6:47 George pulls the correct chord from the ether but loses it and spends time trying to get back to the one he know was right. Funny how it's almost like the song was there waiting to be found.
I find very interesting how George struggle as a songwriter for years and now he's got to a point where he can easily help write Ringo's song. Look how fast he came up with the rest of the song. Ringo never was a songwriter, so he always relied on George to help with his songs.
@@secondcomingofbast9908 Basically his estranged wife at the time. In other words Maureen and Ringo relationship was on and off at that time, though still legally married. But yeah, still not a cool thing to do. And not something you'd expect from your friend. But they somehow did remain friends to the end.
@@chipgaasche4933 I meant purely in the sense of George helping Ringo with songs and music throughout his career. I know there are other aspects to George’s character that weren’t so savoury. We all have our faults.
John and George also had a great friendship in the late 60's, and on/off in the 70's. There's so much love and brotherhood between them all though, one way or another.
It's so amazing and weird to listen to here George just come up up with it so quickly, but the whole time you just want to to scream "I'd let my friends come and see"
Similar to the song "Something". where "Loves me like a cauliflower" was used for the longest time. You want to scream "Loves me like no other lover". It seemed obvious...😂🎵
hahaha. I sorely feel the dilema of wanting to get out of the verse loop. Any attempt to veer off seem to get sucked back in because of the beat. I mean " We would be so happy, you and me" ... If we could get momentarily get out of the loop. But there's no one there to tell us what to do or How to do it... hahahaha
Ringo had such a great idea with this one and how his friend George helps him stick with it until it comes into its own is so beautiful. I’ve always loved this song.
There is “something” about Ringo. He has such a look of quiet inner understanding. His smile has always been without the stress or load of Paul & John. Always there without being over bearing. George also seemed to need that removal of Paul’s& John. Same thought about Mick & Keith Power.
The pressure as in Lennon and McCartney. The two became the songwriting team to beat. Anyone connected with them had to be as great or greater. George eventually fit the bill and dear Ringo was coming up the stretch.
Would love to have a glimpse into Ringo’s mind as that boat captain explained how the Octopus build little gardens out of shiny shells and cans. They’re own tranquil little space at the bottom of crystal blue water off the Italian coast. I’m sure that appealed very nicely to Ringo at the time. I dislike when people call this song daft or childish. I think that’s kinda the point. I’ve always interpreted it as Ringo’s escapism from the increasingly complex and psychedelic arrangements the band was getting in to at the time, as well as the Entity The Beatles now were. This is my favorite Beatles song, Ringo is my favorite Beatle.
It's interesting to hear the mood of the room change from "Whooah! Ringo knows chords...?!? How did *_that_* happen...?!?" to "actually, we quite dig this groove...".
As someone who writes music, I love hearing the songwriting process of others. While they were Beatles, they were just humans and it's interesting to hear the song take some necessary wrong turns in order to eventually find that perfect change that made it into such a great song. I recently listened to an interview of Jeff Lynne, a friend and former band mate of George, about his songwriting process which was equally interesting.
Yes I find it fascinating too. On a bunch of the outtakes where they are working out a song they go over the material time and again and slowly step by step you can hear them getting closer and closer to the final best version of the song as we've come to know it. They worked together cheek by jowl and they worked long and hard: honestly i don't know how they kept it up for so long without falling out.
@@gerardvermeer2 Aside from their friendship, I think George and Ringo were both pretty easy going guys who didn't quite have the competitive egos that John and Paul had. With that said, I believe they were driven to prove to John and Paul that they could also contribute. While Octopus's Garden is a lighthearted tune, it's a damn good one and it has such a catchy, memorable melody that's almost impossible not to sing, hum or whistle along. It's definitely one of my favorites.
George definitely loved helped everyone write their songs, especially Ringo. It also is heartwarming knowing that not too long before helping Ringo write this song, George had “I Me Mine” shut down by John pretty hard. It shows that George follows what he teaches
Huh? The finished song doesn't contain any Am chord. There are only two minor chords in the song at all, C#m and F#m. Neither of them are at the start of the bridge, which does start with an A major chord on the finished version. Unless by "bridge" you mean the pre-chorus? That starts with C#m.
@@HeelBJC In their trials they were trying a major chord at the transition at "We would sing And dance around" But it the published version they took the minor The major would have been awful
@@HeelBJC I stand corrected... the final version in the key of E. When George and Ringo worked on the composition of it in the Let It Be movie, they were clearly playing it in the key of C. Here’s the video clip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CIkn7RB3eEU.html
This right here is why Octopus's Garden is among my favorite Beatles songs. It's not just a silly kid's song. It symbolizes something that the Beatles desperately needed at this time: ESCAPE. Ringo wrote this at a time when the band's tensions were at their highest and the other three were constantly butting heads creatively. All Ringo wanted was to be part of a band. When he heard that Octopi make little gardens at the bottom of the ocean he thought very literally about how nice it would be to just go there to get away from it all. So he started channeling that feeling creatively and George took notice. And together they made a song not for the sake of perfection or for maintaining an image or meaning something bigger or whatever; but for the simple joy of songwriting. It's some much needed levity at such a turbulent time.
