Regardless of what songs Martin disliked, Harrison did not like his tie.
@tommybotts5 ай бұрын
Good one!!
@edwinsam76045 ай бұрын
For starters 😂
@michaeldennis60775 ай бұрын
Harrison owned his ass.
@tommybotts5 ай бұрын
@@michaeldennis6077 Not at first, but I'm sure George may have told him to pound sand a time or two.
@yurimilanchik43155 ай бұрын
He didn't like Brian Epstein's tie, not George Martin's.
@kjeldpedersen6665 ай бұрын
There’s a difference between saying “disliked”, “disagreed with” - and “hated”... This is the sick influence of the language of social media kicking in on people trying to make serious stuff...
@cerph5 ай бұрын
Clickbait
@xtc19575 ай бұрын
It’s the nature of this particular beast. Perpetuate hate instead of promoting oneness.
@thisisthenameofhandle5 ай бұрын
Facts brotha
@linebacker3655 ай бұрын
"Hated" in all caps, no less. Before I even looked at the video, I knew "hated" wasn't something Martin felt about any Beatles songs. However, I knew he was bummed out that McCartney didn't have him arrange the strings on "She's Leaving Home", because he was temporarily busy with some other projects.
@sexobscura5 ай бұрын
America lost the grasp of the meaning words have a very, very long time ago
@tbeau66635 ай бұрын
I don't think George Martin would've used the word 'hated'
@philblane57525 ай бұрын
Yes, I was thinking the same. Although stated in the context of Revolution 9, it may be appropriate.
@jrpipik5 ай бұрын
I wonder if "Dead John" is an accurate quote, Seems ungentlemanly.
@f.w.20545 ай бұрын
Philblane...actually if you're looking at Revolution 9 as an experimental contemporary classical piece, like John Cage or Karlheinz Stockhausen, it is amazingly accomplished! The production and weaving together of found aural odds and ends works well beyond what anyone could have expected from a pop group. It is actually more accessible than lot of the more historically important pieces of the time. Some experimental music critics actually credit it as one of the better such pieces of the time. Beatlemaniacs aren't exactly the most open-minded people, but with a little musical thinking outside the box(which John certainly understood) its easy to see why George Martin later changed his tune on the piece!
@CraigMalon-xw9th5 ай бұрын
@@f.w.2054 I totally agree. John will ALWAYS be the musically gifted one. Paul was a hack. All these Macheads refuse to acknowledge John ALSO played several instruments and his songs were ALWAYS innovative with NEW chord progressions and quirky tempo changes. Paul woke up with pennylane (unless that's the fake Paul they keep talking about)
@CraigMalon-xw9th5 ай бұрын
I forgot to mention all those exciting John intros and outros
@ballhawk3875 ай бұрын
To George Martin's credit, he made the best of any song he was charged with producing, whether or not he personally liked it.
@bobsquires45212 ай бұрын
ya, whether he liked them or not - that was completely irrelevant. There are some songs - 'if I never hear them again...' Mother Should Know, 8 Days.. short list - well not so short - having to perform them when they hurt just to sing, physically and lyrically. Too bad the Beatles and the Beach Boys didn't have a song-sharing pact. lol
@johnanthonycafe29935 ай бұрын
Although it wasn’t George Martin’s role to bring original songs to the table he was a master at improving them-that’s a fact.
@socialbiscuit13625 ай бұрын
there would be no Beatles if not for Gorge Martin.
@richardernsberger56925 ай бұрын
And not just improving them--but improving them dramatically, in many cases---and, crucially, making them /distinctive/--different from all other music in the market. The Beatles, to their credit, wanted many of their songs to be distinctive--and Martin help them achieve that via novel arrangements or adding orchestration or the many unusual sounds/effects that we hear on Beatles songs. Martin was brilliant, and he played a huge role in the success of the Beatles.
@DanThomasUK3 ай бұрын
And played a surprising number of piano parts on them
@ryanflett46133 ай бұрын
Early on for sure. But after Pepper he didn’t have much impact. Heck, you could argue that Emerick was most important or impactful from Revolver on.
@MrChopsticktech8 күн бұрын
@@ryanflett4613 True, but by then The Beatles could play, record and refine anything they wanted and have unlimited studio time to do it, while almost every other band had to set up and dismantle their gear in studios in between touring.
@neilwinchester91875 ай бұрын
I think One After 909 is a fun song. It's not trying to be work of art. Still fun to me.
@grahamjarman5 ай бұрын
the anthology ver is gr8
@Md28025 ай бұрын
I agree, but context is important. It was great on Let It Be as a self-aware throw-back, but it would've hit different in 1962 as a serious effort from a fledgling band. Martin was right to reject it the first time. It's fun to be a little corny when you've built up the kind of credibility Beatles had by 1969, but if they launched their career with that kind of thing they'd've been dismissed as a joke band.
@grahamjarman5 ай бұрын
@@Md2802 they had way worse songs on other albums
@adamfindlay70915 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorite.
@MarkRoberts-bj2me5 ай бұрын
This is one of the very first songs John ever wrote. Not too shabby for a teenaged kid. A favorite track of this aficionado, it rocks. Let’s face it, the discography of JWL singing lead is finite and each song is precious. Yes, even “Mr. Moonlight. Lennon’s vocal is terrific but the harmonies were arranged poorly. It’s the producer’s job to correct that in the studio.
@racine095 ай бұрын
anyone who has heard Beatles' outakes will realize that Mr Martin was crucial in transforming the songs into timeless gems . I doubt any other producer could have done what he did .
@thesjkexperience4 ай бұрын
Yes, it's so easy to forget these days what a great producer can do. Lots of great music played by one person in the guitar pedal demos I watch. Would have taken a room full of people decades ago, but we do still sing to the Beatles for 60 years now because of that SYNERGY. That exact mix of people at that exact time, never to happen again. We are SO, SO lucky to listen at any time we wish. ❤❤❤
@Dave_Sisson4 ай бұрын
That's *Sir* George Martin. He really earned his knighthood, so we should respect that.
@bobsquires45212 ай бұрын
ya, imagine standing at the pearly gates while the big guy looks down at you and asks: 'OK, what's your name and what did you do during your life time OF SIGNIFICANCE?' "Yes, SIR, I'm George Martin and I produced all but one of the Beatles 250 (-odd) songs. Oh, and I was Knighted for the Queen's royalty. The big guy says: 'Yes, I remember you were busy with Cilla else you could've boasted they were ALL your production. You HAVE done well for the planet. REAL WELL. And I even like "One after 909! (wink") B =]
@bbbabrockКүн бұрын
Really. I have heard quite a few outakes and I concur. Picking the best songs, then polishing them just right ended up making a huge difference. I remember that three CD release on Capital around 2000. The alternate takes of already released songs were interesting (but inferior) alternate takes . While the unknown songs had the potential to be awesome brand new (to my ears) Beatle songs. But invariably they stuck out like sore thumbs for being grossly inferior songs. Apparently they weren't put on the albums because they weren't nearly as good.
