George Harrison - When We Was Fab
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Music video by George Harrison performing When We Was Fab. (C) 2004 Umlaut Corporation, under exclusive licence to Calderstone Productions Limited, a division of Universal Music Group 
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I love how Ringo is always there to help out with the other lads while they go along with their solo careers. From John's tracks, to Paul's film, to George's music video and live concerts. He's always so chill with the other lads.
Glad he was alive for Now and Then single too as we lost George in 2001.
Seems like a good bloke.
Drummers tend to be the most chilled in bands.... in order of appearance I'd say the most annoying people in bands from my experience are: 1.singers, 2.keyboard players, 3.guitarists, 4.bass players then 5.drummers. Of course there are exeptions....
John Deacon the bass player was the most chilled in Queen, the other 3 tended to be strong opinionated@@mikethebloodthirsty
@@1A157 Except that Deacon became the least chill after Freddie died, in terms of being a member of the band. The fact that he refuses to have anything to do (non-business related) with Brian and Roger just makes me sad.
Interviewer: What was the best thing about being in the Beatles?
Ringo: Having three brothers.
they were like brothers? wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ringo: Being an only child, all I ever wanted was a brother and I had three brothers in the band.
☮️ & ❤️
@@bennyhilla2558 yeah, in a way...
@@noone-bs7rj caramba tu aq eae
@@aventursyes315 opa kkk eae men
The older I get. The more I realise that George was the best beatle.
@Mike-qi9zi ok I’ll rephrase it. My favourite beatle
No way. He was good but maybe 3rd out of the four.
The sum was greater than the individual parts imo
There was not a best Beatle, man. If you think so you lost the train and still doesn't know they were complementary to each other. All of them were best. That is why they were called fab FOUR!
@@dabreu Geez, anal or what.
George’s love letter to his big brothers. ❤
no cgi was used in this video, george could just naturally do that
whats that
Yeah. He has to try very hard to hide his extra arms.
That's why he played guitar so good
Just wish he was holding a Rickenbacker just lose the Fender..
@@markapczynski4955 he got that guitar as a gift from another musician. He had to put it to good use
Ringo is the one constant in their careers. God bless him. Rest you, George.
Y el gran Jeff Lynne, productor del álbum, aparece dizque tocando el violín
@MichaelKingsfordGray You have an amazing talent for missing the point.
He was there for all of them
Arya Faeqy not for Stu
no one had beef with ringo
George Harrison is one celebrity that I generally miss.
People don't realize that it was an entire genre of music we lost when we lost him.
I would do anything to have him back.
It would be so convenient if time traveling existed! Now we are just stuck in this awful world to just ponder about life, and then just wishing to have been born a different time period.
I don’t think it would matter what time period you travel too, the world has always been shite, with bad things happening to good people.
@@benmiz9742 Naw not to me... definitely far worse now than ever before. I was not around for the Beatles, but I would time travel back to the 80s in a heartbeat if I could.
Well why? He didn’t go anywhere, he just left the material world, and who knows where his soul is wandering now. He may be in a different body now, but does that stop him from being George Harrison in one of his lives? And didn't he say that “You’ve got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don’t want.”
@@Hazza-vu6fz5je2jDhani, his Son, said he had a dream where he asked George “where have you been?”. George answered “here all along”
George was the underrated Beatle. I'll always love him. RIP.
The quiet Beatle, but no less a genius than John, Paul and Ringo. God bless them all they are the greatest band to ever have been formed we will ever know. We miss John and George greatly now and forever. Thank you Paul and Ringo for Now and Then recently, a great "final Beatles song" for now, bit who knows AI could create new music based on their writing for parts George and John would do and have Paul and Ringo still play for us their parts.
Georges avait la plus belle voix du groupe
Goerge is alive with Interzopp
He was never underrated, man. It never happened. Maybe you are too young to know. You have idea what The Beatles meant. You have no idea who all of them had the same importance. Please, listen to their albuns carefully. See their movies! Learn about them. You don't know what you are missing. Gosh, we used to sing "We love you Beatles, on yes we do...and mentioned the names of all of them. We love you Paul, We love you John, We love you Ringo, We love you George! We would scream for all of them. It is sad people today don't know how important Beatlemania was and still is. Don't know who none of them were mor important than the other. Even when we had oour favourites, we love the others just the same. In fact, among my group of friends, George was the most loved!
Dabreu, I'm 66 years old, and have been a Beatles fan since 1964. I have all the LP's, have seen the movies (many times). I've been to Liverpool several times, and have seen Ringo and Paul (twice) live.
I recommend a movie, "The Compleat Beatles" and a book, "The Secret Lives of John Lennon" by Ronald Goldman. The book is lengthy, and has much history about the band, and about them as individuals.
I lived Beatlemania. My comment was related to the fact that George was in the Shadow of John and Paul, for too long.
He was my favorite Beatle. RIP.
