Here are the Beatles' best songs: 10. Blackbird 9. Yesterday 8. Penny Lane 7. Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds 6. A Day In the Life 5. Something 4. Eleanor Rigby 3. Strawberry Fields Forever 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 1. Here Comes the Sun
I consider it a Harrison/McCartney song. Without the bass melody that McCartney wrote and played it would be a nice Ballad, but not the masterpiece it is. The advantage of having one of the greatest composers as your bass player. McCartney added a lot to George songs like Taxman and Here Comes The Sun as well. Without that genius things would have been lesser. I think Paul did this deliberately but without taking credit, letting George have his moments. But each Beatle was irreplaceable and essential to their sound. The Get Back documentary is telling as George is asking John and Paul for advice while working on Something. John tells him to substitute words until he finds the right ones. Paul is lost in Paul's land, but then plays one of the greatest bass lines ever played on George's song completely changing what the song would be musically.
Yup, Ringo was the guy that completed the Beatles & what they became to the world. The Band brought Ringo into the group because Quote "He could play the drums dirty!
Ringo really doesn't get the credit he deserves at all, he's not the greatest songwriter ever, but he is the guy that kept the beat for the Beatles... And he's still alive and he married Barbara Bach.
You really cannot compare any other group to them. The Beatles have 168 songs I like all recorded in an 8 year period of time. The Who have about 25 songs I like, The Rolling Stones have about 25 Songs I like, The Kinks have 8 songs I like, Led Zeppelinhas about 25 songs I like. Then you can add about another 30 songs by the Beatles members solo which adds up to approximately 200.
Though Clapton wasn't credited on the album's liner notes or anywhere else, but Eric Clapton played lead guitar on this song. He and George Harrison were good friends, but George had to convince him to come to the studio because Clapton was worried the other Beatles wouldn't want him there. Clapton's presence eased the mood in the studio at a tense time for The Beatles. Harrison often had to fight to get his songs on the albums. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were not interested in this song at first, but came around when Harrison brought Clapton to the studio.
Clapton wasn't credited because of the issues that would cause Clapton at his record label. Clapton and Harrison did quite a few things together where the other couldn't be properly credited because of the record labels.
@@Straydogger Yep, a triple album that came in a box. In the age of CDs, they were able to fit it all onto two CDs, but... I remember being a kid and looking at THREE records and thinking, "How do I decide which side to listen to?!"
Yeah, you guys need to also do 'Something'. Another song from the Abbey Road album and probably the best George has written. Aside: probably the most well known songs from Abbey Road were Something and Here Comes The Sun - both George songs... Go figure...
For those of us who grew up in the era of the Beatles; we all could write a book about their greatness and still not do justice relative to the impact they had on the world stage. They led the way for a whole younger generation and heavily contributed to the cultural shift that took place during that time! The world would never be the same again. You can see their musical influence all throughout the decades, even up to today's music. They literally created a template for others to follow and then to go off and create their own identity from that.
The Beatles catalog is deep-they were not one thing or style and certainly evolved over time. Diverse talents in one group at a unique time in history.
The version on The Concert for George, with Clapton doing the solo and McCartney and Starr (among others) is amazing. More heartfelt than Prince’s take for sure.
I agree 100%. Prince tried to come in shredding, the beauty of the song was to have a weeping guitar. Not taking anything away from Prince he was an awesome entertainer but he wasn't the right one to play that solo.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame did a tribute to George Harrison that is special. Prince absolutely nails the solo. Video is titled "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood
I would say that when George Harrison started with the Beatles. He wasn’t a very good songwriter. But in 1966 he starts writing more autobiographical songs and songs about peace and universal love. And that’s when he finds his niche. So George he didn’t like being on a timeline when it came to songwriting. He only wanted to write when he felt he had something to say. Where Paul McCartney he thrives with timelines. Paul can write about almost anything. Whether he’s experienced it or not.
@@michaeldean846 Paul was a songwriting machine, which motivated John to keep up. George didn't even know if he could write a song at the beginning of their careers. But by the end, he became frustrated about accumulating a huge catalog of songs rejected by his bandmates. Hence, his first post-breakup release was a triple album.
As Eric Clapton said, so many of George's songs are "evergreens", gifts that keep on giving with each listen. Soulful, timeless, enduring. I can never get enough of George's music. Thanks for a thoughtful reaction.
I think George was the Real genius he was a way better musician than Paul or John ever would be. Maybe not a better songwriter but definitely a better musician.
@@kurtsaxton823Paul was objectively a better and more talented musician. You can like George’s music more but Paul was more talented as a complete package
@@ewest14 as a musician myself I wholeheartedly disagree with you, but you can have your opinion all you want but I'm not here to debate it with you. Take that somewhere else.
He wrote 1-2 songs on each album. that's all he was "allowed". They almost went their separate ways over this, and Lennon wanted to replace Harrison with Clapton, but George returned. Turns out that several of Harrison's songs are some of the most popular - this one, Here Comes the Sun, Something, and. others.
The reason it sounds “dark“ is because it’s in a minor key and the key in this song is Am. This is one of George Harrison’s best songs. He was a late bloomer. A year later, he wrote “something”and “here comes the sun.”
