Some of the comments here are ridiculous what matters is that the Beatles as a group made magic together, a classic example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts
@XenoType008 And McCartney never came close to George, Taxman was a horrible solo and Good Morning was a joke. Lennon was nowhere close either. Lennon actually had George play lead guitar on the Imagine album
@XenoType008 Did you really say that George Harrison "could barely play the guitar"? If so than that shows what an ignorant person you are. The man wrote more famous riffs and leads than anyone else in the music business and if you think his voice was annoying then thats your opinion. Mine is that George's voice was always good except on his dark horse album where John Lennons voice sucked after Imagine was released....
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Haha, thats a funny joke. Your aware that here comes the sun is THE MOST DOWNLOADED BEATLES SONG ON ITUNES right? Pedestrian guitar work??? I don't think so, he outplayed Clapton several times in concert and was an amazing slide guitarist. He was a huge contributor to the Beatles sound, was a great singer and songwriter and unless you've produced more impressive work which I'm sure you haven't then you have no right to judge.
"Floating down the stream of time, of life to life with me makes no difference where you are or where you'd like to be"
OR
"Sunset doesn't last all evening, a mind can blow those clouds away after all this, my love is up and must be leaving it's not always going to be this grey"
OR
Try to realize it's all within yourself No-one else can make you change And to see you're really only very small,And life flows ON within you and without you.
George's disinterest & reduced role are 2 of the reasons why I don't like Sgt. Pepper as much as say Revolver or Abbey Road (far more "group" projects). George, Paul & John are to blame for this for varying reasons (some discussed by GH here). Harrison only had one song on the final LP (though he gave them Only A Northern Song, which they fully recorded, then rejected). Compare that to Revolver with 3 GH songs & his guitars prominent throughout. Revolver - better songs, & a more unified sound.
Maybe he wasn't as committed to Indian spirituality quite like he came to be later on. But HE is the one responsible for the kriya yoga gurus featured on the Sgt. Pepper album cover. I am inclined to think it was John Lennon who inserted Aleister Crowley next to Sri Yukteswar. But here and there we see Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, and Paramahansa Yogananda.
George wanted Jesus Christ on the cover but that was nixed because of backlash over Lennon's comment re: Jesus.
Thanks - that is interesting. But it has nothing to do with the general musical direction of Sgt. Pepper. Ok - he brought in that Indian style but he already did that on Revolver.
In his last years he regretted practicing the Sitar so intensively while forgetting his electric guitar. He said: that´s why I couldn´t follow the improvements in guitar playing, I had a lousy sound and I tried to compensate that with the bottleneck.
@XenoType008 Lennon was so Jealous of George because he was a far better guitar player and george won the heart of patti boyd which Lennon could never do...
Sgt. Pepper is the most "dated" of all the Beatles LPs, as it really is a product of it's time; it is not timeless in say, the way "Abbey Road" is which sounds just as fresh today as when it was released. But wow, was Pepper a revelation in 1967! Stupendous, and the soundtrack to the summer of love; i.e. 1967. "A Day in the Life" from Pepper is perhaps their best song ever. I disagree with those here that call it Paul "granny music". It most definetly is not.
ATTENTION ROOM: Starting February 2012 Apple Records Inc. will release digitally sanitized versions of the entire Beatle catalogue whereby all of George Harrison's music have been digitally removed. His solo work, guitar work and even his harmonies have all been DIGITALLY eliminated. At a press conference prod. George Martin admitted "We should have done this years ago. The music sparkles now". When Paul McCartney was asked what he thought, he said : "My new wife has BOTH legs"!
@diagreen - For years, George's value to the Beatles has been questioned. His weak voice, his pedestrian guitar playing and his awkward songs have left a giant question mark in the minds of fans and critics: what if George had NOT been a Beatle? Of his 3 good songs, one was PLAGIARIZED and the others received help from John and Paul. George's value has always been dubious. Now, with modern technology, he's been REMOVED. It's a fascinating look at the Beatles without George Harrison, Beatle-Lite.
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud George was able to watch Lennon and Paul write all their songs (most of which were pretty lukewarm sugar, frankly) and then turn out his own, which were kind of cooler in my opinion
I think Chuck Norris was having a negative impact on them at this point, nagging for more stage or microphone time, worried about the clothing they wore, and that sort of thing. The Beach Boys were also producing surf music of symphonic quality that diverted public attention from the Fab Four. And there was Viet Nam, of course, and Apple Records. All that sort of thing.
I agree with George regarding Pepper. It is not even in my personal top 5 of favorite Beatles' LPs. Following the far more group-oriented Revolver, Pepper was an indulgence in Paul's "granny shit" (as John so cutely put it). Harrison gave them 2 songs (his chincy LP allotment) and BOTH should have been on Pepper.
YOU'RE BORING, George! We all know why you didn't like Sgt. Pepper's! The Beatles...ALL OF THEM, including George Martin rejected 7 of your lousy songs! So much for the "quiet" Beatle! Christ, I never hear this guy shut-up about how his music was dissed! He's so intellectually dishonest, this guy! Never mind that this fuck is a PLAGIARIZER!
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud No It was John and Paul's Massive Ego's and George Martin's Continues Ass Kissing of Lennon/McCartney that's the reason that George's songs were rejected on Pepper...George was a Better Songwriter than John and Paul Combined...
