there are outtakes of songs fully realized, but finding the reason why things get dismissed seems to help understand the process better. Maybe ATMP was good enough to be included, but Phil Spector nixed the idea in the end. Or George took his song back when he realized there was no point anymore. Or The Beatles decided Abbey Road was not suitable for the song so maybe on the "next one". Or just figured it was crap in the end and broke up and never to be heard from again. George's solo version is a great version, so Beatlesque, and worthy enough of a song to have enhanced LIB a notch or two, had it been fully realized and released.
It's fascinating work you're doing here and highly commended because it looks like you may get to the bottom of this once and for all. I'm looking forward to Part II. Cheers!
Thank you! Part II will reveal a couple minor surprises which I find to be completely new to the old and tired narrative. Yes, a lot going on in a very compact time frame! More to come.
With a litttle work, ATMP would have been much better than tbe two songs George had on Let It Be, which was in general a crap album anyway.
Im glad he made All Things Must Pass. But instead of a double album ( We wont count the Jam album) He could of split the double album
into (2) single albums. Both albums would still be hits and, I think he could've made more money as well. But Im still glad the way he did it
even with that Apple Jam album... 🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂🚶 🎸
@@garychambers5850 my opinion as well. It also would've given him some breathing space to come up with a killer 3rd album. LITMW is good, but some of the stuff is below par.
Of all the Beatles albums i believe this the best......Who would of thunk of all the Beatles he would of held this honor.....and don't forget he worked with Ringo after the breakup and made him into a vital force in the industry {It Don't Come Easy } 1971
Wait, HOW MANY takes did they do of this song??? I'd say that is a substantial key to knowing they didn't just reject the song. Had it been like three takes, then the story would've been another matter, but to hear how they struggle to get it right in his vision...yeah, no, they didn't reject it, it just sounds like they couldn't do it justice at the time being (and might've meant to pick it up at a later point, but...there weren't really any later point with The Beatles)
Based on the Nagra tapes, it looks like at least 68 takes of All Things Must Pass between Twickenham and Apple.
They did take up several of the Get Back-era songs later for Abbey Road (including "Something"), but All Things Must Pass wasn't among them.
71 run throughs
@@exmagnolia The Beatles were no longer a touring band, AND EMI let them take as much time as needed to record. So while the number of takes may seem over the top, it was the method that the Beatles used to record at this point. If you think that this is a large number, look at seventies bands like Steely Dan. Records made the money, not touring.
@@wyliesmith4244 Sure. The point was just that Lennon and McCartney didn't reject the song.
What a discovery your channel! 🙏🏼❤️
This kind of video are great, with all the transcription...thanks!
Thank you! More to come.
Whatever happened is meaningless now. The song is outstanding.