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Honestly, I feel like George made the right call. The harmonies and synthesizer riffs are more than enough in its place. Also, do you remember that clip where Dahni, Giles (?) and George Martin discovered the solo while remixing the song? The pure look of astonishment on George Martin's face is something I'm sure we all shared.
@elirosen1391 - yeah, it's such a great moment - especially witnessing Dhani's pure joy at hearing something 'new' from his Dad for the first time. I'm a little surprised they didn't release a bonus version with the solo for the Abbey Road Deluxe Edition box set. That would have been neat! For anyone else curious to watch the segment in its entirety, it's here: th-cam.com/video/0SOES9PT6g4/w-d-xo.html
From what I heard, the solo didn't sound polished enough. It could have been developed. But the song is so tightly and excellently arranged, it's probably better that it was omitted.
It would be nice just to release an extended version. Like with All Things Must Pass ✨️ he even included a whole other record with Apple 🍎 Jams! Yes please 🙏 more!
I was lucky enough to drive George on a number of occasions when he came to LA. I noticed a tiny instrument case he carried into the back of the limo and asked if it was a ukulele. "Yes, it's the most versatile instrument I own." and he proceeded to take it out and play Here Comes the Sun just for me. I had no recording device on me so it's only in my memory but it's a highlight of my life.
I think that comment is indicative of the contempt that some had of George's songwriting compared to that of John and Paul's at that time. Of course, in retrospect, it is absurd. The song Something iwas one of the most covered songs in the 20th century and Frank Sinatra thought it was the best love song he had heard. Here Comes the Sun is now the most downloaded song in the Beatles catalog. Case closed.
Would the world be a better place if Revolution No 9 hadn't been released? It was highly Influential, but in a new and different way. It gave us permission to go further. "Now we can even do *that* in a record?" What a glorious time to be.
I used to play it to my nan when she had dementia in a nursing home. She was non verbal, but she always tapped her hand to it. The only way i felt i could still be connected to her - and still do to this day when i hear or play it. Miss you nan, love you...
I absolutely love these stories. Music is so amazing. It transcends the mind. Tapping here hand! The rhythm and melodies are right there, present for everyone. Love and joy to you and your dear Nan. 🎉
My grandmother had a stroke in December last year and has been in a care home ever since. There's no music there at all.. I might take some in next time I go visit and see if she responds. She's nearly completely non-verbal since the stroke and doesn't recognise people very well.
My father passed away two years ago after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer's. As he lost his abilities, music was the one thing that always sparked a reaction, especially the music of his favorite band, The Beatles. Even when he could barely respond to anything, just a few chords from the Fab Four would light up his eyes and bring a smile to his face. On the day of my father's funeral, unbeknownst to my mother and me, my sister asked the choir to sing Here Comes the Sun as they carried his coffin. It was one of the most joyful and heartbreaking moments of my life. After two years of longing, this will always be our song.
I met George once at a motor racing event. While chatting about the event, I realised he was just a regular guy enjoying his interests. I never mentioned his Beatles career. We chatted about motor racing and our dream cars. He was a lovely down to earth man and I treasure the few minutes I spent with him. 💙
While they weren't anywhere near as famous, I used to perform with musicians having no idea who they were at the time, musicians who were in bands you would probably recognize. I learned that someone who's famous is just a person, like everybody else.
I never realized how much effort was put into this song. I recall Frank Sinatra commenting about the other George Harrison song on the album, "Something", as "...the greatest love song of the past 50 years..." R.I.P. George.
@@gordon5004 Yeah, it's a shame that falsehood has been repeated so many times over the years that's it's been commonly accepted as fact. It's especially disappointing when considering Sinatra the artist was noted for taking great care in always crediting the writers of all the songs he performed, be it Gershwin or Porter, Rogers and Hart or Hammerstein, Sondheim, Mercer, Cahn and Van Heusen, Legrand, the Bergmans or Berlin. Sinatra had especially high praise for Something calling it one of the great love songs of the 20th century. He tried recording it 3 times (all fails), he told us why he liked the song - because it manages to say I love you without ever actually using the words "I love you" - and he met George. I think it's safe to say Frank knew which beatle wrote the song. Ironically, it was Paul McCartney who started that rumor on I believe the Mike Douglas show. Food for thought.
I think part of the reason Here Comes The Sun is so successful is that at first listen it seems so simple but then on repeated listening the layers and complications weave their way into your brain. It’s fascinating that he was able to weave just enough complexity into it without overwhelming the feeling of simplicity. He would try certain elements and then pull them back as too far. The result feels as delicate as a soufflé.
Harrison wrote the best songs the Beatles. I don’t care to listen to any of the rest of them. I know they are talented, but it’s not for me. George is more universal, and as you say, I think a deeper thinker
I first heard "Here Comes the Sun" on a cheap, portable turntable at Ft. Polk, LA. It was just after I returned from Viet Nam and I was trying to shed that year and its misery. One of the NCOs at the company to which I had just been assigned was pulling CQ (Charge of Quarters) that night; I couldn't sleep (my body clock and brain were still in the war), and he loaned me his player and the album and opened the Mess Hall ("Dining Facility" these days) and told me to listen. I must have played the album 5 or 6 times. I must have plays HCTS a dozen. It helped pull me back from the war. In the 200 or so times I've played it over the decades, it never fails to soothe. An amazing pice of writing, singing, and arranging. Pure beauty. RIP, George Harrison, and thank you. You were one of a kind and you truly helped a young G.I.
@@MCOult my hubby is 79 and a disabled Vietnam nam vet (3 yrs) & exposure to agent orange that caused his disability. His favorite all time band "BEATLES". We have a nephew that is tall & resembles Mr. Harrison. Good of you to share your experience...."Welcome home brother".
I worked in a New York City hospital during the pandemic lockdown. Whenever a Covid patient was discharged from the ER, "Here Comes the Sun" was played over the PA system. It was a boost to all of us.
Even if your only two contributions to music at all were Here Comes the Sun and Something, you've still knocked it out the park. Absolutely astounding songs. George's passing hit me harder than I thought, but he's left some wonderful memories.
I don't know if its alleged record holds today, but I read many years ago that "Something" was the most-covered song of all time, with over 300 published covers. But even if other songs have surpassed that, Harrison's song remains... something else, and something marvelous to behold.
I have said the same exact thing. The 2 songs are like 2 World Series Game 7, Bottom of the 9th, 3 men on, down by 3, 2 outs, and full count GRAND SLAM. George up to bat.
This was an absolute treat to watch. I'm a scientist and engineer. Absolutely love the technical side and the creativeness of George. We sometimes forget his musical gifts when Paul and John are on the same display with him. Great video
When I went through a particularly bad case of COVID-19 in March-April 2020, I remember the nursing staff at the hospital would play this in the hallways whenever a COVID patient lived and got to leave the hospital to go home. They actually played this for me twice--the first time when I was being transferred to another hospital for physical rehab, but I contracted pneumonia shortly after and was sent back to the original hospital. A couple weeks later, I was able to leave to actually go home and they played it again for me as they wheeled me out. Still makes me smile anytime I hear this song (and Elton John's "I'm Still Standing").
It’s funny because this was one of the things that irked George. Apparently he told Paul to tone down his bass lines on “something” and in response he played the busiest possible baseline he could and it def shows in the recording. It does sound good tho 🤷♂️
As far as the monophonic Moog synth.. I am lucky enough to still have my 1974 Roland SH 1000 synthesizer… It is now 50 years old… And still surprises me every time I play it.❤
I had the opportunity to meet Robert Moog when I lived in Ashville NC in the Ninties. He lived in nearby Black Mountain NC. He was a very gracious gentlemen. I had always imagined him as a musician, but he was very much an engineer. His work creating sound modulators for Hammond organ led to his breakthroughs in synthetic music.
There's something incredibly timeless in their music. Heck even their early years have many timeless classics, And all new generations still discover the fab four for the first time. I've seen lots of youngsters in the past 2 years who watched the Beatles "Get Back" mini series with great excitement, seeing how some of their favorite songs were conceived at the time the Beatles sadly grew apart as a band but started to become emancipated independent musicians. My dad always loved the Beatles and i came to them because of him. I remember as a kid in the 90s, always looking curiously at his Cassettes of the two Beatles compilation Albums, where they look down from a staircase. I personally had the great honor of walking around Liverpool, seeing the Penny Lane statue and walking by the Cavern Club and residing in a hostel pretty close to it. Felt like walking on holy ground.
