Oh stop. We all have the freedom to feel and think differently without being criticized. I loved the earlier stuff so I disagree with him, and it's ok for him to feel differently.
What’s early Beatles ? Before Pepper ? Before Revolver ? Before Rubber Soul ? The line is too blurry to make a blanket statement like that. They grew so rapidly in such a short time. I love all of it. Fits whatever mood I’m in .
Having been there, it's really pretty simple. Early Beatles is pre Rubber Soul - that changed things overnight. Think of going from I Want To Hold You Hand to In My Life - in a year!
Rubber Soul housed the initial change with The Beatles music whilst still keeping the few pop style tracks that they were known for & even then those songs were different.
I'm always taken aback on how people can't ever admit that the Beatles, though influenced by many artists, had a way of transforming any influence and going so far ahead that they left everybody behind. In such a short period of time they made music so far ahead of their time that literally, they are still ahead and have a guaranteed place in the annals of music right there with Bach and Mozart. To say that the Beatles copied things from Motown to begin with, and later take drugs to do the music they did, shows a really narrow understanding of their infinite talent. When Leonard Bernstein made an analysis of the Beatles music, you see that it takes a great musician to understand their level of music. 🙏 She loves you, yes, yes yes... I read the news , today oh boy ...Woke up, fell out of bed, ... comb across my head... While my guitar gently weeps ... those lyrics.. most musicians, specially now, wouldn't be able to do it even in their dreams.
Spot on! Good artists copy; great artists steal. The Beatles took what they wanted from R&B and made it completely their own. They were too deft as musicians from all those nights in Hamburg to simply have "found" their sound through not being able to replicate R&B like the stones could.
Well George you weren’t there at the early Beatles, there was no comparison, they were out there on their own and they were mega famous! Even you would be staggered by how famous they were.
I have liked George Michael's music forever. One of the first albums I asked my mom to buy was the vinyl single of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Today, I think that song is goofy as Hell, but his album Listen without Prejudice is his masterpiece.
If George is talking about the Motown and R&R Beatles covers, then I agree, some are a bit naff. However, the early original material is a different matter entirely - Day Tripper/I Feel Fine/We Can Work It Out/A Hard Days Night etc etc.....
Many people think early Beatles had little musical value, but I disagree. It's the sheer power and buzz of the early music that is a sensation and blew everybody away, and I'd take it over the sophisticated work they did later, great as it was. Great rock and roll has a naivety because in the end, the music is so simple. It's why we love it. Miss you, brother.
Albert, the video quality is so freaking good, you got me like 😮🤩 all the time, really. You always bring the best GM content, keep doing it. PS. Love the new pfp
Wow! He‘s speaking right out of my mind. Couldn’t relate more. I really like the later Beatles so much more than the early stuff they did! Bravo George 👏🏻
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael was born in 1963) in Finchley, north London, in the United Kingdom. And to try to get a perspective on the Beatles...I was born in 1962 in Southern California, and my parents only listened to R&B. I only heard Beatles music on the local AM radio stations, and I really loved their music (especially the early stuff from With the Beatles to Revolver) as a kid. But I missed the Beatles train and didn't remember any of the Beatlemainia as I was too young. Beatles music sounds nothing like R&B, unless they were singing cover versions (Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander, Isley Brothers etc...) To this day, their early music is energetic and catchy.
The Beatles only had a recording career for six and a half years, what’s early Beatles? They obviously evolved incredibly over those six years and wrote about two hundred songs, but it was just an explosion of creativity that will never be witnessed again.
The young Beatles played superficial songs that sounded good but had no depth. Except yesterday. The later songs were much more mature in sound and lyrics. I can't compare any song from the early days with Let It Be or The Long and Winding Road.
George had no clue about what the Beatles understood or didn't understand. The Beatles changed music more than any artists in history, even from the very beginning. With respect, Michael was just a pretty boy pop singer with a great voice.
