GEORGE HARRISON - Beware of darkness REACTION - First time hearing.

[@davidbeck2383]

It's amazing that George wrote this when he was aged 26 - incredible insight when he was still a very young man.

[@rodneygriffin7666]

This whole Album is a Spiritual experience. Fantastic album.

[@muriel2267]

“Beware of maya” the illusion of the physical world

[@John_Chu]

George, Eric Clapton and Dave Mason on guitars, Bobby Whitlock on piano, Gary Wright on organ, Carl Radle on bass guitar and Ringo Starr on drums. Quite a band, no? Specifically, George on slide guitar, Eric on lead, and Dave Mason on acoustic.

[@mnamhie]

Uh ... yeah! Wow, what a band indeed. No wonder it's amazing.

[@loadedorygun]

beware of sadness/it can hit you, it can hurt you/make you sore and what is more, that is not what you are here for That hits home so hard. When Eric Clapton sings this at the tribute concert, he chokes up on these lines and admitted so afterward. What power, to speak with your lyrics to your friends from beyond the grave, warning them not to be too sad about even his own death. Deep af.

[@pilesovinyl]

The album is clearly the best solo album of any of the Beatles in my opinion. The lyrics, the music, the feel...he'd been saving many of these songs up for years. And he actually has many more unreleased in the "vault", I hope his son releases more of this beautiful soul.

[@The5thGen]

Agreed.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

This is great, although John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the best Beatles solo album. ☺

[@YN97WA]

I was waiting for you to react to this song. You didn't disappoint. One of his best songs off an absolutely brilliant album. Great reaction, Harri.

[@debbiechang5781]

I love this album. George has a gentle quality to his music and blended with his unique guitar style, it just brings a peaceful feeling. He feels like a soul at peace in the knowledge that he has made a great contribution and done so with decency and humility that probably isn’t easy to maintain with the level of his talent and fame. It requires a very intelligent, centered person to survive in that arena where everyone is watching. 🤔hmmm, THC ramblings 😂. Great pick Harri! 🌺✌️

[@ricknbacker5626]

Well said Debbie. This might be my favorite song of ATMP. Cheers, RNB

[@doriwiljt]

I agree well said.

[@johnthegreek5836]

This is a great album from George Harrison

[@howcotube]

My favorite line in the song: "Like weeping atlas cedars they just want to grow".. I think of Friar Park and all those trees he had

[@robiniapseudoacacia]

Yes me too, and what an extraordinary line to get into a song.

[@theofanesoliveira]

The correct line is 'weeping AT THE cedars'...

[@howcotube]

@@theofanesoliveira No it is Atlas Cedars the kind of tree George had at his estate

[@robiniapseudoacacia]

@@theofanesoliveira Ah thankyou for that. I was imagining him looking out at one of his Atlas Cedars and writing that line!

[@bethcrumpton476]

This is one of the songs I want played at my funeral.

[@reallynow1445]

One of my very favorite George Harrison’s songs ❤️

[@ptrlxc]

I still love Isn’t It A Pity as my favourite song with this album. Great meditation music

[@19HurdyGurdyMan46]

Yes, another great song that says so much

[@queenslanddiva]

This is probably my favourite George Harrison song, and that's a big call

[@johndavids4780]

George was likely the most human of all musicians. I and the world lost a real treasure with his passing.

[@williampenbeth4035]

Powerful song. Gotta pay attention

[@dbstooge]

When he mentions Maya he is a speaking about a complicated Hindu concept referring to illusion and falseness.

[@rousefire]

Lennon and McCartney get most of the adoration but George was an actual hero to millions . Watch the live performance of Bangladesh

[@ronbock8291]

Leon Russell kills this one in Concert for Bangladesh. And Clapton’s version in Concert for George is heart-rending, it’s like he pours all his love for his friend into his performance.

[@Judy-et4ex]

Yes!!

[@jamietfranklin]

yes! Harry try the live at Concert for Bangladesh kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKrZY6pnnphoibM

[@The5thGen]

Thank you Harri. 😊

[@User_vfjp_927_baltimore_sc]

Great pick Scott ! One of my favorites by George! 🎶🎧🎸

[@jmelio1]

One of my favorite songs of his❤

[@williamwarlick3497]

One of the Best Albums ever. The Best if you Love George. He was totally unique.

