George Harrison: 50 Best Beatles Moments (In My Opinion)

[@RayHayes-ohya]

Great video. Hey bulldog guitar solo also deserves a mention 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Thank you! Yes, the Hey Bulldog solo is great.

[@iriemon1796]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 And my understanding is that it was one of the few times that George just nailed it on the first go.

[@pequeuxdarleux1480]

On se demande quel est la divinité qui a réunis ces quatre mecs. Imaginons : un seul d'entre eux est déjà un génie et là ils sont quatre. Magnifique.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

The same thought has often occurred to me.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Concordo!

[@Classicrocker6119]

Outstanding piece here! I really appreciate as a long time Beatles fan learning new things about them as I get older! This segment taught me just that! Thank you so much!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Wow! Thanks. Glad you like it.

[@AnicetChvt]

Georges country guitar on Act Naturaly (Ringo lead vocal) is phenomenal!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Good point! That’s some big fun country guitar!

[@davehorton1486]

Without George, the Beatles would have never been the Beatles. To this day Something is the most Beautiful song ever Written , Quoting Frank Sinatra.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

I totally agree. George was essential to what the Beatles were. So too was Ringo, in my opinion. The Beatles were just a perfect combination.

[@davehorton1486]

@ They were once in a life-time talented group.

[@yoshim616]

You needed all four of them. If any one of them wasn’t there, they would have never been able to accomplish what they did.

[@VictoriaStrittmater]

Unfortunately, Frank thought it was a Lennon-McCartney song.

[@ferdinandparan-yz6uo]

In appreciation of George talent

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Absolutely!

[@magneto7930]

Two of the most popular songs on Abbey Road belong to George Harrison. Even John Lennon said that Something was the best track on the album, a rare compliment. You've worked really hard on this video. I'm going to give you a thumbs up. Well done!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Much obliged. It really does take hours to make one of these videos. So, thanks for the thumbs-up of appreciation!

[@carollflanery9723]

George was always my favorite!!!!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Back in the early Eighties, I was a member of the George Harrison Fan Club. An unofficial body, I’m sure.

[@bob6177]

I appreciate the graphics, texts and the length of each segment. You never cut off the important bits.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Hey! Thanks for the complement. I tried hard to get the balance right.

[@markmontieth8815]

Well done!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Why, thank you!

[@podecrer81]

Great video, congrats!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[@jeanmarieboucherit7376]

It’s George who plays the sitar in Love you to. Thanks for this wonderful video.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Indeed he does. Perhaps I should have made that more explicit. Thanks for the clarification. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@roberthoury4034]

Thank you.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

You’re welcome!

[@DavidPerryTunes]

#20 I just recently learned that it's actually George and John playing in perfect unison on that solo (or so I've heard)

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

I'd always assumed it was John and George. But when preparing this video I read in a few places that it was George and Paul. I guess if I'm going to continue making these videos I'll have to invest in some more books! Thanks for the input. Much appreciated.

[@DavidPerryTunes]

#16 That's not a wah-wah pedal, it's John turning the volume knob on George's guitar while George plays the chords (or so I've always heard)

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Another viewer said it's a volume pedal. But you could be right. Doing these videos is teaching me some humility! I'm going to invest in some more books. Thanks for the input. Appreciate it.

[@magneto7930]

George is playing using a volume pedal, just like he did on Yes it Is and Wait, among others. John never turned the knobs on his guitar on any Beatle song.

[@WayneFawcett-v1h]

Good video. After 45 years as a fan, I have a new appreciation for George. Can you do one for Ringo?

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Thanks! I've already done Ringo. Please check it out!

[@WayneFawcett-v1h]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 Thanks for the reply. I'll check Ringo out. Want 2 more ideas for videos? 1 People that were inspired by the Beatles... We're always hearing about who inspired them, turn it around. 2, totally different, memories of people when they discovered the Beatles... I bet there's lots of good stories out there.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

@ Thanks for the great ideas! Much appreciated.

[@observatoriogeral9456]

George era um GÊNIO!!!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Concordo!

[@mariahelena3761]

Meu favorito desde sempre

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Bem dito!

[@LidiaGabriel-k7x]

Adorável. Muito doce.❤

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Que gentil!