George is saying it a bit clumsily here. He's right to identify that the Beatles were trying to sound Motown at the very beginning, however when he infers that because they got it wrong it stood out and sounded different, he's not seeing the full picture. Yes the Stones copied the R&B more faithfully. However, the Beatles later work and their sheer mastery of sound and form should have revealed to George that they knew what they were doing right from the start. They were taking what they wanted from Black Music and deliberately making it their own. This is what is meant by "Good artists copy; great artists steal". You only have to watch McCartney playing Lady Madonna on the piano to realise you're dealing with a level of artistry that's beyond the norm. George never even played an instrument in public, which is allowed, because as a great writer and singer, no one expects him to be a top rate musician also. Same with the likes of Micheal Jackson. But the Beatles were at a level above.
Everybody can check out the difference. Take "Please Mr. Postman" for an example. Hear the Original from the Marvelettes and the Cover of the Beatles. The Beatles took the Song to a complete new level. So far, that everybody today thinks that the Beatles Version is the Original Version.
When will they stop saying its black music. they do the same about Elvis. Its music period. How far you want to go back? to the inventor of the guitar or piano etc. Just drop it ffs.
A lot of Beatles fanboys and girls are going to be upset at having their heroes trashed by George. I'm not a huge Motown fan though I know the influence they had. I still really like With The Beatles and other early Beatles stuff. I prefer it to Sgt. Pepper and The White Album.
The Beatles borrowed from classical music mostly but that gets overlooked by elite. Motown pinched from western music loads. Beatles knew exactly what they were doing but they were originally inspired by Skiffle music, white music essentially. Stop making it about colour or we will remind you it's not how you claim???
GM was a good singer but his creativity is miniscule compared to any of the Beatles. What is his best? Careless whispers/ Last Christmas/ Faith? The Beatles have tons of them.
No George no. I was around to listen as the first Beatles albums came out. They were influenced by US black artists, but the covers were the weak points of the first albums. Their own songs were FAR better than the songs they covered. And they were just kids at this time. Lennon&McCartney tunes on first album. I Saw Her Standing There Please Please Me Love Me Do P.S. I Love You Do You Want to Know a Secret There's a Place
Couldn't disagree more!! It's not the drug related songs that we should be looking at & calling them fantastic, it's all of the non drug related tracks that stand out because those tracks were the real Beatles!!
But Revolver and Rubber Soul is when they started experimenting with drugs and their musicality on those albums took a major leap forward. Their final studio album, Abbey Road, is a masterpiece. For me, the 1st few albums are fun, but really boy band level compared to what was to follow.
Beatles wanted to be Motown, not so………certainly weren’t r&b, that’s the point, they were more tuned into classical, often unknown to themselves…………it was there own work 5hat made them, no the covers
@Lorenzo-cp7qs no need to be so offensive. You can't be a happy person with an attitude like like. You should listen to the Beatles, people who don't like them always seem to be very angry...
Sorry folks, the beatles were just a boy band who played instruments. They had their look and style changed to suit a teen audience. And sold their identity to people like Simon Cowell and his bunch of groovy accountants..
I tend to agree, early beatles is okay but its nothing special, it doesnt really do much for me to be honest. Its catchy but its just cute love songs about girls and i dont really care about that. The beatles became great when they released rubber soul and revolver, when they started to actually write songs with substance instead of i love you and she loves me type songs and they became influenced by Bob Dylan in a songwriting standpoint, thats when they became the beatles that i love.
Pink Floyd wanted to be a blues band but couldnot hack it really and deceided how they were was not a bad way to go when they or Waters heard Sargeant Pepper ... Its is often good in art that you are bad at copying another, WHo wants a copy? , We have recordings for that
Legendary George Michael , but WTF is he talking about, I have all the early Beatles rock songs on LP, they copied and copied very well , Listen to I'm Down
Motown? The Beatles cover of "You Really Got A Hold On Me" off their second album is way better than the clunky Smokey Robinson original. Lennon's vocal is powerful, whereas Smokey had his usual whiny falsetto. Lennon injected testosterone into it. Just like what he did with "Twist and Shout". He would take these clean-cut (almost effeminate) Motown numbers and pour some Elvis Presley vocals over them and make them ten times better. What George Michael doesn't understand is that Lennon wasn't trying to sound like Smokey Robinson (he let Michael Jackson do that). Lennon was trying to sound like Elvis from "Jailhouse Rock"--and largely succeeding.
