The Beatles - Watching Rainbows RARE

[captainreagar]

This is ridiculously good...genuinely blown away

[awc826]

this "unreleased" track actually has been released on The Beatles Artifacts Vol.1( disc 4). it would have been nice to have heard it refurbished and included on the anthology.

[ArnejoOrbitalis]

lol…!

[beatlesbabe27]

it was composed in 1969.

[langerguitarboy]

love this

[jellywigglz17]

which one is the top left corner????????????

[langerguitarboy]

@jellywigglz17 thats Paul



[ratso69ful]

@jellywigglz17 Paul.

[thinmanthewise]

this could be where the everybody had a good year part was born... maybe? Most interesting is when he sings shoot me... so i guess come together was born here too

[rb3264]

@thinmanthewise Everybody had a hard year was born in 1968 while this was at Twikenham in January 1969.

[schemo0]

you can find a similar chord progression of their 1968 going on '69 christmas record. search it. worth it, quite funny.

[byrd5d]

follow the links on this for a majickal misrer ee tour

[dannyapeshit]

Is that John Lennon jamming on the guitar!? I could swear I heard the beginning of some wah wah at 2:48 but then he switched it off. This could have been a kick ass jam song. It seems that George and John often shy away from the wah wah, through out the Beatles years.

[letosvet1]

@dannyapeshit John was on the electric piano. It's paul on the guitar and george wasn't there.

[vidlis1]

nice

[csjacquelinecs]

teste



[remtiw]

@albuorkka It really is. This was a jam that the Beatles came up with at Twickingham Film Studios on January 14 1969. By this point George had left the band to return a few days later. The chord sequence was Paul trying to begin I've got a Feeling, but John cut him off and started going into a song of his own. And thus, Watching Rainbows was born. John sounds weird because most of the audio comes from bootlegs that were taken from the old film that was taken of the Beatles during the sessions.

[DubstepInternational]

@remtiw might of been rare for them to play it but it doesnt make this recording rare..

[albuorkka]

Is this really the Beatles? "Lennon" sounds very weird. But who knows

[letosvet1]

@albuorkka Of course it is. It's his voice. It's just the quality of the recording that's bad. You can even look it up on wikipedia; it's there.

[bladesofglory12]

recorded on 14 January 1969 

[stealth909]

What a jam. They bounced off each other so well, it's no surprise really that they were the greatest group of all time.

[Frankdtankspanks]

This is like "I've Got a Feeling" meets "Omg Double Rainbow!"

[Stube437]

is this real? I thought this was one of those that was alway thought to be fake?

[scotty87able]

@Stube437 it is real the shoot me bit was later used in come together there is only 3 playing john paul and ringo george had temporalily left. i think they are seen performing it in the let it be film 2

[Stube437]

@Stube437 I'm not convinced. It just doesn't quite sound like John.

[scotty87able]

@Stube437 google it mate believe me it is john

[KityKatz1]

its rare if i never heard it.lol.

[ant4love]

Anyone know if someone has re-done this?

[TheFpuff]

I like when it turns into Hey Bulldog.

[Xsmoke657x]

OHH SHUUTTT UPPP!!!!!

[Xsmoke657x]

Jesus just stfu both of you,

[robertomorales10994]

HEY BULLDOG!

[snoogans999]

Charpentierjp you know the only reason George was in the band was because he could play circles around John and Paul. Thats why Paul brought him, even though John hated him at first, he was too good to kick out. He was the only one who could pick, and taught them how to

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 Actually, read Geoff Emerick's book "Here There and Everywhere." Many of the solos and riffs George got credited with were John's and Paul's and sometimes George just didn't vibe with them. You can see that in the "Let It Be" movie where George is playing a muddled and complicated part to "Two Of Us" that simply doesn't fit the song and he's obstinent about it... (cont.)

[NicNac13c]

@NicNac13c (continued...) He could be stubborn and inflexible and it caused an argument. I'm not saying George sucked, but there were many times when he didn't measure up. Everyone remembers the moments of brilliance. But you'd be amazed to read Emerick's book and see which famous Beatle riffs are John's and Paul's that everyone assumes is George. George had flashes of brilliance with The Beatles, but it wasn't until Abbey Road that he really matured.