I might say 3 of top 10 but still I'm in general agreement that by the end of their run George's contribution should not be discounted. I can't give a linear order to the top 10 but something, here comes the sun and WMGGW are in there for sure
@bobtausworthe I'm flexible with Something. It could fall into the lower 5 of 10 (or maybe even out of the top 10 entirely). But in MY opinion, Here Comes the Sun is firmly #1 and WMGGW is firmly #2 of their whole catalog. I love those songs that much.
The Traveling Wilburys didn’t cover this song, but Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty we’re part of an all-star band that included Prince that performed it at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when George Harrison was inducted (check it out for Prince’s guitar solo). If you want to listen to a true cover version, give a listen to Jeff Healey.
...heard this for the first time as teenager in the late sixties, and it blew my mind... still today regarded as one of the best, if not the best song of that album!
As others have mentioned, this song basically presents us with the introduction of Harrison and Clapton's friendship, as Clapton plays on this song at George's request. After the Beatles and his solo career, George joined with the Traveling Wilburys (Harrison, Dylan, Orbison, Petty, and Lynne), so of course they pleased fans by covering some old songs by band members. As for Prince, Prince played the solo as part of a star-studded tribute to George at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
Glad to hear that brother, I've felt the same for 50 years. If I may suggest, check out George's: The Art of Dying (also with Clapton) And: Poor Little Girl.
I was born in 1994 but I was lucky enough to hear alllll the Beatles songs growing up lol. My parents would play Breakfast with the Beatles in the mornings on the radio so much. Very grateful and shocked when people don’t know about them. However, the first time hearing the Beatles is amazing, enjoy! (:
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor - all knew one another. (There's probably more in that crowd.) An amazing collection of talent.
Yes Prince always had to upstage every other great guitarist on the stage while people thought it was great but look at the other great guitarist face when he performed. It was like I could have done the same thing but we wanted to be equal at this memorial
The acoustic version of this is class also - they added strings to it and opened up a whole other dimension to the song. Also - I think you are starting to find out that The Beatles turned out tunes that were so unique to each other. They never really sounded the same from song to song. I dont think many other artists can claim to able to do that.
I'm listening to this song at 6:45a on a Tuesday morning and tears are in my eyes. I'm 61 now and I haven't heard this song in decades. My mom was a flower child & a huge Beatles fan in the late 60s & early 70s so I grew up listening to their albums like all the time. I forgot how hypnotizing their music was/is.
George was always the baby of the group, having joined the group when in his teens. I feel that John and Paul never got over that big brother complex to give George a bigger role in the songwriting role of the group.
the reason i IMMEDIATELY loved the white album because it was the beatles i had never heard before.so different than previous precicely crafted work.this is just plain raw by comparison.my favorite beatles album.even though there ALL GREAT.
Can't pick up my guitar without playing here comes the sun. always my favorite Beatle.rip sir.and thank you for your music and memories. You were special.
"I look at the world and I notice it's turning, while my guitar gently weeps. With every mistake we must surely be learning, STILL my guitar gently weeps." brilliant lyrics, just the one word not so subtly exposing our failure to learn from our mistakes.
This might be my favorite Beatles song. Goerge Harrison is definitely my favorite Beatle. When he passed away, I actually mourned for days. I've been a fan since 1964!
Composed by Harrison,solo by Clapton,bass line by McCartney and drums by a very underrated Ringo how can you go wrong.Yes it did have a different vibe to other Beatles songs because George was a much more spiritual person than the rest of the bandand it showed in his songwriting.A great song and definitely one of their best.
George Harrison Here comes the sun While my guitar gently weeps Something Are his best He also did Within you without you Inner light Love you to Old brown shoe Taxman I need you Don’t bother me (which was really his first ever song he wrote) The Beatles didn’t teach him how to play the guitar but they did help him get better. The Beatles taught him how to write songs the Beatles taught him how to sing. Before he joined the then quarrymen he didn’t sing.
I'm listening to your comments at the end, and the fact that you guys highlighted Here Comes the Sun earlier as a contrast to this, both of these were George Harrison songs, featuring him on lead vocal as well. He didn't write nearly as many songs, but he wrote several, and I think pretty much all of them are fan favorites. I know they are for me. Check out a much earlier one from the mid-60s called, "Think For Yourself" ... And supposedly this is the first use of using a fuzz effect on a bass guitar, Paul McCartney experimenting with one of George's guitar effects.
WMGGW has such a grounded powerful rhythm with the drums, bass and guitar and then you have George singing with his vocal floating ethereally above it all...just majestic.
Jeff Healey did a wonderful cover of this. He was a blind Canadian guitar player who was heavily influenced by George. One of his songs I think you’d like is Angel Eyes. Love this…cheers. ❤
George invited his frien e Eric to play on this session to try to break up the tension in The Beatles. Usually no outsiders were allowed in the studio. George was quite capable of playing that lead guitar part. He didn't have an ego
I was 15 when the Beatles came to the USA for the first time so I grew up with them; and all the other great performers during high school a tour in Vietnam and college. This song is in my top 10.