Writing songs can take time going through finding the right words, rhythm, beat, phrasing all that makes what you’re looking for. Then some days in a flash, it’s like God puts everything in place in 5 minutes
He co-wrote it but it definitely wasn’t just him writing the song by himself. Ringo had the original idea of the song and he brought in what he had to George first which is the first verses and hooks of the song. George then helped him with the other chords. Regarding the lyrics, Ringo wrote that himself
Interesting to hear (and see) how Ringo picks up all the chords and plays them along with George on guitar, once George shows him the positions on the piano.......
Amazing!! I never thought I'd ever hear how the Beatles actually wrote a song. I always thought it had to do with magic pixie dust and other things no other humans have access to . . well, I still couldn't do it, but at least it makes them seem more like everyday workers, like the rest of us.
Watch "Get Back" and you'll get a big dose of it, including this song, as he had already come up with the idea while they were working on the "Let it Be" album.
Ringo said he was walking near the sea one day when his nanny's leg was grabbed by a small octopus. Later that day they had calamari for lunch. (Not the same one.) During lunch, Peter Seller's chef told Ringo that octopusus build mating nests by rearranging the stones on the bottom of the sea. And the rest is history.
@@dorkle9085 3 chords to heaven, while John died and so did world peace, Duhhhh. John was on heroin and so was the wife while he had a joyous orgasm, that you called let if Be.
@@dorkle9085 40 years after John died, world peace is taking a beating in Ukraine and the China Sea. Instead of Chairman Mao dancing naked with Nixon, the new Chinese dictator for life - wears women's undergarments and let's his friends and their children, avoid corruption charges, Twinkletoes.
It's a simple song, but it fits perfectly with their 1969 output. One after 909, Get Back, Oh Darling..And IMHO it's better than Maxwell's Silver Hammer
I don’t dislike any song on the album, I specifically listen to maxwells silver hammer because of the synthesizer use and forget it’s complicated history
A full 24 minutes of the Beatles in the studio.........a real treat. My band just played "Octopus's Garden" at a gig a week ago (outside due to Covid). The crowd loved it. I used to think of it as just a kids' song, but it's fun!!!!
My only exposure to the Beatles was Ringo Starr on Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Train VHS tapes. When I learn about his role and his effect on people, I understand why he was perfect for PBS.
I don't know music theory.Does the first bridge start with.'I'd ask...' If so I notice that the one ending with ''tell us what to do' also ends with with a different note.
No, quite the opposite. They were purposefully filming and recording everything the Beatles were doing for what would become the Let it Be movie. If you hear a couple beeps, those are camera changes or something. I think there's about 57 hours of film!
1969!! How bout that, I was just a kid living in Bangkok Thailand at the time and 3 months later my family and I would move to Japan..Who knew that history was being made half way around the world at the time..Awesome..Long live The Beatles..
5:00 that little singing melody bit had so much potential to be a bridge or something its so beautiful it could have been great.. sounds so good been listening to that part on loop for like 8 minutes rn❤❤❤
I love early versions of octopus's garden that Ringo and George wrote together(and it would be nice~ in the paradise~~ )💜it sounds more enjoyable and very cute💜💜
The great purpose of the internet! Except for the internet, it is not possible for me. After 52 years later a young man sitting beside the river and listening to the Beatles song mixing. It feels amazing! 👨👨👨👨
@@MichaelTurner856 I mean that Beatle Freaks love this stuff!!! During the pandemic, it helped us enjoy living the good life - with our mad obsession of the fab four!!!
@@MichaelTurner856 When I listen to Revolution # 9 Deonstructed, I am far beyond the "Glittering Walls of the Beatle Universe." I feel like I am in John's apartment, like I'm his goldfish, Mr Bonkers!!
Ringo and George could collaborate on occasion. Ringo wasn't really completely alone and neither was George. Paul and John were two-peas-n-pod front-men for the longest time.
Awesome, thanks. May have brought this up in another comment I can't remember. But I was wondering if any of the Beatles ever had much to say on the death of Mal Evans.
Paul talks about it in the book "Many years from now". He says, that he thinks he could have prevented what happened by talking Mal out of pointing a gun at the police.
I remember school children learning this in their music lessons. I was about 10. There is slight memory of the kids swaying from side-to-side that I am not sure is real or my imagination. Honestly can't remember if I was one of them. It was perfect for junior school - biggest band in the history of music writing something the youngest children loved to learn and parents adored.
Don’t listen to this unless you’re ready to endure 25 minutes of Ringo bumbling and trampling over George’s thoughtful, patient input. Obviously it worked out in the end, but good god was that exhausting
If you’ve ever tried to write a song with a band, the word ‘exhausting’ barely even scratches the surface of what it’s like. Sometimes a song almost just kinda writes itself, but for the most part this clip is exactly what it’s like.
@@JaKrishhaha, you’re absolutely correct. The bad memories that this audio triggered is probably the reason I was compelled to comment in the first place