For John to say that his bandmate "idolized" him is all I need to know about John's ego. And for George to handle that statement so well is all I need to know about George's humility.
Close to the same age as adults. But it was a big difference as kids. 3 years is a lot when you're 14 and 17. John was like "Paul do we really have to have this little kid in the band?".
@Jominycrocket0 he borrowed, with permission from Taylor, only the opening line to the song. He wrote an entirely different version in the style of Ray Charles and not at all like Taylor's version. Do your homework.
My favorite also, a true Dark Horse. Ringo was also ok, he could sing and the song Photograph was his biggest hit. From what I understand Lennon wrote that sing for him.
My favorite Beatle too. …but to call one of the most famous musicians in human history “underrated” is just pure nonsense. 😂 I _really_ wish you people would learn to use that word correctly.
he had it all covered .singing, writing, playing, (getting into blues slide after the Fab4). Lennon was, BTW, in favor of giving George the challenge of 4 songs to an LP ,thinking that they may still have a future in a Sept. '69 meeting. they speaker phoned or made a casette for Ringo who wasn't there. a shining moment for BEATLES fans that it wasn't over.
After one of The Traveling Wilburys recording sessions, Jeff Lynn saw a look on George’s face, so he asked George what was up. He said, “That was so much FUN!” Didn’t you have fun with The Beatles? NO, NEVER! It was always a power struggle. John was in charge and that was that. How sad was that? Nice to see George finally had a good time with The Wilburys. RIP
Eric Clapton wrote Layla about Patti Harrison, George's wife at the time who went on to have an affair with. Something which George wrote about Patti was about the same woman. Go figure.
@@Bill.Craig-N.Z if read EC autobiography he explains how his infatuation w Patti went on for years even telling George about it. It's cool they were such good friends that it didn't ruin their relationship.
I've never understood people's fascination with John Lennon. The other Beatles all seemed to be alright, but I've never seen or heard anything that would make me feel like John was the kind of guy I'd like to spend time with.
They leave out the part where she says..John was no ANGEL! And George says simply …no he wasn’t but at the same time he was! That statement from George says how much he cared John
I actually got the opposite from it. There had been stories for many years about how George looked up to John as someone to idolize. I believe his failure to mention John in his book was a deliberate attempt to dismiss the idea and was absolutely due to his (George's) own ego. It was his own way of pushing off the Beatles influence, as if it had never happened or been a small part of his life's journey. To the contrary, as his own experiences, particularly those with Eastern philosophies, should have led him to embrace those experiences, even the painful ones, for making him what he had become and afforded him the opportunities that şo many of the rest of us will never have. It is understandable because he felt his tenure in the Beatles had become suffocating. Once he finally embraced his own song writing abilities and felt secure enough that he wanted to be heard, he likely felt he had to distance himself in order to say. "This is me, not the Beatles." That is why I say his own ego played into all the animosity and broken, or, at least damaged, relationships within the group. I'm not pointing blame solely at George. I have many of the same observations which result in the same conclusions about the others. As I mentioned elsewhere, he manages to take the credit for his contributions to other songs while stating he isn't mentioning it. It isn't wrong for him to do so, but, making sure he does mention it seems, to me, to be his ego. He could very easily not mentioned the names of the songs, otherwise.
@@jameshancock8616on point. I love George. I’m glad his is the song that is getting the most attention these days. All of these dudes had huge egos though. That comes with being told that you’re the greatest who ever lived by so many people. When you’re seen as the “third” in the equation, I would imagine that would cause some serious insecurity. That’s on full display here too, the insecurity that is. Like you said, if it wasn’t, he wouldn’t have named the songs. He would have just said, “he didn’t say how I contributed lines from time to time as well.” I can’t imagine having the world put me under a microscope like any of these guys and I can’t relate at all. That’s the price they paid though.
@@88chachacha I believe so. It's difficult enough to be in a business like that. Without an ego, the odds of success are even greater against you. I think that if I was in a successful band, especially one that became the biggest selling and most influential band in the world I would want some of the credit bestowed upon me for its success. To work just as much as the rest of the band to get to the top and hear so much praise and admiration heaped on half the members, like the other half was a couple of scrubs and could easily be replaced with another couple scrubs would definitely make me bitter. Yes, they were growing apart as they grew older. But, the publicity machine had as much to do with how it ended as anything else.
Goerge hooked up with Ringo's wife after he got tired of Pattie, George was no saint. In fact, he's on film being very mean about Neil Young and in interviews he's slaggesd off Elton John, David Bowie, and both John and Paul. I liked George tbh, but he was far from perfect and had quite the ego.