Great reaction. One of the Beatles classics The Beatles had so many different styles of songs and different periods of their music. There is no such thing as a “typical” Beatles song. The growth in their music from year to year is pretty amazing. What a lot of newbies don’t realize is that their extensive catalog and musical growth was all within a relatively short period of time. They recorded and released their first single (Love Me Do) in late 1962 and finished recording their final album (Abbey Road) in summer of 1969. After the album release John Lennon announced that he was leaving the group and that was basically the end of the Beatles. However without the instant information that we have today, it was kept pretty quiet. Also probably unknown at the time is that Ringo had temporarily quit in 1968 and George temporarily left earlier in 1969. In spring of 1970 Paul McCartney announced he was leaving so he was unfairly getting blame for breaking up the group.
My favorite Harrison song. Kenny Rankin does a great version of this. His rendition of My Guitar Gently Weeps impressed George Harrison that his family used the cover for George’s funeral service.
I think my favorite Beatle song. During final exams in the fall of 1968 , when I needed a break, I would put on this song and just lose myself in it. It just carries you along….hypnotic. Clapton’s solo is beautiful.
Eric Clapton played lead guitar on this song.He was asked by George to sit in and play. when George quit the band for a couple of days,John asked Paul if they should ask if Eric wanted to be a Beatle. George came back to the band and all was good.
Eric Clapton played in the instrumental between verses. He and George were besties... George also wrote a song called Badge which was recorded by Cream with Clapton.
Harrison DID write more songs for the Beatles, but they didn’t make it onto Beatles records. Instead, George recorded them himself for his debut solo album, All Things Must Pass. You are absolutely right about the songwriting of the Beatles. It’s insane that 3 of the best songwriters of the era would all be in one band, and that they would be produced by arguably the best producer of all time in George Martin. He’s responsible for much of the complexity that meshes perfectly you spoke of.
Prince's cover was from The Concert for George and featured Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Dhani Harrison, and a slew of George's friends and fellow musicians.
No, there's no cover by the Travelling Wilburys, and the Prince "cover" is actually an all-star performance of the song at a George Harrison tribute where Prince played the guitar solo in concert. And the guitar solo on the original recording is George's friend Eric Claptop - the first time an 'outsider' was featured on a Beatles' album.
Patti Boyd was the inspiration for several hit songs by both George and Eric. Something is absolutely beautiful and one of the best Harrison songs, some consider it the best. Eric wrote Bell Bottom Blues, Wonderful Tonight and Layla about her. She was a gorgeous young woman.
Always a pleasure listening to your on-point observations, Phil. And sInce you're becoming a George Harrison fan, Sam, you're sure to enjoy "Something", if it doesn't get blocked. It was written for his then-wife, model Patti Boyd, who eventually became Eric's wife. Eric's songs "Layla" and "You Look Wonderful Tonight" were ALSO inspired by Patti. Quite a gal. eh?😉
Speaking of the use of the Electric Guitar here, the lead riffs are done none other by Eric Clapton.......but there are two of my favorite Guitar Jams by the Beatles and they are front and center in the songs Revolution and a song called The End. In these tracks, The Beatles Strongly remind us that they are first and foremost a Rock-n-Roll Band, yes of course they changed the whole vanacular of Rock and Music as well, but if you haven't done a video on these songs yet, those would be Awesome to watch and see how you two would react to them. This is my first time watching you two, I can't wait to check out the rest of your vids. Thank you for listening to my All time Favorite Band... 🎸♥️
Great reaction, you two, to one of Harrison's finest tracks!! One thing you will uncover in time as you go deeper into their catalogue, is that The Beatles did not really have a "sound". They could and did anything they wanted to and they did it all well. Just listen to and compare "If I Fell", "Within You Without You", "Because", "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite", "Octopus' Garden", "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "Lady Madonna", "Two Of Us", "Act Naturally", "She's Leaving Home", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", "Honey Pie", "She Said She Said", "Piggies", I Am The Walrus" and I could go on and on.
Truly masterful arrangement it is totally awesome how the guitar dissolves into the keys - great song! as to 'arrangement' a lot of the credit for this has to go to George Martin, who as 'the man on the box' provided a wealth of experience and skill to turn the band's raw ideas into history.
..................it's funny watching someone getting so enthralled with a song i first heard over 55 years ago right after i graduated high schoolin 1967.......i was amazed too (still have all my records)
You should really listen to the fabulous Beatles catalog in chronological order. Learn how & why they started & got so big so fast, once they landed in America. Hear how the musical genius in all of them progressed through the years. Understand the transformation they experienced. Savor the journey of their ascent and see how they changed the course of music. And be amazed by how much GREAT music, with incredible innovations, The Beatles produced in less than 10 years or so, with only 6 of those years coming after their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964 - the telecast that gave the world Beatlemania!!
George also wrote “the greatest love song of all time - frank sinatra” Something. If you haven’t heard it,play it last thing before bedtime,everything else falls into place. More Beatles magic please!
He wrote the words not the melody. He was found to have plaguarized "Sweet Talking Man" in court. But he said no, I got the melody from "Oh Happy Day".
