Did George Harrison Approve of Now And Then by The Beatles?

[@DarkeningSkies1]

The Lennon vocal on “Now and Then” is so improved from what we hear on “Free as a Bird”’& “Real Love”- I hope the apply the newer technology to them at some point.

[@gclip9883]

Yeah, they have to do that at some point. Although i suspect that it will take a loooooong time for that to happen. We still need the Rubber Soul Super Deluxe boxset, which will probably be released at the end of next year. And then there are the albums before that one. Help! and A Hard Days Night would definitely deserve their own releases with remixes and ideally high res remasters of the movies. Then there is the biopic coming in 2027. They will almost certainly do some new release to coincide with it, maybe with some new remixes as well. With all of that in the pipeline, it could take years until they finally get to the Anthology series. (Or maybe for the 30th anniversary???)

[@PaulFormentos]

@@gclip9883 Yer not tired of givin yer money to Paul and Yoko. because I AM

[@DavidWilliams-x6u]

There's a version on KZbin, sounds great

[@beatlesforever69]

That would be awesome!

[@michaellehane6588]

"Now and Then" is such a haunting song that I would not be surprised if George and John were collectively giving their approval.

[@robinstevenson6690]

I've got to call complete B.S. on that. It may be haunting, but I seriously doubt either George or John would have wanted it released in any form, just to raise some cash for some pissant.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@robinstevenson6690 Yeah I'm finally done givin my money to Paul and Yoko

[@kraftyDevilX]

@@robinstevenson6690 I definitely don't consider this a true Beatles song. It's a John Lennon song. At the same time, Paul McCartney is the last person who needs cash - so I don't buy your claim that a cash-out was Paul's intention. It's more of an unfinished business / full-circle thing.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@kraftyDevilX It's not all for him, some money goes to the Pyramid

[@kraftyDevilX]

@@PaulFormentos The wha-now?

[@Meepsmusic63]

I love george and anyone who does not is a wrong-un, its a knowing thing

[@RockwellAIM65]

Even music-snobs I know who detest the Beatles have good things to say about both George Harrison and his tunes! Really like his music even if there's nothing special about it! (This Song)

[@grahammcbean6362]

Absolutely, there’s something about George!

[@grahammcbean6362]

@@RockwellAIM65 there is definitely something special about the Brainwashed album. It is fantastic.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@grahammcbean6362 It's profound, He knew he was dying and went out with grace

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

The Beatles formation was divine intervention. The world needed them and they were manifested to bring joy to all of us.

[@ronniechilds2002]

Personally I don't believe in things divine, but the Beatles came close enough for me. It has to be the biggest coincidence of my lifetime that there existed these four people who happened to have these certain unique talents, different from everyone else's talents, they lived in the same time and place, and they came to know each other and formed a band. It turned out that when the unique talents and personalities of each were combined (and ONLY when all four were combined, in my opinion), magic happened. If they hadn't found each other, we would not have heard of them. I'm finding it hard to put into words, and magic is the best term I can come up with. Ordinarily I don't believe in magic, but whatever it is, it is far beyond music. It never happened before or since, that's for sure. It sometimes astounds me all over again to think that it happened at all. But then again, I'm an obsessive.

[@X9523-z3v]

It basically came down to who was going to work with Paul McCartney

[@douglasmochinski8234]

But what spirit were they of ?

[@dabreu]

I agree

[@yesand5536]

Oh come on man, it's who you know, at the right time and if the world is ready for what you have. There are loads of amazing bands, particularly these days, who could do as well as them, but the market has changed. Think they'd hit international fame in 2024 with Spotify and Tiktok? They hit it very well in 1964 from then on. Things can break easily and it nearly did for the Beatles many times. Also business. No divine intervention to help Apple's Profit and Loss statement of 1969. Many grandiose Beatles fans and for what reason, what's the point?

