Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Segovia, Django , many greats. I liked Bus Stop by the Hollies but the bit of If I needed.. Is very brash and mechanical. Many groups' instrumental prowess beat the lads but their melodic gift was never even approched. Of course some people don't like tunes and prefer extended solos. When I do I listen to classical and jazz. Jimi stands apart, Watchtower proves It.
As a musician myself I've never met any other musician that dislikes Neil Young. My metalhead buddies, art rock friends, or punks...they all like him. Oh well, to each their own.
@@vonclohk507 It's hard not to like Neil's classic songs. But I agree with George regarding Neils soloing, and I don't think that view is all that uncommon! :-)
George Harrison is always portrayed as some angel. But I've seen and read too many snide, unkind comments and attitudes coming from him. He seems to have had a large chip on his shoulder.
It's quite normal that he expresses opinions among friends, just like the rest of us would do. I do think his diss of the Hollies were overly harsh though (even if correct). I guess he was overly sensitive regarding "If I Needed Someone" because it was his first "serious" song.
Considering that john Lennons wife Yoko made God awful skreachy wails that she and john seemed to enjoy, you really cant trust his opinion on what is "bullshit".
Well, they were the greatest band ever and entitled to their opinions just like anyone else. But I personally love the Hollies. The Air that I Breathe is a classic and it has soul.
I loved Elvis, but Lennon's criticism of him as his career neared its end was pretty valid. I saw Elvis in 1976 and it was a pretty sad affair. He sounded good on a lot of his songs, but he was so bloated and out of shape that he could barely stand up in place, let alone command the stage with the kind of high energy that he had just a few years before. The jumpsuits made him look worse. From 1968 though 1978, I attended over one hundred major concerts. I saw Ray Charles, Grand Funk Railroad, Edgar Winter Group, Bad Company, Earth Wind & Fire, Sly & The Family Stone, Cheap Trick, Joni Mitchell, you name it; but the Elvis concert was the only one in which audience members were eating hot dogs, popcorn, and cotton candy! Who eats cotton candy at a concert? We always ate before or after a concert in those days!
Initially Beatles were great fans of Elvis but as the years went by & he became bloated and so full of drugs he couldn’t remember his words. His hair was apparently white at autopsy so I think he must have had a good deal of stress as well.
Phil Collins acted as child in the first Beatles film Yeah Yeah Yeah. George Harrison performed with Neil Young at Bob Dylans jubilee concert 1992. At last they loved each other.
I am a McCartney fan and not at all a Phil Collins fan but "Our little Phil...?" Collins should've thrown the book he wanted McCartney to sign in Paul's face and then he should've kicked Heather Mills wooden leg OUT from under her. HA, HA .
Young was the only performer at Dylan's 30th annuversary jubilee to do 2 songs and his wild cover of All Along the Watchtower the concert's highlight - backing by Booker T's band more than helped.
I am always gratified to see new generations of fans flock to the Beatles to discover the timeless and unique brilliance and beauty of their music. Although I have loved their music for 60 years (since first seeing them on Ed Sullivan as a kindergartner in 1964), every time I hear a Beatles song it still sounds as innovative, fresh, bright and exciting as if I'm hearing it again for the first time.
Great editing my friend - love how you've done the photos effects at the beginning. On another note I've never understood why The Hollies got dissed so much - as a Beatles fan I can also very much appreciate the Hollies too (melodic, well packaged pop songs, awesome production).
The Hollies recorded and released 'If I Needed Someone,' the same day Rubber Soul was released. George Harrison was irked to say the least, mostly by the timing. It might have been the record company executives decision and not the musicians. It created a rift between the two bands. Sad but understandable. The Hollies were inducted into the Rock ''n Roll Hall of Fame. Deservedly so.