Love that ringo was there
Seb Harrison and Paul and John were in it John was on the album and Paul was the walrus
Seb Ld28
This was released seven years after John Lennon got shot :P
Paul wasn't actually the walrus. It's a running gag. He wasn't the walrus in the I Am The Walrus video and he wasn't the walrus in this video. They just want to laugh about it and fuck around with people, which Paul himself has admitted in an interview. Here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul.
Lord Ithkos It was John that said that when asked about the lyric to Glass Onion.
Ringo in an interview tells the story of visiting George who was dying of lung cancer. He was bedridden, very weak. Ringo visited for a couple of hours and then told George he had to go see a friend who needed him. George looked up and said in a whisper "Do you want me to go with you?" Ringo said he left and once outside he burst into tears. Such an emotional interview. RIP George..you are so missed 😇❤
The Beatles were my first love;). As the song came out, I was little sad! George had so much empathy
Was ringo s daughter he was seing....it broke my heart too
Wow... wow.....
sigh 💜💫✨
That wins most poignant comment made on RUclips.
Ringo's daughter was scheduled for brain surgery. George thought he should be with his friend when he needed him and tried to get out of bed to help. He was really something wasn't he?
Thank you Jeff Lynne (ELO) for making this reunion possible and for your fabulous contribution in producing the last 2 songs ever by the Beatles. Also thank you for producing and co-writing for the last 3 Beatles individually on their solo albums and the same for so many great Legends including the Traveling Wilburys.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like George Harrison
On point!
Love Jeff! They all did. Son of the Beatles!
@@funlittlefish wow! They’re great!
Yes always admired Jeff the same as the other three
This song is very special. I love the darkness and melancholy. It's a new Beatles song...what a talent.
I am the walrus
Upbeat tune + depressing lyrics = musical gold. Not sure how but thems the rules 🤷
Amen to that brother.
The fact that Ringo carries both sides of the piano brightens your day
Did you notice how Ringo's leg went up when he was carrying the back end of the keyboards. It looks like he's trying to kick that hand that was playing the keyboards. Lol
That was good
The fact that Ringo carries both sides of the piano fills you with determination
@@alttiantila It filled me with inspiration.
@Gary Pendleton exiting life?, you mean he goes out a lot?😕😄
I want a relationship like George's and Ringo's one.
david losers Yes you're right but only a true friend would be as forgiving as Ringo and assuming his own faults. That's why i love their relationship: it's easy to be friend when everything is fine but in hard times and crisis, true friends would not let you down. Ringo never abandoned George.
@Akilah The Cow Good point
Don't forget Harry Nilsson the one true 5th Beetle, he was thick as theives with them.
the guys were friends even when george had an affair with ringo's wife. best friend goals.
@@ringolennon827 From what I understand, Ringo actually caught George in bed with Maureen, which, of course, led to a divorce.
This is a masterclass in songwriting. Absolute perfection.
Yup
The Beatles and the Moody Blues!
Thank Jeff Lynne
One time they played it on a segment of the "Heidi and Frank Show", KLOS, Los Angeles. Heidi thought it sounded like the theme song to a lame eighties sit-com.
So one person's master class in writing is another person's lame eighties sit-com theme song.
Go figure
@@daniellehall9679 It's a masterpiece in concept but you have to have the video with the visual cues throughout to understand. If the Beatle's story of fame and disintegration wasn't known, the lyrics are essentially nonsense. But framed in a proper context (definitely not in a stage performance unless it's theater) it's as infectuous mentally as it is melodically.
George is a minimalist and you can't play music and expect to be understood with such small and nuanced references. Far more intellectually connected than John or Paul because he could afford to sit back and watch the whole of the comedy from the sidelines.
You STILL fab. ♥♥♥♥
George always wrote deep songs.
As deep as Paulie's are shallow. Lol. Love them all!
George 1976 yeh.
"I was so young when I was born" - George Harrison
This was cowritten by jeff lynne and george harrison
It’s really not that deep.
When George say "Long time ago when we was fab" with his costume of the Sgt. Pepper cover makes me want to cry
And it still fit...
SAME. With the whole video actually
it is a wonderful moment when he has the costume of the sgt. pepper cover. just like a bridge to the past. that is why i love that video and the song so much.
0:58
@@robertfitzgerald3118 The only good thing about cigarettes is it keeps you thin. So everything fits. From 30 years ago
Jeff Lynne (ELO) +George Harrison=FAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To me this is basically the best Beatles reunion we ever got. This song is great.... It's a timeless piece for sure.
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like George Harrison. They have great harmony singing and a songwriting style similar to The Beatles
Mm I don't know, the song is ok at best for me
This IS a Beatles song without John and Paul just like The Ballad of John and Yoko was a Beatles song without George and Ringo.
Did Paul play on it? I saw Ringo of course, Phil Colin’s and Elton John stroll through…
@@michaelberthelot3594the ballad of John and yoko is such a killer track.
