Some of these are actually put together by Eric Clapton as well as George, though I do agree that Harrison was great 👍 one of my all time favourites for sure .
he helped george with a lot of riffs. Not to take ANY credit away from George but in some written biographys Clapton is named as a joint part of the creative process that aided George to write some of the Beatle's hits. I didn't mean to say he played these riffs himself. I amended my original comment. @@hollycrawford6054
You can't cut it short? That's exactly how the song ends, though. The white noise in the background reaches a crescendo and suddenly all sound cuts out. I always thought that was an interesting way to end the song.
@@acidwizzardbastard I made a playlist changing the order of Abbey Road, with the medley on side 1, and ending with Shes so heavy, and i must say, it changed the entire tone of the album.
@@icebear2049 Because sadly he wasn't put on a pedestal like Clapton, Hendrix, Page, May, Beck, Slash or Van Halen. He was just referred to as the 'Quiet Beatle'...
Always makes me laugh when I hear people say this. George was an underrated lead guitarist, Ringo was an underrated drummer, Paul was an underrated bass player, John was an underrated ballad writer etc etc etc. Underrated by whom exactly? They were/are The Beatles - they couldn’t be more rated and praised if they tried. They changed, like actually changed, music at the time and will continue to do so forever. To say one of them, any of them, was underrated is such an ‘internet’ thing to say and really unfounded.
@@20yearsagotoday1 The Beatles are praised as a band of course. But they may be underrated in terms of their individual abilities. I think all of them get less praise than they deserve for their instrumental ability
Jean, I can understand your statement, but Rhianna has sold as many albums as the Beatles have. That's so fucked and hard to type out, but I managed it. Nirvana's impact on the music scene at the time, was just as influential as The Beatles. I can guarantee you one thing, The Beatles were never influenced by Nirvana. Both bands deserve all the accolades they get. Both bands can change/inspire your moods. Both bands ceased too soon.
It's actually kind of cool how many of these don't sound "right" without the bass. Hell I play the bass and many of their songs, but didn't know it was THAT integral to the guitar part sounding correct.
That's the thing about The Beatles - they weren't just interchangeable. They brought out the best in each other and made each other better. Remove just one of those elements, and it just becomes a "different" song. They each made some amazing music in their solo careers, but they never really topped what they accomplished as a unit.
I just realized how underrated Lennon is as a guitarist. He came with around half the riffs in this list and he wasn't even the lead guitarist. Like day tripper, revolution, I feel fine etc
He was so good. I don’t know where this idea that Lennon wasn’t good at guitar came from. I guess because everyone is always compared to Hendrix and Clapton. Paul is also a good guitarist.
@@huh-by2lr Some writers claimed he had an iffy sense of time/rhythm, which is weird...he may not have cared about conventional bar length/metre etc, but that helped make the Beatles' music different and original. His lead playing was usually more rough and (intentionally) sloppy, but good, and the solos on "Get Back" show he could be clean and fluid when he wanted to. Paul was easily the best of the three technically at guitar or any other instrument.
@@JDrevolver66 I've read here and there about John's "iffy" timing, but I cannot find any timing issues in his playing, anywhere. Anyone who can come up the rhythm for All My Loving and then play it live perfectly has no timing or rhythm issues. Any variations were deliberate inventions to add to a song.
@@lolxd7753 They're not complex in the sense that they're difficult/complicated to play nor do the riffs contain the extreme nuances found in a Mozart piece. However, the Beatles consistently utilized a lot of creative and memorable twists to aid and create very sophisticated melodies, which is one of the main reasons they are as successful and well known as they are.
@@connormichael2005 Mozart literally did twelve variations of the French folk song from which the music of Twinkle Twinkle comes from. And it's awesome.
@@bouwebear597 John and Paul had the basic idea I am sure because it was their melodies, but of course George fully shaped many of them into what they were as the finished product.
Time Stamps: Revolution - 0:02 It’s All Too Much - 0:14 Come Together - 0:28 Drive My Car - 0:45 Here Comes The Sun - 0:56 Ticket To Ride - 1:11 If I Need Someone - 1:17 I Feel Fine - 1:29 I’ve Got A Feeling - 1:40 Don’t Let Me Down - 1:54 Norwegian Wood - 2:11 Birthday - 2:26 Helter Skelter - 2:42 And Your Bird Can Sing - 3:01 Dig A Pony - 3:15 Hey Bulldog - 3:29 Day Tripper - 3:40 I Want To Tell You - 3:54 Paperback Writer - 4:08 I Want You 4:21 If something is wrong just tell me
In a perfect world. All four are still alive and making music and have adapted to today’s music, still hitting the charts and playing sold out shows around the world
And the crazy thing is it’s not even the third or fourth best song on that album. Revolver is likewise quite underrated. I personally think it’s better than Sgt. Pepper’s
Ah, yes. Drive my car sounded really perfect, no flaws there. Seriously, it's a good video but it's stupid to say that every riff was played 100% correctly. Have some respect for the origin works.
