The day the President met George Harrison

[webmail111]

02:20 now that's a diverse group.

[YaroohPihPih]

You could probably expect more truth from a guy like George Harrison than any president/politician...

[HiWattCabinets]

I love how the title is "The day the PRESIDENT MET GEORGE HARRSION" yes, GH is greater than any president...

[Steglock9]

3 people dont like afro samurais

[UltimateVenom]

the day THE george harrison met president

[twinoak170]

@caucus100 Without that big hat, Abe Lincoln was no taller than Danny DeVito.

[atticus259]

check out the fro the hops outta that car... 74' niiiiiiiice.

[Clyntell54]

Harrison/Ford..lol

[ForbiddenHaze]

Too bad the office of president automatically turns you into a fucking braindead puppet sheeple. I hope to God Harrison didn't catch that disease.

[Stube437]

"do you think the beatle will get back toghether?" Straight in there with no fuckin' hestiation. Sheesh! Journalists are so tacky!

[benhotahot]

Rescpectable? Ford was in the Warren Commision (JFK) He is one off the traitors off the USA.

[chrstnlmllr51]

@benhotahot Oh no, I forgot about that...and he pardoned Nixon. But I think he did the pardon and the Commision because he was convinced, probably by others, that the country would fall into chaos if he didn't. He was a better choice to take over than most, in fact it's a miracle he was chosen and not some REALLY harmful pol.

[supermd4589]

Ahhhh, the dreaded question... :)

[beatlesman135]

Well i guess it wasn't george meeting the president, but the president meeting george

[beatleman69]

@rockman1754 LOL!! Thats is so funny!!

[beatleman69]

@rockman1754 LOL!! Thats a good one!

[beatleman69]

George was cool back in the '70s! Its too bad the Beatles after five years couldn't bury the hatchet and at least do one reunion concert.

[bellylaughing]

Now this is the only reason to be president!!!

(love that 'fro!)

[BEATLECRAZY100]

awesom he met on my birthday dif. year

[XiLoveTheBeatles]

I love how the video is titled the day the PRESIDENT met George Harrison. :P That's how special George was.

[freklfacejpgr]

Billy Preston's afro is awesome.

[HeidiIvy]

love this old footgate! Long time gone now!

[kezzielegs]

George's dad didn't have a hair style like that when he was at the depot in Shaw Road!

[1980Invasiontour]

I guess the SS had to Search that Black Guys hair?

[SuperGraceland]

i bet they all smoked weed in the green room

[Padfoot333]

number one question every reporter asks a Beatle: Will The Beatles ever get back together? haha rock concert at the white house.

[zeroskater2368]

Harrison Ford lmao

[johnsipodtouchhelp]

I can't believe Ford was lucky enough to meet George!

[Thejbirdy]

Jack Ford was a pretty hip dude, smoked a joint on top of the White house w/ Willie Nelson.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Jesus Christ is actually in fact a plagiarisation of Lord Krishna.

[bluelibra65]

yes!

that's true, bro, i know, cuz, jesse ventura just told me, and by the way, did you know that sasquatch has sold his soul to satan??

yeah, it's true man, i was just puffin a fatty with my gray alien dude, and he told me.

by the way bro, -- aliens are total bogarts.

[twinoak170]

The ticket price to meet them will be astronomical.

[ayansb]

Notice George Harrison touch Ravi Shanker's feet at 0:44? It's a sign of respect towards elders in Hindu culture.

[orchidgal8]

I love George (: What a cool meeting, President + Beatle! Does anyone know George's political affiliations? Because his song Taxman is pretty clear on his stance on taxes..... but otherwise he seemed to keep his opinions pretty quiet...

[TurtleWhisker]

I seriously wonder if the president was very exicted about meeting him.

[haveatomato]

what is this taken from?

[sivadhunter]

I always wondered what George Harrison's dad looked like. Hahahaha, right on, thanks for sharing this. It was a good video. I'd take it to the dance with me.

