Beatley Tone attempts to ranks George Harrison's Solo albums from Worst to Best. This video is part 1/2 #georgeharrison #thebeatles #beatlesfan #vinylcommunity #rankingvideo
I agree it does, there are just other albums in his canon that I like more. Ranking videos are just the opinion of me and I never expect it to tie in with everyone else's opinions so I would be interested in seeing your rankings of albums 11 to 6. I have done a deep dive review video of LITMW - feel free to check it out and I hope it gives a better insight into just how much I like it. Thank you for your comment
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel I respect your opinions for the rankings of course and I love the content, I'll make sure to check out the deep dive review of LITMW. My personal ranking for George Harrison's discography would be: 12. Electronic Sound 11. Wonderwall Music 10. Gone Troppo 9. Somewhere In England 8. Dark Horse 7. Extra Texture 6. Brainwashed 5. 33 & 1/3 4. George Harrison 1979 3. Cloud Nine 2. Living In The Material World 1. All Things Must Pass
@@shortfilmfinn6806 Thanks very much and Im glad you enjoy the content n the channel. Thanks also for providing your rankings - always find it interesting to see how other fans rankings turn out just because everyone hears things different and music is so subjective anyway. Without giving anything away I can say that we match exactly on 3 albums. Interesting stuff
Brutally honest, wholly personal perspective Tone - something these post-Mops rankings could do with more of IMO. I thoroughly enjoyed your takes on this difficult ouevre and can't wait for part two!
Thanks very much Rob, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes there's no point doing these unless there's a degree of honesty to them. I don't think it shows any disloyalty to say ' I really dont like this song' etc and of course when we do that, it adds more weight to the ones we like right? Thanks as always for your comment mate
You were right to exclude the Traveling Wilbury albums from this ranking. The Wilburys were an actual group, with multiple songwriters and lead singers. Wings was basically Paul McCartney with an ever-changing lineup of backing musicians.
Thanks James, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes many people feel differently about Extra Texture - it's odd with most albums I find that repeated plays endear me to them but for some reason that one never had. Maybe it's a bit a bit like breaking up with a girlfriend and me having to look at ET and say 'Im sorry, its not you, its me ' :-)
Hi Tony. I really enjoyed your review, part one. Great to hear someone in the Beatle vidcast community honestly articulate some of the significant issues with some of George’s albums. He was a complicated fellow and we should realise that. I get tired of people fawning over them. Very refreshing. Thanks again and I can’t wait to hear part two. Kind regards Robert
Thanks very much Robert, Im glad you enjoyed the video. I think if we're not honest with these reviews or rankings, there is no point in doing them. We cant wash over the fact that the solo albums (of any Beatle) are a little but hit and miss and you have to sort out the wheat from the chaff yourself. Plus buy pointing out the failings, it gives more weight to the songs/albums that you really like. Really appreciate your comment, so thanks for taking the time to post it.
Looking forward to your Part 2 Tone but as I'm a huge fan of George's solo career here's my highly controversial rankings... 12 - Wonderwall Music 0/5 11 - Electronic Sounds 0/5 10 - Gone Troppo 1/5 9 - Brainwashed 2/5 8 - Extra Texture 2.5/5 7 - Living In The Material World 2.5/5 6 - Dark Horse 3/5 5 - George Harrison 3.5/5 4 - Somewhere In England 4/5 3 - All Things Must Pass 4.5/5 2 - Thirty Three & 1/3 5/5 1 - Cloud 9 5/5 Not the expected number 1 I'm sure but although I adore ATMP it's just too long & at times quite samey for me! Cloud 9 is one of the greatest 1980s albums & unlike John Heaton i love Got My Mind Set On You!
Thanks for your rankings Stephen - yes pretty controversial but if you take out Electronic Sounds we are in line with choices 11, 7 & 6 - I like John's reviews but also find myself hardly ever agreeing with him. thanks as always for your comment. Part 2 will be along in a day or 2.