Bloxsy random question I know but with your Lithium cover (either your first or second cover whichever you said was similar to the Reading 1992 performance of this song), is the entire riff just picking downwards (idk the proper name) or are there some upstrokes in there? Because looking at your cover u seem to do only downstrokes but Kurt does some upstrokes in the video? Idk if this question makes any sense lol. Love your work keep it up 😊
I think the way I picked it was trying to be more similar to the album version but I did use downstrokes and upstrokes. In live versions I think Kurt just strums it in a loose way, I'm guessing it's easier for him to sing and play at the same time. Thanks!
For me it’s: She Said She Said Dear Prudence Two Of Us Day Tripper In My Life It’s All Too Much You Can’t Do That I Feel Fine Birthday I Want You Sun King Drive My Car Don’t Let Me Down Come Together Dig A Pony Get Back What You’re Doing Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Paperback Writer I’ve Got A Feeling
Nice list. I'm sure if you redid it in 2 weeks after listening to all of their recordings non stop, you could come up with a whole new list. So many hits. Too many to choose from!
'She Said She Said' is an absolute monster of a song. Probably one of the best songs of all time and I would've put it on this list over 'Come Together'.
The Beatles were the first band I got into when I was a kid (started listening to them at age 10 and I’m 21 now) and George Harrison was (and still is) one of my biggest guitar heroes in terms of songwriting and guitar techniques
that's probably (at least initially) because they didn't know what a time "signature" was (and therefore were not constrained to any of them). The only "signatures" they knew were their own when they were signing autographs. Timing, along with chording (at least in the beginning) was just on pure collective instinct. Hence they could say to Ringo, "it goes bum-ba-da da-bum-bum, can you make that fit?" They cook it up with Ringo stirring the pot and at some point George Martin tells them what a time signature is. Ignorance of formal nomenclature means being free of any limitations. You naturally think outside the box because you didn't know you were supposed to be in a box, or that you were in one in the first place. That's how Lennon wrote Strawberry Field: two different bits in different time signatures and he just threw it to Producer George, who sped up or slowed down one of the tapes and joined them together.
@@bouwebear597 the two different bits of "Strawberry Fields Forever" were in different keys, not in different time signatures. One part was sped up and the other was slowed down until their respective keys approximated one another.
Great job! You played these riffs with a lot of precision. I loved your choice of number 1! I could listen to that riff for minutes on end and not get tired of it. It is perhaps the greatest guitar riff of all time.
I Want You (She's So Heavy) might be the greatest Beatles riff ever, especially on the original recording with it going for like 3 minutes and that white noise machine fading in and out, then a cut and boom, end of side 1
Great selection. Pleased to see that you didn't merely go for the obvious. The variety of styles and moods only goes to show just how good the Beatles were. Listening to this, it has now occurred to me that John Lennon and George Harrison anticipated the sludgy doom-riffing of Black Sabbath with "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
How did the Beatles hide all these riffs?You listen to these great songs in the radio or any music player and it sounds normal.You look at how they were played and then suddenly you will be surprise like..”Wow!That ain’t simple to play!” 🇵🇭😍
Exactly the kind of cover video I'm looking for. So many out there have the fake annoying backing tracks, or someone talks for five minutes. I just want to hear the guitars. This is perfect in every way, thank you!
1. I Want You (She's So Heavy) Riff John Lennon 2. Paperback Writer - Riff Paul McCartney 3. I Wan't To Tell You - Riff George Harrison 4. Day Tripper - Riff John Lennon 5. Hey Bulldog - Riff George Harrison 6. Dig A Pony - Riff George Harrison 7. And Your Bird Can Sing - Riff George Harrison/Paul McCartney 8. Helter Skelter - Riff Paul McCartney 9. Birthday - Riff Paul McCartney/ John Lennon 10. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Riff John Lennon 11. Don't Let Me Down - Riff George Harrison 12. I've Got A Feeling - Riff George Harrison 13. I Feel Fine - Riff John Lennon 14. If I Needed Someone - Riff George Harrison 15. Ticket To Ride - Riff George Harrison 16. Here Comes The Sun - Riff George Harrison 17. Drive My Car - Riff Paul McCartney 18. Come Together - Riff John Lennon 19. It's All Too Much - Riff George Harrison 20. Revolution - Riff John Lennon
I feel fine and Iv got a feeling are two really difficult ones to play over and over correctly throughout the whole song even though they look and sound simple. Some finger gymnastics going on
You forgot the greatest Beatles riff of all time. The simple but beautiful And I Love Her which Paul credits George as the one who came up with the magical riff ❤
Senza il riff d’apertura, nato dall’estro di George Harrison, forse la canzone non avrebbe avuto lo stesso successo di oggi. Il brano dei Beatles., simbolo della British Invasion, ha ispirato moltissimi artisti