John just grew up with a different set of circumstances at a different time in history (post WW2). To compare him with his son is ludicrous. Besides we needed that acerbic influence in the Beatles, otherwise you're listening to Bridge Over Waters.
yeah really. There was no excuse for John's behavior. Plenty of people come from far worse backgrounds and rise above it. They are decent human beings. John was a very abusive man. For which there is no excuse. The time he grew up means squat. My father was born in 1909 and lived through two world wars plus the depression. His family was dirt poor. Yet none of them behaved like Lennon. Personally, I prefer Bridge Over Troubled Water to a lot of Beatles songs.
***** We all wish more people thought like that. Anthology says it all - George had a lot to say and it was always worth listening to. Unfortunately the following well known fact is true "Empty vessels make the loudest noise"
Indeed, Paul had [and has] powerful vocals. They were talking of personality. John had a harder life than Julian. Their personalities can best be filtered out in their post-Beatle solo careers. John was a bit more "in your face" and had no use for things like squishy love songs. Paul, on the other hand, was all about squishy love songs. Within the context of The Beatles, as it applies to their songwriting, John and Paul truly needed each other. Paul kept John from being so hard that it drove people away, and John kept Paul from being overly-soft. It was this complexity and tug-of-war that made The Beatles great and interesting.
@@yiggles4136 I don't know. I think there's the early Beatles during their first interviews where Paul's the nicest to the press. George was more often sarcastic to them. But in the later interviews, I think Paul and George are equally 'nice', but George, I feel, had a level of 'soul' with him where he's really operating on a level of love. Just my opinion.
@@Firefoxy-rz1nw I disagree. George was the most spiritually in tune of the group, but he also was prone to being super passive aggressive. Just look at Get Back. Instead of talking things out with Paul, he's always on the defensive and just acts so bitter and negative about things that bother him.
@@cookie_monster_ I agree, but it's not that simple. John was in a terrible place in general, he had a shit ton of trauma and other mental health problems to sort through, not to mention a drug addiction and eating disorder. There was several instances also the worst possible timing- Julian was born just as Beatlemania was taking off and John wasn't ever able to settle down at home and bond with his baby, then when things were finally calming down a little when they stopped touring, Yoko Ono happened and the marriage with Cynthia fell apart. Then the dust settled on the divorce, and things were okay for bit, but then john moved halfway across the world where it would be practically extremely difficult if not impossible to be a good father. Then the "lost weekend" happened, followed by Sean's arrival and John really pulling himself together for the first time, which included finally building a relationship with Julian. The two were getting close, but then, john was murdered.
Cindybin, I'm curious what in your mind is morally wrong with marijuana. What is "morality" in your world, and what does it have to do with a non-addictive, harmless substance? Do you extend your puritanical outrage to alcohol and cigarettes simply because they are "legal"? Do you feel that you have the right to tell other people that they do not sufficiently own their own body, to instruct them on what they can and cannot do with it? Because I consider such an attitude immoral, and indeed immature. How old are you mentally, I wonder, regardless of your chronological age? Either prematurely aged, hiding in your cloistered self-righteous tower, or else too young and naive to have ever seen anything more of life than your own four walls. And for what it is worth -- as a parent of teenagers myself, I would rather they grow up to use pot rather than become alcoholics or cocaine or heroin or meth (or even tobacco) addicts. The human body treats these as poisonous toxins. Marijuana on the other hand is a substance that the human body and brain evolved to use beneficially, and our central and peripheral nervous systems contain receptors made for no other purpose than to process cannabinoids. And you ask about parents? My father, in his 70s, is in constant debilitating pain. Medication and therapy and surgery have only made his problems worse. The only thing that helps him is marijuana, but because people like you have screaming, illogical, emotion-ridden fits over the existence of a PLANT, even with a medical marijuana card it's uncertain how he can get the medication he needs. Where's *your* morality, to claim you have a right to tell my father what to do?
We surely miss this gentle talented human being. George wrote some of the better songs by the Beatles, as well as his OWN material later on. I'm still saddened by his passing.....
He eventually wrote some good stuff... but to say he wrote the "better songs" is a stretch. And his solo material (after his first album... the 3 record ALL THINGS MUST PASS... which is one record too long!) his material went downhill.
Saul Havens As was John, but there's no doubting George's ability. Songs like "While my guitar gently weeps" and "Something" are definitely up there with the best. Although there have been some plagiarism claims levelled at George I must add.
