Your commentary on loving openly is spot on. It's painful to see people lose passion for art as a byproduct of 'growing up,' and it's even worse to feel judged for continuing to hold on.
Loved the review. 1. The cold open was very effective and dramatic. 2. You covered so much ground so quickly and intensely that the one hour runtime didn’t seem too long. 3. Your comments about Apple Scruffs and the joy of pure fandom were so heartfelt and radiant, it really took this video to the next level. Great work. Thanks.
I love the album. I love George. I did get to see him live on the first date of his 1974 tour in Vancouver. I found a moment of quiet between songs and shouted "I love you George!" and got some applause for it.
I legit LOLed multiple times throughout this video. Please don't ever change your format & editing choices. Your hard work shows, this is a completely epic review & even more amazing take on such an influential album... My fav Beatle, my fav album, my sweet George ❤ ✌️
You're the best, Abby. Boy, have you ever found your niche on RU-vid. I couldn't imagine anyone else doing this. It's all so intriguing, funny and intelligent, often all at the same time. I really hope you find a way to make a living out of this so you can pay off your student loans. Great stuff, as usual.
George, apart from the amazing music, is directly responsible for some of the best British Films of all time. Life of Brian, The Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa, Withnail and I and Time Bandits would not exist if it weren't for him. Truly a great figure of the arts. Also, if you want to laugh, check out his Pirate Song sketch from Rutland Weekend Television. If you love The Beatles and Monty Python you are going to adore that sketch
George raised four million so Life of Brian could get made because he said he wanted to see the movie. Python joked he bought the most expensive movie ticket in history
From one Beatles fanatic to another, your Beatles Vinyl Monday are a joy. You are so thoughtfully thorough, and even find 'fun facts' that I wasn't aware of. Your presentations are stellar. As a certified old far, I am so pleased that I was there as their music rolled out year after year, single after single, album after album, listening to their music progress through the 60s, and it was a wonderful time to be alive. I've also followed their solo careers since the breakup, and have an incredible amount of Beatles brain flotsam and trivia at the ready anytime. My favorite song from the album? Apple Scruffs, the only track NOT officially "produced" by Spector.
i know that there have been some academic studies in recent times which have interpreted early beatlemania in a more positive way: the conclusions are that the young female target audience began the process of challenging the norms of restrictive behaviour in making a fully conscious choice in their fandom and screaming. i love that in the mix of journalistic rigour and response to important music in each episode of vinyl monday there is the possibility of a genuine love, openly expressed: it's human nature not an abberation. this channel is also about why we invest so much of our feelings in music not just now and then but every day: often in the face of everything that life throws at us. hats off to george harrison for his achievement. when the world thought that something had crumbled he built a new reputation. i hope the comments don't pile in on paul today as they usually do when discussing george's talent. paul the writer of only 'cute' songs, paul the, third best lyricist in the beatles' ; i've encountered both recently. the boy's may have sniped but why can't we look back and say what remarkable times, what remarkable people and achievements. the positioning of mccartney 1 (my own emotional home) and all things must pass in the scheduling has been a masterstroke and i've admired some remarkable writing today by abigail devoe.
No, you "grow up" when you see the world through other people's eyes. You stay a child when you can only see it through your own. That's why some 12 year olds are very mature, while some 50 year olds are still adolescents..
Abby, your presentation of All Things must pass is phenomenal and entertaining!! I learned a lot about this record. Thank you for taking the time to research the details about the album. Well done!!!
George Harrison is in my humble opinion one of the original guitar heroes and in the 60s he was in great company with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix and this album with an amazing all star cast shows off all of the talent and virtuosity that George had to offer although he was the quiet Beatle his talent and musical passion spoke in volumes
I have a deep appreciation for this album, as it is, along with a best of from Paul of all ironic scenarios, my first requested music for my parents as a child! Love your videos, how thoroughly you do your work, and your opinions! And ohhhh boy am I hyped for next week’s video if I’m correct haha!
That's obviously a misquote or printing error, since George joined the Beatles in 1958, and who do you think was playing lead guitar during the Hamburg years. Of course George could've been stoned when he said it, or tripping which easily explains his propensity to amnesia concerning the time-frame of certain important historical events relating to Beatlemania 😂
WOW! You said how I feel about George and All Things Must Pass better than I ever could. And it is astounding how much more you know about all the music that I grew up with. My favorite song on ATMP is the title cut. And Apple Scruffs. I play and sing both very badly but I did record Apple Scruffs for my oldest friend in the world when she was suffering with COVID and still does with long COVID. We were neighbors from age seven and remain close now sixty years later though we live literally on opposite sides of the globe. This album was one of the most important ones of our young lives in the sixties. Thank you so much for this. What a trip it was listening to your thoughts and stories about it.