[@mhk3360]

Bass in Two of Us.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Yes. I’d never really paid much attention to it before. But, as you say, it is George, and it is great.

[@sapo9603]

Fr

[@SoLinkSmash]

Love your inclusion of Free as a Bird here! In my opinion, the 2015 mix of Real Love featured on the 1+ Blu-ray/remastered music video absolutely belongs to George. His guitar work in that mix absolutely elevates John’s composition to a new level and is a fitting finale for his work with the Beatles. Go give it a listen if you haven’t done so already!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Thanks for the tip! I’ll check that video out.

[@Uetti]

Paul was the one playing the guitar licks "between the vocals" on the coda of Ticket To Ride. Also, McCartney quite certainly played bass on She Said She Said, as the Revolver 50th Anniversary Edition outtake testifies

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Thanks. Yes, I goofed on Ticket to Ride. I should have known better. I’ll check out the Revolver outtake.

[@VictoriaStrittmater]

George also suggested they sing the last note of She Loves You as a 6th triad, which George Martin discouraged, as he considered it old-fashioned and corny. John and Paul liked how it sounded, too. George Martin capitulated and it’s a good thing: it sounds amazing to this day.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Yes, it still sounds great to this day. Hard to imagine the song without it.

[@DavidPerryTunes]

#15, that's actually Paul playing the guitar riffs at the end of Ticket to Ride (or so I've always heard) @davidperrytunes

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

You heard right. I got it wrong. Embarrassing, because I know I've read somewhere in the past that it was Paul. But when preparing this video, I plumb forgot! :)

[@DavidPerryTunes]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 Nothing to be embarrassed about. Paul used the same tone and style on "Another Girl," I've covered a few Beatles songs. Here's one of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pomwgnl6hJh6mposi=fdf0bCFzdz--bPF3

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

@DavidPerryTunes Oh, boy! I’d give five years of my life to be able to play and sing like that. And I’m already sixty!

[@atomicrocker]

Not a wah-wah, but a volume pedal in I Need You (4:09)

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

I stand corrected. It seems George did indeed use a volume pedal, which - I learn - was a precursor to the wah-wah. Bit of a gaffe on my part. Thanks for pointing it out. :)

[@markv.5962]

That’s correct

[@donaldlococo954]

McCartney played the lead on Ticket to Ride and slide guitar on Now and Then.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Yup, I got Ticket to Ride wrong. Embarrassing. Much.

[@markv.5962]

Nowhere man was George and john both playing together

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Good catch. Thanks!

[@sept6422]

.. was mir an den Bildern ab "ticket to ride" bis "nowhere man" auffällt: George spielt die kurze 325er Rick von John "

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Impressive guitar-knowledge!

[@WayneFawcett-v1h]

And do one for George Martin too!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Was already planning to do it! Have to do John and Paul first, though. :)

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

Bass in Oh Darling

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Oh, I didn't know George played that.

[@vladimirpinheiro1430]

​@@BeatlesandStuff001 he did. Fender VI bass.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Much obliged.

[@Sergioh-h6m]

Почему-то не упомянуто вступление к A Hard Day's Night.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

True. But I think that was maybe John's idea. I may be wrong.

[@Sergioh-h6m]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 George was playing. It's his weird chord.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

@Sergioh-h6m I just checked. You’re right. That should’ve had a mention.

[@timothymaxwell4155]

Cool list. #16 is a volume pedal, it may be part of a wah-wah, but it’s not set on wah.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Thanks for the complement. I think you're right. It was indeed a volume pedal. I have since learned that the volume pedal was a precursor to the wah-wah.

[@timothymaxwell4155]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 Doesn’t matter if it was a precursor. The effect on the guitar is a rolling of volume (it can be done with out a pedal), not even close to a wah. Still - keep putting the love and energy into your Beatles projects. They are excellent.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

@timothymaxwell4155 Thank you!

[@wellingtonsouza5340]

Solo in Fixing a Hole ?

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

That's an awesome solo. I would have included it, but I had it in my mind that Paul played it. However, I just checked, and it was indeed George. Good catch!

[@TerryTutor-cv3hh]

The lead guitar on "Ticket to Ride " is Paul McCartney, not George.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Ouch! That one hurts. You’re totally right. Must do better!