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Example Lennon/McCartney: She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah, It's Been a Hard Days's Night and i've been working like a Dog it's been a Hard Day's Night i should be sleeping like a Log HAHAHAHAHA Fantastic writing i must say...Now here is George Harrison:: Sunrise doesn't last all morning, a cloudburst doesn't last all day, seems my love is up and its left you with no warning it isn't always gonna be this way....quite the difference in writing...
@Lovemyselfidoes81 - Sung to the rhythm of shoes in a drying: - "If you're listening to this song, you may think the chords are going wrong But they're not...I just wrote it like that! It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear Or how I fare or if my hair is brown When it's only a Northern song"! - I don't know how you were DIVERTED you were PERVERTED INVERTED ,ALERTED! - Wah-wah Youve given me a wah-wah And Im thinking of you And all the things that we used to do! Wah-Wah! Wah-Wah!
@Lovemyselfidoes81 - In the end, George merely mocked himself. I suppose there's some wisdom in bashing yourself before others do it for you. Not too ironically, this songs doesn't sound much different from the other pieces of music which brought much criticism from his older, more talented band mates.
--->"If you're listening to this song, you may think the chords are going wrong, but they're not...I just wrote it like that"! only succeeds in "JABBING" himself...for this is truly awful music!
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud ...losing interest because he wasn't getting any interest from john and paul i think...perfectly reasonable...and lennon lifted imagine from mozart so plz...they have have done it...ps..alot of those 'rejected' songs ended up on 'all things must pass'..check it out...
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud It took John and Paul years of practice to become great song writers, much of that time as kids when the press wasn't following their every move. George had to learn by trial and error with the entire world watching. Not exactly fair in my book. ;)
@NeverDoubt1 - Yes, you are correct....but you stop short: without the hard work and success of John and Paul...George Harrison and Ringo Star are going nowhere. These guys are not innovators and leaders. Ringo is just studio equipment and George, if anything, is a student. If John and Paul don't pull magic out of their songs...and start hitting on all cylinders soon, it won't matter what George does. In fact, I would argue that George BECAME a product of his environment, he became a musician.
george was not infatuated with himself or the beatles ........he was really down to earth & wanted tranquility in his life.....the true lifequest for us all......not money,fame,or power.......but i'll bet it's tough to meditate after you just did 9-5 on a construction site or in some boring office........a carefree lifestyle opens the doors of the mind for artistic, philosophic & itellectual endeavors.........check my spelling eh thespus?
the likes of 'Yesterday' and 'Hello Goodbye'). Yet Rubber Soul, with the quite unique sounding Think for yourself and the Byrds-like If I needed someone, and Magical Mystery Tour, with the exceptional Blue Jay Way , arguably form the most distinct Harrison numbers of all.
For me, Sergeant Pepper would be only, at best, their fourth greatest album, after (in no particular order) Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road. Magical Mystery Tour is perhaps closer to what people imagine Segreant Pepper to have been like than it actually was. In terms of a combination of quantity and quality, Revolver was George's finest hour rather than Abbey Road (Something and Here comes the sun were, after all, something similar to what McCartney had already written in
@flakbac wow that shows how little you know about music. sgt pepper's is regarded as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. maybe you're too closed minded to appreciate it's genius.
@flakbac - you are of course entitled to your opinion. Perhaps youd like to present us with some of your preferred types of music so we can critique them. Do us a favour though, do NOT even think about suggesting any pop music. If you understood the music and the times it came out of, and who it influenced, you might see SPLHCB in a differant light. You would see it as the revolutionary piece that it was and in some ways still is.
go watch the "hello goodbye" remastered video on youtube and just pay close attention to george. You could see him barely smiling and he looks extremely bored. It seems that he doesn't want to be part of it.
@ASR10MAN You're kidding me, are you serious? I mean really. Are you that jealous? And who exactly is he being ungrateful to? No one would be better for the job than George, he was an amazing musician and songwriter. His heart was in India and John and Paul were making more money off of his songs than he was. I can see why he was getting tired of all of it.
Check out the video of George doing "When we were fab", it's brilliant and a charming look back in time with tongue-in-cheek. A great man from the greatest musical factory of all time. Wonderful indeed and thanks for the clip.
@morristonian - I have watched "When We Was Fab". Aside from it being grammatically incorrect, it is (like most of Harrison's work) RINKY-DINK. George's music suffers from this "ker-thunk, ker-thunk, ker-thunk" rhythm....like shoes in a dryer. Frankly, most of his solo work is painful.
@SubconsciousGatherer He said he didnt like the album much, he didnt say he hated it, he didnt say he regrets doing it, so you can sit there and piss and fucking moan ! And stop using the same fucking word 'Fab' its not fresh or funny it just makes you sound like a fucking queer
@shakedownstreet48 I don't think he really had anything good to say.. he was a step above Ringo, sorta Middle child syndrom<-sp, Paul, and John were busy with themselves, and such, John was sorta the big brother since both he and John played Guitar, so there was probly abit of a Rivalry thing going on that he didn't like.
all 4 Beatles were equally importnat- they all contributed to the bad wether its playing their instrument really well and a uniqque way to singing to songwriting to keeping the peace to their personalities- it took 4 to make the Beatles. one man couldnt make a band
In response to all the wildly inaccurate comments on this video, I'll just say that George's involvement with Sgt. Pepper was so small because he was way into Indian music at the time, and that that was taking up most of his time and interest away from recording.
