Paul is playing a 1920’s Gibson Tenor Ukulele that was gifted to him by George. George Harrison had a very impressive ukulele collection, including two of George Formby’s banjo ukuleles.
@@timbosam It was nothing to do with being a pussy, Eric organised this concert and was musical director..he didnt want it to become self indulgent or 'The Eric Clapton Show' he wanted the focus to be on George's music
To my ear, McCartney is pretty much singing in unison with Clapton here (i.e., singing the joint melody) but tails off into harmony vocal licks at the end of those lines.
"Concert for George" is an incredible DVD. The fact that with a band this size you can still hear every individual player is a testament to the genius of the production.
The transition from the ukulele to a full band is one of the most beautiful musical transitions ever performed. Eric and Pauls vocals are stunning here, blending perfectly.
Something so beautiful about two surviving Beatles, his son, and all his best friends paying tribute to the beautiful soul that George was. RIP George.
there's something about seeing an older Paul McCartney, playing a ukulele with an equally older Eric Clapton that's so endearing. The build up is breathtaking.
Frank didn’t know. He probably heard it was written by The Beatles and just assumed that Lennon-McCartney wrote it because they wrote the majority of their hits.
There is something about seeing Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney playing together, along with Jeff Lynn and Albert Lee with Ringo on the drums that does my heart good.
Olivia Harrison thought Eric should do this song solo. Paul had been doing it on ukelele during his shows, and wanted to do it. This was the compromise, and it turned out to be a masterpiece! Beautiful version.
rob morrison - I liked how this turned out. It seemed appropriate that Paul, who contributed more to the song than anyone after George, take the lead. This was arguably George’s most important Beatles song, and one Paul admired. Paul’s contributions to the studio version were great and his performance here was quite special.
@@dariene1926 , Not really. Eric and George remained close, and they were both married to the same woman the song was written for. Both wrote songs with her as the insperation.
Heda Kom Trikru Yep, this song was written for Patti Boyd, George’s then wife. She left him for Eric Clapton. He wrote both Derek and the Dominoes’ Layla and his solo song Wonderful Tonight about her. And despite that George and Eric remained friends.
I remember seeing Paul in concert not long after George's passing when he brought out the ukelele and told the story of George giving it to him and how he sang Something on it. Not a dry eye in the audience at the end of that song. Not a dry eye. Even I was ugly crying and I don't usually react like that. It reminds me of that John Lennon comment post-Beatles about his former bandmates and that "nothing will ever break the love we have for each other." There is something fortunate about always loving your childhood friends, even as you grow apart.
Did you ever see that interview with Dhani where he talks about having gone to Military academy to be in the Royal Air Force. (I mean, how DO you rebel against two Hippy parents?) He finished that with a Masters degree. So he said to George, "Hey you've got to hand it to me, I did all that at 23 years old!" at which George went "Well what was I doing at 23..." at which his eyes began to gleam "I was doing 'Sgt Peppers'." Putting Dhani's accomplishment into perspective. Yup, George did ALL of that before reaching 30.
John stated that when George left the Beatles (temporarily) during the Let It Be recordings, I believe, he thought that if anyone was going to come in to replace George that it would be Clapton. In this brief duo between he and Mac you could tell that, while not George, he would have blended in nicely with the other 3.
@@barryw2659 That's so interesting to hear. I know Clapton was close with them and collaborated on a few things. I've heard of him referred to as a candidate for the "5th Beatle", though I think that goes to George Martin hands down, with Billy Preston in second place.
Eric Clapton involved in performing a song about his wife with a prior husband.... They are all so embracing. I lived in awesome times. Thanks for the share.
I watched the entire concert celebrating George Harrison's life and music. It brought me such incredible joy to listen and watch all great masters playing together. I'll never tire of Eric Clapton. He stirs my soul!
This is one of the best live versions of this song specially this concert for George Harrison I mean this one should be for the record the Guinness Book of World Records
@@Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds Fala ai, amigo. Nesses tipos de shows ( homenagens, premiações e etc ) fico meio confuso. Várias guitarras, violões, teclados e nessa apresentação tinham três bateristas fora os percussionistas.
Mauro Luiz cara foda-se oque você acha !!! Serve para poder encorpar a sonoridade em concertos ! E outra coisa, todas essas pessoas que estão aí são músicos que já tocaram na banda do George harrison
The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes, The Lighthouse of Alexandria & The Beatles.
The voice on McCartney in the bridge is just unbelievable. Dude was sixty years old at the time belting those high harmonies to utter perfection like it's nothing at all.
We never did give George enough credit. Something Do you want to hear a secret? My sweet lord While my guitar gently weeps George himself tried his best
This is beautiful. The irony of Eric Clapton Singing something about Patti Boyd, both Clapton and George Harrison "shared the same wife" as George put it. Paul and Eric harmonizing is lovely. RIP George
I just watched an interview with that sax player, Jim Horn. He was there because he played on several of George's albums. In fact, he played on each individual Beatle's solo album. Quite a resume that musician has; nice guy too.
It just crossed my mind watching this video that this is probably the first time that Paul has sang Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps Etc since 1968! On every level these performances are just Epic! For me being a guitar player for over 50 years that was initially inspired by George I get chills whenever I watch these videos! George rules and I know he's resting in peace because he sure as hell earned it!❤😊🎸🙏🌈💞
HI Paul.. For months I have been scammed w/ people pretending to be you.. Normally. I am not easily fooled.. today I deleted them and told them to stay away and wanted you to know about this nonsense... u r love .. thank you for your fabuous musica all of these years! lu xoxo cc
Yeah Paul and Eric are great, but can we talk about how stressful it must be to mix every instrument in the world?!?!? Props to the engineers who make this stuff happen!!!!