[@dennispower5362]

Well said harri.. his music seems totally peace feelings in his music and the man himself ✌️🇦🇺

[@mikewarker4445]

Thanx for this one Harry, that whole album was great! All the songs John and Paul wouldn’t put on Beatles albums. Their Mistake

[@mnamhie]

You're so right! Can you imagine, for example, getting rid of Maxwell's Silver Hammer and instead putting this one on the Abbey Road album? Wow, what could have been.

[@dennisgunn2141]

Great point about the combined talent of the Beatles. This album was a flood gate of songs he had written but not released with the Beatles. There are rough out takes with the Beatles (All things must pass) , probably others. Beatles were my favorite group of all time, I was always fascinated with George in particular. So much talent in the Group!

[@titusho2]

Ringo on drums and the 7th. Beatle on bass Klause Vorman.

[@craigalden9416]

100 percent correct Harry…. Most of these songs were songs George had stockpiled while in the Beatles…. Some were run through by them but never made it onto an official Beatles album…. So when George came to do All things must pass ( Beatles demo)….. he had many great songs that went on to the Album…. My Sweet Lord, if not for you, Ballad of Frankie Crisp, Behind the Locked Door … a George Masterpiece….. this LP could have been 3 Albums separate…. But he decided to release it as a Triple Album Set.

[@deanlopez9280]

Harri, if I was stranded on a desert island with 1 album and a functional turntable This would be the album I would choose. Love you brother! PEACE...

[@juanita6479]

That's a very good thought from you imagining how the song would sound with the complete bunch of lads involved, that would be a dream.

[@danhurst9048]

This is hands down the solo album by either of the exbeatles

[@doplinger1]

Good pick, probably my favorite solo George tune.

[@kentaappel]

Ringo on drums laying down the slow steady groove. One more time.

[@John_Chu]

Fun fact: this was George's THIRD solo album actually. He had released Wonderwall Music (soundtrack to a movie by that name) in 1968 and Electric Sound in 1969 (an entire album of George on a Moog Synthesizer, which he then introduced to the Beatles on Abbey Road ("Because," "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," "Here Comes the Sun," and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"). George played the Moog on "Because" and "Here Comes the Sun," Paul on "Maxwell's" and John took his turn on "I Want You."

[@kentclark6420]

Hmmm. I wonder if Keith Emerson ever joined the Beatles in their sessions.

[@John_Chu]

@@kentclark6420 No, he never did but Emerson was in a band that played the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany about 4 years after The Beatles last residency there. He said they had to play "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" every set because the record was on the charts at the time. One time he was so zonked from playing three sets a night that he fell asleep at the bar and woke up to the rest of the band playing those songs.

[@kentclark6420]

@@John_Chu He must have felt like he was playing Strawberry Fields Forever Forever!

[@owenicus]

I always liked wonderwall.

[@mark-be9mq]

Was one of my favorite albums. So Rich....

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

Leon Russell sings a great version of this song on the benefit live "Concert for Bangladesh " with George Harrison Eric Clapton Ringo Starr on stage at the Madison square garden ☯️✌

[@ellavader4411]

Dave Mason's Alone Together is an awesome album ... Every song on the album is top tier ...

[@victoriajohnson5461]

This is prophetic of the sad state of humanity.😪

[@damonhines8187]

My "only one song to listen to for life" song. Thanks, loved it from first hearing on '...Bangla Desh'. The album's almost the first reveal of what became his signature slide sound. Unmatched, imo. tyvm

[@famat161]

How about "Run of the Mill" next?

[@caroleann_2142]

Great Song, George my Fav Beatle. ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE 🥰❤

[@cthulujesus404]

10/10 album, truly wonderful music

[@deancarter9210]

'Cloud 9' 'Material World' and his last album 'Brainwashed' all also very good and deserve more attention.

[@Prone2Thrill]

I love this song and most George Harrison stuff - Have you heard Wah-Wah yet Harri? It's a MUST

[@MrNorman1947]

Excellent commentary thankyou

[@ampabenido8225]

Amazing voice

[@chrisgrey9616]

One of my favorites for over 50 years!!!

[@fishhookism]

spiritual is the word I would say.

[@pelaronson4086]

Great...love it . George is great, and I love this song. Thank You...really lo e Your reactions.

[@surlechapeau]

Harri, I'd recommend his "Got My Mind Set on You".

