Frank also miscredited it as being a Lennon-McCartney composition which further emphasises the question/statement that our host here made about George often being overlooked.
@@StanSwan What do you mean, the Sinatra story? That story has been repeated millions of times from thousands of sources, over the decades. I see no reason to disbelieve it, and could probably find the proof if I took the time. If you're going to claim it never happened then please provide your proof.
@@glass2467 Repeating a story does not make it true. Like the myth there were no crimes when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan in New York. That was false.
@@StanSwan Well I did just hear a Sinatra version where he credits Harrison, but I'm still looking for an earlier recording where he said credits Lennon-McCartney. I must admit that I know longer know if it's true or not. But if you have any real knowledge, let's have it.
@@betamusic5487 That would've been impossible. John and Paul certainly weren't gonna make room for more Harrisongs and George Martin wasn't gonna derail the McLennon train by any means. The All Things Must Pass album is a hell of a display of song writing skills, though.
@@ScarletVoodoo why would more Harrisongs "derail" anything? They would have added to the wealth of material, not taken away from it. No, I think it was simply that Harrison didn't output as many songs. All Things Must Pass has some brilliant songs. It also has its fair share of forgettable fillers.
Some backstory on this one. George had a lot of faith in this one, but John and Paul weren't taking it very seriously, so he decided to bring in Eric Clapton to play guitar. Suddenly he had their attention and the 5 of them created this masterpiece.
@@gordon9995 yeah for his Hall of Fame induction. Simply amazing. I knew Prince was good, but man. Then you had Concert for George (on the year anniversary of his death) with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Billy Preston among others performing this one.
@@WrinkledHound I've heard that it's John on the acoustic as is standard, but I've also heard that it's possible John wasn't on it at all. I've only ever heard that it was Ringo on the kit.
I like the fact that the third best song writer in the Beatles was the #1 song writer in the Travelling Wilbury's, a band that included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
The reason they don't talk much about George is because he bloomed later. The early Beatles stuff was all Lennon-McCartney because the others weren't up to the songwriting tasks yet. It is very hard to compete with Lennon-McCartney. But George DEFINITELY bloomed into an amazing songwriter!
There was a commenter on the Help video he suggested that the order of talent among the Beatles went John, Paul, George, Ringo. I think as songwriters he might be correct, but as musicians it was clearly the reverse.
@@alanfriesen9837 McCartney was the best musician if the lot. I'm sure others will debate it, but he played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums on various Beatle albums.
@@alanfriesen9837 McCartney was an excellent drummer. But, yes, I agree Ringo was a master at his craft. However, in that respect, McCartney was and is recognized as one of the greatest bass players ever.
@@kevinloignon7943 McCartney was a fantastic bassist. Before that he was a pretty decent guitarist. He only switched after Sutcliffe died. My understanding is that Harrison was a better guitarist, and it was Paul who brought George into the band against John's initial resistance because he recognized his talent.
This song is one of Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time, along with "Something". George was a fantastic talent, in the shadows of John and Paul for a long time, and then broke out with incredible songs like WMGGW, Something, Taxman, Here Comes the Sun, If I Needed Someone, etc. Then of course he did the All Things Must Pass album - voted one of the 500 greatest albums of all time. After the Beatles and some other solo albums he organized The Traveling Wilbury's with Tom Petty, Roy Orbinson, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynn. Quite the incredible career.
George didn’t get as many of his songs on the Beatles albums so when they broke up he had a backlog of material that came out on his triple-album! “All things must pass”. That album is Fire
During this period, George was reading I Ching. A form of Chinese philosophy based on randomness and what ever happens is meant to be. He opened up a random book to a random page and saw the words 'Gently weeps'. He set the book down and wrote this all time classic. Excellent video HB. Cheers, RNB
I’m glad someone commented this. I used to give memorabilia tours for Hard Rock and my location had George’s original lyrics, and I told this story a thousand times.
