- Recorded January 29, 1969 during the Get Back/Let It Be sessions - John sings vocals on George's song, soon to be recorded for the Abbey Road album. - This recording has been re-balanced and remastered by Red Hector.
@@dannaphys5008 John was asked in 1980 about reunion rumors. His reply (paraphrase): "Paul and I created the music, OK? Whether anyone else joins in is irrelevant."
Hats off to Ringo who sat through countless hours of takes, yet his timing was impeccable. Even in this short clip his drumming stands out as much as anything else
Always. Ringo would be the best to jam with, always consistent and happy to provide the steady beat. So many drummers insist on doing drum rolls all the time as well as when no one else is playing. Not ringo, a true pro.
I'm always impressed with how the Beatles songs and arrangements start so rough yet end up so beautiful. No one came into the studio with finished products. No magic. Just four very talented guys who worked these song ideas over and over-- adding this, removing that-- until they were perfect.
I read somewhere or heard somewhere a time when during a rehearsal, A Beatle may not have had the word for a certain section of a song, the other Beatle simply said, ( I paraphrase) no worries, the word will come later, just put anything in that place, and we’ll figure it out later.
@@leslieadams1965 the story you refer to is when Harrison was stuck on lyrics for, "Something." John said that to George to help him out. Here's the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WLLM78R76sI.html
I respectfully disagree with the OP. The Beatles were exactly of their time; they just happened to be better at what they did and were constantly experimenting, innovating and becoming better musicians and songwriters.
This shows why the Beatles were always better as a group than any of them going solo - no matter who wrote each song, the four of them were always making their contribution.
The Beatles most famous song is arguably "Yesterday". It is the most covered contemporary song of all time. And yet, it is all Paul McCartney. None of the other guys were involved in the writing or recording of the original version of that song. And another traditional Guitar Player staple "Blackbird" is also solely Paul McCartney. It can also be easily argued that John, Paul and George produced many moments that equalled if not excelled their works with The Beatles. "Imagine", "Band on The Run" and "All Things Must Pass" are just as good, if not better, than anything released by The Beatles.
😀 actually "Something" is a Harrison/Lennon song. But you know the copyright rules they were held to... It's an exceptionally good song, and it shows how great the Beatles were in the end. Greater than great. (Except for the lyrics, the text is not quite finished, not up to scratch, sadly.) It's so sad the (temporary) breakup ended so tragically, "Free as a Bird" gives a tiny peep into what might have been. "No, we really cannot live without each other." They were close as can be.
I think it's the very best album of all times. Many "supergroups" have tried to surpass it and all have failed miserably. (King Crimson came close, but got scorched by the heat.) Paul McCartney left it alone, wisely, but did an exceedingly good job with "Let It Be...Naked". Better than "exceedingly good". It's a love letter and I've never heard a better one.
There was a certain honesty that Harrison's voice had that was missing from Lennon's voice. Then again, on Lennon's woman, I think he did a fair job capturing that. With the Beatles, John's voices still had too much rock and roll in it. Sometimes it's a good thing that there's not a time machine, because a lot of British historians have considered this as a song worthy of their art museum where the original Harrison Handwritten document is preserved for posterity
Anyone know which mics on the set? Somtimes there would be a ribbon mic overhead (STC now known as Cole’s) and on the kick. We’re dynamic mics sometimes seen overhead or near the hat/snare? The Beatles were well aware of tone color from the beginning. Even in the cavern club they used to balance their instruments sound so that the focus could be heard clearly and you can see them singing on a Reslo ribbon mics (I have some of the same mics and they sound great on modern equipment! Better than most condenser mics I can tell you that right away!)in all the cavern club photos. I’ve heard some recordings where the vocals are definitely out front that means they had to have the amplifier is low enough so he wouldn’t be the story and they would get accustomed to the tones of the instruments rather than just the loudest possible thwacking of everything.
@@LincolnVOS - McCartney’s vocal on Oh, Darling is absolutely untouchable, even for John. I have no need to hear John singing it, just as I have no need to hear Paul sing Twist and Shout. Once perfection is achieved, what’s the point?