He hasn't got a clue what he's talking about. The Beatles weren't different from the Stones, the Stones were different from the Beatles. The Beatles were the pioneers - full stop.
@@RishabhAniket nonsense, they put many unknown people on the map. And many of their covers were much better. Early blues players, some could not tune a guitar. Stop fooling yourself
Ooooh! Did the deluded Stones maniac get butt hurt bcoz of facts?? Where wud Stones be if Keith the ape hadn't got his hands on 1001 ways to rework a Chuck Berry riff? Where would they be without the delivery & essence of Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters? And talking about technically better imitators, ever heard of Bluesbreakers, Small Faces or Yardbirds?? Get lost!! Stones were just better businessmen as in selling that image which has always been the case for popular music.
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The early beatles were.just fresh and original , the harmonies one of a kind love it
Miss that guy. Glad to have been alive and old enough to appreciate his music as it was coming out.
George was an amazing artist and his voice was one of a kind, very soulful and beautiful
And we lost him too early...😢
Early Beatles was just as great as the later period Beatles; the band was constantly improving and changing but the magic was always there.
Absolutely !! i get bit miffed with this dismissal of their early magical songs
@@thetrevorosbornesame as….
Exactly, early Beatles are awesome too.
George who,,,???
But the songs where simple and a bit childish
The Please please me lp is still fantastic 60 years later, a favourite for many
I'm a massive Beatles fan and can relate to what he's saying. George Michael was a fantastic artist also and is still greatly missed.
But I like early beatles also bcz ........ i don't know man I just love them. Every song of please please me is amazing for me. Love from india
I’m such a huge fan of George, musically and as a person but he’s walking a fine line here
Oh stop. We all have the freedom to feel and think differently without being criticized. I loved the earlier stuff so I disagree with him, and it's ok for him to feel differently.
Lovely clip from a great interview.
THANK YOU, Albert!💕
What’s early Beatles ? Before Pepper ? Before Revolver ? Before Rubber Soul ? The line is too blurry to make a blanket statement like that. They grew so rapidly in such a short time. I love all of it. Fits whatever mood I’m in .
Having been there, it's really pretty simple. Early Beatles is pre Rubber Soul - that changed things overnight. Think of going from I Want To Hold You Hand to In My Life - in a year!
From their first album to rubber soul
Rubber soul excluded
Rubber Soul housed the initial change with The Beatles music whilst still keeping the few pop style tracks that they were known for & even then those songs were different.
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I'm always taken aback on how people can't ever admit that the Beatles, though influenced by many artists, had a way of transforming any influence and going so far ahead that they left everybody behind. In such a short period of time they made music so far ahead of their time that literally, they are still ahead and have a guaranteed place in the annals of music right there with Bach and Mozart.
To say that the Beatles copied things from Motown to begin with, and later take drugs to do the music they did, shows a really narrow understanding of their infinite talent. When Leonard Bernstein made an analysis of the Beatles music, you see that it takes a great musician to understand their level of music. 🙏 She loves you, yes, yes yes... I read the news , today oh boy ...Woke up, fell out of bed, ... comb across my head... While my guitar gently weeps ... those lyrics.. most musicians, specially now, wouldn't be able to do it even in their dreams.
Spot on! Good artists copy; great artists steal. The Beatles took what they wanted from R&B and made it completely their own. They were too deft as musicians from all those nights in Hamburg to simply have "found" their sound through not being able to replicate R&B like the stones could.
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Rubbish about the Beatles not doing Motown. The Beatles did You really got a hold on me and Please Mr Postman brilliantly.
Yep, I would actually say, like Money etc, better!, and they were not trying to be a British Motown
George Michael - the man with a voice smoother than chocolate ❤❤❤
Motown has a lot to thank the Beats for. Many artists would gave never been known had the Beatles not covered them. And sometimes better.🎉
Motown was already a succesful label on their own terms when the Beatles came around. Motown didn't need the Beatles.