[music1ism]

I agree with MusicParade321, I also thought it was funny that every one thought it was a bigger deal to meat an beatle then to meat the president. Now there is only Paul and Ringo left but i would still love to meet one of them than any one else.

[BeatleBangs1964]

I had a sneaking liking for President Ford.

I think he was a good man and he fought for Civil Rights when he was an undergrad in the 1930s. (He and his teammates refused to play in a football game unless ALL their team members were included as they had a black teammate. Ford said that if his teammate was excluded, then he would not play. As it turned out, his teammate was allowed to play and the game went on.) That speaks to a lot of good about Ford.

[chrstnlmllr51]

@BeatleBangs1964 So glad you posted this proof, I always thought he was too good a man for the office but he was tainted by the pardon and the Warren Commission. But I always thought he agreed to those to save the country, in his lights. He was wrong, tell the truth and shame the devil I believe (metaphorically only, I believe organized religion is the devil) but imagine the pressure brought to bear?

[BeatleBangs1964]

Harold Sr. left his stamp on George! In 1974, a decade after the Beatles came to America, Harold Sr. had even LONGER hair than George did and it was even WAVIER!

[twinoak170]

A Beatle will always be bigger and greater than any president.

[peacemonger1967]

I'm a HUGE Beatles fan (you have no idea...) but Ringo Starr bigger than Abraham Lincoln?

[mikecappa]

@twinoak170 and jesus lol

[twinoak170]

@mikecappa "I said what I said and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong, and now it's all this."

[krishotsaucemiller]

Eh, you're retarded.... George Washing < George Harrison?

[Whinkys]

@twinoak170 That's because music sparks a fire in your soul, while politics only sparks a conversation in a classroom or on the news.

[superman11978]

@twinoak170 Very, very true. Great leaders in any realm, whether it is art or science or social activism, on the level of a Mozart or a Beatle or a Galileo or a Gandhi, are greater in importance than any politician. A President is simply a replaceable part of a power structure greater than himself.

[chrstnlmllr51]

@superman11978 Excellent mathematical proof of a theorem! I'm not kidding BTW

[chrstnlmllr51]

@twinoak170 No lie, although Gerald Ford was, from all I've ever read or heard, a normal, straight, considerate, moral man, not too far right and somewhat progressive, and his sons were, as evidenced here, loved and respected. They seem like admirable guys as well. That said, George is thoughtful, articulate and kind as usual and Billy Preston's afro is the BEST EVER! It dominates everything! He must have got shotgun all the time ;-)

[gdosic]

Great days!! Thanks for sharing, hadn`t seen that footage only had seen photos.

[lago4]

George was baked out of his mind...lol

[MusicParade321]

I like how it's The Day the President met George Harrison, like it was an honor to meet George Harrison instead of the other way around. lol.

[RodrigoMera]

well i think it is a greater honor

[MusicParade321]

haha they are two separate arguments. George is a music legend and the president runs the united states. In England it's considered the biggest honor to meet the queen.

[caravaggio31]

I'm here wondering this lunch hehe

[jegerfrank]

Hehe, aqward bunch:)

[Thedisableddiaper]

I grew up next door to George Harrison and my parents were good friends with his parents.

[theplourde]

seriously? lucky bastard

[chrstnlmllr51]

@Thedisableddiaper Jeez, is that all you're going to say? What was George like? Were his parents wonderful, like it seemed? You see them at George & Patti's wedding, so warm to Patti, you see George's interview in Ireland where he's distracted by his mother's Irish cousins off-camera because his mother is there too (I thought some chick had distracted him!) I read George's mother let Paul and George practice in her house in early days and fed them all. Come on, tell all! Or a little bit?

[iamtoothewalrus]

Billy Preston had the best afro of all time!

[mark919]

Cool..didn't know this footage even existed. Thanks for posting it.