Hi, Brandon...I hope that you can understand few words in spanish, because I still write from Madrid, Spain (España, you know that is the name of our country, we say España...) Ok...yo leí en una de las biografías de The Beatles que la decisión sobre el single de Abbey Road estaba hecha: la canción iba a ser Come Together...pero cuando John escuchó la canción de George le dijo a George Martin que la cara a (a side) debería ser, sin duda alguna Something Regards from Spain...España!
@@robbegrijp9224 Thank you, Robbe. Great to know that. I'm glad I wasn't the one to have to make that call. The two songs are apples and oranges, but 'Something' has a timeless appeal - it really is outstanding in that sense. John surely recognized it. It's one big medley to me - a Beatles prelude and fugue! B =] Actually, it was a very good thing there were two sides to every single! lol
@@bobsquires4521 The translate of Robert is good, Robbe...the decision on which song would be side a had already been made: come together ... but while the Beatles were rehearsing and working on George's song, John went to talk to producer George Martin and told him with conviction "Something should be side a, without discussion... and come together side b" Thus, thanks to a great gesture of humility from John and recognition of George's talent ... a wonderful single was released Saludos desde España para los dos...Robbe y Robert
John Lennon said it was the best song on Abby Road album. I've read that many different times. He was spot on. Its actually the most requested/played song on Spotify. Glad it was George that sang it.
@@alnil5533 pathetic nasal. That pathetic nasal sound made history and the richest men and royalties to this day. So I wish I had his pathetic nasal lol
@KaikuKaiku Actually I have to agree regarding "All you need is love" , his solo started out well then just kinda stopped, like he'd missed the ending off.
@KaikuKaiku He forgot more chords than the “greats” like Clapton/Page/Hendrix knew. Harrison didn’t believe in flashy solos, but as long as you’re weighing in, while probably never having played the instrument, listen to the solo on “Old Brown Shoe” and get back to me.
I remember before the internet, how special ANY recorded deviation from the commercially released tracks was. I remember bringing home the "Beatles Rarities" and playing it over and over. And now we have ALL this to chew over. We couldn't have imagined...
I remember buying Beatles Rarities at Sam Goodies in 1979 I believe Lawrence Shopping Center Lawrenceville New Jersey. I was 15 years old. Great memories
i love hearing these jams, how loose and rough and unknown it is. That's how music creators always experience music. Most just listen to a finished product and assume its always like that.
John is always playful with songs paul or george molding up and always ended up best result. Here you could hear he sings on the chorus "there she walk into the room" then gibberish.Legend.
I hope after the documentary release, Jackson takes the entire archive of video that he had access to, digitizes it, and puts it up online as a resource. I hope he's given permission to do this.
Indeed, he was a really great "loose" drummer, integral to the slightly loopy sound they got on the slow-rock songs. Definitely not the disposable Beatle he's sometimes portrayed as
Red Hector, you are doing a beautiful thing with your channel, making us Beatles fans feel like we're in the studio with the fab four. I've never heard most of these recordings before. They're really amazing
Maybe we can see some vidi from THIS session on the new Peter Jackson Let It Be film? Hoping the new film resets the cynical fab narrative that we've seen for so long.
Watching the teaser they made I think they are going to help ease the mind of millions about all the tensions going on. I mean it was VERY CLEAR without a movie being made but trying to pick out the better moments will definitely help
Including the entire ROOF TOP real fans have seen it often WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN FOOTAGE WE HAVEN'T SEEN.I mean they can add that on after the PETER JACKSON film like they added on SHEA STADIUM after Ron Howard's EIGHT DAYS AWEEK It's better às MONTY PYTHON said AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
I never knew that John did a light hearted version of George's song, then John says let's get on with a rock n roll number Paul does a great tribute to George on his Ukilalie in his live performances
Actually he says ok shall we get on with the rock n roll shit... He never cared for the music he made it was all about the money to him and mccartney.. thank god for George and Billy Shears for saving the band... RAM anyone? ....Shears hmm
I'm amazed at all the recordings we get to hear now , and quite a Time after the anthology the alternate takes after hearing those great albums only for so many years.