7th grade for me about a week before Xmas 63, then the dam really broke right after new years: A.M. stations playing albumen cuts - very rare : and after one station played a Beatles song, switch station, wait 5 min-a Beatles song , then switch to 3rd station, wait 5 min- a Beatles song , etc. etc
Working for Paul’s for 22 years, aside from meeting with him, I once had the honor of having a tour of Abbey Road arranged by Paul’s office in NY. Being in that space was otherworldly. There will never be as timeless a band as The Beatles. We’re still talking about them.
"Being in that space was otherworldly" When I was in a state of mystical psychosis that resulted in a near death experience, I was tapping into all kinds of synchronicity in and around that space. It's kind of like in the movie, Taking Woodstock, where one person tells another, "Go see what the center of the universe looks like" and it looks like a big circle with a fire in the center. It's all about the collective unconscious. When I was in that state, I was tapping deeply into the collective unconscious. I forget exactly what I used to say, but it was something similar to "When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks also into you." The universe notices you noticing. That's what synchronicity is. I'm pretty sure Leary said something similar. It happened 15 years ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzy. Similarly, I think we come in knowing, and forget.
@@stp1649 when first learning ukulele, this is a song many people strive to learn. It sounds really sweet in that tuning. The sharpness of the song described in the video translates very well to the natural tone of the ukulele and it's no surprise that it was one of George Harrison's favourite instruments
As a child of the 1980s, it's easy to forget how incredibly *rare* and *expensive* synthesizers were in the late '60s and early '70s. I've heard this song thousands of times in my life, but never really paid special attention to the Moog sounds in it, until you brought them to my attention just now. Thanks for allowing me to listen to this song with fresh ears!
@@morbidmanmusicThe problem with digitilized versions of many instruments is that they behave in a predetermined manner. There is no room for lucky malfunctions as this song is proof of.
Not to forget they were also insanely unreliable too because the circuits were VERY sensitive to temperature changes and that made them very hard to tune and keeping them in tune. Kraftwerk famously always had to re-tune their instruments after every song during their concerts, sometimes even compensating that during the song as they played. This is something that got a lot better in the 80s when Oscillators became digitally controlled and not purely voltage controlled. The Oscillators were still analog but a digitally controlled power-input made them a LOT more in-tune. In the beginning Synthesizers really were only at their best when used in the Studio and a controllable environment. And yes, not many could afford both.
Loved watching this! I'm a boomer who grew up on the Beatles and during my dating years, Abbey Road was played over, and over, and over....... we memorized every word to every song on that album and most other Beatles albums. NEVER, 😍never, ever will I tire of these talented fellas!
My daughter came into my life 18 years ago, from the instant I saw her, I have associated her with this song. She brought light, simplicity and joy into my life, and this song embodies completely that feeling. Thanks to the greatest band ever for this magnificent treasure.
I've often thought about how lucky I was to be born in a time where I could enjoy the Beatles entire career and watch the moon landings live. Very rarely in history does one get that lucky. Here Comes the Sun has always been one of my favorite Beatles song ever. I love it as much today as the first time I heard it.
So true, so true. of every song they kept coming up with, delighting us.. Someone ought to send this episode to Paul and Ringo as our love letter to their contribution to our growing-up years.
I was one of those too..from the first newspaper cuttings my Mum cut from the Evening News alerting me to a new northern band..to working in London whilst they were in the city recording Abbey Rd..then being in my local pub The Talbot witnessing Armstrong on the Moon..amazing times in my life.
We were so blessed to grow up with so many amazing bands and events in our own lifetime. My kids are always saying they wished they were present during these wonderful musical years.
When landing in the hospital 4 yrs ago after emergency surgery & during a week long coma, kept hearing a snip of Sun, my fave B song. After waking, heard it again. “Oh, yeah, they play Sun every time a CV patient checks out of the hospital.” How perfect!
A patient in a hospital with "CV"... that means a "CardioVascular" disease. I suspected that but I hadda look it up. I'm glad ya had that song to help ya get thru all that.
LOL... 10 years ago I was in an induced coma/vent for six days with pneumonia. When I came out of it I was very confused thanks to the drug cocktail I was kept under... paranoid, and didn't even remember why I was there. But in the early waking I had a dream I was driving in a car and hearing Bobby Vinton singing Blue Velvet. The entire song, all the way to the ending. No one in the hospital heard it - it was all in my dream, there must have been something to seed it. But in the shape I was in, I would rather have heard Here Comes The Sun. But the Blue Velvet thing did get me back into David Lynch and that movie as well as Twin Peaks, the show that broke television.
I remember hearing this song in 1969 on the AM radio in the family station wagon. I was an 8 year old fan of the Beatles, and the song burrowed into my soul immediately. It has been at the top of my favorites along with many others that came and sometimes went. I have come to know a great volume of music, and I have played music as a member of bands few have heard. Here Comes The Sun sounds sweeter to me every time I hear it, and that means well into thousands of times. It is my choice for the Greatest Song Ever. Thank You George Harrison.
You know, GH praised PM's bass and moog synthesizer playing on this tune. However, it's still good when reduction down to just an acoustic guitar and George singing. guitar
I would argue that he was actually the secret sauce. Hear me out: Wings and John's solo work are theoretically not terribly different from their later contributions to The Beatles catalog. So why, then, are those tunes, with a handful of notable exceptions, generally not venerated to the same extent? I maintain it is because of the absence of George's tasteful and divine contributions. Yes, he was a wingman to a degree, enhancing the other guys' work, but without his input (and to be fair Ringo's as well) those solo releases just are a bit lacking. Anyway, I just get the sense he was the straw that stirred the drink, as they say. I can say with certainty that his playing gives me chills in many of their tunes, and if there ever were an example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, it is with the aptly named Fab Four.
Yeah, this song is one of the greatest for sure. And its not even my favorite Beatles song. My favorite always was George's other song - While my guitar gently weeps.
Simply put, my favorite Beatles song from my favorite album. It has brought me music pleasure for 55 years now. What a high note for the Beatles to end on.
Well said. It's also my favorite album and considering the band is so close to breaking up at this point, makes it that much more beautiful and so very heartbreaking.
We had this teacher when I was at primary school, she loved The Beatles, she taught us to sing Yellow Submarine and this song Here comes the sun. She was an amazing woman. 🎉
And....... years pass.. My 13yo stepdaughter was Madonna etc obsessed so I did a "RIGHT, SIT DOWN & COP THIS!!" then put on "I Am The Walrus". Totally gobsmacked. Best song she'd ever heard. Spent a while going "Umpa umpa stick it up yer jumpa" :o)
When I was still a wee one, the first song I learned was We all Live In a Yellow Submarine. A visitor over heard me and asked my mom, "Is that Your Baby Singing?" Mom replied, "That's what happens when you have teenagers in the house". My brother, who was 14 then, loved the Beatles and played their songs constantly.
@newsongsung1147 Same here. I was born early 60s and have older brothers who are big Beatle fans. I can remember their music being in the house from a very early age and I would sing along to all their songs. Love them. Greatest band ever ❤
I was playing an acoustic guitar set at a cafe one morning and I had "Here Comes the Sun" as my first song on my set list. Unexpectedly, the clouds decided to block the sun that morning and pour down, as thunder crashed and lightning flashed. I played it anyway. Patrons seemed to enjoy both the song and the irony.
Thanks for posting this comprehensive history on what is my favorite song. I always loved the song but even now years later, knowing the details I can appreciate it even more.
Thoroughly enjoyed this,, In 1969 I was climbing the northern Highlands of South Vietnam with a rifle in my hands. I missed a lot of music from that era. So this was a pleasure seeing and hearing some of what I missed.
Me too - as a songwriter, I quickly picked up how he opted for that alliteration using the s on the 'iSe is Slowing melting' and 'Smiles returning to the faSes'. Good choice then to replace the 'feels' with 'Seems like new Since it'S been clear'. Writing lyrics didn't come easily to George but he worked at it and eventually he struck gold. When George was struggling with the lyric of Something, the suggestion for John to use the word 'cauliflower' as a place holder was hilarious - but essentially correct. Often in pop writing, it can be less about direct meaning, than about the feeling of a word and the way it sits in the music and the surrounding words' sounds. Sometimes you have to wait and hang in there until the correct word to fill the hole emerges. People often make up their own meanings in the imaginations anyway... and then there are mondegreens...!
The arrangements in 'Here Comes the Sun' are simply unbelievable - and stunning. Never again will a song like this be written and performed, it's that unique. And brilliant beyond measure.
And to know the story behind it makes it even more so, I think. It's so calming and vibrationally healing to read all these comments here, linking us back to a time when, looking back now, it seemed the world was more cohesive
Yes, but the whole ‘Abbey Road’ album was a hurricane of over-dubs. They were using an 8 track machine, and just kept piling it on. ‘Sergeant Pepper’ was only FOUR track, though they did a lot of ‘bouncing’.