That must have been a lot of fun giving those tours B77. Which location did you work out of? The Hard Rock Café in South Lake Tahoe has some awesome Beatles memorabilia. Cheers, RNB
IIRC (which is not something that should be relied upon) in the slightly different version I heard, it was a technique for stimulating creativity. You open a book randomly, and take the last word of the left-hand page and the first word of the right-hand page, then write something around those two words. The words George got were 'gently' and 'weeps'. But this technique may well have been based on Taoist ideas, as expounded in the I Ching. After all, it's all connected... :-)
I am using George Harrisons explanation for the songs origins. I am in no position to personally discuss Eastern philosophy's. I'm a lowly bass player and I Ching (et all) is way above my pay grade. PC, you have a much better grasp on the subject than I ever will. Interesting that John Lennon lists I Ching in his litany of things he DOESN'T believe in. In his song GOD from The Plastic Ono Band album r(ecorded in the Autumn of 1970). John also lists, magic,, the Bible, tarot, Buddha, Jesus, yoga, Gita, Hitler, mantra, Kennedy, kings, Elvis, Zimmerman (Dylan) and last, but certainly not least, Beatles. Cheers, RNB
@@ricknbacker5626 Well, George's memory is probably more reliable than mine on the subject! But I don't think the explanations are necessarily contradictory. Allowing random 'fate' to decide things is based on an idea of going with the 'flow' (or the Tao or Way or Path) or natural unfoldment of everything, with an underlying understanding that there is some sort of vast unified field behind everything that exists... therefore, 'it's all connected'. This is expounded much better than I can describe it in a old classic from the 1970s, the Tao of Physics, which I highly recommend, although I would assume the science must be a bit dated by now.. But anyway, IIUC, it's both an ancient mystical and a plausible scientific concept. All in One, One in All, etc... I don't know what you think, but I have wondered about John's 'God' song, whether what he's really ranting against is 'belief' itself. Because obviously the Beatles for example did exist, whether you 'believe' in them or not! Maybe what he was objecting to is idolising things in a way that's really 95% one's own projections. So there might be a grain of truth in them, but the impulses of religion, or Beatlemania, or fashions for mystical preoccupations (like the I Ching, astrology, Tarot, magic etc in the later 60s to 70s) can sometimes lead people to adopt beliefs that are quite superficial and may be more of a psychological prop, or escapist fantasy, or ego trip than a genuine means to greater enlightenment. Some people did get really obsessed with some of this stuff - I remember hearing of one guy who would throw the I Ching (ie use it as an oracle to get pointers to what to do next) every hour, thus becoming totally dependent on it and unable to do anything without it. I'm pretty sure John and Yoko were as much into it all as anyone, at least for a while. But at some point, as John was getting deep into the Primal Scream therapy and really facing the truth, digging into all his inner demons, he may have come to the point of needing to clear out all the half-baked ideas he may have used previously as emotional props, and get down to something more basic and human and vulnerable, without the quasi-mystical props.
Great reaction. Hard core Beatles fans do love George! Eric Clapton was George's friend and Harrison talked him into coming along to play on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" because he felt John and Paul weren't giving the song their full efforts. Having Clapton show up snapped everyone to their "best behaviour" and the result is one the BEatles best tracks. George was coming into his own more as a song writer and finished with arguably the two best songs on the Beatles' last album: "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". Some other George gems are "Taxman" "I, Me, Mine" "I Want to Tell You" and for good fun "Piggies".
With 3 geniuses in one band , mind-blowing then Ringo who ain't no slouch either . From.5mile radius of each other at 1 time in history. What's the chances? Legends
Been a Beatles extreme fan my entire life. Born in '65, The Beatles were still writing the music that is now a part of mankind, and to be endelible such as the great composers of the 18th century and forward. It blows my mind to know I've lived it! I took up drums at age 14 because of Ringo, and I still play now. Each Beatle has appealed stronger to me through each stage of my life, but George is who has spoken to me the deepest in the last 20 or so years. He is the reason I have an appreciation for Indian music as well. George wrote this song, and was used to being denied by the brilliant Lennon/McCartney team, so George asked Eric Clapton, a close friend, to lay down the lead guitar work and make it sound like the guitar is weeping. Then George insisted that Eric accompany him to Abby Road studio 1 to record it along with the other three lads. He knew that English propriety would overcome objections from Paul and John. It would not be proper to argue about it in front of their guest. A brilliant political move by George. The rest, as we say, is history. God bless George, John, Ringo and Paul.
I'm an original Beatle Fan and George was always my favorite. He wrote dozens of songs over the years, but he was living in the shadows of giants: Lennon and McCartney. The producers didn't pay a whole lot of attention to George's stuff. They would give one or two sets on each album, the rest of the track went to John and Paul. As a matter of fact, he was the first one of the Beatles to release an album after the spliti in April of 1970. It was an unprecedented 3 albums long all songs rejected by the Beatles. All Things Must Pass, He was also the first to organize a Band-Aid Concert for charity.
A few more of George's Beatles songs to recommend are "Only A Northern Song", "It's All Too Much" and "Within You, Without You" to hear him on sitar. ✌️😎
@@kevinlakeman5043 Man, I was typing a reply to ask about tissue paper and to ask how, then I remembered doing the paper and comb instrument as a kid! LOL!! 😁 Never mind. LOL! ✌️😎
I think you’ll flip out over how crazy John shows out on vocals on Yer Blues. That’s from the same album as this song, Helter Skelter & Happiness Is A Warm Gun. IMHO their heaviest song!
George was incredibly talented in his own right, both vocally and instrumentally....brilliant and amazing! Such a deep, spiritual, lovely soul who also had a hysterically funny deadpan wit!! One of a kind...
George is my favorite by far. No diss on the rest, but his solo work is fabulous, his messages are inspirational, and his guitar. Oh, the guitar. Just listen to All things must pass. The things he couldn't express with the Beatles just flooded out! Must listen music! Love the reaction videos! Great job!
Eric Clapton is the only guitarist to play on a Beatles record, a John Lennon record, a Paul McCartney record, a Ringo Starr record, and of course, his buddy George Harrison, on multiple of his solo records.
