SPEECHLESS!! The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps REACTION 

Frank also miscredited it as being a Lennon-McCartney composition which further emphasises the question/statement that our host here made about George often being overlooked.

It is a great story but never happened.

@@StanSwan What do you mean, the Sinatra story? That story has been repeated millions of times from thousands of sources, over the decades. I see no reason to disbelieve it, and could probably find the proof if I took the time. If you're going to claim it never happened then please provide your proof.

@@glass2467 Repeating a story does not make it true. Like the myth there were no crimes when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan in New York. That was false.

@@StanSwan Well I did just hear a Sinatra version where he credits Harrison, but I'm still looking for an earlier recording where he said credits Lennon-McCartney. I must admit that I know longer know if it's true or not. But if you have any real knowledge, let's have it.

THANK YOU I hate it when people play the crappy version

@gigi v The person who originally said this was Paul. I just repeated it.

More like a pentagon. George Martin wrote entire scores for multiple Beatles songs and led production for every single album.

@@viper2148 if you go to deep it basically becomes a circle lol

The Beatles as a group and solo artists aren't a rabbit hole but rather a black hole. Once you go there you can never get out!

Uhha! A deep rabbit hole, my friend!

@@andydurazo5337 couldn't have said it better myself 😅

Same.

El mío también, es una locura lo que hace y sus líneas de guitarra son una obra maestra

Muy infravalorado :(

Agreed.

George is best Beatle. All Things Must Pass is the best solo Beatle record.

Hes already reached to it, but i agree that its an incredible song

C'mon now, it's a fine song, but not everything good is a 'masterpiece'.

@@kevinlakeman5043 yeah, it's a masterpiece. At least for me.

@@kevinlakeman5043 Yeah, but that one most certainly is a masterpiece.

Because although he had the quality (which is the main thing obviously), he didn't have the sheer quantity that John and Paul had.

Well he couldn't keep up with the sheer volume of their collaborative output. He had to develop (as a songwriter) on his own.

He didn't really hit his stride until "Taxman." While John and Paul were veterans by then.

@@betamusic5487 That would've been impossible. John and Paul certainly weren't gonna make room for more Harrisongs and George Martin wasn't gonna derail the McLennon train by any means. The All Things Must Pass album is a hell of a display of song writing skills, though.

@@ScarletVoodoo why would more Harrisongs "derail" anything? They would have added to the wealth of material, not taken away from it. No, I think it was simply that Harrison didn't output as many songs. All Things Must Pass has some brilliant songs. It also has its fair share of forgettable fillers.

After George's death a group of top performers got together and did this. Prince did this solo and it was fire.

@@gordon9995 yeah for his Hall of Fame induction. Simply amazing. I knew Prince was good, but man. Then you had Concert for George (on the year anniversary of his death) with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Billy Preston among others performing this one.

That's just an indication that he needs to react to some Eric Clapton and Cream.

@@WrinkledHound I've heard that it's John on the acoustic as is standard, but I've also heard that it's possible John wasn't on it at all. I've only ever heard that it was Ringo on the kit.

@@gordon9995 Not a huge Prince fan but he killed that guitar solo. He embarrassed every musician on that stage. Respect.

I would still say Ringo is the most underrated Beatle, as far as his drumming goes

I like the fact that the third best song writer in the Beatles was the #1 song writer in the Travelling Wilbury's, a band that included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.

All things must pass blows every other album members of the beatles made after the split out the water.

There was a commenter on the Help video he suggested that the order of talent among the Beatles went John, Paul, George, Ringo. I think as songwriters he might be correct, but as musicians it was clearly the reverse.

@@alanfriesen9837 McCartney was the best musician if the lot. I'm sure others will debate it, but he played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums on various Beatle albums.

@@kevinloignon7943 McCartney was the most versatile of the bunch, but when it came to mastery of their preferred instrument, it was definitely Ringo.

@@alanfriesen9837 McCartney was an excellent drummer. But, yes, I agree Ringo was a master at his craft. However, in that respect, McCartney was and is recognized as one of the greatest bass players ever.

@@kevinloignon7943 McCartney was a fantastic bassist. Before that he was a pretty decent guitarist. He only switched after Sutcliffe died. My understanding is that Harrison was a better guitarist, and it was Paul who brought George into the band against John's initial resistance because he recognized his talent.

So is Concert for Bangladesh.

Especially when they do SOMETHING. So amazingly beautiful.

Band of so much talent off the charts.

I’m glad someone commented this. I used to give memorabilia tours for Hard Rock and my location had George’s original lyrics, and I told this story a thousand times.