[tapeduk]

cool footage

[JacobTheIndoAmerican]

Ravi is such a small guy..

[girlywhirlyclm07]

george was such a beautiful person, RIP

[musicxcraze]

2:06 dayum, BIG AFRO! LOL

[ironcross04]

He touches the feat of ravi shankar.

[JacobTheIndoAmerican]

Ya,its a sign of respect to the elders in old Indian customs..

[jarredgamarra28]

XD "Harrison Ford"... that's funny

[tygersflowerz]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!  XD

[riverdale999]

Neat.

[Speegs23]

Harrison and Ford, together at last ;P

[Dodo251]

haha lol good one.

[aarfeld]

@Speegs23: I thought Harrison Ford kept it together quite well when ever he was with himself. ;-)

[chrstnlmllr51]

@Speegs23 HAR! Clever R U

[getback9691]

2:07 Billy Preston looks awesome

[Richardhedditch261]

In the 1970s George Harrison held one of the key cards to one of the major issues of world significance in those days - and that question was whether a Beatle's re-union would ever occur and when. It was a major cultural concern as well as a major corporate financial consideration,particularly as to the corporate rights and holdings to the Beatles '60s images,recordings, and all audio,and footage, in the context of any post-1960's Beatles existance. George Harrison was an international concern.

[chrstnlmllr51]

@Richardhedditch261 R U serious, it was a major cultural distraction in the western world & possibly in elite India due to George's religion & friend Ravi (oh - India IS George's  but that's a tiny part of the whole); as far as the major corporate and financial concerns - those were crucial to the music industry and its sideshoots only & not the whole industry either. But I like the idea of George having control after being squelched by the 2 giant egos for so long! Do you have evidence?

[trgzbaby]

What an honour!

I mean, how many other presidents get to meet such a great person?!

[dvinedzine]

OMGoodness, George's dad was there! That's so sweet!

[pilesovinyl]

Thanks for sharing, hadn`t seen that footage only had seen photos.

[robertobeatle]

is not harry harrison his brother

george harrison´s father named harold harrison

great video

really is, im shocked

bye

[idieinelevators]

Lucky Ford!

[misterbondo]

Gerald Ford was the biggest sell-out President who ever lived! What the hell was GEORGE hanging out with that creeep for?

[beatleman69]

@misterbondo I know a lot of people are mad because he "pardoned" his former boss, thats probably why he never got re-elected.

[daprezzzzzz]

@beatleman69 . Not to sound gay or anything but i can tell by your name that you are a good person. That being said, gerald ford was the only president that was NEVER elected.

[chrstnlmllr51]

@daprezzzzzz Yeah, he was never elected because he wasn't part of a political machine. I suspect he was too honest and moral to ever be backed by the real powers that run the country.

[redletter2008]

@chrstnlmllr51 Ford made a great comeback in '76. He was 33 points behind in early polls, disappointed many by pardoning Nixon and had the whole Nixon-mess hung around his neck. After 8 years of GOP rule (badly tarnished by Watergate) it was historically likely that the Dems would win. Still, Ford fended off Reagan then rallied to only lose in the end by a small margin (297 electoral votes to Ford's 240) and a small popular vote margin of defeat. We'd have been better offf if Ford won!

[misterbondo]

George was always so vain.

[AnthonyMinsky]

Funny when you think about it and nothing against Ford, but, George is here meeting a dignitary and it's really George, of the whole group that's had the most impact on the world. Ford is the one that should be making the fuss about meeting George. Not the other way around. Back then, people maybe didn't think of it that way, but now, I think people would. Crazy is our little world, isn't it? :)

[kitakashiwa]

George looks like a porno star with that moustache.

[stacyface28]

lol I wouldn't mind seeing one of his movies t hen

[neilzep]

George had a Indian Soul. Namaste George

[badoombum]

I wonder why he keeps bending his headand saying something... to whom?

[Thejbirdy]

The Coolest Beatle meeting the last coolest Republican president. Look at Ford's sons, that said it all.