You can clearly feel that this song hasn't been written in the mood of 'what song shall we write today' it came straight from the heart. Also the phrase "It's alright" has a very comforting feel to it not only after a dark night but also, as the song tells us, after a long dark winter which metaphorically could speak for a less uplifting period in life as we all have experienced at some point but now it's alright, the dark has gone and we see the light.
This is a fantastic example of what makes songs from that era so great - the small imperfections, the spur of the moment ideas, the never done before experimentation. And it is why most music today is dead: everything is polished, calculated, heard before. There is no human factor in it - no room for the beauty of randomness. Love that song - George was a fantastic musician and composer. And boy can one be tired of those "know it all" journalists who always believe their opinion rules. He showed them :)
Thanks for a brilliant analysis of this beautiful song. I was ten years old when The Beatles burst forth on the cultural scene. Spending one’s formative years during “Beatle Mania” was such a joy. If you ever want to feel good about yourself or the world, listen to this lovely song.
I had it on a 45 at age 9 in '69. I watched my older, hippie brother change from his "Coke bottle bottoms" glasses into round tinted 'Lennon specs'. His apartment had hanging bead strings in the doorways and a huge hookah where the coffee table was supposed to be. I inherited most of his albums and 45s from the mid to late sixties, so I was tapping out In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida melodies and such probably before anybody my age at that time. I wish I had kept all of those records.
@@sharonbradshaw6433 In the '70s we were just little kids running around Frisbees and superballs and things. I think they ended up out in the garage attic area. Then my mom and dad split so many things were lost.
Simply amazing 😮 I am 72 years of age and playing the guitar for more than 55 years but the way you’ve explained it how difficult or complex this song really is, understandingly, beyond me. 👍👍 thanks for sharing this beautiful piece with us ❤love from Holland 🇳🇱
Beautifully done, ...from a lifelong Beatles fan. I was at Candlestick and they inspired me to play the guitar. George was always my favorite Beatle. The Beatles remain unforgettable..... and peerless ....
Still deeply touching. And I will never be able to fathom the amount of genius behind the group. Can't believe those young lads were all in their 20s when the Beatles broke up. What fabulous lives did the lads live!
The Moog in the intro where the pitch is lowered is actually a defect of the Moog. There are versions where that has been fixed, but the ‘error’ ultimately remained in the final mix
That was the glide/portamento from the keyboard controller. The same thing Emerson used to great effect on ELP's Lucky Man and Hoedown , REO Speedwagon's intro to Ridin' the Storm Out, and a thousand other Moog solos. Simple and inexpensive to implement, it's a feature on almost every analog synth. George's Moog also had a ribbon controller that could also be used to play glide-y stuff, as did Keith Emerson's (but his could also shoot out fireballs on stage!).
@@David-u7v9xrecording is a “craft” unto itself. Playing live of course a different one . The first typically more deliberate and focused but not always the second more freewheeling and relaxed but again not always . Either way you slice it they ultimately are two vastly different animals to skin .
I'm always interested in learning the backstory, especially as the Beatles were so inventive in the studio. This was well-researched and put together, thanks, I learned a lot about this song that I have always loved.
I find this song so consoling, comforting. At bottom in life which is so often a struggle, painful, or just hard, there lies this basic foundational sweetness which is there for everyone who wants to touch it. Just raise your face to the sky and feel that simple warmth.
As always, this is a GREAT, educational, insightful video with info I've not heard anywhere else before. Thank you for that. AND Thank You for being the rarest of the rare by pronouncing MOOG correctly. I can't remember when, or if, I last heard someone NOT say "moo-g", implying it makes cow sounds or something. I don't know how you have so much information on these sessions, or how you get the individual stems from the multitrack recordings. It's impressive, and I welcome it every time you post. 🥂
Well said! 👍 The only thing I would add is that I often say that ALL the members of The Beatles should get some sort of song-writing credit for EACH song. When The Beatles broke up and recorded their solo albums and thus had to rely on studio musicians, the studio musicians were there to basically just pick up a paycheck. Punch in, punch out for the day. But when Paul brought into the studio an early draft of a song ... or John did ... or later George ... all the other members would attack the song, each adding a little bit here, a little bit there. In essence, "writing" their parts to the song. And they did this until they ALL felt the song was done -- a real group effort. It appeared to be a painstaking process, but I think each member felt that if it was a Beatles product, then it had to be the very best it could be. They were all upholding The Beatles name. 😃
Yes! Moog later made a synth called the "Moog Rogue", which kind of serves as a pronunciation guide (the two words rhyme if you're saying it right, and I don't mean moo-g roo-g!).
I always make a point of pronouncing it correctly, so I was pleased to hear the maker of the video do so too. I was wondering if he'd mispronounce it so I was relieved when he didn't. 👏
7:58 i actually really like that the woodwinds stayed. they actually blend and sound quite similar to the moog (so much so that i couldnt tell it wasnt the moog without watching this!!), but they have a warmer quality that really makes the turnaround back to the A section just all the better. it evokes a lot of emotion for me personally. anyways, great video!
It's wild. The real woodwinds sound imperfect. I never realized they were live instruments and had credited it to that experimental keyboard being imperfect.
That's such a good point! I knew there were woodwinds in the song, but I had always assumed they were playing throughout the song like the strings. I didn't realize they're only for a few seconds at the end of the bridge. I agree the moment with the woodwinds is really memorable and adds a lot of character to the song.
Like all the best Beatles songs, 'Here Comes The Sun' is musical perfection. The acoustic guitar, the Moog, Ringo's drumming augmented by handclaps, the orchestration, and those beautiful vocals are highlights within a killer track from my all-time favourite album. I'm glad George had the foresight to not include the lead guitar overdub as it wasn't an elegant fit. I liked this mini-documentary very much, thank you! :)
At a time in my life where I was suffering in silence with depression, I would repeat this and Good Day Sunshine in my head over and over to try to overcome it.
Everything the Beatles did, they did before 30!!! George and Paul Simon on SNL was amazing. You could see the love and respect they had for each other and each other's music.
This is a beautiful exploration of my all-time favorite song. It is so perfectly layered I never get tired of hearing it. And this video taught me a bunch of new things about it. ❤
I love this channel. I’m not a big Beatles fan, but I love seeing all the work that went into their music, and all the work that goes into these documentary episodes.
Myself,being born in 1963, thought i knew alot about THE BEATLES and most music of that time.Thanks for teaching an old dog some new trickd..I"m looking forward for some more schooling.KEEP ON KEEPING ON111
I always imagined the segue between I Want You (She's So Heavy) into the flip side opener Here Comes The Sun to be a segue from the winter white noise Of I Want You into the bright blue springtime skies of Here Comes The Sun. An amazing end of side 1 into opener of side 2. Probably the best ever in popular music.
Very good point! We know besides the awsome songs, the band spent time organizing the song order from side to side on each album. And what a transition- I Want You, to Here Comes the Sun- luv it!!
From the perspective of the original vinyl record generation, you didn't know what to expect on side two after the tone of I Want You (She's So Heavy). Turned out it would be the yin to the yang, two complementary forces.
From the perspective of the original vinyl record generation, you didn't know what to expect on side two after the tone of I Want You (She's So Heavy). Turned out it would be the yin to the yang, two complementary forces.
From the perspective of the original vinyl record generation, you didn't know what to expect on side two after the tone of I Want You (She's So Heavy). Turned out it would be the yin to the yang, two complementary forces.
Thank you for providing us with an even deeper appreciation of this gorgeous tune. Didn’t know it was possible to love it more than I already do. Thank you.
One thing that amazes me about Here Comes The Sun is how easily Ringo was able to play through all those time changes in the bridge section, 7/8, 11/8, 4/4 without a hitch. Yet, when you listen to the transitional parts between the choruses and verses, isolate the drum tracks, and you can hear George pickscraping his electric guitar on the triplet parts to help Ringo along. That he could play the real time changes seemlessly speaks higher volumes of Ringo's talent that the parts where he did need George's help.
Yeah the lost guitar solo should stay lost. It's a nice bit on it's own, and there is such a thing as too much. It's just beautiful song. Wonderful documentary on this song. George has always been my favorite. I love your take on It's all too much.
Agreed - good cooks know when adding extra flavours is superfluous and creates a 'diminishing returns' situation. Anyone know which of the Beatles became the best cook?! There's idea for a future video is you're running out of thoughts.
George was always my favourite Beatle. He proved his worth with the album All Things Must Pass. Every song was a treasure. He didn't always stick to the standard Beatle song constructs. He was too creative to write within the lines. We miss you. Thanks for leaving so much of yourself on the record.