Harrison was a quite genius, surviving in the shadow of John's mammoth ego. Harrison brought Eric Clapton to the studio to play guitar on Something, after John rejected the song. With Clapton in George's corner the song was recorded and became one of the group's most lasting and beautiful songs ever recorded. Lennon also criticized Paul's use of an orchestra in The Long And Winding Road. He thought he knew better than everyone else. It's why Ringo left the group for awhile... He needed to see the sunlight - to get out of John's shadow. When he returned he had written An Octopus' Garden.
Sorry but you have a lot of that jumbled. Clapton didn't play guitar on Something. Lennon didn't criticise McCartney's use of orchestra on Long and Winding Road. That was the decision of the producer Phil Spector, who Lennon invited in to "finish off" the Let it Be album. McCartney despised the arrangement, and later moved for a reissue of the whole Let it Be album with Spector's awful orchestral and choral overdubs expunged.
@@Sameold87And John was a horrible man himself, who abandoned his first child, and beat multiple girlfriends and his first wife. Those who preach peace and love the most always have some skeletons in their closet
@@cameronyarnell8726I think part of that was a lack of encouragement from John, Paul and George Martin. He was also creatively on his own, he didn’t really have a collaborator to grow with as a songwriter. That being said, I think there are many early George tune that deserve more praise like Don’t Bother Me and I Need You, in particular.
They would have never been as popular in the beginning and may never have achieved the fame they ultimately did. George was just not as good until a few songs near the end.
I think that the idea of sharing feeling, and standing up for yourself, was not what guys did back then. Let's remember that the Beatles were kids , teens, when they 1st met. They were 4 kids who grew up together, produced some of the best music ever, were friends, grew apart as they got older, matured , became individual personalities and deep down were hurt by each other. In the end, I believe that they admired, appreciated each other and even loved each other.
Really??..... think about these kids tight growing as a band to make music history, but like any family or relationship, they had things they liked with one another and things they probably didn't like very much
Why is everybody trying to analyze the Beatles friendship towards one another and who contributed what to each song. The fact of the matter was the quartet was a genius unto itself and each member blended into a beautiful masterpiece of unique rock snd roll to the enjoyment of everyone then and still today.
George Harrison is to the Beatles as John Paul Jones was to Led Zeppelin. Cornered, Ignored,Placed "In The Background"....But Had Most of The Talent for one Man.
He got infinitely more attention than JPJ. Jones must have had zero ego. So integral to their sound, so solid, and it's really only in recent years he's getting the credit. George was one of the Fab Four! He was cracking everyone up in interviews, sleeping with gorgeous fans, just like the other three. I doubt most female fans even noticed JPJ. If he got any at all, after THOSE THREE ANIMALS😅 had their pick... See, you actually just made me realize why George was as famous as he was. He had personality! He could have just been relagated to the quiet guy no one thought much about, like JPJ was unfortunately. But George was funny as hell. You watch them old interviews, he often had some of the best lines. He was charming. Some of the funniest bits in A Hard Day's Night are the George scenes. He got plenty of attention. Any documentary about them shows that. Maybe it was less than the other three, but it was still plenty of attention. Poor Jonesie. After Plant, Page and Bonzo sucked all the air out of the room, did anyone even notice he existed? I could picture him lagging behind the others and getting stopped by a bouncer, haha. "But I'm IN the bloody band, mate!" He was either Zen as hell about it or constantly eating his heart out. Dude got NO attention. George was practically Elvis in comparison.
If she didn't ask that question, we'd never know George's opinion on the situation so really, it was a great question that got us to the truth of two opinions from different people.
Considering how talented each member of The Beatles was, it's amazing that they stayed together as long as they did. But I'm thankful for what they produced in their time together and on their solo careers!
George, your only "mistake" was that you were in the company of two greatest musicians of all time!! But I am sure John and Paul were aware of your talent.
It seems to me that George became better as time went on. He learned alot by experience and being around other talent. But let's not forget that each Beatle made the group what it was. They each had talent that made the group Great!
Lennon gets too much credit. His songs about peace made him seem like a guru of sorts but he was known to be very egotistical and he had multiple lovers while with Yoko. He projected something he isn’t.
All this is hard to explain people shouldn't ask guestions like that they all loved each other they were pal's 🎸🙂 John was older so he looked up in a way but he grew up 🎸
George explained it well. John and Paul misread him and thought that he idolized the two of them. Then, when he didn't behave that way, they took offense to it.