@jeff__w5 ай бұрын
5:58 “It didn't appeal to me too much. In the same way that I think it's okay to find an old record of Nat King Cole's and bring it back to life and issue it but to have him singing with his daughter is another thing.” I’m glad I’m not the only one. I never liked that “duet” between Natalie Cole and her deceased father-it struck me as, well, kind of creepy. Natalie could respond to her dad’s singing but her dad…?
@timwhitnell71455 ай бұрын
I think it's a beautiful rendition of Unforgettable and want to believe Nat would have liked and appreciated the sound and the technology it took to create it.
@Raider5775 ай бұрын
I saw one of the last documentaries George Martin did before he died it was with the BBC. He said the song' She loves you' didn't start with the chorus he told them to start with the chorus as it took to long to get to with the original version. Even small changes he made to songs and arrangements made a big difference.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
He was the perfect producer for that band. Doesn't mean he was the best producer in the world. Just like Ringo was the perfect drummer for them even if he wasn't the worlds best drummer.. The chemistry just worked like magic with all involved.
@Raider5775 ай бұрын
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 I didn't say he was the best producer in the world. How do you define who is the best producer anyway? What he could do that a lot of other producers couldn't was conduct an orchestra and do orchestral arrangements as he was classically trained and could read music. McCartney mentioned to Rick Rubin that most producers would call in a an orchestral arranger to deal with the orchestra while Martin could do this himself.
@brahmburgers5 ай бұрын
He also got the boys to soup up 'It Won't Be Long' It started as a ho- hum country & western style, and Martin got them to give it a r&r beat and make it lively. I think he did the same with 'She Loves You' ....but only Paul or Ringo would know for sure.
@CB-xr1eg5 ай бұрын
Took too long to get to the chorus? That's nonsense.
@tommyhaynes91575 ай бұрын
If not for Martin I doubt Please Please Me would have been their first no. 1 hit. John wanted to do it a slower Roy Orbison style but Martin asked them to speed it up.
@JohnM1959a5 ай бұрын
0:50 Royalty distribution - two points (1) Royalties are for the writers of the songs, not the performers (2) George Harrison was signed to Northern Songs but the deal was Lennon and McCartney both got a bigger share than Harrison - his beef was that Lennon McCartney got more money for a Harrison composition than Harrison
@DanThomasUK3 ай бұрын
And compounded by not having as many of his own songs selected for album inclusion
@SmilingIbis5 ай бұрын
Since he was such a perfectionist, these few negative comments really don't amount to much. A man's entitled to his opinions.
@babeeblues5 ай бұрын
Perfectionist though he was, Martin picked out these 8 songs -- no others. How 'Old Brown Shoe' beats out anything is beyond me
@carlcushmanhybels81595 ай бұрын
@@babeeblues I like "Old Brown Shoe" a lot. Including it has wonderful driving melodic bass and guitar.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
Like any other art form, music is subjective. Even if a great producer has to deal with a few songs that don't suit his taste. Heck, Decca passed on the Beatles because "guitar music is dead". Talk about a Homer Simpson "doh!" moment lol.
@MacXpert745 ай бұрын
I agree with George Martin’s comments on Revolution 9. But I don’t dislike the other songs that were mentioned. I actually find “Within you Without you” to be one of the most interesting tracks on the album. The blending of Indian music and western music always sounded very original and unique to me.
@Nicksonian5 ай бұрын
Revolution 9 was modestly interesting. I remember listening to it as a kid when it came out. It would have been a struggle but the White Album could have been edited down to one LP, and 9 would have been the first to go.
@timstamps52813 ай бұрын
If Rev 9 had been left off, it would have been a huge loss, unless a separate album were released featuring it, for hardcore fans only, perhaps with You Know My Name, Look Up My Number.
@geoffboots43055 ай бұрын
C'mon you lot - all of this (likes and dislikes) is subjective. As someone who bought all their records on the release date, I thought, and still feel, that they were the greatest band ever. If I'm feeling frivolous I will sing along to Maxwell's Silver Hammer, though it is a weak song and I can easily see why the 'Fab 3' were driven to distraction by Paul trying to perfect it for such a long time. I never got #9, largely, I think, because I never tried to acquaint myself with avant-garde. All of us fans love the Beatles for a huge variety of reasons. For me, one of the best things was how they ended so many songs. They were in a class of their own. That's partly why one of my favourites is the B-side song, 'You Can't Do That'. The fading tail-off is exceptional. I've always understood that George had a major input with their song endings and I hold him in the highest esteem for that, among other things. Geoff Boots
@MaryBywaters5 ай бұрын
Ooo I can't stand Silver Hammer. Or Revolution...you like what you like.
@roseslillieslilacs4 ай бұрын
Dear, it's not avant-garde; it's crap.
@PaulFormentos13 күн бұрын
@@roseslillieslilacs It's needed for the clues
@roncarlson76825 ай бұрын
I’ve always thought the only reason the 3 liked the Spector produced tracks is due to Paul not liking them. It fits with the times and tensions that existed.
@jonyjoe84645 ай бұрын
spectors version of let it be is my favorite version, with georges guitar solo keeping the rock and roll in the song. The other versions were lacking that "punch" the song needed. John didnt like the song but spectors version kept true to what the beatles were, a rock and roll band. It reminds of the styx song lady, it starts off like a slow love song but halfway they switch gears and its back to heavy guitars and drums like a real rock and roll song.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
I liked some of Spector's work. The Long and Winding Road for example. It is a great song on it's own but I really thing Spector made it far more dramatic.
@brahmburgers5 ай бұрын
The Beatles idolized Spector, so they were probably jazzed when Phil agreed to help on some cuts. Some might say Spector had lost his magic touch by then, ....the jury is out.
@roncarlson76825 ай бұрын
The one negative thing that I thought about the Spector produced stuff was the addition of 'choirs' meaning vocal performances by people far outside the group's immediate personnel. I may be wrong (and have been many times) but I think the LIB tracks with these vocal performances are the first time ever in their catalog - and yes, I'm aware that Yoko and others had contributed in the past. Again, I'm talking folks that would be considered outside of family and close friends.
@robotnik775 ай бұрын
@@jonyjoe8464 It reminds me that Liberty added orchestration to the final release of Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody", but I thought they should have released the band version instead (Let's Get Together). It had that rock & roll "punch" that the orchestrated version did not have. They did release it in Germany a few years later, and that's where I first heard it.
@alancyr5 ай бұрын
Even after all these years you still can't give Mr. Martin enough credit.
@michaelallen32075 ай бұрын
George Martin is and will always be the Beatles producer he was great at working with them probably played a bigger part than we will ever know
@nonrepublicrat5 ай бұрын
Martin was very overrated.