[@terrencedow2925]

Thank you for the very Fab video! The first time I heard the song it bowled me over completely! I approached it without the video, just the tune. It just struck me like I'd always known it and now finally here it was!! I've never gotten so emotional over a song that I had no connection with ever.. Within seconds I had tears streaming down the sides of my face! My wife was like, yeah, yeah the Beatles and then she looked at me and actually got worried cause it was so far out of my character! I had guitar in hand after the second playing and it just.. I don't know, I didn't have to try and learn it, the song moved my hands into the chords! I'm 56 years old, been playing since 5 and NEVER had that happen!!! Everything about the Beatles was and is meant to be. A truly blessed band that continues to inspire, entertain and amaze!

[@vitamind.d.fishinsea8570]

George was saying "now then" a northern saying meaning either 'hello, what's occurring?' or a warning that you'd better behave yourself! Either way fits in with George's sense of humour I think and sends a good message to Paul😂

[@Avid_Fan]

This is true.

[@richjasso]

Here’s the deal naysayers. Paul and Ringo along with the families approved for this iteration of Now and Then. It’s Johns real voice not an AI or Auto tuned one. Fantastic finished product worthy of any Beatles song.

[@WannaBeatle-Paul_McMichael]

the Anthology (initially titled, "the Long and Winding Road" until just a bit before it was released) project started in the mid to late 70s. but, with John's untimely death, it was put on hold for quite a long time

[@ghidrah76]

I can’t wait to see Jeff Lynne this Friday for the ELO Over and Out Tour. I loved it when he got to work on Free as a Bird and Real Love.

[@thevoid99]

i think that clock was a message. plus, i think when paul did that solo... george came down and guided his hands to play those notes. it felt like george was playing in that song. that was that part that moved me. i love that song.

[@dabreu]

Yes.

[@judih.8754]

Yes agree. I hear George.

[@tbeau6663]

Paul's solo wasn't really like George's style

[@jkthedjrockinrabbi5301]

The Anthology project actually began as early as late 1969 when Neil Aspinall started gathering and compiling footage of The Beatles from around the world for use in a documentary that was originally going to be called "The Long and Winding Road."

[@naturalmystery]

Props to you for crediting the great Adam Bound. The man is a master at compiling old footage and audio!

[@bluesrocker91]

George didn't call the original demo rubbish... He called it "fucking crap". 🤣

[@Avid_Fan]

The saying "Boiling your cabbages twice" makes perfect sense to me.

[@mr.milehi9883]

That clock is fascinating. I'm so interested in this. Everyone's calling me a clock sucker.

[@khoury2000]

Cloud Nine (1987, not 1989)

[@MusicMongoose]

Good spot. Must have been a slip of the tongue - my bad!

[@p0llenp0ny]

@@MusicMongoose Slip of the AI.

[@Rob-z7k]

I thought it was 88

[@jeffreyhicks6585]

I was overwhelmed when I first heard Jonh's vocal on NOW AND THEN but I feel we should have the same with FREE AS A BIRD and REAL LOVE but don't

[@george5120]

"NowAndThen" used to be my computer password. I changed my password after this song was released and did so for that reason.

[@fbt25]

Real Love was first released with the Imagine documentary movie. This was a different version, though, with acoustic guitar instead of piano.

[@tbeau6663]

Correct.....it's a better version

[@delphione7726]

How can you say McCarney's relationship with Harrison had always been difficult? Friends from early teens, McCartney bringing Harrison into the group -- we were not there, but the group could not have taken off the way it did with such friction in its foundation.

[@richardchubb8504]

George couldn't stand Paul. There's a video on KZbin where George says Paul ruined his guitar playing.

[@N-AWolfgangGrant]

George always held a resentment towards Paul primarily because Paul never treated him as an equal. Paul originally wanted to be the lead guitarist but had to play bass when Stuart died. He basically dictated how George played guitar. Stood in the way of the majority of the songs George wanted on the records.Paul was kinda a dick to George for most of their youth.

[@tbeau6663]

They were friends until Paul started bullying him in the mid-60's

[@jw-nz2vx]

They had an up and down relationship, like many brothers do. They were on pretty good terms in the last several years of George's life but they also didn't speak to one another for several years at a time.

