Emmylou Harris - For No One

A beautiful Beatles song, first recorded by ELH on the Pieces of the Sky album,now performed and filmed during The Transatlantic Sessions in Ayrshire (Scotland) in 1995.

[@jjaypem5154]

I am here because I heard a show yesterday hosted by Rosanne Cash on the Sirius/XM Beatles Channel and she mentioned Emmylou's cover of this song. Had never heard it before. Rosanne said she loved both versions despite how different they are, and she was right. This is a GREAT rendition.

[@jonno52]

I think she does pull off this Beatles cover, and brilliantly. She reminds you what a good song it is, bringing out all the possibilities. Beautiful.

[@RealTomEmanuel]

For No One is one of the most crushingly poignant songs ever written. And this version more than does the original justice, right down to the low whistle substituting for the French horn. Emmylou sounds fantastic too - brilliant.

[@Staev]

I can't stand most of today's country, but classic country that includes absolute musical INSTITUTIONS like Emmylou Harris is a different story. In addition, the Beatles are my favorite band, this is my favorite of their songs, and BOY, does she sing it beautifully. There's no voice quite like Emmylou Harris'. Thanks for posting it!

[@nervo6321]

Emmylou brings out the true beauty of this song.

[@nealbaker7991]

Well said.

[@hoffy1003]

I just love her. Great, emotional rendering of a Beatle ballad that is a masterpiece.

[@CarlBewley]

The Beatles done in Country - fabulous! And it works too . . . .

[@moondogg55]

Wow! The combination of a Lennon-McCartney tune, and country's music's most soulful woman! Beautiful! Brilliant performance! *****

[@afonso70110]

Play a Beatles song requires competence. And that Emmylou has. A wonderful interpretation, a single moment of music. A real treasure. Emmylou always in my heart.

[@drmlabs]

Emmylou is one of the few singers that can bring me to tears. There is a touch of sadness in her that always comes through. I love her.

[@aicragmar6630]

Très belle interprétation toute en douceur et pleine de sensibilité !

[@hamishgunn2467]

I thought nobody could sing Beatles songs better than the Beatles and then Emmylou comes along and does this. Great song, incredible singer.

[@richardeast3328]

Well…..

[@bigsoundp]

I just found this a while back, and it's now one of my favorite ever Beatles covers. Wow, what an amazing performance.

[@raleighsquare]

The unmatchable, unsurpassable, lovely. Emmylou Harris, Thank you for posting this favorite.

[@om92555]

Emmylou puts her heart into her music. Thanks for posting this

[@seanglasson4060]

Oh my lord, she's a beautiful woman.

[@BrianMChampion]

I have to say, I like playing guitar to entertain myself, and so I found her to be a nice artist to play along with. But I have to say that as I looked at her I have to agree with you. She looks better grey than she did when she was young! Of course, even if she is getting old now, she will always have a great track record as an artist, and that lasts longer than beauty in this world.

[@jaia1996]

Thanks so much for these posts.

[@zaaritha]

Her voice is fantastic--and she´s so beautiful!

[@razeclan5539]

The queen of not just country but music in general!

[@lennydellarocca4992]

Truly a great rendition. So perfectly done.

[@olflatop]

Wow, she can really convey the heartbreak in this song. Well done.

[@Triska3]

this is a very beautiful version of one of my favorite Beatle songs... thanks for posting!

[@jx14aby]

This is so beautiful it hurts.

[@oranger2525]

The Beatles rule. And this among the VERY FEW covers that is as almost as good as the original. ELH rules too.

[@laverne899]

This is the most beautiful version of this song that has ever been recorded. Thank you for sharing! I originally thought it was from the 1995 TAS., then I read your post. thanks again for the information!

[@mnemonyxx]

This is the version on TAS 1995 (I assume you meant Transatlantic Sessions): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWjEenVtqKuJmsU

[@BaronVK1]

What an absolutely beautiful version of a great song. Emmylou sings like an angel and the arrangement is superb. Thanks for posting!

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

Wonderful cover of the Beatles song by Emmylou. And that Ally Bain fair gets aboot.