One can easily see why Sgt. Pepper was boring for him. He hardly appears on the album. He only composed one of the songs. One song!!! He had gotten three on Revolver, the album before. He was re-gressing in that regard. Between all of the horns, psychedelic effects, and orchestration, George wasn't asked to play much. Indeed, he was a session man. Ringo commented too that he learned to play chess during the sessions because he had so much downtime.
@Doleafol In a Beatles book I have called "Beatlessongs" they don't have George listed playing on the song. I believe 1967 was the "hump" of their career and after 1967 it started a down hill ride to the bottom when they fell apart. One could only imagine had they stayed together into the early 1970s what they may have sounded like.
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When you really dig deeper you will see that the REAL Paul McCartney died in 1966...a replacement faul McCartney has done a good job but he is no Paul McCartney. So obvious for those with eyes to see...
@stratman06@stratman06, really, "essentially Paul's album,"eh? Well, then, Paul must have "resented" it that the most famous, radical, and ground-breaking songs on the album were written by...John and George, to wit: Lucy in the Sky, Being for the Benefit, Within You and Without You, A DAY IN THE LIFE. Good morning, good morning, Paul...
lol Sgt Pepper was boring for him because he wasn't a composer. And when making this particular album, he couldnt do anything cause there were almost no guitars on it, and he didnt right lyrics, or harmonies, or melodies, so he was just another session player. Just like Brian Wilson tellin his mates of Beach Boys what to do after he had completed the backin tracks
lol Sgt Pepper was boring to him because he wasn't a composer. And when making this particular album, he couldnt do anything cause there were almost no guitars on it, and he didnt right lyrics, or harmonies, or melodies, so he was just another session player. Just like Brian Wilson tellin his mates of Beach Boys what to do after he had completed the backin tracks
George and Ringo were some of the luckiest bastards ever
@DreadfulRay It was, George just exploded with material. I like his 1975 "Extra Texure (Reall All About It)" album. John and Paul should have been more supportive of George's material.
George doesn't like Sgt. Pepper because Paul plays lead guitar on "Sgt. Pepper," "Good Morning, Good Morning" and George isn't even on "She's Leaving Home, or "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite."
the a side ended with mr. kite, which gave people this psychedelic tailspin, and the first song from the b side was within you without you, which just made it sound so otherworldly. george's song made me feel like i was transported into their world.
I miss you George. See you in heaven my friend. When I join the dead people I will play music with, John, George, Freddie Mercury, Elvis, Eric Carr and many more. See you all.
It's no wonder he didn't like "Pepper"...Paul plays lead guitar on the title track and "Good Morning, Good Morning", George doesn't appear at all on "Mr. Kite" or "She's Leaving Home" and aside from his one track, GH's other contributions are quite small on "Pepper."
He was an integral part of The Beatles, dummy. His personality was part of the band. They wouldn't have been The Beatles if they had all been enthusiastic and happy all the time, if they were so 1 dimensional that they never complained. No, these were 4 kids who had grown up together into men and were transcending music into all of these different forms and branching off into their own interests, and getting married and having kids. All of those dynamics affected how great the music was.
it wasnt like that from what i gather and i maybe right is that george felt or knew that he was living a lie and things didnt click for him while he was in the beatles and he was very underated
I think "the Quiet Beatle" is a more appropirate appellation for Ringo. His response to a two minute question about musical evolution was typically "yes", or "I hadn't thought about it." George was more the Spiritual Beatle.
You're right. George's "silence" is actually deep and spiritual. Ringo's "silence" is more like...the way I see it anyway.. he's just there to play drums and contribute to the atmosphere, not of the music, of the band. The songs he sang are the lighter-not-serious ones [it is not necessarily bad]. George always seemed to have something more inside of him.
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Hi it's me again. I'm just making sure that people find out about your sick obsession and hatred. Frightwolf... TwoUselessLegs....thegrinch7... any more? You mastered the art of trolling to a perfection. Now time to die. Please.
@gietek - Hi! You forgot "ArgentineExpel4Fraud"! You silly potty fucker! Tee hee! Hey, I'm going on vacation and I've asked TwoUselessLegs to insult you while I'm gone. I'm going to a "OCCUPY GEORGE HARRISON" rally in Washington DC. We've had it with millionaire Beatles with NO TALENT taking up air time on the radio playing his shit! Please feel free to join us! We're expecting near a million people!
Some of the comments here are ridiculous what matters is that the Beatles as a group made magic together, a classic example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts
fincaman2 2 months ago
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aotevt2zerobluesrock 3 weeks ago
@XenoType008 And McCartney never came close to George, Taxman was a horrible solo and Good Morning was a joke. Lennon was nowhere close either. Lennon actually had George play lead guitar on the Imagine album
BL80488 2 months ago
@XenoType008 Did you really say that George Harrison "could barely play the guitar"? If so than that shows what an ignorant person you are. The man wrote more famous riffs and leads than anyone else in the music business and if you think his voice was annoying then thats your opinion. Mine is that George's voice was always good except on his dark horse album where John Lennons voice sucked after Imagine was released....