[@jennyjohn704]

@@richardchubb8504 And John couldn't stand George. They were four young men, tensions are inevitable. As this comment section shows, Paul is now the most under-rated Beatle and George the most over-rated.

[@bb1111116]

I’ve heard the original Now and Then tape on KZbin. It had more than a hum. The sound was like a growling electrical short. The recording was not useable and that is why George didn’t like it. In the last ten years or so another recording of Now and Then was found which was much cleaner without the growling sound. A few people posted arrangements of that recording on KZbin. Some were pretty good. Peter Jackson took the higher quality recording of John’s song and separated out the vocal of that track for the single. If George was still alive, I don’t think he would have minded working again on the Now and Then single with the clean vocal from John.

[@p0llenp0ny]

He didn't like the song in general. In Paul's words he said it was "fookin rubbish". lol love George's honesty.

[@bb1111116]

@@p0llenp0ny ; George could not know what the song sounded like when the first available recording had what sounded like a jackhammer throughout it.

[@ontheruntonowhere]

@@bb1111116 The song itself is rubbish - predictable and trite - nothing to do with the recording.

[@bb1111116]

@@ontheruntonowhere ; Many of the Beatles’ songs were trite, and yet they still recorded them while John and George were alive. Examples; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Your Mother Should Know, Honey Pie, and so on.

[@ontheruntonowhere]

@@bb1111116 I disagree. Those songs weren't A Day In The Life but they were great pop songs.

[@mrfk9d]

Good job...loved your story & your video ☆☆☆☆☆☆

[@BrianFalarski]

Beautiful,....

[@jlyn8228]

The fact that Mal was always there to help, and still does to this day is beautiful Editt: I can't imagine the amount of goosebumps the artist had!

[@AfterNothingsEnd]

This gave me chills

[@random22026]

This was BRILLIANT. Cheers! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@johntellmewhy]

Great video, well done

[@MusicMongoose]

Thank you very much!

[@KimSenior]

It was a divine connection, 100%!

[@skipskiperton4992]

wonderful, all of it 💙💙💙💙💙

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

Good job. Factual and balanced.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Thank you. Well done.

[@schris3]

George was the perfectionist himself, so he thought the song was incomplete and not much of a song in itself, and the cassette sound quality didn't helped matters, so at the end he just said forget it, let's just scrap it. I think George would approve this new version as he would think that it is now a song even if it was completed with instrumental filler, something that of course Paul would do.

[@Stoneylfm]

Great video!

[@KatharineShaw-z8u]

If John and George were alive in the flesh today would that song really have been released?

[@MusicMongoose]

Great question

Why not?

[@ronniechilds2002]

I hope not. As far as I'm concerned, I'm the biggest Beatles fan in the world. I think the song is a grave-robbing piece of nothing. Same with 'Real Love' and 'Free as a Bird'. In order for Beatles magic to happen, the music has to be filtered through all four set of ears and all four brains. Just my opinion, of course. I realize millions of fans disagree.

[@navhgog4713]

@@ronniechilds2002 Yeah, but Ronnie has not inner musical ears, so...

[@KatharineShaw-z8u]

@@ronniechilds2002 Maybe those songs should have been credited as Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr rather than the Beatles. The Beatles could never exist again after Johns death in my view.

[@nic-chancellor777]

Goosebumps!

[@fnjesusfreak]

There's also the story of Carl Perkins writing the song "My Old Friend", then playing it for Paul McCartney...

[@johnsdao3917]

Best band ever ❤

[@fuzzfrancis435]

beautiful

[@The_momur]

I was so so on this kind of belief till we drove to TX to see the total solar eclipse of 2024. We were clouded over in Fredericksburg dangerously close to totality. My mind fogged over as I found and played Here Comes the Sun, the Abbey Road version. As it played the clouds parted! We got some amazing photos. We manifested THE George Harrison!