In the mid to late 70’s I was introduced to the Beatles. At the time I didn’t know or pay attention to who wrote and sang each song. I realized as I got older, my favorite songs were George’s.
If they suddenly sprang to earth today, EVERY song would be a SMASH HIT OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS!! people would be freaking out. We're simply used to these songs or have never heard them..
@@alanferreira1786 all of them were good, come on. And if some of them didn't get in any album was because they were tired and near separation, but they care. For instance they made a lot of takes of all things must pass and it didn't get in any beatles album.
So lovely - the Beatles Team (with 2 George´s). First Idea - Session together. Great - because, they all were special talentet persons. Rest is - History.
George gave it to Joe Cocker to record, but by the time Cocker had recorded it and released it, Abbey Road had already been released, and Something and Come Together had been released as a brilliant double A side.✌️
It was originally wrote during white album sessions and George wrote “something” for Pattie his wife and then because of all the fuss of getting certain songs on albums because of Paul and John George gave it to joe cocker but he didn’t release it and by the time he did it was already a single for the Beatles
I love the entire album. All four of them wrote such pleasing music to listen to. It's still one of my favorite albums period. I think John's 'Because ' is a masterpiece ! To put such hauntingly beautiful harmony to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was genious.
@@ronaldskmyd5304 Also consider Paul McCartney performed "Something" in a scene 'on a street side' in the film, Give My Regards to Broadstreet. The hit from the Film was "No More Lonely Nights." Key = ??
Red Hector, thanks so much for being so unselfish....sharing to us these last wonderful rarities of a great band that has shaped many of our musicalities and life ...Love the Beatles...❤😊
Para mim, a música mais bonita dos Beatles composta por meu Beatles pteferido: GEORGE HARRISON! SAUDADES! 08/3/2021, Vera Lucia, RJ. BRASIL! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
@@reynaldcriso8641 Olá Reynald! SOMETHING inside me diz que alguém iria me presentear com a canção mais linda e emocionante dos BEATLES, principalmente porque eu AMO GEORGE HARRISON forever! Fiquei muito feliz em ver um jovem com tanto bom gosto musical! A gratidão por você vai além das palavras! 04/7/21 , Vera Lucia Malta, RJ. Brasil! 💚💛❤♈💚💛❤
Don't know if John was being serious about any of this, but I do like the way he was phrasing the lyrics, coming in late, that was a pretty cool effect.
If this was a Let It Be era recording, no. They jammed incessantly with any scrap of music they had. Everything from Big Joe Turner to the Bulgarian State Women's Choir.
I totally agree. Thats how you normally do it. George propably said that he wants to try out a lead guitar riff and that he cant concentrate well on doing both the lead guitar and vocals. So John did the singing to help everybody know where in the song they are. I often tell my bandmates to sing too if I have to figure out a difficult part on guitar
It's cool that the studio recording is in C and 'modulates' to A and back. (to Oliver Trueman,) but I shudder to use that word in context of a Beatles song because I'm not sure if George and John were as fervently opposed to standard notation learning as Paul McCartney who thought that if he learned standard notation (and music theory) that he'd lose his creativity so he deliberately wouldn't. It was almost a passionate superstition on Paul's part, and misinformed, since Paul devised his own system - an equivalent of standard notation and he didn't lose one drop of his towering creativity to this day. Back to "Something," the song is remarkable on so many levels: it's cool that George, as the Beatle's lead guitarist, featured a lead guitar 'lick' to 'sing' a chorus/refrain: using it at the very opening of the song, at the very end, at the end of each verse and the end of the 'B' section, - and - it also ends all of the almost-similar licks throughout the end of "Come Together." It so beautifully punctuates both songs, I think they're inseparable. It's heartbreaking and inevitable that they would all stop collaborating over personal issues - thinking of the five of them including Sir. George Martin, rest all three souls - but just listen to his contribution to this song, the orchestral addition from Studio A is just breathtaking. Imagine, the tension was so great that the bunch of them could barely speak (in words) to each other by this time - but when John told George " da ditdit da da," -- repeating -- questioning, again and again: "da..ditdit da--DA..?" as ends "Come Together," George's sincere and spiritual and loving answer was this very calming reply: "... da ditdit da, da..da.. Dahhh..." It surely will always be some kind of wond'rous medley they gave to us.