BL80488 2 months ago
@BL80488 - George struggled with music. His voice
and even his guitar work was pedestrian. Thank god
for him this group wasn't about the guitar nor did they
really need his voice (except for harmony).
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 3 weeks ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Haha, thats a funny joke. Your aware that here comes the sun is THE MOST DOWNLOADED BEATLES SONG ON ITUNES right? Pedestrian guitar work??? I don't think so, he outplayed Clapton several times in concert and was an amazing slide guitarist. He was a huge contributor to the Beatles sound, was a great singer and songwriter and unless you've produced more impressive work which I'm sure you haven't then you have no right to judge.
BL80488 3 weeks ago
"Floating down the stream of time, of life to life with me makes no difference where you are or where you'd like to be"
OR
"Sunset doesn't last all evening, a mind can blow those clouds away after all this, my love is up and must be leaving it's not always going to be this grey"
OR
Try to realize it's all within yourself No-one else can make you change And to see you're really only very small,And life flows ON within you and without you.
BL80488 2 weeks ago
@BL80488 - Well, you must hear inspiration and
poetry I suppose. These lines, these words you've
posted here...honestly, seem rather trite. "Floating
down the stream of time" doesn't have the ring of
something scribbled down by a high school kid?
Seriously, these words are almost embarrassing
considering a Beatle wrote them. You know, great
lyrics have a timelessness about them. As if they've always been. As if they fell from heaven. These
words seem self conscious. Contrived.
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 2 weeks ago
So I guess after 1966 "Mr. Money means nothing"...did it for the money.
basenjib123 3 months ago
George's disinterest & reduced role are 2 of the reasons why I don't like Sgt. Pepper as much as say Revolver or Abbey Road (far more "group" projects). George, Paul & John are to blame for this for varying reasons (some discussed by GH here). Harrison only had one song on the final LP (though he gave them Only A Northern Song, which they fully recorded, then rejected). Compare that to Revolver with 3 GH songs & his guitars prominent throughout. Revolver - better songs, & a more unified sound.
redletter2008 3 months ago
If he didn´t like it why didn´t he quit and make Indian music?
anonymusum 3 months ago
@anonymusum
Maybe he wasn't as committed to Indian spirituality quite like he came to be later on. But HE is the one responsible for the kriya yoga gurus featured on the Sgt. Pepper album cover. I am inclined to think it was John Lennon who inserted Aleister Crowley next to Sri Yukteswar. But here and there we see Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, and Paramahansa Yogananda.
George wanted Jesus Christ on the cover but that was nixed because of backlash over Lennon's comment re: Jesus.
ndrussiangerman1 3 months ago
@ndrussiangerman1
Thanks - that is interesting. But it has nothing to do with the general musical direction of Sgt. Pepper. Ok - he brought in that Indian style but he already did that on Revolver.
In his last years he regretted practicing the Sitar so intensively while forgetting his electric guitar. He said: that´s why I couldn´t follow the improvements in guitar playing, I had a lousy sound and I tried to compensate that with the bottleneck.
anonymusum 3 months ago
@XenoType008 You're 45 years old calling someone on youtube a Moron...I'm not gonna even Bother arguing My Valid Paints
romans52345 4 months ago
@romans52345 DONT BOTHER YA JUST MADE YASELF LOOK LIKE A TWAT WITH YOUR PAINTS wtf you ignorant loser
TheAussieraver 3 months ago
@TheAussieraver I got 1 Letter Wrong please forgive me
romans52345 3 months ago
@XenoType008 Lennon was so Jealous of George because he was a far better guitar player and george won the heart of patti boyd which Lennon could never do...
romans52345 4 months ago
Sgt. Pepper is the most "dated" of all the Beatles LPs, as it really is a product of it's time; it is not timeless in say, the way "Abbey Road" is which sounds just as fresh today as when it was released. But wow, was Pepper a revelation in 1967! Stupendous, and the soundtrack to the summer of love; i.e. 1967. "A Day in the Life" from Pepper is perhaps their best song ever. I disagree with those here that call it Paul "granny music". It most definetly is not.
jimidee33 4 months ago
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud WHY DID THEY DO THAT???????
diagreen 4 months ago
@diagreen - For years, George's value to the Beatles has been questioned. His weak voice, his pedestrian guitar playing and his awkward songs have left a giant question mark in the minds of fans and critics: what if George had NOT been a Beatle? Of his 3 good songs, one was PLAGIARIZED and the others received help from John and Paul. George's value has always been dubious. Now, with modern technology, he's been REMOVED. It's a fascinating look at the Beatles without George Harrison, Beatle-Lite.
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud THE GHOST OF GEORGE HARRISON: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Are you pissed because I didn't sign you an autograph when you were a little shit in plimsoles???
BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Poor Argentine, couldn't lick my Beatle boot and wanted my love!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOO!!!!!!! GET A LIFE, YA' HACK!!!!!
mcjayc100 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud George Harrison taught John Lennon how to play guitar bet you didn't know that..
romans52345 4 months ago
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@ArgentineExpel4Fraud George was able to watch Lennon and Paul write all their songs (most of which were pretty lukewarm sugar, frankly) and then turn out his own, which were kind of cooler in my opinion
romans52345 4 months ago
I think Chuck Norris was having a negative impact on them at this point, nagging for more stage or microphone time, worried about the clothing they wore, and that sort of thing. The Beach Boys were also producing surf music of symphonic quality that diverted public attention from the Fab Four. And there was Viet Nam, of course, and Apple Records. All that sort of thing.
vcx9dfne 4 months ago
I agree with George regarding Pepper. It is not even in my personal top 5 of favorite Beatles' LPs. Following the far more group-oriented Revolver, Pepper was an indulgence in Paul's "granny shit" (as John so cutely put it). Harrison gave them 2 songs (his chincy LP allotment) and BOTH should have been on Pepper.
redletter2008 4 months ago
1 of the most over rated boring pieces of shit on vinyl start crying hippies
flakbac 4 months ago
What do you suppose happened in '66?
boobah1067 4 months ago
@boobah1067 He's talking about how he went to India in '66 to study Indian music with Ravi Shankar.
NeverDoubt1 4 months ago
YOU'RE BORING, George! We all know why you didn't like Sgt. Pepper's! The Beatles...ALL OF THEM, including George Martin rejected 7 of your lousy songs! So much for the "quiet" Beatle! Christ, I never hear this guy shut-up about how his music was dissed! He's so intellectually dishonest, this guy! Never mind that this fuck is a PLAGIARIZER!
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 5 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud No It was John and Paul's Massive Ego's and George Martin's Continues Ass Kissing of Lennon/McCartney that's the reason that George's songs were rejected on Pepper...George was a Better Songwriter than John and Paul Combined...
Lovemyselfidoes81 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Example Lennon/McCartney: She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah, It's Been a Hard Days's Night and i've been working like a Dog it's been a Hard Day's Night i should be sleeping like a Log HAHAHAHAHA Fantastic writing i must say...Now here is George Harrison:: Sunrise doesn't last all morning, a cloudburst doesn't last all day, seems my love is up and its left you with no warning it isn't always gonna be this way....quite the difference in writing...
Lovemyselfidoes81 4 months ago
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 4 months ago
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@ArgentineExpel4Fraud you are just proving my point...
Lovemyselfidoes81 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud BTW do you know that "Only A Northen Song" By George was a JAb to John and Paul
Lovemyselfidoes81 4 months ago
@Lovemyselfidoes81 - In the end, George merely mocked himself. I suppose there's some wisdom in bashing yourself before others do it for you. Not too ironically, this songs doesn't sound much different from the other pieces of music which brought much criticism from his older, more talented band mates.
--->"If you're listening to this song, you may think the chords are going wrong, but they're not...I just wrote it like that"! only succeeds in "JABBING" himself...for this is truly awful music!
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Who in your mind was the least talented Beatle? George or Ringo i know it has to be one of those two lol
Lovemyselfidoes81 4 months ago
@Lovemyselfidoes81 - Paul. Who else except a musical retard would bring George Harrison into the band?
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud he brought him in because he was an AMAZING Guitar Player and John was jealous of George's Guitar playing...
Lovemyselfidoes81 4 months ago
@Lovemyselfidoes81 George was a stalented as John and Paul. Ringo? Obviously not.
jimidee33 4 months ago
@Lovemyselfidoes81 george had a good opening chord riff on a hard day's night though
darius595 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud ...losing interest because he wasn't getting any interest from john and paul i think...perfectly reasonable...and lennon lifted imagine from mozart so plz...they have have done it...ps..alot of those 'rejected' songs ended up on 'all things must pass'..check it out...
afterthefox 4 months ago
I am losing interest in being fab also . But what can ya do , if your fab , your fab
Cincinnatus1869 5 months ago
George's SOUR-GRAPES is easily understood when
you realize that 6 of his songs were rejected for Sgt.
Pepper. If you heard these songs, you'd understand
WHY George Martin and the others felt this music
was not "Beatle quality". I think these guys knew a
little bit more about music than you and I. Yes?
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 5 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud It took John and Paul years of practice to become great song writers, much of that time as kids when the press wasn't following their every move. George had to learn by trial and error with the entire world watching. Not exactly fair in my book. ;)
NeverDoubt1 5 months ago
@NeverDoubt1 - Yes, you are correct....but you stop short: without the hard work and success of John and Paul...George Harrison and Ringo Star are going nowhere. These guys are not innovators and leaders. Ringo is just studio equipment and George, if anything, is a student. If John and Paul don't pull magic out of their songs...and start hitting on all cylinders soon, it won't matter what George does. In fact, I would argue that George BECAME a product of his environment, he became a musician.
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 5 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Funny how you've ALSO used the word "pedestrian." Sorry but I can't respond to people with multiple accounts.