[snoogans999]

@NicNac13c All I was stating is that in the beginning George had technical superiority on the guitar(which is neccessary to be a viable live act) I didn't mention his ability to craft a song, as the reason he was in the band originally . Obviously his solo work speaks for itself, he learned from and outgrew his former music "masters"

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 His solo work DOES speak for itself. Living in the Material World, Somewhere In England, Gone Tropo, Cloud Nine have a few good songs and loads of stinky filler, unlike most of John's and Paul's solo albums. He blew his wad with All Things Must Pass & Photograph. It took a fatal illness for him to make another masterpiece; Brainwashed is amazing. George worked best in groups; The Beatles & The Wilburys.

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 And no, Paul didn't persuade John to let George in the group because if his superior skill. It was because George was Paul's friend and he could play. John didn't want George, he was just a kid, but Paul got his way because John knew Paul was good and he didn't want him to quit and start his own band.

According to several Beatle bios Paul also used to sneak George extra food when he worked on the lunch line at the Liverpool Institute, but not because of his mad skills. 

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 I mean, how you could place George's solo catalogue against John's and Paul's and even try to say that George was superior or that he outgrew his former "masters" musically is beyond me. Yes, Paul had a couple of stinkers (Wild Life comes to mind, as do a couple of forgettable songs on Pipes of Peace and Off The Ground) and John didn't come up to his full potential because of laziness but listen to the songs. John & Paul were superior geniuses and George was only a lesser genius.

[snoogans999]

@NicNac13c I can feel how I want

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 Of course you can feel how you want. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, however wrong they are. 

[snoogans999]

@NicNac13c I have all of their albums. I love them all immensely. That being said I prefer George's music Over John's music and Paul's. How is that wrong? Arrogance is not a virtue.

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 You said "you know the only reason George was in the band was because he could play circles around John and Paul." You stated it as a fact. It's incorrect. He couldn't. If you have said "In my opinion..." that would be another matter.

[NicNac13c]

@snoogans999 You said "you know the only reason George was in the band was because he could play circles around John and Paul." You stated it as a fact. It's incorrect. He couldn't. If you have said "In my opinion..." that would be another matter.

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

@NicNac13c There is no such thing as "right" or "wrong" regarding personal preference. There is only personal preference. Turn your brain back on; you may need it at some point.

[NicNac13c]

@JeffersonDinedAlone So if I say "In my opinion the earth is flat" does that make me right? The word "opinion" has multiple meanings; words are tricky like that. "Opinion" can mean a personal view, an estimation, an expert view, a body of generally held views or a conclusion drawn by the assesment of FACTS. It is not a matter of opinion that George was a better guitarist.  Snoogans is of the opinion that he was. He wasn't. I base that on fact. Now please turn your brain on.

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

@NicNac13c You must learn to pay attention when you read. I was speaking of personal preference. And regarding all of the arts there is only personal preference. No right. No wrong. Only... personal... preference. And, by the way, regarding the brain comment, don't parrot me; put together your own choice of words.

[drummingjohn4u]

Why isn't this song on Anth 3?

[drummingjohn4u]

This is my most favorite, in the can, Beatles son!! !

[Xsmoke657x]

THIS SONG IS THE FUCKING BOMB!!! WHY IS IT NOT OUT ON RECORD??!!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO REMASTER THIS AMAZING MASTERPIECE!! This song gives me a reason to love life again!

[mongrelhead1]

Killer song! Thanks!

[napoleonayala]

The Beatles DID "Shoot Big"...

[AlMorone1]

Sounds like the Band's "The Weight."

[mrmrhollingsworth]

McCArtney awesome song writer / bass player.

not a tasteful guitarist, twiddling over everything.

Doesnt know when to drop out.

Harrison could take one for the team - legend

[greer15]

roger that, george was a lot better guitar player especially on the lower end of the guitar...read Eric Clapton....paul, however, was a very creative bass player

[Ksimp9]

@greer15 have you heard pauls acoustic finger picking pieces? I think paul is probably the best player of the band.

[felippeeborges]

@greer15 Oh, no ... Paul was not a creative bass player ... You are very fanatic .... Lennon was not a good guitarist, McCartney too. They were the BESTS in the compositions.