This sounds so much like an original Beatles song. Now I realise how much George actually influenced the Beatles and their songs
It sounds alot like i am the walrus to me
Or how much they did him
@@maxirwin6915 no, I would say the inverse
Alex Plays i heard that he intentionally tried to make this song sound like the sgt. peppers/ magical mystery tour era to have a bit of nostalgia because the song is for john after all
Sounds more like an ELO song to me.
Anyone else notice how chill awesome and goofy Ringo was in this video?
Jonathan Wright yeah right he was as cool as a lemon
he's always been like that.
John Lennon once said" Even if there was never such thing as The Beatles he would have been famous anyway, he just had that kind of personality"
He just so jazzed about spoofs and goofs
The observation made was that, even if Pete Best was the best drummer (debatable), Ringo was the best Beatle.
My favorite thing is the ending, when George's signature Indian sound takes over, at the same time George parallels a Hindu Deity with many arms, and he finally lifts up his feet in a lotus position and floats in the air.
This is just so George, I love it.
I like that he picked Elton John's pocket.
then becomes forever
The Pepper suit still fits. 😎
I was 14 when this video came out in c. 1988 and I thought the appearance of George's uniform (along with Paul's in the "My Brave Face" video in 1989) was like seeing a long lost relic even though it had been barely 20 years since _Sgt. Pepper's_ was released. Nowadays 20 years seems like not that long ago.
Marvel: "Infinity war is the most abitious crossover event in history"
Me: shows them ,video*
Jackkss 277 but it’s a crossover of only two people, two people who have an extensive crossover career together.
Yoda watch again it has a lot of cameos
Moon Dreams eh
Yoda theres probably more then 10 good cameos but ok.
Yoda The dark side clouds your mind.
2:00 the fact that John Lennon’s album makes a cameo and George saying “ the microscopes had magnified the tears” makes this even more touching and emotional
2:07 it's not Paul McCartney its supposed to represent Mark David Chapman (the man that killed John lennon) following John lennon before he died. That's why a man is walking with John's backside of the imagine album 2:03 representing Mark following him to his apartment to assassinate John, It was said that Mark had mental problems that's why He was walking with a squiggly effect. RIP John Lennon (The greatest Beatle member and artist ever)
Looking through a glass onion.
It's not a coincidence the Imagine album features the song How Do You Sleep, whose lyrics are a clear attack on Paul. George played in that song.
it was like they were all together again- Paul was the walrus in that part, you can tell by the left handed bass, and Ringo was on drums.
@@nightbot4357 bruh, it's Paul .... wtf
Every Beatles fan learns that George was every bit the equal of John and Paul in talent.
George was hands down the best Beatle
Thats a fun thought, not even close reality at all, but what a fun concept to imagine, it is easy if you try, Ill call you guys dreamers and you're not the only ones 🤘🌈
In songwriting no, John and Paul was the driving force at the start and John kept writing hits when they could've just faded away after reaching number 1 in America, I do can say by watching the Get Back docu George had a lot of input which improves a song drastically, so it was a 4 headed monster indeed but George lagged behind in songwriting, there was a point he was equal mythical status from 68-71 but John and Paul had more solo songs that stood the test of time.
@@joeyyc8515What a joke. Not even close.
"But it's all over now baby blue".
I don't know why, but when I hear George sing this line, it brings me to tears.
Again, I have no idea why.
Gender confusion maybe
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like George Harrison. They have great harmony singing and a songwriting style similar to The Beatles
It's a Badfinger song.
@@pvank1799 It’s a reference to the 1965 Bob Dylan song “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue”
Also maybe a reference to Badfinger's Baby Blue, which is on an album George produced. Both great songs. They were signed to The Beatles' ill-fated production company, Apple. @@jonathanbirch2022
RIP George Harrison. One of the greatest musicians in history. May he live a wonderful life in Heaven.
Amen Disco Queen!
George converted to Hinduism so he's reincarnated. HE'S STILL ALIVE!!
Yep.....in history!!
He's with his lord...💕
Hinduism is a load of empty garbage philosophy that goes nowhere. Never makes a point. Krishna was a legend, and I think a lot of Hindus would acknowledge that. However, I think people did have a sense that God would come in the flesh. The man Jesus (ye-shu-ah) that lived in the 1st century, however, has been substantiated as a historical man in the flesh that claimed to be God and we have historical accounts of the things He actually did and said, even from non-biblical sources (the Jewish Talmud said that He used Black Magic to perform the miracles). There’s your historical God in flesh that you should worship. George calling Krishna my sweet lord is as dumb as calling Thor my sweet lord. That being said, I think George just wanted to be different and non-mainstream and I get it. A lot of Christians are seriously slow and idiotic and just digest and regurgitate their culture. Hence the fact that this song kicks ass and Christian music sucks... ok, let’s hear the ad-hominem arguments. Don’t forget to put on your holy robe or fedora...
3:27 George Harrison didn't pass away he merely ascended
It makes sense especially due to his religious values
He did...and he's here with us now
He is probably jamming with Vishnu and the other gods
He died a horrible death throat cancer...damm cigarettes.
true that!