Ringo is one of my all time favorite drummers. George is my favorite Beatle. This song and Here comes The Sun are my favorite Beatles songs. Blue Jay Away is another gorgeous song written by my boy George.
If you haven't seen the Tribute to George Harrison show where Prince floored the entire house, fellow all-star musicians included, with his guitar solo during "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", you should check that one out. One of the greatest guitar spectacles of all time.
That's a really great video, but I'm so glad he reacted to this one. I've seen a few reactions to this song, but none of them were the original. There was one from the Love album, one from Concert for George, and the rest were Prince, Tom Petty, etc. Those are all awesome versions, but I feel this is what you should listen to first.
A great live moment captured on video. George’s son gets visibly excited when Prince walks on. What a treat for the fans. Prince wasn’t going to show up for anybody BUT George!
The most underrated Beatle with the most powerful Beatle and post Beatle songs! "Something", "Guitar" and "My Sweet Lord" make John and Paul's "Yesterday" and "Come Together " look like child's play!
George is known as the quiet Beatle. He has the quiet fans! You already did George's "Something", now listen to George's other Beatles songs, "If I Needed Someone" and "Here Comes the Sun". Also, checkout his solo songs, "My Sweet Lord" and "What is Life"!
He was overshadowed by Paul and John lol That's why ppl didn't talk about him AS MUCH ! His best songs IMHO (with The Beatles) are Here Comes The Sun (my pers fav), Something, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Piggies, Within You Without You, Taxman, I Want To Tell You, Love You To and if you feel like taking a trip on LSD land, Listen to "Blue Jay Way" lol
Beatles fans know how vital that George was to the band. The casual fan of the Beatles or just the average music listener that just hears whatever is on the radio or comes up on their feed don't know or care. One of the songs that George wrote that even Beatles fans do appear to gloss over is Savoy Truffle. I love that song.
George was my mother's favorite Beatle, and today I really know why. This song, Something, Her comes the Sun and his low profile and eternal smile...He was the boy next door. Just lovely George!!
Lots of Love to George. He wrote some the finest Beatles songs. Any professional true Beatles enthusiast knows this though I agree he deserves more attention.
All The Beatles separately are brilliant. Together they were Fire! A Super Nova. John, Paul, George & Ringo. Something is another beautiful George Harrison - Beatles song. Here Comes The Sun - another George Harrison gem.
Ironically, two of George's greatest songs didn't feature him on lead guitar...this one and Taxman. Here Comes the Sun, Something, Old Brown Shoe, and my favorite "It's All Too Much" all merit a reaction.
George Harrison is legit the most underrated singer, songwriter and musician in music history. It’s been said they would put one of this songs on each album just to get him to “shut up!” There’s an old joke that says, “no George, you’re never gonna write a hit song” to which George replies, “yeah? Well....here comes the sun bitches!” 🤣🤣🤣
That's why the Beatles were so great... When you have a " third string song writer" putting out stuff this great. and ALL of them can sing... then you you have the greatest band of all time.
Clapton one of only a few people other than "the four" who played on Beatles songs married the person that the song was about, who was married to George at the time. Crazy times.
George was brilliant, he was the coolest Beatle!!! You need to check out The Traveling Wilburys!!! It is a Super group with George, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty!!!
No lack of George love here, man was a genius of the highest calibre. Also nice job finding the real version, a lot of reactors do the one without any guitar solo.
George was several years younger than John and Paul so I think it took some time for him to win the respect of the other guys as a songwriter but yeah this song is fireeeee great reaction
I grew up listening to the Beatles thanks to my older brothers. Turned away from them for about 40 years. Now I'm listening again. Funny how life works out sometimes.
Love your reaction. You want us to talk about George? No problem. Has been favorite “forever” and his solo career is underrated too. I listen to his music every day. His All Things Must Pass album is timeless.
I think it was George walking down Haight St one day in the 60s when I was upstairs rehearsing with the rest of the dancers. That was a short rehearsal!
We’re still being taught the writings of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Bethoven, etc, in music theory. Dissecting their great works written hundreds of years ago in the 1500’s and on. Lennon/McCartney are already being included in the same music theory classes. It happened and still is with Paul, IN OUR LIFETIMES! That is mind blowing in itself.
I swear I knew George was somehow the spiritual key to The Beatles while watching "Ed Sullivan" one Sunday night on live TV a thousand years ago. It was February 1964. I was 9 years old and only 3 months earlier I had watched the events of that horrible November weekend unfold on live TV. It was a sad and depressing time. Grownups wept openly in the streets. Then, The Beatles descended on America and somehow, in their genius and with simple 2 1/2 minute songs, catchy riffs and lyrics, helped lift us out of our doldrums. The Beatles helped reinvigorate rock & roll. There is no way to convey to you how important music was to us Boomers. There was no internet or cell phones back then. Not even FM radio. I think our music was a way for us to cultivate and perpetuate an emerging culture of youth and allow us to communicate both openly and through a common language often indecipherable to "adults". Maybe that's a little trite and an oft stated opinion us toothless old duffers offer up to all of you. You who remind us of how it was to be young and exposed to what seemed suddenly deep and profound ideas about almost everything. Ah youth! Growing old is the only alternative to dying young.