How 'He's So Fine' ended up winning a plagiarism lawsuit is beyond me. 'My Sweet Lord' sounded nothing like it at all. If we listen to almost any 12 bar blues we'd find it was a LOT more similar to other blues songs than George's so called plagiarism of 'He's So Fine'....hellovanite
6 String Fan Fair enough, didn't say I was in total agreement with it. I do however think they are more similar than you obviously do. That said I like George the most of all the Beatles so I'm happy to take your point. As 12 bar blues plagiarism, well it was rife back then, for example just about all of Led Zeppelins music were rip offs
George has always been my favorite Beatle. He is very intelligent, and soulful. Julian is very, very talented in his own right and a very great performer, kind, intelligent and caring. His mother, Cynthia did a wonderful job raising such a wonderful young man.
donna stitz he said "we are here, we have always been here and we will always be here", he was speaking about soul and spirit, I believe. I just love that that he said that...
Amazing how young George looked here. Thin, hair styled, he looked great. Here his health was so much better than just a few years before. Julian is compassionate and nice like his mother. Thank god.
This has got to be one of my favorite George interviews ever. Even though I don't always understand him or agree with what he says, it's good to hear and see him speak.
Always fascinated by George, seemed a lovely gentle guy aware of his surroundings and his music added the nystical dimension to the later beatles tracks My favorite two of George's solo tracks are My Guitar Gently Weeps and I Me Mine Rip George
I can't believe how such an immensely talented person has gone to waste because of cigarettes. He was a heavy smoker, and it was what sadly killed him. What a great great talent that shouldn't be gone yet
***** Each one of them is just as important as the other. It is true that they weren't the definition of technical superiority, but they had unique qualities that can't be taught. A lot of guitar players can play George's parts, but only George would think to come up with them. Plus he wrote While My Guitar Gently Weep", Here Comes the Sun, Something, and did the All Things Must Pass album, which is one of the best post-Beatle releases.
Ian Leo Helluva hard drug to quit, given a choice of things I did quit when young I'd go through Cocaine withdrawal over Nicotine withdrawal any day of the week.
George was awesome. Very talented, and he seemed to have the most down-to-earth personality of all the Beatles, even though they were all great people of course.
I love this interview. His view on drugs and moderation and especially what he said about Heroin "Friends died, people are still dying." is right on point today. I also love his view on plugging into spirituality Thank you for being George Harrison
"There's no body there, but at the same time you don't feel as though you're missing anything" George describes meditation in such a cool way. What a cool guy. I could watch an 8-hour version of this video. Just George talking about his spiritual practices and stuff.
I have always loved the Beatles and still did after the break. I enjoy listening to George. I would love to just "shoot the breeze" with him if he we're still here. He's laid back and love when he smiled. A happy bloke I'd say.
His smile is one of the reasons why I love him and his witty personality would’ve gone great with mine lol😝 but ce la vie. I’ll never stop loving him; he’s to talented and handsome not to
John was acidic, but he could be kind and gentle. He wanted to be. He had a hard time with his life, and that ruined him a lot. But towards the end of his life he was calming and learning.
i thought a lot about John and George and all the Beatles a couple of weeks ago at Fenway Park in Boston at the Paul McCartney concert ( which was great) and how great it was to be a young kid growing up will all those songs that i would hear on my little radio for the first time ---- Paul played about 40 songs it was a night that i will never forget
This interview was done in Australia on one of George's visits here. In total, probably one of the total interviews with him. Who would have thought, in Australia.
comanchio1976 I think that applies to everyone. I think that John would have appreciated George Harrisons observations. Too bad we don't tell those we love things when they are alive. Some of us anyways...myself included.
+50hellkat2 Yeah it can definitely apply in a general way, but there can be a strange dynamic between males who have known one another from a certain age, and there being an age difference. I always had the feeling that John somehow wanted to feel superior in some way, and I never really heard him compliment George's playing or writing. Maybe that would have changed if John had lived and they got to heal their rift...who knows.
*my first comment, was something I pinched from what George himself said in an interview...look at me making out I'd thought of it myself...I'm such a shameless plagiarist! :D
Having grown up with the Beatles as a young teen...they were the boy-band of my generation. some years later we all discovered pot, but not from the Beatles...it was everywhere. It was our generations way of dealing with a war, friends being drafted, some being killed, others coming home with the truth of the war...it led to a loss if innocence and the music began to reflect the conflicts of the generation that came together to change the world. We felt we were all in it together...PEACE!!
NoRosesForMe I love George and i get what you are saying but you can't deny he came out with some claptrap at times! The guy was followed by photographers for his whole life, yet nobody ever managed to catch him on camera 'walking on water' or 'de-materialising at will' . . . LOL
"The role of the government is to protect the drug cartel." -- Milton Friedman Also: "It's a moral problem. It's a problem with a harm which government is doing." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kk9NepN1EKM.html John Lennon was more of an American than almost every American.
Yoko had a very suspicious background - from an elite Japanese banking dynasty - and she suddenly appears out of nowhere in '66. We know she's a hypnotist, and a practicing witch - so, who the hell knows what she did to John.