One of the most special songs ever written. Parts intertwine like they were always meant to be strung together. It feels like a sweet ride along with your luminous friend. Thanks for your video ❤
19th August 1964: The Beatles embarked on their first US tour. 5 years later they finished tracking for ‘Here Comes The Sun’. A crazy level of growth in such a short timeframe.
The guitar and Leslie amp almost sounded like an organ and I wouldn't have been the wiser. The more I learn about these anomalies and quirks it makes me appreciate how many studio breakthroughs and experimentations makes a song what it is.
Thank you. George was my favorite musician in the Beatles by far. My kids love his songs both with the Beatles and as an artist by himself. Our favorite Beatles songs are “While my guitar gently weeps, “Something” and “Hear comes the sun” “Something “ is considered one of greatest love songs ever written by anyone.
Genuinely a masterful breakdown of a monumental Beatles song. What makes it especially brilliant is the introduction of a new piece of recording and music making electronics, 'the Mog'. And here, for 60 some years, the entire world had thought it a Moog synthesizer.
I love George and the songs he wrote. He's by far my favorite Beatle. If I had to choose between all four of these geniuses. There is nothing mediocre about any of them.
@@hw343434 I can easily imagine Paul singing "Sun, sun, sun, here it comes,: for the fourth time and saying, "That's enough already." And at that stage, he may have seemed right! But George cleverly added new textures every time the phrase repeated with strings and handclaps and synths to keep the interest going. Now it's a classic (and Paul loves it, too).
@@jrpipik "But George cleverly added new textures every time the phrase repeated with strings and handclaps and synths to keep the interest going. " This! And it's a brilliant way to extend the song musically.
such delight I have, listening to this song. It is so hopeful. In 4 years while running over 2000 miles, I listened to this song on most of my runs, often multiple times. Such joy in hearing the music as I observed the plants and sunlight and experienced the stress and perseverance of running! Praise God.
Good Work, compiling this. Am learning more and more lately, of all the little details of what I experienced of The Beatles Live in my day-to-day childhood. Thank-You!
I lost my son in October of '22, i knew i was slowly loosing him. I held him in my arms every morning, feeding him to the sunrise. 'Here Comes the sun" came over the radio one day. And it became a song we played every morning. Now Everytime i hear this song. I sit up like The Undertaker with heartache.
Here Comes The Sun is one of my favorite Beatles songs. It was on my phone answering for years, because I love how cheerful a greeting it is. I loved all the George songs on all the Beatles albums, it’s to pick favorite songs by the Beatles because there are so many wonderful gems on all their later albums. Long live the Beatles and music!! In 2013, my mom was in the ICU in a coma for over a month, she was in hospital and later rehab for 7 months and had 27 surgeries, I went down to Southern California and stayed with my sister for months, when I got home, my dad called me on the phone, we talked for about an hour, but the part that sticks with me, is my dad saying how much he and my mom loved the Beatles, he sang It’s Been And A Hard Days Night to me & said that song was exactly how he felt.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I think the Beatles have a lot of songs in their catalogue about the joy of seeing the sun because they're from rainy, cloudy England. It's ALWAYS a blessing when the sun shines in England, unlike in many other places on the globe.
Amazing video! I’ve known about the guitar solo for quite some time, and heard it a while ago. It’s good that you should mention this, as it is a crucial lost piece to Here Comes The Sun. I didn’t realize that love had George singing the extra “and I say”, that’s really neat! I edited the guitar solo and extra “and I say” into the song, but sadly of course I can’t post it due to copyright.
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Honestly, I feel like George made the right call. The harmonies and synthesizer riffs are more than enough in its place. Also, do you remember that clip where Dahni, Giles (?) and George Martin discovered the solo while remixing the song? The pure look of astonishment on George Martin's face is something I'm sure we all shared.
@elirosen1391 - yeah, it's such a great moment - especially witnessing Dhani's pure joy at hearing something 'new' from his Dad for the first time. I'm a little surprised they didn't release a bonus version with the solo for the Abbey Road Deluxe Edition box set. That would have been neat!
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I feel George made the right call as well. There are a few notes in that solo that really don’t sound as though they belong.
From what I heard, the solo didn't sound polished enough. It could have been developed. But the song is so tightly and excellently arranged, it's probably better that it was omitted.
It would be nice just to release an extended version. Like with All Things Must Pass ✨️ he even included a whole other record with Apple 🍎 Jams!
Yes please 🙏 more!
I was lucky enough to drive George on a number of occasions when he came to LA. I noticed a tiny instrument case he carried into the back of the limo and asked if it was a ukulele. "Yes, it's the most versatile instrument I own." and he proceeded to take it out and play Here Comes the Sun just for me. I had no recording device on me so it's only in my memory but it's a highlight of my life.
OMG!! Wow, what an amazing memory to have!!! You are perhaps the only person in the world that got a performance of HCTS for a single person audience!
lucky bastard, said with love
Wow! He was such a sweet person. So generous of him to do that.
That is one heck of a memory to cherish... ❤ 🖖
@@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 His generosity was boundless, especially on spiritual matters.
Imagine how tone deaf, unimaginative, and humorless you'd have to be to call Harrison's Abbey Road contributions "mediocrity incarnate." What a knave.
The two Harrison songs on Abbey Road are a couple of the best songs on the album.
It's truly jaw dropping.
That shocked me when I heard that.
I think that comment is indicative of the contempt that some had of George's songwriting compared to that of John and Paul's at that time. Of course, in retrospect, it is absurd. The song Something iwas one of the most covered songs in the 20th century and Frank Sinatra thought it was the best love song he had heard. Here Comes the Sun is now the most downloaded song in the Beatles catalog. Case closed.
Would the world be a better place if Revolution No 9 hadn't been released?
It was highly Influential, but in a new and different way. It gave us permission to go further.
"Now we can even do *that* in a record?"
What a glorious time to be.
I used to play it to my nan when she had dementia in a nursing home. She was non verbal, but she always tapped her hand to it. The only way i felt i could still be connected to her - and still do to this day when i hear or play it.
Miss you nan, love you...
Thank you for doing that, and sharing it with us.as we add layers of life, hoping to at least change ourselves,for the better.
I absolutely love these stories. Music is so amazing. It transcends the mind. Tapping here hand! The rhythm and melodies are right there, present for everyone.
Love and joy to you and your dear Nan. 🎉
My grandmother had a stroke in December last year and has been in a care home ever since. There's no music there at all.. I might take some in next time I go visit and see if she responds. She's nearly completely non-verbal since the stroke and doesn't recognise people very well.
What a lovely memory to have.
@@MOSMASTERINGPlease do - I hope it brings you both pleasure! Blessings...🤗
My father passed away two years ago after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer's. As he lost his abilities, music was the one thing that always sparked a reaction, especially the music of his favorite band, The Beatles. Even when he could barely respond to anything, just a few chords from the Fab Four would light up his eyes and bring a smile to his face.
On the day of my father's funeral, unbeknownst to my mother and me, my sister asked the choir to sing Here Comes the Sun as they carried his coffin. It was one of the most joyful and heartbreaking moments of my life.
After two years of longing, this will always be our song.
What a beautiful moment. ❤
@@nagualdesign thank you. ❤
So sorry brother.
@@johnsuggs7828 Thanks brother but, it's like the song... "it's alright!"
Sorry for loss.x
I met George once at a motor racing event. While chatting about the event, I realised he was just a regular guy enjoying his interests. I never mentioned his Beatles career. We chatted about motor racing and our dream cars. He was a lovely down to earth man and I treasure the few minutes I spent with him. 💙
do u remember what his dream car at the time was????
Lovely and down to earth ?????? Harrison was a 2 faced backstabbing hypocrite who had an affair with Ringos wife behind his back ! What a total jerk !
@@fehlps Of course not, it never happened
While they weren't anywhere near as famous, I used to perform with musicians having no idea who they were at the time, musicians who were in bands you would probably recognize. I learned that someone who's famous is just a person, like everybody else.
@FredCarpenter-b3t wrong !!!!!!
I never realized how much effort was put into this song. I recall Frank Sinatra commenting about the other George Harrison song on the album, "Something", as "...the greatest love song of the past 50 years..."
R.I.P. George.
Frank Sinatra performed that song a lot but always referred to it as his favourite Lennon and McCartney song LOL
I love Frank Sinatra almost as much as I love the Beatles. But I never liked his rendition of Something.
@@whosoever9198 Agree. For as much as he gushed about the song, I also didn't really like his version.
"Something" might be the best love song ever, so he wasn't wrong.