[@vladimirpinheiro1430]

Yeah, but george played a very nice 12 string line

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

@ Yup. Pity I didn’t get my facts straight BEFORE publishing the video!

[@AnicetChvt]

Taxman's solo is McCartney isn't it?

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

It certainly is. It’s also one of my favourite guitar parts of all time. Stunning.

[@iriemon1796]

George said he didn't like his first composition -- Don't bother me. I always that it was a great song, and IMO it was his best until "While my Guitar Gently Sleeps"

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

George had his work cut out: starting from pretty much scratch and learning his craft alongside Lennon McCartney. But he wrote some great songs.

[@iriemon1796]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 True. I don't perceive that Lennon or McCartney were really nurturing partners in that regard. My perception is that it wasn't until Abbey Road, their last work as a group, that they realized that they had underestimated his ability and he wasn't just a mediocre writer.

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

Moog in Because

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Yeah, that's great. In fact, Moog on a number of Abbey Road tracks - thanks to George.

[@markv.5962]

So the solo on something is your 46th favorite moment? That’s odd

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Well, it's not quite that simple. I love the song. But the song isn't really a 'moment' as such, and in these videos I'm trying (when I remember, which isn't always) to go for moments.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Also, it's number 46 in chronological order in my list; not my 46th favourite. If I was doing the list in order of how much I like them, Something would perhaps at the very top.

[@codetech5598]

It is #46 because it was one of the last recordings George made with The Beatles.

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

Backwards guitar on I'm only sleeping not George's idea.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

According to my research the idea was a group-thing, after a technician accidentally threaded a tape into a machine the wrong way. But the solo itself was George Harrison's baby: a five-hour session with assistance from George Martin.

[@mikeymutual5489]

43 out of 50 of your choices are spot on, except for "Do You Want to Know a Secret," which had an awful (and out of tune) vocal, the solo for "A Hard Day's Night," that was recorded at half speed, because he couldn't play it full speed (so no credit there), "Think For Yourself" wasn't as clever as you claim, "I Want to Tell You," which was probably the weakest song on Revolver, "Blue Jay Way," a song that was indeed monotonous and trivial, "Long, Long, Long," which was a dreary snooze, and "Revolution 9," which he really doesn't need to be mixed up in for credit. *But,* you if you are going to credit his third harmony in "This Boy," you should also give him credit for doing the same thing in "Yellow Submarine." So that adds one moment back to your list!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Great feedback. I agree with you more than you might imagine. Like you, I don't think much of the vocal on Do You Want to Know a Secret, but it was a milestone, of sorts, in George's career, since it was his first lead vocal on the big screen. I'm still giving him credit for A Hard Day's Night since he composed the solo even if he needed a little technical help to record it. I agree that Think for Yourself isn't particularly profound, but it was part of George's (and the other Beatles') progression from I-love-you-and-you-love-me lyrics. Personally, I love I Want to Tell You, so no agreement there! I'm with you on Blue Jay Way, I belong to the camp that doesn't like it much, but since some people rate it so highly I included it. And finally I rather like Revolution 9. Anyway, I love your feedback. Thanks for taking the time!

[@mikeymutual5489]

@@BeatlesandStuff001 Also, thank you for not including that awful song "Piggies" in your list. Thanks for the interesting video!

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

@ Yeah, I love George and think he was an essential element of the Beatles. But I couldn't bring myself to include 'Piggies'.

[@uacce]

If I

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Whoops! Seem to have lost most of your comment, there!

[@ГалинаАлимбекова-й9э]

Хариссон де бест недоуененый битл

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Let's hear it for Team George!

[@DocuMania_31001]

piggie

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

For some reason, Piggies never been a favorite of mine. But thanks for sharing - that’s why we have a comments section.

[@writerpaperback6284]

This Byrds inspired track…..I wonder who inspired who? Without George and The Beatles wonder how the Byrds would have performed if they would have performed at all.

[@BeatlesandStuff001]

Yeah. If I remember correctly, the early Byrds were inspired by The Beatles, and especially by George’s Rickenbacker 12-string in A Hard Day’s Night. George was, in turn inspired by The Byrds sound.