When I saw the title, I had to comment. I've been a musician for over 50 years and a fan of George Harrison for 46 years. He is( was) my favorite Beatle just ahead of Paul. Everything was different about Georges music, and I'm not only talking about his Beatles songs, his solo albums are just as impressive! His singing is different than any one else's. His guitar playing is amazing. And his song witting harmonies are impressive. Fun fact--- George needed a break on this song so they got Eric clapton to play the lead solo.
check out My Sweet Lord, a George Harrison song from his first solo album after Beatles broke up. This was a MAJOR hit song and one of George's best songs.
The song ‘Something’ is another Harrison classic. Dubbed by frank sinatra as “The greatest love song ever written”
Frank also miscredited it as being a Lennon-McCartney composition which further emphasises the question/statement that our host here made about George often being overlooked.
It is a great story but never happened.
@@StanSwan What do you mean, the Sinatra story? That story has been repeated millions of times from thousands of sources, over the decades. I see no reason to disbelieve it, and could probably find the proof if I took the time. If you're going to claim it never happened then please provide your proof.
@@glass2467 Repeating a story does not make it true. Like the myth there were no crimes when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan in New York. That was false.
@@StanSwan Well I did just hear a Sinatra version where he credits Harrison, but I'm still looking for an earlier recording where he said credits Lennon-McCartney. I must admit that I know longer know if it's true or not. But if you have any real knowledge, let's have it.
The Beatles were four sides of a square. Each one of them was equally as important as the other.
@gigi v The person who originally said this was Paul. I just repeated it.
More like a pentagon. George Martin wrote entire scores for multiple Beatles songs and led production for every single album.
@@viper2148 if you go to deep it basically becomes a circle lol
*"The Beatles are by far the most Musical Group I've ever heard."*
~ Sir Elton John
George wrote a LOT of songs, with and without the Beatles. That's a deep rabbit hole.
The Beatles as a group and solo artists aren't a rabbit hole but rather a black hole. Once you go there you can never get out!
Uhha! A deep rabbit hole, my friend!
@@andydurazo5337 couldn't have said it better myself 😅
YOU LISTENED TO THE REAL VERSION!!! Nobody gets the right version I'm so glad you did
THANK YOU I hate it when people play the crappy version
I’ll never get why people don’t put George on the level of Paul and John. Every George song is great.
Because although he had the quality (which is the main thing obviously), he didn't have the sheer quantity that John and Paul had.
Well he couldn't keep up with the sheer volume of their collaborative output. He had to develop (as a songwriter) on his own.
He didn't really hit his stride until "Taxman." While John and Paul were veterans by then.
@@betamusic5487 That would've been impossible. John and Paul certainly weren't gonna make room for more Harrisongs and George Martin wasn't gonna derail the McLennon train by any means. The All Things Must Pass album is a hell of a display of song writing skills, though.
@@ScarletVoodoo why would more Harrisongs "derail" anything? They would have added to the wealth of material, not taken away from it. No, I think it was simply that Harrison didn't output as many songs. All Things Must Pass has some brilliant songs. It also has its fair share of forgettable fillers.
Some backstory on this one. George had a lot of faith in this one, but John and Paul weren't taking it very seriously, so he decided to bring in Eric Clapton to play guitar. Suddenly he had their attention and the 5 of them created this masterpiece.
After George's death a group of top performers got together and did this. Prince did this solo and it was fire.
@@gordon9995 yeah for his Hall of Fame induction. Simply amazing. I knew Prince was good, but man. Then you had Concert for George (on the year anniversary of his death) with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Billy Preston among others performing this one.
That's just an indication that he needs to react to some Eric Clapton and Cream.
@@WrinkledHound I've heard that it's John on the acoustic as is standard, but I've also heard that it's possible John wasn't on it at all. I've only ever heard that it was Ringo on the kit.
@@gordon9995 Not a huge Prince fan but he killed that guitar solo. He embarrassed every musician on that stage. Respect.
George is my favorite beatle :')
Same.
El mío también, es una locura lo que hace y sus líneas de guitarra son una obra maestra
Muy infravalorado :(
Agreed.
George is best Beatle. All Things Must Pass is the best solo Beatle record.
This is Harrison best right here. He deserves major appreciation.
Here Comes the Sun is another George masterpiece :)
Hes already reached to it, but i agree that its an incredible song
C'mon now, it's a fine song, but not everything good is a 'masterpiece'.
@@kevinlakeman5043 yeah, it's a masterpiece. At least for me.
@@kevinlakeman5043 Yeah, but that one most certainly is a masterpiece.