@@gordon5004 Yeah, it's a shame that falsehood has been repeated so many times over the years that's it's been commonly accepted as fact. It's especially disappointing when considering Sinatra the artist was noted for taking great care in always crediting the writers of all the songs he performed, be it Gershwin or Porter, Rogers and Hart or Hammerstein, Sondheim, Mercer, Cahn and Van Heusen, Legrand, the Bergmans or Berlin. Sinatra had especially high praise for Something calling it one of the great love songs of the 20th century. He tried recording it 3 times (all fails), he told us why he liked the song - because it manages to say I love you without ever actually using the words "I love you" - and he met George. I think it's safe to say Frank knew which beatle wrote the song. Ironically, it was Paul McCartney who started that rumor on I believe the Mike Douglas show. Food for thought.
I think part of the reason Here Comes The Sun is so successful is that at first listen it seems so simple but then on repeated listening the layers and complications weave their way into your brain. It’s fascinating that he was able to weave just enough complexity into it without overwhelming the feeling of simplicity. He would try certain elements and then pull them back as too far. The result feels as delicate as a soufflé.
Yes, including several changes in time signature that are so natural they go unnoticed..
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hard tune to replicate
That’s a perfect description of this song.
@@shaystern2453 Paul Davids has a great lesson on how to play it.
Harrison was the deepest thinker of the four and my personal fave. The world would be a better place with him in it.
the world is a better place because he was in it.
@@rubyjames3105 Yep!
Harrison wrote the best songs the Beatles. I don’t care to listen to any of the rest of them. I know they are talented, but it’s not for me. George is more universal, and as you say, I think a deeper thinker
Harrison was the best musician in the Beatles by far.
Well said
Want to acknowledge whoever put this video together. EXCELLENT work... rare to find this quality on TH-cam
Agree, very well put together = AWESOME
I first heard "Here Comes the Sun" on a cheap, portable turntable at Ft. Polk, LA. It was just after I returned from Viet Nam and I was trying to shed that year and its misery. One of the NCOs at the company to which I had just been assigned was pulling CQ (Charge of Quarters) that night; I couldn't sleep (my body clock and brain were still in the war), and he loaned me his player and the album and opened the Mess Hall ("Dining Facility" these days) and told me to listen.
I must have played the album 5 or 6 times. I must have plays HCTS a dozen.
It helped pull me back from the war.
In the 200 or so times I've played it over the decades, it never fails to soothe.
An amazing pice of writing, singing, and arranging. Pure beauty.
RIP, George Harrison, and thank you. You were one of a kind and you truly helped a young G.I.
Well written, my friend. Thank you for the vision.
@@MCOult my hubby is 79 and a disabled Vietnam nam vet (3 yrs) & exposure to agent orange that caused his disability. His favorite all time band "BEATLES". We have a nephew that is tall & resembles Mr. Harrison. Good of you to share your experience...."Welcome home brother".
Truly awesome!!😢
TH-cam's best example of quality over quantity.
Not to disagree. The quality is awesome.
But have you seen Lemmino?
100% I immediately click without thinking when I see a new video from this channel
My favorite channel. For sure
One of - but way up in the top tier for sure.
Just found this, and still listening - bewilderingly good. I'll be back to this channel for sure.
'Zapple' - was that intended to echo the name of the body part, or that of the We're Only In It For The Money man, or a bit of both?
I worked in a New York City hospital during the pandemic lockdown. Whenever a Covid patient was discharged from the ER, "Here Comes the Sun" was played over the PA system. It was a boost to all of us.
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An RN here- my other 2 go to songs were "Running on Empty" and "Jerusalema". Music can be more powerful than caffeine.
Love that; it's my alarm song every morning.
I wonder what The Sun was telling people at the time.
Same story here, only I was in PA.
Even if your only two contributions to music at all were Here Comes the Sun and Something, you've still knocked it out the park. Absolutely astounding songs. George's passing hit me harder than I thought, but he's left some wonderful memories.
I don't know if its alleged record holds today, but I read many years ago that "Something" was the most-covered song of all time, with over 300 published covers. But even if other songs have surpassed that, Harrison's song remains... something else, and something marvelous to behold.
George's passing hit you harder than I thought (who are you?) 😅😅
George & Ringo have been my FAVES..without them L & M wouldnt b as accomplshd as they'v perceivd by most..🎉❤
Pink Floyd was ridiculously meticulous in this regard while maintaining exquisite taste
I have said the same exact thing. The 2 songs are like 2 World Series Game 7, Bottom of the 9th, 3 men on, down by 3, 2 outs, and full count GRAND SLAM. George up to bat.
This was an absolute treat to watch.
I'm a scientist and engineer. Absolutely love the technical side and the creativeness of George.
We sometimes forget his musical gifts when Paul and John are on the same display with him.
Great video
When I went through a particularly bad case of COVID-19 in March-April 2020, I remember the nursing staff at the hospital would play this in the hallways whenever a COVID patient lived and got to leave the hospital to go home. They actually played this for me twice--the first time when I was being transferred to another hospital for physical rehab, but I contracted pneumonia shortly after and was sent back to the original hospital. A couple weeks later, I was able to leave to actually go home and they played it again for me as they wheeled me out. Still makes me smile anytime I hear this song (and Elton John's "I'm Still Standing").
The bass is so deep and full (and busy) on this song, it really makes the track sound modern.
thank you! I've always said Paul lays down the craziest bass lines on the Harrison songs.
agreed; the sound & presence of the bass came up a notch on the Abbey Road tracks
My good friend the bass player says the same thing!
Paul is just one of the best base players. So melodic.
It’s funny because this was one of the things that irked George. Apparently he told Paul to tone down his bass lines on “something” and in response he played the busiest possible baseline he could and it def shows in the recording. It does sound good tho 🤷♂️
As far as the monophonic Moog synth.. I am lucky enough to still have my 1974 Roland SH 1000 synthesizer… It is now 50 years old… And still surprises me every time I play it.❤
Synthesizers are pure magic
Whoaaa! That's the synth my father had at home. I learned so much with that instrument, a real gem.
I had the opportunity to meet Robert Moog when I lived in Ashville NC in the Ninties. He lived in nearby Black Mountain NC. He was a very gracious gentlemen. I had always imagined him as a musician, but he was very much an engineer. His work creating sound modulators for Hammond organ led to his breakthroughs in synthetic music.
My 16th birthday gift was a 1 month rental of the SH-1000. It was great.
The MiniMoog is the gold standard. I have video of me playing it.
I’ve loved the Beatles music since the first time I heard them in 1963, I believe. I was in the 5th grade. I’m 71 now and still love their tunes. 😊🎉
There's something incredibly timeless in their music. Heck even their early years have many timeless classics, And all new generations still discover the fab four for the first time. I've seen lots of youngsters in the past 2 years who watched the Beatles "Get Back" mini series with great excitement, seeing how some of their favorite songs were conceived at the time the Beatles sadly grew apart as a band but started to become emancipated independent musicians. My dad always loved the Beatles and i came to them because of him. I remember as a kid in the 90s, always looking curiously at his Cassettes of the two Beatles compilation Albums, where they look down from a staircase. I personally had the great honor of walking around Liverpool, seeing the Penny Lane statue and walking by the Cavern Club and residing in a hostel pretty close to it. Felt like walking on holy ground.
Sounds like my story (and many other people our age) regarding the Beatles. They were and still are the greatest band of all time.
7th grade for me about a week before Xmas 63, then the dam really broke right after new years: A.M. stations playing albumen cuts - very rare : and after one station played a Beatles song, switch station, wait 5 min-a Beatles song , then switch to 3rd station, wait 5 min- a Beatles song , etc. etc
I am only 68 now and still love their tunes, as well and still love their tunes, as well.
See? even now. senility encroaches the edges of my sensory field...
George is a beautiful musician, sadly lost to time, but wonderfully remembered in our heads. Thank you sooo much George. 😢
Working for Paul’s for 22 years, aside from meeting with him, I once had the honor of having a tour of Abbey Road arranged by Paul’s office in NY. Being in that space was otherworldly. There will never be as timeless a band as The Beatles. We’re still talking about them.
"Being in that space was otherworldly"
When I was in a state of mystical psychosis that resulted in a near death experience, I was tapping into all kinds of synchronicity in and around that space. It's kind of like in the movie, Taking Woodstock, where one person tells another, "Go see what the center of the universe looks like" and it looks like a big circle with a fire in the center. It's all about the collective unconscious. When I was in that state, I was tapping deeply into the collective unconscious. I forget exactly what I used to say, but it was something similar to "When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks also into you." The universe notices you noticing. That's what synchronicity is. I'm pretty sure Leary said something similar.
It happened 15 years ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzy. Similarly, I think we come in knowing, and forget.