Good friend Jeff Lynne appearance shouldn’t go unnoticed
Thank you Jeff Lynne (ELO) for reviving George's solo career.
George was, and still is, fab, and he always will be fab
FAAAAAB
Alright enough of you two chatting in the mortal realm. Either choose to be with us or chat in heaven.
@George Harrison epic john lemon jokes here
Gear.😏
George was the most fab of the 4.
I remember loving this song as a kid, hearing that he used to be in a band and thinking “I should check out his old band.”
There's an old joke about two teenagers in a record store (told you it was an old joke), and one of them says excitedly, "Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings??"
@@barryschwarz Made me smile, thank you. 💕
I don't know if you're sincere, but in that case you're a rarity... and I guess that's not impossible
@@barryschwarz Sadly, it wasn't really a joke.
@@barryschwarz "The band The Beatles could have been"
- Alan Partridge
george harrison was the best
The part where Elton John puts coin into the Beatles' jar has me crying every time. How true, how true it is.
after elton did that he had his wallet picked from his back pocket by one of george's hands haha
@@archangelmusic13 lmao never noticed that one
@@Driessens_Peter yeah not many noticed that.
@@archangelmusic13how did I miss that after all the times I watched this! Lol. Great little detail.
@@hiscreation78 at the 2:08 mark you see paul mccartney walk by. did you notice that? or did you miss that as well?
John Lennon's cameo:
2:03 - John on the picture ("Imagine" album's back cover).
Paul McCartney's cameo:
2:01 - Walrus on left-handed bass (reference to "Glass Onion": ,,The walrus was Paul'')
2:07 - Paul McCartney lookin' right on his old bandmates (this distorted guy).
Bart McGrove William was not in this music video. And Paul McCartney was sure as hell not in it, because he has been dead since late 1966.
OMG STOP THAT!!
JUST ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THAT PAUL IS DEAD BS
HE'S STILL ALIVE DAMMIT
@@TMthe33rd Paul is in fact dead. More clues from George in this song.
@@tomacosta85 You can't be that stupid
Paul is not dead, take me so much time, much videos P.I.D , to acept it
This song speaks to me in a literal and spiritual sense
lol
F A B
This is what I thought about when I saw your username
It LITERALLY speaks to me they might be entities from a different dimension I don’t know
Why the heck are the replies in the same week from a comment 3 months ago?
Are you ok?
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Happy 80th birthday George!
George Harrisson misses The Beatles for 3 minutes and 57 seconds straight
nice shrek/sully pic
Don't we all
Don't we all
Don't we all
Don't we all
That is Jeff Lynne on the violin @ 1:44. Jeff Lynne, master of all instruments. The man not only wrote, but produced, sang, and played all of the instruments in many of ELO's biggest hits. He's a legend. Sorry, I'm no taking anything away from George Harrison, a LEGEND in his own right.
💯 well said!
And one of the traveling Wilburys!
Tengo entendido que Jeff Lynne produce y coescribe esta cancion ademas de los hermosos coros que hace. Un grande.
oh you mean like when he ripped off a day in the life for mr blue sky? lmao
I look at that pic of George standing with his guitar case outside of his house in Liverpool and wonder if he had any clue of the wealth of material he and the others would create. I suspect he thought as he looked out the window of his house that he knew something greater awaited him and it did. Thanks for sharing. George’s music lives on.
Back then long time ago when grass was green
Woke up in a daze
Arrived like strangers in the night
(Fab! Doot, doot, doot doo)
Long time ago when we was fab (Fab!)
Back when income tax was all we had
Caressers fleeced you in the morning light
Casualties at dawn
And we did it all
(Fab! Doot, doot, doot doo)
Long time ago when we was fab (Fab)
In my world you are my only love
And while you're in this world
The fuzz gonna come and claim you
But you mo better wise
When the buzz gonna come and take you away
Take you away. Take you away
The microscopes that magnified the tears
Studied warts and all
Still the life flowed on and on
(Fab! Doot, doot, doot, Gear!)
Long time ago when we was fab (Fab)
But it's all over now, baby blue
(Oo! doot, doot doot. Fab!)
Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab!) Like this pullover you sent me
(Fab! Doot, doot, doot. Gear!)
And you really got a hold on me
(Fab! Doot, doot, doot, Gear!)
I am not ashamed to admit I CRIED LIKE A BABY WHEN GEORGE HARRISON PASSED AWAY......I'M SURE I WAS ONLY ONE OF BILLONS OF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
You were one of the billions of people...
Three things happened that November. My Dad had a major heart attack, my first wife and me legally separated and George Harrison. I cried like a baby for days. That was an emotional month.
@@fretboardmaster70 man.
I had a very similar reaction when I heard about Stevie Ray Vaughan's untimely demise, so I can definitely relate. As a young, up-and-coming guitarist myself, Stevie Ray was a huge influence, so his loss was a bitter blow. What really chapped my @$$ the most about the unfairness of it all was that his helicopter flew into a man-made ski hill. That's right...they had to build it so the pilot could fly right into it.