My favorite George Harrison remains the self-titled album from 1979. With hits like Blow Away and Faster. But every song on it is an audio gem. My favorite bit of trivia about All Things Must Pass is that a young Phil Collins went in and recorded some percussion tracks (congas, I think) that ended up not being used on the album. Phil spends part of his autobiography talking about that session, and how nervous he was about it. At that point he was a little-known drummer. And he talks about how George pranked him years later. George had a percussionist record some deliberately bad tracks and sent them to Phil, saying he had found Phil's recordings from the session.
George Harrison '79 is a great album by him and its a good choice for someone's favorite George album plus blow away is like favorite song from george's 70's catalog
Good choice. And good call on Bobby Whitlock. Some years ago he and his wife, CoCo Carmel played a small venue (20-30 people) near where I live. I got a table right in front of the stage & took my daughter along. Bobby on guitar (most of the time) and keyboard, telling stories about hanging out at Clapton's place, writing songs, playing on the All Things Must Pass sessions, recording the Derek & the Dominos record. CoCo on guitar, vocals & sax, and a drummer, someone they knew who sat in for this particular show. Fun way to spend an afternoon--and Bobby was a very gracious & amiable guy, hanging with the audience for a while after the show.
I Feel like you need to create a RU-vid playlist chronicling the Beatles drama in chronological order. I always get hooked on your telling of the story behind these albums.
ngl this is probably your best work yet in regards to the style, editing, storytelling - really enjoyed the more varied B-roll and the cool camera moves around the turntable spliced in. Very strong work.
To be fair, if I felt ppl weren’t listening to me and are ignoring me, the choice of talking things out probably wouldn’t be my choice either honestly.
Holy Jeebus you made me cry multiple times throughout this episode. Most especially when you talk about openly loving. I really needed to hear that. I am an open lover of, (music/art/stuff)?, kind of person. Don't get me started on Star Trek. I don't know anyone in my personal life who is like that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Keep doing what you do Abigail
🕉There are more Great songs on this double album, than FM radio back in the day ever gave George credit for. Of course "My Sweet Lord "got all the air time, it's an enormous hit. But all the rest are treasures that you HAD to buy the record or you'd never know they existed!! "Wah-Wah" could go on forever! "Isn't it a pity"...epic "If not for You" "Let it Down" "Awaiting on you All" "All things must Pass" "Art of Dying" "Out of the Blue" and "Hear me Lord". Plus the next eight more solo albums... the Traveling Wilbury's 1988 and Brainwashed 2002 Thank You George for keeping us entertained...
Not to boast (too much) but I got to shake hands with George back in 1996. This was in LA, he was hosting an Indian music concert in the middle of the day. I never bother celebrities, but when do you get a chance to meet a Beatle? It was all of ten seconds, I shook his hand and said "Hi, how are you?", to which he replied in a Liverpudlian dialect "Fine, thank you". A surreal moment.
In the Elliot Roberts George Harrison ranking video he pointed out George’s contradictions as a Pisces and I think this album definitely showcases the contradictory sides of George
Great assessment.The album exploded when it came out, leaving people speechless and putting him on a much higher level of respect. I love the album as a whole, for the music and the way it was produced. In response to the question, my favorite George song overall might be Blow Away. I've loved it since the first time I heard it.
It’s worth pointing out that it makes sense for George to claim he took inspiration for My Sweet Lord from Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, as it was the gospel infused rendition of My Sweet Lord by Billy Preston, which George produced, that was recorded before the version on All Things Must Pass and also has backing vocals by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
I always thought the triple album was an F-you to the Beatles for giving him so little real estate on their records. Oh, I get two songs on Abbey Road? Ahem, well it's two of 50 I could have filled the album or any others with!