This song is as bright as the sun one of the most joyful uplifting melodies ever made THANKS GEORGE
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@@stp1649 when first learning ukulele, this is a song many people strive to learn. It sounds really sweet in that tuning. The sharpness of the song described in the video translates very well to the natural tone of the ukulele and it's no surprise that it was one of George Harrison's favourite instruments
@@coolbreeze5683 great instrument very handy
You just can't beat the sweet, crooning, hypnotic vocals of George Harrison.
The only one whose mum made sandwiches for him on 1st trip to Hamburg,
As a child of the 1980s, it's easy to forget how incredibly *rare* and *expensive* synthesizers were in the late '60s and early '70s. I've heard this song thousands of times in my life, but never really paid special attention to the Moog sounds in it, until you brought them to my attention just now. Thanks for allowing me to listen to this song with fresh ears!
Some might say, now "you can't unhear this". 🙃
And now they are all on my iPad..
@@morbidmanmusicThe problem with digitilized versions of many instruments is that they behave in a predetermined manner. There is no room for lucky malfunctions as this song is proof of.
Not to forget they were also insanely unreliable too because the circuits were VERY sensitive to temperature changes and that made them very hard to tune and keeping them in tune. Kraftwerk famously always had to re-tune their instruments after every song during their concerts, sometimes even compensating that during the song as they played. This is something that got a lot better in the 80s when Oscillators became digitally controlled and not purely voltage controlled. The Oscillators were still analog but a digitally controlled power-input made them a LOT more in-tune. In the beginning Synthesizers really were only at their best when used in the Studio and a controllable environment. And yes, not many could afford both.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6Between them and the Mellotron's famous unreliability, so many great bands must've been fighting through every concert!
Loved watching this! I'm a boomer who grew up on the Beatles and during my dating years, Abbey Road was played over, and over, and over....... we memorized every word to every song on that album and most other Beatles albums. NEVER, 😍never, ever will I tire of these talented fellas!
My daughter came into my life 18 years ago, from the instant I saw her, I have associated her with this song. She brought light, simplicity and joy into my life, and this song embodies completely that feeling. Thanks to the greatest band ever for this magnificent treasure.
I've often thought about how lucky I was to be born in a time where I could enjoy the Beatles entire career and watch the moon landings live. Very rarely in history does one get that lucky.
Here Comes the Sun has always been one of my favorite Beatles song ever. I love it as much today as the first time I heard it.
So true, so true. of every song they kept coming up with, delighting us.. Someone ought to send this episode to Paul and Ringo as our love letter to their contribution to our growing-up years.
I was one of those too..from the first newspaper cuttings my Mum cut from the Evening News alerting me to a new northern band..to working in London whilst they were in the city recording Abbey Rd..then being in my local pub The Talbot witnessing Armstrong on the Moon..amazing times in my life.
Me too. I learnt the guitar using Beatle songs with my mates.
2 amazing pieces of entertainment. At least the Beatles recordings were real.
We were so blessed to grow up with so many amazing bands and events in our own lifetime.
My kids are always saying they wished they were present during these wonderful musical years.
Here Comes the Sun and Something are masterpieces!
Definitely amongst the very top Beatles Recordings if not the best of them all
Asolutely agree, hi from Russia!!!
@@alexandervideo3804 Hi! Russia!
Can't understate how much Paul contributed too!
This audio quality in this video is so crisp. Thank you for another fantastic video
Reallly Nice!
Complexity married to simplicity in a sublime melody - the essence of The Beatles.
After all these years, this masterpiece has become the longest lasting, perennially inspiring and pleasing Beatles song..
This was an incredible and deep dive into one of the best songs ever written.. Thank you for bringing us this!
Absolutely! Well-put!
when the world needed him most, he returned ❤️
When landing in the hospital 4 yrs ago after emergency surgery & during a week long coma, kept hearing a snip of Sun, my fave B song. After waking, heard it again. “Oh, yeah, they play Sun every time a CV patient checks out of the hospital.” How perfect!
Love this!
A patient in a hospital with "CV"... that means a "CardioVascular" disease. I suspected that but I hadda look it up.
I'm glad ya had that song to help ya get thru all that.
Amazing story!
LOL... 10 years ago I was in an induced coma/vent for six days with pneumonia. When I came out of it I was very confused thanks to the drug cocktail I was kept under... paranoid, and didn't even remember why I was there. But in the early waking I had a dream I was driving in a car and hearing Bobby Vinton singing Blue Velvet. The entire song, all the way to the ending. No one in the hospital heard it - it was all in my dream, there must have been something to seed it. But in the shape I was in, I would rather have heard Here Comes The Sun. But the Blue Velvet thing did get me back into David Lynch and that movie as well as Twin Peaks, the show that broke television.
I remember hearing this song in 1969 on the AM radio in the family station wagon. I was an 8 year old fan of the Beatles, and the song burrowed into my soul immediately. It has been at the top of my favorites along with many others that came and sometimes went. I have come to know a great volume of music, and I have played music as a member of bands few have heard. Here Comes The Sun sounds sweeter to me every time I hear it, and that means well into thousands of times. It is my choice for the Greatest Song Ever. Thank You George Harrison.
You know, GH praised PM's bass and moog synthesizer playing on this tune. However, it's still good when reduction down to just an acoustic guitar and George singing. guitar
Great story, 😊
Imagine having one of the greatest songs ever written - by anyone - penned by your third-best guy. The sheer talent on the Beatles was absurd.
Something In The Way She's moves was a favourite of Frank Sinatra ❤
I would argue that he was actually the secret sauce. Hear me out: Wings and John's solo work are theoretically not terribly different from their later contributions to The Beatles catalog. So why, then, are those tunes, with a handful of notable exceptions, generally not venerated to the same extent? I maintain it is because of the absence of George's tasteful and divine contributions. Yes, he was a wingman to a degree, enhancing the other guys' work, but without his input (and to be fair Ringo's as well) those solo releases just are a bit lacking. Anyway, I just get the sense he was the straw that stirred the drink, as they say. I can say with certainty that his playing gives me chills in many of their tunes, and if there ever were an example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, it is with the aptly named Fab Four.
@@Kennective interesting thoughts. thank you.
Yeah, this song is one of the greatest for sure. And its not even my favorite Beatles song. My favorite always was George's other song - While my guitar gently weeps.
Third best? No offense but..,
Simply put, my favorite Beatles song from my favorite album. It has brought me music pleasure for 55 years now. What a high note for the Beatles to end on.
Well said. It's also my favorite album and considering the band is so close to breaking up at this point, makes it that much more beautiful and so very heartbreaking.
@@TheCousinEddie thet be already broke since george n john long gone
We had this teacher when I was at primary school, she loved The Beatles, she taught us to sing Yellow Submarine and this song Here comes the sun. She was an amazing woman. 🎉
Primary school - we went round in the playground, arms over shoulders, singing "We all live in a pound of margarine" .
And....... years pass.. My 13yo stepdaughter was Madonna etc obsessed so I did a "RIGHT, SIT DOWN & COP THIS!!" then put on "I Am The Walrus". Totally gobsmacked. Best song she'd ever heard. Spent a while going "Umpa umpa stick it up yer jumpa" :o)
It is one of the most beautiful songs that they did
When I was still a wee one, the first song I learned was We all Live In a Yellow Submarine. A visitor over heard me and asked my mom, "Is that Your Baby Singing?" Mom replied, "That's what happens when you have teenagers in the house". My brother, who was 14 then, loved the Beatles and played their songs constantly.
@newsongsung1147 Same here. I was born early 60s and have older brothers who are big Beatle fans. I can remember their music being in the house from a very early age and I would sing along to all their songs. Love them. Greatest band ever ❤
I was playing an acoustic guitar set at a cafe one morning and I had "Here Comes the Sun" as my first song on my set list. Unexpectedly, the clouds decided to block the sun that morning and pour down, as thunder crashed and lightning flashed. I played it anyway. Patrons seemed to enjoy both the song and the irony.
It almost has a completely different feeling and meaning in that context actually. Sounds like a much sadder atmosphere, in a good way.
Lol people must have had a good laugh.
Love thi! 👣
Another quick option in that situation would be “Rain”.
"sitting in an english garden, waiting for the sun... if the song don't come... "
Thanks for posting this comprehensive history on what is my favorite song. I always loved the song but even now years later, knowing the details I can appreciate it even more.
Thoroughly enjoyed this,, In 1969 I was climbing the northern Highlands of South Vietnam with a rifle in my hands. I missed a lot of music from that era. So this was a pleasure seeing and hearing some of what I missed.
Me too !!! I worked that Iron Triangle !!!
My brother sent me cassette tapes though.