[@showaddy11]

such a lovely women, devoted to her music

[@oranger2525]

@BardofCornwall Yes! The best. Because it's The Beatles and her. This version is a true gift.

[@waitin9]

Stuuning. The song kept lingering in my head. No one could have done it better.

[@cuzinkevin]

Great performance of a great song I wish they would release/repeat the Transatlantic sessions so much good stuff

[@pearcaravel]

damn emmylou, you're breaking my heart

[@Allareone2]

@panlemans "I'm not too fond of people covering Beatles songs, but this one is soo beautiful." In general, I agree. The original versions are etched so deeply into my mind that anything else seems a sacrilege. But Emmylou's cover of "For No One" is an exception to the rule. In fact, I find that I prefer it to the original. It is so much more soulful and sad. She sang this at the White House in a tribute to Paul and was absolutely wonderful. You can find the whole program at the PBS site.

[@nealbaker7991]

For a couple of years now I've been trying to corral my feelings about this rendition of Paul Mc's song but you two have done it perfectly, word by word. Emmy Lou nailed it in a live version. Beautifully.

[@johnnybhoy4278]

I am a big fan of both Dick Gaughan and Emmylou. I got to say that emmylou Harris has played with just about anybody that's anybody and then some that ain't.

[@MART0613]

listening to this great cover, I almost forget what the original sounds like. It almost brings tears to my eyes.

[@altadutch]

Very, very nice. Just LOVE it! Thank you.

[@weeweelegs]

I could listen all day to this, beautifull

[@ivsonband1551]

Very very beaultiful!!!!

[@rvcrvc2]

Gave me goose bumps, played & sang so delicately.

[@Deadbuck73]

Gorgeous!

[@delago10]

Beautiful!

[@Blacklamass]

I just cant get enough !

[@Mercari1964]

Superb interpretation, and a great mix of baroque elements with Harris' traditional presentation. The accompanists are, obviously, great too.

[@BardofCornwall]

Definitely the best cover I've heard. Thanks for posting.

[@byan85]

Classic McCartney tune. Gorgeous rendition.

[@HowlinAndyDE]

damn that was beautiful.

[@KappaDanielsonmusic]

Jerry that was great...wonderful Emmylou

[@celtica99]

Lovely and amazing - thank you for posting this!

[@jjwatcher]

Wow, Love this version of Paul's song.

[@Bushbaby387]

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

[@MatyAs]

she is so perfect

[@9115262]

fan des Beatles, sequence découverte, SUPER !!!!!!

[@ravioli491]

Now, that is beautiful. We love ya'

[@pldhvns]

this makes me tear up every single time

[@roselovr2004]

This just has to be one of the most beautiful recordings of "For No One" by anyone covering that song. I am glad I get to hear it! Love that Emmylou! (Not listening to all the other stupid people on here.) Bah!

[@piesken]

Beautiful! And the song is good too

[@danthewineman1]

There is an angel in music.

[@doogaltube]

Always makes me cry.

[@tismehotpop]

Arguable the only cover of a Beatles song which is better than the original.

[@LousyPianist]

Sometimes I think I'm in love with this voice.

[@dalelerette206]

I remember mom buying my brother Ricky a Mustang 5.0 GT in 1986 for $8000. Ricky drove that until his daughter Danielle was born circa 1997. So strange the things we remember later in life. This was down in Stoughton, Massachusetts in the 80's and 90's.

[@oranger2525]

how many artists have covered The Beatles? this one ranks as one of the best. not a big suprise, since miss harris is an artist herself.

[@lakeside900]

She is BEAUTIFUL

[@davidcolley7714]

Simply the very best version of this song

[@krammyboy]

talk about re-inventing a song and owning it. bravo!

[@edson_escalante]

Qué hermosísima versión de una de mis canciones favoritas de todas

[@bunchie1966]

Talent recognises talent.

[@artec0]

The perfect song, the perfect setting. How much would I give to have a jam at one of Ally's Shetland Sessions, just once before I peg it! Oh, and I'd like to marry Emmy Lou too, please. :o)

[@lertcmn]

She is an interpreter. To me, most of the songs she has covered are more beautiful than the orginal ones. It is just my opinion. She is one of the greatest interpreters that this world has ever known. Another one i can think of now is the late Elis Regina of Brazil.