@Pseudonym-aka-alias5 ай бұрын
I wish George Martin could have produced the Let It Be album, it lacked something with Phil Spector….imho💁♂️
@BeatlesCentricUniverse5 ай бұрын
@@nonrepublicrat 100% agree!
@knotwilg35965 ай бұрын
@@nonrepublicrat I totally agree with that. He made the Beatles sound like coming out of a cardboard box. Listen to the rooftop concert, where he wasn't involved. That's how the Beatles could have sounded if he hadn't been there.
@TheRealDrJoey5 ай бұрын
@@nonrepublicrat Oh, for chrissake.
@MajorCulturalDivide5 ай бұрын
I like "Only a Northern Song" a lot.
@Jamaicafunk5 ай бұрын
It's a great song.
@adandap5 ай бұрын
Me too
@robertwilloughby80505 ай бұрын
And me.
@bizarrela5 ай бұрын
I think everyone disliked it because it was critical of the Beatles' formula. Inside the bullpen stuff. Same with "Not Guilty" which was shelved. George's musical contributions after 1967 were psychedelic and unconventional (until Abbey Road) which fit well within the Beatles' catalog. I'm guessing that George Martin disliked "Only a Northern Song" because he felt that fans didn't want to hear that kind of stuff...or would connect with it. He was old school and the Beatles kept pushing him (intentionally and unintentionally) out of that mindset. They all grew and learned from one another. Martin was no exception.
@philhodgkinson14605 ай бұрын
Me too.... I am a northerner a Lancastrian by birth...
@lp-xl9ld5 ай бұрын
I discovered the Beatles when I was in high school--face it, they broke up when I was seven--and when this one guy found out that I was a Beatles fan, he'd start saying "Number nine, number nine, number nine..." every time he saw me. I can see why George Martin didn't think too much of that piece.
@AstroGremlinAmerican5 ай бұрын
Well, it was just an art piece. Kind of a rebellion. Yoko thought she was a genius and her voice has value for clearing a building of cats.
@jamesedwards.10694 ай бұрын
You might have replied, "Turn me on dead man" just to see what he would say.
@TigerRogers06605 ай бұрын
George Martin later changed his mind about "Within You Without You", calling it a good track indeed.
@franagustin30945 ай бұрын
@@aryastark1816wrong, the same John said that it was the best George's song and it s much better than Fixing a Hole or When Im 64
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
@@franagustin3094 Always take anything John said with 3000 lbs. of salt.
@fantasypgatour2 ай бұрын
Sometimes people shouldn’t be allowed opinions, pretentious? Lmao. Probably the most spiritual and psychedelic song The Beatles ever recorded and an integral part to sgt peppers that diversifies the texture and pacing of the album in the most perfectly required way. The album would suffer for not having its inclusion.
@fantasypgatour2 ай бұрын
@@aryastark1816 What are you asking of me? Yes we have different opinions and I believe yours to be particularly poor on this topic based on a misinterpretation of the purpose and vibe of the song.
@opinionhaver5745 ай бұрын
Whatever reservations George Martin had about any of The Beatles' music, he always struck me as a consummate professional that poured everything he had into each of their projects and did his best to bring out their best - irrespective of his personal feelings about the project in question. RIP.
@MrChopsticktech8 күн бұрын
Absolutely! I agree with his preference for The White Album being a single album with greeat songs on it instead of a double album with so many mediocre songs.
@DerpRulesAll5 ай бұрын
'Imagine' if George Martin passed up on the Beatles, like every other producer did. You can't say it couldn't have happened. Him talking about 'Dead John' almost got me! 💀
@babeeblues5 ай бұрын
You'd prefer "Decomposed John"?
@BigBri5505 ай бұрын
@@babeeblues Cremated John
@cliveburgess41285 ай бұрын
If so, I don't think any of this hype would exist, as he said they weren't very good!!!!
@DerpRulesAll5 ай бұрын
@@cliveburgess4128 It wouldn't exist at all. And there have always been people who've said their very early stuff was spirited, but quite mediocre.
@cathybrind23815 ай бұрын
@@babeeblues Ex John....
@rjmprod5 ай бұрын
I agree the Beatles would’ve never been as big as they were musically without George Martin…! it was him that opened their minds to experiment and try new things and depart from the previous song, writing styles.
@HEADLINEZOO5 ай бұрын
I completely disagree. The 4 Beatles had great success as solo artists in the decade after they broke up. The same cannot be said for George Martin, who was up to the job of being the Beatles producer. But MANY MANY others would have done great. McCartney and Geoff Emerick were de facto producers for some of their later albums.
@rjmprod5 ай бұрын
@@HEADLINEZOO Geoff was a Telemann engineer, and someone very good for McCourt. Need to bounce ideas off George Martin also bounce ideas off him.. but the Beatles, after they broke up, would have never ever been even played if it wasn’t for their past as Beatles. it was the combined effort that made the magic and the combined effort had George Martin as the fifth important entity…!
@Fred.pSonic5 ай бұрын
@@HEADLINEZOO The Beatles as solo artists came nowhere near the artistic and commercial success they had with Martin. One listen to the listless Mike Smith-produced Decca audition further illustrates the crucial link between their vision and a producer who could coax that inimitable Beatle sound out of them. Compare Glynn Johns and Phil Spector's uninspired work on Let It Be with Martin's glorious return on Abbey Road and you'll see just how indispensable he really was. He performed on their albums, he guided their studio experimentation, he was the Fifth Beatle.
@sunkintree5 ай бұрын
Without George Martin they would have just been another rock band. They would have been very very famous and noteworthy in their beginning years as they were, but after that they really wouldn't have held onto it as long as they did. As bands around them pushed boundaries in the mid 60s they would have fallen down hard
@ArchieFatcackie5 ай бұрын
Can you give me an example George Martin had of similar success with any act outside of The Beatles?
@SzcZ5 ай бұрын
'Only a Northern Song' would easily make it to top 10 of my favorite Beatles songs.
@rodsmolter50462 ай бұрын
LOL
@canalesworks12475 күн бұрын
It's a re-working of the man melodic riff from "If I Needed Someone."
@SimpleManGuitars19735 ай бұрын
The songs are Only A Northern Song Revolution 9 Within You Without You One After 909 The German Versions of I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You Free As A Bird Let It Be (album)
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
Let It Be was perfect. The Beatles ended with that and Abbey Road. Their best studio work and Let it Be a best live performance leaving fans wanting more.
@CB-xr1eg5 ай бұрын
We know, we watched the video and listened. 🙄
@CB-xr1eg5 ай бұрын
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 Spector's version wasn't perfect. Let It Be - Naked was.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
@@CB-xr1eg I never meant to imply Spector had anything to do with any perfection.