At the time, the only consolation I can recall about that horrible day was that Eric Clapton was also supposed to be on the same helicopter, but he decided to stay behind to party some more instead.
I didn't
Cause I wasn't born yet😞
I think this confirms that the Beatles really loved each other as true brothers, having been through both heaven and hell as a unique body. George and Ringo were especially close, but even with Paul's need to be out front and John's mercurial jabs at the Beatles as a group and as individuals, the true bond of love was present. Ringo is just a lovely man, while Paul is the tireless performer. John was the barometer of them all, and George was the quick witted, clear thinker, without a "candy coating". I love the Beatles, and I love Ringo, John, George and Paul as individuals.
Great caption😣❤totally agreed
The perfect end to the perfect story.
REALLY well said. I LOVED reading and feeling your comment!
Well said, sir.
You know, I was gonna be a jerk and point out all of their numerous character flaws and heinous acts over the years but...
Nah, your comment is too nice for that.
This song makes me nostalgic for a time before I was born, and a life I never had.
I get what you're saying very well. I felt the same when I was old enough to tune into and appreciate the Beatles early stuff which happened when I was a toddler.
It would be so convenient if time traveling existed today. Having the feeling of being born at the wrong time is one of the worst feelings anyone can experience. It’s honestly just too bad. All anyone nowadays can do is appreciate the music and just ponder about wishing to be alive during that time period. We can’t forget about the daydreaming we may do every once in a while too. 😢
@@Ultimate_Weirdo_Maybe this music resonates with us so much because we once lived during this time in a previous life. 😉
@@SamElliottsStache Perhaps so. It’s possible after all.
I was there and it was FAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We'd all like a little time travel now and again.
I'm from '80s: before I know what The Beatles means, I love to hear Beatles George songs on the radio
Thank you, Jeff Lynne, for producing George and reviving his career.
And it probably should come as no surprise that he also produced Paul McCartney's best selling album since 1987 (Flaming Pie).
Imagine Jeff, George, Ringo and Paul at the time? Sigh. The Quarrymen? :D
when did george's career die?
@@thewkovacs316 Fact from Olivia and Dhani Harrison... "Jeff Lynne came along at the best time and his production actually helped George Harrison's career... saved it in a way, and brought him back with the spectacular CLOUD NINE album, which IMO is second-best in George's catalog, right after ALL THINGS MUST PASS. And then there were the two very satisfying Traveling Wilburys albums. George Harrison was back, better than ever -- and on a roll!
You can thank Clapton for dragging George out on tour….and then Jeff Lynne for producing
This song is sad,happy,psychodelic,nostalgic,epic at the same time
Well this is what were the beatles🥺❤
@@annaharrison9676 yep
Not to mention haunting
George’s all songs have so much heart and soul in them, it is breathtaking. He was a magnificent artist and very special soul. This song makes me happy and sad at the same time, his power to manipulate and channel emotions with music was insane. He was and always will be fab.
Boy that was well said. can you imagine being George Harrison as great as he was and at his very best as great as anyone and still only the 3rd best songwriter in his group.
@@vernpascal1531 Commercially( $$), Lennon McCartney were more successful, but being third with Lennon McCartney is still pretty damn good.
There is no comparison to George Harrison.
@@kathosborne3484 It took all four of them to be the Beatles.
This sounds like it came straight off a mid 60s Beatles album. But, of course, it didn’t.
It’s still enjoyable for the nostalgic melancholy that it evokes though.
Beatles meet ELO !
2:03 is the closest we’ve ever got to having all 4 beatles with each other
nah what about ehen the beatles were a thing
@Matthew Lewin Paul is not dead.
Actually the real closest was the anthology video from the 90s
Actually the real closest was in the 60s
Bot 0902 i think he meant that the person there isnt paul. it really isnt, he even said it. hes the distorted dude that walks shortly after.
and now that im realizing im an idiot this dude actually is a faul believer. shit.
“When We Was Fab” so eerily recreates a Beatlesque mélange of sounds that you’d swear it was a Magical Mystery Tour outtake.
When Harrison decided upon pursuing the track, it helped that he had a kindred spirit in the producer’s chair in Jeff Lynne. “I just had the thought, ‘I’d like to write a song that’s reminiscent of that period of ’67,’” Harrison recalled in an interview from that time. “In my head, I could hear Ringo counting it in, ‘One-two duh-duh-dum, duh-duh-dum-dum.’ And I just started right there writing that song, and then Jeff was around and we got out this piano and we came up with all these little bits like the catchy little piano part that plays the melody on the chorus. And, of course, the start of the song and the original intention was that we should have that kind of sound.”
In addition to Starr’s inimitable drum fills, Harrison’s familiar slide and the icy piano part recalling “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “When We Was Fab” also contains quizzical strings and crazed backing vocals a la “I Am The Walrus” and a sitar coda worthy of “Love You To.” That it all holds together without sounding like some Stars On 45 concoction is testament to Lynne’s estimable production skills and Harrison’s charming lyrics, which look back with clear eyes, tongue partially in cheek, and warm heart.