Well I always wondered what the Beatles thought of Creedence Clearwater Revival. During this period the Beatles could be insular but John Lennon liked them . He said “ Now Creedence ,that is some real rocknroll ! “
Not surprising. They were raw, had a jug band past (think skiffle) Travelling Band Is Long Tall Sally, Chuck Berry ,Carl Perkins and some Country flavour in the mix (think I'll cry instead). He mocked Paul for listening to Classical and some experimental s**t and then Macca is Hello, goodbye and he Is Walrus, Strawberry Fields and Mr.Kite. Isn't he a bit like you and me? During their feud they were seen together at a Segovia concert and Lennon talked with B.B.King on the phone telling how he dreamed to play like him. Human...
Music, movies, almost everything is cheap merchandise nowadays. TV shows are gone! Cartoons, totally gone as we knew them! There are no more iconic cartoons today. Disney has become a WOKE factory!
I love the Hollies and almost all of their music, but I agree that their version of "If I Needed Someone" was pretty lame, even if it hadn't come out practically on the heels of the Beatles' brilliant Harrison-written original.
I agree with the Beatles on this. Blood Sweat and Tears always seemed like a Vegas act. Neil Young can be painfully hard to listen to when he launces into one of his one or two note solos that goes on ad nauseum. The Hollies were bubble gum.
Saw BS+T at the Troubadour in 1967or 8. Compliments of cousin Shirley. Sat 5 ft. away from them and was literally blown away at how good and professional they were. Always loved horns and Saxophone in any band. I believe it was just before David Clayton Thomas took over lead singer. His voice made the band even more popular back then. Great memories of great times in music history.
I chalk the negativity up to PTSD. I don't think any one of them ever got over the breakup of the Beatles and the internal trauma. Watch any of their many interviews over the years after. They are certainly ready to nitpick and carp at each other a bit, but let someone from the outside toss even a mild bomb at the group and each would circle the wagons. They were really thin skinned despite being the greatest musical act of the twentieth century, maybe that played into their success I don't know. But I think their criticism of others comes out of dealing with the pain of their loss.
@walterghent3162 I never thought of that way of looking at it, but it makes a lot of sense. I think Ringo was probably the least affected by the breakup, just because of his personality.
John Lennon's criticism of Elvis was professional, though. Elvis started out as a rock n' roll rebel with loads of swagger. And then he became everything that rock n roll was rebelling against.
Just remember the Beatles were from a post war working class area and had the famous Liverpool humour and "say it like it is" manner,not very different to Londoners. And tbh their opinions, were mostly on the nail lol..Todays kids, are a million miles from those days of incredible social and musical change.
It is never a good thing when when artists criticise their fellow musicians . They are all on the same journey . There is also the line of thinking that what goes around comes around .
I personally don’t mind it, as long as it’s honest and therefore not made out of some secret motive. That doesn’t mean I always agree with it by any stretch. I can also be amused without particularly siding for or against it. I’m just glad musicians are honest - though even there sometimes one will be gratuitously callous, like the way McCartney treated Phil Collins. But even that shows just how fallible humans are. McCartney offended his band mates at various times, and each of them offended each other as well etc. etc. etc. It’s life, though not at its best.
What is good for a musician to criticize ? Other musicians concerning things they know about, or should they only use their celebrity status to preach to all about things they are woefully ignorant about ?
This is a lot of “making a mountain out of a mole hill”. Find some trivial, passings comment or minor criticism someone made, and then take it out of context, and blow it up into “scathing”, “hate”, and “disdain”.
I think some forget the Beatles weren't just Icons in the Music industry, they were people with feelings, and each one of them dealt with life on his own terms. Becoming a celebrity changes you, quickly, and it's probably hard to wrap your head around that fact and keep your dreams alive, let alone your intimate friendships with the ones who count. As far as hate toward Paul, I believe George may have been jealous, but as this article pointed out, they were also very close, Paul thinking of George as his "little brother". It was with great sadness that John and George died so young.
@@daveinmilwaukee Paul was pushing his father-in-law for the role, so who knows how that would have gone over? But that's just the business side - they were butting heads creatively. The Maxwells Silver Hammer recording that exasperated the other 3, for example.
I always thought the Beatles were very overrated and when you start critiquing everyone else you start thinking you are above them. Once that started they came to a quick end it was probably for the best.