It was a brave choice for both of us. I had only just completed getting all the Beatles albums. The solos are such a minefield but I didnt know that at the time. I'm guessing that it must have been cheap because I wouldn't have known anything about the album at the time (1976). And although the solo albums can be a little bit hit and miss, I really think Dark Horse is overly criticised. Plenty to love on that album. Thanks very much for your comment James
I can take it a step further too. I worked a brief period of time at a department store and was in charge of the record department and noticed the Dark Horse album was there. I think on my off work hours or when i had stopped working there i picked up the Dark Horse album, with no previews or reviews. I liked it. It was a little different but i liked it. I can't remember if i had the all things must pass 8 track yet or not so this was probably my first if or one of my first George albums. So i hadn't heard the rolling stone review or others that panned it.
@@jameswheelock1799 Nice Story. I guess that once youre fully invested in The Beatles you're gonna buy these albums anyway regardless of what the critics thought of them and just make your own mind up about them
Hi Tonny, how are you doing mate!! Ok lol yes, I do have the exact thing about Extra Texture as you do too!!! Your number 6 one mmm ?. But that is ok:). This is good and I do look forward to more as a part two!! Take care and Happy Easter toy my friend!!!!
Im doing well thanks Brad, and I hope you are too mate. Yes I know that a lot of people won't agree with my placing of Dark Horse but like I said it's just an album that I have a soft spot for being the first solo album I bought. I wish you and your family a very happy Easter my friend and thanks for dropping by
Hi Larry its a real mixed bag with a lot of the albums not instantly accessible. In other words i have always found that quite a few of these albums need repeated listens before they kind of connect so i totally get where you’re coming from. Thanks as always for your comment
Hey buddy. Thanks for the great shout out at the beginning! Funny I too contemplated including the Wilbury’s albums in my ranking. So much so I listened to them a couple of times with George’s other albums. My conclusion was they felt more like a Dylan or Petty album with a song or two by Harrison. Absolutely love those albums though. And whenever I listen to them I feel infinitely cooler than everyone else as I’m listening to the Traveling Wilburys at that moment. Unless they’re also listening to them too making them also infinitely cooler. But I did laugh we both contemplated that inclusion.
Hey Dustin yes I think Volume 1 is a more rounded band album but Volume 3 is definitely more Dylan/Petty heavy - which of course cant be a bad thing - Im a big fan of both. I have to admit its been a long time since I felt infinitely cooler than anyone, anywhere, but Im glad youre still finding a way to pull it off 😂 So say you did include the Wilbury's in your ranking, where would the albums come ? Thanks as always for your comment
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel trust me. If you’re listening to the Wilburys, you’re infinitely cooler than anyone who is not. As for where I’d rank them. That is tough. I couldn’t really identify them as strictly a George Harrison standalone album. But Vol. 1 would fall in the top 5, and Vol. 3 probably midway in the lower 5. I’m becoming such a Petty fan right now though. Not that I haven’t always been, but I’m collecting and listening to his entire catalog now. So I might be revisiting the Wilburys again soon, but with him as a focus.
@@BeatleDustino Yes I would probably place them around the same as you. Sounds like you're doing what I did a few years back. I bought the first 3 Tom petty albums as they came out and then fell away but got back into him after watching the Martin Scorsese film about him on Netflix which resulted in me buying up the rest of his catalogue. Many great albums in that lot
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel starting the night of his passing I watched that documentary. Can’t believe it took me this long to start collecting more of his albums. I recently watched the documentary about Wildflowers on RU-vid. That one was really good too.
"Dark Horse" and "Extra Texture" are my 2 first George albums that I bought when I was 14 (I have 48 now) and I have a soft spot for both. And "Simply Shady" is also my favorite song ! "Extra Texture" is special for sure. A sad mood but so beautiful melodies.
Hello Tone, enjoyed your ranking part one, would have to give them another listen to compare with you but we do agree on Wonder wall for sure! It seems nowadays when I want to listen to George I put on the Best of Dark Horse, that compilation is one I really enjoy. Looking forward to part two. Wanted to wish you luck on your first RSD coming up. Hope you do a video on your results. Take care !
Hi Sharon, yes that best of Dark Horse is a superb compilation and gives a really great overview of the second phase of George's solo career, which can be a little bit hit and miss at times. But that comp has those 3 previously unreleased songs on it, all of which I really like. Thanks for good wishes re my first attempt at RSD. Im still struggling to find a store locally who can tell me which albums they are going to stock and I have a list of them to ring on the week of RSD when they should be able to tell me. Win or fail I will do a video. Thanks as always for your comment, and have a great weekend.