[turbojet100]

Sounds a bit like 'Ive Got A Feeling' from the same sessions. this could even be used over the top where john sings 'everybodys got a _____' over and over

[Mattm12000]

@turbojet100 Exactly right. It's pretty obvious that this song was later modified and turned into I've got a Feeling.

[adachunk]

This is "I've Got A Feeling" in raw form. I can only guess but it is just too close. Same sessions, not a different song just a different incarnation.

[Rush1013]

this song isnt rare its on like a thousand different bootlegs.

[Binochy77]

who the fuck cares who was better in the band why dont you take some acid, chill and listen you uptight music elitists.

[0armin0]

@Binochy77 WORD!!!

[juicesnap]

nothing is rare if it's on the internet. :P

[andreasegde]

They knew to "Save it for the take", because when they were just jamming like this they sounded really bad.

It's almost impossible to listen to.

[blazak]

I think a Beatlesque band should release an album of their versions of unreleased Beatle songfs. I'm sure Yoko would say no, but it would be cool.

[ledZeppelin7680]

@blazak yoko says yes to EVERYTHING. she would let mark david chapman do a john lennon tribute album she does nothing to stop people from defiling john's work, this is widely visible in her latest plastic ono band line up. LADY GAGA?! SERIOUSLY?! NO!

[blazak]

@ledZeppelin7680 I was at the Plastic Ono Band show in NY and except for John/Sean, it was the original line-up. The new POB album is pretty damn good. Yoko has said no to a lot of requests to use John's music.

[ledZeppelin7680]

@blazak as of right now, the plastic ono band is comprised of yoko ono, mike portnoy, lady gaga, sean lennon and yuka honda. that is not even close to the original lineup, the only similarity is yoko.

[GLOBALRAPTUREdotcom]

i think theres a few missing albums somewhere and i wish agent paul would release them...

[flobsterlobster]

sounds pretty good shame it was never released

[onthemoveagain]

And they could have worked this completely out and released it.

[THeMaskedBlogCritic]

You know, John and Paul were blues-ey guitar players in their own right. I wonder what would have happened if they had put out an album together just the two of them. I bet it would have happened at some point after all these years. had he lived.

[yaremus]

This is The Beatles. Musically similar to I've Got a Feeling and some lyrical references to I Am The Walrus

[Toady373]

You can kind of hear the relationship between this and I've Got A feeling. It's cool.

[4FabBEATLES]

"Watching Rainbows" is an unreleased song by The Beatles recorded on 14 January 1969 during the massive Get Back sessions at Twickenham Studios. It features John Lennon on lead vocal and electric piano, Paul McCartney on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums; bass guitar is absent from the song because Paul McCartney is playing the absent George Harrison's usual role as lead electric guitar. George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions.

[r4d4101]

regardless if it isn't the Beatles*** you know what I mean lol :P.

[r4d4101]

The end is pretty groovy -regardless if its not the Beatles or not, I am no expert and can't tell if it is them for sure or not.

[MrWillBury]

i got a feeling,a feeling i can't  hide

[DanM25456]

This song is pretty awesome, the lyrics kinda remind me of I am the walrus in parts. If only they made a "real" recording.

[Lennonlover06]

Cant hear it myself, but for the record, Hey Bulldog is '68, Cant you Hear Me Knocking is '71.

Stones were always on their coattails...

Watching Rainbows is '69, as was part of the LetIt Be sessions. Ended up as the backing track for Yoko's Don't Worry Kyoko (1971)

[oojudg3oo]

@Lennonlover06 Hey Bull Dog is 66.

[Lennonlover06]

Cant hear it myself, but for the record, Hey Bulldog is '68, Cant you Hear Me Knocking is '71.

Stones were always on their coattails...

Watching Rainbows is '69, as was part of the LetIt Be sessions. Ended up as the backing track for Yoko's Don't Worry Kyoko (1971)

[Lennonlover06]

Cant hear it myself, but for the record, Hey Bulldog is '68, Cant you Hear Me Knocking is '71.

Stones were always on their coattails...