Funny you say that because many are not aware that Clapton played on many Beatle recorded tracks and are heard on the albums of the Beatles. Eric is one of the greats.
"Dad, why is my sister called Rose?" "Because your mother loves roses." "Thanks Dad." "No problem, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney singing the Chorus of Something and looking at each other."
0:55 the transition from ukulele to full orchestra is so beautiful!!! Also seeing Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney singing this song is giving me chills!
@@cmdnrcks Oh shit. I just read this comment a day later and have that song stuck in my head again. As weird as Maxwell's Silver Hammer is, it's a catchy tune.
McCartney standing there, at the end, like a boss, looking sideways at Eriic, knowing what a privilege it was, for Eric and was clearly felt by Clapton to front 1 of the greatest Beatles songs, of all time. Watch Eric in the final moments, totally absorbed in the last few bends of the classic something melody
This is undoubtedly my favorite concert. The songs, the talent, the collaboration of so many great musicians and singers was awesome to hear and watch. Thank you all.
What a wonderful tribute to George Harrison. So much TALENT on one stage. Enjoyed watching this concert so much that I have watched it more than once. The entire concert was amazing. I recommend everyone to watch it from the beginning ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The one thing that The Beatles did successfully was to be the first BAND. It's why it took them so long to get a recording contract... No one in "the biz" could figure out who was the leader... The Beatles were the first BAND... Four equal Brothers, no leader to focus on... No Buddy Holly and the Crickets... No Elvis with his band... Just four amazing band. Thank God for George Martin to recognize that they wouldn't work if it was John Lennon and the Beatles, or Paul McCartney and the Beatles... Just THE BEATLES!!! That's one of the things that set them apart from everyone else... Then bands started getting signed: The Stones, The Byrd's, The Beach Boys... It happened so quickly that, in hindsight, it's hard to imagine that they were the first to be a bandj of brothers, and each Brother brought their own brilliance to that amazing group... Never mind that they single handedly wrote the anthems of our lives. At Billy Joel's LAST PLAY AT SHEA, he flat out said that none of the people on that stage if The Beatles hadn't done what they did. The Beatles songs really were the soundtrack of our lives! Think about this: The Beatles broke up in 1971, fifty years ago, but they're fan base is still growing! Now my four year old grandson runs around singing Yellow Submarine, Octopuses Garden, even With A Little Help From My Friends!!! I've seen Paul twice and the audience included children, adolescents, middle aged folks, and seniors!!! I've never seen an artist draw so many young people. I cried through most of the show... And then I looked around and realized that everyone, including thousands of young people who were born many generations before The Beatles broke up. That proved to me that the power of those four guy's songs haven't slowed drawing in new fans in the fifty years since they broke up. Not even The Stones (whom I love) are in that class. There's only one band that's still as huge and powerful as they were after breaking up, and that's The Beatles!!! Thank you John, Paul, George and Ringo! God bless you and keep on rocking our lives! ps. R.I.P. John Lennon and George Harrison. I'll miss you for the rest of my life!
This might be George's best song, and regardless of the author, it might be one of the top X Beatles songs. Damn, it might even be one of the best songs of all time, which I believe it is. And George has his place in the Heaven of songwriters for it. But damn, some day Paul will die and we will slowly realize that we witnessed the life of one of the best musicians of the history of mankind. What a beast.
Yeah the Maharisi did George good. For John not so much, it didn't really change Paul and Ringo became more Starr. George was the best and most important Beatle after '66 and had the best solo career!
@Shane Hunter could not disagree more. sure his range is limited, but so is his guitar playing compared to many others. Not the point. He is an original..and sings with great finesse.
Imagine, if you can, what is going through the minds of Paul & Ringo as they and others play and sing a music style that will never be repeated. The Beatles changed our lives.
Makes me think of a famous account of a music journalist in Vienna at a concert in the early 19th century -- waiting for the concert to begin, he was stunned to see Beethoven walking in with a friend; their seats were in his row. During a Mozart piece, Beethoven grabs his friend and says (pretty loudly) "No matter what we do and no matter how we try, we'll never come close to this!"
God, this is good. The frigging transition from a joyful uke sketch to full band grandeur, the harmony singing, the guitar tone during the solo... My oh my. Being alive sometimes IS worth the effort.
He will. Us Christians believe that when the world we live in comes to an end, our Lord and Saviour will come down from the heavens and save us all. Don't believe me? It's in the Bible
I maintain that this performance is the single greatest concentration of musical talent on any stage ever. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Jeff Lynne, Marc Mann, and more
@@kevingillespie5242 Ah man I am jealous. Good for you. One of my big regrets is not seeing Paul at some point over the years. Good to hear he still sounds good; there’s been a lot of commentary that he doesn’t. Btw I wasn’t being critical with my other comment; just giving context. ☮️
Somehow Paul's voice as he gets older hits me in a different way. You can tell his voice breaks up a bit here and there, he can't quite sing like in the 60s, but this somehow makes it even more real and emotional. Just a raw and beautiful sound. So great they were able to render tribute to George in this memorable concert.
ya I don’t get that at all, i mean if you actually have physical damage or some who know new or old condition then why not work in it yourself using John f. barnes method? but ya so whatever um oh ya so the difference in what’s produced thro vocal as age catch
It's wonderful that these great artists still exist. It's getting fewer and fewer. Paul, Eric, Ringo and others are still there... and so am I. Es ist wunderbar, dass es diese großartigen Künstler noch gibt. Es werden immer weniger. Paul, Eric, Ringo und andere sind immer noch da ... und ich auch.