My feelings on George are as complex as the man himself was. Someone who would preach about the trappings of the material world would also write Taxman and put cheeky references to losing a court case in his music videos. (Though, to be fair, the government and Klein were really screwing him out of those "materials") Someone who was so full of love and the need to express himself just let his resentment and bitterness fester until it became explosive. I find it honestly egregious that he had John FUCKING Lennon and Yoko (didn't do anything wrong but whose presence George resented) Ono on his solo record while taking swipes at Paul... EVEN THOUGH JOHN SHUT GEROGE OUT JUST AS MUCH AS PAUL DID. And people who are particularly outwardly, capital R Religious almost always make me feel kind of queasy because being told "God sees everything" as a child is one of my deepest sources of anxiety. And yet, I have so much love, respect, and appreciation for George. "My Sweet Lord" is one of the only songs I've ever heard where it's clear that the spiritual nature of the man who wrote it clearly inspired him in a true way. It wasn't made to preach. Music was sacred to George. It was a way for God to flow through him and out into the world, into the people he loved, and even the people he hated. I said it in the comments on the McCartney 1 video, but to Paul: Love is God. And for George: God is Love. And music is love, so for George to share music is to share God and Love with the world. Although, because I am a big, pessimistic sad boy, my preferred George cut is "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," a song that is so good, so powerful, and so perfectly sums up my relationship with music, that it not only makes me cry, but it makes me mad that I'll never get to write that song, but it also makes me happy that it exists Also, even with being a Paul girlie, I totally get why George resented Paul after a certain point. It's 10000% valid. To be creatively stifled when your musical expression is the very essence of your being must be heartbreaking. And for George to handle it in such a messy way is human. Extremely human. And that's why this album is great. It's as much made out of spite as it is made out of joy as much as it is made out of "lol, pepperoni, I'm a big ol' pirate boi, hehe" My complaints about George at the start of this way too long comment aren't to say that I dislike him or anything. He was one of the most brilliant people to ever grace the face of this blue marble. His ability to tap into his spirit and connect people with his music is genuinely incredible. The only thing I hold sacred is music. Not necessarily the specific artists I listen to, but music and its ability to flow through people and connect them and move them and save them. I am certainly agnostic. But if I were to call anything God, it would be music. And that is something that George and I could see eye to eye on completely. Plus, the man just made some damn tasty tunes. Hell yeah, dude. ...hell yeah
Abigail, keep being joyful, loving and fun! I love most of the All Things Must Pass album, but "Beware of Darkness" is especially beautiful and really soars.
Favourite George tune is ”Beware of Darkness”. Such a brilliant and unusual chord progression and great lyrics. George had a certain style/flavour throughout the Beatles years that was a refreshing compliment to Johns and Pauls songs. I think he perfected that ”George” idiom with this track.
Whenever any song from All Things Must Pass plays I am where I first heard it, visiting home for Christmas, skipping dinner with cousins and family to be alone with this music while laying on the floor under the decorated evergreen tree blowing herbal smoke up among the blinking lights and sparkling ornaments. Thank God that tree did not go up in smoke! New Morning had appeared to soothe sorrow weeks after Hendrix passed, and now weeks later we had this sound to envelope our sorrows. After a summer of nonstop rock festivals and near death experience there was nowhere to go but up and this album took everyone there...
I think this album is one of the very best solo Beatles albums and holds up against most of the Beatles own excellent albums. It's chock-a-block full of great songs, but my favourites would be: Run Of the Mill; Beware Of Darkness; Awaiting On You All; Isn't It A Pity and Behind That Locked Door. 10/10 Great review Abby!
Such a beautiful analysis of such an important album. You've put my feelings into words that I could never come up with on my own. This album is so so important to me and ridiculously cathartic.
I was 13 and got this record for my birthday. I remember one Saturday afternoon my sister's friend and her foxy older sister driving us somewhere in a convertible. I was in the back seat and What is Life came on the radio. The older sister turned it up and that drive - to I don't remember where - is one of the most vivid memories of pure joy I can recall.
Amazing episode Abby! Classic album by George with an all star lineup of musicians (maybe this is the precursor to Ringo's All Star Band?) This is one of my favorite George solo albums along with Cloud Nine, Thirty-Three And A 1/3 and Brainwashed. So excited for next week's review
Cold, Blah Monday... "but It's not always gonna be this grey". "Here Comes the Sun" and her name is Abi! "The smile's returning to their faces..." Great work Ms. Scruff! George would be proud.
I must acknowledge a great respect for anyone with enough quality and insight to advocate and defend loving something openly. At a time where hate gets all the publicity and celebration, it is good to know there are still many people with enough self realization to believe in the love in one's heart and that carry the golden key of love forward as a life treasure.