He was the most underrated Beatle
I would still say Ringo is the most underrated Beatle, as far as his drumming goes
I like the fact that the third best song writer in the Beatles was the #1 song writer in the Travelling Wilbury's, a band that included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
The reason they don't talk much about George is because he bloomed later. The early Beatles stuff was all Lennon-McCartney because the others weren't up to the songwriting tasks yet. It is very hard to compete with Lennon-McCartney.
But George DEFINITELY bloomed into an amazing songwriter!
There was a commenter on the Help video he suggested that the order of talent among the Beatles went John, Paul, George, Ringo. I think as songwriters he might be correct, but as musicians it was clearly the reverse.
@@alanfriesen9837 McCartney was the best musician if the lot. I'm sure others will debate it, but he played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums on various Beatle albums.
@@kevinloignon7943 McCartney was the most versatile of the bunch, but when it came to mastery of their preferred instrument, it was definitely Ringo.
@@alanfriesen9837 McCartney was an excellent drummer. But, yes, I agree Ringo was a master at his craft. However, in that respect, McCartney was and is recognized as one of the greatest bass players ever.
@@kevinloignon7943 McCartney was a fantastic bassist. Before that he was a pretty decent guitarist. He only switched after Sutcliffe died. My understanding is that Harrison was a better guitarist, and it was Paul who brought George into the band against John's initial resistance because he recognized his talent.
George was known as the quiet Beatle but he really did have alot to say 😳 " Here Comes The Sun " one of my favorites ✌️♥️
"Concert for George" is something you might want to check out
So is Concert for Bangladesh.
Especially when they do SOMETHING. So amazingly beautiful.
This song is one of Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time, along with "Something". George was a fantastic talent, in the shadows of John and Paul for a long time, and then broke out with incredible songs like WMGGW, Something, Taxman, Here Comes the Sun, If I Needed Someone, etc. Then of course he did the All Things Must Pass album - voted one of the 500 greatest albums of all time. After the Beatles and some other solo albums he organized The Traveling Wilbury's with Tom Petty, Roy Orbinson, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynn. Quite the incredible career.
“Only a Northern Song,” “Something,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “Old Brown Shoe,” and “Within You Without You” are some of his best!
"Taxman"... another nice George tune
Love the reactions, keep em coming 🤙🏻
Every Harrison song on Revolver is amazing.
George didn’t get as many of his songs on the Beatles albums so when they broke up he had a backlog of material that came out on his triple-album! “All things must pass”. That album is Fire
All things must pass blows every other album members of the beatles made after the split out the water.
George Harrison wrote some timeless classics like this one plus Something & Here Comes the Sun. He sure was an under-rated talent.
Band of so much talent off the charts.
I have always loved George. Sadly, he died on the day I was born. November 29th 2001.
Bittersweet for you (hug)
During this period, George was reading I Ching. A form of Chinese philosophy based on randomness and what ever happens is meant to be. He opened up a random book to a random page and saw the words 'Gently weeps'. He set the book down and wrote this all time classic. Excellent video HB. Cheers, RNB
I’m glad someone commented this. I used to give memorabilia tours for Hard Rock and my location had George’s original lyrics, and I told this story a thousand times.
That must have been a lot of fun giving those tours B77. Which location did you work out of? The Hard Rock Café in South Lake Tahoe has some awesome Beatles memorabilia. Cheers, RNB
IIRC (which is not something that should be relied upon) in the slightly different version I heard, it was a technique for stimulating creativity. You open a book randomly, and take the last word of the left-hand page and the first word of the right-hand page, then write something around those two words. The words George got were 'gently' and 'weeps'.
But this technique may well have been based on Taoist ideas, as expounded in the I Ching. After all, it's all connected... :-)
I am using George Harrisons explanation for the songs origins. I am in no position to personally discuss Eastern philosophy's. I'm a lowly bass player and I Ching (et all) is way above my pay grade. PC, you have a much better grasp on the subject than I ever will. Interesting that John Lennon lists I Ching in his litany of things he DOESN'T believe in. In his song GOD from The Plastic Ono Band album r(ecorded in the Autumn of 1970). John also lists, magic,, the Bible, tarot, Buddha, Jesus, yoga, Gita, Hitler, mantra, Kennedy, kings, Elvis, Zimmerman (Dylan) and last, but certainly not least, Beatles. Cheers, RNB
@@ricknbacker5626 Well, George's memory is probably more reliable than mine on the subject! But I don't think the explanations are necessarily contradictory. Allowing random 'fate' to decide things is based on an idea of going with the 'flow' (or the Tao or Way or Path) or natural unfoldment of everything, with an underlying understanding that there is some sort of vast unified field behind everything that exists... therefore, 'it's all connected'. This is expounded much better than I can describe it in a old classic from the 1970s, the Tao of Physics, which I highly recommend, although I would assume the science must be a bit dated by now.. But anyway, IIUC, it's both an ancient mystical and a plausible scientific concept. All in One, One in All, etc...