Love seeing George's hand writing of the lyrics... 😊
Me too - as a songwriter, I quickly picked up how he opted for that alliteration using the s on the 'iSe is Slowing melting' and 'Smiles returning to the faSes'.
Good choice then to replace the 'feels' with 'Seems like new Since it'S been clear'. Writing lyrics didn't come easily to George but he worked at it and eventually he struck gold. When George was struggling with the lyric of Something, the suggestion for John to use the word 'cauliflower' as a place holder was hilarious - but essentially correct. Often in pop writing, it can be less about direct meaning, than about the feeling of a word and the way it sits in the music and the surrounding words' sounds. Sometimes you have to wait and hang in there until the correct word to fill the hole emerges. People often make up their own meanings in the imaginations anyway... and then there are mondegreens...!
👍👍 YES!! Just plain..............AWESOME!!! 'fer SURE!!😊
@ianbartle456 Oh yeh forgot about that term mondergreens!
The arrangements in 'Here Comes the Sun' are simply unbelievable - and stunning. Never again will a song like this be written and performed, it's that unique. And brilliant beyond measure.
And to know the story behind it makes it even more so, I think. It's so calming and vibrationally healing to read all these comments here, linking us back to a time when, looking back now, it seemed the world was more cohesive
From Georges own mouth, this song Was about the Devotees of Krsna, How they would light up the day every time he saw them. He became one...
Yes, but the whole ‘Abbey Road’ album was a hurricane of over-dubs. They were using an 8 track machine, and just kept piling it on. ‘Sergeant Pepper’ was only FOUR track, though they did a lot of ‘bouncing’.
George Harrison: a beautiful, dazzling diamond
You can clearly feel that this song hasn't been written in the mood of 'what song shall we write today' it came straight from the heart. Also the phrase "It's alright" has a very comforting feel to it not only after a dark night but also, as the song tells us, after a long dark winter which metaphorically could speak for a less uplifting period in life as we all have experienced at some point but now it's alright, the dark has gone and we see the light.
This is a fantastic example of what makes songs from that era so great - the small imperfections, the spur of the moment ideas, the never done before experimentation.
And it is why most music today is dead: everything is polished, calculated, heard before. There is no human factor in it - no room for the beauty of randomness.
Love that song - George was a fantastic musician and composer. And boy can one be tired of those "know it all" journalists who always believe their opinion rules. He showed them :)
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Thanks for a brilliant analysis of this beautiful song.
I was ten years old when The Beatles burst forth on the cultural scene.
Spending one’s formative years during “Beatle Mania” was such a joy.
If you ever want to feel good about yourself or the world, listen to this lovely song.
I had it on a 45 at age 9 in '69. I watched my older, hippie brother change from his "Coke bottle bottoms" glasses into round tinted 'Lennon specs'. His apartment had hanging bead strings in the doorways and a huge hookah where the coffee table was supposed to be. I inherited most of his albums and 45s from the mid to late sixties, so I was tapping out In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida melodies and such probably before anybody my age at that time. I wish I had kept all of those records.
I was a tadpole
@@cosmicraysshotsintothelight Hear, hear, friend.
@@cosmicraysshotsintothelight What in the world did you do with them?
@@sharonbradshaw6433 In the '70s we were just little kids running around Frisbees and superballs and things. I think they ended up out in the garage attic area. Then my mom and dad split so many things were lost.
That sawtooth at 7:04 is one of the best synth lines ever.
Great to hear actual, isolated tracks when other TH-camrs just talk about the Beatles avoiding actual samples.
Simply amazing 😮 I am 72 years of age and playing the guitar for more than 55 years but the way you’ve explained it how difficult or complex this song really is, understandingly, beyond me. 👍👍 thanks for sharing this beautiful piece with us ❤love from Holland 🇳🇱
Beautifully done, ...from a lifelong Beatles fan. I was at Candlestick and they inspired me to play the guitar. George was always my favorite Beatle. The Beatles remain unforgettable.....
and peerless ....
Still deeply touching. And I will never be able to fathom the amount of genius behind the group. Can't believe those young lads were all in their 20s when the Beatles broke up. What fabulous lives did the lads live!
All through the '70s, the gift of new music, new sounds, and new ideas fell like morning rain nearly every day.
Sooo right, neighbor.
Well said
The Moog in the intro where the pitch is lowered is actually a defect of the Moog. There are versions where that has been fixed, but the ‘error’ ultimately remained in the final mix
Yes! Another example of the 'happy little accidents' from the analog era.
I expected this to be addressed in the video but surprisingly it wasn’t.
@@geohaber because he just tells things well known, no "secret" revealed in any video.
@@rael6168we're all waiting for your frontpage exposé to come out
That was the glide/portamento from the keyboard controller.
The same thing Emerson used to great effect on ELP's Lucky Man and Hoedown ,
REO Speedwagon's intro to Ridin' the Storm Out,
and a thousand other Moog solos.
Simple and inexpensive to implement, it's a feature on almost every analog synth.
George's Moog also had a ribbon controller that could also be used to play glide-y stuff,
as did Keith Emerson's (but his could also shoot out fireballs on stage!).
This song showed me a new kind of people who are more conscious, peaceful and loving.
Has always been one of my favorite Beatles songs, thank you for the wonderful, informative and inspiring history!!!
The Beatles weren’t only great songwriters, they were great editors. They labored over songs to add layers, like no other group in history.
i call them song crafters....especially when they went strictly studio musicians
Correct
@@David-u7v9xrecording is a “craft” unto itself. Playing live of course a different one . The first typically more deliberate and focused but not always the second more freewheeling and relaxed but again not always . Either way you slice it they ultimately are two vastly different animals to skin .
Beach Boys did the same, Brian Wilson was a master in the studio!
Becker & Fagen would disagree with you, as do I.
I'm always interested in learning the backstory, especially as the Beatles were so inventive in the studio. This was well-researched and put together, thanks, I learned a lot about this song that I have always loved.
Brilliant video about the recording of a truly gorgeous song. RIP George.
I find this song so consoling, comforting. At bottom in life which is so often a struggle, painful, or just hard, there lies this basic foundational sweetness which is there for everyone who wants to touch it. Just raise your face to the sky and feel that simple warmth.
In spite of listening to this song since it came out, I really had no idea of its complexity. Astounding to learn all this after 55 years.
As always, this is a GREAT, educational, insightful video with info I've not heard anywhere else before. Thank you for that. AND Thank You for being the rarest of the rare by pronouncing MOOG correctly. I can't remember when, or if, I last heard someone NOT say "moo-g", implying it makes cow sounds or something. I don't know how you have so much information on these sessions, or how you get the individual stems from the multitrack recordings. It's impressive, and I welcome it every time you post. 🥂
Well said! 👍 The only thing I would add is that I often say that ALL the members of The Beatles should get some sort of song-writing credit for EACH song. When The Beatles broke up and recorded their solo albums and thus had to rely on studio musicians, the studio musicians were there to basically just pick up a paycheck. Punch in, punch out for the day.
But when Paul brought into the studio an early draft of a song ... or John did ... or later George ... all the other members would attack the song, each adding a little bit here, a little bit there. In essence, "writing" their parts to the song. And they did this until they ALL felt the song was done -- a real group effort. It appeared to be a painstaking process, but I think each member felt that if it was a Beatles product, then it had to be the very best it could be. They were all upholding The Beatles name. 😃
Yes! Moog later made a synth called the "Moog Rogue", which kind of serves as a pronunciation guide (the two words rhyme if you're saying it right, and I don't mean moo-g roo-g!).
He reverted to the cow sound later in the video, No?
I always make a point of pronouncing it correctly, so I was pleased to hear the maker of the video do so too. I was wondering if he'd mispronounce it so I was relieved when he didn't. 👏
Thoroughly deserved as a popular song and one I never get tired of playing on guitar!
7:58 i actually really like that the woodwinds stayed. they actually blend and sound quite similar to the moog (so much so that i couldnt tell it wasnt the moog without watching this!!), but they have a warmer quality that really makes the turnaround back to the A section just all the better. it evokes a lot of emotion for me personally. anyways, great video!
so many of their songs have these happy accidents that make the whole greater than the sum of its parts!
It's wild. The real woodwinds sound imperfect. I never realized they were live instruments and had credited it to that experimental keyboard being imperfect.
That's such a good point! I knew there were woodwinds in the song, but I had always assumed they were playing throughout the song like the strings. I didn't realize they're only for a few seconds at the end of the bridge. I agree the moment with the woodwinds is really memorable and adds a lot of character to the song.
I always thought the winds coming in at that precise moment was a purposeful edit. It's perfect.
Shame that they didn't have more than one tape machine.