[@pattybarnes6988]

I love all of the Beatles for 61 years now. They all had their faults. Don't we all? We will never know the answer to this question. It's a stupid question. Anyway, who cares if George, or John would approve??? Paul and Ringo wanted to honor John's memory and get out his last song., and leaving George out would be unforgiveable. So what's wrong with that?

[@zackorr421]

Sorry to nitpick but just FTR the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. Maybe the induction ceremony that year was in New York. Great video!

[@MusicMongoose]

Yep, you're right - I meant the ceremony!

[@markzappasodi]

George's album Cloud Nine was released in 1987, not 1989.

[@peterobrien1499]

Yes I believe. Phones have the ability to enable communication people, wherever they be.

[@bobbymauro3721]

Holy $h!#!!! Goosebumps!!!!

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

Hmmmm... you just made me realize I've never even looked at the back of the vinyl single I bought and immediately stuck on the shelf (listening only to the download)...

[@AA-eq5wk]

the story of the Beatles is much more than what is publicly known and some might consider supernatural, although all is natural... the Beatles got back together in the 90s and in 2023 to complete a known future that would keep the message alive of "peace and love" on a world going forward with an environment in collapse and a humanity ready for global war extermination... the promo A Day in the Life is the flip side to the Now and Then promo with the various Beatles in a somber mood as the "news" of the day was not the desired peace and love but rather a world ready to crash... if you slow down the promo for a Day in the Life, you can see various rock stars out of time like Bono next to Jagger, including Michael Jackson between nose jobs, as a jump shot... there is even the word "Taylor" toward the end of the promo as written script...

[@geraldysjunk]

The least schizo Beatles fan

[@seanwade8188]

That is not Bono or Michael Jackson, what are you on about 😂

[@AA-eq5wk]

@@seanwade8188 your comment sounds like a demand rather than the result of an acquisitive mind.. either you don't know how to slow down a video or you can't solve for nine

[@AA-eq5wk]

@@geraldysjunk for schizo puzzle players willing to live with a blown mind, interestingly many different artists have done their version of A Day in the Life promo with Madonna's Ray of Light being one piece

[@thygfr]

George knew a song written by John called Now and then existed when he brought the clock, so maybe that is what drew him to it.

[@epiphanydrums5427]

Incredible!

[@Rob-z7k]

I womder if more BeaTles songs will ever be released. John had to a tonnnn of demos around the house

[@lindawiley3112]

❤❤❤❤

[@davidkornblatt851]

I don’t believe McCartney was all that happy with this “new” song but there was nothing else left.

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Love George but he could be cranky

[@jonathanmarkham1998]

Contributed a lot to the band but I’ve never found him that likeable based on the bits I’ve seen from him, albeit they are just snippets.

[@p0llenp0ny]

At least he was honest. The song was rubbish.

[@dailyflash]

@@jonathanmarkham1998He was a straight shooter.

[@ronfowlermusic]

George was always real; Paul never lets down his guard, he's always thumbs up, always Beatles fan #1.

[@frankhornby6873]

......er? Yeah just like everyone on this planet...🥴

[@wmarkfish]

Something I noticed on the Clock: The yardstick on the bottom reads 13,14,15,16, and ends at 17. George first played guitar with Paul and John as the Quarrymen at age 14. He became a Beatle along with the rest of the band at age 17. The top yard stick reads 51,52,53,54,55,,56 not quite reaching 57. George was 51 when they began working on recording John’s songs and 54 when he finished his part on now and then and was diagnosed with cancer that same year. George was stabbed by a crazy man at age 56 but recovered. His very last recording session was for his last studio album “Brainwashed” when he was 56, never to record again. George died at age 58.

[@Peter-f1z]

Please enlighten us with more of your numerical genius.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@Peter-f1z Welp number nine reversed is turn me on dead man, so....

[@MrPilgrim]

George didn’t even know about Now and Then, neither did anyone else. It was a Lennon demo intended to be RELEASED BY LENNON! But they pick up the track to try and get some more publicity in the 90s & can’t even finish the track properly so they released some modernized, watered down, sad, Martyr version of the song that’s released currently

[@Jenny-kg7zb]

I have a gift that I can talk to passed on people. Don't laugh, I know it's weird to most people. I ignored it for years. I asked John about it. He actually said he is happy about it. He said our world needs real and peaceful songs now more than ever.