I think you nailed it. And not for nothing but I always loved the title 'Thanks For The Pepperoni'. It's just so off the beacon path as far as a song title and its relation to the musical piece itself that I can't help but chuckle. The sublime with the buffoonery. That is so George!
Arg. As usual you tell everyone's lore except Ringo's. Well, I'll fill in. So George flew in Pete Drake who was in the band that Bob Dylan recorded Blonde on Blonde with in Nashville to play on some of the songs. Ringo picked him up at the airport, and during the ride, they discussed their love for country music, and it led to Ringo going back to Nashville to record Beaucoups of Blues.
Of course! I like and follow a current country/rockabilly singer by the name of Big Sandy who has lots of great modern day albums, highly recommended. Anyway on one of his recent Instagram posts he posted that Ringo Starr himself considers himself a fan of Big Sandy and of course needless to say was in awe and deeply touched by the compliment. I was like, well of course! Why wouldn't Ringo? He's always been a huge fan of country and rockabilly!
I found an original pressing at a record show at the half-price table for 20 bucks. The vinyl was clean, the cover was intact, there's a hinge on the side I never knew about before, BUT IT HAD THE PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME EVERYWHERE. I asked a vinyl community member about finding something to erase the name and he said i was S.O.L. So I went out and got a 50th anniversary pressing in addition to it. I don't want to look at someone else's name.
Great review. Also, my fav solo Beatle and solo album. I have the same LP as you with the orangish Apple. Very cool. So many great songs. I had no idea the Pope owned 51% of GM. Amazing. Fools' illusions everywhere... Joan and Molly sweeps the stairs... Eyes are shining full of inner light... Let it roll into the night... Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp Classic George...
Great job as always, Abby! When I got this as a Christmas present from my Aunt on the day it came out in December 1970, this lp changed my life from high school on Long live "Sir Frankie Crisp!"Thank you, George!( and Abby!😘
The acoustic versions of Awaiting On You All and All Things Must Pass are great, Pass is especially haunting, I love George’s Indian melodic sensibility
I can definitely agree with the notion of a maximum amount of Spector production. It's four tracks, that's it. I read an interview once where Rick Knowles said there are Lana del Rey songs with 150+ tracks. Jesus that's a lot to keep track of.
Well done Abby 😃👍 I often say this is your best work. But you keep surprising me with every you Tube video you put out ! You just keep getting better and better. Just like George did in his songwriting and production from the mid 1960’s to this album.
ATMP was not only a major breakthrough for George....it's a great album that deserves all the praise it has received over the decades. But......with hindsight, I'm not sure I consider it The Quiet One's best solo work. Phil Spector's (over)-production can get overwhelming at times. And, let's be honest, listening to a triple-album takes a commitment. George sounds like he had a lot more fun making Cloud 9 and certainly the first Wilburys record. Having said that the title track, I'd Have You Anytime, Wah Wah, Let it Roll, What is Life and especially Isn't it a Pity are all first-rate tracks. Yes.....I think My Sweet Lord is a nice song......but I like all those other songs a lot more. Great video once again!
My Sweet Lord and What Is Life never fail to bring me to tears. They are the personifications of the mystical idea that the absence and search for God is not so much a test of faith but the aching road to divine love. Or as Rumi once put it: "Longing is the core of the mystery/ Longing itself brings the cure."
At first I thought I was having a bad day, but then I saw that Abigail uploaded an hour-long video on All Things Must Pass?? Verily, 'tis good to be alive my friends.
It seems to me that the guys wanted to tour again. The technology was better than 4 years earlier. That helps explain why they needed a manager. Touring is a huge proposition. They hadn't those contacts or skills since Brian.
Be as you are. I've been going through most of your videos over the weekend and up to today. Wonderful insights into these fantastic records and from someone so young. Keep it going 😊
You're on a roll Abby. Another fantastic episode. 😎 Our family copy was played to the point of being unplayable. I can't sing Mr. O'Hara Smith's epic album any higher than that. Listening to this album, it becomes so obvious why the Beatles had to break up, it's ridiculous. No one before George had ever unleashed the creative floodgates quite like this upon leaving a group.
BEWARE OF ABKCO!!! First time viewer here and you nailed Harrison’s All Things Must Pass!! I am sure that you are aware that after mixing the trax “ Apple Scruffs”, George invited the girls into the studio to hear the track. What a thrill for them!! Love your enthusiasm, and not taking crap from anyone attitude!! Gonna check out your Beatle analysis tubes as well as others. Love you woman and keep on tracking!!