Despite their huge success, I never thought of the Beatles as anything other than the latest boy band of the time. I have about five Beatles tunes on Spotify, and three of them are covers by other stars.
Referencing that cover song The Hollies did, the dislike started when George found out they were given one of his songs and he knew they were recording at Abbey Road Studio. They were in and out of the studio fairly quickly and heading to a pub. George saw this and was furious. He said their recording lacked any passion. What he did not know was that The Hollies were given a very limited amount of studio time. They were not the Beatles who could fart around in the studio a lot longer. The Hollies rehearsed the song well before reaching the studio so they were in and out quickly. Years later George and Tony Hicks were neighbors and Tony explained this to George. That seemed to soften Mr Harrison a little. I also read that both their sons became good friends as well.
Even though all four Beatles had great solo careers they could never quite distance themselves away from "that band." Therefore I believe (whether subconscious or not) that they were somewhat jealous of very successful solo artists that were known for THEM and not their past. Maybe not Ringo though, he didn't seem to have a jealous bone in his body.
You might have a point there. For me with the major exception of Imagine and My Sweet Lord none of them did much near the quality of the stuff they did as a band. After the band split John and George were still cool, whereas Paul was very uncool without the influence of the other 3 and produced so much dirge. Just my opinion!
To be fair, the last one is out of place. The Beatles (or Paul in particular) didn't hate Phil Collins. It was just an isolated event where Phil was treated condescendingly by Paul. Also, none of them hated Elvis. John only disliked his post-army phase.
John and the lads never "hated" bands. John always criticed his own songs. What he really hated was the press writing sayng how "genius" the Beatles or other bands were. For him, it always BS, he always said that was only rock and roll, not a Mozart or a jazz shitty genius thing. Its only rock and roll (but he liked it)
It's the "Tavistock Beatles," meaning George, John, Ringo, and Billy Shears. The real Paul died in 1966, with Shears being the original Paul's "replacement" thereafter.
Some RU-vidr made the insane claim that “your favorite musician never talked shit about anyone” cuz their art somehow put them above smack talk. I was wondering what the hell world he lives in. Musicians are mega egotistical. Ask me how I know. Rofl.
Avatar types are famous for loveing "Everybody" but one on one they can be vicious. It's understandable if you think about it, try getting a billion random people to sing, "all you need is love", and see how far you get. You know there is a very heavy price one pays for that kind of accomplishment.
According Far Out Magazine: "When asked by Rolling Stone’s Jann S. Wenner if he liked anything at the top of the charts, Lennon held nothing back, lashing out at one of the year’s most prominent rock outfits. 'I don’t like the Blood, Sweat & Tears shit. I think all that is bullshit,' he began. 'Rock ‘n’ roll is going like jazz, as far as I can see, and the bullshitters are going off into that excellentness which I never believed in and others going off.' "
"Spinning Wheels," their big hit, is kinda tiresome (doesn't help that it was the music for the Floor-ex class 3 compulsory when I did gymnastics). However, "Go Down Gambling" is a pretty good song.
I don't think they were the best of their time . People of the time did but now when you listen to the radio the other groups of the time have songs that play more. I like only some of their songs But these other groups have many songs I like.
What so John Lennon wanted Elvis to sing Hound dog all his life or what? Elvis was ressurected in 1968 when he did his 68 comback special did John skipped this awesome show? and in 69 -70 Elvis was the best showman entertainer in the world! he was able to mixed rock and roll Blues country all in the same show Elvis will never get surpasses by anyone anytime soon!
Curiously enough none of l the Beatles songs that elvis covered was written by John .hey jude.yesterday lady Madonna. Get back all were McCartney songs while something was Harrison's.and except for that song all the others were signed Lennon/ McCartney and nobody knew back then who wrote this or that song cause they signed like that anyway so that must have been an instant karma. 😉
Thanks great!, very funny to see how serious they take themselfs. When i was a teenager we thought people who liked the other sort of music very stupid😅 we were the better persons...