[@franneep]

Not laughing. Thanks for sharing.

[@tomasfagerberg6323]

According to Giles Martin, the real reason why George Martin didn't produce the song, was because of George Harrison. George H didn't want George M as a producer. Instead he wanted Jeff Lynne. And Giles Martin said that his father was very hurt by this, but he didn't want people to know he wasn't choosed by The Beatles, so he blamed it on poor hearing. And George didn't wanted Geoff Emerick either, but because he choosed the producer Paul choosed record engineer.

[@jurepotokar9068]

I would say this is correct. Sir Geore Martin (and Giles) was good enough to produce Love. He did not have "hearing problem" to this record. I think Sir George Martin should be involved in Free as a bird and Resl Love producton. But George Harrison said "no". I guess Paul had no choice.

[@matiaspereyra9375]

He did approve it by saying “Over my dead body”

[@___David___Savian]

Here is something no one will believe that happened to me. After John passed away I was at camp for kids in the summer of 1985. One day at camp my friends and I decided to escape into the woods while everyone was sleeping with flashlights to I guess feel like grown men even though we were kids. Suddenly we reached a small lake about five minutes away from camp. There we sat down with our flashlights and we started to talk about music and of course The Beatles. Suddenly my friend looked to the side and with his flashlight saw a magazine of those days with celebrity pictures. We passed the magazine around and saw an entire article of John Lennon. At that time NO ONE was talking about the song Now & Then. That song had never been made public. In the article John had given an interview where he talked about songs he was working on before he died that he had composed at home when asked what did he do with his free time. John did not mention Now & Then. He just said he was working on stuff. So all of us in this group in the middle of the dark started asking ourselves what was the songs he was working on and we imagined (no pun intended) that we already knew the songs and tried to sing the lyrics of a song we did not know by making up lyrics. An hour went by and we decided to head back to camp because it was getting really cold and it was drizzling. As we got up I looked down again to take the magazine we had found that had gotten us to focus on John Lennon the entire time we were there. I scanned my flashlight around to see if whomever left the magazine had left something else. As I focused the flashlight through the leaves on the ground I saw an unopened pack of candy on the ground. I told the guys wait look at this. I picked up the candy and it was a pack of candies called Now & Then that was sold in the United States at that time. We all got excited to find this free candy and like gullible kids we ate the candy. Well we devoured the candy. As we are walking back with the magazine and candy I said what if one of the songs recorded in his house that has never been heard was called Now & Then. My friends all laughed at me and said how could that possibly be the title of a song just because the candy is called that. I argued with them saying that is was a cool title. Exactly ten years later the remaining Beatles were working on John's song Now & Later. When I heard about it I remembered instantly about what happened at camp and I get really emotional. My mother even asked me if I was alright and I did not want her to think I was nuts and did not mentioned the coincidence to her. Now on this video I see for the first time about the clock George had randomly found with the words Now & Then. I'm beginning to think that John is still showing us his fans that everything in life is somehow connected and that there are NO coincidences. I don't care if no one believes this incredible moment I experienced. I would not spend all this time typing up this long comment if it wasn't. RIP John.

[@Umbriel-c8r]

So he also made a song called now and later? Never heard of that one!

[@apekshashet64]

well there’s some things you just can’t explain

[@latenightlogic]

I tuned out at the first sentence. The artwork is beautiful and elegant. The music video however… let’s just say a fan did a much better job.

[@dabreu]

Someone has to be too unsentimental and with bad taste, not to simply adore this Divine song.

[@ontheruntonowhere]

@@dabreu I guess that's me 🤷‍♀

[@Paul_Wetor]

I've grown to like the song, though it is a bit of a downer. The music video really helps to enhance it. Terrible front cover, though. It looks like something put together from 1990s discount software.

[@MusicMongoose]

My thoughts exactly!