NeverDoubt1 5 months ago
@NeverDoubt1 excellent point.
calisongbird 2 months ago
I don't think George ever said anything positive about the Beatles.
pearlsfortheswines 5 months ago
@pearlsfortheswines Um, did you watch the entire anthology? You might have missed a few things. ;)
NeverDoubt1 5 months ago
george was not infatuated with himself or the beatles ........he was really down to earth & wanted tranquility in his life.....the true lifequest for us all......not money,fame,or power.......but i'll bet it's tough to meditate after you just did 9-5 on a construction site or in some boring office........a carefree lifestyle opens the doors of the mind for artistic, philosophic & itellectual endeavors.........check my spelling eh thespus?
marbleheadband 5 months ago
the likes of 'Yesterday' and 'Hello Goodbye'). Yet Rubber Soul, with the quite unique sounding Think for yourself and the Byrds-like If I needed someone, and Magical Mystery Tour, with the exceptional Blue Jay Way , arguably form the most distinct Harrison numbers of all.
Picnicl 5 months ago
For me, Sergeant Pepper would be only, at best, their fourth greatest album, after (in no particular order) Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road. Magical Mystery Tour is perhaps closer to what people imagine Segreant Pepper to have been like than it actually was. In terms of a combination of quantity and quality, Revolver was George's finest hour rather than Abbey Road (Something and Here comes the sun were, after all, something similar to what McCartney had already written in
Picnicl 5 months ago
Harrison was the first one to quit he walked out during Abbey Road.
zoot2233 5 months ago
wow just imagine if george harrison would have quit the beatles
something tells me they would've either replaced him, or continued with random session musicians
zabrak999 5 months ago
He's talking about the white Album not sgt. pepper.
Marav219 5 months ago
SGT PEPPER OVERRATED PIECE OF SHIT TAKE IT AND STICK IT UP YOUR ASS MCCARTNEY SEE IF IT FITS
flakbac 7 months ago
@flakbac wow that shows how little you know about music. sgt pepper's is regarded as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. maybe you're too closed minded to appreciate it's genius.
TheSgtPepper9 7 months ago
@flakbac - you are of course entitled to your opinion. Perhaps youd like to present us with some of your preferred types of music so we can critique them. Do us a favour though, do NOT even think about suggesting any pop music. If you understood the music and the times it came out of, and who it influenced, you might see SPLHCB in a differant light. You would see it as the revolutionary piece that it was and in some ways still is.
Chris51 7 months ago
curiously, harrison is best known and most celebrated for his "non hindu" themes.
his input in the band was not as strong as paul's or john's mainly because these two didn't take him seriously, but let's face it... savoy truffle?
legarrix 7 months ago
go watch the "hello goodbye" remastered video on youtube and just pay close attention to george. You could see him barely smiling and he looks extremely bored. It seems that he doesn't want to be part of it.
asiaattacker123 8 months ago
Ungreatfull
Billions of people wouldve loved to have your job
ASR10MAN 8 months ago
@ASR10MAN You're kidding me, are you serious? I mean really. Are you that jealous? And who exactly is he being ungrateful to? No one would be better for the job than George, he was an amazing musician and songwriter. His heart was in India and John and Paul were making more money off of his songs than he was. I can see why he was getting tired of all of it.
MrsPaulMcCharmly 7 months ago
@ASR10MAN Well billions of people couldnt do his job. You imagine trying to work with lennon and McCartney at that time...
BL80488 2 months ago
i knew he was bored of Sgt. Pepper, did you see him in I Am The Walrus?
PrincessAngelStar12 8 months ago
harrison was a genius. three superstars in one band, what else is there to say
nickjames46 8 months ago
Check out the video of George doing "When we were fab", it's brilliant and a charming look back in time with tongue-in-cheek. A great man from the greatest musical factory of all time. Wonderful indeed and thanks for the clip.
morristonian 10 months ago
@morristonian - I have watched "When We Was Fab". Aside from it being grammatically incorrect, it is (like most of Harrison's work) RINKY-DINK. George's music suffers from this "ker-thunk, ker-thunk, ker-thunk" rhythm....like shoes in a dryer. Frankly, most of his solo work is painful.
thegrinchl7 9 months ago
Like it or not Sgt.Pepper is one of their most famous albums....
ASSIANRED 11 months ago
Meh,'Sgt. Pepper's' is still their best album.
StrawberryFields36 1 year ago
He still took the paycheck. How fab.
SubconsciousGatherer 1 year ago
@SubconsciousGatherer SHUT THE FUCK UP
24rusguy 11 months ago
@24rusguy Well put. How could I ever sensibly reply to such eloquence on your part? How terribly fab of you.
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24rusguy 11 months ago
@SubconsciousGatherer He said he didnt like the album much, he didnt say he hated it, he didnt say he regrets doing it, so you can sit there and piss and fucking moan ! And stop using the same fucking word 'Fab' its not fresh or funny it just makes you sound like a fucking queer
24rusguy 11 months ago
@24rusguy How do you know I'm *not* a fucking queer? Are you homophobic or something?
SubconsciousGatherer 11 months ago
@SubconsciousGatherer Erm what? Why wouldn't he? He put in the work and still wrote some brilliant songs when with the beatles.
Are you saying it'd be wrong for someone to get paid for doing a job if they didn't like the job?
Drenwickification 9 months ago
Is there one video in which George Harrison isn't moaning? Did he smile after 1964?
WillShakespeare2007 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007 You're a bitchcockface.
tumuchtym 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007
Yeah, just imagine playing Carl Perkins in Liverpool clubs in your fifties, George. That fame stuff won't look so horrible.