[@MissPinkMemories]

Such a Great Cover! :'D

[@lisag6]

This is about so much more than "voice" -- this is about "heart" and an oh-so-poignant interpretation that comes with maturity -- wait awhile, you'll understand.......

[@BarttWarburton]

Great!

[@robertfanfalone3099]

I feel the floor boards give way beneath my feet and could wish my feet were fleet...hurt too much to even sit...and bit by bit could never again find normal there was a storm...it never came...it just kept brewing... though the brewery down the street offered no possibility and the impossible became possible and both just a no exit strategy that extends past the vanishing point of no return...and yes I am a no one...and who would miss a no one... that's right...no one.

[@tomazantoniovilhenafalabel9566]

Que linda voz.

[@debmaupin1484]

This beautiful version of the song is so radically different from the original Beatles. I would love to know who decided to depart from the original style. Was it Emmylou or one of her favorite writers? Her version probably my most favorite song of all time.

[@Rollers123a]

Lovely. I wonder if Joan Baez or Linda Ronstadt recorded versions of this classic?

[@valleyhouseachill]

Yes it is...

[@whatntarnation]

A great version. I wish Paul would have slowed his version down maybe later in a live show. This is about the time that Emmylou was beginning to lose her upper range. It can get on your nerves but she still gets through beautifully.

[@Blacklamass]

Oh yes

[@Love4Macca]

i disagree. the beatles DID NOT have "stiff upper lips". just b/c they're british doesnt mean they cant show emotion in their work. they all blow everyone out of the water. that is why i loved them @ first. they showed such emotion like i have never seen. this is a good cover though.

[@budhefley5388]

THE BABE

[@rvcrvc2]

Well, oranger, we agree on their status as artists - in fact I have them # 2 to Dylan. My point is that there is poignancy here that is masked by the almost kaleidescopic manner in which the Beatles music accompanies the lyric. Even Paul's "demo version" is kind of bouncy.

[@prestwickpioneer3474]

I’m from Ayrshire! Whit the fuck was I doing? I was likely off my tits. Closed session anyway.

[@BALKISDREAMER]

@ChristIllusion731 You're damn right, man!

[@azche24ify]

can't get on my nerves, but you are right with the rest :-)

[@markprater7341]

Beautiful, but, unfortunately they blew it by adding musical resolution at the end. Sir Paul wrote the ending to the music to purposefully reflect the lack resolution of the character's emotions.

[@gathern]

she still a beautiful women

[@tismehotpop]

* Arguably

[@fritsanjafa386]

Wonderful!! Better than her studioversion too.

[@byan85]

@rubbersole79 McCartney wrote it.

[@renderizer01]

Who's the piper? It's not Davey Spillane...

[@rubbersole79]

@byan85 ....not to mention Lennon......

[@oranger2525]

disagree. they're among the top handful of musical artists of the 20th century, they knew what thay had and how to use it. but maybe what they didn't know was that their music would last forever.

[@JohnKater1971]

I agree. However the stoicism is very much in the vein of their recordings. They almost always maintained that stiff upper lip on most of their performances. They are English :) it is their job :) But a great tribute to the giants of composition. It gets no bigger. period.

[@delphinbringsby6768]

1:50 Paul Rudd on lap steel.

[@markgreenhouse100]

Jerry Douglas on Dobro

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

tastefully done, but I prefer the original.

[@edgehog76]

I usually don't like the Beatles... but if it's Emmylou to sing...,

[@delphinbringsby6768]

u a stupid bitch

[@rvcrvc2]

Lennon-McCartney had the right idea, when they wrote the words, and when they wrote the evocotive melody. But I don't think they recognized the intensity of the emotion expressed in their song, which this performance does.

[@LeftyLaCruise]

@nubrubber WOW - can I meet your Grandma??

[@Mercari1964]

Lisa6 is right -- mature men would much rather be with an insightful experienced woman than a young woman without soul (no matter how perfectly beautiful). Think about the metaphor . . .