Great stuff as always Tone. You know its funny, i've read and heard lots of people refer to 'Greece' from 'Gone troppo' as an instrumental but....there's two verses! Ha ha. I really like 'Gone troppo' especially 'Dream away' but i think i could only rank it higher than 2 or 3 of his albums. Glad to hear some love for the 'Hoagy Carmichael' covers. 'Baltimore oriole' is a top 5 George song for me, i like it that much! 'Living in the material world' is ovetdue a listen from me, i like it alot but i have to be in the mood for it. I don't play it as much as i do 'Gone troppo' for example....
Thanks very Kier. Glad you enjoyed the video.Of course you are absolutely right about Greece, but I do think of it as being an instrumental for two reasons really, the sort of 'greek themed' nonsense words like `I came acropolis , Monty Pythagorus ' business is kind of mumbled and buried in the mix and also the inner sleeve of the album lists the songt as Greece (instrumental) and those 6 lines are not printed on the lyric sheet - but you're not wrong. That hook in Dream away drives me nuts lol . I agree the Hoagy songs are great - when I first heard this album when it came out in 1981, Id never heard of these 2 songs or Hoagy Carmichael for that matter - you would have thought that having liked these songs so much that I would have investigated some of his other stuff by now, but I haven't but probably should. Know what you mean about LITMW - you definitely have to be in the right mood for it. I largely ignored it for many years and kind of rediscovered how much I liked it when I did my deep dive review of it. Thanks as always for your comment matey
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel "hole in my socrates" ha ha, that's a clever little line from 'Greece' im gearing up for a 'Gone troppo' video, i listened to it 3 times last week. I find the whole thing very enjoyable!
'Here Comes Sun/Moon', 'Gently Weeps/Cryin'', 'Blackbird/Bluebird', 'Yesterday/Tomorrow', 'Honey Pie/Gave Me Answer' 'How Do Sleep/Steel Glass', 'Girl/Woman', Beatley, you could do a whole episode on 'Son Of's'...
I never complain about others' ranking videos because we all have different tastes, likes, and dislikes. I think you did a great job Tony! Like you, I've tried very hard to like Extra Texture...I can't. It's a depressing, dreadful album. I like the song "You" and a couple others. To me, Wonderwall Music is a non-album, it would be my 11th also. Can't wait for part 2. Cheers Matt
Thanks very much Matt, glad you enjoyed the video and always great to see you around these parts. Yep no right or wrong answers with these ranking videos , everyone hears things differently and also interesting to hear how other fans rank these records. Extra Texture is a real tough listen, I normally find with repeated listens I can make myself enjoy most albums but this one is a real struggle. Part 2 is up now. thanks as always for you comment my friend.
This was SO difficult. But after relistening to the albums I'd put in the 11 to 6 spots this is the end result. So for me, I would rank them like so: 11. Wonderwall Music Faves: In The Park, Singing Om & In The First Place Least Fav: Love Scene 10. Dark Horse Faves: Simply Shady, Ding Dong, Ding Dong & Far East Man Least Fav: Bye Bye Love 9. Extra Texture Faves: You, The Answer's at the End & Can't Stop Thinking About You Least Fav: Grey Cloudy Lies 8. Somewhere in England Faves: Unconsciousness Rules, Life Itself & All Those Years Ago Least Fav: That Which I Have Lost 7. Gone Troppo Faves: That's The Way It Goes, Gone Troppo & Mystical One Least Fav: Baby Don't Run Away 6. Brainwashed Faves: Any Road, Rising Sun & Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Least Fav: Never Get Over You Edit: Can't wait to see your part two of ranking 5 to 1. I'll be sure to share mine too. I love your videos and wanted to say thanks for sharing your opinion on how you would rank them. It seems everyone can have a completely mixed opinion on how they rank them, and that's so amazing about George's discography compared to say John Lennon's. ❤️
Thanks very much for taking the time to provide your rankings 11-6 Rhys - I always like seeing how other fans rank these albums and a nice bonus to see your favourite and least favourite tracks on each and I'll look forward to seeing your 5-2 rankings on the next video. Thanks very much for your comments about the channel, I really appreciate your feedback. Ranking videos are interesting as we all hear things differently and I never expect my choices to match anyone else's verbatim . I guess john's are more predictable because there are so few albums. Thanks very much for this really great post.