Harrison doesn’t get caught up in a blow-by-blow history of The Beatles, instead settling on a more impressionistic take, like memories flashing before his eyes in random order. He quotes Bob Dylan (“But it’s all over now, Baby Blue”) and Smokey Robinson (“And you really got a hold on me”) but only indirectly hints at Beatles’ lyrics: The “take you away” interlude recalls “Magical Mystery Tour,” and his insistence that “Still the life flows on and on” references his own “Within You Without You.” He also gets one more shot in at the taxman for old time sake.
Harrison balances out halcyon days of pullovers and green grass with some darker remembrances. “Caresses fleeced you in the morning light/ Casualties at dawn” is not the kind of feel-good couplet you would associate with Beatlemania. And his assertion that “The microscopes have magnified the tears/ Studied warts and all” seems to be a dig at journalists looking to dig up the underbelly of the Fab phenomenon instead of just enjoying the gleaming surface.
Ultimately though, the sweet far outweighs the bitter. When Harrison sings “And we did it all,” wonder and gratitude are evident in his voice. The accompanying video added to the feeling with a trove of winks and nods to the Beatle mythos. Maybe “When We Was Fab” isn’t grammatically correct, but it was right on the money for those who were missing the magic of The Beatles and the wisdom of the “quiet” one.
stevieray56 ikr. Holy shit mate thats long
His name was George....
But you can call him George.
The song has Jeff's pretty-unmistakable feel to it, and they were good friends. Jeff was originally so ga-ga about getting to work with George. :) Then they hit it off and collaborated with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. It was pretty much a mutual admiration society and let them make great music and have fun together.
This review is _Rolling Stone_ worthy.
Can always count on Ringo to be the guy……he is special and is the coolest of all. As great as this masterpiece truly is, it is just as sad……the Fab Four actually changed the world…..and they are missed, more than anyone can imagine.
holding my newborn and dancing to this in '87, realizing I'm older, that Beatle melancholy feeling going through my mind wishing it was 20yrs earlier. That was 35 yrs ago. MAN, don't blink
Ok old man time to put you in the home
'Long time ago when we was Fab'... not as long ago then, as this song is to us now. The Beatles were 17 years away from this song, and this song is 38 years away from 2019....
@Thomas Evans Maths was never my forte haha. I would edit, but it would make your comment void.
Ringo always seems like such a super cool dude to be around and have as a friend. Love that he shows up in songs with George, Paul, and even Tom Petty over the years.
Ringo is the kind of guy that you can depend on to come and help you out if you have a track you're working on.
Ringo is everyone’s best friend.
Because he gets paid and doesn't have much else to do.
Ringo played all the drums on John's Plastic ono band album
Yet so many say he's an asshole. *shrug*
George and all of the Beatles were and always will be ‘FAB’
so grateful to be on the planet with the beatles - fell in love in nov. 63, still in love today
it's time to give this video the HD treatment, like it was done for Coming Up! It would be great to see it sharp and clear! Come on Harrison Estate, do it! It deserves it!
Why do I usually end up in tears when I listen to George's work? I'm listening away happily, then the tears just well up. I feel happy and sad at the same time. Not just this tune. So many others too.
I’m relieved to see other people experience this.
I am no expert, but I I wonder if it is I built into the musical scales he uses.
His music is beautiful to the soul honestly
His voice carry’s through this entire album in a really beautiful way. Combine that with his wonderful guitar picking makes for some powerful connections.
His voice carry’s through this entire album in a really beautiful way. Combine that with his wonderful guitar picking makes for some powerful connections.
Perhaps we feel related to his songs and lyrics. He always had bluesy touch to his work. True musicianship. RIP George.. thank you for your music
I would have a heart attack if I saw George Harrison playing on the sidewalk
LMAO
I would be just as shocked, seeing as how he's been dead for almost twenty years. 😮
I'd wonder if I was dead.😱 Since he died quite a few years ago. Or if it was just a guy who looked like him.👥
Ninja_Baseball_Haruhara yeah especially if he had three arms
@I.J.B.P
Probably
A really great "George" song! I miss George not being with us in this world. His unique spirit is with us still!
Ringo’s drumming is instantly recognizable
He basically continued the Beatles style
Yeah, and Ringo did as well.
This song was done more in ELO / Jeff Lynne fashion. Of course Jeff is often called the 4th Beatle, so there is a LOT of crossover there.
Songwriters: GEORGE HARRISON, JEFF LYNNE
Ima SuperPerson There were 4 Beatles already. 😂😂😂
He was the beatles style
I saw Ringo and screamed
same
nice profile pic btw
Did he scream back at u?
Harrison was amazingly talented at creating a spiritual/mystical vibe to his music.
George was always a Beatle, even when solo. He missed the magic of being Fab more than the other three, even Paul did. GBY George Harrison.