*The Beatles have a lot to thank Motown for
@@andrewmiller7052 Beatles put Motown on the World Map, (miller)
Man early Beatles are as brilliant as late Beatles
Real pity he's not with us any more😪what a great loss for music!
The early Beatles were the best. Go listen to their first 3 albums. A Hard Days Night is My favourite. They were at their happiest.
I'm a huge Beatles fan and although I like their early stuff. I prefer from 65-70. So I can see where George was coming from
Adorabile e indimenticabile 💔💔💔💔 mancherà sempre
Well George you weren’t there at the early Beatles, there was no comparison, they were out there on their own and they were mega famous! Even you would be staggered by how famous they were.
Tks for sharing!!! My beautiful George!!!❤❤❤
I totally agree with him.
George was a excellent singer song writer he had extraordinary voice he a lot of respect for ohter musician and singer ❤❤
I have liked George Michael's music forever. One of the first albums I asked my mom to buy was the vinyl single of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Today, I think that song is goofy as Hell, but his album Listen without Prejudice is his masterpiece.
George was a lovely man.
If George is talking about the Motown and R&R Beatles covers, then I agree, some are a bit naff. However, the early original material is a different matter entirely - Day Tripper/I Feel Fine/We Can Work It Out/A Hard Days Night etc etc.....
Yes this songs was the plane fly to the sky
Great artist … was at his concert October 2006 ☀️
Many people think early Beatles had little musical value, but I disagree. It's the sheer power and buzz of the early music that is a sensation and blew everybody away, and I'd take it over the sophisticated work they did later, great as it was. Great rock and roll has a naivety because in the end, the music is so simple. It's why we love it. Miss you, brother.
I miss this guy
where I can find the full interview and in good quality
Albert, the video quality is so freaking good, you got me like 😮🤩 all the time, really.
You always bring the best GM content, keep doing it.
PS. Love the new pfp
Wow! He‘s speaking right out of my mind. Couldn’t relate more. I really like the later Beatles so much more than the early stuff they did! Bravo George 👏🏻
He always brought an interesting perspective. Like that panel discussion that included Morrissey when he praised side 2 of Joy Division’s “Closer”
We miss ye, wee Georgie. And we love ye.
Not a real Beatles fan. But George yes.
If I want to smile, I would choose to listen to the Beatles early stuffs from 63 to 67.
Agree with him completely. Love the Beatles later stuff so much more. Great clip of George giving his honest opinion.😎❤
It was a different era in the early days.
Oh dear. He just didn’t get it.
"I Feel Fine" is more than solid.
They redefined pop music
good man but he's talking through his arse here
George REALLY knows his music.
Agreed
@@ColtraneTaylorthis clip shows otherwise
@@Ornamentmountainyes
Beatles were never really inspired by Motown. Their musical influences were CarlPerkins, Eddie Cochran and the like
He's spot on about the later Beatles
Ps I love you, And I love you, things we said today, If I fell While my guitar gently weeps, and many more.
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael was born in 1963) in Finchley, north London, in the United Kingdom.
And to try to get a perspective on the Beatles...I was born in 1962 in Southern California, and my parents only listened to R&B.
I only heard Beatles music on the local AM radio stations, and I really loved their music (especially the early stuff from With the Beatles to Revolver) as a kid. But I missed the Beatles train and didn't remember any of the Beatlemainia as I was too young.
Beatles music sounds nothing like R&B, unless they were singing cover versions (Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander, Isley Brothers etc...)
To this day, their early music is energetic and catchy.
What does he know?
He's entitled to his opinion... many don't share it.
The Beatles only had a recording career for six and a half years, what’s early Beatles? They obviously evolved incredibly over those six years and wrote about two hundred songs, but it was just an explosion of creativity that will never be witnessed again.
RIP George
Yeah, he's wrong about the early Beatles. There was this energy that has not been seen since.
The young Beatles played superficial songs that sounded good but had no depth. Except yesterday. The later songs were much more mature in sound and lyrics. I can't compare any song from the early days with Let It Be or The Long and Winding Road.