Enjoyed this video and the follow up. I forgot about "Tired of Midnight Blue." Awesome track! Was great to see "Dark Horse" finally get some love, though it doesn't rank as high for me in comparison to the others. I do remember loving "So Sad" & "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)" My ranking (excluding Wonderwall & Electronic Sound): 1. Cloud Nine (Love the entire album, though you are right, "Breathe" sticks out like a sore thumb). 2. All Things Must Pass (This climbs to 1st place from time to time) 3. George Harrison (my 2nd Harrison LP that I bought after Somewhere....sometimes climbs to 2 spot) 4. Brainwashed (this one did not disappoint at all. "Stuck inside a Cloud" "Rising Sun"....left me wanting more) 5. Thirty-Three & 1/3 (Crackerbox Palace!!!! First heard it on Best of Dark Horse CD) 6. Living in the Material World (Took me forever to find this album......) 7. Somewhere in England (My first album,,,,"Life Itself" ranks among my all-time favs.) 8. Gone Troppo (Being from a tropic island, love the breezy feel...That the Way it Goes) 9. Dark Horse (I love the songs. Just wish George had waited for his voice to recover) 10. Extra Texture (Agreed....way too depressing and mellow)
Thanks very much Michael, glad you enjoyed this video. Thanks you also for sharing your ranking. It's always interesting to see how other fans rank these albums as we all hear things differently. Some surprises in there for me but you're right, albums can easily change places depending on mood. Great comment
"This is absolute Sh*te its unlistenable, it's terrible and it comes in last." hahahahahaha I bet you have it on cassette like me. I was a geek that when he got any Beatles/Beatles related album in the 1970's/80's like the hard-to-find electronic sound the very first play was recorded on cassette. did you do stuff like that? "I have had this album since 1977 and lord knows I have tried to find a way to love this album and I have tried and tried, and I just can't connect with this album" ...ditto. besides the unfinished "You" from ATMP sessions it is a depressing album and rarely found time on the turntable since 1977. no real surprises yet. 11 to 6 is like mine. I await part 2. The Wilbury thought is right. Wings were not 4/5 superstars taking lead vocals. Thanks Tone!
Hi Russ, no I dont have this on cassette - I had hardly any Beatles stuff on cassette - I rarely dabbled. Haha Im enjoying being quoted lol. It's weird with ET. I normally find with most albums that repeated plays endear me to them but for some reason that one never has. Maybe it's a bit a bit like breaking up with a girlfriend and me having to look at ET in the eyes and say 'Im sorry, its not you, its me ' lol. Thanks as always for your comment mate
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Hi Tone. You never made copies of your albums on cassette tapes? I wonder if that is an American thing. Many of my friends did the same with their fav artists, get the album and if you had the ability, dub a copy on tape. the comment "the Shania Indian oboe sounds like someone farting for 3 minutes" thank God I am not the only one who thought that! awesome stuff keep up the good work!
@@RussBeatle63 Ahh yes got you now. I thought you were talking about pre-recorded tapes. I did used to record albums onto cassette - not at the beginning ( because I didnt have any portable devices to play cassettes on) but later I made cassettes for the car and even later for my Walkman etc . At school there was a whole culture of borrowing records from friends. You were considered very uncool unless you arrived at school with an LP tucked under your armpit. So we would borrow records from each other , take them hope and tape them and then hand the Lp back the next day. I discovered things like Dark Side of the Moon, Ziggy Stardust and Who's Next etc simply by borrowing them from friends. The general rule of thumb being that after playing the cassette a few times - if I liked the album I would get it on record and then tape over the cassette with another borrowed record ad infinitum. Glad you appreciated my description of the track Microbes - dreadful stuff. cheers Buddy. Looking tricky for Forest atm.