I feel George is taking the piss from John with this little rehearse. Paul really worked hard and collaborated with George more on Something, John really did not have much to do with this song at all. or with a lot of latter songs of George's to be exact . which was a shame. I feel John may have felt a bit put out with how George was excelling with his songwriting around that time period. That was John, his nature, He couldn't help it I guess, being the main focus, with Paul in the biggest pop rock band of all time. (this just my own opinion). thoughts?.
@@rocket81ful George's two songs - his contributions to Abbey Road "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" were outstanding. John offered "Come Together," "I Want You, She's So Heavy," "Because," "Sun King" and "Mean Mister Mustard." But "Something" was second-up on the album - in order. And the second song slot is a pretty special honor. The first song slot is nice too, but you're getting your popcorn during the first song. (hmm - now I want popcorn...lol) Look at the White Album, "Dear Prudence" is the second song - it's my personal favorite of all their songs. They each had their time in the spotlight and through thick and thin they all still loved each other deep down in the end. There's a book I saw one time, it went much deeper into the song ownership than 'Lennon and McCartney' and 'Harrison.' It showed how each song's copyright percentages were shared among each member, and it had each Beatle quoting about each song. It was fascinating - we should probably all try to find that book... ---- now, for some popcorn! B =]...
@@bobsquires4521 That book sounds awesome, Rob. would love to get it. yes they truly still loved each other, after the split. I feel John over time knew how really great and or inspiring All things must pass album was by George and his contributions to the Beatles. they each were inspired by each others solo release's. As was John's liking of Pauls coming up single, that inspired him back to work, and into the studio, to work on Double Fantasy. I really do feel they would of got back together again and cut a few albums, under a different banner sort of like what George did with the Traveling Wilburys.
@@rocket81ful I remember being at a Brian Wilson Band concert - live, outdoors at the Waterfront in Boston. Brian's band was performing all of Pet Sounds. It was fine, but sitting there I wondered what it would have been like, without the unkindness of history, if it were all four Beatles performing all of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! And now thinking how incredible it would have been (another leap,) for the Beach Boys - the original lineup performing as the warmup act for the Beatles - a double billing concert which they might have called; THE "HAS BEEN'S" TOUR. We can still imagine that with a big smile ! 'has beens.' ! lol
@@rocket81ful The only thing I even vaguely remember about the book was that Paul McCartney was credited for copyright purposes of 95% of Hey Jude AND George Harrison was credited with 5% of Hey Jude. Please don't quote me on that, but it would make sense to me later. At the end of "Isn't it a Pity," George sings the Hey Jude fade-chorus melody and though it's re-harmonized (with the '..'Pity' chord progression difference,) it's chilling that he used it in his newer song - we're talking about the almost-palindrome-like part the audience gang sings on the live video the '..na nana naaa Hey Jude' part was something that George contributed to the song - it MAY not have been Paul's idea (I refuse to think I could have even dreamt any of this up!) One other thing about the book, the quotes which each Beatle made on particular songs, especially the offhanded 'ya, that was a throw away song, we just needed filler for the album.' I could recite each of them in my minds ear with their cherished liverpudlian accent, but I remember my own long-held assessments were consistent with the Beatles' assessments especially when they called any particular song 'filler.' I'd get in trouble voicing these opinions to friends around me. "Sacrilege - every song is a perfect gem (not!)" lol (forgive!please!) lol But we all have to get a copy of that book - it should be reprinted. It is an important research work we should all have now.
Wouldn't it have been interesting if John actually sang Something on the album. He had stated that it was the best song on Abbey Road. I bet it would have sounded pretty good too, but George deserved to shine on it.
@@simonjames1604 he played on at least 10 of the tracks on the album, and it was to my understanding that he played the piano accents on Something. He played on his own compositions, he played on Octopus's Garden, he played on the medley on side 2.
@@magneto7930 the rest of the beatles recut garden sans john , and harrison did the verse guitar, cleary his fender , and they did large parts of the medley sans john