[FlamingoKicker]

That's the only time I've ever heard the word "cool" referred to Gerald Ford and probably the last

[Thejbirdy]

Yeah I mean Ford was a cool headed man, you never saw him explode or fuss or any of these things as President. That's because he was from Michigan!

Same could be said for George, his ego was nowhere near as expanded as Paul or John's.

[superman11978]

Even though George said he was having much more fun in this band, John Lennon did say that around this time George and Billy were saying how cool it would be if they could form a band together with John. That would have been a godsend...but John said no because they didn't want Yoko in the band.

[davo171]

I got to meet Ford once, I mentioned I had seen him on the simpsons discussing nachos with Homer.  He laughed.

[juffan]

this is my favorite george harrison. the long hair and moustache, the prototypical rockstar

[ROVINATO]

ravi shankar here looked like an oompa loompa

[coanmarc]

woooooooooo Billy was TOO GREAT!!!!! George Rip, I miss you everyday.

[Huddiethegreat]

billy Preston was so cool

[WiltatKansas]

awesome

[sandykopi]

If my dad was the president of the USA, I'd ask him exactly that: "pleeeaaase, can we invite George Harrison for lunch ? Pleeeaaase daaaad!" Well done, Jack Ford.

[maryquant1967]

yes!!!!!!!!!!! He did what he was supposed to do...for all of us who could only imagine the thrill!! Jack Ford. My hero.

[YodaBannon]

what a moment.........

[whotles]

Hopefully lunch was good.

[DigitalGrotto]

It was Jack Ford that ran out of his bedroom into the hallway of the White House just as Queen Elizabeth and Philip were being escorted through. He was only wearing a towel.

Elizabeth said to Betty. "Don't worry, I've got one of those in my house too."

[chrstnlmllr51]

@DigitalGrotto  For reals? What a fabulous story if true....

[DigitalGrotto]

@chrstnlmllr51 For reals.

[vegetablemagnetism]

Jesus Babbling Christ. George is dressed just like my Uncle Bill used to. We used to call Bill the Human Test Pattern. You could get away with wearing damn near anything in the 70s. The Prez has some badass tie on, too!

[dougplank]

I'm willing to bet that was the largest Afro ever inside the walls of White House.

[vegetablemagnetism]

What, did Art Garfunkel never go there in the 70s? The greatest Jew-fro of all time!

[Cliner97]

That was George's dad on the left with the long gray hair?

[tdeb79]

There's a nice description about the Elvis-Beatles meeting in the Albert Goldman book - the guy who dissed Elvis as well as Lennon.

[warner1959]

it was the other way around,elvis was in his stupid movie period and the beatles were making their best music....elvis was so jealous of them he tried to get nixon to kick them out of the usa.....

[Ari721]

I love that you say the President met George Harrison and not vice versa. Cuz we all know who's excited here.

[BeatleBangs1964]

I'll wager Harold Sr. never in his wildest imagination ever thought he'd meet the US President or that George would become a household name loved the world over.

[BeatleBangs1964]

Harold, Sr. had longer hair than George! He passed the oval follicles for wavy hair onto his beautiful son.

Ironic, ain't it considering Harold Sr. was on George's case during George's teen years because George grew his beautiful wavy hair long.

[urthmx4evr]

Gerald Ford's shining moment, as far as I'm concerned. Go Billy Preston--Afro--YEAH! Jack Ford was a hottie. Luv George's dad's "hippy hair"!

[BeatleBangs1964]

Yes, Harold, Sr. sure left his stamp on George. You can see Harold Sr. in George's beautiful wavy hair!

[yellyman]

George was the only beatle to visit the White House. Elvis was there a couple of years earlier to see Nixon, and to slam the Beatles. Telling Nixon that they were "Bad" for american youth, and labeled their music "drug oriented" I`m a huge Elvis fan and love both him and his music, but i wish he never did that to the Beatles.