@bobgordon2364 ай бұрын
The Let it Be album was pure trash with McCartney running the show. They should have quit after Pepper. Oh yes, Lady Madonna and Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
@BigBri5505 ай бұрын
Agree about "Only A Northern Song." I never liked this noisy, disjointed throwaway that sounds stuck in a bad '67 acid trip. Totally disagree about "Revolution #9." I know a lot of folks, even Beatles fans, hate this one, but I have always loved it. Listening to it alone in the dark is spine-tingling. However, I can see why someone would argue it isn't really a Beatles song, rather more like a Plastic Ono Band track intruding onto a Beatles album. "Within You Without You" is fantastic, and I always thought so. Amazing blend of Eastern and Western styles that hadn't existed before This single track had an indelible impact on western pop music for several years after. "One After 909" is admittedly a bit unambitious in its composition, but the exuberance rescues it. I like the 1963 recording of it more than the reboot on the "Let It Be" album even though the original is kinda roughshod and marred by one of George Harrison's worst guitar leads ever recorded. Yeah, screw those German novelty cuts. Maybe it went over well in Deutschland, but it's an eye-roller everywhere else. "Free As A Bird/Real Love" are dreary, terrible sounding bits of grave robbery. I REALLY wish they hadn't done these. "Let It Be" was alright for what it was: a salvage job from mountains of outtakes. Spector made the album sound good, but his insistence on overdubbing copious amounts of muzak dressing was a bit much.
@vandenro5 ай бұрын
Agree with you about Rev#9. First heard it as an 11 yo in the dark in 1968. It scared the living crap out of me. Everytime I hear it, it takes me back to my first listen. It still scares me to this day. Its kinda gothic and creepy. I love it. Whenever I play the White Album I never skip it.
@BigBri5505 ай бұрын
@vandenro For the full effect, I love starting at "Cry Baby Cry" and letting the album run out from there. The transitions between tracks are incredible, especially the contrast when "Goodnight" follows "#9" is downright eerie. Hail to thee, fellow 9er! 🙌
@vandenro5 ай бұрын
@BigBri550 Agree 100%. 👍 The fade out of CBC by Paul transitioning into that spooky piano intro of Rev#9 is genius.
@BigBri5505 ай бұрын
@@vandenro And the barely audible dialogue in between - fascinating stuff!
@stevenmalatesta69725 ай бұрын
It's All Too Much is even worse
@hakonberg80035 ай бұрын
Set Pepper would not have been the same cultur changing milestone without Within You Without You. It defines the era
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@hakonberg8003 People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Young people like George Harrison were discovering India's lifestyle and music, meditation and self awareness. Truly a groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages.
@MrChopsticktech8 күн бұрын
@@bluemoon-20 Don't forget Ringo really dislike Sgt. Pepper because of all the extra musicians on it, he said something along the lines of 'I felt like a guest musician on our own album' because of so many songs featuring horns, strings etc. Plus Ringo didn't play on 'She's Leaving Home' and 'Within You Without You'. I am a bass player myself, but I know I would be annoyed if I couldn't play on two songs out of thirteen.
@bluemoon-208 күн бұрын
@@MrChopsticktech Good points...
@MikeDial5 ай бұрын
I agree with George Martin's observations. None of those songs were ones that I liked.
@akrogirl325 ай бұрын
I was never much of a Beatles fan.
@MrDaiseymay5 ай бұрын
BUT DID YOU HATE 'EM ?
@MikeDial5 ай бұрын
@@MrDaiseymay No, I can't hate anything the Beatles did. They tried a little of everything, so it only makes sense that they failed once in a while.
@brahmburgers5 ай бұрын
@@MikeDial Good observation. I was 12 when the Beatles first came to the USA. Most of the girls in my Maryland school went to see them play live in Washington DC. I wish I had gone, because I was already a Beatlemaniac by then, but alas, I had to settle for hearing the girls tell me how great it was, the day after. I've been a musician ever since, and play dozens of Beatles songs. And yea, some of their material was 2nd rate. Like sometimes Babe Ruth struck out.
@smallhands43483 ай бұрын
@@akrogirl32 Ah! That one are YOU!!!
@jawoody97455 ай бұрын
So you sneer at Within You Without You....... It was one your more incredible orchestral arrangements with Indian instruments and Indian music that made it through, Mr. Martin. It is brilliant!
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@jawoody9745 People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Young people like George Harrison were discovering India's lifestyle and music, meditation and self awareness. Truly a groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages.
@Jermsybug5 ай бұрын
I tend to think of George Martin as the unofficial 5th Beatle and I’m sure all the Beatles had songs they disliked.
@dalehas24 ай бұрын
John definitely disliked some of McCartney's later songs, labelling them "granny music".
@ebberman76723 ай бұрын
The McCartney song Maxwell's Silver Hammer was not liked by the other three, or me.
@Jermsybug3 ай бұрын
@@ebberman7672 It’s certainly not his best. I always got the feeling he was trying to make it sound like “When I’m 64.” But, it’s nowhere near as good.
@jpwartist3 ай бұрын
@@dalehas2 John disliked some of his own songs too. He could be quite harsh, especially on himself.
@mikeskoog66892 ай бұрын
All successful bands have a producer that becomes the “extra” member. Miller/Stones, A Cooper/Ezrin, Aerosmith/Douglas, etc….
@alanjerram92585 ай бұрын
I've always been mostly a late-period Beatles fan. Probably because I came of age at the time of the White Album. As I look back now, I've come to the opinion Revolver, Rubber Soul and Peppers made up the best work. They are simply - but beautifully - arranged and produced - especially the original British versions of Revolver and Rubber. When I listen to those 2 albums, complete as the Beatles intended, they stand up as incredibly inventive and fresh songs today. Martin was instrumental in creating the magic of the middle (and imo the best) period. I don't think anyone else would have caught the lightning and put it in a bottle in the same way.
@mjhzen83135 ай бұрын
I've always thought that "Within You, Without You" stated directly the theme of all the other songs on the Sergeant Pepper album.
@DerpRulesAll5 ай бұрын
@@mjhzen8313 Sure, like 'Lovely Rita,' and 'Lucy In The Skies;' no, Harrison's song only states its own theme.
@juliangiulio31475 ай бұрын
Great song! Wonderful drone-ing, superb lyrics!
@goplad15 ай бұрын
What theme?? There is no running theme to "Sgt. Pepper's" other than the whole Billy Shears thing. Not a concept album but a random assemblage of songs. Lennon always said "Sgt. Pepper's" was not a concept album and he was correct.
@DerpRulesAll5 ай бұрын
@@goplad1 You're right. After 'With A Little Help....' the idea of a band-within-a-band dissolves. No such unit would've been singing stuff like 'She's Leaving Home,' that's for sure.
@goplad15 ай бұрын
@@DerpRulesAll Never was intended to be a concept album but fans tried to make it one. Lennon never understood why anyone would consider Sgt Pepper's a concept album. It's more of a theme album if anything at all.
