Three big hits. Wonderful Tonight as well. George and Patti were drifting apart and both having affairs. When Patti left to go with George's best friend Eric Clapton, George was asked how he felt about it and said 'I would rather she was with my best friend than someone I don't know'. They all remained friends for the rest of their lives with George buying Patti a house when she hit hard times later in life. Frank Sinatra described Something as the greatest love song of the last 50 years..
Actually Pattie Boyd did not leave George Harrison for Eric Clapton although Eric begged her to. In fact he wrote the album Layla and other love songs and especially Leila to her as an open love letter. He played it for her and made his best pitch and she went back to George. Following which Clapton had two or three really tough years with drugs and alcohol and didn't get married to Patty until they reconnected about 3 years later
Clapton wrote Layla while George and Pattie were still together. Harrison wrote other songs about Patti...as did Clapton (Wonderful Tonight being one that springs to mind). Patti ended up getting with Ronnie Wood later on and he also wrote her a song or two. Patti is probably the woman with more songs about her than anybody else...even though Courtney Love has more about her than you'd think!
One of my favorites written for Patti is Clapton’s Bell Bottom Blues. She asked him when he came back from America to please bring her some bell bottoms.
According to George in a 1995 interview, the song wasn't about Patti but a generic love. He would know! Paul's bass lines were busier than George wanted but ultimately perfect for the lyrics. Ringo's drum patterns propelled the song along and Billy Preston's organ parts fit like a glove. George's iconic guitar solo is the stuff of legends and Martin's string arrangement the icing on the cake. A winner all round!
A bit more trivia for you. Patti Boyd's sister, Jennifer was the inspiration for Donavon's song "Jennifer Juniper". Mick Jager from the Rolling Stones also told Jennifer that one of his songs was written about her, but he wouldn't tell her which song it was. Jennifer was also involved with Mick Fleetwood (Drummer from Fleetwood Mac) and actually married him TWICE. She finally dumped him for good when he had an afair with Stevie Nicks. She subsequently married Ian Wallace (the drummer from King Crimson). These two sisters must have inspired more music than any other sister ever.
Pattie Boyd was NOT George's "soon to be ex-wife". This song was recorded in 1969 and they didn't divorce until19'77 (and at this stage had only been married for three years).
You laughed (friendly!) when noticing Paul, Linda and that dog goofing around! Dog's name;: Martha! Find the song about this dog on the so called "White Album" :-)
It can’t all be blamed at on Pattie. There was a lot of partying, drugs, and infidelity going around. Eric and George remained friends. George played at their wedding. They referred to each other as husbands-in-laws.
George and Patti remained friends up until the he died. After she hooked up with Eric Clapton, they became good friends also. And yes, Yoko did break up the band!
YEAH---AND WONDERING EYES, HE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH RINGO'S WIFE, AND GEORGES SECOND WIFE SAID, GEORGE HAD MANY AFFAIRS WHEN MARRIED TO HER ,ALSO. NO WONDER HE WASN'T PUT-OUT BY HIS BEST MATE, ERIC, TAKING PATTI OFF HIM.
Not at their wedding. The wedding took place in Tucson Arizona in March 1979. None of the Beatles attended. George, Paul and Ringo attended a party at Clapton's home in England two months later.
Fun but sad fact- John Lennon does not sing at all on this song,and barely appears at all. He might be banging some chords on the piano in the middle, but that's it.
I Am So Happy 😁 That Paul McCartney Talked John Lennon Into Being "The Beatles🥁🥁🎸🎸🎹🎹🎼🎵🎶 ONE MORE TIME!😁 AND THANK YOU ELVIS PRESLEY FOR COVERING "SOMETHING".😁 I Would Have Never Discovered "The Beatles" Without Elvis Presley Singing "Something" In His "Aloha From Hawaii " Concert In January 1973. Original Airdate Was In April 1973 , Here In The United States 🇺🇲 Because January 14, 1973 Was SuperBowl 7 . So My Father 🧑🏻 Was A Huge Elvis Presley Fan!🧑🏻😁😎 Thank You Paul McCartney.🥁🎸🎹🎼🎵🎶😎😎 I Am Typing This At 1:10 a.m. , Wednesday Morning 🌛🌉🌃🌌 , May 1, 2024.
What are you talking about? John invited Paul to join the Quarrymen and it was John and Stu who came up with the name Beatles. What did Paul have to talk John into? John was the one who decided to go with Brian Epstein, and despite protests to the contrary in the 70s was fully on board with the image change at the time. The only thing I can think of that John had to be talked into, was switching Pete for Ringo and that was spearheaded by George, but Paul was a part of the talking him into it process at least.
One thing that almost everyone misses about this video is that at no point are any of the Beatles together. The video only shows the various Beatles with their various wives/girlfriends. The four Beatles were apparently not getting along at all -- they agreed to shoot scenes for the promo film as long as they didn't have to be with each other.
"Wonderful Tonight" and "Bell Bottom Blues" by Clapton were also about Patti Boyd as was "For You Blue" by Harrison. Also, I would highly recommend listening to the songs without videos. The videos were after the fact and actually distract from the music.
Please stop making things up. The longer each of your Beatles reaction videos go, the more ludicrous your claims become. You can see George working on Something in the film Get Back, in 1968. Clapton wrote Layla, about his desire for Patti in 1970, but his love was unrequited. She rejected his advances and Clapton turned to heroin. It was not until 1974 that Patti left George and took up with Eric, and she had a major affair with Ronnie Wood before that. They finally married in 1979. Also, although 4-5 years separate the British Invasion in 1964 and Something, the British Invasion does not mark the start of the Beatles. Their first proper single charted in the Uk in 1962.
The Beatles have so many absolutely incredible songs, but I think it says something that two of their BEST were written by George (in my opinion at least).
George's wife-here Patti Boyd (she, Yoko, LInda and Maureen were ALL wives at the time) he met five years earlier when the Beatles were making their first movie, _A Hard Day's Night._ She can be seen in it in the train dining car scene where she says, "Prisoners?" and a bit later in the scene when they sing "I Should Have Known Better".
Other way around. But in those days... everyone was pretty loosey goosey. She would go on to say that George was the love of her life. She would ALWAYS love him. Sadly, he died in the early 2000's.. sooo..
Just so you know, The Bearles first 2 hit songs were Please Please Me & Love Me Do, with the 1st one reaching #2 in '62 & the 2nd reaching #1 in '64. Both of these songs were from their 1st album Please Please Me recorded in '62!
Well, it depends on your definition of "soon". They would be married another 5 yrs, about half of their marriage overall to go. But yes, the spectre of Eric Clapton was already on the horizon and in a few months would be making his intentions known. But Patti had NO idea at this time.
Steph mentions their "short hair" as moptops. At the time, parents were shocked by their long hair. The press asked them if it was real hair or wigs. The part about Eric and Patti didn't happen until 3 or 4 years after this song.
Between George and Eric Clapton, Patti Boyd has had more songs written about her than any other person in history. If I needed someone, I need you, For you blue, Something, /wonderful tonight, Layla, bellbottom blues are just a handful about Patti.
Patti’s sister Jennifer also had a song written about her called. “Jennifer Juniper” (By Donovan who taught John a style of Fingerpicking guitar used on Dear Prudence)
I find it interesting that out of all the Beatle wives to last until death do us part, only Linda and Yoko were the ones to make it there. AKA the foreign wives.
Paul McCartney sings the finished or record version. George would sing some of it during the writing, to sound out the phrasing, etc. and that was recorded as standard procedure, but not used on the album.