George had no clue about what the Beatles understood or didn't understand. The Beatles changed music more than any artists in history, even from the very beginning. With respect, Michael was just a pretty boy pop singer with a great voice.
Exactly
@@Ornamentmountain exactly wrong
@@tobefree3718 he’s a musical embarrassment
With respect, you’re an idiot
I think this underestimates George’s skills a bit but you’re right about The Beatles, there’ll never be a cultural phenomena like them again
I don't think the Beatles ripped off Pet Sounds really badly. I think Pepper turned out pretty good.
@@macharper8214 yeah George was really showing his stupidity here. He showed it even more in his music 🤣
Love George, love the Beatles. Bit, he's not strictly on the money here. The Beatles loved RnB, & soul music, but we're primarily a rock n roll band..
George is saying it a bit clumsily here. He's right to identify that the Beatles were trying to sound Motown at the very beginning, however when he infers that because they got it wrong it stood out and sounded different, he's not seeing the full picture. Yes the Stones copied the R&B more faithfully. However, the Beatles later work and their sheer mastery of sound and form should have revealed to George that they knew what they were doing right from the start. They were taking what they wanted from Black Music and deliberately making it their own. This is what is meant by "Good artists copy; great artists steal". You only have to watch McCartney playing Lady Madonna on the piano to realise you're dealing with a level of artistry that's beyond the norm. George never even played an instrument in public, which is allowed, because as a great writer and singer, no one expects him to be a top rate musician also. Same with the likes of Micheal Jackson. But the Beatles were at a level above.
Chatting so much shit , drive my car , Michelle , 8 days a week , countless early beatles songs that were genius can't even list them all
They did a couple of Motown covers that I can recall. Nothing else. These two are talking balls imho.
The Beatles are the best,from the early days to Abbey Road.
George, dearie.
You are too much up yourself.
Everybody can check out the difference. Take "Please Mr. Postman" for an example. Hear the Original from the Marvelettes and the Cover of the Beatles.
The Beatles took the Song to a complete new level. So far, that everybody today thinks that the Beatles Version is the Original Version.
I listen to The Beatles I have their greatest hits on cd but now they're ripped
When will they stop saying its black music. they do the same about Elvis. Its music period. How far you want to go back? to the inventor of the guitar or piano etc. Just drop it ffs.
A lot of Beatles fanboys and girls are going to be upset at having their heroes trashed by George. I'm not a huge Motown fan though I know the influence they had. I still really like With The Beatles and other early Beatles stuff. I prefer it to Sgt. Pepper and The White Album.
His description of the early Beatles sounds more like Wham to me
Love this guy, but he's off the mark here unfortunately. Never mind 😉
Most of motown singers sang a lot of beatles songs
The Beatles progressed, The Stones didn't
My friend from Liverpool told me that George Michael was considered the Elvis of England.
😂😂😂
@@graham3550 This is actually true.
The Beatles used plenty of drugs early on as well, don’t sell them short!
Well everyone’s entitled to their own opinion and this was George’s
To all my fellow American viewers “nick” (or “nic”) means to “steal”. (Its not the same world/verb that we use, when somebody scratches your car)
Melvyn Bragg, a star too.
The Beatles borrowed from classical music mostly but that gets overlooked by elite. Motown pinched from western music loads. Beatles knew exactly what they were doing but they were originally inspired by Skiffle music, white music essentially. Stop making it about colour or we will remind you it's not how you claim???
GM was a good singer but his creativity is miniscule compared to any of the Beatles. What is his best? Careless whispers/ Last Christmas/ Faith? The Beatles have tons of them.
Sorry but George is talking rubbish here.
No George no. I was around to listen as the first Beatles albums came out. They were influenced by US black artists, but the covers were the weak points of the first albums. Their own songs were FAR better than the songs they covered. And they were just kids at this time.
Lennon&McCartney tunes on first album.
I Saw Her Standing There
Please Please Me
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Do You Want to Know a Secret
There's a Place
Couldn't disagree more!! It's not the drug related songs that we should be looking at & calling them fantastic, it's all of the non drug related tracks that stand out because those tracks were the real Beatles!!