@timfronimos459Күн бұрын
"Within you and without you" is one of the greatest songs of the 1960s not just Beatles.
@ingridfong-daley58995 ай бұрын
I listen to Real Love in rotation as much as any regular Beatles release and thought it was fabulously done, but hearing him talk about what he'd have done instead makes me wonder what it might have sounded like with the George Martin treatment. I'd never heard that clip/interview before--thank you!!!
@MrDooteronomy5 ай бұрын
I'll bet he REALLY hated "Revolution 909." And the one after that too.
@justindennison25215 ай бұрын
Seems like a bad idea to me, but I’ve signed into my email account using this hand me down IPhone, just to leave KZbin comments. I like your layered pun alot… made me laugh.
@birdthompson5 ай бұрын
Lennon, born on Oct NINE, 1940, loved the Number NINE number nine etc
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
The one after 909 would be the 910.
@louisgreen39155 ай бұрын
In George Martin's autobiographie, he claims that the peak of his career was producing the Apocalypse album for the Jazz/Rock-Fusion band "The Mahavishnu Orchestra". This makes complete sense to me being a Beatles and Mahavishnu fan.
@russellharvey70965 ай бұрын
Apocalypse is a masterpiece!
@jerrylev595 ай бұрын
Makes perfect sense, not a dodgy moment on that one. Brilliant from start to finish, and symphonic throughout, which was Mr. Martin's comfort zone.
@neilgordon81455 ай бұрын
He also wished he could have produced more albums by Jeff Beck!
@russellharvey70965 ай бұрын
@@neilgordon8145 Wow. I didn't even realize that he produced two of his biggies! I saw McLaughlin and Beck on the same ticket on Wired tour in Los Angeles. Beck came out during McLaughlin's set. Man, what a fiery exchange it was!!
@johngraves68785 ай бұрын
Wow, I didn't know this! I had listened to that album for years but the George Martin influence never dawned on me.
@c.michaelrodriguez79014 ай бұрын
George Martin bridged the gap between being just an A&R man ( as JWL introduced him to Billy Preston as) for EMI and being the Beatles de facto producer, and indeed basically the first pioneering rock producer ever.
@elmolewis91235 ай бұрын
Without George Martin, the Beatles would never have reached the heights they did.
@denispantis93665 ай бұрын
Hahahaha
@goplad15 ай бұрын
Exactly. The Beatles were reliant on a producer since they were uneducated musically. George Martin was perfect for them. He wasn't always keen on their music but he had a job to do and he took it seriously. He always knew his imprint was on each and every Beatles song.
@sekulrtsnfnugg61265 ай бұрын
They probably would've...
@bookashkin5 ай бұрын
Without the Beatles, George Martin would hardly be known. Maybe among all five of the Goon Show fans still alive.
@johngraves68785 ай бұрын
SUCH a nice man!
@watf.official5 ай бұрын
One after 909 from Let it be is 10x better than the original recording in 1963, faster paced and so much grit. Pure Rock ‘n’ Roll. Billy Preston’s contribution is amazing, wish we saw more of him with the 4 dudes but I guess it is what it is
@robbiedaug2 ай бұрын
0:46 when read the lyrics, i see nothing about royalties he and Ringo don't earn. What am i missing?
@ebarteldes5 ай бұрын
Every one has an opinion I guess. I particularly hate Revolution 9, it is horrendous. But I liked Within You and Without You so much from the first time I heard it
@nidrsta5 ай бұрын
I only realized recently what a wonderful ambiguity is in the very title "Within you, without you." It all turns on the two meanings of 'without.' It can mean that a wonderful world is outside oneself (as well as within oneself) or it can be a contemplation of the future world minus oneself and what that would mean.
@robertkerr42015 ай бұрын
I Love “Within You Without You”. George Martin was brilliant, but his background was in classical music. He didn’t understand Harrison’s music, which was heavily influenced by non-European sources. Martin just didn’t get it, but I sure did do.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@robertkerr4201 People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Young people like George Harrison were discovering India's lifestyle and music, meditation and self awareness. Truly a groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages.
@giorgiocurcetti40015 ай бұрын
I have to disagree with the grand old producer. "Within you without you" is the highlight of an album packed with highlights...
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
Even perfect producers can have imperfect moments.
@giorgiocurcetti40015 ай бұрын
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 oh, absolutely! Compare the score for "Eleanor Rigby", etched, concise, biting, not one superfluous note, with the score for "Good night", which is pure schmaltz. This song would have been perfect just as it was conceived, a lullaby with just voice and acoustic guitar. Even George Martin was not exempt from faux passes....
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@giorgiocurcetti4001 People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Young people like George Harrison were discovering India's lifestyle and music, meditation and self awareness. Truly a groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages.
@smallhands43483 ай бұрын
Maybe more a high-light?
@AlmostEthical5 ай бұрын
IMO Sgt Pepper would have been a lesser album without the variety and sophistication of Within Without You - I even dug it when the album was first released during my Palaeozoic Era childhood. I loved the timing shifts. Later I became a prog fan.
@BullyMaguire4ever3 ай бұрын
It would be a better album without When I’m 64.
@davidevans31755 ай бұрын
There are two completely different royalties. Royalties as an artist and performer, which the Beatles split equally, and royalties as a songwriter which are separate and paid to the songwriter, the rate being established by law not by record companies. George (Harrison) was talking about writer's royalties and how John and Paul wouldn't let him contribute as many songs and thus made less money. Ringo was not a writer so it's not an issue with him.
@simonhodgetts65305 ай бұрын
Well, I have to agree with Revolution 9. The others I like.
@latenightlogic5 ай бұрын
I tuned out at revolution 9. It’s one of the tracks that got me into the beatles and made me realise how groundbreaking they were.
@geenadasilva92873 ай бұрын
not so groundbreaking. it's an attempt to make music concrète, and not a particularly successful one. it's only groundbreaking to listeners who aren't aware of that style of music, which had been around for many years before the Beatles attempted their own version.
@latenightlogic3 ай бұрын
@@geenadasilva9287 I’m not going to disagree with you there per se but I will add: yeah but had any mainstream act ever done something like that? Particularly one that was the biggest band on the planet? You go from basic love songs to extreme abstract with the span of only 4 years. That’s why I say it’s groundbreaking. Sort of similar to saying synth wasn’t first seen on music charts with Gary Numan’s Cars but that it was still instrumental. The ‘not a particularly successful one’ I can’t argue with too much though because although to me it’s very fascinating, one could argue it’s the music equivalent of a cheap knock off artist producing Jackson Pollock drip paintings. But this track is integral to the white album. On this crazy double album of everything, an abstract art song fits the bill perfectly. It also shows that the Beatles could be anything.
@mikeskoog66892 ай бұрын
Isn’t it referred to as cage music? I can’t remember the exact style, like Da Da art….