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel tricky for NF? I told you in October I would be happy with 17th, now overjoyed if only, goal differential is the Achilles. ..looks like we did the same thing on both sides of the Atlantic whew same thing with school. Amazed how you described what me and my friends did circa 77-81. one example was I lent get yer ya ya's and sticky fingers (I am a huge Stones fan as well) and he lent me band of gypsies live and Electric Ladyland, became a huge Hendrix fan since. I also used the library for certain albums (did you use Library as well), tape and if like, buy. I was lucky that my Dad had a top-notch tape deck with 2 tape dub capability! for 1976 that was high rent stuff. I prospered obviously. Now that I am cleaning out Mom's house, I am finding that my Dad made cassette tapes of my albums! I never knew or did know and forgot. he also dubbed my 1987/88 Beatles CD's onto VHS tapes and his mini camcorder tapes~found the Anthology's when I put in mini ones and freaked out laughing. He has been gone 19 years now.
@@RussBeatle63 Yeah like us , you are struggling to score goals. It's been a miserable season. Good to know the borrowing of LPs is more global than I thought. This was essential for getting to hear albums when we only had pocket money to spend. I kind of miss those times because buying records was much more of an event than it is now but really this borrowing of albums was our Napster and Limewire of the 70s. My local library mainly only stocked classical records but in the 80s a library near where I works had CDs that we could borrow like books so I did that a lot then. It must have been somewhat of a delight to find that your dad had made tapes of your stuff after all these years . Nice story Russ.
Hi Tone, I really enjoyed this ranking. Although I do have all the George solo albums (except Electronic Sounds & Wonderwall Music) I always thought George struggled to create an excellent full album, unlike Paul & John. He was brilliant in The Beatles where he only had about 2 new songs per album (same for the Wilburys). I always found his voice very sleepy and weaker compared to John & Paul. After saying that there is still plenty to enjoy within his solo catalogue. I'll watch the 2nd part later on tonight. Mmmm, I wonder what no. 1 would be? lol My no. 1 is actually the self titled from 1979 but I'm weird lol. Cheers - Richard
Thanks very much Richard, glad you enjoyed the video. Even though Im a Beatlehead, I won't whitewash over the fact that the solo albums of all 4 are an absolute minefield. There needs to a lot of sorting of the wheat from the chaff. The creation of the excellent full album, is few and far between even for John & Paul - I would say John has 3 imo and Paul has maybe 4 (which isn't a lot considering how many albums he's made) so I agree George struggles with this too. But then again so do almost every artist. How many absolutely perfect albums are there out there? I think most major artists have at least 1 or 2 in them. For Bowie I would say Ziggy and Hunky are flawless from Start to finish even though I love all of them from Space Oddity through to Scary Monsters. Floyd Dark side and Wish you were here. The Stones I dont think made a perfect album until Beggars Banquet. And so it goes on. So basically I agree with you, once you've sorted through them there is plenty to like in George's solo career. Cheers buddy
I agree with Extra Texture, although I really like His name is Legs. Dark Horse is similarly high in my ranking, though I wouldn't put it above Material World.
While there is no George album I don’t like (except Electronic Sound) Extra Texture would probably be at the bottom. It is a down album but I still really like the songs. I do love Wonderwall too though I can see not counting it in the official solo George canon. Mystical One and Sat Singing are two of my all time favorite George songs. Overall my bottom half ranking would be about the same as yours though I might swap out Cloud Nine for Gone Troppo. Cheers! By the way I really enjoyed your meeting Paul videos. Both the in store experience and the looking up and seeing him. A couple of times in New York I was walking along the street and just happened to notice a minor celebrity walking the other way. But I can’t imagine just being somewhere and having Paul be right there. Wow.
Hi Michael, thanks for giving your thoughts on the ranking so far. interesting that you would rank Cloud 9 quite low .I'm also a big fan of Sat Singing. Glad that you enjoyed the meeting Macca videos, the time at the station in Paris was just an unbelievable stroke of luck, I really couldn't believe my eyes. It does seem that Paul does spend quite a lot of time in NY these days and I have seen lots of photos of him just walking the streets or buying an Ice cream etc so you never know. my experience shows that it could happen anytime in any place so you never know. Thanks very much for this great comment
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel I actually live in California now and unfortunately for some reason Paul doesn’t seem to want to hang out in my town too much . 😀 Cloud Nine is a great album. I don’t always love Jeff’s production but it certainly is chock full of great songs. But some of the others just grab me more.