Watching Rainbows is '69, as was part of the LetIt Be sessions. Ended up as the backing track for Yoko's Don't Worry Kyoko (1971)

[Lennonlover06]

Cant hear it myself, but for the record, Hey Bulldog is '68, Cant you Hear Me Knocking is '71.

Stones were always on their coattails...

[4FabBEATLES]

"Watching Rainbows" is an unreleased song by The Beatles recorded on 14 January 1969 during the massive Get Back sessions at Twickenham Studios. It features John Lennon on lead vocal and electric piano, Paul McCartney on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums; bass guitar is absent from the song because Paul McCartney is playing the absent George Harrison's usual role as lead electric guitar. George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions.

[stampede331]

Does the end bass part remind anybody of the end of Can't You Hear Me Knocking? It's almost the exact same progression. Which, of course, is pretty much a variant of Hey Bulldog. But here it really sounds like Can't You Hear Me Knocking. Wonder which song came first...

[Toady373]

Kinda sounds like a mix between something from the rooftop and Hey Bulldog. In my opinion.

[freklfacejpgr]

I kinda dig this one.

[Ishi680]

Reminds me that the summer sun is coming.

[dmanbass]

Yes, I've Got A Feeling. Got To Start Somewhere.

[StevieWonder501]

Where is this from!?

[4FabBEATLES]

"Watching Rainbows" is an unreleased song by The Beatles recorded on 14 January 1969 during the massive Get Back sessions at Twickenham Studios. It features John Lennon on lead vocal and electric piano, Paul McCartney on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums; bass guitar is absent from the song because Paul McCartney is playing the absent George Harrison's usual role as lead electric guitar. George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions.

[chrian31410]

"Watching Rainbows" is an unreleased song by The Beatles recorded on 14 January 1969 during the massive Get Back sessions at Twickenham Studios. It features John Lennon on lead vocal and electric piano, Paul McCartney on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums; bass guitar is absent from the song because Paul McCartney is playing the absent George Harrison's usual role as lead electric guitar. George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions.

[nobileracing]

Can I have a source on that?

[chrian31410]

The Watching Rainbows tape box at the Abbey Road tape archive. EMI used to have Glyn Johns and Geoff Emerick take very well detailed notes and include it with the tape box. If you don't understand, tape boxes held all the tapes of a specific recording. The specific tape was EMITape. And it's much MUCH better than the 1960 - 1070's whale oil tape. Which stuck together and was destroyed over time.

- One of the lovely archivers at Abbey Road!

[letosvet1]

@nobileracing the source is wikipedia.

[MagicLama01]

@nobileracing  he got it from wikipedia

[chrian31410]

@MagicLama01 You're very wrong.

Wikipedia got it from me. I wrote the article.

[charpentierjp1]

@nobileracing It's common knowledge that George walked out on the Get Back sessions. It's not chrian31410 and my problem you didn't know that. You go find the source.

Not to mention it shouldn't be that hard to imagine Paul on guitar for a change. After all, he was better than Lennon and arguably as good as George. In fact, when Paul joined the Quarrymen, he taught John how to play guitar since all he knew was like four chords on the banjo and rough riffs on harmonica. Also common knowledge.

[Dexterlabah]

@charpentierjp1 You got all your facts right mate...except for one thing....Georgie could play the guitar much better than Paul

[charpentierjp1]

@Dexterlabah I don't really know if that's true. Paul was constantly having to correct George in the studio. Not to mention the fact that Paul taught all of his bandmates ALOT while they were together. In the long run, yes, George ended up better than Paul (he got the first #1 single after the breakup. Much to Lennon's surprise), but George was an amateur. He learned alot about music and guitar from Paul. It's funny how I just can't put Ringo and talent into the same sentence. WHOOPS!

[GigiKong7]

@charpentierjp1 ringo isn't that bad

[Rush1013]

@nobileracing

wikipedia 

[31415equalspi]

@nobileracing on wikipedia search watching rainbows

[john1968326]

@nobileracing This is real and it is one of the 3 unfinished songs that became i've got a feeling along with everyone had a hard year and the early i've got a feeling

[themaniacboy]

@nobileracing Wikipedia

[handsomedevil98]

@chrian31410 Well informed!/ that lead guitar is just mad that starts at 2:10!!