@pkmcburroughs5 ай бұрын
"Within in, Without You" is just beautiful. I've always loved it.
@antoniograncino35065 ай бұрын
Moi aussi.
@fed1up5 ай бұрын
Agree one of my favorites
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
True, that was the one song on this list that surprised me. I always liked it, especially for Sgt. Pepper.
@LaughingStock_5 ай бұрын
It's crap. My opinion, of course.
@billythekid52585 ай бұрын
I hate it! Different strokes...
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
George Martin was critical in getting the Beatles to the unfathomable position to which they achieved but that does not mean by default his personal opinion regarding specific songs is objective. As well the term "hated" might be a bit extreme as opposed to "disliked".
@stringtheoryx5 ай бұрын
Martin was brilliant. When they were all in gear, Martin was more like the 2nd Beatle than the 5th. He was wrong about "Within You Without You" though. And it was a perfect, mystical addition to Sgt Pepper.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@stringtheoryx People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Young people like George Harrison were discovering India's lifestyle and music, meditation and self awareness. Truly a groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages.
@CB-xr1eg5 ай бұрын
@@bluemoon-20 Who gives a shit if the sitar was unique? This was an English band not some guys recording background music for an Indian restaurant. Terrible dirge of a song.
@dallasbrubaker60544 ай бұрын
Wrong about what?
@stringtheoryx4 ай бұрын
@@CB-xr1eg The whole point of the Beatles was pressing musical boundaries and breaking through preconceptions. Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Mr Kite, Tomorrow Never Knows, Norwegian Wood, etc. etc. NOT a single rock-n-roll song among 'em. There were other conventional less innovative guitar bands that had that turf covered.
@CB-xr1eg4 ай бұрын
@@stringtheoryxI don't give a fuck about boundaries ot preconceptions. WYWY is just an awful boring dirge.End of.
@williambonson6846Ай бұрын
Dear Prudence was written during the India experience. It is ,in my opinion ,the best song on the White album. The lyrical and musical production on it is just beautiful.
@turquisestones5 ай бұрын
It's funny how I hated "Only Nothern Song" and "Within You Without You" when first heard them and how much I love them now!
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
I imagine at some point George Harrison got tired of being known as just a guitar player for the Beatles but even if that had only been what he was and not also had developed into a writer of equal status, it still is not exactly looking bad on a resume and had to be a dream position.
@GBPaddling5 ай бұрын
"Within You without You " will always be in my top 10 of Beatles songs.
@dggydddy595 ай бұрын
Abso-freakin-lutely!! It's a fantastic composition and an excellent performance on everyone's part.
@djtrendsetta57665 ай бұрын
Droning pretentious drivel.
@kidneycel5 ай бұрын
@@djtrendsetta5766buzzwords!
@kitano05 ай бұрын
It brings down a perfect album.
@guscooger53665 ай бұрын
I love it, too. I also believe The Inner Light was stronger than many tracks on the White Album and Let It Be.
@chrisallen82505 ай бұрын
It took awhile to warm up to Within You Without You. It creates a very somber mood and you can argue it affected the pace of the album, most likely the reason they placed it as the last song on side one. A better substitute might have been something like The Inner Light, a somewhat lighter song in mood but also with Indian leanings.
@QuarrellaDeVil5 ай бұрын
What did he think of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"?
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
True, it's pretty well documented that making Maxwell's Silver Hammer drove the other Beatles crazy due to Paul's perfectionism and endless takes.
@QuarrellaDeVil5 ай бұрын
@@bluemoon-20 I'm curious now as to whether GM ever expressed his opinion about the song. As far as I know, Paul's never played it in concert, either. I didn't mind it -- we used to sing it in music class when I was in school -- but I certainly get why the others were repelled.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@QuarrellaDeVil lol, you're exactly right- it wasn't the song itself the guys hated, it was the tedious recording process. They're all on record with their various stories of torture about making it. Since GM was an integral part of that, I would guess even his patience may have been tried (though he and Paul usually got along very well).
@dalehas24 ай бұрын
Comedy song about a serial killer? Don't know how it was ever recorded or released. Easily the worst song on Abbey Road ... sorry Paul.
@smallhands43483 ай бұрын
@@dalehas2 The song is gaga. But - you know - people without black humor... How should I say?
@tomfurgas28445 ай бұрын
Not surprising that Martin hated "Revolution 9". It was part of what he called the "scribble" that he wanted to delete from The Beatles (the so-called "White Album"), paring it down to a single LP. I'm glad he didn't get his way that time.
@pinkmark40475 ай бұрын
I’m not a huge fan of Lynne’s production on Free As Bird but Martin’s approach sounds like it wouldn’t have been very good.
@thomastimlin17245 ай бұрын
Difference is Lynne put on his "version" as if it were ELO doing it, a George Martin would have put a real orchestra, soft strings on it and no "Metal"guitar solo, but perhaps a Spanish nylon string guitar, flute solo, [indicating the idea of a bird flying free] French horns or similar stuff. Which I would have preferred instead of the psychopathic heavy sound. It was not typical of the Beatle sound. It was faux ELO. No thanks. Let's Get Giles started on that!!!
@pinkmark40475 ай бұрын
@@thomastimlin1724 I agree. Lynne did make it sound ELO-ish, especially on the drums but what I do like is how minimal he kept the arrangement. Free As Bird sounds like it would fit on The White Album whereas Martin’s arrangement would’ve overdone it.
@sumdrumkid19893 ай бұрын
Jeff Lynne is a very talented guy. ELO is great, but I absolutely HATE the snare sound on FaaB, Real Love, Cloud 9, Wilburys…
@Harriet-Jesamine5 ай бұрын
"Mr Martin, how did find your time in captivity??? and how were you treated??" "Well the Beatles never personally took Drugs around me😂😂"
@richardconnold52075 ай бұрын
That sketch is very funny 😂
@SpaceCattttt5 ай бұрын
"It was officially released until January, 1969". What, every day? Or did they remove it from the shelves forever? I mean, I have a ton of copies of it...
@pacz81145 ай бұрын
That's what happens when: (1) The scriptwriter doesn't understand what he's writing about; and (2) the narrator doesn't know what he's talking about. Nearly all of these KZbin "Beatles" endeavours are sad affairs. The only one out here who KNOWS what he's talking about is the UK fella from Parlogram.
@SpaceCattttt5 ай бұрын
@@pacz8114 Yeah, Parlogram is great. He doesn't just know his stuff, but he goes the distance as a collector as well. I don't know if you watched his trip to Abbey Road Studios? He'd bought this rare reel to reel tape of Sgt Pepper, and the only place to have it transferred to digital was the place where it'd originally been used. Fascinating stuff.