[@mnamhie]

Harri, I love your reactions. You're so passionate and mindful. I always come away with a new outlook thanks to you. Be healthy.

[@kitharley6159]

Johnette Napolitano with Concrete Blonde did a great cover of this one. James Mankey's guitar style was perfectly suited to the accompaniment.

[@mamared56]

George Harrison was a student of eastern spirituality.

[@mitchmitchell80]

I think you described it pretty good! And it's got to be the BEST solo Beatles album. Thanks!

[@19HurdyGurdyMan46]

Really pleased you got around to hearing this Harri, such a beautiful song and there are more out there. If only more people had listened to what he was saying we'd be in a better place now.

[@garyarnett1220]

You REALLY really need to do his tribute to John Lennon "All Those Years Ago" with Paul and Linda McCartney and Ringo.

[@sst3d]

This …epic…and sweet…Stunningly human….nice reaction

[@doriwiljt]

I love this song and this album. Also Leon Russell does a great version of this too. Check out Leon’s live version from concert for Bangladesh. ☮️💟

[@davidish9083]

One of my favorite songs. You should check out Leon Russell’s version

[@glennlee2490]

how about a chinese reggae song by Stephen Chang "Always Together" and some more Toots and the Maytals

[@robertbruner6884]

Still the Best.

[@rodmendoza6679]

The greatest most touching song by GH is “Stuck Inside A Cloud” . George wrote this towards the end of his battle with cancer. I still choke up everytime I hear it. I hope you can do a reaction video to this song.

[@paulknight9998]

His songs always feels like lamentation

[@emmettknight9926]

What you hear is LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joeltwinx3805]

Screw The Beatles George Harrison is awesome

[@stephenfeldman8104]

It's tempting to wonder, as Harri does here, that the Beatles could have surpassed the production and performance of the songs from All Things Must Pass. But it's easier to conclude, I think, that THESE musicians who crafted THESE arrangements (who unlike John and Paul were SO eager to deliver the goods to George) brought out the absolute best of THESE songs. Consider the 2 versions of Isn't it a Pity. on ATMP. Version 1 is IMO far more transcendent than version 2. It was this collection of musicians and John Barham's string arrangement that lifts it to the rafters. We'll never know but I don't think the Beatles would have surpassed it -- because the ATMP version is perfection. Same holds for Beware of Darkness.

[@turnerdan53]

I always thought this was a Leon Russell song. Leon's version is a darker version that is well worth the listen.

[@glennlee2490]

and the live Bangadesh version was awesome

[@cletushouse906]

You really should check this out on The Concert For Bangladesh. It’s a good one.

[@howardhales6325]

Concrete Blonde does a good cover of this one as well.

[@rydelldownward7808]

The melody takes some weird turns that make it really interesting.

[@Marlenefanclubsimone]

❤️😪🤘🇮🇹

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

I agree with you, Guvnor, that it's a shame George's songwriting talent wasn't welcomed by the Lennon-McCartney dynamic duo. He was younger, and they always looked down on him--even talked down to him. John and Paul figured they had enough competition with one another for getting their songs on the albums, the last thing they needed was George getting a piece of the action. However, I disagree with you about Ringo, as he was not a talented songwriter (or singer)...I think the band got the most they could ever hope to get out of him. Nice pick, Scott Walker!

[@HarriBestReactions]

He was not a talented songwriter..But never underestimate the feel he gave those songs with his drumming.Ringo was very wrongfully underrated.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@HarriBestReactions I was merely contrasting him with George, whose songwriting talents were stifled by The Fab Two. Ringo was not capable of contributing more to the band that his drumming, which was enough.

[@thefuturepast]

Please try to check out Leon Russell’s version 🙏🏽

[@debbiemickelson5448]

I always thought George Harrison was the most talented of the Beatles, he was the first to get a number one solo album

[@debjorgo]

Well, he was the first one to release a true solo album. That could've had something to do with that. McCartney's first solo album went to number 1 too.

[@The5thGen]

Paul and George. Definitely the best.

[@thomastimlin1724]

That's Eric Clapton in lead guitar

[@danielrockmyer949]

Over produced by Phil Spector, too much noise. There is a new remastered remix version by Paul Hicks. 50th aniversary edition I believe sounds better than the original version.

[@emmettknight9926]

Love is life❤

[@markstanley565]

Harry listen to “Blow Away” by George Harrison.