RollingOrmond 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007 I love George ,but i would like to hear hom say something good about being a Beatle.
shakedownstreet48 1 year ago
@shakedownstreet48 I don't think he really had anything good to say.. he was a step above Ringo, sorta Middle child syndrom<-sp, Paul, and John were busy with themselves, and such, John was sorta the big brother since both he and John played Guitar, so there was probly abit of a Rivalry thing going on that he didn't like.
Marlockie 1 year ago
all 4 Beatles were equally importnat- they all contributed to the bad wether its playing their instrument really well and a uniqque way to singing to songwriting to keeping the peace to their personalities- it took 4 to make the Beatles. one man couldnt make a band
QueenBeatlesWings 1 year ago
Yes, Paul created 61,5% of this.
Not to mention that the actual album concept was Paul's.
George and John wrote songs that have nothing to do with this idea.
So, let's say that Paul is actually very good on pretending to be what he is not.
menoziinrevoltado 1 year ago
In response to all the wildly inaccurate comments on this video, I'll just say that George's involvement with Sgt. Pepper was so small because he was way into Indian music at the time, and that that was taking up most of his time and interest away from recording.
DreadfulRay 1 year ago
One can easily see why Sgt. Pepper was boring for him. He hardly appears on the album. He only composed one of the songs. One song!!! He had gotten three on Revolver, the album before. He was re-gressing in that regard. Between all of the horns, psychedelic effects, and orchestration, George wasn't asked to play much. Indeed, he was a session man. Ringo commented too that he learned to play chess during the sessions because he had so much downtime.
Doleafol 2 years ago
@Doleafol In a Beatles book I have called "Beatlessongs" they don't have George listed playing on the song. I believe 1967 was the "hump" of their career and after 1967 it started a down hill ride to the bottom when they fell apart. One could only imagine had they stayed together into the early 1970s what they may have sounded like.
beatleman69 7 months ago
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When you really dig deeper you will see that the REAL Paul McCartney died in 1966...a replacement faul McCartney has done a good job but he is no Paul McCartney. So obvious for those with eyes to see...
Kunundrum 2 years ago
You stil believe that!?
CHAPAPA96 2 years ago
@Kunundrum yes and he has the same gesture and appearance,and smile like Paul,OM,thats called paranoia,go to visit your doc
bibi5027 10 months ago
It was essentially Paul's album, and both John and George resented that.
stratman06 2 years ago 4
@stratman06 how bout ringo
nightcrawler511 1 year ago
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MrAngemystere 1 year ago
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@stratman06 @stratman06, really, "essentially Paul's album,"eh? Well, then, Paul must have "resented" it that the most famous, radical, and ground-breaking songs on the album were written by...John and George, to wit: Lucy in the Sky, Being for the Benefit, Within You and Without You, A DAY IN THE LIFE. Good morning, good morning, Paul...
MrAngemystere 1 year ago
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lol Sgt Pepper was boring for him because he wasn't a composer. And when making this particular album, he couldnt do anything cause there were almost no guitars on it, and he didnt right lyrics, or harmonies, or melodies, so he was just another session player. Just like Brian Wilson tellin his mates of Beach Boys what to do after he had completed the backin tracks
jammmon 2 years ago
lol Sgt Pepper was boring to him because he wasn't a composer. And when making this particular album, he couldnt do anything cause there were almost no guitars on it, and he didnt right lyrics, or harmonies, or melodies, so he was just another session player. Just like Brian Wilson tellin his mates of Beach Boys what to do after he had completed the backin tracks
George and Ringo were some of the luckiest bastards ever
jammmon 2 years ago
@jammmon All Things Must Pass was the most successful Solo album by any former Beatle. Remember that before calling someone incapable of "righting".
DreadfulRay 1 year ago 7
@DreadfulRay amen to that
KasyJames 1 year ago
@DreadfulRay "Writing" you mean. But how are you sure it was the most sucessful album? Did it sell the most.
lifestraight 1 year ago
@lifestraight You missed the joke. I said righting because some brilliant snowflake was knocking on him and said righting.
DreadfulRay 1 year ago
@DreadfulRay Right, my bad. But how are u sure it was the most successful.
lifestraight 1 year ago
@DreadfulRay It was, George just exploded with material. I like his 1975 "Extra Texure (Reall All About It)" album. John and Paul should have been more supportive of George's material.
beatleman69 7 months ago
you are my friend...ignorance personified!...nothin more dangerous than someone with a little bit of knowledge!
NonStopRocker 1 year ago
George doesn't like Sgt. Pepper because Paul plays lead guitar on "Sgt. Pepper," "Good Morning, Good Morning" and George isn't even on "She's Leaving Home, or "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite."
SlappyFrankenstein 2 years ago 5
the a side ended with mr. kite, which gave people this psychedelic tailspin, and the first song from the b side was within you without you, which just made it sound so otherworldly. george's song made me feel like i was transported into their world.
omgitshideous 2 years ago
George was stabbed by a madman
but JOHN was murdered by these MEN
watch?v=8DQp0QxkBCU
2JOHNNYT 2 years ago
So his head wasn' t in the game anymore.