Don't be so hard on the one that you love. A bit hard on Extra Texture which I have found quite soothing. So Sad should have been a single.Ding Dong was a no 5 in Switzerland. One Apple and f Warner Bros to go. A pretty good selection backed up by arguments.
Thanks Duncan - I can gather from the comments that Extra Texture is more popular with other fans than it is with me . Im not sure that So Sad would have been a hot had it been released as a single but it is a very fine album track. Thanks for comment and I look forward to your thoughts on the top 5
Hi Tone, hope you’re well. Apologies for the recent radio silence, things have been a bit crazy down here and I am now playing catch up on my favourite channels. In doing so, I decided to comment on this video before moving on to part 2, so I will no doubt also comment on that in due course. Not much to argue with on your ranking so far. I agree Somewhere In England is underrated, but must admit I have a preference for the tracks that were removed over the tracks added - with the exception of All Those Years Ago. While I generally like the lyrics/sentiments of the replacement tracks, I think they suffer musically by trying to be too commercial - Teardrops in particular. Writings On The Wall was a standout for me from the first time I flipped the All Those Years Ago 45 back in the early 80s. Having said “England” is underrated, I have been a bit surprised by some of the recent re-evaluations of Troppo - in some cases ranking it higher than GH and 33 1/3!! I enjoy it for the most part, but think you have it in its rightful place. I also agree Dark Horse is better than it’s usually given credit for - coincidentally it was my first George album too, and also probably because it was cheap. I bought budget label copies of it and Ringo in 82 or 83. Do I like it more than Material World? I’m not sure. Probably depends on my mood - DH is definitely the more upbeat listen of the two, and like you I struggle with The Lord Loves….. Anyway, thanks for another great video, can’t wait to get into part 2. BTW I’m off the Canada/USA on Monday (24th) for a month. Amongst other things, I have tickets for Cirque du Soleil’s Love which I never really expected to get the chance see - can’t wait.
Hi Jason, Im very well thanks mate and hope you are too. No worries re recent silence - we all would like to spend more time on YT but life always seems to get in the way :-) so totally understand. There's no obligations here but always great to hear from you of course. Glad you enjoyed the video and sounds like we are pretty much in line with our rankings. I've also been surprised at the recent love being thrown at Gone Troppo, and its a decent album but I always think with these rankings in terms of, if I was making say a 3 CD compilation of the best of George's entire career, how many songs from Gone Troppo would make the cut, and the answer for me would be - not many. Sounds like we have similar reasons for a soft spot for the Dark Horse album but it's definitely better than it usually gets credit for. Would that have been the Fame label in Oz for that and the Ringo album or did you guys have a them on a different budget label? When I ddi my deep dive review of the LITMW album, I found that I liked it a lot more than I remembered liking it previously but not enough to overhaul Dark Horse for me. Hopefully the revamping of George's albums that we now expect to happen may see the original Somewhere in England included in its original form with the original sleeve as some sort of bonus material - I would welcome that. Your trip sounds fantastic, Ive never been to Canada but I did go to Vegas in 2015 and saw the Love show - it will blow you away especially the soundtrack and the volume it gets played at. Have a safe trip and an amazing time (vegas generally is off its head) and thanks as always for a really great comment mate.
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Yeah, I’m really looking forward to Love. I’ve got the soundtrack and “making of” dvd, but imagine the show is something else altogether. Love aside, I’ve got 2 weeks in Montreal/Quebec, a week at Harvard doing my second Executive Leadership program at the Kennedy School of Government, and finishing up in Vegas/Grand Canyon. The only other time I’ve been to the USA was February 2020, and I made it home just as Covid was becoming rampant. That trip also coincided with superbowl and Trump’s state of the union address - not sure which was the greater spectacle 😂 The budget label down here was Axis. If you are interested, we got the following albums reissued on Axis in the 80s: The Beatles Rock and Roll Music Vol 1 and Vol 2 Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl Plastic Ono Band Lennon’s Rock’n’Roll Mind Games Wildlife Ringo Dark Horse Best of George Harrison
@@jasonardler8373 Hi Again Jason, yes the show is pretty spectacular, you will love it. Your trip sounds amazing , I really fancy Canada , I have a couple of friends who live in Vancouver, on the other side of the country to where you're going. When we went to Vegas we also went to the Grand Canyon. We took a helicopter ride to it and from there you can get a boat ride along the Colorado River also worth doing while youre there. Thanks for the info on the budget label stuff. Ah right your budget records were released on Axix who I haven't heard of before. The line up is almost identical to the stiff we got on the budget MFP and Fame labels although I dont remember us getting POB, Wild Life, Hollywood Bowl or Oldies - I dont think these ever came out on the budget label here although Im not sure as I dont have any of them on the budgets. best of luck with completing your leadership program - is that an exam or a course (or both).