I am the biggest Beatles fan out there. But, The criticisms by Lennon and Harrison are not surprising. I’ve heard many interviews in which each criticized their own Beatles songs. Very harshly, actually. So, their criticisms of others isn’t unexpected. It really doesn’t matter what they thought. Lennon wrote, sang and recorded with Yoko Ono. Does anything else need to be said about him? Harrison’s first album post Beatles Is a classic. Most of Those songs were written and conceived when he was still a Beatle but couldn’t get them recorded then because of the Lennon/McCartney dominance. After that album Harrison didn’t really produce anything outstanding. The whole was greater than the parts. Their opinions mean and meant nothing.
I've been listening to the Beatles for ~45 years now and the Lennon/McCartney stuff has definitely grown OFF of me over the decades. George Harrison was the best songwriter in the Beatles. Countless bands over the past several decades have been trying to write "It's All Too Much" which was LIGHT YEARS ahead of its time. Even Sinatra said "Something" is one of the best love songs ever written.
'Even' Sinatra said it was one of the best love songs ever? Who, a guy who never wrote a hit song in his life? We should take that guys opinion? Okie dokie.
@@billboggs6641 you do know it all comes down to who has the money to promote their product, right? Elvis was promoted to a white MERICAN! audience, and it worked.
IMO, some people should be less sensitive about OPINIONS. In particular, musicians have been traditionally critical, since at least the classical baroque era. Many times that sensibility happens in the American culture . It is a particular trait that makes other people elsewhere seem too rude or perhaps brash. I think there is a bit of cultural misunderstanding of the intended attitude of critical people.
Paul McCartney has no problems with Neil Young, they have even performed together "Why Don't We Do It on the Road", "A Day in a Life", and "Only Love Can Break Your Heart".
@@user-fu2mi1nd5l He didn't seem to mind when Chris Farley asked him that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NHPQFPdj8ko.html&ab_channel=RickPine
I have to admit I am not a great Niel Young fan either , but to slam the Hollies and Blood, Sweat and Tears his heart to beat. Phil Collins and Genesis is major and even Sir Paul could not really dent Genesis. Criticism of Blood, Sweat and Tears and the Hollies is virtual suicide even from the Beatles
Come on, he lost it after the fifties and couldn't even write his own songs. Don't listen to JL though he slated everything including his own work . This is just another idiotic video hoping to generate advertising revenue.
No wonder George got sick of being “a Beatle.” He was a private person, for the most part, and whenever The Beatles commented on anything or anyone it became fodder for the media. No surprise he didn’t like Neil Young, either. George was a perfectionist; Neil is far from that, which is why people love him.
@@user-rz5qb1co4q Like a lot of the guys who were influenced by Dylan, perhaps Young would like that moniker.^ He has been wildly popular and rocks the house like few others for 50 years.
Funny thing is that The Beatles praised The Hollies in 1964, before they made If I Needed Someone. I love Neil Young's style of playing guitar, especially on Like A Hurricane. I agree with John though, Elvis was crap after the 50's.
Ever noticed that these so called dislikes are never actually heard from the mouth of the so called hater, but by faceless voice over persons????? Dont believe all this nonsense about who hated who unless you actually see the person saying it
The Beatles sang their songs at their time...they became world famous......but that didn't give them the right to rubbish other pop genres who had their own fanbase, had their own talents, and.......kept their critical mouths shut already!
Wow, I am scandalized and shocked! You mean to tell us that the Beatles were actually four different grown men and accomplished artists who each had his own unique attitudes, likes, dislikes, and strong opinions about other musicians and their music? And that such dislikes translated to "hate?" Who'd have thought? You may be using the word "hate" a bit too loosely there, fella.
When I first saw the movie Goodfella's I walked out early because I thought it sucked. I don't really know why I was so wrong. Dislike is momentary and in a fluid world one really must not cling to negativity that arises from time to time especially regarding entertainment.
Harrison is a great guitarist. The Beatles fine musicians. They are not omniscient NOR are they the prism by which we judge musical tastes. Are they willing to put their music through the same scrutiny by others? Not EVERY BEATLE song was great and frankly some utterly bad as far as tastes go.