Like all the best Beatles songs, 'Here Comes The Sun' is musical perfection. The acoustic guitar, the Moog, Ringo's drumming augmented by handclaps, the orchestration, and those beautiful vocals are highlights within a killer track from my all-time favourite album. I'm glad George had the foresight to not include the lead guitar overdub as it wasn't an elegant fit. I liked this mini-documentary very much, thank you! :)
At a time in my life where I was suffering in silence with depression, I would repeat this and Good Day Sunshine in my head over and over to try to overcome it.
Everything the Beatles did, they did before 30!!! George and Paul Simon on SNL was amazing. You could see the love and respect they had for each other and each other's music.
Yes. Little did they realize how much they were the shepherds leading us out of the wilderness.
This is a beautiful exploration of my all-time favorite song. It is so perfectly layered I never get tired of hearing it. And this video taught me a bunch of new things about it. ❤
I love this channel. I’m not a big Beatles fan, but I love seeing all the work that went into their music, and all the work that goes into these documentary episodes.
George was a driving force in the Beatle's success. His contributions always spoke to me. A man so soulful and thoughtful
Myself,being born in 1963, thought i knew alot about THE BEATLES and most music of that time.Thanks for teaching an old dog some new trickd..I"m looking forward for some more schooling.KEEP ON KEEPING ON111
In my opinion, George and the end proved too be the most soulful and real musician of the group.i love and miss him😢
I always imagined the segue between I Want You (She's So Heavy) into the flip side opener Here Comes The Sun to be a segue from the winter white noise Of I Want You into the bright blue springtime skies of Here Comes The Sun. An amazing end of side 1 into opener of side 2. Probably the best ever in popular music.
Very good point! We know besides the awsome songs, the band spent time organizing the song order from side to side on each album. And what a transition- I Want You, to Here Comes the Sun- luv it!!
It's like you opened the door from darkness and chaos into peace.
From the perspective of the original vinyl record generation, you didn't know what to expect on side two after the tone of I Want You (She's So Heavy). Turned out it would be the yin to the yang, two complementary forces.
From the perspective of the original vinyl record generation, you didn't know what to expect on side two after the tone of I Want You (She's So Heavy). Turned out it would be the yin to the yang, two complementary forces.
From the perspective of the original vinyl record generation, you didn't know what to expect on side two after the tone of I Want You (She's So Heavy). Turned out it would be the yin to the yang, two complementary forces.
If I could heart this video I would. Thank you for making this very touching document of a very beautiful song.
Such a simple song with so many layers that grab you and then you realize, George was brilliant.
I'm glad I cannot unhear this. What a find!
Thank you for providing us with an even deeper appreciation of this gorgeous tune. Didn’t know it was possible to love it more than I already do. Thank you.
One thing that amazes me about Here Comes The Sun is how easily Ringo was able to play through all those time changes in the bridge section, 7/8, 11/8, 4/4 without a hitch. Yet, when you listen to the transitional parts between the choruses and verses, isolate the drum tracks, and you can hear George pickscraping his electric guitar on the triplet parts to help Ringo along. That he could play the real time changes seemlessly speaks higher volumes of Ringo's talent that the parts where he did need George's help.
Ringo, the (not so) secret weapon
maybe it's not Ringo playing...
@@rael6168it is
It was not easy for him, hes talked abput that a lot
Having watched "Get Back" it's fair to say that Ringo was the glue that held them all together 😮
Yeah the lost guitar solo should stay lost. It's a nice bit on it's own, and there is such a thing as too much. It's just beautiful song. Wonderful documentary on this song. George has always been my favorite. I love your take on It's all too much.
Agreed - good cooks know when adding extra flavours is superfluous and creates a 'diminishing returns' situation. Anyone know which of the Beatles became the best cook?!
There's idea for a future video is you're running out of thoughts.
@@ianbartle456 You said it way better than me!
George was always my favourite Beatle. He proved his worth with the album All Things Must Pass. Every song was a treasure. He didn't always stick to the standard Beatle song constructs. He was too creative to write within the lines.
We miss you. Thanks for leaving so much of yourself on the record.
One of the most special songs ever written. Parts intertwine like they were always meant to be strung together. It feels like a sweet ride along with your luminous friend. Thanks for your video ❤
19th August 1964: The Beatles embarked on their first US tour.
5 years later they finished tracking for ‘Here Comes The Sun’.
A crazy level of growth in such a short timeframe.
you can thank the drugs for a lot of that growth
¡Unique event in the history of rock 'n' roll music!
The layering of sounds flow so well i never noticed the wind section wasnt there the whole time! God i love the beatles
For me, this episode really opened up new ways to listen and to hear-- from our hearts as well as our ears..
The guitar and Leslie amp almost sounded like an organ and I wouldn't have been the wiser. The more I learn about these anomalies and quirks it makes me appreciate how many studio breakthroughs and experimentations makes a song what it is.
Thank you. George was my favorite musician in the Beatles by far. My kids love his songs both with the Beatles and as an artist by himself. Our favorite Beatles songs are “While my guitar gently weeps, “Something” and “Hear comes the sun”
“Something “ is considered one of greatest love songs ever written by anyone.
Genuinely a masterful breakdown of a monumental Beatles song. What makes it especially brilliant is the introduction of a new piece of recording and music making electronics, 'the Mog'.
And here, for 60 some years, the entire world had thought it a Moog synthesizer.
I love George and the songs he wrote. He's by far my favorite Beatle. If I had to choose between all four of these geniuses.
There is nothing mediocre about any of them.
Paul told George that bridge was too long. George said, I don't have to listen to you anymore. (Reportedly.)
Well, George was right and Paul was way off
@@hw343434 I can easily imagine Paul singing "Sun, sun, sun, here it comes,: for the fourth time and saying, "That's enough already." And at that stage, he may have seemed right! But George cleverly added new textures every time the phrase repeated with strings and handclaps and synths to keep the interest going. Now it's a classic (and Paul loves it, too).
@@hw343434 George should have told him ''Just go home and play with your silver hammer.''
@@jrpipik "But George cleverly added new textures every time the phrase repeated with strings and handclaps and synths to keep the interest going. "
This! And it's a brilliant way to extend the song musically.
When Paul was asked 1 or 2yrs ago which was his favourite George song....he said Here Comes the Sun.
such delight I have, listening to this song. It is so hopeful. In 4 years while running over 2000 miles, I listened to this song on most of my runs, often multiple times. Such joy in hearing the music as I observed the plants and sunlight and experienced the stress and perseverance of running! Praise God.
I have a handful of songs that I call Instant Happiness- this is my no.1. ☀️ Makes me cry of happiness.
Good Work, compiling this. Am learning more and more lately, of all the little details of what I experienced of The Beatles Live in my day-to-day childhood. Thank-You!
His counter melody at the end is divine
I lost my son in October of '22, i knew i was slowly loosing him. I held him in my arms every morning,
feeding him to the sunrise.
'Here Comes the sun"
came over the radio one day.
And it became a song we played every morning.
Now Everytime i hear this song.
I sit up like The Undertaker with heartache.
Just incredible detail on these videos. I've been a Beatles fan for almost 40 years and I learn something new every time!
Here Comes The Sun is one of my favorite Beatles songs. It was on my phone answering for years, because I love how cheerful a greeting it is. I loved all the George songs on all the Beatles albums, it’s to pick favorite songs by the Beatles because there are so many wonderful gems on all their later albums. Long live the Beatles and music!! In 2013, my mom was in the ICU in a coma for over a month, she was in hospital and later rehab for 7 months and had 27 surgeries, I went down to Southern California and stayed with my sister for months, when I got home, my dad called me on the phone, we talked for about an hour, but the part that sticks with me, is my dad saying how much he and my mom loved the Beatles, he sang It’s Been And A Hard Days Night to me & said that song was exactly how he felt.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for this. It’s always refreshing to learn how these classic songs were made. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks to 'You Can't Unhear This' Brilliant exposé.
My favorite Beatles' song since the day. It forever gives me hope.
I think the Beatles have a lot of songs in their catalogue about the joy of seeing the sun because they're from rainy, cloudy England. It's ALWAYS a blessing when the sun shines in England, unlike in many other places on the globe.
No. England has plenty of sun
Funny how dull and rainy it is this day 😅
Here Comes The Sun is a masterpiece and should have gone to space!!! ☀️
Amazing video! I’ve known about the guitar solo for quite some time, and heard it a while ago. It’s good that you should mention this, as it is a crucial lost piece to Here Comes The Sun. I didn’t realize that love had George singing the extra “and I say”, that’s really neat! I edited the guitar solo and extra “and I say” into the song, but sadly of course I can’t post it due to copyright.