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel thanks for the travel tip, Tone. I will definitely look into the boat trip too. Harvard is course work only, but it’s a full 7.5 days, including 4 evenings, so pretty intensive. The last one I did resulted in a complete career re-think, so hoping this time around will be equally impactful.
I love Gone Troppo. Some of those songs get a lot more play even today. I would have put Sonewhere In England higher than Dark Horse. But that's why we listen and opinionate right?
Yes absolutely Charlie. Everybody hears things differently and has their own favourites and that's what makes ranking videos interesting. I love to hear how other fans rank these albums. Gone Troppo courts quite a bit of favour with fans . I have a soft spot for Dark Horse but I totally understand why you would rank Somewhere in England higher. Thanks very much for your comment
Great as Sat Singing is, I think All Those Years Ago was a better option but maybe Sat Singing was better than say Blood From A Clone. I think overall we got a better album with Somewhere in England
I think 'Material World' works much better with the extra tracks: 'Bangladesh', Deep Blue' and maybe even 'Miss O'Dell', otherwise it was too ballad heavy, imo...
Well Bangla Desh and Deep Blue for sure. Fun as Miss O Dell is Im not sure it was 'album standard' but for this ranking I wanted to keep it just to the how the album was originally released
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel 1st or second. However I admit that I bought it as a kid the day it came out so I have a soft spot for it. But a month doesn’t go by without me playing it. Great songs , great musicianship no Spector or Jeff lynne just George. Love it to death
@@edwardrussell5989 Fair enough. I dont disagree with what you say here and a soft spot is a soft spot. I dont know if you've seen my deep dive review video of LITMW but if you have you will know that Im a big fan of this album too, there are just others that I like more
I don't get why you think, slow, sad, depressing songs are bad? you seem to think a song can only be good if fast and happy? Also you didn't like lyrics to a song as it didn't sound very "Christian" to you! You do realise that George wasn't Christian when he was writing these songs?
Ok well the first thing is there is nothing for you to 'get' because I that isn't what I think at all. There are many examples of slow, sad songs throughout these 2 videos that I say are brilliant or excellent ballads etc. However, if I did think that ONLY fast or happy songs were great (which I dont), that would just be my opinion which again would be nothing for you 'get', - its just an opinion, my opinion, which I am entitled to, just as you are entitled to yours. There are no right or wrong answers here. With reference, to being christian, I think you are taking it too literally. By using the word 'christian' I am talking about a christian attitude as in say 'charitable' rather than a literal religion. To explain it further, Im saying in 'the lord loves the one' he is saying words that basically allude to the attitude of if you dont love the lord then he doesn't love you back which is not how most something that most religions adhere to. This actually comes from Krishna scriptures which I mention in my deep dive review video of LITMW when talking about this song. Hope that explains things
"You" was given to Ronnie Spector, a backing track was made but it never got recorded. You can hear Ronnie's vocal from the backing track in the fade of George's version. Why he left the song in such a high key I have no idea. He should have done what Ringo did and put out a best of to fulfill his EMI contract. I'm not a big fan of the DH album, but like you said there are some stand out tracks.
Well yes Ken. I dont know for sure but I would guess the reason they didnt bother changing the key ad rerecording it was that George was not very interested in this album and just wanted to get it out to end his obligation with Apple - so the quicker the better for George and recording it again with a key change would have taken more time. That would be my guess. Dark Horse isn't really most peoples cup of tea but plenty on there that is good and as I said, I just have a soft spot for it. Thanks as always for your comments