@pacz81145 ай бұрын
@@SpaceCattttt Hey, SpaceCattttt -- Yes, I saw that one. It's a keeper. I've studied the group's music, solid, since about 1978 and I can say he's always spot-on with accuracy. I also like how he's open to suggestion (I've discovered that we're from the same age group -- though he's a bit younger...so we share an affinity in space and time for getting into the Beatles in the '70s/'80s. I was also fortunate in that I had an older brother playing the 45s back in the 1960s, so I had it in my ears from an infant onward!)
@SpaceCattttt5 ай бұрын
@@pacz8114 I'm slightly younger than both of you, then, but I still discovered the Beatles in the 80s, which I'm grateful for because I don't think young people today appreciate the magic of the album (or the single, really) as an artform. They listen to a few tracks with the most streams on Spotify and then leave it at that. There's no band loyalty or love for the music. People don't visit their friends to listen to the latest record by so and so in their headphones and then discuss what they've just heard. But I digress. I suspect that the narrator of this video had a slip of the tongue, or something. I just couldn't help joking a bit about it! 😂
@pacz81145 ай бұрын
@@SpaceCattttt Agree on all fronts: the Beatles (along with Zappa and Brian Wilson's one and only solid LP) truly transformed the LP into a viable, musical art form starting in 1966 -- about a year ahead of the pack. I had a radio show in college where I played whole LPs. I could only do it on an overnight shift where the format was "free form" and so the show was on 3-6AM. (Though I didn't play '60 pop/rock music, that show was exclusively 1960s' jazz LPs.) My friends and I still have listening parties: we all meet at my house and bring our fave LPs and CDs (we're all in our 50s now). My wife cooks a nice meal for us and then we head up to the stereo room with our beers. Been doing this for 40 years on! Everything's on-the-table -- from the Stooges to the Baja Marimba Band. It's all "in-the-pocket".
@int531853 ай бұрын
Martin, considered the fifth Beatle, was a comedy album producer with a classical background. His contribution to the Beatles legacy was more important than most people realize.
@JustineLaLoba5 ай бұрын
For me 'Within You Without You' is a masterpiece ........to each his own.
@edward85975 ай бұрын
After "A Day in the Life", it's probably the best song on *Sgt. Pepper.*
@larrymiller87295 ай бұрын
Right
@goplad15 ай бұрын
No way is that song a masterpiece. At least not in the truest definition of the word. It is a garden variety raga, not original in any way. That being said I happen to like it but it really isn't anything special.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
Not much The Beatles ever released was not a masterpiece. Granted musical taste is subjective, the unfathomable success of The Beatles is solidly objective to the masses consensus.
@matthewheys10205 ай бұрын
@@goplad1 its has the best lyrics on the album
@entertainmentweakly68855 ай бұрын
1:17 You said "it WAS officially released until January 1969" Vocal typo? and mistakenly credited the song to the wrong album in text (The Beatles)
@RangerJohnreid5 ай бұрын
I’ve loved 909 since it first came out on the Let It Be album.
@richrich4115 ай бұрын
As a producer GM was entitled to his opinion. He may've been right, however as fans, everything was new and chalked up to the creativity & diversity of their music. What about "You Know My Name-Look Up My Number" ???
@clearview40765 ай бұрын
Blue Jay way first appeared on Magical Mystery Tour.
@thomastimlin17245 ай бұрын
That was kind of a dull song that turned me off, a total LSD trip....
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
MMT was another masterpiece.
@ericbgordon15754 ай бұрын
"I wouldn't have thought Sir George would have disliked "Within You". The rest make perfect sense.
@junaid15 ай бұрын
One after 909 is outstanding. !
@thirdhandlv42315 ай бұрын
Eh, just one of their ''jam songs'' there is nothing to them really. Filler.
@jamesbrice66195 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@blakemcnamara91055 ай бұрын
It's a decent rock and roll song. Not outstanding.
@mikegraham45135 ай бұрын
Outstanding is high praise indeed. I'd say it was marginally better than Dr. Robert.
@michellebarnes76405 ай бұрын
I LOVE ONE AFTER 909!
@monovision5665 ай бұрын
Martin was very wrong about Within You Without You. It’s a masterpiece, in part because of his west-meets-east production elements. To this day, it sounds like sonic perfection. He was very wrong about Free As a Bird and Real Love as well.
@smallhands43483 ай бұрын
Yes. Yes. Yes. Best regards from Germany!
@mookiejapan73515 ай бұрын
1. Only a Northern Song 2. Revolution 9 3. Within You Without You 4. One After 909 5. I Wanna Hold Your Hand / She Loves You (German versions) 6. Free as a Bird / Real Love 7. Let It Be (album)
@MrBlondinch5 ай бұрын
1. Blue Jay Way
@richardconnold52075 ай бұрын
@@MrBlondinch Absolutely not dude 🙂 'Blue Jay Way' is the undiscovered gem, on MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR.
@smallhands43483 ай бұрын
@@richardconnold5207 No it´s not said little Nic...
@gettinhungrig88065 ай бұрын
'One After 909' was written solely by Lennon. John in his 1970 Rolling Stone cited it as an example of a song he would write separately from Paul even in the early days.
@Bxtskul1l5 ай бұрын
I loved Northern Song! It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear Or how I fair, or if my hair Is brown 'Cause it's only a Northern song
@dobythedog5 ай бұрын
George Martin was so important, but don't forget Geoff Emerick. I believe that it was both of these people that were so important.
@neilfromstan5 ай бұрын
Within you and without you along with the inner light are two of my favourite Beatles songs
@noahbody97475 ай бұрын
I prefer the 1963 version of 'One After 909' than the one released in 1969. The 1963 version was a little more bluesy.
@jrdlabs5 ай бұрын
"Within You, Without You" was always the one song I skipped while listening to SGT. Pepper. Still is.
@williamstroker68055 ай бұрын
Yes, it was perfectly positioned as the first track on the second side, so you could drop the needle onto the second track. Everyone I know did the same. Such a boring dirge that didn't fit on the album at all.
@goplad15 ай бұрын
I skip about half the songs on "Sgt. Pepper's". One of my least favorite Beatles albums to be honest.
@jrdlabs5 ай бұрын
@@williamstroker6805 Although I've only listened to that track, maybe, once in my life, all the way through, I remember thinking how 'ballsy' it was for them to include this on the album, kind of, out of the blue. The young me was impressed by that in a weird way. I was such a Beatles fan that, pretty much, anything they did, even if I didn't like it, had a silver lining.
@MrAschiff5 ай бұрын
I agree with Paul and George Martin with regard to Let It Be
@thbastos15 ай бұрын
Within You Withou You is great. It seems that Martin had a little bit of prejudice.