I don't know what you think, but I have wondered about John's 'God' song, whether what he's really ranting against is 'belief' itself. Because obviously the Beatles for example did exist, whether you 'believe' in them or not! Maybe what he was objecting to is idolising things in a way that's really 95% one's own projections. So there might be a grain of truth in them, but the impulses of religion, or Beatlemania, or fashions for mystical preoccupations (like the I Ching, astrology, Tarot, magic etc in the later 60s to 70s) can sometimes lead people to adopt beliefs that are quite superficial and may be more of a psychological prop, or escapist fantasy, or ego trip than a genuine means to greater enlightenment.
Some people did get really obsessed with some of this stuff - I remember hearing of one guy who would throw the I Ching (ie use it as an oracle to get pointers to what to do next) every hour, thus becoming totally dependent on it and unable to do anything without it. I'm pretty sure John and Yoko were as much into it all as anyone, at least for a while. But at some point, as John was getting deep into the Primal Scream therapy and really facing the truth, digging into all his inner demons, he may have come to the point of needing to clear out all the half-baked ideas he may have used previously as emotional props, and get down to something more basic and human and vulnerable, without the quasi-mystical props.
While everybody was trying to catch up to their previous album, the Beatles kept making history.
@HazeBruv after first Beatles reaction: Never heard these guys before, who are they?
@HazeBruv now: WE HAVE GOT TO START SHOWING MORE LOVE TO GEORGE
Great reaction. Hard core Beatles fans do love George! Eric Clapton was George's friend and Harrison talked him into coming along to play on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" because he felt John and Paul weren't giving the song their full efforts. Having Clapton show up snapped everyone to their "best behaviour" and the result is one the BEatles best tracks.
George was coming into his own more as a song writer and finished with arguably the two best songs on the Beatles' last album: "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". Some other George gems are "Taxman" "I, Me, Mine" "I Want to Tell You" and for good fun "Piggies".
With 3 geniuses in one band , mind-blowing then Ringo who ain't no slouch either . From.5mile radius of each other at 1 time in history. What's the chances? Legends
And this song has Eric Clapton, so 5 legends on one track
When you finally react to Tomorrow Never Knows it will be in the top 5.
That's a Lennon song but you're right it's fucking amazing
Please!
Been a Beatles extreme fan my entire life. Born in '65, The Beatles were still writing the music that is now a part of mankind, and to be endelible such as the great composers of the 18th century and forward. It blows my mind to know I've lived it! I took up drums at age 14 because of Ringo, and I still play now. Each Beatle has appealed stronger to me through each stage of my life, but George is who has spoken to me the deepest in the last 20 or so years. He is the reason I have an appreciation for Indian music as well. George wrote this song, and was used to being denied by the brilliant Lennon/McCartney team, so George asked Eric Clapton, a close friend, to lay down the lead guitar work and make it sound like the guitar is weeping. Then George insisted that Eric accompany him to Abby Road studio 1 to record it along with the other three lads. He knew that English propriety would overcome objections from Paul and John. It would not be proper to argue about it in front of their guest. A brilliant political move by George. The rest, as we say, is history. God bless George, John, Ringo and Paul.
I'm an original Beatle Fan and George was always my favorite. He wrote dozens of songs over the years, but he was living in the shadows of giants: Lennon and McCartney. The producers didn't pay a whole lot of attention to George's stuff. They would give one or two sets on each album, the rest of the track went to John and Paul. As a matter of fact, he was the first one of the Beatles to release an album after the spliti in April of 1970. It was an unprecedented 3 albums long all songs rejected by the Beatles. All Things Must Pass, He was also the first to organize a Band-Aid Concert for charity.
"My Sweet Lord" George Harrison.
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I do love that song except the Hare Krishna part.
@@immaculateheart1267 The Hare Krishna part was the whole point of the song, fool.
I like the melody but not the prayer to a false God, but I will refrain from calling you a name as you did me.
A few more of George's Beatles songs to recommend are "Only A Northern Song", "It's All Too Much" and "Within You, Without You" to hear him on sitar. ✌️😎
As well as tambura, swarmandal;[525] harmonica, comb and tissue paper; handclaps, tambourine, & maracas.
@@kevinlakeman5043 Man, I was typing a reply to ask about tissue paper and to ask how, then I remembered doing the paper and comb instrument as a kid! LOL!! 😁 Never mind. LOL! ✌️😎
Also on Sitar was Norwegian Wood
Forget if that was George or John
"Love You To" too.
I started listening to The Beatles in 1963, they still suprise me to this day! Best band ever.
Back in the day we always looked forward to and anticipated George's awesome songs on their albums. Even Ringo's!! ✌️😎
I think this one's in a lot of people's top 5 Beatles songs.
"Show some more love to George." A+ YES!! Here Comes the Sun.
What?? No way?!....George is my favorite Beetle! Thank you for choosing this song. I loved your reaction❤️
I think you’ll flip out over how crazy John shows out on vocals on Yer Blues. That’s from the same album as this song, Helter Skelter & Happiness Is A Warm Gun. IMHO their heaviest song!
You are right. It is a MASTERPIECE.