Relationship are complicated. There is the excitement of creation, no one is wrong, it is only how they each felt. In order to be all that they were, each of them were required to bring the music to the masses . They were gifted human beings. They were young and overwhelmed once they reached a pinnacle of success and it became more about ego. Bad decisions were made (ie: hiring Allen Klein), which tired up all their money and they were heavily taxed. The music they created belonged to Epstein, so there wasn’t any Royalties from it. They were taken advantage of and the reality of their situation created breaks amongst them. Hurtful things were said in the press or made up by the press causing even more pain. They were such beautiful spirited young men and they gave the world something so special we must remember they blessed us with the music There are always troublesome times in everyone’s life. So ‘Let it Be’
George was actually the most talented musician in the band. John always wanted to assert himself as a leader without wanting to give the others a chance.
George was the most talented? Have you not seen Get Back? He wrote a handful of songs, was constantly envious of John and Paul's writing success, was surly and generally unproductive. His musicianship was also the worst out of the band. He could barely play guitar when the Beatles formed, and only marginally improved over time. His solo Album All Things Must Pass is loudly praised, but you ask anyone to name 2 songs they like from that album, they would struggle. George was a lucky bloke who happened to be a mate of Paul's and rode his coattails. And for that he was rich, famous and idolised. But it was never enough for him.
I’ve seen a lot of celebrity interviews and what not but every interview of George, there is no bullsh*t. He gets to the point right away no dancing just straightforward. He’s never disrespectful even when disrespected, and even offers praise but also defends his honor with humility and confidence. RIP George
To me, considering his music, and his spirituality (which I don’t share, but do appreciate) George was a truly beautiful person. Listening to his songs, I am filled with awe. Such a talent, and so underappreciated under the wing of the Beatles.
This kind of shows how big the heads of Paul and John got. They failed to acknowledge, along with George Martin, the vast improvement that George had been making with his guitar playing, singing and most importantly his song writing. They still were giving him only two songs on every album. That is why “All Things Must Pass” was a three album set. Many of those songs were written during the time he was a Beatle. George was disrespected. Yet he stayed humble and really never lashed out. That is why I loved George the most, he was an amazing human being and loved by so many.
Based on video and interviews. It backs up what George was saying. George wrote the best song on the white album and John was still a dick during the get back studio time. George would then go on and have the best two songs on Abby road. George music wasn’t clouded by yoko either. So IMO George surpassed John as a musician.
Johm or George are no longer here unfortunately... but George was underrated!... & yet his song " Here comes the Sun " is the most listened Beatles song... with the ginormous egos of the bands leaders... that would hurt!!!... George is my favourite!!!... & his work post Beatles is amazing!!!
George was truly the only genuine spiritual and peace loving one. Especially how he made peace with his own death and was pretty much okay with passing on. Very admirable.
George was jealous and had no right. He started writing late and wanted more of his songs on the Albums It he forgets that if John and Paul had not written all those magnificent songs he would not have had the Gaul to talk as he is doing
Yeah, that's probably true. But George grew into an inspired artist himself. Of course, that's also because of John and Paul. So......Yeah, he owes a lot of his success to them.
George was a great songwriter and musician in his own right, just unfortunate to be in a band overshadowed and overlooked because they had the best songwriting partnership in history. He started later but always would have been successful without Lennon or McCartney, check out his later solo work and Travellin Wilburys work
George will always be my favorite Beatle. He wrote the most beautiful Beatle songs (e.g. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes The Sun and Something)
When I watched A Hard Day's Night it changed how I saw George Harrison and he just seemed so funny and interesting even if it was a movie. My dad told me more about George and introduced me to his own music and I realised while John and Paul were so popular and so public George was actually just as if not more talented and more humble than they were.
George Harrison was a great guy. He helped the British Film Industry no end with Handmade Films. He also had to have a strong personality himself to survive in the Beatles without getting trodden on.
You can't ever argue the Beatles influence on music, the talent within the group, and the way they truly revolutionized rock n roll. But musically, Paul and George were a million times better at their instruments once they left the group. The handcuffs came off, and in my opinion, both outshined John Lennons solo talent by a MILE.
Damn, that is spot on. John had such a strong sense of confidence that it blinded his knowledgement for the genius of the Beatles not the John /Paul Band. In the same notion for Ringo as well. Many top notch drummers made mention that they were very influenced by Ringo's playing
love George, well spoken, they were a group of young men, navigating, something quite outstanding. they all handled it as best as they could. I'm certain if time allowed they would have "Come together"
The point wasn’t that he wasn’t mentioned, the point was that he’d mentioned pretty much everyone else other than John. George Harrison was giving thanks to tons of unknown and insignificant people in his book and almost purposefully left out John in my opinion