She was after Paul first. Obviously, did not like what he saw. There is a clip of them in the studio and Paul is singing alone and she is sitting there just staring at him. He must have felt very uncomfortable. She is creepy.
@ECCO She also comes from Japanese Royalty on one side of her family (mother or father, forget which), and the other side of the family were from Japanese banking.
I think they were all mentally tough to go through that period and come out on top. We miss you George Harrison. "Plug into the divine energy..." SUNGLASSES INITIATED.
George rpobably was the most realistic the most sincere beatle. God bless you ...what you say about John and Julian it's totally true. John always projected a different image from what he really was.
You know George said it himself I think in the anthology that John really a "nice person a great guy but sure there where things people probably wanted to changed about him", Ringo even said "you know John he'd give you his hart he was beautiful" hell Keith Richards said John was a sweetheart, same with Paul. John didn't always make the best decision but he could own that he fucked up. He was starting to make things right towards the end with Julian and then he was murdered. John said himself if he wasn't able to give him love from 5-10 he better make sure he was there to give him love from 10-20 ( I think I'm off on the ages but whatever) John made mistakes like everyone else but he wasn't a bad guy out a prick. We have no right to say that he was a bad guy he didn't know him but the people did all say what a lovely guy he was when he let his guard down. "What was the most important thing I my father's life? World peace,Me, my brother, and my mother"-Sean Lennon " We started to make up for it towards the end"-Julian Lennon He wasn't bad guy he was just a human who made some mistakes and some bad calls just like the rest of us, yes some people worse than others but it's not our place to judge we all tuck up at some point or another. #RIPJohn #RIPGeorge we miss you guys, hope you guys are still rocking on up there. ✌ 💘
I have to admit I have this strange addiction to hearing George say “tunes” ... I love the way he says that. I seek out hearing him say the word more than I care to admit. Always my fave Beatle.
George RIP was my favourite Beatle who made sense, his song writing, guitar singing and his pure honest soul was unbearable, and if he or did marijuana so what, everyone else was on harder stuff,HE HAD NO GRUDGES I miss him dearly and I cried when they were practicing the song "oh my love " with Lennon rip singing (but totally dominated by Yoko) and George with the guitar. as George said "we can't relive the past, future is a mystery if there is one" Sad how they slipped into heaven in tragic ways ,they could have lived at least 25 more years, it's very sad.
They were all young and had a very quick moving life. I'm sure in time they all matured and knew their mistakes. John was finally at the place in his life to begin to truly find who he was. Unfortunately, it ended too soon.
Well, thank God John didn’t find out exactly who that was, or else he would have to face up to the terrible truth of how he failed as a father.. That was a blessing in disguise. He’s a very weak individual, and who knows if it would’ve set him off to the point where he began climbing London Bridge on a bad night.
I miss George...and I miss John too, so very much. Noticed the harsh remarks about John in the comments as if for some reason he was supposed to be perfect and failed everybody by not being perfect. He wasn't...nor was George if you look deep enough. Seriously...look deep and you will see for yourself. None of them were. John just may have been more honest about it. Want the truth? NO ONE IS PERFECT, so put away the daggers and enjoy what these people gave us.
Oh brother! Of course nobody's perfect, but John was a CRAPPY father to Julian for the fact that when he WAS home from tour, Julian was a boy he didn't KNOW, but even so he could have been kind and interested and pleasant towards him. I got the feeling, watching another video, that he really wasn't interested in his son when he WAS home. How would it make a kid feel to have his own father pay no attention to him? Julian has recognized that his dad HAD to be away, touring, but he still has not had a Father in his life. John being harsher is what HE was, just a fact. I'm glad Julian DIDN'T have his father around as he wouldn't have had a good influence.
@@bcatypical This comment doesn't make any point. You comment "of course nobody's perfect" and then proceed to describe somebody who isn't perfect and also describe a situation that is very very common. Fathers have done so so much worse to their children but cuz he's "John Lennon" some dude who made music & was famous that means he's even worse than those horrible fathers!? Nobody says the dude wasn't a CRAPPY father, they're just saying you guys have no reason or right to put him on some pedestal and act like he's the first freaking person to be a crappy father. The original commenter was right, put down the fucking daggers, the man is dead and y'all obsessing over the situation isn't going to end the cycle of fathers being crappy. So you idiots can stop with this toxic obsession with pointing out the flaws in human beings.
I am from Brazil and was living in L.A at the time. The year was 1984 and I went fo visit N.Y and went to a night club with friends . Was at the bar and this guy comes next to me to order a drink I look at him and there he was Julian. Introduce myself and we chat for ten minutes. Really cool guy