George is an amazingly beautiful soul!!! Nothing short of fantastic!!
George was incredibly talented in his own right, both vocally and instrumentally....brilliant and amazing! Such a deep, spiritual, lovely soul who also had a hysterically funny deadpan wit!! One of a kind...
On his own , he would have been a star . But being in a band with two of the top song writers the world has ever know , make it hard to shine
A beautiful creative soul. Mr George Harrison 1943-2001 RIP. One of the best Beatles songs in my opinion. A weeping guitar
George is also the writer for "Something", "Here Comes the Sun", "Within You Without You", and he wrote "Taxman" with some lyrical help from John.
George was also a musical genius. What a gift the Beatles were to the world of music.
GREAT Harrison song along with Here Comes the Sun & Something,
George is my favorite by far. No diss on the rest, but his solo work is fabulous, his messages are inspirational, and his guitar. Oh, the guitar. Just listen to All things must pass. The things he couldn't express with the Beatles just flooded out! Must listen music! Love the reaction videos! Great job!
“It’s All Too Much” is another great George song that doesn’t get mentioned enough.
Something, Give Me Love, My Sweet Lord are all masterpieces of George Harrison
Eric Clapton is the only guitarist to play on a Beatles record, a John Lennon record, a Paul McCartney record, a Ringo Starr record, and of course, his buddy George Harrison, on multiple of his solo records.
And Patty Boyd
clapton played live with lennon ( live peace in toronto ) but i'm not sure is on a lennon album
@@sandrotavini8838 I think only on 'Cold Turkey' besides the 'Live Peace in Toronto' album.
@@sandrotavini8838 Also the Dirty Mac where Clapton, Keith Richards, John Lennon, and Mitch Mitchell played Yer Blues live.
@@sandrotavini8838 Live Peace In Toronto album.
Ringo is one of my all time favorite drummers. George is my favorite Beatle. This song and Here comes The Sun are my favorite Beatles songs. Blue Jay Away is another gorgeous song written by my boy George.
George was my favourited. He had the soul.
They had SO MANY hits! This is one of my favorites!!!!
Beatles/Savoy Truffle was written and performed by George Harrison. From the White Album.
If you haven't seen the Tribute to George Harrison show where Prince floored the entire house, fellow all-star musicians included, with his guitar solo during "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", you should check that one out. One of the greatest guitar spectacles of all time.
Boom! Gone!
Yesssss! He stole the show!
I've never seen it, but now I want to check it out. I can imagine Prince nailing this one.
That's a really great video, but I'm so glad he reacted to this one. I've seen a few reactions to this song, but none of them were the original. There was one from the Love album, one from Concert for George, and the rest were Prince, Tom Petty, etc. Those are all awesome versions, but I feel this is what you should listen to first.
A great live moment captured on video. George’s son gets visibly excited when Prince walks on. What a treat for the fans. Prince wasn’t going to show up for anybody BUT George!
The most underrated Beatle with the most powerful Beatle and post Beatle songs! "Something", "Guitar" and "My Sweet Lord" make John and Paul's "Yesterday" and "Come Together " look like child's play!
I love George Harrison. He's my favorite Beatle. He was very deep.
Here Comes The Sun is my favorite song of all time, and it's written by George...well worth a listen.
George is my favorite Beatle! His guitar playing, his voice, his heart, his songs!!! George is everything!
His words gives me goosebumps.....so soulful and deep!!!
While Clapton's guitar gently weeps ..... 🎸
George is known as the quiet Beatle. He has the quiet fans! You already did George's "Something", now listen to George's other Beatles songs, "If I Needed Someone" and "Here Comes the Sun". Also, checkout his solo songs, "My Sweet Lord" and "What is Life"!
Think For Yourself is another favourite ones.
George’s performance was mind blowing!
He was overshadowed by Paul and John lol That's why ppl didn't talk about him AS MUCH !
His best songs IMHO (with The Beatles) are Here Comes The Sun (my pers fav), Something, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Piggies, Within You Without You, Taxman, I Want To Tell You, Love You To and if you feel like taking a trip on LSD land, Listen to "Blue Jay Way" lol
The Beatles would hardly have been The Beatles without that "thin guitar sound" he was so famous for.
Beatles fans know how vital that George was to the band. The casual fan of the Beatles or just the average music listener that just hears whatever is on the radio or comes up on their feed don't know or care. One of the songs that George wrote that even Beatles fans do appear to gloss over is Savoy Truffle. I love that song.
Thank you! George is amazing! Those riffs just tear you up
George was my mother's favorite Beatle, and today I really know why. This song, Something, Her comes the Sun and his low profile and eternal smile...He was the boy next door. Just lovely George!!
George has many shining moments, check out Tax Man, and sadly it's as relevant today as it was when he wrote in 1965.
The legend himself, Eric Clapton, played the guitar on this one
Lots of Love to George. He wrote some the finest Beatles songs. Any professional true Beatles enthusiast knows this though I agree he deserves more attention.