Wonder if all 4 had wanted to move on before they did ?
tanyafoxx 2 years ago 3
love george!
masturah3 2 years ago 3
tomorrow never knows was also a good meditation song.
dhucke4assembly 2 years ago 5
I miss you George. See you in heaven my friend. When I join the dead people I will play music with, John, George, Freddie Mercury, Elvis, Eric Carr and many more. See you all.
Bgkgtjh 2 years ago 2
George was focused on work for his "Wonderwall" album at the time Sgt. Pepper was made.
subg88 2 years ago 2
He did Wthin You Wthout You which is the essence of that record. After that the whole worls was meditating
2oldstyle55 2 years ago 5
@2oldstyle55 and Smoking....
DYNODRUM 1 month ago
It's no wonder he didn't like "Pepper"...Paul plays lead guitar on the title track and "Good Morning, Good Morning", George doesn't appear at all on "Mr. Kite" or "She's Leaving Home" and aside from his one track, GH's other contributions are quite small on "Pepper."
ErinGoBraless 2 years ago 8
He was an integral part of The Beatles, dummy. His personality was part of the band. They wouldn't have been The Beatles if they had all been enthusiastic and happy all the time, if they were so 1 dimensional that they never complained. No, these were 4 kids who had grown up together into men and were transcending music into all of these different forms and branching off into their own interests, and getting married and having kids. All of those dynamics affected how great the music was.
superman11978 2 years ago 98
exactly.
0798184 2 years ago 2
You're spot on Superman!
LKennedy777 2 years ago
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What a spoiled celebrity. How can a person grow sick of playing for The Beatles. Trying working for minimum wage Georgy boy.
postalsock 2 years ago
it wasnt like that from what i gather and i maybe right is that george felt or knew that he was living a lie and things didnt click for him while he was in the beatles and he was very underated
bdixon401 2 years ago
I think "the Quiet Beatle" is a more appropirate appellation for Ringo. His response to a two minute question about musical evolution was typically "yes", or "I hadn't thought about it." George was more the Spiritual Beatle.
99heysenave 2 years ago 21
i agree.
phazoneatermetroid77 2 years ago
You're right. George's "silence" is actually deep and spiritual. Ringo's "silence" is more like...the way I see it anyway.. he's just there to play drums and contribute to the atmosphere, not of the music, of the band. The songs he sang are the lighter-not-serious ones [it is not necessarily bad]. George always seemed to have something more inside of him.
booooyah12345 2 years ago 4
@99heysenave
John: Peace
Paul: Love
George: Spirit
Ringo: Nursery rhymes
RedWolf3487 4 months ago 26
@RedWolf3487
John: Mozart
Paul: Beethoven
George: Donny Osmand
Ringo: Cheeseburger
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 4 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud why do people diss ringo?
drumming is essential
UnifiedaxxS 3 months ago
@UnifiedaxxS - It's by far much easier to be a BAD
drummer than a GOOD one. A GOOD drummer is
like a "good" tambourine player. It isn't THAT hard. A
dime a dozen and easy to replace. It would be different
if Ringo had been versatile. He was a good neutral foil
for the other two huge egos. Unlike George, Ringo knew
his place. Otherwise, there's nothing special about his
talents. Unless you actually like the sound of SHOES IN
A DRYER: Ker-Plunk! Ker-Plunk! Ker-Plunk!
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 3 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud Hi it's me again. I'm just making sure that people find out about your sick obsession and hatred. Frightwolf... TwoUselessLegs....thegrinch7... any more? You mastered the art of trolling to a perfection. Now time to die. Please.
gietek 3 months ago
@gietek - Hi! You forgot "ArgentineExpel4Fraud"! You silly potty fucker! Tee hee! Hey, I'm going on vacation and I've asked TwoUselessLegs to insult you while I'm gone. I'm going to a "OCCUPY GEORGE HARRISON" rally in Washington DC. We've had it with millionaire Beatles with NO TALENT taking up air time on the radio playing his shit! Please feel free to join us! We're expecting near a million people!
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 3 months ago
@ArgentineExpel4Fraud And yet, there are more:
FrightWolf, ArgentinaExpel4Fraud, TwoUselessLegs, thegrinch7, CubanCheGuevara, UploadedGiovlin, MrAnusmystere.
Enjoy your miserable pathetic little life. And don't forget to die.
gietek 2 weeks ago
@RedWolf3487 :C nuu why does everyone hate on poor Ringo??? :'(
chase123devine 3 months ago
@RedWolf3487 Ringo was Talented i hate how he gets a Bad Rap
romans52345 3 months ago 16
@romans52345 I agree, but with a minor correction: Ringo IS talented.
p25735 2 months ago
@RedWolf3487
John Lennon = Mozart
Paul McCartney = Beethoven
Ringo Starr = Donny Osmond
George Harrison = A Cheese Burger
ArgentineExpel4Fraud 3 weeks ago
being Fab really is what brought the best of George....
thanx to John and Paul "Long time ago When we was fab"
ammar255 3 years ago
Yes, I also respect him as a person and as a musicion.
mihela2 3 years ago
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday dear Georgie...
Happy Birthday to you!
Jai Guru Dev to the Maharaja of Beatlemania.
Pinkpegasus 4 years ago 69
Oh,thank you!!
i love George!!my sweet George!!
♥♥♥
cdjfox 4 years ago 16