George loved the Sgt´ Pepper´s uniform or something xD
Couldn't zip up his trousers though, twenty years later... 😶
it's nostalgic for him
My favorite part of the video....
Bluebird 21024 he wore it in so many other videos too
SOMETHING
Jeff Lynne's ELO sound is all over this underappreciated classic, which isn't a bad thing.
Ya it is surprising how much George's sliding guitar mix well with the ELO sound.
Great composition with Jeff engineering.
Isn't that Jeff Lynn in the video with the violin?
At minute 1:43
Jeff Lynn borrowed a lot from the Beatles too.
Jeff Lynne took the George Martin sound and progressed it into the 80s/90s perfectly.
0:48 - Ringo nods at the camera
0:58 - Sgt. Pepper
1:04 - One of the extra hands vandalizes the wall, so another hand cuffs it.
1:16 - The cuffed hand is used as a guitar slide.
1:32 - The line “The bus will take you away” is a nod to Magical Mystery Tour
1:43 - Jeff Lynne?
2:00 - The walrus
2:03 - A man holding Imagine is followed by a man with a squiggly effect. This represents John and Mark David Chapman, who has the effect because he had mental issues.
2:21 - Paul Simon?
2:27 - The line “Its all over now baby blue” is probably a nod to the eponymous Bob Dylan song.
2:33 - George bounces the apple on the drum to Ringo.
2:42 - Elton John?
2:50 - Ringo carries both ends of the long keyboard.
3:14 - what how
3:26 - Why is that satisfying?!
REPOST
Kyan Nurse the original was buried so I had to repost
1:52 also has Ray Cooper who is a Big Time percussionist, who has worked with Harrison, Clapton, Paul, Ringo, The Floyd among MANY others. I saw him perform with Eric Clapton (in BOTSWANA)!! In fact, watch any live Clapton video from 1990 forward and You're almost sure to see him!
Vilbos Vilbos Yeah Ray is THE percussionist in rock.
yup thats jeff lynne
Gear has 3 strings after the A indicating John's death and a nod to the bass guitar from Pepper having only 3 strings (dumb PID). Woos indicate I Am The Walrus Song, you can hear a slight Mellotron flute in the left channel. Ringo is carrying a heavy and long piano (Carry That Weight reference). String arrangement indicating arranged tunes by George Martin and maybe a nod to the B side of Yellow Submarine. You can see also the 7 wonders and George playing a cello (presumably indicating the strings part he did on All You Need Is Love, though he played the violin there).
One of the catchiest pop songs to have such an unusual chord progression.
Love it.
This is pop?
@@canwehit1kvidswithoutanysu153 yep
@@knob3887 It works very well......
@@knob3887 you absolute knob
@@thebaneofyourexistence.3377 pop's kind of a blanket statement tbh
IMHO this is the quintessential No Beatles song! But when you realize it was from one of the founding members, it becomes crystal clear it is a Beatles song! Hands down to George and Ringo!
I didn't expect this to hit hard but....
I love the way this songs incorporates all the stylistic riffs of the Beatles, you can hear "I am the Walrus", Eleanor Rigby, and many, many others, "Within you, without you" at the end with the sitar riff.
Also: Magical Mistery Tour (...is hoping to *take you away*).
You can hear what seems to be a sample from the end of Hello Goodbye in one part. The backing vocalists say Heeeyyyy-lllaaaaaaa at one point
@@HPayne62 I'll listen for it, thanks!
Awesome!@@valberm
@@toddholmes4480 no prob. Also: the "chu chu chu chu..." ( 0:23 ) reminds me the "ta da da da da da da" from Helter Skelter ruclips.net/video/vWW2SzoAXMo/видео.html
This song makes me sad. And who could possibly dislike this???
People that don't know about real music
Me.
I like this though
@¡ Yeb Bush ! no
Yoko Ono
Uma pena Harrison não estar mais aqui, o mundo louco que vivemos precisa de mentes sensatas como a dele, mas ele também merece estar num plano melhor por tudo de bom que deixou para a humanidade através de sua musica, obrigado George, que esteja em paz.🙏
Harrison + ELO/Lynne sound wins my heart for sure.
Absolutely!
Miss you George.
R5d4d2
😢😢
1:03, you can see that George tried to mask a smile there
George Harrison my favorite Beatles
Yes - One of
He’s the only one among the four who sounded like the Beatles.
I love when he changes into his Sargent pepper outfit
When we was fab
Adam Goodlet I love that part too
Same
It's the real one too, he still had it in his wardrobe
Sergeant not Sargent
Me: *sees Ringo in the video* Holy shi- he got Ringo in the video-
Me: *also sees Elton* HOW!?
And Jeff Lynne!