[4FabBEATLES]

"Watching Rainbows" is an unreleased song by The Beatles recorded on 14 January 1969 during the massive Get Back sessions at Twickenham Studios. It features John Lennon on lead vocal and electric piano, Paul McCartney on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums; bass guitar is absent from the song because Paul McCartney is playing the absent George Harrison's usual role as lead electric guitar. George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions.

[thefreakshowish1]

@chrian31410 dude you completely copied and pasted that from wikipedia :)

[chrian31410]

@thefreakshowish1 No, Wikipedia copied it from me.

[thefreakshowish1]

@chrian31410 oh ok.:)

[cmeilinwong]

tiene algo de "hey bulldog" al final :)

[SoulCat59]

This eventually became Ive Got A Feeling

Lost of these tapes floationg around from the hours and hours of Let It Be sessions

[andantinowithaswager]

cool

[GinaGriffin17]

I stand corrected. After listening a couple more times, it is definitely Ringo's drumming. John's vocal threw me off. My apologies Nobileracing, thanks googajoob7.

[Bluemeanie]

Ah, not the Beatles.

[googajoob7]

actually this is a genuine beatles practice session and watching rainbows is one of the most well known unreleased songs . theres plenty of fakes on here but this is the real thing .

[cody1171]

Sorry, blorish. It is.

[bloriosh]

Not beatles, sorry. ;0

[etdizzle]

You = Not right, sorry.

[cometandcupids]

Nice. Too bad they never recorded it and put it in the Let It Be album or performed it on the roof.

[TheOneBeatle]

Well they recorded it but not professionaly (multitrack records).

[LtStarkiller]

Had a little Dylanesque feeling to it....like the faster version of "Mighty Quinn". I dig it.

[dearyogini]

LTstarkiller: I do, too! It sounds like it's got a Dylan vibe from his John Wesley Harding country rock genre.

[4FabBEATLES]

probably becuase Dylan was a major inspiration and close firned of the Beatles. George Harrison especially, becuase later Harrison, Dylan,Petty, and others formed the band "Travelling Wilburries" and wrote a song "Handle With Care" with Dylan.

[snoogans999]

@4FabBEATLES Harrison wrote Handle with Care by himself, before the Wilbury's, it's because of that song they formed though

[doforanimals]

Wow. Has a little "I've Got a Feeling" sound to it. Maybe recorded around that time, 1969...? Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[ZachStarkey]

It sounds like 'I've got a feeling' because it uses the same D/A progression in the chords. Only that I've got a feeling picked it out instead of playing.

both good songs.

[etdizzle]

It is documented that when McCartney and Lennon were writing individual material and ran into a dead end. that's why they collaborated on Ive Got A Feeling. Lennon had been working on Watching Rainbows and inserted into IGAF

[nobileracing]

Wow thanks for the info. Didn't know that

[etdizzle]

Sure thing. :]

[PicciProductions]

@etdizzle Three songs went into "I've Got A Feeling". First, there was an original song called "I've Got A Feeling" that had the same lyrics and was the first true version of the song. Then, there was this song, "Watching Rainbows" which evolved into the main guitar riff. Lastly, there was Lennon's "Everyone Had a Hard Year", which evolved into Lennon's verse in the final song.

[xxandr]

I love this, I love you all

[joe007ofrock]

goerge isnt on this track

[JohnStick22]

yeah, hes playing lead guitar. this song was in the let it be studio sessions, it was also featured in the let it be documentary film

[4FabBEATLES]

"Watching Rainbows" is an unreleased song by The Beatles recorded on 14 January 1969 during the massive Get Back sessions at Twickenham Studios. It features John Lennon on lead vocal and electric piano, Paul McCartney on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums; bass guitar is absent from the song because Paul McCartney is playing the absent George Harrison's usual role as lead electric guitar. George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions.

[TheOneBeatle]

you're totally right, this was recorded on January 14th, 4 days after George left, also the last day on that Film Studio.

[joe007ofrock]

record for Let It Be

[722erodz]

it's a GOD song :o]

[Iktofed]

Pretty amazing for an improvised jam.

[EmperorCalebtine]

I come to this video to listen to it at least once a day. I love this song.

[apeshitdig]

It's a John song.