How could no one say A Hard Days Night. Start, middle and end brings to light that amazing 12 string Rickenbacker. The opening, the power of that opening chord alone. Yes there were other instruments in that opening chord but George's Rickenbacker leads the charge. The solo in the middle inspirational. The ending again that George's Rickenbacker is a wonderful dreamy ending to a song talking about a hard days night. My only complaint about George's solos was that they were to short. With music editing software I have made some of the solos 2 or 3 times long so I can enjoy them more. Another thing, watching Beatle concerts, when ever John played lead it looked like he was struggling a little. George's hands always seemed to glide effortlessly along the fret board and he seldom looked at his left hand. Oh another favorite lead of mine and there are so many is Act Naturally. In many ways I think it carries the song.
Something that not everyone knows? is George Harrison's favorite guitar was the Gretsch. no matter what other guitars he played and how much he liked them. he always returned to his Gretsch guitars. I guess they were like a pair of comfortable shoes?
“Here Comes the Sun”is a virtual acoustic masterpiece to me. If you ever saw George and Paul Simon play and sing this on Saturday Night Live! On “Something,” although it’s a slower pace, George is complimented quite beautifully with Paul’s melodic Bass Lines, and Harmonies. “And Your Bird Can Sing” was very Cool 😎 too! These 4 guys really complimented each other, no matter who wrote or sang the Song. “The End” duel leads were GREAT to! They finally talked Ringo into doing a drum solo as well! They were a very Tight Band. When playing live, they couldn’t hear the music or the vocals…give that a try sometime! Glad I was around to witness ALL of it!!!
George's work on acoustic guitar, especially on And I Love Her. Paul once said George came up with the lead work himself. Amazing, and I think George was not aged 21 at that time.
I love George's solos. One of my very favorites is the guitar riff to Here Comes the Sun. It's so melodic and beautiful! It always puts a smile on my face!There are other favorites, but there's too many to list!☺️❤️🎶🎸🌞
George Harrison's chord - slide technique is distinctly his own. and it's funny that it's not duplicated maybe out of respect? a person can always identify a George Harrison song by that technique. which started becoming noticable about the time of the Traveling Wilbury's. and because of his powerful phrasing in his playing.
I guess I must be kind of weird, but my first concept of what lead guitar was all about came from two Larry Williams songs covered by The Beatles, namely Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Bad Boy. They also helped me understanding rock and roll. Two very forgotten numbers. Very powerful at the time too!
from larry williams- also, "slow down"- the beatles KNEW where to find great rockers. best version of this tune i've EVER heard was by the sonics- never recorded- but i have a live tape!
Yeah, I had not mentioned Slow Down because I was talking about my introduction to the concepts of lead guitar and rock and roll, and it happened with those two songs. I discovered Slow Down a few years later, but i didn't like it any less.
@@albertoelua7866 larry williams played piano a lot like little richard- i love his sense of rock and roll humor-"now junior, behave yourself!" and the lead on dizzy miss lizzy- how many times have you tried to bend those strings to get THAT sound? lol and for "lead guitar" tone- check the sonics (lp version) "have love will travel" just the intro will do- that's an epiphone semi hollow body- recorded in '64. you like?
I'm glad somebody mentioned the one after 909 oh, but you have to check out his solo on the 1963 version on Anthology 1. The Beatles are really good at playing rock and blues and the song really sounds like the Rolling Stones which is something like this
Song #23 is simply "The End", not "The Answer's At The End" which is a solo track from 1975 (speaking of which, why are there no tracks from his solo career here?). Also, the lyric is "the love you take is equal to the love you make", not "the love you receive".
George did not actually invent that chord. It's been around forever. Jazz players have been using it for decades. It's symptomatic of the Beatles' lack of theoretical knowledge that he could say that. Not that I care. I love George's playing and I don't think theoretical knowledge is all that important. But he didn't invent that chord.
Would have been nice to play examples of George's Greatest Guitar Moments. Not very effective without that. "Describing' music but not "playing" it means very little...at least to me.
Let It Be...there were TWO solos...the single version which EVERYONE in 1970 [a year after it was recorded] heard first...for at least 2 months then the now more popular one from the album version, for all the metal heads to copy...without realizing there is another solo everyone heard first, the George Martin production for the single. The single version is more soulful and quiet, and without Phil Spector's intrusive overproduced wall of sound of orchestra, choir, and brass. the single was just the Beatles, with Billy Preston on organ and electric piano [probably, while Paul played Grand Piano.]. Both guitar solos are great, but many dismiss the single version guitar solo out of either never hearing it [too lazy to do the research], classic rock station over the decades only playing the album version, and/or wanting the guitar to stand out like in a metal band because that's what they were weened on, and putting up with the song to wait for the guitar solo to fulfill their need for musical testosterone rather than the soulful heartfelt sound. Yes there were other guitar solos from the Let It Be, Get Back films as well during the takes as George was working out what he wanted to do.
And Your Bird Can Sing....everyone knows the duet was between Paul and George. The END: to be clear: George, John and Paul ALL played tradeoff solos on THE END. Here a statement implies George was the only player. Come on man...Within Without you was all Indian instruments and Western music orchestra combined, nothing to do with guitar solos....
George was a TRUE artist. What he created was so masterful on the guitar. He always was and still is my favorite lead guitarist. 🏆🎸
"For You Blue" is my ultimate/favorite of all his guitar masterpieces.
John Lennon plays in "For you blue" the dominant lap steel guitar, Harrison the acoustic guitar.