[@scottgunvaldsonmusic4116]

I'm not a fan either but I believe it was designed by a world famous Pop artist.

[@jonathanergueta]

If John were still alive, that song would’ve been on his next solo record.

[@peterbland7227]

I love the story. That’s enough for me.

[@pondermatic]

Something so uncanny about those guys. All these odd coincidences.

[@PaulFormentos]

It's MAGICK

[@GrandTheftWatto]

The cool clock should have been on the FRONT cover! I wonder why they didn't?

[@crewmax4240]

Maybe, George was saying "It's time to dust it off.".

[@69realstar2]

Well didn't John say to Paul think of me now and then old friend one that last time spoke to Paul..??

[@Mike1614YT]

no surprise Harrison didn't like it lol. RIP. The song is simple but has a strong start, haunting. but the bridge is unnecessarily meanderingly long, the song ends up running over 4 minutes, could have been edited shorter to improve its continuity

[@dalisman]

George Martin wasn’t having hearing issues “at the time” - these were long-term permanent issues

[@ivanconnolly7332]

George hated the song , and George never changed his mind once he made it up.

[@TerryTutor-cv3hh]

Well, he wasn't going to go up on the roof....

[@daytripper9222]

I don't think it was so much he hated the song it was the noise that drove him nuts. George was talking about the recording.

[@ivanconnolly7332]

@@TerryTutor-cv3hh Point taken , but regarding people ,no matter how wrongheaded his greviance , it stuck.

[@joegrennon]

Exactly correct, and I resent the Fool on the Hill trying to vindicate himself when George can't speak for himself.

[@daytripper9222]

@@joegrennon Correct.

[@getumedge8702]

Cloud Nine was released in 1987not 1989. Your information is incorrect.

[@debradonato5659]

Yes Divine Intervention From George

[@DaveMcIroy]

Why do people always say Peter Jackson created the software? Do you think he can code???

[@johnharpdalton4092]

John had a tendency to compose some sombre, repetitive songs, and Paul's imagination often added much needed lightness, humour and surprises. Imagine, Mind Games and many other Lennon songs have a plodding quality and Now & Then would certainly have benefited from more Paul input. But we all understand that the idea was to rescue a song, certainly not a great one but nowadays anything by John and Paul is of interest...

[@ralph0901]

Doesn't Paul tell the srory about the last time he saw John, as they parted, John said, think of me now and then, my old friend?

[@YungStinkyWinky]

TLDR yes because he worked on it before he passed

[@WoodyGamesUK]

It's not clear whether George Harrison disliked the recording or the song. I think he disliked the song. If it was about the quality of the recording, Paul could have recorded new vocals, or George, or both, I mean the Beatles was never a band with one singer. It would still have been John's composition, and would feature the three remaining Beatles. I don't see anything not respectful about this. On the contrary it would have celebrated John as an artist. But I guess it was the 'John singing from beyond the grave' that they wanted, the music wasn't at the center of the project.

[@konaken1035]

wow, the ads are insuffrable

[@DanaTheInsane]

Then get KZbin premium

[@tbeau6663]

Of course it was George .......and I think it's was John who was inspiring George to buy the clock in the first place

[@knockedoutloaded279]

Hope All for Love exists.....

[@mjjames2442]

Here 7:00

[@JorgePerla-s9b]

❤

[@MsDeeVee]

George is a real good musician. he knew Now and Then was not that good. at least when they tried to play it. Would he have approved in 2020 ish? And what about John? We will never know, won’t we? I don’t know what to make of the clock story. Yeah, maybe it’s a sign.

[@nisar8009]

I don’t believe in coincidence. 🥰

[@danluben5082]

It was stated that the Rock and Roll hall of fame is in New York. Obviously, that was a mistaken quote. The Rock and Roll hall of fame is in Cleveland, Ohio.🤔

[@MusicMongoose]

@@danluben5082 yes, my mistake. The ceremony took place in New York

[@rager-69]

I think it was the ghost of Dick James that caused Olivia to retrieve the clock, because even though he had long parted ways with the Beatles, he could smell the money to be made off them.