Nonsense. They were shit in the early days and ripped off black artists badly.
But Revolver and Rubber Soul is when they started experimenting with drugs and their musicality on those albums took a major leap forward.
Their final studio album, Abbey Road, is a masterpiece.
For me, the 1st few albums are fun, but really boy band level compared to what was to follow.
Beatles wanted to be Motown, not so………certainly weren’t r&b, that’s the point, they were more tuned into classical, often unknown to themselves…………it was there own work 5hat made them, no the covers
@@RaeKearns they’re overrated and shit
@Lorenzo-cp7qs no need to be so offensive. You can't be a happy person with an attitude like like. You should listen to the Beatles, people who don't like them always seem to be very angry...
Pet Sounds?
George was deluded putting himself amongst artists of that calibre.
Sorry folks, the beatles were just a boy band who played instruments. They had their look and style changed to suit a teen audience. And sold their identity to people like Simon Cowell and his bunch of groovy accountants..
No understanding of R&B ? He obviously never heard Lennon sing Arthur Alexander’s stuff.
It’s embarrassing listening to him talk about the Beatles as if he’s done anything that gives him any credibility to do so.
The beatles were amazing, bug he doesnt know what hes talking about
I tend to agree, early beatles is okay but its nothing special, it doesnt really do much for me to be honest. Its catchy but its just cute love songs about girls and i dont really care about that. The beatles became great when they released rubber soul and revolver, when they started to actually write songs with substance instead of i love you and she loves me type songs and they became influenced by Bob Dylan in a songwriting standpoint, thats when they became the beatles that i love.
Pink Floyd wanted to be a blues band but couldnot hack it really and deceided how they were was not a bad way to go when they or Waters heard Sargeant Pepper ... Its is often good in art that you are bad at copying another, WHo wants a copy? , We have recordings for that
Legendary George Michael , but WTF is he talking about, I have all the early Beatles rock songs on LP, they copied and copied very well , Listen to I'm Down
It's all opinion
Has he really ever heard the Beatles? Such nonsense he is saying...
Putz….
Beatles "borrowed" from Italian music.
Motown? The Beatles cover of "You Really Got A Hold On Me" off their second album is way better than the clunky Smokey Robinson original. Lennon's vocal is powerful, whereas Smokey had his usual whiny falsetto. Lennon injected testosterone into it. Just like what he did with "Twist and Shout". He would take these clean-cut (almost effeminate) Motown numbers and pour some Elvis Presley vocals over them and make them ten times better. What George Michael doesn't understand is that Lennon wasn't trying to sound like Smokey Robinson (he let Michael Jackson do that). Lennon was trying to sound like Elvis from "Jailhouse Rock"--and largely succeeding.
He hasn't got a clue what he's talking about. The Beatles weren't different from the Stones, the Stones were different from the Beatles. The Beatles were the pioneers - full stop.
If the Beatles were pale Motown imitators then the Stones were an even worse Blues rip offs in the early years!
@@RishabhAniket nonsense, they put many unknown people on the map. And many of their covers were much better. Early blues players, some could not tune a guitar. Stop fooling yourself
Ooooh! Did the deluded Stones maniac get butt hurt bcoz of facts?? Where wud Stones be if Keith the ape hadn't got his hands on 1001 ways to rework a Chuck Berry riff? Where would they be without the delivery & essence of Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters? And talking about technically better imitators, ever heard of Bluesbreakers, Small Faces or Yardbirds?? Get lost!! Stones were just better businessmen as in selling that image which has always been the case for popular music.
Never liked the guy. Here he is talking utter nonsense.
Typical
Nicking from black artists 😂😂😂 bollox.
This dope talks nonsense.
The Beatles early stuff no good ?
Do me a favour.
Beatles terribly overrated
In my opinion, the Beatles are overrated. Led Zeppelin were the true kings!
Opinions are like A-holes everybody has one.Yours just happens to wrong.
@@3155DOGMANSad the wise man who know everything. 😂😂😂
@@attilaszilagyi5603 I do indeed.