That must have been a lot of fun giving those tours B77. Which location did you work out of? The Hard Rock Café in South Lake Tahoe has some awesome Beatles memorabilia. Cheers, RNB

IIRC (which is not something that should be relied upon) in the slightly different version I heard, it was a technique for stimulating creativity. You open a book randomly, and take the last word of the left-hand page and the first word of the right-hand page, then write something around those two words. The words George got were 'gently' and 'weeps'. But this technique may well have been based on Taoist ideas, as expounded in the I Ching. After all, it's all connected... :-)

I am using George Harrisons explanation for the songs origins. I am in no position to personally discuss Eastern philosophy's. I'm a lowly bass player and I Ching (et all) is way above my pay grade. PC, you have a much better grasp on the subject than I ever will. Interesting that John Lennon lists I Ching in his litany of things he DOESN'T believe in. In his song GOD from The Plastic Ono Band album r(ecorded in the Autumn of 1970). John also lists, magic,, the Bible, tarot, Buddha, Jesus, yoga, Gita, Hitler, mantra, Kennedy, kings, Elvis, Zimmerman (Dylan) and last, but certainly not least, Beatles. Cheers, RNB

@@ricknbacker5626 Well, George's memory is probably more reliable than mine on the subject! But I don't think the explanations are necessarily contradictory. Allowing random 'fate' to decide things is based on an idea of going with the 'flow' (or the Tao or Way or Path) or natural unfoldment of everything, with an underlying understanding that there is some sort of vast unified field behind everything that exists... therefore, 'it's all connected'. This is expounded much better than I can describe it in a old classic from the 1970s, the Tao of Physics, which I highly recommend, although I would assume the science must be a bit dated by now.. But anyway, IIUC, it's both an ancient mystical and a plausible scientific concept. All in One, One in All, etc... I don't know what you think, but I have wondered about John's 'God' song, whether what he's really ranting against is 'belief' itself. Because obviously the Beatles for example did exist, whether you 'believe' in them or not! Maybe what he was objecting to is idolising things in a way that's really 95% one's own projections. So there might be a grain of truth in them, but the impulses of religion, or Beatlemania, or fashions for mystical preoccupations (like the I Ching, astrology, Tarot, magic etc in the later 60s to 70s) can sometimes lead people to adopt beliefs that are quite superficial and may be more of a psychological prop, or escapist fantasy, or ego trip than a genuine means to greater enlightenment. Some people did get really obsessed with some of this stuff - I remember hearing of one guy who would throw the I Ching (ie use it as an oracle to get pointers to what to do next) every hour, thus becoming totally dependent on it and unable to do anything without it. I'm pretty sure John and Yoko were as much into it all as anyone, at least for a while. But at some point, as John was getting deep into the Primal Scream therapy and really facing the truth, digging into all his inner demons, he may have come to the point of needing to clear out all the half-baked ideas he may have used previously as emotional props, and get down to something more basic and human and vulnerable, without the quasi-mystical props.

And this song has Eric Clapton, so 5 legends on one track

💜💛💙💖

I do love that song except the Hare Krishna part.

Every Harrison song on Revolver is amazing.

Bittersweet for you (hug)

That's a Lennon song but you're right it's fucking amazing

Please!

As well as tambura, swarmandal;[525] harmonica, comb and tissue paper; handclaps, tambourine, & maracas.

@@kevinlakeman5043 Man, I was typing a reply to ask about tissue paper and to ask how, then I remembered doing the paper and comb instrument as a kid! LOL!! 😁 Never mind. LOL! ✌️😎

Also on Sitar was Norwegian Wood Forget if that was George or John

"Love You To" too.

And Patty Boyd

clapton played live with lennon ( live peace in toronto ) but i'm not sure is on a lennon album

@@sandrotavini8838 I think only on 'Cold Turkey' besides the 'Live Peace in Toronto' album.

@@sandrotavini8838 Also the Dirty Mac where Clapton, Keith Richards, John Lennon, and Mitch Mitchell played Yer Blues live.

@@sandrotavini8838 Live Peace In Toronto album.

Boom! Gone!

Yesssss! He stole the show!

I've never seen it, but now I want to check it out. I can imagine Prince nailing this one.

That's a really great video, but I'm so glad he reacted to this one. I've seen a few reactions to this song, but none of them were the original. There was one from the Love album, one from Concert for George, and the rest were Prince, Tom Petty, etc. Those are all awesome versions, but I feel this is what you should listen to first.

A great live moment captured on video. George’s son gets visibly excited when Prince walks on. What a treat for the fans. Prince wasn’t going to show up for anybody BUT George!

It's All Too Much is a really nice deep cut.

I’d say “Something” has the best guitar solo in any Beatles song though

@@doctorbananashooter agree

George was eight months younger than Paul and 2 years and eight months than John

Probably several years behind in song writing but he soon caught up !

I'd put Within You and Without You up there as one of his classics. I also like Don't Bother Me.

Think For Yourself is another favourite ones.