@xavierduraffourg4995 ай бұрын
When George passed away, I wrote this: AT the Times of the Fab Four He picked us in a Magical Tour Singing " all you need IS love" With a shiny rainbow above Mister's Kite circus posters wheelin' A lonely guitar gently sweepin' Meeting Maharishi Mahesh In India,where's no flash To be eaten,only Spirit and Hope And caught with a silky rope Like a butterfly on Krisna's smile Waiting to you for a while So Just light and burn insence cônes To remind our heavenly Bones And Let his ashes flow away into the Sacred Waters Carrying People's sadness and coloured flowers UP to the open arms of Goddess Shiva And thé revealed veiled face of Maya Between Nothingness and Eternity.
@markothwriter5 ай бұрын
Paul and John made a lot more money than George and Ringo because a lot of the money came from the publishing rights.
@paultagliaferri2015 ай бұрын
You don't say, lol.
@antoniograncino35065 ай бұрын
7:20 Great in-studio candid of Phil and Ronnie Spector. Ronnie, as we old f*rts will recall, was lead singer of the Ronettes, 60's girl group . I wonder how Ronnie got on with Yoko ?
@Onda-v1t5 ай бұрын
Loved Sgt Peppers, but I always skipped Within You Without You, which was a drone for me.
@bruheehhhh3 ай бұрын
Whaaaaaaaat
@ivanconnolly73325 ай бұрын
John and Paul received royalties from George 's songs , this was not reciprocal, in the "Get back " documentary we hear audio of John and Paul discussing this gripe when George walks out.
@y4g3r442 ай бұрын
What's up with the HATED...? The comments George Martin made on theses songs comes from a professional offering his views on certain songs, most of it many would agree with to a large extent, or at least sympathize with, in the context Martin himself recounts his considerations. But HATED....? Internet, please stop this deranged debasement of everything.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
Within You Without You? People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Young people like George Harrison were discovering India's lifestyle and music, meditation and self awareness. A groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages. Btw, George Martin TRULY was the 5th Beatle...
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
His personal opinion on specific song's could never take away his contribution to The Beatles incredible and timeless success, Once they had Epstein, Martin and Ringo in place it was strap in and hold on. Still viral to this day with no end in sight.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 As you indicated, those vital pieces of the Beatles creation were so important, removing one or two changed the band's amazing chemistry. When Brian died, his valuable overseeing of the band was gone. To help fill the vacuum, Paul stepped forward, leading to strained relationships. The incredible talents of John, Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin would have succeeded nonetheless, but that original setup and chemistry led to musical perfection.
@alextirrellRI3 ай бұрын
What Martin wanted to do with the Lennon demos was ultimately done with Now and Then, but it was only possible with AI to separate from the piano and clean up the vocal. In the mid-90's they already did the best the could for Real Love and Free As A Bird, but both of those tracks suffer from having John's voice attached to the piano. (Real Love you can really hear it cutting in and out)
@6040nick5 ай бұрын
Wasn't 'Revolution 9' John, Yoko, and George Harrison.??
@brahmburgers5 ай бұрын
I've been with the Beatles from 1964. I was the first kid at my elementary school to tell the other kids about them. I'm a musician, and can play at least half their songs, including lyrics. However, there are some Beatles songs that are 2nd or 3rd rate.
@adroharv51405 ай бұрын
it goes to show how the Beatles work isn't so individual but made up of several layers from others bringing it together
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno53065 ай бұрын
Yes. It was a collaboration. It just so happened a perfect collaboration leading to unfathomable success still going on well over half a century and counting.
@jimbohnenkamp50825 ай бұрын
The narrator's first sentence says it all: "The Beatles would never have been the same without George Martin". He made them different with his productions. Their songs were very good, and George Martin kept saying that all his life, but his production separated them from all others. And I agree with all of George's feelings about the songs he didn't like, especially Free As A Bird. It drags.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
It's laughable when people talk about "the 5th Beatle" and it's not George Martin. Totally clueless. The one song I disagree with here is Within You Without You; I always liked it on Sgt Pepper.
@lar57jsy5 ай бұрын
I had been a strong Beatles fan since they did Ed Sullivan in 1964, but have to say they were content to release some crap songs for the last part of their Beatles days. That kind of crap never would have been broadcast and heard had it not come from the beloved Beatles.
@charlesstuartrobertson94305 ай бұрын
Just goes to show that personal taste is a large factor in what anyone thinks of particular songs.
@FerraroR5 ай бұрын
It’s funny, quite a few George pointed out I had similar feelings about..
@rr7firefly2 ай бұрын
"She Loves You" -- I will forever be enamored of that one song. It was the epitome of the enthusiastic energy that embraced a youthful love of life.
@jvblhc4 ай бұрын
Sgt. Pepper would not be the same without George's "Within You Without You". A great place to start Side Two. I love it.
@Azrael1BC5 ай бұрын
There is a quote frim George Martin(I have tried to find it but can't)where he stated that they were relatively mediocre musicians initially.
@artbylarry5 ай бұрын
If it wasn't for the Beatles no one would have even heard of George Martin
@jrpipik5 ай бұрын
And vice versa. Before Martin, they'd been rejected by every producer in England.
@worldline71475 ай бұрын
And vice versa, although George was already recognized in Britain for producing successful comedy albums. The Beatles saw George Martin's approval and offer of a record deal as their last chance.
@billviola78845 ай бұрын
Bullshit
@f.w.20545 ай бұрын
Fact!
@helpmaboabb5 ай бұрын
Indeed, My Boomerang Won't Come Back springs to mind
@MAGICJACKATX3 ай бұрын
Back in the exciting era of the Beatles most of us consumers and listeners were just teens. The early songs were catchy and fresh and easy to grasp and a real thrill. As the 60's moved on in the decade most of the generation were more than eager to hear whatever came next even if the music became perplexing and mysterious and even strange at times. No one at the time had any understanding of what went into the creation of the songs and albums. The introduction of third parties into the lives of the Beatles felt like an intrusion for many of us but of course we were too young to realize that the "Beatles" were just young men who were not even sure of their own destinies and that it would not last forever. For the most part George Martin keep the "boys" in line and I don't think they would have been what they eventually became had he not been that real fifth Beatle being them.
@ZRJZZZZZ5 ай бұрын
Poor George Harrison. Imagine being in the presence of Lennon and McCartney and trying to be relevant and creative. His skills diminished year by year.
@mumbles2154 ай бұрын
He seemed like a dour man from 64 on.
@mikelopiccolo40925 ай бұрын
George Harrisons "Within you.Without you" would probably not made the Sgt. Pepper album if George Martin had not crumbled under pressure from EMI who wanted a new Beatles single. Martin was forced to give up Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane for the new Beatles 45rpm single (both songs were intended for Sgt. Peppers). So in fairness to Martin, he had to put the Harrison song on to fill out the album. Harrison was heavily into the Indian music, so in fairness to Harrison, it was his only contribution, song wise, to Sgt. Pepper.
@bluemoon-205 ай бұрын
George Martin always said that removing Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane from Sgt Pepper was the biggest mistake of his career. People forget how unique the sound of the sitar was back then. Truly a groundbreaking song on an iconic album for the ages.