But that acoustic guitar intro is, apart from beautiful, really inspired. I find It quite challenging.
til there was you, he doesn't even look at his guitar and yet he's flawless. among the greatest of all time. RIP George.
How could no one say A Hard Days Night. Start, middle and end brings to light that amazing 12 string Rickenbacker. The opening, the power of that opening chord alone. Yes there were other instruments in that opening chord but George's Rickenbacker leads the charge. The solo in the middle inspirational. The ending again that George's Rickenbacker is a wonderful dreamy ending to a song talking about a hard days night. My only complaint about George's solos was that they were to short. With music editing software I have made some of the solos 2 or 3 times long so I can enjoy them more. Another thing, watching Beatle concerts, when ever John played lead it looked like he was struggling a little. George's hands always seemed to glide effortlessly along the fret board and he seldom looked at his left hand. Oh another favorite lead of mine and there are so many is Act Naturally. In many ways I think it carries the song.
Something that not everyone knows? is George Harrison's favorite guitar was the Gretsch. no matter what other guitars he played and how much he liked them. he always returned to his Gretsch guitars. I guess they were like a pair of comfortable shoes?
“Here Comes the Sun”is a virtual acoustic masterpiece to me. If you ever saw George and Paul Simon play and sing this on Saturday Night Live! On “Something,” although it’s a slower pace, George is complimented quite beautifully with Paul’s melodic Bass Lines, and Harmonies. “And Your Bird Can Sing” was very Cool 😎 too! These 4 guys really complimented each other, no matter who wrote or sang the Song. “The End” duel leads were GREAT to! They finally talked Ringo into doing a drum solo as well! They were a very Tight Band. When playing live, they couldn’t hear the music or the vocals…give that a try sometime! Glad I was around to witness ALL of it!!!
George's work on acoustic guitar, especially on And I Love Her. Paul once said George came up with the lead work himself. Amazing, and I think George was not aged 21 at that time.
I love George's solos. One of my very favorites is the guitar riff to Here Comes the Sun. It's so melodic and beautiful! It always puts a smile on my face!There are other favorites, but there's too many to list!☺️❤️🎶🎸🌞
George Harrison's chord - slide technique is distinctly his own. and it's funny that it's not duplicated maybe out of respect? a person can always identify a George Harrison song by that technique. which started becoming noticable about the time of the Traveling Wilbury's. and because of his powerful phrasing in his playing.
I guess I must be kind of weird, but my first concept of what lead guitar was all about came from two Larry Williams songs covered by The Beatles, namely Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Bad Boy. They also helped me understanding rock and roll. Two very forgotten numbers. Very powerful at the time too!
from larry williams- also, "slow down"- the beatles KNEW where to find great rockers. best version of this tune i've EVER heard was by the sonics- never recorded- but i have a live tape!
Yeah, I had not mentioned Slow Down because I was talking about my introduction to the concepts of lead guitar and rock and roll, and it happened with those two songs. I discovered Slow Down a few years later, but i didn't like it any less.
@@albertoelua7866 larry williams played piano a lot like little richard- i love his sense of rock and roll humor-"now junior, behave yourself!" and the lead on dizzy miss lizzy- how many times have you tried to bend those strings to get THAT sound? lol and for "lead guitar" tone- check the sonics (lp version) "have love will travel" just the intro will do- that's an epiphone semi hollow body- recorded in '64. you like?
Harrison's slide guitar solo on John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep" is incredible!
I'm glad somebody mentioned the one after 909 oh, but you have to check out his solo on the 1963 version on Anthology 1. The Beatles are really good at playing rock and blues and the song really sounds like the Rolling Stones which is something like this
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Song #23 is simply "The End", not "The Answer's At The End" which is a solo track from 1975 (speaking of which, why are there no tracks from his solo career here?). Also, the lyric is "the love you take is equal to the love you make", not "the love you receive".
You forgot I want to tell you that even George was proud of since he invented the chord - this was reused in Ibwant you in Abbey Road
George did not actually invent that chord. It's been around forever. Jazz players have been using it for decades. It's symptomatic of the Beatles' lack of theoretical knowledge that he could say that. Not that I care. I love George's playing and I don't think theoretical knowledge is all that important. But he didn't invent that chord.
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Would have been nice to play examples of George's Greatest Guitar Moments. Not very effective without that. "Describing' music but not "playing" it means very little...at least to me.
Let It Be...there were TWO solos...the single version which EVERYONE in 1970 [a year after it was recorded] heard first...for at least 2 months then the now more popular one from the album version, for all the metal heads to copy...without realizing there is another solo everyone heard first, the George Martin production for the single. The single version is more soulful and quiet, and without Phil Spector's intrusive overproduced wall of sound of orchestra, choir, and brass. the single was just the Beatles, with Billy Preston on organ and electric piano [probably, while Paul played Grand Piano.]. Both guitar solos are great, but many dismiss the single version guitar solo out of either never hearing it [too lazy to do the research], classic rock station over the decades only playing the album version, and/or wanting the guitar to stand out like in a metal band because that's what they were weened on, and putting up with the song to wait for the guitar solo to fulfill their need for musical testosterone rather than the soulful heartfelt sound. Yes there were other guitar solos from the Let It Be, Get Back films as well during the takes as George was working out what he wanted to do.
And Your Bird Can Sing....everyone knows the duet was between Paul and George. The END: to be clear: George, John and Paul ALL played tradeoff solos on THE END. Here a statement implies George was the only player. Come on man...Within Without you was all Indian instruments and Western music orchestra combined, nothing to do with guitar solos....
AI voice is consistently jarring with emphasis placed on wrong syllables. If it's not AI.... oh, dear.