And Paul McCartney
And Paul Simon
@@angelicvs 2:07 it's not Paul McCartney its supposed to represent Mark David Chapman (the man that killed John lennon) following John lennon before he died. That's why a man is walking with John's backside of the imagine album 2:03 representing Mark following him to his apartment to assassinate John, It was said that Mark had mental problems that's why He was walking with a squiggly effect. RIP John Lennon (The greatest Beatle member and artist ever)
@@nightbot4357 He was the first obsessed stan. He was so obsessed with John Lennon and the Beatles that he killed one of the them. He was also schizophrenic
Song still gives me chills. Bittersweet but beautiful.
Hello Elizabeth, how are you doing?
"Long time ago when we was fab". Except when this song was released they had only been broken up for over 17 years. Now it's 52 years, damn.
Back then long time ago when grass was green
Woke up in a daze
Arrived like strangers in the night
Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab)
Back when income tax was all we had
Caresses fleeced you in the morning light
Casualties at dawn
And we did it all
Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab)
In my world you are my only love
And while you're in this world
The fuzz gonna come and claim you
But you mo better wise
When the buzz gonna come and take you away
Take you away
Take you away
The microscopes that magnified the tears
Studied warts and all
Still the life flowed on and on
Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab)
But it's all over now, Baby Blue
Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab)
Like this pullover you sent to me
(Fab)
And you've really got a hold on me
(Fab)
Long time ago when we was fab
Every time I see George it makes me very happy. He really seemed liked he figured it all out. Yet every time I see George I also feel like crying. Know what I mean?
I feel this!
Yes. 🥲
Yes….❤
It's been long enough now that this song effects me on two levels... The first level is realizing that for him at this time the FAB days were well behind the Fab Four. The second level is more personal for me and it's realizing I'm way past the point I was in my life when this came out in the 80's. George always put so much meaning behind his lyrics. He is missed.
This is one of those rare jams that slaps immediately out of the gate without needing to build up. Just launches you right into a ride of your life
Love the Elton John cameo at 2:41
I never noticed that before!
Elton John,WHAT?? is a stupid
What is wrong with you
There were many cameo's there..Including the ghost of John Lennon...
And, if you look closely at 2:44, George's third hand picks Elton's pocket! I also love the Paul Simon cameo at 2:24.
Jeff Lynne(ELO) the best overall musician ever and a freaking good producer, singer and songwriter.
Actually Jeff co-wrote, played, did backing vocals and produced this song. George and Jeff together it was a perfect match musically.
George made a huge comeback in 1988, huge successful solo record, Beatles inducted into the original class of the R & R Hall of Fame and also the Travelling Wilburry's had a few hit songs
1988 was like a hundred years ago, everyone alive back then is dead
@@lumpylumpyloo we’re all gonna be dead it’s just what you do when your here and he made good music for us what you gonna do ? Lol
@@lumpylumpyloo I'm here you despicable prick you .
@@DP.23 Facts, all things must pass but we can make the most of the time we have
Lyrics:
Back then long time ago when grass was green
Woke up in a daze
Arrived like stangers in the night
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Fab - back when income tax was all we had
Caresses fleeced you in the morning light
Casualties at dawn
And we did it all
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Fab - you are my world you are my only love
And while you're in this world
The fuzz gonna come and claim you
But you mo better wise
When the buzz gonna come and take you away
Take you away
Take you away
The microscopes that magnified the tears
Studied warts and all
Still the life flows on and on
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Fab - but It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Fab - like this pullover you sent to me
Fab
And You've Really Got A Hold On Me
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Thank you
I like "and when you're in this world the fuzz gonna come and claim you" arrested.. he's playing slide with handcuffs.. George is my favorite musician.
It's all over now baby blue is a 13th Floor Elevators song. I wonder what made him quote that.
@@KC9UDXit's a Dylan cover, sweet pea.
@@zombiefacesupreme oh thanks for that. I had no idea. This has always been one of my favourite Elevators songs. Second only to Dr. Doom, probably.
try to enjoy every detail in this tune.
It was the best solo-career move George made by working with Jeff Lynn on his 1987 Cloud Nine album. His solo career went into decline in the late 70s and early 80s probably due to his reluctance to embrace the musical trends at the time like disco and new wave. But Lynns production brought out the best on Georges Cloud Nine album with the music sounding very contemporary for the 1980s.
You are 100% correct.
@@classicrockfan8034 Thanks
George was a beautiful soul the world was a little brighter with him in it.
der Typ war krass! he lead me to indian things and guess, i landet with osho
I adore the little moment at 2:03. That's Julian Lennon walking past the camera holding the _Imagine_ album, but he's wearing glasses. Since Julian didn't wear glasses when this was shot, this is pretty much a John Lennon cameo they sneaked right under everyone's noses. And it makes perfect sense that John appears right before the distorted image of Paul.
No the distorted image is of the man who killed John, he had followed his before he shot him.
@@RainsnCoffee where’s yoko at then, since yoko was next to Lennon when it happened and I don’t think a George Harrison music video will show such a disturbing scene
@@who7950 Yoko is not there because she stole George's biscuits
@@RainsnCoffee and sat on his amplifier
Are you sure? It looks like Neil Aspinall