[@p0llenp0ny]

Dick James sold off the publishing to the Beatles catalogue in the 80s.

[@andydporter5136]

'Now and Then' is a dreary dirge.

[@57too]

If that's not a sign from George, I dunno what is.

[@chadchadley3092]

so in beatles fashion that george didn’t like now and then lol

[@colnuttall9035]

I was the most avid Beatles fan you could finddyring the sixties, however lets not be too naive. When George Harrison was alive, he made his views on Now And Then clear. This is Paul clutching at straws to justify a track that he had the biggest hand in bringing to market. When George was trying to get help from Paul regarding the lyrics to Something, Paul showed little interest. He was only interested in pushing his own tracks. When Paul took over the Beatles after the death of their Manager Brian epstein, he ran roughshod over all the other members. In fairness, no one else was doing it and we probably only got as many Beatle songs as we did because of that. But George was ground under foot in the process. We all know now, that George had become an equal to Paul and John in his song writing. On his best days it could well be argued that George was the superior songs man. Paul's slide guitar was no match for Georges. Just listen to Now And Then. I love the Beatles and much of their individual works after the breakup, but lets not pervert history just because Paul is the only one left saying things.

[@jonathanmarkham1998]

I know I’ll get shit for this, but Paul was simply a lot better than the other three overall. His stuff he did solo and with Wings further proves it, there’s no comparison in my eyes. For what it’s worth, Now And Then isn’t that good a track on its own merits imo. Outside of the sentimentality attached to it, it’s quite throwaway. And you’re right that it’s a bit contrived how Paul is trying to twist things now after the fact.

[@ronfowlermusic]

@@jonathanmarkham1998 agree with half of what you said; I think George had the best catalog overall. He never made a bad album - even Dark Horse is winning people over, 50 years later. Paul has thrown us a lot of turkeys since the 80's - Press to Play, Off the Ground, Flaming Pine Tree, that awful Russian oldies album.

[@sandradowling-horgan4221]

I love Now and Then. I often watch the video clip, which has over 59M views, in less than a year. I know that George wasn't keen on it, but Olivia gave her blessing, so that's good enough for me 😊

[@ronfowlermusic]

@@sandradowling-horgan4221 I find it depressing and gimmicky. Free As a Bird was a masterpiece. Now and Then is just Paul hanging onto his Beatles past.

[@sandradowling-horgan4221]

@ronfowlermusic Fair enough. It's funny - I didn't used to like Free as a Bird that much. Now, for some reason, I love it too, as well as Real Love.

[@dalisman]

He didn’t buy the clock in tribute to Lennon - he wouldn’t have if he didn’t even like the recording of the song he heard

[@colindeer4908]

Very interesting politics but there you go. Still love George's energy.

[@Waldenpunk]

It was George. Hari Om

[@kjeldlarsen912]

You poul wanted to have the final word in beatles

[@navasaband]

The Beatles were the GOAT. “Now and Then” cover was a disgrace. Song was a dud. Oh well, I’ll go back to listening to Revolver.

[@francoispedro3694]

Cloud nine, 1987. Just sayin'... George said about Now and then : f... rubbish... And he was quite right. Period.

[@jedionboard1233]

The back single cover photo is far better than the front cover, also,,, the video is really good,, but,, its a slow song,, so why have john dancing around in a fast mode !!!,,, doesnt fit in the video at all.

[@MIB_63]

I'm glad Now and Then was finished off and cleaned up. It's a nice little song, but not a masterpiece. I'm just thinking that maybe it should have been released under Lennon's own name.

[@PenguinofGreen2024]

Chris Griffin?🤣😂

[@MusicMongoose]

Giffin

[@AllofJudea]

From Rhode Island too

[@BookofIsaiah]

Silly Sausage 👍🏻😁

[@MusicMongoose]

You found the secret message! Here's a gold star ⭐

[@kraftyDevilX]

No it wasn't George. When you have the biggest band in the world - everything seems like it's intentional. When it comes to chance, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Just a happy coincidence