[GingerGilligan]

E was a bitter old has-been who was jealous of the Beatles. It's like being fired from your job and getting replaced with someone new. Don't pay him any mind.

[danelectroman70]

never have. never will! At least John and George retained their dignity and self respect til their dying days. and Paulo and Ringo will as well when it's their time. Elvis was just an entertainer who took it all for granted in the last 15 yrs of his career and surrounded himself with sycophants and died of the very thing he hypocritically denounced-Drugs! Only the Sun records era and his return to memphis are worthy of note. All else was trite and ridiculous. Some "King"!

[ZIPPTPH77]

Ford was a liberal, why are you libs upset?

[ZIPPTPH77]

Jack Ford was a cool guy.....

[yellyman]

He was a liberal republican. I liked him!

[GingerGilligan]

Kind, polite, gentle, sincere as always. No surprises here from George! :)

[GingerGilligan]

Do you really think George would agree to meet an evil person? I don't.

[yellyman]

Ford was NOT an evil person. He was a decent man!!

[danelectroman70]

i agree. he was just a stand in until Nixon's unfinished term expired. He wasn't meant to be president anyway, but what do you do when the president resigns? Like Jimmy Carter, he was trying to keep things afloat until someone with a plan that might work would take over. Of course it never happened. 33 yrs later and we're still waiting.

[beatlesfanforever2]

Wow! What a rare video! AWESOME! I love you George!!!

[Lethesunshine]

"My Sweet Lord" is one of my favorite Harrison songs besides "As My Guitar Gently Weeps." What a gentle soul he was.

Praying For Peace!

~Mimi

[JulianLennon1]

I believe those kinds of situations were more intimidating for George than anything. Also, I kept looking at George's hands for a guitar case! Well said by George how each one was reaching out on their own so to speak..Thank you for the posting. Enjoyed.

[cheriebibo]

Well watching that was just pure pleasure! I love George's response to the question about whether the Beatles would ever get back together. Great footage and a great choice of music! Thank you so much for sharing! 5 musical stars

[BeatleMania1963]

I think it was more of an honour for the president to meet George than for George to meet the president XD

[Selena9764]

LMFAO! hi niall :P and i'd have to agree with you!

[BeatleMania1963]

hi Selena!

but seriously, presidents come and go but there is only ONE GEORGE HARRISON!

[Selena9764]

LMAO!! tht is FOR SURE ;)!

[arnabdas56]

Gerald Ford wasn't evil.

[GingerGilligan]

Is that Steven Ford who was on Young & the Restless?

[GingerGilligan]

Never mind, it's his older brother Jack.

[fattuchus]

I love George!

[LaiYouttitham]

Sometimes I just wish I lived in those days

[DangerousBastard]

Love Billy Preston's afro!

[eshninerforest]

billys hair is so big!!

[chiaralp]

finalmente questo video!grazie a chi l'ha postato...anch'io ho riconosciuto olivia...ma non il padre di george....george sei magnifico!!!!!!

[gungasdindin]

George's dad was a hippie. LOL!

[nelsonwillbury]

faaaaaaaaaaaaanTASTIK!

[Blankfrack]

This is great. I always wanted to see this footage. Thanks

[georgejotesong]

el pelo de billy preston es lo mas notable en este video jajaja

[drutgat]

Thanks for this. It's really great.

It's interesting, also to see George doing pranam (touching the feet of a guru in respect) to Ravi Shankar

[longingtobethere08]

Is that Olivia Harrison at 00:34?

[luma78]

Yes, it's Olivia.

[BeatleUniversity]

Olivia was and remains a beautiful woman!

[GingerGilligan]

Why don't you marry her then???

[BeatleUniversity]

Hmmm, that's not a bad idea!

[BeatleUniversity]

That is fantastic! I always wondered why I never saw any footage of this event until now! Thank you for sharing it!

[sullyrock]

that was cool- where did you get the footage?