All The Beatles separately are brilliant. Together they were Fire! A Super Nova. John, Paul, George & Ringo. Something is another beautiful George Harrison - Beatles song. Here Comes The Sun - another George Harrison gem.
2 amazing George gems which are deep cuts, "Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much". Check them out.
I love your love for the Beatles ❤️
George also sings "Here Comes The Sun" and "Something". Songs you've already reacted to.
George has always been my favorite. The 2nd best version is the tribute to George with Prince making his guitar wail. Best guitar solo by Prince
Ironically, two of George's greatest songs didn't feature him on lead guitar...this one and Taxman. Here Comes the Sun, Something, Old Brown Shoe, and my favorite "It's All Too Much" all merit a reaction.
It's All Too Much is a really nice deep cut.
I’d say “Something” has the best guitar solo in any Beatles song though
@@doctorbananashooter agree
George is my favourite Beatle hands down the fact he was able to produce such masterpieces behind Paul and John is incredible
George Harrison is legit the most underrated singer, songwriter and musician in music history. It’s been said they would put one of this songs on each album just to get him to “shut up!” There’s an old joke that says, “no George, you’re never gonna write a hit song” to which George replies, “yeah? Well....here comes the sun bitches!” 🤣🤣🤣
That's why the Beatles were so great... When you have a " third string song writer" putting out stuff this great. and ALL of them can sing...
then you you have the greatest band of all time.
Clapton one of only a few people other than "the four" who played on Beatles songs married the person that the song was about, who was married to George at the time. Crazy times.
George was brilliant, he was the coolest Beatle!!! You need to check out The Traveling Wilburys!!! It is a Super group with George, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty!!!
No lack of George love here, man was a genius of the highest calibre.
Also nice job finding the real version, a lot of reactors do the one without any guitar solo.
George is my FAVORITE Beatle. ❤️
Aww George my favorite Beatle so smooth always and so romantic and the quiet one love him RIP 🖤🖤🖤
George was several years younger than John and Paul so I think it took some time for him to win the respect of the other guys as a songwriter but yeah this song is fireeeee great reaction
George was eight months younger than Paul and 2 years and eight months than John
Probably several years behind in song writing but he soon caught up !
He also went on to be part of the amazing “travelling willberrys.’
I grew up listening to the Beatles thanks to my older brothers. Turned away from them for about 40 years. Now I'm listening again. Funny how life works out sometimes.
This song is "the masterpiece"
Love your reaction. You want us to talk about George? No problem. Has been favorite “forever” and his solo career is underrated too. I listen to his music every day. His All Things Must Pass album is timeless.
I think it was George walking down Haight St one day in the 60s when I was upstairs rehearsing with the rest of the dancers. That was a short rehearsal!
Two of my favorite Harrison songs are "What is Life" and "Give me Love".
I love him. One of my fav songs.
We’re still being taught the writings of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Bethoven, etc, in music theory. Dissecting their great works written hundreds of years ago in the 1500’s and on. Lennon/McCartney are already being included in the same music theory classes. It happened and still is with Paul, IN OUR LIFETIMES! That is mind blowing in itself.
"Taxman" is an early George favorite. "And my advice for those who die, declare the pennies on your eyes."
George is so amazing that he would let the others be the focus of attention. They called him ‘the quiet beatle’
I swear I knew George was somehow the spiritual key to The Beatles while watching "Ed Sullivan" one Sunday night on live TV a thousand years ago. It was February 1964. I was 9 years old and only 3 months earlier I had watched the events of that horrible November weekend unfold on live TV. It was a sad and depressing time. Grownups wept openly in the streets. Then, The Beatles descended on America and somehow, in their genius and with simple 2 1/2 minute songs, catchy riffs and lyrics, helped lift us out of our doldrums. The Beatles helped reinvigorate rock & roll.
There is no way to convey to you how important music was to us Boomers. There was no internet or cell phones back then. Not even FM radio. I think our music was a way for us to cultivate and perpetuate an emerging culture of youth and allow us to communicate both openly and through a common language often indecipherable to "adults". Maybe that's a little trite and an oft stated opinion us toothless old duffers offer up to all of you. You who remind us of how it was to be young and exposed to what seemed suddenly deep and profound ideas about almost everything. Ah youth! Growing old is the only alternative to dying young.
When I saw the title, I had to comment. I've been a musician for over 50 years and a fan of George Harrison for 46 years. He is( was) my favorite Beatle just ahead of Paul. Everything was different about Georges music, and I'm not only talking about his Beatles songs, his solo albums are just as impressive! His singing is different than any one else's. His guitar playing is amazing. And his song witting harmonies are impressive. Fun fact--- George needed a break on this song so they got Eric clapton to play the lead solo.
Much love for George!
check out My Sweet Lord, a George Harrison song from his first solo album after Beatles broke up. This was a MAJOR hit song and one of George's best songs.
"Here Comes The Sun" is as good as it gets!
George did some crazy stuff with the Sitar. Check out Within You Without You for yet another different Beatle sound.
'The Inner Light'